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T0GETI1EK WITH SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, VILLA0E8 AND TOWNSHIPS, EDUCATIONAL. 

RELIGIOUS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND POUTICAL HISTORY ; PORTRAITS 

OF PROMINENT PERSONS, ANb BIOGRAPHISB OF 

REPRESENTATinB CITIZENS. 



History of Illinois, 



EMBRACING ACCOUNTS OF THE PRI-HI6T0RIC RACES, ABORIGINES, WINNEBAGO AND 

BLACK HAWK WARS, AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF ITS CIVIL. 
POUTICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY. 



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Chapter XVIII. 



THE WAR FOR TIIK UNION— Continued. 



A history of SangamoD county, without a rec- 
ord of her brave sons in the field, would indeed 
be incomplete. The reader can well understand 
the historical sketches of the regiments must be 
short; and even then, only those can be given 
that are represented by any considerable num- 
ber of men from Sangamon county. A full and 
complete list of soldiers from the countT is 

S'ven, as far, at least, as can be compiled from 
e AdjiUant-Generars reports. AVhen possible, 
the li8t of the various regiments have oeen re- 
vised by some one familiar with the names. 

SEVENTH INFANTRY. 

The Seventh Infantry Illinois Volunteers is 
claimed to be the first regiment organized in 
the State of Illinois, under the first call of the 
President for three months' troops, llie Seventh 
was mustered into the United States service at 
Carap Yates, Illinois, April 25, 1861, by Captain 
John Pope, U. S. A.; was forwarded to Alton, 
St. Louis, Cairo and Mound City, where it re- 
mained dnrinff three months' service. 

Tlie Seventh was re-orcnnized, and mustered 
for three years* service July 25, 1801, by Captain 
T. G. Pitcher, U. S. A.; )>roceeded to Ironton, 
Missouri, and joined the command of lirigadier 
General H. M. Prentiss, August 23, 18G1; march- 
ed to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where it re- 
mained some time; Colonel Cook commanding 
]H)st. Tlie <^nrrison consisted of a brigade: Sev- 
enth and Twi^nty-eiglith Illinois and McAllis- 
ter^s battery. General Grant commanded the 
District of Cairo. 

Was with the reconnoitering ex)>ed]tion under 
General Grant, in the roar of Columbus, Ken- 
tucky. During the battle of l^elmont, was sent 
to Klliott's Mills, just above Columbus. On 
February 8, 1802, embarked for Fort Henry, 
and on the 12th for Fort Donel son; taking part 



in the investment and siege of that place, Fob- 



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ruarj 18, 14 and 15, and was in the last charge 
on tne left of the enemy's works. At Donelson, 
the regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Col- 
onel Babcock. Colonel Cook was commanding 
Third Bngade, Second Division; Major General 
C. F. Smith commanding. Loss, three killed, 
including the gallant Captain Mendall, of Com- 
pany I, and nineteen wounded. 

tebruaiy 21, 1802, left Fort Donelson for 
Clarksville, Tennessee, Major Rowett command- 
ing; Lieutenant Colonel llabeock, absent — 
sick and Colonel Cook commanding brigade. 
Ordered to Nashville, and aften^'ards to Pitts- 
burg Landing, where it arrived February 22, 
1802. Was engaj^ed continually, April Oand 7, 
.It the battle of Shiloh under command of Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Rowett, C-olonel Babcock being 
absent — sick, and Colonel Cook having been 
promoted to Brigadier General on the 2l8t of 
March. ' 

Loss at battle of Sliiloli. — Two commissioned 
ofhccrs and thirteen men killed, and seventy- 
nine wounded. 

Was enga<;ed up to May :30, with Third bri- 
gade, Second division, and in centre of right 
wing, moving upon Corinth — meanwhile having 
several skirmishes with the enemy. On evacua- 
tion of Corinth May :jn, by the enemy, the 
ivgiment marched to Fannington and Boone- 
ville Mississi)»pi, repairing roads and bridges 
and returned to Corinth June 11, 1802. At batr 
tie of Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1802, the regi- 
ment was engaircd both days entire, on right of 
Third brigadc*^ and still m Second division. 
Colonel BabciK'k M'as in command. On 5th of 
October marched in pursuit of enemy as far as 
Ruckerville and returned on lUth. 

Loss at Corinth. — Two commissioned ofBeers 
and six men killed, forty-six wounded. Also 
twenty-one prisoners, who were afterward ex- 
changed and returned to dul^« 




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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Ut;rt:iiil>i-r IH, iiiitr<-hc<l to I.csington Jlissouii, 
iu pursuit of ^nernllaB, April Hi, l^fi:', nianhoil 
with G<;u>;ral Uuilgc'a foniiii:iii<l llir-tiL^li luka, 
GlL'inlalu Ami ISiuiisville tu iitar Cre^k, on the 
Alabniiia liiie. 

On ITlti, ik'ployc<l as s1cirinisli6rs, drove lliu 
I'ui-uiy fruiu the ttruek, and as uoou as the cav- 
alry h^ul c rosso il, com pan ieK C and Kpuslii-d for- 
ward at a douljlu ipiick, in snppoit of a liatlcry. 

The rcntaiudtr of the brigade tlien crussiii, 
and Miiiviii!,' forward to ClitToki-e, engaged tlic 
a-ltels. The Si'vcnlh on thp rigbl killed Iwolve 
of the c'lieinV) and captured ttvo prisoners. At 
dark retired, and next iiioruing removed baek to 
ISfar Creek, 

April 23, again moved forward to Tuscuiubia, 
and llie s^ame evening lo South Florence, joining 
the Ninth Illinois (nionnt«d) infantrj-. The 
ut-xt day, iiioTcd with main column to Town 
creek. April iJS, crossed Town erefk,and drove 
llie enuiuy three miles, and remained on llie 
Urouod diirinjj the second night with the Second 
iowa infantry. Ou 20th, re-cronsed, and re- 
turned to Corinth with the command, arriving 
^lay 2. Loss during this expedition, one man 
killed — accidentally xhot. 

May 12 to June 8, 18«3,gnarded railroad from 
IJclhel to Jackson, Tennessee. June l«, mounted 
by order of 31ajor General Dodge, and the re- 
mainder of the month wan scouting llirnugh 
West Tennessee. Jnly i lo 9, on scout. July 
-3i) to August 5, on expedition, under command 
of Colonel Rowett, of the Se 



foriy-t 



prisonera, including one Colonel and 



two CaiJtams, and many horses and mules. Lost 
line man, ai'cidentallv "killed. Again went out 
with lUO men of the Tenth Missouri cavalry. 
Had several skirmishes, and captured twenty 
prisoners. 

t^elltenlber 'Q, commenced a foiir days' e\p 
dilion wilh the Seventh Kansas cavalry. Colon 
llowctt in command. Had some very brisk 
skirmishes, and captured llijrtv nrisonei's and 
several horses and mules. October 4, relieved 
HighteeHth ^lissouri at Chervalla,a»d was again 
relieved on the 28th. 

October 2il, proceeded to luka. Here guanloil 
ajpi.roaehefi until the Cth of Novemhi 
jiiarehcd to Eas1iiort,aud crossing the Tennessee 
river, moved on flanks uf Dodge's command, cajv 
liiriiig horse!!, clc, and fighting guerrillas, until 
XovemberlL'.whcn camiied at I'ulaska. Novem- 
ber 17 lo lit, BcoutGd to and beyond Lawruncc- 
hurg, e.apturing thirty prisoners. Decemher 10, 
ordered on xcoul toward Slireve creek and Flor- 
«ice, Alabama. Kngaged Morelamra battalion, 



and c.tptnred thirly-five prisonerw, including four 
commissioned otUcers, 

The enemv left eight dead on the field, and 
many wounrfed. 

llesides the above skirmisltes and marches, 
detachments of the regiment li.id been cod- 
tlantly employed carryic); dispatches, and h.'we 
had many small skirmishes, captured many pris- 
oner, etc. December 23, 180:i, the regiment re- 
eiilisted as Veteran Volimteers, and January 7, 
1S04, started to Springtield for the \'uterans' 
furlough. 

I'^e regiment was mustered out July 9, isti5, 
at Louisville, Kentucky, and arrived at .Camp 
liiitler, July 12, 1S05, for tinal payment and dis- 
charge. 

In the three months' service, Sangamon county 
was represented by the Colonel of the regiment 
and Companies G" and I. In the three years' 
senice it had, when organized, the Colonel, 
I^icutenant Colonel, Surgeon, and a large nnm- 
bor of men, as will be seen in the accompanying 
roster. 

The promotions, during the senice, of men 
from Sangamon county, in the Seventh Infantry, 
was as follows: Colonel Cook, to Hrigadicr 
General; Andrew J. Babcock, from Lieutenant 
Colonel to Colonel; Edward S. Johnson, from 
First Lieutenant to C.lpiain, and then Major; 
Tliomas N. Francis, from Second to First Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant; Solomon T. Flint, from 
Sergeant Major to First Lieutenant; Benjamin 
F. Smith, to First Lieutenant, and then to Gen- 
eral Cook's staff; Edward U. Roberts, from Sec- 
ond to First Lieutenant and Captain; Alexander 
Adams, to Second Lieutenant; John £. Sullivan, 
from Sergeant to Second and First Lieutenant 
and Captain; Joseph S. Fisher, to Sci-ond Lieu- 
tenant; William K Norton, from private to First 
Lieutenant. 

IIOSTKH OK TUnEE 



Qfirer: 
Captuin— WilHam f^nds 
Flral LicuU-n;iDI— Dauii'1 L Canfleia 
Sceanil Lliulenu ill— Walter G. Kercheval 



llolierl D. Walker George Slono 

Ailion E. Vroonuiin 
Corjiorali. 
Jiilm AV. TomllDROn Williaui GrinMiro 

GcerKU W. Tipion 11. Ikllcvlllu GrUUn 



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John L. Kaio Ireoua P. Howell 

PritalM. 

AMoaa. U>wU Lawc, Chmles G. 

BrowD. (Iiiirict H. 

Brown, Frederick C. 
Burr, Henry C. 
Beily, Patrick L. 
Bureoon. ColumbuB W. 
Burr. Willinm A. 



Cantntll, Qeorge W. 
Peck, V*lenline 
Drake. HcDry B. 
Daly, Jolin 
Dunlun, John K. 
E-irly, William A 
Bdn-arda. Arrbie L. 
F:iruicr. Sitmuel L. 
Fink. EaraeM 
Foster. Willlum 
Ouroctt, George 
Gambrel, Jo^cpb C. 
Hit 4e1 rice. Ash I on 
H«hb*,^illiani H. 
HiTlly, Adam 
ILincm, Antlrew J. 
Hiiine*, npiijuinln K. 
HutlMin, Frank M. 
Ilurd. Stepban 
Howell, mcphen S. 
HempKieuil, Georci- 
Hidnea. William F. 
Jumci. Wtlllam 
Kepler. Haltbiat 
Ktllinitnin, Jamea A. 



mSTOHY OF SANGAMON COINTY. 



Hsker. Joseph & 
Fox, Jainea 
Gourlcj-, Cliarlea S, 
Green. Franeis Jt. 
Gregory, Peter F, 
Gibson, John 
HicVoj, Silas W. 
Higsins, Etlwin L. 
Heeklit, Benjamin L. 
Ide, Albert L. 
Johns, Chcftcr 
Jayne, Henry 
Kfipnel. Jucob 
KcHlin, George W. 
Kccfocr. Grtirge 
Lawbeiid, ChariisC. 
Manning, George G. 



lluCniy. Williain B. 
Miiyera, George 
Mantle, JohA 
SUrshall Jeremiah 



Morgan, John W. 
Outs, James 
Pilcber, John 
Pcbham, WiJliNmB. 
Hush, Archer H. 
Rucker, Alexander 
Itenne, Jumca S. 
Sanders. William 
Short, James L. 
Sch wilier, John 
S»-.oii, WHlierM. 
Shepherd, Oscar F. 
Stone, John B. 
Stnruier. JnroenB. 
Tipton, IsaiicH. 
Troy, J times 
Tomlinson, William D. 
Tiiylor Jiihn W. 
WniKb, Wiiltcr 
WllUam, Thomas J. 
Wilcox. John H. 
Wacherlee, George 
Wood, Albert 8. 
Wood, Biizxle M. 
Walicm. Jiimci A. 



Captain— Andrew J. Babooek 

First l.icuu'niint- Tliotuiis G. MoSatt 

Second Lieutenant — Noiih E. Mi-ndcU 



SergtanU. 

John C. R>-vnolils Wi11i>im A. Dulwis 

Henry C. Vanhoir 

Vorporah. 
Edn-nrd R. Roberts Tbomiis I.. Bishop 

John II. Cnndcld -Inbn M. Peurson 



Allicrt M. Kane 



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Alwip, lleiirv 
Ani.iid, Alfml V. 
Buiier, T)iom»sU. 
Butts. Thoinus 
ll»ring, Williiiln 
triiirk, Wiliiiiinll. 
C»<ik.Tl>i>in:>»ll, 
I'aullteld. JiihilC. 
DeikiT, Joliii C. 
DickerMm, Suniuel 
F.urN.CIi<irlcsJ. 
F.-wiideii.iiinr/1-T. 
FriiK'iH. Th.imiii>K. 
Fi'TgiiHiin. ltul>en 1. 



Alexander Adnius 
rfel. 
Mi>rriii, Tbnm:isA. 
Mi'draw.John 
Mclntlre. Mnrbhtdl M. 
Nixon, WniiiimA. 
N.>n»n, Luke 
Kewm^io, Willium 
N:iviil, Jo»<-|)l) D. 
Opdvki-. TlininuxG. 
T'lut, Truman 8. 
rnlii^ky amiel R. 
R<'rse.l.;>n^on 
Riiih, J. Dlllt-r 
Itiibt-. Amlrew M. 
ItiK^sell.S^mmi'lll. 
Hili-y, Ai.h.-rU. 
IlirbniomI, J»Un 6. 



Strickland. Edward P. 
Sulliviin, J»bD E. 
Spriggs, Ftederiek R. 
Suunders, lleniy A. 
ShiiDkland, John H. 
Steel. Ruben M. 
Sweninguin, Thomas A. 
Siuckdiile, Willium O. 
Tliorpe, Tlioina» 
Treman. Ortin 
Taylor, CharletA 
Ubier, Martin J. 
Wells. Charie* H. 
Wileon, William S. 
Wyatt, Frank 
Willianw, Lonls 



Regimeiitat Ofttn. 
Colonel— John Cook. 
Lieutenant Colonel —Andrew J. Babcock 
Surgeon— Richard Metcalf . 
First Assistant Surgeon — James Hamilton 
First AsslstHnt Surgion- Elijah P. Barton 

First Lieutenant- Edward R. Roberts 
Cani)il>ell, Jolin H. Thayer, Claienee C. 

COXrAKT (I. 

Ofirert. 

Capiain-IKnry Vf. Allen. 

Fir»t Lieutenant — Gforce W. Tipton 

Second Lleuienunl — Adum E. Vrooman 



Ciiptsin— Noah E Miudell 
First Lieutenuot — Edwurd 8. Johnson 
Second Llcnlenant— Xewlon Francis 
FirU Sergeant. 
John E. Sullivan 
Sfrgeaittt, 

Luke Norton 
s H. TruTcr John II. Shankland 

Corporal*. 
Willtuin If. Clark Jiicob Klippel 

William Boiinit John W. C.iiniibell 

Cliarles J. Mi-cVs Charles M. Fellows 

Willliin) n. Baker Onen Gunstunson 

Wagoner. 
Josejih O. Pulllam 
Pricatee. 



.lowph S. 1 



lt:iker. D.J. 
B<dlvJ».k. J.ihn 
Brown, J. V. 
Bussniin. IJcuwe W. 
Barren. Henry C. 
Brupc. Hcnrv E. 
Cameron, William 
CamjilHll. AniU'i'ton 
Cruven, Jxuiei 
CniwU-y, pHirick 
DjinieU Seth J. 
Bavin, William 
F^lwards. Klberi 



May, John 
McAiti, TliomiixJ. 
Mlllnid, Lawrence J. 
Miller. Piter 
MHIiiinia. MureusF. 



Norion, Willium S. 
O'llarra. John 
O'Kei-p, Diivld 
I>l)illi|>s. J»hn H. 



Pyie. Irfirenxo 




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HISTOllY OF SANGi 



* U;ipe, James H. 
Ujip|>1yt». Levi A. 
Kosuf, William C. 
Uoircrs, Willinm S. 
Royal, Tliomas M. 
Sargent, William J. 
Stonc'bariror, Geo. W. 
Tiptoo, Bryant 
Toner, Michael 
Unlcley, John 
WaUli, Miibael L. 
Walleus, Robert 6. 

COMPANIES I AND G. 



Edwardft. William M. 
Ecker. William J. 
Elder, Samuel 
Flint, Solomon F. 
FIannag;iu, Tboniaa J. 
Gambrel, James L. 
Hamilton, llenr)- H. 
Hamilton, Seth 
HcslvcU, Iknj. L. 
Hill, Thomas 
Hilling, Gusiave F. 
Mar:^h, George 
Mcl>onald, Dugald 

CONM>LlDATION OF 

Sergeants, 

William Sanders Isaac H. Tipton 

Charles Lewis 

Corporals. 
George T. Sayles Thomas J. Robinson 

William H. Lowe 
PriraUi. 



Brown, William, jr. 
Baldwin, William A. 
Bailey, James L. 
Bashaw*, Hifam 
Brown, Fred C. 
Daly, John 
Dougherty, John H. 
Hillis, Joshua 
Mitts, Thomas J. 
Nicholson, William G. 
Schuler, John 
Thomas, Silas 
Williams. Albert C, 
Del any, Thomas 
Duffy. Patrick 
Ely, John L. 
Fonnan, Thomas 
Francis, Charles S. 
Gibland, John 
Gunstonson, John 
Hervev, George M. 
Helms, Isaac 
Hillis, Joshua W. 
Humphries, Urias 
Hull, James B. 
O'Conner, Michael 
Picott, Edmund 
Phelps, Jonathan C. 
Parker, Jacob J. 
Pletz, Andrew 
Ryan, James 
Rosback, Peter, 
Ri«;gans, Nathaniel D. 
Rouins(m. William L. 
Scott, Alfred W. 
Sollars, William 
Smith, Andrew 
Tipton, George W, 
Tipton, Landon P. 
Tomliusou, John W. 



Workman, James Q. 
Andrews, James 
Ball, James P. 
Billen, Robert I. 
Brasslield, James T. 
Crowley, Willijim 
Ciowley, James 
Cam|), Alvah 
Cincicr, Anthony 
Jenson, Owen 
Johnson, John W. 
Kilgore, Jas. \V. 
Karns, Lewis 
Kent, James H. 
Kainc, John 
Lacy, James 
I^onard George 
Massey, William T. 
Mclx:lland, Thomas J. 
McLelland, Robert W. 
Meyer, Lewis 
Nelson, Ole 
Nichols, David 
Newman, William H. 
Vesey, George 
Vanfassell, wniiam 
Wallace AVilliamF. 
Walker, David 
Walker, Robert 
Walker, William 
Wyatt. Benjamin P. 
Gunstonson, Owen 
Kepple, Jacob 
Ijowe, ^Yilliaul 11. 
Marsh, George 
PuUiam, Josenh O. 
Shankland^ John H. 
Thomas, Silas 
Williams. Albeit C\ 
Tomlinson, Thos. II. B. 



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Ungles, Squire. 

coMPAmr K. 

Hoges, James McCully, Richard 

Gaggard, Samuel Valentine, Harvey L. 

Unatiigned, 
Show alter, Thomas 



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UISTOliY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Culver, Phineas K. 
Crosby, Jaraet 
Connell, Thomas N. 
Cole, FAgHT 
Davis, Napoleon 
Dunn, John 
Edmons, John W. 
Fox, Thomas 
Frank, John W. 
Garner, Elijah 
Galvin, Daniel 
Gibson, Benjamin 
Grimsley, James 
Grisom. Albert N. 
Hays, William 
Johnson, George W. 
Kennedy, Thomas W. 



Pringle, James 
Pratt, Charles L. 
Penney, Nicholas 
Roach, Henry 
Rogers, A. W. 
Reynolds, Thomas M. 
Robertson, Jesse 
Spath, George 
Seaman, Joseph 
Sharp, Henry 
Sweeny, James 
St. John, Francis 
Tedrow. William L. 
Welland, Cliristophcr 
AVheeler, F. G. 
White, Edward H. 
West, Charles. 



TENTH REGIMBSrr — ^TUREB TEARS. 

Qfleers. 
Lieutenant— Richmond Woloott 

PritaU: 
McConnell, Zacheus 3Ianpiii, John J. 

Tuthill, George W. 

ELsvssrru infaktrt. 

In the three months 8cr>'ice of the Elovcntb 
iiifaDtry, Sangamon county is quoted with the 
following named: 

003f PANT B, 

Ofliur$. 
CupUin— Frederick W. Shaw 
First Lieutenant— Green bury L. Fort 
Second Lieutenant— John M. 3IcClanahan 

First Sergeant. 
Thomas Ellis 

Serg^anU, 
Mcrwin Black Henry Burk 

Benjamin F. Bluckstone 

Corporals. 
Ralph S. Tuttle George Wrielit 

Samuel Cutler Richard 11. Maxwell 

Mueieiam. 
Israel Cobum Albert W. Gore 

Pricatci, 
Addincton, Willinn S. McnonaUl. Arthur 



Ruck, Jerry M. 
Boice, Welcome H. 
Haiicr, J(»hn 
Blanebanl, Natlianici 
licnder, James T. 
Bonimcr, John 
R:imhart, Jacob 
Carney. James T. 
Carmichael, l^aac 
Corrlgan, John 
Corrini^ton, George D. 
l)r:ike, Andrew 
Dean, Siunuel B. 
EUenhawer, Casjwr 
For, Amos 
Fuller. John W. 
Felnion, William 
C?ay, Ge«)r;:e W 
Gray, Thomas 



McKinxic, John 
McMnlion, Daniel 
MeAuley, Robert P. 
Newport. Thomas E. 
O.L'g, Georirc E. 
Powers Alexander 
Plait, James 
Peck, Warren 
Ryan, Cliarles 
Rump, llannon 
Hump, August 
Ro'^erit, Michael 
Semiring, James M. 
Seholl, Philip 
Shaw, George B. 
Smith, Johii A. 
Scott, Walter 
SeotI, Alonxo 
Stenger, David 



ITatton, Andrew 
Hess, Alexander 
llurlbut, ^bertR 
Hurlbut. Wilis 
Ilower, Solomon H. 
Hall, Peter A. 
Jenkins, Edwin 
Justice, Harvey 
Jones, Fred B. 
Kuhl, Jacob 
Lewis, Thomas N. 
Liend, John W. 
Lynn, George 
Latourette, Joseph 
Ijcighton, Andrew J. 
Moren, Terrence 
Murry, Elijah 
31illcr, John W. 
Morley, Howard C. 
Maurice, William G. 
Madden, James H. 
McDonald, Cbarles 



Sewall, Martin W. 
Thompson, Henry B. 
Traver, Jesse 
Traver, Han-ey W. 
Traver, August P. 
Tompson James 
Vamey, Horace A. 
Yanantwert, Hiram 
Wies, Peter 
"Wilson, Cornelius 
WMght, Calvin 
Wright, Daniel W. 
Walker, Joseph 
Wiar, Solomon 
Wyner, John M. 
Wesley, James W. 
WorleyLoren A. 
Wilcox. Alfred B. 
Wriffht, James W. 
Walker Anderson 
Zimmerman, FVanc 



COMPANY C. 

OJIcere, 

Captain— Aaron L. Rock wood 
First Lieutenant—S. P. Jones 
Second Licutenantr— J. C. Jewell 

Fint Sergeant. 
George C. MeKee 

Sergeants. 

John F. Whitney Hugh F. McWilliams 

George W. Lewis 

Corporals. 
Antony W. Young William J. Ribley 

Charles Arthur William Howe 

Jfusieian. 
Marcus Perry 

Privates. 



Andiisch, Anton 
Bluthart, Adolphus 
Burnet, Franklm 
Buckley, Benjamin 
Baker, Y*eter 
Burk. Edmon H. 
BrcK)kin8, William A. 
Barllett, William 
Clark, Thomas H. 
Carter, Riehard H. 
Chrisiv, Robert 11. 
Cain, dames 
Cameron, Robot A. 
Crabtree, George W. 
ClenuMits, John M. 
Cameron, William 
Dailey, John R. 
Eagle, Theodore 
Egger, William 
Free, Leroy 
Fowler, Oscar B. 
Falkner. Agaris 
Golan, Henrv 
Groeh, Jaeoti 
House, Robert J. 
Ibnnilton, James 
Hathaway, Val. E. 
Harratt, James F. 



Jehu, Roliert 
JollifT, Elijah 
Keller, Jacob 
KattliolFer, John O. 
Kies. Josiiih 
Lents, Charles 
Lei ter. Charles 
I^ine, William 
Monilt,Tunis A. 
Morris, Franklin 
Moore, Joseph 
McWilliams, John S. 
Nelms, AnhicT. 
Perr}', John 8. 
Parkhurst, Byron W. 
Purdie, Joseph 
Pugh, Joseph W. 
.Pitts, Joel 
Pride, William 
Pet teller, George 
Roi>er, Charles A. 
Smith, Henry W. 
Smith, Martin A. 
Sinclair. James J. 
Smith, John F. 
Snyder. Henry F. 
Seswell, Dense}' 
Teets, IWnJamin F« 



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Houston, John B. 
Hutter, WillUm 
Iladsall, Daniel W. 
Ilanson, Thomas 
Hill, James L. 
Hoskins, Willikm A. 
Hamilton, William O. 
Johnson, Alonzo 



Taylor, Tliomas B. 
Thom.18, John £. 
Tcichncr, Theodore 
Willis, Spellman F. 
Walden, Jesse 
Watson. James M. 
Walsh, RaymoD 
Willis, Thcophilas F. 



COMPANY D. 

Captain — Garret Nevius 

First Lieutenant — Rhensdyne A. Bird 

Second Lieutenant—William D. £. Andrus 

Fir9t Sergeant, 
Henry IL I>ean 

Sergeante. 
Randolph D. Hobart James H. Manny 

Charles B. Hull 

CorporaU. 
Edward F. Lugrin Orin C. Town 

Thomas Anyon Frederick Brown 

Mueieiane. 
John A. Hobart Mills F. Necdham 

PritaUe. 
Arnold, Charles £. Love, Ilarrin^on 



Atkins, William 
Bander, Leander 
Barker, Alfred 
Bryan, Thomas J. 
Butolph. David O. 
Brown, Henry L. 
Beatson, John 
Brown. Alpheus D. 
Blakesicj'* Alpheus M. 
Brown, George C 
Bentson, Benjamin 
Beddoes, Thomas 
Cole, TliomasW. 
Cram, Orin W. 
Clark, Andrew 



Lee, Daniel £. 
Moshcr, Ncri R. 
McGuire, John 
Maguire, George W. 
^Ligec, Edwara £. 
Manlove, George J. 
Manchester, George W. 
Mcsick, William L. 
Pittcniipr, Charles 
Price, Ciiarles W. 
Pitney, I^vi 
Posson, Frederick L. 
Pierce, Luman G. 
Pcnoyer, Floyd B. 
Peake, Rudolph W. 



Champlain, Bradford A. Putnam, William ^L 



Cooling, Henry W. 
Clark, Er\'in E. 
Clark, William W. 
Comptom, Richard A. 
Crooker, Philip 
Clark, Ciiarles D. 
Darling, George W. 
Dolphin, George £. 
Daggett, Elisha S. 
Dunham. Charles L. 
Davis, John L. 
Davis, Nathan A. 
Katon, Charles B. 
KUi on, Judson A. 
Elliott, John 
En galls. Peter 
Frost, Willinm D. 
Gilford, Almond 
Hi* men way, Harvey* 
Holmes, Derastus 
llosmer, Simon 
llawkinsun, Charles 
Host, Li*oren H. 
lloisman, Frederick L 
MitdicocV. G. Jcroue 



Roberts, Charles 
Reckard, Walter 
Stpjnk, Shepard P. 
Schlunt, Louis 
Shields, Joseph 
Stevens, Erat>tus C. 
Skecd, William H. 
Strong, Henry P. 
Steams, Ambrose 
Soutligate, J. Murry 
Shank'. Christopher C. 
Stevens, James M. 
Stevens, Thomas A. 
Smith, Edwards. 
Swift, Edwin 
Thomas, Edward P. 
Van Patten, Riley 
Wagner, John 
Whitnry, RufusL. 
Warlleld, .lobn W. 
Warner, John 
Winter, William 
Wilkin, George 
Weed, Willlain G. D. 
Wakcman, Frances B. 



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HISTORY OP SANQA5ION COUNTY. 



Abbott, Wesley L. 
Abbott, Joho 
Drodt, Peter 
Bradsbuw, Robert R. 
Bradsliaw, Fmncis M. 
BerHsford, AYilliam 
Barber, Kobcrt C 
Boyle, Frank 
Blair, Cyrus 
Better, Frit* 
Brunk, William 
Beck with, Samuel H. 
Bardwell, David 
Clark, John 
Carpenter, Marion 
Carney, John 
Coniegys, David W. 
Clapp, Elmer F. 
Deosall, Martin 
Darvean, Louis D. 
Dove, Henry 
Davis, Ucnrv 
Dispennett. ^ohn 
Freeman, William 
Frary, George B. 
Fey, Henry 
Fi8k, Charles W. 
Fry, Philip 
Qutzwiller, Joseph 
Gibson. William 8. 
Hoohkiss, Charles T. 
Henry, Martin 
Hughes, Thomas 
Harvey, Michael 
Heth, Isaac 
Horiiley, George W. 
Jones, Lewis 
Johnson, William C. 
Johnston, Peter 
Kappet, Sehasttian 
Litsev, William 
Linf day, Davis W. 
Lyne, John 



Prirat4i. 



Lyon, Edward 
Lonshead, Thomas 
Liddfle, John 
Lcith, Thomas 
Lawton, Joi^eph 
Malcolm, Stephen R. 
Moody, George W. 
Maycroft, William T. 
Marshall, Thomas 
Murdoch, William 
Norman. Henry H. 
Noel, William 
Plumbley, Guy W. 
Rider, William H. 
Robinson, Charles 
Robb, John W. 
RuKg, Isaac 
Small, Rufus M. 
Sherman, Stephen R. 
Stevens, Alonzo 
Skinner, Morgan A. 
Stocker. William 
Scott, Francis A. 
Stocker, Charles 
Shutte, Willitim 
Sutherland, Mathias K. 
Thompson, Fredrick £. 
Throckmorton, James. 
Towns, Joshua C. 
Twitchell, Napoleon L, 
YanValkenburg, B. J. 
Watkins, John 
Watkins, William Rtt 
Whelan, James 
Wal roth, George A. 
Walsh, Thomas 
Welch, John W. 
AVhite, Harrison 
Williams, Curtis 
Willing, James T. 
W*eldon, James 
Washburn, Oscar 



COMTAXT G. 

Offleeri, 
Captain — J. Warren Filler 
First Lieutenant — John H. J. Lacey 
Second Lieutenant—George W. Parks 

Fir*t Sergeant. 
Albert W. Lecrosse 

Sergeanie, 
Merritt B. Redding James H. Sprinkle 

Clarence I^ird 

Corporals. 
David P. Murphy William J Boyce 

George E. Aboott Hiram A. W. Newcomb 

Miieieians, 
Yincent A. Wright Joslah Buckner 

Priraies, 



AKhbaugh^William W. 
Atfbcrrv, Cornelious G. 
Barkley. John F. 
Brewster, Gcorce W. 
Bean, George W. 
Bunigardner, Wm. M, 



Miller, John W. 
Martin, John T. 
Martin, Darrell 
>loore Calvin 
Miek William 
McLarun, John C. 



Bumgardner, Andrew J. 
Buingardner, Isaiah 
Batey, William C. 
Bailey, Wj'att 
Bailey, >iathaniel M. 
Buurk, Thomas 
Combs, Andrew 
Carpenter, Isaac F. 
Carroll, John R. 
Caldwell, Henry D. 
Carol 1, George R. D. 
Coleman, Benjamin A. 
Carey, Robert T. 
Coole}', John J, 
Ducher, John H, 
Defebaugh, James C. 
Daner, David J. 
Elliott, Augustus L, 
Francisco, bamuel 
Forest, Daniel 
Ginter, William O, 
Huglie3, Henry H. 
Hammond, Russel B. 
Henry, Aaron A. 
Hukin, Joseph 
Kellogg, Joseph 
Kershuer, John W. 
Lee, Lucious L, ^ 
Leathcrman. Daniel 
Lecrone, William C. 
Lav, John W. 



Mun>hy, William B. 
Miller, George W. 
Mint on, James 
Mulliner, Liberty P. 
Neltion, Jonathan R. 
Pinston, Louis L. 
Paik Jonathan E. 
Parks, L:ifayette A. 
Parks, William H. 
Parks, Samuel A. 
Parish, Wickham 
Proiila, Frank 
Phillips, William R. 
Petvrs, John 
Skipper, Nathan 
Sihooley, FidelluFs B. 
Shore, Amansel L. 
Storms. John N. 
Short, William 
Smith, John H. 
Schneithergan, Harmon 
Taylor, George N. 
Unspaw, Michael 
Wright, Morgan W. 
Wilson, William 
Wallace, David R. 
Wilcox, William 
Weston, John 
Wise, Simon 
Welker, Marvin 



COMPANY II. 

OJIeere, 

Captain— Theodore C. Gibson 

First Lieutenant — Benjamin F. Hochkiss 

Second Lieutenant — Douglas Hasseman 

Firtt Sergeant. 
Quincy D. Whitman 

Sergeants. 
James H. Leland AlexH. Carpenter 

Charles Huston 

Corporals. 
William P. Gregg Seldon B. Griswold 

George J. Cloud Henry A. Jackson 

Musirians. 
Jeremiah Sample Cyrus Leland 

Pritates. 



Armstrong, William S. 
Allen, Warren 
Andri'ss, Charles A. 
Allen, Jercmiaih 
Bardecn, Henry F. 
BiiUhvin, Samuel B. 
Barber, Eliphalet 
Barber, Closes 
Brush. David T. 
Camnhell, Emery J. 
Curtis, John 
Collins, Henry 
('J ark. Dorr M. 
Dean, Jos i ah W. 
Gillham, Orsimus B. 
Hudson, William L. 
Hammond, John 
llibbs, Lacy 
Hopkins, Alonzo 



Miller, Harrison J. 
Mnrumber, William S. 
Murdoek, David 
Melaise, (^harles 
Morse. Willard N. 
Nicholson, Stephen 
Olmstead Samuel B. 
Plulps, Flelcher R. H. 
Pratt, Charles R. 
Rood, James P. 
Ready JeRse 
Rowe. James L. 
Romary, Henry 
Sample, Jose))ii 
Spradling. Enoch J. 
Snelling, John A. 
Slattery, Daniel 
Smith, James M. 
Simderson, Oliver 




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JobDtfon, Ulcbanl 
JohnsoB. D;ir1uigtoii 
Kellon, Geom 
KiogJRicbaid^W. 
Keoncdy, Lewis N. 
Lanieaii, Janies A. 
LpwU, William A. 
Lewb^, Geor|!e 
Liidd« Erjistas £. 
Lincoln, Edwaxxl 
3larstoo. Jnmes Jr. 
3I«»r8e, Cbitrles C. 
3IaMNi, James P. 
McLaury* Hamilton S. 



Stewairt, William K. 
Splller, John 
Smirnoff Alexander 
Toombs. George B. 
Temar}', John W. 
WJram. Caileb 
Wakefield. George W. 
WickerKhnm. Ewing M. 
Wontz, George G. 
Week 8, Thomas 
Ward. George W. 
Wilkinson, William 
Wo4)den, George 8. 
Whipple, Josiab L. 



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COMPAJCY I. 

Officer: 

Captmo — William L. Gibson 

First Lieutenant— Joseph £. Skinner 

Second Lieutenant— £. A. Mullett 

Fift Sergeani. 
Charles Stout 

SergennU. 
Or%'iile R. Powers Cvrus E. Dickey 

Patrick Buckley 
CorporaU, 
AbnerW. Ilollister James Cameron 

Ralph W. Buchanan Henry Mayo 

Mwtie%an$. 
Wilson L. Smith Alfred J. Doolittle, 

Pritate$, 
Bainey, Thomas 



Birritt, Moris 
Bnindager. Charles F. 
Baker, T. S|>encer 
Collins, Nathiuiel 
Cooper. George A. 
Clarke. Charles 
Crawford, Henry B. 
Coffin, Francis M. 
Cavarly, Henry 
Doty, Joho S. U. 
Dewey, William F. 
Demmebs, William 
Dewev, Rimsom P, 
Dennison, William H, 
Donnar, William 
Elting, William 
EbersoK Albert H. 
Elder, Peter 
Elder, William A. 
Eherhanl, Norval W. 
Fredeuburgh, Henry 
Fehus. James II, 
First. J«»seph 
Guard, Henry 
Gruham. John 
(«rant, Orrin B. 
Gurrv, John 
Hsnulton. Henr}* 
llinraan, l*har1es P. 
Harmony. Webster 
Hall. Augustus S. 
Harris, Ji>hn D. 
Knapp. William H. 
Kini(, Franeis 
Kelluirg. Frank 
Kneadler, .lohn J. 
Lewis, El>ene/.er 



Lathron, Francis 
Lane, Samuel 
Lanimey, William 
Lawrence. Phillip 
Meanney, Richard 
M:illctt. George H 
McConnick, Bruce 
Martin, diaries 
Norton, Henry 
Nichols, James H. 
Pickens, Theodore L. W. 
Parker, S:imuel 
Reedy, Tliomas 
Roberts. John Q. 
Reed, Franklin 
Reed, Elias P. 
Russell, Jamet M. 
Stout, James 
Simp- on, Robert 
Scott. John 
Stumph Elisha H. 
Smith, Jarvis B. 
Swap, Andrew 
Shaw, Charles M. 
Skinner. (Charles J. 
Si raw n, Christonher C. 
Schcrinerliorn, Edward 
Sergeant, Henry B. 
Taiubling, Villroy A. 
Tonipson, Leyant M. 
Valtearean, Gustavus 
Van Doren, Lucus W, 
Van Dorean, (.'besterW. 
Wyman, Peter 
Widneer, .1«>lin H. 
Williams, Lewis 
Wilson, llomcT A. 
Wright, Henry Q. 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



FOURTEK2ITH IHFAKTBT. 

The following named form the quota of 
Sangamon county in the Fourteenth Regiment: 

Rtgimentid Offlcert. 
Surgeon— George T. Allen 
Surgcon—Beojamin F. Stephenson 

COMPANY o. 

Ojfieert, 
Captain — Louis C. Ueiner 
First Lieu tenant— Adam Smith 
Second Lieutenant— Jacob Rippstein 

First SergtatU. 
Fredrick Steinly 



Charles Milde 

Phillip Ben 
George Rcinhart 
Ileniy Apt 



8ergtant9. 

Charles Shevan 

CftrporaU, 

Casper Resser 
Max Helmick 
August Bartbling 



Waqoner, 

Christ Ueincmann 

Jiuiieian, 

George Lucre 



Alberto, Fred 
Falk, Johann 
Gutzmau, August 
nces, George 
Ilubertv, Matthias 
Kniesef, Charles 
Klein, Louis 
Mvers, Frank 
Miller, John 
Preisscr, John 
Rucmlin, Fred 
Schwartz, Fred 



Pricatf, 

Schoenthal, William 
Schluter, Christ 
Segcn, Adolph 
Stroish, Charles 
Schidler, Jacob 
Strop, Heinrich 
Simon, Frank 
Walk, Nicholaus 
Huuenstcin, Jacob 
Kochlcr, Carl 
Sanders, Andreas 
Schnidlcr, Jacob 



ReeruiU. 
Barthume, William Lcmmer, Paul 

Grebe, Balthasar Stuber, Frederick 

Haucnstein, Jacob Schafer, Joseph 

Jake, Jacob Sanders, Andreas 

Kibele, Oscur 

COMPANY H. 

Keeton, Siimuel 

COMPANY I. 

Bargcr, William F. Ncal, William A. 

VETERANS. 
COMPANY n. 

Yakel, Jacob 

COMPANY D. 

Ilavenster, Jacob Reed, John 

Koehlcr, Carl 

COMPANY E. 

Quiun, Andrew 

In the line of ))romotions from the men of 
ibis county are the following: George T. Allen, 
from regimental to brigade surgeon; Balzer 
tirebs^ from the ranks of Second Lieutenant. 

This regiment was iirst called into the State 
service for thirty tlayn under the "Ten Regi- 
luent Bill.'' It rendezvoused at Jacksonville, 



Illinois, and was mustered into the m;rvice of 
the State for thirty days, on the 4th of May, 
1861. 

On the 25th of the same month it was mus- 
tered into the United States ser\'ice for three 
years, by Captain Pitcher, U. S. A. 

The remment remained at Camp Duncan, 
Jacksonville, until the latter part of June, for 
instructions; then proceeded to Quincy, Illinois, 
and from thence to Missouri, July 5, where, in 
connection with the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, 
it did good service in keeping down the rebel- 
lion. 

The forces under Martin £• Green, were dis- 
persed, and James Green, United States Senator, 
a fomenter of secession, was captured and 
paroled. The regiment left Rolla, Missouri, for 
Jefferson City, accompanying General Fremont 
on his memorable campaign to Springfield, Mis- 
souri, after General Price; then returned and 
went into winter quarters at Otterville. 

In the month of Februar}', 1862, the regiment 
was ordered to Fort Donalson, whore it arrived 
the day subsemient to its surrender; was brig- 
aded with the Fifteenth and Forty-sixth Illinois, 
and Twenty-lifth Indiana, and assigned to the 
Second brigade. Fourth division, under Briga- 
dier Geneal Stephen A. Hurlburt. 

In the meantime. Colonel Palmer had been 
promoted, and Major Ilall, Seventh Illinois cav- 
alry, originally Ca])tain of one of the compa- 
nies, had been promoted to Colonel. 

From Fort Donalson the regiment proceeded 
to Fort Henry, where it embarked on trans)K>rts 
and proceeded up the rennessee river to l*itts- 
burg Landing. 

In the sanguinary engagements of the 6th and 
7th of April, when the regiment first smelt 
powder from the enemy, the loss in killed and 
wounded was fully one-half the command en- 
gaged. The colors which came out of this 
bloody conflict, with forty-two bullet holes 
through them, fully attest the gallantry of the 
command in the memorable struggle. In the 
grand charge on the enemy, of Ajiril 7th, which 
was the consummation of that 8)>lendid victory 
over the hosts of rebels, the Fourteenth Illinois 
was in the advance and led by Colonel Hall. 
In the oflicial report of General Veach, com- 
mander of the brigade, to which the Fourteenth 
was attached, the following language is em- 
ployed. "Colonel Hall, of the Fourteenth Illi- 
nois, led with his regiment that gallant charge 
on Moiidav evening, which drove the enemy be- 
yond our fines and closed the struggle of that 
I memorable day. 



IIISTOIIV OF SAXCAMON COUNT!'. 



i'lic iVLjrtueiil look an active pari in lUe 
>'w^<i of Uorhilh. After lite cva<;ii.'Hion, it ]>ro- 
iii-iitJ to Mciiipliis, ami llience Ui iJolivcr, 'I'eii- 

Oi:tober i, 1^)3, the Fourth Division, iuuIlt 
l!L'Ucr;il IliirlltuL, was onli'red to jiroci'L-ii lo 
CoiiiHb, as a " forlorn liojte," to relic- ve the bu- 
leayinTud garrison at Uiat place; but the yallant 
H'>eirans, huiore Corinth wa^ readii'd, haj al- 
reaily si-vi>rt-ly i.nuishe.l lliu tnemy, ami the 
■'forlorn hop« " iiiijl the ri;lifatiiig robi-la at 
ibe villagu of -lluUniom, on the Ilatdiit- river. 
In the glorioiw victory that (olloweil eiglit 
lioLira' liaril fiyhtinj,', the Foiirli'enih llliiiois 
wi'U su>iaiiiL'd its rei>iitalion earned at Shiloh. 

Tlie rt'giiiienl toustiluted a pari of the riijbt 
wing of l.ir.iiil's army, in ilie march into Nor- 
tbcra -Mississippi, throiij|h Molly Springs, to Ya- 
uonce Palalfa, under the imuietliate command of 
tile lamented ^[cl'hcrson. VanDorii having re- 
captured Holly Springs, and General Sherman 
iK'iiig unable 'to effect a, dislodginent of the 
nbclsfroiiiVicksburg, Grant's army was oliliged 
to retreat; and on January IS, itJG.'i, the Four- 
tL'L'iith Illinois ^vent into winter quartern, at La- 
Favelte, Tennessee. 

fHarlv in the liurin:; the command wan ordered 
to ViiiiMburg, where it took p.art in the siege of 
ihal stronghold milJI its final fall, July 4, 1S63. 
Also, acionipanicd the expedition to Jackson, 
.Mis>tEsi])pi; taking part in the siege until ila 
cvacu.ition. 

In August, proceeded to Natchez, and formed 
part of the forcu- which marched across the 
great sivampfl of Northeastern Louisiana, to Har- 
ri^ol^\)llrg, on Wichita river, and captured Fort 
lleain'i'g:ird, where, the spring before, the ran 
"Quciii of the West" had been sunk. It ac 
L-oHii>aniLd General Sherman ou his Aleridei 
raid. After the return, a large portion rc-i-n 
li-led as veterans,— though its lime would havi 
i.\|iired in a few months. Returning from thi 
Niirlh, where it had bten on veteran furlough, 
ii formed a part of the army in the advance on 
Atlanta. 

Mere the Foiirle.iiUi 'ind Fifteenlh Illinois 
Veterans, ever together since the fall of JsijJj 
-liarers of each others' sorrows and joys, weary 
mnrehes and lionor.ilily earned laurels, were con- 
>nlidaled into the "Fourteenth and Fifleeiuli 
ilHiinis VetL'ran Ilattalion." 

The Laltalion was detailed to guard railroad 

comiHuuiealions at and near Ack worth, Georgia, 

- most iin]iorlaiit and dangcrons duty, aa it wan 

<nly ruiite by whieh General Sherman could 

lyliis ininien>e army with subsistence, etc. 



In the month of Oetolier, 1SC4, when the rebel 
General Ilood made his < lemon si ration agaiiiist 
Shermarfa rear, a large nuinlicr of the liaitalioa 
were killed and thi! major part of the balance 
were taken prismierd and neni to Anderson ville 
pn;>o». Those who escaped capture were 
inounletl, and, on llic grand march to the sea, 
acted as tM^outx, and were continually in ihe ad- 
vance, being the first to drive the rebel pickets 
into Savannah, Georgia. 

During the Umg and weary maifh through 
Xortli and South Carolina, the bailalion was on 
duly day and night, being coniiiantly in the 
]iresence of ibe enemy, gaining notoriety an 
skirmishers. Tbi* battalion was the finst to 
enter Cher.iw, Soulb Carolina, and Fayetieville, 
Xortb Carolina, and also took part in llie balll« 
of lienton ville. 

'At GoKlsboroirgh, North Carolina, in the 
spring of ^^Gi, the battalion organization was 
discontinued, a Miflicient number of org.mixed 
comp.inies of rwniils having arrived by wav of 
New Yi.rk and Morehcid City, North Carolina, 
to fill n]> the two regiments. Colonel Hull 
.igain being assigned to the command of lh« 
1- ourt tenth. 

After the eapitnl.ition of John.''on, the regi- 
ment marched to Washington, D. C, where, on 
the -J4th of May, it look jjart in the grand re- 
view of Shcnnan'K army. It afterwards pro- 
ceeded by rail and river to Louisville, Kentucky, 
thence, by river, to Fort Leavenworlli, Kansaa; 
thence raarchod to Fort Kearney, Nebraska Ter- 
ritory, and back. 

Mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 
Sejileniber 111, ISUo, arriving at Springfield, Illi- 
nois, Se]>teraber 22, ]S05, where it received final 
paympuL and discharge. 

Tlie aggregate number of men who have be- 
longed to this organisation was one thousand 
nine hundred and eighty, and the aggregate 
nuiKtereil out at Fort l^avenwortb was four hun- 
dred and eighty. Uuringits four years and four 
months of ardnous werxice the regiment marched 
four thousand four hundred and ninety tniles; 
traveled by r.iil, two thousand three hundred and 
thirty miles, and by river, four thousand four 
hundred and ninety miles, making an aggregate 
of eleven thousand six hundred and nevcnty 
miles. 

Sangamon county was represented by men in 
Companies G II and l.thc greater number being 
in Com))any G. Oidy one promotion made; 
Italger Gn.'be Wing promoted from jirivate to 
Second liientenani. 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMOX COUNTY, 



XinilTEKNTH INFANTRY. 

Adjotanl— Wilham B. Fondey. 

BK-OBGANIXED EIGUTKENTH INFANTRY. 

Lieulcnaul Colonel— Jules C. Weber. 
Private— Nelson Judd. 

NINETEENTH INFANTRY. 

This regiment was raised in the stiiunier of 
1861, and in the organization were the following 
named from Sangamon county: 

OJtcerM. 
First Assistant Surgeon — Preston II. Bnilbache. 

COMPANY B. 

Oorporali. 
William Davidson James McGraw 

Pritate9. 
Atwood, Aroot Murpliy, William 

Burr, Thomas 0*Brien, Daniel 

Blackney, Samuel Patterson, William 

Cunninghaim, Edward 8. Pettit, William C. 
Klmore, Travis Strong. Stephen 

Grove, Augustus Solimutt, Philip 

Kelle}'. Martin Thntsher, James H. 

McOuire, John Wilherow, Isaac N. 

McEvoy, Daniel Walsh, Tliomas C> 

Wigiiall, Thomas 

COMPANY F. 

Priraies. 

Griflin. Samuel Mitchell, Henry 

Kellog, Oscar D Rhmrharger, Ira D. 

Montcioe, Cornelius W. Van Brunt, John 

M«>or, Christopher Wentworth, John 

3lcCormack, Andrew Welch, William 

Myers, James Zame, William 

TWENTIETH INFANTRY. 

Pritate*. 
Holloway, John Sweeney, Thomas 

TWENTY-FIBST INFANTRY. 

Thin regiment is kno>vn as General Grant's 
regiment, and did noble service during the war. 
Sangamon county had a few representatives in 
six of its ten companies, as follows: 



Ruby. John 
Lee, llobert S. 



COMPANY A. 

Prirate*. 

Wise. John T. 
Woodman, Klwoo*l 



tVMPASY 11. 

Pricnttt. 
Hi-jlow. William II. Wrijcht, Richard 

Luke, Andrew J. FiUon, James 

COMPANY c. 

Prirntea. 
Brill, Prtirifk Ni**hi»l.son, Holiert 

Biinmm, John llarkor, Silas 

Jarkidin, Andrew W. Byrne, Charles 

M(*l^ughlln, Jiihn Fuiey, Pairirk 

Maynehan, Michael 



COMPANY D. 

PrivaU. 
Rbinebarger, William 

COSfPANY F. 

Pr%€<Ue9. 
Bum, John Goodcnough, Elliott 

Car\'er, William Pigit Leander 

Doneges, Killian Prestof, William 

COMPANY G. 

PritateM, 
Pierson, Silas 0. Sutherland, John 

Romang, Christopher Houlhi, Larry" 

COMPANY II. 

Pri€at€9. 

Miller, Jacob 
Ross, Joshua B. 

UnaMMioned. 
Davis, £. H. 



Coi>e, Peter W. 
Harnady, Xoah 



HISTORICAL MEMORANDA — BY MEt'TENANT-GKN- 

ERAL U. S. GRANT. 

I was appointed Colonel of the Twenty-first 
Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Governor Richard 
Yatey, some time .early in the month of June, 
1801, and assumed command of the regiment on 
the lOth of that month. Tlie regiment was 
mustered into the service of the United States 
in the latter part of the same month. 

Heing ordered to rendezvous the regiment at 
Qiiincv, Illinois, I thouji^ht for the purpose of 
discipline and speedy efficiency for the field, it 
would be well to inarch the regiment across the 
country, instead o^ transporting by rail. 

Accordingly, on the :^d of July, 1861, the 
march was commenced from Camp Yates, 
Springfield, Illinois, and continued until about 
three miles beyond the Illinois river, when dis- 
patches were received, changing the destination 
of the regiment to Ironton, Missouri, and direct- 
ing me to return to the river and take a steamer, 
which had been sent there for the purpose of 
transporting the regiment to St. Louis. The 
steamer failinc^ to reach the point of enibaik- 
inent, several days were here lost. In the mean- 
time,a portion of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, 
under Colonel Smith, were reported surrounded 
by the enemy at a ]ioiiit on the Hannibal &, St. 
Joseph railroad, west of Palmyra, and the 
Twenty-first was ordered to their relief. 

Under these circumstances, expedition was 
necessary; accordingly, the march was aban- 
doned, and the railroad was called into recjuisi- 
tion. 

Defore the Twenty-first reached its new desti- 
nation, the Sixteenth had extricated itself. The 
Twenty-first was then kej)t on duty on the line 
of the iLinnibal & St. Joseph railroad for alM>ut 
two weeks, without, however, meeting an enemy 



HISTORY OF SAXGAMON COUNTY. 



..r ail iiiiitJeiii worili relating. We diil mnke 
.mc mnrch, Imwever. iluriiig Uitt time frotii Salt 
river, Missouri, ti> I'lurida, Mis-«inri, niid re- 
tiinied ill se:ircli iif Tom Harris, wlio was re- 
.mrlL'tl ill ib^il neiuliburlinoil willi a lian.K.iI 
,)f rebels. It was imiio.ssib]e,_Ii««ever, t.> ^'el 
iienriT tli:in a ilay'ii iiiarcli of liiin. 

[■"roiii Sail river,t.lif reginienlweiil lo Mexico, 
Missouri, iiliere it reiii.iiiiciJ for two weekH", 
llii'Tice to Iroiiton, ilissoiiri, jiassiii-j iliroiigh St. 
I,aiiis on ilie 7tli of August, where I was ns- 
si"iie(l to liutyasa liritra(lier(;ni<;ral,ainl tiinietl 
.iver the command of \lierci;iment to that g-il- 
laiit ami Clirisuan officer, Coloin;! Alev.in.icr, 
tt-ho arior»'.-inls viehled ii|> his life, whilst uoblv 
leaain-i it in ihe't.attle of Cbirkamauga. 

U. S. HUANT, 

Lieutenant General. 

The ScvvTitli Con.arrensional Dislrift Regimeiil 
wns orgnuizi-d at Matloon, Illinoit:, on the Olh 
of May, 1^01. On the 15th of May, it was inua- 
•(TL-d into the Suite service for thirty davs, by 
Cajjlain U. S. Grant. 

On tbe 28lh of Juno, it was mustered into 
United States service for tbree years, by Ca]»- 
lain Pitcher, U. S. A., with CapUin U. S. Otaiit 
as Cnlonel. Colonel (jrant was commissioned 
Urigadier General, August 6, IStjl, and was suc- 
ceeded liy Lieutenant Colonel J. W, S. Alex- 
ander, who was killed, September 20, 18fi3, at 
Cliicamauga. On the itii of July, 18C1, the 
rejcinient marched for Hosonre. On the 22d, 
arrived at Mexico, where it remained until Aug- 
ust C, when it proceeded by rail to Irontoti, Jhs- 
soiiri. Oc*ober 90, marched from Irontou, and 
on the 21st participated in the battle of Fred- 
ricklown. Itemained at Ironton until January 
■2!t, 18(1:*. Marched with General Steele's expe- 
dition to Jaclcsonsporl, Arkansas, where it was 
tirdered to Corinth, via Cape Gii-ardeau. Ar- 
rived at Hamburg Landing, May -Jt, icG2. On 
the evacuation ot Corinth, pursued the enemy 
from Farmington, Alississij'^ii, to Itooneville. 
Returning from the pursuit, it /onueil a ]>art of 
an expedition lo Holly Sprinizs. On the 14th of 
-AuguHt, 1 803, was ordered to join General Itueira 
army, in Hast Tennessee. Marched ri'u Kasl- 
pi'n, ^lississippi; Columbia, Tennessee; Flor- 
iiice, Alabama; Fr.inklin, MurfreoBhoro and 
N"a-.hvilh', Tennessee; and arrived at I^uisville 
Si'iitember ^7, 1802. Engaged in the battle of 
Perryville, October 8, and Chaiilln Hill. Com- 
]iai>y F, Captain David Hlaekburn, was the first 
in IVrryville. From theiK* marched to Crab 
Tree (trehard and Howling (Jrein, Keutniky, 
and lo Nashville, Tennessee. 



When the army iiiareheil from Xashville, 
l)feeml)^r 3Ct, 1Kii-j, this regiment formed a part 
of the Second llngade. Fir«t Division Twen- 
tieth Army Corps, and was in the skirmish at 
Knob Gap. 

On Doccmber W, in connection with Fifteenth 
Wisconsin. Tliirty-eiijhil) Hlinuis.aixl One Ilnn- 
dred-and-First Ohio, it ha<] a scvi-re engagement 
with ihe eneniv near MHrrroe*bi>n>, whtre it 
charged the famous Washington (rvbel) l.i^'ht 
Artillery, twelve I'arrolt guns, and succeeded in 
driving every man from the batlcrj. when it was 
conijieTled to fall baek by a division of rettel 
infantry. During the battle of Murfreesboro it 
was fiercely engaged, and did gallant duly, loa- 
ina more men ihan any other regiment engaged. 
Hip Twentv-lift'l was with General Kosecr.ins' 
army from Jtnrfreesboro to Chattanooga, and 
was engaged in a severe skirmieh at Liberty Gap, 
June Jf), ISO;!, Was engaged in the battle of 
Chiekamauga, September Iflth ami :;iHh, where 
it lost two liundreii and iliirty-eight officers and 
men. 

Colonel Ale.x.tnder being killetl, and Lienten- 
ant Colonel ^IcMaekin lieing wounded, Captaia 
C. K, Knighi took command of the regiment- 
After the battle of Chickainaiiga, the Twonty- 
fii-st was attnelied to First ]triga<)e, First Diviii- 
ion, Fourth Armv Corps and reiiiaineil at Bridge- 
port, Alabama, Auring October, November, and 
December, 180H. 

Mustered out Deccnil)er 16, 1803, at San An- 
tonio, Texas. ^Vrrived at Camp Iiiiller January 
I K, I siKi, for final payment anil discharge. 

TWK.NTV-SECOSD TXKASTRT, 



TWENTV-TMIRD ISFASTBT. 

Mich net Burke . 

TWENTV-SIXTU ISVAXTEY. 

The following named compose those credited 
to Sangamon county in the report of the Adja- 
lant General, at the close of llie war: 



i-oMrAXf B. 

/Vira(#. 

Slater, Albert & 



Cnnlaln— Jubp B. llurrli 

rirM bUutensnl— Wminin W. Fouicli 

Sccutul Lleuii-niinl— Ueorgc W. Kerlln 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



First Sergeant 
A sail Ciirson 

SerffeanU, 
John 8. Uicbmond James W. Booker 

Robert C. Reed Janics Malyon 

CorporaU, 
Ezra Bradford James £. Slice 

Thomas W. Harmon William K. Clark 

William H, H. Cline John S. Wilson 

Richard L. Ballard Thomas Westfall 



Morgan Bcldcn 



Mu9irian; 

Richartl F. Ellis 

PritalU: 



Arloth, Augustus 
Rruner, John 
Bochmc, Conrad 
Bingham, John 
Bums, Andrew 
Baine, Jesse 
Breeden, Russell 
lilaney, Joseph H. 
Cole, *John 
Carson, Townsend 
Clark, James L. 
Conrad, Henry 
Canon, PatricK 
C?hirk, Andrew 
Dclrtnej', William 
DiehU Cinlv 
Pugale, Jonn W. 
Foster, Isaac 
Qnmt, Horatio W. 
Gilpin, John H. 
Gilpin. James 
Gill. Michael 
Gcbbart. John 
Harris, John 
Hammonds, John A. 
Hammonds, John 
Ilan'cy, John 
Hansen, Die A. 



Hicks, Charles W. 
Jen l» ins, John U. 
King, Samuel Noble 
Maxwell, Abncr Y. 
Morris, Edward T. 
Mcacham, Meredith L. 
Mai in, Thomas 
Owen, Napoleon 
Proctor. Williom H. 
Pense, Calvin A. 
Riley. William 
Slosscr, Andrew- 
Scott . David R. 
Snider, Leonard N. 
Simpson, Jackson B. 
Sheets, Isaac 
Sneidor, Peter 
Seal, Moreland 
Seclig, Franz 
Smith. William 
Williams. Reuben C. 
Wilson, Elias H. 
Wilson. UolK'rt J. 
Welch. William H. 
Wilson, Charles 
Yates, James H. 
Zane, George B. 



ViUrantt. 



Booker, James W. 
Bradford, Ezra 
Blaney, Joseph H. 
BeUlen, Morgan 
Bruden, Russell 
Clark, William R, 
Cline. William H. H. 
Ci)rson, Townsend 
Clark, James L. 
Canon, Patrick 
Clark, Antlrow 
Piihl, (^inley 
<filpin, John H. 
Itilpin. James 
Itobliarl, John 
Hicks, Charhs W. 
Hamm<»nds. John A. 
Morris, Edward T 

JiecruiU, 
Avenz, Robert W Erickson. William 

Cnrs«m. Richard Ibiyx, jNmes 

Clnik. John R. RichaidM. James P. 

CoMlcy. William H. Reed, Wiley .1. 

Kuion. Horace O. Starks. Homer E. 



Mcacham. Meredith L. 
Malj'on^Iames 
Mabn, Thomas 
Richmond, John S. 
Rilev, William 
Snider, Leonard K. 
Sheets, T^aac 
Snyder, Peter 
Seal, Moreland 
Westfall. Thomas F. 
Wilson, Elias H. 
Wilson, Robert J. 
Wilson. John 8. 
Wilson, Charles 
Welch. William H. 
Yates, James 11. 
Zane, Geurire B. 



€X>MPA5Y B. 

Pritate, 
Seeker, Mathias. 

COMPANY F. 

PrieaU, 
Wlialeo, George. 

COMPANY o. 

/VirolM. 
Arnold, John A. Garrett. George 

Wells, William 

VnauigHed. 
Flemming, Fred L Proutz, William H. 

The following proiiiotionH Mcre made of San- 
gamon county men: John H. Harris, from Cap- 
tain to Major; Morgan Bclden, from Musician 
to Adjtitant; Samuel N. King, from piivate to 
Second and First Lieutenant; George W. Ker- 
Hn, from Second to First Lieutenant, and Cap- 
tain; John S. Richmond, from Sergeant to Cap- 
tain; Calvin A. Pease, from private to Second 
and First Lieutenant; William IL H. Cline, 
from Corporal to First Lieutenant; Ashel Cor- 
son, from Sergeant to Second Lieutenant; 
James \V. Booker, from Sergeant to Captain. 

The Twenty-sixth Infantr)', Hlinois Volun- 
teers, was mustered into the United States* 
serA'ice, with seven companies at Camp Hutler, 
Illinois, Ati^ust 31, 1861, and were onlered to 
Quincy, Illinois, for the protection of that 
place. Not having been aimed, the regiment 
did general duty with hickoi-y clubs. 

During the autumn, the re<^ment did duty on 
the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, and were 
armed with old English Tower rtiuslcets — Colo- 
nel John Mason Loomis, commanding post at 
Hannibal. 

Prior to January 1, 1862, three more compa- 
nies were raised, completing the organixation. 
February 19, 1802, left Hannibal, Missouri, for 
the South, stopping at Commerce, where the 
regiment was assigned to Brigadier General J. 
H. Plummer's brigade. Brigadier General Schuy- 
ler Hamilton's division, Major General John 
Pope's cor])s. 

Arriving at New Madrid, March 3d, and were 
engaged m action there. Marched to Point 
Pleasant, and arriving on the 0th, engaged rebel 
gun boats, sharp shooters, and prevented the 
landing of the enemy. 

Marched to intercej>t the flying enemy from 
Island No. 10, and assisted in ca]>turing* many 
prisoners. 

After remaining some time at New Madrid, 
joined an expedition against Fort Pillow. Re- 
turning, proceeded up the Ohio and Tennessc^e 
rivers to ilaniburg Landing. Took part in tlie 



lllSnJltV OF SASGAMOX (.OUNTY. 



sii-rFB of Coriiilh. May 8 ami ti, werv eiiy.-iyed 
at Kjiiiiin;ilon, tilt' regiinenl losing live kilk-d 
ami lliirty wounded. Lieiiti-naiUfnlom;! Chailos 
II. Tiiiklinm was among tlie wounded. 

Culonel Luoniis conim.iiidi'il brigade, and Gen- 
(/lal Stanlej- the division. May 28, etigagod the 
oiii-niy "lie mile from Corinth, ihe reginiiiit 
Icjsinjr four killed and twcnly-five wgiiinU-d. 
Jlajor Gilnioie was wounded. 

Corupany G, of the Twuntynixth, was the 
fii-st lo enter t'oriiith on evaciKition by enemy. 
Engaged iu jmrsuil to Uoouville, and returned 
to Clear Creek, four miles from Corinth. June 
'Si, unierid to Danville, Mississippi, where it re- 
mained til! Aui,'iistl«, 18111, at whieh time joined 
lirig:idi: coiiniiaiidud liy Colonel H. C. >fMrj»liy 
(Eighth Wiseonsin), and marched for Tuscnm- 
liia. Arrived I'lai. September 8, with Fortv- 
tevenili and Twentv-nisth, Lieutenant Colonel 
Tirikliara commanding. Marched to Clear 
creek. 

Si.i>tLiuljer 18, luarcheil for Inka; 19th, were 
eiiirat;ed with the enemy in a brigade com- 
manded by Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Mower, of 
tile Eleventh Missouri. Enemy evacuating in 
tile nighl, it joined in pnrsiiil.arrivingal Corinth 
October 3, and participating in the balile of 
Corinth. 

After the b.iillp. followed the retreating 
enemy a< far asltipley.tcn days afterward arriv- 
ing again at Corinth, where it stayed until No- 
vember 5. MarcliL'd, ri<i Grand Junction, Hotly 
Springs, and Lumi.kins >!ill, toward Tallah-itchie 
rivi-r, the enuiiiy being fortified on south side of 
river Uegiiiieiii was here detailed to guard a 
coniinis-:iiy train to llnd.-^onville, during the 
trip losing two men kilted and two wounded, by 
gnerrillas. 

Ordered lo Hollv Springs for guard duty; 
thence to O.xford, Mistiissijipi, where remained 
until Ilecemlier 20. 

Order.-d to Holly Spriiig»,.lo ))rcvent the cap- 
ture of that jilaee. On 2]i't, reached that place, 
enemy having fled. Remained here dnring the 
year, ("nloncl Looniis emnmanding the post, and 
l.ii'iilenant Colonel Gilmurc as chief of ont- 

post*. 

Lithe liPi;lnTiing of the year 1S0:1, the post 
at llnllv S])rini^s was broken uji, and the army 
fell back to Lagrange, Tennessee, wl.ere the 
r<'U'imi>nt was assi'^itied to duly as provost j;nard, 
C.-l..i».l L<,,.niis ominaiiiling the i.ost. Here it 
remained nniil :\I.areh sth. 

Mar,-h :i. Ilie re^nment wax brigaded with the 
Ninii.euthlllin..is,Ttt(;lfth.indOne]lniidrcdlh 
Iv..i;-;r:i, C,.Inn,-I L-i-mis, mmmanding. 



Alarch sth, the brigade niarcbed from La- 
granjje to Collicr^'ill^, Tennessee, wliere tiey 
remained three months eng»ge<l in fortifying 
the place and defemling the railroad against 
gnerriltae and bnehw hack era. 

June Tlh, left Colli<Tvil)e for Memphis. The 
following day they embarked for llames' BbifT. 
'llie regiment Nnbaeijnenily went into ramp at 
Oak Uidjje, where it remained until after thv 
fall of Vicksburg. 

On the afternoon of July 4lh, started in pur- 
suit of the retreating forces of Genera] John- 
eon. The siege of Jackson was marked by i^e- 
verc tikirniiKbiDg, in one of which Captain 
Jame^ A. Dugget, of Company C, was instantly 
killed by a round shot through the breast, and a 
number of men were killed and wounded. 
About ihe 22d of July, Wgnn the march back 
to Vicksburg, and when the Iroojis crossed Black 
river they went into camp for the summer. 
September 2S. the camp was broken np and the 
regiment marched into Vieksbur^; and there eiii- 
bsrked for Memphis, where it arrived ou tlie 7th 
of October. 

Here a few days was given for the purpose of 
ouilitting the men, preparatory for the long 
march across the country from Memphis to 
Chattanooga, to relieve the besieged Army of 
the Cumberland. 

The march began at 8 a- m^ October llth. 
Arrived at I'ridgeport, November ISlli, and on 
the 24ih and 25tb, took an active part in the 
battle of Mission Kid"e, losing in killed and 
wounded, one bnndrcd and one cllicers and 
men. Among the officers severely wounded 
were. Lieutenant Colonel Gillmore, Captain 
James P. Davis, company It, Adjutant Edward 
A, Tucker, and Lieutenant William Polk, com- 
pany B. 

lite nG\t morning started before daylight in 
pursuit of the defeated and flying enemy, fol- 
lowed Ihein to Ruigold, Georgia; burnt the 
bridges and destroyed the railroad; then re- 
turned to make llic march of two hundred miles, 
without supplies, cooking utensils, camp equi]>- 
.igcs or change of clotliing, to the relief of Gen* 
eial Bmisides, at Knoxville. Retnmeil to Bridge- 
imrt in the latter part of December; were re- 
elolfaed, paid off, and inarclied to SuolU^boro, 
Alabama, and went into winter <]n.aners. 

On the iFt of January, IfOJ, there were five 
hundred and fifteen men present for duty, of 
whom four hundred and si.\ty-three re-enlistod 
aa veterans. Of sixty-one men present in oom- 
naiiy K, sixty re-enlii^ed. Janiianr li, sUrted 
home on veteran furlough. At iTw cX]>inHion 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



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urlouffh, returned to the field vitb ranks 
i filled with recruits. Arrived at Scotsboro' 
^<«li 3, and remained until May 1, when it 
["^ed on the great Atlantic canipaign. The 
1^ vnent was actively engaged in all the 
^^^^^hes, skirmishes and battles which finally 
^I'^^^ltedin the capture of Atlanta. On the 3d 
g^^ "^^ugust, a detail of nine hundred men was 
^l^j^^^ from the division to charge the enemy's 
*i^^ ^* «Tii»h line. The charge was to be made over 
^^ ^^Id field, covered with high grass, a distance 
^^ ^^Tx)ut four hundred yards. When the signal 
J. *^ ** given, the men started on a keen run for the 
^^l^^l works. John II. Wilson, of company D, 
ji^^ J ^jh was raised in Sangamon county, a stout, 
1^- ^^"Ve fellow, out-ran the rest, and soon found 
^ ^>^ ^elf in front of a rebel pit, wliich had been 
^'^^^ ^sealed by the tall grass, tilled with seventeen 
•^■^ and a commissioned otHcer. lie drew up 
^^ 111 usket« and told them *Ho fight or run, and 
^5^^t, blamed quick." All surrendered except 
I 3 ^^ officer, who started to run, M'hen Wilson shot 
^ • ^^^ It was lauq^hable to see " Buck," as he 
^^5^ called, marching back with his seventeen 
'^^""■i^cjners. By order of General Ix)gan, he re- 
ti€>d the ofHcer's sword and a fine Whitney 
, ^> found in the pit, and now has them at 

^ ^^ »^ie as mementoes of his gallantry. After the 
'^^ ^1 of Atlanta most of the old ofhcers wer^ 
'^^ ■ •»*^ered out at the expiration of their term of 
••^•^v-ice. Onlv two of the original orticers re- 
"^^^^ *^ed, oneof whcmi. Captain Ira J. Bloonitield, 
3any K, was made Colonel of the regiment. 
^_ — L>out the same time, the Fourth Division, 
*^ ^ ^y ^enth Army Corps, was broken up, and the 
i vnent was transferred to the First Division 
ie same corps, with which it remained until 
c^lose of the war. The regiment did some 
'^^^^■^ marching; following Hood up toward Chat- 
Ooga, and off into Northern Alabama; thence 
^riicd to Atlanta; were paid and re-clothed, 
^^"^^aratory to " marching through Georgia." 

^ lie Twentv-sixth was engaged in the action 

^^riswoldviile, siege of Savannah and capture 

V*ort McAlister. A short time after the fall 

Savannah, the regiment was ordered to Beau- 

^^ South Carolina, and remained on duty there 

^^^ at Port Royal Ferry, until the commence- 

^^^nt of the northward march through the Caro- 

^'^an. Were among the first regiments into Col- 

^^^^bia, iind were hotly engaged in the battle of 

^•^ntonville. Here the regiment was ordered to 

^^^y the bridge, across Mill creek, which was 

^^^ngly guarded by the enemv. The regiment 

^uarged, and carried it, but lost a nuniber of 

S^HxT men. Sergeant Sniith| of Company K, 



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color-bearer, was charging, at the head of the 
column, across the bridge, and was shot, the 
colors falling into the stream. The enemy 
rushed forward to secure them, but Lieutenant 
Webster, with Company E, charged, drove them 
back, and saved the colors. Colonel Bloomfield 
had his horse shot under him, and narrowly 
escaped himself. Remained at Goldsboro, North 
Carolina* a few days; and April 10, began the 
march against Raleigh. Left Raleigh, May 1, 
for Washington, via Richmond. Particii>aled 
in the grand review at Washington. Trans- 

Eorted by rail to Parkersburg, Virginia; thence 
y boat to Louisville, Kentucky, where it re- 
mained in camp until July 20, lS6d, when it was 
mustered out of service and started for Spring- 
field, Illinois, for final payment and discharge. 
July 28, the regiment was paid off and dis- 
banded. 

The regiment had marched during its four 
years of service, six thousand nine hundred and 
thirty-one miles; fought twentjr-eight hard bat- 
tles, besides innumerable skirmishes, lliev 
were permitted by the orders of the command- 
ing Generals to place upon their banner, "New 
Madrid," " Island No. 10," *« Farmington," " Siege 
of Corinth," "luka," "Corinth, 3d and 4th Oc- 
tober, 1802," "Holly Springs," "Vicksburg," 
"Jackson, Miss.," "Mission Ridge," "Resacca," 
"Kenesaw," "E/.ra Church," "AtlanU," "Jones- 
boro," "Griswoldville," "McAlister," "Savan- 
nah," "Columbia," " Bentonville." 

TWKXT V-SKV KXTll 1 XFAXTRY. 

Regimental Officer$, 
Major—llall Wilson 
Adjutant— Henry A. Rush 
Surgeon— Henry C. Barrcll 

PricaU9. 
C.nnpbcll, John G. liynch, Patrick 

Castello, Michael On, Archibald B. 

Hnmmann, Frederick 

TWKNTV-KH:ilTII INFANTRY. 

Prirate, 
George Strode. 

TWKNTV-XINTII IXFANTBY. 

Sangamon cotnjtj- had about one hundred men 
in this regiment, distributed as follows: 

lieaimenUil OJpcen. 
Major — Mason Bray man 
Fife Major— JosepU F. FoultJt 

COMPANY A. 

Gentry, David C. 

COMPANY C. 

7V«raU. 
Frame, JauicN J. 



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(lISiORV OF SANUA.MON COUNTY. 



Priealei. 

|!m»li. Oi'ur-'i.- W. Itotl-i-r*. Diivid 

GliiilMi.n, Willun T. Hu.Ikits, Wiirmms 

GUi»-< iH'k, .Willi J. &inJiTs. Jaine* W. 

ihnrv, Cli:.ilfs Vinson, Robert D. 

lluiiii.lir.'v-, Crarav \V. Vin.-^n, EliasD. 

ll(-ii>.'ii. tiK.iiiiis ' Viusuu. Diivid 

Lullicr, Martin Vnirover, Win, P. C. 

JIoMey, J.uiies C. Wcbli, Asa 

Ollaiu, Jiilin Wibl>, Bi'njmnin A. 







ClIUl'ANV E. 








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Eiislcy, AiiiIiroEe 








COMI'ASY U. 








Pricilr*. 




Kiikf 


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nics K>lui, 


iU, .I.iUn 


K.hv; 




CliiirlPB F.irlf= 


-i, Coli.iiilius 


Rhv.. 


lis 


Miliou IJrtTr. 


Williiim H. 


It^ini.- 


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-hu CrriT 


William 


Ki-iT 


Di 


lirl ll:im 


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S 




■liitlii. C. Hunt. 


Tbomiis 


y, 


Jojn. 


. Anliil>u!<l W 


Willi 




MtDoiial.l Kiser. 


Willlini P. 


V;.1PC 


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ii.s A. McGhcc. George 


Hi.hr 


■J^i 


k,.lolui K. Portt! 


. Tlioiiiiiii J. 


Jil.ML 




ii'ni;;.. Piiyuc 


r, .Timice J. 


CVmk 


CI 


iilcs. Tnrniiil. Willliiiii [I. 


Ibvis 


.Vlficd Trail- 


Me, Willinm A 






Officer-,. 




C.I 




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M.lnliii- 


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fir-t f>tr;ifi"*. 
Tmuiiin L. Pi.si. 


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CoriieriiU. 
J..>.-|.b C. Camiibell Miiri.m T. Iliislnn 

Williiiin Smiih Jusiuh Cox 

Siiiimcl Fntrb:ii)k* 
Muiieiani. 
Atviib D<iiitl 
I'rir.Uti.. 
HiTbiTt, TliomiiB Portfrliold. L. Y. 

MiLllcili, Jobn Siiiilb, lleiirv 

Miiy, .Tiipob Smilb, Julius B. 

Md)rni.il.l. .lobu Tliornliin, Iticlianl 

0'Di>niicll, Aii.lrfW Viiucl.n. Cniwfor.l 

Parkir. .liilin L. Woo-fls, John M. 

Pollnrd. Juines 

ll^irVliiirsl. Niiibiin ITiifer, Fniok 

Ciirlpr, .loba Wtbh, Jim.cs 

F..irbanks, Siimuel 



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I't. 



Ciiiii)ibi-ll, Andrew U. 

Fiilk, Nelson S. Nasb, Juliii T 

Hull, WMIInin J, IVi.rsini. Wili^in 

l.itilp, Henry C. Scull, I.i'ivU 

Miinrc, Alfred 
As ri'iiurU'il lo llic Ailjiitaiil Cfiitiiil, llie fol- 
"win^ were tlie ll|■lHll■llioll^ of S;lll.^^nnoll conniy 



i: Mniiuii llniyiiiai), rroiii M:iji'r i<i ri.'"iii>l ■ 
and Brigadier (ieiierat; Samiivl II. Hiisisell, from 
Second lo FirBl Lieutenant and Ciptatii; Truman 
S, Post, from fjcrgennt to Second and First 
I,i VII ten nut nnd Captain. 



The Twcnty-iiintli Illinois Volimtcont wax 
mustered into the ITnitcd States Kcn'ice at Camp D 
Hntlcr, Illinois, Angnst 19, 1^01, by Captain T. 
G. Pittther, U.S.A., and wait commanded by 
Colonel James S Rt;ardon, and was nssigned to 
■ lie brigade of Hrigatlier General John A. Mc- 
demand. 

Early in September it was ordered to Cairo. 
In Oflolier, formed x part of an expedition under 
ilie ciriuinand of Colonel K.J. Oglt-sby, to Hlooni, 
JMifisoiiri. In January, lH«i, regiment was as- 
signed to the brigade of Colonel R. J. Oglesby, 
(Kightli, Eigliteenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth 
and Tbirlylirsl Illinois), and division Ilrigadier 
General McCtern.ind. Tliii: command was tbe 
first to enter Fori Henry after ila evaetiation. 

In tlie liaille of Fort Uonelson, the brigade 
formed the extreme right of the line of iiivcst- 
incnt, meeting the enemy flrst and lighting theni | 
longer than any o'her portion of the annif, t 
Regiment tost one liundn-d men killed, of which \ 
thirty were killed on the field- 
March t, 1SC9, rerpnicnt wns -isKignod to Co- 
lonel li. F. Ross' Brijjade, composed of the Sev- 
enteenth, Tweiily-niMth, Foi1y-third and Forty- 
ninth Illinoiii Volnnteem, and pix)ceeded to Sa- 
vaan.ih, TcnnpMee. Twentieth of March, pro- 
ceeded to Pittiiburg Landing. April 1st, Cap- 
tain K. M. Ferrill wa« promoted to Lieutenant 
Colonel cice Diinlap, rc-tigned, The regiment 
bore a most honorable ]>art in the b.-ittle of Shi- 
loh, Anril and T, IFttS. With an elTrctive 
Rtrengtn of four hundred men, it loNt one 
hundred kilted and wounded. 

April 16, 18IIS, Major M. llrayman was pro- 
moted Colonel vice lieardon, resigned. Regi- 
ment was constantly engaged during the siege 
of Corinth, May, 1P«2. June 6, was assi^ied 
to brigade of Colonel C. C. Marsh, composed of 
ihe KIcventh, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and 
Thirty-first lllinoin, and during the nionth mado 
fre<[uent incursions into West Tennessee. Oc- 
tober 1, sent to reinforce General Itosencraiis at 
Corinth. Arriving too late for the battle, 
formed to advance of ttie advance of pnr*Hit to 
Ripley, Mixsissippi, and relumed to Jaekson, 

^eJ>U'mbe^, 35, Lieuleiiaiit Colonel C. M. F«r. 
rill, priiinoted Colonel rice M. I-ray man, pro- 
moted Ilrigadier Gereral. 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



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jutant Loren Kent, promoted Lieutenaut 
nel. 

^cember I , regiment proceeded to rear of 
^^^»^^iral Grant's army, at Cold Water, Missis- 
'^'B^^^S, and sliortly afterwards went into camp at 
|^<>«By Springs. On 18th Lieutenant Colonel 
'^^^"'^^ with two companies (D and K,) went to 
^^son, Tennessee, to protect that place, 
^cember 20, Colonel R. C. ililurphy, of the 
S'^^th Wisconsin Volunteers, surrendered Holly 
■^m ngs to rebel General Van Dom, in a most 
"^^►"jSirdly and disgraceful manner. Eight com- 
U^**^ 5 €8 of the regiment were paroled and sent to 
•^^ *i ^ ^on Barracks. The camp and garrison equip- 
and books and records of the Twenty- 
"^li were destroyed. 

^Iie eight paroled companies were kept at 

Xon Barracks until July, 1863, %vhen tliey 

e exchanged and returned to duty. The two 

fining companies were assigned to the 

^tcm Navy in February, 1803, where they 

^ ed with distinction during the siege of 

-^sburg, losing one oflicer and several men in 

iiiug the batteries at Vicksburg and Grand 

f. 

ctobcr 10, 1803, Lieutenant Colonel Kent 
relieved, at his own request, as Provost 
shal General of the Army of the Tennessee, 
assumed command of his regiment, which 
as^signed to. General Logan's Division of the 
^nteenth Army Corps. 

ctober 10, the One Hundred and Thirty-first 
ois volunteers was consolidated with the 
^^ ^nty-ninth, and Lieutenant Colonel Kent 
^unoted Colonel, vice Colonel Ferrell, re- 
ined. 

ccember 1, 1803, moved to Natchez, and re- 

^m. ncd on garrison duty. In January, 1804, the 

tmcnt re-enlisted, and was mustered as vet- 

:is; and Julv 10, received veterans' furloughs 

Springfield, Illinois. 

gloved from Springfield, August 22, 1804, and 

^ ved at Natchez the last of the month, and 

ained until October, then moved to the 

mith of White river, having been assigned to 

mrd bric^ade reserve corps, Military Division 

"^Vest Mississippi. A short time afterward 

»5 ordered to Memphis, and thence to Paducah, 

'~ ving October 20, 1804, for protection of Ken- 

iy from enemy's cavalry, which appeared on 

5 herder. November 20, enibarkeii for Mem- 

P^ i «, camping in that city November 20. De- 

^'^^iber 21, marched witli expedition into the in- 

^"^ior of Tennessee. 

\Iard marching, cold weather, and bad roads, 
^^tumed I)ecem1>er 31. January 1,1805, em- 





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barked for New Orleans. Camped above the 
citv at Kenner on the 5th. 

Febniarv 11, assigned to Third Brieade, First 
Division, Thirteenth Army Corp'^, Colonel Kent 
commanding brigade, and Lieutenant Colonel 
J. A. Callicott commanding regiment. Em- 
barked for Mobile. Landed at Dauphin Island 
on 15th February. March 17, embarked for 
Fort Morgan, ana landing, bivouacked on the 
beach. During eight succeeding days, were 
toiling over almost impassable roads to Spanit^h 
Fort, arriving on the 20th. Took an active part 
in the siege. Moved to Fort Blakely April 2, 
and was engaged in the whole siege, supporting 
the charge made by our Second brigade on the 
Otb, which resulted in the capture of the entire 
rebel army. Regiment lost during the cam- 
paign twenty-sjx men killed and wounded. 

April 10, marched for Mobile. Arrived on the 
1 2th, and remained in camp. June 20, embarked 
on steamship Scott for Texas. Arrived off Gal- 
veston July 1. The sea heing quite rough, two 
or three days were required to disembark. Soon 
after were ordered to Millican, Texas, on Texas 
Central Ilailroad; arriving on the 9th. 

July 20, Regime Dial Headquarters moved to 
Hempstead; two companies remaining at Milli- 
can, two at Brenham, and one at Beaumont. 

The regiment being in Provisional Division 
Department of Texas, 3Iajor General F. Steele 
conmianding, the regiment reported to Major 
General J. A. Mower, commanding Eastern Dis- 
trict of Texas, until November 0, 1805, when it 
was mustered out of the United States service. 
B. W. Ladd, Ninty-eighth Ohio and A. C. M. 

Placed oi route for the State, November 8, and 
arrived 20th, receiving final pay and discharge 
November 28, 1805. 

UlSTORY OF THIRTIETH IXFAXTRT. 

The Thirtieth Infantrv, Illinois Volunteers, 
was organi/.cd at Camp llutler, Illinois, August 
28, 18(il, Colonel P. B. Fuuke commanding. 

September 1, 1801, moved to Cairo, Illinois, 
and was assigned to Brigadier General McCler- 
nand^s Brigade. Brigadier General U. S. Grant, 
commanding District of Cairo, .in<l Major Gen- 
eral John C. Fremont, commanding Department 
of Missouri. October 22, went on seout into 
Kentucky, near Columbus. November 7, was 
engaged m the battle of Belmont. The regiment 
did <^allant service during this action, and cap- 
tured the celebrated •* Watson's New Orleans 
Battery.'* 

January 10, 1802, moved from Cairo, on recon- 
noisance into Kentucky*, and returned on the 22d. 



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nrSTOKY OF SAXOAMON COUNTY. 



rj 4, muvod up Tuniipssc-e river; 
t! attiii'k aiid taking of Fort Uem\ 



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uui lAiu" of l-V 



Duiid-.ji 



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mil ;in.i I5lli or !-Y'l,ni:(ry, i>Hi-2. 

Airived al ruisliurg l.aiL.ling Ai>ril -Jj. TooV 
uan ill tlie sii'!,'!^ of Coriuili, in CoIoik'1 I.i)i;:ni'B 
tiri-aae. .Ttino 4 and 5, iiiiiclicd frain Coriiilh 
to IJfllic-l; uii llu- t'tli, ucciiiiif.l J.icksoii, 'IVimys- 
!«e; ruli .111.1 14iii of Aiigiisi, miirclii'ii lo E-Ie- 
iiniila, ikiiil •Jlsitu D(.'iiiiiark. 

SiitU'mbfr 1, ISUJ, marched toivanl Mcriileii 
SUitiuii on the Missi^jsippi CVntral Hailroail, .ind 
about four mik-it from thai plaue met llie 
I'lieiiiy's caA-alry, six tlKin>and sironi;, luiUiT 
Gtui'ial Armstrong, ami afii-r fmir hoiirw of havA 
lighting, ilrove iht- enemy from ihi- tii-ld, gain- 
ing a brilliant viutory. 

Vhu Tliirtiolh was coinmandetl by Major War- 
ren ^hodd, Colonel Dennis eonimaiiding brigade 
of Twiniiilh aud Thirtieth Illinois Infantry, 
one si-ctioii Schwartz's Illinois Battt;ry, Cajjtant 
Foster's uo]ii|iaiiv of Independent Ohio CavaliT, 
and ihiny-roLir men of Fourth lIlinoiB Cavalry. 
On m September, marched to Menduii; ;!d to 
Jai'kson, lid uf November marched lo I.s- 
grange. On 11th marched toward Water Valley, 
,Mb-i>^>ippi, arriving December IH; ^Ist, mardied 
for -Atumphis, Tennessee, arriving January 19, 
lt-03. W ere stationed at Memphis, Tennessee, 
in Colonel I^eggett's brigade, J[ajor General 
Logan's division, Major General MePhersoii'K 

tebniary 22, 1863, moved to Lake Providence, 
Ixmisiana. Moved goon after to Vista'" Planta- 
tion. 

April 11, to Milliken'8 Ueiid. Louisiana. Joined 
Grant's army and moved to iiruinsburg, Mis^iis- 
■ippi — crossing Mississippi river. M.iy Isl 
moved to Thompson'e Hill, moved to Hankin- 
son'a Ferry, on lllaik river; skirmish «ilh the 
enemy en rout*. Moved lo ll.aymond, Mi^^sis- 
sijipi, engaged in the baule of llavmond, .May 
1:;. 31ovedi-j,i Clinton lo JarksJn. I'l.r-i.ed 
the retre-ating enemy after llieir defeat of 1 4th 
of May. 

May IC, engaged in the balllu of Champion 
Hill, losing heavily. Crossed Itlaek river with 
the army, and arrived in the rear of ^■^ek>.l,llrg 
lOlh of May, 1603. 

May 25, moved with expedition to Mcelianies. 
burg, under General Hlair. Ueturning actively 
panicipaled in the siege of Vicksburg iinli'l 
June 23, and then moved to Itlack river, under 
General Sherman, to watch the rebel General 
Johnston. 



Moved with (!eneral Shermin"* army to Jack- 
son, and assisted in the inve~iment uf itiat plaoe, 
after wliieii the rfgimenl moved to Vieksbur^, 
ariivJii;4 July 2.). Itcin.iiiied in eantp until 
An-iiisi -.'o. nlun it moved to Monroe, Louisi- 
ana, n-iiuniii-on the 2Sth. 

Oet.iber 14, m..\ed nnder Gener:d .MePlieraou 
toward Canton, ^tississippi. Was in engage- 
ment at Itigachitta creek. Jtetni-ned same month. 

Jauii.iry I, isut, nmstered i(i as a veteran or- 
ganixation; Il>ih, moved with expedition up the 
Mississippi river againKt guerrillas,and returned 
on 15tb. FelirniU) -3, left Vicksbnrg on ^leri- 
tleii campsign, nnder (-iener.il Sherman. 

I'artictjiated in several xkimiisliCK with the 
enemy, and arrived at Meriden, February 15. 
Ileturned March :J, Distance, 300 miles. 

March 5, left Vicksburg on veteran furlough 
lo Illinois, arriving at Camp Ituiler 3tarch 1:1. 
Ajml If, left Camp IJutler, and on the 28th 
left Cairo with "Tennessee Kiver Kxpeditioii," 
under General W, (J. Gresham. 

Arrived al Clifton, Tennessee, on the SOth. 
^March 5, marehed vi.^ Pulaski, Tennessee, and 
Athens, Alabama, to Ilunt^ville, Alabama. May 
25, moved to Decsiur, erossing the Tennessee 
river on 27lb. llienee ci.f \\ arrcntown, Ala- 
bama, lo Rome, Georgia; thenee via Kiiigstoo, 
joining General iShorman'ti "Gr.ind Army" at 
Aekworth, June t'. On Ultli, moved to Uig 
Shanty, and cummonced skirmishing with the 
enemy. On the 2TtIi, moved out lo make a 
demonsitralion in front, loxing about 2U killed 
Ami Wounded. 

On the night of -Inly 2, moved with Seven- 
teenth ArmyCorp^ to the right of General Sher- 
man's, and on the 3th moved to Nickajaok creek; 
Oth, I'egimcnt sent to guard Department llead- 
qnarleni. 

On 12th, moved to Sweet Water creek. Jnly 
1", moved l'>warii Uwatur via Marietta, eroMing 
the Cliatialioochie al ttoswetl's, and arriving at 
Decatur wi 20ih. 

\Vus ill baiile uf July 21 and 22, and lost 
heavilv, and were aclively engaged until the fall 
of Atfanta and JoneslHiro. Camped al Eaut 
Point September 0th. October 4, lfi64, moved 
northward in the pursuit of General Hood, ria 
Keiie!!aw Illounlnin, to Itesaca, and returned to 
Smyrna Camp Ground via Galesville, Alabama, 
arriving November 6. 

November 13, moved to Atlanta, and on the 
15th moved with General Sherman's army in the 
"March to the Sea;" parti ci|>ating in the cap- 
ture of Savannah, Georgia, December 31, I^ft 
Savannah January 4, Itiufi, and moved bj- water 



UISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



to Beaufort, Souih CarolinB. Left Bennfort 
Jaimar; 13, and participated in the oaplore of 
Pacolali^o, on the ISlb. Remained at Paoo- 
tati}!u uiilil St'th; then inarched with Shcnuan's 
tamy to Ooldsboro, North Carolina, where the 
regiment arrived March S5, )SG&. Was engaged 
daring the march in the capture of Omii^-burg, 
Columbia, Cheraw, South Carolina, and Fayette- 
vill«. North Carolina; besides, detitroying rail- 
road track, etc 

A|>ri) 10, moved to Kaleigh, arrivins there on 
the I4ih, and remained in campnntil the snrrcn- 
der of the rebel amy under (General Johnson. 

April SO, marched northward, cia Richmond, 
to Aleiandria, Virginia, arriving May IB. 

The regiment took pan in the grand review, 
M.ay 2t, mu5, at Washington, D. C; cani]>ed 
near Wa«bington; and left June 7, via Balti- 
more iuid Ohio railroad, arriving at Parker's, 
Virj^iiiia, on the 9th. Proceeded by steamboat 
to LKiuinvilie, Kentucky, and remained at TiOuis- 
ville. Mustered out of United States service 
July 17, 1885, by First Lienteiiant Aug. P. 
NoreK, A. C. M., Third IHvision, Sovonteentli 
Aniiy Corps. 

Arrived at Camp Bntler, Illinois, July SO. 
Reiwivcd final payment, and discharged July 
27, 18U5. 

TIIIBTIKTH IXPAMTBY. 

TIii-4 rt'gimvnt was organized at Camp Butler, 
August ^8, 1801, aod commanded by Colonel P. 
B. Fouke. The following namea men were 
from Sangamon county: 

COMPASTB. 

omc*i-t. 

Cptoin— .lohn P. Dans 

Flm Ueuteoant— Willlniu It. QikmIcH 

'>ccond Lientenant—Williuin Iluffinuuler 



n_ . SergeiHU. 

Siy*^ P. Colbam Ison) Coilutt 

'">»»ra H. Bowcll Henry Tujlor 

CJ, CorpvraU 

a ^J-ImL. 8lcTen»on Sttpben Workmito 
J,rt> ■*! 8. Akxantlcr Hi-nr)- C. NchI 

At-^*k D. Viinderln Jercmluh D. Baubaro 

^•■«£u» Lintltay 

Mutieia*. 
Aribur llarmoDd 
A.O Pritatt* 

\vJt^' «n* J»i>o jicKcc, wnn»m d. 

Vlfc5*«ry. Cliarlci McMiin, Robert 

Sr***ury, WllHam Martin. Arthur 

^J^T^^D, Daniel Kk-L'luri>, Aiidcnon J. 

Hir^'^n. Mn»iiB Miinloch, Atben 

^^??<- Pi'iriuk Jhinlook, JniobC. 

^•>»iT, llcnry Bl, Pcarce, Ixrufl V. 



Cawthornc, Cliapmao Plielp*, AuHttn 

CnMity, Juhn F. nitliirfunl. Miirtln V. 

Covin|,'toa, Jesse II. Riiy, Gwirgc ff. 

Duvcaport, Jamci 11. RoTwrtMin, llamlllon 

DnvU, J«mea N, f niitb, George P. 

E:ilon, SidiK-y W. SbumnU-, Josciih M. 

yislicr, JohnTl Tunpitc. Willinui a. 

Orceniiig. Jnnu-i Taylor, George 

IIIdIdd, Jaha K. VcHcli, Siimuci 

KcnncT, Lorcnso Vcach, Jnnict- F. 

Kclliitnii. Calvin D. VvrnUllioi). Ckiirlci W. 

Lyoni, Slyrun D. 'Workraun, Samuel M. 

IiHDders, Jumet P. Wycolli John U. 

Ailn'ell, John Lucas, Eiltrnrd W. 

Brown. Da-.lul HurUock, Albert 

Burke, Patrick MunW-k. Jacob C. 

Colburn, Dnvid P. Pillion, Tbunins 

Coviiigion, JcRse n, llfTce, Iswcl F. 

FititKerald, Jiinies Itiiy, Gwirge W. 

Fowls. Henry IteibcrforJ, lUrtln V. 

Grecniuj;, Jmncs ISbumnte, Joseph M. 

Ilniiniiund, An bur C. Titylur, George A. 

IIutT, John S. Vinuillton, Chnrics W. 

Liiuiicra, James P. Vcatcb, &imuel 

Nferuitt. 

Allen, Robert H. Ijiiri;c, SiciiLen 

Hrislcr, .InsL-nb Miller. WllllHm 

nnrnei, William A. MiGIddIs, Irvin 

Colburn, Fnmcis L. Morris. Wllllnin H. 

Colbum. John W. iU\cy, Richard H. 

DiiwBon. Aaron J. Kiuris, Bdward A. 

Dodd, Willlnm N. Price, Andrew J. 

Kppli-r, JliniiaDO. Purier, Henry 

Edwunls. Avhillev Reynolds, Gcoi^ W. 

Grecnin?. John W. Setils, SHumel H. 



Henry. Wlllinin Siniih, John 

Hall, John C. Bunimens Elijah C 

Hxlch, Charles W. Slieiters, ManinV. 

Kinney, Martin V. SiiDlliind, F. U. 

Kitchen, John T. Taylor, Ell 

Liicus, Edward W. ' Undem-ood, Jesse T. 

Lnutbert Joseph Wyckall', Henry C. 

Lane, WiDiam WorkninD, David 

Large, John H. Williamson, Erastut 

IJanilerB, William Young, Edward A. 

coMPAKT n. 

Uohan, William K. WoodrulT, Ruben M. 

Rinker, John Beatllcston, John 
Lewis, Listen L. 



roMPAKT a. 
Weldon, Henry C. 

Green, Albert Greer, Mariln 

TIIIRTY-RKCOXD ISFASTET. 

PriaaUt. 
Arncs, Fisher Parili-y, Willlinn K. 




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injury 1, 1804 the Kgiment re-cDlisted m 
in«, and March 1 4th, reached Hloomincton, 
i«y and received veteran furlonghs. April 
1)4, the regiinent wan reorganised «it Camp 
r, lllinoils and proceeded to New Orleans, 
Iton and St. Jjouis — arriving on the 29th, 
aniping at Carrollton. 

f 17, ordered to llrashear City, I^iiiHiana. 
after its arrival the regiment was scattered 
the line of the road as guard, in the fol- 
1$ order: Companies F, C and K, at liay 
; company I, Bay on L^Onm; companies 
>j at llgervillc; company G, at Chacahoola; 
inv E. Tcrre Btmne; ct/mpany H, at l^ayoo 
rclie and Kay on des Allemands; company 
outte; regimental headipiarteni at Terre 
^ The district was calle<i the ^* District of 
rche,** commanded by Urigatlier General 
t A. Cameron. Hea*dt|uarterH at Thibo- 
September 17, 1804. the non- veterans of 
n^ment were started home via New York 
in charge of rebel ]>risoner8, and were 
red out at Camp ]>utler, about October 11, 

"ch 3, 18G5, were onlered to join the Six- 
. Anny Corps. Near Bontte Station the 
ras thrown from the track, and nine men 
killed and seventy wounded. On the 18th 
Lfiment embarked on T^ake Ponehartrain, 
diile expedition. Company K remaining 
I to guard transportation, joined the regi- 

April 11, at lllakely; moved via Fort 
I and Navy Cove, landed on Fish river, 
ma, and marched with General Canby^s 
jp east side of Mobile Bay. The regiment 
I the First brigade. Colonel W. h. Mc- 
II, Ninety-Fifth Ohio; First Division, Gen- 
. McArthur; Sixteenth Army Corps, Major 
ill A. J. Smith. 

ch 37 arrived in front of Spanish Fort, 
ain defense of Mobile^ and until its cap- 
Lpril 8, was actively engaged. 
«r the surrender of Mobile, marched April 
J5, with Sixteenth Corps, for Montgomery, 
ma, wlu?re it arrived on the 2.*>th, and en- 
d on the Alabama river. Here it received 
W8 of T^e and JohnstonV surrender, after 

its o]KTations Mere not of a liostile 
ter. May 10, marched to Selma,\and May 
rail, to Meridian, Mississippi. Here re- 
I. In the latter )»artof July the regiment 
lletl abi>ve the maximum by men trans- 
fmm Seventy-second, One Hundred and 
eenth, One Hundred and Twenty- 
, and One Hundred and Twenty-fourth 
I. 



MoTed to Vicksbnrg April 14, 1805, and re- 
mained at that place nntil mustered out of ser- 
vice, November 24, 1805, and ordered to Camp 
Butler, Illinois, for final payment and discharge. 

TlllKn'-FOVETII INKAXTRY. 

7Vir«l0f. 
Duffey, James M. llu-is, William U. 

lUir, Patrick 

THIRTY-FIFTH IXFANTRT. 
iVfVtffM. 

CuDDiu^lium, Arthur KeoKcy, John T. 

JobnsMMi» Jiiniet 

TIIIRTY-SIXTU INFANTRY. 

7Vicaf«. 
Peter Lnrson 

TIIIRTY-KltniTH INFANTRY. 

The Thirty-eighth Infant r}*, organised late in 
the summer of ISOl, contained the following 
named men from Sangamon county: 

RegiMtktal Ojffeert. 
Sunieon — Henry C. Barrell 
Adjutant — Artiiur Lee Bailbactae 
Commissuiy Sergeimt— John C. Young 

OIMPANY A. 

O/Heert, 
Captain— Henry N. Alden 
Firfcl Livulenant^Geon^ II. Alcokc 

Cliarleft 11. Ivs^leston John Carr 

CorjtoralM, 
Andrew Fnrle}* CbaHcs Ilex wort b 

John YouDC Bi'Dgimiin Egleston 

Pembroke J. Patterson John Kutt 

Myneian. 
Thomas J. Robertson 
PtiraUn. 

Allison. James M. Mortem, James 

llurke. Patrick Petldicord, Burne}' 

Hriggy« llenr}* Henslcr, John 

niooiner» Clinstoiihcr Ryan, Daniel 

Carrigan, Edward Rourb, Mirbael 

Clancy. Patnck Rollins, IJilbcrt 

l*lare/ Daniel Rabncr, William 

Daws, llenr}' Ringbouser, Theodore 

Daiy, Thomas Rav» Joseph 

Diflon, Daniel S^mitb, Joshua 

Howc*y, Thomas Smith. Cbarli'S H. 

llojran, John Sbeenlian, TbomsK 

Ilcmplail), Jameii Shovniakvr, Augustus 

Joiifs, Kewton C. Thciliii, George 

.ludge, John Tobin, P:itiick 

Killinger, Jarob S. VtMM'Mier, Theodore 

Kohl, Aichohis AVcMi, William 

l.iirhtfoot, Reuben II. Owvns, Henry C. 

J^awyer, Jolm W. Riclianis, J«»bn C. 

McC'andU'ss. IhdK^rt Robertson, Thoinab J, 

McElroy, J«ihn Wotniford, Samuel 
McCaslaud, Thomas 

nn*>ver» James D. Mubiuecrr, Patrick 

Campbell, RolK*rt J, JilePberHim, John 



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Tlie fulluwiiig were tbe i)i-uiiiutioiiD of itien 

fi'uiii lliis rouiily: Houry >.. AlJun, from t'ap- 

lain to M^j<ir; Charles Fox, from iirivailc U> 

I'ir.'-t Lieiituiiaiit. 



iiisT()BV or iiiK TniiiTv-Eiriinii iskamkv. 

The Tliiilj-eijilitli Jnfaiilr.v. lllim-i* Volun- 
iL-ers, wns iii'^Riii^tetl »l Caiiqi Hutk-r, Illin()i'^, iu 
Sc]ileiiiliLT, IBIJI, by Tolonel William P. Carlin. 
Sqjteiiiber I'O, was onlercd 10 Pilot Knob, Mis- 
souri, roteiviutt its anna en route. Colonel Car- 
lin was plawil in command of the ptist, Octo- 
ber -20, marulic.l t() Freilericklowii, aiiJ l>1kI was 
(!iii;agi.-i] ii) ilif battle at tliat jilai-e, with tlie 
eni-niy under. U'iT ThomjiBon. 

Tlie rfgiinenl rfinainoJ at Pilot Ivnob iluiiiig 
ibt winler. JIaicli 3, 1H02, moved to Recvi-rs' 
Station oil IMaek river. Marcb -ll, regiment 
lemuvfd fnmi Keevers' Station to l)oiii]>baii, and 
Ajiril 17, urossL'd Cnrrant river on -^Ut reai'he.i 
IVahontas. Arkansas. Aj.ril :;ii, inartOied for 
.Ia,'kMiti|Hirt, AikaiiMs, Slay in. llie Twenty- 
lirsl and Tlurty-eiu'blh were oidi-ied to Cai".e 
Girardeau, Mis>u,.ri, two hnn.bvd and tweuiv 
miles di«[ai.i. Tbis manh was made in ten 
days, a dav and a balf of wbieli time was si.fnt 
ferryin- lil.nek and C.irrenl livers, Jlav L'4, ar- 
rived ai ILiinbiii^' I.nniliiii;. innvcd to tile front, 
and were before Corintb dnrinL' llie lahl days of 
the siege. 

Was in Seeond llrig^de, Fonilb Divi-io.i. left 
■wing, Army of \)i,. .Missi>M)>).i. CobuKd Carlin 
COniiiiandinB bri^-ade. liri-adier Ceneial .lelV C. 
Uavis rommaiidiii" division, and Major tJeneral 
■I'-ln, P„j.e. 



.Mai'chcd to Danville, IJuoueville, back to 
Corintb, and to Jacinto. During tlie la^ of 
June marelied to Uiiiley, and returned by forced 
niarclicB. Remained in KAwp till August 14, 
when marched with the division to join the 
AiMiy of the Ohio, under General Uuell, Pass- 
ing thi'ungb Ititta, MisaisKi])])!, urossed tlio Ten- 
nessee at Eaxtport; then marched to I.ouisvitle, 
arriving Seiitember -Hi, l^%i, having marched 
uight and day abont five hundred milos. Octo- 
ber 1, marched from Lomsville in the Thirty- 
tirst Brigade. October t, engaged in battle uf 
Perryville, Major D. 11. tiilman, commanding, 
and eaittured an ammunition team, two caissomi 
and about one hundred prisoners. Waa hon- 
orably mentioned in General Miteliell's report of 
the battle. Joined in pursuit of Hrogg as far 
A* Crab Orehard, and then marched iliroiigh 
T.AncssIer, Danville, Lebanon, and Itowling 
Green, to Edgefield Jnnctitni, near Nashville. 
Went on a seout to llarpeth Shoals with Fif- 
teenth Wisconsin, and returned Xovember 20, 
having destroyed a large ijuantity of salt, and 
captured a rebel wagon ti'ain and one hundred 
horscK and mules. 

Advanced from Ka^hville, DecemWr 2ii, 1862, 
and willi the briga<le charged a batterj' at Knott 
Gap and captured two guna. Regimental lusa, 
three killed and eight wounded. Engaged in 
tlie battle of Stone River from December ao, 
16SS, till January 4, 1663. 

December 31 at, the brigade was heavily en- 
gaged, and repulsed three heavy charges and 
held the position nntil the enemy having driven 
Johnston s Division, came heavily on the flank 
and forced the line to retire. Regiment loat in 
engagemeut thirty-four killed, one hundred and 
nine wounded, and thiny-fonr mii^aiug. Regi- 
ment at Murfreeiiboro until June. Meantime 
the right wing wa» chauged to the Twentieth 
Army Corps. 

When the enemy advanced on Tuilhoma, the 
Twentieth Aiiny Corjn moved on Liberty <.iap, 
and engaged the enemy, June S4lh, 25ih and 
20th; on the ^olh the'Thirly-elKhlh wa« or- 
dered to relieve Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania, 
of General Williok's brig.ide. who were bollr 
pressed by the eneiii^ The 'ITiirty-eiiJiliih 
charged acroxa a ploweti field, under heavy fire, 
and drove the enemy from their works, captur- 
ing the flag of the Second Arkansas. 

June ^oth, akirmished with the emniy all 
day, loHiiig thre<' killed and nineteen wounded. 
That night the enemy withdrew. 

Alarclicd through jlanuhesier and camj^ed at 
Winehesler/rennesfco. Ansu'l IT, IPit^crossr^ 



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'^he Cunibcrland MovnUint to Stevennon, Ala- 
^VDama. ThirUeth, crossed Tenneiteoe river at 
?aq)cnter's Ferry. Crossed Sand Mountain 
nd camped in Wills Valley. September cros^e^l 
x>okout Mountain and camped at Hroomtown 
^^Valley, about fifty miles south of Cbattanoo<j^ 
2Scptcraber 13th and 14th, re^rossed Ix>okout 
^^lountain to Wills Valley; 16th ascended Loc>k- 
^^nt Mountain, and maixlied twenty-five miles 
^311 the top to Stevena^ Gap. Seventeeth, en- 
'^^ered McLemore^s cave and laid in line of bat- 
-mJle before Dry Gap, in Pigeon mountains. On 
"^lie 19th, entered the battle of Cliickmauga, 
K3ear Gordon^s Mills; double-quicking, a line was 
ormed under fire, and was hotly engaged until 
ark. 
September 20tk, was moved to the left 
ing into position at 10 a. m., and was heavily 
ngaged. The enemy pressing through a gap 
siade by the withdrawal of General Woods' 
>ivision, forced the line back, and the briKade 
■arrowly e8ca)>ed capture. Was re-formed on 
lie hills in the rear of the battle ground and 
larched toward Boesville. Was then marched 
ward the right, where General Thomas was 
^ntinuing the fij^ht. After dark, returned to 
ossville. Loss, Lieutenant Colonel D. H. Gil- 
er, killed, and Major Alden severely woiinde<1; 
^ three hundred and one men who entered the 
^bt, one hundred and eighty were killed, 
^^^unded or missing. September 31st, Captain 
^^' C. Harris took command of regiment, and 
Xhe 22d moved into Chattanooga and re- 
-^lYied till the last of October, working on 
^Jjtifications, etc 

T^lie Twentieth Army Corps was broken up 

^ the Tliirty-eighth Illinois was assigned to 

llPirst Brigade, First Division, Fourth Army 

^^^tober 25, 1868, marched to Bridgeport, 
'*' VDaroa, and went into winter quarters. 

^^auiiary 26, 1864, moved through Chatta- 

a to Ooltawali. On the night of February 

moved out with a detachment of Fourin 

^^ligan Cavalry, and at daylight surprised and 

ured a rebel outpost a few miles from D:il- 

Georgia, and returned to camp in the aftiT- 



jbmary 20,1864, like regiment re-enlisted, 

was mustered March 16, 1^64. Started for 

ois, March 28th. Arrived at Springfield 

il 8th. Rendezvoused at Slattoon. May 

, moved from Mattoon to Ix>ui6ville. Lieu- 

^^ nt Colonel W. T. Chapman took command 

le regiment at Louisville, May 17th. Ar- 

^ at Kashville 21 tU 







On the 2 2d, a train bearing )»art of the regi- 
ment was thrown from the track by a tor]K*do 
and several men injured. 

^lay 27, left Cliattano^tga for Ack worth with 
a drove of cattle, which was increased at 
Kesaea to 1,700 head. On tuh, rf joined the bri- 
gade; lUih, moved upon the enemy at Pine Top; 
engaged at Pine Top till IStli, and at Kene>aw 
Mountain until July :3. July 5, reached the 
Chattahocchie river, and crossed it on the 12th 
at l*ower*s Ferry; 2(»th, crossed Peach Tree 
creek, and on the 3 2d threw up works before 
Atlanta; 20th, moved to works, protecting rear 
and left of lines; August 25, withdrew from 
lines in night, and 2Gth was rear guard and had 
a brisk skirmish; September 1, engaged in the 
battle of Jonesbord; Sei>teml)er 2, moved to 
Lovejoy, and on the 8th the regiment camped at 
Atlanta. 

I^ss of the lliirty-eighth in the campaign, 
four killed, thirty-six Mounded, three missing. 

October 3, marched in pursuit of Hood to 
Gaylorsville, Alabama, and after halting a few 
days, marched to Chattanooga, arriving Octobei 
30, 1804. 

October 31, the First Brigade started as escort 
to wagon train of Fourth Corps for Iluntsville 
Tlie remainder of the corps going by rail 
crossed the Cumberland Mountains at Tantallon 
and rejoined the corps at Pulaski, Tennessee 
November 12, 1804. 

November 22, Lieutenant Colonel Cliapmar 
died, and the command devolved u}>on Captair 
A. M. Pollard. 

Arrived at Columbia, Tennessee, Novembei 
24, and November 25 and 26, threw up worki 
and skirmished with the enemy. Crossed Duel 
river on the night of 27th, and next day thre? 
up works on left ilank. Withdrew in the nigh 
and marched through Spring Hill, jiafesing i 
large rebel camj). Marched rJongside the trail 
to Franklin, willi rebel cavalry on the flank 
30th, entered Franklin. About half past fon 
the enemy a<lvance<l, driving in our skirmishers 
but were driven back by the main line. Witli 
drew .at midnight, and crossing the Flarjietl 
river, reached Nashville. December 1, wa 
oecn])ied in building fortidcations and doin 
ouli)osl duty. i)n 15th was placed in j>ositio: 
ne.nr the Hardin ]»ike, and at 4 p. m. were in th 
eharge on Montgomery Hill, and among th 
lirst to enter the enemy's works; was in th 
reserve line and joined in pursuit, when th 
cn**iny's line was broken; was in pursuit t 
Lexington, Alabama. Arriving at lluntsvill 
January 5, IHO.'i, and remaining until March !• 



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JIISTOHY OF SANG^ 



1805, Lieiitenaut Co1i»iiel Ed. Colyer takiDg 
command Fdiruary 1. 

March 13, proceeded to Strawberry Plains, 
Tennessee; on 24tb moved to Lick creek. April 
3, bri^de was ordered on an ex|KMlitioD to 
Asbville, XorUi Carolina; returned lllb, and on 
20tb took cars for Nasbville. June 7tb, the 
non-vote ran regimentft baving been mustered 
out, ibe Twenty-first and Thirty-ei^btb were 
assigned to Second Brigade, Colonel J. B. C. 
Leeman commanding. 

June 17, moved to Jobnsonville; 19tb em- 
barked on Steamer Palestine, and on 25tb 
landed at New Orleans. July 1*2, embarked on 
steamer Clinton, and landed at Indianola, Texas, 
lotli; 17tb marched to Green Lake. August 8 
and 0, marched through Victoria and camped 
on the (yaudaloupe river. December 31, 1805, 
regiment mustered out and ordered to Spring- 
field for final payment and discharge. 

TlllKTY-yjNTII IXFAXTRY. 

Pricnttn, 
Barley, .John T. Rusb, James 

]Ia<ruii8, Daniel Taylor, .lolin 

Hashman, Lewis W6<kIs, William 

O'llarra, James Wyatt, Edward 

FOUTV-FIRST INFAXTKV. 

fkrgeant. 
Simon R. Applet on 

Decktel, Victor Kellcy, James 

r«)chran, Henry N. King. Robert N. 

Harrington. Cornelius Krone, De Wilt C 

Hondric^k, David N. Majors, Charles M. 
Hill. William AV. 

FORTY-FOUKTII IXFAXTRY. 

Private. 
Paul L. 8tcinman 

FORTY-SIXTH IXFAXTRY. 

Private, 
Charles II. Clay 

FORTY-EI(;iITII IXFAXTRY. 

Officer, 
Adjutanl—William Prescotl 

Pricatcn. 
Austin, Josliua McKinnty, Israel 

Cainnbell, Jolin A. Osborne, John 

J itc- hell. John a St-ott. Miles 

Mitche 1. ^amuul S. Wallers. Moses 

MUchell, David M. 

FORTY-XINTII IXFAXTRY. 

„ , Pritatt*. 

jkns HKor. Emi) Herman Michael 

lhnnijiM,n,„^ ^Ucliael Manxy, \MwyX G. 
^ray, William J. Moore, Charles 

Grove, .lohn H. >Iiirpliy, Patrick 

Harrison, William Ton.pkins, Renjamin 



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HISTORY OF SANGAJION COUNTY. 



Crtwhy, DaDiel 
Fiaoigan, Peter 
Harlcy. John H. 
Ilolmes, John 
Kole. Frednck 
Matlock, William H. 



Six, George W. 
SpellmaD, John 
Taylor, Alvln 
Wuinier, August 
Walters, William 
Wilkinson, AYilliam 



CX)MPAXT F. 

/Vtrafetf. 
Bell, Joseph Duback, Fredrick 

Cooper, Henry ^^^^^ McCbarlet 

Dickmann, Jlenry Ilender, John 

Young, Adam 

COMPAXT I. 

/Vtr<i/<. 
Rooney, Felix 

COMPANY K. 

PriraUs. 
Brennan, John Tinsman, Charles E. 

KIFTY-EIGUTH INFANTRY (consolidated). 

In the consolidated Fifty-eighthy Sangamon 
«inty has credit for the following names: 

COMPANY A. 

Attwood, Amos Ivin, James E. 

McGowan, Milton B. 

COMPANY B. 

Oftrer. 
Second Lieutenant—Jacob Rippstein 

Carp<nral. 
AYilliam Fouke 

PrtcaUs, 
Burr, L^'man Scofield, Joseph 

Edmuns, Andrew J. Sheppard, Obediah 

COMPANY c. 



Clark, Joseph 
Kitchen, Amos 



Miller. Perry 
Young, Adam 



COMP.\NY D. 

CorporaU. 
John H. narley Mathias Glasener 

William M. Mattock August Homan 

Pricates, 
Alexander, Lasser McCawley, Georce 

Dunlen, Charles Mnrquart, Adolph 

Flannagan, Peter Murquart, GuftsTe 

Grillin, Cliarlcs Pilgram, Ji»bn 

Harrington, George W. Say^a, Charles 
Jones, William ll. Stephen, Cliristian 

Kuger, Eui'ticc . Waddle, James 
Lungner, Oscar Wilkinson, William 

Unattigned, 
Rice, Kat. Shea, John 

Wines, Geo. W. 

81XTIKTH INFANTRY. 

Pricates, 
Ilergerback, Hammond Coltes, William 

S1XTY-F1K8T INFANTRY. 

Q/leer, 
MhJop— Simon P. Ohr 

Prirat$. 
Charles Mcl>anlels. 



SIXTY-SECOND INFANTRY. 

Ofteert. 
Adjutant— Kdniund li. Wiley 
8eit>nd Lieutenant— Philip C\ Suit 



Dutton, William 
Flooil, Joseph 
Lewis, Paul 
I^wii^ Neriah 
McCleaTe, Hiram 



PrirtiitM. 

Miller, William W. 
Moore, William 
Pennell, Evander 
Pennell, William 



SIXTY-THIRD INFANTRY. 

Robert L. L4*ggett. 

SIXTY-FOUKTU INFANTRY. 

In tills regiment are found the following 
named from Sangamon: 

Regimental Ojffeen. 
Major— Frederick W. Mutteson. 

COMPANY c. 

Ojffcer. 
Captain— Christian B. Kcasey 

J^ratfti, 



Ball, Joseph 
Booth, Wesley 
Bums. Thomas 
Bell. John F. 
Bniay, Bernard B. 
Ballweabner, John 
Boyd, James H. 
Burke, Patiick 
Collins, John 
Capps. Josiah 
Connelh', James 
Elder, John W. 
Fit, John 
Foley, Patrick 
Homer, Thomas P. 
Hilgenberg, Wilhelm 
Henry, Thomas 
Hadley, John H. 



Had ley, Robert 
Henderson, Charles 
I awler, Michael 
McKeown, Michael 
Muri>hy, John W. 
Miholson, William J. 
O'Conntr, Willis 
0*Meara, John 
Probaker, John 
Smith, George A. 
Shelley, John 
Vance, Joseph 
AVashbume, Erastus P. 
Wallace, Nels 8. 
Wright, Marion 
Wichser, Frederick 
Whitcomb, John W. 
White, Jonathan R. 



Vetera n* 

Brady, Bernard D. Probaker, John 

Bullwcabner, John Scamon, Isaac W. 

Collins, John Smith. Thomas J. 

Conle}', James Washburne, Erastus P. 

Deihl, Daniel AVrckser, Frederick 
Liiwler, Michael 

COMPANY F. 

PriniteM, 
Johnson, William Pedro, Daniel 

Jones, liionias Somer, Frederick 

McGuire. Frank Scott, John C. 

Parker, John O. 

COMPANY M. 

iVirafs. 
Gibbons, William R. 

Vnassigneit. 
Smith, William Webber, John H. 

SIXTY-BIOIITII INFANTRY. 

Second Lieutenant— S. Wheaton West 

Pritat$, 
Joseph D. BeaYer 



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SKVEXTY-SKCOND IXFASTRY. 

Pricate$, 
Barricklow, James T. llungi-rfitrd, Tlionias 

SEVENTY-TIIIRD INFANTRY. 

This regiment is largely represented bv San- 
imon county men, as will be seen by the fol- 
iwing: 

COMPANY A. 

First Licuteuant—Eil ward AV. Rassctt 
Second Lieutenant — Ttionuis G. Underwood 

Fir$i Sergeant, 
Emanuel Cross 

Sergeants. 
Tliomas W. Fortune Charles B. Mantle 

Samuel C. Robbins Jacob A. Lindsey 

CorporaU, 
Juhn L. Hcsser Pierson H. Kciser 

James T. Armstrong William 8. Bullard 

Thomas C. Perry Oliver McDaniel 

James Kelly 

MuHciane. 
Jacob W. Ayres Erastus Jackson 

Priratee, 
Aylsworth, Varnum T. McDauicl, C. B. 
Beiivcr, Harncs J. 



BcchUii, David H. 
Bsikcr, Ricbard 
Baker, Thomas 
Bird, Ricbard C. 
Bau|(hman. Joseph 
Bhinkenbaker, John 8. 
Chambers, Jeremiah M. 
Cautrill, Edward 
Cass, Henry M. 
Crone, Nelson 
Copple, Alfred 
Constant, William R. 
Fletcher David C. 
Ferguson, Samuel 
Fortune, Francis A. 
Grimtts, John W. 
Gadberry, William 
Hudson, Joe 
Hudson, Philo D. 
Hudson, George 
Hampton. Harrison P. 
Hampton, Preston B. 
Uadden, William H. 
Huckclbcrry, Jolm W. 
Hiatt, A. B. 
Hirst, John W. 
Humphrey, Jesse 
Huckelberrj', Eli L. 
Hartman, Frederick W. 
HeiRs, M. L. D. M. 
Johnston. WilUum H. 
Kizer, Joim B. 
Kidd, James M. 
Lsiutcrmun, John L. 
Langley. John C. 
Miller, Benjamin 
Maxwell, AVilliam H. 



McGrath, Andrew 
Meredith, William N. 
McElfresh, John T. 
Miller, Isaac 
Marion, John 
McCurdy, Robert 
Montgoroerjr, AVilliam 
Misuer, Christopher 
Mantle, John 
Mergenthalcr, William 
Neer, Lewis 
North, John W. 
Nccr, William 
Oliver, Richard B. 
O'Neil, James 
Powell, Samuel B. 
Prior, Isaiah T. 
Rufle, Jacob 
Ridg^vav, Alexander 
Rutherford, John T. 
Robbins, John A. 
Ridgway, Samuel F. 
Sandei's, William J. 
Sanders, Jesse 
Spitler, John 
S))rlnkle James A. 
Shrake, Stephen E. 
Slirake, George 
Shrake, Emanuel 
Shade, John T. 
Sliamblin, James W. 
Short, Stephen A. 
Tall. William 
Taff William H 
Tally, John 
Williams, Joseph 
Withrow. Milton 
W^atkins, John M. 



RcerviU. 
Bullard, William H. Perry, Andrew J. 

Gray, John Robert hou, Charles 

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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



RoberU, Robert R. 
8MVM<;e, Miles O. 
StrickUud, Theodore F. 



T\'as George 
Thorp, Eleven C. 
Tiinnn, William A. 
AVhiting, Jacob N. 



Fisher, Isaac N. 
Fisher, John W. 
Gamble, William C. 
GrecDwood, Thomai» 
Gould, Lucius F. 
U;ill, Ileniy H. 
llcrley, James P. 

I'nasBigHtd, 
llelley, William N. Kelley, Jersey 

'Hie promotions were as follows: Emanuel 
Cross, Senreatit, to Second and First Lieuten- 
ant and Captain: Edward W. Ik^nnett, First 
J^ieutenant to Captain; Thomas W. Fortune, 
Sergeant to Second and First Lieutenant: Pier- 
man II. Kiser, from Cor}K>ral to First Lieutenant; 
Kdwin Allsop, Second Lieutenant to Captain; 
Jmmcs M. Turjiin, Second to First Lieutenant; 
Atlua PlieliM, Sergeant to Second and First 
I^ieuteuant. 

MKMORANDA OF SKVKNTV-TIIIKD REGIMKNT. 

The regiment was organized at Camp Hutler, 
IIlJDois, in August, ]H(53, and immediately 
became ]iart of General HuelPs army. Fought 
nobly at Perryville; finished unifer General 
Th«»nias at Nashville. The Seventv-third Illi- 
iiuitf Volunteer Infantry was in every battle 
fought by the Array of the Cumberland from 
October, *1S62, until the rout of General Hood's 
army, at Nashville, and the winding up of the 
whole matter. 

The dt*ad of this regiment are found at Per- 
ryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Mission 
Hidijce, away in East Tennessee, and then in the 
sac«x*sH]on of battles from Chattanooga to the 
fall of Atlanta. When Sherman pushed down 
south, the Seventy-third remained with General 
Thomas. It formed a part of Opendyke*s 
brigade at Franklin, which saved the dav and 

fave him his star, and lost its last man killed in 
rivinsr Ilood^s army from Nashville. It has 






more than once been complimented by its gen- 
erals. It lost heavily in Murfreesboro, Chicka- 
mauga, Missionary Itidge and Franklin. It had 
two Majors and two Adjutants killed and nearly 
every otiicer of the regiment wounded at some 
one time — several of tlicm ninny times. It left 
tlie State one of the largest and returned one of 
the smallest regiments. 

Its otliecrs and men, and especially the men, 
have never been surpassed for bravery, indur- 
ance and devotion to the country. Probably 
two-thirds of the organization wasted away, 
either by disease, death or battles during the 
three years* service. 

KKVKNTV-SIXrn IXKAXTRV, 

Ojflrrr, 
Majur-William A. Dubois 



SKVENTV-SETEXTII INFANTRT. 

Offfetr, 
First Lieutenant— John W. Paulon 

SEVENTV-EIOHTn INFAXTftV. 

Ojflcer, 
Second Lieutenant— Isaac N. Kinchcloe. 

EIGHT V-FOUKTll IXFANTBT. 

Prieat€9. 
Cauipboll, Alford Draybring, Uenry 

NINETIETH IXFANTBY. 

COXIPAKY r. 
Ojfirtr 
Second LieuteuADt — William White 

Serjeant. 
Tbomns White 

CarporaU.' 
James O'Donnell Micliaiel Muhoney 

John KcUcy 
2*rirateM. 
Huike, Edward Howard, Ulick 

Bnrry, Daniel Kelley, William P. 

Durkin, Patrick Mnthews, Alexander 

Pu3'hee» Patrick Moore, Alexander 

Foster, William Purcell, Henry 

Gilmorc, James Quirk, Jeremiah 

NINETV-FIEST INFANTRY. 

Prieate*. 
Lane, Alexander Malcolm, Joseph 

NIXETY-SKCOND INFANTRY. 
COMPANY D. 

Prieitte$. 
Norton, Edward W. Kemlcy, Henrv 

Rect.ir, Frederick Shafer. Sheldon W. 

Heed, Jaroos L. Wilcoxon, George I. 

COMPANY E. 

Pritatts. 
Alaban, Elaxis OKane, William 

Brubaker, Jacob Portucr, Samuel 

Delniar, William Springnir, George A. 

Johnson, Lewis Scbwininger, Casi^cr 

Lyle, Robert W, 

COMPANY U. 

Prieate*. 
Tilton. Alunz.o F. Tilton, George W. 

Tagne}', John 

NINETY-FOURTH INFANTRY. 

Priratet. 
Carrier, Lemuel Johnson, George W. 

Jacobson. Charles Killer, John 

Nl^•ETV-FlFTH INFANTRY. 

Pritate. 
Henry Hart 

NINETY-SEVENTH INFANTRY. 

Prirate. 
.Tolin Krinis 

ONE Hl'NIiRKU ANI> FIRST INFANTRY. 

(«»MPANY CI. 

yirtt tkrytant, 
t'yrus D. Curti»K 



^^ 



mSTOUY OF SANGA310N COITNTV. 



Corpi/raU. 

■ Ituben r. UosM Ailntiinnn I'arlrr 

Fmut-is 11. Wi-miilc Williuin Dnjcr 

Boyil, Antln-w J. MusUtb. CbauiKv M. 

Burch, Williiiiii 

Iksuii, JiiiiiFs K. 

Bui:lin(.-ll, Lymiin ± _ . 

Si-oii, .TiiUn W. Sinkelt. Hurvcy L. 

Duitan,.luliu t^oliiT, Cltorles W. 

FuniiiT, CliiirleaA. VnonoK-, Llmrlcs 

Pliz>;L-m1<l. FruDcb WhiU', Willium 
Klrwiin, Liwmicc 



Rolifrl*, JoliD H. 



SB E1UM)RUD AM* 



OJPeert. 
Ciipmln— Hcnr]- Ynteg Jr. 
FirsI Liculenani— George W. Hnniioa 
Second Llculcaant — iloracc O. Clark 
Firit tkrsennt. 
Jolin W. Posler. 
SergeanU. 
Andrew F. Huiilcr Joliii J. Pliillips 

JobQ W, Shuff ■William I-Iarnest 

Corpcralt. 
Edn-JD Bfilly Nencoiiili, J. Demarv 

Jaiiifs K. OruDl Jolm A. Dudd 

Eli A. Boulwell Jobu Clmveon 

Thoiims Pollock Levi MiNoely 

Julin Blair George P. Wagner 

John lloore 

Pricatti. 

lej;, Edward B. ^^'''^V- Edivard 



Bk_..^. _...,._ _._ 

Bnir, Clinrles W. Kirby, Lang ford 

BetJoiVH, Charles S. Logan, James 

BcDDelt. Jolin J. Myer*, Henry K. 

Bn'wtr, AuguMiu Muxivell, Luillow 

Biicbt^r, Mi>scB Mi-Daiiicl, .lames R. 

Blaue, Samuel I>Ii'D;id1i'1, -Tami's 

Clark, ThomaiA. Meaelicm, William B. 

CnrlcKk. Ahniliam P. JUa.lii-Mi, I.cw is A. 

CmiE. William Morri-, Eihvin 

Ciiikien, Jtilin ^IcI^iu-blin, Th'<iims\ 

Comer, .lolm F. McMaiin, E.lwaiil 

Coclicrel, Jesao Mooro, Wilsiiii 

Davis, Marlin Milca, AlincrG. 

Day, Edward Kiellulsun, Giur-.'t'lt. 

Day, William llnijtor, William 

• Duwei, .lunaibuD Itulb, Cliriallan 

Dibi-rl, John Rude, Alexander R. 

Eaion, Henry P. Roe, Salem J. 

Farley, Jamci H. Suler, Henrj- 

Green, William SandK, E/ra B. 

GraveH. Tliomai Smlib, Moab F. 

IlereUclb, William Siiter, Jobo R. 

llenxoM, William Stievis. Tli<>niu» W. 

Jak-e, Thomui Sicvoun, Gilmuro K. 



Bell, "flmnia* M. 
<.'mvl«. AlfR-d 
lInll,aiarl<^i>B. 
Know*. C.vruR 
KiuK, Hduerl 
»i-Ijiii;!blln. Oil 
Mantbnll. llenrr 



Siki'i', Jui>('|tb 
Tnvlor, Jlonrj- H, 
K. WftiMX, .lobn F. 

K.-r-iU. 

i'ailvu, ^nmui;1 
Pnlim-r, Anbnr 
:5cott, l>nDk-l H. 
Sndib. CSeitnn- JV 
tiiki'«, E<l«1ii 
Taylor. GwtrgeA. II. 
Uitipber Yale*. Mari'liull 



rii 



It Strgtar 
id H. flar 



Jubn F. MuWillianni 
Samuel Muoii'k 
James, Benjamin F. 
Sliepard, Lcandcr 



The ])roiuolione of Sangamon county iiu-n Ht?'"" 
as foUowF!: lleiiry Yatea, from Captain to Ij(;t^ 
tenant Colonel and Colonel; George W. IIarma.n^ 
Lieutenant, to Captain; John W. ShulT, St-rgeai)^ 
to FiRit Lieutenant and Captain; John J. Phil- 
lipK, Sergeant, to First Lieutenant; Thomas Pol- 
lock, Corporal, to Second and Finit Lieutenant; 
A. J. llenthn. Sergeant, to Second Lientenant; 
David H. Uartx, Serjeant, to Second and Fint 
Lieutenant and Captain. 

HIRTOKY Of THR ONE IIUNUUKI) JlSII SIXTH IS- 

The One Hundred and Sixth Infantry lilinoU 
Volunteers was organized at Lincoln, IllinoiK, in 
August, 1 802, by Colonel Robert B. Latham, and 
mustered into tlie United States Kervice Septem- 
ber 18, IHOi. Moved from camp November 7, 
1^63, rill St. Loui", to Columbus, Kenttickv, ar- 
riving November 10; from thence moved to Jack- 
son, Tennessee- Colonel .Al. K. Lawler com- 
manded the Post of Jackson, and lirigadier 
General J. C. Sullivan the District. 

The regiment waa mustered out of senice 
July IS, 1iJU5, at Pine lltufT, Ark.'in«a«, and ar- 
rived at Camp Hutler, Illinois, July 24, 1S03, 
where it received final payment and disi-barge. 



tai^m 



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— ^-''- '- — 



jiUb. 



"V^ rf^"'"'— 



AMMM 



UlSTOttY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



; Stephen R. 

!johD 

im, Jaimetk P. 



Porter, Alexander H. 
Richards, John W. 
Spanglcr, John B. 



Ilt-NDEB]> AND KIUIITII INFAXTRT. 

jhritati*. 
llliam F. . Sunimem, Andrew 

KDRED AND THIRTEENTH INFANTRY. 

regiment will be found the following- 

COMPAXY A. 

Whittc'inorc, Joseph 

COMPANY r. 



n, William II. 
, James 
i. Christian 
John 

iQgh, Michael 
lien, John K. 
, 8anioel 



James 



ames A, 

Martin 

liomas 



Rogers, Iklartin W. 
Scoit, John 
Stutter, Martin AV. 
Sthlipf, Charles 
Svhlipf, Gotleih 
Saunders, Alvin 
Vere, Tonej 

CllMPANY D. 

Hamilton, James 

COMPANY r. 

Nicholes, William 
Wood, Isaac 

<X>MPAKY I. 

Strode, George W. 
Wines. George W. 

COMPAKY K. 

, William Marm, Williiim 

Christian Price. D. L. 

NDRED AND FOIUTEEXTII INFANTRY. 

proent may properly he termed a San- 
nntf regiment, as both oilicers and 
rincipally from this county. The fol- 
the original roster: 

ReyimenUtl Oflceri. 
enant Colonel— John F. King 
tani— William II. Latham 
termaster— George W.31ober 
AssisUnt Surgeon— Ahin 8. French 
id Assistant Surgeon— Henry VanMeter 

Sergeant Maj(»rM. 
. Sprigg James F. McNeill 

Cmnmuitary S<rg€anU 
William 11. Plunck 

]Jo9}nUil 8te*rarff, 
Alvin S. French 

l>. Ferris Martin C. Bridges 

ClMJPANY B, 

Ofleert. 
lin— Benjamin H. Ferguson 
Lieutenant— Edwanl P. Strickhind 
id Lieutenant— J«»Keph D. Zelgler 

First ^rgtant, 
Samuel Lewis 



SergimnU, 
Asher Riley Madinon Batterton 

AVIIIiain H. Meriweather James W. Dodds 

Cprp^raU. 
George W. Smith Ashhlll II. Soles 

John Pennick Rohert Battertoo 

William T. Duncan Ira Emerson 

William L. Tliomton John C. Hughes 

itu^icianM, 
Mai tin Y. Bridget Randolph Ludlam 

Prirattti, 



Asklns, Joseph J. 
Ash ford, Satiiuel F. 
Allen, Robert 
Bolln, John 
Bradford, Virgil 
Belrstadt, Charles 
Ball, Smith 
Baker, Jackson 
Ball, Thomas H. B. 
Becrup, Thomas 
Conner, Monroe 
Cheney, Leander 
Caprun, William C. 
Cono er, Najioleon 
Clavier, Peter 
Connelly. Michael C. 
Drennon, George L. 
Drennon, William M. 
Dcncberger. David 
DIckcrson, Benjamin 
Dunham, Kathaniel L. 
Evans, A(|ul11a 
Evans, Franklin 
Fitzslmmons, James 
Fletcher, Benjamin F. 
Grissom, George W. 
Griffith, William 
George, William J. 
Goodman, Jolin P. 
Gordon. Joel 
Huber, William 
Hood, William F. 
Hill, John D. 
Hoy, James M. 



7' 

ill. 



Hall, James 
Hicas, Jesse V. 
Humphrey, Walter 
Hart. James M. 
JohnM>n, Needham R. 
Kclschling, George S. 
Ludlam, Ix^amlng 
Lclse, William 
I^udermilk, Wilfion 
Levi, Louis 
McDermott, John 
Nelson. liouis 
Newlan. William G. 
Ogs, William L. 
Puillam, James H. 
Pools, Cliarles 
Patten, Robert 8. 
Ransom, Eilward H. 
Raematt, William 
Siejihens, Jnhn H. 
Smith. Peter 
8. hmidt, Frederick G. 
Smith, William 
Smith, George 
Smith, James 
Thomas. William H. 
Todd, Martin V. 
Thompson, John 
Terrell, Enhraim 
White, AVilliam 
Wilson, James 
Williar, John F. 
AVatson, Samuel P. 
Willis, William T. 
Widerfelt, Theodore L. 



Hall, Andrew 

Reeruit; 
Bradley, Allen Miller, George W. 

Bridges, Willis Roberson, Uriah 

Bowman, C harles H. Seumon, David 

LfK'k ridge, John W. 

COMPANY C. 

OfflferM. 
Captain— AVilliain Mallory 
First Lieutenant— Orainef H. Able 
Second Lieutenant— Jesse Canti all 

F%r9t Sergeant, 
Irwin Johnson 

Sergeanli, 
Henry F. Brown Willium Cantrall 

Albert A. Cantrall 

VitrjufraU. 

William King William H. Holland 

Miinson Hcadriek 

MuHeiane, 
Judy H. Banister James Hall 



dM*«Mi 



Mi*i 



tumtijt^ 



HISTORY OF SANG 



l*rieaU». 

McClcllaod. Thomas 8. 
MartiD, George 
MilliDger. Samuel 
Nelsoo, John 
Parks, ]ieniv 
Parker, Charles S. 
StaploR. Wniiam 
Salford. Jerome B. 
Stephens, John 
Smith. William O. 
Smith, John 
Stanfield, Martin B. 
Sleffen, Henry C, F. 
Samson, William 
Samson, Charles II. 
Samson, John W. 
Sebriney, Peter 
Sheehan, John 
Simons. Joseph 
Tufts. Charles C. 
Tutile, SyWanus 
Thomas. Elisha 
Wilson, Clinton 
Wilson, John W. 
Yokum, William, Jr. 
Yokum, JelTerson 
Crabbs, Edward M. 
Ilcadrick. William 
McCoy. William 



Blue, William H 
Britton, William T. 
Burch, Benjamin 
Bryant, Homer N. 
Barnes, Allen. 
I onnington, James 
Cahill, Matthew 
Cantrall. John P. 
Cantnil. Hiram 
Cciuucil, Hardy F. M 
Council. William C. 
Cover, Francis 
Downs, James 
Frishy. Charles 
Grove, John H. 
Gillespie, Byron 
Geimao, Henry 
Hunt, James 
Hornbaker. William 
Jones, Charles 8. 
Kiunamon, Andrew J. 
Kinnainon, Anthony W. 
Lytle, Simeon 
Lawreiice, William 
Mitchell, James H. 
Major, Georpe 
Moore, Charles H. 
Mitts, John 
May, William 

liecruit$. 
Brown, James B. HofTman, James C. 

Buuiford, William Seyes, Bt*njamin F. 

Cover, Addison Satlbrd, Edwanl B. 

CX>MPAKT E. 

OJfle€r$. 
Captain— Samuel >. Shoup 
First Lieutenant— Adam I lively 
Second Lieutenant — Louis U. Hedrick 

First Sergeant, 
Samuel H. Mooret 

Sergettnts. 
Ashley Pettibone Davis L. Rusk 

James W. Southwick Peter Hertle 

Corporals, 
George W. Friend Moses A. Jones 

Cliarles Merridith Thomas B Deardoff 

George B. Boyd Joseph Breckenridge 

Davis W. Lawley John W. Taff 

Mtmeian, 
Edward Pernell 

Pritatts 
Albert, Henry Menan*, Jesse C. 

Aldrich, Percival L. Milslagle, William 



Auxier, Benjamin L. 
Armstrong, James 
Hakir, William U, 
Bell, James T. 
Bradshaw, Thomas 
Brcckenridcte, Pres., Jr. 
Canirall, Edward T. 
Daiph, Geor^re W. 
Day, David G. 
DiMirdolT, Gi'orpe 
Downine:, Virgil S. 
Fp"rl«. Goonre D. 



McConaha}', John B. 
McLaughlin, William 
Orr, William H, 
Owens, Eugene 
Owi'ns, William 
Personelt, Marshadt 
Personetl, Jasper 
Personrti, Charles E. 
Petticord, lligi;inson 
Porter, John H. 
Prunk. Charles J 
Rhmles, William K. 



'. r* *f y a ' a 'n-y— --•^--^■*--*-*^-^--' ^ -•'-•-■ --'• -- ■ •' '^^- 



MMMMh*a«H 



^t^mtm 



HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Adtitnt, Cluirles 
Amistronff, Lctindcr 
Black, Walter C. 
Black, FmDcU J. 
Buck, John 
Brown, Albert 
BowKer, Jobs 
Barclay, James II. 
Barr, Tliomas C. 
Camcll, Simon C. 
Cottoo, Frederick J. 
Craig, Ueory H. 
Craig, Robert A. 
Christler, Pbilip 
Chenery, CyiusE. 
DcFreitas, Joseph 
DcFreitas, Thomas J. 
DePreitas, Francis 
DeFreitas, Frank F. 
DeFreitas, Antonio 
Donner, George 
Dewyer, John 
Elkin, William L. 
Fox, Summers 
Ferrarer, James 
Fowkes, John F. 
Qlenen, Willinm J. 
Oomes, John D. 
Haynes, Henry 
Houston, William T, 
Higgins. Alexander D. 
Ingles, William V. 
Kncfl; Benjamin F. 



PritaUi. 



Knights, Lunuui 
KalMohn W. 
Kalb, Daniel G. 
Kalb, James W. 
Lake, John 8. 
Mooney, Thomas 
3IcCleeie, Heniy 
McMann, James 
3Ioore, James I. 
McNeill, James F. 
Mappier, John 
Nappier, Wren 
NichoUon, Philip W. 
Pearson, Theodore F. 
Planck, Charles B. 
Rea, J. Hlbert 
Reis, Peter 
Runkles, John T. 
Robinson, Daniel A. J. 
Shriver, Joseph 
Simmons, Leri 
Soost, Wilhelm 
Sliick, Urias 
Todd, James T. 
Tipper, Joseph 
Trumbull, George R. 
Vasconcellas. Antonio 
Welsh, Josiaii 
Wells, Chauncey W. 
West, William D. 
Wiley, Alexander C. 
Workman, John W. 



Eicruiti. 



Brown, James B. 
Burkhart, John 
Binkle, <}eorge J. 
JSlHott, Robert 
IPcrguson, Robert I. 
<}oodness, Augustus 



Ham, John W. 
Kalb, William £. B. 
Lees on, George E. 
Mocdy, Cadwell 
Owen, James 
Raniey, Moses M. 



OOMPAXT H. 

OJturs. 
CapUin- George W. Bailey 
First Lieutenant— Jeron«eM. Foster 
ISecond Lieutenant—Charles W. Stanton 

Firti Sergeant. 
William H. Pointer 

Sergeante. 
.^■•Oohn I. Sbanahan John W. Sexton 

»mana L. Scott David M. Tosh 

C&rperale, 
saac Miller Jeremiah Plew 

fremiah Bobbins James Grant 

ohn Hale Benjamin Green 

eorgo W. Par\'in John R. Wells 

Mtieieiane. 

Jonathan Palmer 



esse Lucas 



Pritatett, 



(nice, Benjamin 
^^ iallorby, Thomas 
*ieny, Charles 
fridges. Willis 
Jlryan, James 
-^3«)wman, Charles H. 

^^ampbt-11, William 

^iToolcy, Wnils 



Kinney, JoKcph 
Lamb, John 
Largant, Marlon 
J^acy, Jacob 
I^cy, John 
LeKgcIt, Joseph 
Lockriuge, John 
Mecchani, Joshua 



Chadsey, James M. 
Coleman, TUaddeus 
Conner, Wilson 
Constant, Adam H. 
Duncan, James 
Drone, Isaac 
Drone, £11 
Drone, Milton 
Donnar, James W. 
Donaldson, Andrew J. 
Eckler. Edward 
Evans, AVIlliam 
Frederick, Simon 
Goodman, Goorse W. 
Goodman, Martin 
Goodman, John 
Goole, Lewis W. 
Hcrron, Joseph 
Hsnipton, >\ni1iam 
Hurst, Itobcrt 
Hopwood, K icholas 
Hcnsley, Robert 
Hensley, Lorenzo D. 



McKee, Samuel 
McKee, Arthur W. 
Monroe, i'alvin 
Maloney, Michael 
Parish, James 
Plunkct, John N. 
Rob, lleasant 
Spencer, John 
Shanks, Samuel 
Speaker, Jacob 
Snelson. lUropton 
Sneed, William 
Smith, Patrick 
Seam, Benjamin 
Sergeant, George 
Scripture, 3IornsoB R. 
Seaman, David 
Tungate, William 
Tyler, James 8. 
Van Meter, Thomas 
Vandergraft, Henry 
Yocum, Jesse J. 
Yocum, Henry 



Recruite. 



Barker, Andrew J. 
Bafihnw, William 
Broddrick, George H. 
Campbell. Robert 
Canneld, Isaac J . 
Chancy, Alexander 
Guut emian, Willis or AVm. 



Hicks, Boice S. 
Palmer, Hiram 
Robin^ton, Richard 
Thomley, John 
Tliomas, Clemant 
Workman, William 8. 
Winters, Andrew J. 



COMPAXY I. 

Captain— John Gibson 

First lieutenant—Egbert O. Mallory 

Second Lieutenant — Daniel Bailey 

Fitii Seraeant. 
James D. Malory 

SergeanU, 
John Dougherty Benjamin F. Clark 

John Allen Melvin King 

V^rparale. 
James A. Haggard Job Allen 

Abner T. Ford Robert Gibson 

Eli C. Herbert Daniel Spencer 

Samuel Woodron Henry Mkson 



John Finfrock 



Mu4ician$. 

Thomas A. King 

Pricatee, 



Atkinson, Robert V. 
Alexander. James O. 
Allen, Andrew 
Anderson, George W. 
Block, Elias 
Broi'k, William H. 
Beadle, William 
Bull, William 
Coolcy, David I. 
Cavender, Henry 
Cunt rail, George W. 
Constant, Alfred 8. 
Dawson, Lewis 
Dunaway, William 
Denrborn, George W. 
Dail, Jackson 
Donirhcrty, George 
Fox, McWin 



Kutt, William 
Xeer, Henry C. 
Norrred, Charles H. 
Nutt, Joseph 
Parent. William 
Penman, Richard W. 
Roilgcrs, Samuel 
Richardson, James 
Runnclls, Jesse 
Rcnnells, Willis 
Rubison. William B. 
Ridffeway, Georse 
Romnsim, John F. 
Richl, John 
Randall, George W. 
S<:roggin, James 
Snoogmss, John 
Sno<lgrass, Ambrose 



in^roKV or sangamox coitxty. 



I, Jo>*- 



Sausbury, Smnuvl 



Hliil 



, Isn 



Gridilts, Asb*ry Scnig/rin, JclVfrson T. 

Gremlin!; Oushem Scrogyin. B:irLon 

Huuslon. J >liD A. Siiylo, Aiuo« 

llanry, Jt*.n Stooe. Amos B. 

Ilowari), riiurlen Siiniicrs AIvi-mhis E. 

JohDsoD. OnvD D. Tiirk'y, Willjjm 

Ji>IiDH>n. Isuiic N. TrotUT. ■Willinni 

Kmn, Jiimi-H M. Troller, George 

Lu^'lioaiib. Jureniiali Thomas, Levi 

Law, Uiiife ThomMs, Joseph 

ManiD. Itobert Vlar, William 

Uilh. John A. Wurren. Willium 

Mors»n, JubD W. Workm.iD. W111i»m II. 

Miller, Cbiirics E. Woodruff, Cornelius 

MyiT, John WorkiiiuD, lliniry C, 

McCiiDc, WilUuin Wurtiinin, EJwiinl A. 

HfruiU. 
Atex^iiider. WHIiuui [(. II. Gobln, Dnvis II. 

Barnes, Tbonias F. Lovcliice, .InRppr N'. 

roiiMant, AOam II. Mann. ThimiiW H. 

Coolev, Jo-e|.li T. MaoQ, Willbm 

Dii-k!><m, Eben Neciy. .Iiimi's H. 

Elter, Paris nConuir. Isiiiiib G 
Ford, Srlvester 

Thi; promolioiia wert; as followB: Juhn F. 
Kinj;, LicnU'iiant Colonel to Colonel; Saimiil 
N. Sliou)), rnptaiii to Lieutciianl Colonel and 
Colonel; Oramel II. Abel, First I.ieiiienaiit to 
Adjul.iiit; HeunL. Vanlioff, First Lieulenant to 
Adjiitanl; Ilcnry VanMeeter, Stuoiid Assistant 
to Surgeon; Eilwan) P. Stniklatnl, First Lieu- 
tenant lo Captain; Joseph D. Zeii;1er, Second to 
First Liciileiiant; Jesse Cantrall, Setond to First 
Lieutenant; Irwin Johnson, Sergeant lo Second 
and First Lieatenant; Adam llivel. First Lieu- 
tenant to Captain; Ixmjs R. llcdrick, Seeond to 
First Lieutenant; Janiee W. Souihwick, Ser- 
{p-anl to First Lieiitenaiil: John S. Cauliield, 
Seeond to First Lieulenani; Egbert O. .M;»llory, 
First Lieutenant to Captain; Daniel Hailey, 
Second to First Lieutenant; James D. Mallory, 
Sergeant to Second Lieutenant.*' 

The Une Hundred and Fourieenlh Itetfiment, 
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was organized in 
the niinithH of July and August, and mustered 
iniii the United States' service at Camp ISutler, 
ItlinoiK, Sejitenilier IP, IfOi. 

Cimp-inies A and T) were from Ciiss eounty, 
(''•mi-ini.s IS, C, F, (i, U and 1 from Sangam.ni 
vimniy, Com():inie8 F and K from -Menard 
e'luiity. The regiment left Camp llulKr for 
Memphiii, Tennessee, November 8, iSO-2, arriv- 
i»g November Kith, and remained there on 
|>iuVel duty until November a<lth. It then 
Hlaried on the Tallahalubie iainiiaii,'n, being at- 
taehe.1 lo the First Brigade of llrigadier Cen- 



Mr. M:illtinr rclumcil liU eommlsslo 



eral Luman's Division. Arrived at C -liege 
Llill, MiBiissippi, December 4th, where it re- 
mained until December ^3d. Then left for 
Jackson, Tennessee, which was threatened by 
the rebel Geoeral Forrest, where it arrived after 
two weeks' very bard marcbing, on January 6, 
1SU3. and remained, doing picket duty, until 
February 0th, It then reluiued to Stemphis, 
doing guard duty on the Memphis it Charleston 
railroad. 

On March 17, the regiment left Memphis on 
tmnsporls, bound down the river. Ordered to 
Young's Point, Louisiana, whvre it arrived April 
3, and was assigned to ibe First lirigade. First 
Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, commanded by 
^[ajor General W. T. Sherman, and ordered into 
camp at Dncltport, Louisiana. 

On the 2d of May, the regiment left for Vicks- 
burg, and on May 14, was eng.iged in the battle 
of Jackson, 3Iississippi. Loss, five men killed 
and wounded. 

Arrived in the rear of \'ickaburg May IS, and 
participated in the siege; loss, twenty men killed 
and wounded. On the surrender of Vicksburg, 
the regiment was ordered to move against the 
rebel General Joe Johnston, who retreated to 
Jackson, Mississippi, during the siege of which 
place the loss of the regiment ia killed and 
wounded was seven men. When Johnston evacu- 
ated Vlcksburg, they followed Inro as far u 
Brandon, and then returned to Camp Sherman, 
near Vicksburg ; and remained there iloing picket 
duty until September 3. While in camp there. 
Colonel Jndy resigned, and was succeeded in 
uommand by Lieutenant Colonel King. 

The regiment was then oidered to Oak Ridge, 
MissiBM]>pi, and while doing picket dutr there, 
hail several hkirmishes with guerrillas. Lieuten- 
ant McClure, Company A, was killed and two 
men captured while on duty. Wiiile there the 
regiment participated in two scouts. 

About the 20th of November, left on trans 
ports forMempbis, and and on the Sfltb of Mo- 
ventber, went on )irovost duty there. 

February 5, ltj04, regiment left on a auont, 
and engaged the enemy at Wyntt, Klississippi; 
enabling the cavalry under General \V. S. Smith 
tn cross the Tallahatchie river above, at New 
.VIbiiny. Then returned to ^lempliis, and went 
again on provost duty. 

April itO, went on another scout, uodet Gen. 
eralSturgis. After a couple of weeks' hard march- 
ing returned to Memphis, and was put on I'ickei 
dnw. 

June I, went out again under (leneral Sturgia, 
and engaged the enemy under Generals ForrvKt 



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and Lee, at Guntowii> MissiuippL The action 
commenced early in the afternoon between the 
enemy and the advance cavalry. 

The infantry was immediately hurried for- 
ward, at more than double qnick, for about three 
miles, and the day being one of excessive heat, 
numbers fell from the ranks from fatigue and 
sunstroke. 

Almost exhausted, the troops were pushed 
into the light, and, after a severe engagement of 
five or six hours, the lines were everywhere 
repulsed, and couimenced falling back. The 
One Hundred and Fourteenth remained as rear 

fiuird, assisting in holding the enemy in check 
uring the whole of the first night's retreat. 
The regiment lost out of three hundred and 
ninety-five men, two hundred and five in killed, 
wounded and missing. 

Assistant Surgeon A. S. French was here 
killed, while nobly performing the duties of his 
uosition. Among the wounded were Adjutant 
Henry Ij. Vanhoif, Captain J. M. Johnson of 
Company A, and Lieutenant T. S. Berry of 
Company D; Lieutenants E. P. Strickland and 
J. D. Zergler of company D, captured. 

The regiment again fell back to Memphis, 
and after two weeks' of picket duty, left again 
under General A. J. Smith, for Tupelo, Missis- 
sippi. 

On July 13, the brigade to which the regi- 
ment was attached was surprised by the enemy, 
near Harrisville, Mississippi, and, after a sharp 
engagement^ the rebels were repulsed and driven 
back, tlie One Hundred and Fourteenth receiv- 
ing the thanks of the brigade commander, on 
the field, for the gallant and eifcctive charge 
made by it. On the next morning the fight was 
renewed, the rebels being repulsed in repeated 
charges made during the day and succeeding 
night. Tlie next day — the object of the ex]>e- 
dition having been accomplished — the troops 
started back to Memphis, and, on going into 
camp in the evening, were attacked by the 
rel>els, under General Forrest. 

The regiment participated in the charge by 
which Uie enemy was driven from the field. 
Ca))tain Berry, of Conii)any D, who was com- 
manding the regiment, and Lieutenant Chadsey, 
i*ommanding Company H, were quite severely 
grounded. 

Tlie regiment lost in these engagements, in 
killed and wounded, forty men. l^turning to 
Memphis, the regiment remained there until 
Au^st, when it went out under Gencrad A. J. 
Smith on another expedition into Mississippi, 
Major J. M. Mol^an commanding (Lieutenant 



Colonel King being sick), and upon its rutum 
to Memphis was sent, under General Joseph 
Mower, to report to General Steel at DuvaU^s 
Bluff, Arkansas. 

Went into camp at Brownsville, Arkansas, 
leaving there after General Price; marched to 
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in seventeen days, on 
ten days' rations, arriving October 6th. It then 
embarked on transports for Jefferson City, Mis- 
souri, and disembarl^^nff, under command of 
Major McLean (having left Lieutenant Colonel 
King sick at St. lA>ui8), was transported by nul 
to Otterville. Then continued tne pursuit by 
long and tedious marches to Kansas City, at 
which point was ordered to St. ]x>ui8, arriving 
there Isovember loth. The regiment was then 
ordered to Nashville, Tennessee,. and was en- 
gaged in the battles of the loth and 16th of 
December, making several charges during the 
<s)%&§cni€Dts. The One Hundred and Four- 
teenth was attached to McMin^n's Brigade, Mo- 
Artlmr's Division of General A. J. Smithes Corps, 
which brigade was specially complimented in 
General Thomas' report to the war department, 
for charging and capturing the salient point of 
the enemy's line. 

In making this charge a rebel battery was 
captured, which Captain John M. Johnson with 
a lew men of the regiment, and some involun- 
tary assistance compelled from some captured 
rebels, immediately brought to bear upon the 
retreating ranks of the enemy, aiding materially 
in their disorder and capture. 

The Joss of the regiment was fifteen men in 
killed and wounded— Captain J. M. Johnson, 
of Company A, coramanaing regiment, beine 
slightly wounded. The regiment was engaffea 
in the pursuit of Hood's forces as far as Fal- 
aski, Tennessee. 

It then went by transports from Clifton, Ten- 
nessee, to Eastport, Mississippi, and was de- 
tached at that place as pontooneers of Sixteenth 
Army Corps. I^eft Eastport on transports Feb- 
ruary 9, 1865, for New Orleans, Ix>uisiana, ar- 
riving there February 22. 

On March 23, embarked on steamer, at Lake 
Ponchartrain, for Spanish Fort, Alabama, and 
was engaged during the siege of Spanish Fort 

Lieutenant Colonel Kin^ having resigned, and 
Major McLean having died, Captain S. N. Shoup, 
of Company E, here received a commission as 
Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain J. M. Johnson, 
of Company A, as Major. 

On the night of the 13th of April the re^- 
ment was to attack Forts Tracy and Hngee, sit* 
uatcd in Mobile Bay. The movement was made 




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in pontoon boats, and on arriving as the forts, 
they were found to have been just evacuated. 

After the surrender of Mobile, the regiment 
marched to Montgomery, Ala.; arriving April 
24, and bridging the Alabama river with pon- 
toons, and remained on duty at the bridge, when 
it was ordered to Vicksbarg, Mississippi, for 
muster-out. The regiment was mustered out 
of the United States service August 3, 18G5. 

Arrived at Camp Butler, Illinois, August 7, 
and received final payment and discharge Aug- 
ust 15, 18(55. 

OXE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEXTU INFANTRY. 

COMPANY K. 

[Offieer. 
Sccoad Llcutcnaat—Phillip Rlloy 

Sergeant. 
John Morgan 

Corporalt. 
James Strode William Bailey 

Wagoner. 
Francis B. Aldrich 

PrivaUi. . 

Allison, James M. Neale, Samuel 

Brczendinc, James B. O^Brico, Thomas 

Center, Edward Plunkett, James 

Demen. Daniel Pickering, Thomas 

Durtnall, John Reynolds, John T. 

Edens, William B Keipe, Frederick 

Finf rock, Isaiah Roberts, James R. 

Gamble, Andrew StalTord. Edwin D. 

Gates, Frank W. Strode, John A. 

Goltra, George W. Smith, William J. 

Hargis. Thomas J. Staples, William 

Hendee. Peter Walker, John 

Judd, Nelson H. Walters, William M. 

Meagher, ^lichacl Waterhouse, George C. 

Ncwhart, Lawrence Wells, William 

Neale, John W. Ferguson, John D. 

Philip Riley was promoted from Second to 
First Lieutenant and Captain. 

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH INFANTBT. 

FirH Sergeant. 
William N. Streeter 

Pritate: 
Graham, Thomas Havener. Joseph 

COMPANY H. 

l\%vate. 
Baymond, John C. 

COMPANY 1. 

Pritaiee. 
Collens, E. R. Yonger, Josiali 

Yonger, John Q. 

ONE HUNDRED AND 8KVENTKEXTH INFANTRY. 

COMPANY B. 

Pritate, 
Shepherd, George 



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R€cruit9» 
Booth, Timothy IlaiDline, Edward 

Duquoin, Henry Hodge, Richard 

FoltU, Elisha McCrc]i», M«»od 

Grahendilce, Hiram Van Winlcle, H. M. 

COMPACT D. 

iVtrotef. 
Kelley, Edward Parker, Sylvester 

COMPANY K. 

OJlcer; 
Second Lieutenant — Stephen N. Sanders 

FitU Serytatii. 
William H. Carter 



Levi Mengal 



Sergeant$. 

Peter C. Rape 

Wesley Hudgens, Benjamin K. Proctor 

Thomas J. Sanders Balaam N. Brown 

Pfitnt€9. 

Able. John C. Liisk, Absalom 

Brooks, William H. Mengal, Ethan M. 

Bradley, Philip W. Itorton, Daniel 

Campbell, William Ovley, Newton A. 

Craddock, William A. Proctor, Jacob B. 

Easley John Y. Robinson, John il. 

George, James W. Rjipe, Alfred K. 

Hudaon, Shepherd Shultz, Johnson F. 

Halley, Fountain W. Trousdale, William 

Harden, Joseph B. Wilbum Thomas H. 

Harden, Geoi^ Williams, Presley E. 
Loft*t, John 

BurmU. 

Lupton, Job S. Sanders, John F. 

McBvres, George Zanders, Andrew D. 

Sanders, Martin L. Wilkinson, Henry A. 



enry L. Field was promoted from Captain 
Major; Lewis Dorlon, Second to First Lien- 
^jrmant; Stephen N. Sanders, Second to First 
^^utcnanty and Captain. 
'X'he One Hundred and Twenty-fourth In- 
s^try Illinois Volunteers, was organized at 
Oai.Tnp Butler, Illinois, in Sentember, 1862, by 
Colonel Thomas J. Sloan, ana was mustered in 
Se|>teinber 10, by Lieutenant DcCourcey. Moved 
^iroixi Camp Hutler, October C, arnving at Jack- 
son, Tennessee on the 0th and was assigned to 
Tliird Brigade, First Division, Thirteenth Corps. 
^^ the 28th, drove the enemy across the Tal- 
Janatchie, and advanced to the Yocona river. 
X^lie regiment was in First Brigade, Colonel 
•^^hn K. Smith; Third Division, Brigadier Gen- 
V^* John A. Logan, commanding; Seventeenth 
•"niy Corps, Major General James B. McPher- 
1^1 ** ^Commanding. December 24th, arrived at 
La^ Tallahatchie river, and January 7, 1803, at 
I^T^^nge. Brigaciier General I. N. Ilaynie 
^^^ command of the brigade. 
f^j^^^i the :J3d of February, 1803, moved down 
f^^ Hver, from Memphis to Lake Providence, 
^ March 15, Colonel Sloan took command of 



the brigade, and on the 17th went into camp at 
Berry's Landing. 

April 18, moved to Milliken's Bend. On the 
25th commenced tlie campaign against Vicks- 
burg. On the 30th crossed the river, sixty miles 
below Vicksbur^, and. May 1, was engaged at 
Thompson's Ililf. 

The One Hundred and Twenty-fourth was en- 
gaged in the battles of Raymond, May 12; at 
Jackson, 14th; at Champion Hills, IGth; and 
during the entire siege of Vicksburg, including 
the charge on the fortifications, May 22, and as- 
sault on Fort Hill, June 26. During the latter 
part of the siege, Bri^i^dier General m. D. Leg- 
gett commanded the urigade. On the 31st of 
August, went on campaign to Monroe, Jx>uisiana, 
Brigadier General John D. Stephenson com- 
manding. 

October 1 4, went with McPherson's campaign 
to Brownville, and was in the battle at that 
place October 16 and 17. 

On November 7, move<l camp to Black river. 
On the 25th of November, the reffiinents of the 
First Brigade, vie: Twentieth, Twenty-ninth, 
Thirty-first, Fortv-fifth and One Hundred and 
Twenty fourth Illinois, and Twentv-third Indi- 
ana, engaged in a prize drill, the Thirty-first Illi- 
nois excelling in drill, and the One Hundred 
and Twenty-fourth in picket duty, etc But at 
a subsequent contest for a prize banner, offered 
bv Brigadier General I^ggett, commanding di- 
vision, the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth 
received the banner, inscribed ''Excelsior Regi- 
ment, Third Division, Seventeenth Army Coq)s," 
from the hands of Major General McPherson, 
for excelling in soldiery appearance, discipline, 
and drill. 

On February 3, 1864, commenced the raid to 
Meriden. On the 14th, had a severe skirmish 
with the enemv at Chunkey Station. Returned 
to Vicksburg, March 4th. On May 4th, under 
Brigadier General McArthur, moved toward 
Benton and Yazoo City. Was engaged at Ben- 
ton on the 7th and 10th, and returned on the 21st. 

From July 1st to Uth, the regiment moved 
with General Slocum on his Jackson campaign, 
and was engaged in the sharp fights at Jackson 
Cross Roads, July 5th and 7tn. 

From October 14th to 20th, was in campaign 
to White river and Memphis. Remained at 
Vicksburg on provost duty February 26, 1805, 
when the regiment moved to New Orleans, and 
was assigned to the Third Brigade, Colonel 
James A. Geddes, Kighth Iowa, commanding; 
Third Division, Brigadier General Carr com- 
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On March 12th, embarked for Mobile. Moved 
to Dauphine Island and u)> Fish River and com- 
menced siege of Spanish Fort, March 29th. 

The regiment was the extreme left of the in- 
vesting line, and with one-half deplo^'ed as 
skirmishers, drove the enemy within their forti- 
fications. 

The brigade consisted of Eighth Iowa, Eighty- 
first, One Hundred and Eighth and One Hand- 
red and Twenty-fourth Illinois, and was en- 
gaged until the surrender of the fort. On the 
13th of April, started for Montgomery. 

On July 17, 1805, the regiment started home 
for muster-out. Arrived at Chicago, Illinois, 
August 3d, and was mustered out August 15, 
1865. by Captain George W. Hill, United Sutes 
Army. 

ONE IIUNDRKl) AXD TWKNTY-FIFTH IXFAXTRY. 

COMPANY K. 

Prirate. 
Jenkins, William F. 

ONE HUNDRED AND TWEXTY-KK^HTH INFANTRY. 

COMPANY 1. 

PrivaUt, 
Hall. James M O^Conncfj Michael 

Maloney, Thumas Smith, Milton 

StaatoD, diaries 

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY. 

CX>MrANT D. 

PrhaU. 
Green, William M. 

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH INFANTRY. 

Regimental Officer. 
Lieuieaut Colonel — James H. Matheny 

COMrANY A. 

Offiur. 
First Lieutenant— Anderson J. Smith 

PritaU, 
Sabine, Sheridan 

COMPANY B. 

Officer; 
Captain— William Prcscott 
First Lieutenant— FranciH M. Pickrell 
Second Lieutenant— Jacob W. Paulin 

SergeaHU, 
Frank Rice, James B. Johnson 

Thomas Thorpe Daniel L. Dunlap 

CorjH>rtU$. 
Samuel Qrubb, Jr., Orrin S. Webster 

Knoch P. White Charlos L. Stevenson 

Kzekici Malone Peter Babeuf 

George W. Council Perry Sapp 

VttMirtaHM. 
Amos Batimganlner Alpheus Kams 

WagoMcr, 
William UaMii 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Bsemits, 
llartin, Jolm P. WatU, John C. 

Sins. Thomas A. WUkersoD, J. T. 

Wau^, James A. Wilson, James N. 

CM, Frank Johnson, Peter 

Vnm^ Ljrman B. Moore, Steiihen W. 

Howard, Joseph Maberiy. George 

Ilnssejr, Slephen A 0*ConneiL James 

Hnssejr, WlilUm F. Rogers, Charles A. 
Jackson, George 

The One Ilnndred and Thirtieth Infantry 
IIlinoiB Volanteers was organised at Camp But- 
ler, Illinois^ in October, 18G2, hy Colonel N»> 
Uianiel Niles, and was mustered in October 25. 
Moved from Camp Butler November 10, and 
arrived at Memphis, Tennessee, on the 18th, and 
was asngncd to provost duty. 

The regiment was mustered out of service 
Aneust 15, ]8d5, at New Orleans, Louisiana, 
ana arrived at Camp Butler, August 26, 1865, 
where it received final payment and discharge. 

William Prescott was promoted from Captain 
to Major; Jacob W. Purlin, Second to First 
Lientenaat. 

ONS HUXDRKD AND TIIIRTY-THIKD IXFANTRT 

Beifimental OffiaT%, 
Adjutant— William I. Allen 

Q. Hi. Seroeant, 
F^cis A. Vickery 

PtinrtpoX Mvneiant, 
John Q. Ives. 

COMPAKT A. 

Offieert. 
Captain — ^Norman B. Ames 

Firtt Sergeant. 
James F. Canfleld 

Sergeanti. 
Marion T. Hutson Jolm M. Amos 

James 8. llarkey 

CorparaU, 
William M. Babcock Ucnjaniin F. Neher 

John T. Anderson DsHhs J McGraw 

Orren Cur\'ey Joseph Snape 

Mc. C. Webb Andrew Moore 

Pritatee, 



Armstrong, Albert II. 
Abrams. Charles 
Aptisdvl, Willard 
Avers, 8jlvanns D. 
Black, Albert M. 
Brooker, Orlando W. 
Browiilie« George D. 
Bull, BokwoU 
Bruadwell, Willis P. 
Bancroft, Cobum 
Bncknum. Benjamin 
Baker. Jolm A. 
Brongnam, Henry 
Collins, William 
Conner, William U. 



Lockrldi^e, James M. 
Miller, James W. 
McCoy, Thomas 
MuDtgomcrv, Hiram 
Mfgredy, Charles 
Moore, Volney 
Mitchell. William 
Morse, Robert £. 
Magce, Uriah 
Nen, Jonathan 
Prathcr, William D. 
Price, Phillip K. 
Pratt, Charles 
Pulllam, John R. 
Peacock, Benjamin F, 



Cook, Albert G. 
Crouch, William H. 
Dobbins, Nicholas W. 
Douglass, George 
Dunton, Rufus S. 
Day, Robert 
Elkin, Edwin S. 
Flynn, Patrick 
Francis, Charles 8. 
Gourlcy, Albert F. 
Gist, Albert 
Gist, Btordecal 
Goodrich, Charles H. 
Huntington. George L. 
Hedrick, William 
Humphrey. Squire H. 
Humphreys Zachcry 
Irwin, Washington 
Ives. John G. 
Jackson, \%il1iamW. 
Kent, Josiah P. 
Kimble, Newton 
I^wson James T. 



Pulcy, Joseph 
RanM>m, Isaac N. 
Roberts, Charles D. 
Robb. David 
Reynolds, H. G. 
Snringer, Charles W. 
ShelUiousc, Cliarles M. 
Si^haiTer, Joseph 
IStone, James A. 
Seaniun, Charles 
Smith, John 
Smith, Daniel F. 
Snider, James 
Stults, Silas 
Stone. Charles O. 
Trunibo, James P. 
Tliomas, Clement 
Turner, Samuel B. 
White, James H. B. 
Wilson, Samuel L. 
Wallace, Samuel R. 
Whitmer, Charles 



COMPAKT E. 

Oglleere. 
Captain— Wilson A. Duggan 
First Lieutenant— John O. Piper 
Second Lieutenant— Columbus Woods 

Firet Seraeani. 
Lewis £. Garrett 

Sergeants, 
Joseph Wickersham Abner Coats 

Frederick Hartwick Jlezekiah C. Clark 

Corpcrale, 
Francis A. Sampson William H. Walker 

George Spath Peter Boggs 

Privatee, 
Brewer, James 
Bynum, Isaac N. 
Cannon, Theron 
Cottcrman, Andrew 
Cliiiaers, William 
Detlieridge, Joseph 
Dcmpsy, John 
Decounter, Frederick 
Elmore, Nelson 
Elkin. Chairles 
Englebright, Henry 
Finch, ^laicus 
Fox, Suiith 
Green, William 
Gudrum, Herbert 
Gethcrdr., Malon 
Grinnell, George B. 
Harris, George W. 
Howell, Pierbon 
Hays, William 
JuUd, Harvey 
Johnson, B. r. 
Juhnson, G verge R. 
Kavanaugh, Dan 

COMTANT I. 

First Sergeant, 
William T. Wylie 

Sergeants, 
William W. Judd Ebenezor H. Welch 

George Clement Albert D. Miller 



King Cliarles 
Liver, Joseph 
McKinnie, William A 
Masterson. Henry C. 
McConnick, Henry R. 
Ncal, John M. 
Neer, James 
Pea, Tnomas F. 
Pcttibone, Sanford 
Robinson, Richard 
Smith, Noah 
Shumate, Hiram 
Shark, Emanuel 
Salts, Wniiam 
Shocky, Joseph 
Torrence, Charles 
Turpin, Charles 
Thor]), John A. 
Thomas, William 
White, John W. 
Whitue>\ Joseph B. 
Weber, George 
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HISTORY OF SANG 



CifrporaU, 
Joseph U Miller Simon R. Cotborn 

Allt-n C. Constiint Olwjird H Culver 

Cliarli'S Stap es William Conwell 

William A. Yeamans William 11. Miller 

Privates, 

Allen, Charles Lewis, William H. 

Anderson, Mathcw Lockard, Granville 
Hransou, William II. II. Morgan John R. 

Barrett, William B. Morgan, Charles F. 

llzine, John Munis, ilardin U. 

Uarr, MelitusE. Matthews, William H. 

Blackburn, James F. Myers, John L 

Cogdel, Tarlton McGowen, Luke 

Canby, Tliomas L. Oliver, James F. 

Cass, Hardin Cleston, Oie 

Crosswuith, Albert 8. Perry, Charlie 

Cover, Addison Perry, Charlie B. 

Davis, Isaac Prinim, James D. 

Duskin. Robert B. Palmer, Charles II. 

Duff, James Pr^^'or, Isai4i T. 

Davis, Lewis Remiers, John P. 

Davis, J. J. Randall, Julius H. 

Elmore, Travis Ray, Ileniy 

Faith, John B. Smith. Joseph 

Frudenberger, Edward Schmickv. William 

Gibson, Auinistus Smith, ^Tewton W. 

Goff, John A. Steinburcer, Wm. W. 

Gabbart, Thomas Strode, John D. 

Green, Scott, Samples, William T. 

Garner, Anderson Tniner, Andrew * 

Hopkins, George W. Tilford, Alexander 

Hussey, Stephen A. Vaunatton, Thomas 

Hickman, James F. Ylerebone, Wm. C. 

llolfman, James C. Weese, Patterson 

llouser, John II Walters, John M. 

Hewett, Samuel P. Wells, Jonlan W. 

Hannon, Calvin G. Yocum, William 8. 

COMPANY X. 

PrivaU. 
Way, John C. 

HISTORY OF 02IB liUNDRSD AND TUlBTY-TaUtD 

IMFJLNTRT. 

The One Hundred and Thirty-third Infan- 
try, Illinois Volunteers, was organized at Camp 
Jiutler, Illinois, by Colonel Thaddeus Phillips, 
and nutstered in for one hundred days May 31, 
1864. 

On the 3d of June, moved to Rock Island 
Harracks, and was assigned to duty, guarding 
prisoners of war. The regiment performed the 
duty faithfully and eHiciently during its term of 
service. 

On the 24th of September, 1864, was 
mustered out of service at Camp Butler, Illi- 
nois. 

ONE nUXDRBD AXD TUIRTY-FOURTII INFANTllY. 

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COMPAXY O. 

PrivaU. 
Drinkle, Philip 



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Goodrnn, Ilcibtrl Schul, August 

IIuDhcs, Juhn Wells, Jcrtiiiiub 

Iluiliilristoti. S:.nun-1 Wells, Jonlnn W. 

lluilOlrsion, William K. Wilkinson, airislojiUcr 

Huddlestua, John W. Ycagcr, John 
JoDea, John 

Rtervili. 

Bond, JoliD nrinp«£}-, John 

Copplc, MorKNii Kent. Tlioinus 



cmiPAXT I. 



Till' On*.- Iliiiiilrcd and Korty-ninOi Iiirantry 

^"inois Voliiiitctni, was orgaiiixeil at Camp liut- 

•fr, lllinoia, on Fetniary II, IPfi.j, by Col. Wil- 

''3in I'. Knctfiier, anil mustL-red in for one year. 

^1 February H, moved in Nnshvlllp, Tennessee, 

^"4 from tlience to Chattanooga. Was assigned 

V JUior General Steailman to duty giiardin<r 

"<lToa<ls. On May 1, h:i» assifrned to Colonel 

relix Prince SalmV Second Brigade, Second 

^(>araie Division, Army of the Cumberland, 

^O on the 3d, moved to' Dalton, Georgia. On 

Jaly 0, moved to Atlanta. On :iOtH, being 

■tsigncd to duty in the Fourth sul>-distriut of 

All atooiia, it was a!>signed to guard duly in that 

^i»1.rict- 

^lusiiercd ont January 2T, 1860, at Ualton, 
Gcsorgia, and ordered to Spiiiiglield, Illinois, 
♦■^CTe it received final paymeiil and discharge. 

0^E IIUNOKEO ANU FIFTIETH INKANTRT. 

COKFAXV t. 

Pritaltl. 



Cibili: Leo 
UaTis, GeoTi^e W. 
PrlDce, Jauie* S. 



Lowdcr, Wmiiim F 
Slin'tr, James H. 
Wnglil, William H 



OSE BtlNLIltED AXD Fl FTV-SKCOSU INFASTKY. 

COMPiKV A. 

ScrgtanU. 

nir»nj F. SiWcy Ljturgu* 8, MeNccly. 



QiiDcroft, Cnburn 
Flt'raminL', Jobu 
Griffln, llugb F. 
Uibbf. V/mam 
HomUcV, Williuni 
llulOi'ld. PruDi^is M. 
IrKln.JuliuiH. 
I^urb, KuKenc T. 
Mxiry, Cuni* J. 



IJii'biiU. Andrew J. 



riiillipB, Andrew J. 
TilchiT, Willinw 
Pro|isl, Eiiwiird A, 
IlcL'Vfs, Abraham D. 
llL-ctl, Aoilrew J. 
Itourkp, Juhn 
Sline. G^ibHe) 
SliH^^iiin. Ocurgc I] 
Slierfluld, Jordan 



Corporal*. 

Ptler L. Efiwiirds WilHum F. F- Smilh 

Robert Weller 

MtuieiaM*. 

Rundoljih Cook EdwiirO M. Humphrey. 

Anderson. WilliumT. Plumb, Willjum B. 
Butns, Robert Porteus, Juniei 



BUliop, WilHoraH. 
Cudy. Dver D. 
CrumbiikiT, Marion V. 
ClHrh, JotiD W. 
DoivtII, Thomas 
Dowcll. JobD L. 
Fisher, Joho 
tiibsnn, Jiimcs 
Iliimllton, Jo.thuaP. 
Holmes, Itoralto 
Ihiiikin*, Alvi-nuf 
Herbert, William O. 
Ilciiliae. SiiUihiel 
McMai-kin. Henry C. 
Mi'Fiirlnnil, Warren 
Muean, Rirhiird 



Smith, David 
Smith. ItoyBloD 
Slqihcnti, Diivid C. 
SiicKeit, JoKcpb 



gill it h, MikitUiHS 
Shnike, Siimucl M. 
Spanr, Willinm 
Tbouipsan, Louis C. 
Thorn pBon. Charles 
Viince. or Nam*, Albert 
White. JiimcB T. 
Wrighl. David A. 
Wright, Josioh W. 
WulSon, Willinm 
Weed, Cliiirlcs 
Young, James 
The One Hundred and Fifty-second Infantry, 
Illinois Volunteers, was organized at Camp Bui' 
ler, Illinois, by Colonel Ferdinand D. Stephen- 
son, and was loUBtcred in Fchrnary IS, 1S65, for 
ope year. 

On February- 20th, moved to Naslivllle, Ten- 
nessee, and tut^nce to Tullahoraa, reporting to 
Major General Millroy, February SP, 1865. 

The regiment was mustered out of service to 
ilate, September II, 1865, at Memphis, Tennes- 
see, and arrived at Camp Huller, Illinois, Sep- 
tember 8, 1865, when it received it« final pay- 
ment aod discharge. 

ONE IIUXDttED AXD FlFTY-FOlltTII INFANTBr. 
COMPAKV K. 

AiiK'it. Jobn Grace, Julin 
BruwB William Miirrcty. .loho 
"lilFord, James JIiir|ihy. Andrew W. 
Williams, Charlc* 



I, George W. 

III'MIREU ASI) FIl 



OScal, Frauk 



Lamb, Ituben Q. 



>TH IXFAXTKV. 

Woods, Gcori-c W. 
roMPASV o. 

Cunuinjjham, TlieoJorc 
Connrly, Thomas 
t-oMrAXV K. 

\Vl)ili', Joshua 



FIBST I'AVA 



Ojjfecr*. 
Caiiiultt— John Burnup 
>'lr»l Lk-uK-iiani-GHrnU Elkln 
ikciiud Llcuiemint— .lohn V. P^rki. 






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i^tik 



tt^mimAinm I, 



HISTORY OF SANG^ 



Fir$t Serjeant, 
Daniel S. Wbhteoball 

Q. .V. Strgtattt, 
David \V. Thomas 

StrgeantM, 
John Q. A. Floyd Thomas R. Brown 

Peter Llvergood Frederick Henry 

CorporaU. 
.lohn F. Pritchard lleaton Hill 

George Breclienbaugh William Graham 
AVilliam H. H. Center Jacob Newman 
11. L. llinman Uobert A. Jones 

Bughn, 
Na|>oleon B. Utt Charles J. SchryTer 

SaddUr. 
William Barnbill 

Wagoner, 
Nicholas Prater 

Blacktmitfit, 
Charles Gathard Cyrus Youtt 

Prtca/et. 
Armstrong, Samuel A. Lanc.^bram B. 
Barry, William 



Brown, John H. 
Burdoas, John 
Coles, William £. 
Cole. Stephen D. 
Curtis, Charles A. 
Dibble, Emery 
Easley, Thomas H. 
Ernst, John 
Enrin, John 
Foster, Miner A. 
Frey, George W. 
Gilmore, lienry 
Harris, Charles F. 
Haas, Michael J. 
Hcrndon, Edward G. 
Johnson, Irvin 
Kiser, James 
Liuds]iy, John D. 
Lee, Thomas W. 
Layton, Charles 



Lisk, Frank 
Lewis, Andrew 
Mahau, Charles 
Mathews. Henry 
McCoy, Peter 
McGuire, Barney 
Meyer, William H. 
Penny, Jacob W, 
Pinckard, Thomas S. 
Russell, John 
Stevens, John J. 
^priug, John W. 
1 hompson. Andrew J. 
Taylor, Richard 8. 
Wall. Johnson C. 
Waddle, Alfred 
Whitaker, James 
Welch, Ebene/.er H. 
Wright, Marion 
Wallace, Nels S. 
Zimmerman, George 



Brickie}^ John 
Bigi^ins, Patrick 
Biuker, Joseph 
Brown, Orlando 
Bane, George W. 
Boone, William 
Cahill, Michael 
Chcsley. Ed. A. 
Cord. J. J. 
Claik, William H. 
Chandler, Jasper 
Caykendall, J()hn R. 
Caykendall, H. G. 
Deal, John 
Kmcry, Josiah 
Emery, Perry 
Fiizpatrick, Sol 
Flynn, Dennis R. 
Qoughnm, John 
Orubb, James 
Graham, George W. 
Graham, John J. 



ReeruiU. 



Lindsay, Tliomas J. 
Leland, John T. 
Leclair, Francis 
McCormack, John 
Melville, Charles 
Murray, David 
McCluskev, James 
MeGurk, James 
>IcCoy, Uobert 
Moi)re, William E. 
Neal, Richard 
Oliver, George H. 
Philips. George G. 
Parsuns. Francis M. 
Piilmcr. James R. 
Phillips, James 
Reading, David T. 
Reading, Tlietxlore A. 
Skiukle, WiHiam 
Smith, Louis D. 
Smith, Robert C. 
Sullivan. Thomas II. 



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ri fiTliiiiliii^Tiili'rTBl [*nfttiirTn 1) 1 1 ir liimfnui 



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UISTOliY OF SAXG^VMOX COUNTY. 



Archibald Qautremout 



Privates. 



AllGD, William £. 
Aldricb, Washington 
Bicrce, Edward B. 
Brace, Arba H. 
Brooks, Merchant J. 
Buck, Jeremiah 
Byers, Joseph W. 
Brewer, William M. 
Cassidy, Uenry C. 
Connors, Michael 
Curtis, llar>'ey 8. 
EbcrhKrd, Henry A. 
Faachilds, Isaac B. 
Fehr, Henry 
Oorham, David 
Grcenstrcct, Senhaniah 
Hailej, Edward 
Harding, Howard 
Hawley, David C. 
noiTnum, Jolm 
Hewitt, Samuel J. C. 
Hill man, Charles 
Henderson, Edwin 
Henderson, Joel 
Henderson, Edward F. 
Hurd, Stephen 
Hamilton, James 
Highlands, Samuel A. 
Highlands, John W. 



Jones, Andrew J. 

Knop. Joseph H. 

Kneedy, William D. 

Lake, John F. 

Little, Joseph A. 

Lsunpson, Morris C. 

Mitchell. John 

McElwain, Tliomas 

McCue, Thomas 

Mills, Abraham G. 

O'Neil, William 

Owen, Nathan 

Parsons, William 

Purvis, Smith 

Pur>'is, Isaac 

Purvis, Fnincis M. 
Uliodcs, Tliomas B. 
Hitter, William 
Kodgers, John 
Stake, George E. 
Stewart, William A. 
South wick, David 
Schiuitzer, John 
Schich, John J. 
Taylor, Samuel H. 
Von Daken, Charles 
Waggoner, Christian 
Weiss, Gottleib 
AVliitncy, Barney C. 



RecruiU. 



Allen. William K. 
Armstrong, John W. 
Armstrong, Jo!in A. 
Allen, Isaac 
Bu/.zard, Otho 
Blithe, Thomas S. 
Bailey, Charles W. 
Davis, John W. 
Graves, Marshall 
Hewitt, Alden W. 
Ham, William P. 



Harvey, James 
Lawhcdd, Charles C. 
Xort%>n, Charles F. 
Richster, John F. 
Sweet, John T. 
Sweet, William 
Sweet, Marion A. 
Stevivcns, John P. 
Wickncr, Henry 
Winters, Frederick 
Williams, Reason 



Dooley, John 



COMrAKT E. 

Pritatei. 

Garrett, David 
Yates, Simeon 

CX)MPANT C. 

PritaU. 
Parsley, William K. 

COMFANT H. 

PrivaU. 
Ross, Lyman 

COMPAKT M. 

PrituUi, 



Alson, Mo«es D. 
Chatam, Tbomas 
Howard, Samuel 
Heintx, John 
Laughlin, Archy, O. 
Merr3'inan, James 



Roach, David 
Roe, Robert 
Perryman, James 
Kinc, Nelson L. 
Sullivan, William H. 
Williams, James W. 



rf>Ml*ANY o. 

Sarat, John Fletcher Frame, Henderson 

McCaslIm, Manon 8. Ogg, George W. 



Reese, James 
Wil:>on, Samuel 
Mar:>hal1, James 
Hill, James 
Haskell, William 
Paddock, Frederick 



Sullavin, Adam 
Daugherty, James 
Williams, Andy 
Hill, Thomas 
Mooney, James. 
Taylor, William 






The Third Regiment of Cavalry was organ- 
ized at Camp Butler, Illinois, by Colonel E. A. 
Carr, in August, 1861. 

The regiment moved to St Louis, Missouri, 
September 25th. October Ist, moved up the 
Missouri river to Jefferson City, and from tnence 
marched to Warsaw, arriving October 11th. 

On the 23d, marched U>ward Springfield, Mis- 
souri, in Ck)lonel Carres Hrigade, Brigadier Gen- 
eral Asboth's Division. On November 2d, Gen- 
eral Hunter took command of the Army. On 
November 1 3th, the First and Second Battalions 
moved with the army on Rolla, Missouri. Tlie 
Third Battalion, Major Ruggles commanding, 
remained with Sicgel's Division, and was tlie 
last to leave Sprinsneld. 

Arriving at RoTla, November 10th, the regi- 
ment remained until December 20th, when it 
moved in the advance of General Curtis* Army 
for the Southwest. On February 11th, the reg- 
iment in Carres Division moved to Marshfield, 
and on the 1 3th to near Springfield, where cav- 
alry fought the first engagement and won the 
first victory of Curtis' campaign.* 

On February 14, 1802, occupied Springfield, 
Missouri. On the 15ih, came up with Price's 
retreating army, at Crane creek, capturing some 
prisoners. On 1 8th, at Sugar creek, Arkansas, 
the Third Battalion participated in a cavalry 
charge, routing the encmv. On the 20th, the 
Second Battalion marched to Cross Hollows, 
and on March 5th fell back to Pea liidge. On 
the Oih, the First and Third Battalions marched 
with Colonel Vandever's Brigade from Hunts- 
viile, forty-eight miles. 

On the 7th, the First and Third BatUlions in 
Dodge's Brigade, and the Second in Vandevcr's 
were engaged all day, losing ten killed and forty 
wounded. 

March 10th, moved to Keetsville. Lieuten- 
ant Colonel McCrillis and Major Hubbard ar- 
rived and went on duty. April 10th, arrived at 
Forsyth, and on 0th moved to West Plains, and 
May 1st started for Batcsvil'e, arriving on 3d. 

On May 14, 1802, moved to Little Red river. 
On 2jth, while crossing White river, Captiin 
Mcl/olland and fixe men were drowned. On 
June 4, the regiment fell back to Fairview. 

On the 7th, Captain Snarks, with sixtv-six 
men, was surrounded by tliree hundred of the 



IIISTOHV UF SA^'GAMO^• (.OINTV. 



oiK'iuy'i* cavalry, and cut liis way oiil, losing 
fuiir \s'ouiiili-il aii'l f-iiir jirinoiuTs. 

H^liinu,! 1.. l!:iU'sville o[i the lltli. .Iiuie II, 
martilitil lo .1 iiksoiijiort. Julv r,, mov.-.l. «iih 
tlie anuy,for llok'iia, wlipre it arrived on llie 
lolh, and Weill inlo laiuii. Dining tlie stay ni 
tliis point, dL'tncliinuuts uf tlie regiment were 
gi;nt on Kuiniis and e\ji(.-ditioiiii lo dilTerent 
|)]ai:es, including t.':i]>taiii Kirkbvidjje'i' raid to 
St. Fmiicid river, and live c<jin[faiiiL's willi Gen- 
era! llovcy's raid to Grenada, Mississiupi. 

Dccuinuer 2:i, 18(j2, six companies, H, C, I), II, 
1 and L, Captain Kirkbridge commanding, em- 
liarked for Vickslinrg, nnder Major General \V, 
T. Sherman. 

Companies E and G were on duty with Gen- 
Carr, at St. Lonis. ConijianicB A, K, V and .\I, 
Caplain Carnalian coinnianding, reported to 
Brigadier General Steele, at tli<^ month of the 
Yazoo river. 

At Chickasaw Bayou, the regiment \va* 
detailed as pickets and escorts for commanding 
generals, and did good service in the disastrous 
attack on Vicksburg. Companies A, K, L and 
M, being the last lo embark after battle. 

In the Spring of 1S63, Colonel McCrilHs, with 
a battalion, moved to Mempbix, leaving Com- 
pany I^ as escort to Major General A[cClcrnand 
and Captain Carnaban, with Companies A, G, 
K and E, with Hngadier General P. J. Oster- 
haus .and the Thirteenth Corpfl. This battalion 
took part in the battles of Port Gibson, Cham- 
pion Tlills, IJlack Itiver Bridge, and the siege of 
Vicksburg. 

August 16, 1883, reporting to Major General 
\. P. Hanks, was assigned to Brigadier Genera! 
I'Ce's Cavalry Division, and took part in the 
Western Louisiana campaign, and at Vemiilion- 
ville, Opelousas and Carrion Crow liayuii. 

In December, 1884, Major O'Connor took 
coMiniand of the battalion, and it moved to Port 
Itiuliton, and thence to Memphis, Tenncsttee, 
rejoining the regiment. The regiment hftd 
meantime participated in the battlei of Tujwlo, 
Okolona and Guntown, Mississippi. 

During the month of July, a large portion of 
tbe ngimcini re-enlisted as veterans. Tlie iion- 
veterans under Major O'Connor wcie slaiiimed 
as garrison al Germanlown, Tennessee. In July, 
If^Ul, a portion of the regiment. Captain t'ai n»- 
ban commanding, went on a scout tbrougli west- 
ern Kentucky. Angust 24, the non-veterana 
having been mustered out, the veterans were 
t'lin-^olidati-d into a battalion of six companies, 
andl'aplain Carnaban promoted lo I.ic.ilenanl 
Colonel. 



On SepteniWr -J7, they Ifli Miinphm and 
crossed tbe reiMu-iM-.- at, C'lift.m, and confronted 
n.iod's army. Fell baik skirmishing, and look 
part in ihe l.aHlesof l.awreneeburg, Spring Hill, 
CamplK-llvill.-. and Franklin. 

On December la, in ihe First Brigade, Fifth 
Division, llrigadier Genenil Hatch eommanding, 
was on the right of llie army when il tnrin d tb« 
enemy's left, and was first in the enemy's works. 

In January, It^Gi, the enemy having bee-n 
driven across the Tenncsst-e, tbe cavalry nnder 
General Wilson camped al Gravelly Springi, 
Alabama, and in February mmed lo EaMitoru 

In May, moved to St^ Louis. Missouri, and 
thence to Si. Paul, Minnesota, reporting to Major 
GenemI Curtis. 

On July i, started on an Indian expedition 
over the plains of Minnesota and Dakota — north 
to ilie lintiEli lines, and soiitb and weal to Devil'n 
I^ke and Fort Barlholet — and returned to Fort 
Snelling, October 1. Arrived at Springliold, 
Illinois, October 13, 1?(J5, and was mustered out 
of service. 

The promotions from Sangamon county were 
as follows: I..afayette McCrillis, Lieutenant 
Colonel to Colonel; Jesse W. Bice, Sergeant to 
First Lieutenant, Capuin and Major; Josbna 
Tuthill, Second to First Lieutenant; Harrison L. 
Bruce, Sergeant to Second and to First Liciiten- 
ant; James W. Kiiicaid, Sergeant lo Second 
Lieutenant. 

VOVRTI) CAVALBT. 



Higley. Theodore P. 



Pricalt. 
SleWHTi, Andrew J. 

J'riraU. 
Taylor, Wilttum B. 

Pri valet. 
Elacnblse, Nlchidas W. U'Bricn. Miclinel 
Prill, Pelor 

FluniingHU, Jueksua Sidner, James 

KIKTII CAVALRY. 

Rtaimtntal Offittrt. 
Co1oni-1s-Hii1l Wilson. 

J u 1)11 McC'onnell. 
Major— SiM-ed nuller. 



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te^KJMiJLAfai^i^a I Mfm III 1 1 



4U8 



HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



C03fPAST B. 

PritaU: 

Colliini, Wimam R. Foley, Edward 

WUe, Cluriet 

COMPACT C. 

Duffj, J«»M Smith. WilllaiD 

Florcy, Okv J. P. Smith, BcDjamin 

CUMPAUT B. 

iVirate. 
Foiy, Qtot%it 

it»IPAXT p. 

7Vtra/«. 
Metres, Heorj 

COSirAXT «. 

HoQstott, Robcn R. Johnson,- William T. 

COVPA2CT L 

Leonard, William 

C03fPA2CY L. 

PWra/s. 
Boker. Charles M. 

COMPACT 3f . 

PritaH: 
DaTis, Willaid C. 

Lewis, William H . 

SIXTH CAVAUIY. 
COMPANY C. 

Pritatf, 
Flrnn, PMrick Montgomery, Samuel 

Bdckcwitz, Winiam ^ 

Wekken, FVederick 



Werner, Christopher 



C01IPA2(Y D. 

iVirolet. 
Mullens, David Redicker, Henry W. 

COMPANY L. 

PriiattM. 
Anderson, George W. Dennis, Isaac N. 
Xombard, Harvey Handle, Charles W. 

Una—ifnud, 
Kelley, John 

SK\'ENTH CAVALRY. 
CO!»PAKY A. 

Pritales. 
Wilder. Edward C. Wood, William R. 

COMPANY B. 

CorpwraU, 
-John N. Worden W. M. Sturdevant. 

Prirattti, 
SoloiBOD, Sliafer Dennis, Cornell A. 

nQghes, Levi Heinmingway, Chas. T. 

Cross, Edwin Biimn^rton, William 

Rels, Fetcr Halt, George 8. 



lUcruiU. 

Allen, Thomas McGuire, John 

Hartley. David L. Miller, Henry 
Birge, Robert or Albert Monroe, Henry 

Barton, Sylvester Pratt, Calvin . 

Baker, Geor^ Pratt, Arthur R. 

Bufflngton, Jonas Rogers, Dochter 

CrosH, Charles £. Rose, Warren C. 

Davis. Joseph M. Rban, Peter 

Fifleld, John C. Shultz, Abraham 

Hodgdon, Isaac H. Stull, William 

Hyde, Joseph Selcmier Henrv 

Hough, James Scliriner. Frederick 

Johnson, James H. Titus, Alfred 

Keeney, Ira W. Tiirany, David 

COMPANY B. 

7Vtra(€s. 

Avery, William McCurdr, James H. 

Dailey, Michael Niman, John D. 

Dennis, Jerry Pruitt, Daniel B. 

Dorancc, John Potter, Thomas G. 

Phillbrick, George Higginson, Henry 

Sutton, Alexander Lay, Jasp^ 

COMPANY P. 

McCoukey, Latham A. Foulds. Henry 
Smith, Thomas Wamick, John R. 

Dingee, Edgar H. 

COMPANY 6. 

Prtpafs. 
Gleason, Surauil 

COMPANY H. 

Pritale. 
Pctters, William H. 

COMPANY I. 

PHrate. 
Davis, William 

COMPANY K. 

Oglleer. 
Second Lieutenant — Henry Jaj'nes 

PrieatsM. 
Fox, Thomas Whitmore, James C. 

COMPANY L. 

PritaU$. 
CoiTen, Hiram Sperling, Lewis G. 

Scott, Patrick 

COMPANY M. 

Pritates. 

Adams, Robert L. Moates, George W. 

Dupue, William H. McManus, Peter 

Frink, Horace R. Strang, William 

Gnylord, A. C. Snellroan, Thomas 

Mason, Edward Winter, Isaac 

U/iatsigned, 

Davis, Elias Smith, Gage 

Haselton, Eugene A. Short, John 

Lvnch, James L. Steele, William 

Liber, Josoi>h F. Wells, Joseph 

O^Harra, William Wlietmore, James C 
Smith, William M. • 

KItiHTII CAVALRY. 

VnnMirt'gtitd. 
Bronuan, Charles J. 



tMi^i^l.ri^^^r:...Ki^^^^^ 



HISTORY OF SANQ^ 



NINTH CAVALRY. 
COMPARY D. 

Wtisley, Johnson 

COMPANY B. 

Edsell, Thomas Newberry, Leonidas 

Swanke, Benjamin 

COMPANY K. 

locate*. 

Bruster, Albert McBride, John 

Clinton, John H. 3Ic Bride, Lewis M. 

Cheatham. WilHs Miller, DcWitt 0. 

Fowler. Josiah Massa, Jesse 

Fulfora, Oliver C. Pierce, James K. 

Layman, James Porter, John 

Lee. James M. Turner, Josiah 
McBride, Patrick 

COMPANY u 

PrivaU9. 
Gifford, Daniel A. Uenson, John R. 

Giflbrd, Albert A. Ward, Solomon R. 

Unaniyntd. 
Ballard, John Jarrett, William 

Cross, James Preston, Hiram 

Sommers, Samuel 

TENTH CAVALRY. 

Regimental Ojfteert, 
Coloncl-^ohn A. Barrett 
Lieutenant Colonel — Dudley Wickersbam 
Malor— Joseph B. Smith 
Adjutant— James Stuart 
Surgeon — Augustus A. Shutt 
Quartermaster— John H. Barrett 
Chaplains — Francis Springer 
Julies Elliott 

Battalion OJKcert. 
Adjutant— Eli H. Ilosea 
Quartermasters — Daniel L. Canfield 

John P. Kavanaugh 

COMPANY A. 

QMceri. 
Captain— Gurrett £lkin 
First Lieutenant— Alfred A. North 

Fint Sergeant. 
Thomas 0*Connor 

Sergeante, 
Julius Eliott Thomas H. Butler 

Richard Large 

Corporals, 
John H. Morgan Green Campbell 

Buoler, 
Edward Mosteller 

PritatsM. 

Bowman, John Sesron, Albert 

Blackburn. Michael Se|n%'ick, Fredrick 

Dunham, Albert H. Sullivan, Timothy 

Ernest, John Sharnell, John 

Ellison, James Wilkins, Andrew T. 

Gutt. John Wills, James 

Kindred, James Dunn, George B. 

Liirge, Lewis Kyes, James 



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UIS^rOKY OF SANGAMON CXJUNTY, 



Lockrife, Marion O. 
Mj-ert, John A. 
Matlicws. Xormnn C. 
M<:Gill, JAmcs 
irnrwn l^trick 
Park, George 
l^iricinton, John 
Quinn, John 



lleKee, JnoMt 8. 
McKee, John B. 
Pftrk, Watrren J. 
RobGru.€kon€ 
Short, Edwnijl 
TulUe, DnTid B. 
AVcsl. Andrew J. 
Wcstbrook, Joeeph 



ReeruiU. 



Bnrlire, John A. 
Crouch, Dttj'tonJ. 
Cary, Tliomas L. 
Cary, George W. 
Dulian!, James 
Diiff, George 
Duir. Ricluird R. 
Daj^. John W. 
Edwards, James J. 
£o;;li!«h, Charles W. 
Echvanla. William E. 
Ezell, Geonse 
Fortune, William J. 
Fonum-, Will1>ertE. 
Grei nwood, Chris. C. 
Grovenke, Charies 
Oregiir}*, llcory 
Grotf ner, Tliomas 
Greenwood, George 
(*roiiner, Zaek 
II<Ml;;arson Toung M. 
II irris. William 
ili11,Chri'toiiher 
Hill. Andrew 
II luj^hev, Thoma» J. 
11 early, "Patrick 
]1arrisf>n, George 
Kt'llfv, Patrick 
Kavanaugh, John P. 



Kellej, Michael 
Kclley, Thomas J. 
Utile, A1«on J. 
McMullen, Samnel 
McCue, Jciin 
McCoy, Alfred] 
McMurry, Elihn 
McDvrmoU, Edwin & 
Moroan, John F. 
Miller, R. S. 
0*Xca]. John 
1*alroer, ^illinm 
Pliilli|w. ThoHimit 
Riley, Tnomas 
Rol>ertson, John 
Rannebarger, Philip 
Rannenbarger, Joseph 
Rollins, Martin 
Short, AVilliam 
Smitiers, Samuel 
Smitters, Noah 
Sitelleay, James 
Tomrnce, AVilliam A. 
Teel, James E. 
Vredenburg, John S. 
VThalen, Jd^n 
Withrow, Isaac K . 
Walker, Samuel 



COMPAXT c. 

CfMeer, 
First Lieutenant— fiiram C. Walker 

/Vir«fet. 
Harris, Almeron N. Walker, Elmer W. 

COMPAKT D. 

Oilc€r$. 
(*»ptain— William Sands 
First Lieutenant— Richard C. Keiley 

Pritaies, 

Averalc, Nathan W. 
Bumes, James 
Cox, Frederick 



Clarke, Wesley 
Doyle, James 



Dingman, Richard 
Ford, William 
McComiick, John 
3Iorgan, Norman 
Stonoheart, Albert 



COStrAXT B. 

FrirafiM. 
Bn*wster, John Kirk, Michael 

CaufcU, Frederick Nottingham, Almeron 

Exdale, llarx'ey 

AndcrMm, B:irret Joues, John P. 

Ford George KameH. David 11, 

Ilowey, K<lwin E. Murdock, George W, 

llolden. Kilwani M. Patrick, John M. 

Haimer. James M. Ward, Thomas 



OOMPAXT P. 

FritaUs. 



Dallas, George M. 
Davis, Dallas 
G*Brian, John 



Welch, Mathew 
Blatiiier, Adolph 
IIofTerkauip, Herman 



COMPANT O. 

FirMi Seraeamt. 
Augustus F. Myers 

QmafiermaHer Strgcant, 
Frederick R. Sprigg 

SerffeanU. 
Wm. A. Montgomery John C. Decker 

Henry Alaop Joshua W. Short 

Tliomas F. llenry Alexander Rucker 

William BIyt'je Charles II. Judd 



Frederick Tropp 



Adlong, Lewis 
Barr, William A. 
Bninn, August 
Bro«>ks, JelTerson J. 
Bishop, Caleb E. 
Cantrell, Thomas J. 
Chanibera, Edward R. 
Casnet, Franklin 
Clark, William 
Conner. William 
Camp, George W. 
Dvsert, John Z. 
Freeman, William W. 
H*llis. Alexander 
lIolTman, George 
Hays, William 
Ilemdon, James N. 
Ilosea, William 
Hall, Benjamin 
HolTman, Christian 
Kibby, Converse 



Samuel R. Gordon 
PHtaU§. 

King, John 
Kocn, Simon 
jjisucr, William 
Litterscheit, Ferdinand 
Ix'wis, James 
Maujzhor, John 
McKinney, Thos. L. 8. 
McCarty, Thomas 
Maloney, Timothy 
Mc-Cart y, Thomas 
Mills, Marcus R. 
Prince. William P. 
R;iunibarger, John 
Reynolds, John 
Russell, John 
Seaninn, George 
Seaman, Joseph 
Spengler, Plillip 
Spauldinc:, John 
Trowcr, John E. 



Arregbi. Antonio 
Biyth, William 
Barr, William A. 
Clark, William 
Camp, George W. 
Evans, William 
Elpin, William 
Fa;ran, John F. 
Iloirmkn, George 
Hiblis, James 
Judd, Us 
Jndd, diaries II. 
King, John 
Ijuntennnn, John II. 
Lasure, William 



VtUram. 

Mills, Marcus R. 
Marker, William H. 
Magary, Robert F. 
Meyeis, Augustus F. 
Morris, George H. 
Malone}*, John 
Manghar, Patrick 
Ouinn. Dennis 
Revnolds, John 
Robinson. George II. 
Spritrp, Fridcriek R. 
Spengler, Philip 
Slieiry, Daniel 
Seaman, Joseph A. 
Tomlinson, Elisha 



lietruiU. 
AblK)tt, Thomas D. Morris, George 

Bulf, Henry 
Btiwers, Asa 
Bancroft, George 
Burgess. John 
Brown, James or John 
Crowder, llenry 
Camp, William J. 
Diukle, John A. 
Evans, William D. 



Morris. Kli f. 
Martin, John 
Robins«m, George II. 
Renne. James 
Shoiry, Daniel 
Sirodv, William B. 
Tomlinson, Rllsha 
Tomlinson, Jaiiies 
Tomlinson, L. A. 



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IMSTOltV OF SANUAMON COITNTY. 



FHgun. Jiilin F. UunUiiiu^h, Kicliard E 

Faciin. Hi i< f II. Wtber, John H. 

Kcsltr, AlTiiliuiii Wt'lHT, CliarW E. 

Keiscr or Ki/.iT, JoLu Youug. I.jsnuilcr B. 

Lewis. Dnvid YimiiiHir, John Q. 
MunglDir, Piitrick 



OgtM 

,HS S. C 



Williiiiu Gris^n A. B. «<.j;(tp. 

Ci/rjioralf, 

J.isii.li Gi-mlircl Klwanl H. WooiU 

Pttcr Bniaicy Willi:.tii Ilili-j- 

Cliiults Fo-v .Tulin IWII 

Btard, Marlin Murray. Davis 

Biirlon. Gwr-e Wiilker. Willinm M. 

Brt«>itcr. Jnliii Pi-tcre, Jaiob 

Camrv. Jolin Miiore, Jiilm H. 

Clint.'Jnhn. PilcIiiT. A. M 

Frcunvin. Willinm H. Pilclicr, Jbiwm W. 

Uannc, John Piklicr. Jolia 

jciliiisoa. Joseph Itulicrle. Wlllinin 

Lcnh, Louis Siimiii^on. Williiim 

Liivlon, JiLiiies Seurle, E. .1. 

MmhIi'-tOD, J. B. Wi'bsliT. Bradley B. 

Miller, Fredtrirk Yoiing, Jiimes C. 

JlcGiiincs. Siiiiiuel Yimiifr, John W. 
McDouHlil, John or E. 3. 

\'elcran*. 

Bell, John Smiipsoi]. Williuni 

Campbell, Jiimes B. Tliiiiev, J.croy 

Frcciiian. Wlilinm H. Vennfllion. Willinm 

GiLmbrell. Joseph Wood, E, H. 

llunues, John Young, .lolin W. 

Koo]il7.. John Youne, Jiimcs C 
lliley, Williuin 

Henuiti. 

Brilt, Jolin W. Deck Vnlcntinc. 

Bun Jm. t.r Heory I. Dyer Thoiiiaa E. 

Crafion. KfiMon R. Giiiiibrcll, Auilrcw J, 

Ciirier. Willinm Koonli, Joliu 



OHIetn. 
Fir-I Linnrnunt—Diinicl I. Ciiiilield 
Si'toml Lieuleaaul— John G. SpriiigiT 



(:iilil:.in-Tli..iii;ii.V.WiNoii 

Fir-I Lii.ui.'niiiii-.I<iIiii G. ll.ihtrli. 

Sm-ud Lieutcnuut— Tlii.ninK 1), VrtiUiibiirKh 



Andrew J. Muxfield Henry S.C. Snnden 

Becnifl, Wnlter Gruvnl, ChurlCB P. 

Beum ft. George JiibnKlun. J:imcB K. P. 

Di-iirf. Waller W. Kelly, Michael 

C'nriicnler, Levi Ki'lly, Thomas 

Cuiinclly, Sniuuel MnlhcuK, Anron V. 

Cook, Levi Moon, John B. 

Bvans, Jofeph SniM, Jobo 

HetrvlU. 

GilmaD, Xathan Miller, William II. 

An<Irewa, Jacob Talbot, TbomnB 

Conner. Dnvid C. AVmsur, George W. 
Gulhcn, James O. 

COMrANV M. 

First Lieutenant— ElbnoeD J. Senile 
Second Lieulennm— &i1n» Hlckox 
Fritutet. 
Buckley. Ncivion Conner. Rii^hnrd 

Bi^tao]), Cnlcb £. Dunn, Elencter 

Lcoii:ird, Benjamin Fields. Jami * 

Garbin William ll^ilt. Sylvcslcr 

llascnbHs, Willinm H. Mulooe, JnmesH. 

Vnamiffaed. 
Bcnneil, Jnntei Pnce, Ellsh* L. 

Brown, Jiinies Rons, Lymnn O. 

Bell, Jobn A, Smhb, JamcF 

Brewer, Isaac Sutton, Aniou 

Basher, William S. Selijiman, Mnnin 

Biirne*, Warner Sprajiue. Robert 

Baker, John W. Scott, John 

Ctnrk, John Stark, Ilcnir 

Elliott. James H . Schcnkle. John W. 

Fox, Jo»eiib B. VnnDorf Edward 

Farland, JBrnes O. Veateh. Joi'I 

Grant, Chnrlcc P. Weber, Joseph 

Laniey, Owen W. Webb, Joseph 

Mlkescll. Simon AVcber, Jnmcs W. 

Martin. Ilcuiy Webb, Stephen G. 

Nolan Willinm H. Y'oung. Franci* 

O'Conner, John Y'ost. Cyrus 

Of Sangamon eoiiiity m«n,tli«! following pro- 
motiona were in.iilcr Diiillev Wiekerchain, from 
Lioiiteiiaiit Colouel lu Colniie'l; Jamea Stuart, 
Adjutant, to Licutciiatit Colonel and Colonel; 
Samuel N. llitt. Captain to Major ami Lieuten- 
ant Colonel; Marsliall L. Stoiibenn>n, Major 
and Colonel Arkansas Volnnteerri; Gideon 
Hraiiiari], to Ailjiiiant; lletirj- Turney, Itattal- 
iuii Adjutant; ThoinaH D. Vredeiibiir^li, Second 
In First Lienlcnant, Ualtntion Adjutant and 
Major; Thmnas O'Conner, Kei^aiit to Second 
ami HrHt Lieutenant and Cojutain; Joreph C, 
.liiliMs, Privnle to Second and First Lit-ntenant; 
IJji-oii L. Croticli, Cor]>orai to Seound and Firot 
Litfuiciiaut and Captain; Jolin S. Vredcnimrgh, 
Private to Secniiil and First Lieutenant and 
Camiiin; .lolin 1>. Kavaiiiiiigli, IVivate to Seo- 
und Lii'utcnanl; Jainc* E. Hiitler, Private to 
Seotitid Lieutenant; William Sands, Ktcliard C. 
Keiley, Finil Lieutenant In Cajxnin; ^Villianl A. 



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^'<»^t_goiiicrv, Sergi^ant to Firet Lieatcnant; 
-^'^^K binder Hiicker, Corporal to Second Lieuten- 
^■*^5^^^Tabner B. Pierce, Quartermaster Sergeant 
^I^irst Lieutenant, Captain and Major; Barton 
jj^- ,^^ox. Private to Second Lieutenant; John 
^- ^^'V.ooiitz, Private to Sec<md Lieutenant; John 
?*• I^bert*, First Lieutenant to Captain; El- 
"^^^n J. Gearle, First Lieutenant to Captain, 
^^ ^ X^ieiitenant Colonel First Arkansas regiment. 

KLEVSNTIl CAVALBY. 
COMPANY B. 

FrivaU*. 
Qreen, Aaron Hcrwig, Augustus 

Haines, William A. AVhltney, Sylvester 

coMPAirr c. 
Qeorge, George Foster, Charles A. 

COMPAXV D. 

Pri9ai49. 
Lairmore, Green K. Moore, William 

COMPAHY F. 

PrivaUt. 
I^Iackey, Patrick Venters, John H. 

Jdatthews, Thomas 

COMPAHY K. 

PrivaU. 
Strock, Abraham 

C03fPA]IY M. 

Pritatet. 
Gudncy, Ezekiel Love, Benjamin F. 

Unas^gtud. 
Alden, Frank Bandal, George 

Qoodwin, Charles Wood, Robert G. 

Alclntyre, Charles S. 

TWELFTH CAVALRY. 
COMPAXY A. 

Pritat4$. 
Kelly, John M. Ashton, James 

Bmail, Cypreon P. Small, Rual A. 

COMPAKY B. 

PritaUt, 
Kesse, Louis Necknich, Conrad 

COMPAXT c. 

Pritatet, 
Barney, Henry Dyson, William J. 

I/umberton, Jeremiah Walcott^Enos 
Drurey, Richard A. Mujors, Richard 

COMPAXV D. 

Pri9atۤ, 
Dowmie, John Hatch, Eugene A. B. 

COMPANY B. 

PritnteM. 
Hedard, Flavian Hudson, Arthur 

Butcher, Nelson Jiurebest, Julius 

Flvmulng, Edward Moore, Oliver 

Gardner, James Reed, Benjamin 



CI>MPAXY F. 

iVir«lM. 

Gilliland, Jo8ci>h Huitt, Jonathan N. B. 

Wallls, Richard Curvey, Owen 

Easley, Robert H. Lewis, David 

Lewis, Samuel Ogg, James A. 

Phelps, John W. Sunders, Stephen N. 

Wilson, Cyrus A. Wilson, Samuel L. 

COMPAHY 6. 

PrivaU. 
HcDsley, Robert 

COMPANY K. 

PrUaUM. 
Lane, Andrew McConahey, Frederick 

C0MPA3nr M. 

PHvaU. 
Tennis, Franklin 

C *fl4l ASJn 0Mi. 

Bessy, Washington Eckhart, George 

Orrick, Henry C. 

rUlRTBKNTH CAVALRY* 

coMPAirr c. 

iVi'rolf. 
Miller, Charles 

COMPAHY O. 

Carpar^iv. 
James T. Roach Richard D. RoberU 

BlaekmnitJU. 
Enoch Rents 

/Virates. 
Belk, Chamberlain Herdman, Daniel F. 

Brown, Joshua B. Jones, Thomas 

Creek, Samuel J. Jones, Cliarles H. 

Draper, John Jones, Timothy 

Egan, Michael Jones, Edw^ 

Gibbs, Charles N. Runyon, Gilbert 

Granke,John Shepard, Thomas 

Graake, Frederick West, Richard 

Groves, Joseph Chance, Joseph 

Tribble, Allen B. 

TUIRTEENTU CAVALRY — (CONSOLIDATED). 

OMeer. 
Adjutant— George F. Williams 

FOURTEENTH CAVALRY. 

Officer. 
Surgeon— Preston H. Ballhache 

COMPANY B. 

TVrf Mister. 
John Oetter 

PrivaU. 
Smith, Joseph 

COMPANY D. 

Offieert. 

Captain— Ebenezer L. Foote 

First Lieutenant— Thomas L. Masters 

Second Lieutenant— John Miller 

CarpiiraU, 
Benjamin F. Bradt Frank Martin 

Jcihn Rogan 



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• Wagoker, 

John L. Dow 

Privates. 
Atkinson, JoUn Hamilton, John 

Butler, Albert O. McDonald, John A. 

Bower, Henry Smith, William 

Fowler, John Turner, John J . 

Goyer, Ciiarles B. 

COMPANY L. 

Prieates, 
Richmond, Charles C. Valentine, Silas 

FIVTKENTH CAVALRY. 

OJlfeerM. 
Adjutants — Nathaniel C. Mitchell 

Louis Souther 
Qurtrtcnnastcr— Samuel Stewart 

COMPANY D. 

PritaU, 
Eubanks, Charles 

COMPANY I. 

Private. 
Jackson, Samuel 

KIXTEBNTII CAVALRY. 

Ojffrer. 
Surgeon— Nathaniel W. Webber 

COMPANY D. 

Prirates. 

Barrett, John Obiclhi, Jolin 

D1usros«*h, Joseph Obstcn, Fnink 

Prey, Albert Peregs, Giovanni 

Guhlke. John llxcppa, John 

Gollar, John Renser, Louis 

Ganrcl, Joseph Rummel, Fredrick 

Gohmert, William Sclirocter, Gottlieb 

Hahn, Peter Schildknicht, Gustave 
Hanenstcin, ('Ornelius Schweikanlt, Fredrick 

Kazmuz.cck. John Woelfel, Richard 

Kiolbassa, Ignatz. Zowata, Vincent 

Lund/.in, George Eller, Maximillian 

COMPANY E. 

Ojffcer. 
Commissary Sergeant — Julius Miller. 

Pritates, 
Frass, Louis Fritz, Joseph 

Wohringer, Freidrick 

COMPANY e. 

OJlfrer, 
Second Lieutenant — Adolph Streibcr. 

PricaUt. 
Bowler, William Sirabcr, Adolph 

Bailow, Anderson J. Sidner, James 

Kummell, ChriKtian Colburn. Thomas 

Nelson, John Phillips, or Phelps, D. 

Bussing, Louis 

COMPANY II. 

Priratee. 

Hunnanns. Hubert Henni, Jacob F. 

Kum. John Kaiser, Balthaser 

Krnschel, Louis Lark in, Thomas 

Millon, Najmleon B. Weiss, Otto 

William*. Jesse I). White, George 

Bundenstein. Theo (5. C<il by. Smith 

Johnston, Edward Myers, Andrew N. 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, 



BATTEBY Q. 

Tliouipson, John Bond Jaoim 

RATTEBY M. 

Private. 
McAllister, John G. 

VHOSsigntd. 
Ougerke, Connid Mullen, Daniel 

Go^ Victor Shcehan, John 

Gudgel, Thomas Sullivan* John 

Uonman, Samuel Wynne, Hugh 

Wurdangh, Geoi^e 

SECOND ARTlLiJEKT. 

Regimental OMcere, 
Colonel— Thomas S. blither 
3IaJors— Adolpli Schwartz 

James P. Flood 
Adjutant— Isaac N. Higgins 

Private. 
Triebel, William 

BATTERY C. 

OJIeere, 
Captain— Caleb Hopkins 
First Licntcnant— James P. Flood 
Second Lieutenant— Alexander Bushby 

Sergeant Majcr, 
Elijah V. Moore 

Sergeante^ 
Eben Willey Thomas Mclntjie 

C^rp^aU. 
James Pringle James Bair 

Napoleon Dayis 

BATTERY D. 

Pritat4. 
Brenncnstall, R. R. 

BATTERY P. 

Pritaiee. 
Coward in, John Cooper, D. 

Layhaner, Jeremiah Peterling, John J. 

BATTERY H, 

Pritatee. 



Ball, Emery 8. 
Ashurst, Perry 



Hartman, Augustus 
Rttcher, Otto 



BATTERY I. 

Pri^iee, 
Fanning, John or Juhue Murphy, Samuel 8. 

BATTERY K. 

PritaUe, 
Stingier, John M. Basnett, Marquis 

Reynolds, George D. Wallace, John 

BATTERY L. 

PritaU. 
Riggs, Daniel U. 

Unaeeigned, 
Galligun, Michael Smith, John L. 

nilCA(U) HOARD OV TRADE BATTKRT. 

PriniU, 
Lynch, Michael 



CUICAOO MKHCAXTILB lUTTKRV. • 

l\ieafee. 



Crosby, John F. 
Bell, William 
Bot'krmbaugh, George 
Burns FniiicSs 
Bil1in!|rton, James 
Barr, llenrv C. 
Culver, l^ineas N. 
Cayhoe, John R. 
Doselbert, John 
Denny, William 
Drennan, Deloa 
Hopkins, Charles 



llavmra, John G. 
Hi^**^'^ Beqiamin K. 
Uowfrll, Stephen 8. 
Pkrriyh, Samuel 
Ptttnry, Abel 
Sodlh, John 
Smith, Robert 
Sauudera^Richard or D\ 
Tabor, Delonna 
Welland, Chris 
Barr. James 

John A. 



JtMTiftla. 



Babi*ock, Jasper D. 
Chriswcll. Samuel F. 
Clay, Heniy 
Delay, Wifliam 
Durbin, Gabriel 
Gamer, Isaac N. 
Haines, Francis 
Harris, Jopriah 
Harris, Nodley 



, Monica 
Harney, John 
PHce, James 
Pulley, Francis M. 
Robbina. John J. 
Short. William 
Shields, Charles 
Wood, Thomas 
Vocum, Robert F. 



SI*RIS7QFIKLD UGUT ARTILLERY. 

First Lieutenant— Edward B. Stilling 
Second Lieutenant— Louis D, Rosette 

Sergeant M^far. 
Louis B. Smith 

Ptret SergeaMt, 
Alexander Busby 

O* Jm» be^eeant^ 
William S. Fltzhng^ 

Sergeante^ 
Ward Bartram August Schilds 

John McChNrmack 

C^rparaU. 
Marcel DuBoice John W. Spring 

Charles Layton Isaac Vaughn 

Jacob 8. Newman 

Omidom. 
Asa W. Mason 

AriifUere, 
Oriu 8. Lobdell Patrick Ring 

BwgUr. 
Adolph Traurig 

Wagoner, 
ThomaaFox 



Biihn, Cliarle^ 
Biirry, Heury B. 
BiiumuDk, llenry 
Bourke, Michael J 
BurgCM, Rii-^vird Y. 
Bums, Barney 
Burch, Geui:ge 
Burns, John 
Chick, Robert 
CoWin, Robert 
Oottct, Jules 
Cull, Michael 
Culluin, JoM*ph 



llenry, Levi E. 
Irwin, James 
Knight, Juines W. 
Ltiawcll. James 
Lyons, James 
Meyer, James 
Mentemcver, Chas. F. 
Millette, ^rank 
Miller, Jacob 
McClurc, William 
Ollrien, Jaiiies 
Pllcher, William 8. 
Pitnuin, James G. 



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DJUuvUy, Kilwanl C. Scblcmmer, John 

D«>iineny, John T. Se.^fn, Henry 

Faddis, Henr^* S. Sliipton, Thomas 

Fcrrell, Williara C. Stvvnusoo, James 

Fuller, Miner H. Vllel, Joseph 

Flood, Albert Werts, John 

Gordon, John H. Williams, Williara T. 

llartman, John Wales, William F. 

Harnuin, Peter Wall, Johnson C. 

Uinchee, William W. Wright, William J. 

Reeruit$. 

Butler, David McCundlass. James A. 

Crafts, Lewis W. Morchead, William 

CaldwelL John McKeevcr, Thomas 

Davis, Henry McFall, John 

Donlan, John Marrin, Conner 
Doran, James or John E.Pritchard, John F. 

Downey, Patrick Pendergast, Thomas 

Eld^r. Hugh A. Peabody, Edwin R. 

Estcs, John Russell, John J. 

llilve tz or Helvety Ragan, Timothy O. 

Victor, P. Ryan, James 

Hayes, John Shields, John C. 

Jacobs, Daniel Smith, George M. 

Johnston, Charles Smith, James G. 

Kinsley. William Smith, John H. 

King, Alexander J. Smith, Benjamin F. 

Kiley, John Smith, Thomas H. 

List, Nicholas Squires, Thomas B. 

This battery was oi^nized at Camp Butler, 
Illinois, by Captain Thomas F. Vaughn, and 
was known as the " Springfield Light Artillery." 
It was mustered in August 21, 1862. 

November 1, moved to Columbus, Kentucky, 
and on the 8th, to Bolivar, Tennessee. Decem- 
ber 18, moved to Jackson with the command of 
I3rigadter General M. Brayman. Was engaged 
in several ex]>edition8 from Jackson during the 
winter. On June 6, 1863, left Bolivar, and was 
stationed on the Memphis & Charleston railroad 
— one section at Moscow, Lieutenant Thomas 
oomraanding; one at Gerraantown, Lieutenant 
Stillings commanding, and one at Collicrville, 
Lieutenant Colby oommanding. 

On June 20th, the battery ^-as united, and 
assigned to Second Brigade, First Division, 
Sixteenth Army Corps, Colonel James M. True 
commanding brigade, and started for Little 
Uoek, Arkansas, and participated in its cajtUire 
September 10, 1863. 

One section of the battery. Lieutenant Colby 
connnanding, was ordered to Lewi»burg, where 
it remained until March 10. 1864. The batt^^ry 
wa8 then assigned to the Second Brigade, First 
Division, Seventh Army Corps. 

It then moved with General Steele's expedi- 
4liti(m to Camden, Arkansas, participating in 
the several skirniishes of the campaign, ami the 
battles of Prairie D*Arra and at Jenkin's Ferry, 
when the battery, being with the rear guar^, 



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sisvraxsnm ckitbo statss impaxtht. 

Pritate, 
WaUb. John 

U—itUal St€»ard Unit€d States Armjf. 
Robinson, James 

ROLL or HOXOB. 

^It IB sweet and honorable to die for one's 

cottntry." Thus it can be written over the 

S'V'^vos of many thonsands of men who now 

^'^^5p the "sleep of death" in soldiers' graves. 

o3.Ki^amon connty has furnished ber quota of 

'^ol^l^ dead, as will be seen by the follovring 

^^Il» embracing names of some of the bravest 

^ >>e8t of her sons. They are gone, but their 

are reverently remembered by a grateful 

e. They are gone, but their deeds are re- 

^inimbered. Let them sleep on, M*hile their 

C^^'^^^es are beins sung through all coming time. 

^^\lowing are the names: 

*^ brahmin Lincoln, President of the United Ststet and 
^ncimander-in-Chlef. 

^^olcne! Simon P. Ohr. died September 14: iS()4. 
^fajor Frederick W Matte>(on, died August 8, 1S62. 
.apt«.in Henrjr W. Allen, killed bpr a Sergeant. 
Captain John E. Sallivan, killed m action, October 
1S64. 
<aptain Noah E Mendell, killed at Fort Donelson. 
<}jpta n Edwin Allsop, killed in battle, December 31, 

Lieutenant Adam E. Vrooman, died at Cape Gi- 

rdeau, Missouri, September, 1861 . 

Lieutenant William W. Foutch, deceased. 

Lieutenant Marfhall M. Mclntire, killed at Fort 

onelson . 

Lieutenant John F. Cassitjr. Died. 

Lieutenant John P. Kavanaugh, killed in battle, 



ugust 27, 1863, 

Lieutenant Edward Adams, killed Jul/ 10, 1863. 
Lieutenant E ijah V. Moore, killed February ^,1863. 
Lieoienant William Bishop, killed in battle, Septero* 
r 20, 1S63. 

Lieutenant William Earnest, died July 14, 1S63. 
Lieutenant Thomas J. WilHams, died at Cotton Hill; 
% linois, November 5, 1863. 

Surgeon Alvin S French, killed at Guntown, Missis- 
^ j)pi, June 10, 1864. 

Adjutant Arthur Lee Bailhache, died. 

Adjutant William 11. Latham, died at Springfield, 

linois, December 3t, 1863. 

Atkinson, John, died in Andersonville prison, Sep- 

mber 35, IWS4. 

Alden, Frank, died at Camp Butler, Illinois, March 

Aniierson. Benjamin M., died at Nashville, Tennes- 
e. January 1, 18(63. 

AHhbill, II. Soles, died at Memphis, April 30, 1S64. 
Ashford, Samuel F., died at Memphis, November 35, 

863. 

Allen, Robert, died at Memphin, September it, 1864. 
Armiitroiig, James, died at Camp Butler, Illinois, 

ctol»er3. 1S63 _. ^ . ... ^ 

Avlesworih, Exra M., Fimt Sergeant, killed at 
ickainauga, September 30, 1863, 




Avaritt, Nathan, killed at Duvairs Bluff, Arkansas, 
August 8, 1863. 

Alfred, James, died at Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 
1863. 

Alison, Moses D , died at Rolla, Missouri, December 
18, 1861. 

Boardman, Moses, died at Camden, Arkansas, April 
33, 18^14. 
Bushbjr. Alexander, died at Springfield, Illinois, July 

31, I0O4* 

BurgeKS, Richard V., died at Bolivar, Tennessee, 
March 19, 1863. 
Bollyjack, lohn, killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1863. 
Brown, J. v., died at Mound City, >fovember 37, 1863. 

Ballard. Richard L , killed at Mission Ridge, Novem- 
ber 25, 1863. 

Bruden, Russell, killed at Ressaca. Georgia, May 13, 
1864. 

Brown, Mason, died at Monte«ey, Tennessee, June 
4. 1863. 

Burk, Benjamin F , died at Andersonville prison, 
AuguKt 15, 18^14. 

Broilerick, Goorge II., died at Davis* Mills, Missis- 
sipni, January 1, 1S63. 

B«irkhart, John, killed at Guntown, Mississippi, Juno 
la 1864. 

Brewer, James D., died at Danville, Virginia — pris- 
oner of war. 

Burns, Thomas, died at Memphis, Tennessee, Febru- 
ary 39, 1864 

'Burricklow, James T., died at Memphis, Tennessee, 
March I3, 1865. 

Blankenship, Robert W., died in Indiana, May 37. 
1865. 

Bartram, Wells, died at Bairdstown, Kentucky, 
October 13. 1863. 

Bucher, Moses O., died at Paducah, Kentucky, Sep- 
tember 17, i86t. 

Bowman, Williain H., died at Memphis, August 16, 
1864. 

Bowman, Charles H., died at Memphis, September 
6, 1863. 

Blue, William M., killed at Guntown, Mississippi, 
June 10, 1864. 

Bun.ford, William, killed at Tupelo, Mississippi, 
July 13, 1864. 

Brcckenridge, Joseph, died in Christian county, Illi- 
nois. October 31, 1863. 

Black, Francis J., died near Vicksburg. July 4. 1863. 

Berry, Charle*. dn»d at Mcinphi*, DrcembeV 5, 1S64. 

Brock, Elias, died at Memphis, December 5, 1863. 

Bradshaw, Thomas, died at Ducki>ort, Louisiana, 
May 4, 1S64. 

liurton, George, died at Little Rock, Arkansas, No- 
vember 1, 1863. 

Baird, John, killed in action at Parker*s Cross Koads, 
Tennessee, December 31, 1863. 

Railcy, William, died at Tullahoma, T . , August 31, 
1863 

Bur^e, John, died at Memphis, March 7, 1864. 

Bufiui^ton, William, killed by guerillas near Phila- 
delphia, Mississippi, April 34, 1863. 

Isoutwell, Milo, died at Oldtown Landing, Arkannas, 
September 33, 1863. 

Brum, August, died at Oldtown Landing, Arkansas, 
September 11,1863. 



HISTOUY OF SANGA5I0N COUNTY. 



Biers. Joseph \V., died »t llelen«, Arkanw, Novem- 
ber I, 1S63. 

BiitT. Ilenrv, illod ai Van Burcn Ilotpiial, Loiii«i.-inB, 
J„ne:7. 1S64-. 

Deard, Marlii:, died at Bloomfield, Ari antat, Sep- 
lember C, 1S63, 

Crawford, William, died in Amerconvnie pmon 
J.m= IS. 1S64. 

Colliuni, William, dipd in AndertonvUle prison 
August u. 1864. 

Colbum, rhotnat, died in Ander^onville prison 
JuMe^o. .S64. 

Cruven, Jaiiiw, killed at Shilol , Ajiril 6, 1S61. 

ClirikHoU. Samuel K., difd at Fori Doneliion, Decem- 
ber J9, 1S64. 

Ctimbt, bilas T.. died at Metnpliic, Tennesice, E>e- 
ccmber Ji, 1S63. 

Cb|C Peler W., died in Richmond prison Decem- 
ber fi, 1863. 

Ciir>.on, Townscnd, killed n1 Datla<, Georgia, Mav 

Canon, Pntrick, killed ai Kenwaw Mou.uain. June 
t4, 1S6,. 

Campbell, Joseph C, died al Clialham, Illinois Sep- 
tember 15, 1863. 

Con, Josiah. died April, 186] 

Cartirr, Alfred, died at New Oilennf, April 18, 1865. 

Carrig.tn. Edward, died January 13, 1S63, of woundi. 

Clark, Benjamin F., died at ^leInphis. February ;S, 
iS6f. 

iJlare, Daniel, died JinuarT 30, 1S63, of noiinds 

Campbell, Joseph, died Kccvc's bution, MUsouri, 



Mar 



17, I 



Carv.JoKrph L., died in Anderhonville prison. 

Cooper, llenrj-, killed at Yellow Bajo... Louisiana, 
May iS, 1S64. 

Curreji. 0»en, died in Andersonvillc priton. 

Crone, Nelson, died at Nashville, Tenne see, January 
25. 1S63. ■ 

Colbiirn, Gilbert O., died in Andersonvdie prison 
July 1, 1S64. 

Unrk, ThomsB A„ died al Lllllc Rock, ArkanKai, 
October 17, 1S63. 

Coiilev, James, died at Springfield, lllinoi*, Februarj- 

10. 1S64' 

Cantrall, William, died at Memphit, July 9, 1S64. 

Chrisiler, Philip, died »i Vicksborg, Noiember 9, 
>S63. 

Corson, Charlei P., killed al Tupelo, Mi-»ii,sippi, 
Jul» 13, 1S64. 

Oanlrall, Albtrl A , died al Wiliiiin|{lon, Norrh 
Carolina, March ;, 1S65. Caused by slarvalion while in 
rebeJ prison. 

Cantrall. Edward T., tifer, died al Vicksbury. July 

11. 1S63. 

Coniitr, WiUon, died al Camp lluller, OcU.btr ;y 
1S63. 

Coolev, WJllit, died at Memphih, April 31, iK(i4. 

Canlr'all, George, W., died al Chickanw Sprlnj;., 
June 29. 1863. 

Cemer, Edward R., died in Andersonvillc pri»on, 
Sepiemhcr 1, 1S64. 

Copple, William, died al Nashville, Tenn. March 8, 
■SG5. 

Copple, Morgan, died at CliBlanoot;a, Manh (. iSCi;. 

k.lark, William 11., died at Denlun )liit>ui'k>, Mu., 



Crosj.Edwin.dicdat Farr.iinsloii. Mi...,,Julv iS. 1S6;. 

Cos. Frederkk, died at UiiTall* BUiff, ArV'.June 17, 
1S63. 

Campbell. Saraitel, died at Little Rock. Ark., October 
.'9.186;. 

Chambers. Edward R., died at l.hile Rock, Ark., 
October ij. tSba. 

Cliurlei Fos, died at liny ou Metre, Ark., Sepiember 
14. 1863. 

Campbell, Joseph, died at Sptlngticld, III . March 2S, 
1S64. 

UerHy. Lemuel C, died al Richmond. Va..Jul\' 16, 
1S64. M'hllc prisoner of war. 

Dooley, JaniesR., died in Ander--onville prison. Juljr 
«j. 1S64. 

Dav!<, William, d>edatSpring6cid. 111. Mar 31. iSCij. 

Carey, Ira, killed at Allatoona Pass, Ga., 'October c. 
1S64. 

Delanev. William, died at Danville, Mis*., Julv it, 
i86». 



1S61. 

Dwire, John, killed at Vicksburg, May ^o. 1S63. 

Daws, Henry died in Andersonvillc prison. 

Daugherly, John, died at Memplii*, July 30. 1S64. at 
wound*. 

David Cook, died at Cliickamaiiga, September 20, 
1863, of woundi. 

Dodd, William H., died at Ferryville, Kv., Oclober 
S, 1S61. 

Den nloIT, Thomas B„ died at Memphis Mav S, 1S64. 

UcFrcilis, Frank, P., killed at Nashville, l>ecrnibcr 
IS, 1864. 

Harden, Thomas I, died at Memphit, Febniarv 13, 
.863. 

Dickenson, Alexander C, died at St. Lou it. Scpi em- 
ber 16. 1S63. 

Davis, John W., died at home, August it, 1863, 

Davis, WillardD..died at Vicktburg, November 30. 

Duff, Abraham, died al Quincy, III., February- iS. 186a. 

Earlv. Ambrose, died at St. Louis, May 10, 1S61 

Eckfer, Edwanl, died al Camp Duller, III.. Januarjr 
»4, 1S64- 

Edman*, Andrew J., Died al Camp Butler, I1l.,Jaiiu- 
Btv 13. iSfn. 

tmet^ou'. Ira. died Mav 16. l86«. 

E.ans A<iiiille. died al Memphis, May 6, iSf^. 

Easlcv, Thomas H., died at Uenlon Barrack*, March 
14. 1S61. 

ed«ards,Janie* J., died at lla^lewood. Mo.. March 
7, 1S63. 

Evans. Jo^ph, died al quincy.IU.Febmarj-, 30, iSOi. 

Frev, Albert, Senjeanl, died m Andersonvillc prison, 
April'is, i8rx4. 

Fowler, John, died in Andersonvillc prison, April 13, 
18(4. 

Frass, Louis, died in Andersonvillc prison, April 8, 
1864 

Fox, Tlionias, drowned in Arkansas river, at Little 
Rock. Ark . Murth i». iSf.3. 

Fuller, lliner S., died at Little Rock, Ark., July 3, 

Flanagan, Thoma* J„ died at Fort I loll, Ky., Oclobe- 
Ij, 1S61. 



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Farmer, Thomai, died at Irontoo, Mo., November to, 
S6i. 

Farmer. Ephraim, died at I ronton, Mo., November 
8. iS6i. 

Fi«her, John B., died at Cairo, December 13, 1S61. 

Franklin, Luther, died Tune 10. 18^14, of wounda. 

Fortune, Francit A., died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb- 
V d, i»3. 

Foster, Daniel G.,died at Chicamauga, September 30, 
863, of wounds. 

Foster, John R., died at Chickamauga, September so, 
S63. of wounds. 

h risbv, Charles, died at Jackson, Mississippi, Febru- 
irv 3. fSft}. 

t'ullenwider, Solomon, died at Camp Butler, Illinois, 
anuarjr 10, 1864. 

Flemming, John, died at Nashville, Tennessee, Jul f 
. 1S65. 

Fisher. Miram, died February 6, 1864. 

Fehr, Ilenrj, died at Black River Bridge, Mississippi, 
ulv 25. 1S63. 

^riitk, Horace, died at Okalona, Mississippi, June 14, 
iS6c. 

Folej. Edward, died at Vicksburg, September 10, 1S64. 

Fa'^an. Brice H., died at Little Rock, Arkansas, De- 
emb-r 10, 1S63. 

Fanchilds, Isaac B., died June 38, 1863, of wounds. 

Cover, Charles B., died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, 

prii 7, iS6x 

Gleason, reter, died ^ at Athens, Illinois, September 
3. 1863 

GambreU James L^ died at Camp Dennison, Ohio, 

a V 7, 1S63. 

Gritlin, bamuel, killed at Stone River, December 31, 
863. 

Gibland, John, killed at PitUburg Landing, April 5, 

863. 

Gali^an, Michael, died September 34, 1863. 
Gnibcndvke, died June 37, 186^, of wounds. 
Garner, Eliiah,died at Memphis, Januarj 3q, 186^. 
Goffnett, C5elefttine, died at Carrollton, Louisiana, 
ptember 14, 1863. 

Gorham, David, died at St Louis, October 6, 1863. 
Green. William M.. killed at Peach Tree Creek, 

rgia,Julv 30, i86)i. 
Gnflitts, Asberr.died at Memphis, May 18, 1864. 
GriiTitts, John W.,died September 30» i863, of wounds. 
Greenwood. Thomasy died at Nashville, Tennessee, 
'anuarv 16, 1863. 
Gordon, Jackson, supposed to be dead. 
Greer, ^lartin, died at Camp Butler, March 31, 1864. 
GrilTith, William, died at Memphis, Januarj 6, 1864. 
Gholson, William T., died Julj 7, 1863. 

Goodenough, Elliott, killed at Stone River, December 
,^0b i86a. 

Ilensle^, Robert, died at Springfield, Illinois, March 

^^8, 1S63. 

Ilaight, £u^ene N., died at Nashville, Tennessee. 
Hartford, Perrj, died at Pittsburg Landing Jul/ 13, 

:3S63. 

llickey, Bartliolomew, died at Vicksburg. August 34, 

iS6s 
Hamilton, Seth, killed atShiloh, April 6, 1863. 
Humphries. Urias, drowned in New river, South Car- 
^ina. January, 1865. 

HauimoiKis John,died atGrand Junction, Tennessee, 

November 17, 1863. 



Henson, Thomas, died at Vicksburg, Novemi 
i86t. 

Holland, Aaron, killed at Vicksburg, May 31, 

Harris, William H., died at Murfreesboro, Ji 
1861. 

llensley. Lorenzo D.,died at Memphis, Novem 
i86j. 

Harrington, George W., died at Montgomery 
bama, February 5, 1865. 

Hemphill, James, di«id at Atlanta, November 14 
prisoner of war. 

Hudbon, Philo D., killed at Franklin, TennesM 
vember 30, 1864. 

Hudson, George, died at Chattanooga. June u 
of wounds. 

Hudson, Iven D , died at Nashville, Tennessc 
vember 38, 1863. 

Herlej, James P., died at Nashville, Decenr 
1863. 

Hercdith, William, died at Memphis, Septemi 
1863. 

llenson, William, died at Berlin, Illinois, Sep 
17, 1863. 

IUdlev,John H., died at Rufi*s Mills, Georgi 
4, 1864.' 

Henderson, Granderson, died at Jackson. Ten 
March 8, 1863. 

Headrick, Munson, died at Vicksburg, Octol 
1863. 

Ilull, Henry H.,died at Knoxville, Tenness4 
cember 10, 1803. 

Hurd, John, died at Duckport, Louisiana, Ji 
1863. 

Hawker, David Cor., died at Vicksburg, No^ 

34. 1863. 
Houston, John A., died at Springfield, Illinoi 

33, 1863. 

Hendrick, John R.,died at Camp Butler, I 
March 14, 1804. 

Hickin. William H., died at Memphis, Jan w 

1863. 
Hcnline. William 0.,dicd at Nashville, Ten 

April 36, 1863. 

Harris, George W., died at Rock Island, I 
August 36, 1864. 

Hcaton, Hill, died of wounds received at Lex; 
Missouri, September 18, i86t. 

Hurd, Stephen, died at Memphis, September 1 

Ham. William P., died May 11, 1863. 

Harvey, James, died at Arkansas Post, Janu 

1863. 
Holt, George 8., died in Andersonville prison 

ber 37, 1864. ^ .^ 

Hughes, Levi, killed at Summerville, T., Decen 

x863- ^ 

Harrison, George, died at Nashville, Tennessee 

' l/cadly, Daniel S., killed at Mud Town, Arl 

December 30, 1863. 

Henry, Thomas F., died at St. Louis, May, i8f 
Hillis, Alexander, died at Memphis, Sepiemi 

186^. 
Ingles, William V., died at Springfield, Octo^ 

1863. 
Inxlish, William F.,died at Chickamauga, fcrep 

30, 1SC3, wounds. 
Ice, Fredrick, died at St. Louis, May 8, 1803. 




IIISTOUY OF &VN»AMON COUNTY. 



J o net, Jam e(, died at Helena, Arkanuf, 0>^tober 
1S63. 
Jarnaijin, Spt-ncer L , died at Mound Ciij, llliiioit. 



mber I 



iSCn. 



John^un. Juhn V/., kil'ed at Alaloona Fans, October 
4, .3fi4. 

Johnson, Gitce, died at Fori lloll, Kenluckv, Januarv 
21), 1S61. 

Tones, Moses A., died a( Momplxie, Januarv 10. iSf.j. 

^Durdan, William 11. II., died at Tenn, March iS. 
■ S63. 

Johnmn, William, died atTuscum creek, June I, iSGj, 
of wound.. 

lames W. Doilds, killed nrar Tuftelo, MisM.>inni, 
Julv 15. iSfM. 

Johnson. Orrin D.died nl Memphit.Januarj tS, iWi^. 

Jolmsun, Tlioinnc, died at New Orleant, Octolier 30, 
1S63. 

Jolini-on, Jo&eph, died at Springfield, Mit^ouri, May, 
1S61. 

Kroschcl, Loui'. died in Aiider«onrille prieon, April 
"S. ■S64 

Kcllv, Martin, Accidcnlallj killed on the Ohio S 
Mi-sikiippi railroad, September 17, 1S61. 

Kalb, William E. B., killed at Guntown, MisME^ippi, 
Jure 10, .S64. 

Kavanaugli. Michael, died at Belma, Alabama, No' 
vembeni, 1S64. 

Kcarnn. Pcrrv I., died at Mobile, Alabama, Au^st 



1S6;. 



r Vickiburg, Au|,ii 



Kalb, )amet F„kil1ed near Tupelo, Mi»,isii,ippi,Jul7 
15, 1864. 

Killin^er, Jacob S., killeil at Stone River, December 
31. 1S61. 

Kolil, Nicholas, died Januarv i3, iS63,of woundB. 

Kidd, James M., died at Bowling Green, Kenluckv. 
November 3, l86i. 

Kilbv, Loyd M..died at Lagrange, Ten nc (see, De- 
ceinberT, 1S61. 

Kalb, William A., killed al Vicksburg. Hay ig, 1S63. 

Knop, jD(?ph H,,died at Helena, ArkaniiaB, August 
10. 1S61. 

Kelly, Michael, died al Lillle t.ock, Arkantaik, De- 
cemlwr 11, 1863. 

Koch, Simon, died jl Sprinisfield, Mitsouri, June i, 
iSfii. 

Kelley, Tbomai J , killed al Manhvillc, Misrauri, 
October ji. 1S63 

Lewit, Cliarlct, killed at Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 



I..11 



i, November 



I.ovd, Reuben, died at Ironlon, Mi 

s. lai., 

I.smb, John, died at Duckporl, Louisiana, June :S, 

Luke, Jainci.. died at Mobile, Alabama, June ^4, 1S64, 
o wounds. 

Li^jmiooi, Reuben H , died January 5, 1863, wound*. 

L.in erinan, John L., died at Murfreesboro, Tennci- 
'ee. April 3, 18*3. 

LiHit, Paul, died at Pine IlluiT, Arkansa*, Augusts, 
.8f,4. 

Land*, Eira »., died nl DuvftllH Bluff, Arkansas 



Landlam, Leaniingi died at Montgomery. Alabama, 
March 14, 1S63, while prisoner of war. 

Lrtir, Simon, died in rebel jirUon at Florence, South 
Carolina, February 7 iSfi^- 

l^wrenre, Henry F., di- d at Memphis, May 10, 1864. 

Lanhem, George' W , died June 17. 1S63 of wound*. 

Louis, John, died at Memplii*, February ji, 1S63. 

Little. Joseph A., died at Helena, Arkansas, October 
II. iSl>i. 

Lockridge. Robert A., died at Marvhlicld, Mis«'uri, 
November iS, tSfia. 

I.«urin, lleniamin, died at Glae-gow, Iowa, July 5, 
iSGi. 

Lewis. James, died at St. Louis, December i.j, iS6a, 

Mason, Henry, died at Chickasaw Spr!neS| June 7, 
1863. 

Mclnlyre, Charles E., died al C.imp Buller, lllinoia. 

McCoy, Samuel, died at Annapolii, Mnrrland, April 
2, 1S64. 

McManus Michael, died at Springfield, Illinois. 
April 8, 1864. 

McCormick.John. drowned nt Little Rock, Arkansas, 
March 11, 1863. 

Mrnlemeyer, CharleaF.. diedat Lillle Rock, Arkan- 
«aa, September 13, 1863, of wotmda. 

MvT', Charles J., killed at Altooni Pan, Georvia. 
Oc ib-r s, .864. 

Morgan, Uyron E.. died at Louisville, Kentucky 
April ii,iS6i. 

McGraw, James, killed at Nashville, Tennessee, Sep. 
lemher 11. 1S61. 

Mclnamy, Patrick, died January ist, 1863, from 
wounds. 

Mnxwcll, Abner Y., died at Berlin, Illinois, Decem- 
ber 26, 1S63. 

McGhec. George, died at Jackson, Tennessee, Octo- 
ber 13. 1861. 

Murdock Albert, killed near AtlaoU. Georgia, July 
2J. 1864. 

Miller, William, died at Vicktburg. March 14, 1864. 

Maai;, Charles W., killed at Vicksburg May Ji. lS6^. 

McDonald, James, died at Pilot Knob, Missouri, 
Jamtary4, 1863. 

McCasland, Thomas, killed at Slone River, Decem- 
ber H, 1861. 

Mulitucen, Patrick, died at Nkkhville, November 1$, 
1S61, of wounds. 

McP'crson, John, killed at Stone River. December 
31, 1861. 

Micner. Chritloplier, d'cd at Louisville. Kentucky, 
December 1, 1S6]. 

McConnack, William H., died al Na«hville, Ten- 
ne> ee, August f, 1S64. 

Hanlle, Cliarlcs B., killed al Stone River, December 
31.186]. 

McComas, Elisha T., died at Murfreesboro, January 
6, 1863, al wounds. 

Mills, James, died at Murfreebboro, Tennessee, Jan- 
nnr>- fi, ■b63, of wounds. 

Malthew, Alexander, kilted at Mission Ridge, No- 
vemlier 15. iSfis 

Malromb, Joseph, dii-d al New Orleans, March 1, 
iSfu 

Moore, John, died al Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Novem- 
ber 6. iSfu 

Morria, Edwin, died at llerlin. IIKnois, OctoVer 8, 
i*6>. 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



McDaniels. lames, died at Little Rock, Arkintit, 
October iS, 1863. 

McClure, Hiram, died at Kenton, TenncMee, No- 
vember a8. iS6i. 

Miller, George W , died at Camp Butler, Illinoit, 
Fcbruarj 6, 1865. 

Murrajr, Jeste C^ died at Memphis, December 23, 
i86j. 

Morgan, George W., died Eastport, Mitsitsippi, Jan* 
uarjr ai, 1S65 

Mathewf. Jodn P , died in Sangamon countr, Illi 
nott, November jo, iS6^. 

Morton. Frank A., died a* Carlinville 111 inoit, Oc- 
tober 16 1863. 

Milton, Woodruff, killed at Guntown, Mit«iMippi, 
June 10, iS64« . 

Moore, fames L., killed at Guntown, Miscissippt, 
June 18, 1864. 

McC eese, Henry, died at Springfield, Illinois, Oc- 
tober 12, i86i. 

McCaw ev. Geo«ge, killed at Fort Blakelj, Alabama, 
April 5. 186^. 

Manning, Matthew-, killed at Spanish Fort. Alabama, 
April 6. 1§63. 

Miller, Alfnfd, died at Memphis, TenncMee. 

Mengal, Levi B., died at Le Providence, Louisiana, 
April 12, 1S62. 

McKean, Zadock, died at Baton Rouge, April 15, 
186;, f wounds. 

Miller, William H., died at Rock Island, August 28, 
i86a. 

M alone, Francis M^ died at Li* tie Rock, Arkansas, 
September 15, 1S63. 

Maliine Jo-hua, died at Benton Barracks, Mi<»souri, 
March 2S, 1S62. 

Mver« John A., died at Benton Barracks, Missouri, 
April II, 1862. 

Ma*hews N'-rman C, died Rochester, Illinois, Jan- 
uarv 13. 1S64. 

McGinniii, Samuel, died at Camp Butler, Illinois, Jan- 
uary 27, 1SA4. 

Nichols, David, died near Corinth, Mistiftsippi, June 
2, 1862. 

Null. John, died June 3, 1S63. of wounds. 

Nappcr, Wren, died near Vicksburg, October 2, 
1S62. 

Nicholson. George R., died at Pine Bluff*, AikAnsas, 
November 22, 1S64. 

Nelm>n. Samuel died at Mrmphis, Tennessee, Sep- 
tember 5. 1864. 

NcH'hart Lawrence, died at Franklin, Tennessee. 
March 30. 1863, 

Niman, Joh-i D., died at Ea>tport, Mississippi, May 
13, 1865. 

Newlierry, Leonidas, died at Eai^tport, Misfis^ippi, 
April 19. 1865. 

Obiclla, John, died in Anderscnville prison. June 24. 

1864. 

OlMten, Frank, dic<* in Anderfonvire prison, June 

15, 1864. 

0*BMen, James, died at Little Reck, AikanKas, No- 
vember >», 1863. 

0*Hrian. Daniel, dird Chattsnro^a, October 1. 1S62. 

Owen, Napoleon, died at Farminvion, Mi»sis^ippi, 
July 12, iSf)2. 

Omens, Henry C, killed before Atlanta, August 6, 



O'Neill, James, killed at Stone River, December %i, 

Orr, William H., died at Memphis, Tenne«>*^ee, De. 
cember 1$^ 1863. 

Osborn. John, died at Fort Henry, Manh 5, 1862. 

Phillips, or Phelps, D., killed in action near Tunnel 
Hill, Ge^gia, May 12, 1864. 
Pettibone, Elias, died at Richmond, Virginia, March 

13, 1864, while prisoner of war. 

Phillips, William H. S., Corporal, died in Ander>on- 
ville prison, April 10, 1864. 

Pitman. James G., died at Little Rock, Arkan>as, 
February 20, 1865. 

Porter. Ole. killed at Fort Donelson. 

Picott, Edmund, killed at Mifflin, Tennessee, OctoUr 
1,1865. 

Pitts, Francis G., died at Monterey, Tennessee, June 

14, 1862. 

Prestof, William, died January 12, 1863. 

Peddicord, Barney, killed at Liberty Gap, TenneM>ee, 
June 26 1863. 

Parker, Jolm L., killed at Fort Donelson, Februarv 
15* "863. 

Pierson, Silas C, died at Danville, Virginia, Febru- 
arv 27, 1863. 

Price, James L., killed at Stone River, December 31, 
1862. 

Patten, Samuel, died at Memphis, Febniary 25, 1S64. 

Parker, Charles L., First Sergeant, died in rebel 
prison at Cahawba, Alabama, March 4, 1865. 

Parks. Henry, died at Chickasaw Bluff, May 28, 1863. 

Pernell, Edward, died at home, November 13, 1863 

Penny, William H., died in Andersonville prison, 
February 26, 1865. 

Pointer, William A., died at Memphis, April 17, 
1864. 

Proctor, Benjamin K., died at home, July 31, 1864. 

Palmer, James R., killed at Lexington, Missouri, bep- 
tember 20. 1S61. 
I Plum. William B., died at Tullahoma, Tenneo^ee, 
March to. 1865. 

Potter, ThoinaK G.. died October 23, 1862. 

Rezcppa, John, died in Georgia, about July 1S64. 

Run von, Gilliert, died at JeAerson Barra'ckK, March 
22, l8<>2. 

Robin«>on, Jamet», returned prisoner, died at Camp 
Hutler, Illinois, April 10, 1865. 

RudJ, Thaddeus, died in Andersonville priiion, June 
10, 1864. 

Ri«;i£and, Nathaniel D., killed at Springfield, April 
25, 1S64. 

Roi^s, Jot^hua B., died March 16, 1863, of woundii. 

Ruby, John, killed a! Stone River, December 31. 1862* 

Rinker, John, died at Vicksbiirii;, September 13, 1863. 

RoKS, John W., died at Vickhburg, May 29, it^3, of 
wounds. 

Rhoilcs, William, died at Memphis, March 19. 1S63. 

Robbing, Samuel C, died at Nashville, Tenn., March 
30, 1863 

Robin<(on, Benjamin C, died at Nashville, Tenn., 
January 6. 1863. 

Rude Alexander R., died at Memphis, August 8, 1863. 

Raematt, William, died at Memphis, November 15, 
1S62. 

Randall, George W., killed near Tupelo, Mi«s.. July 
»5, 1864. 



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Rulciiberg. Frederick, dii;<l al llcnijilii*. January ::o. 

Ranee, llen.v J., killed at Vkk.burK. Ma» i:. 1863. 
Ross, l.viiwi, died at Meinphi*. M>n:h 5. ■H^, of 

Rrih, Tctcr. died in Rebel priuin. 

!1oberts. EraMun. died at Auburn. III., December 1, 
«66j, 

Ro1«rlH>n, John H.. killed al Lillle Rock, Ark., 
Seplomlier 10, 1S63. 

Si-hwpikardl, Frederick, died at KnaiviIle,Tennc(«et:, 
JulvS. iSr^, of woundi. 

See. James, died al Point of Rock», Vin'inia, March 
3, 'Sf..!. 

SaiindiT^, Ricbard, or David, died at Fort Donclson, 
Mav 4. 1S64. 

Sijiiirei, Thomas R .died at Utile Rock, Arkansas 
Xovcmlicr 16, iSr.j, 

Simtli, William, died in AnderBonvillc prison, Au^Kt 



!. Tennessee, Feb 



Sinith. Martin, died nt Fort II. 
Tuarv 9. lS6j. 

Schivi-irti!, Frederick, killed al Shiloh, April ;, 1S63, 

Slrcni. Sicpheii.dieJat Cuallannoga Oclolteri, iSAi. 

Segen, Adolph, died Sepieml>er S, 1S63. 

Simp^un J»ck>on B., died at Fanninglon, Uissistippi, 
Jlav ii), 1861- 

Scou. David K.. died at Island Gto<e. Illinois, Mar 
iS, 1S63. 

Smith, \Vi!ti:ini. died at Farmington, Mitsiteippj, 
Jlav t;. iS/.:. 

Shi-llcrs. Marlin V., died Axisiisl.i, iS*'^. of wound* 

Snink, William H., died at VicUburj;, September 
6, .S63. 

Smith, JuHue It., died Jamiarv 5, tSfii. o( wounds. 

Sbick, Amos W., died at Duckporl, I^ui^iana, April 
32. iSf.3. 

Stephens, John H., died in llic rear of Vicksburg, 
Mavjo, lS6ii. 

Sinclair, John, died near Murrreesboro, Tennc&sce, 
Fchruarv 10. iSl'13. 

Scinidt, Frederick G., killed at Uunlown, June 10, 



Young'a Point, April 1^, 



Samuel, n. Moset, died i 
.S63. 

Smith. William O.. died at home, October 15, iSCi. 

Sampion,John W., died at Florence .South Carolina, 
Febtiiarv i.:i, IS65, while a pri:ioncr of war. 

Sebrinev.'iVler,died atDtickport, Loiiitiana, Mar 1, 
.Sf.v - '^ ' ' 

SeiesBeni, F., died February 16. iS'*!?, of wounds 

Siinp>.on, William, died at Jackson, Tennessee, Feb- 
ruary IS, iSfij. 

Siiiiib. Patrick, died in Andersobi illu prison, Oct o- 
l>er n. 1S64. 

SliaukB, Samuel, died at Oak Ridaf, Mi-si.sippi, Acp- 



.j-iWh- 



,Jo.iah, killed near Tepulo. SIi*»is-ippi, July 



Simmonn. Levi, died at St. l.ouis Jime 4. lSr.3. 

Sno,lirflM, Am'jro-e, die.l at Annapoli., MiryUnd, 
Uccu-mber 1. iS/",). vvhiie a paroled pri*imcr of war. 

^crn'.r^in, Icirer.oii T.. killed al N^Khvillc, Toine-oee 
llccember 16, tUfn 



. killed at Chicatrauya. SeTVm.brr 
r Cretcmt Citt-.JuIv 



: Rolla, Mis: 



Strode, Jail 
20. 1S63. 

Sell, U. D , died on the si 
9. iSfij- 

Southwick, Adam, died 1 
iS6a 

Sidli>'an, Timothy, died on ho>pitaUI>oat, Seplmibcr 
s, iSds. 

Spaulding, John, died near Old Town Landing, Ar- 
kansoc, AukukI 15, iSCii. 

Seaman, Geonje. died at St. Louis. Kovcmbcr 4, iSCc 

Sharper, Uaac B., died June 3, iSbl. 

Simiiiing Ion, John S.j died at Little Rock, Arlamia*. 
October o 1S63. of wound*. 

Swim. Jolin. died al Qjilncv, May t.i(, 1865. 

Tribble, Allen B., died at' St. iAnin, Noiember 31^ 
i8fw, 

Townbrid<;e, I..oui( A., Corporal, died at Anderson- 
ville prison, April f). 1864. 

Thorn. )ohn L., killed al JoneKviltr. Virginia, Januarv 
3. iWm- 

Tober, Joseph, died in Tennestec, ]'>rcembcr 31, iSf^. 

Titus, Alfred, died at llunlsvllle, Alabama, Augu»t 
9. 1865. 

Tliompton, Andrew J., died at Benton Barracks, 
March, iS6s. 

Tabor, Delonna B., drowned al Paducah. Kcniuck;. 
October 3. iSlit. 

Tipton, Isaac H., died nl Louisville, Kenluckj. April 



t^6i. 



i W., died at IrcnUon, Missouri, October 



Tair, Jai 
30, :S6i. 

Tobin, Patrick, died January 17, iSfi3, of wounda. 

Taylor, Alvin, died in Louisana. April 17, iSfif. 

T^omai, C. Pcrrv, died in Rebel prison al Richmond, 
Virginia, January ii, 1864. 

Tvat, George, died at Nashville, Teimcuce, Novem- 
ber 30, i86j. 

Turpin. William A., died at Nashville, Tenneuec, 
December ifi, 1861. 

Tliorp, Eleven C, died alRetaca, March 14, iS6f, tif 

Thornton. William L., died at lloll* Springe, Miatia- 
iippi, December 10, i86». 

Tufis, Charles C, died at Vicksburg, November 3, 
1863 

Tiitlle, Sylvanui, Corporal, killed al Vicksbnrg, May 
19. i8C>3. 

Trev, John F., died at Mound City, Illinois August 
II, i!tf.3. 

To-h. David M., died at Jack<.on, Tennessee. Marvh 
16. 1S63. 

Traitpe, or Tnafc, John, died at Little Rock, ArVan- 
sBK. May 5, 186s. 

Trotler. William, died nl Memphis. March 1;, 1S63. 

Unijlcii, Squire, died al Mound City, November 1, 
iSr.i. 

Vuleiiline, Silas, died at Knoxville, TennesKV, Jan- 
uarv 33, iSI>4. 

Ventera, John 11. . died at Memphis. Ten ncuee, Mav 
ii. 1865. 

Vaii^ihn. I>4>ac, di(.-d al Camp Butter. Illinois, Octo- 
ber 23, iSfu. 

VnnDrunl, John, died Notcm1)er ^7. iSf>3.oro d 

VlnM>n, Eliat D.. died al Mound Citv, 
i86i. 




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UMWtU mill oiher pr'iminent military oflitt'rs .is 

The Infantry divUion inclixliil tiiimerr)n!> vfy- 
roseiiiaiivfs tri-iu i vi-rv lIliiiiiiH regiineiil, ex- 
cupl lb« One lliiiidre<1 apd Third. Tlie men 
marolii^il with l\ie old time military "xwini;." 
Ill tUe line, &nd notlck'^ltle, was » one-legged 
veteran, Jolin T. Serge.ini, t f llie Thirly-second, 
whose otiier leg wan left on the bailie field at 
Shiloh. He, with a eri|i|ilu in the Artillery 
Uivisioii, attracted more than <irdiiiary attention 
OQ the line of maieh. The infaitry, e«eliiwive 
(if diviKioii and »iaS ottieers, numbered seven 
hundred and sevenly-fonr men, and there were 
also in line lliirty-lwo veterans of the Twenty- 
ninth United Staten Infantry, colored. 

Colunel Dudley Wickeraham commanded the 
next division, wiiieh was eiiiipooed of eij;hteen 
veierana of the .Mexiean war. twenty-ceven of 
the lilauk Hawk and Winncliairo warn, and 
menly ai'vi'n veterans of other Stales, among 
the nnniber a Mae.sachnsett» officer, who had 
served on General lienjamin F. Butler's stalT. 

The ooUiran moved according to the order of 
mariOi [jrevioiisly announced. Alony the line 
there was waving of handkerchiefs from the 
windows of jirivate residences, and every dem- 
(iiislraiion of pleasure in the presence of the 
Vtiterins. In pafising Ex-JIayor Jayne'M resi- 
dence, where a handsome portrait of Governor 
Yates was eon-ipicuously displayed .and decorated, 
tlu-re were cheers all along the line. The pro- 
cession then moved south and halted at the 
State Arsenal, where the old battle flags were 
delivered to ihe veterans, and many of them 
reeeivii:y the colors, were lbo.se who had borne 
llii'm amid the carnage of batlle. 

While ihe flags were being delivered, the 
band-' played the Star Spangled Ilanner and 
other naliiinal airs, and there was mncli enlhus- 
iasni, which a heavy rain fthower th:it suddenly 
set ill did nol dampen. Fruni the Arsi-nal. ihe 
prLH-ession moved smith on Fifth street, and 
turning to Kighth, the <ild Lincoln hi<nt<- wax 
passed, amid cheers all along the line. T'lrii- 
ing west again, the cohimn passed through ihe 
Executive Mansion grounds. Governor Ciilli'm 
and his staff reviewing the same fr.im the 
steps. The iirocession then moved direct t.. the 
State House. The Artillery Division ha<l ri>- 
ceivcd ft recruit by the way, in the perHun of 
Slaster Tingk-y Wood, Jr., who wore a small, 
but regulation, heavy artillery uniform. 

Upon arriv.-il at llie Capilol, when the tiov- 
ernor and staff, with Oeiieral A. C. Ducat and 
«laff, reviewed the trooiis, from the east corri- 
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dor steps, the velernns formed en masse, 
"bundling colors." in front of the principai 
enliance. and were »«n-oiiiided by the Illinoi* 
National (luard. Tlie t-.nlors being masseil, 
Chief Marshal Md'leniand made bis re)H>rl to 
the (•iiveriior. in tha following; eloquent re- 

"GiivKKSoii:— As Marxtaal of the day, 1 have 
the honor to report to your Excellency thai, 
agreeable to arrangement, 1 have broni^ht the 
treasured flags and trophies, lately liiitf<e>l in 
the public arsenal, to this place. It remains for 
the Adjutant General of the State, formally auil 
oflicially, to present tbem to your K\ceUeiicy, 
for such order for their final disposition as your 
Excellency may lie pleased to make. Tliis K.iid, 
I may bo permitted lu add thai, in the pxri as- 
pigned to mo on this occasion, I have h;id the 
hearty co-operation of a body of the veici-aii" of 
the several wars, and of a juinion of the nri>aii- 
ixed militia, who attend the veierafK as an 
honorary escort. Honor to both! While the 
militia, by their soldierly l>earing. attest lh« 
signal zeal apjdied bv your Excellency to foster 
the ro.-irlial spirit of ^llinoisans, tbe veterans, on 
their part, alTord an expressive memorial of diiir 
victononsly performed in tbe times that nied 
men's sonls. It is trne. some of them are 
maimed of an arm, or & leg, or an eye; ihat 
some of them are wrinLled hr age and the wear 
and tear of long and arduous campaign*, yet 
they are here once more, to lift their loving and 
moistened eyes upon the tattered ensigns which 
they undauntedly upheld amid the lire and 
thunder of siege and bat lie. .\tas ! many of 
their former eninradei' are absent. Where are 
they? Silence answers: they are dead! Let 
OS piiuse to dwell for a momenl upon the meru- 
ories of at least a few of thoRe. Foremn"! of 
this revered list is Abraham Lincoln, variously 
the poor and friendless boy, the genial eonipatt- 
iitn, the able lawyer and dialectician, the w.iry 
stMesman, the patriotic President, the houored 
Comuiander-iti-Chief of the Army and N.avy of ■ 
the United States. Jackson, "the military," 
one of hio predeceKsiirs, had aforetinip s'ii|r- 
pressed the seed of disunion, taking the kjm- 
cions form of nullification, by the threat of ile- 
fl\nc<'; but, in later and more disonlerly tiini.-«, 
sometliing more was required to cut ofT tlit* 
suoDiid growth. Lincoln, the luan of pea<% and 
geiitlencs.*, was equal, nay, superior to tli# 
emergency. With one band he scAtlered tfaa 
swarming nKsailanta of the Union; with tW 
other, he r.iised up an enslavtd race to freedom 
4iid eijiiality before the law. Thus, ni the Mina 



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time performing a double act of salvatioOy 
national and individnal, onsarpassed in the 
annals of man. Ills senUments were in accord 
with his deeds, lie taught the doctrine of the 
broadest democracy : that ours was ' a govern* 
ment of the people, by the people, n>r the 
people.' 

^He exemulified the broadesit precepts of 
hamanity, *Cnarity for all; malice toward none.' 
His tragic martynlom laruck the Nation dumb, 
while it completed the )>athbs of his life 
and character. Illustrious man! his name will 
ring through the coming ages as one of the 
noblest of liberators and benefactors. 

^^Anotherof the worthy dead is Richard Vates, 
a remarkable man. To portray his character is 
a diliicult, if not an impossible task. It was a 
mosaic; its shades set out its brighter hues in 
striking and lustrous relief. He was a man to 
be judged by bis own standard. He was 
chivalrous and honorable; . impulsive and gener- 
ous; ardent and imaginative, ambitious and 
patriotic. Viewing everything from an eleva- 
tion, he clothed it with the classic beauty of his 
own ideals. His elo«|uence was as the harp in- 
laid with gems, and strung with strands of gold 
to the softest or wildest melody. At times it 
Kwavcd the Senate; at times it stirred or stilled 
Uic wondering multitude. Executive vigor and 
determination won for him the title of the 
great War Governor of Illinois. His virtues 
noticed, his infirmaties are not denied. He had 
his faults, but thev were the excess and reaction 
of an excitable and impressionable nature; of a 
preternatural exultation and perturbation of 
mind and sense, born of a stormy period of con- 
flict in«; ideas, sentiments and opinions. It was 
of him like the great bard of Avon sung, 'A 
rarer spirit never did steer humanity; but you 
Go4ls, you will give us faults to make us 
mortals.' 

^* Wallace, Ransom, Raith, Mudd, Schwartz 
and a host of others are also dead. Hraver and 
truer men never lived. Not a few of us here 
have seen them kindled with the intoxicating 
transport of the conflict; have seen them mount 
tlie deadly breach, deliver and resist the head- 
long onset and conquer, when all was u]K>n the 
haaucard. No more shall we receive and return 
soldierly congratulations. No more shall we 
hear tlicm, with laughing jest, recount their des- 
perate encounters and hairbreadth escapes. No 
more shall we see them, until we have passed 
that bourne from which no traveler returns. 
Our tears bi*dew their graves, which are strewn 
with the garlands of onr afllictions. The triumph 



of their country shall be indistinct yet eloquent 
memorials to future generations. War over, let 
the bitterness which ensendered it pass away 
forever. Peace returned, let all our paths l>e 
now the paths of peace. I^t all our councils. 
North and South, £ast and West, everywhere 
through our broad land, which extends from 
ocean to ocean, be the counsels of accord, fra- 
ternity and unity." 

Adjutant General Hilliard followed briefly in 
formal presentation of the flags, and the Gov- 
ernor responded with the following address, be- 
ing frequently interrupted by applause: 

'* Gcfteral and SoiiUers of IlUnoh and of the 
Union: It gives me great pleasure to address 
you for a few minutes on this interesting occa- 
sion. I have not words to express to you the 
feelings of my heart as I stand before you. As 
you have said you are here in response to orders 
and invitations, bringing with you those price- 
less battle flags, which you have carried before 
on many a bloody battle field, and clung to in 
victorv and defeaL 

^' I recognixe among you men who, as soldiers, 
served the country in 'the early history of our 
State, in the lilack Hawk war, clearing the way 
in this garden region of the West for the civil- 
isation which followed, and which we now enjoy. 
The colors you carried there have decayed and 
gone. I see before me soldiers who were in the 
Mexican war, who volunteered to defend our 
National honor. Your flags and banners, too, 
are gone. The numbers of patriotic men who 
served the country in the wars with the Indians 
and with Mexico, arc comparatively few. Your 
ranks are thinnc<l out in the march of time, and 
in a few more years your patriotic record alone 
will be left to tell the story of your devotion to 
your country. It will not be long before the 
men who fought by the side of Hardin, Harris, 
Jiaker, Hissell, and Shields on the field of Huena 
Vista, all of whom were as brave and }»atriotic 
men as ever stepped to the music of the Union, 
and all but the last of whom have long since 
rendered their account to the great Ruler of 
men and nations, and the last of whom is now a 
living example of courage, energy, and patriot- 
ism, will pass away, and history will take their 
places, to tell the generations to come what they 
did in response to their country's call. I see 
before me not a few, but thousands of citir.en 
soldiers, who were in the last great war — men 
who fought for the integrity of the Union 
against a causeless and wicked rebellion. You 
come here to-day, carrying with you your old 
flags and banners. Your jiresence as old sol- 



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HISTORY OK SANGAMON COUNTY. 



ijitrs speaks IoihUt and cti-oiiger to ihe ji^ople of 
tlie State and Nation thmi wurdi^. Vuimiit-it 
would not ei'iitaiii all your iirc-Mfiii-e iiiijilics 
About iliirti'i'ii years ago yoH were rfiunuii'f 
home after yi-ans of Hlriigyle with the ineiiiy, 
Tlie ranks of yuiir conipaiiK'K and ri-ginieiits 
were dopletcd. Yow tame back lo your State, 
whose honor nnJ gtory vou ro iiohly Ru-^tained, 
tirt-d, worn oui, nnd'sii-k, vet with buoyant 
liearts, because yoti were uonimg lionie to your 
families and friends with virlury inseribed on 
your bannerii and the integrity of'our grand old 
Union established. You had these old ll.igii 
with you then. As now, they were tattered and 
torn — blood-stained — some of them nearly shot 
away. Many of them had been presented to 
you by your ivivefi, sisterii,and friends when you 
t-larlcd Id the war. You brought them back, 
and as one regiment after another came home 
and was mn.'^tercd out, you ]daeed those colors 
in the old arsenal in charge of Adjutant-Kenfral 
Hayiiie, a gallant soldier, now gone to his long 
Lome, where they have remained until today. 

"The Constitution and laws of mtr State re- 
rjutre that the military records, banners and 
relics of the State shall be preserved aK an en- 
during meniorial of the j>atriutisra and valor of 
Illinois. In obedience to these provisions, and 
for the safe-keeping of the Hags, the time has 
come for transferriitg tlicm to a safer place. Von 
now place them where they will remain and be 
cared for, and safely guarded, aye, for genera- 
tions to come. L 

"They, and you who carried them in the time 
of National peril, represent the life, the integ- 
rity of the Nation. The history of our Siafe 
chronicles three struggles in which Illinois men 
took nart: The war with the Indians, in 1^13; 
the >texican war, in 1846-"; and the great civil 
war, in lSCI-3, besides the Monnon and Winne- 
bago wars. Nations, as a rule, du not bccouic 
established on right principles and gre.il, without 
struggles in which the power of the sword is in- 
voked. Our Government lias not bi-cu an ex- 
eejilion to the rule. Its progress and ili'vcloic 
raent, has met with resistance. t'ivili/.ati'>u never 
makes pmgress without op]H)sition. Its vi.tn.rics 
are all won, and the condition of the w..rld im- 
proved only by the brave men pressing lorwnrd 
in sup]>ort of right principles, and by hard tighi- 
ing at evcrv step. Such men arc benefactcrs of 
the race, When Government is assailed it must 
be defended, or fall; and the men who take their 
lives in their hands, and go forth to defend their 
cnuntrv and flag, and, as in the lute great war, 
defend liberty and the Union and raise Ihe civ- 



ilixatinn of the jwople tu a hiulier plane, arc 
truly benefactois of the race, anil entitled (o the 
eiemal jn^tilude of their fellows- Vou represent 
every Klniggle in which the eouitlry ha« been 
engaged sinee IllinoigliecaiueaSlat«. You have 
sDceessfnlly defended the NalmnV life and 
honor. 1 look upon these old battle Kag^ a.t yon 
carry them the last time. They repreKeitt lite 
glory and nationality of our cuantn-. Th« 
American tlag is dear to evcrv patriotic heart in 
the laiiil, but those flags and uaitncrs nn> drarer 
to jon who carmd and followed them on th«* 
march and field, than to anyone «-)sr. 

"That flag is respected everywhere, >>n l:in«l 
and sea. It represents uower; it representx 
Union and I.il>erty, ana it repn-st-ui* *& 
government of, by and for the pt-ople.' \Vhi1« 
you are engaged in the pleasant duty of tranx- 
ferring the Hags, banners and relics. \oii are 
doubtless remembered of the time when yni en- 
listed for tile war; you are reminded of ihe old 
rallying song: 

-Wc will tally 'round Ike flag, hoy, ^^ 

We will rHllj' once njiuin. ^H 

Shouting ilic iiHil)*^ cr; uf Frvi-doni.' ^H 

And that other song: 

' We nrL- onning F:«1ber AbnihMM, 
Three liumlrej llioustind siro»E-' 
■'Vou are reminded of the battles in which yuu 
fought; of the gallant coinra<les who fell by 
your side; of the wonderful escapes von made; 
of the terrible sufferings yoit endured in howpilal 
and iirisni), and of the victories you won. Yon 
will think over the long list of battles, .imong 
which arc, lielmoni, Doiielson, Piiisburg land- 
ing, \'ick.sburg, Arkansas Post, Pea Itid^, 
Perry ville, Nasliville, Chickainauga, Mis.-iou 
Kidge, lookout Siloniitsin, Corinth, Atlanta, and 
the Grand March to the Sea, and the htiiidredB 
of terrible struggles, Kast and S^mth, «hivh I 
cannot stop to enumerate. 

"As you hold those banners you are reminded 
of the two hundred and fifty thousand other 
Wave Illinoisans who went out with you, and of 
the long deatfa-rolt of gallant boys wlu> never 
returned. As vou stand here you think <if the 
U.ilhint and efoqueiit War Governor, Richard 
Yates, the soldiers' friend, and the members of 
his administration, Dubois, Itnller, Hatch and 
Itaieman, two uf whom, with him, have |tassed 
away; you do not foq;et that other great and 
good man, the dearest son of our noble State, a 
martyr to the cause of Liberty and Union, who 
was your Coiiimander-iu-Chief, Abraham Lin- 
coln, whose .ishes rest beneath a monument near 
by, reared by patriotic people. 1 am remimled 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



of tliose beautiful words uttered by him, 
which cannot fail to touch the heart of every 
mdin^ *The mystic chords of memory stretching 
ffom every battle-field and patriot gnivc; to 
every living heart and hearthstone all over this 
broaa land, will yet swell the chorus of the 
Union when again touched, as surely tlicv will 
be, by the better angels of our nature.* \Vhat 
poetry, sweetness and .music in these lines. 

^ But I must not prolong my remarks. Upon 

the close of these proceedings, the curtain 

drops, and the last act is ended of the great 

drama in which you have taken so noble a ])art. 

May your sen*ices and sacrilices never be needed 

again to preserve the intom*ity of our Nation. 

A portion of the Illinois National Guard, more 

than half of whom are old soldiers and served 

with you, have done tliemselves and you the 

bouur of coming here to ser\'e as your escort, 

while you are performing this last 8er\*ice to 

your Old flags and banners. They are in the 

iienice of the State and ready at a mementos 

notice, over six thousand strong, to do duty as 

soldiers, either for the State or Nation, if their 

!<ervices shall be required to maintain the public 

peace. Now, soldiers, I will detain you no 

iongcT. I welcome you, one and all, to the Ca}>- 

itil (if our State, and the Adjutant General, by 

your aid, will place the colors and trophies you 

i>ear in the apartments designed for them, where 

Ihey will be diligently cared for and guarded, 1 

^nist. so long as they shall endure.^^ 

Mter the speech of Governor Cullom, Gen- 
^^\ Palmer was called for, but not immediately 
'Cj^lMinding, General C. E. Lippincott was 
<^ile»l, anu was received with much favor. He 
saiiJ: 

'*The voice of these flags is eloquent beyond 
*»;}• need or any power of human woi-ds. * We 
^ill do well simply to pause, in the first still 
^oQr that shall come to us, and listen to the 
»H)lemn teaching of these battle worn flags. 
They are not merely ashen staves upon which 
ilaiiiit heavy silks, adorned with stripes and bear- 
ing golden stars which catch the eye when they 
are unfurled to the breeze of Heaven, and by 
their l>eauty waken the behoIder^s admiration. 
Itoautiful as is the fl;i«j of our country among all 
the banners of the Nations of earth, its cluef 
excellence it* in the noble history of which it is 
the result, and the lofty ideas and principles of 
which it is the symbol. Its history may be said 
tf> have its beginnini; on that day when force 
was first challenged by riglit, and to re))resent 
the long struggle of the people against those 
who for ages had set themselves against * the 



strong upward tendencies of the Godlike soul of 
man ' 

*Mt was the beautiful flower of freedom which 
burst in beauty upon the world's sight when, 
after «o many years of slavery, the sublime words 
of the Declaration of Independence rang out 
from the American Congress upon the world: 
^ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that 
man was created equal and endowed by the 
Creator with certain inalienable rights, among 
which are life, liberty and the ]>ursuit of happi- 
nchs.' 

^^ Coming into existence, as it appears, without 
a known designer, it made its way by sheer force 
of its beauty and appropriateness, to the hearts 
of our struggling fathers — preferred everywhere 
to all emblems suggested by influence, and de- 
viled by the trained taste of many eminent per- 
sons. It was baptized in the blood by Wash- 
ington, and adopted, almost in the present form, 
hy the Congress of the Colonies. It became, at 
last, when the revolution was over, when the 
weakly confederation of separate States had 
sriven away to the cohesive Government of the 
United States, it became one Nation's flag as 
soon as our Nation was born. Co-equal with 
our Government in its history, it has been, and 
is, let us pray and believe it ever will be, the fit 
and perfect emblem of all the holy ideas which 
are woven into our Nation^s structure, and make 
the enduring rock on which it is founded. Such, 
friends and comrades, is my idea of the American 
flag. Such my notion of its sacred history and 
of its holy symbolic character. But we are es- 
pecially here to-day to look on these flags, to bear 
them to their resting place, and to take into our 
hearts the especial lessons which they teach. 

**Oh! but it does seem to me that words are 
i idle and worse than weak. How, in the pres- 
ence of these memorials of the C4>nstancy of 
Illinois in the times which tried the temper of 
States and of men, can anyone talk as it deserves 
of that recent history? So recent is it, that to 
the men and women of my age, and even those 
much younger, it is still a ]>art of our present 
life, and the pulses of our hearts beat in quick 
response to every mention and memory of the 
great drama; not as something of the past, but 
as if its crowded incidents were now about us 
and before us and with and of us, making the 
life that we live, the emotions which we feel, 
in the very present and actual now. 

**Again comes to us the thrill of horror as the 
wires bear us word that the flag is iired upon. 
Again comes to us the resolve that the holy 
symbol shall not be «lisgraced,nor the principles 



IIISTOUY OK SAXGAilOS COUNTY.. 



whose triiiniph it m<inns >x' IobI lo our country 
or to mankind. A;;nin we are i-i the midst of 
ihe eiilhusiuMii aud hif{li devution uf nii nruiiscl 
jieiiple. Agniii we fi-vl liow }i3triuliM)i I'levsites 
and eiiiioViles individunis; Iiow il »Aiic-titii-s lU** 
liearlliKtDiip, mnkiiiir it tlie Yvry altar of <!ud: 
liow il given to beauty a lovelier glow, to luve 
HI) addcil sweetness, and to manliood the conse- 
crittioii itf a [Hirer, a nobler, nnd a stionger aim. 
Again we liear the tread of tlie niustcriug 
thousands, and arc in syini>atlij- with the no- 
bility nt iliat time of unselti>hiicss and liigli dc- 
v.iiiiii. Ajrain ne realize the trials of the 
tediniis laiii]) atid the weary mareli. Again our 
lieari^j beat liigh and fai-i with the fierce fever 
and e-Millintr joy uf b.iltle. Again we inelt in 
'^.jrri'w at the sound uf the muffled drum, and 
sht'd biitei' tears nt the ^]» in our batlli 
aud lean) a new aud di 



ieh : 



if couTitiy' as 
lanly blood its 



redeuiiition lias eost. 
wealth keeji these turn aud saered rage with 
leiKier eare. They aie sacred. Around their 
ashen slaves have licen clasped brave haudn of 
the iiolile -.ons of Illinois, who thought their 
lifi' bliiud UDiie too precious to be spill in their 
'lefenae; and .as ihc storm of battle curged 
ah)nL; the line of those whii fouyht lo cave the 
Nation's Ife, the iron hail fell thickest, and 
noble blood was shed freely under the immedi- 
ate shadow of these Hags. Noble men, with 
hearts tivasuring the dee]a>st love of home, and 
the tenderest thonglilit of the maiden to whom 
their deep faith wax plighted, and beating with 
perfeel e(ltl^cio<ls1le^B of the ability tu win their 
way to the high place of honor among men, 
have gras|ied thcKe flags and eirned them with 
Krtii step, and flashing eye, and exalting joy 
iiitii the ])rond triumph of a certain death. Vcr, 
kiep them with proudest eare, for they are not 
eniblinis of the freedom, the poi*er. the saved 
unity ol our Nation: but of a hennsm loftier 
and puier than ever before, sinee history began, 
was embodied in an army, an<l triuni]>he() in the 



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of battle, 
the seduei 


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of selti^h ainbitio 
and talk nonsense— V- 
jiresideut — sav what he 
will; we kn..w, and the woH.I know's, and all 
llie future shall know, thai there wan a differ- 
enie in the inF-)iiratiou and the heroism which 
widetv disiiniinishea those who fought under 
Ihew-' llags, and tlio-e like them from ..ther 
State*, and that other and brave army which 
fouuhi under a hostile Hag to destroy wllal theiw 



banners Duared over a thousand battle-Kelds to 
maintain and preserve. 

"No one e4tii yield readier pr.-iise and honor 
than I can, and do, to the braven' and high |>er- 
euiial gallantry of ihoNe nhose mistaken cause 
went down before the*e flag*. l>ut their lost 
cause wa» a wrong enii.se, and the world while il 
rememlH'rs and adniireti fore^'ec the brave devo- 
liou of those who ft-ii^ht for it, will yet retnein- 
Ixir that their blood was vaiidy shed to establish 
aOovernmeiit whose corner stone should havs 
been slavery, and that llieir cause was trampled 
into lite reil mire of battle for, those who fought 
to pre.sene and maintain the life of the Itepublic, 
whose oiilv life is freedom. These llags are lh« 
emblem of no hate, no animosity, no feeliug of 
sectional or individual sH]>eriorit^. I'he laujniagB 
which they hold, the lesson which they tea^, 
with all the force of all their asBoeiation», is the 
U>t>soii of brotherly love for all who dwell under 
the flag of our NktioD. 

"These llagB, about whom we can almost fancy 
still cluster the spirits and cling the affections of 
those who died under them, speak in one voice 
to Ihe hearts of men all over our broad land ei> 
hortiiig ail, of every State, to sink even' "mailer 
and more ignoble feeling iu otic of confidence 
and resiieel for each other, as comradex of the 
army of ifae present and the future, whoxe tie is 
that of a common patriotism, and whose de- 
votion is to a saveu, a restored, and forever 
united Nation." 

Governor Palmer then responded to i-ejteated 
callH in a few extempore remarks, as follooe : 

•'The Governor, very fensibly, deprecated 
any further prolonging of the ceremonies id 
spei-eh- making, as the boys were already im- 

tiatient for dinner. He remarked, that ait he 
lad observed the flags taken from their late 
depository and borne through the streelit to 
Memorial Hall, which the people of the State 
had prepared for these mementoes, he had felt 
that the occasion was one so grand as to be be- 
yond the reach of oratory. A more sublime 
triumuh could not be desired than would ba 
won by him who conhl, in fitting 1augiia}!:e, 
describe the emotiuna the aiijiearanee of these 
flags awakened in every mind and every patriotic 
lieart. 'lliese banners were meineiiloea of tlie 
gn>ateKt and most dreadfnl struggle tbii \ation 
ever had, or ever could pans through. Sereiite«n 
years had pasiM>dawayKincehe,aud manyuf tboMa 
who now Confronted l>im, had swurn to n^old 
these banuers and theac things ibuy iiyuilMliaed. 
Tliey had gone out, aud in l»tt)e npneld them. 
Many of tliem had been by •anj^l hands w 



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Tftlor given,' and had floated bravely over en- 
sanguined fields. To-day would see them con- 
«gned to their final resting place to be no more 
^stnrbed. The ceremony is emblematic of 
those that finally would ifnish the career, in 
this life, of all who took part in the tremendous 
drama of which this was the closing scene.** 

The following poem, by Lieutenant S. F. 
Flint, of Galesburg, ot the Tth, was read: 

THE MUSTER OK THE FLAG. 

'* O, comrades, such a day as this, 

Of nolemn und exultiint tears. 
For what we meet, and what we mist, 

Comes not again in nil the years. 

** Go bring them out, their tattered strands, 
Tbey shall tbcir own brave story tell. 

Unroll them all with reverent hands, 
The old flajn that we knew so well. 

*' Aye, lift them up! A few fair Mars, 
flash from their faded field of blue, 

Gleaming amid the rent^ of srars. 
When the wild leaden storm tore through. 

** They catch the breeze! They hail the sky. 
Stained -shom-out with a loo< as jtroud 

As where ot old they streamed on high 
Like rahibows o*cr the liattle cloud. 

'* There spoke the guns! Do I not dream? 

Comrades, fall in and forward all! 
Did I not hear their eagles scream 

An answer to that fearful callt 

*'Nay, that is past, thank God! .No more 
We wait for thait dceu echoing boom 

To mark dauntless eagleV soar — 
Close up the ranks — and main*h to doom! 

" Tlien let their war-worn glories float 
And fondle with the breeze of spring; 

And let the alad procession shout^ 
Drums roll and crash and cymbals ring. 

'* Sound, bugles, sound the rallying call, 
And wake again the thundering gun. 

So few! KO few? Where are they all? 
Fall in, you men of sixty-one! 

** From Georgia's bare and gullied steeps. 

To Carolina's wilds of sand; 
From Misftissippi's forests deep, 

To Patomac^s storied strand. 



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Od the green hills of Cunil>erlaDd, 
By the Tone stream* of Tennessee. 
They rise a grim and shadowy battd-7 
Their silent, sad salute I see. 

** *Od duty/ 8j>eaks that silent sipi. 

Until th€ last great reveille. 
And this stern message down the line 

Breaths from that niigiity grave to-day. 

" So bi*ar them on and guard them well 
In yonder proud Mfrniorial Hall; 

Tlie tliig— the cause for which we fell- 
Swear, brothers, it shall never fall. 

** Stand up, despite the shattered limb, 

•Here is a creed we all believe: 
Dash ofl the tears of eyes that swim. 

Aye, reck not of one empty sleeve. 

*' No traitor hand its elory mars. 

While yet a man is still alive 
Who bore the banner of the stars 

From sixty-one to sixty-five." 

The Veterans then entered the State House 
basement from the north entrance, and the flags 
were deposited in Memorial Halt, in tlie racxs 
prcparea for them. Dinner followed, and the 
Veterans and National Guards surrounding the 
immense tables were served with a bountiful 
repaat of substantial food, by the ladies, who 
were heartily cheered for efliciency in dispensing 
the supplies of the commissary department. An 
idea of the extent of this grand camp-fire lunch 
may be gained wnen it is stated that the troopa 
were furnished with eighteen barrels of coffee. 
Upwards of three thousand one hundred were 
served. 

The dinner over, the Veterans and the Guards- 
men were dismissed, and visited the State 
House throughout, and other points of interest 
about the city, thus occupying the time until 
the evening festivities, llirou^h the corridors 
in the State House, the Fifth Regiment Band 
playing in the rotunda, the Veterans and ladies 
promenaded, and at a late hour dancing was in- 
dulced iu quite extensively. 

1 bus ended the re-union and transfer of battle 
flags. That these, nor similar flags, will have 
again to be unfurled in a like cause, is the sin* 
cere prayer of avery loyal heart. 



lllsnUiV ()F SANGAMON cous'n'., 



Chapter XIX. 



OI.D SRTTI.EKS' SOCIETV. 




A soi'icty fin- the presurviiUnii of histoiical 
evoiiU of a Xatiuii, Sute, comity or town, ie a 
t-ommoiidAble nlTair. Tiit^ U-skoiih of the past 
teach lis the duties pcrlniiiiiii^ to l)ie future. The 
fircE <>f iiAtriuli^ui, the hive of country or of 
home is sti'engthciK'il l>y » iiarrarKiii of >iii'h im- 
portant cvcnlx a!i tend ti> stir thelilooil or ijuicken 
to life th(ii<e ilivine alfeelioii» in man. Many a 
yonth liaH dioKt'n the lile of a suldiur from read- 
ing accounts of thu great batlleH anil glorious 
deeds of an Alexander, a llniinibnl, a Napoleon, 
a \VeltiiiL;tim, orourovrnhraveand noble Wash- 
iiiglou. 'rill? lists of stiuesineii have lioen aiig- 
mciiti;d hv llic evamplc of a Pin. a Webster, a 
Clay, i.r t'.illioiin. PiUriolisiii and lovi- of coiintrj- 
have bt^t-'ti awakened by n-adiuL^ llie sublime ut- 
terances of Patrick lleurv.Johii Adams, Thomas '■ 
.lefforaou. Abrali.im Lincoln, and Stephen A. i 
]>ouglafi. The love of home, love of jiaronts and ! 
kindred have been strengthened liy oft-lold tales 
of the aged father or mother, ii-pecially of 
tbat pioneer fiuher and mother who toiled 
early and late, hard and long, in order to 
givij their descendants the pr'icelcKK boon of a . 
home of plenty and of ])eaee, of retincineni 
and love tor God and humanity. | 

In the spring of 1850, PaBea'l P. Knos, a well- [ 
beloved pioneer, nho now sleeps ihe "bleeti of | 
ihe jusi," and who ie gi-at«fully remembercii by • 
ibflUHnndii in Sangamon tmiiniv, circniated the I 
following call: " ' 



Pursuant to the call, a meeting was held June 
I St, and adjourned to the Idth, at which time 
the society was fully organised and the follow- 
ing constitution was adopted: 

AH-riCLXl. TliU Society riiull be culled the "Old 
SetUcm' Soclcly ut Saniiamoii CouiUy," iiiitl hlmll havi> 
Iiir il« object ihe collerlton hdiI prowivalion of lb*- 
curly hUiorv of SiHngiitnon enuoiy ODil the cUj' of 
aprinclfeld. 

JLUTii'iJi 3- 'l"he officer* of lhi» Socielv fhall con- 
rf« of « Presiilnii. two Vice Pw^ideiHn. Correspond- 
In^ ^>ireiiiry, HecoriHnjESiiTelnrviinil Trvat^urer, 'm ho 
dial] hold lliclr ontees unltt their succeiforf are elecled. 

It fhnll be the dulj- of llic Prc*iilrnt to call iilt meet- 
ing* nf ibvSociotv iiud iirr^lde ni ihr same, und in hi« 
nbiiencc iIiIkUiiiII he iH-rformi'd hv uae of the Vice 
Present*. 

Iti'hull lie lite iluty of Ihe neconJiot: Secreliiry to 
keep a record of the Sueiety's |)mceedioj»i. and ine- 
scrve all tiianusi'ri|iti<, p:iper>t imd biHiks belonffine 
lo the Miciuij-, imO l4i keep a book in nliicli all i)ualifled 
persons diviniiM of bccoiuing members mnj enroll their 



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SCltliTS wlio Ucciiiu 

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,....-. uouUi suKi;cal h 

llic IIr>l d:iv of June, ul lUi lue 

■Idi-niii of Ihe couiiiy previous 

,l».10-3l),for1lieiiur 

ctciy In rnrlheninee 

l'i.!>c,il !■. Knot), 
A. {). Horpu, 
KUj.ih lli'», 
N. W.Mnllirnv. 



prescr^'e ihe sume. 

AiiTiii.K 8. All [leraons rciidciits uf Suugiimon 
county prerioul to "the winter uf the dec|) Know," 
vli: 1130-31, arc ijunlifii-d fur menibershlp in this So- 
ciety, and uflcr llic Hri'l day nf January, mK). a]>p1i- 
ciimH fur mctnbei^hiji muKt show n reiiilcuiv of twen- 
ty-flv<- yearn prevloiu to the lime of a|i]dic>tiun. The 
mil of the Society shall cnnMllule the unly cviilence 
of memlH-rsUip. 

AiiTiii.B 4. Tlie cli-elion of ofli<-cn> chail be uti- 
ntinliv on ihe firtl Monday In June, mid shall be de- 
cldeif liy u niajorivy uf member* voting, and in ibe 
tuimc iinoincr al nay mcclInK of the Society. Notice 
,ii II r«rnicr >iirelini[hiivln|[ licen airenilhiK canKlilu- 
liiin iiiiiy lie ii1ler<.HJ, uiuended or ubulisbcd. sud n code 
ot hv-l.iWK niny, In the siiine manner and at any meel- 
Inc. V- iidopttil, at the dhcrollun nf ihc giH-icty. 

Irilil the Itrsl Monday hi June, the xtHceE of Uilx 
S<K-iclv sh;in b.' filled as follows: 

ThoHisB Moll'cit, President. 

Ellj:ih lies and A. 0. Ilcnidoo, Vice Pn-nldenU. 

P;i^-al P. Euos. HcconllMB ^-crelarj-. 

N. W. Uiiiheny. ('orn'«i)ondin|{Secrclar]-. 

£. H. Iluwley, Treasgrer. 

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JIISTORY OF SANc;AMOK lOUSTY. 



kmrnn in tbe iwoocctlion of tbln 8oci4*ty a« 
Settlers' Dty,* and tball D^ annaiilly celebnitod 



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Old ' that i^uf^ was made in it in sii1»M*4Ui'iit 



It will be observed tbere ia a blank left in 
the la»t artiele. A committee was appointed 
Ui inoaire on wbat day the first cabin waH 
erected, wbicb committee afterwards reported, 



The weather on the occasion of this firft cele- 
bration waa gloriously line the day bi*ing a 
sample of the glorious ^^Indian summer^ days 
and the nnnilxfr of persons brought together 



and i^ waa decided that October 20, of each j was probably not less than fifteen hiu.dred, 
year, should be celebrated as **01d Settlers* j among whom were many of the pioneers of 
Day y*^ in honor of the lirst cabin in the county Sangamon county. 



having been raided by Robert Ptiltiam, OctoWr 
20, 1816. ! 

The committee having decided, a call was 
iMoed for the 

riKST AN2Ct'AL CELRHRATION. 

The locality selected for the occasion of the 
celebration was very properly the spot upon 
which the first house in the limits of the county 
was erected, being on Su[^ar creek« about twelve 
miles south of Sprinj*field, and four miles south- 
east from Chatham, on section twenty-one, 
township foorteen, north of range five west 
The exact date on which the cabin was com- 
menced or rused, is not known, but the state- 
ment was made by Martin PuUiam, a son of 
Robert Rolliam, that it was in October, 1816. 
It was put op by Mr. Pulliam for the purpose 
of sheltering himself and four hired men while 
herding cattle daring the following winter. In 
the winter of 1HI7-18, the Indians burned out 
the range, and Mr. Pulliam did not bring his 
family to the place until May 20, ]S18. Mean- 
while another cabin hacl been put up a ciuarter 
of a mile distant, by Mr. She! mouse, and there 
he temporarily lodsed bis family. 

The spot pointeu out on which the Pulliam 
cabin stotNl, is in an immense grove of ash, oak 
and sugar trees, a nunilier of which have since 
fallen and tlieir trunks cumber the ground. 
The cabin was about sixteen feet Mjuare, and 
fnmted east, with the chimney on tlie south 
side. The gnmud slopi*s off towanls the north- 
east and draining into Sugar creek, which is 
but a short distance from it. Xo trace in 1859 
was remaining of the house, except a small 
mound, showing where the chimney stooil, and 
a little hollow showing where there was a cellar. 
Several trees, ten or twelve inches thick, are 
l^owing on the s]>i>t. To the south was pointed 
out where an apple nurscr}* was planted by Mr. 
l^iilliam in the spring of ]\l7, and the trunk of 
an old burr oak of immense size, which still 
lays there, was said to have been used as a por- 
tion of the fence wliich inclosed the patch. 
The Pulliam c*abin was long and familiarly 
l^nown as the ^ Sugar llouse,^* from the fart 



The exercises of the day were commenced by 
a procession formed at the edge of the timber 
and headed by a band of music encaged for the 
«)Ccasion. Making a circuit through the timber, 
the procession marched to the identical j^A 
where Uie lirst cabin had been cncted. Two 
wagons had been placed over the spot^ in which 
the officers of the societv, the orator of the day, 
and invited guests, had arranged themselves. 
Judge Moffett then called the meeting to order, 
.ind the festival was opened by prayer by Rev. 
Mr. Prentiss, Presiding Elder of the Springfield 
Methodist Episcopal Circuit. The invocation 
«)f the reverend <^entleinan was singularly beau- 
tiful and appropriate to the occasion, and in the 
solemn forest which surrounded, seemed to touch 
a chord in the breast of all who were present. 
The band then started uji "Three Cheers for the 
Red, White, and Blue,** after which James 11. 
Matheny, the orator of the day, was introduced. 
As well for its appro]>riateness and eloquence, 
I as for its being a iiart of the proceedings of the 
! day, the address is here given. Said Mr. Ma- 
' thenv: 

I **j£#f<7iV« U9vf Geutltmen: — We meet to-day for 
a singular pur)>ose. We, the remnant spared 
. by time from an almost forgotten past, meet to 
j revive fsiding reminiscences of other days — 
; meet to re-kiiulle recollections almost extinct. 
: We come with varied emotions. Some of vou, 
: almost at the foot of 1ife'*s hill, look back and 
I upward at the path you have trod, while others, 
i who have jnst reached life's summit, gaxe down 
into the valley of ti^ars with many a ho]»c and 
fear. You, jxrav-headetl fathers, you have dc»ne 
your work; you have done it well; and now, as 
the sunset of life is closing around you, you are 
given the rare boon of enjoying the fniits of 
vour own lalK»r. You ran see the land won bv 
vour uood riijht arm from its wilderness state, 
and from a savage foe, pass to the hands of your 
children, and your children^ children, literally, 
* a land flowing with milk and honey' — a land over 
whi4*h hovers the white-robed angels of Religion 
and Peace — a land fairer and brighter and more 
glorious than any other land beneath the blue 
arch of Heaven. You have done your work welly 



HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTV. 



mill svIiLii llii' lime nf reRt xhall ome, you wilt ' 
nink lo ihe iirenmles» repose with the c.ilni iiiii' 
scioui'nes:^ of Uiilr Hone. 

"Ill lliis lioiir. let iiu-inory asst'rt lt«r NironijifM '. 
Hway— tear aauli- lliu ihin veil tliat shrouds in ■ 
elooin the misty paHt— call up iM'foru yon ilie ! 
fong-forgoltcn FcentiM nt years ayo — Uve over ' 
OI1CU a<;ain the iniU, the ntni-jgleA, the holies 
and fuarK of >ilhi-r days. Ta-I this day be a rlay 
sacri'd to the niemury of (he nlitcn'tiiiie. In ; 
tbit olden tiinu, there are, no duiiht, seeiies of 
sadness, as well as of joy. Perhaps you remem- 
ber standing by the bedside of a loved and 
cherished, but dying, wife — one who, in the 
days of lier youth and beauty, when you pro- 

Eosed to her to si'ek a home in a new, uild 
md, took your hand in hets and spoke to vou 
in words like these-. 'Whither thou •,'oest, I 
will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; 
thy people Rhall be my people, and lliv (><)d mv 
Cod; where tboii dieBt.will I die, and'lliere wifl 
I be biiried^the I.ord do so lo ine and more 
also, if aught but death part me and thee.' Or, 
perhaps, some brave boy, wirieken down in the 
pride of his strenglb; or some gentle daughter, 
lading away iu her glorious beauty: or. some 
little jirattling babe, folding iUt weary eyes iu 
the 'dreamless sleep.' If so— if there are meta- 
cries like these, and the unbidden tear welts np 
to the eye, let it come, and to-day one and all 
shed a li-ar or two to the memory of the ' loved 
and lost.' 

"It is not my pur|)oee to deal in liit-torical 
facts connected with the early seiilement of this 
county. These are now being gathered by "llier 
hands, and will, in due time, be given to the 
world. To one event I am permitted to allude, 
and that one is the fact that ive this day 
eummi'inorate the building of the Sml log cabin 
in the county of Sangamon. 

"Forty-two years ago the stillness of the un- 
broken forest was startled by tbe clangor "f an 
axe in a strong mas's hands. That day he bad 
rested from a weary journey, but as be >t"iid 
and gazed upon the be.aiity of the strange ulld 
scene ab ut him, there arose a longing in liix 
heart to linger there. With that class of men 
to wliom he belonged, to decide was to nel. 
Soon his weary team was loosened from lluir 
heavy load, and as we have said, the clangor of 
hiB axe rung out, wild and clear, and some br.ive 
old tree that had stood the stormn of a hundred 
years, crashed headlong to the earth. Weary- 
ing of his toil for that day, the camp-fire was 
kindled, and the rude evening nieal prepared 
and partaken of, and ha laid himself down lo 



sleep. We do not know whether in that titillv 
hour, when all aloue vith nature and nature^i 
(IikI, he formally kneeled down upon the green 
e^rili and offered up a prayer for protection 
thnjugh the Kuiety htar^ ui* that Krst night in 
tue strange lan<1 to which be had come, but w« 
feel that there must at least have been in hi» 
heart a calm and unshaken trust thai the gnard- 
ian eare of a kind Providence was arouuti xbnut 
him, to shield and protect him from every harm, 
lliia was a singularly marked charact eristic of 
the early pioneers of the West, 'i'hey had 
'faith in God'— an unswerving imst in Hin 
Providence- The slern faith of otir fathers, and 
the calm, gentle tru^t of our mothens in an 
over-mling Providence, presents a brwtd c^n- 
Irast to the besiiating nelief of their child- 
ren. I have always thought that the moitl bi-au- 
tifiil of all life's mysteries, is that calm and 
unshaken trustfulness in a kind Priividence, 
that cheers and sustains in the darkest h'xir: 
that brings a ray of sunshine, hidden though it 
be to the outer world, to the saddest and loneliest 
of hearts — an abiding fnitli thai a kind Father 
ia ever guarding, with a sleepless watehfnIneFs, 
the welfare of hie wandering children, llow 
desolate would earth be without this beaniiful 
faith in the Providence of (iod. 

" Wonderful arc ilie elianges that forty yearn 
have made since thai lone man halted hi* wvary 
leaiii uii that autumn evening. The wilderitCKK 
that then lay bt-fore him in its unbroken oolitiide, 
now blooms and blossoms as the rose: the red 
Indian has g^nie from hiii favorite hunting 
^i-uund, far toward the setting suu: the bnlTalo, 
in bis untamed wildness, is roaming over other 
lands, and the frightened elk has w.tndvn-d 
away from his accustomed haunts. All hat 
changed! Could that old man now come from 
his silent grave, with what a wondering awe 
, would he gaxc u]>on the scene that now nieelH 
our vImou. I.i-t us e.iU liim from his lonelv hi-d. 
let Its aronse him from his dr<.'aniless slet-p. In 
imagination I can >ee hiru coming — in fancy's 
ear 1 hear his solemn tread. Slowly he Loonies, 
with uncertain tread, as though seeKtng for the 
old familiar ptlhway; now he stands by my 
' side: now he is gaxing upon the -forms before 
him. Ah, see! With a mournfnl shake of th« 
head he turns away. The old familiar facex, 
where are tlieyV AlasI too many have gone 
away, and gone fon^'Ver, and strange forms now 
til) their places; and now, with wearied, disap- 
pointed look he govt b.ick to his dreamless bed. 
Sli-ep on, old man, sleep qn>'><lv There ftrd 
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be that on some ntber day, these strangers whom 
you pioneeretl to thU goodly land, will gather 
alxiut your humble grave, and erect some monu- 
ment U'lling to coming generations where you 
are sleeping the " dreamless sleep.* 

** A wondrons change, indeed, has ctinie hi nee 
that autumn day. What was then a wild and 
unbroken wilderness, is now the smilinj|^ home 
€if thousands, blest with all that makes life joy- 
ous and bright. Cities have sprung into existence 
f^ince that day; churches n|K>n every hand point 
their spires heaven wani; the whitened school 
bouse IS to he sc^en in well nigh every grove; 
tbe busy hum of traffic and tra«le burdc*ns the 
very air; and the sweet langh of merry -hearted 
children floats like music npon every breexe. 
Ah. yes! a change indeed, a change glorious 
beyond all conception. It is well for the worldV 
development that man is a creature of change; 
lliat he is never satistieil with the present, but is 
alwavs struggling for better things in the com- 
ing future. It is thiii restless principle in man's 
nature that is ever prompting him to seek in 
new scenes happiness that older places seem to 
deny him. So strong is the principle in some 
men that everything else in life bends to it. llie 
ties of home, kindred and friends are readily 
lorn ;isuniler; the familiar places of childhood 
arc aWandoned forever; the comforts and lux- 
uries of life are scornfully tro^Men under foot, 
and alone, or perhaps only accompanied by wife 
and cliild« they stnke out into untro«1den paths 
in the still further West, to battle tintil lifers 
close with the rough realities of a fresher and 
newer existence. And what is it, where man is? 
What matter the circumstances surrounding 
himy Happiness is not a creature of time, cir- 
cumstance or place; man can l>e ha])py in any 
spot u|M)n which shines God's bright sun, and in 
everv land can he find a home. 

''A somewhat varied life, checkered with much 
of sunshine, and some little of shade, has fully 
taught me this one truth, that 'tis home where 
the heart is — 'tis homeland only home where 
the loved ones dwell. It is a matter of small 
moment what our outward surroundings arc — 
wiiether in the untrodden wild, or in the city 
full, whether the rude log cabin or the costly 
palare shelter us from the beating storm; 
whether we are arrayed in *pur)>le and fine 
linen,' or clothed in the humble garV> of poverty; 
all these matter but little if the heart is within 
us; if the loved ones surround us, it is home 
wherever we are. What is all life worth, nn- 
brightened by home's glad sunshine ? How poor 
an exchange does he make, who barters the calm 



contentment of a peaceful home for the honors, 
the distinctioiia and riches of earth? Uow 
worse than dross are all these, when after years 
of weary toil we gain them. How the tired 
heart pauses on its weary way, and with many a 
S.11I regret, feels that it is bartering the true joys 
of life for *dead sea apples,' that turn to ashes 
and bitterness on tbe lips. 

*' It will be the fnlfillment of a beautiful ho|>e, 
if tlie hour shall ever come, when every man 
and woman in all onr broad land, shall own 
S4iine s]H>t, no matter how small, hallowed by the 
name of home. It would be a time of wondrous 
beauty; all earth would put on a happy smile; 
songs of gentle melodv would roll on from hill- 
top and valley, gathering force and power, until 
at last they woind swell into one perpetual an- 
them of gladness and joy, for it is a truth that 
well-nigh all that is glorious in life emanates 
from a love of home. Man with unfaltering 
heart and unwearied arm is toiling ever to dec- 
orate and erabellisli the chosen spot, and woman, 
with her gentle voice and beautiful smile, is 
there to cherish and sustain in every weary 
hour. 

'* This earth is fall of music; glad songs are 
continuallv welling up from happy hearts, but 
the best of them all, the one that nestles closer 
and fondlier aronnd every heart, is the gentle 
strain of MIome, Sweet Home.' 

^*Nor has the physical earth alone changed. 
Man, in his social, moral and civil aspect, has 
felt the influence of thirty years, and yielded to 
an irresistible tide of an onward progress. How 
changed in a social point of view. Then a broad 
humanity, like golden sunshine, rested upon 
whole communities. The kindly svni])athies of 
the human bosom held full sway. If it was not 
an age of mind it at least was an age of heart. 
If misfortunes came sudden, swift and sure, 
warm hearts and strong hands came unasked to 
sympathize and assist. Then the latch string 
always hung on the outside of the batten door; 
now it is not only pulled in, but the panel door 
is bolted on the inside. If a neighbor's house 
then took fire and burned up, they came for 
miles around and built him another; now the 
unfortunate victim, whose house is consumed, is 
simply turned over to the tender mercies of the 
insurance agent. 

*^Men sickened and died then and whole com- 
munities came with solemn tread and followed 
them to the rude, u 11 fenced graveyard, and 
although the dead was placed in a rough, nn* 
planed oaken coflin, yet weeping friends, with 
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IlISTOltY OF SAXGAMON fOL'STT. 



k inside it8 list n'«tiiig plnce. and with iiiic.iv<Tfd 
lica.ls Mood aro-ni.i uniil frii-iidly hands l.ad 
heappd uu ll.i- liiile uionnd above wliere llie 
lovod one h:i^ laid. Now men die and ,-i rosi'- 
wood coflin, lined uJlli costliest silks and saiin, 
receive llieir reninins; Oiey are bome to the 
faeliionabte burying ground in a bearse all 
decked ttiib wavinjr plnmeM*, a lialf doKpr. or no 
of the uoRtlipKt tarriagfs in (bo comninnity carry 
& few acijnaintanfCH lo the urav*jard; they are 
lowered lo iheir narrow bed, and at tht first 
rniuble of a clod npon the ooHin Ud, the living 
all bnrry away, and, withont thoiigRt of the one 
just gone, ]>lnngc into the busy whirl of life. 

" In those days there were sneh things as boys, 
not merely boys in size, bnt in character and 
tlioughl. I*ure speciinpnn of nnadnUerated 
nature in ber roughcBt and most nncouth form. 
We have no sncli things now as boys — ihey have 
beeti entirely tinperseded by a new genius dciii>ra- 
inated young gentlemen. The real boy is a lost 
race — as totally exUiiuI aa the myslcrions atii- 
mala of tbc ])Ant, ;ibout which geolngists tell na. 
I wonld give a good deal to once again see a real 
lioii'i _fi<le boy, suuh as lived in Snringfield thirty 
years ago, when I was one of lliai now extinct 
species- -but they are all gone. I never expect 
to tee one again ; yet I love to think of ihem. I 
love to call np reminiNcences of my hovifh djiys. 
1 love to think of the nnsophislicated trnstfnl- 
ness of our natures, of our abiding faith, that 
evervlhing in life was earnest, trne and beatuifni. 

"l^ne little circumstance comes to uiemorvthat 
will ]>ei'hajis better illustrate the nnsojihi^tfcaled 
nature of the boys of thirty yearo ago, than any 
words tlial i can employ. The rnnior one day 
went abroad throngh our boyish community that 
a stranger boy had come to town with hiK father, 
who had just 'moved from the East, but n hat was 
startling and totally incompi-chensible to ns was, 
according to the same minor, be absoltiti'ly wore 
broadcloth ilothcs; this was asking a little too 
much, more than we conld believe. Our loftiest 
ambition, onr wildest dream bad never u'-'ue he- 
yond n wool hat and a mixed jeans cuai It is 
true that we had heard of broadeloili; «■■ knew 
there was snch a thing; M'e knew ibai jinrdlnis, 
doctors, and lawyers sometimes, but nuly u[ion 
rare occasions, wore it; bnt to be told lliat a buy, 
no bigger than ourselves, worebroadiknh, ii was 
entirely too mneh. The news K]iread rapi.lly 
from boy to boy; the excitement ran higher and 
higlier; night after night we met to talk over the 
wonderful news, and finally we res(dnlely le- 
solved thai if snch a wonderfnl thing was'trne, 
we ninst see and know it for ourselves Tliia 



was im Saturday night. \Vc bad been tol.l thai 
the stranger Iwv would go to ineetiiig SumUy 
with IiIk broadcfolh coat on: »e knew\be roule 
he H.iuld latr; and a committi-e of three was n|»- 
poinn-i lo lii.li- in a corner of ilie feuct^, n»ar 
whi.il 111- «.)ul.l pass, and tee if iliv wonderful 
story < ould be irue, and llien rejiott to u*. The 
balance of iw wore lo wait in an old mill until 
the truth shonld be known. The ibri'e wcitl 
forth upon their mission; we waited in silenee 
for their return. Shortly they came; we naw at 
once by their sidemn, awe stmcli coiinienauc^a 
that the Irutii bad been told n», and one by oiie 
wc left the old mill and passed lo mir Iiiuiivk, 
]>erfeetly satisfied that a superior being was in 
our midst. Thix was thirty vears ago, but all of 
uf, since that day, have fully learned the true 
estimate to place u)Hm broadcloth, tin>cl anil 
show. 

" What a change thirty years has made in ibe 
worship uf Uod. Come go with me, and let its 
visit one of the old-time meetings. Itisa W.-iii(i- 
fill sunshiny d.\v, and as we go up — 
• Vie strike into the pmliwny all worn in ilie sod. 
By Itiu iteople who went u]) Ki llicwor»hl|< »r llod.' 
'■It is a rude, itiugb Io.>king building: yet let 
us enter. Step Hghtlv, f.ir there are n- car|K'l» 
lo deaden the sound of ..nr feet, I'p the rough 
aisle, towards the puljiil we make our w.iy; upon 
every side they are moving and iuviting iis lo a 
fccat. Now let us sit down— the rough old Wnch 
is rather rude, and don'l vou lean biek, for you 
may fall into stmiebody's laji. Now look anmnd 
at llie eungregaiion ; scan well their f.ices and 
tell me what they came here for. Yon answer 
j pr*>mwlly and at once: -They came here to wor- 
I ship (iocl.' See the humble preacher ri-v from 
his '■eat, hear bim line out the grand old hymn: 
I " 'liod moves In h iiiyaterious way 

I His w<in>li-rii to iH-rforra, 

' lie |>1:oi1« Hi* foot npun the sen. 

1 Anil rides njHin llie storm.' 

i '-With one accord they rise to tlieir feel and 
I lomr forth tho uniaught melody of grateful 
I hearts. The song is ended, and ' Let ns pray ' 
falls solemnly iipnn every ear, as they kneel b*- 
[ fore their (!od, and when the pre.icbcr's earnest 
lips |>ronounce the 'amen,' it is echoed back 
I from every heart. And now listen to the Htmple 
I story of a Hedcerner's love, told with a kindling 
fervor that wanna and electrizes everj- aoul. 
I Now the benediction is given, and ibey wend 
j their way bomward, happier and better men and 
women. 
" Now lei us visit one of modem fashionable 
I churchei. We ascend marble steps} wide, fold- 



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ing doors open to give ec trance; we are tread- 
ing flown the carpeted aiile; not a soul moves 
upon their cushioned ^eats to bid uk welcome; 
not a pew door opens to bid us enter. At the 
extreme back end of the charob we noticed 
some uncQshioned scats unoccupied; let us go 
back and take a seat there; we retrace our steps. 
It is true we can't hear much way back here, 
but then we can see. Now look around upon 
this congregation; scan well their faces and tell 
me for what purpose they came. You answer 
promptly and at once, *To see and be seen.' 
jNow look at that pulpit, all dressed in crimson 
and purple; its occupant casts one glam^e over 
the congrc.fi^tiony to see if they are all looking 
at him! With what a studied grace he rises to 
his feet; how gracefully he pulls th.it cambric 
handkerchief from his pocket and wipes the 
imaginarv perspiration from hi» brow; how 
pompously he unclasps that golden bound hymn 
book and reads— 



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Vdio, dclaslTc world, adieu, wUh all of creature 

^ood. 

Only JC8U8 I pursue, who 1w>ugbt mc with llis blood; 
All thy pleaMircs I forego— I tnunple on thy weftlth 

and pride. 
Only Jesus wiUI know, and Jesus crticified.* 

** And the choir takes up the song, and, with 
f aultleiiK execution, renders the mu^ic to perfec- 
tion. Now the minister again rises with the 
same iitudied grace, and daintily opens the eor- 
geouftly embossed Bible, and turr.s it over, leaf 
by leaf, until the sotight for passage is found. 
He then runs his eye over the gorgeous decora- 
tion ?« of his church, all paiuted and frescoed 
until even the innocent walls are made to de- 
ective you; and then turn over his gay and 
m-orlilly audience, and then in tones that really 
sounds serious, reads — 

•* • Vanity of vanities, all Is vanity.' 

*•* And then proceeds to deliver a learned dis- 
course on the sinfulness of earthly vanity; 
warns his hearers to guard ag:iinst, as deadly 
sins, Uhe lusts of the eye and the pride of 
life.* 

**The ambition of the fashionable minister 
of our day seems to prompt them to be brilliant 
and witty, rather than good. The simple truths 
to be taught are lost in metaphysical fogs. The 
humble narrative of the child in the manger 
can be told only in the jargon of the schools, 
adorned with all the graces of oratory. The 
beautiful prayer of our Saviour is simple and 
unmeaning, in their estimation, unless embel- 
lished with rhetorical flourishes. Their own 
prayers are nothing more nor less than abre- 



viated orations. You mav listen to one of their 
sermons from the text to its close, and, although 
they kindle up your fancy, draw largely u|M>n 
your imsginatioii, ap|>eal logically to your judg- 
ment, yet so far as any effect upon your heart is 
concerned, it will not have any. Yoo may say 
what you please about it, deny it as much as 
you may, yet nevertheless it is* true, that under 
the inrtuenee of modern progress, religion itself 
is losin«; all its old vitality, and is fast becom- 
ing a matter of tinsel, parade and show. It 
will take but little more of the religious pro- 
gress of the present day until you will hear 
these gay worshi|.H.*rs in their matrnificent temples 
iUhying ticornfully that thtir ^utrior ever slept 
in a manger^ 

*'Xow let us for a little while cimtemplate 
mankind in a civil point of view. What a ead 
ch8n;£e thirty years has made in the politics and 
politicians of our land. Perhaps in this point 
of view the change has been more marked and 
the contrast more painful than in any other 
aspect in which that change or that contrast can 
be viewed. At that age there was an unsophis- 
ticated notion prevailing that oflices were ere- 
atetl for the benefit of the people, rather than 
for the l>enefit of the oflice-holder. They had 
another quaint and curious idea, and that was, 
that ' honesty was the best jjolicy * even in pol- 
tics, as well as it was in morals. There is an- 
other curious fact illustrated in their life, that 
they were so foolishly patriotic that they posi- 
tively loved their country better than they loved 
themselves. There is another thing, perhaps 
more wonderful still, and that is that tne peo- 
ple of that day really thought that an integrity 
I of character and an honesty of purpose were 
necessary characteristics in a political leader. 
We of course laugh at such crude and unsopliis- 
ticated notions as these. Such political verdancy 
is really refreshing in this age of intellectual 
progress. All such ideas as these we have long 
since buried in the tomb of old fogyism. Hut 
seriously, the only thing perhaps at which an 
American citizen should blush or be ashamed of, 
in this our day, is the party politics of the a^e, 
and their embodiment, the very ]»atriotic politi- 
cian, and it is very difficult to decide whether 
one should laugh or crj*. over their recklessness 
and folly. 

*'*' I am disposed to look upon the great mass 
of the party polities of the present day, classi- 
fied by whatever name you choose, as a great 
pool of festering iniquity, and I hesitate not to 
say that if left to politicians alone, this glori- 
pus confederacy would soon be shivered to a 



ms'lOliV (H' SANti.VMON <-OLXTY. 



ihousand fraijineiils. The only tbiiij: iiecessavv ' 
to (>tTf'^cl in its corrupt! nil two Koctliiug f^ul- , 
drun uf Oil- witches in 3lac\)L-th, u'oiiltl he to 
throw in a specimen or two of |ioliliciiiiiri, taken , 
from each of the gnai pnrtica of ihi- cunutry. j 
It would then ho rciily for the nui»l horri<l con- i 
jura lions. 

"1 thnnk God, however, that ihose who iratlic 
and trade in politics have but tittle to do with 
the priis|ieriiy of the ooiintiy; thai il is an i»- 
cro.ising, swelling tide that rolls ou with or with- 
out them. Yet thene creature iiolitician* have 
their nKcn; Ihey arc an exhaiistlesfi source of 
amuxenR'nt to the gi-cat ihinkiiig iuam of the 
land. And they arc useful in another respect; 
they are living nionumciitx, warning us liow 
frail a thing poor Iiuinan nature Is. Go to Wash- 
ington City.and hear them rant and month their 
fiery deiinuci;ition«. They seem In think that 
they ai-o the people; that they arc not only 
the source of power, but the power itself; they 
seem to forget that they are hut the creatures uf 
a day; thoy cease to remember that they are but 
bubhleii blowi: into shape and diiiieiision by the 
popular breath. One party pi'0)iases a measure, 
the other for that reason only opposes it, and in 
their mad fury, they threaten that if tbat meas- 
ure does or does not bccniue a law, that they 
will dissolve the Unionl T..et llicin dare try it, 
and they will tiud that the j>eoplc, llicir innstera, 
will have something to say about it. 

"Politics at the preeenl day han got to be a 
siiecies of trade, and it is so n>coguizcd and 
classified by all. We speak of a good farmer, a 
skillful mechanic, a sucuessful lawyer, and a 
shrewd jmlitician. When you go to erect a 
dwelling house or procure the hnilding of ma- 
chinery, you naturally selcut the most skillful 
mechanic of your.icquainlaiice. So when party 
leaders have any new move to make, or any 
office to till, they of courne select their shrewd- 
est politician ; nolhim who isthe purest ])atriot ; 
tlie irucsi man : not him who will best niaiiajie 
the affairs of the count rv, but him who will give 
to his jiartv what his wliole conntrv lias a riyht 
to claim — liis every energy. Now it is well that 
all this matter lie perfectly understood, Kvery 
body knows, so far as the great prosperity of 
the country is concerned, tliat politics, in its 
p.irly sense, means just nolliint; at all, and 
every body eipnilly well knows tbat the jiatriol- 
ism of parly is nothing but the patriotism of 
self. IleiicG from all this nothing really injur- 
ious can ever result to the welfare of the icinilry. 
The merchant and the politician alike, iinnio- 
lestod, go into the market ; the mercbant iratBcH 



aud exchanges his gootls and wares for produce 
and moncv, and the politician barters and sella 
hii principles for ollice and place. It is alike 
exiiected of b.>th and rtci'gin/ed only iu the 
liulit of a bu>ini',-- Initi.:tction. 

"If you «ill inrmii niel" illustrate by a figure, 
I will uoin|>;irc tlii- Ki pitlilic to a bravt oak tree 
towering in majestic beauty abtive some green 
and tiowery ]dain, Wdoing 1o itn gentle shade all 
way-worn and siorm-to^Seil waiijerers. IJeneath 
il» 'boundless contiguity of shade,* initlions of 
earth'n wearied ones are reposing in caira dig- 
nity — joyous, bappy and free. Occasionally 
the' win^s eomo, ami even the stonns shout 
through the topmost br.inchcw of that brave trets, 
and tliesi' br.inches may lash eacli other in wild 
confusion. Vet at the base it .stands nnmoved, 
and those that arc reposing lieiieath are scarcely 
consoiouH of the storm above. It n-oiild lie 
arousing, yet prolitable, to s^iend a little season 
in snalyxiiig the peculiarities presenii'd to our 
gaKe'in and about the tree. Let iis for a moment 
or two turn aside and gaxe npou the »ceiie. 

"How proudly and how grandly that brav^ 
treo rears itself alofu No dead or withered 
twig mam its green and vigorous lieanty, and on 
it» topmost bongb the E.igle — Liberty's own 
bird — tnukes its eyrie. Iteneaib its broad and 
genial shade, see tho!«e teeming millions of 
nature's noblemen, illustrating and developing 
the glories of God's own work. Acknowledg- 
ing no master save the Eternal One. they stand 
up unawed and front the eternal stars — tramp- 
ling in the dust the hoary falsehood that kings 
rule by divine right. Chaining mind to the car 
of labor they have become gods, and the wild 
elements cower in submissive sub»er\iency to 
their will. At the fnnnor'K magic touch tlie 
green-robed earth pours forth her taillioii treas- 
ures. From the brain of the mechanic Uie al- 
most thinking machine leaps, like Miner\-a, from 
the hand of Jove, full armed to do battle as 
man's senani in life's contest. These are they 
that 1-epose at the base of that ulorioiis tree, 
calm in the conBcioHsness of their own jiower, 
and these are ihey who will guard il from every 
harm and guard it forever. 



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and amuse yourselves with the anliu* of the po- 
litical munkeys who have scrambled to the toji. 
See them leap from limb to limb, and yim mav 
bet your life that the limb to which they leap i« 
ihc one where the .iconis grow. See how fierce 
and savugc tbuy get; how they "iiai' and sn 
at one aiinther; how they tug and toil and s 
to Jiin>h and pull each oilier olT the limbs « . 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTS'. 



tW acorns are. and I think the fact is now pretty 

fully demonstrated that the only beauty that 

they see in our grand old oak is that it bears 

acorns. For, take the most fierce and savage of 

them all, and feed him well on them, and in a 

^'onderfully short ]>eriod all his ferocity will 

vanish away, and he will 'coo you gently as a 

^^cking dove.* 

** Politics, in its truer and better sense, is an- 

^^A^estionably the highest earthly duty of man, 

nd more especially is this true in this land of 

ura, where the people are the whole source from 

hich emanates political power. It is not only 

lieir privilege but their earnest duty to grapple 

rith and thoroughly master every new thought 

r principle enunciated or proclaimed in the 

orld of politics. He who does less than this 

alls short of discharging his whole duty as a 

'^nember oi a free conmiunity. When I say that 

"^e should all be politicians, I desire no one to 

Understand me as raeaninff that we should sink 

ourselves into the miserable blind partisan — the 

snere follower in the party camp — the mere 

worshipper of the god of party — but I mean 

that more noble thing, thinking and acting for 

ourselves like men who are really free. 

'*To the people of this country a great trust has 
been committed — to their keeping the Ark of 
Human Liberty has been intrusted. Let us 
watch it with a jealous care; guard it with a 
sleepless eye; never let the miserable, crawling 
demagogue, whose only aim is self, lay his un- 
hallowed hands upon it. 

** There are those who have thought that when 
official corruption should, unabashed, rear its 
miscreated front in the high places of govern- 
ment, and official ]nirity becomes contaminated 
with the baser passions of the heart, that the 
inevitable (consequence would be the total sub- 
version and destruction of our Republic, and 
tijey point to tie ruined and decayed govern- 
'nenta of the old world to prove the truth of 
their position. Yet, I njiprehend that their con- 
clusions are false, because they are groundless, 
fietwren this government and the governments 
of the old world no analogy can fairly be 
drawn — their inception is totally different. 
Ilicre, jiower descends from the throne — here, it 
HHceiids from the people. It is true that when 
the source of ]K)wer in a government becomes 
corrupt it must fall, and it is ec^ually true that so 
long as the seat of power in a government 
temains true to itself it will stand. Hence the 
oonclasion is irresistible that this government 
will live until the people themselves become 
sYiased and corrupt — and that can never be. At 



least it can never be until religion ami inielli- 
gence, the guardian angels of a free people^ 
leave our shores forever. And it caniio: be that 
they will ever depart. It cannot be thai igno- 
rance and iniidelity will ever descend u]ion this 
bright land and brood over it with their gloomy 
wings. If religious altars are ever thrown down 
and the light of intelligence eitin^aishrd, then 
it may be that those bright guardians €ti free- 
dom's temple will prepare to wing their ever- 
lasting flight; and saci, strangelv» wildly sad« 
will be that hour. * Piles of cionda whoee dark- 
ness will be palpable,* even in the midnight^ 
will brood upon the saddened earth. ^I^et ua 
go hence,' will be their song of sorrow. *Let 
lis go hence,' will swell out in mournful cadence 
upon the starless air. ^I^et us go hence/ will 
be reverberated by the sad echoes of the moun- 
tains, and all earth shall darken in the raylesa 
night of despotism. 

^ Yet, wherefore, thoughts like these — for us 
no such gloomy fate awaits our coming. Our 
country is the nnal earthly home of truth and 
liberty. Here they make their last great stand; 
here they are preparing tbemselvea for their 
great mission, the regeneration of the earth; 
here they are arming themselves for their last 
great battle; here they are forging the thunder- 
bolts that are to shatter to fragments the bul- 
warks of tvranny. 

^ Although I have said and s|K>ken as I 
believed when I said it, that politics and politi- 
cal leaders, in the main, have become corrupt, 
yet it is a pleasure to have the privilege of 
truthfully saying that there are some exeeptrons 
to this general rule. Von will find them in the 
various political parties of the day. Differing 
though they do upon matters of lesser import, 
yet agreeing in the one great desire f<ir the pros- 
perity and glory of our common country. 1 hese 
amid the i^eneral corruption, stand like the 
Abilial of old, amid the faithless, faithful still — 
stand like lighthouses amid the general gloom, 
and serve as bi*acon lights by which Freedom 
guides her bark through the gathering storm. 
And it is for us to gather around such men 
wherever found, and by whatever party name 
they may be called, and to do to them as was 
done to the Proiihet of old, hold up their hands 
while they ]>ro]»hecy against the enemies of our 
country, and so long as we do this we shall tri- 
umph over ever)- foe. 

*^It is a matter of no great im|K>rt what 
are the slightest changes in the written 
parchment laws of a country^ free and en- 
lightened like ours. It is still less a matter what 



Hlsrt)l{V Ol- SAXOAMOX tX)USTY. 



Ssrly man i;iiiik'M aud cuiiirols iis i>ulilicAt 
esliny;. for after all, the yreat nnwrilltjii com- 
rooii lawn uf irinb, religion auil frcoiJom lliat 
find llieir ti.nin; iu tlie Amcriciii hearl, yives 
nliajR' atiil ilirociiori to our oiiwanl man-li. And 
will giiuk' 11-, even in frei'<tom's •florioiiM i>aUi- 
way. 

" Ciuil lias s(aiii)ied in every eiiliglilcuud euitl 
tlie^o j;real Iriithw^to be lia)i))y ynn must be 
free, and lo lie free you must be virtuous. IJy 
tbe lijjlit •>( lliese great trullia let us ever walk, 
and ihe aecuiimlaling {r|um>^ of our after liistory 
shall gleam in iiaulouuGd splendor, brightened 
by the omilea of an npiiruvio;: ("h1, and we 
shall beeoine to the political what the sun is to 
the phynieal world, a lisbt, a joy, and a gl;id- 
nenM. We shall bueonia tbc (lilliir of cluud by 
dav, and the jiillar of lire Iiy iiiglit, iiionccring 
the naiiniis of eartb through the wildeniess of 
despotism to frtodoni's promised land," 

At llie ooiicliiuioM of Mr. .^latbenv'g address 
Era.-<liis Wright was called out :iii3 gave the 
origin of iho uiine "Sucker*,*' as api^lied to the 
]>eo|.Ie of this Slate. When Mr Wright eon- 
eluded Judi;e MolTett gave an aee<iuiit of the 
ori<rin luid aims of the society. 

At half past twelve uVlouk dinner was an- 
iioiiueed, and the prouession was agiin funned 
and niai-ehed to the tables which were ni 'st 
lioiiiitifiillv spread with substantial food and 
relishes, fuiiiished by the people of the neigh- 
borhood. The dinner w.is eaten with mneh rel- 
ish, and it was an interesting sight to notiee the 
genial and pleasant conversation of the pioneers. 
The lopie discussed was "old times," and each 
pioneer had some anecdote, or incident, or scrap 
of history to tell. 

As soon as tbc wants of the inner man had 
been supplied, the meeting again org&nixed and 
Murtin U. I'ulliain, a son of the first settler, was 
called out. He stated his father's first place 
was Henry eoiuity, Virginia. He emigrated to 
Keniueky, and from that t>tbis St.ate, to what 
is now ^ladison county, but which was then Su 
U lair, whence lie came in 181(1 to the '■ Sanga- 
nio" eoLuitry. His father had six chil.lren — 
Nancy, who marled .lohn llrminell, of .Macoupin 
ei.miiv: Miiriin (i. I'nUinm, of Sangamon; >lnry, 
wlfv of Mr. l-\-rris. who removed to Iowa; Mar- 
;i;aret, wjio oiarried S. Peters; and (Jeorge 
Wa'^hiiigton I'liUiam. the vonngest, who was 
born iu the sliell-hoii>c eab'in. which formerly 
stood only a few hundred y.irds di^lan^. 

Jlr. rii'lli-ini said be wiLs'tifly.two years old on 
the I Till of Sej>teinber; that he had seven sons 
and live daughters, aud eleven grand children; 



thill he had not an unsound l>'<'lh in Ins bend; 
that he had never smoked u idiie or a cigar, or 
used a <piid of tobacco in hi* life; and for mnny 
years had »ul tasted a drop of intoxicating lit}- 
uors. lie said lie was Iwrn about five miles 
from Alton, on tbe old Kdwnrdhville road; be 
cnnid just rememWr that whvu a boy, the In- 
dians came down and murdered many of the 
whites of the settlement, among others the 
family of .Mtel Moore. The men were shot in 
the field while they were plowing. They then 
went to the house and tomahawked the women, 
who were boiUng soap, and the children were 
put in soap kettles and boiled up. This ha|»- 



peiKKl only one 

K. I). Taylor, of I'hlca.i 



lie fi-oiti his father's house. 

lyb a former 
citixeii of Sangamon, Muii.-on i'aiter, Dr. Shields, 
Rider Prentice, and 1'. 1*. Eiios made r^-marks, 
and the crowd was then adjourned. 

RK-OKIiANIKA'no.N UK TIIX SoriKTY. 

The year following the first annual celuhiaiUin 
of the society wai^ that of IstfO. The political 
excitement at that time iK'ing so high, it wan 
deemed best to posl]tone the iniinal meeting. 
The war following, in 1601, continuing overfoiir 
years, it wok impossible to gather men and 
women togetber for seasons of rejoicing while 
fathers, hnsUands and brothers weiv upon tbe 
tented field, hourly exj^sed to dangers incident 
to a time of war. Kven after the clofie of the 
war, it reijuired lime for the minds of men to 
assume their regidar chaonela. In tfHf, the fol- 
lowing call was issued and signed by the names 
accompanying it: 

"For the pur)>oae of renewing old assoeiaiiona 
and reviving rt'collcclions of the distant past, tbe 
undersigned propose and suj^jest tJial on the 
twentieth day of August next, the old scttler« 
and pioneers of the connty meet at Clear I..Bke. 
The reunion will be a happy one — the plae« 
selected, one of the mo.st desirable in the county. 
All persons will bring refreshments with them. 
The seleetjon uf the grottnds and other arrange- 
ments will be attended to by the ' old settlers ' 
resi'ting in the neighborhood of Clear l^ke. 



rge I.. Hunting 
N. 11. Whilcsides 
John Wilson 
David Crouch 
John K. King 
O. P. Hall 
V. v. Brown 
William I.avuly 
(Ji-orge Woods 
John T. Siuart 



N. W. M.itheny 
Charles Arnold 
S. I), .lones 
Peyton L. Harrison 
James If. Matbeny 
Daniel Pea 

Jacob N. l-'ulleiiwid«r 
J. Iluiin 
John Uhler 
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HISTOUV OF SANGAMON COUNTY, 



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K. Kreigh B. S. EdM-ards 

K B. Aerndon H. G. Fitzhngh 

I. C. Bone A. B. Irwin 

Kdward George S. I. Harrison 

Preston Breckenridge C. 15. StaflFord 

S. G. NeKbilt R. S, Coats 

Angust 5, 1808.'' 

The meeting was accordingly beld, and of the 
re-organixed society may )>roi>erly be termed the 

FIRST ANNUAL MKKTIXO. 

The beautiful park on the east side of Clear 
I^ke was the place, selected for the occasion, 
and by 10 O'clock a large crowd had assembled, 
including old and young. 

After music by tlie Washington Silver Cornet 
Band, Strotlier Jones, of Dawson, called the 
meeting to order, and a prayer was offered by 
Uev. Mr. Stafford. At ihe close of the prayer, 
Munson Carter, of Rochester, was introduced, 
and iiroceeded to make an interesting address, 
in the course of which he related many inci- 
dents of his early life and first appearance in 
Sangamon county. He said that twenty-eicht 
years ago the :20th of August, he opened a 
school one and a half miles from Clear Lake, 
and those who saw the place from 1840 to 1843, 
little expected to see a gathering like the one 
now on the shores of Clear I^ike. He referred 
to Sangamon county as being the first in the 
State in all that constitutes agricultural wealth. 
Cook county exceeds it in commercial wealth, 
but in nothing else. He was proud to say that 
he lived in Sangamon county. He remembered 
with pleasure tiie first days he spent in this lo- 
cality. He was a Yankee, and did not deny his 
colors. He was then a young pedagc»gne; but 
the first days he spent in Clear Lake were the 
bread and butter days of his life. Then the 
people had great hearts, and liberal hospitality 
prevailed, and the i>eo]»le were glad to entertain 
strangers without ]»rice. In this connection, he 
referred to the early limes, when farmers cut 
their wheat with a sickle, and the neighbors 
aided each other in the work. 'Jliose were g«>od 
days, and remenil>ered with pleasure by those 
now present. 

David England was next introduced. He 
Mated that in the spnng of 1810, his father set- 
tled on what was then called Higgins* creek, 
now Cantrairs creek, lie was born in 1811, in 
Kentucky, and went with his father toOhio,and 
fnim that State came to Sangamon ceunty. He 
remembered passing through the locality now 
railed Springfield, where thi*re were then a few 



Indian wigwams. There is a tie, he said^ be- 
tween the old settlers, fresh and strong to-day. 
He referred to the time when his fatber, 
Stephen England, would call a few of the set- 
tlers together and preach to them the word of 
God, and as he warmed up with his subject, be 
would pull off his coat. Frequently there would 
l>e Indians present at these meetings. He also 
referred to the conduct of the settlers towards 
emigrants, lliey were supplied with com and 
wheat, as their necessities required, witbovi 
money and without price. If a family weie 
sick with the ague, they were cared for. Bait 
things are changed with the increase of popula- 
tion. He spoke of the time when men wbo 
lived within six or ten miles were consideied 
neighbors, llien they had wild honey and an 
abundance of fresh fish for the taking. Then 
no man was charged for entertainment — all was 
free. In this connection, he referred to tlie 
great contrast between the present and past witb 
respect to churches and ^chools. lie closed 
wiU) wishing that the children of the settlers 
and their children's children might live to enjoy 
the advantages which came from increased in- 
telligence of the people in religion and all tbe 
arts of civilization. 

George Anderson, of Springfield, and Samuel 
Williams, of Rochester, made appropriate re- 
marks, and the meeting adjourned for dinner, m 
proceeding that few generally objected to. 

After dinner, Preston Breckenridge was called 
out, and commenced with referring to the time 
he came from Kentucky, and in this connection 
told many anecdotes illustrating the state of 
society at that time. When he came to Illinois, 
Sangamon county was about forty-nine miles 
square, and in 1834 he did not thinK there were 
as many people in Sangamon county as there 
were people on the grounds to-day. People had 
then to get seasoned to fever and agne« for 
everybody had it, and when he inquired bow 
long it required for a person to get seasoned, be 
was informed nine years, but in his case it 
i*equired fifteen years. He said that in 1835 
there was rainy weather for nearly forty days. 
'Hiere were a^>out lorty-two deaths l>etween 
Huckheart Grove and the South Fork between 
October, 1834, and October, 1835. Then we 
had no ready-tnade coflins, and when he first 
saw an advertisement of ready-made coffins be 
thought the man M*anted everybody to die. 
They had to hunt then forplanks for eoflins. 
He nad known tM*o persons to be buried in one 
grave. The people should be thankfal that 
they had passed front the times of 18S4-6-II. 



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HISTORY OF SAXG 



Al ibis stage of tlie i>rocvcHlhig8 a l>t*ait:ifal th 
bo<|iiet was presented to Irwin Piilhani, the oM- a« 
eat settler presionU ki 

James l(. Ma heny was the next speaker, lie | K 
began by saying ihat he did not know when he • ill 
came to the coiniiy, but his first ree iDeclion was ; <1< 
that he was here. His father came to Spring- 
tield in 1821, and the change since that time 
had been great and wondrous. From a wild 
waste, beauty had sprung into existence. He 
had been in various sections of the country, and 
in all his w.anderings he had found no place like 
Sangamon county. If he did not know to the 
contrary, he shotild think the Garden of Eden 
had been located here, and he wondered that a 
man could be seduced from it by an apple. He 
said that the tirst child born in Springfield was 
that day being borne to her long home — Mrs. 
Lyman Trumbull, the daughter of Dr. Gershora 
Jayne. We were all passing away, and soon 
those that know as would know us no more. 



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The meeting w*as in every respect a success. 
Strother 6. Jones w*as elected President. 

SECOND ANXrAL 3IKETIN1;. 

Tlie second regtilar annual meeting was held 
at Clear I^ke, August 20, 1800. The meeting 
was called to order by S. G. Jones, President, 
and an appropriate prayer was ofTercil by Rev. 
Mr. Holton, of Springfield. 

Rev. J. G. Bergen, of Sprin<jfield, was intro- 
duced, and said he loved to see both old friends 
and young ones, for he loved tlicm all. He re- 
counted scenes of his early life, and pointed to 
changes which time had wrought in the fair, 
bright and beautiful Sucker Stale. In his youth 
it required a year and a half to circumscribe 
the worhl, and now seventy days suflice to ac- 
complish that object. A mighty God controlled 
all things, and in His hands the prosperity and 
glory of the land were unchangeably fi.ve<l. 

llev. C. B. SiatTordthen spoke. He had known 
this country as a howling wilderness, and in his 
boyhood nothing but the whoop of the Indians 
and howl of wolves were heard. Now see the 
change which had taken place in forty-eight 
years. When he first came to this country he 
rocked his child in a sugar trough. They were 
com]>elled to plow corn at night, for llu* j)rairie 
Hies nearly tortured their horses to death during 
the dav. It took three i>ersous then to )i1ani a 
row 01 com — now we farm on a different scale. 
We should love God for his good work. 

David England was introduced. He remarked 
that in the spring of 1820 his father built a 
church — the fli*st in the county. Provisions 
then had to behauled one hundred miles. Where 

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IIISTOKY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, 



iIm, Kentucky, 1839. 

ason, Sani^nion c<»unly, 1820. 

vanet^ Kentucky, 1890. 

enon» Kentucky, 1831. 

Aril, England, 1810. 

ner, Kentucky, 1830. 

B, Kentucky, 1840. 

er, Ohio, IHtO. 

W. Li^n, Kentucky. 1819. 

ticker, Kentucky, 1833. 

Rtdsrwtty. Kentucky, 1827. 

eft. Kentucky, 1834. 

s, Kentucky. 1830. 

rsan, Ohio, 1826. 

J, Kentucky, 1827. 

Mfield. Kentucky, 1832. 

nton, Kcntiicky, 1821. 

>n, Kew Jersey, 1839. 

. Illinois, 1839. 

ianw. Kentucky, 1824. 

heny, IllinoU, 1821. 

mil, lIlinoiR, 1828. 

iber, PennsylYunia. 1840. 

dem, Kentucky^ 1824. 

iders, IllinoU, 1828. 

ler, Indiana, 1819. 

k*, Illinois 1835. 

ler, Illinois, 1830. 

chill, Kentucky, 1828. 

rlor, Illinois, 1829. 

s, Kentucky, 1836. 

•, &ingamon, counlyM827. 

Ijrcway, Kenluckv, 1829. 

. Tennessee, 1828. 

rilhrow, Kentucky. 1824. 

lovd, Kentucky, 1824. 

. king, Kentucky, 1831. 

jUKton, Virginia, 1828. 

. Pennsylvania, 1836. 

Kentucky, 1828. 

well, Kentucky, 1841. 

ibew, Inc^iana, 1833. 

'oiicuni. Kentucky, 1828. 

1, Vinrinia, 1835. 

rlor, Kentucky* 1833. 

IIIRl) ANNUAL MEETING. 

al meeting for 1870 was held on the 
August, at Clear Lake. A much 
dance of old people were present 
former meeting. 1 he day was warm 
It, making the shade of the grore 

10 o^clock the meeting was called to 
6. Jones, and Rey. Francis Springer 
loed. After imploring Divine guid- 
ihe meeting, Mr. Springer proceeded 
the audience. Ilia rcmarxs took a 
with reference to the progress of the 

onclusion of Mr. Springer^s address, 
ideraon naa introduced and made a 
hich he reviewed the organisation of 
. and related several anecdotes illus- 
ly UmcM in Sangamon county, lie 



stated that he came to this county in 1899 and 
had $30 in money when he came. He borrowed 
money to pay for the first eighty acres, for which 
he paid fifty per cent, inten^st. In the coarse of 
his remarks, he gave an account of how he 
labored in the field while his wife worked in the 
house manufacturing cloth to clothe the chil- 
dren, lie had raised twelve children, and had 
been able to give each one a home and had 
enough for himself. 

Elisha Price, of Menard, next made a few re- 
marks, when David England was introduced, 
and made a characteristic hoeech. He was fol- 
lowed in turn by Samuel A. Grubb, of Spring- 
field; Samuel Williams, of Rochester; 1 nomas 
i^ond, of Taylor\'il]e; Joab Wilkinson, of Macon 
county, and Job Fletcher. The following is the 
address oi Mr. Williams: 

INCIDENTS AND ITEMS OF FRONTIER LIFE, BY 

SAMUEL WILLIAMS. 

** I was born in Windsor county, State of Ver- 
mont, on the 24th day of April, A. D. 1800. 
When I was about four years of age, my father, 
with his family, emigrated to Essex county, in 
the State of New York. But few improvements 
had been made among the forests and there were 
still some deer in the woods, and I remember 
that, after a long chase, my fatlier and several 
of the neighbors killed a large moose. 

*' During the summer of 1806 I attended 
school three months. I was present on the day 
of the great eclipse of the sun, when stars were 
seen. 

''In the summer of 1807 my father removed 
again, to Tioga county, Pennsylvania; where the 
improvements were small and some considerable 
distance apart. 

''After remainin||^ in this place some over one 
year, my parents, with their four children, Htarted 
for the West. 

" SlarvelouR stories were told by persons from 
their recent travels in the new State of Ohio. 
Such wheat, rye, oats and corn had never before 
been seen as grew on Sciota and Miami river 
bottoms. They said that they grew so high and 
thick that if a hen were thrown into the field of 
grain, there would be no possible chance for ii 
ever to get out by its own exertions, and the 
(*.orn grew so large and high that when the 
women went for roasting ears they had to take 
an axe and cut down the stalks before they could 
obtain a su])ply. One morning, my father re- 
turned from tne lower part of town, and said to 
his family, 'I have sold the wagon and horses, 
and engaged our passage on a boat to Ohio, and 



IHSTOltV OK SANGAMON COUNTY. 



by iiijjlit we liail eml>arke<), whli two mher fam- , 
ilit'9, Afur iiiiiiieruus d^Oays wi- irHcmbarW<1, . 
live iiiHes ali.ne CiiK-iniiiiii. We iivi-J tliri-i- ' 
years on die l.iltle Miami livi-r. twn or tlin><> 
iiiiles aliove tlie mouth of the river II.-w, in 
IHIO anil isii,lx'l»-ceii ^<eU>' of iln; ague, t 
went to ^clioul, tliree months inorr, nt a diManre 
of three mili;B. 

"Ill 181:i, my fatlu'm-inovuillo llulh'r count v, 
near Ovfora. The timU.T was ln!I, Iari;c. and of 
very thiek grontli, ami my younger hrolher aii-l 
myself were ciig.if;eil in choiJi'ing an.I cKarins 
most of ihu time for several years 

"One sprinj;, I remeiuher tnkiny jiait in eigh- 
teen log-i-ol lings. Ii was tlie fiislom to milect 
two uapiaioB, anil they to ehoose their men: then 
the groHHil wascareliilly divideil into two parts. 
Three or four gallons of whisky were fiirnisheil 
by the pi'oprietorii of the ])remiaes, sk wan i^tid, 
to make the men belter alile to enilnie the toil 
uf t)ie day. 

"There was generally considerabli' ambition as 
to who was to get done lirst. When all was 
completed, the proprietor was generally called 
on to furnish a bneket of eggnog, as a sequel to 
tbc oci;asion. 

" There were notemperanee societies then;bnti 
seeing the evil resulting from the jirevdling 
cnsioin of dram drinking, I ileterinined never 
to indnlgo in the nseless and perniciuint habit. 
The sneei-s and taunting remarks that I had to 
endure on these and other public occasion*, as 
being the only one who would neither taste the 
raw iiijiior or any of its combination*, may not 
be imagined. But, though strictly temperate 
for more than half a century, I think my health 
will compare very favorablv with anyone who 
has u.=t'd 11 for any length of time, finring the 
year 1S14, I altemled school tlnce or four 
months more. At the end of the- tcrni, I eonld 
read reaJilv and tipell better than some of my 
mate.s wholiad more favorable opportimitien. 

"I could not write very much, and had only 
proceeded as far as simple reduction in aritbmc- 
tic; but resolved to improve my stork of knnwl- 
edge. During the winter I usually labored at 
chopping ; at night I would take home a lo.id of 
hicKoryoarlc, for a light; and after my brothers 
had retired I would frequently spemi three or 
four hours at my studies, four or live houri of 
sleep being as muuh as I required out of the 
twenty -four. 

" 1 qIeo improved other Niiarc minutes at 
my studies or in trying niy skill on in<'c 
principles, such as croKs-bai-s, wind-niiilt, 
etc. 



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father eniigiated to Indianij 
where he «ettlei1 near the head of n >trt-ani eillej 
the ' l.iltle Flat Rock.' There wert* n-i per«oni) 
except one f.imily, living Hrilhin fix miies f ' 

"In the sprinu of H^Jl, my father imnthaMj 
one huiiilred and nivty acres of land. situate<l ii 
the north part of the boutilv tract, lielweeii iIh 
Illinois and MisM^xippi rivers, llavin- iiis.h 
the pundiase, lie commenced making pr>|iu 
lions lo move to it, a" early in the rilla-pi" 
ble. 

" During the intervening time, an old acpiai 
anee of my father, in Ohio, living on l-lu-- rivw, 
named Klias Thompson, concluded i<> hi 
jiany us to the Slate of Illinois. S-nie 
early in September, Orange Babbit, a bn>th» 
in-law of Mr. Thompson, on his'wav with Ul 
family from Now York to Illinois, called uu Mfi 
Thompson and insisted that be slionhl maVe i» 
mediate prejiarations, and with hi>^ faniilr, U 
company him to Illinois, which, after *onie n 
tation, he concluded to do. My father wai 
ready; he had several head of eaUle, Ix^iilei hit 
two o\-teaniN, and Mr. Thompson had seveBl 
head of cattle and sfime hog* whieli he wiiirf 
to take along. After eousiiltaiion, it was deld^ 
mined that the stock should be inil togettWi 
and that I should accoiujiany Mr. '1 honipsoa snf 
Mr. Itabbit and assist in driving the stuck, wliill 
the range by the way was still good. .My fatha 
and the rest of the family to follow a» « 
possible. 

"So.beiiig ready, we started with one ox 
and Mr. Uabbit's' fatigued two-horse team, h« 
had driven from New York; so we could innU 
hut moderate progress. After some daj s' XwA 
We reached ttie White river, and saw .is *• 
passiil down iis 1iuiioin)> that ijiiite a number tt 
)K-r«nnN had settled here at different point!. 
They had sutFei-ed nmch from ague, and sow* 
had left their honses vacant and i-einrne>l 10 
their old homes, After leaving White livertbl 
next we arrived at was Terre Iliiite. i\M 
known as Fort Harrison. We hud to lay bw 
here for i-epairs to our wagons and recruit iW 
teams, for it rained more t>r less for sevenlew 
days, making the roads very bad, | 

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evening'. I thought it one of the most beautiful 
»ig1it8 1 ever i^aw. 

•*The next morning we commenced crossing 
tbe prairie. For a road we had only the track 
mvle by a party who had preceded us perhaps 
Bot more tnan four or five weeks, and after 
several days' travel, we arrived at a grove on a 
high eminence in the prairie. The growth was 
almost exclusively lynn, and many of the trees 
had been peeled by the Indians; I have since 
Iccn informed that this was a camping place 
doring the war of 1812. 

"The next eveninij we arrived at a beautiful 
grove on the principal -brapch of the Ok aw. We 
arrived among almost suilocating clouds of 
"moke, v.'hich arose from the immense amount 
of burning grass, set on lire for hunting pur- 
jHi^cs, by a large party of Indians, most of whom 
tncamped in the srrove not far from our wagons. 
They were very civil. 

***riie next evening a little after dark we arrived 
at the Xorih fork of the San«£:imon river. 

''Aft«'r|>erhapsabout three days' drive we came 
Vi tbe head of some timber on a considerable 
stream of water, approaching the North fork 
from the south, perhaps nearly opi>osite Decatur. 

**Xe.\t niirht we camped at the head of the 
timber on ^losipiito creek. One blustry day^s 
travel more brou«;ht us to the beautiful urove of 
laigi* timber near the head of the l>uck-heart 
creek. After a late start in the morning, on ac- 
eoQot of rain, when we had traveled five miles 
or more the way the track If d us, about sun-set 
tbe hogs held uj» their heads and all started to 
tbe couth on a running gait for a mile or more. 
I ende.av«»red in vain to stop them, when in the 
dusk of the evening, to m^' great surprise, I 
came to a fence, around a field of Illinois corn. 
It was situated near Campbell's point, in Chris- 
tian county. Tlie teams soon came uj). Mr. 
Titus Gragg, who lived there, received us very 
kindly, and we slept in a hou>e that night, the 
fcrt one we had seen since we left the \Vabash 
lifer. 

"From Mr. Gragg's we crossed the south fork 
•»f the San<ramon river and Clear creek, and tar- 
ncd over night with Mr. «)acob Gragg, who then 
lived aliont a half a mile south-east of where 
Breckenriilge'M mill now stands. 

••Xext dav we passed on to Mr.IIenr>- Funder- 
liwkXon 1 torse creek. 

"After careful in«juiry, we could learn nothing 
rf a road leading to the military bounty lands, 
VCTcu to the Illinois river, and tlie range hav- 
oybeen killed by hard frosts, we ctmcluded to 
qmdthe winter some where in the neighborhood. 



'*Mr. Thompson stopped at Gideon Ilawley's, 
on the west side of the south fork of tlie Sang* 
amon river. 

'Olr. Babbit made an arrangement'with the 
widow Knotts, living on the west side of Sugar 
creek, to gather her fine field of corn for her for 
one^fourth of the crop, she to find him house 
room for his family. I accepted ^Ir. Babbit's 
proposal to winter with him, and to assist him 
in gathering the corn. My i>art was sufficient 
to winter the seventeen head of cattle which I 
had driven from Indiana. 

^'Mr. Draper and family wintered in a small 
log cabin near Mr. Funderburk^s. Under the 
puncheon floor a former occupant hiid dug a 
large hole, as a repository for potatoes. In this 
Mr. Draper, being short of bedding, put a quan- 
tity of prairie hay, and at night he would raise 
up the end of one of the broad hewn puncheons 
and put hib children down, where, among the 
hay« they would sleep soundly till morning. 
Thus it was that a Boston merchants family 
spent their first winter in Illinois. I think Mr. 
Draper went to 3Iorgan county, where, as I 
heard a year or two after, he tilled the oHice of 
sheriff with much ability, and I have never been 
able to hear from or see him or his f'amily sinc^. 

"On our way to ^Irs. Knott's residence, Mr. 
Babbitt obtained a supply of cornmeal at a band 
horse mill, owned by Mr. Joseph Drennan; the 
meal cost twenty-five cents per bushel. 

"Having arrivitd at winter quarters, Mr. Bab- 
bitt and I commenced gathering corn. On un- 
favorable days for gathering corn, we made rails 
for a Mr. PuUiam. Such rails as pleased him 
(large ones) we made for thirty-seven and a half 
cents a hundred, in trade, and found ourselves. 

"After the corn was gathered, 1 called in one 
evening at Mr. Pulliam\ where, for the first 
time, 1 had the pleasure of being introduced to 
Mr. C'harles Wright (a brother of Mr. Erastns 
Wright, of Springfield, 111.), who >vas so<m to 
commence teaching school near the band-mill 
spoken of before. In course of my conversa- 
tion M'ith him, I told him that for years I had 
regretted my inability to attend school, as my 
inclination to become a goo<l scholar was very 
great, and it was now seven years since I had 
been able to go even a single day. I found Mr. 
Wright a very affable man. He invited me to 
attend his school whenever I could, if for only 
a few days at a time; he would consider it a 
pleasure to render me all the assistanoe be 
oonld. 

"I attended twenty-one days, and found bim 
to be ac excellent teacher. I improved very 



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mucb ID my reading, writing and spelling 
durinjr my iM'eiity-one dayx. While attPiiding 
school, I would take my arithmetic and slate 
horiie with ine and cover it with examples, 
which I wuiild carry to ilr. Wright for bis 
exaininatiiiii, after which I was ready for another 
day'i) hnrit labor. 

"From ibc cDnimenccment of the single nilc 
of tlirue In -hat of sijunre root, I did every ex- 
ample by ride, with hwl little asHstanco. With 
this sian, 1 was ahle, by the assistance of the 
ruK-9 in my arillnnetic, to pass ibrongh ex- 
change, the cube root, and other sntuceding 
rules wilhuiit assistance. 

"In Jaini.iry, uiy parents anil a family named 
DeardolT and (ii-oi'ge Knink arrived. They fii- 
countored a severe storm, and with niuuh dilK- 
culty ei^cAped losing their wav on the smooth 
burnt prairie, nn the day of tlieir arrival al the 
large gmve above the Oicaw timlivr. 

"In lilt* KfiriTig of 1S22, my father rcntod a 
pan of a farm in Fork Prairie, of Field Jarvis, 
(Me nieasiircd six feet and eleven itielies in 
height.) The piemiM-s now belong to Hobert 
Bell (the south part of bis farml, 

" During the -ni»mer,my broiher.Ioseph broke 
thirty-si-x acren of iirairie for Mr. Jarvis, for 
*1.J0 per acre, in trade. 

"There were many swarms of bees here in iho 
timber in m:*3, not having been bunted out m> 
early in this part of the State a« the nortli j-arl. 
Karly this s|n'ing, my father and I concluded on 
a bee hunting e.xcnrsion. IVing ready, we put 
into a covered wagon two large new vessels, as a 
repo)'itury for h^mey, two or three buckets, some 
cooking uteniiila, provisions, corn for the oxen, 
:i.\eB, a tent cloth, some dressed buckskin, and 
threaij to repair torn pants, two or three books, 
etu. About the lOlh of .March, we started east. 
The first night, we encamped in the lluek Jlart 
grove, the >i'eiiiid night on )los<jnito creek, op- 
posite to ilie two mounds in tlie prairie. The 
ne.vtday bi'ing loo cold for bees to fly, we passed 
on lo iJie ereek before spoken of, entering into 
the nr.rlh fork from the donlh. llvre we pitrhed 
our lent, and remained three or four weeks, not 
more than one or two days. or pails of days, in a 
Week being warm enough for bees lo lly. 

"My father usually tept camj", assisted in 
i-iilliug trees, etc., but I did the hunting. 

"In the timber on tliis stream, I found thirty 
or thirty-three bee trees. 

" Here, on one very favorable day, I found 
leu, the greatest numla-r I over found on one 
day, the cnmmon average on good days being 
from two lo seven. 



" We retiimeil home wiili about forty-five 
gallons uf hoiiey, and fifty or sixty pounds of 

" Souii after our arrival at hoiiie I vrent tu 
town to Kcll thp was, in ecnupauy with two or 
three other persons This was my lirst visit to 
S]>ringlield. 'llie south fork of the SangatnoD 
waa high. Ilvre, for the tirst timi^, 1 saw Mr. 
Edward Clark and bis brother I'bilip. They 
with several band .-i, were busy preparing tiraltera 
for their mill. They .sent over a man and tbetr 
oniioc to Assist us ill crossing, ^\'e bad to swim 
our bulges over by tbe side of the canoe, one at 
a time. When all was over wfi proceeded on 
to town. Mr. Klijah lies w-as the only merchant 
here then; he kept his store in a log lioiiHe, some 
distance iionhwe»t of viliat afterwards became 
the public »|narc. I found him at leisure, lie 
was ijuite >oi-ial, and we soon made a trade, he 
giving me twenty-five cents per ponnd. chieNy 
in giKxIs. There was not more than a down 
liousesin town, if that many. In the fall, my 
father and I went out again to hunt l»ees; eamp- 
ingthe first nights at tlie same localities an m 
the s)>riMg. \V'e nroeci'de-l on slowly, bunting 
up the Xoith KoA' timln-r till ve came to the 
place where we struck it when moving, 'llie 
bees were not plenty on this stream; we found 
about forty bei'-trees thi« time. My father wan 
unwell here for several days, which detained os 
longer than we had anticij>ated. 

"There was mnch rainy weather at this time. 
During the first afternoon of our encampment 
here, a Pennsylvania Dntcbman arrived at our 
camp on horseback, in a drenching rain, lie 
was on bis way to tbe Milttarj- Tract, to ex- 
amine a piece of land. lie passeii the night 
with ns, mid seemed iiuite intelligent on general 
matters, bat was much diM.*onraged. 

"I>ooking down the bluff at tbe North Fork be 
empiiriHl ixn name. On being told, be eecnied 
much dejevlcd, and o.xcWmed, in his Dntch ac- 
cent: "ir that is the Stn<rnmon river, of which 
I bean] so much, I was Ttadly dccciveil." Jle 
wason tbe point of turning back for home when, 
from the niimlM'r of his land, my father thought 
it might be valnabic, and pursuaded him to go 
and see it. 

"lie went on and found it a valuable tract in 
the lloKS settlement, about twelve or fifteen 
mites from tbe mouth of Spoon river. 

'•lie returned the day before we were intending 
to return home, lie was in gi>od spirits, now 
that his one hundred and sixty acres were v 
blu, and be intended to make his final b 
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Us idvice, and in the morning, after breakfast, 
vebacle each other a friendly adieu, he starting 
for bis home and we for onrs. 

^Daring all our travels of these two excursions 
ire saw no white man save the Dutchman. On 
the fourth day of March, 1823, my father and 1 
started east for another bee-hunt. The third 
«by being warm, I found three trees on Mosquito 
creek, near its head. From this point we struck 
off to the right of the North Fork and found 
seventy trees on the first branches of the Okaw, 
orKaskaskia, river. Wecut forty and left three 
odiers to stand till fall. In August my father 
died, and in the fall one of my brothers accom- 
panied me to cut the bee-trees left standing in 
the sprinff. In the spring and fall of 1824, I 
vent in the employ of Mr. Thompson to hunt 
bees. 

''I think at the end of the season we came out 
even, finding one hundred and liftv trees each. 
If Major lies has his old merchantife books thev 
will show that Mr. Thompson and I dealt with 
bim on a liberal scale in 1>ecs-wax. In all our 
banting this year for miles up and down the dif- 
ferent branches of the Okaw, we found no place 
wbere a white man had either settled or com- 
Benced an improvement. We admired much 
9f the beautiful prairie situated on the east and 
tonth sides of the North Fork, and some sit- 
uated on the Okaw; but we entertained no idea 
that one hundredth part of what we saw wonld 
<eU for Congress prices during a common life 
time. 

**So much in reference to bee-hunting, and 
tbe uninhabited country of Central Illinois, seen 
between the spring of 1822, and fall of 1824. 

''Late in the fall of 1822, my father and I 
started on foot for the military bounty land to 
examine the land, and ascertain the situation of 
tbe one hundred and sixty acre-tract, purchased 
vbile in Indiana. We passed north from 
Springfield, crossed the Sangamon river at the 
ferry, near where the bridge was afterwards 
biilt Tlien we soon tunied to the left and 
crossed Salt creek near its mouth. 

**Not far from this we saw the ashes, yet 
fresh, where a Mr. Ilawley had encamped on his 
way to convey a widow woman to some place, 
bnt in attempting to asceiiain the depth of the 
ford, was drowned. Though I had never seen 
the man, my sympathy went out to his bereaved 
family when they heard the sad news. We 
went OD till near the Illinois river, where we s.aw 
a man, but be could tell us little about the coun- 
try, lie thought there might be one or two set- 
tlers on the Bouth side of the Spoon river, eight 



or ten miles above its mouth, he was not certain. 
We had with us some provisions, a gun, a 
hatchet, and a pocket compass. 

"When we arrived at the Illinois river we got 
some Indians to take us over in a i-anoe. Tlie 
land we wished to see lay in township twelve 
north, ran^e two west, the southwest <juarter of 
section thirteen. We traveled west from the 
river for 8<»me distance, and after a long search 
in the timber found a surveyor's corner. I knew 
how the sections M*ere numl>ered, beginning at 
the northeast comer of each township. On ex- 
amination, I found we were about sixty miles 
south of the land. 

"Mr. Ilabbit's land lay in town, live or six 
north, range two east. We got to it, finding it a 
rather broken, hickory and oak land. It ap- 
peared poor to us and so we reported it to him, 
but perhaps it is valuable now. Our provisions 
run shorty and finding no game, we turned down 
Spoon river but could find no houses. We tried 
to cross over to the Ross settlement, but the 
river was very high, running swiftly over the 
bottoms, and we could not cross, so we conclu- 
ded to retmn; and re-crossed the Illinois river 
where we did before. We had now traveled 
sixty or seventy miles, over the military lands. 
Part of our route was over rough, broken tim- 
bered land, and part over rolling prairies. We 
did not see one white man or a house, west of 
the river. From this point M*e returned home 
by the same road that we came. 

"Sometime in September, 1825, 1 started alone 
to see the military lands. I rode part of tbe 
way this time, and besides other necessary 
things took a hatchet with me, to cut off the 
new growth which now partly covered the sur- 
veyor's marks. I crossed the Illinois and Spoon 
rivers, near the mouth of the latter, and passed 
the night at a house, perhaps tweU'e miles dis- 
tant on my way. 

"In the night my horse escaped and could not 
be found in the morning. So with my hatchet 
and some provisions, I started on foot to prose- 
cute my purpose. I found the way rather rough 
for some distance in the vicinity of the Spoon 
river and some of its tributaries, but as I passed 
further, I found beautiful, rich rolling ])rairie8, 
extending far to the north, intersected occasion- 
ally with points of timber. After miles of travel 
I arrived at a small stream of water surrounded 
by l>eautiful timber, and running a northwest^ 
course for several miles. 

"After searching sometime in the timber I 
found a surveyor's line, traced it on west, to a 
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the suiilliiMut ciimer of the lamJ which I m Uheil 
to soe. 1 had to ^lesH a» iicaitv as 1 could 
where the land l&y. I juisM-d on until I Kiijijtnsed 
I had reached the center of the tniul. The 
stream I su]i)i<>Ked tu be a braiK'h of Henderson 
river, imsKeil through the land; it waf here about 
twelve orlhirlcen inches deej", with a swift cur- 
rent, li «a* now ;rmwinj[ dark, luy tinder had 
bc(;onic 'lam|i and with only inj' liiiife and Hint 
I toiilil ni>l start a fire, aiid Iieing unable to do 
better, I laid down by Uie side of a biy fallen 
tree with a light blanket nver me, in a raio 
storm till nioniin-;. When I arose, so far si I 
could nsccrlaiii. thi-rc was no settlement or road 
leading in the ■liret'tioii of this land nij^her tbau 
tbirly-ti\e or f.iriy miles: hence, the idea of at- 
teiujiling to settle on it under existing circum- 
stances, while good land was jilvnty in Sanga- 
mon county. Keenicd to me to be unadvisable. 

" On my return, having walked a hundred 
miles or more, and CH-miped out every night, I 
vas glad to obtain my horse again, 'l^he man at 
M'ho>e hoii.-i; 1 staid over had found it soon after 
I li;lt. After two or three days travel I reached 
Ikiiiic not caring miirh for the one liuudred and 
sixty aires, except that it had been the [trimarj- 
means of inducing us to leave the back eountry 
for the lieaultful State of Illinois. Thoee events 
all occnrrcd W-fore the dose of the fall sfason in 
1H25. 

" Among the numcrouK jirivntiims emlurL-d by 
some of the earliest settlers of Sangamon county, 
none was fell nmre sensibly than the lack of 
ucliools. In different localities one or two fam- 
ilies might be found having few or many ehild- 
ven. The jiarents felt anxious to see their intel- 
lectual fiiculiies cultivated; but what were ihey 
to do? tlirec or Bve children were too few to 
constitute a school. In eoinuvtion with this, if 
in some neighlnirhoods a small school could be 
made up, where was a compeleui icaclier to be 
found to instrmtthem? ISut this Man- of ihings 
could not long bisl iti Sanganiun couuiy. Kin- 
igr.iuls were coming in from Imth tlni Southern 
and Kastern State.s, and children in MiHiuivnt 
unuibiTs to make up schools would ii<>i long be 
lacking. 

■■Ill the summi-r of ISLM, Daniel Parkin 
andoiii'ortwoothen) insisted tliat I should teach 
their I'hildren. I was aware that my limited ed- 
ucation and exj>erience rendered me inadequate 
to perform so great ii task, and 1 expressed my 
feelings freely to Mr. Parkinson, In reply he 
Hnid that the few children in the neighbnrho 
greatly needed instruction; that the mostofthi 
had never been to tiehoo), and that to teach tli< 



bi re.td and s|>etl wa« all that uas utci-.oary in 
tile present instance. After some hesitation I . 
coiiseiileil to teach for n few days — not for any ] 
limited time. ! 

"With a little band of ten or twelve diitifal } 
children I lalran-d for the space of three nioiitlut. 4 
The children made good progn-Ms in their sludiea, 
and at ibe end of the xdiool I had the pleastire j 
to know that my employers were well satisfied. 

"Mr, Parkinson, Mr. Warwick, and one or ' 
two others were i«lrnn* of the school. Also I 
Francis Cooper, who afterwards married George , 
Dickson, attended. j 

"I placed but little confidence in the predio . 
tions of some that in process of time the tnex- j 
perienced teacher wonld become a gtmd school- 
master. 

"About this time Mr. Parkinson loaned me j 
I.indley Murray's Grammar to peruse: it wax the ] 
Urst grammar! think that I ever held in my I 
hands. 

" I soon SAW that it would afford nie innch use- 
ful knowledge,' so purchased it for my own pri- * 
vale use, not supposing at the time I would ever i 
teach again. 

"Late in November, ieS:J, 5Ir. Thomas Itlack, 
who lived on Sngar creek, (wnt word that he 
wanted to see me. I went and found him in hi* | 
cornHeld, with his boys, busily engaged gathering j 
com. He waa glad to see me, and said he had j 
heard of luy teaching in the 'forks' (of the ' 
Sangamon river), and had sent forme, lie went i 
on to state that there were several children in 
the neighborhood who ought to be at school, but 
not persons enough who would send to make np ] 
a school by subscription. Under these circum- I 
stances, ho had concluded to hire some one to ' 
teach three months for the bciielit of his own 
children and others that could be induced to ' 
attend, lie proposed if I would teach to give J 
me ^12 in trade ))er month and board me, T to 
leach all children that should attend for a term | 
of three months. 1 told Mr. Black that my , 
opportunities for obtaining an education had 
been very unfavorable, so much so that 1 knew | 
I was not well prepared to teach school. He < 
thought as none of the children were far ad- 
vanced, and ibc most of them would have to 
I'onimcuce with the a, b, c's, I would be fully 
competent to teach the school. After some 
hesitation 1 accepted the offer. 

"Abont the 1st of Decemlier, 1H23, I oom- . 
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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Husbands, Widows Paine and Stout, Mr. Crow 
and Noah Mason. Besides these, Ezekiel Dren- 
nan (son of old William Drennan) attended 
most of the winter and Charles D. Nuckolls 
i;«veral days; most of the scholars called liim 
Dab Nuckolls. Such orderly and studious 
scholars as attended this school are a credit to 
any community. I now considered my position 
aa a very responsible one, and I, not to betray 
such confidence as had been reposed in me, 
therefore improved my spare hours in studying 
my grammar, dictionary and other availalle 
helps, that I might improve myself and be the 
better able to teach my pupils. 

In December, 1824, 1 commenced a school on 
Horse creek. The employers' names were, as 
far as I can remember: Joseph Dickson, Henry 
Funderburk, Mr. Neely, two of the Fergusons, 
Mordecai Hamilton, Elias Thompson and James 
Snodgrass, Jr. Besides these, some other per- 
sons sent occasionally. . 

*^In the summer of 1825 I taught in the South- 
wick settlement. The employers were Mr. 
Southwick, Dexter Pease, William Seeley, Zack- 
ariah Peter, Mr. Stout, Widow Paine, Mr. Twist, 
and a Mr. Harty. I still remember with pleasure 
many agreeable hours spent with my employers 
around their social firesides. 

*'In December, 1825, my brother Elias and I 
concluded to go to Edwardsville to see a man 
who had advertised some land to sell in the Mili- 
tary Tract. We hoped to be able to obtain some 
OQ terms within our reach, and if we did not suc- 
ceed in this, we would search for employment 
for which we could obtain our pay in money; 
there being no chance to obtain money in San- 
gamon. With some provisions in an old knap- 
sack, and between two and three dollars in 
money, and not a garment except those in use, 
we started on a clear but cold December day for 
Edwardsville. We reached Macoupin point late 
in the afternoon, but thought we could make the 
nearest point on the St. Louis (twelve miles dis- 
tant) road before dark, but got on the wrong 
road and h.ad to travel about eight or ten miles 
farther, when we came to a Mr. Stewarts,, seven 
miles from Uillsboro; we enquired how far we 
were from Macoupin Point, and he said twenty- 
one miles. The reason I mention this is to show 
hi»w far it was in 1825 from Macoupin Point to 
the first house on the Uillsboro road. As we 
jiroeeeded toward Edwardsville the houses be- 
came rather more frequent. On inquiry w*e 
found that the man we had come to see was not 
at home, and as we could get nothing to do, we 
proceeded on toward St. T/)uis; the weather lie- 



ing very cold. We tarried over night at a house 
in the Ureat American llottoin, but could hear of 
no demand for labor in this neii^hborhood, so 
started the next morning for St. Louis. When 
we arrived at Wiggins' ferry, opposite St. Louis, 
we found we would have to wait^ as the boat 
could not cross on account of running ice in the 
river. We here met Governor Edwards, who 
was very talkative and jolly. The Governor 
came to us and asked us where we were going, 
and uhere we were from? When I had told 
him what had induced us to leave our home in 
Sangamon, he said as it was now winter, and as 
there are many blacks in St. Louis, I think the 
chances for employment there must be unfavor- 
able; but times are good down Missouri, at the 
lead mines, on Sandy creek, thirty- five or forty 
miles below St. Louis, and I think you can do 
better there, as labor is in demand. We told 
him that we were used to hard labor, but that we 
had heard that there were many rough oharactera 
at the mines, so felt a degree of hesitancy about 
going to that place. 

"The Governor replied: *I am aware that 
w*hat you say is true, but 1 think you can do 
well at the mines; industrious men who are 
quiet, will find friends, and be respected there, 
and he added: I am acquainted with Mr. Glas- 
gow and Bryant, proprietors at the Sandy Mines, 
and if you will conclude to so down I will write 
a line or two to them, and state your case to 
them.* 

"After some consultation with Ellis, we con- 
cluded to go to the mines. To think that so in- 
telligent a man as Governor Edwards should 
manifest so warm an interest in behalf of two 
youthful strangers, was very encouraging to us. 

"After taking leave of the Governor we 
stalled for the lead mines. About night of the 
second day we arrived at the ferry o)>posite the 
Derculanifum. The ice was still running in the 
river, in the morning. After some delay w*e 
crossed and reached the minen, eight miles dis- 
tant, in good time. We si aid there fifteen 
months, cutting cord wood and M'orking in the 
lead mines. We then went to Galena, where we 
staid two years and nine months, making in all 
about four years M-e were in the mines.'* 

FOUKTll ANNUAL MKKTING. 

Cherry grove, or Irwin's grove was selected 
as the place for the fourth annual meeting of 
the Old Settlers of Sangamon county. Cherry 
c;rove is a beautiful and romantic spot, contain- 
ing fort V acres of most magnificent timber, per- 
fectly cleared from undergrowth and brush, and 



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prvKeiiiiiig a (loi-)>, tiiibrukeii sliaali-, witli n car- 
pet imiler your tevt uf llie <]eci>eal i^m'ti. Tli*; 
speakers' i?tAmi »';ts beanlifnllr ilui-omti'il uhli 
wreailis, overgrt-i-ns and lilix>iiiiii'; flw vers, ov*r 
wbiuh floatL-d tli.it ^ra»<l oM Itaimt^r, tUo s\at* 
anil siripew. A lari^ iiiniilter of dijjitilitil look- 
ing olil aeltlera, attiri-il hi iheir best, an.! a]>|war- 
ing as young as the y>iii>igt.-at si-uU-rs in lUe 
vrowil, graced tlie pl.atfonn. Among otliera 
were William Drtnnan, >Yitsoii Uodd^, Klijab 
lies, a. «. Nesbiu, Samm-1 Cli-yd. Samiiil UrnbK 
Joliu IJ. \Vi-bi.T, J. C, ICoiie, lleiin' ConviTdi-, 
Isaac and K. K. Ilawley, Jacob Ball, K. Coloy, 
George ^lilk'r, Job Fletcher, Ituliert Wilbiir'n, 
James Parkinson, D. Wadsworih, James W. 
Patton, Si|uire Camubell, K. ISames, George 
Weaver, P. Wyrnan, Jame* Scott, Uriab Mann, 
D. II. Sliennan, Joid Johnson, J. R. Coleman, 
John Hrownell, Davis Mennlitb. John DeCainii 
and William Sntlon, togeiber with Mother 
Archer, aovcnty-eight ycori of age, and who has 
lived in the county xinue l^-.'l, making her the 
oldest hdy Bettler. 

After prayer by Daniel Wa<lsworth, the Pres- 
ident, Pn'ston I!rei:kenridge, called ibe meeting 
to order and expressed his gratilication at meet- 
ing so m^ny old friendx. Samnel Williams wax 
then iiitnicincud and made a few remarks, after 
which J'>lin M Palmer was introduced xnd pro- 
ceeded ti> deliver one of hitt happiest and moHt 
effective i^pceelies. lie said it was a tnie, sin- 
cere pleasure to be present at this meeting. He 
saw gentk'iiien before him who hnd known thiit 
county when it contained less than three hun- 
dred people; when SpringReld existed only in 
name. We can hardly comprehend the past 
and its difference frt>m the present. Yoong 
ladies can lianlly comprehend that the women 
of other days could be beautiful, wearing only 
their imn hair, and yet thoac women were as 
lovely aa those of today. Thank God, thin 
idea will last for a life-time. We see not the 
change in the faces of those we love, but love 
them mure and more as time goes ste.idily rm. 
Me knows a wealthy citizen of Sangamon who 
came hero on foot, with only a horse, axe and 
gun. /hat was the siutt of the old setilers. 
We loTo and honor the memory and associa- 
tioiiHof men of the past, for they are wnlhy 
our love and re.s]icut. Atone time in his lile lie 
thought the driver of a six-horse team o*.>iitiied 
the highest [Htsition in the world, lie bad been 
strongly democratic in his opinions in regard Xf> 
the rights of the people, among which w<'re cut- 
ting timber where they wished, and taking up 
hogs running at large. Tlie people in early days 

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eonsidered thit legitimate, and he must coiirew 
at this time he thought so to. Me remembered 
hvtw sparking was gierformed forty vears ago^ 
and had takt-n a |wrt in it himseli'. 'The U'rt 
plan was to take a sweet young laily behind yoa 
mi hiirselML-k. and this methotl was ihoiigHi 
style. If you had no horse, you mn-t ilo your 
sparking iu soiu« other style, for it bad to Iw 
dotie. lie wore a liitsey coat down to bis knees 
and his father a dress coat, brass buttons, atid ■ 
bell-crowned hat. He granteil thesnix-rioriiygf 
the educational advantages of to-day, yet i-daei> 
tion could not make purer, sterner, better men 
than the men of the past. Now the noblest of 
all colleges, the common school, is open t<i all, 
and God blend the efforts of onr young men to 
make themselves gri'it and goo«l. Misreading 
book was called "Citir.en of the World," aiil 
each scholar read snch works as he coiiM get. 
He remembered the singing schools, when the 
girls sang ''line hand," and s<)uealed high up. 
The men who are passing arc worthv the iinitfr- 
tio I of the present generation, and it wa< hia 
fervent prayer that they would follow the bright 
example set them by their fathers, who hid gone 
before. The Governor concluded with a bril- 
liant and touching tribute to the old se(i)er«, 
and was greeted at its close with three hearty 
cheers. 

A leltiT of regret was read from John A. JIo- 
demand, and short speeches were made by 
James H. Matheny and John T- Stuart. Th« 
following n'solntion was then adopted: 

" Jltit'/totil, That whereas his Excellener, the 
Governor, an eminent statesman and profound 
lawyer, iu his address this morning, vlearlr 
showed that tvo of the old settlers of this 
county, to-wit: Weber and Hawley, were not 
entitled to vote, iu conse'inence of their being 
unii:ituraiizetl citisens, not having had the agae 
or chills and fever during their residence of 
forty-nine or fiftv years; that it respectfall; 
reijnests that his tSKcelleiicy, the Governor, ana. 
all good citizens, unite in using their influence 
i» effecting the passage of an act of the next 
legislature of the State, whereby the said par- 
ties maybe properly entitled to the lights of 
franchise." 

Preston Breckenridge was reelected Presi- 
deui; Noah Mason, Vice President, and Thomu 
Parks, Secretary. 

KUTH aXNl'AI. MaKTI-Sil. 

The thirtieth day of Angnsi, 1879, was the 
day sot apart for the fifth annual meeting of the 
U1<1 Seitlen' Souiety. On that day the piui 
again met together. 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



As a tihftiiffe in the usual programme, the so- 
oeiy proceeded at once to the election of officers 
for the ensuing year. Job Fletcher was elected 
President, wiUi seventy Vice Presidents, and 
KoA W. Matheny, SecreUry. After dinner. 
General John A. McClernaiid was introduced and 
wfo\e about three-fourths of an hour in a chaste 
and eloquent style. The next speech was by 
Bev. William J. Rutledse. He said that thirty- 
tbree years before he uad run a saw-mill on 
Spring creek and sawed stringers used in laying 
the track of the first railroad ever built in the 
Sute of Illinois. The latter part of his speech 
was exceedingly humorous and cloPcd amid a 
roar of laughter. Major Elijah lies then took 
the stand and in a conversational way related 
nuny interesting incidents of his experience 
' among the early settlers. He was followed by 
Reva. J. I>. Randall, of Edwardsville, and 
William S. Prentice and F. H. Wines, of Spring- 
field. George R. Weber made the closing speech, 
and the meeting adjourned. 

SIXTU ANNUAL MEKTING* 

This meeting was hold at Irwin's grove, near 
Pleasant Plains, August 30, 1873. Job Fletcher 
called the meeting to order, and John Slater, of 
Pleasant Plains, deli/ered an address of Wel- 
come. John M. Palmer was the first speaker. 
He said: 

** Fifty years may l>e easily spoken — it is easy 
to pronounce the words — yet the term includes 
the lifetime of the majority of men and women 
of the country, and s]>eaks the entire history of 
the State. If 1 inquire what was the condition 
of the country fifty years ago, Major lies, or 
other ladies and gentlemen here, could tell; yet 
if I were to tell the young people here of the 
comforts and conveniences of those early times, 
they wonldn^t believe it. 

'' Von have now more comforts, but no more 
^ppiness, than had we; yon have a great many 
tbingg to be thankful for, and so had we; ana 
yoQ have things to make you uncomfortable that 
wi'didn\ have. Tjook over the young ladies' 




even know what they were. Now a young 

^'iMitlcman and lady about getting married, or, 

Ml her, just married, require a house with six 

roiiios, while we had no trouble, forty or fifty 

ye.irs agi>, getting along with but one room, and 

to have two rooms and a kitchen was considered 

extravagant. Then we had onlv an axe, a saw, 

;tnd an augur with which to build a house; then 



these tools composed a full car|>enterV kit; and 
we sometimes had only the axe and saw. 

*'Now, I will just make two heads to my 
speech, and will speak to the young first; they 
will be the old settlers hereafter. The number 
behind you, young people, is becoming more 
numerous, and the number before you less. Hy 
and by, you will go into an audience, and find 
yourself among the oldest. It was so in my case. 
I used to find myself in an audience when I was 
among the youngest; tlien again I would find 
myself younger than a few present; but now it 
is frequently occurring, in a chance meeting, 
that I am the oldest in the party. I said a little 
while ago that the young here wouldn't believe, 
if told what the country was forty or fifty years 
ago, and the reason is plain. A boy here cannot 
realize a country witliout railroads, for since his 
childhood he has seen the railroad. Young 
people can't realize tlie fact that forty or fifty 
years ago men traveled by 'taking a point,' for 
there were no roads, and by thus sighting a di- 
rection, made their way. I have, myself , within 
forty years, sighted a* point, and, as it were, 
struck out on a 'bee line,' meeting plenty of 
deer on the prarie; but there are no deer now. 

No, the youn^ ]>eople cannot realize this. I 
came into Madison county forty-two years ago. 
It was not common to be sued then; it was con- 
sidered disreputable, and a suit was called a 
^ patch upon the back.' To have a mortgage 
upon your farm was whispered around as a 
calamity. The habits of life then were frugal 
and simple, and the people were simple and 
plain, and perhaps as corrupt as now. I was 
talking to a gentleman, the other dajr, who was 
sneaking of the corruption now, and its lack in 
the past; but, as I said to him, there was nothing 
to steal but a horse. A horse then was the most 
valuable property, and if a man stole a horse, 
he was apt to hear of it again; then the means 
of catching a thief were more simple and direct 
than now. Horse theft was a capital offense, 
and killing a man a — serious offense." 

lieferring to domestic experiences of forty 
years ago, tlie Governor said: 

'* The houses oi that day were not like those 
of the present. I recollect of but one brick house 
between Madison and Sangamon — it was near 
where W.iverly now stands. [ W.iter was here 
h.anded the sjieaker in a gourd, and drinking it, 
he rc^marked it smacked of old times.] In those 
days when a young couiile married, the neigh- 
bors turned out to make boards for the house, 
and mincheon floors were put down. Still the 
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IIISTOKY OF SANCAMOS COUNTY. 



now. Now when a young ooH]tle marr}', the car- 
penters come, and the npliolstfrers, niid jirejiare I 
the house, nixl ihuusatiils of •lollan' arv s^N-nt in j 
fixing it, and uflei) with regrel that there was no 
more money tu sjicnd. 

"I rccolK'ct attending a we>ldinj; p.irly when 1 
was quite a voung man. Thore was no ImumI, 
bnt instead, tlie real old-fniihioni-d uilhodox fid- 
dle. After danciag all ni<;ht, my fci-l wi-re quite 
sore in the moniin*;, bnt I had enjoyed inywlf. 
The reason my feut were sore waw becatise 1 
danced hi my bare feet; but my j-nrlniT did the 
samp. There was a slury tohl about tinding loe 
nails upon tho Huor (it was a jiuiKhton flow) — 
hut I didn't htdifve the story. 

"You young ladiew and gciitleraon have ideas 
about rtooial tilcasnres that wo knew nothing 
ahoiit. You have cairiages; and comtne here 
to-day I noticed one young lady and genu^tnan 
ridini' on horseback, but they had two horses. 
"We didn't do that way, one horse only being 
used, and the girl was taken up behind. 1 welt 
recollect the uTeasantest ride I ever had in my 
life. I had the finest horse, but as the wiying 
W.1B, it was a 'borred one.' I took the ^rl to 
church, seven mites, and she rode behind me. 1 
felt ticklish and linshfid and so was she, and she 
could hanlly take hold of me at first to hold on, 
bnt she got used to it, as, nearing the church, 
she found others mounted the same way. There 
was always a strife as to who had the prettied 
girl and the best horse, but I always thonght I 
was ahead in that respect. Now we couldn't 
ride double, as the lady is even larger tban my- 
self, and I am no pi^uy; and we couldnH get a 
horse to carry us. Itnt now let a gentleman ask 
a young lady to ride, and she will say, 'Where 
is the bugyy?' I didn't know whatabuggy was 
then; I knew about a'Dearbon' and a 'gig.' 
The first gig I ever saw Judge Smith, uf Afadi- 
son, owned. I was pruad when 1 got a gig after- 
wards. I got it when at court in Montgomery 
coiinlv, and was so proud that I got my wife a 
new dress that cost S4.50, and there was se 
yards in it." 

Keferring to the arduous duties of the pioneer 
wives, to whom he ])aid a glorious tribute, the 
Governor related an anecdote of a wumaii re- 
turning to Tennessee, who declari'd that "Illi- 
nois was a good place for men and burses, but 
the devil on women and oxen." 

Addressing the early settlers, the Governor 
said: 

'■ We hnd indeed our truuhles and tria 
the abandoned graves of early setllera ai 
of our early history; for we sorrowed 



MOW. We, too shall pass away, and fifty yean 
from uow the.se yoimg iiconle will meet here to 
tell tlieyoung{H.'ople of that day the emtoms, then 
ilonbtlcsR 4-nnitidered outlandish, of this timei 
rivilimiliou will continue to advance. We can 
<-e eoiufive progress of the arts and ^eienoei 
of the next fifty Years, but I do not wish to lea 
it, I do not wisli to be tr.»mple>i upon by tlie 
ntpidly advancing strides of civiliKalion; and it 
is a dispensation of Providence that having 
acted our part, having fulKlled our destiny, hav- 
ing dune that work which was set .tpuil for tu 
to do, we can then depart and poaeerulty pa»i> to 
the other shore. To the old women let me en; 
No wives ever so well acted lliiir pan* iw IM 
wives of the pioneers; and passing away thef 
will not be forw)tleD, So of the pioneers — not 
in monuments, Tmt in more lasting memoirs, ihe 
works which 'live after ibem,' will iheii 
memories be cherished by their dcsceiidzulK foi 
whom they have worked." 

U|K>n the conclusion of Governor I'almer'i 
add rear, and music by the band. Captain 
Fletcher, the president of the sneiety, with 
humorous allusion to the food of other days— 
^enisun, ctirn bread and onions, and that about 
nooD was the old settlers' dinner hour, declared 
the celebration adjourned for dinner. 

Among the old settlers present ut this meet 
iug were Mrs. Peter Cartwright, Jlrs RicltarJ 
I^tham, Mrs. James Parkinson, Kliiah Ilttj 
John Williams, M. K. Anderson. Job Klclcher! 
Ttlailin Ileuber, S. M. Wilson, Edwin Perkins 
Joel Johnson, George R Weber, the Matheuys 
and othcni. 

After dinner D. L. Phillips was introduced 
and said: 

" If I live a month or two louger I shall havi 
live*) in the St.-tte fifty years, and my lueinor] 
goes back to the time of the cotton gins. I n 
member the removal of the seat of goveriiinen' 
from Vand.ilia to Springfield; and I recollect 
too, tlie gnimhling of the people when it wai 
said that the capital had been removed way n| 
in the Indian country. 

" I remember tlic picking of flax .ind of cotton 
and the meetinj' at night for that purpose. TIm 
wearing a PI >are! of ihatiieriod, to which all«* 
ion has l>cen made, 1 do not forget, niere wen 
no schools then. Governor Palmer has spokei 
of the youutf men of the )>reBCTit day, fclicitunsl] 
situated with reference to educational facilitie* 
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in Kiviiiu that 1 never Men! to school tliree 
Months in mj life. 

•'Governor Palmer referred to the felicitoiw 
tttuation of the young men of the present day 
IB other re!*peel8. Do they recollect the hard- 
ikips of the past? I have seen young men and 
vomen who had walked bare-footed to the church 
door putting oh and lacing iheir shoos previous 
to entrance. 

**Thc tribute jiaid to the wives of pioneers, 
l)y Govenuir Palmer, thrilled me. llis eulogy 
of the hard-working women of that day I most 
heartily endorse, because in these days there is 
t tendency on the part of the people to degrade 
the working women, to characterize the attend- 
ance to domesitic duties as domestic servitude.'' 

Referring to the moral and religious influences 
of that d.iy, the speaker elocjuently paid tribute 
to it: * 

**They were religious in the primitive and or- 
tliodox manner. Why, had it been announced 
tkit the great man, the pioneer preacher, whose 
boDored remains, I understand, lie in your vi- 
cinity, would preach upon a certain occasion, 
not a house, not a barn, s<*arcely any building 
woald ci>ntain the people who would flock to 
liear him expound the gospel. How different 
now in this materialistic age! Who cares who 
wwiches next Sunday in Springfield? How fewl 
1* the fame of your preacher so limited ? 
Then you heard nothing of the protoplastic 
theories of this materialistic age. 'Twas reli- 
^on puie and simple then. To the moral 
ideas of that time, thns inculcated, is due the 
prosperity of Illinois, and I bear testimony to 
that fact." 

"The earlv settlers in these manifold trials 
grappleil witli the Indians; gi*app]ed with dis- 
«iies and overcome them. They spent honored 
and dorious lives, and who does not honor those 
vlio have placed this State fourth in the Union, 
vitli more acreage under cultivation than any 
"tiler State, and given it better settlers than 
|lie State ever before had. For all this you are 
iiHicbted to the old settlers at this rc-nnion to-day. 

'* May the departure of the old settlers be a 
iH^aeeful one, and may we gather at the river 
aod be |>ermitted to enter the shining gates upon 
ihc other side.** 

Russel Godfrey, of Menard county; John 
71iompson, of Cass county; R. W. Diller, of 
Siiringfleld; Isaac Cogdell, of Menard county; 
M. K. Anderson and George R. Wel»er, each 
niade remarks. 

S. M. Wilson, of Pleasant Plains, was elected 
I'reaident; James Parkinson, of Curran, Vice 



President; Noah W. Matheny, of Springfield, 
Secretary. 

8RVKNTH ANNUAL MBBTING. 

The seventh annual meeting of the society 
was held September 10, 18*74. Crow's mill, a 
most romantic spot, situated about eight miles 
southeast of Springfield, was the place selected. 
The day was excessively warm, but still all 
seemed to enjoy themselves well. In a dense 
and beautiful grove the stand was erected. Upon 
the stand were seated many of the oldest and 
best known citizens of the county, among whom 
were R. W. Diller, George Gregory, A. B. Ir- 
win, Craig White, S. G. Jones, Davis Meredith, 
Joseph Meredith, William Burtle, J. W. Keyes, 
Dr. Shields, S. G. Nesbitt, Philomen Stout, M. 
Wilmot, Preston Hreckenridge, D. Funderburk, 
Job Fletcher and Jacob N. Fullenwider. 

The first speaker introduced was the genial 
and popular old settler, James II. Matheny. 
Tlie Judge was in his happiest vein, and ap- 
peared fully to enter into the spirit of the occa- 
sion. His speech was one of his best and hap- 
piest efforts, replete with wit, poetry and senti- 
ment, overflowing with genuine and pure 
eloquence. It sparkled, it flashed and dashed 
full of hajipy conceits and beautiful thoughts. 
He recalled the days of the early settlement of 
the county; paid an eloquent and deserving tri- 
bute to the old settler; spoke of his privations 
and trials, and gave him all due and proper 
credit for his exertions, his efforts and his toils. 

John M. Palmer, Andrew Simpson, William 
M. Springer, Joseph Meredith and Mr. Slater 
were called out, and responded with a)»propriate 
remarks. 

William Durtle was elected President for the 
ensuing year; A. I>. Irwin and Davis Meredith, 
Vice Presidents; N. W. Matheny, Secretary. 

KUillTlI ANNUAL MEETING. 

Can trail's (^rove, in the north part of the 
county, was the place selected for the eighth an- 
nual meeting, and Menard county old settlers 
had been invited to meet with the old settlers of 
Sangamon. The meeting was late in being 
called to order. Kev. Mr. Vawter, of Cantrall, 
delivered the address of welcome and offered 
praver. 

Governor Palmer was the first speaker. After 
a general introductory the Governor made some 
home thrusts in op|)osition to the fulsome flat- 
tery often indulged in on old settlers^ days. He 
quoted and expiinded upon a remark of Judge 
Gillespie that thev might talk now-adays about 
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jniSTUKV OK SANWAMOX COfN'n*. 



do juotiuo lo tliG qucslion; for .a striking eharac- 
tL'ristic i>r llii' ultl eeltlcr was an iiidi^poHitioii to 
incddlu in tlie affaint of women, wbu, in those 
davM, wire ijuiu- stciire in all their itreroyativps. 
W'Ko fvi-r knew an old settler to do lits wife's 
milking. "X 1<> K-iid her any h('l|i whatever aWiil 
the house? 

Ua-M' (.'"L^dull. of Menard countr, v&s ibe 
()v«l s|K;ikt r, iiiid w:is followed by U.'l,. Hiilliiis. 
Thi- l:isi >|'caki'r paid a glowing tribute to the 
old M'ltliT, iind also to tiie civi1i/:ation of the 
nini'tet'iitli rcntnry. "For this sturdy civiliza- 
tion," s:iiil the h|ieaker, " we are indebted to the 
old M'tller more iban we know, lint tbe life of 
an old -.eltlcr wa«! at best bnt a hard one; do- 
jirived of the ;idvaiitagc:> of free schools and 
condemned to bibor. Governor I^almer, in his 
speech. h;id ascribed hajipiiiess to the old net- 
tlers; but Oiey could not be ko hi]ip}' ao now 
under more favorable et renin glances, and in fact 
they did not e\)iectit. The vciy ureaching of 
that day was of trialu and troubles, and the 
^(>ttv for HubnuHsion. A gloomy, ponibre 
' of life was taken, and the teachings of 
that day wa» to expect no ease or comfort here, 
bnt to look for it, beyond." The speaker cnm- 
pared the hick i>( advantages for farming as I.ite 
even us the period of li^W, with tbe facilities 
now olfercd for the production of cro]>e; and hia 
accunnt of goini; to mill, in hiit bnyliood, astride 
of a bag of corn, to wait all <lay and all night 
for his gript, was well told. 

Killer .lobn Hngland, of Ogle county, in re- 
t.|ionse to a call, siiid tbat be wonld indulge in a 
few olT-hand remarks. This gathering, said he, 
was one »f old seUleii. His Father bad come 
here in ]8|s, and, had he time, lie wonld like to 
recount incidenls conneclcd with bis playing 
with Indian lioys — fur fear of Indians was not 
then one of tbe trials and tribnlations of pioneer 
limes. Tbe old scttlcra met now to show what 
it coNt to lay tbe foundation of such a civilixa- 
liun as the present. 'Hioy often went to church 
bare-fooled, and like Governor I'almer, he was 
prond of his tirst pair of boots, which, by the 
way bail been made for him by Wyatt Can'trall, 
now here on tlie platform, llosjntality distin- 
giiislu'd the i-aily settler, as well as liberality of 
reli^ionB iseiiliinent. A traveling preacher wax 
gladly eiilei'lained, bis denomination nut aiiked, 
and be was received by all ax a brother. 

James ('. Conkling next mounted the ^Land 
and delivered a short, but excellent address. 

Alexander H. Irwin w.ib elected President, 
and E. C. J^Ialheny, Secretary, 



held at the Fair Gronnd, near Snringlield, August 
31, ISTil. and altracl<.-<l an audience nitnibering 
thoni'nndB. Antong the old settlers occnpving 
u]ai-e^ in and about the stand were R. A, ilax- 
lett, W. T. Itoyer, Albion Knotls, George SIo- 
Dauiels, S. T. Cantrall, J. W. Jonen, EI. U. I.von, 
Sloses I^swell, lluraoe IlickoT, .1. K. Samlerc, 
W, A. Whiteside. Mn. J. R Sandei-*, George B. 
Merrvnian, Mm. Geori^i B. Merrynian, Jatuvs M. 
Reetf. .lohn Sinia, M. K. Anderson, J. 11. Fulten* 
wilier, S. Wm«), K.R Perkins, John M. MaltUew, 
W. 11. Herndon, J. II. .Malheiiy, John North. S. 
K. Wilcoxson. GotMlrivli I.ightfoot. Samuel Mil- 
ler, K. K. SlcCoimell, George R Weber, W. H. 
Marsh. C. S. Cautnll, A. R'nol.n.son, II. Alkire, 
Mrs. KlizaWlh Sollerv, John C.i]>ps, Willism 
Shumate, Jon-ph Sheidierd. R D. Brown, Joha 
Unsher. William S- Burcb, Prestou l!n-cken- 
ridge, Mrs. S. J. I* Claire. D. P. llobinooit, 
Russell Godby, James Good, J. D. Mc.Mnrrav, 
James Parkinson, J. M. Cartmcll, J. II. RIlii, 
Sitmuel Fredge, M. A. Carlwrighl, A. J. Kane, 
John De Gamp. AVilUam A. Grant, Isaac Iteriy, 
John Williams, J. I.. Sbinkle and nthera. 

The meeting wa.s called to order by M. K. 
Anderson, who introibiced James 11. ^lutheny, 
who made one of bis old-fashioned s]<eechea. 
Alfred OrendortT was next introduced. lie re- 
ferred in glowing termx to the progress being 
made in the development of the country, and the 
part the pioneers bad Liken in the work. " Illi- 
nois," said he, "the State they had reclaimed 
from Indian barbarism to civiliKation had a 
grand hi^tor}-, and especi.illy so Central Iliinoi*. 
The State's career of ]irosperity now ranked it 
third in the L'nion. But look at lier men; look 
at her brilliant coterie of intellect which thirty 
years ago moved amid these scenes — Baker, tbe 
orator and soldier; the gallant Shields; our own 
Judge I^gan, still with us, the illustrious lawyer 
of that time; Stephen A. Douglas, tbe statesman 
and patriot, whose last aot was to aacri6oe parti- 
sanship in the interest of patriotism; and then 
l.iiiroln, a name synony minis through the world's 
greatne>s, with honor and lidelity and goodness; 
a name rellecting tbe world's honor u]«»n tliis 
section of «-oaolry. With such a history Sanga- 
mon county should be proud and go on in its 
career of prosperity." 

William II. Ilemdoii, the next speaker, had 
never, save last year, atu-nded tlie Old Settlers' 
re-union, lie euine now prepared to Ki>e±'' '~ 
bis own wav. On behalf of thu President 
the Society ha extended a hearty a'elcoine to 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, 



preseut. **Look into the history of Sangamon 
county. Geographically, it is about the centre 
of Illinois, and nearly the centre of the United 
States. Here is fertility of soil greater than 
elsewhere, and people the equal of any. Hut 
this was not always so. Tlie advantages now 
enjoyed, our prosperous condition, was largely 
doe to the pioneers who coming here grappled 
inththe trials incident to a pioneer's life. It 
took men and women of nerve to battle with 
life in the wilderness, and the result of that bat> 
tlins was seen here to-day in our prosperity and 
the happy presence of the old settlers and their 
dcoendantM. It was well. The like of such pi- 
oneers we i^hould never see again, unless in tiie 
far west** The speaker illustrated the trials of 
pioneer life by an incident in his childhood's 
uiys, when, his father being absent, his mother, 
by almost superhuman exertions, saved her fam- 
ily from an attack of an Indian war band. Al- 
lodtng to the mode of life in early days, he said 
erime was almost unknown; social life was char- 
acteriased by the largest hospitality to strangers. 
Now selfishness ruled — " every man for himself." 
Early religious elTort was fervent; men and 
women were unmistakably pious; there was true 
wor^thip. Now we mainly worship form and 
fashion rather than the Deity. lie paid a high 
compliment to the missionary zeal of Peter Cart- 
vright, one of whose sons occupied a place on 
the platform. Tlierc were now great chanijes; 
but having faith in an illimitable Supreme Being, 
be bo]ied the changes might l>e improvement, 
opening to a grander sphere. Specifically allud- 
ing to these changes, ^Ir. Ilerndon said: — "Now 
let ui look at some of these changes, wonderful 
changes that have taken place since the countv 
of Sangamon was organized. First, let us look 
at this question commercially, and to do so we 
villtake the substance of a merchant^ adver- 
tisement in the Sangamon Journal of 1830: 

KEW STORE. 

" The undvrsij^ncd will keep constantly on htnd n 
^lemlid ussoiiinent of dry goods, hardware, cutlery, 
pocfricH, drugs, medicine:*, books, boots and shoes, 
ianiess and saddles, <juccnswnre, glassware, nails, 
iron chains, etc., etc., which will be siold cheap for 
cash or country produce, such as beeswax, dry hides, 
feathers, butter, bacon, pork, etc., etc.* 

** Now what a chance. Dry goods, groceries, 
hardware, etc., are sold in separate stores. The 
oki kind of stores are split un into specialties, 
where only one thing is sola, such as drugs, 
boota and shoes. Instead of being merchants of 
all things they are merchants of but one. Thus 
professional tmdeS| callings of every sort dividoi 



split and develop into a special, and hei*e lies the 
cause, so to speak, of the progress of mankind. 
** Agriculturally, the sickle gave its place and 
power to the cradle, and it in time gave its place 
and power to the reaper. The wooden mould 
board plow gave place to the iron one, and the 
common little bar shear gave place to the shovel, 
and it to the double shovel, and it in turn to the 
cultivator. Tlie short, old Dutch-English scythe 
gave place to the blacksnake, and it in turn gave 
up its place to the mower. In these cases, as in 
a thousand others, the muscles of man was re- 
lieved by the muscles of the horse and the pow- 
ers generated by mechanics, and so it is and 
ever will be, and yet we in the West are hewers 
of wood and drawers of water, and yet I dare 
not say * and so it is and ever will be.' God 
forbid. The wooden llail gave place to the 
treading, round-going ox, and he to the thresher. 
The cotton sheet, in a storm of wind, cleaning 
the grain, was succeeded by the fanning mill, 
and all these gave up their place and power to 
the threshers. The wooden rake has oeen suc- 
ceeded by the horse rake. The whip-saw has 
given up the ghost before the mill-siaw; the 
muscles of man U) the forces of nature. Origi- 
nally in the West the ox did all the work ; he 
hauled everything, worked everywhere, and at 
all times; he hauled goods from !^t. Ix)uis at one 
dollar per hundred, and from Beardstown at 
forty cents per hundred ; he plowed, threshed, 
hauled, tread the mill; if not obedient was 
goaded and whipped by their angry masters, and 
for his great services was fattened, killed and 
eaten by those whom he had enriched. God, it 
is said, is merciful to man, but how is it with the 
poor ox? It was once shortly and pungently 
said that * Illinois was hell on oxen and 
women.' The ox-mill and the horse-mill, as 
well as the water-mill, that ground out every 
hour about as much as a good hnzle-splitting sow 
with a litter of pigs could eat, has succumbed — 
has all been surpassed by the steam mill grind- 
ing out its thousand barrels daily, llie mode 
of travel, originally, was by two-horse stage ; it 
was followed by the four-horse stage, with two 
seats, and it by Uie nine ]»as$enger. Now our 
mode of travel is by rail on iron tracks, and 
driven by steam, having many cars, with thous- 
ands of seats and carrying thousands of passen- 
gers across the continent in a few days. We 
now live by steam, and die and write our will by 
electricity. The flax wheel and the large wool 
and cotton spinning wheels, as well as the hand 
loom, driven by the hand and foot of woman, 
have all in their place given way to the power 



HISTOKV OK SANGAMON COUNTY. 



loom, etc., driven by steam. Yon know the lit- 
tle wlii-tl, the larger one ami tbe han<l loom, 
bow tbey nil used to wliirl, whiz, sing Had slnm 
sail, :nid joii know the loom lioURe where 



ed to si: 



iiid ku( 



' how it loolcL'd, and 
saw 3-our old riiolliers silting there toiliiii; away 
night and day nhoving the shuttle^ Do yuii'? 
If NO, rcniiirnlKT llie past, AnA the good, gone 
ii{), up to Iteavcn. The little old log cabin, wilh 
deerRkin dunr, clapboard roof, puncheon lloor, 
(itick t.'himnuys, daubed with clay :ind straw, 
covered witli boards taken from the oaks by 
hands, and held down by weijjl it- poles, have 
given jihce lo palauca, BO to ttpeaV. The old log 
school bmise, with slab benches, piiuohcon floors, 
greased pijier for glass, logether wilh the ill- 
natured scliuul master, wilh his fcnde and whip, 
thank God, aru gone, and in their place we have 
schools and colk'goa on every lianJ. Our court 
bouse, costing some ^70, baa been Encceciled by 
one costing some ^^00,000. Our State house, 
costing some -^1,000 or $t,000, haa been suc- 
ceeded by one listing as many raiUiona. Origi- 
nally, we sent k'tters and ineaeages by horse, 
now we send them by steam and electricity, aa 
it were, beating in speed, time itself. So we 
have lived, are living, and will contiuuo lo live. 
The pAsi is nothing, the present ii nothing, the 
great future will be all. Man, the r.-vce of man, 
is but in ils infancy^is a mere child, yet rocked 
in the cradle of ilotber Nature. The world is 
young, lime i.^ long, and the race eternal, willi 
unbounded forces. His capacity has no bounds, 
and his progress no limit, lie will master every- 
thing but the unmasterable, know everything 
but tbe unknowable. He will be free and un- 
fellLTcd in all the walks of life or drench ihe 
world ill blood, lie will be master of himself; 
be wilt have no fetters on his limbs, bU tongue, 
nor his brain, nor liia business; he will be master 
of the furniM of matter and the forces of nature; 
he will make these work for him, loll fur him, 
groan and sweat and bleed for bim, so to 3|ieak, 
while lie elimbs lowards bia anticipated, looked- 
for heaven." 

Oil the conclusion of Mr. Kemdon's address, 
the meeting .idjonrned for dinner, after whicli 
sluirt >[)eeelii's, recountinu the lime of tin 
rival, reniini^cences of tlieir early life here, and 
aniining anccJoles, were tietivered by (leorge 
H. Weber, Godbey, D. W. Clark, M. K. Ander- 
son and olhcnt. 

Alexander 11. Irwin was rc-cleclc-d President; 
M. K. Anderson, V ice- 1' resident; K. C. A[atheny, 
Sforelary. 



Tlie tenth re-union was held at I.o;inii, Sei>- 
temlier 4, 1877. The nnmbcr cslimated present 
on the occasion was from five to seven thousand. 
The meeting wag called to order by William 
Jlcliinnis. .ind prayer offered by Itev. J, G. 
While, .lames M. Tnrpin delivered the addrei>s 
of welcome. John T. Stuart wn^ then Intro- 
duced as tbe orator of the day. The address of 
Mr. Smart will bo ftmnd on |>age 104. 

At the conclusion of Mr. Stuart's address, Al- 
exander IJ. Irwin, of Pleasant Plains, delivere.! 
one of his pleasant, otf-band talk*. Afur din- 
ner K. W. Uiller read one of Will Carlt,...'* 
poems, "Hetay and I are out," in a .-•lylc ihat 
would have done urcdit lo a [>rofcsiional elocu- 
tion isL 

Preston nreekenridge, an cx-Prcsident of tlie 
society, and John Carroll Power, the historian, 
were intrmluccd together. Mr. llreckenridge 
said: "Mr. I'ower, I have the pleasui-o of pre- 
senting you, on helialf of myself and other 
friends of yonrs among the early settlers, wilh 
a copy of NA'cbsler's Unabridged Dictionary, a* 
a Slight token of your hercul.tiiean labor of 
writing and publishing your History of the 
Karly Settlers of Sangamon County. Then, 
tuniing to the audience, be continued by express- 
ing the opinion that it had no opial in any 
county in the SUite, and [lerhaps not in the 
United Slates, and that in fifty year* from now 
it would be consulted with even grt-ater interest 
than at the present time. 

Mr. Power responded by saying that' he wa« 
placed in a position re<piiring him to make an 
Old Settler's s]>eech, a thing th.1l bo never ex- 
pected to do in his life, that he could not do the 
subject justice, but ibal be would treasure tbe 
work as a reminder of two of the must ulensaiit 
years of his life — the two years spent tn visit- 
ing from house to house among the early set- 
tlers, while gathering material for the history'. 
" Or(linarily, said he, "1 would recommeiiil 
every family in the LTnitod Slnlcs to su|i|>ly 
themselves, tirst, with the llible and llien with a 
ctjpy of Ibis dictionary; but for Saugaimm 
coiiiuy a good library would 1«! a copy each of 
ibc liible. Dictionary, and the History of the 
Kaily Seiilers of this county," 

Cliaraelcristio speeches were thou made by 
llevercuds J. G. White and J. L. Crane. Mrs. 
Eli/ahetli Harbonr was introduced and some 
evenu of her life relaU-d by William .McCinnjo. 
At ten years of age she was with her jiarentn 
inir« l^ort, near whatia now Oreeuvillv, Itoi 
voniity, and wiuessod the light that took plaw 



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lIISTOliV OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Iberc August 27, 1814, when the ludlaus under- 
took to ca|>lnre the fort. She saw Thomas Uig- 
gins as near shot and cut to pieeos as a man 
eould be and live; she also saw John Journey, 
John Grates, and Major William Hewitt killed, 
the latter of whom was in command of the foit. 
Mrs. Harbour had with her the chain used by 
her father, Simon Lindley. After the town of 
Springtield was laid out there was a discrci>ancv 
between that town and the former town of Cal- 
houn. Mr. Lindley was called on to re-suney it, 
which he did, harmoni%ing all differences. She 
keeps that chain as an lieirloom. ^Irs. Harbour 
also remembers the Indian ranger who died and 
WM buried, September, 181:^, at Sulphur Springs 
cemetery. His name was William Hewitt. 

Davis Meredith was elected President, and E. 
C. Matheny, Secretary for the ensuing year. 

ELKVKXTH AXXl'AL MEETING. 

The following account of the Old Settlers' 
Meeting, on the occasion of the eleventh annual 
meeting, held at Pleasant Plains, August 22, 
187$, 18 taken from the Sangamo Monitor, and 
was doubtless written by the editor: 

**The day was only a little too hot for com- 
fort, but pleasant when the shade was found, 
And the cooling breezes fanned the brow and 
converted the shade of the tall trees of the 
forest into bowers of comfort. These retreats 
for the weary tmes who sought them to rest 
their bones or talk over event*^ and stir up mem- 
ories full of pleasure to both the narrator and 
listener, were perfect havens of rest to many an 
old settler on the occasion. 

**The grounds had been well selected and but 

few places present so many natural invitations 

to partake of its shades and grassy carpet, to 

enjoy the gentle zephyrs that waft themselves 

through the magnihcent foliage as that of the 

grove selected by the e^immittee for the purpose 

of celebrating the nineteenth anniversary of 

the organization of the Old Settlers' Association 

of Sangamon county. The stand stood in the 

wnth of the amphitheatre, protected from the 

rays of Old Sol, and decorated with green boughs 

intl emblems of the free. It was so arranged as 

to accommodate the patriarchal portion of the 

dissociation, and those who were to take part in 

tlie services to add another pleasure to declining 

days and a new ray of hoin; to fading lives. 

**On the right were seated the choir, selected 
and trained for the occasion by Professor Griflin, 
one of the most indefatigable and patient vocat 
instnictors in the county. I'his choir is made 
up of not a few who have made reputation for 



voice and musical talent, in other days and on 
similar occasions. Its composition is as follows: 
Miss Fannie Meredith, organist; leading so- 
prano, Miss Ida Crow, Misses l>elle Johnson, 
Ettio Shoup, Lizzie Stout and ^follie Forbes; 
alto, Misses Delia Ilerndon and S. J. Lockridge; 
tenor, Clark Dragoo, Will Knotts, William 
Dodds and J. K. I^ockridge; basso, C. C. and E. 
R. Ileadley, Job !Megrady and George Harnett. 
During the day's performance the choir per- 
formed in a most decidedly musical and popular 
manner the following programme: * Glory to the 
New Born King,' *Love Divine,' *The Hunters,' 
'Pilgrim Fathers,' *JIold Your Head Up Like a 
Man,' *My Boyhood,' and closed the day with 
* ]\Ierrily Onward We Bound.' Too much can- 
not be said of the pleasure contributed by these 
ladies and gentlemen in the exercise of a talent 
which none who heard their efforts c^n refuse 
to accord to each of them. 

"On the left sat the 'cause of it all,' the ven- 
erable and honorable landmarks of the past to 
whom the present are in<lebted for all the glory 
of a Christianized civilization. As they sat 
there with uncovered craniums, some of them as 
hairless as a billiard ball, others with silvered 
strands lluwing as gracefully as the flaxen wave- 
lets from the head of infancy, a new veneration 
for age seemed to possess the youthful portion 
of the vast throng as they would speak the names 
of their grand sires in the most reverential tones 
of affection and tenderness. 

** We saw there the vener.able, and we might 
add handsome, President of the Association, 
Davis Meredith, Esq.,with the honors of forty- 
nine Illinois winters whitening his locks. Pres- 
ton Breckenridge, Esq., with forty-four years of 
labor in the soil of Suckerdom to entitle him to 
honor from her sons and daughters; and Joshua 
i Dillon, John Miller, Nathan (\irson, Maxwell 
Campbell, William Batterton, Isaac Wallace, 
Abner Knotts, John (Taines, .Tames Parkinson, 
Jacob Epler, Samuel Williams, Robert Cum- 
niings, H. W. Diller, the patriarchal Captain Job 
Fletcher, and the returned pilgrim to other lands, 
who fifty years since was the ruling spirit of the 
young and vigorous manhood of Springfield, 
^Major iMobley, and Alexander Irwin, John Har- 
rison, Ijogan ^IcMurry, B. E. Baker, William M. 
Butler, John Slater, Mat Cartwright, Thomas 
and John («arrett, two of as noble representa- 
tives from the Isle Erin as over made a track in a 
furrow and lived to enjoy the fruit of their hon- 
est toil. And there sat John Lightfoot with the 
flowing beard, the youngest old man in America, 
and the tall form of William Yates was seen 



HISTORY OF SAX«A:«1)N COirXTY. 



luotniii); above the otbcrs, and 1>. (i. Kalb, tbe 
well proserveii obi settler of R-mnd Prairie. 
These were on tbe Ht^nc] as spedin^ii brivks 
from tbe "Kiln of Time' during tbe times that 
might well be snid to have 'Irieil men's sonis/ 
These were not all of the 'old folk* :it boiiie' 
who bad come out to the 'Eating Uoe' at the 
Plains, and as we ulroU nroiind tbe graunds we 
eball try to introduce some <if thirni to yon. 

"It is a little remarkable tbat it should be, 
aud not ho much to be wi nilrred at either, that 
all |)icuica must be decoraiod wilb chin music 
Dnt it n dt'plorably tbe case that the programme 
of fifty years fince mnsl still be religiously ad- 
hered to, if it 'break a trace.' Tbe speaking 
was not eo numerous as it should have been, al- 
though some of the very best, 

"Tbe Kev. John Slaltr was never more happy 
than when welcoming tbe vast crowd to the hoa- 
pilality of hi.-i fellow citizen* of the Plains and 
tbe Association. We have such an niter repng- 
nance to the publication of speeches on imcn 
occasions that we never allow onrselvcs to take 
more than outlines, on the principal that tbey 
are made like Tom Lewis' butler used to be 
made — for present use — and those not there 
were the losere, while those who beard lliera are 
satisfied. Itrotlier Slater's speech was well- 
timed, sensible and well spoken, juat aa those 
who know him would exjieut him to perform a 
task of the kind, and wo will cover the whole 
else in a word, when we say it was pk-nsing to 
those who heard it and detracted no lanrel from 
the Uev. Johns' brow, earned i.i days gone by. 

"Judge Jlatheny was an ' Old Settler' in earn- 
e.-'t, dealing in reminiscences of tbe days of 
puncheon lloors and honest people, delivered in 
tbe conversational or narrative style. Itwasftlll 
of the most jrraphic and pleasing incidents of 
niLLi and the times and held his audience like a 
vice. We have too much regard for Colonel 
JIalheny to mar the nleasnre lie gives a« audi- 
ence of any character by attempting to place on 
paper the peculiar phraseology and the more pe- 
culiar Maihcny-oiatory with which he give* his 
speeches to bia hearers. 

"Or him it may be said more truthfully than of 
any other speaker we now have in remembrance, 
'his speeches must be heard to be fully and do- 
servedly appreciated.' 

"If success in tirst forcing tbe human face into 
its greatest length by some serious line into 
which be may choose to lead his listeners; then 
spreading their months like tbe lease of n 
man from ear to car, now o'ercasting their 
wilb the most sympatbi/.ing cast of couuUi 



and causing the briny messengers of grief to 
chase each other down thefurmned and fat check 
alike, then banishing gloom as tbe (!od of day 
would tbe mist of a ^ggj' morn, is effective 
speaking, then our (.'ounty Jndge and cherished 
^lalheny is ymir man; but donl a>.k tbe .Monitor 
man to waste lime and printers' ink in an effort 
to report him. We will leave that to newspt- 
pers whose repmlcra believe iu <iuaiitity and 
not imaliiy. 

'Olr. James Stout's recitation was well done, 
well received, and rellecled credit on the ■;yiid 
UiBte of the geiillenian, both in tbe selection and 
reuitation of tbe poem. 

■"Out of tbe old house into the new,' bv lh« 
worthy son of a noble sire, Kev. W. II..Miltinm, 
tbe ' sightless orator of America,' whose faee 
and form begin to show the marks uf time- 
since be first aroused in the souls of his hearvn 
of veai-s ago, ii holy love and venvration fivr lh« 
God in whose service bo had embarked— «M 
among the many attractive features. lie is fliS 
the soul of eloipienee, tbe foimtniil of orat'<rf, 
who with his mine of Knisbed -^-ins, n hen no- 
locked by the key of some soul-inspiring iheutCi 
has astonished thouKtmls in his native Und, and 
by our neiglibors o\er the waves which separat* 
the ctmtinent*. esub!i>hed his re)>ule as «lie of' 
the most gifted of America's orators. 

"As we beheld him iu his graceful geMurea 
with his rivilcd audience b.inging on cverj- wort 
uttered, leaning to catch his bnlli.ant gemi of' 
thought as they left him clothed in the most al- 
tractive style, wo scarcely knew which to inoM 
admire, the genius of the speaker or the res)tecl> 
fill attention uf his hearers. His speech foi^ 
nished food fur thought, whicli we tloiibt noi 
will be carried to many a home, and. like lbs 
bread east upon the watei-s, the niirk of ito 
'blind man eloinieiit' will be seen growing il 
many a homestead when he has lilledtlu- tiKXh 
tii-e of his days and gone to ga/u «i>on the si-enw 
of Heaven, o'f which the beauties he is now de- 
prived of seeing arc hut the faintest lyjw. 

" Itev, Sir. Short, of Jacksonville, we learned, 
made anotlicr speech after llio meeting had bfrt 
annonnecd .as closed, and many bad gone, bat 
which we also were informed was well rccvived< 
'I'liese comprised the services at tbe stand, ex- 
cept in one particular. Tlie niiisio of lluller*! 
Uand was no small factor in making the attrafr 
tions al that and other iioint.s during the da;. 
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lug notes from the intftriimciilal efforts of this 
reputable band. Their playing was timely, mui$io 
sppropriate, and in no company of players can 
be found those more proficient in their calling. 

WHAT OF THK DINXKR? 

"Ah! gentle reader, of the Monitor, this nc- 
coant would be incomplete and a failure, most 
inglorious, did we allow the very thing above 
tlloUiers for which the Old Settlers and the now 
settlers were bent on doing in style when they 
started for the grounds on yesterday morning. 
To get a good view of an Old Settlers' pic-nic, 
or. in fact, any kind of a pic-nic, you have got 
to take them at feeding time. Now, to do this, 
by 1 hungry reporter, is no small task. It re- 
<|aires a good deal of self-sacrifice, and as news- 
paper men are supposed by some people to sub- 
mt on wind, we ttiought we would not rob them 
of the dcln»iion, by being caught in an attempt 
to fill our ycaniing vacuum. We took a cold 
niick from our friend, Tom White, of the Plains, 
and with Faber in hand and £d. Rierce to hold 
eopy, we made a dash around to see who was 
there and M*hat they ate. 

^'W. 6. and Oscar and Aunt Jane Purvincs,E. 
S. Bone, and Tom White were trj-ing to fill 
Uncle Joe Ledlie, Ed. Bierce, and the hungri- 
est-looking newspaper man on the ground. They 
were abundantly ropayed, however, by the solemn 
ityle of the newspaper niaifs vote of thanks for 
their success in astonishing Bierce with a square 
meal, and fattening Uncle Joe imtil his best 
friends fail to recognixe him. Mr. Sam Valen- 
tine and family were hiding chicken on the 
double quick style, with a board fence to keep 
them away from Ben Trenary, Billy Parker, A, 
C. Smith, and their families, consiJ^tine of about 
foitv-seven young Rock Creekers, all in good 
health. 

**T]ien we spied Charlie Watson and his csti- 
nuble better half, fooling away about sixty-five 
pounds of wholesome and delicious, in an effort 
to inflate Ezra White, Garret Elkin, and a squad 
of'Pharaoh^s lean kinc^ of folks of the Ed. 
Uieree stripe of eaters. 

^'Tliere sat Jack Ganlner and his family, en- 

a^'^ed in a similar sjiort. Then we ran head 

Hijit against * Hi' Gardner, trving to get rich 

kt*eping lioanling house with Ben Caldwell, 

Colonel Mobley, Henry Latham, Will Gardner, 

of Chatham, and all their families, particularly 

ilenrv l^tham's. As we left the scene, we 

pitied Miss Kendel, Miss Gardner, and some 

yonng lady frien<ls who wore well-nigh worked 

out m Uieir effort, and Ben Caldweirs little 

blonde baby crying for more. 



**Aiid there sat John Hardin and Billy Barrett 
foraging on one of Sangamon^s cleverest men, 
Wm. Stitt, who had called to his aid Berryman 
Hurt, Esq., and still failed, for Hardin was coax- 
ing our old friend Epler, whose white table cloth 
''learned with chicken and ham, to give him a 
drum-stick to chew on. Had it not been for 
Scjuire Hamilton, Purvines, Ware, and their 
families, who protected friend Epler, we guess 
John would have got enouffh. 

"There sat J. P. Smith, Joe Hayes, Dr. Ather- 
ton, Dan Staples, of Beardstown, a relic of the 
Black Hawk times, and Johnny Wolgamot, witli 
their families, looking for all the world as if they 
had been boarding with Noah in the Ark, and 
the provrsir»ns had given out after twenty days 
of the storm. 

" Here we are in front of Will Converse and 
Tom Little, and the old gentleman, Henn^ Con- 
verse, with children, grand-children, and great 
numbers of children, swinmng in a hammock, 
and eating * yaller-legs,' until they all looked like 
Methodist preachers, particularly Grandpa Tom. 

"^How are you?* said we, as approaching a 
nest of crotrs, with more mooves than any county 
can turn out, and more to eat than would have 
fed a whole company of clever folks like 'em. 

"Then we saw Old Man Yeakle and Squire 
Waddle trying to outeat Hardy Conant. Captain 
Bradford was at the same time performing a 
friendly office in helping a lady friend who had 
eaten until she got down with the exercise. 

"If one desired to see a company of * old setr 
tiers' when they tackled & table, behold the array: 
Captain L. Smith, George McMurphy, F, B. 
Smith, S. L Lindsey, B. O. Pearl and Gash 
Lynch, assisted by several other good judges of 
•witlles well done' — of the female persuasion. 
Ah! there is my friend IL Fayart, and our friend 
Shibley and their families, taking the rural snack 
and washing it down with pure juice of the 
grape. * No, I thank you, we have had our din- 
ner or you bet we would;' and we pass on. 

" Ed. Elkin and Joe Reavely, Will Mowery 
and Harm Gatten, and several other fellows just 
as hungry looking as Ed., are making the grub 
look as if the table had been struck by a tor- 
nado, and no help arrived. 

**Then John Harnett, J. H. Classpill, Rev. 
Wilson and Professor Griffin had been running 
a boarding house for the tuneful ones who fur- 
nished the music. But it was no go. jNIrs. Pond 
and Miss Annie Wilson, and Thomas Wilson^ 
the Grand Marshal, all looked weary in well do- 
ing, and the voice of the singer still sang for 
more. 



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"Here is Our Own Iluiiii'brcy, of F.nrraing- 
ilalc, wiih !ii'< li.ipiiy family under a tree, hiding 
a few things i>f a delicious flavor to stay nnlure. 

"Ptarson K.ll, Martin Riles, W. J. Sliroyt-r 
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"Look wliat an appetite for the good tilings 
Hensc Hobinson still possesses. 

" Wlio said Jndgo Maltteny was backward or 
diOidetit in the presence of a spring eliiiken 
wlien robbed of its elotbing? 

"Hut here ii> the place to get a nice dinniT. 
It is on wati-nnelon. or at least that is all ihe 
Monitor man »aw ihcm iiit'estignting when he 
took a view of their table, about eleven feet 
long and covL>red with melons. Mioses Ida 
Hughes, Frankie London, Helen Sanders, Oora 
Adami!, and her sifters, Miss Caddie Priest, and 
Messrs. Saunders, Dow Jlatheny, M. Fui'long, 
Sam Kunyan, and Elliott, alT taking inelon 
Btraight. 

"We became so tired watching others we 
give it up before we got aionnd, ami concluded 
to stand and see who were there and what they 
were at. Old settlers began to crowd around \i», 
who we failed to see on the stand, and many was 
the grasp of the hand we ffiive and took as we 
met our friend Captain R. if. Constant, of I'.lack 
Hawk fame. There goes Bob Pirkins. Here 
cornea Bill Springer, as happv as a new nominee. 
Henry Converse shakes with Hardin Ellmore, 
S. Q. Harrison passes looking as young as he 
did twenty years since. 

"We spied Wm. Lynn, Riley Pirkins, Wm. 
noiijjhton and 'Hickory,' his brother, S<iuire 
Fink, and Ellis AVilcox with his cane, and Henry 
Foster, George Harmon, Ijoth no older, only 
more hairless; Isaac Ilawley and Billy Burch, 
from the city; Peter Cox, from Ball; Billy 
Itrown, who must now be considered an O. S., 
from Berlin; Newt, Purvanse, Thomas Watts, 
and here comes George Trumbo and our friend 
Hall, from Sleclianicsbnrg. How do you do, Mr. 
Arnold and M. A. Carter, of the Plains. John 
Hardin is now an O. S.; and so alscTisH; 



Trumbo and Henry Jtngjr, 'Brug,' Pirkins ami 
J. B. I'irkins when he can boast of a big grand- 



"Here is Thomas Ilessy and John De(':nnp 
and Zim Enos and Doo. Jayne — all rijie t)Id 
S.'b. So is Tom Averelt and Tom Talbolt, and 
'Doc' with his family of great big voiis and 
lovely daughter. 

"Here is Mrs. Dillon and Mrs. Renshaw and » 
whole host of old ladies whose veneiabli' a|i|>enr- 
ance bears evidence of having seen this world 



ay bacb at a perioti which makes iheiii uouut 
their days by the seventy ami eighty years, 

"There stands Joshua F. Amosi otic of thfi 
lirst iMrixntirs that ever struck Springtielj; 
-lamo- I, Hill. .John Fa^ian.C. \V. Vanberenand 
Chriviiiiu tn.w, from Cass county: and ibere i* 
Kd Watts and his f.amilv, and our farmer frieiKl, 
Elliott n. Herndon. Es-j., who, with his Wtler 
half, had vieweil the land belwetn Springfield 
and the plains behind the faithful horse. Here 
comes John A. Miller, of RoeheMer, and Ira 
Wincbell, the honest smith, Mr. and Mrs. lii'ii- 
nelt, from east nf the city, ami here is luir friond 
J. M. Turpiii, from Loami, and W. F. Foltv, U. 
F. Short and 1! F. Cnmuiing*, who wt-nj Wth 
born about the ^ame time and came to the Stttc 
together. 

"And here is a whole batch we slnuk from 
Rochester: M. D. McCov, George Gr.en, Wm. 
Derrv. Wm. Whiteside, J. T. Twist, Wm Tafi, 
J. S.'Highmore, D. T. Ott, J. Alcott. \l. John- 
son, H. Fairchild, J. Pollenbargi-r, Dr. lUlicock, 
S. Campbell, S. Williams, C. Hum| hry. J. Grm- 
ham, G. Forden, John .lohnson, II. Clark, Sam- 
uel Johnson, J. Everhart, Joe Miller. Geor^ 
Deyo, X. Oeyo. 

"Young setllors who demanded some of our 
attention while jtassing anmnd: Miss Don 
Bennett and the Misses IJevens, Jas. A. Wins- 
ton. Dr. Convll, Mrs. MeEIhany, Miss Burcbelt, 
Mrs. Sibley, Mrs, Fayart and Sirs. Cross — paf»- 
ing around on a review of the outside worlds 
wherein peanuts, ]>oi)-t'om, patent blacking* 
horse swing* and rope-walking were the atirao- 
tions, and iu which they were joined by nearly 
the entire young settlers and all of the old. 

"Mrs. S. 11. Richardson, tl)« Jtlisses Fink, oar 
old friends of twenty years sinct;. Mr. aud Mrs. 
Edwin Tomlin, and Mrs. Dr. Harrison and bcf 
two single daughters and married one, Mr*. 
Iteekman. Tlie very prince of old setllers, Nost 
Mason, E«q., and Ben. Caldwell and Al. WaiU 
tryini^to find out which of the babies bad tb( 
blomfext head uf hair. Marshal Stevens aw 
our very clever young lady friends. Miss Jnlil 
Ronth aud Julia Frobuer, 5lrs. Whitcomb, Mn 
Maxwell and the venerable wife of the n<.-) 
President of the society, Mrs. Campbell, llol 
Ilflzlett and Mi.ss Belle Bradford and a ibouiMiii 
others we have not room to name." 

Maxwell Campbell was elected President o 
the society for the ensuing year, and James H 
Mathcny, Secretary. 

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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



**Tbe aniiiui] reaiiion of the Sangamon County 
Old Settleni* Society was held on Wednesday, 
die 20t]i ult., in AbelPs grove, just nortli of the 

C' ^a8ant village of Rochester, and it proved to 
a grand success in ever^ point of view. The 
day was fine, alUiongb a trifle warm, the attend- 
ance was immenae, and the exercises were of a 
more interesting character, if possible, than is 
■saal CD such occasions. The committee, as- 
ditcd by the good people of Rochester, had made 
ample preparations for the accommodation of 
the crowd. A stand for the speakers and musi- 
eiaos had l>een erected, seats sufficient to accom- 
modate a large number of people were in position, 
and a number of barrels of ice water had been 
provided. The people from the surrounding 
coantry came flocling in at quite an early hour 
io the forenoon; a large crowd went out on the 
Ohio Jb Mississippi road on the nine o'clock 
train, another on the ten-thirty train, and still 
another on the one p. m. train. The appearance 
of the ground did not differ materially from 
vhat one is accustomed to see on such occasions. 
There were acres of horses and vehicles, and 
'oceans* of people — old people, middle aged 
people, young people, men, women and children 
— nch men and poor men, stylishly dressed 
women, with the flush of health on the cheek 
and tlie 8)»arkle in the eye — women — ^good old 
mothers of Israel, with furrowed cheek and age- 
dimmed eye. Then there were the usual number 
of refreshment stands and catch-penny contriv- 
ances that have been so often seen and just as 
often described, and upon which we do not pro- 
nose to dwell, preferring to talk more particu- 
larly of the old people and the exercises in 
which they were interested. 

*'On and immediately around the stand were 
many old men and women, to whom we are in- 
debted for much of the civilization that we now 
enjoy. Among the number, the Ittgister reporter 
noticed Mesdames Daniel Barr, John Cussitv, 
John Ijock, David Crouch, Melvina Miller, Polly 
Ilashaw, Jane Butler, Eliza Taft, Polly To]^ 

ranee, Rachel Poffenbai^er, Eliza Miller, 

I^vi, Cloyd, Julia «iohnson, N. Harris, I..e- 

vissa Richards, Taylor (Taylor>'illc), 

Rape. Messrs. Mnnsen Caiter, D. 6. Kalb, 
Andry Kalb, Rev. S. M. Smith, M. K. Anderson, 
(«• Goodridce, John Lightfooti, Closes I^iswell, 
li. AV. DilTer, Alexander B. Irwin, N. Harris, 
Noah Mason, Davis Meredith, Andrew HoUen- 
beck, I. A. Hawley, Samuel Grubb, George 
Poffenbarger, John T. Stuart, Preston Breckin- 
ridge, J. G. Ransom, E. Sanders, Charles I^mb, 
James Afagredy, W. R. Ford, James Bell, B. A. 



Giger, George Green, L. Ridgeway, S. R. San* 
ders, Rev. A. Hale, Abner Knotts, Henry John- 
son, A. Barber, Daniel Wadsworth, M. G. Wads- 
worth, Harness Trumbo, Samuel Williams, Dr. 
Able, Dr. Babcock, J. M. Morse, Moreau Phil- 
lips, L. P. Matthews, J. E. McCoy, M. D. Mo- 
Coy, John Ix>ck, Strother Jones, William Shu- 
mate, C. W. Van Deren, Isaac Watts, Uriah 
Maun, J. Palmer, Henry Converse, John De 
Camp, Philemon Stout, and last, but not least, 
the venerable John T. Beuham, bending beneath 
the weight of ninety-one years, and who was 
doubtless the oldest man on the ground. 

''The exercises at the stand commenced at 
about half-past ten or eleven o'clock. AI. D. Mc- 
Coy called the assemblage to order, and a choir, 
led bv Mr. McCoy, sang, with fine effect, 'All 
hail the power of Jesus' name.' Then Rev. G. 
W. Dungau, pastor of the liochester ilethodist 
Eniscopal Church, invoked the blessings of 
Almi|^lity God upon those present, and upon the 
occasion, after which the choir sang'Kock of 
Aces;' then Dr. E. R. Babcock, of Rochester, 
delivered a neat address of welcome. Alex. B. 
Irwin, of Pleasant Plains, one of the vice presi- 
dents of the society, then took charge of the 
meeting, having been requested to do so by 
President Campbell, who was absent. After a 
few preliminary remarks, he introduced Hon. 
Milton Hay as the orator of the day, and that 
gentlemen proceeded to deliver a liighly inter- 
esting and instnictive address, of which we can 
present but a brief synopsis. 

" The speaker said the printed programme ad- 
vertising an ' oration' from him, on this occasion^ 
was all wrong. He had promised only to make 
a short talk. Judge Matheny should be called 
upon personally to make good the promise set 
out in the programme, as he was abundantly 
able to do it. Addressing himself to the occa- 
sion, he said: 'The Old Settlers' Society of 
Sangamon had now become one of the perma- 
nent institutions of the county, as it rightfully 
should be. It might have been the idea of the 
founders of the society that it Mas to be kept u)> 
only as long as the few pioneers who bejc^an our 
earliest settlements should survive, but we have 
outgrown that idea. As one generation succeeds 
another, the elder generation yet upon the stage 
of life would always constitute ana bear the re- 
lation of 'old settlers' to the new growth of po]>- 
ulation. In that sense m'c should always have 
old settlers amongst us, and hence we would 
have the elements and material for an old set- 
tlers' society. In the ]>rocess of time the society, 
it is true, would lose its characteristic of being 



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composed of llic first t^otttcra, Inil il cotilil sltll 
rcuiii ils cli.t met eristic of bt.'iiig oM settlers. 
Tfie old as well as the poor, we shall always 
liave with us. 

"In lliis comjiaratively tarly liii-lory of tlie 
society, however, we baJ tUe advaiilago of liav- 
iiig aiuongKt us as yet, so that we nitc-t them, 
face to face, a few of the very earliest pioneers; 
men and women wlio had stood, aa it were, wpou 
Mount I'isirali, and gaxcd u]>on the trackless 
prairies and forests of these regions; men who 
saw that the laud was fair and who were the 
first to enter upon it and take possession. Tlie 
experience of these old settlers was an cxperi- 
euoe that no other generation of settlers oould 
possibly have. At that early day these regions 
were not considered ko inviting as to cause ahy 
rush or haste in their scttleinent. A few located 
doubtingly and caiitionsly, and these at consid- 
erable inlen ak of time. It wa^ no part of the 
expectation of tliese pioneers that tuey woald 
realixe suddenly great wealth or great succcb« of 
any kind by bcin^ the first upon the ground. 
Bui little iii'oiiuatiou had been disseminated as 
to the c'laiac:*- of the country, hut tliere waa a 
guiiiTiI ip.i]ue^son that ils chaiactcrisiics were 
those o! a d*serL 

"Tlieic was doiH and question ihen as to 
wiietber a prauie country was inhabitable. The 
means and nioites of access to the country were 
slow and dillicttlt, and only thosu were tempted 
10 come who were already frontier men, or who 
for some exceptional reason preferred the free 
life of a wilderness to the comforts of the older 
si-illcd parts of the country. There was at that 
day no rashiug tide of emigration from all parts 
uf the world. There were no sjK-culators, land 
grant rMlroad uomp.tnies, and newspapent en- 
gaged in 'whaij|iing up' the country. There 
were many discmiforts and depriv.ilion,- which 
the early setller hnd to undergo; but there were 
compens.-ttions also, 'llie early settler was al- 
most 'monarcli uf all he surveyed." lie could 
enjoy the great natuiMl beauty of the iirimitivc 
scenery of the counlrj', before it was broken and 
profaned by roads, bnihlings and fences. Ue 
iiail no ilis.ifireenblc iifii.'liboi'8 lo fret or annoy 
him. With hisgnn nixi rnilhfnl d..^' for com- 
jiany, anil the wild game all :irouiid him, he 
eared nothing for tlie focieiy of men. Of course 
only a cI.iks of men who liud long b.ibitnated 
themselves to a life on the outer borders of civ- 
iliji:ilion could enjoy sneh a life in il< full per- 
fection. 

"In process of time came a class who dc: 
)>rogress iu improvements and civilisation. 



these men began the work. Not content with 
building for themselves the caTiin lo live in.thej 
built the early log school houses and churches. 
They began tlic work of eultivaling the soil for 
something more than their own |>ersuiial w.tntn; 
of opening faniut and laying out roads. Then 
be^au the location of trading jioints and towns 
ana traders and mechanics came in to i^npjily the 
wants of po|mlation. And so, Kte[i by slei),*)Mtp- < 
Illation and improvement slowly inerea$«d. All 
this, however, bad |>rogressed under circnmstaiH 
ces in which the pnmitive condition, habits and 
ns.iges still largely prevailed. Our trading waa 
mostly a system of Darter; an escliaugv of one 
article of produce for another; of corn for cat- 
tle, or cattle for horses, and of the produce of 
the farm for Labor, manufactures or merchandise. 
Money as a medium of exchange w.is scarcely to 
be h.id, and hence but little was used. All this 
belonged to the period anterior to the intrwluo- 
tioQ of railroads. With the f.acilitii's afTonlcd 
by railroads for reaching ouickly the great ni.vk- 
ets, came cash buyers and ready snlea. T1ie$« 
iron rails not only connected us wiih the com- 
mercial world, but along then; came the iguiek- 
cncd pulsations of a more commercial life. This 
tpiick and ready intercourse with the ooinmercial 
world, soon affected our old habits and usages, 
our fashions and modes of doing Imsiness. We 
set .-kbout to adapt ourselves to a changed condi- 
tion of alfairs. 

" We were somewhat unconscious of the ex- 
tent or these changes as they occurred, but in 
the course of a few vears, we opened our eyce 
widely to the fact. Flien we began sadly to re- 
call the old d.ty8 and the old times. Then we 
began to look around for the remnant of that 
pioneer band of 'early settlers,' whose eIpe^ 
lenco and memory of a f.ir different condition 
of things would prove interesting to a genera- 
tion which knew nothing of that bygone time, 
but from tradition. It was then ibe idea vai 
conceived of bringing those 'old settlers" ti>- 
getber once a year, lo talk over the old timet, 
and refre.-ih each others' memories with the old 
time experiences and incidents. 

"As oefore remarked, our changed life mil 
habits was the result of many causee operatiug 
through a space of years; yet some nf these 
causes were so powerfid and direct in their opeP 
aiion as work m.nterial changes in a very short 

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of imilroids. Undoobtedlf to Ibis was attrihot- 
able the greateat changea m tlie material condi- 
tion and oeages of this murt of the country. 

**Tbe effect was mamd and direct upon al- 
vMMt every porsnii and calling of life. Old 
kabiu and old indnstiiea to a great extent dis- 
appeared on the appemrance of the locomotive. 
Some were drop|NNl and lost sight of; others 
greatly changed in the manner of pursuit or 
performance. Not only omr home-made mnnu- 
netures, bat onr home-made life and habits in 
s great measure disap|>eared. The ox and the 
Cvey ploWy Ibe spinning wheel and the loom, 
dinppeared together. We began to build houses 
of a different style and with different nfaterials. 
Ws farmed not only with different implements 
Vat in a different mode. Then we began to in- 
qniie what the markets were, and what product 
of the farm we ooold r^se and sell to the best 
advantage. The farmer enlarged his farm, and 
BO longer contented himself with the land that 
UoMelf or his boys conld cultivate, but he must 
kave hired hands and hired help to cultivate his 
enbu^ed possessions. 

'''nien it was omr families discovered their 
insbility to do the housework of the family, and 
required hired assistance. Customs in religious 
exerdses even underwent a change. The * f orty- 
sibute* sermon besan lobe preached; men and 
women no longer divided off on each side of 
' the church; the minister ceased to line off the 
liymn for the congregation, and the congrega- 
tion quit singing. 'Choirs* and fiddles made 
iheir jirst appearance in the churches. 

** Almost concurrently with the introduction 
of railroads, it was discovered that the school- 
mi8ter was abroad in the land. Our free com- 
mon school system had its origin about the same 
period. Along with the new impetus given to 
the material condition of the countr}*, and, as it 
were, band in hand with it, came the free com- 
' mon school system, to give new development 
and growth to the mentaland intellectual life of 
the countr}'. 

**Tlie old schoolmaster and the old school 
books were either discarded or put under new 
reciilations, so that a new ireneration was rap- 
idly growing up that had Teamed to scout at 
Webster's spelling book and Daboll's arith- 
metic 

•*Very iew of the boys of this generation 
know anything of that bad boy who was found 
in the ap]>le tree stealing apples, as told in Web- 
ster, and none of them would pay any attention 
to the excellent* moral* with wiiieh the story 
eoncluded. 



**But the common school system, enlisting, as 
it did, in its organization and mavhiner}*,a laree 
portion of the adult population, as well as teas- 
ers and children, wonderfully increased the 
mental activity of the country. 

"Turning to the characteristica of the early 
settlers, the speaker said it was a mistake to 
characterixe them as containing all the virtues 
enjoined in the decalogue. Tliere were good 
men and bad men amongst them. So far as 
morals were concerned, they might be described 
as an average lot of humanity, but they were 
mostly men of strong and marked tniits of 
character, lliey had Uie vices and virtues pecu- 
liar to men whose lives had been spent upon the 
frontiers. Self-reliance, bravery, fortitude and 
shrewdness of judgment were striking character- 
istics. With these there was a general kindli- 
ness of disposition, which the necessities ot their 
situation called into fre<|uent exercise. Notwith- 
standing all this, however, the inherent mean- 
ness and vice of the human character fre<|uently 
manifested itself. Some were given to brawls 
and violenc4^; some were malicious, and would 
vent their malice in slandering a neighbor or in- 
juring his pro]>erty. llie earlv records of our 
courts show that much of the litigation of that 
early period arose from these causes. This was 
the character of litigation in which our early 
lawyers won their renown. In case of victory 
the fee was not great, but the glory was. Still 
it was true that there were better types of old 
settlers — men whose lives were blameless, and 
who furnished no grhU to the lawyers or the 
courts unices in self protection. Those were the 
men who were laying well the foundations of a 
future orderly and ]>eaceab1e community; whilst 
others might be engaged in brawls, these were 
engaged in founding the church and the school 
house. In any reflections cast upon any portion 
of the early settlers, it must be understood that 
this did not include the women oi that day. 
There is great concurrence in all the testimony 
we have of that period that the }»atient, untiring 
devotion of the women of that day, to all the 
duties of their situation, was without exception; 
and that the failings and shortcomings of many 
a triHing husband were more than sunplied by a 
patient and industrious wife and mother. 

"The sneaker discussed the useful as well as 
pleasureable juirposes that the Old Settlers* So- 
ciety could acconi])lisb, and argued that tlie so- 
ciety should perjietuate itself and become perma- 
nent. 

** However this might be, he hoped that so long 
as any of those entiUed to be considered genu- 



HISTORY OF SAXGAMOX COUNTY. 



iiie 'early itetllers' wore living, tlieiic nnruial 
meetings i>linulil be held, an^ l>e the ocuasion for 
the meelini; ami commingling of all those men 
ami women, ; et upou the stage, whose bravery, 
f ortitmlc, patience and indnstry, and whose trials, 
liardahip^ and viTliie9,had lai'd firmly the foun- 
dations of KiH'iety here. I^et those who have 
come afier, invd with them on ihene occasion?, 
and let thiR Intter generation see with their own 
eyes these oaily pioneers, and hoar with their 
own ears the experiences of these incn and 
women, tu the end that tlie memory of those 
early days might he handed down to posleritj'." 
"At the eoDolnsion of Sir llay'saddress, which 
was listened to with the closest attention by a 
largo propor linn of the assembly. Acting Presi- 
dent Irwin announced that a recess would be 
taken for dinnvr, and then the contents of sun- 
dry huge bat^kels and boxes were dragged to 
light, a iiiiiuhi.T of tables were improvised, and 
these were tilled with almost everything that 
good Sangamon county farmers' wives could 
prepare with which to tempt the human appe- 
tite. At one of these, that prepared by the 
family of Uncle Pres. Breckinridge, of {.^jtton 
Hill, the Ilegister representative and his 'better 
half were fortunate enough to be entertained. 
It was a right nval feast and n<i mistake— 
cliii'kene, s1i':ed ham, choice l>rea>) and butter, 
jellies, preserves, pickles, everyihine, in fact, 
that could be desired, and while the ladies were 
tiri'paring the feast the jovial, whole-souled Uncle 
l're<i. was scouring the grounds in search of 
hungry people to feed. Nobody declined an in- 
vil.ilion from such a source, ol course, and his 
s]>i'e.id was s]>eedily surrounded. His daughter, 
^Irs. Lucy 1>. Hunter, and his daughters-in-law, 
Mesdamcs I.illie and llngb Urecll en ridge, as- 
tiisied by otlur members of the family, grace- 
fully diMpensed the hi>spitalitie>, and succeeded 
admirably in their very evident determination to 
make their guests feel 'at home.' Uncle Pres. 
presided with his usual urbanity, and %\\ sati!i6eil 
the cravings ■it their appetites lo the fnllesl ex- 
tent. There were at the table Mrs. Louisa 
Stokes. Mrs. IJashaw. Mr.;. Sophia Tlioma«, Jliss 
Elizabeth Evert, two daughters of .'\Ir. Samuel 
.I.ihns.ni,Mr. Will Iterrv, Mr. Ben Waters, Mr. 
I. Stokes, Jlr. William Stoneberger, Mr. Samuel 
Williams. Mr. S. P. Mathews. Mr. William D. 
Hunter, Dr. Ab.-I. lloland Thumbs, Ale.x. Breck- 
inridge, Harder Breckinridge, Cleophns Breck- 
inridge, Masters Arthur Abel, Taylorville, Bur- 
tie Breckiiuidge, Ida and Inex Breckinridge, 
and other grandchildren too numerous to men- 
tion. There were many other tine spreads by 



largely in splendid style." 

Tllll'.TKBMTtI ANNVAL KK-VMON.* 

"Thepl.ice selected for this year's meeting was 
the grove hack of the residence of Mr. Dani<r| 
Jones, in Cotton Hill township, five miles soulb- 
east of Crow's Mill. Mr. Junes and his family 
had done all that w.is possible to provide for 
the comfort and convenience of those attending, 
and they are deserving of the highest prai)« for 
the generous hos])itality extended to all comcrK. 
But it was iin]>ossihle to render the place se- 
lected ■ satisfactor)- one, in sncli a dry K(>asoB 
and upon such a hot day. It innst he .idmitted 
that the old settlers are relieved of many annoy- 
.ances by hoMiRg their re-unions at Rome distance 
Away from town and from a railro.nl, so that no 
one ought to grumble at the inconvenience ne- 
cessitated in reaching the location chosen. Of 
course, all the roads were terribly dusty, but a 
refreshing breenic afforded compensation for all 
annoyances. Ujmn the roads leading to and 
through the grounds, however, the dual was 
much wome than upon any of the roads outside, 
and, the grove being situated down in a hollow, 
the heat was insulTerahle. Owing to the unus- 
ual drouth, the water supjily wa« cut off, and Uw 
management were only able, by making great 
exertions, to supply the throng of snITenng ho- 
manity with an occasional drink of water. At 
a result, everybody was decideilly uncomfortable 
throngliont tne day, and felt inneh more as if 
they had become for the time being veritable 
pioneers than as if they were enjoying a social 
holiday. But it must not be imagined from 
what lia^ been «aid tliat the alTair i\-as not a snc- 
cess, for it certainly was 3 decided success, de- 
spite all these drawuacks and others that could 
be mentioned. The attendance was \-ery large, 
but there w.is no oppoitunily of fairly estimav 
ing the number jiresent, The woods were liier- 
ally f nil of horses and vehicles of even- descrip- 
tion, ami this made it very evident that a very 
large number of persons were present. Itatai 
no time was tlie crowd about the sjieaking stand 
particularly large, the visitors 1>eing seatti-red 
all over llie grodudx, wherever shady nooks 
could he found, enjoying themselves socially. 
As uNual, the affair mrtook lai^ely of a social 
character, altliough tne programme at the stand 
was carried out successfully and very satisfac- 
torily. But the real attraction of the g 

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the atteiidaDta, was the ofiportuni- 
nded of renewing old acquaintance 8, 
ear^iog again and again with them 
I, bat ever interesting, stories of trials 
d and difficulties overcome bv the 
neers of Sangamon county. Hot as 
tie shady grove, the veterans could re- 
Imost innumerable occasions when 
ed much more, and the frequent men- 
I ever-memorable * deep snow ' seemed 
lally impart a rather refreshing frig- 
d atmosphere. 

field was not as well represented as 
Lgb quite' a good delegation was pres- 

gatliering was largely composed of 
rs of the county, who were accom- 

their families, to whom the ocx^asion 
well-earned and well-dest^rvcd day of 
. Among the old settlers in attend- 
\ noticed the following, the figures in- 
lia time of their arrival. 



T, ISM. 
Splcer, 1888. 
ter. 1826, 
leeler, 1852. 
aline, 18S5. 
r.1838. 
sger, 1850. 
Jones, 1849. 
1,1854. 



W. V. Grecuwood, 1820. 
W. W. Mnader. 1889. 
D. J. DrcDnan. 
Thos. 11. Sbephcnl, 18^0. 
M. A. James. 1827. 
A. Bre<:kenndge, 1884. 
J. H. llermHD, 1881. 
Wilson BrowDcll, 1825. 
J. W. Shake, 1829. 



kVilliams, 1885. W. W. Crowl, 1845. 



kout, 1886. 
eh, 1886. 
IDE, 1887. 
ids, 18)4. 
lommer, 1884. 
1836. 

rer, 18.2. 
e, 1842. 
ctt, 1854. 
llie. 1846. 
Berry, 1840. 
(orris, 1835. 
In. 1885. 
1,1882. 

enbergcr, 1889. 
aegle, 1888. 



H. W. Walker, 1828. 
Joseph Bcnn, 1828. 
Robert L. Pirkins, 1825. 
Jacob Heiikle, 1825. 
Wm. U. VigAl, 1832. 
John White, 1840. 
W. H. Boyd. 1837. 
Horace Wells, 1850. 
George H. Miller, 1838. 
J. W. llaiaett, 1826. 
Alex. B. Irwin, 1820. 
Daniel Jones, 1825. 
Noah Mason. 1824. 
A. T. Thompson, 1886. 
J. C, Bone, 1824. 
J.ll.MatlicDy,1821 



public exercises took |>lace at the stand 
cd for the pur|>o8e, which had been 
!i a good position in a shady grove. 
iporary structure was occupied by the 
I singers and several of the older per- 
«nt. At the back was displayed a ban- 
ng the words, « Welcome Old Settlers.* 
•nt were wreathed above and about the 
id the whole was surmounted by a large 
lit platform was surrounded during the 
by an intensely interested gathering, 
oas among whom wei*e a number of the 
Uiers in the county. 



** The exercises of the day began with luusio 
by the band, after which Mr. John H. Weber of 
Pawnee, delivered the reception address, appro- 
priately welcoming the members of the society, 
their families and friends, and memlx*rs present. 
*l>rooktield' was well rendered by the choir, and 
prayer was offered by Rev. Josiah Porter. 

"The exercises were conducted under the ef- 
ficient management of the President of the so- 
ciety, Mr. K. W. Diller, of this city, who next 
delivered the President's address. A synopsis 
would fail to do justice to this address, w*hich 
was given in happy, conversational style, and 
was replete with entertaining reminiscences and 
sensible suggestions. 

"After singing by the choir, Mr. John Harri- 
son, of Pleasant Plains, made a brief address. 
Mr. Harrison has lived upon the same farm for 
fiftv-seven years, and knows all about the trials 
and experiences of Sangamon county's early 
pioneers. The county was almost a wilderness 
when he first arrived, and six months before that 
time those residing in his neighborhood were 
obliged to go eighty miles to mill. He related 
several interesting stories about the mills of 
those early days,an<i told how the inoneers were 
obliged to carry scythes, with which to cnt grass 
for temporary bridges across the numerous 
sloughs that were not bridged. Mr. Harrison 
concluded by extolling the advantages now pos- 
sessed by Hlinois and especially by Sangamon 
county, saying that he was unable* to see why 
any farmer should desire to go West after gold, 
because the products of the farms of this coun- 
try were much more valuable than all the gold 
and silver in all the hills of the Rockv Moun- 
tains, and were easier to get at. 

"Judge H. M. Vandcver, of Christian county, 
then gave the audience one of the most unique 
specimens of orator)', if such it can be called, 
which the writer has ever listened to. He speaks 
forcibly, though with considerable effort, and 
seemed determined to convince his hearers that 
he was an ardent admirer of the 'good old 
times,' and customs of the past. In fact, he 
seemed to be rather indignant because people 
lived more comfortably in these days than did 
the early pioneers. The object of his remarks, 
so far as they c«)uld be tmderstood, seemed to be 
to impress his hearers with the thought that the 
early nioneers went forth animated by a deter- 
mination to conquer all the earth, fearing neither 
man, Hesh or the devil; and that their descend- 
ents ought to be inspired by the same feelinga. 
They lu»ard too mucn of the great achievements 
of great men which were not possible to ordi- 



mSTOKV OF SANT.AMOS COnSTY. 



ticnl beiictits to lie ileriveil rniin tLii e^rlv o\pc- 
rieiices of tlii^ir own anccsiori'. The ilmlge"* 
address sei'Qied t>i plcAse tlie audience. 

" The election of officers being next in onlor, 
was diitposi-d of Ijy rei,-lect,ing;lbe itrcsetii ullicii'nt 
Presidunt >ii)d Sccrctarv, Mr. Diller and Jmlge 
Mallieny, on motion of'jlr. Weber. After more 
ninaic, ' the best of all,' llie ilinner hour, was an- 
luiunced, and soon all were eii^aijed in i:ii|mlyins 
the wanls of the inner man. Nunu were aflowed 
to go hungry, and ibose wlio had not provided 
themselves with ba^ket^ were hosjiitaljly and 
bountifnlly oared for by the generous farmer*, 
whose picnic dinners arc always remembered 
with plcnannt recoil ecli on s by tho^o who partake 
oi, them. At two o'clock a l;irger aniliencc than 
before aRSembled to li»tcn to lion. Jat. C. Ilob- 
inson, of this city. 

"After the usual innMcal introductory, Mr, 
Robiusou iiinde a rather brief addresH, which 
proved very cutei-taining, being interspersed 
with characteri)iiic anecdotes. He reviewed ilic 
great changeN that hud taken place sinve the day 
when the early iiionecrs Kettled in the county, 
anil eulogi/.ed the moral character, integrity and 
industry of the early settleiij, in whose footsteps 
the risinz generation conid follow with profit. 

"Jlr. Robinson's remarks closed the regular 

Srogramme, but the audience were not reaily to 
ispcrse, and willingly listened to brief recitals 
of their early e^rperiences by Mr. Van Deren, of 
Cb.ithaiii, and Mr. Baker, of Christian county. 
The choir was then called upon for several .songs, 
which were enjoyed more than any other feature 
of the pro^^r.imme, and President Diller was at 
last leluelantly compelled to declare the exer- 
cises of the day ended. 

"Many of those in attendance immediately 
made a brenk for their homes, while others re- 
mained to indulge in social converse with neigh- 
bors and friends, [ireferring to drive home .■ifter 
Hnndown, by wliich time the grove was deserii'a, 
and the hundreds who had participated in the re- 
union h.id separated, to await the coming of the 
next 



FOURTEENTH ANNUAL UEGTINr,. 

A two days' session was decided upon for the 
meeting, and Wednesday and Thursday, August 
2 1th and 2dth, the time, and SiliRbury the place, 
for the Fourteenth Annual Re-union. 

The accommodations in the w.^y of tents for 
those who wished to sleep upon the grounds the 
first night, were ample. The tents, whith were 
of the regular army make, wiiter-proof, were 



people 
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erected on the outskirts of the grounds, and all 
pied » ith as jolly and happy a class of 
le as has been seen in many a year. 
t M-as no camp-meetiug crowd, if we may judg« 
by the music, sentiment of song*, and the local 
speecheti heard from the occu^iants up to the 
small liour« of the morning. Everything wa« 
orderly during the night, but simply a little 
jolly. " Uncle Joe " seemed to be uo|iul.ir npoo 
the grounds, judging from the loud calls made 
for nim during the nieliL 

The speaker's stand was erected in a small 
depression and slope, with plenty of shade, the 
seats being after the usual style on such oec^ 
sions — planhs laid upon logs. The stand waa 
prettily ornamented with colored paper in laoe 
patterns, and in front bore the inseription: 
"Welcome to the Old Settlera," surrounded with 
a very neat design. The young ladies of Kali*- 
bury probably had a hand in the decoration of 
the stand. Several large and beautiful bouquet*' 
graced the table in front of the stand 

At about eight o'clock Wednesday evening, the 
first exercises of the Old Settlers'' .Meeting for 
18B1, were held by the few who were present. 
The audience numWrcd about one hundred and 
fifty or two hundred The exercises were Rome- 
what informal, as they were intended to Ire, and 
consisted of pome fine singing bv a C')m|iany of 
young ladies and gentlemen from Plea-sant 
Plains, under the leadership of Professor W. B. 
Griffin, all doing credit to themselves and their 
teacher. Several amusing stxirics were told W 
Rev. Sir. Clark, S<imfp Parkinson and R. W. 
Diller, of Springfield, all illustrating some inn- 
dent in their early life and the customs and 
habits of the people of the country some forty 
or fifty years ago. Those who know the sjieak- 
ers can appreciate somewhat the aifiu^ement 
afforded the crowd on the occasion. Thn meet- 
iug adjourned by singing the Doxology, " Praise 
God," etc 

Mr. Diller announced a prayer meeting for 
the morning, at seven o'clock, after which the 
audience disper.sed to their reH|iective tents, but 
probably not lo sleep until towards morning. 

On the morning of the second diiy the over- 
cast sky and the mutterings of the <]istant 
thunder and fiashes of lightning, gave indica- 
tions of rain at an earlv hour, but none came as 
exjiecied. At s o'clock the sun showed itself 
through the olouds. At an early hour th» 
people began to arrive. The old settlers were, 
of course, important personnges; you could i 
one as far as you could see him, by his ii^ 
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lighted np bi« couDtenaDce. Their comely wiven 
sharetl id the general good feeling which pre- 
vailed, and wiuont them the interest would van- 
ish Most of the early settlers came to the 
gathering in their carriages, drawn by a pair of 
OTer-fed horses, a striking contrast to the mode 
of traveling sixty years ago, when the convey- 
ance was on horsehiach, with saddle and pillion. 
They have a ri^ht to hfi proud of their success 
b life, which they sufferea so much to attain. 

The meeting was called to order by John H. 
Hamaon, and Elder Stevens made a prayer ap- 
propriate for th^ occasion. Singing was fnr- 
ai-shed by a choir led by Professor Gnfiin. 

Mr. John H, Miller made the address of wel- 
come, but would not, he said, make a speech. 
He aaked the question, ** Why have we come 
bene — why leave our homes and gather under 
this shade? We have come to meet each other 
—to see and l>e seen. But we should have this 
in moderation. This is an Old Settlers* meeting, 
of Sangamon county.'* He spoke of the aston- 
ishment of an Englishman who should meet us 
here for the first time; we should have to explain 
the matter to him. In this connection he refer- 
red to the changes that had occurred in the last 
two hundred years. The red man had changed; 
tlie canoe had given place to the steamboat. 
And this change had changed the whole world, 
in an important sense. AVho has made this 
chanse? It had been caused by the old settlers; 
but uiey will soon pass awa^.' We have some 
of them here to-day, and give them a cordial 
welcome, and will give them that reverence 
which we should do under the circumstances. 
We aay again, we give you all a cordial welcome 
to Salisbury.** 

RSSPONSX. 

Mr. R. \y. Diller made the resuonse in be- 
half of the old settlers. He thanKcd the gen- 
tleman for the kind words of welcome. He was 
not an old settler, but he had drifted into it; he 
had been here only thirty-two years, but Mr. 
Harrison, who is here, had been here sixty-two 
years. He here referred in an interesting man- 
ner to the improvements — railroads, sewing ma- 
chines, and all kinds of machinery. All these 
oJianges had been made in about thirty years, 
and perhaps in thirty years from this we may be 
going to Philadelphia in a balloon. We cannot 
ti*ll what may come. He then referred to the 
last night's meeting. He then said that of the 
twenty-five vice-presidents of the society, all are 
alive — not one has been taken, and most of them 
are here, for which he was most thankful. Af- 
ter some remarks about how the meeting hap- 



pened to be changed, etc., he spoke in compli- 
mentary terms of the forthcoming History of 
Sangamon County, and advised all the people to 
have one of them when nublished. He closed 
with wishing that all might have a good time, 
and bid all good-bye. 

The response was followed by a song by the 
choir. 

Mr. Harrison then came forward and said he 
was an old settler. His father moved to Ken« 
tucky, and he came here on the 4th of Novem- 
ber, 1822, and had lived at the same spot since 
that time. He lived in a log house of one room, 
18 by r^. We entered the loft by a ladder, 
which W.4S placed outside. The number of per- 
sons that lived in that room the first winter, was 
ten grown persons and six children. We live a 
little better now, and have grown some since 
that time. Mr. Harrison then introdnced Mr. 
Jacob Hinkle, the oldest settler of Sangamon 
county. He came here with his father in 1818, 
and is the youngest of eleven children, and is 
the only one living. He lives on the same place 
where he came to first, and had it not been for 
the old settlers' meeting he would never have 
have seen this portion of Sangamon county, and 
was surprised to know there was such land in 
thib section, 

GOV. 8. M. CULLOM's SPSSCH. 

At this staee of the proceedings, Mr. R. W. 
Diller, Pri^siaent of tne society, introduced 
Governor S. M. Cullom, who commenced by say- 
ing: 

*' Mr. President J ZtodieM and QentUtnen. — I am 
with vou to-day in resj^nse to an invitation to 
attena the annual reunion of the old settlers of 
Sangamon and Menard counties. It is the first 
time in my life that I have appeared before an 
audience of old settlers to make an old settlers' 
speech. I was informed that I was invited to be 
present, not as governor, but as Shelby M. Cul- 
lom. I thank my old friends for the complment 
of the invitation and the manner of giving it. 

" This is an old settlers' meeting. What kind 
of a meeting could be more enjoyable if we enter 
into the true spirit of it as we may. Such occa- 
sions should be entirely free from unnecessary 
restraints and conventionalities; every man, 
woman and child should feel at home. Let the 
old fashioned hearty friendship be stirred up 
to-day. Let a spirit of good will be rekindled 
upon the altar ot our hearts. 

*'I come here to have a good time with the 
people I have lived amonff now for twenty-eight 
years. Some times I think the influence of our 



UISTOItV OF SAXGAMON COUNTA'. 



civilization as it grows ulilcr, to some extent 
■mothera out tliat warm-licarteil, aclirt^ syinpa- 
tbizing Kiiirii for our neigliborB and frioiuls thai 
used to burn iuighllyin the hearts of the people 
of this country. We go along now a days and 
meet our neighbors, and under the pressure of 
business and money making and fn^liiou, we 
scarcely epeak to our beet fnend§. The country 
people are not quite eo indifferent. You cherici^ 
the habits and friendi-hips of your fatbcn*, bnt 
not BO to the flame extent in our cities. There 
is not enough of hearty eoeial feeling among the 
people of these days of high presBure, any where. 
The result is the very foiintaiuB of cur better 
natures aru in daugerof being dried up. Unless 
we keep alive our friendships and attach- 
nienlB we will scarcely know after a while 
whether we have any friends we care for, and 



" If there is anything which makes life worlh 
the struggle, it ia the sympathetic, the social 
part of our natures, the feeling that all the 
world is akin, the feeling that there are warm 
hearts in the breasts of God's noble men and 
women beating in sympathy with our own. 
Smother out tliix part of our natures and the 
world would be cold and gloomy, and humaniiy 
would dwarf into tittlenesx, and soon become 
uit*Tty selfiKh and moan. Then, fellow-citizen a, 
old Ri'ttlern and young, let us renew our fricnd- 
fihiiis to-day, and we will leave here better men 
and womun, feeling better satisfied with our- 
selves and the world around us. 

"What is the eignificance of the term, an old 
settlers' meeting? It does not mean simply a 
gathering of persons who have lived to a good 
old age in the commnnity, though many of you 
who bear the distinction of l>eing an old settler, 
are now bidding beneath the weight of many 
years, and your ratiks, as you have heard to-day, 
are being thinned eaeh year hy the Silent Keaper. 
In the sense in which the term is used to-day, it 
means more — it means a gathering of pioneers 
in the community. Many uf yon may justly be 
called pioneers in this region of country. I'io- 
neers cannot be found in the older Slates of the 
Ea^t There the proverbial oldest iidiabJtants 
came into the world and iiassed his life amid 
scenes of advam-cd civilinatior. and crow.kd 
population, lie nees about him, in his old age, 
the same familiar objects that crowd the recol- 
lection of hia youthful days; the home his father 
lived in he perhaps lives in. The farm where 
his father, and posxibly his gran df.it her, paHxed 
their lives, be ia laboring on and getting n 



scanty reward for his toil. The stones of hard- 
f^hips endured by the pioneer settlers of iho$« 
old Slateit live in history and in family tradition, 
bnt the men and women enduring the hnrd^hipc 
are gone; they are not there to tell the story. 
Not so in our State. Some of the gray-haired 
men before me to-day have seen this i-miuty, now 
(■railing with civilisation, in which only bold, 
hardy spirits, men with brave hearts and strung 
arms vcninred to make a home. When we listen 
to the statements of these men and women, who 
have lived in Illinois and Si>ugaRton and Menard 
counties forty, a'ld fifty, and some of ibem nearly 
sixty years, whc came when, in a large part of tb« 
State, the red man made his home, when nn oitr 
prairies there coidd scarcely be found the foot- 
prints of civilisation, and theu look alK>nt ns 
and see our State vast as an empire, tillid with 
populous citieK, coicred with fruitful f.irms, its 
territory crossed and re-crosscd l>y thuuiiands of 
miles of railroads, and reflect, that the span of 
a single life has marked all these vast changes, 
what a suggCKtion, yes, what an e\liibinon of 
rapid growth nnd progresH. Some of you oldest 
people have seen it all. It has been (he growth 
of fifty years. 

"I know that much has been said about our 
rapid growth, Imt I fancy it is a subject which 
never ceascB to be of interest, and wc cannot 
study it without protil. One of the chief ob- 
jectB of these gatherings is to keep alive the 
memories of ibfl j>rimilive days of our Slat« 
anil to tmprces their lessons uiron those who ara 
to come after us. I do not think 1 am a very 
old man and technically I am not an old settler df 
Sangamon or Menard countv, thongh when mj 
father and moUier came to this State with their 
family, now nearly fifty-one years ago, and set- 
tied in Ta/.ewell county, it was only three years 
after it was taken oS of Sangamon and made & 
county of ileelf. So you see, my friends, I am 
a tolerable old settler after all." 

After referring to the org.ini/.ation of the 
county, the Governor continued: 

"The first men who ever resigned nllice in 
this county were Mathenv, Kelly and I.aiham. 
The tirat election ever held in the county was in 
1S21, at John Kelly's bouse. The first road 
located was from Springfield to Jacksonville. 
The first bridge was over the Sangamon. lo 
\fi-if>, the State made an ajipropriatiou of $1,000 
lo improve the navigation of the Sangamon. 
One steamboat got to Springfield, or as tiear at 
the river runs to it, but liad to back out in i 
to get away, which ended the business of ti, 
gating the Sangamon. 



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^But I was talking about tlie changed condi- 
tion and the growth in this country. *When 
TOtt and I were young* we found our |>astime in 
hunting and fishing, in log rollings in corn 
huskings and quilting bees. When the yonng 
people fort^ or fifU years ago danced, they 
danetd^ not in a stitf, delicate sort of a way, but 
they danced in earnest. Do yon remember how 
long it took the old fiddler to tune up and how 
impatient you were to begin. In those days 
everybody's house was open to all and all were 
welcome, and when we went visiting we went in 
earnest, taking along the whole family. I think 
the dinners our mothers used to get up when 
the friends would come in were better than we 
often see in these days. Every thine cooked was 
iet on the table at once, and everybody helped 
themselves. In those days when anybody got 
religion and joined the chun:h«}'ou could hear 
him tell about it a mile off. Tne preachers of 
those days were their own educators and they 
were mightily in earnest. They meant what 
they said and sud what thev meant. The late 
Peter Cartwright, for example, whose old home 
in which he lived for more than a half century, 
is near by. They belonged to the church mili- 
tant and were as ready for a fight, if that was 
re«|uired to keep down the unruly, as they were 
for a sermon. They were full of zeal and 8er>'ed 
the Lord fervently, and helped to sow the seeds 
of temperance and truth, which are bearing good 
fruit to-day. 

*'I^t us lot>k a little at the history of onr 
State. 

^Illinois became a Sovereign State in 1818, 
with a nojHilation of fifty thousand, nine hund- 
red souls. It is now the fourth state in the Na- 
tion and the census of 1880 shows a population 
of over three millions. But its present proud 
|iosition has not been reached unhindered by 
serious obstacles. 

^ Karly in its history, financial troubles encum- 
b<rred its progress and tested to the utmost the 
wisdom and sagacity of the statesmen of that 
day. Many of you older men remember well 
the dark days when a cloud of debt hung over 
us that for a time seemed as though it would 
break in an overwhelming storm, when muttered 
talk of repudiation became almost outspoken. 
Hut you remember how those muttcrings were 
smothered, how the legislature and the people 
declared in favor of the honest discharge of all 
just obligations. And to-day, as a State, we may 
proudly Took tlie world in the face, for we owe 
Bomaa. 



**The vast system of internal improvements 
which involved the State so deeply m debt, the 
di^rging of the canal and the attempt at building 
railroads has been looked upon as a great error 
on the part of the statesmen of those days, and 
while it is true they undertook enterprises out of 
all proportion to their resources, time has, in a 
measure, vindicated the far reaching wisdom of 
their acts, for our rapid growth and develop- 
ment are, in no small degree, due to these im- 
provements. 

**llie privations which the early settlers in 
eastern states endured and which are recorded in 
history, were refloated in the experience of those 
who ventured to make a home in Illinois in its 
earliest days. But the Jesuit missionaries who 
came first to Illinois with the puri>o6e of 
Cliristianixing the Indians, and the tracers and 
adventurers who soon followed them, reported a 
land fairer and more blessed in soil and climate 
than any under the sun, and soon, bold hardv 
men were willing to brave the dangers and hard- 
ships of a frontier life in order to live in and 
develop a land so fair. It was not, however, 
until the twenties and thirties that the develop- 
ment of Illinois fairly began. By that time the 
hunter^s suit and coon-skin cap had given away 
to the home-spun garments; villages and soon 
cities had taken the place of the Indian camp. 
A few school houses were built which supplied 
the bare necessities of the people. In 1825 the 
State first undertook the establishment of com- 
mon schools by appropriating $*2 out of every 
hundred of State revenue for school purposes, 
which was divided pro rata between the counties 
as now. The free school system amounted to 
very little, however, until in 1855 when a new 
start was taken. We have a grand system now. 
^Ve have forty-one thousand nine hundred and 
sixty-four public schools in the State, over twen- 
ty-two thoui^and teachers, and seven hundred 
and four thousand one hundred and four pupils. 
Up to the year 1850, Illinois had only one rail- 
road, Hfty-hve miles long. In 1823 Chicago was 
a village of about one hundred and sixty-four 
people. Gt»vernor Reynolds, I believe, described 
It as a little village on I^ake Michigan, in Pike 
county. 

'* A story is told of Governor Ileynolds, that 
when he o|>ened the first circuit court as judge 
in his county, the sheriff went into the court 
yard and said: M^oys, come in, our John is ccf^ 
ing to hold court* I believe it is related of him 
also that when he had to pronounce a sentence 
of death upon a man found guilty of murder, 
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verdict Kay yon are giiilty uf tiiunler, and the 
law «ajs VdU are to be linng. Now, I want you 
and your VrieiKU down on Indian creek to ktiow 
that it is not 1, Imt the jury and tlie law who 
condemn vou. When would vou like to he 
hung?' 

"My friends, this soctiou of the State has lo>ig 
been uutL'd fur its fertility and attractiveness. 
As early :is the war of 1813, the trooits and 
ranserd ni their exjieditioDS against the Indians 
on l*eoria I.alie, noted the cowulry of Sanganioii 
as one of ^rcal fertility. The Indians appreci- 
ated ihi!!, for, in the Pottawattamie toneue, San- 
gamo nieaiia ' the country where there is plenty 
to c.ai.' 'Die 'St. (-iamo Kedciiiry,' as it waii 
called, became famous, and iu the atitnmn of 
1810, Mr. Ki-lly, with his family, camped on 
Spring creek, near the present location of Spring- 
field. In .M:iy, lS-Jl,a tcnn of court was held 
in liiK cabin. In lt!*2t, the public laud:^ having 
been surveyed, a town was laid out and called 
Calhoun, but as the ."ultlers came in that name 
was dropped and the name of Sprinytiold 
adopted. 

" Fellow citizens, yon have lived in the world'd 

greatest period of advancement, y>>n have seen 
le trausfiirmalion produced by the engine and 
the iron wheel over iron roads; the invention of 
the telegraph and its controlling power in buM- 
iiess and commerce, bo that at any time during 
the day we may know the markets of I^ndou, 
Paris and Xew York, the three great centers of 
the world. By the tolephonc, friends may hold 
c immunion with friends miles aiiart in their 
owo voice. l!y rail we may travel ataiiy speed 
np ti> sixty uiifi-8 :in hour. All these discoveries 
and improvfuu'uis von have witnessed. 

"In the political world you have been vast 
uhanges, a gi-eat civil war, a cQiintry Kaved, slav- 
ery ahiilished, the Constitution amended, and 
one of your own old settlers of Sangamon, whom 
you all knew, elected President of the I'nited 
SiatcK. Vou have seen the capital of our own 
Suite removed from Vandnlia to Springfield, 
you have seen the Kiatcs grow fiiim twenty to 
thirty oighi, and ynu have seen ^kai improve- 
ment in ai;ricullure. The improvement in agri- 
ciilmr.-il inijilements is wonderful. Vou ride and 
cm and bind vuur ;;r;iin, you ride and cut your 
^rass, you ride and plow, and three men with 
your ])resenl advaniagcs can do more than a 
diixen forty vears ago. 

"The world, my friends, has made its greatest 
lea]i of nrogrcBS within the last foriv or lifty 
years. It is as if Home magician's liand had 
cust a ttpell of improvement over the age in 



which we live, and had called forth .all the 
mighty engines of mother nature to niaVc tbej 
world jjrow as it never did before, | 

" Illinois has been peculiarly forlnnule in thqj 
jiossession of a class of pioneer citizens and* 
statesmen far above (he average of men- Ths^ 
first settlers of this country were remarkabiM 
men, strong in intellect, strong in will, and up>j 
right iu character. The Slate han been greatm 
favored and honored by the men who Iiave beew 
prominent .is its lawyers and statesmen. ^Vitln 
such men as Edwards, Cook, Bond, Coles, Popft^ 
llreese, Duncan, Thomas, and Lockwood, an^ 
Lincoln, I..ogan, Douglas, Browning, Ilardiu 
Uissell, Yates, Stuart. Harris, Shields, Dement^ 
and a host of others I might name, the prospefti, 
ity and grealneKs of our State was firmly secured 

"Thev all helped to mould our early insliliM 
tions. I'hey left the impress of their thoiigli^ 
and lives, not only to adorn the annals of oui^ 
own State, but to add new luster to the hisloriod 
page of the Nation and the world. j 

" But, fellow-citixcns, I muitt dose. We havw 
a great county, State, and country. It ib oun 
duty to take care of the inheriUnee handed] 
down to lie, for those who are to come after db,3 

" Our Slate and Nation have a grand fntura^ 
I have brielly inferred to the growth and [""OM 
ress of our Slate, but it has only fairly enterw 
itpou its career of prosperity. Soon we shall 
pass off the stat^, oitr children will take our 
places. When Ufty years more shall liave 
(lassevl away, may it be truly said of us, as wo 
>ay of our fathei's and mothers who have gone, 
that we were worthy of our lime and country." 

The '^jicech of the Governor was listened to 
with marked attention, and was received with 
applause. 

At the conclusion of the Governor's speech, 
the meeting adjourned until two o'clock for dtD* 
ner, after singnig the Doxolopy, " Praise God, 
from whom all blessings flow." 

After dinner, the meeting was again called tdd 
order, when the election of officers look placal 
R. W. Dilter and James II. Mathenj* were e.iuh' 
ro-elccicd President and Secretary, together with 
the fgllowinc-namcd Vice Presidents: 

Moses G.Wadsworth, Auburn; Davis Mere- 
dith, Ball; John T. Constant, Buffalo Heart; 
John T. Stewart. Cajiilal; James Parkinson, 
Cnrrnn; John Wilson, Clear I^tke; Alex Irwin, 
Carlwrighf, Daniel G. Jones. Cotton Hill; Cyrus 
Vanl)er<.'n, Catliam; Daniel Waters, C<>oj>cr; 
J. Ray Dunlap, Fancy Creek; David Talbc 
Gardner; Samuel O. Maxc)', Island Gro' 
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IxMuui; Oliver P. Hall, Mecbanicsbiirg; Tbomag 
Ray, New Berlin; John H. Weber, Pawnee; 
Clifton D. McCoy, Rocliesicr; Goodrich Light- 
foot, Springfield; M. A. Stevens, Salifdiar}*; John 
Ennig, Talkington; George Pickrell, Wheatfield, 
Isaac J. Taylor, Williams; Harness Tnimlio, 
Woodside. 

Mr. Kennedy, of Springfield, was then intro- 
duced and proceeded to address the meeting, 
and we regret we can only give a very iraporf oct 
synopsis of it. 

The address carried the old settlers back 
two hundred years ago, when Marquette ex- 
plored tJie Mis8issipi>i and Hlinois nvers, and 



domestic life — and cited ai( illut^t rations the food 
seen on the tables, etc., set u|K>n the c^oiinds to- 
day. He related, with inimitable humor, his 
first visit to St^ Louis, and his experience at the 
Planters' Ilouse with a bill of fare, and the mis- 
takes lie made in calling for food by the aid of 
this bill of fare. He then spoke oloouently of 
the advancement of our country and the people, 
making it one of the grandest and most glorious 
lands in the world. None could compare with it 
in all that made a })eople happy. He was glad 
to be here once more, and to meet old friends; 
it was to him the happiest day of the year; but 
he understood well that the time was not far 
distant when he would not be here. He had a 



interviewed the Indian savagea living on their ^ , ^ , 

borders. He then portrayed the saintly charac- j list of the names of the old settlers who had gone 
ter of the Jesuit missionary— the first to plant ; to the other country, and soon others would fol- 



missionary- 
the cross on the wilderness of the northwest, 
and elevating the mind to the noblest concep- 
tions of the future life. Allusion was made^ to 
the stand taken by the French settlers of Kas- 
kaskia, who, under the direction of Father 6i- 
bault, welcomed with hospitable hearts, General 
Clark and his distressed regiment, and rendered 
valuable assistance in the colonial struggle for 
freedom. Tliese were worthy of the highest 
gratitude — first to the pioneer missionary, and 
second to the French settlers, closely allying 
them with the Illinois settlers of the present. 

Mr. M. A. Stevens, of Salisbury, was next 
introduced and addressed the people briefiy up- 
on matters of interest to the old settlers present. 
He was happy to see so many present, both old 
and young. The young to honor the old set- 
tlers, and the old to see and greet each other as | 
old friends. He referred to the land marks of | 
the old settlers on every hand — schools, churches 
and other institutions. He closed with words I 
of welcome to the old settlers to Salisbury. ! 

James H. Matheny then came forward and 
made a characteristic speech. We can only give 
a brief synopsis: He said he did not know as 
be could be heard, as he was not in a very 
good condition, as they could all see that he had 
more check th.in the government allowed. He 
was proud of Salisbury, for in this meeting they 
had done honor to themselves. He spoke of the 
time when he and others of his friends were 
boys, and related some amusing anecdotes that 
set the audience in roars of laughter. He also 



low, and the band of old settlers would be thin- 
ned one by one. 

llie closing remarks were eloquent and touch- 
ing, and were received with great applause. 

Mr. Alexander Irwin then made a report of 
the deaths of old settlers in Pleasant Plains, 
Cartwright township. 

Maxwell Campbell; born in Cobarrus county, 
North Carolina, October 29, 1 196; departed this 
life August 10, 1881; aged about eighty-six 
years. 

Mrs. A. W. Hays; bom in Pennsylvania, 
Lancaster county; married in May, 1834; died in 
March, 1881; aged sixty-seven years and four 
months. 

Horace Howard; born in Vermont, April 0, 
1803, and departed this life May 4, 1881; aged 
seventy-eight years and one month. 

Thomas Mostiller; born October 8, 1807, in 

I Butler county, Ohio; married in Franklin county, 

I Indiana; came to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 

1830; died February 22, 1881; aged seventy-tour 

years. 

Mark A. Mowrev; born July 12« 1815, in 
Smithfield, Rhode Island; married August 18, 
1840; settled in Sangamon county in 1849; died 
April 24, 1881 ; aged sixty-live years, nine months 
and eighteen davs. 

Mrs. Anna M. Johnson; Inirn in Cliampaign 
county, Ohio, June 0, 1830; departed this life 
April 9, 1881; aged forty -four years, ten months 
and three days. 

After reading the list he made a humorous 
told of how the boys obtained money to go to but brief speech about our country, which was 
shows; they dug * ginseng' to the amount of well received by the audience, but for want of 



twenty-five cents, and then they were sure of the 
show, particularly if it was in summer — if in the 
winter, it was not so sure. He then spoke of the 



space we must omit even a synopsis* 

General Anderson came forward, and said 
that he probably had as much vanity as anyone^ 



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a speech, ami lie would nat <lo it. IK- would 
say thai hi- had been here over lifiv years, and 
had i<ccii all incideiKs to a settlerS life. He 
borrowed nmney lo purchase hia firsl eighty 
atircB. lie gave an iuteresthig account of now 
be was ohlti;t;d to do in carl^ dayx, and clothed 
with givio;: Nome good advice lo the young 
people present, and closed liy tli.inkiDg all for 
their altentiun. 

lion, .lanii-* H. Matheny offered the follow- 
ing preamhle and resolutionii, which were unan- 
imously adopt(.-d: 

W11KBE.VS, The President of the L'nited 
Slates has been shot down by the h:ind of a cow- 
ardly assassin, and now lies in a critical condi- 
tion at the K\i?cutive Mansion, 

Reaoleed, That the old seltlers and fricude 
aKsemhled deeply deplore the calamity which 
seems ahont to befall the sountrj' — a calamity 
which wonid be none the less deplorable than 
the assaesination of our old friend and pioneer 
settler, Abraham Lincoln. 

Retoloed, Tliat our prayers will ascend to the 
Throne of Gi-ace for hii epcedy recovery, and 



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that onr deepest syiii])athie« be extended to bi^.^ 
family and to the Nation, in this, their greal-l 
a Miction. ' 

At this «tage of the proeeediniis Tklr. I.. Uv ' 
ber. of Cartwrighl township, exhibited an in- 
Htrument little known at the present day, called 
a " Uaikle," whith he fonnd here when he cam* 
in 1855. The instrnment was nsed in prepare 
ing flax and hemp. It eveited considerable atten- 
tion. 

President Biller then made t^me compli- 
nientary remarks in relation to the meeting ia 
^ati:»bury. lie had not seen a drunken man dnr- 
ing the meeting, whieb had not oecurrc<l at any 
other meeting, and he was prond of Salisbury, 
J and her citixens had reason to be prond of t£« 
meeting. In conclusion he told the people that 
they could go home, as the old settlers' meeting 
for 1&81 was closed, or in other words was ad- 
journed. . 

The old settlers, after a general hantt' 
shaking, left for their respective homes witll<| 
pleasant thoughts of the old settlers' ineetingi 



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Chapter XX, 



EDUCATIONAL, 



Few even of the older States of the Union 
have an educational history more rich, varied and 
instmctive than that of Illinois. When that his- 
tory shall be written and dae honor shall be 
fiven to those who have raised the State to the 
igh position which she now holds, worthy men- 
tion sliall be made of that asso^ation of young 
men, who, early in 1829, while porsning their 
studies in Yale College, devoted Uieinsclves to a 
life-work in the cause of education and religion 
in the then new State of Illinois. The names of 
those seven men were Mason Grosvenor, Theron 
Baldwin, John F. Brooks, Elisba Jenney, Wil- 
liam Kirby, Asa Turner and Julian M. Sturto- 
vant. The first fruits of their exerUons was the 
establishment of Illinois College at Jacksonville. 
The after fruits of their united and individual 
action, both general and special, cannot be esti- 
mated. 

The first educational convention in the State, 
Was held at Vandalia, Febmary 13,1833, by <^cn- 
tlenienfrora different parts of the State, desirous 
of encoura<png education and especially common 
schools. After an address on education by 
James Hall, an association was organized un- 
der the title of the '* Illinois Institute of Educa* 
^on.'* An effort was made to procure statistics 
and infonnation in regard to schools and the 
condition of education, but with little success. 

A second convention was held at Vandalia, 
December 5 and 0, 1834, at which sixty delc^aU's 
were present from over thirty counties of the 
Stat4?, principally memliers of the General As- 
sembly, then in session, among whom were 
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas and 
others, whose names became well known in the 
State. Hon. Cyrus Edwards was chosen Presi- 
dent, and Steuhen A. Douglas, Secretary. 
Through the influences of this convention some 
important changes were effected in the previous 
school laws of the State, of 1825, 1820 and 1833. 



In February, 1841, was formed the "Illinois 
State Education Society "at Springfield, "to pro- 
mote by all laudable means, the diffusion of 
knowleage in regard to education; and especially 
to render the system of common schools tu rough- 
out the State^as perfect as possible." Its first 
officers Tcre Hon. Cyrus Edwards, President; 
Col. Thomas jMather, Hon. William Thomas, 
Hon. S. H. Treat, Dr. W. B. Easan and Onslow 
Peters, Vice-Presidents; A. T. Bleilsoe and C. 
R. Wells, Secretaries; and P. C. Canedy, Treas- 
urer. A memorial was prepared and presented 
to the legislature then in sessiony urging the ap- 
pointment of a State School Superintendent, and 
other amendments to the school system. A new 
school law was passed, which, however, embraced 
but few of the desired improvements. 

Another effort was made by the friends of 
popular education to secure through the legisla- 
ture of 1843, the establishment of the ofllice of 
Superintendent of Schools, which was now re- 
garded as essential to a comprehensive system of 
public instruction. Petitions in this behalf 
were widely circulated for signatures, but it 
was found that the people generally were them- 
selves opposed to the change, chiefly on the 
ground of supposed expense, and consequently 
nothing was done by the legislature. Notwitn- 
standing this ill success, it was believed by many 
that the time was ripe for the proposed measure, 
and that a general convention should be called 
together, of the right men, not for investigation 
and discussion merely, but to devise a system of 
common schools that might be recommended 
with confidence to the succeeding legislature. 
The proposition was very favorably received, 
and an appointment was made for a convention 
of delegates, teachers and friends of education, 
to meet at Peoria, October 9, 1844. 

The convention was not largely attended, but 
was unanimous in favor of a State Snperin* 



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tuudfucy, and Uxalioa for the support of ai-liools. 
A plan of school gysteni was drawn np and a 
long and able nieiuorial lo llie legisl: 



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jxplainml and susiained by J. b. \Vrii;bt before 
the legislative c^niinittee. The result was a 
general revision of the school laws, aud llie pas- 
sage of an act making llie Secretary of Stale 
tx-vffieio EJnperiiiteudenl of Schools, anthurizing 
special taxation for school purposes, aiid intro- 
duiiiug other decided improvements upon tlie 
former system. 

An educational convention met in Springlield, 
December Ifllb, ITlli, ISith and 2:!d, 1340. Va- 
rious topics of educational interest were dis- 
onssed and a com iiiittec instructed to mcmoriatiso 
the Icj^islature for ntnendinents to the school 
Ikw, especially in m.iking the school sniierin- 
tendency a distinct otliue to be filled by the 
iegislatnre. 

A convention met at SpringSeld January 15th 
to 18th, during the session of llie legislature. 
A committee was appointed to prepare a memo- 
rial to the legislature and draft a bill for a 
school law that should embrace the following 
nriDciples: That the property of the Slate should 
be taxed to educate tbe children of the State; 
that the othce of Suite Superintendent of Pub- 
lic Instruction should be separate and distinct 
from every other oflice; that the County Cora- 
missioncra should receive reasonable compensa- 
tion for their services a? ex-ojffcio County Super 
intendents of Schools; and that a portion of the 
college and seminary funds should be devoted to 
jud ID the education of common school teachers. 
These several principles were now for the first 
time prc^fifed upon the attention of the legisla- 
ture, but, though the school lau' was revised at 
this session, the system was left cssenti.iUy as it 
was before. 

On the 2Uth of December, lS't3, there was 
convened at Blooniington an educational con- 
vention, composed more strictly of teachers, 
snperinten dents and commissioners of schools 
and other friends of popular education. Com- 
mittees were aiipointed lo petition the legisla- 
ture for a Stale Superintendent of Schools, for 
the esUiblishment and support of a Normal 
School, and A school system without taxation. 

The petition was at last f.ivorably received by 
the General Assembly, and a separate depart- 
ment of education was created, and Hon, Niuian 
W. Edwards, of Springfield, was appointed the 
first Stale SupL'rintcndcnt of Public Instruction, 
by whom a free school law was preuared, wliinh, 
in its main features, ■■ in force to-day. Thus, a 



citizen of Sangamon county became the anihor, 
virtually, of our common school law. 

The present Superintendent of Public Schools 
is James P. Slade. Shortly after hin election to 
the ]iusitiiin. a leather wrote the New England 
Journal of Kdiicatian of him as follows: 

'■We have a new State Superintendent — a 
teacher, and the choice of the teachers. We 
arc so elated at tlii^t victory of the profet>sioD 
over politicians, that I want to tell you some- 
tbini; of our new chief. 

"James P. Slade has long been a familiar nanie 
upon the rolls of our Slate Teachers' Association 
and of our State Association of County Super- 
intendents. Always present at their meetings, 
always perforniin" with marked ability every 
duty assigned, he lias long been accounted one 
of the ' stand-bys;' executive committees knew 
that when they placed his name ujion the pro- 
grainnio tliey were sure of a good exercise, (lis 
biisincits capacities were so generally recognixed, 
that Nince a time lo which the memory of m.tn 
(or woman) rnniielli not to the coniraiy, he has 
been treasni-cr of both these State Ass'ie'iations. 
Ele'has also tilled acceptably other nfticeii, usu- 
ally those rc'iuiring much hard work and making 
very little show; and this is characterislio of the 
man. He is a quiet, diffident man, never put- 
ting himself forward, unless there is some hard 
work to be done which nobody else is ready tc 
undertake. He is not a cullegc-brod man; hul 
so far from boasting of it, as some so-called self 
made men do, he fuels it to lie a disadvantage, 
and all his life has regretted that the circum' 
stance of his early yearn forbade his receiving 
that thorough mental training which a good col 
lege can give. Hut he is a born statlent, ami 
bis whole life has been given to study, — thi 
study of books, of nature, and of men. Thus 
outside of college walls, he has gained that men 
tal discipline which some fail to gain evei 
within them. That he has gained thisis ftlt^stc< 
bv the fact that he holds a State certitic:ite fo 
Iirnioie, and that the honorary degiee of A. M 
wasi conferred Ul>on him in 18T;J bv Shnrtlef 
College. 

"3Ir. Slade was horn in Westerlo, Alban; 
county, New York, February 0, 1K37, His fathe 
was a fiinner in very moderate cirvumstnnccf 
The story of his bovnood, is the familiar otic o 
Uio struggle Itetwcen an intense dcsiru for ai 
education and hartl, unrelenting poverty, Onl' 
a few months each year could ho go to school 
the rest of the time was spent in work upon t' 
farm. The spring he was seventeen hiit scbo< 
time was extended two months, during wbi 



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time ho attended the Cbe&terville Academy, two 
mileH from borne, boarding at borne and doing 
chorei nigbts and mornings. That summer, 
while belping to gather tbe scanty harvest from 
the not over-generous soil of a small farm, he 
persuaded bis father to send him to school the 
following winter. The necessary money must 
be borrowed; but the boy, who had already de- 
termined what should be his life-work, promised 
to repay all with interest as soon as ne could 
earn enough, by teaching to do so. As a result, 
lie spent six months (1854-5) as a student in 
Fairfield Seminary, Herkimer county. New 
York. In the spring, being now eighteen years 
<A(i he commenced teaching; for his first five 
luonths of pedagogic labor he received ^80 and 
^boarded round.* The following winter was 
spent in teaching, and the spring found him 
a student in Hudson River Institute, at Clave- 
rack. 

^*The summer vacation was spent, as usual, in 
the harvest field. In Seiitember, 1856, antici- 
pating Greele^^s advice, he went west to Belle- 
ville, St. Clair county, Illinois, which has ever 
since been his home. In less than a month he 
secured a country school for nine months, receiv- 
ing a salary of 835 per month. The next, fall, 
being tlien but twenty years of age, bo was 
made teacher of tbe grammar school of Belle- 
ville. From that time to this he has been con- 
stantly and closely connected with these schools, 
rising by sheer force of merit to the highest ed- 
ucational positions in his city and county, as 
now he has risen to the highest in his ado])ted 
Sute. 

**The circumstances connected with his elec- 
tion as Principal of the High School arc sug- 
I'estive. By agreement, each member of the 
Board made out a list showing his choice of 
teachers. On comparing these lists, made with- 
out any consultation together, it was found that 
each had the name of James P. Slade as Prin- 
cipal of the High School. This result was a 
complete surprise to Mr. Slad4, who thuK, at 
twenty-four, was put in tliis responsible position. 
He filled it with marked success. Before me, as 
I write, lie letters from some of his old pupils, 
and these give,, perhaps unconsciously to their 
writers, a betu>r idea of Mr. Slade as a teacher 
than any words of mine can do. Says one: 
' He honestly and conscientiously dealt with his 
pupils, with a view, not only to their intellect- 
itaf, bat also to their moral, advancement.* 
Under date of July 10, 18G0, one, just entering 
npon a university course, says: *I think the 
principle he inculcated of knowing the why and 



the wherefore of things, and of getting, not so 
much what the book said, but the sensty the root 
of a thing, will be of great use to me at the uni- 
versity. Among the most important tbinss 
learned, or partially learned, while in his school, 
is the science of study* the manner of getting 
lessons, or, rather, the science of applying one^ 
mind to the investigation of a subject.* 

«<We could give pages of such testimony, 
were there room. 

^ Mr. Slade continued principal of the High 
School for six years; then (1867) he was ap- 
pointed County Superintendent to fill a vacancy. 
At the expiration of this term, 1860, be was 
elected for the full four years* term, by a major- 
ity of more than 1 ,200 votes over two competi* 
tors. These six ;|^ear8 were devoted to tlie super- 
vision and visitation of the schools of St. Clair 
county, and they wrought wonders in those 
schools. He was re-appomted principal of Belle- 
ville High School, and continued to hold this 
position until after his nomination for tbe oflice 
to which he has just been elected. 

^But the county could not spare his services. 
The County Superintendent died about a year 
after his election, and the Board of Supervisors 
persuaded Mr. Slade to take that position again; 
he did so, served out that term, and at the two 
elections since he has been re-elected by over- 
whelming majorities. 

**This is his record since, as a boy of nine- 
teen, he came into our State: One year's teach- 
ing in a country school; fifteen years in the 
Belleville schools, eleven of them as Principal 
of High School; ten years County Superintend- 
ent, six of these years devoting his wnole time 
to the supervision of county schools, four of 
them serving both as Principal of High School 
and as County Superintendent. That he is a 
faithful and successful worker is proved by the 
fact that he was retained in the same schools so 
lonff, never leaving one situation except for one 
higher. 

'* From the time he first commenced teaching, 
Mr. Slade has been a constant subscriber, and of 
late years a valued contributor, to one or more 
educational journals. Of his work in State and 
county educational gatherings I have before 
spoken. He has also attended several meetings 
of the National Association, and counts it as one 
of his greatest privileees that at the meeting at 
St. Louis he saw and neard Horace Mann. He 
is one of the leading spirits in the Southern Illi- 
nois Educational Association, which has done so 
much for the cause of education in our * Egypt.' 
He has attended each of its three annual meet. 



HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



ingi, and been once its Si;crctarj' and once itK 
President, 

" So iniich Tiir tlie professional record of onr 
chief. In busiiicsa capacity and executive aliility 
be also stands approved. 

" His personal cliaracterifitics command tlie re- 
spect of all, and tlie tender devotion of those u'ho 
Icnow him best. He is a man of fine presence, 
and iinprest'es yon at once ai a gentleman and a 
Bcbolar. So modest i§ he that he says, ' Of three 
t)iin<;8 I am certain: 1 . I am not a ureat scholar; 
S. I am neither a rapid nor a skilltiit writer; :t. 
I am neither fluent or eloquent in speech.' I!tit 
we, louk'.ng npon his work with niiprejudiced 
eyes, know that he nndeiTales his own abilities, 
and feel sure thai, as Dr. IJatenian predicts, 'he 
will justify the reasonable expectations of the 
many good men who are looking to him with 
confidence and hope.'" 

Progress in this county is nowhere belter illus- 
trated than in connection with our Public 
Schools. In the eai'ly d.iy good schools were 
like "angel visits, few and far between," and it 
was considered very fortunate indeed if an op- 
portunity was offered for obtaining even therutfi- 
luents of a common school education. A person 
competent to teach the three branches, common- 
ly and sarcastically spoken of as the three "Rs," 
"Reading, 'Riting and 'Rilhmetic,*' could sel- 
dom be obtained. Some of the few scattered 
settlements could not afford to emuloy a teacher, 
and were therefore compelled to do wilhout, or 
send their children through the limber or across 
tlie prairie to iiome more fortunate settlement 
where a school was in operation. Some itere 
sent a dist.incc of oix to nine miles, walking the 
entire distance morning and night of each day, 
in order that they might avail themselves of the 
opportunity of aci|uiring a little knowledge of 
lucir mother tongue, and thns til theiuselves for 
the duties of life. How ditTcrenl now! In every 
township there are from seven to eleven schools 
in successful operation. Competent teachers aiv 
emjiloyed, many of whom have spent yearn in 
fitting themselves for their vocation, and who 
make teaching a profession, by preparing them- 
selves aa thoroughly for this work as the lawyer, 
doctor, or divine arc presumed to do. 

The description given elsewhere of the old 
log houses will answer for the old-fashioned 
school house. The school furniture was slab 
seats for the scholars, a three-legged stool and a 
hazel or birch rod fur the teacher. As for books, 
but few were needed, the less the betler, at the 
teacher could get along the more readily. The 
walls of the school room were decorated by the 



artistic hands of the scholars, with drawings of 
the teacher, im'tend of being hung with such 
beautiful and instructive maps as are now found 
in all our school buildings. Instead of the beau- 
tiful specimens of penin.nnship noff-a-day« mH 
for our children to copy, teachers were then em- 
ployed who, in many cases could scarcely write 
their own names. Altogether, in the light of to- 
day, the schools of forty and fifty years ago 
were very dreary affairs. 

Ily law, the sixteenth section of every town* 
ship was to be used for school purposes, but 
there being little or no sale for Innd, and (he 
government price of *1.2* per acre being all 
that could be realised from its sale, the iucome 
to be derived from it could amount lo bni little. 
Subscription schools, therefore, had to be de- 
pended upon. 

It was noi until after the passage of the law 
framed by Hon. Ninian VV. Edwards, that much 
wa« done in behalf of the free common sehouls. 
The various townships In the county were at 
once re-diatriclcd, and a thorough system of pop* 
Tilar education was undertaken. In the iguarUr 
of acentury that has jiast, much has been done. 
School houses have boon erected at almost every 
cros«-road, and tlie advantages of the common 
school system are now appreciated by all. 

For the year ending June, lft*l, as gleaned 
from the report of the County SnperiiiteiideBt 
of Public Schools, there were iweiity-scven 
thousand, three liundved and thiriy-eight per- 
sons under twenty-one years of age; between 
six and twenty-one, there were eighteen thous- 
and, eidit hundred and sixty. There were en- 
rolled in the jiublic schools, eleveu thousand, 
one hundred and forty-one pupils. There were 
one hundred and lifly-two male and one hundred 
and eighty-five female teachers employed. Of 
brick school houses, there were thirty-four; of 
frame, one hundred and fifty. The highest 
monthly wages paid male teacher, was ^I5U per 
month; highest paid female teacher, ^<fO; lowest 
paid male, $25; lowest paid female, ^-'0. The 
estimated value of the school property outside 
of Spriuglield was $1011,440. Ksliinated valtie 
of school i-roperty in Springfield, *l .'O.iMXi. 

IIJ.INOIM STATK U.VIVKHSlTV. 

Tlie Literary and 'I'heological Institute uf the 
Evangelical Lutheran Church .il Hillsboro, was 
incorporated by an act of the legislature of Illi- 
nois, January, 1847, and immediately went into 
oiKTaiion. The institution was divided into 
two sep:irate departments, the one collegiate, 
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«acb oUier, that donations coald be made to 
«ithtr department^ and the donors have assnr- 
amce tbat their g^fts would be appropriated to 
the object dcfiignated. While the tiicological 
seminary was designated for the special benefit 
of young men who were desirons of qualifying 
themselves for the ministry in the Lutheran 
Church, the collegiate department was open to 
all alike, without any discrimination as to re- 
ligioQs profession, provided only that their de> 
portment be conformable to the moral principles 
and precepts which are universally acknowl- 
edged by Christians of all denominations. 

The college began operation in 1849, and 

issued its first annual catalogue August, 1850. 

It had fair success during its existence in Hills- 

boro, but believing a better field to be open in 

Springfield, those most interested in its pros- 

|>erity secured the passage of an amendment to 

the oharter, permitting its removal to the latter 

place and changing its name to Illinois State 

University. Among those instrumental in its 

removal, living in Springfield, and who became 

members of its first Board of Trustees, were 

James C. Conkling, John T. Stuart, Eljah lies, 

John M. Unrkhardt, E. R. Wiley, Thomas 

Lewis, Jacob Divelbiss, David Miller, John B. 

Weber, Revs. James Smith, Albert Hale, R. V. 

Dodge, Francis Springer, Edmund Miller, S. W, 

llarkey, and C. 13. Tbununel. John T. Stuart 

was elected President of the Board; Rev. A. A. 

Trimper, Secretary; iliomas I^wis, Treasurer. 

The following named constituted the faculty 

M first organized: Rev. Francis Springer, M.A., 

/Resident and Professor of Political and Moral 

Science; Rev. S. W. llarkey, D.D., Professor of 

Christian Theology and Natural Science; Rev. 

<^niund Miller, M.A., Professor of Mathematics 

^nd Principal of the Preparatory Department; 

liev.C. B. Thummel, M. A., Professor of Ancient 

^nd Modern Languages. 

The college commenced operations April, 1 852, 
i n the building formerly occupied bv the Mechan- 
ics' Union, and now used as a church by the 
^ German Lutherian Church. A new edifice was 
^t once placed in process of construction, occu- 
l>ying A beautiful and commanding site about 
m^ne mile northeast of the public square. The 
^pot Helected is high and healthy, having an 
%;5lcvation of twenty feet above that of the old 
«State House. The edifice as originallv designed 
'y^MB to be of brick, four stones in heiclit, the 
^nain centre being 70x65 feet, with wings on 
^Mch side 41 feet wide, or a total frontage of 152 
4reet» tlie whole to cost $']5,000. Only the main 
^centra was ever completed. 



Tlie trustees in their first annual annomice- 
ment thus addressed the public: 

'^ The trustees, animated by a patriotic derire 
to reader the institution to which their cases are 
devoted, alike the honest pride of the State, and 
honorable to themselves, are resolved to do all 
in their power, not only to furnish suitable build- 
ings, but also to supply the most accomplished 
and ex])erienced instructors, and the best means 
for the literary and scientific improvement of the 
students. It is designed to carry into effect, as 
soon as possible, that provision of the charter 
which authorizes the trustees to establish separate 
departments of the learned professions, the 
science and arts, including, besides tlie usual 
departments of Theology, Medicine and Law, a 
department of Mechanical Philosophy, and also 
of Agriculture. The object to be attained is the 
establishment of a University fully cajtable of 
furnishing to all the great interests and pursuits 
of man, the nch blessings which learning, science 
and skill can impart. But Uie trustees do not 
venture to make this statement of their purposes 
and wishes for the sake of conveying an impres- 
sion that they are already in possession oi the 
pecuniary means which such an enterprise re- 
(luires. On the contrary, they desire to be un- 
derstood rather as making an appeal to the pub- 
lic for liberal and generous donations to enable 
them to carry forward to successful completion 
an undeilakiiig which necessities of an intelli- 
gent and rapidly increasing community urgently 
demand, it will be perceived, also^ that the 
trustees have a just appreciation of their respon- 
sibilities, and of the wants which the public 
mind expect them to supplv. In order to fulfill 
their mission by a proper discharge of their legal 
incorporation, they must rely on the intelligence 
and pnilant1iroi>hy of their fellow man for the 
reijuisite funds and other needful co-opera- 
tion.'* 

Tlie first session of the college occupied but 
a part of the year. Seventy-nine students were 
enrolled. The second vear, ending June 29, 
1853, witnessed an enroflment of one hundred 
and forty-four students, a gratifying increase. 
The Mechanics' Union Building was still occu- 
pied, the new edifice not l>ei ng completed. Dur- 
ing the summer of 185:i, President Springer and 
Professor llarkey were engaged in c-ollecting 
funds to finish the building. 

For the coming year the faculty were the 
same as the year previous, save Rev. Daniel 
Garber, A. B., was substituted for Rev« C B. 
Thummel, as Professor of I^atin and Greek I^an- 
gnages. 




IIISTORV OK SAKGA.MON COUKTY. 



The sniiimcr of 18">4, found the college hiiilii- 
ing still uncomplete*}, but it w&b finished in time 
for occujmncy \\\aX fall. The number of llie 
students for the year IS33-J was u»o hundred 
and sixty. 

In the Vi'nr 1835, on account of a disagree- 
ment in some matters. President Sjiringcr re- 
signed, and Hev. S, W, Darkey performed the 
duties of I'reNident. In the fall of tS56, the 
faculty «■«■< composed of the following named: 
Rev. S. W. Marltcy, D. D., President, pro tein. 
Professor of Tlieology, Mental and Moral 
Science, liellex I.ettres and the German Lan- 
guanea; Rev. Edmund Miller, A, M., Professor 
of Mathematics; Rev. Benjamin C Suesscrott, 
A. M., Professor of Latin and Greek T^angnagcs; 
Alexander Pollack, Professor of History, and 
Principal of the Kngtisb and Bnsiness Depart- 
mentB. 

In the summer of 1S5S, the F.icutty elected 
Rev. William M. Reynolds, D. D., President, 
and he was inaugurated and delivered an excel- 
lent address July 29, 18A8. The faculty was 
then uom]io$ed as follows: Rev. W. M, Rey- 
nolds, PreMidenl, Professor of Intellectual and 
moral Philosophy; S. W. llarkey, D. D.. Pro- 
fe-Mjr of lielles I^tlres and German Language 
and Literature: Rev. 11. C. Suesserott, A, M., 
Professor of Ancient Languages; Rev. L. P. 
E^liiorn, Professor of Scandinavian Languages 
and Literature, Chemistry; II. Croll, A. M., Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; 
Alexander Pollock, Principal of the English 
Department and Assistant Professor of I^Iathc- 
inaticBj J. G. Auglade, Professor of French and 
Spanish. 

AftiT this lime the University did not seem 
to prosper so wtdj, but it continued to struggle 
along until ISHT, when it ceased to he run as a 
University, ^ut there has never been a time 
when a school of some kind has not been in 
existence in the building. The deed conveying 
the land retpiires that a school shall be msin- 
tained, or the title to the property shall revert to 
the original heirs of the donor, Pascal P. Knos, 

Belweon ]3il7 and 1S74 the title in the prop- 
erty was vested in Rev. Mr. Paasavant, of the 
Pittsburg Synod, and by him transferred to the 
Missouri Synoil of the German Evangelical 
Lutheran Church. 

Rev. Francis Springer, D.D., the first Presi- 
dent of the Illinois State University, w.is born 
Mare.h ID, 1810, at Roxbury, Franklin county, 
Pennsylvania. When a young man he learned 
the business of sign and ornamental painting. 
He received his literary education in Pennsyl- 



vania College, and his tlieologJL-al ;>tudies were 

tuirBtied at the llieologlcal Seminary of the 
.utheran Chnrcli, both located at Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, lie also studied under two dis- 
tingnished ministers, one at Otsego, and the 
other at Schohaire, Xew York. 11« paid his ex- 
penses by occasionally working at his trade and 
teaching school. Ho was liceused to preach by 
the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland, 
October ^8, 18II6, and was ordained by the Mtme 
body, October IT, 18:!7. He was married April 
11, l(-37, to .Mary Kriegh, at Clear Spring 
Washington countv, Maryl.and. He taugtit 
school and preacheJ in that vicinity from Octo- 
ber, 1 SW, for about two and a half years, 'fliey 
moved to Springlield, Illinois, arriving May, 
1S3D. In IV\1 he moved to llillsboro. Illinois, 
and in Ifaa moved back to Springfield. 

Rev. Francis Springer comincuced teaching 
soon after his arrival in Springfield, and contin- 
ued to teach and preach until IS-17, when he 
moved to llillsboro, Illinois, as President of 
llillsboro ColIe(je. That institution was moved 
to SpringHeld in lS6:i, as Illinois State Uni- 
versity. These were both under the direction 
and patronage of the Lutheran eliureh. He re- 
signed in 183S. He was afterwards school com- 
missioner of Sangamon county, and W3.s Super- 
intendent of Schools for the city of Springfield, 
which jMsition he resigned, and became chaplain 
of the Tenth Illinois Cavalry, soon after the be- 
ginning of the rebelliou in 1«<01. A short lime 
after the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas — 
December 7, 1S02 — lie united with Dr. Jamos 
Johnson in raising a loyal regiment in Arkansas, 
of which he became chaplain. It was tbc First 
Arkansas Infantry- lie was apjioiDted in 1SD3 
post ch.iplain at Foit Smith, which he held until 
1807, when he resigned, and returned to his 
family, at Springfield. In 1870 he moved to Ir- 
ving, Montgomery connty, Illinois, and contin- 
ued preaching until the fall of 1873, when ho 
was elected superintendent of schools for Moni- 
gouicry coiiuly, with bis oflice at llillsboro, Illi- 
nois. 

In the summer of l?!^!, Mr. Springer returned 
to Springfield. He continues to preach as op- 
iwrlunity offers, believing the luinistcr of God 
should always be faithfully employed. Rev. 
Francis Springer is a man of lively sympathy 
with the rest of mankind, without regard to race, 
color, nationality or religion. He has large 
faith in the per feet ability of the human race by 
means of the labors and experiences of the life 
that now in, and the hereafter. His orthodoxy, 
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ate partiottlars of a creed, but confides mainly 
in the cardinal fact of Christianity, that the enly 
true enobling of the race must be wrought out 
under the reoognizcd leadership of the world^s 
Redeemer «' the Christ of God/ 

The degree of Doctor of Divinity was con- 
ferred on Rev. Francis Springer in 1809, by 
Wittenlarg College, Springfield, Ohio. 

GKB3IAX SVANGSUCAL LUTHBBAK COMCOROIA 

SEMINARY. 

This institution of learning, the successor of 
the Illinois State University, is the outgrowth of 
a similar iusUtution started in Fort Wayne many 
years ago. 

In 1838 Wyneken came from Germany to 
America and settled in Fort Wayne, Indiana* 
where he was subsequently ordained a minister 
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and as such for several years acted as a 
sionary in Ohio, Indiana, and the southern part 
of Michigan, traveling almost constantly, preach- 
ine the word wherever he went. 

In 1844 he put in practical operation a scheme 
he had for the education of young men and pre- 
paring them for the sacred ministry. Two 
young men placed themselves under his instnic- 
lion that year, and traveled with him wherever 
called, studying as the opportunity was afforded 
them, and receiving the instmction of the zealous 
missionary. This was the beginning of the 
flourishing Concordia University now in exist- 
ence in Fort Wayne. The two young men thus 
instructed became zealous and efficient workers 
in the Master^s cause. One of them died a few 
years since, the other yet labors *^ in season and 
out of season ** in preaching the **glad tidings of 
salvation.** 

In 1845 Mr. Wyneken was called to the pas- 
torate of a church in Baltimore, where he re- 
mained five years. In 18dO he was called to St. 
liouis, and soon after elected President of the 
Joint Missouri Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and 
as such removed to Fort Wayne, a more central 
location, from which ))lace he visited the 
churches throughout the bounds of the Synod, 
and where good could be accomplished. In 
this office he seived for several years with 
profit to the people and churches w*ithin his 
charge. In 1864 he accepted a call from a 
church in Cleveland, Ohio, where he labored for 
eleven years. On account of failing health tlie 
congregation sent him to California in 1875, 
wheie it was thought he might be restored to 
health and future usefulness. Early in May, 
1876, he made all arrangements to return home. 



and on the morning of the 4th, while dressing 
himself, he fell over on the bed and soon ex- 
pired. His last work on earth was done* and he 
was called to his reward. 

In addition to the institution of learning in 
Fort Wayne, which crew from the humble be- 
ginning as stated to the rank of a university, tbe 
Missouri Synod opened a school in the interior 
of ^Missouri, which was sub8e<|ucntly moved to St. 
Louis, aid became the present German Evangel- 
ical Lutheran College. Students in both these 
institutions liecame so numerous they could not 
be accommodated, and the property of the old 
Illinois State University bein^ for sale it was 
thought advisable to nurchase it. -Preparatory 
to this end, early in January, 1874, about sev- 
enty-five pupils were transferred to this place, 
uncfer charge of l*rofessor Kroening. In Octo- 
ber, 1874, the deed to the nroperty was transfer- 
red to the Missouri Synod, under whose charge 
the three institutions are conducted. Professor 
Kroenins remained in charge until the fall of 
1875, when all needful preparations had been 
made to carry on a successful school. The fao- 
ulty as ori^inized at this time consisted of Pro- 
fessor A. Cramer, Director, who for twenty-five 
years previous had been connected either st Fort 
Wayne or St. Louis; IVofessor 11. C. Wyniken, 
second theological Professor, and Professor 6. 
Kroening, in the Preparatory Department. These 
gentleman yet remain in the institution, and 
in addition in the fall of 1881, J. S. Simon, for 
twenty-eight years teacher in the senior class of 
the parochial school of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Congregation at Monroe, Michigan, was called 
as assistant Professor in the Preparatory De- 
partment, and entered upon the discharge of 
his duties, November 1 . 

Since the property passed into the hands of 
the present operators, the buildings and grounds 
have been greatly improved, four new residences 
for the faculty have been built, and other good 
work accomplished. As fast as means are 
secured other improvements will be made. 

The college is supported by donation through 
various German Evangelical Lutheran Churches 
throughout the United States, and a student 
upon entering must state his firm determination 
to become an espouser of the doctrines to which 
the church adheres, and must have had a three 
years^ course in a preparatory college situated 
at Fort Wayne, Ind. its future is easily to be 
Been, with an attendance of nearly one hundred 
and twenty-five students, and yearly growing in 
proportion, it promises in the near future to 
rank among the first of its kind in the State^ 




HISTORY OF SANGAMOX COUNTY. 



and il is, in reality, to be hoped that tliesQ iiio«l 
eangtiine expeetaliooti will be veritied. Let tbe 

?:ooii work coininenced iirocc-ed and bear its 
ruiL 
Rev. A. Cramer, D. t).. Director of Concordia 
Seminary, was born in Germany. 

Rev. II. C- Wynelcen was l)orn in Fort 
Wayne, Indiana, December 15, 1844. He is tbo 
son of Rev. Mr. Wynokcn, a sketch of whom 
has already been given in connection with this 
article. Tba younger Wyneten went with his 
parents to ihc varions placcc already mentioned, 
save California. While living in IM. I^iitx, he 
attended the German Lutheran Parochial School, 
and also the Knglish High School. He entered 
Concordia College, in St. I.ouis, iu 18^8, and 
subsequently was transferred to Fort Wayne, 
IndiauA, where he graduated in If (15. lie then 
entered the Theological Seminary of the Ger- 
man Kvangulieal Lutheran Clinrch in St. Louig, 
and pursued a three years' coui-ac, graduating in 
1808. He wax prepared to accept a call from 
some congieiration, but on account of ill health 
was sent to Kurope, in January-, 1800, where he 
remained nearly two years. On his return he 
wati cnlled as an assistant pastor to hi^ father, 
from tlie chureh in Cleveland Ohio, and was 
duly ordainvd December 18, 1870. He remained 
ai Cleveland until hiii removal here in January, 

IK7«. 

I'rufcBsor Wyneken was unitiid in marriage 
with Miss Couradine Schilling, of Hremen, 
Kurope, June 29, ISTl, by whom he has had live 
elitldren, four of whom are now living. 

Like his father. Professor Wyneken is a thor- 
oujfli worker, and in addition to his labors in 
the school room, acts as a missionar)- among the 
Germans in the neighborhood of Springlield, 
and among the colored peojde of the tily. He 
has managed fur some time a Sunday School for 
the latter in the College i-hapel, haviug some 
thirty to forty pupils in attendance 

Professor G. Kroening was bom in Martin- 
villi', Xiagarn county, New York, March .1, 1851. 
He is of German descent, his parents emigr.iting 
from the hitter country, and settling iu Martins- 
ville, in lf'45, When ten years of age, he com- 
nienred attending the common schools of Mar- 
tinsville, where he continued for live years, and 
then spent three years in assisting his father in 
agriculture and other pursuits, at the expiration 
of which time he entered Concordia Seminary, 
in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he remained six 

fearii, and entered the Concordia College at St. 
jouia, and studied theology for two years. In 
January, 1HT4, he ncaepled the jirofessorship in 



the Seminary, and was immediately sent lo 
Springfield as already stated. 



nKTTIK STUART ISSTllUTK, Sl'K 

This institution, tliougb drawing pupils from 
all parts of the Union, may from its induence 
be emphatically called a home school, was organ- 
ised by Mrs. M. McKee Homes, a t.ady well and 
favorably known throughout the West as a suc- 
cessful inslructor of young girls. The building 
that she first occupied being inadequate to ber 
wantH, and a number of hor patrons recoguieing 
her executive ability and superior fitness for 
conducting a Young Ladies' Seminar}', made ai^ 
rangcmeuts to provide for her a suitable build- 
ing. To accomplish this, in 1679, a Hoard of 
Trustees was incorporated under the general 
State law for academies. The names of the in* 
corporators were: Hon. John T, Stuart, J. Biinn, 
Hon. J. C. Conkliu", Hon. John A. Chestnut, 
John WilliamK, and C. C. Brown. 

The residence of Mr. C. C. Brown was pur- 
chased, added to and romodlcd. The institution 
was named "IScttie Stuart Institute," in honor 
of the memory of the late Mrs, C. C. Brown, 
the lovely and accomplished daughter of the 
lion. John T. Stuart. So far as the educational 
work of the' school is concerned, it has been 
under the sole control of Mrs. Homes, who has 
done her work faithfully and thoroughly. She 
has called to her aid the best teachers in every 
department of study. Some of tbe most eflicient 
she found in Springfield, others have come from 
the best schools of this countrj' and Europe. .\ 
diaracterislie feature of the lioaid of Instruc- 
tion is a union of feeling, and a concentration 
of interest in the work they have undertaken to 
accomplish. 

A high grade of scholarship has been estab- 
lished and maintained in every department. A 
dijtloma from this school entitles the holder to a 
high degree of rcspccL It signifies that she has 
attained, in all tbe varied studies of a four years* 
course, a satisfactor}' proficiencYi that ber at- 
tendance during that time has averaged well, 
and that her dcportmcut has been above re- 
proach. Considering the fact that the institu- 
tion has been, thus far, self-supporting, its suc- 
cess and efficiency are wonderful. The annual 
average attendance has been over a hundred, and 
it has already graduated sixty-four young ladies, 
several of whom are sustaining a high rejiutation 
as teachers, while many more are prcsi'ling with 
dignity over their own households. To show 
how important a factor this school is in educa- 
tional matters, we qno1« (from memorj') the 



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HISTORV OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



words of a distingQished divinei formerly of 
Springfield, uttered in a sermon preached to his 
])eople: *'Fcw realize how much Springfield 
owes to Mrs. llomes' school. It has raised the 
standard of scholarship and laid the foundations 
for a broad culture, and where it has taken one 
pupil out of die Public Schools, it has ^ut twenty 
m, by awakening a more wide-spread interest in 
the subject of education. Among the graduates 
are the daughters of many whose names are in- 
dissolubly connected with the history of the 
State in its various interests, military, political, 
financial and religious. Indeed, the school re|>- 
resents in its patronage, all the professions and 
industries. Its founders and supporters are a 
class of people calculated to give added tone 
and dignity to its character, and it will doubtless 
be cherished with pride by tlie State, as it is 
now, by its capital city — Springfield. 

The following-named compose >he present 
l^oard of Trustees: Hon. John T. Stuart, John 
A. Chestnut, Colonel John Williams, Hon. 
Shelby M. Cullom, Hon. J. C. Conkling, Dr. A. 
\V. French, Jacob Bunn, Hon. Milton liay. 

The following named comprise the faculty of 
the institution for 1881-2: 

Mrs. M. McKee Homes, Principal, Morals and 
lfeta]>hysic8. 

Miss jVIareerie Constant, History, Rhetoric, 
and English Jjiterature. 

Miss Clara II. Page, Mathematics. 

Miss Lucy A. Du Uois, Latin and Natural 
Sciences. 

Mrs. Mary S. Wolcott, Natural Sciences and 
Intermediate Department. 

Miss Kate Constant, Principal of the Pri- 
mary Department. 

3Iiss Margaret Leeds (part of the year). Pri- 
mary Department. 

Miss Lucy M. Latham (part of the year), Pri- 
mary Department. 

Miss marion Hall Drawing and Painting. 

Professor B. Meissner, vocal and Instru- 
mental Music. 

M^ne Kaufmann, German. 

Miss ^(ary L. McKee, Elocution. 
Mrs. M. McKce Homes, French. 

The graduates of the institution residing in 
Sangamon county are as follows: 

Minnie II. Post, 1875 
Miiry B. Walls, 1875 
Cluru M. Brown, 1870 
EllaM. Kimble, 1870 
Kiltie Corn Clark, 1877 
Leonora lluDlington, 1877 
Mary Lewis, 1877 
Martha Uyuc Lord, 1877 



Emily G. Canficld, 1871 
Leiitla Brown, 1872 
Mary £. Haynie, 1872 
£lma L Keuclilcr, 1872 
Kate l^^wis, 1872 
Einma Hiirkbardt, 1878 
Sarnli £. PasKctt, 1873 
His French, 1878 



Anna E. Kcyes, 1878 
Carrie Post, 1878 
Hannic Stuart, 1878 
Mimic WliiteUurst, 1873 
8a11ie I. Bunn, 1874 
Kaiic J. Cliattcrton, 1874 
Alice Conklini^, 1874 
Klla G. Conkling, 1874 
Liiia K. DarDiclTc, 1874 
Ella C. Foster, 1874 
Eva C. Greene, 1874 
Emma B. Ilickox, 1874 
Ida May Brastield, 1875 
Klla Cu!lom, 1875 
Carrie Cullom, 1875 
Jessie M. Day, 1875 
Fannie French, 1875 



Marv Steele Bradford, 1878 
Katharine L. Fox, 1878 
Lydia C. Hampton, 1878 
Mary N. McRoberls, 1878 
Sallie B. Perkins, 1878 
Carrie L. Wickersliam, 1878 
Mary Farnetts Zane, 1878 
Annie Broadwell, 1878 
Adelia, Dubois, 1870 
Sonora French, 1879 
Eloise Anna Giiffiih, 1879 
Mary Herman, 1879 
Berlha E. Merriman, 1879 
Judeah M. Hobiuson, 1879 
Arabella L. Seaman, 1879 
Jesse L. Palmer, 1880 
Faunic 3Iathcny, 1881 



The Bettie Stuart Institute is situated on 
Fourth street, near the Executive Mansion, and 
in the most beautiful and eligible part of the 
city. The grounds arc ample, and tne building 
is large, commodious and well ventilated. 

No better recommendation of the school can 
be desired than the record of the past thirteen 
years. In this time it has graduated more than 
sixty young ladies, whose symmetrica] develop- 
ment of intellectual and moral character fits 
them equal ly for society and the responsibilities 
of life. While aiming at thoroughnesss, the 
personal peculiarities of pupils are also studied, 
and the course of instruction adapted to indi- 
vidual needs. The highest advancement of 
scholars must ever be dependent upon an intel- 
ligent and sympathetic analysis of individual 
character. 

All the pupils of this school have written 
examinations the first Wednesday of each 
month, and oral at the close of each term. The 
pupils are not only made familiar with the con- 
tents of their text books, but are taught to apply 
the principles there learned and to reason inde- 
penaently. A special advantage of the Bettie 
Stuart Institute over boarding schools in general, 
is its home-like character. Not content with 
mere intellectual development, special attention 
is given to the social and moral culture of the 
pupils. A symmetrical Christian womanhood 
18 the end desii*ed in the system of education 
pursued. Parents may feel in leaving their 
daughters at the l^ettie Stuart, that none of the 
home comforts will be missed by them; that 
their health will be carefully watched over, and 
that loving interest will be given them. 

ST. AGATUA^S SCUOOL. 

This institution ol leaniing commenced oper- 
ations in 1881, and is under the supervision of 
lit. Hev. George F, Seymour, D. t)., L. L. A., 
Bishop of the Diocese. 







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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



St. Agatha's School is admirably situated in the 
central part of the city. It is on the same street 
with the State House, and is in the midst of a 
beautiful lawn and garden of over three acres in 
extent, affording the advantages of the country 
in the very heart of the city, securing the best 
air and opportunities for exercise for the pupils. 
The house is large, dry, well ventilated, and ev- 
ery attention paid to the health and comfort of 
the pupils. Misses Murdoch and Dusinberre 
ipve careful attention to the thorough education 
of those confided to their care; and the disci- 
pline firm, though gentle. All the usual branches 
are taught, and it will be the constant aim of the 
Principals to sustain a high standard of scholar- 



ship. The Primary Department receives care* 
ful attention; and in it, French and drawing are 
taught without extra charge. Unusual advant* 
ages are enjoyed for the study of Natural Sci- 
ences, and an experienced aud accomplished 
teacher has been secured for that department. 
St. Agatha's School will not only afford its pu- 
pils a thorough course in the ordinary brancnes 
of education under experienced and efficient 
teachers, but it will do this under the eye of the 
Church, and in connection with that moral and 
religious training which is of the very first im- 
portance in the formation of a true and lofty 
womanhood. The school will embrace three 
courses — Primary, Academic and Collegiate. 



IIICTORV OF SAN6AM0S COUNTr. 



Chapter XXI. 



ILLUSTRIOUS AND PROSIINEXT DEAD. 



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" Earth lo i-^irtU atnl dust to dust'* ia the com- 
mon lot of all men. Neither ranV nor station in 
life will exemjit one from a call from that grim 
monster. Death. Hia calls are made to sait the 
pleasureof none. Ilecoraes unbidden, ami often 
chooses the fairest and the beat. In this uh.-iptcr 
are given a few, and but a few, of the iltnatnous 
and prominent men of Sangamon county who 
have bcoii summoned to a brighter world, and 
nhose meumrioB are cherished by those who re- 
main this side ihc " valley and shallow of death." 

AKRAIIIU Lt.\C-OLN. 

Abraham Lincoln, the great and the good, the 
martyr Pri-sident. The historian, in the neces- 
s^irily shorl Ftkeichcs given, can but feel his in- 
ability to do justice to so worthy a name. The 
following is a copy of a letter written by Mr, 
Lincoln in December, 1850, to Jeeae W. Fell, of 
Bloomington, Illiimis. The letter was not writ- 
ten for publication, but, containing the only 
words ever written by Mr, Lincoln of himself 
and family, are worthy of preservation: 

"I was born February 12,1 809, in Hardin county, 
Kentucky. My ]>arents were both born in Vir 
sinia, of undistinguished families— second fami- 
nes — perhaps I should sav. My mother, who died 
in my tenth year, was of a family of the name 
of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, 
and others in Mauon counties, Illinois. ^ly 
interna) grandfather, Ahrah.im Lincoln, emi- 
grated from Ituukiiigham county, Virginia, about 
1"HI or '^2, where, a year or two later, he was 
killed by Indians, not in battle, but by stealth, 
when he was tailoring to open up a farm in the 
forest. His ancchtorM, who were Quakers, went 
to Virginia from ]Ierkt« county, Pennsylv.inia. 
An effort to identify them with the New Eng- 
land family of the same name ended in nothing 
more definite thsn a similarity of Christian 
names in both families, such as Enoch, l.evi, 
Mordecai, Solomon, Abraham, and lh« like. 



"My father, at the death of his father, was but 
eix years of age, and he grew up literally with- 
out education. He removed from Keutnclcyto 
what ia now Spencer county, Indiana, in my 
eighth year. We reached our new home about 
the time the State came into the Union. It was 
a wild region, with many bears and other wild 
animals still in the woods. There I grew up. 
There were some schools, bo called, but no qnati- 
fication was ever retpiired of a teacher beyond 
"readin', 'ritin', and cipherin" to the rnle of 
three. If a straggler, 8U]>posfd to understand 
Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, 
he was looked upon as a wizard, l^ere was ab- 
solutely nothing to excite ambition for edac^ 
lion. Of course, when I came of age, 1 did not 
know much; still, somehow I could read, write, 
and cipher to the rule of three, but that was alL 
I have not been to school since. The littJe ad- 
vance I now have upon this store of education, I 
have picked up from time to time, under the 
pressure of necessity. 

"I was raised to farm work, which I continued 
till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to 
Illinois, and passed the first year in MaooB 
county. Then I got to New Salem, at that time 
in Sangamon, now in Menard county, where I 
remained a year, as a sort of clerk m a store. 
Then came the Ulack Hawk war, and I was 
elected Captain of Volunteers, a success which 
gave me more pleasure than any I have had 
since, I went the campaign, was elated; ran 
for the legislature the same year — 1S33 — and 
was beiten, the only time I ever have been 
beaten by the people. The next, and three sno- 
ceeding biennial elections, I was elected to the 
legislature. I was not a candidate afterwards. 
During this legislative period I had studied law, 
and removed to SpringKeld to iiractice it. In 
1S40, 1 was once elected to the lower bouse of 
Congress; was not a candidate for re-election. 
From 1840 lo IX.M, both inulnsive, practiced 



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liH' more assiduously than ever before. Always 
a Whig in politics, and generally on Whig elec- 
toral tickets, making active cauvassen; I was los- 
ing interest in politics, when the repeal of the 
Missouri Compromise aroused me again. Wliat 
I have done since then is pretty well known. 

'*If any personal -description of me is thought 
desirable, it may be said, I am in height, six 
feet four inches, nearly, lean in flesh, weighing 
on an average one hundred and eighty pounds, 
dark complexion, with coarse blnjck hair and 
gray e3*es; no other marks or brands recollected. 

"Yours, very truly, 

**A. Lincoln." 
Ban.J.W.FelL 

Mr. Lincoln was always active in public af- 
fairs, aud was always an acknowledged leader. 
Ashe remarked in nis letter, the repeal of the 
Missouri Compromise aroused him, and he united 
with others in the formation of the Republican 
party, becoming its acknowledged lea<ler. In 
1858, he was a candidate for United States Sen- 
ator, to succeed Stephen A. Douglas, whose term 
was drawing to a close. Contrary to the usual 
custom with c.iiulidates for thatoHice, instead of 
^ming to influence the members of the legisla- 
ture, by whose votes the choice is made, the con- 
test was brought directly before the people, in 
order to influence their action in choosing mom 
l)ers of the legislature, who were to choose a 
United States Senator. That led to seven joint 
debates between Mr. Lincoln and ^Fr. Douglas, 
indilferent parts of the State of Illinois. Mr. 
Douglas was elected as his own successor, but 
Mr. Lincobrs speeches in that campaign gave 
Urn a National reputation, and proved that his 
umlerstanding of the slavery <piestion was more 
clear .and comprehensive than that of any other 
Ulan in the Nation. This led to his being chosen 
ty the Republican National Convention, which 
dissembled in Chicago in June, 1800, as the can- 
didate of that p.irty for the ollice of President 
of the United States. Aflei an exciting cani- 

taign, he was triumphantly elected, in Novem- 
eruf that year, and inaugurated at Washing- 
ton, March 4, IMU. It is unnecessarv to follow 
ki» career during the long and blooJy war that 
followed. In that struggle, he placed his reli- 
ance upon the Almighty Cod, as is clearly shown 
>U the following letter, written in September, 
1804, to a member of the Society of Friends: 

"ExKCLTJVE Mansion, f 

"Washington, September 4, \^i\\. ) 
'Eliza J\ Gurney: 

"AIv K«rKKMKi> Fhikni>— 1 have not forgot- 
ten — prolMibly never shall forget — the very im- 



pressive occasion when yoirself and friends vis- 
ited me, on a Sabbath forenoon, two years ago; 
nor has your kind letter, written nearly a year 
later, ever been forgotten. In all, it has been 
vour purpose to strengthen my reliance on God. 
t am much indebted to the good Christian 
people of this country for their constant prayers 
and consolations; and to no one of them more 
than yourself. The purposes of the Almighty 
are perfect, and must prevail, although we err- 
ing mortals may fail to accurately perceive them 
in advance. We hoped for a happy termination 
of this terrible war long before this;" but God 
knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall 
yet acknowledge His wisdom and our error 
therein. Meanwhile, we must work earnestly 
in the best light He gives us, trusting that so 
working still conduces to the great ends He or- 
dains. Surely, He intends some great good 
to follow this mighty convulsion, which no 
mortal could make, and no mortal could stay. 

"Your people, the Friends, have had, and are 
having, a very great trial. On principle and 
faith, opposed to both war and oppression, they 
can only practically i-ppose oppression by war. 
In thi^ hard dilemma, some have chosen one 
horn, and some the <»ther. For those appealing 
to me on coufccieiilious grounds, I have done, 
and shall do, the best I could and can, in my 
own conscience, under my oath to the law. 
That you believe this, I doubt not; and, believ- 
ing it, I shall still receive, for our country and 
myself, your earnest prayers to our Father in 
Heaven. Your sincere friend, 

"A. LnccoLX." 

No man ever dischari^ed his duties more hon- 
estly, more faithfully, than did Abraham Lin- 
coln. With a heart full of tender mercy, he 
loved all mankind, and knowingly would wrong 
no man. The South never had a more trusty 
friend, and in his death they lost one who could 
and would have done tliein more good than pos- 
sible for any other man. On the evening of 
April 14 1S05, while in attendance on a per- 
formance at Foiifs Theater, in Washington, he 
was shot down by the hands of a cowardly assas- 
sin, and breathetl his last on the morning of the 
15th. An account of the deep grief, the respect 
paid his memory, the great funeral cortege reach- 
ing from the Capital of the Nation to his late 
home in Sprin*j;Held, will be found elsewhere in 
this work. His remains now lay in a beautiful 
tomb, erected by a grateful people, in Oak 
Ridge Cemetery, and is annually visited by 
thousands of people. 



mSTIJUY OK SAN(;.\M(>X rol'XTY. 



The followiiii; tribute to Wi* niuiiiory is vm- 
bodie.l ill an a.l'ilress by Isaac N. AnioW, a lifc- 
lony friuml uf Lincoln, before l\nt Koval Ilistor- 
ic.il Society, nr London, Eiiglaixl, ami in worlby 
of its author and the siibjuct treatt^; 

"The noblest inheritance w« Americans, derive 
from our Urilish ancestors is the nit-inory anil 
example of the great and good men who adorn 
y')nr Iiistory. They are as much aj^ipreciated uni) 
honored on tuir siue of the Atlantic as on lliis. 
In giving lo the ETiglish-sin-aking world, AVasb- 
ington aiul Lincoln we ibinlc we roiiay, in laryc 
part, onr obligation. Their |irc-*inini;iici' in 
American history i* rocognixed, and the icimli- 
lic, whicli the one founded and the olber pre- 
served, hafl, ahoady, crowned ihtni as models 
for her children. 

" In the iinnala of almost every great Nation 
some names ajijiear standing ont clear and |ironi- 
incnt, namca of those who have iiillnenccd. or 
controilcd, the great events which make uji hU- 
lory. Siicb were Wallace and Bnice, in Suoi- 
land, Alfred and the Edwards, William the Con- 
HUeror, Cromwell, Pitt, Nelson and Wellington, 
in England, and such in a slill greatt'r degree 
were Washington and Lincoln. 

"I am here, from near his borne, with the 
hope that I may, to Bonie eMcnt, aid you in 
forming a iusi and true ostimate of Abraliam 
Lincoln. I knew him, somewhat intimately, in 
privatf and pnblic life for more Iban twentv 
years. We practiced law at the name bar, ami, 
during hU administration, I was a member of 
Congress, seeing him and conferring with him 
ofleu, and therefore, I may boiio without vauily, 
I trust lliat 1 shall bo able to coDtribntc some- 
thing of value in enabling you to judge uf him. 
We in America, as well as you in the ..Id world, 
believe tiiat "blood will tell;" tli.ii il is a great 
blessing to have had an bonoiable and wonliy 
ancestry. We believe that mor:il ]iriniiple,]ibv- 
Bical and intellectual vigor in the forefaiheis are 
(jualities likely to be manifested in the desoend- 
ants. Fools arc not the fathers or inoihers of 
great men. I claim for Lincoln, hnnible ;is was 
the station to whieh he was born, and rmU- and 
rough as were his early surround in ga, iliai lie 
had snch ancCHtorii. I mean that bis faiher and 
raolbor, his grandfather and grandmother, iinil 
Htill further back, however bnmblo and rugged 
their condition, were physically and menially 
strong, vigorous men and women; hardyand sue- 
ccssfnl pioneei-s on the frontier of Annrican eiv- 
iliKation. They were nmongtho early selilrrs in 
Virginia, Kentucky and Illinois, and knew how 
to take care uf themselves in tbe midnt of dilli- 



enltles and perils; how to live and siiccocd when 
the weak would peri*h. Tliese ancestors of Lin- 
ciilii, for several gencRitions, kept on the very 
erc3t of the wave of Western settlements — on 
the frontier, where the struggle forlife was bard 
and the strong alone survived. 

'• His grandfather, Abr.aham Lincoln, and his 
father, 'Iboman, were boiii in Huekinghain 
County, Virginia. 

"Aliout 17S1, while his father was still a lad, 
hi« gi-andfather'8 family einigi-atcd to Kentneky, 
nud was a contemporary with Daniel ISooue, tlie 
celebrated Indian tighter and early bero uf that 
•State. This, a then wibl and wooded territory, 
was the cceiie of those tierce and dcstieiate con- 
flicts between the settlers and the Indians which 
g.ave it the name of 'The dark ami bloody 
ground.' 

"When Thomas Lincoln, the father uf the 
Presidenl,wn«si\yearaoId,his father (Abiaham, 
the grandfather of the President,) was shot and 
instantly killed by an Indian. 'I'lie b,y and bis 
father were at work in the coru-lield, near iheir 
log-cabin home. Mordecai, the elder brotlicr of 
the lad, .tt work not far away, wiliusseil the at- 
tack. He saw his f.itlier fall, and ri.n to the 
cabin, seixed )iU readv-luaded ritleand springing 
to the looiAliole cut lliroiigh (he logs, hoNiw the 
Indian, wljo had seixed the bo^, earniing hira 
away. liaising bis rifle and .iimiug at a silver 
medal. eons|iieiiona on the breast of the Indian, 
he insianlly tired. 'Ha- Indian fell.and the lad, 
springing l" bin feel, ran to the open arms of 
his mother, at the cabin door. Amid such 
?eeiies, the Lim-oln family naturally pnnliiced 
rude, rough, hardy, and fearless nieii, familiar 
with woi.d-emft; men who coul.l mwi tl.c ev- 
Ircmes of exposure and fatigue, who kiuvr how 
lo Kiid food and shelter in tlie forest; men of 
great powers of endurance— brave and self-reli- 
ant, true and faithful to their friends aed d;ui- 
gen.us u, iliL-ir enemies. .Men ivitli minds to 
(■»n.■>.l^e^-l^l hands tu exeeute bold enteri-rises. 

" It is a eurious fact that the gjand-father, 
Abr.iliain l.ine.dn. Is noted on the ^urvejs of 
It.iiiii'l I'liiine as having purchased, of the gov- 
uiiiniiiil. li\e hundred acres of land. Thiinias 
LiiKuln, llu- failier, waa also the pnn-haser uf 
government land, and President Lincoln left, as 
a pari of his estate, a ijuarter-section (onchnn- 
dred and sixty acres), which he had received 
from the I'nilcd States, for services rendered in 
early life as a volunteer soldier in the Jllack 
Hawk Indian war. Thus for three generations 
the Lincoln family were land owners directly 
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HISTORY OF SAXGAMOX COUNTY. 



** Such was the lineage and family from which 
Presideot Lincoln sprang. Such was the environ- 
ment in which his charactei was developed. 

^ He was bom in a log cabin, in Kentucky, on 
the 12th of February, 1809. 

^ It will aid you in picturing to yourself this 
young man and his surroundings, to know that 
from boyhood to the age of twenty-one, in winter, 
his heaa was protected from the cold by a cap 
made of the skin of the coon, fox« or prairie 
m'olf, and that he often wore the buckskin 
breeches and hunt ng-shiit of the pioneer. 

*' He grew up to be a man of majestic stature 
and Herculean strength. Had he appeared in 
England or Normandy, some centuries ago, he 
would have been the founder of some great 
llaronial family, possibly of a Royal dynasty. 
He could have wielded, with ease, the two- 
handed sword of Guy, the great Karl of War- 
wick, or the battle-axe of Richard of the Lion- 
hearL 

HIS KDUrXTIOX AND TRAINING. 

**Tlie world is naturally interested in knowing 
what was the education and training which fitted 
Lincoln for the great work which he accom- 
plished. On the extreme frontier, the means of 
book-learning was very limited. T^e common 
free schools, which now closely follow the heels 
of the pioneer and organized civil government, 
and prevail all over the United States, had not 
then reached the Far West. An itinerant school- 
teacher wandered occasionally into a settlement, 
opened a private school for a few months, and, 
at such, Lincoln attended at different times in 
all about twelve months. His mother, who was 
a woman of practical good sense, of strong 
physical organization, of deep religious feeling, 
gentle and self-reliant, taught him to read and 
write. 

Although she died when he was only nine 
years old, she had already laid deep the n)unda- 
tions of his excellence. Perfect truthfulness 
and integrity, love of justice, self-control, rev- 
erence for God, these constituted the solid basis 
of his character. These were all implanted and 
carefully cultivated by his mother, and he ahvavs 
spoke of her with the deepest respect and t&e 
most tender affection. 'All that I am, or hope 
to be,* said he, when President, * I owe to my 
Minted mother.* 

**IIe early manifested the most eager desire to 
learn, but there were no libraries and few books 
in the back settlements in which he lived. 
Among the stray volumes, which he found in 
the possession of the illiterate families by which 
he was surrounded, were ^Ksop*s Fables, Bun- 



yan*s Pilgrim*s Progress, a life of Washinffton, 
the poems of Burns, and the Bible. To Uiese 
his i'eading was confined, and he read them 
over and over again, until they became as 
familiar almost as the alphabet. His memory 
was marvelous, and I never yet met the man 
more familiar with the Bible than Abraham 
Lincoln. This was apparent in after-life, both 
from his conversation and writings, scarcely a 
speech or State paper of his in which illustrations 
and allusions from the Bible cannot be found. 

** While a young man, he made for himself, of 
coarse paper, a scrap-book, into which he copied 
everything which particularly pleased him. He 
found an old English grammar, which he studied 
by himself; and he formed, from his constant 
study of the Bible, that simple, plain, clear An- 
glo-Saxon style, so effective with the people. 
Tie illustrated the maxim that it is better to 
know thoroughly a few good books than to skim 
over many. When fifteen years old, he began 
(with a view of improving himself) to write on 
various subjects and to practice in making polit- 
ical and other speeches. These he made so 
amusing and attractive that his fatlier had to 
forbid his making them in working hours, for, 
said he, ^when Abe begins to speak, all the 
hands flock to hear him.' His memory was so 
retentive that he could repeat, verbatim, the ser- 
mons and political speeches which he heard. 

*' While his days were spent in hard, manual 
labor, and his evenings in study, he grew up 
strong in body, healthful in mind, with no bad 
habits; no stain of intemperance, profanity or 
vice of any kind. He used neither tobacco nor 
intoxicating drinks, and, thus living, he grew to 
be six feet four inches high, and a giant in 
strength. In all athletic sports he had no equal. 
I have heard an old comrade say, ' he could strike 
the hardest blow with the woodman's axe, and 
the maul of the rail-splitter, jump higher, run 
faster than any of his fellows, and there were 
none, far or near, who could lay him on his 
back.' Kind and cordial, he early develoi>ed so 
much wit and L\imor, such a capacity for narra- 
tive and story-telling, that he was everywhere a 
most welcome guest. 

A LAND SURVEYOR. 

'O^ike Washington, he became, in early life, a 
good practical surveyor, and I have, in my li- 
brary, the identical book from which, at eight- 
een years of age, he studied the art of survey- 
ing. \\\ his skill and accuracy, and by the neat- 
ness of his work, he was sought after by the set- 
tlers, to sur\'ey and fix the boundaries of their 
farms, and in this way, in part, he earned a sup* 



HISTORY OF S.Wr.AMON rOCNTY. 



purl while Iiv siiidicl law. In lf.1T, FtOr-luiiglit, 
he WHS adm'illeA nnd lici-iistf<], Ity lUe Stipreiiii- 
Court of llliiioii', to practice Uw.* 

A l.iWVKR. 

"It is difficult for ine to deccrilip, ami, jitr- 
haps, more diffiuull for yon to concuivp the con- 
traBt when Lincoln bp^an to practice law, be- 
tween theforniH of the ndniinlHtration of justice 
in Westminster Ua1t, anil in the nide log court- 
house of ItlinniR. I recall to-day wliat u-:is said 
a few Yoar« ago by an ItlinoiM fricml, when we 
\ibitcd, for the first time, WcslHiinster Abbey, 
and as we pai^sed into Westminster Hall. 'Tliis,' 
be exclaimed, 'this is the grandest forum in the 
wnrld. Here Fox, Unrkc, and Sheridan hurled 
their denunciations against Warren Hastings. 
Hera Bronghnm defeated Queen Caroline. And 
this,' he went on to repeat, in the words of 
Macanley, ( wordsas familiar in America as here) 
'Tliia is the great hnll of William Rufns, the 
hall which baa resounded with acclamations at 
the inauguration of tbirtr liiigs, and which hi 
witnessed the trials of Ilacon and Soniers ai 



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Stafford and Charles the First.' 'And yet,' 1 
replied, *I have seen justice administered on the 
prairies of Illinois without pomp or ceremony, 
everything simple to rudeness, and yet, when 
Lincoln and Dotiglaa led at that bar, I have seen 
-justice administered by judges as jiure, aided by 
advocates as cloouent, if not as learned, as any 
who ever presided, or plead, in Westminster 
Hall.' 

"The common law of England (said to be 
the perfection of human wisdom) was adminie- 
tercd in both fonims, and the dcuision of each 
tribunal were cited as authority in the other; 
both illustrating that reverence for, and obedi- 
ence to, law, wTiich is the glory of the Knglish- 
spcaking race. 

"Lincoln wai a great lawyer. He sought lo 
convince rather by the ap]>!ication of principle 
than by the citation of anthoriLies. On the 
w'hole, he was stronger with the jury than with 
the court I do not know that there has ever 
been, in America, a greater or more smcessfiil 
advocate before a jury, on the right uide, than 
Abraham Lincoln. He bad a marvelous nuwer 
of conciliating and tm|iressing everyone in li 
favor. A stranger entering the cnnM, iyuora 
of the case, and listening a few moments to Li 
coin, would find himself involuntarily on 1 
side and wishing him success. He was a ijuick 
and accurate reader of character, and seemed to 
comprehend, almost intuitively, the jwculiarities 
of those with whom he came in contact. His 
manner was so candid, his methods so direct, bo 



fair, he seemed so anxious iliat trnih ,ind justice 
sliuuld prevail, that cverj-one wished him snccvss. 
He excelled in the statement of his ease. How- 
ever complicated, lie would disentangle it, and 
present ihe im)ionant and inrnina point in a way 

clear that all could utideiNtand. Indeed, his 
siiiiemvnt often alone won his cause, rendering 
argument unnecessary- llie judges would often 
stop him by wavitig, "If that is the e-ise, Itrother 
Lincoln, we will hear the other side.' 

" His ability in examining a witness, in bring- 
ing out clearly the important facts, wa« only snr- 
pas!ted by his skiltfnf cross-exam in.itions. He 
could often compel x witness to tell the truth 
where he meant to lie. He could ni.ike a jury 
laugh, and generally weep, at his pleasure. On 
the right side, and when fraud or inju»iice were 
to be exposed, or innocence vindicated, he rose 
lo the highest range of eloijnence. and was irre- 
sistable. But he must have faith in his cause lo 
bring out his full strength. His wit and humor, 
his i^iiaint and homely illustrations, his inex- 
hau.stib1e stores of anecdote, alw.nys In the point, 
added greatly to his power as a jury advoeate- 

"He never mis-siated evidence <r misrepre- 
sented bis op]>onent*s rase, but met it fairly and 
squarely. 

"He remained in active practice until his 
nomination, in Maj-, Isoo, lor the Presidency. 
He was employed in the leading cases in tmth 
the Federal and Stale Courts, and had a large 
clientage, not only in Illinois, but was freijnently 
called, on special retainers, to other States. 

AS tl.l.lSOW INI.LITICIAS. 

"By his eliH[ueuce and popularity he became, 
early in life, the leader of the old Whig parly, in 
Illinois. He served as member of tbe Stat« 
Legislature, was the candidate of his party for 
speaker, presidential elector, and United States 
Senator, and was a member of the lower house of 
Congress. 

SLAV KB Y. 

"When the independence of the American Re- 
public was estAbhshcd, African slavery waa 
tolerated as a local and temporary institution. 
Itw.tsin conflict with the moral sense, the re- 
ligious convictions of the people, and the political 
i principles on which the government was founded, 
"But having been tolerated, it soon becamean 
organized, aggressive power, and, later, it became 
the master of the government. Conscious of it« 
inherent weakness, it demanded and obtained 
" ioi.al territory for its expansion. First, the 
I,ouisiana territory was purchased, then 
da, and then Texas. 



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IIISTORV OF SANGAMON COINTY. 



**By the repeal, in 1854, of tbe prohibition of 
slavery north of the line of thirtj-six deuces, 
thirty minutes of latitude (known in America as 
the * Missouri Compromise'), the slavery ques- 
tion became the leading one i i American politics, 
and ihe absorbing and exciting topic of discus- 
sion. It shattered into fragments the old con- 
ser\*ative Whig party, with which Mr. Lincoln 
had, theretofore, acted. It divided tlic Demo- 
cratic party, and new parties were organized upon 
issues growing directly out of tlie qnention of 
slavery. 

^^'Fhe leader of that portion of the Democratic 
party which continued, for a time, to act with the 
slavery party, was Stephen Arnold Douglas, then 
representing Illinois in the United States Senate. 
He was a bold, ambitious, able man, and had, 
thus far, been uniformaly successful. He had 
introduced and carried through Congress, against 
the most vehement opposition, the repeal of the 
law, prohibiting slavery, called the Missouri 
Compromise. 

TIIK CONTEST BKTWKSN FREEDOM AXD SLAVERY 

IN THJi TERRITORIES. 

*^ The issue having been now distinctly made 
hetwcen freedom and the extention of slavery 
into the territories, Lincoln and Douglas, the 
leaders of the Free-soil and Democratic parties, 
became more than ever antagonized. The con- 
flict between freedom and slavery now became 
earnest, fierce and violent, beyond all previous 
political controversies, and from this time on, 
Lincoln plead the cause of liberty with an energ}% 
ability and ejoquence, which rapidly gained for 
him a national reputation. From this time on, 
through the tremendous struggle, it was he wlio 
grasped the helm and led his party to victory. 
Conscious oi a great cause, inspired by a gener- 
ous love of liberty, and animated by the moral 
sublimity of his great theme, he proclaimed his 
determination, ever thereafter,* to speak for free- 
dom, and against slavery, until everywhere the 
sun shall ^hine, the rain shall fall, and the wind 
blow upon no man who goes forth to unrequited 

THE LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS DEBATE. 

The great debate between Lincoln and Douij;- 
las, in 185S, was, unquestionably, both with 
reference to the ability of the speakers and its 
influence upon ojnnion and events, the most im- 
portant in American histor}'. I do not think I 
do injustice to others, nor over-estimate their im- 
]>ortanoe, when I say that the speeches of Lin- 
coln published, citirulated and read throughout 
the Free States, did more than any other agency 



in creating the public ooinion, which prepared 
the way for the overthrow of slavery. The 
speeches of John Quincy Adams, and those of 
Senator Sumner, were more learned and scholar- 
ly, and those of Lovejoy and Wendcl Phillips 
were more vehement and impassioned; Senators 
Seward, Chase and Hale spoke from a more con- 
spicuous forum, but Lincoln^s speeches were as 
philosophic, as able, as earnest as any, and his 
manner has a simplicity and directness, a clear> 
ness of illustration, and his language a plainness, 
a vigor,- an Anglo-Saxon strength, better adapted 
than any other, to reach and influence the under- 
standing and sentiment of the common people. 
*^At the time of this memorable discussion, 
both Lincoln and Douglas were in the full ma 
turity of their powers. Douglas being forty-five 
and Lincoln forty-nine years old. Douglas had 
had a long training and experience as a popular 
speaker. On the hustings (stump, as we say in 
America) and in Congress, and especially in the 
Ignited States Senate, he had been accustomed 
to meet the ablest debaters of his State and of 
the Nation. 

^* His friends insisted that never, eitlier in con- 
flict with a single opponent, or when repelling 
the assaults of a whole party, had he been dis- 
comfited. His manner was bold, vigorous, and 
aggressive, lie was ready, fertile in resources, 
familiar with political history, strong and severe 
in denunciation, and he handled, with skill, all 
the weapons of the dialectician. His iron will, 
tireless energy, united with physical and moral 
courage, and great personal magnetism, made 
him a natural leader, and gave him personal 
)>opularity. 

*' Lincoln was also now a thoroughlv trained 
speaker. He had contended successfully at the 
bar, in the legislature, and before the people, 
with the ablest men of the West, including 
Douglas, with whom he always rather sought 
than avoided a discussion. But he was a courte- 
ous and generous opponent, as is illustrated by 
the following beautiful allusion to his rival, 
made in 1S56, in one of their joint debates. 
* Twenty years ago. Judge Douglas and I first 
became acquainted; we were both young then; 
he a trifie younger than L Kven then, we were 
both ambitious, I, perhaps, quite as much as he. 
With me, the race oi ambition has been a 
fiat failure. With him, it has Wen a splendid 
success. His name fills the Nation, and is not 
unknown in foreign lands. I affect no cx>ntempt 
for the high eminence he has reached; so 
reached, tliat the oppressed of my species might 
I have shared with ine in the elevation. I would 



illSTOHY OF SAN«AMOX COt'KTY. 



rather ataod on that eminence than wear ilis 
richest crou'D that ever preKsed a monarch's 
brow.' 

"We know, and the world knows, that Lin- 
coln (lid roach that high, nay, far higher emi- 
nence, and tliat he did reach it in ^uoh a way 
that tlie 'op|irc4sed' did itbare wiili him in the 
elevation. 

" Such were the chanipiowa who, in 185S, wore 
to discnss, before the voters of IllinoiM, and with 
the whole Xation aa spcclatord, the political >iuc6- 
tioDS then pending, and especially the vital cjuos- 
tiona relating to slavery. U was not a single 
combat, but extended through a whole cam- 
paign. 

"On the return of Douglas from Washington, 
to Illinois, in July, l^oC, Lincoln and Doiii'Ias 
being candidates fur the Senate, the former clial- 
lenged his rival to a series of joint debates, to 
be held at the [irincipa) townx in the Sute. The 
challenge was accepted, and it was agreed that 
each discussion should occupy three honr*t, that 
the epcakcns sliould alternate in the opening and 
the close — the opening speech to occupy one 
hour, the re)i1v one hour and a half, and the 
close half an hour. The meetings were held in 
the opeu air, fur no hall could hold the vast 
crowils which attended. 

"I I addition to the immense mass of hearers, 
rep'>rtcr^ from all the principal new!>papcrs in 
the country, attended, so that the morning after 
eac'i debate, the speeches were published, and 
eagerly read by a large part, perhaps a majority 
of alt the voters of the United Statea. 

'The attention of the American people was 
thut arrested, and ihey watched with intense in- 
terest, and devoured every argument of the 
champions. 

" Each nf these great men, I doubt not, at that 
lime, sincei-ely bL-Iieved he was right. Dimglan' 
ard.?r, while in such a conflict, would malte him 
think, for the time biding, he was right, and I 
know that Lincoln argued for freedom aga 
the extension of slavery with the moxt profound 
conviction that on the result hung the fate of 
hill e mutry. Lincoln liad two advantages over 
Douglas; he had the hept side of the question, 
and the best tcm))cr. He was alwayn good 
humored, always had an apt story for illuslra-* 
tion, while Dou":las sometimex, when hard 
pressed, was irritable. 

"Douglas carried away the most popular ap- 
plause, but Lincoln made the deeper and more 
lasting impression. Diuiglas did not disilain an 
immediate iitl cajiltrmlmii triiimj)h, while Lincoln 
aimed at permanent uunviction. Sometime*, 



when Lincoln's friends urged him to raise a 
storm of applause (which he could always do 
by his happy illustrations and amusing stories), 
he refa^ed, saying the occasion was too aeriont, 
ispue t«o grave. * I do not seek applause,* 
said he, 'nor to amuse the people, I w.-tnt t« 
convince them.* 

"It was often ohger\'ed, during this canvass, 
that while Douglas was sometimes greeted with 
the londest cheers, when Lincoln closed, the 
people seemed eolemn and serious, and could be 
heard, all ihrougli the crowd, gravely and anx- 
iously discussing the topics on which he had 
been speaking. 

Douglas secured the immediate object of the 
struggle, but the manly bearing, the vigorous 
logic, the hnnc'sty and sincerity, the great intel- 
lectual powers, exhibited by Mr. Lincoln, pre- 
pared the way, and, two years later, secured his 
nomination and election to the Presidency. It 
in a touching incident, itiustnUJng the patriotism 
of both these statesmen, that, widely as they dif- 
fered, and keen as hail been their rivalrj', just as 
soon as the life of the Republic was menaced, 
by treason, they joined hands to shield and save 
the country they loved. 

"The echo and prophecy of this great debate 
was heard, and lUApired hope in the far-off 
cotton and rice-fields of the South. The toiling 
blacks, to use the words of Wbittier, began 
hopefully to pray: 



' Wc link it when tic cliurcli-bell ring, ^^M 

Wc (Irenm it in de drcHin, ^1 

De rico-bird mean it when he sing, 
De eugle wbeo he siTeam.' 

TlIK COOPKR-INBTITUTK srKKCI). 

'" la February, 1 S80, Mr. Lincoln was called to 
address the people of Kew York, and, speaking 
to a vant audience, at the Cooper Institute (the 
Exeter Hall of the United Sutes), the poet Bry- 
ant presiding, he made, perhaps, the most teamed, 
logical, and exhaustive 8peiH;h to be found in 
American anti-slavery literature. The (juestioii 
was, the power of the National Government to 
exclude slavery from the Tertitaries. The orator 
from the prairies, the morning after this speech, 
awoke to find himself famous. 

" lie closed with these words, 'I.<et us have 
faith that rifflU makes mi-jlit, and in that faith 
let us, to the end, do our duty as we understand 



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** Thia address was th« uaraf oily fioished pro> 
doct or, not an orator and ■talesma n onl^, out 
also of an accurate student of American hiatory. 
It eonfirmed and elevated the reputation he had 
already acquired in the Douglas d«|t>atcs, and 
caused his uomination and election to the Presi- 
denm. 

"If time permitted, I would like to follow Mr. 
lineoln, st«p by step, to enumerate his me.-uiireB 
one after another, uiiiil by prudence and coura^, 
and matchless states man Hhip, he led the luyal 
|>e<^lo of the Republic to the final and complete 
oTerUirow of slavery and the resluration of the 
Union. 

"From the time he left his humble home in 
Illinois, to assume the responsibilities of power, 
the political horizon black with treason and re- 
bellion, the teriflic thunder clouds, — the tem)>cst 
which had been gathering and growing more 
black and threatening for years, now ready to 
explode, — on and on, throagh long years of 
bloody war, down to his final triumph and 
death — what a drama! His eventful life ter- 
minated by his tragic desth, has it not the dra- 
matic unities, and the awful ending, of th« Old 
Greek tragedy f 

IIIS FARK\VIII.L TO HIS KEIGHUORS. 

"I know of nothing in history, more pathetic 
than the scene when he bade good-bye to his old 
friends and neighbors. Conscious of the dilfi- 
cnltiea and dangers before him, difficnlttes which 
teemed almost insurmountable, with a sadness 
as though a presentment that he eliould return 
so more was pr(.-BsinK upon him, but with a deep 
religious tmst which was gharactcristic, on the 

flatform of the rail -carriage, which was to bear 
im away to the Capital, he paused and said, 
'No one can realize the sadnesx I feel at tliiM 
J>arting. licre I have lived more than a quarter 
of » century. lli>rc mv children wore born, and 
here one of'^ them lieMburiud. I know not how 
Hooo I shall SL-c you again. I go to assume a 
fcaitk nioreditlit.-ult than that which has devolved 
Upon any oOkt man since the dayH of Washing- 
ion- lie never would have succeeded but fur the 
«i(l of Divine I'rovidence, spon which, at all 
times, he relied. • • • I hope you, uiy dear 
friends, will all pray that I mav receive ihat Di- 
vine a8iiist.ince, without which 1 cannot succeed, 
bat with which, sug4.*C8B is certain.' 

"And as he waved his hand in farewell to the 
«>ld home, to which he was never to return, he 
heard the rcs|>oniic from uinny old friendti, ' Uod 
UuiM and keep yon.' ' God )irot«cl you from all 
tmilora.' His neighbors ' sorrowing most uf all/ 



for the fear ' that they should I'ee his face no 
re.* 

■Its INAVtiURAL AM> Al'PKAL KUK PKACK. 

' In his inaugural address fpoken in the open 
air, and from the eastern portico of the capitol, 
and heard by thrice ten thousand people, on the 
very verge of civil war, he made a moat earnest 
appeal for peace. He gave the most solerau as- 
surance, that ' the pmuerty, peace, and security 
of no jwrtion of the itepiiulic should be endan- 
gered by his administration.' Hut he declared, 
with firmness that the Union of the Sutcs must 
he 'perpetual,* and that he should 'execute the 
laws faithfully in every Slate.* ' In doing this,* 
said he, ' there need be no blood shed nur vio- 
lence, nor shall there be, unless forced upon the 
National Authority.' In regard to the dilficul- 
ties which thus divided the people, he appealed 
to all to abstain from precipitate action, assur- 
ing them that intelligence, patriotism, and a firm 
reliance on llim, who had never yet forsaken 
the Republic, ' were competent to adjust, in the 
best way, all existing troubles.* 

"His closing sppeal, against civil war, waa 
most touching, ' In your hands,' said he, and his- 
voice, for tlie first time faltered, ' In your hands, 
and not in mine, are the momentous issues of 
civil war,' • * 'Yon can have no con* 
diet without being yourselves the aggressors.* 
* ' 'I am,' cM)ntinued he, 'loth to 
clone, we are not enemies, but friends. We 
must not be enemies, though passion may strain 
— it must not break the bonds of affection.' 

" The answer to these appeals was the attack 
upon Fort Sumter, and immediately broke 
loose all the maddening pasxiona which not in 
blood and carnage and civil war. 

"I know not how I can better picture and 
illustrate the condition of affairs, and of public 
feeling, at that time, than by narrating two or 
three incidents. 

not'Gi.As' rnoriiRCV, January 1, 1861. 

"In January, J801, Senator Douglas, then 
lately a candidate for the Presidency, with Mrs. 
Douglas, one of the most beautiful and fascinat- 
ing women in America, a reta^ve of Mra. Madi- 
Kou, occupied, at Washington, one of the most 
Hiagnificunt block of dwellings, called the ' Min- 
nesota Block.' On New Year's day, 1801, Qen- 
cral Charles Stewart, of New York, from whose 
lips I write an ac«oiint of the incident, says: 

'"I waa making a New Year's call on Senator 
Douglas; after some ounversation, I asked him: 

"' What will be the result, Senator, of the ef- 
forts of Jeilerson Davis, and bis assooiatet, to 




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divide tho Union?' We were,' snid Stewart, 
' silting OM the sofa togsiher, wlien I asked tlie 
question. Donglaa rose, walked rapidly upaud 
down the room for a moment, and then pausing, 
he exclaimed, with deep feeling and exeitemeni: 

"'Tlie Colloii Slates arc making an effort 
to draw in the Bonier Stalea, to their 
schemes of Secession, and I tua hut tuo fearful 
they will Huoceed. If they do, there will be the 
moKl fearful civil war the world has ever seen, 
lasting for yean*.' 

" Pansing a nioincnt, lie lookm) like one in- 
Bpircd, wliilc lie proceeded: ' Virginia, over yon- 
der, across the Potomac,' pointing toward Ar- 
lington, 'will hecoine a cnirnel-hoivic — ^but in 
the end the Union will triumph. They will 
try.' he cuntiniied, 'to get possession of this 
Capital, lo giw tliem preftige abroad, bnt in 
that effort they will never snccc*.i); llie North 
will rise en masse to defend it. Hut Washing- 
ton will become a city of hospitals, the chiirehes 
will be nscd for the sick and wounded. Thin 
honse,' he continued, * the Minnesota Block will 
be devoted to that purpose before the end of the 
■war.' 

" Every word he said was literally fulKlled — 
all the 'churches nearly were used for the 
wounded, and the Minnesota Block, and the 
very room in which this tleclavatiun was made, 
Ijcuarac the 'Douglas Tlospital.' 

" ' What justilieatjon for all ibis?' said Stew- 
art, 

" ' There is no jufitificatioii,' replied Donglas. 

" ' I will go as far as the Constitution will ]>er- 
init In maintain their just rights. But,' said be, 
rising upon his feet and rnisinghis arm, 'if the 
Southern Slates attempt to secede, I am in favor 
uf their having just so m.iny slaves, and just so 
much ijlave territory, as they can hold at the 
point of the bayonet, and no more.' 

WI1.I. TIIK SUXTIl t'lCIIT? 

"Many Sciulbein leaders believed there would 
be no aeriouN war, niid labored industriously to 
impress this idea i^u the Southern people. 

'• Benjamin F. Butler, who as a delegate fnim 
Massachusetts, to the Charleston Convention, 
had voted many times for Breckenrldge, the ex- 
treme Southern candidate for President, cum e lo 
Washington in the winter of 18tlO-1, to in<iuire 
of his old associates what tbey meant by their 
ihreatB. 

"'We mean,' replied they, ' we mean Separa- 
tion — a Soulbern Confederacy. We will liavu 
our independence, a Southern government — 
with no discordaitt elementH. 



"'Are jou prepared for war^' said Butler, 
coolly. 

"'Oh, there will be no war; the Xonh won't 
Sght. 

"'The North will tight,' said Butler, 'the 
North will send the last man and expend thelast 
dollar to maintain the government. 

"' But,' replied Butler's Southern friends, 'the 
North can't hght — we have too many allies there. 

" ' You have friends,' responded Butler, 'in the 
North who will stand by yon so long as yoa 
light your battles in the Union, but the moment 
you tire on the flag, tbe North will be a unit 
againt you.' 'And,' Butler continued, 'you may 
be assured if war comes, slavery ends.* 

TllK SrEtlAL SKSSIOS OF OONtiKKSS, JILV, 1801. 

"On the brink of this civil war, the President 
summoned Congress to meet on tlie 1th of July, 
18G1, the anniversary of our Independence. 
Seven Stales had already seceded, werfl in open 
revolt, and the chairs of their represcnUtives, in 
both Houses of Congress, were vacant. It need- 
ed but a glance at these so mimerous vacant seats 

10 reali/e the extent of the defection, the gravity 
of the situation, and the magnitude of the im- 
pending struggle. The old uro-slavery leaders 
were absent. Some in the rcWl government set 
up at Richmond, and others marshalling troops 
in the field. Hostile armies were gathenng, and 
from the dome of the Capital, across the Poto- 
mac, and on towards l-airfax, in Virginia, uould 
be seen the Confederate flag. 

Breckenndge, late the Southern candidate for 
President, now Senator from Ecntncky, and soon 
to lead a rebel army, still lingered in the Senate. 
Like Catiiline among the Roman Senators, he 
was regarded|with aversion and distnist. Gloomy 
and perhaps sorrowful, he i>aid, 'I can only look 
with sadness on the melancholy drama that is 
being enacted." 

" Pardon the digression, while I relate an inci- 
dent which occurred in the Senate, at tliis special 
session. 

" Senator leaker, of Oregon, waK making a 
brilliant and impassioned reply to a speech uf 

11 reck en ridge, in which he denounced the Ken- 
tucky S»'nator for giving aid and encouragement 
to the enemy by his speeches. At length be 
paused, and, turning toward Breckenndge, and 
fixing liis eye upon him, he asked, 'Wliat would 
have been Uioughl if, after tlie battle of Canme, 
a Roman Senator bad risen, amidst thii coRRcript 
Fathers, and denounced the war, and opposed all 
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** Baker paused^ and every eye in the Senate, 
and in the crowded galleries iraa fixed upon the 
alnnost solitary Senator from Kentncky. Fessen- 
den broke the painful silence by exclaiming, in 
low deep tones, which gare expression to the 
thrill of indignation, which ran throngh the 
hidl, *IIe would have been hurled from the Tar- 
peian Rock.' 

"Congress manifested its sense of the gravity 
of the situation by authorising a loan of two 
hundred and fifty millions of dollars, and em- 
powering the President to call into the field five 
hundred thousand men, and as many more as he 
might deem necessar}*. 

SURRENDER OF MASON AND SUDELL. 

" No act of the British Government, since the 
* stamp act' of the Revolution, has ever excited 
such intense feeling of hostility toward Great 
Britain, as her haughty demand for the surrender 
of Mason and Slidell. It required nerve, in the 
President, to stem the storm of popular feeling, 
and yield to that demand, and it was, for a time, 
the most unpopular act of his administration. 
Bat when the excitement of the day had passed, 
it waa approved by the sober judgment of the 
Nation. 

"Prince Albert is kindly and gratefully re- 
membered in America, where it is believed that 
hi8 action, in modifying the terms of that de- 
mand, probably saved the United States and 
Great Hritaiu from the horrors of war. 

LINCOLN AND TUE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. 

"When, in June, 1838, at his home, in Spring- 
field, Mr. Lincoln startled the people witn the 
declaration, 'This government cannot endure, 
permanently, half slave and half free,' and 
when, at ihe close of his speech, to those who 
were laboring for the ultimate extinction of 
slaver}*, he exclaimed, with the voice of a 
prophet, * We shall not fail; if we stand firm, we 
ahall not fail. Wise councils may accelerate, or 
mistakes delay, but, sooner or later, the victorv 
is sure to come;' he anticipated success, through 
years of discussion, and Inial triumph, through 
peaceful and constitutional means, by the ballot. 
ile did not foresee, nor even dream (unless in 
those dim, mysterious shadows, which some- 
times startle, by half revealing the future), his 
own elevation to the Presidency. Ile did not 
then suspect that he had been ap]K>lnted by 
God, and should be chosen by the (>eople,to pro- 
daim the emancipation of a race, and to save 
his countr)^ lie did not foresee that slavery 
was so soon to be destroyed, amidst the flames 
of war which itself kindled. 



HIS MODEKATION. 

''He entered upon his administration with the 
single purpose of maintaining National unity, 
and many reproached and denounced him for 
the slowness of his anti-slavery measures. The 
first of the series was the abolition of slavery at 
the National Capital. This act gave freedom to 
three thousand slaves, with compensation to 
their loyal masters. Contemporaneous with this, 
was an act conferring freedom upon all colored 
soldiers who should serve in the Union armies, 
and upon their families. The next Vas an act^ 
which I had the honor to introduce, prohibiting 
slavery in all the Territories, and wherever the 
National Government had Jurisdiction. But the 
great, the decisive, act of his administration^ 
was the 'Emancipation ProclamaUon.* 

EMAKCIPATION PROCLAMATION, 

'*The President had urged, with the utmost 
earnestness, on the loyal slaveholders, of the 
Border States, gradual and compensated emanci* 
pation, but in vain. He clearly saw, all saw, 
that the slaves, as used by the Confederates, 
were a vast power, contributing immensely to 
their ability to carry on the war, and, that 
by declaring their freedom, he would convert 
millions of freed men into active friends and 
allies of the I'nion. The people knew that he 
was deliberating upon the (question of issuing 
this Emancipation Proclamation. At this crisis, 
the Union men of the Border States made an 
appeal to him to withhold the edict, and suffer 
slavery to survive. 

''They selected John J. Crittenden, a ven^ 
erable and eloquent man, and their ablest states- 
man, to make, on the floor of Congress, a public 
appeal to the President to withhold the procla- 
mation. ^Ir. Crittenden had been Governor of 
Kentucky, her Senator in Congress, Attorney- 
General of the United States, and now, in his 
old age, covered with honors, he accepted, like 
John Qnincy Adams, a seat in Congress, that in 
this crisis he might help to save his country. 

"lie was a sincere Union man, but believed 
it unwise to disturb slavery. In his speech, he 
made a most eloquent and touching a]>peal, 
from a Kentuckian to a Kentuckian. Ile said, 
among other things, 'There is a niche, near to 
that of Washington, to him who shall save his 
country. If Mr. Lincoln will step into that 
niche, the founder and the preserver of the Re* 
public shall stand side by side. * * Owen 
l-iovejoy, tlie brother of Elijah P. Lovejoy, who 
had been mobbed and murdered, because he 
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replied to Crittenden. After )iiit brolher'a mur- 
der, knceting ii|>on the ereeti sod which covered 
that brotherV ^rave, he liad laken a solemn vow 
of eternal war upon slavery. Ever after, like 
IVtcr the IK'niiit, with a heart of fire and a 
tongue of liglitiiing, he had gone forth, jireach- 
ing his cruijade agaiiiKt slavery. At len|;lh. in 
his reply, turning to Critteudeii, he said, 'The 
gentleman, from Kentucky, Bays he has a nichi* 
for Abraham Lincoln, where ia itV 

"Crittenden pointed toward Heaven. 

"Lovejoy continuing said, 'He points ii]jwar>), 
But, sir! if the President follows the counsel of 
that gentleman, and becomes the perpetuator of 
slavery, he shonid iioint downward, lo some dun- 
geon in the temple of llolocli, who feeds on hu- 
man blood, and where are forged chains for hu- 
man liinbn; in the recesses of who^e temple 
woman ia scourged and man tortureil, and out- 
side the walls are lying dogs, gorged with human 
flesh, as Byron describes them, lying around ibe 
walla of Slainbool.' * That,* said Lovejoy, ' is a 
suitable place for the statue of him who would 
perpetuate slavery.' 

'"I, loo,' said he, 'have a temple for Abraham 
Lincoln, but it is in froeiiom's holy fane, " " 
not surrounded by slave fetters .ind chains, but 
with the symbols of freedom — not dark with 
bondage, but radiant wilh the light of liberty. 
In that niche he shall Ktand proudly, nobly, 
gloriouslv, with broken chains and slaves whips 
beneath ^lis feet. * * That is a fame 
worth living for, aye, more, it is a fame worth 
dying for, though that death led through Geth- 
semene ami the agony of the accursed tree." • 

"' It is said,' continued be, 'that Wilberforce 
went np to the judgment seal with the broken 
chains of eight hundred thousand slaves! Let 
Lincoln make himself the Liberator, and his 
name shall be enrolled, not only in this ennhly 
temple, but it shall be traced on ihe living stones 
of that temple which is reared amid the ihrmies 
of Heaven.' 

"Lovejoy's prophecy has been fulfillud — in 
this world — you see the st.itnes to Lincoln, wiih 
broken chains at his feet, rising all iivi r the 
world, and— in that other world— few will doubt 
that the jiropliecy has been realized. 

" In September, 1802, after the t'onfe.U-raU-s, 
by their defeat at ihe great battle of Anlietam, 
had been driven back from Maryland and IVunsyl- 
vania, Lincoln issued the Proclamation. It is a 
fact, illustrating his character, and showing that 
there was in him what many would call a iinge 
of superstition, that be declared, to Si'irelary 
Chase, that he had made m, solemn vow lo (lucf, 



Kaying, 'If General Lee is driven bavV from 
Pennsylvania, 1 will crown the result with the 
declaration of freedom to the slave.' The final 
Proclamation was issued on the first of .lannary, 
IS>I3. In obedience to an American custom, he 
had bren receiving calls on ihalNew-Year's-day, 
and, for honrs, sh.aking hands. As iht' paper 
was brought to him by the Secretary of State, to 
be signed, be said, ')Ir. Seward, I liave been 
shaking hands all day, and my right band ia 
almost paralyxed. If my name eier gets into 
history, it will be for tliis act, and my whole soul 
is in it. If my band trembles when I sign th« 

troclamation, those who examine the document 
creafier will say, 'he hesitated.' 
" Tlieo, resting his arm a moineni, he lurned 
to the table, took up the pen, and slowly and 
firmly wrote Abraham Lincoln, lie smiled as, 
handing the paper to Mr. Seward, he said, ' that 
will do.' 

"From this day, to its l^nal triumph, the tide 
of victory seemed to set more ami more in favor 
of the Union canse. The capture of Vicksbnrg, 
the victory of Gettysburg. Chatiatmoga, ChicK- 
mauca, Txwkont Alountain, 3lissit>iiar\- Kidge, 
Sheridan's brilliani campaign in the Valley of 
the Shenandoah: Thomas' decisive vii-lory at 
Nashville; Sherman's inarch, through the t'on- 
fedcraor, lo the sea; the capture of Fort McAl- 
lister; llie sinking of the Alabama; the taking of 
Mobile, by Farrsgnt; Ihe oceiipaiion of Colum- 
bus, Charleston, Savannah; the evacuation of 
Petersburg and Richmond ; the surrender of I>ee 
to Grant; the taking of Jelferson Davis a pris- 
oner: Ihe triumph evtrywhere of the National 
Anns; such were the events which followed 
(though with delays and bloodshed) the ' Proo- 
latnation of KmaiicipatioD. 

THE AMKNIiUt'.M' TOTIIK CONSTITUTION, 

"Meanwhile Lincoln bad been trluuiphanlW 
re-elected, Congress bail, as before staled, abtil- 
ished slavery at the Capital, prohibited it in all 
the Territories, declared all negro soldiers in 
the L'nion armies, and their families free, And 
had repeated all laws which sanctioned or recog- 
nized slavery, and tlie President had crowned 
and consummated all, by the Proclamation of 
Eiuaucipalion. Uno thing alone remained \o 
jterfect, confirm, and make everl.-Mtiugly perm»- 
neni these measures, aud this was to embody in 
the Constilution itself, tlie prohibition of sla\ ery 
everywhere witliin the Republio. 

"To change the organic law, rennired the 
ndoj-tion by a two-thirds vote ot a joint resula- 
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"The President, in his annual messafce and in 

interviews with members of Congress, 

'^fti^ged the passage of such resolution. To test the 

^^engtb of the measure, in the House of Rep- 

'V^eoeulatiTeft, I had the honor, in February, 1864, 

to introduce the following resolution: 

***JU$oived^ That the Constitution should be 
no mmended as to abolish slavery in the United 
Siatea wherever it no«7 exists, and to prohibit 
its existence in every part thereof forever.* 
(Cone. Globe, vol 50, d.659). This was adopted 
l^y.adedded vote, and was the first resolution 
ever passed by Congress in favor of the entire 
mbolition of slavery. But although it received a 
majority, it did not receive a majority of two- 
ibiraa. 

**Tbe debates on the Constitutional Amend- 
ment (perhaps the greatest in our Congressional 
liiatory, certainly the most important since the 
adoption of the Constitution) ran through two 
aesstons of Congress. Charles Sumner, the 
learned Senator from lilassachusetts, brought to 
the discussion in the Senate, his ample stores of 
biatorical iPustration, quoting largely in its favor 
f rem the historians, poets and statesmen of the 



^The resolution was adopted in the Senate by 
tlie large vote of aves, 38; noes, 6. 

^In tlie lower )louse, at the iirst session, it 
fauled to obtain a two-thirds vote, and, on a mo- 
lion to reconsider, went over to the next session. 
*^Mr. Lincoln again earnestly urged its adop- 
tion, and, in a letter to Illinois friends, he said, 
* The signs look better. ♦ ♦ ♦ Peace 
^oes not look so distant as it did. I hope it will 
come soon, and come to stay, and so come as to 
l>e worth keeping in all future time.' 

**I recall, very vividly, my New Year's call 
upon the President, January, 1804. I said: 

•"1 hope, Mr. President, one year from to-day 
1 may have the pleasure of congratulating you 
on the occurrence of three events which now 
»eem probable.' 

***\Vhat are they?' inquired he. 
**•!. That the rebellion may be entirely 
cmshed. 

***2. That the Constitutional amendment, 
abolishing and prohibiting slavery, may have 
been adopted. 

^*:i. And tliat Abraham Lincoln may have 
l»een re-elected President.' 

•*•! think,' replied he, with a smile, *I would 

be glad to accept the first two as a compromise.' 

*^ General Grant, in a letter, remarkable for 



that clear good sense and practical judgment 
for which he is distineuishea, condensed into a 
single sentence the political argument in favor 
of the Constitutional Amendment, 'The North 
and South,' said he, 'can never live at peace with 
each other except as one Nation and that without 
slavery.' 

Garfield's spkbch. 

''I would be glad to quote from this great de- 
bate, but must confine myself to a brief extract 
from a speech of the present President, then a 
member of the House, lie began by saying, 
'Mr. Speaker, we shall never know why slavery 
dies so hard in this Ilepublic, and in this Hall, 
imtil we know why sin outlives disaster and 
Satan is immortal.' * * *' How well do 
I remember,' he continued, 'the history of that 
distinguished predecessor of mine, Joshua R. 
Giddin[^, latelv gone to his rest, who, with his 
forlorn liope of faithful men, took his life in his 
hands and, in the name of justice, protested 
against the great crime, and who stood bravely 
in his place until his white locks, like the plume 
of Henry of Navarre, marked where the battle 
of freedom raged fiercest.' * * 'In its 
mad arrogance, slavery lifted its hand against 
the Union, and since that fatal day it has been a 
fugitive and a vagabond upon the earth.' 

'^Up to the last roll-call, on the question of 
the passage of the resolution, we were uncertain 
and anxious about the result. We needed Demo- 
cratic votes. We knew we should get some, but 
whether enough to carry the measure, none could 
surely tell. 

"As the clerk called the names of members, 
so perfect was the silence that the sound of a 
hundred pencils keeping tally could be heard 
through the Hall. 

"Finally, when the call was completed, and 
the Speaker announced that the resolution was 
adopted, the result was received by an uncon- 
trollable burst of enthusiasm. Members and 
spectators (especially the galleries, which were 
crowded with convalescent soldiers) shouted and 
cheered, and before the Speaker could obtain 
quiet, the roar of artillery on Capitol Hill pro- 
claimed to the City of Washington, the passage 
of the resolution. Conm-ess adjourned, and we 
hastened to the White House to congratulate tlie 
President on the event. 

"He made one of his happiest speeches. 
In his own ))eculiar words, he said, 'Tne great 
job is finished.' 'I cannot but congratulate,' 
said he, 'all present, myself, the countr}', and 
the whole world on this great moral victory.' 



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"Ami now, witli nil attfinjit to sketch vt*ry 
briefly suiiie of liU ]it.'culiar pergonal charauler- 
Utics, I must ci'ise. 

"'fbU great Hciciilesof a man hml a heart no 
kind and teiidter as a noniaii. Sterner men 
thought it a weakness. It onildeneil hJtn to see 
others sulTer.iind he slirimk from intlicting iiain. 
Let ine illiistr.itc hii kindness and teiidcriiei's liy 
oiie or two incidents. One siiitimerV day, walk- 
ing along the ulinded path lendint; froni'lhc Ks- 
ecutive Mansion to the War Utiioe, I tiaw the 
tall, awkward form of the President, Meated on 
the ^rass under a tree. A wounded Noldier, 
seeking hack pay and a pension, had met the 
President, and, having reeogni/od faim, asked 
his connsc]. I.incnltt eat down, examined tlie 
papers of the soldier, and told hiin what to do, 
sent him to the proj^T bnreaii with a not€, which 
scoured prompt attention. 

"After the terribly deslruutive battles be- 
tween Grant and I^'e, in the Wilderness of Vir- 
ginia, after days of dreadful slauglitcr. the line" 
of ambulances, conveying the wounded from 
the steamers on the Potomac to the great field 
hospitals on the beightA around Washington, 
would be coutiniiouB — one unbroken line from 
the wharf to the hospital. At euch a time, I 
have seen the President, in his carriage, driving 
slowly along the line, and be looked like one 
who had lost the dearest mt-mbcrs of his own 
family. On nne such occasion, meeting nic, he 
stopped and said: ' I cannot bear this; this suf- 
fering, this loss of life — is dreadful,' 

" I recalled to him a line from a letter be had 
years before written to a friend, whose great 
eon'ow he had sought to tionsote. Ucniinding 
liim of the incidont, 1 asked him: ' Do you re- 
member writing to your suffering friend these 
words: 

' "Andlhiii, too, sb^ll pjin away. 
Never Tiar. Victory will come".' 

"In all his State papers and speeches, during 
these years of strife and passion, there can be 
found no words of bittcnics<4, no denunciation. 
When others railed, he railed not again. lie 
was always dignilied, mignanimous, patient, 
conniderate, nkanly, and true. Ills duty was 
ever performed, ' with malice toward none, with 
charity for all,' and with 'tirmness in the right 
as Qod gives us to see the right.' 

NKVKIt A DK»A(IOGUK. 

"Lincoln was never a demagogue. He re- 
spected and loved the people, but nevir flattered 
tliem. No man ever heard him allude to his 



humble life and manual labor, lu a way to obtain 
voles. Xoiie kuow belter than he.thalspHtting 
raiU did not tjiialify a man for public duties, 
lie realixed painfully the ilcfeLia of his eduofr 
tiou, and laborol diligently and successfully to 
supply his deficiencies. 

lUS C0XVKHSAT10N. 

"lie had no equal as a talker in <ioi-ial life. 
His oonve^^atiou was fascinating and attraiiivA. 
Hi! was full of wit, humor and anecdote, and, at 
the same time, original, suggestive and io- 
slructive. There was iu bis character a sin-fulftr 
mingling of mirtbfninesaand melancholy. Whil« 
hia »ense of the ludicrous was keen, and his fun 
and mirth were exuberant, and soinetinics almost 
irrepressible; bis conversation tparklin;; witfa 
jest, story and anecdote and in droll desiriplion, 
lie would pass suddenly to another moo<) and 
become sad and pathetic — a mi'tancboly expres- 
sion of his homely fare would show that he was 
' a man of sorrows and acquainted with ginef. 
Ills li'roKiiiit. 

"The newspapei-s, in America, have always 
licen full of Lincoln's Mories and anecdotes, 
some true and many fabuloua. 

" lie always had a story ready, and, if not, he 
could improvise one, just litted for the occasion. 
The following may. [ think, 1>e saidt<> have been 
adajited: 

"An Atlantic port, in one of the liritish 
provinces, was, during the war, a great resort 
and refuge for hlockade-rimners, and a larg« 
contraband trade was said to have been carried 
on from that port with the Confederates. Late 
in the suminrr of ISO*, while the election of 
President was pending, Lincoln being a candi- 
date, the Governor-General of that provinc«, 
with some of the principal othcers, visited 
Washington, and called to pay their respects to 
the executive. ^Ir. Lincoln bad been very much 
annoyed by the failure of these officials to en- 
force, very strictly, the rules of neutrality, but 
he treated his guests with great courtesy. After 
a pleasant interview, the Governor, alluding 
to the approaching presidential election. Mid, 
jokingly, but with a grain of sarcasm, 'I under- 
stand, Mr. President, everybody votes in this 
country. If we remain until Novemlier can we 
voter 

" 'You remind me,' re]>lied the President, 'of 
a countryman of yours, a green emigr.ant fron 
Ireland. Pat arrived in New York on eleclioa 
day, and w.is, perhaps, as cai; 
lency to vote, and to vote i 
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hastened to tlie nearest voting ^Isoe, and, as he 
approached, the judge, who received the hallots, 
inquired, *who do you want to vote for? on 
which side are joa?* Poor Pat was embar- 
rassed, he did not know who were the candi- 
dates. He stopped, scratched his head, then, 
with the readiness of his countrymen, he said: 

^ * I am foment the government, anyhow. 
Tell me, if your Honor plases, which is the 
rebellion side, and PU tell you how I want to 
vote. In old Ireland I was always on the rebel- 
lion side, and, by Saint Patrick, Til stick to 
that same in America.' 

*< « Your Kzcellency,' said Mr. Lincoln, * would, 
I Hhonld think, not be at all at a loss on which 
Mde to voter 

TRS BOOKS UB BEAD. 

^ The two books he read most were the Bible 
and Shakspeare. With them he was familiar* 
reading and quoting from them constantly. 
Next to Shakspeare, among the poets was 
Bums, with whom he had a heartv sympathy, 
and upon whose poetry he wrote a lecture. He 
vas extremely fond of ballads, and of simple, 
sad and plaintive musie. 

^ I called one day at the White House, to in- 
troduce two officers of the Union army, both 
Swedes. Immediately he began and repeated 
/j*om memory, to the delight of his visitors, a 
lonj^ ballad, descriptive of Norwegian scenerv, 
aa Norse legend, and the adventures of an old 
iking among the fiords of the North. 
**lle SMd he read the poem in a newspaper, 
i«l the visit of these Swedes recalled it to his 
emory. 

'*0n the last Sunday of his life, as he was sail- 

g up the Potomac, returning to Washington 

nn his vi«it to Richmond, he read aloud many 

;t''acts from Macbeth, and, among others, the 

^lowing, and with a tone and accent so impres- 

'^'^ that, after his death, it was vividly recalled 

^ Uiose who heard him: 

" ' Duncan is in his grave; 
^\f ter life's fitful fever, he sleeps well ; 
"Trenson has done his worst; nor steel, nor |M>ison, 
^dice domestic, foreiprn levy, nothing, 
d^ao touch him further! * 

After his assassination, those friends could 
iail to recall this passage from the same play: 

'* • Thi« Duncan 
-Hath home his faculties so meek, hath been 
^k> clear in his Kreut olliee, that his virtues 
^ill plead like angels, trumpet- tongiii*d against 
nrhe deep damnation uf his taking off.* 

HIR RKUGION. 

It is strange that any reader of Lincoln*s 
' es and writings should have had the hardi- 



hood to charge him with infidelity, but the charee, 
having been repeatedlv made, I reply, in tne 
light of facts accessible to all, that no more 
reverent Christian (not excepting Washington) 
ever filled the chair of President. Declarations 
of his trust in God, his faith in the efficacy of 
prayer, pervade his speeches and writings. From 
the time he left Springfield, to his death, he not 
only himself continuedly prayed for Divine 
assistance, but never failed to ask the prayers of 
others for himself and his country. 

**His reply to the negroes of Baltimore, who 
in 1864, presented him with a beautiful Bible, as 
an expression of their love and gratitude, ought 
to have silenced all who have made such charges. 
After thanking them, he said: *This great book 
is the best gift God has given to man. All the 
good from the Savior of the world is communi* 
cated through this book.* 

^* When a member of Congress, knowing his 
religious character, asked him ^ why he did not 
join some church?^ Mr. Lincoln replied: * Be- 
cause I found difficulty, without mental reserva- 
tion, in giving my assent to their long and com- 
plicated confessions of futh. When any church 
will inscribe over its altar the Savior^s condensed 
statement of law and gospel, * Thou shalt love 
the Lord thv God with all thv heart, with all 
thy soul, and with all thy mind, and thy neigh- 
bor as thyself,* that church will I join with all 
my heart.' 

WHAT lis ACCOMPLISH ED. 

'* Let us try to sum up in part what he accom- 
plished. 

** When he assumed the duties of the execu- 
tive, he found an empty treasury, the National 
credit was gone, the little nucleus of an army 
and navy scattered and disarmed, the officers, 
who had not deserted to the rebels, strangers; 
the party which elected him in a minority (he 
having been elected only because his opponents 
were divided between Douglas, Breclcciiridge 
and Everett), the old Democratic party, which 
had ruled most of the time for half a ceiiturr, 
hostile, and even that part of it in the North, 
from long association, in sympathy with the in- 
surgents; his own party made up of discordant 
elements, and neither he nor his parW had ao- 
quired prestige and the confidence or the peo- 
ple. It is the exact truth to say that when he 
entered the White House he was the object of 
personal prejudice to a majority of the Ameri- 
can people, and of contempt to a powerful 
minority. He entered upon his task of restor- 
ing the integrity of a broken Union, without 
I sympathy from any of the great powers of 



Western Eurojie. Those which were not hoslile 
manifested a cold neutrality, exbibitin{r toward 
him and his government no cordial good-will, 
nor cxtoiidini; any moral aid. Yet, in spite of 
all, he crushed the most stupondous rebellion, 
supported by armies more vast, by reKourcen 
greater, and an organ i nation more iH;rfeot, than 
ever before undertook the disniwnbcrniont of a 
Untiou. lie united and held together, agatnnl 
contending factions, his own party, and strength- 
ened it by securing the confidence and winning 
the su])port of the host part of all parties. He 
composed the iiuarrels of rival generals; and at 
length won the respect and conlidenee and 
sympathy of all Natl ns and peoples, lie was 
re-el<;cled almost l.y aeolanistiou, and after a 
series of brilliant victorien, he annihilated all 
armed opposition. H>» led the people, step by 
step, to cmaneipatiiin, and saw his wuik crowued 
by an aniendmtirt of the C msiitntion, eradicat- 
ing and prohibiting stavety forever throughout 
ths Republic. 

" Such is a brief and imperfect summary of his 
achievements during the last five years of his 
life. And this uood man, when the hour of 
victory ciinc, m.iilo it not the hour of vengeance, 
but nf forgiveness and reconciliation. 

" Tliese five vears nf incessant labor and fcar- 
fnl responsibilitv tnld even npon \un strcnj'tli 
an'l vigor. He loft Illinois for the Capital with 
a frame of tu.n and nerves of stei'l. llie old 
friind^ who had known him as a man who did 
not know what illneKS was; who had seen bira on 
the prairies before the Illinois Courts, full of 
life, ifenial, and uparktiog with fun; now saw the 
wrinkles on his forehead deepened into furrows 
— the laugh of the old days lost its heartiness; 
anxiety, responsibility, care, and hard work wore 
upon him, and his nerves of sicel, at times, be- 
came irritable. He had h.td no respite, had 
t:>ken no holidays. When others fled away from 
the dust and heat of tliu Capitjil, he sUayed. lie 
would not leave the helm until all danger vaa 
past, and the goud ship of ilntc had made her 
port. 

" 1 will not d»vell npon the miutteruhle sorrow 
of the Anicricin people, at his sho<.'kiiig death. 
Hut I dtsirc to express here, in this gri'at City of 
this grand Kmpire, the sensibility with wliich 
the iiea])1e of the I'nited States received, al his 
death, the sympathy of the Eugli-'h-spoaking 
race. 

'■That nympathy was most elorjuently ex- 
pressed l)y all. ll came from Windsor Castlf 
the While House; from Knicland's Widow 
Queen to the stricken and distracted widow 



W^ashington. From Parliament to Congreu, 
from the )>eople of all tliis magnificent Empire, 
a.4 it stretches ronnd the world, from England to 
India, from Canada to Australia, oanie words ot 
deep feeling and they were n-ceived by the 
Ainerieaii people, in their sore bereavement, U 
tlio expression uf a kindred race. 

''I vaniiot forbear referring in particular to 
the words xjioken in Parliament on that occasiwii, 
by Lords Rnssell and Derby, and especially, hy 
that great and pictnrestpic leader, so lately 
l>as.sed away, I^rd Beacoiistield. After a dis- 
criminating eulofu' n|K>ii the late President, and 
llie cxpn-ssion of profound sympathy, he said: 

" ' Xor is it possible for the j>cople of Eng- 
land, at such a moment, to forget that he sprang 
from the same f.-itherlaiid and spake the same 
mother tongue,' 

"God grant that, in all the unknown future, 
nothing may ever disturb the friendly feeling 
and respect which each Xation entcHains for the 
other. May there never be another quarrel in 
the family." 



Stephen Arnold Douglas was born April 23, 
1813, at Brandon, Vennont, " a gooil State to 
emigrate from," as he said. His father, who 
died when Stephen was an infant of three months, 
w~as a physician of considerable emimence, and 
a native of Xew York. His grandfather was a 
Pennsylvanian and a soldier in the llevolntion, 
being with Washington at Valley Forge and at 
Yorklowii. His great grandfather was also n»- I 
tive born, but the remote ancestrv was from Scot- I 
land, and it has been said, traceaVe to the blooi | 
of the Donglus'. In youth, Stephen received i 
the ordinary school education of his native 
State, and was an apt and diligent pupil. At 
the age of fifteen, unable to gratify an ardent 
■lesire to prepare for college, owing to his motk- 
er*a straightened circumstances, be apprenticed 
himself to llie cabinet trade. In eighteen nioutbo 
afterwards, finding it too hard for his constiln- 
tion, he aliandonA it and entered the academy 
at Brandon. Tlie following year, his mother 
having married a ^Ir. Granger, whose son had 
)ireviously married his eldest Mster. the family 
removed to Can ndagua. New York. HcreStephon 
resumed his aeadeinieal course, and also coin- 
inenccd to read law. At the age of twenty he 
Htarted Weal to seek nn eligiblo location. At 
Cleveland he was long detained by siekncaa.^ 



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GouutVy Illinois, whither he walked from Jack- 
sonvtile, in qnest of a school to teach, his ex- 
chequer being reduced to thirtv-t»eveu and a half 
cents. His first work was clerking at a vendue, 
which yielded him six dollars, but he obtained, 
shortly after, a school of forty pupils at three 
dollars a quarter, lie kept up his law studies 
meanwhile, and the following March was admit- 
ted to the bar by die Supreme Court sitting at 
Vandalia. He now partook himself to the 
practice of the law, and speedily won distinc- 
tion in his profession. Within a year of his 
admission to the bar he was twenty-two yeans 
old, he was chosen by the legislature, Attorney- 
General of the State. In 18;i6 he was elected to 
the legislature from Morgan county, being the 
youngest member in that body. At this session 
the Internal Improvement folly of the State was 
entered upon. In 1837 he was appointed by 
Van Buren, Register of the I^nd Ofhee at Spring- 
field. The same vear he was nominated for 
Congrefl», and. at the election of Au|j^ust, 1838, 
cime withiii five votes of an election out of 
thirty-six thousand cast, his opponent being the 
Hon. John T. Stuart, Whig. He now devoted 
'iimself assiduously t> his new profession, and 
proved himself an able lawyer and successful 
^vocate. His tact and skill in the examination 
^^ witnesses was nnrivalled. In 1840 he entered 
^ith great anlor into the exciting Presidential 
^^mpaign, canvassing the State thoroughly by ad- 
^X"<ssin2 two hundred and seven meetings in fa- 
^or of van Buren. Upon the meeting of the 
'^^islature in December of that year he was ap- 
F^ointed Secretary of State by Governor Carlin, 
^*lio was unable to withstand the pressure in his 
^^"vor. During the session, from partisan mo- 
^V'es, the Supreme Court was re-organixed, in 
'' liivh Douglas took an active part through lobby 
d dresses, etc, and was also elected to a seat 
J*y>ou the bench, rendering the court Democratic. 
^^in Supreme JuJgcs liad to perform circuit duty, 
J-^oug]as being assigned to the Quincv District. 
**^ the fourth volume of tlie "I-aw Keporter," 
*^^>«ton, 1842, may be found a letter fiom a law- 
y^^^ who had emi<^rated to Illinois, giving the 
^^^J^owing description of him on the bench: 
-*»ie Judge of our circuit is S. A. Douglas, a 
^^iith of twenty-eight, who was the Democratic 
j-'^^^Uidate for Congress in 1838, in opposition to 
^* "i*. Stuart, the late member. He is a Ver- 
^« ^^iter, a man of considerable talent, and in 
*^ way of dispatching business, is a perfect 
^am enirine in breeches.* This 



^1 '-^'^ani engine in Dreecnes.' inis dispatch is 
^|J^ only benefit our circuit will derive from the 
^iige. He is the most democratic Judge I 



ever knew. ^Vhile a case is going on he leaves 
the bench and goes anion^ the peo]>]e and mem- 
bers of the bar, takes a cigar and has a social 
smoke with them, or often setting in their laps, 
l>eing in uerson five feet nothing, or tliereabouts, 
and prolMibly weighing about one hundred 
pounds. I have often thought we should cut a 
queer figure if one of our Suffolk bar sLould ac- 
cidentally drop in.^ 

But Douglas' manners tipon the InMich were 
unexceptional, lie was studious, clear, compre- 
hensive and expeditious, and it may be said that 
a more popular judge never wore the ermine in 
this State, notwithstanding his youth and slight 
figure. 

In 1834, he w*as first elected to Congress by a 
majority of about four hundred, lie was twice 
re-elected, his majority being increased each 
time — the last time to three thousand. In the 
lower house he is said to have been cautious 
and s]»aring of debate, studious and closely ob- 
ser\'ant^ and when he did arise for a speech, it 
was apt, forcible and to the purpose. His early 
education was not so thorough and scholaristic 
as it mif<ht have been, as he well knew, but this 
fact could never have been gathered from hit 
speeches. Ashamed to be either uninformed or 
misinformed, he was a sttidious toiler throughout 
his busy and boisterous political life, amidst all 
its engrossing cares and unceasing occupation, 
and a wide and varied reader of history and its 
kindred of politics and law. Contict with pub- 
lic affairs gave scope to his understanding and 
depth to his judgment, and his knowledge be- 
came vast>, complete and accurate. One ^f his 
first masterly efforts in Congress to attract Na- 
tional attention was his speech on the bill to re- 
fund to General Jackson, the fine imposed upon 
him for ))lacing New Orleans under martial law 
at the time of the battle in its defence on the 8th 
of January, 1812. The venerable hero of that 
glorious event subsequently thanked Douglas for 
this able vindication, s.aymg, *' 1 know w*hen I 
proclaimed and enforced martial law that I was 
doing right; but never until I read your speech, 
could I expreiss the reasons which actuaU^d my 
conduct.^ In 1847, Douelas entered the Senate, 
which was the arena oi his hurculean labors. 
His name, young as he was, became speedily as- 
sociated with the great National issues which 
affected the destiny of this people. He moulded 
and gave them direction in public affairs. Be- 
tween the aggressions of the South and the resis- 
tance of the North over the angry subject of sla- 
very in our Territories, it has been said that there 
is no escape from the conclusion that the genins 



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of Doughs offered the unly peaceible golutioii 
of a uoiniuon National ground upon wliicli all 
could meet in the theory of Torrilorla! dover- 
oignit}'. To it, through bis Inborn, the Demo- 
cratic jiarly was (committed in IS50, gained a 
Iriujnpli at the polls and tl>i-re,waiilia»ely betrav- 
ed by lluehaiiaii and the South. Hut Douglas 
was tnie and faithful to the last and defended it 
wbeiiever »rit) wherever assailed. And while be 
wa« personally purHued by bitter. Implacable, 
open political opponentx, his darting idea which 
was empire or rum with him, was more grossly 
betrayed by perfidious friends who rode into 
power upon it. 

The most striking peculiarity in the jihysifjue 
of Mr. Douglas was hiw suture, which was great- 
ly below the medium height — not above five feet, 
JTia Inink was ample, compact and erect, with 
full chest and 6<piara, well defined, though not 
broad shoulders; but his eictremities were dis- 
proportionately short. In the latter years of his 
life he grew stout, though not obese. Ilis figure 
would have been fatal to the divinity of the Ap- 
pollo Relvldere. While his iliminutive stature 
would arrest attention, his faeile and natural 
dignity of manner, not to say grace, with an air, 
as ir borne t>i eominand, would cause idle 
curiosity in the eunteraplation of hi« ])erson to 
pa<^s into spe'-dy forgctfuineas by the resucei and 
aliLiition whivh he inspired. QIk splendid head, 
C'jvered with a heavy suit of darU hair, nicely 
]ioised upon his shoulders, and connected by a 
Mhort neck, was massive in its brain development, 
conveying, under animation, the impression of 
almost intinite power. The ample forehead was 
squarely bui t up over the wide arches of his 
heavy brows, under which rolled a pair of large, 
restless, dceji-sel, dark blue e'ves, capable of 
shooting out glances of electric fire, when under 
the impulse of the powerful brain battery bark 
of them. His nose was broad and short; flaring 
nostrils, ilenoiing coolness and courage. At its 
junction with the projecting forehead it left a 
peculiar transverse crease. His mouth was 
ample, cleanly cut, with lips tinely arched, and 
whole evincing decision, and by ihe dcpressi(>na 
at the angles, conveying a mingled idea of sad- 
ness and disdain His chin, backed by a lirm 
jiw, squared well lo the general outline of his 
face, indicating ardor, sti-ength and vigor. He 
wore no beard, but [ircsented smoothly shaven 
checks and liandsonie throat, with slight double 
chin. The general cunlour of his face was regu- 
lar, and its musclcK wonderfully niobil", giving 
a pleasing and winning uountunance. His com- 
plexion, though aomcwliat dark, with his usnally 



good faealtli, was clear; the eKUuerum^e of his 
animal epiriu was extraordinarj-. He vas of 
the vital tenipernment. Such is a brief physical 
description of the "Little GLani." 

This soubri<iuet originated very- early in his 
public life. In 1833, Presiitent Jackson added 
to his refusal to re-charter the United Statea 
Hank, the removal of the deposits. Great was 
the consternation nf the peojile, and a gencr^ 

I)anio prevailed. Party feeling ran extremctv 
ligh, the President's supporters were unsettlea 
in their views, ami thousands differed with him 
on these measures. Douglas had just located at 
Jacksonville and opened a law ofhce in a room 
in the court house. The Whigs of Morgan 
county, from their number and standing, were 
arrogant and audacious in their denunciation of 
the Administration. Douglas mingled freely 
with the people, who usually crowded the couttty 
seat on baturdays, and among ihcm was oat- 
spoken in his amirobation of the acts of the Ad- 
ministration, tie, and the editor of the Demo- 
cratic paper at Jacksonville, deeming it advisa- 
ble to raflv Ihe undecided, effect an organization 
of the Aifrainistration party, and define its posi- 
tion, in opposition to the views of many fricuda, 
c;allcd a mass meeting, and prepai'ed a set of 
resolutions endorsing the bank policy of the 
Administration. On the day of the meeting the 
court house was thronged with peoi'lc sf Doth 

Sarties. Douglas being comparatively a stranger, 
eclined to offer resolutions, but as it soon De- 
came apparent unless he did, it would not be 
done, he boldly advanced and read them, follow- 
ing with a few brief explanatory remarks. Im- 
mediately upon his conclusion, Josiah Lambom, 
a Whig of great influence and oratorical powers, 
attacked the resolutions and their reader in a 
severe and caustic manuer. The blood of I>oa2- 
las was u^; this was his lirat political effort, bnt 
he met hi« antagonist with such arguineiita, ko 
vehement and effective, that the excitement of 
his friends reached the highest point of endnrv- 
ance; thev cheered, seized and bore him aloft 
through ine crowd and around the public sijuare, 
ill gratiinde and a<lmiralion, apjilying to him 
such complimenlarj- titles as "liigh combed 
cook," '■ little giant," etc., which last, by iir pe- 
culiar approtinateneKS, adhered to him to the 
lasL His effort that day, in a measure, changed 
the political destiny of Morgan county. It was 
long remembered, and the old veterans of Mor- 
gan always held that Douglas never ei)iiKlled 
this speech of Marcit, ltt34. 

As an orator, Douglas ]>osscNsed the ]>ecii1iar 
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^^ hi» sentiments and vicwsy t^waying their will, 

^'^ directing their sensibility, at pleasure. He 

effected no Senatorial airs, betrayed no aristo- 

^^'^t.ic spirit, but naturally and easily identified 

'^i Kxiself with the democracy, lie had been the 

yr^oial companion of many an early pioneer, and 

■^^^ intimate knowledge of the people and aym- 

l^^t.liy with them enabled him on the stump to 

viirey to their common understanding, in their 

^1) accustomed vehicles of thought, his rea»- 

i ngs upon the political (questions of the day, 

L«n enforcing and clenching an argument to 

^^o«e who remembered the frontier times, by a 

I^^oiiliar border fl^ure, carrying conviction to 

^l^eir minds, as evinced by a spontaneous oatr 

^l^i^t of applause at frequent intervals. Unt 

'^is most inseparable attributes were rapidity 

^^d boldness of thought, and his dexterity id 

oel>ate, of which he became a consummate mas- 

^^^9 cropped out earlv in life, giving promise of 

^^e^ualed power in his iirst efforts on the stump. 

-He bad the faculty of summoning all his mental 

''^^^ources with a promptitude which ser\'ed ad- 

P^^rably the occasion, even if required instantly, 

^J^i'eply to a powerful antagonist in the Senate. 

•*^erefore, while his forte lay, to a certain ex- 

^>^t^ in his matchless power upon the hustings, 

^^ i^wayed a no less power in the caucus or the an- 

S^«tScnate. 

I:Ii8 manner of treating a subject was bold and 

^v^Olcpendent, always strikin*^ the hard and strong 

I^^ints. To halting fricnds,he appeared at times 

5*^ l>e overbearing, and there was a vein of cold 

«^o^]r in his nature, which, with a defiant tone 

^5^ Ills remarks, a haughty manner, and a curling 

*P> sunk deep into the heart of an eueiny. En- 

^^Ky and activity, courage and fortituae, were 

^^ t.he essence of his nature. The assaults that 

^^^Id excruciate some men only excited a smile 

P' Periston on his intrcjud face. Elastic in both 

^^jrand mind, he was capable of performing 

^ incredible amount of political labor in the 

^l^n field. Thus, with sagacity as if inspired 

j^' genius, a mind matured by careful study, a 

^l^^*$ment clear and decisive, a courage which 

^^ "^nk from no danger, amounting at times to 

^j'^l^arcnt audacity, yet always tem|>ered witli 

i^^^^retion; a will to yield to no diHiculty, and 

Appalled by any obstacle; a)>preciation of the 

pie, and the faculty to lead them, Douglas 

l'^ a statesman of the verj- Iirst order. 

^^o further illustrate Douglas' power among 

^^^^^ people we give the following craphie sketch, 

jT ^he editor oi the Newburyport (Alass.) Herald, 

_^^ was a fellow passenger m the cars with Mr. 

%iglas, through Illinois, on occasion of opening 



Um Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, and after- 
ward: **That man with a big, round head, a 
brow almost as broad as Webster's, and a quick, 
aetivo eye that rolls under the heavy, projecting 
brow, watching every other man, aud uot allow- 
ing a motion to escape him; with arms too short 
for his body, which is full and round, as though 
it never lacked the juices that supply life, aud 
with small, duck legs, which, had they grown as 
thick as his back-bone (and they would, probably, 
if Providence had not foreseen that he would 
want back-bone more than legs in his battle of 
life), would have made him of res])ectable stat- 
ore — that little man is no less than the great 
politician of the West, who h.as attracted more 
attention in the last four years than any other 
man of the Nation, and done more to give direc- 
tion to public affairs than even the President, 
with a million and a half of voters at his back, 
and the army, navy, and treasury of North 
America at his command. It is the ' Little 
Giant,' Stephen A. Douglas, with whom we 
parted company at Yincennes, and who has 
slowly come along, feeling the public pulse to 
learn the political health of the * Suckers,' up 
to Sprine^eld, the capital of the State. The 
means of success in Senator Douglas are very 
apparent. First, he is really and intellectually 
a spreat man. Eastern people, who view him 
only ab a low politician, should disabuse their 
minds in relation to one who is to exercise a 
wide influence in the affairs of the country, and, 
very probably, for he is yet young, to be the head 
of the Republic He is massive in his concep- 
tions, broad and comprehensive in his views, and 
in a good measure is endowed with all those 
powers of mind that make a statesman. 

"But he is greater still in energy of character. 
There are those that think that a defeat of him 
next year would be his de«ath in politics; but the 
man who sprung from a cabinet-maker's shop in 
Vermont, and without father or friend woriced 
his way to an honorable place upon the bench of 
judges, who entered Illinois M'ith less than iifty 
cents in money, and not one cent in credit, and 
has acquired great wealth, and the highest sta- 
tion and influence, is not ready to be whipped 
out. But if he is great in mind, and greater in 
energy, he is greater in those winning manners 
for which the world calls him a demagogue* 
Scarcely a man, woman or child in the cars es- 
capes his attention, or passed by unspoken to. 
At one moment he talks with the old, stem- 
visaged politician, who has been soured by a 
thousand defeats and disappointments; in the 
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HISTORY OF SAX«A>[ON COUNTY. 



who lias jiisl !iuiiglit a frw Simile; now he sit* 
down wilb llie liltle girl niijirnnchin^ Iter teeiiK, 
And nskn oi lii-r gclioul atii'in's; mid lit? jinti the 
litlle hoy on ihe head, and in presence of his 
mother and jiroiid father (what fathLT is nol 
proud tu liee liis boy noticed?) ^.lys a word of 
his mild eyes and gloKsy locks. Again the lady 
is approached with a fair word and a bland 
Biuilc, and goes home pleased tn tell hiT tathcr 
how he Inok.o, and then Italf a doxeii are about 
him, all Ktaiiding together, lie can talk religion 
with the priest as well as politics with the Ht;it<>s- 
man; he can congratulate the newly appointed 
Buchanan office-holder, who has surplanted his 
friend, tell the displaced friend of the good 
time coming, when his wing shall be up; and at 
every station, more regnlarly than the- conductor, 
Mr. Douglas is upon the platform with a good- 
bye to the leaving, and a welcome to the dep.irt- 
ing traveler — a shake of the hand with one man 
that stands at the depot, and a touch of the hat 
to another. He knows everylHidy; can tell the 
question that elTects each loi'ality; call the name 
of every farni owner on the way; tell all travel- 
ers something of the homes they left, that they 
never knen themselves, and suggest what place 
they deserve in Heaven. Now, such a man as 
that, in contact with eveiybody, knowing cvei^- 
body, and at the bottom, wrapned up with the 
idea of prcfciment, power and dominion among 
men is not easily to be put down; and hia op- 
ponents might as well believe at once, that when 
they light him they light a strong man — a little 
giant indeed. He would be popular in Hostou 
or anywhere else, and half the ' three thousand 
clergymen' he denounced would have their 
faeai'ts stolen if he could »peak tn ihcni a half 
hour." 

Donglaa' wpeeches contain few rhetoricil 
flouririhes. ISut they are models of exact lan- 
guage, orderly and systematic in thought, full 
and comprehensive in grasp. There is never a 
strained effort at raercDeauty of word painting. 
The architecture of his sentences, as nil] as the 
ideas are solid, massive masonry, with broad 
foundation laid on firm rock, and the details and 
working plans so a<:curate as to be perfect in 
their adaptation, with nothing amiss or furcign 
and no imrplus or waste material. So well and 
thoroughly are his sentences woven tugether 
that it is diflicnll to extr.ict from his speeches 
any separate sentence conveying, text-like, a 
summary of the whole. While they are corn- 
plate they yet seem parts necess.irily coiincc 
with the whole. His arguments succeed i 
other like the weighty blows of an enorn 



trip-hammer, shaping the subject in hand with 
irn-sistible power, flattening the points opposed 
to him, and possibly tlie adversary under ita 
miglity tilts, 

fti the circle of Washington life, Douglaa, 
with the honors of a Senator, a|)peared with a 
natural grace and dignity rarely excelled. At 
the social board, or in dinner-table conversation, 
Colonel Forney, in his sketches of j>ublio men, 
says: "Douglas was almost unrivalled. His 
repartee was a flash, and his courtesy as knightly 
as if he had been born in the best sneiety." 

Stephen A. Douglas died in Chicago, June 3, 
1881. 

WILLIAU II. msSKi.L. 

Though not a resident of San;:amon county 
until called to fill the gubernatorial ehiir. Jan- 
uary, l!J£7,he then made choice of it as hia 
fnture heme, and here in the beautiful cemetery 
near Springfield, where lie othernien ol Xatt- niu 
fame, his body lies buried, while hii spirit rest! 
in a fairer world. 

William H. liissell was bom in llutwick, 
Otsego connty. New York, April ih. 181 1. He 
was self-educated, attending school in the sum- 
mer and teaching in the winter. Upon reach- 
ing manhood, he studied medicine, a- d irr.-id- 
natcd in 1)^34, at a medical college in Tbiladel- 
phia. Subsequently he removed to Jefferson 
county, in this State, in 1838, but was vroxirated 
shortly after his arrival, which u^ed up what 
ucaiity means he had, and so far discouraged 
him ihat he wis on the point of enlisting io 
the United States array, but was unable, on ac- 
count of deoility, to paea examination Cross- 
ing over from Jefferson Barracks to .Monroe 
county, he sccored a school, which he soon, 
however, rclirquished, and commenced with 
BUccesi the practice of his proies^ion, at Water- 
too. In 1840, he was brought oui by the D< mo- 
cratic parly, and after an active canvass, elected 
a r>-piesi-ntalivK in the legislature, redeeming 
Monroe county fiom the control of the Whigs. 
He .at once acquired a reputation in the legi*!^ 
mre ai a ready and vigorous debator, and upon 
returning borne he was pcri^uaded by his friends 
to siHiiy t^ic profession of the law. Ui>on be- 
ing admitted t> the bar, he formed a partner- 
ship with General Shields, and removed to 
I>i!lleville. In 1641, he wis elected State's At- 
torney for that c rcuit, andatoncedistinguial.ed 
hiiuKcIf as an eloquent, successful and honor* 
aUle proHi'Utor. In 1840, upon the breaking out 



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IIISTOUV OF SANGAMON COU'NTY. 



Colonel of the Second Illinois regiment without 
itpposition. His services in that war, and es- 
pecially in the hard fought hattle of Buena 
Vittta, are well known to every reader of Amer- 
ican history. Id 1848, he was elected a Repre- 
sentative in Congress of the Eighth District, 
vrithout opposition; was re-elected in 1850, with- 
out opposition; and was again re-elected in 185*i. 
During the winter of 1851, he was taken sick 
with partial paralysis, which continued to aillict 
Vim till the day of his death. He was so much 
indisposed in the summer of 1854, when the 
Kansas-Nebraska bill was under discussion in 
('ongress, that he was not able to take his seat; 
l»ut he was opposed to that measure, and declared 
that if his vote would defeat it, he would insist 
on being carried to the Ilouse that he might 
4^^ist it. In 1850, without any solicitation on 
Jj 18 part, he was unanimously nominated by the 
T^eptihlican convention for Governor of the 
^ tate, and elected over his Democratic competi- 
-*[*, William A. Richardson. To the duties of 
j^b office he was devoting his undivided atten- 
^^0 at the time of his death. 

Governor l>is$ell was twice married; first, in 

^^», to a dau<jhter of John James, of Monroe | 

|iuty. Two daughters were the issue of this 

,^ioii. lie was married the second time to 

^i%abcth Kane, a daughter of Elisha Kent Kane, 

"^ Ivaskaskia, a former United States Senator. 

The life of William II. l>isscll was brilliant, 
^^t^orable, and full of service. In every position 
^ which he was placed, he not only ably and 
^^ly sustained himself, but reflected luster upon 
^^ adopted Stale. As a professional man, as a 
^' "^^ier, as a legislator, as an executive ofticer, he 
faithful, capable, honest and chivalrous. He 
"^^^ a politician, but despised demagogism. lie 
*^9l% a statesman of enlarged views, ana vigor of 
iiid which comprehended and was able to apply 
^ trtie principles of government. The uis- 
^>^ing disease which made him a cripple dur- 
ihe last ten years of his life, was the only 
ventative to the attainment of still hi^^her 
^tiora. But for that he would in all probability 
re received the Republican nomination for the 
*"^^i4lency in 185U. He was a man of great 
^>^utionary powers, and there was a vein of 
Tbing and iiuniing satire which occasionally 
through his speeches. He was brave to a 
It. As already intimated, in the battle of 
-^^iia Vista he won imperishable honors. In 
Ife « battle Jeflf Davis commanded a regiment of 
inaippi troops. After the war, Davis, in the 
ited States SenatCi made a speech in which 
attempted to claim for his regiment the glory 




which truly belonged to the Illinois troops, and 
especially to BisselPs regiment. Hissell, beins 
a member of the Ilouse of Representatives, called 
the attention of that body to Davis' speech, and 
administered to him a withering rebuke, and 
charged him with deliberate slander. Davit 
then sent him a challenge, which he promptly 
accepted, and having the choice of weapons and 
the distance, selected muskets loaded with buck- 
shot, at a distance of twenty paces. The friends 
of both parties interfered, and the matter was 
amicably settled. 

William H. Bissell died in Springfield, March 
18, 18G0, and was buried in Hutchinson's l.^eme- 
tery. Subsequently his body was removed and 
interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery, and a beautiful 
monument erected over the grave, which attmcts 
the attention of every visitor. 

GOVERNOR MATTKSON. 

Joel A. Matteson was born August 8, 1808, in 
Jefferson county. New York, whither his father 
had removed from Vermont, three years before. 
His father was a farmer in fair circumstances, 
but a common English education w«as all that 
his only son received. Joel first tempted for- 
tune as a small tradesman in Prescott, Canada, 
before his majority. He returned thence home, 
entered an academy, taught school, visited the 
large Eastern cities, improved a farm his father 
had given him, made later a tour south, worked 
there in building railroads, experienced a storm 
on the Gulf of Mexico, visited the gold dig- 
gings of Northern Georgia, whence he returned, 
fici Nashville, to St. Loins, and through Illinois 
to his father's home, and married. In 1833,hav- 
ing sold his farm, he removed, with his wife and 
one child, to Illinois, and took a claim on gov- 
ernment land near the head of Au Sable river, 
in the present Kendall county. At the time, 
there was not exceeding two nei»^hbors within a 
range of ten miles, and only three or four houses 
between his location and Chicago. He c»])ened 
a large farm. His family was boarding twelve 
miles away while he erected a house on his claim, 
sleeping, during this time, under a rude pole 
shou. Here his life was placed in imminent 
peril by a huge prairie rattlesnake sharing his 
bed. In 1835, he bought largely at the govern- 
ment land sales. During the speculative real 
estate mania, which broke out at Chicago in 

1 8G3, and spread all over the State, he sold his 
lands under the inflation of that ]>eriod, and re* 
moved to Joliet. In 18:)8, he became a heavy 
contractor on the Illinois and 3Iichigan canal. 
Upon the completion of his job in 1841, when 
I hard times prevailed, business at a stand, con* 



IlISTOKY OF SAXCAMON fOVNTV. 



trAcxn paid in HUttu scrip; wlicn all tin- tiiililic 
works, e\ce[it tlic cntml weri> abandoiion, ibe 
Stnte olTk.-re<l for ^tle scv<.>n liuiulrctl tonN of rnil- 
roail iron, whitli was ixircliiLsed by JMaUi>»ia at 
a great bargain. Tliis lie sliippcd and stild at 
Detroit, realising a very hninlsoiiu- prulit, enough 
to pav oT Ilia canal deblK, and k-ave }um a tuir- 
pliM of several tlioiixand dntlnrs. Ilisenlerpritic 
next prompted him lo *tart a wnoleii mill at 
Jolict, in which hg prospered, and uhich, after 
sncce^sive oiiIai^ement», became an enoimons 
estnbliabmeDt. In ISii he was tirat elcetcil a 
State Senator, but, by a bundling appointini'iit. 
John Pearson, a aenator holding over, wan fmiiid 
to be in the same ilistrict, and decided to be in- 
titled to represent it. Mnlleson'a neat w»s de- 
clared vacant. Pe.araon, however, with a noble- 
nc»8 iliflicult to appreciate in this day of greed 
for office, nnwijliiig to represent hia disliicl 
under the ciroumstancex, imnicdiatelv resigned 
his unexpired term of two yoara. A bill was 
passed in a few hours ©rdcring a new election, 
and in ten day's time, Mattenon w-as tvtiirned, 
re-clceled, and took his seat aa Senator, From 
Ilia well known rapacity an a business niiin, he 
was made L'liairman of the Committee on 
Finance, a poailion which ho held during thin 
half and two full succciling acnatorial li'tnis. 
discharging ita important duties with ability and 
faithfulness. Itcsidea hia extensive woolen mill 
interest, when wuric waa resumed on the c:ina1 
under the new loan of *l,C00,O00, he again be- 
came a heavy contractor, and also subsequently 
operated largely in building railroads, lie ha<l 
shown himself a mof^t energetic and thorough 
buainesB man. 

Matteson'a forte was not on the stump; he 
had not cultivated ihe art of oily flailcrj'. or the 
falculty of being all thinga to all men. His 
ijna'iiiea of head took rattier the direction of 
elhcient executive ability; his turn conaisted not 
so much in the adroit m.-inagemeiit of party, or 
lUe powerful advocacy of great govern in c iit.il 
princi)>les, as in those more aolid and enduring 
o]ierationa which cause the pliyaieal di'velo|i. 
ment and advancement of a Slate — of c<un> 
inerce and business enterprise, into wliii'h ho 
labored with sueceaa to lead the people. Asa 
polilicinn he was just and liberal in his xiiwi^ 
and bolli in olticial arid private life he M^Hid un- 
tainted and free from idemisli. As a man. in 
active benevolence, aocial virtues .and all the 
amiable iin.ilitiea of neiglibur or citixen, he had 
few auperiora. His meaaagea present a )>er- 
apicoua ari'ay of facts, as to the condiliiin of the 
Stale, and are often cuiieluHl in elegant diulion. 



The helm of Sliile was confided to no nn^kiU- 
ful hands. 

(Jovernor M-ttleatm died in Springfield. 

RIOIAKD YATBa. 

Kichard Yaioi" was born Jauuarv 18, isiin, on 
the hanks of the Ohio river, at \^ars3w, GalU- 
tiu foitniy, Kentucky. Ilia f»lher, iu 1S.11, 
moved to Illinois, and t-etlled (after atopping 
for a time in Springfield) at Island Grove, San- 
gamon county. Here, after attending ochool, 
Richard joined the family, Subseipieuily, he 
entered Illlnoiii College at Jacksonville. wlier«, 
in iti-fl, he graduated, with tirst lioiiora. lie 
choao for his profession the law, the lion. J. J, 
llardin being his iiistritctor. After adini>«ion 
to the Uar, he soon roae to diatinction aa an ad- 
vocate. Gifted with a fluent and ready or.itoty, 
he soon ajipeared in the jtolitioal hniitiug', and, 
being a passionate admirer of the great Wilis 
leader of the ^Vcs^ Henry Clay, lie Joined Ida 
political fortunes to the |>arty of hif id<d. In 
1640, he engaged with great anlur in the ^xeilr 
iiig"liard eider campaign" for llarrisun. Two 
years later, he was elected to the legislaiuri', and 
BRch was the fait-ination of hinomtcry. ihat lny 
ISoO, hiH large Congivssional distrii-t, cMending 
from Morgan and Sangamon nortli. to inelude 
1,8 Salle, unanimously tendered him the Whig 
noininntion, Mia op|>oiioiit of the niiuociatio 
parly was .Maj..r lliomaK I.. Harris a Very I>-i|>- 
idai'mnn. \^ll■> li.id won di-liiiction at the battle 
of Cerr" < ionic, in the late war with Mexico, 
and «1.... though the diMrfct waa Whig, bad 
liealen for the same |>oaition, two yeara before, 
the llou. Stephen T,I.ogan,by a large ninjority. 
Tile content Wtween Vaiea and Harris, animi^ 
ing and perseveriiiif, resulted in tlie elii'tion of 
the former. T*o jears later, the I>em»cracy 
ungeneroiii'ly thrust aside il.njor Harria, and 
pilled Jnhn Calhoun aganiKt Vales, and, ihongli 
Calliimn wa* a man of cu-nl intellect, and, whpo 
aroused, of unsnrpnaseil ability aa a iiolitii-al de- 
baler — whom Mr. Ijnooln had uid he would 
dread in»TV in dvliiile than any man in Illinois — 
Ihe resuli wac as Wfore, It waa during Yate** 
second term thai the great Oongreas ag.aiust 
which be early arrayeil bimaelf, and to«iW de- 
cided and .'idvanotd aiill-alaver^- grtuiiid, in a 
speech of rare oratorv and remarkable power, 
which gained him Nat'ioii.al reputation. Km we 
liave seen that at the formation of the Ke|)ubti- 
can |>nrty, the Whiga of Central Illinois, nnwil- 
ling to^oin theii ' 
went Willi the 
Harris being a^ 



mSTOKY OK SANGAMON COUNTY. 



who were willing tu volnnteer for Lhe |)iirpo«e of 
liolding the Kavage^i !□ check while more |>eriua- 
neiit forcL's could be raided. Colooel Iluiiry 
actcd as Licut«uant Colouel oT this temporary 
orgaiiiKation. Three thousand two hundred men 
were raised, and Lieutcnani-CotoDel Henry was 
appointed General of llie third brigade of twelve 
hundred men. General Henry commanded in 
the battle i f Wisconsin, July £1 , and tlie battle of 
Bad Ave, Aii^'ust ^, 1833, winning both battles, 
which terminated the war. He had achieved 
these viutoriea aa:ainsl not only the wishes, bnt 
machinations, of the officers of the regular army. 

On his return from the siienu of conflict, the 
citizens of Springfield gave him a public recep- 
tion in recognition of his services; but owing to 
bis extreme sensitiveness in presence of the la- 
dies, he never entered the apartment presided 
over by them. The exposures and hardships of 
the campaign bi-ongbt on disease of the Inngs, 
and he went South, hoping by xpeitding the fol- 
lowing winter in a warm climate to avert its ef~ 
fects; but it wa^ too lat«. He died March 4, 
1831, in New Orleans. Such was his singular 
modcsiv that those in whose hands he fell for 
tlie cloiting scenes of his life, did not know until 
after his death that he was General Henrv, the 
hero of the Iilai:k Flawk war. Governor Vonl, 
in his History of Illinois, speaks uf General 
Henry as the idol of the people, and says: " H he 
had lived he would have been elected Governor 
of the State in 1634, by more than twenty thou- 
sand niajurily; and this would have been done 
against bis own will, by the spontaneous .action 
of the people." 

Asimuw m'coumack. 

Andrew McCorniiuk, one of the eelcbrai*;d 
"Long Nine" members of the legislature from 
Sangamon county, was bom in Nashville, Teu- 
nossee, April 2T, ISOl. His father was bora ue 
Dublin, Ireland, and his mother (whose maiili 
name was .McParrcn,) came from the nortli of 
Ireland. They were Protestants, and left Oieir 
native country during the rebellion of 1TS8, and 
were married in America. They moved with 
their family from N.isliville, Tennessee, to Flem- 
ming county, Kentucky, and Mr. McCormaek 
died there about 1815, leaving tlie family, con- 
sisting of the moilicr, four brothers and three 
sisters, to the care of Andrew. He managed to 
keep them together unlilthey were able to lake 
eare of themselves. Ileing etudiou-^ly inclined, 
he worked in the day and studied at night. He 
brought big mother and .ill the children to San' 
gamon eountv about isan, Mettting on Fanej 
ereek. ShorUy after he went to work in the U» 



lena lead mines, and during some Imltau tronb- 

les there, he was Captain of a company o( vol- ^ 
unteera. On bis return he moved tu Springfield, 

and was married July 27, 1834, on Sugar creek, ' 
to Ann S. Short. 

.\ndrew McCormaek was a stone-cutter aad a ( 
brick-mason. He represented Sangamon county 

in tbe State Legislature, and was one of the j 

"Long Nine," He was mayor of the city for ( 
]843 and 1841, and was a man of great iihyaical 

strength, standing six feet two and a half inches j 

in height, and weighing two hutidred and eigbty ', 

pounds. ] 

Andrew McCormackdied in Springfield, Jana- \ 

ary 34,1857. 1 

tlontCRT I-. WILSO!*. \ 

Another of the " Long Nino" was Robert L. j 
Wilson, who was born m Washington county, i 
Pennsylvania, September 11, 1S05. His parents \ 
were Scotch-Irish, their ancestors having euit- ; 
grated from Scotland and settled near the dty of | 
Belfast, Boon after the oonqnest of Ireland by , 
Oliver Cromwell, in tbe sixteenth century. In | 
1778 they sailed for America, settling in York I 
county, Pennsylv.'xnia. In 1783, they moved i 
to Washington county, Pennsylvania, on pack \ 
horses, as there had not then been any roada ^ 
made across the Allegheny mountains. From > 
Wa!*hiugton county, where the subject of our , 
sketch was born, the family moved in 1810 to 
Zanesville, Ohio, where bis father <lied in 1821, 
and Robert L,, then sixteen years of age, deter- 
mined to educate himself. He first uualified 
himself for teaching a country school, and taught 
until he laid up some money, with vchich he 
entered Franklin College, Ohio. He sustained ' 
himself during his college course in the eani« ^ 
way, and graduated in four years. In the fall of 
1831 he went to Kentueky, where he Uught an 
academy and studied law. He was m.-irried ( 
Mai-ch 28, 1833, in Sharpsburg, Hath county, | 
Kentucky, to Elisia J. Kincaid, and admitted to 1 
the bar as an attorney at law- They soon after ' 
moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, arriving in I 
the fall of 1 833, at Athens- Tliat not now being ] 
a part of Sangamon county, he would not prop- 
erly h« included as an early settler of this county, 
but his having been one of tbe " Long Nine " ir 
sulficient reason for including bis sketch here. 
Mr. Wilson was elected in August, 1 838, as one of 
tbe seven licprcsentatives of Sangamon county, | 
who, with the two Senatorti, made up what wa« 
known as the "Long Nine" who served in the i 
" turo of 1 B30, '37, and secured the removal i 

sfrora Vandal! -, „ 

■ from' San- 



lIiaTOKV OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



JOIIK CALHOUN. 

Tkoiigli not ■ uitixen of Saiigainun couiitv at 
ihe time of his death, John Calhoun lived ao 
long here, and was so ^~ell niid favorably known 
that & fkctch of him is not out of I'laoe in this 
connection- 

John.(.'alh..un was born October l4, 1806, iu 
Boston, MaKsachusetl», and in 1^21 accompanied 
hia father to tlte Mohawk Valley, in New York. 
After finistiing his studies at the Canajoharie 
Academy, he siudiod law at Fort Plain, both in 
Montgomery county. In 1830 he came to Spring- 
field, Illinois, nud resuiced the study of law, 
Ruslaiainjj hininelf by teaching a licleiit school, 
lie took part in the Black Hawk war of 1831-2, 
and nfter its close, was appointed by the Gov- 
ernor of the State, Surveyor of Sangamon 
county, lie induced Abraham Lincoln to study 
surveying, in order to become his deputy. From 
that time the chain of fricudship between them 
continued bright to the end of their lives, 
although they were ardent parti/.ans of different 
schooU of politics. 

John Calhoun entered the political field in 
183j, being the Democratic candidate that year 
for the State Senate of II)inoi:<, but there being 



was elected to ri^prescnt Sangamou county in 
the Slate legislature. In 184t he, with John 
DulT, Gomjileted the railroad from J.ickKouville 
to Springfield, being tbe first to reach the State 
Capital. In 1342 he was appointed Clerk of the 
Circuit Court of Sangamon county, by Judge 
Treat. In 1S14 he was one of the Presidential 
Klectortj of Illinois for President Polk. In 1S40- 
'50-51, he was successively elected mayor of 
Springfield. In 1853 he was one of the Presi- 
dential Electors of Illinois for President Pierce, 
and was selci'led by his colleagues to cany the 
vote to Washington City. In 18:>4 he was a]>- 
pointed, by President Pierce, Surveyor General 
of Kansas and Nebraska, and moved his family 
to Kansas. 

Here he enten-d a political field with new and 
exciting sectional elements. He was elected a 
delegate to the eonvenlion that framed what has 
passed into history at the Leoompton Constitu- 
tion, I3e became the President of that body, 
which was composed of unscrupulous pro-slavery 
adventurers, with a small number of conserva- 
live members, among whom was the President. 
Thatoiliousinstrumcnt would have been adopted 
by the convention without Hubmittiug it to a 
vote of the ]>eoplc, had it not been for the deter> 
mined opposition of PreHident Calhoun, who 



threateued to resign, and opposed it by evi-n: 
method in his power, unless it was submitti-d; 
and when it came to the polls he \ot(.-d against 
adopting the pro-slaver%' clause. That inslra- 
meni pruvided that the f*resident of the conven- 
tion stiould count the vote and report the rvsnlt. 
Soon after this duty was discharged he started 
for Washincton City, leaving all the n-turnsand 

Sapera relating to the election with one, L. A. 
IcLane, Chief Clerk of the Surveyor GeneraPa 
office, lie has been described as "A brilliant 
clerk, but vain, vacillating and ambitious of do- 
ing smart thiti"s, and economical of the truth 
generally." 'Flie instructions given to him by 
General Calhoun before starting east, was to af- 
ford every facility to any body of reB|>ecUbl« 
men to examine the returns, as evidences of dia- 
satisfaction were already apparent, and the con- 
viction Konn became general th.al a )<tnpendoaa 
fraud had been committed against the ballot. 
Soon the eieiteraeiil became intense, endangei^ 
iiig the lives of some of the conspicuous actors, 
and McLane became alarmed. General Thomaa 
L. Ewing, Jr. and Judge Smith called upon him, 
with a letter from Mr. Calhonn, instruetiug the 
derk to let those gentlemen examine tbe relumB. 
Mr. 3IcT.Ane falsely slated to Messrs. Ewing and 
Smith that the returns were not in his posscw- 
sion; that General Calhoun had taken them 
■with him when he left for Washington. A few 
evenings later, McLane attended a liall at Iaw- 
rence, where he was plied with good cheer, at- 
tentions and flattery, so grau-lul to his appetite 
and vanity,aud after becoming mellow by the oc- 
casion, a' Lawrence belle, acting the part of 
Delilah, drew from hiiu the secret of the covet«d 
papers. The ncNt dav he was called upon by t 
committee of the Territorial I^'gislaiure, who 
demanded tbe returns, when he again denied 
having them in bis possession, lie was then 
summoned before a committee of the legislature, 
and there slated under oath ihatGcDeralCalhouo 
had taken the rclurna with him. The cross-ques- 
tions revealed to him the fact tlial the Lawrence 
belle had betrayed him. Realising his position, 
he returned that night to Lecompton, and with 
a few crunieB, put the returns in a candle box 
and buried it under a wood pile. A porter in 
the Surveyor-General's office, by the name of 
Charles Torrey who had for a long time act«d 
as ■ spy for the enemies of General Calhoun, 
watched the operation, and gave the informa- 
tion. A coinpanv of men from Lawrence soon 
after unearthed tf ' ...« ' the priw. 

The exposure (,. "ie was now 

complete, and ho ]>ri U-iy .. Terrilory, 



IIISTOUY OF SANfJAMOX rOUXTY. 



eiuij^mtcil with hU ii.ireiilB lo IllinoU in 1830, 
fH3UliDg in JlnrioD counU', where both his par- 
eats Btill resiile. lie bt.-gai) the atudy of law in 
June, IS44, ;iud uaa liceDHod to practice in 
March, 1840. 

In 1847, wheu volnntecra were called out fur 
tlie Mexican wsr, he volunteered, mid was com- 
missioned by GoT^rnur French as Firat Lien- 
tenant of Company O, Si\th Illinois, commanded 
by Colonel K. W. B. Kewby. I Ic was niuNtcred 
in at Alton, in May, IStT, and ncivcd till the 
cloRe of the war, in 1^44, bein^ niuelered out 
October 13. He then resumed the practice of 
law at Salem, and in 1650 was elected a meml>er 
of the Illinois lA'ginlature, iterved during the 
uesstoua of I8al,^^3. In 1(^93, he graduated at 
the Lonisville University, with the highest 
honors of the law class, and therenpon resumed 
the practice of law, until 185ft, when he was ap- 
pointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas at 
Cairo, and removed his residence thither. 

In 1800, he was nominated on the Douglas 
ticket for Preaidential Elector from the old Ninth 
District, utii vigorously canvassed bis district for 
Douglas and Democracy. 

He retired from the bench in 1(^61, and soon 
after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, declared 
in favor of ad mini at ration of Mr. Lincoln, and 
warmly supported him to the d.^y of Mr. Lincoln's 
death. 

Id the fall of 1S01, be raided and or^anieed 
the Forty-eighth Illinois Infantry, and m Sep- 
tember, IS61, was commissioned by Governor 
Yates as it« colonel. 

In November he reported with his rcginicnt 
to General Gr.int, at Cairo, and accompanied the 
army into Teiiuessee. He was at the taking of 
Fort Henry, and in the first astiauU upon Fort 
Donelson, February 13, 1S63, commanded a bri- 
gade. On the 1 Jth, his regiment fonned a part 
of the brigade of the lamented \V. II. L. \Val- 
lace, -and remained on the Held until or>lert;d to 
withdraw. 

At the battle of Shiloh he was severely 
wounded while at tlie head of hia rcginu-nt, hut 
resumed command on the twenty-lliird of May 
following, and took part in the invcstini'ni of 
Corinth. 

In the summer of 1862, he ran as the war can- 
didate for CongrcFS, in the Klnth District, and 
was defeated by only neven hundred votes — llie 
former Democratic majorities in the District lie- 
ing one thousand three hundred, or mure. 

During the balance of the Mimmer of ] sua he 
wan in command of a brigade and the post of 
Bethel, Tennessee, near Corinth. He was a\*- 



Saluted Krigadier tieneral, by Mr. Lincoln, la 
ovember, l»U:i,and served until Man-h 4, 18(f3, 
when the fallurv of the Senate to act on the ap- 

IKiintmeiil, made the »ame ex]>ire by liiititation. 
Iv Tvxitmeil the pru-ttce of lav until December, 
lr'(l4. atid in the following nionih wa^apjMiinted, 
by Governor Oylesby, Adjutant tleitcial of the 
Suie. 

General Haynie was eutirely a self-made man. 
Until twcHtv years of age he was reared to hard 
tabor on a farm, and thereafter pruseciiied his 
studies and profession with no other aid ihau the 
means which he had himself earned. He was ft ' 
snccessfnl man, as is testified by a handsome ' 
private fortune, and by an honoied name at ft 
citizen, a lawyer and a soldier. 

General Haynie died at Springlield in IMS, 
and his body wa:> laid away to rest by the mem- 
bers of St. PaitPs l.odge. No. 500, A. V. and A. 
M., of which liody he was a member. 
TnOMAs a. CAurnKi.L. 

Thomas H. Campbell was a native of Peno- 
sylvani.o, and is of Irish descent, his father, Wil- 
liam Campbell, being born in the norlhern part 
of Ireland, and emigrating to America the be- 
ginning of the present century. Thomas II. waa 
born May il, ISIj. In his youth, he emigrated 
to Illinois, and vettled in Kandolph county, and 
su1)se<iuently moved to Perry coiiniv, in tlie 
same State. Mr. Campbell was nnitci) in mar- 
riage with Catherine E. ^McDougall, in Jackson- 
ville, lUinots, October ?5, IS45. Pour children 
were bom unto thfin— Jeannclte H., Thomas 
H., James W., and Treat. The daughter died. 
Thomas H. Campl>ell died in SpringtieM, Satur- 
day, Novemlier 33, IMS, and was buried on' 
JIunday following, from St. Paul's Episoopftl 
Church, of which lie had long been a member.' 

For many years. Mr. Campbell had Iieen 
afHicted with an aHthmntic affection, and during 
the year previous to his death he t^ulTercd givatly 
from It. lie had for some lime been in Wash- 
ington, where iie was engaged in business for 
the State, but was compelled to return home, on 
.icoount of his illnesa. 

In 11*42, Mr. Campltell was called into the 
ofllce of Auditor of Suie, as Chief Clerk, under 
General Shields, then Auditor. 

He continued in that position under (•eneral 
Kwiiig, uuou whose death &Ir. Campbell was ap- 
pointed Auditor, by Governor Ford. Tlie suo- 
ceeiling legislature, tn 184G, elected Mr. Cam p- 
Ih-II to the office, and in 1848, when it was m.ide 
elective by Iho people, he was i liosen, an<" 

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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNl^. 



official duty be wod the confidence, respect, and 
esteem of the people of the entire State, for 
bis unbending integrity of character, and the 
marked ability with which he performed his 
public duties. Indeed, he obtained a command- 
mg reputation, through his oilicial intercourse 
with the autliorities of other States, throughout 
the country, for his administrative talent in the 
particular line of official duty which, for so long 
a time, devolved upon him. Ilis name was a 
synonym for promptness, systematic exactness, 
and unbending integrity of purpose. 

What Azariah Flacg has ever been in New 
Vork, Thomas Camp^ll has been in Illinois. 
Hecause of these qualifications he was selected 
by the present State authorities to adjust, with 
tbe General Government, the vast and complica- 
ted accounts of the State, growing out of the 
Illinois war expenditures; and for nearly a year 
jjast he has been engaged in the ser\'ice, but was 
c3oiiipelled to leave it and return home, because 
^f his increasing ill health. To him more than 
all others, is due the credit of getting our 
accounts with the government into their 

resent favorable condition. In his social rela- 

^^ons Mr. Campbell possessed the esteem of all. 
Though an earnest, consistent, radical Demo- 
rat, his genial nature, his courteous deportment 
,nd his acknowledged integrity, ever stood a bar 
acrimonious relations with political opponents, 
Sn public or private station. The good man and 
^mrue, the breath of aspersion never lell on him. 
^AH acknowledged his public and private worth, 
sail esteemed Inm for his many virtues, and all 
^mourn his demise as a heavy loss to society. 

KRA8TUS WRIGHT. 

Erastus Wright was born Januar}' 21, 17il^ at 
Jkrnardstown, Massachusetts. The family is a 
very ancient one for New £nglaud. Erastus left 
a^history of the family, which ne always kept 
written up, givins the genealogy of the family 
for nearly two and a half centuries, beginning 
with Deacon Samuel Wright, who came from 
England and settled at Springfield Massachu- 
svtu, in 1641. 

The parents of Erastus Wright left Bernards- 
town, Massachusetts, and went to Derby, Ver- 
mont, in 1 802, that being at the time pioneer 
ground. Erastus remained with his father on 
tbe fanu, with no other advantages for educa- 
tion than the country schools afforded, until the 
spring of 1831, when he started West, in com- 

1>any with his brother, Charles. They traveled 
)y such means as the country afforded before 
the days of canals and railroads, until they 
reached Huffalo, New York. There they em- 



barked on a schooner for Fort Dearborui now 
Chicago, Illinois. From Fort Dearborn they 
started on foot, making a preliminary survey of 
the route now occupied by the Illinois and 
Michigan canal, touching the Illinois river near 
where LaSalle now stands. They then descended 
the Illinois river to Fort Clark, now Peoria, and 
from there to Elkhart Grove, where Judge 
Latham resided. On their way south they stop- 
ped on Fancy creek, in what is now Sangamon 
county, at the house of John Dixon, who was 
one of the earliest settlers in this county, but 
who afterwards went north and laid out the 
town, now city, of Dixon, on Ilock river. From 
there they came to Springfield, arriving Novem- 
ber 21, 1821. It bad Deen selected as the county 
seiit on the 10th of April before, but there had 
not been any town laia out. A lo^ court house 
had just been completed. Mr. Wright describes 
the town, as it first appeared to him, in these 
words: 

** Elijah lies had about five hundred dollars 
worth of goods in a log cabin, ten by fouiieen; 
Charles R. Alatheny and Jonathan Ivellev lived 
in loff cabins not a quarter of a mile distant. 
The Indians — Kickapoos and Potawatamies — 
often came along in squads, and when others 
had built cabins near, called the place Mog 
town.' ^ 

Mr. Wright went with Judge Latham from 
Springfield to Elkhart Grove and taught school 
there during the winter of 1821-2. He bought 
a claim of Levi Ellis and entered it as soon as 
it came into the market in 1823. From notes 
on the fly-leaf of a New Testament, in the 
handwriting of Mr. Wright, he says: "I built 
the first frame house in what is now the city of 
Springfield." 

In 1824, he built a park, and traded eighty 
acres of land in Schuyler county for an elk. 
Old citizens remember that Mr. Wright rode 
that elk, and drove it in harness, the same as a 
horse, though he says in a note that he was 
rough to ride, and not very kind in the harness. 
Mr. Wright spent three or four years in the lead 
mining region of Illinois and Wisconsin, and 
while there laid out the town of Mineral Point, 
Wisconsin, using a bed cord for his chain. He 
was married June 15, 1831, in Fulton county, to 
Jane Gardner, whose parents were from Sara- 
toga, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Wright had 
three children. 

Erastus Wright was one of the earliest teach- 
ers in Sangamon county, and taught for many 
years. For ten years he filled the office of School 
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lliai lime a large aiooiinl of money, dcriveil from 
the sale of govprnmenl land for school purposes, 
passed tlirougli tiis liands. lie was one of ihe 
earliest Abolilii'iiiBt!!, and was always fearleKsiti 
advocating its doctrines, lie ac<|uircd consider- 
able wealth, and was liberal towards all benevo- 
lent objeclB, and every pnblic enterprise was 
snrc to elicit his oo-optrration. 

Erantos Wright died in Springfield, Novem- 
ber 21, 1870. 

KKV, JOIIS C, RKRflBX, u. n. 

No more honored name is coutaircd in this 
chapter than that of the one whose name heads 
this sketch. 

John G. Ilergen was b<>ni November 27, 1700, 
at llightatown, Midillosex connty, New Jersey. 
His parents were George I. and Rebecca (Combs) 
Bergen, the former a descendant of the Hergen 
family of Nonvay, and the latter of the Combs 
family of Scotland. 

Dr. Bergen's education began at Cranberry, in 
the parocliml academy, under the Rev. ^Ir. Cnnip- 
bell, A few years later, when his father, under 
the pressure of bnsineKs pervlexjties, removed to 
Somerset county, he attenaed the academy at 
Baskin Ridge, presided over by Dr. Finley, in 
which the Rev. Philip I.indstey, afterwards 
President of the University of Nashville, was 
tutor, llr. Finley was the father of the coloni- 
sation movement, a scheme kindly meant, but 
impossible of execution, as the event has shown, 
to which, nevertheless. Dr. Dergen g.ive his 
life-long adherence; 60 deep were the impres- 
siona made upon his mind in his youth. Mr. 
Lindslcy first awakened in him a taste for read- 
ing, by putting in bis hands the Arabain Nights, 
then Don Quixote, thca Gil Bias; and afterward 
more solid books — Itamscy's American Revola- 
tion, MarslialTs Life of Wa.^hinglon, liillio's 
History of Greece, Anicharsefi' Travelp, Fergu- 
son's Roman Republiu, Rollin's History, Phi- 
tarch'd Lives, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the 
Rom.in Empire, Robertson's Charles V., ^!e\ico, 
and South America, and other works of similar 
characler. 

In ISOO, he entered the junior class at Prince- 
ton College, from which he subac'iucnlly gr.id- 
nated. 

I» March, 1810, Mr. Bergen was appointed 
Intor in Priticelon College, an honor which he 
declined at first, but was subsequently induced 
to accept. 

In 1811, he was licensed to pre.ich by the 
Presbytery of New Brunswick. In Scplciiiber, 
IS] 2, he icsigncd his ttilorsliip to enter uj>on the 
duties of ihu sacred calling. On ihc followim' 



Satui'day, with a tetter of introduction in hii 
pocket, he set out for Madison. Npw Jersey, 
then called Bottle Hill, forty miles fi-cm I*rince- 
t(in, .ind Iwenly milvs west of New York City. 
The deacon to whom his letter was addressed 
made his appearance nnshaved, in shirt s1oe%'e8 
and bare feel, but treated him kindly. Mr. Ber- 
gen preached on Siimlay; a congn'gniional meet- 
ing w.As called for Slonday; on Tuesday one of 
the cidei-s came to Princeton, and after making 
such imjuiries as he saw fit, an otlicial lcll«r was 
placed in Mr. Bergen's hands on Wednesday, 
informint; him that it was the unanimous desire 
of the c\)itgregation that he should consider him- 
self a'ctodidate for settlement He returned to 
Madison, spent two Sabbaths and the interven- 
ing week ther«, was called to the pastorate, and 
on tile first Monday in December the Presbytery 
of Jersey met at Morristown, four miles from 
Madison, to examine him for ordination. After 
a most thoron^h examination, he was ordained. 
Hero he remained for about sixteen years, and 
in th.1t time accomplished a vast amount of good. 

In conseijnence of fiome trouble in the church, 
of which he was in no sense responsible, and 
also from the fart that nianr of his relatives 
had moved West, Mr. Bergen resolved to follow 
lliem. He therefore asked the Presbytery to 
dii'solve his p.istoral relations with the congrega- 
tion, which was accordingly done Sej'lcmber 10, 
1828. 

On Monday, September 22, in the presence of 
an assembled multitnde, many of whom followed 
him for ten miles, before they could say fare- 
well, he took his departure for Illinois. The 
journey occupied forty days, lie madis a short 
slop at Rock Springs, St. Clair connty, wher« 
his mother resided, and where he found Rev. 
John M. Peck teaching in his seminary. The 
seminary building, as Mr. Bergen saw il, was & 
small, frame building, covered with clap-boardu, 
unfuniiebed, and served for a school, n church and 
a seminary, whence preachers of the gospel were 
to emanate. In this house he preached twiee, 
the ^abbalh after his arrival, using notes, which 
led tu a long and fiiendlv discussion, in wliicb 
Mr. I'etk told him that "e'verjbi>dy in the West 
shoots Hying." At Rock Spring he found a 
letter fnnn Ilov. Mr. Ellis, urging him not to de> 
l.iy aniund St. I<ouis, but to come immediately 
north to Sangamon. On Monday, Mr, Bergen 
and his family called on Governor Edwards, at 
Belleville, and found the household in mourning 
for liis son in-law, Hon. Daniel P. Cook, the fimt 
Atlonii-y General of the Slnto of Illinois, and 
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years a director of the Tbeolngical Seminary of 
the Northwest, at Chicago, lie took nn aiaive 
part in the reunion niovernoiit in the church, and 
atlondcd the Krst preliminary meetiii!' of the 
two brAncheit hulil in the State of lilinoii', at 
the second Proithyterian churcb, Bloomingtoa, 
Illinois, in April, 1865. He was ng.tin made 
moderator of the re-united Synod of Central 
Illinois, in July, I8T0, At it^ first meeting iu the 
First Presbyterian Church, l^loomington. 

Dr. Uergen was called to his rest, Wednesday, 
January 1 1, 1872. [le was a ^ood man, and all 
bis life went about doin;; (jood. 

OltLIN II. MINKR 

Orliu H. .Miner was horn in the SUle of Ver- 
mont, Xay \-t, 1S25, where be resided with hia 

farcutsiuilil !S3l when they removed to Ohio, 
le c-viua to Chicago in 1351, and worked there 
at his trale of wAtch- making for a short time, 
when he lemovcd to this city, and was umployed 
by J[r. George W. Chatterton, Sr. In the spring 
of 181> he went to Costa Rica, Central America, 
and was with Genera! William Walker at Gray- 
town. AfU-T the capture of Graytown, he 
returned ti the United Stat(^s, stopping a short 
time in New Orleans, and then returninij to this 
city, niid again working for Mr. Chatterlon, and 
afterward for Ives 3s Curran, at watch-making. 
Id \fil, when Jesse K. Dubois was instUled as 
Auditor he euicred the office as clerk, which 
po.-iiiioH he retained until im*, when he was 
nominated on the Republican ticket, for Auditor 
ami elected, and served until 1868. Dnrinij his 
connection with the offico as clerk, be had almost 
the entire respousibility of the ollice, and after 
his election gave his personal attention to every 
detail of the work. During the rebellion Mr, 
Miner was one of Gov. Yalus' most trusted ad- 
visers. 

After his retirement from the Auditor's office, 
Mr. Miner devoted his atti.-ntion to his pernonal 
business, and was noted for the active iutcrest 
he took in all public enterprises calculated to 
build up the interests of the city, He was one 
of the first to assist in the organiKitiou of Ute 
Spriunfield Iron Company, and continued a 
Director to the time of his death. 

Mr. Miner was a prominent member of the 
Masonic fraternity. Ho was elected Secretary 
of the Grand Lodge of Masons in October, 1 SOS, 
and was re-elected each sucoetxive year until 
187^, vhen he declined a re-election. In 1S77 
ho was appointed Grand Treasurer, to till a va- 
cancy, was etcctod to that position in IH7t!, and 
again in 187B, and at the time uf bin death held 
that posiiion, also that of Grand Treasurer of 



tbe Grand Itoyal Arch Chaptor. He wa> also m 
prontiDeiil member of the twottish Kit« of Ma- 
sonry, being, with Gen. J. C. Smith, the only Ihir^ 
ly-three dcCTce membi-r iu this part of the State. 
A» already staled .ibove, Mr. Miner ever took 
in actiTe interest in all public affairs, and wu 
known and esteemed as an enterprising citlx«n. 
He was one of the most earnest promoters of 
the Honrd of Trade, and was elected Secrctarv 
at tlie first meeting, and so long as his health 
permilLcd, devoted much of his time to the work 
of getting that body into running order. Ilia 
bu.iincss experience and sikgacity was recognised 
by all, and his opinion on matters of finance was 
always sought and considered by his ac<]nain^ 

As 3 husband, fatlivr, neighbor and friend no 
man ever liveil who was more loved, esteemed 
and respected than Orlin H. Miner. 

Mr. Miner died in Springfield. 

AXCIIEK a. ll£RNDO!l. 

Archer G. Herndon, one of the ce1ebrat«d 
"Long Nine" members of the legislature from 
1 3:16 to 183S, was born in Culpepper county, Vir- 
ginia, February 13, 1795. When about ten 
years of age, in company with his parent^ h« 
removed to 'ireen county, Kentucky, where his 
youth and early manhood was spent, and where, 
in 1^16, be was united in marriage with Mra. 
Rebeoca Johnson, whose maiden name was Day. 
Four children were born unto them — William 
II., Klliott U., Archer G., and Nathaniel F., of 
whom Uie latter died when abont seven years 
old. The others grew to manhood, sketchc* 
of whom will le found eUcwhere in this work. 

Mr. and Mrs. Herndon movc4 from Kentucky 
to Illinois, in the spring of 1830, and remained 
one year in Madison county, and iu the spring 
of 1«21, arrived in Sangamon counU', settling on 
what is now known as German Prairie, aWat 
five miles east of Springfield. Here tliuy re- 
mained until their removal to Springfield, in 
1^35. 

From 1825 to 183G Mr. Herndon was engaged 
in the mercantile trade in Springfield, in which 
business he was quite successful. Within that 
time he erected a tavern iu the place and tended 
to the wants of the traveling publio. 

Aroher G. Herndon was a Democrat of the 
old school, and lived and died in the faith of 
that party. An Abolitionist, in his eyes, was a 
man not to be tniKted in any capacity. 

Mr. Herndon was elected a member of the 
Hoase of Representatives of the General Assem- 
bly of the SUte in 1834, and served two yeara, 
In lf«3tt lie was elected a State SenaUir, and r«- 



Mr. Butler, in conjunction with David Davi«, 
O. 11. Browning and Stephen T. Logan, was 
largely insti^i mental in placing Lincoln in nom- 
ination for the Presidency, at Chicago, in IPCO, 

Mr. Butler was so mixed uj» in the excitement 
and difficulties connected with the Shields and 
Lincoln challenge for a duel, that he received a 
challenge from General James Shields, wliioli 
challenge was promptly accepted. The time, 
distance and weapons promised a fatal result to 
one or both parties. The aiTair was settled, and 
both men lived to render great service to their 
450untry. 

William Hiitlcr died Jannary 11, 1676, in 
Springfield, and his remains lie interred in Oak 
ludge Cemetery. 

Itn. (iKRSllOU .lATNE. 

Gcrshom Jayne,aon of Jothnm Jnyne, was born 
in October, ITltl, in Orange county. New York. 
He Mei-rod as surgeon in tbe war of 1S13, then 
engaged in the practice of his profession in 
Caynga county, in liis native State. He removed 
to Illinois in 1SI9, and settled in Sangamon 
oonnty, where he continued to practice in Spring- 
field for forty -seven years. When lie commenced 
his vocation here, he was the first practitioner 
this far north in the State. 

iVt that early day the practice of medicine was 
exceedingly laborious. Dr. Jayno was indefati- 
giible. He often rode fifteen and twenty miles 
to see a patient, and some times as much as sixty 
miles, and that in all kinds of weather. Those 
who employed him could depend on his punctu- 
ality, notwithstanding the wide extent of his 
medical practice. He fultitled his engasemcnts 
at the hour appointed, day or nigbt. His prac- 
tical acumen was as marked as his fidelity. His 
judgment was rarely at fault. Alw.tvs moderate 
m bin charges, be was very benevolent to tbe 
poor. In polities, he belonged to the Whig 
parly, and afterwards acted with the Republican 
parly. He never sought office, bnt being ap- 
pointed, without any solicitation on his part, hy 
Governor Ninian Edwards, as one of the first 
Commissioners of the Illinois & ^lichigan canal, 
he accepted and acted in that capaciiy. As a 
Christian, he never united with any denomina- 
tion ; bis large head and broad views refniicd to 
subscribe to any sectarian creed. He 
familiar with the Scriptures and an attentive 
listener to the preaching of the Gospel. He 
the friend of the church and the schoo1-ho 
and cordially contributed of hia means to the 
suiitiort of both. 

He was a great reader, and possessed a retentive 
memory. Poetry was hia especial delight, and 



he knew how to quote it readily and with effect. 
The great aim and object of his lifu was in tb« 
line of bis chosen profession, to that be gave tin' 
enthusiasm and energy of an acute mind and ft 
id body, — his practice was large and reasona- 
bly lucrative — bis career w.is eminently succeaf lU. 
lie was married to Sibyl Slater in 19J'i,whoM 
father, KHjah Slater, had moved from MasFacfan* 
setts. Of their six children bora to them, fonr 
were reared to adult .tge. The oldest child, 
Julia Maria, married Senator Lyman Trnmbnll,' 
the oldest ion. Dr. William J.'tyne, adopted tha 

Srofession of Sledicine, as also Dr. Ilenry Jayncb' 
lary Ellen, the youngest daughter, resides is' 
Springfield. ' 

Gershnm Jayne died in iSftT.and hia wife is 
18)S. Both are buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. 

Reuben F. Ruth, for some years President at 
the Marine Bank of Springfield, was bora ia 
T-an caster county, Pennsylvania, Augustus, lAlS* 
His parents were also natives of the KeystoM 
Stale. He served an ap)>rentieeship to the sad- 
dlery and harness traile in Lancaster City, and im 
the (Spring of 1836, in company with several 
other young men, started WesL Ijanding ia ' 
Beardstown, Illinois, in August of th*t ye»r, 
with a small stock of saddlery material, he be- 
gan business there, but in April, lB-10, he eftme 
to Springfield, Sangamon connty, and npened a 
small shop on Washington street. He snbs*- 
quently removed to the south side of the sqo.'ure, 
and there cairied on the mannfactiire of saddlea 
and harness successfully until 1t)6l, when be 
formed a partnership with C R. Hunt, and aa 
the firm of Hurst & Rulh, engaged in the Hale 
of dry goods, continuing the manufactory lAaa, 
until 187d. He then sold his interest to hie 
partner and retired from tbe firm. On May 5, 
1^08, Mr. Ruth was elected President of tbe 
Marine Bank of Springfield, and filled the po«- 
tion wilh credit and satisfaction till his deatb. 
August 11, 1S4I, be united in marriage witb 
Maria W. Diller, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
She was born in I^ncostcr county, of that State, 
July 20, 1817. Two sons were the fruit of their 
union— J. Diller Ruth, born June 14, IS49, and 
R. Francis Uulh, born May 8, 1 858. In Anguat, 
1S7T, Mr. Ruth formed a partnership witb the 
rounger son, and emb.irked in the hardware 
business, the partnership continuing up to tbe 
time of his decease, and under the direct man- 
agement of the junior partner. 

Mr. Uuth had little tSKle for pubtio life, bat 
was induced to serve one term aa City Alder- 
man, and four yearn aa Water Works CointnU- 



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l»-tl he WAH appointed Coiiiinissioner of tlie 
Land Office in Palestine, and ecrved four years, 
in that lime, diapusing of millions of noies of 
land. Soon after he was appointed Receiver of 
the Land Odice at that place, and tilled the posi- 
tion four yeara. Id 1356, he waselccted Auditor 
of State, and commenced the duties of that office 
in Janitaiy, 18&T. He waa re-elected in ISGO, 
and served until the expiration of his second 
term, in all four years. He declined a rc-nomina- 
tioa ia 1£S4, and shortly after leaving iba 






Auditor's office, formed abneiness relation with 
Sir, Hawley, in the insurance business, which 
was continued for some lime. After his removal 
to Springfield, he purchased a small farm ad- 
joining the city, where he spent the remain- 
der of bia life. Mr. Dubois died in November, 
1870. 

JesAC K. Dubois was an honest, upright roan, 
a firm believer in the principles of ilie It^publi- 
can party, & Mason of high raak, and also 
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and they only moved in obedience lo the power- 
ful battery that was brought to bear upon them. 

KILLING OF DK. KAKLY. 

On Wednesday, March 14, 1838, while Dr. 
Jacob M. Early was sitting in a room at Spoils- 
wood Hotel, Henry H. Truett entered and took 
a seat nearly oj>posite and fixed his eye upon the 
doctor, who did not seem to notice him. They 
remained in this situation unlil all the gentlemen 

E resent, ten or twelve in number, left the room, 
ut one, when Truett, rising to his feet, ad- 
dressed the doctor, asking him if he was the 
author of a resolution i)assed at a convention in 
Peoria, disapproving of his (Truett's) nomina- 
tion as Register of the Land OiHce at (^alena, 
and adding that he was informed that he was. 
In reply the doctor asked Truett who was his 
informant, to which Truett replied that he was 
not at liberty to tell. Dr. Early then infornied 
Truett that he declined to say whether he was 
or was not the author of the resolution. \Yith 
an oath Truett pronounced the doctor a liar and 
scoundrel. To this the doctor replied that he 
wanted no difficulty with him and could not lis- 
ten to his abuse. Truett repeated his remark 
and added with an oath, the epithets, coward and 
hypocrite. Dr. Early then arose from his seat 
and took up a chair. Truett immediately stepped 
to tiic opi)osite side of the room, passing around 
the doctor, and drawing a rifle pistol fired, then 
letting the pistol drop to the iloor, he escaped 
from the house. The ball entered the left side 
of Dr. Early, passed through the lower part of 
the stomach and liver, and was taken out oli the 
right side nearly opposite where it entered. The 
doctor survived the wound until Saturday night 
following, when he expired. Truett was arrested 
and had his trial at the October term following, 
the jury bringing in a verdict of "not guilty." 
The prisoner was therefore discharged. 

FATAL AFFRAY. 

Delos W. I>rown, of Si)ringfield, and John 
Glascock, of Menard county, got into a quarrel 
at the Springfield Coffee House, in Sprini^field, 
Monday evening, October 3, 1853. Holh h.id 
been drinking quite freely. Glasscock threat- 
ened to whip Brown, at the same time shaking 
his fist in the hitter's face. Brown retreated a 
little way, and as the ])roprietor attempted to in- 
terfc»e, Glasscock caught him and pulled him 
into the room. In the confusion Glasscock re- 
ceived three severe cuts with a knife in the 
hands of Hrown, and fell to the floor and died 
within ten minutes. Drown was arrested, a pre- 
liminary hearing was held, and he was bound 



over to tbo Cirouit Court on k charge of inaii- 
slaughter, with bail fixed at two thousand dol- 
lars. He ran off and forfeited bin bond. His 
property w.ns sold to discharge his recognizauce. 

lirUDKR OF GEORGE ANDERSON. 

On the night of May 15, ISoO, George Ander- 
90U was found dead near his house with a wound 
upon the back of his head. There was intense 
excitement in regard to the case, it being thought 
by many that death was not caused by the blow 
on the head, but by poison administered by hia 
wife; therefore she was arrested, as was also 
Theodore Anderson, who was supposed to be 
implicated in the case. A preliminary examin- 
ation was held a few days afterwards before 
Justices Adams and King, of Mrs. Anderson. 
She was prosecuted by A. McWilliams and ably 
defended by Antrim Campbell and B. 8. Ed- 
wards. The speech of the latter in the case is 
said to have been an able one. Tlie testimony 
at this examination was snfHcient to convince 
the Justices that death was the result of a blow 
and not by poison, and Mrs. Anderson was 
therefore acquitted. When the Cin*uit Court 
convened in June following, Mrs. Anderson was 
indicted by the grand jnry, and Theodore Ander- 
son was likewise indicted. Subsequently both 
were tried and acquitted. 

^fURDRR AT MKCHANICSBURG. 

In October, 1850, two Germans, giving their 
names as Rudolph and Henry, were engaged for 
several days in cutting corn near that place. On 
Monday, October 20, they went to a drinking 
establishment, and remained there until Wednes- 
day. On the morning of that day, they started 
out together on a bunt, and in a few hours after 
Rudolph returned to the house alone, saying 
that Henry had got tired, and stopped to rest. 
Rudolph then r^ettled his bill, and left. On Sat- 
urday following, the body of Henry was found 
in the timber, half eaten up by the hogs. His 
head was badly smashed and broken in. A cor- 
oner^s jury was summoned, and elicited the fore- 
going facts, and its verdict was that the deceased 
came to his death by injuries inflicted by some 
peri^on unknown. It is staU'd he had consider- 
able money upon his person, which, it is thought, 
prompted Rudolph to commit the murder. 

MUKDKIi OF AN INFANT CHILD. 

Some time in March, 185G, .an infant was dis- 
covered in the country, some distance from 
Springfield, near the roadside, dead, with a hand- 
kerchief tied over its mouth, showing the cause 
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waa arrested for the orinM, and after a fnll and 

Eatient hearing before Jndge Rice, the jury 
roaght in a venliet of " not guilty," and the 
priioner waa disoharged. 

MOinCIDS IN CHATHAM. 

On the night of Tnesday, January IT, 1860, a 
dance waa held at the hoa§e of Joseph Newland, 
on Lick creek, Chatham township. George 8. 
Pulliam, Ur. Newland, and another peraon were 
in a room ulking abont a Gght wnich was to 
i>ccar the nuxt day, when Pnlliam olTered to bet 
a certain itum of money on hU favorite. At this 
point, lUchard R. Whitehead came into the 
room. Adibpute immediately occurred between 
Pullinm and Whitehead, and the lie passed be- 
tween them. Ulows were also passed, White- 
bead strikin}: with his fist, and Pnlliam with a 
bowie Icnife. Whitehead was struck three timeii, 
twice on the head, and once on the breast, the 
last stroke causing bis death in a few minutes. 
Pulliam was arreiited and lodged in jail. On 
Tliurtiday, ^May 10, 1860, Mr. Pnlliam was ai^ 
raigned for trial. J. B. ^Vhite, ProsccuUag At- 
torney, W. fl. Ilerndim and J. E. Roxette ap- 
peared for the people, and Stephen T. Logan 
and Matbeny & Shutt for the deiense. The case 
vas ably argnud, and at its conclusion, after an 
ibsence of two hours, the jury brought in a ver^ 
diet of guilty of manslaughter, and Pulliam 
Tan sentenced to the State's prison for seven 
years. Subsequently pardoned by Governor 
Tates. 

TRAliKOr NKAR CAMP KUTLZB. 

In October, 1861, six soldiers went to the 
house of a German living near the camp, and 
while fonr of them were on the outside, two of 
them entered the house, and it ia alleged, at> 
t«rapted to violate the person of a thirteen-year- 
old danghter of the owner of the house, when 
lie seised a billet of wood and made an on- 
■laiight on them, killing one outright and badly 
using up the other. Coroner Hopper held an 
innucst and the jury returned a verdict of justi- 
fiable homicide. 

FATAL APFRAT. 

Two rebel prisoners at Camp Butler, named 
Daweon and Kcndrick, got into a quarrel Satur- 
day, Mav 3, 1863, when Kendrick seized a large 
stick and sUuck Dawson a heavy blow, from the 
effect of which he died in about two hours. 
Kendrick waa delivered over to the civil author- 
iUes of the county for trial. An indictment 
waa found, and he waa tried for oriroe. The 
jnry failed to agree, and the case was snbae- 
quently nolle proseqnied. 



aaocxuvG murdxk. 
On the morning of Jnly 4, 1863, a man waa 
found dead on die sidewalk on North Sixth 
street. Upon examination his face waa found 
to be fearfully mangled, and an unloaded single 
barrel pistol lying near by. He presumption 
was that the man had committed suicide. An 
' iquest was held and the body identified U> be 
that of Charles Remsey, a German. The body 
was buried but sobaeqnently disinterred, ana 
a more thorongb examination was held, the ver- 
dict of the Coroner's jury being that be came 
to his death by the handa of some person or 
persons unknown. 

TRAiiSDr AT CAMP BUTI.BH. 

Thomas Vines, a teamster in the employ of 
the United States Quartermaster Department, 
was killed at Camp Butler, Tuesday, Kovember 
A, 1668. lie had been engaged in hauling 
b^gage from the camp to the railroad, when an 
officer ordered his arrest on some pretext. The 
team of the man booarae frightened, and run- 
ning through the camp, an older waa given to 
tire on biro Some fifteen or twenty shots were 
tired, one taking effect in the nncli, killing him 
instantly. 

KlUjye OF WESL£Y PILCHBR. 

On Tuesday, March 17, 1A68, as Lieutenant 
Emery P. Dnstin, in company with a Iriend, waa 
conducting two deserters to Camp Butler, while 
near the SL Nicholas Hotel, in Springfield, be 
wituessed an affray between Wesley PiToher and 
a man bv the name of O'Hara, the former an- 
mercifnlly beating the latter. O'Hara was call- 
ing for the police, when Dustan interfered. 
Pitcher then turning upon him began to admin- 
ister the same punishment to him, when DusUui 
backed out, at the same time warning Pilcher to 
cease bis attacks, or he would be tempted to 
injure him. Pilcher being enraged followed 
Dnstan for some distance, when the latter pulled 
a revolver and shot him dead. Dnstan was at 
once arrested and taken before Esqnircs Adams 
and Hickman, who, after hearing the case, bound 
him over to the courts. The military authoritiea 
interfering Dustan waa taken out and tried by 
court martial and acquitted. 

SOLDI SB SHOT. 

William Keily, of Company K., Tenth Illi- 
nois Cavalry, while the company was encamped 
at Camp Butler, in ooiupany with another sol- 
dier, waa creating some disturbance in tbe board- 
ing house of Mrs. Horry, on Nortb Fifth street, 
having broken one of the windows, when the 



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provost guard went to the house and arrested 
the two men. On their way to headquarters, and 
when on the north side of the square, Keily, 
who had been drinking, drew his revolver and 
fired two shots at one of the guards, one of the 
shots cutting the hair on the side of his head. 
Two of the miards immediately fired, killins; 
Keily instantly, one ball passing through bis 
breast and the other througn his hips. 

ROnUKUY AXD MITRDBB AT PAWXKB. 

On Tuesday evening, March 7, 1805, a man 
called at the residence oi James Bodge, a mer- 
chant at Pawnee, and requested him to go to the 
store as he wislied to purchase some tea and 
coffee. Mr. Bodge complied with his request, 
and wliile doing up the articles John Saunders 
came into the store and purchased a can of 
oysters and soon left. On going out he was fol- 
lowed by the man, who stepped out of the store 
and spoice to his horse, as though he feared it 
would get away. As he did so, another person, 
an accomplice, stepped into the store, and point- 
ing a pistol at Mr. Bodge, with an oath, told him 
to surrender. ^Ir. Bod^e replied, ''I do surren- 
der, but don't shoot me! ** The robber then de- 
liberately took Mr. Bodge's pocket book, con- 
taining 9HC500, walked out of the store, mounted 
his horse, and, in company with another person 
who was with him, roue away. As they left the 
store one of the party shot and insUintly killed 
Mr. Saunders. 

While some of the citizens were gathered 
around the bodv of Mr. Saunders, the robber 
who first entered the store came near with re- 
volver in hand and inquired, "who did it?" and 
immediately mounted his horse and joined his 
accomplices. The desperadoes acted with great 
coolness and deliberation. The citizens of the 
place were so astoimded at the hellish deed that 
the murderers were permitted to escape. 

After a few montns had passed Barney Yan- 
arsdale was arrested in Iowa, and confessed to 
the crime of killing Mr. Saunders. He was 
brought to Springfield. In his confession Van- 
arsdale accused Nathan Trayler and Ilezekiah 
Samplev of being accomplices. They were both 
arretted, and on a preliminary examination were 
bound over to the Circuit Court in sums of 
^2,000 each. 

Jaires Lemon was afterwards arrested for the 
same crime, and at the May term, 18G0, of the 
Circuit Court of the county, both Vanarsdale 
and Lemon were arraigned for trial. Milton 
Hay was assigned by the court to defend 
Lemon, while James II. Matheny was employed 



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by f riands of tht aocqied, to defend Vanandalc. 
liie defense was sneh as oonld be expeeted tram 
sttch eminent eonneel, and everjthinsr that could 
be done was done for the priaoners, out witbont 
avaiL Twelre good and tnie men fonnd tbem 
guilty by their own oonfesaions, and they were 
sentenoed to death. 

On Friday, June 1, they were brooght into 
the court room» and Jodce Rioe, after a eolemn 
and impressive prayer had been <^ered np by 
Rev. w . S. Prentiss, pronounced the sentence oif 
death, and sentenced them to be hung within the 
walls of the prison or the enclosed yard, on Fri- 
day, June SS, 1806, The Judge condnded hia 
address to them with the awful sentence: ** May 
God liave mercy on your souls. No earthly hope 
now remains for you; may you direct your atten- 
tion to nim who alone can save, and who spoke 
pardon and peace to the dying thief upon the 
crosa.** 

In the absence of Governor Oglesby, lieuten- 
ant Governor Brosa granted a reprieve till Fri- 
day, July 20, 1806. Before the arrival of the 
day the sheriff made all preparaUon for the exe- 
cution, hoping meanwhile the Governor would 
commute tne sentence to imprisonment for life. 
But it was deemed best by that oiBcer not to in- 
terfere with the sentence of the court. 

All hope of commutation of sentence having 
passed, at their request, the sacrament of the 
Lord's supper was administered to the con- 
demned, siter which die black cap was placed 
over their faces, shutting out their last sight ci 
earth, a prayer was made, the drop pulled, and 
the souls of Vanarsdale and Lemon went out 
to meet that of their victim. 

FOUND DKJOI. 

On Sunday, January SI, 1866, as two boye 
were playing near the northeast part of the city 
they round a podcet-book and a man's coat cov- 
ered with blood. Giving information to their 
father, James Minsel, the latter, accom^nied 
by a friend, repaired to the spot, and while ex- 
amining the coat noticed a dog standing over a 
man's body a few yards away. On approaching 
the body, they found it lying face downwaro, 
|kartially covered with snow, and civingevidenee 
that it bad been foully dealt with. Tlie dead 
man was frozen and had evidently been killed a 
couple of days. A jury was summoned by the 
coroner and *an inquest held. An examination 
of the body disclosed the fact that tiie man had 
been murdered in a manner horrible to contem* 
plate. A ball from a navy revolver had passed 
through his neck, severing the jugular vein, and 



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'ftJie body, and came out near ibe nippli 

s-iglit breast. Kither of these wounds would 

Xvave caused his death. Tliree other buUctH had 

^siit«rcd the body just beluw the right shoulder. 

I o addition to these wounds, six stabs were 

f «>und from s large knife in tbc back, ooe in the 

^r-ight arm, two iit the breast, and another in the 

K^vaolc of the heoA. More than one person mn^t 

■^-^ave been concerned in the murder, as the 

M.iM'inn'li showed the attack to have been made in 

P'sx>Dt and rear at the same tJme. The man's 

gr^K ame was afterwards ascertained to be Henry 

^^^K.holtx,a member of the Second Illinois Cavalry. 

f^^iMig murderers were never known. 



KILLINS OF JOSSrU WABD. 

Joseph Ward on Wednesday, November 20, 
■ -^^OT, visited a saloon on JelTerson street, and 
l.j^^ -^^ in g slightly intoxicated, soon got into a qnar- 
I " — 1 with Fritz Triever, the barkeeper of the es- 
t-^=^fc_ blishment. During the altercation, it was re- 
I^j^=)rtcd that Ward drew a knife, but without at- 
*.^— ^ mpting to use it. Triever, on being informed 
^^^^*-»t Ward had a knife in his hand, took up a 
t^. ^ b and struck Ward several blows over the 

j^^^^sd, from the effects of which he died the next 
^^^^ «n)ing. Triever was arrested. 

MURDEB OT WILLIAM MORTAK. 

^^ iCacbariah Brock had been drinking, and on 
^^^2^turday, Augnst 1, 1668, came to the shop oF 
'2^ ^Villi^ft Mortar and began to quarrel with him. 



^ ^kortar picked up a wagon spoke, probably 

^^ ^ae intention of defending himself, but on 



,^ ~^,x>nd thought threw it down, and began trying 
^^■^3 pacify him. lirock advanced, picked up the 
^^^oke, and struck Mortar over the head. The 
^^actim waa carried into the house and died the 
*^3llowing Tuesday. 

UOmiiS OF A DSSrSRADO. 

_ On S.iturday, May 28, 1870, one of those ter- 
*^ble tragedies, which for a time throw a cou- 
^Unnity into a state of excitement, occurred at 
Springfield. For some days previous, the sur- 
'Veyors of the -Northwestern Uailroad had bt.-en 
Engaged In surveying a route through the city. 
On Iriday.the 27th, Coburn llancrof I, becoming 
^«sperate at the thought that hia mothcr'a prop- 
^Vty would be taken for railroad purposes, fired 
*L revolver at the ■ur\-eyors two or thres times, 
*>at without effect' A warrant was sworn out 
*»»d two or three jpolicerocn started to arrest 
^onng Bancroft. The )>olice soon found him 
^tid attempted bis arrest, but the offender backed 
**ita a comer of the room and swore thai he 



would kill the first man who attempted to lay 
hands on him. Finding the raan desperate, re-iii- 
forcemcnts were sent for, when another effort 
was made to effect his arrest, but Uancroft defied 
them and stood his ground. Not wishing to 
injure the man, the police retired, hoping to 
effect Ills arrest at another time when it oould be 
done without endangering the lives of any. 

On the morning of the 88th, Louis Souther, 
local editor of the Register, went to the house 
of Bancroft for the purpose of securing his 
statement, and waa met by Bancroft with an 
oath and a threat to kill him. Knowing the 
desperate character of the young man, Mr. 
Souther retreated, but was followea by the des- 
perado, who fired upon him, wounding him in 
the arm. 

About three o'clock in the afternoon, Bancroft 
loft his house, and returning about four o'clock, 
he met AlooEO McClure, the man who swore out 
the warrant against biin, accompanied by X 
friend. Addressing McClure, Bancroft aiuced 
him if he was the one who swore out a warrant 
against him, and having satis tied himself, atep- 

fied back and picked op the lead of a bricx- 
ayer's plumb and threw it at McClure, who re- 
treated a few steps and then drew a revolver 
and fired five shots at Bancroft without effecL 
Bancroft then drew his revolver and fired four 
shots at McClure, two of which took effect. He 
then proceeded deliberately to his mother*! 
house, went to his room, and commenced I<Htd- 
inghis pistol. 

Several men witnessed tlie fight between Ban- 
croft and McClure, and the news rapidly spread 
and soon a large crowd was collected aroand the 
Bancroft residence. The young desperado sat 
by a window, and playing a violin, defied the 
crowd. The sheriff and a number of police 
officers were present. After trying in vain to 
get him to surrender without farther trouble, he 
was fired upon by the Chief of Police, of Spring- 
field, p. C. Bobbins, the ball taking effect, and 
from which be died in about fifteen minntes. 

The Coroner cal'ed a jury, and investigated 
the cise, fully exonerating Captain Bobbins 
from all blame. Notwithstanding this, the 
grand jury found a bill of indictment against 
him, and he was isubsequently tried and ao- 
quitted. 

MURDKU OF SHARON TVNUALR. 

On Saturday morning, April 29, 1871, Sharon 
Tyndale, ex-Sccrctary of State, was loully mur- 
dered, near his residence, on Adams, between 
First and Second streets. It appears that Mr. 
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m.,to tike llie train for St. Louis, lliti inteiition 
was probably known liy liU miinlorern, who lav 
ill wait for him, and who committed the hellieli 
deed for the sake of a few ijiltry dollars iijion 
his person. The body, when fonnd, exhibited a 
Bcvere and deep wound upon the left side of the 
face, extending from the foreticatl to the lower 
part of the check. It had the appcai-nnce of 
liaving la-en made by a heavy club. On llie 
right side of the hea<i, and just baek of the ear, 
was nnother wound, caused by a pimo) bullet of 
large c.ilihre. A probe inserted bir a physician 
showed that the ball passed upward, toward the 
top of the head, and that its cfTcets were proba- 
bly instantaneously fatal, as a pool of blood was 
found upon thu ground immediately nnderneatli 
the wound, indicating that the murdered man 
must have died immediately, as no traces uf 
blood were found elsewhere. 

KILLING OF WILLIAM KK1.LKV. 

Tlie beautiful little village of Pleasant Plains 
would hardly be expected to be tJie scene of a 
bloodv Tnurcier On the evening of September 
'25, ISTI, «iiil» Sirs. Khoda K1nioT<>, Anderson 
Ilarri)!, and VVilliam Kelly were sitting at the 
supper table, a knock was heard at the door,and 
in response to the recpiest, "Come in," Peter L. 
Harrison opened the door, and at once com- 
menced firme ujjon Kelly with a revolver. 
Kelly arose from the table, and, picking up a 
chair, started in the direction of Harrison, and 
succeeded in pn-^hing him oulside the door and 
shutting it. He then started towards a door in 
the opposite side of the room, and on reaching 
it fell, and soon after expired. Harrison was 
afterwards arrested, and an indictment found by 
the^randjnry. A change of venuo was taken, to 
Christian Co., where he was tried and acpiitted. 

UUKDKR or IIKNRT STAY. 

On Saturday night, JIarch 23, 1S72, Henry 
Stay called at the s.iloon of Edwin Slater, on 
Monroe street, Springfield, about II o'clock, and 
called up Mr Slater who lives over the saloon, 
and who had retired for the night, asking him to 
Gonie down as be wished to pay him some money, 
remarking that tie had better'take it then as he 
might sjiend it. Sl.iicr came down, and opening 
the door of the saloon, lei in Sla}', who paid him 
the promised mnney,arier which Slater gave him 
something to drink. After drinking Stay started 
to leart, when Edward DufTov came to the dooi 
and asked to bo admitted. He was let in, am] 
being an aciinanitance of Slay, the two pleasani 
oonvL-rsed for awhile, when Slay, in a kind 
jolly way, took bold of Duffy and the two oom 



raenced scnlllitig, during which Dulfey was rather 
roughly thrown to the Hoor Slater, the saloon- 
keeper, then said to Slay: "Don'i handle Dnffer 
BO roughly, for he is ai older man than yon. 
Stay, who was feelin^i j*>"y> lielped Dnffef upon 
his feet DufTey, on getting npon his feet, 
Appeared to be angry, and told St ny that he would 
not submit to such 'reatmenl, and drew a re- 
volver. Stay, when he saw the revolver, said: 
"You had better put that pistol up," appearing 
»8 though he did not think Diiffoy would use ib 
Dulfey then stepped back a coup1« of steps and 
tired, the ball etiiking SUy in the left side and 
in the regi n of the licart Stay fell upon Iha 
floor, and DnITey, aa qnick as <hought, tnrned 
and (ired at Slater, the ball striking on the point 
of ihe right shoulder, making an ugly Heah 
wound. Slater, on finding that he was wounded, 
cried ont: "For God's nake, don't shoot any 
more " Duffey replied, "1 won't," and immedi- 
ately tied. 

An alarm was immediately given, and thft 
police at once responded to the call. Th« 
coroner was summoned, the evidence taken, and 
a verdict rrnilercd in accordance with the fore- 
going facts. 

RIOT AT n.LioroLis. 
On Saturd.iy, July 6, ISTiJ, as Taylor Dicker- 
eon was walking home with a young lady, Bonn 
one threw a bunch of tirc-crackcrs behind the 
couple, which excited the anger of Dickerson, 
and the next day, in speaking of the affair, he 
said if be knew who done it ho would give hia 
a thrashing. Carlyle Cantrall then stepped for- 
ward and said that he was the man whoeummit- 
tod the deed. Dickerson, nothing daunted, 
pitched in; result was a terrible fight, which, 
before it was ended, resulted in a half dosea 
otliers, friends of both parties taking a hand, in 
which Cantrall and his friends were bailly whip* 
ped. Of course the fight was the town talk, and 
the result was the personal friends arrayed them- 
selves into factions, and by many hard and bitter 
words, added fuel to the flame. On Saturday, 
July 20, Cantrall went to the village, accom- 
panied by some friends, two of whom were 
named Kendall. Their appearance was the Mg- 
nal for a row, in which Dickerson was badly 
bcatcu. All th.tt afternoon and until late in tM 
evening, the village was aperfecl pandemonium. 
Late in the evening the Kendalls started home, 
accompanied by a cousin, when Dr. J. M. Rurok I 
stepjied up amf nltemptcd to arrest them. I'he ) 
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three times without effect, and then fired, the 
ball taking off two fingers of KendalPs cousin 
and entered the left side of Kendall near the 
spine, and lodmng in the abdomen. The shot 
had the desired effect, and the whole party was 
arrested. Kendall died a few days afterward 
from the effect of the wound. 

Dr. Burch was arrested, waived an examin- 
ation, and gave bail in the sura of $5,000 for his 
appearance at the next term of the Circuit Court, 
at which time he was tried and acquitted. 

MURDKR AMD SUICIDK. 

On Saturday, June 14, 1873, Milburn Suther- 
land Tayleur, a man ol mixed blood (negro an^ 
Indian), shot and instantly killed a colored man, 
named William Brown, with whom he had a 
quarrel. Coroner Bierce was at once notified, 
and started to arrest Tayleur, accompanied by 
several men, whom he summoned for the occa- 
aion. Seeing Tayleur in a field » he called upon 
him to surrender, when Tayleur placed his gun 
against his own breast, and leaning over it, 
pulled the trigger, the shot penetrating his body 
near the heart. He iustantly fell, but survived 
long enough to make a statement acknowledging 
that he had killed Brown. 

UXOBCIDB AND SUICIDE. 

The Illinois State Journal, of October 37, 
1881, contained the following: 

^ A couple who were married in Loami town- 
ship about a year ago, under circumstances not 
wholly devoid of romance, were irrevocably 
divorced Tuesday ni^bt. A year ago John Ii. 
Hudson, an old ba«:helor farmer, was married to 
Mrs. Gilpin, widow of Enoch Gilpin, in Loami 
township. Both of them were well known and 
well liked. Mrs. Hudson was possessed of con- 
siderable property, but her husband was com- 
paratively a poor man. While gossips have for 
some time whi8)>ered the story that they were 
having some misunderstanding about property, 
^t was generally believed they were living agree- 
ably together. Under these circumstances the 
neighbors wero unprepared to hear the news of 
the shocking tragedy which occurred at the 
Hudson house Tuesday night, the details of 
which show that while Hudson was generally 
recognized as a peaceable and quiet man, he was 
a perfect devil when aroused. Tlie first horri- 
fying rumor that came with shocking signifi- 
cance was that John Hudson had killed his wife 
witli a spade, and then hung himself. The news 
reached this city about noon yesterday, and 
many people who knew both Mr. and Mrs. Hud- 



son refused at first to believe it. The scene of 
the tragedy was an out of the way place, beins 
seven or eight miles from a railway station, and 
it was difficult to get a connected history of the 
affiur. After long and tedious bearch by the 
Journal reporters, the following story was ob- 
tained: 

Hudson and his wife had retired to their room 
about 10 o^dock, Tuesday ni^ht Whether they 
had any difficulty before retiring Was not learned, 
but a few minutes afterward the sharp crack of 
a revolver was heard by Hudson's sister and the 
hired girl. They ran to Mrs. Hudson's assist- 
ance and succeeded in disarming the infuriated 
husband, who had vainly attempted to shoot his 
wife. Summoning all of his strength, Hudson 
released himself from the ladies, and clutching 
his wife, draped her out of the house some dis- 
tance, where he struck her several times with a 
spade, which happened to be within his reach. 
Leaving his wife lying upon the ground, her 
batterM and scarred face looking up in the 
moonlieht, while the warm blood spurted out of 
three ghastly skull wounds, Hudson fled to the 
home of his orother, where he related the story 
of his hideous crime. Horrified beyond expres- 
sion, the brother hurried to the scene of the 
ghastly deed, and found the story he was loth 
t^ believe was only too true. After attending 
to the wants of the almost lifeless woman, the 
brother returned to find the murderer, but he 
had disapneared. Early yesterday morning hia 
lifeless boay was found nanmng to an apple tree 
in the orchard, where, probably overcome by the 
enormity of his crime, he had ended the tragic 
story by takins his own life. The real cause of 
this horrible butchery could not be definitely 
learned. It was thought by some people that it 
arose out of some difficulties in resard to the 
property, while others seemed to think Hudson 
was jealous of his wife, though no foundation 
was given for the latter story. It is not known 
clearly whether the crime was premeditated, or 
the result of a sudden and insane passion. Hiere 
are some circumstances that point toward the 
former theory. Mr. Flowers, who resides at the 
village of Loami, several miles from the Hudson 
place, stated that he had not heard of the 
tragedv, but said that he had loaned a revolver 
to llnason Monday afternoon, Hudson informing 
him that he was going to take some money with 
him to buy cattJe and wanted the revolver to 
protect himself. Another gentleman said he 
saw Hudson about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, 
and he had agreed to buy some cattle from him. 
The unfortunate woman died the next day. 






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Chapter XXIII. 



AUTHORS AND ARTISTS. 



Sangamon county has not taken the advanoe 
stride in the world of letters and art as it has in 
politics and the business int«r<^st8 of her citizens. 
Still there are a few who deserve special men- 
tion in this connection. 

JOHN CARROLL POWRR. 

From the United States Biographiial Die* 
tionary. 

John Carroll Power was born September 19, 
1810, in Fleming county, Kentucky, between 
Flcmingsburg ind Mt Carmel. His grandfathcri 
Joseph Power, with six brothers older than him- 
self, were all living near Leesburg, London 
county, Virginia, at the beginning of the Ameri- 
can itevolution, and all became, soldiers in the 
cause of freedom. Some of the elder brothers 
served through the whole seven years* struggle 
for independence, the younger ones entering the 
army as soon as they arrived at a suitable age. 
Joseph was but sixteen years old when be 
enlisted, and that was during the last year of 
the war. He was married a few years later, and, 
in 1703, started with his wife, children and 
household goods, on pack-horses, and in company 
with several other families crossed the Alleglieny 
mountains to Pittsburg. They descended the 
Ohio river in boats, landing at Limestone, now 
Maysville, and afterwards settled in what Ins- 
came Fleming county, Kentucky. 

John Power, the second son of Joseph, born 
November, 1787, in Loudon county, Virginia, 
was the father of the subject of this sketch. 
He was a farmer in comfortable circumstances 
and the owner of a few slaves; but with his 
numerous family he could not s nd his children 
from home to acquire that education which is 
now to be obtained in district schools, within the 
reach of all; consequent! v, this son, of whom 
we write, grew to manhood without having 



mastered aiore thaa the mmplest radimenU ct 
the Engliiih langiuige. 

lake many other men who liave straggled 
a^inst adverse ciroiimatance% lie oommenoed 
his edooation at a period of life when he ehoald 
have been in possemdon of it He ti^kea pleaeaiv 
in attributing to a great extent the measure of 
•noceis he has attained, both morally nnd men- 
tally, to hiB selection of a wife. He was married 
May 14, 1845, to Miss Sarah A. Harris. The 
marrisge was solemnised about twenty-eix miles 
below Cincinnati, in Aurora, Indiana. Miaa 
Harris was born there October 1, 1894, of Eng^ieh 
parentage. 

Her grandfather, on the maternal side, waa 
the Rev. John Wadsworth, who was rector of 
a sinjrle parish of the Protestant Episcopal Chnrdh 
near Manchester, England, more than a third of 
a century. His daughter Catalina was the mother 
of Mrs. rower. 

On her father^s side, the history reaches back 
to her great-grandfather, William Fox, who waa 
a wholesale merchant in London. He waa alao 



a deacon of a Baptist church in that city. Bv 
his business travels he became conversant with 
the illiterate and destitute condition of the po<ir 
people of the kingdom, and made an effort to 
induce Parliament to establish a system of free 
school; but failing in that, he next undertook 
to persuade his friends to unite with him in or» 
ganizin^ and supporting a system of week-day 
instruction ro extensive *'that every person in the 
kingdom misht be taught to read the Bible.** 
When he had gone far enough to realise that the 
magnitude of the work was almost appalling, 
his attention was providentially drawn to the 
consideration of Sunday schools, in order to de* 
terinine whether or not they would answer the 
same purpose. Becoming convinced that they 
would, he aealottsly adopted the latter plan, and 



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on the lib of September, 1775, he organized in 

tlie city ot Jjondon, the first soci<rty in the world 

for ihc ilisgeoiination of Snnday schools. That 

8oci«>ty stood for eighteen years without a rival, 

and daring that time it was instrumental in 

cst&lilishing Sunday Schools wherever Christian 

mis^Mions had unfurled the banner of the Cross. 

WTilliam Fox had two sons and three daugh- 

ter«. The eldest daughter, Sarah, became the 

^vi £e of Samuel Harris, a drugG^st in London. 

They had a son and daughter. The son, William 

'l^oll Harriii, was married April -24, 1821, in Eng- 

^aiici, to l/atalina Wadsworth, daughter of llev. 

Jolm Wadsworth, as already stated. They came 

^o America soon after their marriage, and settled 

'** -Aurora, Indiana. They have both been dead 

**^5*ny years. Their only living child, Sarah A., 

^**^ti educated at private schools, and a four years' 

^^ii-RC in Granville Female Seminary, an institu- 

^^^^11 under the auspices of the Protestant Kpisco- 

J^^^l Church, at Granville, Ohio, from which she 

^"•vluated in 1842. After her marriage to IMr. 

^^wer, in 1845, at his request she directed his 

^5^*die8, and when he began to write for publica- 

.^^^n she became his critic; in that way render- 

. V^ the best possible assistance, which she con- 

^^ues to the present time. 

Mr. Power was brought up a farmer, but en- 
S^tged in other pursuits a number of years, al- 
^*avs cultivating habits of study and occasional 
^^•riting, but without any thought of becoming 
^li author until well advanced in life. lie met 
Vith serious reverses about the beginning of the 
great rebellion; and at its close, finding himself 
jTi possession of a few thousand dollars, determ- 
ined to return to agricultural pursuits, lie ac- 
eordingly removed to Kansas, purchased a fnnn 
and prosecuted the tilling of it for three years. 
'l^he grasshoppers destroyed the crops of 1800 and 
18157, and the drought of 1868 made almost a to- 
tal loss of those three ^*ears, with all the expense 
of farming. In April, 1809, he accepted the 
first and onlv offer he ever received for his farm, 
' i-etiirned to Illinois, and since that time has de- 
viated himself almost exclusively to literai*y pur- 
suits. 

Ilia prize essay on Self-Education, for which 
the Illinois State Agricultural Society awarded 
him a premium in 1808, was revised and publish- 
ed in " llarkness' Magazine;'* the editor express- 
ing the opinion that those who read it would find 
it ^* one of the most profitable, instructive and 
mentally invigorating essays they ever read." 
. His ** History of the itise and Progress of 
Snnd.iy Schools,'* published in 1804, by Sheldon 
& Company, New York, was his first publication 



in book form. It is the only connected history 
of that noble branch of Christian work ever at- 
tempted, and appears by common consent to be 
accepted as the standard authority on that sub- 
ject. Mr. Power has written several books and 
)>amphlet8 on various local subjects; also maga- 
zine articles on a great variety of topics. 

An open letter by him to the Postmister 
General, on the suoject of a<1 dressing mail 
matter, is a brief ar.d interesting magazine 
article Some of his ideas are quite novel, and 
will bear investigation. The main point he aims 
to enforce is, that all mail matter should be 
addressed by first writing the same of the State 
in full, next the county, then the postofiice, and 
end with the name of the person c r firm expected 
to receive it ; thus reversing the order practiced 
from time immemorial. lie considers that essay 
his contribution to the great American Cen- 
tennial. 

Perhaps his most finished work is his monu- 
mental edition of the '*Life of Lincoln." It is a 
fitting tribute to the Nation's Martyred Dead. 
His style is peculiarly clear, concise and original, 
lie treats every subject most thoroughly and 
comprehensively, yet with an ease and grace of 
manner that charms the reader. A gentleman 
of the highest literary atiainnients, connected 
with Madison University, Hamilton, New York, 
in a note to the publishers, says : '*I have read 
your * Life of Lincoln' by Power. It has the 
charm of a novel." 



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The work upon which ^Ir. Power gave more 
time than any other, was the " History of the 
Early Settlers of Sangamon Couuty." This 
work required four years of hard, earnest labor, 
and is of itself a monument to the literary Fkill 
of the author. It is doubtful \ihcther a better 
wr^rk of its kind was ever issued. Tbe citizens 
of Sangamon county owe him a debt of grati- 
tude which it is doubtful will ever be repaid. 
Posterity will give him credit for a work in- 
valuable to the descendants of the early settlers 
whose live<9 are recorded. 

Since the completion of the monument to the 
memory of Abraham Lincoln, and the removal 
of his remains thereto, Mr. Power has been the 
custodian, and the pleasure of a visit to the 
sacred spot is enhanced by his narration of all 
the facts in relation to the building of the monu- 
ment, tbe figures placed thereon, the attempt to 
steal the remains, and an account of the relics 
placed in the monumental chamber. On dull 
days and as the opportunity occurs Mr. Power in- 
dulges in literary work. 



inSTOHV OF SANfiAMOX COVXTV. 



I 

JOSI-:i'll WALI^IE, 

tlio fourth HOI) of Jaiiie^ and Mnrj- Wallnc-e, wan 
burn in Galliiliii (now Carrull) county, Ken- 
tucky, SepteniLur 3U. I8:i4, anil when two years 
of agu removotl wilb liU parcnlM to .lelTcrsun 
county, Indiana. He was raised on a farm. And 
received a common sichool and collegiate cdnua- 
lion. In ISatt he commenced reading taw in 
M.idisoi) Indiana, under Ihi; tuition of .Iuil},'e 
OliarlOs E. Walker. Remaining; ihere for one 
year, lie i-emoved to Siiringtield, lllinuii', and 
completed his preparatory eouTKe of study in the 
"office of Me.-srs. Stuart A Edwards. In 1S5« 
Air. W. was licensed as an attorney-at-iaw, and 
shortly afterward opened an ollice and l)eL;aii 
practice. In I8G1) he was elected to the ollice of 
Pollee Magistrate for the city of Sprin<^lield, and 
served contiTiously for eight ycai-», after wliicli 
he resumed the practice of his profession. In 
1870 he wait chosen a member of the City Coun- 
cil, in which body he has since industriously 
scrvedaa Cliainiian of the Ordinance CommiUti'. 
With bis other pursuits, Mr. W. has blended 
a decided taste for letters and literary coinj>osi' 
tion, and during the last ten years has writii'n a 
good deal for the press, chiellv upon hiographi- 
cnl and historical subjects. Wrhape his most 
noted production is his Life of General K. I). 
Baker. Slr.lW.illace has also prep.arcd a .Momo- 
rial Life of Jn.lge Stephen T. T^gan, writti^n at 
the re<iuest of the family, and which will be 
published for private circulation. Ho has also 
in manuscript "The Life of Stephen A. Dung- 
las," which will prob.ihly be brought out in the 
near future. Itcing an ardent disciple of Doug- 
las, the volume will doubtless be of great inter- 
est, and be pleasing and proHtable to all. The 
author of this volume is indebted for si'viral 
skclchea to Mr. Wallace. 

K. L. <;KoeB. 
A sketch of the life of Mr. Gross is found in 
conneetion with the Bar history. Ilis greatest 
literary work was the compilation of the SiaiuteK 
of the Suite. Mr. Gross was an easy and furoi- 
blc writer and a h.ard and luethodical worker. 
Ko eifort on his part would be spared to make 
everything perfect that ho undertook, lie dieil 
alnioBt before his powers wei'c fully developed. 

\V. I.. GBOSS. 

W. L. Gross is a brother of K. L., .md a en- 
laborer with bim in the prepar.ition of Gross' 
Statutes. As a sketch of Mr. Gross appears in 
connection with tlie Bar history, it is unneces- 
sary to add anything in this connection, save 



that the Colonel handle'' a ready jien and U an 
easy, yei forcible, writer. 

AI.K.\.VM>KR II.V\1I>SU.\ 

was born in Taylor cotmiy, West Virginia, Seji- 
lentber i% l»-2a. lie received Mh (•ducation in 
Oberlin College, Obto, and began at once the 
profession of a te.acber, a profession which he 
lias .lubstaiilially followed Miico be kfi eoll^>. 
In I8T0 he reeei'ved an nppoininienl in the office 
of the United States Inspector, and the nam* 
year commenced the compilation of a History 
of Illinois, In 1871, he associated with bitnsclf 
in this work, Bernard Stnve, a gentleman of line 
literary lasto, I'be woik was completed and 
published by the iiulhors in 187.1, and w.is well 
received by both pre^s and people. It has been 
more extensively sold than any histor}- of the 
State yet published. Mr. Davidson, while en- 
gaged in literary work and teaching, has given 
some attention to mei-hanism and has turned out 
si>me work, invention of Ids brain, sever.il of 
which are worihj- of special mention. Mr. Dav- 
idson is yet a citixen of Sjiringtield. 



Dennis Willi;inis, the welt known crayon art- 
lisl of S]jr!ii<'lield, wa» born in Burton, Clayton 
eoimly, Mis>i-sip|ii, December 25, 1S.'..|. Hu 
inoiher was a native of Kentucky, but sold and 
taken Soulh and made to do duty in the cottoo 
fields. The first recollections of Dennis was 
riding behind Ida mother, on a mule, to the cot- 
ton fields ill the early inomingand returning late 
in the evening, and of jdaying with oihi^r boys 
of bis age about tlie old plantation. When about 
six or seven years of age he was set to picking 
cotton and (bought it sport for a while, but soon 
found his misinke, but there was no way of 
avoiding it— work he must. 

The war breaking out, the slaves of the South 
w.iiled iLiliently but .inviously for llie coming of 
the Yankees, and for their "day of jubilee," 
Their faith was strong that their deliverance waa 
at hand, and the armies of the Xorih had no 
sooner invaded the soil of iJIi.ssigsimii than the 
"contrabands" broke for the Union lines. 
Among the first to bid farewell to " Massa and 
Slissns" was the mother and stel^falher of I>eo- 
nis, aecomiianied by their son. The first point 
made was Car.-:on's Landing, from whence lliey 
were sent to Haine*s Blnlf, Mississippi, where 
they wei-e all taken sick with the fever. As soon 
as they were able, they were sent on to Vicks- 
bnrg, ilicn invested by the armies under General 
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remained in that city until the close of the war, 
when they came to Springfield, arriving here 
May, 1865. 

While in Vicksburgy the mother of Dennis 
taught him his letters, and it was her anxiety to 
give him an education that caused the family to 
tarn their faces northward. On arriving at 
Springfield, he was soon placed in school, his 
first master being Thomas York. Dennis savs 
he shall always remember his first teacher, as he 
on one occasion cave him enough to cause him 
to never forget him. He considers him a hard 
master. 

When first given a primer, Dennis felt 
happy, tl# pictures of dogs, cats and oUicr ani- 
mals at ones arrested his attention, and these 
small, if not rude pictures, first turned his atten- 
tion to the life of an artist. 

In 1860 he began to draw upon the blackboard 
Btraicht and parallel lines, cubes and such things, 
and, m 1870, he made his first crayon sketch — 
the head of James Fisk, of New York. The 
picture was pronounced a good one for the first 
attempt, and was placed on exhibition in the 
window of Simmons* book store. Shortly after 
this he abandoned the idea of becoming an 
artist, there being so much to discourage nim. 
lie was a poor, ignorant colored boy, one com- 
pelled to earn his living by the low occupation 
of a boot-black. The people among whom he 
lived, with a few honorable exceptions, sneered 
at his pretensions. The idea of a *Mittle nigger'' 
becoming an artist — it was preposterous! But 
the artistic aspiration was in him; the desire to 
become an artist must be appeased, and he again 
took up his pencil. Frequently he would go to 
some studio to see how others drew portraits 
and would be driven away by the artists. No 
one would give him encouragement. Still he 
would not despair. lie secured a room in the 
rear end of a building on the southeast comer 
of the square, and when released from his daily 
labor of blacking boots, he would repair to it, 
and as best he could, copy some rude picture he 
iiickcd up, or the cheap lithographs sold in the 
f>ook stores. To this day he has never witnessed 
another sketch a portrait, nor has he received 



self-taught and self-made in every sense of tlie 
word. 

In the fall of 1874, he placed some of hb 
sketches on exhibition at the county fair, and 
was rewarded with three premiums, two being 
for portraits, and one for a landscape scene. 
While these pictures were on exhibition, he 
could not refrain his curiosity from listening to 
the remarks made about the work, and now qai- 
etly laughs at the criticisms he overheard. The 
people generally would not believe the pictures 
were the work of a '* nigger.** It was too much, 
to tax their credibility so much. But the criti- 
cisms were generally of a friendly nature, and 
he felt encouraged therebv. 

The first picture that he ever made and sold 
was a portrait of General Grant, and sold to 
Colonel Robert Andrews, General Superinten- 
dent of the Wabash Railroad, at Toleao, Ohio. 
Colonel Andrews paid him $5 for it. Since then 
he has made portraits for Governor Cullom, 
James A. Connelly, United States District At- 
torney, Coles county; Judge O. L. Davis, of the 
Appellate Court; L. C. Collins, Cook county; 
R. W. Miles, Knox county; O. F. Ottman, Stark 
county; R. L. McKinlay, Edgar countv; Thomas 
P. Rogers, McLean county; W. S. llunter, R. 
W. Diller, E. A. Snively, Springfield, and maoT 
others. Ilis work is now scattered through al- 
most every State in the Union, and even in the 
Old World. In the winter of 1880-81, he made 
pictures of Lieutenant Governor Hamilton and 
Speaker Thomas, of the Thirty-second General 
Assembly, both of which \vere purchased by 
their respective Houses. The press of Chicago, 
St. Louis, and other places highly complimented 
this work. 

Mr. Williams received premiums at the San- 
gamon county fairs of 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 
and at the State Fair of 1880. At this latter fair, 
he received two diplomas and a silver medal. 
The diplomas were for the best portraits in 
crayon and pastel, the medal for the beat 
crayon. 

In the life of Mr. Williams, is another illustra- 
tion of what it is possible for one to do in this 
free land. Born a slave, a boot-black in his youth, 
to-day one of the best crayon artists in this 



instructions from another in drawing. He is | country; and, to crown all, truly self-made. 



IIISTORV OF SANGAUOK COUNT!'. 



Chapter XXIV. 



MISCEIXANEOUS. 



In this c)iA{itcr ia prcsenteil a large number of 
historical DoinU, too Mhorl each for a chaiiter, 
yet of sufficient interest and importance lo be 
inseried in the work. 

TUK UORUOXK. 

On their expulsion from tbe Stale of Missouri, 
a number of this peculiar sect who alyle tlieni- 
eelvcB the Lalter-Day Saints, selltcd in Sanga- 
mon county. Among their number was a young 
man named James C.Brewster. In 1842, this 
Brewster publir^heil wfa.tt be termed one of the 
last bioks of the Bible, written by himself when 
<livini-ly inspired. The publication having K-en 
cirenlatod among ihe Mormons at Xauvoo, the 
\anvoo Times and Seasons, Joe Smith's organ, 
gave notice that no one but Smith was pi'rniiUcd 
to be inspired, and that the work in ijneslion 
was a perfect humbufr. 

In 1845, it appears the church in Springfield 
had Receded from theehurch in Mauvoo, and had 
Ket up yonng Brewster as its prophet. His rev- 
elations at this time had become quite nnmcrous. 
Among one of the prophecies of Brewster, wag 
one in relation to the death of Joseph and Ily- 
mm Smith. This prophecy being literally I'ut- 
Hlled, caused many to unite their fortunes with 
him, and "contend for the faith" as promul- 
gated by him. During this year Brewster iiwued 
what purported to be the lost book of Esdeae, 
in which was clearly fortold the deslrnclion of 
Nanvoo. 

SHOOTING STARS. 

T)ie "shooting Stirs" of 1833 will ever be a 
mystery to many, and many will continue to be- 
lieve it wax a fulfillment of the prophecy of 
Christ, that "tbe stars should fall from Heaven 
before that great and notable day of the Lord's 
coming." ITie Sangamo Journal, under date of 
Xovember Ifl, says: 

"An extraordinary phenomenon was observed 
in the Heavens on Tuesday night, November 19. 




At 3 o'clock a. in., the whole atnospfiere wai 
lit up by what appeared to be the falling 
of ravriads of meteors, or what was eommooly 
called 'shooting stars.' At times the .appearance 
wa^ nut inajrtly compared to tbe falling of 
a shower of lire. The air was entirely calm and 
free from cluuds. The scene presented was one 
of extraordinary sublimity, and must have 
excited intenrC admiration in all who beheld iL" 
Tlie Journal, iu its issue of December T, gives 
an illustration of the meteors and extracts from 
New York and Philadelphia papers showing 
that the phenomenon was not local in iu charac- 
ter, but extended over the entire Union. 

COUSTY JAfl- 

A Ideal reporter visiting the jail in 1 P50, thus 
writes; "One of the prisoners is a tittle old 
man who has become quite a fixture in the jail. 
His first name is Peter. About seven years ago 
he was arrested for stealing a lot of copper pipe. 
When his trial was called In the Circuit Court 
his counsel made a rather novel plea — that the 
pipe was real estale^and the jury taking thai 
view of the case gratified Peter by acquitting 
him. We are not informed of the singular 
process by which copper pipe wis reduced to 
real estate, but Peter's counsel explained tbe 
matter to the entire satinfaction of the jury. 
Peter was not long afterwards arrested for steal- 
ing hams from a smoke-bouse. Fortune wis 
against him for a short time in that matter, for 
he was found guilty of burglary and sentenced 
to one year iu the penitentiary ; but his counsel 
applied for a new trial, on the ground that bis 
client had not committed burglary — the law 
saying nothing about bmglsry in connection 
with unlawful entry into a smoke house ! Peter's 
counsel made a good point, and a now trial was 
ordered. It i) supposed that Peter would have 
been tried at the next term of court for larceny — 
and it is equally certain that he would have been 



£.»»^^i>MaMa^ 



HISTORY OF SAXOAHOX COUVTY. 



two acres tbereof, having due regard therein to 
the interest of both parties, and to vxaniine the 
land above and below the property of others 
which may probably overflow; aud all Kpringa 
that may be overflowed by the same, and ap- 
praise the name accordingly to its true Talne, re- 
port that we have diligently innnired into and 
enamined the itanie, above and below the point 
At whic*! said mill-dam is proposed to be erected, 
and find that the land on both sides of said 
Btrcam, together with the bed thereof, wh^re 
said dam is propoKed to be erec cd, belongs to 
the said Thomas Kirkpatrick, and that l>y ercct- 
ine a dam no more than ten feet hish, the 
height said dam is to be ai contemplated by said 
Thomus Kirkpatrick, and estimated by u«, no 
springs, cither above or below said dam will be 
overflown by reason of the erection of ibe same, 
and that no injury will rcsnlt to the properly of 
any individual or individuals whatever by reason 
thereof; and we also believe thai the erection of 
said dam and mills thereon, would be a matter 
of general utility to the neighborhood, saving 
and exce]>ling a quantity of land owned by Wil- 
liam Kirkpalrick, lying above the place where 
tlio proposed dam is to be erected, which is tiub- 
ject to being overflowed by reason of the erec- 
tion of said mill-dam, and wc assess the damages 
by reason thereof at Iwcntr dollars. 

Given under onr hands this lOtli day of March, 

William Brisbin Robert IVnny 

Strother Ball John Dnncan 

John Ray I>avid 8mith 

Washington llonibuckle David Uogan." 

TIIK WKATIIKR, 

The wcaihur is alwi«'s a fmiifnl topic for dis- 
cussion. The editor of a local newspaper, when 
he can Hnd no olbcr subject npon whn^h to write, 
always has a fruitful theme in the weallier. lie 
can praise ilif it is fine, grumble at it if bad. 
Friends or strangers, when meeting, always dis 
CURB the weather. . I^ivem, when loo bashful to 
discuss snob themes as are ever uearest thi 
beirts, talk sliee]}is)ilv about the weather. The 
historian, neglecting tJiis important theme, wi 
be guilty of an unpardonable sin. Therefore it 
is a pleasing duty lo record the following facts 
with relation to the weather,aA tllustratiiig how 
it has behaved itself in the threo-seore years of 
the organised existence of the county: 

MII.D WINTER. 

The winter of leSS-Dd was as mild as I 
winter of 18aO-31 was severe. The Sangai 
Journal for January 5, IKjj, says: 



The season is ucrtaialy remarkable. — For 
several days past we have had no frosta, aud th« 
weather has been as mild as the latter part of 
April usually is. We hear the ,'meltflaotu 
notes' of frogs; the grass has started in many 
parts of the prairies; in the bottoms the May 
apple has sprouted from one to three inches; ana 
most kinds of cattle do well without feeding. 
Plowing is going on tn the vicinity of town. 
We have some feara tbe wana weather will 
cause the wheat to'joinL* To prevent thia, 
whenever it can be done, the wheat shonld b« 
fed Jown by calves, Ac Nodoubl tliose of our 
citizens who left us for Arkansas last summer 
are congratulating themselves on the flne cU- 
mate of that countrv, while they suppose tb* 
lUinoisans are burie)! in snow and suffering froa 
cold weather. Joy remain with them.** 

THB scnnira cuajirs. 
The sudden change in the weather which o» 
curred December 20, 1830, is vividly impresaej 
upon the ininda of many of the old settlers ol 
Sangamon county. There were several inches 
of snow npon the ground, and early in the 
moming rain began to fall, oontinning for soma 
hours, and turning the snow into slush. Wash- . 
inglon Crowder, at present an old citizen of 
Springfleld, then living abont four miles south- 
west of the city, aboat eleven o'olocli started to 
tb« city to procure a marriage license. Mr. 
Crowder earned an umbrella to protect himself 
from the rain, and wore an overcoat reaching 
nearly to his feci. When he had traveled some- 
thing like half ibe distance, and had reached ft 
tioiiit about four miles south of Springfield, hs 
lad a fair view of ihe landscape, ten or twelve 
mites west and north. He saw a very dark cloud, 
a litde north of west, and it apiieared lo be ap> 
pruavliing him very rapidly, accompanied by a 
terifllc, deep bellowing sound. Tie ibought it 
prudent to close his umbrella, lest the wind 
should snatch it from his hands, and dropped 
the bridle reins on the neck of his horse for ibsk 

Fiurpose. Having closed the umbrella and pat 
t under his arm, he was in the act of taking 
hold of the bridle rein, when the cold way* 
struck Jiim. At that instant water was dripping 
from everything abont him, but when he drew 
the reins taut, ice rattled from them. The water 
and sludb almost instantly turned to ice, and 
running water on sloping ground was congealed 
as suddenly as molten lead would harden and 
form in ridges if poured on the ground. Mr. 
Crowder expressed himself quite cure that witb- 
in fifUen minutes from the time the cold blart 



IIISTOKV OF SAXGAMON COUNTY. 



blown down and unroofetl, trccR wer« uprootud, 
aod Hbrubbery :\Dd grain pro.strat«d to tl>e c.-irlli. 
An nccoinpaniment of Heaven'^ artilWry nddcil 
to the terrible ollcct of ilie storm. Wiihcj- 
Brothers had ihcir carriage loamifactorj- blown 
down, entailing a loss of about SU',000 upon 
them. Tlie buildiug was a large three story 
brick. This was the heaviest loss experienced 
by anj one man or firm. ^lany others were 
damaged in amounts ranging from one to five 
hundred dollars. 



A terrific ^torni passed overWiUiamsville ami 
vicinity, Friday, May 14, 1S58. It spent its 
greatest force about one and a half miles north 
of the village, striking with nil i\a forc« the 
dwelling of £vans Britton, and ntterly demol- 
ishing the entire premises. The family, consist- 
ing o? Mr. Itrilton, wife, cliild, and a hired man, 
were all in the second story, and, strange to say, 
neither of tbcm were ijistantly killed, although 
Mr. Britton was dangerondly wounded, his wife 
seriously hurt, but not dangerously, the child 
slightly, and the hired man badly hurt. The 
foundation timbers of the house, being of solid 
oak, eight inches siguare, and thirty ^et long, 
were carried a distance of one hundred and lifty 
yards from where the house stood. The storm 
was accompanied with very heavy hail, damag- 
ing the windowBof every house in the neighbor- 
hood, and a {)crfect deluge of rain carried uif 
nearly every bridge in the surrounding country. 

TORXADO ON SUGAR CBEKK. 

On Thursday, May 30, 1859, a tornado passed 
over a portion of this county on Sugar creek, 
and in the vicinity of Rochester. Its course 
was toward the northeast, and its violence was 
so great as to entirely demolish the residence of 
James Bell, a two-story house. It aUo tore the 
roof from the mill of Ranny •& Bell, both of 
whom were wilbin and serinusty injured. The 
house of Mr. Patterson was blown down, but no 
one injured. Mr. Iliggins' house shared the 
same fate, while the barn of Mr. I'eddccord was 
destroyed. Two boys who were in the barn 
were blown some dist.^nce, but received no in- 
juries. Mr. Uighman's barn was proKtraicd, and 
Mr. Inslce's orchard completely destroyed, and 
bis house, one and a h.alt stories high, built of 
logs, was blown away, nothing being left but the 
foundation logs. Large hickory trees, two feet 
in diameter, were twisted off like pipe stems. It 
was fortunate no losa of life ocenrrad. 



cnoi.EftA. 

In 1832, that dri-aitf ill disease, Asiatic cholera, 
broke out in tlic comity, and liefore its rava"ef 
were checked twenty-two deaths M-curred. 1 he 
physicians of the county, im-lndiug Drs. John 
Todd, Gershoni Jayne, J. M. Karlv, Kpbraim 
IJariliig, K. II. ileriyman, T. llnrglian. Garret 
KIkiii Hud James R. Gray, issued au address tc 
the people of the: cuuuly in which they discussed 
the tjiiestion at some length of the origin of tlie 
disease and its treatment, including mcasuros tc 

Erevent its spread. In 1833, it .tgain ap|ieared, 
lit only two or three cases were regtorled, neith- 
er of which were fatal. In IP3I, the connty es- 
caped having the disease, notwithstanding it 
spread almost tlironghout tlie entire country, but 
in 1834 it appeared much to the alarm of the 
citizens, but without fatal results. 

BIIOKHAKIXe. 

It is reported bv Albion Knotts that when his 
fatlier came to tliis country, in ISlfl, he roou 
learned that the next supply of tboes for hii 
family would have to be manufactuied by biin- 
self, although he bad uever niaile a shoe. This 
discovery was barely made whea he found that 
he must produce the leather also, a» there were 
no tanners in the country, lie first cut down a 
large oak tree, peeled oil the bark and laid it up 
to dry. lie dug a trough in the log as large as 
it would make for a tan-vat. lie tlieit gathered 
up all the hides he could obt.ain. The next 
quciition was how to remove the hair. It was 
known that it could not be done by regular tan- 
ners' process, both for want of the pro{ier ma- 
terials, and the knowledge in naing tliem. Some 
person suggcstoil that it might be done with 
water and .ashes, but great caution wonid be nec- 
essary, lest the solution be made too strong. In 
that event it woidd ruin tlie hides. In his ex- 
treme caution he did not make it strong enough, 
and so removed but a little more Ibau half the 
hair. In place of grinding the bark he beat it 
upon a stump with tlie poll of an axe. lie then 
put the hides in the trough, covered Uiem with 
the pulverized bark, put on weights to keep the 
mass down, and filled the trough with water, 
changing the bark several times during the sum- 
mer. As winter approached he took the hides 
out, though not more than half tanned, and 
made them into shoea. lie made tliem on what 
was called the stitch down plan. Th.at is, in place 
of turning the npper IcatD«r nnder the last,- it 
WM turned outward and sewed with a straighi 
awl throujih the npper and sole. This would 
i>* - walk around tl>e shoe thata mouse might 



HISTORY OF SAKSAMON COUNTV. 





















































































1815 


ITft 


















1851 


22ft 



1853 - 
ISM.. 
I8H.. 
!<:<».. 
1W8.. 
IftST.. 
1M8.. 

lew.. 



18M... 
ItWJ... 
I80S... 

tmr. . 

IWW- . . 
IH».., 
1870... 
If 71.. 
1872.. 
IB78.. 
1874... 
1875. . 
1876. . 
1877. . 
1878., 
18TS.. 
1880.. 



Total 17.020 

A glnnce nt tbc forccoiiif! fignres shows oob- 
clusively tbnt llie matrimonial mnrketis affected 
by the state of the tioiea. In 1837 hard limes 
But in, but this connty w.is not visibly affected 
until the follon-ine year. For ten yoars busineas 
of all kinds was diill and many «ere forced into 
b.iiikru(>icy. It will be seen that it toot ten 
years to restore the normal candition of the mnl- 
rimonial market. Again in 1858, b.inks suspend- 
ed and a season of dt;prcesion set in and fewer 
marriages were contracted for seviral yean. 
Still auain in 1874, the same slate of affairexist- 
ed. The war, too, caused a falling olf Id tne 
number of marriages annnally contracted, bntin 
IfitJU, when ibe boys got home, there were a Ixrgcr 
nnmbcr of licenses issued by the county clerk 
ihan in any year since the oi^nization of the 
county. 

RENDITION Oy A FUGITIVE BL.WE. 

The rights of pro|>erly in slaves, and the appli- 
cation of the Fugitive Stave Law were often 
contested in the courts of the Northern Suteta, 
previous to the rebellion of the slave-holding 
States. As late as February, ISGO, a case was 
tried in Springfictd before United Stales Com- 
tnis.iioncr Cornean, on the application of George 
M. Uiekinson, of Shelby county, Missouri, for the 
delivery of a fugitive slave, which he claimed 
was his property. 



At the ojtcning of the case. W. A. llerndon, 
one of the counsel for the fugitive, moved a post- 
pone me iit of a few dayn, giving as » reason for 
liis motion, that he expecli'd p.ipers from Quincy 
that wonid prove the n^sro a free man. lie ad- 
vtit-aied the motion with eloquence, and made 
an afttdavit setting forth the faeti) he ex)iecled 
to prove. lie also offered the negro's affidavit, 
bnt the Commis'sioner refused lb receive it, and 
ovt-rruted the niolion for a eonlinuance. 

The eounfel for the claimant introduced two 
witnesses, both of whom swore positively tliat 
the smiling African before them was the prop. 
erty of George M. Diekinson, of Shelby county, 
Misjtonri, and that he r.in away sometime dur- 
ing the fall of 1857. Their testimony was very 
direct, and the cross-ex a mi nations did notj tend 
to weaken it. One of the witnesses said the 
negro had a slight defect in one of his legs, and 
therefore the counsel for the claimant asked the 
urgro to take a short walk. Chairs were accord- 
ingly set a^ide and a clear way made for him, 
but when be was told by one of^his counsel that 
be ooidd walk or sit still, just as he pleased, he 
said that he would rather remain in his seal. 

The defense called several witnesses, but the 
evidence did not go to prove that the negro had 
lived here prior to the time of his alleged de- 
parture from jSlissouri. At theconclnsion of the 
testimony, the counsel for the claimant asked 
■hat the negro be delivered by the Commissioner 
to the custody of Mr. Diekinson. Mr, llcrndoo 
rose and said that no proof had been offeied of 
the existence of slavery in Missonri, and he 
thonght that the Ctnnraissioiier had no right to 
presume from historical knowledge that Klissnuri 
was a slave State. He spoke at considerable 
length, and his remarks in favor of the j>oor 
outcast, for whom, as he bitterly said, he was 
only allowed to appear by courtesy, touched the 
hearts of a targe majority of his hearers, John 
E. Rosette followed in behalf of the slave, tak- 
ing the same ground as Mr. Ilerndon, that clear 
Croof was necessary that Missouri was a slave 
olding State, and quoted from the Fug ti^-e 
Slave I^w to make his position good. 

George F. Pearson, counsel for the claimant, 
followed Mr. lloselte, and on the cnnclu.sion of 
his sjieech the Commissioner dceided to deliver 
the negro to Mr. Dickinson. 



Although Sangaii 



IKS Oy l.AMD. 

county was settled ; 



IIISTORV OF SANGAMON COUSTV. 



Chapter XXV. 



AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTUItAL SOCmXIES. 



Sangamon coiiiily is recognized as one of tlie 
best agricultural couatlcs in the Slat«. The 
county was originnlly settled by men trained in 
agricultural imr«uiu, Uie larger part Wing immi- 
grants from the Sonth. They brought with 
tbem but little capital — in manj instances only 
eufHcienl to buy the land on which they located. 
However, they brought with them that which 
ta better tliau money — industrions habits; aud 
under the guiding influence of a superior intel- 
ligein'c. they coon brought their lands into a 
high Htiile of cultivation, m> that lo-day Snnga- 
moii county occupies the proud position of being 
one of the bust agricultural counliui in the 
State, and wlicrc it pays to farm. 

Few counties iu the State as large as Sanga- 
mon but have more land not lit for cultivation. 
The ])roportioQ of unimproved laud here U ijuite 
small. In many counties .ilong the margin of 
the streams, after e.vtending back for more than 
a mile, the land is unfit for cultivation, bat not 
so in Singamon. Along the banks of its river 
and principal creeks, lie sonic of the inoct pro- 
ductive farms in the county. 

Among the products of Sangamon county, as 
well as throughout the Union, com takes the 
precedence as being the most protitable and pe- 
culiarly adapted to tlic soil. Winter wheat, next 
to corn, is the most imjioriant gi-sin raised in 
the county. In its early history abundant crops 
were raised, with scarcely a failure, but finally, 
for some cause, little could be raitiied, and it be- 
came exceedingly unproHtablc to sow the grain. 
In the last decade a change has again occurred 
and winter wlieat has again got lo be one of the 
staple productions of the county. In ISijO there 
were planted one hundred and twenty-three 
thousand eight hundred and foi-ty-two acres of 
corn; and lifty-five thousand seven hundred and 
fifty-eight acres of wheat were sown. la that 



year it was estimated tliat the cum crop would ' 
produce tifty bushels to the acre, a total of six | 
million one hundred and ninety-two thousand 
one liuiidn-d bushels; wheat was estimated at 
twenty bushels to the acre, or one million one 
hnndivd and lifteeu thousand one hundred and 
sixty bushels. 

When considered in connection with the arti- 
ficial grasses, and the nuurishmcnl and improve- 
ment it alfords to the live stock, especially the 
horse, this graiu may b« consider*^ as one of 
the most important here prmluoed. Its yield is 
generally abundant and profitable. The usual 
yield is from thirty-five to fifty bushels per 
acre. In ISSU there were sown twelve thousand 
four hundred and sixty-six acres, which yielded 
forty buslicis per acre, a total of four hundred 
and ninety-cigot thousand six hundred and forty 
bushels. 

In 1880, there were twenty-two thousand thre* 
hundred and thirty-two acres in timothy meadow, 
which vielded a tun and a half to the acre. 

In addition to those articles already mentioned 
ever)' product peculiar to this latitude is raised 
here, including rye, Itarley, Irish and sweet 
potatoes, and buckwheat, there being soil in the 
cDuntv )K'culiarly adapted to each. 

In fruit much is being done, almost every 
farmer devoting a few avres to its cultivation. 
Almost every variety of apple adapted to this cli- 
mate is raised here, while peaches, pear #, plnma, 
gi-apcs and other small fruit come in for a share 
of attention. 

jir.KICIILTrBAL SOCIETIKS. 

Tlie isolated ooou])ation of the farmer caii*e« 
him to act slowly in availing himself of the gun- 
erally conceded advantAgos of associi 
oo-o|f.'rBtion. Hut at a very early di 
nings were made by our Illinois farinei^ 



HISTOKY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



direction. Wmxia, id his "Two Yetra' R«ii- 
denoe in the Settlement on tlie English 
Pnirie, in tbe IllinoU Couutry,** ttu^M, writ- 
ing io 1820: "An agricultural eocii^ty was 
establUbed ]»»l year in tbe Stnte of Illinois, and 
Mr. IJirbcck made President. It Iicld itd first 
meeting in K&skaskia; but wbether tbere has 
been any other meeting I do not know." Fanx, 
in his "Memorable Days in America," writing 
from the Wabash country, nii<lur date XoveinWr 
34, 181ft, says of Morris Birback: "He, only a 
few days since, returned from a tour throng Illi- 
nois, by way of Kascasky, where he was chosen 
President of tlie Agricultural Society of Illtnoie, 
one graiid object of whicli will be to rid tlie 
State of st^nant waters." This fixes the date 
of organisation, but docs not indicate who were 
tbe other officers. 

The Edwardsville Spectator, printed on 
May lUth, \»iO, contains a letter to Henry S. 
Dodge, Secretary of tbe Agricultural Society of 
tbe State of Illinois, from Curtis Ulnkeinan, of 
Madison couuty, who gives an account of a crop 
of corn, of between nine and ten acres; Yield- 
ing one hundred and twenty bushels to ibe acre. 
From this it is supposed Sir. Dodge was tbe 
first Secretary of toe organization. I'be same 
paper, of the date of February Sa, 1R22, con- 
tains an essay by Dr. Wordsworth, " read before 
the Agricultural Society of the SsaU of Illinois, 
on the 10th of December last (18-21 )" Tbe of* 
ficcrs of the Society, elected December 8, 1833, 
were: Edward Coles, President; Shndrach Bond, 
Vice President; Abner Field, Second Vice Pres- 
ident; William M. Brown, Secretary; Elijah C. 
Berrv, Treasurer; and a committee of corres- 
pontfence, consisting of William S. Hamilton, 
tesra Baker, A, W. Edwarda, George CInirchiU 
and David Blackwell. One of these, George 
Clturchill, writing many years afterwards, said: 
"The members, becoming tired of keeping up 
their organixation, turned over their Murplna 
funds to tbe Sunday school agent (Kev. J. M. 
Peck,) and disbanded." 

A second Illinois State Agricultural Society 
was oi^anized at Springfield, about the begin- 
ning of 1841. At a meeting held in Januair.of 
that vear, James M. Bradford presided, and John 
S. Wright was Secretary. James N. Brown, of 
Island Grove township, Sangamon county, re- 
ported a conatitution, which was discussed and 
adopted. On tbe tifteeiithof January, another 
meeting was held and Mr. Brown reported a list 
of officers: William Wilson, of White county, 
I^esideni; Isano S. Biitton, of Sangamon, Sec- 
retary; John Williams, Sangamon, Treasurer. 



If this Society ever held an exhibition it cannot 
be learned from any records left by it. 

About this time, County Agriciiliiiral Societies 
were orgaiiixcd all over toe State, among others, 
one in Sangamon county, which gave snmo two 
or three annual exhibitions and then fai ed. 

THE FiBST cnu:<Tr faik. 

In relation to tbe first Agricultural Fair held 
in Sangamon county, the following interview is 
taken from the Sangaroo Monitor, August Iti, 
1B81: 

" ' Speaking of our county fair," said the ven- 
erable Major Arny Kobinson, to a newspaper re- 
porter yesterday afternoon, as they both were 
Hitting in a room in the third story of tbe State 
House, with their feet upon the table, enjoying 
the refreshing breeze that came in at the spac- 
ious window, ' I tliink I am entitled to a compli- 
mentary ticket to the fair this fall, and those lel- 
lowH ought to give it to me.* 

" ' How so?* queried the newspaper man.* 

"'Why, I was the Secretary of tbe Jirat board 
of agriculture and the first fair beld in this 
couiitv,* replied the Major. 

'* l^iis was something new to tbe iteraixer, and 
without taking out his book and neocil, to alarm 
the gentleman over the fact that ne was going to 
get in priut, the request was made that he recite 
as mucn of the circumstances as be could call to 
mind. 

'" Well,' said Amy,' that was along timeago, 
and a man as old as I am, is apt to forget a great 
deal. Tbe society was organized in the spring 
or summer of 1837. I was Secretary, Isaac S. 
Briiton was President, and if I remember right- 
ly, Sanford Watson was the Treasurer. There 
were not a great many in the society, and of 
those, I call to mind, Logan Hall, Charles R. 
Matbeny, William S. Pickrall and Jesse Pick- 
reli. TTiere were others, of course, but of them 
all, I am tbe only one living. The fair was beld 
in September, 1637 — the exact date oF course I 
don't remember — in lies' pasture, and at that 
time the pasture was a right smart distance from 
the town. The fair lasted three or four days 
and there was a pretty good turn out of the peo- 
ple from the country and every bodv in town 
went. Of course we had no bootfas then, or a 
high hoard fence enclosing the grounds, as tb« 
boys in those days had'nt been educated tocrawl- 
ing through hog holes and spyingover the fenoe. 
The fence around the pasture was a common rail 
fence, any bodv could nave stood on the outside 
mnd seen the whole show, bnt tbey did'nt do that 



HISTORY OF SANCAMOX COUNTY. 



tind of business. They all went to thu gap, )Niid 
theinwenty-Bve cents and went in.' 

'"Thoae bringing stock toexliibit would ii<' in 
Uie corner of lUo fence and then when the time 
for making the awards came, we would way to 
some fellow, 'Here! you bring up your cows, 
bogs, borseit, etc.,' and after jiasiting inspection 
a ribbon was always put on.' 

" < At that fair w.-m the firtit Berkshire sow, I 
ever saw, and the first one I gness in this seclion 
of the country. It was the property of Miss 
Luoretia Watson. She has been married a long 
time, but I declare I have forgotten to whom. 
Well, everything at the fair had to have a name, 
and Lucrelia came to nie for a name for the sow. 
It was a mighty pretty animal, but I didn't 
know what name to Rtve it. However, as she 
insisted, 1 named it Sally Snooks, and I guess 
you can net it down as the first Berkshire having 
A name in the county.' 

" ' Well,' spoke the reporter, after Amy bad 
raised uu in Lis seat to be more comfortable, 
' why dion't you keep it upV 

"'Well, that is something I cannot tell. The 
fair, as I said, lasted about four davs, and after 
that ihf whole Oiing fell through.'"'' 



The Sangamon County Agrieultural and 
^lechanical Association was organized Oetober 
7, IS53, and incorporated by act of legislature, 
approved February 1!, Ifl.'i3. They held a very 
interesting and succei^sful exhibition at Spring- 
field in 1852, but in consequence of the Slate 
Fair being held at Springfield in 18.^3 aad 1851, 
it held no exhibitions those years. The society 
purchased twenty acres of land west of the city, 
on which they erected buildings and other 
accommodations for the fair, at a cost of $t,000. 
In 1S54, the officers were : James McConnell, 
President ; Henry Jacoby and James N. Brown, 
Vice Presidents ; John Williams, Treasurer ; 
T. G. Taylor, Recording and Corresponding 
Secretary. 

This society held annual meetings for many 
years with great success, their exhibitions for 
some years being equal to those of the Slate 
Fairs. For some cause, the society disbanded 
in 18i)9, and no further exhibitions were held 
by it 

RASr.AMON COttNTT AGBICt'LTURAl. BOAttD. 

But it could not be expected that a county 
the size of Sangamon, with all its wealth and 
indomitable pluck, would be without its annual 



fair. Accordingly, in 1»TI anew ut^auisatiun 
was effected, known as the i^angamon County 
Agricultural Board, which at once look steps to 
continue the annual exhibitions. The followring 
Coustitulion was adopted Dect'mber S, 1871, and 
amended ^larch 37, 1376. As amended it readi 
as follows : 

amsTiTOTiON. 

ARTirr.E 1. — This a.«sociation shall be known 
.as the Sangamon County Agricultnral Board. 

AHTirLK 2. — The objects of the Sangainun 
County Agricultural Board shall be to promote 
the general welfare of the industrial classes, and 
to add to the wealth and attraction of Sangamon 
county by fostering and encouraging the sciences 
of AgncuUiire, Ilorlicullure, Mechanics, Mining 
and Fine Arts, as jirovided in " An act to creabe 
a Department of Agriculture in the St.'ite of Illi- 
nois," apjproved April 17, 1871; and acts amend- 
atory thereto. 

A»Tici,K 3. — Skciios 1. The officers of this 
Board shall consist of a President, one Vice 
President from each township in the county, 
(said Vice Presidents to be the Su)>crvisora), and 
five (5) Directors, (three of whom shall rcsid« 
outside the city of Springlield ), a Secretarj' and 
a Treasurer. 

Section 2, Said officers ( except Vice Presi- 
dents) shall be chosen biennially, by ballot, at 
the Fair Grounds, on Wednesday of the Fair, 
and hold oftire for two years from the first day 
of January' thereafter, or until their snccessors 
are elected. Polls for said election to be open 
from nine a. m. to four p. m. 

Where ballots are cast for two or more per- 
sona for the same office, the one receiving th« 
highest number of votes shall be declared elected. 

Section 3. Duties. The duties of the officers 
hereby created shall be those usually performed 
by ofhciTs in similar positions, and that may be 
assigned them by a majority of Oie Execntiv« 
Committee present and voting. 

Ssci'tON *. Vacancies. In case of a vacancy 
in the office of President, from any cause, the 
duties of such officer m.ay be performed by such 
one of the Kxecutive Committee as may lie se* 
lected. 

An nri.K 4.— Suci m.v 1. The F.xeculive Com- 
mittee shall consist of the President, Secretary, 
Tre.isurer, .ind five Directors, a majorityof whom 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business and the management of the Sangamon 
Counly Agricultural Hoard, and control the fi- 
nances of the snma. 

Skction 3, They shall have i>ower to exp* 
officers, for good and sufficient cause, to be sprpi 



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upon their jonrnaly and to Hll vacancies in their 
nnmber, arising from any canse. 

Section 3. They shall have power to enact 
By-Laws for the government of their meetings, 
and those of the Board, and to make rules and 
regulations for the management of its Fairs and 
to prescribe the requirements for membership in 
the Sangamon County Agricultural Board. 

Articlk 5. This Constitution cannot be altered 
or amended without a majority vote by ballot, of 
all stockholders, and shall be altered only at the 
time of holdinff the bi-ennial election. 

Notice signed by at least twenty-five stock- 
holders, of any proposed change in the Consti- 
tution, must be ^ven the Executive Committee, 
who shall publish the same, in at least one 
Spring6eld paper, thirty days before the bi-en- 
Dial election. 

BT-LAWS. 

Abt. I. This Board shall consist of such cit- 
izens of the county or State, as shall subscribe 
and pay for one or more shares of the capital 
stock of this Board. 

Art. II. The officers of this Board shall be 
a President, one Vice President from each town- 
ship in the County, (said Vice Presidents to be 
the Supervisors in office), a Secretary, a Treas- 
urer and five Directors, three of whom shall re- 
side outside the City of Springfield. 

Art. III. There shall be .an annual meeting 
of the Executive Committee of the Board, in the 
City of Springfield, the first Wednesday in 
January, of each year. 

Special meetings may be convened by the 
President, when he may deem it necessary, or 
upon request of two or more members of the 
Executive Committee. 

Art. IV. The President shall be ex-officio 
President of the convention of stockholders, for 
the election of ofiicers of the Sangamon County 
Aericultural Board. 

It shall be his duty to preside at all meetings 
of the Board, to preserve order and to enforce 
these rules. 

He shall si^n all orders upon the Treasurer, 
except as hereinafter provided, before the same 
shall be payable, asa generally discharge the 
duties pertaining to his position in deliberate 
bodies. 

Art. v. The Vice Presidents are charged 
with the interests of the Board in the townships 
in which they respectfully reside, and they will 
constitute a medium of communication between 
the Board and the general public. 

Ari. VI. Any member of the Executive 
Committee shall be eligible to the position of 



President ptxhtetupore^ and the acts of such 
officer in the absence of the President shall be 
valid. 

Art. VII. The Treasurer shall have charge 
of all moneys under the control of the County 
Agricultural Board, and the collection of all 
stocks as the Board may prescribe, and pay out 
the sums only upon voucners, approved by the 
President and countersigned by the Secretary, 
or signed by the Auditing Committee. 

He shall give bonds with approved security, 
for the faithful discharge of his duties as Treas- 
urer, and for the safe custody of funds in hia 
hands, in such amounts as the Executive Board 
may require. 

lie shall receive from the Auditing Com- 
mittee such tickets as may be provided for by 
the Board, and giye his receipt for the same, as 
for money received, and shall superintend the 
sale of the same, under such rules as the Execu- 
tive Committee may prescribe. 

He shall furnish annually to the Executive 
Committee, a detailed statement of the finances, 
givine the sums and sources of money coming 
into his hands, and produce properly signed 
vouchers for all sums paid out by him. 

Art. VIII. When cash premiums are awarded 
by the board, they shall be paid by the Treasurer, 
on checks drawn by the Secretary upon him, 
which checks when properly endorsed and paid, 
shall be the Treasurer's vouchers for the same. 

Art. IX. The Secretary of the Sangamon 
County Agricultural Board shall keep the 
minutes of all meetings of the Board and Ex- 
ecutive Committee — shall have charge of the 
records^ attend to Uie correspondence of the 
Board, and shall act as Secretary of the conven- 
tion of stockholders for the election of members 
of the Board. 

He shall provide a suitable ballot-box and a 
list of stockholders of the Board, and keep a 
correct record of the vote of the convention for 
the election of officers and directors. 

He shall prepare the annual report to be sent 
to the State Board of Agriculture, and shall per- 
form such other duties as may be prescribed by 
the County Agricultural Board. 

Art. X. 1 he Executive Committee shall ap- 
point two stockholders to act as an Auditing 
Committee, whose duty shall be to audit all billa 
of indebtedness incurred during, or in imme- 
diate preparation for the Fair; and no such bill 
shall be paid unless it has been audited by said 
committee. They shall have exclusive charge of 
the gates and keepers and all tickets for the 
same, except complimentary, and turn the same 



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over to the Treasurer, talcing hii receipt therefor 
aa for mnney in the amount represented by >ud 
tickets, and'ahali settle witb tnat officer at tlie 
close of all Fairs. 

Art. XI. All rcDOrts of committees shall be 
in writing, and sliall be entered in the proceed- 
ings of the Hoard, or kept on file by the Secretary. 

Akt. XII. The Board of Directors, sbsll, at 
the lime of making out preminm liata of Fairs, 
appoint one Superintendent to each class, or de- 
partment: tliey shall aho appoints saperintend- 
ent to lake eharge of the purchase and distribu- 
tion of forage and litter and water, for stock on 
exhibition. 

They shall also appoint a Superintendent of 
Grounds, who shall have charge of the police, 
also a Marshal of the Ring, whose duty it shall 
be to kec]> order in the exhibition ring, amphi- 
theater, and announce awards. 

Among tho^ contributing to the Assooiation, 
and thiiH becoming members of the Board, were 
the following named stockholders. 

SANtiAUON COCHTY AGRICULTURAL BOABD. 



Adams, J. H. 
Ackcrmun & Nolle 
Alexander, David 
Alvey, J. W. 
Anderson, II. K. 
Auxier, BcnJ. L. 
AreiilLChirlciO. 
Ayres, B. W. 
Billuu, Gvoi^ A. 
Barber, A J. 
Bartcley.J. H. 
Barnes, Ezra, Sr. 
Beard, William 
Bcerup. Cbarlus 
Bell, J U. 
Bel1,,H('lTia 
Benjamin. 8. 
Beoncit, Ed. W. 
Benncu, William A. 
Benncit, Un, William A, 
Itenncit, W. E. 
Berrj-, J. A. 
Bicrcc, E. B. 
Bigclow, J. K. 
Bird, Jiicob 
Black, Gt-orge N. 
Blood, Grtirge L. 
ItollnBir. G. W. 
Bourne. J. M. 
Boyd, Rut ion 
Itndfonl, J. S. 
Bradford. Mrs. J. 8. 
Bradley, L. H. 
Bradley. Mrs. L. H. 
Brady, Thomas 
Bnufleld. W. R. 
BreDDAD, P. 
Breu, John 
BrrMmer, John 
IlrUfos, Jsmes 



Bridges, Jeptha 
BriDkcrhoO, G. U. 
Brjakerhoff. Urs. Q. H. 
Britten, Bran 
Britten, Henry 
Britten, J. U. 
Broclc, Daniel 
Brooks, i. W. 
Brown, B. T, 
Brown. C. 6. 
Bri.Hii, Uivighi 
Bruwn, Geor^-eH. 
Brown, William 
Bniwiiio}!, A. M. 
Bullitrd, Jubn 
Dullard. VfcfXev 
BuDD. Alice E. 
Bunn. Elizabtrtb J. 
Bunn, George W. 
Biinn, Henry 
BiiiiD, J:ii-ub, Jr. 
BuitD, Jacob, Sr. 
Bunn, J. W. 
Bunn, EtnliieJ. 
Bunn, W. F. 
Rurke, Gi'orire W. 
Bycrllne.J. O. 
Cldwcll, B, F. 
Caldwell. G. M. 
Ciildwell. Mr«. Q. H. 
Campbell, W. K. 
CaDlcrherry, O. P. 
Carpenler, George 
CHrler, P. 8. 

Chniici ton, George W„ Jr, 
Ohcnery, C. E. 
I'liunery, JiimPH H. 
Cliencry, J. L. 
aicucrj', J, W. 
Cheaery, T. W. 



Chenery, W. D. 
Cbenery, Mr*. W. D, 
ChesDui, J. A. 
Clark. B. J. 
Cline William 
Cloyd, Statlbew 
ColemuD, Jenuis B. 
Coleman, L. Q. 
Condvll, M. B 
Conkling &, Hall 
Constant, J. H. 
Con sunt, John T. 
Constant, W. F. 
Constant, W. S. 
Converse, A. L. 
Converse, Henry 
Converse, W. O. 
Cuavcrae, Mr*. W. O. 
Cooper, Med. 
Corrcll, <;arnelius 
Correll. D. 8. 
Correll, H. O. 
Correll, Thomas 
Couni:il, George W. 
Council, John 
Council, Robert 



Cross, E. 

Crowley. Charles O. 
Culloro, S. H. 
Currier. J. H. 
Currier, Mrs. J. H. 
Currier, 8. W. 
Curry, John 
Curry, R. L. 
Dalby, Joel 
Daniellle, J. H. 
Dawson, B. 
Day. Geo. W. 
Diiy, R. ft H. 
Dewtit, J. A. 
Dubois, J. E. 
Dunlap, J. R. 
Dunnick, Nichulai 
Eicl^un & Rhodes 
Elkin, Arlliur 
Elmore, H. H. 
Elliott, Temp. 
Euglaiid, M. R. 
Enos, Zimri A. 
Enos. Mrs. Zimri A. 
Epling, W. A. 
Fa can, Geo, 
Farr.A. 
Fnssett, Fnmk 
Fsyurt, H. 
Ferguson, B. H. 
Fisher, A. H. 
FiMher, J. B. 



riagg. 
FlcuHx 



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Flctinter. BenJ. 
Fleury, Frank 
Foster, Jacob 
Foutch, Juhn 
FOX.B F. 
Francis. Joslah 
Frsna. B. 
Freeman, C. W. 
I Frood, John 



Fulllnwider. J. H. 
Fullinwidcr, Mrs. J. N. 
Osrland, A. H. 
Garland, J. H. 
Gardner, Hiram' 
Galton, G. E. 
Gallon, J. N. 
Gehriiinnn, C. A. 
Gilbreth. W. C. 
Gillett, Leslie 
Gilpin, Euoch 
01a(»cock, James B. 
Glasscock, Thomas 
Glnsscock, Travis 
Gllddcn & Co. 
Grant, Davkd 
Gray, B.C. 
Qreen, Fred 
Green, H. 8. 
Greenwood, Jas. W. 
Orimelcy, W. P. 

Grots. W. L. 

Groves, G. A. 
Grabb, Amot 

Haines, B. F. 

Haines, MiS. Harriet 

Hall, Chas. B. 

Hall, D. 8. 

Hall, D H. 

Hall. B. A. 

Hail, J. A. 

Hail, O. P. 

Hamilton, L. F. 

Happer, A. F. 

Harfcw, R. A. 

Harris, Charles 

Harris, W. P, 

Harts. P. W. 

Harvey, 0. D. 

Ray, H. 

Hays, W. S. 

Hedges, C. C. 

Hclinle, C. A. 

Henkle. J. C. 

Herndon, B. B. 

HenidoD, R. F. 

Hickey. D. 

Hickos, C.V. 

HIckox, H. 

HigUmore, J. 8. 

Hltt, 8. N. 

Hoflerkamp, H. 

HolTerkamp, J. H. 

Holland, W. H. 

Holly. W. H. 

Hood, Samuel 

Howard, P. 

Howerstine, Henry 

Huber. F. 

Hudson, J. h. 

IlulTakcr, W. B, 

Huffman^. P. 

Hussey, W. S. 

Hutton. T. J. 

Ide, A. L. 

lies, Edward 

He*. Elijah. Br. 
lies, Elijsh F. 

lies, Mrs. Mildred 

Jayne, Wm. 



HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTV. 



JohuKOD, Joel 
Joliusoa, Lewti 
Joiics, David O. 
JoucB, Geo- B. 
Joiifs, J. B. 
JobM, J.W. 
JoncB, S. 11. 
Jooes, Wm. II. 
Journal CompnoT 
KUia, T. W. 8. 
Kiiiibcr & Itigsdule 
King, J. C. 
King, TlioinnsS. 
Kinney, Henry 
Kcnwr, Riuben 
Kessbert'tT. August 
Kcycs, Chas. A. 
Knnpp, A. L. 
Knluht, Ira 
KreiBeckcr. D. C. 
EuECl, J. A. 
Lake. Elicn M. 
Luke, JoltQ S. 
Lnke. Mr* JulU 
Lake, T. W. 
LRnpliiiT, Chai. H,, Jr. 
Lnthiim, Geo. C. 
Lalbani.H.C. 
Lawler, James 
Lawrence, R. D. 
Loepke, C. 
Leavenon, WilsoD 
Lel;ind, Homce 
Leonard. Jai'ob 
Leslur, Jiimes 
Level, J. M. 
Le«i«. JobnM. 
I^wis, John P. 
Lewis, O. 

Ligbifoot, Goodrich 
Ligliifoot, Wm. H. 
Liule, O. 
Liule, &. N. 
Liule, T. 8. 
Liule, Mrs, T. 8. 
Lilller, D. T. 
Ix>ni:, Cbns. H. 
L'off, Mrs. J.Q. 
Loose, JoHCph 
LvoQ, H. D. 
MHlone, A. 0. 
Marsii, W. H. 
Miison, J. A. 
Hiison, John L. 
»uson, Nouta 
Mason, Sclb 
M«!Oii,W. T 
Mnlheoy, C. W. 
M„Ui,ny.J.iint«H. 
Maibeny, Nouti 
Mailicrs. Tliumas 0. 
McClelland. John 
McClellanil, Robert Jr. 
MuClelluud, Tbomai 
McCk-rnnnd, JoIidA. 
McCoDnell. A. B, 
McCouiiell, JotaD 



McCrenry. Jchn 
McDiinieln, George 
Mc(iionl«. Jobn 
-McGinnis. \V. W. 
Mi-Kinnoy, Cbas- E. 
SU-Kinmy. W. P. 
MiKiosiry, O. H. 
SIcTngg^tt. D. 
McTiiggiiM, R. 
SkVeTgh. B. F. 
Slerrimiin, George 
MctTiii, E. L-.&Bto. 
Mi'Bicr, Her mil a 
ML't7.ger, George 
Millar, n.arlei 
Miller, Mis. Fannie 
Miller. H. 
Miller, J. A. 
Miller, Joseph 
Million. J. L ■ 
Mills, Chorles F. 
Mill!, Mrs- CbarleiP. 
Mills, Cailyle 
Mills J. T. 
Moore, M. M. 
Morgan, Jucob 
Muuni, Charles E. 
Mourer, Georce W. 
Mueller, H. E. 
Myers, Davideun & Henley 
Myers, Frank 
Mvfrs, Pat 
Nci.1. P. H. 
Neilson, Archie 
Ncsbiit, S. O. 
Kuckols, T J. 
Ordwsy, Waller 
Orendorll, A. 
OrcndorlT, Mrs. JulU 
Olt, Daniel A. 
Palmer. John M, 
Pasfleld. George 
Pasfleld, Hiilire 
Patlon, Juniea W. 
Paulen Debold 
Pearer, J. M. 
Perkin*, J, B. 
Pethins, R. L. 
Perkins, T.M. 
Pheasant. Snniuel 
Pitkrell, Fn.nk 
Pickrell, George 
Pii:krcll, WalBon 
Pickrell, Wni. 
PicrBon, J. O. 
Pullaid, Jsmcii A. 
PoonnHn, J. M., Br, 
Post, C. R. 
Power, Oeor^re, Sr. 
Power, J. E. 
Praibrr, John, Jr. 
Praihcr, S. E. 
Price, J. F. 
Pritsr, John W. 
Primm. E. 
Primni, Mrs. B. 
Puliiiim, JonulhAD 
Pyle, J.4kwson 
Itkddiir, C. C. 



Sl.'Cor, M. D. 
Rankin. Mrs. S. i. 
Rankin. W L. 
Iteece, J. N. 
Reilly. Chirle* 
RicliiintMin, Ada 
RirliNiilMin, Eaima 
Iticniinloon, W. D. 
Ui<-har<lM>n, Hn. W. O. 
Rl-Iscly, Charte* 
Ridci.-)r. Henry 
ttlilgely, N. H. 
Ri»ll!.ly, Wm. 
Rippun, JnliD 
- IT. P. H. 



enwald, 8. 
Hos.. W, R. 
Kuckcl. J. 
R'ipp. Philip 
Itnih. R. F. 
Ituix, Kdwftnl 
Sa<krlt. C. C. 
Salter. J. D. B. 
iSalxenstein. E. 
Suiiiiders, A. H. 
Saunders. H. A. 
Saunders. J. R. 
Snnnders, Mil Ion 
Si-hnueniiin. John 
Sc hides, Samuel D. 
Srhuck, J. H, 
Shirliy. John 
Shoup. Siinme) H. 
Sham ui el, Georgl 
Sbuii. W. E. 
Sim«, A. M 
SimmnoB. Prank 
Simpson, William 
Smilliers, M. 
gmiih, C M. 
Smith. D, W. 
Smith kV: Hay 
Bniitn, J. D. 
Smiib, John D. 
Smilh, John T. 
Siiiilb, J. Taylor 
Smith. J. 8. 
Sniiih, UoydB. 
Smilh, Samuel 
Smilh. TliuniBS 
Spalb. George 
PprlneiT. Pliil. H. 
Sialcy, W. H. 

6t.irae! C. A. 
8tcbbinB, 0. F. 
Sleele. R. 0. 
Steieer. C. P. & Brother 
Suiib.*iner, A. W. 
Si em, Solomon 
Sioui, Jiiiiie* M. 
Sirmlimiin.J.O. 
Stuart, J. T. Jr. 

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Rilnec. J. O. 
Sluve. Hi-niafd 
Tavlor. F, K. 
Taylor. l*nne J. 
Thayer. E. H. 
Thompson. A. F. 
Thom|.s.Hi. A, T 
TliomptLun. Harrey 
Tinioihy, C D. 
Tracy, CiiHer 
Tracy. Fnink W. 
Trimhip. Mrs. B.J. 
Trimble, Geo. 
Tntsell. C. 
Truinbo, H >mei>* 
Turner. Clhirlrs M, 
Twisi, Jobn A. 
Viinlk-rjion, Pi-ler 
Vnnce, Ira W. 
VanDujii. 0. A. A Co. 
Vnuniilir, C. C. 
Vanm.ler.J. R. 
Vincent, John A. 
Vredenluirg, Peter 
Wadsworih. M. O. 
Wallher & Hocbl 
Ward. W. D. 
Wardner. Heury 
Wiiiren, Plill. 
Wurren. W. M. 
Watson, Cha.lesP. 
Watwin. Harrj- C. 
Watts. A.B. 
Walls, Edwin 
Wetx-r. Geo. P. 
Werner, Cbarlea 
WcrtcBberger, O, 
White, E. W. 
Wickcrsbnm, O. 
WipcinB. N. B. 
Wilbur, tfiepben H- 
Wilcox,J.L. 
Williams, Albert P. 
Wit Hams, George 
William*, Henry a 
Wlllluni>>, John 
Williams, John E, 
WllliumsMrs. Lydia 
Wilms, F. 
Wilson, F. J. 
Wilton, J, W. 



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Winilon. Jam(« A. 
Willicy, (tPorra 
Wiiliey, W. rf. 
Woh'gemulli. H. 
Wolcult. Itii'liinond 
Wolf. C, A Co. 
WolU. JohnC. 
Woiol, George 
Yocuui, Wm. 
Zune, Cha*. 8. 
Zelgler, Harry T. 
ZiiuiuermuD, R. B. 



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HoClwtimiid, and then George Pickrell wms 

dected. 

The followiog named consUtate the present 

oiBoers: 

President— Oeo. Pickrell ^Vbcaifield 

Secretary— Phn M. Springei Spriogfield 

Treasurer— S. A. Hall Springfield 

VIC£-rR|£SIDKMT8. 

J. A Able , Auburn 

A. R. Bradeen Springfield 

Geo. Carpenter. Capital 

P. S. Carter. Loami 

C. L. ConkKng Capital 

)I.C.ConnenT Capital 

J. D.Crabb AVoodside 

H. R. Daris. Pawnee 

J. B. Dodd Tttlkington 

Brjant Faj , Island Grove 

Wm. Finney Rochester 

C. Flags. Sherman 

Anion Frey Cumin 

Frank Godiey Capital 

a A. Grubb Clear I.«ake 

O, P.Hall Mcchanicsbure 

Owvn Hanratty Capital 

G. L. llambeiger Cartwricht 

W. F. Hemdon Capittd 

W. F. Irwin Salisbury 

J. A. Kennedy Springfield 

8. T. Matthew Bull 

Thos. Munoe Wlieatficld 

D. Vr. Peden Illiopolis 

J. W. Priest Capital 

W. B. Robinson Buflalo Hart 

HArlman Spengle Cotton Hill 

B. F. Talbott Capital 

E. X. Thayer Cliatham 

N. H. Turner Gardner 

Wm. M. Wanen New Berlin 

O. S, Webster. Williams 

J. W. WIgginton Cooper 

Geo. M. Caldwell AVilliamsville 

8. N. Hltt New Berlin 

J. B. Perkins Woodside 

Jacob Leonard Sherman 

J. S. Highmore Rochester 

Annaal exhibitions have been held since I8i I, 
by the new sooictyy with the exception of the 
years 1879 and 1880, when the State Agricultural 
Society held fairs on the grounds. 

The Boardy on its organization^ leased from 
the county the old Poor Farm, near Springfield, 
which have been fitted up in handsome style 
and very convenient. 

BTATK FAIRS. 

The fin$t two exhibitions of the Illinois State 
Agricultural Society, in the years 1853 and 1854, 
were held at Springfield. Alse the fairs of 1879 
and^ 1880. Each of these exhibitions were a 
decided success. ^ To Simeon Francis, a Sanga- 
mon county citizen, is due the credit of Uie 
organiiation of the society and succtss of its 



first exhibitions, probably more than any other 



THE AMBBICAN BERK8U1BB ASSOCIATION. 

The American Berkshire Association was 
organized February 25, 1875, its object being to 
collect, revise, preserve and pullish the historr, 
management and pedigree of pure-bred Berk- 
shire swine. 

On the 18th of March, 1879, the Association 
was incorporated as a stock company under the 
laws of the State of Illinois. Charles F. Mills 
was elected President; Philip M. Springer, Secre* 
tary, and H. L. San ford, of Logan county. 
Treasurer. Vice Presidents were chosen in 
nearly every State in the Union and also in 
Canada, England and Ireland, to represent the 
interests of the Association. 

Under the careful management of its efficient 
and faithful officers, the Association has achieved 
a decided and well-deserved success. The public 
registry of swine was a new project and deemed 
altogether impracticable bv many engaged in 
the breeding and rearing of hogs. To-dav, foU 
lowing the example of the American Berkshire 
Association, the breeders of a number of other 
classes of swine, as also of sheep, have organized 
for the purpose of recording stock of their 
respective breeds. 

Thousands of dollars are lost to farmers and 
stockmen every year by the injudicious selection 
of breeding animals. One of the most common 
mistakes is that of using sires of unknown 
ancestry. There is no longer any excuse for 
this. In the purchase of Berkshires particu- 
larly, all who will may readily avail themselves 
of the advantages presented by the American 
Berkshire Record, published by the Association, 
for securing well-bred stock. In making addi- 
tions to herds already started, or in founding 
new herds, well advised breeders use no other 
than well-bred pedigreed animals. 

The American Berkshire Record is the ac> 
knowledged authority in matters of Berkshire 
pedigrees wherever this breed of swine is 
known. The four volumes already published 
contain a fund of information invaluable to 
breeders. In these will be fonnd in addition to 
the pedigrees of the best families of Berkshires 
in the world, premium essays and other valuable 
treatises on swine; also the table of characteris- 
tics and the stan<lard of excellence, together 
with many illustrations of representative ani- 
mals. 

Philip M. Springer, of Springfield, Illinois, is 
still the Secretary and chief executive of the 
Association and editor of the Record. 




IlISTORV OF SANGAMO:^ COUKTY, 



Chapter XXVI. 



VARIOUS THINGS 



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TUB DKKP B:«0W, 

The following higiily graphic 
the ilccp HDow of 1S')0-31, was written as a 
tribulion to Uie Old Sottlera' Society in 1858, by 
Kev. J. G. Bergen, and no apology need be 
offered for its insertion in tliia connection : 

"Steeped in the lieal of July— tber mo meter 
ranging ninety degrees — strange time to write 
about snow. Write about the hot season, 
thunder-.stornip, tornadoes, sunstrokes, not so 
fllranpe. We live on neulrali/.ed contrasts, and 
lalce pleasure in them. We think ami move also 
by as*ocialions. The deep snow of the winters 
of is:i0-31,of Illinois, associates itself now by 
two facts. It comes in regnlar course. It was 
made also the limitation point of the late meet- 
ing of old settlers in Springfield, at whii;h time 
we had a good time in general, and apuointed a 
committee to ascertain the facts of the log house 
times — memor.ible days of hospitality and 
security. 

"The deep snow is chronicled in the memory 
of the old settlers of Sangamon. They talk of 
it as when a child ; soldiers of the old French 
war in Canada, under Wolfe, talked of the 
depth and heights of the snow in the forests of 
Kew York in ITliO, and the conBpqnent sulTerings 
ot the Provincial troops on their return borne. 
They talk of it as our Revolutionary fathers 
talked of the memorable snow winter of 1779 in 
Kew Jersey. 

"The autumn of 1830 was wet, and the 
weather prevailingly mild until the close of 
December. Christmas Kve the snow began to 
fall. That night it fell about a foot deep. It 
found the earth soft, grass green, and some 
green peach leaves on the trees. The day was 
mild. The snow contributed greatly to the 
amusement of the boys, and called forth the 
hilarity of all who had sleighs or aledn, or who 



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'jumper' with a store-box a 



could 

Bells of any description, if not in the cult«r»j 
were hung on the horfes by ropes or twine. The"" 
straps of bells we brought from New Jersey 
were, I believe, the first and only straps here at 
the time. They were freely at the service of 
Drs. Todd and Jsyne, who were famous for fast 
horses, if not good sleighs. Thoy were famous 
horsemen, hardy and hard drivers. 

"As the snow fell night after night, and week 
after week, these impTements, if they lost in 
novelty, gained in utility. Serious preparations 
were made by increasing tiie size and strength of 
the sleighs and dnubling teams, to break the way 
to mill and woods, for household bread, fuel, 
corn and provender, Mr. Enos, one of the 
wealthiest men of the place, and Receiver of 
Public Moneys, turned out with a great sled and 
two yoke of oven, to bnul wood to the destitute, 
With wolf-skill cap on head, with Yankee frock, 
buttoned up close to the neck behind, reaching 
below his knees, belted over a great coat beneath, 
with legging protectors and oX'goad in hand, he 
rolled up the bodies and limbs of trees, some of 
them more than tifty feet long, to the door of 
the writer, for which he and his family shall 
receive our thanks while life shall last. The 
same kind set he did to many others. His 
timber was nearest to the town. Woodmen 
felled the trees, rolled tbem on the sled, and the 
benevolent veteran left them at our doors. 

"Snow su(«eedcd snow, interchanged with 
sU'Ct and fine hail, which glased and haidened 
the surface. Nine long weeks witnessed this 
coming deep muow, imtil in all these partJt its 
depth averaged from four to five feel. Woe 
was the day when sleds met on the t<ingle 
bc.iten track! nio plunging of horsei", overturo- 
ing of loads — not to speak of the screams < 
the belles within, the laughs of young Amerie 
or the wmth of the teamsters. Many were tl 



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joyous rides the two doctors, with four horses to 
their sleighs, gave the young people. Sometimes 
a day was spent going to Sangamon town for a 
barrel of flour, only seven miles, or live to 
Clark*s. They made separate trips to Jackson- 
ville as a matter of amusement, to take or bring 
some storm-bound friends. Once, with a bevy 
of ladies, one of them fresh from Boston, the 
party had all sorts of a time. Though the des- 
cription of these rides, as given at Uie time, is 
vivid in my recollection, I shall leave them to 
the imagination of the reader, with the rough, 
roomy sleigh, covered with buffalo robes« filled 
to overflowing with hale, happy companions, be- 
liind four Hery hoises, clamping their bits in 
their months, ready for a plunge. The driver 
cracks his whip, the bells jingle, as the merry 
party sings out, and they are off — sometimes in 
deep drifts where they founder, snow within, 
snow without, snow everywhere, cold cutting the 
face, drifts blinding the eyes, horses rearing and 
plunsing, at times drawing their ' slow length ' 
wearily along. 

** During the long nine weeks the thermometer 
ranged close to zero; a few tiroes it went twenty 
below, and the water dropped from the eaves 
only two days, so intense was the continuous 
cold. When the snow fell there was no frost in 
the ground; the sap of the trees had not been 
forced by the cold to the roots. Tlie conse- 
quence was the peach trees were invariably 
killed; apple trees and nurseries mostly shared 
the same fate. The summer before, I had seen 
wagon loads of peaches in some orchards. Such 
a sight has never greeted our e^es since, in these 
partis 

"Great hardships were endured that winter 
by men and beasts. When the snow came it 
found most of the corn standing on the stalks. 
The fall had been so warm and wet that the 
fanners had a better reason than common to in- 
dulge the careless habit of leaving their com in 
the field, to be gathered in winter, when they 
wanted it. The snow became so deep, the cold 
so intense, the crust at times so hard, and the 
people were so unprepared for such an extreme 
season, that it became almost impossible in many 
parts of the country to obtain oread for family 
use, though amid stacks of wheat and fields of 
com. Water-mills, scarce and small as they were, 
were frozen and stopped a considerable portion 
of the time. If the one-horse 'corn-cracker,^ 
for 'dodgers,' or the inclined wheel of the ox- 
roill could go, it was with great difficulty; and 
many lived so far from these it was impossible 
to go to tliem. Many had no road and no ability 



to make one through the depths of snow; and 
those who had, were compelled to make them 
over and over again, in con8~ei|uence of the drift 
filling the tra<^ or a new supply from the 
cloutiR. 

''Hundreds of hogs and fowls perished. Horses 
and cattle were in many instances turned into 
the corn fields. Prairie chickens, whose habit, 
as is well known, is to roost on the ground, per- 
ished that winter in such number, we feared the 
race of this fine bird would become extinct. 
When their time of roost come they would light 
upon the snow, if the crust would bear them; or 
if its bosom was soft, plunge into it, and spend 
the night as on the earth; but if a heavy fall of 
snow come that night, especially if it were coat- 
ed with a crust of ice, as often happened, the 
poor imprisoned tiling were locked in, and 
thousands and thousands perished.'^ 

KAILROAD VILLAGES. 

Railroad villages are camparatively a recent 
feature in village building. They usually begin 
with a depot, followed by a postoffice, a black- 
smith shop and the contents of a couple of ped- 
dler*s pacKs duly distributed upon a half dozen 
shelvei^ and there they are born, christened and 
waiting to grow. The trains run to and fro and 
the passengers see the little groups clustered 
round the track and wonder what they do there, 
and why they do not go on with the train. By 
and by Louses get to be an epidemic and up they 
go, here and there and all about. Streets are 
staked, lots are measured and a public square is 
reserved, and they have a justice, and a doctor, 
and a young lawyer, and "stated preaching^ 
once in two weeks. That's a pretty good begin- 
ning, but its only a beginning. A young sopno- 
more, out of funds, and looking for a place to 
teach a winter's school, gets off a straggling train 
some day. £ver}'body knows he is there. He 
reached there at two o'clock, and by half past 
three everybody knows who he is, and what he 
is, and w*hence he is, and the 'squire sees him 
and the doctor shows him around the town, 
waves his hand towards the prairie and dilates 
upon its resources; towards the town and pro- 
nounces a eulogy upon its enterprise, and the 
young man is charmed, and over the stone he 
climbs at once up one flight of stairs into a "high 
school.'* 

Things go on bravely, and a public-spirited 
individual, who, as he says, has more room than 
he wants, cets Uie painter — for meanwhile such 
an artisan nas taken passage in the village en 
route to greatness — to emblazon his name in very 



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blaqk letters upon a very while board, and there 
is general rt-joiuiiig at the new "hotel," where the 
lawyer argues with the ^itorekeepur iiij;litly, while 
the doctor completes the triangle npoa the des- 
tiny of the world in general and Depiililoin in 
particular. 

What they lack now is a newspaper. Hy-and- 
byc an old press m for sale in a neighboring town 
and a "tramping jour" han stranded upon their 
beacli, and the lawyer promiaea to write their 
"leaders," the doctor their obituaries, the school- 
masters do the pumleti and the poetry, while the 
lilackamith and the merchant promise to be lib- 
eral patrons in the way of advertising. The 
paper appears— like the village, it is small, but 
with the village it grows. 

The trains use to wliistto and ring and barely 
slaclien their speed. Now, they stop altogether, 
for there arc more to get off and more to get on. 
The tavern-keeper takes a State map ofa ped- 
dler, who happened to be his guest over a rainy 
Sunday, discovers tli^t Depotdom is the geograph- 
ical center of the country. There is an immense 
agitation. The seat of jnstice, justice herself, 
scales and all must be removed thither. They 
work al it, electioneer about it, bid for it and 
gat it. 

Now the huddle ia a village; now ihe village is 
a town; now the town is a ahirc-lown; novr the 
phire-town is a city. The blacksmith shop has 
grown into a half dozen factories; the lawyer is 
nitiltiplied by ten, and the doctor by six, and the 
storekeeper knocks down his prices to compete 
with nineteen new comers. And all this is ac- 
contplished through the influence of railroads 
and locomotives within the space of two or three 
years. 

The lawyer is a county judge, the doctor has 
grown rich, the blacksmith is mayor, and the 
sophomore is married and settled. They have 
a lyceum and a library, and a liitle daily that re- 
gales its re.tders with a whole column of city 
items. How they talk of "our city!" They 
are no longer villagers and pagans. They are 
citir^DB. 

tIAKD TtMKB. 

The effect of the hard times throughout the 
United States, beginning in 18»7, wasnol felt 
in this county until the following year. From 
that time until about the year I64&, our people 
eipertenccd greater financial embarrassment 
th.in at any time in the }>reviouB history of the 
county. Money was an almost unknown a. 
modity, all businrss being transacted thro 
the meant of trade or barter. A would ti 



R flour for its value in meal; U wotild tr.ide C 
a yoke of oxen for a horsi-s 1> would trade E a 
half doxL'Q hogs for a cow, &c. If moni>y 
enough could be raised to pay tl)<.' general taxes, 
a man considered himself fortun.ile. Many 
were the ."trails lo which the people were led to 
make both ends meet, and many laug\iable inci- 
dents are narrated of the crooks and turns that 
were made — incidents that are laughable to as 
now, but were serious matters at that time. 
Notos wtre given for value received, payable in 
a cow, or a horse, or other property, and when . 
the note came due, and collection was to be I 
made, it would sometimes be hard for one party ' 
or the other to make proof of it being that 
which was described in the note. Many notes 
were held, without attempting to make vollec- 
tiun, in the hopes that better times would dawa 
upon the country, and their makers be able to 
p.iy the money. 

During these hard times the prioe of such 
.irtictes as the people here had to buy, rapidlr 
advanced, while that of which they had to sell 
as rapidly declined. New Orleans sugar sold at 
sixteen and two-thirds cents per pound; coffee, 
twenty-Rve cents; calico or prints, fifty cents i>er 
yard; hogs brought from one dollar to one dol- 
lar and twenty-five cents per hundred pounds; 
wheat, twenty cents per bushel. 

In a general way. Ford, in hia "History of 
Illinois," well describes the existing order of 
things in this county at that time. On page* 
00-09, will be found the following: 

"Commer<'e from 1818 to 1830 made but small 
progress. Steamboats conimeuced running on 
the Western waters in 1816, and by the year 
1830 there were one or two small ones running 
on the Illinois river as far up an Peoria 
and sometimijs furtlier. The old keel-boat navi- 
gation had been disused, but as yet there was so 
little trade as not to c.ill for many steamboats to 
supply thoir jdace. The merchants of the vil- 
lages, few in nuia1>erat first, were mere retailcn 
of dry goods and groceries; they purchased and 
shipped abroad none of the productions of the 
country, except a few skias, hides and furs, and 
a tittle tallow and beeswax. Thev were sus- 
tained in this kind of business by the influx of 
immigrants, whose money being paid out in the 
country for grain, stock and labor, furnished the 
means of trade. The merchant himself rarely 
.ittempted a barter buKiness, and never paid cash 
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HISTORY OF SAKGAMON COUNTY. 



of other State* and rautiLrieM. The ((reat ma- 
jority, ill fact, nearlj all the merchaats, were 
mere blood-suckers, misa who, with very little 
capital, with Hmall stock of goods, and with 
ideas of business not broader than these ribbons 
nor deeper than these colors, sold for money 
down, or on credit for cash, wliich, when 
received, they send out of the conntry. Since 
their time a race of traders and merchants have 
sprang up who uiie the money they receive 
ic purchasing the wheat, com, beef and pork of 
tb« farmers, and ship these articles to the east- 
em cities. 

" Mather, I<amb & Company, late of Chester, 
in Randolph county, but now of Springfield, were 
the first to engsge in this business, atid they 
were led to it by the refusal of the United States 
Bank, at St. Louis, to grant them the usual facil- 
ities of trade. As tliey could got uo accommo- 
dation from the bank, tnej fell npon this course 
to avoid going to Si. Louis to purchase eastern 
exchange. 

"The money they received being agnin paid 
out, remained in the country and the products 
went forward in its place to pay for stock of 
goods. The traders in this way made a profit 
on their goods which they brought into the biate, 
and another profit on the produce which they 
sent out of it. 

"But, as yet, the merchant generally had 
neither the capital nor the talent for such a busi- 
ness, and it was not until a more recent i>eriod — 
npon the going down of the United States Hank, 
the consequent withdrawal of facilities for ex- 
chance in money, and the high rates of exchange 
which came in with local banks of doubtful 
credit — that they have been very extensively 
forced into it. When they no longer conid get 
either money for remittances to these eastem 
creditors, or Dills of exchange, except at minons 
ntea of premium, they at once saw the advan- 
tage of laying out the local currency received for 
their' goods in purchasing the staples of the 
Country and forwarding tnem in the place of 
cash. In very early times there were many 
things to discourage regular commerce. A want 
of capital; a want uf capacity for the buKineioi: 
the want of a great surplus of prodndiuiis, the 
continual demand for them created by vmigrants 
and facility of carrying on a small commerce 
vith the money suppli^ hy emigration alone, 
all stood in the way of regular trade. 

"New Orleans, nt that time, was our principal 
market out of the State. It was then but a smidi 
«ty, and shipped hut a trifle of the staple arti- 
cleaof lUinoia to foreign countries. Suob ship- 



ments as were made to it were intended for the 
supply of the local market, and here the Illi- 
noi sans had to eompcte with Kentucky, Ohio, In- 
diana, Tennessee and Missouri. Any temporary 
scarcity in this market was soon supplied, and 
the moHt of the time it was completely glutted. 
" b'or want of merchants or others who were 
to make a business of carrying our sLiples to 
market, our farmers undeitook to be their own 
merchants ntid traders. This practice prevailed 



extensively in the western countrj*. A farmer 
would produce orget together a quantity of corn, 
flour, bacon and such articles. lie would build 



a flatrbottomcd boat on the shores of some river 
or large creek, load his wares in it, and, await- 
ing the rise of water, with a few of his negroes 
to assist him, would float down to New Orteana, 
The vovage was long, tedious and expensive. 
When ne arrived there he found himself in a 
strange citY, filled with sharpers ready to take 
advantage of his necessities. Everybody com- 
bined against bim to profit by his ignorance of 
business, want of friends or commercial connec- 
tions, and nine times out ten he returned a bro- 
ken merchant. His journey home was performed 
on foot, through three or four nations of Indians, 
inhabiting the western parts of Mississippi, Ten- 
nessee and Kentucky. He returned to a desolate 
farm, which bad been neglected since he was 
gone. One crop was lost by abi^cnce, and an- 
other by taking It to market. This kind of bus- 
iness WIS persevered in astoniiihinglyfor several 
years, to the great injury and utter ruin of a 
great many people." 

TUK FIKST COURT UOtJSX. 

The first County Commissioners took the oath 
of office on the third day of April, 1821, and one 
week after met for the purpose of selectinz a 
temporary scat ol justice. On that same day 
Ihcy made the following contract for the erection 
of a court house. 

" Article of ugrecment entered into Die 10th dnj' of 
April, 1821, bi'tweeo Joba Kclley of ilic county of 
Sungiiiiion, imd the iiDdFrsicncil Couniy Cominiision- 
crs of (^iiiil L-ouDtj. The said K«llcy ngri-cs with said 
CnminiB^iiuncri lo bullil for the use of euid couatv, a 
cuurt house of the fotlowlug ileFcriplion, lo-wil: The 
logs io Ik.' twenty feet long, the houte one story high, 
|il:ink floor, A good cabin roof, a door and window cut 
out, ihe work lo be couipleied by the flrst day of May 
next, for which the laid Commissi oners iiniuiise, on 
the pnri of the county, to puy said Kelley forty-two 
dollars iind flfty cents. Wiiness our hands the day and 
dstc above. 

JoHX Keluct, 
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The foregoing contract was merely for the 
erection of the building. To Jesse Hrevard was 
let the contract for finishing the same in the fol- 
lowing terms: 

'* Jesse Brcviml agrees with tbe County Commisf ion* 
ers to finish the court house in the following manner, 
to- wit: To be chinked outside and daubed inside. 
Boards sawed and nailed on the iuside cracks, a good, 
sutticicnt door shutter to be made with gooil plank and 
hung with goo<l iron hinges, with a latch. A window 
to be cut out, faced and cased, to contain nine lights, 
with a good sutticient shutter hung on the outside. A 
good, sufUciont wooden chimney, built with a good 
suflicicnt back and hearth. To be finished by the first 
of Septcml)er ne.xt. Jesse BKEVAnD.** 

The entire cost of the buildings including a 
Judge's seat and bar, was $72.50. ( See engrav- 
ing)- 

THE SECOND COURT nOUSB. 

On the passage of the act in 1824, defining the 
boundaries of the countv, commissioners were 
selected to permanently locate the county seat. 
As already stated Springfield was selected. At 
the July term, 1825, the County Commissioners 
passed an order that the county proceed to build 
a court house, at a cost not to exceed $3,000, 
provided one-half the expense be made up by 
subscription. It was to be of brick, two stories 
high. The effort to raise the money by subscrip- 
tion proving a failure, tbe building was not 
erected. But the old log court house was too 
small and inconvenient, and another building 
must be provided. Accordingly, in September, 
1825, a contract w^as made for tlie erection of a 
frame building, which, w*hen completed, cost 
the sum of ^519. The new frame house was 
built on the north- west corner of Adams and 
Sixth streets, and was erected by Thomas M. 
Ncale. The contract for the chimney was let to 
Joseph Thomas. 

THIRD COURT I10U8B. 

On the 6th day of February, 1830, John Todd, 
Asa S. Shaw, and Garret fifkin were ap])ointed 
by the Countv Commissioners' Court to contract 
for the building of a brick court house on the 
public square, to be constructed after the plans 
furnished by John Moffett and David S. Taylor. 
The agents were authorized and instructed to 
superintend the construction of the building, 
suDJect to orders from the court. On the 3d of 
March, the Commissioners reported to the court 
that they had entered into contract with two 
parties, one for the brick work, at $4,04], the 
other for the wood work, at 82,200, making a 
total of 80,841. This building was completed 
early in 1831. It was a square building, two 



Htories high, hip roof, with a evpola rising in the 
oentor. 

VOUSTU GOCST HOUHL 

A speeial term of iho Conniy Comniimonwi* 
Conrt was held on SaUrday, April 5, 1845, to 
talcs into oonsideration the proposition for tbs 
purchase of ground for the ereotion of a- new 
conn house. The County Attomev, Stmhen T. 
Logan, was instructed to purchase lots of James 
Dnnlap and Robert Irwin, on the northeast cof^ 
ner of the square, provided a good deed could 
be made bv the paraes. The jgronnd was pur- 
chased ana a contract entered into with Ileniy 
Dresser, on the 1 1th dav of April, 1845, for the 
construction of the buildings 

From the time the briclc court house was 
erected, all the bn^ness' of the town collected 
around the square. When Springfield was se^ 
Iccted as the future capital of the State in 1837, 
with a pledge to raise 850,000 to asMst in h^iild* 
ing the Sute House, also to furnish the land 
upon which to place it, it was not an easy matter 
to agree upon a location. If land was selected 
far enough from the existing business to be 
cheap, then the 850,000 could not be raised; 
those already in business around the square re* 
fused to contribute, Jbecause the State House 
being so much larger and more attractive, would 
draw the business after it, thus injuring the 
value of their property. After discussing the 

auestion in all its bearings, it was found that 
^e only practicable way to settie the question 
was to demolish the court house and use the 
square for the State House. Then those around 
it would contribute to the 850,000 fund to the 
extent of their ability. 

The court house was accordmgly ' removed 
early in 1837, and work on Uie State llouse com- 
menced. This square, with the court house and 
other buildings on it, were valued at the time at 
about 816,000. 

Having thus summarily disposed of their 
court house, and having engaged to do so mndi 
towards building the State House, the people of 
Sancamon countv were unable to undertake the 
building of another. To supply the deficiency, 
the countv authorities then rented a building 
that had been erected for a storehouse by the 
Hon. Ninian W. Edwards. This building, at 
tile west side of Fifth street, five doors noith of 
Washington, was used as a court house for about 
ten years. 

Having such a large amonnt of money to raise 
for the nayroent on the State capital, the county 
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of a Dew oourt house at the time, and the finan- 
cial crisis of 1837 coining on, it was not until 
1845 that an effort was made to erect a new 
building. As already stated, a contract was 
now made for a building, the cost of which was 
to be $9,080. It was erected according to con- 
tract, and occupied until the purchase from the 
State of tlie old capital building, when the 
offices were removed. SubseqnenUy the court 
house was sold, and a fine brick block now 
occupies its site. 

FIVTH COURT IIOUSK. 

Tlie fi^th court house is the old State House, 
purchased of the State, for the sum of 8200,000. 
To this sum might be added $70,000 paid by the 
city for the grounds of the new State House, 
which was a part of the contract by which the 
o!d building was surrendered. 

VILLAGES AND STATIONS IN TUB COUNTY. 

Distafices from Springfield. 

PLACES. MILKS. 

Auburn , 15 

Barclay 8| 

Btitet 18 

Berlin 18J 

Bradford. 8 5 

Breckeuridge 18 

BuflAlo U 

Buffalo Hart 18 

Cantrall lOJ 

C'hathnm 9 

Clarksville 12 

Cora, 8 H 

Curran 9 

Dawson U 

Farmipgdale, S 8^ 

German Prairie, S 4 

iniopolU 28 

Island Grore 19 

Junction 8 



PLACES. MILES. 

Lanesville 17 

Loiimi 18 

Lowder 28 

Mechanicsburg 14 

New Berlin 16 

Pawnee , 17 

Pleasant Plains 17 

Richland 12 

Riverton 7 

Rocbester 8 

Rolling Blills, 8 2 

Salisbury 12 

Sangamon, 8- 5 

Sanger. 8 6 

Sherman 8 

Water Works. 8 4 

Williamsville 18 

Woodside, 8 6 



Macomb 100 

MattQon 81 

Mendota 185 

3loline 188 

Monmouth 116 

Morris 157 

3Iurfrecsboro 185 

Ottawa 184 

Pans 42 

Paris US 

Pekin 79 

Peoria 80 

Peru 181 



PincclOB 167 

Quiacy 112 

KudLfoid 226 

Rock Island 180 

i St. Ckailes. 191 

Sterlis« 175 

( Sireator 108 

Tavlorrille 27 

Urbuia 87 

Warsaw 185 

Waukegaa 220 

WnmittgtOB 182 

Woodslock 286 



TAULB OF DISTANCES FROM SPRINGFIELD TO 



Alton. .^ 72 

Auiboy 151 

Auroia. 180 

ISatavia ••••••••»..••• .icsT 

Belleville 110 

Bi-lvidere 240 

Bloomiugton 50 

Braidwood 1*34 

BuHbnell 89 

Cairo 245 

Canton 100 

Carbondale 188 

Tarlinville 38 

Centralia 132 

Champaign 85 

Charleston 93 

Chicsgo 185 

Clinton 48 

Danville 112 

Decatur Si) 

Dixon 103 



DuQuoin 168 

K;ist 8t Ijouis 95 

KdwardsTille 90 

Emogham 108 

Elgin 227 

EllPaso 77 

Evaustott 196 

Frceport 198 

Fulton 201 

Galena 249 

Galva 157 

Galesburg 116 

Geneseo 179 

Jacksonville 84 

Jerseyville 92 

Joliet 147 

Kankakee 186 

Kewanee ■ . • 146 

La Salle 119 

Lincoln 28 

Litchfield 50 



RAILROAD AOCIOKXT. 

On Saturday night, August \t^ 1873, a passen- 
ger train and coal train on tlie Chicago &» Alton 
Railroad collided near Lemont, the boilers of 
the engines of both trains exnloding and fatally 
scalding about sixty peisons, foiur of whom were 
citizens of Sauffainon ooonty. 

John W. Smith, was taken to Chicago, where 
he died Monday, August 18. 

J. R. Fleury, died a few hoar^ later than Mr. 
Smith. 

Noah Divelbiss, jr., and* William Little died, 
not long surviving the accident. 

The remains of the four were brought to 

Springfield and the funeral services of the entire 

number took place in the rotonda of the State 

House. Previously the City Council and ci:i- 

zens met and passed resolutions of sympathy. 

During the funeral hours business of all kinds 

was susuended. A song, inscribed to the friends 

i of the aecea^ed, written by Mrs. Albert Smith, 

I was sung on the occason. The words are as 

: follows: 

'*God of the mourner! if among Thy angelp, 
i One there uiav he more pitiful than aU, 

Tell them that here full maay a heart ia breaking. 
Tell them that here we groau beneath a pall. 

** Fierce is the tempest raging all around U8, 

Many the burdens that we bear to-day. 
But Thou art mighty, merciful and tender. 
Come and sustain us, in Thine own best way. 

*' Hast Thou not said Thy grace Is all sufficient, 
Cansi Tliou not wi])e each falling tear away ? 
See, Lord, we come with hearts all crushed and 
bleedings 
Bind up our wounds^and comfort us we pray. 

** Death, like an armv bearing swords and banners, 
Bore otf our loveu, without one farewell said, 
Heedless alike of all our tears and sigbing. 
Trampled them low, with swift, relentless tread. 

** Thou who dost smiti* not wlQInjtly but sadly, 

Tliou who dost hold ourWred ones In Thy hand, 
Grant us. though here no good-bye word was 
siMRfn. 
A glad gooa*moniUig la the Better Land.** 



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niSTORV OF SAXGAMON COUXTT. 



A)>))ropri.-ite reinarkx were made by K*>v. A. 
Hale, Rev. H. \V. Kvrest, am) Governor Ucrer- 
idge. An immense crowd followed the remain* 
to ihe grave. 

John \V. Smith was one of the well known 
and highly reKiHictcd citiKensof Springfield for 
a )>eri<Hl of fortv years. He was bom in Shelby 
comity, Kentuclty, in 1 S20, and with his parenU 
removed to this county in 1S33. His early life 
was that of all pioneers, battling with adremity, 
poverty anil privation. His jxirveverance enabled 
nim to overcome all obi-tacles in the ntgged path 
of life; his integrity insiurvil for him the reKpect 
and merited the confidence of all. lie held 
many public ollicea with honor to himself and 
credit to his constituents. In 1869, he was % 
member of the legislature, sheriff in 1860, and 
in 18G3, was first elected mayor of Springfield. 
Under President Lincoln he ueld the otUcc of 
Collector of Internal K»vcnue, and wm by Got- 
ernor Uglcsby appointed a State Home Commit- 
sioner in 18fl5, and served in that capacity a 
short time. Further political preferment he ob- 
tained bv being elected mayor of Springfield in 
1871 and re-elected in 1873. He was also ap. 
pointed warden of the Penitentiary by Governor 
Beveridge, May, 18T3, which position he credit- 
ably filled until his untimely death, August 18, 
18i3, occasioned by injuries received id the rail- 
road accident on the Chicago & Alton Railroad. 

TKKKIBLB ACCIDENT. 

Friday morning, Xoveraber 29, 1879, a terri- 
ble explosion took place at the mills of the Spring- 
field Iron Conipanj-. The rolling milli, in order 
to keep pace with its rapidly accumulating orders 
tor work, had been running their mills to its full 
capacity night and day, and on the mornins 
mentioned, Thomas Hobinson, who had special 
charge of a battery of seven boilers, each of which 
was twenty -eight feet longand forty-two inches in 
diameter, in which steam is generated for a half 
doisen engines located iu various parts of the 
mill, was on duty. At four o'clock, jnst as one 
gang of hands were relieving another, a terrific 
explosion took place, shattering the boiler-house, 
and throwing down the smoke stack, turning the 
boilers upsidedown and end for end, and killing 
Robinson instantly and scalding J. O. ^lillcr in 
a terrible manner. There were other workmen 
injured in various ways, but none fatally. The 
cause of the explosion was in not paying atten- 
tion to the condition of the water in the boilers. 

TBARrUL BAIUtOAD ACCIDEHT. 

The Express train going north on the Chicago 
& Alton Railroad, Thuraday, April IS, lOOO^ 



met with a fearful aecMeat, tha oHlj voodcr 
being that the lose of life wm not aoea gnutr. 
Tnvaling at tbe rate of abont IwentT-ftre aiilct 
an lionr, it hid Juat reuhed the bndgr, ahoKt 
three miles north of Springfteld, when tiM tlm 
bera of the structure gave way, preoi|nUting tlM 
train aorae twenty or thirty foet into tho streaa- 
bed below. Hie bridgo was eoaatnwled apoa 
trestle-work and was about two hnndied frat 
long. It waa broken down about halt ila length, 
llie accident happened when the loeonotire 
had reached about naif the lengtli of tlie brid|«, 
it going down at that pomt. The tondler by 
under the locomotive aiM tho b^gage oar Jam- 
med ttp againat it. All the cara of the train 
went down tho embankment and all were badly 
araashed up, but, atrango to aay, only two per- 
aona were killed, though a number received 
injuiiea, 

STKAH BOILXB KXPLOBIOll. 

On Wedneaday, March ft, ISftS, both floea of 
the boiler in Hantington'a planing mill exploded 
with terrible foroo, throwing a portion of tho 
boiler a distance of one hundred and twe»tT 
yarda, and entirely demoliahing the amoke-rtacx 
and ihed under which tha boiler reated. G«om 
K. Johnson and Mr. Wiiaon were aerioualy in- 
jnrad by the oaUatrophe. 

CBXSUa BBTOmt. 

TowxsBwa. IBM IKV 

AnbaiB t,0» l,m 

Bsll 1,0« IM 

BulTaloHstt K* 5W 

Carlwririit t.OaO 1,SM 

Chathsm 1,37; .1.4N 

aesrLake tm l.Ut 

Cooper Wl «» 

CoubnRlll l.WO »* 

Cwtsa 1.M8 l.MO 

FaneyCreek l.*n 1.1H 

Gsrdnrr l.S» l.SW 

iniopoii* i.*a '.a* 

iBlsidGroTe IfioS l.un 

Loaml l.M« l.«0 

HM'haDlcBbnrg l.TM l.Mt 

New Berlin..." «H "M 

Pawnee l,i» !,»• 

Hocbcitcr. ],t30 l.UO 

Bsllsbury Mi «• 

Spiineflfld S.4H8 «.«» 

Ciptl" '•.™ '■■"* 

Tiilklnrton I.flW «« 

Whcatflcld Tn 

wiiiiNms i.am i.aw 

Woodtlde I,«M l.«W 

Toul .wi«5 «.«» 

This is a gain in tan years of six thousand, nx 
hundred and forty-one, or fourteen and one-third 
per cent., a very repntahle ahowing, when tt U 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUXTr. 



301 



stove and wall, the lightning ran down the flae, 
striking two of the children and killing them in- 
stantly. The two other children, and three other 
persons who were in the room at the time, 
although ))artially stunned, were uninjnred. No 
marks of the di'striiotive carreut could be found 
upon the bodies of the two children killed. 

TKRUIFIC JBXrLOSION. 

On Thursday nioniing, September 5, 1867, 
the boiler of the City Mill, of K. R. Hickox, 
exploded, entirely destroying the mill, and com- 
pletely demolishing the office, engine house and 
machinery. The explosion was of such force as 
to entirely fill the air in the vicinity with 
timbers, boards, shingles and fragments of the 
boiler. The report and concussion were like the 
discharge of a cannon, shaking the buildings 
and windows several blocks off like an earth- 
quake. Five persons were in the mill at tha 
time of the explosion, bat no one was killed. 
The loss was estimated at #15,(K)0. 

A RSTBOSPBCT. 

One hundred years ago the Revolutionary 
war was in progress. A small colony of fearless 
men were battling for their rights with one of 
the most powerful nations of the earth. Thir- 
tee 1 States, extending back from the sea-coast 
but a short disUince, with but three million in 
all, of men, women and children, white and 
colored, comprising the whole. Tlie great West 
was unknown. True, a few adventurous spirits 
had pushed their way through this uninhabitable 
waste, and in the Dame of the King of France, 
proclaimed it part of that realm ; but in their 
wildest imagination it is doubtful if they ever 
conceived the idea that in less than a century 
of time it would be inhabited by a thrifty, en- 
terprising race, and be the most productive 
region of the world. 

Seventy-two years ago, less than three-fourths 
of a century, the Territory of Illinois was 
organized, with Ninian Edwards as its first 
Governor. 

Sixty-three years ago the State goveniment 
MMs organized and Illinois entered upon a new 
period of its existence. At this time only the 
southern portion of the State bad been settled, 
the fair prairies of the central and northern part 
remaining as they came from nature^s hand. 

Sixiy-five years ago Robert Pulliam erected a 
cabin and remained some months in what is now 
Hall township. 

Sixty years ago the county of Sangamon was 
organized, containing at the time less than five 






hundred inhabitanta. Siity years — from I8il to 
1881— witb iu joys and sorrows, its trials and 
disappointments, have passed into history. Th« 
old and middle-aged of the first years of the 
history of the county have passed away. They 
fought a eood fight in reclaiming waste places; 
thejr finished tteir oourse»and now rest from 
their labors, while ** their works do follow them.** 
The yoUr.g of that day are now aged men and 
women, who have lived to see the wildemeas 
^blossom as the rose," and now odmly await 
the summons to ^ come up higher.** 

Sixty years ago there was not a water or a 
steam mill in Sangamon county, all supplies of 
fiour and meal, save the little ground on the uld 
band mills, were broujg^t from EdwardsVllle or 
St. Lonis. At that lime but one church edifice 
and a verysmall one at that» was in M the 
county. The people here were separated from 
friends, with no convenient means of communi- 
cation. The nuiroad, the telegraph, the tele- 
phone and the phonograph were unKnown. Mail 
communications were not established, and the 
nearest p^oat ofllce was Bdwardsville. 

Fifty-six ^ears ago Springfield, a village of a 
dozen log cabins, was selected as a permanent 
county seat. 

Fifty-five years ago^ Hooper Warren estab- 
lished the SSwgamon Spectator in Springfield, 
the first paper in Sangamon coun^* 

Fifty-one years ago the early settler en^yed 
the jileasures of the ^ deep snow,** an expenence 
in his history that he loves to relate to the won- 
der aud ainaxemeut of the younger generation. 

Fifty years a^ Sangamon county was called 
upon to lumish its quota for the first campaign 
against Black Hawk, and nobly did tlie men re- 
spond. 

Forty-nine ^'cars ago the second call was made 
for men to dnve out and capture tlie noted Black 
Hawk and his men, aud Sangamon county re- 
sponded by sending an army <S her bravest and 
best men, and to whom belongs the honor 
of his defeat and capture. 

Fortv-five years ago Sangamon county sent 
nine oi her best men as representatives in the 
General Assembly, with instructions by all fair 
and honorable means to secure the removal of 
the State Capital from Vandalia to Springfield. 
The instructions were implicitly carried out and 
the Capital secured. Au honor to the ** I^ng 
Nine.** 

Forty-two years ago the Capital was removed 
from Yandalia to Springfield. 

Forty years ago the m^istle of the first locomo- 
tive was neard in Springfield. 



IlISTOKY OF SANGAMON COUNTV. 



Chapter XXVII. 



CITY OF SPRINGFIELD. 



SpriDgGeM ! What historical nssociatious 
cluster around that name ! Springfield, the 
home of Lineoln, Douglas, Shields, Ualcer, 
Lo^ao, and a host of ottiera, ichoBe names have 
beea iininortalize<l, and who " now rest from 
their labors." But three score years ago and the 
beautiful plain upon which standH this thriving 
city, was an uninhabited wilderness. To-day, 
the busy hum of industry ia hearJ upon every 
hand, and walking its streets are repre^enlatives 
of nearly every nation under Heaven, all enjoy- 
ing the sweets of liberty, all purisuing the even 
tenor of Uieir way, worshipping God according 
to the dictates of their own csonsuience, "with 
ii[> one to molest or make them afraid." What 
a change has been wroaghtby the hand of Time! 
The pen of the historian can not do it justice. 

About the year 1S18, an old bachelor emi- 
grated from North Carolina to this State, 
remaining for a time in Macoupin county, and 
from there he came on to what is now Sanga- 
mon county, lie was bo charmed with the 
country in the neighborhood, be determined to 
make it his future home. Returning to North 
Carolina, he induced Ids father, Henry Kelly, 
and four brothers to join him in forming a new 
settlement. Jphn Kelly, one of the brothers, 
built a cabin, near which is now the northwest 
c jruer of Ji^ffcrson and Second streets. In this 
uabin the first court of Sangamon county was 
held. 

Several other families were pursuaded by the 
Kcllys to settle in the ncighboriiood, and ia the 
spring of 1821 quite a flourishing settlement 
existed — in fact, there wore a greater number in 
the vicinity of what now const. tutci the city of 
Springfield than any other settlement ia the 
county. To this fact was due the selection of 
Springiield as the temporary county se.it uf 
Sangamon county, when organized. 

Springiield is situated uopn a beautiful prairie 
stretching from Die Sangamon river on ih* 



north, to the timber land which line its tributa- 
ries on the south. It h one hundred and eighty- 
five miles southwest of Chicago, and ninety- 
seven, mites distant from St. Louis, by the 
Chicago, Alton & St, Louis Railroad. 

As already stated, the Kelly family were the 
first to settle in the neighborhood. Another 
family of emigrants, named Doggett, arrived in 
tlie year 1S'20. They settled a Tiule south and 
east of the old Hutchinson's cemetery. No 
other settlements were made in the immediate 
locality uutil the spring of 1SSl,when several 
families were added to the infant colony, which 
was then known as Newsonvtlle. 

Prominent among the emigranla of 1821, 
were Charles R. Itlatheny aud Klijah lies, Mr. 
lies was a Kenluckian by birth, but had emi- 
grated to Missouri some years previous, but 
becoming dissatisfied with that country, he con- 
cluded to locate in the " country of the San- 
gamo.** Ascending the Illinois river on a flat 
boat, he disembarked at I'cardstown, which then 
consisted of a sinirle log cabin, and that unoc- 
cupied. Striking boldly .icrosH the country, he 
made his way to the new settlement, and found 
a welcome in the family of the elder Kelly. 
"Uctler living," said he, "1 never enjoyed. Kel- 
ly's cabin was a home indeed. Johnny cake, 
venison and wild honey every day, with roast 

Kig on Sundays- Ah!" sighed the old man, as 
e concluded, "those happy days are over," 
The piipulalion of Springfield gradually in- 
croa.ted, it being the most important town in the 
county. 

The first plat of the town was made in 1823, 

by Pascal P. Enos, Elijah lies and ; -, 

under the name of " Calhoun," the proprietor* 
of the town not Wing fjvorable to the name 
given it by thecommistioners, selected to locat« 
Hie uounty seat. Hut the name of Calhoun wu 
not more favorably receivi^d by the people who 
had locat«d here than Spiingtield was by tba 



UlSTOUY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



«wnt>rK af the p'at, and at a (oet tffice bad been 
CEtablUfaed nnder the name of Springfield, it 
never really became known by the iintne under 
which it was plaited. 

In 18SS, the pcinianeiit seat of JD«tice of the 
connty was to be selected, and the claim of Cal- 
houn, or Spriugfield, was stoutly conteKted by 
the town of Sangamo, locaied on the river in 
what ia now acction two, Gardner township. The 
conteat was a warm one, and it still contemled 
ibat Sangamo would have been selected by the 
Commissiuners had not Andrew Elliott played a 
little trick upm ihem. He was employed to 
pilot the Commitaioners to San^amo, thcie being 
.then no road Icxated, and, instead of tailing 
them a diiect route, he took them a rouuilabont 
way, through swamps and over fallen Umber. 
The Commission erii thoaglit the difficulty jn 
reaching Sangamo would not compensate fcr itK 
more favorable location, and therefore named 
Springfield as the permanent uounty seat. 

When Springfield was selected as the tempo- 
rary seat ol justice of the county iu 1BS1, where 
the eiie was marked was upon an open prairie. 
The closing portion of the certificate of location 
reads aa follows: 

"Therefore, we, the undersigned, County Com- 
missioneis, do certify that we, after full exami- 
nation of the aituation of the present popula- 
tion of said county, have fixed and designated 
a certain point in the prairie, near John Kelly's 
field, on the waters of Spring creek, at a stake 
set marked Z D., as the temporary seat of jus- 
tice for said county, and do funher agree that 
said county seat be called and known by the j 
name of Spridgfikld." 

The point so selected was near what ia now 
the northeast comer of Jefferson and Second 
streets. Here the first court house and county 
jail were built, in the latter month of 1691. 
Some idea may be formed of the price of build- 
ing material then, and the style of building, 
from the fact that the jail was contracted for and 
actually built for eighty-funr dollars. 

The town of Calhoun was surveyed ami iilat- 
led by James C. Stevenson. He is said to have 
received a deed to block twenty-one for his ser- 
vices. Fonr lots, however, could not have been 
very valuable, for tliere is a tradition that he 
proposed to ^ve Dr. Mcrrytnan one-fourthof the 
block for a pointer dog to which he had taken a 
fancy. The offer was rejected. The plat made 
by Stevenson was reconlrd December ft, 1833, 
It wM probably made about tlio time of the 



lortly after the lands came into market. 

'Hie name of Calhoun was selected in compli- 
ment to the Hon. John C. Calhoun, of Soullt 
Carolina. The admiration appears not to have 
lasted long. In 1826, while in the Senate, he 
voted a^inst a bill which was intended to grant 
to the btatcB a donation of lands to aid in the 
construction of canals. At that time this was a 
favorile measure in several of the northern and 
western States. This, no doubt, ia the reason 
the unme of Calhoun was never formally adop- 
ted by the people, or having adopted it^they 
gradually ceased to speak of it oy the name, and 
returned to the one assigned it by the commii- 
sioners. But it was not until 1833, ten years af- 
ter its origin, that the town of Calhoun was fi- 
nally blotted out nf existence. At that time 
there was a re-snrvey of the town, under aot of 
the legislature, in which the town of Calhoun 
was formally made a part of Springfield. 

On March 18, 1835, the final and permanent 
location of the county seat was made by the 
special commissioners. In consideration of this 
location, Elijah lies and Pascal P. Enoa at once 
donated to the county some forty-two acrea of 
what is now the most valuable part of the city. 
Tlie County Commissioners' Court held a spe- 
cial term and confirmed the location on the very 
day it was made. By this order the donation, 
with the exception of the public square, which 
was to remain aa then laid out, was surveyed 
into blocks and lots having streets and alleys 
corresponding with the original town plot of 
Calhonn. The donation embraced blocks 1, 13, 
13, 23, 23, 34, 39, 36, 37, 28, 39, 30 and 31 of the 
old town plat. The first lots in the donation 
were sold early in May. 

The first Slate law m relation to the town was 
approved February 9, 1837. By its provisions 
the County Comniissioners' Court was einpow- 
ercd and required to appoint a street commis- 
sioner for the town, whose duties are prescribed 
in the act. They were also enipowered to levy 
a tax u]>on the citizens for improving the streets. 
JiiHtices of the peace of the town were required 
upon a petition of a majority of the legal voters, 
to enter an order upon their dockets in relation 
to the subject matter petitioned for; such order 
constituted a sort of ordinance, and penalties 
were jirescribed in the law for the violation of 
such orders. They were repealed by a petition 
of legal voters in like manner aa they had been 

fiasRcd. Such were the first specimeiia of legis- 
ntioii at a place where legislation of all aorta 
afterwards became very common. 



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HISTORY OF SANGiUIOSr COISTY. 



Continuing to increase in population, ssd 
losing none of iln original ambition, Spriugfield 
became incor|)onted u a town, April 3, 183t, 
nnder the general law of 1831. Tins town oor- 
ernment remained for nearl^r ten yoars, and for 
much of that time was administered in a viae 
and acceptable manner. Cbarles R. Matheaj 
was tbe first President of tlie Board of Tma- 
tees, wbtle among the members were Abraham 
Lincoln, Samuel H. Treat, and Stephen T.Lo^^ 
— names which need no eulogy here. Diiniw 
these years—from 1830 to 184(X— both town aiid 
county increased in population very rapidly. By 
this time, the settlements in the northern part at 
the Slate had grown to be of considerable >ii* 
and importance. The northern part of IIUnoiB 
was principally settled by men from New Yofk 
and New England, lliey were farmers, met^ 
chants, mechanics, millers, manufacturers. Tbaj 
made faiTos, built mills, churches, school honw^ 
towns, and cities. Here, in Central Illinois, was 
where the Kentuckians who had settled SoiitberB 
Illinois, first met and learned to know the moi 
whom they called Yankees. They had a most 
despicable opinion of their Northern neighbon. 
The genuine Yankee they had never seen. Tbaj 
bad seen a tricky, trafficking race of peddlers 
from New England, who much infested tne Weat 
and South wiui tinware, amall lots of meral 
dize, and wooden clocks. Front these speoi- 
mens, the whole of New England had pee* 
jndged. Hence, the natural conclusion that » 
Yankee was a close, miserly, dishonest getter of 
money, void of generosity or any of the kiad- 
lier feelings of human nature. On the Other 
hand, the people of Northern Illinois (ubi^^ 
from New England^ formed an equally unfavoc^ 
able opinion of their Southern neighbors. T%t 
Northern man believed the Southerner to be ft 
long, lank, lazy, ignorant animal, little bettar 
than a savage — one content to squat on land mat 
bis own, and spend his days In a log cabin, wi^ 
a large family of idle, hungry, ill-clothed, «» 
taught children. It was only by daily contaot) 
actual intercourse, thai prejudices and emm 
could be removed. IJere, in Central Illinohi 
and, most of all, in Springfield, after it beca a aa 
the capital, were these two classesof men brongkt 
to know each other better, and finally to abandoa 
their erroneous notions of each other. The* 
they found both parties were wrong. In libera. 
ality and hospitality they were about eqaal, 
though these virtues show themselves in aach 
people in a different way. The Southerner waay 
perhaps, the most hospitable and liberal to iait 



vilad^ bat the Northern nun 1 _. _ 

Kbenl In eontributing for the unUio banett. 
n— i_ a-^__B-i.i t_ i» 1 .1 1 . 



Bci% in £^nsSold,in later yean, were tbe beat 
' both classes — Uneoln, Donglas, 
lin, KaseU, Tnimbnll, Ixi^^an, 
SUeUs, Dnbds, and many otbera, who gnda- 
allr eMBe to consider that Springfield wa* hone. 

As already stated Sprin|^ld ws* iDcorponaed 

' ~ I government in 1833. The (olloviiig 
the Board of Tmstees from 1839 to 
ISMiBclarive: 

183i— Chariea R. UatboBv, President; Cyms 
Aadaraon, John TaylM, Elisna Tabor, Uor-ieeai 
MoMey, William <^ipentw, Tmsteea. 

ins.— Cbariet R MatheDT, Prendeat; Cym 
Andaram. John M. Cabania, WilUsa Owpanter, 
Ssmnel Uonis, Stephen T. Logan, Tnuteen. 

18S«^^ames R. Orny, Prestdenti William 
Chmnter, Bdmond Roberta, Niohotss A. Oar- 
IsBd, John Owens, Tnuteea. 

lesft.— <:iiaries R. Uatheny, Preaidest; Jamas 
L. Lamb, Jamoa W. Keyes, William Alverr, 
Umiiam Carpenter, Philip C. lAttaam, P«l^ C. 
Oaaedy, Tiutaea. 

18S*.— Chariea R. Maiheny, President; Pd^ 
C Csnedy, Philip U Latham, James W. Kaf«% 
John F. Rune, tieoive PoMfiold. Tnatmi*. 

1833.— C&rlea R. Matheny, President; Pd«« 

i„ _:.::]d c. jmj "•'••'- « .» 

Oeoige Pfesfield, 
1818.— Charles 



afield, Joseph KMn, Tmataes;. 
Varies It Matheay, Prendeat: PsIm 
r. P. C UUMm. Joseph Klein, WiE 



C Caaedy, Philip C. I^athmn, WilUMn Bntlar, 
" field, i< ' " 

-harlM 

a Caaedy. 

final Batl«^ Swnvel IL Trn^ Tmatecs. 

less.— Charies R. Matbany, Preudcnt; Fklcc 
C Caaedy, Philip C. Lathiua, Joaeph SMm, 
Snmad H. Treat, Abrabun Jiaeoln, Joaaph 
WUta^, Tmateea. 

1840.— Pales C Caaedy, PreddMt; Joseph 
KMa. Jonas Whitney, Philip C. Lathwa, Ahn- 
ham Xiaeola, Tnuteea. 

CITT OIUKTBn. 

la 1840 a eharter waaobtained from thn taps- 
laiiira for the formation of a «ty govaranwaL 
XU flrat rieetioB waa held la the apHi^ of tha« 
year, llda oharter waa aaianded scvnrnl timaa 
aad ia 1853 an «o( waa passed entitled "An net 
to rsdnee the aot. iaeorporataag the city of 
^riaofield, and the asveral aou amendatory 
thereof into on* set, ud to amend the sa m a. * * 
Thiaaetwaaiq>proTedMaNih3,18H. Byitths 
mnairiMl sovemnuit was to aonnst of a Gnj 
CoaamI, tohe emapossd of a Mayor aad thna 
Aldermen from eaiA ward. Under the oM «har> 
ter there waa only one-A H i naan for oaeh wm>4 
Tha other oflesrs for tbs ally wars w ha a Oqr 
Osik, CSty Mardul, CI9 T wa nw r, (Mf Attar* 



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Fourth, Richard Yoang, G. B. Simonds, Dudley 
Wickersham. 

1861. — Mayor — George L. Huntington; Alder- 
men — Firat Ward, John S. Vredenburg, Ralph 
J. Coats, Charlies Fisher, Harrison G. J^itzhush; 
Second, Cornelius I vera, John W. Chenery,John 
Connelly, Jr., Zimri A. Enos; Third, Christo- 
pher C Brown, Thoma*, J. Dennis, Henry 
Grubb, Daniel Morse; Fourth, A. J. French, 
G. B. Simonds, Dudley Wickersham, Richard 
Young. 

1862. — Mayor — George L. Huntington; Al- 
dermen — First Ward, Oliver M. Sheldon, Ralph 
J. Coats, John S. Vredenburg; Second, Charles 
H. Lanphier, John W. Chenery, Cornelius I vers; 
Third, llenry Grubb, Daniel Morse, Christopher 

C. Brown; Fourth, Obed Lewis, A. J. French, 
Richard Young. 

1863. — Mayor — John W. Smith; Aldermen- 
First Ward, Henry Wohlgemuth, Oliver M. 
Sheldon, John S. Vredenburg; Second, Charlen 
H. Lauphier. Moses K. Anderson, Cornelius 
Ivers;Tnird, William J. Conkling, Henry Grubb, 
Daniel Morse; Fourth, Obed Lewis, A. J. French, 
Henry C. Myers. 

1864. — Mayor — John S. Vrendenburff; Alder- 
men — First Ward, Ralph J. Coats, Oliver M. 
Sheldon, Henry Wohlgemuth; Second, William 
Bishop, Moses K. Anderson, Charles H. Lanphiei ; 
Third, William S. Curry, Daniel Morse, Henry 
Grubb, Robert Officer, William M. I^e; Fourth, 
Henry C. Myers, Obed Lewis, Peter Berriman, 
Charles Dallman. 

18C5. — Mayor — Thomas J. Dennis; Alder- 
men — First Ward, Ralph J. Coats, Henry Wohl- 
gemuth, Daniel P. Broadwell; Second, William 
Bishop, Moses K. Anderaon, Thomas Rippon; 
Third, Daniel Morae, William S. Curry, James 

D. Brown ; Fourth, Henry C Myers, Charles R. 
Post, Charles Dallman. 

1 806.— Mayor — John S. Bradford; Aldermen- 
First Ward, Ralph J. CoaU, Daniel P. Broad- 
well, James M. Logan, John O Kames : Second, 
Williim Bishop, Thomas M. Rippon, M. K. 
Anderson; Third, William J. Conkling, James 
D. Brown, J. H. Hough; Fourth, lsa?ic A. 
llawley, Charles R. Post, Charles Dallman. 

1867. — Mayor — N. M. Broadwell; Aldermen — 
First Ward, James M. Logan, John O. Rames, 
A. Schwartz; Second, M. K. Anderson, Thomas 
M. Rippon, John S. Vredenburg; Third, William 
J. Conkling, James D. Brown Nicholas Strott; 
Fourth, Isaac A. Hawley, Charles R. Post, W. 
Whitney. 

1868.— Mayor— William K. Shutt; Alder 
men — First Ward, James M. Logan, A. Schwartz, 



John Cturmody; Seoond, M. K. Anderaon, John 
S. Vredenburg. Bdwaid J. Raften Third, Wil- 
liam J. Conkling, Nieholu StroU, JamA A. 
Loft; Fourth, mm A. llawley, W. Whitney, 
Henry Loosley. 

1869. — Mayor— N. M. Broadwell; Aldermen — 
First Ward, Frank Ilndeon, Jr., John Carmody, 
William Clark; Second, John S. Vredenbnrv, 
Edward J. Rafter, George M. Brown; Third, 
Nicholas Strott, James A. Lott. John S. Brad- 
ford; Fourth, W. Whitney, Henry Loosely, 
Rcddick M. Ridgdy, Obed licwia. 

1870. — Mayors-John W« Priest; Aldermen — 
First Ward, John Carmody, Frank Hudson, Jr., 
Frank W. Tracy; Second, Edward J. Raf- 
ter, Geom W. Brown, Hobert Bradford, H. N. 
Alden; Fonrth, Reddick M. Ridgely, Otei 
Lewis, Anffast Linear. 

1871. — ^fflayor — John W. Smith; Aldermen-* 
First Ward, Frank Undson, Jr., Frank W. Tr*- 
cy, R. J. Coats; Second, Hobert T. Ives, 
(jliarles A. Helmle, Maurice Fitxgerald: Third, 
John S. Bradford, U. N. Alden, II. S. Dick- 
erman; Fourth, Obed I^ewis, Reddick, M. Ridge- 
ly, Lynun Sherwood. 

1872. — Mayor— John W. Smith: Aldermen— 
Firet Ward, Ralph J. Cunts, Louis Rosette, John 
W. StnlU; Second, Hobert T. Ives Charles 
A. Helmle, Maurice Fitxgerald; Third, H. 
N. Alden, 'H. S. Dickerman, L. H. Bradley; 
Fourth, Obed Lewis, Lyman Sheni'ood, William 
G. Parker. 

1878. — ^Mayor — Charles B. Hay; Aldermen — 
Firet Ward, Lewis Rosette, Ralph J. Coats, Rich- 
ard Roderick;Second, Charles J. Helmle, Maurice 
Fitxgerald, Zimri A. Enos; Tlijrd, U. S. Dicker- 
man, I4. H. Bradley, Tingley S. Wood; Fonrth, 
Willian G. Parker, Joseph W. Lane, W. H. 
Hnmmell. 

In 1874, the city was divided into six wards, 
the representation in each ward remaining an 
heretofore — three Aldermen. 

1874. — Mavor — Obed Lewis; Aldermen — 
Finft Ward, Manuel DcSonxa, Thomas liowey^ 
William Hunter, 11. O. Bolles; Second, Zimn 
A. Enos, Maurice Fitxgerald, Frank Reisch, Jr.; 
Third, L. H. Bradley, Tingley S. Wood, Thomas 
G. Prickett,N. W. Inwards; Fourth, W. J. Par- 
ker, Edwin J. Scanlan, Michael Reifler; Fifth 
Bichard Roderick, Frank Hudson, Jr., I^nin 
Rosette; Sixth, Joseph W. T^ane, H. S. Dicker* 
roan, John T. Rhodes. 

1875. — Mayor — Charles B. Hay; Aldermen — 
Firet Ward, H. O. Bolles, Manuel DeSousm, 
Geoi^ W. Krodell; Second, Zimri A. Enon^ 
Frank Reisch, Jr., William Flynn; Third, Ting. 



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ley S. Wood, Thomas 6. Prickett, Thomas S. 
Mather; Fourth, Michael Reifler, Edwin J. Scan- 
Ian, George McCutcheon; Fifth, Richard Roder- 
ick, Frank Hudson, Jr., William IJ. Staley; Sixth, 
Joseph W. I^ine, John T. Rhodes, John Mayo 
Palmer. 

1870. — Mayor — William Jayne; Aldermen- 
First Ward, Manuel DeSouza, George W. Kro- 
dell, John O. Piper; Second, Frank Keisch, Jr., 
William J. Flynn, Freilerick Walther; Third, 
Thomas G. Prickett, Thomas S. Mather, William 
Sands; Fourth, Edwin J. Scanlon, George R. 
Hough, William White; Fifth, Frank Hudson, 
Jr., William H. Staley, Charles Fisher; Sixth, 
John T. Rhodes, John Mayo Palmer, James 0. 
Conkling. 

1877. — Mayor — William Jayne; Aldermen — 
First Ward, George W. Krodell, John O. Piper, 
Manuel AfFonso; Second, William J. Flynn, 
Frederick Walther, JAlf red Orendorff; Third, 
Thomas S. Mather, William Sands, James 
Smith; Fourth, George Hough, William White, 
Edwin J. Scanlon; Fifth, William H. Suley, 
Charles Fisher, John O. Rames; Sixth, John 
Mayo Palmer, James C. Conkling, John T. 
Rhodes. 

1878. — Mayor — J. A. Vincent; Aldermen — 
First Ward, John O. Piper, M. Affonso, J. E. 
Rosette; Second, Joseph Trutter, A. Orendorff, 
Dennis O'lirien; Third, William Sands, J. W. 
Smith, B. W. Ayres; Fourth, William White, 
Edward J. Scanlon, Fred McCarthy; Fifth, 
Charles Fisher, John O. Rames, William H. Sta- 
ler; Sixth| J. C. Conkling, J. T. Rhodes, Chrig. 
Wolf. 

1879. — Mayor — R. L. McGuire; Aldermen — 
First Ward, John Brennan, M. Ailonso, J. E. 
Rosette; Second, Daniel Taylor, R. Hcllweg, A. 
Orendorff, Dennis O'Brien; Third, Joseph Wal- 
lace, J. W. Smith, B, W. Ayres; Fourtli, Richard 
O'Donnell, Edward J. Scanlon, Fred McCarthy; 
Fifth, E. S. Johnson, John O. Rames, William 
H. Suley; Sixth, E. P. House, J. T. Rhodes, 
Chris. Wolf. 

1880. — Mayor — Horace C. Irwin; Aldermen — 
Firnt Ward, J. E. Rosette, John Brennan, A. 
Vicria; Second, Dennis O'Brien, R. Hellwcg, 
James Williams; Third, B. W. Ayres, Joseph 
Wallace, Henry Gruhb; Fourth, Frederick Mc- 
Carthy, Richard H. O'Donnell, George Kern; 
Fifth, William H. Staley, Edward S. Johnson, 
William C. Wood; Sixth, Chris. Wolf, Elon P. 
House, J. T. Rhodes. 

1881. — Mayor — John McCreery; Aldermen — 
Fir»»t Ward, John Foster, F. Jacoby, A. Vieria; 
Sectiud, George Ritt'Cr, R. Hellweg, James Wil* 



liams, John Fitzgerald; Third, J. W. Smith, 
Joseuh Wallace, Henry Grubb; Fourth, B. Con- 
lin, Richard H. O'Donnell, George Kern; Fifth, 
Edward S. Johnson, J. O. Rames, William C. 
Wood; Sixth, U. Fayart, William Drake, Elon 
P. House, J. T. Rhodes. 

REMOVAL OF THB CAPITAL. 

Attention has already been called to this sub* 
ject in a previous part of this work, but a few 
words here will not be out of place. The act for 
the removal of the capital was approved Febru- 
ary 25, 1837, but the efforts in that direction had 
been made at ever}' session for several years 
previous. The system of internal improvementt 
was then pending in the legislature and before 
the people. The means used to pass this system 
through tlie legislature cannot be left without 
notice. First, a large number of the people were 
interested in the success of the Illinois and 
Michigan canal; the canal was, therefore, threat- 
ened if other sections of the State were denied 
the improvements demanded by them. Thus 
the friends of the canal were forced into the 
system. Next the system was made to include 
roads and improvements everywhere, so as to 
enlist every part of the State; several efforts 
were made to legalize a smaller system, and with 
each failure, the bill would he amended bv the 
addition of other roads. Thus the frienas of 
the other system were gradually increased. 
Next, those counties which could not be accom* 
modatcd with a road or some other improve- 
ment, were to share in a fund of two hundred 
thousand dollars. To conciliate and win over 
the interest and influence of Alton, three rail- 
roads were appointed to center at that city. 
Then the people of S]>ringfield desired to have 
the seat of government removed here. Sanga- 
mon county had nine representatives in the Gen- 
eral Assembly. It w*a6 by the efforts and in- 
fluence of these men that Springfield attained 
its present position. Amont; them were some 
very dexterous managers in politics, w*hose 
whole object was to obtain the seat of govern- 
ment for Springfield. This delegation, from the 
beginning of the decisive session, threw itself 
as a unit in suppoit of, or in op\>osition to, 
every local measure of interest, but never with- 
out a bargain for votes in return on the seat of 
government tpiestion. Most of the other coun- 
ties were small, havinff but one representative, 
and many of them had but one for a district 
com|)oseu of several counties. This gave to 
Sangamon county a decided preponderance in 
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means the ^^Long Nine** rolled a log like a 
snowball, gathering accessions of strength at 
every turn, until they swelled up a considerable 
party for Springfield. This party they managed 
to take as a unit in favor of tlie internal im- 
provement system, in return for which the active 
supporters of that system were to vote for 
Springtield to be the seat of government. Thus 
it was by log-rolling on the canal measure, by 
multiplying railroads, by terminating three 
railroads at Alton, that Alton might become a 
great city in opposition to St. I^mis, by dis* 
tributing money to some of the counties, the 
system of internal improvements was adopted, 
and the seat of government removed to Spring- 
field. 

The spring of 1837 did noto^n favorably for 
the new cipital. That sprmg the banks 
throughout the United States suspended specie 
payments. The banks of Illinois soon followed 
the example of , others. The location of Spring- 
field was made upon conditions. One condition 
was, that the State should receive ^50,000 for 
the orection of the cipitol. Another was, that 
the grounds necessary for the public buildings 
shotiid be donated to the State, and for this 
purpose the county court was empowered to 
convey the public square, which was done. But 
the payment of the sum of money specified was 
found to be a much harder task than was at first 
anticipated. One-third of the amount — $10,- 
600. G 7 — was raised b^ assessments upon the 
owners of property within the town. The as- 
sessments were not paid for five years, for the 
reason other satisfactory arrangements were 
made. 

The persons assessed went to the State 
Bank and gave a note, due in five years, interest 
at twelve per cent, for the amount. A copy of 
this note will be found on a previous page. 
The bank advanced the money, and the lot 
owner, by paying his interest annually, was 
allowed live years' time. Another third of the 
amount, the town, in its corporate capacity, 
agreed to pay. Upon the written obligation to 
that effect, a large number of the leading 
citizens of the place, perhaps a hundred in all, 
became sureties. When it became due the town 
was not able to pay, and the State Bank, which 
had advanced the money to the town, was about 
to press the securities to payment, when a com- 
promise was made. Men of capital came for- 
ward with the money and paid the bank, taking 
city bonds for their re-payment. 

The offices of the State Government were 
removed here in July, 1839. 

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aPECCLATlOX ASP UAMU TIMWIU 

It was in 1830 that the great town Wi apeaalft- 
tiou Itetpin to apread throa^h iIm Iowim aad Til- 
lages of Illinois. Bat it did not MsnMe its fidl 
pr\>portion8 in Springfield nniil ike vcnr follow* 
ing, after the removal of the eaniuJ vne a cw- 
tainty • This speculation in this Suie eomaMaoed 
in Chicago, and was the means of balMing np 
that ylacc, in a year or two, frona a TiUags of a 
few nouses to be a city of several thonsaad In- 
habitants. The story of the sodden fortunes 
made there, excited, at first, wonder and amaae- 
ment, next a gambling spirit of adToaiUuo, and 
lastly an all Msorbing desire for rapid and ^en- 
did wealth. The example of Chiei^ was oon- 
tagious. It spreSAl to all tho towns and irillages 
of the State. New towns were bad o«t in mvetj 
direction. In fact, the nnmber of towns mnlti- 
plied so rapidly that it was a comsMm ranaik to 
say the whole country was likely to be laid ont 
ill towns, and that no land would bo loft for 
farming purposes. In this time of wild ezoite* 
nient, Springfield had her full sharsu Tho jnd|E>- 
meuts of an the business men weio nnsettled. 
Tlieir minds were occupied with only one idea — 
Uie all-controiling desire of jumping at onoe into 
a fortune. As all had bonght mofo'town lots 
and lands than many of them oonld nay for, and 
more than any of them oonld sell* tno idea was 
gradually diifused tliroutfh the Slate that if the 
country could be rapidly settled, its resouroes 
developed, and wealth invited from abroad, that 
all the towns then of any note wonld become 
cities, and that the other towns, bad oat only for 
speculation, and then without inhalrilants,m*oald 
immediately become thriving and popnhms vil- 
lages, the wealth of all would be greatlv in- 
creased, and the town lot maiket be rendened 
perfectly secure. 

It was with a view to this oonsummation, that 
the^ system of internal improvements, alr«idy 
noticed, began to be successfully agitated in the 
summer and fall of 1836. The system became 
law, and three ^'cars trial of it plunged the State 
so ho]H!lessly in debt that public credit went 
down with a crash; individuals, of course, did 
not escape unharmed. Many ot the soundest 
men in all the towns were driven to utter ruin. 
There were many in Spnngfield who suffered in 
this time of cafamitv. "Hie whole community 
found that the growth of the town had been re- 
tarded for years by these events. As we have 
seen, the banks were all compelled to suspend, , 
and the money was paper. So great was the i 
burden of debt felt to be, that after July, 1841, « 
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several years to paj the interest on the public 
debt. Here in Springfield, as elsewhere through 
die State, the people foand they had enough to 
do in providing food and in paying the debts 
they owed to each other. 

To add to the ccneral calamity and the terror 
of the people, in r ebruary, 1849, the State Kank| 
with a circulation of $:i,000,000, tumbled into 
ruin with a great crash, not only injuring Spring- 
field greatlj^, but carrying wide spread poverty 
all over Illinois, and into the neighboring States 
and Territories. For the next ten years there 
were hard times indeed. Speculation had seen 
its day, and the people were done with it. Hard 
work and economical habits were ideas fixed in 
the minds of most. Under such circumstances 
it is no wonder the city grew slowly. In ei^ht 
years, commencing with 1840, the population 
only increased by about fourteen hundred. Still 
the place did gradually increase in numbers and 
wealth, year by year. As the county was slow- 
ly settled up, and its resources developed by the 
two railroaas, this growth became permanent, in 
form. 

IIBALTHFULNSSS OP SFBIXGPIKLD. 

Springfield is noted as being one of the most 
healthy cities in this country, and affords a 
pleasant retreat during the hot summer months 
to those living in the cities of the South. The 
St. Louis (Mo.) Republican, noticing the sum- 
jder resorts convenient to citizens of the eastern 
cities, says: 

** There are many in St Louis who would 
gladlv have such summer advantages at com- 
mand, but who are not prepared, widi their fam- 
ilies, to take the long and expensive journey to 
the East. Many of our business men cannot 
afford the time to do it. They must be witliin 
reach of their countins-rooms and warehouses, 
and so they pass their long summers here with- 
out rural recreation or pleasure jaunts of any 
sort, denying to their families, as well as them- 
selves, the salutary pleasure of a country resi- 
dence during the summer. But still there is, 
only one hundred miles away, a very a^eeab^e 
spot to pass the summer. We mean Springfield, 
Illinois, which is quite as desirable and comfort- 
able a place for summer recreation as many 
others of greater celebrity. It is as marked for 
healthlulness as Saratoga, and has as pure air. 
It is a city, yet it is so laid out and built that it 
presents a pleasing combination of town and 
country. There are many pleasant drives about 
the city, and livery stables supplied with the 
l)est horses for the saddle or buggy. It abounds 
in churches and schools, and is distinguished for 



the intelligence, courtesy and hospitality of its 
citizens. WiUi days no hotter than at Niagara, 
its evenings, nichts and mornings delightfully 
cool. To a St Louisian it is accessible in four 
hours, and when there the telegraph and mails 
place him in prompt communication with this 
city, or any other place rcouiring correspondence. 
It is a safe and quiet place for families, free 
from the costliness of places of fashionable re- 
sorts, for which one must prepare with startling 
equipments of elegant and fashionable ward- 
rooes. No city in the Union has a finer hotel 
than Springfield, where families may find most 
desirable accommodations. We refer to the 
Leland Hotel. A St Louis merchant can de- 
posit his family there, come down to the city, 
and pass half or two-thirds of the week, and 
run up again on Friday or Saturday, and pass a 
slad Saturday or Sunday with his family and 
friends, and so beguile the hot weeks with varied 
enjoyment for himself, while wife and children 
are safe, healthy and happy, all summer long, 
in that pleasant city. Let no one ask for a 
place of summer resort with one sa accessible 
as Springfield right at hand. We speak of the 
place knowingly, having passed there many 
weeks and months during the past twenty-five 
or thirty years, dating back to the day when it 
had only three thousand inhabitants. It is 
really a most desirable place to spend the sum- 



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SPRINGFIKLD TO A 6TRANGKB. 



Springfield when visited in the winter, or in 
the early spring when the frost is first out of the 
ground, does not present that attractive appear- 
ance it does later m the spring and in the sum- 
mer and autumn months. Like other cities, in 
Central Illinois and almost throughout the entire 
State, in the early spring and in open winters it 
is quite muddy, the mud frequently being an 
embargo to all travel. Springfield has often been 
condemned by the stranger for the mud upon 
her streets, while at the same time it was no 
worse than hundreds of other places in the 
State, and much better than many. Of one 
thing it is quite evident, the cities of Illinois 
will always De muddy if not paved. 

Coming to the city in the summer the stranger 
finds it presenting a far different appearance. 
With its palatial residences, with tiandsome, 
well kept lawns; its magnificent business blocks, 
with large store rooms filled with goods of every 
description to suit the tastes and pockets of all; 
large, stately shade trees lining the streets, all 
going to make up one of the handsomest cities 
of its size in the country. In 1854, a corres- 



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pondent of the Democratic Press, of Chicago^ 
who chanced to be in the city thus wrote of it: 
"Every citizen of the Prairie State, from' 
Chicago to Cairo anti from the Wabash to the 
Mississippi, should be acquainted with the real 
character of, and take a pride in, our pleasant 
and hospitable capital. Pleasant and beautiful, 
and flourishing will I term it, though very oppo- 
site adjectives have been prefixed to it by many 
of those editors and politicians who have seen 
it during winter's cold wind, and cloudy sky and 
foggy air — when an unusual, an ill-assorted and 
turbulent crowd of visitors are here from the 
highways and bvways of ^Suckerdom,' when 
bird and bee and blossom have given place to 
pelting rain, and driving wind, and general 
gloom. But Springfield m the sprins time of 
the year is a different place. Indianapolis 
is famed for beauty and prosperity; yet with an 
infinite knowledge of all it has and a strong 
predilection in its favor, I am constrained to 
say it has nothing to boast of over our 
own capital. In railroads and population it has 
a few years the start ; but in pleasant places of 
residence, in taste as displayed in shade trees 
and phrubs and flowers, and fences and grassy 
lawns, Springfield is far ahead; and in churches, 
babks, court and State house, it is at least her 
equal. The State has not granted to Springfield 
her buildings for the blind, insane and dumb, 
nor have the benevolent orders of Odd Fellows 
and Masons done for her what they have done 
for Indianapolis. Herein is a difference a^inst 
us. Like Washington, Springfield is a 'city of 
magnificent distances.' It might be termed the 
•Emlowered City,' as in no western to^na have 
I seen more fine elms, maples, locust, oak and 
other shade trees flourishing. * He who plants 
trees loves others besides himself.' Spring- 
fielders love and benefit posterity and ail 
strangers that vi8it the city and enjoy its luxu- 
riant shade. How snug, neat, cool and com- 
fortable, says Thrifty, do trees and shrubbery, 
which have been tastefullv planted, make a 
dwelling appear, and how nalcea, dry and barren 
does a residence look without them." 

CHANGE OF KAMB. 

In 1853, the qustion of a change of name for 
the city was discussed publicly and privately, for 
a considerable length of time, but without result. 
It was argued that Springfield was a too com- 
mon name, that in the Union there were about 
forty Springfields, or one in nearly every State 
and Territory, and but two or three rose above 
the rank of the most obscure village in tlie 
country. Letters destined for Springfield, Illi- 



nois, ifere often mit-«ent| traf vlins from imm 
State to another, and takins montna to reach 
their destination. Among the namca ftU|ggMted 
for the change, were Sannmo and IllinT^ The 
latter name was advocatea to perpetnate the re- 
membrance of the aboriginal peojHe,from whom 
was derived the name of the diief river of the 
State, and of the State itself; the former for the 
Sangaroo river, and becante of its more mnsical 
sonnd, especially when written in conneeUon 
with tne name of the State. The eifcNrta of the 
advocates of a change were unavailing^ and the 
city yet retuns the j)opnlar name of Sfwingfieldy 
and Springfield let it he. 

QROWTU or TUX CITT. 

Sprinfffleld, in common with every other m^ 
in tne Union, was affected by the liard times of 
1837, which continued daring one entire decmde, 
or until 1847. In this latter year property which 
had gone down, down, until it coiud go no lower» 
began to take an upward stride. The confidence 
of people was a^in restored and they began to . 
invest their savings in various ways and prosper- 
ity again reigned. In 18a3 there was such an 
urgent demand for dwelling houses in this ci^ 
that it could not be filled. Says a local writer <» 
that date: 

M Every iuhabitsble house in this city is filled 
to overflowing. Even should one happen to be 
vacated no one would dare notify tne public 
throuch the papers. The din of applicants 
would destroy tne best nerves in town. Of 
course our ottv is much the loser by this deficuen* 
cy. Scores of families who would be induced to 
remain in our city are forced to seek other local- 
ities. Both men and capital .are cUverted from 
our city, and others are allowed to rei^ the ad- 
vantages of our stupidity. Now cannot thb mat> 
ter be remedied? Is it not for the interest of our 
land owners and monied men to build houses to 
rent? Are not the inducements suflloient on the 
score of profit, to say nothing of jMtriotie con- 
sidcraUons? In this respect we believe no city in 
the west can hold out {greater inducements to 
building capital than Springfield. True we have 
not been in the habit of making such a blow 
about ourselves as our neighbor, at Alton. N« r 
have we gone into the pufiinsgame like Blooming* 
ton and 'little Decatur.* We havuH filled all the 
earth with the cry of our 'corner lots.' Still *lit- 
Ue old shanty Springfield* has actually done bet- 
ter in* real estate transactions than the tallest 
figures can show ot Chicago.** 

TUK POST opvicn. 

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Philadelphia, for $3.50. During the firot year, 
the business of the office was as follows: Orders 
drawn, >(13/i44.80; orders paid, f(8,-l 30.78. In 
ISSO, there were drawn 8108,238.54« and paid 
$100,073.33, on domestic orders alone, showing 
a handsome increase. 

During 1880, the number of letters forwarded 
from this office was eight hundred and twenty- 
three thousand, three hundred and sixty-eight; 
postal cards, two hundred and tifty thousand, 
five hundred and thirty-six; total number pieces 
mailed in all classes, two million, four hundred 
and nine thousand, five hundred and sixty-eight. 
Of second class matter, iifty-eight thousand, 
three hundred and eighty-eight pounds were for- 
warded. 

SPRINGFIELD AS A MAN'CPACTURIXG POIXT. 

The idea is generally prevalent that interior 
cities or towns can never be made manufactur- 
ing points. But this theory is certainly exploded; 
at least, so far as Springfield is concernea. The 
causes operating against interior cities in com- 
peting M'ith those along a water course no longer 
exists. No longer is the manufacturer depend- 
ent upon the steamers of our lakes and rivers 
for means of transportation. The invention of 
the locomotive and the building of railroads has 
effectually solved the transportation problem. 
A beginning has been made in Springfield, which 
is widening year by year, and already it has out- 
stripped many more pretentious river towns in 
the extent of its manufactures. Another point 
has been established by the building up of these 
manufactories here, and that is that a btate Cap- 
ital can be something else than a huge boarding 
house, where the people all make their living 
keeping boarders. 

Sprinf/field Iron Company, — This institution 
was organized October, 1871, with a capital stock 
of «200,000, which has been increased to 8393,- 
750. The first Board of Directors were Charles 
H. Ridgely, George M. BrinkerhofT, John W. 
Bunn, O. II. Miner, and William D. Richardson. 
The first and present officers are Charles 
Ridgely, President; John W. Bunn, Vice Pn»si- 
dent; George ^I. BrinkerhofT, Secretarv. The 
present Board of Directors are Charles Kid<rely, 
George M. BrinkerhofT, J. T. Smith, John Wil- 
liams, Joseph W. Clark, William Ridguly, and 
John W. Bunn. 

In the beginning the works only manufactured 
railroad iron. The puddle mill belonging to the 
rail mill was started in June, 1873, and the first 
rail was made in Stptember of that year, since 
which time it has continually been in operation. 



The ckiini is made by the oompmv that th«j 
have made mors rails than any simiuir woihs in 
the United States. They now turn owl four 
thoiisaod 6ve hundred tons of nils per month. 

Other branches of nwnnfaeture have been in- 
troduced from time to time, so that mi prevent 
the company is md^ing nils of both iron and 
steel, Itar iron, fish platea, and track bolt*. The 
steel rails are made bv the Seimcus-^Martin, or 
open earth process. Charles Kennedy is general 
superintendent of the works. 

The Springfield Iron Company it located 
about a mile north of the oity limits. The haild- 
tngs of this oompui^ are constructed in n tub* 
stantial style of arohiteotnre, and present a pio- 
turesque appeannce. It is impmotioable in this 
article to give a full and oomplete deacripUon of 
the works, and our only endeavor will be to 
notice some of the principal points of interest. 
The buildings in order of importance are, the 
nil mill, where all the nuls, both iron and steel, 
are made, is eighty by three hundred and twea> 
ty-five feet in dimensions. The rolls of this 
mill an propelled by a mammoth seven him* 
dnd horse-power engine. The steel convertinc 
works are two hundred by one hundred feet, and 
devoted to the manufacture of steel, which ia 
cast into nil ingots. The manufacture off sted 
is under the care of Mr. C. W. Roeper. 

The Blooming Mills are ninety by two hun> 
dred feet, substantially built and used for redne> 
iog the ingots to the proper siie for rolling into 
steel nils. The motive power being a four hun- 
dred and fifty horse-power Corless engine. The 
MerehantMtilsareone hundred and six by two 
hundred and thirty-four feet in dimenrions, and 
devoUnl to the manufacture of bar iron, mer* 
chants' iron and nilroad fastenings, with a ca- 
pacity of sixteen hundred tons per month. The 
machinery of this mill is driven by a three hun- 
dred horse-power Corless engine.- The puddle 
works are eighty-two by two hundred and two 
feet in dimensions, and used for the prepanUon 
of pig iron for the Merehant Mills, the motor 
being a three hundred horse power Corle« en* 
gine. Besides the buildings already mentioned, 
there are machine shops, bolt and nut works, car- 
penter shops, pattern shops, blacksmith sho|^ 
etc. The company have introduced the Sie- 
mens gas furnaces, which they^ use exdnaively 
for heating purposes, fifteen Ming in use in the 
diffeient works. In the steel works they have a 
duplex Worthinffton pump, with two steam 
cylinders twenty-five and a half inches in diam* 
eter, with a twenty-four inch stroke and a 
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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Ulthet/tt* Bras*, Carriage ami Wagon Mann- 
factory, — William H., George D^ and James 
Withev are proprietors of the manufactory 
located between Seventh and Eighth, on Wash- 
ington street. The business was established by 
the brothers in 1853. They purchased the lot on 
which the factory stands of tnc renowned Wash- 
ington Irvin^ir. and erected a frame building 
0i*x80 feet. Two years later they erected a brick 
22x100 feet, three stories in height. The latter 
was blown down by a cyclone in April, 1860, which 
destroyed the frame also. They next erected a 
brick building 80x100 feet, two stories high, 
which was destroyed b^ fire in the spring of 1 86 1 . 
There was a total loss in each instance, amount- 
ing together to $40,000, leaving the brothers in 
debt about $10,000. Their present buildings are 
100x157 feet, two stories high, and of brick. 
They were commenced in 1861 and completed in 
186i. The brothers also now own a two-story 
brick on Eighth street, 40x80 feet, which is used 
as a warehouse. All their property is free from 
incumbrance. They manufacture a general line 
of carnages, buggies, phietons and light spring 
wagons of the best quality. They employ on 
an average of thirty hands, and made 250 
vehicles in 1880. Their work is all sold in the 
local market at retail. 

Sa»h Mamifactory. — John A. Kikendal, man- 
ufacturer of sash, doors and blinds, commenced 
business on the corner of Ninth and Adams 
streets, October, 1878. His business has been 
constantly on the increase, and he now employs 
eight men. In 1880 he did a business of 815,000. 
The Globe Spice Afilh. — ^The business was es- 
tablished in 1870 by Slemmons & Conkling. 
Subsequently the firm name was changed to 
Slemmons, Conkling & Company. In 1876, Mr. 
Slemmons retired from the firm, and in 1878 
started the Globe Mills on Adams, between 
Fourth and Fiffli street, where he continued un- 
til August, 18S0, when he removed to his pres- 
ent location on South Tenth street. The concern 
roasts and prepares coffee, prepares spices, man- 
ufactures baking powder and ro.ists peanuts. 
The Globe Cream Tartar Baking Powder is the 
bent brand of baking powder made at these mills. 
All gootlsmade bv Mr. Slemmons are handled 
exclusively at wholesale, lie employs two trav- 
eling salesmen, besides his goods are sold by the 
salesmen in the employ of John W. Uunn. Six 
hands are employed in the factory. 

Sprincifield Paper Oom^yany. — The Suringfield 




William McCague, President; Nathaniel Cov- 
ington, Secretary; Maurice Starne, Treasurer. 
The company began operating the mill in Jan- 
uary, 1 876. The cash capital was $50,000, while 
the plant, buildings, machinery, 4&c., cost be- 
tween ^40,000 and $50,000. The grounds of the 
company comprise one entire block, and the 
main building has a depth of one hundred and 
fifty feet. The company confines itself to the 
inanufacture of one line of paper, the cream 
manilla, a fine quality of wrapping paper, and 
produce an average of four thousand pounds a 
day. The property in 1881 changed hands, and 
the mill is now owned by S. li. Jones & Com- 
pany, with the title of Springfield Paper Com- 
pany, under the Superintendency of N. K. Nixon, 
and Nathaniel Covington, Secretary. 

Wagoiis and Carriages. — The firm of Myers, 
Davidson & Henley, was organized in 1874, and 
they commenced manufacturing carriages, bug- 
gies and spring-wagons, near the corner of Jeffer- 
son and Sixth streets, where they continued until 
January 1, 1881, when they purchased and fitted 
up the old Christian Church on the north-east 
corner of Jefferson and Sixth Streets. Their lot is 
eighty by one hundred and fifty-seven feet, and is 
well covered with buildings. I'he members of the 
firm are all practical workmen, and each has con* 
trol of a dopai-tment. They turned out sixty 
vehicles in 1880, besides doing a large amount 
of repair work. 

Machine Works, — S. F. Eastman started in 
the machine business on Madison street, between 
Second and Tliird, in 1808, making a specialty 
of the manufacture of the Benefactor, a two- 
horse cultivator. He continued the business in 
that location three years, then moved to a build- 
ing on Seventh street. At that time he went into 
the general repair business of engines and farm 
machiner}'. lie removed from there to his 
present location, opposite the Wabash depot, in 
1875, the building Wins erected espi*cialiy for 
h^s business. In 1870, he formed a partnership 
with John II. Stevens, which still continues. 
The firm now makes a specialty of the manufac- 
ture of small upright engines, and employ three 
men in addition to their own labor. 

The Elevator Jfiiling Company. — Near the 
depot of the Chicago &> Alton llailroad, Asa 
Eastman &, Company erected, in 1805, aii ele- 
vator at a cost of $75,000. For some years Mr. 
Eastman was interested in the business, but in 
1876 leased it to other parties, and nttired. Wil- 
liam Broeker, George Kern, S. W. Currier, and 
W. P. Grimsley were the lessees, lliese gentle- 
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IbbO. In May of that vear they purchased the 
property and determinea to erect in connection 
with the elevator a flouring mill. In June, the 
company be|;an the erection of the mill, complet- 
ing It during the early part of the winter follow* 
ing, and in I^ebruarv, 1881, commenced the manu- 
facture of flour. 1 he mill is of brick, seventy* 
eight by fifty-six feet, four stories and basement, 
with an elevation of one room (ten by sixteen) 
above the roof. The boiler and engine room, 
north of the main building, is twentv-five bv 
forty feet, and twenty-six feet high, llic mill 
has ten run of burrs, with all the modem im- 
provements, and has a capacity of twelve barrels 
per hour, or three hundred barrels for a twenty* 
four hours run. The cost of the mill was $45,000. 
The elevator has a storage capacity of one hun- 
dred and twenty thousand bushels of grain. 

Excelsior Mills. — Douglas 1 1 ickoz, proprietor 
of the Excelsior Mills, is one of a family of 
millers. Addison Hickox settled in Springfield 
in 1833, and being a practical miller, began the 
business abeut two miles northwest of the city, 
a small water mill being Iccated there, built by 

. A year or two later he erected another 

mill opposite, on the same stream, which he 
operated a number of years. In the mesntime, 
he erected a saw* mill, with which he sawed 
lumber for a new mill, which he erected on the 
corner of Third and Washington streets, in 
1845. This new mill he continued to operate 
until 1855, when he sold his milling interests, 
and engaged in merchanizing until 1859. He 
then bought the old I>amb mill, on South 
Seventh, between Cook and E^iwards streets, 
which he run some years. About this time the 
Illinois Mill was burned, but was rebuilt in 1861 
and run by Washington Crowder. It was a very 
fine mill for that day, and cost ^27,000. Mr. 
Crowder ran it two years, losing heavily, when 
he sold to Laswell <& Broad well, who ran it 
about one year, when, in 1864, it p.assed into Mr. 
Hickox's hands, who, in connection with his son- 
in-law, B. F. Haines, operated it. In the moan- 
time, Mr. Hickox had taken his son, Martin, as 
a partner in the Lamb mill. In 18G6, another 
change was made, ^lartin purchasing his father*s 
interest in the Illinois Mill, and selling him his 
interest in the Lamb mill. In the spring of 
18G5, Addison Hickox bought the yEina mill, on 
East Adams street, between Sixth and Seventh, 
which had been erected by Ives & Matthews, 
some time previous. Douglas Hickox became a 
partner in the mill from the time of its purchase. 
The father and son run it two and a half years, 

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Hickox, becoming a partner with his scMhln-bifr, 
retained the business until 1871, when he retiied* 
Tliat fall he went to Florida, as was his vustonit 
to ^pend the winter, and there died in January, 
1872. Addison Hickox was another instanoe of 
a self-made man. Commencing without* penny, 
by industrv he accumulated a fortune, which he 
left to his heirs, of $150,000. His sons and sou* 
in-law have all followed the milling business. 
The two oldest sons, Martin and E. R.,are deed; 
S. W. Hickox is one of the proprietors of the 
Illinois Mills, and Douglas is proprietor of the 
Excelsior, as ffuardian for his nephew. The 
old City Mills blew up in 1867, and the JSxom 
in 1870 — both a total loss. 

Te Excelsior Mill wm built in I860, by 
Rippon & Co., who leased it for a term of years. 
About 1807, Martin llidcox purchased it, and a 
ear later, his father, Addison Hickox, became 
oint proprietor, but soon sold liack to his eon. 
The capacity of the Excelsior is one hundred 
barrels every twenty-four hours. The building 
is 40x60 feet, three stories and basement. 

Some Mills. — ^This mill was erected in 1861, 
by Wasliington Crowder, who ran it for a time, 
Mmeu it was purchased by Addison Hickox, who 
operated it until the fall of 1871. It was a part 
of his estate at the time of his death, which oo- 
currcd in January, 1872, and is now the property 
of his widow, Mra. Rhoda Hickox. It is sixty 
by forty feet, exclusive of the engine and boiler 
room, which is thirty by sixty feet. The mill is 
three stories and basement, of brick, and is equip- 
ped with all modem millins machinery, and has 
a capacity of one hundred barrels every twenty- 
four hours. John L. Burke and S. W . Hickox 
leased the mill February, 1881. They do mer- 
chant work exclurively. 

Frinting Wkd jBiWin^jr.— In 1865 Henry W. 
Rokker came to Springfield, and in 1867 com- 
menced the business of book-binder, with loca- 
tion on Fifth, between Adams and Monroe 
streets. Business flourished, and vear by year 
he added to his stock and cipital, until 187S, 
when he was burned out, suffering a personal 
loss of ^10,000. He roH>pened Vithin a month 
on East Washington street, where he remained 
until he removed to his present location, 309 
South Fifth street, in 1876. The building was.^ 
erected bv Mr. Rokker e8)>ecially for the busi- 
ness, and is one huudr^ and fifty-seven hy 
twenty feet, Uiree stories in height. On his re- 
moval to this buildini^ he added a small printing 
establishment, consistnis of one small nresa and 
a few fonts of type. The business liaa sines 
rapidly grown, untu now he has in active operft> 



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tioD four large and two small presses, and is well 
supplied with printing material for tlie transac- 
tion of any kind of work. The printing establish- 
ment and bindery is the most complete in Cen- 
tral Illinois. He employs at a low average, sixty 
hands in the two departments. 

Boiler and Sheet Iron Works.— In 1803, John 
M. Wilson commenced the manufacture of all 
kinds of boiler and sheet iron works. In 18C5, 
t*^e firm became Wilson & Drake, and in 1875, 
Drake «& Palmer, the latter gentleman purchase 
ing the interest of Mr. Wilson. The firm employ, 
on an average, twelve men, and turn out $25,000 
worth of work per year. The business is grow- 
ing with the growth of the city. 

Springfielil Trunk Manufactory, — Phillips 

Brothers formed a co-partnership, and opened a 

tnink factory in Springfield, on South Sixth 

street, opposite the Lcland Hotel, in 1879, where 

they carried on the business until the fall, of 

1881, when tbcy moved to 123 North Sixth 

street. The rfi'm is composed of Charles J., 

Edwin H., William O., and Moreau F. Phillips. 

They make all kinds of packing and sample 

trunks, and do all kinds of repairing; also keep 

in stock a large assortment of traveling bass, 

ladies* satchels, straps, and show case goods. 

*r*he brothers are energetic, thorough-going young 

^r^en, possessing a practical knowledge of the 

\^asines8, which has been quite prosperous and 

^t43adily increased since established. Five 

killed workmeu arc constantly employed in the 



Springfield Woolen Mills. — This mill is the 
utgrowth of what was a small beginning, in the 
ray of carding wool, by II. M. Armstrong and 
ohn Dryer, in 1834. In 1848, Mr. Armstrong, 
rlio was' then alone, put in a mill for ^^ fulling 
n<l dressing'' home-made cloths, in connection 
itii w^ool carding. In a letter to Mr. Dicker- 
an, Mr. Armstrong, who is now living in 
atavia, nays: ^*At first we run our cards with 
x-|>ower, on inclined wheel, but when I added 
loth dressing I substituted steam power. After 
K commenced cloth dressing, my patrons, ( the 
Farmers) wanted me to add machinery for spin- 
ning and weaving, and in 1851 Josephand £. R. 
*l'*haycr joined me, and we built a house snfli- 
gently large to put up one set of machinerr for 
Xhat pur)>ose. We ran along two years, added 
another set, and after a few years the demand 
£or our goods was such that we were compelled 
to pull down our old house and build larger; 
hence the present establishment.*' 

In 1857, Henry S. Dicker man entered the es- 
tablishment as l>ook -keeper. At this time it oc- 



cupied a frame building with two sets of 
machinery, and six looms, with a capacity of one 
hundred yards of flannel, fifty yards of jeans, 
and fifty pounds of stocking yarn per day. In 
1860, the main factory building, forty by eighty 
feet, was erected of brick, three stories with 
basement and attic. In 18G3, Mr. Dickerman 
purchased machinery with the intention of locat- 
ing in Rockford, but was induced to become a 
partner in this factory, the firm name remaining 
unchanged until two years later. This same 
year, an addition to the main building was 
erected, thirty-six by seventy-five feet, of brick, 
three stories, with basement and attic, and a dry 
house in the rear, thirty-six by fifty feet. In 
1865 large additions were made to the machin- 
ervy and the products of the mill increased four 
fold, while the quality of the goods had steadily 
improved from year to year. Mr. Armstrong's 
interest was now purchased by Mr. Dickerman 
and £dward T. Thayer, and the firm name was 
changed to Dickerman & Company. Gradtutlly 
the old machinery was replaced with new and 
improved machines, until all was taken out of 
the way. In 1873, John T. Capps became one of 
tbe partners, the firm name remaining the same. 
Prior to the fall of 1880, the mill engaged in 
the manufacture of a variety of flannels^ 
blankets and cassimeres, but since that time 
thev have paid special attention to cassimeres, 
and are manufacturing six-fourths floods as well 
as three-fourths goods. During 1880, they sliip- 
ped their products to Boston. New York and 
other eastern cities, but their heaviest sales are 
in the Northwest, Over one hundred hands are 
employed^ in the factorj-. A capital of over 
$100,000 is invested in the business, and the 
monthly product amounts to about &1 8,000. 



THE rORTlTGUKSK. 



In the city of Springfield are many Portuguese, 
and as it is uncommon to see such numbers of 
this nationality in this cotmtry, the riuestion is 
often asked, ** How came they here?" Tlieir story 



IS an interesting one. 



About four hundred years ago, Gonsalves 
Zarco was making a voyage of discovery along 
the western coast of Africa. He was soon taken 
by a violent storm, and all his crew expected to 
sink into the deeps. They gave up all hope, 
when suddenly an island appeared, and they 
made for its shores. After landing, they called 
it Porto Santo, or " Holy Haven.** Here a set- 
tlement of Portuguese was formed. But the 
ueonle were afraid to go to the larger island of 
Maaeira. Some of them would venture near it, 



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Lilt it looked so gloomy, and they heard such 
strange Bounds coiiiiog from its woods, that tbcy 
imagined it was the auode of auful giants and 
ternlic creaturvs — a [and of darkness. 

Gonsslves, hovever, ventured to pay a visit to 
tbe Kwful island. The men ou the vessel became 
alarmed aa they came near the shores, and 
thought they saw moiistroas giants on the coaet. 
They begged tbeir coniniauder not to expose 
them to death. He kept on until Le proved to 
them that their giants were only craggy rocks, 
and the horrid voices they heard were only the 
beating of the waves against the cliffs. The 
ehores were thick with tangled trees and vines. 
He thought that men might live on an island 
where so much wood was growing. 

A colony from Portugal settled on the island. 
They cleared the land bv netting fire to the for* 
eslB, and thus they robbcil it of its natural beauty. 
It is said that these fires kept burning for seven 
years, and left scarcely a tree on the island. 

A few slips of the grape vine were brought 
from the Isle of Cyprus and planted in Kl.ideira, 
They grew, and from ibein have grown tbe cele- 
brated vineyards of tbe Isle of Wines. The 
wealth of Madeira is chiefly derived from its 
vineyard ». 

For many centuries tbe people in Madeira 
were in deep mental darkness. Few of them 
oonld read, and tbe Bible to tbem was an no- 
known book. The Roman Catbolio relinon 
prevailed. There were plenty of jails where 
tbere were no scbool bonses. Persona who had 
committed smaller crimes were put in jail to 
wait thdr cases to be tried in Lisbon. Tbej 
kept them in prison many years. 'I'^eir expen- 
ses were to be paid by those who complained 
against tbem. lience, after a time accusers be- 
came rare, for tbcy did not like to pay for thrir 
own accusation. Tbis was not done, however, 
with Bible readers, they bad to pay for their ova 
■npport in prison. 

Some years ago tbe vineyards began to ful. 
The traveler could no longer pass along under 
tbe shadow of the vines, and have ricb ulustera 
of grapes hanging over bis path. Tbe fruit was 
cnt off. It brougbt a famine on the litlniid. llie 
Romanists laid all this to Bible rpaders. They 
■aid it was a cnrse on tbe people for allowing 
•Qch men as Dr. Kalley and Mr. Hewitson to 
come among them and establish schools, read 
the words of tiod, and have mecUngs for prayer 
and praise. 

The Christians of the United States took a 
deep interest id the famishing people of il> 
deira, and unt them supplies and mduoed tbem 



to cultivate such eatables as are raised in tbis 
country. Tbe famine made lUftiiv people pour, 
and ibe people of tbe island, who h;ive always 
do«e most of ^e labor, b^Au to tarn moel of 
ibur skill to a«cowit in tJM tnanafHtan. trf 
fancy artkilce for sale. 

Robert B. Kallej was a yoang pkjaMaa in 
SooOaad. He felt il lib dsty to go as a mbrion- 

S' to diiba, and was ordidnea bf the Free 
aroh to preach the QoepeL In 168S, be and 
his wtf« left their home to go to C^lsa. O* 
the voyage Hre. Kalley vu amhtca nith dta- 
eiee. Her friends thooghl abo wotld not livo 
to reaeh China. Ther* v«s no veeeel to cany 
them bask to Sooiland, ao tlMf taraed sdde to 
vint Uadaiia. Dr. Kalley did notknow^a void <^ 
Portiigneee, Init thonght that while hindered in 
tbe wcH^ he had set ont to do^ be yet aiigfat do 
good in InstrootiDg the people on tbb tsland. 
He at onoe set aboat leamias the langnag*^ tati 
soon mastered it eo that m ooald heeia hit 
labora. 

A oo-kborer with Dr. Kallay was Ttm. Wil- 
liam HewiitoB. The two, with tbe aid of ew^ 
others as ooald be aeeared, did a grand work on 
the island. Bnt a time of perseoutlon mmc 
The Catholics on the Ulaod would not endare 
tbe hated Proustanta. Th« life of Dr. Kally 
was threatened and hahadtofleeftoMdwbriand 
in disguise. Tha Portngnaae «oavefts,too^bad 



to See for their lives, or tbat tb<n mMl vet 

' ip Ood in peaoe aoeordisg to the diotMee e. 

Bir own oiHiedence. Hnndieda fled to othar 



oOBBtriea. A Tesiel was iftartared to tidra m-^^ 
many u oonld be aeeommodated to 'Matdad.^^S 
But this waa only to be of a tempwaty ptase o^^ 
Teat. 

Anenio Da SUva waa bnn «n the Uaad rnif 
Maddra and educated for tbe priesthood, !■««■* 
woild not take the Towa. He neesuna a w^''^ 
chant and aoeemulatod a large fortane. .^Sa 
married and bad one 6kHA, a heantff id dai^i*'*** 
who grew to wonwihood, when diaenao v^"*^ 
teoKber. Th«lMetpbyri(^we^theidandir>^ 
eaUed, bnt ooald do ber no good. Finally, ^^• 
tCallcT was eaUcd. The dai^ter wm \\m% r^i 
and lather and daogbter wen oonveitad to *^ 
Proteetant rdtston. Ur. Daffllva beeaaw^ * 
member and alder In tha divrA andar 9'''* 
Hewitson. Bat lie waa too pmnlnent a Mais *^ 
be permitted to dwelt on the bland aad ho b*^ 
toieeforbbUfo. 

la the early part of 1847, there were abonti** 
hnndrcd PMtngL'se i-xilts in Trinidad. iTo^ ■ 
WW* thqr to be supporiedl' They were ii ^ 
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guage of tlieir benefactors. They found all 
clabses of people here from different nations. 
Several of the planters were willing to hire them 
to work on sngar estates, bat they \new nothing 
of that kind o? labor. Some of them had been 
wealthy, and their hands were not skillful enough 
to toil for their daily bread. 

A church organizaUon was fonned in Trinidad 
in April, 1847, by Mr. llewitson, who could not 
remain to care for them. Mr. DaSil.va was at 
once >M;lccted and was ordained as their pastor. 
He had six hundred in his flock and all exiles. 
It was truly a charj^ The labors were great, 
but he did not despair. Tlie property of the ex- 
iles, and the uncertain prospect of a better con- 
dition in Trinidad were truly an anxiety in his 
mind. No land could be obtained for them to 
settle upon, and there was little hope of their 
living by their toils so long as they must become 
mere slaves in the hot fields, or in the friendless 
houses of strangers. 

Like the Pilgrim Fathers in Jjcyden, they be- 
gan to look toward some other land for a home, 
riieir cry went out to the Christians of the 
United States, and a voice of welcome rolled 
across the waters. The ** Great West** the beau- 
tiful Illinois country, with its grand prairies, 
were pictured before their eyes. 

The American Protestant Society sent Rev. 6. 
Gonsalves to Trinidad to inquire into the condi- 
tion of the exiles. Mr. Gronsalves returned and 
was followed shortly after by Mr. DaSilva, who 
arrived in New York in December, 1848. But 
death claimed him before he could make the ar- 
rangements that he desired for his flock. He 
died January 10, 1849. 

Appeals wore now made for help to transport 
these exiles to the United States, and the appeals 
were not in vain. Arrangements were made to 
care for all that should come at Springfleld, 
Jacksonville and Waverly. On the 10th of 
October, 1849, nearly three hundred left New 
York for their new homes in Illinois. Rev. 
Albert Hale, a father in Israel, thus wrote of 
these exiles shortly after their arrival in Spring- 
field: 

*' We are much occupied these days in minis- 
tering to our brethren, the Portuguese exiles. 
They arrived here just in time to enter on the 
severe winter weather, which now they, in com- 
mon with all of us, have to endure. They are 
not much accustomed to severe cold weather, 
and as our city was very full of people when 
they arrived, it was well nigh impossible to pro- 
vide them habitations; to provide comfortable 
dwellings w.is out of the question, as everything 



wortliy of that name was already crowded f«Il 
Bat we have done what, under the dreoi* 
stances, we could, and they are hoping for bettei 
times. So far as I know Uiey are contented and 
happy. Many of them find employment at good 
waffes and ready pay. They are highly viuned 
as laborers, and will soon be able to take can 
of themselves without the aid of others. Indeed, 
the last thini^ to be looked for is that such men 
should long be a charge to their fellow men. li 
they maintain their strict relicious principlei 
and their habits of industry, there is but oik 
destiny for tJiem here, and that is plenty — inde 
pendenoe.*' 

This is how the Portuguese came to be is 
Springfield and Sangamon county. 

RKMINISCENCB OF KLUAH IL1E8. 

'' My name is £lijah lies. I was bom in Ken* 
tucky, March 28, 1706 (now in my eighty-sixtl 
year.) 

*' My father, Thomas lies, was bom in PeBii< 
sylvania* in 1765. At the age of sixteen he wai 
sent by his father about one hundred miles to 
collect some money, and was furnished with i 
good horse and a good outfit of clothing. Aftei 
collecting tne money, not beine on good tenm 
with his step-mother, concludea to put out and 
set up for himself. He went to Virginia and 
emigrated to Kentucky, with a family by the 
name of Trumbo. The Indians were trouble- 
some, committing murder and stealing horses, 
and much of his time was emplo^'ed in guarding 
the settlers, and driving the Indians across the 
Ohio river into the Territory of Ohio. He was 
in several skirmishes with the Indians. The In- 
dians finally stole his horse, and by this time hii 
clothes and money was about used up. He then 
went to work for wages in the summer, and to 
school in winters, paying for his board by his 
work mornings, nights and Saturdays. When 
he got an education enabling him, he taught 
school in winter and worked on farms in sum- 
mer. After occupying himself in this manner 
for a time, he married Betsey Crocket, and then 
formed a colony with my mother^s brother, John 
Crocket, and a few others, and settled on the 
Prickley Ash creek, on the waters of Lickinc 
river, in a heavily timbered section, and cleared 
ground for raising corn. They relied on game 
for their living, such as turkey, deer and bear. 
They could not raise hogs until the bear was 
killed oiit, as they eat the pigs. Hut they made 
good use of the bear by killing them and cure- 
ing the meat as we do pork. At that day most 
everything used for housekeeping was brought 



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from Virginia to Kentucky, on pack-horses. We 
bad to do with little. Our table-ware was pewter 
plates, spoons and Japanned tumblers. Our 
cooking utensils, a frying pan, skillet and oven; 
our bread wan mostly baked on a lioard, set up 
before the lire, and called Johnny-cake, or in the 
ashes and cilled ash-cake, the meat often hung 
up and roasted before the fire. 

*' My mother, with her wheel, wool cards and 
loom, manufactured all the wearing apparel used 
by herself and family, other than buckskin pants, 
mostly used by men and boya. 

'<My mother died in 1803, leaving five child- 
ren: Polly, Elijah, William, Washington and 
Betsey, the youngest eight days old. We were 
in a bad fix; but my Aunts Carlyle and Harper, 
of Woodford county, Kentucky, took my sisters 
and brother Washington home with them, and 
ray Aunt Crocket, in the vicinity, took myself 
and brother William until my father visited hit 
sister (Aunt Barnet), at Winchester, Virginia, 
and bought and brought home a negro woman, 
and myself and William were taken hoine and 
put under her charge and care; we were taught 
to call her Aunt Milly, and to obey her; she 
proved to be a good woman. After living eight 
years a widower, my father married the Widow 
Wheeler, with two children (Samuel and Eliza); 
and my brother, Washington, and sisters were 
brought heme. 

'^ My education was limited; never advanced 
to study English grammar. My father, being a 
good scholar, taught me some at home in spell- 
ing, writing and arithmetic. 

"At the beginning of the war of 1812, my 
father was sheriff of Bath county, Kentucky. 1 
was then sixteen years old, and acted as his dep* 
uty, after wliich I bought one hundred calves at 
>(3 a head, which I wintered in a very rugged 
section, remote from settlements, on the waters 
of Little Sandy, three summers and two winters. 
The cliffs were very high and precipitous, shelv- 
ing over in places, so as to form shelter for the 
cattle in winter. The valleys were very narrow, 
but by changing from valley to valley, my cattle 
wintered without being fed. My only compan- 
ions during the two years, was my horse, dog, 
gun and cattle, other than occasional hunters. I 
had an object, enjoyed it, and did not feel lone- 
some. 1 then sold my cattle for a sum, though 
small, was at that dav a good start for a young 
man. Being then oi age, I concluded to hunt a 
new country, and set up for myself (although 
Kentucky was yet new^, so I took ray money 
and put out for Missouri. 



"Now, for inmdentt and evenuof sonieol my 
nnmemos footsteps wanderings and doings from 
the time I left my father in 1818, to tho present 
year, 1 88 1 • Mjr obiaot was the BoomlidL eountry, 
m Missoari, in Howard county. I started on 
my trip in Ootober, 1818. Hj roato was Tin 
Ijexington, Frankfort and Louisville, Ky.,Vin- 
oennes, Ind., St. Loius, and St. Cbaries, Mo.* 
thence to Franklin, in Howard eonntv, the ex- 
treme western settlement at that aay. Tho. 
towns were all small, St. Louis the largjesti abonl 
S,000. FrankUn was the only town west of Si. 
Charles on the Missouri river. Mv dbjeei was 
farming. The lands were not yet liroi^tht into 
market. After getUng to FranMin and exploit 
ing the country to some extent, I was employed 
a pordon of my Ume as derk in a store,and also 
to select lands for speenlators. I made good se* 
lections for myself and lud out every dollar I 
had, and in a short time on one tract I realised 
one hundred dollars. I got home-sick and de* 
termined to visit nay old home in Kentncky,bat 
before doing so, i desired to explore more of 
Missouri so as to satiafaetorily dedde where I 
should permanently locate. A young man and 
myself prepared ourselves f<Nr camping out. We 
went west on the north side of the Missonri 
river, and into the then Indian Territory mors 
than a hundred miles above the border lino, 
then meandered the river down to Fort Osage, 
twenty miles below the mouth of Kansas river. 
The officers sent a boat over for us. The fort 
was commanded by Colonel Sibley. From here 
we passed down the south side of the river, 
campinff out one night, to the settlement above 
where JSoonville is now situated. 

** In January, 18dl, I made my visit to Ken* 
tucky. About this tame I heard of much talk 
about the Sangamon oountiy in Illinois, and de- 
termined to explore it, and on my return in 
March, about thirty miles west of Vincennes, at 
a place called Mavsville. When I got there I 
was told a psrty had just staked out a road to 
Vandalia and to Sangamon. It was easy to f ol- 
low the route by the stakes and fresh made track 
of the wagon that had hauled the stakes. There 
were but few in Vandalia at that time. I fol* 
lowed the staked road to Maccoupin pointi where 
I struck the trace to Sangamon river, then the 
onlv trace from St. Louis to Sangamon. After 
exploring to some extent I went to Su Loius and 
then to my home in Missouri. I liked die people 
and the lands bordering on both sides of Uio 
Missouri river — could not be excelM to the In« 
dian border— yet, the distance from market, and 
the thought that Missouri would remain a border 



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State duriDg my life Ume, determined me again 
to visit Illinois, which was more interior and 
more accessible to market. Hy route back to 
Illinois was mostly without a road or trace. 
After leaving the settlement on the Mi^^ouri 
river, I crossed the prairie to the head Avaters of 
Salt creek, or river, above the settlement. There 
I camped out one night. It did not trouble 
me a uit to camp out as I had been accus- 
tomed to campinff out with my cattle in Ken- 
tucky. I felt at home. I then meandered the 
river to the settlement near New London, thence 
to Louisiana, then crossed the iVlistiis6ippi river 
to a colony in Illinois, headed by the Rosses, 
(now Atlas) of a dozen families, who had just 
landed, living in tents* and were erecting their 
cabins. I then meandered the Mississippi to 
near the mouth of th^ Illinois river, to another 
colony of eight families. These two colonies 
were the only whites residing on the Military 
Tract between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. 
*^I there swam my hor^e across the Illinois 
river at the mouth, then meandered the Macou- 
pin creek, to a trace leading to Diamond grove, 
now Jacksonville, lliere I found three families 
in the grove, Kline, Abrams, Wilson, and Wyatt 
and some others in the vicinity. I then went up 
the Mauvester creek about ten miles, until I 
could see the timber in the Island grove, then 
crossed the prairie to the grove. >^o one was 
then living in the grove. leaving the timber on 
my right, I followed the prairie to a trace leading 
through the timber to a place where I found a 
stake, set up for a temporary county seat, to be 
called Sprio^eld; and here I found Charles R. 
ilatheny, living in a one-room log cabin, with a 
laree family of little children, near the stake. 
(^Ir. C. R. Matheny was judge of probate and 
clerk of the circuit and county courts). Within 
the distance of two miles of the stake, I found 
the families of John and William Kelly, Andrew 
£lliott, Samuel Little, John Lindsay, Peter Laut- 
eriuan and Jacob and Levi Ellis.' The reason 
given ine why the temporary county seat was lo- 
cated here, was that it was the largest neighbor- 
hood in the country, and, as it was only to be 
temporary, until the land (>ales, the judge and 
lawyers could get tpiarters among the farmers. 
This was in 1821. A rough log house, was 
erected with a dirt Hoor, for a temporary court 
house. 

No one had settled in the place during 
the first year, other than Matheny and myself. 
In 1822, although on government lands, seven 
families erected temnorary cabins and moved to 
the town before the land sales. 



''In 1825, commissioners were appointed to 
select and locate a permanent county seat. We 
had a hard row to hoe and manage to get the 
commissioners to selectthis place for the perma- 
nent county seat. The growth of the place was 
slow until after it was selected for the capital. 

"After I got to Springfield in 1821, and ex- 
plored the country to some extent, I determined 
to make thi% section my permanent home; my 
intention was farming, but as the land was not yet 
in market, I erected a cabin, sixteen feet square, 
with sheds, and went to St. Louis and bought a 
general assortment of goods, and opened the 
iirst store in Springfield, in June, 1821. ( had no 
comi>etition for two years.) After I bought the 

foods, I chartered a boat to bring them up the 
llinois river. On my trip, the only house at now 
Alton, was the residence of the ferryman; the 
next was at the mouth of Illinois river; the next 
a vacant cabin at now Beardstown. At that day 
there was no other house on the Illinois river,, 
from head to mouth, other than a trading house 
for Indians at the foot of Lake Peoria (now 
city). My goods were landed at the vacant cabin 
and the boat discharged. I was alone with my 

foods on the bank of the river. After a search, 
found a dim trace leading out to a Mr. Jobe, 
fifteen miles out, was the first house on the 
route; but, before I got to his house, I met two 
teams, driven by Lauterman and Broadwell, 
going after furniture which was brought up the 
river by dug-outs and left at the cabin. As 
neither had a full load, I went back and made up 
their loads with some of my most perishable 
goods. It was more than a month before I got 
all my goods from the river, yet nothing was 
molested; there was no one to steal then. I did 
a good business, and aside from whites, I had ft 
g^>d trade with the Indians. In 18:;3, at the 
land sales, I bought land, and, in addition to 
selling goods, opened a farm, and drove hoga 
and cattle to St. Louis, until 1830; then sold my 
goods to my clerk John Williams, now Colonel 
Williams, and established him in business, 

'^ I then occupied myself in farming, buyine 
and sellinc hogs and cattle in St. Louis, and 
mules to Kentucky, and buying and selling 
lands and town lots, to the year 1838. In this 
vear, I packed hogs at Alton, with others, and 
lost more than $10,000. This closed my career 
in pork packing, after which I occupied my time 
in farming and buying and selling lands and 
lots. In 1838,1 erected the American Ilouse^ 
in Springfield, then the largest hotel in the State, 
now torn down and built up with large store 
houses by Lawrence & Britton. 



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<<In 182G, I was elected State Senator, and 
again in 1830. At tbat time» the Senate con- 
sisted of thirteen members, and the Tlouse of 
Represcut.itives twcuty-five. In 1821, when I 
came to Springfield, twenty miles north were the 
extreme northern settlers. All north of that 
was occupied by friendly Indians, bat after the 
lead mines were discovered, at Galena, and set- 
tlers began to move up and work the mines, the 
Indians became troublesome. Thiswaain 1827. 
Troops were mustered, under the command of 
Colonel T. M. Xeal, who marched to Galena, to 
drive them olf. I was elected Major. This was 
called the Winnebago campaign. A treaty was 
made at Prairie DuChien,and we were disbanded. 

*'In the Black Hawk War, of 1833, 1 went as 
a private. Our route was from Oqu%wka to 
the mouth of Rock river, thence up Rock 
river to the road crossing to Galena (now the 
city of Dixon). Tlie army was commanded by 
General Atkinson, of the United States Array. 
Here we called a halt, and General Still man's 
command advanced fifteen miles above, on Rock 
river. He met the Indians, had a battle, and a 
number of his men killed, and his command 
completely routed. We were ordered next day 
to the battle-field, and collected and buried the 
denj; then returned to Dixon and got news that 
some of the Indians went over to the outer setr 
tlonient on the Illinois river, committed mur- 
der, and took two young girls prisoners. We 
then crossed over to the Illinois river to what 
is now known as Ottawa. The term of service 
of this army having expired, they were mustered 
out. A call was made for volunteers from the 
disbanded army, to remain and protect the fron* 
tier until new troops could be enlisted. Several 
companies were organized for tlii^ service for 
twenty days. I was elected Captain of one of 
the companies, and felt proud of ray company. 
They were men I could rely on, many being 
oilicers from the disbanded army. Among them 
were A Lincoln, late President; John T.Stuart, 
of Springfield, and others who afterwanl became 
prominent. 

"My company was mustered into service by 
Lieutenant Anderson, Acting Adjutant (of Fort 
Sumter memory). My company was held in 
camp as a reserve, by General Atkinson, whilst 
others were scouting. Colonel Taylor, late 
President, was left stationed at Dixon, with two 
companies, to guard the r«>ad to Galena. One 
company was ordered to Dixon and to report to 
Colonel Tavlor, but just as it got to Dixon, one 
man made his appearance and reported that he, 
with six others, were on the road to Galena, and 



not far from Dixon, the six were killfd, and he 
only, escaped. General Taylor ordered the 
captain to proceed, oolleet and bnrj the deed, 
and go on to Galena (CapUun Snider, of Belle- 
ville, was A brave man), bat the frightened mee 
diwibeyed the orders and retamed to Ottawa, 
helt'-r-skelter. 

^ General Atkinson was anxibna to get all the 
information iHuiMble of the whereabooU of the 
Indians, by the time the new troope were readv 
to march, and selected my eompmy, which 
was onlered on the trip, and to report to CJolonel 
Taylor. He ordered me to proceed, oolleet and 
bury the dead, and go on to Galena, making a 
caref nl search for Indian siffns, to see if they 
were aiming to croas the Mississippi below 
Galena, and gather all possible information from 
inhabitants at Galena. -^ 

^* On onr route we saw signs of Indians, bnt not 
in large numbers. Fifteen miles this mde of 
Galena, the inhabitants were in a fort, the dav 
before we got there they stole tome horsee and 
shot at some of the dtisens. We Uien went to 
Ghdena and got all the Information we ooald on 
onr trip. All the hooses were vacant and on our 
return all were banned. 

^^I married Malinda Benlamin in 1824; we 
had two children, Loaisa B. and Thomas Urn. 
My daughter died in 1857, my wife died in 1866 
and niv son died in 1877. After the death of mv 
wife, I felt mentally and physicall v lued up ana 
quit all business, as much as I ooafd.** 

SPRIKGPIBLD HOXS FOE TOX FmUBVDLXas, 

** It is better to give than to receive;" so said 
One *' who spake as man never spake,** and .a 
blessing is bestowed upon everyone who bestows 
even a cup of cold water upon the thirsty soaL 
In every community may usually be found one 
or more who are willing to render all the aid in 
their power to the poor and unfortunate of the 
land. 8pringiiel4 i< no exception to this rule. 

In the winter of 1862-63, Antrim Campbell 
applied to the legislature for an act to incorpo* 
rate a board of lady manajg^ers for an institution 
to be known as the ^Spnngfield Home for the 
Friendless.-' Tlie act was duly passed and ad- 
proved February H, 1868. The ladies named 
in the act, who were to serve as managers until 
the first Monday in January, 1864, were Mra. 
Eliza Po|>e, Mrs. Mercy Conkling, Mrs. Louisa 
Draper, Mrs. Susan Cook, Mri*. Lydia Williama, 
Mrs. Elisabeth Bunn, Mrs. Harriet Campbell, 
Miss Ann Eastman, Mrs. Maria I^atbrop, Mra. 
l^lary Hay, Mrs. Catherine Ilickox, Mra. Haiy 
Ann Dennis, and Mrs. Klixabeih Matheny. The 



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act of inoorporation made S. H. Treat Presi- 
tlent; Gcoree Passiield, Vice President; George 
P. Bowciiy Secretary; Jacob Bunn, Treat^urer. 

The object of the Home, an stated in the char- 
ter, was for ** relievinff, aiding^ and providing 
homes for the friendless and indigent women 
and children.'' It was provided that any person 
might become an annnal member by the pay- 
ment of $1» and a life member by the payment 
of 810 at one time. The corporation is author- 
ized to receive and hold, cither by gift, purchase, 
devise, bequest, or otherwise, any real or Der- 
sonal estate, in aid of its objects. The Ik>anl of 
Managers is the legal guaurdian of all children 
placed in its charge, according to the charter, 
and may bind them out to any honorable trade 
or employment. The father, if living and crip- 
pled, may surrender his child to the llome. If 
he has absconded, or is otherwise incapable* the 
mother can make the surrender. 

The first meeting under the act of incorpora- 
tion was held at the residence of J. C. Conkling, 
on the 9th of March, 186:i. At this meeting, 
both Judge Treat and Mr. Passfield declined 
the offices for which thevhad been named in the 
charter. Thereupon, S. H. Melvin and James 
Campbell were elected President and Vice Pres- 
ident, respectively. 

On the organization of the Board, steps were 
at once taken for procuring ground and build- 
ing. Elijah lies donated an entire square on 
South Grand Aevnue, between Seventh and 
Eighth streets. A subscription was started, 
among the citizens, and ^5,020 obtained. This 
was supplemented by a contribution from the 
city of $2,000, and by the county of Sangamon 
of $5,000. 

In the spring of 1864, a building committee 
was appointed, consisting of Antrim Campbell, 
John Williams, John S. Bradford, J. S. Vred- 
enburg, John Armstrong and John A. Chesnut. 
At the request of this committee, E. E. Myers, 
architect, prepared a design and drawing for the 
building, which was duly approved. A descrip- 
tion of the building may be found elsewhere in 
this work. 

On the first of May, 1864, the managers 
opened '*Tlie Iloroe'^ in a rented house on North 
I<ifth street. Mrs. Nancy M. Britton was the 
first matron. About sixty children were received 
and most of them placed in homes during the 
first Year. As soon as the building was com- 
pleted, which was early in the vear 1805, **Tlie 
llome'' was removed to it. 'fhe value of the 
ground was estimated at 1^8,000, and the entire 
cost of the building about <i20,000. 



In the year 1868, Mrs. \\. E. Goodell asked 
and obtained leave to lay out the grounds into 
walks, and to ornament them with shrubbery — 
all of which was handsomely done. She was 
assisted in this good work by other citizens. 

The Home of the Friendless is now under the 
management of a superintendent. 

WKSTKKN UNIOX TBLSGRAPH. 

The first message received by telegraph in the 
city of Springfield, was in tlie year 1848. llien 
the business was in its infancy, and none real- 
ized the extent to which it would eventually 
grow. William Kelchner, agent of the Western 
Union Telegraph Company, took charge of the 
office in 1807, as the successor of John G. Con- 
nor. The predecessor of Mr. Connor was Fred 
G. Smith. Thebusiness has materially increased 
Hince Mr. Kelchner assumed management in this 
city. At that time there were but two wires 
terminating here, and four passing through, or 
I six in all. The company then employed seven 
o]^>erators for general anu railroad work. There 
are now twenty-one wires terminating or passing 
through the city, and twenty-six operators are 
actively engagea, twenty of whom are on rail- 
road work, and six in the general office. Then 
they delivered from twenty-five to thirty mes- 
sages per day; now they deliver from one hun- 
dred to one hundred ana twenty-five, and send 
about as many. In 1867, it cost $6.40 to send a 
message to San Francisco; now it costs $1.00. 
Tlien It cost $2.40 to New York; now a message 
can be sent for twenty-five cents. A million 
words of press matter are sent from this office 
now in one year; then it would not aggregate 
more than fifteen thousand to eighteen thousand 
words ]>cr year. The business of Springfield 
has nearly doubled in two years, and it now 
ranks as the third ofiice in magnitude of busi- 
ness in the State. 

UXITKD STATKS KX PRESS COMPANY. 

An office was established in 1850 in this city 
by the United States Express Company, S. M. 
Tinsley being the first agent. Mr. Tinsley occu- 
pied the position two years. He was then suc- 
ceeded by Simeon llolliday, who was the first 
to make it an exclusive business, as Mr. Tinsley, 
being a merchant, did the express business as in- 
cidental matter. Both these gentlemen are now 
deceased. Mr. Uolliday held the position until his 
death, which occurred February^ 1808. The bus- 
iness was all done by the agent anMr.lIo.liday*s 
time, excepting that he employed Patrick Dailyi 
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business, to haul the expretw matter in & hancl 
cart in the early part of his connection ; but mtttr 
■ year or two it became iieceHsar^- to emplor x 
borse and wagon. The express business has 
since grown until now it requires six 1iorses,foiir 
wagons and nine men to do Uie work. Express 
matter ii handled from eighteen trains every 
twenty-four hours. 

AMKIitCAN eXl-R£8-t COMPASr. 

A local oflicc was iir^t estnblt»hed in Spring- 
field by the American Kxpreui Company in 18T1, 
when me present Illinois Central itailroad come 
into the city. 'I'he company now operates over 
the Illinois Central and Ohio Ai >IisiiiMiippi Rall- 
roada, and the business is now larger than ever 
before. The company now employs six men and 
run two wagons which connect with eight daily 
trains. The oHiue ranks third in the State for 
tbe business of the company. Jdontgomerj G. 
II^U is the local agent, and be has filled the posi- 
tion unce December 1, m>9. PreviouH to that 
time be was assistant Suiicrintendent, and had 
charge of the Springlield branch and main line 
of the Illinois Central aitd the Sl Louis Division 
of the Chicago, Huilington & Quinoy Railroad 
and the Ubio Ss Mississippi, which position be 
held five years, lie has been connected with 
the company in various capacities since 1809. 
lie was born in Chicago in 1848. Thatcity was 
chiefly bis home till be came to Sniingfield. Id 
18T9 he was married to Alay Garland, a native 
of Springfield, in the latter city. lie is a mem> 
ber of Capital Lod^c, Number 14, Knights of 
Pythias, and was Master of Exchequer in 1880. 

SCUOOLB. 

The Public Schools of Springfield will com- 
pare, favorably with any other city in thi State, 
while its private schools are not surpassed; but 
such was not always the case. In the earlier 
d.^ys, when its papulation was small and when 
the people were iiussessed of but little wealthy 
the educational facilities were not of the most 
magnificent description. No palatial school 
houses then reared their stately fronts within its 
bordt-rs; no School Board su|ier\'it>i-(l the move- 
ments of the educators of youth, and no army of 
patient, toiling instiucturs were here. 

The fir«t school in Springfield was taught by 
Andrew Orr, in 1831. Eraxtns Wright followed 
him, and he was succeeded by Thomas ^[olfitt. 
The school at that time numbered about fifty 
pupils. Uis last term was in the old original 
court house. In 1828, a school houre of rough 
togs was built near the corner of Adams and Sec- 
ond streeu. This building also served for a 



ehnreh and olber pnblio parpoeea. JoIib B. 
WatsoB taogbthere until 1834. In 1830^ Jolu 
Calhoun conducted a sobuol in anotlwr put of 
the ffity. After that time several soull privau 
scboola were eatabliahed. UeauuHMit Paries 
langht a private acbool frmn 1840 to 18&3. 
Ilarry C. VVataon, in an article on the Pnblie 
Schools, published in Power** Iliatwy of Sprios- 
field, in )8il, saya of Ur. Paib: "One ot the 
earliest teachers who initiated Iboae boya Into 
ttw myateriea of readins and vritin^ and led 
them thron|^ tlw dai^ myeteriooa vayi of 
arithmetic and gnmmar, was Beanmont Parb, 
Esq., f forever aaaetlfied be lus memory.) Plun 
and aimple as the moat attlesi bc^ ander hia 
direeUon, he vaa one of tbe bestj moat boneat, 
and oonKUentioos of teachers. Filled vitb a 
love of bia profession, imbued with a strong do- 
sire to instruct the heart and nund f>f the youth 
oonmttted to his eootnil, that they might walk 
aright the pathway of li^ he labo«od faithfnllT 
and diligently to disobarge hia du^. PoseesMo 
of a fine cnUnred mind, and of attainmenta de- 
cidedly rare in those days, he pursaed his anc» 
tentations calling, asking not for pablio praiae or 
high soanding plaudits, out only w the ntisfa» 
tion of knowing he had diiduuged hia dntiea 
futbfully and welL Some ot oar most inflaeB- 
tial and prominent citiaeos were his pnpili^ and 
the powerful intlaenoe of his teachings have been 
exerted, indeed, for good. Only a few weeks 
am and he was oalledlienos, fall of honors and 
of yeara. And although he lives sot, bia deeds 
remain.** 

Mr. Power in hie "History of the Eariy Set- 
tlers of Sangamon County,^ has thia to say of 
Prof. Parks: 

"Beaumont Parks waa bom Janaaiy^ 1775, in 
Norwich, Connecticut. Ue was an orpbaa at 
twelve j'eara of age, and reablved to edaeata 
himself. In order ti obuin tlte means to do bil 
he began trading witli the Freneh Caudians and 
Indians. lie woriced his way out, in oompany 
with hia brother-in-law, Rev. Mr. Baoon, father 
of ReT. Leonard Baoon, D. D., of New Haven, 
Connecticut, through tbe riven and lakes from 
Vermont to the region of tbe Georaisn Bay and 
Lake Huron. As winter apuroaufaed he oora- ' 
nicnccd building a house with tlie intention of '. 
rerofuning in it until spring. Ilewasdiseovered^ 
by Colonel Dunham, commander of the UnitcdB 
mates Fort, at Michilimadnae. Coloael Dnn-^ 
ham waa astoniafaed at seeing a boy of foarteeiH 
or fifteen years preparing to winter alone in th^a 
inhospitable regioi^ and inquired what ha w»m 
uming to do. On being told by yoang Parkr 



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tbat he was trying to raise money to defray tbe 
expense of an cuucation. Colonel Dunham of- 
fered him a home in his own family, with the 
promise of assisting him in his purpose. He ac- 
cepted the hind proposition, went to the Fort 
and remained therebetween three and fouryears. 
During that time his savings amounted to about 
$80. Exprefssing his determination to fet out 
for college, Colonel Dunham sent some friendly 
Indians to accompany him a portion of the dis- 
tance. He traveled in a birch canoe through 
the upi>er lakes and portions of Canada, and 
thence east. When he had gone about two- 
thirds of the distance, bo was taken sick with 
8mal1-|)ox, and was compelled to travel alone 
until he could find shelter, althous^h he was then 
in a part of the country more or ^ess settled by 
white men. At Montreal, a French Canadian 
took him in and nursed him for nearly a raionth, 
until he was able to pursue his journey. His 
savings were now reduced to about thirty dol- 
' lars, but his hospitable friend would not receive 
anything for his trouble. His exhausted condi- 
tion required the expenditure of more money, 
and when he arrived at his destination his money 
had all vanished. Notwithstanding so mucn 
time was lost, after a journey of one thousand 
six hundred miles, he found himself at Dart- 
mouth College, a stranger, and destitute. Yet 
be boldly knocked at the doors of that institu- 
tion of learning for admittance. That was about 
the year 1708. By diligent study while in the 
family of Colonel Dunham, he was enabled to 
teach the lower branches. He then made ar- 
rangements to continue teaching in summer and 
attend college in winter, and prosecuted his 
studies while teaching, so as not to fall behind 
in his claKS. He was thus enabled to defray his 
expenses, with some aid furnished by Colonel 
Dunham, and in that way went through college 
equal terms with Daniel Webster, Levi 



on 



Woodbur}' — the latter of whom was his class- 
mate — and other world-wide celebrities. After 
passing through college he entered the law oflice 
of Judge Slade, of Middleburry, Vermont, and 
in due time was admitted to the bar. He was 
married in 1811, at Windsor, Vermont, to Nancy 
Conant. He soon acquired a lar^e and lucrative 
practice, which he held for about ten years, 
when — however others might think — he became 
convinced that it was impossible to be a success- 
ful lawyer and a thorougnly honest man. That, 
with other causes, induced him to abandon his 
practice and move west. He left Vermont, and, 
in August, 1831, landed at Madistm, Indiana, 
where he opened an academy for the education 



of young men, which was one of the earliest in- 
stitutions of the kind established west of the 
Allegheny mountains, and probably the first 
school in the State of Indiana where the Greek 
and Latin languages were taught. It was at> 
tended by many who have become distinguished 
at the bar, on the bench, and in the councils of 
the Nation, such as the Hendricks, Sullivans, 
Hrights, Sheets, Cravens, and many others. After 
ten yearb* success in Madison, he was appointed 
Professor of languages in the Indiana State 
University, at Bloomington, and was in that po- 
sition .about seven years. He came to Spring- 
field, in the autumn of 1840, and at once opened 
a private school or academy, which was genet ally 
supported by all the leading citizens, and many 
of the students have become distinguished in 
the learned professions, in politics and business. 
When the city schools of Springfield were or- 
ganized on the present plan, he was the first su- 
perintendent, and continued teaching in Spring- 
field for nearly twenty years, when old age 
caused him to relinquish his chosen field. 

*' Professor Parks continued active till the day 
of his death. He died April 8, 1870, without an 
hour of sickness, at the residence of his son, 
Judge S. C. Parks, in Lincoln, Illinois, and was 
buried in that place.'* 

In 1829 but one school had been sustained in 
the place. During that year Miss Jane E. Ber- 
gen opened a school in her father's house, which 
she continued until the fall of 1832. At that 
time, a fatality, not entirely unknown to modem 
female teachers^ overtook her — she was married. 
The school was continued under charge of a Mr. 
Chase, who was at the same time rector of the 
recently established Episcopal Church. He re- 
mained in the school about two years, and was 
followed by Mr. Clark, who continued until the 
summer of 1836. Thus, for six years, two very 
good schools had been sustained, each number- 
ing about sixty pupils. John Waters taught a 
school for a term, and also Caleb Williams, in 
1838. About this time, several smaller schools 
were started by young ladies; among others, 
one for misses, by Miss Chapin. 

Thus far all schools had been sustained by 
individual effort. No good schooi house had 
been erected, and no attempt made to establish 
a ]>ennanent institution. It was evident thai 
the growing wants of the community, its safety 
at home and its reputation abroad, demanded 
better educational advantages. Many of the 
prominent citizens felt this Mant, and deter- 
mined to meet it. Accrrdingly, a joibt stock 
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ate the Springfield Academj was approT«d 
March 1, lb39. In accordance with that act, ihm 
following named oonbtitnted the first Board 
of Trustees: Washington Ilea, F. WebateTy Jr^ 
S. T. Logan, John F. Ragne, N. II. Ridgefy, 
Robert Allen and Cliarlea R. Mathen^. 

Under the anspioea of this aasociatioii* the 
Academy building was erected. Meaara. Towa 
and Sill opened a school in this building befova 
it was fully completed. They did not remaiB 
long, however, but were succeeded in the fall of 
1840 by Rev. J. F. Brooks. For two yean the 
school was open to both sexes, and then for a 
few months, until Mr. Brooks* connection with 
it ceased, only to females. From the spring of 
1843 until tlie fall of 1853, this school was ex- 
clusively for females; first under the charge of 
Mr. AUard, and then of Mr. KimbalL In 1844^ 
Rev. Francis Springer took control of the 
school, on his own responsibility. He continued 
in charge until 1847, when he waa succeeded bj 
A. W. £stabrook. In the meantime, in the fall 
of 1844, Mr. Brooks had established a school 
for young ladies, at his own residence, on aoiith 
Fifth street. 

PUBUC SCHOOLS. 

By the amended charter, approved Maioh % 
1854, the city of Springfield was placed in the 
Springfield school aistrict, and the City Cooneil 
authorized to establish and maintain free adhoola 
for the education of all white persons between 
the ages of five and twenty-one. The cooneil 
was also empowered to *^ appoint seven inspectors 
to be denominated as the Board of School In- 
specters, and to prescribe their duties.** 

In accordance with this charter, an 
was passed, August 81, 1854, defining the 
powers of the School Board, and dividing the 
city into school districts. 

Lots had already been purchased in each ward 
for school purposes, and the initiatory steps 
taken for the erection of school buildings in the 
First and Third Wards. These buildings were 
completed in the spring of 1856. 

April, 1850« the Board of School Inspectors 
issued the following circular : 

" The Board of School Inspectors take pleas- 
ure in announcing to the public that the scnools 
in the First and Third Wards will be opened on 
the 14th of this month, and that they are now 
ready to receive applications for the admission 
of puj^ils, according to the ordinance of the city 
in relation thereto. By order of the City 
Council, the First and Fourth Wards arc con- 
stituted one district^ . to be styled the Ftr^t 



Diatriot, and the Second and Thiid Waida 
another, styled the Third District. Tho^e who 
ave desiioua of gMning admisaion for papila, in 
their respective waids, must obtdun certifioitee 
for that purpose from members of the Boaid.** 

On the 14th, the sohoola commenced-^he one 
in the First Ward, under diaige of Rev. Fhmcia 
j^pnnger, and that in the Third Ward, nnder A. 
W. Bsubrook. 

During the first term of the adhoola, which 
was the laat term of the sdiool year, there were 
registered seven handred and thirty*nine pafnls. 
At the close of the term the Fhndpals, and 
most of their aocodates, were elected for the 
ensning year. Additional accommodations for 
schools were provided, in the basements of the 
Bimtist and First Presbyterian ohnrohes. 

Accordinff to the report of the Secretary of 
the School Board, there were enrolled dmiag 
the year 18ft6-7 eight hundred and seventeen 
pnmls. 

At a meeting of the Board, held Jnly IC, 1867, 
it was determined to confine instmctions in tke 
w»rd schools to the common English brancheai 
and to recommend the estaUishmeut of a ceauat 
high school, in which the higher Bnslii 
branches and the languages shoala be stsaif 

For the year 1857-8 Volney llickox vai 
elected Principal of tlie First Ward, A W. 
Bsubrook, of the Third Ward, and Beanooat 
Parks of the Itigh School. Febroary e, 1818, 
Mr. Ilickox presented hia resigoation to the 
Board, and A. M. Brooks waa electcil to til the 
vacancy. During the last term of that veer 
there were enrolls eight hundred and fifty-three 
{mpils. 

In the spring and summer of 1858 buildii^ 
for the wjml schools were erected in the Seoond 
and Fourth Wards, at «n expense of ^10,000 
each, and on the 20th of September, 1858, fie* 
sdiools were opened in each of the four wards of 
the city. Twenty-two teachers were employei 

In November, 1858, on recommendation of tin 
Boanl of School Inspectors, an ordinance vai 
adopted by the Common Council creating the 
oflice of School Superintendent. S. M. Cutchcos 
was ap)>ointed to fill the position. 

The first annual report of tlie Superintendeat 
was made in the summer of 1850, It is very fall 
and complete, and his recommendations irite 
and beneficial. From the report it was learned 
that there were enrolled one thousand four 
hundred and seventy-six pupils, with an average 
number belonging of nine hundred and eightv- 
seven, and an average attendance of seven huno- 
red and ten. The following were the aalaries ct 



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teachers recommended by tbo Board to tbe City 

Council: 

Assistants, primary department, Second and Fourth 

wards f275 

PrincipMl,priniary departments, Second and Fourth 

wards 350 

All other female teachers 300 

Principals of sn'ammar department. ^HX) 

Principal of Uigh School «00 

The salary of female teof^bers who might be 
reiained was to be increased $23 per annum for 
four years. Tbe salary of each male teacher 
who might be retained was to be increased $50 
per annum. 

The cost of the schools for 1858-9 were 
t(l 8,735.45. 

S. M. Cutcheon was re-appointed Superin- 
tendent for 1859-60, and his second annual 
report shows a gratifying increase in attendance, 
there bein^ cnrollea one thousand six hundred 
and thirty-nine, against one thousand four hun- 
dred and seventy-six the year previous, while 
the average number belonging, one thousand 
one hundred and ninety, against nine hundred 
and eighty -seven in 1858-9. The accommoda- 
tions for pupils was altogether insufficient. 

Rev. Francis Springer was appointed Superin- 
tendent for the year 1860-61. In his report for 
the year he made many valuable suggestions, 
and gave the following account of the ouildings 
then in use: 

"The Fii*st Ward school building is situated on 
Mason, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. 
The lot is 320 feet fronting on Mason, by 157 
feet each on Twelfth and Thirteenth. The 
building is of brick and two stories hi^h. The 
lower floor contains four good school rooms, 
capable of accommodating in all one hundred 
and eighty pupils. The second story embraces 
one large hall, two recitation rooms, and two 
small rooms suitable for library and apparatus. 
Its capacity is for the accommodation of one 
hundred and forty-four pupils, making for the 
entire building, accommodations for three hun- 
dred and twenty-four pupils. Cost of ground 
and improvements, about 812,000. 

"The Second Ward school house is also on 
Mason street, l>ctwecn First and Second streets. 
Tbe lot is three hundred and fifty feet fronting 
on Mason, and one hundred and fifty-sovcn feet, 
each, on First and Second. The building is of 
brick, and is three stories high. When com- 
pleted, its capacity for punils will be about four 
hnndred. Cost of grounds and improvements, 
aboat $12,000. 

"The Third Ward school house, situated on 
the corner of Kd wards and Spring streets, occu- 



pies a lot measuring three hundred and twenty 
feet on Edwards, and one hundred and fourteen 
on Spring street. This building is in all respects 
after the same pattern as that of the First Ward, 
and, together with its grounds, cost about the 
same amotmt of money. 

"The Fourth Ward school house, on the 
comer of Market and Twelfth streets, is con- 
structed precisely on the same model as that of 
the Second Ward. The size of the lot is two 
hundred and foily feet on Market, by one hun- 
dred and fifty-seven feet on Twetftli. The ex- 
penditure of grounds and improvements, as also 
the capacity of the house are the same as that 
of the Second Ward.*' 

The High School occupied a building on Fifth 
street, between Monroe and Market, while the 
colored children were compelled to attend school 
in a shanty in the rear of the African church, 
on North Fourth street This African school 
was established the year previous, under Mr. 
Cutcheon's administration. Says Superintendent 
Springer of it in his first report: " Humble as 
it is, the school it contains has furnished the 
most satisfactory evidence of the capacity and 
aptitude of the colored children to acquire the 
rudiments of a good education. In rapidity of 
advancement and propriety of behavior, these 
youthful descendants of the African race com- 
pare very advantageouslv with the more favored 
children of Caucasian blood." The number en- 
rolled this year was one thonsand, six hundred 
and nine. A. M. Brooks was the Principal in 
the High School. 

The war for the Union having commenced, 
Mr. Springer resigned the Superintendency, and 
J. D. Low was appointed to fill the vacancy. 
There were enrolled during the year, two thou- 
sand and forty pupils, with an average number 
belonging of one thousand three hundred and 
twenty-four, and an average attendance of one 
thousand one hundred and thirty-three. Con- 
siderable trouble was experienced in the proper 
gradation of the schools, but an effort was made 
to improve the svstem. During the year the 
members of tlie school succeeded in collecting a 
library of over four hundred volumes, and as 
stated by the Superintendent, the books were 
also u<%ea. He rocomincnded an annual appro- 
priation for the purpose of procuring new books 
for the library. 

For the scliool year 1862-8, J. D. Ix>w was 
continued as Superintendent, with A. M. Brooks 
as Principal of the High School. Thirty-one 
teachers were employed. The entire cost of the 
schools were 817,845.60. 



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589 



J. D. Low was le-appointed Sui)erintoiideiii 
for the year 1803-4. The whole numucr of popils 
admitted this year was two thousand two hon* 
dred ana sixty-four, with an average number be* 
longing of one thousand four hundred and twen- 
ty-eight, and an average attendance of one thou* 
sand tliree hundred and eighty-four. The Suptt^ 
intendent, in his report, says: *' While we have 
not accomplished all that we hoped, we have yet 
made substantial progress.** 

A. M. Brooks was made Superintendent for 
the year 18G3-4, and submitted his first annual 
report in the summer of 1805. The whole num- 
ber of pupils enrolled was two thousand two 
hundried and ninety -four, with an average nam- 
ber belonging of one thousand four hundred and 
seventy, and an average attendance of one thou- 
sand four hundred and one; a better record than 
any previous year. The City Council at last 
waked up to the necessity of making an appro- 
priation for a High School building, and one 
was erected, an honor to the city. 

Tlie Springfield Ilich School building is sitv- 
ated on tiie corner of ("ourth and Madison streets. 
The building is seventy-five feet long, fifty-eight 
feet wide and three stories high, with basement 
for furnaces, fuel rooms and other pnrposet. 
The walls are brick, ci eh teen and one-half inches 
thick with corners of dressed stone. The fonii- 
dations are of stone, two feet thick. Two pro- 
jections 25x14 feet contain the stairways. There 
are two entrances, one on Fourth street, the 
other on Madison, affording easy access to all 
parts of the building. Vhe school rooms, six in 
number, are of ample size, well lighted, heated 
by wood furnaces, and well provided with black- 
boards. The floors are deafened, and a trnss is 
placed under each, giving great fimmess and 
strength. A Mansard roof, made of slate and 
tin, and self-supporting, allowed the construction 
of a large and commoilious chapel in the third 
story of the building. It is a fine hall, well 
lighted and ventilated. Its size is 72x55 feet, 
twenty-three feet high, giving abundant room 
for the public exercises of the school, and also 
for lectures and meetings of every kind con- 
nected with the public schools of the city. Two 
entrances enable the audience to enter or leave 
the chapel with great facility. The rooms are 
furnished with single desks of the most approved 
pattern and best material. 

The High School building, together with ad- 
ditions to the Second and Fourth Ward School 
buildings, afforded ample accommodations for 
eight hundred more pupils. 



The oolored school was sUll forced lo meet ia 
the old building described bj Mr. Springer as 
ft sluiitf* 

The whole number of papib enrolled in lMft-€ 
was two thousand five hundred and fifty-two | 
average number belongings one thousand seven 
handred and twelve; average number aUeiicBni^ 
oae thonsand five hundred and ninety-three. 

Ib 1806-7, the salaries of the teachers were 
raised, the Principal of the Hi^ School recsiv^ 
log 91500 per year, and the Princapdi of the 
ward schools each 91350; Thomas Yoilc, the 
Prindpal of the colored school, 9900. The 
asmstants in High School each rocrived 9700; 
and those in wara sdiools from 9850 to 9500; 
generally the latter sam. The nnmber of po^ls 
enrolled, two thonsand eight hundred and sev- 
enty; average nnmber belonging, two thonsand 
and thirty-one; average attendinf^ nineteen hna* 
dred and fourteen. There was expended this year 
for sdhool purposes, 9949,814.41. Thelibrarj was 
increased this year, by a donation of several 
hundred volumes, from the Springfield Library 
Assomation. The grade of the ward eohoob 
was raised this year somewhat, which relieved 
the Uigh School of a lai^ nnmber of papOs 
too immature for the requirements nsnaOy re- 
quired from Uiose who pursue academical stnoies. 

The colored school was also furnished with a 
suitable building, and provided urith fnmiture 
eqmd to the best in the ward sbhools. The 
Superintendent recommended the ersotkNi of 
suitable buildings for primary sdiools. 

The whole number of pupils enndled in 
1867-8, was thirty-one hundrod and mx; avenge 
nnmber belonging, twenty-one hundred and 
sixty; average number attending, twenty hnn- 
dred and forty, and the per cent, of atlendancsb 
nine hundred and forty-four. There was ex- 

Snded this year for school purposes, 986LS17.89. 
Anplaint was made by the Superintendent^ of 
the way the City Council used school funds. 

In the report of Superintendent Brooks for 
the year 1808-0, savs: ** The past year has been 
one of success with man^ of the teachers, who 
have labored diligently in preparation for the 
class-room, in carrying out more fully, methods 
already known, and introducing improved plans 
of instruction. The expenditures this year 
amounted to 934,030.85. The whole nnmber en- 
rolled tliis year^ for some cause, was less than 
the previous, being two thousand seven hundred 
and thirteen; average number belonging two 
thousand and forty-eiaht; average attending^ 
one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. The 
hall in tlie High School building was fitted np 



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591 



As usual* a larcc amlience of the frienils of the 
schools assembled to hear the grailuatinff exer- 
cises of the senior class of the High School. Mi»s 
Lillie Waslilmrn delivered the salutatory and Mr. 
Charles Wilson the valedictory. Tlie names of 
the ela,<s, their grades and the programme used 
on the occasion, will ho found m another place. 
No abatement of the interest shown in former yeans 
was perceived, and the efficiency of the public 
school system was attested by the number and 
character of the friends who were present. 

Tlie most noted event of the year was the for- 
mation of the Alumni Association of the High 
School. This bodv was regularly organiaeed^ 
and at the close of tlie year public exercises, such 
as are usual on such occasions, were held. An 
oration was delivered by Mr. George E. Dawson, 
of the class of 1804, a poem recited by Mrs. F. 
J. Janness (Miss Fedora J. llobinson), and a bi- 




poem and sketch were ordered to be printed by 
the society. After the literary exercises were 
concluded, the members repaired to the Leland 
Hotel, where a sumptuous repast awaited them. 
Regular toasts were given and responded to by 
Messrs. !McXeil, McClemand, Patton, Rourke, 
Kane, Feitshans and Brooks. The friends of 
the school regarded this association with much 
favor, and expect that in the future the influence 
of the society will be felt in promoting the cause 
of education in our city. 

Superintendent Brooks, in the twentieth an- 
nual report, for the year 1877-8, says: 

*' The whole number enrolled is two thousand 
seven hundred and seventy-six; the average 
number belonging two thousand three hundred 
and three and three-tenths; the average number 
attending, two thou8.ind two hundred and fifty- 
tbrce and nine-tenths; and there are nine hun- 
dred and seventy-two tardy marks. The per 
cent, of the registered number attending is 
ciichty-one and two tenths, that is, more than 
f*>ur-1ifih8 of the whole number enrolled were in 
cun.stant attendance. The per cent, of the aver- 
age number belonging attending, is ninety-seven 
and nine-tenths, and the per cent, of tardmess is 
eleven one hundredths. There is a gain in the 
registered number of two hundred and seventeen; 
in the average number belonging, of one hundred 
and eiglity-four and five- tenths, and in the aver- 
age number attending, of one hundred and nine- 
ty-five and nine-tenths. There arc ninetv-one 
fewer cases of tardiness, with an increase of over 
two hundred pupils. The books in M*hich the 



permits fur le-entfance are nn'^rdcd, show m 
grest advaaee In thU imporunt matter of attend* 
ance. Hww IiooIw cover a period of nine 7eai% 
and tlie contrast between the number of pennits 
issned last yeaiv and the. number for 18il*9, b 
very stiilm^ In a few of the best schools of 
onr conntij a better attendance is found, and 
this fact will cause the faithful teacher to tbor> 
ouj^hly enuTass everf case of absence, and thus 
bring one of the chief obstacles to the pnpirs 
p r o gr e ss within the narrowest limits possiMe.'' 

The cntiin expenses of the schools this year 
were {M»44iLl9. 

Portho year 1878-0, Superintendent Brooks 
repotta: 

**Tbe past year has been one of ouiet pro* 
grcss. An effort has been made to aavanoe in 
every direction as far as possible, and to allow 
no retrograde movement. No qpedal effort has 
been attempted, and the examinations have been 
hdd with a view to have each division of the 
couise of study thoroughly mastered. 

**The attendance at tne schools has been good, 
as is shown by the following statements. The 
number on the annual register is two thousand 
seven hundred and seventy-six; the average 
number bslongini^ two thousand one hundred 
and seventy^one; the average number attending 
is two tlKMwand one hundred and four:een; and 
there are eight hundred and seventy-eig^t tardi- 
nesses on the rolls. In many departments, the 
attendance is excellenty in a* few there ia i^l 
room for improvement.** 

The oost of the schools this year was $28,- 
069.)S, of which $25,278.50 was for salariea. 

From the report of Superintendent Brooks for 
the year 1870-80, the following extraetjs taken: 

*^Tlie attendance during the past year was di- 
minished, and the efficiency of the sdiools con- 
siderablv impaired, by the absence of many 
pu|nls wno left school on account of the scarlet 
fever in the city. But for this reason, quite an 
increase of numbers would have been reported. 

«*Tlie whole numl>er of pupils enrolled is two 
thousand seven hundred and forty ; the average 
number belonging is two thousand and sixty- 
nine; the average number attending is two 
thousand and two, and the number of tardy 
marks, eight hundred and eighty-two. 

^The whole amount ex^Msndea was $31,055.00; 
the whole amount of scnp redeemed was (48,- 
ISKOO. A debt of 810,175.07 was paid, quite a 
number of repairs matle, and a balance of 
$1,512.72 left in the treasury at the close of the 
fisval year* The teachers and other empires 
of the Board were paid promptly at the end of 



HISTORY OP 9XSQAMOV OOUOTT. 



'' The cobt per month for each pupil attendinff^ 
for tuition alone, for the pai^t eight years, n 
given in the table below: 

1874 $1.40 

1875 1.8$ 

1876 1.10 

1877 -l.W 

1878 1.19 

1879 1.15 

1880 l.» 

1881 •. I.t7 

**The cost per annum for each pupil attending^ 
for tuition alone, is 811.48. The entire cost for 
each pupil is 817.40. The cost for tuition in the 
High School is 834.48. The entire cost in tb« 
High School for each pupil attending is 858.08. 

"The teachers* meeting was convened regii* 
larly, as in the preceding year. No pains was 
spared in the attempt to make the meeting a 
success. The discussions and other topics prt- 
sented in the programmes, were such as werO 
deemed, for the time being, most profitable to 
the teachers and the schools. To make these 
meetings affaiis of mere enjoyment and enter- 
tainment, seems desirable to some who appear 
to forpet that the sole design of the Insti* 
tution IS to improve the members in the art of 
teaching. To present topics of practical Taliie 
in the school-rocm should be the sole aim of 
those conducting the exercises. The |K>ints to 
be discussed should be made as interesting as 
possible, and this will not be a difficult matter, if 
the object requiring the teachers to assemble be 
fully understood. 

" The closing exercise of the school Year, the 
graduation of the Senior Class of the High 
bchool, was held at the Opera House on Friday, 
June 17. The following young ladies and gen* 
tlemen received their diplomas from Dr. Alhert 
H. Trapp, the President of the Board: Listie 
C. Armstrong, Benita Berry, Maggie K. Cobhs, 
William D. Carpenter, Alice Dallman, Fred* B. 
Dodds, Henry A. Johnson, Anna Poffenbarger, 
Edwin A. Recce, Helen Saunders, Clara W. 
Staley, Katie L. Ulrich, Florence Whipple and 
Willis F. Wright. 

**Frcd. £. Dodds delivered the salutatory, and 
Miss Florence Whipple the valedictory. A full 
programme of the exercises will be found in an- 
other part of the report. As usual| a large and 
attenuve audience testified by their presence 
their interest in the public schools. 

" This is the twenty-first class. The names of 
three hundred and forty-five graduates are fomid 
on the roll of the alumni of the High SchooL 
Of this number, one hundred and nineteen tarn 
gentlemen, and two hundred and twenty^idlt 

60— ^^ 



are ladies. AafarasivtcasleerBy sll ave nee- 
folly emptied* It hs» Veen o«r good fortnae 
to sign over thtee tasivsjl diploiams preeewted 
to those who Ware fcfialw j l the eowrse of sliidy 
of this school, mmi h k vith aisidi stttiefadios 
that we aole the fad thai Ml nmmat thcee tesli- 
monials is in the posstasiea of a worthlesa dun^ 
acter. To {nroaMHa Ae thoieiaghnesa ct the 
sehoOl, allowing no navottlqr person to taha a 
place aneK>ng Its alnnuii» slmudrhe the earnest 
aim of those who aro iMnssled with the ears of 
the institmion. 

** We think thai Ae tcndiert as a dasa may he 
justly commended tor an earnest and snooessM 
discharge of th«r dtalieau . In their work ther 
have given prominencaw aa €bmf should, to tlie 
instruction of their dwaa^aad m Ihb they weie. 
especially snccessfi^aa waa evinced hy thie care- 
fni, searching ezaasinationa whidi their pnpib 
passed with mora than avfinaijf credit. The 
range of the qneslions wnaanMcieaUy wide, and 
enough time was taken to show with accural 
the attainments of the aAohoa. At the close df 
these examinations it waa a sonree of gratiflcs* 
tion to the Saperin tend s nt to reward the labor of 
the teacher, as far aa ha waa aUe, by commend* 
ing the dass for the good flanding acqntrcd, is 
most cases, hy daigent stnir. 

"The last my of the fecal year was dgnaiisd 
by the canceling of sH ontstanding warrssU^ 
leaving, as the inandal statement diows, s 
handsome hdance in the tveasnry. Theteadien 
and others holding the ehGg^ationa d the hoid 
were promptly paid throiq^iont the year, iaaB^ 
ing tlie ready, cheeiM action wlddi dwigfssl> 
tends the cadi syslWL * 

In the snmmer of ISai F. R. iPeitshaas^A* 
M., was elected Snpciintendent hy the Botf« 
of Education, and now IBa the podtion. 1^ 
schools are in a flonrishing conditaon, wiik svciy 
prospect of good wmk in the fntnre as ia tst 
past. The following named constitute the sorp* 
of teachers now employed: 

snuxoFinL» cm acnbOLa. 

City Superimendeni-Pirof. F. It Feitdnwi* 

mar wann aonoou 

Prindpal— Hr. J. H* Conine. First AadslsiH- 
Miss IL Anna HoCrtOia. AsdsUnte— Mrs. NiOit 
Back, Miss Anna FoodM^ Miss Lillle Fdifi 
M4vi Dora Bennel^Mia. Biaa MoManns, liii> 
Mary Lieher» Misa Beanor MaxwdL 

noomn WASD acpooi.| 

Prindpd— Mr.A.J.8Hdtk Firat AssistaiH 
Miss Maty J. 8dL Aidaianla-Miea KauL 



HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Enoa, Mias Kate IIcberltnK, Miss Anna Kreuger, 
Miek Maitie Adams, Mim Julia E. Kane, Miss 
Hannah M. Fisher, Misa Liuie Schlitt, Miss 
AngusU Sclilitt, Miss AomiBU Trapp, Mrs. EUa 
F. Stockdale. Mrs. Anna Q. Cory. 

IlItKD WABD SCHOOL. 

Principal — Mr. J. A. Johnson. First Assist- 
ant — Miss Sarah P. White Assistants — Miss 
Carrie P. Moore, Miss Abbie Sutton, Miss M. M. 
E. Hansel), Mi>^ M. Ella Winston. Miss E. M. 
Hughes, Miss Florence Whipple, Miss BenitJt 
Kerry. 

PUt'KTU WARD SCHOOL. 

Principal— itir. N. B. Ilanoon. First Assist* 
ant — Miss Anna M. Pender. Assistants — Miss 
Nettie Wiley, Miss Mary Power, Miss Agnes 
Shepherd, Mifs Carrie Klein, Miss Frances 
Kusel, Miss Anna C. Stevens, Mies Lon J. Mid- 
dieton, IHisB Mary Sherwood, Miss M. Lisue 
Pender, Mrs. M. J. Flowers. 

KIXTH ATARD SCUOOL. 

Miss Jennie Irwin, Miss Kate C. Webster. 

inCU RCIIOOL. 

Principal — Professor F. R, Feiuhsns. First 
Assistant — Mr. S. E. Darrow. Assistants — 
Misa Mary Howard, KinB Kmma F. Jones, Miss 
Emily A. Ilayward, Mr. 0. A. Pease. 

TKAniKRS' INSTITUTES. 

Almost since the organization of the graded 
system, the tenchcm of the public ccboolsof the 
City hare had regular meetings, when they dis- 
cussed all mntti-rN pertaining to the government 
and sticec»:a of their ticbooTs. Great good has 
resulted from these meetings, and the efficiency 
of the teacherK is in a great measure due to the 
informatjon obtained at these institutes. 

UHADeATXS OF THK MlflU SCHOOL. 

It is but due to the young ladies and gentle- 
men who have graduated from tlie high school 
in ihiu city since its organir^tion, should be 
given in tni? connection. Among the names 
will be reeogiiizod several occupying prominent 
pofitions in society at the present time. The 
following embraces a complete list. 

(-1JIS8 or 1B61. 
Mary Hooker, Nettie Wiley, Ida Springer. 

n.Ass uF 186S, 

Walter Campbell. Wallace T. Stockdale, 

Jamea F. MoNeil). 



CLASS OF 1668. 

Tjiura K. Clark, Annie M. Pender, 

Itfaggie C DoremuB, Mollie C. Remann, 
Emily W Huntington, Emily Starkweather, 
Laura A. Lee, Virginia L. Stuart. 

Benjamin M, Shaffner. 
CLASS OF 1664. 
William W. Billson, £liz.ibeth L. Lanphier, 
Cteorge E Dawson, Annie Laurence, 

George A. Withers, Fannie H. MoCnlloob, 

Charfea U. Yates, Viola F. Myers, 

Alice A. Outright, Juliet M. Ordway, 

Fannie N. Devore, Olive L. Priest, 

Lydia M, Gray, Augusta Trapp. 

M. Liwifl Pender. 

CLASS of ISeft. 

Alvin B. Jadkioa. Laura L. Clinton, 

Horatio B. MoBride, Almeda B. Milligan, 
Thomas J. Nolan, Charlotte M. Moore, 

Jamea J. Rafur, Mary Reynolds, 

Fwlora J. Robinson. 

CLASS OF 1866. 
John S. Condell, William C. Wood, 

George T. Enos, Porte Yates. 

John C. IjAuphier, Ella Bushnell, 
Edward J. McClemand, Mary A.Canfield, 
Henry C. Remann, Mary J. Clinton, 
Patiick J. Rourke, Elizabeth M. Correthera, 
Alfred Wiley, Kate V. Jackson, 

Howard M. Wood, EliEabtth L. Lee, 
Sophia A. Phelps. 

CLASS OF 1867. 
Samuel A. Fisher, Ella H. Mosely, 

James L. Smythe, Laura PickreU, 

Emma F. Adams, Mary E. Priest, 

Sophia L Bennett, Annie E. Vrcdenbar^ 
Mary R. Lamb, Emily Wauon, 

Theodosia Woods. 

CLASS OF 1868. 
Charles A. Armstrong, Fannie Dunton, 
Wilbur R. Condell, I-aura FitKhugh, 
William L.Grimsley, Mary B. Hubbell, 
Samuel Brooks Ives, Mattie E. Kane, 
Charles P. Kane, Pannie Lamb, 

Edward Dow Hatheny, Maggie E. Muir. 
Aaron C. Thompson, Lizzie Nottingham, 
Frederick Trapp, Marj- E. Tilburn, 

Annie Adams, Addie VanHofl. 

CLASS OP leOft. 
Fred. F. Fiaher, Mary L. Campbell, 

K. Officer Newell. M. M. E. Ilaiisell, 

Franoia V. Rafter, Virginia L. Hackney, 



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5! 



Kate Anderson, Maggie E. Irwin, 

Emma C. Hrown, Callie I-.oo8e, 

Annie Hunn, Lillie McManus, 

Georgia A. Reeves. 



CLASS 

John II. Brown, 
John E. Las well, 
Clilford R. Hateman, 
Susie B. Reed, 
Itonia L. IWird, 
Rebecca E. Baird, 
Kate G. Brewer, 
Jennie Dresser, 
Kate Fitzbugh, 
llattie Groo, 

Martha 



OF 1870. 

Emma I^ Iliggins, 
Jenneta LaswcU^ 
Edith McCandUss, 
Li/.zie Hood, 
Lute Matbeny, 
Emma Post, 
Sallie E. Ray, 
Abbie E. Sutton, 
Addle Tomlinson, 
Mangie Vredenburg, 
C. MasoD. 



Lsaac Dillcr, 
Richard Dodds, 
Jennie Corneau, 
Lillie Foley, 
Julia Herndon, 



CI 

William Ruggles, 
Henry Kane, 
G rover Ayers, 
Kate L Enos, 
Kate E. Croley, 
Mary Seaman, 
JSIarv Irwin, 



CLASS OF 1871. 

Emma Hopkins, 
Mary Power, 
Fannie Shepherd, 
Maria Yvnable, 
Rebecca Hudson, 

ASS OF 1872. 

Laura Lloyd, 
Nettie S. Witbey, 
Minnie Goodwin, 
Alice I. King, 
Mary Laswell, 
Jennie Kriegh, 
Lizzie Adamg, 



CLASS OF 1873. 
R. Francis Ruth, Maggie Leeds, 

Dennis R. Hageney, 
Kennedy Brooks, 
Edward 0. Ilaynie, 
Fred W. Sutton, 
John P. J. Shan ah an. 



Hannah L. Ives, 
Kate Heberling, 
Dora Adams, 
Hannah M. Fisher, 
Ada B. Mclntyre, 



William Henry Walker,Ada Fuller, 
Clarence Bennett, Rosalinda S. Priest, 



Samuel Grubb, 
James M. M.atheny, 
Carrie Klein, 
Lizzie G. Kidd, 

CLASS 

Eugene Colligan, 
William 1 1. Conway, 
/. Allen Enos, 
Harry L. Hampton, 
Lloyd E. Johnson, 
Richard C. Lorrimer, 
Edward W. Payne, 
Ezra W. White, 
Nellie C. Barrel!, 
Delia Bunn, 
Mary E. Gordon, 



Anna B. Paynter, 
Flora Foley, 
Julia E. Kane, 
Lillie V. Tillotson. 
OF 1874. 
Lizzie S. Ilesser, 
Nettie C. Kimball, 
Lizzie C. Mahoney, 
I^u. J. Middleton, 
Clara Montgomery, 
Clara B. Ormsby, 
Julia E. Paine, 
M. Olive Porter, 
Mary Rippon, 
Agnes E. Shepherd, 
Alice la. Watson. 



CLASS OF 184 5. 



Maunce E. Power, 
Charles S. Rafter, 
Samuel A. Tobin, 
Anna L. Burkhardt, 
Sadie D. Bateman, 
Dora Bennett, 
Mary Brewer, 
Mary E. Brooks, 
Etta ^IcCrilHs, 



Lizzie Hughes, 
Ann% A. Hannon, 
Lucy A. MontgomeTj, 
Anna L. Power, 
Carrie B. Phillips, 
Nellie W. Qneenaa, 
Ella M. RippoD, 
Lizzie Schlitt, 
Amanda A. White. 



CLASS OF 1870. 



Edward L. Baker, 
Mary l^illington, 
James \V. Brooks, 
Dora B. Claspill, 
Mary K. Giblin, 
William E. Gomes, 
Viola Harris, 



Frank Z. Crane, 
Mary L. Croley, 
Mary E. Emmons, 
Clara C. Fosselman, 
Nellie Patterson, 
Lizzie C. Payran, 
Rachel E. Piper. 



Rebecca IlammersloughEdward Ridgely, 
William Ilelmle, Albert Salz^^nstein, 

Anne Lonergan, Amanda SchI'>i'Sy 

Eleanor Maxwell, Kate Wood, 

John A. Piper. 

CLASS OP 1877. 



William H. Conkling, 
John A. Cory, 
James W. Johnson, 
Eugene S. Kane, 
Edward McManus, 
John W. Reilly, 
John II. Ruckel, 
Frank B. Smith, 
Wilson Stuve, 
Samuel White, 
Charlie Wilson, 
Fred. W. Yates, 
Enola Adams, 
Millie B. Anderson, 



Fannie B. English, 
Emma T. Ilartmtn, 
Rosa Hoffman, 
Nellie E. Holmes, 
Louisa M. Ktvanangh, 
Anna K. Krneger, 
Mary Leber, 
Katie Phillips, 
Isiioettia Seaman, 
Mary I. Schliff, 
Ida C. VanGandy, 
Lillie A. Washbarn, 
Julia A. Wi'iston, 
Gertrude Wright. 



CLASS OP 1878. 



Ijouis M. Myers, 
B. B. Griffith, 
Albert R. Cobbs, 
LewiH II. Miner, 
Benjamin O. Pearl, 
Edward Anderson, 
C aries E. Hamilton, 
William H. Turney, 
Edwin F. Smith, 
Newell Kane, 
Enoch Johnson, 
Mary K Johnson, 

Isabel 



Nettie E. Brown, 
Emma L. Gwynn, 
Jennie A. Call, 
Emma C. Greene, 
Mollie Hamilton, 
Clara Hamburger, 
Mollie E. Dennes, 
Katie I. Stanley, 
Isabel M. Churchill, 
Augusta Schlitt, 
L3U. Enos, 
Eloise A. Griffith, 
M. Pringle. 



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CLASS or 1879. 



Jno. M. Ztne, 
llioraaa C. Kimbery 
Robert Mathcny, 
Charles L. SatnpsoD, 
John A. Conway, 
Otto Bekemyer, 
John O. Sylvester, 
Charles W. Zane, 
Francis A. J. Waldron, 
Hiiizin/];a M. Hurst, 
Alice C. Fagan, 
Zenetta M. Dedrich, 
Lixzie E. Hopping, 
Annie J. Conway, 

Emily 



Linnie M. Roll, 

B. Eudora Porter, 

Clara Brennng, 

Clara Wallace, 

Cora B. Ames, 

Mollie C. Stuve, 

Margaret E. Smith, 

Vannie L. Sheiry, 
, Blanche Ilongh, 

Mary Racland, 

Rose M. Henckle, 

Dora Greh, 

Minnie A. Blanchflowr, 

Sophie Kreager, 
U. Selby. 



CLASS OF 1880. 

Ilattie L. Adams, Debbie S. Bell, 

Ida M. Cantrill, R. A. Camochan, 

Annie T. Cory, Sadie K. Cnlp, 

Mary H. Hartman, Martin Melvin Ilazlett, 

Chas. Frederick Ilelmle, Annie M. Lindsay, 
Charles B. Lintwed, Robert E. Lowe, 



Laura Lask, 
T^ewis S. Miller, 
Nellie E. Saanders, 



John IL McCreery, 
Sarah L. Piper, 
Mary Ellen Winston, 



CLASS OF 1881. 



William 1). Carpenter, 
Fred E. Dodds, 
Henry A. Johann, 
Edwin A. Reece, 
Willis F. Wright, 
Lizzie C Armstrong, 
Benita Berry, 



Maggie E. Cobbs, 
Allice Dallman, 
Anna Poffenbarger, 
Helen Saunders, 
Clara W. Suley, 
Florence Whipple, 
Katie L. Ulrich. 



CLASS soxos. 

As a specimen of the class songs of the gradu- 
ating classes of the High School, the following 
are given: the first being by the class of 1873, 
and the latter by the class of 1875: 

CLASS OF '7». 

Chiss-matcs dear, with hearts oVrflowing, 

Rreatbe we now our last farewell. 
While the silent tear is showing 

Depth of feeling none can tell. 
And we feel with dee|>est sorrow. 

Broken now our band most be. 
Till the dawn of ]Ieaven*s to-morrow 

Wakes the Cla^s of Seventy-three. 

CAoriM-^Schoolrinntes nil, fsrewell. farewell, 
May I'ach life-jmth shinlDi; be; 
May Fame** loiiilest pieans swell. 
For the C)a$s of Seventy-three. 

We are reapcm in Lifers hanrent. 

Some of fame and some of lore; 
S«ime to glean, to bind, to garn«*r. 



Living sheaves for Heaven^s store. 
Each so reap that when Life*s evening 

Hangs Its veil o*cr laud and sea. 
We may hear the Masters plaudit, 

** Well done, Class of Seventy* three. 
rA^rii«— School-mates all, etc. 

From the Past and from the Present, 

Joy shall brighten our life*s day. 
And our live^ ui thought and labor, 

Glide in usefulness away. 
And though far and wide we're scattered. 

Some on land aod some on sea, 
Memory oft shall bring the triumphs 

Of the Class of Seventy-three. 

Choru$ — School-mates all, etc 



CLASS SONG— •Ti. 

Once more we stand in class array — 

Yet one more song we sing; 
For hands must be unclasped to day. 

That long were wont to cling. 
With saddened hcaru, but high resolves 

Life*s battles to survive. 
We hear the bell-call that dissolves 
The Class of 'Seventy- five. 
Choriu—BvLi in our hearts the golden chimes 
Of memory will rinff. 
As often of the dear old times 
We fondly muse and sing. 

Full oft In fancy's rosy light. 
These scenes will rise to view; 
And many a retrospection bright. 
Will thrill our hearts anew. 
As low, sweet echoes of a song, 

From distant mountain side. 
These parting notes will time prolong. 
O'er all life's ebbing tide. 
Choru9—Aud in our hearts the golden chimes 
Of memory will ring, 
While echoes from the dear old times, 
A pensive joy will bring. 

Our work Is done, these walls shall see 

Our faces nevermore; 
Oh! may we re-united be. 

Upon the Shining Shore. 
Our songs arc o'er— the curtain falls; 

These closing moments fly; 
No more our feet shall tread these halls; 
One word r<> mains— good-bye. 

Chorut—\ei in our hearts the golden chimes 
Of memory shall ring. 
And often oi the dear old times 
We'll fondly muse and sing. 

OOHMKMORATIVIE KXBRCISS8. 

On the death of President Gartield, the High 
School held commemorative exercises, in which 
were read or recited selections from his speeches 
on facts in relation to his life, accoi*ding to the 
following programme: 

Music — Death of a Hero ( Beethoven) — Miss 
E. Kelchner. 

The Life of President Garfield — Remarks by 
Professor A. J. Smith, of the Second Wari 
school. 

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Early Life— Read by Ed. Vincent. 

Domestic Life — Read by Susie Wilcox. 

Ijalcr Life — Road by J. Brinkerhoif. 

The Family of the President — Read by Ger- 
tie Converse. 

Resolutions Passed by the Board of Educa- 
tion of Cliicago — Road bv John J. Amos. 

Poem Written by Garheld when at College — 
Read by Lillie Barkhardt. 

Ess:iy — A Short Sketch — By Lulu Ames. 

Lessons from President GartieldV Life — Rich- 
mond Patterson. 

Extract from a Speech — Edwin M. Stanton. 

Lake View Cemetery — Robert Walker. 

Chant—" Thy Will be Done.^ 

Extract from a Speech by General Woodford 
— Walter Sanders. 

Description of Francklyn Cottage, where the 
President died — Read by Mollis F isher, Second 
Ward school. 

Poem on the late President — Read by Etta 
Morgan, of the Third Ward School. 

The moral character of the late President — 
Read by Clara Hclmle, of the Third Ward 
School. 

Poem — On Garfield Death Has I^id Ilis Hand 
— Written by Mrs. Wilson, of Springfield — Read 
by Ada Barnes. 

SPIRIT OP TUB PRK88. 

Editorial from State Journal, September 20 — 
Read by Charles Burlingham. 

Editorial from Sangamo Monitor — Read by 
May Curry. 

Editorial from State Register, September Si- 
Read by Gertie Garland. 

Editorial from Evening Post, September 23 — 
Read by Ella Garter. 

Expressions of sympathies from England and 
other countries — Read by Louis J. Palmer. 

Hymn — America. 

SPIRIT OP TUB PRBSS, CONTINUBH. 

New York Herald — Read bv Charles Opel. 
New York Tribune — Read \j Laura Snyder. 
Boston Herald — Read by Mary Rhoads^ 
A Heavy Day — By Nora Cook and Emma 
BillinfTton. 
In Memoriam — Hattie Harris. 
Rites at Washington — Will Hopping. 
Euthanatos — John Matthis. 
Hymn — God Save the People. 
Closing Remarks by Superintendent Feitshans. 

•^"m pubhbkt school ybar. 

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Board of Edooation, from which h appears that 
the number of pabils mnaiaiag ia the Tarioat 
schools at the end of the laonlh »^ * 

First Ward 

Second Ward 

Third Ward Ml 

Fourth Ward 4Se 

Sixth Ward 151 

High School 168 

Totsl «,3t7 

The registered namber of papils ifli tvo thoa- 
sand five handred aad tweatv-two; average 
number belongiug» two thousaua three haadred 
and tventy-sevea ; ayerage aamher alleadiag, 
two thousand two huadred aad forty-elx ; per 
cent, of attendance, ainety-eix aad foar>teatha ; 
number of tardy marks, oae haadred aad forty* 
four ; per cent, of tardiaessi Cfteea haaredths. 

RBv. joiix F. aaooiu. 

In connoction with the edncalioaal Uttoij of 
Springfield, a sketch of Rev. J* F. Brooks is ia 
place, as he has had longer ooaaeedoa with the 
schools of the place thaa aay other man. The 
(Quotation is made from Power: 

^' Rev. John P. Brooks was bora Deoember S, 
1801, in Oneida ooanty, N. Y. Hie pareaU 
were, of New England origia, bat emisrated to 
New York in 1793, whea the whole rqpoa was a 
forest, with here and tliere a small eetUemeat. 
Mr. I^rooks gradnated at llamiltoa College, ia 
that ooanty, in 1828, aad afterwards stodied 
three years in the theological department of 
Yale College, New Uayeot Ooaaeotieati He 
was ordaioed to the gospel nuniitry by Oaeida 
Presbytery, ia the aatuma of 1881, aad was 
married soon after to a daaghier of Rev. Joel 
Bradley. They immediately left for Bliaois, 
under a commission from tae Amerioaa Home 
Missionary Society. They traveled by oaaal, 
lake and stage to Pittsburg, theaoe by steam* 
boat, down tlie Ohio river to New Albany, 
Indiana. Any route to Illinois by the way oT 
Chicago, in those days, was not to be thooght of, 
as that place was just emergiag from the eondi 
tion of an Indian trading statioa. At Nei 
Albany Rev. Mr. Brooks purohaeed a horae an 
' Dearborn,* as it was then called, whieh was 
one-horse wagon with stationary oover. In thi 
they eonUnaed their journey, eroesiag th^ 
Wabash river at Vinceanes. After pasaiag m 
skirt of timber on the west side, they enten "^ 
the first prairie of Illinois, la the midst of 
furious storm. They were far from aay hoas^ 
with only the carriage as a proteeUoB« aad tha^ 
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back of their carriage to it, but the prairie was 
covered with water^ and they conid only discern 
the path by observing where the ^ra^s did not 
rise above the water. They sought a house to 
dry their garments, and that night arrived at 
Lawrenceville, where llev. Mr. H. preached his 
lirst sermon in Illinois, the next day being Sab- 
bath. About three days after they arrived at 
Vandalia, the State Capital, having been five 
weeks on the way from the vicinity of Utica, 
New York. After visiting several towns and 
villages, Rev. Mr. Brooks located for the winter 
at Collinsville, in the southern part of Madison 
county, preaching, alternately, there and at 
Belleville. In the spring of 1832 he moved to 
the latter place, where he continued five years, 
preaching there, and at several other points in 
St. Clair and Monroe counties. 

About the second year of his residence at 
Belleville, he and his wife opened a school, 
which increased so rapidly they employed an 
assistant. They taught all grades, from A, B, 
Gy to the classics and higher mathematic-s. 
Several attended that school, who afterwards 
entered the halls of l<^gislation, and other de- 
partments of public life. In 1837, Mr. Brooks 
was chosen Principal of a Teachers' Seminary, 
which benevolent individuals were endeavoring 
ta establish in Waverly, Morgan county, lie 
taught there with success, but the general em- 
barrassment of the country, caused by the finan- 
cial disasters of 1837, compelled the relinquish- 
ment of that enterprise. During the time he 
was teaching he endeavored to preach one ser- 
mon every Sabbath, but the double labor induced 
bronchial affection, from which he has never 
fully recovered. In 1840, Mr. B. was called to 
Springfield to take charge of an academy for 
both sexes, though in different apartments, to be 
taught in a new brick edifice erected for that 
purpose on the west side of Fifth street, be- 
tween Monroe and Market. Here he continued 
his labors, with the aid of two assistants, for 
two years and a half. Many persons now promi- 
nent in business or in domestic life, received a 
portion of their education there. After this he 
labored for two years under direction of Pres- 
bytery, supplying vacant churches in this and 
adjoining counties. His health was now much 
impaired, and designing light labor, he opened 
a school for young ladies, in a small room near 
his own house. The applications soon outran 
the 8i7.c of the room, which he enlarged, and his 
wife again assisted him. His school increased, 
his health improved, and he purchased the 
property on the corner of Fifth and Edwards 



streets, re-arranging ihe two-story frame build- 
ing internally to suit the purposes of a school. 
This he opened as a Female Seminary, the 
autumn of 1849, with three assistants, and Mrs. 
Brooks in charge of the primary dapartment, 
held in the room he previously occupied. In . 
addition to the usual course, Mr. Brooks added 
drawing, painting and music; two pianos were 
introduced, and this is believed to have been the 
first effort at teaching music in the schools of 
Springfield. This stminary prospered for four 
years, when Mrs. Brooks' health failed, and it 
became necessary to doFe the institution. Since 
her death in J 860, Rev. Mr. Brooks has devoted 
a large part of his time to hearing classes, and 
giving private lessons. 

He was one of seven young men who banded 
together, while in their theological coarse in 
New Haven, for the establishment of a college 
in this State. Illinois College, at Jacksonville, 
is the result of their exertions. Mr. Brooks haa 
been one of its trustees from the first. 

He relates, as an illustration of the change of 
times in attending Presbytery in the State since 
he entered it, that a clergyman in those days 
must have his horse and saddle as certainly as 
his Bible and hymn book. The settlements 
were remote from each other, and a ride of 
three or four days to a meeting of Presbytery 
was a common experience. Once, in attending 
such a meeting, Mr. Brooks traveled in an eastr 
erly direction srom Belleville, for two or three 
days, and found a sparse settlement, mostly of 
log cabins. They had erected a frame church 
building and roofed it, without siding or floor^ 
with only a few rough boards for seats. The 
Presbytery opened its sessions, several sermons 
were preached, the sacrament administered, but 
rain came on before that body adjourned, and 
they moved to a private house, with only one 
room and a small side apartment. At meal time, 
Presbvtery adjourned, that the table might be 
spreaif, and after evening ser\'ice six or seven 
members lodged in the same room, on beds 
spread on the fioor. People, in sustaining re 
ligious worship under such circumstances, made 
as great sacrifices, according to their means, as 
those who build their $50,000 churches do now. 
At this meeting, Mr. Brooks was entertained at 
a cabin where the only light admitted was 
through an open door, or one or two sheets of 
oiled paper, in place of glass windows. He met 
a man, however, in that settlement, from his 
native town, in New York, and he had two glass 
windows; but his neighbors thought him extrav- 
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such a luxury. Rev. Mr. I>rooks resides west j 
side of Fifth, between Edwards and Cook \ 
streets, Springfield, Illinois. I 

Mr. I>rooks and Elizabeth C. Bradly were j 
married in 18G3. Mrs. Brooks now carries on a 
select school for young ladies and misses, on 
South Fifth street, being assisted by Mr. Brooks. 

t'Ksri.INE CONVENT, 

a chartered Educational Institute founded and 
carried on by Ursuliue Nuns, members of an 
order founded in Italy, by St. Angela of ]>re6cia,in 
the sixteenth century^ for the education of youth. 
The order is a very widely extended one, having 
at least live hundred houses throughout the world, 
with a membership of 25,000 persons. 

Three Ursuline ladies, well-known in this city, 
as Mother Josej)!) Tonelfe, Mother Charles 
Molony and ^lother De Sales Coleman first came 
to this county (on the invitation of Right Rev- 
erend Junker, D.D., Bishop of Alton ) in 1857. 
They first rented and occupied for some time, 
what the old settlers will remember as the 
Franklin House; afterwards purchased the prop- 
erty of Mr. Britton on the corner of Sixth and 
Mason streets. Although having but poor and 
small accommodations, their schools were filled 
to their utmost capacity by rich and poor, and 
many ladies of this and other States now occupy- 
inu high social stations, remember with loving 
veneration, the small class-rooms, dormitories, 
and reflectories of the **01d Convent." 

In 1807, the Nuns, with their pupils, removed 
to their present beautiful Convent, just outside 
the city, in the midst of a magnificent grove. 
The building is of brick, 103x07 feet, three 
stories high, with a basement and attic, and 
erected at a cost of * 7 0,000. The rooms are all 
very lofty and spacious, the class-rooms being 
fourteen feet in height. The building is heated 
by a steam furnace; hot and cold waters are sup- 
plied in each story. Splendid bath rooms, tine 
recreation and dining halls, as well as well ven- 
tilated dormitories, leave nothing to be desired 
in point of health fulness, and the <|uality of 
tuition and proverbially gentle mode of treat- 
ment, makes it an institution eminently suited 
for the purposes ol education. 

The Convent is surmounted by a fine belfry, 
eommanding a view of the city and its environs. 
It contains a large bell of mellow, musical tone. 

Tlie Convent is supplied with a more than 
ordinary cabinet, containing some i\\o hundred 
specimens, contributed mostly by friends. The 
>valls are adorned with some fine paintings, one 
^•specially, the work of an old mastiT, brought 



from Rome and presented by Rev. II. I>. Junk- 
ers. The worker's tapestry is esiiecially line, 
representing on a large scale historical and 
poetical subjects. The apparatus for teaching 
the sciences is very good. 

To the Convent is attached a chapel, formerly 
presided over by Rev. T. J. Cowley, who died 
at the Convent, January 13, 1881, much lamented 
by all. The position is now filled by Rev. H. 
W. Alne, a clergyman of high intellectual en- 
dowments and a graduate of one of the most 
celebrated German Universities. 

The present attendance of pupils at the Acad- 
emy is fifty-eight; at the Parish School, one 
hundred ancl fifty. 

Many of the early members have departed this 
life, but the venerable Mother Jof^epn presides 
over it as Lady Superior. Mother Joseph is a pu- 
pil of the famous Ursaliue Convent, of Black 
Kock, Cork, Ireland. She commenced her tows 
in the Charleston, South Carolina Cathedrsl, in 
18:15, the event having been taken by the cele- 
brated Benjamin West as a subject for a picture 
now in the Galleiy of Art in Washin^on, D. C. 
There are at present twenty-six members in the 
institution. This Convent has branch houses at 
Jersey ville and Petersburg, of this State, having 
charge of an aggregate ot two himdred and fifty 
pupils, making the total number of pupils under 
charge of Springfield Roman Catholic Ursaline 
Convent, four hundred and fifty-eight. 

OnJKCTS OF IXTKRKST IN CONVKNT. 

An autograph letter of encouragement and 
congratulation from Pope Pius IX. 

A scriptural picture, fifty-two by Uiirty-sir 
inches, done with the pen by T. I>. VanGehder, 
of Amsterdam, Holland. . 

A librar}* containing fifteen hundred volumes. 

A cabinet containing five hundred specimens. 

A Correggio. 

A fine steel engraving of West's "Christ Re- 
jected." 

Several veiy fine tapestry pictures. 

A piece of composite statuary representing 
** Death of St. Joseph." 

Some very fine ])ain tings in oil and water col- 
ors, by the ladies of the Institute. 

A curious little work of art re|)esenting the 
first Convent of the Order in Queliec, founded by 
Mother Mary, of the Incarnation; surnamed by 
Bossuet the "Teresa of New France." The Con- 
vent and surroundings are made of the bark of 
an old elm, under the shade of which the saintly 
ladv taught the children of Uie Iroqaots and 
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tree having been stnick by lightning, itR remains 
were preserved as valuable relics. 

BBLIGIOUK. 

Springfield can boast of some handsome 
church edifices, though none of them very 
costly, and probably has as many regular 
church-going people as any city of its size. In 
this connection are given historical sketches of 
nearly all the congregations. Imperfect records 
sadly interfere with the historian's work. 

FIRST METHODIST BPISCOPAL. 

A society was organized in this city some 
time in 1821, by Rev. James Simms, a good 
man in every respect, and possessing the quali- 
Uea that made men popular at that early day. 
The society was small, and its meetings were 
held in the cabins of its members. 

Among the first Methodists who settled here 
"wsks Charles R. Mntheny,who arrived here in the 
spring of 1821. His house for several years was 
a preaching place and heme for Methodist itin- 
erants. The organization of the church was 
lc#pt up from the commencement — the circuit 
preachers filling the appointment every two 
^etks. Rev. Feter Cartwright preached quite 
often in 1825. There being no regular place of 
^irorship, the society did not grow very rapidly 
VDtil the summer of 1829, when the old log 
school house was built. 

Id 1829, the members of the society determined 
^o make an effort to erect a church, and a sub- 
scription was started for that purpose and circa- 
1<ted among the citizens generally. Pascal P. 
Xnos subscribed 850, and told the trustees they 
<:ould take their choice between that amount of 
Teady money and two city lots, the same now 
occupied by the church on the corner of Monroe 
and Fifth streets. The trustees were divided 
in opinion, some thinking it best to take the 
money and others the lots, having no idea that 
the lots would be worth more than $50 in a few 
^*ears. It was finally decided to take the lots, 
which were accordingly donated to the society 
by Mr. Enos. A frame church was erected upon 
one of the lots in the summer of 18«30 and dedi- 
cated the following winter. It was used until 
the completion of the present building. 

In 1838, under the ministration of Rev. Smith 
L. Robinson, quite a revival took place, and a 
large number of persons were converted. This 
was a marked era in the history of Methodism 
in Springfield, for the infiuence of the revival 
was such as to place the society upon a perma- 
nent basis. Up to this time the society had been 
supplied with preaching by the circuit preaohera, 



in connection with the Sangamon circuit, but 
feeling themselves strong enough to form a sep- 
arate charge, it was so formed in 1884. Rev* 
Joseph Edraundson was the first minister after 
the charge was organized, with the following 
named Stewards: £:lmund Roberts, Charles R. 
Matheny, John Dickey, Jacob M. Early and 
Edward J. Phillips. Mr. Edmundson is kindly 
remembered by old settlers at this day. He re- 
mained in charge one year, and was succeeded 
by Rev. Hooper Crews, who remained two years, 
and whose labors were attended with great suc- 
cess — the church nearly or quite doubling its 
members during that time. Be was followed by 
Rev. Peter Akers, who kft at the end of his 
first year, and was succeeded by Rev. Jchn T. 
Mitchell, who left the church prosperous. Rev. 
Orceneth Fisher came next, and remained one 
year. 

In the fall of 1841, Rev. Jonathan Stamper 
became the pastor, lie remained two years cur- 
ing which time an interesting revival took place- 
Rev. W. S. Crissey was the next preacher, oeing 
succeeded at the expiration of one year by Rev. 
John P. Richmond, who remained the same 
length of time. His two immediate successors 
were Revs. Chauncy Hobart and John S. Bargar* 
.In 1847, Rev. James F. Jacquess became pas- 
tor of the church. Under his preaching an ex- 
tensive revival took place, and many were con- 
verted. He was returned in 1848, but left before 
the expiration of the year to take charge of the 
Female College at Jacksonville. The remainder 
of his term was finished by Rev. W.T. Bennett. 
During the next three years Revs. Calvin W. 
Lewis and Robert £. Guthrie were pastors of 
the church. The last named was followed by 
Rev. Thomas Magee in October, 1852, up to 
which time the old frame church, built in 1830, 
had been used for divine worship. An addition 
to it was built during the ministry of Rev. Mr. 
Stamper, but those who worshipped in it in 1852 
consitlered it somewhat of a reproach to Meth- 
odism, and thought the time had arrived for it 
to give way to a larger and more appropriate 
building. Soon after the arrival of Mr. Magee 
a subscription was started, and a suflicient 
amount was subscribed to justify the society in 
the erection of their present house of worship. 
Its original cost was about $10,000. It had a 
very handsome spire, which was much admired 
when in its proper place, but it was finally re- 
moved by a strong wind and placed in the yard 
below. Rev. Mr. Magee was returned to the 
)>astorate a second time, and gave all his spare 
time to the erection of a new edifice, but be did 






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iiul remain Itng ciuu^ih in this MorUl lu witnc 
its conij>lelion. lie vihiltd IMcoinington in 
^larcb, 1S.04, anil conlractcd a disoase wliich 
soon lenninalcMl his life*. His last honrs were 
peaceful and 1 ni)})y, fur he had followed the 
golden rule in bis intercourse Avilh his fellow 
men, and given the energies of his life to the 
cause of Christ. The vacancy caused by his 
death was tilled by Rev. James E. AVillson, who 
was followed by Rev. J. L. Crane, who remained 
two years and left with the regrets of his con- 
gregation. He was succttded by Uev. C. ^V. 
ISears. 

In 1858, Rev. James Leaton was apj»ointed to 
the charge. 

In ISOO, Rev. J. S. Davidson was appointed 
to the charge, and remained three years, bein<j 
succeeded by Rev. 31 r. Phillips, who also served 
the same length of time. In ISrJ, Rev. \V. II. 
Webster Ijecame the j»astor, and remained also 
the full time i»ermitied by the lules of the 
church. In 1 875, Rev. R. Si. Harnes was sent 
by the Conference, but only remained two years, 
greatly to the disappointment of the congrega- 
tion, Rev. J. II. Noble was then sent, and re- 
mained three years. In 1880, tlie present pastor. 
Rev. T. A. Parker, began his labors, and under 
his charge the coi.gregation is in a most llourisli- 
ing condition, its membership active and zealous. 

SKCOND MKTHODIST EriSCOPAL CHURCH. 

The Second ^lethodist Ej>iscoi»al Church, of 
S]>ringfield, Illinois, w-as organized September 
11, 1805, under the following conditions: 

The citv was then notablv and remarkably ex- 
tending in the direction of the noith, and it was 
thought that this circumstarce, combined with 
the southern location and over-grown condition 
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, was a 
Providential call for Springfield jM» thodism to 
move out and occupy and "postess the land" in 
the northern half of the city. Accordingly, a 
noble and self-sacrificing band of brethren and 
sisters from the First Chuich, in a most i»eaee- 
able and amicable manner, withdrew fr(»m the 
former fold and constituted themselves the Sec- 
ond Methodist Ei>iscopal Church, Sjjringfield. 

They fully conformed to the law of the dnirch 
in the details of their organization, and when 
completed, they reported the same to the Illinois 
Annual Conference, and asked to have a preacher 
sent to them. To this rer|uest the Conference 
replied by naming Rev. \V. S. Prentice as their 
first pastor. 

The names of the first members of tliis church, 
as transferred from the old church, so far as can 
he ascertained, are as follows: 

70— 



Nancy J. Akard, Margaret Akard, Alvira 
Ayers, George ^V. Bolin^er, Margaret T. Bolin- 
ger, K. J. l>ronson, Adeline l>ronson, Adolpbus 
J>ell, William l>olinger, Hclle Hradfurd, Hester 
J. Henson, John L. Hiirke, Jane Hiirke, Asenath 
Hradford, Charles Camp, Annie J. Camp, Lucy 
l*amp, Hannah I>. Camp, Mary Connelly, Julia 
Connelly, Sarah C. Connellv, John Carpenter, 
Sarah J. Carpenter, Mary ft. Carpenter, Eliza- 
beth Crane, \V. S. Curry, Nannie J. Curry, 
Sarah DeCam]>, Matilda Edmonson, Rosauna 
Fosselman, Savilla Fiske, JNletella F. Goodman, 
Mary A. Goodman, Adelbert Goodman, Sarah 
E. Gibbs, J. C. llenkle, Pamelia Henkle, Re- 
becca Uerndon, 11. F. llerndon, Charlotte Kidd, 
Anna I>. Kirkendall, ^fary H. Ix>gan, N. W. 
jyiatheny, Elizabeth J. Matheny, Alcta Moseby, 
Priscilla Megrady, William A. Nixon, Anna 
Nocker, Priscilla Newman, Sarah K. Nixon, 
Amelia Osborn, Mary Owen, Lucy A. Pride, 
Sarah E. Pride, Martha A. Prentice, Ella Pi en- 
tice, Henry C. Porter, A. R. Robinson, Eliza 
Robinson, Joseph 31. Ripl>ey, Mr.«». J. M. Hippey, 
M. O. Reeves, ]Nancy Reeves, Hon. William M. 
Sprinc;er, Rebecca Springer, Sue E. Sell, War- 
field Staley, Mary A. Staley, W. P. Saddler, Su- 
.sanah Saddler, James H. Saddler, Sarah C. Sad- 
dler, Alvira J. Saddler, Martha Sponic, ^Vil1iam 
Troxell, Louisa Troxell, James C. Thrall, Dud- 
lev Wickersham, Mnrgaret Wickershani, Amelia 
\Vilson, Catharine Wood, Nancy J. Waddle, 
William Wallace — a total of eighty-three. 

This church bought the house of worship for- 
merly used by the Presbyterians, and which 
stooct on the northwest corner of Sixth and 
Monroe streets. This building they movtd to 
the spot it now occupies on Fifth street near 
3Iadison, imjiroved it, and occupied it about 
October 1 , 1 8G5. The church has been remodeled 
and repaired from time to time, and is now in 
excellent condition. In 1877-8, the society 
erected a ccmmodious parsonage on the lot south 
of the church. The whole property is now 
valued at §10,000, and is free from debt. 

The house now used, ha« sittings, in main 
audience room, for 250 persons, by means of 
sliding doors the lecture room can be added to 
this, seating in hll nearly or qtiite 400. 

The names of the various pastors since the 
organization of the church, are as follows: 

Rev. W. S. Prentice, appointed September 2S, 
18C5, and serving three years. 

Rev. J. L. Crane, appointed September 28, 
1808, and serving one year. 

J. H. Ford, September 22, ISOO, one year. 

E. D. Wilkin, September 21, 1870, one year. 



HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUXTY. 



W.J. Riitledgc, September 21, ISTl.and ten- 
ins two y vara. 

W. II. Iti-ed, September 34, 1873, ooe year. 

M. D. Ha wes, September 36, 1874,and Herviug 
two yean. 

J.F, Stunt, October, 18!0, and Mrriiig tliree 
yeara. 

W. S. ]tlatlhew, the present incnuilwiit, wan 
api)ointed September 11, 1879, and ia serving 
Ins third year. 

Tlie church i« in a proxpcroiia condition. The 
meinberNhip is now two nundred .and nineteen, 
and during the two years last past it has had a 
net (growth of filtv members. 

The Snbbnth school numbers one hundred and 
Mivonty-five, and is doin^ an excellent work. 
The present efficient Riipcnn ton dent, R. F. Hern- 
don, was elected in 1865,and has been re-elected 
fifteen Umea. 

rlRST PEKRBTTXRIAIt. 

Rev. John M. Ellis organised the Sangamon 
Presbyterian Chnrch, now the First Prosln'terian 
Church of Springfield, on the S3d day of Jann- 
arj', 1SS8. The organization was kept np during 
the next Ejtring and summer, bnt no particular 
interest was manifested till the arrival of Rev. J. 
G. Bergen, of New Jersey, who, in November of 
the same year, became the first pastor of the 
church. lie took the right coarse to render him- 
self and the church popular by making himself 
"at home" with the people generally, and in a 
Eihort time he had more hearers than the log 
school bouse would comfortably hold. The 
tchool house was built in the summer of 1828 
on the corner of Second and Adams streets. Its 
builders, the principal citizens of Springfield, in- 
tended it for school and religious puruoses, and 
it was nsed until tlie completion of tne church 
bnilt by the Presbyterians in the fall of 1830. 

Thcfirste!dersof the church were John Moore, 
John N. Moore, (his son) Isaiah Stitlman and 
Samuel Rcid. Elder Moore and his eon lived 
twenty miles north, Mr. Stillmau ten miles north- 
east, and Mr. Reid three miles west of Spring- 
tield. The first members were John Moore, John 
N Moore, Andrew Moore, Elijah Scott, Mary 
^luore, Margaret Sloore, Pbcsbc Moore, Catharine 
j^Ioure, Jane St^'ott, Samuel Rcid, Jane Reid, 
Jiinies White, William Proctor, Isaiah Sullman, 
Olive Slater, Kltzabeth Moore, Mary R Ilum- 
periea and Ann lies. 

When Mr. llergen took charge of the church 
there were but six members of it living in Spring- 
field— live women and one man, the suhool 
teacher. Soon after Mr. Ilergen's arrival he ap- 
|H>inted a aacrameaial tnecUng for the litUe 



chnreb,and requested the members and alt others 
interested in the cause of religion to attend. At 
the preparatory meeting on the previous Satur- 
day, the following resolution was passed: 

** Jieaototd, That the citizens of this place b* 
invited to meet in the school house at early candle 
lighting to take into consideration the expedi- 
ency of nndertaking to build a Presbytoriao 
meeting house, and that Rev. Mr. Bergen give 
the notioe." 

At the called meeting of the citizens it was re- 
solved to undertake the erection of a charoh 
building, and tlie following named persons were 
appointed tmi'tces and a building committee: 
John Todd, Gersham Jayoe, ^Va.Miington Jles, 
David L. Taylor, John MolTctt, Samuel Reid and 
Elijah Slater. The idea of building a meeting 
bouse was well received by the oitizeni gener- 
ally, but man^- of them loolced upon it as some- 
what chimerical, and it is said that some who 
signed the sabscription pajmr considered the 
whole matter a pretty good joke. "Diey signed 
readily, for they did not intend to appear lesa 
liberal than their neighbors, but while pledging 
themselves to pay the sums set down oppoute 
their names, t£ey considered their money per- 
fectly safe. 

There was some quesUou as to vbuUier the 
building would be of wood or brick. Some ooa- 
tended that wood was good enough for the oocar 
sioo, and that a frame church would last until 
the place became sulliciently old and wealthy to 
warrant the erection of a different and more 
expensive building. Others said that a brick 
building would last longer and look better than 
a wooden one, and after a short but animated 
discussion, they carried their point. The nex^ 
important question was how to get the brick, and 
some were puzzled to know how the church was 
to be built after the brick bad been obtained. 
Clay was considered by the advocates of wood, 
rather a sicarco article, and though nearly every 
male resident of the place knew how to build a 
brick chimney, none had contideiice enough in 
themselves to suppose they could buiM a bouse 
of the same material. Ihe summer of 1829 
was spent in making preparations fur build iiig, 
and the chun-h was conij>U'tcd in the summer of 
1t!30. It was dedicated November 20th, of the 
same year. Thomas Brook er, of Belle viile, 
superinteuded tlte brick-work aiid manufactured 
the brick. The entire cx>st of the building was 



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The corner-stone of the second Rp.iciou8 build- 
ing occnjiied by the members of the First Pres- 
byterian Church was laid in 1842, and the 
building erected, and basement need during the 
ensuing winter and summer. The main audience 
room was completed in the fall of 1S43, and 
dedicated in November of that year. The cost 
of the building was about 812,000. In 1868, 
the church was enlarged and otherwise improved. 
After laboring for twenty years, spending a 
great deal of his time in the missionary worE of 
the Presbytery, Dr. Bergen resigned tne charge 
of the Fiist Church, and Dr. James Smith, of 
Shelbyville, Kentucky, was elected pastor. 

Dr. Smith was an eminent Christian divine of 
rare ability as a preacher and a controversialist, 
and the church greatly prospered under his 
ministry, and during the years 1854 and 1856, 
especially, the records show a large number of 
additions upon profession of faith, llis pastor- 
ate continued for nearly seven years, lie re- 
signed, and the pastoral vocation was dissolved 
in 1856. 

Rev. John II. Brown, D. D,, was elected 
pastor. Dr. Brown was a native of Kentucky, 
and was pastor of the McCord Church, of Lex- 
ington, for twelve years. He served tli,e church 
with great ability and faithfulness till 1864, 
when he resigned, and Rev. F. II. Wines was 
elected the pastor, who continued his ministry 
for four years, resigning in 1800, when the 
present pastor. Rev. James A. Reed, was chosen, 
lie was called and commenced his labors in 
1869, and has now been pastor of the church for 
eleven years. Soon after he was called the 
necessity of a new building became apparent, 
on account of the limited cai)acity of the old 
one, and its near proximity to the railroad. 
Steps were about to be taken in this direction, 
when an overture came from the Third Presby- 
terian Church, with reference to the purchase 
and occupancy of their new and spacious build- 
ing, which was then heavily encumbered with 
debt. Arrangements that were satisfactory 
were made, and the building now standing on 
the corner of Capitol Avenue and Seventh street, 
became the property of the First Presbyterian 
Church. This cnurch originally cost about *00,- 
000 ; has a fine pipe organ, and is heated by 
steam. It has now a membership of four hun- 
dred and fifty, and has two missions. It has a 
bench of thirteen acting elders, viz : C. C. 
Brown, D. C. Brown, James P. Bryce, R. II. 
Beach, E. P. Beach, A. ^I. Brooks, R. W. Dil- 
ler, John Dalby, T. S. llenning, W. W. Ilayden, 
George Hemingway, George White. 



SECOND rRESBYFERlAX. 

This church was organized on the -iCtli d.iy of 
^lay, 1835, and recognized by the Presbytery of 
Sangamon, June 8, of the same year. It con- 
sisted at its organization of thirty members, all 
of wliom had been members of the First Pres- 
byterian Church. The congregation had no reg- 
ular pastor for nearly a year after its organiza- 
tion. Rev. Dewey \Vhitney was elected to the 
pastorate, on the 25tb of March, 1830, and com- 
menced his labors on the following day. lie re- 
mained till February, 1830, when he resigned. 
His labors were very acceptable to liis congrega- 
tion, and his departure was generally regretted. 
The relation between him and the church was 
formally dissolved by the Presbytery at the 
spring session of 1839. He was a native of one 
of the New England States, but had lived in 
Kentucky some years previous to the commence- 
ment of his ministerial duties at this pl.ice. 
Some years after leaving Springfield, he was 
killed m one of the Southern States, while visit- 
ing near relatives. He was riding a horse, 
which, becoming frightened, threw him. His 
foot caught in the stirup, and he was dragged a 
considerable distance. Ue survived his injuries 
but a short time. 

In the summer of 1839, the congregation in- 
vited Rev. Albert Hale to become its pastor. 
He accepted the invitation, and preached his 
first regular Kcrmon here on the 15th of Xovem- 
ber following. He was installed on the first day 
of July, 1840, and remained as p.astor until Jan- 
uary, 1807, a period of twenty-seven years. His 
pastorate was a plea^^ant and profitable one to 
the congregation, and he only resigned on 
account of ipcreasin*^ age, believing that i 
younger than he might minister mitre accept* 
ably. He still remains a citixen of Springtiel^ 
and worships with the church over which heviw 
so long a pastor. 

The elders of the church at its organiz.tt^^J'^ 
were Samuel Reed,K. S. Phelps, Joseph Th.%^^» 
Thomas ^lofFett, and John B. Watson, ^r^ 
present elders are E. B. Nawley, li. Po|>e, ^^il 
C. Conkling, Goo. M. BrinkerhofT, Clintons- i 
Conkling, William B. Baker, Fred. Wilson, ^^ 
Bobert Smilie. 

Some one thousand two hnndred and 
members have belonged to the church sin 
organization, aboat eight hundred of 
united during Mr. Hale's pastorate. ItJi 
bership is now three hnndred and eighty. — . 
eral revivals of religion have taken place lu ^^ 
church since its organization, a very im]>ort^^^^ 
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On the Till of April, 1850, tbeir new house of 
worship was ileJicaled to the service of God, 
and Rev. T. C. Teasdalc, D, D., who had previ- 
ously been called to the charge of this church, 
i) reached the dedicatory sermon from Acts, 5:*20. 
holder Teasdalc having accepted the call of the 
church, entered at once upon his duties as pastor, 
and a protracted meeting was held, resulting in 
the conversion of a number of persons. He re- 
mained a little over two years, and ninety were 
added by baptism, and twenty-two by letter, and 
two by experience. 

In July, 1853, Rev. William Sym took pastor- 
al charge of the church and remained two years, 
during which time eleven were added by bap- 
tism, and eighteen by letter. 

Rev. N. W. Miner assumed the duties pertain- 
ing to the pastorate in April, 1855, and remained 
fourteen years. Rev. Nehemiah Pierce became 
pastor November 1, 1S70, and died March 25, 
1873. Rev. II. 31. Worrell succeeded, acting as 
pastor from November, 1874, to .lune, 1878. 
Rev. J. L. M. Young came next, and remained 
about seven months, until the union of the First 
Baptist and North Church. 

The constituent members of the church num- 
bered eight. The membership in 1S38, was one 
hundred and four; in 1840, ninetv-three; in 1845, 
eiglity-eight; in 1850, one hundrea and twenty -six; 
in 1855, one hundred and seventy-four; in 1800, 
four hundred; in 1805, three hundred and forty- 
five; in 1870, three hundred and thirty-three; in 
1S75, three hundred and fifty; in 1878, three 
hundred and thirty-six. 

The whole number received by bajitisra from 
1830 to 1878, is one thousand and thirty nine; 
Received by letter, four hundred and eighty-one; 
Total additions, one thousand five hundred and 
twenty. Total number dismissed by letter, 
dropped, excluded and died, one thousand two 
hundred and six. 

TIIK NOUTH nAI»TIST CIIURCU 

was constituted, fifty-two members of the First 
Church entering into the organization. 

The lirst preliminarv meeting was held April 
17, 18G0; Brethren W. W. Watson and Noah 
Divelbiss acting, respectively as Moderator .and 
Clerk. After several meetings; and most thor- 
ough and earnest discussion, the organization 
was aiTected Mav *2i». Articles of faith and 
covenant were aitopled, and the following orti- 
cers elected: Deacons, W. W. Watson and J. 
(). Rimes; Clerk, Noah Divelbiss; Treasurer; 
Henry C'onverse. There was also appointed a 
committee on pastorate, consisting of Brethren 
Watson, Folev nnd l)ivoll)is8. The labors of 



this committee resulted in extendinga unanimous 
and hearty ball to Rev. Ich.abod Clark, of Rock- 
ford, who accepted, and commenced his pastor- 
ate in July, 1860. 

The new church was publicly recognised Au- 
gust 10, 1800, the First Church of Spriiicrfield 
and the churches of Jacksonville and Berlin 
joining in the recognition services. The sermon 
was by Rev. R. R. Coon, hand of fellowship by 
Rev. G. S. Goodnoo; prayer of recognition by 
Rev. F. W. Ingraire. For nearly two years 
services were held in the court bouse, on the site 
of the present First National Rank. A house of 
worship was then built on north Sixth street and 
dedicated August 31, 186?. 

Dr. Ichabod Clark vras the first pastor, and 
was succeeded, in order, by Revs. A. C. Hub- 
bard, William Ilaigh, N. G. Collins, H. M. Carr, 
D. F. Carnahan, Perry Bennett, and C. W. Cl.ark, 
the last serving when the union of the First 
and North Churches was effected. The mem- 
bership in ISOO was eighty; in 1865, one hun- 
dred and seventeen; in 1870, one hundred and 
fifty-three; in 1875, one hundred and sixty-nine; 
in 1879, two hundred and nineteen. The whole 
number received by baptism was one hundred 
and eighty-two; by letter, one hundred and sixty- 
nine. Total, three hundred and fifty-one. 

THE CONSOLIDATION. 

The first effort towards a union of the two 
churches was made by the First Church, in a 
series of resolutions adopted July 15, 1873, and 
presented to the North Church, July 35. The 
resolutions were received and referred to a com- 
mittee, which after careful consideration, made an 
able report, in which they gave their reasons for 
deciding that the time had not yet come for 
such a movement. The correspondence between 
the churches was courteous and fraternal, and 
the First Church cheerfully acquiesced in the 
decision reached. April 30, 1879, in a full meet- 
ing of the First Churdi, the question of union 
was again advanced for consideration. Resolo- 
tions were presented and unanimously adopted, 
embodying this basis of consolidation, in brief: 
A new organization was proposed; both churches 
disbanding and dropping their distinctive names; 
the officers of both churches to resign, and a 
new election to be held by the united body; 
the property of both churches to be deeded to 
the new organization. 

The resolutions Avere presented to the North 
Church May 7, 1879. They were very cordially 
received and referred to a select committee of 
nine, who wore authorized to meet for cousulta* 
tion with a similar committee from the Firvt 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Church; the decision of the joint ccmmittee to 
be reported back to eaeh organization for final 
action. 

These committees reported to their resjeftive 
churches^ heartily endorsing and reconinieiurnig 
the proposed union. The report was ndo))tod in 
the First Church by unanimouH vote; in the 
Korth Church by a vote of forty-three to nine — 
majority of more than four-fifths. 

The meeting for consolidation and organi/.:i- 
tion was held in the North Church Jmie l:t, 
1879, Deacon Ij. K. Brown, (chairman of the joint 
committee) was Modertor, and Isaac K. Koll, 
Clerk. Ilie new body was named *'The Central 
Baptist Church of Springfield." Articles of 
Faith and Covenant were adopted, and the fol- 
lowing officers were elected: Trustees, A. I^ 
Converse, A. M. Gregory, J. O. Raroes, L. Smith, 
S. S. Elder, David E. Roll; Deacons, L. R. 
Brown, Nelson Ncher, D. W. Witnier. George 
Gou^h; Clerk, Isaac K. Roll; Treasurer, R. M. 
Huckey. 

llie first public services of the new church 
were held June 15, 18T9. During the summer 
the pulpit was supplied by various ministers, 
and Key. F. D. Riclcerson was caPed to the ]»ns- 
torate and entered upon his duties November 
11, 1879. 

A new house of worship, on the corner of 
Fourth street and Capital Avenue, has just 
been erected, at a cost of $18,000. 

GKRMAN BAPTIST. 

In 1849, this church was organized by mem- 
bers withdrawing from the First Church. They 
have a small, unpretentious house of worship, 
on Capital Avenue, between Fifth and Sixth 
streets, and meet for worship every. Sabbath. 
Rev. William Papenhansen is the pastor. 

COIX>KKD haptists. 

There are two churches of Colored Baptists in 
the city, one situated on the comer of Twelfth 
and Mason streets, and known as the *^ Union," 
Rev. Mr. Robertson, pastor; the other on the 
corner of Ninth and Carpenter streets* Rev. 
George Brent, pastor. 

CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 

Previous to the year 1833 there was no Chris- 
tian dnirch in Soringfield. In the fall of that 
year. Rev. Josepn Hewitt, a widely-known and 
popular Evangelist of the Christian denomina- 
tion, came to Sjmngfield and opened a protrnet< d 
meeting and revival. He was a very ]>ersistent 
and eloquent divine and soon made a large num- 
ber of converts among the citizens of this place. 



and in 1833 ther were organized into the Chris- 
tian Church oi Springfield. Tlie first chnrch 
edifice erected by them was built on Madison 
street opposite the City High School, and is now 
occupied and used by the Portuguese Church. 
After worshiping in that place for a few y^art 
the church bought a lot on the corner of Sixth 
and Jefferson streets and erected another house 
of worship upon iU This building the congre- 
gation have occupied ever since until the past 
year, when they purchased a lot on Fifth street 
opposite the Governor's Mansion, and upon it 
arc erecting a new and tasty structure for the 
future use of the church. It is an elegant edifice 
and thoroughly modern in all its appointments, 
being octagonal in form, it presents a fine au- 
dience room which ia to be seated with chairs in 
lieu of the old-fashioned benches. It is expected 
to be comp1ete<l by Christmas and will cost about 
eiprhteen thousancl dollars. The present pastor 
is Rev. J. B. Allen, to whose untinng efforts the 
congregation is indebted for the new house of 
^vorship. llie present membership numbers 
about three hundred. The music is on the con- 
<;regational order, led by an organ. The Sun- 
day school connected with this church has an 
average attendance of about one hundred and 
fifty scholars and is under the guidance of S. II. 
Twyman, the Superintendent. 

CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. 

The first Catholic services held in Springfield 
are unknown, though it was at a very early day, 
ante-dating the old settlers' time mark, the deep 
snow, by several years. It was made a station 
some time between 1830 and 1840, and remained 
such until 1844, when Rev. George A. Hamilton 
organized a congregation, and built a church on 
East Adams street. To this church was given 
the name of St. John the Baptist. 

In 1850, Rev. II. Quigley, D. D., organized 
the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and 
in the years lJ:>57-8, a house of worship was 
erected on the corner of Monroe and Seventh 
streets. This is one of the largest church edi- 
fices in the city, and the congregation that now 
worships there numbers five hundred families. 

In 1809, Rev. Patrick Brady was appointed to 
the charge, and at once assumed the pastorate. 
Under his ministration, the church has prospered 
until it has a larger membership than any other 
in the city. 

Becommg too large for the pastoral care of 
one man, liev. Patrick IV>urke was assigned to 
the position of Assistant Pastor in 1873, and 
the two reverend gentlemen have labored har- 
moniously together ever since. 



inSTOKY OF SANGAMON COTISTT. 



Tlie CIiTinrtii Catholic congrugniioii of Spriiiy- 
iifl.l, Illinois, was I'stahlifheii ill the year ]S5», 
by Uiv. J. .Ian>sc'ii, aflcrwarils secretary of Ut. 
Ri:v. !lisho]> 11. D. JiniVtra, of Alti>n. 'I'lio first 
chiiii'h was a tv.une litiitiHng on Adani!', helneen 
Ninth ami 'iVtitli sliccts. In ISm, a mission 
given by Ili;v. K. A. Weuingcr, S. J., raisol a 
universal ilusire aniojig the mcnilicrs of the con- 
gri-galion to liiiihi a more spacious citificc, and 
itiime'li:ilcty fxi^rtiods were uiaile to raise funds 
for this jjuriiose. At about tlio same time a pa- 
rochial sihi»il was opened with aliont lifly jm- 
pils enrolled. 

In IMii:!, Uev. William linrch jsncceusor to 
Kev. J. Jaiissen, bought of the Uisnlinc Sisters, 
on the corner of Sixth and Keynoldn streets, the 
ground for a new cbnreh edifice, for which the 
corner Btone was laid September 27, 1KC5. In 
the autumn of that year the elinnh was com- 
pleted so far that the first service could be held 
oil the amli of September, 

'I'lio zealous pastor, after four years of tiard 
labor antl great snITerings, died of consumption 
July i:!, ISUi, which death was a great loss to 
the young c in ij; legation. ]Ic was succeeded by 
Kev. {;. Lueeken, who commenced liis labors 
Sejitember x, l^i>7, and who completed and 
ornamented tJio ebnrch building. 

In 1.-C9, the school bouse adjoining the church 
was hiiilt at a eo>t of >i-2,jOO, and the pastor's 
re.-idciiee in l.«70, at a cost of §J,200. 

Ill iw72, the adjacent lot with dwelling house 
was purchased for -$2,.'jOO, which was destined to 
be the Sisters' dwelling place. At thi.i lime the 
sehool was attended by about one hundred and 
BiMy pupils. 

The organ was replaced in 1874, by the pres- 
ent large pipe organ with twenty stops, built by 
•Iiisegli Cinatian, "of Alton. It cost the sum of 
*1,700. 

Tu ISHO, a new hell was purchased, weighing 
one llu-usand and eighty-eight pounds, l" sharp, 
and was }ilaced in the uteeple, at a cost of ^ir>5. 

After Itev. Father I.ueeken left the diocese 
iif Alton, Rev, F. (!. I.eve, the present pastor, 
by order .if the ISishop i.f Alton, toolt charge of 
the congregation in 187.5. Tinder his manage- 
ment the heavy debt, amounting to about ^11,- 
000, has been reduced to a nominal auni, and 
would have been entirely wiped ont had it not 
been necessary to make some needed repairs 
and improvements in both cburcb and school 
buildings. lie has purchased two new altars at 
a coiit of ¥800; two chandaliers for ?200; and 
dilfei-ont fine vestmcnl«, at a cost of ^1,000. 



father Wuinninger, whoheM the Hist mission 
with this church, held another in the spring of 
1BS1, just before Easter, tn which he infused 
new life into the congregation, and filled them 
with seal for future work. Ky the advice of the 
mission.arj', it was determined by the congrc^ 
tion to purchase ths quarter of a block aajoin- 
ing the old proj)erty, and to baild a scliool 
house, and erect a steeple on iJie bailding, and 
make other needed iinproveraentt. 

ST. JOSEI'U'S CllintCH, 

A Catholic Cliurch, a little north of the city, 
having a resident pastor and a Catholic school 

In ISIS, Rev. M. Kane waa commissioned by 
the Rl Hcv. p. J. BaUis, D. D.. Bishop of Altoo, 
to come to this city and form a new congrega- 
tion, to include all the Catholics north of Oir 
peiiter ftreet and lliose of the siuTonndiog 
country. 

By nn wearied exertions and tine businesi 
capacity, Itev. Mr. Ivsuo succeeded in buildine 
St. Joseph's Church and .school house, botl ol 
brick. Hie church is about one hundred bj 
forty feet, stone finished facade, with a steeple, 
one nundred and fiftjr feet from the ground to 
the cross. 'I'he interior is beautifully frefioocd; 
it is lighted by gas; has thiee vciv tine altan, 
Gothic windows, a very good bell, two ve»trj 
rooms, a lar^ basement, and is heat«d by hot 
air. i'he senool-liouse is two stories high, anil 
coDlains four large well ventilated class roonu. 
The whole situated in the midst of a grove, eerne 
two acres in extent, making it one of uie prettiest 
and most attractive spots in the city or its sot- 
roimdiiigs. The congregation, nuroucring some 
three hundred families, is largely coiuposed of 
farntors and men employed at ine rolUng mill 
and coal mines. 

ENGLISH Lt'TllEBAX. 

The first KngHsh Lutheran Church of iSpring- 
field, lllinoi.s, was organized in September, 1841, 
by Kev. Francis Springer. The number of per 
sons entering the original or^niaation was eight, 
including the pastor and his wife. Tlic namet 
of the others wore James Zwislvr, lliomas Lorvh- 
baugli, John B. Weber and his wife, Frederick 
Myers and John Hammer. Messrs. Weber, 
Zwislcr, T^rshbaugh and Slyers were the firs' 
elders and deacons. 

The following is the list of pastors, in tb> 
order in which they served: 

Rev. Francis Spiinger, 1839 to 1847; Re». 
Kphrniin Aliller, Rev. Conrad Kniil, Rev. S. 
W. llarkey, Rev. J. D. Garner, Kev. Francii 
Springer (again). Rev. William M. Reynoldi 



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(began), 1858; Rev. 11. C. Suesserott, Rev. 
Ephraim Miller (again), 1864; Rev. T^ M. Heil- 
nian. Rev. J. N. Black, Rev. P. G. Bell, Rev. P. 
Graeff, Rev. B. F. Cronse. 

A church edifice was erected by the congrega- 
tion on the corner of Sixth and Madison streeta, 
in 1856, during Rev. Francis Springer's second 
pastoral charge of the church. It is a neat 
frame edifice and cost about $8,000. It will seat 
about four hundred i)er8ons. 

GERMAN LUTHERAN TRINITY CHURCH. 

The congregation wjis organized under the 
pastoral charge of the pastors of the English 
Lutheran Church of this city. Rev. F. Springer 
and Rev. S. W. Ilarkcy, members of the Luth- 
eran General Synod, in 1851. In was re-organ- 
ized in 1855 under the pastoral charge of a Ger- 
man minister of the Lutheran Church — Rev. F. 
W. Rggerking — with fifty members. In 1800, 
a new church building was erected, and conse- 
crated November 1 1 of that year, under the name 
of German Lutheran Trinity Church; Rev. Th. 
Iluschmann, pastor. The congregation has been 
in connection with the German Lutheran Synod 
of Missouri, Ohio, and other Suites, since 1S63, 
under the ])a!«toral charge of the following 
named members of that Synod: Rev. W. Bart- 
ling, 1863 to 18:o^Rev. 11. Burckhardt, 1870 to 
1874; Rev. Th. Benson, 1874 to 1876; Rev. F. 
I^chner, pastor, and Rev. A. Craemer, Profes- 
sor of the German Lutheran Theological Con- 
cordia College, assistant of the Rev. Lochner, 
since February, 1876. IMembers, ninety-five. 

During the administration of the Rev. 11. 
Burckhardt, a n timber of the members separated 
themselves from the Trinity Church in conse- 
quence of the resolution of the congregation, 
that no member of any secret society can be a 
member of the congregation as a part of the true 
Lutheran Church. Those separated members 
organized themselves as St. John's Lutheran 
Congregation, in connection with the Lutheran 
General Synod. 

According to the pnnciples of the Lutheran 
Church, the congregation established in 1855, by 
their own means, a German-English Parochial 
School. A new brick building, of two stories, 
was erected last year, and opened for teaching 
in September, 1880. One hundred or more 
children will attend the school. Principal, Mr. 
Benjamin Gotsch; Assistant, Miss Johanna 
Gotsch. 

St. John Congregation of the Evangelical Lu- 
theran Church was organized in August, 1870, 
with about forty members. They purchased the 



church on the corner of Third and Washington 
streets, at a cost of $8,000. The church edifice 
is eighty by forty feet, and built of brick. The 
present membership of the congregation is siscty. 
The names of the pastors since oig^anization are 
as follows: Revs. Kassmann, Prachs, Stark, 
Bond, Richter, Ileinegar, and L. W. Graepp. 

FIRST PORTUGUESE PRB8BTTEHIAX. 

The congregation was organized in Madeira 
in 1844, and its members emigrated in a body, 
as stated elsewhere in this work, arriving here 
in the fall of 1849. Services have been held 
continuously since that time. . The present 
church building is a brick structure, situated on 
Madison street, between Fouith and Fifth. Rev. 
Mr. McGee was the last pastor the church had. 
The membership of the l^church is about one 
hundred. 

SECOND PORTUGUESE PRESBYTERIAN. 

This society was organized about 1857. Its 
present house of worship, an unpretentious brick 
structure, situated at the comer of Eighth and 
sillier streets, was erected in 1801. Rev. £. N. 
Piers is pastor of the congregation, and also has 
charge of a congregation at Jacksonville, and 
therefore only spends half his time here. Ser- 
vices, however, are held every Sunday, con- 
ducted by the elders. The membership is about 
one hundred and twenty. 

GERMAN METHODIST* 

The German Methodist of the city have a 
church edifice on the corner of Seventh and 
^lason streets, and meet for worship every Sab- 
bath. J. P. Miller is the present pastor. 

COLORED METHODISTS. 

There is a society of colored Methodists which 
meets on the east side of Fourth street, near 
Reynolds, with Rev. J. Dawson as the present 
pastor. 

PLYMOUTH BRETHREN. 

The Plymouth Brethren meet for worship 
Thursday evening at b09 Monroe street, up stairs. 
K. R. Ulrich is the leader. They have no regu- 
lar pastor at present. 

ST. PAUL^B EPISCOPAU 

This church was organized about 1837 by Rev. 
Samuel Chase. Thev own a fine church edifice 
on the corner of Third and Adams street, to- 
gether with a residence for the pastor adjoining 
on the east. Rev. E. A. I^arrabee is the present 
rector. The church controls two missions in the 
suburbs of the city. 



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COXGRKGATIONAL CIIUR('H. 

On the evening of December 11, 1^60, a meet- 
ing was held of those favorable to the organiza- 
tion of a Congregational Church in Springfield, 
in the ofliee of Dr. Charles S. Shelton. Those 
present were unanimously of the opinion the 
time had come to organize. Two meetings were 
then held December iTth and 18th, at which 
Rev. J. E. Roy was present and encouraged the 
enterprise. Among those favoring the establish- 
ment of the church and who were active in the 
w^ork were Dr. Shelton, J. D. B. Salter, Lucius 
Kingsbury, Herbert Post, Dr. Samuel Willard, 
R. M. Tunnell, Frank W. Tracy, H. S. Dicker- 
man, 0. D. Ilarvey, C. R. Post, J. 31. Morse, J. 
W. Lane, J. B. h osselman, Franklin Barrows, 
Simon Barrows, C. F. Lawrence, C. V. lloag- 
land, N. C. Within<jton, H. C. Walker, L, W. 
Coe, Mrs. Julia E. Post, Mrs. IL M. Shelton, 
3Irs. J. J. Fosselman and Rev. E. Jemey. 

Committees were appointed to procure pledges 
of money tor the support of the i)ropo8cd church, 
to secure a minister, to obtain a suitable room 
for worship, and to prepare a formula for the 
organization of the church. Rev. F. T. Water- 
man, of Monroe, Connecticut, accepted an invi- 
tation to act as temporary minister to the society. 
The first meeting for worship was held in Bryant, 
Stratton <fc Bell's Commercial College Hall. 
The Constitution, Articles of Faith, Covenant 
and Rules of the new church, as reported by the 
committee of revision, were adopted at a meet- 
ing held January 28, 1867. Two weeks previous 
to this, C. S. Shelton, Lucius Kingsbury and 
Frank W. Tracy were appointed a committee to 
address letters missive to certain churches for 
the purpose of forming a council, to assist in 
completing the organization of the church. 

The Council convened February 0, and was 
attended by a number of ministers from other 
jjlaces, and advised the completion of the organ- 
ization. 

The new church had seventy-five members at 
the start, fifty-five coming from the Second 
Presbyterian Church. The first oflScers elected 
were: Deacons, C. S. Shelton, Lucius Kings- 
burv and C. U. Post; Standing Committee, 
William M. Baker, L. W. Coe, C. U. Flower, 
C. F. Lawrence and H. S. Dickcrman; Trustees, 
J. D. B. Salter, J. B. Fosselman, H. C. Walker, 
F. W. Tracy and S. C. W^illard; Clerk and 
Treasurer, R. M. Tunnell; Superintendent of 
Sunday School, Herbert Post; Secretary', Alex. 
Bunker. 

It was two years before a house of worship 
was erected. Rev. T. T. Waterman supplied 

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the pulpit until October, 1867, when Rev. John 
Knox Mclean was e-alled and entvred upon the 
duties of the pastorate, December 4, 1807. On 
Thursd.ay evening, December 10. 1808, the 
house oi worship, erected and furnished at a 
cost of 824,000, was dedicated to the services of 
Almighty God. l^ev. Mr. McLean served about 
five years, when Rev. John H. Barrows was 
called to the work. Mr. Barrows has been suc- 
ceeded in turn by Revs. H. D. Moore, H. B« 
Dean, R. Nourse and R. O. Post, the latter now 
serving the church. The present church mem- 
bership is one hundred and sixty-five, and that 
of the Sunday School, two hundred. 

IlKUKKW TBMPLE. 

An organization of Israelites was effectiid iu 
this city in 1 8GS, for the purpose of public wor- 
ship according to the law given to Closes. Rev. 
B. Deutch was the first to minister to the contrre- 
gation, and served the membership for nine 
years. He was succeeded by Rev. L. S. Ensel, 
who, in turn, was succeeded by Rev. D. Burg- 
heim. In 1875, the congregation erected a 
handsome Temple on North Fifth street, near 
the Arsenal, at a cost of over ?s7,000. Before 
the completion of the Temple the congreg:ition 
met for worship in Hart^s Hall, on South Fifth 
street. Services are held each Friday evening, 
and often on Saturday morning, and are held in 
the Hebrew*, English and German languages. 
The following are the names of the officers in 
1881: S. Benjamin, President; L. Roseuwald, 
Vice President ; B. A. Lange, Treasurer ; L. A. 
Haramerslough, Secretary. Each of the forego- 
ing are also Trustees, in additiou to D. Seligman, 
D. Phillips and Z. I^vy. 

THE YOUXG men's CnRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 

J5y Isaac Ji. Diller, 

** The Young Glen's Christian Association w*a8 
organized in S))ringfield shortly after the 'Great 
Revival,Mn 1800, and commenced active work 
immediately, opening reading rooms, and in 
other ways seeking to reach and benefit voung 
men. The Hrst report showed a debt had been 
incurred which increased each year, and caused 
many to leave the Association, increasing the 
burden on the few faithful workers, until in 
1872, they were obliged to give up their rooms 
and abandon active work, llie sign still hung 
on the front of the building and put the thought 
into the hearts of several young men, uot yet 
out of their teens (who had formerly met iu Uie 
rooms of the Association in the capacity of a 
boys* praver meeting, under the uame of the 
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ihey could not benefit their companions by or- 
ganizing a 'Young Mcn*s Christian Association.' 
Uiion consultation they found several of their 
friends had thought the same, so after issuing a 
call and holJing several preliminary meetings, 
they effected an organi/.atiou lilarch 24, 1874. 
Tliey found their predecessors, after abandoning 
the active work, had still kept up an organiza- 
tion, but gladly turned their nooks over to their 
charge, and wished them God speed in their 
work. On account of their youth and inexperi- 
ence the general prediction was, that a few 
months would witness their dissolution, but they 
had ' put their hand to the plow' and dare not 
look back, but through the difliculties and dis- 
couraj^ements that encompassed them looked up 
to ' Iliin who was able to hel)).' One of their 
principles was, 'avoid debt,' and another * work.' 
They immediately started a young men's prayer 
meeting in their rooms (having secured a place 
for meeting in Cook's building, on Monroe street) 
and a prayer meeting on Monday night at the 
Home for the Friendless, both of which are still 
m.-iintained. During the summer, Professor 
Stephen Hogardus, proprietor of the Commercial 
College, offered the Association the use of his 
hall free of charge, which offer was gladly ac- 
cepted, thus enabling them to save the rent for 
several months, which was no small item to the 
Association. During this time the Association 
was first represented in a gathering away from 
home, the occasion being a district convention 
in Mason City. The Springfield delegate gave 
expression to the feeling of his fellow workers, 
when he stated their determination to prosecute 
their work 'if we have to hold our meetings 
under the gas lamps.' In the fall the rooms on 
Monroe street were re-rdited and furnished, and 
were the home of the Association for over two 
years, when they accepted the kind offer of C. 
\V. Freeman to lease tuem rooms in his building 
on Washington street, near the sauare, for two 
years. At the expiration of the time tlie rooms 
M*cre moved on Sixth street, opposite the post 
ofiic-c, where they are still located. The rooms 
are by far the most pleasant yet occupied, and it 
is the hope of the Association that the next 
move they make will be into a building of their 
own for a ])ermanent home. An effort was made 
last spring to secure a lot, but was dropped when 
they learned one of the city churches was also 
desirous of obtaining it, but the success achieved 
as far as the committee went was flattering. 
The Association have a State charter, and can 
own and hold projierty to the extent of <i75,OO0, 
free from State or city taxes. 



''The growth of the Association has been 
steady and permanent, starting with aboat 
forty members they now have over two hun- 
dred. In 18T5, they commenced publishing a 
monthly gospel paper the '*Y. M. C. A. 
Herald," which • was published regularly till 
the third year, and since then has been pub 
lished occasionally for gratuitous circulation. 
Ever since its publication it has been circulated 
at our county and State Fairs, as many as six 
thousand being circulated at one. The Associsr 
tion has a tent on the grounds and the General 
Secretary spends the week distributing the 
" Herald" Tracts, Testaments, etc., and in per- 
sonal work. Much good Las resulted from this 
work« July 1, 1877, the Association secured the 
services of William F. Bischoff as General Secre- 
tary, and for over four years he has performed 
the duties of the ofiice in a most faithful and 
conscientious manner, and the work of the Asso- 
ciation has been greatly developed through his 
self-denying labors. The need of such an officer 
was felt from the first, but^it seemed almost too 
good to hope they would ever be able to secure 
one, but tne way was ouenod and the proper 
person brought to the fiela. 

"The work of the A»'80ciation opened up gradu- 
ally, commencing with two meetings. Two more 
were opened the first winter, one of these being 
the praise meeting, which has since grown to 
such proportions as to sometimes fill our large 
churches. Then cottage prayer meetings, open 
air meetings, jail services, daily prayer meetings, 
Bible study, boys' meetings, and other fields of 
Christian usefulness being occupied, over one 
hundred and fifty devotional meetings of various 
kinds being hefd in a single month, reaching 
many thousand people of all classes with the 
Gospel invitation. Different branches of work 
have been added from time to time till we have 
now branch work for boys, railroad men, Ger- 
mans, Swedes, Sunday Schools, and commercial 
travelers; under the direction of earnest workers 
among these classes. Besides the devotional 
work, one branch of which is given to the eleven 
members of the board of directors, and the 
branch work, we have the following committees: 
Finance, Publication, Rooms and Librarv, Socials 
and Lectures, Music, Tract and Invitation, Visi- 
tation of the Sick, and Membership. 

"The reading rooms have on file alniut one 
hundred papers and magazines, and the library 
contains over four hundred volumes of instrao- 
tive and valuable books. The object of this 
Association, as stated in the Constitution, 
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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUXTV. 



;r and activity in its members; the ^ro- 
lion of Kvangelical religion ; the caltiTa-- 
n of Chrisiiao sympathy, and the improve- 
mt of the spiritual intellectual and social 
ndition of young men. 

** The Afi^sociation, though still in its infanov» 
nd has already accompliHlied much in this ^i- 
ectioDy but having an object that all who love 
the Master can not fail not only to approve, but 
heartily co-operate in, when once understood. 
We hope, with increased means of usefulness, 
with a building arranged and dcfvoted esj>ecial]y 
to this purpose, and with ripened expenence to 
rightly direct the efforts put forth, to become a 
blessing and help to every vonng man and boy 
in our midst, and direct them to so live that 
they may be useful and happ^ lives in this 
world, and spend an eternity m bliss at the 
Father's right hand.'* 

IN nONOR OF TUB DSAD. 

In France, the memory of those who have 
died in the military service, with which is ever 
associated national honor and love of country, is 
fondly cherished by the people, and their love 
and gratitude Hnd a most fitting expression in 
the custom observed each spring, when the grass 
is greenest and the Howers most beautiful, in the 
decking of graves where the loved remains lie, 
or of the tablets erected in memory of those lost 
on the fields of battle. 

In 1808, General Logan, Commander of the 
Grand Army of the Ilepublic, issued an address, 
recommending the 30th day of May be set apart 
in which the brave soldiers who volunteerea to 
defend the Union and to preserve the govern- 
ment of our fathers, were to have similar remem- 
brances. The sacred s^iot where their remains 
lie were to be strewn M'lth flowers by their sur- 
viving comrades. 

**How sleep the brave who sink to rest. 
Bv all a country's wishes blest, 
When sprint^, with dewy fingers cold 
Returns to deck their hallowed mould* 
She there shall tlress a greener sod 
Than fancy's feet have ever trod! 
By tairy hands their knell is rung, 
Bv forms unseen their dirge is sung. 
There honor comes, a pilgrim gray. 
To bless the surf, that wraps their clay; 
And Freedom shall awhile repair, 
To dwell a weeping hermit, there.** 

Tlie first public decoration of soldiers' graves 
in this county M^as on Saturda;^, May SO, 1808, 
according to the recommendation ot the Com- 
mander of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
The Senate chamber of the old State House was 
the place where the ladies met for the arrange- 







ment of the flowers and nr e rgre nn a into wnsatlis 
and boqueta. Tablet loaded with flowers, and 
baskets of evergreens, were scattered abont the 
room, and around them were gatfaere«l a laige 
number of Imlies, all absorbed in the delicate 
and artistic work of arranjpng and weaving the 
rare and beautiful flowers into forms indicating 
that the fair artists possessed highly cnttivatcd 
and exquisite taste in snch matters. The hearts 
of all were in the work, and they felt it a duty 
thus to honor the noble dead. 

•At one d*clock» p. m., the committee, oonsi 
ing of ladies and gentlemen, appointed to de< 
rate the graves of those boned at Camp Butle 
Cemetery, met at the State House and marcheo 
to the Wabash depot where a train was in rend 
ness to carry them to the ground. On the 
rival of the train at the site of old Camp Bntle 
the company formed in procession* and marcli 
to the spot where re^ts the remains of 
Union soldiers, who died in the hoepiul at tk^ 
camp. The cemetery is situated on riMng groncs 
only a short distance from the old camp gronnci^ 
and is surrounded with a good picket fenet^^ 
everything about it being in ezeellent order. 

The graves, nnmbering several hnndred, an 
furnished with white hcaifstones, niton whidi srs 
inscribed, with few exceptions, tlie name, sgs 
and number of regiment to which the deceased 
belonged. On arriving at the entrance of the 
cemetery, every viaitor wmi provided with flow> 
era, and proceccled to the shade of a tree, where 
the services of the occasion commenced by the 
whole assembly joining in singing the imtriotic 
and soul-stirring hymn of **Amenca.** 

"My country, *tls of thee. 
Sweet land of liberty. 

Of thee, I slug. 
Limd where my fathers, died. 
Land of the pilgrims' pride. 
From eVery monntsim side, 

Let Freedom ring.** 

After singing. Rev. Mr. Oarr offmd a solemn 
and impressive prayer. At the oondnsion of 
the prayer. Dr. George T. Allen made a few rs> 
marxa. He commenced by referring to th 
scenes he had witnessed, in which oar sol 
h-id shown their love of country and the ca' 
of liberty, many of whom had sealed their de 
tion with their lives. The graves aronnd ns, h. 
said, contained the remains of these who hi^ 
fallen in defense of the country, and we ■boaW 
remember their virtues and patriotism, as we 
placed the flowers upon their last earthly rss^ 
ing place. The number buried here were hsi 
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during the war, where death held high carnival. 
He then spoke of the great number that had 
died in hospitals as being equal to those who 
had perished upon the battle-fields, and in this 
connection spoke in appropriate terms of the 
death of the noble Lincoln, who perished by 
the as^assin^s hand, and the gloom that ovei^ 
shadowed the Nation as the dreadful news 
spread over the land. In closing his brief ad- 
dress, he a^r^in referred to the noble dead which 
they had come to honor, and trusted that the 
beautiful custom of decorating the soldiers' 
graves with flowers might be continued in after 
years, thereby calling up memories of the past 
which would result in good to all. 

General Tyndale, of Philadelphia, then made 
a few remarks, after which the ladies and gen- 
tlemen proceeded to decorate the graves, placing 
at the bead of each a beautiful boquet or wreath 
of flowers, and in some cases strewing the 
grave with flowers. Some of the most beautiful 
flowers and wreaths were placed upon the graves 
of the *' unknown " dead, a touching testimonial 
that though their liames were unknown, their 
patriotism was remembered >>y grateful hearts. 

l^e ceremony concluded, the people returned 
to the shade, when Colonel George i^l. Harlow 
requested the assembly to raise their right hands, 
and as they did so, he read in a distinct and im- 
pressive manner, the following: 

** Before Almighty God, and within the pre- 
cincts of the last resting place of our heroic 
dead, we renew our devotion to the Union and 
the cause for which they gave their lives, and 
we here again renew our vows to defend and 
perpetuate Freedom and the Union; to all of 
which we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our 
sacred honor; so help us God." 

At three o^clock p. m., the committee appointed 
to visit Oak Rid^e Cemetery, accompanied by 
several hundred citizens, proceeded to the ceme- 
tery, and on arriving there, assembled around 
the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, which had pre- 
viously boiMi decorated with flowers by a com- 
pany of ladies. On arriving at the tomb, E. I^ 
Gross made some brief and eloquent remarks ap- 
propriate to the occasion, when the committee 
proceeded to decorate the graves of the Union 
so diers with flowers. The Catholic cemetery 
was then visited, and the graves of the Union 
soldiers there interred were decorated in like 
manner with the others. Hutchinson cemetery 
was also visited and flowers laid upon the graves 
of Union soldiers sleeping there. 

In each succeeding anniversary, since 18G8, 
Decoration Day has been obser>'ed, but perhapa 



never more faithfully observed than May 80, 
1881. The streets, even early in the forenoon, 
began to evince signs of a crowded city, and be- 
fore twelve o'clock arriving excursion triuns 
from all directions had swelled the number of 
strangers to several thousands. Most of the 
visitors arrived by way of the Ohio Jb Mississippi 
Road, one train, due at nine-thirty, from the 
east carrying tw*o thousand one hundred people. 
Other trains were also crowded. 

At 8:30 the members of the Stephenson Post, 
Grand Army of the Republic, a number of ex- 
soldiers and many citizens assembled in front of 
the Grand Armv Hall, on the east side of the 
square, and at nine o'clock they boarded the street 
cars and proceeded to Oak Ridge Cemetery under 
the command of Major Chapin. 

AT OAK RIDOB. 

On arriving at the street car terminns the 
crowd assembled in line and with muflled drams 
playing a funeral dirge marched through the 
cemetery decorating in tnrn the grave of each 
fallen comrade. The ceremony of the Grand 
Army was, in short, carried out in full with 
great impressivencss and solemnity. 

After the decoration of the soldiers' graves 
the procession moved to the National Lincoln 
Monument. On arriving at the entrance of the 
tomb the many assembled comrades, with un- 
covered heads and hearts full of emotion, 
maiched in the tomb and around the beautif nllv 
decorated sarcophagus containing the sacred 
ashes of the illustrious dead, depositing cluster 
after cluster of beautiful blossoms, until the 
martyred President slept beneath a wilderness 
of flowers. 

It seemed that the hearts of each and all 
present instinctively turned back to the review 
of the life of that great man who had arisen 
from the lower walks of life by the force of his 
own genius and the Godliness of a gentle mind, 
step by step, in spite of adversity, to the Chief 
Magistracy of a great Republic; and every mind 
seemed sad .is they contemplated the sad and 
tragic end of that great man, whose life motto 
had been: ^* Charity for all, malice toward none." 
Over the arched entrance of the tomb the name 
Lincoln had been previously entwined in an 
artistic manner, with evergreens and flowers. 

After the passage of the procession through 
the tomb, they congregated in front of the en- 
trance, when the choir, with Miss Minnie Good- 
win as organist, sang several hymns appropriate 
to the occasion. 

After this, the comrades returned to the city, 
while most of the visitors remained at the cem- 



inSTOKY OF SAXOAMOK COUNTY. 



ctiry, many ot ihcia going over and through 
tlie monnnient, luiiier the genial guiinlianship of 
J. C Power, Secretary of the "-I.iiicoln Giiara of 
Honor," and Custodian of ibe monnrnent. 



TIIV: AKTKRXOON KXKilCISF.S. 

At I'i ni,, a train was preii.ired to leave the 
Wabash di'jwt for Camp Huilor, but, in conse- 
qiiencu of tlio threatening appearance of the 
weather, portending rain, it did not depart until 
some niinnles later. It was completely crowded, 
containing the dilTercnt classes of people wlio 
yearly visit the old camp grmind, many bent 
upon Iiaving a yood lime, some to escape the 
confinement of the stores and sbopa for a short 
time, while not a few more wore uj)on their faces 
the e.vprcssion indicative of the sad and solemn 
duty they were jjoiug to perform. Arriving at 
the station, a half-mile walk sonn brought the 
visitors to the entrance of the Natioiial Ceme- 
tery, wherein the ensign waved at half-mast. 

It was raining quite Imslcly when the veterans 
arrived, and they took to shelter until the storm 



AT CJiMP 

At ■'1:15 the storm was over, the train from 
the city had arrived, and thj escort, composed of 
the "Watch Factory band and the Governor's 
Guard, filed into the cemetery, followed by the 
members of Stephenson Poet and veterans in 
line. The band played a dirge uniil arriving at 
the stand, where the following memorial services 
were conducted by Post Commander Chapin and 
Conirades of the Post. 

The Post Commander first spolce an follows: 

"In memory of the honored and heroic dead, 
whoso remains here tind rest and repose, we will 
deposit these flowirs. May the lessons of purity 
which they symboline rest in our hearts, and in- 
cite in lis the emotions of patriotism which they 
exemplified in life and death. 

"In honor of our comrades slain in Freedom's 
hattle. or dying from wounds rcecived in defense 
of all we hold most dear, we will place these 
flowers upon the graves. The green turf above 
them will fadi', these beautiful flowers wither 
and die, but the lesxon will remain, and our 
children and their children will be Uught the 
duty of honoring those who die for their 
country. 

" Death comes to us all ; none shall escape his 
relcntlot* mand.ite. The highest potentate and 
the humblest toiler must at last lake their places 
in the bosom of the earth ; and il beeoiues ns all 
to be ready for the messenger we nmrt obey. 
Our comrades, n|ion whose graved we scatter 



flowers, and whose memories we tfaua revive and 
celebrate, died in the performance of tlie ooblcit 
of duties, and met the Destroyer where every 
|)atriot would desire to meet him — beneath the 
folds of our starry b.inner, and in defense of 
that causw in which it ts sweet and pleasant to 
die — the cause «f our country. 

"As the grass will spring anew from the 
storms and dearth of winter — as other flower* 
will come to talce the place of these, so soon to 
fade — so be it onrs for ourselves and our genera- 
lion, to keep bright the memory of our fallea 
comrades." 

The graves were then decorated by comrades 
detailed by the Commander, after which the 
choir sang Memorial Hymn and the Chaplain 
offered prayer as follows: 

■■God of Battles, Father of all, amid theae 
monuments of the dead, we seek Thee, with 
whom there is no death. Open every eye to 
behold nira who changed the night of death 
into morning. In the depths of our hearta we 
would hear the celestial word, *I am the reenr- 
rection and the life; he that believeth in Me, 
though he were dead, yot shall he live.* As 
comrade after comrade departs, and we match on 
with ranks broken, help ns to be faithful onto 
Thee and to each other. We beseech Thee, look 
in mercy on the widows and children of deceased 
comrades,and with Thine own tenderness, console 
and comfort those bereaved by the events which 
call ns here. Bless and save our country with 
the peace of freedom and righteousness; and 
thron||h Thy great mercy may we all meet »t 
last with joy, before Thy throne in Heaven; and 
to lliy great name shall be praise for ever >nd 
ever. TAll comrades] "Amen." 

Post Commander — "Adjutant, for what pB^ 
pose is this meeting called?" 

Adjutant — "To pay our tribute of respect W 
the memory of our late comrades." 

Commander — 'To-day is the festival of o^ 
dead. \Vc unite to honor the memoiy of o*" 
brave and beloved, to enrich and ennoblv *•* 
lives by recilling a public heroism and apr£. '^*** 
worth that are immortal; to euoourage oy *^*' 
solemn service a mora sealous and stal "^^ 
patriotism. Festival of the dead! Yes, thc^Bf^ 
many eyes are clouded with tears, though nr**"/ 
hearts are heavy with regret, though many ■.'**• 
are desolate because of the father and bro-**f'» 
the husband and lover who did not oomu b*^i 
though creiy grave which a tender reverence or 
love adorns with flowers is the shrine of a nr 
row whose influence is sill) potent, though its 
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the last great battle was won, and the last foe of 
the Union submitted. Yonder is the elra tree 
that shatled Washington and Oornwallis, when 
the sword of the latter was given into the hands 
of the General-in-Chief of the armies of the 
Cnitod Colonies; here stands the a|)j»le tree that 
shaded Grant and Lee, when the sword of the 
latter was offered to the hand of the former, the 
General-in Chief of the armies of the United 
States and with it passed away forever the last 
lingering hope of secession. The living soldiers 
on the ramj>art8 of York town salute their com- 
rades on the ramparts of Richmond, and the 
blood of tlieir brave comrades flowing from the 
trenches of both places mingles in the waters of 
the bright river that murmurs eternally at their 
feet. l>nt from both events, the most prominent 
figures that shall be summoned to receive honor, 
will be the soldier of the Revolution and the 
soldier of the Union. They sh.all march to- 
gether along the fields of the Nation's history, 
while all the good shall hail and crown their 
honored shades. 

** Therefore we assemble to-day with a sense 
of increased significance in the ceremony. We 
have no granite columns to uncover, newly dedi- 
cated to the duty of perpetuating the memory of 
the services and sacrifices of the soldier-dead; 
but we do have a memorial newly grown — for 
evervwhere is their monument! It rises in 
annual resurrection at our feet. Its colors are 
painted by a divine hand, and its mingled frag- 
rance breathes a celestial breath. *Take us,' 
they seem to .say, *and weave cha]ilets for the 
brave. Take us and dedicate us to the memory 
of the heroic dead; we endure while stone and 
brass shall perish. The generations as they 
come and go m endless procession sliall greet us, 
and greeting shall bear us to the graves of the 
brave. Year by year we shall call to the people, 
in the great march onward, to halt; come for 
awhile and over the shrines o/ the soldier-dead 
recall their heroic virtues and their great sacri- 
fice.' ^Ve take up our part of that (Hity, and in 
recalling their virtues I can do it in no manner 
)nore eiTective than to bring to your notice 

TIIK ClIARACTEU OF TlIK UNION SOLDIER. 

**First, then, w^e recall the element of patriotism 
which decorated the character of the soldiers 
sleeping here. Patriotism has, indeed, many 
definitions, and takes many forms of action. 
Some times it is Industry — the hundred-handed 
giant — wielding the mighty forces of agriculture, 
of commerce and manufactures, with a pro- 
found confidence in the stability of the govern- 
ment. Sometimes it is statesmanship, wisely 



planning and safely guiding towani the fiitara 
of the Nation. Sometimes it is elotjuence, 
voicing in prophecy the thoughts that lie dumb 
in the popular heart. Sometimes it is song 
translating the love of the people for their native 
land. Sometimes it is prayer, rising sublime to 
God. Sometimes it is woman's poetical and 
tender ministry at the cot of the soldier, 
wounded, sick or dying. Sometimes it is justice, 
s|>eaking the conscience of the people against the 
vices that corrupt the body politio and the 
wrongs that hinder the free movement of ibis 
Nation onward to its destiny. 

'^All these forms of patriotism exist among us. 
They have nothing heroic about them. But it 
is a different thing when patriotism springs to 
arms in defense of the nation's life. It is this 
form we a^e to honor — for these soldiers were 
patriots, and gave to their countir and for their 
country's sake the richest gift they had — their 
life. 

" Had I the power to recall one of the maor 
from his rest in fame's eternal campiDfi^ ground, 
how gladly would I do it. Even now 1 see him, 
as he stood under the g%ie of his countrymen. 
Yesterday he was hut one of the nndistins'uished 
millions. To-day he stands distinguished as the 
volunteer soldier of the Union, How manly the 
form! How athletic the strength! How firm 
the poise of the body! The pride of Illinois — 
the dewy freshness of her prairies beams in his 
eyes, the hope of her elorious future glows in 
his soul, and her blood throbs in Hie brave hearts 
of her young soldier as he lifts his hand toward 
Heaven and swears by Him, who notes the spar- 
row's fall, to be true to the Constitution and 
laws, and, if necessary, to die, that the government 
of the people, by the people and for the people 
should not perish from the earth! 

^' Do you see him to-day, O, comrades, as he 
stepped out under the flying flag, when the 
shrill fife sounded and the drum beat, and 
marched by your sfde, on and on over hills, 
through forests; on and on, through vales and 
brakes; on and on over mountain and river; on 
and on, through swamp and over bayous; on and 
on, as the fiery front of conquest advanced; by 
skirmish, by conflicts and siege? Do you see 
him in the circle of the camp-fire; hear the story 
and the song? By your side in the rugged win- 
ter and in the pleasant days of summer. Do 
you see him when the bugle sounds * to annsP 
and the long lines of battle are formed? Do 
von see him when the tide sweeps on and leaves 
him broken to pieces on the field, to breathe his 
last sigh up to the pitying stars — then to be 



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borne, in tbe old, old fashion of the dead to his 
grave? 

" It is this form of patriotism we are here to 
commemorate, accounting it the purest and 
noblest which can animate the citi7.ens of Uhs 
Republic who loves it and its freedom, so much 
more than home or faniilv or ambition or self, 
and to dare to die for its defense and pernctuity. 
''A second element of the character wfiich we 
desire to commemorate by this beautiful Horal 
display is the self-devotion they exhibited. I do 
not mean to trace this quality in the incidents of 
twenty years a[^o — the muster, the drill camps, 
the weary marclies and the tough campaigns. It 
is the onice of the historian to recount these. 
Mine is the more pleasant duty of tracing the 
manifestations of this noble trait of the soldier*s 
character where it sinnes in star>like r.adiance, 
and tskes its place in constellation of heroic vir- 
tues. Their self-devotion included many features. 
It meant the leaving the farm, the work-shop, 
the store, the ottice, the school-room, the churi'h, 
the quiet ways of life, at the voice of duty. It 
meant the march away to an uncertain fate. It 
meant the separation for an indefinite time from 
friends, from parents, from wife and children, 
and not onlv the separation, but on the part of 
thousands the iirm resistance of tears, of plead- 
ing voices and hearts breaking with their proph- 
ecies of woe. It was a path of painful sacrihce 
for many, and the altar they used was dripping 
with sweat of an a^ony which could not be con- 
trolled. One incident comes to me vividly. A 
certain regiment is marching through the streets 
of a town where some of the soldiers lived. The 
morning had been a parting festival. The new 
tlag — the gift of the town— rode proudly over 
the moving column. The sidewalks were 
thronged with crowds of the patriotic cheering 
and weeping as the soldiers go by. On the way 
is a neat, white frame house, over which creep 
the honey-suckle and clematis vine. The window 
curtain was partly drawn \>ack, just enough to 
disclose a woman^s face, with eyes Ntraining 
through a mist of tears, and ]»ale with pain of 
the heart. As they passed, company by company, 
a little girl s])rang from the pavement, shouting, 
'There's papa!' On swung the company. The 
father looked at his child, her blue eyes wide 
open with surprise, and her bright hair blown 
al>out in the wind, but he said no word. With 
a bound the little one flew after him, now crying 
bitterly, and in broken words saving, *Take me 
p.apa ! take me!' The manly soldier kept steadily 
on, but a quiver of grief shook his frame and 
t;fars fell upon his bosom. The captain of the 



company took up the little one, and carried her 
sobbing and inconsolable into the cottage by tbe 
wayside, where the young motlier was. To 
thousands these words were re-echoed through 
the years of bitter and bloody strife. And it 
was no inconsiderable feature of their self-de- 
votion that they gave themselves to the main- 
tai nance of a doubtful experiment. Through the 
confusion of counsel in Congress, and the con- 
tradictory theories of authority in high places, 
they could but dimly see how the interests of 
continued self-government were in the issues; 
but there was a principle of more immediate ap- 
plication, by whose aid they were made capable 
<»f self-devotion which makes the heroism of 
'i^hermoplae doubtful* and the glory of '76 as a 
star in the splendor of a meridian sun ! 

'*THB SUPREMACY OF TUB UNION, 

that was the simple bricht principle which made 
possible the devotion of these soldiers to the ex- 
tent of its utmost requirements. Like a mother 
stricken by the hand of a younger son, the moth- 
er-land cried out, 'save me, my children, I have 
nursed you at my bosom; I have dowered yon 
with a home of peace and plenty; from sea to sea 
your heritage lies, and your children are my 
treasues; I am stricken, save me;' — and the cry 
of motherland was as the voice of God. With 
the impulse ot filial devotion they rose and went 
to her succor, not reasoning nor asking why; for- 
getting all else — ill other differences of State 
pride and all battle-cries of parties. In the ag- 
gregate it was sublime unselfishness; in parti ca- 
lars it was matchless in the annals of the world. 
Have yon read how the Hebrew mothers in the 
vales of Palestine consecrated their sons to the 
battles of the Ijord. There are thousands of sto- 
ries of American mothers who, with similar lofty 
piety, dedicated their sons to God and the Re- 
public. Have you read how Greek matrons 
buckled the swords of their sons, gave them their 
shields, saying: *Come back %oith them or on 
them.' There were thousands of American 
matrons who imitated their high heroism. Have 
you read how the Swiss have come from their 
cantons to breast the serried tides of despotism? 
So can we match their willing devotion. Have 
you read how the freemen of Scotland, when the 
watch-fires blazed from peak to peak, swept in 
solid an ay to defend their mountain homer So 
swept the mighty host of our freemen from 
mountain to lake. Have you read how the pa- 
triots of Ireland went to death giily as a groom 
to his bride, happy in the faith tliat the bannered 
green of their sires would one day fioat over 
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•oldieM Ut (Icatb, eatiaficd t^at th« Mine surrf 
banner irbich waved ovvr their cradles would 
also wave over their graves. Worthy of all ad- 
miration waa thu sclf-duvotion thev exhibited. 
I*, decoiatea with beauty like that of these Slaj 
flowvrn, the sacrifice they gave to th«ir eonntry 
ill the hour of tbe country^s need. It shines ra- 
spleadeiil, aa lime dims the record of march aiid 
siege, and battles lost and won. 

" Another trait in the character of these 
soldiers we booor, wss their coursge. As a maaa 
they shrank from no duiy, although a hundred 
difficuUies guarded that duty and tbousands of 
bayooeta opuosed thein. It is a quality of 
character which decorates the name of every 
heroic leader iu the mijcatio march of the race 
onward. That was a brave heart that brat 
under St. Paul's serf-mantle when he faced the 
liona in the arena of Ephesus ; it was a daunt- 
less soul that animated Arnold Winkelrtid, 
when bo gathered a hundred Austrian a^jeara in 
his bosom, and so made way for liberty; that 
was a fearless spirit in John Ilampdon when he 
defied his king in the n <rae of English law and 
English rights; that was a gallant beait that 
throbbed in Robert Emmet's bosom when be 
plead for Ireland's independence; that waa a 
resolute spirit in Washington when he led tbe 
forlorn hojie of Anieric.t'ri freedom Ibrougb al) 
pcrila to victory. In fine, to illnatrate this 
quality I must enumerate the long citalogne 
which ITt'.iven and earth have made ua to exem- 
plify true courage in the fields of Kvangeliam, 
of reform, of civil and religions freedom. A 
soldier without courage would be as a Christian 
without faith— the very life within would die. 
At eume time in the future historians will write 
of tbe couragd of these soldiers in that nameless 
conflict with unseen foes — llie anbtle foes that 
crouch in U.e passes of mountains and lurk in 
the gloomy rcci^KRes of dark forests and venom- 
ous swamps, of the courage it required to brave 
the sloinis of winter on the lonely si-out pacing 
the picket lines; raiding the Indian wil<lenle^s, 
or struggling hand to hand with tbe owan's 
wind and waves. Courage has a two-fold fonte 
— visible and invioible, physical and apiritual. 
The one is bom of blood, the other of ilie cim- 
science. The one mounts like a proud rider at 
the first cry of danger and with bounding ]uiW, 
act teeth, hi t breath and steely nerves, trans- 
forms tbe timid into heroes. It is that s]>eciea 
which is rooat admired in song and Ktorii.tl in 
romance. It ia tbe gift of G^m, and by iis in- 

tumentality lie haa moved man to conquest 



over tb* oppoaitioaa of auwra, ia mttk mad ma 
aodaky. 

One Mene, ont of luaay daring tke war, will 
illnstnte this rirtoa. Two anniea am Bleeping 
front to front, wailins (or tlM dava of tba dar 
to grapple in deadly battle A diriaioa of each 
is luatened, as if a eballenga kad bam aaade aa4. 
accepted. With tbe light of tbe day, tbe two 
diviNona rose to meet tbe eoalliet. "Aa oolld 
gray liecs came sweeping dova tbe dooea to 
overwhelm the embattled dirinoa sAcntly 
awaiting tbe delnge on the briak of the intet^ 
vMiing valley. The bills abotit badt tbe deep 
and deadly tbnnder of artillef^; tbe valley 
eoanU iba roll of inaskelty; oa, and still on, 
flame tbe unwavering o^rfaama. Not a alep 
falter*; not a hand trenUea. Faatar and faster 
roll tbe edioea of their gnns; better flaahe* tha 
red artilleiT. Now a ain^ aoaad rings over 
tba dread clangor^ then time ia a aaddea lei^ 
forward; a swelling shont that sbakea iba liyina 
flags; a rash aa of a loosenied river, and np! «p! 
apl to the mo\'elcss colnuin of Una Ibey sweep 
— then fall back from the bedga of bayoneta, 
broken and dispersed, to the abeltcring nooka of 
the hills. It ia one ont of many, and make the 
dome of tbe American temple of fame aa bril- 
liant as tbe aky at midnigbu 

"Do not forget that tbia floral aaeranwal 
looks also to Uiat other pbaae ef tbelr eonrage 
which met and fought witn its invtnble foee of 
pain, woniids and death. Ia tbere need to 
enumerate these, or to insist iliat this species of 
conragv has tbe finer quality and nervef Who 
can measure Uie inflnite variety of suffering 
through which they often passed on the way to 
these graves? Some writhing on tbe bloodv 
field of battle; some tortured on tbe aurpiMm's 
ubie; some fierce in the frenay of delirinm; 
some wanted by fever; othci* worn by inearable 
disease; some starring in prison pens; some 
with an arm or limb left in tbe trenches; aom* 
mangled with shot or abell; some wearing away 
hi>nr by hour iu bosuilal and tent, vainly beg- 
ging fur the sight of tbe dear onea at bome; 
others calm in Oie patience of duty well done; 
dying with the renewed ideal of their country 
bending over tbem— dtar aathe sun— regretting 
nothing of tlieooi'tly sacrificethey made, (lasMng 
away under tbe soolbing of womanly nuraea, 
and sleeping at last noder the hemlocks and 
pines of the Sontb. 

'How sh-ep the brave who riak to real 

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Sh« then sfaiill drcxa • iwecur mm 
Than tiiui'y'i ftpi li.ive ever irod. 
By f :i)ry liiind* (heir kuel) li ronx. 
Br funut udki'D Ihelr dirge U luiif. 
Therv honor cumei. ■ pilgrim gray. 
To blrtia Ihf litrf tlmt wraiii their cUy; 
And Fri'cdom shiill awhDe rrputr, 
To dwell ;> wtcping hermit therei"' 
" IjCvI I weary yon, I shall give but a brief 
onlogy of llie last uliaracteristio of these sleep- 
ing R(>li1i«rs. It is thu ijualily of generosity. 'I 
hftve stooi] by the homely cot of many a dying 
soMitr — young, middle -aged, officer and private, 
but have nev<!r yet heard one lyllable of bttt«r- 
neiw for the fuc wbono bullets and steel sent 
them to untimely graves. Generous souls! Many 
of them went from the cot tu Heaven with an 
ail-vmbracing charily which blessed the friends 
they loved, and forgave the foes wbo smote 
them.' It makes Uieiu the more heroic, because 
they fell battling with brave foes — for hisiory 
will write the names and deeds of many South- 
ern soldiers, who illustrated their lost cause and 
con(|ucred banners with a lofty courage and de- 
votion. Out of the graves of the Blue grows a 
stately flower named Victory; out of the gr.ives 
of the Gray grows another named Snbmissioo; 
tbey unite, and out of the mingled viulit^ blos- 
soms the beantif ul flower of Peace, shedding iu 
perfumes on Korthem galea and Southern 
zephyrs. 

" Hnt, while we strive to emulate this generous 
spirit, so nobly chanictcrititic of the soldier dead, 
we do not invite the childhood of the country 
here cverj- year to decorate these graves, ana 
not to learn the cause for which they died was 
the cause of right, as against wrong; the cause 
of Freedom, as agaiuHt slavery: tlie cause of 
Union, as against its deadly foe. Secession. No 
falne logic of events, no cunning arts of poli- 
tician, no craven demands of self-interest, elialt 
ever dim the keen xight of the passing genera- 
tions to the wide diKtinetion between loyalty and 
treason; between the honor due and paid to the 
|iatriot sohlier, living and de.td, and the charity 
of forgiveness offered to their foes, sleeping 
KJdv by side in death, or in life laboring for the 
pVaoe and per|>etuity of the Nation. We Lament, 
with a sorrow never healed, the toss of the gal- 
lant host of the Union, who died that we might 
live, but pity the misguided and waslcd host 
will! sought to dewtroy it, and died in the vain 
attempt. And the. blusHoms that to-day fall ujinii 
their gravcM are given in the s.ime spirit .is the 
snliliers used to give their crackers and canteens, 
though face to fac« in deadly array. Hut, above 
all floral offerings to the soldier dead; above all 



iribntea of eloquence to their nobU deeda; abov* 
all gift of monumental marble by a patriotic 
jteople, is the solemn duty of hero renewing our 
allegiance to the Union, 'that from these hon- 
ored dead we Uke increased devotion to the 
cause for which tbey here gave the last full 
measure of devotion; that we here highly re- 
nolve that the dead shall not have died m vain,* 
and as reverently as the priest before his altar, 
.10 before these saored shrines devote ourselves 
10 the task of building upon this continent one 
Itepublic, great and indivisible — so strong that 
L'very government, no matter how powerful it 
may be, khall fear and reverence it, and so be- 
neficent that every inhabitant on earth, no mat- 
ter howdcsolate he may be,sha)l And it a refug* 
and a defense. 

"To this great purpose these soldien were 
dedicated; to defend it they went to battle; they 
won at last, after years of unutterable sacrifice, 
and were borne back in silent legions to rest in 
the green tents whose curtains are never blown 
by the winds. Sleep on, O brave men, under tb« 
sentinel stars! Sleep on, O, soldiers of the Union 
under the changeful skies! Xo sound of war dis- 
turbs your dreamless sleep! Softly as fall the 
May blossoms on your graves, so eofily treads 
over yon themarobof Time,and the feet of pas^ 
ing generations! O, had I the power, I would 
make a festoon of flowers gathered from tb« 
gardens of the North, from the Savannas of the 
South, from the vales of the East, and from the 

Erairies of tbe West. I would fold it around the 
leached forms of the sailors of tbe Union navy 
resting in the sepulchres of the sea, or covered tn 
the tawny san^s of the gnlf, or swept by the 
mightv current of the Mississippi, or washed by 
the silver waves of the Rio Graude. I would 
wreathe it around tbe form of every soldier of 
the Union sleeping in American soil — some in 
the cemeteries of uic Nation; some in the long 
trenches of battle-fields; some in secret places: 
some in the forests; some by the river banks; 
some in lonely graves, unknown, under the 
shadow of cypress and magnolia trees — and, bind- 
ing without the States of the Union, would sum- 
mon the genius of the Nation to say with priestly 
authority: 'What God has joined together, let 
no man put assnnder.*** 

Mr. Parker received the undivided attention 
of the immense audience, and his Rplendid ora- 
tion was highly commended by all who had the 
privilege of hearing it. Upon its conclnsion th« 
exercises of the Grand Anny wer« concluded aa 
followa: 



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HISTORY OP SAKGASOX COUNTY. 



Post Commtnder — "CoiontdM, bow shall mea 
Hvef" 

Rciponne — "With truM in God and lore for 
oii« uiotber." 

P.O.— "How should comndes of th« Orand 
Army live." 

R.— "Having on the whole armor of God, that 
thev may be able to withstand in the evil day." 

f . C.~"Tlie last enemy that shall be de- 
stroyed i" death.** 

K. — "We thank God, who giveth os the vie- 
toiT through Jesus Christ, onr Lord." 

After the close of these excTcises "America** 
was sung by the throng, and the exercises closed 
with the benediction, when all boarded the train 
and returned to ths city. 

UASONIC. 

The Masonic order was represented in Spring- 
field as early as 1823, a petition beins presiented 
to the Grand ofliccrs of the Grand I^ge of 
Missouri, bearing date April 4, of that year, 



praying for a dinitenttation to establish a lodge 
ID this place. This petition was signed by 
James T^atham, Stephen Phelps, Stephen Still- 
man, Gershom Jayne, Thomas Constant, Charles 
Wright, Oramel Clark and John More. Stephen 
Stilliuan was recommended as first Master; Ger- 
shom Javne, Senior Warden, and John More. 
Jnnior \V^arden. The dispensation was granted 
April 5, 1822. The lodge was instituted and 
the following additional officers elected and ap- 
pointed: Moses HroadMTctl, Trcai^urcr; James 
C. Stephenson, Secretary; Oramel Clark, S. U.; 
Thomas Constant, J. D, 

The lodge did not seem to flourish for a time 
in conscjuence of their being no safe and con- 
venient place of meeting, bpringfield at that 
time not being provided with many puhlio 
buildings. Stephen Stillman, the Master of ibe 
Tjodgc, undertook during the summer of 183it to 
erect a building in which to meet, but was pre- 
vented from various causes. Still the Lod^e 
felt justified in asking for a charter from llio 
Grand I^odge at its next regular scs<>inn, wliiuh 
was granted, and Sangamon Lodge, Xi>. 9, was 
duly organiKed on the i'id day of June, 18:!:t. 

tor some cause the cliarter of the lodge was 
arretted by the Grand I.^dge of Missonri in 
1820, the probable cause being the failure of 
the T^odge to ask dismissal from the Grand 
Ijodge of Missouri in order to join that of Illi- 
nois, and failure to pay its dues. No i'ffort was 
made, so far as is known, to obtain a renewal of 
the charter, money matters at that time being 
considerably depressed, and the Morgan excite- 
ment following shorUy after. 



SfrUgflM X«^, Al 4.--Oa tha STik at 

Jxttwaj, 1M9v the follnwiag naoacd aigaed a 
petition addrcMcd to the Grwid I^idge at Urn- 
•onri askioff a dinensaUon to open aad bold a 
lodga at Spiingfield: J. AdauM, Jaaoa R. Onr, 
Alexander landsaj, IIcnrT Culostock, Fluw 
Beers I* ^ Corawell,- Martin Denrl^ J. R. 
Bimnober, Itela Welnter, and Jamn BLiz^. A 
dispenntinn bearing dMa Pcbraary JS, 1839, ' 
waa isKnvd. naming Jane* Adam^ MaMar; 
James R. Gisy, Senior Wnrdon; Alexander 
Ijndsaf, Jontur Warden. The first naetinfref 
the Lodge waa held at tbe Ameiiean llonaa, 
April SO, 1839, when tbe following ofReen wen 
eleoted and appointed: Lore 3. Corawvll, Seen- 
tatr; Haoriee J>oyle, l^casurer; Jainee Staxey, 
Tyler; Philo Urown, & D ; William Cndmote, 
J. O.; M. Helm, First IL ; M. A. Ketley. 
Seeond M. C. The Lodge waa nnmbeied 
twentr-siz. 

A Grand Lodge lurinK been oganiaed in Hit 
nois, Sprinofield I^odge, Mo. Stf, vrthdrav fraa 
the junsdieUon of Missonri, and nnited witk 
the Illinois body, reeeiring from tbe latter a new 
charter designating tbe Lridge as Spriagfidd 
Lodge Xo. 4. This oharter was reeeived May, 
1810. The lodge darinjj this year waa (|aita 
prospenmis ioitialing anil* « nnmber, among' 
whom was Stephen A. Donglaa, who aftorwtb 
attaine«1 a Xatioaal rcpntatioa aa a poUtitHaa. 

In 1841, several member* asked leave to sritb- 
draw that they might form a new lodge. Leave 
was granted and their lodge dues for tbe earreat 
quarter remitted them. 

Springfield Lodge, Xo. 4, has had a rcrj proa- 
peroua existence. 

Since its organisation, the following named, 
among others, nave served >> tl'a ofllue of W, 
M.: James Adams, Meredith llelra. Love 8. 
Comwell, James Shepherd, Pramus A. 3fcX«ll, 
James Zwisler, William Lovelv, William B, 
Warren, J. W. Eoyea, James II Mttbeny. T. 8. 
Mather ts the present W. M., and J. B. Ham- 
mond, Svoretary. 

There are now four lodges, one Cbapi«r, and 
one Coniinandery tn Springfield. 

Central Lodge, No. 71, mceta the seoand Mob- 
da\- in each montli. A. M. Brooks is tbe preesat 
W. M., and P. Clevuriy, Saoretary. 

Tynan Lodge, No. 333, meets the third Mon- 
day in each month. H. M. Davidton, W. St; 
II. G. Waldo, Secretary. 

St. Paul's Lodge, No. 800, meets the aeeond 
Tuemlav in each month. L. W. Sb^berd, W. 
M.; A.'R. RoUoBon, Seoretaiy. 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Springfield Chapter, No. 1, meets the fourth 
Monday in each laonth. Henry Wohlgemuth, 
E. C; H. G. Waldo, Secretary. 

Ehrood Comma }xdery No. 6, K. 7!, was or- 
ganized under dispensation, granted by R E., 
Sir Knight James V. G. Blaney, Grand Com- 
mander, May 16, 18^9, as Illinois Commadery 
U. D., at IVIasonic Hall, . Springfield, Illinois, 
June 2d, 1850, Sir Nelson D.. El wood, of Joliet 
Commandcry, presiding. The dispensation was 
granted t > Sirs William C. Ilobbs, William H. 
Turner, Mason Brayman, F. K. Nichols, D. C. 
M irtin, James Newman, George Thorp, A. R. 
Robinson and Harmon G. Reynolds. Of these. 
Sirs Nichols, Brayman, Robinson and Reynolds 
becime charter members. The charter was 
granted November 3, 1859. At a subsequent 
meeting of the Commandery, it was resolved 
that tlie name of the Commandery should be* 
changed to El wood. Since its organization, the 
Commandery have made pilgrimages to St. Louis, 
September, I8G8; Baltimore, September, 1871; 
New Orleans, September, 1874; Cleveland, 
August, 1877; Chicago, August, 1880, partici- 
pating in the Grand Conclave of the Grand En- 
camp men c of the United States of America. 
The following named have held the position of 
Eminent Commanders of this Commandery: 
Harmon G. Reynolds, 18G0; Charles Fisher, 
1861; Phares A. Dorwin, 1862; Newton Bate- 
man, 1863; William Lavely, 1865; Andrew J. 
Dunning, 1866; Benjamin C. McQuestan, 1867; 
Phares A. Dorwin, 1868; Rbeuna D. Lawrence, 
1S69; William Lavely, 1870; Robert L. Mo- 
Guire, 18* 1-2; Rhcuna D. Lawrence, 1873; 
D wight Brown, 1874; William D. Richardson, 
1875; John Cook, 1876-7; Samuf*l J. Willett, 
1878; Jacob B. Hammond, 1879; James H. 
Matheny, 1880; Henry Wohlgemuth, 1881. The 
ranks of tbe Commandery have been thi lined by 
death, as follows: Nelson D. El wood, Phares 
A. Dorwin, Walter Whitney, William L. Dough- 
erty, S. C. Toler, John Brotherton, James W. 
Sponslcr, Nicholas Strott, Lewis B. Smith, Wil- 
liam A. Turney, Jesse K. Dubois, W. Jarvis 
I^Midon, P. C. Latham, James I. Davidson, F. 
J. Martin, J. L. Crane, O. H. Miner, Alfred 
Sower, C. W. Matheny. The Commandery now 
numbers one hundred and twenty •eiu:ht members, 
with the following named otHcers: Henry Wohl- 
gemuth, Eminent Commander; Joseph D. 
Mvers, Generalissimo; Edward R. Roberts, Cap- 
tain General; Samuel J. Willett, Prelate, Ed- 
ward T. Smith, Senior Warden; Robert H. 
Moor, Junior Warden; John S. Fisher, Treasurer; 
Charles P. Kane, Recorder; H. Fayart, Sword 



Bearer; Richard Young, Standard Bearer; Nel- 
son D. Lee, Warden; James W. Watson, Cap* 
tain of the Guard. 

ODD FELLOWSHIP. 

This is one of the largest and best of the 
sel f-governed benevolent and provident associa- 
tions. 

The institution originated in Manchester, Eng- 
land, in 181*2; some scattering lodges, it appears, 
existed before this date. The object of the Man- 
chester organization, it was declared, was to 
render assistance to ever^ member who may ap- 
ply, through sickness, distress or otherwise, if 
be be well attached to the Queen and govern- 
ment and faithful to the Order; and this is still 
the basis of the Order in that country. There 
are about four thousand lodges in England, and 
the membership is about half a million. 

The Order in the United States is known as 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and 
greatly differs from the English organization, 
and is entirely separate from what is known as 
the Manchester Unity, although a kind feeling 
exists between the societies, and efforts are being 
made to effect an arrangement by which inter- 
changing visitations may be made by the re- 
spective membership. 

The father of Odd Fellowship in America, was 
Thomas Wildey, who had been connected with 
similar associations in England, and who organ- 
ized Washington Lodge No. 1, at the house of 
William Lupton, Sign of the Seven Stars, in 
Baltimore, on the 26th day of April, 1819. This 
lodge was composed of five members; the or- 
ganization now has a membership of nearly half 
a million. 

The organization has a Sovereign Grand Lodge, 
composeii of representatives from every State 
and Territory in the United States, from the 
Dominion of Canada and numerous foreign juris- 
dictions. The Grand Lodge is held annually. 

The Grand Lodge of Illinois was organized at 
Alton in 1838, but was re-organized in 1842, 
I since which time it has grown, until it now has a 
membership of thirty thousand. The first lodge 
in Springfield was organized in 1840, it being 
Springfield Lodge No. G, of which many of the 
old settlers of Saiigamon county were members, 
N. W. Matheny, L. B. Adams, James H. Ma- 
theny, Stephen Carman, and Thomas Lushbaugh 
being among its earliest members. 

Teutonia Lodge No. 100 was organized in 1850, 
and contiins among its membership many of the 
loading Germans of the city. 

Spring6eld Lodge No. 405 was organized in 
1871, by Hon. A. L. Knapp, as S|>ecial Deputy. 



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IIISTOKV OF SANGAMON COUNTT. 



The Lilla T^ge, of the Degree of Rebekah, 
was organised in 1873^ and u in a flonrisbing 
condition. 

There are two encampments — Prairie State^ 
organized in 1857, and Schiller, organized in 

isri. 

The following are the principal officers of the 
lodges named: 

Jtktngamon T^Klgt No. 6. — W. A. Young, X. 
G.; Antonio Frank, V. G.; T. A. Withey, R 
S.;I1 EugeUkirchen, P. S.; IL O. Bolles, Treas- 
iirer. Thi» lodge has its meetings every Wednes- 
day evening, over the State National Dank. 

'Teutonia Ixnlgt^ Ko, 100. — William Uelmle, 
N. G.; Jacob Felber, V. G.; Emiel Fritscb, 11. 
8.; J. M. StrilHer, Treasurer. Tlie lodge meets 
weekly, over the State National Bank. 

Sprinafidd Lafge^ No. 405. — A. Orendorff, 
N. G.: John O. Rame^, V. G.; John C. Hughes, 
R. S.; John W. Withey, P. S.; O. F. Stebbins, 
Treasurer; J. O. Humphreys, S. P. G. Lodge 
meets every Thursday evening, over the State Na- 
tional Bank. 

Prairie State Encampment^ No, 10. — David 
Simpson, 0. P.: W. M. Duggans, H. P.; E. P. 
Beach, S. W.: W. H. Davis, J. W. Encamp- 
ment meets every first and third Mondays in 
every month, over the State National Bank. 

Schiller Encnnpmtnty No. 121. — Rudolph 
lli'lhveg, C. P.; Fred Walther, H. P.; Fred 
Weisz, S. W.; G. Ritter, Scribe and Treasnrer. 
Encampment meets every first and third Friday 
in oach month, over the §tate National Bank. 

The combined membership of tlie onler in 
Springfield is two hundred and fifty in subordi- 
nate lodges, and eighty in Encampments. 

IIKHKEW SOCJKTIKS. 

Ernes Lodge^ No. 07, /. O. Beaai Berith^ 
( Sons of the Covenant). — This is a benevolent 
society composed exclusively of Israelites, and 
was organized in Springfield, in 1803, with 
twenty members. It has now increased to tliirty- 
seven. The I. O. of Benai Berith was first or- 
ganized in Philadelphia, about the year 1850, 
and has since extended all over the country, with 
a present niembershii> of twenty-five thousand in 
the United States. It is an organization some- 
what similar to the United Workmen, giving 
the widow or heirs of a deceased member 6il,000. 
Some lodges give sick benefits, of which No. 07 
is one, allowing H^h per week in case of sickness 
of a member. The present officers of the lodge 
are: Charles Seaman, President; S. Bernheim, 
Vice President; A. Friedman, Secretary; S. Iless, 
Treasurer; C. Stern, Mentor; L. S. Knsel, War- 
den. 



posed of Israelite women, WMOtgwiiaed im thie 
dty ia 1870, iu objeet beinc to ntnbler to Urn 
flicK and needy and to belp one anoUier in % 
syatemalio manner, rinular to the variiMtt bene r ^- 
lent ofden of the day. In ease of Mekneaa of % 
member, aick benefits are paid by Ibe aoeiolj. A 
good worik has already been aeoomplisbed. Ito 
ofBcers-in 1881, were: Mrs. 8. Ilammenlowha 

identTlln. 



Prerident; Mrs. C. Stem, Viee PreMdett 
Charles Seaman, Secretary; Mrs. S. Bei^)*""^ 
Treasurer. Meetings are field qvarteily. 

KXIOIITS or UOXOB. 

Peerless Lodge No. 40a, K. of IL, was omua* 
iaed February SS, 1877, with 8. J. Willetl, J. IX 
Roper, W. H. McCormick, (X G. Averill, T. K. 
Shtttti W. IL Suley, A. D. Campbell, J. & 
Doyle, H. O. BoUes, H. B. Graham, a K. 
Dowe, T. C. Smith, P. Bird Price^ F. Flemy, 
J. I^ C. Richards. At the ftrst meetins of 
the lodge, W. H. McCormick was ekoM P. 
D.; 8. J. Willett, D.; C. G. AverUl, T. D.; J. L. 
C. Bichaids, A. D.; T. G. Smith, C; H. B. On- 
ham, G.; J. S. Doyle, R: P. Bird Price, F. R; 
J. D. Roper, Treas.; IL O. Bolles, Gnaid. The 
lodge has met with fmr sncoess and now nnm 
bers thirty-two members. The order is a bonet* 
ciary one, each member being insured to the 
amount of (iSOOO. Since its orginiiatioa the 
lodge has been called upon to by ftww in the 
silent tomb three of its members — T. K B ocns^ 
Henry Speckman and Henry B. Grahaa^ the 
widows and families of each receiving tho bene 
ficiary of t^SOOO. The followinsr nanwd aiw lbs ' 
oiBoers in June, 1881: B. P. Beach, D.; T. & 
Smith, V. D.; M. I^ Pearce, A. D.; IL Q. Bolki^ 
R.; J. D. Roper, F. K.; G. A. Mueller, IVsaa^ 
T. English, C; W. C. Sommer, 6.; B. M« ' 
Guard; A. D. Campbell, Sent. 

nxmo wonxiinii. 

The Ancient Order of United W< 
originated in Pennsylvania some ten yenia 
from a desire to assist each other in case of 
ness or death — ^and soon partook of the _ 
form of the society— that is, a contribntion «^ 
#2,000 to the legatees of a deceased memt^ex 
The first lodge instituted in Illinois waa NoM 
No. 1, of Rock Island, November 18, 1874, sritt 
twenty-six members, followed by Uarmony, Va 
2, Molincy December 3, 1874, with twenty^hrst; 
Union, No. 3« Sterling, February IS, 1875, will 
twcnty-tliree ; Island City, No. 4, Rock lafan^ 
April 23, 1876, with Uiirty-seven ; Indnslrial, 
Na 5, Rock Falls, June 11, 1876, with lUity- 
two members, and these five lodges, with a told 




HISTORY OF SANGA3ION COUNTY. 



tntuDbereliip of ona hundred and c-i{^lity-two, 
constituted the Grand Lodge of lllinoin, which 
was instiltiled June 2f^, 181ft. 

Prior to Jniie 1, 1877, all death claiiii!< wefa 
paid through the Supieme Lodge, but upon thnt 
date, Illinois having increapcd Iter luvnilK'rthip 
to upwards of twn tbousand, w.t)i tiet apart as n 
State KloTtuaiy District, and enlilled to collect 
and disburse her own \>i-ntficiary fuuds. Since 
that lime the order in Illinois has crown rajtidlr, 
and nnmhers a little over ten thousand, with 
about one hundred and ninety lodgts. During 
this lime there has been one hundred and pcven- 
ty-eeven deaths, neccfisitatinj!; fifty-Kix a^se^s- 
ments of ore dollar each, and as the lecatecs of 
each deceased mentber have received ^3,00u, 
the grand total thus collected and dieburtcd has 
been tiafi*,! OU. 

The order is reprerented in Springfield by 
four lodges — Sprirgiield, No. 37, instituted May 
31, 1877; Capital City, No. as, February 8, 
1877 ; Good Will, No. 39, February 10, 1B7: ; 
Moxart, 106, in Februarj-, Ihlit. The total 
nienibeivhip in the city is over three hundred. 

nOYAL ARCAKI'U. 

Charity Council No. 336, Itoyal Arcanum, wan 
organiEea January 20, 1870, with fifteen chuncr 
menihers. The tirst officers were: C. G. Averill, 
Regent; J. P. Lindley, Vice Ilegcnt; Wm. J. 
Footncr, Past Regent; Geo. C. Cole, Orator; J. 
F. AIcNcill, Secrciarj', H. K. Weber, Collector; 
J. II. Rarkler, Treasurer; R. J. Williams, Chap- 
. lain; (). S. Dana, Guide; M. H. .lelley, Wurden; 
J. A. Jones, Jr., Sentry; II. U. Buck, G. S. Dana, 
J. P. Lindlcy. Trustees; H. J(. litick, T. S. 
Matihtws, Medicil Esamincrs. 

Its present officers are: John L. Phillips, 
Regent; Wm. C. Wood, Vice Regent; Wni. C. 
Cowgill, Orator; Jas. F. McNeill, Secrotarj-; IL 
K. Wclwr, Collector; J. IL IJartlcy, Treaf=urcr; 
Geo. E. Cojicland, Chajilain; J. A*. Jones, Jr., 
Gnidc; Frant Fleur^-, Warden; J. W. Fuller, 
Sentrv; L. W. Shcpheid, Louis Souther, J. H. 
Adair, TtnsK ex; Dr. J. A. Jones, Medicnl Exam- 
iner. Its present mcmherthip is 30. 

AHBKICAX LKVION OF tlOMOB. 

Amity Council <Ofl, American Legion of 
Honor, was orgsniEed Jnnnar}' 28, 1881, by 
Deputy Supreme Coiunmnder J. L. Phillips, 
witn twenty-six chartermiuilKirii. There hnsonly 
been one election and the original officers are 
still serving, vis: John L. Phillips, Comiitandcr; 
Chas. G. Averill, Vice Commander; C L. Conk- 
ling, Past Commander; E. L. Mcrritt, Orator; J. 
F. McNeill, Secretary; Franx Bode, Collector; 



Jas. n. lUrkley, Treasurer; Jno.M Adair, Chap- 
lain; Wm. D. Baker, Guide; Isaac N.Ransom, 
Warden; J. N. Dixon, Sentrv; Jas. T. Jonea, 
Wm. C, Wood, Jno. F. Wolgamol. Trustees; 
Examining Surgeon, J. Norman Dixon. Its 
present merobership is 29. 

Independent Order of Mutual Aid have a 
lodge, m which many of the leading citisena of 
the city are interested, llie lodge la styledAbe 
Lincoln Lodge No. 5, and meets second and 
Touith Tuesdaysin each month. William Kecne 
is the present Recording Secretary. 

Springtield Council No. 40, Rova! Templar* 
of Temperance meets first and tfiirdTueidaya 
in each month, at Knights of Pythias Hall, cor* 
ner Fifth and Monroe streets. J. B. Bennett^ 
S. C; R.S. IIill,R.S. 

Esperania Commander}', Knighta of Universal 
Brotherhood meets every second and fourth 
Tuesday evening.in Opera House Block, George 
McCnlcheon, Commander; William L. Gardner, 
Chief of Reds. 

Stevenson Poat No. 30, Grand Aimy of the 
Republic, waa instituted in Springtield, in th« 
early history of the order, and has hnd regular 
meetings since that time. The post lake chaive 
of all services on Decoration Day, in Springtield, 
II. Cha(.in is the present Commander, with A, 
Wilson, Adjutant, and E. D. Vredenhurg, Quar- 
termaster. 

OTIIEB SOCIBTIBS. 

Capital Tx>dge, No. 14, K. of P., meets every 
Monday evening in the Library Building. The 
present officers are: J. P. Lindley, P. C; C. G. 
Averill, C. C; B. F. Talbot, V. C; S. J. WU- 
Ictt, Prelate; J. II. Freeman, M. of E.; R. A. 
Iliggiti*'. M. of F.; J. D. Rowr, K. of R. S.; 
T. E. Shutt, M. of A.; J. W. Young, I. G.; J. B. 
Keuoher, O. G. 

Springfield Typographical Union was organ- 
ized in 18 — . Its present officers are: John E. 
Allen, Ptesideut; A. M. Barker, Vice-President; 
II. T. Schlick, Financial Secretary; Howard 
SvillianiR, Recording Secretary; Timothy Col- 
lins, Treasurer; Harry Collins, Sergeant*tr 
Arms; John Ankrom, P. J. Doyle. Charlea 
Br.idley, Thomas Thorpe, Arthur S. Iloag, Ex- 
ecutive Committee, 

NK'n'SFArXBR. 

In another part of this work ia a chapter on 
the newspapers of the county. Among the 

Iiapers not mentioned waa the Odd Fellowa 
lerald, a five column quarto, publishtd and ed- 
ited by A. D. Sanders. The Ilerald waa started 
in 18T7, and baa had a prosperona existenea 



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almost from the begiDiiin|^. As iu name im- 
pHc8, it if devoted to the interetit of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and is well and 
ably edited. Its circulation is larger than any 
paper published for the benefit of any class in 
this re^rion of country. 

Edwin A. Wils«>n also publishes two Sunday 
School papers, one being ^^T^bor of Love,** the 
other, '' Food for the Lambs.** The papers are 
undenominational in character, and are f uniisbed 
to Sunday schools regardless of sect. The La- 
bor of Love has been issued since 1471, and the 
Food for the I^imbs, since 1875. The average 
circulation of the former is twenty thousand per 
month, and the latter fifteen thousand. A large 
amount of money is annually expended on the 
two sheets. 

THE CAPITAL RAILWAY. 

Tlie Capital llailway was organized under the 
general laws of the State of Illinois, August 10, 
18G5, and permission was at once given by the 
City Council of Springfield, to locate the road 
on all the streets the company desired to occupy. 
They commenced operations with a capital of 
$18,000, which was afterwards increased to $28,- 
000. The first Board of Directors were: J. K. 
Dubois, John Williams, D. L. Phillips, Alex- 
ander Starne and J. S. Bradford. 

The ofiiccrs chosen were: D. L. Phillips, 
President; John Williams, Treasurer; A. W. 
French, Secretary; Alexander Starne, Superin- 
tt^ndent. John Williams afterwards resigned as 
Treasurer, and Jesse K. Dubois was chosen to 
fill the vacancy. 

A portion of the road was built in the autumn 
of 1865, commencing at the old depot of the 
Toledo, Wabash & \Vestern Railway, on the 
corner of Tenth and Monroe streets,* and run- 
ning west on Monroe street to Lincoln Avenue, 
one-third of a mile west of the city limits. It 
was opened for business January 1, I860; the 
total cost to that time, being about 8(27,000. 

The track was afterwards extended about one- 
third of a mile further west, and subseouently 
about the same distance was taken up at the east 
end of the road — from Tenth to Seventh streets. 

Hy an Act of the General Assembly of Illi- 
nois, ap)>roved February 25, 1807, the former 
transactions of the Capital Railway Company of 
Springfield, were legalized and its future rights 
and privileges defined. Its capital stock was 
fixed at 18550,000, with authority to increase it 
indefinitely. 

TIIK sriilNiSFlKLD CUT RAILWAY COMPANY 

was chartered Februarv 10, 1801,by a si»ecial act 
of the legislature of Illinois, entitled ** An act to 



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promote the eonstmetion of Home Railways im 
the city of SprincScId*** Jacob Bunn, Joks T. 
Stuart, Stephen T. Logan, Benjamin 8. Edwaida* 
Christopher C. Brown, Thonuu 8. Malhor, and 
Geor^ Carpenter, were named as the Brrt Bonrl 
of Uirectort. 

They were aathoriacd to ornaniae a oompany 
under the name that heada Ab artMo, with a 
capital stock of 850,000, and permimon lo in- 
crease It indefinitely. Tlie company waa inroctcd 
with authority to iNiild and operate street rail* 
roads on any street in the present or fbtnrelimita 
of the city, and to extend them to any point in 
the county of Sangamon. Thej^ were to go on 
any public highway, bnt were UHUdden to pnt 
any obstruction in the way of trsroL 

March 3, 1806, the Springfield City Rdlway 
Companv was organfa^d by the deedon of Hon. 
John Tr Stuart, l^reaident; Asa Fastman, Vioe 
President; George N. Blacik, Treasurer; and 
Geor^ Carpenter, Seeretary. They commenced 
building the road at once, and opened it for 
business on the fourth of Jvly. 

The original road commenced at Monroe street 
and ran nortli, on Fifth atreet, to Oak Ridjjt 
Cemetery. The road, cnm, and all the eqni^ 
ments coat |(48,000. In the i^ng of 1867 it 
waa extended on Fifth street to Sooth Oia»l 
Avenue, at a cost of 613,000, making tho total 
cost 655,000. The eottlliem extension was opened 
for business just one year from the first opening 
namely, July 4, 1807. 

The two companies were snhseaaently con- 
solidated, and are now operating nnaer the namo 
of the Capital Itailway CompanT. 

This comnany owns a fine park of tweiTO acres 
adjoining Oak Ridffe Cemetery on- tho east. 
This path is finely shaded with native trees. It 
has a bountiful supply of pnre well wator, and a 
pagoda for refreshments. There b a stand on 
the ground fitted np for public speakings with 
rustic bridges acd appropriate places, and seats 
under most every tree. These attrscUons, with a 
green turf over all the gronnd, make it a great 
resort for picnics. 

This pars and the fine walks and drivea^ among 
the sylvan proves oC Oak Ridge Ometery, forma 
a delightful retreat from the socnnohing heat and 
dusty streets of the city, in the summer months; 
and at all seasons with the memories thatdnster 
around the Lincoln Monument, it is ono of the 
roost attractive spots in the West, both to Mh 
sens and strangers. 

The company now have alxwt six miloa of 
track and are well equipped with ears and hones. 
Tlie present officers are: A. L. Ida, President 



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George N. Black, Vice-President; John W. 
BiiDn, Secretary; William Ridgely, Treasurer; 
George C. Ripley, Super! ntendent. 

citizen's btrkkt railway. 

The Citizens' Street Railway Company was 
organized March 5, 1879, by John Henry Scbnck, 
Henson Robinson, O^car F. Stebbins, J. N. 
Recce, Frank Reiscb, J. E. K. Herrick, and A. 
H. Saunders. The right of way was granted to 
the company by the City Council in April of the 
same year, and on the 20th of July, they began 
grading and track laying on North Grand Ave- 
nue, south on Ninth to Washington street, and 
west on Washington to the square. They then 
went north from North Grand Avenue to the 
Rolling Mills, thence to the fair grounds. Be- 
ginning on the square, they next went south to 
Capital Avenue, thence west to the State House. 
From the corner of Sixth and Washington, the 
next move was west to Second street, thence 
north to Carpenter, west to Rutledge, thence 
north to Lincoln Park, Lincoln Monument, and 
Oak Ridge Cemetery. Again, starting from 
Ninth street, they ran east to Eleventh, and 
south to Kansas street. In October, 1880, they 
completed the road south from the State House 
to Allen street. 

The comnany have a capital stock of ^75,000. 
They now have about eight miles of track in 
complete running order; have eighteen cars and 
seventy-six head of mules and horses. They 
have two stables, one near the Rolling Mill, and 
the other and main one, on the corner of Wash- 
ington and Ninth streets. They employ twenty- 
six men. 



The first Board of Directors were J. H. 
Schuck, Henson Robinson, Frank Reisch, A. H. 
Saunders, W. O. Converse, and F. W. Tracy. 
Mr. Tracy su\>sequently resigned, and George 
Reisch was elected in his place. The present 
Hoard arc the same as the first, substituting Mr. 
Reisch for Mr. Tracy. J. H. Schuck was the 
iirst and is the present President. 

Sl'RlNC.FIKKn UnRARY ASSOCIATION 

The Springlield Library Association was in- 
corporated under the general laws of the State, 
March 16, 1800. Dr. Samuel Willard was the 
first Librarian, and served until September 1, 
1870, when Miss E. Geitrude Seaman was chosen 
to occupy that position. Mrs. H. L. Kimball, 
the present Librarian, was appointed in 1877. 

Tiie capital stock auth«Tized bv the articles of 
association is ^20,000. Fifty dollars paid atone 
time constitutes the person paying tiie same a 
life member, and secures the use of the Library, 



and one vote daring life. Shares of stock are 
ten dollars. A stockholder can have the use 
of the Librarv and one vote, by paying three 
dollars annually. Persons who are neither stock- 
holders or life members can have the use of it 
by paying five dollars annually. The selection 
of books includes the verv choicest works of 
reference, history, geograpliy and travels, biog- 
raphy, theology, etliics, ecclesiastical history, 
philosophy, political science and education, 
science and art, poetry and drama, novels, juve- 
nile works and general literatare. 

The Library now consists of about seven 
thoasand volumes, and new and rare works are 
being constantly added. During the year 1880, 
aboat thirteen thousand volumes were loaned. 
The Library is visited daily by a large number 
of persons, who avail themselves of the privilege 
of reading and examining the books, papers and 
magazines. 

The following named constitute the officers of 
the Association in 18t^l: C. C. Brown, Presi- 
dent; John W. Bnnn, Vice President; Ernst 
Helmle, Recording Secretary; James '\\ Jones, 
Corresponding Secretary ; B. 11. Ferguson, Treas- 
urer; £. F. Leonard, A. N. J. Crook, Henry 
Reman n, Charles Ridgely, Henson Robinson, 
George N. Black, Directors; Mrs. H. L. Kim- 
ball, Librarian. 

ILLINOIS STATS LIBRARY. 

rhis library is designed for the use of the 
officers of State, Members of the Legislature, 
etc., they being the only parties allowed to take 
books away from the library. Any citizen, how- 
ever, can visit the library and consult any work 
there. 

It contains four thousand volumes of miscel- 
laneous works, and about ten thousand volumes 
of the publications of the United States and of 
the several States, including copies of all the 
pullications of Illinois. This makes the library 
proper about fourteen thousand volumes. These; 
with surplus copies of Illinois publications and 
incomplete sets of duplicate miscellaneous works, 
swell the number to about fifty thousand vol- 
umes in the care of the Librarian. 

The catalogue of miscellaneous books com- 
prise some choice selections of works of refer- 
cnce« history, biography, philosophy, science and 
art, and a small number of volumes in the Ger- 
man langniage. 

The State departmentcontains the colonial laws 
of many of the oid thirteen States; laws of the Ter- 
ritory and State of Illinois; laws of the Congress 
of the United States, with Senate and House 
reports; reports of the United States census; 



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Congressional Globe, etc., etc This library is 
at present in a room on the first iloor of the old 
State Houso, at the west si^e, and is in the cus- 
tody of the Hon. Henry D. Dement, Secretary 
of State, who is ex officio State Librarian, assisted 
by Edith Walbrids^e, Assistint Librarian, who 
has been in the oihce since June, 188L 

The Law Library is the property of the State 
also. It contains about seven thousand volumes, 
composed of the reports of the United States 
Courts, and of the Supremo Courts of the sev- 
eral States; text books, digests and statutes, and 
EnjGflish, Irish and Scotch reports. 

'Fhere is also a great number of Congressional 
Documents, American Archives, Secret Journals 
of Congress, and a small number of miscel- 
laneous books, amon^ which are Appelton's 
Cyclppedia and the Encyclopedia Brittauica. 
This library is also in the care of the Secretary 
of State. 

The General Assembly in the winter of 1880-81, 
made an appropriation of $5,000 for two years. 

BANKS. 

The first bank in Springfield was the State 
Bank, established about 1830,and which failed in 
1842. Since then several banks have been 
organized, and there is now in the place four 
safe and reliable institutions. 

77te Jtidgcly National Bank, — In connection 
with the Messrs Clark, in 1851, N. II. Ridgely 
organized Clark's P2xchange Bank, of which N. 
H. Ridgely was President, and James Campbell 
Cashier. In the course of four or five years Mr. 
Ridgely purchased the interest of his partners 
and continued the institution in hisown individ- 
ual name. Shortly after, Charles Ridgely was ad- 
mitted as a partner, and the business was then 
conducted under the firm name of N. II. & 
Charles Ridgely. Subsequently, William Ridgely 
became a member of the firm, and the title was 
changed to N. II. Ridgely <fc Co. In October, 
1806, the Ridgely National Bank was organized 
as successors to N. H. Ridgely «fc Co., with N. 
H. Ridgely, President ; Charles Ridgely, Vice 
President; William Ridgely, Cashier. October 
1, 1875, J. Taylor Smith was elected Second 
Vice President. No further change has been 
made in its officers since organization. When 
organized the capital stock was placecd at >«100,- 
000. A surplus has since accumulated of 
^1 00,000. 

The Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance 
Company^ B Hank was chartered in 1851 as an 
Insurance Company with banking privileges. 
Only the latter were ever used, the institution 
never organizing as an insurance company. The 

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charter was granted to Robert Irwin; John Wil- 
liams', Jacob Bnnn, William B. Fonday and John 
C. Lamb. The first ofiicers were Antrim Camp> 
bell. President, and J. C. Sprigsf, Cashier. In 
September, 1 854, Thomas Condell became Presi- 
dent, upon the resignation of Mr. Campbell. In 
1808, li. F. Ruth became President, and has 
since occupied the position. Robert Irwin was 
the successor of Mr. Sprigg, as Cashier, Mr. 
Irwin died in the spring of 1865, and was suc- 
ceeded by B. II. Ferguson, the present Cashier. 
The building occupied by the bank was erected 
by the old Illinois State Bank, and was purchased 
by the AL'irine and Fire Insurance Company on 
its organiztion. The bank incorporated with a 
capital of $100,000, has a large surplus, and does 
a business equal to any bank outside of Chicai;^. 

Tke First National Bafik.— This bank was 
organized December 12, 1803, but did not 
begin business until May 1, 1804. llie first 
ofiicers were John Williams, President; George 
N. Black, Cashier. It succeeded the private 
banking house of John Williams & Company, 
which had been doing a safe and profitable 
business for some years. The original capital 
stock of the First 'National was ^125 000. It 
has since been increased to $250,000. In 1866, 
Frank W. Tracy succeeded Mr. Black as Cash- 
ier. In 1874, Noah W. Matbeny became Presi- 
dent. Upon his death, which occurred in the 
spring of 1877, C. W. Matheny succeeded him. 
lie also died in April, 1879, when Mr. Tracy was 
elected to that position, and H. K. Weber be- 
came Cashier. This banking bouse >vas first 
established on the northwest comer of Fifth and 
Washington streets, w^herc it remained until the 
present fine building was erected, in 1878, 
especially for its occupancy. It stands on ths 
southeast comer of Sixth and Washington, and 
cost $25,000. This bank has been a United 
States depository since it was first opened for 
business. Its deposits average over ?5i,ooo,000, 
and carries loans from $700,000 to $800,000. 
The fine safes of the b.ank, manufactured by 
Kail, at a cost of over $5,000, and its ability to 
keep valuables in absolute security, has also led 
to the doing of a safe^deposit business for the 
general public, and money, bonds, securities and 
other valuables are here suarded and protected 
against the possibility of loss. As a depository 
of the United States the bank has, it is esti- 
mated, received and disbursed for the govern- 
ment, over $50,000,000. 

The SUtte National Bank.'--1\A% bank owns 
and occupies the elegant building on the south* 
west corner of the public K<|uare^ which it oon- 



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sMurcil tl)« best located bank bailaling iq the 
city, — a banking buainesui having been carried on 
at this corner for nearly twcntj-five years. Tlia 
State National commenced buainess on Jnniiary 
1, 1871. Its abundant cajiital of ^200,000 wa» 
gnbscribcd by a large nnmberofthe wealtliient 
and most jtroiiiinent business men of the city 
and county. Notwitfastaudlng it was the lust 
bank oi^nizcd in the city, it has steadilv grown 
in public favor and gained in profitable business 
until now it is among the lart^cst and slroiij/eRt 
financial j^iRtitutioua in the State of Illinois, as 
will be Boen by its List published statement madi- 
to the Uomptroller of the Currency at Washing- 
ton, in con))iliance with the provisions of the 
National Banking law. The following is a cO|>y 
of the statement: 

RESOURCE*. 

loanraDdDiscoDiits |7I3,S7S 3l 

ReslEstutGiindVixtuni Itt.^lW Of 

Banking Douse SO,0«W 00 

Current Expense* 3.«:l 08 

Preuiiuow 1 7,500 00 

Vnitcd Stutes four per cent. Bond*. 2.'A>->0 00 

Cash on band STV/.*;!? U 

»l,308,iit« 7« 

I.IABILITIK*. 

CupiUl ^300,000 00 

Surplus and Proflli 7l,7.n8 Wt 

CircuUlion 1*1,000 00 

DcposlU IWl.iJifl 77 

«1,308,53S 76 
It tran^icts a general banking busincsB, drawa 

its own drafts on all the principal cities of the 

United States and Europe, receives deposits and 

loans money on approved security. 
Its officers are: S. H. Jones, Pi-csident, F. K. 

Whittemore, Cashier. 

BOARD OF TRADX. 

The Springfield Board of Trade was organ- 
ised in ^iay, 1880, with one hundred members. 
Dndley Wickeisham was elccttd President; U. 
H. Miner, SccreWry; F. K. Whittemore, Treas- 
urer. R. D. I^wrenee is the prefcnt President, 
and in January, lEBl, John ti. Ives was elected 
Secretary in place of Mr. Miner, deeeared. 1'he 
Board is operated under the general syiitem gov- 
erning buch bodies. Its headqnarters are in the 
second story of the brick builiTing, on the south- 
west corner of Seventh and Washington sireela. 

riRKS AMD FtRR DKrARTUXKT. 

It has been many years since the old volun- 
teer "bucket brigade" gave way to the sys- 
tematic fire department, with its engines, hose 
carriages,aiidotherapptiaucesforextJnguisliii)ga 



fire. Fur many years* the lire department, as 
originally organiaed, was upon the volunuer 
plan, and It was not until 1H6U, tliat a paid d»- 
partmeut was thought advisable by the "powers 
that he" — the City Council. The follewiug 
named constitutes the department as it now 
exists: Thomas Dunn, Fire Marshal; John H. 
Freeman and Julius Cottett, Engineers; Merritt 
Whipple, James Davis, Firemen; Augustiis Mil> 
lor, A. O. Sanders, Ilosemen; Oscar Phillips, 
Samnel Hunt, Driven; Henry Miller, Thomas 
Itourhe, Hook and Ladder Men; Harry' Hooker, 
George Hodge, William Donnelly, Philip Iloff- 
man, John Rourke, J. C. Decker, Extra Hose* 
men. The Fire Marshal receives a salary of 
436.00 per month, and is only required to serve 
in case of Are; all other men, with the excep- 
tion of extra hosemen, receive ^55.00 per month, 
devoting their entire time to the work. The 
extra hoscmen receive ftlS.SO per month, and 
are reouired only to report for active duty ia 
case ot fire. 

The department bat two engines, with hose 
carriages, hook and ladder truck, and are anp- 
plied with such other things as they deem necea* 
sary for active ser\'ioe. 

During the year 1880-81, there were sixtT- 
KGven alarms, some of which were false ones, 
nnd tires doing damage to the amount of about 
&1 2,000, This is certainly a good record, and 
i;peaks well for the "boys." 

It is impossible to give anything like a record 
of the tires in this connection, therefore only a 
few are }nven as a specimen of how fire can de- 
strov, and to serve as a rvminder to the old 
settler. 

On Saturday evening, February 13, 1858, a de- 
structive fire occurred, beginning on the east 
side of the souare, in the crockcrv store of 
^^'il)iam AlcCaoe & Coiu]iaay, and from there 
extending to the drug store of Corneau A: Dil- 
Icr, .idjoining on the north. The next building 
destroyed was that of Uenjamine Piatt. Here, 
for a imie, the fire was stopped, bnt the wooden 
rear of the book-store of Paine, Booraem it Co. 
having c.iught from the smouldering ruins of 
McCabe's store, that house was consumed in 
Kpile of all elTorts to save it. With the destruc- 
tion of this building it was again euppoRed the 
fire was at an end, as the remaining store houses 
appeared to be entirely free from ilanger, but 
about two o'clock, a. m., the alarm wis again 
Koundcd, and it was discovered that the dry 
goods store of C. W. Matheny was on fire under 
the roof. Every elTort made to subdue it was in 
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buildinj^ were destroyeif. The heaviest loeers 
were McGabe & Co.» Cornean & Diller, Pltine, 
Booraeni & Co.» C. W. Matheny, John Cook, 
and N. II. Rtdgcly. Tlie loss by this fire was 
about %50,000. 

On Wednesday night, October Gth, 1851^, the 
freight liouse of the Chicago & Alton U&ilroad 
was destroyed by fire» together with the greater 
quantity of freight stored therein. The build- 
ing was a frame one 40x400 feet, and was of but 
little value, but a large amount of freight was 
then on hand. The loss was estimated at 
$10,000. 

On Sunday morning, April :Sl, 18G0, a fire 
broke out in a livery stable on Washington 
street, and spreading, burned several other 
buildings, including the wagon and carriage fao* 
tory of Withey Hrothers, entailing a loss upon 
this firm of $15,000. The total loss by the fire 
was about $25,0U0. 

A fire occurred Monday evening, March 13, 
1805, commencing in the drag store of T. J. V. 
Owen, druggist, destroying the building ocon* 
pied by Mr. Owen and the bookstore of A. B. 
Mackenzie. Adjoining buildings somewhat dam- 
aged. Total loss about 835,000. 

On Tuesday night, February 31, 1870, a fire 
was discovered in the fourth story of a building 
occupied by H. W. Rokker, on the east side of 
Fifth near Monroe street. The building was 
owned by Black & Amos, and was occupied by 
II. W. llokker as a book bindery; H. G. Rey- 
nolds, publisher of Masonic Trowel, and by the 
American Sewing Machine Company. It was 
entirely destroyed. The building next on the 
north, owned by Mrs. £. S. Johnson and Mr. 
Hickman was also destroyed, except the walls, 
which were left standing. The first story was 
occupied by Mr. Hammer for the sale of second- 
hand furniture, stoves and other articles. The 
building north of Mrs Johnson's was damaged 
somewhat, but not destroved. 

The Masonic Hall buikling, on the corner of 
Fifth and ^lonroe streets, was next attacked by 
the fire and the roof and third story destroyed, 
the first and second stories, with their contents, 
being saved. The third story was occupied by 
four of the Masonic lodges of the city. In this 
room were the records of the lodges, together 
with the valuable regalias belonging to the or- 
der, which were destroyed. The estimated loss 
of all parties was $07,300. 

TUB CITY OK TUB DKAD. 

'* *E:irtb to cartb. autl dust to dust!* 
Here the evil and the Juii, 
lIiTC the youthful tfn(\ the old. 



HISTORY OF SAN6AMOK COUSTV, 

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Here the fearful Hud the bokl. 
Here the matroii tmd the neld. 
In oee sHent bed are laid; 
Here the rassal and the king; 
Side by side lay wlihering; 
Here the swoia and scepter rast— 
* Earth to earth, end dust to dnsl.*" 

^Man was bom to die.** Day by dsy, the 
number of the inhabitante of the ^eity of the 
dead** inereaece. Here they remain until th^ 
resurreedon. Says Janee C Conkling, in hie 
address at the draicmtion of Oak Ridee Ceine- 
tery : ^ Standing upon the borders of ue tomb, 
methinks I hear tie mighty tread of unnum- 
bered millions, as they are traveling onwnrd 
from the cradle to the smve. Firmlvand stead- 
ilv they are pressing forward, resisUess as fate, 
ifo obstacle can impede their progress. Nmther 
the threats of power, nor the blandishments of 
love, nor the mfluenees of wealth, can cheek 
their inevitable career. Indolence cannot re- 
tard, pleasures cannot divert, riches cannot bribe 
them to halt in the midst of their onward ooursa. 
Inexorable desUny presses them forward, with- 
out a moment*s respite, to the tomb. Hie heavy 
tramp of their marbh resounds through all the 
earth. It maybe heard amid the froxen regions 
of the North, as the bold adventurer forces his 
passage across their icy plains in search of glory 
or of ffsin. It echoes anud the desert sands, 
parchM by the burning blase of a southern sun. 
From the far distant islands of the sea, mingled 
with the eternal roar of the surf Uiat dashes 
upon their roctbound shores, it comes boondu 
across the mighty waste of waters. It resounds 
with the noise of the caravan, whose bones sre 
left to bleach upon the arid plain. It is wafted 
upon our western breezes, with the dying groans 
ot thousands who rush in search of golden 
treasures. It follows in the wake of the gallant 
ship, as she plows her lonely course along the 
trackless deep. It rises above the din ot com- 
merce upon uie crowded mart In the secluded 
valley, upon tlic fertile prairie,snd on the moun- 
tain top, it is mingled with the wailing and hun- 
entations of the mourner. Amidst the wretched 
hovels of the poor, and the gorgeous iialaees of 
the rich; in tne dark lane, as well as upon the 
broad avenue, amid the whispers of affection by 
the dying couch, and above tne rasing tumult of 
the battle field, niay^ still be heara that ponde^ 
ous tread of humanity, as it marches onwsjrd to 
the grave, in obedience to the fiat ef the JU- 
mighty, * Dust thou art and unto dust shah thos 
return.'** 

The first place of deposit of the dead ef 
Springfield and vicinity, was on a lot of ground 



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NATIONAL LINCOLN 3I0XUJMENT. 



donated by Elijah Demand long known as ihc 
"Cily Grave Yard." The second is the well- 
known IlntchinEOD Cemeten", lying west of the 
City Grave Yard, and the ibird ia Oak Itiilge 
Cemetery. 

Cbarlta H. Laiipliior, E^q., who was nt ibat 
time, 1 8fi5, a meniher of the City Council, repre- 
senting the Stcond Ward,!! entitled to '.'ic credit 
of inangurating the enler)infe wliicli hrts re- 
sulted BO successfully in what Oak Uidge is to- 
day. 

From tlie tinall beginning, and the limited 
area of the first purcl)a», at a cost of ((350, it 
has now come to rnnk among the mwt uoted 
and best improved of American cemeteries. 

Tlie original plans suil plats of the grounds 
were made by Jlr. William Sidep, City Engineer. 
Under his plans tlie lots were laid out in squares, 
regardless of natural slopes and ravines, or of 
the general obaracter of the ground, wholly un- 



ad.ipled to the purpose of a rural cemetery, and 
thpy were therefore very soon abandoned. 

The second survey and plat was made by Mr. 
WilliaiQ Saunders, of Wathington, D. C. His 
ptnn, in its general features, was more practic- 
able, and in keeping with the natural features of 
the grounds. 

As i:erfe(.-ted and thus far carried out, ithaa 
been the wprk of successive Boards of Mana- 
gers, whose study and observation of older cem- 
eiorios, lo-wit, those of Boston, New York, Thib 
adelphia and Cincinnati, have enabled them to 
profit by what has elsewhere been accomplished, 
)u adapting a system of landscape gardening to 
the purposes of cemetery improvement. 

Tut- grounds of this Institation now compria* 
seventy-four acres. The first purchase of a 
tr.tct of land outside of the city limits of Spring 
field, for burial purposes, was made in June, 
I^5S, and in May, 1B50, « aooond purchase waa 



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madet enlarging the urea to twenty-eight and 
one-half ncre*. The iite chosen waa ft most 
beautiful one. Situated About tvo miict north 
of the Capit<)l, with undulatinx surface .and 
pleasing blending of hill and da^, interspersed 
with a natural growth of deciduous treci^ the 
location waa peeuliarlj- fitted for the purpose of 
sculpture. Forest trees of various speciei being 
the prevailing shade, the name of Oak Kdge 
Cemetery wn.", at the suggestion of lion. John 
Cook, Mayor of the city, given to what has now 
become one of the most iK'nutiful cemeteries in 
the land. Previous to 1653 but little improve- 
nent was made of the grounds, except to enclose 
them with a common post and board fence. On 
the 18th of April, of that year, Sir. George 
Willis was appointed sexton, by the City Council. 

Being under the exclusive control of the City 
Council, and its rules and regulations oonse* 
queutly liable to influences and changes not in 
acGordauco with the desires and feelings of lot 
owners, the cemetery did not at onoe gain the 
public favor which was desirable and neccessary 
to Its proper maiiitainance and improvemeuL It 
was therefore deemed advisable by the council 
to obtain such charter amendments as would 
more specifically define the tenure of lot owners. 
Such amendments were obtained from the legis- 
lature in 18S9. 

In Apri), 1800, under the Amended Charter, 
the first Board of jtlanagers was chosen, as fol- 
lows: Turner K. King, President; James L. 
Lamb, Gilbert S. Manning, Benjamin F. Fox; 
Prc(co Wright, Secretary. George Willis was 
appointed Sexton. 

On Thursday, the 24th of May, 18C0, acoord- 
ing to a resolution of the Board of >Ianagers 
above named, the cemetery p:ronnds as originally 
laid out, were dedicated. The Mayor anamem- 
bers of the City Council, with a l.irge conconrae 
of citizens, participated in the imposing cere* 
monies of the occasion. 

In this year, 1861, the grounds present a most 
beautiful appearance, and have a large number of 
handsome monuments, chief of which is the 
Lincoln Moiinmcnt, a fine illustration of wliieh is 
given in this work. Next after the Liiu'oln 
monument, &s a conspicuous ornament to Odk 
Ridge, is that erected to the memory of Governor 
William II. Bixsell. Situated in the eastern 
part of the cemetery, this most elaborate monu- 
ment stands upon a limestone base, seven feet 
square, and is twenty-one feet in height. It is 
cousiructed of Italian marble, and is snrninunted 
by an eagle holding a copper scroll in its beak. 



Tba Soldien* Monamcnt Is in tin nurthwcit 
put of the cemctcfj. Upon its fottr sides Bra 
the nAmes of forty Union soldiers who died in 
the serrice or at home since the oloso of the war. 
The following ire the umee: 

Alfop. E. Hendell, Hoah E. 

Anes, FUmt Urlntrie, ^— *i-ill 

Allen, IlentT W. lIc)lMn>.M. 

Ale^MDder, John \f. Uoffeit, T. 

BiMhoiv Oeorn W. Jtoon. K. T. 

Buck, William H. Orr, 8. P. 

Burrows, Junies n. Phllllm, T. U. 

Hoaby A. PhlllQw, FlWOMB F. 

ilieU, Daniel U Roumb, J. R. 



Oieen, WillUm.. , .. 

HarUn, E. B. Bell, Louis D. 

Raynte^ N. SKmebctser. Oeoi^ W. 

Henir; Tlramas F. 8wret, Andrew A. 

HI1L Baten Tmllnsan. Charlce L. 

Insels, Wltltnm T. 'n«srl1. Aanw 

Jonea, Hcnir Wallace, W. 8. 

Karanngh, S. P. Ward, WlDlani 

Kent, John Weber, Andrew J. 

Latham. Xnillam H. Wilson, Hall 

The Edwards monnment !• situated nor the 
western boundary, and oonsiati of a plain oh^ ' 
lisk and plinth of Italian marble, supported fa^ 
a limcrtono baoe, fonr teet square. 'Ilie heighu 
of tbe stradure is fourteen fecb 

The Wohlgemuth monument is one of tha 
most elaborate and beautiful yet oreoted witfaia 
the oemetery gronnds. It waa execntet] hy G. 
L. Jftmeison, of Abordeen, Scotland, and the 
siatnc of Hope, in Carara marble, by whidi it Is 
Burmonnted, was exeented in Itnly. The base is 
of red Mismnri {rranite, the second base of gny 
Sooteh, and the )>Iinth and column of red Soouih 
granite. Its coet waa 99,150. 

Other monnmcnbi which attract tin attentloa 
of a1) viHiton are the ^loClemand, ftuth, CKIh 
son, Ivurr, Washington lies, Uarrewer, C-nlvelL 
Paslicid, Ridgclr, Elijah l\e*. Smith, Flagg, 
Ilaynie, IlarreTl, Niathcny, and Batci^ 

Bl>Itl?(OriKLD WATKH WOaKO. 

For tho pnrjKMQ of establishing water WOTk% 
the uity authorities of Springlield, a few yean 
a^, purchased thirtv aiTvs of land adjoininw the 
city on the north. From the hnmneta part M tbe 
dty to this land, the surface rises S^l^y Mitil 
an elevation of eleven feet above the old Slitfs 
House grounds is attained. For the |mrpoM of 
commanding as groat an ulevMJon as poasiblsk 
the surface was made the bottom of the r c eerroir, 
and an embankment of one Imndred feet wide 
at the base, sloping equally inside and ont, nnUl 
it was rained to twenty-two feet in boi^t and 
twenty feel aeroos the top. To make n water 
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blue ciny nnd concrete, and the entire inmd«,ex- 
ccjit the bottom, covered with slabs <rf Joliet 
stone, im1>eddcd in cement. One tier of slsba, 
or flag-stoiiGH, arc laid flat od the top at the inner 
border, and a picket fence mounted on the atone 
around the enclosore. 

The reservoir is a square, rounded at the oor- 
nerft. It is two hundred feet in diameter at the 
bottom, and about two hundred and seventy-five 
at the top. inside, and has a capacuty of four 
mitlion gAllonB. The embankment i> nioelv 
sodded on the outside, and preseuta & beanUfol 
appi-arance. The earth for making tliia embank- 
ment was taken from the gronndi adjoining on 
the cast, west and north, so aa to make a minia- 
ture chain of lakes, with islands intcrspersMl. 
These islands have shrubbery planted on ihem, 
and in time will form some of the most pictur- 
esque sccnerv imaginable. There is wnat ia 
called a stand pipe in the ccnterof the reservoir. 
It stands on ihe bottom, and is seventy feet high. 
It is embedded in a pedestal of concrete masonry 
ten or twelve feet in diameter and octagonal in 
form. The pedestal rises four or five feet above 
the surface of the water. This stand pipe is 
made of iron, .ind Is three feet or more in diam- 
eter. Oil the pedestal at each of tbe eight sides 
there is a sea horse rampsnt,and a huge dolphin, 
four of each alternating, the whole fronting out- 
ward. Just above this group there is a vase, 
twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, and about ten 
feet above the vase, four swans, life size, at- 
tached to the stand pipe. Sea horses, dolphins, 
Bwais and vase, are all made of iron. The crest 
of the stand pipe is a combination of iron work, 
highlv ornamental, and extending ontward on 
all sides. 

Tliree and one auarter miles north of the res- 
ervoir, on the batik of the Sangamon riter, there 
is a house with a steam engine and two targe 
pumps in iL There is also a very large wdl. 
about one hundred feet from shore, and con- 
nected by a tunnel, A very strong set of iron 
pipes, fifteen inches in diameter, is connected 
with the well and laid underground; the three 
and a quarter milts to the reservoir passes nnder 
the embankment, and connecU with the stand- 
pipe St the bottom. These pumps at the river 
»re so arranged that either one van be made U> 
form the connecting link between the well and 
the pipe leading to the reservoir. AMien con- 
nected, one of them throws, onlinarilly, nine 
hundred and sixt^ gallons jier minute, fifty- 
seven thoufi.ind SIX hundred per hour, or one 
million three hundred and eighty-two thousand 



four hundred in Uventv-four hours, and this 
quantity can be doubled in an emeraencv. 

The top of the stand-pipe is one nundred and 
[seventy feet higher than the pumps, and t hree 
and a quarter miles distant. Put tne machine ry 
in motion, and we can soon have the water issu- 
ing on all sides, in the form of spray, from the 
ornamental work at the top of the stand-pipe, 
and falling over the swans into the vase; from 
there it is connected by pipes to the four dol- 
phins below, and from tlie month of each of 
these a stream of water spouts into the reservoir. 
In order to conduct the water to where it is 
wanted for use, there is a fifteen inch pipe tud 
from the reservoir, under ground, about one 
mile into the city; and where it is necessary to 
branch off, ten inch pipe is used, and again four 
inch, and so on down to the small pipes, leading 
into the differeut rooms of the houses. 

I have said that the ground on which the 
reservoir stands is eleven feeE above the city, 
and the water in the reservoir twenty-two feet 
higher, making thirty-three feet it will rise — 
when the pipes are properly placed in the houses 
— on the principle that water will find a level. 
Some of the buildings are higher thtn this, and 
to order to supply them with water, the pump- 
ing machinery and pipes are so arranged that 
when the engine is running at the river, water 
may be forced more than eighty feet above the 
surface, five miles away m>m the propelling 
power at the river. 

The works are constructed with the view of 
supplying a city of forty or fifty thousand 
inhabitants, and as Springfield contains only 
about twenty-five thousand, there is danger that 
too much water will he pumped up and overflow 
the reservoir. This, however, is guarded against 
by an opening in the Ktand pipe, a foot or more 
below Uie level of the euibankmeots. 'iliis 
opening in the stand pipe is connected by a 
smaller pipe, passing down inside the stand 
pilte, and out nnder the embankments, to the 
artificial lake with the islands in it, around the 
reaervoir, tliUH preventing an overflow .and sup. 
plying the artihcial lake by the same operation. 
The whole work was designed by Henry 
Earnshaw, hydraulic engineer, of the Cincin- 
nati Water Works. The engine, pumps, statu- 
ary, and all the ornamental iron work, was made 
at the foundry of Miles Orceowood, in Cincin- 
nati. Tbe construction of the work was supcr> 
intended by John C. Kagland, of Springfield, 
under orders from the eommissioncrs-^ohn 
Williams, C, W. Jlatbeny, and Dr. H, Wohl- 
gemuth. It was commenced Juno 1, ISflS, and 



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completed July I, ISG8, at » total costof at>out 
S 4 00,000. 

Joiin C. R:ii;lan<l continued to Eii)>eriiiteDd 
tlie worka for i^oiDe yearn, beiny succeeded by 
Smith \V. Kimble, and he, in tiiru, by T. >1. 
Averitt, and -M. b\ DeSouxa. 

In IdTT, steps were taken for the formation of 
the gronnds belonging to the works in which the 
reservoir is located. Drives and walks were 
laid out, and about nine hundred shade and 
ornamental trees were Ket out in conformity 
with the walks and drives and the {ilauing of 
the grounds. 

At the expiration of the fiscal year, ending 
February 28, ]i^Bl, (here were in urc nineteen 
and a half miles of ]>ipe. During the year the 

Sumping engine made three millions two hun- 
red thousand and ninety'One strokes, pumping 
four hundred and eighty millions thirteen thou- 
nand Hix hundred and fifty gallons of water. 
There were received durii'g the same time ?»3,- 
864.01 for water rents and aescssments. The 
Board of Water Commissioners foi 1881 is com- 
posed of the following Darned: H, O. I^oUex, 
President ; Geori;e Wiihey Treasurer ; and Obed 
Lewis, with H. K. Urown, Secretary ; M. F. De- 
Sonia, Siiperinti-ndent ; K. L. Wheatley, Engi- 
neer; William McCabe, Itcservoir Watchman ; 
John DanghtoD, Tapper. 

.\RTESIAX WELI.. 

Pure water is always desirable, and ever)' 
effort put forth to obtain a never-failing supply 
will meet the approval of every intelligent per- 
son. In the year 1S07 an arrangement was made 
by which the' City Council and some of the pub- 
lic spirited citizens, agreed to contribute equally 
for tne purpose of sinking an artesian well. On 
the 15lh day of June, 1S5T, an ordinance was 
l>as8ed appropriating 83,000 to defray the ex- 
penBe on the p.irt of the city, and on the 20th of 
December, 1858, 5^2,000 more was appropriated, 
and again -^iJ.OOO, March 7, 1850. This lastsum 
was never used, and the work was abandoned. 

AUL'SEUENTS. 

Jiy J. Z. r/iiWyi. 
During the winter of lS41-42,?pringlieldhnd 
Is regular theatre. In (' ' - ■ ■ 

season the dining room 
restaurant on the south side of the scjuare, in an 
old building that stood on the ground now occu- 
pied by the building used as a Ktore room by 
the Smith Jtrothcrs was used as a theatre, and in 
this room a company of perlormers apiioared 
who were managed by an actor named JeSerson, 



the father of Joe Jefferxon, the Coinediin, whoK« 
name of lat« years ba« become famous by hi« 
excellent portrayal of Hip Van Winkle. In this 
dining hall, the comedian of to-day, Joe Jeffer- 
son, luade his first appearance on any slaso. 
lie sang sonj^ such as were >ung.ii tliai time by 
"Daddy" Kice, the founder of miuKtrolsy, and 
among, young Jefferson's vocal efforts wc men- 
tion llie following: "The Spider and the FIv," 
"The Steam Arm,"and"11ie Cork i.cg." Af'ter 
appearing at this ulace quite a while the old 
theatre on Sixth street, between Monroe and 
Adams, about where the Reiner building nuv 
standi, was opened as a theatre by a cuiupanj 
under the management of Hastings & Jefferson. 
At this house, young Joe Jefferson acted, uid 
on the boards of this stage many young perform- 
ers appeared whose names afterwards became 
famous in the dramatic world. After awhile 
this building was Uken for other uses and the 
young boys of that day met there many even- 
ings, before it was regularly occupied to "iftke 
gas" and see its effects on oltiers, aniiisinir ihem- 
sclves in this way evening after evening During 
a Dcrformance given at this theatre lluory 
Riagely, then a young boy, that had raised the 
anger of a young man, much lamer than him- 
self (a son of Colonel May) and ^lay had given 
young Henry a slap in the face. Young Ridgely 
watched ' — -» . . • •• _ . ■ - 

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watched for a chance when May was not looking 
and he ran down the slightly inclined floor *aa 
witli bis head down, struck May from behind be* 



tween his knees and came near pitchin*; him out 
of a window which was open near by. This was 
his revence for the slap given him by May. 
I'his old tlieatre was afterwards used by John 
DeCamp as a bowling alley, and has been torn 
down a number of years. 

The next theatre in Springfield was the old 
Metropolitan Theatre, an old frame building 
which stood on the ground now o<'cupied by the 
Western Hotel. This theatre was used .is a place 
of amusement up to tlie cloye of the wir, and on 
its stage nj>pearcd some of the most prominent 
people on the stage. 

I'rom a local paper published in the fall of 
188], the same writer gave the following remi- 
niscences of the "Amusements of Springfield," 
covering a period of about twenty-five ye.im; 

"It h.is been a number of years since Springs 
field has h.id a place called an opera house, but 
prior to th.tt she was well supplied with nunivr- 
ons halts, all of which served as idaces for the 
traveling hhowmen to exhibit tlieir different 
eiileriainments in and furnish amusement for 
our people at that time. Among the old halla 



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were Capitol Hall, which was in the third story 
of the ohl Biinn's bank building, (now used as 
an Odd Fellow's hall,) Concert Hall, on the 
north side of the square, now used as a photo- 
graph gallery; Cook*s IIall« east side of th« 
square, and J>urkhardt's Hall, the last namod 
being used of late years as a hall for danc- 
ing, and Metropolitan Hall, located in the old 
frame building on the ground now occupied by 
by the Western Hotel. In these old halls, Maraie 
Mitchell, Siddons, Jennie Hight, Virginia 
Howard, liaura Keene, Edwin Forest, Edwin 
Booth, McKean Huchanan, Bob. IVIeldruui and 
other stellar attractions made their appearance, 
while the numerous other traveling attractions 
filled engagements at some one of the above 
halls. VL Ru«lolph, who several years ago was a 
prominent citizen of Springfield, recognizing the 
wantwDf a first-class place of amusement, erected 
on the corner of Sixth and Jefferson streets, 
what was termed by him an opera house, and 
was known as Rudolph's Opera House, bot 
which should have been more properly named 
and calle<l Kudolph's Folly, for it was a great 
barn of an edifice with no accommodations in it 
either for the audience or actor. Tlie building 
was always considered by many of our people 
unsafe, and it is probably well that it was bumed 
down as it was, for it might have fell and been 
the means of destroying many lives if it bad 
remained and been used as a place of amusement 
for any length of time. 

" \V^hen Rudolph's Opera House was first 
opened, the manager was George J. Deagle, of 
St. Louis, who not knowing anything of the peo- 
ple of the city, brought a very poor company 
( with one or two exceptions) to commence the 
season. The opening was made before the build- 
ing was entirely finished, the opening attraction 
being J. B. Studley in the play of ^Eustache 
Baud in.' Aside from Mr. Studley .ind the 
com4»ily roles of Edwin Wight and wife, the rest 
of the company were very poor indeed, and the 
newspapers being outspoken in their denuncia- 
tion of the ]>erformance, manager Deagle closed 
the house at the end. of the first week^for two 
weeks — until he could engage a better lot of 
people. At his opening of the season the second 
time his company was a much better one, and in- 
cluded among its members, besides Mr. and Mrs. 
Wight, J. K. Vernon, Frank Rose and Annie 
Ward. The latter named has been dead for a 
nunil>er of years past. Deagle kept the house 
open, playing some first-class attractions during 
the whole season, and the next season li. Ru- 
do]>h, with J. U. Huntley as business manager, 



gave another season of amusements to the people 
of the city. During tliese two seasons of a regular 
theatre in Springfield, many well known celebri- 
ties ap|>eared and were well patronized by our 
people. Among those who filled engagements 
at this house were Lotta, Laura Keene, who was 
Uie stellar attraction playing in the play of * Our 
American Cousin' at \ ord's Theatre, the night 
l^resident Lincoln was assassinatetl, and who 
alone had the presence of mind to lift and hold 
np tbc wounded man's head after the act was 
committed; Vestvali, Sue Denin, Emelie Mel- 
ville, Edwin Forrest, Mollie Williams'and Felix 
Vincent, Mrs. Farren and ^V. E. Sheriden, Es- 
telle Potter, Kate Fisher, and others whose 
names are now forgotten. I^tta played a three 
week's engagement while here, and strange as it 
may seem to many now, her house was large 
every night of the' engagement. Forrest, who 
played his master-part of ' Richelieu' and ap- 
peared in *Jack Cade,' also, had two of the 
largest aadiences ever assembled in the old 
house. The writer remembers a little incident 
connected with Forrest during his stay in this 
city, which goes to prove that the man's nature 
wais not hard and cold as many newspaper writ- 
ers of to-day would make people thiuR. The 
great actor was walking along one of our streets 
during the day while in Springfield, when, upon 
passing a stairway near the square, a little tod- 
dling child came out on the walk directly in 
front of the old tragedian. . At the sight of the 
little one a smile lit up the face of Forrest, and 
stooping down he lifted the babe up in his arms 
and wi£ it walked up and down the pavement, 
all the time tilking to the little one, and neither 
looking at or speaking to any one passing by. 
The mother of the b^>e who was in the stair- 
way at the time looking on, was the wife of a 
mechanic in the city. She did not know who 
the old gentleman was who had her child in his 
arms, but seemed to enjoy the pleasure the liitle 
one's i>rattle afforded him, and waited until For- 
rest had tired himself out with the exercise, and 
placing the child before its mothiT, walked on 
his way without even speaking to the mother or 
letting her know who nad been so much taken 
up with the little one. His heart could not have 
been so hard, nor was he so void of feeling when 
a little child's prattle could so thoroughly enter- 
tain him as did this little one. 

*< Susan Denin was probably the most beauti- 
ful as well as the most business-like lady artist 
that ever appeared in the opera house. She 
would alone go to the printing ofiices and give 
her own instructions to the printer who was en- 



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gaged io composing any of hor ]>rinting; telling 
bim just what lines to i1isi>1ay, and when lier 
directions were carefully followed out sbe never 
complained of any work executed for her. 
Vostvali, termed *tbe magnificent/ failed to 
keep the whole of her engagement here because 
of too much wine drinking, which incapncitated 
her for acting. This talented artiste has been 
dead several years. Emelie Melville, one of the 
best lady attractions at this house, was accompa- 
nied here by her mother, and while in the city, 
every Sabbath morning and evening the mother 
and daughter might have been seen in attend- 
ance at one of our churches, plainly dressed, 
worshiping the Father above with all the devo- 
tion of true Christians, which they most cer- 
tainly bore evidence of being at all tiroes. Ed- 
win Wight, comedian and ^lage manager of the 
house for a long term, was a good actor and a 
pleasant gentleman. Mr. Wight is at present 
a resident of St Louis, and during the fall 
and winter seasons, passes his time in 
managing a small company of his own, 
playing in the smaller towns. Sirs. Farren, who, 
during her stay at the opera house here, made 
many friends, is still before the public, though 
well along in years. W. E. Sheridan is at 
present siarin^ in the legitimate. J. K. Ver- 
non, who was leading man at the opera house 
here, is at present acting in variety houses in the 
larger cities. Annie Ward is dead; she departed 
this life several years ago, after having first at- 
tained (juite a high place in the dramatic world. 
Her old * flame,' Frank Rose, was afterwards 
married to another lady, and they are both act- 
ing now in stock companies in the east. 

'•Before closing this sketch, 1 wish to make 
mention of the jolly old leader of the orchestra 
at this house, Profcpsor Fessenden. The Pro- 
fessor was a capital leader, and as jovial and 
pleasant a man as one would wish to meet with, 
and added much to the entertainments of that 
time by the excellent mu>ic he furnished. 

** During the seasonsof 1808-0, the Stock Com- 
pany of the Olympic Theater, St. I^ouis, made 
frequent visits to this city, appearing here during 
the entzagement of other attractions at the thea- 
ter in St. Louis. This company was managed 
by Mr. Frank Evans, the leading man of the 
company, who at present is manager and leading 
man for the 15artley Campbell Galley Slave 
Company. Among the people who were mem- 
bers of the Olympic Company appearing here, 
we remember Air. Frank Evans, Mr. J. W. 
Albaugh, Mary Mitchell, (sister of Maggie) Bob 
Duncan and Dolly Davenport, both of whom are 

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since dead, W^ P. Sheldon, the comedian, Misa 
Frankie McClellan, who afterwards became Mw. 
Dolly Davenport, and Mrs. W. P. Sheldon. It 
was during one of the engagements of the 
Olympic Company in this city, that Mr. Frank 
Ev«anH fir t played the role of Claude Melnotte, 
w^hich performance was so highly praised by the 
local critics at that time. 

'* As before stated the old Rudolph Openi House 
was destroyed by fire, and on its site Jaiob 
Bunn, Esq., erected a hall which was used as an 
opera house until the building was pnrchased by 
George W. Chatterton and afterwards altered 
with enlarged additions, and the present new and 
elegant Opera House built in its place, which the 
people of Springfield are favored with at present, 
fhe new house was opened by a concert of mixed 
talent, headed by MMl Litta, and since that titne 
many of the best attractions in the country have 
appeared on its stage.*' 

niOiiRAlMIICAL. 

With the exce]>tion of works on fiction, no 
class of literature is read more, or more sought 
after in public libraries, than biogra)»hy. There 
is alw*ays a desire to know something about 
those of whom w*e have heard; something of the 
life work of individuals. Id response to this 
general desire, we ghe short biographical 
sketches of many of the leading men and women 
in this county. These sketches, for convenience 
of reference, and to save the necessity of index- 
ing, are arranged in alphel)etical order. Repre- 
sentatives of the Bar are found in connection 
with the Bar histor}', pages seventy- six to one 
hundred and thirty-nine. 

CapL John J/. Adair, Springfield, III., waa 
born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, May 11, 
1840. When eight years of age his parents emi- 
grated to Carroll county, Illinois; he was reared 
on a farm until seventeen years of age, when he 
was employed as a clerk, which occupation he 
followed till 1601 ; he then enlisted in the Forty- 
fifth Regiment Illinois Voluotcers, Company K, 
as a private; was mustered in at Mount Carroll, 
Illinois, September 14th, 18G1; thence to Camp 
Washburn, Galena, Illinois; was pmmoted to 
First Sergeant November 22, ISGl. Regiment 
moved to Cam]) Douglas, Chicago, where it re- 
mained until January 12, 18G2; was promoted 
to Second Lieutenant, December 1, 1801; irom 
Chicago went to Cairo, and February 3, 1863, 
left Cairo for Fort Henry, where they were to " 
intercept the rebels; from Fort Henry he went 
to F«>rt Donalson,and particijiatcd in its capture; 
remained until March 4, 1802, when they broke 
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they took boats for Savannah; then to Pittsburg 
Landing, where his regiment was engaged both 
dayn; was also at the siege and capture of Cor^ 
inth. During the summer of 1862, he was sta- 
tioned at Jackson, Tennessee, and the regiment 
w*a8 detailed to guard the railroad company, 
being assigned to Toon's Station, twenty- two 
milts from Jackson. On the 29th day ot August, 
Armstrong's lavalry raided the countr}"- in the 
vicinity of Jackson, and struck Toon's Station, 
where a severe scrimmage took place; November 
2, broke camp at Jackson, and participated in the 
Mihsissippi campaign to Oxford, under General 
Grant, and whi e on this move, the regiment had 
to subsist on ear corn (allowing three eais for a 
lation,) for two weeks; they, in the meantime, 
constructed a mill to grind it into meal. The 
command returned to Memphis, remained in 
camp for a time, and then proceeded down the 
Mississipj)) river and participated in the capture 
of Vicksuurg. While ou the Mississippi cam- 
paign, Captain Adair was promoted to Second 
Lieutenant November 4th, 18G2, and soon there- 
after to First Lieutenant. 

During the Vicksburg campaign and the 
greater part of the time of the siege, he was in 
command of the company, as Fisk, captain of 
the company, was on detached duty. 

During the siege of Vicksburg Captain Fisk 
was promoted to Major of his regiment, and 
Captain Adair received another promotion as his 
successor and earned his title of Captain during 
that memorable siege. 

Aftxjr the capture of Vicksburg and during the 
summer of 1SG3, Captain Adair was on detached 
service as Assistant Provost Marshal at Vicks- 
burg, in charge of river transportation and 
general business of the city. In the fall of 1803 
the regiment veteranized, and the following 
spnng was given a veteran furlough for thirty 
days. Captain Adair was relieved as Assistant 
Provost Marshal, and returned to his home 
with the regiment. In April, 18G4, he returned 
to duty, the Forty-fifth Regiment being attached 
to the Seventeenth Army Corps, when they par- 
ticipated in the Atlantic campaign. 

Capt. Adair resigned on account of ill liealth 
and returned to his home in Mt. Carroll, in 18G5. 
Sli*»rtly after was employed as Deptity Circuit 
Clerk of Carroll county, under Maj. Nase in Mt. 
Carroll, where he remained until 18G8; during 
the terra, and in the winter of 1807, was Assis- 
tant Secretary of the State Senate; in the summer 
of 1808, botight the Carroll Countv Gaxette, at 
Lannrk, Illinois, and was associated with J. R. 
llowlett in its publication until the spring of 



1871; in 18G0, was elected chief enrolling and 
engrossing clerk of the Senate. After disposing 
of his interest in the Gazette, he became sole 
publisher and proprietor of the Mt. Carroll 
Mirror, which he conducted until 1874; in July 
of the same year he was appointed by Colonel 
Ilarlow, Secretary of State, to take charge of the 
department of indexes and archives in the office 
of the Secretary of State, which position he has 
held since, with the exception of the winter of 
1881, when he was chief clerk of the Secretary 
of the State. The work upon which Captain 
Adair has been engaged, is one of great impor- 
tance to the public service, and to be fully appre- 
ciated it must be understood that until his 
appointment, the files of the State department 
were in utter confusion, and the records without 
the means of reference. Out of this disorder 
and confusion, system and order have been 
wrought, and it is doubtftil if any State in the 
Union has a better system of indexes or a more 
ready means of reference to its flies and records 
than Illinois, at least as far as the work has pro- 
gressed, for it is proper to say that it is not yet 
complete. It was organized and systemized 
under tlie intelligent direction of Captain Adair, 
and perhaps no person in the State lias so full a 
knowledge of facts and State Legislative history 
as he has, in consequence of his long and inti- 
mate association with the public business and 
the special business of the departments. 

In 1878, Mr. Adair marriea Miss Kebecca T. 
Ilaldcrman, of Mt. Carroll, a daughter of Na- 
thaniel and £lizabeth Ilaldcrman, 

General Moses K. Anderson^ Springfield, was 
born near Bowling Greeny Kentucky, November 
11, 1803; was reared on a farm, and received a 
limited education, having to go three miles, on 
foot, to school. The school building was a log 
structure; the seats beinc made from slabs of 
logs, and pins put in for legs. His father and 
mother died when he was very young, and he 
went to live with an uncle, William Anderson, 
who treated him as a son. 

In 1827, he married Miss Cassarilla, daughter 
of Thomas and Sarah Stroud, of Dixon county, 
Tennessee, and the following year came to this 
county, w*here Mrs. A. died, August 17, 1850, 
leaving six d.iughters and three sons. For his 
second wife Mr. A. married his wife's sister, who 
was a mother to his children. She also died, 
November 24, 1880*. After coming to this 
county, Mr. A. located in Cartwright township. 
Being without means, he was forced to borrow 
money of Eli (\ Hlankenship, and pay fifty per 
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of land, he built a log cabin, twelve feet 8<)iiare; 
it was their kitchen, parlor and loom-room, liis 
wife also spinning and weaving clothin*^ for 
the family and their neighbors. Mrs. AndersoD 
was a sincere Christian, being a member of the 
Christian Church, and was loved and respected 
by all who knew her. They went to church with 
an ox team and double wagon, leading one- ox 
with a rope, and tying him to a sapling during 
service. Mr. A. remained on the farm until 
18C0, when he came to Springfield, where he has 
lived most of the time since. 

The General accumulated a large tract of land, 
and was the second largest tax payer in the 
county. Previous to the Black Hawk war, he 
was elected Colonel of a regiment of militia, 
and at that time was Captain of a company, but 
was never ordered out. Shortly after the war 
he was elected Brigadier General of the malitia 
of the State, having competed with Colonel 
Dawson, of this county, and Colonel Bailey, of 
Tazewell county. At the time the State Capital 
was removed to this city. Colonel Berry was 
Adjutant General. As it was necessary for him 
to be a citizen of the county, and he being en- 
gaged in business, he resigned his office, and 
General Anderson was appointed by Governor 
Carlin to fill his place; he held the office for 
eighteen years. He was Justice of the Peace 
twenty-eight years, and held several other local 
offices of trust. 

Thomas Armstrong^ of the firm of R. B. Zim- 
merman & Co., is a native of Dublin, Ireland; 
born in May, 1831. He le.irned the painter's 
trade there, beginning at the age of fourteen 
years, and pursued it till he crossed the Atlantic, 
m 1862, locating immediately in Springfield, 
Illinois. He was employed as a journeyman by 
Mr. Zimmerman until he became a member of 
the firm, in 1871. They keep a large stock of 
wall papers, window shades, glass, oiN and 
painters' supplies; do all kinds of painting, 
graining, frescoing and sign writing, at which 
they work from fifteen to twenty-five men. Mr. 
Armstrong was married in his native country to 
Margaret Ostenburg, in 1850. They have five 
children. 

jT, M, Ashury^ M, /)., Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in ^IcLanesboro, Hamilton county, 
Illinois, July 6, 1848, son of Wesley and Susan 
M. (Mitchell) Asbury ; father a native of North 
Carolina, and came to this State in 1S44; at 
present engaged in farming ; mother a native of 
Illinois. Her father, Ichabod Mitchell, was 
among the earliest settlers of Hamilton couiity, 
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Tlie subject of this sketch was • reared in his 
native town, where he received an elementary 
school education. When sixteen years of age 
he enlisted in the Sixtieth Illinjis Volunteer 
Infantrv, Company A, and remained until the 
close of the war. He particlpattd in the march 
to the sea, with Sherman. After the war ended 
he attended the High School of McLanesboro, 
and in the meantime read medicine with Dr. 
David Barry; in 1868, he went to Minnesota, 
wheie he was employed in a drug store, and at 
the same time, continued his*raodical studies; 
in two years, returned to Illinois, when he 
studied under his old preceptor; in 1871, 'tt- 
tended lectures at Cincinnati Eclectic Medical 
College, and graduated may 19, 1873. The 
Doctor is a member of the Masonic ord^r ; was 
Master Mason, and represented his old lodge in 
McLanesboro three years. January 1, 1877, he 
married Miss Mary Webb, daughter of John 
Webb, of Hamilton county, Illinois, where she 
was born. He is a member of the Illinois State 
Eclectic Medical Societv. 

IMlllam JB. Baker^ lumber merchant, corner 
Wabash Railroad and Jefferson street, and pro- 
prietor of planing mill on Ninth street, keeps in 
?'ard a large stock of building and finishing 
umber, shingles, lath, sash, doors, blinds, mould- 
ings, lime, plaster, sewer-pipe, etc., m which he 
has a large retail and some wholesale trade. 
His sales for 18S0, counting lumber by the foot, 
and lath and shingles by the thousand, footed up 
between three and four million, besides those of 
other articles. His mill is a frame building 
erected in 1872, thirty by fifty-five feet, and 
equipped with machinery and appliances for 
doing all kinds of planing, sawing and lumber- 
yard work, with a capacity for dressing twenty- 
five thousand feet per day. 

Mr. Baker was born m Connecticut in 1843; 
came to Springfield, Illinois, in 185*3; began 
learning the machinist trade when thirteen years 
of age, and continued in that business until he 
went into the lumber trade, in company with J. 
II. Schuck, as Schuck & Baker, in 1805. At the 
end of twelve years he became sole owyer, and 
has since carried on business alone. January 1, 
1881, he formed a partnership with Mr. llintse^ 
of Chicago, and established a wholesale business 
in sash, doors, blinds and mouldings, on Lumber 
street in that city, which is doing an extensive 
trade. In June, 1801, I^Ir. Baker enlisted in the 
United States Service as a member of Company 
I, Seventh Illinois Infantry; served three years 
and was mustered out in August, 1854. In De- 
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3[is8 Adelia, youngest daughter of James L. 
inily of Spr'mgfield. They are the parents of 
onpson, llalph Norton Baker, thirteen years old. 
^/^CUorye A. Battou^ grocer, 320 North Sixth 
street, opened the business in his present loca- 
tion in the spring of 1865, and is consequently 
one of the oldest grocers in the city. Uis store 
is ] 8x1 00 feet, crowded with a general assort- 
n\ent of family groceries and provisions. lie 
also has a feature of flour and feed. He carries 
on a large retail trade, extending over a large 
p irtion of the city, employing three to four 
nan 'Is and two delivery teams. 

Mr. Ballou was bora and reared in New 
Hampshire; at the age of twenty years became 
west and located near Keokuk, Iowa, being en- 
tirely unacquainted with any person, and having 
but one gold dollar as cash capital. For about 
five years he taught school in Iowa and Illinois; 
at the end of which time he came to Springfield 
and embarkei in his present line of merchan- 
dising. In 1864 Mr. Ballou was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Mary J. Robertson, of Jackson- 
ville, Illinois, who was born and reared in San- 
fi^imon county. Six sons and a daughter have 
been born to them, of whom the daughter and 
one son are deceased. The five sons range in 
age from sixteen to eiecht years. Mr. Ballou is 
a member of Lodge No. 465, I. O. O. F., and 
one of the Directors of the Springfield Board of 
Trade. Mrs. B. is connected with the Baptist 
Church. 

Alexander Ballou married Susan Ray; and 
the subject of this sketch is the second of their 
family of five sons, four of whom were soldiers in 
the late civil war; two lost their lives in the 
service. Mr. Ballou and one brother and mother 
arc all now alive, the latter residing in his native 
State. 

George Baitmantij grocer, Springfield, Illi- 
nois, was born in the State of Baden, Germany, 
October 21, 1«35. When fifteen years of a<;e, 
he came to the United States; landed in New 
Orleans, then via boat to St. Louis, where he 
remained a short time, thence to Springfield; 
worked by the month a short time, then went to 
Dor win «& Dickeys and learned the trade of 
tinner; remained with them nine years; after- 
wards bought the interest of Dorwin; formed a 
partnershij> with a man named Robinson, and 
remained m company with him four years, when 
he sold out and went in company with a Mr. 
Kennett, and was with him one year; then en- 
gaged with Robinson again, and continued in 
the business until 1871; formed a partnership 
with Mr. Leggott, and was with him until 187.% 



when he embarked in his present business, wbieh 
he has followed since, lie married Miss Calli- 
erine Dinkel, and they have seven children — ^five 
boys and two girls. He is a member of the 
order of I. O. O. F. Lodge 166, of Springfield, 
Illinois. 

Joseph Baum^ marble dealer, Springfield, IIU- 
nois, was born in Colon, Germany. OctolMr S, 
1838. When seventeen years old be traveled 
through the principal countries of Europe, and 
at the age of twenty, was put into the Prussian 
army, where he remained four years. In 1848, 
he was in the Polish war, where he lost the sight 
of one of his eyes. In 1854 he landed in New 
York, where he worked for Fisher & Beard four 
years ; from there went to Charleston, S. C; was 
there at the breaking out of the war, when he 
was doins a thriving business. With difficulty 
he left the South with his wife and four chil* 
dren. Through the influence of friends, he got a 
passport of Governor Pickens, and ihey started 
for Richmond; endured many trials and hard- 
ships before arriving at Richmond. Receiving 
a hint that whisky was better to buy bis way 
than money, be bought some for i^O per bottle, 
which was a great help to him. He started out 
from Richmond, having added one more to hie 
number, a French lady who wanted to get 
through the lines; but after many a long day, 
camping out nights, and being robbed by every- 
body he came in contact with, be finally suc- 
ceeded in crossins the Potomac, paying $10 in 
gold, per head, tor ferrying them over, and 
reached the Union lines; from there he went to 
New York, where he commenced work; in 18G4 
came to Chicago, where he was employed to do 
the fine work on Crosby's Opera House; remained 
there a short time, then came to Springfield, and 
has been in business here ever since. He mar- 
ried Miss Antonette Schundy, of Germany; by 
this union there were eleven children, ten of 
whom are livin<j, five sons and five daughters. 

Iloratio Barawell Buck^ M. 2>., is the youngest 
of a family of four sons and five daughters 
of Dr. Reuben and Alice (Jaynith) Buck, and 
was born in York county, Mune, on January 
27, 1832. Dr. Reuben Buck sprans from 
Scotch ancestrv, and was bom near Boston, 
Massachusetts, in which city he was educated, 
and after graduation, married Miss Jaynith and 
settled in Acton, York county, Maine, where 
he passed a long and successful professional 
life, dying in his eighty-eighth year, having 
lost his wife ten years previously, at the age 
of seventy-six. Dr. H. B. Buck was educated 
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coarse; and early evincing a strong desire to 
enter his father^s profession, was encouraged to 
bend every circn instance and effort to prepare 
himself for the calling he has and is filling with 
such distinguished ability. In 1851, he began 
studying medicine with his father and elder 
brother, then partners. During nearly four 
years of his reading he taught several winter 
terms of school, from choice riither than neces- 
sity. Having passed through the full curricu- 
lum of the medical department at Bowdoin Col- 
lege, Maine, and desiring a diploma from the 
best college in the country, the Doctor i^ntered 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the 
autumn of 1855, from which he received the 
degree of M. D., in 1850, together with a private 
letter of recomuicndation from Dr. Joseph Pan- 
coast, then a very eminent surgeon. Doctor 
Buck at once commenced practice in Philadel- 
phia, and continued successfully until the fall of 
1802, when, responding to our country's call, he 
entered upon surmcal duty under government 
contract at Columbia College Hospital. At the 
close of six mouths, the Doctor wishing to enter 
the army as a commissioned officer, passed a 
rigid ex miinaiion before the Board at Washing- 
ton, and with a Surgeon's commission signed by 
President Lincoln, took charge of the regular 
artillery attached to the Seond Army Corps, in 
March, 1803. He was with the Army of the 
Potomac in all the battles of that year's cam- 
paigns, and while in winter quarters, late in the 
winter of 1803-4, the Doctor made application 
for a position which would afford him more ex- 
tensive hospital experience. The request resulted 
in his being assigned Surgeon-iu-Chief of the 
camp at Springfield, Illinois, the rendezvous of 
the troops of the State, where he arrived in 
February, 1804, and found the disabled soldiers 
in the care of eleven contract surgeons, and with 
no hospital buildings but ordinary barracks. 
Doctor Buck at once set about providing better 
accommodations for the sick and wounded; drew 
)lans and specifications for eight new hospital 
uildings, each one hundred and twenty-four by 
twenty-four feet in dimensions, which were ap- 
proved by the government and speedily erected. 
The buildings were modern in construction, with 
every provision for cleanliness and ventilation, 
the grounds and surroundings were decorated 
and beautified. The wisdom of the measure 
was demonstrated in the reduction of mortality 
more than fifty per cent, from its completion. 
Doctor Buck also had control of the Soldiers' 
Home of the city, and of the sick at the officers' 
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medical service at the front being diminished. 
Doctor Buck was transferred, by order, to Mad- 
ison, Wisconsin, and, associated with Doctor 
Culbertson, of Ohio, spent six months in wind- 
ing up a large general hospital. This ended hia 
official labors; and late in the autnran of 1865, 
he settled permanently in Springfield, and im- 
mediately engaged in a lucrative and annually 
increasing private medical practice, by which he 
has attained an enviable degree of eminence, 
with promise of an extended career of still 
greater achievements in the future. In 1867, 
Doctor Buck joined the Illinois State Medical 
Societv, and has since successively filled several 
of its important official chairs; was its delegate 
to the American Medical Association, at Phila- 
delphia, in 1876. He is also a member of the 
Tri-Sute ^Icdical Society, composed of Indiana, 
Illinois, Kentucky, and the cities of Cincinnati 
and St. Louis; was chosen its President for 1880. 
Through his seal and labors, one of the largest 
and most interesting sessions of the society ever 
witnessed was held in Ijouisville, Kentucky, be- 
fore which the Doctor read an elaborate and 
carefully prepared paper on **The Science of 
Medicine,'^ wiiich evinced such erudition and 
literary merit that it elicited the highest cncon- 
iums of the profession and the press, and earned 
for its author a proud reputation as a writer of 
clearness, force and elegance. Tlie Doctor served 
for years as Secretary of the Sangamon Medical 
Society, and is now its President. In March, 
1863, he married Miss Liszie« daughter of George 
K. Heller, a much respected and influential citi- 
zen of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Her mother 
was Sarah Nice, before marriage. Mrs. Buck is 
the third of their family of two sons and two 
daughters. The Doctor and wife are the parents 
of three daughters and a son alive, and one 
daughter, deceased. 

Jftmen JL BarkUy^ furniture merchant, SI 9 
South Fifth street, embarked in the business in 
Springfield as a member of the firm of Nutt ^ 
Barkley in 1868, on the north side of the square. 
In August, 1875, he bought his partner's interest, 
and has since been sole proprietor. May 1, 1881, 
he moved to his present building, one hundred 
and twenty by twenty-five feet, of which he oc- 
cupies three stories and the basement. The 
place is heavily stocked with the most popular 
styles of parlor and general household furniture, 
and furnishings, fine pictures and mouldings, the 
whole comprising an exhibit rarely met with in 
cities the size of Springfield. The annual sales 
amount to the snug sum of sixty thousand dol- 
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and the center building of which is couiiileted. 
The entire superstructure is to be of sandstone; 
will be ei'jjht hundred and thirty-one by two 
hundred feut in area, and cost about >«S50,0(K). 
He and his partner are the architects of the 
Passfield Block and the Central Block, erected 
in 18Sl,the two finest business blocks in Spring- 
field. They also furnished the plans for a school 
building in Chester, Illinois, which is to cost 
$ci7,0ud. Mr. Bell was born near the old battle 
ground on the l>randywine, in Chester county, 
Pennsylvania, and is thirty-three years of age; 
came with parents to Bloomington, Hlinois, in 
ISo^l, where they still reside. His father, Chalk- 
ley l>ell, is a (Quaker farmer. The subject of 
this article married Adda Van Hoff, in 1871, in 
Springtii'ld, in the same house in nhich she was 
born. They have two children of each sex. 

Stt/tnuiHi Benjamhi^ clothing merchant and 
dealer in gentlemen's furnishing goods, 102 
South Sixth street, has been carrying on the 
business in Springfield since 1807 ; for about ten 
years on the north side of the square, and since 
October, 1878, in his present store. He keeps 
a large slock of clothing and gentlemens^ fur- 
nishings, in which he does a heavy retail trade, 
amoinuing, in ls79, to about §3c),OuO ; in 1880, 
to >«-l 5,000, with an increase in 1881 that prom- 
ises sales of 850,000 for the year. Before com- 
ing to Springfield, Mr. Benjamin was located 
some years in Kansas City, Missouri, with a 
promiilent firm in the same line of business. 
He was born in Germany, and is forty -one years 
old ; came to the United Slates at the age of 
eighteen; spent two years and a half in Peoria, 
Illinois, whence he went to Kansas City. He 
landei in Peoria without a dollar ; hence liis 
large business and fine residence property on 
North Sixth street, are the result of his individ- 
ual industry and enterprise. In 1869, he married 
Miss Mary Stern, of Springfield. They have 
two sons and a daughter. Mr Benjamin is a 
Master .Mason, and a member of the Order of 
Benai lierith, Kmes Lodge, No. ; also of A. 
O. IT. W., and has passed through all the chairs 
of Capital City Lodge, No. :i8, of that order. 

Johfi />res,<tu€i\ dry goods merchant, in Cen- 
tral Block, southeast corner of Adams and Sixth 
streets, has been identified with the dry goo<is 
trade of Springfield thirty-three years, thirty 
years of the time in one store, opposite the ele- 
gant new building he now occupies, and into 
which his stock was moved from the old store 
across Sixth street in September, 1881. Three 
floors and basement of tliis beautiful building 
are used for Mr. Bressmer's extensive retail busi- 



ness. The first story, 1 10x25 fi»et, 's devi»ted to 
dry good^, notions and yarns; the second floor, 
comprising the entire block, 110x43 feet, is used 
for carpets upholster goods and curtiins; the 
third floor for work room and storage pur|H>ses; 
the basement to oilcloths and mattings. The 
Central Block was erected and arranged with 
a special view to the purposes for which it is 
used, and is a model of its class. The stock of 
goods in every department of this house is lari^e 
and varied, to suit the taste and pnrse of pur- 
chasers in every stition of life. Tlie carpet 
room is one of the finest and most ample in the 
West, and the stock of cirpets curtains and 
fancy trimmings it contains is rarely equalled 
anywhere. In this feature, Mr. B. has the heavi- 
est trade in this part of the State. John Bress- 
mer is a native of Gennany, bom in 183.1. He 
crossed the Atlantic in 1848, and came ric# New 
Orleans to Illinois. Tending at Pekin, Tazewell 
county, he walked across the country to Spring- 
field, and being a stranger in the land, without 
money, he worked as a common laborer at what- 
ever offered, for three years. He began bis mer- 
cantile career as a clerk in the store of Ilurst & 
Taylor. Aliout 1858, he became a member of 
the firm of ]\Iatheny ct; Co., and ten years later 
became sole proprietor, and has since conducted 
the business alone. By upright dealing and indi 
cious management he has ste.idily increasea the 
volume, of trade until it is one of the largest in 
Central Illinois. The house requires a force of 
seventeen people to dischar<^e its business. 

George M, Jinnkcrhofi^ Secretary of the 
Springfield Iron Company; was born at Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1839. lie was 
grail uated from Pennsylvania College at that 
)>lace in the class of 1859, and immetliately 
came to Springfield, Illinois, for the purpose of 
teaching in the Illinois State University, which 
)»osition he held for two vears. He commenced 
rea<ling law while in college, and continued it 
while teaching; was admitted to the bar in 
Springfield, but never engaged in active prac- 
tice. During tiie late civil war he was disnurs- 
ing clerk in the office of the Auditor of State 
and had entire charge of the war fund, its re- 
ceipts and disbursements. He was elected City 
Comj>troller, held the office two or three years, 
at the end of which he became Superintendent 
of the Insurance Department of the Auditor^s 
office, retaining that position until chosen Secre- 
tary for the Springfield Iron Company in 1871, 
since which time he has had the (j^eneral super- 
vision of their vast business. Vrum 1805, to 
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businesA as a private money aod bond broker, 
having in that lime made more than ten thou- 
sand loans. In |)olitics Mr. Brinkerhoff has al- 
ways been a staunch Republican, and one of the 
party ^8 mo^t active members in Sangamon 
county for years, lie united in marriage with 
Isabella G., daughter of £. H. Ilawley, of 
Springfield, on August 4, li><>2. Two sons and 
three daughters arc the result of their union. 

George N, Blacky is a descendant from Puri- 
tan ancestry, and was born Marcn 15, 1833, in 
Ilerkshire county, Massachusetts. His parents 
were William M. and Pe|isis Black, nee Fuller. 
His educational opportunities were comprised in 
the common schools and academic course in his 
native State. From fourteen yearn of age he 
became self-supporting, and in October, 1850, 
came to Springfield, Illinois, and entered the 
employ of Colonel John Williams as clerk in his 
dry goods store, on a salary of $15 per month. 
Six years later young Jjlack was received as a 
partner by bis employer, the firm assuming the 
title of John Williams & Company. After a 
continuation of a quarter of a century, this part- 
nership was dissolved by the sale of their uusi- 
ness to C. A. Gehrman, in September, l^SO. In 
addition to his mercantile business Mr. Black 
has been prominently identified with most of 
the public enterjirises which have inured to the 
growth and prosperity of Springfield and Sanga- 
mon county; and has zealously labored to ad- 
vance the best interests of the community. He 
was one of the company organized to build the 
Leland Hotel; was one of tiie original ctmipany 
that projected and constructed the Pana, Spring- 
field 1^ Northwestern Railroad, of which he was 
made a Director and Secretary. This line is 
now a part of the O. & M. Railroad. He was 
also one of the prime movers in the Gilman, 
Clintou &, Springfield Railroad, of which he was 
a one-tenth owner. This is now the Springfield 
branch of the Illinois Central Railroad. He 
was one of the original movers in the construc- 
tion of the Springfield & Northwestern Rail- 
road; was ai)))ointed I Receiver of the same in 
1875, and hail charge of it four years. After the 
road waa sold and the company re-organi/.ed. 
Jlr. Black operated it as General Manager fif- 
teen months. He was cishicr of the First 
National Bank of Springfield the first year of 
its existence; was one of the organizers and 
original stockholders of the Springfield* City 
Railway Company, and acted as its Treasurer 
till the last two yeai*s, since which lime he has 
been a Director and Vice President. He was 
one of the original movers in the formation of 



the Illinois Watch Company, in which he ]»ut 
^8,000 ca))it.'il and considerable lal>or, and held 
the office of Treasurer about two years. He ban 
been Secretary and Treasurer of the Barclay 
Coal Mining Company from its organization in 
1873. Is a stockholder in the Springfield Iron 
Company; is also the Secretary and ore of the 
Directors of the Company incorporated for the 
purpose of building the Springfield & St. Louis 
Kailroad, projected as an air-line between the 
two cities. Mr. Black is one of the incorpo- 
rators of the Steam Supply and Electric Light 
C'ompany, and a Director and Secretary of the 
organization. 

In October, 18501, George N. Black and Louisa 
lies Williams were united in marriage. She 
was born in Springfield, Illinois, December 22, 
1840, and is jthe eldest child of Colonel John 
Williams. Only two of their four children sur- 
vive; namely, John W. and Annie Lulu Black. 
George, their younger son, was drowned while 
in bathing, on May 10, 1880, while attending 
Shattuck School, at Farebault, Minnesota. 
yy^Alfrcd Jiooth^ grocer and commission mer- 
chant, No. 220 South Sixth street, has been en- 
gaged in the grocery business in Springfield as 
employe or proi)rietor since 1808. Over four 
years ago he opened his present store, moving 
from Adams street, where he had carried on 
business a few months. He keeps a general as- 
sortment of goods for the retail trade, and deals 
quite heavily in fruits, produce, and butter and 
eggs, both at wholesale and retail, and does a 
prosperous business in the several branches. He 
also established the Baltimore Oyster House, 
near his store on Sixth street, in September, 1880, 
and did a prosperous trade until tne latter part 
of December, then sold out at a paying price. 
Previous to starting in business on his own ac- 
count, Sir. Booth clerked for Mr. George White, 
a few months; for Butler, I^ne & Co., from the 
fall of 1868 until they sold out, in 1872; and then 
for J. W. Bunn &, Co. Having received no 
fiui'ncial aid, his present fine growing business 
is solely the result of his individual industry 
and enter))rise. Air. liooth is the youngest of 
three sons of William and Elizabeth (Berriman) 
Booth, natives of England, and was bom in 
S)>ringfield, Illinois, in 1853, where his parents 
had settled on their arrival in this country, in 
1850. His father was a practical machinist, and 
was joint proprietor of the Excelsior Foundry 
for some years. He died in 1800. His widow 
is a resident of the city. 

Henry E. Bclte^ of the firm of R. B. Zim- 
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aud dealers in wall papers, window shades, glasit, | 
and oils, 407 Adams .sticct,bns been a joint pro- i 
prietor in tbe liiisiness since 1871, having for ! 
several years previously been an employe of tlie 
house, which is one of the oldest concerns in the 
city, established about forty -five years ago, aud. 
conducted by Zimmerman & Willard, and sub- 
secpiently by Zimmerman alone, till the forma- 
tion of the present co-partnership. Mr. Bolte 
was bom in Germany, in 18:18; there learned 
the painter^s trade; studied fresco painting in 
the art schools. After carrying on business 
some years, he immigrated to America, in 1806, 
and settled in Springfield, Illinois, which has 
since been bis home. In 1803, he married Fred- 
ericke Schnmacker, by whom he has one surviv- 
ing son, Henry L. J>olte. ^Ir. H. and wife be- 
long to the German Lutheran Church. 

Ueorge 7K JBoliyigcr^ dealer in stoves, tinware, 
crockery, and bouse furnishing goods, -JlO and 
212 South Fifth street, has been engaged sixteen 
vears in that business, at that number. Three 
floors of tbe building, thirty-five by seventy 
feet, are tilled with his large stock of cooking 
and heating stoves, queen's and glassware, and 
general house furnishing goods, in which he con- 
ducts a large retail trade, lie also manufactures 
tin, sheet iron, and copper-ware, and does job- 
bing, roofing, guttering, and cornice work, em- 
ploying an average of ifour mechanics. He has 
the exclusive local agency for the sale of the 
Omaha coal and the hot-blast Charter wood cook 
stoves. He does an annual business of $30,000. 
Mr. Bolinger is a native of Maryland, and is ! 
forty-one years old. Previous to coming to Illi- 
nois, he was carrying on a harness shop in 
Hagerstown, in that State, having learned that 
trade in early life. In 1860, he came to Spring- 
field, and continued in the same line three years 
here; then operated two years in dry goods, as 
a member of Ilerndon Sc Co., before embarking 
in the stove trade. He beijan in a modest wav, 
in one room, and .sold nothing but a few wootl 
stoves. Each year his business has increased, 
demanding a larger and more varied stock, until 
it is now one of the most comprehensive in Cen- 
tral Illinois. Mr. Bolinger united in marriage 
with Man^aret S. Staley, in Maryland. Their 
union has been blessed with three sons and one 
daughter. Mr. H. and family arc meml>ers of 
the Second M. K. Church. 

John S. JBraff/ord was born June 9, 1815, in 
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. His father was a 
native of Delaware, and died in Philadelphia in 
1816. John S. learned the trade of a book- 
binder in bis native city, and in 1 835 started on 



foot for the City of ^lexico. lie walked to 
Pittsburg, thence to Cincinnati by steamboat, 
from there to Dayton, Ohio, and Ilfichmond, In- 
diana. At Richmond he was induced, in 1837« 
to join a corps of United States engineers who 
were then engaged in constructing what was 
called the National road. It was a wagon road, 
built at the expense of the United States gov- 
ernment. Tlie road commenced at Cuml>erland, 
^laryland, cro.^^sed the Ohio river at Steuben- 
ville, passed through Columbus, Ohio, lUch- 
mond, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, Indiana, 
and ended at Vandalia. The corps of engineers 
dibbanded at the latter point. The State Capital 
was then in transit from Vandalia to Springfield, 
and Mr. Bradford came here, arriving December 
IS40. In the spring of 1841 he bought the in- 
terest of Mr. Burchcll in the book-bindery of 
Burchell & Johnson, and became one of tbe firm 
of Johnson ^ Bradford. 

John S. Bradford was married July 15, 1841, 
in Brandenburg, Kentucky, to Miss Adaline M. 
Semple, who wms born October, 1817, in Cumber- 
land county, Kentucky. Her brother, Hon. 
James Semple, was at that time Charge de 
Affaires to New Grenada, afterwards United 
States Senator from Illinois, and still later one of 
the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State. 

Soon after coming to Springfield, J. S. Brad- 




the " Mormon war.'' In 1846, Mr. Bradford en- 
listed in Company A, Fourth Illinois Infantry, 
tmder Colonel E. D. llaker, and was appointed 
Qtiartermaster by Governor Ford. As sticb, be 
accompanied the regiment to Mexico, wbore be 
startea to go twelve years before with a book- 
binder's outfit. After his arrival in Mexico, he 
was commissioned as Commissary in the United 
States army. He was at the bombardment and 
ca]>ture of Vera Cruz, battle of C«rro Gordo, 
and others, returning with the regiment to 
Springfield in 1847. The result of Uiat war 
securing to us California and the discovery of 

C. IJ. JiradUhy wholesale and retail dealer in 
ice, and retailer of anthracito and Illinois coal 
and wood, Springfield, Illinois, was lK>m April 
0, 1850, in Camden, Oneida coimty, New York 
State, son of Horace C. and Elixabetb Wade 
Bradi,sh, both of whom were born in New York 
State. The subject of our sketch came to 
Springfield May 1st, 18G9, and engaged in Hell* 
ing goods for the tirm of Dickernian & Co^ pro- 
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Bradish was for several years the most success- 
ful salesman ever employed by. that company, 
and probably made the largest yearly sales of any 
one traveling in that same line of business 
through the Western States. February 1, 1873, 
h6 was taken into partnership by his employers, 
and was an active member of the firm until 1870, 
when he started with his brother in the retail ice 
business, under the firm name of C. E. & W. H. 
Bradish. The following year Mr B. bought out 
his brother^s interest and also commenced the 
^vhulesaling of ice. He is now the Bradish of 
Hu<e, Bradish k> Co , who have located at Clear 
Lake, this county, one of the best constructed 
ice houses in the West, holding about eighteen 
thousand tons of ice. The water of this lake 
covers about forty acres in area, and receives 
its supply from numerous springs, making it 
the largest, purest and best body of water in 
Sangamon countv. From this Clear Lake the 
company fill ihelr ice houses and ship to St. 
Ia)Uis, IMissouri, Cairo, Illinois, liouisville, Ken- 
tucky, and many other Southern cities. Mr. 
Bradish is alt:o connected with Bradish i^ Mc- 
Cullough, iu the city of Springfield, and supplies 
a large portion of lier citizens with ice in sum- 
mer, and coal in winter. He is at the present 
time building at Sangamon Lake, six miles 
northeast of the city oJF Springfield, ice housf-s 
vhich will hold ten thousand tons; to which 
they have already put in a railroad track con- 
necting with the Hlmois Central railroad. Mr. 
B, was married in Jacksonville, Illinois, Decem- 
ber i'5, 1872, to Ella, the youngest daughter of 
Colonel George M and Elfenor Chambers. Mr. 
liradish attended the common schools of his na- 
tive State until he was thirteen years old, when he 
entered the Hungerford Collegiate Institute, at 
Adanm, Jefferson county. New York, and was a 
student of the same about two 3'ears. He is a 
sample of the self-made, practical business man, 
baving made his way from a penniless boy of 
fourteen to his present position in the world 
nvithoutany assistance save that of his own head 
and Hands. Mrs. Bradish was educated in the 
Viobyterian Female College of Jacksonville, 
III n »is. 

Mr. and I^Ira. Bradish are both members of the 
First Presbyterian Church of Snringfield. T*hey 
bsvtf been blessed with four children, three of 
vrluun are now living, Walter C, liessie, and 
Charl-g E., Jr. The first named was born in 
Jacksonville, the others in Springfield. 

William J/. Jfr€ira% grocer and commission 
nierchaut, 415 East Monroe street, settled in 
Springfield and engaged in the grccery business 



eight years ago, at 323 South Fifth street. Five 
years later he moved to his present store. Be- 
sides keeping a general stock of groceries, in 
which he has a fine retail trade, lie makes a 
specialty of commission jobbing in fruits and 
produce, of which he handles large quantities, 
and intends to constantly enlarge this branch of 
his business. 

Daniel and Elenor (McVey) Brewer, were 
Pennsylvanians by nativity, and were the 
parents of nine children, of whom William M. 
IS one of the six living. His father died when 
he was a lad eight years of age, and his mother 
seven years later. The former was of Dutch 
and the latter of Scotch descent. In September, 
ISGl, the subject of this sketch enlisted in com- 
pany A, Third Illinois Cavalry, and served 
under General Curtiss in the department west of 
the Mississippi, until dischar^ea, from ill health, 
in the spring of 18G3. He fought in the battle 
of Pea Ridge and several skirmishes. He did 
clerical duty in the Ad j titan t^s ofiice, and as pri- 
vate secretary for Colonel E. A. Carr several 
months, and was subsequently made hospital 
steward, in which capacity he served until he re- 
tired from the army. Mr. Brewer came from 
Ohio to Sangamon countv, Illinois, in 185G, and 
followed the avocation of teaching school about 
four years. He then bought a dry goods store 
in Chatham, which he owned till 1800; then sold 
out, and moved to Virden, Macoupin county, 
where he engaged in merchandising, first in the 
furniture, and then in groceries, until he re- 
moved to Springfield. In the fall of 18G3, he 
married Virginia Sims, of Chatham, and a na- 
j tive of Kentucky. Tliey have two daughters 
living. Mr. Brewer is a member of the Grand 
Army of the Bepublic, and of the A. O. U. W., 
and was Master Workman of Capital City 
Jjodce, No. 38, last term. 

£vans E, Brittoii^ Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania^ 
October 28, iVl^l. His father, Elijah Britton, 
was a farmer, and Evans E. was reared on a 
farm, and received a common school education. 
When seven years old, his father died, but pre- 
vious to his death had rented a farm in Virginia 
for three years, which his mother, with a family 
of seven chiUfren, shortly after moved upon, 
whfre they remained until 1800. She then re- 
moved to Koss county, Ohio, then a vast wilder- 
ness, where »he leased a piece of land for seven 
years, and at the expiration of that time went 
to Champaign county, where she bought a piece 
of land. A\ hile in floss county, they had to go 
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fifty miles, Tor broadstuflF, on horseback. They 
livtd in a cabin 10x18 fcot, with puncheon floors. 
In 1818 the subject of this sketch married Mim 
3Iary England, who was born in Kentucky in 
1800, and in 1820 he came to this county with 
his wife and one child, which was a renewal of 
pioneer life, lie locate<l on Fancy Creek, where 
fie took up land and made a farm. St. Louis 
was the nearest point where they could Imy their 
farming tools, salt, and all other articles; for 
grinding meal and flour, they went to the Ameri- 
can bottoms, east of St. Ix»uis. Tliere was 

Icnty of game in an early day for their meat; 

is father-in-law, Mr. England, >yaA an expert 
hunter, and thev had plenty of venison and bear 
meat; the wild turkey were so thick that he 
would take a pole and knock them down from 
the trees. Mr. B. remained on the old home- 
stead until about 1870, >vhen he c^me to Spring- 
iield, and is at present making his home with his 
daughter, Mrs. Wilbur. Mrs. Hritton died in 
August, 1846; she was a member of the Christian 
Church, and was loved and respected by all w*ho 
knew her. Mr. Britton is nearly ninety years 
old; he has seen the rough side of life; one of 
his most severe afilictions was the loss, of his 
left arm, from the cause of a cancer. He is a 
Christian, and respected by all who know him. 
J'\€d JD. JJucl'y deader in hats, caps, and gen- 
tlemen's furnishings, 527 north side of the 
stpiare, has been identified with this branch of 
merchandising in Springfield since 1872. He 
succeeded J. II. Adams, the pioneer hat manu- 
facturer of the city, >vho in the early days of 
Springfield used to supply a large per cent, of 
the inhabitants of the surrounding new country 
with head gear. Mr. Buck became .associated 
with this house, located at 127 west side of the 
square, nine years ago. As the buildinc was 
about to be torn down to give place for a better 
one, he moved to his present number, Ajjril 1, 
1881. llats« caps and gloves are his specially, 
of which he carries a lar^e and complete stock. 
In 18S0-1, his house so'ld t\vo thousand eight 
hundred straw hats, and one thousand six hun- 
dred pairs of gloves during the season. A 
capital of $10,000 is employed in the business, 
and is turned over about twice and a half each 
year. He started by purchasing the stock of 
the old firm for $571, borrowing the money to 
make the payment. Besides his stock of goods 
he has $2,500 invested in a home in the city. 
Mr. Buck is a native of llagerstown, Maryland; 
born in June, 1852. Leaving there at the age of 
sixteen years, he spent three years in the con- 
fectionery business in Frederick City, Maryland. 



Came from there to Sprini^tield, Illinois, in 187 1« 
and s<H>n after embarkotf in present biiiiiness. 
He and a sister and bnHhor occupy the same 
home, all being anmarried. Their parents, 
Iv^rge and Eva (Burn) Buck, are deceased. 

V Jfictf6 IhiHH^ President of the Illinois Watch 
Factory, Springfield, has for nearly forty yearn 
been one of the city^s most enterprising and 
public spirited business men. He was born in 
Alexandria, Hunterdon county. New Jersey, in 
1S14; came to Springfield in 5(ay, 1836; began 
business as a grocer July 1, 1840, and continued 
in that and banking until January, 1 878. He was 
very successful and accumulated a large for- 
tune, but through others, lost heavily and was 
compelled to make an assignment, turning over 
his jiroperty for the benefit of his creditors. 
Having been a heavy stockholder in the Watch 
Factory, and his superior business qualification 
reccivett rec<)gnition in his election to the Pres- 
idency of the concern in January, 1879, which 

tiosition he still fills with signal ability as shown 
>V the marked success of Uie institution under 
his management. Mr. Bunn was united in mar- 
ri.age w*ith Miss Elizabeth Ferguson in Spring- 
field, in 1851. She is a native of Washington 
county, Pennsylvania, but came to Springfield 
in early youth. They are the parents of four 
sons and two daughters. 

V John 111 HuHH^ wholesale grocer, corner 
Fifth and Adams streets, has been many years 
connected with the house of which he is now 
sole proprietor. The business was established 
on that corner by Jacob Bunn in 1840. After 
being as.^ociated with his brother some years 
John W. Bunn l>ecarae a partner, in 185f), the 
title of the firm being J. &, J. W. Bunn. From 
1S72 to 1879 Mr. R. J. Roberts owned an inter- 
est in the business, then known as J. &, J. W. 
Bunn «& Co. Tlie other partners retired, leaving 
J. W. Bunn exclusive owner, but the firm name 
remains unchanged. Until January I, I89(t, the 
business was carrieil on at both wholesale and 
retail, but from that time the retail feature was 
discontinued. The concern occupies four floors 
of the block, 28x70 feet each, and uses the build- 
ing known as the I^mb pork house as a ware* 
house for storage purposes. The sales of 1880 
were the heaviest ever experienced, reaching 
$450,000; and in 1881 will reach $500,000; 
chiefly distributed among the towns in Central 
Illinois. 

James Brown^ Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in Queen Anne county, Maryland, Octo- 
ber 20, 1805; son of James and Mary Ann 
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they were married and had six children, two of 
whom died in infancy; the mother died in 1821, 
and the father in 1823. 

The suhject of this sketch left Maryland and 
went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he embarked in 
merchandizing, and became acquainted with Miss 
Mariol Page, daup^hter of Jarred Page, of Che- 
nango county, N. Y. ; she was born in that county. 
By this union there was one child, Sherman P., 
who 18 employed in the railroad business in 
Pueblo, Colorado. Parting with his first wife 
Mr. Brown married Miss Sarah J. Martin, daugh- 
ter of Thomas Martin, of Maryland. The fruits 
of this marriage were nine children, four of 
whom are living, viz: John, of Kansas, Mary 
Anne, Lida M., now Mrs. GTeorge £. Copeland, 
and Antrim C. In 1834 Mr, B. came to Spring- 
field, it being at the time of the cholera epidemic, 
he returned to Cincinnati, where he remained 
until 1837. Soon after coming to this State he 
was appointed clerk in the mail service, and 
afterwards was appointed Special Post Office 
Accent, his district comprising Illinois, Indiana, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri. This 
route was made in a stage coach, being before 
the use of railroads. After leaving the road he 
came to this county where he followed farming 
seven years, since which time he has lived re- 
tired, having been an invalid for the last twelve 
yearn. 

E. P. BurlingJiauu General Agent of the 
N**w York Life Insurance Company, opened an 
office for general business for this company, in 
Springfield, in 1879, it being the first and only 

feneral office representing any of the large 
life Insurance Companies in the State, outside 
of Chicago. Mr. Burlinghara controls the entire 
buMncss for this powerful and popular company, 
in Illinois, and has ten assistants in the field. 
The New York Life is one of the oldest and 
strongest companies in the United States, as 
tthown by the last published report. Its cash 
assets are over $45,000,000, witn a surplus of 
over $9,000,000, with 48,548 policies in force, 
and an income in 18S0 of 88,904,719. Mr. 
l^urlingham^s last report shows his new business 
in this State running at the rate of more than a 
million and a quarter of dollars per year ; and 
cayh collections on old business of 8150,000 a 
^-ear. More than half a million dollars of 
new Tontine Investment policies have been 
placed among the solid business men of Spring- 
lield, within the past year and a half. Mr. Bur- 
lin^hamhas had eleven years of experience, ten 
of them in Springfield, in exclusive life business. 
lie it a New Englander by nativity ; came to 



Illinois twenty years ago ; pursued the avocar 
tion of teaching school eight years, and at the 
age of twenty-seven received the highest salary 
paid to any teacher in the public schools of Ilh* 
nois, outside of Chicago, as Principal of the 
Cairo schools. In the fall of 1809, he abandoned 
teaching, aud in the spring of 1870 engaged in 
the insurance business. lie is now forty-one 
years of age. 

John X. Burke^ senior partner of J. L. Burke 
& Co., proprietors of the Uome Mills, corner of 
Third and Washington streets, was born in Ire- 
land, in 1835; crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 
1847; settled in Port Byron, Cayuga county, 
New York, and there learned and pursued the 
milling business until he came to Illinois, in 
1 850. He was employed in a mill in Cass county 
a year, and spent two years milling in Paducah, 
Kentucky; came to Springfield in the spring of 
1859, and pursued the same line of business 
until the spring following, then catching the 
gold fever, he went to Colorado and remained 
about four years and a halt in the mining re* 
gions, prospecting and mininio^. In the fatl of 
1804, he returned to Springfield and married 
Miss Jennie Fawcett, a resident of the city, but 
a native of Ireland. After passing that winter 
in Iowa, they returned and settled in Spring- 
field, which has since been their home. Mr. 
Barkers first milling in the city was for Addison 
Hicko}(, in the City Mill. He was then five 
yca^ in the old Illinois Mills, employed by B. 
F. Haines & Co.; was eleven years in the Excel- 
sior Mills, operating for Martin Ilickox and his 
successor, W. P. Grimsley, previous to becom- 
ing a partner in the Home Mills. These mills 
are well fitted up with modern improvements, 
and are doing a thriving business. Capacity, 
one hundred barrels in twenty-four hours. Mr. 
Burke and wife have one son and one daughter* 
He and wife are members of the Second M. E. 
Church. 

W, S, Mclinrnie^ M. />., Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in l^ouisville, Kentucky, July 10, 1844, 
son of Professor James V. McHurnie, of the 
higher branches, and one of the oldest teachers 
in that county; he was superintendent and sec- 



retary of the public schools until 1855, since 
wliicu time he has been principal of the ward 
school, and owner of the Locust Grove Academy. 
He always took an active interest in all the 
schools of the State until his death, which 
occurred in 1872. The subject of this sketch 
was educated in the higher schools of Louis- 
ville, Kentucky. His professional education was 
commenced by reading medicine with Prof. Dr. 



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J. M. Hotline, and he graduated in February, 
1807, in the medical department of the Univer- 
sity of Louisville, Kentucky, with honors. 

His grandfather, James McUurnie, was an 
Ensign "in the Thirty-ninth Irish Regiment of 
English Volunteers, and second on the staff of 
Sir Jolin McClintock, wlio was also chief engi- 
neer of the Duke of Wellington, lie married 
I.ady Anna Riddle, which was a love match; 
there was an elopement which caused Sir John 
Ridtlle to disinherit her. After marrying he 
returned to the army, bought his commission, 
and joined the army. The Doctor's father was 
born in the Thirty-ninth Regiment and was 
known as the son of the regiment, being the 
first child born in the regiment. His grand- 
father afterwards engaged 1n the ministry, and 
at the time of the Protestant War in 183*2, came 
to the United Slates on account of the trouble 
between the two churches. He left the family 
in care of his oldest son, who supported them by 
teaching school. In 1833, the family arrived in 
the States and located at Wheeling, Virginia, 
where he was pastor of the local church of that 
place. He was afterwards President of the 
Methodist Tiieological Seminary at Wheeling, 
West Virmnia. He returned to his native 
country where they both died in 18(54. His 
mother's father, Captain Thomas Davidson, 
assisie«l in the battle of Tippecanoe. He was 
captured by the Indians when he was a boy 
three vears old, and was with them for seven- 
teen years, after escaping, he located at Leaven- 
worth, Indiana, which was known as Davidson- 
ville. He married Miss liutler, who was the 
lirst female child born in that portion Of Ken- 
tucky. Her father was with Daniel Boone at 
the time he came to Kentucky. 
/ John JJitsher, of the lirm of John l^usher Ss 
C-o., manufacturers of harness and saddles, and 
dealers in horse clothing, saddlery hardware, 
tents, and leather, 6*J*2 Adams street, was born 
in Portsmouth, England, June 1, 1811. He was 
<*ducated in a classical and commercial academy 
in Portsmouth, and in a government college in 
Normandy, where he took a three years' course. 
After serving an aj»prenticeship to the trade of 
linishing leather, in London, he immigrated to 
the United States, arriving in October, 1833; 
worked a short time at his trade in Brooklyn, 
and the winter following in Zanesville, Ohio. 
He sj)ent about seven years traveling and deal- 
ing in hides and leather. In the winter of 
1837-8, he exported, via New Orleans, to 1-iver* 
po'd, the first shipment of western hides ever 
sent to that city. In 1830, he came to Spring- 



tield, Illinois, ami piircbaseil llie lot on wliieb 
their store now stands. In 1841, he shipped 
from Springfield to London, England, the nrst 
lot of furs ever sent to Euroi>e from Illinois, 
direct. In 1840, he creeled a building on the 
sit-e of his present shop and store, and about 
1858 built the three-stoiy brick he now occupies. 
In 1842, he built a tannery in the city, ana the 
same year, in company with his brother, erected 
the old l>usher brewery, and nin it some years. 
He has occupied his present location forty years. 
The firm, consisting of hinisclf and son, does a 
fine business in manufacturing, employing eight 
to ten men, and besides the harness and saddle 
trade, does a large business in tents and awn- 
ings, tiie whole aggregating %25,000 to $30,000 a 
year. !Mr. Husher has l)een twice marned; first 
to ICmma Everson, in 1842, in Morgan county, 
Illinois, a native of En<;land, who died seven 
years after, leaving four c)iildren,of whom three 
survive, all married and settled. In January, 
1852, he married his present wife, Emily B. 
Wyatt,by whom he has two sons and one daugh- 
ter. Mr. linsherhas crossed the Atlantic Ocean 
eleven times; was present at the coronation of 
Queen Victoria; attended the WorUfs Fair in 
London and the Paris Exposition. Politically, 
he has always been a Democrat. 

EUztdeth Bver^ Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in Hancock county, Ohio, March 37, 1836, 
daughter of Doctor A. F.and Dilemma (White- 
lock) Barnd. Mrs. Byers was married January 
6, 1801, to Isaac M. Byers, bom in Virginia, near 
Ilarper^s Feny, and was a farmer in his native 
State and in Ohio, from which State be came 
and located in Sangamon county, near Spring- 
field, Illinois, in 1861. Mr. Byers was educated 
in the common schools in Virginia* lie entered 
the Union army of the late war by joining the 
Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and served out 
his time for one year. Mr. Byers died October 
9, 1877, after an affliction of paralysis for three 
years. He had four children by his first wife, 
namely: Mary B., John W., May, and Groves 
Byers. Groves Byers lives in Springfield, and 
his sister, ^Irs May Shoup, is residing on a farm 
eight miles south of Spnngfield. Mrs. Byers 
was educated in Lexington, McLean county, Illi- 
nois, which was her home for eighteen years, 
and has been a resident of the city of Spring- 
field since 1861. 

Willtam Carpenter was bom July :10, 1787, in 
Philadelphia, Penns^ivania. He immigrated to 
Licking county, Ohio, in his young manhood; 
and in the fall of 1819 united in marriage there 
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they moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, and 
settled about six miles out from Springfield on 
the Peoria road, where 3Ir. Carpenter o]>ened 
up a small farm, surrounded by the haunts of 
the wild beasts and the wigwams of the Indians, 
who encamped several winters near their cabin 
on the bluffs of the Sangamon river, below where 
the city water-works are now located. Some 
years after Mr. and ^Irs. Carpenter located in 
their wild western home, a ferry was established 
across the Sangamon a mile from their cabin, 
and a short distance below where Car]>enterV 
bridge is now situated. Mr. Carpenter eventu- 
ally became the owner of the lands on both sides 
of the river, and also of the ferry, and conducted 
it till the bridge was built in 1844. When they 
first settled there the nearest post oflice was at 
Edwardsville, from whence Mr. Carpenter haule<l 
corn to feed his team the first winter, after pick- 
ing it on shares. In March, 1828, Mr. Carpen- 
ter removed his family to Springfield, and occu- 
pied one of the few log cabins in the place, 
which stood on the site of the present Revere 
House. After A change or two of location he 
erected a frame bouse on the corner of Second 
and Jefferson streets. Here he opened a store 
where he continued in the mercantile business 
a number of years. In 1843, Mr. Carpenter, in 
company with Adol])hus Wood, a brother-in-law, 
erected a flouring and saw-mill on the Sangamon 
river, at Carpenter's bridge, which was know*n as 
the Rock-dam Mills, from the material used in 
the construction. This old mill still stands on 
section one, of Springfield township, and i« oper- 
ated a portion of the year. In the later years of 
his life Mr. Carpenter dealt extensively in real 
estate, investing the proceeds of the mill and 
business in lands, of which he owned a large 
quantity at his death, on August 30, 1859. Mr. 
Carpenter served the people many years in an 
official capacity, was elected Justice of the Peace 
in Ohio in May, 1820; was appointed to the 
same ofhce in Sangamon county, Illinois, in July, 
1822, and filled it by successive appointments 
and elections about seventeen years in all. He 
served as Representative in the Illinois Legisla- 
ture in 1834 and 1835. Was appointed Post- 
master of Springfield October 4, 1830, and re- 
signed the oflice at the close of three years of 
service. He acted as Mayor of the city in 1840, 
during the absence of Mayor J. C. Conkling. 
He served in the Black Hawk .war, and assisted 

in burying the dead after Stillmau's defeat. 

May 15, 18;M),he was made Quartermaster of the 

Tweutieth^Illinois Militia, and was Paym.ister 



of the Fourth Illinois Mounted Volunteers on 
April 30, 1832. 

Mrs. Carpenter was born in the Shenandoah 
Valley, Virginia, February 6, 1803; is one of a 
family of four sons and three daughters of Peter 
Pence and •Catharine Godfrey, who moved to 
Licking county, Ohio, in her early childhood. 
Her paternal grandfather fought in the war of 
the Revolution, and her maternal grandsire was 
killed by the Indians on the banks of the Ohio 
river. In those early pioneer times in Sangamon 
county, Mrs. Carpenter and her neighbors used 
to raise small patches of cotton, which the^ 
picked, and mixing it with wool, manufacted it 
into fabrics for the family clothing. Mr. and 
Mrs. Carpenter were the parents of eleven child- 
ren, eight of whom survive. John, George, 
Sarah, Jane and Mary Ellen reside with their 
mother at the homestead, on the corner of 
Seventh and Carpenter streets. George, the 
youngest son, was born in March, 1835; read law 
with Stuart «& Edwards, in Springfield, beginning 
in 1858, for nearly three years, when failing eye- 
sight compelled him to abandon the profession 
and he has since devoted his attention chiefly to 
the interests of the family estate. He is now 
serving his second term in the Board of Super- 
visors from the city. 

John W, Cheneryy Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in West Bovalston, Massachusetts, July 
28, 1820; son of WMlliam D. and Abieall (Part- 
ridge) Chenery, who emigrated to Illinois in 
1831, and located in Morgan county, near Jack- 
sonville; the following winter, returned to Massar 
chusetts on horseback, via Indiana, when the 
snow commenced falling, and he, in company 
with three other gentlemen, going east, made 
jumpers, and in tnem made their way home. 
The following summer he started for his home 
in the west with his family, traveling in wagons 
to- Albany, thence to Buffalo by canal, crossing 
the lake to Cleveland, then overland to the Ohio 
river, thence by boat to Naples, and finally to 
Jacksonville. Shortly after arriving there he 
rented the Western Hotel for eight years. In 
1852, he came to Springfield, where ne rented 
the old American House, one of the principal 
hotels of the State at that time, and was the 
headquarters of all the principal politicians of 
the State; here they remained until 1855; when 
the Chenery House was built they entered that, 
and remained in it until 1881. Mr. Chenery 
died in October, 1873; his mother died in Octo- 
ber, 1880. Mr. O. was widely known, being 
identified with the hotel business over forty 
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married Miss Eleanor M. iioliliaii, and they had 
^ye children, four of whom are living, namely: 
AVilliam D., John L., lliadins F., and James E. 

George IT. Chutterton^ Jr.^ dealer in watches 
jewelry, musical merchandise and optical goods, 
South Fifth street, west side of scjuare, repre- 
sents the oldest music house, probably, in Illi- 
nois. It was established bv George NV. Chatter- 
ton, Sr., in June, 18:J8, About nine years ago, 
the son and present proprietor succeeded to the 
control of the business. His leading pianos are 
the Knabe, ChicUering and McCammon; and 
the George Woods and Loring it Blake are his 
leading organs. lie also handles the best makes 
of violins, accordeons, and a complete assort- 
ment of sheet music. The jewelry, watch and 
optical instrument feature is a prominent branch 
of his business. A practical, skilled optician is 
kept constantly employed by the house. Two 
stories of the building, twenty by one hundred 
and forty feet, are occupied bv his stock of -^^25,- 
000, which his large and growing trade demands. 

Mr. Chatteiion is a Springfield boy, born in 
the house where he now resides, in 185:). He 
was educated in the city schools, and early 
turned his attention to the branch of the busi- 
ness in which he is now engaged. In April, 
1870, he purchased the Opera House, and that 
season rebuilt it in elegant style, making it 
the finest in the State, outside of Chicago: 
It is heated by steam, lighted by electricity, and 
has a seating cap/icity of one thousand three 
hundred. Chatterton's Opera House is a credit 
to the Capital City of Illinois. 

George W. Chattvrton^ Sr.y is a native of 
Ithica, New York, served an apprenticeship to 
the jewelr}* trade in New York City; came to 
Springfield, Illinois, in 1838; has been identified 
with that business here until 1873; then went to 
New York and eng.iged in the manufacturing 
and wholesaling of jewelry till 1880, when he 
returned to Springfield. 

Ilenrtf K, Coi^hrtm^ grocer, 617, East Monroe 
street, is a native of l>rown county, Ohio, in 
1840. He became an assistant in his brother^s 
grocery in Ripley, Ohio, at eighth-ears of age. 
Five years later he succeeded his brother in 
biHiness, and at thirteen was sole proprietor of 
a prosperous retail grocer}*. Since that time Mr. 
Cochran has given that business his undivided 
attention, and says he h.is never been absent 
from his store ^\^ days during all these years, 
and always opens in the morning and closes it 
in the evening. In March, 18G8, he sold his 
business in Kipley, Ohio, and came to Spring- 
field, Illinois, arriving <»n Friday, March 17, be- 



ing an entire stranger in iKe cifr, an«1 having 
little idea where or in what bnsine^t he should 
locate. He bought a stock of good* on Sixth 
street, in what was known a» the American 
Hou.se block, and took charge of the businesn on 
the following Monday. He conducted the trade 
in that store fourteen veara^ and fis^ days, dur- 
ing which time he p.iia over €^1 1,000 in rent. In 
March, 1881, he sold ont vbA opened business 
with a new stock in bis |H«sent locauon. Mr. 
Cochran docs a heavy retail trade, and in the 
season handles a large amount of fmita and pro- 
duce at wholesale. The volnnie of business in 

1880 amounted to ^36,000t,and will be consid- 
erably larger in 1881. 

In 1807, Mr. Cochran married Rachel Mitck- 
ell, in Abenleen, Hrown connty, Ohio. They 
have only one child, Florence, twelve years of 
age. Mr. Cochran^s parents, William and Mary 
(Flaugher) Cochran, reside in Ripley, Ohio, (n 
their family of four sons, three are in mercan- 
tile pursuits and one is a farmer. 

Wiiiiam JI. Cofivay, of the firm of Cona*ay 
it: Co., hat merchants andgenllemen^s furnishings 
and furs. No. 104, east side square, is a native 
of Springfield, Illinois, and is twenty-three years 
of age. After completing a course in the City 
High School, he learned the carpenter trade with 
his father, who is a carpenter and builder. He 
also studied designing and architecture; drew 
the plans for the block in which the store is 
situated, and a number of dwellings in and 
about the city; still doin^ such work in that line 
as will not interfere with his mercantile business. 
The firm opened the hat and fnmishinii^ store in 
February, 1 880. They make a special feature of 
substantial, well-made goods; carry a complete 
assortment of head gear and gentlemen's fur- 
nishings and furs for the retail trade, and handle 
the business with sneh ability and energy as 
assures success. The honse sold nearly 920,000 
in ten months of 1880, and the monthly sales of 

1881 show a large increase over last year. Good 
articles, one price, plain figures, and moderate 
profits is their motto. 

William 7?. Cotr^iiiy dealer in real estate, has 
been actively engaged in buying and selling 
real property, for himself and others, in and 
about Springfield, sinee 18C5, and has been 
longer in the business than any real estate dealer 
in the city. During the past year and a half he 
has sold two hundred ana fift^ unimproved city 
lots, besides a number of pieces of improved 



property. Mr. Cowgill was bom in Springfield, 
Illinois, in a two-story frame building, where J. 
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Hi? father, William M. Cowgill, was a native of 
Warren county, Oliio; married Clementine 
Sayer, also a naUve of that State. They came 
to Sprincfield on their wedding trip, in 1833, 
and settled here. Mr. Cowgill wad engaged 
many years in the mercantile business in the 
Capital City, a ])ortion of the tjme as a member 
of the firm of 8. M. Tinsley & Co., then one of 
the heaviest firms in Springfield. lie died in Pe- 
tersburg, Menard county, in 1862, to which place 
he had moved some years previous. William 
was brought up in the counting-room, and pur- 
sued the business of book-keeping before en- 
gaging in the traffic in real estate. Except a 
few years spent in Petersburg, Springfield has 
always been his home. He married Margaret 
D., a daughter of John C. S]>rigg, bom in Kfling- 
ham county, Illinois, in May, 1855. Three 
sons constitute their posterity. William C, 
their eldest* is a clerk in the General Freight 
Oflice of the Chicago, lliirlington & (Juincy 
railroad, at Chicago ; John A. is book-keeper in 
the hardware house of Hudson A Co., Spring- 
field ; Dancan S. is attending school. Mr. 
Cowgill has passed through the chairs of the 
local lodge of Odd Fellows, and has served as 
^representative to the Grand Lodge, 
t^ John 8, Comhll^ of the firm of C. i\I. Smith 
& Co., merchants, corner of Adams and Sixth 
streets, was born in Ireland in 1818; came to 
America when six years of age, remained in 
Philadelphia until 1833, then came to Carrolton, 
Greene countv, Illinois, and in 1840 settled in 
Springfield, where he has been engaged in the 
mercantile business ever since. Prior to the 
foundation of the present partnership with Clark 
M. Smith in 1864, he was for tMenty-one years 
in business on the northwest corner of ^i"ash- 
ington and Fifth streets, chiefly as a member of 
the firm of Condell, Jones & Co. Selling out 
Ihere he was two years in the First National 
Bank before engaging in his present '-elation. 
Mr. Condell married Arabella Rice in Spring- 
field in 1844. She is a native of Maryland. 
Their family consists of two sons and three 
daughters living, one deceased. Mr. C. has voted 
for ten Whig and Republican Presidential can- 
didates, lie wa) forty years an official member 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Ritusom F, and Marion /. Day^ comprising 
the firm of Day Brothers, farmers and fiour 
and feed merchants, 404 Washington street, 
were born in St. I^awrence county. New York, 
and are aged thirty-five and thirty-three years, 
respectively. They are the only sons in a fam- 
ily of six children of Ira Day and Electa Wil- 



son. Mr. Day having died some twenty years 
ago, the family moved to Sangamon county, Illi- 
nois, in March, 18G9; l>ought two farms, one a 
half mile, and the other two miles east of Spring- 
field, and settled on the latter. Two of the 
sisters have since married. The brothers, other 
two sisters, and mother reside together. The 
brothers farm, of their own and leased lands, 
eight hundred acres, on which they barvebted in 
1881 between seven hundred and eight hundred 
tons of hay, between two thousand and three 
thousand bushels of oats, and cultivated two 
hundred end twenty acres of com, besides other 
crops. They opened the mercantile branch of 
their business in the citv in the fall of 1879, 
and have built up a trade of $3,000 a month. 
The two brothers own their property and con- 
duct their business in common, keeping no per- 
sonal accounts, and making no division of profits. 
Miss Jessie Day is cashier and book-keeper at 
the store, for which her practical common sense 
and broad business ideas admirably adapt her, 
and render her thoroughly mistress of the situ- 
ation. Their mother is an active, well-preserved 
woman of sixty-two years. 

Oeoryt H'. DaviSj M, 2>., Springfield, III., 
was born in Macoupin county, Illinois, June 25, 
1842; was reared on a farm and received what 
schooling the county afforded at that time. His 
father was a pioneer in Macou])in county, coming 
as early as 1820, and was by profession a physi- 
cian. He traveled extensively over the west as 
a Magnetic Healer, and followed it until his 
death, which occurred in 1876. George W. 
I studied with his father for several years pre- 
I vious to his death, and since that time has taken 
his father's practice; he makes a specialty of 
rheumatism, torpid liver, fevers and all accute 
diseases. 

Kenyon B, Davis j M, />., Dentist, Springfield, 
Illinois, was born in this State January 15, 1830. 
Practiced medicine five years and then turned 
his attention to dentistry, and has since practiced 
this s]>ecial department of medicine, lie came 
to this citv as the successor of Dr. C. Stoddard 
Smith in May, 1876. The Doctor is a member 
of the American Dental Association of the Illi- 
nois State Society, and an honoraiy member of 
the Indiana State Dental Societv. He was Vice 
President of the State Society in 1876, and 
President in 1877. The Doctor has always been 
a zealous member of the State Dental SocietT> 
and has read many essays at its annual meetings. 
In 1876 he had the honor of reading an essay 
before the Iowa State Dental Society, and also 
one in 1877. 



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William Hope Davis, J/. />., Springfield, Illi- 
nois, was born in Gonusee county, ^e\v York, 
September 1, lvS35; son of David and Harriet 
(Wilder) Davis. Ilia father's ancestors emi- 
grated from Ireland, and were noted, for gener- 
ations, as Protestants and Free-Thinkers. His 
mother w*as from the well known family of 
Wilders, of Massachusetts. When live years 
old, his parents removed to Michigan, then a 
vast wilderness. His father worked at the car- 
penter^s trade, and William, as soon as old 
enough, was engaged with him during the sum- 
mer, and attending school in the winter, occa- 
sionally. It became necessary for him to depend 
upon himself early in life, and at the age of 
seventeen, he left home to spend a summer in 
his native State, and from there he went to Mem- 
phis, Tennessee, where he soon became ac- 
quainted with many of the best families of the 
city. In 1S54 he commenced the study of medi- 
cine under the instruction of Professor Gabbett, 
who had held a prominent position in the Wor- 
cester Eclectic Medical College, of Massachu- 
setts. In the winter of 1854-5, he attended a 
course of lectures in the Memphis College of 
Medicine, after which he pursued his studies in 
Barbus Academy until the spring of 1857, when 
he removed to Paris, Texas, and there commenced 
the practice of his profession; remained about 
two years. During the summer of 1858, he 
crossed the plains to California by way of Mex- 
ico, traveling the whole distance on horseback, 
and returning in autumn of the same year. In 
August, 1859, he left Paris, on a Texan pony, 
for Memphis, some four hundred and seventy- 
five miles, three hundred miles being through a 
dense and almost trackless wilderness. Dispos- 
ing of his faithful pony at Memphis, he pro- 
ceeded to Ilillsboro, Ohio, which place he 
reached September 7, and on the tenth day of 
the same month was united in marriage to Miss 
Rachael Ann Davis, who, although of the s.ame 
name, was not a relative. In the spring of 1800, 
he bought a book store in I^esburg, Ohio, but 
sold it in a month, and returned with his wife to 
Memphis. Soon after the war broke out, and he 
returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, and thence to 
Goodrich, Michigan, where he successfully prac- 
ticed medicine, and at the same time conducted 
a drug store, accumulating several thousand dol- 
lars, but greatly impairing his health by exten- 
sive ni^ht practice. Needing rest and a change, 
it was decided best for hira to spend the winter 
in Cincinnati; meanwhile, he attended a full 
course of medical lectures at the Eclectic Insti- 
tute, at which he graduated. Subsequently, he 

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re-commenced practice in Clay county, Illinois; 
but on account of failing health, he remained 
only one season, spending the next in traveling 
through the Eastern States. In the spring m 
I{^07, he l<H'atod permanently in Springhold, 
where lie has been engaged in an extensive 
practice up to the present time. In I8t>9, he 
procured a charter and organized the Illinoia 
kclectic ^ledical Society, of which he lia^ been 
Secretary for live years. He was unanimously 
elected editor of the journal of the society, and 
has acquitted himself m this responsible position 
with honor. 

At the meeting of the National Eclectic Med- 
ical Association, in the city of Washington, 
in 1876, he was elected Secretary and has been 
a large contributor to periodical medical litera- 
ture, was one of the first movers for the laws 
regulating the practice of medicine and of wbich 
he has been a firm supporter. Has been a 
member of Springfield City Board of Health for 
a number of years. And is esteemed among 
its members as a man worthy the position. 
Dr. Davis is a self-made man, having suf- 
ered the privations incident to poverty and 
pioneer life. In his youthful <Kiys he has 
camped with the savages of Michi<|an, in the 
Indian Territory, and in Texas; is familiar 
with the Spaniards of Mexico, and Chinamen of 
California. He has crossed the plains four times, 
twice on horseback, and twice on the cars. He 
is generous to a fault, industrious from principle, 
believing it is better to labor without reninncnh 
tion than to be idle; is always ready to attend 
the worthy poor without hope of reward. 

John DeCufttp^ Springfield, Illinois, was bora 
in Monroe county, Virginia, December 22, 1800; 
son of /achariah and E.i/.aletb (Kinder) De- 
Camp; father of French descent, and mother of 
German. His father was a farmer, and John 
was reared upon a farm, working suoiincrs and 
attending school winters. He remained on the 
farm until he w*a8 twenty-seven years of age, 
then came to Springfield, where he has resided 
since; at the time he came, there was not a frame 
building; he has plow*ed corn where the city 
now stands. After coming here, immediatelj 
commenced making brick, and has continued in 
the business most of the time since. He mar* 
ried Miss Malinda Orr, daughter of Robert and 
Sarah Orr, who were natives of Virginia, and 
came to the State in 1824. Mr. and Mrs. De- 
Camp have had seventeen children, nine of whom 
are still living, viz: Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Will* 
iam DeCamp; Helen, now Mrs. James H. Bark- 
ley; Armanda, now Mrs.N. Wagner; Zachariab; 



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Va^ninia, now Mrs. Edward Wardbans; Elnora, 
now Mrs. Matthew Jelly; Albert, Giles W. and 
John G. 

John Jl*mthte Ddignyy machinist and en- 
gineer, Siinngfield, Illinois was born in the 
north of France, April 23, 1809. When twenty- 
four years old he came to the United States with 
a colony, who settled at Nauvoo, Hancock 
county, Illinois, after the Mormons had left. He 
remained there but a short time, when he went 
to St. Louis and worked at his trade, building 
stoamboats. From there he went to Warsaw, 
then to Springfield, where he has resided since, 
accumulating a fine home and property. At the 
time he came there was but one brick house in 
the city. For his first wife, he married Miss 
Elizibeth Cassia, who was born in France, and 
died in April 1881. Mr. D. is again married, to 
Mrs. DocKson, a native of New York, whose 
husband took a prominent part in the rebellion, 
and was also a prominent member of the Ma- 
sonic fraternity; he figured extensively in poli- 
ties; she had nine children, eight of whom are 
living. Mr. Docksondied in 1871. 

Joseph IL Ddaney^ proprietor of the ** Side 
Board^' saloon, north corner of Fourth and 
Washington streets, was born in New York 
State, December 13, 1859. When three years of 
age he came with his parents to Jacksonville, 
Illinois, where he attended school and clerked 
until 188(», when he came to Springfield, Illi- 
nois, and took charge of Dual's French Restau- 
rant, formerly known as Blood's Restaurant, he 
is manager of this restaurant, and ho owns and 
runs the Side Board saloon. Ilis father, William 
Dela ney was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came 
to the United States and settled in Jacksonville, 
Illinois, where he still resides; he is a black- 
smith by trade. His wife, Mary Dowling, born 
also in Ireland, she and husband are both mem- 
bers of the Catholic Church, and have a family 
of seven children, viz: Jerry £. Delaney, mar- 
ried Miss Katv O'llara, they reside in Fargo, 
Dakota; Jose])h H., the subject of this sketch, 
John, also residing at Farj^o, Dakota; Katy, 
Dord, and Billy, residing with their jiarents, at 
Jacksonville, Illinois. Mr. Joseph H. Delaney 
is a member of the Catholic Church in Spring- 
field, and is a member of the Y. M. B. C. So- 
ciety, at Jacksonville. In politics he is a Demo- 
oriii', and cast his first vote for Hancock for 
President 

D'tvid A, De Varts^ grocer, corner of Ninth 
an<l Reynolds streets, started in that branch of 
business in Springfield, in 1872, locating on the 
corner of Tenth and Mason streets. Two years 



after he erected the building he now occupies, 
and putting in a new stock of groceries, has 
carried on a fine local trade since. In January, 
1878, ho formed a partnership with Joseph 
De Frates. Their stock consisted of a general 
line of family groceries, country produce, and 
flour and feed, and they buy all goods for cash. 

Mr. De Vares was born on the Atlantic Ocean 
while his parents were on the voyage to the 
United States, in September, 1848. They settled 
in Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois, which 
was his home until ho came to Springfield, in 
1870. He learned the trade in the ofhce of B. 
A. Richards, and subsequently worked as a press- 
man in the Journal ofnce uniil 18G4, when he 
enlisted in Company B., Tenth Illinois Infantry, 
and served with the regiment till the war closed, 
accompanying General Sherman on his "cam- 
paign to the sea." On returning home he re- 
sumed the printing business nearly seven years 
before embarking in the grocery trade. In 
October, 1808, he married Mary Nunes, of Jack- 
sonville, Illinois. Two children, one of each 
sex, have been born to them. Mr. De Vares is a 
member of Knights of Pythias, Capital Lodge, 
No. 14, and of the Second Presbyterian Church 

Mr, Hairy Dickerman was born November 
19, 1835, in llamden, Connecticut, being the 
fifth in a family of nine children. His father 
was a well-to-do farmer; both of his parents 
were of the staunchest New England Puritan 
type; he received a good common school educa- 
tion, and spent one year in Williston Seminary, 
Massachusetts, after which he taught school in 
Massachusetts and Connecticut for three terms, 
and started West on the last day of March, IS")?, 
expecting to become a Western faimer, but cir- 
cumstances did not seem to favor this, so in the 
fall of that year he secured a school in Morgan 
county, teaching one term, and returned East in 
the sprins of 1858, expecting to remain, but the 
little fields were too small after having seen the 
great West, and in about a month he retraced 
his steps, but did very little during that summer. 
He had become acquainted with the father of his 
present partner, and one evening, on returning 
to Springfield from the country, was sent for by 
the old gentleman, upon whom, it seems, the 
Yankee bov had made a favorable impression. 
He respontfed to the call, being ready to do any- 
thing to help pay his expenses and being a good 
book-keener, he was sent to the mill to post the 
books, wnich, owing to the sickness of tfie clerlt, 
were several weeks behind. The following night 
the clerk died. Being faithful and industrious, 
young Dickerman was hired for the remainder 



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of the year, and then from year to year until he 
became a partner, as before stated. Mr. Dicker- 
man has been strictly a private citi/en, though 
interested in ail public enterprises, having at- 
tended strictly to his own business, and meddling 
very little with out^ide matters. He was twice 
elected to represent his ward in the City Coun- 
cil, which he did acceptably, and has been earn- 
estly solicited to run several times since, but 
positively declined, feeling that he had done his 
part by serving two terms. He was one of the 
original members of the First Congregational 
Church of this city, organized in 1807, having 
been a member of the Second Presbyterian 
Church since he first came to the city up to that 
time, and has since been one of its most active 
members and officers, having been elected deacon 
several terms, and serves in that capacity at 
present, as well as being treasurer for the past 
six years, during which time he has labored with 
untiring zeal to rescue the church from a debt 
which, though not large, hung as an incubus 
over it, and during the last year succeeded in 

aying off the last dollar. April 25, 1876, Air. 

. was married to Miss Sarah A. Holmes, of 
Morgan county, this State. To them have been 
born 1&\e sons: Edward T., H. Holmes, Henry S. 
Jr., and John Stewart, (\he latter dying at the 
age of two years) and Kalpb V. The family 
home is on the corner of Fourth and Scarret 
streets, and it is there, in the bosom of his fam- 
ily, that the subject of this sketch enjoys his 
sweetest hours in the society of his loving wife 
and sons, whom he hopes will grow up to be do 
less an honor to the city than their father has 
been. 

Ilenry D, Dement^ Secretary of State of Illi- 
nois, was born in Galena, Illinois, October 10, 
1840, is the son of John and Mary L. Dement, 
of Dixon, (natives of Tennessee and Missouri, re- 
spectively) and grandson of Henry Dodge, of 
Wisconsin. Air. Dement began his education 
in the common schools in Dixon, Illinois, which 
was prei*aratory to his collegiate education at 
Rock River Seminary, Mount Morris, Illinois; 
and a Catholic College at Sinsinawa Mound, 
Wisconsin, and a Presbyterian College at Dixon, 
Illinois. The breaking out of the late war, at 
which time Air. Dement was attending the last 
named College, was the cause of his not com- 
pleting his collegiate course, as he enlisted in 
the Union army and took an active part, as Is 
shown bv the service he rendered his country 
during the war. Air. Dement enlisted in the 
United States array in 18G1, and received his 
commission of Second Lieutenant of Company 



A., Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantn*, April 
20, 1801, and the followin«^ day was comniis^ 
sioned First Lieutenant. Lieutenant IK'meut 
received a complimentary commission as Cap- 
tain, Februarv 3, 1803, for gallantry at Arkansas 
Post and Vicksburg, which rank he held to the 
close of the war. He served with (Generals Fre- 
mont and Curtis throughout all their campaignsi 
west of the Af ississippi, was with General Sher- 
man in bis defeat at Chickasaw Ilavou; with 
General Grant when he marched to the rear of 
Vicksbirrg, and present in all the ass.inlts upon 
the works of that stronghold; was with General 
Sherman's corps, in both engagements, in the 
capture of Jacksoui the capital of Mississippi. 
Captain Dement served until August, 180.3, and 
subseouently, after his returning home, was 
elected to the Lower House of the TwentVH*iuhtb 
and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies, and as 
Senator in tlic Thirti«?th and Thirty-first General 
Assemblies from the Twelfth Senatorial District, 
composed of Lee and Ogle counties. Was 
elected Secretary of State at the election of 
1880, which position he fills at present. Secre- 
tary Dement was engaged in the manufactory of 
plows from 1804-1870, with the firm known as 
Todd its Dement. In the year 1870 he engaged 
in the manufactoiT of flax bagging for covering 
cotton bales, in which he is still engaged. The 
factory is located in Dixon, Illinois, aiid does a 
flourisning business. Secretary Dement was 
married in Dixon, Illinois, October 20, 1804, to 
Aliss Alary F. Williams, of Castine, Alaine, who 
is the daughter of Hon. Hezekiah and Eliza 

i Patterson) Williams, natives of Vermont and 
laine, rospectively. Air. and Airs. Dement had 
five children, of whom three daughters are liv- 
ing, Gertrude Alay, Lucia W., and Nonie E. 
Air. and Mrs. Dement are members of the Pres- 
byterian Church, and their residence is in DixoD, 
luhnois. 

V Rohmd 'Weaver Diller was born in Downioe- 
town, Chester county, Pennsylvania, on the otn 
of October, 1822. His father^s name was Jona- 
than Diller, and his mother's maiden name, Ann 
Weaver. They were born near the Blue Hall, 
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and were roa^ 
ried in January, 1813. Ihey moved from I^n- 
caster to Chester county in the spring of 182S. 
ITiey had six children. Weaver, Susanna R, 
Afaria W., Isaac R., Roland W., and Annie E. 
His father died September 30, 1831, leaving his 
mother five children, in very mo^lerate circnm- 
stances. His mother moved to I^ncaster Hty, 
in the fall of 1834, and in the sprin^r of 1835, tie 
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chores, with Mr. Caleb Kinnard, then in Down- 
inglown, but be being rather self-willed, and not 
liking tlie constraint of a ** boss,*' run off, and 
returned home; but his mother made him re- 
turn, the first opportunity. Hut, after a few 
weeks* apprenticeship, in which he learned to 
set type, cut wood, make fires, and do "devil** 
work generally, about the house and office, he 
gra<biated, by again returning to Lancaster City, 
without the " boss* leave." The Pennsylvania 
Rriilroad then run passenger cars from Lancaster 
to Philadelphia, horses tandum (one l>efore the 
other), aboiit like our street cars, which also 
carried the mail, and, boy-like, he was well ac- 
quainted with the drivers, and thereby stole a 
ride home. About this time, his mother married 
M<irgan L. lleese, of Downingtown, a well-to-do 
old bachelor, whom the young Diller delighted 
to hate; but he in turn did everything in his 
power to make happy. There were two girls born 
to them, Sarah £. and Fannie Reese. Mr. Reese 
died in 18G8, much loved by all. 

A year after his mother^s marriage, he was put 
into Iloopes i^ Sharpless* store, in West Ches- 
ter, where he remained until 1837, when he was 
again started to the printing trade in the Re- 
publican oflice, a Democratic paper, published 
oy Price it Strickland, in West Chester. He 
was to ser>*e them until he was twenty-one, for 
victuals and clothes, and the last six months to 
«^0 to school, which was a wise provision for the 
b »y,.as he h.ad been to school but little since he 
was eleven years old. At the end of his ap- 
prenticeshij), October, 1843, he borrowed $5, and 
started to i^lHladelphia. After about a month's 
" subbing" at the different offices, got a steady 
case in the Citizen Soldier*s office, published by 
his brother, Isaac R. Diller, and Ilarry Diller, 
his cousin, until he started west, in the fall of 
184t. Mr. D. says: "This was the year of the 
ffreat political battle between Henry Clay, tlie 
Whig candidate, and James K. Polk, the Demo- 
cratic candidate. Mr. Clay was beaten by six 
thousand abolition votes being cast for Mr.*Ber- 
nev, their candidate for President, and thereby 
giving that State to Mr. Polk and the victory 
tc» the Democrats. In July of that year, the 
Native American riots occurred in Philadelphia, 
costing the city millions of dollars for damages 
done churches, etc., all through fanaticism.** 
He cast his first Presidential vote for Mr. Polk, 
and has ever continued steadfast to th.at party, 
as he regards it "a party of the people, for the 
people, and bv the people.** 

His sister ](f aria married R. F. Ruth, August 
11, 1841, and moved to Springfield, Illinoit* On 



the 8tb of November, 1844, he left Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, for the West, via the Pennsyl- 
v.inia Railroad to Harrisburg, then by canal to 
Pittsburg, then by Ohio river to Cairo— up the 
Mississippi river to St. Louis, then by stage to 
this city, taking sixteen days to make the trip 
and nearly two days from St. Louis to Spring- 
field. On the 1st of December he commenced 
work in the State Register office, conducted by 
3fe8srs. Walters &» Weber, and assisted in getting 
up the Statutes, revised by Mason Brayman, in 
1845; Edward Conner, Morse Ballard, S. G. Nea- 
bitt, Mr. Brooks, Sr., and others as co-laboreni; 
Mr. Farnsworth, proof reader, and Mr. Charles 
H. Lanphier, State Reporter, whose many kind- 
nesses to a stranger in a strange land will ever 
be prized. 

In July, 1845, General W. L. D. Ewing, then 
Auditor of State, took him to Iowa, as a 8ur> 
veyor; he there sub-divided five townships into 
sections, and meandered about thirty miles of 
the DesMoines river, south of what is now Osce- 
ola. The Sac and Fox Indians received their 
last payment that fall, at Racoon Forks, now 
DesMoines City, just prior to their removal 
West. He finished the contract in December, 
1845, being compelled by sickness to suspend 
operations for six weeks — in August and Sep- 
tember. When he returned from the work, he 
found General Ewing sick, and soon after he 
died, and Mr. D. lost all his work and the money 
advanced to carry it on. Mr. Thomas H. Camp- 
bell was appointed Auditor in Ewing*8 stead; he 
gave Mr. I>. a place as land clerk, at $25.00 per 
month, increasing from time. to time, as he be- 
came useful. August 9, 1840, he formed a part- 
nership with Mr. Charles S. Corneau, in the drug 
business, purchasing the stock and stand of 
Wallace <& Diller, on the same ground his store 
now occupies. Mr. Campbell regrefed his leav- 
ing his office, and promised to use his infiuence 
to get him the nomination for Auditor at the 
next election, if he would remain, but Mr. D. 
preferred a steady business to the uncertainty 
of |>olitical life. 

On October 31, 1850, he married Miss Esther 
C. Ridgeway, daughter of Joseph Ridgeway, of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — good Quaker stock 
— and to her benign influence and his mothers 
early teaching he attributes his success in life. 
Three children, Emma, Isaac R. and Ef^sie, were 
bom to them. Enmia married David B. Ayres, 
of Morgan county; Isaac' married Addie, youngest 
daughter of W. T. IIu|>hes, of Springfield, and 
Essie lives with her parents in the old home- 
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south half of the east side of the square was 
entirely consumed by tire, including Corneau ifc 
Diller's drug store. They then put up the pres- 
ent building. In June, 1800, Mr. Corneau died; 
since then Mr. 0. has carried on the business. 
His store for years was the headquarters of 
both political parties — he was well acquainted 
with all the great men of early days, and with 
Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln he was very inti- 
mate and a personal friend. During the great 
revival of 1806, conducted by the Rev. K. P. 
Hammond and city pastors, Mr. D. and his whole 
family embraced the religion of Jesus Christ, 
and connected themselves with the Third Pres- 
byterian Church; since he has been an enthus- 
iastic worker in the cause, and is an elder in 
the First Presbyterian Church. 

In 1808, on the re-organization of the Old Set- 
tlers* Society, Mr. Diller became identified with 
its work, and has been actively engaged in for- 
warding its interest. In 1879 he was elected 
President and re-elected in 18S0 and in 1881. 
He is an enthusiastic **old settler," and while he 
lives and is in active possession of his faculties, 
the society will have in him a friend, and one 
who will do all in his power to .make the meet- 
ings a grand success. 

In all moral and religious work Mr. Diller en- 
gages with bin whole mind and strength. He 
shows his love to his God by h's love to his 
fel'ow-men, and none will sink so low but he 
will take them by the hand and lift them up. 

Anto7i Dirksen^ senior partner of the firm of 
Dirksen & Son, manufacuirers and dealers in up- 
holstered furnitureand mattresses, 410 Washing- 
ton street, has been in the business in Springfield 
thirteen years. In 1879 he admitted his pon 
Theodore H. Dirksen into partnership, when the 
firm took its present name. Until within the 
jiast two years Mr. Dirksen directed his atten- 
tion to mattress- making, which includes every 
grade from the cheap husk to the finest hair 
spring mattress. Since 1879 the feature of up- 
hoslered goods has been added, and so elegant 
iu design and finish, and substantial in workman 
ship are their parlor sets, that they have already 
built up a large demand for them, and have fur- 
nished a number of the most luxuriant homes iu 
Sangamon county, with goods rarely equaled 
anywhere. The product of their factory is sold 
at both wholesale and retail. An average of 
eight skilled artisans are employed on this class 
of work. 

Mr. Dirksen was born in Germany, in 1827, 
le I'ned the cabinet and upholstering trade in bis 
native land, commencing at the age of fourteen; 



served two years in the Pru8>ian army; crossed 
the AtUiitic in 1853, and settled directly in 
Springfield, Illinois. Worked nine years for the 
Wabash Railway Company, at cabinet finish- 
ing and upholstering tneir passenger coaches* 
and two subsequent y^ars for Jacol> Hough, at 
cabinet work. In July, 1865, he married Mary 
Elsholf, in Springfield, a former neighbor in 
Germany. They have six sons and one daugh- 
ter, three of the former are with their father in 
the factory. The eldest, Theodore H.,is twenty- 
five years of age; began learning the trade at 
thirteen, and is now a partner. Mr. Dirksen is 
one of the organizers and a charter member of 
the St. Vincent De Paul Benevolent Society, and 
the family are members of the Catholic Church. 

JHc/tard JV. DodJs^ druggist, corner of Mon- 
roe and Fifth streets, embarked iu that branch 
of business, in Springfield, eight years ago, and 
in his ])resent locality two years later. His store 
is one of the most elegant and completely fur- 
nished in the city, and stocked with a large as- 
sortment of drugs, medicines and fancy goods. 
His prescription business is very large. Richard 
is the son of James C. Dodds, deceased, and was 
bom in Sangamon county, Illinois, in Novem- 
ber, 1851. llis grandfather, Gilbert Dodds, 
moved with bis family from Kentucky, and set- 
tled in Sangamon county, in an early day. 
James C. Dodds married Jane S.JBoulware, a 
a native of Morgan county, I]lino!s. She is also 
deceased. Only three of their family of eieht 
children survive, of whom the subject of {Lis 
sketch is the eldest. He graduated from the 
Springfield High School in the class of 1871, 
and soon after entered the drug business. 

Peter P. G*Donnell^ confectioner, wholesale 
dealer in candies and ice cream, and general 
caterer, 5S9 Washington street, north side of 
the square, began the business iu Springfield in 
1866, and moved to his present location seven 
3''ears ago. He manufactures candies and con- 
fectioneries, in which he has a large wholesale 
and retail trade, keeping a traveling salesman 
on the road in the jobbing interest, lie nses 
three stories of the building, one hundred feet 
deep. The first floor is occupied for retail store 
and ice cream parlors, the finest in the city. 
The second floor is devoted to manufacturing, 
and the basement to ice cream and storage, lie 
pays s]>ecial attention to furnishins supplies for 
parties, receptions and sociables, and as a caterer 
18 very |)opalar. He is doing a nrosperous. grow- 
ing business, emplovi ng in the Dusy season eight 
assistants. Mr. O^Donnell is a native of Ireland, 
and is thirty-three years old. He came to the 



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United Slates in 1860, locating first in Brook- 
lyn, New York, then in Pittsburg, Pennsyl- 
vania; spent several years in each place, and 
settled in Springfi«;)d in 1866. He has given 
bis attention cbiefiy to tbe braucb of business in 
which he is now engaged, first starting on his 
own account in Springfield. Mr. O^Donuell is 
II married. 

Harry jt\ Dor^cin was born in Springfield, 
Illinois, August 4, 1855. He attended school 
here until 1808, when he began to work 
as clerk for the publishers of the ** Masonic 
Trowel," a paper published here, and remained 
in this position two years. Then in 1871 he 
was employed as clerk in the State National 
Bank for five years. In January, 1877, was ap- 
pointed Assistant Private Secretary in the Gov- 
ernor's office, a position he still retains. His 
father, Pliares A. Dorwin, was born in Jefferson 
County, N. Y.;he was a merchant, and in politics 
a Democrat. He was also a member of tbe 
First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, where 
he died April 18, 1870. His wife, Caroline 
Fisher, was born in Franklin County, Pennsyl- 
vania; she is a member of the First Presbyte- 
rian church in Springfield, Illinois was the 
mother of six chilaren, three living — H. F., the 
subject of this sketch, Chas. 6., clerk in the 
General Division Freight office in Springfield, 
Illinois, and Shelby C. Dorwin, employed as 
book-keeper in the Joliet, Illinois, Penitentiary. 
Harry F. Dorwin in politics is a Republican, 
and cast his first vote for Hayes for President of 
tbe United States. 

Adam, Doenges^ Springfield, Illinois, was born 
in Hesse Castle, Germany, June 10,1830; son 
of Martin and Ilallena (Schuenky) Doenges; 
father was a soldier in the French war of 1813 
and 1813. Adam attended the school of his 
native town, and when he became large enough 
to do manual labor, was employed in a hotel as 
waiter; afterward became head-waiter, and re- 
mained there until he was twenty-seven years of 
age, when he sailed for America to make his 
fortune; landed in New York City, remaining 
a short time, then came to Springfield in 1857, 
when he was engaged in various works; a poi- 
tion of the time was watchman at the Treasur- 
er's office, M*hich place he filled until 1881. In 
the meantime he 'started a grocery store. In 

1871 he commenced the study of medicine, and 
since that time has practiced more or less. In 

1872 he was ordained a preacher in the German 
Methodist Church. He married Miss Alary E. 
Mentemevor, of Holland, in 1858. There weie 
twelve cfiildren, eleven of whom are living: 



Mary £., born January 10, 1800; Lydia, July 23, 
1861; Emma R., April 16, 18C3; Henry, Novem- 
ber 23, 1804; Charles October 4, 1800; Albert, 
June 8, 1808; Katie, March 0, 1870; Julius, May 
21, 1871; Minnie, February 21, 1873, died No- 
vember 14, 1875; Wesley, born February 11, 
1875; Ix>ui8, May 28, 1877, and Mattie, Decem- 
ber 14, 1h78. 

V^XiHth JPicMiss^ citixen of Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- 
vania, November 28, 1824; son of Jacob and 
Catharine (Adams) Divelbiss, who were married 
in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1810, 
and had four children, three of whom are liv- 
ing: Cathen, Noah and Amanda. In April, 1838, 
Mr. D. left his home in Pennsylvania, coming by 
wagon to Pittsburg, thence by water to Beards- 
town, himself and son Noah walking, while the 
family came through by stage. After arriving 
in this city he rented for three vears, then 
mirchascd a lot on the corner of Eighth and 
31ason streets, where he built him a brick cotr 
tage, and lived in it until his death, which oc- 
cured in 1870. He was a wagon-maker by trade, 
which business he followed for a number of 
years. He was elected alderman, and was also 
collector and assessor in 1853. Mrs. D. died in 
August, 1875; they lived together over fifty- 
seven years. Mrs. D. was one of the original 
members of the Lutheran Church, and Mr. D. 
was tbe first member admitted. 

Noah Divelbiss came to Springfield when he 
was thirteen years of age, and was employed at 
clerk. In 1844 he was appointed deputy clerk 
of the Supreme Court, which position he held 
four years. In 1848 he went to Naples, where 
he clerked for the firm of Ridgely, Mathers Ai 
Dresser, remained eighteen months, then re- 
turned to the city and was clerk in the post 
office two years; in 1851, embarked in the cloth- 
ing business with Little, where he remained one 
year; was then engaged in the Mechanics' Bank 
as Cashier, two years, and in December, 1854^ 
was in the Marine Fire Insurance Bank as book- 
keeper and teller, until 1865; when he went to 
Pike county and purchased Perry Springs, 
which was a financial failure. In the fall of 
1809, he returned to Springfield, where he again 
engaged in the banking business, until the fall 
of 1878, since which time he has lived retired* 
He married ^liss Cordelia Watson, a daughter 
of W. W. Watson; she was born in Nashville^ 
Tennessee, March 16, 1825. There were five 
children, one of which is living — Nellie Cliase* 
Mr. Divelbiss has been identified with the inter- 
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active business man. Mrs. Divelbiss ilie«l No- 
vember 1>, 18S0. She was a sincere christian, 
antl was loved and respected by all who knew 
ber. 

Tho8, W. Drei^sery M, />., Springlield, Illinois, 
was born in Halifax county, Virginia, January 
11, IS'iT; son of Rev. Charles Dresser, an Kpis- 
copal minister, who emigrated to this county in 
May, 18:)8, where ho supplied the pulpit for 
seventeen years, and did more for the elevation 
of the church than any man in Springfield. He 
died, after an active life, in March, 1805. His 
mother, Louisa (Withers) Dressor, was a native 
of Virginia. There were a family of six child- 
ren, Thomas W. being the second son; was 
educated principally at Jubelee College in 
Peoria county, Illinois, under the sunervison of 
Bishop Chase, the founder of the school. When 
twenty-three years of age he attended two 
courses of lectures at Louisiana Medical College, 
and afterwards attended one course at the New 
York University, where he graduated with 
honors in ^larch, 18G4. He married Miss Mar- 
garet Dorenus, daughter 6i the Rev. Dr. John 
E. C. Dorenus, a graduate at Princeton College, 
and an intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln. 
They have one child, Katherine. After gradu- 
ating in New York, the Doctor came to Spring- 
field, established himself in his practice, and has 
rem:uned ever since. 

Ahner Y, EUiSy mailing clerk iu the Spring- 
field, Illinois, post office, was born in Springfield, 
Illinois, June 1, 1840, and is the son of Abner 
Y. and Virginia (Richmond) Ellis; the former 
born in Warsaw, Kentucky; the latter born iu 
the State of Vermont, near^Montpelier, and came 
to Sprlng6eld in an early day. The subject of 
this biography received his earlier education in 
the private schools, and then attended the Illi- 
nois State University, in Springfield, and at the 
a<^e of fourteen ceased to pursue his studies, as 
his labors were required at home. After leaving 
school, was in a telegrapli office a short time, and 
then clerked for B. F. Fox, hardware, etc., then 
clerked for his father in forwardingand commis- 
sion house, in connection with which he had a 
grocery store; then clerked for his father, who 
was with John Williams Sc Co., dry goods and 
groceries, and afterwards clerked for the firm of 
Hunt &, Ellis, dry goods, groceries, etc., in which 
firm he clerked until 1.^57, when the firm ceased. 
On November 10, 1858, Mr. Ellis was employed in 
the postoffice in Springfield, Illinois, as uaperdis 
tributor, and shortly after promoted totakecharge 
of the letter mailing department, under Postmas- 
ter Lindsay, which position he has held since, a 



period of twenty-three years, as letter mailing 
clerk, (with the exception of a short interval, in 
which time he was in the office of Governor 
Yates.) All of the various places of Mr. Ellis' 
employment were in Springfield, Illinois. His 
father, A. Y. Ellis, Sr * was in business with A. 
G. Herndon, groceries and provisions; Assessor 
under General Henry, Sheriff; was with General 
H<;nry in his store, and with Foley Vaui^bn, and 
next with Mr. Garland; was with Condell, Jones 
1^ Co.; was Postmaster in Springfield under 
Presidents Taylor and Fillmore; was with Z. A. 
Enos in the fe^ and commission business; then 
in partnership with H. A. Grannis in merchan- 
«iising; next with John Williams &i Co., then 
Hurst it: Ellis, and afterwanls merchandising by 
himself; afterward general delivery clerk in the 
post ofiice in Springfaeld, under Postmaster Lind- 
say, then removed to his farm in Moro, Madison 
county, Illinois, in 1804, or thereabouts. The 
different firms mentioned with whom Mr. A. Y. 
Ellis was with, were all of Springfield, Illinois. 
He was born in Warsaw county, Kentucky, No- 
vember 30, 1807, and died March 10, 1878, aged 
seventy years. His wife, Virginia, was born 
September, 1813, and resides on their farm near 
Moro, Illinois. The subject of this sketch, Abner 
Y. Ellis, was married December 20, 18G5, in Rey- 
nolds township. Ogle county, Illinois, to Came 
L. Flagg, daughter of Willard Flagg (farmer) 
and Mrs. Lucy Flagg, natives of the State of 
Vermont, came to Ogle county, Illinois, in an 
early day. Mr. and Mrs. E. have four children, 
Richard Y., Alfred F., William F., and Lucy V-, 
all born in the city of Springfield, Illinois. Mrs. 
Ellis was educated in ner native county. Ogle 
county, iu which she tausht school fer one year. 
She has one brother, Alfred M., and one half- 
brother, Oscar M. Lake, and two sisters, Mrs. 
Julia Braiden and Mrs. Antoinette Youn^. Mr. 
Ellis has four brothers, namely: Volney li , Or- 
ville P., Henry, John C., and two sisters, namely: 
Jane F., Salom E., all living. Mr. Ellis is a 
member of the National American Association, 
Calhoun Lodge, No. 13. Mr. Ellis has shown 
his integrity to the people by retaining his pes;- 
tion of trust for a number of years. 

Temp Elliott was born in Frankfort^ Franklin 
county, Kentucky, December 0, 1835, and when 
seven years of age came with his parents to Illi- 
nois, and settled on a farm in Cartwright town- 
ship, Sangamon county. Lived there oft tlie 
farm until 1850, when hs came with his pareiitf^ 
to Springfield. He attended the Lutheran Col- 
lege, which is known now as the Corcordia, until 
1850. During that time Mr. Springer was Presi- 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



dent. In 1850 Mr. Temp Elliott went to Call- 
fornifty and remained in \h% mines until 1802, 
when he returned to Springfield, Illinois, and 
opened a wholesale and retail grocery business 
on the east side of the square. The firm was 
Kcily its Elliott. Ue remained in the business 
five years, then traded in stock until 1871, when 
be was deputy sheriff two years. He then 
traded iu cattle until 1870, when be was elected 
Sheriff of Sangamon connty,by a large majority. 
Ue was Sheriff until 1878, when be engaged in 
the buying and driving of Texas cattle from 
Texas to Colorado and Wyoming Territories, his 

S resent occupation. Ue was married to Miss 
lary Constant, October 8, 1862. She was born 
in Liogan county, Illinois, and sbe was a daugh- 
ter of A. £. Constant, bom in Xenia, Ohio, and 
came to Sangamon county in 1819. lie and Mr. 
Lathrop built the first house north of the Sanga- 
mon river. He was a member of the Christian 
Church, and died February, 1874. His wife. 
Miss Mary (Latham) Elliott, was born in Ken- 
tncky; she was a member of tlie Christian 
diurch, and died in 1872. She was the mother 
of three daughters, via: Mrs. Marverie Thomp- 
son, one of the principal teachem in the Bettie 
Stuart Institute, at Springfield, Illinois; Mrs. 
Temp Elliott, and Miss Kate Constant, who has 
charge of the Primary Department in the Bettie 
Stuart Institute at Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. 
Temp Elliott have six children, via: Miss Hatty 
Archie, Rita, Harry*, Griffith, and Maude 
Elliott. Mrs. Elliott la a member of the Chris- 
tian Church. 

The father of Temp was John Elliott, 
born in Virginia, and when small moved 
to Kentucky, and came to Illinois in 1834, and 
settled in Sangamon county, lie was a member 
of the Baptist Church, and died June, 185G. 




Her father, John G. Taylor, bom in Virginia, 
was a Baptist minister for sixty years. He 
wrote the history of the "Twelve Baptist 
Churches. '* He died in Kentucky in 1836. 
Three of his children came to Sangamon county, 
viz: Judge W. Taylor, for many years Judge of 
Sangamon County Probate Court; Mrs. Joseph 
Smith, living iii Bates, Illinois, the mother of 
Majt)r Smith, of Bates; John T. Smith, of 
the Kidgely National Bank; Mrs. David Brown, 
of Bates, and the mother of Temi> Elliott. ^Ir. 
Elliott, the subject of this sketch, '; has a 
nice residence at 835 South Sixth street, where 
he resides. In politics he is a Democrat, and 



cast his first vote for Breckenridge for President 
oLrhe United States. 

Y Samuel S. EUkr^ dealer in stoves, tinware, 
grates, and mantles, 610 Washington street, has 
conducted that branch of merchantiising in 
Springfield over a qnarter of a century. Samuel 
Elder and Phebe Clinkinbeard married and set- 
tled in Bourbon county, Kentucky, where the 
stibject of this biography was born, May 5, 1831, 
and is one of their family of twenty children, of 
whom fourteen lived to adult age. They moved 
to Sangamon county, Illinois, in November, 1834, 
and located two miles north of Rochester vil- 
lage, where they reared their large family. Mr. 
Elder died there in 18 — . Ilis widow resides in 
the city, aged eighty- three years in December. 
Samuel came to Springfield, Febniary 17, 1849; 
began learning the tinner's trade the following 
day, and has operated on his own account since 
1 854. He has a fine trade in stoves and crates 
and mantles, making a specialty of the latter, 
and does an extensive business in roofing, galva- 
nized iron cornice, and general job work, in 
which he employs an average of six men. He 
married Sarah Shives, in Springfield, Illinois; 
she was born in the State of Pennsylvania, but 
brought up in Sangamon county. They have 
but one living child, Gusta J., now the wife of 
L. A. Constant, of Springfield. Mr. Elder has 
been an Odd Fellow more than twenty years, 
and he and his wife are members of the Baptist 
Church. 

Zimri A. JSnos^ civil engineer, Springfield, 
Illinois, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, Septem- 
ber 29, 1821. He is a son of Pascal P., and 
Salome (Paddock) Enos, natives of Connecticut 
and Vermont, respectively. Mr. E. was two 
years old when his parents came to Sangamon 
county, Illinois, and located on the present site 
of Springfield. His earlv education was re- 
ceived in the old-fashion log school house and 
later enjoyed better school privileges. Has been 
a student in the Springfield Academy, the Jesuit 
University in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Illi- 
nois University in Jacksonville. After this 
course of instruction, he became a student in 
law and studied under Colonel Baker and Albert 
T. Bledsoe, in Springfield, Illinois, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1845. Mr. Enos entered 
into the practice of his legal profession in Spring- 
field, -during which time he was associated witb 
James H. I^Iathcny and Vincent Kidgely. After 
giving up the profession, he became a commis- 
sion merchant in Springfield and continued as 
such for three years, ^^urning his attention to 
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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



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en^nneering and surveying. lie entered this 
field of labor in 1S54, and ever since has given 
it his attention. Mr. Enos has been elected 
twice County Surveyor; is a member of the Ma- 
sonic Order, Central Lodge, No 71, in Spring- 
iield, and associated with the following degrees 
of the order, viz.: Chapter, Counsel, and Con- 
sistory. Mr. Enos was married in Springfield 
June 10, 1816, to Agnes D. Trotter, born Feb- 
ruary 15, 1825, in New York City. By this 
union were born six children in Sangamon 
county, viz.: Pascal P., George T., William P., 
Catharine I., Allen Z., and Louisa L who are all 
living. 

OrlistKsJi. Bakery was born in Prebble county, 
Ohio, June 30, 1832, and is the son of John 
Baker, native of Rockingham county, Virginia, 
born June 23, 1810. lie moved with his parents 
to Prebble county, Ohio, in 1818, when but seven 
years of age. lie married Mary A. Freemen, 
who was also a native of that county and 
daughter of Henry and Polly (Campbell) Free- 
man. The Bakers sprang from German ances- 
tors, and were farmers. John leaker removed 
from Ohio to Sangamon county, November 22, 
1837, where he remained until 1871. He then 
moved to Bates county, Missouri, where he died, 
September 12, 1880. His first wife's death oc- 
curred in Prebble county, Ohio. Orlistus R. 
Baker is the eldest of eight children; was 
reared on a farm, and educated in the schools of 
Sangamon county. He followed farming until 
1869, when he was elected to the office of County 
Treasurer of Sangamon county, which office he 
held for two successive terras, and previous to 
that, being a member of the Board of Super- 
visors for eight years. May 29, 1854, Mr. Baker 
married Polly Ann Duncan, a native of this 
county, born August 1 , 1 835. She is the daughter 
of William T. H. Duncan, of Salisbuiy town- 
ship, who was one of Sangamon county's early 
pioneers. Her mother's name was Eve Miller 
Duncan. Their family consists of eight chil- 
dren, Ann Louise, Charles B., Harriet M., John 
W., Carrie N., Minnie A., Eva B. and Orlistus 
R., who are living at the present time. In 1874, 
after retiring from the office of County Treas- 
urer, he returned to his farm, where he remained 
until January, 1881, when he removed to the 
city of Springfield, where he engaged in the 
grocery business with bis son-in-law, H. W. 
Sheiry, on the corner of Fifth and Wright 
streets, where they are doing a prosperous busi- 
ness. 

Loxiia IL Coleman^ Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in Hopkinsville, Christian county, Ken- 

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tucky, September 2,1842; is the son of H. H. 
and Barbra A. Coleman, natives of the State of 
Kentucky. At the aee of six, Mr. Coleman came 
to Warren county, Illinois, on a v sit to his 
grandfather, William Hopper, who emancipated 
his slaves in Kentucky over fifty years ago, and 
moved to a free soil State and became an early 
and enirnest champion of the great ^irinciples 
upon which the great National Republuati party 
was afterwards founded. Daring this visit of 
eighteen months, he became very much attached 
to a farm life, and upon his return to Kentucky, 
entreated his parents to permit him to return. 
In 1853 he carried his point, and returned to the 
farm in Warren, to remain four years, durinz 
which time he farmed in summer and attended 
school in w*inter. After attending hchool in Ab- 
ington, Illinois, during the college years of 1856- 
57, be returned to Kentucky, entered school in 
his native town, and continued until the summer 
of 1860, when he entered Bethany College, Vir- 
ginia, with the intention of taking a thorough 
collegiate course. This institution, being largely 
patronized by Southern bovs, the opening up of 
hostilities between the >forth ana the South, 
made the students very nervous and .inxious to 
return home. Tlie school being virtually broken 
up for a time, Mr. Coleman returned home, in 
the summer of 1861, and resolved to give up a 
professional for that of a commercial life. So, 
in 1862, he entered the dry goods house of £ H. 
Hopper, and applied himself closely to the study 
of the trade. After remaining in this house four 
years, and filling the most responsible position 
in it, he determined to return to Illinois and 
make it his permanent home. Arriving in Bloom- 
ington in the spring of 1866, he bought an in- 
terest in a dry goods house, and supposed him- 
self a fixture of the place. But on the fourth of 
October, of the same year, he was married to 
Jenny B. Logan, of Springfield, Illinois, (daugh- 
ter of the late Hon. Stephen T. Lo^^an and 
America I^ogan,) and at the earnest solicitation 
of the Judge, he sold out his interest and moved 
to Springfield. Their children are Ijogan, Chrit> 
topher B., Mary Logan, and Louis Garfield. In 
the spring of 1868, Mr. Coleman and G. M. 
Brown bought out the store of W. il. Johnson A 
Co., on the east side of the square^ in Spring- 
field, and commenced business under the style 
of Brown is Coleman. This co-partnership 
lasted two years. Mr. Coleman tlien bought out 
Mr. Brown^s interest, and continued the business 
in his own name until May, 1881. Being an en- 
tire stranger to his trade, he was compelled to 
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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



the best means of building up a good and profit- 
able business. During the thirteen years he was 
in the trade, he had strong competition from old 
and well established houses, and he never could 
have built up the trade he had, and secured the 
class of customers that patronized him, had he 
no attended to his business closely, treated his 
customers courteously and served them honestly. 
His business grew on his hands every year, and 
having acquired the habit of continually looking 
after all the details, personallv serving man)r oi 
his customers, he discovered that he was wearing 
out too fast, so decided to sell out and quit the 
business entirely. This he did in May, 1881, and 
in returning his thanks to his manv friends and 
cu^itomers, he said he retired from the trade with 
many regrets, for he bad the largest trade and 
the best class of customers of any house in the 
cit 



city 



ASitliivan Coiiant was bom February 26, 1801, 
at Oakham, Massachusetts, and was married at 
Shutesburry, Massachusetts, September 10, 182S, 
and in November, 1830, they built a raft and 
sUirted west, and floated to Pittsburg. There 
they took a steamboat down the Ohio, and 
up the Mississippi river to Chester, Ran- 
dolph county, Illinois, where the youngest child 
died. In January, 1831, Mr. Conant started 
with his family, in a sleigh, to visit some old 
friends near Carrolton, Greene county, Illinois* 
going by Illinois^town. now East oU Louis. 
They continued their journey by Jacksonville 
to Springfield, arriving February 18, 1831. 
When they left Chester the snow was about six 
inches deep, but when they arrived in Spring- 
field it was on four feet of snow, being the 
height of the '* deep snow." Mr. Conant is yet 
a citizen of Springfield. 

James Fahxhiid was born in I^ondon, Eng- 
land, 3[ay 9, 1834. At the age of eleven years, 
he left school, and was put with a jeweler and 
eilder, to see how he would like that trade, as 
he cared little for school, and was desirous of 
going out to work. At fourteen years of age, 
he was apprenticed for seven years, to learn 
watch gilding. At twenty-one years of age, hav- 
in.*; served his apprenticeship, and trade being 
dull, he obtained a clerkship with Thomas 
Sniythe, Esq., barrister, in Lincoln's Inn, with 
whom he remained two years. September 14, 
1850, he was married to Miss Mary Ann Rob- 
bins, daughter of Thomas and Mar}' Robbins. 
They had attended Sunday school together from 
childhood, and were b4>th members of City Road 
AVcsleyan Chai>el. 



Thpmas Smythe, Esq., having retired from 
business, Mr. Fairchild got a situation with 
Messrs Biron A Cary, barristers, Lincoln's Iim. 
Soon after, they dissolved partnership, and be 
went with Mr. Biron, who removed to theTemple, 
and Mr. George Qunter Carv soon after this was 
appointed Attorney General of British Colum- 
bia. 

In August, 1850, Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild emi- 
grated to Canada. After visiting the principal 
cities of Canada, and spending a month with 
friends at Adolphustown, on the Bay of Quintie, 
they came to tlie United States. At New York 
City, he was engaged at silver-plating. Here 
he remained seven months, then removing to 
Waltham, Massachusetts, where he worked at 
his trade, watch gilding. After working here 
for twelve months, the war having broken out, 
and work being scarce, he sought and obtained 
a situation at Nashua, New Hampshire, where a 
new watch factory was started, remaining here 
about a year and a half, when the American 
Watch Company, of Waltham, bought oat the 
Nashua factor^*, the said company removing the 
tools and hiring die bands. Mr. Fairchild re- 
turned to Waltham, and remained about a year, 
till the National Watch Company, of Elgin, was 
started. Here he remained five years. In 1870, 
the Springfield Watch Company, on their organ- 
ization, engaged his service for dve years, by 
written contract, visiting Springfield, and then 
with his wife and adopted son James, making a 
trip to the home of his boyhood, visitins his 
aged father, and spending two months witb his 
old friends. Returning, he took his position as 
foreman of the gilding department, in which 
position he is now engaged. 

April 3, 1870, Mr. F. lost his wife, who died 
of cancer. She was an earnest Cliristian, and 
beloved by all who knew her. 

May 1, 1880, Mr. Fairchild was married in 
Brooklvn, New York, to Miss Mary Parkes, of 
that place, daughter of Thomas- and Esther 
Parkes. 

On March 22, 1881, they had a daughter 
born to them, Marian P. Fairchild. 

Mr. Fairchild is the son of Henry Donville 
Fairchild, who was a city missionary in London 
for twenty -tbree years, lie was bom inIx>ndon, 
and educated at the Christ Church Blue Coat 
school. He died in 1873, his wife, Mary A. 
Bridges, having died in 1803. She wa9 bom in 
Bur}' street, Edmonds, Suffolk, England. She, 
with her husband, were members of the Wes- 
levan Metho^Iist church. She was the mother 
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IIISTOKY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



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Mr. James Fairchild is a Mason; was made 
8ucb in Rising Sun Lodge, Nashua, New llamjv 
shire; now a member of Monitor I-K)dge, Elgin, 
lie is an active Christian worker, having organ- 
ized several Sunday schools, and built a church 
in Kiverton, in this county. He received a 
license as an Exhorter, in the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church, in Waltham, in ISCO, and then 
licensed as Local Preacher in Nashua, New 
Hampshire, in 18G1, which license has been re- 
newed every year since that time, lie i$ also 
an ardent temperance worker, having been Chair- 
man of the Executive Committee of the Reform 
Club in the City of Springfield for the last four 
years, and also Lodge Deputy of the Good 
Templars of the above city. 

Mr. Fairchild is acknowledged to be the best 
gilder in America. 

Andrew X Faiccetty foreman of the ^Etna 
Foundry, has filled that position since January, 
1857. lie was born in Ireland, and is forty- 
five years of age. He emigrated to America 
with his parents, in childhood. They settled in 
Connecticut, and from there moved to Spring- 
field, Illinois, \i\ 1 S50, bis father coming as an 
employe of the Toledo, Wabash & Western 
Railroad Company. Andrew learned the trade 
of iron molding in New Haven, Connecticut, 
where he worked two years at the business as a 
journeyman, before coming West. The ^Etna 
works have grown from infancy during his con- 
nection with them. He has from thirty to fifty 
men under his supervision in the molding de- 
partment. 

Mr. Fawcett married in Springfield in 1807, to 
Mary A. Delaney, who was born in Boston, 
Massachusetts, and was brought by her parents 
to Springfield, Illinois, when two years of age. 
Their family consists of four daughters and a 



800. 



Hypolite Fayarty manufacturer of and dealer 
in boots and shoes, and also dealer in 
leather and findings, 416 Adams street settled in 
Springfield in 1853, and began the manufacture 
of foot gear in a small way. The business 
rapidly grew until he employed at one time six- 
teen mechanics; now works five. In 18C2, he 
put in a stock of ready-made goods, in which he 
soon secured a very heavy trade. In 1800 he 
erected the front part of the building he now oc- 
pies, and subsequently built two extensions, 
making his store and shop twenty by one hun- 
dred and fifty-seven feet. In 1879, Mr. Fayart 
added a stock of leather and findings, of which 
he keeps a general supply for the market. 
Daring 1880, the sales in the boot and shoe de- 



partment aggregated 824,000. Mr. Fayart is a 
native of France, and is fortj-ni no years of age; 
came to the United States in 1S49, and with a 
French colony settled in Nauvoo, after the de- 
parture of the Mormons. In 1854, he married 
Eugiene Fayart, a cousin, wlo iMuigrated with 
the colony when he came over. They have 
three sons and an adopted daughter. The 
eldest son, Eugene, is twenty-four; Joseph, 
twenty ; and Jules, sixteen years of age, all of 
them salesmen in the store. They lost their 
first son, and the youngest child, 'a daughter. 
Mr. Fayart was elected to the City Council in 
April, 1881, from the Sixth Ward. He is a 
Mason, and has passed through the degrees to 
Kniffht Templar. 

^Ved i?. FeiUluinSy Superintendent of the 
Springfield Schools, and Principal of the High 
School, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1840. Ilis 
parents were both natives of Germany. After 
attending the common and High Schools, gradu- 
ated from Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, 
in the class of 1809, with the degree of' B. £, 
and diree years later, received the degree of 
M. A. He studed theology under Dr. Henry K 
Jacobs, Professor of Latin Literature in PensTl- 
vania College, and complet<»d the course, but<iid 
not enter the ministry. He taught in the country 
schools two years before graduating; and after 
leaving college, taught a year in tlie classical 
school, at Rochester, Pennsylvania, as Professor 
of Mathematics. He came from there to Spring- 
field, in the fall of 1870, and took charge, for 
three years, of St Paul's College— the ohi Illi- 
nois State University. In September, 1873, Mr. 
Feitshans entered tne Springfield High School 
as Assistant Principal; was promoted to Princi- 
pal the same fall, and has filled that }>osition 
until the present time. In the summer of 1881, 
he was elected Suoerintendcnt of City Scho<»l8 
in addition to the Principalship. In 1872, Pro- 
fessor Feitshans was elected to the Chair of 
Mathematics, in Wisconsin L^niversity; in 1878, 
he was elected to the Chair of Greek, in Carthage 
College, Carthage, Illinois; was elected Professor 
of English Literature in Thiel College, Pennsyl- 
vania, in 1874; and the following year was ten- 
dered the principalship of the >kewark Acad- 
emy, Nowarlc, New Jersey. He declined all of 
these proffered honors, preferring the broad, un- 
trammeled field of labor afforded in the public 
school work. Mr. Feitshans is a gentleman of 
broad culture and t>rogressive ideas and methods 
as an instructor. In September, 1876, he united 
in marriage with Miss Alary E. Flanderw, then 
Assisunt Principal of the Blooroington Digh 



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School and teacher of the German language and 
astronomy. She is a native of Marengo, Mc- 
Henry county, Illinois; was educated in Lake 
Erie Seminary, graduated in 1865, and spent 
three years in Kurope, studying the German and 
French languages. She taught two years in 
Lake Erie Seminary, and two in Cleveland Semi- 
nary. Two children, one of each sex, have been 
born to them. 

Benjmnin IL Ferguson^ Cashier of the Marine 
Insurance Hank, Springfield, is a native of San- 
gamon county, Illinois; was born in December, 
1*35. His father, Benjamin Ferguson, was 
born in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, where 
he married Sarah Irwin, also of that State. 
They moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 
1834. Eight years afterwards Mr. Ferguson 
died, leaving a widow and* four children, all 
alive but the eldest son. The subject of this 
sketch passed about ten years in the grocery 
of his brother-in-law^ Mr. Jacob Bunn, and in 
August, 1862, recruited Company B, of the One 
Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, was 
elected its Captain, in which capacity he served 
two years; participated in the siege of Vicks- 
bnr^, at Jackson, and other minor engagements. 
Retiring from the army. Captain Ferguson en- 
tered the bank, in the fall of 1864; the following 
spring he became, and has since been, iu cashier. 
In 1868, he established a glassware and crockery 
store, on the corner of Monroe and Siith streets, 
which he still owns, and which is one of the 
largest and most prosperous houses of its class 
in Central Illinois, doine a business of $60,000 
to $75,000 a year. Mr. Ferguson married Miss 
Alice, daughter of Judge B. S. Edwards, in 
1 865. She is a native of the city of Springfield. 
Both Mr. and Mrs. F. are members of the First 
Presbyterian Church of the city. 

Stephen D, JPisher was born in Charlotte, 
Vermont, March 7, 1822. When a year old his 
parents moved to Essex, New York, where he 
attended school, he also attended the West 
Point Academy. He left Essex, New York, for 
Sj>ringfield, Illinois September 1844, and taught 
school one quarter in the Baker District and at 
R (Chester one year, and in May, 1846, returned 
to Essex, New York, where he was engaged in 
teaching until the spring of 1850, when he re- 
turned to Rochester, Illinois, and taught during 
the winters of 1851 and '52, and Octol>er 19, 
1S5*2, was married to Miss Marion J. St. Clair, at 
Rochester; she was born in Essex, New York, 
Sentember 18, 1838, and died in 1867; she was 
a nanghter of L. H. St Clair, born in Vermont, 
May 6, 1800; he was a farmer and a cloth-dresser 



by trade, and died April 14, I860; his wife, 
Lurenda Spaulding, oorn in Vermont October 
31, 1709, died in Rochester, Illinois, Februarr 
21, 1853. They had eight children, were both 
members of the Second Presbyterian Church, in 
Springfield. After Mr. S. D. Fi|$her was married, 
in 1852, he settled in Waynesville, Illinois, 
where he was book-keeper in a store of ^nenl 
merchandise, two years, when he went with the 
same firm to Atlanta, where he was book-kee|»er 
until 1875, when became to Springfield, Illinois, 
and was elected Secretary of the State Board of 
Agriculture, a position he has faithfully filled 
and still retains. He was elected a member of 
the Illinois State Board of Equalization in 1872, 
served three years, when he resigned oo account 
of his duties as Secretary of the State Board of 
Agriculture, he was a member of this board four 
years before he was appointed secretary: He 
was married to his present wife, Miss Elzina M. 
Benton, October 20, 1868. She was born in 
Ohio, November 30, 1844; she was a daughter of 
Francis A. Benton, who was born in I^nox, 
Massachusetts April 30, 1816. He was a gradu- 
ate and followed teachinsr as a profession, he 
died in Lincoln, Illinois, November 10, 1866; his 
wife, Elizabeth A. Ketcham was l>om in Connecti- 
cut^ April 1 823; they were married in Berkshire, 
Ohio, November 9, 1842. They had four chil- 
dren, three living, Eliznia M., Moretta A., and 
Frank J. Benton. Asa Fisher, father of S. D. 
Fisher, was born in Vermont, April 25, 1781, 
he died in Troy, New York, in 1832, he 
was married to La visa D. Smith, in Vermont, 
January 1, 1807, she was born in Vermont, 
Januarv 2, 1702, and died at Whallonsburg, New 
York, May 25, 1 838. 

Abraham IL Fisher^ Jeweler and dealer in 
musical instruments, 504 south side of square, 
located in business at his present number eight 
years ago. He occupies two floors of the build- 
ing twenty by ninety-six. The store is beauti- 
fully fitted up and furnished with several ample 
burglar proof safes, which serve as deposi tones 
for his elegant stock of diamonds and fine 
jewelry, ag«j:regating ><35,000 in value. The 
second Hoor is devoted to musical merchandise 
whore may be seen constantly in stock many of 
the best standard instruments, among them the 
Stein way, Weber, Steck, and Fisher pianos, and 
the Esty, Burdett,New England and Taylor and 
Farley org.ans, for all of which Mr. Fisher has 
the agency in this part of Illinois. He keeps 
three traveling salesmen on the road in the 
interest of his music tr.ide. lie is also a part- 
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establisheii in August, 1881, ou north Sixth 
street, which carries on a wholesale and retail 
business in the same class of pianos and organs 
handling all kinds of small instruments and 
sheet music besides. Mr. Fisher is a Ponnsyl- 
vanian by birlh, and is thirty-seven years old. 
He came to Springfield, Illinois, in April, 180l», 
and has been identified with this branch of mer- 
cantile business ever since. His parents and 
family came to the city with him. His father, 
John Fisher died here in 1870, and the M'idow 
and fixii sons and two daughters are residents of 
Springfield. The subject of this article remains 
unmarried. 

John M, Forden^ grocer, 112 North Fifth 
street and 523 East Monroe street, has been in 
the grocery business in Springfield since 1803. 
He first started on the south side of Washington 
street, two doors west of the square, and moved 
to his present store in 1875. He erected bis 
building on Monroe street in 1880, and opened 
with a fresh stock of goods in January, 1881. 
The Fifth street store is 20x110 feet m area; 
and the ^lonroe street store 20x80 feet. They 
are both stocked with an extensive assortment 
of staple and fancy groceries, and each has a 
large retail trade. 

JVlr, Forden was born in Hourbon county, Ken- 
tucky, in January, 1831; is the son of John For- 
den and Evaline Sydner, who married in Ken- 
tucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
when the subject of this sketch was three 
months old, settling on Round Prairie, four 
miles cast of Springfield, where they passed the 
rest of their lives. His mother died nearly forty- 
five years ago, father in 1850. Mr. Forden im- 
proved a farm of one hundred and ninety acres 
in that neighborhood, and tilled it eight years 
before entering into his present business. In 
1855 he married Eliza J. Wright, a native of 
Sancjamon county, Illinois. They have but one 
chiltl alive, Alice, fourteen years of age. 

Frank Flcni'y^ druggist, 505 Washington 
street, north side of the square, established the 
business at this number in August, 1S76. He 
has a fine store, carries a large stock of drugs 
and toilet goods, and has an extensive trade. 
His prescription business, a special feature of 
this house, is exceptionally large. The Fleury 
Medicine Company, of which he is chief pro- 
prietor, manufactures several valuable medic- 
inal remedies of tried and acknowledged merit. 
Among them are, ** Indian Herbs of Joy," a 
remedy for diseases arising from ini]>urities of 
the blood, of which more than four thousand 
bottles have been sold in Springfield in the past 



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year; and Flcurv's Tasteless Cascari1lj^ a neir 
remedy for billiousness, headache and torpid 
liver. Of this over one thousand five hundred 
paekaixes have been sold in Springfield in the 
past eight months. Mr. Fleury has also raaua- 
faetured DnFay^s Magic Fluids for about five 
vears, and has sold over ten thousand bottles of 
them in that time. 

Mr. Fleurv was born in Meadvillc, Pennsylva- 
nia, September 28, 1841; served thiee years at 
the drug business with Carter & Brother, in 
Frie, Pennsylvania; and declining an offer from 
the firm of ^50 per month, he came West, 
landing in Illinois in 1858. After spending a 
short time in Alton and Chicago, ho located in 
l^loomington; from there came to Springfield in 
June, 18ti5; was elected City Clerk on the 
Democratic ticket in 18G8, and ser\'ed till 1872, 
four consecutive years. Previous to opening 
his present store he had been clerking in the 
drug business. He married Annie M., the eldest 
daughter of William II. Herndon, June ^0, 
1863. She was born April 9, 1843, in Spring- 
field, Illinois. One chila has been born of their 
union, Annie May Fleury. 

John Foster^ proprietor of Foster's livery, 
Washington street, near Ninth, established the 
business at that location in March, 1873. In 
July, 1876, he added the undertaking business, 
and has since carried on both, employing a capi- 
tal of about $12,000. His stock comprises about 
forty horses and a corresponding number of 
vehicles. He owns a farm of one hundred and 
twenty-five iicres, three and a half miles south 
of the city, which be also cultivates. Mr. Fos- 
ter is a native of Ireland, born March 19, 1840; 
came to America with parents, in 1847, landing 
in Philadelphia in January. The family lived 
for a time in New York and Pennsylvania; came 
to Illinois in 1852, and lived a number of years 
in Lee and Whiteside counties. In October, 
1SU2, the subject of this memoir came to Spritig- 
tield, and was employed as a hand in the himber 
business about eight years. At the end of thai 
time he started in the business of teaming, which 
he carried on about five years before engaging 
in livery. Mr. Foster married in SpringHel^, in 
1863, to Mary Grady, also born in Ireland, and 
came to the city about the same time he did. 
They have seven children .and one adopti^d child. 
Mr. F. was elected Alderman of the First Ward 
in the spring of 1881; is a merolier of the West- 
ern Catholic Union, and of the Ancient Order of 
Hibernians. 

Ji. Ftutnz^ meat market, Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Baden, Germany, May 10, 18|7. Mr. 



IIISTOKY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



Franz is a sod of Fred and Maria Frans, natives 
of Germany. In the year of 1865, at the age of 
eighteen, he left bis home for America, and 
landed at New York City, where he renmined a 
short time, and from thenoe to Springfield, in 
October, and began the work of butchering, and 
in 1860 commenced in the same business for him- 
self on Fifth street, from which time was located 
in the market house, up to 1876 and subsc(|Uontly 
in the same street where he built a brick build- 
ing in which he is located at present. Mr. Franz 
is doing a good business and he sells flfteen head 
of beeves each week, and ships two hundred 
pounds of sausage each day to different points. 
Was married in Springfield, October 19, 1809, to 
Miss Mollie Reisch,born in Germany, 1849, and 
daughter of Joseph and Josephine Reisch, natives 
of Germany, who came to America and landed 
at New Orleans, from which place they came to 
Springfield in 1855. Mr. Franz was educated in 
Germany and Mm. Franz in Springfield. They 
have four children Rosalie, Adolph, lleinierak 
and Louisa. 

Mr. and Mrs. Franz are members of the Catho- 
Uc Church. 
t/^ C. O. French^ a native of New York, was 
born at Painted Post. Emigrated to Franklin 
county, Pennsylvania, in 1835. Was married in 
1844 to Elizabeth C. Welsh, of Washington 
City, commenced housekeeping at Gettysburg, 
Pennsylvania, but shortly after removed to 
Waynesboro, where he resided for a number of 
years. From thence he moved to the city of 
w ashington and continued to reside there till 
the spring of 1856, when he arrived in Spring- 
field, lie has bee^ engaged in the practice of 
dentistry about 35 years, and w<as one of the few 
engaged in that profession at tlie beginning of 
his professional career outside the large cities, 
lie is one of the oldest dentists in Illinois, and 
has practiced in Springfield over twenty-five 
years. He is the author of many devices and 
several patents i>ertaining to the business. His 
family consists of four daughters and three 
sons. He was one of eight brothers. His 
father was a native of Massachusetts, and his 
mother from Connecticut. 

Jame$ Furlong^ dry goods merchant, has had 
a mercantile experience in Sprin^eld of about 
sixteen years. He was born in Ireland thirty- 
five years ago; was educated tliere in the busi- 
ness of an iron monger — in American parlance, 
hardware business. He immigrated to Canada 
in January, 1865, and came to Springfield in 
April of that year; but before settling here per- 
manently, spentayearin Omaha kee])iDg books. 



He arrived in Sprincrfield forty dollars in debt, 
with no cash capital; obtaining a position as 
clerk continued to work for others tilt he opened 
his present store at 128 South Sixth street, east 
side of the square, with an entire new stock of 
eoods in 1879. Tliree stories and basement of 
the building, one hundred feet deep, are devoted 
to his large stock, which embraces every article 
kept by a first-class dry goods house. Ilis large 
retail trade requires the labor of seven salesmen, 
and has grown from $32,000 to 1^60,000 per 
annum. Mr. Furlong married Miss Kate Aim- 
strong, a native of Springfield, Illinois, in 1875. 
They have one sur>'iving son, Thomas Furlong, 
and have buried one. 

Ernest F, Gthhnan^ contractor and builder^ 
located in Springfield in 1849, and has been car- 
rying on his present business since 1803. He is 
a native of Germany, and is fifty-four years of 
age. Having learned the trade of cabinet mak- 
ing in the old country, he crossed the Atlantic 
and came via New Orleans to Beardstown, and 
from there walked across the country to Spring- 
field arriving in February, 1849. Notwithstand- 
ing he was unable to speak a word of English, 
he soon obtained employment and continued 
working as a journeyman at cabinet and carpen- 
ter work about thirteen ;fears. The first aaya 
labor he performed in Spnngfield was in making 
gates, on the same ground where he erected the 
palatial residence of Hon. James C. Conkling, 
twenty years later. Starting in contracting in 
1802, Mr. Gehlman's superior knowledge of the 
construction of buildings, and conscientious dis- 
charge of. his obligations in executing contracts 
soon earned for him a deserved popularity, and 
gave him an extensive business. In 1863, he 
erected the residence of D. A. Brown, at Bates, 
Illinois, costing 84,000; the following year built 
the elegant farm nouse of W. B. Huffaker, 
near Berlin, in Sangamon county, costing 826,- 
000. Mr. £. Myers furnished the plan, which 
was exhibited at the Paris Exposition and took 
the prize. The Catholic Kchool building, in 
Sprincfield, was erected by him in 1867, and in 
1868, he built an addition to Blackburn Uni- 
versitv, in Carlinville, at a cost of ((82,000; in 
1860, l)uilt the dw*ellingof Hon. James C. Conk- 
ling, on South Sixth street, costing $30,000. In 
1871, Mr. Gehlman was awarded the contract 
for building the Illinois State Industrial Uni- 
versity, at Champaign, which he completed in 
1873, together with the Drill Hall and Mechan- 
ical bunding, llie main superstructure coat 
about $200,000 and the latter about t20,000. 
Immediately after completing these he built a 



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bank and a business block in Champaign, costing 
respectively, 914,000 and 832,000; at the same 
time erected a building in Urbana, at a cost of 
§20,000, and two costly buildings in Clienoa. 
In 1S76, he built H. F. Caldweirs residence 
in Curran township, at a cost of over $20,- 
000; in 1870, rebuilt the opera house in Spring- 
field, for George W. Chaiterton, Jr., at an ex- 
pense of about 8^50,000, making it one of the 
finest theatrical buildings in Illinois. Upon the 
completion of this work Mr. Chatterton pre- 
sented Mr. Gehlman with a fine watch and chain 
as a testimonial of his appreciation of his work. 
In isso, Mr. Gehlman remodkd the St. Nich- 
olas Hotel, which was done without closing or 
materially disturbing the business of the house. 
In 1881, ne erected the Passfield block, corner 
of Adams and Fifth streets at a cost of about 
$35,000, the most elegant business block in 
Springfield. Besides the buildings mentioned, 
he has erected many others of like character in 
this city, among them the dwellings of Bluford 
Wilson and John T. Peters, which stand as 
monuments of his mechanical skill and in- 
dustry. 

In 1850, Mr. Gehlman united in marriage with 
Mary C. Sidener, of Springfield, a native of 
Kentucky, who died in 1805, leaving three sons. 
In 1808, he married !Martha Gourlev. Five 
children have born of this union. Mr. Gehlman 
has been a member of the Masonic order since 
185:i. 

Charles A, Gchrmann^ dry goods merchant 
and wholesale dealer in millinery, numbers 113 
west side, and 507 north side of square, started 
in the dry goods business in Springfield August 
1, 1861, and has continued with firm name and 
sign unchanged for twenty years. Mr. Gehr- 
mann is a German by nativity, born in Nord 
Hansen in 18.'J5. At fourteen years of age he 
be^an mercantile life as an apprentice in a store, 
ana spent several years in Berlin; came to 
America in 1858, and after stopping a few 
months in St. Paul, Minnesota, and visiting sev- 
cml other cities, settled in Springfield in June, 
1859. The first two years he was employed as 
salesman in a dry goods store; then opened his 
))resent store at 113 South Fifth street. Early 
m the summer of 1881 he ]mrchased the lot and 
building he occupies, -20x100 feet in area. In 
1880 he bought the dry goods stock of the old 
firm of John Williams &, Co., on the north side 
of the square, and has since carried on business 
there also as a branch house. Mr. Gehrmann 
keeps a heavy stock of dry and dress goods, and 
in connection has a wholesale and retail notion 



and millinery department, in which Uvelve to 
fourteen millmeni are employed. The trade in 
the two stores requires a force of fourteen sales- 
men, who transact a large volume of business. 
These extensive mercantile establish men in, a« 
well as his elegant homestead, comprising seven 
acres in the north part of the city, artistically 
improved and ornamented, and one of the most 
beautiful places in Central Illinois, are the result 
of Mr. Gehnnann^s industry, economy and busi- 
ness tact, lie married Minnie Jahnke in Spring- 
field| a native of Berlin. They have two sons 
and three daughters, Charles A., aged seventeen; 
Clara Minnie, fifteen; Adele Agnes, twelve; 
Ella A., ten, and Paul Morton, three years 
old. 

Frank Godley^ proprietor of the Sprincfield 
Shoddy Mills, was Dorn in Yorkshire, England, 
and from ten years of age began learning the 
manufacture of woolen ^oods, and steadily par- 
sncd the business until he immigrated to the 
United States, in the fall of 18G4. Arriving 
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October, he 
entered the employ of David Hay & Brother, 
at Chestnut Hill, proprietors of a woolen and 
shoddy mill. At the end of a year he came 
West and engaged in mining coal at Duqaoin,* 
Illinois; came from there to Springfield in Feb- 
ruar}', 1867, and was emploj^ed as one of the 
foremen to sink Beard, Hickox & Co's. coal 
shaft, north of the city, in which he broke away 
the first entry. leaving th.it company, he openea 
a coal and wood-yard in 1 8G8 ana continued that 
business nine years, then sold out» bouj^ht tlie 
site on which his factory stands, comprising one 
hundred and fifty-seven by five hundred feet of 
ground on the corner of Sladison and Fifteenth 
streets; erected buildings and estiblished his 
shoddy manufactory in 1877. Under his skillful 
and energetic management the business has 
rapidly developed until he now uses about four 
thousand pounds of rags per day, the woolen ones 
being converted into an article called shoddv, 
sold to many of the woolen manufacturers m 
various parts of the country, and used in small 
proportions with' wool in making cloths, cas«i- 
meres, etc. ^Ir. Gmlley has invested in the plant 
and premises $( 16,000. He married in England 
at twenty-one years of age, Elizabeth Lister. 
They have twodaughters and a son. Mr. G. has 
served as a member of the fire department of 
Springfield nine years, and seven years in Eng- 
land. In the spring of 1881 he was elected to 
the l^oard of Supervisors on the , Democratic 
ticket. He is a Mason, member of Tyrian Ix>dge 
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was a member of the Quaker Chorch, antl the 
mother of seven boys and thrre girls. ^Irg. 
Isaac Gray was a daughter of James McClcary, 
born in New Jersey, and Gertrude Van Horn, 
born at Whitehouse town New Jersey, they 
were both mend)ers of the Baptist Cliuich, and 
liad a family of ten children. After Mr. Isaac 
Gray was married, in 1836, he began in the mer- 
cantile business, where he remainetl until 1849, 
when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, Cali- 
fornia. He took a steamer from New York for 
California, crossed the Isthmus of Darien to 
Panama, a perilous journey tbrongb canyons, 
gulches and the Chagers river, a distance of 
twenty-three miles, encountering great peril at 
that date; ho took a steamer from Panama to 
San Francisco, and was seventeen days on the 
Pacific Ocean. From San Francisco be went up 
the Sacramento river to Sacramento, and from 
there to the north and middle fork of the Ameri- 
can river, and was there chosen "Alcada,** and 
held that oflice during his stay in California. 
He worked a mine with fourteen men one year, 
then returned to his family at Fall River, Massa- 
chusetts, where he remained until 1851, when he 
moved with his family to Carlinville, Illinois, 
and bought a quarter section of land at Girard's 
Point, which he soon after exchanged for a hotel 
in Carlinville; in 1853 sold out and moved to 
Springfield, and bought the National Hotel, 
>%'liich he sold, and bought the American, after- 
wards known as the Central House, which he 
sold to R. D. Lawrence, for 823,500 cash, 
March 1880, and where Mr. Lawrence has 
erected one of the most splendid buildings in 
Central Illinois. Mr. Gray bought the Pike 
House in Bloomington. Illinois and ran it one 
year, when he leased it for a number of years, 
and while on his second trip to California in '64, 
it burned down; the insurance was ample to 
cover the loss; he then platted the ground and 
sold it for $22,000. In 18GV he took his wife and 
daughters to the Paris Exposition, and traveled 
with them all over Europe, went tlirough France, 
Norway, Sweden, Prussia, Rnsna, Denmark, 
Holland, Bavaria, Scotland* Finland, Ireland, 
Wales, England and Switzerland; visited Mount 
Vesuvius, crossed the Alps and saw where l^ona- 
parte's army encamped; they stopped at Vienna, 
the queer streets of rivers; was there during 
King Emanuel's visit. From Europe Mr. Gray 
and family returned to Springfield, Illinois, 
where he has since remained. While away he 
made notes of dwelling houses in various coun- 
tries, and how built, and is just completing one 
of the most beautiful and convenient residences 

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in the city, at 422 South Sixth street, where he 
rctiides. In politics he is an Old Line Whig and 
llepublican« and he cast his first vote for Har- 
rison for " Tippecanoe and Tyler too,** in the 
days of log cabins and hard cider. 

JUufonl S, GraveSy confectioner and proprie- 
tor of the Farmer^ Restaurant and K:uing 
House, 22 A South Sixth street, o|>ened business 
in Springtield in the fall of I8il. He keeps a 
stock of confectioneries, nuts and cigars for the 
jobbing trade, and also conducts a restaurant and 
eating liouse, where meals are served to order at 
all hours. lie does a business of $1 5,000 to i^l 8,- 
000 a year. Mr. Graves was bom in Kacine, 
Wisconsin, in December, 1830; was reared on a 
farm in Vermilion county, Illinois, and engaged 
in agricultural pursuits until he went int^> the 
ai*my. In July, 18G2, be enlisted in the One 
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois Infautr}', and 
fought in twenty-one battles and skiituishes, 
among them, Perrj'ville, Stone River, Chick- 
amauga. Mission Kidge, Graysville, and Hua- 
zard's lloost; received a gun-shot wound in the 
left thigh at the battle of Keunesaw Mountain, 
in June, 18G4, and gangrene settinc; in, he was 
unable for active duty thereafter. He w*as hon- 
orably discharged early in June, 1805. He car- 
ried on the grocery business in Vermilion county 
before moving to Springfield. In December, 
1867, Mr. Graves married Lizxie Smith, of Ver- 
milion county. Politically, be has always been 
a Democrat. 

Charles W. Green^ retired wholesale boot and 
shoe merchant, residence comer Cook and Fifth 
streets, was bom in Spencer, Worcester county, 
Massachusetts, in 1828, and took a full English 
course in the schools of his native town. His 
father, Jobiah Green, was one of the pioneer 
New England manufacturers of boots and shoes 
by machinery, and carried on the business very 
extensively in Spencer. A large stock of goods 
having accumulated in his father^s factory, 
Char]es,after making a prospecting tour through 
the West in 1849, proposed to establish a whole- 
sale boot and shoe house in the city of St. Louis, 
This met the approbation of the senior Green, 
the stock was shipped, and the subject of this 
memoir opened an extensive store, in 1850, on 
the corner of Main and Vine streets, and after 
conducting a heavy business for a number of 
years, was joined by his brother, Jonas H.Green, 
and they continued the house togetber until 
1873, when thev closed it out, and he removed 
to Springfield, fUinois, since which time he has 
notengaged in any steady business. During tliis 
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traveled extensively through the Western States, 
and sold large quantities of boots in Springfield 
and other towns of Illinois. He and the other 
three brothers, Jonas II., Ilcnry R., and Josiah 
Jr., are .all practical manufacturers, and the 
brotliers arc carrying on large factories in Wor- 
cester .ind Spencer, with capacity of 1,000 pairs 
of boots per day, each. 

In December, 1850, Mr. Green married Miss 
Emily Kibbe, daughter of one of the earl;^ and 
leading merchants of Jacksonville, Illinois. 
They have four children, namely, Emilv, now 
MrM. Ryan, Edward, Charles, Jr., and Lillie. 

Bci^jamin J\L Griffith^ M, 2>., is a native of 
Shelby county, Kentucky; born in 1831; read 
medicine in Louisiana, Missouri, beginning at 
twenty-one years of age, and after practicing 
three years in Pike county, Illinois, graduated 
from St. Ix>uis ^Icdical College, in the sprins of 
1859, .and located in practice in Louisiana, Mis- 
Bouii, remaining there till he moved to Spring- 
field, Illinois, in 1865, where he has carried on 
an extensive practice till the present time. Dur- 
ing his twenty-six years of professional life. Dr. 
Griffith has made surgery a prominent feature, 
and has performed a number of capital opera- 
tions, among which was that'of dissecting out 
the shoulder joint in the case of a compound 
fiacture of the shoulder, attended with a com- 
plete recovery; and a case of ovariotomy, in 
which he removed an ovarian tumor from a lady 
of Sangamon county, weighing eighty-six pounds. 
She was twenty-nine years of ago; the tumor 
had been twelve years growing, and adhered 
throughout the entire front to the abdominal 
walls. The Doctor is a zealous advocate of con- 
servative practice in surgery, and has performed 
some remarkable cures by this method; one case 
just recovered was that of a young man who 
lad his foot crushed at the Springfield Rolling 
Mills. The toes were amputated, and erysipelas 
setting in, the fiesh sloughed off, leaving a large 
portion of the bones of tlie foot bare; but by 
conservative treatment the Doctor induced the 
integiments to grow over them sound and healthy, 
thus saving the foot. Another triumph in this 
plan of treatment was in the case of a young 
man whose arm w*as mangled in a threshing 
machine, and by dissecting out the ulna of the 
fore arm be saved the hand and restored its 
action in a great measure. 

Dr. Grifiith was one of the originators and or- 
ganizers of the Sangamon County Medical So- 
ciety, and has served two vears as its President, 
is a member of the Illinois District Medical So- 
ciety, of the Illinois State Medical Association, 



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and of the Tri-State Medical Society, comprising 
Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky; has filled the 
ofiice of Vice President in the two latter Socie- 
ties, and President ot the District Society; in 
1877, was Chairman of the Committee of Ar- 
rangements for the Tri-State Society. He mar- 
ried Miss Alice A. McElroy, a native of Rawles 
county, Missouri, but a resident of Sangamon 
county, Illinois, in June, 1859. Three children 
have been born of their nnion; the living are 
Elsie A. and Benjamin Barret, llie son is ))re- 
paring for the medical profession. Mrs. Grifiith 
IS a graduate of Jacksonville Female College, 
Illinois, is a lover and devoted student to the 
sciences and English literatnre. She and the 
daughter are members of the Springfield Art 
Society, and she is also an active worker in be- 
half of foreign missions. 

^]llliam P. Grimaley^ Secretary of the Ele- 
vator Milling Company; was born in Rochester, 
Sangamon county, Illinois, May 0, 1841; is the 
son of Alexander Grimsley,a native of Virginia, 
who settled in Sangamon county, Illinois, in his 
young manhood in 1832. lie married Caroline 
^IcCoy,born in Kentucky, of Virginia parentage. 
They had but two children, the subject of this 
sketch, and a sister. William has been in the 
milling and grain business from his boyhood, 
erected the old Orimsley Mill on the corner of 
Madison and Tenth streets; ran the Iliokox 
Mill on East Adams street from 1875 till Feb- 
ruary, 1881, when he became a member of the 
Elevator ]^Ii11ing Company, which handles a 
large amount of grain, and manufactures a great 
quantity of fiour, a fuller account of Mmich 
appears in the chapter on manufactures in this 
work. Mr. Grimsley married Mary F. Burch, 
a native of Springfield, in June, 1877, who has 
borne him one daughter, Fannie, aged three 
years. ^Ir. G. is a member of A. 6. U. W., 
and is Guide in Capital City Lodge No. 38. 
His p.arents both died in 1842, and his home 
through childhood and youth w^as with his uncle, 
William P. Grimsley, Sr. 

JEdtcanl A. Guhitz was bom in Springfield, 
Illinois, August 3, 1858. He attendied school 
until he was fifteen years of age, when he 
clerked in the grocery store of J. G. Byerline, 
two years, then clerked for John W. Bunn & 
C^., four years and six roontlis, then opened a 
store of his own at northwest corner Fourth and 
Grand avenue, w*here be carries a $3,000 stock 
of groceries and provisions. His father, Adam 
Gubitz, was*born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1827, 
and came to the United States when twenty-one 
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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



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18G2. His wife, Maggie Baker, was also bom 
in Bavaria, Germany. She and husband were 
both members of the German Lutheran Cliurch, 
and had a family of six children, four living, 
viz: Cornelia, Barbara, Edward and Matilda 
Gubitz. The mother is still living in Spring- 
field. Edward A. Gubitz, the subject of the 
sketch, is a member of the F^uglish Lutheran 
Church, at Springfield, Illinois, and in politics 
rather independent. 

Louis H, Uahn^ meat market, Springfield, 
Illinois. Among the business men of Sfjring- 
field may be mentioned the name of Louis If. 
Ilahn, who established himself in business in 
1875. He carries everything usually kept in ai 
first-class market; is a young man, with good 
business abilities, and one of the enterprising 
men of the city. He was born in New York 
City, January I7lh, 1854; son of Charles Ilahn, 
also a butcher by profession, who came to this 
city in 18G4, and has been engaged in the busi- 
ness since. He married Miss Eliza Hammarth, 
and they have h«id eight children, seven of whom 
are living. 

i?ew. Albert IJuIe^ Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in Glastenburg, Conneclicut, November 29, 
1 799, son of Mathew and Ruth (Stephens) Hale. 
In youth, he served seven years as clerk in a store 
in Weathersfield, Connecticut, but afterwards en- 
tered Yale Theological Seminary. Among those 
of his graduating class, were the late Rev. Henry 
Durant, Sidney L. Johnson, lawyer, and Rev. 
Asa Turner, all residents of California (the lat- 
ter founded the first Presbyterian Church in 
Quincy, Illinois); Rev. William Adams, D. D., 
of New York; llev. Horace Bushnell, of Hart- 
ford, Connecticut; Judge Edwards and Judge 
Gould. The first ministerial service of Mr. Hsde 
was on a missionary tour in Georgia and other 
Gulf States, preaching, founding Sunday schools, 
and laboring in his might intheLord^svineyanl, 
where he found work to do. He first came to 
Illinois in 1831, and located in Bond county, as 
a home missionary. When he reached Shawnee- 
town, the Black Hawk war was in the height of 
its fury, and the terrified inhabitants were seek- 
ing refuge in log forts. 

In 1833, in the discharge of missionary duties, 
he visited Chicago, where he found two hundred 
and fifty Pottawotomies, many of them intoxi- 
cated, receiving their annuities in blankets, 
clothing, and money. The village of Chicago 
at that time contained abor.t one thousand in- 
habitants, including soldiers, and twenty-two 
^roggeries. When once under the influence of 
hre- water, the untutored savage became an easy 



prey of the proprietors of those vile dens» w)k> 
roblicd them of their clothing and money. Mr. 
Hale apjH'aled to the Indian agent to interfere 
ami put a stop to this ini<[uity on the part of the 
mm-sellersy but his suggestions wore unheeded, 
and no efforts were made to arrest the evil. 
Dnring his visit to Chicago, he preached in a 
school house at the mouth of the river. Many 
Indians, though imperfectly understanding the 
language, gathered in the doorway and around 
the windows, listening, many of them prol>ably 
for the first time, to the sound of the Gosik*1. 

About this time, he met an old friend, Mr. 
Carpenter, who has since accumulatetl consider^ 
able wealth in Chic-ago, near the place npoo 
which now stands the Cook county court house; 
and in conversation upon the future of the vil- 
lage, Mr. Hale said: "You expect to have a 
dty hero?" "Yes, seme day," replied his friend. 
"What is the land worth here?'^ "Five dollars 
an acre," replied Mr. Carpenter, " but the diffi- 
culty is, nobody appears to want to buy," 

In 1830, Mr. 11 ale accepted a call as {lastor of 
the Second Presbyterian Church of Springfield, 
and continued in that capacity over twenty- 
seven ycai*s, since which time he lias labored 
and preached in both city and country. 

March 27, lS30,he married Miss Abiah Chapin, 
of Newport, New Hampshire, who died June 
10, 18G4. She was a graduate of Ip^^wicb Semi- 
nary, Massachusetts, and came to Illinois as a 
teacher, in 1831. She was a lady of rare ae- 
complishments, endowed with all graces which 
adorn the true Christian character. Mr. Hale 
is the senior minister of Sprin^eld, and 
one of the first pioneers of the State. He is 
universally loved, not only by those associated 
with him in his own church, but by all people, 
of all phases of religious faith and sentiments. 

He has been a faithful worker, s|»eaking words 
of hope to the dying, of comfort to the despond- 
ing, and of warning to the wricked. In secular 
matters, he has been a good citizen, loyal to the 
government of his country in all emergencies. 

Uall (C* IIerrick\ clothiers and dealers in hats, 
caps and gentlemen^s furnishings, southeast cor- 
ner of Adams and Sixth streets, is composed of 
Edward A. Hall and Jonathan E. K. Ilerrick, 
w*ho entered into partnership and engaged in the 
business in that location in June, 1^76, under 
the firm title of E. A. Hall &, Co. This was 
changed to the present title in March, 1881. 
Their stock embraces a general assortment of 
readv-made clothing, hats, caps, and gentleraen*s 
funiishing goods; in addition to which they 
carry on a merchant tailoring departnaent, and a 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, 



shirt mao II factory, where goods are made ap to 
order with dispatch in the most approved style. 
Their establislimcnt employs eight to ten hands, 
besides those engaged in the manufacturing de- 
partments. The house does a lar^e retail uusi- 
ness, which has increased a hundrca per cent, in 
the past four years. 

Mr. Hall is a native of Pekin, Illinois, bom in 
1845; was reared and educated there, and from 
18(il until 1876 was engaged in general mer- 
chandising, the last seven years as proprietor of 
the business. He married Miss Frances A. 
Myers, of Pekin, in the spring of 1873. He is a 
member of the Masonic Order, Lodge, Council, 
Chapter and Commandery. 

Mr. Herrick was born near Montreal, Canada, 
in 1844, of Vermont parentage. At the age of 
nineteen years he went to the city of Boston, 
and for twelve years was identified with the 
^ciitlcmcn^s clothing and furnishing trade. 
June 10, 187G, he formed a partnership with £. 
A. Hall, and opened the business in S{>ringfield, 
Illinois. Mr. Ilerrick united in marriage with 



union. Mr. II. is a Mason, and member of 
Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. 

Mrs, E, B, Harlan was born in England, 
February 19, 1841, and came with her parents 
to Illinois in 1850, locating in Marion county. 
Mrs. Harlan completed her education in Salem, 
Marion county, and engaged for a short time in 
teaching in Clay city, Illinois, in 18GI. Mrs. 
Harlan, whose maiden name was MaryA.Crand- 
well, was married to £. B. Harlan on July 4, 1804. 
She removed with her husband to Springfield in 
180 . He died in 1875, leaving her with four 
children— Emma C, Paul P., Edgar A., and 
Brooks, all of whom were born in Springfield, 
save the first named, who was born in Louisville, 
Kentucky. A sketch of General E. B. Harlan 
may be found in connection with '' lUusti ious 
Dead,'* on page 512. 

J'Jlizabeth J. llatjidd^ Springfield, Illinois, 
widow of the late llinaldo B. Hatfield, was born 
in Morgan county, Illinois, February 18, 1830; 
is the daughter of Jonas, farmer and stock 
dealer, and Marv N. (Headleston), natives of 
Bourbon county, ICentucky. Ililrs. Hatfield was 
married in a Baptist Church in Scott county, 
Illinois, to Kinaldo B. Hatfield, deceased, July 
20, 1850, and by the union had seven children, 
four of whom are living, vix : Marv E., Emma 
E., Menter J., and Robert L. Mr. /latfield was 
born in Ohio, December 21, 1828, and son of 
William B., farmer, and Elixa (Wilmington) 



Hatfield. Mr. Hatfield finished his e<lucation in 
a public High School in Ohio, after which he 
learned engineering. After his marriage he 
turned his attention to farming, which he fol- 
lowed one year, and was then engaged as enm- 
neer in Charles Groves' distillery, Mcredosia, 
Illinois, which position he held until he enlisted 
in the late war, in Company A, One Hundred 
and First Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, 
August 0, 1802. Mr. Hatfield was taken 
prisoner December 20, 1802, and retained as 
such for three months, after which he was re- 
leased in exchange, June 8, 1803. Mr. Hatfield 
was with his regiment in all its movements and 
battles, and witn it mustered out of service at 
the close of the war, June 25, 1805, having 
contracted sickness which so impaired his health 
that he was unfit for physical labor, and which 
finally resulted in his death, lilaroh 24, 1872. 
He was promoted from the rank of private to 
that of sergeant, which he held to the end of 
his warfare. Mrs. Hatfield is a member of the 
Congregationalist Church, and her daughter, 



1^1 iss Marie E. Bangle, of Massachusetts, in M^^fv E., is a member of the Christian Church. 
1875. One daughter has been bom of this ^^J^(pAa/€^ if ate>l<;y, deceased, was born Decem 



ber 17, 1782. He was married August 24, 1815, 
to Elizabeth McMurdy, who was born in Allany, 
February 20, 1797, and of Scotch descent. Mr. 
and Mrs. Ilawley had two children in Albany 
previous to coming here. In 1821 he purchased 
several war claims, which was one cause of hit 
coming West to locate land. He started out with 
his family in a carriage, hauling their household 
goods in a wagon. When they arrived at Olean 
Point, on the Alleghenv river, they transferred 
their goods and fioated oown to Pittsburg, where 
they remained until the next springs Mr. Ilawley 
and a man by the name of Whcelock united in 

Surchasing a boat in which their two families 
escended the Ohio river to Shaw nee town, where 
they arrived in April, 1822. Mr. Ilawley pro- 
ceeded to Sangamon county, where he arrived 
the last of April or the first of May the same 
year, and located in Fancy Creek township. 
Wevious to coming west, Mr. Ilawley located 
his war claim in the military reservation west of 
the Illinois river, and began improving a farm 
on Spoon river, in Fulton county, a short distance 
from Havana. June 21, 1822, as he was return- 
ing to his family on horse-back, in attempting 
to swim his horse across Salt Creek, in Mason 
county, was drowned. The horse came home, 
and setirch being made, the body was found a 
week later and interred. The widow and children 
removed to Springfield the next winter. Isaac 
A. Ilawley, the tecond son of Eliphalet and 



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for thirteen veara. On July 1, 1878, Mr. Hay- 
den accepted his present position as chief clerk 
of the moncY order dep«irtinent in the post office, 
in Springtield, Illinois. Mr. llayden was mar- 
ried in St. Louis, January 27, 1848, to Margaret 
C. Cohen, daughter of Thomas and Mary W. 
Cohen, natives of Virginia; Mr. Cohen was one 
of the oldest citizens of St. Louis. Mrs. llayden 
was bom and raised in St. Louis, Missouri; her 
early education was in her native city, and com- 
pleted in Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, Illinois. 
mr, and Mrs. llayden had seven children, of 
whom three are living, viz: Albert C, Frank N., 
and Adeline A.; all were bom in St. Louis. Mr. 
Hayden located in Springtield, Illinois, in May, 
1862. United with the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows in St. l^uis — Missouri Lodge, No. 
11. Mr. and Mrs. llayden are members of the 
Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. llayden is 
an elder; and he has, for the last twelve or fifteen 
years, been actively engaged and dce]>ly inter- 
ested in the Sunday school work of the city and 
county; and for the last eight years, has con- 
ducted a mission at what is known as ** Grace 
Chapel," near the West Coal Shaft, near the city. 
Hudolph Uthceg^ of the firm of llelweg & 
Snape, plumbers, gas and steam-pipe fitters, 
Springfield, Illinois, was born in Germanv, and 
emigrated to America in 1851, and lamied at 
New York City, from which place he went to 
Chicago, aid learned the trade of plumbing and 
cas fitting, with William Gwynn, and was in 
his employ three years, then came to Springfield, 
Illinois, in July, 1854, and was employed by the 
Springfield Gas Company, which had just begun 
its operations at above given date. He worked 
with this company about seven years, or till 
18t»l, when his services were again employed by 
William Gwynn, in Springfield, and continued 
in his employ till 1869, when he formed a part- 
nership witfi Robert Snape, which partnership 
continues under the title of llelweg Jc Snape, 
plumbers, gas and steam-pipe fitters. The fiim 
deals in gas fixtures, and is the leading firm of 
the kind in Springfield. 

Carl Alhtrt Ihlude^ a native of Carlsiuhe, 
capital of the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, 
was born on the 10th of September, 1827, and 
is the son of llcinrich llelmle and Carolina nee 
Himmelheber. The ifamily was one of the old- 
est iu that city. 

Carl Albert received his education at the Ly- 
ceum of Carlsruhe, he never had any desire to 
study the classics, and intended to enter a mili- 
tary academy, but was finally dissuaded by his 
mother, a highly educated laay, and infiueuecd 



to choose a mercantile life. Soon after this he 
became book-keeper in an extensive commission 
and forwarding- nouse, and alter leaving this 
position, accepted a situation in a banking house 
m Brussels, Belgium, sind later removed to 
Paris. Indoor life and too close confinement 
began to impair his health, and for the purpose 
of recuperating, and prompted also, by his love 
of independence and liberty, he determined to 
emigrate to America. Accordingly he closed up 
his affairs and embarked, arriving in New York 
on the 21st of November, 1849. lie had letters 
of recommendation to leading business houses 
in that city, but feeling that his health demanded 
it, he went west to Missouri and engaged in 
fanning. Here, on the 20th of Fcbruarj', 1858, 
he was married to Miss Marie Flesche. In June 
of the following year, not suoceedins as well as 
he had anticipated in farming, it being new to 
him, with a small capital he removed to Spring- 
field, Illinois, and established himself in the tin 
and stove business, and continued with good 
success till April j 1857. At this time in com- 
pany with Frank Reisch, he opened a general 
store, and later, engaged in the brewing busi- 
ness, beginning on a small scale, manufacturing 
only one thousand barrels during the first year. 
Their business increased gradually from year to 
year. In 18G4 he dissolved partnership with 
Mr. Reisch and commenced the wholesale liquor 
business, in which he still continues, having 
established a very good and successful trade 
throughout the center of the State. 

He has always been a Democrat, and has 
filled various public ofiices, has had numerous 
calls to accept others, but his tastes have led him 
to decline the honors. 

As a business man, Mr. Helmle is prompt, 
systematic and accurate, and gives his personal 
attention to all the details of his affairs. In 
public enterprises he has always taken a worthy 
part. He has devoted much time to self-culture, 
and from his extensive reading and observation 
has accumulated a most valuable fund of infor- 
mation and experience He has collected a 
library composed of many rare volumes, and 
adorned his residence with valuable paintings 
and other works of art, and, in the enjoyment 
of an ample competence, lives surrounded by 
the pleasures and comforts of a happy home. 

George IL Ilehnle^ architect, residence 430 
South Fifth street, is a native of the city of 
Springfield, Illinois, and was bom in 1853, Wil- 
liam and Klise (Warschutx) Helmle, his parents 
emigrated from Germany to America in 1840, 
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side. George was educated in the city .school*, 
and having a natural tact and taste for drawing, 
took lessons in that art in the city, in 1S67-GS. 
The following year he entered the ollice of 
E. E. Myers, since moved to Detroit, Miehi- 
gan, and one of the most prominent architects 
in the United States. Young lle.mle remained 
there as draughtsman two years, when, receiving 
an offer from llelera, Arkansas, to make plans 
for a Masonic temple, which was to cost $.*{0,- 
000, he accepted, and forming a partnership 
with John A. !McKay, and superintended the 
erection of the building. Sul)se<juentlv he made 
the plan for the Arkansas State University, 
which drew the prize of $1,500, won in competi- 
tion with architects from St. Louis and various 
other cities. During the two years of Mr. 
Ilelmle's stay in Helena, he and his partner 
made plans for and constructed a number of 
other buildings in that and other towns, that re- 
ceived flattering eulogies from the public press 
of that State. In 1872, Mr. Helmlc went to 
Chicago, and spent two vears, one in the archi- 
tect's othce of W. A. Furber, and one in the of- 
fice of W. J. Kdbrooke, during the re-building 
of the city after the great fire. Returning to 
Springfield, in 187-4, he has since furnished pfans 
for many elegant dwellings in and about the 
city, among them B. F. Caldwell, of Curran 
township. Dr. L. Gillett's, of Buffalo; Iliram E. 
Gardner's, of Gardner; Daniel Waters, of Coop- 
er, in the country, and George P. Bowen's, A. 
n. Fisher's, Frank Reisch's, John T. Peters, H. 
K. Webber's, and others of the city. lie has, 
during 1881, made plans for buildings. Besides 
his architectural work, ^Ir. Helmlc has kept the 
books of the hirst National Bank, of Spring- 
field, for three years. 

In 1870, he united in marriage with Miss Min- 
nie Whitehurst, also of Springfield, daughter of 
Stephen S. Whitehurst and Maria Maiheny, who 
is a daughter of Charles R. Matheny, and still 
resides i]) Springfield. 

7i. I*^. Jlerhdon <fc 6*o., drv goods merchants, 
is compo^-ed of Richard F. llerndon and John 
T. Grimsley. They CFtablished their business, 
which is now one of the largest and most pros- 
perous retail houses in Central Illinois, in 1806, 
on Sjuth Sixth street, moved in 1871 to the 
south side of the square, and in the lall of 1881, 
to the new Passfield block, northwest corner of 
Adams and Fifth streets, southwest corner of 
the square, where they liave the most elegant 
store in the Capital City, The firm carries a 
large and complete stock of staple and fancy 
dry goods, dress goods, laces and millinery. 



They also conduct a large mannfacturinfit de- 
partment, devoted to ladies* suits, cloaks and 
millinery to orier. The firm occupies three 
floors of this splendid building, besides the base- 
ment, which is devoted to domestics, llie first 
floor is a magnificent double corner room, heated 
by steam, and communicating with stones above 
by elevator. This room is devoted to dress 
goods, silks, satins, hosiery, kid gloves, ct^c. The 
second floor is stocked with ready-made suits, 
wrappings and millinery. The third floor is 
forty by ninety feet in area, and is entirely de- 
voted to manufacturing, where fifty to seventy- 
five hands are employed. Tliis extensive retail 
business is conducted almost entirely upon the 
cash system. The partners are both thorough- 
going, practical merchants. 

Mr. llerndon was born in 1841, in Kentuckv; 
was brought by his parents to Springfield, Illi- 
nois, in 1843. His father, Richard llerndon, 
engaged for a number of years in a general raer^ 
cantile business, from which he retired some 
years prior to his death, in 1857. Richard served 
an apprenticeship of seven years with Messrs 
Condell i^ Co.; was two years with Matheny & 
Co., then in 1866 opened the store on South 
Sixth street, above noted. Mr. Herndon has 
never married. 

Charles A, Herrmann Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Berlin, German v, August, 1827, 
where he followed woolen and silk weaving. He 
married Miss Rosetta II. Reddie, who was boro 
in Germany, April 29, 1829. By this union 
there were twelve children, seven of whom are 
living: Charles A., Emil R., Matilda F., Min- 
nie S., Louisa A., Adeline S., and Flora H. 
In June, 1855, they landed in New York; came 
in a sailing vessel, and were seven weekb mak- 
ing the trip. He first located in Cbampai«at 
county Illinois, where he worked by tho month; 
remained there a couple of years, when he con- 
cluded to go to Kansas, or Nebraska; he in- 
tended to make a farm, but not liking the coun- 
try, returned to Springfield, where he wa.<t em- 
ployed in the woolen mills. In 1862 he enliste<l 
in the Twenty-ninth Missouri Infantry and par* 
tici])ated in several engagements; was w*ounded 
in the heel bv a piece of shell at the battle of 
Chickasaw Mountain; being unfit for active se^ 
vice, was honorably discharged. He was a 
member of the Lutheran Church, and has a 
property in Springfield valued at $2,000, 

Thomas C\ Jlenkle was bom in the city of 
Springfield, Illinois, January lA, 1850, and ia 
IHftO moved with his parents to Decatur, Illiaois 
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In 1 86S, be returned to Springfieldy and January, 
18G9, was employed as book-keeper in tbe wliole- 
sale grocery store of J. <& J. W. Bunn, and held 
tbat position ten years, wben be was made mana- 
ger, a position be still retains, tbe firm now being 
Jobn W . Bunn Ss Co. Tbe fatber of Tboraas C, 
Enos Ilenkle, was born in Franklin, Virginia, 
February 10, 1810; be it a wagon-maker by 
trade, and is still livirg in Springfield, Illinois; 
a member of tbe Metbodist Episcopal Cburcb. 
His wife, Martba Condell, bom in Ireland; sbe 
is a member of tbe SJetbodist Episcopal Cburcb, 
and is sdso livins in tbis city. Sbe was tbe 
motber of five cbildren, foar living: Albert K., 
living in Springfield, Superintendent of tbe 
Ilominy Mills; Tliomas C. Henkle, Will II. 
Ilenkle, cbief clerk in tbe Auditor's office, and 
Miss S. E. Pratber. Mr. P. C. Henkle, tbe sub- 

1'ect of tbis sketcb, w*a8 married to Miss K. J. 
luntington, April 20, 1874. Sbe was born in 
Springfield, Illinois, April 21, 1854. Sbe was a 
daugbter of George L. Huntington. He was an 
old settler in Springfield, Illinois, wbere be was 
for many years engaged in tbe lumber business*. 
He was a member of tbe Episcopal Cburcb, and 
bis wife, Ilannab L. Forbes, was bom in Boston, 
Massacbusetts. Sbe was tbe motber of nine 
cbildren, eigbt livinc. Mr. T. C. Henkle is a 
member of tbe fIrstMetbodist Episcopal Cburcb 
in Springfield, and Mrs. Henkle is a member of 
tbe Episcopal Cburcb. Tbey bave tbrce cbild- 
ren, namely: Ella J., Leonora, and Jobn B. Hen- 
kle. In politics, Mr. Henkle is a Republican, 
and a strong supporter of tbat P^rt^i ^od cast 
bis first vote for U. S. Grant for President of tbe 
^ United States. 
U^ £. James IlickaXy owner of tbe Excelsior 
Mills, is tbe only son of Martin and Mary 
Hickox, nee James. Martin llickox was born on 
Spring Creek, two miles from Springfield, and 
was tbe son of Addison Hickox and Khoda 
Stanley. He married Miss James, a native of 
Atlanta, lA>gan county, Illinois, wbo died wben 
tb^ subject of tbis sketcb was fifteen montbs old. 
His fatber made milling tbe cbief business of 
bis life, as did tbe grandsire and bis tbree otbor 
sons. Martin died Marcb 11, 1878, in tbe forty- 
first year of bis a^e. He left an estate consist- 
ing of tbe Excelsior Mills and otber city pro])- 
ertv. Tliese mills bave lately been remodeled 
and refumisbed with tbe most approved inacbin- 
ery for manufacturing tbe** New Process*' tlonr, 
and bave a capacity of one bundred barrels in 
twenty-four boura. 

Ih^iijUiS JlickaXf proprietor of Excelsior Mill, 
East Adams street^ is one of a family of five 



cbildren, four sons and a daugbter, of Addison 
and Hboda (Stanley) Hickox, and was born in 
Springfield, Illinois, in 1846. He graduated 
from tlie city scbools, and at eiebteen years of 
age engaged in tbe milling business, wbicli be 
lias continuously pursued, save about eigbt years 
during wbicb be conducted a steam laundr}* in 
tbe city. He was joint proprietor witb bis fatber 
of tbe ^Ktna Mill, for some vears, and since Feb- 
ruary, 1881, bas nm tbe Excelsior Mill. Mr. 
Hickox married Martba J., daugbter of Jaines 
W. Keyes, in September, 1807, Tbey bave four 
cbildren, two of eacb sex« 

Addison Hickox was bom in Jefferson county, 
New York, and married Rboda Stanley, of tbat 
county; came to Springfield, Illinois, in 1833, 
and soon after erected tbe Spring Creek Mill, 
two miles nortb-west of tbe city, and tlie only 
flouring mill witbin a radius of eigbty miles at 
tbat time. He was subsequently interested in 
tbe building and ownersbip of a number of mills 
in tbe city. At one time lie and bis four sons, 
all practical millers, owned tbrce and operated 
two otbers — five in all — in Springfield. After 
more tban a tbird of a century of active life in 
tbe milling business in Sangamon county; years, 
prolific in good results to tbe community in tbis 
brancb of industry, Mr. Hickox died in January, 
1873, in Florida, wbere be was spending tbe 
winter. He left a valuable estate to bis widow 
and family. Only tbree of tbeir family of five 
cbildren are now alive. 

J. A. JligffinSy M. 2>., Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Crawford county, Illinois, December 
23, 1831; son of James and Julia Higgins, 
natives of Kentucky, wbo came to tbis State in 
1818, and located in Crawford county, and fol- 
lowed farming; afterwards engaged m tbe dis- 
tillerA^ business and buying and feeding stock, 
wbicb be sold in St Louis; fatber and motber 
are still living in Missouri, and bave lived to- 
getber over fifty ^ears. Tbey came to tbe State 
wben it was a wild, unsettled country, previous 
to tbe Indians leaving. Tbe Higgins family 
were large, powerful, atbletic men Tbe sub- 
ject of this stcetcb was raised on a farm. Wben 
eigbt years of age, bis fatber moved to Alabama 
and engaged ingrowing cotton; remained only a 
few years. Wben ten years of age, bis fatber 
moved to St. Louis, wbere J. A. was placed in 
tbe Mound Academy, and pursued bis studies 
four years. In tbe fall of 1846, tbey moved to 
VanHuren county, Iowa,tben aTerntory, wbere 
be remained until tbe fall of 1848, tben returned 
to St. Louis, wbere be intended to learn tbe 
trade of sbip carpentering. His bealtb failing, 




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be gave up his trade and went lo Macoupin county, 
Illinois. Here he turned his attention tu car- 
pentering, forming a partnershij) with Isaac Fer- 
ris. January 25, lb55, he married Miss Nancy 
Mitchell, daughter of Dr. Ambrose ^litcbell, an 
early settler of the State; she died in the spring 
of 1S72, leaving four children — two sons and 
two daughters. After marrying, Mr. II. con- 
tinued his business, and in the meantime read 
medicine with Dr. Mitchell, and iinally turned 
his whole attention to his profession. In the 
spring of 1875, he came to Springtield, where 
he has met with good success. In 18G1, he en- 
listed in the Third Illinois Cavalry, Company L., 
D. R. Sparks commanding. His father was a 
Union man, and when the rebellion broke out 
he said to his two sons, of which the Doc- 
tor was one: " Your great grandfather was a 
soldier in the Revolutionary War; your grand- 
father was a soldier in the war of 1812; you had 
two uncles in the Indian wars, and if you do 
not enlist for the cause of the Union, I will 
shoulder my musket and go." (He was then 
over fifty years ild.) It is enough to say that 
the boys went, and served with honor to them- 
selves and the cause, participating in several 
engagements, viz: Firsc battle of Pea Ridge, 
Ya^oo River, where General Sherman met his 
iirst defeat; Fort Gibson and Champion Hills. 
Previous to the battles of Fort Gibson and 
Champion Hills, the Doctor had the small-pox, 
leaving him in a weak condition, and fatigue 
and excitement so unnerved him that he was 
not fit for active service; he was discharged for 
disability in June, 1863. He married for his 
second wife, ^liss Relief Guderman, daughter 
of William M. Olney, of New Jersey. The 
Doctor is a relative of Tom Higgins, an old In- 
dian fighter, who participated in one of the most 
desperate single-handed combats with the Indians 
ever fought on the soil of Illinois, August 21, 
1814. Mr. Higgins was about twenty-five years 
of age, of muscular build, not tall, but strong 
and active. 

Charles Z. Uoyty Superintendent of the Spring- 
field Watch Factory, is a native of Middleburg, 
New York, born in 1828; was brought by his 
parents to Detroit, Michigan, and was there 
reared and educated. He learned the tra4le of 
watch making in Rochester, that State, where lie 
carried on the business nine years. Moving to 
Romeo, Michigan, he continued at his trade until 
the Pike's Peak gold excitement arose, in 18tfO, 
when he joined the throng of gold seekers, and 
spent nearly a year in Coloraao. He then re- 
turned to Detroit, and entered the employ of the 

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large wholesale and retail watch atid .jewelry 
honcic of M. S. Smith i^ Co. While there, he 
invented a very superior w.atch, which he named 
**Our Watch,'' and made about a hundred move- 
ments, worth ^loi) each. He sold his tools and 
materials to acceut the Superiutendency of the 
Frceporl Watch Factory, which position he filhd 
till it was destroyed by fire, in October, 1875. 
Sub6e(|uently, he had char^ee oi the esca^>ement 
department of the Rockford Watch Factory five 
years, and resigned that place to become Super- 
intendent for the Illinois Watch Company, in 
October, 1880. Mr. Iloyt married Sitiona A. 
I^et, a native of Genesee county, New York, 
thirty years ago. Flora Iloyi is their only child. 

jMwrcnce A. llmhon^ news dealer, was bom 
in Nelson county, Kentucky, in December, 1819. 
His early life was passed in that .and the Middle 
States; was educated at Elizabeth, Kentucky, 
and for nearly a quarter of a century taught 
school in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia; was 
some time a teacher in Morg.antown Academy, 
in the latter State. During the great excitement 
growing out of the discovery of gold in Califor- 
nia, Mr. Hudson, like many others, was seized 
with a desire to become suddenly rich, and act- 
ing on that impulse, he went over-land in 1849, 
to the great gold fields of the Far West. He was 
in Kansas during the exciting times of the " Bor- 
der Ivufiian War," and was with John Brown in 
Ohio, previous to his memorable and liistoric raid 
on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Mr. Hudson entered 
the Union anuy as a member of the Second 
Missouri Infantry, Three Months' Volunteers, in 
18G1; w.as in the battles of Boone villc and Wil- 
son^s Creek, Missouri, and was taken prisoner in 
the latter. He re-enlisted April 18, 1802, in 
an Independent Missouri Cavalry company, 
which was afterwards consolidated into the 
Tenth Misscuiri Cavalry, United States Volun- 
teers. In August, 1802, he was injured in a 
cavalry charge near Moore's Mill, Missouri, re- 
ceiving a compound fracture of the right thigh 
and a fracture of the right arm. After having 
suDicientlv recovered he was transferred to the 
Veteran Reserve Corps, and assigned to clericil 
dutv at post headquarters, until discharged, Sep* 
tember 10, 1863, and mustered out as a member 
of Uie lliird Regiment Missouri Cavalry, United 
States Volunteers. 

Mr. Hudson re-entered government employ as 
s|)ecial agent in the United States Secret service, 
and acted in tliat capacity until the close of the 
war; during which he visited numerous cities 
and important points within the rebellious Stateti 
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dence of many prominent members of the 
Southern C'onfeaeraoy, both in civil and military 
life; and through their faith imposed in him he 
learned and communicated much information of 
great value to the government at Washington, 
and the chiefs of the departments in the Held. 
He unearthed and e.x|>osed many plots and 
schemes of rebels, planned under the knowledge 
of, and in numerous instances in concert with 
arrant traitors *Mn blue*^ and in government era- 
]>l4)y, for destroying Union property, thwarting 
the movements of the Union armies, encourag- 
ing desertions and devastating the Northern 
Sutes, by erecting a Northwestern Confederacy, 
that were startling in their conception, and would 
have been terrible in tlieir results had they not 
been suppressed in their infancy. As an indis- 
putable evidence of the important duties he per- 
formed, and the implicit confidence imposed in 
him as an oilicer and a man, Mr. fludson has in 
his possession a number of autograph letters 
written by General W. S. Rosecrans, General 
G. M. Dodge, General J. H. l>al{er. Provost 
Marshal General of the Department of Missouri; 
Hon. Joseph Holt^ Judge Advocate General, and 
othei distinguished oflicers, which speak of his 
great efficiency as a special agent in the Secret 
Service, detail the valuable services performed, 
in strons terms of commendation, showing him 
to have been one of the most valued and trusted 
men in that branch of service. The Bureau of 
Military Justice has reports there made through 
31 r. liudson to Colonel Sanderson, to General 
Hosecrans, that would startle the Nation. Some 
of those oHicial documents and duplicate reports 
embody a fund of information combined with 
strange and startling experiences and critical 
situations which render them as entertaining as 
anv romance. 

In 1850, Mr. Hudson married Miss Delia J. 
Htrid, in Missouri, a native of Virginia. They 
have three dead and four surviving children, 
(Albert Eugene, Noble Reid, Oliver Goldsmith, 
and Fanny Hale Hudscm. Mr. H. first visited 
8i»ringfield in 1850, and made several subsequent 
visits to the place Wfore settling here in 1874. 
After leaving the service of the Government he 
kept books in Jefferson City and St. Louis, Mis- 
souri. In August, 1878, he engaged in the 
news business here, h.andling the leading 
western metropolitan daily and weekly jour- 
nals, since which time he has by great industry 
and economy made enough money to hUjiport 
his family and pay f(»r a comfortable home on 
Heynolds street, worth *2,000. Owiu|j: to his 
entering the army as a member of an indepen- 



dent company of State troops, Mr. H. has never 
yet received any (Mansion, though disabled per- 
manently by bis injuries, but now hoi>es to over- 
come the obstacle in the near future. 

M^lliam S, Ilwiter, clothing merchant and 
merchant tailor, 123 south Fifth street, west 
side of square, has been connected with the 
clothing trade of Springfield as salesman ten 
years, and for about two years in the capacity 
of manager of the establisliment of which he 
has been sole proprietor since July 1, 1881. He 
carries a complete stock of ready-made clothing 
and gentlemen's furnishings, in medium and fine 
goods« and in his merchant tailoring department 
he makes a specialty of the best grades of cloths 
and suitings m the market, of domestic and for- 
eign manufacture. In this department Mr. 
Hunter employs the most skilled workmen, and 
docs a large business, occupying from twelve to 
fifteen hands. The active capital invested is 
upwards of 18(20,000, and the annual sales run 
from ^30,000 to 840,000. Mr. Hunter is a native 
of Woodford county, Kentucky, and is twenty- 
nine years of age. His parents, William S., and 
Mary (Brown) Hunter, moved to Sangamon 
county, Hlinois, in the fall of 1852, and several 
years later to Logan county, where his father 
<lied in 1873. His mother is now a resident of 
Springfield. William was sent back to bis na- 
tive State and educated in a private school. He 
married Bebert Merriman in 1871). She is a 
daughter of George B. Merriman, deceased, and 
w^born in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
V Albert X. /<7e, proprietor of Ide's Machine 
Works, corner Fifth and Madison streets, was 
born in Waupaukenata, Loraine county, Ohio, 
in March, 1841, and came with his parents to 
Sangamon county, Illinois^ when two years old. 
In 185G he began learning the machinist's trade 
with Campbell & Richardson, in Springfield. 
He enlisted upon the first call for three months' 
troops in the Seventh Illinois Infantry; at the 
expiration of service was appointed Drill Master 
at Camp l^utl'jr, and drilleu ofhcers for a year; 
then enlisted and was made Major of the Thirty- 
second Illinois Infantry, but soon after, having 
a long illness with typhoid fever, was discharged. 
In 18G2 he embarked in the jewelry and army 
supply business, continuing until several months 
after the war closed. He then spent two years 
in building and equipping the Fifth street line 
of the Springfield City Railway Company, of 
which he is now President. After this he en- 
gaged in manufacturing steam-heating apparatus 
and has been continuously in the business since. 
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this line, Mr. Ide has a<l<led tlie foiiudry antl 
niamifaclory of general machinery, einplo}ing in 
all sixty to fievenly-five men, and' in Ifc'iisO did a 
businebs of Jt^a*. 5,000. 

llobirt Iririn, deceased, was born in Williams- 
port, Pennsylvania. Subseqnently, he removed 
to St. Louis, Missouri, where he enjraged in the 
mercantile trade with John and Augustus Carr. 
Dissolving his connection with the tinn, in 18:U, 
he came to S]>ringlield, Illinois, where he formed 
a partnership wiih John Williams, one of the 
pioneer merchants of the city, in the dry goods 
trade. Subsequently, he was connected with 
bis brother, John Irwin, in the sime business. 
"When the Marine and Fire Insurance Company 
was organized, he became identified with it, and 
became its secretary, remaining in that connec- 
tion until his death, which occurred March 8, 
18C5. 

Robert Irwin and Clara C. Doyle were united 
in marriage in ^lay, 1833. Three children were 
born unto them, two dau^hteis and one son. 

Robert Irwin was an active business man, and 
whatever enterprise engaged his attention, he 
entered into it with his whole soul. He was an 
intimate personal friend of that great and pood 
man, Abraham Lincoln. Shortly after Mr. Lin- 
coln was first inaugurated, and under date of 
March 20, 1801, he wrote Mr. Irwin in relation 
to an applicant for oflice in one of the eastern 
States, who gave the name of Mr. Irwin as ref- 
erence. Mr. Lincoln pathetically closed his 
letter, **Your tired friend, A. Lincoln." Yes, 
he was tired, poor man, and never found rest 
this side the Jordan of death. 

When the war broke out, Mr. Irwin entered 
into the work, and ceased not to labor until 
death claimed him as his own. The "boys in 
blue" were ever a subject of the utmost concern 
with him, and he could not do too much to alle- 
viate their sufferings. As a member of the State 
Sanitary Commission, he gave time and money 
to help on the noble work in which its members 
were engaged. On his death, the directors held 
a meeting, and passed the following preamble 
and resolutions: 

" W^iiKKEAS, The Almigiity Disposer of events 
in the execution of His wise purposes, has re- 
cently terminated the earthly life and usefulness 
of our late friend and fellow counselor, Robert 
Irwin, Esq., of this city, by removing him to a 
more exalted and holier state of existence; there- 
fore, 

^^jiesolved^ That while webow with unmurmur- 
ing submissiveness to this afHictive dispensation, 
we cannot but deeply deplore the severe loss 



which our commission — the sanitary caiise^ aud 
society at large have sustained in the death of 
this w'ell-known estimable citixen. 

*^Jiej*olruf^ That the ardent and consistent pat- 
riotism of ^Ir. Irwin, his high-toned benevolence 
and incorruptible integrity, are worthy of our 
highest admiration and closest imitation; and 
the memor}* of them will be cherished amongst 
our fondest recollections of the mutual endeavors 
we have made during the last four years, to as- 
sist our country in her fearful struggle against 
that gigantic Rebellion which has spread death 
and desolation over so much of our land." 

The Hoard of Directors of the Marine and 
Fire Insurance Company held a meeting and 
adopted the following: 

WiiEKKAS, l^y the death of Robert Irwin, this 
company has sustained an irreparable loss; there- 
fore, be' it 

^^heaolccdy by the Board of Directors of the 
Sprinnfield 31<triue ami Fire Insunmce Com" 
pany^ That in the death of Robert Irwin, Secre- 
tary of this Institution, we have lost a capable 
and efficient officer, an honest and faithful iroius- 
sellor, and the community a genial and warm- 
hearted friend; aud that tne death of our friend 
and associate has left an official and social void 
that cannot be filled; the integrity of whose life 
has left a noble example, worthy of all imita- 
tion." 

The fore&:oing resolutions show the esteem in 
which Mr. Irwin was held by his associates, and 
the resolutions were but an echo of the voice of 
the whole community. Mr. Irwin was laid away 
to rest in Oak wood Cemetery. 

J-Jfijah Iks. — On page 580* of this work, will 
be found a very interesting reminiscence from 
the pen of Mr. lies, embracing a brief sketch of 
his own life. 

Eihcard R. Ives^ grocer, comer of Eleventh 
and Monroe streets, has been doing a general 
retail grocery business in that location more 
than six years, lie keeps in stock a choice line 
of goods, and has a prosperous and growing 
locsLl trade. Mr. Ives is an Elastern man : born 
in Rhode Island, in 1850. His parents, David 
S. and Catharine II. (Thorn) Ives, were born in 
New York and New Jersey, respectively. They 
moved to Springfield in 1854. His father has 
been in the railroad business for a third of a 
century, and is now connected with the Wabash 
Company. Edward was educated in the schools 
of the city, and started at the age of sixteen to 
learn practical civil engineering, on the \Vabash 
railroad, in which he spent two T'^/u'^ At the 
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for the company^ at Springfield, and held the 
position about seven years, wlien ill health 
compelled him to resign in May, 1875. He 
immediately embarked in his present biifincss. 
He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, 
Capital Ijodge, No. 14 In 1873 Mr. Ives united 
in marriage with Miss Sal He E. Ray, a native of 
Sangamon county, and one son, Edward C. 
Ives, has been horn to them, now aged eight 
years. Mr. Ives* parents reside in Springfield, 
and have a family of two sons and one daughter, 
the subject of this sketch being the second in 
age. 

»/ohn G. loes^ Secretary of the l>oard of 
Trade, has been a resident of Springfield since 
18:»0. He was born in Oneida county. New York, 
in 1818; learned the jeweler's and watch maker's 
trade in his native State, and worked at the bench 
there, and after coming to Springfield, until 
l><5a. In that year he erected the ^Ktna mill 
and run it ten years. He sold it in 18G5, and 
the two following years, 1806 and 1S07, he tilled 
the ofiice of Treasurer of Sangamon county, be- 
ing elected on the Republican ticket against a 
usual Democratic majority of several hundred. 
Since retiring from that office, Mr. Ives has been 
chiefly identified with the grain traffic. He was 
also twice elected to the Doard of Supervisors. 
In 1843, he married Miss Abigal Watson, a na- 
tive of Nashville, Tennessee. They have three 
Bons and a daughter, the latter married and liv- 
ing in Denver, Colorado. One of the sons is 
there also, the other two reside in Springfield. 
Mr. Ives is a Master in the Masonic Order, was 
for many years an active member of I. O. O. F. 
and a numl>er of years Treasurer of the Grand 
Lodge. 

David *V. /lY'/f, Chief Clerk, road department^ 
Wabash, St. Ix>uis and Pacific Railway, Spring- 
field, Illinois, was born in Connecticut, August 
31, 1817, and is the son of Samuel and Cather- 
ine Ives, natives of Connecticut and New Jersey, 
respectivel y. Mr. Ives received a common school 
Cilucation in New Jersey, and at the age of fifteen 
begin to clerk in a foreign commission house in 
New York City, continuing in this position in 
the counting room till 18;17, and then entered his 
railroad career by being employed as clerk in one 
of the departments of the I^ng Island Railroad, 
of which road he afterwards became Superin- 
tendent, remaining in the service till 1850. In 
ISoU, he came to Illinois, in the nervice of the 
old (Treat Western Railroad, and was in charge 
of that work until its completion to Indiana 
State line, after which he was variously employed 
in the construction of several railroads until 



1873y he w^as offered and accepted the position 
he now holds — ^as Cliief Clerk, road department, 
of/ the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway. 
^Wiiliiim JayiH^ M. D., was bom in October, 
18!!?6, in Springfield, Illinois, and is consequently 
one of the oldest residents now living in the 
city. Dr. Gershom Jayne, his father, was a 
native of Orange county. New York, born in 
October, 1791. The subject of this memoir is 
one of their six children, lie read medicine 
under his father's preoeptorship, attended medi- 
cal lectures at Missouri University, St Louis, 
from which he graduated in 1849, and at if nee 
entered the practice of medicine, which was 
interrupted at the end of ten years by his being 
elected Mayor of the city iu 1859. In 18C0 he 
was elected State Senator to repiresent the coun- 
ties of Sangamon and Morgan, for the term of 
four years; but being appointed the first Terri- 
torial Governor of DaKOta, by President Lin- 
coln, he resigned in 1861 to accept that office. 
In 1802 Dr. Jayne was sent to Congress from 
that Territory, which he represented in that 
body two years. At the close of the term he 
returned to Springfield, and has since resided 
here. He was appointed United States Pension 
Agent in 18G9, and filled the office four years; 
in the spring of 1870 was chosen Mayor of the 
city, and reelected in 1877, .serving two con- 
secutive terms. He has been a Director of the 
First National Bank of Springfield since 1875; 
and its Vice President since the spring of 1879; 
also DracUciug medicine in a moderate degree. 
On October 17, 1850, Dr. Jayne united in mar- 
riage with Julia Witherbee, of Jacksonville, 
Illinois, born in Vermont in 18:*0. Only two of 
their six children now survive, namely, William 
S. Ja^'ne, who was bom in October, 1851, and 
married Margaret E., second daughter of ex- 
Governor John M. Palmer, in November, 1875; 
and Lizzie Jayne, bom in July, 1855, and mar- 
ried to Ferdinand Kuechler in October, 1878. 
Tliev all reside in Springfield. 

J^hcftrd S. John^oft^ born August 9, 1843, in 
Springfield. Served four years' apprenticeship 
at the printing business, and was engaged with 
his father in tlie boot, shoe and leather business 
when the rebellion broke out. He enlisted at 
the first call for seventy-five thousand men, 
April, 1801, in Company I, Seventh Illinois 
Volunteer Infantry, for three months ; was ap- 
pointed First Sergeant, and served as such full 
time. He re-enlisted July 24. 1861, for three 
years, in the same company and regiment, at 
Mound City, Illinois. Sergeant Johnson remaincHi 
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pany rcturncil home on furlough. At the elec- 
tion of otfieer» in Sprinirfield, although absent, 
he was elt-cted First Lieutenant, and served an 
such until February 15, 1$(»2, when he was pro- 
moted to Captain, to fill the vacancy caused by 
the death of Captain Noah K. Mendell, who 
was killed at Fort Donelson, two days before. 
Captain Johnson commanded his company until 
December 22, Ifc^O}, when he re-enlisted with 
his com))any, as a veteran, lie continued in 
command until April -22, 1S(U, when he was pro- 
moted to Major of the regiment. Major John- 
son was appointed by General John Si. Corse, 
September 30. 1S(>4, Post Commandant at ll«)me, 
Georgia, and served as such until the movement 
of the grand army on Sherman's "march to the 
sea," in November following. He then returned 
to his regiment, and served with it until all 
were mustered out, July 25, 1805. lie partici- 
pated in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donel- 
son, Pittsburg Landing, siege and capture of 
Corinth, Florence, Savannah, l>entonville, besides 
innumerable skirmishes. Major K. S. Johnson 
was engaged in the lumber business, which he 
contiinied in up to 1872. In consequence of im- 
paired health, and lor observation, he planned a 
European tour, and in company with Dr. Rufus 
S. Lord, left Springfield March 30, 1S08. They 
visited England, France, Scotland, Russia and 
Italy. After an extended tour through the prin- 
cipal cities named, they returned to Spring- 
field early in December of ?ame year. He was 
married August 10, 18 CO, to Laura I. Clinton, 
who was born in Sjiringfield, Illinois. They 
have one child, Edward Russell, born May, 9, 
1875. In 1872 he gave up the lumber business, 
and engaged in the hotel business, in company 
with his father, assuming thechar«je of the same 
up to his death, in 1879, at which time he be- 
came sole pro]»riet(»r of the same. 

SiOfitftl IL #/o/if.s, Prw^ident of the State 
National Hank, of Springfield, is a native of 
Louisa county, Virginia, was born in 1825. 
Samuel and Lucy (l)esper) Jones were the ]>arents 
of five sons and four daughters, Samuel H. being 
the fourth of the family. When he was eight 
years «f age they moved to Ross county, Ohio, 
.-.nd that and Pike county were his home until 
he came to Illinois, in 1S49. Mr. Jones has been 
a resident of Springfii*ld since 1854. From the 
time he settled in this Slate until elected cashier 
(»f the bank, January 1, 1871, he was engaged 
in buying, feeding and shipping live stock and 
farming, and up to the present time, issi, he 
'^wns three f«rms in Sangamon county, and su- 

Tviscs their eultivntion. After oflicialing as 



cashier of the bank six years, he wa« elected 
its Vic*e President in 1877, and chosen President 
in January, 1880. He has been somewhat active 
as a member of the Republican party; was ap> 
pointed pension agent by President Grant in 
IS72, .ind ser>ed a year; in April, 1877, was ap- 

i)ointed Commissioner of the State Prison at 
Toliet, which position he now holds. lie married 
Miss Emma Jones, of Clark county, Ohio, in 
1858, who has born him one daughter, Mabel, 
aged sixteen years. Mr. Jones is a Past Master 
in the Masonic fraternity. 

John A. Jon€*y Clerk of the United States 
Circuit Court, for the Southern District of Illi- 
nois, was born in the District of Columbia, Mav 
20, 180G. He was graduated at Columbian Col- 
lege, Washington City, in the class of 1825, re- 
ceiving the degree of A. M. three years later. 
He came to Illinois in ]83.*>,and settling in Taze- 
well county, edited the Pekin Gazette, later 
called the ""Tazewell Telegraph," the first news- 
paper published in that county, at the same time 
serA'int; as justice of the peace. In October, 
1837, ^Ir. Jones was appointed Clerk of the Cir- 
cuit Court of Tazewell county by Jndge Jesse 
B. Tliomas, and re-ai>pointed oy Judge S. II. 
Treat, in 184); was also made Master in Clian- 
cery of that court in 1842. Under the new 
Constitution, he was elected Clerk of the Cir- 
cuit Court, in 1848, and re-elected in 1852. 
After retiring from the oflice, ui>on motion of 
Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Jones was admitted to 
the bar by the Supreme Court. In March, 18UI, 
he was appointea Superintendent of Commer- 
cial Statistics of the L'nitei! States, at Washing- 
ton City. His was the first appointment ma^ 
by President Lincoln after the formation of his 
Cabinet. In May, 180G, Mr. Jones resigned his 
olliee, and came to Bloomington, Illinois, and by 
the death of the former Clerk, was appointed to 
his present olhec by Jndge David Davis, under 
the sanction of Judge S. II. Treat, in July, 1807, 
and has held it continuously since. 

Mr. Edward Jones, his father, was a native of 
Xcw York, and the youngest of five sons, the 
eldest of whom, John Jones, M.D., was President 
Washington's family ]ihysician. EdwartI Jones 
was the first Chief Clerk in the United Sut(*s 
Treasury, and served thiity-nine consecutive 
vears. He was appointed by Hon. Alexander 
llamilton the first Secretary, in 1700, who in 
17l>5 gave him a strong letter of c:)mmond.ati<»n, 
which Mr. Jones now has as a Houctikir. The 
mother of the subject of this sketch was Tx>uisa 
(Mans) Jones, a native of Pottsgn»ve, Pennsyl- 
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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, 



note ill England and the United States. Mr. 
Jones lias preserved a number of tbeir coni- 
niissions bearing dates from 1091 on down to 
the adniinistration of JelTerson, and ending 
1840. 

Mr. Jones married A. Maria Major, of Bloom- 
iiigton, Illinois, daughter of William T. Major, 
of Christian county, Kentucky. Their family 
consists of two sons atd four daughters, one 
lately deceased. Four of these are married. 
Mr. Jones is proverbially a social, companiona- 
ble man, and has ever been a very active one. 
For three years, while Ciicuit Clerk of Taze- 
well county, he lived ten miles from his office, 
and in pleasant weather walked both ways each 
day, making twenty miles walk. 

George W. Jones^ Clerk of the Appellate 
Court for Illinois, Mas born in Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, in 1828, and reared and educated in 
Pike county, Illinois, of which his parents were 
early settlers; and his father, Nathan W. Joces, 
was one of the original proprietors of Grigcs- 
ville, in that county, which is still the family 
home. George was elected Circuit Clerk of 
Pike county in 1800, for four years, on the Dem- 
ocratic ticket. In 1 864, he retired, and four 
years later re-entered the office as deputy, serr- 
ing until 1872, when he was again chosen Clerk 
for another term of four years. In the conven- 
tion of that year he was nominated by acclima- 
tion, without opposition, in a county giving 
about eight hundred Democratic majority. In 
1876, Mr. Jones was appointed by the court of 
his county as one of the Board of Commission- 
ers to construct theSny Island I^vee, an improve- 
ment authorized by the general drainage law, for 
the reclaiming of overflow and swamp lands. 
I'lie Commission constructed a levee hfty-two 
miles in lencth, and an average heighth of seven 
feet, through the counties of Adams, Pike, and 
part of Calhoun, thereby reclaiming about 110,- 
000 acres of valuable lands. Mr. Jotaes served 
in the Board from 1872 till 1878, during which 
time they expended about $050,000. In the fall 
of 1878, he was elected Clerk of the Appellate 
Couit for the teini of six years, and assumed the 
duties of the office December 4th of that year. 
He was a member of the County Board of Su- 
pervisors in Pike for seven years, six of them, 
from 1860 to 1872, he was Chairman of that 
body. In 1850, Mr. Jones united in marriage 
w*ith Cecilia Bennett, born in Delaware county, 
Niw York. Two sons compose their family: 
Frank II., a practicing Attorney in Springfield; 
and Fred, associated with a large railroad supply 
liooae of Cbioago. 



Alvin B, JmfkinSf dealer in musical merclian- 
disc, of the firm of Judkins it: Fisher, 119 North 
Sixth street, has been dealing in musical imstm- 
ments since 1865. The partnership with A. H. 
Fisher was formed, and their tine mnsic atore 
in Key^s block opened, August 1, 1881. Tlieir 
stock embraces tne standard makes of pianos 
and organs, and also a complete line of string 
and brass instruments, togetuer with a large cot 
lection of the latest and most popular sheet 
music Some of the leading instruments, for 
which they have the exclusive agency in Central 
and Southern Illinois, are the Steinway, Weber, 
Steck, Kranich & Bach, and Shafer pianoit; the 
Estey, Taylor & Farley, New Eagle, and Story 
& Camp organs. Mr. Judkins, who has the 
active management, is admirably adapted for the 
business, both by nature and edncatioD. Being 
a natural mechanic, and having handled instm- 
ments for sixteen years, he is familiar with every 
part and detail of their construction, as well as 
a critical judge of their qualities. Alvio B. 
Judkins is a native of Pike county, Illinois, and 
was born in 1848, on Christmas day. Hiram 
Judkins and Doratha Kowell, his parents were 
natives of New Hampshire, and after their mar- 
riage settled in Griggsville, Pike couoty, from 
whence they moved to Springfield, w*hen Alvin 
was nearly four ^*ears old. He grew to manhood 
in the Capital City and graduated f roDa the High 
School in 1805, soon after which he entered the 
musical instrument trade. In 1877, he became 
the district agent for the Iron Mountain Railroad, 
and has since sold thousands of acres of the 
company^s lands. He is also special agc-nt for 
the Chicago A Alton Company. Mr. Jndkins 
has taken an active interest in local musical mat- 
ters, having been a member of all the musical 
societies oi Springfield since he left school, and 
plays any wind or string instrument, lie mar- 
ried in Efiingham county, Illinois, to Laura 
Kaijcay, a native of that county, and danghter of 
B. F. Kagay, a prominent attorney of Effingham 
for twenty-six years. 

Andrexc K, KernSy grocer, 125 North Sixth 
street, was born in Ross county, Ohio^ in 1845, 
and is the youngest of a familv of ten children 
of Abner Kerns, born in Pennsylvania, and 
Sarah A. I>rown, a native of Ohio. They mar- 
ried and lived in Ross county, where Mr. Kerns 
died in 1847. Three years later his widow 
moved with the family to Illinois, and settled 
eight miles north of Springfield, in Sangamon 
county. Mrs. Kerns died there in 18 iS. Until 
1877 Andrew carried on farming in Mechanics- 
I burg township, in Sangamon county. He pur- 



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ch:i>ed a farm in the spring of IsTt;, raiscvl a 
corn crop worlh 4^2,700 that season, and sohl the 
place in the fall for ^oOO in advance. In the 
spring of 1JS77 he on^iiagod in the grocery bnsi- 
ness in New l>ulTaIo, eon tinning one vcar. At 
the end of that lime he re-purcliased tfie farm he 
formerly owned at a reduction of ><2,7oO, and 
occupied it till ^larch, )6S1, when he again left 
it, and re-emharked in the <jrocery trade in his 
present store. .Mr. Kerns does a general retail 
business in stajde and fancy groceries of ^12,000 
a year. In L)v member, 1.S71, he married Miss 
Mary Seeds, of Shadeville, Ohio. They have 
four children, Shirley I\., a^ed nine years; Ktlie, 
aged six, llattie four, and Lillie, nearly two 
years old. 

('harks Kt'tmeth/f Su]»erintendent of the 
Springfield Iron Company's works, was born in 
liaUimore, Maryland, December 25, 1 8:^ 1 . David 
Kennedy and Magdalena Miller were his parents, 
the former of w*hom died when Charles was a 
small child. He began learning the business in 
l^itlsburg, at ten years of age, receiving a salary 
of twenty-live cents per day. After having sev- 
eral years' exj»erience he connected himself with 
the Cireat NVeslcrn Iron Works, at Brady's r>end, 
Pennsylvaiia, for four years; thence went to 
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and was associated 
for twenty years with the Cambria Iron Com- 
pany's works at that place; first in the capacity 
of a hand in the mill, but by tact and industry 
worked up to tbft position of assistant manager, 
un<ler Alexander llamilton, manager, to whom 
he feels a lasting gratitude for kindness show*n 
him while at these works. UyiKtii leaving there, 
]\Ir. Kennedy was three years Superintendent of 
the Cleveland Iron Company, resigning that 
position to take his present one, whose duties 
he assumed in July, l'^7S. In September, 15^04, , 
he enlisted in the United Slates Army, as a mem- ' 
ber of Company IJ, Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy 
Artillery; served a year as a private, and re- 
ceived his discharge in 1805. .Mr. Kennedy 
united in marriage with Kli/.abelh Jones in 185-^, 
in lirady's l>end, Armstrong county, Pennsyl- 
vania; she is a native <«f Ohio. When about 
twelve years of age, Mr. K. lost his left eye 
from a spark in the rolling mill. 

J^tUr h\ Khnhh\({i}\\\K'T in wall paper, window 
shades, paints and oils, 4*21 Adams street, was 
born in J^ycoming county, Pennsylvania, in 
)8:<5; came to IllinoiH and settled in Winches- 
ter, Scott county, in 1850, and engaged while 
there in the millinerv and ^rocerv biisiness. He- 
moving to Springfield in the s]»ring of lSOr>, he 
continiied in the grocery tratle till elected City 



Treasurer in IstfT; was re-el eotod in ISHS. He 
also strfved two tonns in the Couniy ISoanl of 
Siipen*is4>rs, in 1S74 and 1875. Soon after re- 
tiring from the Treasurer^ otlico, ^[r. Kimble 
turned his attention to his present biisinejis. He 
occupies two Hoors of the building, and keepn 
?\\ extensive stock of wall paiwrg, window 
shades, paints and painter^s supplies, in which 
he has a large retail and considerable jobbing 
trade. He also carries on painting and pa|>er 
hanging, employing twelve to fifteen men in the 
business. 

yir, Kimble united in marriage with Sarah J. 
Williams, of Scott county, Illinois. In politics, 
by is a Democrat. 

y KH Jxriegh^ Springfield, Illinois, was born in 
Washington county, Maryland, August 10, 1810; 
son of Philip and 3lary Kriegh, of German de- 
scent; was a fanner by occupation; father died 
in ^laryland, and mother in Springfield, Illinois. 
Kli was fourth son of a family of nine children. 
He came to Springfield April (5, 1855, and started 
in the stove and tinner business, and house fur- 
nishmg goods; has remained in the business 
ever since. He was married October 20, 18.HH, 
to Miss Ann Willard, who was born in Freiierick 
county, ^laryland. They have had seven child- 
ren, four sons and three daughters. Mr. Krieeh 
carries a 6^5,000 stock of goods. He carae to the 
county in limited circnmst.ances, but by industry 
and economy has accumulated a fine property 
and home. 

Dr. AUen JAtthamy Springfield, was bom in 
Lyme, New Hampshire, r^ovember 5, 1 818. His 
grandfather, Arthur, was born in llridge water, 
Massachusetts, in 1755. His lather was bom in 
Lyme,New Hampshire, February 1 4, 1 783. The 
stock Rjtrang from two brothers, who came over 
in the Mayfiower in 1 020, liobert and William, 
and were of Knglish descent. Grandfather Ar> 
thur was a soldier in the Uevolntionary war of 
1775, and served seven years. Dr. Latham com- 
menced reading medicine when he was sixteen 
years old; in 1944, came to Illinois and located 
in Danville, where he commenced the practice 
of dentistry; remained there until 18(51, then he 
(*ame to Springfield, where he has followed his 
profession since. He married for his first wife 
Miss Clara K. Jenness, a daughter of Daniel L 
.lenness, of Chichester, New Hampshire. She 
died August 18th, 1852, leaving two children, 
Allen and Clara £. For his second wife he ma^ 
ried Judy Ann Pierce, of Iroquois county, Illi- 
no:s; she w*as born November 23, 1S20. They 
have one child, John William, born June 29th, 
1 800. Mr. L. is a member of the M;isonio I^ge, 



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Asylum. While that was in progress, he and 
his partner. Reuben Kain, also erected the Uni- 
versalist Church edifice, in Springfield ; subse- 
quently constructed many buildings in Spring- 
field and surrounding towns. In 1867, Mr. 
Lawrence turned his attention to railroad 
contracting, which he has pursued to the present 
time, and has built many miles of road in this 
State and Mis^iouri. In 1872, he, in company 
with others parlies, sank a coal shaft 
autl laid out the town of l^arclay, Colonel 
John Williams was President, George N. Black, 
Secretary, and Mr. Lawrence, Manager of the 
c >mpany*s business. The company owned one 
thousand four hundred acres of coal right there; 
erected about seventy tenement houses, a store 
and other improvements. Mr. L. sold his one- 
fourth interest two years ago. In 1876, he was 
apuointed by the Governor as one of the Com- 
missioners to locate and construct the Southern 
Illinois Penitentiary; was re-appointed for six 
years, in 1878, but owing to the pressure of 
private business, resigned in August of that 
year. lie served the city as Superintendent of 
Public Works for some time. In the summer 
of 1881, he in company with a partner, erected 
the handsome Central Block, on the comer of 
Sixth and Adams streets, and one of the most 
elegant business blocks in the city. 3tr. Law- 
rence married Marv A., daughter of John C. 
Maxcy, in Springfield, in 1830. They have one 
child, Susie Lawrence. Mr L. is a Mason, and 
has filled the chairs of the local subordinate 
lodge and Commandery; is a believer in the 
Christian religion, and favors the M. E. Church. 
WilliafH W. IL X<^rir/o/»,wasborn in Ilartland, 
Vermont, September 12, 1833. He lived there 
and attended school until sixteen years of age, 
when he graduated at the Thetford Academy. 
He was then engaged in the mercantile trade 
until 1856, when he went to Griggsville, Pike 
county, Illinois, where he was engaged in the 
merrantile business until July 18, 1861, when he 
raised Company I, Thirty-third Illinois Infantry, 
Voltmteers; he was chosen Captain of the com- 

1>any. At the siege of Vickuburg, the Captain 
lad his spine seriously injured, causing paralysis 
of the right side of his body. He was then 
transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and 
ordered to Washington, where he had charge of 
the recruiting camp until May 24, 1864, when he 
was ordered to New Orleans, where he took 
command of the Veteran ReMer\'e Corps of the 
Department of the Gulf; and he remained in 
eonimaud of this Corps until June 30, 1866, 
M'hcn he was mustered out at New Orleans. The 



Captain returned to Griggsville, Illinois, and 
taught school two years, when he was appointed 
by Governor Palmer to the ofiice of Custodian 
of the United States Surveys, of the State of 
Illinois, a position he •itill retains. His father, 
John Lawton, was bom in Ilartland, Vermont; 
he was a farmer, and died in 1865. His wife, 
Debora Petrie, was also born in Ilartland, Ver- 
mont; she died in 1872; she was the mother of 
six children; three are living, namely: John P. 
Lawton, living in Johnstown, Indian Territory; 
he is a Baptist minister, in charge of a mission- 
ary school of the Chickasaw Indians, for the 
government; Miss Abbie M. Lawton, Post- 
mistress at Griggsville, Illinois, and the subject 
of this sketch. Captain W. W. II. Lawton. When 
the Captain enlisted in the army, he was a tall, 
graceful, fine-looking .young man. For eighteen 
years his right side has been paralyzed, the re- 
sult of injuries sustained during the charge on 
the rebel forces in the rear, at Vicksbur^, May 
8, 1863« since which time he has constantly suf- 
fered therefrom, but like a brave soldier, he has 
patiently endured the constant painful reminder 
of the services he rendered the government. The 
CapUiin has a fine gold watch and chain that was 
presented to him by *' His Boys ^ of Company I, 
Fhirty-third Illinois Infantry Volunteers. It 
was sent to biro after he was transferred to the 
Veteran Reserve Corps. The purse to buy the 
watch was made up by the boys while they were 
under fire, in the trenches at the siege of Vicks- 
burg. 

Joseph JLedlie^ civil engineer, Springfieid, Illi- 
nois, was bom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
January 18, 1812; son of Arthur and Catharine 
(Coll ins) Ledlie, of Irish descent, who emigrated 
to the States in 1801, and were married the same 
year; he embarked in merchandising, but that 
did not prove a financial success; in 1815, emi- 
grated to Gallia, at present Meigs county, Ohio; 
the following year, moved upon land in a dense 
wilderness, where he cleared up a farm which 
proved successful; he also followed his trade of 
Doot and shoe making, in connection with his 
farm. Mr. L. was a natural mechanic, and could 
manufactnre any thing he turned his attention 
to; he made a loom in which they wove from 
flax raised on the place, into cloth of which their 
clothing was made; cut the children's clothing, 
and his mother made them, and the garments 
always looked neat and tasty, on account of a 
good fiu He remained there until his death, 
which occurred in 1838; his wife died in ]832. 
William, the oldest son, is living near the old 
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C was bom August 22, 1804, ami died Au«;aKt 
3, 1J<05; Arthur was born April 21, isoti, and 
died in Soplomber, ISGiJ; Mary was born Feb- 
ruary 25, 1811, and died August 15 of the same 
year; John C., born March 7, IS 10, and is 
living in California; Joneph, the snhject of this 
sketcJi; Mary wa« born SSeptember 8, 1810, and 
died April 23, 1881; Catharine I. was bom Jan- 
nary G, 1820, and died September 13, 1839. Mr. 
I^Hilie and his brother Arthur arrivctl in Illi- 
nois in May, 1837. In the fall following they 
returned to GaHioi)oIis, Ohio, where they had a 
sister; Arthur was made prineipal of theacademy, 
himself and pisler ^lary assisting. The follow- 
ing Kj>ring, in company with Arthur, Mary and 
Catharine, they moved to ^lacoupin county, 
where they farmed during the summers and 
taught school during the winters. In the spring 
of 1839, Catharine died, which broke up the 
family. The brothers still continued on the 
farm, sending Mary to Ilillsboro and Jackson- 
ville academies. In 1816, Joseph came to Spring- 
field, and soon after was appointed Deputy 
County Surveyor, hy John 1>. Watson, who 
shortly left for California, leaving the office in 
charge of Mr. L. The following year he was 
elected to the office. In 1855, he was appointed 
United States Surveyor of Kansas, which office 
he filled with ability. In 1855, he was appointed 
United States Deputy Surveyor of Kansas and 
Nebraska, where he remained until 1857. Mr. 
I^dlichas always takvn an active part in politics, 
being a Democrat in his views. 

Ulifimn F, Jjcahr was born in Brunswick, 
Gennany, May 25, 1839, where he lived until six 
years of age, when he came with his ]>arents to 
the United States. Thev landed at New Orleans 
and then took a steamer to St. Louis, Missouri, 
where he remained some four years. His father 
died here in 1819. From St. Louis he moved 
with his mother to Waterloo, Illinois, and some 
eighteen months after the family moved to Belle- 
ville, St. Clair county, Illinois; lived here some 
three years, then moved to Central City, Illinois. 
Mr. Leeder worked here in a brick -yard and on a 
farm some ^\i^ years, and during this time learned 
the barber's trade and in the sjiring of 18«»0 went 
to Memphis, Tennessee, and followed his trade 
three months; then went to Jackson, Tennessee, 
where he ran on the old Mississippi Central Rail- 
road one month, then worked at the trade until 
June, 1861. He then returned to Central City, 
Illinois, and followed his trade until May, 18G2, 
when he came to SpringHeld, Illinois, and has 
followed the barber's trade in thiscity until 1879. 
During this time was at Lincoln, Illinois, one 



month. In 1879, he b«>Dght II. Speckinan^i 
saloon, at 232 South Si xtb street, where W. F. 

j lA'eder «!' Co., have the firtest beer hall and pool 
room in Central Illinois. He was married to 
Miss K.ora Rippstein January *±% 1863. She 
was lH>rn in Switzerland, and a danghter of 
Jacob and C^atharine Rippstein. They reside in 
SpringHeld, and are botn nienibeis of the Catho- 
lic Church. Mr. and Mm. Leeder had nine 
children, seven living, viz: William R., Flora 
M., Henry K , Ix>uisa M., Adeline, Frank E., and 
Alice A. The father of William Leeder, Henry 
Leeder, born in Hrunswick, Germany, was a stone 
mason by trade, and died in 1849. His wife, 
Caroline Jjceder, was born in Brunswick, Ger- 
niany. She and husband were both members 
of the Lutheran Church. In politics. Mr. Lee<ier 
is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Douglas 
for President of the United States. He is also 
a niember of the I. O. O. F. I^ge No. 6, in 
Springfield, Illinois; is also a member of Drnid's 
Lodge No. 37; was a member of Butler's band 
ton years, and the German band seven years. 

x/ Ohid Li'irfit^ Springfield, Illinois, was born in 
Galigerville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, April 
25, 1812, and is the son of William Lewis, a far- 
mer, and Margaret Lewis, natives of Chester 
county, Pennsylvania. Obed T>^wis received 
his education in the common schools of his na- 
tive countv. When Mr. I^wis was fourteen 
years old, his father died. At the age of sixteen, 
^Ir. Lewis began to learn carriage making in 
New Holland, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, 
and continued there four years; and then com- 
i>leted his trade in Philadelphia; then worked at 
nis trade in Chester, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, 
Delaware; then in Danville, Virginia, for one 
year, and in ^lilton one year; and then returned 
to Philadelphia, in 1835, and carried on liisbiisi* 
ness in that city and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 
until May, 1838, when he came to S]>ringtie]d 
and pursued his business, manufacturing car- 
riages and wagons until 18G8, and then retired 
from his active business. Mr. I^wis was elected 
City Alderman of Springfield, Illinois, in 1802, 
in which ollice he served for eight years. Was 
elected Mayor of the city of Springfield, Illinois, 
in April, 18T4, which office he held for one year. 
Has been a member of the Ikwrd of Oak Kidge 
Cemetery from 1803 to 1881, and is a member of 
the ]>oard of Commissioners of Springfield 
Water Works. ^Ir. I^wis was married Sep- 
tember 23, 1851, to Cordelia M. lies, and by 
this union were born to them William T., Kate, 
and Mary. Mrs. I^ewis is a daughter of Elijah 
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cut in Ins eighty-sixth year, and living with Mr. 
and Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis received her educa- 
tion in the common schools in Springfield. Mrs. 
Lewis is a member of the First l^resbyterian 
Church. Mr. Lewis has been very active in his 
business, manufacturing carriages and wagons, 
in which he was successful. 

Sionnel N, Little^ senior partner in Little &, 
Sons' livery, corner Fourth and Adams streets, 
residence, corner Adams and Second streets, was 
born in Flenmiing county, Kentucky, in Febru- 
ary, 1811; was brought by his parents to St. 
Clair county, Illinois, in the spring of 1818. 
In the spring of the year 1810, his father 
c»me to Sangamon county, and locating at 
Little's Point, two and a half miles southwest of 
the present site of Springfield, raised a crop, 
and in 1820 brought his family and settled there. 
This was the home of Samuel Little, until the 
autumn of 1881, when the last ninety-six acres 
was sold for $10,000, and the family moved into 
the city. In January, 1843, ^[r. Little married 
Klixa M. ^[organ, who was also a native of 
Flemming county, Kentucky, but brought up 
from infancy in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
Two children of each sex comprise their family. 
Both the sons are engaged in the livery business, 
Gershom, J., in company with his father, on the 
corner of Adams and Fourth streets, where the 
senior Little established the business in the fall 
of 1851; and Sanford, II., on south Sixth street, 
op]»osite the Leland hotel. The Fourth street 
stable is a large two-story brick, eighty by one 
hundred and fifty-seven feet in size, and admira- 
bly constructed and arranged for the puqiose, 
furnished with blacksmith shop, wash-room and 
other conveniences, making it one of the most 
complete stables in Illinois. Their stock con- 
sists of eight coaches, three barouches, sixteen 
buggies, three omnibuses, two baggage wagons, 
two mail wagons and fifty horses. S. II. Little 
is sole proprietor of the other stable, which com- 
prises four coaches, twelve buggies and twenty- 
one horses. 

(Ycrshom J. Little, was born in Sangamon 
county, Illinois, Februar}' 10, 1847. He road 
medicine and graduated from Rush Medical Col- 
lege, Chicago, in 1808; but, becoming interested 
in tlie livery busine<«s, did not engage in the 
medical practice. He married Mai;gie C\)nnor, 
of Sjiringfield, in 1875. ller father, Ed. L. 
C*>nnor, was, for many years, connected with the 
SpringKeld Illinois State Register. 

V, 7! Limhay^ M. 1)., S]iringiield, Illinois, 
was born in Gallatin countv, Kentucky, August 
:!1, 1843; son of Michael anil Martha A.Lindsayi 



natives of Kentucky, where they were married 
and eight children were born, six sons and two 
daughters. 

In 1864, Mr. L. commenced reading medicine 
under Dr. William Richards, of Napoleon Ken- 
tucky, where he remained until the winter of 
)865-GG; when he attended a course of lectures 
at the Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati, 
Ohio. lie graduated March 2, 18G9, In 18G6 
he came to Cotton Hill Township, where he 
commenced the practice of medicine. After 
graduating he returned to Cotton Hill, where he 
followed his profession until 1875. He then 
went abroad, visiting the hospitals of Paris, 
London, Vienna, Austria, Dresden, Saxony, and 
materially benefitted by his study and experi- 
ence. Dr. Lindsay has been twice married; for 
his first wife, he married Miss Olive W. Crouch, 
who died soon after; for his second wife he mar- 
ried Miss K. K. Frazer, of Fayetteville, Indiana, 
a daughter of Elder E. S. Frazer; she was bom 
in January, 1847. By this union there was one 
son and two daughters, Olive C, Nicholas V., 
and Isabelle. 

Charles 11, Tjomj^ baker, grocer, and dealer in 
garden and field seeds, 225 Sotitli Fifth street, 
has been active in business in Springfield since 
1857, first starting in the bakery ousincss where 
the old Jefferson House now is. In 1 803, he 
erected the brick building he now occupies, 
three stories high, twentv' by seventy-four feet, 
of which he uses two floors and the basement 
for his trade, the bakery being in another build- 
ing. Soon after locating in his present quar- 
ters, he put in a stock of general groceries, and 
ten years ago added the seed department, of 
which he makes a specialty, and it is now a lead- 
ing feature of his business, and runs over $10,000 
a year. His entire sales in the vaiious branches 
amounted in 1880 to $40,000. 

Mr. Long is a native of Germany, l>orn in 
1838; came to the United States in the spring of 
1854, settling immediately in Springfield, Illi- 
nois, and has been a citizen of Sauj^amon countv 
since. In 18(i'), he married Miss Louise Nagel, 
in Springfield, who was also born in Germany. 
Their family consists of two sons and three 
daughters. I^Ir. and Mrs. I^ng are members of 
the (lerman Lutheran Church. He was one of 
the first IJoard of Trustees of Conconlia (Col- 
lege, of this city. 

Joseph /. LoosCy lumber merchant, of the firm 
of Spear & Loose, is the eldest of a family of 
foiir sons and three daughters of Jacob G. 
Loose and Elizabeth M., daughter of Washing- 
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Joseph was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, 
and IS twenty-eij^ht years of age. lie received a 
good Knilish education in the public schools, 
and upon Ills father's death in 18 7 4, he succeeded 
him in the business of mining and dealing in 
coal, until the i)resent partnership was formed 
with Joseph II. Spear, to engage in the luml>er 
trade in February, 1880. On the 15th day of 
May, 1878, Mr. Loose married ^liss Annie M. 
Marcv, in New Haven, Connecticut, who has 
born liim two sons, Joseph Frederick and Harry 
Jacob Loose. 

John McCrcery^ ])roprietor St. Nicholas Hotel, 
was born in Uochester, New York, April 15, 
1832, son of Joseph and Ann (Van Ri|>er) 
McCreery. His father was born in the town of 
Rochester, New York, and his mother in the 
town of Patterson, New Jersey. His father was 
a farmer by occu)>ation, and came West in 1S44, 
and located in Will county, Illinois, where he 
now resides. His mother died in 1870. The 
subject of this sketch received only a common 
school education previous to coming to Illinois. 
He was rco'cd on a farm, and remained with his 
father until nineteen years of age. He then 
went to Lockport, Illinois, where he was engaged 
as <-lerk for Norton it Company, in the lnml>er 
and grain business, where he remained for two 
years. He then returned to Plainfield, and 
clerked for McAllister & Company, whore he 
continued up to the spring of 1857, when he 
came to Springfield and engaged in the stove 
business, which he carried on in connection with 
other business some twelve years, and in 1862 
he was connected with the hotel which he now 
runs. He was married in February, 1855, to 
Louisa Rose, who was born in New York, and 
was the daughter of Philip and Caroline Power, 
who now reside in Grimdy county, Illinois. In 
1881 he was elected Mayor of the City of Spring- 
field, receiving the largest majority of any Mayor 
elected since the organization of the city. 

]yir. McCrtery is a member of the Tyrian 
Lodge, No. :j:^:i, and Elwood Commanderv, 
No. 0. 

MrH Ann S, McCornncky widow of the late 
Andrew McCormick, Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in Gre«»n county, Kentucky, three miles 
south of Greensburg, on Green river, January 3, 
1810. She is the daui^hter of James and Lucre- 
tia Short, natives of South Carolina, and came 
to Sangamon, afterwards known as Menard 
county. May T, 1822. 

Mrs. McCormick was married to Andrew Mc- 
Cormiok, three miles southeast of Sprinirtield, 
July:)0, is:t5, and by the union had ten children. 



of whom six are living, vir^ Margar^ft Jane, Lii- 
cretia ]>.,31ary Klizabeth,Ji»hn A., Alexander R., 
and Ann C, all born in S])ringlield. 

A sketch of tlw* life of Andrew McCormick 
will be found under the head of ^'Illustrioos and 
Prominent Dead/* in another portion of the 
work. 

John McCormlcky son of Andrew and Ann S. 
McCormick, was born in SpringBoUl, July 28, 
1S45, and attended the common schools in his 
native place. AVorked at painting a short time, 
then at the carpenter's traae, from 18G1 to 1803. 
After being engaged in various occupations, he 
resumed his trade, which he followeu till 1809, 
Avhen he engaged as car-builder for the Wabash, 
St. Tx^uis &, Pacific Railroad Company, in Spring- 
field, and has continued in this occupation since. 
Mr. McCormick was married in Springfield, 
October 10, 1808, to Tillie Morroth, of Blooni- 
ington, and by this union have one child, Tillie 
ISIay. Mrs. jSIcCormick is a member of the 
Methoilist Church. Mr. McCormick is a mem- 
bet of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, San- 
gamon Lodge, No. 0. 

Lester 3fc Murphy^ Assistant Postmaster at 
Springfield, Illinois, was born in St. Lawrence 
county New York, January 28, 1833, and the son 
of David, a millwright, and Elizabeth McMnr- 
phy, the former being born in Windsor county, 
Vermont, the latter in l^edford county Pennsyl- 
vania, and moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, 
in 1839, locating at Salisbury, in which place 
the subject of this biography began his eauca- 
tion and completed the same in the public 
schools of Sangamon countv and at home. Mr. 
Mc^Iurphy assisted his father in his mechanical 
labor of l>uilding, till the vear of 1850 when he 
began to learn carriage-making with his brother 
in Salisbury, Illinois, and continued in this work 
for six years, at the expiration of which time, 
1850, his services w*ere engaged as a clerk in a 
store and to take charge of the Postotlice at 
Salisbury, in connection with the store; this ]h>- 
sition he held for four years. In the fall of 1S60, 
Mr. McMurphy was then engaged to work in the 
PostoHice in SpringOeld, Illinois, in the mailing 
deitarlment, and took charge of the paper case, 
afterwards was giv(>n charge of the letter case. 
During his position in the latter, a vacancy oc- 
curred in the money order department, in 1870, 
which he w*as selected to till, and remained ia 
charge of the same till 1872, when he w*a9j>ro- 
moted to his present position, Assistant VoA* 
master. 

Mr. iSIcMurphyV marriage took place March 
20, 1807, when he was married to Mary K. 



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Gas8, of JacksoiivillC} daughter of Benjamin F. 
Gass, architect and builder, under whofe su])er- 
vi8ion the Court llou^o and the Methodist Col- 
lege in Jacksonville M'as constructed, and is now 
su^>erint ending the addition being built to the 
Blind Asylum in the same city. Mr. Gass is a 
native of licurbon county, Kentucky, near Paris, 
and Mrs. McMurjdiy was educated in her native 
place, being a graduate of the Methodist College, 
in Jacksonville. Mr. and Mrs. McMurphy have 
two children living, Frank P., and Itcrbert 
L., both born in Sangamon county. Mr. Mc- 
Murphy is a member of the Knights of Pylhias, 
Capital Lodge, No. 4, and a member of the 
brotherhood of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, Lodge No. 4G5. 

SoMuel JJ. Marshal! J proprietor of the Mar- 
shall House corner Seventh and Adams streets, 
was born on a farm near Little York, Pennsyl- 
vania, September 13, 1846; when tMenty-one 
years of age he went into the livery and sale 
stable trade in Little York, and two years after 
he M'ent to Philadelphia, where he was engaged 
in buying horces for the Market Street Car Line 
one year. Be then in the fall of 1870, came to 
Springfield, Illinois, where he ran a grocery, 
provision and commission house two years; l^e 
then ran the Central House one year, when he 
leased the Marshall House, formerly known as 
the Everett House. Mr. Marshall has given this 
building a thorough renovating and repairing, 
and has now seventy-two rooms, nicely finished 
and furnished. In addition to the hotel he has 
built a restaurant and has also a nice sample 
room. Mr. Marshall is a genial landlord who 
studies the comfort and pleasure of his guests. 
He was married to Miss Elizabeth Shelenberger, 
October 18, 1872. She was born in Pennsyl- 
vania and was a daughter of Joseph Shelenber- 
ger born in Geimany, and Marv Maul also bom 
in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are mem- 
bers of the Lutheran Church, and have one 
child, Jessie M. Marshall. S. 11. Marshall was a 




was a^ member of the I. O. O. F., and of the 
American Mechanics and IndeiKudent Order of 
Mechanics; in politics is a Kepublican and a 
strong supporter of that party for U. S. Grant's 
first term for President. 

Noah Mason f Springfield, Illinois, was boin 
February 25, 1807, fifteen miles from Belfast, 
Maine; was married in Sangamon county, Feb- 
ruary 10, 1835, to Martha Nuckolls. They had 
six children, and Mrs. Mason died, March 24, 



1852. Noah Mason, Jr., was married August 9, 

1853, to Elizabeth Talbot. They had one child. 
Mr. Mason has met with some narrow escapes 
from death. He still exhibits a spot on his head, 
whiter than the rest, as the mark of a severe fall 
in childhood. Once, in New York, he accom- 
panied his father to the woods, where he was 
clearing timber from the land, when the weather 
was extremely cold. Noah became sleepy and 
sat down under a tree. When his father's atten- 
tion was called to him he could not be wakened. 
He was carried to the house, and with the ut- 
most exertion of all the members of the family, 
he was aroused and his life saved. His first 
business transaction was in Pope county, Illi- 
nois. He was paddling about in the Ohio river 
in a boat of his own building, when a stranger 
hailed him with "What will you take for your 
boat?" He replied, one dollar. The man handed 
him a two dollar bill, and Ncah, with much run- 
ning to and fro, returned the change, only to 
find, after his boat was gone, that the two dollar 
bill was a counterfeit. From childhood, Mr. 
Mason has been remarkable for presence of 
mind. While the Mason familv were at Olean 
Point, New York, on the Allegheny river, Noah 
was one day engaged in his favorite amusement 
of paddling about on a slab in the river, and had 
gone with the current some distance down the 
stream, when suddenly he heard a noise, and 
looking up, he saw a tree falling towards hira. 
He was a good swimmer, and quick as thought 
he jumped olT his slab, diving to the bottom. He 
heard the tree splash in the water above him, 
and he came to the surface among its branches, 
unhurt. Again, his father, with another man, 
were felling trees, and the limb of one tree had 
lodged against a knot on another, balancing in 
mid air. Noah was trimming the branches from 
those that had fallen, and unconsciously came 
under this loose limb, and it fell. He heard it 
coming, and threw himself down beside a large 
log, w*hich the limb fell across, immediately over 
his head, and he escaped with only a fright. 
Again, he was hauling stakes for a fence, when 
he came to the deep ford on Sugar creek, San- 
gamon coun'tv. On driving in, the load slipped 
forward on the horses, and Noah landed on the 
wagon tongue, llie horses began kicking and 
running, and he thought his time had come; but 
he made one desperate jump, clearing the horses* 
heels and front w*8gon wheel, and landed head 
first in the water. Fortunately, he took the 
lines with him, which enabled him to stop the 
horses. When tlio Masons arrived in this countyi 
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otlier kinds were built. Nearly all the bread 
u$ed was made from Indian corn. Mr. Mason, 
Sr., raised cotton for many years after coming to 
this county, and there were two cotton gins bnilt 
near him. The nearest carding machine was at 
Sangamt>, and owned by a Mr. l>roadwell. After 
the wool and cotton were carded, the diiTerent 
families mannfactiired their own cloth, and this 
constitnted the wearing a)>]>arel of both males 
and females. Peaches were almost a snrc crop, 
and Mr. Thomas lUack lind a copper still at- 
tached to his horse mill, and Noah ^I. assisted 
him in making pure whisky from corn, and pure 
brandy from peaches. He also cut hickory wood 
for Mr. DIack at thirty-seven and one-half cents 
per cord; made rails the summer he was twenty- 
one years old, for thiity-seven and one-half cents 
per hundred, and cut corn in the fall, sixteen 
nills square, for five cents per shock, or liftv 
cents per day. In this way he clothed himself, 
and had sixteen and one-half dollars — all in sil- 
ver half dollars — when he started, with a num- 
ber of others, March 19, 1820, for the Galena 
lead mines: was there six summers and two 
winters, incliidinff the winter of the deep snow. 
Mr. Mason served in four different companies dur- 
ing the Black War. In 1834 he bad five eighty- 
acre tracts of land, bought with money earned 
ly himself in the lead mines. The prairie-tlies 
were a great annoyance in the summer, and in 
order to avoid them plowing amon<; the corn 
was frequently done at night. Whisky was 
thought to be indispensable in early times in the 
harvest field, but Mr. Mason proved to the con- 
trary, lie threshed his wheat with horses and 
cleaned it with a fanning mill. With the help 
of a boy, one season, he ])repared one load of 
wheat per week for four weeks, and sold it in 
Alton for forty cents per bushel. lie has hauled 
wheat to St. Ixiuis, selling it for thirty-eight 
cents per bushel. The merchants had their 
goods hauled on wagons from St. Louis and 
Chicago. Mr. Mason and nine others brought 
goods from the latter city for I\Ir. Bela Webster, 
of Springfield, at one dollar per hundred p (unds, 
and were three weeks going and coming. Mr. 
Mason is one of the successful f.armers of the 
county; he has retired from active business, and 
now, in 188], resides in Springfield. 

Gen. Thomas iS. Mather^ native of Connecti- 
cut, came to Illinois in 1850; was in the real 
estate business before the war; in 1858, was ap- 
pointed Adjutant General of the Slate, under 
the adminisiration of Governor W. II. Hissell; 
rc-appointed by Governor Richard Yates, and re- 
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be resigned to take the field as ddcinel of the 
Second llegiment of Illinois Li^ht Artillery; 
served with the Army of the Tennessee, and 
dnriiig the campaign and siege of Vicksbnrg, 
was chief of artilleir of the left wing of the 
army operating against that city; afterwards 
served in the Department of the Cr ilf, and after* 
wards, until the close of the war, with the armj 
Kast Was brevetted Brigadier General after 
the surrender of Vicksburg; served three years 
and eight months. Ketnrned to Springfield at 
the close of the war, and has since been engaged 
in the real estate and |>ension ^^usiness. 

Nbitk IF! Mothei^y^ deceased, was born July 
31, 1815, in St. Clair conuty, Illinois. He 
assisted his father in the county clcrk^s office, as 
soon as he could write. At his father^s death, 
Noah was appointcti clerk, pro tem^ by the county 
court, and in November, 18:19, was elected to 
fill the unexpired term of his father; he was 
afterwards elected eight successive terms, of 
four years each. lie married Miss Klizabeth J. 
Stam|>er, August S3, 1843; a daughter of the 
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Stamper, of the M. E. 
Church. She was bom April 18, 1S3.S, in Boo^ 
l>on county, Kentucky; by this inarriace there 
were four children, all bom in Springfield; three 
sons and one daughter. Previous to 1876, he 
was elected President of the First National 
Hank of Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Matheny died 
April 30, 1877, leaving a family to mourn hii 
loss; he was a consistent Christian, and one of 
the leading members of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church. Mr. Matheny was an honorable, 
upright business man, and had the confidence of 
all who became associated with him in business. 

Fredtrick X. Mutthtws^ M. 2>. is the sod of 
John and Caroline Matthews, nee Cooper, and 
was born in the city of Hereford, England, June 
10, 1841, was brought by his parents to the 
United States in 1844; passed his youthful yean 
in Pennsylvania. At an early a^ he entered 
Allegheney College, Meadville, Peiins}'lvania, 
but before completing his studies, in 1801, en- 
list chI in the Union army, folio wini; the fortunes 
of one of the celebrate«l " Hnok Tail ^ regiments, 
of Pennsylvania, was rapidly ]>roinoted, mitil 

i'ust befon» the "seven dayV battle'' before 
liehmond, w.is ap|>ointed on the staff of Major 
(veneral Phil Kearney, and while ser\*ing in that 
capacity at the battle of Malvern Hill, was cap- 
tured bv the Confederates, and for three months 
endureJ the horrors of Libby Prison. Soon 
after the battle of Getty >bnrg, the last engage- 
ment in which he participated, he resigned from 
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teacber in the Iron Cit^ Commercial College at 
l*illsl>urg, Pennsylvania. 

In 18G4, Mr. 5laUhew8 entered tbe medical 
and scientific departments of the University of 
3Iichigan, at Ann Arbor, with a view of com- 
pleting bis education, and preparing for the 
medical profession, and was graduated with dis- 
tinguished honors with the degree of M, D., in 
1807, having been a teacher of chemistry, and 
assistant demonstrator of anatomy in tbe insti- 
tntion,'tbe latter part of his course. Dr. Ma^ 
thews commenced his professional career in 
Carlinville, Illinois, enjoying a remunerative 
practice until 18G9, when be attended Hush 
Medical College, at Chicago, from which he was 
awarded the "arf-CMwr/dm" degree of Doctor of 
Medicine. Resuming practice at Carlinville, be 
remained until 1877, wnen he moved to Spring- 
iield. Following the natural bent of his inclina- 
tion, Dr. ^Matthews early made a S2)ecial feature 
of surgery, in which, from innate adaptation, 
and thorough scientific acquirements, he has at- 
tained an eminence equalled by few physioans 
in the northwest. 

Upon locating in tbe Capitol City, he imme- 
diately secured a. large and lucrative practice, 
which has steadily increased. In 1872, upon the 
recommendation of Governor John M, Palmer, 
Doctor Matthews was commissioned by Presi- 
dent Grant to represent the State of Illinois in 
the United States Centennial Commission. En- 
tering upon its duties with his wonted zeal and 
energv, lie soon became prominent in the coim- 
cils of that body, who instituted, carried forward 
and made successful the grandest exposition of 
this or any other century. As a recognition of 
his ability. Dr. Matthews was elected a member 
of tbe Executive Committee of tbe Commission, 
upon whom, directly, rested tbe burden of prepa- 
ration and conduct of the great International 
Exhibition, lie was the youngest of the thir- 
teen members of the Executive Committee, and 
his record reflects honor upon tbe great State he 
represented. Dr. Matthews is emphatically a self- 
made man, having combatted tbe stern realities 
of life at every step, and is a living instance of the 
truthfulness of tlie old adage that patience and 
persevering effort will overcome all obstacles. 

WilUam Mayhcw^ contractor and builder, 
residence 1021 South College street, settled in 
Springfield in 1857, and has been working at 
the carpenter business ever since. He began 
contracting in 1863, and from that time has em- 
jdoyed from five to twenty-five men. He con- 
structed the wood work in the roof of the new 
State HousCi under contract with the Building 



Committee. He also did tbe work by contract on 
tbe large ^ving of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 
at JacKSonvilTe, in 18 /I. Also did the wood 
work on the Morgan County Poor House; «n 
1873, finished a number of stores and a bank 
building, in Lincoln. During 1880, be erected 
twenty Duildings, aggregating $20,000 worth of 
work ; and in 1881, about the same number, of 
eoual value. Mr. May hew was born in Canada, 
where all bis friends still reside, and is of 
English parentage ; learned his trade in 
Chatham, Canada, and came directly from home 
to Springfield. In 18G7 and 1868 he ran the 
liidgely planing mill. Mr. Mayhew has been 
twice married — first in Springfield, in October, 
1858, to Mary Powell, born in England. She 
died in December, 1874, leaving four daughters 
and a son. He married his present wife, Celina 
Ingmire, in 1876. She is a native of Qnincy, 
Illinois, but was reared in Springfield. They 
have one son. Mr. M. owns several pieces of 
improved property in the city. 

James li. jlaxct/y dealer in watches, jewelry 
and silverware, and money broker, corner of 
Washington and Fifth streets, established this 
branch of business in Springfield in 1875, and 
moved to the above named location in 1879. His 
stock of goods embraces an extensive line of 
American and Swiss watches, jewelry and silver- 
ware of every grade manufactured, which are 
sold either at public auction or private sales. 
Auction sales are held every business day of the 
week. He also does a regular mone^ brokerage 
business, loaning in any sums desired on all 
kinds of collateral security. Mr. Maxcy is the 
son of one of Sansamon county's early settlers, 
John C. Maxcy, who came to Springfield in 1834, 
1 rom Kentucky, with his father's family, being 
then a young man. He married in this county, 
to Fernetta T. Lloyd, also a native of Kentucky. 
They were the parents of five surviving children, 
two sons and three daughters, and one daughter 
deceased. They are both alive, and reside in 
Springfield. James Maxcy 's first experience in 
the auction business was in his father's store, in 
1856. In 1806, he went to Chicaeo and spent a 
year, then returned to Springfield. In 1 868, he 
became clerk in the money order department of 
the Chicago Post Ofiice, remaining four years; 
spent tM'o years in the city after retiring from 
that position, before settling in his present busi- 
ness in Springfield. He married in Chicago, in 
1865, to Harriet A. Dickson, a native of Jack- 
sonville, Illinois. Their family consists of four 
daughters and two sons. In politics, Mr. Maxcy 
has always been a Democrat. 



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Ntl^J* Jlt'UiHy merchant tailor, :!10 South I 
Fifth street, has carried on business in Spring- . 
liehi since 1875. He removed to his present con- ! 
vehient and handsome rooms in September, 1881. 
His slook of [»iece gooils embraces a choice 
selection of the finest American, Kngli>h and 
French suitings, which are made up into gen- 
llenien^s garments in the most fashionable styles. 
Mr. «Me)1in is doing a thriving business, employ- 
ing eight to ten skilled mechanics. He is a 
native of Sweden, born in 1851; emigrated to 
the United StUcs in the spring of 1871. He 
learned the tailoring trade in Sweden, but never 
carried on business as proprietor until he located 
in Springfield, Illinois. In February, 1879, Mr. 
Mellin married Nannie Lyons; born in New 
York City; a citizen of Springfield. He is a 
member of the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 14. 
lilchard Michael^ proprietor of the Five and 
Ten Cent Store, 227 South Fifth street, opened 
his store in Springfield in 1878. His stock con- 
sists of a large aggregation of miscellaneous 
goods, including dry goods, notions, cpieens- 
ware, glassware, and a great variety of novel* 
ties, which are bought at special bargains, and 
sold accordingly. The original plan was to con- 
fine the stock to only such articles as could be 
sold at five and ten cents, but the demands of 
the trade necessitated a departure from that 
rule, and it now embraces goods worth all prices. 
Mr. Michael employs seven competent clerks 
and besides his large retail trade does a 
considerable jobbing business. The annual sales 
amount to between ^540,000 and SoO,000. Mr. 
Michael was born in Haltimore, Maryland, and 
is thirty-two years old. He came to Illinois in 
1870; stopped for a time in St. Louis; then went 
to Quincy, and was connected nearly six years 
with the large dry goods and notion house of A. 
Derr & Brother, the last part of that period as a 
partner. His first venture in carrying on busi- 
ness alone was in Springfield. His sales of 1880 
were nearly a hundred per cent, larger than 
those of 1870, demonstrating that he is master 
of the situation. This extensive business is the 
result solely of the proprietor's individual efforts 
in the past five years. 

Colonel Chas. F. JfillSy was born at Montrose, 
Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, May 29, 
1844, he attended school and worked on his 
father's farm there until eleven* years of age, 
when he went with his parents to Alton, Illinois. 

At the breaking out of the war he was a mem- 
ber of the junior class of ShurtleiT College, where 
he enjoyed the reputation of being a good stu- 
dent, and was recognised as a promising scholar. 

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In 18U2, he enlisted in Co»|Nuiy C, One Hun- 
dred and Twenty-fourth Illinois Infantry Volon- 
teers, remained in that ooni}ianT until Augiust, 
1SU3, when he was proroou*d to Hospital Steward 
in the regular arm v. He was honoraidy dis- 
charged ai N.islivilfe, Tennessee, after serving 
his country nearly tire years in tlie volunteer 
and regular army. 

He has been actively eng^^ in successful 
farming and fine sttMrk breeding in Sangamon 
county for vears. 

In 1873, liis services were secured by the Illi- 
nois State Board of AgiicaUure, since whicli 
tune he has rendered tbe agricultural interests 
of the State valuable service in connection with 
the work of the Department of Agriculture, 
having been honored by the State I>oard by 
being unanimously elected Assistant Secretary. 
The Sangamon County Fair during the term 
of years that Colonel Mills was Secretary, en- 
joyed an extended popularity and was largely 
patronized by exbibiters and visitors from a wide 
circuit. 

The large and varied exhibit and the hand- 
some receipts of the San^mon County Fair 
entitled it to the second position among the fairs 
of the State, and it was only exceeded by the 
Illinois State Fair. 

He has for manj years been prominently con- 
nectod with Agncultnral organisations both of 
the State and Nation. He is at this time. Presi- 
dent of the American IWkshire Associaticn; 
President of the Illinois Swine Breeders' Asso- 
ciation, and Secretary of tlie American Clydes- 
dale Association, and a director of the American 
Cots wold Association. He is a meml>er of 
Klwood Cominandery of Knieht Templars, 
Springfield Chapter. audTyrian Loilge, No. 333, 
A. F. and A. M., Springfield, Illinois, he is also 
a member of Grand Arm}' of the Republic, and 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

Soon after the passage of the law organizing 
the Minois National Guard he joined the Stats 
service, was commissioned First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant Fifth Infantry l^egiment I. N. 6^ 
August 10, 1877; Captain and Quartermaster 
Second Brigade I. N. G^ December 1, 1877; 
Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant 
General Second Brigade L N. G., Decemuer 11, 
1877 — the latter position he still holds. 

He was married to Miss Mary E. Bennett, 
May 26, 1809, at Springfield, Illinois. She wu 
born near this city, March 1, 1845, and was s 
daughter of William A, Bennett and Sarah A. 
Stevenson. Ho was from Virginia, and she of 
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FirBl Presbyterian Church, in S])ring6eld, Illi- 
nois. He was the oldest elder in th.at church at 
the time of his death, May 10, 1881. He had 
h«»en a resident of the county for nearly fifty 
years. She is still living with Mr. C. F. Mills, 
near Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have three 
children, viz: Minnie B., William H., and Carrie 
E. Mills. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mills attend the Fii-st Presbyte- 
rian Church in Springfield, Illinois. They re- 
side on their farm, of one hundred and twenty 
acres, two m les east of Springfield. The Elm- 
wood stock farm is one of the recognized hcad- 
quiirters for fine horses, cattle, sheen and pigs, 
l^olonel Mills bretds fine Clydesdale horses, 
Jersey cattle, Cotswold sheep and Berkshire 
swine. In politics, Mr. Mills is a Republican, 
and a strong supporter of that party. His father, 
]». H. Mills was born in Montrose, Pennsylvania. 
He was a merchant, editor and farmer and a 
member of tbe Baptist Church. He was promi- 
nently connectly in the temperance cause for 
some twenty- five years. Was Right Worthy 
(•trand Secretary of the National Lodge of CTOod 
Templars. He* died August, 1877. His wife 
Delia (Ilalsey) Mills, born in Genesee county. 
New \ ork. She was the mother of four child- 
ren, three living, viz: Charles F., Henry E., an 
attorney residing in St. Ijouis, Missouri, and 
Ruth U , a teacher in the Elmira College, at 
Greenville, Illinois. Their grandfather, Josiah 
3Ii1s, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 
October 7, 1763. In his fourteenth year he 
enlisted in the l^evolutionary army as drummer. 
After serving one year, he exchanged his drum 
for a musket, which he carried until the close of 
the war, and received an honorable discharge. 
He was at the battle of White Plains; was with 
Gates at Still Water and Saratoga, assisting at 
the capture of Burgoyne; was with Washington 
at Trenton and Princeton, and endured the terri- 
ble sufTerings of the march through the Jerseys 
and the fearful winter at Valley Forge. He was 
also permitted to share in the glorious triumph 
of the federal armies at Yorktown. In after 
years he received a pension for disabilities in- 
curred in the Revolutionary army. Soon after 
the war he emigrated with his young wife to the 
wilds of Maine, and was one of the first settlers 
of Joy, Oxford county, where he remained until 
bis removal to Susijuehanna county. He re- 
ceived a commission as captain from Gpvernor 
Caleb Strong, of ^Massachusetts, and respon<led 
to all calls for service against the Indians, 
Maine then being a province of that State. In 
181 1>, he married his Kocond wife, Elizabeth, 



daughter of Elder Samuel Sturdevant, of Brain* 
trim, Pennsylvania. In 1817, Captain Mills set- 
tled on a farm two and a half miles west of Mon- 
trose on which he lived until his death, March 
23, 1 833, in his seventieth year. His widow died 
in Montrose, September 1841. 

Ud, A. Million^ M. 2>., Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, 
November 25, 185G; son of Dr. J. L. Million a 
pioneer, and one of the oldest practicing physi- 
cians in the county, having practiced over thirty 
years. Ed. A. attended the higher schools of 
Springfield, where he graduated. In 1875, he 
attended the Jones Commercial College, at St. 
Louis, and received a diploma. He read med- 
icine with his father, afterward attending lec- 
tures at Rush iMedical College; also attended lec- 
tures at ISIissouri Medical College, and he went 
before the State Board of Medical Examination 
and stood second best; attended lectures and 
graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Phila- 
delphia. 

Charles Jfixxly and James M, Crabby dry 
goods merchants, corner of Sixth and Jefferson 
streets, opened their new store with an entirely 
new stock of dry goods and notions, on the first 
day of May, 1881. They keep in stock a general 
line of goods found in a retail dry goods store. 
They make a special feature of ladies cloaks and 
dolmans in their season, of which they carry all 
styles and qualities. Their building is new, their 
stock is fresh and attractive, and paying low 
rent, and doing a cash business, the firm gives 
their customers the benefit of small expenses 
and discounts. The proprietors are both practi- 
cal dry goods men, oi long experience. 

Mr. Moody is a native of Springfield, and son 
of S. B. Moody, deceased, who settled here about 
1835, and served as City Assessor and Collector 
about ten years, and Assistant Postmaster twenty 
years. He was a native of ^'^'^tertown, New 
York; came to Si>ringfield a } ung roan, and 
married Latatie Stipp,who emigrated from Ohio 
about the same time. Mr. Moody died in 1872. 
His widow resides in Springfiela. Charles F. 
Moody started in the dry goods business as a 
clerk in Taylorville, Illinois. He moved from 
there to Carthage, Hancock county, and carried 
on business about six years before coming to 
Springfield. He has been selling dry goods 
about ten years. In September 1 873, he married 
Annie J. Goudy, a native of Christian county. 
They have two sons and a daughter. 

3Ir. Crabb was born in Harrison county, Ohio, 
in October, 1830; came to Illinois with parents, 
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he went to Taylorville and commenced commer- 
cial life, remaioing there in the dry goods busi- 
ncBH until he moved to Springfield to open their 
present store. During the twenty-seven years 
that he sold goods in Taylorville, he worked for 
but three firms. He married Miss Charlotte 
Miller, in that place, in 1868. She is also a 
native of Ohio. Their family consists of two 
daughters. Mr. Crabb is a member of the Ma- 
sonic Order and of the Knights of Pythias. 

Henry J. J\Ioore^ crocer, of the firm of Moore 
& Clayton, No. 409 Monroe street, is a native of 
Fayette, county, Indiana; born in June, 1840; 
is the son of Jesse and Mary £. (Conwav) 
Moore, both now deceased ; the former died in 
1840, the latter in 1873. At fourteen years of 
age Henry went to Des Moines, Iowa, and re- 
mained in that State twenty-three years. The 
first thirteen he engaged in farming, the four 
following in the coal business, and the last six 
years in the grocery trade. He came to Spring- 
field in July, 1877, clerked two years in a promi- 
nent grocery house ; in 1879 embarked in the 
Sroduce business, near their present store, and 
anuary 1, 188), formed a partnership with 
Clayton Brothers, and established a general re- 
tail family grocery, carrying a varied stock of 
groceries, provisions, fruits and vegetables, in 
which they have a prosperous trade. Mr. Moore 
was married in Indiana in March, 1856, to 
Amanda Conway, a schoolmate, born in July, 
1843. He is a charter member of the National 
American Association, and its Treasurer from 
its organization, of Lodge No. 13. Charles E. 
and Henry Clayton, his partners, are young 
men, born in Sangamon county, Illinois, on 
April 11, 1854, and August 22, 1857, respec- 
tively. They are the sons of Alexander Clay- 
ton and Mary Marshall, early settlers in Ball 
township, where their mother died, nearly 
twenty years ago. Mr. Clayton was bom in 
Morgan countv, Illinois, and Mrs. Clayton in 
New Jersey. The sons were reared farmers, in 
which they are still engaged, their mercantile 
experience being limited to their association 
with Mr. Moore. They were born on the florae- 
stead, where they and their father now reside. 

O. W, Morgan^ M. 2)., Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Scott county, Illinois, October 11, 
1838, son of Thomas and Nancy B. (Smith) Mor- 
gan. His father was a native of Scotland, and 
was born in the Highlands, in 1801. When 
three years old his parents emigrated to the 
United States, locating near Ripley Court House, 
North Carolina. His father remained there un- 
til he was twenty-one years of age» when he came 



to Illinois and located in IU>nd county^ m*hcre he 
became acquainted with Miss Smith, dans^bter of 
John Smith, a prominent citizen and wealthy 
farmer of Bond county, whom he marriefl. l^re- 
vious to coming to Scott county be rea^l law 
with Judge Vendiver, an eminent jnrist, of 
North Carolina, and after coming here com- 
menced practicing, which he folfowed but a 
short time after arriving in Bond county, Illinois. 
He then embarked in the real estate and nursery 
business, which he followed verv extensively for 
a number of years, and to-<lay the fruits of his 
nursery can be seen all through the central por> 
tion of the State. In Fcbniary, 184d, his vife 
died, leaviiie eight children, all of which lived 
to adults. He w*as again married to 3Ii$8 Julia 
Schibe, daughter of one of the first settlers in 
Scott county. They had six children, three of 
w*hom are now livings He died in lSt(l, m-hen 
the subject of this sketch was seventeen years of 
age. lie commenced reading medicine under 
Dr. W. Wilson, an Alopathic physician, bat re- 
mained with him only a short time, after which 
he began the studies of Homeo|)athy under Dr. 
J. Thorne. He attended lectures at 1* Ishnemana 
Medical College, in Chicago, Illinois, and «pad«- 
ated March 4, K^^OS, with honors. On the 1^ 
of same month he came to Springfield, where he 
commenced the practice of his profession, ia 
partnership with Dr. C. F. Kuechler for one aad 
a half years. December 2.3, 18G5 he married 
Miss Janetta M. Swaringen, the third daughter 
of C. T. Swaringen, one of the prominent and 
wealthy farmers of Pike county, Illinois. She 
was born in Su Louis, Missouri, Febniarr.I^ 
1843. The fruits of this marriage were five 
children, four of whom are still living. The Dr. 
is a member of the Masonic Order of Knight 
Tem)>lars, Knights of Pythias and Independeat 
Order of Odd Fellows, of Springfield. . In 1801 
he enlisted in the Foui*teenth Illinois Volun- 
teer Infantrv, Comiiany I, under Colonel J. IL 
Palmer, and served one and a half years, when 
he was discharged for disability, caused by son- 
stroke. He is a gentleman of firm and mnsenlar 
build, and possessing^ a clear and vigorous mind, 
decided in his opinions, and emphatic in his 
statements. Strong, hearty and robust in body, 
he seems destined to live and enjoy life many 
years to come, 

I^rank Myer%y proprietor of the ** Wonder 
Store," No. 513, nortn side of the square, has 
carried on business at tliat number over two 
years. His fine store, which is amply fitted n 
with shelving, counters, etc, is one hundred sm 
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uius an a<cgregatioii of novelties in such end- 
less uuaiitUy and variety, as renders the title of 
the place eminently appropriate; for it is a mar- 
velous collection of articles of utility and orna- 
ment, which makes it a genuine '^curiosity- 
shop,'^ where may be found numerous lines of 
goods kept in other stores, and many more not 
to be found elsewhere in the city, or indeed in 
Central Illinois, as it is the only establishment 
of its cbss in this4)art of the State. Mr. Myers 
started in business in Springfield, in 18G4, op|K>- 
site the northeast corner of the square, where 
he continued until the magnitude of his rapidly 
growing trade compelled a change to larger 
quarters, which he did in 1879. lie now carries 
a Ktock of goods worth about $25,000, and his 
annual sales run to nearly $00,000, requiring an 
average clerical force of fifteen to eighteen 
hand8, and much larger during the busiest sea- 
son. Mr. Myers is a product of Sangamon 
county, Illinois, born in August, 1847, and reared 
and educated in Springfield. In 1878, he mar- 
ried Miss Nellie E. Holmes, a native of Spring- 
field, and graduate of the City High School. 
They have one daughter, Ella, a year and a half 
old. 

Henry C. Myers was a native of Chambers- 
burg, Pennsylvania; came to Illinois and settled 
in SpringKcld in 1838, where he was engaged in 
mercantile business about thirty years. He died 
in this city in 1871. He married Eleanor I>. Ro- 
bards, a native of Lexington, Kentucky, in 
Brown county, Missouri, in 1845. Three chil- 
dren were born to them, only two of whom, a 
daughter, and the subject of this sketch are 
alive. His mother is a resident of Springfield. 

John A. Nufew, Chief Clerk St. Nicholas 
Hotel, was born in Troy, New York, September 
17, 1837; son of .John b. and Mary H. (Weaver) 
Nafew. His father was also boni in Troy, his 
grandfather being among the first settlers of 
that |)lace. He was a printer and politician, and 
dioil in New York City in 1872. His mother in 
Albany in 1853. 

'J'he subject of this sketch started in the dnig 
business in Albany, New York, where he re- 
mained for four years. In 1855, he came West, 
and located in Chicago. From there he went to 
Wisconsin, where he clerked in a hotel for one 
year. He then came to Uloomington, Illinois, 
and later held a position in the old Pike House, 
located on the site of the present Phoenix Hotel. 
He stayed there three years. In September, 
]8C(), he came to Springfield and entered the 
office of the St. Nicholas Hotel as clerk, in which 
hi* continued for several years. In 1865, he went 



to Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he held the 
position of general ticket agent for two yeais. 
Returned to Springfield, and again entered the 
St. Nicholas Hotel, remaining there two years. 
He then took charge of the American House and 
conducted it for three years, after which he 
again returned to the St. Nicholas, where he is 
now engaged. 

He was married in 1803 to Ella F. Mclntire, 
who was born in Lyons, Massachusetts, in 1845. 
She was the daughter of Benjamin and Roxanna 
Stearns. Her father died in 180G. Her mother 
still resides in Springfield. Mr. Nafew is a 
member of the Central Lodge of Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, No. 71, and Royal Chapter, 
Arch No. 1, and the Hotel Men's Association 
and Springfield Lodge, 87, A. O U. W. 

Dennis Nees^ grocer, 231 North Fifth street, 
corner Madison, established business on his own 
account in Springfield about seven years ago, and 
has been five years in his present location. He 
keeps a general stock or confectioneries, gro- 
ceries, and liquors, for the retail trade. He is 
thii*ty-four years of ai^e, was born in Baden, 
Germany, and came to tne United States in 1867, 
settling immediately in Springfield, Illinois. 
Before leaving his native country, he learned 
the trade of brick-moulding. Upon arriving in 
Springfield, he was employed for a time as a 
laborer, and Ipter for some three years as clerk, 
at the tennination of which, in 1873, he started 
in business on the corner of Washington and 
Tenth streets, remaining there till he moved to 
his present stand. In October, 1871, he married 
Lizzie Stark, a native of Springfield, of German 
parentage. They have had four daughters and 
one son, the latter deceased. The living are: 
Clara, eight years old, pa^t; Emma and Lix/.ie, 
twins, born July 3, 1874, and Minnie, aged five 
years. Mr. Nees is a member of the VVestem 
Catholic Union, of which he was Treasurer for 
some time. His father died when he was six 
months old, and his mother when he was four^ 
teen years of age, in the old countr}-. 

Major Affrvd A, Xoritt^ druggist, Springfield, 
Illinois, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylv.iniai 
July 7, 1823; son of Stephen and Mar^- (Wil- 
liaiiis^ North, a daughter of Major E. \N illiams, 
a siildier in the Revolutionary war: mother, a 
native of Pennsylvania; father of English de- 
scent, and born in London: died in Philadelphia, 
in September, 1826. In 1831, his mother moved 
to Washington county, Pennsylvania, to educate 
her children; in 1845, removed to Cincinnati, 
Ohio, where she died, March 11, 1871. Major 
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purpose of learning the drug business; rcuiaiDed 
live years; then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where 
he embarked in the name business. Februai-y 9, 
1847, he married Miss America Ann Minor, 
daughter of Colonel Gideon Minor, who w^as 
born in Jtockingham county, Virginia, in 1775, 
and died in 1841. In 1830, he came to Edgar 
county, Illinois, where he represented his dis- 
trict in the legislature for three terms; his health 
failed, and he had to give up j)olitics; was what 
was known as one of the *'Long Nine," being 
six feet and four inches in height. Mrs. North 
was born in Clairmont county, Ohio, September 
18, lsti4. There were five children, four of 
whom are living: Caroline M., <lied May 23, 
1807; Catharine C, Emma A., Milford, and 
Alfred A., Jr. Seutember 21, 1801, Mr. N. en- 
listed in the Tenth Regiment Cavalry, Illinois 
Volunteers, Company A, anl was commissioned 
First Lieutenant; took the lirst Company of 
the Tenth Cavalry into Camp Butler; was ap- 
pointed Quartermaster of the Second Battalion, 
and was for a short time Acting Captain of 
Company 1). The 3Iajor resigned in 1863 on 
account of po»)r health, and was appointed Dep- 
uty Provost Marshal of the Eighth District of Illi- 
nois: was afterwards re-commissioned Captain of 
Co. 31, and went to the field, where he was again 
prostrated by disease; again resigned, and was 
liouorably discharged, lie was brevetted Major 
by President Andrew Johnson, for faithful and 
meritorious service during the war. In 1SC5, he 
was elected to the oftice of Assessor and Collector 
of Springfield, Illinois, and re-elected the ensu- 
ing year. lie is now operating in the grain 
trade. 

Jatne^ II. Paddock was born atLockport, Will 
county, Illinois, May 29, 1850. When three 
v^ars of age, he moved with his parents to Kan- 
Kakee, Kankakee county, Illinois, lie attended 
school there until 1805, and that winter was ap- 
pointed a Page in the State Senate, at Spring- 
field, Illinois, and in 1807 was Assistant Postmas- 
ter of the Senate. In 1809-71-73-75, was As- 
sistant Secretary of the Slate Senate. He was 
also Secretary of the Stale Senate in 1877-79, 
and 1881. From )87:J to 1870, when not per- 
forming his duties in the State Senate, he was 
employed in the (ir.ain Inspection Department, 
at Chieago, Illinois. He was appointed Chief 
Clerk in the otfice of the Secretary of State, 
June 1, ]881, a position he still retains. He at- 
tended the High School in Kankakee, Illinois, 
and was married in that place to Miss May L. 
Crawford, October 0, 187;1. She was born at 
Portland, Maine, and was a daughter of Frank- 



lin Porter, born in Paris, Maine. She and bas- 
band reside at Kankakee, Illinois. John AV. 
Paddock, father of James H. Paddock, was bom 
in Camillas, Onondago county. New York, Feb- 
ruary 4, 1815. He is a lawyer, and settled at 
Lockport, Illinois, about 1845. In 1853, lie re- 
moved with his family to Kankakee, Illinois. 
He practiced law at this place, and was a mem- 
ber of the Constitutional Convention in 186:!. 
He ran for Circuit Judge on the Democratic 
ticket, at Kankakee, Twentieth District, in 1857. 
but was defeated. In politics, he was an old- 
line Whig, until the disbanding of that party, 
when he became a Democrat. He was a great 
admirer of Stephen A. Donglas. When the war 
broke out, he became a strong Union man and a 
supjiorterof Lincobfs administration, and helped 
to raise the Seventy-sixth Illinois Infantry Vol- 
unteers, commanded by A. W. Mack. He after- 
ward raised six comnanies in Kankakee and Iro- 
quois counties, which, with four companies from 
Cook county, Illinois, became the One Hundred 
and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry Volunteers. 
The regiment was known as the 1 bird Board of 
Trade Regiment, and of which regiment be was 
elected Lieutenant Colonel, and retained com- 
mand of that regiment until his death, which 
occurred August, 1803, in the hospital at Mem- 
phis, Tennessee, from disease contracted on the 
Yazoo river, during the siege of Vicksbarg. 
His wife, Helen Tiffany, was born in New Yort 
State. She is a member of the Episcopal Cburcb, 
and the mother of ten children, eight liTing. 
She is living at Kankakee. 

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Paddock have two 
children, viz , Harry W. Paddock and Fannie C. 
Paddock. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock are both mem- 
bers of the Episcopal Church, and he la a Re* 
publican, and a strong supporter of that party; 
cast his first vote for U. S. Grant for President. 

Mr. Paddock was Secretary of the Railraid 
■and Warehouse Commission from July 1, 187<^ 
to May 1, 1877, and in the United States Mar- 
shal's office at Chicago, July 1, 1877, to January 
1, 1870. 

Jaitten J, PttrkersoHy grocer, 413 East Monroe 
street, is the son of Hugh and Ellen (Jackson) 
Parkerson, natives re8i>ectivcly of Virginia ana 
Maryland, and was born in Fairfield cotintT, 
Ohio, in 1848. Ten years later, the family mov^ 
to Sangamon county, Illinois, lie has bees 
identiiied with the grocery trade in Springfieki 
in various ca|^»acitie8, fourteen years. In IBil. 
he first established himself in business on Fonrtk 
street. After conducting it three years, he sold 
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Year. Was then some years with the grocery 
nrm of Urassfield & Steele, representing the 
former partner^s interest In the fall of J 878, 
he entered into partnership with F.W. Paradice, 
and opened business with a new stock of goods 
ID thf ir prvscnt store. They have a large retail 
trade in groceries, and quite an extensive job- 
bing business in fruits and produce, of which 
they make a specially, the whole amounting to 
(35,000 a year in volume. They ship goods to 
the towns within a ladius of fifty miles of 
Springfield. Id 1873, Mr. Parkerson married 
Miss Maria £. Paradiee, of Jacksonville, Illinoiis 
who 18 now twenty -eight years of age, and the 
mother of one daughter, Laura D. PaTker<^ii, 
boro in June, 1875. 

George J^aafieid^ III., capitalist and general 
trader, is the only son of George Paslield II., 
who settled in Sangamon county in 1831. lie 
was bom in EngTard, brought by parents to 
America, in early childhood, and reared in the 
city of Philadelphia, where his parents both 
died of the yellow fever. Before coming to 
Illinois he engaged in buying and shipping 
pnnluce, in large quantities, by flat-boat, down 
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in trading 
Id a general way. lie resided some vears in 
Cincinnati, in Louisville, and in Paris, bourbon 
county, Kentucky. In the latter place he mar- 
ried Mary Fordeu, in 1830, and moved to Spring- 
field, Illinois, the next year. Here he embarked 
in a grocery and general merchandising busi- 
ness, and also continued in general tramcking. 
ile died November 9, 1869, ;eaving the widow 
and son with a very comfortable estate. IIis 
wife followed him in 1878. 

The subject of this article was l)orn in Spring- 
field, acd is forty-nine years of age. He was 
educated in the Springfield Academy, and the 
medical department of St. Louis University, 
from which he graduated, receiving the decree 
of M. D. in 1852. Hut being inclined to follow 
in the footsteps of his sire, he never entered 
actively into the practice of medicine, save as 
contract surgeon at Caicp Hutler during the 
war. He has devoted his attention to buyirg 
and im]>roving city real estate, and to general 
trading. He has manifested a zealous interest 
ID the growth and prosperity of Springfield, and 
has been financially identified witn mo.st of the 
corporate cntcrpnses looking to this end, besides 
erecting many Diisiness and other buildings, of 
which he now ow*ns a large number. Tlie Pas- 
field block, which he built in 1881 in honor of 
his father^s name, on ground purchased by the 
senior Pasficld fifty years ago,i8 of pressed orick 



and iron fronts, ornamented with trimmings of 
stone and tile, is the handsomest bu.Mness block 
in the Capital City. Mr. Pasficld has been very 
successful in his business operations, and now 
owns more real estate than any other man in 
Springfield. His residence is the old homestead, 
embracing four blocks on the comer of Capitol 
Avenue and Pasficld street, and is a cosy rural 
retreat. In 18G6, Mr. Pasficld united in marriage 
with the daughter of Hathaway M. PickreTl. 
She was also born in Sangamon county, Illinois. 
Emma, aged fourteen years; George 11 IL, aged 
11, and Arthur Hathaway Pasfield, aged four 
years, constitute their family. Mrs. Pasfield is 
a member of the Christian Church. 

Debofd Pauien^ Treasurer of San&amon county, 
niinois, was born near Strasbiirgj Sermany, Sep- 
tember 13, 1828; came with his parents, Debom 
and Margaret|(W alter) Pa ulen, to America, when 
eight years of age, then the only child of their 
family of two sons and one daughter. After 
remaining a year in New Orleans, they setr 
tied in Curran township, Sansamon connty, Illi- 
nois, where the mother died in 1863, and the 
father in March, 1881, and w*here Mr. Panlen has 
always resided, until electtd to his present office, 
in 1877. His school advantages were confined 
to a few terms in the district school. Beginning 
labor in youth for twenty-five cents a dav, pros- 
perity marked his course of industry and econ- 
omy; and in 1877 he had no difficulty in obtain- 
ing securities on his bond for dl,7Q0,000. Neither 
he or his father ever had a law- suit. Mr, 
Paulen married Elizabeth, a native of Sangamon 
county, and daughter of Samuel McMurray, one 
of the pioneers in the county, in 1857. They 
aie the parents of three sons and one daughter. 
He was elected Treasurer on the Republican 
ticket in 1877, and re-elected in 1879, against a 
Democratic majority of from eight to ten hun- 
dred. His father came toihe county in indigent 
circumstances, but accumulated a competence 
before his death. 

Jloriav J. Phillips^ deceased, was bom in Green 
c6unty, Kentucky, May 26, 1811, and came with 
his parents to Sangamon county, Illinois, in 1829. 
In 1831, he enlisted in the Black Hawk war as a 
member of the company from Sangamon county. 
In 1830, returned to Kentucky and married 
Mali«sa I^e,whom he brought back to Sancamon, 
where he spent the remainder of his li^. He 
died in Springfield, February 8, Hf81. He was 
a carpenter bv trade, and spent the last years of 
his active li/e in superintending the wood de- 
partment of the trunk factorr of his sons. His 
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ten children, four of wboni arc i1ecc:ij(ed, and kix 
bons alive. Mr. Phillipii conibined in hU charac- 
ter firmness and decinion, with slrong sympathy 
and kindness of heart. I le was greatly attached to 
his home and family, whose associations formed 
the chief enjoyment of his life. 

Four of the nix sons, Charles J., Edwin H., 
William O. and Moreau F. Phillips are associated 
in ihe l^hillips Brothers* trunk manufactory, and 
are doin*; :i thriving business. Their mother re- 
sides in Springtield, aged sixty-four years. 

Jhttrif PUtz, photographic artist, 2*21 J South 
Sixth street, has been conducting the business 
in Springfield since the fall of 1873, and moved 
into his present beautiful room^, fitted up 
especially for his purpose, in March, 1880. He 
has an experience of fifteen years in this branch 
of art, and makes a specialty of fine portrait 
work in sun prints, ink, crayon and oil. His 
gallery ii furnished with all the facilities for a 
high grade of work ; and a survey of the beau- 
tiful specimens which adorn the walls of his 
place convince the visitor that Mr. Pietz is 
master of his art. He is a German by birth, 
and obtained a general knowledge of the photo- 
graphic art in the polytechnic schools of his 
native country; came to America in 1 804, and 
after traveling about a year and a half, stopped 
a short time in Cincinnati, Ohio ; went thence 
to I'iiiua, Ohio, and carried on the manufacture 
of soda water. In 1869, he went to (^hieago and 
engaged in photograpliy. Leaving there, he 
spent two years in Milwaukee, then came to 
S])i'ingtield. Mr. Pietz is a member of the 
Photographic Association of America. 

./. A. W, Pittman^ photographic artist, No. 
."J23 South Fifth street, learned the business in 
Tennessee, his native State, beginning in 1857; 
and with the exception of a few months, has 
continuously carried it on for himself ever since. 
In January, 1805, he located in St. Louis; burned 
out in February, 18(>S, and moved to Carthage, 
Hancock county, Illinois, remaining till he came 
t^> Springfield in April, 1870. The building ^Ir. 
Pittman has occupied since January, 1881, was 
designed and built especially for his use, and is 
admirably adapted to the purpose. The recep- 
tion, toilet and operating rooms are all on the 
ground floor, and are tastefully furnished and 
supplied with the finest modern implements and 
facilities for superior portrait work, of which 
abundant proofs adorn his beautiful rooms, in 
the way of specimen pieces. Prominent among 
these are two composition groups of the Thirty- 
first and Thirty-second General Assemblies of 
IllinoiH; the first was made in 1870, and the 



latter in l^^Sl. They are fonr and a half by nix 
feet in Kize, representing the members in their 
seats in their respective halls, are elegantly exe- 
cuted, and are probably the largest composition 
portrait pictures in the world. To make them 
was a stupendous undertaking which few artists 
would assume, and fewer still could produce 
with such marked success. 
. Mr. Pittman was born in 1 833, and livetl on a 
farm till he beg:in photography. He has been 
three times married; first, to Terecy Gililand in 
1853, who died three years after, leaving two 
children, both deceased. In 1869, he married 
Mar}' Bryant, who died in 1870; and in January, 
1878, he married his present wife, Mary Pat- 
terson, of Springfield. They have one daughter, 
lie is a Mason and a member of the Royal 
Templars of Temi>erance. 

Otarles R. PoM^ Springfield, Illinois, was bom 
in Cornwall, Vermont, January 15, 1826; son of 
Truman and lletsy (Atwater) Post, who emi- 
grated to Marietta, Ohio, in 1833, where the sub- 
ject of this sketch wan reated on a farm. In 
1842, he came to Waverly, Morgan connty, 
where he purchased a farm and remaineil until 
his death, which occurred in 1847. The same 
year, Charles went to California, crossing the 
plains; remained in the mines a couple of yean, 
then returned to Waverly, where he stopped a 
short time; went to Jacksonville and emliarked 
in merchandising one year; thence to Spring- 
field, where he engaged in the grain trade, and 
continued in the same until 18.57; then engaged 
in selling farm implements, lie married Miss 
Caroline Lathrop, daughter o^ Erastus Lathrop, 
of Ashforth, Connecticut. Hy this marriage 
there were three sons: Charles ^'illiam, Aurilian 
A , and Carroll L. ]\Ir. Post has held several 
local oflfices of trust in the gift of the people, is 
a deacon of the C-ongregational Church. In 
politics a Republican. 

James Tt, Poircll^ contractor and builder, resi- 
dence south Sixth street, near Vine, commenced 
the building business on his own account in 
1874, and ban devoted his attention chiefly to 
erecting residences in the city. He makes most 
of his own plans, works from five to twenty 
mechanics, and has never built less than fifteen 
houses in any one year. His contracts for 1880 
amounted to ^30,000, and in 1881 to $^5,000. 
lie began learning the carpenter trade with hii 
father in 180S, and worked for him seven yearv. 

His father, Kbonezer Powell, was an Kuglish- 
man by birth; came to America and to Sanga- 
mon county, Illinois, in 1845, and after his mar- 
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lad}% nettled in 31echanicsbiirg township, where 
0ame8 was bom a little over twenty-eight years 
ago. He is one of a family of four sonn and 
two danghters. Mis father carried on the car- 
penter business in Springfield a number of years 
oefore bis death, in 1875. The subject of this 
article married in September, 1874, to Miss 
Jennie Ne|>er, a native of New York State, but 
a resident of Springfichi from early chiklhood. 
Tliey have three daughters, Bella, Minnie 
and Kittie. In |K>litics 3Ir. Powell is Republi- 
can. His mother resides in Kansas. 

Ji jF, Jhricty M, 2>., is a son of Jacob F. and 
Alariah R. (Miles^ Price, natives of Kentucky; 
bis father was a Presbyterian preacher, and was 
connected with the church at Pisgah for a num- 
ber of years; died in June, 1847; his mother is 
still living, at the age of seventy. The subject 
of this sketch was born in Woodford county, 
Kentucky, April 7, 184G; his father died when he 
was one year old; he was sent to live with his 
grandmother, and when thirteen years old was 
sent to Nicholasville, Kentucky, to attend a pri- 
vate school; remained there two years, then 
came to Illinois, and attended the Normal Uni- 
versity, at Normal, nearly three years; then re- 
turned to Kentucky; where he read medicine 
with Dr. Sidney Allen, of Winchester, now of 
Lewiston, Kentuckv, one year, when he attended 
lectnres at Louisville University; in 1865, came 
to Springfield; read medicine with Dr. Charles 
Ryan, the same year; returned to I^uisville, 
where be gpraduated. The Doctor commenced 
the practice of his profession in Clarke county, 
Kentacky, and remained there two and a half 
years. In I8G8 he was connected with the 
Soldiers' Home, at Dayton, Ohio, as Assistant 
Surgeon, one year; in 18G0, went to Coles county, 
Illinois, where he followed his profession; the 
following year, went to New York City and 
Bellevne Hospital Medical College; then went 
to Philadelphia, where he spent a short time in 
Jefferson College. lie returned to Charleston, 
Coles county, remained one year; in February, 
1872, be married Miss Jesse Jjoose; she w*a8 born 
in this city November 7,1851; there are three 
children, Jacob L., Charles R., and Jessie. The 
following April Mr. P. located in Springtield, 
where be formed a partnership with Dr. II. B. 
Buck, and with the exception of a visit to Kan- 
sas for bis health, has remained here since. 

John 1F1 JPriest^ furniture merchant, north 
side of the square, is one of a family of twelve 
children of Frank and Marv (Woodf) Priest, of 
whom five of each sex livecT to adult age. lie 
was bom in Vermont, October 18, 1809; n?oved 



with parents to St. Lawrence county, New York, 
in 18] 6» where he grew to manhoi>d; and in 
August, 1835, married Olive Wakefield; starting 
soon after, in a wagon, for Montgomery, Ala- 
bama, consuming forty days in the trip. Mr. 
Priest engaged in the manufacture and sale of 
tinware in that place about fourteen months, 
then sold out and carried on the same business 
in Columbus, Mississippi, over three years; leav- 
ing there, he spent a summer in St. Ix>uis, Mis- 
souri. In the spring of 1840, he and wife re- 
turned to New \ ork for the latter^s health, where 
she died soon after, leaving a son, who also died 
at three years of age. ^Ir. Priest came to Spring- 
field in June, 1840, and for thirteen years car- 
ried on brick manufacturing, and also conducted 
the stove and tinware business about four years 
during the time, lie has been extensively en- 
gaged in farming many years; owns a six hun- 
dred acre farm in Christian county, which he 
cultivates, and one of five hundred acres in San- 
gamon county, that he rents oat. About six 
years ago he re-embarked in the furniture and 
house-furnishing business in his present store, 
and carries a large stock of furniture, stoves, tin, 
and wooden-ware, crockery, cutlery, etc., and has 
an annual trade of $:i5,000 to 6(40,000. Mr. Priest 
cast his Rrst Presidential vote for Andrew Jack- 
son, and has always been a Democrat lie has 
served his Ward — the Fourth — as Alderman, 
eight years; has been Mayor of the city four 
terms, three consecutively; and is now a member 
of the County Board of Supervisors. He mar- 
ried Lucinda M. Stafford, of Rochester, Sanga- 
mon county, March 30, 1845; she died September 
10, 1851, having been the mother of four child- 
ren; two of whom, Olive Lucinda, born Febru- 
ary 24, 184G, and Mary Eliza, born November 2, 
1848, are living. Mr. Priest married his third 
wife, Catharine Wright, in St.JLawrence county. 
New York, in September, 1853; she died child- 
less in July, 1875. September 5, 1878, he united 
in marriage with Phebe T. Eggleston, of Roches- 
ter, Sangamon county; she is Die twelfth daugh- 
ter and seventeenth child of Seth and Emma 
Samson, of Ohio. Mr. Priest has four grand- 
children: Olive, Mar^ M., and John Priest 
Latham, and Mary Lucinda Currier, all born in 
Spriiigfield, Illinois. 

.y/John O. RameB^ manufacturer of harness and 
aiddles, and dealer in horse clothing, 213 South 
Fifth street, has been conducting the business at 
that number since 1860. A number of veart 
ago he replaced the old frame building with the 
neat bricK block he now occupies, eighteen by 
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lloor is used as a salesroom, and the maiiufac* 
tory, ill which .seven to ten mechanics are em- 
ployed, occupies the rear part of the second 
story. Here ail his harness and saddlery are 
made for a trade of 5g^lo,000 a year. Mr. Rames 
is a native of Springfield, Illinois, born iu 1^:U; 
served an apprenticeship of four years with Mr. 
K. h\ Ruth, in the city, in whose employ he 
continued several years afterwards, pursuing his 
trade as a journeyman until he opened his 
present shop. At the age of twenty-one years 
he married Mary E. Connelly^ of Springtield, 
who died two years after. In April, 1859, he 
married his present wife, Mar^ E. Redman, of 
St. Louis county, Missouri. Six ciiildren have 
been born to them ; the four living are : Martha 
M., Cora 13., Mary J. and John O., Jr. Mr. 
Rames' parents, Nathaniel and Sarah (Ogden) 
Rames, were Kentuckians by birth. They 
moved from St. Louis, Missouri, to Springfield 
in 1829, where his mother still resides, aged 
seventy-four. Politically, Mr. R. is a Conseiva- 
tive Democrat. He has served two terms in the 
City School Board, and several terms in the City 
Council, of which he is now a member, and 
Chairman of the Fire and Water Committee. 
He has filled all the chairs in the local lodge of 
I. O. O. F., and is now Vice Grand. He and 
his wife and two eldest daughters belong to the 
Baptist Church. 

Jlorace tS, Leland^ was born in Lands Grove, 
Vermont. July 20, 1830, where he attended school 
until 1845; he then went to Cleveland, Ohio, 
and attended school until 1848, when he went to 
New York City, and engaged in the hotel busi- 
ness with his uncles, the Leland Bros'., of New 
York, where he opened the Leland hotel in 
Springfield, Illinois, since which time he has 
been here and with his brothers in the Sturte- 
vant House in New York. He and Bros', own 
the Leland in Chicago, New York, and Albany, 
and, also, the Ocean Hotel at Long Branch. 
The father of Horace, Aron P. Leland, was born 
in Vermont. In politics he was an old time 
Whig, and he died in 1878 his wife. Submit 
(Arnold) Leland was born in Vermont, she was 
a member of the Presbyterian church and the 
mother of eight children, viz: Louis, Horace 
S., Geo. S., Jerome W., Chas. E., Warren F. 
and Clarrissa N. Wiggins. In politics Mr. 
Leland is rather Independent. His grand- 
father, Simeon Inland, was a prominent politician 
and a member of the legislature. 

The Leland and Wiggins Ilotel was built in 
1804, and' opened in January, 1807. It cost 
$320,000, and is the finest hotel in the State, 

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outside of Chicago. The hotel has an elevator. 
Smith, Berg & Co.'s engine and machinery; and 
accommodations for three hundred and fifty 
guests. In aildition to the hotel, they have just 
built a building witli engine room, wash and 
drying rooms, with fine engines and a nest of 
boilers with four hundred and fifty horse i>ower 
capacity. In connection with the hotel, Mr. Le- 
land ow*ns a farm of three hundred acres, all 
under good cultivation. On this fanu are fine 
gardens, hot houses, graperies, etc., enabling 
them to raise all kinds of fruits and early vege- 
tables. They raise their own pork, milk, cream 
and produce. 

Jbycd. X. Meed was bora at Boston, Massachu- 
setts, April 11, 1847, where he attended school 
and was engaged io the wholesale boot and 
shoe trade until Februarv, 1805. lie then went 
to Chicago and remained in the wholesale boot 
and shoe trade four or five years, and traveled 
for the house over the States of Illinois and 
Iowa. He then became a member of the Chicago 
Board of Trade, in 1870. He went in the dis- 
tiller]^ business in Chicago, but held bis mem- 
bership in the Board of 1 rade; he was engaged 
some four years in the distillery busine:*^, when 
he was employed in the register department of 
the Chicago post oflice until December, 1880; 
and January 11, 1881, was appointed to his pres- 
ent position as chief corporation clerk in the 
ofiice of the Secretary of State, in Spr.ngfield, 
Illinois. He was married to Miss Kate M. Mil- 
ler, January 11, 1870; she was born in Buffalo, 
New York, and is a daughter of Hon. II. B. Mil- 
ler, born at Lebanon, Pennsylvania; he beld the 
olfice of Treasurer of Cook county, Illinois, and 
was elected a Representative to the legislature 
of New York State two terms; he is at preseat 
President of the Riverton, Illinois, Alcohol 
Works; in politics he is a Republican, and a 
strong supporter of that party; his w*ife, Estey 
(Bowman) Miller, was bom m Ohio; she is a 
member of the Baptist Church; she and husband 
reside at Riverton, Illinois. The lather of Fred- 
rick M. Reed, William C. Reed, w*as bom in 
Randolph, Massachusetts; he is of English 
descent; he has for many years been engaged 
in an exclusive provision and packing business 
at Chicago, Illinois, two or th ee yeais, and one 
year at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; he is a member 
of the Baptist Church, and in politicB he is a 
Republican, and a strong supporter of that 
party; he is still living in Boston, Masaachusetts; 
his wife, Lydia Thompson, was bora in Thomtt- 
ton, Massachusetts; she was the moUier of tbre« 
children, all living, vix: William 0. Reed, Jr., 



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who resides at Boston, Massacbnsettfl; Mrs. Fan- 
nie Walker, also oi Boston, and the subject of 
this sketch, Mr. Fredrick Ij. Reed, who in politics 
is a Republican, and a strong Kupporter of that 
party; cast his first vote for U. S. Grant, for 
President of the United States. Mr. Reed and 
wife are both members of the Baptist Church. 

L. IF. jReetl^ Springfield, Illinois, was born in 
Chillicothe, Ohio, December 14, 1843, son of 
Dennis S. and Mary B. Reed, natives of Con- 
necticut. In 1846, they moved to Ohio when L. 
W. received a business education; in 1854, re- 
moved to Will county Illinois; when eighteen 
years of age, Ij. W. engaged with Barnes & Smith 
as clerk, in Ilockford, where he remained until 
1804, then enlisted in the One llundred and 
Forty-First Regiment, Illinois Volunteers In- 
fantry, three-months men; remained in the ser- 
vice about six months. After the clos3 of the 
war, returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence to 
Connecticut. In the spring of 1865, returned to 
Rock ford, where he eniliaixed in the ilry goods 
trade as the firm of Monlthorp & Reed; in eigh- 
teen months sold his interest and started a gen- 
eral store in Milford; remained there two years, 
then moved to Wilmington, taking his stock 
with him. In 1873, removed to Granby, Con- 
necticut, where he embarked in the wholesale of 
Yankee notions; was afterwards chosen Secretary 
of the Granby Manufacturing Company. In 
April, 1880, came to Joliet, where he commenced 
his present business in Febmary, 1881. He 
married Miss Kate J. Adams, daughter of Joseph 
and Emily Adams, of Will county, Illinois. By 
this union there are six children, three sons and 
three daughters. He is member of the Masonic 
and I. O. O. F. orders; also a member of the 
G. A. R 

Jf. O. Jieeves^ Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in Mason county, Kentucky, on the 1 4th 
day of September, 1808, son of Austin and 
Kl zibeth (Dill) Reeves; father of Virginia, and 
niiiiher a native of Maryland; was married in 
Mason county, Kentucky, where four sons and 
four daughters were bom, four of which are 
living at the present writing. In 18*20, they 
moved to Monroe county, Indiana, where he died 
in 1828; mother died in 1858. The subject of 
this sketch went to Ohio in 1824, where he was 
employed as clerk by an uncle, John Reeves, in 
a dry goods store and post office (in Warren 
C4)unty), where he remained three years; thence 
to Batavia, Clearmont county; thence to New 
Richmond, on the Ohio river. In 1828, went to 
Portsmouth, Ohio, where he remained two years, 
when his uncle started a branch store thirty 



miles above, and he was put in charge one year. 
He went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he engaged 
to the firm of Reeves <& McLean, in a wholesale 
dry goods house, where he was employed until 
1834. In 1835, bought a bill of goods of Reeves 
& McLean, and shipped them to Springfield, 
where he embarked in merchandising, which he 
followed up to 1880, and has been in active busi- 
ness for nearly forty-five years in Springfield. 
In 1830, married Miss Nanov E. Miner, daughter 
of Colonel Gideon Miner, of Ohio, who came to 
Sangamon county about 1830. She was born in 
Clairmont county, Ohio, April 20th, 1816. The 
fruits of this marriage was eight children, two 
of which are livirg, Laura and Georgia. Mr. 
and Mrs. Reeves are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, also their two daughters. 

FVank Hehch eft Brothers, Of the brewing 
business, may be mentioned the firm of Frank 
Reisch & Brothers, who constitute the leading 
firm in this branch. The business was estab- 
lished in 1849 by Frank Reisch, Sr., in a frame 
building, 20x30 feet, three stories high. Mr. 
Reisch conducted the business until 1 854, when 
he rented it for three years to Andrew Kane. 
After the time expired £e again took hold of the 
business; in 1858^ he formed a partnership with 
C. A. Ilclmle; in 1862 Mr. Ilelmle sold out, and 
Frank Reisch, Jr., was taken in; in 1875 the 
present firm bought, and have continued the 
business since, llic capacity of the buildings are 
as follows: the brewing house, 80x42, five stories 
of brick; one ice house, 40x70, and one 52x100, 
both of brick, having a capacity of 10,000 tons; 
two malt kilns, one 3t)x30 and one 40x40, two 
stories, also of brick; one malt house 40x80, 
three stories; stables, 35x80; the capacity of the 
brewery is one hundred barrels per day; use 
eighty thousand bushels of barley, employ forty 
men and eight teams. 

Leonard JieUch^ of the iirm of Reisch <!b 
l^oma, dry goods merchants, 126 South Sixth 
street, cast side of the stjuare, is a native of 
Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, and is 
twenty-three years of .ige. lie was educated in 
St. T^ouis, and after leaving school went to 
Bloomington,and was two years there connected 
with a furniture house. Soon after returning to 
Springfield, he formed a partnership with Henry 
Thoma, and in May, 1881, purchased the stock 
of dry goods of L. II. Coleman, and succeeded 
him as the proprietors of one of the oldest and 
most prosperous retail dry goods houses in 
Springficla. Their business occupies two stories 
ot the building, twenty-one by one hundred'feet, 
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on the second floor. Tlieir stock invoiced 
$05,000, and the sales for 1»^80 were * 135,000. 
The business of the new firm gives flattering 
promise, and employs seven salesmen. This 
nouse has the reputation of carr}*ing the flnest 
goods in the market. Thev make a specialty of 
elegant dress goods, trimmings, and notions. 

lienry Thoma, the other partner of this Arm, 
has been identifled with the dry goods trade of 
Springfield ten years, and nine years with Mr. 
Coleman, in the store of which he is now joint 
proprietor, lie is a Pennsylvanian by birth, and 
IS twenty-six years old. lie came to Springfield 
at eight years of age, and commenced his mer- 
cantile career at fourteen, as delivery boy. Dur- 
ing the years 1878 and 1870, he was Deputy in 
the County Treasurer's oflice, an experience of 
great value in a business way. In the spring of 
1879, he married ^liss Laura Westeuberger, of 
Springfield. 

Frank Reisch, Leonard's father, was a native 
of Baden, Germany, where he married, and im- 
migrated and settled in Springfield some years 
before Leonard's birth, lie engaged in brick 
manufacturing and in the brewing business, lie 
died in August, 1875. His widow still resides 
in the city. 

Prank'Heiachy deceased, was bom in Baden, 
Germany, July 24, 1809. When twenty-three 
years of age he came to the United States, land- 
ing at New Orleans, then worked his way up the 
river to St. Louis, and from there to Beardstown, 
where he remained about five years, then re- 
turned to his native country, when he married 
Miss Susan Mansen. She was born in 1817. 
They have had thirteen children, seven of whom 
are living, four sons and three daughters. After 
marrying, they returned to Beardstown, where 
Mr. Reisch commenced coopering, and remained 
thereuntil 1839, when he came to this county, 
locating first in Cartwricht township, where he 
bought land and followea farming in connection 
with coopering. In 1842, he moved to Prairie 
Creek township, and in 1850 came to Springfield. 
Previous to cominff, he had commenced the 
erection of the old orewery, which he finished 
and occupied for a number of years, lie died 
in 1875, leaving a large circle of friends to 
mourn his loss, lie landed in New Orleans with 
but one five franc piece in his pocket, but at his 
death could count his dollars by the thou- 
sands. 

John W. :ReiUy, M. D., Springfield, Illinois, 
born in this city January 20, 1859; is the son of 
Robert and Bridget (Mathews) Reilly, natives of 
Ireland, who emigrated to this country in 1855 



or 185G, and located in Springfielcl, where he en- 
gaged in the hotel business, which he followed 
tor a number of years; is at i[>resent engaged io 
farming, 'llie subject of this sketch attended 
the High School of this city, and graduated in 
the class of 1877. He immediately com raenoed 
the reading of medicine, his preceptor being Dr. 
R. S. Ix>r(t, of this city. In 1878 and 1879, he 
attended lectures in Rush Medical College, and 
also spent two years in Bellevae Hospital Medi- 
cal College, New York, and graduated with 
honors. The Doctor has spared no time or 
money to tit himself for the profession of his 
choice; he is at present City Physician of the 
city of Springfield. 

JTo/in T, JViodcB^ of Rho^Ies «fe Brother, con- 
tractors and builders, was bom January 14, 1t<:n, 
near Frederick City, Frederick county, Mary- 
land; came with an elder brother to Springfield, 
Illinois, in February, 1S55. Having learned the 
carpenter trade of his father before coining 
West, and being an expert workman, he com- 
manded the highest wages. His brother Georoe, 
partner in the firm, was bom in Frederick 
county, also, in September, 1833« learned the 
trade there, and came to Springfield in 1856. 
They both worked as joumcymen until the fall 
of 1858, then formed the present partnership, 
and began contracting, 'lliey have actively en- 
gaged in the building business since, and have 
erected a great many business blocks and dwell- 
ing houses in and about Springfield. Of late 
years they have confined their attention to city 
contract work almost exclusively. Among the 
business buildings this firm has constructed, are 
the Springfield Watch Factorv, and the Central 
Block, just completed this fall, on the corner of 
Adams and Sixth streets. They employ from 
twelve to eighteen mechanics, and did a business 
in 1880 of $35,000, and will run over 940,000 io 
1881. 

On April 10, 1800, John Rhodes married 
Eliza \V. Merriweather, bom in Springfield, 
Illinois, May 5, 1840. They have two diUdren, 
William Robert, and Ellie Maria Rhodes. Mr. 
Rhodes has served three consecutive terms in 
the County Board of Supervisors; is now serving 
his third term as City Alderman, having been 
fin»t elected in 1874, and is the onlj Democrat 
ever elected from the Sixth Ward, it being Ke* 
publican by a large majority. He has been a 
member of the Masonic fraternity since the 
second day after his arrival in Springfield. 

His parents were both born in FrederidL 
county, Maryland; father, Peter Rhodes, in 
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mSTOUY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



8tore some nine months; was married in Balti- 
more to Miss Augusta llaromersloughy August 
23, 1857; he then entered into partnership with 
L. Ilammerslough, in a clothing store at Peoria, 
Illinois, six months, when he bought out Ilam- 
merslough and ran the store until 18U0, when he 
went to Talledega, Alabama, and lan a clothing 
store one season, when he opened a store in 
Evansville, Indiana, ran a store there one year. 
Id July, 18G1, he came to S])ring6eld, Illinois, 
where he went into partnership with the Ham- 
mcrslough Brothers, at 117 west side of the 
square, and in 18G8 bought out the Hammer- 
slough Brothers' interest, and has run the store 
ever since, and has now one of the largest and 
roott complete clothins houses in the city; this 
store was established in 1876, and Mr. Ros- 
enwald established the one-price system. He 
and wife are both members of the Hebrew 
Church, on North Fifth street, and have six child- 
ren, viz: Benjamin S., Julius S., Maurice S., 
Selma S., Sophie and Lewis S. Rosenwald. The 
father of Samuel Rosenwald, Buedix Rosen- 
wald, was bom in Prussia, Geimany; he was a 
merchant and a member of the Hebrew Church, 
and died in 1840. His wife, Miss Vo||al 
Frankford, was born in Prussia, German v; she 
is a member of the Hebrew Church, and is still 
living in Germany, in her seventy-ninth year; 
she was the mother of four children, two living, 
vis: Samuel, the subject of this sketch, and 
Herman Rosenwald, a dry goods merchant in 
Prussia, Germany. Mr. Samuel Rosenwald is a 
member of the A. O. U. W., Capital City Lodge 
No. 38, and of the I. O. B. B. Lodge No. 67, m 
Spring6eld, Illinois. In politics he is rather 
independent; he cast his first vote for Buchanan 
for President of the United States. Mrs. Sam- 
uel Rosenwald was a daughter of Salmon A. 
llammcrslough; bom in llanover, Germany; 
bis wife, Julia Benjamin, was born in Hanover, 
Germany; they were members of the Hebrew 
Church, and had a family of six children. 

Patrick J. JRourke^ Superintendent of Schools 
for Sangamon county, was first elected to that 
ofiice in November, 1873, for the term of four 

J ears, and re-elected in 1877, for a like term, 
[r. Rourke is a product of Sangamon county, born 
in May, 1849. He graduated in the classical 
course of the Springfield High School in the 
class of 1806, since which time he has pursued 
scientific and other studies privately. Prior to 
assuming tlie duties of County Superintendent 
of Schools he was engaged in civil engineering 
and teaching; also served as Deputy United 
i^^Utcs Clerk from 1870 till 1872. His parents. 



Owen and Margaret Rourke, emigrated from 
Ireland forty years ago, and after living about 
four years in Vermont, came to Sangamon 
county, Illinois, where thev have since resided. 
In October, 1870, Mr. Rourke united in marriage 
with Miss M. Emma, daughter of Samuel Ray, 
deceased, a prominent citizen of Gardner town- 
ship, which he represented several years in the 
Board of Supervisors. 

Eihcurd liutZy State Treasurer, of Illinois, is 
a native of Heidleberg, Germany, and was born 
in 1829. When eighteen years of age he emi- 
grated to the United States and settled in St. 
Clair county, Illinois. In 1854, he took a tour 
through Iowa and Kansas, and in 1858 went on 
through to California, remaining there till the 
war broke out in 1801. He entered the army 
from that St|tte as a member of Battery C, IT. 
S. Artillery, and served chiefly in the Army of 
the Potomac; fought in twenty-one battles, 
among them were, Yorktown, Williamsburg, 
South Mountain, Antictam, Fredericksburg, 
C'hancellorville, and others; was discharged in 
October, 1864, having never been absent from 
duty from inability a day during the three years 
of his service. Upon retiring from the army 
]Mr. Rutz went to St. Louis, and was einployed 
there, and in Tennessee in the Quarter Master's 
department with General Myers, from Novem- 
ber, 1864, till April 7, 1865. He spent that sum- 
mer prospecting through the South, but not be- 
ing pleased with the outlook, returned to St. 
Clair county, Illinois, and that fall was elected 
County Surveyor for two years. At the expira- 
tion of that time he was elected Treasurer of 
that county for two years, and was re-elected in 
1800 and 1871; and in 1873, was elected Sute 
Treasurer for the term of two years. He was 
again elected to the same office in 1877 and in 
1880, the last times from Cook county, he hav- 
ing moved there about two years previously. Ir 
politics Mr. Rutz is a pronounced Republican, 
and has been a member of the part^ from its 
organization. He married in St. Clair county, 
Illinois, in 1806, to Miss Mary Mans, a native of 
that county. Three daughters and one son com- 
pose their family. 

It. FrnncU liuih was born in the city of 
Springfield, Illinois, May 5th, 1856. He attend- 
ed the Fourth Ward School until 1800, when he 
began in the High School, where he graduated 
in the class of June, 1873, along with J. H. 
Matheny, Jr., Edward C. Hainey, Samuel 
Grubb, Miss Anna Painter, now Mrs. Tudin, and 
others. In July, 1873, he was employed in the 
hardware store of O. F. Stebbins, where he re. 



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maiiied until July, 1877, when lie wcut into 
partnership witli hi8 father, on the south side of 
the square, where he is still located. His father, 
R. F. Ruth, wms liorn in Pennsylvania, lie was 
a member of the First Presbyterian Church in 
Springfield, where he died September 28, 1881. 
His wife, Maria Diller, sister of R W. Diller, 
was a member of the 'iliird Presbyterian Church, 
and died May 28, 1870; she was the mother of two 
children, vix: J. D. Ruth and the subject of this 
sketch, R. Francis Ruth, who is a member of 
the First Presbyterian Church, and was a Sun- 
day school teacher in that church two or tliree 
years, and in 1879 was elected Superintendent, a 
position he ttill retains. He was one of the first 
to join the Young Men's Christian Association 
in Springfield, of which he is an active member. 
He is a member of the Board of Directors of 
that Association. In politics he is a Democrat, 
and cast his 6rst vote for Hayes for President of 
the United Sutes. 

Wiilitnn JL Sampsony partner in the queens- 
ware house ot James A. Rhea A Co., 225 South 
Fifth btreet, was born in Med ford, Ma^^sachu- 
setts, and is twenty-eight years of age. He en- 
joyed the advantages of the superior public 
schools of his native place; at the age of sixteen 
entered the employ of a wholesale leather firm 
in Boston, and had become one of their leading 
salesmen before attaining his majority* when 
they sold oat and retired from busineiiss. In 
August, 1874, Mr. Sampson came to Springfield, 
Illinois, and passed some four years as traveling 
salesman for Springfield and Chicago houses, 
three of these years, he represented the extensive 
wholesale queensware establishment of Pitkin 
& BriM)ks, Chicago. In June, 1881, Mr. Samp- 
son formed a partnership with James A. Rhea 
and A. Anthony, and opened their present store 
with a fine new stock of queensware, glassware, 
cutlery and house furnishing goods, which they 
handle at wholesale and retail. They are all 
practical, thorough -going business men, which, 
with the liberal trade the house has enjoyed dur- 
ing its brief history, augurs a saccessful future. 
Mr. Sampson united in marriage with Miss Min- 
nie A. Hawk, of Cleveland, Ohio, May 26, 1877. 
One son, Odiorne, aged three years, is the fruit 
of their union. 

Mr. Rhea is a native of Missouri, but for the 
past twelve years has been engaged in manufac- 
turing and mercantile business in Piitsfield, 
Pike county Illinois. 

Jonathan J?. tSaunderSy was born February 1 7, 
1802, in Fleming county, Kentucky; and the son 
of Gunnell Saunders, who was born July 27, 






1783, in Louden county, Virginia, of English 
ancestry. His parents emigrated to the vicmity 
of I^exington, Kentucky, and a year or two later 
moved to Fleming county, in the same State. 
MaiT Manzy, his wife, was born April 15, 1784, 
in Fauquier county, Virginia; her }iarentB were 
of French descent; moved to I^urbon county, 
Kentucky; they were married in 1801, and h»d 
a family of seven children. He was a soldier 
from Fleming county in the war of 1812, and 
afterwards moved his family to Sangamon county, 
Illinois, arriving May 10, 1828, and settled fonr 
miles north of Springfield, where they resided 
for a number of years. Gunnell Saunders and 
his wife moved from Springfield, Illinois, to Mt 
Pleasant, Iowa, in the summer of 1846. Hon. 
K D. Baker, of Ball's Bluff fatal memory, with 
whom Mr. Saunders was on terms of most inti* 
mate friendship, visited Mt. Pleasant^ and made 
a speech in favor of the election of General Tay- 
lor. Mr. Saunders took Colonel Baker in his 
carriage to Ottumwa, and on the morning of 
October 20, 1848, bade him adieu and left for 
home. He was found about two miles from 0^ 
tumwa, in his carriage, dead, with the lines so 
adjnst€>d as to bring the c:irriage on a cramp. 
Gunnell Saunders was about sixty miles from 
home, but his remains were taken to Mt. Pleas- 
ant for interment. His widow continued to live 
there until October 18, 1851, when she died from 
the effects of a dose of arsenic carelessly put up 
by a druggist in place of morphine. Jonathan 
R., who was^'the first son of the precedini^, was 
married December 18, 1823, to Sarah McKinnie. 
Tbey moved to Sangamon county, Illinois, ar- 
riving November 28, 1824, at Springfield. He 
entered the land on which the Sangaincm county 
fair is. held, two miles north of Springfield, and 
moved there in 1828. His family consisted of 
six children, of the number, two living and four 
deceased. 

Asburt/ n. Saundcrty son of the preceding, ii 
now engaged in the grocery business; first in 
April, 1854, in partnership with AV. T. ITughet, 
in a room adjoining his present store. The fali 
following they added a stock of dry goods. In 
1858, Mr. Saunders bought Mr. HughesMnterest, 
and the next rear sold out the business, and en- 
gaged in the live stock business up to 1800, since 
which time he has been carrying on buMness lo 
the store he now occupies His stock oonsihts of 
a large assortment of staple and fancy groceries, 
in which he does a retail Dusiness of about $30,- 
000 a year. Mr. Saunders was bom on the lot 
where he now resides, corner of Carpenter and 
Sixth streets, November 7, 1828. Ilia father and 



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HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY. 



mother now reside witb him; his father is now 
in his eightieth and his mother eighty-one vears 
old. Mr. Anbury H. Saunders was married Oc- 
tober 20, 1856, to Marcia E. Underwood, in 
Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She was born Februar? 
7, 1837, at PorUge, Ohio. They had four child- 
ren; three died young. His only daughter, 
Helen, born June*2, 1803, lives at home with her 
father. Mrs. Marcia K. Saunders died September 
30, 1874. He is one of the leading members in 
tlie Christian Church, and a member of the Ma- 
sonic fraternitv. Central Lodge, No 71. 

John JL S'.'huck, lumber merchant, corner of 
Ninth and Jefferson streets, embarked in the 
lumber trade in Springfield in 1S05, as a member 
of the lirm of Scliuck «& Baker, located on the 
corner of Tenth and Jefferson streets, where 
they continued the business until April 1, 1877. 
Tiien Mr. Schuck sold out to his partner and 
opened his present yard. He carries a large 
stock of the various grades of lumber, and of 
sash, doors, blinds, cement, nails paints, etc, 
comprising a complete assortment of builders* 
materials. During the year 1880, his sales were 
over two million one hundred thousand feet of 
lumber, one million five hundred shingles, three 
hundred and sixty -6 ve thousand five hundred 
laths, five hundred barrels of cement, and two 
hundred and eighty barrels of plaster, besides 
sash, doors, blinds, hair, drain tile and sewer 
pipe. His trade for 1881 is running consider*^ 
ablv larger. Mr. Schuck was one of the origi- 
inal projectors of, and prime movers in building 
the Citizen's Horse Railway in Springfield, which 
was accomplished under persistent opposition 
and very harrassing circumstances. He is now 
President of the company; is also one of the 
Directors of the First National l^ank, and of the 
Gcnuan American Building Association. He is 
a native of Ileidleburg, Germany; came to 
Springfield, Illinois; in 1848; pursued the cabi- 
net maker's trade for some years, and since 1854 
has been associated with the lumber business. 
As an experimental test of the value of red cedar 
blocks for street pavings, Mr. Schuck urged that 
a p'utce of pavement be put down, which was 
done in front of the Government building and 
Leiand Hotel on Sixth street, by him as con- 
tractor, in 1878, and that fine ]>iece of road may 
attest the wisdom of his suggestion in making 
the trial. Mr. Schuck is one of the oldest mem- 
bers of Springfield jlilasonic Lodge No. 4. 

John ScJioen^jnan^ proprietor ^of the Western 
Hotel, corner Third and Jefferson streets, was 
b4>rn in Wedinburg, Germany, February 8, 18:10. 
When sixteen years of age, he came with bit 



parents to the United States, landed at New 
York City, and came to Springfield, Illinois, ar- 
riving here August, 1847. Mr. Schoeneman 
worked here for different parties untill 1856, 
when he went to Franklin county, Kansas, where 
he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land 
and lived for five years, and in the spring of 
1803, went with a government outfit as teamster, 
to Wyoming Territory; remained there in the 
employ of tne government eleven months, when 
he went to Montana, and mined in the gold 
mines three years. He was s>uccessful in mining, 
and in the fall of 1800 returned to Springfield, 
Illinois. In 1808, he built the Western Hotel, 
which he now owns and runs in first-class order, 
well filled up. He was married to Miss Helena 
Iloechter, June, 18T0. She was born in Sanga- 
mon county, Illinois. She was a daughter of 
Baltzer Iloechter, born in Germany, and who 
settled in Sangamon county in 1844. He died 
in 1877. His wife, Mary Eck, was born in Ger- 
many, and still lives in Woodside township. The 
father of John Schoeneman, Andrew Schoene- 
man, born in Germany, was a gardener, and died in 
1878. His wife, Margaret Fischter, was born in 
Germany, and died in 1847. She was the mother 
of six children, four living. Mr. John Schoen- 
man and wife are members of the Catholio 
Church, and in politics he is a Democrat. 

ll'7//tam J. SchroyeTn Police Magistrate of 
Springfield, Illinois, was born in Fayette county, 
Pennsylvania, January 7, 1830; son of Joseph J. 
and Mary Ann (Sparks) Schroyer. Joseph J. 
was a merchant, ana William was brought up in 
the mercantile business, received a collegiate 
education and graduated at Oxford College; 
went to I^wrenceburg, Indiana, where he read 
law with Philip Spooncr, and was admitted to 
the bar in 185t); the same year was elected Prose- 
cuting Attorney, in Ilipley county, Indiana, 
where he remained about a year. In 1857, en- 
gaged in the mercantile and distillery business 
in I^wrenceburg, Indiana, which was not a finan- 
cial success. In 1801, was appointed Bounty 
Clerk, under Captain D. W. Cheek, Musterins 
and Dispensing OfKcer, at St. Louis, Missouri, 
of the Thirteenth Regiment United States In- 
fantry, where he remained eighteen months. In 
February, 1802, he came to Springfield, where he 
was in the Provost MarshaPs office. In 1880, was 
elected to the office of Police Magistrate, which 
he has since held. He married Miss Sarah Roll, 
who was born in this county in September, 1849. 
Lyman Sheriroody deceased, Springfield, Illi- 
nois, was born in the State of Vermont, Novem- 
ber 17, 1815; is the son of Josiah Sherwood, a 



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native of Vermont State. Mr. Sherwood was 
quite yonng when his father moved to Auburn, 
New York, in which place the subject of this 
biography was raii:eil,and received his €^dacation 
in the common scliools. He reraainad at home 
until he was twenty years old, and then went to 
Buffalo, New York, and then to Cincinnati, 
Ohio, where he worked at the trade of cabinet- 
maker. Afterward he went to St. Louis and en- 
fagcd in the foundry business, and the firm was 
nown as Sherwood & Graham. In this busi- 
ness he remained for twentj'-seven years, after 
which he went to Marine, Illinois, and purchased 
a farm, on which he stayed nine years, and then 
moved to Springfield, Illinois, in the fall of 18G5, 
in which city he made im]»rovement8 on agricul- 
tural implements, viz: the com cultivator and 
sulky plow, which was a success. Mr. Sher- 
wood had some of his implements manufactured 
in l^elleville, Illinois, and he manufactured in 
Springfield, Illinois. lie was inventing a spad- 
ing plow, which was not completed before his 
death; however, he gave it a test. He was still 
engaged in the manufacture of the plows to his 
death, on January 3, 1873, which was too soon 
for him to reap the full benefit of his labors. 
Mr. Sberwood^s first marriage took place in St. 
Louis, Missouri, in the year 1848, to Mary Fox, 
a native of Rochester, New York, and 6y this 
union were blessed with three children, two of 
whom are living, Maria A. and Ililary E. Sher- 
wood. Mr. Shi'r wood's second marriage was in 
Auburn, New York, and celebrated on the 20th 
day of March, 1853, to Mrs. J. E. Fowler, 
a widow, daughter of Mr. John and Mrs. 
Eva Hoff, naiives of New York, in which State 
^Irs. Sherwood was born. Mrs. Sherwood's 
education was in the common schools at Arcadia, 
New York, and subsequently in the graded 
schools in Elbridge, New York. She is a mem- 
ber of the Second Presbyterian church in Spring- 
field, Illinois. Mr. Sherwood united with the 
Baptist Church in his early life; he was a mem- 
ber of the City Council when he died. 

William W, ShradtTy boot and shoe merchant, 
518 Adams street, south side of the square, has 
been engaged in that branch of merchandising 
exclusively in Springfield, ten years, over eight 
years at the above number. His business occu- 

Eies two floors of the building twenty by one 
undred and fifty-four feet in dimensions. He 
makes a special feature of standard goods in 
medium and low priced honest work, of which 
he carries an average stock of 820,000 to 825,- 
000, and sells $00,000 a year, his trade having 
tncreased forty per cent, in the past two years. 



Mr. Sbrader was born near Fostoria, Wood 
county, Ohio, in 1837, and was partly reared 
there.* Jtdin Shrader, his father was a farmer, ex- 
cept the last few years of his life. In 1849 he 
moved with bis family to Knox county, lllinoiR, 
and settling in Abingdon, engaged in the mer- 
cantile bnsinesa and pursued it until his death, 
in 1857. William began his commercial career 
in his father^a store in the autumn of l^54. In 
July, 18G3, he entered the army; recruited Com- 
pany I, of the Eighty-third Illinoia Infantry, 
and was chosen its Second Lieutenant, which 
office he held until discharged, in July, 18C5. 
The last year and a half he ser\'ed as Assistant 
Adjutaht General, on the staff of General A. A. 
Smith. He came to Springfield in Felmiary, 
1860, and was employed as a salesman until he 
started as proprietor, in April, 1871, in the firm 
of Sims, Smith & Co. Two years later be 
bought the interest of both partners, and has 
since been sole owner. Mr. Shrader started with 
very little capital and lim ted experience in this 
branch of trade, succeciling a firm who had 
failed, and on the eve of the general financial 
depression which followed. He now owns a 
home worth 810,000, and a half interest in the 
store building he occupies, together with his 
stock of goods and 85,000 in bank. He married 
Miss Lute Sims, of Springfield, and daughter of 
A. M. Sims, bis former partner, in 1870. She 
was born in Kentucky. A son and daughter con- 
Ktitute their family. 

Ji^nntk Simmonti^ lK>ok6eller and stationer, 124 
South Sixth street, was born in 1849, in Hamil- 
ton county, Ohio; is the son of Moses Siroraons 
and Ann Kiggs. His father was a native of 
New York; mother, of Ohio. They moved to 
Sangamon county, Illinois, when Frank was four 
years old, and settled about three and one-half 
miles cast of S)>ringfield. During the late civil 
war, they removed to the city, where his father 
died soon after, leaving his widowed mother and 
a younorer brother in straightened circumstances. 
Frank began mercantile life at thiiieen years of 
age, as a bundle boy in a book store in tlie city, 
being hired on trial for one week. He remained 
in that store seven years. Upon the death of 
his father he was obliged to assume the posi* 
tion of the head of the family, and provide for 
the household. He commenced business on hit 
own account in 1873, with about $50 capital, on 
the northeast comer of ^lonroe and Sixth streets. 
From there he moved to the Central Uotel block. 
In August, 1876, bought the stock of Patterson 
& Co., at assignee's sale, and in May, 1880, 
removed into his present fine, commodious store. 






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His is the only exclusive book and stationery 
Ktore in Springfield; be carries tbe largest stock 
in Central Illinois, and bis annual sales, wbicb 
are rapidly increasing, aggreg«ate between §45,- 
000 and 850,000. lie does considerable jobbing 
in stationery and picture frames, Mr. Simmons 
married tbe daugbter of Judge William P. 
Robinson, of Ilairison county, Missouri, in tbe 
spring of 1875. Two sons and a daugbter com- 
r ise tbeir family. 

dark M. iSmith^ mercbant, comer Adams and 
Sixtb streets, was bom in Clarksville, Tennessee, 
May 10, 18^0. In November, 1835, be located 
in Carrollton, Illinois, and tbe following year 
began selling goods as clerk; in 1810, embarked 
in general merchandising on bis own account; 
later, bis brother Stephen becayue a partner. In 
18fi3, they came to Sprin.afield, and formed a 
partnership with William Yates, as Yates, Smith 
Jd Co. C. M. Smith became sole proprietor Jan- 
uary 1, 1864, and tbe latter part ot the same 
year Mr. John S. Condell, Senior, purchased an 
interest in the business. The concern embraces 
five departments, dry goods, clothing, boots and 
shoes, groceries and drugs, each occupying a 
separate room. They employ twenty hands, and 
conducts trade of over 8150,000 a year. Mr. 
Smith was one of the projectors and prime actors 
in tbe improvements of 0<ik Ridge Cemetery. 
He married Ann M.. daughter of Robert S. 
Todd, of Lexington, Kentucky, October 26, 1846. 
Tfaey have two daughters ana two sons. 
\/ JSmith lb Brother^ fancy bazar. No. 405, south 
side of tbe square, is owned and conducted by 
Wil!iam F., and Fred Smith, natives of Massa- 
chusetts, whore William was born in April, 1833, 
and Fred in November, 1835. The former came 
to Illinois and settled in McIIenry county, near 
Galena, until he entered the army, in the fall of 
1861. He was two yeari in the service as a 
m<iniber of the Ninety-fifth Illinois Infantry, and 
being disabled by sickness, was discharged in 
the fall of 1863. William began bis mercantile 
life in Boston at the age of twelve, and after re- 
covering bis health sufficientlv, formed a part- 
nership with his brother Fred who had come 
West in 1863, and entered into business in Spring- 
field, in October, 1863, with a stock of fancy 
goo is and notions to which has been added 
druggist's sundries. The firm moved into tbeir 
present splendid store in April, 1880. They 
occupy two stories of the building, twenty by 
one hundred and fifty feet in area, and do a large 
wholesale and retail business in tbe lines of goods 
above noted, ranging from $50,000 to $80,000 a 
year. In 1880, they esublisbed a school of de- 



signing and decorative needle^work, in wbicb a 
lady superintendent and assistants are employed 
to give instructions in all kinds of ornamental 
handiwork with a needle. All orders for stamp- 
ing and for this decorative needle -work are care- 
fully and promptly executed in this school. This 
new enterprise is meeting wich very encoui aging 
success. 

William Smith is a member of tbe Masonic 
order, and the G. A. R., Stevenson Post, and is a 
staff officer of the Second Brigade, I. N. G. He 
has teen twice marned, first in 1857 to Electa J. 
Loomis, in McHenry county. She was born in 
Pennsylvania and died in Sprincfield, Illinois, 
in 1872, leaving four children. In April, 1881, 
be married Ada Richardson, of Springfield, bora 
in Connecticut. 

Thomas C\ Smithy undertaker and dealer in 
funeral requisites. South Fifth street, has been 
in the business at that point since 1864, and 
erected the building he now occupies in 1870. 
It is a brick structure, 20x154 feet in area, three 
stories high. The first floor and tbe rear part of 
tbe second story are devoted to bis business, 
and adiuirablv adapted to tbe purpose. Tbe 
store is furnished with elegant walnut cabinets, 
used as depositories for caskets, coffins, and 
funeral goods. These cabinets are tbe climax of 
perfection in beauty and convenience for pre- 
serving and exhibiting this class of eoods. They 
were made to bis order and under liis personal 
supervision, and are the conception of Mr. Smith 
after visiting the finest undertaking establish- 
ments in many of tbe Eastern cities. Combin- 
ing the choice features of all, bis place is the 
completeness of harmony, and the embodiment 
of good taste, in tbe adaptation of means to 
ends. The stock of goods kept is very large, 
and embodies every grade. 

«/*. Taylor Smithy Vice President of the 
Ridgely National Bank, was born in Frankfort, 
Kentucky, in 1825 ; is the son of Joseph Smith, 
who was a native of Loudon county, Virginia, 
moved, when a boy, to Kentucky, and engaged 
in tbe dry goods business in Frankfort, where 
he married Miss Sallie, daughter of Rev. John 
Taylor, a Unptist clergyman of renown in that 
State. They moved to Illinois and settled in 
Sangamon county, on a larm, in 1834. A few 
years later, Mr. Smith embarked in tbe dry 
goods trade in Springfield, but resided on the 
farm. He was elected to tbe legislature, and 
served in the session of 184 4-5, and died in 
August, 18 S3. Tbe subject of this sketch re- 
turned to Woodford county, Kentucky, and 
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1844, he eniert:d the employ of I lawlcy «.!: Ed- 
wards, of Springfield, as store-boy in their dry 
goods house. At the end of a year, be went 
into his father's store, remaining two years ; 
then became ihe junior partner ia the store, 
where he wa^^ first employed, in company with 
Ninian Eii wards, the firm title being iJ. W. 
Edwards it Co. After eeveral chan<;es of 
partners, Mr. Smith sold out the business to 
Messrs Ki tuber &, Co. lie was appointed Post- 
master of Springfield, by Andrew Johnson, 
without solicitation, and served during the year 
1808, till General Grant's accession to olliee, 
when, being a Democrat, Mr. Smith retired. 
In March, 1870, he succeeded E. B. Pease, 
deceased, in the hardware business, asa ))artner of 
O. W. McKinstry, continuing until the death of 
the latter, in February, 1874, soon after which 
the stock was sold to S. Hudson, and Mr. Smith 
retired. In October of that year he was made 
Vice President of the Ridgely National Hank, 
having been one of its directors since its organi- 
zation, October 1, 180t5. In 1872,he was elected 
one of the dir»»ctor8 of the Springfield Iron 
Company, a position he still holds. In 1850, 
Mr. Smith married Sophia N., the second 
dauirlitor of N. II. Ridgely, President of the 
Riilgely National Bank. Four children have 
been born to them, two living — Frederick E., an 
attorney, in Springfield, who graduated from 
West Point ^Military School in 1870, and Miss 
Jessie Taylor Smith, at home. 

Lafayette Smith, of Smith & Ilay, wholesale 
grocers, East Washington street, is a native of 
Sangamon county, Illinois, born in Springfield 
town-hip in 1834. His parents, Greenbery B. 
Smith and Nancy Killen, were born and reared 
in Kentucky. After marriage, they came to Illi- 
nois, and settled in Sangamon county in 1831. 
Tliey both died in Springfield, he aged seventy- 
eight and she seventy-three years. Lafayette 
left his father's farm and located in the city in 
the fall of I85S, and embarked in business as a 
grocer. At twenty-two years of age, he married 
Harriet A. Buchanan, who was also born in San- 
gamon county. Her mother, now aged sixty- 
nine, came to the county when eight years old. 
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a family of three sons 
and one daughter. The eldest Frank B., aged 
twenty-two years, is a graduate of Rush Medical 
College, Chicago; Edwin F., eighteen years old, 
having graduated from the City High School at 
sixteen, is collector for the Ridgely National 
Bank; Harry L. Smith is eleven, and Eloise lona 
Smith is two years of age. Besides these, they 
have had several children, now deceased. Mr. 



Smith has been, for many years a member and 
trustee of the Central ifaptiet Church of the 
citv. 

iCthan A. «9/iirtf/y, Clerk of the Supreme 
C«>urt of Illinois, is a native of this State, bom 
in Fulton county in 1845. After a limited at- 
tendance in the common schools, he went to the 
printer^s trade, at sixteen years of age, in 
the city of Havana, Mason countyi Illinois, in 
the ofKce of the Squatter Sovereign. He »pent 
about a year and a half there, and the same 
length of time in the I^^edger office, at Canton, 
Fulton county; sold goods as clerk a short time; 
was employed as foreman in the printin|T office 
at Lewi.ston, and in January, 1800, became pro- 
prietor of the Rushville, Schuyler county. Times, 
which he published as a Democratic journal two 
years and a half, and sold it. He then started 
the Galesburg Times, which continued nearly a 
vear, and suspended. Soon after, Mr. Snively 
became city editor of the Peoria National Dem* 
ocnit, retaining that position during 1809 to 
1871, in the fall of which year he took charge 
of the Carlinville Enquirer, published it for the 
company and as proprietor until the spnug of 
1877, when ho sold it. lie then spent a year as 
traveling salesman for the Springfield Manufae- 
turing Company. In the spring of 1879, Sam- 
uel Reed, his present partner, issued the first 
number of the ^Iacou))in County Herald, and 
employed Mr. Snively to edit it. January 1, 
1880, ihey purchased the Enquirer, and discon- 
tinued the Herald. Under their joint manage- 
ment, the Carlinville Enquirer is one of the live 
Democratic journals of the State. In 1878, Mr. 
Snively was elected Clerk of the Supreme 
Court of Illinois for the term of six years, and 
entered upon the duties of the office in Decem- 
ber of that year. He is a member of the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Illinois Press Associa- 
tion, and was the President of that society for 
the 3'ears 1870 and 1880. ]\lr. Snively married 
Miss Kate Dubois, a native of Carlinville, Illi- 
nois, in February, 1876. 

CharleH Smorotc^kiy Secretary of the Illinois 
Watch Company, was born in Berlin, (ienn.iny, 
in 1840; was reared and educated in the Royal 
College, in his native citVt from which he gradu- 
ated in 1803. In 1807, fie crossed the Atlantic, 
and locating in Chicago, he entered the eiuplov 
of R. 6. Dunn Si Company, in connection witn 
their commercial agency. Severing that relation 
at the end of two years, he came to Springfield 
in 1870. January 1, 1878, he enga<^ed as clerk 
for the Illinois Watch Company, and six monthe 
later was promoted to his present position. 






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Mr. Sinorowski united in marriage with Mips 
Christina Moore, in 1874, in Springticlcl, Illinoi5. 
He is a member of the American Legion of 
Honor, Amity Council, No, 409, Springiiehl. 

Joseph IL i!>pmr^ of tlie firm of Spear & 
Ix>08e, himber merchants, Washington street, be- 
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, is a native of 
Springfield, Illinois, born in April, 1853. llis 
father, David Spear, was'born in Ireland; emi- 
grated to the United States, and after living 
some years in Kentucky, settled in Springfield 
prior to 1840, and was engaged in the dry goods 
business in the city about a quarter of a century. 
He died a number of years ago. Joseph oper- 
ated in hard-wood lumber quite extensively in 
Springfield for about four years, before forming 
the present partnershij), wijich occurred in the 
early part of 1 880, and their yard was opened in 
March of that year. Their stock comprises a 
large assortment of building and finishing lum- 
ber, soft and hard woods, and sash, doors, blinds, 
nails, and builder^s material generally, in which 
they already have a heavy trade, their sales for 
the fraction of the year 1880 reaching 800,000, 
with a considerable increase in the correspond- 
ing months of 1881. 

Phil M, Springer was born in Springfield, 
Illinois, July 15, 1840. Owing to ill health, after 
twelve years old he was unable to attend school. 
His education was therefore gathered from his 
father's library at home, during the eight years 
following. A good portion of this time was de- 
voted to the study of natural history and the 
making of collections, chiefly in entomology and 
conchology. Pencil drawings and water-color 
paintings were also favorite pastimes with him 
in those days. After he was twenty years of age, 
improved health enabled him to engage in Uie 
active pursuits of life,. and his education was 
continued in the school of practical business ex- 
perience. 

In 18G4, he rendered some assistance with his 
pencil in ilhistratingthe first two volumes of the 
Illinois Geological Survey. The next year he 
was engaged at the Chicago Academy of Science, 
in similar work. Indoor confinement and lake 
brccxes proving injurious to his health, he re- 
turned tu Springfield, in the summer of 1805. 
In November of that year he and his younger 
brother Prank began the improvement of a tract 
o^f land on the North Fork of the Sangamon, 
eight miles east of Springfield. This land had 
been entered by their father, many years before. 
They commenced by erecting a small frame 
house in the midst of what was then a wild for* 
est. With a pair of yearling mules, a light 



wagon, a cow, and a few pigs and chickens, and 
the hope usual to beginners, of speedily, acquir- 
ing wealth, they were as happy here and worked 
with as hearty a good-will as ever two younff 
men did anywhere. Thus originated the w*ell 
known firm of Springer Brothers, and the place 
since known among breeders and stockmen as 
**llaw Hill." The breeding of Berkshire pigs, 
Cotswold sheep and Light Brahma fowls has en- 
gaged the attention of the firm ever since. The 
circuit of their shipments has extended from 
Massachusetts to Colorado, and from Minnesota 
to Louisiana and Texas. 

'*Phil." as he is usually called by all who 
know him, resided on the farm until the fall of 
1875, when his business relations with the 
American Berkshire Association required his re* 
turn to Springfield, thus leaving the farm to the 
immediate care of his brother; it being still con 
ducted however, by Springer Brothers, as form- 
erly. Since February, 1875, he has served as 
Treasurer or Secretary of the American Berk- 
shire Association — part of the time in both 
capacities. Ue is now Secretary of the Associa- 
tion, and editor of the Record, four volumes of 
which have been issued under his care. From 
1875 to 1881, he served continuously as Assist- 
ant Secretary of the Sangamon County Agri- 
cultural Board. In 1881 he was ejected Secre- 
tary, by the Board. He has been for many 
years, and is still Secretary of the Sangamon 
County Bible Society. 

Besides the interests above mentioned, which 
have engaged his attention, he has devoted con- 
siderable time to newspaper work, writing chiefly 
far the agricultural press. During the last twenty 
years he has been the statistical correspondent 
and reporter of Sangamon county, for the De- 
partment of Agriculture at Washington. His 
residence in Springfield, is on Governor street, 
between Lincoln and Baker Avenues. 

Joshua B. Sjwague^ M. 2>., Springfield, Illi- 
nois, was born in Washington county, Ohio, 
January 14, 1826. fourteen miles above Marietta, 
on the right bank of the Muskingum riven His 
first occupation was working on a farm, and was 
afterwards fiat-boating, steam-boating, peddling 
books, and merchandising, until he was twenty 
years of age. Desiring more education, he a^ 
tended College, at Beverly, Ohio. He was mar- 
ried at twenty-three years of age, to Miss V. F. 
Martin, of Coal Run, Washington county, Ohio. 
In 1848, went to Elizabethtown, Indiana, where 
he was engaged in the drug business, and re* 
inained about four years; on account of the fail- 
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where he read medicine with Dr. Rosa. In 1866, 
he went to Marietta, Ohio, wliero he continued 
the reading of medicine; in the years of 1802-3, 
attended leclures at the Cincinnati Medical Col- 
lei?e. Tlie Doctor }>racliced in various parts of 
Pi^ke and Christian counties previous to coming 
b Sprin^lield, and during the years of 1868-9, lie 
ittended the liush Medical College, at Chicago, 



Illinois, where he graduated; and in 1872, he 
M-ent to Monticello, Piatt county, where he prac- 
ticed previous to coming to Sangamon county, 
Illinois, where he is now engaged in the practice 
of medicine. The Doctor makes a specialtj of 
chronic diseases, and warrants a cure in all cases 
of epilepsy. 
y^ Wurfi'hl Stalely Springfield, Illinois, was born 
in Baltimore, Maryland, May 7, 1815; was the 
son of Peter and Edna (Toild) Staley; father of 
Gorman descent and mother of Knglisb. In 
1835, he married Miss Mary A. Horn, daughter 
of John and Christina Horn; she was bom in 
Ilarrisburg, Pennsylvania, September 4, 1817. 
The fruits of this marriage were six children, 
four of whom are living, viz: William II , born 
August 17, 18:)8; Margaret S., December 23, 
1842; Charley K., September 26, 1845; John W., 
April 27, 1850. Mrs. Suley died April 8, 1880, 
a siiicere Christian and a kind mother, loved and 
respected by all who knew her; she is mourned 
by a large circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. 
Staley lived together over forty years. 

Hon, Alexander ^tarne^ was born in Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania, November 21, 1813. His 
parents were Maurice and Mary Stone. Alexan- 
der attended school until he was sixteen years 
old, then entered the drug store of T. W. Dyott, 
as clerk, where he remained until 1836. Leav- 
ing Philadelphia, he arrived at Alton, Illinois, 
on the 6rst day of May of that year. He con- 
tinued his journey to Griggsville, Pike county, 
where he commenced as a general merchant. 
September 23, 1840, he was married to Miss Re- 
becca Hatch, l>y whom he had one daughter, 
Lucy Ann. Mrs. Starne died March 1, 1846, 
loved and respected by a large circle of friends. 
In 1847, Mr. Starne was married to his present 
wife, Mrs. Klvira S. Swetland, and by this mar- 
riage there are three sons and one daughter. In 
1S39, Mr. S. was elected Commissioner of Pike 
County and served three years. In 1842, he was 
elected to the House of Representatives and 
served until 1845. In the meantime he h.id sold 
out his stock of merchandise and remi»ved to 
Pittstield, Pike county, here he was ap)M>iuted 
by Judge Purple, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and 
when subsequently this office was made elective. 



he was elected for four years. Id I85:f, hiving 
been elected Secretary of the Stale, lie removed 
to Springfield, and at the close of hw teno, in 
1856, he was chosen President of tlie Hannibal 
anil Naples Railway, and again removed to 
Griggsville for the purpose of giving personal 
su|HTvision. This road is now an important 
link to the Wabash and Western Railway, and 
was completed under the sueoessors of Mr. 
Starne in 1804. In 1801, from tlie district com- 
posed of Pike and Brown counties lie was elec- 
ted a member of the Constitutional Convention, 
and in 1803, was elected State IVeasurer. He 
again removed his family to Springfield, where 
he has since continued to reside. In 1872, he 
was chosen Senator from the connty of Sanga- 
mon. 

Out of public life he has condneted an exten- 
sive business, being owner of the West End 
Coal Mines in which his sons, Maurice and 
Charles, are associated under the firm name of 
Starne ik Sons. The life of Mr. Starne has been 
one of great activity. His public services have 
been highly appreciated, lie has a cheerful dis- 
position, makes friends everywhere. Although 
he has taken an active part in public affairs, he 
makes no pretentions to oratoiy; but his good 
sense and plain manners of forcibly presenting 
facts, has sometimes staggered his opponents m 
more pretention. In his domestic life he is kind 
and aftectionate. He loves his home and family 
and there he is always to be found when not en- 
gaged in businesls duties. 

Oscftr jP.4S!^e^tyis, hardware merchant,northeast 
corner Fifth and Washington streets^ has been 
conducting the same branch of mercliandising 
since the spring of 1863, in the same location. 
From that date until January 1, 1870, as a partner 
with J. T. Wariie, and since, alone. He carries 
a stock of legitimate hardware and hou>e>fai^ 
nishiugs of ^15,000, and does a business of (30,- 
000 to ^35,000 a year. Mr. Stebbins was bora 
in Franklin county, Mass.^ in 1833; was brought 
up there ; began mercantile life at fifteen 
years of age, passed the first rix years in s 
country store, tnen two years as an apprentice in 
a store in Northampton, Massachusetts. In 
1854, he came west to Su liouis, and was •en- 
gaged nine years with Plant Rn^ers, dealeri 
in hardware and agricultural inple*nentb, at ths 
close of which he located in Springfield. Mr. 
Stebbins has for ten years been an active mem- 
l>erof the order of Odd Fellows; in 1880 wai 
chosen delegate to the Grand Lodge of tlM 
State. He married Miss Sarah K Warns, a 
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1863. Their family congisU of one son and a 
daughter. Mr. S. is a stockholder in, and di- 
rector of the Northwestern Railroad. 

WlUam Steiger^ Springfield, Illinois; born 
near Freiburg, Baden, Geriuany, May 25, 1816, 
and emigrated to this Slate in the spring of 1852, 
and located at Springfield; being in limited cir- 
cumstances, be worked l»y the day and month 
for John Busher. a butcher. In 1854 he embark- 
ed in business for himself, in a small way; and 
continued till ISGS, when he retired from busi- 
oess; his two sons then took hold, and have 
made it one of the leading business firms of this 
branch in the city, having four markets where 
they cut their meat. Thev use in their business 
eighteen hundred head of cattle, eighteen hun- 
dred head of sheep, fifteen hundred head of 
hogs, besides their calves and lambs. Thev also 
do a lobbing business in dried beef, hams, 
etc. William Steiger married Miss Julia A. 
Schneider, of Germany; she was born February 
16, 1816. There was a family of eight children, 
seven of whom are living. Mr. Steiger landed 
in this country without anything, and had to 
1>orrow* money to bring him to Springfield; bnt 
l>y industry and economy has secured a fine 
property. 

Henry Storh^ steam laundry works, Spring- 
field, Illinois, was born in this city on 
April 25, 18G1; is the son of George and Ma- 
linda Stork, natives of Germany. Mr. Ilenry 
Stork received his education in the ward schools 
of Springfield, which he pursued till he was fif- 
teen years old, when he began to learn the trade 
of blacksmithing with Drake <& Palmer, Spring- 
field, Capitol Boiler Works. After working one 
year and a half he was given charge of a forge, 
and continued with this firm till February 19, 
1881. Mr. Stork took charge of the Springfield 
Steam Laundry Works, February 21, 1881, as 
proprietor. The works were established 1863, 
and is the leading establishment of the kind in 
Springfield, and has a large trade, turning out, 
in fine laundry style, six hundred shirts per week'. 
Mr. Stork was married in Springfield to Katy 
Walters, daughter of Mrs. Mary Malters, native 
of Germany. Mi*s. Malters had three children, 
of whom two are living, Caroline, who was born 
in St. Ijouis, and Katy, a native of Sprinofield. 
Mrs. Stork is a member of the German Lutheran 
Church. Mr. Stork is a member of the English 
Lutheran Church. 

James C* Sutton^ contractor and builder, resi- 
dence 516 Elast Jefferson street, has been a citizen 
of Springfield since 1841. lie was born in Sum- 
merset oounty» New Jersey » August 22,1813. 



After partially learning the c:rpcnter trade there, 
he came to Illinois, April, 1839, and completed 
it with a cousin in Jacksonville, Morgan county, 
remaining there about eighteen months. Soon 
after coming to Springfield, he entered into part- 
nership with a brother-in-law, Samuel Simpson, 
and began building by contract; and as no 
money was to be had for work, they made some 
novel trades. On one occasion they received as 
pay a lot of rolls from the carding machine; on 
another a ^25 clock and one hundn d head of 
geese. The clock Mr. Sutton still owns. It is a 
eood time-keeper, and has never had but one 
dollar expended on it. Mr. Sutton*s first shop 
was an old school house, which stood a few feet 
east and on the opposite side of Washington 
street from the Chenery Hotel. He has erected 
many important business I locks and other build- 
ings in and about Springfield. It is a suflicient 
testimonial of his mechanical skill and business 
integrity to note that such representative citi- 
zens as Col. John Williams, Hon. Milton Hay, 
and others, have employed him to do all their 
building for more than forty years. He and his 
brother, G. A. Sutton, were partners in the busi- 
ness many years, and were contractors for some 
of the work on the old State House. In those 
days they employed from twenty-five to thirty 
mechanics. Mr. Sutton is gradually retiring 
from active labor, having made a competence by 
industry, and only takes small jobs, or superin- 
tends work for others NovemDer23, 1843, Mr. 
Sutton married Miss Clementine Simpson, in 
Springfield. She was also a native of ll^ew Jer- 
sey, and came to Sangamon county in the fall of 
1839. Her father, John P. Simpson, settled in 
Fancj Creek township, near the present site of 
Williamsville. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton are the 
parents of three sons and two daughters, all 
living. Stephen P., the eldest son, is in the 
building business; James S., the second in age, 
is clerking in a grocery; and George E. attend- 
ing the liigh School. Maggie is now Mrs. G. S. 
Pennington, and resides in Pittsfield, Pike 
county; Mary Ella resides with her parents in 
the homestead, which they have occupied since 
1852. During the civil war, Mr. Sutton was for 
a time Assistant Quartermaster, under Col. John 
Williams. He was for many years a member of 
the Board of \Vater Commissioners; superin- 
tended the construction of the sewer system of 
the city. In early life he was a Democrat in 

Eolitics, but has been a Republican since the 
irth of that party. He is a stockholder and one 
of the directors of the First National Bank of 
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Charles 1\ Stcif/ert^ Audiior of Public Ac- 
counts for Illinois, w«ii born in J>ailen, Germany, 
in Xovenibcr, 1843, was brouffhl by parents to 
the United States at tbe age of nine years. The 
family scUleil in Kankakee county, Illinois, in 
li^54, and he there attended the district school 
in winters and worked on the farm in summers 
until seventeen years old. At the age of twelve 
years he became self-supporting, starting out as 
an ox driver at four dollars per month, which 
was increased the next year to six dollars, and 
the third year to eight dollars per month. Dur- 
ing that time he assisted in breaking over four 
hundred acres of raw prairie with ox teams. In 
August, 1801, Mr. Swigert entered the United 
States Army as a member of Company II., 
Forty-second Illinois Infantry. On the 9th of 
May, 18C2, during the siege of Corinth, he was 
struck with a six-pound solid shot which carried 
away his right arm from the shoulder to the 
elbow, leaving the hand dangling by a strip of 
skin. No aid was at hand, and he grasping the 
wound firmly with his left hand, thus saving his 
life by preventing hemorrhage, walked three 
<}uarters of a mile to the rear, was then )»ut in 
an ambulance, and while on the way to the hos- 

Sital was run away with for a mile over a cor- 
uroy road during which he lay on the bottom 
of the vehicle still staying the life-current with 
his remaining hand. After spending three 
weeks at the field hospital he was sent to Jeffer- 
son Barracks, Missouri, thence to Quincy, Illi- 
nois, from which place he was discharged in 
December, 18G2. Mr. Swigert was one of the 
twenty sharp-shooters of Captain Ilottenstein's 
company who ran the blockade of the Island Ko. 
10 on the "Carondelet," on the Friday night 
previous to the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and 
spiked the enemy's guns for a distance of twenty- 
two miles leaving the river clear down to 
Memphis, then preparing the way for the cap- 
ture of 1 000 Rebel prisoners and the large quan- 
tity of supplies on that island immediately fol- 
lowing. Upon retiring from the army Mr. 
Swigert spent a year in Bryant S:> Stratton's 
Business College as a student; then taught two 
terms of school in Kankakee county, and in May, 
18G5, entered the postal service as carrier in the 
west division of Chicago, remaining until Octo- 
ber, 1860, when he became Deputy County 
Clerk in Kankakee county, till September, 18CT; 
spent the school years of 1867-8, and 1808-9 in 
the Illinois Soldiers' College at Fulton; and in 
the fall of 1809 was elected Treasurer of Kanka- 
kee county, and re-elected on the Republican 
ticket five times successfully, serving until he 



resiguftd to C|ualify for his )>reseiit otlice, Novem- 
ber 24, 1880, to which he was ap|K>inted by tbe 
Governor to fill the vacancy caused by i*esigna- 
tion of Senator T. B. Needles. He was elected 
in November for the term of four years, com- 
mencing January 10, 18S1. In December, 18G9, 
Mr. Swigert married Lavina L. nigelow%in Kan- 
kakee county, born in- the State of Vermont. 
They have a lamily of four sons. Mr. S., i». 
the son of Philip Swi«^ert and Caroline Lewen — 
der. Ilismother died in 1809, father is a rest — 
dent of Kankakee county. 

11^. i5*. Thomas^ M. 2>., Springfield, Illinoifliy 
was born in Franklin county, Ohio, April 29; 
1831. Ilia father was a botanic physician, and 
the son was brought up in the same kcLooI. He 
has made it his study for life. When twentj- 
one years old he attended lectures, and graduated 
in 1845. In 1851, he came to Illinois, and located 
in Pike county, where he followed his profession 
until 1 865, when he came to Springfield ; has fol- 
lowed his profession ever since. lie married 
Miss Anna Coursou, of Muskingum county, Ohio. 
ll)e doctor thoroughly understands this btisine^s 
gathering herbs and plants from all parts of the 
country, and shipping all over the United States 
and Europe. 

27iomas «/l lliotnpsofty Justice of the Peace, 
was bom in Philadelphia, where his parents setr 
tied soon after their marriage. His father, John 
Thompson, was born near Belfast, Ireland, and 
was of English ancestry, while his mother, Har^ 
garet Coleman, born in Helfast^ was descended 
fi*om Scottish Covenanters. Their religion was 
as their ancestry, one Episcopalian and the other 
Presbyterian. The subject of this sketch wu 
taken \>y his parents when a child to Ohio, and 
he received his early education at the public 
schools of Dayton (at which place he was ia- 
jui*ed on the play-grounds and crippled for life,) 
and Springfield, in that State Passing from the 
High School at the latter place to \Vittenbere 
College, at the same place, he finally completed 
his collegiate education at Williams College, 
with the class of 1874. The succeeding year he 
passed as principal of the Williamslown Ac»> 
demy, at the town where Williams College is 
situated, llie next three years he spent in the 
studv of law with S. A. I^owman, one of the 
leading lawyers of Ohio, thence he earoe to this 
city, in tlie winter of 1879, and was engaged u 
private secretary for Hon. Blaford Wilson, of 
this city. In tlie spring he waa admitted to 
practice in tlie courts of Illinois, and since that 
time has been engaged in the practice of the 
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elections of lS81,he was elected a Justice of the 
Peace on the Citizens^ and Democratic tickets, 
by a very complimentary vote. On entering 
upon the duties of his office he at once took a 
stand for reform in relation to tlie fees charged 
in such courts, and in consequence of that and 
an impartial discharge of his duties, is now en- 
joying a fair compensation. Mr. Thompson is 
now twenty- eight years of age, and expects, at 
the close of his present term of office, to return 
to the practice of law. He is, like most persons 
of Irish parentage, a Democrat in politics, and 
was Secretary of the Democratic State Central 
Committee during the late campaign, and will, 
no doubt, be on hand for a similar work again, 
as with him it is a work of love. 

I^tiis //. TVrivior, County Clerk of Sangamon 
county, has been in public life from fifteen years 
of a<:^e. lie is a native of ^lorgan county, Illi- 
nois, born in 1843. His father, Barton P. Tick- 
nor, was born, reared, and married Hannah 
Smith, in Brown county. New York, came to 
Illinois, and settled in Morgan county, in an 
early day; engaging in farming. Louis mother 
died in his infancy, too early for him to retain 
any remembrance of her. He was educated in 
the public schools, and obtained a situation in 
the Circuit Clork^s office of Morgan county, at 
the age of fifteen. April 1(5, 18GU he left the 
office to enlist in Company B, Tenth Illinois In- 
fantry, the first company registered in Uie State. 
Having completed his term of enlistment, he re- 
tired from the service at the end of four months, 
8uiT<rring from ill health. In the spring of 1809, 
he entered the Paymaster's office, St. Ijouis, as 
Clerk; left there in the fall of 18G3, and came 
to Springfield, and soon after became deputy in 
the County Clerk's office, retaining that position 
nntil Deceml>er, 1873. In November, 1874, he 
was elected Sheriff of Sangamon county for two 
years, on the Republican ticket, by a liberal ma- 

iority, and in the autumn of 1877 was chosen to 
lis j>resent office by the same party. 

Mr. Ticknor was united in marriage with Miss 
Mary K. Deyo, in February, 1867. She was 
born near Fairfax Court House, Virginia. The 
fruit of their union is one son, Fred, born Au- 
gust 0, 1808. 

•TusUi$ Towtuend^ Springfield, Illinois, was 
born in Ulster county, New York, Julv 17, 1828, 
son of Joseph and Nancy (Tompkins) l^ownsend, 
natives of New York; was reared on a farm and 
attiMided school in the winter. When seventeen 
years of age he went to the Academy at Liberty, 
and also one term at Albany. Afterwards, was 
engaged in Ellenvillei New York, in a drag 



store, prosecuting his studies in the meantime. 
Soon after, he attended a practical course of lec- 
tures at the old Crosby Street Medical College. 
In 1851, went to Berkshire Medical College, 
Pittsiield, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1852. 
In Jannary, 1853, commenced practice in Sulli- 
van eounty. New York, where ne remained two 
years; then to Sioux City, Iowa; from Sioux CSty, 
he went to Dakota, in 1801, and while there was 
elected Territorial Auditor of Dakota, where he 
remained until the war broke out; then to the 
Indian Territories, where he was Acting Assist- 
fftnt Surgeon, and had charge of the surgical de- 
partment at Fort Randall. In 1804, came to 
Springfield, where he has been engaged in the 
practice of his profession since. In 1809, he 
married Mrs. Clara Brown, a native of Sangamon 
county, and former wife of John II. Brown. 
There were two sons and one daughter from for- 
mer marriage, one son and one daughter still 
living. The Doctor is a member of three differ- 
ent medical societies, viz: The State, tlie San- 
dmen County, and the Central Illinois Medical 
Society. He is also physician of the St. John^s 
Hospital. 

Prank W. Tracy ^ President of First National 
Bank of Springfield, is widely known as one of 
Illinois' ablest business men, and most esteemed 
citisens. His physical and mental organism is 
of the finest American type, embodying the at- 
tributes of a sterling manhood — strong bodily 
powers, a clear, forcible intellect, great social 
qualities, and high moral integrity. This rare 
combination of elements has won for their pos- 
sessor the implicit confidence of the commercial 
public, and the firm friendship of resident citi- 
zens and visiting statesmen and people of note, 
many of whose monied interests he^as been the 
faithful custodian. Mr. Tracy was born in the 
city of Baltimore, Maryland, July 31, 1834. His 
father, J. P. Tracy, who was purchasing agent 
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and a man of 
superior business qualifications, furnished his 
son with the most lioeral educational advantages 
of that city. Frank was graduated from Baiti* 
more College in the class of 1851, and soon after 
moved with his faUier^s family to Mason county, 
Illinois, where the senior Tracy engaged in 
farming. Frank entered the employ of Mr. Henry 
Foster, a dry goods merchant of Beardstown, 
Illinois, remaining four years in the store. In 
1850, he became |book-keeper for Messrs. Nolte 
& McClure of that place, m which position he 
rendered complete satisfaction and formed many 
lasting friendships. In 1803, Mr. Tracy came to 
Springfield and entered one of the city banks aa 



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teller. The following year be ami i^everal other 

fentlemen perfected the organization of the 
irst National Bank of SpringHeKl, and he was 
chosen its cashier. The financial flood-tide then 
fairly setting in throughout the country, resulting 
from the civil war, the geographical location of 
Springfield and its growing prosperity as the 
capital and political center of the greatest agri- 
cultural State of the Union, all contributed to 
uBher the youn^ bank upon an era of marked 
success, wfiich is noted in the history of the 
banking interests in another chapter of this work. 
Fifteen years of uninterrupted faithful services 
as cashier, during which many millions of dol- 
lars of government and private funds has passed 
through hisjiands, were terminated by the elec- 
tion of Mr. Tracy in 1879 as President of the 
bank. Aside from his duties as a banker, Mr. 
Tracy has been active in developing the interests 
and resources of the State, as director of a num- 
ber of manufacturing and mining corporations, 
which have proven public benefactions. As a 
member of the Boar^ of Education of the city, 
he has for years been a zealous friend and 
advocate of liberal education. He officiated as 
a director of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, 
during which be did efficient work in solving 
the transportation problem in this State. On 
October 23, 1855, Mr. Tracy united in marriage 
with Miss Sarah Jones, of Cass county. They 
have reared a family of two sons and two daugh- 
ters. The eldest son is now assistant cashier of 
the bank, and is a young man of bright qualities 
and great promise. 

Albert Ii. Trapp^ M, 2>., Springfield, Illinois, 
was born in Germany, June 30, 1813; the son of 
John Frederick and Eva Maria (Martine) Trapp; 
father was a prominent lawyer and a man of 
influence. Albert H., attenaed school in his 
boyhood, also commenced reading medicine. 
Having some unpleasantness in Germany, he 
went to Switzerland, where he graduated in the 
Surick University. In 1836, he came to the 
United States and located in St. Clair county, 
Illinois, where he immediately commenced the 
practice of medicine, and remained there twenty- 
one years; then came to Springfield, wh^re ne 
has been ever since. In 1854, he was elected to 
the legislature from St. Clair county. He mar- 
ried Miss Minnie Michael, who was "born in Ger- 
many, October 26, 1823; there are three living 
children, Augusta, born February 21, 1848; Fred 
erick, born April 9, 1851; William, born October 
23, 1854. The Doctor is a member of the School 
Board which position he has held nearly twenty 
years; takes a great interest in the education 



of the young, and was raised in the Lutheran 
Church. 

Charlton C. 7Vo,rell, of the firm of Tn>xell A 
Dubois, dealers in farm implements, buggies 
phsi'tons, spring wagons, farm and garden seeds, 
fiides and pelts, corner of Jefferson and Fourth 
streets, is tiie son of William Troxell and I^uiM 
C. Staley, who were both natives of Washing- 
ton county, Maryland. Three children, Chan- 
ton C, Mansfield S., and Laura L., were bom of 
their marriage. Mrs. Troxell was born in Octo- 
ber, 183G, and died in October, 1874. Her hat- 
band died in November, 1877. lie established 
this business in Springfield in 1SC5, and eon* 
ducted it until his death, when for a short time 
it was continued by his son, in company wiih 
W. Staley, then was bought by the present firm. 
The subject of this sketch has been continuously 
in the agricultural implement trade since, save 
a month or so spent in the grocer}' business. 
The firm keeps a large stock of the best patterns 
of farm machinery, buggies, ph:etons, and spring 
wagons, and also seeds for the farm and garden. 
The concern does an extensive and pros|K*roas 
business. 

William Troxell settled in Springfield, Illi- 
nois, in 18Gl,and previous to engaging in the 
sale of farming tools, carried on a shoe and ha^ 
ness store. 

Joseph Ttutter^ grocer and butcher, comer 
First and Jefferson streets, began business as a 
butcher in Springfield in 1800. In 1874, he com- 
menced erecting the brick building he now occu- 
pies, sixty by forty feet in size, opened a grocery 
and meat market in it the following year, and 
has conducted both branches of business to the 
present time. lie keeps in stock quite a com- 
plete line of groceries, and has a trade in the 
tw*o departments of more than $20,000 a year. 
Mr. Trutter is a German by nativity, born in 
January, 1841; came to the United States when 
twelve years of age; Fpent ten years at Ix>ng 
Branch, New Jersey, as a laborer on a farm. He 
then joined his father in the butcher business in 
Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Trutter, senior, also 
emigrated in 1853, and settled in Springfield 
in 1857, residing there until his decease, in Feb- 
ruary, 1879. In April, 1800, Joseph married 
Miss Ellen Sauer, born in Switzerland, but 
brought UP from a small child in Sangamoa 
county. Tlieir family consists of two boys and 
three girls. Mr. Trutter is a ir ember of the Su 
Vincent Benevolent Society, and he and family 
belong to the Catholic Church. 

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gaged in this branch of mercbandising, both in 
Springfield and at several otbor railroad points. 
He embarked in the grain traffic five years ago, 
and has steadily increased the volume of busi- 
ness until he shipped, in 1880, two thousand 
cars of the dffcrent cereals, chiefly over the 
Wabash and Springfield «fc Northwestern rail- 
roads, finding a market in Toledo and Baltimore. 
For twenty years previous to engaging in this, 
he had devoted his attention to buying, feeding 
and shiuping live stock, mainly cattle. Mr. 
Ulrich 18 a "New Yorker by nativity, born in 
Duchess county, in 1829. Ilis father, Augustus 
L. Ulrich, was a woolen manufacturer in that 
county. He died in 1841, and the same year 
Edward came with his mother to Sangamon 
county, Illinois, and settled in Springfield, 
which has been his home since. He was for a 
time employed as an errand boy and sub-clerk 
in a general store ; later was identified with the 
lumber business for a time, and also carried on 
farming, which still receives a liberal share of 
his attention in the management of a large 
farm west of the city. In March, 1853, he 
married Maria V. Vredcnburgh| a New Jersey 
lady by birth, and daughter of a pioneer mer- 
chant in Springfield. They have seven sur- 
viving children — four sons and three daugh- 
ters. 

John B, VasconceUoh^ of the firm of Vascon- 
cellos <& Goveia, grocers, 1135 North Sixth 
street, was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, in May, 
185:t; started in life as a jockey boy before he 
was eight years of age, and has been entirely 
self-dependent ever since. He followed that 
pursuit till 18G9, visiting seventeen States, while 
thus employed. Leaving that he obtained em- 
ployment as A laborer on a construction train of 
the Chicago, Hurlington and Quincy Hailroad; 
later he became a brakeman, and in November, 
1875, was made conductor, which position he 
held till November, 1880, then resigned to em- 
bark in the grocery business. His )>arents were 
Manuel Vasconcellos and Ida Nunes, natives of 
Matleria Island, and born in 1812 and 1814 re- 
spectively. They came to the United States and 
(ieUleil in Jacksonville, Illinois, thirty-three years 
a«ro, being the first Portuguese to immigrate. 
Mrs. Vasconcellos was the mother of twelve 
children, nine now alive Six of the seven sons 
were at one time engaged in railroading; Joseph, 
the second son, was accidentally killed in 
Springfield May 1, issi, while performing his 
duties as yard-master, for the Wabash Railroad, 
a ft tT having bet>n eighteen yeais in that com- 
jKiny's employ. The snbject*of this sketch mar- 



ried Estclla Stringham, a native of Ohio, in 
September, 1879. 

M. 11. Goveia, was born in Springfield, in 
November, 1855; is the son of Manuel Goveia, 
who settled in this city in 1849, immediately 
after emigrating from Aladeria Island, his birth 
place, lie is a painter by trade, married Mary 
DeFrates, also of foreign birth. The subject of 
this sketch has been identified with the grocery 
business since 1872, as clerk until 1875, when 
he located in that portion of the city where he 
and his partner are now doing business. They 
have a fine local trade. 

John Vciter^ grocer, 1 1 1 North Fifth street, 
started in business at that point in September, 
1878. He keeps in stock a complete variety of 
family groceries, staple and fancy, of $4,000 
value, and has a trade of 820,000 a year. Mr. 
Vetter is a native of Germany, born in Hessen, 
and is twenty-five years old He emigrated to 
the United States in 1873; worked the first nine 
months on a farm in St. Clair county, Illinois, 
then came to Springfield. His first waces were 
$2 a month, which was soon imcreased as his 
worth was demonstrated. By incessant indu!^try 
and rigid economy he saved $800 with which to 
commence the grocery business in 1878. His 
trade is auite extensive both in city and country 
and rapidly increasing. Mr. Vetter obtained a 
gooa German education in his native land, 
y/i/. S. Vredeuhxirg^ deceased, was born in Som- 
erset county, New Jersey, March 11, 1809. 
He entered a large dry goods house in New 
York City, when a boy, and remained until he 
was twenty-one years of age. He then married 
Miss Ann Doremus, daughter of Francis Dore- 
rouB, of New York City; the same year came 
West and bought land in this county, and soon 
after returned for his family, and located here 
permanently in 1832. The old homestead is at 
present owned by his son Peter. He remained 
on the farm until 1841, when he came to Spring- 
field and engaged in merchandising on the nortn 
side of the S<|uare, and was known as No. 4. In 
1852 he sold out and returned to the farm until 
185G, when he again came to the city and engaged 
in the lumber business which he continued until 
his death. The business is now owned and con- 
trolli'd by his son, Peter. Mr. Vrcdenburg was a 
member of the City Council two years, and in 1 865 
was elected to the office of Mayor; was senior 
elder in the Presbyterian Church; he died March 
9, 1879, leaving a widow who followed him in 
October, 1 880. They left a family of eight child- 
ren, MariahD., (now Mrs. E. R, Ulrich, of Spring- 
field) Francis and Peter of this city; Tbumas D., 



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A native of Sprinsfield, Illinois. They are both 
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Gerhard Watenbtrger^ famitnre dealer and 
manufacturer, 417 Kast Adams slreet, located in 
the business at that number in 1861; first as joint 
proprietor, but has been sole proprietor for fif- 
teen years. His stock embraces a large assort- 
ment of parlor, bedroom and kitchen furniture, 
occupyins four floors of his building, twenty by 
seventy-five feet in area. He is a m actical cabi- 
net-maKer, and carries on manufacturing in a 
moderate way, employing several hands, and 
conducts a thriving business. Mr. Westenberger 
is a native of Germany; emigrated to the United 
States when twelve 3 ears of age, settling in 
Springfield, Illinois, in July, 1848. He learned 
the trade early in life, and has steadily pursued 
it. In 1800, he married Mary Louise Bretz, in 
Springfield; she was a native of Kentucky. Her 
mother was a Kentucky lady, and married Mr. 
Breta, a German by birth, in Frankfort of that 
State. Mr. and Mrs. Westenberger have nine 
living children, four sons and five daughters, and 
one son deceased. The eldest daughter is now 
married. He and family are members of the 
Catholic Cliurch. His father carried on building 
and the manufacture extensively in Germany, 
and moderately after coming to Spnngfield. 
where he died about twelve years ago, aged 
nearly eighty-two years. His widow resides in 
the city, over seventy years old. Their family 
of four sons and a daughter are still living. 

Floyd K. Whittemore^ cashier of the State 
National Bank, of Springfield, is a native of 
Cayuga county, New York, and is thirty-five 
Years of age. When a small boy he came'with 
his parents to DeKalb county, Illinois, and was 
there educated in the district and high schools. 
Upon the election of Hon. James H. Beveridge 
to the office of Sute Treasurer, Mr. Whitte- 
more came to Springfield as his dcpntv, and 
after the completion of his term of ofhce, ac- 
cepted the position of cashier in Jacob Bunn's 
banking house. After over four years service 
in that capacity, Mr. Whittemore, having been 
chosen cashier of the State National Bank, re- 
tired to enter u|K>n the duties of his present of- 
fice. He has earned a place in the front rank 
among Springfield's business men. His father, 
some ^ears a widower, resides in DeKalb county^ 
Illinois. Mr. Whittemore has never married. 

- CoionelJaMeM White^ Springfield, Illinois, was 
bom in Adams county, near Gettysburg, Penns- 
ylvania, March 28, 1790; son of James and 
j^olly White. lie w:»s reared on a farm and re- 
ceived an elementary school education. When 



twenty-one years of age, he engaged in the 
stock business, buying and selling, his principal 
market being Philadelphia and Baltimore, till 
1864. February 4, 1830, he came to Springfield, 
where he still kept up his stock business, dealing 
in land, owning one thousand eight hundred 
acres in this county, llie Colonel is over eighty- 
five years of age; a man who has aecnmulated 
large fortunes; but by endorsing for others, has 
lost heavily. He is a man who nas always been 
temperate, using neither intoxicating liquors or 
tobacco; is a strong Spiritualist, believing that 
he has communications from some of his old ac- 
quaintances that have passed awa^; has always 
been just in his dealings, never taking a cent that 
did not belong to him, and always paying the 
last dollar for men that he has gone security for, 
paying over $50,000; is a metnber of the Good 
Samaritan, and Masonic orders. 

Silas Af, lVhit€cri{ftf fanner, Springfield, Illi- 
nois, was born in Bath county, Kentucky, on 
the sixth day of March, 1828; son of John and 
Rachael (Amet) Whitecraft; father of Irish 
and mother of English descent. In 1835, his 
parents emigrated to this county, and located 
in Woodside township, where he remained one 
winter, then removed to Christian county, then 
back to this countv, when Mr. W. entered Gov- 
ernment lands and made a home, where he 
resided until his death, which occurred in July 
25, 1847. In 1879, while his mother was return- 
ing from the fair, she was thrown from a wagon 
and killed. They were members of the Presby- 
terian Church, and died as they had lived, 
sincere Christians. Mr. Whitecraft planted the 
first orchards in this part of the country. The 
subject of this sketch was reared on a farm. In 
18G4, he married Miss LotUe Price, daughter 
of Abrain Price, of Madison county. New York* 
They have four children, vis : Mattie, Ijottie, 
Mabel and Bessie. Mr. Whitecraft has been 
identified with the interests, of the county for 
over forty years ; is one of the large and enter- 
prising farmers of the central part of Illinois ; 
he raises and feeds two hundred and fifty head 
of c^ittle and two hundred head of hogs. 

George W, Whitanra/t^ retired farmer, resi- 
dence corner of Eighth and Douglas streets, was 
bom in Bath county, Kentucky, in September. 
1830. His parents, John Whitecraft and Rachel 
Arnett, were also natives of the same county, 
where they married «\nd moved to Sangamon 
— now Christain county, in September, 1835. 
His father died on the old homestead sixteen 
miles southeast of Springfield, in 1847. His 
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1804, when he was mustered out at Columbn^ 
Ohio. lie then returned to the farm at New- 
burg, Ohio, wliere he remained two years when 
he came to S)>ringfie1d, arriving here April 6« 
1807, and was employed as steward in the Lelimd 
Hotel, a Dosition which he held until 1874, when 
be was admittctl as a partner, in the firm of Ice- 
land & Wiggins. His father, Benjamin Ij. Wig- 
gins, was born in Montpclier, Vermont, and 
when a young man drove a wagon from Vermont 
to Ohio, and ))eddled tinware and Seth Thomas 
clocks, finally settling on a farm in Cuyhom 
county Ohio, where he remained until his deatn, 
July, 1864. His wife was Miss Lucy Hates 
Wiggins, born in Ncwburgh, Ohio. Sne died 
Hay 1868; she was a member of the Presbyterian 
Church, and the mother of four children, three 
living, llie subject of this (<ketch. Noble B. 
Wiggins, married Miss Clarissa N. Inland, Octo- 
ber 21, 1860; she was born in Cleveland, O., and 
was a daughter of Aaron P. Leland, and Miss 
Submit (Arnold) Leland. Mr. and i\Irs. Wig- 
gins attend the First Presbyterian Church, and 
have a family of three children, viz.: Horace L., 
Louis N., and Lucy A. Wiggins. 

Henry WiUiams^ furniture merchant and un- 
dertaker, 420 East Washington street, has carried 
on this branch of merchandising in Springfield 
since 1848, and for six yeai*s previously n^orked 
in the city as a journeyman cabinet maker. The 
undertaking feature he has conducted over thirty 
years. His stock embraces a complete assort- 
ment of parlor, bed-room and kitchen furniture, 
and undertaker's supplies, and does a heavy retail 
trade, acting upon Uie *' nimble shilling** motto, 
turning over his capital several times a year. 
Mr. Williams was born in Massachusetts in 1824; 
came to Hlinois in 1839, and located in Brown 
county; in 1842 settled in Springfield and learned 
the cabinet trade; in 1850 he iparried Sarah 
Wall, who was bom in Ireland. They have a 
familv of two sons. The eldest, James H., is 
with his father in the store, and is serving bis 
second year as alderman from the Second Ward, 
lloth of 2ilr. Williams' parents were natives of 
Ireland. His mother is a resident of Sangamon 
county, aged eighty years; father died some years 
go. 

Colonel John Williams^ one of the pioneer 
merchants, and one of Sangamon county's most 
enterprising, highly esteemed and successful 
business men, was born in Bath county, Ken- 
tucky, September 11, 1808. His pateniaJ ances- 
tors emigrated from Wales and settled in Vir- 
ginia, where his father, James Williams, was 
born. His maternal ancestors were Scotch-Irish, 



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of the Presbvtcrian order, and settled in Penn- 
sylvania. His mother, Hannah Mappin, was 
lK)rn near Pittsburg, in 1776. After marrying, 
his parents settled in Kentucky, from whence 
they moved to Illiuois in 1823, and settled on 
tlie farm still owned by the subject of this 
memoir, and where they both ended their earthly 
life a number of years ago. 

Mr. Williams' school privileges were confined 
to the primitive log school house of Bath county, 
and chiefly to the winter terms, his summers be- 
ing occupied with labor on the farm; but being 
fond of books and study he made the most of 
what advantages offered. At fourteen years of 
age he began mercantile life, as store boy, in the 
store of J. T. Bryan, in Kentucky. He received 
no salary the first year, and the second year ^50 
and board was the compensation. In the fall of 
1824, having completed his engagements, he, in 
company with several of his father's old neigh- 
bors, came on horseback to Illinois, and after 
visiting at his father's house two weeks, pro- 
ceeded to Springfield, arriving October 11, 1824, 
and at once entered the employ of Major Elijah 
lies as store boy, at a salary of $10 per month 
and board. At the end of a year, Mr. lies cred- 
ited him with $150, and offered him for the next 
year's services $200, which was accepted, and 
this was the annual amount receivea for five 
successive years of labor. In the fall of 1830, 
Mr. lies wishing to retire from business, Mr. 
Williams bought his stock on four quarterly 
payments, started out as proprietor of thestore, 
with a capiftil of 8300, saved from his small salary 
in the six years. By energetic application and 
management, the payments of the purchase 
money were promptly met, and having a good 
credit the young merchant bought goods to keep 
up his stock, and b^ discounting his bills before 
due, saved paying interest. Pursuing the plan 
of his predecessor in honorable dealing and strict 
justice to his customers, success crowned the 
years of Mr. Williams' life, which, with two 
brief intermissions, extended over a period of 
fifty years, as proprietor of the business, begin- 
ning in September, 1830, and closing with the 
sale of the business to C. A. Gchrmann in Sep- 
tember, 1880. A part of this time he had sev- 
eral different parties successively as partners. 
During the last twenty-five years George N. 
Black was in company with him. 

In 1804, upon the organization of the First 
National Banlc of Springfield, in which he was 
the prime mover, Mr. Williams became its 
President, and held the oflHoe about eleven years, 
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field Si NorihwesierD llailroad was being built, 
Mr. Williams loaned the contractors $6i),000, 
and other amounts subsequently, amounting in 
the aggregate to ^200,00u. The company being 
unable to repay the money, he had a receiver 
appointed, and after four years of his adminis- 
tration, the road was sold in 1878, by order of 
court, and Mr. Williams became the purchaser. 
Upon the re-organiziition of the company, Mr.. 
Williams owning a controlling interest, was 
made President of the road, which office ex- 
pired by the sale of his stock in July, 1^80, to 
parties in the interest of the Wabash, St. Louis 
<!b Pacific liailway Company. In the summer of 
1872, Mr. Williams, in partnership with George 
N. Black and S. 11. Melvin, formed the Barclay 
Coal and Mining Company. They sunk the 
shaft the same year at Barclay, eight miles from 
Springtield, on the Illinois Central Railroad. 
Tlie company — now composed of Mr. Williams, 
George N. Black and Samuel Yocum— owns 
eighty-seven acres in fee simple, on which they 
have erected over forty tenement houses, also 
the coal right of twelve hundred acres, and fifty 
coal cars. They employ from one hundred to 
one hundred and twenty-five niiners, and mine 
from four hundred to \i\e hundred tons per day. 
Mr. Williams owns a number of pieces of city 
property and several farms, principal among them 
are the homestead of one hundred and forty 
acres, in and adjoining the corporate limits of 
Springfield, and a splendid farm of seventeen 
hundred acres in Menard county, near Athens, 
where his father first settled. At the breaking 
out of the late war, Colonel Williams was ap- 
pointed Commissary General of Illinois, by 
Governor Yates, which position he filled six 
months, till the United States Government was 
prepared to take charge of the troops. lie was 
afterwards appointed at the head of the Sanitary 
Commission for Illinois, to receive and forward 
supplies donated to the soldiers, lie served in 
this capacity, without compenpation, about two 
years. He was nominated and run for Congress 
m this district in 1850, on the Fremont and Fil- 
more ticket, and ran nearly two thousand ahead 
of his ticket, but the district being Democratic 
by about four thousand, be was beaten two 
thousand one hundred votes. He was one of 
the Board of Water Commissioners during the 
building of the City Water Works. Is Presi- 
dent of the Barclay Coal Companv. Colonel 
Williams was one of the original Trustees of 
the Lincoln Monument Association, and still re- 
tains that position. He is also a large stock- 
holder and a Director of the Springfield Iron 



Company. In 1840, Colonel John Williams 
united in marriage with Lydia Porter, a nativtt 
of Livingston county. New York« but a resident 
of Sangamon county, I' linois, at that time; six 
children have been uorn to them, all livins, vii: 
Louisa L, the wife of George N. lUack; Albert 
P., John £., Julia J., tiie wife of A. Orendorff; 
Georse and Henry C. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. 
Williams are members of the First Presbyterian 
Church of Springfi«^ld. 

iSainuelJ. Willett^ merchant tailor, 8*27 South 
Sixth street, came to Springfield, Illinois, nine- 
teen years ago, and entered the employ of Woods 
& Heukle, as cutter in their clotning establish- 
ment, some fourteen years ago, continuing in 
that relation until both proprietors died, when he 
was made manager of tbe business for the 
estate for two years, at the end of which time 
he opened a merchant tailoring house on his own 
account. He moved to his present choice loca- 
tion February 1, 1880, and in August, 1881, put 
in a splendid stock of gentlemen^s furnishings. 
His stock of piece gooils is large and elegant, 
embracing an assortment of the finest American 
and imported fabrics for men^s wear, which ar« 
made up to order in the most approved style. 
He is doing an extensive, growing biisineaa. 

Mr. Willett was born in Cheshire, England, io 
1829; emigrated to the United States in 1851; 
worked over eleven years at merchant tailoring 
in New York City, and then came to Springfield. 
He is a member of the Ma.sonic Order, Ijodge, 
Chapter, Council, and Commaiidery; is a mem- 
ber of the Knis^hts of Pythias; is Prelate of 
Capital Lodge, No. 14; is Past Grand Cliaucel- 
lor for Illinois, having served in that position 
two terms consecutively; is Supreme Rep^esen^ 
ative to the Supreme i^dge of Kniehts of the 
Worhl. He is also an Odd Fellow, since 1853, 
and has passed through the degrees of the 
Grand Ix>dge. In 1800, Mr. Willett married 
Miss Emma S. Clark, a native of New York 
City. They have five surviving children, three 
dau<j;hters and two sons; one son deceased. 

^red ll7///i«. President and General Manager 
of the Wabash Coal Company, has l>een engaged 
in the coal mining interests of Sangamon county 
since 1870. He was first connected with the 
Western Coal and J^Iining Company, a cor|H>rate 
organi/.ation with an authorized capital stock of 
$500,000, at first, as its cashier, and later as its 
manager. The company operated at Kiverton, 
this county, and at Danville, Vermilion county. 
At Riverton, it re-equipped the old shaft sunk 
by P. L. Ilowlett some years before, having se* 
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a force of one hundred and fifty men, who 
mined a million bushels of coal per year. This 
company closed out in 1877. The Wabash 
Coal Company was organized in Alarch, 1880, 
with a capital stock of 840,000, and Fred Wilms 
was made President and General Manager; Wil- 
liam Wilms, Secretary and Treasurer. This 
company sunk a shaft at Dawson, twelve miles 
east of Springfield, on the line of the Wabash, 
St. Louis & Pacific Railway, in the spring and 
summer of 1880. A five-foot vein of coal of 
very fine quality was reached at a depth of two 
hundred and fifty feet. This shaft works one 
hundred miners, who take out one hundred 
thousand bushels of coal per month. This com- 
pany is also operating tlic old junction mine, 
situated at Springfield Junction, two miles south 
of the city, Mr. Wilms having leased it in May, 
1870. A hundred and fifty men are employed 
at this mine, and it yields an average proauct of 
one hundred and seventy-five thousand bushels 
per month. The coal from these mines finds a 
market chiefiy at points east and west on the 
line of the \Vabash, St. Louis & Pacific Rail- 
way, as far east as Toledo, and west to Quinc^ 
and Hannibal. The company has two retail 
yardd, one in Springfield and one in Jacksonville. 
They also do a large business in hard coals, both 
at wholesale and retail. 

The subject of this memoir was bora in 
Quincy, Illinois, in 1842; from fourteen to 
twenty years of age, clerked in a dry goods 
store in his native city; >vas then six years in 
the employ of a wholesale and retail boot and 
shoe hoube there, as book-keeper and buyer of 
the stock. At the expiration of this time he 
engaged in the same line of business as proprie- 
tor. In 1870, he sold out and moved to Spring- 
field and has since devoted his attention to coal 
raining. He has been President of the Spring- 
field Coal Association three years; is a member 
of the ]\Iasonic fraternity, and has passed 
through all the degrees of the order to Knight 
Templar. In January, 1867, Mr. Wilms mar- 
ried Anna Dickhut, of Quincy, and a daughter 
of a pioneer in that place. They have two 
children, Carrie, aged twelve years, and Fred, 
six years old. 

Eihcin A. WiUon^ real estate and loan agent, 
and publisher of the Sundav School iournals 
•* Labor of Love,'* and ** Food for Lambs," was 
born in Carroll county, Maryland, in June, 1840; 
passed most of his early life in l^altimore City, 
where he received a good English education. 
During the years 1803, 1804 and 1805, he was 
employed on clerical duties iu the office of the 



United States Sanitary Commission; left there 
in November, 1805, and after visiting Boston 
and Indianapolis, landed in Springfield, Illinois, 
in January, 1800, and still being in the service 
of the Commission, was engaged in examining 
and classifying the rolls of Illinois soldiers till 
November of that year, then resigned to locate 
permanently in Springfield. Engaging in the 
real estate and insurance business, he carried 
both on till eight years ago, when he dropped 
the latter, and has since cniefly devoted his at- 
tention to dealing in and* improving city real 
estate. Besides building many house's for others, 
he has erected some forty residences on his own 
property, and now owns thirty- seven occupied 
dwellings. Mr. Wilson was one of the pablish- 
crs of the book entitled ^'Reminicenses ot Old 
Settlers," of Sangamon county, in which he in* 
vested $6,000, quite a large per cent of which he 
has never realized. He is one of the elders, of 
the Third Presbyterian Church, and is Superin* 
tendent of its Sunday School, lie is publishing 
two Sunday School journals of the above titles, 
which are non-sectarian in character, and both 
are extensively circulated. In 1801, Mr. Wil- 
son united in marriage with Miss Cvnthia C. 
Ilannon, in Washington City. She is also a 
native of Maryland. They liave two children 
of each sex alive. / 

George IFt^Aey, of the firm of Withey A v 
Brothers, Carriage Manufacturers, Washington 
street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, was 
born in Sommersetshire, England, and is fifty- 
four years of age. He is one of the five living 
sons of a family of seven sons and two daugh- 
ters of James and Jane (Stich) Withey of Ger- 
man ancestry, and who crossed the Atlantic in 
the spring of 1842, and settled in Sangamon 
connty, Illinois, where the mother died about 
twelve years ago and the father about seven 
years ago. The senior Withey was a wagon- 
maker by trade; the sons took kindly to the 
sire's calling, and the three who compose the 
firm, William II., George D., and James, all 
learned the trade, and two of the brothers have 
five sons journeymen in the same business and 
engaged m the factory. The subject of this 
sketch married Miss M. T. Kinies, born in Knox- 
ville, Tennessee. They have a family of four 
daughters. In spite of several serious reverses 
of fortune the Withey Brothers are doing a 
large and prosperous business, in which diey 
employ an average of thirty men. 

tSeneea Wood^ Springfield, Illinois, was bom 
in Springfield, Massachusetts, October 1, 1806 ; 
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child, and he waH left to take care of himself. 
He wa8 taken by RnoA Coles, a blacksmith ; to 
learn the trade ; but as he had a farm, he was 
busy there instead of the shop, except rainy 
days, when he could not work out-doors, lie 
remained with Mr. Coles until he was nineteen 
years of age, then engaged in Belchertown, Mass- 
achusetts, to work by the year, at one hundred 
and twenty dollars ; remained there three years, 
and accumulated a few hundred dollars. He 
spent one winter in Georgia, pe<ldling clocks for 
a man named Kendall ; the following spring re- 
turned to Belchertown, when he hired for two 
years to I he same party he had previouly worked 
for. Taking his hard earned money, he, in 
company with a roan named ^Vilson, came to 
Schenectedy, New York, when they started a 
paper. ^Ir. Wood being the money-man in the 
enterprise, and being ignorant of the business, 
it was not a successful undertaking, and he sold 
out to Wilson, getting what he could out of it ; 
came to Huffalo ; from there to Painosville, 
Ohio, where he spent the summer, and in August 
started out witti a team and light Dearborn 
wagon for Illinois, and located in Springfield. 

In 1835, he entered land in Island Grove 
township, which he sold to a Mr. Brown, from 
Kentucky, who bought a large tract of land in 
that county. Mr. Wood then went to Berlin, 
whcis he built the Half-way House, between 
Jacksonville and Springfield, and kept it for a 
number of years. Among his guests were 
Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Forquer, 
John J. Harding, Daniel Webster, Martin Van 
Buren, E. I>. Baker, and many men who rose to 
eminence. He married Mi^s Sarah Ann Todd, 
of Bourbon county, Kentucky. She was born 
May 22, 18iO. There were eight children, four 
of whom are living. Mr. Wood held the office 
of postmaster in i>erlin, and was justice oi the 
peace for a number of years. 

Jlenry Wohlgannth^ M. 2>., may well be 
placed among those of whom there are so many, 
so-called "self-made men." He is a native of 
Germany, was born on the 22d day of May, 1822, 
in the city of Hanover, and is the eldest son of 
Frederick and Maria Wohlgemuth, ( parental 
name, Boehne). His parents were of industrious 
habits, not possessed of large fortunes. His 
father died at the age of forty-two years, in Ger- 
many. His mother died in the year of 1850, at 
the age of iifiy-four, in St. I^uis, IVIissouri. His 
brother, Christian, died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 
the year of 1849, of cholera, at the age of twenty- 
three years. Two sisters are still surviving, 
both married, and live respectively, one, the 



eldest, in Montana Territory, and the younger 
sister in Illinois. 

Henry, from his earliest bi>yhooil, applied 
himself to industrious and steaciy habits, avail* 
ing himself of what means his parents were able 
to bestow, in obtaining an education, and at the 
ago of sixteen years, he chose the study of 
medicine, and his chief desire was with an am- 
bition to acquire a thorongh knowledge of his 
chosen profession. 

In .1845, unknown to him, and being absent 
from home, his widowed mother and three chil- 
dren, (one son and two danghters) decided to 
emigrate to America, and intonneii of their ac- 
tion, though unprepared for so sudden a change, 
he decided to go with them. They embarked in 
a sailino: vesscu at Brcmerhaven, in the month of 
September, 1846. After a long and tedious voy- 
age of sixty-two days they arrived in New 
Orleans in the month of November. Having 
friends living in Illinois, they proceeded on 
their journey up the Mississippi, thence the Illi- 
nois river, and landed at Beanlstown, where they 
had friends living. In the winter of the same 
vearthe Doctor made his way to Springfield, 
laboring first under many embarrassing disad- 
vantages, poor in health, poor in nurse, nnae- 
quainted with the language ana an entire 
stranger among the people with whora he had 
cast his lot. Sprin<;hela, then, with not more 
than three thousand inhabitants, now has grown 
to be a city of twenty-two thousand or more, 
what was the woodlands and open prairies has 
given away to stately mansions and fine culti- 
vated farms. 

His determination and honesty of purpose, 
aided by a sound and well-directed judgment^ 
soon overcame all obstacles. Although his health 
being much impaired, owing in a great measure 
to a change of climate, together with the many 
other disadvantages and embarrassing circum- 
stances. Dr. Wohlgemuth opened an ofiice in the 
spring of 1846, and began the practice of hii 
profession. Giving himself industriously to hii 
work, he met with marked success, rapidly so* 
quired a knowledge of the language and laid the 
foundation of an extensive and lucrative prao* 
tice,his practice extending through a wide circle 
outside the city, and he was called upon to endure 
all the hardships incident to a physician's life of 
about thirty-five years in a country where farm 
mansions,cnltivated fields, and well- worked high* 
ways with railroads in every direction, have sap* 
planted the log cabins, dreary prairies, heavy 
timbers, and almost impassable roads that then 
existed. The resident physicians, of whora there 



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were some thirteen, besides the (scattering ones 
throughout the country, of whom there were bat 
few, have all passed away except it be one or two 
in the county, who still survive but no longer 
enga^d in active practice, which leaves Dr. 
Wohlgemuth, so to say, the pioneer, or oldest 
physician, in Sangamon county, at an age of 
sixty years, still vigorous and engaged in active 
practice. 

In August, 1840, Dr. Wohlgemuth was married 
to Miss jMary Elizabeth Wolgamot, a native of 
llagerstown, Maryland, who removed to Spring- 
fiold with her parents in the year of 1840, when 
she was eleven years old. They have had six 
children, two of whom died in infancy. The 
eldest, a daughter, Mariette, was born June 10th, 
I860, and died on the S2d day of October, 1872, 
beloved by all who knew her. The two sons, 
Henry I., aged twenty-nine, and William, twenty- 
live, both promising young men, engaged in mer- 
chandise pursuits. The only daughter, Minnie 
Bell, now a promising young lady, was born July 
5, 1865. 

Generous and public spirited. Dr. Wohlge- 
muth has contributed largely to the interest and 
crowth of Springfield, and apart from his regu- 
lar practice, has held many positions of confi- 
dence and public trust. 

In 1856, he was elected City Physician, in 
M'hieh capacity he acted until that office was 
combined with that of County Physician. This 
latter position he held from 18G1 to 1863. 

In 1863, he was elected Alderman, and held 
the office till 1866, and was chairman of many 
important committees. He was for one year a 
member of the Board of Education, and in 1865 
was appointed one of the Water Works Com- 
missioners, and while acting in this capacity, 
rendered valuable service to the city in the con- 
struction of the works. 

For many years past, the Doctor has been a 
member of the Board of Managers of Oak Ridge 
Cemetery, for most of the time has been its 
President, and it is justly due in saying, to him 
is greatly due, as also the gentlemen who were 
and still are his associates, in makingOak Kidge 
Cemetery what it is, the pride of Springfield. 

lie has been for many years an active mem- 
lier of the Masonic fraternity, of Sangamon 
I^odge, No. 4; is a member of the Chapter and 
Royal Arch, also a member of Rlwood Com- 
mandery, No. 6, K. T., since 1850, and is at 
present its Eminent Commander. lie has also 
lK*en a member of other associations. 

To more fully prepare himself for the duties 
of his profession, the Doctor, in the year of 



1854, upon attending lecturers received the 
degree of M. D. from the Eclectic Medical In- 
stitute, Cincinnati, Ohio. In the advancement 
of medical science, he has taken a special inter- 
est, and at the organization of the Medical Asso- 
ciation, was elected its President; is also a mem- 
ber of the National Eclectic Medical Associa- 
tion, honorary member of the New York State 
Medical Societv; and in all that pertains to the 
medical art and the advancement of science, he 
takes a deep interest. He has amassed a liberal 
competence. His reputation is that of honor, 
and unimpeachable. 

V Christian Wolf, hatter and farrier, Pasfield 
Block, southwest comer of the s<iiiare, estab- 
lished this branch of mercantile ousiness in 
Springfield in 1 865, occnpying a small store on 
the north side of the sqnare. Two years after 
he formed a partnership with John Hablizel, 
which continued until the spring of 1880, when 
]^Ir. Wolf purchased his partner^s interest and 
became sole proprietor. In 1869, the increase of 
trade dcmanaed more room, and they moved to 
the large store, 109, west side of the square, 
which was abandoned for the present elegant 
quarters in the new Pasfield block in the fall of 
1881. Mr. Wolf carries a stock of the finest 
hats, caps, furs and gentlemen's furnishings in 
the market, the largest in the State ontside of 
Chicago, and has an annual retail trade of #40,- 
000. He makes a specialty of elegant fur goods, 
of which he sells a large quantity. Mr. Wolf is 
a native of Wurtcmberg, Uermany,born in 1838; 
after being partially educated there, emigrated to 
the United States, at the age of sixteen years; 
lived over five years in Cincinnati, Ohio; went 
thence to New Albany, Indiana; there carried 
on the hat business on his own account over two 
years, after which he located in Springfield, Illi- 
nois. He married in New Albany in October, 
1861, to Jennie Welch, a native of that city. 
Their family consists of three children of each 
sex. In 1877, Mr. Wolf was elected City Alder- 
man from the Sixth Ward on the Republican 
ticket, without effort on his part, but resigned 
after a little more than two years of service. He 
is a member of Capital Jjodge No. 465, 1. O. O. 
F., and a member of Brigadier General I. N. 
ReeceV sUfT, I. N. 6. 

Presco Wriyht^ Treasurer of the City of 
Springfield, was born in Somerset countv, New 
Jersey, in lb20. His parenta, Presco Wright, 
Senior, and Jane McKissack, were also natives 
of that Sute. llie son and subject of this 
f<ketch grew to manhood and received an aca- 
demical eduoatiou there. He began raeicantile 



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life as a elcrk at fourteen years of age; and upon 
coining to Springfiehl, in 1840, puraaiHl the same 
avocation, first as salesman for Jacob Bann, then 
for Lewin «.^ Ailaius, and in 1851 engaged in a 
genera] merchandisiDg business, as a member of 
tbe firm of Wright it: Brown, wliieb continued 
five vears, at the end of which be sold out and 
retired. During two of those five Years, he 
filled the office of City Treasurer. In the fall of 
lSo«, Mr. Wright was elected Circuit Clerk of 
Sangamon county for the term of four yeani, 
running six hundred votes ahead of bis ticket in 
the city and township, and was the only Demo- 
cratic candidate elected at that time. Keing a 
pronounced War Democrat, be was elected in 
18G2 to the oflice of County Treasnrer on the 
I7iiion ticket, by a handsome majority, and served 
two years. In ]805« he was appointed Post- 
master of the city by Andrew Johnson, and 
filled the position till 18G8; was then appointed 
Assistant Assessor for the two years following; 
subsequently, he served two years as Deputy 
County Clerk, and in the spring of 1879 was 
elected to his present office, havinfi; been twice 
re-elected since by a liberal majority. At the 
age of twenty-four, Mr. Wright married Phebe 
A. Sutton, in New Jersey They have an adopted 
dauirhter, Mettie W^right. Mr. W. is a member 
of the I^dge, Chapter, Council and Coniniandery 
in the ^lasonic Order. 

James T, HW^y/*/, CTocer, 421 Kast W^ashing- 
ton street, has been identified with the grocery 
trade of Springfield for many vears. lie first 
started as a delivery clerk, for t^orden «fc Seely ; 
was afterwards employed as salesman; in 1872 
became joint proprietor with Mr. Fordcn, and 
three years later, sole owner, by purchasing Mr. 
Forden's interest. In August, 1879, he located 
in his present store, which is one hundred and 
fifty-seven by twenty feet in front, and forty 
feet at the roar end. lie occupies two floors, 
carries a large stock of goods, and has one of 
the heaviest rolail trades in the city in family 
groceries and country produce. Mr. Wright is 
a product of Sangamon county, Illinois, born on 
Round Prairie, in 1840. Thomas Wright came 
from Kentucky to Sangamon county in an early 
day, and manied Sarah Smith, also of Kentucky, 
but came here in childhood. Their family con- 
sisted of one daughter, and the subject oY this 
sketch. Thomas Wright died when James was 
fourteen years of age, leaving the widow, who 
now lives with her son. James left the farm 
when twenty-two, and settled in the city, which 
has since been his home. In 1873, he married 
Mary A. Lloyd, a native of Springfield, who 



has borne him one son, Elmer, aged seven 
yearn. 

H^reil IL Zahn^ merchant tailor, 135 Sonth 
Fifth street, Lincoln^s old law office, established 
the business in that room, July 8, 1875, with 
fifteen dollars capital, having lost everytliinff in 
becoming surety for friends in the Elast. ffpon 
arriving in Springfield, in 1873, he worked as a 
cutter two years. Having good credit with 
friends in Eastern cities, he was able to start 
with a fair stock of goods, and keeping nothing 
but the finest grades of American, English, and 
French suitin^rs, which are made up in tbe high- 
est style of Uie art, his business rapidly grew 
from 8^9,000 the first year to $2,000 to $4,000 per 
month, in which over twenty skilled hands are 
regularly emploved. He also keeps a fine line 
of ready-made clothing for children. 

Mr. Zahn was born in Berlin, Prussia, May 25, 
1840; from early childhood was brought up in 
city of Baltimore, ^laryland, where he learned 
the tailor^s trade. In May, 1861, he enlisted in 
the Union army, in the Second Maryland In- 
fantry. In the' second battle of Bull Run he 
was shot through the left lung with a minnie ball 
which he still carries in his body. After remain- 
ing in the hospital six months, he had so far re- 
covered that he started for the front, bnt being 
seized with hemorrhage of the lun^ was com« 
pelled to return to the hospital, and was 
afterwards made Hospital Stcwanl, holding 
that oflice till mustered out ol service in June, 
18G4. Mr. Zahn married Miss Ellen M. Brown, 
of Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1872. His 
father, August Zahn, died June 11, 1881, asel 
seventy-one, in Baltimore, Maryland, where nis 
mother still resides. 

llohtri B, Zhnmenmoij of Zimmerman A 
Prouty, dealers in wall papers, shades, paints, 
etc., 427 Washington street, and of li. B. Zim- 
merman 4^ Co., painters, and decorators and 
dealers in papers and paints, w^as lK>rn in 
Center county, State of Pennsylvania, Octo- 
ber 5, 181 1, and is the son of Ezekiel and Esther 
Zimmerman, the former a native of Pennsyl- 
vania, the latter born in South Carolina. Iler 
father, William Swanxe^*, was in General Fran- 
cis Marion's army at the time of her birth, and he 
did not see her until a year old. At the age of 
seventeen years, Mr. Zimmerman begaii|l earning 
the trade of chair-making and house-painting, in 
Newton — now Elmira — New York, remaining 
there four years and a half. After spending 
another year in Tompkins county, he came 
West, sto)>i>ed three months in Indianapolis, and 

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Capital; landed in Springtielil» November 18, 
1835; passed the early summer raontliK in St 
Loui8y the next year; returned in July, and 
bought out Mr. Powell, of Phelps <& Powell; 
sold out to Mr. Phelps in 1839, and in company 
with John A. Mason, carried on a chair manu- 
factory, eighteen months. They then dissolved, 
and Mr. Z. formed a partnership with A. P. 
Willard, in the painting business, in 1841. This 
relation lasted until Mr. Willard^s death, in 
18G5, which occurrence severed a life-long friend- 
ship, of the most fraternal nature. For eight 
years, Mr. Z. carried pn business alone; then 
took two of his employes, Thomas Armstrong, 
and Henry Kolte, as partners in one house; and 
about three years ago took Mr. Prouty in part- 
nership in the other establiehment. Both hnns 
do a large business, employing from thirty to 
forty men in the busy season. Mr. Zimmerman 
settled in Springfield when it was a village of 
nine hundred inhabitants, and has been an active 
business man in the place forty-five years. He 
married Miss Susan P. Seelcy, of St. Lawrence 
county, New York, on Decemoer 25, 1838. She 
died October 30, 1840, leaving a daughter, 
Susan L., now the widow of K. L. Gross, late of 
Springfield. Mr. Z. married Mary C. Townsend, 
of Calidonia county, Vermont, in October, 1845. 
They had two sons, both deceased. They reared 
an adopted daughter, Lizzie Zimmerman, now 
•the wife of M. V. Smith, superintendent of the 
rolling mills at the National Tube Works, near 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In early life Mr. Zim- 
merman was a whig in politics, and late years 
has been a Republican, He has always been a 
reader, has been a constant patron of the New 
York Tribune for forty years, of the Evangelical 
Alliance, forty-five years, and of the Illinois 
State Journal, since 1836, and has been a mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian Church since 1835. ^Irs. 
Zimmerman was very active in Aid-Society work 
during the war, even going to the front to see 
that the supplies reached those for whom they 
were intended. 

Frank M, Sjyerry^ S])ringfield, Illinois, was 
born at Anna, Union County, Illinois, March 0, 
1857, when three or four years of age he moved 
w*ith his parents to Cobden, Illinois, remained 
here a short time when he went with his mother 
south, and remained a couple of years during 
the war at Memphis, Tennessee, Paducah, Ken- 
tucky, Bird^s Point, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois. 
At the close of the war the family returned to 
Anna, Illinois, where he remained until nine 

J^cars of age, when he moved with his parents on 
lis father^s fruit farra^ one-half mile west of 



Cobden, Illinois. He remained here working 
on the farm and attending the graded schools <^ 
Cobden until tifteen years of age, when he was 
employed as a clerk in the dry goods and cloth- 
ing store of H. Blumenthal, at Cobden nearly 
two years. He then attended school one term 
at Cobden when he came to Springfield, Illinois. 
He worked here in the Illinois State Journal 
with his uncle, D. L. Phillips, some fourteen 
months, when his uncle was appointed PosV 
master of the Springfield Post Office, he was 
then employed here with his nncle until Jnne, 

1879, w*ncn he went to learn railroading at 
DuQuoin, Illinois, on the B. & S. I. Railroad, of 
which his uncle, D. L. Phillips, was President. 
He remained here as bill clerk in the office of 
the I. C. and B. & S. I. Railroads, studying tele- 
graphing until the death of his uncle. Major E. 
T. Phillips, who was station agent. Since that 
time he has worked for W. J. Young & Co., in 
Clinton, Iowa, six or eight months. In Aueust^ 

1880, he returned to Springfield, Illinois, where 
he was engaged in the sewing machine trade 
some five or six months, when he began to sell 
pianos and organs, and in July 20, 1880, was 
employed by the Inter-State Publishing Com- 
pany, to assist in writing up Sangamon county 
for a history, and by whom he is still employea. 
His father. Captain Isaih M. Sperry, was Dorn at 
Hoosac Falls, 2Cew York. At the outbreaking 
of the late rebellion he raised Company B, SixtS 
Illinois Cavaliy Volunteers, and was commis- 
sioned Captain of this company by Governor 
Yates. At the close of the war he settled on his 
fruit farm in Union county, Illinois, he was 
married to Miss Maggie L. (Phillips) Sperry; 
she was born at Belleville, St. Clair county, Illi- 
nois, she was the youngest of a large family, 
among whom were Mrs. Governor E. H. Fincn, 
residing at Anna Illinois, Thos. H. Phillips, 
lawyer at Anna, Illinois, and D. I^ Phillips 
deceased, of Springfield, Illinois, Captain I. M. 
Sperry and wife have had twelve children, eleven 
living, viz: Frank M., Ella M., Fred. B., in bus- 
iness at Anna, Illinois, Ralph P., A^ie, Samuel 
II., Don. C, Sadie F., Maggie L., Olivia M., and 
Nellie Sperry. Captain Suerry is a Mason and a 
member of Joncsboro Lodge. Mrs. Sperry is a 
member of the Presbyterian Church. The sub- 
ject of this sketch is a Reuublican and a strong 
supporter of that party, and cast his first vote for 
James A. Garfield who was so cruelly assassinated. 

SPRINGFIELD AS ▲ RAILROAD CBNTKR. 

Springfield, the Capital of the State, centrally 

situated, is fast becoming a great railroad center. 

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HISTORY OF. SANGAMON COUNTY. 



showing Uic rnilroadH that now center io ibe 
thy. This makes ihv place easily act-fssible 
fruiu all iiart8 of Uie Stale, and senes to insnre 
the permanency of the Capital. It \v lo be lioped 
tlic citizens will i-ont'innc wide awake iu tliis 
waller; that Ibuy will give the people every op- 
purtuDity of easily reaching the place, and af- 
fording the nianiifaclurers lliai are now center- 
ing here, compotilion in freiglil rates to iiny 
part of ihe Union. 

TUB COLortEO l-KOrl.E 01^ hfItIXr>FlKM). 

There was a lime in the hictory of Springfield, 
when the face of a colored man or woman was a 
rare sight. liefore the deep snow, old Aunt 
Polly, a colored woman, reigned enpreme in 
Sprinjificld. It was not until and after the war 
that the race made their advent here in largo 
ninnberB. The first installment of " contra- 
bands" thai arrived while the war was in ^rog- 
reds were almost as mnch, objects of curiosity 
an the first ihat came. Hut time bas passed, and 
tlic colored people of Springfield form an import- 
ant factor of it. Hut no more are they " contra- 
Iwinds," or slaves, but Araoriean citixens, with 
all ibe rij;btM and privileges which the name im- 
plies, 'i'hey arc permitted to own property and 
as mneh of il as tiiey can accnmulate; thuy are 
permitted to testify before courts of justice; and 
above all, they have that right which is so dear 
to every American citir.cn, the right of a free 
ballot. ' It has been thought proper to represent 
a few of the number who have settled in Spring- 
field and made it their home, and \vho feel an 
interoBl in ihc well-being and proitperily of the 
city. The creater nuun)er know what it is to 
experience the hardships of a slave life, and to 
enjoy the blessings of freedom. 

Jiev. Ilenru Jirtncn, a native of Ualeigb, Hali- 
fax i.'onniy, North Carolina, was born April 17, 
1823. His father's name was Statcn Jones, but 
be assumed the liame of Drown, which name he 
retained ihrongh life. He was a native of 
North Carolina, and died about 1624. Henry's 
mother was born in North Carolina, ami her 
maiden name was also Browo. Henry Hrown 
left the State of his nativity alioul 163S, for 
Ohio, and one year latcrto RuhIi county, Indiana, 
when he was bound to a family of Quakeis at 
the age of fourteen, ami as^iigucd to the ordi- 
nary labors of the farm, whii:h he continued 
until 184;i, when, at the early age of twenty, bo 
was united in marriage to Miss Roberts, who 
lived but about one year. Mr. Brown was 



licensed to preach about 1^40, and has been a 
faithful and constant laborer In the lA)rd'a vine- 
yard up to the present lime, his ministry having 
therefore, exttnded over a period of thiriy-tive 
yearu, during which time many soul* have been 
led out of darkness into the light of Christ. In 
184T, Mr. Brown met, at Paris, Illinois, 
Mrs. Alary A. King, a young widow lady of 
eighteen years, and the daughter of Allen Wil- 
liams, a wealthy gcnlleniaa of that place. A 
mutual admiration and a matrimonial engage- 
ment was the result of their first meeting, which 
uulminated, a few weeks later, in their mnrriaga 
At the residence of the lady's parents, in Pani, 
Illinois. Mr. Brown came lo Springfield as early 
as 184T, and except about fonr years' residence 
at Galena and Quincy, has made Springfield bis 
home to the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Brown 
are the parents of five children — Louclla, now 
Mrs. Taylor, Nannie, Tliomas T., Katie, and 
Edward. Thomas T. is a law stndent in th« 
office of Sterling it Grout, and will probably be 
admitted to the bar at the May terra of the 
Appellate Court, in 1S8-2. Mr. Brown is a great 
admirerof Abraham Lincoln, and was employed 
by the gre.it Emancip.itor for a number of years 
iu various capacities, ending only when Mr. 
Lincoln removed to Washington, in the spring 
of 18CI, to assume the duties of President of 
the United States. In 18C5, when Mr. Lincoln's 
remains were bronght to Springfield, Mr. lirown 
came, by reipiest, from Quincy, Illinois, and led 
Mr. Lincoln's old family horse, "Bob." in the 
funeral pi-occssion. At present, Mr. Brown is 
pastor of the A. A[.E. Church at Milwaukee, 
Wicconsin, and resides in Springfield. 

William HorvilU was born about 1806, at 
Cape Ilayticn, West India. When the revolo- 
tioH, in 1821-23, occurred, his godmother took 
him to Baltimore, Maryland, and kepi htm in 
St. Mary's Convent until her death, when he wae 
bound by the Orphan's Court lo learn tlie trade 
of barber. He then went to New Orleans, thence 
toSt. I^nis,and wenl with others from St. Lonit 
on a hunting excursion up the Mississippi, Illi- 
nois and S.ing.tin on rivers, to New Salem, then 
into Sangamon county the fall of 1831. While 
approaching the village of Salem, he overtook a 
tall man wearing a red flannel shirt, and carry- 
ing an axe on his shoulder. They fell into a con- 
versation, and walked to a little grocery store 
together. The tall man was Abiahara Lincoln, 
who soon learned that the stranger was a barber 
out of money. Mr. Lincoln took him to bis 
boarding house, and told the people bis business 
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iig'g work among the Iwanlcr^. The next 
Dining he started on his way rejoicing, anil 
rough the advice of Mr. Lincoln, he eame to 
^ringtiehl, Illinois. Mr. Florville was soon 
co«nnzed by Dr. E. II. Merriman, with whom 

was acquainted in Baltimore and St. T^ouis. 
r. M. enabled him to open a shop in Spring- 
Id, the first barber shop in the city. Mr. Flor- 
lie spent some time in the employ of General 
ines D. Ilenry. He was niamed to Phebe 
ountrce soon after his arrival in Springfield, 
le was born near Glasgow. Kentucky. She is 
ring in Springfield, Illinois. At the death of 
T husband, in 1808, she was left a considerable 
operty, consisting of fifteen business and ten- 
aent bouses in the city of Springfield, and a 
rm of eighty acres in Rochester township, 
le is a member of the First Methodist Episco- 
A Church, in Springfield. She is now in her 
venty-second year, and resides on East Adams, 
itween Tenth and Eleventh, where she owns 
nice residence. She is the mother of six child- 
n, four living, viz.: Samuel H. Flor\'ille, born 

the city of Springfield, Illinois, May 10, 1832. 
e lived here, attended school, and worked in 
s father^s barber shop, until seventeen years of 
^e, when he struck out for himself. He worked 

Chicago and New York City, and also worked 

a hair store in Buffalo, New York, one year; 
len worked at the barber^s trade in Madison 
id Janesville, Wisconsin. In 1SG5, returned 
I Springfield, Illinois, where he now has a shop 
cely fitted up, at bis father's old stand, 602 
ast Adams street. 

He was married to Miss Mary B. Greening in 
le spring of 18 1 4. She was a raeipber of the 
ethodist Episcopal Church, and mother of one 
lild. She died November 23, 1875. Mr. Flor- 
lle was again married, to Mrs. Annie Wilson, 
inuary 10, 1881. She was born in the Maderia 
;]ands. She is a member of the Baptist Church, 
imuel H. Florville owns five tenant houses and 
X lots in the city of Springfield. In politics, 
i is a Republican, and cast his first vote tor A. 
incoln for President of the United States. 

George BrenU pastor of Zion Baptist Church, 
as born near Greensburg, Green county, Ken- 
icky, July 2, 1821. His parents were Iwth 
aves, the property of Louis C. Patterson. His 
kther ID some manner secured his freedom and 
oved to Lexington, Kentucky, where, by ex- 
^Uent deportment, he won the regard of many 
f the best families of white people in that city, 
eorge continued to work for his master until 
ugust2, 1850y being ulaccd in a blacksmith 
lop as 800D as he was aule to wield the hammer. 

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'I^e elder Brent enlisted the symimthies of eight 
persons, among whom was Rev. jlr. Brown, sub- 
secjuentlv ^Kistor of the First Presbyteri4n 
Church m S^»ringfield, and the eight on the date 
heretofore given signed a note for the sum of 
6( I ,-iOO, to purchase the freedom of George. In 
one year afterwanls they paid the note, and in- 
sured the life of George to secure them from 
loss in ease of his death. George, in the mean- 
time, secured a position in a blacksmith shop in 
Lexington, and working faithfully at his trade, 
in three years he paid the entire amount of 
$1,200, and thus became truly a free man. llie 
year before George secured his freedom, he was 
married to Mildred Smith, a free-bom w*oman, 
in Cam|)belhville, Kentucky. Thirteen children 
have since been born unto them, only five of 
whom are now living — two of the dead b< ing 
killed by a stroke of lightning, an account of 
which is given on a previous page. While at 
work in Lexington, Kentucky, he endeavored to 
learn to read by the aid of a fellow-workman, 
whom he piud five dollars to teach him. He in 
time was able to read the Bible, the book of 
books, and which has since been his constant 
companion, and almost the only work he hat 
ever read. He learned to write since coming to 
Springfield. The efforts made to secure the 
little Knowledge obtained, would have discoar> 
aged nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of 
one thousand. In 1857, Mr. Brent and family 
came to Illinois, and settled on a farm on Rich- 
land Prairie, remaining only during the fall mod 
winter. He then took his family to Menard 
county, Avhere he worked at his trade some two 
years, w*lien he purchased a farm on Richland 
Prairie, and moving on to it, continued the: 
about six years, when he purchased a residcn 
at 1417 East Adams street, Springfield, where h 
has since resided. When twenty-one years ofl 
age, Mr. Brent made a profession of religion^ 
and w*hile living in I^xington, Kentucky, com- 
menced to talk in public in an acceptable man- 
ner, with probably no thought of ever becoming 
a regular minister. It was not until May, 1864^ 
that he was regularly ordained to preach th 
gospel. In May, 1805, he was called to the 
torate of the Zion Baptist Church, where he 
since labored to the bfist of hia ability in hum 
Mastcr^s cause. 

John E. Jackson was bom in the City 
Springfield, Illinois, August II » 1845, where 
worked for different parties and attended 
until October, 1803, when he was employed 
messenger boy in Uie Adjutant Genend's oil 
until August 24, 1 809. He tlien went to Chicag<^^ 








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Illinois, and was there employed on the Pitts- 
burg «fc Fort Wayne and C C. ifc I. C. Railroads 
as porter and conductor of a Pullman Palace 
Sleeper. He remained in this business until 
1871, when the big fire in Chicago broke out, 
and he lost all he liad in the fire and came back 
to his home in Springfield, and was employed in 
L. II. Coleman's carpet store, where he remained 
about three years. November 1 3, 1875, he began 
to work in the Ilidgcly National Bank, where 
he is Htill employed. He was married to Miss 
]\I;Uilda J. Wright, at Springfield, Illinois, July 
9, 1874; the fruits of this marriage is three 
children, one livinff, viz: John T. C. Jackson. 
Mrs. Matilda (Wnghl) Jackson was born in 
Huntsvillc, Missouri, February 11, 1847; she 
was a daughter of Thomas J. Wright, born in 
Kentucky; he was a member of the M. E. 
Church, and came to Springfield, Illinois, in 
]8>«. His wife, Sarah Fortune, was born in 
Virginia; she is also a member of the M. E. 
Church. The father of J. E. Jackson was born 
in Culpepper county, Virginia, July 16, 1804; 
he was a member of the Baptist Church; he 
died Novemher 20, 1876. His wife, Matilda 
Foster, was born in Kentucky; she was a mem- 
ber of the M. E. Church, and died August 26, 
18bO. J. £. Jackson, the subject of this sketch, 
has a common school education, and cast his 
first vote for U. S. Grant for President. He 
owns a nice residence at 608 South Ninth street, 
Springfield. He and wife are members of the 
M. E. Church. 

Monroe T, Ogleshy^ was bom near Charleston, 
South Carolina, October, 1843. When ^ye years 
of age, he came with his mother to Carlyle, 
Clinton county, Illinois, where he remained 
until 1869. He then went to Decatur, Illinois, 
and worked for a banker there until the fall of 
1801, when he came to Springfield, Illinois, and 
M*orkcd as cook at the Chenery and St. Nicholas 
hotels, two years. He then worked in a feed and 
sale stable for Ward Dana one year, when he 
learned the barber's trade under Thomas Kil- 
lion: remained with him six or seven months, 
then worked at that trade in Decatur one sum- 
mer. He then worked in Springfield some 
months; then run as porter on a Pullman sleeper 
from Springfield, Illinois, to Lafayette, Indiana, 
on the Wabash, St I^uis & Pacific Railroad, 
throe years. He then worked as barber a year, 
in Springfield, Illinois, then for diiTerent parties 
until the meeting of the Twenty-sixth General 
Asombly, .when he was made a janitor. He 
ihon continued his trade until the. meeting of 
iho Twenty-seventh General Assembly, when he 



worked as janitor for Colonel Harlow six 
months. He then worked for Governor Bev- 
eridge as porter and messenger, during his term 
of office, when he began to work for Governor 
Cullom, as porter and messenger one year and 
some months. Ue then run as porter of a Pull- 
man out of Chicago, on the Chicago & North- 
western Railroad, six months, when he worked 
as barber in Springfield, Illinois, one year. 
Since that time has been top-man at Starne, Dres- 
ser Si Company^s coal shaft, in Springfield, a po- 
sition he still retains. Ilis father, William W. 
Oglesby, was born in South Carolina. His wife, 
Nancy Oglesby, was also born in South Caro- 
lina. Both were members of the Baptist Church. 
Monroe T. Oglesby, the subject of this sketch, 
was married to Miss Sarah Fry, January, 186;). 
The fruits of this marriage is two children, viz.: 
James W. Oglesby and Annie L. Oglesby. Mrs. 
Oglesby was born in Sangamon County, Illinois. 
She was the daughter of Henry Fry and lilary 
Stonestreet, who were born in Kentucky and 
both were members of the Baptist Church. Mr. 
Monroe T. Oglesby is a member of the Baptist 
Church, and he is a steward in Masonic Lodge, 
No. 3, at Springfield, Illinois. He cast his first 
vote for U. S. Grant, for President. He owns a 
nice residence at l'4 24,East Adams street, where 
he resides. He has only a limited education. 
He had to work hard for what he has. 

\i%Uiam IL Dulf\y2L% horn in Saline county, 
Missouri, May 1, 1840. When an infant he 
went with his parents to Fayette, Howard coun- 
ty, jSIissonri, and remained there two years, then 
went to Randolph county, Missouri, and re- 
mained there on a farm until 1857, when he 
came to Springfield, Illinois, stopped here a short 
time, then went to Chicago, Illinois, where he 
was janitor for H. H. Brown three years. He 
then went to Springfield, Ohio, and remained 
there six vears, returned to Springfield, Illinois, 
in 1865; he then worked on a farm near River- 
ton, Illinois, for Levi Ilasbruck, until 1875, 
when he reiunied to Springfield, Illinois, where 
he has since been engaged as porter of the 
United States Internal Revenue. He was mar- 
ried to Miss Parthena M. Mausell, September 
18, 1860, at Springfield, Ohio; she was oorn in 
Ohio, Januaiy 4, 1841. She is a daughter of John 
L. Mausell, born in I^exington, Kentucky, in 
1709. Is now in his eighty-.'iecond year. Is a 
member of the African Methodist Epi.<;copal 
Church, and is living in Springfield with nis 
son-in-law, Mr. Dulf, a hale, nearly old man. His 
wife, Elizabeth l^attles, was born in Virginia. 
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Epis»copal Clinrch, antl the mother of six chil- 
dren. She aiitl October, 18:W. The father of 
William II. Diilf, Robert 31. Dii1f,born in West 
Virginia, lie was a fanner and teamster, and 
died in lb4l. His wife, Elizabeth l^wi^, was 
born in West Virginia. She was a member cif 
the African ^lethodist Episco|>al Church, and 
the mother of eight children, foar living, viz: 
William II. Dull, Annie Todd, Lucinda Tinld, 
and Emanuel Todd. All re^^ide in Springfield, 
Illinois. 3Ir. Dnlf and wife have nine children 
living, viz: Florence E., Emily M., Clara P., 
Alice L., John W., George E, Freileric O., Ida 
A. and Deatrice Dulf. Mr. I>ulf is a Mason, 
and a member of Central Lodge, No. 3, Spring- 
ticld, Illinois, and cast his first vote for Abraham 
Lincoln. He has a nice house and lot at 1500 
East Mason street, where he resides. 

George SUtenSy was born in Georgetown, Ken- 
tucky, December, 1815. When two years old he 
was sold to Vick Huckhart, and went with him 
to Randolph county, Missouri, and remained 
with him fifteen years, when he was sold to Jack 
Viley, and remained with him nntil 1854, when 
he was sold to Wm. Eley, and remained with 
him until the war broke out; he then enlistcil 
under General Scolield and remained with him 
two years and five months, when he was detailed, 
on a government gunboat, commanded by Cap- 
taints l>ell and llughey, where he remained until 
the close of the war. lie was in the battle at 
Vicksburg, and went in on the tugboat **Thomp- 
son" the night Vicksburg was taken; was in the 
Big Hlack J>att]e, Paw Paw Island, and other 
battles. At the close of the war he came to 
Springfield, Illinois, and began to work in a 
lumber yard for J. P. Tyson on East Jefferson 
street near the Wabash depot, where he still 
remains in the same yard but at present owucmI 
by Wm. Haker. He was married to Emma 
Danals, December, 1849. She was born in 
Randolph county, Missouri, her father was — 
Danals, and her mother Sallie Danals, born in 
Virginia; hhe is a member of the Hapti^t Church 
and is now married to Jack Cavanaugh, a Haj^ti^^t 
preacher, both are living in Missouri. The 
father of George Stevens, Washington Stevens, 
was born in Kentucky; ho was a fanner, and his 
wife, ^laria Stevens, was l>orn in Georgetown, 
Kentucky, and died in 18G2. Mr. and Mrs. 
George Stevens are both members of t])e St. 
Paul African Methodist Episcopal, Cliurch on 
Fourth street, and have had eight children, two 
living, viz: Harry Stevens and Mn-ia Stevens. 
George Stevens was first married to Caroline 
Jioberson; Bhe had three children, two living, 



Alex and Marv Stevens. Gtt»r«;e Stevens cast 
his first vote for U. Sl Grant for President of 
the Uuitc^I States, lie owns a nice lot and 
house on Fifteenth and Jefferson street-s where 
he resides. 

Utibert Gor*im was bom near Raleigh, Korth 
Carolina, June 15, 1851; remaintd there until 
1 804, when he went as waiter for Cliaplin Hea* 
ger, in the Fiftieth Illinois Infantrv; at the 
close of the war he came to Springfield, Illinois, 
and worked at the St. Nicholas Hotel three 
years. He then worked for John K. Rosette 
and attended seliool during the winters for seven 
years. He then opened a restaurant near the 
town clock, on Adams street; sold out some 
eighteen months afterward and went to Kansas 
City, Missouri, and worked in tlie State Line 
House ten months, when he returned to Spring- 
field and was employed at the Ix^land Hotel for 
eight years; he was appointed to his present 
)>osition as usher in Grovernor CullomV otlice at 
the State House Rohert Gorum was marrie«l to 
Amanda Coleman, October 14, 1875; the fruits 
of this marriage is four children, vix: Rohert 
C, Thomas E , Ollie R. and Essie Gorum. Mrs. 
Gorum was bom in Missouri ; she was a dau<;h- 
ter of Ruben Coleman and Eliza Coleman. The 
parents of Robert Gorum were Robert Gorum, 
Sr., and Eliza Ilinton, who were both members 
of the I>aptist Clnireh. Robert Gorum, Jr., and 
wife are members of the M. E. Church; he is 
also a member of 1. O. O. F., I^ge No 1 824, 
at Springfield, Illinois. Ue owns a nice resi- 
dence on the southwest comer of Scarret and 
Passfield streets. Cast his first vote for U. S. 
Grant for President. 

ThoiiHiB Wright was bom at Person C^ourt 
House, North Carolina, March 15, 1813; he w^as 
married to Miss Sarah Fortune, December 25, 
IS 40; she was born at F etlericksburg. Virginia. 
They are the oarents of twelve children, live of 
whom are still living, viz: Francis, now Mrs. 
Rodgers; William, Matilda, now Mrs. Jackson; 
Gi-rtrude, and Willis F. Gertrude and Willis 
F. are both graduates of the Springfield High 
School, the latter a valedictorian of the class of 
l.^sl; they are both teachers in Missouri. Mr. 
Wright t>wns a farm of one hundred and eighty 
acres in C^otton Hill and Rochester townships; 
he also owns a house and three lots in this city; 
nls«i his large i>rivate residence at 204 East 
^Ia*)on street. In jHilitics he is a staunch Re- 
publican, and east his first vote lor U. 8. GranU 
Ahncr J^alloTy was born in Prince William 
county, June 15, 185(», and in the fall of 180a he 
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In fan try, and remainoil in the service until the 
dose of the war. He came to Springtield in the 
fall of 1871. Three years later he began work 
in the Leland Hotel, where he has remained ever 
since. He was married to Miss Luclla Ih'own, 
October, 1871; she was born in Springfield, Illi- 
nois; she was a daughter of Rev. llenry Brown, 
of this city, and was motlier of two children, 
namelv: Kstella J. and Mary I. August 14, 
1879, he was asrain married to Miss Klla Bar- 
nette, born in Paris, Missouri. The fruits of 
this marriage is one child, Arthur W. William 
Nailor, father of the subject of this sketch, was 
born in Virginia. He was a carpenter by trade, 
and was killed in the late w*ar. Mr. and Mrs. 
AbniT Nailor are members of the Methodist 
Kpiscopal Church. He is a ^lason, and mem- 
ber of Central liOdge, No. 3, Springfield, Illi- 
nois, lie was wounded at the battle of Fort 
Harrison. He cast his first vote for U. S. Grant. 
Mrs. N. is a graduate of the Young Ladies^ Athe- 
neum, at Jacksonville, Illinois. She is now 
teaching music in this city. 

John W, Peterson^ was born at Falling Water, 
Virginia. At the close of the war, ho came to 
Pana, Illinois, then to Sangamon county, worked 
for dilTerent parties four or ^\e years, when he 
learned the barber's trade under James Rayburn, 
where he remained six or seven mopths. He 
again worked for other parties five or six years. 
In 1 S74, he opened a barber shop corner of Ninth 
and Mason, where he still continues business. 
He was married to Miss Martha Smith, March 
5, ]$74. She was born in Campbellsville, Ken- 
tucky. The fruits of this marriage is three child- 
ren, viz: Laura, Stella and Charles. Mr. Peter- 
son is deacon of the Zion Baptist Church, of this 
city, a position he has held for thirteen years. He 
owns a fine house at 1492, East Monroe. In pol- 
itics. Republican, and cast his first vote for Grant 
In 1808.^ Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, the parents of 
the subject of this sketch, were born in Virginia, 
and are both members of the Methodist Church. 
Thomas KiUion was born at Charleston, Coles 
county, Illinois, June 1 7, 1830. When two years 
of age his parents took him to Carlyle, Clinton 
county, Illinois. When fourteen years of age 
he went to St. Louip, Missouri, and learned the 
birbt»r trade, remained there two years, when he 
opened a shop of his own at Wl South Sixth 
street, Springfield, Illinois. Has been a barber 
in this city for the past thirty-six years. He is 
now located at 014 East Washin[non street, 
where he has a first-class shop, llis father, 
Thomas Killion, was born in Lexington, Ken- 
tui*kv. He was a doctor. He w*ent from Cali- 



fornia to Europe, with other physicians, on a 
medical tour, and was lost at sea. His >vife, 
Amelia Curtis, was born in Virginia. She was 
a member of the African Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and the mother of fourteen children, 
twelve living, vix: Obedia, Harvey and Henry 
Killion, Mary A. Beard, Mrs. Francis Scott, 
Elizabeth Williams, Emily Cleins, Oliver, An- 
drew, John and Thomas, the subject of this 
sketch, who was married to Miss Margaret Fry, 
August 18, 1858. She was a daughter of Richard 
and Marv Fry, who were born in Kentucky. 
Mrs. Killion died in the fall of 1803. She was 
the mother of three children, two living, Frank 
Stephens and Laura Killion. Mr. Killion was 
married to Jane Smith, who was a daughter of 
Jacob Smith. The fruits of this marriage is five 
children, all living, vix: Allie, Georgia, John, 
Joseph and Bessie. Mrs. Killion had two 
children bv her husband Smith, vix: James and 
Fred Smith. Mr. Killion owns a nice residence 
at 1818 East Adams street. He cast his first 
vote for U. S. Grant for President. Mr. Killion 
saw the first man hung in Sangamon county. It 
was a brute named Wilson, who was hung on 
Vinegar Hill, near where the new State House 
now stands. He was hung for kicking his wife 
to death. He also shaved the last two men hung 
in Sangamon county, the morning they were 
hung. These men were Lemon and Vanarsdale, 
who were hung by Sheriif Crafton in the county 
for killing Saunders, at Pawnee, Illinois, while 
they were robbing his store. 

Noah Thomas was born in Hinds county, 
^lississippi, July 14, 1842. When twenty-one 
vears of age he then went as hostler for Frank- 
ly n Fisk, Captain, of the Fourth Illinois Cavalry. 
He remained wich him until October 30, 1864, 
when he came to Springfield, Illinois, and 
worked at the blacksmiths' trade. He w*as 
married to Harriet E. }[cDanals, October, 1806. 
She was born on Wolf Creek, in Sangamon 
county. After his marriage he worked for Wm. 
Chamberlin, nearly three years, then worked 
for J. C. Melton & Tioxell, nearly three years, 
when, in lvS72, he opened a blacksmith-shop on 
Seventh street, wear Everybody's Mill, in which 
he still continues business. He and wife have 
had eight children — five living, viz.: Emma L. 
Thomas, Li/.zie A. Thomas, lilary E. Thomas, 
Nettie Thom.i8 and Josie E. Thomas. Mrs. 
Thomas, wife of Koah Thomas, was a daughter 
of JSIose. McDanals, born in Kentucky, and 
Nancy McDanals, born in Kentucky also. The 
father of Noah Thomas, 'Hioinas J. Thomas, 
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member of the Baptist Church, and died dur- 
iug the late war. lie was in the Sixth lA^nisiaoa 
Infantry ; his wife, Harriet Thomas, is a member 




this sketch, Noah Thomas, has a nice house and 
lot, his residence, on Kast Carpenter street. He 
cast his first vole for U. S. Grant for President 
Willhnfi Jlolt was born on a plantation about 
seventeen miles north of Jacksonville, North 
Carolina, February 1, 1836. He lived there as a 
slave of Allen Jones until twenty-six years of 
a'^e, when he was sold to a sj>eculator, Stephen 
Page, who took him to Greensboro, North Caro- 
lina, where he was sold to Dr. B. F. Arington; 
One year after he went with the Doctor to Ral- 
eigh,* North Carolina, where he remained until 
Sherman was exj)ecied, when he w\is sold to 
Henry Haxel; remained with him one week, 
when he was freed. He was then employed at 
Sherman's headquarters as cook for Major Day- 
ton until July 10, 18G5, when he came to St 
Louis, Missouri, and hired to a man named 
Douglas, and went with him to Arkansas; was 
at Pine lihiif and LitteRock three months, then 
came to Cairo, Illinois, and was employed as 
janitor in the Judge Bross' building nearly 
three years, then worked in the old Richmond 
Hotel' in Chicago, five months, and St. James 
one month, then came to Springfield, Hlinois, 
since worked in the Leland Hotel six or seven 
months, then worked for Jake Strawn on a farm 
twelve miles east of Jacksonville, Hlinois, and 
in Jacksonville some seven or eight months; then 
came back to Springfield and worked in the In- 
land Hotel until four years ago. Since that time 
has done janitor work; is the present janitor of 
the Second Presbyterian Church. He was m.ar- 
ried to Mary J. 1*5 catty, July 24, 1878; she was 
born in Indiana. She was a daughter of Isaac 
Beatty, born in Tennessee. He was a member 
of the A. M. E. Church. His wife, Julia Brown, 
was born in ^Maryland. The father of William 
Holt, John liolt, was born on Brice^s creek. 
North Carolina. He was a member of the A. 
M. E. Church, and l>egan preaching when he was 
eighteen. His wife, Susan Starkey, was born in 
North Carolina. She was also a member of the 
A. M. E. (/hurch, and mother of sixteen children. 
Mr. and Mrs. William Holt are members of the 
A. M. E. Church, at Springfield, and have one 
child, Matilda E. Holt. Mr. Holt is steward of 
the Second A. M. E. Church. He cast his first 
vote for U. S. Grant for President He owns a 
nice residence at No. 1 5-22, East Capitol Avenue. 



VnUiam Fry was born in Sangamon coanty, 
niinois, November 27, 1846. When eighteen 
years of age, he came to Springfield and began 
to work as assistant miller and engineer in the 
Metropolitan Mills; remained there until 1865, 
when he began work in the Illinois Mills; 
remained in these mills four years and ten months, 
then went to Lincoln, Hlinois, and worked in the 
Elliott Mills and Elevator four or five months, 
when he returned to Springfield and began 
work at the Leland Hotel as engineer; remained 
there six months, then was chief engineer in tlie 
Hlinois Mills eleven months, when he took the 
position as chief engineer at the Riverton Paper 
Mills, remained there four months, then August, 
1872, he began work in the Excelsior Mills as 
chief engineer, a position he still holds. His 
father, Henry Fry, was born in Kentucky; he 
was a fanner; he died January 2, 1875. His 
wife, I^uisa Bell, was bom in D.anvillc, Ken- 
tucky. She is a member of the ]VL E. Church 
and has had nine children, five living, viz: 
Fannie Dyer, Mary Mosby, Annie Frjr, Joshua 
Fry and William Fry, the subject of this sketch, 
is a member of the Central Masonic Lodge, No. 
:), at Springfield^ Hlinois. He has -a common 
school education and attended school at Spring- 
field, Illinois; cast his first vote for U. S. Grant 
for President. 

OfistiiVits Ji. George was bom on a farm in 
Wilson county, Tennessee, May 4, 1836, when 
nineteen years of a^ he went to Clinton county, 
Hlinois, and worked on a farm eleven years, then 
worked at Alton, Illinois, as blacksmith, two 
years, when he enlisted in Company 6, Fifty- 
fifth Massachusetts Infantry, and served two 
years and six months, he then went to Clinton 
county, Illinois, and married Miss Mary Gains, 
March 7, 1805. She was bom in Carlyle county, 
Illinois, November 30, 1851; she was a daughter 
of Anthony Gaines, bom in Tennesse and S^rah 
J. Cole, born in South Carolina; the fruits of 
this marriage is six children, viz.: Mary J. 
George, Mattie, William A., Clara, Benjamin and 
Nettie George. After his marriage, he farmed 
in Clinton county, Hlinois, five or six years, 
when he came to Springfield, Illinois, and has 
worked in this city for different uarties ever 
since; is at present working in Eluer^s tin and 
stove store, lie is a member of Masonic Lodge 
Xo. 3,^ at Springfield, Illinois, and cast his first 
vote for U. S. Grant for President. 

dark Duncan^ was bora in Ix>gan County, 
Kentucky, October 15, 1848. In 1862, he enlis- 
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Infantryyand was shortly afterward made first 
Sergeant iu Co. B., Sixth Cavalry, (cord.); re- 
niaiued in the service about two years, and when 
he was mustered out near Helena, Arkansas, he 
then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and remained 
three or four months, then went to Russelville, 
Kentucky, and remained there nearly three years, 
when he came to Sprini^ficld, Illinois, and 
remained some eight months, then return, d to 
Russelville, Kentuckv. Some six weeks after he 
returned to Springfield, Illinois, and began work 
at the Leland Hotel, where he now is. He was 
married to Miss Julia Chavious April 28, 1871, 
she was born in the city of Springfield, Illinois; 
is a daughter of Malan Chavious — born in 
Kentucky. He was a barber, by trade, and died 
May 29, 1879. His wife, Alseen Florville, was 
born in Springfield, Illinois; she is a member of 
the Baptist Church, and is living in Springfield, 
Illinois. The father of Clark Duncan, George 
Duncan, was born in Logan County, Kentucky. 
His mother, I^ouisa Orendoff, was born in Ken- 
tucky; she was a member of the M. £. Church, 
and is living in Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Clark 
Duncan and wife have three children, viz: Alsee 
M., Otis B. and Ada L. Mrs. Duncan is a mem- 
ber of the M. £. Church, Mr. Duncan is a Knight 
Templar, Mason, and Senior Warden in Lodge 
No. 3, at Springfield, Illmois, and his wife is 
Grand Treasurer of the Grand Court of Illinois. 
He owns a nice residence at 312 North Thir- 
teenth Street, has a common school education, 
and cast his first vote for U. S. Grant, for 
President. 

J/t/ry Faro^ widow of Joseph Faro, was born 
in Shelby County, Kentucky, December, 1830. 
July 18C1, she was married to Joseph Faro. He 
was born in Trumbull County, Kentucky. His 
parents wore Joseph Faro, Sr.,and Hannah Faro 
Joseph Faro, Jr., was first married to Hettie 
Davis, and they had ten children, six living, viz: 
Joseph, Daniel, Ada, Carrie, Laura and Martha. 
His second wife, Mary Faro, the subject of this 
sketch, had two children, both dead. Joseph 
Faro, Jr., her husband, was a member of the M. 
E. Church, and a farmer— die<l October 15, 187S. 
Mrs. Faro is a member of the 31. £. Church, on 
Fourth Street. Her father, Abson Taylor, was 
born in Shelby County, Kentucky, as was his 
mother, Jane Taylor, they were members of 
the Baptist Church. ^Irs. Faro has a nice resi- 
dence at 313 North Tenth Street, where she 
resides. 

Wiiliam Hatcher was born on his father's 
farm in Chesterfield District, South Carolina, 
May 13| ISIT; his father died when he was 



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ne six years of age; when eight years of age 

struck out for himself. He remained in South 
Carolina until eighteen years of age. He then 
ran a cotton boat on the Pee Dee river, South 
Carolina, a few months, then served an ap- 
prenticeship three years and learned the trade 
of bricklayer. In 1855, he went to Indianapolis, 
Indiana; remained there three years, and mar- 
ried Miss Minerva Fair, June, 185G He then 
removed to Pans, Illinois, and worked at his 
trade seven years; then moved to Battle Creek, 
Michigan, and remained there until 1805, when 
he came to Springfield, Illinois, where he now 
resides, and is still working at his trade of brick- 
laying. His father. Griffin Hatcher, was born 
in South Carolina; ho was a farmer, and. died in 
1823. The wife of Griffin Hatcher, Susan Cooper, 
was bom in South Carolina; her father was a 
Frenchman and her mother an Indian. Mr. and 
Mrs. William Hatcher are members of the M. 
E. Church; in politics he is a Republican, and 
cast his first vote for Pop^, for President of the 
United States. Mr. Hatcher owns a nice resi- 
dence at 019 East Carpenter, where he resides. 
He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 4, 
at Springfield, Illinois. 

Madison Vcal^ was bom in Wilkinson county, 
Mississippi, March 9, 1844, he lived there until 
June 11,1 803, when he enlisted in Company H, 
Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, was mastered 
out at Brownsville, Texas, and discharged at 
Camp Butler, Illinois, October, 18G5. He then 
worked at the Howlett Distillerv at Riverton 
one winter and spring; then worked on a farm 
for J. H. Murphy, at Auburn, Illinois, one year 
and five months, when he worked for L. B. 
Adams on a farm seven years, then visited his 
old home in Mississi])pi, returned to Springfield, 
and worked on a farm for Enoch Snyder one 
year; then began to work for F. Tracy, where 
lie now remains. His father, William ^ eal, was 
born in Tennessee; he is living near Woods- 
ville, Mississippi; his wife, Mary Brent, was 
born at Holly Grove, Mississippi, she is a mem- 
ber of the Baptist Church, and is living in Mis- 
sissippi. iSladison Veal >V.as married to Miss 
Laura Cheetam, May 5, 1871, she was born near 
Goodrich Landing, Louisiana; she was a daugh- 
ter of Henry and Melonia Cheetam. Madison 
Veal and wife are both members of the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, in Sprin;;field, Illinois. 
He cast his first vote for U. 8. Grant for Presi- 
dent. He lives at 1039 Spring street, in Spring- 
field, Illinois. 

Jjouis A. JoneSy was born on Cassiday's Plan- 
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Barren couiily, Koiitucky, July 4, 1852. When 
six ye:ir« of age, he was sold and taken with his 
mother to Oakalona, Mi8sissij>pi; two year* after 
he was made free and began to work for Captain 
Conover, who is now livin*:^ in Cass eountv, Illi- 
Doie. At the close of the war he went witfi Cap- 
tain Conover to Cass county, and remained three 
years, and was in Livingston county one year, 
when he came to Springfield, Illinois, and worked 
forJ. J^ Snaulding, in a nursery, at Riverton, 
one yoai ; then laid track on the Wabash liail- 
n)ad from Jacksonville, Illinois, to Alexander, 
Illinois, one summer; then was messenger boy 
three years for Charles ^latheny, Sr.; he then 
worked as messenger bo}- for li F. Ruth, two 
years; then, March *2, 1877, he began to work as 
messenger boy, and worked for him two yeai's 
and two months >vhen he kept a provision store 
on Monroe, between Fourth and Fifth streets, 
eighteen months, when he was employed in the 
office of Railroad and Warehouse Cfommission 
as janitor, a position he still retains. He was 
married to Miss Ada Chavons, May i:<, 1879; 
she was born in Decatur, Illinois, December 12, 
1850; was a daughter of Malon Chavons; die<l 
May -29, 1S79. Tlie father of Louis Jones, John 
T. Jtines, was born in Kentucky; he was a farmer, 
and died in tha fall of 1859; bis wife, Nancy J. 
Cassiday, was born in Kentucky. Mr. Jones and 
wife have one child, Julia M., born Februar}* 29, 
1S79. Mr. Jones is a Mason, and a member of 
Blue Lodge, No. 3, at Springfield, Illinois; and 
his wife is a member of Shiloh Court, No. 1, and 
Eastern Star Chapter, No. 2. 

Thomas Fry was born in Kentucky, June 14, 
1844. When an infant, he came with Iiis parents 
to Sangamon county, Illinois, and lived on a 
farm near Springfield with his father, until 1860, 
when he went to Minnesota, and farmed two 
years there, then returned to Sangamon county 
and farmed until 1807, >vhen he began to 
work at the Leland Hotel, where he still re- 
mains. His father, Richard Fry, was born in 
Kentucky, and came to Springfield in 1844. lie 
died in 18C0. His wife, Mary Fry, was born in 
Kentucky. She was the mother of ten children, 
six livinjj, viz., Thomas, Sarah Oglesby, Amanda 
Nelson, Mary, John, and Robert. Thomas Fry, 
the subject of this sketch, has a common school 
education. He cast his first vote for U. S. Grant 
for President. 

EliiA IMliiU was born on a farm near Vin- 
cennes, Knox county, Indiana, October 1843. 
When seventeen years of age he went to Indian- 
apolis, Indiana, where he remained about two 
years, when he returned to Vincennes, Indiana, 



and worked at various places up to the time he 
came to Springfield. He is at preiient employed 
in the carpet department of Kim1>er &, HagsJiale, 
which position he has held for the last foarteen 
years, lie married Miss Sarah Oglesby, Mar^ 
10, 1871. She was a meml>er of the M* B. 
Church, and died in 187G. lie was again nuur- 
ried to 3Iary E. Taborn, May 10, 1877.' She wai 
born in Springfield, Illinois, June 15, 1859. She 
was a daughter of Rurton Taborn, who wan 
bom in Alabama, and died in 1875. Mr. and 
Mrs. Rollins are members of the M. E. Chnrch. 
They have one child, Jussu M., bom July 0, 1881. 
^Ir. Rollins is a Master ^lason of Central I^odge, 
No. 3, at Springfield. Mrs. R. is a member of 
Shiloh Court No.M, Eastern Star Chapter No. 3. 
Mr. R. has a fair education, which ne has ob» 
tained by studying nights. He owns a fine 
residence at 1127, East Mason street. 

Mllfiatn Hemiy bom at San Domingo, West 
Indies, Alarch 16, 1823. When ei^ht years of 
age, he was kidn.'u>ped by a slave ship and taken 
to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was sold to 
Dodson iV; Sons' estate. lie remained in bond- 
age until eighteen years of age. lie then ran as 
cook and second engineer on the Ohio river 
until 1861, when he went into the army as body 
servant for Colonel Veach. While at the battle 
of Shiloh he was struck by a piece of shell, while 
carrying Colonel Morgan from the field, break- 
ing both his legs. He remained with Colond 
Veach two years; then went to St. Louis, where 
he remained for two years; then came to Sprinj^ 
field, Illinois, filling diifercnt positions, for about 
seven years, when he opened a restaurant on 
Eleventh and Mason streets, where he still oon* 
tinnes in business. He now owns his business 
building, also his large and commodious resi- 
dence, and two lots adjoining. He was married 
first to Miss Martha Lewis. She was the mother 
of one child. He was married to his present wife 
Clarinda Butler, September 25, 1863. She was 
born in Kentucky and was the dan^^hter of 
Samuel and Jane Buckner, bom in Virginia. 
The parents of the subject of this sketch were 
bom in the West Indies. Mr. and Mrs. Head, 
Jr., are both members of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church of this city. In politics, he is a 
llepublican, and cast nis first vote for IT. S. 
Grant in 1868. 

Henry Beard was bom in South Carolina, 
March, 1833. When au infant he was taken to 
the honie of S. Craven, where he remained until 
ho was twenty years of age. At the close of the 
war he came to Springfield, Illinois, where he 
learned the barber^s trade, of Thtimaa Killion 



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renuuning with him about one year, then opened 
a shop at 685 East Waahinffton atreet, where he 
atill oontinncB buaineai. lie luarried Mrs. Mair 
A. Trnxley, {nee Killion.) The fruits of Uiia 
marriage wan one ohilily Ueorgo. Mr. and Mm. 
Beard are members of the Methodist Kpisoopal 
Church of this city. Mr. Beard is steward of the 
Church. Ill ]K>litics ho is a Republican^ and 
east his first vote for U. S. Grant for President, 
in 1868. 

The biographical sketches of the oolored peo- 
ple of the city of Springfield, given in this chap* 
ter, represents only a few of the large number 
who reside here, but those selected for biograph- 



ieal men are from the best olass of the colored 
race; many of whom are fairly educated, though 
not a few of Uiem were bom slaves, for yeara 
suffered and toiled under the galling yoke of the 
oruelest tyranny ever visited on any portion of 
the human race, African slavery. 

It is a fact worthy of mention in this conneo- 
tion, that the transition from slavery and conse- 
quent ignorance to a condition of citizenship and 
comparative education stands without a parallel 
in either modem or ancient history, and the 
unprejucial observer of events must predict, for 
the future of the African race, a grand and 
glorious future. 



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