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McLEAN COUNTY
CENTENNIAL
ARROWSMITH
BATTLEFIELD
HISTORIC
STEWART HOUSE
AND OTHER HISTORIC PAPERS
VOLUME IV
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The McLean County Historical Society
Bloomington
Illinois
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Wayne C. Townley
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1936 Officers
J. L. Hasbrouck, First Vice-President.
Mrs. John McBarnes, Second Vice-President
Harry R EADj Third Vice-President
Loins L. Williams, Treasurer
Marjorie K. Simmons, Secretary and Custodian
Rev. Ralph G. Carson, Chaplain
TRANSACTIONS
of
The McLean County
Historical Society
Bloomington, Illinois
McLean County Centennial
Arrowsmith Battlefield
Historic Stewart House
and Other Historic Papers
VOLUME IV
Published for the
McLEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
By
LANG-FULLER PRINTING COMPANY
BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS
1936
PREFACE
In presenting this volume we have
been compelled to choose only a few of
the many subjects which have a rightful
place in a McLean County historical pub-
lication. From the present time forward,
it is the hope of the McLean County His-
torical Society to publish volumes in close
succession so as to finally have in perma-
nent form, all the information pertaining
to McLean County history.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Arrowsmith Battlefield, by Win. B. Brigham 33
Biographical Sketches of the Present Officers and Directors of
the McLean County Historical Society 61
-Centennial of the Stewart House, by Clark E. Stewart - - - - 28
Index of Names Appearing in this Volume 65
McLean County Centennial Officers and Committees - - - - 3
McLean County Centennial Celebration, by J. L. Hasbrouck - 5
Officers of McLean County 51
Officers of McLean County Historical Society 59
Supervisors of McLean County 52
Unpublished Manuscripts 44
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McLean County Centennial
August 27, 28, 29, 30
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OFFICERS
EUGENE FUNK President
PAUL F. BEICH Vice-President
M. J. CALLAHAN Secretary
RUSSELL SHEARER Treasurer
WELDON B. WADE Manager
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Arthur S. Smith, Chairman
Henry Nierstheimer Perry LaBounty C. W. Orcurt
A. H. Belt Al Ulbrich W. E. Richardson
Walter Armbruster Davis Merwin Lloyd Eyer
Elake Holton J. L. Hasbrouck F. D. E. Babcock
Joe Meany Harold U. Lang
Finance Committee
Blake Holton, Chairman
Arthur S. Smith
Russell Shearer
Parade Committee
Lloyd E. Eyer, Chairman
Commercial Floats
J. W. Rodgers, Jr.
Ed. Lebkuecher
Civic Floats
Al Hale
George Stautz
Fraternal Floats
Will Shelper
Music
Mark Ethell
Organization
E. C. Butler
Harry Hall
Traific
R. J. Rutherford
Home Coming Committee
Mrs. W. W. Tilden, Chairman
Music Committee
George Marton, Chairman
Concession Committee
Harold Lang, Chairman
Oscar Muhl
Publicity Committee
M. J. Callahan
Historical Data Committee
J. L. Hasbrouck, Chairman
Mrs. J. H. Cheney
Wm. B. Brigham
Historical Relics Committee
William B. Brigham, Chairman
J. L. Hasbrouck
Oscar Hoose
Sam Livingston
Earl Bach
Relics
Earl Bach
Oscar Hoose
Sam Livingston
Religious Observance Committee
Rev. C. E. Pettit, Chairman
And Ministerial Association
Souvenir Program Committee
Harold Lang, Chairman
Arthur Kane
Jake Ward
Public Safety Committee
Dewey Montgomery, Chairman
HISTORICAL PAGEANT COMMITTEES
Ticket Committee
William J. Wade, Chairman
Paul Jefferson
Blake Holton
Walter Armbruster
Al Grabbs
Grounds Committee
B. M. Donovan, Chairman
Perry LaBounty
James Butler
Property Committee
William J. Hull, Chairman
Talent Committee
Harold D. Saurer, Chairman
Mrs. Porter Phillips, Choir Leader
Kenneth Bradshaw, Orchestra
Reception Committee
Mayor Ben S. Rhodes
And City Officials
McLEAN COUNTY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
August 27-30, 1930
Bloomington, Illinois
By J. L. Hasbrouck
Early in the year 1930, marking one hundred years after the
legal birth of McLean county, citizens of Bloomington began dis-
cussing the matter of suitably celebrating this centennial of local
history.
Early in the discussion it was concluded that three epochal
events might be commemorated in one general celebration:
1.— The centennial anniversary of the legal incorporation of
McLean County.
2._ Formal dedication of the completed Lake Bloomington,
a municipal enterprise creating a never-failing supply of pure
water for the city's needs, which had been under debate for
two generations.
3.— The thirtieth anniversary of the "Big Fire," of June 19,
1900, which marked the starting point of modern development
for the county seat of McLean county.
On March 7, the retail interests committee of the Association of
Commerce considered such a celebration and decided that a special
committee should undertake the enterprise. Chairman A. A. Ulbrich
appointed a committee consisting of Arthur S. Smith, Chairman,
Henry Nierstheimer, A. H. Belt, Walter Armbruster, and Joseph
Meany.
This committee met on March 28, after making some investiga-
tion as to feasibility and scope of the proposed celebration, and
thereupon reported that a larger and more all-embracing committee
was needed to properly outline the celebration, set the dates and
other details. The special committee therefore recommended that
Harris K. Hoblit, president of the Association, with Secretary F. D. E.
Babcock secure the services of a committee including residents of
all parts of the county representing all its interests.
Twelve days later the A. of C. officers reported that they had
decided to send invitations to all farm and home bureaus of the 31
townships of the county, and to all the sponsors of the Christmas
pageant in Bloomington of the preceding December, to meet as a
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general committee to consider Centennial plans. The names of Davis
Merwin and Perry J. LaBounty were added to those previously an-
nounced as the executive committee.
On April 14, the general committee on the suggestion of Wilbur
Coultas, county farm adviser, decided to merge the centennial with
the annual county farm picnic.
Mayor Ben S. Rhodes of Bloomington named a committee of
the city council and officials including Frank Donovan, G. Noble
Paxton, Louis F. Wellmerling, C. C. Williams, and Rolla Neal, to
cooperate with the citizens committee.
On May 1, it was announced that the probable cost of the cele-
bration would be $10,000. On May 9, at a dinner attended by 200
persons representing varied interests of the county, it was formally
voted to hold a four-day celebration, and Chairman Arthur S. Smith
said the expenses would be underwritten by 200 citizens.
A committee consisting of J. L. Hasbrouck, William B. Brigham,
and Mrs. J. H. Cheney were named to propose a series of historical
episodes to be re-enacted at the Centennial Pageant.
A grand historical parade for one or more days of the Centen-
nial was early decided upon as one of the principal features; a com-
mittee including Lloyd Eyer, Mark Ethell, Harry Hall, Edward P.
Butler, and Edgar Lebkuecher was named to make plans for it. The
dates for the four days' celebration chosen were August 27 to 30,
inclusive. The Daily Pantograph began calling for old pictures with
historical background for publication.
Weldon B. Wade, son of Mrs. Anna B. Wade of Bloomington,
then connected with an eastern producing company, was named
general director of the Centennial, and he came here from New York
early in July to devote his time to plans. Mr. Wade appointed
Melvin J. Callahan general office secretary in charge of the head-
quarters in the former Bulletin building, 214 North Madison street.
County-wide committees were named for various phases of the
preparations, and the city council of Bloomington voted $225 for
decorating the city buildings during the week.
A month prior to the Centennial, the Daily Pantograph began a
course of publicity for the purpose of selecting by popular vote the
two young women of the county, one to be named the "Queen" of
the Centennial, and the other official hostess for the occasion, named
"Miss McLean County." Nominations were invited from all over
the county, each name suggested to be accompanied by her picture.
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At the end of the time, the pictures were published, and then the
public was invited to vote for their choice.
For the honor of being Queen, the committee had nominated the
following 29 young ladies, from many hundreds suggested, repre-
senting the townships named: Elverta Erdman, Yates; Hilda Moore,
Downs; Helen Marie Kinsella, Cheney's Grove; Juanita Folger, Dan-
vers; Virginia Carlock, White Oak; Vera Lobdell, Lawndale; Doris
Yordy, Randolph; Naomi Murphy, Allin; Lucille Ward, Martin;
Buelah Cox, Cropsey; Vera Stanger, Dawson; Lucille Wissmiller,
Blue Mound; Mildred Weinheimer, Dry Grove; Fern Prahm, Hud-
son; Bernice Wollung, Bellflower; Nelva Margaret Weber, Arrow-
smith; Mae Jordan, Chenoa; Mary Vanneman, Towanda; Helen
Smith, Funk's Grove; Olga B. Flesher, Money Creek; Agnes Thomas,
Old Town; Irene Siron, Lexington; Alice Strayer, Empire; Esther
Genzel, Gridley; Opal Hotchkiss, Dale; Camilla Hardy, Anchor;
Frances Stubblefield, Mt. Hope.
Nominees from Bloomington-Normal to represent the official
hostess, "Miss McLean County," were the following: Lillian Houston,
Edith Henrietta Heldt, Vauna E. Hutson, Mabel B. Blunk, Frances
Kingrey, Florence Larkin, Evelyn Bye, Clara Belle Pepple, Catherine
M. Craig, Esther L. Haynes, Crystal Pointer, Mildred I. Dagley, and
Lela Jane White.
There were 14,729 ballots cast in Bloomington-Normal for the
choice of the official hostess, and 14,518 in the county for the selection
of the Queen. The judges, Earl R. DePew, J. E. Smith, B. B. Naylor,
and Herman Bock, August 17, announced that Miss Lucille Ward
of Colfax had been chosen as "Queen of the Centennial," and Miss
Evelyn Bye of 804 South Morris Avenue, Bloomington, the official
hostess.
As the month of August approached, increased activity in prepar-
ation for the Centennial was seen on every side. Advanced ticket
sales for the Pageant of Progress, the spectacular feature of the week,
were announced. More than 2,500 invitations were mailed from
Centennial headquarters to prominent former residents of the city
and county residing in other states asking them to return to their
old home to help celebrate.
Good Will tours were organized by business men, motor cara-
vans visiting the communities of Central Illinois and leaving litera-
ture regarding the coming celebration.
Singers for the Centennial chorus of 200 trained voices were
called to begin rehearsals the second week in August, by Harold
Dale Saurer, the musical director.
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General Chairman Arthur S. Smith and the Centennial treasurer,
Russell Shearer, made several trips by airplane to scatter the informa-
tion of the coming Centennial. On August 19, J. L. Hasbrouck, editor
of The Pantograph, and member of the general committee, broadcast
by radio from the state fair grounds a story of the Centennial and
extended an invitation to everybody in Illinois to come to Bloom-
ington the following week.
The week before the Centennial the whole city took on gala
airs, with decorations of the streets and business buildings in the
downtown district. Homes displayed flags and a general festival air
pervaded the community.
OPENING NIGHT
Tuesday night, August 26, the formal inauguration of the Centen-
nial was held in the natural amphitheatre on the sloping hillside
of Highland Park. An audience of 2,000 persons had assembled at
the grounds. They found seats on the grassy slope facing the stage.
Illuminated by flood lights, the assembly presented a picturesque
spectacle.
The orator of the occasion was Rev. Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones,
for 14 years pastor of the First Christian church in Bloomington,
then pastor of Central Woodward Christian church in Detroit.
Dr. William J. Davidson, president of Illinois Wesleyan uni-
versity, presided, and a chorus of 200 voices organized for the musical
features of the week's pageants, made their first appearance. Rev.
Forrest L. Fraser, pastor of the First Baptist church, gave the invoca-
tion; Rev. George W. Bonebrake read the scripture. Other min-
isters on the platform were Rev. V. E. Birch of the West Olive Metho-
dist church, Rev. Franklin C. Read and Rev. Henry Abraham, retired
The speaker was introduced by William H. (Billy) Shelper, head
of the Shelper Mission. Dr. Jones paid tribute to the pioneers who
first settled McLean county and to the career of John McLean, first
U. S. senator from Illinois, for whom the county was named. He
sketched briefly the highlights of history for the county and men-
tioned some of the many names of distinguished persons who had
their beginnings here.
"It was religion," said Dr. Jones, "which sustained the pioneers
in the arduous lives." He paid tribute especially to those of the
Catholic faith who had so large a part in the foundation of the
McLean county community. He mentioned Peter Cartwright, the
most noted of the early Methodist preachers of Illinois, and said that
men of his firm character and faith without his eccentricities, are
needed for the modern world. The moral issues of life today, he
emphasized, are no less serious than that of slavery, which cut the
country into two warring sections. Men of faith like Abraham
Lincoln and the pioneers, will solve present day problems as they
solved the issues of their time. He closed with a note of optimism
as to the future of this country, state, and nation.
SECOND DAY
Wednesday, the second day of the celebration, brought to Bloom-
ington a crowd of visitors estimated at 50,000.
The chief attraction of the day was an afternoon pageant in
which the history of the county was represented in pictorial fashion
by a procession three miles long consisting of floats and other forms
of historical or allegorical representation of the chief events and
personages of the county's history. The procession had the color and
splendor of a gigantic circus parade, with added attractions of num-
erous kinds.
On the morning of the day of the parade, the formal introduc-
tory ceremonies of the Centennial were put on at the court house.
A stand had been erected on the east side of the public square, and
there took place the ceremony of the crowning of the Centennial
Queen. The street had been roped off to prevent traffic, and a crowd
of 5,000 people gathered around the stand.
Preceding the coronation of the young ladies a program of
speaking was presented. Aerial bombs exploded at 10 o'clock served
as formal announcement that the ceremonies of the week were to
start. A group of distinguished guests took their places on the plat-
form, including Mayor Ben S. Rhodes of Bloomington, Mayor W. A.
Newhauser of Normal, Federal Judge Louis FitzHenry, J. E. Smith
of Bellflower, chairman of the McLean county board of supervisors;
Eugene D. Funk, president of the Centennial organization; former
Governor Joseph W. Fifer and his daughter, State Senator Florence
Fifer Bohrer; Harris K. Hoblit, president of the Association of Com-
merce; and F. D. E. Babcock, secretary; Homer W. Hall, member of
congress from this district, and other citizens.
Mr. Babcock first presented Mayor Rhodes, who opened the pro-
gram with a short talk on the meaning of the Centennial. He was
followed in turn by Judge FitzHenry, Mr. Funk, Mr. Hoblit, and
Gov. Fifer.
Then was presented John Eddy of Albany, N. Y., who was pres-
ident of the Association of Commerce just after the big fire of 1900,
and who had returned here after many years' absence to attend the
Centennial. He recalled many incidents of his connection with
Bloomington history.
After these preliminaries, the guest orator of the occasion was
presented, Gen. Frank S. Dickson, former adjutant general of the
state of Illinois. Gen. Dickson expressed a deep sense of apprecia-
tion that he had been honored with the invitation to speak on the
formal inauguration of the Centennial festival of so great a county
as McLean. He referred to the presence on the platform of the
distinguished citizens of the county, the former Governor Joseph W.
Fifer, who, he said, had coined a choice phrase to describe this county,
when he once called it the "breastpin of Illinois." Gen. Dickson said
he would offer a broader description and call this community "the
dimple of the universe."
CROWNING OF THE QUEEN
One of the great spectacular occasions of the week followed
the close of Gen. Dickson's address. This was the formal coronation
of the Centennial Queen, and the honors paid to her escort, the
official Centennial Hostess and their respective maids of honor.
As an aerial bomb signalled the hour for the formal coronation,
the crowd gathered nearer to the stands where the speeches had just
been concluded. To the echo of cheers and the curious craning of
necks in the throng, a handsomely decorated float rounded the corner
of Jefferson street and slowly approached the central rostrum.
The float carried the Centennial Queen, Miss Lucile Ward of
Colfax and the official hostess for Bloomington and Normal, Miss
Evelyn Bye of Bloomington. Miss Ward was seated on a lofty throne.
Attending her were a bevy of beautiful girls, one chosen as the pret-
tiest girl from her own township, 29 of them in all.
Homer W. Hall, master of ceremonies in the coronation exer-
cises, stepped from the stage to the float and presented each of the
two honored individuals a diamond ring as a reward for having won
the popularity contest wherein the Queen and Hostess were chosen.
Then came the formal coronations. Betty Jeanne Cline, daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs. G. M. Cline, was lifted to the Queen's float and
placed upon her head the silver crown. Barbara Ellen Moore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Moore, performed a similar
ceremonial service for the Official Hostess. The rings were provided
by the Centennial executive board. Both the Queen and the Hostess
also received at this time the Pantograph Medal of Merit as a special
mark of distinction.
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THE GREAT PARADE
The streets of the downtown district were lined with people
long before the scheduled hour of the afternoon procession. It was
a warm day, and the throngs sought the shady side of streets and
the shelter of roofs wherever possible.
The procession contained five bands, a bugle corps, and many
of the floats contained groups of musicians with their own methods
of making harmony. The bands included Bloomington municipal
band, the boy's band from the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children's
Home, the Chenoa high school band, the Saybrook band, and the
Fairbury band. The McLean County Drum corps formed a his-
torical feature, and a bugle corps of Bloomington girls served as
heralds for the floats bearing the Centennial Queen and her official
hostesses.
Into the procession was placed every form of transportation
which had been used from the earliest to the latest date of the
county's history. There were horses, singly and in teams, ridden or
driven to every kind of vehicle.
There were oxen-drawn carts nearly 100 years old. Stage coach-
es, old hacks, buggies, hayracks, a horse-drawn street car, old bicycles
of every sort, from the high-wheelers to the more modern "safety";
the ancient fire engine of Bloomington, the "Prairie Bird," which had
achieved fame by taking part in the great Chicago fire of 1871;
followed by the modern motorized fire equipment. A brewery wagon
with a great team of handsome draft horses brought up a picture
of a past era. There were innumerable kinds of motor vehicles,
from earliest makes of steam-driven cars, down to the latest models.
Most of the floats were motor-propelled.
The Daily Pantagraph presented a handsomely decorated float
with representation of the great Goss press from which the news-
papers are turned out. The State Farm Mutual company presented
a float carrying eight pretty girls handsomely gowned surrounding
the company emblem. Hembreiker's presented a flower float. W. H.
Roland one representing latest styled dresses worn by pretty girls.
The McLean County Farm Bureau's float was loaded with grains
and other farm products. The Kinloch-Bloomington Telephone
company's float represented the service of that company. Tire and
automobile entries were made by Clay Dooley, Belt Tire service,
and Tracy Green.
Appropriate business displays were shown on floats representing
the Soft Water Laundry, the Harwood Lumber company, the Bevan
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Dairy, the Blooniington Baking company, the Frank Joho garage,
and the My Store.
Louis E. Davis post of the American Legion had a float repre-
senting the army and navy and the Red Cross, the decorations being
in red, white and blue. The Odd Fellows order had a float decorated
in purple and white, the lodge colors, with the three links. Two
pink swans were the decorative highlights of the United Photo
float. A tiny car decorated in white and green represented the
A. G. Carnahan garage.
A flat bed float carrying the emblem of the company represented
the Union Gas and Electric company. One of the Oil-O-Matic's
service sedans was decorated for that firm's entry, and the Model
Laundry float represented "wash day" in the style of 1830, with a
contrasting picture of the 1930 style.
In a tiny green street car representing the Illinois Power and
Light Corp. were a group of employees whose combined services with
that company represented 148 years. They were Ed Shields, Frank
Arnold, James Fitzgerald, and H. M. Taylor.
Among the commercial floats, Newmarket entered an elaborately
decorated sedan; My Store carried a map of McLean county; C. W.
Klemm represented style in women's wear from 1830; Gerhart Shoe
company float carried a peacock; A. Livingston & Sons had a hand-
somely decorated green sedan; The Meadows Manufacturing com-
pany had a long truck suitably decorated; The Snow &: Palmer float
was done in yellow and lavender.
Many of the prettiest and most striking floats represented out-
side townships: Arrowsmith by a stockade from the famous Indian
battlefield in that township; Danvers, log cabin and rail splitter;
Dale, old fashioned carriage drawn by horses; Funk's Grove, an old
Victoria carriage; Dry Grove, pioneer camping scene in the woods;
Towanda, corn display and golf girls; Mt. Hope, a huge milk bottle
representing its dairy interest; Dawson, two ancient fiddlers; Anchor,
Indian boy in canoe; Downs, float decorated in natural flowers;
Blue Mound, group of farmers in typical attire representing agri-
culture, religion and military life; Old Town and Gridley, finely
decorated floats.
Twenty-two distinguished guests and leaders of the Centennial
organization had places on the reviewing stand as the long proces-
sion went by. Those on the stand were Mayor Ben S. Rhodes,
Arthur S. Smith, general chairman; Gen. Frank S. Dickson, Congress-
man Homer W. Hall, Eugene Funk, Centennial president, Matt C.
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Smith and Lon K. Smith, former old residents; William Merna,
William J. Hull of the Trades Assembly; F. D. E. Babcock, secretary
of the A. of C, and Mrs. Babcock; Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Beich,
Judge Larry A. Jones; C. C. Wagner, former president of the board
of supervisors, and the following other supervisors: W. L. Clark,
Towanda, C. R. Stanger, Blue Mound; Varner Longworth, McLean;
E. S. Sloan, Danvers; J. D. Shiner, Hudson; Harry Denning, Leroy;
J. M. Custenborder of Mackinaw; C. W. Orcutt, managing editor
of the Pantagraph.
During the passing of the parade, some two hours, The Panta-
graph's airplane, Scoop, circled above the city and line of march, a
cameraman taking pictures of the parade from the air.
Time was turned backward for many decades when a band of
27 Indians of the Winnebago tribe, under Chief White Eagle, set
up their tent village in the tract of open land east of Bongo park
at the opening of the Centennial Week. They brought their tepees
with them from their permanent home near Starved Rock, established
their own form of life at the park, tethered their horses and parked
their automobiles in the vicinity. They bought and prepared their
own food in their own way, which had some of the modern frills,
it was admitted. Among themselves, the Indians conversed in their
native language but they were able to talk English fluently.
Each day some of the band came to the business part of the
City and attracted much attention as they wandered among the
stores and along the streets. They took part in the historic parades
of Wednesday afternoon and Friday night, displaying various forms
of conveyance, including the most ancient Indian modes of riding
a drag.
Downtown Bloomington was a scene of almost constant interest
and animation during the days of the Centennial observance. Sets
of apparatus and platforms were set up in the court house yard, where
every afternoon and evening troups of professional acrobats or other
performers entertained the people free of charge.
The Bloomington municipal band, led by George W. Marion,
formally opened the four days' celebration when it struck up the
strains of "Illinois" on Wednesday afternoon. A crowd of 1,500 at
the start was soon increased to twice that number. This set-up of
free acts was repeated each afternoon and evening during the rest of
the week, the program being varied somewhat from day to day.
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THE PAGEANT OF PROGRESS
On Wednesday night was presented the central pictorial feature of
the week's celebration, a grand outdoor allegorical and historical
panorama, known as the Pageant of Progress. It was shown in the
open air theatre on the hillside in Highland park where a great
throng gathered on the opening night to witness the spectacle.
In it participated more than 1,000 persons, men, women, and
children. The Pageant was made up of a series of moving scenes
and tableaux, depicting different episodes of the history of McLean
county, with living persons representing some of the famous men
and women of the century in local history, and showing them as
they might have appeared in some of the important incidents of
their lives.
The "stage" on which this historic cyclorama of local history
was unfolded, was in fact the natural greensward, and the action took
place against a backstage curtain of special design. All the acces-
sories were of course in life-size form, and in addition to the persons
themselves the drama required the services of horses, wagons, mules,
oxen, cattle, dogs, and other domestic animals.
Orchestral music and appropriate songs by the Centennial choir
of 200 voices blended with the splendid effects of pantomime, the
symbolism of graceful dancing, and the actual re-enactment of history
in some of the many episodes which made the annals of McLean
county during its first 100 years.
While the eyes of the 6,000 persons who composed the audience
were drinking in the spectacular scene which unfolded before them,
"The Voice of McLean County," speaking through an amplifier, gave
an interpretation of one scene after another, so that the audience
might grasp the actual and allegorical import of each phase of the
story. Dr. Harry L. Howell acted in the role of the "Voice of
McLean County," and his sonorous voice reached the farthest stretch-
es of the hillside auditorium.
As the opening act of the drama, the Centennial official hostess,
Miss Evelyn Bye, entered the stage upon her magnificent float, and
bade her official welcome to the Centennial Queen, Miss Lucille
Ward of Colfax. Each of these central figures was followed by her
attendants, and after the welcoming ceremonial, to which pages with
long gilded trumpets added a royal circumstance, the Queen gave
utterance to a fitting response, and all those in the official group
took their places in their special reviewing box at the left of the stage.
The remainder of the Pageant was composed of 14 episodes.
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Prior to the entry of each allegorical group, the Voice of McLean
County announced, in verse or prose, the significance of the com-
ing scene.
Episode I. An Indian camp and primitive life of the first white
settlers of McLean county. The period represented was from 1800
to 1822. The Indians in this region when the white man came,
were mostly Kickapoos, though many belonged to the Delaware and
Pottawatomie tribes. They lived by hunting and fishing. The stage
scene showed their modes of life. Members of the Improved Order
of Red Men, Boy Scouts, and many private citizens, men, women, and
children, took part in this scene.
Episode Tiuo. First white settlers. The scene depicted the ar-
rival of the covered wagons with their cargoes of humans and their
meager personal belongings; the unloading of their wagons and the
setting up of their first camps; their meeting and dealings with Indians
who came to visit them. The persons taking part in this scene were
members of some of the oldest families in the history of McLean
county— the Orendorff, Cruikshank, Rhodes, Riley, Weiting, Hollis,
Weishaar, Rust, Foster, and other families.
The first settlers to arrive in the territory to be later known
as McLean county reached here in the spring of 1822. They settled
at Blooming Grove, first known as Keg Grove, and were John W.
Dawson and family, John Hendrix and family, and a man named
Segar, who later sold his claim to William Orendorff, who arrived
in 1823, with his wife and son Thomas. In 1824 the settlers in-
cluded Mr. Goodman, W. H. Hodge and William Walker and family.
A friendly chief of the Kickapoos named Machina visited Daw-
son and his band shortly after their arrival and by sign language
told them they were not wanted. However, he and his followers were
not hostile and later became friendly.
This scene showed the primitive work and pastimes of the first
settlers, hunting and fishing, horse racing, wrestling, card playing,
spelling bees, and other amusements. The episode included deal-
ings between the whites and Indians.
Episode Three. This dealt with the formation of McLean coun-
ty. In 1830, James Allin and some other of the early settlers formed
the plan to secure legal organization of a new county. A petition
signed by the families at and near Blooming Grove was conveyed to
the legislature, and a committee composed of Thomas Orendorff
and James Latta took it to Vandalia, the state capital. Mr. Allin
could not go, being ill, but he furnished letters for the commissioners
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to those whom he knew would favor the project. On December
25, 1830, the bill was passed by the legislature incorporating the
county, which was named for John McLean, Illinois senator, whose
death had occurred shortly before. The commissioners arrived home
after several weeks, being detained at Vandalia by the historic "deep
snow" of that period. They brought the good news of the forma-
tion of the county.
This scene depicted incidents of the trip of the commissioners,
their reception at Vandalia, and their return.
Episode Four. This depicted the first school in McLean county
and reproduced incidents of the schools of that era. The first school
was opened in 1825 in the home of John W. Dawson, with Miss
Delilah Mullins as teacher. It was an elementary school and in-
tended mainly for small children. There were about 16 pupils at
first. Later Dr. Trabue, a Frenchman, and W. H. Hodge taught
the school very successfully.
The school room depicted was one with very simple furniture,
of course, and the exercises conducted by the teacher were primitive
in their nature, combining serious and humorous characterizations.
The parts in this scene were taken by persons from Carlock,
with Miss Ruth Conger impersonating Delilah Mullins, the first
teacher.
Episode Five. Indians and Religion. Shortly after the arrival
of the first white settlers, according to the tradition, a Kickapoo chief
named Kaanakuck became converted to the belief of Christianity
and afterward became famous for his work among his fellow tribes-
men. His labors are preserved in the traditions of the Kickapoos,
the remnants of whose tribe now live in Kansas.
A minister, William Walker, visited the Kickapoos in their camp
in 1832 and held services there. The Indians had no printed books,
of course, but they wrote inscriptions in their sign language on
pieces of wood. The scene depicted a public dinner given by the
Indians for the visiting white minister, the Indians ranged in a circle
while the white preacher addressed them from the center.
Men from the three tribes of the Improved Order of Red Men
and women from the Pocahontas lodge took part in this episode.
Chief Machina was impersonated by W. A. Wells; chief of the tribe
by H. H. McCord; scout on horse by L. W. Lawyer; religious scout,
Kaanakuck, by W. C. Lawyer, and the minister by C. Hayden Foster.
Episode Six. This dealt with the life of Abraham Lincoln, who
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was a familiar character and frequent visitor in McLean county prior
to the Civil war.
In his middle life, Lincoln made his living as a lawyer by "rid-
ing the circuit" and practicing in many counties, including McLean.
He appeared as attorney in many cases in the county, of which his
intimate friend David Davis was presiding judge, and another friend,
Jesse W. Fell, one of his fellow practitioners. The most important
case in which Lincoln appeared in McLean county was that of
"Illinois Central Railroad vs. the County of McLean." Lincoln was
the attorney for the railroad and won his suit, receiving the largest
fee he ever collected in a case.
The scene depicted Lincoln in various roles, including an ad-
dress to a jury in the court here. Fred Streble impersonated Lincoln,
with remarkable likeness to the original. There were characters rep-
resenting the northern soldier, the southern soldier, the slave, and
other persons who figured in the drama of Lincoln's life.
Episode Seven. This pictured the coming of the first railroad.
After the passage of a law by the Illinois legislature donating to the
Illinois Central large tracts of land along its entire line in the state,
on agreement to pay the state seven per cent of its gross earnings,
it was the foresight of Gen. A. Gridley, then state senator, which
secured the building of this road through McLean county. The road
was completed into Bloomington from the north in 1853, and the
first train entered Bloomington the following year.
The scene depicting the laying of a section of the railroad and
the ceremonies attending its completion. Men from the Modern
Woodmen Camps put on this scene. William Hull and Thomas
Ball represented railroad section bosses; James Lyle Horn, water
boy, and a large number of the Woodmen were the track layers.
Episode Eight. The Civil war. War talk was first heard in
the Lincoln-Douglas campaign for senator in 1858. The campaign
was one of intense feeling and excitement. Sentiment in McLean
county was solidly against secession, which began to be whispered.
The Republican party was formed to prevent the spread of slavery;
the Democratic party argued that federal power could not interfere
with slavery where it existed. Many marching clubs were formed
and torchlight processions held. Uniformed clubs called "Douglas
Invinicbles" and "Lincoln Wideawakes" marched and manuevered
in public.
After Fort Sumter was fired on, April 12, 1861, a monster mass
meeting was held at Phoenix Hall to pledge loyalty to President
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Lincoln and to resist rebellion. On April 18th, three days after the
call of President Lincoln for troops to put down the rebellion, the
first 113 volunteers left Bloomington for Springfield under Capt.
Harvey.
The tableaux depicted a ballet of the civil war. The scene in
Phoenix hall was depicted in another part of the episode. The
call for volunteers and their mustering for service was enacted. The
Dance of the South— the Grays. The Dance of the North— the Blues.
Battle pictures were represented, and after the struggle the "Spirit
of Peace" appeared in tableaux. Other tableaux showed Lincoln
the Emancipator; General Grant; General Lee; The Slave.
Episode Nine. The Human Flag. Here was shown the stars
and stripes formed by 200 boys and girls, who performed many man-
euvers and executed many drill exercises.
Episode Ten. Return of Peace. After the civil war, phenom-
enal growth took place in city, county, and state. A wealth of natur-
al resources was developed. The wilderness became a garden spot.
Great harvests were gathered, and the once wide prairies became
cultivated farms with prosperous homes.
The scene depicted the gathering of the harvest. Lastly the
rainbow spanned the heavens above the harvest fields.
Episode Eleven. The World War. This was a series of tableaux
depicting scenes re-enacted from the history of the world war in which
McLean county men and women took part— World war heroes leav-
ing their cherished homes and loved ones— The Red Cross nurses—
The Liberty Loan drives. The Voice of McLean County recited
verses from the famous poem, "In Flanders Field."
Episode Twelve. The Great Fire of 1900. The most disastrous
fire in the history of Bloomington occurred June 19, 1900.
The scenes depicted the sounding of the alarm of fire at mid-
night—the shrieking of the whistles,— the mad rush of the fire engines
—the gathering of excited crowds— the burst of flames from many
buildings all at the same time— Hour after hour the buildings fall
in ruins— Appeal is made by Mayor Thomas to Peoria and Spring-
field for help— More fire apparatus arrives— As dawn breaks, the
city is a heap of ruins. Then comes the rebuilding era, when new
structures arise from the ashes— the beginning of a new and greater
era— the new Court House typical of other modern structures.
Episode Thirteen. The Centennial. This scene depicted mod-
ern progress in many stages. Miss McLean County and Miss Bloom-
ington with their attendants were presented in many formations,
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representing Music, Gold, Silver, Aviation, Racing, Dancing, Manu-
facture, Commerce, Science, Motoring, Sports.
Episode Fourteen. The Finale. The climax of the whole even-
ing spectacle was the "Wheel of Progress," in which the participants
in the Pageant of Progress all appeared on the stage at the same time
in mass maneuvers, presenting one grand panorama of the Centen-
nial of McLean County History.
THURSDAY
Thursday of Centennial week was especially Farmers' day.
Thursday morning a large crowd gathered at Fans Field to wit-
ness a baseball game between teams representing the Farm Bureau
of Livingston and that of McLean county. The Livingston team
won the game by a score of 15 to 9.
The batteries were: Livingston, Frobish and Wrightman; Mc-
Lean, Corper, Weinzierl and Lanier. The other players were: For
Livingston, Weber, Wildhaber, Myers, Jacobs, Conroy, Wheatley,
Smith. For McLean: Caton, Clarke, R. Weber, Fitzgerald, Davis,
Buescher, Flint.
At noon the picnic facilities of Miller park were taxed to the
limit, with seven large family reunions and many thousands of other
farmers came to enjoy the day's sport, the Centennial exercise and
the speeches at the park in the afternoon. A series of games were
played by young people representing various townships of the county.
The afternoon address was delivered by Charles A. Ewing of
Decatur, president of the National Livestock Marketing association.
Mr. Ewing explained the prevailing system of government aid to
farmers through co-operative efforts in marketing their stock. He
explained the huge volume of the livestock business in the country,
both as to production and marketing. The final afternoon feature
at the park was a program of sports for farm people directed by
C. D. Curtis and Mrs. Spencer Ewing.
FRIDAY
The public attention of Centennial crowds was turned to the
air on Friday. A special program at the Bloomington airport north
of Normal brought a crowd of 5000 people.
The affair opened with an impressive air parade, in which
various types of planes took charge. During the first hour, free
rides in The Pantagraph plane, Scoop, were given to the Centen-
nial Queen and the Official Hostess, and to various Centennial
officials. Then came the air show. There was a parade of all the
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planes then on the field, making the take-off in striking order, and
circling over the city for the wonder of the people who had stayed
at home. Leading the procession was a huge Ford all metal tri-
motored plane of unusual type.
The pilots flying the ships which took part in the air parade
included Art Carnahan, Bill Bennett, Eddie Brooks, Tommie Woods,
Leo Jackson, Leo Simmons, Claude Kendall, Arch Baldridge, Frank-
lin Kemp and Ray Loomis. Three glider flights were engineered
by Art Carnahan, the glider staying in the air one minute and 35
seconds after being cut loose from its piloting plane. Art Carna-
han gave an exhibition of stunt flying, which furnished the crowd
plenty of thrills.
The 25 mile air race was participated in by several planes, over
a five mile course. The race was won by Ferdinand Schad in a
Travelair plane; second Kenneth Rengel, in his Kenneth Curtiss
Robin; third, Archie Baldridge in Humphreys' Waco; fourth, Frank-
lin E. Kemp in his Waco. A thrilling parachute jump was made
by Eddie Brooks from a height of 2,200 feet, riding aloft in Tom-
my Woods' plane.
The Friday night parade was featured by the presence of a
large contingent of Mystic Shriners from Peoria, with their Oriental
band, the Chanters, and a brilliant float finely decorated. The dis-
play was meant to illustrate the charitable work carried on by the
Shriners in behalf of the crippled children. The historical portraits
presented in the floats on Wednesday afternoon were repeated.
A light but continuing rain fell throughout the evening of
Friday. Nevertheless, the management of the Centennial decided
to hold the parade as planned.
First Division. White oxen, covered wagon, four state high-
way policemen; color guard, American Legion; Louis E. Davis post
and Redd Williams post; four men each; Bloomington band; brown
oxen and Swigert's covered wagon; State Farm Mutual Insurance
company float, Bevan Dairy, three wagons, three horses each; Grav-
Trimble float; Ray Mette, three Dodge cars; loud speakers car and
announcer; Brandt's Truck company truck; Centennial Christian
church, miniature edifice illuminated.
United Photo Shop, float; Young Men's club; Gerhart Shoe
company float; Bloomington and Normal Standard club; O. E. S.
kitchen band; Leman Dairy float; Illinois Wesleyan university float;
McLean County Fife and Drum Corps; Daily Pantagraph float show-
ing printing press; Val Blatz Brewing Co. beer wagon; Tracy Green,
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float and two Chevrolet cars; Hawkins studio, decorated car; MaGirl
Foundry float; Unemployed camp, showing hobos around fire, on
truck; Holland Furnace Co. display of long inflated bag; Johnson
Transfer Co., 900 pound lump of coal, five vehicles from old two-
wheeled truck to most modern; U. S. L. Battery Co., and Franklin
auto; Martens Motor Co., decorated car.
Second Division. Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School
band; Woodmen's drill team; Salvation Army; Indians, six mounted
men, including James Reeder, candidate for sheriff; stage coach and
Indians; B. & N. horse railway car; ancient styles of bicycles, Elsworth
Fenn riding one of them; old fire hose reel, Prairie Bird pumper,
steam fire engine and modern motor pumper; 1908 Ford car, by
Laurence Rust; one cylinder Cadillac; 1913 Ford car with license
plates to date; white mule, comic; Evergreen City Motorcycle club,
10 motorcycles; leader in front and streamers running back to others;
1923 taxi, by Yellow Cab company, and two modern cabs; Industrial
Casualty Co., 24 decorated automobiles; Laurence Rust, two decor-
ated cars.
Third Division. Saybrook band; Illinois Power & Light Corpor-
ation float, DeMolay, purple and gold decorated car; Royal Neigh-
bors of America, decorated car; Hayes-Custer Stove Co.; A. Livings-
ton & Sons float; Belt Better Tire Service, car; Snow & Palmer party
float, Sunlite Bread, Bloomington Baking company, four bread trucks
and float; Oil-O-Matic, decorated float, illuminated sign on top;
Meadows Washing Machine Co., float; Berner & Conroy plumbing
company display; Bloomington Soft Water Laundry float; I.O.O.F.
float; Women of Mooseheart, float; Purity Ann Baking company,
float with 25 employees dressed in white; Clay Dooley, car; Carna-
han Garage, car; Model Laundry float and two company trucks, one
of 1892 vintage and one modern; Association of Commerce, dec-
orated car; Funk Bros. Seed Co., float; Bloomington Welding Co.,
decorated truck; Buck Mann play ground, decorated car; Kiwanis
club, decorated car; Tracy Green, Uncle Pay ton Brown, 110 years old.
Fourth Division. Six officers on horse back abreast; Shrine Or-
iental band; Shrine float with throne carrying officers of the Temple;
Mohammed Shrine chanters; Shrine band; Mohammed patrol drill
team, section hands, with their handcar, dressed in striped overalls;
B. and M. Baking Co., two trucks with float between; Paul F. Beich
Co., float with 143 girls and 60 men all attired in white, called the
Candy Makers; office force of Beich's marching; C. W. Klemm store,
float; Cox Shoe Co., decorated car; Rotary International car, flags
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of all nations; Yates company, five cars, 1904 Maxwell and four
others; Newmarket, decorated car; Pontiac municipal band; Kinloch-
Bloomington Telephone Co., big float; W. H. Roland, decorated car;
American Legion float; Red Cross showing navy and army service;
My Store, float displaying trade territory map; Hembreiker Flower
Shop, decorated truck; Illinois Valley Motor Co., two cars; I.O.O.F.
decorated cars; Moto-Inn, decorated car; Union Gas Co., float;
Schueth Garage, decorated car; Fraternal Order of Eagles, poorhouse
float; John A. Beck Co., ambulance; George Edw. Day Paint Co.,
float with two men painting trellis; and a Johnson Transfer truck
with a load of household goods bound for Rockford.
SATURDAY
Several important memorial and historical features marked Sat-
urday, the closing day of Centennial week. One was the formal
program of dedication of Lake Bloomington, the great municipal
enterprise which had been brought to completion during the sum-
mer of 1930 after two years of planning and two years of construc-
tion work. The lake formed the new municipal water supply, being
a reservoir four miles long of irregular shape formed by the dam-
ming of Money Creek at a point about 12 miles northeast of the city.
Mayor Ben S. Rhodes opened the afternoon program at the
lake, and presented Richard M. O'Connell, corporation counsel as
chairman. Mayor Rhodes gave credit in his remarks to the work
of civic organizations and citizens in making possible the creation
of Lake Bloomington, and predicted that it would furnish the city
ample water supply for many years.
Mr. O'Connell declared that the private corporation of 25
citizens who made the financing of the lake possible had received
not a cent of pay or profit for their part in the enterprise. He then
introduced Egbert B. Hawk, who was one of the original proposers
of the Lake Bloomington project, who served as chairman of the
Bloomington Water company board of directors and was a leader
throughout.
In his address, Mr. Hawk gave credit to H. O. Davis, one time
publisher of the Pantagraph, for having been among the first Bloom-
ington citizens to dream of an impounded water supply. He told
of the formation of the Committee of Fourteen appointed by Mayor
Walter Arbogast of Normal and Mayor Frank H. Blose of Bloom-
ington to consider formation of a water project. The Normal mem-
bers of this committee were O. L. Manchester, A. M. Augustine, and
C. E. Clark. For Bloomington the mayor named Noble Paxton,
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Mark Hayes, and Charles Lawyer. The committee was to include
both mayors. For the Association of Commerce the committee in-
cluded President Willis S. Harwood, Frank Donovan, and Mr. Hawk.
The committee was completed by selection of three business men,
Ned Dolan, Paul Beich and William Spafford. Mr. Augustine acted
as secretary of the committee during its life, Mr. Hawk as chairman.
Following many months of investigations and preliminary pub-
licity for the project, the Committee of Fourteen filed its report
with both city councils. To realize its recommendations, a private
corporation was formed known as the Bloomington Water Company,
the shareholders which were Charles F. J. Agle, R. C. Baldwin, John
J. Burke, W. W. Tilden, Gus Ensenberger, W. S. Harwood, G. C.
Heberling, Rogers Humphreys, Julius Klemm, W. W. McKnight,
Charles H. Snow, G. B. Read, John Rocke, C. U. Williams, L. G.
Whitmer, Roy Chew, Ned E. Dolan, E. M. Evans, E. B. Hawk,
Campbell Holton, E. E. Jones, Milton R. Livingston, Dudley C.
Smith, Paul F. Beich, and W. C. Spafford. Through death or other
changes the corporation later included Prof. W. A. L. Beyer, R. J.
Rutherford, Harry K. Dick and Thomas F. Harwood.
W. W. Tilden was first president, and after his death, E. M.
Evans succeeded him, and served to the end of the private phase
of the enterprise. Mr. Hawk gave credit to the work of Mayor
Rhodes and Attorney O'Connell for the project, along with that of
Lester H. Martin and James C. Riley as attorneys in the legal labors.
As the final words of his address, Mr. Hawk said: "We dedicate you,
Lake Bloomington, to the uses for which you were brought into being;
and as the years come and unroll into the past, may you continue
to serve the people who have learned to love you, to value you,
and may you help to bring to them and retain for them health,
prosperity, and joyous happiness."
In addition to the formal ceremonies connected with the dedi-
cation of Lake Bloomington, there were many interesting features
to entertain the large crowd.
Of a sporting character were the series of boat races. Thousands
in the throng had never seen a race between power boats, and the
contests gave them plenty of thrills. On the west shore of the lake
gathered the band of Winnebago Indians who had been in camp
south of Bloomington during the week. To the entertainment of
the crowd looking on, the Indians put on a program of "war" dances
and other rites of their native tribal life. Finally Chief White-
feather made a speech to the assembled crowd. He spoke in very
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good English and expressed the feelings of his modern tribesmen
in being welcomed to these notable ceremonies connected with the
history of a great Illinois county.
Saturday night came, with the closing events of the Centennial
festivities. Due to rain on Friday night, the third presentation of
the Pageant of Progress had been postponed to Saturday night. The
conditions were still somewhat handicapped by wet weather, and the
attendance at the final performance was not up to expectations.
However, the full schedule of the pageant was put on, with the cast
85 percent complete in every act, a remarkably high percentage,
judged by comparison with other places and similar situations.
After the last act of the pageant had been staged, an ambitious
program of fireworks was set off, from the lake shore in Miller park.
At the close of the week's ceremonies, interviews with many
Bloomington and McLean county citizens voiced the opinion that
the Centennial was a great success; it was pronounced the most
largely attended, the most colorful and historically interesting cele-
bration which had been held within the memory of those who took
part or witnessed it.
The officers and others who took part in the various phases of
the Centennial were: Eugene D. Funk, president; Paul F. Beich,
vice president; Melvin J. Callahan, executive secretary; Russsll,
Shearer, treasurer; Weldon B. Wade, general manager and director.
The general executive committee in charge of most of the detail
comprised Arthur S. Smith, chairman; Walter Armbruster, A. H.
Belt, Henry Nierstheimer, Perry J. LaBounty, A. A. Ulbrich, Davis
Merwin, Blake Holton, Joe Meany, J. L. Hasbrouck, F. D. E. Bab-
cock, Harold U. Lang, C. W. Orcutt, and Lloyd Eyer.
Division of the week's program: Mr. Eyer, chairman of the
parade committee and marshal; J. W. Rodgers and Edgar Lebkue-
cher, commercial floats; Al Hale and George Stautz, civic floats;
Will Shelper, fraternal floats; George W. Marton and Mark Ethell,
music; Harold D. Saurer, chairman, Mrs. Porter Phillips, choir lead-
er and Kenneth Bradshaw, orchestra leader, for the Pageant; William
J. Hull, chairman property committee; B. M. Donovan, Pageant
grounds; Mr. Wade, Paul Jefferson, Mr. Holton, Mr. Armbruster,
and Al Grabs, Pageant tickets.
William B. Brigham was chairman of the historic relics com-
mittee, with Oscar Hoose, Mr. Hasbrouck and Earl Bach; Mr. Brig-
ham, Mr. Hasbrouck and Mrs. J. H. Cheney as historic episodes
committee; Mrs. W. W. Tilden, chairman homecoming; Dr. C. E.
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Pettitt, chairman religious observance; Mr. Lang, Jake Ward and
Art Kane, souvenir programs; Dewey Montgomery, public safety;
R. J. Rutherford, traffic manager; Mayor Ben S. Rhodes, chairman
public reception committees.
CENTENNIAL EDIIION
The Daily Pantograph issued on Tuesday, Aug. 26, the first day
of the formal Centennial celebration, a special edition which was
larger, more carefully prepared and filled with a greater mass of
historical and timely reading matter than any other newspaper ever
published in the county up to that time.
The Centennial Edition consisted of 102 pages, divided into seven
sections. The first section of 18 pages contained the general news
of the day and the current news of the inauguration of the week's
Centennial. There were four other sections of 14 pages each, printed
in the usual form of black and white.
Then there was a tabloid section of 16 pages containing a care-
fully written and elaborately illustrated history of McLean county.
This was printed in three colors, black, red and blue. The historical
sketches enlivening the reading matter were made by Tom Sears,
an artist attached to the Pantograph staff.
The final section of the edition was an Artgravure section of 12
pages containing hundreds of pictures of modern Bloomington and
McLean county.
The entire edition was prepared by staff writers and picture men
of the Pantograph, who had put in many extra days for three months
prior to the Centennial. C. W. Orcutt, managing editor, directed
the entire project. The county history was prepared by J. L. Has-
brouck; and various department and special features were written
by members of the staff, including Fred H. Young, Edward E. Pier-
son, A. J. Bill, Mrs. Grace Jewett Austin, Stanley Bishop, Curtis
Bill, Frank Bill, Joe Green, W. E. Richardson, Haskell Armstrong,
Mrs. E. B. Brindley, Miss Catherine Hoobler, Charles Driver, Milton
Bluemke, James Hart. The editor of all special Centennial matter
was Maxwell E. H. Pyle, a staff member.
Of this special edition, 39,000 copies were printed, and they
reached former residents or friends of McLean county people in every
State of the Union. The edition consumed 48,000 pounds of paper
and 966 pounds of ink, including 120 pounds of red, 100 pounds
of blue and 746 pounds of black. There were 2,500 pounds of
metal used in making the plates. All the work of every kind, ex-
cept the Artgravure section, was done in the home plant of the
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COMPLETE PROGRAMME
McLEAN COUNTY CENTENNIAL WEEK
TUESDAY, AUG. 26—
Evening
7:30 P.M.— County-wide Religious Observance Meeting at Pageant
Field, Highland park municipal golf course. Speaker, Rev. Ed-
gar DeWitt Jones.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27-
MORNING
8:30-9:30 A.M.— Band Concert at Court House Square.
9:30-10:00 A.M.— Free Acts and Music at Court House Square.
10:00-11:00 A.M.— Speeches by Hon. Mayor Ben S. Rhodes, Congress-
man Homer Hall, General Frank Dickson, McLean County
Supervisor J. E. Smith, Federal Judge Louis FitzHenry at Court
House Square.
11:00-12:00 A.M.— Coronation of Queens on Float at Reviewing Stand
at Court House Square, by Congressman Homer Hall.
Afternoon
1:00-3:00— Historical Parade— Review by McLean County Board of
Supervisors, Mayor Ben Rhodes, Aldermen, Congressman Homer
Hall, General Frank Dickson, and Federal Judge Louis Fitz-
Menry.
4:00 P.M.— Free Acts and Music at Court House Square.
5:00 P.M.— Band Concerts at Court House Square.
7:00 P.M.— Free Acts and Music at Court House Square.
8:00 P.M.— McLean County Historical Pageant of Progress at High-
land Park Municipal Golf Course.
THURSDAY, AUG. 28-
Morning
9:00 A.M.— Band Concert at Court House Square.
9:30 A.M.— Ball Game at III League Park— McLean County Farm
Bureau vs. Livingston County Farm Bureau.
10:30 A.M.-Band Concert at Miller Park.
12:00 Noon— Dinner at Miller Park.
Afternoon
1:00 P.M.-Band Music at Miller Park.
1:30 P.M.-Speeches at Miller Park.
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2:30 P.M. — Games and Contests conducted by Mr. C. D. Curtis and
Mrs. Spencer Ewing at Miller Park.
Evening
7:00 P.M.— Free Acts and Music at Court House Square.
8:00 P.M.— McLean County Historical Pageant of Progress at High-
land Park Municipal Golf Course.
FRIDAY, AUG. 29-
MORNING
9:30 A.M.— Band Concerts at Court House Square.
10:30 A.M.— Free Acts at Court House Square.
Afternoon
1:00-2:00 P.M.— Band Concerts at Court House Square.
2:00-3:00 P.M.-Free Acts at Court House Square.
3:00-5:00 P.M.— Air Derby at Bloomington Airport.
Evening
5:30 P.M.— Free Acts and Music at Court House Square.
7:00 P.M.— Grand Parade of Industrial, Commercial, Club, Fraternal,
and Civic Organizations.
8:30 P.M.— McLean Countv Historical Pageant of Progress at High-
land Park Municipal Golf Course.
SATURDAY, AUG. 30-
MORNING
9:00 A.M.— Concert at Lake Bloomington.
10:00 A.M.— Free Acts at Lake Bloomington.
11:00 A.M.— Motor Boat Races at Lake Bloomington.
12:00 Noon— Dinner at Lake Bloomington.
Afternoon
1:00 P.M.— Formal Dedication of Lake Bloomington.
2:00 P.M.— Concert at Lake Bloomington.
3:00 P.M.— Boat Racing at Lake Bloomington.
Evening
5:30 P.M.-Day Fireworks at Miller Park.
6:00 P.M.-Supper at Miller Park.
7:00 P.M.-Concert at Miller Park.
8:00 P.M.-Night Fireworks at Miller Park.
9:30 P.M.-Concert at Miller Park.
10:00 P.M.— Dance— Court House Square.
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CENTENNIAL OF THE STEWART HOUSE
August 26, 1934
Among the outstanding events in McLean County in 1934 was
the celebration of the centennial of the building of a brick house
by Samuel Stewart and his sons in 1834. This took place on the
Stewart farm southeast of Randolph, August 26, and was in the
form of a picnic dinner followed by a memorial program attended
by many representatives of the old settlers' families. This house
which is still in an excellent state of preservation was the first brick
house built in McLean county and is the oldest house standing.
By Clark E. Stewart
"Down on the banks of the winding Kickapoo stands the old
brick house where five of us were born.
It stands on a hill and faces down the valley. The trees stood
so thick around it that when they laid the foundation they could
not get a true line on the sun. So it does not stand quite square
with the compass. Ninety-five years have swiftly passed away since
my grandfather dug and burned and mixed the clay and made the
bricks and laid them. Then with an adze he hewed the timbers and
thus erected his home. The burning suns of Summer have blazed
upon it. The bitter winds of Winter have buffeted it. The driving
rain and the pelting sleet have beaten upon it, but still it stands, a
monument to his enterprise and skill, the oldest house in the county.
Verily, he builded better than he knew. It was brick and full two
stories high. It had three flues all coming from different fireplaces,
but all converged into one great chimney. Attached to the rear was
a lean-to, made of wood. It was also two stories, but the roof was
so low that we boys used to lie in bed and put our feet against the
ceiling.
I used to fancy that the windows upstairs were eyes and I be-
lieved that I could read their expression when I looked up at them.
Sometimes, when I had been sent on a hasty errand to the neighbors
and boy-like had stopped to try to build a dam, or play with Burt
or Ed, I imagined that I could see a distinct scowl in them and they
seemed to be watching me as I scurried up the hill. At other times
I could detect a distinct twinkle in them and sometimes they seemed
to smile.
I can see as but yesterday the great fireplace in the "sitting room"
where we all gathered of an evening, a great batch of mush or
hominy simmering in the pot which hung from the great crane,
cooking for our morning breakfast. Grandmother sitting next the
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cupboard, her white hair covered by a lace cap. An austere, straight
nosed, straight backed woman, decidedly Scotch in her appearance.
She was always, always knitting. Father usually sat next to a small
table with a lamp on it. Seldom do I remember father when he
did not have a book in his hand. Always reading. Then came
mother, whom father called "Little Woman." She sat in a low chair
always sewing, or mending, or darning. Then ranged round in front
of the fire came the five children. Watch, the old dog, lay right
in front of the fire and so close that we often wondered that he did
not scorch. Talking, studying, reading and singing we spent the
short winter evening while the fire place threw long shadows about
the room and sang its own song in a deep throaty roar."
The house was decorated with suitable flags and banners, and
the rooms were refurnished with seats, tables, carpets, and drapes
to make it look as nearly as possible like it must have appeared
one hundred years before. A marble tablet had been set in the
wall over the front door bearing this inscription:
Erected by
Samuel Stewart in
1834
from Bricks Made
on the Premises
At a suitable time during the ceremonies this tablet was unveiled by
the youngest descendant, Clark Morris. All stood at attention while
taps were sounded by Bobbie Chrifield, who was dressed in Boy
Scout uniform. Clark E. Stewart presided at this memorial exercise
at which suitable songs, recitations, and poems were given by various
descendants of Samuel and Jane Handley Stewart. About seventy-
five direct descendants were present and among the interesting things
exhibited was a family tree in which were shown one hundred and six-
ty-five descendants of Samuel Stewart, including one great-great-great
grandchild, Robert Cutter, of West Hatfield, Mass. Mr. William B.
Brigham, County Superintendent of Schools and President of the Mc-
Lean County Historical Society, spoke upon Dr. A. E. Stewart's
influence in the community. Mrs. J. J. Myers, of Normal, who once
taught school in the Stewart home, spoke briefly upon Mrs. A. E.
Stewart's personality. Short talks were also given by Gardiner Powell
and Lee Rust, referring to the history of the neighborhood and the
old settlers. Among the most interesting events of the day was the
roll call of descendants of the old settlers who were present at this
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meeting. The following families of Randolph were represented:
Capt. A. M. Stringfield, Matthew Coverdale, Wm. Thompson, fames
Bishop, Jacob Bishop, William Kan, George Cruikshank, Harrison
Houser, John Rust, Enoch Passwater, John Spaid, Michael Powell,
John Filler, Joseph Dorland, Joseph Ryburn, and Gardner Randolph.
The address of Bruce A. Stewart, grandson of Samuel and Jane
Handley Stewart, follows:
"Our subject today, the centenary of this venerable landmark
opens up such a vista of startling events, that in order to keep this
sketch within reasonable bounds I must avoid repeating known
facts and relate as concisely as possible the salient points of pioneer
history. It is almost impossible today to bring before our minds
the hardships and dangers of the pioneers. There is a tendency
today to belittle the dangers that the pioneers faced, but they
were very real.
"Here in this neighborhood an Indian chief ordered all the whites
to be out of here before the leaves fell or he would scalp every one
of them. The threat was ignored, but it must have taken iron
nerves to sleep when no one knew when the Indians' righteous in-
dignation would get the better of his judgment. Ague and dysen-
tery were the rule, not the exception, and the six cemeteries in
this township grew steadily. The remedies used were often worse
than no treatment at all, favorites being poke root, ipecac, calomel,
and bleeding.
"The immediate farm where this house stands was purchased
from the state government at Vandalia in 1831 by Samuel Stewart.
The family consisted of Samuel Stewart, his wife, Jane Handley
Stewart, and four stalwart boys and three girls, who arrived from
Ohio the winter after the famous deep snow (1830-31) and brought
with them, for those times, good horses, wagons, tools and furniture.
Nevertheless, everything was so crude that the two oldest boys slept
in a wagon the entire first winter with their boots on, and nothing
over them but a buffalo robe. The wolves were numerous in this
vicinity, and they would howl and sniff at the cracks of the house
at night, and only by firing a few shots to drive them away could
sleep be obtained. The summer was cold and wet. There came
a hard freeze in September before all the crops were in. Families
already established in the neighborhood were the Coverdales on the
east, the Rutledges and Jacob Bishop on the south, the Passwaters
and Gardner Randolph on the south, but there were only treeless,
trackless, windswept prairies on the northwest.
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"Very soon after the Stewarts' arrival they erected a log cabin
and a short time later grandfather and his oldest boys planned and
went to work on this present brick house which we are memorializ-
ing today. A house that after one hundred years still makes a pre-
tentious appearance as you look at it today, must have appeared
very much like a palace in those primitive times. When Samuel
Stewart asked his wife to go to Illinois he promised her a house
as good as she was accustomed to in Ohio, so he was willing to
labor two years in order to fulfill his word.
"The west room in the brick house was designed as a place for
day school and was also used for Sunday school, church, quilting
bees, spelling matches, and debating clubs to which the Stewarts and
their neighbors were very much devoted. Many subjects were an-
alyzed and disposed of by these primitive orators.
"With characteristic energy the Stewarts also erected an im-
mense barn to the west of the house. One big room was used for
a threshing floor by the neighbors as well as themselves, and for
several years this was the neighborhood threshing floor for all their
grain.
"Samuel Stewart was six feet in height, spare, had brown eyes,
rather light hair, not very muscular, had a mild, pleasant expres-
sion on his countenance, a man of few words, and frail health. So
it was grandmother, Jane Handley Stewart, who had to furnish
the foresight, the energy, and the indomitable will which character-
ized her family. She was a woman of great force of character, strong
and healthy in body and mind and taught her children the princi-
ples of self-reliance, industry and honor. She read politics, history,
and travel; treasured Scottish lore and sang many plaintive Scotch
songs: 'Say Maggie Are You Sleeping,' 'The Banks of Dee,' 'High-
land Mary' and others. The Stewarts were frank and honest in their
dealings but they were poor judges of human nature and men, and
they were often victimized by the unscrupulous. The closest co-
operation and good will prevailed not only in the family, but with
all the neighbors. They were staunch abolitionists and total ab-
stainers.
Grandfather Stewart's death Jan. 8, 1841, (b. May 5, 1790, Mo-
nongehela county, Virginia) left the leadership to John Handley,
the oldest son, a duty that he cheerfully assumed, although he was
married and had his own farm to care for. He was fourteen years
old when the family came to McLean county and upon him fell
much of the work in the construction of the house. The boys
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made ox yokes and repaired wagons, broke horses and hunted wolves.
Willim Curtis, another son, served as flag bearer in the Civil War. It is
safe to say that in his hands "The Old Flag never touched the ground."
James Newton, another son, was injured by a kick from a vicious
horse. He was sent south for his health where he died and was
buried in 1845. Robert became a man of great energy. He bought
stock and was often twelve hours at a time in the saddle. The
girls of the family, Sarah Ann, Isabel Jane, and Amanda, were
earnest and self reliant. The girls often helped in the building of
rail fences and herding cattle. They carded wool and spun flax
and operated a large loom with which they made a large portion
of their wearing apparel.
The youngest child and the only one born in Illinois, was
Archibald Evans Stewart (1834-1899). For his biography see the
"Transactions of the McLean County Historical Society," volume II,
page 669-674."
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THE ARROWSMITH BATTLEFIELD
By William B. Brigham
Soon after their first contact with the French in Wisconsin,
the Fox Indians began to develop a feeling of distrust and suspicion
which broke out later in hostilities that proved very detrimental to
trade and settlement over a vast area of New France. The Foxes
were a sturdy race— self-reliant and revengeful; cherishing their
vengeance long and venting it when the moment seemed opportune.
After a great many years of unpleasant relations with this tribe,
the French authorities were able to secure the assistance of other
Indian nations to aid in their destruction.
A decisive battle between the Foxes and French (aided by other
Indian tribes— enemies to the Foxes) was fought in 1730. This
battle, lasting twenty-three days, is recorded on the pages of history,
but writers have not been able to tell definitely the location of this
fateful struggle. Some historians have said it probably was fought
near Starved Rock, while another has it placed (some thirty-five
miles to the northeast) not far from Piano in Kendall County,
Illinois. None of these locations has been satisfactory to historians
because of conflict with the official reports. The best authorities
have located it on the uncharted prairies with no nearby landmarks.
Under such circumstances, only a careful analysis of all available
records and situations will reveal the true site of the battle.
At that time, distance and directions could only be given ap-
proximately, yet they are definite enough to be of great value in
locating this battlesite when other official reports and local records
are examined and compared. The location is plainly designated
in a statement made by Hocquart, Intendant of New France, who
was at Quebec. On receiving the messengers direct from the scene
of action, he reported to the French minister as follows: "I have
no doubt, Monseigneur, that you have learned, by way of the Missis-
sippi, of the defeat of the Renard savages that happened Septem-
ber 9, last, (1730) in a plain situated between the River Wabash
and the River of the Illinois, about sixty leagues to the south of
the extremity or foot of Lake Michigan to the east, southeast of
Le Rocher, in the Illinois country." (Le Rocher is French for "the
Rock"— now known as Starved Rock.)
This story and the facts given here, I believe, conclusively fix
the scene of this battle at the Ion? unidentified "mvsterious battle-
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field" in eastern McLean County.
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On the Jacob Smith farm two and one-half miles southeast of
the village of Arrowsmith, McLean County, Illinois, are a few scat-
tered trees. This is the remainder of what was formerly known as
Little Grove, and is now known as Smith's Grove. The head waters
of the Sangamon River flow along the south and southeast of this
group of trees. To the north and northwest, there is a hill which
rises to an elevation of about twenty feet above the level of the
river. The first settlers of this community noticed that there were
many depressions and ridges on the top of this knoll, and they were
then supposed to be remains of Indian pits or caches. These were
said to be irregularly shaped and irregularly placed with the greatest
depth not over two and one-half feet from the tops of the ridges
to the deepest part of the depressions.
The following is an excerpt from a discussion of "The Arrow-
smith Battle Ground" written by Captain John H. Burnham and
published in the Transactions of the Illinois State Historical So-
ciety in 1908: "One beautiful day in May, 1897, a party consisting
of several pioneers of eastern McLean County and a few of the mem-
bers of the McLean County Historical Society made a very inter-
esting exploration of the central attraction of the grove, and we shall
never forget our intense interest as we made our discoveries. We
dug into four or five of the dozen or fifteen of the pits or depres-
sions, which were scattered irregularly over the acre of land at the
top of the little knoll, and found the apparent bottoms of these
pits at depths not exceeding three feet, and mostly two feet from
the apparent average natural level of the ground. Bones were
found in nearly all of them, but they nearly all appeared to be
bones of animals."
On several occasions Captain John H. Burnham and Judge H.
W. Beckwith of Danville had together investigated places that ap-
peared to be of historical significance. Thus, it was only natural for
Captain Burnham to write to his friend at Danville telling him of
the 1897 expedition to the Arrowsmith battlefield. Judge Beck-
with answered as follows, under date of December 3, 1897:
"Dear friend Burnham:
"I am glad to hear of the finds over on the Sangamon. This
may be the missing link in Illinois history. I trust the search will
continue until relics are found that will prove conclusively whether
the combatants were French or Anglo-Americans.
"Expeditions were sent out from Ft. Charters prior to 1735
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against the Fox Indians. Also forays were made from Kentucky
into that region around 1812. "
The Illinois State Historical Society was organized in 1899
with Judge Beckwith as president. At the first annual meeting Judge
Beckwith outlined the great work to be done by historical societies
in Illinois: "Your chairman cannot too forcibly urge the necessity
there is to localize many of the recorded events in our early State
history. To illustrate:
"Among the expeditions sent out from Fort Charters to chastise
the Sak and Fox Indians, always enemies of the French, was one
that found and defeated these savages entrenched towards the sources
of the Sangamon river. Now if our zealous friend, Captain Burn-
ham, and his industrious associates, can identify this battle ground in
McLean county, as your chairman hopes they may, it will be an
ample reward for the historical society at Bloomington."
Judge Beckwith passed away in 1903, and Captain Burnham,
busy with other activities, did not follow the details to a definite
conclusion.
Some articles collected from the above site, either at the time
of the 1897 expedition or by residents of the community over a
period of previous years, were presented to Captain Burnham and
were given by him to the McLean County Historical Society in
Bloomington. They included two hundred bullets; three knife
blades (which may have been scalping or dirk knives); various cop-
per ornaments; a piece of pistol barrel; parts of nearly straight
deer-horn prongs; part of a link of an iron chain; a peculiar piece
of iron (flat-scraper on deer skins); a part of a gun barrel which
had also been flattened, probably for use as a scraper; a gun lock; a
steel blade (possibly the blade of a dirk knife, but more likely a
razor blade on which the maker's name, Pierre Minan, could be read.)
Another interesting fact in connection with this "battle site" is
this: About fifty rods to the northeast, on the downward slope from
the hill, early settlers of the community noticed what appeared to
be rifle pits. They were laid out in the manner of an old-fashioned
rail fence. These earthworks were evidently made in haste for they
were not dug to a great depth. Though plainly visible before
cultivation of the prairie effaced them, they can no longer be seen
on the surface of the ground. Pits similar to these were found
across the river to the south and southeast of the grove.
During the years in which the surrounding land was cultivated,
great numbers of bullets were found. Most of them were discovered
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near the grove, outside of the location of the pits, and in the di-
rection of the trenches to the northeast and to the south. How-
ever bullets have been picked up in great numbers for a distance
of nearly one-half mile in the southern direction. The bullets are
of large size and many have the appearance of having been ham-
mered into form from bar lead. The type of these bullets suggests
a remote date and their surface coating of patina indicates a long
exposure to the elements. It is also interesting to note that on
some occasions when wood from this grove was being burned in an
open grate, melted lead was observed trickling from the fire. In
1906, while a large oak tree from this grove was being sawed into
lumber, the saw cut through a bullet of the type mentioned above.
The bullet was near the heart of the log, which was four feet in
diameter. We greatly regret that no one, at that time, thought to
count the rings of growth to the surface.
In June 1932, Mr. Frank W. Aldrich, who was present with
the party that had investigated this site with Captain Burnham
thirty-five years before, together with myself, and several young men,
visited this spot with the hope of gaining further information. At
this time, there was no trace of anything unusual on the surface.
Our excavations on the hill revealed numerous workings of the soil
to the depth of about two and one-half feet. Charcoal, bones,
teeth, an arrow, and a bullet were found, but we were unable to
locate the outline or extent of the early pits or fortifications. It
was interesting, however, to visit with the members of the Smith
family, who have resided there and tilled the soil since the prairie
sod was broken. They have not only gathered quantities of bullets,
but in the regular farming routine have recently unearthed numer-
ous relics, including six traders' axes and a gun barrel. Nothing
was of as much interest to me as a statement from one of the young
men relative to a zigzag ridge which had been visible until recent
years. He stated that this ridge approached the hill from the north-
east, but that continuous cultivation of the soil had entirely obliter-
ated it.
The McLean County Academy of Science became interested in
the battlefield. On May 12, 1934, a large group of members and
friends visited the site and made excavations. A more systematic
investigation than any of recent years was planned. One trench
dug across the hill in a northernly direction revealed the definite
locations of ten of the pits. Worked soil, bones, and charcoal were
the indications in each of these pits. Other objects of interest found
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at this time were a piece of sheet copper, on the apparent bottom
of a pit thirty inches below the surface; a number of bullets; and
a short section of a gun barrel. With the historical facts before
them, the party contemplated the local setting, and returned home
feeling satisfied with their efforts.
The silent remains of this field speak in perfect harmony with
this story which is made up from the historical records of the events:
The Foxes were continuing their depredations against the French
and their savage allies. The overt act was the burning of the son
of the principal chief of the Illinois tribe. The chief's followers
immediately arose against the offenders. The Kickapoos, Mascoutins,
and Illinois of Le Rocher (the Rock) made themselves masters of
the passes to the northeast. As a result of this careful guarding,
the Foxes, who had planned to find refuge for their women and
children among the Iroquois, were forced to give up the northern
route leading to the East. They then built a fort near the Rock,
a league below the enemy. This fort would, undoubtedly, have
been the location of the final battle had the Foxes not decided to
take the southern route to the east— the trail which followed the
Bloomington moraine. Leaving the fort near the Rock, they started,
with their women and children, southward. The Illinois warriors
followed and harassed them at every opportunity. When the Foxes
paused and built a fort (near the present site of Arrowsmith), the
Illinois, with others, dug in on a hill on the prairie where they could
watch and have protection. Messengers were sent out by these
watchers to the various French posts.
St. Ange was notified at Fort Charters. He put himself at the
head of the French there and started in the direction of the Fox
fort. On August 10th, 1730, they joined the three or four hundred
savages who had preceded them by a few days. On the 12th, scouts
who had been sent ahead reported the location of the fort to St.
Ange. The march continued mostly through a wooded country
and at daybreak on the 17th they came in sight of the Fox fort.
According to the report: "This was A small Grove of trees surrounded
by a palisade situated on a gentle slope Rising on the West and
North west Side of the bank of a small River, in such manner that
on the East and South east Sides they were exposed to our fire.
Their Cabins were very small and Excavated in the earth Like the
Burrows of the Foxes from which they take their name." St. Ange's
men opened fire at once. After the firing began, the Illinois and
others who had been watching from the nearby hill, joined them.
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Ancient bullets from this field.
Inset: Original lead slug.
The Foxes made two unsuccessful sorties during the day. St. Ange
camped to the southeast of the Foxes on the opposite side of the river
where that night trenches for fortification were dug. Later redoubts
were constructed within two pistol shots of the enemy. These
were designed to prevent the enemy from obtaining water, but the
Foxes cleverly excavated underground passages leading to the river.
De Villiers, commander at the post on the St. Joseph River
(Niles, Michigan), reports: "I had the honor of sending you a re-
port on my first journey to le Rocher, with the nations to prevent
the renards (Foxes) from passing over to The Iroquois." On August
6th, two Mascoutin messengers came to De Villiers and stated that
the Renards had struck the Indians of Le Rocher. The Illinois,
seeking revenge, pursued them. After a day's battle, the Renards,
with their families, took possession of a small grove of trees and
fortified themselves. Mention is also made in De Villier's report of
"Watchers" who dug in on a hill on the prairie. "On the following
dav, they parleyed with one another to gain time and to obtain
assistance. During these parleys, the Pouatoutamis (Pottawatomies)
sent Papissa (an Indian runner), with a young man to the Ouyata-
nons (near Lafayette) to ask aid of the tribes and the French at that
post." Fox messengers were also there trying to bribe the Ouyatanons
to help their people by keeping the road to the East open. The
Ouyatanons promisd they would assist the Foxes and assured them
they would soon see them.
De Villiers, having sent word to the French at Detroit and to
De Noyelle of the Miami post (near Ft. Wayne) left his post August
10th, 1730. He took with him the French and Indians of that
locality and proceeded toward the Fox fort. On the way, he was
joined by the Kickapoos and Mascoutins (of Le Rocher). He ar-
rived at the encampment of the Renards August 20th and took
charge of the combined forces. His description of the fort is as
follows: "The Renards' fort was in a small Grove of trees, on the
bank of a little river running through a vast prairie, more than
four leagues in circumference, without a tree, except Two groves
about 60 arpents from one another."
The Ouyatanons arrived the same day but it was soon ap-
parent that they were unwilling to completely break their promise
to the Foxes. They tried many times to persuade the enemy to
spare the lives of the Foxes.
De Noyelle, with the French and Indians from the Miamis,
arrived on the scene the first day of September. He joined De
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Villiers' men on the right of the Fox fort. The governor of Cana-
da sent a message by De Noyelle which forbade the making of any
treaty with the Foxes.
Altogether the French and Indian warriors now numbered
about fourteen hundred. Much privation and suffering on the part
of both the Foxes and the enemy forces caused some desertions.
However, the siege lasted twenty-three days.
On Sptember 8th, an hour before sunset, a violent storm arose.
The night came on very dark and foggy, and the Foxes, taking ad-
vantage of this started off across the prairie towards the southwest.
The French, hearing the crying of the children, were aware of this
attempt, but they could not follow them until the next day when
the Foxes were overtaken and almost completely destroyed.
De Villiers at once prepared his report and sent his son, Coulon,
and Pierre Reaume, a Fox interpreter, who had been in the West
many years, to carry the message to Hocquart at Quebec. Hoc-
quart states that he questioned the son on all the facts of the re-
port and got some details that had been omitted. He also gathered
the expressions of Reaume which were according to Canadian usage.
Chaussegros de Lery, chief engineer in building the walls of Quebec
under the direction of Vauban, was called in. From the report, he
drew up a plan of the battle with notes on the same.
In our description of this battle many interesting details have
necessarily been omitted. However, we have included incidents and
conditions that aid definitely in determining the location of this
conflict. To that end, a summary of our findings, with the con-
clusions, follows:
1. Notes on De Lery's map state that the scene of the battle was
east by southeast of Le Rocher. Two reliable messengers, Coulon
de Villiers and Pierre Reaume, have said that the battlefield was
located between the Illinois and Wabash Rivers, and about sixty
leagues south of Lake Michigan. This is the approximate loca-
tion of the Arrowsmith field.
2. Observations of the early settlers of Arrowsmith point to the
following facts on De Lery's map: the pits on the hill and the
trenches to the northeast and the southeast. At this place, the
Sansamon River flows east as is shown on De Lery's map. The
trench opened by De Villiers to approach the hill showed for
many years as a zigzag ridge from the northeast. The complete
confirmation of the character and location of the pits on the hill
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has been brought about by three groups of investigators who
have been interested in getting the exact facts.
3. The two sorties against St. Ange left many bullets for some dis-
tance to the south of the fort. This has been verified by the
finding of many bullets in this area. Hundreds of crude patina-
coated bullets were found. They compare exactly with the type
that belongs to the period of this battle.
4. The Foxes wished to go east to the Iroquois. The passes to
the northeast were held by enemies and to avoid the swamps,
they were seeking the regular trails along the higher ground.
This search brought them along the route which was in the vicin-
ity of the Arrowsmith field.
5. When the distance traveled and the length of time taken by each
of the armies to arrive at the battlefield is considered, there is
added evidence that this is the site of the battle.
6. The two following statements of St. Ange and De Villiers are
true of the natural setting of the Arrowsmith field: "A small
grove of trees on the bank of a little river running through a
vast prairie" and "On a gentle slope rising to the west and north-
west on the bank of a small river."
7. Confirmatory to our findings is a letter from the French Com-
mander at Detroit in 1752, which states that certain tribes had
built a fort on the prairies of the Mascoutins, at the place where
De Villiers had attacked the Foxes about twenty years before.
This location is without a doubt, the hill five miles to the south-
west of the Arrowsmith field where the Illinois and other tribes
dug in and watched the Foxes. Messengers were sent out from
there. It is positively known that a stockaded fort was located
on this hill as late as 1812.
8. The view of the Arrowsmith field shown by the accompanying
photograph from the air is easily recognized as the same scene
shown on De Lery's map.
9. There is no evidence that the battle was fought elsewhere.
There were indications of a battle-ground near Piano. John
F. Steward's boyhood home was near the location and he became
greatly interested in identifying it. Sending to France, he secured
several manuscripts in 1901. He, at once, interpreted them to show
that the unlocated Battle of 1730 was fought there. A few years
later Mr. Steward received copies of De Lery's maps of the battle-
field, but he found difficulty in applying them to the Piano site.
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Relics found by excavaiing. Broken gun barrels, gun flints, bullets,
war points, knives, copper, axes, bones.
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Recently Stanley Faye, by discrediting the official reports, has
placed the battlesite east of Lowell on the Vermillion River. This
location deserves about the same consideration as Steward's Mara-
mech Hill.
With landmarks remote, with the passing of many years, and
with the changing ownership of the "Illinois country", the site
of this battle was lost. Indeed, when we realize the horrible scenes
of bloodshed enacted here, the human suffering and untold agony,
it might have been well to have made no effort to remove the veil
that has so long obscured the horrors of this field. Yet, to the
historian, there is a certain lure for complete records, and senti-
ment is abandoned for the truth. To me, it has been a pleasure to
gather from various sources the evidence that so conclusively brings
to light a complete story of this long-mysterious battle ground.
There in the bosom of the "grand prairie" had been hidden a secret
that the ages might never have disclosed.
BIBILIOGRAPHY
The Last of a Great Indian Tribe, Osman p. 153
Wisconsin Historical Record No. 17, 1906 pp. 100-129
Wisconsin Historical Proceedings, 1907— Kellogg p. 142
Illinois State Historical Society Transactions:
Publication No. VII, 1902
Destruction of the Fox Indians, J. F. Steward p. 148
Copies of French Manuscripts p. 189
Publication No. XIII, 1908
Mysterious Battle Grounds in McLean County, J. H. j g *f-
Burnham p. 135
Conflicting Accounts in Illinois, Steward p. 251
Publication No. XIV, 1909
The sieurs de St. Ange, W. B. Douglas p. 135
Publication No. XIX, 1913
De Lery's Error, Steward p. 91
Publication No. XX, 1914
Further Regarding the Destruction of the Fox Indi-
ans, Steward p. 175
Journal No. XXVIII, 1935
The Foxes' Fort, Stanley Faye p. 123
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Heafer, E. N., "Drain Tile-Historical sketch." 13p.
Minier, George W., " Recollections of the Grange." 2p.
Rhodes, Mrs. W. J., " The Grange." 31 p.
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Anonymous, "John Cassedy, 1827-1891." lOp.
Anonymous, "Robert McCart, Sr., 1800-1873." 5p.
Bach, William R., "Memorial of John McBarnes, 1851-1921." 15p.
Burnham, John H., "A Tribute to Ezra M. Prince, 1831-1908." 15p.
Campbell, N. M., "J. G. Campbell, 1813-1901." 6p.
Capen, Charles L., " Captain John H. Burnham, 1834-1917." 4p.
Capen, Charles L., " Memorial of Sarah R. FitzWilliam, 1842-1918."
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Capen, Charles L., " Memorial of Robert Biddle Porter, 1848-1894."
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Carlock, W. B., " Memorial to Rev. T. T. Holton, 1839-1925." 5p.
Carlock, W. B., " Memorial to Dwight E. Frink, 1874-1919." 4p.
Carlock, W. B., " Sketch of the Life of Dr. Silas Hubbard, 1827-1900."
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Felmley, David., " Memorial to Prof. Henry McCormick, 1837-1918."
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Freeman, D. C, " Recollections of George W. Freeman, 1827-1908."
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Lillard, John T., " Memorial to Judge Thomas F. Tipton, 1833-
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Martin. Lester, " Louis FitzHenry," 7p.
Moore, Joseph H., "Autobiography, 1814- ." 2p.
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Orendorff, J. B.," Elijah Walden, 1868- ." 7p.
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Otto, Henry, "Autobiography, 1830- ." 7p.
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Parke, C. R., " Edmund Hockaday Didlake, 1798-1875." 6p.
Phoenix, F. K., "Autobiographical Sketch."
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Prince, Ezra M., " John, 1790- . and Jane Hendrix, -1856." 15p.
Prince, Ezra M., "James Latta."
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Prince, Ezra M., "William F. M. Amy, the Eccentric, 1813-1881." 12p.
Prince, Franklin, " Recollections, an Autobiography." 26p.
Read, Mrs. Gordon H., "John Magoun, 1806-1878." 9p.
Reeves, Owen T., "John Magoun, 1806-1878." 9p.
Robinson, Frances, " Captain Thomas McNulta, 1845-1904." 3p.
Roe, (Col.) E. R., "A Tribute to Dr. S. M. Shaw." lp.
Sanders, Mrs. Sue A., "A Memorial to Rev. James Shaw, 1820-1910."
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Scibird, George A., "John Samuel Scibird." 6p.
Smith, Dudley C, " Recollections of Captain John H. Burnham, 1819-
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Stubblefield, John, "Reminiscences of John Stubblefield, 1820-1911 "
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Trimmer, D. F., "A Memorial Tribute to Arthur VanDyke Pierson,
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VanDolah, Mrs. D. H., "James VanDolah, 1807-1871."
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West, Simeon H., " Henry West, 1804-1885." 9p.
Whitmore, W. W., "Judge Sain Welty, 1853-1920." 4p.
Bloomington
Anonymous, " History of Bloomington Business Men's Association,
1900-1907." 9p.
Brandicon, N. W., " The Birth of Bloomington with some Remin-
iscences." 14p.
Burnham, John H., " Recollections of V. W. Tompkins— Bloom-
ington in 1842-43." 9p.
Custer, Milo, " The Recollections of Mrs. Charlotte A. Scott— Bloom-
ington in 1844-1860." 3p.
Davis, David, "Bloomington to 1850." 5p.
Frink, Dwight E., "Metamorphosis of Bloomington." 19p.
Prince, Ezra M., " Changes in Business Centers and Methods." 4p.
Syfert, Vernon A., " The Lions Club of Bloomington."
Syfert, Vernon A., " Origin of the Name Bloomington."
Campaign of 1840
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Kelly, Edith Packard, " Local Events and People in the Campaign
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r Churches
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Coale, Mrs. Elizabeth H., "Friends."
Ferguson, Eugene Clay, " Thirtieth Anniversary of the Second Chris- ,
tian Church of Bloomington." 4p.
Kirchner, George L., "The Mennonites of McLean County." 12p.
Prince, Ezra M., " The Unitarian Church of Bloomington." 16p.
Shaw, James, "An Outline Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present
Condition of the Churches in Bloomington and McLean County,
Illinois." 15p.
Watson, Elmo, " Churches of the Henline Settlement." 7p.
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Courts and Lawyers
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Brandicon, N. W., "Justice of Peace Office." 14p.
Capen, Charles L., " Bloomington Law Library." 7p.
Lillard, John T., " Circuit Judges of McLean County, Illinois." 12p.
Prince, Ezra M., " History and Data on McLean County Lawyers, Col-
lected for McLean County Bar Association, 1903." 150p.
Prince, Ezra M., " Circuit Court of McLean County." 5p.
Prince, Ezra M., " Ward Hill Lamon." 19p.
Tipton, Thomas F., "Address at the Dedication of the Court Room."
21p.
Indians
Burnham, John H., " Old Town, and Ancient Indian Fort." 29p.
Burnham, John H., " The Randolph Mound and McLean County
Indian Relics." Ip.
Carlock, W. B., " Early History of McLean County." 6p.
Carlock, W. B., " Shabbona." 8p.
Carlock, W. B., " The Tale of An Indian." 6p.
Custer, Milo, " Indian Land Cessions in Illinois." 12p.
Custer, Milo, " Local Indian Tradition." 16p.
Custer, Milo, " A Visit to the Kickapoo Indians of Brown County,
Kansas in 1906." 9p.
Ka-ne-kuk, "A Sermon." (Translated by Gurdeon S. Hubbard). 7p.
Marvel, Ethel F., " Early Settlers and Indians." 12p.
Pierson, A. V., " Indians." 14p.
Pierson, A. V., "Origin of North American Indians." lip.
Prince, Ezra M., "Indian Life." 14p.
Stone, Ira, " Indian Mound at Kappa." 3p.
Watson, Elmo, " Delaware Indians." 25p.
Lincoln
Prince, Ezra M., "Abraham Lincoln and the Know Nothing Party."
9 P .
Prince, Ezra M., " George Schneider, Survivor of the Republican Con-
vention of 1856." 6p.
Minier, G. W., " Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln." lOp.
Prince, Ezra M., "A Day with Abraham Lincoln." 19p.
McLean County History
Arrowsmith, William A., "Dawson Township." 7p.
Collins, Lillie C, " Recollections of Old People in Saybrook." 8p.
Custer, Milo, " Prehistoric Inhabitants and First Settlers of Ran-
dolph's Grove." 9p.
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Marmon, Mrs. W. W., " Recollections and Reminiscences of the Early
History of Cheneys Grove." 3p.
Means, William C, " David Dixon Mean's Recollections of Cheneys'
Grove." 4p.
McFarland, David, " Mount Hope Colony." 6p.
Nelson, George W., " History of Saybrook." 45p.
Orendorff, J. B., " Pioneers of Blooming and Randolph Groves." 22p.
Packard, M. W., "Old Town's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary." 15p.
Ridinger, Alexander C, from Masters Thesis from the University of
Illinois, " McLean County During the Civil War."
VanDolah, Mrs. L. S., "Lexington Public Library." 16p.
West, Simeon H., " Old Town Timber Fifty Years Ago."
Zook, John W., " Livingston and Oak Grove." 4p.
Miscellaneous
Anonymous, " Pioneer Physicians in Bloomington and an Account
of the Organization of the McLean County Medical Society." 15p.
Anonymous, " The Pioneer Doctors of McLean County." 26p.
Anonymous, "Anti-Nebraska Convention; Springfield, Illinois." Ip.
Anonymous, " Campaign Speech of 1858."
Anonymous, " Campaign Speech of 1860, to the Young Men's Lincoln
Club of Bloomington."
Ayers, J. B., " Recollection of My Settlement at Mosquito Grove in
the 50's." Ip.
Barge, William D., " Genesis of McLean County." 21 p.
Burke, J. J., "Irish in McLean County." 12p.
Carlock, W. B., " Bounty Law of 1850." 5p.
Carlock, W. B., " Rise, Progress, and Culmination of the Abolition
Party in the United States and What it Accomplished." 17p.
Carrithers, Mrs. H. H., " Women's Club of Hudson." 7p.
Custer, Milo, "Daguerrotyping in Bloomington." 6p.
Bunn, Thomas J., " The Boys of My Boyhood Days." 5p
Felmley, David, " Captain Burnham in Education." 7p.
FitzWilliam, Sarah Raymond, "Arkansas Traveler." 8p.
FitzWilliam, Sarah Raymond, " Birds of McLean County." 93p.
Hubbard, Silas, " Changes in Medical Practice." 8p.
Myers, John F., " Early Days in Old McLean." 13p.
Packard, Major W., "Travel from Boston to Bloomington in 1844."
19p.
Pierson, A. V., " The Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad." 2p.
Prince, Ezra M., "An Incident in Bloomington Banking." 3p.
Prince, Ezra M., "Newspapers of McLean County, Illinois." 13p.
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Read, Mrs. Gordon H., " Temperance Movements in McLean County,
Since 1840." 70p.
Reeves, Owen T., " Brief History of the Building of the LaFayette,
Bloomington and Mississippi Railroad." 15p.
Thayer, (Miss) A. M., " Early Millinery and Dress Making in Bloom-
ington." lip.
West, Simeon H., " Hard Roads in Illinois." 4p.
White, J. L., "Secret Societies of Bloomington." 8p.
Pioneer Life In McLean County
Arnold, W. C, "A Well Preserved Landmark— a Sketch of Moore's
Mill at Mt. Hope." 9p.
Brigham, Wm. B., " McLean County Early Settlers at the Galena
Lead Mines." 6p.
Custer, Milo, " Flax Culture Among the Pioneers." 8p.
Custer, Milo, " Flax Working in McLean County." 6p.
Custer, Milo, " The Passing of Timber." 8p.
Custer, Milo, " Pioneer Cloth Weaving in McLean County." 12p.
Deems, Mrs. Hulda C, " Maple Sugar Making in Blooming Grove."
5p.
Dodson, Mrs. Emeline M., " Trip to California in 1850." 8p.
Evans, Mary L. P., " Impress of Our Pioneers." lip.
Frink, Dwight E., "Stages and Stage Lines in McLean County." lOp.
Funk, George W., " Isaac Funk— Pioneer Cattle Man." 8p.
Haines, James, " Panic of 1837." 20p.
Haines, James, " Pekin and Peoria as Markets for McLean County."
15p.
Hinshaw, Martha, " Pioneer History." 3p.
Hynemann, E. H., " Cattle Business Around Lexington, Illinois, in
the Fifties and Sixties." 8p.
Kerr, Mrs. Mary T., " The Art of Weaving." 2p.
Marmon, Mrs. M. A., " Prairie Fires." 4p.
Myers, Williams J., "An Account of Earliest Steam Mills in Pone
Hollow." 2p.
Packard, Major W., "Prairie Fires." 14p.
Paist, Marie Dawson, " Reminiscences." 7p.
Pierson, A. V., " Early Fords and Bridges on the Mackinaw." 22p.
Pierson, A. V., " The Old Chicago Trail." 15p.
Porter, William H., "Recollections." 4p.
Prince,. Ezra M., " Cattle Raising." 2p.
Prince, Ezra M., " Early Mills of McLean County." 16p.
Stubblefield, John and George, " Pioneer Life." 19p.
Townley, C. S., " Early Illinois Along The Ohio."
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Schools
Custer, Milo, " History of the Hinshaw School." 19p.
Myers, John F., "Early Schools and Teachers." 13p.
Haskell, Henry L. S., " The Illinois Wesleyan University." 5p.
Walker, F. A., " Story of the Little Red School." 17p.
Wars
Anonymous, " Bounties Paid in McLean County."
Arends, Leslie C, "Can We Avoid War?"
■Bloomfield, Ira J., "Historical Sketch of Company "K", 26th Ill-
inois." 30p.
Burnham, John H., " A Forgotten Gift from McLean County." 15p.
Burnham, John H., " Regimental Banners of the 33rd Illinois Veter-
an Volunteer Infantry." 13p.
Burnham, John H., " The War Record of Leroy and Vicinity." 3p.
Burnham, John H., " The War Record of Mount Hope and Vicin-
ity." 4p.
Carlock, W. B., " Early Pioneers, Including Soldiers of the War of
1812, who are Buried in the City Cemetery of Bloomington." 14p.
Cherrington, Leroy, " Histories of the 63rd Illinois Volunteers." 3p.
Cradlebaugh, (Miss) Lina, " Presentation Address at the Occasion of
the Giving of a Silk Flag by the Ladies of Bloomington to
Company "C" of the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry." 3p.
Custer, Milo, " Constitution of the Descendants of the War of 1812."
3p.
Custer, Milo, "A Soldier of the Black Hawk War." 9p.
Evans, Mary L. P., " Recollections of the Organization of Blooming-
ton Troops in the Civil War." 7p.
Hinshaw, William, " Personal Recollections of the Civil War." 7p.
Ijams, Lewis E., " Capture and Escape." 13p.
Lewis, Edward J., " Historical Sketch of Company "C"." 47p.
Prince, Ezra M., " History of Second Cavalry." 12p.
Roeder, John C, " Hunting Guerrillas." 6p.
Smith, Giles A., " History of Company "D" Eighth Missouri Volunteer
Infantry." 8p.
Stevens, W. E., " Organization of Company "D" Eighth Regiment
Missouri Volunteer Infantry in Bloomington." 28p.
Wallis, William W., "A Misinterpreted Chapter in American History."
Watson, Elmo, "The Henline Stockade." 5p. (Black Hawk War.)
Weaver, J. B., " Fort Morgan." 20p.
During the past year 112 new names have been added to the
membership of the Historical Society. We would appreciate having
you as a member of the Society and having your active support.
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OFFICERS OF McLEAN COUNTY
The officers of McLean County and members of the Board of
Supervisors from its organization, December 25, 1830, to January
1, 1899 are given in the "Transactions of the McLean County Histor-
ical Society," volume I, page 243-256. The following is the list of
those who have served since that time:
Circuit Judges
Colostin D. Myers, Sept. 1897-1915 Edward Barry, April 1920-1933.
Sain Welty, June 1915-1920. Chalmer C. Taylor, 1933-
Circuit Clerks
James C. Elder, 1896-1912. J. Huber Allen, 1920-
John C. Allen, 1912-1920.
Probate Judge
Census of 1920 permitted the establishment of a probate court.
The only elected judge to date is:
Jesse E. Hoffman, 1922-
Probate Clerk
W. Scott Rodman, 1922-1934. Nellie R. Bonny, 1934-
County Judges
Rolland A. Russell, 1897-1909. William C. Radliff, 1921-1934.
Homer W. Hall, 1909-1914. Homer W. Hall, 1934-
James C. Riley, 1914-1921.
County Clerks
Richard L Carlock, 1898-1902. Parmeno A. Guthrie, 1910-1930.
C. C. Hassler, 1902-1910. C. B. Carlock, 1930-
State's Attorneys
Robert Lincoln Fleming, 1896- Lester H. Martin, 1920-1924.
1904. James A. Light, 1924-1928.
William R. Bach, 1904-1912. Joseph W. DePew, 1928-1932.
Miles K. Young, 1912-1920. Jesse Willis, 1932-
Sheriffs
George Johnson, 1898-1902. Ralph Spafford, 1918-1922.
Frank Edwards, 1902, 1906. Jacob E. Morrison, 1922-1928.
A. L. Moore, 1906-1910. Walter Nierstheimer, 1928-1930.
James Reeder, 1910-1914. James Reeder, 1930-1934.
George R. Flesher, 1914-1918. Elmer G. Swearingen, 1934-
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Treasurers
Joseph C. Means, 1898-1902. William C. Means, 1918-1922.
James Smith, 1902-1906. C. C. Baldwin, 1922-1926.
William A. Stautz, 1906-1910. Ralph O. White, 1926-1930.
Phineas Stubblefield, 1910-1914. W. A. Burkholder, 1930-1934.
Joseph F. Rice, 1914-1918. Charles E. Dooley, 1934-
Recorders
Matthew R. Cunningham, 1896- Nehemiah B. Carson, 1904-1934.
1904. Clyde F. Kensinger, 1934-
CORONERS
Nehemiah B. Carson, 1896-1900. Lee McReynolds, 1920-1924.
J. M. Rugless, 1900-1908. Lloyd G. Shoemaker, 1924-
James F. Hare, 1908-1920.
Superintendent of Schools
John S. Wren, 1894-1906. Mrs. Nettie B. Dement, 1923-1927.
Benjamin C. Moore, 1906-1923. William B. Brigham, 1927-
SURVEYOR
Arthur H. Bell, 1892-
SUPERVISORS OF McLEAN COUNTY
McLean County was organized as a county under an act of the
Illinois legislature, December 25, 1830. The county was reorganized
May 17, 1858 under the act of the legislature of April 1, 1851. The
last meeting of the County Court, as the County Board was in March
1858, when township government was established. The names and
length of service of the supervisors, by townships, from that time until
1899 are given in the "Transaction of the McLean County Historical
Society," Vol. I, pages 245-254. The following are those since 1899
to the election in November 1936. They serve for two years.
Chairmen of the Board of Supervisors
H. D. Ledgerwood, 1898-1900. R. F. Humphrey, 1909-1910.
W. C. Jones, 1900-1902. William Rowe, 1910-1912.
LaFayette Funk, 1902-1904. John W. Rodgers, 1912-1914.
Thomas D. Irish, 1904-1905. E. S. Lyons, 1914-1915.
L. B. Strayer, 1905-1906. Frank L. Bramwell, 1915-1917.
C. R. Erwins, 1906-1907. Charles F. Ross, 1917-1919.
W. H. Wright, 1907-1908. William Schmidt, 1919-1920.
R. T. Smith, 1908-1909. Parke Enlow, 1920-1923.
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C. C. Wagner, 1923-1925.
C. E. Graves, 1925-1927.
W. H. Flesher, 1927-1928.
E. P. Mohr, 1928-1930.
J. E. Smith, 1930-1931.
George H. Scienter, 1931-1933.
Homer Caton, 1933-1935.
Mark Ethell, 1935-
Dana Rollins, 1936-
Mount Hope
Marion McCormick, 1892-1902.
W. H. Wright, 1902-1908.
Charles F. Ross, 1908-1910.
B. A. Canfield, 1910-1912.
W. J. Banes, 1912-1916.
Amos W. Harrison, 1897-1899.
L. F. Campbell, 1899-1901.
O. S. Skinner, 1901-1903.
E. E. Ewing, 1903-1907.
W. R. Perry, 1907-1909.
Charles F. Ross, 1916-1922.
S. B. Van Ness, 1922-1924.
Varner Longworth, 1924-933.
Martin W. Hildebrandt, 1933-
Allin
E. E. Ewing, 1909-1919.
C. F. Kaufman, 1919-1921.
George L. Morris, 1921-1925.
Homer Caton, 1925-
Danvers
E. S.
Sloane, 1927-
Chester R. Ewins, 1897-1925.
Frank A. Vance, 1925-1927.
Funk's Grove
F. A. Eystone, 1894-1898. L. F. Stubblefield, 1912-1916.
LaFayette Funk, 1898-1908. S. C. Van Horn, 1916-1922.
A. L. Longworth, 1908-1910. Seth Stubblefield, 1922-1930.
A. S. Jones, 1910-1912. Dana Rollins, 1930-
Guy Karr, 1897-1907.
George W. Park, 1907-1913.
A. P. Benjamin, 1913-1915.
Parke Enlow, 1915-1923.
J. M. Birckelbaw, 1892-1898.
George W. Piper, 1898-1908.
A. J. King, 1908-1910.
F. L. Bramwell, 1910-1924.
Dale
O. V. Douglass, 1923-1925.
Ben Worland, 1925-1927.
H. B. Stubblefield, 1927-1929.
John P. Becker, 1929-
Dry Grove
J. M. Birckelbaw Jr., 1924-1928.
Robert Otto, 1928-1930.
Samuel M. Elkins, 1930-
White Oak
Joseph King, 1895-1899. S. E. Maurer, 1907-1911.
H. Clarence Baldridge, 1899-1905. S. L. Stutzman, 1911-1931.
Alonzo McKinney, 1905-1907. J. H. Stutzman, 1931-
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John O. Davis, 1897-1905.
J. J. Myers, 1905-1907.
Charles Allin, 1907-1909.
John A. Freeman, 1909-1913
Albert Fulton, 1913-1915.
E. E. Hollis, 1915-1917.
Randolph
Charles Allin, 1917-1919.
G. W. Powell, 1919-1923.
F. L. Wakefield, 1923-1931
G. W. Powell, 1931-1935.
Clarence Rust, 1935-
Bloomington Township
Bloomington was a part of the township until 1914 when the city
and township were separated. For the supervisors before 1914 see
the list under City of Bloomington.
F. J. Blum, 1914-1922. George W. Knight, 1922-
City of Bloomington
From 1898 until 1914 Bloomington township was allowed one
supervisor and seven assistants; after the separation of the city in
1914 ten were elected; from 1926 to 1931 eleven; and since 1931 twelve.
John W. Rodgers, 1908-1914.
William S. Schmidt, 1909-1925.
W. H. Geneva, 1909-1917.
Alexander Bryant, 1895-1899.
John A. Schneider, 1896-1910.
Scott Arnold, 1897-1901.
John G. Welch, 1887-1899.
John Reed, 1898-1902.
George Alexander, 1899-1903.
Wolf Griesheim, 1899-1910.
James Stone, 1899-1903.
R. C. Rogers, 1899-1907.
W. E. Stevens, 1899-1901.
Dudley M. Smith, 1899-1901.
Joseph B. Holmes, 1901-1907.
S. B. Mason, 1901-1903.
George L. Parker, 1902-1903.
Thomas J. Egan, 1902-1903.
Robert Maxton, 1904-1906.
Charles Bryant, 1904-1906.
Cyrus Frank, 1905-1909.
Robert R. Johnson, 1905-1907.
S. B. Mason, 1906-1908.
Frank H. Funk, 1906-1908.
George W. Coons, 1907-1911.
Joseph Ator, 1907-1909.
John G. Welch, 1907-1919.
D. E. Frink, 1910-1912.
Charles O'Malley, 1910-1912.
Samuel C. Dooley, 1911-1915.
A. J. Houchin, 1911-1917.
Harley W. White, 1911-1913.
Dwight D. Moore, 1912-1926.
William E. Rayburn, 1913-1931.
A. G. Erickson, 1913-1915.
Charles P. Goelzer, 1913-1915.
Herman Salch, 1913-1915.
J. H. Burnham, 1914-1916.
J. M. Cusey, 1914-1916.
Robert A. Cowles, 1914-1918.
William H. Flesher, 1914-1928.
George Zinn, 1914-1931.
C. C. Wagner, 1916-1935.
Louie Forman (deceased) 1917-
1936.
Charles Lathrop, 1917-1919.
Thomas R. Kane, 1918-
Arthur L. Benjamin, 1918-1920.
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C. B. Whitmer, 1919-1923.
Herman Giese, 1919-
Mark Ethell, 1921-1925.
Walter Nierstheimer, 1923-1925.
Gus Schrolle, 1924-1926.
R. E. Chambers, 1925-1930.
Ben S. Rhodes, 1925-1927.
Paul A. Gottschalk, 1925-1927.
J. M. Cusey, 1926-1933.
Earl DePew, 1926-1928.
Herbert L. Dennison, 1927-1931.
Paul Henderson (deceased) 1927-
1936.
Normal
One supervisor and two assistants, one supervisor and one as-
sistant since 1914, one supervisor and two assistants since 1932.
Gus Schtolle, 1928-1932.
Mark Ethell, 1930-
Nereous Hodge, 1931-
George Zinn, 1931-
Fred Reidel, 1933-
Matthew J. Reilly, 1933-
John Peffer, 1933-
A. S. Arnold, 1935-
Louie Forman, 1935-1936.
Walter Nierstheimer, 1936-
George J. Wagner, 1895-1909.
R. W. Stubblefield, 1899-1900.
Daniel Brubaker, 1899-1912.
William F. Forman, 1900-1902.
George Champion, Sr., 1900-1902
L. A. Hinton, 1902-1910.
George Bohrer, 1903-1905.
L. H. Kerrick, 1905-1909.
George Bohrer, 1909-1911.
George Champion, 1911-1914.
E. P. Mohr, 1911-1931.
W. C. Hanson, 1914-1917.
William J. Victor, 1917-1919.
E. F. Coolidge, 1917-1931.
Bert R. McReynolds, 1931-1935.
Roy C. Bates, 1931-
Herman A. Will, 1932-1933.
W. J. Arbogast, 1933-1935.
George G. Lesher, 1935-
W. S. Dorland, 1935-
Thos. B. Raycraft, 1894-1913.
M. L. Ramseyer, 1913-1919.
John D. Shiner, 1919-1925.
J. R. Carlisle, 1897-1905.
W. M. Buckles, 1905-1913.
H. H. Wagner, 1913-1921.
Ed. L. Weaver, 1921-1923.
R. H. Roadman, 1897-1899.
Frank Cowden, 1899-1903.
John McBarnes, 1903-1909.
R. H. Roadman, 1909-1913.
C. W. Meiner, 1913-1918.
Hudson
R. E. Sunkel, 1925-1929.
John D. Shiner, 1929-1935,
J. F. Keller, 1935-
Downs
William Buckles, 1923-1925.
Harry L. Young, 1925-1935.
F. R. Cole, 1935-
Old Town
T. Benjamin, 1918-1919.
John Bozarth, 1919-1925.
Arth L. Benjamin, 1925-1929.
C. E. Niehus, 1929-1935.
John Zenor, 1935-
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G. W. White, 1896-1898.
O. W. Kraft, 1898-1900.
P. N. Jones, 1900-1902.
S. G. Sands, 1902-1903.
James Smith, 1889-1899.
Byron Gregory, 1899-1901.
Elmer Ogden, 1901-1903.
Frank Mahan, 1903-1905.
M. J. Trimmer, 1905-1907.
TOVVANDA
Patrick Merna, 1903-1904.
Theodore Sawyer, 1904-1912.
B. G. Falkingham, 1912-1928.
W. J. Cash, 1928-
Money Creek
George E. Brown, 1907-1909.
A. A. Stewart, 1909-1921.
D. C. Kerr, 1921-1925.
E. C. Mahan, 1925-
Gridley
R. J. Penn, 1896-1898. Ward Hiserodt, 1904-1906.
Henry F. Freed, 1898-1900. Osceola McNemar, 1906-1908.
Howard Tarman, 1900-1902. C. W. Kinsella, 1908-1928.
Osceola McNemar, 1902-1904. H. S. Suter, 1928-
Empire
Oscar Bonnett, 1896-1900.
Thomas F. Wiley, 1900-1901.
James Vance, 1901-1908.
George E. Dooley, 1908-1912.
C. Guard, 1912-1914.
George E. Dooley, 1914-1916.
C. H. Whi taker, 1894-1898.
T. A. Bane, 1898-1904.
Al Jackson, 1904-1920.
Frank VanGundy, 1920-1922.
William Vance, 1916-1926.
G. Grant Smith, 1926-1928.
Harry Denning, 1928-1933.
G. Grant Smith, 1933-1935.
Oscar Kirchner, 1935-
Dawson
James Bane, 1922-1924.
C. A. Shinkle, 1924-1933.
John O'Neil, 1933-
Blle Mound
Robert T. Smith, 1892-1918. George Wismiller, -1926.
Thomas Arnold, 1918-1922. DeWitt Armstrong, 1926-1930.
Theodore Shoops, 1922-1926. Claude R. Stanger, 1930-
N. E. Franklin, 1896-1902.
L. B. Strayer, 1902-1908.
Ira D. Adams, 1908-1912.
L. S. VanDolah, 1912-1914.
Lexington
Clayton Ballinger, 1914-1924.
Ed. Mitchell, 1924-1926.
George H. Stichter, 1926-
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LIBRARY
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Chenoa
Charles Nickel, 1893-1903.
Jacob Moschel, 1903-1909.
Fred Jontry, 1909-1915.
Harrison Horine, 1897-1899.
Thomas D. Irish, 1899-1905.
H. C. West, 1905-1907.
Thomas D. Irish, 1907-1913.
Jacob Moschel, 1915-1922.
V. L. Nickel, 1922-
West
Charles Umstattd, 1913-1919.
R. A. Johnson, 1919-1927.
Harry W. Reid, 1927-1935.
W. P. Dean, 1935-
Arrowsmith
W. C. Jones, 1892-1902.
J. A. Taylor, 1902-1905.
T. H. Greenfield, 1905-1908.
R. M. Scott, 1908-1910.
John H. Jacobs, 1910-1924.
T. F. Kennedy, 1896-1904.
E. S. Lyons, 1904-1906.
T. F. Kennedy, 1906-1908.
James Fielding, 1908-1912.
H. C. Henline, 1896-1900.
Albert Kruse, 1900-1902.
A. J. Moon, 1902-1906.
Ed. F. Mitchell, 1906-1908.
Elmer Hemphill, 1908-1912.
Charles Brucker, 1912-1914.
J. H. Henton, 1924-1928.
John Scholle Jr., 1928-1933.
J. H. Henton, 1933-1935.
Earl M. Bane, 1935-
Martin
E. S. Lyons, 1912-1916.
A. L. Hutson, 1916-1924.
James Fielding, 1924-
Lawndale
Charles Atkinson, 1914-1920.
C. F. Corpe, 1920-1926.
E. S. Lyons, 1926-1927.
W. C. Blumenshine, 1927-1930.
Fred Finch am, 1930-
Yates
H. D. Ledgerwood, 1894-1903. C. E. Graves, 1919-1927.
J. N. Gentes, 1903-1907. Charles J. Farley, 1927-1935.
James Hanna, 1907-1919. Myrl Crum, 1935-
Bellflower
W. T. Bradbury, 1884-1899. J. E. Smith, 1913-1931.
I. N. Rinehart, 1899-1913. Clarence W. Johnson, 1931-
Cheney's Grove
J. S. VanScoyoc, 1896-1898. William Rowe, 1902-1912.
E. M. Merritt, 1898-1900. E. M. Merritt, 1912-1922.
W. A. Stewart, 1900-1902. Guy VanScoyoc, 1922-
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Anchor
E. H. Worley, 1888-1900. J. H. Nafziger, 1924-
Jacob Martens, 1900-1924.
Cropsey
E. W. Crum, 1890-1906. S. Edgar Thomas, 1922-1933.
H. F. Humphry, 1906-1912. Walter Elliott, 1933-
William Blair, 1912-1922.
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OFFICERS OF THE McLEAN COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PRESIDENTS
John M. Scott, 1392-1898.
John B. Orendorff, Jan. 21-March 5, 1898.
George P. Dcrvis, 1898-1916.
Henry McCormick, 1917-1918.
Thomas C. Kerrick, 1919-1930.
William B. Brigham, 1931-1934.
Wayne C. Townley, 1935-
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENTS
John B. Orendorff, 1898-1907.
William B. Rhodes, 1908-1913.
Aaron V. Pierson, 1914.
Henry McCormick, 1915-1916.
Mrs. Etta H. Carrithers, 1917.
Thomas C. Kerrick, 1913.
Lafayette Funk, 1915.
Mrs. Etta H. Carrithers, 1916.
E. C. Silliman, 1917.
Mrs. Sue A. Sanders, 1918.
E. H. Newcomb, 1919.
Thomas Kennedy, 1920-1928.
Campbell Holton, 1929-1934.
Clark E. Stweart, 1935-1936.
J. L. Hasbrouck, 1936-
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENTS
Scott Price, 1919-1926.
Campbell Holton, 1927-1928, 1935-1936.
John G. Welch, 1929.
Mrs. John McBarnes, 1930-1934, 1936-
E. C. Silliman, 1915-1916.
John A. McBarnes, 1918.
Thomas Kennedy, 1919.
THIRD VICE-PRESIDENTS
E. H. Newcomb, 1920-1923.
Mrs. John McBarnes, 1924-1929, 1934-1936.
Harry Read, 1936-
TREASURERS
George P. Davis, 1892-1897.
John H. Burnham, 1898-1916.
William B. Carlock, 1917-1925.
Ezra M. Prince, 1892-1908.
Dwight E. Frink, 1908-1918.
Emanuel Rhoades, 1919-1930.
David Davis, 1926-1936.
Louis L. Williams, 1936-
SECRETARIES
Mrs. A. Y. Barnard, 1931-1934.
Harry E. Pratt, 1935-1936.
Herbert Stuckey, 1936.
Marjorie K. Simmons, 1936-
Milo Custer, 1909-1916.
Emanuel Rhoades, 1917-1930.
Mrs. A. Y. Barnard, 1931-1934.
CUSTODIANS
Harry E. Pratt, 1935-1936.
Herbert Stuckey, 1936.
Marjorie K. Simmons, 1936-
Rev. William H. Wilder, 1915-1916.
Rev. T. T. Holton, 1921-1925.
Rev. Frank A. McCarty, 1926-1927.
CHAPLAINS
Rev. H. W. Talley, 1935-1936.
Rev. Ralph G. Carson, 1936-
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DIRECTORS
Aldrich, John C, 1929-1936.
Brandican, N. W., 1915, 1917-1928.
Brigham, William B., 1931-
Burnham, John H., 1915-1916.
Carlock, William B., 1915-1926.
Davis, David, 1919-1933.
Davis, George P., 1915-1916.
Dooley, George E., 1915-1917.
Evans, Mrs. R. N., 1915-1928.
Harber, John W., 1929-1932.
Hasbrouck, J. L., 1933-1936.
Holton, Campbell, 1930-
Kerrick, Thomas C, 1919-1930.
McCormick, Henry, 1917-1918.
Benjamin, R. M., 1909-1914.
Davis, George P., 1901-
Edwards, Richard, 1899-1908.
Evans, Mrs. R. N., 1911-1914.
Funk, Lafayette, 1899-1908.
Marmon, Mrs. W. W., 1899-1900.
Munce, Mrs. Clare, 1933-1936.
Newcomb, E. H., 1917-1918.
Ouisenberry, R. Hess, 1936-
Read, Harry, 1934-1936.
Robinson, C. H., 1915.
Rolley, Elias, 1936-
Sanders, Mrs. Sue A., 1916-1928.
Stewart, Clark, 1933-1935.
Tay, Lyman, 1927-
Townley, Wayne C, 1929-
Trimmer, D. F., 1918.
Wakefield, Mrs. Stella M., 1916.
Welch, John G., 1919-1929.
TRUSTEES
McCormick, Henry, 1905-1914.
Pierson, A. V., 1899-1900.
Rhodes, W. J., 1901.
Rhodes, Mrs. Wm., 1905-1911.
Ward, Mrs. Martha, 1899-1900.
West, Simeon H., 1905-1914.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Brandican, N. E., 1912-1914.
Eurnham, John H., 1892-1914.
Capen, Charles L., 1892-1903, 1909-1914.
Cook, John W., 1892-
Davis, George P., 1892-1914.
Edwards, Richard, 1892-1903.
Folsom, Peter, 1892-
Frink, Dwight E., 1909-1914.
Funk, Lafayette, 1907-1908.
Fifer, Joseph W.
Harbord, Gen. James G.
Harrison, William Henry.
Graham, Robert O., 1892-1903.
Graves, Mrs. Virginia, 1907-1911.
Marmon, Mrs. W. W., 1892-1907.
Prince, Ezra M., 1892-1906.
Rhodes, Mrs. W. J., 1892-1903.
Scott, John M., 1892-
Ward, Mrs. Martha, 1892-1906.
Weaver, Joseph B., 1892-
HONORARY MEMBERS
Hasbrouck, J. L.
McBarnes, Mrs. John
Wagner, C. C.
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The objects of this Society shall be to discover, collect and preserve
whatever relates to the natural, civil, military, literary and ecclesi-
astical history of Illinois in general and McLean County in particular;
to maintain a Museum and Library and extend knowledge on the
above subjects by meetings and publications.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PRESENT OFFICERS
AND DIRECTORS OF THE
McLEAN county historical society
Brigham, Wm. B.— County Superintendent of Schools, was born in
Blue Mound Township August 11, 1874, son of Benajah and
Elizabeth (Shearer) Brigham. Mr. Brigham's formal education
was acquired at Illinois State Normal University and Illinois
Wesleyan University. Mr. Brigham was president of the Illinois
Country Teachers Association in 1910, a member of the Illinois
Teacher's Association and the National Education Association.
He was president of the McLean County Historical Society
from 1931-35 and now serves as director in that organization.
He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Improved Order of
Red Men, Kiwanis Club, First M. E. Church, and is a Re-
publican. Mr. Brigham married Miss Emma Wissmiller at Cooks-
ville, 111. November 26, 1903. They have one daughter, Mrs.
Glen Dodds, of White Plains, N. Y.
Hasbrouck, J. L.- One of the directors of the McLean County Histo-
rical Society, and author of the history of the Centennial Cele-
bration in this volume, has been connected with the editorial
staff of The Daily Pantagraph for many years. His early life
was spent in Effingham, 111., where he graduated in high school. He
attended Wabash College at Crawfordsville, Ind. for two years.
He learned the printer's trade in Effingham and Champaign, then
came to Bloomington, working first as journeyman printer and
branching out into the writing end of the newspaper business.
He has served in almost every capacity on the news and editorial
force of The Pantagraph, and for the last 10 years has been
editorial and special writer. Mr. Hasbrouck has lived in Normal
since 1922. His wife was formerly Miss Caroline L. Kimball
of Bloomington. They have two children; Theodore, of Mil-
waukee, and Helen, Mrs. Lewis H. Williamson, living in New
York. Mr. Hasbrouck had a part in writing two local histories;
one "McLean County and the World War," was published by
him in collaboration with Edward E. Pierson in 1920, and the
other the general "History of McLean County" for a two-vol-
ume work in 1923.
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Holton, Campbell— Born August 11, 1866 at Vincennes, Indiana.
Lived at Springfield, Old Berlin and Lincoln; and moved to
Bloomington in 1895, where he has been engaged in the Whole-
sale Grocery Business since. Mr. Holton lives at 1009 N. Mc-
Lean St., Bloomington, 111. He married Adelaide Blade, o£
Clinton, 111. in 1889, and they have two children, Mrs. V. C.
Larsen, of E. San Gabriel, Cal. and Blake Holton of E. Jefferson
St., Bloomington, 111.
McBarnes, Mrs. Celia— Born April 22, 1860, the daughter of Wayatt
and Charity (Bishop) Adams of Downs Township. On August
22, 1904 she married John McBarnes, a farmer of McLean
County, 111. In September, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. McBarnes gave
money for the erection of the McBarnes Memorial Bldg., in honor
of the soldiers and sailors of the various wars and the McLean
County Historical Society, which was dedicated April 30, 1923.
Mrs. McBarnes now lives at Holder, 111.
Read, Harry C— Born in Bloomington, 111. October 15, 1863 the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Read. He attended the public
school, graduating from the High School and the Commercial
Department of the Wesleyan University. Mr. Read is a partner
in the firm of G. H. Read & Bro. On March 22. 1893, Mr.
Read married Minnie Bowman of Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Read
passed away October 7, 1929. Mr. Read is a member of the
Second Presbyterian church and the Rotary Club, and is third
Vice President of the McLean County Historical Society.
Rolley, Elias W.— One of the directors of the Historical Society is
a Public Accountant in Bloomington. He was born at Mag-
nolia, 111. on September 5, 1892. Mr. Rolley graduated from
the Magnolia High School in 1910 and from Illinois State Normal
University in 1918. He taught in the public school at Putman
and Woodford Counties and was in the United States Vocational
School, Camp Devens, Mass., from 1919 to 1921. Mr. Rolley
was an instructor at I.S.N.U. from 1923 to 1926. He has been
a member of the American Legion Speaker's Bureau since 1924.
Simmons, Marjorie K.— Younger daughter of Aaron T. and Kath-
erine (Hulva) Simmons of Bloomington, 111. She was born Feb-
ruary 15, 1913 in Bloomington. Miss Simmons graduated in
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1931 from University High and in 1935 graduated from Illinois
Wesleyan University where she was a member of Kappa Kappa
Gamma Fraternity. She is now Secretary of the Historical
Society.
Tay, Lyman R— Born in Bloomington, Illinois, and still lives here.
During the Spanish-American War he enlisted in Co. "G"— 20th
U.S. Inf. spending about three years in the Philippines. His
regiment saw much fighting against savage tribes, and during odd
moments he composed several poems describing conditions in
the Islands. He also wrote many articles which were published
in the Pantagraph. During the visit of Hon. Wm. H. Taft and
his Peace Commission to Manila in 1899, Tay was a member of
his body guard; Mr. Taft later becoming President of the U. S.
During the early part of 1901 he was appointed School
Teacher of English and Spanish among the Ilocana Tribe North
of Manila; also conducting Night School for adults. His classes
numbered over 400 pupils, and he was one of the first American
Teachers in the Islands. He also acted as interpreter for his
Company with the natives. After visiting foreign countries, Tay
returned to Bloomington, later serving as Registry Clerk at the
Post-Ofnce, and Civil-Service Examiner for the Government for
many years, as well as Civil-Service Examiner for the State of
Illinois.
He has been active in the American Passion Play, and
other Consistory Temple Plays, since their building was erected.
He has for years been an active member of the McLean Co.
Historical Society, and has given a case with contents, and much
time to arranging exhibits in cases. His collection of relics is
the largest in the Museum. He is a member of the Board of
Directors.
Townley, Wayne C— Attorney, Vice-President McLean County Bar
Association; Leader in marking Thomas Lincoln Trail (Abra-
ham Lincoln Traveled This Way, page 242); responsible for
erection of monument over the graves of the Father and Step-
mother of Abraham Lincoln, at Janesville, Illinois (see Illi-
nois Central Magazine, February, 1924); Presiding Officer at
dedication of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln monument, March
23, 1923, and speaker with Honorable Frank O. Lowden and
William E. Barton; speaker at dedication of Abraham Lincoln
Eighth Circuit marker, Bloomington, Illinois; speaker at dedi-
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cation of Lincoln autobiography tablet, Court House, Blooming-
ton, Illinois; dedication speaker at dedication of tablet in honor
of General James G. Harbord, Court House, Bloomington, Illi-
nois; Director of the McLean County Historical Society, 1920-;
President 1935-; Director Illinois State Historical Society, 1936-;
member and past Commander of American Legion; Director and
past President of Bureau of Social Service; Director of Illinois
Crippled Childrens Society, 1925-26-27; Past-District Governor
Illinois Lions Club, author "Commercial Law," Henry Holt R;
Company, New York; author "Lincoln's Lost Speech" and other
short articles.
Quisenberry, R. Hess- Born August 29, 1897 at Armington, 111.
He graduated from the Armington grade school and high school,
after which he was employed in the Central National Bank. He
attended the University of Illinois in 1920 and came to Illinois
Wesleyan Law School in 1921, working at the Liberty State Bank
during his study of law. In 1924 Mr. Quisenberry graduated
from Wesleyan Law School, where he was a member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon, Social Fraternity; Phi Delta Phi, Legal Fratern-
ity; and Theta Alpha Phi, Dramatic Fraternity. He was elected
Justice of the Peace in 1924, serving for nine years. He then
was admitted to practice law August 12, 1933. Mr. Quisenberry
married Irene Moulic August 25, 1926. They have one daugh-
ter, Marcia five years old. Mr. Quisenberry is a member of the
American Legion, Masons, Bloomington Club, and Lake Side
Country Club.
Williams, Louis L.— Born in Rockbridge, Illinois, February 11, 1899.
Graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1921. Five years
with the Illinois State Highway Department as Engineer from
1921 to 1926. Admitted to the Bar in 1926 and has practiced
law in Bloomington, Illinois since thai time. Mr. Williams is
the Treasurer of the McLean County Historical Society.
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INDEX OF NAMES APPEARING IN
THIS VOLUME
—A—
Abolition Party 48
Abraham, Henry 8
Adams, Ira D 56
Aldrich, Frank W 37
Aldrich, John C 60
Alexander, George 54
Allin, James 15
Allen, John C 51
Allen, J. Huber 51
Allin, Charles 54
American Legion 1-
Anchor 12
Anti-Nebraska Convention 48
Arbogast, W. J 22, 55
Arends, L. C 50
Babcock, F. D. E 3, 5, 9, 13
Babcock, Mrs. F. D. E 13
Bach, Earl 3
Bach, William R 44, 51
Baker, Major Seth 45
Baker, Sidney D 46
Baldridge, Archie 20
Baldridge, H. Clarence 53
Baldwin, C. C 52
Ball, Thomas 17
Ballard, Dr. E. E 44
Ballinger, Clayton 56
Bane, Earl M 57
Bane, James 56
Bane, T. S 56
Banes, W. J 53
Banking, Bloomington 48
Baptist Church 8, 46
Bar, McLean County 47
Barge, William D 48
Barnard, Mrs. A. Y 59
Barry, Edward 51
Bates, Roy C 55
Becker, John P 53
Beckwith, Judge 34
Beich, Paul F 3, 13, 23
Beich, Mrs. Paul F 13
Bell, Arthur H 52
Belt, A. H 3, 5
Belt Tire Service 11, 21
Benjamin, Arthur L 54
Benjamin, A. P 53
Benjamin, R. M 47, 60
Benjamin, T 55
Bennett, Bill 20
Berry, Edward 51
Berner & Conroy 21
Bevan Dairy 12, 20
Birch, Rev. V. E 8
-B—
Armbruster, Walter 3, 5
Armstrong, DeWitt 56
Arnold, A. S 55
Arnold, Frank 12
Arnold, Thomas 56
Arnold, Scott 54
Arnold, W. C 49
Amy, William F. M 45
Arrowsmith 12
Arrowsmith Battle Ground 33
Arrowsmith, William A 47
Atkinson, Charles 57
Ator, Joseph 54
Ayers, J. B 43
Birds, McLean County 48
Birckelbaw, J. M 53
Birckelbaw, J. M. Jr 53
Bishop, Jacob 30
Bishop, James 30
Bishop, Sidney 46
Black Hawk War 50
Blair, William 57
Blatz Brewing Co 20
Blumenshine, W. C 57
Bloomington Baking Co 12, 21
Blooming Grove 15, 48
Blooming Grove Pioneers 48
Bloomfield, Ira J 50
Blue Mound 12
Blum, F. J 54
Blunk, Mable B 7
Bock, Herman 7
Bohrer, Florence Fifer 9
Bohrer, George 55
Bonebrake, George W 8
Bonnett, Oscar 56
Bonny, Nellie R 51
Bounty Law 48
Bozarth, John 55
Bradbury, W. T 57
Bradshaw, Kenneth 3
Bramwell, Frank L 52, 53
Brandican, N. E 60
Brandican, N. W 46, 47, 59
Brandt's Truck Co 20
Brigham, William B 3, 6, 29, 33, 59, 60, 61
Brooks, Eddie 20
Brown, George E 56
Brubaker, Daniel 55
Brucker, Charles 57
Bryant, Alexander 54
Bryant, Charles 54
Buckles, W. M 55
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Bunn, Thomas 48
Burke, J. 1 48
Burkholder, W. A 52
Bumham, John H 33, 44, 46, 54, 59, 60
Callahan, Melvin J 3, 6, 23
Campbell, J. G 44
Canfield, B. A 53
Capen, Charles L 44, 47, 60
Carlisle, J. R 55
Carlock, C. B 51
Carlock, Richard L 51
Carlock, Virginia 7
Carlock, William B 44, 59, 60
Carnahan, Art 20
Carnahan Garage 12, 21
Carrithers, Etta H 48, 59
Carson, Nehemiah B 44, 52
Carson, Ralph G 59
Cartwright, Peter 8
Cash, W. J 56
Cassedy, John 44
Caton, Homer 53
Centennial Christian Church 20
Centennial Committees Complete 3
Chambers, R. E 55
Champion, George Sr 55
Champion, George Jr 55
Cheney, Mrs. J. H 3, 6
Cheneys Grove 48
Cherrington, Leroy 50
Chrifield, Bobbie 29
Christian Church, Second 46
— D-
Dagley, Mildred 1 7
Dale 12
Danvers 12
Davis, David 17, 46, 59, 60
Davis, George 59, 60
Davis, John 54
Davidson, William J 8
Dawson 12
Dawson, John W 15, 16
Dawson Township 47
Dean, W. P 57
Deems, Mrs. Hulda 49
Dement, Mrs. Netti B 52
DeMolay 21
Denning, Harry 13, 56
Dennison, Hervert L 55
Eagen, Thomas J 54
Eddy, John 9
Edwards, Florence 44
Edwards, Frank 51
Edwards, Richard 60
Elder, James C 51
Elliott, Walter 57
Elkins, Samuel M 53
Enlow, Parke 52
Butler, E. C 3
Butler, Edward P 6
Butler, James 3
Bye, Eelyn 7, 10, 14
Churches, Bloomington 46
Churches, Henline 46
Circuit Court 47
Circuit Judges 47
Civil War 17, 50
Clark, W. L 13
Cline, Betty Jeane 10
Coale, Mrs. Elizabeth H 46
Cole, F. R 55
Collins, Lillie C 47
Cook, John W 44, 60
Coolidge, E. F 55
Coons, George W 54
Conger, Ruth 16
Corpe, C. F 57
Coultas, Wilber 6
Cowden, Robert H 54
Coverdale, Matthew 30
Cox, Beulah 7
Cradlebaugh, Lina 50
Craig, Catherine 7
Crum, E. W 57
Crum, Myrl 57
Cunningham, Mathew R 52
Cusey, J. M 54, 55
Curtis, C. D 19
Custer, Milo 46, 47
Custenborder, J. M 13
DePew, Earl 7, 55
DePew, Joseph 51
Dickson, Frank S 10, 12
Doctors, Pioneer 48
Dodson, Mrs. Emeline M 49
Dolan, Ned 23
Dooley, Charles E 52
Dooley, Clay 11, 21
Dooley, George 56, 60
Dooley, Samuel 54
Dorland, W. S 55
Donovan, B. M 3
Donovan, Frank 6, 23
Douglas, O. V 53
Downs 12
Dry Grove 12
Erdman, Elverta 7
Erickson, A. G 54
Erwins, C. R 52
Ethell, Mark 6, 53, 55
Evans, Mary L. P 44
Evans, E. M 23
Evans, Mrs. R. N 60
Ewing, Charles A 19
Ewing, E. E 53
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Ewing, Mrs. Spencer 19
Ewins, Chester R 53
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Falkingham, B. G 56
Farley, Charles J 57
Farm Bureau 11
Fell, Jesse 17
Felmley, David 44, 48
Fenn, Elsworth 21
Ferguson, Eugene Clay 46
Ferguson, Wilbert 45
Fielding, James 57
Fifer, Joseph 9, 60
Finscham, Fred 57
Fire, Bloomington 1900 5, 18
Fitzgerald, James 12
FitzHenry, Louis 9, 45
Fitzwilliams, Sarah R 45, 48
Fleming, Robert L 51
Flesher, George R 51
Flesher, W. H 53, 54
Flesher, Olga B 7
Folger, Juanita 7
Fclsom, Peter 60
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Galena Lead Mines 49
Geneva, W. H 54
Gentes, J. N 57
Genzel, Esther 7
Gerhart Shoe Co 12, 20
Giese, Herman 55
Goelzer, Charles P 54
Goodman 14
Gottschalk, Paul A 55
Grabbs, Al 3
Graham, Robert 60
Grange, The 44
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Hale, Al 3
Hall, Harry 3, 6
Hall, Homer W 9, 10, 12, 51
Haines, James 49
Hanna, George Stipp 45
Hanna, James 57
Hanson, W. C 55
Harber, John W 60
HaTbord, J. G 60
Hard Roads, Illinois 49
Hardy, Camilla 7
Hare, James F 52
Harrison, Amos 53
Harrison, Wm. Henry 45, 60
Harvey, Capt 18
Harwood Lumber Co 11
Hasbrouck, J. L 3, 5, 6, 8, 23, 59, 60, 61
Haskell, Henry 49
Hosier, C. C 51
Hawk, Egbert 22
Hawkins Studio 21
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Eyer, Lloyd 3, 6
Eyestone, F. A 53
Forman, Louie 54, 55
Forman, William 55
Foster, C. Hayden 16
Fox Indians 33
Frank, Cyrus 54
Franklin, N. E 56
Fraser, Forrest L 8
Freed, Henry F 56
Freeman, D. C 45
Freeman, George W 45
Freeman, John A 53
Friends 46
Frink, Dwight E 44, 46, 54, 59, 60
Fulton, Albert 53
Funk, Eugene D 3, 9, 12, 23
Funk, Frank 54
Funk, George W 49
Funk, Issac Jr 44
Funk, Lafayette 52, 53, 59, 60
Funk's Grove 12
Grant, Gen. U. S 18
Graves, C. E 53, 57
Graves, Mrs. Virginia 60
Gray-Trimble Co 20
Green, Tracy 11, 20, 21
Greenfield, T. H 57
Gregory, Byron 56
Gridley 12
Gridley, Gen. A 17
Griesheim, Wolf 54
Guard, C 56
Guthrie, Parmeno A 51
Hayes-Custer 21
Haynes, Esther L 7
Heafer, E. N 44
Heldt, Henrietta 7
Hembreiker's 11, 22
Hemphill, Elmer 57
Henderson, Paul 55
Hendrix, Jane 45
Hendrix, John 15, 45
Henline, H. C 57
Henton, J. H 57
Hildebrandt, Martin W 53
Hinshaw, Martha 49
Hinshaw, William 45, 50
Hinton, L. A 55
Hiserodt, Ward 56
Hoblit, Harris K 5, 9
Hodge, Nereous 55
Hodge, W. H 15
Hoffman, Jessie E 51
Hogg, Harvey 45
Holland Furnace Co 21
Holmes, Joseph B 54
Hollis, E. E 53
Holton, Blake 3
Holton, Campbell 59, 60, 62
Holton, T. T 59
Honorary Members 60
Hoose, Oscar 3
Horine, Harrison 57
Horn, James Lyle 17
Hostess, Centennial 10
Hotchkiss, Opal 7
Houchin, H. J 54
Houston, Edith 7
Howell, Dr. Harry L 14
Hubbard, Dr. Silas 45, 48
Hull, William J 3, 13, 17
Humphrey, H. F 57
Humphrey, R. F 52
Hutson, A. L 57
Hutson, Vanna E 7
Hynemann, E. H 49
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Ijams, Lewise 50 Illinois State Historical Society 35
Illinois Power and Light 12, 21 Indians 38, 47
Illinois Soldier's and Sailor's Children's Industrial Casualty Co 21
Home Hi 21 Irish, Thomas D 52, 57
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Jackson, Al 56
Jackson, Leo 20
Jacobs, John H 57
Jefferson, Paul 3
Joho, Frank — Garage 12
Johnson, Clarence W 57
Johnson, George 51
Johnson, R. A 57
Johnson, Robert R 54
Johnson Transfer Co 21, 22
Jones, A. S 53
Jones, Edgar DeWitt 8
Jones, Larry A 13
Jones, P. N 55
Jones, W. C 52, 57
Jontry, Fred 57
Jordan, Mae 7
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Kane, Arthur 3
Kane, Thomas R 54
Karr, Guy 53
Kaufman, C. F 53
Keg Grove 15
Keller, J. F 55
Kelly, Edith Packard 46
Kemp, Franklin 20
Kendall, Claude 20
Kennedy, Thomas 59
Kennedy, T. F 57
Kensinger, Clyde F 52
Kerr, D. C 56
Kerr, Mrs. Mary T 49
Kerrick, L. H 55
Kerrick, Thomas C 45, 59, 60
King, A. J 53
Kingrey, Frances 7
Kinlock Telephone 11, 22
Kinsella, C. W 55
Kinsella, Helen M 7
Kirchner, Geoige L 46
Kirchner, Oscar 56
Klemm, C. W. Store 21
Knight, George W 54
Kraft, O. W 56
Kruse, Albert 57
LaBounty, Perry J 3, 6
Lake Bloomington 22, 23
Lang, Harold U 3
Larkin, Florence 7
Lash, Mrs. Anna 45
Lathrop, Charles 54
Latta, James 14, 45
Law Library 47
Lawyer, W. C 16
Lawyers, McLean County 47
Lebkuecher, Edgar 3, 6
Ledgerwood, H. D 52, 57
Lee, Gen. Robert E 18
Leman Dairy 20
Lesher, George G 55
Lewis, Edward J 50
Lexington Library 48
Light, James A 51
Lillard, John T 45, 47
Lincoln, Abraham 8, 16, 18, 47
Little Grove 34
Livingston Co 48
Livingston, Sam 3
Livingston, A. & Sons 12, 21
Lobdall, Vera 7
Longworth, A. L 53
Longworth, Varner 13, 53
Loomis, Ray 20
Lyons, E. S 52, 57
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McBarnes, lohn A 55, 59
McBarnes, Mrs. John A 59, 60, 62
McCart, Robert Sr 44
McCarty, Frank 59
McCord, H. H 16
McClun, John 45
McCormick, Henry 59, 60-
McCormick, Marion 53
McCullough, William 45
McFarland, David 48
McKinney, Alonzo 53
McLean County 5, 47
McLean County Academy of Science 37
McLean County Farm Bureau 11
McLean, John 16
McNemer, Osceola 56
McNulta, Thomas 45
McReynolds, Bert R 55
McReynolds, Lee 52
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Machina, Chief 15, 16
MaGirl Foundry 21
Magoun, John 45
Mahan, E. C 56
Mahan, Frank 56
Marmon, Mrs. W. W 48, 60
Marton, George 3, 13
Marvel, Ethel F 47
Mason, S. B 54
Martens Motor Co 21
Martens, Jacob 57
Martin, Lester H 45, 51
Maurer, S. E 53
Maxton, Robert 54
Meadows Manf. Co 12, 21
Means, Joseph C 51
Means, William C 48, 51
Meany, Joseph 3, 5
Medical Society, McLean County 48
Meiner, C. W 55
Mennonites 46
Merna, Patrick 56
Merna, William 13
Merriman, H. P 45
Merritt, E. M 57
Merwin, Davis 3, 6
Mette, Ray 20
Miller, James 45
Miller, Robert Andrew 44
Mills 49
Nafziger, J. H 57
Naylor, B. B 7
Neal, Rolla 6
Nelson, George W 43
Neville, James S 44
Newcomb, E. H 59, 60
Newhouser, W. A 9
Minier, George W 44
Mitchell, Ed 56, 57
Model Laundry 12, 21
Modern Woodmen 17
Mohr, E. P 53, 55
Montgomery, Dewey 3
Moore, A. L 51
Moore, Barbara Ellen 10
Moore, Benjamin C 52
Moore, Dwight 54
Moore, Hilda 7
Moore, Joseph H 45
Moon, A. J 57
Morris, Clark 29
Morris, George L 53
Morrison, Jacob E 51
Moschel, Jacob 57
Mosguito Grove 48
Mount Hope Colony 12, 43
Muhl, Oscar 3
Mullins, Miss Deliah 16
Munce, Mrs. Clara 60
Murphy, Naomi 7
My Store 12, 22
Myers, Colestin D 51
Myers, John F 45
Myers, John G 45
Myers, J. J 54
Myers, Mrs. J. J 29
Myers, William J 49
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Oak Grove
O'Connell, Richard 22
Odd Fellows 12
Ogden, Elmer 56
Oil-O-Matic Heating Corporation 12, 21
Old Town 12, 47
Olney, Owen 45
Olney, Zena 45
Newmarket 12
Newspapers, McLean County 43
Nickel, Charles 57
Nickel, V. L 57
Niehaus, C. E 55
Nierstheimer, Henry 3, 5
Nierstheimer, Walter 51, 55
O'Malley, Charles 54
O'Neil, John 56
Orcutt, C. W 3, 13, 25
Orendorff, John B 45, 48, 59
Orendorff, Thomas 15
Orendorff, William 15
Otto, Henry 45
Otto, Robert 53
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Packard, Major W 45, 47
Pageant, Centennial 14
Paist, Marie Dawson 49
Parade, Centennial 11
Park, George W 53
Parke, Charles Ross 45
Parker, George L 54
Pantograph, Daily 6, 11, 20, 25
Paxton, G. Noble 6, 22
Peffer, John 55
Peirson, Aaron V 59
Penn, R. J 56
Pepple, Clara Belle 7
Pettit, C. E 3
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Queen, Centennial 6, 7, 9, 10
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Radliff, William C 51
Railroad, First 17
Ramseyer, M. L 55
Piandolph's Grove 47
Rayburn, William E 54
Raycraft, Thomas B 55
Read, Franklin C 8
Read, Mrs. Gordon H 45
Read, Harry 59, 60, 62
Reed, John 54
Reeder, James 21, 51
Reeves, H. G 44
Reeves, Owen T 45, 49
Regiments 50
Reid, Harry W 57
Reidel, Fred 55
Reilly, Mathew J 55
Rengel, Kenneth 20
Republican Party 17
Richardson, W. E 13
Ridinger, Alexander C 48
Rhoades, Emanuel 59
Rhodes, Ben S 3, 6, 9, 12
Rhodes, Mrs. Laura E 44
Rhodes, William B 59
Rhodes, W. J 60
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Salch, Herman 54
Sand, S. G 56
Sanders, Mrs. Sue A 45, 60
Saurer, Harold Dale 3, 7
Sawyer, Theodore 56
Saybrook 21, 47, 48
Schole, John Jr 57
Schools 16, 50
Schmidt, William 52, 54
Schneider, George 47
Schneider, John A 54
Schroole, Gus 55
Scibird, George A 46
Scibird, John Samuel 46
Scoop 13, 19
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Perry, W. R 53
Phillips, Mrs. Porter 3
Phoenix, F. R 45
Pierson, A. V 47, 59
Pioneer Life, McLean County 49
Piper, George W 53
Pointer, Crystal 7
Porter, Robert 44
Porter, William 49
Powell, Gardner W 29, 53
Prahm, Fern 7
Pratt, Harry 59
Prince, Ezra M 45, 46, 59, 60
Purity Ann Baking Co 21
Quisenberry, R. Hess 60, 64
Rhodes, Mrs. W. J 44, 60
Rice, Joseph F 51
Riley, James C 51
Rinehart, I. N 57
Roadman, R. H 55
Robinson, C. H 60
Robinson, Frances 45
Rodgers, John W. Jr 3
Rodgers, John W. Sr 52, 54
Rodman, W. Scott 51
Roeder, John C 50
Roe, E. R 45
Rogers, R. C 54
Roland, W. H. Store 11, 22
Rolley, Elias 6C, 62
Rollins, Dana 53
Ross, Charles F 52, 53
Rowe, William 52, 57
Rowell, J. H 44
Royal Neighbors of America 21
Rugles, J. M 52
Russell, Rolland A 51
Rust, Clarence 54
Rust, Laurence 21
Rust, Lee 21, 29
Rutherford, R. J
Scott, Charlotte A 46
Scott, John M 59, 60
Scott, R. M 57
Shabbona 47
Shaw, Rev. James 46
Shaw, Dr. S. M 45
Shearer, Russel 3, 7, 23
Shelper, William H 3, 8
Shields, Ed 12
Shiner, J. D 13, 55
Shinkle, C. A 56
Shoemaker, Lloyd G 52
Shoops, Theodore 56
Silliman, E. C 59
Simmons, Leo 20
Simmons, Marjorie K 59, 62
Siien, Irene 7
Skinner, O. S 53
Sloan, E. S 13, 53
Smith, Arthur A 3, 5, 7, 12
Smalley, Issac 45
Smith, Dudley Chase 46, 54
Smith, Giles A 50
Smith, G. Grant 56
Smith Grove 34
Smith, Helen 7
Smith, James 52, 56
Smith, J. E 7, 9, 53, 57
Smith, Lon K 13
Smith, Matt 13
Smith, R. T 52, 56
Smith, William Hawley 44
Snow and Palmer Co 12, 21
Soft Water Laundry 11
Spafford, Ralph 51
Standard Club 20
Stanger, Claude R 13, 56
Stanger, Vera 7
State Farm Mutual 11, 20
Stautz, George 3
Stautz, William A 52
Stewart, A. A 56
Stewart, Dr. A. E 29
Stewart, Amanda 32
Stewart, Archibald E 32
Stewart, Bruce 30
Stewart, Clark E 28, 29, 59, 60
Stewart, House Centennial 28
Stewart, Isabel Jane 32
Stewart, Jane Handley 31
Stewart, John Handley 31
Stewart, Robert 32
Stewart, Samuel 28, 31
Stewart, Sarah Ann 32
Stewart, W. A 57
Stewart, William C 32
Stevens, W. E 50, 54
Stitcher, George H 53, 56
Stone, James 54
Strayer, Alice 7
Strayer, L. B 52, 56
Streble, Fred 17
Stringfield, Copt. A. M 30
Stubblefield, H. B 53
Stubblefield, Frances 7
Stubblefield, George 49
Stubblefield, John 46, 49
Stubblefield, L. G 53
Stubblefield, Phineas 52
Stubblefield, R. W 55
Stubblefield, Seth 53
Stuckey, Herbert 59
Stutzman, J. H 53
Stutzman, S. L 53
Sunkel, R. E 55
Sunlight Bread Co 21
Supervisors, Chairmen 52
Supervisors, McLean County 52
Suter, H. S 56
Swearingin, Elmer G 51
Syfert, Vernon A 46
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Talley, H. W 59
Tarman, Howard 56
Tay, Lyman 60, 63
Taylor, Chalmer C 51
Taylor, H. M - 12
Taylor, J. A 57
Thayer, Miss H. M 49
Thomas, Agnes 7
Thomas, S. Edgar 57
Thompson, William 30
Tilden, Mrs. W. W 3
Tipton, Thomas F 47
Towanda 47
Townley, C. S 49
Townley, Wayne C 59, 60, 63
Trabue, Dr 16
Trimmer, D. F 46, 60
Trimmer, M. J 56
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Ulbrich, A. A 3, 5 Union Gas & Electric Co 12, 22
U.S.L. Battery Co.
Umstartd, Charles
21 Unitarian Church 46
57 United Photo Shop 20
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Vance, Frank A 53
Vance, James 56
Vance, William 56
Van Dolah, Arthur
Van Dolah, Mrs. D. H 46
Vcn Dyke, Arthur 46
Van Gundy, Frank 56
Van Horn, S. C 53
Vanneman, Mary 7
Van Ness, S. B 53
Van Scoyoc, Guy 57
Van Scoyoc, J. S 57
Victor, William J 55
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Wade, Anna B 6
Wade, Weldon 3, 6
Wade, William 3, 23
Wagner, C. C 13, 53, 54, 60
Wagner, George J 55
Wagner, H. H 55
Wakefield, Cyrenius 46
Wakefield, F. L 53
Wakefield, Dr. Homer 46
Wakefield, Mrs. Stella M 60
Walden, Elijah 45
Walker, F. A 50
Walker, William 14, 16, 45
Walker, J. A
Wallis, Wm. W 50
Ward, Jake 3
Ward, Mrs. Martha 60
Warde, Lucile 7, 9, 14
Wars 17, 18, 5C
Watson, Elmo 46, 50
Weaver, Ed. L 55
Weaver, Joseph B 50, 60
Weber, Nelra M 7
Weinheimer, Mildred 7
Welch, John G 54, 59, 60
Wellmerling, Louis F 6
Wells, W. A 16
Welty, Sain 51
Wesleyan University 20, 50
West, Henry 46
West, H. C 57
West, Simeon H 46, 60
Whitaker, C. H 56
White, G. W 56
White, Harley W 54
White, J. L 49
White, Lela Jane 7
White, Ralph 51
Whitmer, C. B 54
Whitmore, W. W 46
Wilder, William H 59
Wiley, Thomas F 56
Will, Herman A 55
Williams, C. C 66
Williams, Louis L 59, 64
Willis, Jesse 51
Wismiler, George 56
Wissmiller, Lucille 7
Woods, Tommie 20
Wollung, Bernice 7
Worland, Ben 53
Worley, E. H 57
Wren, John S 52
Wright, W. H 52, 53
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Yates Co 22 Young, Harry L 55
Yellow Cab Co 21 Young Men's Club 20
Yordy, Doris 7 Young, Miles K 51
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Zenor, John 55 Zook, John W.
Zinn, George 54, 55
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