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PREFACE.

y HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers of the
[C present century, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of
VS/ i ts people." In conformity with this idea, the Portrait and Biographical Album of this
county has been prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and taking therefrom dry statistical
matter that can be appreciated by but few, our corps of writers have gone to the people, the men
and women who have, by their enterprise and industry, brought the county to a rank second to
none among those comprising this great and noble State, and from their lips have the story of
their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelligent
public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of
coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by industry and economy
have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education,
have become learned men and women, with an influence extending throughout the length and
breadth of the land. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as
statesmen, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who
have striven to succeed, and records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells
also of many, very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued ' ' the even
tenor of their way," content to have it said of them, as Christ said of the woman performing a
deed of mercy — "They have done what they could." It tells how that many in the pride and
strength of young manhood left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-
room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's call went forth valiantly "to do or
die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace once more reigned in the
land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not be lost upon
those who follow after.

Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from
the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which
would otherwise be inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work, and
every opportunity possible given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been
written; and the publishers flatter themselves that they give to their readers a work with few
errors of consequence. In addition to the biographical sketches, portraits of a number of repre-
sentative citizens are given.

The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For
this the publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused
to give the information necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally
i some member of the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the
support of the interested one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found,
though repeated calls were made at their residence or place of business.

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Portraits and Biographies

OF THE

PRESIDENTS

OF THE

United States

Presidents.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON.

y HE Father of our Country was bora in West-
/C nioreland County, Va. , February 22. 1752.
Vj2/ His parents were Augustine and Mary I Ball )
Washington. The family to which he belonged
has not been satisfactorily traced in England.
His great-grandfather, John Washington, emi-
grated to Virginia about 1657, and became a
prosperous planter. He had two sons, Lawrence
and John. The former married Mildred Warner,
and had three children, John, Augustine and
Mildred. Augustine, the father of George, first
married Jane Butler, who bore him four children,
two of whom, Lawrence and Augustine, reached
maturity. Of six children by his second mar-
riage, George was the eldest, the others being
Betty, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles and
Mildred.

Augustine Washington, the father of George,
died in 1743, leaving a large landed property.
To his eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an
estate on the Potomac, afterwards known as Mt.
Vernon, and to George he left the parental resi-
dence. George received only such education as
the neighborhood schools afforded, save for a
short time after he left school, when he received
private instruction in mathematics. His spelling
was rather defective. Remarkable stories are
told of his great physical strength and develop-
ment at an early age. He was an acknowledged
leader among his companions, and was early
noted for that nobleness of character, fairness and
veracity which characterized his whole life.

When George was fourteen years old he had a
desire to go to sea, and a midshipman's warrant
was secured for him, but through the opposition
of his mother the idea was abandoned. Two

years later he was appointed surveyor to the im-
mense estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business
he spent three years in a rough frontier life,
gaining experience which afterwards proved very
essential to him. In 1751, though only nineteen
years of age, he was appointed Adjutant, with the
rank of Major, in the Virginia militia, then being
trained for active service against the French and
Indians. Soon after this he sailed to the West
Indies with his brother Lawrence, who went there
to restore his health. They soon returned, and
in the summer of 1752 Lawrence died, leaving a
large fortune to an infant daughter, who did not
long survive him. On her demise the estate of
Mt. Vernon was given to George.

Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie as Lieu-
tenant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia
was reorganized, and the province divided into
four military districts, of which the northern was
assigned to Washington as Adjutant- General.
Shortly after this a very perilous mission, which
others had refused, was assigned him and ac-
cepted. This was to proceed to the French post
near Lake Erie, in northwestern Pennsylvania.
The distance to be traversed was about six hun-
dred miles. Winter was at hand, and the journey
was to be made without military escort, through
a territory occupied by Indians. The trip was a
perilous one, and several times he nearly lost his
life, but he returned in safety and furnished a full
and useful report of his expedition. A regiment
of three hundred men was raised in Virginia and
put in command of Col. Joshua Fry, and Maj.
Washington was commissioned Lieutenant-Colo-
nel. Active war was then begun against the
French and Indians, in which Washington took

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

a most important part. In the memorable event
of July g, 1755, known as "Braddock's defeat,"
Washington was almost the only officer of dis-
tinction who escaped from the calamities of the
day with life and honor.

Having been for five years in the military- serv-
ice, and having vainly sought promotion in the
royal army, he took advantage of the fall of Ft. Du-
quesne and the expulsion of the French from the
valley of the Ohio to resign his commission. Soon
after he entered the Legislature, where, although
not a leader, he took an active and important
part. January 17, 1759, he married Mrs. Martha
(Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy widow of John
Parke Custis.

When the British Parliament had closed the
port of Boston, the cry went up throughout the
provinces, ' ' The cause ol Boston is the cause of
us all! " It was then, at the suggestion of Vir-
ginia, that a congress of all the colonies was
called to meet at Philadelphia September 5,
1774, to secure their common liberties, peaceably
if possible. To this congress Col. Washington
was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the
congress re-assembled, when the hostile inten-
tions of England were plainly apparent. The
battles of Concord and Lexington had been fought,
and among the first acts of this congress was the
election of a commander-in-chief of the Colonial
forces. This high and responsible office was con-
ferred upon Washington, who was still a member
of the congress. He accepted it on June 19, but
upon the express condition that he receive no sal-
ary. He would keep an exact account of ex-
penses, and expect congress to pay them and
nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch
to trace the military acts of Washington, to whom
the fortunes and liberties of the people of this
country were so long confided. The war was
conducted by him under every possible disadvan-
tage; and while his forces often met with reverses,
yet he overcame every obstacle, and after seven
years of heroic devotion and matchless skill he
gained liberty for the greatest nation of earth.
On December 23, 1783, Washington, in a parting
address of surpassing beauty, resigned his com-
mission as Commander-in-Chief of the army to the

Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He
retired immediately to Mt. Vernon and resumed
his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning
all connection with public life.

In February, 1789, Washington was unani-
mously elected President, and at the expiration
of his first term he was unanimously re-elected.
At the end of this term many were anxious that he
be re-elected, but he absolutely refused a third
nomination. On March 4, 1797, .at the expiration
of his second term as President, he returned to his
home, hoping to pass there his few remaining
years free from the annoyances of public life.
Later in the year, however, his repose seemed
likely to be interrupted by war with France. At
the prospect of such a war he was again urged to
take command of the army, but he chose his sub-
ordinate officers and left them the charge of mat-
ters in the field, which he superintended from his
home. In accepting the command, he made the
reservation that he was not to be in the field until
it was necessary. In the midst of these prepara-
tions his life was suddenly cut off. December 12
he took a severe cold from a ride in the rain,
which, settling in his throat, produced inflamma-
tion, and terminated fatally on the night of the
14th. On the 1 8th his bod}* was borne with mili-
tary honors to its final resting-place, and interred
in the family vault at Mt. Vernon.

Of the character of Washington it is impossible
to speak but in terms of the highest respect and
admiration. The more we see of the operations
of our government, and the more deeply we feel
the difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common
interest, the more highly we must estimate the
force of his talent and character, which have been
able to challenge the reverence of all parties,
and principles, and nations, and to win a fame as
extended as the limits of the globe, and which we
cannot but believe will be as lasting as the exist-
ence of man.

In person, Washington was unusually tall, erect
and well proportioned, and his muscular strength
was great. His features were of a beausiful sym-
metry. He commanded respect without any ap-
pearance of haughtiness, and was ever serious
without being dull.

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JOHN ADAMS.

(JOHN AD AIMS, the second President and the
I first Vice-President of the United States, was
(2/ born in Braintree (now Quiney) Mass., and
about ten miles from Boston, October 19, 1735.
His great-grandfather, Henry Adams, emigrated
from England about 1640, with a family of eight
sons, and settled at Braintree. The parents of
John were John and Susannah (Boylston)
Adams. His father, who was a farmer of limited
means, also engaged in the business of shoe-
making. He gave his eldest son, John, a classical
education at Harvard College. John graduated
in 1755, and at once took charge of the school at
Worcester, Mass. This he found but a "school
of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain
relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the
study of law. For this purpose he placed himself
under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town.
He had thought seriously of the clerical profes-
sion, but seems to have been turned from this by
what he termed " the frightful engines of ecclesi-
astical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvin-
istic good nature, ' ' of the operations of which he
had been a witness in his native town. He was
well fitted for the legal profession, possessing a
clear, sonorous voice, being read}' and fluent of
speech, and having quick perceptive powers. He
gradually gained a practice, and in 1764 married
Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, and a
lad}- of superior intelligence. Shortly after his
marriage, in 1765, the attempt at parliamentary
taxation turned him from law to politics. He
took initial steps toward holding a town meeting,
and the resolutions he offered on the subject be-
came very popular throughout the province, and
were adopted word for word by over forty differ-
ent towns. He moved to Boston in 1768, and
became one of the most courageous and promi-
nent advocates of the popular cause, and was
chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg-
islature) in 1770.

Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first dele-

gates from Massachusetts to the first Continent-
al Congress, which met in 1774. Here he dis-
tinguished himself by his capacity for business
and for debate, and advocated the movement for
independence against the majority of the mem-
bers. In May, 1776, he moved and carried a res-
olution in Congress that the Colonies should
assume the duties of self-government. He was a
prominent member of the committee of five ap-
pointed June 1 1 to prepare a declaration of inde-
pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson,
but on Adams devolved the task of battling it
through Congress in a three-days debate.

On the day after the Declaration of Independ-
ence was passed, while his soul was yet warm
with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter
to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to
have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy.
"Yesterday," he says, "the greatest question
was decided that ever was debated in America;
and greater, perhaps, never was or will be de-
cided among men. A resolution was passed
without one dissenting colony, 'that these United
States are, and of right ought to be, free and in-
dependent states.' The day is passed. The
Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch
in the history of America. I am apt to believe it
will be celebrated by succeeding generations as
the great anniversary festival. It ought to be
commemorated as the day of deliverance by
solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It
ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games,
sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations
from one end of the continent to the other, from
this time forward forever. You will think me
transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I
am well aware of the toil and blood and treas-
ure that it will cost to maintain this declaration
nnd support and defend these States; yet, through
all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and
glory. I can see that the end is worth more than
all the means, and that posterity will triumph,

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JOHN ADAMS.

although you and I inay rue, which I hope we
shall not."

In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed
a delegate to France, and to co-uperate with Ben-
jamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then
in Paris, in the endeavor to obtain assistance in
arms and money from the French government.
This was a severe trial to his patriotism, as it
separated him from his home, compelled him to
cross the ocean in winter, and exposed him to
great peril of capture by the British cruisers, who
were seeking him. He left France June 17,
1779. In September of the same year he was
again chosen to go to Paris, and there hold him-
self in readiness to negotiate a treaty of peace and
of commerce with Great Britain, as soon as the
British cabinet might be found willing to listen
to such proposals. He sailed for France in No-
vember, and from there he went to Holland, where
he negotiated important loans and formed im-
portant commercial treaties.

Finally, a treaty of peace with England was
signed, January 2 1 , 1783. The re-action from the
excitement, toil and anxiety through which Mr.
Adams had passed threw him into a fever. After
suffering from a continued fever and becoming
feeble and emaciated, he was advised to go to
England to drink the waters of Bath. While in
England, still drooping and desponding, he re-
ceived dispatches from his own government urg-
ing the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to
negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health
was delicate, yet he immediately set out, and
through storm, on sea, on horseback and foot, he
made the trip.

February 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr.
Adams envoy to the Court of St. James. Here
he met face to face the King of England, who
had so long regarded him as a traitor. As Eng-
land did not condescend to appoint a minister to
the United States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he
was accomplishing but little, he sought permis-
sion to return to his own country, where he ar-
rived in June, 1788.

When Washington was first chosen President,
John Adams, rendered illustrious by his signal
services at home and abroad, was chosen Vice-

President. Again, at the second election of Wash-
ington as President, Adams was chosen Vice-
President. In 1796, Washington retired from
public life, and Mr. Adams was elected President,
though not without much opposition. Serving
in this office four years, he was succeeded by Mr.
Jefferson, his opponent in politics.

While Mr. Adams was Vice-President the
great French Revolution shook the continent of
Europe, and it was upon this point that he was
at issue with the majority of his countrymen, led
by Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Adams felt no sympathy
with the French people in their struggle, for he
had no confidence in their power of self-govern-
ment, and he utterly abhorred the class of atheist
philosophers who, he claimed, caused it. On the
other hand, Jefferson's sympathies were strongly
eidisted in behalf of the French people. Hence
originated the alienation between these distin-
tinguished men, and the two powerful parties were
thus soon organized, with Adams at the head of
the one whose sympathies were with England,
and Jefferson leading the other in sympathy with
France.

The Fourth of Jul}-, 1826, which completed the
half-century since the signing of the Declaration
of Independence, arrived, and there were but
three of the signers of that immortal instrument
left upon the earth to hail its morning light.
And, as it is well known, on that day two of
these finished their earthly pilgrimage, a coinci-
dence so remarkable as to seem miraculous. For
a few days before Mr. Adams had been rapidly
failing, and on the morning of the Fourth he
found himself too weak to rise from his bed. On
being requested to name a toast for the cus-
tomary celebration of the day,' he exclaimed
"Independence forever!" When the day was
ushered in by the ringing of bells and the firing
of cannons, he was asked by one of his attend-
ants if he knew what day it was ? He replied,
' ' O yes, it is the glorious Fourth of July — God
bless it — God bless you all!" In the course of
the day he said, "It is a great and glorious
day." The last words he uttered were, " Jeffer-
son survives." But he had, at one o'clock,
resigned his spirit into the hands of his God.

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THOMAS JEFFERSON.

<^"HOMAS JEFFERSON was born April 2,
I C 1743, at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Va.
V2/ His parents were Peter and Jane (Ran-
dolph) Jefferson, the former a native of Wales,
and the latter born in London. To them were
born six daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas
was the elder. When fourteen years of age his
father died. He received a most liberal educa-
tion, having been kept diligently at school from
the time he was five years of age. In 1760 he
entered William and Mary College. Williams-
burg was then the seat of the Colonial court, and
it was the abode of fashion and splendor. Young
Jefferson, who was then seventeen years old, lived
somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and
going much into gay society; yet he was ear-
nestly devoted to his studies, and irreproachable in
his morals. In the second year of his college
course, moved by some unexplained impulse, he
discarded his old companions and pursuits, and
often devoted fifteen hours a day to hard study.
He thus attained very high intellectual culture,
and a like excellence in philosophy and the lan-
guages.

Immediately upon leaving college he began the
study of law. For the short time he continued
in the practice of his profession he rose rapidly,
and distinguished himself by his energy and
acuteness as a lawyer. But the times called for
greater action. The policy of England had awak-
ened the spirit of resistance in the American Col-
onies, and the enlarged views which Jefferson had
ever entertained soon led him into active politi-
cal life. In 1 769 he was chosen a member of the
Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1772 he mar-

ried Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beautiful,
wealth}-, and highly accomplished young widow.

In 1775 he was sent to the Colonial Congress,
where, though a silent member, his abilities as a
writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he
was placed upon a number of important com-
mittees, and was chairman of the one appointed
for the drawing up of a declaration of independ-
ence. This committee consisted of Thomas Jef-
ferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger
Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson,
as chairman, was appointed to draw up the paper.
Franklin and Adams suggested a few verbal
changes before it was submitted to Congress. On
June 28, a few slight changes were made in it by
Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4,
1776.

In 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to
Patrick Henry as Governor of Virginia. At one
time the British officer Tarleton sent a secret
expedition to Monticello to capture the Governor.
Scarcely five minutes elapsed after the hurried
escape of Mr. Jefferson and his family ere his
mansion was in possession of the British troops.
His wife's health, never very good, was much
injured by this excitement, and in the summer
of 1782 she died.

Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783.
Two years later he was appointed Minister Pleni-
potentiary to France. Returning to the United
States in September, 1789, he became Secretary
of State in Washington's cabinet. This position
he resigned January 1, 1794. In 1797, he was
chosen Vice-President, and four years later was
elected President over Mr. Adams, with Aaron

THOMAS JEFFERSON.

Burr as Vice-President. In 1S04 he was re-
elected with wonderful unanimity, George Clin-
ton being elected Vice-President.

The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second ad-
ministration was disturbed by an event which
threatened the tranquillity and peace of the Union;
tiiis was the conspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated
111 the late election to the Vice-Presidency, and
led on by an unprincipled ambition, this extraor-
dinary man formed the plan of a military ex-
pedition into the Spanish territories on our south-
western frontier, for the purpose of forming there
a new republic. This was generally supposed
to have been a mere pretext; and although it has
not been generally known what his real plans
were, there is no doubt that they were of a far
more dangerous character.

In 1809, at the expiration of the second term
for which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he de-
termined to retire from political life. For a period
of nearly forty years he had been continually be-
fore the public, and all that time had been em-
ployed in offices of the greatest trust and respon
sibility. Having thus devoted the best part of
his life to the sen-ice of his country, he now felt
desirous of that rest which his declining years re-
quired, and upon the organization of the new ad-
ministration, in March, 1809, he bade farewell for-
ever to public life and retired to Monticello, his
famous country home, which, next to Mt. Vernon,
was the most distinguished residence in the land.

The Fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth an-
niversary of the Declaration of American Inde-
pendence, great preparations were made in every
part of the Union for its celebration as the nation's
jubilee, and the citizens of Washington, to add to
the solemnity of the occasion, invited Mr. Jeffer-
son, as the framer and one of the few surviving
signers of the Declaration, to participate in their
festivities. But an illness, which had been of
several weeks' duration and had been continually
increasing, compelled him to decline the invita-
tion.

On the 2d of July the disease under which he
was laboring left him, but in such a reduced
state that his medical attendants entertained no
hope of his recovery. From this time he was

perfectly sensible that his last hour was at hand.
On the next day, which was Monday, he asked
of those around him the day of the month, and
on being told it was the 3d of July, he ex-
pressed the earnest w'ish that he might be per-
mitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth anniver-
sary. His prayer was heard — that day whese
dawn was hailed with such rapture through our
land burst upon his eyes, and then they were
closed forever. And what a noble consummation
of a noble life! To die on that day — the birth-
day of a nation — the day which his own name
and his own act had rendered glorious, to dis
amidst the rejoicings and festivities of a whole-
nation, who looked up to him as the author, un-
der God, of their greatest blessings, was all that
was wanting to fill up the record of his life.

Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin-
dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear
him company, left the scene of his earthly honors.
Hand in hand they had stood forth, the cham-
pions of freedom; hand in hand, during the dark
and desperate struggle of the Revolution, they
had cheered and animated their desponding coun-
trymen; for half a century they had labored to-
gether for the good of the country, and now hand
in hand they departed. In their lives they had
been united in the same great cause of liberty,
and in their deaths they were not divided.

In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather
above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes
were light, his hair, originally red, in after life be-
came white and silvery, his complexion was fair,
his forehead broad, and his w r hole countenance
intelligent and thoughtful. He possessed great
fortitude of mind as well as personal courage, and
his command of temper was such that his oldest
and most intimate friends never recollected to
have seen him in a passion. His manners, though
dignified, were simple and unaffected, and his
hospitality Was so unbounded that all found at
his house a ready welcome. In conversation he
was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic, and his
language was remarkably pure and correct. He
was a finished classical scholar, and in his writ-
ings is discernible the care with which he formed
his style upon the best models of antiquity.

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JAMES MADISON.

(TAMES MADISON, "Father of the Consti-

I tution," and fourth President of the United
Q/ States, was born March 16, 1757, and died
at his home in Virginia June 28, 1836. The
name of James Madison is inseparably connected
with most of the important events in that heroic
period of our country during which the founda-
tions of this great republic were laid. He was
the last of the founders of the Constitution of the
United States to be called to his eternal reward.

The Madison family were among the early emi-
grants to the New World, landing upon the shores
of the Chesapeake but fifteen years after the settle-
ment of Jamestown. The father of James Madison
was an opulent planter, residing upon a very fine
estate called Montpelier, in Orange County, Va.
It was but twenty-five miles from the home of Jef-
ferson at Monticello, and the closest personal and
political attachment existed between these illustri-
ous men from their early youth until death.

The early education of Mr. Madison was con-
ducted mostly at home under a private tutor. At
the age of eighteen he was sent to Princeton Col-
lege, in New Jersey. Here he applied himself to
study with the most imprudent zeal, allowing him-
self for months but three hours' sleep out of the
twenty-four. His health thus became so seriously
impaired that he never recovered any vigor of
constitution. He graduated in 1 77 1 , with a feeble
body, but with a character of utmost purity, and
a mind highly disciplined and richly stored with
learning, which embellished and gave efficiency
to his subsequent career.

Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study
of law and a course of extensive and systematic
reading. This educational course, the spirit of
the times in which he lived, and the society with
which he associated, all combined to inspire him
with a strong love of liberty, and to train him for
his life-work as a statesman.

In the spring of 1776, when twenty-six years of

age, he was elected a member of the Virginia Con-
vention to frame the constitution of the State. The
next year (1777 ), he was a candidate for the Gen-
eral Assembly. He refused to treat the whisky-lov-
ing voters, and consequently lost his election; but
those who had witnessed the talent, energy and
public spirit of the modest young man enlisted
themselves in his behalf, and he was appointed to
the Executive Council.

Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were
Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison re-
mained member of the Council, and their apprecia-
tion of his intellectual, social and moral worth
contributed not a little to his subsequent eminence.
In the year 17S0 he was elected a member of the
Continental Congress. Here he met the most il-
lustrious men in our land, and he was immediately
assigned to one ol the most conspicuous positions
among them. For three years he continued in Con-
gress, one of its most active and influential mem-
bers. In 1784, his term having expired, he was
elected a member of the Virginia Legislature.

No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the
utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no
national government, and no power t > form trea-
ties which would be binding, or to enforce law.
There was not any State more prominent than
Virginia in the declaration that an efficient na-
tional government must be formed. In January,
1786, Mr. Madison carried a resolution through
the General Assembly of Virginia, inviting the
other States to appoint commissioners to meet in
convention at Annapolis to discuss this subject.
Five States only were represented. The conven-
tion, however, issued another call, drawn up by
Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their
delegates to Philadelphia in May, 1787, to draft
a Constitution for the United States, to take the
place of the Confederate League. The delegates
met at the time appointed. Every State but
Rhode Island was represented. George Washing-

JAMES MADISON.

ton was chosen president of the convention, and the
present Constitution of the United States was then
and there formed. There was, perhaps, no mind
and no pen more active in framing this immortal
document than the mind and the pen of James
Madison.

The Constitution, adopted by a vote of eighty-one
to seventy-nine, was to be presented to the several
States for acceptance. But grave solicitude was
felt. Should it be rejected, we should be left but a
conglomeration of independent States, with but
little power at home and little respect abroad. Mr.
Madison was elected by the convention to draw up
an address to the people of the United States, ex-
pounding the principles of the Constitution, and
urging its adoption. There was great opposition
to it at first, but at length it triumphed over all,
and went into effect in 1789.

Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre-
sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became
the avowed leader of the Republican party. While
in New York attending Congress, he met Mrs.
Todd, a young widow of remarkable power of fas-
cination, whom he married. She was in person
and character queenly, and probaby no lady has
thus far occupied so prominent a position in the
very peculiar society which has constituted our
republican court as did Mrs. Madison.

Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under
Jefferson, and at the close of his administration
was chosen President. At this time the encroach-
ments of England had brought us to the verge of
war. British orders in council destroyed our com-
merce, and our flag was exposed to constant insult.
Mr. Madison was a man of peace. Scholarly in
his taste, retiring in his disposition, war had no
charms for him. But the meekest spirit can be
roused. It makes one's blood boil, even now, to
think of an American ship brought to upon the
ocean by the guns of an English cruiser. A
young lieutenant steps on board and orders the
crew to be paraded before him. With great non-
chalance he selects any number whom he may
please to designate as British subjects, orders them
down the ship's side into his boat, and places them
on the gundeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by
compulsion, the battles of England. This right

of search and impressment no efforts of our Gov-
ernment could induce the British cabinet to re-
linquish.

On the 18th of June, 1812, President Madison
gave his approval to an act of Congress declaring
war against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the
bitter hostility of the Federal party to the war, the
country in general approved; and Mr. Madison,
on the 4th of March, 1813, was re-elected by a
large majority, and entered upon his second term
of office. This is not the place to describe the
various adventures of this war on the laud and on
the water. Our infant navy then laid the found-
ations of its renown in grappling with the most
formidable power which ever swept the seas. The
contest commenced in earnest by the appearance
of a British fleet, early in February, 1813, in
Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole coast
of the United States under blockade.

The Emperor of Russia offered his services as
mediator. America accepted; England refused.
A British force of five thousand men landed on the
banks of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into
Chesapeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of
Bladeusburg, upon Washington.

The straggling little city of Washington was
thrown into consternation. The cannon of the
brief conflict at Bladeusburg echoed through the
streets of the metropolis. The whole population
fled from the city. The President, leaving Mrs.
Madison in the White House, with her carriage
drawn up at the door to await his speedy return,
hurried to meet the officers in a council of war.
He met our troops utterly routed, and he could not
go back without danger of being captured. But
few hours elapsed ere the Presidential Mansion,
the Capitol, and all the public buildings in Wash-
ington were in flames.

The war closed after two years of fighting, and
on February 13, 1S15, the treaty of peace was
signed at Ghent. On the 4th of March, 18 17, his
second term of office expired, and he resigned the
Presidential chair to his friend, James Monroe.
He retired to his beautiful home at Montpelier, and
there passed the remainder of his days. On June
28, 1836, at the age of eighty-five years, he fell
asleep in death. Mrs. Madison died July 12, 1849.

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(I AMES MONROE, the fifth President of the
I United States, was born in Westmoreland
G) County, Va., April 2S, 1758. His early life
was passed at the place of his nativity. His an-
cestors had for many years resided in the province
in which he was born. When he was seventeen
years old, and in process of completing his educa-
tion at William and Man- College, the Colonial
Congress, assembled at Philadelphia to deliberate
upon the unjust and manifold oppressions of Great
Britain, declared the separation of the Colonies,
and promulgated the Declaration of Independence.
Had he been born ten years before, it is highly
probable that he would have been one of the
signers of that celebrated instrument. At this
time he left school and enlisted among the pa-
triots.

He joined the army when everything looked
hopeless and gloom) - . The number of deserters
increased from day to day. The invading armies
came pouring in, and the Tories not only favored
the cause of the mother country, but disheartened
the new recruits, who were sufficiently terrified
at the prospect of contending with an enemy
whom they had been taught to deem invincible.
To such brave spirits as James Monroe, who went
right onward undismayed through difficulty and
danger, the United States owe their political
emancipation. The young cadet joined the ranks
and espoused the cause of his injured country,
with a firm determination to live or die in her
strife for liberty. Firmly, yet sadly, he shared in
the melancholy retreat from Harlem Heights
and White Plains, and accompanied the dispirited
army as it fled before its foes through Xew Jersey.
In four months after the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, the patriots had been beaten in seven
battles. At the battle of Trenton he led the van-
guard, and in the act of charging upon the enemy
he received a wound in the left shoulder.

As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was
promoted to be captain of infantry, and, having re-
covered from his wounds, he rejoined the army.
He, however, receded from the line of promotion
by becoming an officer on the staff of Lord Ster-
ling. During the campaigns of 1777 and 1778,
in the actions of Brandywine, Germantown and
Monmouth, he continued aide-de-camp; but be-
coming desirous to regain his position in the
army, he exerted himself to collect a regiment for
the Virginia line. This scheme failed, owing to
the exhausted condition of the State. Upon this
failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at
that period Governor, and pursued with consid-
erable ardor the study of common law. He did
not, however, entirely lay aside the knapsack for
the green bag, but on the invasion of the enemy
served as a volunteer during the two years of his
legal pursuits.

In 17S2 he was elected from King George
County a member of the Legislature of Virginia,
and by that body he was elevated to a seat in the
Executive Council. He was thus honored with
the confidence of his fellow-citizens at twenty-
three years of age, and having at this early period
displayed some of that ability and aptitude for
legislation which were afterward employed with
unremitting energy for the public good, he was
in the succeeding year chosen a member of the
Congress of the United States.

Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of
the old Confederacy, he was opposed to the new
Constitution, thinking, with many others of the
Republican party, that it gave too much power to
the Central Government, and not enough to the
individual States. Still he retained the esteem
of his friends who were its warm supporters, and
who. notwithstanding his opposition, secured its
adoption. In 1789 he became a member of the
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four years. Every month the line of distinction
between the two great parties which divided the
nation, the Federal and the Republican, was
growing more distinct. The differences which
now separated them lay in the fact that the Repub-
lican party was in sympathy with France, and
also in favor of such a strict construction of the
Constitution as to give the Central Government as
little power, and the State Governments as much
power, as the Constitution would warrant; while
the Federalists sympathized with England, and
were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con-
stitution, which would give as much power to the
Central Government as that document could pos-
sibly authorize.

Washington was then President. England had
espoused the cause of the Bourbons against the
principles of the French Revolution. All Europe
was drawn into the conflict. We were feeble and
far away. Washington issued a proclamation of
neutrality between these contending powers.
France had helped us in the struggles for our
liberties. All the despotisms of Europe were now
combined to prevent the French from escaping
from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse than that
which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more mag-
nanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at
whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in
their extremity. It was the impulse of a gener-
ous and noble nature, and Washington, who could
appreciate such a character, showed his calm, se-
rene, almost divine, greatness, by appointing that
very James Monroe who was denouncing the pol-
icy of the Government, as the minister of that
Government to the Republic of France. Mr.
Monroe was welcomed by the National Conven-
tion in France with the most enthusiastic dem-
onstration.

Shortly after his return to this country, Mr.
Monroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and
held the office for three years. He was again
sent to France to co-operate with Chancellor Liv-
ingston in obtaining the vast territory then known
as the province of Louisiana, which France had
but shortly before obtained from Spain. Their
united efforts were successful. For the compara-
tively small sum of fifteen millions of dollars, the

entire territory of Orleans and district of Loui-
siana were added to the United States. This was
probably the largest transfer of real estate which
was ever made in all the history of the world.

From France Mr. Monroe went to England to
obtain from that country some recognition of our
rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against
those odious impressments of our seamen. But
England was unrelenting. He again returned to
England on the same mission, but could receive
no redress. He returned to his home and was
again chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon
resigned to accept the position of Secretary of
State under Madison. While in this office war
with England was declared, the Secretary of War
resigned, and during these trying times the
duties of the War Department were also put upon
him. He was truly the armor-bearer of President
Madison, and the most efficient business man in
his cabinet. Upon the return of peace he re-
signed the Department of War, but continued in
the office of Secretary of State until the expira-
tion of Mr. Madison's administration. At the
election held the previous autumn, Mr. Monroe
himself had been chosen President with but little
opposition, and upon March 4, 1817, he was in-
augurated. Four years later he was elected for
a second term.

Among the important measures of his Presi-
dency were the cession of Florida to the United
States, the Missouri Compromise, and the famous
" Monroe doctrine." This doctrine was enun-
ciated by him in 1823, and was as follows: " That
we should consider any attempt on the part of
European powers to extend their system to any
portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our
peace and safety," and that " we could not view
any interposition for the purpose of oppressing or
controlling American governments or provinces
in any other light than as a manifestation by
European powers of an unfriendly disposition
toward the United States."

At the end of his second term, Mr. Monroe re-
tired to his home in Virginia, where he lived un-
til 1830, when he went to New York to live with
his son-in-law. In that city he died, on the 4th
of July, 1831.

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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

(JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the sixth President

I of the United States, was born in the rural
G/ liome of his honored father, John Adams, in
Quincy, Mass., on the nth of July, 1767. His
mother, a woman of exalted worth, watched over
his childhood during the almost constant ab-
sence of his father. When but eight years of
age, he stood with his mother on an eminence,
listening to the booming of the great battle on
Bunker's Hill, and gazing out upon the smoke
and flames billowing up from the conflagration of
Charlestown.

When but eleven years old he took a tearful
adieu of his mother, to sail with his father for Eu-
rope, through a fleet of hostile British cruisers.
The bright, animated boy spent a year and a-half
in Paris, where his father was associated with
Franklin and Lee as Minister Plenipotentiary.
His intelligence attracted the notice of these dis-
tinguished men, and he received from them flat-
tering marks of attention.

John Adams had scarcely returned to this
country, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad.
Again John Quincy accompanied his father. At
Paris he applied himself to study with great dil-
igence for six months, and then accompanied his
father to Holland, where he entered first a school
in Amsterdam, then the University at Leyden.
About a year from this time, in 1781, when the
manly boy was but fourteen years of age, he was
selected by Mr. Dana, our Minister to the Rus-
sian court, as his private secretary.

In this school of incessant labor and of ennobl-
ing culture he spent fourteen months, and then
returned to Holland, through Sweden, Denmark,
Hamburg and Bremen. This long journey he
took alone in the winter, when in his sixteenth
year. Again he resumed his studies, under a pri-
vate tutor, at The Hague. Then , in the spring of
1782, he accompanied his father to Paris, travel-
ing leisurely, and forming acquaintances with the
most distinguished men on the continent, examin-

ing architectural remains, galleries of paintings,
and all renowned works of art. At Paris he
again became associated with the most illustrious
men of all lands in the contemplation of the
loftiest temporal themes which can engross the
human mind. After a short visit to England he
returned to Paris, and consecrated all his energies
to study until May, 1785, when he returned to
America to finish his education.

Upon leaving Harvard College at the age of
twenty, he studied law for three years. In June,
1794, being then but twenty-seven years of age,
he was appointed by Washington Resident Min-
ister at the Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in
July, he reached London in October, where he
was immediately admitted to the deliberations of
Messrs. Jay & Pinckney, assisting them in nego-
tiating a commercial treaty with Great Britain.
After thus spending a fortnight in London, he
proceeded to The Hague.

In July, 1797, he left The Hague to go to Por-
tugal as Minister Plenipotentiary. On his way to
Portugal, upon arriving in London, he met with
despatches directing him to the court of Berlin, but
requesting him to remain in London until he
should receive his instructions. While waiting
he was married to an American lady, to whom he
had been previously engaged — Miss Louisa Cath-
erine Johnson, a daughter of Joshua Johnson,
American Consul in London, and a lady en-
dowed with that beauty and those accomplish-
ments which eminently fitted her to move in the
elevated sphere for which she was destined. He
reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797,
where he remained until July, 1799, when, hav-
ing fulfilled all the purposes of his mission, he so-
licited his recall.

Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen
to the Senate of Massachusetts from Boston, and
then was elected Senator of the United States for
six years, from the 4th of March, 1S04. His rep-
utation, his ability and his experience placed

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him immediately among the most prominent and
influential members of that body.

In 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the
Presidential chair, and he immediately nominated
John Quincy Adams Minister to St. Petersburgh.
Resigning his professorship in Harvard Col-
lege, he embarked at Boston in August, 1809.

While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense
student. He devoted his attention to the lan-
guage and history of Russia; to the Chinese trade;
to the European system of weights, measures and
coins; to the climate and astronomical observa-
tions; while he kept up a familiar acquaintance
with the Greek and Latin classics. In all the
universities of Europe, a more accomplished
scholar could scarcely be found. All through
life the Bible constituted an important part of his
studies. It was his rule to read five chapters
every day.

On the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took
the Presidential chair, and immediately appointed
Mr. Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of
his numerous friends in public and private life in
Europe, he sailed in June, 18 19, for the United
States. On the 18th of August, he again crossed
the threshold of his home in Quincy. During the
eight years of Mr. Monroe's administration, Mr.
Adams continued Secretary of State.

Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's
second term of office, new candidates began to be
presented for the Presidency. The friends of Mr.
Adams brought forward his name. It was an
exciting campaign, and party spirit was never-
more bitter. Two hundred and sixty electoral
votes were cast. Andrew Jacksorr received ninety-
nine; John Quincy Adams eighty-four; William
H. Crawford forty-one; and Henry Clay thirty-
seven. As there was no choice by the people,
the question went to the House of Representa-
tives. Mr. Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to
Mr. Adams, and he was elected.

The friends of all the disappointed candidates
now combined irr a venomous and persistent as-
sault upon Mr. Adams. There is nothing more
disgraceful in the past history of our country than
the abuse which was poured in one uninterrupted
stream upon this high-minded, upright and pa-

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triotic man. There never was an administration
more pure in principles, more conscientiously de-
voted to the best interests of the country, than
that of John Quincy Adams; and never, perhaps,
was there an administration more unscrupulously
and outrageously assailed.

On the 4th of March, T829, Mr. Adams retired
from the Presidency, and was succeeded by An-
drew Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected
Vice-President. The slavery question now be-
gan to assume portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams
returned to Quincy and to his studies, which he
pursued with unabated zeal. But he was not
long permitted to remain in retirement. In No-
vember, rS30, he was elected Representative in
Congress. For seventeen years, or until his death,
he occupied the post as Representative, towering
above all his peers, ever ready to do brave battle
for freedom, and winning the title of "the Old
Man Eloquent." Upon taking his seat in the
House, he announced that he should hold him-
self bound to no party. Probably there never
was a member more devoted to his duties. He
was usually the first in his place irr the morning,
arrd the last to leave his seat in the evening.
Not a measure could be brought forward and es-
cape his scrutiny. The battle which Mr. Adams
fought, almost singly, against the pro-slavery
party in the Government was sublime in its
moral daring and heroism. For persisting in
presenting petitiorrs for the abolition of slavery,
he was threatened with indictment by the grarrd
jury, with expulsion from the House, with assas-
sination; but no threats could intimidate him, and
his final triumph was complete.

On the 2 r st of February, rS4S, he rose on the
floor of Congress with a paper in his hand, to
address the speaker. Suddenly he fell, again
stricken by paralysis, and was caught irr the arms
of those arourrd him. For a time he was sense-
less, as he was conveyed to the sofa in the ro-
tunda. With reviving consciousness, he opened
his eyes, looked calmly arourrd arrd said "This
is the end of earth;" then after a moment's pause
he added, " I am content." These were the last
words of the grand ' ' Old Man Eloquent. ' '

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61 NDREW JACKSON, the seventh President
Ll of the United States, was born in Waxhaw
/ I settlement, N. C, March 15, 1767, a few
days after his father's death. His parents were
poor emigrants from Ireland, and took up their
abode in Waxhaw settlement, where they lived
in deepest poverty.

Andrew, or Andy, as he was universally called,
grew up a very rough, rude, turbulent boy. His
features were coarse, his form ungainly, and there
was but very little in his character made visible
which was attractive.

When only thirteen years old he joined the
volunteers of Carolina against the British invasion.
In 1 78 1, he and his brother Robert were captured
and imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British
officer ordered him to brush his mud-spattered
boots. "lam a prisoner of war, not your serv-
ant," was the reply of the dauntless boy.

Andrew supported himself in various wa}-s, such
as working at the saddler's trade, teaching school,
and clerking in a general store, until 1784, when
he entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He,
however, gave more attention to the wild amuse-
ments of the times than to his studies. In 1788,
he was appointed solicitor for the Western District
of North Carolina, of which Tennessee was then
a part. This involved many long journeys amid
dangers of every kind, but Andrew Jackson never
knew fear, and the Indians had no desire to re-
peat a skirmish with "Sharp Knife."

In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman
who supposed herself divorced from her former
husband. Great was the surprise of both parties,
two years later, to find that the conditions of the
divorce had just been definitely settled by the
first husband. The marriage ceremony was per-
formed a second time, but the occurrence was
often used by his enemies to bring Mr. Jackson
into disfavor.

In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee
then containing nearly eighty thousand inhabi-
tants, the people met in convention at Knoxville
to frame a constitution. Five were sent from
each of the eleven counties. Andrew Jackson
was one of the delegates. The new State was
entitled to but one member in the National House
of Representatives. Andrew Jackson was chosen
that member. Mounting his horse, he rode to
Philadelphia, where Congress then held its ses-
sions, a distance of about eight hundred miles.

Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo-
cratic party, and Jefferson was his idol. He ad-
mired Bonaparte, loved France, and hated Eng-
land. As Mr. Jackson took his seat, Gen. Wash-
ington, whose second term of office was then
expiring, delivered his last speech to Congress.
A committee drew up a complimentary address in
reply. Andrew Jackson did not approve of the
address, and was one of the twelve who voted
against it. He was not willing to say that Gen.
Washington's administiation had been "wise,
firm and patriotic. ' '

Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States
Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned
home. Soon after he was chosen Judge of the
Supreme Court of his State, which position he
held for six years.

When the War of 18 12 with Great Britain com-
menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair.
Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there
was an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jack-
son, who would do credit to a commission if one
were conferred upon him. Just at that time Gen.
Jackson offered his services and those of twenty-
five hundred volunteers. His offer was accepted,
and the troops were assembled at Nashville.

As the British were hourly expected to make
an attack upon New Orleans, where Gen. Wil-
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scend the river with fifteen hundred troops to aid
Wilkinson. The expedition reached Natchez,
and after a delay of several weeks there without
accomplishing anything, the men were ordered
back to their homes. But the energy Gen. Jack-
son had displayed, and his entire devotion to the
comfort of his soldiers, won for him golden opin-
ions, and he became the most popular man in the
State. It was in this expedition that his tough-
ness gave him the nickname of "Old Hickory."

Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip
Col. Thomas Benton for a remark that gentleman
made about his taking part as second in a duel
in which a younger brother of Benton's was en-
gaged, he received two severe pistol wounds.
While he was lingering upon a bed of suffering,
news came that the Indians, who had combined
under Tecumseh from Florida to the Lakes to ex-
terminate the white settlers, were committing the
most awful ravages. Decisive action became nec-
essary. Gen. Jackson, with his fractured bone
just beginning to heal, his arm in a sling, and
unable to mount his horse without assistance,
gave his amazing energies to the raising of an
army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Ala.

The Creek Indians had established a strong
fort on one of the bends of the Tallapoosa River,
near the center of Alabama, about fifty miles be-
low Ft. Strother. With an army of two thousand
men, Gen. Jackson traversed the pathless wilder-
ness in a march of eleven days. He reached their
fort, called Tohopeka or Horse-shoe, on the 27th
of March, 1814. The bend of the river enclosed
nearly one hundred acres of tangled forest and
wild ravine. Across the narrow neck the Indians
had constructed a formidable breastwork of logs
and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, with
an ample supply of arms, were assembled.

The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly
desperate. Not an Indian woidd accept quarter.
When bleeding and dying, they would fight those
who endeavored to spare their lives. From ten
in the morning until dark the battle raged. The
carnage was awful and revolting. Some threw
themselves into the river; but the unerring bul-
lets struck their heads as they swam. Nearly
even' one of the nine hundred warriors was

killed. A few, probably, in the night swam
the river and escaped. This ended the war.

This closing of the Creek War enabled us to
concentrate all our militia upon the British, who
were the allies of the Indians. No man of less
resolute will than Gen. Jackson could have con-
ducted this Indian campaign to so successful an
issue. Immediately he was appointed Major-
General.

Late in August, with an army of two thousand
men on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson went to
Mobile. A British fleet went from Pensacola,
landed a force upon the beach, anchored near the
little fort, and from both ship and shore com-
menced a furious assault. The battle was long
and doubtful. At length one of the ships was
blown up and the rest retired.

Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his
little army, he moved his troops to New Orleans,
and the battle of New Orleans, which soon ensued,
was in reality a very arduous campaign. This
won for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name.
Here his troops, which numbered about four
thousand men, won a signal victory over the
British army of about nine thousand. His loss
was but thirteen, while the loss of the British was
twenty-six hundred.

The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be
mentioned in connection with the Presidency,
but in 1824 he was defeated by Mr. Adams.
He was, however, successful in the election of
1828, and was re-elected for a second term in
1832. In 1829, just before he assumed the reins
of government, he met with the most terrible
affliction of his life in the death of his wife, whom
he had loved with a devotion which has perhaps
never been surpassed. From the shock of her
death he never recovered.

His administration was one of the most mem-
orable in the annals of our country — applauded
by one party, condemned by the other. No man
had more bitter enemies or wanner friends. At
the expiration of his two terms of office he retired
to the Hermitage, where he died JuneS, 1845. The
last years of Mr. Jackson's life were those of a de-
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y>|ARTlN VAN BUREN, the eighth Presi-
Y dent of the United States, was born at Kill-
ed derhook, N. Y., December 5, 17S2. He
died at the same place, July 24, 1862. His body
rests in the cemetery 1 at Kinderhook. Above it is
a plain granite shaft, fifteen feet high, bearing a
simple inscription about half-way up on one face.
The lot is unfenced, unbordered or unbounded
by shrub or flower.

There is but little in the life of Martin Van
Buren of romantic interest. He fought no battles,
engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life
was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts,
and he gained many signal victories, his days
passed uneventful in those incidents which give
zest to biography. His ancestors, as his name indi-
cates, were of Dutch origin, and were among the
earliest emigrants from Holland to the banks of
the Hudson. His father was a farmer, residing
in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, also
of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-
ligence and exemplary piety.

He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing
unusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At
the age of fourteen, he had finished his academic
studies in his native village, and commenced the
study of law. As he had not a collegiate educa-
tion, seven years of study in a law-office were re-
quired of him before he could be admitted to the
Bar. Inspired with a lofty ambition, and con-
scious of his powers, he pursued his studies with
indefatigable industry. After spending six years
in an office in his native village, he went to the city
of New York, and prosecuted his studies for the
seventh year.

In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years

of age, commenced the practice of law in his na-
tive village. The great conflict between the Federal
and Republican parties was then at its height.
Mr. Van Buren was from the beginning a politi-
cian. He had, perhaps, imbibed that spirit while
listening to the many discussions which had been
carried on in his father' s hotel. He was in cordial
sympathy with Jefferson, and earnestly and elo-
quently espoused the cause of State Rights, though
at that time the Federal part}' held the supremacy
both in his town and State.

His success and increasing reputation led him
after six years of practice to remove to Hudson,
the county seat of his county. Here he spent
seven years, constantly gaining strength by con-
tending in the courts with some of the ablest men
who have adorned the Bar of his State.

Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr.
Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for
beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short
years she sank into the grave, a victim of con-
sumption, leaving her husband and four sons to
weep over her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr.
Van Buren was an earnest, successful, assiduous
lawyer. The record of those years is barren in
items of public interest. In 18 12, when thirty
years of age, he was chosen to the State Senate,
and gave his strenuous support to Mr. Madison's
administration. In 181 5, he was appointed At-
torney-General, and the next year moved to Al-
bany, the capital of the State.

While he was acknowledged as one of the most
prominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had
the moral courage to avow that true democracy did
not require that "universal suffrage" which admits
the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right

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of governing the State. In true consistency with
his democratic principles, he contended that, while
the path leading to the privilege of voting should
he open to even man without distinction, no one
should be invested with that sacred prerogative
unless he were in some degree qualified for it by
intelligence, virtue, and some property interests in
the welfare of the State.

In [821 he was elected a member of the United
States Senate, and in the same year he took a
seat in the convention to revise the Constitution of
his native State. His course in this convention
secured the approval of men of all parties. No
one could doubt the singleness of his endeavors to
promote the interests of all classes in the com-
munity. In the Senate of the United States, he
rose at once to a conspicuous position as an active
and useful legislator.

In [827, John Quincy Adams being then in the
Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected
to the Senate. He had been from the beginning
a determined opposer of the administration, adopt-
ing the "State Rights" view in opposition to what
was deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.

Soon after this, in 1S2S, he was chosen Governor
of the State of New York, and accordingly resigned
his seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the
United States contributed so much towards eject-
ing John O. Adams from the Presidential chair,
and placing in it Andrew Jackson, as did Martin
Van Buren. Whether entitled to the reputation
or not. he certainly was regarded throughout the
United States as one of the most skillful, sagacious
and cunning of politicians. It was supposed that
no one knew so well as he how to touch the secret
springs of action, how to pull all the wires to
put his machinery in motion, and how to organize
a political army which would secretly and stealth-
ily accomplish the most gigantic results. By these
powers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams. Mr.
Clay, and Mr. Webster, and secured results which
few then thought could be accomplished.

When Andrew Jackson was elected President
he appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State.
This position he resigned in 1831, and was im-
mediately appointed Minister to England, where
he went the same autumn. The Senate, however.

when it met, refused to ratify the nomination, and
he returned home, apparently untroubled. Later
he was nominated Vice-President in the place of
Calhoun, at the re-election of President Jackson,
and with smiles for all and frowns for none, he
took his place at the head of that Senate which had
refused to confirm his nomination as ambassador.

His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal
of President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated
favorite; and this, probably, more than any other
cause ^ecured his elevation to the chair of the
Chief Executive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr.
Van Buren received the Democratic nomination
to succeed Gen. Jackson as President of the United
States. He was elected by a handsome majority,
to the delight of the retiring President. ' "Leaving
New York out of the canvass," says Mr. Partou,
"the election of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency
was as much the act of Gen. Jackson as though
the Constitution had conferred upon him the power
to appoint a successor."

His administration was filled with exciting
events. The insurrection in Canada, which
threatened to involve this country in war with
England, the agitation of the slavery question,
and finally the great commercial panic which
spread over the country, all were trials of his wis-
dom. The financial distress was attributed to
the management of the Democratic party, and
brought the President into such disfavor that he
tailed of re-election, and on the 4th of March.
1841, he retired from the presidency.

With the exception of being nominated for the
acy by the "Free Soil" Democrats in 1S48,
Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until
his death. He had ever been a prudent man, of
frugal habits, and, living within his income, had
now fortunately a competence for his declining
years. From his fine estate at Lindenwald, he
still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics
of the country. From this time until his death,
on the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty
years, he resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of
leisure, of culture and wealth, enjoying in a
healthy old age probably far more happiness than
he had before experienced amid the stormy scenes
of his active life.

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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

(ILUAM HENRY HARRISON, the ninth
President of the United States, was born
at Berkeley, Va., February 9, 1773. His
father, Benjamin Harrison, was in comparatively
opulent circumstances, and was one of the most
distinguished men of his day. He was an inti-
mate friend of George Washington, was early
elected a member of the Continental Congress,
and was conspicuous among the patriots of Vir-
ginia in resisting the encroachments of the British
crown. In the celebrated Congress of 1775, Ben-
jamin Harrison and John Hancock were both
candidates for the office of Speaker.

Mr. Harrison was subsequently chosen Gov-
ernor of Virginia, and was twice re-elected. His
son William Henry, of course, enjoyed in child-
hood all the advantages which wealth and intel-
lectual and cultivated society could give. Hav-
ing received a thorough common-school educa-
tion, he entered Hampden Sidney College, where
he graduated with honor soon after the death of
his father. He then repairtd to Philadelphia to
study medicine under the instructions of Dr. Rush
and the guardianship of Robert Morris, both of
whom were, with his father, signers of the Dec-
laration of Independence.

Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and
notwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends,
he abandoned his medical studies and entered the
army, having obtained a commission as Ensign
from President Washington. He was then but
nineteen years old. From that time he passed
gradually upward in rank until he became aide
to Gen. Wayne, after whose death he resigned
his commission. He was then appointed Secre-
tary of the Northwestern Territory. This Terri-
tory was then entitled to but one member in Con-

gress, and Harrison was chosen to fill that position.
In the spring of 1800 the Northwestern Terri-
tory was divided by Congress into two portions.
The eastern portion, comprising the region now
embraced in the State of Ohio, was called "The
Territory northwest of the Ohio." The western
portion, which included what is now called Indi-
ana, Illinois and Wisconsin, was called "the Indi-
ana Territory." William Henry Harrison, then
twenty-seven years of age, was appointed by John
Adams Governor of the Indiana Territory, and
immediately after also Governor of Upper Loui-
siana. He was thus ruler over almost as exten-
sive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe.
He was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and
was invested with powers nearly dictatorial over
the then rapidly increasing white population. The
ability and fidelity with which he discharged
these responsible duties may be inferred from the
fact that he was four times appointed to this
office — first by John Adams, twice by Thomas
Jefferson, and afterwards by President Madison.

When he began his administration there were
but three white settlements in that almost bound-
less region, now crowded with cities and resound-
ing with all the tumult of wealth and traffic.
One of these settlements was on the Ohio, nearly
opposite Louisville; one at Vincennes, on the
Wabash; and the third was a French settlement.

The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison
reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians.
About the year 1806, two extraordinary men.
twin brothers of the Shawnee tribe, rose among
them. One of these was called Tecumseh, or
"the Crouching Panther;" the other Olliwa-
checa, or "the Prophet." Tecumseh was not
only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagac-

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ity, far-reaching foresight and indomitable perse-
verance in any enterprise in which he might en-
gage. His brother, the Prophet, was an orator,
who could sway the feelings of the untutored In-
dians as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath
which they dwelt. With an enthusiasm unsur-
passed by Peter the Hermit rousing Europe to the
crusades, he went from tribe to tribe, assuming
that he was specially sent by the Great Spirit.

Gov. Harrison made many attempts to con-
ciliate the Indians, but at last war came, and at
Tippecanoe the Indians were routed with great
slaughter. October 28, 18 12, his army began its
march. When near the Prophet's town, three
Indians of rank made their appearance and in-
quired why Gov. Harrison was approaching them
in so hostile an attitude. After a short confer-
ence, arrangements were made for a meeting the
next day to agree upon terms of peace.

But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted
with the Indian character to be deceived by such
protestations. Selecting a favorable spot for his
night's encampment, he took every precaution
against surprise. His troops were posted in a
hollow square and slept upon their arms. The
wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock
in the morning, had risen, and was sitting
in conversation with his aides by the embers
of a waning fire. It was a chill, cloudy morning,
with a drizzling rain. In the darkness, the In-
dians had crept as near as possible, and just then,
with a savage yell, rushed, with all the despera-
tion which superstition and passion most highly
inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the
little army. The savages had been amply pro-
vided with guns and ammunition by the English,
and their war-whoop was accompanied by a
shower of bullets.

The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as
the light aided the Indians in their aim, and
Gen. Harrison's troops stood as immovable as
the rocks around them until clay dawned, when
they made a simultaneous charge with the bayo-
net and swept everything before them, completely
routing the foe.

Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked
to the utmost. The British, descending from the

Canadas, were of themselves a very formidable
force, but with their savage allies rushing like
wolves from the forest, burning, plundering, scalp-
ing torturing, the wide frontier was plunged into
a state of consternation which even the most vivid
imagination can but faintly conceive. Gen. Hull
had made an ignominious surrender of his forces at
Detroit. Under these despairing circumstances,
Gov. Harrison was appointed by President Madi-
son Commander-in-Chief of the Northwestern
Army, with orders to retake Detroit and to protect
the frontiers. It would be difficult to place a man
in a situation demanding more energy, sagacity
and courage, but he was found equal to the
position, and nobly and triumphantly did he meet
all the responsibilities.

In 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member
of the National House of Representatives, to rep-
resent the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved
an active member, and whenever he spoke it was
with a force of reason and power of eloquence
which arrested the attention of all the members.

In 18 1 9, Harrison was elected to the Senate of
Ohio, and in 1824, as one of the Presidential Elec-
tors of that State, he gave his vote for Henry
Clay. The same year he was chosen to the Uni-
ted States Senate. In 1836 his friends brought
him forward as a candidate for the Presidency
against Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the
close of Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nom-
inated by his party, and Mr. Harrison was unani-
mously nominated by the Whigs, with John Tyler
for the Vice-Presidency. The contest was very
animated. Gen. Jackson gave all his influence to
prevent Harrison's election, but his triumph was
signal.

The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Web-
ster at its head as Secretary of State, was one of
the most brilliant with which any President had
ever been surrounded. Never were the prospects
of an administration more flattering, or the hopes
of the country more sanguine. In the midst of
these bright and joyous prospects, Gen. Harrison
was seized by a pleurisy-fever, and after a few
days of violent sickness died, on the 4th of April,
just one month after his inauguration as President
of the United States.

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JOHN TYLER.

(JOHN TYLER, the tenth President of the
I United States, and was born in Charles
(2/ City County, Va., March 29, 1790. He was
the favored child of affluence and high social po-
sition. At the early age of twelve, John entered
William and Mary College, and graduated with
much honor when but seventeen years old. After
graduating, he devoted himself with great assi-
duity to the study of law, partly with his father
and partly with Edmund Randolph, one of the
most distinguished lawyers of Virginia.

At nineteen years of age, he commenced the
practice of law. His success was rapid and as-
tonishing. It is said that three months had not
elapsed ere there was scarcely a case on the
docket of the court in which he was not retained.
When but twenty -one years of age, he was almost
unanimously elected to a seat in the State Legis-
lature. He connected himself with the Demo-
cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures
of Jefferson and Madison. For five successive
years he was elected to the Legislature, receiving
nearly the unanimous vote of his county.

When but twenty-six years of age, he was
elected a Member of Congress. Here he acted ear-
nestly and ably with the Democratic party, oppos-
ing a national bank, internal improvements by
the General Government, and a protective tariff;
advocating a strict construction of the Constitu-
tion and the most careful vigilance over State
rights. His labors in Congress were so arduous
that before the close of his second term he found
it necessary to resign and retire to his estate in
Charles City County to recruit his health. He,
however, soon after consented to take his seat in
the State Legislature, where his influence was
powerful in promoting public works of great
utility. With a reputation thus constantly in-
creasing, he was chosen by a very large majority
of votes Governor of his native State. His ad-
ministration was a signally successful one, and his
popularity secured his re-election.

John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed
man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of
the United States. A portion of the Democratic
party was displeased with Mr. Randolph's way-
ward course, and brought forward John Tyler as
his opponent, considering him the only man in
Virginia of sufficient popularity to succeed
against the renowned orator of Roanoke. Mr.
Tyler was the victor.

In accordance with his professions, upon tak-
ing his seat in the Senate he joined the ranks of
the opposition. He opposed the tariff, and spoke
against and voted against the bank as unconsti-
tutional; he strenuously opposed all restrictions
upon slavery, resisting all projects of internal im-
provements by the General Government, and
avowed his sympathy with Mr. Calhoun's view
of nullification; he declared that Gen. Jackson,
by his opposition to the nullifiers, had abandoned
the principles of the Democratic party. Such
was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress — a record in
perfect accordance with the principles which he
had always avowed.

Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice
of his profession. There was a split in the Demo-
cratic party. His friends still regarded him as a
true Jeffersonian, gave him a dinner, and show-
ered compliments upon him. He had now at-
tained the age of forty-six, and his career had been
very brilliant. In consequence of his devotion to
public business, his private affairs had fallen into
some disorder, and it was not without satisfac-
tion that he resumed the practice of law, and de-
voted himself to the cultivation of his plantation.
Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, for
the better education of his children, and he again
took his seat in the Legislature of Virginia.

By the southern Whigs he was sent to the
national convention at Harrisburg in 1839 to nom-
inate a President. The majority of votes were
given to Gen Harrison, a genuine Whig, much
to the disappointment of the South, which wished

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for Henry Clay. To conciliate the southern
Whigs and to secure their vote, the convention
then nominated John Tyler for Vice-President.
It was well known that he was not in sympathy
with the Whig party in the North; but the Vice-
President has very little power in the Govern-
ment, his main and almost only duty being to
preside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it
happened that a Whig President and, in reality,
a Democratic Vice-President were chosen.

In 1 84 1, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice-
President of the United States. In one short
month from that time, President Harrison died,
and Mr. Tyler thus found himself, to his own
surprise and that of the whole nation, an occu-
pant of the Presidential chair. Hastening from
Williamsburg to Washington, on the 6th of
April he was inaugurated to the high and re-
sponsible office. He was placed in a position of
exceeding delicacy and difficulty. All his long
life he had been opposed to the main principles of
the party which had brought him into power.
He had ever been a consistent, honest man, with
an unblemished record. Gen. Harrison had se-
lected a Whig cabinet. Should he retain them,
and thus surround himself with counselors whose
views were antagonistic to his own ? or, on the
other hand, should he turn against the party
which had elected him, and select a cabinet in
harmony with himself, and which would oppose
all those views which the Whigs deemed essen-
tial to the public welfare ? This was his fearful
dilemma. He invited the cabinet which Presi-
dent Harrison had selected to retain their seats,
and recommended a day of fasting and prayer,
that God would guide and bless us.

The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for
the incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United
States. The President, after ten days' delay, re-
turned it with his veto. He suggested, however,
that he would approve of a bill drawn up upon
such a plan as he proposed. Such a bill was ac-
cordingly prepared, and privately submitted to
him. He gave it his approval. It was passed
without alteration, and he sent it back with his
veto. Here commenced the open rupture. It is
said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas-

ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M.
Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who se-
verely touched the pride of the President.

The opposition now exultingly received the
President into their arms. The party which
elected him denounced him bitterly. All the
members of his cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster,
resigned. The Whigs of Congress, both the
Senate and the House, held a meeting and issued
an address to the people of the United States,
proclaiming that all political alliance between the
Whigs and President Tyler was at an end.

Still the President attempted to conciliate. He
appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs
and Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong
party men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary
to resign, forced out by the pressure of his Whig
friends. Thus the four years of Mr. Tyler's un-
fortunate administration passed sadly away. No
one was satisfied. The land was filled with mur-
murs and vituperation. Whigs and Democrats
alike assailed him. More and more, however, he
brought himself into sympathy with his old
friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his
term he gave his whole influence to the support
of Mr. Polk, the Democratic candidate for his
successor.

On the 4th of March, 1845, President Tyler re-
tired from the harassments of office, to the regret
of neither party, and probably to his own unspeak-
able relief. The remainder of his days were
passed mainly in the retirement of his beautiful
home — Sherwood Forest, Charles City County,
Va. His first wife, Miss Letitia Christian, died
in Washington in 1842; and in June, 1844,
he was again married, at New York, to Miss Julia
Gardiner, a young lady of many personal and
intellectual accomplishments.

When the great Rebellion rose, which the
State Rights and nullifying doctrines of John C.
Calhoun had inaugurated, President Tyler re-
nounced his allegiance to the United States, and
joined the Confederates. He was chosen a mem-
ber of their Congress, and while engaged in
active measures to destroy, by force of arms, the
Government over which he had once presided, he
was taken sick and soon died.

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JAMES K. POLK.

HAMES K. POLK, the eleventh President of
I the United States, was born in Meeklenburgh
Q) County, N. C, November 2, 1795. His
parents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, the
former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who located
at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in
1735. In 1806, with his wife and children, and
soon after followed by most of the members of the
Polk family, Samuel Polk emigrated some two or
three hundred miles farther west, to the rich val-
ley of the Duck River. Here, in the midst of the
wilderness, in a region which was subsequently
called Maury County, they erected their log huts
and established their homes. In the hard toil of
a new farm in the wilderness, James K. Polk
spent the early years of his childhood and youth.
His father, adding the pursuit of a surveyor to
that of a farmer, gradually increased in wealth,
until he became one of the leading men of the
region. His mother was a superior woman, of
strong common sense and earnest piety.

Very early in life James developed a taste for
reading, and expressed the strongest desire to ob-
tain a liberal education. His mother's training
had made him methodical in his habits, had taught
him punctuality and industry, and had inspired
him with lofty principles of morality. His health
was frail, and his father, fearing that he might not
be able to endure a sedentary life, got a situation
for him behind the counter, hoping to fit him for
commercial pursuits.

This was to James a bitter disappointment. He
had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks
were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this
uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when,
at his earnest solicitation, his father removed
him and made arrangements for him to pros-
ecute his studies. Soon after he sent him to Mur-
freesboro Academy. With ardor which could
scarcely be surpassed, he pressed forward in his

studies, and in less than two and a-half years, in
the autumn of 18 15, entered the sophomore class
in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel
Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of
scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allow-
ing himself to be absent from a recitation or a
religious sen-ice.

Mr. Polk graduated in 1818, with the highest
honors, being deemed the best scholar of his class,
both in mathematics and the classics. He was
then twenty-three years of age. His health was
at this time much impaired by the assiduity with
which he had prosecuted his studies. After a
short season of relaxation, he went to Nashville,
and entered the office of Felix Grundy, to study
law. Here Mr. Polk renewed his acquaintance
with Andrew Jackson, who resided on his planta-
tion, the "Hermitage," but a few miles from
Nashville. They had probably been slightly ac-
quainted before.

Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersoniau Republican
and James K. adhered to the same political faith.
He was a popular public speaker, and was con-
stantly called upon to address the meetings of his
party friends. His skill as a speaker was such
that he was popularly called the Napoleon of the
stump. He was a man of unblemished morals,
genial and courteous in his bearing, and with that
sympathetic nature in the joys and griefs of oth-
ers which gave him hosts of friends. In 1823,
he was elected to the Legislature of Tennessee,
and gave his strong influence toward the election
of his friend, Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of
the United States.

In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah
Childress, of Rutherford County, Tenn. His
bride was altogether worthy of him — -a lady of
beauty and culture. In the fall of 1825 Mr. Polk
was chosen a member of Congress, and the satis-
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from the fact, that for fourteen successive years,
or until 1839, he was continued in that office. He
then voluntarily withdrew, only that he might
accept the Gubernatorial chair of Tennessee. In
Congress he was a laborious member, a frequent
and a popular speaker. He was always in his
seat, always courteous, and whenever he spoke
it was always to the poiut, without any ambitious
rhetorical display.

During five sessions of Congress Mr. Polk was
Speaker of the House. Strong passions were
roused and stormy scenes were witnessed, but he
performed his arduous duties to a very general
satisfaction, and a unanimous vote of thanks to
him was passed by the House as he withdrew on
the 4th of March, 1839.

In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk,
as a candidate for Governor, canvassed the State.
He was elected by a large majority, and on Octo-
ber 14, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville.
In 1841 his term of office expired, and he was
again the candidate of the Democratic party, but
was defeated.

On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was in-
augurated President of the United States. The
verdict of the country in favor of the annexation
of Texas exerted its influence upon Congress,
and the last act of the administration of President
Tyler was to affix his signature to a joint resolu-
tion of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, ap-
proving of the annexation of Texas to the Union.
As Mexico still claimed Texas as one of her
provinces, the Mexican Minister, Almonte, im-
mediately demanded his passports and left the
country, declaring the act of the annexation to be
an act hostile to Mexico.

In his first message, President Polk urged that
Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be
received into the Union on the same footing with
the other States. In the mean time, Gen. Taylor
was sent with an army into Texas to hold the
country. He was first sent to Nueces, which the
Mexicans said was the western boundary of Tex-
as. Then he was sent nearly two hundred miles
further west, to the Rio Grande, where he erected
batteries which commanded the Mexican city of
Matamoras, which was situated on the western

banks. The anticipated collision soon took place,
and war was declared against Mexico by President
Polk. The war was pushed forward by his ad-
ministration with great vigor. Gen. Taylor,
whose army was first called one of ' ' observation , ' '
then of "occupation," then of "invasion," was
sent forward to Monterey. The feeble Mexicans
in every encounter were hopelessly slaughtered.
The day of judgment alone can reveal the misery
which this war caused. It was by the ingenuity
of Mr. Polk's administration that the war was
brought on.

' ' To the victors belong the spoils. ' ' Mexico
was prostrate before us. Her capital was in our
hands. We now consented to peace upon the
condition that Mexico should surrender to us, in
addition to Texas, all of New Mexico, and all of
Upper and Lower California. This new demand
embraced, exclusive of Texas, eight hundred
thousand square miles. This was an extent of
territory equal to nine States of the size of New
York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen ma-
jestic States to be added to the Union. There
were some Americans who thought it all right;
there were others who thought it all wrong. In
the prosecution of this war we expended twenty
thousand lives and more than $100,000,000. Of
this money $15,000,000 were paid to Mexico.

On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired
from office, having served one term. The next
day was Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was
inaugurated as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to
the Capitol in the same carriage with Gen. Tay-
lor, and the same evening, with Mrs. Polk, he
commenced his return to Tennessee. He was
then but fifty-four years of age. He had always
been strictly temperate in all his habits, and his
health was good. With an ample fortune, a
choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic
ties of the dearest nature, it seemed as though
long years of tranquillity and happiness were be-
fore him. But the cholera — that fearful scourge
— was then sweeping up the Valley of the Missis-
sippi, and he contracted the disease, dying on the
15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth year of his
age, greatly mourned by his countrymen.

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y/ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth President of
I, the United States, was horn on the 24th of
/ -) November, 1784, in Orange County, Ya.
His father, Col. Taylor, was a Virginian of
note, and a distinguished patriot and soldier of
the Revolution. When Zachary was an infant,
his father, with his wife and two children, emi-
grated to Kentucky , where he settled in the path-
less wilderness, a few miles from Louisville. In
this frontier home, away from civilization and all
its refinements, young Zachary could enjoy but
few social and educational advantages. When
six years of age he attended a common school,
and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,
rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of
character. He was strong, fearless and self-reli-
ant, and manifested a strong desire to enter the
army to fight the Indians, who were ravaging the
frontiers. There is little to be recorded of the
uneventful years of his childhood on his father's
large but lonely plantation.

In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for
him a commission as Lieutenant in the United
States army, and he joined the troops which were
stationed at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson.
Soon after this he married Miss Margaret Smith,
a young lady from one of the first families of
Maryland.

Immediately after the declaration of war with
England, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then
been promoted to that rank) was put in command
of Ft. Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles
above Vincennes. This fort had been built in the
wilderness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to
Tippecanoe. It was one of the first points of at-
tack by the Indians, led by Tecumseh. Its garri-
son consisted of a broken company of infantry,
numbering fifty men, many of whom were sick.

Early in the autumn of 181 2, the Indians,
stealthily, and in large nnmbers, moved upon the

fort. Their approach was first indicated by the
murder of two soldiers just outside of the stockade.
Capt. Taylor made every possible preparation to
meet the anticipated assault. On the 4th of Sep-
tember, a band of forty painted and plumed sav-
ages came to the fort, waving a white flag, and
informed Capt. Taylor that in the morning their
chief would come to have a talk with him. It
was evident that their object was merely to ascer-
tain the state of things at the fort, and Capt.
Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages,
kept them at a distance.

The sun went down; the savages disappeared;
the garrison slept upon their arms. One hour
before midnight the war-whoop burst from a
thousand lips in the forest around, followed by
the discharge of musketry and the rush of the
foe. Every man, sick and well, sprang to hi
post. Every man knew that defeat was not
merely death, but, in the case of capture, death by
the most agonizing and prolonged torture. No
pen can describe, no imagination can conceive, the
scenes which ensued. The savages succeeded in
setting fire to one of the block-houses. Until six
o'clock in the morning this awful conflict con-
tinued, when the savages, baffled at every point
and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired.
Capt. Taylor, for this gallant defense, was pro-
moted to the rank of Major by brevet.

Until the close of the war, Maj. Taylor was
placed in such situations that he saw but little
more of active service. He was sent far away
into the depths of the wilderness to Ft. Craw-
ford, on Fox River, which empties into Green
Bay. Here there was little to be done but to
wear away the tedious hours as one best could.
There were no books, no society, no intellectual
stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful years
rolled on. Gradually he rose to the rank of
Colonel. In the Black Hawk War, which re-

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suited in the capture of that renowned chieftain,
Col. Taylor took a subordinate, but a brave and
efficient, part.

For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged
in the defense of the frontiers, in scenes so re-
mote, and in employments so obscure, that his
name was unknown beyond the limits of his own
immediate acquaintance. In the year 1836, he
was sent to Florida to compel the Seminole Indi-
ans to vacate that region, and retire beyond the
Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty had prom-
ised they should do. The sen-ices rendered here
secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of
the Government, and as a reward he was ele-
vated to the high rank of Brigadier-General by
brevet, and soon after, in May, 1838, was ap-
pointed to the chief command of the United
States troops in Florida.

After two years of wearisome employment
amidst the everglades of the Peninsula, Gen. Tay-
lor obtained, at his own request, a change of
command, and was stationed over the Department
of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing
his headquarters at Ft. Jessup, in Louisiana, he
removed his family to a plantation which he pur-
chased near Baton Rouge. Here he remained
for five years, buried, as it were, from the world,
but faithfully discharging every* duty imposed
upon him.

In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the
land between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the
latter river being the boundary of Texas, which
was then claimed by the United States. Soon
the war with Mexico was brought on, and at Palo
Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Gen. Taylor won
brilliant victories over the Mexicans. The rank
of Major-General by brevet was then conferred
upon Gen. Taylor, and his name was received
with enthusiasm almost everywhere in the na-
tion. Then came the battles of Monterey and
Buena Vista, in which he won signal victories
over forces much larger than he commanded.

The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena
Vista spread the wildest enthusiasm over the
country. The name of Gen. Taylor was on
every one's lips. The Whig party decided to

take advantage of this wonderful popularity in
bringing forward the unpolished, unlettered, hon-
est soldier as their candidate for the Presidency.
Gen. Taylor was astonished at the announce-
ment, and for a time would not listen to it, de-
claring that he was not at all qualified for such
an office. So little interest had he taken in poli-
tics, that for forty years he had not cast a vote.
It was not without chagrin that several distin-
guished statesmen, who had been long years in
the public service, found their claims set aside in
behalf of one whose name had never been heard
of, save in connection with Palo Alto, Resaca de
la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. It is said
that Daniel Webster, in his haste, remarked, " It
is a nomination not fit to be made. ' '

Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a
fine writer. His friends took possession of him,
and prepared such few communications as it was
needful should be presented to the public. The
popularity of the successful warrior swept the
land. He was triumphantly elected over two
opposing candidates, — Gen. Cass and Ex-Presi-
dent Martin Van Buren. Though he selected an
excellent cabinet, the good old man found himself
in a very uncongenial position, and was at times
sorely perplexed and harassed. His mental suf-
ferings were very severe, and probably tended to
hasten his death. The pro-slavery party was
pushing its claims with tireless energy; expedi-
tions were fitting out to capture Cuba; California
was pleading for admission to the Union, while
slavery stood at the door to bar her out. Gen.
Taylor found the political conflicts in Washington
to be far more trying to the nerves than battles
with Mexicans or Indians.

In the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Taylor,
after he had occupied the Presidential chair but
little over a year, took cold, and after a brief
sickness of but little over five days, died, on the
9th of July, 1850. His last words were, "I am
not afraid to die. I am ready. I have endeav-
ored to do my duty." He died universally re-
spected and beloved. An honest, unpretending
man, he had been steadily growing in the affec-
tions of the people, and the Nation bitterly la-
mented his death.

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^ILLARD FILLMORE, thirteenth President
lr I of the United States, was born at Summer
01 Hill, Cayuga County, N. Y., on the 7th of
January, 1800. His father was a farmer, and, owing
to misfortune, in humble circumstances. Of his
mother, the daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, of
Pittsfield, Mass., it has been said that she pos-
sessed an intellect of a high order, united with
much personal loveliness, sweetness of disposi-
tion, graceful manners and exquisite sensibilities.
She died in 1831, having lived to see her son a
young man of distinguished promise, though she
was not permitted to witness the high dignity
which he finally attained.

In consequence of the secluded home and limited
means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender
advantages for education in his early years. The
common schools, which he occasionally attended,
were very imperfect institutions, and books were
scarce and expensive. There was nothing then
in his character to indicate the brilliant career
upon which he was about to enter. He was a
plain farmer's boy — intelligent, good-looking,
kind-hearted. The sacred iufluences of home
had taught him to revere the Bible, and had laid
the foundations of an upright character. When
fourteen years of age, his father sent him some
hundred miles from home to the then wilds of
Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.
Near the mill there was a small village, where
some enterprising man had commenced the col-
lection of a village library. This proved an in-
estimable blessing to young Fillmore. His even-
ings were spent in reading. Soon every leisure
moment was occupied with books. His thirst for
knowledge became insatiate, and the selections
which he made were continually more elevating
and instructive. He read history, biography,
oratory, and thus gradually there was enkindled

in his heart a desire to be something more than a
mere worker with his hands.

The young clothier had now attained the age
of nineteen years, and was of fine personal appear-
ance and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so hap-
pened that there was a gentleman in the neigh-
borhood of ample pecuniary means and of benev-
olence, — Judge Walter Wood, — who was struck
with the prepossessing appearance of young Fill-
more. He made his acquaintance, and was so
much impressed with his ability and attainments
that he advised him to abandon his trade and de-
vote himself to the study of the law. The young
man replied that he had no means of his own,
no friends to help him, and that his previous edu-
cation had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood
had so much confidence in him that he kindly
offered to take him into his own office, and to
lend him such money as he needed. Most grate-
fullv the generous offer was accepted.

There is in many minds a strange delusion
about a collegiate education. A young man is
supposed to be liberally educated if he has gradu-
ated at some college. But many a boy who loi-
ters through university halls and then enters a
law office is by no means as well prepared to
prosecute his legal studies as was Millard Fill-
more when he graduated at the clothing-mill at
the end of four years of manual labor, during
which even - leisure moment had been devoted to
intense mental culture.

In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he
was admitted to the Court of Common Pleas.
He then went to the village of Aurora, and com-
menced the practice of law. In this secluded,
quiet region, his practice, of course, was limited,
and there was no opportunity for a sudden rise in
fortune or in fame. Here, in 1826, he married a
lady of great moral worth, and one capable of

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adorning any station she might be called to fill, —
Miss Abigail Powers.

His elevation of character, his untiring industry,
his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advo-
cate, gradually attracted attention, and he was
invited to enter into partnership, under highly ad-
vantageous circumstances, with an elder member
of the Bar in Buffalo. Just before removing to
Buffalo, in 1829, he took his seat in the House of
Assembly of the State of New York, as a Repre-
sentative from Erie County. Though he had
never taken a very active part in politics, his vote
and sympathies were with the Whig party. The
State was then Democratic, and he found himself
in a helpless minority in the Legislature; still the
testimony comes from all parties that his courtesy,
ability and integrity won, to a very unusual de-
gree, the respect of his associates.

In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a
seat in the United States Congress. He entered
that troubled arena in the most tumultuous hours
of our national history, when the great conflict
respecting the national bank and the removal of
the deposits was raging.

His term of two years closed, and he returned
to his profession, which he pursued with increas-
ing reputation and success. After a lapse of two
years he again became a candidate for Congress;
was re-elected, and took his seat in 1837. His
past experience as a Representative gave him
strength and confidence. The first term of service
in Congress to any man can be but little more
than an introduction. He was now prepared for
active duty. All his energies were brought to
bear upon the public good. Every measure re-
celled his impress.

Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute,
and his popularity filled the State. In the year
1847, when he had attained the age of forty -
seven years, he was elected Comptroller of the
State. His labors at the Bar, in the Legisla-
ture, in Congress and as Comptroller, had given
him very considerable fame. The Whigs were
casting about to find suitable candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice-President at the approaching elec-
tion. Far away on the waters of the Rio Grande,
there was a rough old soldier, who had fought

one or two successful battles with the Mexicans,
which had caused his name to be proclaimed in
trumpet-tones all over the land as a candidate for
the presidency. But it was necessary to associate
with him on the same ticket some man of repu-
tation as a statesman.

Under the influence of these considerations, the
names of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
became the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their
candidates for President and Vice-President. The
Whig ticket was signally triumphant. On the
4th of March, 1849, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated
President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President,
of the United States.

On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor,
about one year and four months after his inaugura-
tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the
Constitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus be-
came President. He appointed a very able cabi-
net, of which the illustrious Daniel Webster was
Secretary of State; nevertheless, he had serious
difficulties to contend with, since the opposition
had a majority in both Houses. He did all in his
power to conciliate the South; but the pro-slavery
part}' in the South felt the inadequacy of all
measures of transient conciliation. The popula-
tion of the free States was so rapidly increasing
over that of the slave States, that it was inevitable
that the power of the Government should soon
pass into the hands of the free States. The fa-
mous compromise measures were adopted under
Mr. Fillmore's administration, and the Japan ex-
pedition was sent out. On the 4th of March,
1853, he, having served one term, retired.

In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the
Presidency by the "Know-Nothing" part}-, but
was beaten by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr.
Fillmore lived in retirement. During the terri-
ble conflict of civil war, he was mostly silent. It
was generally supposed that his sympathies were
rather with those who were endeavoring to over-
throw our institutions. President Fillmore kept
aloof from the conflict, without any cordial words
of cheer to one party or the other. He was thus
forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe old age,
and died in Buffalo, N. Y., March 8, 1S74.

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FRANKLIN PIERCE.

fRANKLIN PIERCE, the fourteenth Presi-
r3 dent of the United States, was born in Hills-
I f borough, N. H., November 23, 1804. His
father was a Revolutionary soldier, who with his
own strong arm hewed out a home in the wilder-
ness. He was a man of inflexible integrity, of
strong, though uncultivated, mind, and was an un-
compromising Democrat. The mother of Frank-
lin Pierce was all that a son could desire — an in-
telligent, prudent, affectionate, Christian woman.
Franklin, who was the sixth of eight children,
was a remarkably bright and handsome boy,
generous, warm-hearted and brave. He won
alike the love of old and young. The boys on
the play-ground loved him. His teachers loved
him. The neighbors looked upon him with pride
and affection. He was by instinct a gentleman,
always speaking kind words, and doing kind
deeds, with a peculiar, unstudied tact which
taught him what was agreeable. Without de-
veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural
devotion to books, he was a good scholar, and in
b idv and mind a finely developed boy.

When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820,
he entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me.
He was one of the most popular young men in
the college. The purity of his moral character,
the unvarying courtesy of his demeanor, his rank
as a scholar, and genial nature, rendered him a
universal favorite. There was something pe-
culiarly winning in his address, and it was evi-
dently not in the slightest degree studied— it was
the simple ontgushing of his own magnanimous
and loving nature.

Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin
Pierce commenced the study of law in the office
of Judge Woodbury, one of the most distinguished

lawyers of the State, and a man of great private
worth. The eminent social qualities of the young
lawyer, his father's prominence as a public man,
and the brilliant political career into which Judge
Woodbury was entering, all tended to entice Mr.
Pierce into the fascinating yet perilous path of
political life. With all the ardor of his nature he
espoused the cause of Gen. Jackson for the Presi-
dency. He commenced the practice of law in
Hillsborough, and was soon elected to represent
the town in the State Legislature. Here he
served for four years. The last two years he was
chosen Speaker of the House by a very large
vote.

In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was
elected a member of Congress. In 1837, being
then but thirty-three years old, he was elected to
the Senate, taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren
commenced his administration. He was the
youngest member in the Senate. In the year
1834, he married Miss Jane Means Appleton, a
lady of rare beauty and accomplishments, and one
admirably fitted to adorn every station with which
her husband was honored. Of the three sons who
were born to them, all now sleep with their par-
ents in the grave.

In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing
fame and increasing business as a lawyer, took up
his residence in Concord, the capital of New
Hampshire. President Polk, upon his accession
to office, appointed Mr. Pierce Attorney-General
of the United States; but the offer was declined
in consequence of numerous professional engage-
ments at home, and the precarious state of Mrs.
Pierce's health. He also, about the same time,
declined the nomination for Governor by the
Democratic party. The war with Mexico called

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Mr. Pierce into the army. Receiving the appoint-
ment of Brigadier- General, he embarked with a
portion of his troops at Newport, R I., on the
27th of May, 1847. He took an important part
in this war, proving himself a brave and true sol-
dier.

When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his na-
tive State, he was received enthusiastically by the
advocates of the Mexican War, and coldly by his
opponents. He resumed the practice of his pro-
fession, very frequently taking an active part in
political questions, giving his cordial support to
the pro-slavery wing of the Democratic party.
The compromise measures met cordially with his
approval, and he strenuously advocated the en-
forcement of the infamous Fugitive Slave Law,
which so shocked the religious sensibilities of the
North. He thus became distinguished as a
" Northern man with Southern principles." The
strong partisans of slavery in the South conse-
quently regarded him as a man whom they could
safely trust in office to carry out their plans.

On the 12th of June, 1852, the Democratic con-
vention met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate
for the Presidency. For four days they contin-
ued in session, and in thirty-five ballotings no one
had obtained a two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus
far had been thrown for Gen. Pierce. Then the
Virginia delegation brought forward his name.
There were fourteen more ballotings, during which
Gen. Pierce constantly gained strength, until, at
the forty-ninth ballot, he received two hundred
and eighty-two votes, and all other candidates
eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was the Whig can-
didate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with great una-
nimity. Only four States — Vermont, Massachu-
setts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their elec-
toral votes against him. Gen. Franklin Pierce
was therefore inaugurated President of the United
States on the 4th of March, 1853.

His administration proved one of the most
stormy our country had ever experienced. The
controversy between slavery' and freedom was
then approaching its culminating point. It be-
came evident that there was to be an irrepressible
conflict between them, and that this nation
could not long exist " half slave and half free."

President Pierce, during the whole of his admin-
istration, did everything he could to conciliate the
South; but it was all in vain. The conflict every
year grew more violent, and threats of the disso-
lution of the Union were borne to the North on
every Southern breeze.

Such was the condition of affairs when Presi-
dent Pierce approached the close of his four-
years term of office. The North had become
thoroughly alienated from him. The anti-slavery
sentiment, goaded by great outrages, had been
rapidly increasing; all the intellectual ability and
social worth of President Pierce were forgotten in
deep reprehension of his administrative acts. The
slaveholders of the South also, unmindful of the
fidelity with which he had advocated those meas-
ures of Government which they approved, and
perhaps feeling that he had rendered himself
so unpopular as no longer to be able to accepta-
bly serve them, ungratefully dropped him, and
nominated James Buchanan to succeed him.

On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re-
turned to his home in Concord. His three chil-
dren were all dead, his last surviving child hav-
ing been killed before his eyes in a railroad acci-
dent; and his wife, one of the most estimable and
accomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking in
consumption. The hour of dreadful gloom soon
came, and he was left alone in the world without
wife or child.

When the terrible Rebellion burst forth which
divided our country into two parties, and two
only, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the prin-
ciples which he had always cherished, and gave
his sympathies to that pro-slavery part}- with
which he had ever been allied. He declined to
do anything, either by voice or pen, to strengthen
the hand of the National Government. He con-
tinued to reside in Concord until the time of his
death, which occurred in October, 1869. He was
one of the most genial and social of men, an hon-
ored communicant of the Episcopal Church, and
one of the kindest of neighbors. Generous to a
fault, he contributed liberally toward the allevia-
tion of suffering and want, and many of his
towns-people were often gladdened by his material
bounty.

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JAMES BUCHANAN.

(TAMES BUCHANAN, the fifteenth President
I of the United States, was born in a small
G/ frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridge
of the Alleghanies, in Franklin County, Pa., on
the 23d of April, 1791. The place where the
humble cabin home stood was called Stony Bat-
ter. His father was a native of the north of Ire-
land, who had emigrated in 1783, with little prop-
erty save his own strong arms. Five years after-
ward he married Elizabeth Spear, the daughter
of a respectable farmer, and, with his young bride,
plunged into the wilderness, staked his claim,
reared his log hut, opened a clearing with his
axe, and settled down thereto perform his obscure
part in the drama of life. When James was eight
years of age, his father removed to the village of
Mercersburg, where his son was placed at school,
and commenced a course of study in English,
Latin and Greek. His progress was rapid, and
at the age of fourteen he entered Dickinson Col-
lege, at Carlisle. Here he developed remarkable
talent, and took his stand among the first scholars
in the institution.

In the year 1809, he graduated with the high-
est honors of his class. He was then eighteen
years of age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health,
fond of athletic sports, an unerring shot, and en-
livened with an exuberant flow of animal spirits,
lie immediately commenced the study of law in
the city of Lancaster, and was admitted to the
Bar in 18 12, when he was but twenty-one years
of age.

In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a
candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for
ten years he remained a member of the Lower
House. During the vacations of Congress, he

occasionally tried some important case. In 1831
he retired altogether from the toils of his profes-
sion, having acquired an ample fortune.

Gen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presi-
dency, appointed Mr. Buchanan Minister to Rus-
sia. The duties of his mission he performed
with ability, and gave satisfaction to all parties.
Upon his return, in 1833, he was elected to a seat
in the United States Senate. He there met as
his associates Webster, Clay, Wright and Cal-
houn. He advocated the measures proposed by
President Jackson, of making reprisals against
France to enforce the payment of our claims
against that country, and defended the course of
the President in his unprecedented and wholesale
removal from office of those who were not the
supporters of his administration. Upon this
question he was brought into direct collision with
Henry Clay. He also, with voice and vote, ad-
vocated expunging from the journal of the Senate
the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for re-
moving the deposits. Earnestly he opposed the
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia,
and urged the prohibition of the circulation of
anti-slavery documents by the United States
mails. As to petitions on the subject of slavery,
he advocated that they should be respectfully re-
ceived, and that the reply should be returned
that Congress had no power to legislate upon the
subject. "Congress," said he, "might as well
undertake to interfere with slavery under a for-
eign government as in any of the States where it
now exists. ' '

Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency,
Mr. Buchanan became Secretary of State, and a9
such took his share of the responsibility in the

JAMES BUCHANAN.

conduct of the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed
that crossing the Nueces by the American
troops into the disputed territory was not wrong,
but for the Mexicans to cross the Rio Grande
into Texas was a declaration of war. No candid
man can read with pleasure the account of the
course our Government pursued in that movement.

Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly
with the party devoted to the perpetuation and
extension of slavery, and brought all the energies
of his mind to bear against the Wilmot Proviso.
He gave his cordial approval to the compromise
measures of 1850, which included the Fugitive
Slave Law. Mr. Pierce, upon his election to the
Presidency, honored Mr. Buchanan with the mis-
sion to England.

In the year 1856, a national Democratic Con-
vention nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presi-
dency. The political conflict was one of the most
severe in which our country has ever engaged.
All the friends of slavery were on one side; all
the advocates of its restriction and final abolition
on the other. Mr. Fremont, the candidate of the
enemies of slavery, received one hundred and
fourteen electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received
one hundred and seventy-four, and was elected.
The popular vote stood 1,340,618 for Fremont,
1,224,750 for Buchanan. On March 4, 1857,
the latter was inaugurated.

Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only
four years were wanting to fill up his three-score
years and ten. His own friends, those with
whom he had been allied in political principles
and action for years, were seeking the destruc-
tion of the Government, that they might rear
upon the ruins of our free institutions a nation
whose corner-stone should be human slavery. In
this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly
bewildered. He could not, with his long-avowed
principles, consistently oppose the State Rights
party in their assumptions. As President of the
United States, bound by his oath faithfully to
administer the laws, he could not, without per-
jury of the grossest kind, unite with those en-
deavoring to overthrow the Republic. He there-
fore did nothing.

The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administra-

tion nominated Abraham Lincoln as their stand-
ard-bearer in the next Presidential canvass.
The pro-slavery party declared that if he were
elected and the control of the Government were
thus taken from their hands, they would secede
from the Union, taking with them as they retired
the National Capitol at Washington and the
lion's share of the territory of the United States.

As the storm increased in violence, the slave-
holders claiming the right to secede, and Mr.
Buchanan avowing that Congress had no power
to prevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions
of governmental imbecility was exhibited that the
world has ever seen. He declared that Congress
had no power to enforce its laws in any State
which had withdrawn, or which was attempting
to withdraw, from the Union. This was not the
doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with his hand
upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed: "The Union
must and shall be preserved!"

South Carolina seceded in December, i860,
nearly three months before the inauguration of
President Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in
listless despair. The rebel flag was raised in
Charleston; Ft. Sumter was besieged; our forts,
navy-yards and arsenals were seized; our depots
of military stores were plundered, and our cus-
tom-houses and post-offices were appropriated by
the rebels.

The energy of the rebels and the imbecility of
our Executive were alike marvelous. The na-
tion looked on in agony, waiting for the slow
weeks to glide away and close the administration,
so terrible in its weakness. At length the long-
looked-for hour of deliverance came, when Abra-
ham Lincoln was to receive the scepter.

The administration of President Buchanan was
certainly the most calamitous our country has ex-
perienced. His best friends can not recall it with
pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his
fame, that in that dreadful conflict which rolled
its billows of flame and blood over our whole
land, no word came from his lips to indicate his
wish that our country's banner should triumph
over the flag of the Rebellion. He died at his
Wheatland retreat, June 1, 1868.

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61 BRAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteenth Presi-
Ll dent of the United States, was born in Hardin
/ I County, Ky., February 12, 1809. About
the year 1780, a man by the name of Abraham
Lincoln left Virginia with his family and moved
into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years
after this emigration, and while still a young man,
he was working one day in a field, when an Indian
stealthily approached and killed him. His widow
was left in extreme poverty with five little chil-
dren, three boys and two girls. Thomas, the
youngest of the boys, and the father of President
Abraham Lincoln, was four years of age at his
father's death.

When twenty-eight years old, Thomas Lincoln
built a log cabin, and married Nancy Hanks, the
daughter of another family of poor Kentucky-
emigrants, who had also come from Virginia.
Their second child was Abraham Lincoln, the sub-
ject of this sketch. The mother of Abraham was
a noble woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created
to adorn a palace, but doomed to toil and pine, and
die in a hovel. " All that I am, or hope to be,''
exclaimed the grateful son, " I owe to my angel-
mother." When he was eight years ol age, his
father sold his cabin and small farm and moved
to Indiana, where two years later his mother died.

As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly
family was the usual lot of humanity. There
were joys and griefs, weddings and funerals.
Abraham' s sister Sarah, to whom he was tenderly
attached, was married when a child of but four-
teen years of age, and soon died. The family
was gradually scattered, and Thomas Lincoln
sold out his squatter's claim in 1830, and emi-
grated to Macon County, 111.

Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years
of age. With vigorous hands he aided his father
in rearing another log cabin, and worked quite
diligently at this until he saw the family com-
fortably settled, and their small lot of enclosed
prairie planted with corn, when he announced to

his father his intention to leave home, and to go
out into the world and seek his fortune. Little
did he or his friends imagine how brilliant that
fortune was to be. • He saw the value of educa-
tion and was intensely earnest to improve his
mind to the utmost of his power. Religion he
revered. His morals were pure, and he was un-
contaminated by a single vice.

Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired
laborer among the farmers. Then he went to
Springfield, where he was employed in building
a large flat-boat. In this he took a herd of swine,
floated them down the Sangamon to Illinois, and
thence by the Mississippi to New Orleans. What-
ever Abraham Lincoln undertook, he performed
so faithfully as to give great satisfaction to his
employers. In this adventure the latter were
so well pleased, that upon his return they placed
a store and mill under his care.

In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk
War, he enlisted and was chosen Captain of a
company. He returned to Sangamon County,
and, although only twenty-three years of age, was
a candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated.
He soon after received from Andrew Jackson the
appointment of Postmaster of New Salem. His
only post-office *as his hat. All the letters he
received he carried there, ready to deliver to those
he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and
soon made this his business. In 1834 he again
became a candidate for the Legislature and was
elected. Mr. Stuart, of Springfield, advised him
to study law. He walked from New Salem to
Springfield, borrowed of Mr. Stuart a load of
books, carried them back, and began his legal
studies. When the Legislature .assembled, he
trudged on foot with his pack on his back one
hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In
1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here
it was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839
he removed to Springfield and began the practice
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that he was soon engaged in almost even- noted
case in the circuit.

In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr.
Lincoln and Mr. Douglas on the slavery ques-
tion. In the organization of the Republican party
in Illinois, in 1856, he took an active part, and at
once became one of the leaders in that party.
Mr.' Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator
Douglas in the contest in 1858 for a seat in the
Senate, form a most notable part of his history.
The issue was on the slavery- question, and he
took the broad ground of the Declaration of In-
dependence, that all men are created equal. Mr.
Lincoln was defeated in this contest, but won a
far higher prize.

The great Republican Convention met at Chi-
cago on the 1 6th of June, i860. The delegates
and strangers who crowded the city amounted to
twenty-five thousand. An immense building
called " The Wigwam," was reared to accommo-
date the convention. There were eleven candi-
dates for whom votes were thrown. William H.
Seward, a man whose fame as a statesman had
long filled the land, was the most prominent. It
was generally supposed he would be the nomi-
nee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received the
nomination on the third ballot.

Election day came, and Mr. Lincoln received
one hundred and eighty electoral votes out of two
hundred and three cast, and was, therefore, con-
stitutionally elected President of the United States.
The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this
good and merciful man, especially by the slave-
holders, was greater than upon any other man
ever elected to this high position. In February,
1861, Mr. Lincoln started for Washington, stop-
ping in all the large cities on his way, making
speeches. The whole journey was fraught with
much danger. Many of the Southern States had
already seceded, and several attempts at assassi-
nation were afterward brought to light. A gang
in Baltimore had arranged upon his arrival to
"get up a row," and in the confusion to make
sure of his death with revolvers and hand-gren-
ades. A detective unravelled the plot. A secret
and special train was provided to take him from
Harnsburg, through Baltimore, at an unexpected

hour of the night. The train started at half-past
ten, and to prevent any possible communication
on the part of the Secessionists with their Con-
federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train
had started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr.
Lincoln reached Washington in safety and was
inaugurated, although great anxiety was felt by
all loyal people.

In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave
to Mr. .Seward the Department of State, and to
other prominent opponents before the convention
he gave important positions; but during no other
administration had the duties devolving upon the
President been so manifold, and the responsibilities
so great, as those which fell to his lot. Knowing
this, and feeling his own weakness and inability
to meet, and in his own strength to cope with,
the difficulties, he learned early to seek Divine
wisdom and guidance in determining his plans,
and Divine comfort in all his trials, both personal
and national. Contrary to his own estimate of
himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the most cour-
ageous of men. He went directly into the rebel
capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, with
no guard but a few sailors. From the time he
had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had
been made for his assassination, and he at last
fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he,
with Gen. Grant, was urgently invited to attend
Ford's Theatre. It was announced that they
would be present. Gen. Grant, however, left the
city. President Lincoln, feeling, with his char-
acteristic kindliness of heart, that it would be a
disappointment if he should fail them, very re-
luctantly consented to go. While listening to
the play, an actor by the name of John Wilkes
Booth entered the box where the President and
family were seated, and fired a bullet into his
brain. He died the next morning at seven
o'clock.

Never before in the history of the world was
a nation plunged into such deep grief by the death
of its ruler. Strong men met in the streets and
wept in speechless anguish. His was a life which
will fitly become a model. His name as the
Savior of his country will live with that of Wash-
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Gl NDREW JOHNSON, seventeenth President
Lj of the United States. The early life of An-
/ I drew Johnson contains but the record of pov-
erty, destitution and friendlessness. He was born
December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N. C. His par-
ents, belonging to the class of "poor whites"
of the South, were in such circumstances that they
could not confer even the slightest advantages of
education upon their child. When Andrew was
five years of age, his father accidentally lost his
life, while heroically endeavoring to save a friend
from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew
was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by
the labor of his mother, who obtained her living
with her own hands.

He then, having never attended a school one
day, and being unable either to read or write, was
apprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gen-
tleman was in the habit of going to the tailor's
shcp occasionally, and reading to the boys at
work there. He often read from the speeches of
distinguished British statesmen. Andrew, who
was endowed with a mind of more than ordinary
ability, became much interested in these speeches;
his ambition was roused, and he was inspired with
a strong desire to learn to read.

He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet,
and with the assistance of some of his fellow-
workmen learned his letters. He then called upon
the gentleman to borrow the book of speeches.
The owner, pleased with his zeal, not only gave
him the book, but assisted him in learning to com-
bine the letters into words. Under such difficul-
ties he pressed onward laboriously, spending usu-
ally ten or twelve hours at work in the shop, and
then robbing himself of rest and recreation to de-
vote such time as he could to reading.

He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at

Greenville, where he married a young lady who
possessed some education. Under her instructions
he learned to write and cipher. He became
prominent in the village debating society, and a
favorite with the students of Greenville College.
In 1828, he organized a working man's party,
which elected him Alderman, and in 1830 elected
him Mayor, which position he held three years.

He now began to take a lively interest in
political affairs, identifying himself with the work-
ing-class, to which he belonged. In 1835, he
was elected a member of the House of Represent-
atives of Tennessee. He was then just twenty-
seven years of age. He became a very active
member of the Legislature, gave his support to
the Democratic party, and in 1840 "stumped the
State," advocating Martin Van Buren's claims to
the Presidency, in opposition to those of Gen.
Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much
readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased
his reputation.

In 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843,
he was elected a Member of Congress, and by suc-
cessive elections held that important post for ten
years. In 1853, he was elected Governor of Tenn-
essee, and was re-elected in 1855. In all these
responsible positions, he discharged his duties
with distinguished ability, and proved himself the
warm friend of the working classes. In 1857, Mr.
Johnson was elected United States Senator.

Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated
the annexation of Texas, stating, however, as his
reason, that he thought this annexation would
probably prove ' 'to be the gateway out of which
the sable sons of Africa are to pass from bondage
to freedom, and become merged in a population
congenial to themselves." In 1850, he also sup-
ported the compromise measures, the two essen-

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tial features of which were, that the white people
of the Territories should be permitted to decide
for themselves whether they would enslave the
colored people or not, and that the free States of
the North should return to the South persons who
attempted to escape from slaver y.

Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly
origin: on the contrary, he often took pride in
avowing that he owed his distinction to his own
exertions. "Sir," said he on the floor of the
Senate, "I do not forget that I am a mechanic;
neither do I forget that Adam was a tailor and
sewed fig-leaves, and that our Savior was the son
of a carpenter. ' '

In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i860,
he was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for
the Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of
the Southern Democracy became apparent, he took
a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held
that "slavery must be held subordinate to the
Union at whatever cost. ' ' He returned to Tenn-
essee, and repeatedly imperiled his own life to
protect the Unionists of that State. Tennessee
having seceded from the Union, President Lincoln,
on March 4, 1862, appointed him Military Gov-
ernor of the State, and he established the most
stringent military rule. His numerous proclama-
tions attracted wide attention. In 1864, he was
elected Vice-President of the United States, and
upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865,
became President. In a speech two days later he
said, "The American people must be taught, if
they do not already feel, that treason is a crime
and must be punished ; that the Government will
not always bear with its enemies; that it is strong
not only to protect, but to punish. * * The
people must understand that it (treason) is the
blackest of crimes, and will surely be punished."
Yet his whole administration, the history of which
is so well known, was in utter inconsistency with,
and in the most violent opposition to, the princi-
ples laid down in that speech.

In his loose policy of reconstruction and general
amnesty, he was opposed by Congress, and he
characterized Congress as a new rebellion, and
lawlessly defied it in everything possible to the ut-
most. In the beginning of 1868, on account of

"High crimes and misdemeanors," the principal
of which was the removal of Secretary Stanton in
violation of the Tenure of Office Act, articles of
impeachment were preferred against him, and the
trial began March 23.

It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three
months. A test article of the impeachment was
at length submitted to the court for its action. It
was certain that as the court voted upon that ar-
ticle so would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices
pronounced the President guilty. As a two-thirds
vote was necessary to his condemnation, he was
pronounced acquitted, notwithstanding the great
majority against him. The change of one vote
from the not guilty side would have sustained the
impeachment.

The President, for the remainder of his term,
was but little regarded. He continued, though
impotently, his conflict with Congress. His own
party did not think it expedient to renominate
him for the Presidency. The Nation rallied with
enthusiasm, unparalleled since the days of Wash-
ington, around the name of Gen. Grant. Andrew
Johnson was forgotten. The bullet of the assassin
introduced him to the President's chair. Not-
withstanding this, never was there presented to a
man a better opportunity to immortalize his name,
and to win the gratitude of a nation. He failed
utterly. He retired to his home in Greenville,
Tenn., taking no very active part in politics until
1875. On January 26, after an exciting struggle,
he was chosen by the Legislature of Tennessee
United States Senator in the Forty-fourth Congess,
and took his seat in that body, at the special ses-
sion convened by President Grant, on the 5th of
March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-Presi-
dent made a visit to his daughter's home, near
Carter Station, Tenn. When he started on his
journey, he was apparently in his usual vigorous
health, but on reaching the residence of his child
the following day, he was stricken with paralysis,
which rendered him unconscious. He rallied oc-
casionally, but finally passed away at 2 A. M.,
July 31 , aged sixty-seven years. His funeral was
held at Greenville, on the 3d of August, with
every demonstration of respect.

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ULYSSES S. GRANT.

HLYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth Presi-
dent of the United States, was born on the
29th of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in
a humble home at Point Pleasant, on the banks
of the Ohio. Shortly after, his father moved to
Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. In this re-
mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common-
school education. At the age of seventeen, in
the year 1839, he entered the Military Academy
at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid,
sensible young man, of fair ability, and of sturdy,
honest character. He took respectable rank as a
scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated about the
middle in his class, and was sent as Lieutenant of
Infantry to one of the distant military posts in the
Missouri Territory. Two years he passed in these
dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond Indians.

The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was
sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His
first battle was at Palo Alto. There was no
chance here for the exhibition of either skill or
heroism, nor at Resaca de la Palma, his second
battle. At the battle of Monterey, his third en-
gagement, it is said that he performed a signal
sen-ice of daring and skillful horsemanship.

At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant
returned with his regiment to New York, and
was again sent to one of the military posts on the
frontier. The discovery of gold in California
causing an immense tide of emigration to flow to
the Pacific shores, Capt. Grant was sent with a
battalion to Ft. Dallas, in Oregon, for the protec-
tion of the interests of the immigrants. But life
was wearisome in those wilds, and he resigned
his commission and returned to the States. Hav-
ing married, he entered upon the cultivation of a
small farm near St. Louis, Mo., but having little

skill as a farmer, and finding his toil not re-
munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering
into the leather business, with a younger brother
at Galena, 111. This was in the year i860. As
the tidings of the rebels firing on Ft. Sumter
reached the ears of Capt. Grant in his counting-
room, he said: "Uncle Sam has educated me
for the army ; though I have served him through
one war, I do not feel that I have yet repaid the
debt. I am still ready to discharge my obliga-
tions. I shall therefore buckle on my sword and
see Uncle Sam through this war too."

He went into the streets, raised a company of
volunteers, and led them as their Captain to
Springfield, the capital of the State, where their
services were offered to Gov. Yates. The Gov-
ernor, impressed by the zeal and straightforward
executive abilitj- of Capt. Grant, gave him a desk
in his office to assist in the volunteer organiza-
tion that was being formed in the State in behalf
of the Government. On the 15th of June, 1861,
Capt. Grant received a commission as Colonel of
the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteers.
His merits as a West Point graduate, who had
served for fifteen years in the regular army, were
such that he was soon promoted to the rank of
Brigadier-General, and was placed in command at
Cairo. The rebels raised their banner at Padu-
cah, near the mouth of the Tennessee River.
Scarcely had its folds appeared in the breeze ere
Gen. Grant was there. The rebels fled, their
banner fell, and the Stars and Stripes were un-
furled in its stead.

He entered the service with great determina-
tion and immediately began active duty. This
was the beginning, and until the surrender of
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with great vigor and effectiveness. At Belmont,
a few days later, he surprised and routed the
rebels, then at Ft. Henry won another victory.
Then came the brilliant fight at Ft. Donelson.
The nation was electrified by the victory, and the
brave leader of the boys in blue was immediately
made a Major-General, and the military district
of Tennessee was assigned to him.

Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well
how to secure the results of victory. He imme-
diately pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then
came the terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing,
Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg, where Gen.
Pemberton made an unconditional surrender of
the city with over thirty thousand men and one
hundred and seventy-two cannon. The fall of
Vicksburg was by far the most severe blow which
the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened
up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.

Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with
Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro-
ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown
from his horse, and received severe injuries, from
which he was laid up for months. He then
rushed to the aid of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas
at Chattanooga, and by a wonderful series of
strategic and technical measures put the Union
army in fighting condition. Then followed the
bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout Moun-
tain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels
were routed with great loss. This won for him
unbounded praise in the North. On the 4th of
February, 1864, Congress revived the grade of
lieutenant-general, and the rank was conferred
on Gen. Grant. He repaired to Washington to
receive his credentials and enter upon the duties
of his new office.

Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge
of the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed
National troops for an attack upon Richmond,
the nominal capital of the rebellion, and endeavor
there to destroy the rebel armies which would be
promptly assembled from all quarters for its de-
fense. The whole continent seemed to tremble
under the tramp of these majestic armies, rushing
to the decisive battle-field. Steamers were crowd-
ed with troops. Railway trains were burdened

with closely-packed thousands. His plans were
comprehensive, and involved a series of cam-
paigns, which were executed with remarkable
energy and ability, and were consummated at the
surrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.

The war was ended. The Union was saved.
The almost unanimous voice of the nation de-
clared Gen. Grant to be the most prominent in-
strument in its salvation. The eminent services
he had thus rendered the country brought him
conspicuously forward as the Republican candi-
date for the Presidential chair.

At the Republican Convention held at Chicago,
May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated
for the Presidency, and at the autumn election
received a majority of the popular vote, and two
hundred and fourteen out of two hundred and
ninety-four electoral votes.

The National Convention of the Republican
party, which met at Philadelphia on the 5th 01
June, 1872, placed Gen. Grant in nomination for
a second term by a unanimous vote. The selec-
tion was emphatically indorsed by the people five
months later, two hundred and ninety-two elect-
oral votes being cast for him.

Soon after the close of his second term, Gen.
Grant started upon his famous trip around the
world. He visited almost every country of the
civilized world, and was everywhere received
with such ovations and demonstrations of respect
and honor, private as well as public and official,
as were never before bestowed upon any citizen
of the United States.

He was the most prominent candidate before
the Republican National Convention in 1880 for
a renomination for President. He went to New
York and embarked in the brokerage business
under the firm name of Grant & Ward. The
latter proved a villain, wrecked Grant's fortune,
and for larceny was sent to the penitentiary.
The General was attacked with cancer in the
throat, but suffered in his stoic-like manner, never
complaining. He was re-instated as General of
the Army, and retired by Congress. The cancer
soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 1885,
the nation went in mourning over the death 01
the illustrious General.

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RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, the nineteenth
President of the United States, was born in
Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1S22, almost
three months after the death of his father, Ruther-
ford Hayes. His ancestry on both the paternal and
maternal sides was of the most honorable char-
acter. It can be traced, it is said, as far back as
1280, when Hayes and Rutherford were two
Scottish chieftains, fighting side by side with
Baliol, William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Both
families belonged to the nobility, owned extensive
estates, and had a large following. Misfortune
overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scotland
in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son
George was born in Windsor, and remained there
during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter,
married Sarah L,ee, and lived from the time of
his marriage until his death in Simsbury, Conn.
Ezekiel, son of Daniel, was bom in 1724, and was
a manufacturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn.
Rutherford Hayes, son of Ezekiel and grandfather
of President Hayes, was born in New Haven, in
August, 1756. He was a farmer, blacksmith and
tavern-keeper. He emigrated to Vermont at an
unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, where he
established a hotel. Here his son, Rutherford
Hayes, the father of President Hayes, was born.
He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia
Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors
emigrated thither from Connecticut, they having
been among the wealthiest and best families of
Norwich. Her ancestry on the male side is
traced back to 1635, to John Birchard, one of the
principal founders of Norwich. Both of her grand-
fathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

The father of President Hayes was an industri-
ous, frugal, yet open-hearted man. He was of a

mechanical turn of mind, and could mend a plow,
knit a stocking, or do almost anything else that
he chose to undertake. He was a member of the
church, active in all the benevolent enterprises
'of the town, and conducted his business on Chris-
tian principles. After the close of the War of
1S12, for reasons inexplicable to his neighbors, he
resolved to emigrate to Ohio.

The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day,
when there were no canals, steamers, or rail-
ways, was a very serious affair. A tour of in-
spection was first made, occupying four months.
Mr. Hayes decided to move to Delaware, where
the family arrived in 181 7. He died July 22,
1822, a victim of malarial fever, less than three
months before the birth of the son of whom we
write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore bereavement,
found the support she so much needed in her
brother Sardis, who had been a member of the
household from the day of its departure from
Vermont, and in an orphan girl, whom she had
adopted some time before as an act of charity.

Rutherford was seven years old before he went
to school. His education, however, was not neg-
lected. He probably learned as much from his
mother, and sister as he would have done at
school. His sports were almost wholly within
doors, his playmates being his sister and her asso-
ciates. These circumstances tended, no doubt, to
foster that gentleness of disposition and that del-
icate consideration for the feelings of others which
were marked traits of his character.

His uncle, Sardis Birchard, took the deepest
interest in his education; and as the boy's health
had improved, and he was making good progress
in his studies, he proposed to send him to college.
His preparation commenced with a tutor at home;

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

but he was afterwards sent for one year to a pro-
fessor in the Wesleyan University in Middletown,
Conn. He entered Kenyon College in 1838, at
the age of sixteen, and was graduated at the head
of his class in 1842.

Immediately after his graduation he began the
study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow,
Esq., in Columbus. Finding his opportunities
for study in Columbus somewhat limited, he de-
termined to enter the Law School at Cambridge,
Mass., where he remained two years.

In 1845, after graduating at the Law School, he
was admitted to the Bar at Marietta, Ohio, and
shortly afterward went into practice as an at-
torney-at-law with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fre-
mont. Here he remained three years, acquiring
but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious
of distinction in his profession.

In 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his am-
bition found a new stimulus. For several years,
however, his progress was slow. Two events
occurring at this period had a powerful influence
upon his subsequent life. One of these was his
marriage with Miss Lucy Ware Webb, daughter
of Dr. James Webb, of Chillicothe; the other was
his introduction to the Cincinnati Literary Club,
a body embracing among its members such men
as Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Gen. John
Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many others
hardly less distinguished in after life. The mar-
riage was a fortunate one in every respect, as
everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of
our Presidents was more universally admired,
reverenced and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and
no one did more than she to reflect honor upon
American womanhood. The Literary Club brought
Mr. Hayes into constant association with young
men of high character and noble aims, and lured
him to display the qualities so long hidden by his
bashfulness and modesty.

In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas, but he declined to
accept the nomination. Two years later, the of-
fice of City Solicitor becoming vacant, the City
Council elected him for the unexpired term.

In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was
at the zenith of his professional life. His rank at

the Bar was among the first. But the news of
the attack on Ft. Sumter found him eager to
take up arms for the defense of his country.

His military record was bright and illustrious.
In October, 1861, he was made Lieutenant- Colo-
nel, and in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of
the Seventy-ninth Ohio Regiment, but he refused
to leave his old comrades and go among strangers.
Subsequently, however, he was made Colonel of
his old regiment. At the battle of South Moun-
tain he received a wound, and while faint and
bleeding displayed courage and fortitude that
won admiration from all.

Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment,
after his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General,
and placed in command of the celebrated Kanawha
division, and for gallant and meritorious services
in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and
Cedar Creek, he was promoted Brigadier-General.
He was also breveted Major- General, "for gallant
and distinguished services during the campaigns
of 1864, in West Virginia." In the course of his
arduous services, four horses were shot from un-
der him, and he was wounded four times.

In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress
from the Second Ohio District, which had long
been Democratic. He was not present during the
campaign, and after the election was importuned
to resign his commission in the arm}-; but he fi-
nally declared, " I shall never come to Washing-
ton until I can come by way of Richmond." He
was re-elected in 1866.

In 1867, Gen. Hayes was elected Governor of
Ohio, over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular
Democrat, and in 1869 was re-elected over George
H. Pendleton. He was elected Governor for the
third term in 1875.

In 1876 he was the standard-bearer of the Re-
publican party in the Presidential contest, and
after a hard, long contest was chosen President,
and was inaugurated Monday, March 5, 1877.
He served his full term, not, however, with satis-
faction to his party, but his administration was an
average one. The remaining years of his life
were passed quietly in his Ohio home, where he
passed away January 17, 1893.

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JAMES A. GARFIELD.

(JAMES A. GARFIELD, twentieth President
I of the United States, was born November 19,
(2/ 183 1, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio. His parents were Abram and
Eliza (Balloui Garfield, both of New England
ancestry, and from families well known in the
early history of that section of our country, but
who had moved to the Western Reserve, in Ohio,
early in its settlement.

The house in which James A. was born was
not unlike the houses of poor Ohio farmers of
that day. It was about 20 x 30 feet, built of logs,
with the spaces between the logs filled with clay.
His father was a hard-working farmer, and he
soon had his fields cleared, an orchard planted,
and a log barn built. The household comprised
the father and mother and their four children,
Mehetabel, Thomas, Mar} - and James. In May,
1823, the father died from a cold contracted in
helping to put out a forest fire. At this time
James was about eighteen months old, and
Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps,
can tell how much James was indebted to his
brother's toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty
years succeeding his father's death. He now
lives in Michigan, and the two sisters live in Solon,
Ohio, near their birthplace.

The early educational advantages young Gar-
field enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the
most of them. He labored at farm work for
others, did carpenter work, chopped wood, or did
anything that would bring in a few dollars to aid
his widowed mother in her struggles to keep the
little family together. Nor was Gen. Garfield
ever ashamed of his origin, and he never forgot
the friends of his struggling childhood, youth and
manhood; neither did they ever forget him.
When in the highest seats of honor, the humblest
friend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as
ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the sym-
pathy of one who had known all the bitterness of

want and the sweetness of bread earned by the
sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple,
plain, modest gentleman.

The highest ambition of young Garfield until
he was about sixteen years old was to be cap-
tain of a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious
to go aboard a vessel, but this his mother strongly
opposed. She finally consented to his going to
Cleveland, with the understanding, however, that
he should try to obtain some other kind of em-
ployment. He walked all the way to Cleveland.
This was his first visit to the city. After making
many applications for work, and trying to get
aboard a lake vessel and not meeting with suc-
cess, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos
Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal.
He remained at this work but a short time, when
he went home, and attended the seminar}- at
Chester for about three years. He then entered
Hiram and the Eclectic Institute, teaching a few
terms of school in the meantime, and doing other
work. This school was started by the Disciples
of Christ in 1850, of which body he was then a
member. He became janitor and bell-ringer in
order to help pay his way. He then became both
teacher and pupil. Soon " exhausting Hiram,"
and needing a higher education, in the fall of 1854
he entered Williams College, from which he grad-
uated in 1856, taking one of the highest honors of
his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram Col-
lege as its President. As above stated, he early
united with the Christian, or Disciples, Church at
Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous
member, often preaching in its pulpit and places
where he happened to be.

Mr. Garfield was united in marriage, Novem-
ber 11, 1858, with Miss Lucretia Rudolph, who
proved herself worthy as the wife of one whom
all the world loved. To them were born seven
children, five of whom are still living, four boys
and one girl.

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Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in
1856, in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and
three years later he began to speak at county
mass-meetings, and became the favorite speaker
wherever he was. During this year he was
elected to the Ohio Senate. He also began to
study law at Cleveland, and in 1861 was admitted
to the Bar. The great Rebellion broke out in the
early part of this year, and Mr. Garfield at once
resolved to fight as he had talked, and enlisted to
defend the Old Flag. He received his commission
as Lieutenant- Colonel of the Forty-second Regi-
ment of Ohio Infantry August 14, 1861. He
was immediately put into active service, and be-
fore he had ever seen a gun fired in action, was
placed in command of four regiments of infantry
and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the
work of driving out of his native State the able
rebel officer, Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky.
This work was bravely and speedily accomplished,
although against great odds, and President Lin-
coln commissioned him Brigadier-General, Janu-
ary 10, 1862; and "as he had been the youngest
man in the Ohio Senate two years before, so now
he was the youngest General in the army." He
was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, in its
operations around Corinth and its march through
Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of
the general court martial for the trial of Gen.
Fitz-John Porter. He was next ordered to re-
port to Gen. Rosecrans, and was assigned to the
' ' Chief of Staff. ' ' The military history of Gen.
Garfield closed with his brilliant services at Chick-
amauga, where he won the rank of Major-General.

Without an effort on his part, Gen. Garfield
was elected to Congress in the fall of 1862, from
the Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of
Ohio had been represented in Congress for sixty
years mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and
Joshua R. Giddings. It was not without a strug-
gle that he resigned his place in the army. At
the time he entered Congress he was the youngest
member in that body. There he remained by
successive re-elections until he was elected Presi-
dent, in 1880. Of his labors in Congress, Senator
Hoar says: "Since the year 1864 you cannot
think of a question which has been debated in

Congress, or discussed before a tribunal of the
American people, ip regard to which you will not
find, if you wish instruction, the argument on
one side stated, in almost every instance better
than by anybody else, in some speech made in
the House of Representatives or on the hustings
by Mr. Garfield."

Upon January 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elect-
ed to the United States Senate, and on the 8th of
June, of the same year, was nominated as the
candidate of his party for President at the great
Chicago Convention. He was elected in the fol-
lowing November, and on March 4, 1881, was
inaugurated. Probably no administration ever
opened its existence under brighter auspices than
that of President Garfield, and every day it grew
in favor with the people. By the 1st of July
he had completed all the initiatory and prelimi-
nary work of his administration, and was prepar-
ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Will-
iams College. While on his way and at the
depot, in company with Secretary Blaine, a man
stepped behind him, drew a revolver, and fired
directly at his back. The President tottered and
fell, and as he did so the assassin fired a second
shot, the bullet cutting the left coat sleeve of his
victim, but inflicting no further injury. It has
been very truthfully said that this was ' ' the shot
that was heard around the world." Never before
in the history of the nation had anything occur-
red which so nearly froze the blood of the people
for the moment as this awful deed. He was
smitten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his
life, at the summit of his power and hope. For
eighty days, all during the hot months of July
and August, he lingered and suffered. He, how-
ever, remained master of himself till the last, and
by his magnificent bearing taught the country
and the world one of the noblest of human les-
sons — how to live grandly in the very clutch of
death. Great in life, he was surpassingly great
in death. He passed serenely away September
19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of
the ocean, where he had been taken shortly be-
fore. The world wept at his death, as it rarely
ever had done on the death of any other great
and noble man.

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CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

E HESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first Presi-
dent of the United States, was born in Frank-
lin County, Vt., on the 5th day of October,
1830. and was the eldest of a family of two sons
and five daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr.
William Arthur, a Baptist clergyman, who emi-
grated to this country from County Antrim, Ire-
land, in his eighteenth year, and died in 1875, in
Newtonville, near Albany, after a long and suc-
cessful ministry.

Young Arthur was educated at Union College,
Schenectady, where he excelled in all his studies.
After his graduation he taught school in Ver-
mont for two years, and at the expiration of that
time came to New York, with $500 in his pocket,
and entered the office of ex-Judge E. D. Culver
as a student. After being admitted to the Bar, he
formed a partnership with his intimate friend and
room-mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the inten-
tion of practicing in the West, and for three
months they roamed about in the Western States
in search of an eligible site, but in the end re-
turned to New York, where they hung out their
shingle, and entered upon a successful career al-
most from the start. Gen. Arthur soon after mar-
ried the daughter of Lieut. Herndon, of the
United States Navy, who was lost at sea. Con-
gress voted a gold medal to his widow in recog-
nition of the bravery he displayed on that occa-
sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr.
Arthur's nomination to the Vice-Presidency, leav-
ing two children.

Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celeb-
rity in his first great case, the famous Lemmon
suit, brought to recover possession of eight slaves
who had been declared free by Judge Paine, of
the Superior Court of New York City. It was in

1852 that Jonathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to
New York with his slaves, intending to ship them
to Texas, when they were discovered and freed.
The Judge decided that they could not be held by
the owner under the Fugitive Slave Law. A howl
of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia
Legislature authorized the Attorney-General of
that State to assist in an appeal. William M.
Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to
represent the people, and they won their case,
which then went to the Supreme Court of the
United States. Charles O' Conor here espoused
the cause of the slaveholders, but he, too, was
beaten by Messrs. Evarts and Arthur, and a long
step was taken toward the emancipation of the
black race.

Another great sen-ice was rendered by Gen.
Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jen-
nings, a respectable colored woman, was put off
a Fourth Avenue car with violence after she had
paid her fare. Gen. Arthur sued on her behalf,
and secured a verdict of $500 damages. The next
day the company issued an order to admit colored
persons to ride on their cars, and the other car
companies quickly followed their example. Be-
fore that the Sixth Avenue Company ran a few
special cars for colored persons, and the other lines
refused to let them ride at all.

Gen. Arthur was a delegate to the convention
at Saratoga that founded the Republican party.
Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of
the Second Brigade of the State of New York,
and Gov. Morgan, of that State, appointed him
Engineer-in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was
made Inspector-General, and soon afterward be-
came Quartermaster-General. In each of these
offices he rendered great service to the Govern-

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ment during the war. At the end of Gov. Mor-
gan's term he resumed the practice of law, form-
ing a partnership with Mr. Ransom, and then
Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney of New York,
was added to the firm. The legal practice of this
well-known firm was very large and lucrative,
as each of the gentlemen composing it was an able
lawyer, and possessed a splendid local reputa-
tion, if not, indeed, one of national extent.

Mr. Arthur always took a leading part in State
and city politics. He was appointed Collector of
the Port of New York by President Grant, No-
vember 21, 1S72, to succeed Thomas Murphy,
and he held the office until July 20, 1878, when
he was succeeded by Collector Merritt.

Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential
ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the
famous National Republican Convention held at
Chicago in June, 18S0. This was perhaps the
greatest political convention that ever assembled
on the continent. It was composed of the lead-
ing politicians of the Republican party, all able
men, and each stood firm and fought vigorously
and with signal tenacity for his respective can-
didate that was before the convention for the
nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield received the
nomination for President, and Gen. Arthur for
Vice-President. The campaign which followed
was one of the most animated known in the his-
tory of our country. Gen. Hancock, the stand-
ard-bearer of the Democratic party, was a popular
man, and his party made a valiant fight for his
election.

Finally the election came, and the country's
choice was Garfield and Arthur. They were in-
augurated March 4, 188 1, as President and Vice-
President. A few months only had passed ere
the newly-chosen President was the victim of the
assassin's bullet. Then came terrible weeks of
suffering — those moments of anxious suspense,
when the hearts of all civilized nations were
throbbing in unison, longing for the recovery of
the noble, the good President. The remarkable
patience that he manifested during those hours
and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible
suffering man has ever been called upon to en-
dure, was seemingly more than human. It was

certainly godlike. During all this period of
deepest anxiety Mr. Arthur's every move was
watched, and, be it said to his credit, that his every
action displayed only an earnest desire that the
suffering Garfield might recover to serve the re-
mainder of the term he had so auspiciously be-
gun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested in
deed or look of this man, even though the most
honored position in the world was at any moment
likely to fall to him.

At last God in his mercy relieved President
Garfield from further suffering, and the world, as
never before in its history over the death of any
other man, wept at his bier. Then it became the
duty of the Vice-President to assume the respon-
sibilities of the high office, and he took the oath
in New York, September 20, 188 1. The position
was an embarrassing one to him, made doubly so
from the fact that all eyes were on him, anxious
to know what he would do, what policy he would
pursue, and whom he would select as advisers.
The duties of the office had been greatly neglected
during the President' s long illness, and many im-
portant measures were to be immediately decided
by him ; and to still further embarass him he did
not fail to realize under what circumstances he
became President, and knew the feelings of many
on this point. Under these trying circumstances,
President Arthur took the reins of the Govern-
ment in his own hands, and, as embarrassing as
was the condition of affairs, he happily surprised
the nation, acting so wisely that but few criticized
his administration. He served the nation well
and faithfully until the close of his administra-
tion, March 4, 1885, and was a popular candidate
before his part}- for a second term. His name
was ably presented before the convention at Chi-
cago, and was received with great favor, and
doubtless but for the personal popularity of one
of the opposing candidates, he would have been
selected as the standard-bearer of his party for
another campaign. He retired to private life, car-
rying with him the best wishes of the American
people, whom he had served in a manner satisfac-
tory to them and with credit to himself. One
year later he was called to his final rest.

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STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND.

(Stephen grover Cleveland, the

•\ twenty -second President of the United States,
\~) was born in 1837. in the obscure town of
Caldwell, Essex County, N. J., and in a little
two-aud-a-half-story white house, which is still
standing to characteristically mark the humble
birthplace of one of America's great men, in
striking contrast with the Old World, where all
men high in office must be high in origin and
born in the cradle of wealth. When the subject
of this sketch was three years of age, his father,
who was a Presbyterian minister with a large
family and a small salary, moved, by way of the
Hudson River and Erie Canal, to Fayetteville, N.
Y., in search of an increased income and a larger
field of work. Fayetteville was then the most
straggling of country villages, about five miles
from Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour
was born.

At the last-mentioned place young Grover com-
menced going to school in the good, old-fashioned
way, and presumably distinguished himself after
the manner of all village boys — in doing the
things he ought not to do. Such is the dis-
tinguishing trait of all geniuses and independent
thinkers. When he arrived at the age of four-
teen years, he had outgrown the capacity of the
village school, and expressed a most emphatic de-
sire to be sent to an academy. To this his fa-
ther decidedly objected. Academies in those
days cost money; besides, his father wanted him
to become self-supporting by the quickest pos-
sible means, and this at that time in Fayetteville
seemed to be a position in a country store, where
his father and the large family on his hands had

considerable influence. Grover was to be paid
$50 for his services the first year, and if he proved
trustworthy he was to receive $100 the second
year. Here the lad commenced his career as
salesman, and in two years he had earned so good
a reputation for trustworthiness that his employ-
ers desired to retain him for an indefinite length
of time.

But instead of remaining with this firm in
Fayetteville, he went with the family in their re-
moval to Clinton, where he had an opportunity
of attending a High School. Here he industri-
ously pursued his studies until the family re-
moved with him to a point on Black River known
as the "Holland Patent," a village of five or six
hundred people, fifteen miles north of Utica, N. Y.
At this place his father died, after preaching but
three Sundays. This event broke up the family,
and Grover set out for New York City to accept,
at a small salary, the position of under-teacher
in an asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully
for two years, and although he obtained a good
reputation in this capacity, he concluded that
teaching was not his calling in life, and, revers-
ing the traditional order, he left the city to seek
his fortune, instead of going to the city. He first
thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as there was some
charm in that name for him; but before proceed-
ing to that place he went to Buffalo to ask advice
of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted stock-
breeder of that place. The latter did not speak
enthusiastically. "What is it you want to do,
my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study
law," was the reply "Good gracious!" remarked
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put that into your head ? How much money
have you got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I
haven't got any.''

After a long consultation, his uncle offered him
a place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at
$50 a year, while he could look around. One
day soon afterward he boldly walked into the of-
fice of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and
told them what he wanted. A number of young
men were already engaged in the office, but Gra-
ver's persistency won, and he was finally per-
mitted to come as an office boy and have the use
of the law library, receiving as wages the sum of
$3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for his
board and washing. The walk to and from his
uncle's was a long and rugged one; and although
the first winter was a memorably severe one, his
shoes were out of repair, and as for his overcoat he
had none; yet he was, nevertheless, prompt and
regular. On the first day of his service there, his
senior employer threw down a copy of Black-
stone before him, with a bang that made the dust
fly, saying "That's where they all begin." A
titter ran around the little circle of clerks and
students, as they thought that was enough to
scare young Graver out of his plans; but in due
time he mastered that cumbersome volume.
Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleve-
land exhibited a talent for executiveiiess rather
than for chasing principles through all their
metaphysical possibilities. "Let us quit talking
and go and do it," was practically his motto.

The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland
was elected was that of Sheriff of Erie County,
X. V., in which Buffalo is situated; and in such
capacity it fell to his duty to inflict capital punish-
ment upon two criminals. In 1881 he was
elected Mayor of the City of Buffalo, on the
Democratic ticket, with especial reference to bring-
ing about certain reforms in the administration
of the municipal affairs of that city. In this of-
fice, as well as in that of Sheriff, his performance
of duty has generally been considered fair, with
possibly a few exceptions, which were ferreted
out and magnified during his Presidential cam-
paign. As a specimen of his plain language in
a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an

iniquitous street-cleaning contract: "This is a
time for plain speech, and my objection to your
action shall be plainly stated. I regard it as the
culmination of a most bare-faced, impudent and
shameless scheme to betray the interests of the
people and to worse than squander the people's
money." The New York S101 afterward very
highly commended Mr. Cleveland's administra-
tion as Mayor of Buffalo, and thereupon recom-
mended him for Governor of the Empire State.
To the latter office he was elected in 1882, and
his administration of the affairs of State was
generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made,
if any, were made very public throughout the na-
tion after he was nominated for President of the
United States. For this high office he was
nominated July 11, 18S4, by the National Demo-
cratic Convention at Chicago, when other com-
petitors were Thomas F. Bayard, Roswell P.
Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F.
Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc. ; and he was
elected by the people, by a majority of about a
thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Re-
publican statesman, James G. Blaine. President
Cleveland resigned his office as Governor of New
York in January, 1885, in order to prepare for
his duties as the Chief Executive of the United
States, in which capacity his term commenced at
noon on the 4th of March, 1S85.

The silver question precipitated a controversy
between those who were in favor of the continu-
ance of silver coinage and those who were op-
posed, Mr. Cleveland answering for the latter,
even before his inauguration.

On June 2, 1886, President Cleveland married
Frances, daughter of his deceased friend and part-
ner, Oscar Folsom, of the Buffalo Bar. Their
union has been blessed by the birth of two daugh-
ters. In the campaign of 1888, President Cleve-
land was renominated by his party, but the
Republican candidate, Gen. Benjamin Harrison,
was victorious. In the nominations of 1892
these two candidates for the highest position in
the gift of the people were again pitted against
each other, and in the ensuing election President
Cleveland was victorious by an overwhelming
majority.

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BENJAMIN HARRISON.

QENJAMIN HARRISON, the twenty-third
Y\\ President, is the descendant of one of the
d/ historical families of this country. The first
known head of the family was Maj.-Gen. Harrison,
one of Oliver Cromwell's trusted followers and
fighters. In the zenith of Cromwell's power it be-
came the duty of this Harrison to participate in
the trial of Charles I., and afterward to sign the
death warrant of the king. He subsequent v
paid for this with his life, being hung October 13,
1660. His descendants came to America, and
the next of the family that appears in history is
Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grandfa-
ther of the subject of this sketch, and after whom
he was named. Benjamin Harrison was a mem-
ber of the Continental Congress during the years
1774, 1775 and 1776, and was one of the original
signers of the Declaration of Independence. He
was three times elected Governor of Virginia.

Gen. William Henry Harrison, the son of the
distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a
successful career as a soldier during the War of
18 1 2, and with a clean record as Governor of the
Northwestern Territory, was elected President of
the United States in 1840. His career was cut
short by death within one month after his in-
auguration.

President Harrison was born at North Bend,

Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833. His
life up to the time of his graduation from Miami
University, at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful
one of a country lad of a family of small means.
His father was able to give him a good education,
and nothing more. He became engaged while at
college to the daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of
a female school at Oxford. After graduating, he
determined to enter upon the study of law. He
went to Cincinnati and there read law for two
years. At the expiration of that time young Har-
rison received the only inheritance of his life — his
aunt, dying, left him a lot valued at $800. He
regarded this legacy as a fortune, and decided to
get married at once, take this money and go to
some Eastern tow y n and begin the practice of law.
He sold his lot, and, with the money in his pocket,
he started out with his young wife to fight for a
place in the world. He decided to go to Indian-
apolis, which was even at that time a town of
promise. He met with slight encouragement at
first, making scarcely an3~thing the first year.
He worked diligently, applying himself closely to
his calling, built up an extensive practice and
took a leading rank in the legal profession.

In i860, Mr. Harrison was nominated for the
position of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be-
gan his experience as a stump speaker. He can-

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BENJAMIN HARRISON.

vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by
a handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the
Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its
Colonel. His regiment was composed of the raw-
est material, but Col. Harrison employed all his
time at first in mastering military tactics and drill-
ing his men, and when he came to move toward
the East with Sherman, his regiment was one of
the best drilled and organized in the army. At
Resaca he especially distinguished himself, and
for his bravery at Peachtree Creek he was made
a Brigadier-General, Gen. Hooker speaking of
him in the most complimentary terms.

During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the
field, the Supreme Court declared the office of
Supreme Court Reporter vacant, and another
person was elected to the position. From the
time of leaving Indiana with his regiment until
the fall of 1864 he had taken no leave of absence,
but having been nominated that year for the same
office, he got a thirty-day leave of absence, and
during that time made a brilliant canvass of the
State, and was elected for another term. He then
started to rejoin Sherman, but on the way was
stricken down with scarlet fever, and after a most
trying attack made his way to the front in time to
participate in the closing incidents of the war.

In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined a re-election
as Reporter, and resumed the practice of law. In
1876 he was a candidate for Governor. Although
defeated, the brilliant campaign he made won for
him a national reputation, and he was much sought
after, especially in the East, to make speeches.
In 1880, as usual, he took an active part in the
campaign, and was elected to the United States
Senate. Here he served for six years, and was
known as one of the ablest men, best lawyers and
strongest debaters in that body. With the ex-
piration of his senatorial term he returned to the
practice of his profession, becoming the head of
one of the strongest firms in the State.

The political campaign of 1888 was one of the
most memorable in the history of our country.
The convention which assembled in Chicago in
June and named Mr. Harrison as the chief stand-
ard-bearer of the Republican party was great in
every particular, and on this account, and the at-

titude it assumed upon the vital questions of the
day, chief among which was the tariff, awoke a
deep interest in the campaign throughout the
nation. Shortly after the nomination, delegations
began to visit Mr. Harrison at Indianapolis, his
home. This movement became popular, and from
all sections of the country societies, clubs and
delegations journeyed thither to pay their re-
spects to the distinguished statesman.

Mr. Harrison spoke daily all through the sum-
mer and autumn to these visiting delegations,
and so varied, masterly, and eloquent were his
speeches that they at once placed him in the fore-
most rank of American orators and statesmen.
Elected by a handsome majority, he served his
country faithfully and well, and in 1892 was nom-
inated for re-election; but the people demanded a
change and he was defeated by his predecessor
in office, Grover Cleveland.

On account of his eloquence as a speaker and
his power as a debater, Gen. Harrison was called
upon at an early age to take part in the dis-
cussion of the great questions that then began to
agitate the country. He was an uncompromising
anti-slavery man, and was matched against some
of the most eminent Democratic speakers of his
State. No man who felt the touch of his blade
desired to be pitted with him again. With all
his eloquence as an orator he never spoke for ora-
torical effect, but his words always went like bul-
lets to the mark. He is purely American in his
ideas, and is a splendid type of the American
statesman. Gifted with quick perception, a logi-
cal mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the
most distinguished impromptu speakers in the
nation. Many of these speeches sparkled with the
rarest eloquence and contained arguments of great
weight, and many of his terse statements have
already become aphorisms. Original in thought,
precise in logic, terse in statement, yet withal
faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as the
sound statesman and brilliant orator of the day.
During the last days of his administration Presi-
dent Harrison suffered an irreparable loss in the
death of his devoted wife, Caroline (Scott) Har-
rison, a lady of many womanly charms and vir-
tues. They were the parents of two children.

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HANCOCK, McDONOUGH

AND

HENDERSON COUNTIES,

ILLINOIS.

I NTRODUCTORY.

<Sr HE time has arrived when it becomes the
I Q duty of the people of this county to perpet-
VJy uate the names of their pioneers, to furnish
a record of their early settlement, and relate the
story of their progress. The civilization of our
day, the enlightenment of the age, and the duty
that men of the present time owe to their ances
tors, to themselves and to their posterity, demand
that a record of their lives and deeds should be
made. In biographical history is found a power
to instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental
faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe
vessel, in which the names and actions of the peo-
ple who contributed to raise this country from its
primitive state may be preserved. Surely and
rapidly the great and aged men, who in their prime
entered the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil
as their heritage, are passing to their graves. The
number remaining who can relate the incidents of
the first days of settlement is becoming small in-
deed, so that an actual necessity exists for the col-
lection and preservation of events without delay,
before all the early settlers are cut down by the
scythe of Time.

To be forgotten has been the great dread of
mankind from remotest ages. All will be forgot-
ten soon enough , in spite of their best works and
the most earnest efforts of their friends to preserve
the memory of their lives. The means employed
to prevent oblivion and to perpetuate their mem-
ory has been in proportion to the amount of intel-
ligence they possessed. The pyramids of Egypt
were built to perpetuate the names and deeds of
their great rulers. The exhumations made by the
archaeologists of Egypt from buried Memphis indi-
cate a desire of those people to perpetuate the
memory of their achievements. The erection of
the great obelisks were for the same purpose.
Coming down to a later period, we find the Greeks
and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu-

ments, and carving out statues to chronicle their
great achievements and earn- them down the ages.
It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in pil-
ing up their great mounds of earth, had but this
idea — to leave something to show that they had
lived. All these works, though many of them
costly in the extreme, give but a faint idea of the
lives and characters of those whose memory they
were intended to perpetuate, and scarcely anything
of the masses of the people that then lived. The
great pyramids and some of the obelisks remain
objects only of curiosity; the mausoleums, monu-
ments and statues are crumbling into dust.
^ It was left to modern ages to establish an intel-
ligent, undecaying, immutable method of perpet-
uating a full history — immutable, in that it is al-
most unlimited in extent and perpetual in its ac-
tion; and this is through the art of printing.

To the present generation, however, we are in-
debted for the introduction of the admirable sys-
tem of local biography. By this system every
man, though he has not achieved what the world
calls greatness, has the means to perpetuate his
life, his history, through the coming ages.

The scythe of Time cuts down all; nothing of
the physical man is left. The monument which
his children or friends may erect to his memory in
the cemetery will crumble into dust and pass
away; but his life, his achievements, the work he
has accomplished, which otherwise would be for-
gotten, is perpetuated by a record of this kind.

To preserve the lineaments of our companions
we engrave their portraits; for the same reason
we collect the attainable facts of their history . Nor
do we think it necessary, as we speak only truth
of them, to wait until they are dead, or until those
who know them are gone; to do this we are
ashamed only to publish to the world the history
of those whose lives are unworthy of public record.

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H. G. Ferris

Biographical.

NIRAM G. FERRIS was for many years one
of the most prominent business men and
leading citizens of Carthage, and when
called to the home beyond, his loss was mourned
throughout the entire community, for he had not
only won many friends, but was ever interested in
those enterprises which were calculated to prove
of public benefit. His father was Stephen G.
Ferris, a pioneer of Hancock County, who emi-
grated with his family to the West, and settled in
Fountain Green, December 18, 1832, the journey
being made in a flatboat down the Ohio River to
Cincinnati, where the}' boarded a steamer.

Hiram was then a lad of ten years, for he was
born May 13, 1822, in Steuben County, N. Y.
In early life he attended the common schools, and
afterwards pursued his studies in Knox College
at Galesburg. In company with David D. Colton,
in 1850 he made the overland trip to California,
and took a leading part in public affairs. He
was appointed one of the Commissioners who or-
ganized Siskiyou County, of which he afterward
served for two terms as Circuit Clerk. At that
time Gen. Colton was Sheriff of the county, which
contained many rough characters among the min-
ers. On one occasion a mob tried to rescue one
of their number who was in jail, but Mr. Ferris
and Gen. Colton kept them back with drawn
revolvers. Our subject also witnessed the Mor-
mon War, but did not take part in it. He served
as Deputy Sheriff in 1842, and was highly spoken
of by his superior officer. In 1857 he returned
from California to Hancock County, and, having
previously studied law, was admitted to the Bar.
He formed a partnership with the firm of Hooker
& Edmunds, which continued until 1863, when
Mr. Edmunds withdrew. Mr. Ferris, however,
continued in the business until the following year.
In 1865 he embarked in the banking and real-es-

tate business with F. M. Corby, and established
what became the Hancock Count)- National Bank,
of which he was elected President, and continued
to serve as such until his death.

In McDonough County, August 20, 1857, Mr-
Ferris married Miss Julia E. Holton, and to them
were born nine children: Junius C. ; Esta Maude,
wife of Frank H. Graves, an attorney of Spokane,
Wash.; Julia, wife of L. P. Hubbs, of Clayton;
Ellen, wife of Ralph E. Scofield, an attorney of
Kansas City; Phoebe, who was married October
4, 1893, to George W. Wooster, of Spokane,
Wash.; Hiram B., Joel E. and Harold G., who
are still at home. Junius and Stephen are con-
nected with the bank in which their father's old
partner, Mr. Corby, was interested until his
sudden death in Chicago. His widow still holds
her husband's shares of stock in the same.

Mr. Ferris became a member of the Masonic
fraternity in 1850, and several times served as
Master of the Blue Lodge. He also belonged to
the chapter, council and commandery. He was
honored with a number of city offices, having
served as President and Councilman, and for
many years was on the Board of Education.
The cause of temperance ever found in him a
most stalwart advocate, and he strongly opposed
the licensing of saloons in Carthage. He was al-
ways found on the side of right and justice, was
strictly honorable in all business dealings, and
his word was as good as his bond. He won suc-
cess not by over-reaching others, but by good
management, industry and enterprise. He was
always alive to the best interests of the city, and
was liberal in the support of everything which he
believed would prove of benefit to the community.
Those who had known him from early life were
numbered among his stanchest friends, a fact
which tells of an honorable record, well worthy

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of emulation. He passed away August 20, 1893.
The funeral services were conducted by the
Masonic fraternity, and a large concourse of friends
gathered to pay their last tribute of respect to one
who had long been among them. He was a loyal
citizen, a faithful and considerate friend, a kind
and loving husband and father, and left to his
family the priceless heritage of a good name.

(Jameson hawkinswetzel, the genial

I and popular proprietor of the Adams House,
(~) of Warsaw, is a native of the neighboring
State of Indiana. He was born in Marion Coun-
ty. J u b' 5. I 835. an( i i s descended from good old
Revolutionary stock. His grandfather, John
Wetzel, served for four years under Washington,
and the maternal grandfather, John Symmonds,
bravely served as a soldier in the War of 1812.
Our subject now has in his possession several
Revolutionary relics.

The father of Jameson H., John Wetzel, was a
native of Pennsylvania. When a young man he
served a three-years apprenticeship to a cabinet
maker, and then worked for seven years as a
journeyman. He became quite proficient in that
line, and manufactured some fine pieces of furni-
ture. Later in life he turned his attention to
farming. Having removed to Ohio, he was there
united in marriage with Mary Symmonds, a na-
tive of the Buckeye State, and to them were born
eleven children, as follows: Marion; John, who
died in 1845; Mahlon, who died in 1839; Jameson;
Nelson M., now residing in Elvaston, 111. ; Joanna,
who died at the age of fourteen years; Levi and
Benjamin Franklin, who died in infancy; Loyal
Fairman, of Hamilton; William S., ofBasco, Han-
cock County; and Perry LaFayette, of the same
county. The father of this family died Novem-
ber 12, 1858, and the mother, who survived him
for many years, passed away in 1884.

Jameson Wetzel, whose name heads this rec-
ord, was reared to manhood upon his father's
farm, and in his youth received such educational
advantages as the district school of the neighbor-

hood afforded. After arriving at mature years he
followed farming for some time, and was fairly
successful in the undertaking. He was married
January 16, 1859, the lady of his choice being
Miss Martha J., daughter of William Kimbrough.
To them were born eight children, but only three
of the number are yet living, namely: Mary E.,
wife of James Biggs, of Basco; John W., of New
York ; and Charles. Their son Albert was drowned
on the 9th of August, 1892, and the following
touching memorial was written by Francis Marion
Wetzel:

'Albert, we bid thee a sad and silent farewell.
In thy youth thou wast laid to rest in the narrow
limits of the tomb, there to await the resurrection
morn. So quiet didst thou appear in thy sleep of
death that knows no earthly awakening, it seemed
almost mockery to weep over thy calm features.
Death stole in softness and touched thy face with
angelic sweetness, and stamped upon it the quiet-
ness of calm repose, which told that thy soul was
free from this earthly prison, and that thou hadst
passed away from the poor cares of life. Yes, Al
bert, thou hast crossed the dark stream of death
and hast gone from those who loved thee dearly.
In memory we see the suppressed grief of thy par-
ents, the touching affection of thy brothers and
thy sister — hear their soft wail and see their
farewell look. What volumes of love they be-
spoke! But thy marble lips gave no kindred re-
sponses. As we gazed upon this sad and affecting-
separation, manhood was moved to pity, and sor-
row claimed her due. We turned away, feeling
that we had parted, but not forever. Only a few
short years and we shall come and dwell in the
silent tomb by thy side. Thy faithful friends, true
from first to last, all shall come and rest in their
silent beds, and with thee we shall sleep through
death's long dreamless night until the archan-
gel's trump shall awake us on that memorable
morn. May we awake in that paradise where
sorrow, pain and death are unknown!"

Mr. Wetzel carried on agricultural pursuits un-
til chosen Deputy Sheriff of the count} - in 1878.
He thus served for four years and was then elected
Sheriff in 1882. He made a splendid record
while in that office, winning the commendation of

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119

all concerned. When his term had expired he
embarked in the livery business in Carthage, and
continued operations along that line for two years,
when he sold out and took charge of the Adams
House in Warsaw, which he has now been con-
ducting for two years. This is a first-class hotel,
complete in all its appointments, and has found
favor with the traveling public. In his political
views, Mr. Wetzel is a Democrat and warmly ad-
vocates the principles of his party. He holds
membership with the Masonic fraternity, the In-
dependent Order of Mutual Aid and the Mutual
Benefit Association. His life has been well and
worthily passed, and he well merits the high re-
gard in which he is held.

HENRY WILLIAM RABE, pastor of the
Lutheran Church of Warsaw, was born
March 12, 1856, in Concordia, Mo., andisa
son of Frederick and Dorothea (Oetting) Rabe,
both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany.
With their respective families they came to Amer-
ica in 1840. By occupation the father of our sub-
ject was a farmer, and followed that pursuit
throughout his entire business career. To Mr.
and Mrs. Rabe were born seven children, of whom
Henry is the sixth in order of birth. Frederick,
the eldest, is located at Concordia, Mo. Mrs.
C. E. Marr resides in Buckley, 111. Mrs. Sophia
Brackmann is a resident of Concordia. Mrs. Mary
Paar makes her home in Indianapolis, Ind., and
Mrs. Lydia Blanken resides in Buckley, 111.

Mr. Rabe whose name heads this sketch ac-
quired his education in the schools of St. Louis,
and was graduated from Concordia College of
Springfield, 111., in 1877, in a class of fourteen.
Quite early in life it had become his earnest de-
sire to enter the ministry and devote himself to
the Master's work, and having fitted himself for
that labor he accepted a call from a congregation
at Webster City, Iowa. He spent nearly six
years as pastor of the Lutheran Church at that
place, and built up a church which at the begin-
ning numbered only a few families. Under his

supervision a parsonage was there erected, and
the church, which was greatly increased numeri-
cally, was placed in a thriving condition. Through
his efforts a house of worship was also erected
in Alden, in Hubbard and in Eldora, Iowa. In
1875, when but a student, he built a church in
Waverly, Iowa. He has always been quite suc-
cessful in this line of work and thereby has done
much for the cause.

Ere leaving the Hawkeye State, Mr. Rabe was
married in Dubuque, on the 21st of May, 1878,
to Miss Louise Weland, daughter of Frederick
Weland, who belonged to a family of Mecklen-
burg, Germain - . Mrs. Rabe has proved to her
husband a faithful helpmeet in the truest and
best sense of that word, and by her encourage-
ment and sympathy has greatly aided him in his
labors. Like her hnsband, she wins friends
wherever she goes and has the high regard of all.

On the 6th of June, 1883, Mr. Rabe came to
Warsaw, in response to a call from the Lutheran
Church at this place, and has been its pastor
for eleven years. The church now numbers
three hundred and twenty- four members and has
a well-located property. In connection with the
church a parochial school is also conducted, now
under the charge of William A. Erdmann. Mr.
Rabe has accomplished much in getting the mem-
bership into good working order. There is now
a Young People's Society of sixty members which
was organized by him, and in 1886 was organized
a Ladies' Aid Society, which has a membership
of one hundred and six. He is indefatigable in
his labors for the advancement of the cause of
Christianity, and is highly esteemed, not only by
the people of his own denomination, but by those
of other denominations as well.

*VSAAC BLISS has for many years resided in
I Hancock County, and is so widely and favor-
X ably known that this work would be incom-
plete without the record of his life. He comes of
an old family of England, that belonged to that
class which considered coats of arms as indis-

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pensable appendages of gentlemen. At the time of
the Reformation coats of arms were treated in a
measure as idle trappings of aristocracy, and lost
the prestige originally attributed to them. In
America they soon began to be regarded as relics
of former family vanity, and the stanch old
Puritans would not allow themselves to tolerate
even a thought that could remind them of the
vain-glorious display and pomp of their persecu-
tors in England; and so their children and de-
scendants born in America grew up in ignorance
of the heraldic standard of their ancestors in the
mother country. The coat of arms of the Bliss
family, as set forth in Edmundson's Heraldry, is
thus described: "Gules a bend vaire between
two fleur de lis," and bore the inscription "Sem-
pei Sursum," meaning "Ever upward."

Ancient traditions represent the Bliss family
as living in the south of England and belong-
ing to the yeomanry. From time immemorial
they had been inclined to Puritanism, through ob-
serving the loose manners of most of the clergy
and laymen of the established church. This
led the family to undergo persecution, and their
goods were seized, and some of their number were
thrown into prison. Such treatment led them to
look toward America with longing, and repre-
sentatives of the family emigrated hither. Thomas
Bliss and his brother George landed in Boston in
the autumn of 1635. From the former in direct
line is descended our subject. His fourth child,
Nathaniel, was born in Springfield, Mass., and
married Catherine Chapin, by whom he had four
children. One of these, Samuel, was born No-
vember 7, 1647, and lived to the advanced age of
one hundred and one and a-half years. He wed-
ded Sarah Stebbius, and the youngest of their
nine children, Ebenezer, who was born March 4,
1696, married Sarah Colton. They had ten chil-
dren. Isaac, the sixth in order of birth, was
horn January 28, 1727, and became a prominent
citizen of Warren, Mass. He served as one of
the Selectmen and as a Deacon in the Congrega-
tional Church. He took part in the Indian War
in 1758. He married Hannah Hubbard and they
had seven children, of whom Daniel was born
April 10, 1 76 1. The latter became a prominent

physician in Chandlersville, Ohio, and married
Prudence Chandler, by whom he had twelve chil-
dren.

Their second child, Samuel, was born May 22,
1791, and became the father of our subject. He
was united in marriage with Elizabeth Jordan,
and they became the parents of eleven children.
The Bliss family has furnished many men to the
country who have been prominent in professional
and business circles, and the honored name has
remained untarnished through many generations.

Isaac Bliss of this sketch was the fifth in order
of birth in his father's family, and was born Sep-
tember 9, 1824, in Muskingum County, Ohio.
His father, however, was a native of Vermont,
and died in 1852, at the age of sixty-one years.
His wife long survived him, and passed away at
the advanced age of ninety-eight. She was buried
on the anniversary of her birth, August 12, 1893.
Two grand-uncles of our subject were soldiers in
the Revolutionary War. Both were Englishmen,
but one fought in the British service, while the
other was in the Colonial army. The Jordan fam-
ily is probably of Irish lineage.

In the State of his nativity Isaac Bliss spent
the days of his boyhood and youth. In his early
years he enjoyed excellent educational advantages,
and, making the most of his opportunities, he be-
came a well-informed man. In 1848 he deter-
mined to try his fortune in the West and emi-
grated to Hancock Count}', 111. For many years
he devoted his energies to teaching school during
the winter season, being thus employed for more
than a quarter of a century in the public schools
of Muskingum County, Ohio, and in this locality.
After his arrival in Hancock County, he was en-
gaged during the summer months in farming and
breeding Short-horned Durham cattle, of which
he had a large and valuable herd. He also taught
for a short time in Keithsburg, Mercer County,
111. He was an educator of recognized ability,
and his success along that line made him well
known among other members of the profession in
this State.

On the 4th of October, 1849, Mr. Bliss wedded
Elizabeth M. Peairs, and to them were born four
children. The mother died April 17, 1878, and

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on the 23d of May, 1S8S, Mr. Bliss married Mrs.
Harriet M. Cherry. They have one daughter,
May Elizabeth. Mrs.. Bliss is a daughter of Alonzo
and Eliza (Lyons) Sanford. Her father came
from New York to Hancock County in 1837, and
is now living in Wythe Township. The mother
came with her family in 1831. Her father estab-
lished a town that year which he called Mechan-
icsville. He was a blacksmith by trade, built a
smithy and a mill and opened a dry -goods store.
This undertaking, however, proved unprofitable
and he lost nearly everything he had. The town
was situated about four miles west of the present
site of Augusta.

Mr. and Mrs. Bliss are members of the Presby-
terian Church. In 1853 h e aided in organizing a
church of nine members and was Superintendent
of its Sunday-school for twenty-five years. He
continued his connection with it until 1892, and
lived to see it become a prosperous and flourish-
ing church. In politics, he is a stanch Republi-
can, but in exercising his right of franchise he is
guided not by party, but by principle. By virtue
of his integrity of character, by his adherence to
principle, and by his honesty of purpose he has
embodied in his life the motto on the old coat of
arms, ' ' Semper Sursum. ' '

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WlARTIN POPEL, the senior member of the
IT firm of Popel & Giller, of Warsaw, claims
V3 Bohemia as the land of his birth, the date
of that event being the 22d of April, 1837. The
first fifteen years of his life were spent in his na-
tive land, and no event of special importance oc-
curred during that period. He then left his old
home for America, and on reaching the shores of
this country made his way to St. Louis. He
was dependent upon his own resources for a live-
lihood, and began working at the butcher's trade,
which he there followed for a number of years.
In 1 86 1 he came to Warsaw and embarked in the
same line of business.

In 1863, Mr. Popel was joined in wedlock
with Mrs. Catherine Giller. He continued oper-

ations along the old line of business for some time,
but afterwards embarked in the brewing business.
In 188 1 he was joined by his stepson, John Giller,
and the present firm was formed. They estab-
lished a brewery in this place on a small scale,
but have steadily increased it until it has reached
its present large proportions. The business has
continually grown, and employment is now fur-
nished to about eighteen men. Their sales amount
to about $50,000 per annum. The members of
the firm are enterprising and progressive men, and
their industry and perseverance have brought to
them a comfortable competence.

IILLIAM KUHNS HILL is Principal of
the Carthage public schools. He is well
capable of filling the responsible position
to which he has been called, for he is an educator
of recognized ability and has already won the
commendation and favorable criticism of those
concerned. He has under him eight assist-
ant teachers, and the scholars enrolled number
four hundred. The schools are well graded, the
corps of teachers efficient, and under the able
management of Prof. Hill, the cause of education
is steadily advancing in Carthage.

Mr. Hill was born in Leechburg, Pa., Decem-
ber 11, 1857, an d is a son of Salem and Esther
(Kuhns) Hill, both of whom were also natives of
the Keystone State. The mother was descended
from an old Huguenot family, and Capt. Mar-
chand, one of the commanders at Mobile, was her
cousin. Her grandfather, Michael Steck, was the
pioneer Lutheran minister west of the mountains
of Pennsylvania. Henry Steck, who is connected
with the Chicago Stock Yards, is one of the same
family. The Hill family is of English origin,
and settled in Philadelphia shortly after the found-
ing of that city.

Returning to the personal history of Prof. Hill,
we note that at the age of seventeen years, he en-
tered Pennsylvania College, of Gettysburg, Pa.,
from which institution he was graduated in the
Class of '79, with the degree of A. B. When

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that course was finished he entered the Lutheran
Theological Seminar}-, of Gettysburg, where he
studied for three years. He then engaged in
teaching in that place for a time, and in 1884
came to Carthage, to take the Chair of Science in
Carthage College with Dr. E. F. Bartholomew.
He continued to acceptably fill that position for
eight years. He then spent the summer of 1892 as
a season of rest, after which he accepted the posi-
tion of Principal of the Carthage public schools,
which place he yet fills.

On the 23d of December, 1887, Mr. Hill was
married to Miss Kate Griffith, daughter of
Dr. A. J. and Margaret (McClaughry) Griffith,
whom we will mention later on. The lady was
born in this city and was graduated from Carthage
College in the Class of '82. Three children grace
their union: Esther Margaret, William Griffith
and Katharine. In the fall of 1884, before the
Iowa Synod of the Lutheran Church , Prof. Hill
was ordained as a minister, and has supplied vari-
ous pulpits, but has never regularly taken up pas-
toral work, although he takes a deep and active
interest in everything that pertains to the promo-
tion and upbuilding of the church.

Dr. Andrew Jackson Griffith, father of Mrs.
Hill, was for some time a well-known physician
of Carthage, and it is but just that mention should
be made of him in this volume. He was born in
Highland County, Ohio, in February, 1822, and
was a son of Llewellyn App and Hannah (Hope)
Griffith. His parents came to Illinois in 1842,
locating in Fulton County. His father was a
wagon-maker, and the Doctor partially learned the
trade, but before he completed it, he began read-
ing medicine with Dr. P. S. Secor, of Fountain
Green. He pursued a course in the Missouri
Medical College of St. Louis, and after a few years'
practice took a post-graduate course at the Jeffer-
son Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pa. He
entered upon the prosecution of his chosen pro-
fession in Fountain Green in 1846.

The following year, Dr. Griffith married Miss
Fidelia Ferris, the youngest daughter of Stephen
G. Ferris. She died in 1849, leaving one child,
William, who is connected with the Hancock
County National Bank. In 1850. the Doctor

crossed the plains to California, where he remained
two years. In 1854, he removed to Carthage,
where he engaged in practice some years. On
the iothofMay, 1854, he was joined in wedlock
with Miss Margaret McClaughry, who yet sur-
vives her husband. They became the parents of
twochildren: Kate, wife of Prof. W. K. Hill; and
Ralph, a bookseller and stationer of Carthage. On
retiring from practice he became the editor and
publisher of the Carthage Republican, and in
1865 became interested in banking, being elected
Vice-President of the Hancock National Bank.
To the work connected with the bank he devoted
much of his attention, and was thus employed un-
til his death, which occurred March 19, 1884, af-
ter a lingering illness. In politics the Doctor was
a Democrat, and for forty years was a prominent
Mason. He possessed hosts of warm friends, who
esteemed him highly for his sterling worth and
many excellencies of character, and his loss was
deeply mourned throughout the community.

\^^\

^HOMAS A. DAVIS, D. D. S., who is en-
f C gaged in the practice of dental surgery in
\2/ Warsaw, claims Missouri as the State of his
nativity, his birth having occurred in Callaway
County, Mo., July 9, 1837. He is a son of David
B. and Rebecca Cynthia (Howe) Davis. His
father was a native of Kentucky. He was born
and reared near Mt. Sterling, and in his native
State married Miss Howe. Soon after his removal
to Missouri, the date of the event being 1832, he
joined the church under the preaching of "Rac-
coon" John Smith, a Christian minister, who
also performed the wedding ceremony. Mr. Davis
became a pioneer preacher of Missouri, and held
meetings throughout that State and in Illinois,
Kentucky and Indiana. He did much good in
the world and added many to the church. He
was born August 31, 1807, and died in Winches-
ter, 111., March 9, 1887. His wife passed away
in Taylorville, 111., November 7, 1864. This
worthy couple were the parents of eight children,
but the Doctor is the only one now living-. The

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Davis family was originally of Welsh extraction,
but the great-great-grandfather married a French
lady, and the great-grandfather married an Indian
maiden. The Howe family was of English lineage.

Dr. Davis was reared upon his father's farm,
and early became familiar with the work of the
fields, plowing corn, raising tobacco, etc. When
he was sixteen years of age his father removed to
Audrain County, Mo., and preached for many
years for the Salt River Church. During that
time our subject worked at carpentering for a
while, and in the winter months engaged in teach-
ing singing-school, but at length he determined
to give his attention to dentistry. In the year
1872 he began the study of the same with Dr.
D. G. Palmer, of McLean County, 111., and in
1874 he became associated with his preceptor as
a partner. This connection continued for two
years, when, in 1876, he went to Atlanta, Logan
County, where he spent four years. On the ex-
piration of that period, he removed to Jerseyville,
where the succeeding four years of his life were
passed. He also spent four years in practice in
Winchester, 111., and in 1888 came to Warsaw,
where he has since made his home.

Dr. Davis has been twice married. On the
2 1st of September, 1861, he was united in mar-
riage with Miss Sallie A. Broaddus, a daughter
of William G. and Amelia Broaddus. Her death
occurred June 8, 1883. They were the parents of
eleven children, but only five are now living:
Lucy E., wife of J. Hayes, a resident of Missouri;
Ada, wife of J. E. Baird, of Jersey County, 111.;
Ira J., who resides in Vandalia, Mo.; Dollie, who
is living in Centralia, Mo.; and Myrtle, who
makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Baird.
On the 19th of March, 1884, was celebrated the
marriage of Dr. Davis and Mrs. Man- E. White,
daughter of H. S. Rodgers. They have one
child, Viola.

Dr. Davis has devoted his entire time and at-
tention to dental work for the past twenty years,
and has become an expert in his profession. His
skill and ability secure him a liberal patronage,
and he now occupies an enviable place among his
professional brethren. Socially, he is a member
of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid. He

belongs to the Christian Church, is a stanch sup-
porter of temperance principles, and takes an active
interest in all that tends to benefit and elevate
humanity. He is public-spirited and progressive,
and the best interests of the city ever find in him
a friend.

HOMER JUDD, M. D., D. D. S., won great
prominence as a dentist, and occupied a
leading place in the ranks of his profession.
He engaged for a time in practice in Warsaw, but
the last eight years of his life were spent in Upper
Alton. He was born in Otis, Berkshire County,
Mass., March 29, 1820, and was a son of Asa
and Adah Judd. His father was a farmer and an
influential citizen of the community in which he
lived. He several times represented his district
in the State Legislature of Massachusetts. The
son in the common schools acquired his early
education, which was supplemented by study
in the Lee and Worthington Academies. Wish-
ing to fit himself for the medical profession, he
entered Berkshire Medical College of Pittsfield,
Mass., and was graduated therefrom in 1847.
Subsequently, he studied dentistry with Dr. Cone.
He displayed special aptitude in his studies and
was a thorough student, whose deep researches
along the line of knowledge in which he was in-
terested made him a more than well-informed
man. Not only did he confine his study to sub-
jects connected with his profession, but later he
reviewed his Greek and Latin, and acquired a
knowledge of the French, German, Spanish and
Italian languages, also became somewhat ac-
quainted with the Sanscrit.

Dr. Judd commenced the practice of medicine
and dentistry in Ravenna, Ohio, and three years
later removed to Santa Fe, N. M. He was the
first educated dentist to fill a tooth in that Terri-
tory. After a short time, however, he returned
to the Buckeye State, and subsequently came to
Warsaw, where he practiced his dual profession for
twelve years. While here residing, he served
for several years on the School Board, and for one

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year was Superintendent. He was always inter-
ested in the cause of education, and in every en-
terprise calculated to prove of public benefit. In
1847 he became a member of the Odd Fellows'
Lodge of Ravenna, Ohio, and filled all the offices
in the lodge in Warsa jv. He was chosen as its
representative to the Grand Lodge, which met in
Chicago in 1859.

In Pittsfield, 111., in March, 1853, Dr. Judd
was united in marriage with Miss Emily F.
Hodgen, of that city. Three children were born
to them, a son and two daughters, but the son
died at the age of six years. The daughters,
Adah May and Mary Emily, are still living, and
reside with their mother.

In 1 86 1 the Doctor went to St. Louis, and en-
tered the United States service as Assistant Sur-
geon on a hospital steamer running to Vicksburg.
After the battle of Shiloh, he offered his services,
and was employed as one of the four surgeons
charged with the care of four hundred Union
soldiers. His labors were so arduous that his
health became impaired, and he was compelled to
visit Minnesota for rest and recuperation. He
was subsequently made Surgeon of the Fortieth
Missouri Regiment, and with it served in the bat-
tles of Franklin, Nashville and Spanish Fort.
For some months after the close of the war, he re-
mained in the sen-ice, being stationed at Hunts-
ville, Ala. In August, 1865, he was honorably
discharged and returned to St. Louis, where he
engaged in dental practice. He was prominent
in his profession, and was untiring in his efforts for
its advancement. His zeal in the cause led him to
enter heartily into the movement for the establish-
ment of a dental college founded on the basis of
a medical education, and in 1866 the Missouri
Dental College was organized, in connection with
the St. Louis Medical College. Dr. Judd was
appointed to the Chair of Institutes of Dental Sci-
ence, and was made Dean of the college, which
position he filled for several years. His fondness
for literary pursuits, and belief in the need of a
good dental journal, led him to establish one in
St. Louis, and in 1869 he became the editor-in-
chief of the Missouri Dental Journal, now the
Archives of Dentistry. His connection therewith

made him well known in professional circles
throughout the country, and his magazine filled a
long-felt want and aided in the advancement of
his beloved science. As a journalist and teacher,
he has never been excelled, and his skill, merit
and ability won for him promotion, step by step,
until he occupied a place at the head of the pro-
fession. He was honored with its highest posi-
tion, being unanimously elected President of the
American Dental Association in 1869. His love
for scientific investigation led him to take an active
part in the work of the Academy of Science in St.
Louis, of which he was an active member.

In later years Dr. Judd was extensively inter-
ested in silver mining in Colorado, and became
the head of the Judd Mining Company, which
owns valuable property near Ouray. His health
failing in later years, he was compelled to aban-
don to a great extent his literary and professional
work, and in outdoor pursuits among the moun-
tains of Colorado the summer seasons were passed.
In 1882 he removed to Upper Alton, where he
established a dental office, and practiced his pro-
fession until his death, which occurred May 20,
1890, at the age of seventy years. He possessed
those sterling qualities of head and heart which
win the respect of all, and although he never had
many intimate friends, he was held in high es-
teem by every one with whom he was brought in
contact. His life was a noble one, well and
worthily passed, and he left behind a hallowed
memory.

(ILLIAM R. FAIRCHILD is extensively
engaged in coal dealing in Warsaw, hav-
ing carried on that line of business in this
place for ten years. He comes from the Buckeye
State, his birth having occurred in Warrenville,
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 23, 1840. His
parents were Levi and Dyerdana (Barber) Fair-
child. The Fairchild family is of Scotch origin.
The father of our subject was a native of the Em-
pire State, and by occupation was a farmer and
carpenter. He emigrated to Illinois in June, 1849,

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and spent his last days in Augusta, where his
death occurred on the 3d of August, 1879. His
widow still survives him. To them was born a
family of seven children.

Mr. Fairchild of this sketch, who was the third
in order of birth, was reared in the usual manner
of farmer lads, no event of special importance oc-
curring during his boyhood and youth. He aid-
ed in the cultivation of the old homestead farm
until after the breaking out of the late war, when,
prompted by patriotic impulses, he responded to
the country's call for troops, enlisting on the 7th
of August, 1862, as a private of Company H,
.Seventy-second Illinois Infantry. His service
was principally in the Department of the Missis-
sippi, and he participated in a number of import-
ant battles. During the latter part of his term
he served as Corporal. When hostilities had
ceased, and the Stars and Stripes once more waved
over a land of peace, he was honorably discharged,
on the 7th of August, 1865.

Returning to his old home in Augusta. Mr.
Fairchild there remained until 1867, when he en-
gaged in coal-mining and in running a construc-
tion train on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad. In the same year he went to St. Louis,
and while there was united in marriage with
Miss Dora Ruger, daughter of Martin Ruger,
their union being celebrated on the 7th of August,
1867.

After going to the city, Mr. Fairchild entered
the employ of the Pacific Railroad Company, with
which he continued for about a year and a-half.
His residence in Warsaw dates from 1868, at
which time he began dealing in threshing-ma-
chines and also commenced teaming. He success-
fully continued this dual occupation until 1884,
when he embarked in the coal trade. He now
handles about forty-five hundred tons of coal per
year, and receives a liberal patronage from the
surrounding farmers as well as the citizens ot
Warsaw. He possesses good business and execu-
tive ability, and by close attention to details, per-
severance and enterprise, he has won the success
which has crowned his efforts. Mr. Fairchild
takes some interest in civic societies and holds
membership with the Ancient Order of United

Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of America
and the Grand Army of the Republic. He exer-
cises his right of franchise in support of the Re-
publican party, and is a warm advocate of its
principles, but has never been a politician in the
sense of office-seeking, preferring to devote his en-
tire time and attention to his business interests.

IELLINGTON LeROY WINNARD, M.D. ,
is an enterprising and leading young phy-
sician of Warsaw, and though not far ad-
vanced along life's journey, he has made rapid
strides along the pathway of his profession. A
native of Iowa, he was born in Greeley, Dela-
ware County, on the 7th of November, 1867, and is
a son of James P. and Rose Linda (Holden) Win-
nard. His parents were both natives of Michigan,
and the father followed the occupation of farming.
The Doctor was the second child in their family.
No event of special importance occurred during
the childhood and youth of our subject, which
was largely passed in his parents' home and in
the country- schools of the neighborhood. There
he acquired his primary education, which was
supplemented by a course of study in Lenox Col-
lege, Iowa, from which institution he was grad-
uated in the Class of '87. His tastes and ambi-
tion led him to enter the medical profession, and
to fit himself for that work he became a student
in the Homeopathic Medical College of Chicago,
from which he was graduated in the Class of '90,
with forty-two fellow-students. Having received
his diploma and the degree of M. D., he then
came to Warsaw to enter upon his life's work,
reaching this place on the 6th of April. Here he
has been engaged in active practice continuously
since. He makes a specialty of ruptures and the
diseases of women and children. He is now as-
sociated with Dr. Lawrence, under the firm name
of Winnard & Lawrence, which connection is
proving mutually pleasant and profitable.

Dr. Winnard was married on the 18th of No-
vember, 1 89 1, the lad)- of his choice being Miss
Laurine Ralston, a daughter of Rev. W. D. Ral-

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ston, a minister of the United Presbyterian
Church, now located in Maroa, 111. Both the
Doctor and Mrs. Winnard are well known in the
community and are held in high regard, for they
possess many excellencies of character. He gives
his entire time and attention to business, and the
success which has crowned his efforts is well mer-
ited. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic
fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, and in religious belief is a Methodist. He
is a young man with good prospects of a bright
future before him, and the industry and energy
which are numbered among his chief character-
istics will undoubtedly win him prosperity.

"DWARD P. BECKER, a prominent and
^ well-known citizen and ex-Postmaster of
__ Warsaw, is also numbered among the native
sons of this place, his birth having here occurred
on the 1 8th of February, 1857. He comes of a
family of German origin; his parents, Louis and
Philipena (Brehm) Becker, were both natives of
Germam r , and spent the days of their childhood
and youth in that country. In 1851 they bade
adieu to their old home and crossed the Atlantic
to America, landing at New Orleans, from whence
they came to Illinois, after which they were mar-
ried. The father is a carpenter by trade, and fol-
lowed that pursuit as a means of livelihood for
some years, but he is now engaged in general mer-
chandising. In the Becker family are two chil-
dren, Rosetta E. and Edward P. They also lost
four children, who died in infancy.

Mr. Becker of this sketch has spent his entire
life in the county of his nativity. The days of
his boyhood and youth were quietly passed, and
his education was acquired in the public schools
of Warsaw. His business training was received
as a clerk in his father's store, where he was em-
ployed from an early age. He was also engaged
in the milling business, continuing operations
along that line from 1885 until 1887, inclusive.
He then went upon the road to sell goods for the
Warsaw Milling Company, and continued his

labors as a traveling salesman until he became
Postmaster of Warsaw. He was appointed to
that position by President Harrison on the 18th
of July , 1889, and it was not long after he had en-
tered upon his duties that he demonstrated to the
public the fact that a faithful officer was in charge,
one who would fulfil his duties with promptness
and fidelity.

On the 6th of May, 1880, Mr. Becker was united
in marriage with Miss Addie G. Bristow, the
daughter of Henry G. Bristow, and a most esti-
mable lady. By their union have been born three
children: Arthur; Lester, deceased; and Harry;
the first was born during President Arthur's ad-
ministration, and the last while Benjamin Harri-
son was the chief executive of the nation. In
politics, Mr. Becker is a stalwart Republican, an
inflexible adherent of the principles of his party.
Socially, he is connected with the Masonic fra-
ternity and is a member of the Modern Woodmen
of America. He is a pleasant, genial gentleman,
very popular with all, and his sterling worth has
won him high regard. His entire life has been
passed in Warsaw, and he well deserves mention
among its leading citizens.

to ' *"~^ <"T~$"&~^ ' S>

f~ATHER JOHN CHRISTIAN SCHURZ,
rQ who has charge of the Catholic Church of
I Warsaw, was born in the city of Bonn,
Rhenish Prussia, January 6, 1843, and is a son of
Henry and Anna M. (Sneider) Schurz, the former
of whom was a store-keeper. Our subject was their
sixth and youngest child. His education was ac-
quired in his native city, and he was graduated
from the famous Bonn University in 1866. With
a couple of fellow-students he then went to Eng-
land, but the father of one of his friends, a Cap-
tain in the army, was ordered to the East Indies,
while the son died of consumption. Mr. Schurz
was left a stranger in a country whose language
he could hardly speak. He did not wish to re-
turn to Germany, for he would then have to serve
in the army. Having to provide for his own
maintenance, he began working in a Spanish

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127

bakery in Liverpool, where he remained for three
years, when he secured a very good position as
Professor in a grammar school in that city. There
he engaged in teaching Latin, Greek, German
and geometry, and was thus employed until the
spring of 1S65. In that year he was joined by
his eldest brother, and with him came to America.
The brother pleaded, "Let us go to the United
States, for our cousin, CarlSchurz, and his parents
are there and the advantages there are better than
here." So Father Schurz severed his connection
with the school, and in May, 1865, they landed in
New York, from whence they went toWatertown,
Wis., the home of Carl Schurz. There they found
Jacob Jussen, a brother of Carl Schurz' mother,
who had formerly been Mayor of a German city,
and was then serving as Postmaster of Watertown.
A vacancy in the postoffice was offered John,
which he filled for two and a-half years, when a
change in administration caused him to lose his
position.

The successor to Jacob Jussen offered to con-
tinue him in the postoffice at an increase of wages,
making his income $60 per month, but the posi-
tion he declined. He then went to Milwaukee,
and on to Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Kan-
sas City,' and to the State of Kansas, where he
bought one hundred and sixty acres of land. He
knew nothing about farming, but he built a house,
had his land broken, and there began studying
with a view to entering the priesthood. He
prosecuted his studies under the tutelage of
priests in Topeka, and after a year and a-half be-
came a student in St. Francis Theological Semi-
nary, of Milwaukee, Wis.

Father Schurz was ordained February 18, 1874,
as a priest for the diocese of Leavenworth, Kan.,
and was stationed at Emporia, as assistant to Rev.
Joseph Perry. After six months he was made
first resident priest at Wichita, and was in that city
duriiig its great boom. He there remained for four
and a-half years, during which time the nearest
priest to him was ninety miles away. A large scope
of territory was under his supervision, including
thirty-two stations. In 1878 he was given an as-
sistant. About this time, Father Schurz was
thrown from a buggy and dislocated his shoulder,

besides sustaining internal injuries. While in poor
health he took a trip to Europe, where he had two
conferences with Pope Pius IX., and brought
home with him as a relic an autograph and por-
trait of the Pope. After four months he returned
to this country. At Wichita he had many pleas-
ant experiences. He found only twenty families
there at first, but through his untiring labors he
built seven churches in a missionary district, two
presbyteries, two schoolhouses, laid out cemeteries
for each church, and organized three colonies, two
German and one Irish, called respectively St.
Mark's, St. Joseph's and St. John's.

In 1879, Father Schurz removed to St. Mark's,
where he remained until 1882. For two years he
had sought to sever his connection with the Leav-
enworth Diocese and join the Diocese of Peoria,
111., which he succeeded in doing in the spring of
1882. He was assigned by Bishop Spaulding to
Danville, Vermilion County. In 1885, he again
went to Europe to settle up the estate of his father,
who died in 1884. In October, 1886, he was sent
to Ottawa, 111., but the following June resigned
at that place and was appointed to take charge of
the church at Warsaw, where he has remained
since March, 1887. He also has charge of amis-
sion at Hamilton, with fifteen families. He placed
the church in working order and it is now in a
thriving condition. Father Schurz is a great lover
of flowers, and has many rare specimens in his
collection. He is a social, genial gentleman and
has the high regard of all with whom he has been
brought in contact.

(JAMES GUTHRIE JOHNSON, one of the
I prominent citizens of Carthage, 111., well de-
(2/ serves mention in the history of his adopted
county, for besides being a man of enterprise and
activity, in whom the thriving spirit of the age pre-
dominates, he is a man of broad and liberal mind,
conversant on all questions of the day. He was
born in Jefferson County, Ky., about twelve miles
from Louisville, December 24, 1827, and is a son
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maternal grandparents were James and Elizabeth
(Cooper) Guthrie. The former was one of the
pioneers of Kentucky, and made a home eleven
miles from Louisville, at the intersection of two
much-traveled roads, where he kept a tavern. He
built a stone house, which still stands, a relic ot
former greatness. It was erected in 1774, and
became a popular resort with the traveling pub-
lic. There the numerous Catholic missionaries
were instructed to remain until an escort was sent
to conduct them safely further west. James Guth-
rie was a prominent character in his day and knew
all the prominent pioneers of the State. One of
his daughters, Margaret, lived for many long
years in the old stone house, and in speaking of
her death the Christian Observer said: "On
Thursday, December 22, 1892, Miss Margaret
Guthrie, of Ferran Creek, Jefferson County, Ky.,
passed away in peace. She was ninety-two years
and nine months old, had been a devoted member
of the Presbyterian Church for sixty-eight years,
and until past the age of eighty-eight had been a
regular attendant at Sabbath-school. There are
now living four generations of the family who
were instructed by her. She was the last of
twelve children who reached the average age of
seventy-six years. One of the most liberal givers
to the church while she lived, she bequeathed her
house and land to the church for a parsonage.
She was always to be found at the bedside of the
sick, walking miles in her old age to impart com-
fort to the afflicted. At her death she was the
oldest subscriber of the Christian Observer, hav-
ing read it for upwards of fifty years."

When our subject was in his fourth year his
parents removed to Adams County, 111., in Oc-
tober, 1831, and the father entered land from the
Government and made a home. He was a black-
smith by trade, and carried on a smithy on his
farm. He was born December 15, 1799, in Ken-
tucky, and died on the old homestead in this
State March 5, 1867. His wife, who was born
in the old home mentioned, near Louisville, Jan-
uary 21, 1802, passed away April 10, 1887. Mr.
Johnson was the first nurseryman of Adams
County, and set out trees in the hazel brush be-
fore he had broken any ground. He carried on

the nursery business until 1850. In the family
were nine children, and with the exception of one
who died at the age of three, all are yet living.

James Guthrie Johnson was reared on the home
farm, and from early boyhood was a great ad-
mirer of the changing beauties of nature, which he
studied closely. His love of the beautiful has
gone with him throughout his life, undimmed by
business cares. On attaining his majority, he
left home and was married, on December 24, 1850,
to Miss Melvina Jane Thomas, who lived in the
same neighborhood. They began their domestic
life upon a farm in Adams County, and there re-
mained until 1855, when they settled on a par-
tially improved farm of one hundred and sixty
acres in Durham Township, Hancock County.
There Mr. Johnson carried on farming until the
fall of 1863, when he bought land near Elvaston.
Three years later he came to Carthage, where he
engaged in growing osage-hedge plants, and in
making contracts for setting out fences of the same,
for some years. In 1871 he secured patents for a
corn-husking peg, known as the Johnson Husker,
and established a factory for its manufacture.
He has since given his time to this business, which
has proved very successful, yielding him a hand-
some competence, much of which he has invested
in farming lands. He has visited nearly all the
corn-growing States, making arrangements for
the sale of his invention, which is now largely
used.

In 1884, Mr. Johnson was called upon to mourn
the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 3d of
December. On the 18th of November, 1886, he
wedded Miss Minerva Hughes, of Ursa, Adams
County, 111. His family numbers two daugh-
ters: Rebecca Ella, wife of N. P. McKee, an artist
and teacher of painting of Carthage; and Alice
Geneva, wife of W. L. Aaron, an attorney of
Hays City, Kan.

The home of the Johnson family is one. of the
most desirable residence properties in Carthage.
It is a commodious house, standing in the midst
of well-kept grounds, that are adorned with beau-
tiful shrubbery. One has scarcely entered the
door before he is impressed by the atmosphere of
taste and refinement which pervades this home.

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For twenty-five years Mr. Johnson has been col-
lecting rare and interesting works, both of men
and nature. We have before mentioned his love
for the beautiful in nature, which is equaled only
by his appreciation of the delicate and lovely in
art. The walls of his home are handsomely
adorned by many interesting and beautiful arti-
cles, many of which are the works of his own
hand. From polished horns taken from domestic
cattle and goats, he has made several valuable
ornaments. He also has a fine pair of deer horns ;
a large hornets' nest, which hangs on a branch
where the busy insects placed it; stuffed birds of all
sizes, from the humming-bird to the white crane;
the saw of the dangerous saw-fish, and many
Indian relics, including pipes, clothing, etc. In
a number of large glass cabinets are thousands of
choice and valuable souvenirs. There are hun-
dreds of varieties of birds' eggs, varying in size
from that of the humming-bird and titmouse to
that of the ostrich, together with alligator, turtle
eggs, etc. Other cabinets contain fine specimens
of oceanic animals and sub-marine growths, to-
gether with all kinds of shells, wonderful for their
beauty and delicacy of tint. Sea-mosses and corals
add their loveliness to the collection, and the ad-
mirable arrangement of the specimens show how
carefully Mr. Johnson has studied designs and
colors. What so elevates one as the study of na-
ture unmarred by man ? This home is a delicate
curiosity-shop, which speaks in no uncertain terms
of the cultured taste and keen appreciation of the
owner for all that is most beautiful and noble upon
this earth.

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SOL. CHARLES CHANDLER, deceased.
The name of Chandler is inseparably con-
nected with the history of McDonough Coun-
ty, and the gentleman whose name heads this
record was connected with nearly all the important
industries and enterprises that tended toward its
advancement and further development. He was
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born in Alstead, Cheshire County, N. H., August
28, 1809, and was a son of James and Abigail
(Vilas) Chandler. His father was also born in
the old Granite State, but his mother was a na-
tive of Massachusetts. Both reached an advanced
age, the mother passing away in 1854, at the age
of seventy-nine, while the father departed this
life in 1857, at the age of eighty-six. The latter
was an agriculturist, and his son was reared in
the usual manner of farmer lads. His training
at farm labor was not as meagre as was his
training in the district schools, which he attended
in the winter season .

At the age of nineteen, Charles Chandler left
the parental roof and went to Boston, where for
two years he was employed as a clerk in a mer-
cantile establishment. After two years he re-
turned home, and a year later emigrated to Cin-
cinnati, Ohio. The spring of 1834 witnessed his
arrival in Macomb, where his elder brother,
Thompson Chandler, had located a few years
previous. Here he again engaged in clerking, in
the store of which his brother was part owner,
and in 1836 he embarked in business for himself
along the same line. After three years he sold
out and engaged in the real-estate business. With
keen foresight, he bought land, which could be
obtained at a low figure, and as it steadily rose in
value, he realized a handsome income from its
sales. His real-estate ventures proved a very
profitable one, and his sagacity, enterprise and
well-directed efforts made his business career one
of great success.

In 1858, Mr. Chandler embarked in the bank-
ing business, establishing a private bank, which
he successfully conducted until 1865, when he
merged this in the First National Bank of Ma-
comb. He became President of the latter insti-
tution, and held that position until his death. He
made it one of the solid financial institutions of
the county, and its safe and progressive, yet con-
servative, policy gained the confidence and sup-
port of the entire community. He was also in-
terested in banking in Bushnell, establishing a
private bank, which afterward became the Farm-
ers' National Bank. Of this he became one of
the directors and largest stockholders, and con-

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tinned his connection with the same throughout
his life.

On the 15th of December, 1836, was celebrated
the marriage of Col. Chandler and Sarah K.
Cheatham, of Macomb, a most estimable lad}-,
who took an active interest in church and benev-
olent work. Her death occurred in 1855, and her
loss was mourned by many friends. In the fam-
ily were seven children, three of whom survived
the mother: Martha Abigail, widow of Henry C.
Twyman, of Macomb; Charles Vilasco, whose
sketch appears elsewhere in this work; and James
Edgar, of Bushnell. In his family, Mr. Chand-
ler was kind and considerate, and it seemed that
he could not do too much to enhance the welfare
or promote the happiness of his wife and chil-
dren.

In politics, the Colonel was a Whig in early
life, but became a stanch Republican, and always
took a great interest in politics, although he never
sought or desired political preferment. He was,
however, elected Coroner for two 3'ears, was Coun-
ty Commissioner four years, long served as Jus-
tice of the Peace, was also Alderman, and for one
term served as Mayor of Macomb. His loyalty
to the country was made manifest during the
Civil War by his active service in behalf of the
Union. He spared neither time nor expense in
its aid. As he was too old to go to the front, he
did much toward encouraging others to enlist,
and his faithful and efficient service was recog-
nized by Gov. Yates, who commissioned him
Colonel of the State Militia, and authorized him
to raise a regiment for home service. Through-
out his life he maintained the greatest interest in
the welfare of his adopted town, and few enter-
prises or industries calculated to benefit this
community failed to receive aid at his hand. He
was popular with all classes of people, for he was
a gentleman in the truest sense of the word, and
his well-spent life won him high regard. For
some years before his death, he spent the winters
in a more genial clime, visiting the States along
the Gulf, also Central America, Mexico and South
America. He passed away December 26, 1878,
and the country thereby lost one of its most valued
and honored citizens.

(JOHN W. BERTSCHI, who occupies the posi-

I tion of County Treasurer of Hancock County,
G/ «"d makes his home in Carthage, has the
honor of being a native of this locality, his birth
having occurred in Appanoose Township, on the
1 2th of February, 1852. He is a representative
of one of the honored pioneer families. His
father, William Bertschi, is still living on the
same farm to which he removed in the spring of
1852. The mother, who bore the maiden name
of Elizabeth Walti, died on the 7th of October,
1893, at the age of sixty-six years, and was buried
the following day, Sunday, in Nauvoo Cemetery.
The parents were both natives of Switzerland.
The father crossed the Atlantic to America in
1849, but the following year returned to his native
land. He was there married and then came with
his bride to his new home in 1851. He now owns
a good farm of one hundred and forty acres and is
comfortably situated in life.

In the Bertschi family were ten children, of
whom eight are now living, five sons and three
daughters. Four of the number are now residents
of Hancock Count}-, and most of them follow
fanning. John W. of this sketch was reared to
agricultural pursuits, and devoted his time to farm
work until the fall of 1890. He became familiar
with the business in all of its details, for as soon
as old enough to handle the plow, his labors in
the field began.

Mr. Bertschi continued upon the old homestead
farm until the age of twenty-six years, when, on
the 24th of October, 1877, he was united in mar-
riage with Miss Margaret Porth, daughter of
Frederick Porth, one of the early settlers of Ap-
panoose Township, where the birth of the daugh-
ter occurred May 28, 1856. Three children grace
the union of our subject and his wife: William
Tell, bornAugust 19, 1878; Roscoe Russell, born
April 13, 1883; and Wallace, born May 14, 1887.

Upon his marriage, Mr. Bertschi secured a farm
near the old homestead, which he still owns. He
began its cultivation, and soon the well-tilled fields
yielded to him a golden tribute in return for the
care and labor he bestowed upon them. He gave
up farming in the autumn of 1890, when he was
elected to the office of County Treasurer, being

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the candidate of the Democratic party. He had
previously held township offices, having served
as Township Supervisor for three years, as Col-
lector for four years, and as Town Clerk for one
year. He has also served as Central Committee-
man of his township. His entire time and atten-
tion are now given to his official duties, which are
discharged with a promptness and fidelity that
have won him high commendation. He is always
true to every trust, whether public or private, and
has therefore won the confidence and high regard
of all with whom business or social relations have
brought him in contact.

|~)EY. FATHER MICHAEL PAUL O-
Y\ BRIEN, pastor of the Catholic Church of
\?\ Carthage, is a native of County YVaterford,
Ireland, but at the age of four years was taken by
his parents to England, where he was reared to
manhood, his boyhood days being spent in Darling-
ton, in Durham County. He was educated in
the public schools and by private study, and then
engaged in school teaching, being for two years
a teacher in St. George's Academy, of London.
He was also employed in St. George's Industrial
School of Liverpool, and at St. Joseph's Academy,
Oxford Street, London.

Having resolved to devote his life to the work
of the ministry, Father O'Brien began studying
for the priesthood in a college in Turin, Italy, and
at Mondovi, Piedmont, Italy. He was ordained by
Bishop Chadwick in St. Cuthbert's College,
Ushaw, Durham, England, in 1873, and served
as priest in the Diocese of Hexham and New-
castle-on-Tyne until 1890, when he determined
to devote his life to church work in America.
Crossing the Atlantic, he landed on the shores of
this country, and after a short time was appointed
to the Catholic Church at Carthage. This was in
July, 1890.

The parish over which Father O'Brien now
has charge includes four churches, namely, at
Carthage, La Harpe, Gidding's Mound and West
Point, with about fifteen hundred members. He

devotes his time entirely to the work of the church
and is laboring earnestly for its upbuilding and ad-
vancement. He has now had charge of his present
parish for about four years. Under his manage-
ment the church has been considerably improved
and enlarged by the addition of a beautiful sanct-
uary and the useful sacristies, or vestries.

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HENDRICKS VEATCH, M. D., who
is numbered among the leading medical
practitioners of Carthage, where he has
built up an excellent business, claims Indiana as
the State of his nativity, his birth having occurred
in New Albany August 19, 1831. His father,
Rev. Isaac Veatch, was a Baptist minister, and
served in the State Legislature of Indiana as
Representative from Spencer County. He died
of cholera in Indiana in 1833, while visiting his
daughter, who also died of the same disease.
His son, James C. Yeatch, is an attorney of
Rockport, Ind. , and served as Deputy County
Auditor before he attained his majority. When
he had reached man's estate, he was elected
County Auditor. He was a candidate for Con-
gress on the Republican ticket in 1856, and has
represented his district in the State Legislature.
In i860 he was a delegate to the Republican Na-
tional Convention that nominated Abraham Lin-
coln for President, and was also a Representative
to the convention that nominated James A. Gar-
field for the presidency. During the war he
served as Colonel of the Twenty-fifth Indiana In-
fantry, and after the battle of Ft. Donelson
was made Brigadier-General. When the war
closed he was breveted Major-Geueral. During
his service he was placed in command of the city
of Memphis, under Gen. Hulburt, and later had
charge of the enlisting of the negro troops. At
the battle of Hatchie River he was wounded, and
was carried off the field for dead, but it was found
that life was not extinct, and he ultimately re-
covered. After his return home he was made
Collector of Internal Revenue at Evansville, Ind.,
under President Grant, and filled the position for

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fourteen years. After that time he gave his atten-
tion to law practice until about seven years ago,
when he retired from business.

The eldest son of the Veatch family, John Al-
len, died in 1872. Before the birth of our subject
he left home, going to Louisiana, where he en-
gaged in teaching. He then went to Texas, and
took part in the Mexican War as a Captain of
a company of Texas Rangers. On the cessation
of that struggle, he went to Colorado, and the
last heard of him for twenty years was that he
was in a massacre of the Indians while on the
way to Texas. When two decades had passed,
and James C. Veatch was serving in the Indiana
Legislature, he met a gentleman who said there
was a physician in California by the name of
John Allen Veatch, that he lived in San Fran-
cisco, and was the noted author of medical works,
and also works on the flora of that State. Trac-
ing him, it was found that he was the missing
brother of our subject. He died in Oregon, but
his family is still living in California. He pre-
pared the first authentic record of the plants of
California, and attained eminence as a botanist
and physician.

Our subject is the youngest of fifteen children,
but only two are now living, our subject and the
brother before mentioned, who is now seventy-
five years of age. The mother of this family re-
moved to Schuyler County, 111., in 1S37, and
there died in 1874.

Mr. Veatch whose name heads this record was
a boy of only six years at the time of that re-
moval. He remained upon the home farm until
after the marriage of all his brothers and sisters.
He took up the study of medicine with his broth-
er-in-law, Dr. McCaskill, in Pawnee, Sangamon
County, and pursued a course of lectures in the
University of Missouri at St. Louis, from which he
was graduated in the Class of '56. Among his
classmates was Dr. J. Miner, of Winchester, 111.
Dr. Veatch then joined his brother-in-law, who,
after two years, went to California, and our subject
continued in practice alone until 1877. He then
removed to Sciota, McDonough County, and in
1880 came to Carthage, where he has since suc-
cessfully engaged in practice. He is a member

of the Hancock County Medical Society, the Mili-
tary Tract Medical Society, and the State and
American Medical Societies. He has been a con-
tributor to the Peoria Medical Monthly for some
time, and has written many able articles for that
sheet. He has also been the author of a number of
articles of good literary merit which do not treat
of the medical science. For six years he filled
the Chair of Hygiene in the Carthage College,
and has delivered many lectures on the subject
before teachers' institutions.

In 1857 Dr. Veatch was united in marriage
with Miss Elizabeth Sweet, of Auburn, Sanga-
mon County, who died five years later, leaving
one child, Byron E. , a merchant of Chicago. For
his second wife the Doctor married Martha E.
Klepper, of Schuyler County, sister of Jacob
Klepper, the banker and horseman of Augusta.
They have one child, De Laskie Miller, who was
named for Dr. De Laskie Miller, a prominent
professor of Rush Medical College of Chicago.
He is now in a dry-goods store in Quincy. Dr.
Veatch is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, but was reared in the faith of the Baptist
Church. In early life he was a Douglas Demo-
crat, but when the war broke out he joined the
Republican party, and has since been one of its
stanch supporters. The greater part of his time
and attention, however, is devoted to his profes-
sion, of which he has ever been a close student.
His skill and ability have won for him a high and
well-merited reputation.

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(JOHN FRAZER SCOTT, of Carthage, occu-
I pies the position of County Clerk of Hancock
G/ County, and in the faithful discharge of the
duties connected therewith has shown that he
well merits the confidence and trust reposed in
him by his fellow-citizens. He has the honor of
being a native of this county, his birth having
occurred in Warsaw on the 1st of March, 1856.
His parents were John and Louisa (Frazer) Scott.
His father, a native of North Carolina, emigrated
westward in an early day and took up his resi-

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dence near Jacksonville, 111. He afterward came
to Hancock County, and was engaged in business
in Warsaw. In Adams County, this State, he
was united in marriage with Miss Louisa, daugh-
ter of James Frazer, a native of Kentucky, who
during the girlhood of his daughter came to Illi-
nois. Mr. Scott carried on business in Warsaw
until his death, which occurred in 1S65. He was
several times nominated for office, and took an
active interest in the anti-Mormon movement.
He was connected with the events which occurred
w hen Joseph Smith and others were killed. He did
not sympathise with this, however, and, leaving
the company who were engaged in the matter, he
returned to his home in Warsaw. Mrs. Scott still
survives her husband, and is now living in Carth-
age. In the family were two daughters: Mary
F., widow of George J. Rogers, of Warsaw:
and Louisa J., wife of A. W. Boscow, of Carthage,
with whom Mrs. Scott is living. An uncle of our
subject, Larkin Scott, resides near Denver, 111.
He and his wife have lived together for over sixty
years.

.Mr. Scott of this sketch was only nine years of
age at the time of his father's death. Heacquired
his education in the common schools of his native
town, and then began earning his own livelihood
by work as a farm hand. He was also employed
as a clerk in a clothing store. On the 10th of
September, 1874, he came to Carthage and ac-
cepted a position as Deputy County Clerk, under
his brother-in-law, George J. Rogers, with whom
he served for three years. He then continued in
the same position under John R. Newton, serving
in all as Deputy County Clerk for twelve years.
In 1886 he was elected to the superior office for a
four-years term, and in 1890 was again elected,
so that when his present term expires he will have
served for eight years. He is the candidate on
the Democratic ticket, for he is a warm advocate
of Democratic principles, and in the campaign of
1892 served as Chairman of the County Demo-
cratic Committee.

On the 1 6th of November, 1882, Mr. Scott was
united in marriage with Miss Julia Stepp, of
Carthage, daughter of Frank and Mary C. ( Pheil I
Stepp. Her father, who was formerly engaged

in the restaurant business, is now deceased, but
her mother is yet living in this city, where Mrs.
Scott was born. She is a member of the Episco-
pal Church, and a most estimable lady. In the
family of our subject and his wife are three chil-
dren: Mary L. , John Frank and Eugenia.

Mr. Scott was made a Mason in Hancock Lodge
No. 20, A. F. & A . M , and has filled all of its offices.
He was Worthy Master at the time of the build-
ing of the Masonic Hall. He also belongs to Al-
moner Commandery, of Augusta: and to Carthage
Chapter No. 33, R. A. M., of which he has been
High Priest, and he holds membership with the
Knights of Pythias fraternity. He has frequently
been a delegate to the State Democratic Conven-
tions, and for fifteen years has attended the Na-
tional Democratic Conventions. He is a man
true to all trusts reposed in him, and throughout
the community in which he has so long made his
home is both widely and favorably known.

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(ILLIAM RANSOM HAMILTON is the
well-known and popular Postmaster of
Carthage. He was born in Johnstown, Ful-
ton County, N. Y., November 5, 1829, and is a
son of Artois Hamilton. The family has long
been prominently identified with the history of
this community, for it was founded in Hancock
County in pioneer days. Our subject was con-
cerned in the events which resulted in the death
of Joseph Smith, the noted Mormon. He, in
company with the Deputy County Clerk, David
E. Head, took the county records in his father's
wagon to about eight miles east of Carthage, and
hid them in a cabin in the woods, for it was ex-
pected that the Mormons would sack the town.
Mr. Hamilton also remembers seeing the body
of Hyrum Smith taken to Nauvoo in his father's
wagon, while that of Joseph Smith was placed
in a wagon containing four Mormons who had
come to take the murdered men. Mr. Taylor, •
who was wounded in seven places, was brought
to the hotel which was kept by Mr. Hamilton's
father, opposite the site of the Criss House, and

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William aided in caring for the injured man, who
was kept there for ten days. Those were excit-
ing times, and great dangers were often incurred.

On the 8th of June, 1854, Mr. Hamilton was
united in marriage with Miss Martha H. Miller,
a native of Elmira, N. Y., and a daughter of
Warren Miller. To them were born six children,
but three are deceased. Ida A., Willard C.
and Herbert are jet living in Carthage.

The year following his marriage, Mr. Hamilton
entered upon official duties, being Census Taker
of the county, which then had a population of
twenty-two thousand one hundred and fifty-eight.
In 1858 he was elected Sheriff, which position he
filled for two years. On his retirement from of-
fice in i860, he removed to his farm in Prairie
Township, now Carthage Township, and made
his home thereon until 1882. His knowledge of
public affairs, however, caused him to be often
called upon to assist one or another of the county
officials, and he has always been more or less
connected with public interests. In 1882, he
took his family to California and Oregon, expect-
ing to make his home in the Northwest, but sick-
ness caused his return to Illinois in 1883. Soon
after he was chosen to fill a vacancy caused by
the death of his old friend, Justice John M. Fer-
ris, who was one of the honored and most highly
respected pioneers of the county. A special elec-
tion soon followed, and it seemed the universal
wish that Mr. Hamilton should succeed to the
judicial honors. He acceptably filled the various
duties of the position for ten years, but about a
year ago he became Postmaster of Carthage, Pres-
ident Cleveland having appointed him to the posi-
tion in recognition of his fifty years of faithful
sen-ice in the ranks of the Democracy, his good
business ability and popularity.

Mr. Hamilton has long been well known to
many of the leaders of his party, and faithfully
served for some years as Chairman of the County
Democratic Committee. He is a man of broad and
liberal views and is highly regarded by all. For
over forty years he has been a member of the Ma-
sonic fraternity, having been made a Mason in
Hancock Lodge No. 20, A. F. & A. M., when
twenty-three years of age, and for several years

served as Master. He also belongs to Carthage
Chapter No. 33, R. A. M. ; Carthage Council
No. 47, R. & S. M.; and Almoner Commandery
No. 32, K. T., of Augusta, and has frequently
been a representative to the Grand Lodge. Mr.
Hamilton is a pleasant, genial gentleman, of com-
manding presence, free from all ostentatious dis-
play, and possesses those social qualities which
make him a favorite with all.

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(TESSE C. WILLIAMS, who for many years
I was prominently connected with the business
(2/ interests of Carthage, but is now practically
living a retired life in that city, was born in Rich-
mond, Madison County 7 , Ky., on the 22d of Au-
gust, 18 19. His father, Richard G. Williams,
was a native of Culpeper County, Va. , and in
1808 emigrated to Kentucky, where he met and
married Catherine Holder, who was born in that
State in 1797. Her father, John Holder, was a
native of Virginia, and was a comrade of Daniel
Boone. Her mother was a daughter of Col.
Richard Calloway, who was prominent in the
French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. He
made his home for some years in Kentucky. A
story of romantic interest is connected with the
marriage of his daughter, and is as follows:

Late on a Sunday afternoon, three young girls,
Betsy and Frances Calloway, daughters of Col.
Calloway, and Jemima Boone, a daughter of Dan-
iel Boone, ventured from the enclosure at Boones-
boro to amuse themselves with a canoe upon the
river that flowed by the fort. They drifted down
with the current, and before they were aware of
danger they were seized by five Indian warriors.
Though they resisted with their paddles, they
were drawn ashore and hurried off to the Shaw-
nee tribe on the Ohio. Their screams were heard
at the fort, and the cause of the outcry was at
once imagined. The fathers were absent, but
soon returned and quickly started in pursuit,
Col. Calloway heading a mounted party, while
Boone, as was his custom, went on foot. His
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young men, the girls' lovers, who shared in
the anxiety of the almost distracted fathers.
Betsy Calloway, the eldest girl, marked the trail
as she was hurried along by breaking twigs and
bending bushes, and when threatened with the
tomahawk if she persisted, tore small bits from her
dress and dropped them as she passed along. She
would also frequently plant the heel of her shoe
deeply in the soil to make distinct impressions to
guide those she knew would soon pursue. Every
precaution was taken by the Indians to obliterate
any trace of their course, but keen eyes and anx-
ious hearts were following, and as day dawned on
Tuesday a film of smoke showed the vicinity of
the camp where the Indians were cooking break-
fast. Col. John Floyd, who was afterwards
killed by the Indians, was one of the party, and
vividly described the rescue. "Our study was to
get the prisoners without giving the Indians time
to kill them after they discovered us. Four of
us fired, and we all rushed on them, by which
they were prevented from carrying anything away
except one shotgun. The red men escaped, but
with no guns, clubs or provisions, and two of
them were severely wounded. The return of the
rescued girls was the occasion of great rejoicing.
The young lovers had proved their skill and cour-
age under the eye of the greatest of all warriors
and woodsmen, Daniel Boone, and had fairly
won their sweethearts." Two weeks later the
first wedding on Kentucky soil was solemnized,
the parties being Samuel Henderson and Betsy
Calloway. The contract was witnessed by friends
and neighbors, the formal license was dispensed
with, and the vows were administered by Rev.
Boone, a Hardshell Baptist preacher. Within a
year Frances Calloway became the wife of the
gallant Capt. John Holder, who afterwards dis-
tinguished himself in Kentucky annals, and
Boone' s daughter married the son of Col . Calloway .
In tracing the ancestry of the Williams family,
we find that Jesse Williams, grandfather of our sub-
ject, was born in eastern Maryland in 1750. His
grandfather had emigrated from Wales and had
there located in 1720. Jesse Williams, Sr., emi-
grated to Kentucky in 18 17, and there died in
1835. His son Richard became a resident of that

State in 1808, and continued there to make his
home until called to his final rest in 1876, at the
age of ninety. By trade he was a saddler. His
wife died at the age of eighty-seven. In their
family were thirteen children, of whom twelve
grew to mature years, while eight are yet living.
Only two are residents of Illinois, J. C. and a
sister who lives in Bloomington.

The boyhood days of J. C. Williams were spent
upon the old home farm. At the age of twenty
he left the parental roof and went to southeastern
Tennessee, where, in 1839, he assisted in build-
ing the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, the
first road built into the former State. In 1840,
he went with his employer to Georgia, and was
engaged on the construction of the Georgia Cen-
tral Railroad. He served as book-keeper for the
contractors, and in 1S41 returned to Kentucky,
where he engaged in farming for a year. He
then followed school-teaching until 1843, when
he began selling goods in Mt. Vernon, Ky. In
1848, he began business there on his own account,
and continued to successfully carry on operations
along that line until 1S56, when he removed to
Crab Orchard, Ky., where he spent eighteen
months. In the fall of 1857, he came to Carthage,
where for two years his brother, William H. Will-
iams, had been engaged in business. In August
the latter had opened a large store, and in October
of the same year Mr. Williams of this sketch
assumed control of the same. He carried a stock
valued at $6,000, which included all kinds of
general merchandise. After two years his brother
retired and entered the army. Later he went to
Iowa, but is now living in the northwestern part
of Mexico.

Mr. Williams had married ere leaving his na-
tive State. On the 5th of March, 1850, in Lin-
coln County, Ky., he wedded Mary Collier,
daughter of John and Susan Collier, of Rock
Castle, Ky. Unto them were born seven chil-
dren, five of whom are yet living. Oscar W.
who graduated from the law department of Har-
vard College, is now an attorney and the County
Judge of Pecos County, Tex. He is also a ranch-
man and is largely interested in Texas lands.
William I), graduated from Abingdon College, of

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Abingdon, 111., studied law with Judge Ireland,
of Austin, Tex., and is now a well-known attor-
ney of Ft. Worth, where he is engaged in prac-
tice as a member of the firm of Williams & Butts.
Josiah J., who graduated from Carthage College,
is also a successful lawyer. He studied with the
firm of Scofield & Hooker, of this city, and is
now in practice in Kansas City, Mo., where he is
serving as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of
Jackson County, Mo. Susan, who graduated
from Carthage College, is successfully engaged in
teaching in the city schools. Jessie, a stenog-
rapher and typewriter, is employed in the pub-
lishing house of Chapman Brothers, of Chicago.

Mr. Williams began business for himself in
Carthage in January, i860, and for two years
was alone, after which he admitted to partnership
A. M. Ossman. The following June Mr. Oss-
man was murdered, while assisting Sheriff Ing- '
rahm to arrest a man named Ritter, who was
killed later in the day. The widow continued in
the business for two years, after which Mr. Will-
iams became sole proprietor. He did a good bus-
iness, building up an excellent trade, and his well-
directed efforts brought him a handsome compe-
tence. In March, 1892, he retired after a third
of a century spent in merchandising in Carthage.
He was always prominent in business circles and
honorable and straightforward in his dealings.
He has always paid one hundred cents on the
dollar, and his word is as good as his bond. He
had established two branch stores, but did not
continue their operation for any great length of
time. He is now interested to a considerable ex-
tent in Texas lands, having his capital well in-
vested.

When a young man in Kentucky, Mr. Will-
iams became a member of the Masonic fraternity,
and he and his wife hold membership with the
Christian Church, taking an active interest in its
welfare. He has served as a member of the City
Council, and was President of the Board. In
1871 and 1872, he represented his district in the
State Senate, during which time the work of re-
construction was carried on. By his ballot he has
always supported the Democratic party. His
time, however, has been mostly given to commer-

cial interests, and through the legitimate channels
of business he has acquired a comfortable prop-
erty, which is the just reward of a busy and well-
spent life.

y HOMAS F. DUNN, who is now serving his
I C second term as Circuit Clerk of Hancock
v2/ County, makes his home in Carthage, and
is recognized as one of its progressive and public-
spirited citizens, wide-awake to the best interests
of the community. He is also one of Hancock
County's native sons, and a representative of one
of her early families. He was born on the 21st
of April, 1858, and is of Irish lineage. His par-
ents, John and Mary (Cummings) Dunn, were
both natives of the Emerald Isle. The father re-
sided in that country during the days of his boy-
hood and youth, and when a young man of eigh-
teen years sailed for America. Hoping to better
his financial condition in a land where greater
privileges were afforded, he crossed the Atlantic
and took up his residence in Connecticut. '

In the Nutmeg State, John Dunn was united in
marriage with Mary Cummings. They became
the parents of eight children, but three of the
number are now deceased. Mary still resides in
Hancock County; Edward J. is a prosperous
farmer of this county; John J. is also engaged in
agricultural pursuits; Ellen is the wife of Edgar
P. Hull, a resident of Hancock County; and
William W. is clerk in the Exchange Bank of
Carthage. In 1857 John Dunn came to Illinois,
and took up his residence in Pilot Grove Town-
ship, Hancock County. There he purchased land,
and to its cultivation and improvement he has
since devoted his energies. He is recognized as
one of the leading agriculturists of the community,
and by his well-directed efforts has acquired a
comfortable property.

We now take up the personal history of Mr.
Dunn whose name heads this record. He was
reared on the old homestead in the usual manner
of farmer lads. His days were passed midst play
and work, and in attendance at the common

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schools, where he acquired a good education.
He early began to labor in the fields, and became
familiar with farm life in all its details. It was
his desire, however, to engage in some other pur-
suit than that to which he was reared, and when
twenty-two years of age he left the parental roof
and came to Carthage.

It was at this time that the official life of Mr.
Dunn began. He was appointed Deputy Circuit
Clerk of Hancock County, and continued to fill
that position for six consecutive years. He was
then, in 1888, elected as Circuit Clerk for a term
of four years. So ably did he fill the office that
on the expiration of his term he was re-elected.
He is ever prompt and faithful in the discharge
of his official duties, and has won the high com-
mendation of all concerned. In 1881 he served as
Township Assessor. In his political views, he is
a Democrat, and the party has found in him a
stanch supporter since he attained his majority.
Like his parents, he is a member of the Catholic
Church. In this county, where his entire life has
been passed, he is both widely and favorably
known, and his friends throughout the community
are many.

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SEX. OLIVER EDWARDS, Mayor of War-
saw, lives in an elegant home overlooking
the Mississippi Valley for many miles. He
is recognized as one of the most pi ominent citizens
of this place, and his name is inseparably con-
nected with many of its leading events. His an-
cestors were numbered among the Revolutionary
fathers, and his great-grandfather, who served in
the War for Independence, was made a prisoner
in what was called the Black Hole at Quebec, but
succeeded in escaping to Albany, N. V. His
widow afterward received a pension in recognition
of his sen-ices. The family has always fur-
nished representatives as defenders of the country.
John S. Edwards, who was in the War for Inde-
pendence, was born July 11, 1764, in Dedham,
Mass., and in 1775 removed to Norwich, Mass.
In April, 1 781, he was drafted for six months'

sen-ice in the Colonial army under Capt. William
Forbes. With his command he marched into the
interior of New York, where the Indians were
harassing the settlers, and was stationed for three
months at Ft. Schuyler. He aftenvard spent
three months at Ft. Stannox, where he received
his discharge. He died in the ninety-third year
of his age. Capt. Oliver Edwards entered the
Colonial sen-ice in 1775, and valiantly aided in
the struggle to secure to the oppressed Colonies
release from the British yoke of tyranny.

Capt. Oliver and Rachel (Parsons) Edwards,
of Northampton, Mass., were the grandparents of
our subject. Their son, Dr. Elisha Edwards,
father of the General, was born in Chesterfield,
Mass., January 26, 1793. When a young man
he went to Northampton, and began learning the
apothecary's trade in the store of E. Hunt. In
18 15, he emigrated to Springfield, 111., where he
embarked in business on his own account. Af-
terward he formed a partnership with Henry
Stearns, which continued from 1820 until 1825.
In 1828, he joined Charles J. Upham in business,
under the firm name of C. J. Upham & Co. Dr.
Edwards, who was a prominent citizen, was one of
the subscribers to the fund for the purchase of the
Court Square, and was one of the original Direc-
tors of the Chicopee Bank. In 1821, he married
Eunice Lombard, daughter of Daniel and Sylvia
(Burt) Lombard, and to them were born five sons
and five daughters. The members of the family
now living are Mrs. Caroline L. Smith, of Spring-
field, Mass.; Mrs. Sophia Orne Johnson, of Bath,
N. H.; Mrs. Charlotte E. Warner, of Springfield,
Mass.; William, a prominent merchant of Cleve-
land, Ohio; Mrs. Julia E. Hurd, of Dorchester,
Mass.; Oliver, of Warsaw; and Mrs. Mary E.
Child, of Cleveland, Ohio.

We now take up the personal history of Gen.
Edwards, who was reared in the expectation of be-
coming a master mechanic of Springfield, Mass.
In 1856 he emigrated westward, making his home
in Warsaw, 111., where he became a member of the
firm of Heberling, Edwards & Co., and occupied
the position of master mechanic. To that work
he devoted his energies until the breaking out of
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pulses, he responded to the country's call for
troops. He had studied the events previous to
the beginning of the struggle, and when the disso-
lution of the Union was threatened he resolved to
strike a blow in its defense. He donned the blue,
and like his ancestors of old fought valiantly for
his country.

Gen. Edwards was a brave soldier. He entered
the service as First lieutenant and Adj utant of the
Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, June 21, 1861;
was mustered in as Colonel of the Thirty-seventh
Massachusetts Regiment September 4, 1862; and
was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers
May 19, 1865. He received the brevet rank of
Brigadier-General of Volunteers October 19, 1864,
for gallant and distinguished sendees in the battle
of Spottsylvania Court House, Va., and Major-
General of Volunteers April 5, 1865, for conspic-
uous gallantry at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Va.
He was honorably mustered out of service January
15, 1866.

When the war was over, Gen. Edwards re-
turned to Warsaw and for a year and a-half served
as Postmaster of this place. In the mean time, he
was married. On the 3d of September, 1863, he
wedded Ann Eliza Johnson, daughter of the late
Gen. E. Johnson, of Warsaw. They became par-
ents of two children: John E. , who is now general
superintendent in Montana for Cruse's cattle and
sheep ranches; and Julia Kate at home.

Gen. Edwards resigned as Postmaster to become
general agent for the Florence Sewing-machine
Company, of Northampton, Mass. His connec-
tion with that company continued for seven years,
during a portion of which time he was its man-
ager. In 1879, he returned to Warsaw, and re-
tired from business, but in 1882 he accepted an
appointment as General Superintendent of the
Gardner Gun Company in England. Thus his
time was occupied for two years, when he resigned
on account of ill health and returned home. The
best interests of the community have ever found
in him a friend, one ever ready to aid in the ad-
vancement of those enterprises which are calcula-
ted to prove of public benefit. He has been honored
with a number of local offices, and is now serv-
ing his third term as Mayor of Warsaw. The city

has had no more competent official in that office
than Gen. Edwards, whose fidelity to duty is
everywhere known and recognized. In his polit-
ical views he is a stalwart Republican, and so-
cially, is connected with Arthur W. Marsh Post
No. 343, G. A. R., and with the Masonic fra-
ternity.

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~PHRAIM H. PORTER, the well-known
'y editor of the Hancock County Pilot, which
_ . is published in Warsaw, claims Alabama as
the State of his nativity, his birth having occurred
in Gadsden, November 24, 1858. His parents
were Ephraim and Sarah A. Porter, the former
a native of Connecticut, and the latter of North
Carolina. During his life the father engaged in
various pursuits, having been a school teacher,
merchant, farmer and saddler. He spent about a
quarter of a century in the sunny South, but in
1865 removed from Georgia to the North, taking
up his residence in Danville, Iowa, where his last
days were passed. His death occurred on the 8th
of August, 1890, at the age of seventy-four years.
Mrs. Porter still survives her husband and is now
living with her sou in Warsaw. The family num-
bered eleven children, six of whom are yet liv-
ing. Thej- are all married, but are widely scat-
tered. One resides in Gadsden, Ala.; the second
in Chicago; another in Triplett, Mo.; the fourth
in Alliance, Neb.; and another in Marble Mount,
Wash.

Mr. Porter of this sketch was only seven years
of age at the time of his parents' removal to Iowa.
His education was completed in the High School
of Danville, that State. He was reared on a farm,
and with his father learned the saddler's trade,
which he followed for a time, but, wishing to de-
vote his time and attention to other pursuits, he
decided to enter the newspaper field, and at the
age of eighteen years began learning the printer's
trade in an office in Danville. He was afterward
associated with his father in the publication of the
Danville News. He embarked in this enterprise
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out and removed to Martinsville, Clark County,
111., where he formed a partnership with John
Shepherd, an old schoolmate, and established
the Martinsville Planet. This connection con-
tinued for a year, when Mr. Porter bought out
his partner's interest and continued the publica-
tion of his paper alone during the four succeed-
ing years. Then, selling out, in 1889, and coming
to Warsaw, he established the Hancock County Pi-
lot, a paper published in the interest of the Demo-
cratic party. He has been quite successful in this
undertaking, and it has now gained quite an ex-
tensive circulation. The paper is a bright, newsy
sheet, well edited, and is deserving of a liberal
patronage.

On the 9th of May, 1882, Mr. Porter was united
in marriage with Miss Mary Elizabeth Petzinger,
and to them has been born an interesting family
of six children. In his social relations, Mr. Por-
ter is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Hancock Lodge
No. 71, I. O. O. F. In his political views, he is
a stalwart Democrat. Public-spirited and pro-
gressive, he is ever alive to the best interests of
the community in which he lives, and does all in
his power to aid in its advancement.

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^"HOMAS B. HUNT, M. D., who is success-
I C fully engaged in medical practice in War-
vJ/ saw; and who is numbered among the lead-
ing physicians of Hancock County, is a native of
Kentucky. He was born in Fayette County
January 6, 1831, and is a son of Silas W. and
Elizabeth C. (Wilson) Hunt, who were also
natives of the same county. Their ancestors
removed thither from Virginia. It seems that
there were originally three branches of the family
in this country, one locating in New York, one
in Virginia, and the third in Alabama. The fa-
ther of our subject was a farmer by occupation,
and followed that pursuit throughout his entire
life. He died in Kentucky, September 30, 1869,
at the age of sixty-six years, and his wife died
April 15, 1846, at the age of forty-three. They
were the parents of eight children, but only three

are now living: A. S., proprietor of the Phoenix
Hotel, of Lexington, Ky. ; Mrs. Elizabeth Hen-
dricks, of Georgetown, Ky. ; and Thomas B. of
this sketch.

The Doctor acquired his literary education in
New Castle, Ky., and, taking up the study of
medicine, was graduated from the Medical Uni-
versity of Louisville, in the Class of '64. Pre-
vious to this time, he had practiced to a limited
extent, for he had taken his first course of lec-
tures in the winter of 1859-60. For twelve years
he engaged in the practice of his profession in
Bedford, Ky. In September, 1864, he became
Assistant Surgeon of the Fifty-fourth Regiment
of Kentucky Mounted Infantry, and served one
year, his duties calling him to southern and east-
ern Kentucky, East Tennessee and southwestern
Virginia. He was always in the field, working in
an improvised hospital.

When the war was over Dr. Hunt returned to
Bedford, in September, 1865, and there continued
to successfully engage in practice until 1872, when
he left his native State and came to Illinois. He
took up his residence in Tower Hill, Shelby
County, where he remained until 1880, when he
came to Warsaw, where he has since made his
home, devoting his time and attention to general
practice. His success has been assured from the
first, and he now enjoys a liberal patronage as the
result of his skill and ability.

On the 29th of September, 1862, Mr. Hunt
was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary H. Affleck,
the wedding being celebrated in Bedford, Ky.
The lady is a daughter of Alex and Mary R.
(Bell) Affleck, and on her father's side is of
Scotch descent. To the Doctor and his wife have
been born nine children. Two died in Kentucky
and three in Illinois. Those living are Mollie
Gibson and Mattie M. , both of whom are engaged
in teaching; Samuel J., who is employed in the
machine shops in Peoria; and Berenice, at home.

Socially, Dr. Hunt is a member of the Ancient
Order of Free and Accepted Masons, the Inde-
pendent Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, American Legion of Honor, and the
Grand Army of the Republic. In 1886 he was
elected Commander of Arthur W. Morris Post No.

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343, G. A. R., again served in 1890 and 1891,
and was elected for the fourth term in 1893. He
is a member of the Christian Church, and has
served as Trustee of the Warsaw public schools
for nine years, part of the time as President of
the Board. He takes an active interest in the
cause of education, and in everything that tends
to elevate humanity. He is President of the
Board of Pension Examiners of Carthage, with
which he has been connected for several years,
and for a time was President of the Board both in
Bushnell and Carthage. He received his first
appointment under President Cleveland, was re-
appointed by President Harrison, and then again
by Cleveland. By his ballot he always supports
the Democracy. He is a man of social nature
and generous disposition, and in the community
where he has now made his home for fourteen
years he is widely and favorably known.

pGJlLLIAM P. RAICH, who is prominent in
\ A / business circles in Warsaw, represents
V Y various insurance companies, and is doing
a good business along that line. One of War-
saw's native sons, he was born in the city which
is still his home on the 15th of November, 1858.
His parents, Frederick and Elizabeth (Ross)
Raich, were both natives of Germany. The fa-
ther was a stone mason by trade and followed
that pursuit for many years. He bade adieu to
his native land in 1856, crossed the Atlantic to
America, and took up his residence in Louisville,
Kv., from whence he came to Warsaw. His
death occurred in 1882, and his wife died twenty
years previous, passing away in 1862. In their
family were five children, of whom three are yet
living, namely: William P. of this notice; Benja-
min A. , who is connected with the pickle works
of Warsaw; and Fannie M., who holds the posi-
tion of book-keeper with the firm of Eckbohm,
Dross & Co.

Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and
youth midst play and work, and his education
was acquired in the public schools of Warsaw.

He began earning his own livelihood at the age
of fifteen years, and whatever success he has
achieved in life is due to his own efforts. In
1873, he began working as deliver}' boy in the
grocery store of Stroh & Roth, and was thus em-
ployed for about three years. In 1876, he began
clerking for Mr. Stroh, and the following year en-
tered the employ of the firm of Eckbohm, Dross
& Co. as book-keeper. He continued in that
capacity for fifteen years, a faithful and trusted
employe. In the mean time he had worked into
the insurance business, and in 1893 he opened
an insurance office. He now represents various
companies, including the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York; the Bankers' Life of Des
Moines, Iowa; the Northern Assurance Company
of London; Niagara Fire Insurance Company of
New York; the Detroit Fire and Marine; Traders'
of Chicago; and the American Fire Insurance
Company of New York. He has a good and
growing business, which has constantly increased
from the beginning, until it has reached fair pro-
portions, and yields to the proprietor a good in-
come.

The lady who bears the name of Mrs. Raich
was in her maidenhood Miss Lousia A. Schott.
The marriage of our subject and his wife was
celebrated on the nth of November, 1884, and
they have become the parents of four children,
two sons and two daughters, Clara, George,
Frederick and Carrie. Mrs. Raich is the daugh-
ter of John Schott, a resident of Warsaw. Mr.
Raich, who is a stockholder in the Warsaw Pickle
Company, assisted in organizing the company,
which was incorporated in February, 1887, and
was its first Secretary, holding that position for
one year.

In his social relations, Mr. Raich is an Odd
Fellow. He exercises his right of franchise in
support of the Democratic party, and has been
honored with a number of local and official posi-
tions. He was elected Collector of Warsaw in
1887, was chosen Alderman in 1889, and in 1893
served as Assessor. His various duties he dis-
charged with promptness and fidelity, for he is al-
ways true to every trust, whether public or pri-
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in this community, where his entire life has been
passed, and his warmest friends are those with
whom he has been acquainted from boyhood, a
fact which indicates an honorable and straight-
forward career.

HON. JOHN DEE STEVENS (deceased),
of Carthage, was prominently identified
with the history of Hancock County for
many years, and, in fact, his name is inseparably
connected therewith, for he was a leader in
many enterprises and public movements which
have resulted in the growth and development of
the county and in promoting its best interests and
material welfare. Almost his entire life was here
passed, and so widely and favorably was he
known that we feel assured our readers will re-
ceive with interest this record of his career.

Mr. Stevens was one of the native sons of Illi-
nois, his birth having occurred in Carrollton,
Greene County, February 8, 1826. His parents,
Joseph and Elmira (Dee) Stevens, were married
in Carrollton, in April, 1825. The maternal
grandfather, John Dee, was a native of Vermont,
and with his family removed to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where Mr. and Mrs. Stevens became acquainted.
In 18 1 8, her father's family went to St. Charles,
Mo., and two years later removed to Carrollton,
111., where, in 1822, Joseph Stevens took up his
residence. He was born in New York City, and
in Cincinnati learned the hatter's trade. In
r828, he removed with his wife and son John to
Hazel Green, Wis., and for a few months was
connected with the lead-mining interests of that
region, but in the autumn he went down the
Mississippi on a keel-boat to where now stands
the town of Louisiana, Mo. , which was then only
a hamlet. There he opened a hatter's shop, and
in connection with business along that line traded
extensively with the Indians, making various
trips to the several tribes in northwestern Illi-
nois, Iowa and Wisconsin. This he carried on
until his business was almost stopped by the
Black Hawk War, in 1832. The following year

he came to Hancock County, and secured Gov-
ernment land in Chili Township, about twelve
miles due south of Carthage, being located on
the main line of travel between Quincy and the
East. He established the stage-house at Chili for
the accommodation of the public, and, securing
the control of the line, continued to run stages be-
tween Macomb and Quincy for some years. His
place was noted for its cheerful hospitality, and
its most popular and companionable landlord be-
came a favorite with all who went his way. He
died on the old homestead in 1846, at the age of
forty-six. His widow survived him about seven-
teen years, her death occurring in 1863. Car-
thage had just been chosen the county seat when
he located here, and he was present at the first
sale of town lots, which occurred in 1832. He
was an anti-Mormon, and was called to aid in
suppressing that sect. Not long after he located
in this county, he was joined by his brother,
Moses Stevens, who also secured Government
land. He was a contractor, and erected the court
house which is still standing. He completed the
building in 1839, and soon afterwards went to
Iowa. In 1850, he went to California, where his
death occurred the same year.

John Dee Stevens was the eldest in a family of
four sons and one daughter who grew to mature
years. George W. resides at Medicine Lodge,
Kan.; J. O. is a fanner of Chili Township; Mrs. J.
S. Hatton resides in Carrollton, 111.; and Frank,
a Union soldier, was killed at the battle of
Jackson, Miss., in 1863. John remained at home
during his boyhood, and passed through the ex-
citing scenes which accompanied the Mormon
troubles. He was with the men who were called
out by Gov. Ford to aid in disbanding the Mor-
mons at Nauvoo. On the 27th of June, 1844,
Hyrum and Joseph Smith were killed by a squad
of men from Warsaw, who had been expected to
join Gov. Ford at Golden Point, but who after
disbandment came to Carthage and committed
the atrocious murder. Mr. Stevens remembered
seeing both men when they were brought into
the court house the following morning. Later
he was with the forces under Thomas Muckman,
of Mt. Sterling, who, with John Carlin, went to

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Nanvoo to serve the papers on the Mormons.
This was in October, 1846. The army of about
five hundred camped three miles from the temple
at Nauvoo and awaited negotiations, which it was
hoped would end the affair peaceably, but these
were rejected, and hostilities commenced. The
battle was begun and raged for an hour and a-
quarter, when the supplies gave out, and the at-
tacking party withdrew. Mr. Stevens remained
with the army, doing the duty assigned him un-
til hostilities ceased, and Nauvoo was given into
the hands of the authorities. Soon after, the
Mexican War came on, and he was anxious to
enter the service, but the death of his father oc-
curred about that time and he felt that his sen-ices
were needed at home, although he had made
preparations to join a regiment at Quincy.

In 1849, gold was discovered in California, and
the following year Mr. Stevens joined three
young men, who with a six-horse team started
overland to California. On reaching their desti-
nation, Mr. Stevens began work in the mines at
Plaeerville, but being attacked by rheumatism,
he was disabled for that arduous labor. After
leaving the mines, he sought a warm climate, and
located near the old missions of Santa Barbara
and Los Angeles, where he secured employment
with some Mormons who were engaged in the
lumber business. It is very probable that he did
not tell his employers that he had acted as a sol-
dier against them in Hancock County, else he
would have lost his position, if nothing worse had
occurred. At length he turned his face toward
home, for he was tired of wild life in the West,
and determined to join a surveying party which
was fixing the boundary line between Mexico and
the United States. In company with a Mr. Pea-
body from Ohio, and an old sailor named Mor-
mon Bill, he started on the trip, the three travel-
ing on ponies. The journey was full of interest-
ing and sometimes dangerous adventures and was
one never to be forgotten by Mr. Stevens. His
companions were not men of the best class, and af-
ter a time he parted company with them, join-
ing a man who was going direct to Texas.
Mr. Stevens proceeded to Eltar, Mexico, where
he joined two Americans and sixty native laborers,

who were building a substantial fort. Here Mr.
Stevens began raising tobacco, which sold for
$10 per pound in Mexico, but the Apache In-
dians coming to attack him, the camp and its fol-
lowers all fled to Eltar, and the crop was lost.
Our subject then set out to join the surveying
party. On the way he fell in with a band of
thieves, but at length reached the party, and later
found himself in San Antonio, Tex.

Mr. Stevens did not then at once set out for
Illinois, but, with the hope of retrieving his for-
tunes, made a trip to Ft. Clark. At length, after
an absence of five years, he returned to the scenes
of his boyhood, poor in pocket, but rich in expe-
rience. The following year he visited Ft. Riley,
Kan., then the headquarters of all the wild spirits
of the border, but a few months spent there satis-
fied him, for he was in the company of gamblers,
and he returned to the prairies of Hancock Coun-
ty, and accustomed himself to the habits of a
more civilized life.

About this time he married Miss Julia Ann
Towler, of La Prairie, Adams County, and
after his marriage he began farming on the old
home which he had left seven years before, and
there resided until 1870, when he was elect-
ed County Sheriff, and removed to Carthage.
In 1872, he was re-elected and efficiently served
for four years. During the succeeding ten years
he devoted himself to farming interests, but did
not remove to the country. In 1882, he was
chosen to represent his district in the State Legis-
lature, and while thus serving always had the in-
terests of his constituents at heart, and took an
active part in advocating such legislation as
would cause the railroads to provide more ade-
quate service for the people. This roused the op-
position of those connected with the railroads, and
when he was renominated the opposing party so
persistently worked against him that he was de-
feated. For years he was Chairman of the Coun-
ty Democratic Committee, and did all in his
power to promote his party's interests. He was
the author of the ' 'Aledo Letter, ' "which resulted in
the union of the Democrats and Greenbackers in
the district for the election to Congress of their
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grin and annoyance of the Republican leaders.
He was a man of keen observation, a close stu-
dent of human nature, and his great urbanity and
suavity of manner made him a leader of men.
He became Postmaster of Carthage under Cleve-
land, but resigned his office on the election of
President Harrison, not desiring to serve under a
political opponent. Though he was an advocate
of Democratic principles, he did not fully agree
with the President on all matters, as he was a
strong advocate of the free-coinage system.

Mr. Stevens took an active interest in every-
thing that pertained to the perpetuation of the au-
thentic history of the county in which he so long
made his home. He was for years a member
of the Old Settlers' Association, and for two
years served as its President. He was a man of
broad and liberal mind, who believed in giving to
the pioneers who were the founders of the county
their just dues. Those who knew him esteemed
him highly for the many excellencies of his char-
acter, and certainly his name deserves an honored
place on the pages of his adopted county.

Mr. Stevens died at his home in Carthage Jan-
uary 3, 1S94, after an illness of but a few days.
His children are Leona M., who is connected
with the educational interests of the county; Clara
B. , wife of Thomas Jackson, a fanner of Hancock
County; and Elmira A., at home.

Wl C. ECKBOHM is acknowledged by many
y to be the leading business man of Warsaw.
fc) He is connected with some of its leading
industries and interests, and thereby has aided
materially in the progress, prosperity and up-
building of this place. The various enterprises
with which he is connected have yielded to him a
good income and numbered him among the sub-
stantial citizens of the community.

Mr. Eckbohm is a native of Germany. He
was born in Liebick, March 13, 1846, and is a
son of Henry and Marie (Wohlbrand) Eckbohm.
The father was a ship carpenter by trade, and fol-
lowed that business in his native land. In i860,

he bade adieu to his old home and friends and
with his family crossed the briny deep to America.
On landing in this country he came direct to
Warsaw, where he made his home until his death,
which occurred about the year 1884. I" tne
family were three children, of whom two are now
living, namely: Mrs. Capt. Myers, and Martin C.
of this sketch. A brother, Charles, was drowned
at Mound City, 111., on the 10th of June, 1881.

No event of special importance occurred during
the boyhood and youth of our subject. He at-
tended the public schools of his native land until
fourteen years of age, when he accompanied his
parents on their emigration to America. During
the past thirty-four years, he has been a resident
of Warsaw, and is familiar with the history of its
upbuilding and advancement. In October, 1872,
he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Shafer,
of Warsaw, daughter of John Shafer. They have
one child, Clara.

In 1 88 1, Mr. Eckbohm established the firm of
Eckbohm, Dross & Co., dealers in hardware, ag-
ricultural implements and groceries. He had
formerly been engaged in the grain business for
several years. When the above-mentioned firm
was established, he labored assiduously to build
up a good business, and by his well-directed ef-
forts, his fair and honest dealing, and his earnest
desire to please his customers he soon secured a
liberal patronage. He also established a branch
house in Keokuk and one in Alexandria, and both
proved profitable investments, yielding to the
owner a good income. In 1888, he established
the pickle works at Warsaw. A company was
formed with a capital stock of $25,000. From
the beginning trade has constantly increased, and
the business in 1893 amounted to upwards of
$75,000. In that year they purchased forty-two
thousand bushels of cucumbers.

In his political views, Mr. Eckbohm is a Re-
publican, and has twice served as City Alderman
of Warsaw with credit to himself and satisfaction
to his constituents. He manifests a commenda-
ble interest in everything that pertains to the
welfare of the community, and his hearty support
and co-operation are given to those enterprises
which are calculated to prove of public benefit.

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Socially, he is connected with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Through the legitimate
channels of business he has won a success of which
he is well deserving — a success which has brought
to him a handsome income, and made him one of
Warsaw's substantial citizens.

REV. HOLMES DYSINGER. D. D., Presi-
dent of Carthage College, is well known as a
leading educator throughout Illinois and
other Central States. He was born near Mifflin,
Pa., March 26, 1853, and was one of a family that
numbered six sons and a daughter. The family
is of German origin, his ancestors having set-
tled originally in York and Lancaster Counties,
Pa., more than a century ago. His grandparents
on both sides removed to that part of Mifflin
County which was afterwards cut off and forms
a part of Juniata County. There was celebrated
the marriage of Joseph Dy singer and Mary
Amelia Patterson, who became the parents of our
subject. They were not wealthy people and did
not leave to their children a handsome compe-
tency, but they gave to them what is oftentimes
far better — a good home training. They were
reared to habits of industry and economy, and les-
sons of honor, obedience and consideration for
one another were instilled into their young minds.
Their parents possessed true refinement, and sur-
rounded their children with only that which was
pure and good.

In the labors of the farm, Mr. Dysinger of this
sketch was also well developed. From an early
age he was very fond of study, and soon man-
ifested a praiseworthy ambition to excel in the
country schools, which convened for about three
mouths out of the year. He found in his parents
his principal teachers, and the older members of
the family often assisted the younger in their les-
sons, an experience which proved of benefit to
Mr. Dysinger in his after life. His love of good
books continued to grow, and he soon became fa-
miliar with the broad and elevating thoughts of
many master minds. He wished to enter profes-

sional life, and one of his first independent efforts
was at school-teaching, which he began at the
early age of seventeen. During the spring and
summer he would aid in the labors of the farm,
and in the winter season take charge of the
school. He was thus employed for five years.

In the winter of 1871-72, under the preaching
of the Rev. D. M. Blackwelder, he united with
the Lutheran Church, and from that time has
been actively interested in its promotion. Be-
coming imbued with a strong desire to enter the
ministry, be began a course of preparation for the
sacred office, and his studies were chosen with
the view of fitting himself for college. In the
spring of 1873, he became a pupil at Airy View
Academy, at Port Royal, Juniata County, Pa.,
where he took up the study of Latin and Greek
in connection with the academic course. As time
advanced, his desire to enter the ministry grew
continually stronger, for he felt that his labors
were needed in the work of uplifting humanity.
With the exception of one term at the academy
and a few private lessons, he prepared himself for
college without the aid of a teacher, and in the
fall of 1875 was admitted to the Sophomore Class
of Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, Pa.,
where he applied himself assiduously to his stud-
ies. He was graduated from that school in the
spring of 1878, and had the honor of being vale-
dictorian of his class. The excellent work which
he did in the school, and the regard of the faculty,
were shown by his appointment as tutor and man-
ager-in-chief of the preparatory department of
his alma mater. While thus employed he spent
all his spare time in the study of theology in the
seminar}- classes, and at length completed the
course and was graduated from the seminary in
June, 188 1. However, he continued his studies
along that line for the following year, and at the
termination of his post-graduate course in theol-
ogy, he received notice of his election to the Pro-
fessorship of Ancient Languages of North Carolina
College, where he remained for about a year.
He afterwards served for a short time as supply
in a mission church in Mooresville, N. C. In the
spring of 1883, he accepted the Chair of Ancient
Languages in Newberry College, Newberry, S.C.,

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and entered upon his duties in the following au-
tumn. He filled that position five years, and
during: four years of that period also served as
Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis
in the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Semi-
nan- of the South.

In August, 1886, was celebrated the marriage of
Rev. Mr. Dysinger and Miss Ada Ray, a most es-
timable and accomplished lady of Blairsville, Pa.
While at Newberry College, the Professor became
a member of the American Institute of the He-
brew Language, an organization formed by Prof.
W. R. Harper, then" of Yale College, but now
President of the Chicago University. During the
regular vacation months, he was employed one
season as a professor in that institute. He is a
man of earnest purpose, and his researches and in-
struction in Hebrew literature did much for the
advancement of knowledge along that line. His
connection with Carthage College began July 10,
1888. He was elected its President, and he and
his able corps of assistants form a most excellent
faculty. He is capable of filling the most respon-
sible position, which he has now held for about
six years to the satisfaction of all concerned.

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HON. WILLIAM HARRISON RANDOLPH,
deceased, who was one of the most public-
spirited and progressive citizens Macomb
has ever known, and who was a leading factor in
all that pertained to the upbuilding of the city,
was born in Lebanon, Ohio, on the 20th of Au-
gust, 18 13, and was a son of David and Rebecca
(Sutphen) Randolph. Both were natives of New
Jersey, and from that State they removed to
Kentucky, and thence to Ohio. Some members
of the family, however, are still living in Lexing-
ton, Ky. The Randolph family was founded in
America in a very early day, by ancestors who
crossed the Atlantic and settled in New Jersey
prior to the Revolution.

W. H. Randolph spent his early boyhood on
his father's farm, and in his youth he served an
apprenticeship in a woolen mill in Lebanon, Ohio.
7

Wishing to try his fortune on the broad prairies
of the West, and with the hope of thereby better-
ing his financial condition, he came to McDon-
ough County, 111., in 1834, and cast his lot
among the early settlers. He embarked in gen-
eral merchandising in Macomb, and from a small
beginning he steadily increased his business until
it had assumed extensive proportions. His fel-
low-townsmen, soon recognizing his worth and
ability, called him to public office, and in 1838
he was elected County Sheriff, which position he
filled for six years, or for three terms. In 1844,
he was sent to the House of Representatives, and
in 1846 was elected his own successor. Many
years passed before he was allowed to retire to
private life, for he was always found prompt and
faithful in the discharge of his public duties, and
the confidence and trust of the people were always
with him. In 1848, he was elected Circuit Clerk
of the county, and filled that position until 1856.
He very- seldom, if ever, held an office to which
he was not re-elected on the expiration of his first
term. His popularity and the confidence reposed
in him were so great that he always ran far ahead
of his ticket, and on no occasion was he a defeated
candidate.

On the 26th of January, 1837, Mr. Randolph
was united in marriage with Matilda Jane Brook-
ing, daughter of Thomas Alexander and Mary
Louise (Thrushley) Brooking, the former a na-
tive of Richmond, Va., and the latter of Lexing-
ton, Ky. Her parents were honored pioneers of
McDonough County, who, in 1834, settled upon
a farm four miles north of Macomb. They had a
family of thirteen children, six of whom are yet
living, namely: Mrs. Randolph; William T. and
Alexander V., of Macomb; Robert S., of Audo-
ver, S. Dak.; Mrs. J. E. Randolph, of Ft. Scott,
Kan.; and August, a farmer of Dallas, Tex.
One of the number, Edward S., was killed near
Memphis, Tenn., upon the occasion of a raid by
Forest's men. He was taken prisoner, and was
afterwards killed by his captors, August 21, 1864.
He was buried by the roadside, and all trace of
his grave was soon lost, so that his resting-place
is unmarked. A sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Upde-
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of Carrollton, Mo., died in August, 1889. Louise
died in May, 1852, and the others died in early
childhood.

Mr. and Mrs. Randolph began their domestic
life in Macomb, and always made their home in
this city. In 1854, he opened the first banking
house in McDonough County, in company with
Joseph M. Parkinson, Joseph \V. Blount and M.
T. Winslow. During the first two years they
were quite successful, but they were persuaded by
T. L. McCoy, of Galesburg, to invest $20,000 in
the Nemaha Y alley Bank. The Macomb Bank
was to issue its own notes and to be held respon-
sible for the same, as was the case with every
other bank interested therein, but afterwards an-
other arrangement was made whereby any notes
issued on the Nemaha Valley Bank could be pre-
sented to any bank connected therewith for col-
lection, and then sent to their respective banks
for final redemption. In 1858, the Nemaha Val-
ley Bank failed. Messrs. Randolph & Co. re-
deemed their whole issue and over $5,000 of the
notes of other parties, for which they never ob-
tained compensation. This caused their failure,
and Mr. Randolph alone lost over $100,000.
Here the honorable dealing which always charac-
terized his business career was strongly shown.
He did not compromise with his creditors, paying
a few cents on the dollar, but he began at once to
liquidate all debts, and labored earnestly to pay
his creditors. At the time of his death he had
paid nearly the entire amount. No one doubted
his honesty of purpose, for his word was as good
as his bond.

In 1856, Mr. Randolph began the erection of
the well-known Randolph Hotel, which stands as
a monument to his enterprise and public spirit.
Not finding a suitable tenant, he took charge of it
in 1858, and continued to carry on the hotel busi-
ness until his death. He made the house a fav-
orite stopping-place with the traveling public,
and it was an honor to the city. During the
same year that work on the hotel was begun, he
laid off Oakwood Cemetery, comprising a tract of
eleven acres, north of the city. It was the most
beautiful and eligible spot near Macomb, and he
set it aside as a resting-place for those who had

crossed the dark river. Mr. Randolph was also
interested in the real-estate business. In 1853,
he began business along that line under the firm
name of Randolph, Parkinson & Co., and this
connection was continued until November 3, 1856,
when the firm became McLean, Randolph & Co.
The}' confined their operations to a region known
as the "Military Tract," comprising sixteen
counties, lying between the Illinois and Missis-
sippi Rivers, and for a time did an extensive bus-
iness, which materially increased Mr. Randolph's
wealth. He was a man of keen sagacity and
foresight, which, combined with his thorough
knowledge of the country, made his purchases
and sales profitable.

In politics, Mr. Randolph was first a Whig,
and on the organization of the Republican party
he at once joined its ranks. No one was ever
doubtful as to where he stood, for he was a man
of firm convictions, and neither fear nor favor
could make him withhold an opinion on questions
which he believed to be vitally important to the
country. When the Republican party was yet
new and its success seemed doubtful, he put forth
every effort in its behalt and labored untiringly
for its growth and upbuilding. In i860, he re-
doubled his efforts in support of Illinois' greatest
statesman, and his labors in this community did
much toward securing the large majority which
was given to the Martyr President. His loyalty
and patriotism were made manifest on the out-
break of the late war, and his time and means were
given freely to the support of the Union. The
boy r s in blue were ever welcome at his house, and
if they had no money to pay bills it mattered not,
for he gave to them freely. They were engaged
in the effort to preserve the Union, and the cause
was dear to his heart.

On the 15th of June, 1863, Mr. Randolph was
appointed Deputy Provost-Marshal for McDon-
ough County, without his solicitation, and was
re-appointed September 28, 1864. His friends
urged him not to accept, for they knew that
many enemies would arise, anxious to take the
life of one whom they would regard as a foe; but
it was a question of duty, not of safety, with him,
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was to make an enrollment of the militia, report-
ing the names to the Provost-Marshal in Mt.
Sterling. At this time McDonough Count}- was
short in the quota, and a draft was ordered. The
number deficient was drawn, and among others
John Bond, of Hire Township, was drafted. Mr.
Randolph at once notified him, and ordered him
to report at once at Mt. Sterling; but this not be-
ing done he proceeded to Blandinsville to arrest
Bond. The latter endeavored to escape, but Mr.
Randolph told him he was a prisoner. Bond
then took a step or two back and fired at Mr.
Randolph, after which he fled. The Marshal re-
turned the shots, and each fired again several
times. James Bond, a brother of the prisoner,
now came up in the rear of the Marshal and be-
gan firing, and inflicted a fatal wound, the death
of Mr. Randolph following within twenty-four
hours. His loss was mourned throughout the
entire community, for he was one of the most
prominent, influential and highly-respected citi-
zens. His name is inseparably connected with
the history of the community, for he was one of
the important factors in its upbuilding.

Mrs. Randolph still survives her husband and
is yet living in Macomb. She is the possessor of
considerable valuable property, and the income
derived therefrom surrounds her with all the
comforts of life.

REV. DAVID LOY TRESSLER was born
in Loysville, Pa., February 15, 1S39, and
was a son of Col. John Tressler, whose death
occurred in 1S59. The father was a man of much
more than ordinary ability, and was a prominent
citizen of the Keystone State. He was a warm
friend to education, and with his own means
erected a school in Loysville, of which he was at
the head for several years. On his death his son
succeeded to his position. This academy was
later transformed into a Soldiers' Orphans' Home,
and stands to-day as the permanent Orphans'
Home of the Lutheran Church of Pennsylvania.
Others in the familv evinced a talent for educa-

tional work, and a brother of our subject, who
died at the age of twenty-four, occupied the Chair
of Mathematics in the Capital University in Col-
umbus, Ohio.

The Rev. D. L. Tressler whose name heads
this sketch was educated in the public schools and
in Loysville Academy, of which he afterwards be-
came principal. In 1857 he entered the sopho-
more class of the Pennsylvania College, and was
graduated with honor in i860. The same year
he became principal of the academy which his fa-
ther founded, but in 1862 resigned that position,
and largely among his students raised a company
of volunteers for service in the Civil War. He
was chosen Captain, and led his command in the
battles of South Mountain, Antietam and Fred-
ericksburg. In the last-named he was twice
wounded, but after recovering he resumed his com-
mand and took part in the famous battle of Chan-
cellorsville. He was tendered a Colonel's com-
mission, but declined this and returned home.

Capt. Tressler then took up the study of law,
and in 1864 was admitted to the Bar. For five
years he continued practice, and was considered a
rising young lawyer, for his talents were such as
to make him well adapted for that profession ; but
he had other aspirations, and as he expressed it,
" If I wish to be rich in this world's goods, I will
remain in the legal profession ; if rich in the next
world, I will enter the ministry." Accordingly,
in 1870, having removed to Mendota, 111., he en-
tered the ministry of the Lutheran Church, and
was immediately called to Lena, where he labored
most assiduously and successfully until coming to
Carthage in 1872, having been elected a professor
in Carthage College. After one year's work in
the classroom he was called to the head of the in-
stitution, entering upon the duties of President in
1873. He also had charge of the financial affairs
of the college and was pastor of the Trinity Luth-
eran Church. It was largely through his instru-
mentality that the substantial house of worship
was erected.

In 1865, Dr. Tressler wedded AdaJ. Mclntyre,
of Pennsylvania, who survives him and still makes
her home in Carthage, highly respected by all
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of many excellencies of character. She was a
faithful helpmate to her husband, and by her gen-
tle, womanly influence aided him greatly in his
work as an educator and minister.

Dr. Tressler was admirably fitted for the im-
portant position which he held. He was a man
of indomitable energy, quick intellect and fine
business tact, possessed a kind, generous and sym-
pathetic nature, was of a cheerful disposition, and
always looked upon the bright side of things. He
had a happy faculty of making every one feel at
ease in his presence, and with untiring zeal and
energy he labored for the success of the college
and for the advancement of the cause of Christ.
He was a fluent and graceful writer, possessed
many of the qualities of a fine orator, and in man-
ner was easy and free and void of all ostentation
and display. His career was devoted to all that
was noble and best in life and to the elevation of
humanity. His death, which occurred February
20, 1880, in his forty-second year, was deeply
mourned, not only in this community, but
throughout the circles of the Lutheran Church.

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HENRY BOWER, of Carthage, who is now
practically living a retired life, is a native of
the Keystone State, his birth having oc-
curred in Carlisle, Pa., on the nth of March,
1825. His father, Daniel Bower, was also a na-
tive of Cumberland County. He was a farmer
by occupation, and married Martha Bishop, a na-
tive of York County. Their last years were spent
in Cumberland County, and when death came
they were laid to rest in Carlisle Cemetery.

Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and
youth in his parents' home, and ere he attained
his majority he served an apprenticeship of three
years and a-half to the blacksmith's trade, which
he followed for a time. At length he determined
to seek a home in the West, and in 1855 started
for Kansas, but located instead in Hancock Coun-
ty, 111. In the spring of 1857, he came to Carth-
age, and, meeting old friends, decided to remain in
this place. He secured the position of Jailer, in

which capacity he served for three years. In
1865, he opened a blacksmith shop near the pres-
ent site of the city water works, and continued
to work at his trade until 1878. He did a good
business and accumulated a comfortable compe-
tence. Part of his capital he invested in a one
hundred acre farm situated a mile and a-half west
of Carthage, on the Keokuk road. He rents his
land, which is under a high state of cultivation
and well improved, and therefore yields to him a
good income.

Mr. Bower was married ere leaving the State of
his nativity. On the 22d of March, 1849, in Mt.
Rock, Pa., he was joined in wedlock with Miss
Rachel Melinda Davidson, who has been his
faithful companion and helpmeet along life's
journey for forty-five years. To them were born
the following children: John Davidson, who died
at the age of twenty-three; Lillie, who died at the
age of nineteen; William W., who is engaged in
the poultry business; Matthew B., who died at
the age of seven ; and Addie, who passed away at
the age of one year. All died of typhoid fever in
1871.

In his political views, Mr. Bower is a Republi-
can. He has long supported that party by his
ballot, but has never been an office-seeker. His
wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church,
and both are highly respected citizens, who well
deserve representation in this volume.

OTHAIRE BRUCE COCKERN is one of
I C the honored veterans of the late war, who
\ J went to the front and valiantly stood for the
preservation of the Union. He now makes his
home in Carthage, 111., and for a year past has
been engaged in the publication of the Hancock
County Journal, of which he is now editor and
proprietor. He was born at Hillsboro, Ky., on
the 22d of December, 1838, and is a son of John
P. and Mary A. (Crawford) Cockern, who were
natives of Ohio and Kentucky, respectively. The
Cockern family came originally from England,
and settled in Pennsylvania. Later, its repre-

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sentatives became residents of the Panhandle Dis-
trict of West Virginia. The father of our subject
is a carpenter by trade, and has followed that pur-
suit through much of his life. He is now living
in California, whither he removed in March,
1863. The mother died in Carthage, 111. .Jan-
uary 24, 1861. In the family were eight chil-
dren, six of whom are yet living, namely: L.
B., of this sketch; Mrs. Sarah A. Gilliam, who
resides in Live Oak; Mrs. Eliza B. Gray, of
Marysville; Mrs. Zerelda A. Bartlett, of Suisun;
Mrs. Aramanda A. Creighton, of Glenburn; and
George W. , who is located in Fairfield, Cal.

We now take up the personal history of our
subject, who was reared in the usual manner of
farmer lads, spending his summer months at labor
in the field, while in the winter season he attended
the public schools of the neighborhood. The
year 1851 witnessed his arrival in Hancock
County, where he has made his home continu-
ously since. At an early age he began working
as a farm hand at $8 per mouth, and was thus
employed for several seasons.

The Union found in Mr. Cockeru one of its most
zealous defenders during the late Civil War.
Prompted by a spirit of patriotism,, he eidisted on
the 6th of May, 1 861, in his country's service, and
joined the boys in blue of Company D, Sixteenth
Illinois Infantry. His first season's service was
in northern Missouri. This was light service —
he having only to chase the rebel cavalry just
enough to keep the horses poor. In 1862 he was
under the command of Gen. Pope until after the
siege of Corinth. He participated in that siege,
was later stationed atTuscumbia, Ala., until that
line was abandoned, and then went to Nashville,
where with his command he lay for ten months.
He later did sen-ice under Gens. Rosecrans and
Thomas, and went with Sherman as far as Rome,
Ga., in the campaign against Atlanta, just prior
to the ever memorable inarch to the sea. His term
of service expired while at Rome, Ga. He was a
non-commissioned officer, having been made Cor-
poral on the day of his muster in, while later he
was promoted to be Sergeant. He was ever found
at his post of duty, faithful to the trust and confi-
dence reposed in him. Through the heroic efforts

of the private soldiers, the Union was preserved,
and to them the country owes a debt of gratitude
which can never be repaid.

After his return to Hancock County, Mr. Cock-
em was engaged in the recruiting service until
the close of the war. He was married on the
28th of March, 1866, to Miss Emily A. Symonds,
daughter of Frederick W. Symonds, a native of
New Hampshire. Five children were born to
them, but two of the number, Robert and an in-
fant sister, are at rest. Those still living are
Mary, Isabel and John.

In 1869, Mr. Cockern was appointed Postmas-
ter at Carthage, 111., by President Grant, and held
that position for five years, proving a capable and
efficient officer. He now devotes his entire time
and attention to the publication of his paper. In
politics, he was first a Democrat, following in the
political footsteps of his father, and on attaining
his majority voted for Stephen A. Douglas. Dur-
ing the war, however, he became a Republican,
and has generally supported its men and meas-
ures. .Socially, he is connected with the Masonic
fraternity, and is an honored member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He is a valued citizen of
the community, who manifests the same loyalty
to his duties of citizenship in days of peace as he
did in days of war. Through the columns of his
paper he exerts his influence for all that promotes
the best interests of the community, and his co-
operation is given to all worthy and commendable
enterprises.

"DWARD M. ROBBINS, D. D. S. , is the lead-
^ ing dental surgeon of Carthage, where for
_ _ eighteen years he has been continuously
and successfully engaged in the practice of his
chosen profession. A native of Indiana, he was
born in LaGrauge County, April 11, 1S42, ami
is a son of Dr. Eppaah and Mary (Clarke) Rob-
bins. The father was a native of Pennsylvania,
but was reared in Ohio, and the mother claimed
New York as the State of her nativity. They con-
tinued to reside in LaGrauge County until 1850,

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when they emigrated with their family to Fayette
County, 111., and the Doctor continued in prac-
tice in this State until 1871. He then removed
to Osage Mission, Kan., where he resided until
his death, in February, 1892, at the age of seventy-
three years. He made his home in Hancock
County from October, 1861, until 4871, residing
in Nauvoo and Poutoosuc. The only brother of
our subject, George E., a dentist, was drowned
in the Walnut River, at Arkansas City, Kan., in
June, 1893. The only sister became the wife of
R. D. Cogswell, M. D. They lived in Hancock
County from 1861 until 1868.

Doctor Robbins of this sketch was a lad of only
eight years when he came with his parents to
Illinois. He acquired his education in the com-
mon schools, and in an academy at Alton, which
is now known as Shurtliff College. He then began
the study of medicine with his father, but in Au-
gust, 1862, prompted by patriotic impulses, he
enlisted as a member of Company H, Seventy-
eighth Illinois Infantry, and was mustered in at
Ouincy on the 20th of the month, with John K.
Allen as Captain, George T. Bear as Lieutenant,
and Samuel Simmons as Second Lieutenant. He
served under Gens. Buell and Rosecrans, and
the first hard-fought battle in which he partici-
pated was at Chickamauga, where his company
suffered a heavy loss. His division, however,
under Gen. Steadman, saved the entire army.
Later, he was in the battles of Chattanooga, Mis-
sion Ridge, Sweet Water, and was then with his
command sent to Knoxville to relieve Banks.
He took part in the first battle of the Atlanta
campaign at Tunnel Hill, and the engagements
at Resaca, Keunesaw Mountain and Peach Tree
Creek. His division was also in the battle of
Jonesboro, which resulted in the evacuation of
Atlanta. They were then sent back to Hunts-
ville and Mt. Forest, and afterwards again went
to Atlanta, and on the celebrated march to the
sea under Gen. Sherman. The Doctor then
marched to Richmond and on to Washington,
where he participated in the Grand Review. He
received his discharge in Chicago. In the spring
of 1863, he had been detailed to act as assistant
hospital steward in the medical department, but

was always with the regiment and on the field
taking care of the wounded.

When the country no longer needed his serv-
ices, Mr. Robbins returned to Illinois, and re-
sumed the stud}' of medicine, but soon after be-
gan dealing in stock and later took up farming.
In 1869 he resumed his studies and entered a
dental college in Chicago, from which he was
graduated in 1871. The following year he re-
moved to Osage Mission, Kan., but after two
years returned to Illinois, and in 1875 came to
Carthage, where he has since been actively en-
gaged in practice. He is a member of the Cen-
tral Illinois Dental Society, of which he has
served as President, and of the State Society, in
which he is now serving as a member of the execu-
tive council.

Dr. Robbins was married March 24, 1870, to
Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Con-
ner) Brownlee, who were pioneers of Hancock
County, where Mrs. Robbins was born. They
have three children: Eulalie, a young lady of
twenty, who is now studying music under Prof.
Liebling, of Chicago; and Eddie and Samuel, who
are at home.

The Doctor served as a member of the Town
Council for a number of years, and was then
called upon by the people of Carthage who were
in favor of anti-license and the support of public
enterprises calculated to promote the interests of
the community to become a candidate for Mayor.
This he did, and he is now acceptably and credit-
ably filling that office. He is indeed always
found on the side of progress and advancement.
The Doctor is one of the incorporators of the
Hancock County Agricultural Board, which owns
a forty acre-park, finely arranged for fairs and pic-
nics. He is Secretary of the company, which has
given twelve public exhibitions. He has always
been a great lover of fine horses, and is now en-
gaged in breeding trotters. He bred "Combina-
tion, "with a record of2:i8^'2 ; "Sebasco," a three-
year-old, with a record of 2:10; and he now owns
"Eulalie," by "Egmont," full sister of "Combi-
nation." He also has one mare sired by "Jerome
Eddy," the famous horse that sold for $30,000.

In his social relations, the Doctor is connected

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with the Odd Fellows' society and the encamp-
ment, and also the Knights of Pythias fraternity ,
which he has represented in the Grand Lodge.
He belongs to the Lutheran Church, and is ranked
among the best and most valued citizens of the
community, his name being inseparably con-
nected with all that pertains to the general wel-
fare and to the promotion of its best interests.
Carthage has had no better Mayor, or one who is
more universally esteemed.

ILTOX T. HUNT, who is engaged in the
dry-goods business in Warsaw, as a mem-
ber of the firm of Elhebe, Hunt & Co.,
was born in this place on the 10th of October.
1 86 1, and is a representative of one of the early
families of the county. His parents, M. T. and
Helen M. ( Baldwin 1 Hunt, came to this place in
[854, and the father became prominently con-
nected with the business interests of this place.
He was a native of North Carolina, and his will-
was born in New York. He came from his native
State to Illinois, and took up his residence in Mc-
Donough County, where he made his home until
his removal to Warsaw, as before stated. For a
time he followed farming, but later turned his at-
tention to the pork-packing business, in which he
continued for about seven years. He was a man
of good business and executive ability, and his
enterprising and well-directed efforts won for him
success, and secured for him a comfortable com-
petence.

In 1856 Mr. Hunt was called upon to mourn
the loss of his first wife. In their family were
the following children: Mrs. Jennie Withers, who
resides in Henderson County; Carrie, who is now
deceased; Henry, who is living in Texas; and El-
len, of Warsaw. After the death of his first wife,
Mr. Hunt was again married, his second union be-
ing with Mrs. Helen (Baldwin) Wilson. Their un-
ion was graced by three children : Mrs. Eugenia A.
Dallam, Milton T. of this sketch, and Kate, now
deceased. The father of this family was called to
his final rest March 8, 1879, and his wife passed

away on the 6th of December, 1886. Mr. Hunt
whose name heads this record has known no
other home than Hancock County. Here the
days of his boyhood and youth were passed, and
it has been the scene of his business career. Dur-
ing his earlier years he followed farming to some
extent, and also worked in a grocery store at va-
rious intervals, but in 1892 he embarked in the
business as a member of the firm of Elhebe, Hunt
& Co. He is now in charge of the store, which
is a well-appointed one, tastefully arranged and
stocked with everything found in an establish-
ment of this kind. He is enjoying a good trade,
for his courteous and gentlemanly treatment of
his patrons, and straightforward, honorable deal-
ing, always retain the trade of those whose cus-
tom he once secures. He is wide-awake and enter-
prising, and his success is well merited.

Mr. Hunt is a member of the Masonic frater-
nity, and has taken the Knight Templar Degree.
In religious belief he is an Episcopalian. He ex-
ercises his right of franchise in support of the Re-
publican party, for he is a stalwart advocate of
its principles, and does all in his power to pro-
mote the growth and insure the success of Repub-
licanism, and he takes an active interest in even-
thing pertaining to the welfare of the city.

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flOHN GILLER is extensively engaged in the
I brewing business in Warsaw. A native of
G/ Canada, he was born in the city of Hamilton,
Wentworth County, Ontario, on the 8th of Feb-
ruary, 1859. His father, Rudolph Giller, was a
native of Switzerland, and there spent the days
of his childhood. In the year 1848, he bade
adieu to home and friends and crossed the broad
Atlantic to America. Taking up his residence in
Louisville, Ky., he embarked in the brewing
business, and there carried on operations for some
years. At length he left that .State, and in 1S54
removed to Canada. He was the first manufac-
turer of lager beer in Canada, ale having been the
only product of the kind made hitherto. Mr.
Giller was united in marriage with Miss Catherine

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Bauer, who was born in the grand duchy of
Baden, and in 1852 he came with his family to
Illinois.

Our subject was a child of only two years when
his parents came to this State. His early boy-
hood days were quietly passed. During his
youth he went to New York, and in Rochester
learned his trade in Bartholomew's brewery.
There he continued until 1879, when he returned
home. Two years later he entered into partner-
ship with Martin Popel, his stepfather. His own
father had died in 1861.

On the 4th of October, 1886, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. Giller and Miss Anna Wolf,
daughter of the late Charles Wolf. Their union
has been blessed with three children, a son and
two daughters: Florentine, Olivia and Walter
John.

Mr. Giller is a member of the Turners' Society,
is one of the firemen of Warsaw, holds member-
ship with the Independent Order of Mutual Aid
and the Odd Fellows' fraternity, and belongs to
Ft. Edward Encampment. He is a man of good
business ability and has made a success of his un-
dertakings.

(D)ICTOR DORY was for many years promi-
\ / nently connected with the mercantile inter-
V ests of Warsaw, but is now living a retired
life, having placed his business in the hands of
his sons, who are now conducting it under the
name of Doty Brothers. He is a man of deter-
mined effort, enterprising and energetic, and in his
undertakings he won a well-merited success. As
he is so widely and favorably known in this com-
munity, we feel assured that this record of his
life will prove of interest to many of our readers.
Mr. Dory was born in the department of the
Moselle, France, May 7, 1827, and is a son of John
and Barbara (Laluette) Dory. He remained on
his father's farm during the days of his boyhood
and youth, but in 1848, having attained his ma-
jority, he left the old home and sailed for America.
He took passage on the vessel "Pyramid, ' ' which

after a voyage of fifty-three days, dropped anchor
in the harbor of New Orleans. Mr. Dory then
had a cousin living in the Crescent City, who ad-
vised him to go North on account of the cholera
which raged in the Southern States. On the fol-
lowing day, therefore, he took passage on the
"Southern" for a trip up the Mississippi. Three
days later cholera broke out on board the ship, and
each evening the boat would go to land to bury
the victims of that disease, numbering from ten to
sixteen in a single day. One entire family of
seven members died, save a boy of fifteen. Mr.
Don- was taken with the cholera at Louisville,
the fifth day after his arrival in this country, and
for six weeks he was unable to walk. He then
went to Bloomington, Ind., where his brother
Sylvester was living, and with him remained for
three years.

In 1852, Mr. Dory and his brother came to
Warsaw, and, purchasing a stock of goods, opened
a store on the present site of the store now con-
trolled by Dory Brothers. There he carried on
business continuously until his retirement, with
the exception of two years spent in his native
land. In 1858, on account of impaired health he re-
turned to France, where he spent two years, again
coming to Warsaw in i860. In 1872, his brother
Sylvester left this place and went to Louisville,
Ky. Later, he removed to Dakota, where he now
resides.

On the 9th of April, 1866, Mr. Dory wedded
Miss Maty A. Festor, of St. Louis, who was of
French extraction. They became the parents of
eleven children, five of whom are yet living,
namely: Firmin, Albert, Victor, Estella and Ce-
celia. They have given their children all liberal
educational advantages and thus fitted them for
the practical and responsible duties of life. The
children now deceased are Victor S., who died
May 8, 1869; Amy, who died June 19, 1884;
Yitaline A., who died August 27, 1886; Eugene,
who died September 12, 1S86, at the age of eigh-
teen; Joseph, who died September 17, 1890; and
August, who died September 24, 1892.

Mr. Dory is a member of the Catholic Church,
and is one of its earnest and ardent supporters, do-
ing all in his power for its promotion and upbuild-

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ing. When he came to the West he spent some
time in looking over the country, visited Quincy,
Keokuk, Burlington and Warsaw, and finally de-
cided to locate at the last-named, for it then seemed
to present excellent advantages and gave evidence
of rapid growth . Although the town has not be-
come as large as some of the others, Mr. Dory
need have no occasion to regret his choice of it as
a home, for he has here found friends and pros-
perity.

HON. JOHN B. RISSE is a prominent at-
torney, and ex -County Judge of Hancock
County. This locality has been the scene
of his entire professional career, and on life's
stage he has played well his part. For seventeen
years he served as County Judge, and his long
continuance in office well indicates his fidelity to
duty and the high commendation which he re-
ed veil from his fellow-townsmen. In the ranks
of the legal profession, he occupies a foremost
place, and as one of its most prominent representa-
tives we gladly place his history in this volume.

Judge Risse was born on the 28th of October,
1835, in Dorsten, West Prussia, German}-, and
was the third in a family of four children, num-
bering three sons and a daughter. The two
brothers of our subject, however, died in infancy.
The sister, Frances, is now the wife of James Og-
den, a prosperous farmer residing in Hancock
County. The parents, Laurenz and Wilhelmina
( Punzmann) Risse, were both natives of Ger-
many. The father was born in Dorsten, and. be-
came a shoe-maker by trade. In 1844, he crossed
the Atlantic to America in company with his
family, and located at Galena, 111., where he re-
mained until 1847. In that year he removed to
Nauvoo, where he embarked in business as a
shoe-dealer. He continued in that business until
his death and met with a fair degree of success in
li is undertakings. In 1870, he was called to the
home beyond, having reached the allotted age of
three-score and ten years. His wife, who was in
Cologne, survived him for a number of years and

departed this life in 1887, at the advanced age of
eighty-seven years.

The Judge spent the first eight years of his life
in the land of his birth, and then accompanied his
parents on their emigration to America. The
days of his youth were spent in his father's
home. In the public schools of the neighbor-
hood he acquired a good English education. He
began reading in a law office in Nauvoo, and af-
ter thorough and diligent preparation passed an
examination and was admitted to the Bar in
1856. Mr. Risse at once began practice in
Nauvoo, and there remained until December,
1869, when he was elected County Judge of Han-
cock County, and removed to Carthage. For
seventeen years he continued to fill that position
with credit to himself and satisfaction to his
constituents. At length, on his retirement from
public life, he opened a law office, and has since
devoted his energies to private practice.

On the 1 6th of April, 1861, Judge Risse was
united in marriage with Miss Ursula Reimbold,
who was born in Cologne, Germany, a most es-
timable lady, who has been to her husband a
faithful companion and helpmate. They have be-
come the parents of six children, four sons and
two daughters. The eldest, William B., is now
an attorney-at-law, associated with his father;
Minnie is the wife of John J. Rheinberger, a wine
grower of Nauvoo; Christina is the wife of Au-
gust J. Beger, who is engaged in the drug busi-
ness in Nauvoo; Henry C. is engaged in merchan-
dising in Parsons, Kan. ; and the two youngest
members of the family, Edward J. and Ferdinand
L., are still with their parents. The family is
one of prominence in the community, and its mem-
bers are widely and favorably known.

In his political views, Judge Risse is a Demo-
crat, who warmly advocates the principles of
his party and always supports by his ballot its
men and measures. He is recognized as one of
the leaders of Democracy in Hancock County,
and does all in his power to promote his party's
interests and insure its success. He and his fam-
ily are members of the Catholic Church, and con-
tribute liberally to its support. He is now en-
joying an extensive law practice and is recognized

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as one of the leading attorneys of this part of the
State. His record on the bench is one of which
he may well be proud. In his rulings he was
ever just, unbiased by fear or favor, and the high
opinion in which he was held by all the voters of
the county is indicated by his frequent re-election.
He is a man of deep research, of studious and
thoughtful habits, and by earnest application he
has won the prominent place which he now oc-
cupies. Since his twelfth year Judge Risse has
resided in Hancock County and has a large cir-
cle of warm friends.

P\HILIP DALLAM, editor and publisher of the
\S Bulletin, of Warsaw, was born in St. Louis,
\Z) Mo., May 22, 1853, and is a son of Frank A.
and Anna M. (McKee) Dallam, who were na-
tives of Kentucky and New York respectively.
The father was a newspaperman, and it was thus
very natural that his son should take up the line
of work in which he is now engaged. During
the War of the Rebellion, Frank Dallam wore
the blue, enlisting as Captain of Company E,
Tenth Illinois Infantry. He afterwards served
on the staff of Gen. Ross, and continued in the
army for about two years, when on account of ill
health he was forced to resign. After being mus-
tered out, he located in California, and thence re-
moved to Nevada. He served as a member of
the Constitutional Convention when the State
was admitted to the Union, and in his business
relations was connected with the Virginia City
Enterprise , doing editorial work. His next
place of residence was in Quincy, where he served
on the staff of the Whig until 1867. In that year
he came to Warsaw, where his death occurred on
the 17th of March, 1868. After coming to this
city, he purchased the Bulletin, which is now
managed by his son.

Philip Dallam was the third child in his fa-
ther's family. His elder brother, Frank, is now
Receiver of Public Moneys at Waterville, Wash.,
to which position he was appointed by President
Harrison. Philip spent his boyhood days in

Quincy and Oquaw T ka, and acquired a fair educa-
tion in the public schools. He was practically
brought up in the newspaper office, and to the
work connected therewith has devoted his entire
attention throughout his business career. He
became the publisher of the Bulletin in 1875, and
has one of the neatest offices in the State, the work
which he turns out possessing the same charac-
teristic.

On the 17th of March, 1880, Mr. Dallam led
to the marriage altar Miss Eugenie A. Hunt,
daughter of Milton T. Hunt, one of the pioneer
settlers of Hancock County. They now have a fam-
ily of four children and have lost one child. The
parents are widely and favorably known in this
community, where they have many warm friends
and pleasant acquaintances.

Socially, Mr. Dallam is connected with the
Masonic fraternity and the Ancient Order of
Modern Woodmen. He is a member of the
Library Board of Warsaw, and gives his support
and co-operation to all enterprises which are cal-
culated to elevate the community and promote
the general welfare. In politics, he is a stanch
supporter of the Republican party, and his pa-
per advocates its principles.

HON. ORVILLE F. BERRY, who is now
representing the Twenty-fourth District of
Illinois in the State Senate, is one of the
leading and influential citizens of Carthage, prom-
inent in its political and business affairs. A na-
tive, of Illinois, he was born on the 16th of
February, 1852, in Table Grove, McDonough
County, and is the eldest in a family of three chil-
dren whose parents were Jonathan L- and Martha
(McConnell) Berry. The only daughter of the
family died in infancy, and the two brothers are
partners in the practice of law in Carthage.

The father of this family was born in Tennessee,
and there spent the days of his boyhood and
youth. When a young man he came to Hancock
County, 111., and in 1840 purchased land, whereon
he remained for several years, successfully en-

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gaged in its cultivation. He came of a family
of Scotch origin, but for several generations
past its members have resided in this country.
The father, who was a soldier in the Mex-
ican War. was united in marriage with Miss
Mary Brewer, of Hancock County, who died in
1S47, leaving two children: Charles L. , who is
now a contractor of Wichita, Kan.; and John, who
was in the naval sen-ice during the late war, and
was killed during that struggle. In 1850, Mr.
Berry was joined in wedlock with Miss McConnell,
and removed to McDonough County, where he
puichased a farm, making his home thereon until
his death, which occurred at the age of forty-eight
years. He served as Deputy Sheriff of McDonough
County for two years, and was a highly respected
citizen of the neighborhood in which he made his
home. A well-educated man, he followed teach-
ing for a time, and was thus employed both in
Hancock and McDonough Counties. His brother,
Harrison Berry, was one of the pioneer ministers
and physicians of the latter county. The mother
of Senator Bern- was a native of Pennsylvania,
and during her early girlhood came with her par-
ents to Hancock County, in 1844. Her death
occurred in McDonough County when she was
about forty years of age. Her father was one of
the honored pioneers of Hancock County, and
on his arrival here purchased a farm in Foun-
tain Green Township, on which he resided
until his death, which occurred at the very- ad-
vanced age of eighty-four years. He was of Scotch
and Irish extraction. In the development and
upbuilding of this county he ever bore his part,
and was numbered among its leading and valued
citizens.

We now take up the personal history of On-ille
F. Berry, who was only five years of age when
his father died. Three years later, in i860, his
mother departed this life, and he was left an orphan
when a lad of eight summers. He and his brother,
Melvin P., then went to live with their grand-
father, Francis McConnell, in Fountain Green
Township. There they worked at farm labor and
attended the country schools. Mr. Berry of this
sketch thus spent his time until sixteen years of
age, when he left his grandfather's home and be-

gan earning his own livelihood. He was thus
early thrown upon his own resources, but thereby
developed a self-reliance and independence of
character which have proven of incalculable ben-
efit to him in later years. He began working as
a farm hand by the month, and after spending the
summer in the fields he would enter the district
schools and pursue his studies through the win-
ter season. The last three years he attended the
High School at Fountain Green. ■

On starting out in life for himself, Mr. Berry-
secured as a companion and helpmate on the jour-
ney Miss Anna M. Barr, of Fountain Green
Township, their marriage being celebrated on the
5th of March, 1873. Having inherited a small
amount of money from his father's estate, Mr.
Berry then purchased a farm in Fountain Green
Township, and continued its cultivation for a year,
but, as his taste lay in another direction, on the ex-
piration of that period he came to Carthage, where
he began reading law in the office of Mack &
Baird. In January, 1877, h e was admitted to the
Bar, and immediately thereafter formed a partner-
ship with Judge Thomas C. Sharp, of Carthage.
This connection has since continued, covering a
period of seventeen years. In 1879, Melvin P.
Berry- was admitted to the firm, and the style was
changed to Sharp & Berry Brothers. The senior
member has now been an invalid for several years,
and the business is thus left to the care of his
partners. Our subject has won prominence in his
chosen profession, and is recognized as one of the
leading members of the Hancock County Bar, a
reputation which is well merited, as it has been
won through skill and ability.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bern,- were born five children,
but three of the number died in infancy, and
one son was drowned at the age of fourteen years.
Orville F., the only sun-iving child, is now a lad
of ten summers.

Mr. Berry affiliates with the Republican party,
and is a most stalwart advocate of its principles.
On attaining his majority he was elected Assessor,
and when nineteen years of age he sen-ed as a
delegate to the State Convention. He has always
taken an active part in everything that tends to
advance Republican interests. When Carthage

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was changed from a village to a city, he was
elected its first Mayor, and was twice re-elected.
In 1888, he was elected State Senator, and when
the returns were received in 1892 it was found
that he was again the people's choice for that
position. During the first session he served as
Chairman of the Committee on Education and
Educational Institutions. During that time the
compulsory school law was passed. Mr. Berry
has ever been a warm friend to the public schools,
and his labors in the Senate resulted in great good
to the cause of education. He was strongly op-
posed to throwing out the English language from
the public schools, and in 1 892 made an open fight
in behalf of the mother tongue. The friends of ed-
ucation rallied to his support, and he was re-elected
by a large majority. Believing that good schools
are the foundation of a good government, neither
fear nor favor would cause him to waver in sup-
port of that view. Mr. Berry was also a member
of the Committees on Judiciary, Judiciary Depart-
ment, Railroad Corporations, Charitable Institu-
tions, Canals and Rivers, and World's Fair. He
was also chairman of the Republican Steering
Committee. His record in the Senate is one of
which he may well be proud, for he labors to ad-
vance the best interests of the people, and has
their confidence and high commendation. He
was also appointed as one of five Commissioners
to revise the statutes, on a committee composed
of two members from the Senate and three from
the House.

Mr. Bern- also takes great interest in civic so-
cieties, is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the
Modern Woodmen Lodge, the Knights of Pythias,
and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of
which he was Grand Master of Illinois in 1883
and 1884. He has been a representative to the
Supreme Lodge of the United States and Canada
for ten years, and was twice a delegate to the
Congress of the Fraternal Societies of the United
States. He also delivered the oration for Illinois
on A. O. U. W. Day at the Columbian Exposi-
tion in Festival Hall. He was the first Secretary
of the County Fair Association, held that position
for six years, and for three years was General
Superintendent. In religious belief he is a Pres-

byterian, and has served as Superintendent of
the Sunday-school for eight years. He is an
able attorney, and the large practice which he
receives attests his skill and ability. He has risen
to his prominent position by his own efforts;
with no special advantages, he has steadily
worked his way upward, until he has become a
leader in political and professional circles in his
native State.

(TAMES SAMPLE, who resides in Carthage,
I was born in May town, Lancaster County,
O Pa., and is a son of Robert and Jane (Haw-
thorne) Sample. The days of his boyhood and
youth were spent upon his father's farm, where he
remained until twenty-one years of age. He
then started out in life for himself, and leaving
the East emigrated to Illinois in 1847. He spent
three years in traveling and working at his trade
in New Orleans and other places, and in 1850
came to Hancock County, settling near Fountain
Green, where he entered land from the Govern-
ment. In his early life he had learned the trade
of a carpenter and joiner, and his brothers, John
and Frank, also followed the same pursuit until
the war. The parents both died in 1887, at the
age of eighty-four.

After coming to Hancock County, Mr. Sample
was associated with his brothers in business until
he entered the service of his country as a defen-
der of the Union. He was a valiant soldier, al-
ways found at his post of duty, and was wounded
in the service. The injuries he sustained were
such as to unfit him for further work in the line
of his trade, and after his return home he em-
barked in the furniture business, which he suc-
cessfully carried on until the summer of 1893,
when he retired. He not only built up a good
trade in this place, but also established branch
houses at Fountain Green and Ferris. He is a
man of excellent business and executive ability,
and his well-directed efforts brought him a hand-
some competency.

In 1852, Mr. Sample was united in marriage

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with Miss Elizabeth Delia Spangler, of Hancock
County. They have an adopted daughter, Katie,
now the wife of W. S. Huckins, a traveling sales-
man, and Mr. and Mrs. Huckins have one son.
The Sample home is a comfortable and substan-
tial residence, and in addition to this property our
subject owns a business block and is interested in
farm lands.

Mr. Sample has always been a supporter of the
Republican party since its organization, and for
many terms has served on the Town Board. He
has been closely identified with the interests of the
city, was partly instrumental in securing the es-
tablishment of the college in this place, and has
done all in his power toward aiding in those en-
terprises which are calculated to prove of public
benefit, and which advance the best interests of
the community. Socially, he is connected with
the Masonic fraternity of Carthage, and is a char-
ter member of the Grand Army post. He is one
of the ruling Elders in the Presbyterian Church,
and has been active in church and benevolent
work. His life has been well and worthily spent,
and he is now enjoying a well-earned rest.

Gl LBERT FULLER was born in Sandisfield,
LA Mass. , on the 5th of September, 1804. and
/ l died iu Warsaw, 111.. February 6, 1880, in
the seventy-sixth year of his age. He was re-
spected by all who knew him, and his loss was
deeply mourned. His father, Joseph Fuller, was
a farmer, but the son was reared to mercantile
pursuits, and in his native State followed mer-
chandising for some time. In 1850, he left his
old home and removed to Vermont, becoming
proprietor of a paper-mill in Fair Haven. He
continued its operation for five years, and in 1855
removed to Granville, N. V., where he spent one
year.

During the succeeding year, Mr. Fuller severed
all business relations in the East and emigrated
to Illinois, taking up his residence in Warsaw,
where he spent his remaining days. He became
one of the leading stockholders in a foundry, and

continued in that line of business with excellent
success for many years.

On the 8th of September, 1840, Mr. Fuller was
united in marriage with Mrs. Julia May, a daugh-
ter of Asa and Adah Judd. She came from an
old Massachusetts family, which was founded in
America during early Colonial days. Her father
was a farmer and also engaged in the manufacture
of paper. She was born in Otis, Berkshire
County, Mass., January 21, 1815, and is nowthe
only surviving member of her father's family.
Her brother, Dr. Homer Judd, came to Warsaw in
1853, and engaged in the practice of medicine and
dentistry here for a number of years. He became
one of the most prominent men in the dental pro-
fession, and was known throughout the countrv.
His death occurred in Upper Alton, 111., May 20,
1890. Another brother, Orson Judd, resided iu
Shalersville, Ohio. Riley was a fruit-grower ot
Kansas, and a sister was the wife of Dr. J. B. Mer-
ryman, a physician now of Dixon, 111.

Previous to her marriage with our subject, Mrs.
Fuller was the wife of Charles May. Their wed-
ding was celebrated on the 21st of June, 1837, an d
thej' became the parents of one son, Charles, who
was born May 10, 1838. He graduated from a
medical and also a dental college of Cincinnati.
During the late war he entered the army, and his
sen-ice so impaired his health that his death oc-
curred on the nth of March, 1867.

To Mr. and Mrs. Fuller were born three chil-
dren. Dr. A. H. is now engaged in the prac-
tice of dentistry in St. Louis, and holds a fore-
most place in professional ranks. Dr. Briggs
Judd, who was born December 8, 1843, became
a physician, but entered the army as a mem-
ber of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-
seventh Illinois Infantry. He was captured by
Gen. Forest near Memphis, Tenn., July 21, 1864,
and was incarcerated for a year in Cahaba
Prison, Ala. His was the regiment that started
home on the ill-fated "Sultana," but fortunately
for the Doctor he had taken passage on the
"Magenta" the day previous. Helen A. is the
youngest member of the Fuller family, and resides
in Warsaw.

Mr. Fuller was possessed of excellent business

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ability, was enterprising and industrious, and his
energy and perseverance made his business career
one of success. He took an active interest in the
upbuilding of Warsaw and was long numbered
among its leading and progressive citizens. The
history of his life well deserves a place in this
volume.

(JOSEPH AVERY WHITE. Jr., has during
I the past six years made his home in Warsaw,
(2/ where he carries on business as a lumber
merchant, enjoying a good trade, which he has
secured through well-directed efforts and straight-
forward, honorable dealing. The record of his
life is as follows: A native of Massachusetts, he
was born on the 3d of November, 1857, and is a
son of J. A. and Jane Elizabeth (Fisher) White,
who were also natives of the old Bay State. The
White family is of English extraction, and the
original American ancestors crossed the Atlantic
from England to Boston in the year 1630, just
one decade after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth
Rock. J. A. White, Sr. , was an importer of West
India goods, and followed that business in Boston
for about thirty years. He was a well-known
merchant of that city. His wife died March 25,
1868. In their family were four children: Henry
F. , who now resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Ed-
ward Irving, who is located in Chicago; George
Allen, who is living at the old home in Massa-
chusetts; and J. A. of this sketch.

In taking up the personal history of Mr. White
whose name heads this record we note that his
boyhood days were spent midst play and work in
his native State, and that his education was ac-
quired in the city schools of Boston. After com-
pleting his literary course, he was graduated from
the Comers Business College, of Boston, in 1876.
He then went to Minnesota, where, in the em-
ploy of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North-
ern Railroad Company, he was engaged in sur-
veying for a period of three years. Later, he re-
moved to Knox County, Mo., where he was em-
ployed in a lumber-yard at Knox City for two

years. The succeeding two years were spent in
La Belle, and subsequently he made his home for
a short time in Alexandria, Mo. His next place
of residence was in Kansas City, where he en-
gaged in business as a dealer in feed, hay, grain,
etc. The year 1888 witnessed his arrival in War-
saw. Here he opened a lumber-yard, and has
since conducted the same with good success.

On the 15th of November, 1884, Mr. White
was united in marriage with Miss Man- Kennedy.
The lady is a daughter of John and Sarah (Mason)
Kennedy. Her father was a native of Belfast,
Ireland, and after emigrating to this country mar-
ried Miss Mason, a native of Georgia. They re-
sided for some time in Mobile, Ala., and thence
removed to Kirksville, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. White
are widely and favorably known in this com-
munity, where they have many warm friends.
Mr. White exercises his right of franchise in sup-
port of the Republican party, but has never sought
or desired the honors or emoluments of public of-
fice. He is a man of good business and executive
ability, and is a loyal and public-spirited citizen,
who manifests a commendable interest in every-
thing pertaining to the welfare of the community
in which he makes his home.

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(TAMES E. MANIFOLD was for many years
I a prominent citizen of Hancock County, and
(*/ will be remembered by the greater part of
the citizens of this community. A native of Tenn-
essee, he was born in Roane County on the 30th
of July, 1822. His parents were George and
Mary (Persley) Manifold, and their family num-
bered eight children, five sons and three daugh-
ters, who in order of birth were as follows: Sarah,
deceased, wife of W. Wheeler, a resident of Jeffer-
son County, Iowa; Nancy, who is now the wife
of John McCord, a resident of La Harpe Town-
ship, Hancock County; Elizabeth, now deceased;
William F. ; Joseph N.; James E., of whom we
write; Benjamin J., who is living in Durham
Township; and John, who makes his home in La
Harpe Township.

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No event of special importance occurred during
the boyhood and youth of our subject save his
removal to Illinois. When a lad of fourteen years
he left his native State and accompanied his par-
ents on their emigration to Illinois. The family
located in Hancock County, and the education of
James Manifold, which was begun in his native
State, was completed in the district schools of this
locality. He shared in the trials and hardships
of life on the frontier, and was familiar with the
history of pioneer life of Hancock County, for he
saw this region when it was wild and unimproved,
and was an eye-witness of its development and
advancement.

After arriving at years of maturity, Mr. Mani-
fold was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth
Logan, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of
William and Elizabeth (McCarty) Logan. The
lady was born on the 28th of November, 1830,
and was educated in the district schools. She
has proved to her husband a faithful companion
and helpmate, aiding him in his work by her
thrifty ways, her good management, encourage-
ment and sympathy. Mr. Manifold always fol-
lowed the occupation of farming. He first pur-
chased one hundred and sixty acres of laud in
Durham Township, eight miles west of the Mani-
fold homestead, and there resided for forty-seven
years. He placed the entire tract under the plow,
and transformed the once wild land into rich and
fertile fields, which yielded to the owner a good
income. He then purchased an eighty-acre farm
adjoining his first tract, and afterward bought two
hundred and forty acres additional.

Subsequently , he bought his present homestead
of one hundred and sixty acres, and having made
upon this farm some valuable improvements, it be-
came one of the best country homes in Hancock
County. Altogether he owned seven hundred and
ninety acres of valuable land, of which all was
arable, with the exception of a thirty-acre timber
tract.

For twenty-six years Mr. Manifold was a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Dur-
ham, and took an active interest in all that per-
tained to its upbuilding and growth, and gave
liberally to its support. He was also a friend to

benevolent and charitable institutions, and the
needy were never turned from his door empty-
handed. In his political views, he was a Repub-
lican, but never sought or desired official distinc-
tion, preferring to devote his entire time and at-
tention to business interests. Whatever he un-
dertook he carried forward to a successful com-
pletion, undeterred by any obstacles that might
arise in his path. His death occurred August
28, 1892. His widow now manages the estate.

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^" HO MAS H. BOSCOW, M. D., who is suc-
I C cessfully engaged in the practice of medi-
Viy cine at Kirksville, Mo., but resides in War-
saw, is a native of England, his birth having oc-
curred in Liverpool on the 27th of April, 18 19.
His parents were Nicholas and Alice (Newell)
Boscow. The father engaged in merchandising
in his native land until 1842, when with his fam-
ily he immigrated to America. He took up his
residence in Hancock County, 111., but his death
occurred in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1824, while visit-
ing a daughter in that city.

The Doctor is one of twelve children. He
bade adieu to home and friends in 1842, and
sailed for New Orleans, from whence he made
his way to Peoria, and thence to Hancock Coun-
ty, 111. Here he purchased a farm and carried
on agricultural pursuits for about ten years. Ere
leaving his native land, he had studied medicine,
and embarked in his profession on the Isle of
Man. In 1853, he came to Warsaw and opened
a store, dealing in dry goods. He carried on
operations along that line with fair success until
1868, when he sold out and resumed the practice
of medicine. He is a skilled physician, and
makes a specialty of chronic diseases. He has
an office in Kirksville, Mo., and for a time also
had- a branch office in Quincy, 111.

On the 17th of June, 1840, was celebrated the
marriage of Dr. Boscow and Miss Anna F.
Bonnyman, a native of the Isle of Man. Her
mother, Mrs. Jane Maria (Radcliffe) Bonnyman,
was also born on the Isle of Man, at the old

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homestead which had been in possession of the
Radcliffe family for three hundred years. After
the death of her husband she managed the affairs
of the estate. She reached the very advanced
age of ninety-two years, and up to the very last
retained her mental and physical faculties to a re-
markable degree.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Boscow were born nine
children, of whom four are still living. Hard-
ing, Alexander and Thomas are all residents of
California. Maria is living in Warsaw. One son,
Charles S. , became a physician of California. He
graduated from the High School of Warsaw
when only sixteen years of age, the youngest
pupil who had ever graduated here up to that
time. He was graduated from the Keokuk
Medical College in 1884, and in 1886 removed to
California, where he became an active and promi-
nent member of the State Medical Society. His
death occurred on the 21st of January, 1888. A
daughter, Mrs. Fannie Wolf, died in New York,
July 15, 1864. Sarah was the wife of Dr. Bull,
ofKahoka, Mo., and died January 29, 1894.

Dr. Boscow votes with the Republican party
and keeps well informed on all the issues of the
day, but has never sought or desired political
preferment. In religious belief he is an Episco-
palian. The greater part of his life has been de-
voted to the practice of medicine, and he has ever
been a close student of the profession. He has
made a specialty of chronic diseases, and in this
line has won prominence. He receives from the
public a liberal patronage, which is well merited
by his skill and ability.

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(TjEYMOUR L. McCRORY, attorney-at-law
?\ and Notary Public of Ea Harpe, is a native
Cfy of Liberty Township, Adams County, 111.
He was born on the 9th of March, 1867, and is a
son of James McCrory, who was born in Wash-
ington County, Pa., on the 1st of January, 1820.
The latter was the eldest child of Samuel and
Hannah McCrory. On the 6th of November,
1843, in his native county, was celebrated the

marriage of James McCrory and Miss Letitia Job,
who was the youngest in a family of ten children,
nine daughters and a son. Her mother died
when she was only nine days old, and she is now
the only survivor of the entire family. Until she
was seven years of age her eldest sister cared for
her, and from that time until her marriage she
made her home with a Quaker family by the
name of Sutherland. On the 6th of November,
1893, Mr. and Mrs. McCrory celebrated their fif-
tieth wedding anniversary. For a-half century
they had traveled life's journey together, sharing
with each other its joys and sorrows, its adver-
sity and prosperity. Their union was blessed with
a family of eight children, all of whom are yet
living, namely: Minerva E., wife of Alvin Harts-
horn, of Richfield Township, Adams County,
where he is now serving as Township Supervisor;
Zoula Myrtle, wife of N. P. Mclntyre, a resident
farmer of Carrollton, Mo.; Martin R., a physi-
cian and surgeon of Pueblo, Colo.; John K., a
real-estate broker of Trinidad, Colo.; Charlotte
L., wife of J. E. Worrell, Jr., who carries on
farming in Bowen, Hancock County; George B.,
a blacksmith residing on the old farm in Liberty,
111.; H. Geneva, at home; and Seymour L., our
subject. The father of this family emigrated to
Adams County, 111., in 1850, and for some time
followed the plasterer's trade, which he had
learned in early life. He is now living retired
on the old farm which he purchased in 1851.

We now take up the personal history of Mr.
McCrory whose name heads this sketch. He
attended the district schools near his old home
until he was seventeen years of age, and then en-
tered Chaddock College, of Quincy, 111., where
he remained for a 3-ear. After leaving that insti-
tution at the age of eighteen, he taught for four
years in the district schools of Adams Count}-,
and at the expiration of that period he again en-
tered Chaddock College as a teacher of stenog-
raphy. At the same time he entered upon a lit-
erary course of study, which he continued for
three years. During the second year of that
course he also entered the law department 01
Chaddock College, where he continued his studies
for a time. Later he became a student in the law

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Hon. C. V. Chandler

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office of Shannon & Lemmon, of Quincy, 111.,
and under their direction completed his course.
Passing the State examination, he was admitted
to the Bar on the oth of March, 1893, and since
that time has been successfully engaged in prac-
tice. On the 1st of May following, he came to
La Harpe and opened an office, and on the 8th
of the same month he was commissioned Notary
Public.

On the 20th of September, 1893, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. McCrory and Miss Fannie
B. Gillies, only daughter of Rev. John and Fan-
nie (Bartholow) Gillies, of Kirksville, Mo. The
young couple are both members of the Methodist
Protestant Church and take an active part in its
work and upbuilding. Their home is a hospita-
ble one, and they are favorably known through-
out this community. In politics, Mr. McCrory is
a Democrat, and his first Presidential vote was
cast for Grover Cleveland in [888. He is still a
young man, but has given evidence of ability in
his profession that will rapidly win him a fore-
most place at the Bar.

Mr McCrory, who has a bright future before
him, is making marked progress in his profession.
He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, belonging to Gem City Lodge No. 357,
of Quincy, 111.

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EHARLES VTLASCO CHANDLER has for
many years been prominently identified with
all that pertains to the upbuilding of Ma-
comb, with its leading enterprises, with its
industries, and with those interests which are
calculated to promote the general welfare. In
manner, he is plain and unassuming, yet prob-
ably no man is better known in McDonough
County. The family of which he is a mem
ber traces its ancestry back through several
generations to William Chandler and his wife
Annis, who came from England to America, and
located in Roxbury, Mass., in 1637. They be-
longed to the nobility of England, ami the coal of
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arms bore the family motto, ". Id Mortem Fidelis. ' '
The crest borne on the closed helmet above the
coat of arms is that of a pelican in her nest wound
ing her breast in order to feed her young witli her
own blood — an emblem of parental affection. The
mantle, cut and jagged, hanging from the hel-
met indicates the faithful service of the warrior;
the gauntlet, his prowess; and across the check
ered base of blue and red is a belt ornamented by
three lions passant.

To William and Annis Chandler were born five
children, one of whom, Capt. Thomas Chandler,
was seven years of age when his parents emigrated
to America. He became one of the proprietors
and early pioneers in the settlement of Andover,
and was a Representative to the General Court
in [678 and [679. He died in 1703. A tradition
tells of the existence of iron works owned by one
of his sons, and the story is supported by a record
of a bill of sale of a half-interest in the same in
1718. The works were located where Marland
Village now stands. Henry, the sixth child born
to Thomas and Hannah 1 Brewer) Chandler, was
born May 28, [667, and was married November
26, [691, to Lydia Abbott. He was a man of
prominence, who took a leading part in public
affairs. Having purchased seventeen hundred
acres of land, situated on the banks of the Con-
necticut River, for .£700, he removed thither in
1723, and there spent his remaining days, his
death occurring August 27, 1737. He had thir-
teen children and ninety-nine grandchildren. The
fifth child, Nehemiah Chandler, was born in 1703,
and in August, 1733. he wedded Man' Burroughs,
who died at the advanced age of ninety-five years,
five months and nine days. His death occurred
September 9, 1756. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler were
the parents of ten children. Their son Samuel
was born October 1 1, 1737, and married Margaret
Thompson, of Alstead, N. H. He was a Lieu-
tenant of the first company of militia, formed in
1773, in Alstead. James Chandler, who was the
sixth in order of birth in their family of eight
children, was born April 23, 1771, and on the
29th of September, 1705. was joined in wedlock
with Abigail Vilas. This worthy couple were
the grandparents of our subject. Mr. Chandler

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

served as Justice of the Peace, and died Novem-
ber t8, [857, at the age of eighty-seven years.

The father of our subject, Charles Chandler,
was the sixth in a family of nine children, and
was born May 28, 1S09. Having arrived at years
of maturity, he was married December 15, 1836,
to .Sarah K. Cheatham, who was born October 15,
iSiq. and wasa daughter of Samuel G. Cheatham,
of Macomb. Her death occurred in this city Sep-
tember 29, 1S55. Charles Chandler held the office
of School Commissioner of the county, was Justice
of the Peace and Notary Public. He also served
as Colonel in the Illinois State Militia. In March,
1858, he established a private bank, which, on the
8th of February, 1865, was merged in the First
National Bank of Macomb. He embarked in this
line of business during the hard times that fol-
lowed the financial panic of 1857, but the people
reposed the utmost confidence in him, and knew
that he would make good all promises. Never a
dollar was deposited with him that was not re-
turned when called for. In 1865 he organized
the First National Bank, with a capital stock of
$50,000. Among its stockholders were Joseph
Anderson, Joseph Burton, J. W. Mcintosh, C. V.
Chandler. A. E. Hoskinson, S. F. Lancey, Henry
C.Twyman, J. H. Cummings and J. B. Cummings.
Its first officers were Charles Chandler, President:
J. H. Cummings. Cashier; C. V. Chandler, Teller;
and Joseph Burton, Joseph Anderson, S. F. Lan-
cey. A. E. Hoskinson and Charles Chandler as Di-
rectors. The last-named gentleman continued his
connection with the business interests of the city
until his death in 1878.

C. V. Chandler was born in the First Ward of
Macomb, January 25, 1843, and still resides in
his native city. After attending its public schools,
he pursued his studies for a time in Danbury,
Conn., and later was a student in Lake Forest
Academy, of Illinois. It was his intention to en-
ter Williams College ill [862, but love of country
shaped his course otherwise, and with an earnest
desire to aid in the defense of the Union, he
joined the boys in blue of Company I. Seventy-
eighth Illinois Infantry. After nine months, he
was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant.
At the battle ofChickamauga, September 20, [863,

he was wounded by a rifle-ball, which passed
through both thighs, and again by a ball which
passed through one thigh. Just before the injury,
he had taken hold of a small hickory tree, and re-
marked to the First Lieutenant, "I guess we will
pull through all right." Almost immediately
the ball struck him, and he added, "I guess we
will not." Mr. Chandler now has in his posses-
sion a cane made from the tree to which he was
holding at the time. Obtaining a furlough, he
returned home, but after recovering his health and
strength he rejoined his regiment March 1, 1864.
In the mean time he had been made Adjutant, but
he so, m found that he would have to resign his
commission and return home, for the injuries he
had sustained unfitted him for active service.

The business career of Mr. Chandler has been
an honorable, straightforward one, which has
gained for him the confidence and good- will of all
with whom he has been brought in contact. On
his return from the war, he became Teller in the
First National Bank, and continued to fill that
position until the death of his father, December
26, 1878, at which time he became President of
the institution. He then continued at the head
for a number of years, but afterward sold out to
the firm of Hungate. Ward cc Co., who changed
the name to the Bank of Macomb. In 1893, how-
ever, Mr. Chandler re-purchased it. and is now
its President. His business interests have been
extensive. He erected and is still owner of the
Opera House Block, and in connection with this
he has a number of other fine brick business
blocks in the city.

On the 28th of August, 18(16. Mr. Chandler
was united in marriage with Miss Clara A. Baker,
daughter of Judge J. H. Baker, a well-known citi-
zen of Macomb. Their union has been blessed
with six children: Charles J., who died in infancy :
Clara, wife of F. H. Mapes; Mary, Ralph. George
and Isabella, who are yet at home. The Chandler
household is the abode of hospitality, and the
members of the family rank high in social circles.

Mr. Chandler is connected with several civic
societies. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias,
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a
Royal Arch Mason and a Knight Templar. He

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is also a member of the Odd Fellows and of Mc
Donough Post No. [83, G. A. R., having served
as Commander of the latter order. He votes
in support of the Republican party, and is a
stalwart advocate of its principles. In the year
1S70 he was appointed City Treasurer, and held
the office for sixteen years. He has also repre-
sented his district in the Twenty-seventh General
Assembly, and is now serving as a member of the
City Council. By his connection with business
interests, lie has aided materially in the prosperity
of his native city. His hearty support and co-
operation are given to all worthy public- enter-
prises and charities, and in no small degree is
Macomb indebted to him for its advancement and
progress. He is free from all ostentation and dis-
play, and does not take credit to himself, yet his
fellow-townsmen recognize that he has been a
most important factor in everything pertaining to
the good ofMcDonough County.

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30HN H. HUNGATE is a banker of I.a
Harpe, and is recognized as one of the most
prominent and progressive business men of
this place. He has also taken a leading part in
politics, and has been an important factor in the
upbuilding of this place. A native of Hancock
Count) . he was born June 2, (838, and is a son of
Adonijali Hungate, who was born in Washington
County, Ky., September 15, 1 S07, and died in I.a
Harpe, August 14, 1891, at the age of eighty-
three years and eleven mouths. When he was
but eight years old he lost his father. Col. John
Hungate, who was an officer in tht War of 1S12,
and died shortly before the declaration of peace.
Adonijali Hungate. deprived of the means of
modern education, and iii a sparsely settled region,
grew b 1 manhood among the pioneers of his nativ e
State, receiving but limited privileges. He was
married August 27, (829, to' Elizabeth Ward,
daughter of Capt. Nathan Ward.

In [833, with his wife and two children, Mr.
Hungate removed to the new and sparsely settled
State of Illinois, locating near what is now Foun

tain Green. He is therefore numbered among the
pioneers of this county. In 1838, however, he re-
moved to McDonough County, where he spent
the greater part of his life on' a farm. Uniting
with the Baptist Church at New Hope, he re
mained ever after a faithful worker in the cause
of Christ. At a time antedating the church and
schoolhouse, his humble home was frequently
opened for public worship, and thus it became a
rendezvous for the itinerate evangelist, and the
people who there gathered for service became the
nucleus for the organization of a new church. It
was at his house, February 20, 1849, that the
Hillsboro Baptist Church was organized, he and
his devoted wife becoming charter members. A
short time after, largely through his liberality and
efforts, a house of worship was erected near his
home and a Sunday-school formed. In 1S73, ne
retired from active life and removed to La Harpe,
where he resided until his death. He was ever
found faithful in the discharge of his duties,
whether public or private. He endeavored to fol-
low closely in the footsteps of the Master, and his
philanthropic and patriotic virtues well deserve
emulation.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hungate were born sixteen
children: Charles G., of Blandinsville; William
J., who died at the age of two years; Nathan
Ward, who, with his wife and two children, was
murdered by the Indians in [864, eighteen miles
from Denver, Colo., at the beginning of the Indian
War which resulted in the extermination of that
band of red men at Sandy Creek by Gen. Schiving
ton; Harrison H., a very extensive farmer of Walla
Walla, Wash., ex -member of the Legislature from
his district, and the present Treasurer of Walla
Walla County; John II., of this sketch; Mary S.,
widow of Samuel Ruberts, ofMcDonough Count) ;
Martha A., deceased, wife of Peter Calder, of Cal-
ifornia; Cynthia J., wife of Isaac N. Reed, of Den-
ver, Colo.; James A., a miller and farmer of Pull-
man, Wash., and a member of the Constitutional
Convention of that State; Laura J., who died in
1871, while visiting in California: Samuel C, who
was graduated from Abingdon College, and died
in Macomb in 1873: Nancy E., wife of Campbell
Robinson, of Washington; Calvin A., who died

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leaving a wife and four children in Washington;
Levi L.. whodiedin Hancock Count)-, in 1882;
Lucy W., who died in infancy; and Lillie B., wife
of C. H. Ingram, of La Harpe.

We now take up the personal history of John
H. Hungate, who in the public schools of Mc-
Douough County acquired his early education,
which was supplemented by study in the Burling-
ton University, of Burlington, Iowa. After teach-
ing for a year and a-half, he entered the law de-
partment of the University of Chicago, and was
graduated therefrom in 1861. He immediately
embarked in the practice of his profession, forni-
ing a partnership with Judge Bailey, of Macomb,
which was continued until 1864, when Mr. Hun-
gate was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court for
four years. During his term of office he framed
the law providing for the indexing of all the Cir-
cuit Court Records throughout the State of Illi-
nois. The bill was drawn originally to apply only
to McDouough County, but was taken up by the
Judiciary Committee of the Legislature and ap-
plied to the State at large.

At the expiration of his term of office, Mr. Hun-
gate removed to St. Louis, Mo., where he wasen-
gaged in legal practice for five years. He then
look a trip through the West, and on his return
bought out the bank in La Harpe formerly owned
by the firm of C. F. Gill ec Co. This was in 1874,
and since that time he has been successfully en-
gaged in the banking business in this place. Un-
til quite recently he was also connected with the
bank of Macomb. In 1876, he was nominated for
Congress by the Democratic party, but as the dis-
trict had a Republican majority of two thousand,
he was defeated by Benjamin F. Marsh, who,
however, won the election by only seven hundred,
a fact which indicated the popularity of Mr. Hun-
gate. In 1868, he was a candidate for the Senate
from the district comprising McDouough, Mercer.
Warren and Henderson Counties, but could not
overcome the strong opposition of the other party.
He was a member of the convention that nomina-
ted Grover Cleveland for the Presidency in Chi-
cago in 1884, and during that year made some
speeches in support of his party.

In 1877, Mr. Hungate made a trip to Europe,

visiting various points of interest in England, Ire-
land and France. After his return he was mar-
ried, on the 8th of May, 1878, to Miss Florence E.
Matthews, of Monmouth, 111., daughter of James
H. and Nancy (Steward) Matthews. Her grand-
father was a Presbyterian minister, and organized
the first church in Macomb. Her father was a
graduate of Hanover College, and for a time was
President of McDouough College. A brilliant and
scholarly man, his many excellencies of character
made him greatly beloved. Five children have
graced the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hungate:
Quintin Ward, Edith Clare, John M., Jeane (who
died in infancy ) , and Harold G. The family is one
of prominence in the community, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hungate are held in high esteem by all who know
them. He is a member of La Harpe Lodge No.
195, A. F. & A. M. His life has been well and
worthily spent, and his business career has been
one of success.

(3 MITH F. BRYAN, who for years has followed
7\ farming, now lives retired in La Harpe,
Vjy enjoying the rest which he has so truly earned
and richly deserves. His energy and enterprise
in former years brought to him a competency,
which supplies him with all the comforts and
many of the luxuries of life, and his declining
years will be pleasantly passed among his old
friends and acquaintances in this community.

A native of Mercer County, Pa., Mr. Bryan was
born November 17, 1832, and is a son of Jacob
Bryan, who was also born in the same county and
was of Irish extraction. The family resided in
New Jersey prior to 1819. The father received
but limited school privileges, but through read-
ing, experience and observation, he becamea well-
informed man. On the 14th of May, 1824, he
was joined in marriage with Mary Bagley, daugh-
ter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Showerman) Bagley,
the ceremony being performed in Crawford Coun-
ty, Pa. Seven children were born to them, four
sous and three daughters, but the eldest daughter
died in infancy, Rice B. is also deceased. Han-

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nah was killed by a runaway in La Harpe Town-
ship in 1850. Cowden \I., a jeweler of La Harpe,
died December 9, [884. Smith F. is the next
younger. John F., a soldier of the late war, died
of exposure at Port Hudson, La., March 9, [864.
Elizabeth B., deceased, was the wife of J. W. Cas-
singham, a resident farmer of I,a Harpe Town-
ship.

Smith F. Bryan was reared on the old home-
stead in Mercer County Pa., and upon the farm
in Hancock County, whither he came with his
parents May 15. 1840. The trip westward was
made by boat from Beaver down the Ohio River
to Cairo, and up the Mississippi to Warsaw. On
landing at that place they loaded their household
effects on wagons, and in this way completed their
trip to what is known as the James Gittings
farm, three miles north of%a Harpe. The father
purchased four hundred acres of land on section
3, La Harpe Township, one hundred and sixty
acres in Henderson County, and one hundred and
twenty acres of timber-land. The son, Smith F.,
was educated in the subscription schools of La
Harpe Township, but he too is mostly self-educa-
ted, for altogether his attendance at the common
schools would probably not cover a period of more
than fifteen months. He became familiar with
all the duties of farm life, however, and aided in
the cultivation of the old homestead until about
twenty-seven years of age.

On the 28th of January, 1859, Mr. Bryan was
united in marriage with Miss Delina Painter,
daughter of Joseph T. and Phoebe (Rea) Painter,
a native of La Harpe Township, born November
13, [836. Her family had located in that town-
ship on the 4th of May previous. Our subject
and his wife became the parents of nine children,
namely: Emma Y.. wife of James Brown, of La
Harpe; Ida May, who died October 25, 1865; Jo-
seph P., who died August 10, 1891; John P.. a
farmer of LaHarpe Township; William E. and
James R., who both earn- 011 agricultural pursuits
in that township; Mary A., wife of Elmer M.
Spiker; Charles C, at home; and one son who
died in infancy.

In 1 860 Mr. Bryan purchased two hundred acres
of land on section 9, La Harpe Township, and still

owns this farm. Hecontinued its cultivation un-
til the 14th of August, [862, when he enlisted in
Company G, One Hundred and Eighteenth Illi-
nois Infantry, under Capt. Joseph Shaw. He
faithfully served for three years, and was then
mustered out in Davenport, Iowa, June 5, 1865.
His first battle was with Sherman in the three-
days fight at Yazoo River. He also participated
in the engagement at Arkansas Post, and the
battle of Thompson's Hill, and was under fire at
Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, siege of
Yicksburg, and the battle of Jackson. For
three months he was confined in the hospital at
Keokuk, Iowa.

Mr. Bryan is now a member of Geddes Post
No. 142, G. A. R., and takes an active interest in
the organization, which perpetuates the fraternal
feeling which existed among the boys in blue. He
cast his first Presidential vote for John C. Fre-
mont in 1856, and has since been a stalwart sup-
porter of the Republican party and its principles.
He has served as Township Assessor, and for
twenty consecutive years was School Director.
Both he and his wife are members of the Chris-
tian Church, and their well-spent lives entitle
them to the high regard in which they are held.
and make them well worthy a place in this vol-
ume, among the best and most prominent citizens
of Hancock County.

S ' "* _ S)"^"T~> &~~ ' 3)

(TAMES E. MAKKLAXD, whois engaged in
I the livery business in Blandinsville, claims
G/ Indiana as his native State. He was born in
Decatur County, on the 1st of January, 1S44,
and is the seventh in order of birth in a family of
twelve children, whose parents were Zadock and
Delilah (Williams) Markland. Six of their chil-
dren died in infancy, and those still living beside
our subject are, Richard J., a farmer and stock-
raiser of Clay County, 111.; William, who fol-
lows the same pursuit in Wabash County, Ind.;
Elizabeth, wife of John Duvall, a farmer and
stock-raiser of Cumberland County-, 111.; Oliver,
who carries on agricultural pursuits in Jasper

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County, 111.: and Surrilda, wife of John Courson,

a fanner of Jasper County, 111.

When a lad of six summers, James E. Mark-
land accompanied his parents on their emigration
to Jasper County, 111. The father purchased a
farm, and our subject was thereon reared, remain-
ing under the parental roof until nineteen years
of age, when he left home and began farming in
his own interest. He worked as a farm hand
for two years, and thus made a start in life. He
acquired a good English education in the district
schools, and is now a well-informed man.

When he had attained his majority, Mr. Mark-
land was united in marriage with Miss Lucy A.
Bonham, daughter of Levi and Mary (Hunt)
Bonham, the wedding being celebrated on the
16th of July, 1863. They have become the par-
ents of four children, namely: Frances I., wife of
George N. Fife, a teamster of Blaudinsville: Will-
iam L., who is now attending school in Chicago:
Cora E., wife of James B. Mann, who is en-
gaged in teaming in Blandinsville; and Roy, at
home.

Mr. and Mrs. Markland began their domestic
life upon a rented farm in Jasper County, 111.,
which our subject continued to cultivate until the
spring of 1865, when he left the State and came
with his family to Blandinsville. Here he made
his home until the spring of 1866, when he em-
barked in farming in Sciota Township, there car-
rying on agricultural pursuits for two years. In
1868 we find him engaged in farming in Logan
County, 111.: and in the spring of 1870 he re-
moved to Henderson County, where he continued
agricultural pursuits until 1874. In that year he
returned to Blandinsville and began trading in
stock, a pursuit which he followed until 1880,
when he removed to a farm in Blandins-
ville Township. In 1885 he again took up
his residence in town, where he engaged in
the butchering business for two years, and
during the following four years he engaged
in teaming in Blandinsville. In 1889 he em-
barked in the livery business, and in 1890 built
his present stables.

Mr. Markland, who exercises his right of fran-
chise in support of the Democracy, has twice served

as Constable, and has been a member of the Town
Board for two years. Socially, he is a member
of Hardin Lodge No. 25, A. O. U. W. ; New
Hope Lodge No. 263, I. O. O. F.; and Aten
Lodge No. 22, L- H. He also belongs to the
Christian Church, and is a valued and enterpris-
ing citizen, who manifests a commendable interest
in everything pertaining to the welfare of the
community. He is a man of sterling worth and
strict integrity, and is both widely and favorably
known in this community.

GJDDISON F. HELMS is now serving as Sher-
I_l iff of Hancock County, and makes his home
/ I in Carthage. The record of his life is as
follows: A native of Virginia, he was born in
Floyd County on the 1st of November, 1844, and
is a son of Hamilton and Aurena (Slusher) Helms,
who were also natives of Virginia. The father
was a farmer, and in 1859 he left his native State,
emigrating westward to Hancock County, 111.,
for he believed he might better his financial con-
dition by removing to the broad prairies of the
West. Taking up his residence in Carthage Town-
ship, he there resided for seven years, after which
he returned to Virginia, where his death occurred
at the age of seventy-two. His wife passed away
at the age of seventy-three. They had two sons
and one daughter, who are yet living in Han-
cock County.

Our subject returned to the Old Dominion with
his parents in the autumn of 1866, but the follow-
ing spring again came to Illinois, where he began
farming upon rented land. He continued to carry
on agricultural pursuits until 1881, when became
to Carthage, and was appointed Deputy Sheriff,
holding the office under William Damson. He
also served in the same capacity under James H.
Wetzel, and when the latter's term had expired,
in 1886, he became a candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket for the office. The election returns,
however, showed that M. V. Riley, his opponent,
was the successful candidate, and during the four
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of Carthage Township. In 1890 it was
time to elect a sheriff, and in that year he ran
against Z. T. Starkey. This time he received a
good majority, and in December entered upon
his duties as County Sheriff, with Charles Weis-
mann as Deputy. He lias done considerable pri-
vate detective work, and possesses a keen e\ e and
retentive memory, which well fit him for that
service.

In Hancock County, in July, 1S67. was cele-
brated the marriage of Mr. Helms and Miss Au
relia Printy, step-daughter of John \Y. Cox, of St.
Mary's, and a native of this county. Their union
has been blessed with three children, two sons
and a daughter, namely: Emma, wife of John
Moore, formerly of Carthage, but now of Quincy;
Jay H. and Clay Vaughn. The family is well
known in the community, where its members have
main warm friends.

Mr. Helms is a member of the Masonic frater-
nity, belonging to Hancock Lodge No. 20, A. F.
& A. M. He has made his home within the
borders of this county since fifteen years of age,
and has therefore witnessed much of its growth
and development. He has led a busy life, and is
now acceptably and creditably filling the respon-
sible position to which he has been called by his
fellow citizens.

3 AMES C. Con. SOX. the popular and suc-
cessful editor of the La Harper, which is pub-
lished in La Harpe, Hancock County, is a
well-known resident of this community. He is
living in his native town, his birth having here
occurred on the 24th of September, [846. Hi-
father. George Coulson, was born in Virginia in
[800. With a view to bettering his financial
condition, he emigrated westward in C835, and
cast his lot among the early settlers of La Harpe.
He was the first physician of this place, and was
widely and favorably known throughout this sec-
tion of the State. His wife bore the maiden
name of Nancy A. Cossitt. She was born in
Hartford, Conn.. December 27, 1802. and was a

daughter of Silas Cossitt. Thej became the par-
ent- of nine children, five sons and four daugh-
ters, namely: Sarah I'., wife of E. M. Sanford, a
resident of La Harpe; Henry C who died in Vic-
toria, Tex., in 1864; Mary K.. wife of H. H.
Barnes, of La Harpe; Nancy J., wife of J. R. R.
Morford, who is living in this place; Epaphroditus
C, who died in La Harpe in 1867; Caroline A.,
wife of D. D. Smalley, who is located in Raritan,
111.: Thomas, who died in 1854; George, a hard-
ware merchant of La Harpe; and our subject.

James C. Coulson, the youngest member of the
family, acquired his education in the public
schools of his native city, and started out for him-
self as a clerk in the general merchandise store of
William Tharp, of Raritan. There he continued
for two years, after which he accepted a position
as salesman with C. H. Stansbury, of Raritan,
with whom he remained for fourteen years, a
trusted and faithful employe.

During this time, Mr. Coulson was united in
marriage with Miss Anna B.. daughter of C. H.
and Sidney E. 'Humes) Stansbury. Their wed-
ding was celebrated on the 25th of June, 1868,
and was blessed with two children, Effie M. and
Charles S., both of whom are at home. The
mother died April 8, 1883, and her loss was
mourned by many. On the 28th of October, 1885,
Mr. Coulson was again married, his second union
being with Mrs. .Mice M. Corzatt, of Blandins-
ville. 111. Three children have been born unto
them, a son and two daughters: Margie C,
George and Edna.

Mr. Coulson entered upon his newspaper ca-
reer in Raritan in [876, as editor of the Raritan
Bulletin, of which the firm of Barnes .X: Butler
were publishers. In [878, he removed to La
Harpe, and began the publication of the then de-
funct La Harper. He has since been at its head
and has made it one of the leading papers of the
county. Although his office and its contents
were destroyed by fire on the 15th of October.
1893. he did not miss an issue of the paper, but
with characteristic energy he made arrangements
to continue the work without interruption. The
paper is devoted to the interests of the community
and to the publication of local and general news.

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Mr. Coulson is much interested in civic socie-
ties and holds membership with various organiza-
tions, including Bristol Lodge No. 656, I. O. O.F. ;
Hardin Lodge No 28, A. O. U. W.; LaHarpe
Camp No. 42S, M. W. A.; and the Independent
Order of Mutual Aid. He has for eight terms
served as representative to the Grand Lodge of the
Odd Fellows' fraternity, and three terms to that
of the Woodmen. In politics, he is a Democrat,
but his paper is published independently. He
served as Postmaster of La Harpe for four years,
under President Cleveland, and as Assessor of
La Harpe Township in 1890 and 1891. His life
has been well and worthily passed, and he has the
high regard of all.

f~" LIAS M. BRANDON, who since August,
re) 1S86, has occupied the position of telegraph
I operator and statioti agent at Blandinsville,
claims Illinois as the State of his nativity, his
birth having occurred in Fountain Green Town-
ship, Hancock County, March 7, 1851. His fa-
ther, Richard Brandon, was born in Pennsylvania,
in 1809, and was a fanner by occupation. Dur-
ing his early childhood he accompanied his par-
ents to Ohio, and was reared to manhood on a
farm in the Buckeye State. Having arrived at
years of maturity, he was united in marriage with
Miss Mary M. Favorite, who was born in Mc-
Connelsburg, Ohio, June 3, 1814. The wedding
was celebrated Jan uary 6, 1S36, and their union
was blessed with eleven children, seven sons and
four daughters: Teresine C, deceased, wife of
David Cratsenberg; James F., a canvasser resid-
ing in Fountain Green; Galbraith L., a retired
farmer residing in Bloomington. Ind. ; George M. ,
an agriculturist of Fountain Green Township.
Hancock County; Elizabeth M., wife of Robert
Geddes, also a farmer of Hancock County; Elias
M., of this sketch; Julia A., wife of John Miller,
who carries on farming in Fountain Green Town-
ship; Edward B., who is proprietor of the Phoe-
nix Hotel, of Hampton, Iowa; Edward A., who
died in infancy; Richard B., who was a soldier

in the late war and died in the service of his
country, from exposure; and Mary, who died in
infancy in Iowa City, Iowa.

Richard B. Brandon emigrated westward in
1838 and located near Macomb, McDonough
County, where for ten years he engaged in farm-
ing. In 184S, he removed to a farm in Fountain
Green Township, Hancock County, purchasing
one hundred and sixty acres of unimproved land
on section 13. In an unpretentious frame house
on this farm our subject was born. His father
died of cholera in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1854, and
thus at the age of three years our subject was left
dependent upon his mother for support. He was
reared on the old homestead, and in the winter
season conned his lessons in the district schools of
the neighborhood, while in the summer months
he followed the plow and aided in the other labors
of the farm. His early educational privileges
were supplemented by one year's attendance at
Monmouth College, which he entered in the au-
tumn of 1871. In 1870, he taught one term of
school in his home township, and in 1872 he was
employed as teacher of the Eagle School, and
again in 1873. Until 1880 his time was alternately
passed in teaching and farming, but in October of
that year he entered the store of J. M. Springer,
of La Crosse, where he was employed as a clerk
for two years, leaving that position in January,
1882. During this time he also studied telegra-
phy, and in 1882 was made agent on the Toledo,
Peoria & Warsaw Railroad at La Crosse. There
he continued until August, 1886, when he came
to Blandinsville.

The lady who now bears the name of Mrs.
Brandon was in her maidenhood Susan C. Hay,
daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (King) Hay,
of La Crosse. The marriage of our subject and
his wife was celebrated October. 5, 1876, and their
union has been blessed with seven children, but
Gertie, William, Charles and Freddie died in in-
fancy. Bessie, 'Bertha and Nellie are still at
home.

Since casting his first Presidential vote for Gen.
Grant in 1872 Mr. Brandon has been a warm ex-
ponent of the principles of the Republican party,
and in 1881 he was appointed Postmaster of La

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Crosse, which position he afterwards resigned.
He is now serving as School Director, and is an
efficient and capable member of the Town Council.
Socially, he is a member of Blaudinsville Lodge
No. 233, A. I-'. & A. M; and of Cam]) Xo. .596,
M. W. A. One of the leading and prominent
members of the Christian Church, he is now serv-
ing as one of its Elders, and fur five years he has
been Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He
is an untiring worker in the interests of the same,
and does all in his power for the promotion and
advancement of the cause. His life has been
well and worthily passed, and his honorable,
upright career has gained him universal confi-
dence and esteem. He is a popular, genial gen-
tleman, and in the community where he lives he-
has made many friends.

[ILLIAM HOOTON TWADDLE, who since
[876 has been successfully engaged in the
practice of law in Macomb, and is num-
bered among the leading attorneys of McDonough
County, claims Ohio as the State of his nativity.
He was born in Jefferson County. June 2, 1833,
and isa sou of Capt. William and Hannah 1 Hoot-
on ) Twaddle. The father was also born in the
Buckeye State, and was one of a family of fifteen
children. He commanded a company of Ohio
militia, made farming his life occupation, and in
1844 came to McDonough County, where he car-
ried on agricultural pursuits until his death. A
year after coming here he was elected Justice of
the Peace, and continued to fill that position until
called to the home beyond, in 1 n 7 v . He also
served as Town Treasurer, Supervisor, and School
Treasurer. His life was an honorable, upright
one, and made him a highly respected citizen of
the community. His wife passed away in Au-
gust. 1864. and was laid to rest in Scott Cemetery.
Three brothers of the Twaddle family are yet liv-
ing: John W., a resident of Tennessee Township;
Marceua, who resides in Bethel Township; and
William H. A sister, Minerva E.. is the wife of
William Lawyer, of Tennessee Township. One

brother, George W., died September 18, 1S89,
leaving a widow and four children, two sons and
two daughters. He was a prominent fanner and
owned some valuable land. He also served as
Justice of the Peace and Supervisor of Bethel
Township.

William Twaddle and his family made the
journey to Illinois from Steubenville down the
Ohio River, and then up the Mississippi and Illi-
nois Rivers to Frederick, where they landed April
6, 1S44. They at once came to McDonough
County and settled on a quarter-section of land in
Bethel Township, which had been purchased 1>\
the maternal grandfather, William Hooton. The
early history of the Twaddle family in America is
not known, but the name is of Scotch derivation,
and is a contraction of the name of the place where
their ancestors lived, Tweed Dale.

William H. Twaddle of this sketch has spent
almost his entire life in McDonough County, hav-
ing accompanied his parents on their emigration
thither when eleven years old. He is almost
wholly self-educated, as the common schools of
the neighborhood during his youth afforded but
meagre advantages. In early life he became fa-
miliar with the arduous task of developing new
land, for he aided in opening up several farms.
He continued to engage in agricultural pursuits
until about forty years of age, and when incapac-
ited by ill health for further manual labor, he
turned his attention to law. After considerable
private study, he entered the office of William H.
Neece, of Macomb, and afterwards was with Jacob
H. Folts. In [876 he was admitted to the Bar ill
Springfield, and has since devoted the greater
part of his time and attention to the management
of estates and to the interests of minor heirs. He-
has done a good business along this line, for the
people have the utmost confidence in him. and
therefore give him a liberal patronage.

Since casting his first Presidential vote for
Franklin Pierce, Mr. Twaddle has been a sup-
porter of the Democracy, and warmly advocates
its principles. He is a generous, benevolent and
kind-hearted man, and as the result of his friendly
disposition, he has done much work without com-
pensation, especially aiding those who were una-

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ble to hire counsel. He now owns a good farm
in Bethel Township, besides being agent for other
landed interests, which lie carefully guards. He
has taken quite an active interest in political af-
fairs, and has served both as Assessor and Col-
lector. A well-spent life has won him high re-
gard, and it is with pleasure that we present to
our readers this record of his life.

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[""\RESTON HUSTON, a retired farmer resid-
L/' ing in Blandinsville, well deserves mention
Y$ among the honored pioneers of McDonough
County, for here his entire life has been passed.
He was born in Blandinsville Township Septem-
ber 14, 1837, and is a son of John Huston, who
was one of the very earliest settlers of this locality,
and aided in opening it up to civilization. The
father was born in White County, Tenn., May 17,
1808, and on attaining his majority he emigrat-
ed to Morgan County, 111., in 1829. Eighteen
months later he came to this county and took up
his residence on section 19, Blandinsville Town-
ship. The first land which he here owned was a
one hundred and sixty acre tract, which he entered
from the Government. To this he added from
time to time, until at his death he was one of the
most extensive land-owners of the county. He
made the journey from Tennessee to Illinois with
an ox-team, and 011 his arrival his possessions
were fifty cents in money and a blind mare. The
half-dollar was spent for salt soon after his arrival.
His uncle, who had accompanied him onthejour-
ney, loaned him a yoke of oxen, and with these he
plowed forty acres of land, which he planted in
corn. During the first winter he split the rails nec-
essary to fence this tract, and also built a log cabin,
in which the family lived for eighteen months.
The nearest mill was at Jacksonville, and it re-
quired eight days to make the trip to and from
that place. In 1832 Mr. Huston removed to a
larger log cabin, which he had built about a half
mile from his first home, and making additions to
this he soon afterwards had what at that time was
considered a very pretentious log residence.

In White County, Tenn., on the 2d of October.
1828, John Huston married Miss Ann, daughter
of William and Mary (Duncan) Melvin, and to
them were born the following children: William
M., a practicing physician of Blandinsville; Wal-
ter, Rigdon and Crockett, all deceased ; Preston, of
this sketch ; Thomas, a farmer and stock-raiser of
Columbus, Kan.; Mary, wife of Strather Givens,
a retired farmer of Abingdon, 111.; and John, who
carries on farming and stock-raising in Blandins-
ville Township. The father of this family was
called to his final rest July 8, 1854, and the
mother, who long survived him, passed away
January 22, 1892.

Upon his father's farm, Preston Huston spent
the days of his boyhood and youth, and during
the winter season he attended the subscription
schools of the neighborhood, to which he walked
a distance of three miles. He is largely a self-
educated man, for his advantages in youth were
rather meagre. He remained at home until he
had attained his majority, when he started out in
life for himself, beginning the cultivation and im-
provement of a one hundred and sixty acre farm
on section 23, Blandinsville Township, which he
had inherited from his father. As his financial
resources were increased, he made additional pur-
chases, and at one time was the owner of eight
hundred acres of valuable land, which yielded to
him an excellent income, and made him one of
the prosperous citizens of the community. He
continued to successfully engage in agricultural
pursuits until 1890, when he laid aside all busi-
ness cares and came to Blandinsville, where he
has since made his home. He has remodeled his
residence and now has a comfortable and tasty
dwelling, in which he will probably spend his re-
maining days.

On September 12, 1861, Mr. Huston married
Miss Elmira Bern - , daughter of Col. William and
Patsy (Givens) Berry. Five children were born
of their union: John, who died in infancy; Ma-
rion W., who has also passed away; Robert, a
clothier of Havana, 111.; George B., who went
west for his health, and is now living in Delta,
Colo.; and Donna Martha, deceased. The mother
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15th of May, 1S74. Mr. Huston married Martha
M. Berry, whose maiden name was Martha M.
Campbell, daughter of Eli and Martha (Wren-
shaw) Campbell. By this marriage was born a
daughter, who died in infancy-. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Huston are faithful members of the Christian
Church, in which he is now serving as Elder, and
take an active interest in church and benevolent
work .

B\ his first Presidential ballot, cast in [864, our
subject supported George B. McClellan. and has
since been an advocate of the Democracy. Public
office, however, has had no attraction for him.
Socially, he is a member of Blandinsville Lodge
No. 233. A. F. & A. M., and is an enterprising
and progressive citizen, who contributes liberally
to the support of all worthy public enterprises.
The history of McDonough County is familiar to
him from its earliest day. He has borne all the
hardships and experiences of frontier life, and has
aided in the upbuilding and development of the
community, taking a commendable interest in
everything pertaining to itsprogress and advance-
ment.

•JTSAAC LATHROP, who is now serving as
I Police Magistrate of La Harpe, is one of the
X honored citizens of Hancock County, one of
its pioneers, and one of its oldest native sons.
He was born in Fountain Green Township, on the
22(1 of August, 1833, and is a representative of
one of the first families in this locality. His
father, John Lathrop, was a native of London,
England, and was a farmer by occupation. Hav-
ing emigrated to this country, he lived for a time
in Leavenworth, Mo., and thence came to Illinois,
locating in Hancock County in 1831. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Coffman. and they became the
parents of nine children, four sons and five daugh-
ters, namely: Adaline, who was born and died 111
Missouri; William, who was born in 1S30. and is
now living in Nebraska; Julia Ann, deceased;
Isaac, whose name heads this record; George,
who enlisted as a soldier during the late war and
died in Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, as the result

of. exposure; Marian T., who died in Knox
County, 111., in 1863; Mary Ellen, who died in

Blandinsville, 111., in 1858; Mary, widow ofZall-
den Baldwin, and a resident of Nevada, Mo.; and
Phoebe E., wife of Edward Taylor, of Topeka,
Kan.

In the county of his nativity Isaac Lathrop
spent the greater part of his life. At an early
age he began work upon his father's farm, and
became inured to all the hardships of pioneer life.
The district schools of the community afforded
him his educational privileges, but his training in
that direction was much more meagre than in
farm labor. During the late war he was found
among the defenders of his country, for in Au-
gust. [862, he entered the Union service as a
member of Company A, One Hundred and Eigh-
teenth Illinois Infantry. For one year he served,
and then re-enlisted in the same company, in
1865. On the 1st of October following he re-
ceived his discharge at Baton Rouge, La. He
was a loyal soldier, ever found rrt his post of duty,
and participated in a number of important en-
gagements. During his first term he was con-
fined in the hospital by sickness for some time as
the result of exposure.

On the 27th of December. 1S60, Mr. Lathrop
was united in marriage with Miss Mildred E.
Mesecher, and to them have been born five chil-
dren, two sons and three daughters, namely:
Alice, wife of R. P. Martin, of Birch Tree, Shan-
non County, Mo.; Stephen H., who carries on
fanning in Henderson County: Viola, who died
in infancy; Martha J.; and Daniel, who is still
living in La Harpe. The mother of this family
was called to her final rest on the 6th of February,
1891, and her loss was deeply mourned through-
out the community, for she had a large circle of
friends and acquaintances who esteemed her
highly for her many excellencies of character.
She was a very zealous and efficient worker in
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, as
well as in the Christian Church, of which her fa-
ther was a minister.

In his political views, Mr. Lathrop is a Prohi-
bitionist. He has held a number of local offices,
the duties of which he has ever discharged with

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promptness and fidelity. While residing in Hen-
derson County he served as Justice of the Peace
and as Constable, and held several school offices.
He is now serving as Police Magistrate of Da
Harpe, and is a capable and efficient officer.
Socially, he is a member of Geddes Post No. 142,
G. A. R.. and is a member of the Christian
Church. His life has been well and worthily
passed, and in the community where he has so
long resided he has won and retained the high
regard and confidence of all with whom he has
been brought in contact. He has witnessed the
growth and development of the county, and has
ever borne his part in its upbuilding and advance-
ment.

EEORGE W. SOULE, who is carrying on a
good restaurant in La Harpe, was born in
the city which is still his home, on the 15th
of February, 1S44, and is a worthy representative
of one of the honored pioneers of the county, his
father, Isaac Soule, having here located in 1837.
He wasborn in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio,
September 13, 1820, and was by occupation a
tanner. He was married on the 1st of February,
1843, to Miss Eunice P. Richer, daughter of
Timothy and Mary Ann 1 Hill ) Richer, who
were natives of the Pine Tree State.

George W. Sonle is the eldest of a family of
eight children. No event of special importance
occurred during his boyhood and youth, which
were passed midst play and work and in attend-
ance at the public schools, where lie acquired a
good education. He remained with his father
until he had attained his majority, and then
started out in life for himself to make his own
wav in the world. In [863, he embarked in the
harness business in La Harpe, and for nine years
was in the employ of Mr. Claycomb. In 1872,
however, he left his old employer and began busi-
ness in his own interest, in connection withN. W.
Montgomery, who sold his interest to Edward
Ross. He in turn sold to George Coulson, and he
again to William Kirkpatrick. They opened a
grocery, and Mr. Soule continued his connection

therewith for six years, when, in KS7.S, he began
farming in La Harpe Township, about two miles
southwest of the city. For fifteen years he car-
ried on agricultural pursuits with good success
on a well-cultivated and highly improved farm.

Mr. Soule was married on the 29th of Novem-
ber, 1S68, to Miss Harriet C. Painter, who is
now deceased. They had one daughter, Hattie
E., but her death occurred at the age of six
years. Mr. Soule was again married, on the 27th
of May, i s 7 7 , his second union being with Laura
E. Sperry. Two children graced this union:
Clara Bess, at home; and Minnie, who died in
infancy. In 1880, Mr. Soule was again called
upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed
away, leaving many friands to mourn her death.

In his political views, our subject is a Repub-
lican, and cast his first Presidential vote for Abra-
ham Lincoln in 1864. He takes considerable in-
terest in the Masonic fraternity, and is a member
of La Harpe Lodge No. 195, A. F. & A. M.; La
Harpe Chapter No. 134, R. A. M.; and the Order
of the Eastern Star. He holds membership witli
the Methodist Protestant Church, of which he is
one of the Trustees, and in the work of the saint-
is deeplv interested. The cause of education also
finds in him a warm friend, and for one term he
served on the School Board. Leaving his farm
111 [893, on the 1st of August of that year he
formed a partnership with W. H. Strong, and
opened the Bon Ton Restaurant, of La Harpe.
The members of the firm are men of good busi-
ness and executive ability, and their enterprise.
industry and perseverance have brought to them
a liberal patronage.

(ILLIAM E. GRIGSBY, M. D., one of the
enterprising young physicians of McDon-
ough County, who is now successfully en-
gaged in the practice of medicine in Blandinsville,
is a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred
on the 16th of February, 1862, in Washington
Count} , where his father, Redman Grigsby, was
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Grigsby, was a native of Virginia, and came of an
old family of that State. The Doctor's father was

a farmer by occupation, and carried on agricultural
pursuits throughout the greater part of his life.
On the 27th of September, [860, he was united
in marriage with Miss Susan M. , daughter of
William A. Seay, a native of Virginia. To Mr.
and Mrs. Grigsby were horn six children, three
sons and three daughters, namely: William E.
of this sketch ; Francis M., a physician and sur-
geon of Maud, Ky. ; Annie R., who died on the
old homestead in Kentucky; Walter C, a jeweler
and watchmaker of Stronghurst, 111.; Lena E.,
who died in infancy; and Martha /.. wife of
William Moore, a planter of Washington County,
Ky.

Dr Grigsby was reared as a farmer's lad, and
his earl) educational advantages were those af-
forded by the district schools of the neighborhood,
which he attended through the winter season un-
til nineteen years of age. He then entered Pleasant
Grove Academy, where he pursued his studies
for a year, after which he engaged in teaching for
a year in his native county. In 1884 hechauged
his work, securing a position as salesman with
the firm of A. H. McCord & Co.. of Springfield,
Ky., continuing clerking for a year.

On the expiration <>1 that period. Dr. Grigsbj
came to McDouough County, 111., and in [885
began farming, which pursuit he followed during
the succeeding five years. He then took up the
study of medicine, in 1890, under Dr. T. J. Crum,
of Blandinsville, under whose direction he con-
tinued his reading for six months. During the
winter of [890-9] he was a student in the Keokuk
Medical College, of Iowa, and in the winter of
1891-92 he attended the Louisville Medical Col-
lege, of Louisville, Ky., from which institution
he was graduated in the following spring. In
[892-93 he again attended the Keokuk Medical
College, and was graduated from that school in
the latter year. Immediately afterward he opened
an office in Blandinsville, where he has since sue
cessfullx engaged in practice.

< )n the 2d of July, 1SS7, Dr. ( 5-rigsby was united
in marriage with Mrs. Mary I.. Bushuell, daughter
of William II. and Elizabeth (Seybold) Grigsby.

They have a pleasant home in this place, and are
highly esteemed people of the community. Both
the Doctor and his wife hold membership with
the Baptist Church, and he is a member of Bland-
insville Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M.; Chap-
ter No. 208, R. A. M.; Blandinsville Chapter
No. [08, 0. E. S.; and Hardin Lodge No. 25,
A. O. U. W. In politics, he is a supporter of the
Democracy. A close student of his profession,
he has already secured a good practice, and will
undoubtedly win success in his chosen vocation.

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DWARD A. MESECHER carries on agri-
j^ cultural pursuits on section 34, La Harpe
I Township, Hancock County. He is num-
bered among the native sons of this county, his
birth having occurred in Pilot Grove Township
on the 13th of June, [867. He is also a repre-
sentative of one of the pioneer families of the
community. His father, Elkanah Mesecher, is
likewise a native of Hancock County, and he too
is a farmer by occupation. A sketch of his life
is given elsewhere in this work. The mother of
our subject bore the maiden name of Rebecca M.
Butler, and is a daughter of Samuel Baxter and
Lucinda (Younger) Butler.

Edward A. Mesecher is the eldest in a family
of four children. The educational privileges
he received were those afforded by the common
schools. He early became familiar with all the
duties of farm life, and to his father he gave the
benefit of his services, and aided in tin- labors of
the firm, until his marriage. < in the 6th of Feb-
ruary, 1889, he was joined in marriage with Miss
Amanda James, daughter of William E. and Su-
san (Wright) James. Their union has been
blessed with three daughters, Pearl Edna, Lena
Esther and Bertha Emily.

The parents have many warm friends in this
communit) and hold an enviable position in so-
cial circles. Their home is also noted for its hos-
pitality. Mr. Meseelui is a member of the Chris-
tian Church of Pa Harpe, and his wife holds mem-
bership with the Methodist Episcopal Church of

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Liberty, McDonough County. In politics, he is a
stalwart advocate of the Republican party and its
principles, and his first Presidential vote was cast
for Benjamin Harrison in 1888. He has never
sought or desired the honors or emoluments of
public office, but has served as School Director.
He is a wide-awake and progressive citizen, and
one who takes an active interest in all that per-
tains to the welfare of the community and its up-
building. Throughout his life he has followed
agricultural pursuits, and his industry and good
management have brought him success in his
chosen vocation. He is a worthy representative
of an honored pioneer family, and it is with pleas-
ure that we present to our readers this record of
his life.

(ILLIAM N. BVLER is a worthy represen-
tative of the agricultural interests of Han-
cock County, and now carries on general
farming in Durham Township. He was born in
this county on the 4th of August, 1862, and has
known no other home. From an early age he
has been familiar with all the duties of farm life,
for as soon as old enough to handle the plow he
began work in the fields, and soon became fa-
miliar with everything connected with his chosen
vocation. His early educational advantages,
which were those afforded by the common schools,
were supplemented by study in Gittings Semi-
nary. In 1880, he entered the seminary, and af-
ter pursuing a three-year course was given a de-
gree by that institution.

On leaving school, Mr. Byler embarked in
farming in his own interest, renting land from
his father, which he operated for seven years.
With the capital he had acquired during this
period as the result of his enterprise and industry,
he purchased in the autumn of 1889 seven t> six
acres of land in Durham Township. Here he has
since made his home, and now has a well-devel-
oped farm, which in its thrifty appearance indi-
cates to the passer-by the enterprise which is
among the chief characteristics of the owner.

On the nth of February, 1886, in Hancock
County, was celebrated the marriage of William
N. Byler and Miss Clara B. Layton, daughter
of James B. and Margaret (Rose) Layton, who
were natives of Delaware and Maryland, respec-
tively. The union of the young couple has been
blessed with two children, a son and daughter:
Bessie L. and Charles L.

Mr. Byler is an honored and respected citizen
of his native county. In 1891, he was elected
Justice of the Peace to fill a vacancy, and so well
did he discharge the duties of the position, that
in 1893 he was re-elected for a term of four
years, and is now filling that office with credit to
himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He
is connected with the Masonic fraternity, having
been made a Mason on the 24th of June, 1886, in
Dallas City Lodge No. 235, A. F. & A. M. In
1887, he was elected Junior Warden of the lodge,
and in the succeeding year was chosen Senior
Warden. In 1889. he was elected Master, and
four years later was re-elected to that office. He
has been kept continually in office since joining
the lodge, and it will thus be seen that he is one
of its valued and leading members. In politics,
he is a Democrat, and his first Presidential vote
was cast for Grover Cleveland in 1884. Mr. By-
ler is a member of the Baptist Church.

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(ILLIAM A. TOWLER is one of the enter-
prising and successful business men of La
Harpe. He now deals in groceries, queens-
ware and agricultural implements, and is enjoying
a fine trade, which is due to his fair and honest
dealing, his courteous treatment of his customers,
ami his earnest desire to please his patrons. His
well directed efforts bring to him a success of
which he is entirely worthy.

On the [.6th of August, 1S44. Mr. Towler was
born in Greenup County, Ky. His father, Will-
iam Towler. Sr., was a native of Virginia, and
was a fanner by occupation. In an early day he
removed to Kentucky, and in [855 came with his
familv to Hancock County. The mother of our

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subject bore the maiden name of Frances Barker.
By the union of this worthy couple were born
eight children, two sons and six daughters, as
follows: Susan, who died in infancy; Frances, de-
ceased, wife of John Nelson; Amanda, wife of
Samuel Fortney, of Kirksville, Mo.; Aremathy,
wife of Roswell Cooley, of Nemaha County, Kan. ;
William A.; Adelaide, wife of Aaron Fogel, a
fanner of La Harpe Township; Joseph, who died
in infancy; and a daughter who also died in in-
fancy.

Mr. Towler of this sketch when a lad of eleven
summers accompanied his parents on their emi-
gration to Illinois. His father died during the
year of their arrival, and he was thus thrown upon
his own resources. He not only provided for his
own maintenance, but also aided in the support of
the family. His education was acquired in the
common schools of the county, but his privileges
in that direction were limited, as he had to spend
his time in farm work.

A.fter arriving at years of maturity, Mr. Towler
was united in marriage with Miss Martha Sautter.
Her adopted father, William Alton, gave them a
farm of one hundred and six acres in I. a Harpe
Township. Two years later they removed to that
farm, which was mostly unimproved; but with
characteristic energj Mr. Towler began its devel-
opment, and in course of time the once wild land
was made to yield to him a golden tribute in re-
turn for the care and labor he bestowed upon it.
He made it one of the best farms of the neighbor-
hood, and its neat and thrifty appearance indica-
ted to the passer- b) the careful supervision of the
owner. Nine children came to bless the home:
William B., who is now in partnership with his
father: Sarah Frances, wife of Charles White, of
I, a Harpe Township; Elmer, who is living in La
Harpe: Lillian and Edward, both at home; Eva,
who died in infancy; Mary and Henry, at home;
and one son who died in infancy.

Mr. Towler continued agricultural pursuits until
( (ctober, [890, when he removed to La Harpe, and
with his son purchased the store of Gill, Giuna-
ven & Co. With the superior judgment and ex-
perience of the elder partner are combined the en-
terprise and progressive spirit of the younger, and

the firm therefore possesses the requisites of suc-
cess. In politics, Mr. Towler has always voted
with the Republican party since casting his first
1 'residential ballot for Gen. U. S. Grant. During
the war, a man who had been drafted having run
away, Mr. Towler was chosen in his place, but
ere he was sent to the front, the escaped man re-
turned. Our subject, his wife and three children
are members of the Christian Church. The fam-
ily is one of prominence in the community, and
its members hold an enviable position in social
circles.

f3 FORGE W. BRADSHAW, who carries on
I— general farming and stock-raising on section
V_>| 25, Durham Township, has the honor of be-
ing a native of Hancock County, his birth having
occurred in La Harpe Township on the 1st of
January, 1841. He is a worthy representative of
an honored pioneer family, his parents being Joel
and Catherine (Dixon ) Bradshaw, natives of Tenn-
essee. They emigrated to Illinois in 18 19, and a
sketch of their lives is given elsewhere in this
volume. The district schools of the neighborhood
afforded our subject his educational privileges in
early life, but later his studies were supplemented
by one term's attendance at the La Harpe Acad
emy.

Mr. Bradshaw early became familiar with all
the duties of farm life, for as soon as old enough
he began to handle the plow, and to agricultural
pursuits he has devoted his energies throughout
his business career. At length he took charge of
the old home farm, which he continued looperate
until thirty-nine years of age. Under his super
vision it was always highly cultivated and im-
proved, and the rich and fertile fields were made
to yield him a g 1 income.

On the ist ofjanuarj , [880, was celebrated the
marriage which united the destinies of Mr. Brad-
shaw and Miss Mary I). Manifold, daughter ol
Jasper and Pennelia (Huttou) Manifold, of Dur-
ham Township. Their union has been blessed
with three children, a sou and two daughters,

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Man." Ellen, Cornelia Catherine aud George
Cleveland, all of whom are still with their parents.
The family is one of prominence in the communi-
ty . its members being widely and favorably
known.

The farm of Mr. Bradshaw comprises two hun-
dred and forty acres of valuable land, and with
the exception of thirty acres the entire amount is
in Durham Township. It is neat and thrifty in
appearance, and the well-tilled fields and mam-
improvements upon the place tell that the owner
is a man of progressive and enterprising views.
He also makes a specialty of raising and feeding
fine cattle, aud ships quite extensively to Chicago.
In politics, he has been a Democrat since casting
his first Presidential vote for Gen. George B. Mc-
Clellan. and has serve.! as School Director for
about twelve years. He has always lived within
a mile of his present home, and therefore has a
wide acquaintance throughout the county. That
lii^ stanchest friends are those who have known
him from boyhood is a tact that bespeaks a well-
spent life.

(ILLIAM M. HUSTON. M. D..wh
most a quarter of a century has been E 1 ; g
in the practice of medicine in Blandinsville,
was born in Jacksonville. Morgan County, 111.,
on the 6th of August. 1829, and is one of a family
of eight children, whose parents were John and
Annie (Melvin) Huston. The father aud mother
were both, natives of White County, Tenn.. and
their marriage was there celebrated. The lady
was a daughter of William and Mary Duncan'
Melvin. In 1830 John Huston removed with his
family to McDonough County, III., and, locating
upon a farm, was for many years here eng; .
agricultural pursuits. Of the children. William
M. of this sketch is the eldest: Walter L. died at
the age of twenty-two years; Rigdou, a farmer
and stock-raiser of McDonough Count)

1; Preston is a retired tanner living in
Blandinsville; Thomas B. is living a retired life
in Columbus. Kan.: Mary E. is the wife of S.

Given s. who formerly followed agricultural pur-
now living retired in Abingdon. 111.:
John carries on general farming and stock-raising
in Blandinsville Township: and Crockett, de-
cea^ed. was a farmer and stock-raiser of McDon-
ough County.

We now take up the personal history of Dr
Huston whose name heads this record. He was
reared to manhood under the parental roof, spend-
ing his boyhood days on his father's farm in this
county, whither the family came when he was
in a year old. His father entered one
hundred and sixty acres of land from the Govern-
ment in Blandinsville Township, aud added to
that from time to time until he had an extensive
farm. Dr. Huston began his literary education
in the subscription schools of the neighborhood,
which he attended through the winter season, a
time when the work upon the farm was not press-
ing. During the summer months he aided in the
f the fields, plowing, planting aud har-
To his father he gave the benefit of his
scn'ices until twenty-two years of age, when he
left home to begin life for himself. During the
years 1848 and 1S49 he attended Knox College,
of Galesburg. 111., and on leaving that institution
S tn reading medicine with Drs. McMurphy
iN; Parkins, of Rushville, 111., under whose direc-
tion he continued his studies for eighteen months.
In 1852 lie entered the Cincinnati Eclectic Medi-
cal College, which he attended for two terms, and
in December, [853, he opened an office and began
practice in Monmouth, 111., where he remained
for three years.

During that time Dr. Huston was married. On
th of June. 1855, he wedded Sarah Cole-
man, daughter of James and Lucy O. 1 Hawkins 1
Coleman, of Hopkinsville. Ky. Three children
were bom of their union: Lucy A., wife of Elder
M. Stevenson, of Canton. 111.; Annan Lee, wife
of Lyman I. Henry, an attorney-at-law of Ouray,
Colo.: and Hardin C, of Blandinsville, who died
,1. Ma\ 4,

On leaving Monmouth, 111., Dr. Huston re-
moved to Mexico, Mo., where he spent two years.
aud then returned to Rushville. where lie engaged
in practice until L862. In that year he took up

Of ILLINOIS
UR6AM

I'ii 1 1. 1 r E. Elting

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his residence upon a farm in Henderson County,
but still continued in practice, and in 187 J he
came to Blandiusville, where he has since made
his home. The liberal patronage he receives at-
tests his skill and ability and the confid n
posed in him. He has steadily worked his way
upward, and now occupies a prominent place
among his professional brethren of the county.
In politics, he is a Democrat, and socially is a
member of Blandinsville Lodge No. 233, A. F.
X A. M.

r^IIII.Il' ]•. HI. TING, arising young attorney
W of Macomb. 111., has the honor of being a
\H native of McDonough County, having been
bom on January 23, [862, in Emmet Township.
His grandfather, John Kiting, was a native of
Holland, the Kiting famil) having emigrated to
America about the time of the Revolution, in
which war the elder brothers took part. When
John grew to manhood he engaged in the mercan-
tile business in the city of Xew York, the old
homestead being in Dutchess County, X. V.

In [840 he emigrated westward, locating" in
Quincy, HI., and afterwards removed to Peoria.
111., where he engaged extensively in the real
estate business. By diligence and industry he
became one of the wealthiest men in the West.
His death occurred March 21. [86l. His wife,
who was a native of France, died while on a visit
to Xew York.

The father of the subject of this sketch. Philip
II. Elting, was born in the Empire State, Febru-
ary 1. 1. [814. After acquiring a collegiate educa-
tion, he took a position as book keeper in his
father's store. His father, appreciating his pecu-
liar fitness for positions of trust and con.
sent him West in [834, to look after his extensive
landed interests in McDonough and surrounding
counties.

Philip H. Elting was a farmer, and was fairly
successful in the avocation of his choice. He was
married January 24. 18^4, to Margaret, daughter
of Francis McSperitt, who came to McDonough

County in 1837. They were the parents of twelve

children, of whom eight are now living, all being
residents of this county. Mr. Elting died July
jj, [876. His widow, who is a native of Ireland,
still survives him, and resides on the old home
stead on section 12, in Emmet Township.

We now take up the personal history of Philip
E. lilting, who iswidelyand favorabl} known in
his native county. He acquired his early educa-
tion in the common schools, and by careful appli-
cation laid a good foundation for the superstruc-
ture of a useful life.

Later, he was graduated from the Macomb Nor
mal and Commercial College, in the Class of '84.
Returning to the farm, he gave careful attention
to farming until 1889, when, wishing to follow
some other profession, he began reading law in
the office of Sherman & Tunnicliff", attorneys of
Macomb, with whom he studied one year. He
then entered the law department of the North-
western University at Chicago. After pursuing
a thorough course of study, he was graduated with
the Class of '02, as Bachelor of Laws. After leaving
school he relumed to Macomb, where he opened
an office and has since been successful!;, engaged
in practice. He possesses a worthy ambition, is
enterprising and progressive, and strictly profes
sional in his practice, and has a blight future be-
fore him.

In early life Mr. lilting became identified with
the p ilitical into 1 :sts ^<i his nath e township. 1 Ie
is an uncompromising Republican and has the
courage of his convictions. For years the pre-
cinct had been strongly Democratic, when, in [884,
he accepted the nomination for Township Clerk
on the Republican ticket, and he was theonlj one
elected on that ticket, receiving a majority of two
votes. The part\ of his choice appreciated his
efforts to mak< a faithful officer, and gave him a
unanimous call for a second race. After an un-
usually spirited fight, he was again successful,
though the majority of the previous \ ear was re-
duced fiftj per cent., and now numbered one.
His faithfulness in the discharge oi his duties, and
the vigorous campaigns that he made, brought
about a change in the political sentiment of the
township, and he was twice again elected his own

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successor, with a majority of twenty-three votes in
each instance, and the Democratic supremacy of
the precinct has never been regained.

Mr. Kiting is connected with the Knights of
Pythias Lodge at Macomb, and in religious belief
is a Methodist. At the Bar he has already won a
reputation which might well be envied by many
an older attorney.

(TAMES H. GRIGSBY is a prominent repre-
I sentative of the business interests of Blandins-
Q) ville, where he is now engaged in banking.
He embarked in this enterprise in 1882, and has
since continued it as a member of the firm of
Grigsby Brothers & Co. Theirs is one of the solid
financial institutions of the county, and the safe
and conservative policy of the bank has won the
confidence of the people throughout the commun-
ity.

The gentleman whose name heads this record is
a native of Blandinsville, his birth having here
occurred on the 5th of January, 1851, and he is a
representative of one of the honored pioneer fami-
lies of the county. His parents, William H. and
Elizabeth (Seybold) Grigsby, were both natives
of Kentucky, and on leaving that State in 1830
they emigrated northward to Illinois, and cast in
their lot with the early settlers of McDonough
County. This locality then was an almost un-
broken wilderness, the county seat contained but
few inhabitants, and many of the now thriving
towns and villages had not then sprung into exist-
ence. The Grigsby family numbered six chil-
dren, of whom four are yet living, namely: Nancy
J., wife of Newton Gordon, a resident of Bland-
insville; John E., who also makes his home in
this place: James II., of this sketch: and Mary L.,
wife of Dr. W. E. Grigsby. Those deceased are
Charles and Alice.

Our subject was reared in his native town, and
acquired his early education in the public schools,
but he afterward continued his studies for five
vears under the instruction of a private tutor,
William Forest. He remained under the parental

roof until twenty-five years of age, and for four-
teen years he was employed to a greater or less
extent in his father's mill, becoming familiar with
all the details of the business. In 1882, he em-
barked in the banking business, as before stated ,
and has since devoted his time and attention to
the same.

On the 2d of October, 1875, Mr. Grigsby led to
the marriage altar Miss Lillian C. Mason, daugh-
ter of Horatio N. and Louisa (Gruber) Mason.
Three children have been born of their union:
William Ehnnan, Harry M. and Roy, all of whom
are still under the parental roof. The parents
and the eldest son hold membership with the Bap-
tist Church of Blandinsville.

Mr. Grigsby takes an active interest in civic
societies and is an honored member of various or-
ganizations. He belongs to Blandinsville Lodge
No. 233, A. F. <N: A. M.; Blandinsville Chapter
No. 108, 0. E. S.; New Hope Lodge No. 263,
I. O. O. F.; Hardin Lodge No. 25, A. (). U. W.;
and the Modern Woodmen of America. He cast
his first Presidential vote for Horace Greeley, and
since that time has been a supporter of the Dem-
ocratic party. He has been elected to a number
of local offices, including that of Alderman, Town-
ship Treasurer and Village Treasurer. He dis-
charges his public duties with a promptness and
fidelity that have won him the commendation of
all concerned. He is true to every public and
private trust, and is a man of sterling worth and
strict integrity, who is held in high regard by all
who know him.

SEORGE M. OAKMAN is one of the wick-
awake and enterprising citizens of Blandins-
ville, who is now editing the Blandinsville
Gazette. Almost his entire life has been passed
in Mel tonough County and he is numbered among
its native sons. He was born in Hire Township,
on the 17th of April, 1S62, and is a sou of Isaac
A. and Elizabeth M. Oakman. His father, a na-
tive of Huntingdon County, Pa., came to Mc-
Donough County in 1852. For many years he

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followed farming, but at length retired from that
pursuit and removed to Macomb. At this writing
he is serving as Treasurer of the county. The
mother of our subject bore the maiden name of
Elizabeth M. Campbell, and was a daughter of
James and Eliza 1 MeCollough ) Campbell, who
were natives of Franklin County, Pa.

The Oakman family numbered nine children,
six sons and three daughters: James F., a farmer
and stock-raiser residing in Bardolph, 111.: Man
E., wife of X. Swigart, a farmer and stock-raiser
residing in Macomb; John Orr, who is engaged in
the grocery business in Blandinsville; Robert \\\,
a furniture dealer of Macomb: George M.. whose
name heads this record; Isaac N.. who is living
in Fountain Green, Hancock County, where he
follows fanning and stock-raising; Margaret B.,
at home: Bert, who is local editor of the Macomb
Eagle; and a daughter who died in infancy.

Mr. Oakman whose name heads this record

spent the days of his boyh 1 and youth on his

father's farm, aiding in the labors of the fields
through the summer months, while in the winter
season he attended the district schools of the home
township. Thus his time was passed until sixteen
years of age, when he entered the public schools
of I, a Harpe, there pursuing his studies for two
years. On the expiration of that period he began
teaching in Durham Township, Hancock County,
and followed that profession for ten years, being
employed in Henderson, Hancock, McDonough
and Morgan Counties. During this time he was
principal of the schools in Terre Haute, Colches-
ter and Meredosia, remaining in the last-named
place for four years. He was successful as a
teacher, his work along that line always proving
very satisfactory.

On Christmas Day, 1883, Mr. Oakman led to
the marriage altar Miss Adelia St. Clair, of Dur-
ham Township, Hancock County, daughter of
Joel and Nancy P. 'Barn St. Clair. One child
graces their union, Edna Pearl, born January 31 ,
1888. Socially, Mr. Oakman is connected with
Good Will Lodge No. 91, K. P., of Colchester;
Blandinsvile Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M.;
Blandinsville Chapter No. 108, O. E. S. ; Mere-
dosia Chapter No. 11, R. A. M.; Hardin Lodge

No. 25, A. O. U. W.; Aten Lodge No. 22, D.
H.; Meredosia Camp No, 705, M. W. A.; and
the N. B. of J.

Mr. Oakman cast his first Presidential vote for
Grover Cleveland, and is an advocate of the Dem-
ocratic party and its principles. Its men and
measures he supports throughout the columns ol
his paper. On the 17th of January, 1890, he
purchased the Blandinsville Gazette, which he has
since continued to publish. He did not remove
to this place, however, until May of that year.
The Gazette has a good circulation, and is well
worthy of a liberal patronage.

3OSEPH FRY, Jr.. one of the leading farmers
of LaHarpe Township, Hancock County,
residing on section 19, was born on the 6th
of August, i860, in Missouri, and is the second
son of Joseph Fry. The father was a native of
Bourbon County, Ky.. bom on the 16th of Oc-
tober, 1806. His education was acquired in the
district schools of his native State, and when a
young man he learned the trade of a bricklayer
and stone-mason, which pursuits he followed for
a number of years. In 1865 he emigrated with
his family to Illinois, and located in Hancock
County.

Our subject was at that time a child of only five
years. The district schools of LaHarpe Town-
ship provided him his earlier educational privi-
leges, but later he attended the public schools of
La Harpe. Throughout his life he has followed
fanning. As soon as old enough to handle the
plough, he began work in the fields, and has since
devoted his time and attention to the tilling of
the soil. His farm is well stocked with a good
grade of horses, cattle and hogs. Here he has
lived since 1S90. Previous to this time he spent
two years in Blandinsville Township, McDonough
County, where he worked in a brickyard.

Mr. Fry has been twice married. On the 18th
of January, 1883, he was united in marriage with
Miss Mary M. Harris, of La Harpe Township,
Hancock County, and a daughter of Isaac and

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Mary (Atwater) Harris. One child was born to
them, Leomie. The mother was called to the home
beyond on the ist of June, 1892, and Mr. Fry was
again married, on the ist of February, 1893, Miss
Freddie P>. Duncan, daughter of John and Marga-
ret A. 1 Chapiri ) Duncan, becoming his wife. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Fry hold membership with the
Christian Church of East Durham, and take an
active part in its upbuilding. In politics, he has
been a Democrat since attaining his majority.
His first Presidential vote was cast for Grover
Cleveland in i.S.Xa. He is a public-spirited and
progressive citizen, and the best interests of the
community find in him a warm friend. He may
truly be called a self-made man, for hissuccess in
life is all clue to his own efforts, as he started out
in life empty-handed, and by his own industry has
steadily worked his way upward.

IIIJJAM B. TOWLER, dealer in groceries,
glassware, queensware, farm implements
and general farmers' supplies, is a well-
known resident of La Harpe, who is recognized
as one of its leading and influential citizens. He
was born in Hire Township, McDonough County,
111., on the 27th of September, 1865, and mention
of his family is made in the sketch of W. A. Tow-
ler on another page of this work. During his
first year, our subject removed with his parents
to a farm in Pa Harpe Township, Hancock County,
two and a-quarter miles from this place, and there-
he was reared to manhood, spending the days of
his boyhood and youth in the usual manner of
farmer lads. His educational privileges were
those afforded by the district schools of the neigh-
borhood. He conned his lessons through the
winter season, and in the summer months aided
in the labors of the farm. However, he entered
Gittings Seminary in 1885, and there pursued
his studies for two years.

On leaving school, Mr. 'fowler returned to the
farm, where he continued for one summer, and in
the autumn of 1888 he removed to La Harpe,
where lie embarked iii the grocery business in

connection with R. B. Hetrick. This partnership
existed only about one year and nine months,
after which Mr. Towler bought out his partner's
interest and conducted the business alone until the
10th of October, 1890, when his store and con-
tents were destroyed by fire. Immediately after
this disaster, he formed a partnership with W. A.
Towler and bought out the store of Gill, Ginna-
van & Co. They carried on this business success-
fully for about three years and a-half, but are now
rapidly disposing of their goods, preparatory to
closing out their trade.

On the 27th of September, 1892, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. Towler and Miss Fannie J.
Brizendine, daughter of John Brizendine, a well-
known citizen of La Harpe. Their union has
been blessed with one child, William C. The
parents are widely known in this community,
where they have many warm friends and agree-
able acquaintances, who esteem them highly.
Their home is a hospitable one, and a warm greet-
ing is always extended to their guests.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Towler are members of the
Christian Church, and take an active interest in
its work and upbuilding. He is now serving as
Deacon of the church, which position he has held
for about six years. In politics, he advocates
Republican principles, and his first Presidential
vote was cast for Gen. Benjamin Harrison. He
has never been an aspirant for public office, but
in the spring of 1S92 he was elected Township
Clerk for a term of two years. He is a young
man of good business ability, and his enterprise
and industry have won for him success thus far in
his undertakings.

(TAMES M. BRADSHAW, one of the enter-
I prising, progressive and representative citi-
(~) zens of La Harpe, was born in the township
of the same name on the 20th of December, 1855,
and is a son of Joel Bradshaw, a native of White
Count), Tenn., born September 15, 1S12. The
family numbered ten children, four sons and six
daughters, but three of the latter died in infancy.

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William Dixon is now a fanner 011 section 30, I. a
Harpe Township; Mary Jane became the wife of
Frank Hine, of Jacksonville, 111., and died in
February, 188 1 ; George W. is living on section
25, Durham Township, Hancock County; Sarah
Louisa, deceased, was the wife of William C.
Bainter; Emma K. is the widow of James W, P.
Davis; and Joel D. is deceased.

( »ur subject is the youngest child of the family,
lie acquired his early education in the district
schools of La Harpe Township, but afterwards
supplemented it by study in the Jacksonville Bus-
iness College, which he entered in the fall of 1875.
( )n completing his course he was graduated there-
from in March, 1N76. He entered a class in arith-
metic of seventy-five pupils, which was reduced
in number to fifteen on account of their deficiency.
Mr. Bradshaw, however, remained with the class.
After leaving college, he became a stock-dealer,
and in connection with that business, which he-
has carried on extensively, he has also been largely
engagedin farming. He now owns a farm offour
hundred and fifty acres, of which two hundred and
thirty acres are located cm section 30, La Harpe
Township, while the remainder is across the line
in Durham Township. His farm is one of the
best ill the neighborhood, and its well-tilled fields
and excellent improvements indicate the careful
supervision of the owner and his thrifty and pro-
gressive spirit.

On the 13th of February, 1S7S, Mr. Bradshaw
was united in marriage with Miss Tillie E. Mani-
fold, daughter of Benjamin J. and Cornelia (Hut-
ton) Manifold. Their union has been blessed
with three children, two sons and a daughter, but
Lillian K. died at the age of four weeks. The
others. James F. and Quinton M.. are still with
their parents.

Mr. Bradshaw exercises his right of franchise
in support of the Democracy, and his first Presi-
dential vote was cast for W. S. Hancock in 1876.
1 le has served as School Director for several years,
and was also Road Overseer for several terms, but
has never sought or desired public office, prefer
ring to give his entire time and attention to his
business interests. He has been a Director of the
La Harpe District Fair since its organization, and

was Auditor for the first three years. The fol-
lowing year he was Superintendent of Booths,
and during the fifth year was elected Director,
and Superintendent of the Beef Cattle Department,
which position he has held for four years. He
was also one of the Building Committee. He takes
an active interest in worthy public enterprises,
and is recognized throughout the community as
one of its leading citizens.

REV. CONRAD KLHL, pastor of Zion's
Lutheran Church, of Carthage, is one of the
able ministers of the denomination. He was
born in Bindsachsen, in the grand duchy of Darm-
stadt, Germany, October 21, [821. His father.
Christian Kuhl, was an innkeeper and baker
of that country, and married Elizabeth Gantz.
In 1R34 became with his family to the United
States, locating in Zanesville, Ohio. In the spring
of 1836 he removed to Beardstown, 111., making
thejourney in the old-style moving wagon, known
as a "prairie schooner." In Beardstown the par-
ents spent their remaining days, both passing the
eightieth milestone on life's journey. In this
country the father followed the occupation of
farming. Their family numbered six children,
who reached mature years and reared families of
their own, but all are now deceased with the ex-
ception of Conrad. The eldest brother, George,
died recently at his home in Beardstown, at the
age of eighty-six. One brother, Philip, was a
Methodist Episcopal preacher, and died in Bur-
lington, Iowa; and other members of the family
were merchants and teachers.

We now take up the personal history of our
subject, who at a very earl} age began to earn
his own livelihood by working as an errand boy.
He was thus employed in Zanesville, and in
Beardstown. Later for three years he entered the
drug store of Dr. Hoffman, wdio was the origi-
nator of the method of making glucose. There
he became acquainted with the science of chemis-
trj , but at the age of twenty he left the mercan-
tile business, having decided to enter the ministry.

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

lit- studied two and a-half years at a private
school at Springfield, and afterwards entered
Pennsylvania College, of Gettysburg, Pa., and
was graduated from its theological seminary in
1848. He was now fitted for his chosen profes-
sion, and was soon placed in charge of a church
in Quincy, 111. His ordination as a minister oc-
curred in 1850, in Oregon, Ogle County, 111., by
the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Illinois. In
the fall of 1850 he entered the western missionary
work, and was employed in western Illinois and
eastern Iowa for a year, supplying pulpits and
establishing new churches. In 1851 and 1852 he
was pastor of a church in Springfield, 111.

On the 12th of September, 1849, our subject
was united in marriage with Miss Evaline M.
Sell, of Gettysburg, Pa. To them have been
born three children, who are yet living: Clemen-
tine E., wife of C. M. Banks, of Boardman,
Fla.; Martha S., wife of J. W. Hunter, of Cali-
fornia, Mo., who is a member of the Legislature
of that State; and Abby A., a college graduate,
who is now teaching in the public schools.

On leaving Springfield, 111., Rev. Mr Kuhl
went to Mt. Carmel, where he remained for three
years. He then spent a year and a-half as agent
in Pennsylvania for the Illinois University at
Springfield, after which he returned to Quincy to
take charge of a new church, of which he was
pastor three years. The three succeeding years
were spent in Liberty, 111., and later he was in
Perry, Pike County, and in Pittsfield for six years.
It was in 1868 that he came to Carthage to take
charge of a small church, then paying a salary of
only about $250. The condition of his coming
was that the church should build a parsonage.
He has since remained as a Lutheran minister in
Carthage, and has done a good work in this place.

During the latter part of 1869, at a synod held
in Hillsboro, a visiting member urged that steps
be taken to found a Lutheran college somewhere
in Illinois. Mr. Kuhl, who was President of the
synod, was favorably impressed with the idea, and
was made Chairman of the committee to consider
the same, and take steps toward its fulfillment.
Later a convention met in Dixon, in 1869, to con-
sider this subject. It advised the appointment of

a Board of Commissioners of twelve, representing
the four synods. These convened at Carthage,
deliberated upon several overtures, and accepted
one made by Carthage, which amounted to a fine
building site and $20,000 toward the erection of
the present building. In prosecuting this work,
Mr. H. Draper acted as financial agent and attor-
ney for the citizens. Carthage College was char-
tered and organized by the citizens, and a Board
of Trustees was chosen to conduct affairs. From
the beginning, Mr. Kuhl has taken a prominent
part in this enterprise, and has always served on
the Board of Trustees until lately. He has also
been prominent and active in Sunday-school work,
and was an agent of the American Bible Society.
For several years he served as President of the
synod, and has frequently been a delegate to the
General Synod. The greater part of his time and
attention has been devoted to church work, and
his efforts have not been unavailing, but have re-
sulted in much good.

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ROBERT TARMAN, who died January 17,
1894, was a well-known agriculturist of
Hancock County, residing on section 28,
La Harpe Township. He was a native of Rappa-
hannock County, Va., born May 19, 1827. His fa-
ther, George Tarman, was born in Maryland, but
in early life removed to Virginia, from whence he
enlisted in the War of 1812. While residing in
the Old Dominion, he served as overseer or slave-
driver for Samuel Chancellor, but he did not like
this occupation, and in consequence removed to
Ohio, in 1836, accompanied by his family. All
the produce raised on the one thousand acre plan-
tation was hauled to Falmouth, and Mr. Tarman
handled all the money for the same. He was
married in February, 18 17, to Mary Spieer,
daughter of William Spieer, of Rappahannock
County, Va., and unto them were born nine chil-
dren in all. He took his wife and eight children
in a one-horse cart to their new home in Ohio.
Their journey, which lasted four weeks, was
made in December, 1836, the weather being

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bitterly cold. When they reached Muskingum
County they put what household effects they had
into a rented cabin, and the father worked at
whatever he could find to do. The mother spun
and wove all the wearing apparel for the family,
and in those early days the}- suffered many trials
and hardships. Their children were as follows:
Martha Ann, deceased, wife of Philip Karnes, a
fanner of Muskingum County, Ohio; Mary Eliz-
abeth, widow of Philip Parker, a farmer of Fay-
ette County, 111.: William, who was a farmer of
Muskingum County, but is now deceased; Al-
fred, who carries on agricultural pursuits in Mus-
kingum County; Robert, of this sketch; Mahala
Jane, deceased, wife of Michael Dolau, who was
captain of a boat on the Ohio Canal and subse-
quently became a physician in Allen County,
Ind. , where he died: Sarah, deceased, wife of Ma-
lliias barman, of Hancock County; .Samuel, who
died in this county; and Archibald, of La Crosse,
111.

Robert Tarman accompanied his parents to
Ohio, and received the rudiments of an education
in the district schools of Muskingum County, but
his privileges were very meagre. He worked on
various farms for his father until he had attained
his majority, when he began working in his own
interest as a farm hand. His first independent
effort in life brought him the munificent sum of
twenty -five cents per day. He had many obsta
cles to overcome, but by industry and persever-
ance he worked his way upward to success.

On the ist of May, 1 8 5 1 , Mr. Tarman was
united in marriage with Miss Phcebe Cassingham,
daughter of Richard and Margaret (Morrison)
Cassingham. Six children were born unto them,
a son and five daughters, namely: Minerva, wife
of Peter Feck, a farmer of Page County, Iowa;
Mattie, at home; Laura, wife of Judson Farman,
an agriculturist of McLean County, 111.; Celia,
deceased; Ollie. at home: and Luther, who has
also passed away.

Mr. Tarman came from Ohio to Hancock
County in 1853, and purchased fifty acres of land
in La Harpe Township, upon which he at once
located. To this he added, however, from time-
to time, until at his death his farm comprised one

hundred and twenty acres of good land, which
yielded to him a golden tribute in return for the
care and labor he bestowed upon it. He was a
man of good business ability, and his well-directed
efforts brought him a comfortable competence,
which his family now possesses.

In politics, Mr. Tarman was a Republican. In
early life he supported the Whig party, but on
the organization of the Republican party he
joined its ranks, and afterward fought under its
banner. He served as School Director for about
sixteen years, and during his term the cause of
education found in him a stalwart supporter, ever
ready to promote its interests. He held member-
ship with the Methodist Protestant Church of La
Harpe. During the past four years he had been
in poor health, and in 1892 he made a trip to the
West, hoping to be benefited thereby. For
twenty-eight years, Mr. Tarman cared for his par-
ents and made their declining days happy. His
mother passed away April 9, 1S92, at the very
advanced age of ninety-five years. Mr. Tarman
was a man of upright principles, and one always
honorable and straightforward in his dealings, and
his well-spent life gained him the confidence and
high regard of his fellow-townsmen.

Mr. Tarman died January 17. 1S94, on ms
farm, and shortly afterwards the family removed
to La Harpe, where they now reside. Of him
the I. a Harper said upon the occasion of his
death :

"For a long time he was seriously afflicted,
but during all his afflictions he was patient and
hopeful. His expressed desire to live was from
intense love for his family. But though desirous
to live, he became fulls- reconciled to the Divine
Providence that called him away. His faith and
hope rested upon the Rock of Ages. It is blessed
to die the death of the righteous. Though con-
scious that he had not lived up to the privileges
afforded him — conscious of failure to live a perfect
Christian life — yet such was his faith in the mercy
and love of God, so clearly manifested in the gift
of His Son to redeem a lost world, that he calmly
rested at the foot of the Cross, and for many days
before his death, as he thought of that hymn en-
titled, 'Take Me as I Am.' requested that it be

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sun- at his funeral. It was a great comfort to
the bereaved that Mr. Tarman was conscious and
able to converse with them to within a few min-
utes of his death. In the death of Mr. Tarman
the community has lost an excellent citizen, the
church a devoted member, and the family a loving
husband and father.

0SCAR W. HUSTON is one of the prominent
and highly respected citizens of Blandins-
ville. He was formerly connected with the
business interests of this place, but is now living
a retired life. He has the honor of being a na-
tive of Illinois, his birth having occurred in Hen-
derson County on the iSth of May, 1858. His
parents were Walter and Mary Ann (Johnson)
Huston. His father was born in White Count}',
Tenn., in 1823, and in 1830 became a resident of
Illinois, locating in Henderson County. His
wife was a native of Ohio. In their family were
seven children: Nancy J., wife of Hugh Hodgins,
a contractor and builder residing in Omaha, Neb. ;
Matthew, who carries on farming in Henderson
Count)-; Margaret, who is also living in Omaha,
Neb.: Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Leinbach, an ag-
riculturist of Henderson County; Joel B., fore-
man of an importing firm of Georgetown, Tex.;
and Mary K., who is now deceased.

Oscar W. Huston whose name heads this record
is the youngest child of the family. No event of
special importance occurred during his boyhood
and youth, which were quietly passed upon his
mother's farm. Through the winter season he
attended the district schools of the neighborhood,
and thus acquired a good English education. In
the summer mouths he aided in the labors of the
field, and early in life became familiar with all
kinds of farm work. Remaining upon the home
farm, he gave his mother the benefit of his services
until he had reached the age of thirty years. In
February, 1892, he came to Blandiusville and
opened a shoe-store, which he successfully con-
ducted tor a year and a-half, doing a good busi-
ness in that line, but on the [6th of November,

1893, he sold out, and is now awaiting develop-
ments in some business line.

On the 5th of February, 1880, Mr. Huston was
united in marriage witli Miss Eliza J. Green,
daughter of Edward and Eliza J. (Howard)
Green, and a native of Iowa. Three children
have come to bless their union: Elsie L., who was
bom November 16, 1880; Ola E., June 22, 1883;
and Edna B., March 20, 1S88.

Mr. Huston is a supporter of the Prohibition
party. He was formerly a Democrat, but on ac-
count of his strong temperance principles hejoined
the political party which embodied his views on
that subject. He has never sought or desired
public office, but served as School Director, and
the cause of education has found in him a warm
and faithful friend. Socially, he is a member of
Blandiusville Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M.:
Blandiusville Chapter No. 208, R. A. M.; and
the Modern Woodmen of America. He and his
wife are both members of the Order of the Eastern
Star, and both are leading members of the Chris-
tian Church. They are prominent people of this
community, who occupy an enviable position in
social circles and have many warm friends, who
esteem them highly.

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W|RS. MARY B. URBAN is the youngest
y daughter of. David and Elizabeth (Thomp-
(g son ) Byler, wdio are numbered among the
honored pioneer settlers of Hancock Count)'. Lo-
cating here in an early day, they not only wit-
nessed the growth and development of this locality,
but were prominently identified with its upbuild-
ing, and were actively interested in its progress.
Further mention of the parents is made on another
page of this work.

Mrs. Urban was born in Hancock County on
the 3d of October, 1S69. and acquired her early
education in the district schools near her home.
She thus became familiar with all the rudimentary
branches. In the winter of 1891-92 she pursued
a more advanced course in the Gittings Seminary
of LaHarpe. Her maidenhood days were quietly

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passed in the usual manner of girls of this period,
and May 24, 1893, she was united in marriage
with Albert Urban, an enterprising and wide-
awake young farmer, who is now operating the old
Byler homestead on section 9, Durham Township.
He too is a native of Hancock County, born Feb-
ruary 7. [872, and the district schools afforded
him his educational privileges. In his political
views, he is a Republican. Although a young
man, he displays in the management of the farm
good business and executive ability, and will un-
doubtedly win success in life. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Urban are well-known people of Hancock County,
where their entire lives have been passed, and
throughout this community they have many warm
friends.

ROLAND M. PARKER, M. D., is a medical
practitioner of recognized ability in Warsaw,
and receives from the public a liberal patron-
age, which is well merited. He was born in Madi-
son County, X. V.. March 21, 1818, and is a son
of Leonard C. and Betsy T. ( Bennett ) Parker,
the former a native of Massachusetts, and the lat-
ter df Connecticut. Tradition says that the Par-
kers are descendants of Sir Peter Parker. The
father of our subject carried on merchandising and
farming for many years. Removing to the Em-
pire State in an early day, he there spent the re-
mainder of his life, reaching the ripe old age of
eighty-two years.

In taking up the history of the Doctor, we learn
that he was educated in the common schools of
his native county. His fust venture in business
life was as a hotel clerk in the employ of his uncle.
Subsequently he became superintendent of the
hotel, and in [843 he embarked in the lumber
business, which he carried on for a time. Hewas
also engaged in the study of medicine, and after
having acquired a certain proficiency he engaged
in its practice as a member of the allopathic school.
Later, he took up the study of homeopathy and
embarked in the exclusive practice of medicine in
Cincinnati, Ohio, in the spring of 1846. There

he was employed until 1863, when he went to St.
Louis, spending four years in that city. In 1867
he came to Hancock County, and purchased a
very fine farm in Nauvoo. Subsequently he be-
came the possessor of the old Brigham Young
property, and continued its improvement and the
cultivation of his land until his removal to War-
saw in 1888. Since that time he has/esided in
this city.

Dr. Parker was married in 1863, the lady of his
choice being Miss Jennie Swan. She died in
[878, leaving two children, a sou and daughter.
James W. graduated both from the scientific and
medical departments of the State University of
Iowa, and is now engaged in medical practice
with his father. On the nth of July, [888, la-
was united in marriage with Miss Donna M. T.
Bennett, who is also a graduate of the Iowa l"ni
versity, and is engaged in practice with her
husband. Bessie G., the daughter of the Parker
family, is a highly educated young lady, who was
also graduated from the State University of Iowa.

Dr. R. M. Parker is a member of the Masonic
fraternity, and in politics is an inflexible adherent
of the principles of Republicanism. He does all
in his power to promote the growth and insure
the success of his party, and was a delegate to the
National Convention in 1884. His residence of
more than a quarter of a century in Hancock
County has brought him a wide acquaintance,
and by all who know him he is held in high re-
gard. The firm of Parker & Son is a well known
one. and deserves mention on the pages of this
history.

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3AC< >P> RKISKI.T. who carries on general
farming on section 23, Durham Township, is
a native of German), born March 1, [829.
In that country he spent the first fourteen years
of his life, and in accordance with the laws of the
land attended the public schools. In 1843, how-
ever, he bade adieu to friends and country, and
sailed for America in company with his parents,
Jacob and Vienna (Spoon) Reiselt. His father

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owned a farm in Germany, but in the year above
mentioned lie disposed of his property and crossed
the briny deep to the New World. Making his
way to Ohio, he purchased a farm in Franklin
County, and there spent his remaining days. He
carried on agricultural pursuits until his death,
which occurred at the ripe old age of eighty-four
\ cars. a

Not long after coming to the United States, Mr.
Reiselt started out in life to make his own way in
the world. In 1845-46 he worked as a farm hand
for Jeremiah Clark, of Franklin County, Ohio,
receiving only $1 1 per month for his services.
After two years, however, his wages were in-
creased to $15 per month. He has driven cattle
to Philadelphia and New York at a time when it
required three months to make the trip, and has
also borne other hardships of frontier life.

It was in 1S66 that Mr. Reiselt came to Illi-
nois and located upon the farm which is now his
home. He first bought one hundred and twenty
acres of land on the southeast quarter of section
23, Durham Township, and later he added to
this an additional tract of forty acres. He has
made substantial improvements upon the place,
and has good buildings and fences and all the
other accessories of a model farm. The fields are
well tilled and the place is neat and thrifty in ap-
pearance. To some extent he deals in stock, sell-
ing generally to local buyers.

On the 1 8th of December, 1851, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. Reiselt and Miss Elizabeth
Weatherington, a native of Franklin County,
Ohio. They have become the parents of five
children, namely: Henry, who is now living in
Nebraska; William, a resident of this county;
Effie, at home: Mrs. Mary Kradfield, of Han-
cock County; and Rettie, who is still at home.

Since casting his first Presidential vote for
Franklin Pierce in 1852, Mr. Reiselt has been a
supporter of the Democracy. He has held some
local offices, having served as Township Trustee
for fourteen years and as Commissioner for six
\ ears. His frequent re-election to these offices
well indicates his fidelity to duty. At the age of
fourteen years he joined the Lutheran Church,
and has since been one of its active and faithful

members, working earnestly for its upbuilding
and advancement. His business career has been
a prosperous one. He carries forward to a suc-
cessful completion whatever he undertakes, un-
deterred by the difficulties and obstacles in his
path. Enterprise and industry are numbered
among his chief characteristics, and as the result
he has become the possessor of a neat home and
comfortable property.

(JOSEPH T. PAINTER, deceased, was born
I on the 25th of March, 1800, in Philadelphia,
(2/ Pa., and came of a family of German origin.
His father, William Painter, was also a native of
the Keystone State, and was one of the heroes of
the Revolution. He married Martha Torton, in
1785, and the lady was also a native of Pennsyl-
vania. They became the parents of nine chil-
dren: Charles; Sarah, who became the wife of
Henry Reynolds, and emigrated to Hancock
County in 1836; William, who came to this county
two years later; Philip, who became one of the
early settlers of Missouri, of 1816; John; Mary
Ann, wife of John Bryan, who came to Hancock
County in 1839; Joseph; Martha, wife of John
Reynolds; and Lydia, wife of Isaac Pierson, who
came to this county in 1850. None of the family
are now living.

Joseph T. Painter, an honored pioneer of this
locality, acquired his education in New Castle,
Mercer County, Pa. His school privileges, how-
ever, were limited to ninety days' attendance at
the subscription schools. When a young man of
nineteen years he left home, with the intention of
trying his fortune in the West, and went on a flat-
boat to Missouri, taking with him a carcling-ma-
chine. He made the return trip on horseback in
1823, reaching his destination after twenty -eight
days of travel. He then purchased a farm of one
hundred acres in Mercer County, Pa., and. turn-
ing his attention to its cultivation, continued to
engage in agricultural pursuits for about thirteen
years, when, in 1836, he again left the East. It
was in that year that he cast his lot among the

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pioneer settlers of Illinois. On the 4th of June
he reached what was then called Spillmaii's Land-
ing, now Pontoosuc, and made his way hither.
Here he purchased the northwest quarter of sec-
tion 9, La Harpe Township, and began the de-
\ elopment of a farm.

Ere his removal West. Mr. Fainter was mar-
ried. On the 3d of January. 1828, he was united
in marriage with Jane Graham, and to them were
born three children, Angeline, Charles and
Thompson, bnt all are now deceased. The
mother of this family died August [3, [833, and
Mr. Painter was married October 18, 1834, to
Phoebe Rea, daughter of John and Ann (White)
Rea. They also became the parents of three chil-
dren: Plemon, deceased; Delina, wife ol S. F.
Bryan, of La Harpe: and Arion. who was killed
at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, while aiding
in the defense of the Union during the late war.
He was a member of Company 1), Twenty-eighth
Illinois Infantry. Charles was also in the service,
being one of the boys in bine of Company G, One
Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry. He
served for three years, and was mustered out in
the fall of 1865. He was First Lieutenant of his
company.

In 183S Mr. Painter went to Pennsylvania,
where he purchased material for a gristmill, which
was put up by Henry Reynolds ou the southwest
quarter of section 9, La Harpe, also for a saw-
mill, which he erected himself on section 10, La
Harpe, and which he operated about two years,
although he owned it ten or twelve years, when
it parsed out of his hands. These were among
the pioneer mills of this section of country.

Mr. Fainter continued to engage in agricultural
pursuits until i860, when he retired from active
life, and went to live with his daughter, Mrs. S.
F. Bryan, with whom he remained until his death,
which occurred on the 9th of September, [875.
In politics, he was originally a Whig, and on the
organization of the Republican party joined its
ranks. He served as Constable for several yeai S,
and was Assessor and Collector for fourteen years.
For the long period of thirty years he served as
School Director, and the cause of education ever
found in him a warm friend. He was a faithful

member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
was a charitable and benevolent man, who aided
in the upbuilding of all enterprises calculated to
promote the best interests of the community. He
was a valued and prominent citizen of Hancock
County for almost fortj years, and this history
would be incomplete without the record of his
life.

("JACOB BRYAN, deceased, was one of the
I early settlers of Hancock County, and one
Q) who was widely and favorably known in this
locality. A native of Hunterdon, X. J., he was
born on the 15th of August, 1794, and was a sou
of William and Mary iSuphen) Bryan. His
father was born in New Jersey, February 12,
1 761. Of their children, Mary became the wife
of Samuel Hutton, of La Harpe Township, and
both she and her husband are deceased. Rachel
married Robert Simonton, of Pennsylvania, and
they are now deceased: Eleanor became the wife of
James Burns, and both died in Pennsylvania;
Hannah married Thomas Fainter, and both passed
away in the Keystone State; Jane, Eliza, John, Ja-
cob, Isaac and William are also deceased.

Jacob Bryan of this sketch was reared on his
father's farm in New Jersey, and during his youth
attended the subscription schools of his native
State. In 1819, he removed to Mercer County,
Fa., and, purchasing a farm of one hundred acres,
there began life as a fanner. He followed agri-
cultural pursuits throughout his remaining days,
and met with good success in his undertakings.
As a companion and helpmate on life's journey-
he chose Mary Bagley, daughter of Daniel and
Elizabeth 1 Showerman ) Bagley. Their marriage
was celebrated in Crawford County, Pa., on the
14th of May, 1824, and unto them were born
seven children, one of whom died in infancy.

The year 1840 witnessed the removal of Mr.
Bryan and his family to Hancock Count}'. He
took up his residence in La Harpe Township, and
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on
section 3, La Harpe Township, where he began
the development of a farm. By additional pur-

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chase he added to this from time to time until he
became the owner of six hundred acres of valuable
land, which yielded to him a golden tribute in re-
turn for the care and labor he bestowed upon it.
He successful!} carried on farming until the 2dof
November, 1857, when he retired from active life
and removed with his wife and two children to
La Harpe. He died on the 28th of March, 1S80.
His wife, who still survives him, is now in her
eighty-ninth year.

In his political views, Mr. Bryan was originally
a Whig, but when the Republican party was
formed he joined its ranks, and was ever afterward
one of its stalwart supporters. He never aspired
to public office, nor would he accept political pre-
ferment. He was originally a member of the
Methodist Church, but afterward, when the Meth-
odist Protestant Church was organized, he joined
the same and was one of its consistent and faithful
members until his death. He was always found
on the side of right, a supporter of all that would
benefit and elevate humanity. His career was
ever honorable, and his example is one well worthy
of emulation.

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*YSAAC SOULE, one of the honored pioneers of
I Hancock County, who through a long period
X has witnessed the growth and development of
this region, and has aided in its progress and ad-
vancement, was born in Warren, Trumbull Coun-
ty, Ohio, September [3, 1820, ami is the second
son of Josiah and Sarah Soule. The Soule fam-
ily trace back their ancestry to the time the ' ' May-
flower " made its way across the Atlantic, in 1620.
Among the passengers on that vessel was George
Soule. He cast in his lot with the Pilgrim Fa-
thers, and lived to an advanced age, dying in
[679. To him was born John Soule, who lived
in Duxbury, Mass. His wife's given name was
Mary. The settlement of his estate was dated
March 1, 1707 or 1708, so that it is probable he
died in 1707. Benjamin Soule, his son, married
Sarah Standish, daughter of Alexander Standish,
a son of Capt. Miles Standish. Benjamin died

December 1, 1729, aged sixty-three years; his
wife died March 14, 1740, aged seventy-three
years. Zachariah, son of Benjamin, born March
21, 1694, was married June 9, 1720, to Mary
Eaton. Zachariah died May 3, 1 7 5 1 , aged fifty-
seven years. Ephraim, his son, born May 11,
1729, was married February 10, 1757, to Rebecca
Whitmarsh, daughter of Richard Whitmarsh, and
died January 24, 1817, aged eighty-seven years;
his wife died September 5, 1805, aged seventy -
five years. Daniel Soule, his son, born Novem-
ber 16, 1757, was married May 1, 17S3, to Sarah
Cushman, seventh daughter of Josiah Cushman.
of' Plymouth, a lineal descendant of the fourth
generation from Elder Thomas Cushman, one of
the " Mayflower " Pilgrims. Daniel died in 1836,
aged eighty-one years.

Josiah, the father of our subject, born January
13, 1794, married Sally Young, ofWareham,
Mass., and died March 9, 1S72. The sous of
Josiah Soule were Josiah, Isaac, George, Plymp-
ton, James, Harrison and Warren. The daugh-
ters were Julia, Clarissa, Emily and Clara. All
are dead but Isaac and Julia. Julia, who lives at
Warren, Ohio, attended the golden wedding of
her brother in 1893.

At the age of seventeen years Isaac Soule left
his bovhood home to find one in the then far
West, and in 1837 came to La Harpe. Here he
secured employment with a Mr. McFarlaud, a
tanner, to whom he engaged for a seven-year
apprenticeship.

On the 1st of February, 1843, Mr. Soule was
united in marriage with Miss Eunice Ricker, the
ceremony being performed by John Hicok, a
Justice of the Peace. The lady was born near
Portland, Me., January 19, 1826, and was the
eldest child of Timothy and Mary A. Ricker.
About 1838 her parents left the rock-ribbed, laud
of Maine and started westward. They traveled
In- rail from Dover to Boston; by water from Bos-
ton to New York; again by rail from New York
to Pittsburgh, and then on a boat went down the
Ohio and up the Mississippi River to Spillman's
Landing, now called Poutoosuc. There they
hired a team, and after three weeks' travel reached
La Harpe on the 2d of June, 1838. Mr. Ricker

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at once began the erection of a home, which is
still known as the Ricker house, but his death
occurred before its completion. His family was
thus left in a new country, with few acquaintances,
to battle with the world, and overcome as best
they could the difficulties by which they were
surrounded.

Mr. and Mrs. Soule began their domestic life in
a small frame house on the north end of the lot
on which their residence now stands. It contin-
ued to be their home for two years, during
which time their first son, George W., was born,
February is, 1 S44. In [845 the family located
011 a farm two miles east of I. a Harpe. The other
children are Charles \\\ . who was born May 5,
[846, and died August 7, 1 s 4 7 ; Charles W., born
March ;, 1 , 1S4S ; James J. , born October^, [850;
Eugene X., born January 8, 1861; Ernest C,
who was born July 25, t866, and died September
25, 1868; Elbert I., who was born September 3,
[868; .ind Mary E., who was born November 1.
1870, and died on the 14th of April following.

After two years spent upon the farm, Mr. Soule
returned to La Harpe, and in [850 he purchased
his present home. In company with John and
Luther Warren, he crossed the plains in 1S52
with ox-teams, bound for the gold fields of Cali-
fornia. Thej' were four months upon the way,
and during a part of the time they passed in Cali-
fornia they suffered greatly for the necessaries of
lift.-, especiallj for bread. At one time a great snow-
storm prevailed, snow being fifteen feet deep oil
the mountains. They were thirty-four days with-
out bread. The first flour to get into the settle-
ment brought Si. 25 a pound. Two years were
passed by Mr. Soule on the Pacific .Slope, after
which he returned home by way of the Isthmus
of Panama and New York. He was rich in ex-
perience if not in gold, and has main interesting
stories to relate of that trip. for a number of
years thereafter he was employed in the store of
J. ,\; I'.. Warren.

On the 1-4 of February, 1893, Mr. and Mrs.
Soule celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary. During the fifty years in which they have
traveled life's journey together they have wit
uessed many important changes, both in the com

munity in which they live and the lives of those
around them. Sorrow has come into their own
home, but the greater part of their lives has been
blessed with happiness, which we trust may be
theirs for many years to come.

§ "-cj^r^ isi J — ®

(ToilX N. HURDLE, deceased, was born Feb-
I ruary 15, 1831, in Muskingum County, Ohio.

\~) His education was confined to the district
schools of his native county, and was obtained
during his attendance through the winter season
for a few years. At the age of eighteen he began
business for himself by planting crops on rented
tracts of land, when his services were not required
on his father's farm. He did this work on
shares, and in this way accumulated about $600
at the time he was twenty-three years of age.

On the 15th of December, [853, Mr. Hurdle
wedded Miss Mary Wolf, and immediately there-
after removed to Illinois, making the journey with
a two-horse team. After twenty-six days of travel
he reached Henderson County, and purchased a
quarter-section of land for $1,900. He had to go
in debt $1,500 for the same, but he paid off his
indebtedness in three years, on selling the farm
for S4.600. In February, 1857, m connection
with his father, he bought a half-section of land
in LaHarpe Township, Hancock County, for
$7,875. In [861 he purchased his father's inter-
est, giving a mortgage on the same for nearly
$4,000. Hard times came 011 as the result of the
financial crash in 1 S 5 7 . and he offered to sell six
thousand bushels of corn for leu cents a bushel, in
order to pay the interest on the mortgage, but
this was not accepted. The mortgagee sued for
his interest, but finally compromised, and Mr.
Hurdle was to pay the following June. In the
mean time the price of corn was raised to seventy
cents per bushel, and lie easily paid off his in-
debtedness.

In [860 our subject was called upon to mourn
the loss of his wife, who died on the 9th of April,
leaving two children: Edgar F., a farmer of Eaton,
Colo.; and Emma F., wife of John A. Goodau, a

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lumber dealer of the same place. They also lost
one child, Laura J., who died in infancy. Mr.
Hurdle was again married. May 28, 1861, his
second union being- with Klmira A. Barr, a na-
tive of Breckeuridge County, Ky., and a daugh-
ter of Elias and Sallie A. (Beauchamp) Barr,
both of whom were natives of that State. Her
grandfather, Adam Barr, who was a native of
Maryland, served in the Revolution under Wash
ington, and died in Kentucky.

After coming to Hancock County, Mr. Hurdle
added to his possessions, until at his death he
owned nine hundred and five acres of valuable
land in the home farm. His large residence, one
of the finest country dwellings in the county, was
erected in 1872. The barns and outbuildings on
the place are models of convenience, and there is
an air of thrift and prosperity about the whole
place. Eight children came to bless the home,
born of the second marriage, namely: Lula B.,
wife of Dr. T. W. Bath, of Ohio, 111. ; Sarah Olive,
wife of L. S. James, a farmer of La Harpe Town-
ship; Maggie C, wife of C. D. Rice, a farmer of
Durham Township; Carrie A., deceased; William
I v . , Dora K.. Henry A. and John F.

In [873 and 1874. Mr. Hurdle lost about $40,-
000 by indorsing notes for others. He was one
of the most substantial and enterprising citizens
of the county, and with time and means aided in
every work calculated for the upbuilding and the
permanent good of the community. He was a
conscientious Christian gentleman, and was identi-
fied with the Methodist Protestant Church from
the age of eighteen. At the age of seven he be-
came a member of the Washingtonian Temper-
ance Society and ever adhered to the strictest
temperance principles. His honesty was above
question, and his word was as good as his bond.
In early life he was a Whig, but on the organiza-
tion of the Republican party joined its ranks.

Mr. Hurdle's ancestors were of Scotch lineage.
The first of whom we have any authentic account is
John Hurdle, who was horn near Baltimore, Md.,
and there lived many years. He afterward re-
moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he
died in 1842. He was an Abolitionist, and voted
that ticket when there were onh three others of

the same political views in his precinct. His son.
William V. Hurdle, was born in Virginia, and
was reared on his father's farm, but on attaining
manhood he studied medicine, and engaged in
practice for twenty years in Ohio. About [826
he wedded Mary Kinney, daughter of William
and Margaret iMahan) Kinney, of Huntingdon
County, Pa. In 1853 William Y. Hurdle re-
moved to Illinois, where, in company with his son
John, he purchased a farm, to which we have
previously referred.

Mr. Hurdle of this sketch died October 28,
1887, and the county thereby lost one of its best
citizens, his family a loving husband and father,
and the community a wise counsellor, whose ex-
ample may be copied by coming generations with
profit.

|~RANCIS L. FULLMER, dealer in hard and
f^ soft coal, lime and cement, is one of the
I wide-awake and progressive business men of
Hamilton. He is a Canadian by birth, a native
of Lincoln County, in the province of Ontario,
Canada, born September 16, 1840. The family,
however, is of German origin, and his parents,
Jacob and Jane (Merrill) Fullmer, were natives
of Pennsylvania and New York, respectively.
Their family numbered eight children, as follows;
Merrill, now an attorney-at-law and preacher of
Wisconsin; Leander, a traveling salesman of Cal-
ifornia; Francis L., of this sketch; Mary. deceased,
wife of Rev. George Reynolds; Reuben, a lawyer
of South Dakota: Alvira, wife of Joseph Sawyer,
who resides in Beaver Dam, Wis.; Almira, de-
ceased, twin sister of Alvira; and one child who
died in infancy. The father of this family in an
early day removed to Canada and located on a
lann in the province of Ontario. In 1845, he
took his family to Dodge County, Wis., where he
secured land and made a homestead.

Mr. Fullmer whose name heads this record was
only five years of age at the time of the removal.
His education was acquired in the district schools
of Dodge County, and he also attended a sub-
scription school for three terms. When attend-

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ing school at that early period, it was a frequent
occurrence for him to pass three or four Indian
wigwains, when going to and fro from school.
The red men were very numerous, and white set-
tlers rather scarce. On one occasion, when his
mother was at home with her children, a squaw
made an attempt to steal one of her twins, and
succeeded in getting the child rolled up in her
blanket, and on her hack. When Mrs. Fullmer
saw what she was doing, a lively skirmish en-
sued between the two women, and the mother
succeeded in recovering her child. During his
boyhood he worked on his father's farm and early
became inured to the hard labors of the field, but
at length he determined to give his time and at-
tention to other pursuits, and on attaining his ma-
jority, in i Soi, he was engaged as an employe of
the insane asylum at Jacksonville, 111., where he
remained for two years. In 1863, he returned to
Dodge County, and continued farming for a few
years, lor his health had failed and he believed
that outdoor exercise would greatly restore him.

1 inrine, this time, Mr. Fullmer was married.
On the 24th of November, 1 .S64. he was joined in
marriage with Miss Man- Bayless, of Jackson-
ville. Into them have been born two children:
Lee, an employe of the Wabash Railroad, resid-
ing in Springfield, 111.; and Maud, at home. In
1 siio. Mr. Fullmer came with his family to Han-
cock County, locating at West Point, and engaged
in farming for about eight years. On the expi-
ration of that period he removed to Keokuk, Iowa,
where he secured a position as a toll-collector 0:1
a bridge. In 1S76, he was elected Superinten-
dent of the Hancock County Poor Farm, at
Carthage, and held that position for a year. In
[877, he returned to the farm in St. Albans
Township, and for seven years devoted his time
and attention to the cultivation and improve-
ment of his land, making the well-tilled fields
yield to him a good income. In [886, he came
to Hamilton, and has since been engaged in the
business which now occupies his attention. He-
has a good trade and is meeting with well -de-
served success.

Mr. Fullmer holds membership with the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, and exercises his right

of franchise in support of the Republican party.
He has served as School Director, but has never
aspired to public office. He also belongs to Rapid
City Lodge No. 286, K. P., and to Montebello
Lodge No. 697, I. 0. 0. F.-. and also to the Mod
ern Woodmen of America. He has led a busy
and useful life, and his success is due to his own
efforts.

["PATRICK JOSEPH HESSION.M. D.,oneof

Lf the leading young physicians of Hancock
\S County, now successfully engaged in prac-
tice in Hamilton, is a native of St. Louis, Mo.,
born May 26, [863. His father, Thomas Hession,
was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and traced
his ancestry to Usham the Great. Crossing the
Atlantic to America in the steamer -Constella-
tion," in 1N49, he landed at Castle Garden, and
thence went to Greene County, Pa. He became
a contractor on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
and worked along that line to Memphis, Teun.
He was a member of the One Hundred and Fiftj
fourth Regiment of State Militia, and was con
nected with the United States standing army
which aided in the protection of the city of Mem
phis. In [862 he removed to St. Louis, Mo.,
where he wedded Miss Mary B. Laffey. The)
were the parents of six children: Man - , HOW
deceased; the Doctor; John P., of Hamilton;
Catherine, at home; Thomas S., also a practicing
physician of Hamilton; and Man B., who died 111
infancy.

When our subject was an infant his parents hit
St. L,ouis and removed to Keokuk. Iowa, and in
that city and in Hamilton he was reared. His
education was acquired in the public schools of
Hamilton, and his first independent effort in life
was as a bridge carpenter. He then worked at
bridge building and railroading for two years,
and in [884 began the study of medicine under
the direction of Dr. J. C. Hughes, of Keokuk,
Iowa, with whom he continued his studies for
three years. On the [St of March, 1887, he was
graduated from the College- of Physicians and

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.Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa, and, with the excep-
tion of seven months spent in Hickory Ridge, has
since been engaged in practice in Hamilton. In
1893 he took a position with his alma main as
demonstrator of anatomy. The fact that this po-
sition was offered him by the school of which he
was once a pupil, is a high testimonial to his skill.
He at present fills the position of Company Sur-
geon for the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad
Company.

On the 27th of November, 1890, Dr. Hession
was united in marriage with Miss Rosa A. Young,
daughter of Absalom and Emily ( Palmer.) Young.
Their union has been blessed with one son,
Thomas Joseph. The Doctor and his wife hold
an enviable position in social circles, and have the
warm regard of many friends in the community.
He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America; of Moutebello Lodge No. 697, I. O. ().
F. ; and of Puckechetuck Encampment No. 7, of
Keokuk, Iowa. In religious belief he is a Catho-
lic, and in political sentiment he is a Democrat.
In November, 1892, he was elected Coroner of
Hancock County, and is now filling that position.
For four years he was also Health Officer of
Hamilton. He is one of the proprietors of the
Palace Drug Store, and that branch of his business
also yields him a good income.

Dr. Thomas .Stephen Hession, who is also en-
gaged in practice in Hamilton, has the honor of
being a native of this city, his birth having here
occurred on the 26th of April, 1870. ( For sketch of
parentssee biography of P. J. Hession on another
page. 1 In its common and high schools he ac--
quired his education. His boyhood da_\-s were
quietly passed. He worked on his lather's farm
until he was sixteen years of age, when he began
railroading, being -employed with the construction
crew on the Santa Fe Road. Six months later, in
the fall of 1SS7, he began clerking for his brother
in the drug store, and also took up the study of
medicine. He was graduated from the Keokuk
College of Physicians and Surgeons on the 10th of
March, 1891, and then, returning to Hamilton,
joined his brother in practice and in the drug bus-
iness. He was registered as a pharmacist on the
4th of March, 1894. In politics, he is a supporter

of the Democratic party and its principles, and is
a member of the Catholic Church. The firm of
Hession Brothers has a finely appointed and well-
kept drug store, complete in everything found in
that line of trade, and by courteous treatment and
straightforward dealing they have secured a lib-
eral patronage. They are also doing well in the
practice of medicine.

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(TOEL BRADSHAW, deceased, was one of
I Hancock County's honored pioneers, and this
G/ history would be incomplete without the
record of his life. He was born near Sparta, in
White County, Tenn.. on the 15th of September,
1812, and when a lad of seven summers accom-
panied his parents on their emigration to Illinois,
the family settling in Madison County, where
they resided for a year. His father was a native
of Tennessee; his mother of Kentucky. To them
were born ten children, five sons and five daugh-
ters. In 1820, Mr. Bradshaw went with his par-
ents to Morgan County, where his father entered
seven hundred acres of land from the Government.
The unsettled condition of the county at that time
may be imagined from the fact that what was
once wild land comprised within the Bradshaw
homestead is now the site of the city of Jackson-
ville.

Joel Bradshaw attended the district schools of
Morgan County, and acquired an excellent edu-
cation, lie then embarked in farming, which he
followed in that county until 1837, which year
witnessed his removal to Hancock County. Soon
after his arrival he purchased one thousand acres
of laud in LaHarpe Township, and for many years
extensively engaged in fanning. He bore all the
hardships and trials of pioneer life, and took part
in the Mormon War, which occurred near Camp
Point and Nauvoo, and which resulted in driving
the Mormons from the State. When he came
here much of the land was in possession of the
Government, and the settlements were widely
scattered, lor the work of civilization and progress
seemed scarcely begun.

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John H. Catlin

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UMVERSI1Y OF ILLINOIS

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Joel Catlin

Mrs. Joel Catlin

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On the 20th of March, 1834, Mr. Bradshawwas
united in marriage with Miss Catherine Dickson,
daughter of Hugh and Margaret (Libe) Dickson.
The) became the parents of a family often chil-
dren: Jane, who was born on the 14th of March,
[835, and is now deceased; William I)., who was
bom March 30, [837; Man- J., who was born
January 3, 1839, and has now passed away;
George W., born January 1, [841; Sarah L., who
was born January 14, 1845, and is now deceased;
Susanna S., who was born December 18, 1842,
and has been called to the home beyond; Emma
E.. who was born February 8, 1847, and is the
widow of James \V. P. Davis; AlvinaC, who was
born May 20, 1849, and is now deceased; J. I).,
who was born October 2, 1852, and has departed
this life; and James M., who was born December
20, [855, and is represented elsewhere in this
work.

Mr. Bradshaw was an advocate of Democratic
principles, but never was an office-seeker. The
history of Hancock County was familiar to him
for more than half a century, and he could relate
many interesting incidents of frontier life. He
always bore his part in the work of upbuilding
and development, and was much respected by his
friends and neighbors, who deeply mourned bis
death. He passed away in La Harpe Township,
November 5, E890, at the age of seventy-eight
years.

3OHN HAWLEV CATLIN, a fanner now
residing in Augusta, is one of the honored
pioneers of Hancock County, and this work
would be incomplete without the record of his
life. He was born' in Augusta, Ga., on the 23d
of May, 1821, and is a son of Joel and Calista
1 Hawlej 1 Catlin, both of whom were natives of
Connecticut. Authentic records have been se-
cured of the ancestry of both families, and as the
data will prove of interest to all members of the
family and their descendants, we gladly give it a
place in this volume.

The first of the Catlin family in America was
Thomas, of Hartford, Conn. A deposition of his

is on record in the office of the Secretary of State
of Connecticut, dated October 19, 1687, in which
he is said to have been seventy -five years of age.
Consequently, he must have been born about 161 2,
and may have come from England as early as
1632, but perhaps earlier. Tradition says he-
came over as a cabin-boy on a ship, and then left
his employment, running away. A record of his
in 1646 says he was appointed "viewer of lad-
ders and chimneys. ' ' He was a Constable in
1660, and he and his sou John were made free-
men in 1669. The same record speaks of Mary
Catlin, then forty-six years old, who was prob-
ably- his wife. He had a daughter Mary bap-
tised May 6, 1649. The Catlin name seems to
have been of Norman origin, as appears from its
form in old records; thus " Rymeis Federa "
mentions Bevenge de Cateloiger, authorized to
levy certain moneys for King Edward III.,
A. D. 1335- John de Catelaine also appears
on record. Sir Robert Catlyn is named Lorel
Chief Justice of England in the time of Edward
VI., in a case of law recorded in " Decatur Lan-
castriae, Pais Inseta," Calendar of Pleadings from
the fourteenth year to the end of the reign of
Queen Elizabeth. .Sir Nevil Catlyn and Sir
Robert Catlyn were baronets of England. A
work published by Hon. James Savage, of Bos-
ton, given our subject in 1851, mentions the Cat-
lin family in America. It tells of Thomas Cat-
lin, who was the first ancestor of the family in
America, and had John and Mary baptised May 6,
1649. He died in 1690, leaving only John. The
latter was a writing master of Barbadoes. He
died in Cape Cod Harbor in December, 1685,
leaving a cargo of a vessel to his only son, Charles.
John Catlin went to Deerfield, Mass., before 1684,
with his mother Isabel, a widow. They had re-
moved from Connecticut to Newark, N. J., and
thence to Massachusetts. She was afterward
twice married. Her sou John, with his sons,
Joseph and Jonathan, and his daughter, Eliza-
beth, were killed in the Deerfield massacre, Feb-
ruary 29, 1704. He left a son John, and one of
Joseph's children, who also bore the name of John.
Philip Catlin was at Hadley, Mass., April 7, 1676,
and served in King Philip's War. These four

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names appear on the old Colonial records, and in-
dicate that John Catlin of Hartford was a con-
temporary of John of Barbadoes and John of Deer-
field, while Philip lived at the same time as
Thomas of Hartfoid.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Isaac
Catlin, was born in Harwintou, Conn., in 1757,
ami was there reared. He followed farming, and
married Ruth Carter, by whom he had nine chil-
dren. His death occurred in 1833, at the age of
seventy-six. His wife, who was born in 1761,
passed away in 1831. Joel Catlin, the father of
John H., was a watchmaker in early life. He
removed from Connecticut to Georgia in 18 18,
and subsequently, after visiting the old home,
made the journey to Georgia with a team and
carriage. He drove one of the same horses from
Georgia to Illinois in 1831, and made a location
in Jacksonville the next year. In 1835 he came
to Hancock County, again driving the same horse,
and located on the present site of Augusta, which
town was named for his previous home in Georgia,
Here he engaged in farming until 1849, when he
returned to Jacksonville, and was Station Agent
for the Jacksonville & Naples Railroad for many
years. He died in that city in 1879, at the age
of eighty-four years and seven mouths. His wife
passed away several years previously, in March,
1S74. In early life they were members of the
Congregational Church, but were afterward mem-
bers of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Catlin
served as Elder, both in Augusta and in Jackson-
ville. In the family were seven children, four
sons and three daughters, of whom three are now
living: John H.; William E., of White Sulphur
Springs, Mont. ; and Charles Augustus, of Jack-
sonville, 111.

Mis. Catlin was a daughter of Rufus E. Haw-
ley, a native of Northington, Conn. He drove
across the country three times from Connecticut
to Illinois before locating here in 1837. From
that year until 1847 he made his home in Au-
gusta. He was then called to his final rest. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Betsy Rich-
ards, was also a native of Connecticut. In direct
descent, the Hawley family comes from Samuel

Hawley, the first known ancestor in America.
The name of the second is unknown,' and Joseph
Hawley is the third. He was followed by Tim-
othy Hawley, who married Rachel Forward; Rev.
Rufus Hawley, who wedded Deborah Kent; and
Rufus Forward Hawley, grandfather of our sub-
ject. This account was obtained by Rev. Will-
iam E. Catlin from his uncle, Rev. James A.
Hawley. Maj. Joseph Hawley, of Northampton,
Mass., was a cousin of Jonathan Edwards, Presi-
dent of one of the leading colleges of this country.
The Richards family is descended from Thomas
Richards, who emigrated to America between
1600 and 1605. John Richards was born in 1631,
and married Lydia Stocking. Thomas Richards
was born in 1666, and wedded Mary Parsons.
Thomas Richards, born in 1694, married Abigail
Turner. Samuel Richards, born in 1726, mar-
ried Eydia Buck; and Betsy Richards became the
wife of Rufus F. Hawley, of Farmington, Conn.
They removed to Augusta, 111., in 1837, ar >d her
death occurred at Payson, in 1853.

John Hawley Catlin was a youth of eleven years
when his parents removed from Georgia to Illi-
nois. He acquired his education in Augusta,
and in the winter of 1840-41 taught the first
school ever held in Newton, Adams County. He
was reared on the farm where he now lives, and
where he has made his home since 1835. The
town of Augusta has grownup around him, but he
has never left his old home.

On the 5th of March, 1845, Mr. Catlin married
Miss Lydia R. Hawley, daughter of Chauncey
and Sophia (Austin) Hawley. Three children
were born to them, namely: Ella Sophia, who
became the wife of James W. Stark, by whom
she had four children, three yet living, Cornelia,
Clifford and Edna; Cornelia Hawley, wife of N.
N. Tyuer; and Nettie Augusta, wife of Benjamin
B. Crane. They also have three children, Jen-
nie, Charlotte and Alice. Mrs. Catlin died in
January, i860, and Mr. Catlin was again mar-
ried, December 25, i860, his second union being
with Miss Alice E. Adams, daughter of Chaun-
cey and Mary (Benedict) Adams, of Galesburg,
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a member of the Congregational Church of Gales-
burg, but united with the Presbyterian Church
of Augusta.

Mr. Catlin has long been an honored and faith-
ful member of the Presbyterian Church, and since
[854 has served as one of its Elders. In politics,
he is a Republican. Throughout his life he has
followed the occupation of fanning with excellent
success, and now owns seven hundred and ninety
acres of valuable land, a part of which lies within
the city limits of Augusta. The house in which
he lives was the first frame dwelling erected in
Hancock County, and is still in a good state of
preservation. The old Mormon trail, which was
made in 1832, when that sect was going from
Ohio to the promised land in Missouri, ran through
his father's farm. Lincoln and Douglas spoke in
the grove upon his land in the campaign of 1858,
and many incidents of interest are connected with
his home. In September, 1840, when the first
census of Chicago was taken, he made a trip to
Chicago with John Baldwin, a Mr. Perry and O.
K. Hawley, who were on their way back to Con-
necticut, where they were going for their sweet-
hearts, whom they had left behind. They started
in a two-horse Yankee wagon on Monday morn-
ing, reached Chicago on Saturday afternoon, and
the following Friday arrived at home. For this
trip Mr. Catlin received $25. The history of
pioneer life in Hancock County is familiar to him,
for few have longer resided within its borders than
he. He has always been actively interested in its
welfare, and his name is inseparably connected
with much of its upbuilding and development.
He is one of the most valued citizens, and has the
high regard of young and old, rich and poor.

§ "~^i<^r^'^ =s i

E. MANIFOLD, who is interested in the
banking business in La Haqie as a mem-
ber of the firm of Manifold & Kirkpatrick,
was born in La Harpe Township, Hancock Coun-
ty, on the 6th of February, 1856. He is a worthy
representative of an honored pioneer family,
which located here in the earlv davs in the his-

tory of the community. His father, John Mani-
fold, was a native of Tennessee, born on the 8th
of April, 1829. When a lad of seven years he ac-
companied his parents to Illinois, the family set-
tling in La Harpe Township, Hancock County,
where the grandfather of our subject entered land
from the Government and opened up a farm. John
Manifold was reared to agricultural pursuits and
has made farming his life work. Since 1836, he has
lived upon the old homestead, and the place is
dear to him from the associations of his boyhood
and from those of his mature years. In 1854, he
was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Miller,
daughter of William and Margaret (Dixon) Mil-
ler. She has been to her husband a faithful com-
panion and helpmate and is a most estimable
lady.

W. E. Manifold, their only child, began his ed-
ucation in the district schools of La Harpe Town-
ship, and in order to further complete his educa-
tion he entered Abingdon College, where he pur-
sued a three-year course, finishing the same in
1873. In the succeeding winter he attended the
Gem City Business College of Quincy, 111., tak-
ing a special course in penmanship. Returning
to the farm, he then devoted his time and ener-
gies to stock-raising for a number of years, and
met with good success in this undertaking, but at
length he determined to engage in commercial
pursuits. Carrying out this resolution, he rented
his farm in February, 1890, and established the
Bank of La Harpe, in connection with R. B. Kirk-
patrick. Their partnership still continues, and
has proven mutually pleasant and profitable.
During the past four years, Mr. Manifold has
also been extensively engaged in the raising of
fine horses.

On the 27th of October, 1874, our subject led
to the marriage altar Miss Eleanor Ray, who
died in February, 1890. He was again married,
on the 22d of October following, his second union
being with Miss Louella Franks, daughter of Job
Franks. He and his wife have many friends
throughout the community and hold an enviable
position in social circles.

In politics, Mr. Manifold is a supporter of
Democratic principles. In 1881, he was elected

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Commissioner of Highways for La Harpe Town-
ship, and held that position for six years, or un-
til 1887. His prompt and faithful discharge of
the duties of the office won him re-election and
gained him the high commendation of all con-
cerned. In 1888, he was elected Township Su-
pervisor, and has held that office continuously
since. He is a leading member of the Masonic
fraternity, and belongs to La Harpe Lodge No.
195, A. F. & A. M.; Royal Arch Chapter No.
184, R. A. M. ; and Macomb Commandery No.
61, K. T.

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3OHN \V. McCORD, who is now living a re-
tired life in La Harpe. is numbered among
the honored pioneers of Hancock County,
having since an early day not only been an eye-
witness of the growth and development of this
community, but having also aided in its progress
and development. As he is so widely and favorably
known throughout the county, we feel assured
that this record of his life will prove of interest to
many of our readers. His father, John McCord,
was a farmer of Overton County, Tenn., whither
he removed from South Carolina, his native
vState. His father in turn was a Colonial soldier,
and was killed in the Revolutionary War. John
McCord acquired his education in the district
schools of Overton County, and was married in
Tennessee to Mary Willard. They became the
parents of nine children. Nancy, the eldest, be-
came the wife of John Ledgerwood, of McDon-
ough County, but both are now deceased; Will-
iam, who lived in McDouough County, is also
deceased; Jane became the wife of Henry Hardin,
of Keokuk, Iowa, and both have passed away;
Mary, deceased, was the wife of Moses Foster,
of McDonough Count) - ; John \V. is the next
vounger: Thomas is a retired farmer of McDon-
ough County; Margaret is the widow of James
Welsh, of Kansas; Elizabeth is deceased; and
Alexander V. is a farmer of McDonough County.
The gentleman whose name heads this record
was bom in Overton County, Tenn., July 1,

1815, and when a youth of fifteen years accom-
panied his parents on their emigration to Morgan
County, 111., in 1830. After one year spent in
that place he removed to McDonough County, in
1 83 1. His education was acquired in the district
schools of Tennessee and Illinois, but his privi-
leges in that direction were very meagre. In the
school of experience, however, he was an apt pu-
pil, and acquired a knowledge sufficient to enable
him to successfully conduct his business interests.
He was one of the honored pioneers of McDon-
ough County, and remembers the time when
within its borders there were innumerable wolves
and deer. He remembers many incidents of life
on the frontier, and while talking to the historian
recalled to mind the loss of a four-year-old boy,
who one Sunday evening in 1832 wandered away
from his home, about six miles north of Macomb.
He remained in the woods for four days and four
nights. A thunder-storm came on the night be-
fore he was rescued, and he went into a hollow
tree for safety. He subsisted on blackberries,
which at that time were ripe. As soon as his ab-
sence was discovered parties started out in search
of him in all directions, and when he was once
more restored in safety to the arms of his parents,
their joy can better be imagined than described.

Mr. McCord continued to work on his father's
farm until he had attained his majority, when he
started out in life for himself. He chose as a
companion and helpmate on life's journey Miss
Nancy, daughter of George and Man- (Persley)
Manifold, and a native of Tennessee. Their mar-
riage was celebrated March 15, 1838, and they
became the parents of eight children: William,
who died in La Harpe Township; Mary Louisa,
who died in McDonough County; Elizabeth, wife
of Israel Moore, of Osborne, Kan.; George, a farm-
er of I, a Harpe Township; Sarah, deceased, wife
of William Reed, now at Oklahoma; John, a
farmer of Fountain Green Township, Hancock
County; Noah, who carries on agricultural pur-
suits in La Harpe Township; and Ida, deceased,
wife of Charles While, of the same township.

In 1840, John W. McCord came to La Harpe
Township, Hancock County, and purchased forty
acres of land, lie afterwards purchased a seven-

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ty-acre tract from a Mormon, and later bought a
tract of eighty acres, and another of ninety-four
acres in Fountain Green Township. He was a
successful fanner, and in course of time the once
wild land was transformed into rich and fertile
fields. Mr. McCord took part in the Mormon
War in 1N44. With about one hundred men he
went to Golden' s Point and thence to Nauvoo,
where a skirmish occurred. The effect of this
was to drive the Mormons out of the State. This
section of Illinois at that time was one vast
prairie and forest, almost undotted by settlers'
cabins. Game of all kinds was to be had in
abundance, and the work of civilization and
progress seemed scarcely begun. He has ever
taken a commendable interest in the county and
the rapid progress it has made. Since casting
his first Presidential vote for Martin Van Buren
in 1836, he has been a stalwart Democrat, but
has never aspired to public office. He and his
estimable wife are both members of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church, and this worthy couple
well deserve representation in the history of the
community in which they have so long made
their home, and where they have so many warm
friends.

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|c)EN. ROBERT F. SMITH was a native of

|_ Philadelphia, Pa., born on the 2d of August,
\Ji 1806. His death occurred in Hamilton, Han-
cock County, April 25, 1892, and his loss was
deeply mourned by all who knew him. He first
came to this county in 1833, and was one of the
most notable pioneers of this part of the State.
He was ever prominent in public affairs that
tended to promote the best interests of the com-
munity, and, public-spirited and progressive, was
recognized as a valued citizen. In 1834 lle re-
turned to Philadelphia, where he was married on
the 19th of June to Miss Amanda Benton. He
then brought his bride to the new home which he
had prepared in the West, and they began their
domestic life in Hancock County. Fourteen chil-

dren were born to them, all of whom are yet
living.

Throughout his life Gen. Smith was connected
with military affairs. He was a born soldier, and
his record during the Civil War was an honorable
one, of which his family may feel justly proud.
Ere leaving Philadelphia, he belonged to a local
military organization, known as the Cumberland
Guards, and after his removal hither he became
Captain of the Carthage Greys, being in charge
of that company at the time of the killing of Joseph
and Hyrum Smith by the mob at the Carthage jail,
June 27, 1844. He took a leading part in the Mor-
mon War, and was in command of the troops at the
battle of Nauvoo, in September, 1846. There he
received a severe wound, a ball passing through
his throat and just missing a vital part. He was
taken to the home of Mrs. Susan Stevenson, and
by her careful nursing and kind attention, his
long hours of suffering were made more endurable.

When the dissolution of the Union was threat-
ened in 1 86 1, and the flag he loved so well seemed
destined to be trampled in the dust by a rebellious
.South, he raised and was elected Captain of what
became Company D, Sixteenth Illinois Infantry.
Afterward going to Quincy, he was then made
Colonel of the regiment, and later was promoted
for gallantry on the field of battle to the rank of
Brigadier-General, and the following letter was
written recommending his promotion:

Jacksonville, III. , July is, 1S65.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War.

Dear Sir: — I recommend that Col. R. F.
Smith, of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, be pro-
moted to the rank of Brigadier- General. He has
been on duty in the field since 1861, and during
almost the whole of the time has been in command
of a brigade. He has been in nearly all the bat-
tles of the West and Southwest, and is a most
gallant, deserving and competent officer, and I
sincerely hope he may receive the promotion to
which he is so justly entitled.

Very respectfully,

Richard Yates.

Gen. Smith's regiment was composed of com-
panies from the counties of Adams, Pike, Schuy-
ler, Henderson, Hancock and McDonough, and
was organized and equipped at Quincy, and sent
from that place into active service in Missouri on

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the 12th of June, 1S61. The regiment was or-
dered to Hannibal, Mo., and on its arrival the
following notice was published in the Hannibal
Daily Evening News. Its editor, A. C. Apler,
suddenly left for the South the next morning.
The article was headed, "Arrival of Re-enforce-
ments for the Abolition Railroad Battalion," and
read: "The cowards who compose the most in-
famous body of men, and particularly the scoun-
drels who command them, sent this morning to
Quincy for re-enforcements. In response, the
military commander at Quincy dispatched on the
'Blackhawk' four hundred or more of the Abolition
army of Illinois. They were landed at noon to-
day, and after parading ostentatiously on the
levee at the foot of Hill Street, marched with
drums beating and colors flying to South Hanni-
bal. Two or three companies were well uni-
formed and officered; the balance were a set of
dirty, filthy, cowardly -looking fellows, without
uniforms or competent officers. This evening or
to-morrow morning we are promised six hundred
more. What does Missouri want? How long,
O God of justice and right! how long are these
things to continue ?' '

Notwithstanding the assault of this paper, the
brave boys of Col. Smith's regiment, undaunted,
went to the front. They were at length ordered
to St. Joseph, Mo., thence to Reed's Point, and
on to New Madrid, where they were attached to
the Army of the Mississippi. Going to Tennessee,
they participated in the siege of Corinth, marched
on into Alabama, took part in the battle of An-
derson's Gap, and were then transferred to the
Fourteenth Army Corps. They went with Sher-
man on the celebrated march to the sea, and on
to Richmond and Washington, participating in
the Grand Review in the Capitol City. Going
then to Louisville, Ky. , they were mustered out,
July 8, 1865.

After returning home at the close of the war.
Gen. Smith was tendered a commission as Major
in the regular army by Secretary Stanton, but did
not accept, preferring a peaceful, quiet home
life to a military career, unless his country's
safety called him. In 1892, accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Clara, he attended a brigade re-

union in Quincy, where he met one hundred and
seven of his old regiment, some of whom he had
not seen since the close of the war. In Septem-
ber, 1892, accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Nettie, he attended the reunion of the Tenth
and Sixteenth Illinois Regiments at Jacksonville.
While there he was taken seriously ill, but after
a few clays recovered sufficiently to return home.
He told his comrades, however, that this would
be the last time he would meet with them, and
his prediction proved true, as his death occurred
April 25, 1893, his wife having passed away Jan-
uary 9, 1892. At the reunion in Bushnell in
September, 1887, "the boys" of his regiment pre-
sented him with a beautiful gold-headed cane as a
slight token of their regard and esteem. In an
account of the presentation, the Bushnell Record
said: "Maj. McClaughry presented the cane with
a neat speech, and Rev. Richard Haney, who was
Chaplain of the regiment, responded in behalf of
the recipient, while the latter wiped the salt tears
from his venerable cheeks. ' '

After serving throughout the war, Gen. Smith
took up his residence at his country home, "Maple
Avenue," near Hamilton, where he continued
until 1888, when he removed to the city. In 1861
the family of father, mother and fourteen chil-
dren were first separated, and since that time
they have never all been assembled together. On
the 19th of June, 1884, Gen. Smith and his most
estimable wife celebrated their golden wedding.
For fifty years had they faithfully kept their mar-
riage vows, striving to make smooth, each for the
other, the rough and rugged spots along life's
pathway. Gen. Smith was a personal friend of
Gens. Sherman, Rosecrans, Logan, Howard, and
many others of the leading commanders of the
Civil War. On the 4th of July, 1875, he enter-
tained Gen. Sherman and his staff officers at his
country home. Socially, Gen. Smith was a char-
ter member of Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F.
& A. M., and was also an honored member of
Russell Post No. 86, G. A. R. In politics, he
was a most stalwart Republican, and in religious
belief was a Presbyterian. He enjoyed the ut-
most love and respect of his soldiers and superior
officers. His character and integrity were unim-

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peachable. In his even-day life he fulfilled the
scriptural injunction, "Be humble, that you may
be exalted." In social and business circles he
was an honorable gentleman, on the field of bat-
tle a valiant hero, but through all and above all,
he was a Christian, who hath "fought the good
fight."

We append the following, which gives a fuller
account than is given previously of Gen. Smith's
connection with the Civil War:

THE FIRST FEDERAL TROOPS.

When it was certain that Missouri would be
one of the States wherein the battles of the Civil
War would be fought, the immense importance
of preserving and holding the Hannibal & St.
Joseph Railroad was early realized by the au-
thorities of the Federal Government. If it were
kept intact, troops could be moved from one side
of the State to the other, supplies and munitions
of war sent, and all of north Missouri kept under
Federal or Union dominion. The great thorough-
fare would also be of incalculable service in keep-
ing open communication with the first line of of-
fense adopted by the Union commanders — the
Missouri River. It was of the utmost importance,
therefore, that the road should be well guarded
from the actual and threatening assaults of the
Secessionists, and kept in running order contin-
ually.

The authorities of the railroad were all loyal,
and the Secessionists regarded it as the great
enemy to the Southern cause, to be assailed when-
ever practicable, and, when troops were passing
upon it, to be attacked vigorously and with deadly
intent. Time and again threats had been made by
the zealous Secessionists of destroying the South
River bridge on the Hannibal & St. Joseph, and
the 1 nidges over the Fabius and North Rivers, on
the Quincy & Palmyra, to prevent Federal troops
from being sent into the State "to subjugate the
people;" and President John W. Brooks, of Bos-
ton, and President Joshua Gentry, of Hannibal
( the latter the first Sheriff of this county I , ap-
pealed to the military authorities for protection.
It came in due time.

On the 18th of June the Sixteenth Illinois In-

fantry, Col. R. F. Smith commanding, lauded at
Hannibal, being the first Federal troops to tread
the soil of Marion County. In the command
were eighteen men who had been warned out of
Hannibal by the Secessiotiists, and had gone to
Quincy and enlisted. One piece of artillery was
with the regiment. A large crowd met the sol-
diers on the levee, but there was no hostile
demonstration made against them, and the greater
portion of them soon encamped on "Lover's Leap. ' '
A few days later the Second and Third Iowa In-
fantry came to Hannibal and went West over the
Hannibal & St. Joseph.

On the 20th of June two companies of the Six-
teenth Illinois came from Hannibal to Palmyra,
disembarked from the cars, and went into camp
near and just west of the Hannibal & St. Joseph
depot, where was then a piece of commons. The
two companies numbered about seventy-five men.
On the 22d they marched into town, raised the
Stars and Stripes over the court house, and sang
"The Star Spangled Banner."

A few days later — say about July i — the Col-
onel of the Sixteenth Illinois, Robert F. Smith,
came to Palmyra in person with two more com-
panies of his regiment, the Hancock Guards,
Capt. Cahill, and the Union Rifles (Adams
County), Capt. Petrie. The four companies went
into camp in Sloan's Addition, west of the Quincy
& Palmyra Railroad. Pickets were put out on
the principal roads, and one company was sent
down to the South River bridge.

In a short time Col. Smith had arrested a num-
ber of active Secessionists about Palmyra. In
Hannibal, also, some persons were arrested.

On the 3d of July, Col. Smith issued the follow-
ing proclamation:

col. smith's proclamation.

Headquarters Camp Smith, i
Palmyra, July 3, 1861. 1

To the Citizens of Palmyra and Marion County:
The headquarters of the Sixteenth Regiment
of Illinois Volunteers is in your city.

We came into your midst with no hostile intent
toward Union-loving and peaceful citizens. To
all such the appearance of United States soldiers
on such a mission as ours should rather be hailed
with gladness than viewed with suspicion and
mistrust.

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In so large a body of men as constitutes a regi-
ment, there must of necessity be some less refined
than we could wish; but it shall be the earnest
endeavor of the officers of this regiment to curb
the passions and to punish with the utmost se-
verity the excesses of any such.

Your hearthstones shall be held inviolate, your
families protected from insult and injury, and
your ladies treated with civility and politeness.
No one shall be molested unless known to enter-
tain treasonable sentiments toward the Govern-
ment, and to be aiding and abetting its enemies.

It is earnestly desired by the Colonel command-
ing that the most friendly relations should exist
between those who love the institutions and Gov-
ernment of our country and the soldiers who have
volunteered to protect them.

He would, therefore, respectfully invite every-
one who may have misconstrued our motives to
return to the peaceful occupation of their houses
and the resumption of their daily business, confi-
dently believing that a better acquaintance and a
freer interchange of sentiment will conduce to the
welfare of both citizen and soldier.
R. F. Smith,

Colonel Commanding Sixteenth

Regiment Illinois Volunteers.

The proclamation was well received, and, in-
deed, fairly observed by the soldiers, who con-
ducted themselves with as seemly behavior as
could have been expected.

On the 4th of July Col. Smith's command,
nearly four hundred strong, marched into Pal-
myra with muskets and bayonets glistening in
the sun, and drums beating, fifes and bugles
blowing, and banners waving in the air. There
was a celebration after a fashion . The troops had
just been paid off in gold, and were feeling jolly.
They paraded the principal streets, cheered the
Stars and Stripes, President Lincoln, Col. Smith,
and the Union men of Missouri. Then they re-
turned to camp. There was no disturbance. All
the saloons and many of the business houses were
closed.

The previous clay the soldiers had hoisted a
fine flag over the court house in the room of the
one raised by Capt. Fritz, which had been dam-
aged by a wind storm.

THE FIGHT AT MONROE CITY.

The war clouds hovering over northeast Mis-

souri grew blacker and blacker, and the rum-
blings' of the battle-thunder louder and louder, and
at last the storm broke.

The State Guard companies flocked to Gen.
Harris in such numbers that by the 5th of July
he had probably five hundred men in his camp,
near Florida. By their scouts and spies the Fed-
eral military commanders were informed of his
doings, and Col. Chester Harding, at St. Louis,
under authority from Gen. Lyon, ordered Col.
Smith, of the Sixteenth Illinois, to march upon
him and his fellow-Secessionists and break up his
camp. Col. Smith had himself re-enforced at Pal-
myra by four companies of the Third Iowa, one
company of the Hannibal Home Guards, and a
piece of artillery (a six-pounder), and got ready
for the work.

On Monday evening, July 8, Col. Smith
marched from Palmyra against Tom Harris. His
force consisted of Companies A, F, H and K, of
the Third Iowa Infantry; Companies F and H, of
the Sixteenth Illinois; Capt. Loomis' company of
the Hannibal Home Guards, and the six-pounder
cannon — in all about five hundred men, or not
more than six hundred. The expedition went by
rail to Monroe City, where it arrived in an hour
and disembarked. It was intended to make a night
march on Florida, about twelve miles a little
west of south of Monroe, and attack Harris' camp
at daylight, but a severe storm coming up pre-
vented this plan.

Tuesday morning Col. Smith with his entire
command set out towards Florida to encounter
Gen. Harris. Passing out of the prairie, through
the ' 'Swinkey Hills, ' ' the Federal troops reached
the farm of Robert Hagar, three or four miles
north of Florida. Here, in the thick timber and
brush, and on the top of an eminence known
as Hagar' s Hill, they encountered perhaps fifty
mounted Secessionists under Capt. Clay Price,
who had been sent out by Gen. Harris to recon-
noitre. These at once, and without warning,
opened fire from their ambush at close range, se-
verely wounding four persons. The fire was re-
turned, and the Missourians retreated, leaving
one man mortally wounded, and perhaps half a
dozen horses. This affair took place at about 4

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o'clock in the afternoon. Not caring to go on,
and not daring to retreat through certain bodies
of timber in the night on his way back to Monroe,
Col. Smith went into camp on Hagar's farm,
near the scene of the fight.

During the afternoon and night of the yth Col
Smith learned that he had stirred up a hornets'
nest, and that the Secessionists were swarming
all about him; that the) had gotten in his rear,
and were playing havoc at Monroe City, and that
their numbers were constantly increasing. Early
mi Wednesday morning, the 10th, he began his
retreat to Monroe City. On the "Swinkey Hills"
his advance guard was attacked, but no serious
damage done. Emerging from the timber north
of Swinkey, or Elizabethtown, and coming in
sight of Monroe City, the Federal discovered the
station house, outbuildings, six passenger coaches
and ten or twelve freight cars in flames. The
Missourians, Capt. Owen's company, could be
seen a mile or two away to the left, or west,
watching the fire and the Federals. Col. Smith
opened on them with his cannon, and fired half a
dozen or more round shot at them, which killed
several horses.

The station house and train had been fired by
about one hundred mounted Secessionists, under
command of Capt. John L. Owen, of Warren
Township, this county. The same morning the
train from Hannibal was fired on a few miles east
of Monroe City, it is said by some of Capt. Owen's
men, and by his orders. The engineer was slightly
wounded by a rifle-ball in the arm.

Reaching the town, and finding himself sur-
rounded, Col. Smith marched his men into a fine,
large, two story brick academy building in the
place, known as the Seminary, and took full pos-
session of it and the grounds adjoining, around
which he began throwing up breastworks, having
dispatched a messenger to the nearest telegraph
office to ask for re enforcements.

Meantime the greatest excitement had arisen in
the surrounding country. The news that five
or six hundred were "holed up" or "treed" at
Monroe City spread like wildfire. Hundreds of
persons living within ten or twelve miles of the
scene, roused by the messengers that went gal-

loping over tile country by order of Gen. Harris.
mounted horses and rode to the battle, some
actuated by mere curiosity, others determined to
participate in tin- fight. By noon of Wednesday
Gen. Harris had collected around him probabl)
one thousand effective men. who were reasonably
well armed, and eager to take a pop at the
"cooped-up" Federals. His skirmishers crawled
up as close to the academy building as they dared,
and fired away at the windows and breastworks
very briskly, with but little effect, however. The
Union troops returned the fire at every good op-
portunity. The main portion of Harris' forces
were at a safe distance, watching their enemies,
and taking pains that they should not escape.

The night of the 10th Gen Harris sent off for a
cannon, the nine-pounder which had been cast
by Cleaver & Mitchell, of Hannibal, for Drescher's
artillery company, and which was then hidden
under a haystack on a farm a few miles north of
Palmyra. The nine-pounder was serviceable.
and with this Gen. Harris hoped to compel the
Federals to surrender, or else batter down the
building and tumble the walls about their ears.
That night a close watch was kept on the be-
sieged that they might not make either a bold s, ,rtie
or a stealthy attempt to escape. Thursday, the
14th. the cannon came, to the great delight of
the Secessionists, and the bombardment began
about 1 o'clock. There were only a few nine-
pound balls, however, and these were soon shot
away. Nothing was then left for use but the
smaller balls, and artillery practice with six-pound
balls from a nine-pound gun is not certain to be
accurate. Some amusing instances were narrated
of the cannonading by Capt. Kneisley's gun. It
was said the only safe place within its range when
it was discharged was immediately in front of it.
One shot, it is stated, struck in the road thirty
feet from the muzzle of the gun, and ricocheted
over to the left a-quarter of a mile, struck a black
smith shop, and dispersed a crowd of Secessionists,
who fled in dismay, declaring that they could not
stand it to be fired on by their own men and the
Federals too! The Academy was struck but a
few times, and no damage done.

Meanwhile, the number of Missourians gath-

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ered around had increased to twelve or fifteen
hundred, many of whom were not warriors pro
tern., but mere spectators, who had come to see
"the fun." Even ladies and children had ridden
up in carriages and wagons, and, seated in their
conveyances, under the shade of parasols and um-
brellas, watched the battle, the first, perhaps,
ever graced by the presence, as spectators, of the
fair sex, out of deference to whose sensibilities, it
is to be presumed, the occasion was made as
bloodless as possible. Not a man was killed or
badly wounded on either side by an enemy's ball.
Gen. Harris was a "great speech-maker." He
could not let this occasion pass without making
one of his noblest efforts. At noon on Thursday,
he assembled some of his troops, and addressed
them. His cannon had not yet arrived, and
without it, he told his men, he could not take the
Academy, unless at a sacrifice of many noble
lives. He further said, that a large re-enforce-
ment for Col. Smith was hourly expected, and he
thought the best thing that could be clone under
the circumstances was to retreat. He then di-
rected his troops to disperse. This, however,
they refused to do. Then the cannon came up
amid great cheering, and the fight was resumed,
without a leader, really, on the part of the Seces-
sionists — every man fighting "on his own hook."

Meantime Col. R. F. Smith was not a little dis-
turbed at the situation. He had unwisely allowed
a greater part of his ammunition to be captured
or destroyed, and he had but few cannon balls or
shells, or other artillery ammunition, and so his
six-pounder was not of much service. He saved
his ammunition, in expectation of an assault, by
firing boltings, gathered from the ashes of the
burnt railroad cars True, his enemies were do-
ing him no damage. Out of twenty-five or more
of their cannon shots, only three had hit the
building, and the shot-guns and squirrel rifles
could avail but little against strong breastworks
and brick walls. Yet he feared that another and
more efficient piece of artillery might be brought
up, and Gen. Harris' already large force would
be made larger before his own re-enforcements
could come up.

Gen. Harris failed to tear up the railroad track

east and west of the town as thoroughly as he
could have done, and as he had no force in either
direction, there was nothing to prevent the ar-
rival of re-enforcements for Col. Smith from either
Ouincy, Hannibal or Hudson, at all of which
points it was known that Federal troops were
stationed. True, Salt River bridge, to the west
ten miles, had been burned, but a transfer could
easily be made and the distance soon compassed.

At last they came.

At about half-past four a train was seen slowly
approaching from the East, and as it came well
into view, it was discovered to be crowded with
Federal soldiers, and upon a flatcar a brass can-
non gleamed ominously in the slanting rays of
the declining sun. The beleaguered Federals set
up a loud cheer, the cannon on the car opened
with grape, and Gen. Harris and his troops, to
use an expression common in the Civil War,
"skedaddled" in short order, or rather in no or-
der at all. Eye-witnesses describe the scene as
highly ludicrous. Many of the- would-be soldiers
hid their guns and sought safety in the carriages
of the ladies and children. Others galloped wildly
away. The prairie was covered with buggies,
carriages, wagons, horsemen and footmen, all flee-
ing for dear life, and becoming more terror-
stricken everj- rod the}- traversed. The picnic
was over, and it had ended in a stampede.

The Federal re-enforcement proved to be Com-
panies A, B and D, of the Sixteenth Illinois, un-
der Maj. Hays of that regiment, accompanied by
a nine-pounder field piece, manned by volunteer
artillerymen. The whole force numbered about
two hundred and seventy-five men, and had come
from Palmyra and Hannibal to relieve their com-
mander and comrades from their predicament.

While these events were progressing, the most
painful and exaggerated rumors were flying
through the country, reaching not only Palmyra
and Hannibal, but Quiney, Springfield, Chicago,
and even New York and Washington. One re-
port was that a desperate battle was taking place
at Monroe City, and that Col. Smith's regiment
was surrounded, and had been cut to pieces. The
Fourteenth Illinois, Col. John M. Palmer, and the
Twenty-first Illinois, Col. U. S. Grant, and other

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Illinois troops in camp at Springfield and Quincy,
were ordered to the rescue. Palmer reached
Monroe City on the morning of the 12th, and re-
mained two days, returning to Quincy. Grant
came up a day later and went on to Mexico. By
Friday morning two thousand troops, infantry,
cavalry and artillery, had reached Palmyra, the
seat of war.

One body of re-enforcements for Col. Smith,
under ex-Gov. Wood, of Illinois, came from
Quincy down the river, and landed at Marion
City, and from thence marched to Palmyra, and
then on to Monroe City.

About twelve hundred troops started down from
St. Joseph on the nth, and were joined at Macon
City by seven hundred more. These were de-
tained, however, by the burning of Salt River
bridge, which locality they reached on the 12th.
The evening of the nth, the greater portion of
Smith's command, including some of those who
had been in the Seminary, returned to Palmyra.

The Federal troops soon scattered out. Grant
and Palmer went down on the North Missouri. The
Iowa troops from St. Joseph returned, and Col.
Smith remained in this quarter. Gen. Tom Har-
ris, with a portion of his command, went south-
ward, in the direction of Jefferson City.

The following was Col. Smith's official report
to Gen. Lyon:

Headquarters Sixteenth i

Regiment Illinois Volunteers,

Monroe Station, Mo., July 14, 1861. j

Sir: — In accordance with your order on the
8th of this month, I left my headquarters at Pal-
myra, Mo., with Companies F and H of the Six-
teenth Illinois Regiment, and Companies A, F,
II and K of the Third Iowa Regiment, Company
A of the Hannibal Home Guards, and one six-
pounder, and proceeded to this place. A heavy
rain-storm coming on retarded our further prog-
ress. Early on the morning of the 9th, I started
south in search of the rebel force under Harris.
At 4 o'clock, p. M., when about twelve miles
south of Monroe, our advance guard was fired
into by the enemy, concealed in a clump of timber
and brush, the first volley severely wounding
Capt. McAllister, of Company G, Sixteenth Illi-
nois Regiment; also Private Prentiss, of Company
A, same regiment, and slightly wounding a pri-
vate of the Iowa Regiment. I immediately or-
dered a charge, and drove the enemy from their

cover. As they were all mounted, it was impossi-
ble to follow them further to advantage. We
found one of their men mortally wounded, and
have reason to believe that several more were shot
and carried off by their friends, and captured sev-
eral horses saddled and bridled. We made camp
near this place for the night.

On the morning of the ioth, having heard ru-
mors of trouble at Monroe Station, moved my
command back. On coming in sight of Monroe,
found the station, outhouses, seventeen passen-
ger and freight cars, and other railroad property,
in flames, and found the enemy collected to the
number of three or four hundred to our left. On
Hearing them, thej<- began to move off, when I
brought forward the field-piece and sent a few
round-shot into their ranks, scattering them in
all directions. The only damage done here, that
I know of, was one horse killed.

After coming into Monroe, I took possession of
a brick building known as "The Seminary," and
enclosed grounds adjoining, its position answering
my purpose for defense, if necessary, and the
apartments good quarters for the men, who were
without tents. During the day we made several
advances on the enemy without being able to get
near enough to do much damage.

On the morning of the nth the enemy began
to collect from all quarters, and by noon we were
surrounded by from fifteen hundred to two thou-
sand men. At i o'clock, P. m., they opened fire
upon us from one nine-pounder and one six-
pounder at a distance of about a mile. Their fir-
ing was very inaccurate, only three shots out of
the first twenty-seven striking the building, and
they did very little damage, my men being well
covered by a breastwork they had thrown up. Af-
ter throwing their first six shots, they moved their
cannon some four hundred yards nearer and
opened fire. I immediately answered with the six-
pounder, dismounting their smaller gun, which
made a general scattering, and caused them to
carry their nine-pounder to a safer distance.
Their firing from this time had little or no effect.

Much credit is due Capt. Fritz, of Company F,
Sixteenth Regiment, for the able manner in which
he led his men throughout our expedition. Also
to Gunner Fishbourn, who planted his shot among
them every time, but who had to deal sparingly,
as he was almost out of shot when we were re-
lieved. I was also much pleased with the officers
and men generally for their coolness and obedi-
ence to orders throughout.

At 4:30 o'clock, p. m., of the nth, a train was
seen coming from the East with re-enforcements.
It proved to be Maj. Hays, of my regiment, with

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Companies D, B and A, of the Sixteenth Illinois,
and one nine-pounder field-piece. The enemy now
began to move off, and by dark had left the field
entirely, since which time they had been skulking
about the country in squads, burning woodpiles,
small bridges and culverts when opportunity of-
fered of doing so without danger.

On the morning of the 12th, we were again
re-enforced by Col. Palmer's Fourteenth Regi-
ment, who returned to Ouincy to-day, leaving us
in a worse position than ever, with the exception
that we have more ammunition.

Col. Palmer brought two brass field-pieces with
him, which he has again taken away. Some-
thing of the kind would be very acceptable here
just now, as there is a slight probability of their
being useful.

I have the honor to be your obedient servant,
Robert F. Smith.

To Brig. -Gen. Lyon.

£+^

EHARLES W. BALDWIN, who for many
years successfully engaged in farming and
stock-raising in Hancock County, but is
now living a retired life at Hamilton, is a native
of Orleans County, N. Y., his birth having oc-
curred on the 19th of April, 1827, The family
is of German lineage, and the parents of our sub-
ject, Abram and Bridget (Van Waggouner (Bald-
win, were both natives of New Jersey. The fa-
ther was a farmer by occupation, and was also a
hatter by trade, but during the latter part of his
life he devoted his time and attention exclusively
to agricultural pursuits. In the Baldwin family
were seven children, three sons and four daugh-
ters: Mary A., who married Otis Malcolm, a
farmer of Warren County, 111., both being de-
ceased; John M., who was a ranchman of Bitter
Water, San Bernardino County, Cal., and died on
the 1st of May, 1893: Abram W., deceased, who
was a farmer of Warren County, 111.; Emeranda,
who was married and died in Kansas; Charles
\V.. of this sketch; Sarah M., wife of Charles W.
Mather, a farmer of Le Roy, Kan.; and Myra, wife
of Jacob Brake, an agriculturist of Jasper County,
Mo.

When our subject was a child of four years his

parents removed to Upper Canada, now called
Ontario, where they remained for seven years.
In the spring of 1838, the family removed to Or-
leans County, N. Y., where they remained for a
year, and in 1839 emigrated to southern Michi-
gan, where the succeeding three years were
passed. The year 1842 witnessed the arrival of
Charles W. Baldwin in Illinois. He took up his
residence in Warren County, where he made his
home until 184S, when he came to Hancock
Count)-, settling near the site of Basco. The
town of that name was laid out by him. Mr.
Baldwin enjoyed only a district-school education.
He worked on the farm during the summer
months, and attended school through the winter
season. At the age of twenty-one he began
farming in his own interest on a one hundred and
sixty acre tract of land, which he purchased on a
tax title. This farm was located in Bear Creek
Township, just east of Basco.

In his business, Mr. Baldwin won a high de-
gree of success and was ranked among the lead-
ing agriculturists of the community. His land
was under a high state of cultivation, and the
fields were made to yield to him a golden tribute
in return for the care and cultivation he bestowed
upon them. He also made a specialty of stock-
dealing, raising, feeding and shipping stock quite
extensively. This also proved for him a profita-
ble source of income. His untiring and enter-
prising labors at length acquired for him a
comfortable competence, and in the spring of 1889
he laid aside business cares and removed to Ham-
ilton, where he erected an elegant residence and
has since made it his home. He still retains the
ownership of two farms, one in Montebello Town-
ship, and one in Wythe Township.

On the 6th of April, 1S52, Mr. Baldwin wedded
Miss Man- A., daughter of Isaiah ami Sarah Wi-
ley. They became the parents of six children,
namely: Lavina, now deceased; Alice, wife of
M. C. Girard, a grain and stock dealer of Elvas-
ton; Emma, wife of C. A. Denton, an attorney -
at-law of Butler, Mo.; Ida, wife of R. A. Piggott,
who is engaged in farming near Bruning, Neb. ;
Charles, who carries on agricultural pursuits in
Wythe Township; and Mattie, wife of J. H.

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Guckert, a tailor engaged in business in Keokuk,
Iowa. The mother of this family was called to
her final rest July 16, 1892.

Politically, Mr. Baldwin is a Democrat, and
has served as Supervisor. Assessor and Road
Commissioner of Bear Creek Township. He has
never aspired to public office, but has been called
to these positions by his fellow -townsmen, who ap-
preciated his worth and ability and knew that he
would prove true to his duties and to the trust re-
posed in him. In the spring of 1890, he was
elected Alderman of Hamilton for a term of two
years, and on the expiration of that period he
was elected for a second term, so that he is now
filling that office. Socially, he is a member of
Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. M.
He manifests a commendable interest in every-
thing pertaining to the welfare of the community
and to the advancement of public enterprises,
loi forty-five years he has resided in Hancock
County, and has therefore witnessed the greater
part of its growth and development. In the his-
toid of tlie community he well deserves represen-
tation as one o! the honored pioneers.

LIVER CRAIG, of Hamilton, is a native of
Ohio, his birth having occurred in Cham-
paign County, August 5, 1N44. The Craig
family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. The father,
Vincent Craig, was .1 native of Virginia, and a
fanner bj occupation. In an early day he emi-
grated westward and purchased land near Urbana,
Champaign County, Ohio. In the Buckeye State
he was united in marriage with Miss Ann Simnw.
a native of Virginia, and by their union were born
fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters,
who in order of birth are as follows: Man', wife
Ol l-ii- Fay, a trader oi Texas, Champaign
Countw Ohio; William, who is living in the same
county, and who was a soldier of the late war;
Oliver, of this sketch; Andrew, who also wore the
blue in defense of his country, and now carries on
agricultural pursuits in Champaign County; John,
whose history is similar to that of his brother An-

drew; Alfred, deceased; Eliza, deceased, wife of
Benjamin Cage, of Champaign County; Nancy,
who has also passed away; Lucy, wife of John
Rock, the well-known Treasurer of Champaign
County; Henry, deceased; Martha, wife of Lem-
uel Bayless. an agriculturist residing in Cherokee,
Logan County, Ohio; Susan, wife of Oliver Chat
man, a farmer of Champaign County; George, a
painter of the same county; and La Fayette, a
trader of that county.

Oliver Craig was reared on his father's farm in
the county of his nativity, and acquired his edu-
cation in the district schools of the neighborhood,
but his privileges in that direction were meagre,
for his services were required in the fields during
the summer months, and during much of the win-
ter in clearing timber-laud. At length he left
home and began working as a farm hand by the
month in the neighborhood, being thus employed
until after the breaking out of the Civil War.

The Craig family furnished a number of repre-
sentatives to the Union Army, and among the
number was our subject, who on the 5th of Octo-
ber, 1N61, offered his services to the Government
and enrolled his name among the boys in blue of
Company I. Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry. At Port
Republic, W. Va., he was wounded, on the 9th of
June, 1862, being hit just below the shoulder-
blade by a minie-ball, which came out on the right
side of the breast. His wound unfitted him for
further duty, and he was discharged at Columbus,
but after several months spent in rest and recup-
eration he re-enlisted in January, [863, becoming
a member of Company K, One Hundred and
Thirteenth Ohio Infantry. He then remained in
the service until after the close of the war. when
he was mustered out, July 8, [865, at Louisville,
Ky. During the same month he received hisdis
charge at Columbus. As his wound unfitted him
for field service, he did special duty at brigade
headquarters. His loyalty, however, was mani-
fest by the faithfulness with which he discharged
every task allotted to him.

After his return home, Mr. Craig was employed
as a farm hand b\ the month until [868, when he
went to Macon County, Mo., where he --pent five
years. He purchased a faun ol" eighty acres, and

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in connection with agricultural pursuits he bought
and sold stock. In 1873, he came to Hamilton
and purchased a farm in Hancock Count}-, on
which he made his home until 1877. He then
leased a farm, and on this tract of land lived for
four years, then leased another farm, remaining on
it for six years. In 1887, he bought a farm of
eighty acres in Montebello Township, and contin-
ued its cultivation and improvement for over two
years, but in 1892 he sold out and purchased
property in Hamilton, removing to this city. In
September, 1893, ne embarked in the grocery
business, but sold out in January, 1894, and is
now living retired.

The lad}- who bears the name of Mrs. Craig
was formerly Mrs. Eliza Millage, widow of
George Millage. Their wedding was celebrated
June 15, 1867, and to them have been born three
children: Myrta, wife of William Scannell, a
farmer and stock-raiser of Hamilton ; and Frank
and Fred, who are still with their parents.

Since casting his first Presidential vote for
Abraham Lincoln, in 1864, Mr. Craig has been a
stanch supporter of the Republican party and
warmly advocates its principles. He has also
been honored with several local offices, the duties
of which he has discharged with promptness and
fidelity. He served as Constable of Montebello
Township for eight years, has been Deputy Sheriff
for the same length of time, and is now filling that
office. He has also served as School Director.
Socially, he is a member of Black Hawk Lodge
No. 228, A. F. & A. M.; Russell Post No. 86,
G. A. R. ; and belongs to the Christian Church
of Hamilton.

f= , s ~i=!) <"?••> Mr * ' &

ROBERT R. WALLACE, the efficient and
popular Cashier of the State Bank of Hamil-
ton, and one of the wide-awake and progress-
ive young business men of the city, was born in
Montebello Township, Hancock County, July 2,
1867. He comes of a family of Scotch-Irish ex-
traction, and his grandfather, Washington R. , and
his great-grandfather, Henry Wallace, were both

natives of Ohio. The father, Francis M. Wallace,
married Miss Susanna Davis, a native of Keokuk,
Iowa, and they became the parents of seven chil-
dren, the eldest of whom is Robert R. Nettie is
now the wife of Lovell J. Foster; Station Agent
of Clatonia, Neb.; Grace is engaged in teaching;
Walter is now deceased; William A. is a telegraph
operator in Clatonia, Neb. ; Kate is living in
Weaver, Iowa; and Harry is now deceased.

Mr. Wallace of this sketch left home at the age
of seven years. He probably never attended
school more than a year altogether in his life, but
through his own efforts, by reading, study and ob-
servation, he has become a well-informed man,
and now holds teacher's certificates. In 1882 he
began business as a peddler, and was thus em-
ployed one summer. He then resumed work as
a farm hand by the month, and continued to de-
vote his time to agricultural pursuits for five years.
In 1887 he made an engagement to teach school,
but before entering upon his term cancelled the
contract and entered the employ of M. B. Lane
& Co., of Hamilton, druggists, insurance agents
and bankers. He took charge of the books of
this concern, and was with this company until
1889, when Mr. Lane was taken ill and Mr. Wal-
lace took charge of the insurance business, and
also became Assistant Cashier in the bank. In
October, 1889, the State Bank of Hamilton was
organized, and Mr. Wallace was made its first
Cashier, a position he has held continuously since,
with credit to himself and satisfaction to his em-
ployers.

On the 4th of March, 1890, was celebrated the
marriage of Robert R. Wallace and Miss Lizzie
Denton, a daughter of Edmund P. and Jemima
E. (Whitney) Denton, both of whom were natives
of Kentucky. The young couple are widely
and favorably known in this community and hold
an enviable position in social circles. Their home
is noted for its hospitality. Mr. Wallace takes
considerable interest in civic societies, and holds
membership with Black Hawk Lodge No. 238,
A. F. & A. M.; Tecumseh Chapter No. 152,
R. A. M. ; Montebello Lodge No. 697, I. O. O. F. ;
Genevieve Lodge, D. R. ; Rapid City Lodge No.
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He was also the first Captain of George O. Felt
Camp No. 183, S. V., and is a member of the
Sisters Pythias. In polities, he is a stalwart Re-
publican, and is now serving as a member of the
City Council. The best interests of Hamilton
ever find in him a friend, and one ever ready to
aid in the promotion of those enterprises calculated
to prove of public benefit.

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HENRY K. MeLELLAN, who carries on a
billiard hall in Hamilton, is a native of the
Pine Tree State, his birth having occurred
in Lincoln County, Me., on the istof May, [838.
His father, Thomas McLellan, who was also born
in the same county, was a sea captain. In 1848
he removed to New Orleans, and after remaining
in the Crescent City one year came to Hancock
County, 111., in 1N49. He settled in Carthage,
and gave his attention to the distilling business
and to farming. In 1S50 he returned to Maine,
and brought our subject back with him to Illi-
nois. In connection with A. Hamilton, Thomas
McLellan laid out the present city of Hamilton,
and was otherwise prominent in the upbuilding
and development of the community.

Henry K. McLellan whose name heads this
sketch is the youngest in a family of nine chil-
dren. Mary A., the eldest, became the wife of Ben-
jamin Davis, and died at their home in New York
City; Lydia C, deceased, was the wife of Crock-
ett Wilson, of Carthage; Adeline F. is the wife of
H. F. Emery, a ranchman residing near Hoxie,
Kan.; William T. is a railroad conductor on the
W T abash Road, and makes his home in Hamilton;
and Adelia H., deceased, was the wife of Frank-
lin Bell, of this place.

Our subject spent the first twelve years of his
life in his native State, and acquired his educa-
tion in the public schools of Lincoln County.
When a youth of twelve summers he was brought
by his father to Hancock County, where he con-
tinued for four years, when, possessed with the
spirit of restlessness which is often characteristic
of youth, he ran away from home. Making

his way south to New Orleans, he there secured a
position as cabin-boy on a steamboat on the Miss-
issippi. For one season he followed the river,
and then engaged in the lightning-rod business for
two years.

Soon after the breaking out of the Civil War,
Mr. McLellan was found among the defenders of
the Union. In May, 1861, he donned the blue,
enlisting as a member of Company I), Sixteenth
Illinois Infantry, for one hundred days' sen-ice.
After having been at the front for twenty days he
re-enlisted for a term of three years. He remained
with his old company for one year, and was then
discharged, on the 21st of May, 1S63. Immedi-
ately after, he returned home, where he spent a
week, but feeling that his country still needed his
services, he then re-enlisted, becoming a member
of Company G, Twelfth Iowa Cavalry, and
with his old command took part in the battles
of Monroe Station and New Madrid. After be-
coming a cavalryman he engaged in the battles-of
Harper's Ferry, Antietam, and in numberless
skirmishes. For one month he was ill in the
hospital at Martinsburgh, Va.

After his return home in 1863, Mr. McLellan
began driving team and stages on the western
plains, and was also steward in different hotels in
the West. In Oakland, Cal., he learned the
painter's trade, which he followed for about three
years. He then returned home and took up his
residence in Canada, but later he went to Indiana,
where he engaged in canvassing for some time.
He also worked at his trade of painting in the
Hoosier State for a considerable period, and sub-
secpuently embarked in the fire-insurance business,
which he continued for a year. After abandoning
that enterprise he became connected with a hotel
in Bunker Hill, Ind., serving as day clerk. The
succeeding two years of his life were thus passed,
after which he engaged in the show business,
which took him all over the United States and
Canada. In this way he continued his travels
until 1891, when he returned to Hamilton, and
opened the billiard hall of which he is now pro-
prietor.

On the 14th of May, 1850, in New York City,
Mr. McLellan was united in marriage with Miss

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Mary A. Violet, daughter of Monsieur A. Violet,
a native of France. In polities, our subject is a
Republican, and has supported that party since
he cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham
Lincoln, in i860. He has never aspired to public
office, however, preferring to give his time and
attention to other interests. Socially, he is con-
nected with Russell Post No. 86, G. A. R., and
Rapid City Lodge No. 286, K. P.

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gEORGE C. WAGGONER, of Hamilton, is
one of the oldest native sons of Hancock
County who still reside within its borders.
He was here born on the 20th of May, 1839, andisa
worthy representative of an honored pioneer fam-
ily. His father, Isaac N. Waggoner, was one of
the earliest settlers in the county, the date of his
arrival being 1824. He pre-empted three hun-
dred and twenty acres of land four miles north of
Hamilton, known as the Waggoner Tract, and was
one of the successful fanners of the neighborhood.
He had removed to this State from Pennsylvania.
He was also one of the earliest pilots on the river,
and was captain of a keel-boat, propelled by poles
and sails, before the days of steamers. He after-
wards owned and built several steamboats, and
followed the river until about four years prior to
his death.

In Nauvoo, Mr. Waggoner married Miss Mary
White, daughter of Capt. James White, a pioneer
settler of Hancock County, who bought land from
the Indians where the town of Nauvoo now stands,
giving them seven bushels of corn for each wig-
wam, and receiving an Indian d.eed on wampum
for the same. On this tract he erected a stone
house, the first one in Nauvoo. He also followed
the river, whereon he owned two keelboats. Mr.
and Mrs. Waggoner began their domestic life
upon the land which he had pre-empted, and
which he transformed into a well-cultivated tract.
Their union was blessed with seven children, three
Mins and four daughters. Martha, the eldest,
is the widow of Henry I!. Parsons, of Hamilton;
George C. comes next; Austin and Milton are

both residents of Hamilton: Luella and Eleanor
are deceased; and Clara is the wife of Ed Curry,
a farmer of Montebello Township. The mother
of this family, who is still living, resides in Hamil
ton, and is said to be the oldest settler now living
in the county.

Our subject was reared to manhood on his fa-
ther's farm, and acquired his education in the old-
time district schools. With the family, he shared
in all the hardships and experiences of frontier
life, and was early inured to the hard labors of
developing wild land. He knew the county when
it was a part of the western frontier, and when
much of the land was still in the possession of the
Government. He has been an eye-witness of its
growth and development, and has also aided in
its progress and advancement, taking an active
interest in all that pertained to the public welfare.
Mr. Waggoner continued farm work until 1855,
when he began work on the river: He spent four
3 ears in learning all about the stream, its chan-
nels, its sandbars, etc., and in 1859 ne secured
a license to act as a pilot from St. Louis to St.
Paul. During the war he served on a United
States gunboat in that capacity for three years,
participating in a number of naval engagements.
He enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and
Eighteenth Illinois Infantry, in 1862, and on the
roth of July, 1863, was transferred to the navy.
When the war was over he was mustered out,
July 8, 1865. Returning home, he then engaged
in the milling business for six years on the old
homestead, but in 1871 he returned to the river,
and has since served as master and pilot. He has
been in every packet trade from St. Louis to St.
Paul. During the winter months he is engaged
in the real estate business.

On the 17th of July, 1867, Mr. Waggoner was
united in marriage with Miss Emerilla Forney,
ami to them has been born a family numbering
three sons: Isaac N., who is now an attorney-at-
law of Keokuk, Iowa; Herbert, who is employed
as telegraph operator in Hamilton; and Willard,
who is engaged in the jewelry business.

In his political views. Mr. Waggoner is a Dem-
ocrat, and is a member of the Christian Church.
Socially, he is connected with Russell Post No

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68, G. A. R.; and with Montebello Lodge No.
697, I. O. O. F., of which he has been a member
for twenty years. Mr. Waggoner is widely known
throughout his native county, and all along the
river. He makes friends wherever he goes, and
his many excellencies of character have gained for
him the confidence and good-will of those with
whom he has been brought in contact.

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EIIARLES DORMAN. who since 1865 has
made his home in Hamilton, was For many
years prominently connected with its busi-
ness interests as one of its leading merchants,
but is now living a retired life. A native of New
Jersey, he was born in Gloucester County, on the
28th of November, 1817. He traces his ancestry
back to Revolutionary daws, his maternal grand-
father being one of the heroes in the War for In-
dependence. His parents, James and Amy E.
(Parker) Dorman, were both natives of New Jer-
sey, and to them were born four children, but
Charles, the eldest, is now the only surviving one.
Those who have passed away are Josiah F. ,
Annie and Daniel H.

The father of our subject died when Charles
was only about seven years old; therefore the
care of the children devolved upon the mother,
who did her best for them, although she was left
in very limited circumstances. All the school
privileges which Mr. Dorman received were ob-
tained prior to his tenth year, in the subscription
schools of the neighborhood. At that time lie
began earning his own livelihood by work upon
the farm, and has since been dependent upon his
own resources. He may truly be called a self-
made man, for the success of his life is due en-
tirely to his untiring labors and perseverance.
At the age of twelve years, he began learning the
blacksmith's trade in a shop at Good Intent,
N. J., and served a seven-year apprenticeship.
When his term was ended he was nineteen years
of age. He then began working as a journey-
man, and after a time, in 1839, he left the East
with the determination of trying his fortune on

the broad prairies of Illinois. He emigrated to
Alton, where he followed blacksmithing for six
months, and in 1840 he removed to Kane,
Greene County, where he worked at his trade for
three years.

In the year 1843, Mr. Dorman removed to a
farm in Macoupin County, where he carried on
agricultural pursuits for two years, in connection
with the blacksmith's trade. In 1845, we find
him in Carlinville, where he continued his labors
at the anvil for eleven years. From 1856 until
1S58, he was again engaged in farming in Macou-
pin County. His next place of residence was in
Woodburn, 111., where he resided until 1865,
when he came to Hamilton, where he has since
made his home. He embarked in merchandising,
and for main- years did a most successful busi-
ness, thus acquiring a competence which enabled
him to lay aside business cares and live retired.

An incident illustrating his courage and fear-
lessness is worthy of mention here. On the even-
ing of Jul}' 29, 1S89, two masked men entered his
store, and one of them presented a revolver and
demanded his money, threatening to shoot if he
did not comply with his request. Mr. Dorman
stooped down to get a pistol from under the
counter, replying, "Shoot, and I'll shoot too." As
he raised his head above the counter, the robber
discharged his pistol, the ball taking effect in Mr.
Dorman 's mouth, striking the artificial teeth in
his upper jaw, and lodging in his neck on the
right side, near his ear, being taken out some
days later by a surgeon. The day after the
shooting the robbers were arrested, and Mr. Dor-
man being able to identify them, they were con-
victed and sent to the State penitentiary. By
this daring act the old gentleman was enabled to
retain his money, and at the same time rendered a
valuable service to the public, by ridding the city
of two worthless characters.

Mr. Dorman has been twice married. On at-
taining his majority he was married, in April.
1838, to Anna M. Northrop, a native of Phila-
delphia. Seven children were born to them,, as
follows: Albert J., deceased; James P., a black-
smith and farmer now living in Centralia, Kan.;
Harriet \V., wife of E. M. Grubb, a merchant of

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Hamilton; Amy and Charles, who are both de-
ceased; Anna, wife of Jesse Middleton, of Cam-
den, N. J.; and Emily, who died in infancy. Mr.
Dorman was again married, on the 28th of June,
1SS2, his second union being with Miss Rebecca
C. Hoopes. They have a pleasant home in
Hamilton, supplied with the comforts and con-
veniences of life, and are surrounded by many
friends.

During the late war, Mr. Dorman enlisted in
his country's service, in May, 1864, becoming a
member of Company F, One Hundred and Thirty -
third Illinois Infantry. He did guard duty, and
in the autumn of the same year received his dis-
charge. He cast his first Presidential vote for
William Henry Harrison, and was a supporter of
the Whig part}- and its principles until the Re-
publican party was formed, when he joined its
ranks. He has since been one of its advocates,
and has a firm belief in its measures. He served
as Tustice of the Peace at Woodburu for four
years, and has also filled the office of School Di-
rector. He holds membership with Russell Post
No. 86, G. A. R., and for some years was an El-
der in the Presbyterian Church, with which he
held membership while a resident of Carlinville.
He is true to every public and private trust, and
is a man whose word is as good as his bond, for
by an honorable, upright life, he has gained the
confidence of all, as well as their high regard.

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EHARLES P. CRUM, deceased, was born in
Cass County, 111., on the nth of April, 1S53.
His father, James Crum, was a native of
Kentucky, and followed agricultural pursuits as a
means of livelihood. His wife bore the maiden
name of Christina Ream. James Crum's father was
Matthias Crum, a Virginian, and his father in turn
bore the same name and was a native of Germany,
whence he came to America before the Revolu-
tion. Their son Charles acquired the rudiments
of his education in the district schools of his na-
tive county, and when he had thoroughly mas-
tered the branches of learning there taught, he

entered the State Normal University, of Bloom-
ington, 111., where he pursued his studies for
three years. He next entered Adrian College, of
Adrian, Mich., and after two years was gradu-
ated from that institution, on the 24th of June,
1875, with the degree of B. S.

When his life as a pupil was ended, Mr. Crum
removed to Henderson County, 111., where he
purchased a farm, at once turning his attention
to the further development and cultivation of his
land. He there carried on agricultural pursuits
for two years, when, in 1877, he came to Han-
cock County, and purchased an interest in a gen-
eral store in Disco. His connection therewith,
however, was continued only until the following
year. In 1878, he purchased a farm on section
6, La Harpe Township, comprising two hundred
and fifty acres, and again took up agricultural
pursuits, which he successfully carried forward
until 1883.

Mr. Crum w^as married on the 14th of Decem-
ber, 1875, the lady of his choice being Miss Liua
James, daughter of Andrew J. and Sidney (Pig-
man) James, of La Harpe. Five children came
to bless their union, four sons and a daughter,
Ray, Charles, James, Mabel and Virgil, all of
whom are still with their mother. Mrs. Crum is
a most estimable lad}- and one who has many
friends thoroughout the community.

In 1883, Mr. Crum left the farm and, removing
to La Harpe, accepted a professorship in Gittings
Seminary. His school work was earnest and ef-
ficient, and he took great interest in educational
matters, doing all in his power to advance the
cause. He was recognized as a most able instruc-
tor, and his place will be hard to fill. He was a
teacher of mathematics and science, and his con-
nection with the seminary at La Harpe continued
up to the time of his death, which occurred
March 25, 1S85, the result of a wreck on the
Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad.

In his social relations, Mr. Crum was a Royal
Arch Mason and an Odd Fellow. He held mem-
bership with La Harpe Lodge No. 195, A. F. &
A. M.; La Harpe Chapter No. 134, R. A. M.;
and Bristol Lodge No. 653, I. O. O. F., of which
he was Noble Grand at the time of his death. He

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was also a member of the Methodist Protestant
Church, and his honorable, upright life made him
a valued and highly respected citizen of the com-
munity. He was a patron of all those interests
which tend to elevate humanity, and his loss was
deeply mourned in this community.

IILLIAM PIERCE BARRETT, deceased,
was born in the shadow of Westminster
Abbey, in England, on the iSth of March,
1820, and was a son of William and Sarah (Ray-
ner) Barrett, who were also natives of England.
The paternal grandfather, Thomas Barrett, was
born in the same country, and throughout his
business career was a dealer in dry goods. He
died at the age of eighty-. The maternal grand-
father, Isaac Rayuer, was a farmer by occupa-
tion. His entire life was spent in England, where
he died at an advanced age. The father of our
subject became a dry-goods merchant, and carried
on business until his death, in 1819. He was a
member of the Church of England, and his wife
held membership with the Congregational Church.
She survived him for a quarter of a century. This
worthy couple were the parents of five children,
three sons and two daughters, but none are now
living.

Mr. Barrett whose name heads this record
grew to manhood in the land of his birth, and
when twenty-three years of age sailed for America.
With the hope of bettering his financial condition
in the Xew World, he crossed the Atlantic in
1843, and took up his residence in McDonough
County, where he engaged in farming. Later he
bought a tract of land in Macomb, and was em-
ployed in various ways for a time. In 1857 ne
was elected Constable, which position he filled for
eight years. During that time he also served as
Deputy Sheriff. When his term of office had ex-
pired, he purchased a forty-acre tract of laud south-
west of Macomb, and to its cultivation and im-
provement devoted his energies for eighteen years.
This ended his career as a farmer. He came to
Macomb, and was again officially connected with

its interests. For about eight years he served as
Deputy County Clerk, and was then appointed
Deputy County Treasurer, which position he was
filling at the time of his death.

On June 6, 1846, Mr. Barrett was united in
marriage with Miss Margaret Roberts, a daughter
of Thomas and Ann (Roberts) Roberts, and to
them were born six sons and two daughters, only
four of whom are now living: Sarah E., wife of
Charles Combs, of Chariton, Iowa: William T.,
of Chalmers, McDonough County: Maggie; and
Edward, of Grafton, Cal. Mrs. Barrett's parents
were natives of Denbigh, Wales, and during her
infancy she was brought by them to America.

In his political views, Mr. Barrett was always
a stalwart Democrat, and took a warm interest in
the growth and success of his party. As an offi-
cer, he was always true to the trust reposed in him,
and discharged his duties with a promptness and
fidelity that won him the confidence of all con-
cerned. His life was well and worthily spent, and
tin ugh he lived quietly, he had the high respect
of all with whom business or social relations
brought him in contact. He held membership
with the Church of England, and Mrs. Barrett
belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
During the last years of his life he served as No-
tary Public, and was engaged in the insurance,
real-estate and loan business. He passed away
February 14, 1893, and his death was deeply
mourned by many friends.

^"HOMAS McCLURE, an attorney-at-law of
/ C Macomb, who is successfully engaged in
\J2/ practice at the Bar of McDonough County,
claims Illinois as the State of his nativity. He
was born in Augusta Township, Hancock County,
July 5, 184S, and comes of an old Virginia family.
His grandfather, John McClure. was a native of
Virginia and a saddler by trade. Soon after mar-
rying he moved to Kentucky, and spent his re-
maining days in Adair County, that State. In
his family were four sons and three daughters.
The great-grandfather of our subject, John Mc-

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Clure, was a native of Scotland. He married an
Irish lady, and crossing the Atlantic to America,
located. in Albemarle County, Va.j but soon after
located in Beaver County, Pa., where he spent
his remaining days.

The father of our subject, Thomas McClure,
Sr., was born in Adair County, Ky., and through-
out the greater part of his life followed the occu-
pation of farming. With the hope of bettering
his financial condition, he removed to Illinois prior
to 1839, and after a few years' residence in St. Ma-
ry's Township, Hancock County, 111., located
three and a-half miles northwest of Augusta, at
Mechanicsville, where he purchased one hundred
and twenty acres of land. This he at once began
to cultivate and improve. Subsequently he added
to it a tract of eighty acres, and his energies were
devoted untiringly to its development. Thus he
accumulated a competency, and left his family in
comfortable circumstances. He married Mary
Ellen Samuels, a native of Virginia, who emigra-
ted prior to 1840, with her father, Moses Samuels,
to Illinois. Her grandfather, a Polish Hebrew,
spent his last days in Richmond, Va. To Mr.
and Mrs. McClure were born eleven children, of
whom seven are living, four sons and three daugh-
ters, namely: John W., who served in the late
war as a member of the Thirty-sixth Illinois In-
fantry, and is now a Christian preacher of Iowa;
Elzy, who was a member of the One Hundred and
Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and is a merchant
now living in Carthage, 111.; Thomas, of this
sketch; Mary F., wife of James Garwood, of Au-
gusta Township, Hancock County, 111. ; Ulysses
G., baggage-master on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railroad at Kansas City, Mo.: Eliza
Ellen, wife of A. W. Byers, of Carthage, 111. ; and
Ida Helen, wife of Leslie C. Richards, a druggist,
now postal clerk on the Illinois Central Railway,
residing in Centralia, 111. The father of this
family, by exposure contracting typhoid fever,
passed away May 4, 1863, at the age of forty-
six years, two months and one day. His wife
died April 21, 1874, at the age of fifty years, six
months and seven days. In early life they united
with the Christian Church, and were ever faithful
and devoted members. Mr. McClure was a man

of integrity and strong convictions, being well
liked and highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Politically, he was a Whig, and prior to the Civil
War becoming a Republican, cast his last vote for
Abraham Lincoln. Loyal to the Union, he was
deeply interested in its successes up to the day of
his death.

Thomas McClure of this sketch early became •
familiar with all the duties of farm life, and re-
mained upon the old homestead with his mother
until her death. His early education was ac-
quired in the district schools, and supplemented
by study in the public schools of Augusta, and in
Abingdon College. He then embarked in teach-
ing, and followed that profession for fourteen years
in Adams, Hancock, McDonough and Fulton
Counties. Later he began reading law in the of-
fice of Judge L. Y. Sherman, of Macomb, and was
admitted to the Bar in August, 1890, since which
time he has been practicing on his own account.

On the 25th of October, 1893, Mr. McClure
was united in marriage with Miss Myra E. Cris-
sey, daughter of Charles D. and Samira C. Cris-
sey, of Macomb, 111. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are
members of the Christian Church. Socially, Mr.
McClure is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
and also a Knight of Pythias. In politics, he is a
supporter of the Republican party and its princi-
ples, and is now serving as City Attorney of Ma-
comb, 111., to the satisfaction of all concerned.
Although he has been in practice for little more
than three years, he has already' won a place at
the Bar and acquired a good patronage, and his
future labors in the line of his profession will un-
doubtedly be successful.

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[""\ORTER K. SUTTLE, senior member of the
Yf firm of Suttle & Williams, proprietors of
[2 the Macomb Steam Laundry, is a native of
the Buckeye State. He was born in Knox Coun-
ty, Ohio, on the 23d of January, 1846, and is a
son of Wilford and Ann Eliza (Milhorn) Suttle,
who were also natives of Ohio. Their family
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237

ters, as follows: Elizabeth, wife of Alberson
Moore, a resident of Bushnell; Rosa, wife of L.
Anghinbaugh, of Bushnell; Porter K., of this
sketch; and Shannon, who is now deceased. In
early days the father was a stage-driver for many
years in Ohio. His death occurred about 1848.
His wife, who still survives him, is yet living in
Bushnell, 111., and is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of that place.

Porter K. Suttle spent the first fourteen years
of his life in his native State, the year 1859 wit-
nessing his arrival in Illinois. He has since that
time made his home in McDonough County, for
a short time he was a resident of Bushnell, but
later he learned the marble-cutter's trade in
Prairie City, following that business for three
years. On the expiration of that period he went
South and engaged in clerking in a clothing
store for two years. Subsequently he followed
railroading for a similar length of time, and then
opened a grocery, boot and shoe store in Good
Hope, which he carried on for nine years. Com-
ing to Macomb, he then conducted a billiard hall
in this city until May, 1893, when he formed a
partnership with L. M. Williams, and established
the Macomb Steam Laundry, which is conducted
under the firm style of Suttle & Williams. They
furnish employment to nine hands, and are doing
a good business, which is constantly increasing,
owing to the excellent quality of work which they
turn out.

In September, 1874, was celebrated a marriage
which united the destinies of Mr. Suttle and Miss
Luella Monger, daughter of Alexander Monger.
One child was born unto them, Wilford Alexan-
der. The mother was a member of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church, and died in 1877. F° r
his second wife Mr. Suttle chose Miss Ella Ans-
line. Four children grace this union, a son and
three daughters, namely: Claudia, Ray, Ethel
and Lila.

Mr. Suttle, socially, is a member of the Odd
Fellows' Society and of the Modern Woodmen of
America. His wife holds membership in the
Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a sup-
porter of the Republican party and its principles,
and while residing in Good Hope he served as a

member of the Village Board of Trustees. His
time and attention, however, have been devoted
largely to business interests. He is meeting with
good success in his undertakings, and the liberal
patronage which he receives is well deserved.

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(JOHN SMITH BARKER, the efficient Sheriff
I of McDonough County, now living in Ma-
Q) comb, is a native of this State. He was born
in Fulton County on the 1 6th of November, 1852,
and is a son of John W. and Eliza S. (Brand)
Barker, the former a native of Ohio, and the lat-
ter of Virginia. The father was thrice married,
there being no issue of the third marriage. By
the first union he had two children: Harriet,
wife of Alexander Barnes, of Sumner County,
Kan.; and Warren, who resides in the same
county. By the second marriage were born
eight children, six sons and two daughters, of
whom six are yet living, as follows: Lafayette,
who is located in Kansas City, Mo.; Mary J.,
wife of R. A. Miner, of McDonough County;
John S.; George M. and Franklin, who reside in
Fulton County; and Sarah E., wife of George
Hefner, of this county. The father of this family
was a farmer by occupation, and followed that
business throughout his entire life. The year
1832 witnessed his arrival in Illinois. He lo-
cated in Fulton County, near the present site of
Table Grove, and there made his home until his
death, which occurred in 1888, at the age of sev-
enty years. His wife passed away in 1883. They
were both members of the Baptist Church, and
were highly-respected people.

Little is known concerning the origin of the
family. The paternal grandfather, John Barker,
was a native of Ohio, and served in the Mexican
War. As a means of livelihood he followed both
farming and blacksmithing. His death occurred
at the age of eighty years, in Fulton County,
where he had located at a very early day. His
family numbered four sons and two daughters.
The maternal grandfather of our subject claimed
Virginia as the State of his nativity, and he too

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

was one of the honored pioneers of Fulton Coun-
ty. For many long years he there carried on
fanning, and at an advanced age departed this
life.

In the county of his nativity our subject was
reared to manhood, and the common schools of
the community afforded his educational privi-
leges. Under the parental roof he remained until
twenty-five years of age, when he left home, and
on the ist of January, 1878, was united in mar-
riage with Miss Mary G. Miner, daughter of
John F. and Susanna (Ward) Miner, who reside
near Adair. Three children blessed their union,
but a son died in infancy. Their daughters are
Mary E. and Susanna S.

In the spring of 1879, Mr. Barker came to Mc-
Donough County and located in Bethel Town-
ship, where for three years he engaged in farming.
During the succeeding year he carried on agri-
culture in Lamoine Township, and then removed
to Colchester Township, where he made his home
until 1886, when he came to Macomb. For four
years he served as Deputy Sheriff under Theodore
Huston, and was then elected to his present of-
fice, which he is now filling in a creditable and
acceptable manner. He served as Town Clerk of
Bethel Township for one term, and in that posi-
tion discharged his duties with the same prompt-
ness and fidelity that now characterize his ad-
ministration. In politics, he is a supporter of the
Democracy, and, socially, is connected with the
Knights of Pvthias fraternity.

I^RM

*VSAI AH ODENWELLER is now doing a good
I liven- business in Macomb. He has an ex-
X tensive stable, of which he has been proprietor
since 1888, and keeps on hand a number of good
horses and carriages; in fact, he has one of the best
appointed establishments in his line in Mc-
Donough County. He was born near Industry,
in this county, November 29, 1856, and is a son
of Leonard and Elizabeth (Danley) Odenweller,
the former a native of Baden, Germany, and the
latter of Ohio. His paternal grandparents lived

and died in Germany. The maternal grandfather,
Thomas Danley, was for many years a resident
of Ohio, and followed farming in the Buckeye
State. In 1850 he removed to Illinois, locating
in McDonough County, and improved a good farm
south of Macomb. There he spent his remaining
days, passing away in 1S70, at an advanced age.

The father of our subject also carried on agri-
cultural pursuits. He began earning his liveli-
hood in that way, but in 1843 came to Illinois,
and spent two years in Macomb. He then re-
moved to a farm two miles southeast of the city,
but in 1847 again came to Macomb. Two years
subsequently, he once more took up agriculture,
and continued the cultivation and improvement of
his land until 1878, when he came to the city, and
here spent his remaining days, being called to the
home beyond in February, 1887, at the age of
seventy-two years. His wife survived him until
1889, and passed away at the age of sixty-four.
They were both members of the Christian Church,
and were prominent workers in its interest. Of
their family often children, seven are yet living,
namely: Thomas F., a Christian preacher of Des
Moines, Iowa; John L-, who resides in Schuyler
County; Simon P., of Macomb; Richard A., of
Pleasanton, Kan.; Isaiah; Mary M., wife of James
Miller, of Graham, Mo.; and Lucy H., widow of
H. D. Grider, a resident of Windsor, 111.

As a typical farmer's son, Isaiah Odenweller
was reared to manhood upon the old homestead
in Scotland Township, and in the district schools
his education was acquired. He remained at
home until 1879. When he was married he con-
tinued farming until 1887, when he came to
Macomb, and embarked in the butcher's business.
A year later he purchased the liven' stable of R.
D. Merchon, and has since conducted the business.
He also owns a good home property.

On the 2d of October, 1879, Mr. Odenweller led
to the marriage altar Miss Lizzie M. Ellis, daugh-
ter of John and .Susan M. (Breckenridge) Ellis,
who were natives of Pennsylvania. Two children
were the fruit of their union, a daughter and son,
M. Bertha and Walter Leonard, the former now
deceased. The parents hold membership with
the Christian Church, and Mr. Odenweller is a

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member of the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fel-
low-' Societies and the Patriotic Order of Sons of
America. He exercises his right of franchise in
support of the Republican party, and is now serv-
ing his second term as Alderman of the Third
Ward. He has also served for several years as
School Director, while residing in the country.

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|~RANCIS M. JACKSON. M. I)., who is suc-
r^ cessfully engaged in the practice of medicine
I in Hamilton, is one of the honored veterans
of the late war, who risked his life in defense of
the Union, and valiantly aided in its preservation.
The record of his career will prove an interesting
one to many of our readers, for he is widely
known in this locality. A native of Knox Coun-
ty, 111., he was born July 31, 1841, and is of
Scotch-Irish extraction. His father, Obediah
Jackson, was a native of Otsego County, X. V.,
but when about ten years of age went with his
father's family to Pennsylvania, and in 1839 kit
tlie Keystone State for Illinois, locating in Knox
County, where he engaged in farming. Before
leaving Pennsylvania he wedded Mary Kings-
bury, a native of that State, and unto them were
born nine children, as follows: Cassandra D., wife
of E. M- Wright, who is engaged in the jewelry
business in Marysville, Cal.; Lyman A., a fruit-
grower of Knoxville, 111.; Nancy J., Ruth A.
and Ebenezer, deceased; Francis M., of this
sketch; Julius, of Hamilton; Man- A., now the
wife of George Wilson, a resident of California;
and Lucy D., who is deceased.

As l>r. Jackson emerged from early boyhood,
he was put to work upon the farm, and be-
came familiar with all the duties of that life. He
early began to follow the plow, and by his serv-
ices aided greatly in the development of the old
home farm. When harvests were over and the
winter had come on, he would enter the public
schools of Knoxville, and there pursue his studies
until spring again called him to the fields.

Dr. Jackson remained at home until 1861,
when, on the 14th of December, he responded to

the country's call for troops and was assigned
to Company C, Fifty-first Illinois Infantry. He
saw much hard service, participated in the bat-
tle of New Madrid and the siege and capture of
Island No. 10, went with the fleet to Ft. Pillow,
and participated in the siege of Corinth. On the
2 2d of August, 1862, at Decatur, Ala., he was
captured and sent to Libby Prison, where he re-
mained for three months. He was then ex-
changed and taken to Camp Carroll, at Annapo-
lis, Md., where he remained for one month, when
he was ordered to Camp Butler, 111. When he
reached Chicago, he was taken quite sick and
was forced to remain there for a time. He then
obtained a furlough and returned home. Later
he was ordered to Keokuk, Iowa, and on account
of physical disability was discharged from the
service on the 24th of March, 1863. He was a
loyal defender of the Old Flag and the cause it
represented, and well deserves mention among his
country's patriots.

On the 26th of March, 1863, Dr. Jackson mar-
ried Catherine Yarvan, daughter of William Yar-
yan. Unto them was born a son, William B., a
fanner of Hamilton. The mother died July 29,
1873, and our subject was again married. Novem-
ber 26, 1877, his second union being with Kate
G. Davis, by whom he has two children, Frank
D. and Sallie.

During the first year after his return from the
army, the Doctor engaged in farming in the coun-
ty of his nativity, but in 1864 he embarked in
business in Colchester, McDonough County, 111.,
as a dealer in drugs and groceries. There he re-
mained until 1866, and the last year was spent
largely in the study of medicine under Dr. Yar-
yan. When he had become thoroughly proficient
in the science, he began practice in Colchester,
hut in 1S67 he went West, spending about three
years in Missouri and Iowa. In the year 1870,
he returned to Knoxville, Knox County, and
took charge of his father's farm, which he contin-
ued to operate for a year. In 1871, he went to
Gladstone, where he was successfully engaged in
the practice of medicine until 1872, when he re-
moved to Colchester. We afterwards find him in
Hopper's Mills, Henderson County, where he

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continued to make his home until 1881, during
which time he was elected to serve as Coroner of
the county.

Thirteen years have now passed since Dr. Jack-
son came to Hamilton, and during this time he
has been continuously engaged in general prac-
tice. He does a good business in the line of his
profession, and the liberal patronage he receives is
well merited. In politics, he has been a Repub-
lican since the time when he cast his first Presi-
dential vote for Abraham Lincoln, in 1864. He is
now serving as Mayor of Hamilton, and is a ca-
pable and efficient officer, faithful in the dis-
charge of all public duties. He has also served
one term as Supervisor of Montebello Township,
and as School Director. Socially, he is a member
of Russell Post No. 86, G. A. R., and is a char-
ter member of Montebello Lodge No. 697, I. O.
O. F. The Doctor is a public- spirited and pro-
gressive citizen, who gives his hearty support to
all worthy public interests that are calculated to
upbuild and benefit the community. He pos-
sesses many excellencies of character, is a faith-
ful officer, a skilled physician, and is highly re-
spected by all.

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pQlLLIAMT. McLELLAN, of Hamilton, a
\ k I conductor on the Wabash Railroad, is one
Y Y °f tne honored veterans of the late war, who
in the days when the dissolution of the Union was
threatened responded to the call for troops, and
valiantly aided in its defense. He was born on
the 16th of April, 1835, in Thomaston, Me., and
is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His father, Capt.
Thomas McLellan, was a native of the same place,
and was one of a family which numbered three
sons and a daughter. His educational privileges
were very meagre, being such as the district
schools of the neighborhood afforded. At the
age of twelve years, he made his first sea voyage,
going on a whaler. He was thus employed for
two years, receiving $12 per month. When a
youth of fifteen, he shipped on a sailing-vessel be-
fore the mast, and won promotion from time to

time, until, at the age of twenty-one years, he was
Captain and owned a third-interest in the sailing-
vessel ' ' The Four Brothers, ' ' plying as a freight-
er throughout the world, with New York as its
main port. He was afterwards Captain of the
sailing-vessels " William Henry," " Brigg Lud-
wig, ' ' and several others. The last ship he com-
manded was the " European," of which he had
charge many years.

In 1848 Capt. McLellan removed with his
family to New Orleans, where he remained for one
year, having abandoned the sea; but the cholera
drove them from the Crescent City northward.
After a short time spent in St. Louis, they re-
moved to Alton, 111., where they continued to re-
side until their removal to Hancock County in
1849. Carthage was chosen as their place of
abode. Capt. McLellan had married Nancy Ful-
ler, a native of Bangor, Me., and to them were '
born five children: Adeline, now the wife of H.
F. Emery, a farmer of Hoxie, Kan.; William T.,
whose name heads this record; Henry K., a resi-
dent of Hamilton; Adelia, deceased, wife of Frank
Bell; and Joseph, who is also deceased. The father
of this family was an old line Whig in early life, but
afterwards became a Republican.

William T. McLellan acquired his early educa-
tion in the public schools, and afterwards attended
Jubilee College, of Peoria County, 111., where he
pursued his studies for a year. He began busi-
ness for himself as a teamster in Hamilton, but
afterwards went on a farm, where he was employed
for three years. In this way he got a start in life.
He also worked in a planing-mill in Keokuk for
a short time.

After the breaking out of the Civil War, Mr.
McLellan, prompted by patriotic impulses, re-
sponded to the call for troops in February, 1862,
enlisting as a member of Company D, Sixteenth
Illinois Infantry. He served for more than three
years, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky.,
on the 8th of July, 1865. He participated in all
the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and was
with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea.
He was also in the campaign from Savannah to
Washington, and participated in the Grand Re-
view in the Capitol City, the most brilliant mili-

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tary pageant ever seen on the western hemisphere.
He took part in the battles of Kennesaw Mountain,
Peach Tree Creek, Big Shanty, Buzzards' Gap,
Jonesboro, and numerous other skirmishes. He
was always found at his post, and his army rec-
ord is one of which he may well be proud.

Shortly after his return from the service in 1865,
he began railroading for the Wabash line. He
was first employed in the freight house, later was
made baggageman , then served as fireman on an
engine for a time, afterwards became brakeman
on a freight train, and was then made conductor
on a freight train. In this capacity he has served
for twenty-five years, a trusted and faithful em-
ploye of the road.

On the 15th of October, 1858, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. McLellan and Miss Mary R.
Debitt, daughter of William and Rosetta (Si-
mons) Debitt. To them have been born four
children, three sons and a daughter, but the latter,
Bertha, is now deceased. The three sons, Arthur,
Edward and William, all reside in Hamilton.
Mrs. McLellan is a member . of the Presbyterian
Church, and a most estimable lady. In politics,
Mr. McLellan is a Republican, but has never
sought or desired the honors or emoluments of
public office. Socially, he is a member of Black
Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A. M.; Rapid
City Lodge No. 286, K. P. ; and Russell Post
No. 86, G. A. R. His long continuance with the
railroad service indicates his faithfulness to duty,
and the trust reposed in him by the company.
He has for many years made his home in Hamil-
ton, and is well liked, having many warm friends
throughout the community.

r~REDERICK WILLIAM HASELWOOD,
Yri editor and proprietor of the Register, of Ham-
| ilton, and one of the enterprising and pro-
gressive citizens of Hancock County, has the hon-
or of being a native of Illinois, for his birth oc-
curred on his father's farm in Henderson County,
on the 25th of June, 1867. He is of German and
Scotch descent. His father, J. R. Haselwood,

was born near Louisville, Ky., and came of a fam-
ily of German origin. His wife, who bore the
maiden name of Mary Jane Duncan, was born in
Tennessee, and was of Scotch lineage. With the
Huston family she removed to McDonough Coun-
ty, 111., during the early settlement of that lo-
cality. On leaving his native State, Mr. Hasel-
wood went first to Indiana, and thence removed to
Adams County, 111. At length he took up his
residence in Henderson County, where he has
since made his home. He is an enterprising and
progressive man, and as the result of his untir-
ing industry, his career has been a prosperous
one. He is now the owner of two hundred and
forty acres of land, and is recognized as one of the
successful farmers of the community.

F. W. Haselwood of this sketch was reared in
the usual manner of fanner lads, and acquired his
early education in the district schools of the
neighborhood. Later he attended the graded
schools in Blandinsville, 111., and subsequently
completed his education in Eureka College, a
school of the Christian Church in Eureka, 111.,
his parents both being members of that denomina-
tion. During the summer months, he aided in
the labors of the farm, but his taste lay in another
direction than that of agricultural pursuits. At
the age of eighteen years, he began school
teaching. He then took up the business to which
he has since devoted his time and energies. He
entered the Gazette office at Blandinsville, then
conducted by Fred Aldrich, to learn the "art
preservative. ' ' He there worked for about a year,
and then went to the West, spending some time
in Kansas and Nebraska, where he was employed
on the Missouri Pacific Railroad as brakeman.

It was in 1890 that Mr. Haselwood returned
to his native State and took charge of the Hustler,
owned by Paul Hume, and published at Bland-
insville, continuing thereuntil the plant was sold,
when, in March, 1891, he came to Hamilton.
Here he secured employment in the Press office.
About eight months later he left that position and
established the Register, on the 31st of December,
1 89 1. This is a bright, newsy sheet, all home
print, and in size is a seven-column folio. It has
a liberal patronage, which has constantly increased

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from the beginning. A large business is well de-
served by its editor, who ever takes an active in-
terest in the best welfare of the community, and
does all in his power to aid in its upbuilding.

In his social relations, Mr. Haselwood is a
Knight of Pythias, belonging to Rapid City Lodge
No. 286, K. P., of Hamilton. In politics, he is a
stalwart Democrat, who warmly advocates the
principles of his party, and is an admirer of Gro-
ver Cleveland. He takes great interest in athle-
tic sports, is fond of boxing, and delights in foot
and base ball and bicycle-riding. He is a pleas-
ant, genial and accommodating gentleman, and
throughout the community in which he lives is
held in high regard.

(SOLOMON TWIDWELL, a retired farmer
?\ now residing in Macomb, is a native of North
Q) Carolina, born January 20, 1818. His pa-
ternal grandfather, George Twidwell, was a na-
tive of Virginia, and was reared in that State by
his grandfather. Both reached an advanced age.
The father of our subject, Thomas Twidwell, was
born in the Old Dominion, and in early life learned
the cooper's trade, but afterward became a farmer.
Having arrived at years of maturity, he married
Miss Polly Way man, daughter of John Wayman,
and a native of Maryland . Her father was a black-
smith by trade, and spent the greater part of his
life in North Carolina.

In 1834, Thomas Twidwell brought his family
to Illinois, and took up his residence in Apple
Creek, in Morgan County, where he made his
home for eighteen months. He then came to Mc-
Donough County, and moved into a little cabin
built of hickory logs and minus a roof. It was
located in Lamoine Township, three miles east of
Plymouth. There Mr. Twidwell took up two
eighty-acre tracts of land from the Government,
and afterward added to this from time to time by
purchase, but ere his death he sold all of his land.
He passed away February 16, 1883, at the very
advanced age of ninety-four years. His wife had
long since departed this life, having died of small-

pox in 1865. In early life, she was a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, but later she
and her husband joined the United Brethren
Church. After the death of his first wife, Mr.
Twidwell married Mrs. Sarah (Sapp) Smith.
Nine children were born of the first union, five
sons and four daughters, namely: John, a resi-
dent of Plymouth and a twin brother of our sub-
ject; William, who is living at Elma, Wash.;
Martha, wife of Josiah Morris, a resident of Nor-
ton, Kan.; Nancy, who makes her home in Iowa;
and Absalom, who is living in Jewell County,
Kan. The other children are now deceased.

In the State of his nativity, Solomon Twidwell
was reared to manhood. At the age of eighteen,
he left North Carolina and accompanied his par-
ents on their westward emigration to Illinois.
For about five years he then resided in McDon-
ough County, and in 1841 went to Schuyler
County, where, in connection with his father, he
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on
Round Prairie. He still owns his share of that
tract, and also sixty-seven acres of that which
formerly belonged to his father. He was suc-
cessful in his business dealings, and from time to
time he added to his possessions, until he had
over seven hundred acres of valuable land. He
still retains possession of two hundred and seven
acres, and derives a good income therefrom.

On the 1 9th of December, 1839, Mr. Twidwell
was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Mor-
ris, daughter of Simeon and Hannah Morris.
Three children were born to them, two sons and
a daughter, Thomas B., George W. and Eveline.
The first-named wedded Mary House, by whom
he had three children, Manlove, Carolina and
Mary. The mother died, and he married Leonora
Smith. With their two children, Solomon W.
and Mattie May, they reside in Lamoine Town-
ship. Eveline is the wife of Thomas Curtis, who
resides near St. John, in Stafford County, Kan.
They have six children: Delia May, Charles Solo-
mon, Myrtle Maud, Jesse F. and Inez Pearl.
Mrs. Rebecca Twidwell died in February, 1873.
On the 8th of September, following, Mr. Twid-
well was again married, his second union being
with Mrs. Lucinda Graham, widow of William

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A. Graham, and a daughter of John and Leah
(Gordon) Shuler, natives of North Carolina.

Politically, Mr. Twidwell has always been a
Democrat of the Jacksonian type, but has had
little time or inclination to seek public office, pre-
ferring to devote his entire attention to his busi-
ness interests. He served three years as Super-
visor, and eight years as Justice of the Peace, in
Birmingham Township, Schuyler County, probab-
bly the strongest Republican township in that
county. His life has been a busy one, and his
industry, and good management have brought to
him the handsome competence which now en-
ables him to live retired. He owns besides his
farm a residence and other real-estate in Macomb.
On laying aside agricultural pursuits, he came to
this city, where he has since resided. He has
made his home in Schuyler and McDonough Coun-
ties for fifty-eight years, and well deserves men-
tion among the honored pioneers of this locality.

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DWTN LEE DALLAM, the senior member
r3 1 if the well-known firm of Dallam & Wiley,
I dealers in clothing in Macomb, is a wide-
awake, enterprising and representative business
man, who, as the result of his well-directed efforts,
is meeting with success in his undertakings and
now enjoys a liberal patronage. As he is wideb-
and favorably known in this community, we feel
assured that the record of his life will prove of in-
terest to many of our readers.

Mr. Dallam is a native of Macomb, his birth
having here occurred October 16, 1855. He comes
of an old family of Maryland, in which State his
grandfather was born. The latter was a cabinet-
maker by trade. Emigrating westward, betook
up his residence in this city, where he died at the
age of sixty years. Among his family of two
sons and three daughters was Charles \V. Dallam,
father of our subject. He too was a native of
Maryland, and with his parents came to the West.
In an early day he engaged in business as a dealer
in threshing-machines, in connection with John
Wiley, under the firm name of Dallam & Wiley.

He then embarked in the milling business in con-
nection with N. P. Tinsley, and they built the
North Side Mill, with which he continued his con-
nection for a few years. He then removed to a
farm six miles east of Macomb, and engaged in
agricultural pursuits, which he successfully car-
ried on until his death in 1885, at the age of sixty-
nine years. He was united in marriage with
Mary Plotts, a native of Pennsylvania, and a
daughter of Thomas Plotts, a farmer of the Key-
stone State, who came to Macomb in pioneer days,
but afterward removed to Lucas County, Iowa,
where he lived for about twenty years. He was
called to the home beyond in 1884, at the ripe old
age of eighty-five. Mrs. Dallam still survives
her husband. Both were members of the Cum-
berland Presbyterian Church, to which she still
belongs. In their family were four children, three
sons and a daughter: Edwin L. ; Frank W., of
Washington County, Iowa; Charles T. , of Colby,
Kan.; and Amanda, wife of L. L. Wilson, of Mc-
Donough County. Mr. Dallam had been twice
married, his first wife being in her maidenhood
Rebecca Swain. They had four children, of whom
three are yet living: Samuel W.; Margaret, wife
of S. Moore, of Macomb; and Josephs., of San
Francisco, Cal.

Edwin L. Dallam was reared to manhood upon
his father's farm, and lived at home until his mar-
riage. On the 10th of May, 1878, he was united
in marriage with Miss Ella Hill, daughter of Dr.
Hill. Their union has been blessed with five
children, a son and four daughters, and the fam-
ily circle yet remains unbroken. In order of birth
they are as follows: Daisy, Fred Clifton, Alice,
Edith and Helen.

Mr. and Mrs. Dallam began their domestic life
upon a farm, and he continued to engage in agri-
culture for eleven years, but in 1887 he came to
Macomb and purchased the clothing store of J. C.
McClellan & Son. The firm then became Mc-
Clellan & Dallam, and this connection was con-
tinued for two and a-half years, when Mr. Dallam
bought out his partner's interest and admitted to
partnership J. Y. Wiley. They carry all kinds
of gents' furnishing goods and have a good trade,
which they well merit. Mr. Dallam is a member

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of the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and
the Modern Woodmen of America. His wife holds
membership with the Presbyterian Church. In
politics, he is a Republican. His entire life has
been passed in his native county, and those who
have known him from boyhood are his stanchest
friends.

)ILLIAM M. CAMP, the senior member of
the firm of Camp & Chatterton, liverymen
of Macomb, has the honor of being a native
of McDonough County . He was born in Chalmers
Township, on the 6th of May, i860, and is the
third in order of birth in a family of four children
born to Daniel A. and Elizabeth (Kellough)
Camp. His father was born in Connecticut, and
spent his youth upon a farm in that State. At
an early age, he accompanied his parents to Illi-
nois, where he lived until August, 1861. He
then enlisted in the service of his country, as a
member of the Tenth Missouri Infantry, and died
of the measles after seven months in the field.
His parents were natives of the United States, but
the family is of German extraction. The mother
of our subject was born in Pennsylvania, and came
to McDonough County with her parents when
only two years of age. She is now living in Plym-
outh, Hancock County, at the age of fifty-six
-years. Sarah Anna, the youngest child, is now
deceased. She married William King, and left a
child, Posy Ethel. Andrew, the eldest, is a farm-
er of Warren County ; and Louis makes his home
in Macomb.

Our subject lost his father when he was quite
young, and at the early age of thirteen years he
began to earn his own livelihood by working as a
farm hand by the month. He was thus employed
until twenty years of age, when he began farming
in his own interest. As he had no capital with
which to purchase property, he rented land for
eleven years, but at length abandoned agricultural
pursuits, and removed to Macomb. This was in
1891. He then embarked in the livery business,
which he has followed continuously since. In

1893, ne formed a partnership with O. W. Chat-
terton, and under the firm name of Camp & Chat-
terton they are doing a successful and constantly
increasing business.

On the 3d of December, 1886, Mr. Camp was
united in marriage with Mrs. Alice (Askew) Mur-
ray, and three children have been born of their
union: Gracie Askew, Mabel and Arthur L.

In his political views, Mr. Camp is a stanch
Republican, having supported that party since at-
taining his majority. Socially, he is connected
with the Odd Fellows' Society, and with the Mod-
ern Woodmen of America. His wife holds mem-
bership with the Christian Church, and although
he is not a member, he contributes to the support
of the same. He is a self-made man, whose pos-
sessions represent his own earnings. He has
steadily worked his way upward, and by his in-
dustry and enterprise is now at the head of one of
the leading livery establishments of Macomb.

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REV. J. G. LIBERT, who has charge of the
Catholic Church of Macomb, is a native of
Belgium, his birth having occurred on the
20th of July, 1849. He was the fourth in order
of birth in a family of seven children, whose par-
ents were Charles and Man- (Lemaire) Libert.
They too were natives of Belgium, and in 1856
they came to America, settling in Kankakee, 111., '
where the father died in the seventy-fourth year
of his age. His widow still survives him, and
has now reached the age of eighty years.

The subject of this sketch was a child of seven
summers when, with his parents, he crossed the
broad Atlantic to America. He remained at home
until about twenty years of age, and became fa-
miliar with all the duties of farm life, for as soon
as old enough he began work in the fields. His
early education was acquired in the common
schools, and in 1869 he entered St. Viateur's Col--
lege in Bourbonnais, 111. There he continued
his studies until he had completed the course and
was graduated from that institution. Later, he
began the study of theology in Grand Seminary ,

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of Montreal, Canada, where lie was ordained as a
priest of the Catholic Church in 18S5, by Arch-
bishop Fabre.

After his ordination. Father Libert was sta-
tioned at Peoria, where he did pastoral duty for a
short time. He was next transferred to Ivesdale,
where he did duty as an assistant for a limited pe-
riod, and was then placed in charge of the Catho-
lic Church in Lewiston. There he continued for
three years and a-half. and in 1S91 he came to
Macomb and took charge of the congregation in
this place. This church has been in existence
for about thirty years, and has a membership of
one hundred. Father Libert is an earnest and
faithful worker and has the respect and love of all
his people.

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PjAVID H. HAMPTON is the editor and pro-
lyl prietor of the Macomb By-Stander, and
](*) throughout his business career has been
connected with the newspaper interests of this
city. He was born in Macomb on the 26th of
June, 1850, and is a son of Benjamin Randolph
and Angehne E. (Hale) Hampton. His father
was a native of Ohio, and his mother of Ken-
tucky, but both are now deceased. The former
resided in the Buckeye State during the days of
his boyhood and youth, and when a young man
he there conducted a sawmill and a woolen-
mill. The year 1840 witnessed his arrival in
Illinois. Coming to Macomb, he served as deputy
in the office of his uncle, William H. Randolph,
who was then serving as Circuit Clerk. He also
took up the study of law, and afterwards prac-
ticed at the Bar of McDonough County for some
years. About 1850, he established the first news-
paper in Macomb, called the Enterprise, and con-
tinued its publication for a number of years. In
1859, he removed to a farm in Macomb Township,
which is known as the Ruukle Farm, and which is
celebrated for the clay used in making the fine
pottery ware manufactured in this locality. There
Mr. Hampton resided until 1865, when he sold
out and removed to Abingdon, there engaging in

law practice for three years. On the expiration
of that period he returned to Macomb and pur-
chased the Macomb Journal, with which he was
connected until 1880, when he sold to W. H.
Bainline, the present proprietor. He then began
the publication of the By-Standcr, and was its
editor up to the time of his death, which occurred
in 1886, at the age of sixty-three years. His wife
survived him until the autumn of 1893, when she
too passed away, at the age of sixty-eight. Thev
were both faithful members of the Christian
Church, and were numbered among its leading
workers. Mr. Hampton took quite a prominent
part in politics, and was a stalwart supporter of
Republican principles. He served as Supervisor
of Macomb for several years, served as Representa-
tive to the State Legislature, and for four years was
State Senator. Those interests which were calcu-
lated to benefit and upbuild the community al-
ways found in him a friend, and Macomb num-
bered him among its best and most valued citi-
zens.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Wan
Culen Hampton, was a native of New Jersey, and
was one of the pioneer settlers of this city. Here
he engaged in operating a carding-mill for some
time. He also owned land northeast of the city,
011 which he had another carding-mill. He reared
a large family, was one of the prominent men of
the county in his day, and reached an advanced
age. The maternal grandfather of D. H. Hamp-
ton was Durham Hale. He was a native of
Kentucky, and always made his home in that
State, but in an early day he owned large tracts
of land in Illinois, and made frequent trips
hither. He also was well advanced in years at
the time of his death.

Our subject is the eldest of three children, and
the only surviving one. His brothers, William
R. and Durham Y., being now deceased. There
were also three children who died in infancy. His
boyhood days were spent in Macomb and upon
his father's farm. He began his education in
the district schools, afterwards pursued his studies
in Abingdon, later attended the public schools of
Macomb, and subsequently was a student in the
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learning the printer's trade, which he has fol-
lowed continuously since. In 1871 and 1872 he
published a paper in Marshall, Mo., called the
Saline Republican. In the latter year he shipped
his outfit to Macomb, and sold the material,
which was taken to another town. Mr. Hamp-
ton then entered the Journal office and continued
to work with his father on that paper and the
By-Stander. Two years after the establishment
of the latter, he was taken into partnership with
his father, and this business relation was main-
tained until the death of Mr. Hampton, Sr. , since
which time the son has conducted it on his own
account. It is a weekly journal of eight pages,
and is a favorite with many of the residents of
McDonough County, and those who are interested
in this locality. It now has a large circulation,
which has steadily increased.

On the 1st of January, 1874, Mr. Hampton
was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daugh-
ter of Henry and Elizabeth (Throop) Bowles.
Their union was blessed with five children, three
sons and two daughters, Benjamin B., Lucie E.,
Jesse D., Joseph B. and Mary E. The last two
were twins and died at the age of eleven months.

Mr. and Mrs. Hampton hold membership with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. They have
many friends throughout the community and are
highly respected by all. Mr. Hampton votes
with the Republican party, and is now serving as
a member of the School Board. He belongs to
the Modern Woodmen of America, and to the In-
dependent Order of Mutual Aid. He is a pro-
gressive and public-spirited citizen, in touch with
the best interests of his native city, and through
the columns of his paper has done much for its
promotion.

0R. JOHN WRIGHT, of Hamilton, is one of
the honored pioneers of Hancock County,
who has been prominently identified with
the growth and upbuilding of the community for
many long years. He located within its borders
before the city of Hamilton had an existence,

when the greater part of the land was wild and
unimproved, and when the work of civilization
and progress seemed hardly begun. He has al-
ways been connected with every enterprise for
the good of the county, and has taken a just
pride in its advancement.

The Doctor was born in Banffshire, in the
north of Scotland, February 11, 18 19. His fa-
ther, William Wright, a native of the same lo-
cality, was born on the 24th of February, 1780,
acquired his education in the public schools, and
was a farmer by occupation. In 1802, he was
united in marriage with Miss Ann Wilson, who
was born January 4, 1780. They became the
parents of nine children: Alexander, now de-
ceased; Ann, deceased, wife of William Donald, a
resident of Hamilton; Isabel, deceased; James,
whose death occurred in this city; William, who
died in England; Jane, widow of John Spence;
John, whose name heads this record; Robert, who
has also passed away; and Mary, wife of A.
Horsper, of Hamilton.

Dr. Wright spent the days of his boyhood and
youth in the land of his birth, his time being
passed midst play and work. In the summer
months, he was busy in the fields, aiding in the
cultivation and improvement of his father's farm.
In the winter season he conned his lessons in the
public schools of the neighborhood, and thus ac-
quired a good education. In 1842, he bade adieu
to his old home and accompanied his parents on
their emigration to America. They crossed the
Atlantic to New Orleans, and then started up the
Mississippi. They resided in St. Louis and Alton
until the spring of 1843, when they removed to
Keokuk, but after a few weeks they came to
Hamilton. It took them a whole day to cross
the river from Keokuk, there being no ferry at
that time.

Dr. Wright aided in laying out this town, and
is therefore numbered among its founders. He
has watched with interest its growth, and has
ever given his hearty support and co-operation to
what tended toward its further development. Af-
ter coming to the county, he worked for some
time upon his father's farm, aiding in transform-
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is a magnetic healer, and for some years was
identified with the Riverside Sanitarium. He
makes a specialty of the treatment of cancers and
tumors, and has healed main w ho were suffering
from diseases of that kind.

[npolitics, tin- Doctor is a Republican. He cast
his first Presidential vote for Henry Clay, and
was a supporter of the Whig party until the or-
ganization of the Republican party, when he
joined its ranks. He is a member of the Anti-
Horse Thief Association, and in his religious be-
lief is a Congregationalist, holding membership
with the church at this place. He served as Road
Commissioner for one term, and has been School
Trustee for more than forty years.

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(IIJJAM H. FRANKLIN, one of the hon-
ored pioneers of McDonough County, who
for many years has served as Justice of the
Peace of Macomb, was born in Mercer County,
Ky., on the 13th of June, 1813, and is one of
thirteen children whose parents were James and
Nancy ( Whitton 1 Franklin, natives of Virginia.
The maternal grandfather was also born in the
Old Dominion, and there died in 1800, when about
seventy years of age. He followed farming in
Amherst County. James Franklin was also an
agriculturist. He was born on the 18th of May,
1776, and died June 12, 1826, at the age of fifty-
two years. His wife survived him until 1861,
and passed away at the age of seventy-seven.
She was first a member of the New-Light Church,
and afterward joined the Christian Church. Of
their eight sons and five daughters only three are
now living, the subject of this sketch being the
eldest. Elizabeth became the wife of Harmon
Mclntyre, and is now the widow of Daniel Moore.
She lives with a daughter in Van Buren, Ark.
Hamilton G. is a resident of Corsicana, Tex.

W. H. Franklin came to Macomb, 111., on the
25th of October, 1839, and for nineteen years en-
gaged in the practice of law. He then abandoned
the profession to engage in the nursery business.
For some time his trade along that line was quite

extensive, and he made considerable money, but
he afterward lost several thousand dollars during
the panic of 1857. Since that time he has con-
tinuously served as Justice of the Peace, having
filled the office for forty-four years. During his
residence in Macomb, the accumulated distance
which he has walked in going to and from busi-
ness is over forty thousand miles, or nearly twice
the circumference of the globe.

On the 1 st of April, 1841, Mr. Franklin mar-
ried Miss Maria J. Clarke, daughter of James and
Mary (Lewis) Clarke, pioneer settlers of Mc-
Donough County. Here her father served as
Count}- Judge for a number of years, and was a
prominent and influential citizen. To Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin were born ten children, six sons
and four daughters. Maria is deceased. Will-
iam J., who wedded Mary S. Gibbs, is a success-
ful lawyer of Junction City, Kan., and has three
living children: Maude, Dean and Ray. Nancy
Jane, Mary Mahala and Samuel B. are all now
deceased. John H. married Irene Hudgins and re-
sides in Macomb. He was Second Deputy Audi-
tor of the Treasury in Washington, D. C. , for four
years, under President Harrison, and then ac-
cepted the position of local attorney of the Santa
Fe Railroad at Toluca, 111. He and his wife have
six children: Mabel, Blake, Wirt, Delia, Junia
and Harrison. Ben has also passed away. George
A. married Miss Annie Pulford, by whom he had
one child, Maria. After the death of his first wife
he wedded Mrs. Ida Head, widow of Henry Head.
Harrison, the youngest of the family, married
Miss Louisa Munson, and resides in Beeville,
Tex.: they have a daughter, Pearl. The mother
of this family, who was born May 7, 182 1, died
September 5, 1886. She was a devoted member
of the Christian Church, and possessed many ex-
cellent traits of character.

Mr. Franklin has served as Fkler of the Chris-
tian Church for forty-eight years. He obeyed the
Gospel in Missouri, and was baptized in Locust
Creek by Elder Thomas Thompson, July 9, 1843,
more than half a century ago. He was one of the
prime movers in organizing the Christian Church
in Macomb, forty-eight years ago. During all
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services on Sunday more than six or seven times,
unless absent from the city. Twice during this
time he was detained on account of death in the
family, and twice by sickness. He has always
been faithful to the cause of Christ, and has ever
been one of the leading members of the church to
which he has belonged for nearly half a century.
In politics, he was first a Whig and then became
a Republican, but he now votes with the Prohibi-
tion party. For three years he served as Master
in Chancery. He came to McDonough County
when it contained only about twenty-two hundred,
people, not half as many as are now in the city of
Macomb. He has seen the many changes which
have since taken place, has witnessed its develop-
ment, and has always taken an active interest in
its growth and upbuilding.

r^ROF. THOMAS J. DUDMAN, who is now
LX editor and proprietor of the Macomb Eagle,
[3 has the honor of being a native of Illinois,
his birth having occurred on the 19th of Septem-
ber, 1850, near Chili, Hancock County. He was
the fourth in order of birth in a family of eight
children, born to Robert Jackson and Phoebe
(Mills) Dudman. His father was born March
13, 1821, in Indiana. During his youth the lat-
ter learned the cooper's trade in his native State,
but later became an officer on a steamboat on the
Ohio River. Thus his time was occupied until
1849, when he came to Illinois and took up his
residence in Adams County. After a short time,
however, he removed to Hancock County and
purchased a farm, which he continued to culti-
vate and improve until his death. He passed
away on the 2Sth of January, 1873. He came of
a family of English origin, and his parents were
both natives of England. While residing in Chili
Township, Hancock County, he served as Super-
visor. With the Methodist Church he held mem-
bership. Mr. Dudman was married in 1842 to
Miss Phcebe Mills, a native of Pennsylvania, born
March 13, 1818. She was of German lineage, and
died near West Point, in Hancock County, May

25, 1861. Two years later, Mr. Dudman was
again married, his second union being with Miss
Rachel Ogden, by whom he had a daughter, Mrs.
Martha Jane Lyberger, a resident of Eagle Grove,
Iowa.

The eight children born to Robert J. and Phcebe
Dudman were as follows: Samuel, who died in
infancy; Mary Frances, wife of Henry Garner,
of Bowen, 111.; William H., who also died in in-
fancy; Thomas J., of this sketch; Anna E., wife
of James A. Veach, of Bentley, 111.; Lorain R.,
who died in infancy; Rev. William Finley, a
Methodist Episcopal minister, now living in Bent-
ley; and Elizabeth M., wife of Conrad Koehler,
who resides in Hancock County.

Prof. Dudman spent the days of his boyhood
and youth upon his father's farm in the county
of his nativity, and in the summer months he
aided in the labors of the field, while in the win-
ter season he attended the district schools of the
neighborhood. He also spent two years as a
student in the High School of Bowen, 111. At
the age of eighteen he left home and began teach-
ing, which profession he followed in Hancock
County and in Missouri until he had attained his
majority. He then entered the High School of
Carthage, Mo., where he completed the teacher's
course, after which he resumed teaching, being
employed in both Missouri and Illinois.

On the 22d of October, 1874, Prof. Dudman
was united in marriage with Miss Marietta Lons-
don, of Augusta, who was born in Adams County,
111., May 24, 1856. Their union has been blessed
with seven children, but Leila Annetta died in
infancy. Those still living are William Ernest,
who was born September 9, 1877, and is now
pressman in the Eagle office; Louis Arthur, born
March 6, 1879; Clarence Albert, April 4, 1881;
George Otto, December 19, 1882; Robert Lloyd,
March 10, 1885; and Lillie Ethel, August 30,
1887.

The year 1879 witnessed the arrival of Mr.
Dudman and his family in McDonough County.
He became Principal of the public schools at Col-
chester, and after a year was offered and accepted
a similar position in Industry. He then became
connected with Prof. M. Kennedy, as one of the

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Principals of the Macomb Normal and Commer-
cial College. Mr. Dudmaii took charge of the
mathematics and science departments, continuing
his connection with the school until 188 1. In the
fall of that year he was elected Count}- Superin-
tendent of Schools, on the Democratic ticket, for
a term of four years, and in 1885 was chosen his
own successor. He was one of the most efficient
and capable superintendents that MeDonough
County has ever had, and under his administra-
tion the excellence of the schools was greatly ad-
vanced. In 1890, immediately aftSr the expira-
tion of his second term, he purchased the plant of
the Macomb Eagle from Charles H. Whitaker,
who had conducted the paper for twenty-five years.
During the four years in which Prof. Dudman has
had control, the subscription list has increased
from one thousand to two thousand, and the pa-
tronage received in the job department has like-
wise grown. He has one of the best equipped
newspaper offices in this section of the State, and
the Eagle is a neat and well-edited sheet. In
politics, it is strongly Democratic, for its editor
has always been a stanch supporter of the princi-
ples of Democracy. He is connected with the
Masonic fraternity and with the Modern Wood-
men of America.

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MI.MON WEINBERG, who for many years
/\ has been numbered among the prominent
\~J and enterprising citizens of Hancock County,
is now living a retired life in Augusta. His bus-
iness career was an active and successful one, and
he is now resting in the enjoyment of the fruits
of his former toil. A native of Germany, he was
born in Harmon, Hanover, February 15, 1817,
and comes of an old family of that country. His
paternal grandfather, .Simon Moses Weinberg,
reared a family of seven sons, and died in his na-
tive land. His maternal grandfather, Jacob
Meyer, was a wealthy citizen and money-loaner
of Germany, and died in Harmon at an advanced
age. Moses Simon Weinberg, father of our sub-
ject, was born in Rehburg, in the same country,

and served as a soldier under Napoleon in his
younger years. He afterwards followed the
butchering business, and his death occurred in
1840, at the age of fifty-eight years. His wife,
k w T ho bore the maiden name of Pearlie Jacobs, died
in 1851, at the age of sixty-nine. They were
both members of the Presbyterian Church, and
had a family of two sons and two daughters:
Fredericka, wife of Jacob Reutz, of New York
City; Mrs. Regina Herweg, of Hoboken, N. Y. ;
Jacob, of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Simon, of this
sketch.

Simon Weinberg is a self-made man, who, in
early life, started out to make his own way in the
world, and has since been dependent upon his own
resources. At the age of thirteen he began work-
ing for a traveling merchant for his board and
clothes, three hundred miles from his home, and
was thus employed for four and a-half years.
Later he spent five years and a-half in working
for a trader and drover. With the view of bet-
tering his financial condition, he bade adieu to
the Fatherland in 1841, and boarded a sailing-
vessel bound for America. They were upon
the water ninety-two days, and long before
they reached port the vessel, with its seven
hundred passengers, was given up as lost.
They encountered some very severe storms, but
at length reached harbor in safety at Baltimore.
Mr. Weinberg has since crossed the ocean six
times. He first located in Cincinnati, where he
worked at pork-packing. He was also employed
at a stone quarry and as a farm hand at Cincin-
nati for about four years. During that time he
was sick for nine months. About 1845, he
rented seventy acres of land, and, keeping bach-
elor's hall, engaged in farming for himself. Dur-
ing the first year he cleared $300.

As a companion and helpmate on life's journey
Mr. Weinberg chose Miss Louisa Juergens, a
daughter of Henrich and Mary (Meyers) Juer-
gens, natives of Germany, where the daughter
was also born. The marriage was celebrated
December 30. 1845, and they became the parents
of nine sons and nine daughters. Of these, Re-
gina is the wife of John Tarr, of Moravia, Iowa,
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Louis Frederick, Nannie Louise, Simon Wein-
berg, Frederick Augustus, Joseph Weinberg,
Robert Lincoln and Mamie Deena. Jacob is now
deceased. Joseph, of Plymouth, married Cor-
nelia Holt, and they have four children, Ernest,
Louise, Joseph and Leo. Elizabeth is the wife of
Enos Bacon, of Tacoma, Wash., and their chil-
dren are Frank, Alma, Jennie and Leonard. Fred-
ericka is the wife of F. M. King, of Augusta, and
they have four children, Jacob Weinberg (called
Bergie), Harry Milton, Gertrude Louise and Ed-
son. Deena married George S. Stark, of La
Porte, Tex., and has a daughter, Pearl Elizabeth.
Wilhelmina is the wife of C. M. Allensworth,
of Augusta, by whom she has four children,
Arabel Louise, Myrtle, Rollo and Leslie. Moses
wedded Mrs. Flora Hobble, daughter of Rev. Dr.
Boulton, and with their four children, Nina,
Margie, Simon and Flora, they reside in Augusta.
She had one child by a former marriage, Arthur.
Mary is the wife of G. W. Worman, of Augusta,
and the mother of six children, Flora, Ray, Fred-
erick, Daniel, Russell and Bernice Elizabeth.
Pearlie wedded F. A. Reich, of Moravia, Iowa,
and has three children, Henry Claude, Clarence
Percival and Gladys Pearl. Abraham wedded
Mary Worman, and with his wife and daughter,
Catherine, resides in Galesburg. Aaron is living
in Augusta. La Fayette married Mabel Bab-
cock, and with their daughter, Helen Louise,
they make their home in Galesburg. Selina mar-
ried Irving K. Wright, of Rose, Monroe County,
N. V. Adolph and Simon complete the family,
save two who died in childhood. The mother of
this family passed away in Augusta, November
21, 1893, at the age of sixty-three years, nine
months and thirteen days. She was a faithful
member of the Presbyterian Church, and was
highly esteemed by all. .

In 1857, Mr. Weinberg left Cincinnati and
came to Augusta, where he has since made his
home. He engaged in the butchering business
for ten years, after which he dealt in dry goods
for a similar period. On the expiration of that
time he gave his business to his son Jacob, who
died two years later, while he turned his atten-
tion to agricultural pursuits, living upon a farrc

for six years. At one time he owned several
large larms, but has sold and divided his property
among his children. In politics, he is a Demo-
crat; socially, is connected with the Odd Fellows'
society; and in religious belief is a Presbyterian.
Although he has reached the age of seventy-six,
he is still hale and hearty, his years resting light-
ly upon him. His life has been well and worth-
ily passed. Industry and enterprise have brought
to him a handsome competence, and his sterling
worth and many excellencies of character have
won him the love of his family and the high es-
teem of the entire community in which he lives.
His example is in many respects well worthy of
emulation, and it is with pleasure that we present
to our readers this record of his life work. He
has made his way in the world without any as-
sistance, his parents being poor and unable to
educate him, and he has given to each of his
twelve married children a home.

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AFAYETTE M. WILLIAMS, who is suc-
I C cessfully engaged in the laundry business in
l_y Macomb, claims Ohio as the State of his na-
tivity, his birth having occurred in Muskingum
County on October 18, 1853. His parents were
Washington and Jane (Dailey) Williams, the
former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virgin-
ia. By occupation the father was a farmer, and
followed that business throughout his entire life.
When our subject was a child of four years,
Washington Williams left the Buckeye State, and,
accompanied by his family, emigrated westward
to Illinois, taking up his residence in McDonough
County. This was in 1857. Here he gave his
attention to agriculture, which he successfully
followed for some years. His death occurred on
the 2Sth of August, 1891, and his widow is now
living with her son, L. M. Williams. William
D. is successfully engaged in farming near Adair,
111. There were three children in the Williams
family, but one of the number is now deceased.
The paternal grandfather of our subject, William
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the greater part of his life in Ohio. During the
Revolutionary War, he aided the colonies in their
struggle for independence. The family traces its
ancestry back to Roger Williams, the noted pi-
oneer and apostle of freedom in Rhode Island.

No event of special importance occurred during
the boyhood and youth of our subject, who in the
usual manner of farmer lads was reared and edu-
cated. The district schools afforded him a fair
English education, and work in the fields aided
in his physical development. After arriving at
years of maturity, Mr. Williams was united in
marriage with Miss Dora Adcock, daughter of
Thomas Adcock. Their union was celebrated on
the 25th of October, 1876, and was blessed with
two children: Clarence and Glenn. Mrs. Will-
iams, who was a member of the Christian Church,
was called to her final rest on the 28th of March,
[889.

After the death of his wife, Mr. Williams en-
gaged in driving a hack until 1893, when, form-
ing a partnership with Mr. Suttle, he embarked
in the laundry business, which he now carries on.
From the beginning their trade has constantly in-
creased, and they now enjoy a liberal patronage,
which is well deserved. Mr. Williams votes with
the Republican party, with which he has been
identified since casting his first Presidential ballot
for Gen. I". S. Grant, in 1S72. He holds mem-
bership with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity, and
to the Modern Woodmen of America.

LMER ELLSWORTH GREER, part own-
*y er and manager of the City Flouring Mills of
_ Macomb, claims McDonough as the county of
his nativity, his birth having occurred within its
borders on January 8, 1862. He is a worthy
representative of an honored pioneer family, which
was here established at a very early day. His
father, Alfred W. Greer, a native of Kentucky,
born in 1834, went to Industry, 111., in 1S56.
The next year he married Miss Annie E. Kemper,
a native of this .State, born in Cass County, March

29, 1835, and for many years they have resided in
Industry, where he is now engaged in merchan-
dising. To Mr. and Mrs. Greer were born eight
children, all of whom are yet living: James, a
resident farmer of Scotland Township. McDon-
ough County: Harry, who is engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits in York County, Neb.; Elmer E.;
John L-, who also resides in York County; Charles,
who makes his home in Industry; Albert, who is
living in Peoria, 111. ; Thomas L., who is employed
in a dry -goods store in Macomb; and William,
who is also located in Peoria. A. W. Greer is
the third in a family of seven brothers, all of
whom are now living.

Asa Greer, grandfather of our subject, was a
native of Logan County, Ky., where he dwelt all
his life, and lived to the age of sixty-five years.
Nancy Phelps, his wife, was also born in that
county, and reached the age of seventy-four years.
The maternal grandfather, J. M. Kemper, was
born in Yirginia, March 10, 1815, and is still liv-
ing, making his home in Industry, 111. He mar-
ried Kitty Ann Cole, a native of the same State,
in 1832, and she died eight years later.

We now take up the personal history of Elmer
E. Greer, who is engaged in the milling business,
which pursuit he has followed throughout the
greater part of his life. When a boy of ten years
he began work along that line in the employ of
P. Eish & Son. He remained for ten years in
Industry, and also learned to run the engine of a
mill. He served as mill engineer both in Quincy
and in Macomb, and in 1892 he formed a partner-
ship with Mr. Kirkbride. becoming interested in
the City Mills of Macomb, of which he is now
manager. This is a leading industry of the place,
and they are doing a good business, having worked
up a fair trade, which is constantly increasing.
The flour which they turn out is an excellent
grade, and in consequence they have secured
many new customers. In his political affiliations,
our subject is connected with the Democracy, but
has never sought or desired public office, and is a
member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
He possesses good business ability, and well de-
serves prosperity.

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married, the lady of his choice being Miss Louisa
Wilcox, daughter of Thomas R. Wilcox. Two
children bless their union, both boys: Carl and
Thomas.

Thomas R. Wilcox, father of Mrs. E. E. Greer,
is a native of Kentucky, born in 1S33. He left
his native State when three years old, coming
with his parents to McDonough County, 111.,
where he now resides. Phoebe Greenup, his wife,
was born in the same State and year as himself,
coming with her family to Schuyler County, 111.,
at the age of two years. They were married in
1854, and had thirteen children, seven sons and
six daughters, all of whom are living. Mrs. Greer
is one of twin sisters, succeeding the fourth.

Benjamin, father of Thomas R. Wilcox, was
born in Kentucky in 1792, and died in the same
State forty-four years later. His wife, Flora Mc-
Cormick, was born in Kentucky in 1803, and im-
mediately after the death of her husband came to
McDonough County, 111., with her two sons and
five daughters. She died in 1880, in her seventy-
seventh year. Her marriage to Mr. Wilcox took
place in 18 19.

The parents of Phoebe Greenup were John
Greenup and Elizabeth Harland. The former
was born in Virginia in 1799, and died in Illinois
in 1874. The latter was a native of Kentucky,
and died in 1 844, nine years after they came to
Illinois.

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jILLIAM HENRY INGRAM, who now re-
sides in Macomb, is a native of Maryland.
He was born on the 2d of February, 1848,
and is a son of Evan Ingram. The latter was
born in Wales, and during his youth emigrated
to America, settling in Maryland, on the banks of
the beautiful Potomac. His father purchased a
flouring-mill, and Evan learned the milling busi-
ness, which he followed as a means of livelihood
for many years. He was united in marriage with
Mary Miller, and to them were born five children:
John and Mary Jane, who are now deceased;
Sarah, who became the wife of G. W. Morris, by

whom she has one child, and resides in Omaha,
Neb. ; Ellen, wife of U. S. Camp, of Omaha, Neb.,
by whom she has five children; and Elizabeth,
wife of C. H. Given, who has one child, and re-
sides near Republic City, Neb. Mr. Ingram hav-
ing passed away, his widow was afterward mar-
ried, and removed with her second husband (James
Ingram, a brother of her first) to Guernsey Coun-
ty, Ohio, where they are still living. They have
two children, Evan and J. Hamilton.

The subject of this sketch accompanied his
mother and step-father to the Buckeye State, and
the family located on a farm, whereon he was
reared to manhood. The educational privileges
which he enjoyed were those afforded by the dis-
trict schools of that time. During his earliest
years, he lived with his paternal grandfather.
At the age of seventeen he left his old home in
Ohio and came to Illinois, with a view to try-
ing his fortune on the broad prairies of this State.
He had only thirty-five cents in money and a lit-
tle bundle of clothes, when, in company with J.
W. Sheley, he came to McDonough County, and
for four years and three months he worked for
Mr. Sheley as a farm hand. He received for his
services during that time $250 in money, his board,
and the privilege of attending school during a
short period in the winter season. His early life
was not an easy one, but the obstacles which he
had to surmount developed in him a self-reliance
and force of character which have proven of in-
calculable benefit to him in later years.

On the 9th of February, 1871, Mr. Ingram was
united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth Allen,
daughter of Thompson and Rhoda Allen, who are
residents of Mound Township, McDonough Coun-
ty. Their union has been blessed with three chil-
dren, but one of the number died in infancy.
Those still living are, Allen T., who was born
February 9, 1878, and Jessie Lee.

Mr. and Mrs. Ingram began their domestic life
upon a rented farm, and in 1874 he made his first
purchase of land, buying an eighty-acre tract of
his father-in-law. This he at once began to clear
and improve, and in course of time the wild land
was transformed into rich and fertile fields. The
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purchase of two hundred and fort}- acres ad-
ditional. He has good buildings upon his farm,
and in appearance it is neat and thrifty. In the
spring of 1894, however, Mr. Ingram laid aside
agricultural pursuits, and is now living a retired
life, resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of his
former labor.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Ingram are members of the
Free Will Baptist Church, in which he is serving
as Trustee and Deacon. He has also been Treas-
urer of the yearly meeting and Superintendent of
the Sunday-school. He takes an active interest
in church and benevolent work, and has lived an
honorable and upright life, which has gained for
him the high regard of all. In politics, he is a
Republican, has served as School Trustee and
Road Commissioner, and is the present Super-
visor of his township. He may well be called a
self-made man, for his success in life is due to his
own efforts, and his example is well worthy of
emulation.

|J\OAH X. TVNER, the subject of this sketch,
YJ served in the United States Volunteers dur-
\LD i"g the late Rebellion, from April 14, the
day Ft. Sumter was fired upon, until the dis-
banding of the right wing of the Sixteenth Army
Corps at Montgomery, Ala., in the latter part of
1865; and was thence transferred to the Indian
service, being in the Commissary- of Subsistence
Department for Iowa and Dakota, continuing
therein until 1868. During his term of service
he held all positions, having started as a private
soldier in the First Iowa, three months' service;
later he was made Adjutant of the Fourteenth
Iowa Infantry, and left the volunteer service with
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the volunteer
staff, he having been on the staff of Gens. Buford
and Asboth, but chiefly and for over one year on
the staff of Gen. A. J. Smith as Assistant Inspec-
tor-General. Col. Tyner was born in Lexington,
Ky., July 2, 1839, and is the son of Richard and
Martha W. Tyner, His paternal grandfather,
Rev. William Tyner, was a Baptist minister.

whose earlier pulpit duties were performed in
South Carolina. The latter part of his life was
devoted to church work in southeastern Indiana.
His death occurred at Decatur, Ind., at the ad-
vanced age of eighty-five years.

The maternal grandfather of our subject, Dr.
T. \V. Noble, was a native of Virginia, whore-
moved to Kentucky when twenty-five years old,
where he practiced medicine, and represented his
county in the earlier Legislature and Senate of
that State. He died at Frankfort, Ky., at the
age of seventy-one years.

Richard Tyner was a banker, merchant and
manufacturer at Brookville, Ind., where Col.
Tyner was reared, and where his father died in
September, 1872, at the age of seventy-four. Mrs.
Martha W. Tyner, the mother, died in Iowa while
with her daughter, in May, 1864. In religious
belief the family were Methodists, Mrs. Tyner
having taken an active part in church work. She
was a sister of James W. Noble, Indiana's second
United States Senator; Gov. Noah Noble, of
Indiana, another brother, was a Congressman from
the same State; while a fourth was a Captain in
the United States Navy.

In the Tyner faintly were eleven children, seven
sons and four daughters. Of the four living chil-
dren, Hon. James N. Tyner, ex-Postmaster-
General in Grant's cabinet, resides at Washing-
ton ; Richard H . , a retired merchant , lives near his
old home in Indiana; George N. is President of
the Holyoke (Mass.) Envelope and Paper Com-
pany; Noah N. is our subject. The latter was
educated at his old Indiana home, attending one
term at Miami College, Oxford, Ohio. Thence he
went to Iowa, from which State he entered the
sen'ice, participating in all the principal engage-
ments of the Army of the Tennessee, commenc-
ing at Ft. Donelson, and ending at Spanish Fort,
Ala. He also was with Gen. Smith in the
Red River campaign. Since the close of the war
Col. Tyner has been engaged in newspaper woik,
chiefly as correspondent for New York and Chi-
cago paptrs until 1880, when he went to Fargo,
N. Dak. While there he was Postmaster for four
years, and at one time editor of the Dakota daily
editii m of the St. Paul Pioneer Pnss. While in Da-

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kota, Col. Tyner was made Adjutant- General of
that State, occupying the office for two years, dur-
ing which time he received his commission as
Brigadier-General of Militia. Subsequently, he
received an offer, which he accepted and held for
four years, on the editorial staff of the Daily Ore-
gonian, Portland, Ore., and thence was assigned
to the business department, as Assistant Manager
of that paper.

On October i, 1877, Col. Tyner was united in
marriage with Miss Cornelia H. Catlin, daughter
of John H. and Lydia (Hawley) Catlin, of Augus-
ta. His wife holds membership in the Presbyterian
Church. He is a member of the Masonic order,
Loyal Legion, and the Grand Army of the Repub-
lic, the former and latter membership being held
in Augusta by transfer, since his location here two
years ago. Army wounds, that have increased
in severity with age, have forced Col. Tyner
from active work, and hence he regards Augusta,
where he has built a comfortable residence, as his
permanent home.

GlRTOIS HAMILTON, a pioneer settler of
I I Carthage, was born in Tolland, Mass., Au-
I J gust 15, 1795. He removed to Montgomery
County, N. Y., in 1822, and on the 2 2d of Feb-
ruary, 1827, married Miss Alva Bentle} - , of that
county. In 1835, he came with his family, then
consisting of four children, to Hancock County,
111. He traversed the entire distance with horse-
teams, and the journey lasted nearly two months.
He arrived at Carthage on the 22c! of July, and
the family on the 14th of August. During the
first two weeks spent in Carthage, they slept in
their wagons and prepared their food hard by on
the prairie. He fed his horses on grass which he
cut on the open prairie where the court house
now stands. At the end of two weeks, Mr. Ham-
ilton leased a dwelling, in which he lived about
three months. In the following spring he pur-
chased a small log house, and afterwards added to
it other rooms, until it was large enough to enter-
tain travelers, and his dwelling thereafter became

by common consent the village hotel, which he
carried on until 1851. He also entered and im-
proved five or six quarter-sections of land in the
vicinity of his new home. Close attention to his
accumulating interests, and prudent management,
soon made him the wealthiest citizen of the
county .

During the eventful period of the Mormon
War, Mr. Hamilton was necessarily a spectator
of most of the stirring events of that time. His
hotel being the general headquarters for the
traveling public of Carthage, he very frequently
was compelled to entertain at the same hour
guests holding the most antagonistic views on the
Mormon question. When Joseph and Hyrum
Smith were killed at the Carthage jail, Mr. Ham-
ilton, as soon as he heard of it, went to the jail
with a wagon and conveyed the bodies to his
house, where he constructed rude coffins, in
which they were placed. On the following morn-
ing, accompanied by two of his sons and two
neighbors, he conveyed the bodies in a wagon to
Nauvoo, and delivered them to their friends. For
this humane act he was cordially thanked by the
Mormon people, who also offered substantial to-
kens of their gratitude, which last, however, he
declined. During the hostilities that followed be-
tween the Mormons and anti-Mormons, an artil-
lery company at Carthage had for some cause dis-
banded, and a six-pound iron cannon belonging
to it had, to some extent, become public property.
Mr. Hamilton, learning that a Mormon squad,
headed by one Jo Backenstos, a "Jack Mormon"
leader, was coming to take away the cannon, un-
limbered the gun and hid it in a cornfield, where
it remained until the arrival of the State forces,
to which he gave it up.

In July, 1 85 1, a great calamity fell on Mr.
Hamilton in the loss of five members of his fam-
ily by cholera. One sister and a daughter died
on the 1 6th, his wife on the 18th, his eldest son,
Marvin, on the 19th, and his remaining sister on
the 23d. In 1852, he married Mrs. Susan Smith,
who survived him some years, and died in Carth-
age, August 24, 1880. In 1855, Mr. Hamilton
laid out the town of Hamilton, opposite Keokuk.
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His reticence during his life relative to the un-
dertaking necessarily abridges what would
doubtless have been a valuable and interesting
portion of the history of the city of Hamilton.

It was said by some that Mr. Hamilton never
had but one hobby in his life, and that was the
celebration of Jul}- 4. It was his habit from child-
hood to regard the day as one of peculiar signifi-
cance to Americans, a day to be observed and hon-
ored in the ceremonies appropriate to its patri-
otic inspirations. He was a leading and directing
spirit in every Fourth of July celebration taking
place in the town or vicinity. The day was to be
celebrated in Carthage in 1873, and for this Mr.
Hamilton had spent much time, labor and money.
The program was mostly gotten up by him, and
was to consist, in large part, of a military dis-
play and mock battle by the "Army of the Revo-
lution," as he delighted to call it. This consisted of
some three hundred boys, for whom military hats
and wooden guns had been provided by Mr.
Hamilton. The military parade took place, the
mimic battle was fought to the satisfaction of all,
and the general program for the day was carried
out as the old veteran had devised. The troops
were then mustered into line and inarched to his
residence, after which arms were stacked and the
little soldiers dismissed. While there assembled
at his well, he made them a little speech, saying,
"Boys, you have done nobly to-day; you have
acted like patriots and gentlemen, and I am proud
of you. This is the last Fourth of July I will
ever celebrate, boys, and I want you to remember
this. Mind your parents, and remember the
Fourth of July, and you will make good men and
be an honor to the country." The boys then
dispersed to their homes.

Mr. Hamilton soon after sat down on the porch
of his home to converse with his family and visit-
ing friends. In a short time he complained of
feeling sick. He went into the house and lay
down, while his daughter fanned him. Shortly af-
ter he said he felt better. His sons, William and
Elisha, were with him, and he conversed with
them easily and cheerfully some minutes. Soon
he ceased talking and lay with his eyes closed, as
if asleep. It was then discovered that his limbs

were quite cold, and that he was unconscious.
Physicians were sent for and restoratives applied,
but he was beyond the aid of medical skill or the
kind offices of friends. The old patriot was dead.
He passed away as peacefully as an infant falls
asleep in its mother's arms. The precise mo-
ment of his death is not known, but it could not
have been far from half- past six p. m., or about
one hour after he had dismissed the boy soldiers
at his home. Thus lived and died the patriot
citizen. Doubtless had he been permitted to se-
lect the hour of his death he would not have
wished it different. The celebration he had
planned and labored for with such zeal had hap-
pily passed off to his complete satisfaction. He
had said, ' 'Boys, this is my last Fourth of July.' '
He evidently thought it was, and thus feeling, he
doubtless welcomed the summons to rest.

Of his four children who survived him, three
are now living: William Ransom, whose sketch
appears on another page of this work; Man- B.,
who resides in Ouincy with her brother, Elisha
B., who is a prominent lawyer of that city. He
served as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion,
and was First Lieutenant of Company B, One
Hundred and Eighteenth Illinois Infantry. John
D. served as Sergeant- Major in the Sixteenth Illi-
nois Infantry during the Civil War, and was after-
wards clerk in the Illinois penitentiary in Chester,
111., where he died August 13, 1892.

|ILLIAM ALBERT MAXWELL, common-
ly known as Bert Maxwell, is but a young
man, yet he is now editor and proprietor of
the Bardolph News, and displays excellent busi-
ness ability, bidding fair to make his life a suc-
cess. He was born in Bardolph, where he yet
makes his home, on the 9th of January, 1877,
and is a son of H. A. and Mary F. ( Kee ) Max-
well. The family is of Scotch origin, and was
founded in America in the eighteenth century.

The father of our subject was born near Cadiz,
Ohio, in 1845, and there spent the first twelve
years of his life, attending the district schools of

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the neighborhood. After he had attained a suffi-
cient age, about 1857, he became a resident of
Industry, McDonough County. 111., and again
entered school, pursuing his studies until eighteen
years of age, when he began teaching. His first
position was in Eldorado Township, this county.
He has now successfully followed that profession
for twenty years, and has won a high and envia-
ble reputation as an educator. From 1877 to
1882 he served as County Superintendent of
Schools of McDonough County, and by his prompt
and faithful discharge of the duties of the office
won for himself great commendation. He has also
held other offices, having been Township Clerk
for about five terms, while for one term he was
Supervisor. He is now serving his seventeenth
year as Justice of the Peace in Macomb Township,
a position he has filled with credit to himself and
satisfaction to his constituents, as is indicated by
his long retention in office. He has served as
President of the Village Board of Trustees, and
at this writing, the spring of 1894, is Clerk of the
Village Board, and Postmaster at Bardolph. So-
ciallv, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity
and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and
in his religious views he is a Methodist. His
political support is given to the Democracy.

Prof, and Mrs. Maxwell now reside in Bar-
dolph, where they have a pleasant home and many
warm friends, who esteem them highly for their
sterling worth. Their family numbers twelve
children, who, in order of birth, are as follows:
Ella Gertrude, Inez Adell, Thomas, Frederick,
William Albert, Walter Kee, Harry Victor, Anna
Mary, Bessie Blanche, Grover C, Nellie Cleo and
John Robert. All are living at home with their
parents except Thomas, who is now in Duncombe,
Iowa, where he has charge of a lumber establish-
lishment.

Mr. Maxwell of this sketch has always lived in
Bardolph. The record of his life is not extensive,
yet he manifests traits of character that will have
a bearing on his entire future career, and will un-
doubtedly make his business life one of success.
He acquired his education in the public schools
of Bardolph, and though only seventeen years of
age is now editing and publishing the Bardolph

News, a paper which is not only a credit to him-
self, but also to the town. It is neat in appear-
ance, is ably conducted, and well deserves a liberal
patronage. Mr. Maxwell is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a young man
highlv esteemed for his sterling: worth.

~M£+£i=

0ANIEE LOVITT, who for a number of years
has been a resident of Augusta, is now living
a retired life. His attention to business
in former years, combined with industry and well-
directed efforts, brought him prosperity, and he is
now resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of his
former toil. He claims Ohio as the State of his
nativity, his birth having occurred in Muskingum
County May 20, 181 2. He is a son of Daniel
and Mary (James) Lovitt, natives of Maryland.
On the paternal side he is of Dutch descent, and
on the maternal side he is of Welsh and Scotch
lineage. His father was a farmer and a minister
of the Missionary Baptist Church. He died in
1 82 1, at the age of fifty-eight years, and his wife
passed away about twenty years later. She was
a member of the Christian Church. Of their
family of twelve children, six sons and six daugh-
ters, only two are now living: Daniel, and Sarah,
now the wife of Lawson Carter, of Hancock
County.

The gentleman whose name heads this record
was reared in the Buckeye State, and made Ohio
his home for fifty-seven years. His father was
one of its pioneer settlers. On the 7th of January,
1835, he married Miss Deborah Birch, daughter
of William Birch, and to them were born seven
children, three sons and four daughters. Mary
Elizabeth, the eldest, is the wife of David Waters,
of northwestern Kansas, by whom she has eight
children. Eveline is the wife of Joseph Dorsey,
of Augusta, by whom she had six children, two
yet living. Reason married Miss Stots, and after
her death wedded Mary Horn, by whom he had
seven children. Maria J. is now the wife of John
Beal, of southeastern Nebraska, and has three
sons. Minerva, deceased, was the wife of Alex-

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ander Davis, and they had four children, two yet
living. Andrew, of Nebraska, married Miss
Ellen Stots, and they became the parents of seven
children. Daniel Walter married Miss Ida Lyons,
and died, leaving a wife and two children.

Mr. Lovitt of this sketch continued his residence
in Ohio until 1869, when he came to Illinois, lo-
cating on a farm three and a-half miles northwest
of Bowen, where he spent eight years. He then
came to Augusta, and has since made his home
in this place. In 1885, he was called upon to
mourn the loss of his wife, who died in the month
of February, in the faith of the Christian Church.
On the nth of October, 1888, he was again mar-
ried, his second union being with Mrs. Mary E.
Butler, widow of George J. Butler, and a daughter
of William and Sarah A. (Smith) Pierce, who were
natives of Baltimore County, Md. Mr. Lovitt
for some years has lived retired, and his rest is
well deserved, for his life has been a busy and use-
fid one. He still owns some property, however,
including one hundred and sixty acres of fine
farming land in Chili Township, and his pleasant
residence in Augusta. In politics, he was in early
life a Free-Soil Democrat, but since the organiza-
tion of the Republican party he has been a stanch
supporter of its principles. He is now well ad-
vanced in years, having reached the age of eight-
ty-two, but is yet quite well preserved, and we join
with his many friends in wishing that he may
be spared for years to come. He holds member-
ship with the Christian Church, and his life,
which has been in harmony with his professions,
is well worthy of emulation.

(TOHN M. WILCOX, a lumber-dealer, is rec-
I ognized as one of the leading business men
(2/ of Bardolph. He was born on the 19th of
March, 1826, in Carrollton, Ky., and is a son of
Benjamin and Flora (McCormick) Wilcox. His
father was born in Shelbyville, Ky., in 1796,
was there reared to manhood, and became a brick-
mason by trade. That business he followed as a
means of livelihood until his death, which occur-

red at the age of forty years. He was a well-
known citizen, and served as Captain of a com-
pany of militia in his native town. The mater-
nal grandfather of our subject was born on the
Emerald Isle, and on emigrating to America lo-
cated in Lexington, Ky., where he worked at the
shoemaker's trade. Our subject has one brother
and four sisters who are yet living, namely: Man-
Ann, wife of A. O. Webb, a resident of Kansas;
Sarah E., wife of John Trimble, who makes his
home in Iowa; Elvira, widow of Daniel Milton
and a resident of Fairfield, Iowa; and Flora, wife
of Robert C. Pointer, of McDonough County.

The first ten years of his life John M. Wilcox
passed in his native State, and his early education
was acquired in the public schools of Carrollton.
His father having died in Kentucky, he accompa-
nied his mother in 1836 to McDonough Count} 7 ,
111., and the family locating upon a farm he gave
his time and attention to the cultivation of the
land until his nineteenth year. He bore all the
hardships and trials of pioneer life, for the family
lived in true pioneer style during those early
days, and he also aided in the arduous task of
opening up a new farm. Attracted by the dis-
covery of gold in California, he crossed the plains
with an ox-team to the Pacific Slope in 1849, and
spent three years ranching on Cash Creek and in
the mines at Rich Gulch, returning in 1852.
With the capital he had thus acquired, he then
purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land
in Mound Township and began farming in his
own interests.

On the 13th of March, 1855, Mr. Wilcox was
joined in marriage with Mary C. V. Yocum. Six
children, four sons and two daughters, were born
of their union, of whom the three eldest are de-
ceased. George T. died at Bardolph, February 21,
1894; he married Nancy H. Darr, and unto them
were born a son and daughter, Elvira J. and Will-
iam F. Of the survivors, Mary A. is the wife of
E. L. Lindsay, of Wilcox, Neb., by whom she has
had two daughters and a son. but the latter is now
deceased. Robert C. married Carrie M. Portlock,
and with their three daughters they reside in
Bardolph; and John R., of Bardolph, was joined
in marriage with Nancy E. Portlock, by whom

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he has one daughter. The mother of this family
was called to her final rest in 1882, at the age of
forty-eight years, and was laid to rest in the cem-
etery at Pennington's Point.

On his return to McDonough County, Mr.
Wilcox resumed farming, which he successfully
followed for a number of years. He placed his
land under a high state of cultivation, and made
many excellent improvements thereon, until his
farm became one of the best in the neighborhood,
its well-tilled fields and neat appearance indicat-
ing the thrift and enterprise of the owner. About
1886, however, he laid aside all agricultural cares
and removing to Bardolph established a lumber-
yard, which he has since conducted. He is a con-
servative and practical business man, and by his
straightforward, honorable dealings he has won
the confidence of the community and secured a
liberal patronage.

In his political views, Mr. Wilcox is a Demo-
crat, and was for about eighteen years School Di-
rector in Mound Township. He was also Treas-
urer of Bardolph for about four years, and dis-
charged his duties with promptness and fidelity.
For more than half a century he has resided in
McDonough County, and the growth and devel-
opment of the community he has witnessed from
almost the beginning. He has also ever borne
his part in the work of public advancement, and
well deserves mention among the honored pio-
neers.

e ^-s^r^iEs — s 1

G7EBULON A. FOSTER, who is one of the
I. leading merchants and pioneers of Prairie
/~) City, has been prominently connected with
the interests of this place and with its develop-
ment for a long period. As he is widely and fav-
orably known in the community, we feel assured
that the record of his life will prove of interest
to many of our readers, and gladly give it a place
in this volume.

Mr. Foster was born in Fulton County, 111., on
the 10th of September, 1845, and is the younger
of two sons, whose parents were Milton and Abi-
gail ( Mills) Foster. The family is of English

origin, but at an early day in the history of
America was founded in this country. Milton
Foster was a native of Hamilton County, Ohio,
and resided upon a farm in that locality until his
father's family removed to southern Indiana.
There he lived until about 1833, when he came
with his parents to Illinois, settling in Fulton
County, where he made his home until 1857. In
that year he removed to Prairie City, where he en-
gaged in the lumber and grain business for three
years. Later he purchased a farm in Prairie City
Township, adjoining the corporation limits of the
village, and there engaged in agricultural pursuits
until 1874, when he again took up his residence
in the town and made it his home until his death.
He passed away at the advanced age of seventy-
seven — a highly-respected citizen, who had the
warm regard of all who knew him. He held
membership with the Methodist Church. His
father served in the War of 181 2. The mother of
our subject was also born in Hamilton County,
Ohio, and her last days were spent in this county.
The brother of our subject, Algernon S. , entered
the army during the late war, as a member of the
band of the Fifty-fifth Regiment. While in the
sen-ice he was taken sick and sent to the hospital
in St. Louis, Mo., where his death occurred at
the early age of twenty-three years.

Under the parental roof Z. A. Foster was
reared to manhood, and the days of his boyhood
were quietly passed, unmarked by any event of
special importance. He continued at home until
his marriage, which was celebrated in April,
1872, the lady of his choice being Miss Hettie E.
White, of Prairie City. Their union was blessed
with three children, but one of the number died
in infancy. Abbie Estelle is now the wife of
Sanford C. Love, who is in the employ of a rail-
road company and resides in Lincoln, Neb; and
Mamie is yet at home.

In 1857, Mr. Foster came to Prairie City and
embarked in the grocery business. Here he has
carried on operations as a merchant continuously
since. For a time he was not alone in business,
but in 1892 he purchased his partner's interest
and is now sole proprietor of a general store. He
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and shoes, groceries, etc., and has a good store
and is doing a nice business. From the begin-
ning he has enjoyed a fair trade, and a liberal
patronage is now accorded him.

In his political views, Mr. Foster is a stanch
Republican, and is now serving as Supervisor of
the township, and has served as Town Clerk and
as a member of the School Board. His wife holds
membership with the Baptist Church, and he
contributes liberally to its support, as well as to
other worthy interests and enterprises. He has a
wide acquaintance throughout this community,
and is recognized as one of its leading and influ-
ential citizens.

(TAMES P. GUTHRIE, who is extensively en-
I gaged in the insurance business, is a repre-
(2/ sentative of the Bankers' Life Insurance Com-
pany, and has charge of its interests in fourteen
counties. He is a well-known citizen of this com-
munity, where he has resided since the age of
seven years, and on account of his extensive ac-
quaintance we feel assured that the record of his
life will prove of interest to many of our readers,
and therefore gladly give it a place in this volume.
Mr. Guthrie was born in Adams County, 111.,
February 26, i860, and is of Scotch-Irish ex-
traction. His great-grandfather was a native of
Scotland, and, emigrating to America, became the
founder of the family in this country. The grand-
father, John P. Guthrie, was a native of Virginia,
and from that .State removed to Kentucky, where
William L. Guthrie, the father of our subject, was
born. The latter emigrated to Adams County,
111., with his parents in an early day and was there
reared and educated. On the 13th of September,
[855, he was united in marriage with Miss
Amanda Breckbill, of Adams County, and by
their union were born eight children, six sons and
two daughters, namely: Dorman, who died in in-
fancy; James P., of this sketch; William E., who
is engaged in the butchering business in Hamil-
ton; Laura M.. who resides at home; George W.,
who died in infancy; Ida M., wife of James Hurst,

a farmer; and Charles and Harry L. , both of whom
died in infancy.

The subject of this sketch accompanied his par-
ents on their removal to Hamilton in 1867, and
was educated in the public schools of this city,
where he pursued his studies until a youth of six-
teen. He began earning his own livelihood at the
age of twelve years, at which time he engaged in
buying old rags and iron. He continued this
work for two seasons, and thereby provided for
his own support. At the age of fourteen, he be-
gan working on a farm, and was thus employed
through the summer months, while in the winter
season he attended school. He continued to work
as a farm hand for three years, when, at the age
of seventeen, he began to learn the butcher's trade
at a salary of $5 per month. He served a three-
years apprenticeship, and when he had completed
the same he purchased a half interest in the shop
of Casley & Guthrie. This partnership was con-
tinued for two years, when he sold his interest in
the business and opened a shop of his own, which
he conducted alone until 1889.

Since that time Mr. Guthrie has been engaged
in the life-insurance business. He became con-
nected with the Hartford Life Insurance Com-
pany, but after four months became agent for the
Fidelity, with which he continued six months.
On the expiration of that period, he entered into
relations with the Bankers' Life Insurance Com-
pany, and is now Superintendent of the district,
comprising fourteen counties. He is well adapted
for this work, for he is pleasant and entertaining
in manner and possesses good business ability.

On the 20th of October, 1886, Mr. Guthrie was
joined in wedlock with Miss Harriet M. Poling, a
native of Hancock County, and a daughter of
Charles and Ann (Lakin) Poling. To them have
been born two children, both daughters, Hazel
A. and Ruby L- The parents are well known in
this community and have a wide circle of warm
friends and agreeable acquaintances.

Mr. Guthrie exercises his right of franchise in
support of the Democratic part}-. He has served
as Assistant Postmaster of Hamilton, but has
never been a politician in the sense of continuously
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in political questions, and is alwaj-s well informed
on the issues of the day. He is also interested in
civic societies, and holds membership with Monte-
bello Lodge No. 697, I. O. O. F. He also be-
longs to Black Hawk Lodge No. 238, A. F. & A.
M.; to Rapid City Lodge No. 286, K. P., and is a
member of the Christian Church. Mr. Guthrie
may truly be called a self-made man, for at the
age of twelve years he was thrown upon his own
resources, and since that time has made his own
way in the world. His success, therefore, may be
attributed entirely to his own efforts.

Mr. Guthrie has always used his. influence for
the advancement of the best interests of the city.
In 1889, with the assistance and encouragement
of the late Ed Ruggles, he was instrumental in
getting the first newspaper, the Hamilton Press,
established here. It was started by a Mr. Sher-
man, who, in June, 1890, was succeeded by Mr.
A. L. McArthur, the present able and efficient
proprietor. To Mr. Guthrie also belongs the
credit for getting two merchant-tailoring establish-
ments located here. To these achievements must
be added the honor of inciting the monied men of
the city to establish the Canning Factory, which
is now running on a paying basis. The boom the
city enjoyed at that time, and its somewhat rapid
development and improvement, which have stead-
ily gone forward since, are in a large measure due
to his enterprise and public-spiritedness.

EWIS WHETSEL CAMP, second son of
I C Daniel A. Camp (see biography of W. M.
I J Camp), was born in Chalmers Township,
McDonough County, 111., October 3, 1858. He
had not yet reached the completion of his fourth
year when cruel war robbed him of his father. He
remained with his mother on the home farm un-
til the spring of 1877, attending the country
school for a few years while small. When twelve
years old, he went out to work by the month
through the summer on a farm, and after that
spent but one summer at home. He is largely
self-educated, as he never attended school after he

was sixteen years of age. At the age of twenty
years he engaged in farming on his own account,
on rented laud, making a success of the undertak-
ing, and continued operations in that manner un-
til the spring of 1888.

At the last-named date, he moved to Hubbell,
Thayer County, Neb., where he conducted a liv-
ery business one year. Returning to Illinois, he
located in Macomb, and has since continued to
reside here. During this time, he has carried on
a dray line, and now employs six teams. In ev-
ery undertaking of his life, Mr. Camp has made
a success by his energy and attention to his own
business, leaving others to care for theirs without
his interference. He owns a comfortable home in
Macomb, and town property beside.

Mr. Camp is a member of the Uuiversalist
Church, of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias,
and Independent Order of Mutual Aid. He ad-
heres to the principles of the Republican party,
without any sign of wavering. December 15,
1880, he married Miss Carrie Goodwin, a native
of Macomb, and daughter of Washington and
Mary (Dolan) Goodwin, of English and Irish de-
scent. Ray Elwin is the only offspring of this
marriage, and is now eight years old.

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ROBERT C. WILCOX, one of the representa-
tive merchants of Bardolph, who is actively
engaged in business as a dealer in hardware
and groceries, has spent his entire life in McDon-
ough County, being numbered among her native
sons. He was born September 21, 1862. His
parents were John M. and Mary Z. V. (Yocum)
Wilcox. His maternal grandfather served in the
Black Hawk War and held an officer's commis-
sion.

John M. Wilcox is a native of Kentucky, and
resided in that State until after the death of his
father, when, with his mother and her family, he
came to Illinois, and cast in his lot with the early
settlers of McDonough County. He continued to
engage in agricultural pursuits until 1849, when
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make a trip to that State. A few years later,
however, he returned to McDonough County,
where he has since made his home. Much of his
life has been spent as a farmer, and he is recog-
nized as one of the successful and enterprising ag-
riculturists of the community, but about seven
years since he removed to Bardolph and em-
barked in the lumber business, which he still con-
tinues. The children of the family were: George
T., recently deceased, who married Hettie Darr,
and with his wife and two children resided in
Bardolph: Elvira, who died at the age of twelve
years: William P., who died in 1884; Mary A.,
wife of E. T. Lindsay, of Nebraska, by whom she
has three children: and John R., who married
Nancy E. Portlock. They have one child and
reside in Bardolph.

Mr. Wilcox whose name heads this record was
born on his father's farm in this county, and spent
the days of his boyhood and youth in the usual
manner of farmer lads. The summer months
were passed in work in the fields, and in the win-
ter season he conned his lessons in the common
schools, thus acquiring a good English education,
which fitted him for the practical and responsible
duties of life. He remained on the old home-
stead until 1892, when he left the farm and came
to Bardolph. where for a year and a-half he was
employed in his father's lumber yard. He then
determined to engage in business for himself, and
became proprietor of the hardware and grocery
store which he now carries on.

On the 3d of September, 1885, was celebrated
the marriage of Robert C. Wilcox and Miss Car-
rie M. Portlock, a most estimable lady. Three
children grace their union, all daughters: Leah
M., seven years of age; Maude G., aged five
years; and Eva M., a baby of three years. The
parents hold membership with the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and take an active interest in
its work and upbuilding. Their pleasant home
is the abode of hospitality, and they have many
friends throughout this community who esteem
them highly.

Mr. Wilcox is a member of the Modem Wood-
men of America, and in politics is a supporter of
the Democratic party ami its principles. The

cause of education has ever found in him a warm
friend, and for two years he served as .School Di-
rector. He is a man of good business ability, sa-
gacious, enterprising and persevering, and is
well entitled to the liberal patronage which he
now receives.

^HHM

(JOHN PAULROARK, M. D., one of the lead-
I ing physicians and surgeons of Bushnell, 111.,
C2/ was born on the 5th of July, 1864, near Ma-
comb, McDonough County, and was the eldest
in a family of ten children, six sons and four
daughters, whose parents were James and Cath-
erine (McGiunis) Roark. On both the paternal
and maternal sides our subject is of Irish descent.
His father was a native of the Emerald Isle, where
he resided until 1861, when he crossed the broad
Atlantic to America. Coming west to Illinois, he
purchased a farm in Chalmers Township, Mc
Donough County, where he still resides. He was
only about nineteen years of age at the time of his
emigration. Since his arrival here he has suc-
cessfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is
now ranked among the substantial farmers of the
neighborhood. In politics, he is a supporter of
the Democratic party. His wife was born in Mc
Donough County, but her parents were natives of
Ireland, and came to this country in 1840.

The children of the Roark family are: John
Paul, of this sketch; Patrick D., who is now en-
gaged in the drug business in Macomb; Mary,
who is still at home; Michael E., who is engaged
in teaching school and in reading law in his na-
tive county; and Susie, Jo, Kate, Nell, Jimmie
and Louis, who are still under the parental roof.
The subject of this sketch remained upon the
home farm and attended the district schools of the
neighborhood until about seventeen years of age.
He then supplemented his early educational ad-
vantages by study in the Macomb Normal College.
Later, he embarked in teaching, which profession
he followed for two years, but it was his desire to
enter the medical profession, and to this end he
entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, where

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for three years he pursued his studies, graduating
from that institution on the expiration of that
period. He also attended and was graduated
from the Cook County School of Surgery.

When his college course was completed, Dr.
Roark came to Bushnell, in 1889, and, opening an
office, began the practice of his profession, to
which he has since devoted his energies. On the
iSth of October, 1893, he was united in marriage
with Miss Mary G. Stanton, of White Hall, 111.
Both are members of the Catholic Church. So-
cially, the Doctor is a member of Chevalier Lodge
No. 101, K. 1'., of Bushnell; and also of the
Modern Woodmen of America. On subjects of
national importance, he votes with the Democratic
party, but at local elections supports the candi-
dates whom he thinks best qualified, regardless
of party affiliations. He has served as a member
of the Board of Health since locating in Bushnell.
Recognized as a skilled physician, he receives
a liberal patronage, which is well merited. He al-
ways keeps abreast with the times, and is a thor-
ough student of even-thing connected with the
science of medicine, so that this success is the re-
sult of his earnest efforts. The Doctor has always
lived in McDonough County, and is both wideb-
and favorably known.

g i ' c=j<" T "S-ira m

~T EI BROWN is one of the honored pioneers of
>) McDonough County, and in this volume he
__ well deserves representation . He resides on
section 25, Bushnell Township, where he is suc-
cessfully engaged in farming. A native of Penn-
sylvania, he was born in Crawford County in
1828, and is a son of Jacob and Elmira (Hicker-
nell) Brown. His parents were both born in the
Keystone State, and were of German origin, but
they died during the early boyhood of our sub-
ject, and hence he knows little concerning his
ancestry. In the family were two sons, and he
was the elder.

Eli Brown was only four years of age at the
time of his mother's death, and when a lad of ten
he was left an orphan. Thus early in life he was

thrown upon his own resources to make his way
in the world as best he could. He went to live
with a farmer, with whom he remained for seven
years, during which time he attended the com-
mon schools to a limited extent. His training at
farm labor, however, was not meagre. Pie early
began work in the fields, and as soon as old
enough to handle the plow he began turning the
furrows, where in course of time would be gar-
nered plentiful harvests. At the age of seven-
teen he left Pennsylvania, and, emigrating west-
ward, took up his residence in Fulton County, 111. ,
only a short distance from where he now lives.
He began work at the carpenter's trade, which
he followed continuously until i860, when he
made his first purchase of land. He had worked
earnestly and untiringly, and with the capital he
had thereby acquired he purchased forty acres in
Bushnell Township, McDonough County. He
at once began to improve the tract, and has since
made his home thereon. With characteristic en-
erg}- he began its cultivation, and the wild land
was soon transformed into rich and fertile fields.
He has erected good buildings, and all of these
improvements stand as monuments to his thrift
and enterprise. As time passed and his earnest
labors increased his financial resources, he ex-
tended the boundaries of his farm, which com-
prises two hundred acres of land, and in addition
to this he owns a section (six hundred and forty
acres) of land in Gosper County, Neb. The place
is neat and thrift}- in appearance, and the well-
tilled fields yield to the owner a golden tribute in
return for the labor he bestows upon them.

On the 27th of April, 1857, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Brown and Miss Perfenia Buck,
a native of Pennsylvania, who during her infancy
was brought to Illinois by her parents, Peter and
Polly (Gaube) Buck, who are mentioned else-
where in this work in connection with the sketch
of Joseph Buck. Two children were born unto
our subject and his wife, James F. and Charles
W., who are wide-awake and enterprising young
men, extensively engaged in the foundry business
in Bushnell.

The best interests of the community have ever
found in Mr. Brown a warm friend. He has

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done much to advance the cause of education,
and for fifteen years has faithfully served as
School Director in his district. Throughout his
life he has endeavored to follow the Golden Rule,
and his career has ever been an honorable and
straightforward one, which has gained him the re-
spect and confidence of all with whom he has
been brought in connection. In politics, he has
ever been a stalwart Democrat, and has the cour-
age of his convictions.

CTOM H. B. CAMP, the well-known, genial
I C and gentlemanly editor of the Bushnell Rec-
\2) <"'d- published in Bushnell, 111., needs no
special introduction to the readers of this volume,
for few men have a wider acquaintance in Mc-
Donough County and this part of the State than
he. He was born in the county which is still his
home, August 16, i860, and is a son of Sterling
P. and Samantha (Hains) Camp. His father
came of an old family of East Tennessee which
strongly supported the Abolition cause, and his
mother was a native of Pennsylvania. Sterling
Camp came to McDonough County in the early
'50s and settled in Walnut Grove Township,
where he followed farming until his death, in the
spring of 1870. His widow still survives him.
Their children were as follows: Tom, of this
sketch; John R., who was born February 6,
1862; William, who was born November 2, 1863,
and is now living in Jacksonville, 111.: Frank,
born November 4, 1865; and Anna K., born April
6, 1870.

The first ancestor of our subject of whom we
have any certain knowledge was Sterling Camp,
a country squire and a soldier of the Revolution
from South Carolina. He was of English origin,
and his wife was of full Welsh blood. Their son
John, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was
an East Tennessee planter, who was the owner of
a number of slaves. He gave to his sou Sterling
one of the negroes, a colored preacher. As Ster-
ling could not free him under the laws of the
State of Tennessee, he did the next best thing,

allowing him liberty to go and come as he
pleased. The old man long outlived his master.
The sympathies of the Camp family were all on
the side of the Union, ami Tom Camp, an uncle of
our subject, served throughout the late war among
the boys in blue. He is now living in Beebe,
Ark. His brother, John B., was drafted into the
Confederate service when but a boy, but on ac-
count of an injured foot he was unable to go to
the front. He then managed to evade the pro-
vost officers until enabled to make his way through
the lines to the North. After coming to the
North, he attended school for a time, and then
went to California. He is now engaged in fruit-
culture in Pomona. Three sisters of the family
married and live in the South.

We now take up the personal history of our
subject, who in the usual manner of farmer lads
spent his early boyhood days. Eater he attended
the High School of Macomb, and subsequently be-
came a member of the first class which was grad-
uated from the High School of Bushnell. He
then engaged in teaching, also worked in a brick-
yard for a time, and later gave his attention to
farming. His connection with the printing busi-
ness began in 1889, when he commenced learning
the trade in the office of The Gleaner. Two years
later, in connection with Charles W. Taylor, he
purchased the Bushnell Record, a paper founded
in 1868 by Capt. Epperson. On the 1st of Jan-
uary , 1893, John Camp purchased the interest of
Mr. Taylor, who became an editorial writer on
the Chicago Tribune, and the firm of Camp
Brothers has since continued the publication of
the Bushnell Record.

On the 23d of December. 1882, Tom Camp was
united in marriage with Jessie Fremont Baker,
daughter of Frank N. Baker, of Hannibal, Mo.,
and a native of Connecticut. Three children have
been born unto them: Howard Sterling, Frank
Baker and Mar)- Inez.

On the 1st of January, 1885, John R. Campled
to the marriage altar Lura C. Keral, and one
child graces their union, Lura Zolene. The jun-
ior member of the firm of Camp Brothers learned
his trade in the office where he is now a partner.
He began work therein on the 1st of April, 1878,

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and has served in its various capacities from er-
rand-boy up to proprietor. The Bushnell Record
is a bright and newsy sheet, well edited, and the
liberal patronage which it receives is well de-
served. The proprietors are both supporters of
the Republican party, and the paper is published
in the interests of that organization.

John Camp has served as Town Collector, and
is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America
and of the Subordinate Lodge and Encampment,
I. O. O. F. He has been several times Secretary
and Chief Patriarch in the latter order, and has
represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge.

Tom Camp has been elected to several local of-
fices and takes quite a prominent part in politics,
but his influence is generally used for the support
of a friend. When the Republican County Con-
vention convened in 1892 to nominate a candi-
date for Representative, several ballots were
taken without any person receiving a majority.
No great enthusiasm was shown for any candi-
date. At length the Colchester delegation gave
sixteen votes for Mr. Camp, and the Blandinsville
delegation followed with seven. Other delegations
which had previously voted tried to recall them,
and it was moved that Mr. Camp be nominated
by acclamation. The motion was seconded from
all parts of the house, and it was soon seen that
Mr. Camp was the popular candidate, but he had
helped place Mr. Kaiser, of Bushnell, before the
convention, and in view of this fact, together
with other reasons, he declined the honor confer-
red upon him. The Colchester Independent^
speaking of the incident, said: "It was a splen-
did tribute to a splendid man," and this senti-
ment was largely echoed throughout the county.
Our subject has served as Alderman for two
terms, and is now serving his second term as
President of the Board of Education. The best
interests of the community always receive his
support, and he is enthusiastic in the promotion
of those enterprises calculated to advance the gen-
eral welfare. Socially, he is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America, the Masonic fra-
ternity, and is an honored member of the Knights
of Pythias.

Mr. Camp is an ardent follower of Isaac Wal-

ton and takes great delight in the use of the
rod and line. Of a social disposition, he is friendly
and genial in manner, enjoys good humor, and is
an entertaining conversationalist. His friends
throughout the county where his entire life has
been passed are indeed man}'.

®= ,,r l=D <* H r*^"fa & Hi

fDQlLLIAM E. LEWIS, editor and publisher
\ A / °f tne Prairie City Herald, and a representa-
V V tive citizen of that place, was born in Pied-
mont, Va. , on the 2d of August, 1852, and is a son
of Benjamin F. and Jane (Johnson) Lewis. His fa-
ther was a native of Augusta County, Va., and
there resided for many years. In early life he em-
barked in merchandising, and successfully contin-
ued operations along that line until after the break-
ing out of the late war, when on account of the hard
times he lost the most of his property. Reared to
southern principles and views, he entered the
Confederate army and served with Stonewall
Jackson during the entire war. When the struggle
was ended he came to Illinois, in 1866, locating in
Lewistown, where his death occurred at the age of
seventy-four years. His parents were both na-
tives of America, but were of Scotch-Irish ex-
traction. The mother of our subject was also of
Scotch-Irish descent. She too was a native of
the Old Dominion, and died in Lewistown.

The subject of this sketch is the younger of two
children. The first fourteen years of his life were
spent in his native State, and he then accom-
panied his parents on their emigration to Illinois,
where he has since made his home. The public
schools afforded him his educational privileges,
and his service in the printing-office has also
added greatly to his knowledge, making him a
well-informed man, who is well posted on all the
interests and issues of the day. Soon after locat-
ing in Lewistown, he began learning the printer's
trade, and was employed in an office at that place
for about four years. He then began to read law,
and was admitted to the Bar in 1886.

Mr. Lewis first came to Prairie City in 1876.
Here he engaged in the publication of a newspa-

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per for some time, and also continued his legal
studies. After his admission to the Bar he be-
gan practice here, and has since continued the
prosecution of his profession in connection with
the publication of his paper, his time being de-
voted to the two business interests.

Mr. Lewis took for his wife Miss Ida Steach,
of Prairie City, and by their union has been born
a daughter, Hazel. In politics, our subject is a
supporter of the Democracy, and is a stalwart ad-
vocate of its principles. His paper is published
in the interests of that party, and he does all in his
power to advance the cause.

!^HHN

HENRY C. TWVMAN, deceased, was for
many years numbered among the leading
business men of Macomb, and no one's his-
tory is more deserving of a place in this volume
than is his. He was born in Hodgensville,
Ky. , on the nth of June, 1832, and spent the
days of his youth in his native State. He was a
son of Elijah and Man - (Bell ) Twymau, natives
of Virginia. At the age of eighteen years, how-
ever, he started out in life for himself, and came to
Macomb, where he ever afterwards lived. He
became a leader in business circles and worked his
way upward to a position of affluence. He was
first employed as clerk in the store of Iverson
Twyman and D. P. Wells. The former was his
elder brother, who had come to Macomb in 1836.
This gentleman was also an influential citizen of
Macomb, and filled various responsible positions.
He served as County Assessor, and twice held the
office of County Treasurer. He was also col-
lector for the North Cross Railroad during the
time of its construction. He possessed most ex-
cellent business and executive ability and those
traits of character which win success.

Henry Clay Twyman remained in his brother's
employ for several years, where he became famil-
iar with business methods, acquiring a knowl-
edge which he applied to his own dealings when
he had entered into business for himself. In 1854,
he became proprietor of a drug store, which he

carried on for many years. He met with excel-
lent success in that venture, and enjoyed a con-
stantly increasing trade, which in course of time
yielded him an excellent income. He had no
special advantages in his youth, and he worked
.his way upward by his own merit.

On the gth of October, 1856, Mr. Twyman was
joined in marriage with Miss Martha Chandler,
daughter of Col. Charles Chandler, who for many
years was one of the leading spirits in the up-
building and development of Macomb. Eight
children were born unto our subject and his wife,
and five of the number are yet living, namely:
Belle, who was born November 5, i860, and is
the wife of Charles Mapes, a resident of Hutchin-
son, Kan.; Willis F., who was born July 30,
1865, and is now engaged in the real-estate busi-
ness in Macomb; Catherine, who was born Octo-
ber 2, 1870, and is the wife of Ross C. Hall, an
attorney of Chicago; Mary King, who was born
February 9, 1873, and is the wife of Dr. C. H.
McLean, of Spokane, Wash.; and Franklin, who
was born October 21, 1876, and is now a student
in the State University at Champaign, 111. Those
deceased are: Charles E., who died January 28,
i860, at the age of twenty months; Henry Iver-
son, who was born September 2, 1863, and died
at the age of ten months; and Vilasco C. , who
died February 20, 1889, a short time before his
twenty-first birthday.

For many years Mr. Twymau engaged in mer-
chandising in Macomb, first as a dealer in drugs
and later in dry goods. He was straightforward
and honorable in all dealings, was enterprising
and industrious, and progressive though conserv-
ative. His success came to him as the result of
well-directed efforts and careful attention to the
details of his business. He became largely inter-
ested in real estate and was the owner of a fine
farm, besides considerable valuable town property.
He was also one of the original stockholders in
the First National Bank of Macomb. He died
October 18, 1891, in the faith of the Christian
Church, of which he had long been a member.

Mrs. Twyman also holds membership with the
Christian Church, and takes a deep interest in
church and charitable work. .She still resides in

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Macomb, in the comfortable home left her by her
husband, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of
a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Al-
most her entire life has here been passed, for she
belongs to one of the honored pioneer families of
the county.

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QQlLLIAM G. RICH, who is engaged in
\A/ £ enera l farming on section 28, Mound
YV Township, McDouough County, is a na-
tive of Germany, his birth having occurred in Wur-
temberg on the 17th of June, i860. His par-
ents, Frederick and Catherine (Muelberger) Rich,
were also natives of that country. The father
was bora about 1834, and was reared as a Ger-
man farmer. Throughout his life he has carried
on agricultural pursuits, and has met with good
success iii his work. Crossing the Atlantic to
America in 1866, he landed on the shores of the
New World, and at once made his way to Knox
County, 111. Some time afterwards he removed
to Mercer County, and bought one hundred and
sixty acres of land, to which he has since added a
tract of eighty acres. He now has a good farm,
which is under a high state of cultivation. He is
a member of the Odd Fellows' society, and since
coming to Illinois has held several township of-
fices.

In the Rich family are eight children, three
sons and five daughters, of whom William G. of
this sketch is the eldest. The others are Anna,
Frederick, Katie, Paul, Mary, Rosa and Carrie.
The family circle yet remains unbroken by the
hand of death, and the children younger than our
subject are still living with their parents in Mer-
cer County.

William G. Rich was only six years old when
he left the Fatherland and accompanied the fam-
ily to the United States. He attended the dis-
trict schools of the neighborhood until thirteen
years of age, and then went to Galesburg, 111.,
where he entered a private German school, and
pursued a German and English course of study
for two years. The succeeding three years of his

life were passed in learning the business of a florist
and landscape gardener under the direction of
E. H. Miller, of Galesburg. In 1877, he went
to Elmwood, where, in the employ of Mr. McCoe,
he learned the business of finishing furniture.
One year was spent in that place, after which he
came to McDonough Count}-, where he has since
engaged in farming.

On the 21st of February, 1884, Mr. Rich led to
the marriage altar Miss Ida M. Scott, and by
their union have been born five children, all of
whom are still at home, namely: Bernice Estella,
CardL., Lloyd S., Harrison R. and Jennie Grace.
The parents of Mrs. Rich were Harrison R. and
Annie M. Scott. They were numbered among
the early settlers of McDonough County, and
here resided for many years. The father was
called to his final rest September 4, 1889, but the
mother is now living in New Philadelphia, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Rich reside upon a good farm of
eighty acres, forty acres of which Mrs. Rich in-
herited from her father, while the remainder was
purchased by our subject in 1883. He has placed
the entire amount under a high state of cultiva-
tion, and it yields to him a golden tribute in return
for the care and labor he bestows upon it. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Rich are members of the Free- Will
Baptist Church, in which they take an active in-
terest, and he also holds membership with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He exercises
his right of franchise in support of the Republi-
can party, with which he has affiliated since at-
taining his majority.

S^HM

^"HOMAS T. HULEN, the genial and pleas-
I C ant proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, of
Vy Augusta, was born in Randolph County,
N. C, October 30, 1837. His grandfather, Will-
iam Hulen, was a farmer of that State, and reached
an advanced age. He reared a family of three
sons one of whom, George P., became the father
of our subject. He was also born in North Caro-
lina, and followed agricultural pursuits. After
arriving at years of maturity, he married Jane

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Hardister, a native of the same State, and a daugh-
ter of Elisha Hardister, who was born in Mary-
land. The last-named served in the War of 18 12.
By occupation he was a hatter and fanner, and
owned a number of slaves.

In 1S45, George P. Hulen left the South and
made his way to Illinois. He located in Elm
Grove, where he purchased eighty acres of land,
to which he afterward added a tract of one hun-
dred and sixty acres. This farm he greatly im-
proved, continuing its cultivation until his death
in 1862, at the age of fifty-six years. His wife
survived him about twenty years, and died at the
advanced age of eighty-four. They were both
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
were highly respected citizens. Their family
numbered three children, a son and two daugh-
ters, I nit the former is the only one now living.

T. T. Hulen was a boy of eight years when,
with his parents, he removed to Adams County,
111., where he was reared to manhood. The dis-
trict schools of the neighborhood afforded him his
educational privileges. After he had attained
mature years his father gave him a start in life,
and he began farming in his own interest. He
was married on the 3d of March, 1859. to Miss
Mary E., daughter of Jesse and Martha (Shoe-
maker) Burke, of Schuyler County, and they be-
came the parents of two children. The elder,
Cora M., married Rev. J. F. Homey, a Method-
ist minister of the Illinois Conference, and died,
leaving a daughter, Mary E. George B. mar-
ried Miss Ida Jones, and resides in Augusta. The
mother died November 7, 1885. She was a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and her
loss was deeply mourned, as she had many friends
throughout the community.

On the 22d of July. 1888, Mr. Hulen married
Mrs. Hester A. Skelley, widow of James Skelley.
She was born in Randolph Count)-, Ind., July 14,
1842, and is a daughter of William B. and Mary
(Rash) Doty, the former a native of Pennsyl-
vania, and the latter of Maryland. Her father,
however, was reared in Ohio until the age of
eighteen years, when he became a resident of
Randolph County, Ind. Although too'old to go
to the war himself, he raised two companies,

drilled them for service, and placed the first com-
pany in charge of Capt. William Burroughs.
The second company was commanded by Capt.
William Macy. When it went South, Mr. Doty
was also determined to enter the service, and went
to Nashville, but was not accepted on account of
his age. He was numbered among the honored
pioneers of Randolph County, and after locating
there walked forty miles in order to enter his land,
camping one night with the Indians, who were
very numerous in that locality. His wife was
fifteen days his senior, and they were but eighteen
years of age at the time of their marriage. His
death occurred June 20, 1873, at the age of fifty-
eight years, and Mrs. Doty is still living, at the
age of seventy-nine. They were both members
of the Christian Church.

In the Doty family were five sons and eight
'daughters, nine of whom are yet living: LeviM.,
of Dallas County, Iowa; Hester Ann, wife of T.
T. Hulen; Sarah Ellen, wife of Allen Yost, of
Randolph County, Ind.; Mary E., wife of Laban
Tunes, of Kokomo, Ind.; Delilah, wife of J. F.
Fulton, of Muncie, Ind.; Emma, wife of James
R. Davidson, of Frankfort, Ind.; Melvina, wife
of David Rowe, of Kokomo; John M., of Marion.
Ind.; and Benjamin F., of Decatur, 111.

The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hulen, Frazy
Doty, was a native of Pennsylvania, and served
in the War of 181 2, the Mexican War and the
Indian War, He also lived to see the War of the
Rebellion. He was a farmer, and for forty-eight
years was a minister of the United Brethren
Church. At the age of eighty-nine years he was
murdered for his money, having drawn a pension
of $800 the day previous. His wife reached the
advanced age of ninety-two years, and died of
paralysis, July 20, 1892. The maternal grand-
father of Mrs. Hulen, Henry Rash, was a native
of Ireland, and at the age often years he came to
America, having hidden in the hull of a vessel,
where he remained for three days without food.
He grew to manhood in New Jersey, and there
married a lady who was born and reared in Maine.
His death occurred at the age of sixty-five, and
his wife passed away at the age of forty-eight.
They were buried near Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs.

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Hulen's first husband, James A. Skelley, served
for three years and three months as a Union sol-
dier during the late war.

Our subject and his wife are both members of
the Methodist Church, and he belongs to the Ma-
sonic fraternity and the Home Forum. In poli-
tics, he is a Republican, and served as Postmaster
of Elm Grove, 111. , for twenty years. He also has
held a number of township offices, and discharged
their duties 'with promptness and fidelity. For
many years he followed farming, and now owns
two hundred and seventy acres of valuable land
in Adams County, which yield to him a good in-
come. In July, 1893, he came to Augusta, and
has since been proprietor of the Commercial Hotel.
His house is well conducted, and has found favor
with the traveling public, whicli gives him a lib-
eral and well-deserved patronage.

gENJAMIN GOULD, who is now living re-
tired, is the oldest resident of Augusta. He
was born in Pomfret, Windham County,
Conn., June 2, 1808, and is a son of John and Olive
(Keach) Gould, the former a native of Massa-
chusetts, and the latter of Rhode Island. The
father was a cooper by trade, and followed that
business through the winter seasons, while in the
summer he worked at farming. He died in Pom-
fret, Conn., in 1863, at the age of ninety years,
and his wife died six days previously at the age
of eighty-nine. They were members of the Pres-
byterian Church, and their family numbered
thirteen children, only two of whom are living,
Benjamin and William. The latter resides in Ox-
ford, Chenango County, N. Y., at the age of
seventy -seven. Their sister Nancy, wife of John
Griggs, died in 1890, when ninety -seven years of
age. The Gould family in America sprang from
three brothers, natives of England, who, in early
Colonial days, crossed the Atlantic to Massa-
chusetts.

Benjamin Gould was reared in Connecticut,
and in 1832 he emigrated to Illinois, by way of
the canals and the lakes, and by stage and horse-

back. He made a settlement in what is now
Augusta Township, Hancock County, and on
Christmas Day of 1833 he married Miss Rebecca
Jones, daughter of Cassandra Jones. Six days
later the young couple removed to Northeast
Township, Adams County, and lived upon a farm
there for forty-seven years. Mr. Gould first pre-
empted one hundred and sixty-seven acres of
Government land, and afterwards bought and
sold several tracts. In his seventy-fourth year
he abandoned farming, and for the past twelve
years has been living in Augusta.

Ten children were born to our subject and his
wife, four sons and six daughters. Olive C, the
eldest, is the wife of Frank McGinnis, of Cam-
eron, Mo.; Eliza A. is now deceased; John Henry
makes his home in Obelisk, Kan. ; Elizabeth has
passed away; Ellen is the wife of William Bacon,
of Huntsville, 111.; Benjamin is now deceased;
Benjamin Leslie is living in Kansas City, Mo. ;
Cynthia has departed this life; Hattie is the wife
of William Edwards; and one child died in in-
fancy. The mother of this family, who was a
member of the Christian Church, died in 1873.
Mr. Gould afterwards married Mrs. Hester
Campbell, widow of George Campbell, and a
daughter of Philip Harney, of North Carolina.
Her death occurred in 1884. She too was a mem-
ber of the Christian Church. In April, 1884, Mr.
Gould wedded Mrs. Abigail Bacon, widow of
Abner E. Bacon, and a daughter of Joseph and
Rhoda (Hamilton) Bowker, natives of Vermont.
By her first husband Mrs. Gould had three
daughters and two sons: Ann Virginia, wife of
William Mead; Enos, of Tacoma, Wash.; Nettie
Almira, deceased, wife of Leander Browning; Eu-
gene, deceased; and Carrie R., wife of William
Swartz, of Augusta Township.

Our subject and his wife are faithful and con-
sistent members of the Christian Church, in
which he served as Elder for man}- years. In
politics, he was first a Whig, and has been a Re-
publican since the organization of the party. In
Adams County he served as School Treasurer for
thirty-seven consecutive years, was Justice of the
Peace seventeen years, and during that time no
appeal was ever taken from his docket. He has

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been Supervisor, Assessor and Collector. An
honored pioneer of Hancock County, he is fam-
iliar with its history from the days of its early
infancy. He built the first cabin in Augusta,
and was the first white man married in the town-
ship. He is now nearly eighty-six years of age,
and is still remarkably active for one of his years.
He is quietly spending his declining days in Au-
gusta, where he is surrounded by a host of warm
friends.

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gEORGE HAVEN EASTMAN, who carries
on general farming on section 15, Augusta
Township, Hancock County, was born in
Meridian, N. H., March 3, 1863, and is a son of
Prosper Lee and Eleanor (Haven) Eastman, who
were also natives of the old Granite State. They
had only two children, George and Frank Henien-
way. The father for about thirty years has en-
gaged in dealing in live stock, and now makes his
home in Albany, N. Y. In early life he followed
fanning. On leaving New Hampshire, he re-
moved to New York City, and later spent a few
years in Wisconsin. He has purchased stock all
through Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and other
Western States, and for many years was in part-
nership with his brother, Timothy C. Eastman,
who died in September, 1893. Many years ago
be came to Illinois, and purchased seven hundred
acres i if land, which he gave to his sons. After-
wards he bought an adjoining tract of one hun-
dred and sixty acres, and built a fine residence
upon his farm. His wife, who was the daughter
of a Universalist preacher, died May 5, 1874.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Joseph
Eastman, was also a native of New Hampshire,
and was a carpenter by trade. He reared a fam-
ily of three sons, Timothy, Stephen and Prosper,
and died in middle life. The maternal grandfa-
ther, Moses Haven, was also born in the Granite
State, and devoted the greater part of his life to
the work of the Gospel.

George Eastman whose name heads this rec-
ord spent the first three years of his life in the

State of his nativity, and then accompanied his
parents on their removal to the Empire State.
The greater part of his youth was spent in Al-
bany, N. Y., where he attended the public
schools. Later he entered Williams College, of
Williamstowu, Mass., and was graduated from
that institution in 1886. Soon after he started
for the West, and on the 9th of July of that year
arrived in Augusta, where he worked under his
father's instructions until 188S, when the latter
presented him and his brother with their beauti-
ful homes.

On the 21st of October, 1889, Mr. Eastman led
to the marriage altar Miss Jennie Estelle, daugh-
ter of Nixon and Keziah Lamar (Robbins) Bal-
four, who were natives of North Carolina. The
young couple hold membership with the Method-
ist Episcopal Church, take an active part in its
work and upbuilding, and contribute liberally to
its support. Mr. Eastman is now serving as one
of the Church Trustees. Socially, he is a Knight
Templar Mason, and holds membership with
J. L. Anderson Lodge No. 318, A. F. & A. M.;
Augusta Chapter No. 72, R. A. M., of which he
was High Priest; and Almoner Commandery No.
32, K. T., of which he is now Past Commander.
In politics, he is a stalwart supporter of the Re-
publican party and its principles, but has never
sought or desired political preferment. The
cause of education has ever found in him a warm
friend, and he is now the capable and efficient
President of the School Board. The best in-
terests of the community ever find in him a warm
friend, and his hearty support and co-operation
are always given to those enterprises which he
believes will prove of public benefit.

0RRIN W. CHATTERTON, whoisengaged
in the livery business in Macomb, asamem
berofthe firm of Camp & Chatterton, was
born on the 16th of April, 1864, in Emmet Town-
ship, McDonough County. His parents were
Orrin and Permelia J. (Crabb) Chatterton. The
father was a native of the Empire State, and re-

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maiued upon a farm in New York until his emi-
gration to the West. Locating in Illinois, he
purchased a farm in Emmet Township, Mc-
Donough County, and there engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits until his death, which occurred at
the age of fifty-six years. He was one of the pio-
neer settlers of the county, and witnessed much of
its growth and development. His parents were
also natives of New York, and the family was
probably founded in America during Colonial
days. The father served in the War of 1812.
Mrs. Chatterton, mother of our subject, was a na-
tive of Virginia, and came to McDonough County
with her parents during the days of early maiden-
hood. She is now living on the old homestead in
Macomb Township, at the age of sixty-six years.
In the family were the following children: Lucy,
now the wife of Joseph McGinnis, of Kenosha
County, Kan.; Charles, who is engaged in farm-
ing in McDonough County; Josie, wife of Riley
Sutton, of this county ; Samuel, also an agricul-
turist of this county ; and Orrin W. , of this sketch.

Our subject spent the days of his boyhood and
youth upon the old homestead farm, remaining
with his parents until he had attained his major-
ity. He acquired his education in the common
schools of the neighborhood, which he attended
through the winter season, while in the summer
months he aided in the labors of the farm. He
inherited from his father some land, and on start-
ing out in life for himself began the further de-
velopment and cultivation of this tract, which he
continued to successfully operate until 1893. He
then sold out and came to Macomb, purchasing a
half-interest in the livery barn with which he is
still connected.

On the 15th of February, 1883, Mr. Chatterton
led to the marriage altar Miss Lydia M. Walker,
of McDonough County, and their union has been
blessed with three children: Walter W., Lucian
B. and Willie. The youngest, however, died in
infancy. Mr. Chatterton is a young man of good
business and executive ability, and the firm with
which he is now connected receives from the pub-
lic a liberal patronage. Their barn is complete
in all its appointments, and by their earnest en-
deavors to please their customers, they have se-

cured the confidence and best wishes of the entire
community. Socially, Mr. Chatterton is a mem-
ber of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, belong-
ing to Montrose Lodge No. 104, K. P. He ex-
ercises his right of franchise in support of the
Democratic party.

HENRY M. HARRISON, M. D., occupies a
foremost place in the medical fraternity of
the ' ' Military Tract. ' ' He is now located
in Bushnell, 111., but has an extensive practice,
which extends throughout central Illinois. A
native of Alexandria, Licking County, Ohio, he
was born July 26, 1852, and is a son of Spencer
and Georgiana (Hall) Harrison, the former a na-
tive of Bartholomew County, Ky. , and the latter
of Greenwich, Prince William County, Ya. The
grandfather of our subject, Gambriel Harrison,
removed from Virginia to Kentucky, and thence
to Ohio, where he died when his son Spencer was
a small boy. He was an own cousin of Gen.
William Henry Harrison, President of the United
States. The Harrisons are an honored family.
The great-grandfather of our subject was Carter
Harrison, and the name of Carter is frequently
found among his descendants.

Spencer Harrison was a carpenter by trade and
for many years also followed merchandising. In
1853, he emigrated westward to Cuba, Fulton
County, 111., and the following year made a per-
manent location there. To him and his wife
were born four children, namely: Henry M., of
this sketch; George, who died in infancy; Frank
M., who is engaged in the practice of medicine in
Bryant, 111.; and John R., a practicing physician
of Glassford, 111. The mother of this family was
called to her final rest April 4, 1866, her last
days being spent in Cuba.

Dr. Harrison of this sketch attended the High
Schools of Cuba and Canton, and was graduated
from the latter. He taught school in Ohio one
winter, when only sixteen years of age, and at the
age of fourteen he successfully passed an exami-
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tificate. On his return from the Buckeye State
he engaged in teaching school in Knox County
until 1871, when he entered the Missouri Medical
College, of St. Louis, Mo., attending the winter
and spring course. He embarked in the practice
of his chosen profession in Marietta, Fulton
County, where he remained two years, and then
went to Deland, Piatt County. In the winter of
1S76-77, he was a student in the College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons in Keokuk, Iowa, and was
graduated therefrom in the spring of the latter
year.

In August, 1877, Dr. Harrison came to Bush-
nell, where he has since continued in general
practice. In 1883, he took the physician's course
of study in the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Chicago, and afterwards attended the
Chicago Ophthalmic College, making a specialty
of the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat,
and graduating in 1S87. In 1883 he spent some
time in the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. He
has since made a specialty of diseases along this
line. He began fitting himself for this branch in
1872 by private study under Dr. Charles E.
Michel, of St. Louis. He also took a private
course with Prof. John E. Harper, of Chicago,
and was his assistant in 1885. In 1890, he
erected the infirmary at Bushnell, of which he is
the head. It was built at a cost of about $8,000,
is heated by steam throughout, and the appoint-
ments are excellent.

On the 19th of July, 1873, Dr. Harrison wed-
ded Miss Mary Louretta McCauce, and unto them
have been born three children, Clara Leona, Flor-
ence Myrtle and Henry Benjamin. The son was
named in honor of President Harrison, who
wrote a letter of congratulation to the parents at
the time. The young ladies have been most
highly educated. Both are graduates of the
High School of Bushnell, and Clara graduated in
music from the Western Normal College, at Bush-
nell, 111., having studied vocal music for two
years tinder Prof. Phelps, and instrumental music
under Miss Ingersoll, of Chicago, 111. The fam-
ily is one of prominence in Bushnell, and its mem-
bers hold an enviable position in social circles.

Dr. Harrison is a member of the Masonic or-

der, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern
Woodmen of America. He has been repeat-
edly elected Secretary and Treasurer of the "Mil-
itary Tract" Medical Association, and has been a
leader in promoting the interests of that organ-
ization. He is a member of the Illinois State
Medical Society, and was a member of the Ninth
International Medical Congress, which con-
vened in September, 1887, in Washington, D. C,
when were present about seven thousand dele-
gates, the largest medical congress ever held. He
is a recognized leader in his profession, and in
practice is enjoying a well-deserved success.

In politics, Dr. Harrison has always been a
stalwart Republican, unswerving in his allegiance
to the party and its principles. For two consec-
utive terms of two years each he held the office of
Mayor of Bushnell, and declined a renomination
in 1893. He received the largest majority ever
given to a candidate for that office, and on ac-
count of his advocacy of public improvements he
won the support of all progressive and public-
spirited citizens.

(STEPHEN L. BABBITT, M. D., a retired
/\ physician residing in Bushnell, claims Con-
\~J necticut as the State of his nativity. He was
born in Fairfield County, June 29, 18 14, and
was the youngest in a family of eleven children,
whose parents were Abiel and Abigail (Sturges)
Babbitt. William, the eldest of the family, was a
prominent attorney and graduate of Yale College.
When a young man he went to Indiana, and re-
ceived the nomination for Governor of that State,
but died of typhus fever before the election. Abi-
gail, Andrew S., Eliza M., Ambrose and Julia A.
are all now deceased, while Francis L- is liv-
ing in Arizona, at the age of eighty-three years.
Edwin was a General in the United States Army
and a man of prominence. The Babbitt family
was founded in America at a very early day, and
the grandfather of our subject served in the Revo-
lution. The Doctor's father was a native of Con-
necticut, and was a farmer by occupation. His

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death occurred in the Nutmeg State, when about
seventy-six years of age. His wife was also a na-
tive of Connecticut, as were her parents. Her
death occurred at the home of her daughter in
Galesburg, 111., at the ripe old age of ninety-five
years.

Dr. Babbitt spent his early boyhood days upon
the home farm and in attendance at the district
schools of the neighborhood. Wishing to acquire
a better education than he could there obtain, he
entered Yale College at the age of seventeen and
later was graduated from Columbia College, of
New York. During the succeeding three years
of his life he traveled quite extensively through
the West, and was engaged in loaning money for
his father and others.

The Doctor entered upon the practice of his pro-
fession in Centreville, Mich., where he spent
about two years, and then removed to Schoolcraft,
where he continued the prosecution of his profes-
sion for a period of four years. His next place of
residence was in Mattawan, Van Buren County,
Mich. , and later he removed to Pine Grove Mich. ,
where he opened an office and soon built up an
extensive practice. He there enjoyed a most ex-
cellent business and for eighteen years was one of
the acknowledged leaders of the medical profession
in that locality. On the expiration of that period
he came to Bushnell, 111., where he practiced for
three years. He then removed to the southern
part of the State, but in 1883 returned to Bush-
nell, where he has since lived a retired life.

In i860, Dr. Babbitt was united in marriage
with Miss Myra H. Farr, a native of New York,
and a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (St. Law-
rence ) Farr. Her father was a native of Massa-
chusetts, and for some years engaged in the
jewelry business. His death occurred when he
had reached the allotted age of three-score years
and ten. His wife was a native of Ireland, and
was distantly connected with the royal family of
Great Britain. Mrs. Babbitt is the youngest in a
family of eleven children, and is the only one liv-
ing. The others were Mary A., Joseph G. , Fran-
cis E., Melvin S., Amanda E., Harriet H., Ed-
ward, and three who died in infancy.

Dr. Babbitt and his wife have traveled life's

journey together for about thirty-five years, and
faithfully shared with each other the joys and
sorrows, adversity and prosperity of life. As the
days passed, their mutual confidence and love
have increased, and the} - have won the esteem of
all with whom they have been brought in con-
tact. They possess many excellencies of char-
acter, and have always been benevolent and
generous with the poor and needy. All worthy
enterprises have received their support, and the
best interests of the community always find in
them a friend. In his political views, Dr. Bab-
bitt is a Democrat. He has now reached the age
of eighty years, but is well preserved, and we join
with his friends in wishing that he may yet be
spared for some time to come.

if^'T'^e

REV. THOMAS AARON CANADY is one
of the leading ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Illinois, and is now
serving as pastor of the congregation in Augusta.
He has many friends in this community, and we
feel assured that the record of his life will prove
of interest to many of our readers. He was born
in Clarke Count}', Ohio, Jul}- 30, 1846, and is a
son of Thomas and Eva (Huffman) Canady, the
former a native of the Buckeye State, and the lat-
ter of Virginia. Samuel Canady, the grandfather,
was born in the East, and was a farmer by occu-
pation. He served as a soldier in the War of
1812, and reached an advanced age. His family
numbered nine sons and two daughters. The
maternal grandfather, Aaron Huffman, was of
German parentage, and he, too, served in the
War of 181 2. In an early day he made his home
in Virginia, but afterward removed to Ohio, and
spent his last days in Cedarville, where his death
occurred in 1865, at an advanced age.

Thomas Canady, Sr. , also engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits as a means of livelihood. He was
three times married. His first wife died when
our subject was only five years of age. He after-
ward wedded Mrs. Towne, and subsequently was
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1866, he emigrated to Missouri, and his death oc-
curred near Mill Grove, that State, in 1885, at
the age of sixty-eight years. A member of the
United Brethren Church, he lived an honorable,
upright life, and was highly esteemed by all.
The children of Thomas and Eva Canady were
six in number, but only three are now living:
Joshua, of Mercer County, Mo.; Cynthia, wife
of Philip Nagley, of Clarke County, Ohio; and
Rev. Thomas A., of this sketch.

The gentleman whose name heads this notice
was a lad of twelve years when he came with his
parents to Illinois. In 1865 he accompanied them
on their emigration to Missouri. His education
was acquired in the schools of Ohio, and the Mis-
souri University, of Columbia, Mo. A year after
leaving that school he began preaching in the
Methodist Church, and has since been engaged in
the work of the ministry.

During the late war, Mr. Canady was found
among the defenders of the Union, serving for
two years and a-half as a member of Company F,
One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry.
He participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs
and Arkansas Post, and was captured at the battle
of Guntown. For nine months he was held a
prisoner and incarcerated at Andersonville, Savan-
nah, Milan, Blackshear, Florence, S. C, and
Salisbury, N. C. He was ever found at his post
faithfully performing his duty, and was a valiant
defender of the Stars and Stripes and the cause
which the Old Flag represented. He is now a
member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

After his return from the army, Mr. Canady
took up his residence in Missouri until his re-
moval to Augusta. He served as pastor of the
churches in Albany, Savannah, Maryville and
Brookfield, was presiding Elder of the Kirksville
District, and was pastor of the Broadway Church
in Hannibal for two years. In 1892 he served as
a delegate to the General Conference held in
Omaha, Neb. The degree of A. M. has been
conferred upon him.

On the 26th of March, 1875, Rev. Mr. Canady
was united in marriage with Miss Margaret D.
Ljndsey, daughter of John C. \V. and Elizabeth
(Rhea) Lindsey, of Mercer County, Mo. The

wedding was celebrated in Princeton, and by
their union have been born a son and two daugh-
ters: Laura E., Eva E. and Earl L. Mr. Can-
ady now devotes his entire attention to pastoral
work, laboring untiringly in the vineyard of the
Master, and for the advancement of the cause upon
earth. He has the high regard of this commu-
nity, and is well liked by his congregation.

'VSAAC A. OAKMAN, a retired farmer, now
I living in Macomb, and Treasurer of the
X. county, claims Pennsylvania as the State of
his nativity. He was born in Bedford County
on the 22d of April, 1827, and is a son of Ebe-
nezer and Ann (Ansley) Oakman, the former a
native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Penn-
sylvania. The Oakman family is of Irish lineage,
and it is probable that all of the name in America
sprang from a common stem. Leaving the old
Bay State, Ebenezer Oakman went to Philadel-
phia, where he became acquainted with and mar-
ried Miss Ansle)-, who was his second wife. By
trade he was a shoemaker, and followed that pur-
suit during his early life in the East. He re-
moved from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Pa. , and
subsequently traded his shoe store for a large
tract of land in Bedford County. Locating thereon,
he began clearing and improving the same, and in
that valley built two sawmills. His home was
in the midst of the forest, where were seen few
evidences of civilization and progress. He there
died in 1840. By his first wife he had five chil-
dren, and by the second union were born seven
children.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Oakman,
mother of our subject, came to Illinois, and six
of her children ultimately located in Hancock and
McDonough Counties. The journey was made
by way of Pittsburgh, where they took a steamer
for Warsaw. On reaching the Mississippi, they
boarded a stern-wheel boat, thus saving about
three hours in starting, but the other boat over-
took them and the two vessels engaged in a race.
This was a rather dangerous affair, and our sub-

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ject thought that the end had come. The only
thing for the passengers to do was to get their
guns and command the officers of the boat to stop
putting on more steam. At length the}- reached
their destination in safety. Mrs. Oakman con-
tinued to reside in McDonough County until her
death, which occurred at the home of her son
Isaac in i88r.

During his youth, Mr. Oakman of this sketch
learned the tanning business in Huntingdon Coun-
ty, Pa., serving a four-years apprenticeship to
the trade. He then followed the same pursuit
for five years in his own interest near Chambers-
burg, Franklin County, Pa., and it was during
his residence at that place that he met and mar-
ried Miss Elizabeth M. Campbell. The wedding
ceremony was performed on the 17th of June,
1 85 1. They became the parents of eight chil-
dren, and seven of the number are yet living.
All reside in McDonough County, and five of
the number are now married. Frank is engaged
in farming near Bushnell; Mary Emma is the wife
of Nicholas Swigert; William is engaged in the
furniture business in Macomb; George is now edi-
tor of the Blandinsville Gazette; Maggie Belle is
at home; and Bert is employed in the Eagle print-
ing office in this city.

On his emigration to Illinois, Mr. Oakman first
took up his residence in Fountain Green, Han-
cock County, where he arrived on the 12th of
May, 1853. A year later he removed to Mc-
Donough County, purchased a farm in Hire
Township, and turned his attention to agricul-
tural pursuits, which he followed for many years.
He was very successful in the work, and was the
owner of a neat and well-kept farm, whose thrifty
appearance indicated the careful supervision of
the owner. Ere leaving his old home, Mr. Oak-
man was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife,
who died on the 2d of July, 1890.

In politics, our subject has always been a sup-
porter of the Democracy, and on that ticket has
been elected to a number of public offices. He
served for three terms as Supervisor, and was a
member of the County Board during the erection
of the court house. In 1891 he was elected
County Treasurer, which position he still fills.

Removing to Macomb, he has here since made
his home. He at once entered upon the duties of
hir office, and by his fidelity to the trust reposed
in him he has won the commendation of all con-
cerned. His business career has been one of suc-
cess, and by his well-directed efforts, his industry
and perseverance, he has acquired a comfortable
competence, which numbers him among the sub-
stantial citizens of the community.

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0AVID CHAMBERS, an attorney-at-law of
Bushnell, was born in Harrison County,
Ohio, on the 22d of November, 1846. His
parents, John and Hannah (Manley) Chambers,
were both natives of the Buckeye State. The
paternal grandfather, David Chambers, was born
in Virginia, but died in Ohio, when his son John
was a small boy. The maternal grandfather,
Allen Mauley, was an Ohio farmer, and, emigrat-
ing to Illinois, he located near New Philadelphia,
in McDonough County, where he spent his re-
maining days, passing away at the advanced age
of eighty-two. The father of our subject carried
on farming in Ohio until 1852, when he came to
Illinois, and located in Harris Township, Fulton
County, where he carried on agricultural pursuits
until called to his final rest, in April, 1882, at the
age of sixty-five years. His wife survived him
until March, 1892, and died at the age of seventy-
two. They were both members of the United
Brethren Church.

Mr. Chambers whose name heads this record
was a lad of only six summers when his parents
emigrated to Fulton County. He remained upon
the old home farm, nine miles southeast of Bush-
nell, until sixteen years of age, when he responded
to the country's call for troops and joined the
boys in blue of Company I, One Hundred and
Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, for one hundred
days' service. During that time he was captured
and sent to Castle Morgan Prison, at Cahaba,
Ala. , the old capital. After the war, he returned
to Fulton County, where he engaged in teaching
school until 1 881, when he began reading law

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with A. E. Barnes, who was the first white male
child born in Fulton County. Under his direction,
Mr. Chambers continued his studies until he en-
tered the State University of Iowa, from which he
was graduated in 1882. The following year he
was admitted to the Bar in Illinois, and at once
opened a law office in Bushnell, where he has
since been engaged in his profession.

On the 31st of December, 1873, Mr. Chambers
was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Bevans,
daughter of Milton and Eliza (Williams) Bevans,
the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of
Maryland. Two children grace the union of this
worthy couple, a son and daughter, Milton J. and
Nellie M., who are still at home. They have a
pleasant residence in Bushnell, and their home is
noted for its hospitality.

In his social relations, Mr. Chambers is con-
nected with the Masonic fraternity, and with Car-
ter Van Vleck Post No. 74, G. A. R. In his
political views, he is a Democrat, and for seven
years has served as Prosecuting Attorney for the
city, a position he has filled with credit to himself
and satisfaction to his constituents, as is indicated
by his long retention in office. He is a lawyer of
skill and ability, a man of keen judgment and quick
discernment, and an able advocate. His earnest
efforts in the interests of his clients have gained
for him an enviable reputation and a liberal pat-
ronage.

0ILES C. HAWLEY, a retired fanner of Au-
l_ gusta, is a native of the Buckeye State, and
\^A comes of an old New England family. His
paternal grandfather, Gad Hawley, was a native
of Fannington, Conn., and the house in which
he lived one hundred and six years ago is still
standing. By occupation, he was a farmer. His
family numbered two sons and two daughters,
one of whom, Chauncey Hawley, became the fa-
ther of our subject. He removed from Connect-
icut to Ohio in 1806, when the Buckeye State
was an almost unbroken wilderness, and, locating
in Austinburgh, purchased land of the Govern-

ment. There he spent his remaining days. He
was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a very
devout man, and aided in building the first house
of worship in northern Ohio. When this church
was completed, Mrs. Judge Austin went back to
Connecticut on horseback, alone through the
wilderness, and brought back Rev. Giles H.
Cowles, after whom the subject of this sketch was
named, who, with his family, came all the way
by private conveyance in 18 13 to Ohio, where he
reared his family. Alfred Cowles, of the Chicago
Tribune, and Edwin Cowles, of the Cleveland
Leader, were members, all of whom are now dead.
Chauncey Hawley married Sophia Austin, daugh-
ter of Judge Eliphalet Austin, who was the first
settler of Austinburgh, Ohio, where he located in
1798. In 1 89 1, Giles Hawley and wife went back
to the old place on a visit, and brought home fruit
from the trees which were planted by his grand-
father in 1799.

Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Hawley became the
parents of eight children, among whom were Mrs.
John H. Catlin, E. P., Albert D. and Erastus A.
Hawley, all of whom lived in Augusta, and are
now deceased. Those living are Ursula, widow
ofWilliam M. Dexter, of Augusta; Chauncey G.,
of Girard, Kan. , who during the late war was
Colonel of the First Regiment of Heavy Artillery
of Ohio, and during the last two years of his serv-
ice acted as Brigadier-General; and Giles C. of
this sketch. The father followed farming through-
out his entire life, and died in Austinburgh, Ohio,
in 1853, at the age of seventy-three. His wife
survived him until i860, and died in Augusta, at
the age of sixty-nine. She was a devoted mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church, and took an act-
ive part in its work. Her father, Eliphalet Austin,
was one of the leading citizens of northern Ohio,
and served in the Legislature from 1812 to 18 14.
His death occurred at the age of seventy-seven.
He was a farmer and Judge, and had two broth-
ers who served in the Revolutionary War. His
family numbered five sons and five daughters.

Giles Cowles Hawley was born in Austinburgh,
on the 2d of April, 1830, and there made his home
until eighteen years of age, when he emigrated
westward and became a resident of Augusta, 111.

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Here he embarked in merchandising in company
with his brother, E. P. Hawley, who was a lead-
ing citizen of Augusta from 1847 to 1887, when
he died. In this business, which was carried on
under the firm name of Hawley Bros., our subject
continued until 1856. He then established a liv-
er) stable, which he conducted until the outbreak
of the late war. After Ft. Sumter was fired upon,
business interests no longer proved attractive to
Mr. Hawley, for his sympathies were all with the
Union, and he enlisted in its defense as a member
of Company L, Second Illinois Cavalry, under
Capt. Delano. He served on detached duty with
Grant's brigade for several months, traveling
through Missouri and Kentucky, his company
acting as Gen. Grant's bodyguard. On account
of becoming deaf, however, he was forced to leave
the service after about a year. He, with a num-
ber of others, was taken prisoner by Jeff Thomp-
son in Missouri. After being robbed of every-
thing but what they wore upon their persons, they
were allowed to go. In 1 862, our subject returned
to Augusta and embarked in farming, which he
followed continuously until his retirement from
active life.

On the 9th of September, 1858, Mr. Hawley
wedded Miss Mace Fosdyck, and their union was
blessed with two children: Sophia and Edwin
Hurd. The former became the wife of George
\V. Gardner, of Warsaw, and died a true Chris-
tian and active member of the church, leaving a
daughter, Mace, who is living with her grand-
father. For several years Edwin has been a
commercial traveler in the employ of a Minneap-
olis house. Mrs. Hawley, who was a member of
the Presbyterian Church, was called to the home
beyond September 26, 1872. On the 18th of
April, 1878, Mr. Hawley married Miss Harriet,
daughter of Wadsworth and Harriet (Ingersol)
Mead.

Our subject and his wife are both members of
the Presbyterian Church, and, in politics, he is a
supporter of the Republican party. He also holds
membership with the Grand Army of the Repub-
lic. He owns a pleasant home in Augusta, and
in addition to this until recently owned some
good land along the river bottoms near Warsaw.

There are only thirteen citizens in Augusta who
were living here when Mr. Hawley came to the
West in 1848. For years after he came to Illinois
there were from thirty to forty of his name, and
now he is the only Hawley living in Augusta,
all but he having passed to the beyond. He has
witnessed nearly the entire growth and develop-
ment of the county, has seen its wild lands trans-
formed into beautiful homes and farms, and where
once roamed the deer domestic animals are now
seen. Progress and development have placed
Hancock County in the lead in the State, and Mr.
Hawley has ever borne his part in the work of
public advancement.

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0TEREING P. LEMMON, an attorney-at-
?\ law, who is engaged in practice in Augusta,
\~) has the honor of being a native of Illinois,
his birth having occurred in Pima Township,
Adams County, September 27, 1865. His par-
ents, William D. and Elizabeth F. (Tout) Pem-
mon, were also natives of Adams Count}'. They
had a family of five daughters and a son, but
only three are now living: Sterling P., our sub-
ject; Anna, wife of J. W. Cunningham, station
agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail-
road at West Point, 111. ; and Frankie, a young
lady engaged in teaching in West Point. The
father was a farmer in early life, but in later
years he has engaged in grain-dealing, and now
makes his home in West Point. The greater
part of his life has been passed in Adams County,
and he removed to his present home in 1891.
His wife passed away in 1882, in her thirty-ninth
year. She was a member of the Christian Church
and a most estimable lady.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Rud-
ieu Pemmon, was a native of Tennessee, and em-
igrated to Illinois about 1823, when Quincy
was a small village. He followed farming as a
means of livelihood. He was one of the pioneer
settlers of Adams County, and there served as
Collector for a number of terms. His death oc-
curred at about the age of seventy-five years.

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His family numbered seven children. The ma-
ternal grandfather, John S. Tout, was born in
Ohio, and came to this State at an early day, lo-
cating in Galena, where he served as manager of
the tannery belonging to the father of Gen.
Grant. When the General was a boy, Mr. Tout
three times whipped him for disobedience, and
when Grant became President, whether in return
for the favor or not, we cannot say, he tendered
Mr. Tout the position of Postmaster of Quincy.
The latter, however, preferred to remain upon
his farm, where he died of a cancer in January,
1893, at the age of eighty-three years.

Sterling P. Lemraon has spent the greater part
of his life in this section of the State. His school
privileges were very meagre in early life, but he
afterward attended Chaddock College, of Quincy,
from which institution he was graduated in 1884.
His parents did not wish him to become a lawyer,
but as he felt that he could succeed in this branch
of business, he began studying at home in 1882,
and by faithful and persistent effort he fitted him-
self for admission to the Bar, which event occur-
red in 1.SS9. The date September 11 has been
an important one in bis life. He began the study
of law on that day, left the farm on that day, was
married, and was admitted to the Bar on that
day.

The year of Mr. Lemmon's marriage was 1887.
He wedded Miss Alice M. Akins, daughter of
Dr. J. S. and Josephine (McFarland) Akins, of
Loraine, 111. Two children grace their union, a
son and a daughter, Chester A. and Edna Marie.

Mr. Lemmon is a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity, the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
and the Modern Woodmen of America, and in
politics he is a supporter of the Democracy. In
January, 1893, he embarked in the practice of his
profession in Augusta. Prior to that time he
was a member of the firm of Shannon, Lemmon
& Duval, of Quincy. During that time he was
one of the defenders of E. J. Sullivan, who was
accused of the murder of his sweetheart in Quincy
in 1890. The young man was acquitted after a
hotly-contested trial. He was also connected
with the celebrated case of Sloniger versus Sloni-
ger, on which eleven lawyers were employed.

His firm won the case, setting aside the will, and
cutting off an alleged heir from any rights in the
estate. Mr. Lemmon now has a good practice,
receiving patronage from Schuyler, McDonough,
Adams and Hancock Counties. His office was
destroyed by fire in May, 1893, but he is now
nicely located, and a short time since he added
one hundred and forty-eight new volumes to his
library. He is yet a young man, but has steadily
risen in his profession, and now occupies a prom-
inent place at the Hancock County Bar.

(TOHX YOUNG. Among those who have
I crossed the Atlantic, founded homes in Amer-
\Zs ica, and won the success attendant upon ear-
nest effort, may be mentioned the gentleman whose
name heads this record. He was born in Koenigs-
bach, in the grand duchy of Baden, Germany,
October 15, 18 10, and passed the first twenty
years of his life amid familiar home scenes in his
native laud. Attending the common schools, he
obtained a fair education. Having lost his father
when but a small lad, he was obliged to go out to
service among strangers as a shepherd. America
possessed for him great attractions, and he gath-
ered all the information possible relative to the
country, climate and advantages. Of money, he
possessed but little. His capital stock, as he says,
"was a good pair of arms, a good body and a
good will," and with these as a foundation on
which to build a fortune he left the Fatherland,
and on the 20th of June, 1830, landed in New
York City.

The first work which Mr. Young did was as a
mower on a farm on Long Island. He had been a
proficient hand at the scythe in the Old Country,
but here he found the blade longer, and says he
spent the first half-day learning to "swing the
thing." He noticed the exchange of glances be-
tween the others in the field, and, although ignor-
ant of their language, believed they were laugh-
ing at his awkwardness. This determined him to
show them that he could do the work, and in the
afternoon he accomplished more than any of the

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others. This little incident is characteristic of
Mr. Young's whole course through life. He
overcomes all obstacles and carries forward to a
successful completion whatever he undertakes.
He remained in New York City and vicinity until
1836.

During this time, Mr. Young was made an Odd
Fellow, December 26, 1834, so that he is one of
the oldest members of the order in the United
States, and in all probability the very oldest in Illi-
nois. His long connection with the fraternity
has led him to be frequently called upon to address
lodges throughout the country, and he has spoken
in the interest of the order in New Jersey, New
York, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Mis-
souri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and California.

Another important event occurred during Mr.
Young's residence in New York. He there met,
wooed and won his wife, Catherine Ehrhardt, the
marriage taking place June 20, 1835. For fifty-
six years she was his faithful companion and
helpmate, and all who knew her held her in the
highest esteem for her exemplary life. She was
a seamstress, and came from Alsace, France, in
1833. Her death occurred March 16, 1891, and
was deeply mourned.

On the 28th of August, 1836, Mr. Young started
westward to find a home, leaving his wife in the
care of a sister. He traveled by stage to Phila-
delphia, thence by rail to Columbia, and on by-
stage to Pittsburgh, where he took boat to Louis-
ville. The river being too low to shoot the falls,
he had to transfer to another boat at Rockford,
fri >m which place he went to St. Louis, and on
to Burlington, which was then a village in the
Territory of Iowa. From that place he walked
to Warren County, 111. He had not a friend or
acquaintance in the locality. He hired out to
John Huston as a farm hand at $8 per month, and
soon afterwards he was joined by his wife, who in
company with her brother-in-law and sister had
come west. Mr. and Mrs. Young enjoyed few of
the luxuries of life in those early years, and even
were sometimes without the necessaries, but they
made the best of everything and had soon acquired
a sufficient sum to purchase a farm.

In the spring of 1837, Mr. Young bought fifty

acres of land at $1.62 ! /2 per acre, and this tract
became the nucleus of his extensive possessions.
Soon after locating upon that farm, he made a
trip to Oquawka, thirty miles distant, with an ox-
team. The history of pioneer life in this locality
is very familiar to him. He hauled the first rails
across the Peoria and Burlington stage road, on
the big prairie northwest of Greenbush, and broke
the first forty acres of land on that prairie.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Young were born seven
children, five of whom are yet living: Mary, the
widow of Thomas Lewis, who is now keeping
house for her father; Julia A., wife of Charles
Hayes, who once served as Sheriff of McDonough
County, but is now living in South Dakota; John
Frederick, who resides on the old homestead in
Roseville Township, Warren County; Sarah,
widow of George W. Thomas; and Emma, the
wife of S. H. Tuttle, of Roseville, 111.

For many years Mr. Young remained engaged
in agricultural pursuits, and success attended his
well-directed efforts. He worked hard, and as the
result of his industry and enterprise acquired a
handsome competency, which now enables him to
spend his declining years in retirement, surround-
ed by all the comforts of life. He makes his home
in Bushnell and is one of its honored citizens. He
is a courteous, kindly old gentleman, and all who
know him esteem him highly.

NENRY R. and WILLIAM L. HAMPTON,
of Augusta, are the editors and proprietors
of the Augusta Courier. These gentlemen
were both natives of McDonough County, the
former born on the 3d of March, 1859, and
the latter on the 2d of August, 1868. Their
parents were William L- and Rachel A. (Jones)
Hampton, both of whom were natives of Ohio.
In their family were three children, the two men-
tioned above, and one who died in infancy. The
father was an engineer. During his early boy-
hood he came to Illinois with his parents, the
family locating near Macomb. His father, Van
C. Hampton, was a native of New Jersey, and a

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woolen manufacturer. After his emigration to
McDonough County, lie built and operated the
first woolen -mill within its borders. William L.
Hampton, Sr., grew to manhood under the pa-
rental roof, and spent his remaining days in Mc-
Donough County. During the late war he re-
sponded to the country's call for troops, and,
donning the blue, became a member of Company
C, Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry. While en-
gaged in building breastworks of logs he was in-
jured, and on account of disability occasioned
thereby was honorably discharged from the serv-
ice. Both he and his wife were members of the
Baptist Church, and were people whose excel-
lencies of character made them highly respected.
Mr. Hampton passed away in Colchester in 1884,
at the age of fifty-four years. His first wife had
died many years previous, and he had married
Mrs. Annie Butterfield, widow of William But-
terfield.

Both Henry and William Hampton were reared
in Macomb, spending their early boyhood days
midst play and work. They attended the public
schools of that city, acquiring a good English ed-
ucation, and when quite young they began learn-
ing the printers' trade. Since ■ that time, they
have been connected with newspaper work in one
capacity or another, and they are thoroughly con-
versant with the work in all its departments. In
February, 1892, they came to Augusta and es-
tablished the Augusta Courier, which they are
still publishing. The paper is strongly Republi-
can in politics, and is a neat and interesting
journal, which is meeting with hearty support.
Its circulation has steadily increased as its merits
have become known to the people.

On the 31st of December, 1882, H. R. Hamp-
ton was united in marriage with Miss Mary L.
Butterfield, daughter of William and Annie But-
terfield, and to them has been born a son, Harry.
On the 29th of March, 1892, was celebrated the
marriage of William L. Hampton and Miss Lizzie
Becker, daughter of Henry and Hannah Becker.
( me child graces this union, Edna. The families
are well known in this community, and rank high
in social circles.

The publishers of the Courier spent ten years

of their lives in Colchester, during which time
the senior partner of the firm held the office of
Assessor, and also served as a member of the
Board of Health. Socially, he is connected with
the Home Forum, as is his brother, who is also
a member of the Knights of Pythias. They
are both men of good business ability, pleasant
and genial in manner, and have the high regard
of many friends in this locality.

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EHARLES C. CHAIN is the editor and pub-
lisher of the McDonough Democrat, which
is published in Bushnell, 111. As he has
a wide acquaintance throughout this section of
the State, we feel assured that the record of his
life will prove of interest to many of our readers.
A native of Fulton County, he was born on the
nth of November, 1863, in Lewistown, and is a
son of William H. and Amelia (Smith) Chain.
On the father's side he is of Irish and German
descent, and on the mother's side he is of Welsh
and New England extraction. William H. Chain
was a native of Ohio. He came to Illinois about
i860, and embarked in the drug business in
Lewistown, where he engaged in the wholesale
grocery trade. He was thus engaged until 1871,
when he removed to Lincoln, Neb., and began
in business as a commission merchant. After a
short time, however, he returned to Fulton Coun-
ty, where he made his home until 1881, when he
came to Bushnell. Here he engaged in the real-
estate business until his death, which occurred in
February, 1891. His wife was also a native of
Ohio, and during her maidenhood went with her
parents to Fulton County, 111. She is still liv-
ing in Bushnell, where she has many friends and
acquaintances. In the Chain family were six
children, but only our subject and his sister
Nellie H. are now living.

Charles C. Chain spent the first ten years of
his life under the parental roof, and during that
time he made not a little money by selling news-
papers. When a lad of ten years he returned
to Fulton County and lived with his grand-

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mother upon a farm for about ten years. He be-
came familiar with all the duties of farm life, and
aided in the labors of the field until 1881, when
he decided to come to Bushnell and learn the
printer's trade. He at once entered upon that
work, and continued in the employ of others for
about four years, when, on the 4th of July 1884,
he established the McDonough Democrat, which
he has since published. He was associated with
a partner for about two years, and then became
sole proprietor. Since 1887, he has been alone in
business. He owns a well-appointed printing of-
fice, and the McDonough Democrat is a neat and
well-edited paper. It has a good circulation, and
a liberal patronage is well deserved.

On the 12th of March, 1889, Mr. Chain led to
the marriage altar Miss Anna Oblander. To
them has been born a son, W. H., who is now
four years old. In his political views, Mr. Chain
is a stalwart Democrat, unswerving in his alle-
giance to the party and its interests. He takes
quite a prominent and active part in political af-
fairs, and has served as a member of the County
Central Committee and of the Congressional Com-
mittee. Public-spirited and progressive, he is
recognized as one of the valued citizens of Bush-
nell, for he manifests a commendable interest in
everything pertaining to the welfare of the com-
munity. Mr. Chain may truly be called a self-
made man, for he started out in life for himself at
an early age and has steadily worked his way up-
ward through his own efforts. His possessions
are the just reward of his labors. He was ap-
pointed Postmaster under President Cleveland in
1894.

0ARIUS JONES, who is now engaged in gen-
eral farming on section 26, Bushnell Town-
ship, is one of the honored pioneer settlers
of McDonough County, having for many years
made his home in this locality. His farm com-
prises two hundred and thirteen acres of valuable
land, which is under a high state of cultivation,
and well improved with all modern accessories
and conveniences. His home is a beautiful coun-

try residence, and is pleasantly located within a
mile of Bushnell. In connection with the cultiva-
tion of the fields, he also engages in stock-raising,
and this branch of his business has likewise proved
profitable to him.

Mr. Jones is a native of Ohio. He was born in
Hocking County August 17, 1828, and comes of
a family of English lineage. His paternal grand-
parents were both natives of Virginia, but his fa-
ther, John Jones, was born in the Keystone State.
His mother, however, who bore the maiden name
of Rebecca De Moss, was born in the Old Domin-
ion. When a young man, John Jones left Penn-
sylvania, and, emigrating westward, took up his
residence in Ohio, where he engaged in farming
until 1 85 1. That year witnessed his arrival in
McDonough County, where he carried on agri-
cultural pursuits until his death, which occurred
at the age of seventy-two years. His wife passed
away at the age of seventy years.

The gentleman whose name heads this record is
the second in order of birth in a family of nine
children. The common schools afforded him his
educational privileges, and upon the home farm
he was reared to manhood. He early began to
work in the fields, plowing, planting and harvest-
ing, and soon became familiar with all the duties
of farm life. At length he began to work in his
own interest, and for three years was employed as
a farm hand in the neighborhood. He then oper-
ated rented land until 1859, when, with the cap-
ital he had acquired, he made his first purchase,
becoming the owner of a tract of eighty acres,
which has served as the nucleus around which have
been gathered his present extensive possessions.

On the 15th of February, 1853, Mr. Jones mar-
ried Miss Elizabeth Snapp, who was born Sep-
tember 22, 1830, in Washington County, Tenn.,
and was a daughter of John and Mary Ann ( Kep-
ple) Snapp, who were natives of Tennessee. They
came to McDonough County in 1833, and here
the father followed farming for some time. His
death occurred in Missouri, at the allotted age of
three-score years and ten. His wife passed away
in McDonough County, when about forty years of
age. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born nine
children, but three of the number are now de-

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ceased. Mary is the wife of Emerson Huffman,
a farmer of McDonough County ; Caroline is the
wife of David Mowery, also an agriculturist:
John L. follows farming in Fulton County: Laura
is at home: and William G. and Frank are still
living on the old homestead.

The Republican party has ever found in Mr.
Jones a stalwart supporter, who takes an active
interest in its growth. His wife is a member of
the Methodist Church, and he contributes liberally
to the same. The cause of education has always
found in him a warm friend, and he has served
both as School Director and School Trustee, and
is also Road Commissioner. In addition to his
other property, he owns four hundred and fifteen
acres of laud in Fulton County. His possessions
have all been acquired through his own offorts,
and the handsome competence which he now 1 os-
sesses is but the just reward of his honest labors.

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(JOHN TWIDWKI.I.. a retired farmer now

I living in Plymouth, has since 1836 been a

(2/ resident of this section of Illinois. He has a

wide acquaintance in this locality, and we feel as-
sured that the record of his life will prove of in-
terest to many of our readers. A native of North
Carolina, he was born in Davidson County Jan-
uary 20, 1818, and is one of a family of five sons
and four daughters, whose parents were Thomas
and Polly (Wayman) Twidwell. Only six of
the children are now living, namely: John and
Solomon, twins, the latter residing in Macomb;
William, who is living in Washington, forty
miles from Olympia; Martha, widow of Josiah
Morris, and a resident of northern Kansas;
Nancy, widow of Bartlet Whittington, of Peoria:
and Absalom, of Kansas.

The father of this family was a native of Vir-
ginia, and was a cooper by trade. In [834, he
started westward and, locating in Morgan County,
111., therespent about two years. In 1S36, became
to McDonough County, where he purchased laud
and improved a fine farm of three hundred and
twenty acres, three miles east of Plymouth, upon

which he made his home until called to his final
rest. He died in 1SS3, at the advanced age of
ninety-four years and two days, and his wife-
passed away twenty years previously. She was
a native of Maryland. In early life they were
members of the Methodist Church, but later
joined the United Brethren Church. The mater-
nal grandfather of our subject, John Wayman, was
a native of Maryland and a minister of the Meth-
odist Church. Removing to North Carolina, his
death occurred in that State when well advanced
in years.

John Twidwell was in his seventeenth year
when he preceded his parents on their emigra-
tion to Illinois. After aiding in building a cabin for
the family, he was left therewith his sister to keep
house, and shot two deer from the cabin within a
few days. He acquired his education in the old-
time subscription schools, and remained at home
until his marriage. October 10, 1839, he was
joined in marriage with Miss Henrietta E.,
daughter of John A. Shelton, and eight children
were born of their union. John Thomas, the
eldest, married Miss Josie Lantermau, by whom
he had eleven children, and they reside in Hays
County, Tex. Nancy J. is the wife of Samuel
Myers, of Brown County, Kan., and they have
four children. Sarah E. died at the age of five
years. David is the next in order of birth. Ma-
rion wedded Miss Marvin, and with his wife and
three children makes his home in McDonough
County. George A. married Miss Ran Smith,
and with their two children they also reside in
McDonough County. William F. is married and
lives in Iowa. Solomon P. is located in Wash-
ington. The mother of this family having died,
Mr. Twidwell afterwards married Mrs. Barbara
Keziah. daughter of John Jarvis. They had
born to them a daughter, Martha, wife of Hugh
Banks, a farmer of McDonough County. On the
4th of June. 1892, Mr. Twidwell was again called
upon to mourn the loss of his wife, and on the 21st
of September, 1893, he married Mrs. .Sarah J.
Rhea.

Throughout the greater part of his life, Mr.
Twidwell has followed farming. In 1836, he be-
came a resident of Lamoine Township. McDon-

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ough Count}-. He is a self-made man, and by
chopping wood acquired the capital with which
he made his first purchase of land. He has pros-
pered in his undertakings, and has accumulated
a valuable property. He became owner of eight
hundred acres of rich land in McDonough Coun-
ty, and three hundred and thirty -five acres in
Texas, and has given to each of his children land
or property to the value of $1,000. He yet owns
one hundred and fifteen acres in McDonough
County, and derives therefrom a good income.
In connection with this he has five acres in the
city of Hiawatha, Kan. For many years he car-
ried on agricultural pursuits, but in October,
1 89 1, came to Plymouth, where he has since
lived retired. He here owns a good residence
and fifteen acres in town lots.

For the long period of forty years, Mr. Twid-
well has served as Justice of the Peace, and the
promptness and fidelity with which he has dis-
charged his duties are well indicated by his long
retention in office. He is always just in his de-
cisions, which are reached after carefully weigh-
ing the evidence. He has also served as Town-
ship Supervisor for one term, and for thirteen
years was Assessor in McDonough County.
Whether in public or private life, he is always
true to everj - trust reposed in him, and he has
the confidence and high regard of all with whom
business or social relations have brought him in
contact.

(JOSEPH BUCK, who is successfully engaged
I in farming on section 26, Bushnell Township,
(*) McDonough County, was born in Crawford
County, Pa., on the 23d of April, 1836, andisnext
to the eldest of a family of five children, whose
parents were Peter and Polly (Gable) Buck. The
family is of German origin, and was founded in
America by Jacob Buck, the great-great-grand-
father of our subject, who braved the dangers of an
ocean voyage to make a home in the New World.
He located in Pennsylvania and became the first
settler of what is now Bucks County , which was

named in his honor. He was a tinker, and did
general repair work along that line. The mem-
bers of the family were all good mechanics.

The grandfather and father of our subject were
born in Bucks County, and the latter there re-
mained until about seventeen years of age. He
learned the blacksmith's and gunsmith's trade,
and followed those pursuits until 1837, when, in
company with his brother Daniel, he started west-
ward for Illinois. Reaching his destination, he
cast in his lot with the early settlers of Cuba,
Fulton County, where he followed the blacksmith
and gunsmith's trade and also engaged in farm-
ing until 1855. In that year he purchased the farm
on which our subject now resides, then a tract of
wild prairie land; but he at once began to improve
and cultivate the same and continued its develop-
ment until his death. He was killed by accident
in 1865, at the age of sixty-three years. Mr. Buck
was twice married. He first wedded Sallie Foust,
who died in Pennsylvania, leaving a family of
seven children. Later he married Polly Gable,
and they became the parents of five children.
The mother of our subject was also born in Penn-
sylvania, and is still living. She has reached the
advanced age of eighty-two, but is yet well pre-
served . Her parents were natives of the Keystone
State and were of German lineage.

Under the parental roof Joseph Buck remained
until seventeen years of age, when he left home
and began working on the construction of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in Henry
County, 111. After six months spent in that way,
he went to Chicago, where he followed the car-
penter's trade for about five years, when, in the
spring of i860, he left for Pike's Peak. There he
engaged in mining, and also worked as a carpenter
and millwright for a year. On the expiration of
that period we find him in Leavenworth, Kan.,
where he engaged in carpentering until the fall of
1862.

On the 25th of September of that year, Mr.
Buck responded to the country's call for troops,
enlisting as a member of Company F, One Hun-
dred and Third Illinois Infantry, in which he
served for two years and eleven months. He was
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part in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Marietta,
Chattanooga and Atlanta. At the first-named
engagement he received a gunshot wound in the
right jaw and shoulder. Two inches of the lower
jaw bone were shot away, leaving a scar which he
will carry with him through life. After being
wounded he was taken to the field-hospital, where
he remained for twelve days, when he was per-
mitted to return home on a furlough. Three
months later he rejoined his regiment, and con-
tinued in the service until the close of the war.
He participated in twenty-three battles, together
with many skirmishes, and was ever a faithful and
valiant soldier. He was promoted to the rank of
Corporal, and was offered a commission as Second
Lieutenant, but did not accept it.

When his country no longer needed his services,
Mr. Buck returned home and began dealing in
stock, which enterprise proved very successful.
The following year he took charge of the home
farm, and for nine years he engaged in operating a
threshing-machine. On the 9th of January, 1868,
he wedded Miss Man' C. McGrew, of Fulton
County, who died four years later, leaving a
daughter, Carrie E., who is now the wife of
George Augle, who resides in Bushnell.

When first Mr. Buck was married he removed
to Bushnell, where he began work at the carpen-
ter's trade. A year later he removed to Knox
County, where he carried on farming for two years.
In 1 87 1, he purchased the old homestead, and has
since engaged in its cultivation. On the 12th of
March, 1875, he was again married, the lady of
his choice being Miss Maria Myers, of Bushnell,
who was born July 17, 1841. They became the
parents of five children, but three died in infancy.
William Allen and Dessie May are still with their
parents.

Mr. Buck is a stanch Republican in his political
views, but has never aspired to public office. So-
cially, he is a member of Van Vleek Post No.
1 74, G. A. R. , of Bushnell and the Modern Wood-
men of America. He and his wife hold mem-
bership with the Christian Church, and their lives
are in harmony with their professions. Mr. Buck
is a natural mechanic, who can turn his hand to al-
most any work. His privileges in early life were

limited, but through his own efforts he has become
a well-informed man and has won success in his
business dealings. He now owns one hundred
and eighty-five acres of land in the homestead in
McDonough County and eight acres in Fulton
County. He has also been extensively engaged
in breeding Shorthorn cattle and Norman horses.
His life has been an honorable and upright one,
and his sterling worth and strict integrity have
gained for him the confidence and high regard of
all.

LNATHAN KEMPER WESTFALL, M. D.,
'y the popular and efficient Postmaster of Bush-
„ „ nell, and one of the leading physicians of
that city, claims Indiana as the State of his na-
tivity. He was born in Boone County, on the
8th of January, 1839. The family is of German
origin, and the paternal grandfather, Jacob West-
fall, was a native of Westphalia. Three brothers
came to America, one settling in the western por-
tion of Virginia, another in New York, and a
third in New Orleans. Jacob Westfall, who lived
for a time in West Virginia, served as a soldier in
the Revolutionary War, and held a Colonel's com-
mission, was a son of one of these three brothers,
and was a child when he came to America. In an
early day he removed to Indiana with his family,
and, settling in Montgomery County, there fol-
lowed farming throughout his succeeding years.
His death occurred at an advanced age. Corne-
lius Westfall, father of the Doctor, was born on
the site of Beverly, W. Va , when that was a
stockade fort 011 the extreme frontier of civiliza-
tion, and served as a Surveyor in the employ of
the Government for many years. His duties called
him to Indiana, but he made his home in Ohio.
He taught the first school in Dayton, Ohio, and
was the first settler of Troy, Ohio. He was also
its first Postmaster, Collector and Assessor, its
first County Clerk, and for twenty-four years was
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. For many
years he engaged in merchandising and traded
largely with the Indians. In 1830 he removed to In-
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after the Miami Indians had left that reservation.
In 1854 he came to Illinois, settling in Macomb,
where he died the" following year, at the age of
seventy-eight years. His wife bore the maiden
name of Sarah Davis, and was a daughter of John
Davis, a native of New Jersey, a shoemaker by
trade, who removed to Thorntown, Ind., where
he died many years ago at an advanced age. Mrs.
Westfall passed away in 1873, at the age of sev-
enty-two. The parents of our subject were both
members of the Presbyterian Church, and the
father was for fifty years one of its Ruling Elders.
During the Ft. Wayne campaign, he was ap-
pointed Purchasing Commissioner under Gen.
Harrison.

Dr. Westfall is one of a family of nine children,
three sons and six daughters, five of whom are
now living: Mary E., widow of Dr. A. W. Arm-
strong, who died at the age of eighty-five years;
Melissa, wife of Joseph Ottermau, of Adel, Iowa;
Louisa M., widow of Durham C. Harris, of Bar-
dolph; Harriet S., wife of George S. Cogswell, of
Saline County, Neb.; and our subject.

The Doctor remained in Thorntown until six-
teen years of age, when with his parents he came
to Macomb. On the breaking out of the late war,
he enlisted in 1861, as a member of Company B,
Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, and served for a year
and a-half, when he was honorably discharged on
account of disability. He served as Orderly-Ser-
geant, and won promotion to the rank of First
Lieutenant. Before the war he had engaged in
teaching school, and after his return from the
South lie entered the office of his brother, Dr. B. R.
Westfall, of Macomb, with whom he studied med-
icine for some time. He then became a student in
the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago,
from which he was graduated in the Class of
'67. On the 2d of May of that year, became to
Bushnell, opened an office, and has since been con-
stantly engaged in practice here. From the be-
ginning he has enjoyed a good business, and is
recognized as one of the best physicians of the
community.

In January, 1873, Dr. Westfall was united in
marriage with Miss Emma Curl, who died eight
months later. On the 1 6th of October, 1879, he

wedded Miss Irene Wann, a native of Pennsylvan-
ia, of which State her parents, Curtis and Eliza
Jane (Maxwell) Wann, were also natives. Four
children have been born to them: Mary H. : Clara
E. , who died at the age of three and a-half years;
Curtis C. ; and Beverly K.

The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fra-
ternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights
of Honor, the Modern Woodmen of America, and
the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife holds
membership with the Methodist Church. In pol-
itics, he is a stalwart Republican, and has held
several offices. He served as Alderman of Bush-
nell two terms, was Supervisor two terms, and
represented his district in the Twenty-eighth and
Thirtieth General Assemblies of Illinois. In the
spring of 1878 he was appointed Postmaster of
Bushnell, and has filled that office for three terms
in a creditable and acceptable manner. He is a
leading and influential citizen of this place, and
has many warm friends throughout the county in
which he has so long made his home.

0ANIEL HAMILTON SWISEGOOD, one
of the enterprising and progressive farmers
of Augusta Township, Hancock County,
now living on section 12, was born in Davidson
County, N. C, March 18, 1822, and is one of ten
children, whose parents, John and Elizabeth
(Delap) Swisegood, were also natives of North
Carolina. Of their two sons and eight daughters,
only five are now living: Daniel H., of this sketch;
William Henry, of Birmingham, 111. ; John Frank-
lin, of Schuyler County, 111.; Rosanua, widow of
Franklin Collins, a resident of Floyd County,
Ind.; and Abigail, wife of William B. Manlove,
of Birmingham Township, Schuyler County.
The father was a cabinet-maker and farmer.
Emigrating westward to Illinois, he landed in
Schuyler County June 22, 1846, and purchased
one hundred and twenty acres of wild land,
which he at once began to improve and culti-
vate. He was vers- successful in his business
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of good land, which he divided among his children.
His success was due entirely to his own efforts.
He made his home in that county until his death,
which occurred in 1885, at the age of seventy-four
years. His wife had passed away some years
previously.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, John
Swisegood, was a native of North Carolina, and
he too carried on agricultural pursuits as a means
of livelihood. His family numbered three daugh-
ters and one son. The maternal grandfather,
John Delap, was a North Carolina farmer, who
reached the advanced age of more than seventy
years.

No event of special importance occurred during
the childhood and youth of our subject, his boy-
hood days being quietly passed in his parents'
home. Soon after coming of age he hired out to
work on a farm, receiving $6 a month for about
a year and a-half. At the age of twenty-four
years he came to Illinois and engaged in agricul-
ture. He has lived upon his present farm since
1847, and is one of the oldest settlers in the com-
munity. His land is well improved and highly-
cultivated, and his home is pleasantly situated
about three and a-half miles from Augusta.

On the 4th of January, 1847, Mr. Swisegood
married Miss Anna C, daughter of George and
Sarah (Crouch) Haines. Their union has been
blessed with four sons and six daughters. John F. ,
of Richardson County, Neb., married Stella Sel-
dom and has mx children; George P., who is living
on the old homestead, wedded Emma Larkin, and
they have three children: Earl, Pearlie and Guy;
Thomas Lee, the next younger, died in 1888;
Lurette is the wife of Joseph Ogle, of Richardson
County, Neb., by whom she has five living chil-
dren; Cornelia is the wife of Robert White, a
farmer of Hancock County, and they have one
child; Eliza B. died in 1892; Nora is the wife of
Edgar Spence, and with their five children they re-
side in Putnam County, Mo. ; Lenora and Adarine
are now deceased; and one child died in infancy.

Mr. Swisegood is a Knight Templar Mason,
and in politics is a stalwart Democrat. He is num-
bered among the earl\- settlers of Hancock County,
for when he located in this region there was not

a fence or house for twelve miles on the prairie
west of Augusta, and almost the entire county was
still in a primitive condition. He has succeeded in
his business, and after giving considerable valu-
able property to his children, he is still the owner
of one hundred and seventy acres of good land,
which yields to him a comfortable income. He
is recognized as one of the substantial citizens of
the county, not alone because he has prospered in
his vocation, but also on account of his genuine
worth. He is a man of his word, modest and un-
pretentious in manner, of a quiet disposition, and
has- the respect and confidence of his many friends
and acquaintances. He has seen much of the
country, having traveled in twenty-two States of
the Union, and has made the best of life as he has
found it.

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HON. RICHARD G. BREEDEN, senior mem-
ber of the law firm of Breeden, Painter &
Switzer, of Macomb, is not only a leading
lawyer of this city, but has also been prominent in
the political history of McDonough County dur-
ing the past decade, and will undoubtedly be
found in the front rank among the valued citizens
of the State for many years to come. His life
record is as follows: A native of Iowa, he was
born in Appanoose County on the 28th of Au-
gust, i860, and is a son of the Rev. William and
Damaris E. (Lawyer) Breeden, the former a na-
tive of Kentucky, and the latter of Ohio. The
father of our subject was a minister of the Baptist
Church, and also engaged in farming. He was a
remarkable man physically, with strong traits of
character. In 1839 he decided to try his fortune
on the broad prairies of Illinois, and became a
resident of McDonough County. He was born
February 7, 18 15, and came of an old Virginia
family, which was founded in America by Scotch
ancestors, who left that land and took up their resi-
dence in the New World prior to the Revolution.
There were three brothers who made the voyage,
and all served in the Colonial Army during the
struggle for independence. One of the number

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was killed, and the ancestor of our subject, at the
close ofthe war, migrated to Kentucky. A love
for hunting and fishing has always been manifest
in the Breed en family, and it is supposed that it
indicates a trace of Indian blood. Rev. William
Breeden was twice married. He first married
Nancy Driscol, by whom he had seven children.
He afterwards married Miss Lawyer, and they had
seven children. Of the fourteen, seven were boys
and seven were girls, and seven of the number are
yet living. Our subject and Amanda, wife of H.
N. Post, of this county, are the only ones now liv-
ing ofthe last family of children. His mother -was
a woman far above the average in intelligence and
womanly qualities.

No event of special importance occurred during
the boyhood and youth of Richard G. Breeden, for
his days were quietly passed in the usual manner
of farmer lads. He early began work in the fields,
and became familiar with the duties of farm life.
His primary education, gained in the district
schools of the neighborhood, was followed by a
course in the Macomb Normal College, from which
he graduated in the Class of '84. He afterwards
pursued his studies for a time in the Monmouth
College, in the mean time teaching school to ob-
tain the means for securing his education. He
was a thorough student, and in his early manhood
he was respected for his firm decision of purpose,
his fidelity to duty, his high ideas of honor, his
sympathy for the oppressed or afflicted, his enter-
prise and worthy ambition. While a boy he be-
came noted as a forcible speaker and ready debater,
and in the literary societies of which he was a
member he was considered invincible. When a
candidate for the Legislature, at the early age of
twenty-six years, he stumped his district in a man-
ner that won him the highest compliments, both
from his political friends and opponents.

Mr. Breeden entered on his political career in
1886, when he was elected from this district to
the State Legislature as the candidate of the Re-
publican party. He was at this time the young-
est member on the Republican side of the House.
During that term he served as Chairman of the
Committee on Education, and was a member of
the Judiciary Committee, the most important com-

mittee in the House of Representatives. He was
the champion ofthe " Coal Screen Bill," intro-
duced in the interests of the coal miners in the
State, and, although the measure was defeated, all
acknowledged that the young member made a
gallant fight. So well did he fill the office, that on
the expiration of his first term he was re-elected,
in 1888. During the Thirty-sixth Session of the
General Assembly he was Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Count}' and Township Organization,
and a member of the Judiciary and Appropriation
Committees. He secured the passage of what
was known as the " Frisbee-Breeden Pharmacy
Bill." He also took part in the senatorial con-
test at the time of the election of Senator Farwell,
and afterwards helped elect Senator Cullom. In
1 89 1 he was elected County Judge of McDonough
County, and is now filling that office with credit
to himself and satisfaction to his constituents.

On the 22d of December, 1888, Mr. Breeden
was united in marriage with Miss Grace Gilchrist,
daughter of Van B. and Sarah A. (Robinson) Gil-
christ, residents of McDonough County. Their
union has been blessed with three children, two
sons and a daughter: Richard Gilchrist, Ralph
Ballard and Helen. Judge Breeden is a member
of the Odd Fellows' society, and is one ofthe hon-
ored and prominent citizens of Macomb. He has
won a foremost place at the McDonough County
Bar, and, in addition to his duties as County
Judge, he is enjoying a large and lucrative law
practice, which is well deserved, for his knowl-
edge of the law and his skill and ability have
made him an able advocate.

gEORGE W. PACE is one of the representa-
tive and enterprising business men of Ma-
comb. He is now the senior member of the
firm of G. W. Pace & Sons, dealers in groceries,
and proprietors of the Williams House of this
city. McDonough County numbers him among
its native sons, his birth having occurred in Scot-
land Township on the 13th of May, 1835. His
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of Virginia, and removed thence to Cumberland
County, Ky., where he died at the age of seventy
years. His wife reached the advanced age of
one hundred and four years, and was then killed
by a door blowing against her. Their family
numbered three sous and five daughters, one of
whom, William I. Pace, became the father of our
subject. By occupation he was a farmer, and fol-
lowed that pursuit throughout his life. Having
resolved to emigrate to Illinois, he came to this
State in 1S30, making the journey from Kentucky
with a two-wheeled ox-cart and a yoke of cattle.
He was a half-owner of this conveyance. Before
his death he accumulated a handsome property.
Locating five and a-half miles south of Macomb.
he there purchased fifty-seven acres of wild land
at the Government price of $1.25 per acre, and
to this he added from time to time until five hun-
dred acres of rich land paid to him a golden trib-
ute in return for the care and labor he bestowed
upon it. He served as Captain of a military com-
pany in the early days, and aided in arresting
Joseph Smith, the Mormon. For a number of
years he also engaged in peddling clocks, and for
some time he served as Assessor of the county.

William I. Pace was united in marriage with
Sallie Sparks Yawter, daughter of Beverly Vaw-
ter, a Kentucky farmer, who on leaving his na-
tive State came to Illinois, in 1832, and located on
a farm nine miles south of Macomb. There he
died in 1848, at the age of sixty-three years. To
Mr. and Mrs. Pace were born nine children, four
sons and five daughters: Ingram A., deceased;
Thomas J., of Scotland Township; Susan E.,
wife of William H. Dameron, of Macomb; George
W., of this sketch; Permelia J., wife of George
W. Porter; A. J., of Macomb; Annie, widow of
Joseph T. Adcock; Man- Amanda, wife of Henry
K. Smith; and Fannie Belle, wife of Prof. De
Witt Roberts, of Denver, Colo. The mother of
this family died in 1851, and Mr. Pace was again
married. His death occurred in 1855, at the age
of forty-six, and his second wife passed away
three months later.

Upon his father's farm in Scotland Township,
G. W. Pace was reared to manhood. At the age
of nineteen, he left the parental roof and came to

Macomb, where for two years and a-half he en-
gaged in the postoffice as clerk, under J. W. Ad-
kinson. He also served in the same capacity
with J. W. Westfall for two and a-half years.
Later, he embarked in the grocery business, and
subsequently he was for thirteen years a dry-
goods merchant. In 1S75, however, he again
opened a grocery and has since continued in
that line of trade.

On the 5th of September, i860, Mr. Pace mar-
ried Sallie J. Sweeney, daughter of Milton and
Ann (Clarke) Sweeney, who were natives of
Kentucky. Six children have been bora to them,
two sons and four daughters: James M., who is
represented elsewhere in this volume; Henry J.,
who is a member of the firm of Pace & Sons;
Nettie J., who died at the age of two and a-half
years; Lona E., who died at the age of seven
months; Lizzie and Hattie.

Mr. Pace is a member of the Universalist
Church, and his wife of the Christian Church.
Socially, he is connected with the Odd Fellows'
society, and in politics, he is a stalwart Republi-
can, unwavering in his support of the men and
measures of that party. Mr. Pace is a self-made
man, for he started out in life empty-handed, and
has steadily worked his way upward by industry,
perseverence and determination to a position of
affluence.

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(JACOB L. BAILV, attorney-at-law of Ma-

I comb. 111., was born in Fulton County, this
Q) State, August 29, 1851, and is a son of
Thomas and Nancy (Bottenburg) Baily, both of
whom were natives of Virginia. The grandfather,
Evan Baily, was also a native of the Old Domin-
ion, and was of Irish descent. The Botteuburgs
came of Pennsylvania stock. The Bailys are
noted for longevity, and the daughter of our sub-
ject has seen four of her great-grandmothers, two
of whom are past ninety years of age. Evan
Baily was killed by being thrown from a car-
riage in Fulton County, 111., in 1S77, at the age
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name of Elizabeth McHenry. In their family
were fourteen children, namely: Nancy, deceased;
Thomas; Mary A., deceased; Margaret, wife of
E. D. C. Haines, a banker of Bushnell; Johnson,
deceased; James, who was a Lieutenant in the
late war, and was killed in battle in 1863; John,
who has been called to the home beyond; Robert,
a merchant of Lewistown, Fulton County, 111.;
Lizzie, wife of Dr. John Bacon, of Texas; Alex-
ander, who resides on the old homestead in Ful-
ton County; Sallie, wife of John Barker, of Gir-
ard, Kan.; Mrs. Mattie Osborn, of Texas; and
Douglas, a merchant of Montana. In 1S35,
Evan Baily removed with his family to Fulton
County, 111., and entered one hundred and sixty
acres of land from the Government in Vermont
Township, for which he paid $1.25 per acre. He
there erected a log cabin and began life in true
pioneer style. He was a prominent man, and
represented his district in the State Legislature
for two terms. He also served as Treasurer of
Fulton County from 1866 until 1874, and held
other local offices. At the time of his death he
was a candidate for County Judge on the Demo-
cratic ticket. In religious belief he was a Uni-
versalis!:. His business career was one of success,
and he became a prosperous farmer of the com-
munity. Both he and his wife were laid to rest
in the old Baily Cemetery, near the old home-
stead .

Thomas Baily, father of our subject, was born
in Virginia June 19, 1829, and when five years
old was brought by his parents to Illinois, where
he was reared to manhood. Remaining under the
parental roof until twenty-two years of age, he
then rented a part of the old homestead, which he
cultivated for three years, after which he came to
McDonough County. After renting land for six
years in Eldorado Township, he purchased a
tract of sixty acres, mostly covered with timber,
but with characteristic energy he began its de-
velopment and transformed it into rich and fertile
fields. In 1883, he sold that farm and purchased
one of one hundred and twenty acres in Bethel
Township, which he yet owns, although in 1892
he removed to Table Grove, where he is now liv-

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ing a retired life. He was married October 15,
1850, to Nancy, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth
Bottenburg. They have become the parents of
fifteen children, of whom fourteen are now living,
viz.: Jacob; Elizabeth, wife of John Ayres; La-
vina, wife of Edward Fleury; Ella, wife of Wes-
ley Harrison; Mattie, wife of W. H. Foster;
Jane, wife of Alonzo Foster; Mary, wife of Orrin
Dunsworth; Belle, wife of Douglas Dunsworth;
Myrtle, wife of Harry Robinson; Evan, a dentist
of Vermont; William K., a school teacher; Quen-
ton, who is clerking; Frederick and May, at
home; and Ida, who died January 16, 1865. The
mother of this family died December 25, 1891,
and was laid to rest in Bethel Cemetery. She
was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, as is Thomas Baily. He is a Democrat
in politics, and has served as Supervisor, Assessor,
Collector and School Treasurer. As he takes an
active interest in all public enterprises, he is
numbered among the valued citizens of the com-
munity.

Jacob L, Baily whose name heads this record
acquired his early education in the public schools
of the neighborhood, and in the winter of 1871-
72 attended college in Oberlin, Ohio. The fol-
lowing year he was a student in Evanston, 111.
At the age of eighteen he embarked in the pro-
fession of teaching, which he followed alto-
gether for four years. Wishing to take up the
study of law and make its practice his life work,
he spent the winter of 1873-74 nl fitting himself
for his chosen profession in Lincoln University.
He afterwards read law with W. H. Neece, of
Macomb, and in 1876 was admitted to the Bar.
At the same time William Prentiss was admitted
to the Bar and the two gentlemen formed a part-
nership, which continued until i89i,when Mr.
Prentiss removed to Chicago. In October of the
same year, Mr. Baily was joined in business by
W. H. Holly, and the firm of Baily & Holly has
since had a continuous existence.

On the 12th of August, 1875. Mr. Baily led to
the marriage altar Miss Lois C. Foster, daughter
of John N. and Jane Foster, early settlers of Mc-
Donough County. Their family now numbers

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two children, Jessie and Frances. They hold
membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and are well-known people of this community.

In his social relations, Mr. Bail}- is connected
with the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and is a
Knight Templar Mason. He cast his first Pres
idential vote for Samuel J. Tilden, and has since
been a stalwart advocate of the Democracy. He
takes quite a prominent part in campaign work.
In his profession he has been eminently success-
ful, having secured a very large practice.

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~LDER JAMES SMITH GASH, ex-Post-
T) master of Macomb, is one of the most popu-
__ lar and best known citizens of McDonough
County, where for many years he has lived, hav-
ing the acquaintance of almost every individ-
ual in the city and that of many others through-
out this part of the State. He is a native of Mer-
cer County, Ky.. his birth having there occurred
on the 30th of May, 1833. His parents, John J.
and Man- Thomas (Jackson) Gash, werebothna-
tives of Kentucky, and tradition says that the
family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His grand-
parents, John and Ann I Wood 1 Crash, lived in
Kentucky, being descended from Virginian fami-
lies. The father was a farmer by occupation.'
Bringing his wife and children to Illinois, he took
up his residence in Rushville, Schuyler County,
in 1835, and in 1852 removed thence to McDon-
ough County. In March, 1856, in connection
with Messrs. Anderson and Strong, he established
the first lumber-yard in Macomb, but he did not
long continue in that business, for death termi-
nated his earthly career in November following.
He passed away on the old home farm a mile and
a-half from the city. Among the early settlers
of the county he is numbered, and he was also
recognized as one of its valued citizens. His wife
survived him for some years, and was called to
the home beyond on the 9th of December, 1873.
They were the parents of thirteen children, of
whom seven are yet living. The eldest, John J.,
is a resident of La Grange, 111. ; James S. is the sec-

ond in order of birth: Henry Wood, George B.
and Edgar, all make their home in Macomb; and
Oscar and Hattie (wife of Samuel Jameson) re-
side in Topeka, Kan.

Mr. Gash of this sketch was but two years of
age when he left the State of his nativity and ac-
companied his parents on their emigration to Illi-
nois. He acquired his early education in a log
schoolhouse, but later attended the McDonough
College, which was conducted under the auspices
of the Presbyterian Church, where he pursued his
studies for twenty months. He is now a well-
informed man, who keeps versed on all the ques-
tions and issues of the day. He began earning
his own livelihood as a salesman in a retail mer-
chandising establishment, and at the age of thirty-
three years he became agent for the American
Express Company. For a long period he filled
that position, discharging his duties in a prompt
and faithful manner, that won him the confidence
of the company and of all with whom he came in
contact. After twenty-three years' service he
left the employ of the express company to ac-
cept the appointment of Postmaster of Macomb,
which was tendered him by President Harrison.
The same fidelity to duty was here displayed dur-
ing his term of four years, which has recently ex-
pired, he being succeeded by a man of the same
political views as the present Chief Executive of
the nation.

On the 7th of August, 1856, Mr. Gash was
united in marriage with Mary K. Sweeney. They
are both members of the Christian Church, and
take a prominent and active part in its work. Mr.
Gash united with the church in 1866, and has
since engaged in preaching to a considerable ex-
tent, being an ordained minister of the denomina-
tion. He has accepted pastorates with several
different churches, but other business duties have
largely occupied his time, and his ministerial
work has been confined greatly to supplying pul-
pits throughout this part of the State. He is a
great lover of music, in which he is quite pro-
ficient. His voice is a fine profundo basso and
he is a most excellent choir leader. In nearly all
public gatherings where music forms one feature
of the entertainment his voice is heard. For

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many years he has been a member of the glee
clubs which have been engaged in campaign
work. In politics, he has ever been a Republi-
can since casting his first Presidential vote for
John C. Fremont, and the principles of his party
find in him a stalwart advocate. The Odd Fel-
lows' society, the Knights of Pythias lodge, and
the Patriotic Sons of America number him among
their leading and valued members. His life has
been well spent, and it is safe to say that few, if
any, have more friends in McDonough County
than James S. Gash.

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0R. RALPH HARRIS is probably the oldest
physician in this part of the State. He is
now living retired, but for many years he
was successfully engaged in practice in Illinois.
He now makes his home in Macomb, and is one
of its highly respected and honored citizens. A
native of Charlotte County, Va. , his birth occurred
April 6, 1812. His parents, Robert and Mary
(^Bailey) Harris, were both natives of Virginia,
and the grandparents on both sides came from
Ireland, though of Scotch ancestry. In his na-
tive State, Robert Harris followed farming and
blacksmithing. He served as a soldier through-
out the Revolutionary War, and held the rank of
Captain in the Virginia troops. He was never
wounded in battle, but on one occasion a bullet
passed through his queue. At one time a num-
ber of men in his regiment were taken prisoners,
Mr. Harris among the number, but he and two of
his comrades made their escape. They traveled
by night through the woods, and slept in the day-
time, for fear of detection. For some days they
subsisted on nothing but roots and buds. One of
the men fainted from want, and was resuscitated
with water that was caught in the brim of the hat
of one of his comrades, a shower having oppor-
tunely fallen.

Robert Harris was twice married. He first
wedded a Miss Jackson, of Charlotte, Va., by
whom he had seven children, and after her death
he married Mary Bailey. His family altogether

numbered eight sons and six daughters. Two of
the seven children born of the second marriage
are now living: Cornelia, who is the widow of
Philip Anderson, residing with her daughter in
North Carolina, and the Doctor. The latter was
but four years old when his father died, and he lost
his mother at the age of fourteen.

In the county of his nativity, Dr. Harris spent
the days of his boyhood and youth. When he
was a lad of twelve his guardian told him that he
had learning enough; but he did not think so.
He had been bound out to learn the cabinet-
maker's trade, and after serving for five years he
paid $100 for his indentures. He then entered col-
lege at Danville, Ky. , where he remained for a little
more than two years, when his health failed him
and he was forced to leave school. Some years
later, however, the degree of A. M. was conferred
upon him. He had completed nearly the entire
course of Greek and Latin in two years.

Young Harris then took up the study of medi-
cine at home, and also studied theology. He en-
tered upon the work of the ministry as a member
of the Pennsylvania Presbytery in 1838, and was
ordained in 1842. For a quarter of a century
thereafter he engaged in preaching. His health
then broke down, and he began the practice of
medicine. In 1869, he was graduated from
Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, and was
then successfully and continuously engaged in
practice until 1884, when he retired to private life.
He also during that time filled various pulpits,
but never accepted a regular pastorate, as his
health would not permit the additional labor.

Dr. Harris first came to Macomb in 1849, an< ^
took charge of McDonough College. He con-
tinued in this city for six years, as pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, and as a teacher in the col-
lege. In 1855, he removed to Missouri, and set-
tled upon a farm near Cameron, DeKalb County.
He had charge of various country churches in
that locality, and while there was injured in a
railroad disaster, caused by the rebels having
burned the bridge over'the Platte River, nine miles
east of St. Joseph. Out of one hundred and four
persons there were twenty-four killed. The Doc-
tor was taken from amid the debris, and it was

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thought that he was dead, but after a time con-
sciousness returned to him. He knew nothing of
the accident, however, until it was all over. In
1861, he again came to Macomb, and in 1881 he
made a permanent location here.

On the 2d of October, 1834, Dr. Harris married
Miss Martha P. Hughes, who lived near Danville,
K.y., and was a daughter of William and Jane
(Sneed) Hughes. They became the parents of a
daughter, Ellen Amanda, now the wife of Ed Ma-
guire, of Macomb, by whom she has six children,
namely: Martha Rosalind, Mary Rachel, Sarah
Isadora, Hattie Thomas, James Ralph and Edward
Calvin. On the 31st of May, 1837, the Doctor
wedded Miss Mary P. Wilson, daughter of James
and Elizabeth (Stewart) Wilson, of Kentucky.
Their marriage was celebrated in Rock Castle
County, and was blessed with a family of six sons
and four daughters, but James H. R. is now de-
ceased. The latter married Harriet Maguire, and
they had one child, Frank W. Robert Campbell,
the second child of the Doctor, was a soldier of
the Union army, and was taken prisoner by the
guerrillas in Missouri, tied up by the thumbs, dis-
emboweled and thrown into the Platte River.
William Thomas, who is engaged in the practice
of medicine in Keosauqua, Iowa, married Miss
Lottie Herrick, and they have a daughter, Lenna
Pearl; Ralph Erskine, a machinist and plumber
of Macomb, wedded Martha Jackson, and they
have four children: Florence Ellen, Ralph C,
Mary Isadore and Lela. John G. is deceased.
Mary E. became the wife of William Carter, and
the}- had four children: Jessie, Dollie, Ruby and
William. After the death of her first husband,
she married Jesse York, and they became the par-
ents of one son, Harris. Mrs. York died in Feb-
ruary, 1892. Sarah C. is the wife of J. J. Mc-
Dannold, of Mt. Sterling, Congressman from the
Twelfth District, by whom she has two children,
Malcolm and Helen. Charles, an attorney-at-law
of Galesburg, married Miss Addie Anderson, and
to them have been born two children: Nina and
Lillian. Dollie, who complets the family, is the
wife of Ira Pillsbury, of Macomb, and they have
three sons, George M., Ira H. and Walter E.

During the late war. Dr. Harris served as Chap-

lain of the Eighty-fourth Illinois Infantry for six
months, and was then discharged on account of
physical disability. His son Thomas was a soldier
of the same regiment, and after being shot through
the jaw at the battle of Stone River was mustered
out of service. In his political views, the Doctor
is a stalwart Republican. He is numbered among
the oldest residents of Macomb, and is a man
whose upright life and sterling worth have made
him one of the most highly esteemed citizens of
the community.

["RANK H. MAPES, who is now connected
r3 with the Bank of Macomb, was born in Bu-
I reau County, 111., on the 25th of June, 1865,
and is a son of Elder George W. and Martha E.
(Dennison) Mapes, both of whom were natives of
New York. His father was born April 30, 1825,
his mother in May, 1827, and their marriage was
celebrated in August, 1850. They became the
parents of a family of six children, four sons and' .-
two daughters, but one of its number, Ella, died
at the age of nine years. Wheeler M., the eldest,
is now a railroad conductor, and resides in Des
Moines, Iowa. Charles is a traveling salesman in
the employ of a boot and shoe house, and makes
his home in Hutchinson, Kan. George G. is
cashier in a bank and proprietor of a hotel in
Moran, Kan. Franchetie is the wife of M. A.
Hitchcock, a prominent dry-goods merchant of
Macomb. Frank H. completes the family.

Elder Mapes is largely a self-made man. He
had no special advantages in his youth; indeed,
his privileges were meagre, and while following
the plow he studied the Bible. He began preach-
ing in Walnut, Bureau County, 111., in 1857, and
later was pastor of the Christian Church in
Princeton, 111. Subsequently, he preached in
Putnam and Washington, and then came to Ma-
comb, where he remained for five years. During
this time, and largely through his instrumentality,
the present house of worship of the Christian
Church was erected. At length failing health
caused him to resign, and he removed to his farm

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in Bureau County, whence lie afterward went to
Clarksville, Mo. Later, he made his residence in
Montezuma, Iowa, and in 1890 he again ac-
cepted a call from the church in Macomb, where
he remained two years. He is now pastor in
Fairfield, Iowa. Throughout this community he
has a wide acquaintance, and by all who know
him he is most highly respected.

Mr. Mapes whose name heads this record at-
tended the public schools in the different locali-
ties where his parents resided, and completed his
literary education in Painesville Academy. Wish-
ing to engage in the drug business, he entered
the store of John M. Keefer, of Macomb, and at
length became a licensed pharmacist. For seven
years he was engaged in business along that line,
and for two years of that time he was the propri-
etor of a drug store.

On the 1st of March, 1892, Mr. Mapes led to
the marriage altar Miss Clara Chandler, of Ma-
comb. They are well-known young people of
this city who rank high in social circles, and their
friends are many. They have one son, George
Chandler, born in 1893.

After continuing in the drug business in his
own interest for two years, Mr. Mapes disposed
of his store and entered the Bank of Macomb,
with which he is now connected. In his social
relations, he is a Royal Arch Mason, and also
holds membership with the Modern Woodmen of
America. In politics, he is a Republican, and
cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. Benjamin
Harrison.

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HON. JONATHAN HASKELL BAKER, a
prominent early citizen of Macomb, who
served his fellows in various official capaci-
ties, and was a leader at the Bar, was born in
Walpole, N. H., May 8, 1817. He came of New
England lineage, his ancestors having settled in
that portion of the country- at so early a date that
the exact time is not now discoverable. When
only seven years of age he was left fatherless, and
bound out to a farmer, with whom he remained ten

years. At the expiration of that time, his "mas-
ter" permitted him to enter a dry-goods store in
Walpole as clerk, where he remained until he at-
tained his majority.

In the year 1838 he became thoroughly imbued
with the idea that the then far western country
known as Illinois was a proper field for a young
man like him, full of energy and industry, and
accordingly he made his way hither and settled
in Macomb. The journey consumed twenty-seven
days. He was not backward about the em-
ployment which he might obtain, so long as it af-
forded him an honest maintenance and an oppor-
tunity for advancement, and he set to work at the
first thing offered, which was labor in a brickyard,
where he continued nearly a year. His natural
ability and his business education brought him to
the notice of James M. Campbell, who offered him
a position as clerk, and this he accepted. He re-
mained with Mr. Campbell two years, and then
formed a partnership in the grocery business with
Joseph P. Updegraff, which continued a number
of years.

In the year 1845, Mr. Baker received the ap-
pointment of Postmaster at Macomb, and held that
position four years. He engaged in the mercan-
tile business with Charles Chandler in 1846, and
during the remainder of his term as Postmaster
the office was kept in their store. Mr. Baker re-
mained in this business nine years, and at the
expiration of that time ( 1855) went into the real-
estate, or " land office, " business, as it was then
called. He was appointed County Clerk in 1858,
to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Isaac
Grantham, and served until 186 1. After the close
of his term as Clerk, he engaged in the grocery'
business with Joseph Burton, and remained in that
line until 1865.

Having given considerable time to the study of
law, at the last-named date he formed a co-part-
nership with W. H. Neecefor the practice of law,
which continued until 1877, at which time he was
elected County Judge. He served the four-years
term to which he was elected, and was re-elected
in 1 88 1, and served a second term. He was out
of office four years, but was again nominated and
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therein until the time of his death, which occurred
on the 31st day of August, 1890.

Mr. Baker was married to Miss Isabelle Hemp-
stead on the 14th day of March, 1843, at Macomb.
Of this marriage four children were born, who
survive him, viz.: Clara A., the wife of C. V.
Chandler, whose biography will be found else-
where in this work; Mary C, wife of E. L. Wells,
of Macomb; Isabelle, wife of George A. Tunni-
cliff, a prominent lawyer of Macomb; and Joseph
H, who resides with his mother. Mrs. Baker is
a daughter of Stephen Hempstead and Mary L-
LeFevre, and was born in St. Charles, Mo., to
which place her parents had moved from New
London, Conn., a short time previous to her birth,
At the age of eight or nine years, she was made
an orphan by the death of her mother, who per-
ished in the cholera epidemic of 1833. She was
soon after sent by her brother (the father being
absent) to McDonough County, where she made
her home with her sister, Mrs. James M. Camp-
bell, until the time of her marriage.

The Macomb Journal, in speaking of Judge Ba-
ker, pays the following just tribute to his memory:
" He has always been a faithful and efficient offi-
cial, and, though a strong Democrat, never carried
partisanship into official life. He was a useful
member of society. Industrious, sober, quiet and
unobtrusive of demeanor, he was a pattern that
young men may well follow. His life was full of
years. As husband and father, neighbor and
friend, he was a model. He leaves behind the
record of a life well spent."

Rev. L J. Dinsmore, formerly pastor of the Uni-
versalis! Church of Macomb, speaking of Judge
Baker's death, says: "This comes as a severe
blow to the friends of our church in Macomb,
where Judge Baker had been an honored and use-
ful resident for more than fifty-three years. He
was an honest and capable business man, widely
known and universally respected. He had held
important public offices for many years, and at the
date of his death was Judge of Probate for Mc-
Donough County. His name was intimately as-
sociated with the early history of our church in
that portion of the State, and his personal char-
acter illuminated his Universalist profession. He

was a thorough gentleman of the old school, dig-
nified in his bearing, but kindly-hearted and good
to the poor. It was said by one who knew what
he was talking about that Judge Baker had done
more good to the people of McDonough County,
for less money, than any other man who ever lived
in it. * * * He was a man of strong
convictions, and fearless in their expression. He
lived and died on the high grade of thoughtful,
sincere and outspoken Universalism."

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HON. WILLIAM H. NEECE is probably one
of the best known members of the Democracy
in Illinois. For many years he has been
prominent in politics, not as a politician in the
commonly accepted sense of the term, but as a rep-
resentative of the people, true to their interests and
their welfare. He was born February 26, 1831,
near Springfield, in what is now Logan, but was
then a part of Sangamon County, 111., and is a
son of Jesse and Mary D. (Maupin) Neece, the
former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of
Virginia. The Neece family is of German origin,
but was founded in America prior to the Revolu-
tionary War, for Peter Neece, the grandfather of
our subject, valiantly aided in the struggle for
independence. Mr. Neece now has in his posses-
sion a Continental bill, the denomination of which
is .£250, equal to $1,250 in our currency, and
payable in Spanish milled dollars.

After his marriage, which was celebrated in
Kentucky, Jesse Neece removed to Greencastle,
Ind., in 1824. There he remained for six years,
and in 1830 became a resident of Sangamon
County, 111., but after a short time he came to
McDonough County, reaching his destination in
April, 1 83 1 . The journey was made with wagons,
drawn by horses and oxen, and the trip proved a
laborious one. In the early spring, the rich soil
of Illinois is deep mud, through which they had
to make their way slowly. The family bore many
of the hardships of pioneer life, and became fa-
miliar with all the experiences of the frontier.
To Jesse and Mary Neece were born ten children,

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of whom four are yet living: Mrs. Icabinda West-
fall, of Beatrice, Neb.; Artemus V., of Colches-
ter, 111.; George W., ofBrookfield, Mo.; and Will-
iam H., of this sketch. The mother of this fam-
ily died in November, 1837, after which Mr.
Neece was again married. By his second mar-
riage he had three children. He became a well-
known farmer of McDonough County, and in
connection with agricultural pursuits he for many
years engaged in the practice of medicine. His
death occurred on the 16th of October, 1869, when
the community felt that it had lost one of its best
citizens.

William H. Neece acquired his education in
the common schools of this county, and in early
life was inured to hard labor. During his youth,
he engaged in breaking the prairie with an ox-
team. Later he engaged in boating on the Illi-
nois River, and worked at pork-packing. He also
added to his income by running a threshing-ma-
chine, and during the gold excitement in Cali-
fornia, he crossed the plains to the Pacific Slope,
in 1853. The journey was made with an ox-
team. After five months, he reached Oregon, and
another month was spent on the road to San
Francisco, from whence he went to the Decosnus
River. He was accompanied by his brother,
George W. Mining, however, proved an un-
profitable investment for Mr. Neece, and, going to
Sacramento, he there secured a position as cook.
In 1854, he went to Grass Valley, and engaged
in mining in the gulches, but at length he re-
turned home by way of the Panama route and
New Orleans, having found that fortunes were
not always so easily secured in California as rep-
resented. At odd intervals and in leisure mo-
ments in the mean time, he had been reading law,
and now entered regularly upon its study in the
office of Bailey & Van Fleck. In 1858 he was
admitted to the Bar. He also engaged in pur-
chasing land for the firm of Baker & Co. , secur-
ing the same through soldiers' titles.

On the 3d of May, 1857, Mr. Neece was united
in marriage with Miss Janette Ingals, daughter
of Thompkins and Esther Ingals. The lady is a
native of Otsego County, N. Y. To them were born
three children: Jesse T., who was educated in the

Macomb High School and in the Northwestern
University of Chicago, and is now engaged in
the practice of law with his father; Dr. William
A., a dentist of Macomb; and Orson B., who
died October 5, 1888.

After his admission to the Bar, Mr. Neece
opened a law office in Macomb, and has since
been successfully engaged in practice. He is
recognized as one of the best criminal lawyers in
this part of the State, and has won a reputation
at the Bar of which he may well be proud, for he
stands at the head of his profession in this locality.
He defended Miles Bond, who was charged with
the killing of William H. Randolph, United
States Marshal , and was one of the attorneys for
Tom Johnson, arrested for the murder of Owen, of
Henderson County. He was also retained in the
defense of Albert Head, who was charged with
the murder of his cousin, Charles O. Head, and
defended Gick, Payne and Davis, the murderers
of Thomas Edmundson. Dr. Saunders was also
tried for the same offense, and Mr. Neece assisted
in defending him. Gick was sent to the peni-
tentiary for life, Payne for eight years, Davis for
one year, and Dr. Saunders was cleared. He also
defended Frank and William Butler, of Prairie
City, charged with the murder of a brother, and
the decision of "guilty" pronounced by the Cir-
cuit Court was reversed by the Supreme Court,
and the defendants discharged. In connection
with his extensive legal practice he has also been
continuously engaged in farming and stock-rais-
ing, and operates one of the largest farms in Mc-
Donough County.

The official life of our subject began in 1861,
when he was elected Alderman of Macomb from
the First Ward. In 1863 he was elected to the
State Legislature, and in 1869 was made a mem-
ber of the Constitutional Convention. Grant had
carried the county by a large majority the previous
year, but Neece, running far ahead of his ticket,
was sent to the convention. In 1869 he was again
chosen as Representative, and took an active part
in framing the laws under the new constitution.
In 1872 he was nominated for the position of
State Senator. The Republican party had a ma-
jority of about one thousand, and that he could

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overcome this strong opposition indicates his great
personal popularity and the confidence and trust
reposed in him. In 1882 he was elected to Con-
gress from the Eleventh District, comprising Rock
Island, Mercer, Henderson, Hancock, Schuyler,
McDonough and Warren Counties, and was chosen
his own successor in 1884. In 1886 he was again
the candidate of the Democracy, but was defeated
by William Gest, of Rock Island, although he
ran nineteen hundred and thirty-four votes ahead
of the Democratic ticket in the district. In 1892
he was prominently talked of for Governor. His
course in public office has always been straight-
forward. He has the courage of his convictions,
and one who cares to ascertain can easily find out
011 which side he stands. He is a man of the
people, in touch with the people, and has their
confidence and respect, for he has labored for
their interests and done all in his power to pro-
mote the general welfare.

Socially, Mr. Neece is connected with the Odd
Fellows' society. His first Presidential vote was
cast for Franklin Pierce, and since that time he
has never wavered in his support of the Democ-
racy. He is void of ostentation and display, be-
ing plain and unassuming in manner — a practical
man, with a large amount of common sense. He
does not win friends rapidly to lose them, but al-
ways retains the high regard of those with whom
he has been brought in contact, and in the com-
munity where he is best known his friends are the
most numerous and of the stanchest kind. His
life has practically been passed in McDonough
Count}-, and its history would be incomplete
without his record.

&+&

(ILLIAM A. COMPTON, an ambitious and
rising young lawyer, who is now success-
fully engaged in practice in Macomb, was
born in Scotland Township, McDonough County,
on the 5th of March, 1864. He is a son of Henry
and Sarah J. (Smith) Compton, the former a na-
tive of Ohio, and the latter of Illinois. They were
the parents of nine children, seven of whom are

yet living, two sons and five daughters. Eliza
J., the eldest, is the wife of Frank Starus, of Can-
ton, 111. Mary C. is the wife of William E. Har-
vey, of Stanberry, Mo. Ella V. is the wife of
George A. Walker, who also resides in Stanberry ;
Rosa A. is the wife of William F. Kelley, of Adair,
111. John W. is located in Des Moines, Iowa.
Ollie M. is at home. Edward and Arabel died in
infancy.

The paternal great-grandfather of the subject
of this sketch was born in Ireland, about the year
1750, and his wife, whose family name was Hill,
was born in Germany, about 1757. About 1790,
they emigrated to this country and settled in
Hazeltown, Ya., where their son, Henry Comp-
ton, was born soon afterward. The latter was a
shoemaker, and worked at his trade for a number
of years in Virginia. He migrated from Virginia
about the year 1820, and settled on a farm near
Royalton, Fairfield County, Ohio, where his son
Henry, the father of William A. Compton, was
born November 10, 1828.

Mr. Compton's maternal great-grandfather,
Thomas Delap, was the son of a Frenchman. He
was born in 1781, in Kentucky, lived to a great
age, and died in 1873, at his home near Burling-
ton, Iowa. The maternal grandfather, David
Smith, followed both agriculture and broom-mak-
ing. He also reached a ripe old age, and his wife
is still living.

Henry Compton and his wife, grandparents of
the subject of this notice, moved from Ohio about
1846, and settled on a farm in Madison County,
111., where the balance of their days was spent.
In 1849, their son Henry returned to Ohio and
remained one year. After living two years in
Schuyler County, 111., he moved, in the fall of
1852, to Iowa, and married Sarah J. Smith at
Burlington, in that State, on the 25th of Septem-
ber of that year. He remained in Burlington un-
til the spring of 1856, and at that time moved to
McDonough County, 111. After living one year
011 a farm near Industry, he spent a year on
what is known as the " Milton Knight farm," in
Scotland Township. From there he moved to
Muscatine, Iowa, where he purchased a farm,
upon which he lived until the spring of 1861,

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when he finally returned to McDonough County.
He lived on the farm of his father-in-law, David
Smith, until 1864, at which time he bought the
eighty-acre farm which he still owns in Scotland
Township, and whereon he dwelt up to March,
[893, when he laid aside business cares and has
since lived retired in Macomb. He and his wife
have for many years been members of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church, and are highly respected
people.

W. A. Compton whose name heads this record
was reared to manhood upon his father's farm,
and acquired his early education in the district
schools. He afterward attended the Macomb
Normal College, and was graduated therefrom in
1885. His first independent effort in life was as
a school teacher. He followed that profession for
five terms, but, wishing to make the practice of
law his life work, he studied the principles and
standards of that profession, and was admitted to
the Bar November 21, 1888, in Springfield. Dur-
ing the same winter he was filling the position of
Principal of the public schools of Bentley, Han-
cock County, 111.

On the close of the school year, Mr. Compton
came to Macomb, where he opened a law office
and also began dealing in real estate. A year
later he was married to Miss Pearl Shriner, the
second daughter of Levi and Harriet (Collins)
Shriner, of Macomb Township. Their union was
celebrated on the 5th of March, 1890, on the twen-
ty-sixth anniversary of his birth. Mrs. Compton
is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and is a most estimable lady, who has many friends
throughout the community.

Mr. Compton holds membership with the
Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of
America. He is the owner of a fine farm, of one
hundred and forty acres, situated on sections 22
and 28, Lamoine Township, besides his residence
at No. 432 S. Randolph Street, a block of ground
in the Simmons' Addition, a house and lot in the
Eastern Addition, and three lots in Twyman's Ad-
dition. In politics, he is a stalwart supporter of
the Democratic party and its principles and is one
of the most popular and useful members of the
party. He served as First Assistant Clerk in the

House of Representatives during the Thirty-sev-
enth General Assembly, to which position he was
nominated by acclamation. When only twenty-
four years of age he was a delegate to the State
Convention, took an active part in the delibera-
tions of that body, and seconded the nomination
of Andrew J. Bell, of Peoria, for Governor. He
is a man of splendid address and a brilliant talker,
and stumped McDonough and adjoining counties
for the Democratic ticket in the campaigns of 1888
and 1892, gaining an enviable reputation as an
orator. He is recognized as a leading young pol-
itician of McDonough County. He was a candi-
date for the nomination of County Judge, and also
for Representative on two occasions. Though de-
feated, he nevertheless gained a large following,
and is recognized as a leader of the Democracy.
He possesses more than ordinary ability, and his
keen mind and quick perceptive faculties make
him well adapted for his chosen profession.

0LIN EMERY, editor and publisher of the
Augusta Eagle, is one of the enterprising
and progressive citizens of Augusta, always
alive to the best interests of the place. He was
born in Blaudinsville, 111., on the istof December,
[868, and is a son of Dr. James H. and Rhoda E.
( Hardisty 1 Emery. His paternal grandfather,
Henry Emery, was a native of Pennsylvania, and
was a fanner by occupation. He reared a large
family, and lived to the age of seventy-two years.
The maternal grandfather, J. V. M. Hardisty,
was born in Kentucky, and about 1S30 emigrated
to Illinois, locating in McDonough County. He
is now living in Blaudinsville, and has reached
the age of more than three-score years and ten.

Dr. Emery, father of our subject, is a native of
Richland County, Ohio. He is numbered among
the early settlers of Illinois, whither he came in
1840. He located near Galva, Henry County,
and there made his home until i860. Having
studied medicine, he began the practice of his
chosen profession in 1S63, in Blaudinsville, and
has there since made his home. He is a success-

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ful physician, who has a high reputation, and,
therefore receives a liberal patronage. In June,
1893, he began the publication of the Blandins-
ville Star, which he has since edited in connec-
tion with his other business. He married Miss
Hardisty, who was born in Blandinsville, and to
them were born eight children, five sons and three
daughters, seven of whom are yet living, namely:
Oliti; James H.; Lois E., wife of Elmer L. Wise;
Otto; Roscoe D. ; Daisy R. and Mamie O.

Our subject is the eldest child of the family.
The days of his boyhood and youth were spent in
Blandinsville, and his education was acquired in
the public schools of his native city. He was
reared upon his father's farm, but not wishing to
make agricultural pursuits his life work, he turned
his attention to other interests, and began learn-
ing the printers' trade. In the year 1891, he
came to Augusta and purchased the Augusta
Eagle, a Democratic journal, of which he is
both editor and publisher. This is a bright and
newsy sheet, ably edited and conducted, and
from the public it receives a liberal patronage,
which is constantly increasing, and which is well
deserved. In his political views Mr. Emery is a
Democrat, and warmly advocates the principles
of that party. He is still a young man, yet is
recognized as one of the valued citizens of this
(immunity, for he is always found on the side of
what pertains to the best interests of the county,
and to its upbuilding and advancement.

•3 HARLES JOSIAH SCOFIELD is one of the
I C most prominent attorneys in the State, and
{.) is now serving as Judge of the Sixth Judicial
L strict of Illinois. Hancock County has no more
highly-respected citizen, and that he has won a
foremost place among his professional brethren is
shown by the fact that when he was elected to his
present office, he was the youngest Circuit Judge
in the country. He was born in Carthage, Han-
cock County, on Christmas Day, 1853, and is a
son of Charles R. and Elizabeth Scofield. His
father was born in De Wittville, Chautauqua

County, N. Y., and was a son of Darius and
Sallie (Glenny) Scofield, the former a native of
Stamford, Conn., and the latter of the city of
Newry, Ireland. The mother of our subject was
born in Kentucky, was of Scotch -Irish lineage,
and was the daughter of Harrison and Alice Craw-
ford.

Charles R. Scofield died when his son Charles
was only three years of age, being then in the
prime of life. He had studied law, and about
1 85 1 began its practice. His ability and talent
were rapidly winning for him prominence in his
profession, but after five years of successful prac-
tice he was cut off by the hand of death. After
losing her husband, Mrs. Scofield with her two
children went to live with her father. The sec-
ond son is Hon. T. J. Scofield, now Assistant At-
torney-General of Illinois. He, too, has won
success as a lawyer, and has a large practice in
Quincy, where he lives with his wife and six
children.

The Judge spent the greater part of his child-
hood and youth upon his grandfather's farm,
about a mile from the city. His early education
was acquired in the common schools, but he after-
ward pursued a three-years course in a college,
from which he was graduated at the age of seven-
teen. When he was twenty } r ears of age, the de-
gree of A. M. was conferred upon him. Soon
after his literary education was completed, he be-
gan teaching, and for three years had charge of
the High School in Carthage. The profession to
which his family had furnished several repre-
sentatives attracted him, and during vacations he
studied law in the office of his uncle, the Hon.
Bryant T. Scofield, one of the ablest lawyers of
the Bar of Hancock County. In the same office
were William C. Hooker and George Edmunds.
At the age of twenty-one, he was admitted to the
Bar, and a few months thereafter was appointed
Master in Chancery, which office he held for
nearly ten years, or until his election to the Bench.
When thirty-one years of age, he became one of
the Judges of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and on the
expiration of his first term of six years was elected
his own successor. He has also held court at
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Chicago, Galesburg and Morrison. In June,
1893, he was appointed by the Supreme Court
as one of the Judges of the Appellate Court for
the Fourth District.

On the 12th of September, 1876, Mr. Scofield
was united in marriage with Miss Rose Spitler,
an adopted daughter of Dr. Adam Spitler, of
Carthage. Mrs. Scofield is a woman of more
than ordinary intelligence, and is an active worker
in the cause of Christ. As President of the Dis-
trict Christian Woman's Board of Missions, she
has done very efficient and satisfactory work in
arousing and developing an interest in the mis-
sionary field.

■ Judge Scofield is a member of the Christian
Church, and in connection with his labors as
lawyer and Judge, he has served as pastor of the
church in Carthage for fifteen years, his labors
being performed without remuneration. His time
and talent he gives to the cause, and during his
pastorate the church membership has been in-
creased from fifty to three hundred. He has also
engaged to some extent in literary work, and is
the author of an able volume, which was written
to show some of the evils arising directly and in-
directly from the liquor traffic. It was published
in November, 1891, under the title of "A Subtle
Adversary," and has had a large sale. It is fre-
quently spoken of as "the Uncle Tom's Cabin of
temperance reform, " and has been classed with
Dickens' ' 'David Copperfield' ' and Wallace's ' 'Ben
Hur," as among the greatest works of fiction in
the English language.

As a jurist, the Judge ranks among the best in
the entire country. Few decisions of his are ever
reversed, and he has the entire confidence of the
Bar, not only in his own district, but wherever
known. As a minister of the Gospel, he is elo-
quent, forcible and logical. His legal studies
have helped in the last direction. A firm believer
in the Divine revelation, he does not hesitate to
express his views fearlessly and intelligently upon
disputed points among the higher and other
critics. His Christianity none doubts, and he has
the confidence and friendship of all of his religious
neighbors without regard to creed. As a citizen,
no one is held in higher esteem. His advice and

counsel are sought by political friend and foe, by
rich and poor, by the ignorant and learned, be-
cause they know their confidence will never be
betrayed, and any advice given will come from an
honest heart. Socially, Mr. Scofield is a mem-
ber of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid, and
of the Knights of Pythias. In his political views.
he is a Democrat, and on that ticket was elected
to the Bench, although he received the votes of
many of other parties.

lILLIAM H. HAINLINE is one of the lead-
ing citizens of Macomb. He is now serv-
ing as its Mayor, and is the editor and
proprietor of the Macomb Journal. He is also
one of the honored veterans of the late war, and
his loyalty to his country is as manifest in days
of peace as it was when he followed the Old Flag
on the field of battle. Born in Emmett Town-
ship, McDonough County, on the 29th of July,
1841, he is a sou of John D. and Margaret A.
(Douthitt) Hainline, both of whom were natives of
Kentucky. The grandfather, George W. Hain-
line, was also born in that State, and the great-
grandfather of our subject removed from North
Carolina to Kentucky in company with Daniel
Boone. He was of German descent. He fought
in the Indian wars with Boone, and lived to the
ripe old age of eighty-five years. In 1838 the
grandfather came to Illinois, where his death oc-
curred in 1867. The maternal grandfather of
W. H. Hainline was Lewis Douthitt. He, too,
was a native of Kentucky, but because he was a
Union man, he was driven out of that State dur-
ing the war, and came to McDonough County.
Later, however, he returned to his old home,
where his last days were passed. He was a farmer
and tanner, and owned about twenty slaves, which
were freed through the emancipation proclama-
tion. His death occurred when about ninety
years of age.

John D. Hainline, father of our subject, came
to Illinois in 1838, and located in what was then
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has since made his home. Throughout life he
has followed the occupation of farming, and there-
by acquired a comfortable competence. During
the time of the Mormon troubles he aided in driv-
ing them from Nauvoo. An honored pioneer of the
county for more than fifty -five years, he has wit-
nessed its growth and upbuilding, and has ever
borne his part in its development. His wife died
in November, 1869, at the age of fifty-one, in the
faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
They had a family of eleven children, five sous
and six daughters, but only six of the number
are now living, namely: W. H., of this sketch;
Flora A., wife of Marcellus Shryack, of Warrens-
burg, Mo.; Isabel, wife of Capt. B. A. Griffith,
of Sciota; John Q., of Hire Township; Andrew
J., of Macomb; and May, wife of William Stick -
lenx, also of Hire Township, McDonough County.
His eldest brother, George L. Hainline, fell dead
by his side, shot through the head, at the battle
of Bentonville, N. C, March 21, 1865.

In taking up the personal history of our sub-
ject, we present to our readers the life record of
one of the native sons of McDonough County.
He was reared to manhood under the parental
roof, and the common schools afforded him his
educational privileges. He continued at home
until 1859, when, at the age of seventeen years,
attracted by the discovery- of gold at Pike's Peak,
he made a trip to that place, returning in the
autumn. He then continued to engage in farm
labor upon the old homestead until the beginning
of the late war. Scarcely had the echo of Ft.
Sumter's guns ceased to reverberate, when he
offered his sen-ices to the Government, enlisting
April 19, 1861, as a member of Company A, Six-
teenth Illinois Infantry. After about three years
he re-enlisted, January i, 1864, and continued in
the service until after the close of the war. He
participated in the battles of New Madrid, Island
No. 10, the siege of Corinth, Buzzard's Roost,
Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek,
Sherman's celebrated march to the sea, and the
Carolina campaign, ending in the engagement at
Bentonville, which was the last and most terrible
battle in which his regiment participated. He
was captured at Peach Tree Creek, and was in

Andersonville Prison for sixty days, but by a
special exchange he was returned to his regiment.
During the last three years of his service, he held
the rank of Corporal. Always faithful to his duty,
he was a valiant defender of the Old Flag and the
cause it represented. On the 8th of July, 1865,
he was mustered out.

When the country no longer needed his serv-
ices, Mr. Hainline returned home, and was soon
afterward elected County Treasurer. The office
was entirely unsought by him, and he was the
first Republican ever elected to that office in the
county. On the expiration of his two-years term,
he became interested in the drug business with
P. H. Delaney, but after four years he sold out,
and in June, 1870, purchased a half-interest in
the Macomb Journal, owned by B. R. Hampton.
This connection continued until 188 1, when he
bought out Mr. Hampton's interest. He was
then alone in business until 1884, when a stock
company was formed, but Mr. Hainline has con-
tinued as its editor and publisher.

On the 1 6th of June, 1866, our subject was
united in marriage with Miss Victoria, daughter
of Jacob and Mary CMiller) Shleich, of Wurtem-
berg, Germany. Two children were born to
them, Maud L. and Mildred D. The former is
the wife of Wade W. Meloan, a lawyer of Ma-
comb, and they have one child, William. Millie
is the wife of E. T. Walker, Cashier of the Citi-
zens' Bank of Macomb, and they have a daughter,
Caroline. Mrs. Hainline, who was a member of
the German Reformed Church, died on the 24th of
February, 1S74. Mr. Hainline was again mar-
ried, January 24, 1879, his second union being
with Miss Catherine L. Vorhees, daughter of
Francis and Jane (Leslie) Vorhees, of Kingston,
N. Y. They have two children, Jean L. and
Andrew L.

Mr. Hainline takes considerable interest in civic
societies, and belongs to Macomb Lodge, A. F.
& A. M.; the Knights of Pythias fraternity; Mc-
Donough Post No. 103, G. A. R.; the Independ-
ent Order of Mutual Aid; the Modern Woodmen
of America; and the Home Forum. In politics,
he is a stalwart supporter of the Republican party
and its principles, is a member of the State Cen-

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tral Committee, and does all in his power to aid
in the growth and insure the success of the Re-
publican party. He has been honored with vari-
ous offices. He served as Alderman of the First
Ward in 1868 and 1869, was a member of the
Board of Supervisors for three years, and in 1893
was elected Mayor of Macomb, which position he
is now filling with credit to himself and satisfac-
tion to his constituents. The standing of the
Nla-corah Journal is well known, it being recog-
nized as one of the best papers in this part of the
State. Its editor is also well known, and few-
citizens of McDonough County have more friends
than Mr. Hainline, a popular and genial gentle-
man, who has gained the respect and good-will of
all with whom business or social relations have
brought him in contact.

(T E. LANE is one of Macomb's well-known
I citizens. He is now serving as County Clerk
O of McDonough County, a position which he
has filled for some time. His life record is as
follows: A native of Kentucky, he was born in
Russell County, on the 1st of October, 1834, an d
is a son of Gholson and Mary (Janes) Lane, both
of whom were also natives of the same State. He
was only one year old when, in 1836, his parents
emigrated to Illinois, and took up their residence
in Industry Township, McDonough County. The
days of his boyhood and youth were quietly
passed, and the public schools afforded him his
educational privileges.

Mr. Lane watched with interest the course of
events which threatened to culminate in war, and
after Ft. Sumter had been fired upon and the
dissolution of the Union was threatened, he re-
sponded to the call for troops, enlisting in April,
1 86 1, as a private of the Sixteenth Illinois In-
fantry. He served in the ranks until 1862, when
he was appointed First Sergeant of Company A,
and continued in that capacity until June 20,
1864, when, his three-years term having expired,
he was honorably discharged and returned to Ma-
comb. He was a faithful soldier, and for a long

period did arduous service at the front. His first
campaign was in Missouri, and included many
skirmishes, and the siege of Bird's Point and battle
at New Madrid. At the latter point, the Tenth
and Sixteenth Illinois Regiments captured five
thousand men, with their entire equipment and
munitions. The Sixteenth was in the reserve
forces at Ft. Donelson and Pittsburg Landing,
and marched from the latter point to Nashville,
Tenu., where it spent the winter of 1862-63; it
continued as a part of the Fourteenth Army
Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr.
Lane was mustered out at Rossville, Ga., June
20, 1864, having taken part in the battles of Buz-
zard's Roost and vicinity, embracing a week's
fighting in northern Georgia.

Shortly after Mr. Lane's return, he was mar-
ried, on the 20th of October, 1864, to Miss Josie
A. Kendrick, daughter of W. H. Kendrick, of
this city. Unto them has been born a son, Frank
A. , who is now engaged in the practice of den-
tistry in Macomb.

Mr. Lane has been honored with various offi-
cial positions since his residence here. In May,
1865, he was appointed City Marshal, Assessor
and Collector, and was re-appointed the next
year, serving two years. In December, 1866, he
received the appointment of Deputy Sheriff under
Col. Sam. Wilson, and continued to fill that of-
fice two years, and in the fall of 1868 he was
elected County Sheriff for a term of two years.
When that term had expired, he left Illinois and,
in the fall of 1870, purchased a farm in Carroll
County, Mo., which he operated until 1872. On
the 24th of December of that year, he returned
to Macomb, and on the 16th of January following
purchased the interest of S. L. Babcock in a gro-
cery store. Having formed a partnership with
Joseph Updegraff, the firm of Updegraff & Lane
continued in the grocer)- business for about a
year, when the senior partner retired. Mr. Lane
was then alone for about a year, when he admit-
ted G. W. Pace to partnership. The new firm
successfully carried on operations until the fall of
1877, when they sold out.

In the spring of 1866 Mr. Lane was elected
Constable, and was re-elected, holding the posi-

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tion continuously until 1890, except during the
two years he was Sheriff. In December, 1870,
he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by Fred New-
land, and was re-appointed in 1882 to serve four
years. He is now holding the office of County
Clerk, to which he was elected in November,
1890. Mr. Lane has a wide acquaintance through-
out McDonough County, and has many friends
in Macomb.

(TOHN M. DUNSWORTH. Jr., deceased, was
I born in McDonough County, 111., near Col-
\Z/ Chester, March 5, 1849, and died May 3, 1892,
respected by all who knew him. He was a son
of Wesley and Angeline (Vest) Dunsworth, his
father being a well-known farmer, who settled in
McDonough County in 1830. Our subject spent
the days of his boyhood and youth near Colchester,
no event of special importance occurring during
that period of his life. He acquired a good edu-
cation in the public schools of Macomb, and when
his life as a student was ended he embarked in
teaching, which profession he followed for years.
His indomitable energy and perseverance are
shown by the fact that he continued his teaching
for some time, although he was forced to almost
crawl to the school, being a cripple. He also
served as County Superintendent of Schools four
years, and in that position proved a capable and
efficient officer, who by his faithful discharge of
duty won the high commendation of all concerned.
About 18S2, he removed to Plymouth and estab-
lished the Enterprise, an independent paper, which
he published for nine years.

On the 3d of September, 1S85, in Bowen, 111.,
Mr. Dunsworth was united in marriage with Miss
Rosa A. Adams, daughter of Charles G. and
America H. (Taylor) Adams, who were natives
of Kentucky , from which State they removed to
Whitcomb, Ind., where Mis. Dunsworth was born
and reared. Two children graced the union of
our subject and his wife, Leroy and Glen A., but
the latter died at the age of eight months.

Mr. Dunsworth was a member of the Presby-

terian Church, and his wife holds membership
with the Methodist Church. He was one of the
organizers of the Old Settlers' Association of Han-
cock, McDonough and Schuyler Counties, and
served as its Secretary for some time. After his
death, his wife filled the office for one year. He
continued the publication of the Enterprise for
some time and met w r ith good success in the un-
dertaking. His paper was ably edited, and was
a neat, interesting sheet, which received hearty
support throughout the community. Mr. Duns-
worth was pleasant and genial in manner, and was
a warm-hearted, whole-souled gentleman, who had
a host of friends. He died May 3, 1892, from an
accidental gunshot wound, at the age of forty-three
years, one month and twenty-two days.

By the request of her husband, Mrs. Dunsworth
has continued the publication of the Enterprise
since his death. She is a lady of good business
ability, and possesses the necessary qualifications
for a successful career in the journalistic field.
She is now ably assisted by James E. Ewiug, who
is serving as the local editor of the paper. He was
born and reared in Plymouth and is well known
throughout the county.

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gVRON PONTIOUS', of Macomb, is recog-
nized as one of the leading members of the
McDonough County Bar. For the past four-
teen years he has been engaged in practice in this
city, and has rapidly worked his way upward, un-
til he now stands in the front rank in his profes-
sion in the county seat. He has a pleasant deliv-
ery, and is a faithful, earnest and able advocate,
who works untiringly for the interests of his cli-
ents, and has therefore won their confidence and
esteem.

As Mr. Pontious has a wide acquaintance
throughout this part of the State, we feel assured
that his life record will prove of interest to many
of our readers. A native of the Buckeye State,
he was born in Ross County May 25, 1851, and
is a son of Simon and Elizabeth (Bunn) Pontious,
who were also natives of Ohio. The Pontious

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family originated in Holland. At an early day
some of its representatives emigrated to Pennsyl-
vania, and later some of its members removed to
Ohio. In 1853, Simon Pontious came with his
family to Illinois, and located upon a farm in Mc
Donough County, where he carried on agricul-
tural pursuits for a number of years. Of his five
children, Leroy, the eldest, is now engaged in the
lumber business in Lewist own, 111.; Lyman carries
on merchandising in Adair; Anna M. is at home;
Byron is the next younger; and Austin is engaged
in farming near the old homestead.

The gentleman whose name heads this record
was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads,
and early became familiar with all the duties of
farm life. In his younger years he attended the
district schools, but his early educational privi-
leges were supplemented by study in Lombard
University of Galesburg. On leaving that school
in 1872, he engaged in teaching for a year, and
then began clerking in a store in Adair. At
length, with the capital he had acquired through
industry and economy, he purchased an interest
in the store, and finally became sole proprietor and
carried on business along that line for a period of
six years. In the mean time he began the study
of law, reading under the instruction of Capt.
Epperson and Maj. Barnes, of Bushnell, and in
March, 1880, he was admitted to the Bar. In De-
cember of the same year he opened an office in
Macomb.

On the 2d of April, 1873, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Pontious and Miss Ambrosia
Woods, daughter of Morilla and Martha Woods,
of McDonough County. Two children were born
to them, a daughter and a son, but the former,
Arah, died at the age of fifteen months. The
latter, Ralph W., is now a student in Lombard
University. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pontious hold
membership with the Universalist Church, and in
his social relations he is connected with the Ma-
sonic fraternity.

In his political views, Mr. Pontious is a sup-
porter of Democratic principles, and during his
residence in Adair he served as Township Treas-
urer for four years. He has continuously en-
gaged in practice in Macomb since coming to this

city in 1880, and is now doing a large and lucra-
tive business. In February, 1888, he was ap-
pointed Master in Chancery by Judge Schofield.
In 1 89 1 he became associated in business with J.
Ross Mickey, and this partnership still continues.
Mr. Pontious is a pleasant and genial gentleman,
who has many friends throughout the community
and is highly respected by all.

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61 BSALOM G. BOTTS is the proprietor of a
Ll feedmill in Plymouth. For many years he
I I carried on farming in Hancock County, and
is one of its leading agriculturists. He has long
been recognized as one of its representative and
valued citizens, and is numbered among the hon-
ored pioneers who, since an early day, have aided
in the growth and development of the county and
in the promotion of the general welfare.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Seth
Botts, was a native of Virginia, and throughout
life followed farming. His death occurred in
Kentucky at an advanced age. Among his fam-
ily of five sons and three daughters was Joseph
Botts, the father of our subject. He too was born
in Virginia, but the greater part of his life was
spent in other States. In 1836 he emigrated to Illi-
nois, locating in St. Mary's Township, Hancock
County, where throughout his remaining days
he engaged in farming and preaching, for he was
also a minister of the Baptist Church. His hon-
orable, upright life won him the confidence and
esteem of all, and his death was mourned by many
warm friends. He passed away in 1882, at the
advanced age of ninety years and six months,
and his wife died in 187 1, at the age of seventy-
nine years. The lady bore the maiden name of
Sabra Wilkes, and was born in Virginia, as was
her father. He was one of the heroes of the Rev-
olution, and had a son who served in the War of
18 1 2. His death occurred in Kentucky at an ad-
vanced age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Botts were
born twelve children, six sons and six daughters,
but only five of the number are now living: Ab-
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Ira G. Rhodes, of Brighton, Iowa; Jane, wife of
John Logan, of MeDonough Count}-; and Louisa,
wife of Daniel Barielo, of Nebraska.

When a child of eight years, A. G. Botts ac-
companied his parents on their emigration to Illi-
nois, and was reared upon his father's farm in
Hancock County, remaining at home until twenty-
four years of age. He then started out in life for
himself, and the occupation to which he was
reared he resumed as a means of livelihood. His
school privileges were such as were afforded by
the old-time subscription schools.

On the 8th of October, 1852, Mr. Botts wedded
Sarah J. White, daughter, of Joseph and Maria
(Armstrong) White, natives of Ohio. They be-
came the parents of a family of four sons and two
daughters, the eldest of whom is Robert. Joseph,
who is living on St. Mary's Prairie, married Mrs.
Gould, widow of Lewis Gould and a daughter of
John T. Johnson. Jay married Miss Vernie Can-
non, and lives on the old homestead. Ira is the
next younger. Maria is the wife of Frank Yates,
of Cawker City, Kan., by whom she has the fol-
lowing children: Josie, Ivan, Ollie, Inez, Harry
and Belle. Arabel completes the family, and is
the wife of Robert Cloud, of St. Mary's Prairie.
The mother died June 4, 1890, and Mr. Botts was
again married, November 25, 1892, his second
union being with Mrs. Rachel Crump, widow of
Dr. Morris Crump, and a daughter of Joseph and
Maria (Armstrong) White. She is a member of
the Presbyterian Church, and is a most estimable
lady.

Mr. Botts holds membership with the Farmers'
Alliance. He voted the Republican ticket from
1856 to 1892, since which time he has affiliated
with the People's party. Helms served as Town-
ship Assessor and Treasurer, was Justice of the
Peace two terms, and is now one of the Village
Trustees. Prompt and faithful in the discharge
of his public duties, he has proved an efficient
officer. For fifty-seven years he has been a resi-
dent of Hancock County. When he came here
one could ride for miles across the prairie, with no
fences to intercept his progress. Much of the
land was still in possession of the Government,
and the work of progress and advancement was

largely a labor of the future. Mr. Botts has
always borne his part in the upbuilding of the
county, and well deserves mention among its hon-
ored pioneers.

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(Tames Alexander Anderson, dealer

I in hardware and agricultural implements of
(2/ Hamilton, was born in Botetourt County,
Va., August 11, 1840, and is descended from old
Scotch, Irish, Holland-Dutch and English fam-
ilies. He comes of good old Revolutionary stock,
as no less than eight of his ancestors served the
Colonies as soldiers in their struggle for independ-
ence. On his mother's side he traces his ancestry
back to James Paxton, of County Armagh, Ire-
land, whose ancestors were English, and whose
son, Samuel Paxton, emigrated to America in
early Colonial times, and settled in Pennsylvania,
but afterward removed to Virginia. The latter's
son, Thomas Paxton, married Betsy McClung
for his first wife, and after her death wedded Polly
Woods. William Paxton, a son of Thomas and
Betsy Paxton, was the great-grandfather of the
gentleman whose name heads this notice. He
was a Revolutionary soldier, and married Jean
Grigsby. The Grigsby family removed from
Pennsylvania to Rockbridge County, Va., in
1680. They were of Irish lineage. Elizabeth,
daughter of William and Jean (Grigsby) Paxton,
was the grandmother of Mr. Anderson. She
married Alexander McClure, whose parents came
from old Scotch families, the McClures and Trim-
bles, who settled in Virginia prior to the Revolu-
tion. Mary Ann, the mother of our subject, was
a daughter of Alex and Elizabeth (Paxton) Mc-
Clure, and was born in Rockbridge County, Va.,
three miles from the famous Natural Bridge, in
1813, while her father was serving as a soldier in
the War of 1812.

On his father's side, Mr. Anderson traces his
ancestry to James Anderson, who emigrated from
Scotland and settled in Lancaster, Pa., about
1750. In 1787 the family removed to Botetourt
County, Va. About 1790, James Anderson, son

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of the above, married Ann Shirkey, daughter
of Patrick and Ann (Pogue) Shirkey, the former
a native of Ireland, and the latter of Holland.
Patrick Shirkey served in the War for Independ-
ence James and Ann ( Shirkey) Anderson had a
family of ten children, namely: James, who was
drowned in 1839, in Craig's Creek, near where
that stream empties into the James River; Mar-
garet, who became the wife of Elisha Bollinger,
both being deceased; John, who died at the age
of eighteen years; Elizabeth, who married W. A.
Williamson, and both are deceased; George R.,
who died near Indianapolis, Ind., at the age of
seventy-nine; Sallie, who became the wife of a
Mr. Moten, and both died in Ft. Wayne, Ind.;
Amelia, who is the widow of Thomas Paxton,
and is living near Troy, Iowa; William, who died
in the Confederate service during the Civil War;
Ann, who is the widow of Joseph Lane, of Abing-
don, Va.; and Matthew, who died November 22,
1876. The last-named was the father of our sub-
ject. On the 5th of October, 1839, he wedded
Mary Ann McClure, and they became the parents
of seven children: James Alexander: William P.,
a lumber dealer and farmer of Norcatur, Kan.;
Elizabeth A., the wife of John Daw, a farmer of
Montebello Township, Hancock County; Sallie
G., who died in 1861, at the age of fourteen
years; Mary A., who died in 1874, at the age of
twenty-eight; Emma F., the widow of Harrison
C. Miunick, of Hamilton; and George A., an
attorney-at-law, of Quincy, and a member of the
Fiftieth Congress.

When a lad of thirteen years, James A. Ander-
son left Virginia with his parents, the family emi-
grating to Pendleton, Ind., where they remained
one year. In 1 854, they came to Hancock County,
settling near Basco, where the father purchased a
farm. The educational advantages which our
subject received were limited to those afforded
by the district schools. He pursued his studies
during the winter season, and in the summer
months worked on a farm, aiding in the develop-
ment and cultivation of the land. At the age of
fourteen he began clerking, which he followed for
a year, but at the expiration of that period he re-
turned to the farm, where he continued until the

spring of i860. Attracted by the discovery of
gold at Pike's Peak, he determined to make an
expedition to that place, and with two yoke of
oxen started on the journey. He arrived in Den-
ver on the 23d of May of that year, and thence
went to Fair Play, to the gold mines, where he
remained until the 1st of October. He then went
to New Mexico, and spent the winter near Taos.
On the nth of May, 1861, in company with three
other men, he packed all his possessions on the
back of a Mexican burro, and walked back to
Fair Play, a distance of one hundred and ninety
miles, arriving there nine days after leaving Taos.
On the way back he met with other men who
were also returning, but although they had not a
dollar, they had plenty of provisions, and these
they shared between them, so that when they
reached Fair Play they had neither money nor
food, only their camp utensils. Mr. Anderson then
began to work for other miners who had their
claims opened up, and was thus employed until
he had saved enough to go to work on his own
claim, of which he had obtained possession the
year previous.

There Mr. Anderson continued until August,

1862, when he abandoned mining, and, going to
a place near Denver, became a cow boy. On the
back of a bronco he lived for about sixteen
months, and at length, on the 29th of December,

1863, started home on a visit, reaching his desti-
nation on the 3d of February, 1864. At several
places on the way home he could see evidences of
Indian hostilities, graves of victims, smoking
wagons, etc. This was the outbreak of the Sioux,
Cheyenne and Arrapahoe War. After remaining
at home for a short time and seeing old friends,
Mr. Anderson returned to the West, and through
the influence of William Paxton, the Omaha mil-
lionaire, then a poor man, he took charge of a
mule train across the plains. He made several
trips, and at one time went as far as Ft. Laramie.
On the 24th of June, 1865, he returned to Omaha,
abandoned frontier life, and again went home.
He then took up farming, which he continued
until 1875, when he purchased a half-interest
in Doty & Gordon's store at Basco, succeeding
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est until December 20, 1877, when, on the death
oi' his lather, lie purchased the home farm, selling
his share in the store to his brother William P.
With good success he carried on agricultural
pursuits until August, 188 1, when, in connec-
tion with John Daw, he bought out Alex Watt,
of Elvaston, and carried on general merchandising
until February 5. 1SS9, when he sold out and
came to Hamilton. Here he embarked in business
as a dealer in hardware and agricultural imple-
ments, and still continues the same. In 1890
he built his fine residence in Hamilton, and re-
moved into it on the 3d of December of that year.

Mr. Anderson has been twice married. On the
5th of October, 1875, he wedded Mary E., daugh-
ter of Samuel and Nancy (Lyons) Mourning, who
were natives of Adair County, Ky., but removed
to this State in 1854. The union of the young
couple was blessed with four sons, namely: Matt
Mourning, George Clyde, Frank James and John
Carroll, all of whom are at home. The mother
died August 12, 1885. On the 1st of January,
1889, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Ander-
son and Miss Nellie Jolidon, daughter of Francis
J. and Dorcas (Thompson) Jolidon, who emi-
grated to Illinois in 1S47. Her father's people
were from France, and her mother's from Tennes-
see. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson has been born
a son, Burns Jolidon, born October 27, 1892.

In his political views, our subject is a stanch
Democrat. He has been honored with a number
of local offices, having served as Supervisor of
Bear Creek and Prairie Townships. He was
Chairman of the County Board of .Supervisors
while representing the latter township in 1885.
He was appointed Postmaster of Hamilton in
February, 1894, and on the 19th of March his
appointment was confirmed, and he is now per-
forming the duties of that office. He was made
a Mason, December 10, 1867, in Basco Lodge No.
618, A. !•'. & A. M., in which he served as Wor-
shipful Master for several years, a position which
he also filled in the lodge at Elvaston while he
affiliated there. He also belongs to Tecumseh
Chapter No. 152, R. A. M.; Damascus Commaud-
ery No. 5, K. T., of Keokuk; Montebello Lodge
No. 697, I. O. O. P.; Puckechetuck Encamp

ment No. 7, of Keokuk; and the Modern Wood-
men of America; and he is a charter member of
Rapid City Lodge No. 286, K. P. In religious
belief, he is a Presbyterian. In his various busi-
ness pursuits he has won success, and by a straight-
forward, upright course has gained the confidence
and esteem of a large circle of friends.

(TOHN BLAZER, who for many years followed
I fanning in McDonough County, is now liv-
(2/ ing retired in Macomb, resting in the enjoy-
ment of the fruits of his former toil. He began
life in limited circumstances, but by well-directed,
efforts, energy and perseverance, steadily worked
his way upward and acquired a comfortable com-
petence.

Mr. Blazer was born in Washington County,
Pa., May 12, 1814, and is a son of David and
Sarah (Hoy) Blazer. His father was born on the
old homestead, which came into possession of
George Blazer, the grandfather of our subject,
who obtained it before the Revolution from the
Government. The last-named participated in the
Indian wars, and erected what was known as Dil-
lon's Fort, an old blockhouse, which was built for
protectiou against the red men.

On the 1st of January, 1836, John Blazer and
his brother Charles left the old homestead and
made their way to Steubenville, where they took
a flatboat to Wheeling. At the latter place they
boarded a steamer for St. Louis, and thence went
up the Illinois River on the "Helen Marr" to
Beardstown, where they landed on the 15th of
January. Making their way to Rushville, they
staid for a time with Dr. Teal, an old Revolu-
tionary soldier, and then worked on the farm of
William J. Frazer, a pioneer preacher of Mc
Donough County. As soon as they aecpiired a
sufficient capital, the Blazer brothers purchased a
farm of Saunders Campbell, and the following
year the father brought the other members of the
family to the new home. He survived the re-
moval only six weeks, however, his death here
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him for sometime, and, with two of her children,
removed to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where her death
occurred just after the War of the Rebellion.
Charles Blazer, who accompanied John to Illinois,
afterward went to New Mexico, where he died in
the month of June, 1879.

More than half a century has passed since John
Blazer became a resident of McDonough County,
and with its history he is familiar from almost the
beginning. He has been twice married, his first
union being with Mary Montgomery. The wed-
ding was celebrated February 15, 1852, and they
became the parents of two children. The elder,
James M., was born March 1, 1854, was reared
on the home farm, and in 1874 was graduated
from the Illinois Western University, at Bloom-
ington. For two years thereafter he continued
to aid his father in the cultivation of the home
farm, and in 1875 began the study of law. In
June, 1877, he was admitted to the Bar, and for a
number of years successfully engaged in law prac-
tice in Macomb, but is now engaged in the real-
estate and insurance business in Chicago. He
was married November 20, 1878, to M. Ada
Laughlin, of Bloomington, and they have one
child, Mary L- Charles H., the second son, is
now living in East Liverpool, Ohio. The mother
died when Charles was only six months old.
He was then reared by an aunt in the Buckeye
State. Our subject was again married, on the 19th
of February, 1857, his second union being with
Mary Ann Phillips. Her father, William Phil-
lips, of Columbiana County, Ohio, was a repre-
sentative of a pioneer family of that region. He
was born in England, and when a child of twelve
years came to America with his mother and step-
father, the latter purchasing land where the town
of East Liverpool now stands. Mrs. Phillips was
a member of the Granville family, and was cast
off because she married out of the nobility.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Blazer are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and their lives have
been in harmony with their professions. They
began their domestic life upon a farm, and for
many years the husband gave his time and atten-
tion exclusively to agricultural pursuits. His
land was always under a high state of cultivation,

the fields well tilled, and excellent improvements
indicated to the passer-by that the owner was a
thrifty and enterprising farmer. At length he
left the old home, and, in 1889, came to Macomb,
where he has since lived retired. He has a pleas-
ant residence on South Randolph Street, and still
owns two hundred and fifty acres of valuable land
in Industry Township. His possessions have all
been acquired through his own efforts, and he
may truly be called a self-made man.

In early life, Mr. Blazer was an Abolitionist,
and voted for James G. Birney. Upon the organ-
ization of the Republican party he supported Fre-
mont, and continued to affiliate with that party
for some time, but is now a Prohibitionist. He
served as School Director for many years, and
was also Trustee, but has never been an office-
seeker. The cause of education, however, has
always found in him a friend, and he gave a cor-
ner of his farm on which to build a schoolhouse.
He is a typical and honored pioneer citizen, a man
of integrity and sterling worth, and it with pleas-
ure that we present to our readers this record of
his life.

WILLIAM HUEY, a representative farmer
and valued citizen of Hancock County, re-
sides on section 14, St. Mary's Township.
He was born in Boone County, Ky., October 19,
1832, and is a son of John and Matilda (Rice)
Huey, who were also natives of the same locality.
The father was a farmer by occupation, and in
1834 emigrated to Illinois, accompanied by his
family. He located in Schuyler County, near
Rushville, where he made his home for three
years, and then came to Hancock County, pur-
chasing eighty acres of laud on section 18, St.
Mary's Township. To the original tract he added
from time to time as his financial resources were
increased, until at the time of his death his landed
possessions aggregated six hundred and fifty acres.
The greater part of this was richly improved, and
yielded to him a good income. He lived in St.
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his death occurring in 1872, when more than sixty
years of age. His wife passed away a short time
previous. They held membership with the Mis-
sionary Baptist Church, and for many years Mr.
Huey served as one of its Deacons, filling the of-
fice at the time of his death. He aided in the ex-
pulsion of the Mormons from the county, and held
a number of township offices. He was one of the
honored pioneers and had the confidence and high
regard of all who knew him.

In the Huey family were ten sons and two
daughters, and nine of the number are now living,
namely: Erastus; William; Frances Jane, wife of
Dr. Turner; Robert; Agnes, wife of Reuben Gar-
uett; James; George; Perry and Frederick.

The paternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel
Huey, was a native of Virginia, and removed
thence to Kentucky, becoming one of the pioneer
settlers of Boone County. His death was occas-
ioned by injuries caused by a tree falling upon
him. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812,
and always followed farming as his life work.
The maternal grandfather, Ezekiel Rice, was a
southern gentleman, and for many years followed
farming in Boone County, Ky., where he died at
a ripe old age.

Our subject was only eighteen months old when
he was brought by his parents to Illinois. He was
reared in St. Mary's Township, acquired his ed-
ucation in its common schools, and remained at
home with his parents until after he had attained
his majority. By his first purchase of land he be-
came the owner of a tract on section 14, where he
has since made his home. His farm formerly was
quite extensive, but he gave eighty acres to his
son and has sold a considerable portion, but still
retains possession of one hundred and fifty acres.
This is a valuable tract, which is highly cultivated
and improved, being supplied with all accessories
and conveniences of a model farm.

On the 28th of October, 1855, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. Huey and Miss Margaret,
daughter of Benjamin and Cynthia (Johnson) Tal-
bott, natives of Champaign County, Ohio. Seven
children have been born to them, as follows:
Miriam M., wife of Rev. J. F. Foley, a Baptist
minister, by whom she had two children, one

yet living, William. Mrs. Foley is now deceased.
L,ucy A., Sylvester and Cynthia have also passed
away. Sheridan married Miss Lula Scott, and
they became the parents of two children, one yet
living, Blanche. For his second wife he married
Leona Ruggles, and they make their home in St.
Mary's Township. Alfred Pearlie completes the
family.

Mr. and Mrs. Huey and their two sons are
members of the Baptist Church, and in politics he
is a stalwart Republican. A representative of an
honored pioneer family, he has witnessed almost
the entire development of this county and is one of
its best citizens. He is plain and unostentatious
in manner, but possesses a noble mind, and his
example is well worthy of emulation. Such men
are of inestimable value to a community.

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(JOHN W. SHAFFER is one of the enterpris-
I ing and progressive citizens of Plymouth,
\Z/ and occupies a prominent position in busi-
ness circles. He has been connected with the
commercial interests of this town since 1855, and
since 1869 he has been proprietor of the drug
store which he still carries on. He is also owner
of the brick and tile works of this place, and his
energy and well-directed efforts have done not a
little for the advancement and prosperity of his
adopted city.

Mr. Shaffer was born in Page County, Va.,
near Luray, October 15, 1831, and is a son of
John A. and Mary Catherine (Woods) Shaffer,
who were also natives of the Old Dominion. The
paternal grandfather, who was born in the same
State, was of German descent, and was a black-
smith and farmer by occupation. He served as a
soldier in the War of 181 2, reared a large family,
and lived to an advanced age. The maternal
grandfather, Benjamin Woods, was a forger in a
large iron foundry. He also attained a ripe age.
The father of our subject was a native of Virginia,
but in an early day removed to Ohio, where for
many years he followed farming. His death there
occurred in 1888, at the age of seventy-seven

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years, and his wife passed away in 1889. He
held membership with the Lutheran Church, and
she was a member of the Baptist Church. Their
family numbered eight children, seven of whom are
yet living: John W.; Sarah, wife of Fletcher
Furrow, of St. Paris, Ohio; Rebecca, wife of
James Largent, of Shawnee County, Kan.; Mary
Catherine, wife of John Brown, of Champaign
County, Ohio; Abram, who is living in the same
county; Allen, of Clarke County, Ohio; and
Philip, of Champaign County.

The gentleman whose name heads this record
was in his thirteenth year at the time of his par-
ents' emigration to Ohio. In that State and in
Virginia he acquired his education. When a
young man he learned the carpenter's trade, which
he followed for some years, doing contract work.
With the hope of bettering his financial condi-
tion, he emigrated to Illinois in the autumn of
1855, and located in Plymouth, where he has
made his home continuously since, with the ex-
ception of a few months spent in Galesburg. He
embarked in the lumber business, which he fol-
lowed for some years, and in 1869 bought out the
interest of James Carl in the drug firm of Carl &
Wade. Subsequently he purchased his partner's
interest, and has since been sole proprietor of the
store. He is doing a good business, and receives
a fair share of the public patronage. He is also
engaged in the operation of a brick and tile fac-
tory, and employs from five to ten men.

On the 3d of September, 1854, Mr. Shaffer was
united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Ann
Proctor, daughter of William and Phcebe (Allen)
Proctor, who were natives of Virginia. Ten chil-
dren have been born to them, five sons and five
daughters: Arthur E., who married Abbie Cor-
field; Edgar, now deceased; Theodore, of Wy-
oming, 111., who married Florence Hoagland, by
whom he has a daughter, Grace; Elnora, wife of
David Wade, of Plymouth, by whom she has a
daughter, Florence; Mary and Lillie Florence,
both deceased; MortC, who married Nellie Mi-
chaels, and has a son, Randolph Clinton; Melvin,
at home; Blanche, deceased; and Cecelia, still
at home, who completes the family.

Mr. Shaffer is a member of the Ancient Order

of United Workmen, and his wife belongs to the
Methodist Church. In politics, he is a supporter
of the Democracy, and his fellow-townsmen, ap-
preciating his worth and ability, have called upon
him to fill various offices. He has served as As-
sessor, Collector, Town Clerk and Village Trus-
tee, and is now serving as Township School
Trustee. He owns a good home and other vil-
lage property, and in his business dealings has
met with excellent and well-merited success. He
. has been identified with the best interests and
prosperity of Plymouth since 1855, and is one of
its most substantial citizens.

p>,6)ESLEY WALTON, Sr., who for many
years has engaged in farming, but is now
living a retired life in Plymouth, claims
Kentucky as the State of his nativity. He was
born in Boone County, September 20, 1831, and
is a son of Frederick M. and Emily (Rice) Wal-
ton. This worthy couple were the parents of
eight children, five sons and three daughters, of
whom the following are yet living: Wesley; John,
of Latimer, Kan.; Frances, wife of Charles O.
Walton; Matilda A., wife of S. E- Harnest; and
Simeon M., of Plymouth. William C, of Har-
mony Township, Hancock County, died February
16, 1894.-

The father of this family was born in Virginia.
After residing for some time in Kentucky, he
came to Illinois, in the autumn of 1835, and spent
one winter in Adams County. He then located
two and a-half miles west of Ptymouth, where he
purchased two hundred and forty acres of land,
subsequently placing the same under a high state
of cultivation. He also extended the boundaries
of his farm until it comprised three hundred acres,
and to his children he gave a considerable amount,
helping them all to start in life comfortably. He-
was a generous and kind-hearted man, and the
many excellencies of his character won him high
regard. He held a number of local offices, served
as Supervisor several terms, and was also County
Commissioner. He held membership with the

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Missionary Baptist Church of Plymouth, and

passed away April 10, 1880, at the age of seventy-
one years. His wife still survives him. and is
now living on the old homestead, at the age of
eighty-two. She is also a member of the Mission-
ary Baptist Church. The paternal grandfather,
William Walton, was a native of Virginia, and
one of the honored heroes of the Revolution. He
reared a large family, and followed farming as a
means of livelihood. His death occurred at the
age of four-score years. The maternal grand-
father, Ezekiel Rice, was also a Virginian farmer,
and lived to the age of seventy-five years.

Wesley Walton whose name heads this record
is one of the honored and highly respected citizens
of Plymouth. He was a child of only four years
when his parents came to Illinois, and in this
State he has since made his home. Reared in
Hancock County, its public schools afforded him
his educational privileges. He remained on the
old homestead until twenty -three years of age,
and then continued farming in his own interest,
following that pursuit throughout his business
career. He owns a valuable farm of two hundred
and forty acres, pleasantly located six miles west
of Plymouth, on section 31, St. Mary's Township,
but in 1886 ill health forced him to abandon the
farm, and he has since lived retired in Plymouth.

On the 14th of September, 1854, Mr. Walton was
united in marriage with Miss Martha L. Brown-
ing, daughter of Absalom and Nancy (Davis)
Browning. The lady was to him a faithful com-
panion for many years, but at length they were
separated by death, Mrs. Walton being called to
the home beyond on the 10th of May, 1893, at the
age of fifty-six years. She was a member of the
Christian Church, and a most estimable lady.

Mr. Walton is also a faithful member of the
Christian Church, in which he has served as Elder
for about twenty years, and is one of its active
and untiring workers. His life has always been
an honorable and upright one, and whatever tends
to elevate humanity receives his support. The
cause of temperance finds in him a warm friend,
and he is a member of the Independent Order of
Good Templars. In politics, he is a Republican,
and has served as Tax Collector for one year.

He is numbered among Hancock County's hon-
ored pioneers, having for fifty-eight years resided
within its borders. When a little boy he was one
day found playing with young wolves, thinking
they were puppies, for those wild animals were
very numerous in the locality. He has seen deer
in great herds, and all kinds of wild game could
be obtained in abundance in his y/outh. Much of
the land was still in possession of the Government,
and the work of progress and civilization seemed
scarcely begun in this locality. In the work of
development, Mr. Walton has ever borne his part,
and has felt a commendable interest and just pride
in the growth and upbuilding of the county. He
is plain and unostentatious in manner, kind-
hearted and true, and is highly esteemed by his
neighbors and many friends throughout the
county.

IJJEHEMIAH FRANKUN NEWMAN, who
rY is now living a retired life in Plymouth,
I fo claims New York as the State of his nativ-
ity, his birth having occurred in Delaware Coun-
ty on the 7th of May, 1824. He comes of an
old family of the Empire State, his grandfather,
Abner Newman, having been a New York farm-
er. The latter reared a large family, and there
died at the age of seventy r -eight years. On the
maternal side, our subject is of French descent,
his great-grandfather, a native of France, being
the founder of the family in America. His grand-
father, Jesse Palmer, who was born in New York,
made farming his life occupation, and served as a
soldier in the Revolutionary War. In 1824, he
was called to the home beyond, passing awav at
the age of sixty-six.

The father of our subject, Jonas Newman, was
born in Orange County, N. Y., and he, too, en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits. After arriving at
mature years, he wedded Rebecca Palmer, a na-
tive of Westchester County, N. Y., and they be-
came the parents of four sons and two daughters.
Our subject is now the only surviving member of
the family. The father died at the age of fifty-

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two years, while visiting relatives in Michigan,
and the mother, who survived him two years,
passed away in New York, at the age of fifty-two.

In the usual manner of farmer lads, N. F. New-
man spent the days of his boyhood and youth
in the Empire State. His parents died before he
was sixteen years of age. He learned thecooper's-
trade in his youth, but did not long follow it,
turning his attention to other pursuits. Having
acquired a good education in the public schools,
he engaged in teaching through the winter sea-
son, and in the summer months worked upon a
farm. In 1848, when a young man of twenty-
four, he emigrated westward. He went to Chi-
cago to see the western country, but after a time
he returned to New York, where he remained un-
til 1 85 1. In that year he again came to this
State, and was engaged in teaching school in
Adams County until the autumn of 1855. In the
following spring, he went to California, for it
seemed that he was threatened with consumption,
and he hoped that the western trip would prove
beneficial to his health. After six months spent
upon the Pacific Slope, he returned to Illinois.

Mr. Newman was married October 14, 1858,
to Miss Mary R., daughter of William and Mar-
garet (Kellough) Maxwell. Six children were
born to them, but only one is now living, Wal-
lace Maxwell. The mother passed away June 6,
1867, and Mr. Newman was again married, April
14, 1869, his second union being with Miss Alida
Chamberlain, daughter of William and Mary
(Doau) Chamberlain, natives of New York.
There were born to them three children, only
one of whom, Jennie P., the wife of John W.
Ralston, now survives. The son, Wallace, mar-
ried Miss Laura E. Carr, and is a stenographer.
Four children grace this union, Mary M.,
Florence A., Carl M. and Sarah Louise.

About 1858, Mr. Newman whose name heads
this record embarked in the livery business, and
later engaged in farming west of Plymouth for a
short time. He then purchased fifty acres of
land in McDonough County, but subsequently re-
turned to Plymouth, where he again engaged in the
livery business, and for a year or more carried on
general merchandising. His next venture was as

a lumber dealer, and for a number of years he
successfully carried on operations along that line,
but in 1 88 1 he laid aside business cares, and is
now living a retired life, enjoying the rest which
he has so truly earned and so richly deserves. In
politics, he is a Prohibitionist, and his wife is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Newman are held in the highest re-
gard throughout the community, where they
have many friends and acquaintances.

[TSTA BIDWELL, who is now
jO business as a dealer in agricultural imple-
I ments at Plymouth, has for thirty-nine years
been a resident of this locality, and has therefore
witnessed the greater part of Hancock County's
development. He was born in Madison County,
Ohio, on the 19th of December, 1830. His grand-
father, Joseph Bidwell, was a native of New York,
and, having studied medicine, engaged in the
practice of his chosen profession near Cleveland,
Ohio, for many years. His death occurred in
that locality at an advanced age. Russell Bid-
well, father of our subject, was also born in the
Empire State, and became a stock-dealer. In
an early day he removed to Ohio, locating near
Cleveland, and in 1837 he entered Government
land in Illinois. Subsequently, however, he re-
turned to the Buckeye State, where his death oc-
curred soon after. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Mar}- Blout, survived him less than a
year. She was probably a native of Virginia,
and was a member of the Episcopal Church.
Their family numbered seven children, five sons
and two daughters, but our subject is now the
only survivor. One son died in the Mexican
War, and one in the late Civil War.

Esta Bidwell, the well-known and highly-re-
spected citizen of Plymouth, was reared on a farm
in his native State, and acquired his education in
its public schools. Believing that better oppor-
tunities were afforded in the West, he came to Ill-
inois in 1848, at the age of eighteen, and took
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he made his home until 1855, when he came to
Plymouth. Here he has since resided, and with
the best interests of the community he has always
been identified. At the age of fourteen he began
learning the blacksmith's trade, and in the years
which have since come and gone has steadily fol-
lowed that vocation. Being an expert workman,
and slighting no task entrusted to him, he soon
secured a liberal patronage, which has constantly
increased and yielded to him a good income. Be-
fore coming to Plymouth, he was for several years
connected with the Canton Plow Manufacturing
Company, and after his arrival in this village,
he was extensively engaged in the manufacture
of plows at this place for some years. He now
carries a full line of plows and agricultural imple-
ments, and enjoys a fine trade.

In 185 1 Mr. Bidwell married Miss Hannah
Whaley, and by their union have been born nine
children, four sons and five daughters. Mary
Effie became the wife of Erasmus Ellis, and to
them were born two children, but both the chil-
dren and the father are now deceased. William
H. and Thomas L. have also passed away. Liz-
zie B. is the wife of Mort Monk, of Plymouth.
Ann Eliza became the wife of George Ralston, by
whom she had a son, Blaine, and after the death
of her first husband she married Samuel Talbot,
by whom she has two children. John J. married
Emma Mourning, and they have one son, Hugh.
Homer L. is now studying medicine in Chicago.
Hattie, twin sister of Homer, is the wife of Charles
McLaren, of Macomb, and they have three chil-
dren. Charlotte completes the family.

Hannah (Whaley) Bidwell, wife of Esta Bid-
well, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., and is a
daughter of Henry Whaley and Effie Ramsay.
Her paternal grandfather was a Scotchman. On
the mother's side she is connected with the G rants,
and is a distant relative of the hero of Appomat-
tox. She came to Illinois at two years of age,
and resided at Canton, Fulton County, until her
marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. Bidwell are faithful and consist-
ent members of the Presbyterian Church, in which
he has served as an Elder for many years. They
have a pleasant home in Plymouth, and in addi-

tion to this he owns several business houses here,
and eighty-five acres of good farming land in Mc-
Donough County. In politics, he is a Republi-
can, and has served as a member of the Village
Board for several terms. Ever alive to the best
interests of the town, and ready to aid in its pro-
motion, he has done all in his power to bring it
back from the dilapidation into which it had fallen
during Mormon times. He is recogniztd as one
of its valued and substantial citizens, well worthy
of representation in this volume.

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(TAMES M. PACE, proprietor of the Williams
I House of Macomb, is so well known through -
Q) out MeDonough County that he needs no
special introduction to our readers. He was
born in Scotland Township, on the 29th of June,
1 86 1, and is a son of George W. and Sallie
(Sweeney) Pace, a sketch of whom appears else-
where in this work. His parents removed to Ma-
comb when he was only a year old. When he
attained a sufficient age he entered the public
schools, and there continued his studies until he
graduated from the High School of this city in
1879. Mr. Pace then took up the study of med-
icine under the direction of Dr. Garretson, of Ma-
comb, but abandoning this he turned his attention
to school teaching, which profession he followed
for fourteen years, being Principal of the Prairie
City Schools for seven consecutive years. He
was a capable instructor and very successful, as is
shown by his long-continued service in the above-
mentioned place.

In 1S92, our subject came to Macomb and
joined his father and brother Henry in the groc-
ery business. He still owns an interest in their
store, which is one of the leading establishments
of the kind in the county seat. On the 6th of
March, 1893, he and his father and brother leased
the hotel known as the Williams House, and he
is now acting as its landlord. This is the most
popular hotel in the city, and is a favorite with the
traveling public. Mr. Pace looks after the inter-

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ests and comfort of his guests, and has therefore
secured a liberal patronage, which is well merited.

On the 4th of October, 1883, was celebrated the
marriage of our subject and Miss Lyde Jennings,
daughter of James M. and Catherine (Davis)
Jennings. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and
her father is now deceased. One child blesses
this union, a daughter, Lona Zoe. They have a
pleasant home in Macomb, and are both widely
and favorably known, their friends being many in
the community.

Mr. Pace also has other city property. He
has made his own way in life, and his success
therefore is the just reward of his own labors.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the
Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
Modern Woodmen of America. He is quite in-
terested in civic societies, and is a leading member
of these various organizations. In politics, he is
a Republican, and is now serving as clerk of the
City School Board. The cause of education has
always found in him a warm friend, one ever
ready to aid in its advancement and progress.

0AYID P. COFFMAN is one of the prominent
and influential citizens of Augusta, and the
high position he occupies in business and so-
cial circles is well merited, for his life has been an
upright and honorable one. He is now serving
as Supervisor, and is successfully engaged in gen-
eral merchandising. Being both widely and fav-
orably known in Hancock County, we feel as-
sured that the record of his life will prove of in-
terest to many of our readers.

Mr. Coffman is a native of Jacksonville, 111.,
born December 4, 1835. On the father's side he
comes of an old Virginian family, which was
founded in that State at an early day. His grand-
father died in the Old Dominion at an advanced
age. His father, Philip Coffman, was born in
Virginia, and throughout his business career fol-
lowed general merchandising. In 1828 he came
to Illinois, locating in Jacksonville, where he
opened a store and carried on business for many

years.. His death occurred in that city in 1869,
at the age of seventy. He married Miss Susan
Eckels, a native of Kentucky, whose father spent
his entire life in that .State. Mrs. Coffman died
many years previous to the death of her husband.
Both were faithful and consistent members of the
Christian Church, and the father served as one of
its Elders for twenty years. Their family num-
bered eight children, four sons and four daugh-
ters, but only two are now living: our subject
and Catherine, wife of Robert C. Bruce, of Jack-
sonville.

David P. Coffman made his home in his native
city until twenty-eight years of age. In its pub-
lic schools he acquired a good education, and re-
ceived good business training in his father's store,
where he acted as clerk. At the age of twenty-
five he was married, on the 1st of October, i860,
the lad)- of his choice being Miss Helen M. Stark,
daughter of James and Man- Jane (York) Stark,
of Augusta. They have became the parents of
six children: Joseph H., who married Miss Fan-
nie Leach; Susan, wife of James Working, of
Grant City, Mo., by whom she has two children,
Sarah Helen and James Paul; James S. ; Mary H. ;
Anna K. and David P., all of whom are still at
home.

Mr. Coffman has been engaged in general mer-
chandising in Augusta since February, 1864, at
which time he became a member of the firm of
J. & G. Stark. In 1889 he bought out his part-
ners and associated with him his sons, Joseph H.
and James S., under the firm name of D. P. Coff-
man & Sons, and now carries on a growing and
prosperous business. In 1 842 James Stark came to
Augusta and founded what is probably the oldest
store in the county. Mr. Coffman also owns
good farming land in Hancock County, and a
pleasant home and business property in Augusta.
Prosperity has attended his well-directed efforts,
and he is now numbered among the substantial
citizens of the community.

In his political views, Mr. Coffman is a Repub-
lican. Socially, he is a Knight Templar Mason,
and for many years he has been a member of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. Both Mr.
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Christian Church, and in church and benevolent
work take an active interest. He has served as
Elder for many years, and does all in his power
for the growth and upbuilding of the church.
His life is in harmony with his profession, and
he is recognized as one of Augusta's most highly -
respected citizens.

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0AVID KEMP, who follows general farming
on section 9, Chili Township, Hancock
County, is a native of the Keystone State,
his birth having occurred in Washington County
on the 10th of May, [844. His parents were
Matthew and Nancy ( Peoples 1 Kemp, both of
whom were natives of Ireland. On the Emerald
Isle the father spent the days of his childhood,
and when a young man, bidding adieu to friends
and native land, sailed for the New World. Set-
tling upon a farm in Pennsylvania, he there car-
ried on agricultural pursuits until 1853, when he
came to the West, hoping thereby to improve his
financial condition. He took up his residence
upon a farm in Adams Count)-, where he made
his home until 1S66, when he went to Iowa. His
death occurred in the Hawkeye State at the age
ot sixty-two, and his wife passed away in Penn-
sylvania at the age of forty years.

David Kemp, our subject, was reared upon the
"Id home farm until eighteen years of age, but on
the breaking out of the Civil War he was no longer
content to follow the plow, for he felt that his
country needed him at the front. Bidding adieu
to home and friends, he enlisted, and was assigned
to Company B, Fiftieth Illinois Infantry, in which
he served for about four years, or after the South
had laid down its arms. He participated in the
engagements at Pittsburg Landing, Corinth,
Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson and Beutonville. He
escaped without being wounded or taken pris-
oner, but on several different occasions the bullets
penetrated his clothing.

After being mustered out, Mr. Kemp came to
Hancock County, and went to work by the day
in the harvest fields. During the succeeding win-
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ter he worked by the month as a farm hand, and
in the spring of 1866 he began farming for him-
self on rented land. At length, when he had ac-
quired sufficient capital, he purchased a partially
improved farm in Chili Township. That he af-
terwards sold, and in 1890 bought the farm on
which he now resides. It is a valuable tract of
land of two hundred and forty acres, under a high
state of cultivation, and well improved with good
buildings and with all modern accessories and
conveniences. In connection with general farm-
ing he carries on stock-raising, making a specialtv
of fine hogs.

On the 5th of April, 1866, Mr. Kemp wedded
Miss Mary J. Cannon, a native of Brown County,
III. Seven children have been born to them:
Eva A., at home; Aldo L. , a farmer of Chili
Township, Hancock County; Thomas R., Melvin
D., Elbert William, Clarence C. and Marcus E.,
all of whom are still with their parents.

On all epiestions of national importance, Mr.
Kemp is a stalwart Republican, and by his ballot
supports that party, but at local elections where
no issue is involved he votes independent of
party affiliations. Socially, he is connected with
Tobias Cutler Post No. 428, G. A. R., of Bowen.
He and his estimable wife hold membership with
the Methodist Church, and are highly respected
people of the community, who have a large circle
of warm friends.

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SEORGE WASHINGTON YETTER owns
and operates a valuable farm of four hundred
acres on section 15. Carthage Township,
Hancock County. As he is both widely and fa-
vorably known in this community, we feel assured
that the record of his life will be interesting to
many of our leaders, and therefore gladly give it
a place in this volume. He was born in Lancas-
ter County, l'a., on the 26th of January, 1835,
and is a son of William G. Yetter, who was also a
native of the Keystone State, and of German de-
scent. The mother of our subject bore the maid-
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children, three sons and six daughters: Caroline,
widow of James Booze; Samuel, a farmer of
Carthage; Mary A. and Amanda, both deceased;
Calvin, a resident of California; George W.; Sa-
rah, wife of J. R. Goodrich, of this township;
Margaret, the widow of James Russell, now re-
siding in Carthage; and Matilda, who died in child-
hood.

Mr. Yetter whose name heads this sketch was
only two years old at the time of the emigration
of his parents from Pennsylvania to Illinois. The
trip westward was made by water and team.
Amid the wild scenes of the frontier George W.
was reared to manhood, and early became famil-
iar with the hardships and difficulties, as well as
the pleasures, known only to pioneer life. His
education was acquired in the subscription schools,
which were held in a log schoolhouse, to which
he had to walk a distance of three miles. He
continued his studies at various intervals, mostly
in the winter season, until sixteen years of age.
During the summer months he was always em-
ployed at farm work, for he began his labors in
the fields as soon as old enough to handle the
plow. At the age of eighteen he began working
in his own interest, but continued at home for a
year as a farm hand. He then began learning
the carpenter' s trade, but followed this for only
about six months, when, tiring of his new voca-
tion, he returned to farm work and was employed
by the month for a year.

On the 22d of December, 1862, was celebrated
the marriage of Mr. Yetter and Miss Mary Briley.
To them have been born five children, and the
family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of
death. Calvin and Louis follow farming in Han-
cock County; William is at home; Elizabeth is
the wife of Ashford Perry, a resident farmer of
Carthage Township; and Stella is the wife of
Charles Kimbrough, a farmer of Carthage Town-
ship.

After his marriage Mr. Yetter rented land and
engaged in farming in his own interest. He made
his first purchase in 1865, when he bought eighty
acres of the farm on section 1 5 where he yet re-
sides. To this he has added from time to time,
until the farm now comprises four hundred acres,

and elsewhere he owns a tract of fifty acres. This
is all valuable land, and the greater part of it is
under a high state of cultivation, his pleasant
home being situated in the midst of well-tilled
fields, which indicate to the passer-by the thrift and
enterprise of the owner. Mr. Yetter also engages
in stock-raising, and has found this branch of his
business likewise profitable.

In his political views, Mr. Yetter is a stalwart
Republican, who warmly advocates the principles
of his party, and keeps well informed on the issues
of the da> r . He has served as Commissioner of
Highways, and for twenty-one years has filled the
office of School Director. The cause of education
has found in him a warm friend, and he has done
effective service in its interest. He is always
found in the front rank, ready to aid in the promo-
tion of all worthy enterprises. Socially, he is
connected with the Mutual Aid Society, and, re-
ligiously, with the Methodist Church.

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(Tames rupple Goodrich, who carries

I on general farming and stock-raising on sec-
\Zs tion 23, Carthage Township, Hancock Coun-
ty, was born on the 30th of August, 1830, in
Greenbrier County, Va. His father, Misheck
Goodrich, was born in Massachusetts, and was of
English descent. He married Rebecca Ruddle,
and they became the parents of fourteen children,
five sons and nine daughters, all of whom grew
to mature years. They were: Diana, who mar-
ried Christopher Artz, and is deceased; Susanna
and Sarah, who reside in California; George,
Elizabeth, Tirzah and Marilla, who are deceased ;
James R. , the next in order of birth; Amanda, the
wife of William Raleigh, of Chicago, 111. ; Har-
riet, deceased; Robert and John, residents of San
Francisco, Cal. ; Ellen, who is dead; and Charles,
the youngest, who is fanning in Carthage Town-
ship.

The father of this family emigrated westward
in 1839, making the journey by team, and located
on a part of the farm upon which our subject now
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from a soldier of the War of 1S12, paying for it
$1.25 per acre. It was located on section 23,
Carthage Township, and was wild prairie land, no
improvements having been made thereon. After
a time Mr. Goodrich built a log cabin upon his
farm, and in true pioneerstyle began life in the
West. He devoted his time and attention to the
cultivation of his land, and made his home upon
his farm until his death, which occurred on the
24th of December, 1880, at the advanced age of
eighty-six years. He was laid to rest in Frank-
lin Cemetery. With the Christian Church he
held membership, and in politics he was a Dem-
ocrat. His wife, who was born in 1797, survived
him fur a few years and died in 188S. She was a
faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and was buried in the same cemetery as
her husband.

James R. Goodrich was only in his ninth year
at the time the family came to Hancock County.
On the journey he walked across the Alleghany
Mountains and carried a rifle. The history of
pioneer life in this locality is familiar to him. He
grew to manhood amid the wild scenes of the
frontier, and acquired his education in the old-
time subscription schools, which were held in a
log schoolhouse. There he pursued his studies
at intervals until eighteen years of age, but his
advantages were not of the best, and he is largely
a self-educated man. He aided in the arduous
duties of opening up a new farm, breaking prairie,
and cultivating hitherto unimproved fields. To
his father he gave the benefit of his services un-
til twenty-three years of age, when he rented a
part of the old homestead. This he operated for
a few years, when, with the capital he had ac-
quired as the result of his industry and persever-
ance, he purchased fort}- acres of land, a part of
his present farm. He now has eighty-two acres
under a high state of cultivation and well im-
proved.

In March, 1854, Mr. Goodrich married Miss
Sarah Yetter, and by their union have been born
ten children, namely: William, who lives in Car-
thage; Mary, deceased; Matilda, wife of William
White; Eliza, wife of Silas Stowe; Lydia, wife 01
Alvin Swing; George, a farmer of Harmony

Township; John, who is farming in St. Mary's
Township; Harvey, who is farming with his
brother George; Anna, the wife of Edward Fletch-
er, a farmer of Harmony; and Susie, who is with
her parents.

Mr. Goodrich is a member of the Methodist
Church and takes an active interest in church
and benevolent work. In politics, he is a Demo-
crat, and has served as School Director. For
about fifty-five years he has resided in Hancock
County, and has witnessed the greater part of its
upbuilding. He has seen the wild lands trans-
formed into beautiful homes and farms, towns and
villages spring up, and has aided the progressive
civilization which has made this one of the lead-
ing counties of the State. In the work of up-
building and development he has ever borne his
part, and well deserves mention among the hon-
ored pioneers who were the founders of the coun-
ty and to whom much of her prosperity is due.

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gENJAMIN BURWELL BUTLER, who car-
ries on general farming and stock-raising on
section 34, Harmony Township, Hancock
County, where he owns and operates a good farm
of two hundred and ten acres, was born in Todd
County, Ky., February 7, 1824. His father,
Collier Butler, was a native of Virginia, and was of
Irish descent. The mother bore the maiden name
of Nancy Hale. Both parents died in Kentucky,
and our subject is the only surviving member in
the family of ten children. Those who have
passed away are James, Martha, Lucy, Sarah,
Needham, Poll)-, Elliott, Andrew and Rebecca.
Midst play and work our subject spent his boy-
hood days upon the old home farm in his native
State. The subscription schools of the neighbor-
hood afforded him his educational privileges. His
was not "the flowery path of learning," for he
had to walk about four miles to school, and then
could attend only through the winter season, for
his sen-ices were needed at home through the
summer months. He early began work in the
fields, plowing, planting and harvesting, and ere

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many years no department of farm work was un-
known to him. He began life for himself on at-
taining his majority, but remained at home until
1850, when he bade adieu to friends and native
State and in April of that year came to Illinois.
The trip was made by team. On reaching Han-
cock County, he settled in Pilot Grove Township,
where he rented land for two years. On the ex-
piration of that period he removed to Harmony
Township, where he rented land until 1865, when
with the capital he had acquired through his la-
bors he purchased a tract of one hundred and
forty acres. Later he purchased two hundred
acres, upon which he lived until 1869, when he
removed to his present farm, buying a tract of
two hundred acres on section 34, Harmony
Township.

On the 20th of April, 1850, Mr. Butler married
Miss Amanda Black, daughter of James and Mary
(Martin) Black, both of whom were natives of
Virginia. In early life, however, they removed
to Kentucky. On the paternal side the family is
of German and Irish origin. Mrs. Butler was
one of eight children, namely: William, of Cali-
fornia, who formerly engaged in prospecting,
mining and stock-raising, but is now living a re-
tired life; Amanda, wife of our subject; Joseph, a
resident farmer of Brown County, 111.; John, de-
ceased; Esther, who died in infancy; Henry, who
is engaged in the real-estate business in the city
of Oklahoma; Charlie, an agriculturist of Ottawa
County, Mo. ; and Barbara, now deceased. Mr.
Black came to Hancock County in 1850, and both
he and his wife spent their last days in this lo-
cality.

Four children have been born of the union of
Mr. and Mrs. Butler, as follows: Mary, wife of
D. C. Barber, a resident of Denver, 111.; Henry,
who died in Newton, Kan., November*2g, 1893;
Nancy, wife of Paul Bowen, Principal of the pub-
lic schools of Alameda, Cal. ; and Eva, wife of
Charlie Davis, a farmer of Chili Township.

In his political views, Mr. Butler has always
been a supporter of Democratic principles, and
has held the offices of Road Commissioner and
School Director. He and his wife hold membership
with the Christian Church, and are actively in-

terested in its work and upbuilding. His busi-
ness career has been one of success, and although
he started out in life a poor boy, he has steadily
worked his way upward, and now occupies a posi-
tion among the substantial farmers of the county.
He is a man of sterling worth and strict integrity,
and those who know him esteem him highly.

y HO MAS HARDY, who resides on section 9,
f C Harmony Township, is one of the extensive
\2) land-owners of Hancock County, his pos-
sessions aggregating between six hundred and
seven hundred acres. This has all been acquired
through his own efforts, and the improvements
thereon stand as monuments to his thrift and en-
terprise. He is a type of a self-made man, who
through energy and well-directed efforts has ac-
quired a handsome property, and won a place
among the wealthy citizens of his adopted county.
Mr. Hardy was born near Mendou, Adams
County, 111., June 11, 1833, and is a son of Bap-
tist and Tamer (Pallerson) Hardy. His father
was a native of Tennessee, and was of Ger-
man descent; and his mother, who was born in
North Carolina, was of Irish lineage. By occu-
pation the former was a farmer. He grew to
manhood in his native State, was there married,
and continued to make his home in Tennessee
until 1829, when he emigrated with his family to
Illinois, making the journey by team. He lo-
cated in Morgan County, but in the spring of 1830
removed to Adams County. The following year
he entered from the Government a tract of prairie
and timber land, and upon the farm which he
there developed he made his home throughout
his remaining days. He was very successful in
his business dealings, and his prosperity is well
deserved. At an early age he was thrown upon
his own resources, and began to earn his own live-
lihood. He lived frugally, was industrious and
enterprising, and by his well-directed efforts he
not only won a comfortable home, but became
the owner of extensive landed possessions. He is
numbered among the honored pioneers of that

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locality, for he came to this State when the Indi-
ans were still in the neighborhood, and when
Quincy was the nearest trading-post. In politics,
he was a Democrat, and served as the first Super-
visor of Keene Township, Adams County. He
also held other local offices. In his religious be-
lief he was a Baptist. His death occurred in 1872,
at the age of sixty-five years, and his wife passed
away in 1875, when about the same age.

The Hardy family numbered nine children, four
sons and five daughters: Sarah, wife of Jackson
Witt; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Fletcher; Thomas,
of this sketch ; Nancy, wife of Henry W. Strick-
ler; Joseph, who is living on the old homestead in
Adams County; Frank M.; Louisa, wife of Jack-
son Harris; Mary M., wife of William Felder;
and Baptist. All are yet living and have families
of their own.

Mr. Hard\- whose name heads this notice was
reared on his father's farm in Adams County, and
attended the district schools of the neighborhood
until twenty-one years of age, thus acquiring a
good English education. When twenty-two years
of age he began business for himself, and was en-
gaged in teaching through the two succeeding
winters. He then took up the occupation to
which he had been reared, and carried on farming
in other localities until the spring of i860, when
he located upon the farm which has since been his
home. His first purchase comprised a quarter-
section of land, but only fifty acres had been
broken, and a small house constituted the im-
provements upon the place. He at once began
the development of the farm, and as his financial
resources were increased he extended its bound-
aries from time to time. He owns nearly seven
hundred acres, and with the exception of about
ten acres the entire amount is in Harmony Town-
ship. The improvements upon the farm have all
been placed there by Mr. Hard)-. These include
a good residence, barns and outbuildings, and all
the accessories and conveniences which go to make
up a farm that meets the requirements of modern
civilization.

On the 24th of February, 1858, Mr. Hardy was
united in marriage with Miss Margaret S. Rog-
ers, a native of the Empire State. To them have

been born twelve children, four sons and eight
daughters: Zuleika, Margaret T. (who died in
infancy), Emma F., Clement V., Baptist, Sarah
E., Delia, Mary J., Thomas, Martha E., Joseph
and Louisa. In politics, Mr. Hardy has always
been a supporter of Democratic principles. He
has served as Assessor of his township, and for
many years has been a School Director. He is a
member of the Baptist Church, and his well-spent
life has gained for him the confidence and esteem
of all with whom business or social relations have
brought him in contact. He is widely known
throughout Hancock County, and his friends and
acquaintances are many.

(TAMES M. GROVES, a blacksmith and dealer
I in agricultural implements in Plymouth, was
(2/ born in Licking County, Ohio, November
27, 1840, and is a son of Richard T. and Susan
(Evans) Groves, who were natives of Virginia.
The paternal grandfather was also a native of
Virginia, and served as a soldier in the War of
1812, as did the maternal grandfather. He, too,
was born in Virginia, and there engaged in hotel-
keeping for some time. Richard T. Groves was
one of a family of eight sons and two daughters.
In an early day he removed to Ohio, and in 1858
emigrated to Mercer County, Mo., settling near
Princeton, where he spent the remainder of his
life. His death occurred in 1872, at the age of sev-
enty-two years, and his wife passed away only a
few days previous. They were both members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their lives
were in harmony with their professions. Mr.
Groves served as one of the church officers for
several years, and while living in Ohio he served
as Deputy Sheriff. In the family were three sons
and two daughters: John C, of Richland County,
111.; Mary Jane, wife of William Bridge, of Mer-
cer County, Mo.; James M., of this sketch; Dan-
iel H., of Mercer County; and Leah C, wife of
Charles Booth, of the same count).

In the usual manner of farmer lads our subject
spent the days of his boyhood and youth. His

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educational privileges were those afforded by the
common schools. He was reared as an agricul-
turist, but, not wishing to follow that pursuit, he
learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he
worked until after the breaking out of the late
war. In 1862 he enlisted in his country's service
as a member of Company A, Seventy-eighth Illi-
nois Infantry', aiding in the defense of the Union
until June, 1865, when, the war having closed,
he was honorably discharged. He was twice
slightly wounded in skirmishes, and at the battle
of Chickamauga he received a very severe wound.
He took part in the engagements at Kennesaw
Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Rome,
Jonesboro, Chickamauga and Bentonville, and
went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the
sea. He also participated in the Grand Review in
Washington, and received his discharge in the
Capitol City.

Before entering the service, Mr. Groves was
married to Miss Elmira B. Myers, daughter of
Jacob and Harriet (Wagle) Myers, the former a
native of New York, and the latter of Pennsyl-
vania. They have become the parents of seven
children. James Madison married Miss Clara
Black, and with their two children, Ida and Pearl,
they are now living in Plymouth. Ida May and
Freddie both died when about two years of age.
Hattie, Maude, Charles and Ernest complete the
family.

On his return from the South, Mr. Graves lo-
cated in Birmingham, Schuyler County, 111., pur-
chasing a farm of eighty -five acres, to the devel-
opment and cultivation of which he devoted his
energies until 1876. He then embarked in busi-
ness as a bridge contractor, and carried on business
along that line for about eight years. He is now
doing business in Plymouth as a blacksmith and
dealer in agricultural implements, and along both
lines of trade receives liberal patronage, which is
well deserved. In addition to his business, he
owns a good residence in Plymouth. Socially, he
is a member of Plymouth Lodge No. 246, A. F.
& A. M.; the Odd Fellows' society; and Augusta
Post, G. A. R. In politics, he is a stalwart
Republican, and while in Birmingham served as
Constable, Commissioner and Collector. His suc-

cess in business is due to his own efforts. He
started out in life empty-handed, but by industry,
perseverance and enterprise has steadily worked
his way upward, securing a comfortable compe-
tence.

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"TRASTUS HUEY now follows farming on
'j section 17, St. Mary's Township, Hancock
__ County. The name of Huey is inseparably
connected with the history of this community, for
the family of our subject came here in early pio-
neer days, and its members have borne a promi-
nent part in the work of advancement and public
improvement. His parents, John and Matilda
(Rice) Huey, were both natives of Boone County,
Ky., and came of old southern families, of whom
further mention is made in connection with the
sketch of William Huey, on another page of this
work. The father was one of twelve children,
and was reared as a farmer. Throughout life he
followed agricultural pursuits, and for main- years
was a leading farmer of this locality. He came
to Illinois in 1833, and after three years spent in
Schuyler County, took up his residence in Hancock
County, where his remaining days were passed.
All who knew him respected him for his sterling
worth and excellencies of character, and his death,
which occurred at the age of seventy-two years,
was deeply mourned by many friends. His wife,
a most estimable lady, passed away four years
previous, dying at the age of sixty-two. Of
their family of ten sons and two daughters, the fol-
lowing are yet living: Erastus; William; Frances,
wife of Dr. James H. Turner; Robert, of Mc-
Donough County; Agnes, wife of Reuben Garnett;
James, of St. Mary's Township; Perry C. and
George, who also live in the same township; and
Frederick Gilmore, of Clarke County, Mo.

Our subject was a lad of six summers when,
with his parents, he became a resident of this lo-
cality. Upon the old Huey farm he was reared,
and his entire life has been passed within four
miles of his present home. When a young man
he studied medicine, but never engaged in the
practice of his profession, preferring to follow the

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pursuit with which he had been familiar from
earliest boyhood. After arriving at years of ma-
turity, he began farming in his own interest, and
his well-directed efforts have been crowned with
success, for he is now owner of two hundred acres
of valuable land, constituting one of the finest
farms of the township.

Mr. Huey was joined in wedlock February 1,
1858, with Martha Susan Dale, daughter of Luns-
ford Dale, a native of Kentucky. Seven children
have been born to them. Ida is the wife of I. N.
Jeffries, by whom she has two children, Ormer
and Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries make their home
with her father. John R., who married Miss
Helen Holbert, by whom he has three children,
resides near Colmar, in McDonough County.
William E. married Miss Ryle, and is located in
Hancock County. Fannie is the wife of Walter
Cannon, and they live on a farm in St. Mary's
Township with their daughter Nellie. Walter and
Olivia are yet at home; and one child died in in-
fancy. The mother died June 10, 1891, in the faith
of the Baptist Church, of which she was a member.
Mr. Huey belongs to the same church, as do his
brother and three of his children. In politics, he
is a Democrat, but has never been an office-seeker.
He came to Hancock County fifty-seven years ago,
when it was an unbroken wilderness, and when
there were only three houses between his father's
home and Carthage. He has taken a just pride
in the growth and development of his adopted
county, and by his support and co-operation he
has aided in its advancement and upbuilding.

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(ILLIAM FIELDING BAYNE, M. D., has
for nearly half a century been engaged in
the practice of medicine in Macomb, and
for many years has been numbered among the
most prominent physicians of McDonough Coun-
ty. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., on the
2d of January, 1827, and is a son of William and
Barbara (Blankenbaker) Bayne, the former a na-
tive of Culpeper County, Va., and the latter of
Bourbon County, Ky. His maternal grandfa-

ther, Nicholas Blankenbaker, was one of the
heroes of the Revolution who served under
Washington during the struggle for indepen-
dence. The Bayne family was founded in Amer-
ica about 1660, by five brothers of that name,
natives of Scotland, who crossed the Atlantic and
settled along the Potomac. The representatives
of the family in America are their descendants.
The grandfather of our subject bore the name of
George Bayne.

The Doctor's father, William Bayne, followed
the vocation of farming throughout the greater
part of his life, and was quite successful as an
agriculturist. At length he left Kentucky to be-
come a resident of the new State of Illinois. The
journey hither was made by wagon, and the
territory through which they passed was so un-
improved that in order to cross the streams they
had to build rafts on which to float their goods
across. They first took up their residence in
Adams County, and thence removed to Han-
cock County, settling near Augusta, where the
father died in 1854. In the family were nine
children, of whom six grew to mature years,
while three of the number are yet living, the Doc-
tor and two sisters.

In the usual manner of farmer lads William F.
Bayne spent the days of his boyhood and youth.
He remained under the parental roof until he had
attained his majority, when, wishing to engage in
some other pursuit than that of farming, he be-
gan working at the carpenter's trade. With
a view to entering the medical profession and
making its practice his life work, he began study-
ing with Dr. G. H. Young, of Adams County,
and when he had become quite proficient he
opened an office in Barry, Pike County. This
was in March, 1854. In the following September
he came to Macomb, where he has since engaged
in practice, with the exception of that period
which he spent among the boys in blue during
the late war.

Dr. Bayne has been twice married. He first
wedded Martha Herndon, who survived their
marriage a little less than a year. On the 24th
of October, 1854, he wedded Lydia J. Fream,
who has been to him a faithful companion and

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helpmeet on life's journey. They became the
parents of seven children, but only two are now
living, George Grant, and Nellie May, wife of
Frank Knight, who follows farming near Ma-
comb.

After the breaking out of the late war, the
Doctor expressed a wish to enter the sen-ice, and
his wife loyally responded that if he felt his coun-
try needed him, and that it was his duty to go,
she would put forth no effort to prevent it. He
enlisted on the 2d of August, 1861, and became
Captain of Company B, Tenth Missouri Infan-
try. He was engaged in service in Missouri,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, and partici-
pated in the battles of Corinth, Iuka, Jackson,
Champion Hill, Thompson Hill and Vicksburg.
At the battle of Corinth a piece of his ear was
shot away. On the 26th of June, 1863, Capt
Bayne resigned on account of failing health, and
crossed the mountains in the hope of being bene-
fited thereby. He was greatly improved, and
during his western trip his weight was increased
from one hundred and twenty-nine to one hun-
dred and eighty-four pounds. He returned home
in the fall of 1864.

Dr. Bayne is one of the most prominent citizens
of Macomb, and has been closely identified with
its upbuilding and development for half a cen-
tury. He has aided in the promotion of a num-
ber of its leading enterprises, and thus added
materially to the prosperity of the city. He was
one of the leading factors in the organization of
the Tile and Sewer Pipe Works, and is now Presi-
dent of the company, which position he has held
for eleven years, having been elected in 1883.
This is an important industry, which constantly
employs from forty to sixty-five men. Shipments
are made chiefly to the West, from Manitoba to
Kansas City, Denver and other points. The
largest shipments, however, are made to St. Paul
and Minneapolis.

In politics, the Doctor has taken an active in-
terest. In the campaign of i860, he labored un-
tiringly in the interest of the Republican party,
and was Captain of a company of Wide- Awakes.
He was well fitted for the drill work connected
therewith, for he had studied tactics with his fa-

ther, who was a leader of militia in Kentucky.
The Doctor continued to vote with the Republi-
can party until 1884, since which time he has
been a Prohibitionist, and was a delegate to the
National Prohibition Convention of 1892. He
served as Mayor of Macomb for one term. For
about twelve years he has filled the office of Alder-
man, and for many years has been a member of
the School Board. Socially, he is connected
with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and
is a faithful and consistent member of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church.

ARKIN SCOTT, one of the honored pioneers
I C of Hancock County, now living on section
l_2? 31, Harmony Township, has since 1835 been
a resident of this community. Almost sixty years
have since passed, and during this long period he
has not only witnessed the growth and develop-
ment of the community, but has also aided in its
advancement and progress. The community rec-
ognizes in him a valued citizen, and it is there-
fore with pleasure that we present to our readers
this record of his life work.

Mr. Scott is a native of Ashe County, N. C. He
was born January 3, 1812, and comes of a family
of Scotch origin. His parents were Samuel and
Mary (Edwards) Scott, both natives of North
Carolina. In their family were ten children, five
sons and five daughters: Levi, John, Solomon,
Larkin, Sibert, Sallie, Frances, Susan, Nancy and
Margaret.

Our subject is now the only surviving member
of the family. He spent the first four years of
his life in North Carolina, and then accompanied
his parents on their removal to Kentucky. A
year later they came to Illinois, making the jour-
ney by team in the autumn of 1 8 1 7 . This State had
not been admitted to the Union, and it was con-
sidered in the far West. The father located in
Madison County, but after two years removed to
Morgan County, in 1820. The land was not then
surveyed, but he made a claim near where the
city of Jacksonville now stands, and when it came

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into market purchased it from the Government.
He erected thereon a log cabin, 16x16 feet, and
they lived in true pioneer style. They had been
in Morgan County for three months before Larkin
Scott saw a white person save the members of his
own family. The Kickapoo and Pottawatomie
Indians still lived in the neighborhood, but they
were usually peaceable, occasioning the settlers
little trouble. Thus amid the wild scenes of the
frontier, surrounded by few of the evidences of
progress and civilization, our subject was reared
to manhood.

Two and a-half miles from his home was the
subscription school which Mr. Scott attended.
His educational privileges, however, were meagre.
He was only fourteen years of age when his father
died, and much of the farm work devolved upon
him. He continued to engage in the cultivation
of the old homestead and remained with his mother
until about twenty years of age, when he rented
land in Morgan County and began farming for
himself. There he continued until 1S35, when
he came to Hancock County, and purchased eighty
acres of laud on section 31, Harmony Township,
paying the usual Government price of $1.25 per
acre. He erected a log cabin, 16x18 feel, but the
primitive home has long since been replaced by a
commodious and substantial residence, and other
good improvements have been made. The farm
now comprises two hundred and eighty-five acres
of valuable land and is one of the best in the
neighborhood.

On the 4th of December, 1831, Mr. .Scott was
united in marriage with Miss .Sarah Foreman, and
to them have been born eleven children, namely:
William \V. ; Samuel; Rebecca, deceased; Louisa;
Hettie; Mary, who died January 23, 1894; Lark-in;
John A.; Sarah, deceased; Joshua V., and Walter,
also deceased. The family is one of prominence
in the community, and its members have many
warm friends. The parents are both members of
the Second Adventist Church, and Mr. Scott
served as a local preacher of the same for a quar-
ter of a century. In politics, he has been a stanch
Republican since the organization of the party.
He has served as Overseer of the Poor and High-
way Commissioner, discharging his duties with

promptness and fidelity. He enlisted in the Black
Hawk War in 1831, and did service as Corporal
during that struggle. Mr. Scott is one of the
oldest residents of Illinois, having since Territorial
days been numbered among its citizens. He lived
within its borders before many of the leading cities
of the State had sprung into existence, when Chi-
cago was known only as Ft. Dearborn, and when
the State was thought to be on the extreme western
frontier. He has seen the advent of the railroad,
the telegraph and telephone and has witnessed the
onward march of progress which has brought with
it an advancement and prosperity which make
Illinois one of the leading States of the Union.

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^lACOB KRIEG, who carries on general farm-
I iug on section 16, Carthage Township, is
(2/ numbered among the early settlers of Han-
cock County. He has here resided since 1856,
and during all these years has made his home
upon his present farm. He now owns one hun-
dred and two acres of good land, and is engaged
in general farming and stock-raising. The place
is neat and thrifty in appearance, and the practical
and progressive spirit of the owner has made him
one of the leading agriculturists of the commu-
nity.

Mr. Krieg is a native of the Keystone State, his
birth having occurred in Euphrates, Lancaster
County, on the i6thof March, 1815. He is a son
of John Krieg, who was born in Pennsylvania,
and was of German descent. The mother bore
the maiden name of Sarah Gorgas. In the Krieg
family were eleven children: Cyrus and John,
both of whom are now deceased; Jacob, our sub-
ject; Allen, who is extensively engaged in farm-
ing in Miami County, Ind. ; Mary, deceased; Sam-
uel, a retired farmer, now living in Manchester,
Ind.: Martin, who has also passed away; Levi,
a mechanic residing in Indianapolis, Ind.; Will-
iam, deceased; Benjamin, who follows agricultu-
ral pursuits near Disco, Ind.; and Philip, a farm-
er of the same locality.

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

No event of special importance occurred during
the boyhood and youth of Jacob Krieg. He spent
his early days in the usual manner of farmer lads,
and acquired his education in the district schools
of the neighborhood, which he attended at vari-
ous intervals until sixteen years of age. He con-
tinued upon the old homestead until the age of
nineteen, when he began working at the carpen-
ter's trade, serving a two-years apprenticeship.
He followed that business in the Keystone State
until 1836, when he removed to Stark County,
Ohio, where he engaged in carpentering until
1839. In that year he went to Cincinnati, but
remained only a short time in that city. Going
to Seven Mile, Butler County, Ohio, he there con-
tinued until 1856, during which time he followed
carpentering and farming.

In the mean time, Mr. Krieg was married. On
the 13th of October, 1842, he was joined in mar-
riage with Miss Jane Ray, a native of Ohio. Six
children have been born of their union, namely:
Laura M., wife of Francis M. Haines, a farmer
residing near Colchester, 111.; Francis R., who is
proprietor of the Carthage Flouring Mills, and a
leading business man of that city; John C, who
is still living on the old home farm; Thomas B.,
an agriculturist of McDouough County; Charles
O., who is engaged in farming in Hancock Coun-
ty; and Elanor S., who completes the family.

As before stated, the year 1856 witnessed the
arrival of Mr. Krieg in Hancock County. He
has seen much of the growth and progress made
in this locality, and has always aided in its devel-
opment, for he takes a warm interest in every
thing pertaining to the welfare of the community.
He has always followed farming, and in his un-
dertakings has met with a well-merited prosper-
ity. When he started out in life he determined
to secure for himself, if possible, a comfortable
home and property. He began making his own
way in the world empty handed, but he has stead-
ily pressed forward, overcoming the difficulties
and obstacles in his path, until he reached the
goal which was before him. He is now in comfort-
able circumstances, and is supplied not only with
the necessities, but with many of the luxuries of
life. He cast his first Presidential vote for Will-

iam Henry Harrison, and was an advocate of the
Whig party until its dissolution, since which time
he has been a stanch supporter of Republican
principles.

ISAAC S. BARTHOLOMEW, one of the rep-
resentative and leading agriculturists of Han-
cock County, who resides on stction 20,
Prairie Township, is a native of Adams County,
111. He was born near Camp Point, on the 21st
of October, 1838, and is a son of Gillead and Sa-
rah (Roseberry) Bartholomew. His father was a
native of Virginia, and was of English descent.
By trade he was a millwright. Emigrating west-
ward in an early day, he became one of the pio-
neer settlers of Adams Count}', and there spent
the remainder of his life. He passed away in
March, 1861, and his wife, who survived him
about twenty-three years, was called to her final
rest in 1883. This worthy couple were the par-
ents of seven children, namely: Lemuel and Eliz-
abeth, both deceased; Martha, wife of Joseph
Hanks, a farmer of Adams County; Isaac S., of
this notice; and Emma, Gillian and Johnnie, also
deceased.

Mr. Bartholomew whose name heads this rec-
ord is a self-educated and self-made man. His
school privileges were quite limited, and his ad-
vantages in other directions were also meagre.
Much of his boyhood was spent at work in his fa-
ther's flouring and saw mill, and he became thor-
oughly familiar with the milling business. At
the age of twenty-two he left home and began life
for himself. After his father's death he took
charge of the mills, which he operated until the
spring of 1865, when he sold out and removed to
Hancock County, locating in Durham Township,
where he purchased a farm. For two years he
devoted his time and energies to the cultivation of
that land, and then purchased the farm on which
he now lives, an eighty-acre tract on section 20,
Prairie Township. Here he carries on general
farming and stock-raising.

Mr. Bartholomew has been twice married. In

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1S61, he was joined in marriage with Miss Annie
Adams, and they became the parents of five chil-
dren, three sons and two daughters: Annie, who
is now deceased; Gillead, a resident farmer of
Prairie Township; Isaac, a minister of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, who is now located in
Eivermore, Iowa; Mattie, wife of Otis French,
who is engaged in farming in Bear Creek
Township, Hancock County; and Addie, who is
now deceased. The mother of this family passed
away April i, 1872, and for his second wife Mr.
Bartholomew chose Miss Sarah J. Gibson, a most
estimable lady. Three children grace this union,
namely: Josie, who is still living at home; Ed-
ward and Grace, who are also under the parental
roof. The family has a wide acquaintance in this
community, its members rank high in social cir-
cles, and the home is noted for its hospitality.

In his political views, Mr. Bartholomew is a
Democrat, but has never sought or desired the
honors or emoluments of public office, his time
being devoted to the enjoyments of the home and
to his business interests. He is a thrifty and
progressive farmer, who always keeps abreast
with the times and has a well-developed and
highly-cultivated tract of land. His place is well
improved with good buildings, and its neat ap-
pearance indicates the careful supervision of the
owner. Although Mr. Bartholomew has led a
busy life he has yet found time to devote to pub-
lic interests, and his support is ever given to those
enterprises which are calculated to prove of pub-
lic benefit.

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ELAYTON McGILL, a representative farmer
of Chili Township, Hancock County, resid-
ing on section 34, is one of the worthy citi-
zens that Ohio has furnished to this community.
He was born in Clermont County, of the Buckeye
State, December 17, 1842, and is the only child
of Alexander and Sarah (Carpenter) McGill.
His father was a native of New York, and when
a young man removed to Ohio, where he followed
agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he em-

igrated with his family to Illinois, locating in
Adams County, four and a-half miles northwest
of Camp Point. This was in 1852. There he
remained until his death, which occurred at the
age of sixty years. He was of Irish descent, for
his parents were both born on the Emerald Isle.
The mother of our subject was a native of Cler-
mont County, Ohio, and there died at the early
age of twenty-two.

In taking up the personal history of our sub-
ject we present to our readers the life record of
one of the well-known and highly-respected
farmers of this locality. He was a lad of only
eight years when he became a resident of Adams
Count}', 111., and upon the old home farm in that
county he remained until the nth of August,
1S62. Although he had not then attained his
majority, he could no longer resist the impulse to
enter his county's service, and enlisted among the
boys in blue of Company G, Seventy -eighth Illi-
nois Infantry. He followed the Old Flag until
its supremacy was acknowledged throughout the
South, when, the war having closed, he was
honorably discharged, on the 7th of June, 1865.
He participated in the battles of Mission Ridge,
Resaca, Rome, Ga., and Atlanta, and at the last-
named received a wound in the right leg, which
caused him to be taken to the hospital, where he
was confined for four months. After the battle
of Nashville, he returned to his regiment and
served as a private until the close of the war.

Returning to his home in Adams County, Mr.
McGill engaged in farming with his father until
1869, when he came to Hancock County and pur-
chased the farm upon which he now resides. He
has placed his land under a high state of cultiva-
tion and has one of the valuable farms in the
neighborhood. He owns altogether six hundred
and forty acres of rich laud in Hancock and Ad-
ams Counties, and the well -tilled fields yield to
the owner a golden tribute in return for the care
and labor bestowed upon them.

On the 4th of March, 1869, Mr. McGill mar-
ried Miss Sophrona A. Gay, of Adams County,
and by their union were born nine children.
With the exception of one who died in infancy,
all are still under the parental roof and in order

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of birth are as follows: Sidney A., Lola V., Ettie
and Hattie (twins), Vienna, Eunice, Ava and Fay.
In his political views, Mr. McGill is a stanch Re-
publican and takes an active interest in every-
thing pertaining to the welfare of his party and
its upbuilding, being always well informed on the
issues of the day. He has been honored with
several local offices, having served as Road Com-
missioner for two terms and as School Director,
while at this writing, in the spring of 1894, he is
serving his fifth year as Supervisor of Chili
Township. He is a member of Tobias Butler
Post No. 428, G. A. R. , of Bowen, and though
not a member of any church he contributes to the
support of the same and to all worthy public en-
terprises calculated to advance the general wel-
fare. Aside from his agricultural interests Mr.
McGill has other business connections, and is
now the efficient President of the Farmers' Bank
of Bowen, in which he is a stockholder. The
greater part of his possessions has been acquired
through his own efforts. He is a man of good
business and executive ability, and his keen judg-
ment and sagacity, supplemented by an enter-
prising spirit, have brought him prosperity and
made him one of the substantial citizens of Han-
cock County.

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(3 IMEON B WALTON, one of the progressive
Ny and public-spirited citizens of Hancock
Q) County, is now living a retired life in Den-
ver. As he is so widely known in this commun-
ity we feel assured that the record of his life will
prove of interest to many of our readers, and
therefore gladly give it a place in this volume.
Mr. Walton was born in Mason County, Ky., in
the year 1818, and is a son of William and Bar-
bara Walton, both of whom were natives of Vir-
ginia. The Walton family is of Scotch-Irish
lineage. His mother's people were among the
first families to locate in Mason County, Ky.,
settling there when the Indians still lived in the
neighborhood. When a young man William
Walton removed to Kentucky, and was there

married. He served as a private in the War of
1 8 12. As a means of livelihood he followed
farming during the greater part of his business
career, and he also practiced medicine to a limi-
ted extent in his own neighborhood. On leaving
Mason County, Ky., he removed to Boone Coun-
ty, that State, where his death occurred in 1864,
at the age of seventy-six years. His wife passed
away in 1838.

This worth}- couple were the parents of thir-
teen children, namely: John, Meredith, Fred-
erick, Mary, Ann, Susan, Tabitha, Simeon B.,
Amanda, Eliza, William, Missouri and Lucy.
Our subject is now the only one living. No event
of special importance occurred during his child-
hood. He was reared upon his father's farm, and
attended the subscription schools, which were held
in the old-time log schoolhouse, with its slab seats,
puncheon floor and huge fireplace. The school
was four miles from his home, so that the path of
learning did not always seem to him a flowery
one. He remained at home and to his . father
gave the benefit of his services until twenty-three
years of age, when he started out in life for him-
self and began working for $9 per month. He
was thus employed for two years.

Mr. Walton continued to make his home in
Kentucky until 1840, when he started on horse-
back for Illinois. With the exception of two days
when a companion rode with him, he traveled the
entire distance alone. At length he arrived in
Hancock County, and worked in Augusta Town-
ship for his brother the first summer. After his
marriage he took up his residence in Harmony
Township. For one season he worked by the
month as a farm hand, and then on horseback
he returned to his native State; but after a short
time he fitted up a wagon and team and again
came to the West. This time he made a perma-
nent location. He purchased two hundred and
forty acres of land in Harmony Township, part
timber and part prairie, and began opening up a
farm. The land was all wild, and the only im-
provement upon the place was a small log cabin.
From sunrise to sunset, Mr. Walton in those
early days could be found in the fields, clearing
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was placed under the plow. The new and fer-
tile soil yielded a ready return for his labors, and
his financial resources were thereby greatly in-
creased. He made many excellent improve-
ments upon his farm, and it became one of the
valuable and desirable places of the neighborhood.

As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey,
Mr. Walton chose Miss Elizabeth Stark, daugh-
ter of James and Jessie (Drone) Stark. Their
marriage was celebrated January 20, 1842. The
lady was born in Auchtermechty. Scotland,
March 24, 1823, and came to America with her
parents in 1836 on a sailing-vessel, which after a
voyage of seven weeks dropped anchor in the har-
bor of New York. They at once came west to
Illinois, and the father made a claim near Au-
gusta, Hancock County, entering land from the
Government. His death occurred in July, 1837,
and his wife died when Mrs. Walton was only
eleven years of age. There were no schools in
the neighborhood when Mrs. Walton came here,
and the nearest trading-point was at Rusliville.
She well deserves mention among the pioneer set-
tlers of the county, for since a very early day she
has watched the growth and development of the
entire community.

To Mr. and Mrs. Walton were born seven chil-
dren. William, George and David are all engaged
in farming in Harmony Township; Ezekiel is now
living on the old homestead; Margaret is the wife
of Dr. Ray burn, a practicing physician of Den-
ver, 111.; Mary E. is the wife of William Black,
a farmer of Harmony Township; and Ella is the
wife of Joel H. Todd, a practicing physician of
Maryville, Mo.

For many years Mr. Walton engaged in gen-
eral farming and stock-raising. His landed pos-
sessions now aggregate three hundred acres, in-
cluding the old homestead. He continued upon
the farm until 1890, when he removed to Denver,
where he has since lived a retired life. He and
his wife are both members of the Christian
Church, and their many excellencies of character
have gained for them the high regard of all with
whom they have been brought in contact. Their
friends are many throughout the community, and
all who know them respect them. Mr. Walton

cast his first Presidential vote for William Henry
Harrison, and since the organization of the Re-
publican party has been one of its stalwart sup-
porters. He started out in life for himself with
about a thousand dollars given him by his father
and a determination to succeed. That he has
succeeded is due not to favorable circumstances,
but to industry and enterprise. He has made the
most of his opportunities, and in his declining
years, surrounded by all the comforts of life, he is
enjoying a rest which he has so truly earned and
richly deserves.

(ILXIAM A. VANCE, deceased, was born
in Washington Count}-, Pa., on the 18th
of April, 1835, and died on his farm in Han-
cock County, in June, 1884, respected by all who
knew him. He was a leading citizen of the com-
munity, and his sterling worth and excellencies
of character won him the high regard of all.

Mr. Vance was a son of Joseph Vance, and was
reared on his father's farm. His school privileges
were somewhat limited, but through experience,
reading and observation he gained a practical
business knowledge. He started out in life for
himself on attaining his majority, and, bidding
good-bye to his old home in the Keystone State,
he emigrated westward to Illinois, taking up his
residence in Hancock County. Locating in Chili
Township, he purchased between three and four
hundred acres of partially improved land. With
characteristic energy he began its cultivation and
development, and continued the operation of that
land until 1871, in which year he removed to
Harmony Township. Here he purchased three
hundred and twenty acres of good land, upon
which he made his home until his death. He was a
successful farmer, who thoroughly understood
his business, and by close attention to all details,
combined with industry and good management, he
won a well-deserved and comfortable competence.

On the 18th of May, 1863, Mr. Vance was uni-
ted in marriage with Miss Lydia Dick, and by
their union were born five children, namely:

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Joseph, who died on the 21st of August, 1864;
Sherman D., who carries on general fanning in
Harmony Township, Hancock County; Adeline,
whe died in infancy on the 7th of January, 187 1;
Thomas, at home: and James H., who died on
the 9th of May, 1877.

Throughout life, Mr. Vance was a supporter of
the Republican party and its principles, and al-
though never an office-seeker he was deeply inter-
ested in what pertained to the welfare of his party,
and did all in his power to promote its growth and
insure its success. He was ever a valued and pub-
lic-spirited citizen, and the best interests ever
found in him a warm friend. His loyalty to the
Government was manifested during the late war
by a vear's service in the Union army. He was
a prominent and influential citizen of Harmony
Township, and all who knew him esteemed him
highly, for his life was a straightforward and hon-
orable one. He passed away in June, 1884, and
his death was deeply mourned by many friends.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Vance was
again married, and is now the wife of Jacob F.
Sliger. They reside on the old home farm in Har-
mon y Township, and are well-known and repre-
sentative people of the community.

IT NOCH RAMSEY, one of the wealthy farm-
re) ers of Hancock County, has largely through
I his own efforts won his well-deserved pros-
perity. He now lives on section 34, Harmony
Township, where he moved about 1 85 1 . He then
owned only a quarter-section of land, but to this
he has since added until his landed possessions
now aggregate about two thousand acres. Young
men would do well to study the methods which
he has pursued, and his habits of diligence, in-
dustry and enterprise.

Mr. Ramsey was born near Charleston, Clarke
County, Ind., January 30, 1824, and is a son of
Samuel and Eleanor (Kime) Ramsey, who were
natives of Kentucky. The father was of Scotch-
Irish descent, and his mother was of German
lineage. Nine children blessed their union: Han-

nah, who is now the widow of George Browning,
a resident farmer of Harmony Township; Enoch,
of this sketch; Henry, who died October 1, 1875;
Betsy A., who died March 8, 1830; James M., who
died July 17, 1834; Samuel F., who passed away
September 8, 1886; Sarah J. and Eleanora, who
are still living; and Adeline, who died August
27, 1847.

On leaving his native State Samuel Ramsey
removed to Clarke County, Ind., where he was
married and made his home until 1836. He then
removed to Logan County, but in the autumn of
that year he came to Hancock County, 111., and
settled in Chili Township. Here he purchased
sixty acres of land, but after a year he removed
to Harmony Township, and bought a partially
improved tract of one hundred and sixty acres on
section 25. He at once began opening up a farm,
and soon furrows were turned upon the hitherto
unbroken land, and fertile fields took the place of
the once wild prairies. He continued to engage
in agricultural pursuits until his death. A man
of excellent business and executive ability, he was
highly successful in his undertakings, and al-
though he started out in life a poor boy he became
one of the substantial farmers of his adopted
count)'. In politics, he was a Democrat until the
campaign of i860, when he supported Abraham
Lincoln, and continued to affiliate with the Re-
publican part}- throughout his remaining days.
He was one of the first Supervisors of Harmony
Township, aided in organizing the school districts,
and took a prominent part in everything that
pertained to the welfare of the community and its
upbuilding. Both he and his wife were members
of the Christian Church, and the poor and needy
found in them faithful friends. Mr. Ramsey, who
was born Novembers, 1797, died on the old home-
stead on the 23d of March, 1861, and his wife,
who was born October 5, 1800, was called to her
final rest December 19, 1873.

The family to which Enoch Ramsey belongs
was one of prominence in the community.
He spent the greater part of his life in Hancock
County, and has seen much of its growth and up-
building, for he was a lad of thirteen years at the
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homestead farm he was reared to manhood, and in
the subscription schools he acquired an education.
He had to walk a distance of a mile and a-half to
the schoolhouse, which was a log structure and was
furnished in the primitive manner of those days.
He early began work in the fields, and soon be-
came familiar with farm life in all of its details.
He worked on his father's farm until twenty-seven
years of age, and then began life for himself, hav-
ing received very liberal assistance from his father,
who gave each of his children a good start in life.
He purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land
on section 34, Harmony Township, a tract of raw
prairie, and with the exception of one year has
since made his home thereon. The farm when it
came into his possession was entirely unimproved,
but he at one began its development and soon had
placed it under a high state of cultivation. He
placed upon it good buildings, divided it into
fields of convenient size by well-kept fences, and
all the accessories of a model farm were there sup-
plied. His efforts were attended with success, and
as his financial resources were increased the bound-
aries of his farm were extended, until it now com-
prises six hundred acres. He has altogether in
Harmony Township thirteen hundred and sixt3 -
acres, and is the owner of nineteen hundred and
ninety acres in the county, the greater part of
which is highly improved. In connection with
its cultivation he has also been extensively en-
gaged in stock-raising.

On the 8th of May, 1853, Mr. Ramsey was
united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Bettisworth,
daughter of Evan and Rosalia Bettisworth, and a
native of Virginia. To them have been born
seven children: Samuel, who died September 20,
1855: Enoch M., a farmer residing in Hutchinson,
Kan.; Eleauora E., who became the wife of Henry
J. Butler, and died December 10, 1879, leaving a
daughter, Jennie; Tazwell T., who died May 22,
1864; Hattie R., at home; Mary J., who died Au-
gust 27, 1866; and Mattie H., who is still under
the parental roof. The granddaughter, Jennie
Butler, is also living with them.

In politics, Mr. Ramsey has always been a sup-
porter of the Democratic party, and has served
his township as Supervisor, Treasurer, Collector

and Road Commissioner. A prompt and efficient
officer, he has ever discharged his duties in a faith-
ful manner, that has won the commendation of all
concerned. In his business career he has pros-
pered greatly, his success coming to him as the
result of judicious management, industry and en-
terprise. He has always been generous with his
means in support of public interests which are
calculated to prove of public benefit, and is re-
cognized as one of the valued citizens of the com-
munity. Almost his entire life has been passed
in Hancock County, where he has many friends,
and in its history he well deserves mention as one
of the honored pioneers.

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("JOSEPH MOCK, who carries on general farm-
I ing on section 4, Chili Township, is a native
\~) of Kentucky, his birth having occurred on
the 5th of April, 1835, in Bourbon County. His
parents, Abraham and Cynthia (Wilson) Mock,
were also natives of that State, and the father was
of German and French descent. Their family num-
bered six children, three sons and three daugh-
ters: Emily, now the wife of E. Rice; Samuel, who
died in 1859; Joseph, of this sketch; Henry; Mar-
garet, wife of John Robinson; and Cynthia, wife of
Cain Hummel. The father of this family followed
the vocation of farming, and both he and his wife
always resided in their native State.

Joseph Mock was reared under the parental roof
in the usual manner of farmer lads. Through the
winter he attended the subscription schools,
which were held in a log schoolhouse, three miles
from his home. In the summer he worked upon
the farm. He was only eleven years of age at the
time of his father's death, and thus early in life
he was cast adrift upon the world to make his own
way as best he could. He began earning his live-
lihood by work as a farm hand, receiving $5 per
month for his sendees. He continued his resi-
dence in Kentucky until 1851, when he came to
Adams County, 111. During the succeeding eleven
years of his life he engaged in fanning in that lo-
cality, and in 1862 he came to Hancock County,

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locating upon land in Chili Township, which he
had previously purchased. This was an eighty-
acre tract on section 4, and though wild and unim-
proved he soon transformed it into rich and fertile
fields. He now owns one hundred and twenty
acres of valuable land, and his place is well im-
proved with all modern accessories and conven-
iences.

In 1862, Mr. Mock was united in marriage
with Miss Eleanora Kennedy, daughter of Charles
and Cornelia (Gates) Kennedy. The lady was
born in Ohio, on the 23d of January, 1834. Three
children graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. Mock,
namely: Elmer, who now carries on farming in
Chili Township; Ona, at home; and Wilson, who
died July 28, 1884. The first-named married
Theresa Cunningham.

Since attaining his majority, Mr. Mock has been
a supporter of the Democratic party and its prin-
ciples, but the greater part of his time and atten-
tion has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, in
which he has met with good success. Though
he has not amassed wealth, he has won a comfort-
able competence and a pleasant home, and is now
numbered among the substantial and representa-
tive citizens of the community.

(t)6JlLLIAM WILSON, a farmer residing on
\ A / section 9, Carthage Township, Hancock
VV County, was born in Rock Castle County,
Ky., near Mt. Vernon, November 22, 1835. The
Wilson family is of Irish origin, and was founded
in America during Colonial days. The father of
our subject, James Wilson, was a native of Vir-
ginia. After arriving at years of maturity he was
joined in wedlock with Miss Elizabeth Stewart, a
native of Kentucky. By this union were born
fifteen children, seven sons and eight daughters.
Twelve of the number grew to mature years, and
nine of the family are yet living. Sarah is now
the widow of Stephen Thompson, who was a
resident of Texas; Mary is the wife of Dr. Ralph
Harris, a retired minister living in Macomb, 111. ;
Delphia is the wife of Sidney Proctor, a farmer of

South Mound, Kan.; James carries on agricultural
pursuits in Missouri; Allen is a retired grocery
merchant of Carthage; Annie L- is the wife of
William Williams, a merchant of Colorado; Will-
iam of this sketch is the next younger; Martha is
the wife of Harry Taylor, a farmer residing in
Ferris, 111. ; Joshua is an agriculturist of Webb
City, Mo. ; and Samuel is a farmer living near
Keokuk, Iowa.

In the usual manner of farmer lads William
Wilson spent his boyhood days. He remained in
his native State until fourteen years of age, and
then accompanied his parents on their emigration
to Illinois in 1849. The family located in Carth-
age Township, Hancock County, where the par-
ents spent their remaining days, the death of the
father occurring in 1852, while the mother passed
away in 1862.

In this county our subject grew to manhood,
and in the district schools of the community his
education was acquired. He remained with his
father until his death, after which he took charge
of the home farm and cared for his mother until
she too was called away, in 1862. He then em-
barked in the livery business in Carthage, where
he remained until 1869, when he purchased the
farm on which he now resides. He first bought
one hundred and forty-five acres on section 9,
Carthage Township, and to this he has since add-
ed, until now two hundred acres of rich land yield
to him a good income. He carries on general
farming and stock-raising, and his well-directed
efforts are crowned with success. The main- im-
provements upon his place, and the valuable land
under a high state of cultivation, make this one
of the best farms in the neighborhood.

On the 12th of May, 1864, Mr. Wilson was unit-
ed in marriage with Miss Lydia Deuel, and to them
were born eight children, namely: Ida, wife of
Frederick Soules, who is living in Keokuk, Iowa;
George C, Ellen, Eva, William, May and Lulu,
all of whom are still with their parents; and Alice,
who died on the 21st of July, 1881. She was the
youngest of the family. The mother passed away
on the 19th of July of the same year, and was
laid to rest in Moss Ridge Cemetery in Carthage.
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a most estimable woman, whose loss was deeply
mourned throughout the community.

We find 111 Mr. Wilson a public-spirited and
progressive citizen, who, through the long years
of his residence in Hancock County, has been al-
ways interested in the development of the com-
munity and the promotion of those enterprises
which are calculated to prove of public benefit.
In politics, he supports the Republican party and
its principles, but has never been an office-seeker.

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RUFUS LEACH, who is now occupying the
responsible position of Postmaster of Ma-
comb, was born six miles north of this city,
on the 6th of September, 1S51, and is a represent-
ative of one of the pioneer families of the comity.
His father, Rufus Leach, Sr. , was born in New
Jersey, but in early childhood, with the family of
his father, John H. Leach, born July 18, 1786,
and Sally (Parkist) Leach, born November 12,
1786, and the families of two uncles, emigrated to
Trumbull County, Ohio, where he grew to man-
hood. In 1838, he came to McDonough County,
111., and engaged in farming, locating on fine
prairie land about six miles north of Macomb.
April 9, 18-10, he was united in marriage with
Lois Sarles, and to them were born four children,
namely: Harriet, widow of W. M. Lipe; John H.,
Albert J. and Rufus. The father died August
14, 1851, about one month before the subject of
this sketch was born. The mother still survives.
She was the second time married, March 15, 1853,
this time to William McDaniel, and to them three
children were born: Mary A. , James H. and Will-
iamC. The daughter died in 1858. Lois (McDan-
iel) Leach has been for many years a member of
the Christian Church, and is widely known, loved
and respected in the community in which she has
so long made her home. She came to Illinois
when a little girl from New Albany, Ind. At
the date given above, she was married at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Lewis Spangler, in Fulton
County, 111., the Rev. W. K. Stewart, of the
Presbyterian Church of this city, performing the
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ceremony, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Spangler and
George Boughmau signing the marriage certifi-
cate as witnesses.

Abner Leach, the father of John H. Leach,
was a native of Sussex County, N. J., and was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War, up to the time
of his death being on the pension roll of the Gov-
ernment, in recognition of valiant services ren-
dered in those trying times. James H. Sarles,
maternal grandfather of Rufus Leach, Jr., was
also in the service of his country, in the War of
1812. Mr. Sarles was a shingle-maker by trade,
and in the early days of McDonough County
shaved many thousand shingles for the pioneers
who came to this spot to build new homes for them-
selves and their children. Mr. Sarles died about
1 86 1 , and his remains were interred in the Stickle
Graveyard. The remains of Rufus Leach, Sr. ,
rest in the same cemetery. The family of Rufus
Leach, Sr. , was a large one, consisting of father,
mother and eleven children, as follows: John H.
Leach, Sally (Parkist) Leach, Charles, Abra-
ham, Rufus, Nancy, David, Mary Ann, Hiram,
Celia, Caroline, Betsey and Margaret. Lois Sarles
was one of a family consisting of father and moth-
er, James Harvey and Ruth (Parsels) Sarles,
and the following children: Abelard, Harriet,
Sarah Ann, Man-, Lois, James Harvey and Nancy
Jane.

From the time he was eight years of age, Rufus
Leach has resided in Macomb. He began earn-
ing his own livelihood when fourteen years old,
and has since been dependent on his own efforts.
It was in October, 1865, that he entered the office
of the Macomb Eagle, to learn the printer's trade,
which he has followed more or less continuously
since. He afterward worked in the office of the
Western Light for about two years, and was en-
gaged in Monmouth and Galesburg for two years
more, when he entered the office of the Macomb
Journal , with which he was connected seventeen
years. His faithfulness to his employers' inter-
ests was manifested by his long-continued service.

In December, 1890, with Thomas J. Dudman,
he purchased the Macomb Eagle establishment,
and continued in partnership one year, at the end
of which period he retired from the business, but

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remained with the Eagle in the capacity of fore-
man until his appointment as Postmaster. He
took charge of the postoffice February 20, 1894.

On the 8th of January, 1879, Mr. Leach was
united in marriage with Mrs. Hannah J. Intnan,
widow of Randolph Inman, and a daughter of
Felix and Abigail Navert. By their union have
been born four children, two sons and two daugh-
ters: Arthur S., Ernest R., Lois A. and Lena B.
The parents are both members of the Christian
Church, and Mr. Leach is now serving as Church
Clerk. They have a pleasant home in Macomb,
and have many friends in the community.

In his political affiliations, Mr. Leach is a Dem-
ocrat, and by President Cleveland was appointed
Postmaster. He has but recently entered upon the
duties of the office, yet his course thus far gives
evidence that his administration will be satisfac-
tory to the public. He also served as President
of the School Board for one year, to which posi-
tion he was appointed by C. I. Imes, Mayor of
the city, and it was during his incumbency of this
position that the First Ward school building was
erected. He is an honored and active member of
the Knights of Pythias, having served three terms
as Chancellor Commander, and twice as delegate
to the Grand Lodge; and of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, in which he has passed all the
Chairs, and is a popular citizen of Macomb, where
the greater part of his life has been passed.

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Gl NDREW JACKSON DALE, who now re-
I I sides on section 13, Carthage Township,
/ 1 Hancock County, claims Kentucky as the
State of his nativity. He was born in Woodford
County, on the 28th of October, 1818, and is
a sou of James B. and Poll}' (Dawson) Dale.
When Andrew was only two years of age his
parents removed to Indiana, making the jour-
ney by team, and located in Fayette County.
Later they removed to Elkhart County, where
the father entered land from the Government and
began the development of a farm. The year 1834
witnessed his arrival in Illinois. For a year he

operated rented land in Morgan County, and in
1835 he came to Hancock County, settling on a
farm on section 24, in what is now Carthage
Township. He here made a claim of one hun-
dred and sixty acres, partly timber and partly
prairie land, and with characteristic energy be-
gan opening up a farm.

In the Dale family were eight children, six
sons and two daughters, but only two of the num-
ber are now living: George W., who is engaged
in mining in Nevada; and our subject. The latter
was a young man of seventeen when he came to
Illinois. His educational privileges were limited
to those afforded by the district schools, and his
advantages in other directions were likewise mea-
gre. His training at farm labor, however, was
not limited. He early began work in the fields,
and soon became familiar with all the details of
farm life. He continued under the parental roof
until twenty -five years of age, and then started out
in life for himself.

In February, 1845, Mr. Dale was united in
marriage with Miss Nancy N. Davis, and by that
union were born eight children, namely : Sylvester,
Wesley and Thomas, all of whom are now de-
ceased; William, who is living in Kansas City,
where he is serving on the police force; Mar}',
wife of Reuben Jacoby, a resident of Carthage;
Lillie, wife of J. C. Jacoby, who is also living in
Carthage; Squire; and Maretta, who completes
the family. The mother was called to her final
rest November 17, 1871, and her remains were
interred in Webster Cemetery. Her loss was
deeply mourned, for she was a most estimable lady,
and had the high regard of all who knew her.
The family is one of prominence in the commu-
nity, and its members have many friends through-
out the county.

Mr. Dale has led a busy and useful life, devot-
ing the greater part of his time and attention
to agricultural pursuits. He has also aided in
the development of this community, and is num-
bered among the honored pioneers who laid the
foundation for the present prosperity and advanced
condition of the county. The best interests of
the community have ever found in him a friend,
and he is always ready to aid in the promotion of

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those enterprises which are calculated to prove of
public benefit. He cast his first Presidential vote
for William Henry Harrison, and supported the
> Whig candidates until the organization of the
Republican party, when he joined its ranks.

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0AMUEL P. McGAW, who is successfully
/\ engaged in merchandising in Elvaston, was
\~J born on the 5th of October, 1827, in Abbey -
ville, S. C His parents were John and Agnes
McGaw. They too were natives of South Caro-
lina, and Mr. McGaw was of Irish descent.
Their family numbered six children. Sarah, who
is now deceased; Samuel P., our subject; John
B., a farmer who resided in Wilsouville, Neb.,
where he died in February, 1894; Louisa, widow
of Wilson Hopkins, and the Matron of the Buf-
falo Orphan Asylum, of Buffalo, X. V.; Rev.
James A. P., who is pastor of a Presbyterian
Churchiu Kansas City, Mo.; and Agnes, who
died in 1838.

In taking up the history of Samuel P. McGaw
we present to our readers a sketch of one of the
best-known citizens of Hancock Count}-. He
was reared upon a farm, and received only such
educational advantages as were afforded by the
district schools of the neighborhood. In 1835,
his parents emigrated westward with their family
and took up their residence in Ocpiawka, Hender-
son County, 111. The father and mother both
died when our subject was only eleven years of
age. He then went to live with his grandfather
in Warren Count},', 111., and there continued to
make his home until the fall of 1S42, when he re-
turned to Henderson County, and for three years
lived with an uncle. During this period he en-
gaged in farm work through the summer months,
while in the winter season he worked at the tailor's
trade.

On the expiration of that period, Mr. McGaw
returned to Oquawka, and was employed in a
tailoring establishment for a year. He then
bought out his employer and engaged in business
along that line in his own interest until 1852,

when he disposed of his store, for in the autumn
of that year he had been elected Sheriff of Hen-
derson County for a term of two years. On his
retirement from office he purchased land and
embarked in fanning, which he followed until
1862, when his farm labor was interrupted by his
service in the Union army.

In that year, in connection with his brother
John, Mr. McGaw raised and organized what be-
came Company K of the Eighty-fourth Regiment
of Illinois Volunteers. His brother was chosen
Captain of the company, but our subject went to
the front as a private. The first engagement of
importance in which he participated was at
Prairieville, Ky. This was followed by the bat-
tles of Stone River and Chickamauga. At the
latter, which occurred September 20, 1863, he was
wounded by a minie-ball in the left arm, and was
taken to the field hospital, but for five days after
receiving the injury no medical aid was given
him. In the following November he was re-
moved to Nashville, and on the 1st of January,
1864, he returned to his home in Henderson
County, having been granted a thirty-days fur-
lough. On the expiration of that period he was
discharged, being mustered out with the rank of
Sergeant, February 25, 1864.

While residing in Oquawka, Mr. McGaw
served as clerk in the post-office for a year, and
he also had charge of the Poor Farm of Hender-
son County for a year. In the spring of 1S66 he
came to Hancock County, and purchased one
hundred and sixty acres of land in Montebello
Township; but the following year he purchased a
quarter-section in Prairie Township, and upon
that tract made his home for twenty years. He
was a successful agriculturist, and his well-kept
farm was one of the best in the neighborhood.
In 1887, he purchased a store in Elvaston, and
has since been engaged in general merchandising.
He carries a good stock, and by his fair and hon-
est dealings, his courteous treatment, and his
earnest desire to please his customers, he has
built up an excellent trade.

In 1851, Mr. McGaw was united in marriage
with Miss Elvira J. Hopkins, who died April 15,
1855. They were the parents of two children;

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Sarah L-, wife of Thomas J. Rudell, the present
Postmaster of Elvaston ; and John, who died in
infancy. Mr. McGaw was again married, in No-
vember, 1856, his second union being with Eliza-
beth P. Leslie. They have had a family of eight
children: Francis, who is now pastor of the Pres-
byterian Church of Augusta, 111. ; James W. , a
resident farmer of Prairie Township, Hancock
County; Alice A., wife of George Hersman, a
farmer of Brown County, 111.; Albert G., who is
now attending college; Mary A., at home; Clar-
ence and Clara, twins, who died in infancy; and
Grace E., who is a student in a college in Rock-
ford, 111.

Mr. McGaw exercises his right of franchise in
support of the Republican party, and has been
honored with a number of local offices. He has
served as Justice of the Peace and Supervisor, was
Collector and School Trustee, and in April, 1889,
was appointed Postmaster of Elvaston, which po-
sition he held through the Republican adminis-
tration. He holds membership with the Grand
Army of the Republic, and is an Elder and lead-
ing member of the Presbyterian Church of Elvas-
ton. Mr. McGaw well deserves the high regard
in which he is held, for his career has been a
straightforward and honorable one, well worthy
of emulation. He is true to every public and
private trust, has always been faithful to his
official duties, and is a man of firm convictions.

REV. JACOB SHULL, a local minister of the
United Brethren Church, and one of the
substantial farmers of Hancock County, now
living on section 19, Prairie Township, claims
Ohio as the State of his nativity-. He was born
on a farm in Hamilton County, near Cincinnati,
on the 2 1 st of December, 1 8 1 5 , being a son of Sam-
uel P. and Catherine (Shupe ) Shull. The family
is of German origin, and was probably founded in
America during early Colonial days. The father
of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania. The
Shull family numbered eight children, six of
whom, three sons and three daughters, grew to

mature years. They were Elizabeth, John M.,
David, Rebecca, Jacob and Mary A.

Our subject is now the only surviving member
of the family. He was born and reared on the
old home farm in the Buckeye State, and the ed-
ucational privileges he received were those af-
forded by the subscription schools. His father
died when he was twelve years of age, and by the
death of his mother he was left an orphan at the
age of sixteen. Thus thrown upon his own re-
sources to make his way in the world unaided, he
started out as a farm hand, and during the first
nine months of his service received only $50. He
continued working by the month for four years,
and then rented land, which he operated until
the spring of 1841. That year witnessed his re-
moval to Switzerland, Ind. He there purchased
a tract of partially improved land, and continued
its further development and cultivation until 1862,
when he removed to Decatur County, Ind., where
he remained for a few years. His next place of
residence was in Dearborn County, Ind., and he
there continued until his removal to Illinois.

Mr. Shull has been three times married. On
the 5th of March, 1835, he wedded Miss Lucinda
Cale, and to them were born twelve children,
namely: Rebecca, George \V., Ilinda, Fabius,
Alonzo, William J., Mary K., Lucinda, Azia (de-
ceased), Azia (the second of that name), Ulysses
P. and Erasmus. The mother of this family was
called to her final rest in 1858, and the following
year Rev. Mr. Schull was united in marriage with
Miss Elizabeth Kile. They became the parents
of two children: Emily E., and Lavina A., who
is now deceased. Mrs. Shull passed away in
1863, and in 1867 Mr. Shull led to the marriage
altar Mrs. Nancy E. (Smith) Ludwig. Their
family numbered six children: Eveline, Simon P.,
Albert E., Isalene, William J. and Isadore.

Rev. Mr. Shull continued to reside in Indiana
until 1S67, when he came to Hancock County, 111. ,
and located in Prairie Township upon the farm
which has since been his home. He purchased
three hundred and twenty acres of arable laud on
section 19, and now has his place under a high
state of cultivation. This is one of the valuable
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tilled, and it is improved with all modern acces-
sories and conveniences. Mr. Shull carries on
general fanning, and has been very successful in
his undertakings. He may truly be called a self-
made man, for he started out in life empty-handed,
with nothing to depend upon save a determina-
tion to succeed. He has steadily worked his way
upward, overcoming the difficulties and obstacles
in his path by enterprise and industry, and now
occupies a place among the substantial citizens of
his adopted county. In politics, he is a Prohibi-
tionist, and while living in Indiana held the office
of County Commissioner. For many years he has
been a member of the United Brethren Church,
and is now serving as one of its local ministers.
He has long taken a prominent part in church
and temperance work, and his influence is ever
exerted in behalf of the right. His life has indeed
been an honorable and upright one and worthy
the emulation of all.

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GEORGE M. BROWNING, deceased, was
I— born in Davidson Count}-, Tenn., on the
\j[ 25th of March, 1820, and was a son of David
and Vashti Browning. He was born and reared
upon his father's farm, and the first fifteen years
of his life were spent in the State of his nativity.
He then accompanied his parents on their re-
moval to Illinois. They made the journey west-
ward with ox-teams, and after many long days
upon the road they reached Hancock County,
locating in Augusta Township. This was in
1835. The county was then new and unimproved,
and it seemed that the work of civilization and
progress had hardly been begun. Much of the
land was still in the possession of the Govern-
ment, and the settlements were widely scattered.

Mr. Browning acquired a very limited educa-
tion. He conned his lessons in a log schoolhouse,
the school being conducted on the subscription
plan, but this he attended only through the winter
season, for his labors were needed upon the farm
during the summer months. His father died soon
after coming to this county, and he operated the

homestead for his mother until twenty-one years
of age. He then removed to the farm which con-
tinued to be his home throughout his remaining
days. He located on one hundred and sixty
acres on section 35, Harmony Township, of which
only twenty acres had been broken, while a small
house constituted the only improvement thereon.

As a companion and helpmate on life's journey,
Mr. Browning chose Miss Hannah Ramsey.
Their marriage was celebrated on the 25th of No-
vember, 1841, and was blessed with a family of
eleven children. Four of the number, however,
died in infancy. Adeline became the wife of
Benjamin F. Spicer, and died August 15, 1865,
leaving a daughter, Rose Browning. The mother
was laid to rest in the Browning Cemetery.
George M. is a farmer of Harmony Township.
Hannah J. is the wife of James A. Thompson,
also an agriculturist of Harmony Township. Me-
linda A. is the wife of Eldridge Mayberry, a resi-
dent of Kansas. Eleanora Y. is the wife of
Thomas M. Orton, and they make their home in
Denver, 111. Sarah is the widow of John J. Black.
John J. carries on agricultural pursuits in Shelby
County, Mo.

In the year following their marriage, Mr. and
Mrs. Browning removed to the farm upon which
the lad}- now resides. He at once began its fur-
ther development, and soon the greater part of the
land was placed under the plow. He made it a
highly cultivated tract, and placed thereon many
excellent improvements, which stand as monu-
ments to the thrift and enterprise of the owner.
He carried on general farming and stock-raising,
and both branches of his business proved to him
a profitable source of income. Thus he acquired
a comfortable competence and left to his family a
pleasant home.

Socially, Mr. Browning is connected with the
Masonic fraternity, and was a member of the
Christian Church. In politics, he was a suppor-
ter of Democratic principles, and served as Town
ship Supervisor, Road Commissioner, Assessor
and School Director. Always faithful to the trust
reposed in him, he proved a capable and efficient
officer, and was a public-spirited and valued citi-
zen. The cause of education found in him a warm

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friend, and other enterprises and interests of merit
received his hearty support and co-operation. All
who knew him respected him for his sterling
worth and strict integrity, and his loss was deeply-
mourned throughout the community. He passed
away November 22, 1893, and was laid to rest in
the home cemetery.

i /I OSES SCOTT, a retired farmer, now resid-
V ing on section 25, Harmony Township,
(fj Hancock County, claims Ken tuck}' as the
State of his nativity. He was born in Boone
County, near Burlington, on the 2d of February,
18 16, and is a son of William and Mary (Kyle)
Scott. He was the eldest, and is the only sur-
viving member of their family , which numbered
three children, the others being William and Lu-
cinda.

Our subject was born and reared on the old
homestead farm, and acquired his education in
the subscription schools of the neighborhood.
Although his privileges in that direction were
limited, his training at farm labor was not meagre,
for in early life he began work in the fields and
soon became familiar with everything connected
with agricultural pursuits. He continued under
the parental roof until he had attained his ma-
jority, and then began farming in his own inter-
ests. He lived in Kentucky until 1850, when he
determined to seek a home elsewhere, believing
that he might thereby better his financial condi-
tion. Bidding adieu to his native State he started
for Illinois, making the journey by water.

At length, Mr. Scott arrived in Hancock Coun-
ty, where he has since made his home. He lo-
cated on section 25, Harmony Township, on the
farm where he now lives, and purchased three
hundred and twenty acres of prairie land, then
but partially improved. The only building then
upon the place was a small log cabin, which
furnished him shelter for several years until he
could replace it by a more modern residence.
The land he placed under the plow, and in course
of time slathered abundant harvests in return.

As the years passed the once wild land took on
the appearance of a highly cultivated tract, and
his farm became one of the best in the neighbor-
hood.

On the 20th of October, 1836, Mr. Scott was
united in marriage with Miss Harriet Rice. Unto
them have been born a family of thirteen chil-
dren, seven of whom are yet living, while six
have passed away. They are: William, who is
now deceased; Mary, wife of Morrison B. Baker;
Matilda, wife of Joseph Black, a resident of Brown
County, 111.; Perry A., who resides in Harmony
Township; Taylor, who makes his home in St.
Mary's Township, Hancock County; Lucy, wife
of David Walton; Elijah, who carries on agri-
cultural pursuits in this locality; David, who is
living in Chili Township; Calvin, Bird and Martha
H., all of whom are now deceased; and one child
who died in infancy. The mother of this family
passed away February 2, 1886, and was laid to
rest in Scott Cemetery.

.Since the organization of the party, Mr. Scott
has been a stalwart Republican, and does all in his
power to advance the growth and insure the suc-
cess of his party. He has served both as School
Director and Supervisor. He is a public-spirited
and progressive citizen and manifests a com-
mendable interest in everything pertaining to the
welfare of the community. His life vocation has
been that of farming, but he is now living a re-
tired life, spending his declining days in the en-
joyment of the fruits of his former toil. He pos-
sesses a comfortable competence, which has been
acquired through his own industry and enter-
prise.

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Sr"HOMAS NEWTON GILUS, who is en-
f C gaged in grain-dealing in Bowen, is num-
Vy bered among the early settlers of Hancock
County, having for many years made his home
within its borders. He was born December 9,
1835, in East Tennessee, near Greenville, and
was the youngest in a family of six children,
whose parents were John and Mary (Register)

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Gillis. The father was a native of Delaware, and
in that State spent the days of his boyhood and
youth. When a young man he removed to Ten-
nessee, and in 1844 removed to Keokuk County,
where his death occurred in August, 1845. He
had taken a claim and partially improved it.
His wife survived him only about six weeks, and
thus the five orphan children were left largely de-
pendent upon their own resources. One of the
sons, however, was at that time a young man, and
he kept the family together for several years.
Only two of the children are now living, a brother
of our subject being a resident of California.

Thomas N. Gillis was a boy of only ten years
at the time of his parents' deaths. He made his
home with his brother in Iowa until 1852, when
they went to Adams County, 111., locating upon
a farm, to the cultivation and development of
which they devoted their time and attention for
two years. During the two succeeding years
they engaged in merchandising in Coatsburg, 111.,
after which the) - again resumed farming, follow-
ing that pursuit until the spring of 1865. In
that year, our subject opened a general mercan-
tile store in Denver, but after four years he sold
out on account of failing health. Coming to
Bowen, in connection with his brother he pur-
chased a flouring-mill here, which he operated for
two years, when he also disposed of that. He
then again resumed farming, which he carried on
until 1877, since which time he has been engaged
in grain-dealing in Bowen. He built a good el-
evator and is now doing a most successful busi-
ness.

In August, 1859, Mr. Gillis was joined in
marriage with Miss Rebecca E. Hayworth, who
resided in Adams County, just across the line
from Hancock County. Two children have been
born unto them, a son and daughter. William
T. , the elder, has for twelve years engaged in the
hardware business in Bowen, and is recognized as
oue of the leading merchants and most progress-
ive citizens. May is now the wife of Thomas E.
Morgan, a resident of Peoria, 111.

In his political views, Mr. Gillis was formerly
a Republican, but is now a supporter of the Pro-
hibition party. He has served as Town Clerk,

but has never been an office-seeker, preferring to
give his entire time and attention to his business
interests. ' He has met with excellent success in
his undertakings, his industry and well-directed
efforts bringing him a comfortable competence.
He holds membership with the Methodist Church,
and has been one of its active members for many
years. He has long served as Superintendent of
the Sunday-school Association of the township,
and is now one of the Church Trustees. His hon-
orable, upright life has won him universal confi-
dence and esteem, and his friends throughout the
community are many.

GlUGUST J. BEGER, one of the representa-
LA tive young business men of Nauvoo, is now
/ I a member of the firm of Atchinson & Beger,
dealers in drugs, books, stationery, wall paper,
paints and oils. This firm now has a good trade,
which has constantly increased from the begin-
ning. They carry a full and complete stock of
everything found in their line, and by straight-
forward dealings and courteous treatment of their
customers they have secured a liberal patronage.
Our subject was born on the 17th of April,
1862, in this city, and is the seventh in a family
of nine children whose parents were August C.
and Wilhelmina (Mester) Beger. His father was
a native of Hanover, Germany, and remained in
that country with his parents until twenty years
of age. In his youth he learned the barber's
trade, which he followed for some years. He
left his native land in 1846, and crossing the briny
deep landed at New Orleans, where he worked at
his trade for about two years. Leaving the
Crescent City on the expiration of that period, he
then made his way to St. Louis, where he en-
gaged in business as a barber until 1850. That
year witnessed his arrival in Nauvoo, where he
opened a shop, but conducted the same only for a
short time. Removing to Burlington, Iowa, he
there engaged in business, and also in San Fran-
cisco, Cal. In 1855, however, he returned to
this city and, planting a large vineyard, has since

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devoted his entire time and attention to its cul-
tivation. He now makes about ten thousand
gallons of wine annually. He is a well-read and
intelligent man, and has a large circle of friends
in this community. His wife is also a native of
Hanover.

The childhood and youth of our subject were
spent in his parents' home, and in the common
schools he acquired an education. Wishing to
become a druggist, he began learning the busi-
ness in a store in Nauvoo, and later attended the
School of Pharmacy of Chicago. At the age of
seventeen he began clerking in a drug store, and
was thus employed until 1885, when he purchased
a half-interest with Robert Atchinson in his pres-
ent store.

On the 16th of May, 18S6, Mr. Beger was uni-
ted in marriage with Miss Christina Risse, daugh-
ter of Hon. John B. Risse, of Carthage, whose
sketch will be found elsewhere in this work.
Three children have been born to them, two sous
and a daughter, Oscar!,., Frank B. and Ursalina.

In his political views, Mr. Beger is a Republi-
can, and socially is a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America. He is now serving as
Treasurer of the Nauvoo Fruit Company, which
was established in 1893, and is now doing a good
business. He is still a young man, but he pos-
sesses business and executive ability of a high or-
der, and as a result is enjoying a lucrative trade.

NENRY TUCK, who is engaged in farming
on section 32, St. Mary's Township, Han-
cock County, is a native of England. He
was born in Bradford January 23, 1821. His fa-
ther, Solomon Tuck, was born in the same coun-
try, and was a son of Solomon Tuck, Sr. , a native
of England, who died at the age of eighty-five
years. In early life he was a clothier, but after- '
wards became a broker. His family numbered
eight daughters and two sons, and his son Solomon
also became a clothier. The latter always made
England his home, although he spent one year
with his son Henry in America. He was joined

in wedlock with Anna Henton, a native of Eng-
land, and they became the parents of seven chil-
dren, six of whom grew to mature years, while
three are now living: George, who makes his
home in Adelaide, South Australia; Eliza, of
London; and Henry, of this sketch. The father
died in Bradford at the age of seventy years, and
his wife passed away in 1825. She was a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church, and he held member-
ship with the Congregational Church. Their son
John served for about fourteen years in the reg-
ular army of England.

We now take up the personal history of our
subject, one of the highly-respected fanners of
Hancock County. He spent his boyhood and
youth in his native land, and there learned the
shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a num-
ber of years. In 1845, he bade adieu to home and
friends and crossed the broad Atlantic to America,
landing in New York, where he spent a few
months. He then removed to Boston, and in
that and other eastern cities made his home until
his marriage.

In October, 1848, Mr. Tuck wedded Miss Eu-
nice Perry, daughter of