Bureau County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1906 (part 13 of 28)

Politically, Mr. Dow has always been a republican and attended the first convention of the party at Princeton in 1854 when John H. Bryant was nominated for congress. In 1856 he voted for Fremont and he also attended the convention when he was nominated. He has served in various townsliip offices and has always been found a trustworthy oflicial. Tlie long years of his residence here and his upright life well entitle him to mention with the representative pioneer settlers, and from memory he can relate many interesting incidents of the early days when Bureau county was still a frontier district and when the work of improvement and progress seemed scarcely begun. Great changes have occurred, converting crossroads villages into thriving towns and cities, wherein are found many commercial and industrial interests, while the broad prairies indicate the splendid labor that has been juit forth by the agricultural class, reclaiming the wild Innd for the uses of civilization.

Iiuoh G. Gunning

Hugh G. Gunning is the owner of two hundred acres of rich farming land in Neponset township and operates altogether two hundred and eighty acres, in addition to which he feeds cattle for the market. A life of enterprise and industry has been crowned with success, and he is today accounted one of the leading farmers of his community.

A native of Neponset township, he was born April 8. 1863, and is a son of John and Margaret (Porter) Gunning, who were born near Belfast, in County Down. Irohmd. Ilie former February 22, 1828. Their wedding journey was the voyage to America, made in June. 1849. The vessel on which they embarked was wrecked off the banks of Ncwfouiulhmd, lost three men overboard, was dismantled of her spars, and it was with difficulty that she was kept afloat, but by working the pumps for three weeks she was saved, although she drifted back to the coa-st of Ireland. There repairs were made and she sailed again, this time reaching the harbor of New York in safety. On coming to America John Gunning and his young wife located at Troy, New York, and in 1856 arrived in Neponset. Soon afterward he purchased land and to his original tract he added until he had a half section. Upon this he placed many excellent improvements, making it one of the fine farms of the township. He voted with the republican party and served as road commissioner and in other public offices of trust. In Ireland he was a member of the Presbyterian church, while in Neponset he became a member of the Congregational church, to which his wife also belonged. Her death occurred in 1880, when she was sixty years of age, while Mr. Gunning died in 1903, when about seventy-five years of age.

No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Hugh G. Gunning in his boyhood days and when twenty-two years of age he began farming on his own account. He has since followed this occupation, and is now controlling two hundred and eighty acres of rich land, of which he owns two hundred acres. The fields return to him rich crops and he also buys, feeds and fattens for the market about a carload of cattle annually. He raises from one hundred to one hundred and fifty head of hogs annually, and in 1906 shipped three carloads of hogs.

On the 25th of March, 1885, Mr. Gunning was married to Miss Emma E. Pickering, whose birth occurred in Neponset township. May 19, 1866, a daughter of George and Sarah Ann (Stabler) Pickering. Her father, a native of Yorkshire, England, born December 17, 1829, is now living in Neponset, while her mother, whose birth occurred in Yorkshire, March 22, 1837, died August 28, 1895. They were married February 4. 1855. and soon afterward came to America, crossing the Atlantic on a sailing vessel which dropped anchor in the harbor of New York. Making their way to Illinois, they settled in what is now Neponset township, where the father followed the occupation of farming. In 1880 he purchased land in that township and successfully devoted his energies to the cultivation and improvement of the propertv until 1900, when he purchased a home in the village of Neponset, where he has since lived retired. In politics he is a democrat and hns served as a school director, but has not held nor desired other office. Unto Mr. and Mrs. ]*ickering were born sixteen children, of whom twelve are now living: Betsy, the wife of Henry Burnett: Jennie, the wife of William Hood; Susan, the wife of P. r. Carpenter; Harriet, who married Ilenrv Augustin ; David; Mrs. Gunning; George W. ; John E. : Isabel, the wife of Oliver Slates: Lottie May, the wife of George Kopp; Cliarles; and Fred.

ATr. and Mrs. Gunning have b(>come the parents of nine children: Mabel M., who wns born June 16, 1886, and is the wife of William Bennett; Stella A., born November 27. 188S: Laura, wlin

Politically, Mr. Gunning is a republican. He has never sought or desired office as a reward for party fealty and has served only as school director, acting in that capacity for nine years. He is interested, however, in matters of general improvement and upbuilding and can be counted upon for aid in movements of progressive citizenship.

Dyer Egbert Kipp

Dyer Egbert Kipp is a retired farmer residing in Mineral. In former years he was actively associated with agricultural interests, and thr lugh his close application and unfaltering energy he acquired the capital that now enables him to rest from furtlier labor and enjoy the fruits of his former toil. He was born in Steuben county, New Y'ork, January 18, 1846. a son of Dyer Lathrope and Jane Evaline (Parker) Kipp. His education was obtained in the common schools of his native state and he came to Hlinois in 1862. He was at that time si.xtcen years of age and soon afterward he entered Grand Prairie Seminary, where he remained as a student for two years, while for one year he attended the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Illinois. He was thus provided with good educational privileges which well fitted him for life's practical and responsible duties. When twenty-two years of age he went to Missouri and worked as a farn) hand. Following his return to Hlinois he resided for six years in La Salle county and then removed to Livingston county, where he followed the vocation of farming, residing there from 1879 until he came to Mineral in 1903. Here he has since lived in the enjoyment of a well earned rest, his competence being sufticicnt to supply him with ;dl of the necessities and many of the comforts and lu.xuries of life.

Mr. Kipp was married on the 31st of January. 1870, to jMiss I\Iary Emily liassett. of La Salic. Hlinois, and they became the parents of six children. Julia Lie/., a graduate of Grand Prairie Seminary and of the Northwestern l^niversity at Evanston. Hlinois, was appointed a missionary to .\ligarh, Hidia, whither she went in 1906. Ray Bassett is also engaged in missionary work, having spent the past tliree years in tJie mission schools at Quionga. Africa. Cora L-ene, a graduate of the Grand Prairie Seminary, has for two years been a student in the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons. Karl Parker, also a graduate of Grand Prairie Seminary, has for the past three years engaged in farming in Henry county, Hlinois. Orin Lansing Garfield and Marion D. are students in Cornell College at

Mount Vernon, Iowa. On the 1st of June, 1897, Mrs. ihiry E. Kipp passed away and Mr. Kipp has since married iMiss Emma Denning, a daughter of \alentine 11. Denning, of La Salle county, and a cousin of Rev. John 0. Leaning, of Lidia, who for years was a presiding elder and who now for a long period has been a missionary in India. Another cousin, Lou B. Denning, spent many years as a missionary in South America. Both the Kipp and Denning families have been devoted to ciiurch work, numy of their luunber giving their time and energies to labor in the missionarv field.

ilr. Kipp, of this review, has filled the office of justice of the peace, and for many years was school director. He was a trustee and steward in the Methodist Episcopal church at Wing, Illinois, which he helped to organize, and is now a in the Methodist church of Mineral. His life has been in harmony with his professions, characterized by a consideration for others, by straightforward dealing and by strict conformity to manly principles at all times. He thus merits and enjoys the confidence and goodwill of his fellowmen and wdiercver known he is held in the highest respect. He holds a St. John medal for being one of the men that voted for St. Jona ia 1884, and he has voted the prohibition ticket ever since.

E. A. La Due

The commercial interests of Spring Valley find an active factor in E. A. La Due, who is conducting a drug store and who in his business career keeps in touch with modern ideas of progress and development. He was born in New York state, August 21, 1839. His father, .\brahara La Due, was likewise a native of the lOmpire state, as was his wife, who bore the maiden name of Hannah Y'oung. Throughout an active business career he devoted his time and energies to farming, and he died in 1898, at the very venerable age of ninety years.

In his boyhood days E. A. La Due was a public school student in Wadesport, New Y'ork, where he pursued the high school course, and later he continued his studies in Monroe Academy at Elliridge, New Y'ork. When sixteen years of age lie became interested in a general store, which he conducted successfully in Montezuma. New York, for three years, but thinking that the middle west would offer better business opportunities, he made his way to Hlinois in 1860 and located in Yorktown. There he opened a general store, which he conducted for three years, after which he devoted one year to farming. He then again entered commercial life as a merchant of Yorktown. Two years later he removed to Tampico, when lliai town was organized, and there engaged in 1 usiness as a merchant and druggist for fifteen years. He lias continued in (he latter line since 1873, and in 1887 he came to Sprinjr ^'alley. After removing twice he erected the commodious and attractive store building which he now occupies, carrying on a large and growing trade. He has a full line of drugs and sundry goods and a liberal patronage is accorded him. He has also erected two handsome residences in Spring Valley, one of which he occupies.

In ISGl was celebrated tlic marriage of Mr. La Due and Miss Cecelia M. l.anc, a native of Michigan. They have become the parents of two sons and two daughters: Dr. B. La Due, a practicing physician of Ottawa; F. M.. who conducts a farm in Whiteside county, which was purchased by his father forty-four years ago; Emma, now the wife of J. C. Pinklcy, of Spring X'allcy: am! ilary, the wife of N. H. Smith.

Mr. La Due belongs to S. M. Dalzall lodge. No. 805, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a charter member, and he attends the Congregational church, being a charter member at Yorktown. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party, but he has never sought or desired office, preferring to concentrate hi-; energies upon his business affairs, which, being capably conducted, have led to substantial and gratifying success. He stands among those to whom prosperity has come as tlie reward of earnest and diligent effort and lie has won siiiuiltaneouslv an honored name.

Louls C. Stadler

Louis C. Stadler has throughout his entire liusiness career been idenlidcd with the mercantile interests of HoUowayville, where he is now proprietor of a good general store and also has charge of the postoflice, his father. Christian Stadler, having served as postmaster since 1869, and also for a term previous to that time. The hitler was born in the city of Miinchen, Bavaria, Germany, May 20, 1821, and, after the death of his father, came to America with his mother, who died here at the age of eighty-four years. It was in 1846 that Christian Stadler took up his residence in Bureau county, locating on a farm near HoUowayville. The following year he became interested in the store of whieh his son is now owner, and in f857 gave it his personal supervision, being actively engaged in mercantile jnirsuits until he turned the store over to our subject, in 1898. He still owns two good farms near HoUowayville, and, although now eighty-five years of age, he is still well and active. As a prominent and influential citizen of his community he has been called upon to serve in several local ollices of honor and trust, having been supervisor, town clerk, school treasurer and road commissioner.

fn 18-18, in this countv, Christian Stadler married Elizabeth Lehrer, who was also born in Munehen. Bavaria, March 9, 1829, and came to the new worlil in 1816. For over half a century they traveled life's journey together, but the wife passed awav in April, 1905. To them were born eleven children, of whom four reached years of maturity, namely: Louis C, of this review; Hannah, the wife of Rev. Ernest Xabholz, a minister of the Lutheran church, now located in Tjancaster, Wisconsin: Lizzie, the w-ife of Fred Merkel, of Selby township, and Christian G., who married Emma llaedtle. who resides on a farm near lloUowayvillc. in Selby township.

A native of Bureau county, J^ouis C. Stadler was born on his father's farm, near HoUowayville, in 1857, and was here reared and educated. When a small boy he entered his father's store, and as the years passed he became thoroughly familiar with the business in all its departments. Since 1898 be has conducted the store under his own name, and as a good and reliable merchant he has built up an excellent trade.

Mr. Stadler was married in 1880 to Miss JIarv Mei-kel, a daughter of Jacob and Anna M. Merkel. Her father, who w'as a farmer by oeeujialion, is now deceased, but her mother is still living, and rt'sides in HoUowayville. Mrs. Stadler was born in Selby townshi]), where her parents located alwut is 19, and she is one of a family of seven children, the others being Fred, Louis, Jacob, Mrs. Tillie Golden, Mrs. Christiana Helmer and Miss Kate Merkel, who resides with her mother in HoUowayville. Mr. and Mrs. Stadler have three children: Emnui K., Christian Ij. and Bertha H. The sou now assists his father in the store.

Mr. Stadler and his family are members of St. John's German Lutheran church, and socially he is tjuite prominent, being a member of the blr.e lodge of Masons at Arlington and the chapter at Princeton, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at HoUowayville and the Knights of Pythias at Seatonville. The Democratic [larly usually receives his endorsement and support, but he is somewhat independent in politics, and is a recognized leader in public affairs, having served as president of the village board for the past twelve years, though he recently resigned. He has also liUed the offices of town clerk and school treasurer, and gives his support to any enterprise whieh he believes will advance the social, moral <ir material welfare of his town or county.

Skihng P. Salmon

SKIHNG P. SALMON. Sering P. Sulmon, wlio dii'd at Princeton on the 9tli of February, 1903, was a well known and higbly esteemed early settler of this part of the state and for many years was closely associated with its agricultural interests, while the qualities of a noble manhood as exemplified in his business eiireer. iu bis public spirited citizenship and his relations .vi^h his I'ellowpion, won lor liini the sincere and unqualified regard of all with whom he came in contact, lie was born in Morris county, New Jersey, January 28, IS^O, his parents being John and Caroline (Bartley) Salmon, who came to Illinois in 1853, locating in Princeton, The father was engaged in farming for a considerable period, making his home in the outskirts of the city, and there he and his wife livcil until they were called to their final rest.

Sering P. Salmon, reared in the state of his nativity and educated in the common schools, was married in New Jersey, April 3, 1851, to Miss Angeline Salmon, of iMorris county, that state, who still resides in Princeton at the age of seventyfive years.

Coming to Illinois at an early period in the development of Bureau county, S. P. Salmon was for many years engaged in farming, placing his land under a high state of cultivation and equipping it with all modern improvements and accessories. Everything about his farm was kept in excellent condition and the fields brought to him rich harvests in return for the care and labor he bestowed upon them. He continued his farming operations until his retirement from active business life, when he took up his abode in Princeton, where he spent his remaining days. In his political views he was a stanch democrat and for several years capably filled the office of supervisor of Selby township, where he also served as assessor and in other local positions. Both he and liis wife were members of the Presbyterian church, in the work of which he took an active and helpful part, serving as an elder for many years, lie was a man of high ideals, and upright principles characterized his entire life, so that when he passed aw'ay on the 9th of February, 1!)03, be left behind him an \intarnishpd record and a good name.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sering P. Salmon were born two sons. The elder, J. B. Salmon, horn in Ohio in 1853, is still a resident of Princeton. S. .]. Salmon, born in this city in 1864, was reared under the parental roof and was educated in the city schools of Princeton. For the past seven years he has been with the J. I. C. Threshing Machine Company as traveling salesman, and is an enterprising, alert business man, who now controls a large patronage and is popular with those with whom he has trade relations. He was first married to ^Ti~s Mary Belle Boggs, of Princeton, who died February 8, 1903, at the age of thirtv-seven years, leaving three children: Mary Eth(>l, at home: .Tohn J., who died January 24, 190G. at the age of sixteen years; and William B.. at home. Air. Salmon's present wife was formerly Miss Myrtle C. Everett, of Chicago. The family home is at No. 517 South Church street, and the members of the household occupy an enviable position in social circles in Bureau county, where the farnily luis so long been widely

David K. Palterson, whose well improved farm of threi' Inindrcd and twenty acres is the reward of diligence and carefully directed business interests, dates his residence in Bureau county from 1853. He was born in Chester countv. Pennsylvania. July 22. 1832. his parents beiiig William and Rachel (Header) Patter.<on. who were likewise natives of the Keystone stale, where they spent their entire lives, both having now passed away.

Daviil E. Patterson is indebted to the puidicschool system of Pennsylvania for the educational privileges and opportunities whereby he was fitted for the practical duties of life. Thinking to enjoy better business opportunities in the middle west he came to Bureau county in 1853, when a young man of twenty-one years, and has since been identified with industrial and agricultural pursuits in this part of the state. He first worked at the carpenter's trade in La Salle county and then returned to Bureau county, where he has resided continuously since, giving his attention to farminir. Year by year he has labored earnestly and persistently and as his financial resources have increased he has luade judicious investments in property and is today the owner of three hundreil and twi'uty acres of finely improved farming land. His fields, which are enclosed with well kept fences, are always highly cultivated and the latest improved machinery facilitates the work of the farm.

On the 4th of December, 185G, Mr. Pattei-son was nuirried to Miss Mary Davis, who was born January 21), 1830, her ])arents being Benjamin and I'luty (Smith) Davi.s, both natives of Franklin county, I'ennsylvania. They came to Illinois in 1854 and after living for a time in the town of Peru, La Salle county, removed to Bureau county, where they spent their remaining days. The father lived to (he very advanced age of eighty-seven years, while his wife was called to her final rest at the age of fifty-five years. L%to Mr. and Mrs. Patterson have lieen born nine children: Samuel H., .\bel E., William R., Mary E., Benjamin Franklin, Melvin E., Harvey W., Alice Lewis and Clarence David. The family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of death and in his farming operations Mr. Patterson is assisted by his sons, save Melvin Iv, who holds a government position in Chicago.

Tile subject of this review is a well preserved man, who has traveled life's journey for seventyfour years and pos.sesses vigor, activity and a spirit of enterjjrise usually found in men of much younger age. His life has been one of activity. He early came to a realization of the fact that in .\merica labor is king and the years have wit- ncsscd a display of energy and determination upon his part that have made him a prosperous resident of Bureau county. In all of his dealings he has been reliable, never being known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellowinen in any trade transaction, and his life is another illustralion of the fact that honor and success may go hand in hand.

David K. Morri.>, who owns and operates a farm in Berlin township, his labors being manifest in the well improved and attractive apjjearance of the place, was born in llarrisville, Harrison county, Ohio, on the 24th of August, 1S3.5. His father, Edward Morris, a native of Oliio, was born November 22, 1808, and became a carpenter and joiner. He was identified with building operations in Harrisville for many years and there died December 10, 1892. His wife bore the maiden name of Katharine S. Matson, and was born in Virginia, January 14, 1809. Her death occurred in Harrisville in 1869. By that marriage there were born ten children : ilary E., who was born December 28, 18:31, and died in March, 1832; Benjamin F., born July 18, 1833, and died in July, 1901; David K., born August 24, 1835; Alice E., who was born January 6, 1838, and died September 8, 1841; Narcissa S., who was born July 28, 1840, and died on the 27th of Novcndier of that year; George 0., who was born November 28, 1841, and died March 14, 1847 ; John W., who was born March 4, 1844, and lives at the old homestead in Harrisville; Thomas C, who was born October 19, 1846, and died March 6, 1848; Julia Ann, who was born March 14, 1849, and is deceased: and Sarah L., who was born April 19, 1851, and died March 25, 1854.

In the place of his nativity David K. Morris spent the days of his boyhood and youth and acquired his education. He came to Bureau county, Illinois, on the 7th of April, 1857, and settled in Berlin lownsliiii. He was then a young man of twenty-two years and as a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose Miss Pliebe A. T?acklpy, whom he wedded in Princeton on the 17th of November, 1857. She was born in Alden, New York, March 24, 1835, and the following year was brought to Bureau county. Her father, Nathan Rackley, was born in Oranse county, Vermont, December 15, 1800, and in 1836 came to Bureau county, settling in Berlin township. He died April 25, 1895. and had he lived to the 15th of December following he would have been ninety-fivo years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Susan Judd, was born in Orange county, Vermont, March 6, 1801. and passed away June 14, 1892. They were married in their native county, January 28. 1820, and became the parents of ifour children : George, born November 2, 1821; Louisa, September 15. 1825;

Nathan F., October 13, 1827; and Phebe A., March 24, 1835. The last named was educated in a select school in Princeton, and, as stated, gave her hand in marriage in 1857 to Mr. Morris. The children of this marriage are: Nathan E., born August 22, 1858; George 0., September 25, 1860; and David E., December 10, 1866. The last named enlisted for service in the Spanish- American war in April, 1898, and left for the south on the 2Gth of that month as a member of Company K, Sixth Eegiment of Illinois Volunteers. He died August 27, 1898, at Utuave, Porto Pico, from which place his remains were sent home for interment.

Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Morris began their domestic life upon the farm, and have since lived in Bureau county, his attention being given to the further improvement and development of his land. He now owns two liundred and thirty acres in Berlin tnwnsliip, and his wife is the owner of a valual)le tract of one hundred and ton acres. This land is now worth two hundred dollars per acre. In addition to the cultivation of his fields Mr. Morris raises horses and Jersey cattle. He is a business man of determination and energy, who accomplishes whatever he undertakes, and while looking out for his own welfare is never neglectful of the rights of others.

He is a member of Bureau lodge. No. 112, A. F. & A. M., and his political support has been unfalteringly given to the republican party since lie cast his first presidential ballot for John C. Fremont in 1856. In his religious belief he is a Congrogationalist, while his wife is a member of the Freewill Baptist church, her father having assisted in building the college of that denomination in Hillsdale, Michigan. Both have many friends in the community and are a most highly esteeme<l couple. They have now traveled life's journey together for almost a half century, sharing with each other the joys and sorrows, the adversity and prosperity which come to all. Wherever they have l)ocome known they have gained many friends and are held in warm regard by those with whom thev have been brought in contact.

B. F. SEAEL. B. F. Searl, wdiose home is on section 10. SoUiy township, follows farming and also gives considerable attention to the raising and breeding of stock, lie was born on what is known as the Eidge in that township, August 20, 1853, his parents being John S. and Amanda (Miller) Searl. who came to Bureau county in the '40s. and were married here. Both were natives of Ohio. Our subject's paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Brown Searl, also came to this county and settled on the farm in Selby township now

For three years the lather, John S. Searl, resided on the Ridge, and the l'oliow4ng four years he spent on the Jacobs farm on the township line. At the end of that time lie removed to section 11, Solby townsliip, where the greater ]iart of liis life was passed, though he spent tiie last eleven years on his father's farm on the J?idge. In business affairs he prospered and became a large land owner, having altogether twenty eightyacre tracts, mostly in Selby township, and three hundred and twenty acres in Guthrie county, Iowa. He gave to each of his ten children one hundred and sixty acres and all of the land which he owned is still in possession of the family. His son, B. F. Searl, owns four eighty-acre tracts of laiul. including the home place on section 11. John S. Searl was deeply interested in the improvement and upbuilding of the county, and his fellow-townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability and his devotion to the public good, several times called him to office. He served for a number of terms as supervisor, also as assessor, road commissioner and in other offices, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity. Unto him and his wife were born ten children: B. F.. of this review ; Mrs. Mary "SL Rawson, now of Holden. .Missouri: A. J. and M. F., who are residents of Princeton; ^Irs. Samantha Gross, of Princeton: E. G., of Selby townshij); Sirs. j\Iaria Hassler, of the same township; \Y. W., of Iowa, who died March 7, 1905 ; Sarah Ann, who died on the old iiomestead farm, October 11, 1875; and Samuel, whose death resulted from an accident in Iowa.

Reared under the parental roof, no event of special importance occurred to vary the nnitine of farm life for B. F. Searl in his boyhood and youth. He was educated in the public schools of Selby township and has always followed farming. He has also handled horses and cattle in large numbers, making a specialty, however, of fine horses, and during the past few' years he has raised a nuniher of fast hor.ses. For three years he made his liome on another farm in Selby township and since his marriage has resided on his present home farm on section 10, Selby township, where he has three hundred and twenty acres of rich and productive land, all in one body. This is well cidtivatcd and highly improved and is altogether a model farming jiriijierty, equipped with the accessories which facilitate farm work and render the work of the fields less laliorious.

Mr. Searl was married to Miss Mary A. Long, also a native of Selby township, where her girlhood days were passed. She is a daughter of Francis M. and Caroline (Piper) Long, who came to this county in IS 12 and were farming peojile. Her mother died December ](>, ISfil, during the earlv girlhood of the daughter, and in ISSS the father removed froui Bureau county to Iowa, where be died about seven years ago. The marriage of Mr. and .Mrs. Searl iias i)een blessed with nine children : John S., of Iowa, who is engaged in farming, drilling wells and operating a thresher and also deals in agricultural implements: Jiert, Nancy, Andrew ami (Nile, all at home; Ada and Sadie, twins, at home: ami Caroline and iieujamin F., who are also under the parental roof.

Politically, Mr. Searl is a republican ami has been elected to several local offices. He has .served as road commissioner and as assessor for several terms, and has also acted as judge of elections. He is quite prominent socially, belonging to the Masonic lodge at Arlington, the Knights of Pythias lodge at .Maiden and the Odd Fellows lodge at Hollovvayville. He is cuirefully and successlMlly conducting his business interests and stands as a representative of that progress in agricultural life which has largely revolutionized farming in the last quarter of a century. The name of Searl has long been a prominent and honored one in connection with the tilling of soil and the raising of stock in this county, and B. F. Searl has added luster to the family record by his own business .activity and commercial inteijritv.

Louis A. Whaley

Louis .V. Whalcy, whose fanu of one hundred and lifty acres is jileasantly located in Ohio township, was born in .Mien county, Indiana, July 28, 1850, his parents being Isaac and Eliza J. (Johnston) Whalcy, whose family nund)ered three children, of whom Louis A. was the second, and is the only one now living. The father was born in Ohio, whence he removed to Indiana and afterward to Illinois, settling in Marion county. He died during the early boyhood of his son Louis, and his widow, who was also a native of the Buckeye state, is now ^Irs. James Simco.v, a resident of Patoka, Mariim county. Her husban<l was formerly from Oneida, Illinois, but is now liviijg in Patoka, and of this marriage six children have been born.

Louis A. Whaley largely acquired iiis education in the schools of Patoka, and throughout his life followed farming operations. He is a self-made man, having started out on his own account empty banded. He realized the value of honesty and enterprise, however, and has gradually worked his way upward, overcoming all obstacles in his path by determination and eiuTgy. He is today the owner of one hundre(l and lifty acres, constituting an excellent farm in Ohio township, on which he raises grain and stock, his annual sale.'» of each bringing to him a good financial return.

1st of March, 1883, to Miss Lavina Johnston, who was born in Allen county, Indiana, March 20, 1856. They have become the parents of four children, who are vet living: Guy, born March 25, 1884; Oscar E"., March 30, 1887; Eoy H., September 30, 1888; and Beulah H., April 3, 1893. They have lost one son, Oscar E., who died Mav 28, 1887.

The family are pleasantly located upon the home farm, which is one of the attractive features of the landscape. There are splendid buildings, commodious and substantial, and the house is "surrounded by fine shade trees, while upon the broad acres that constitute the farm there may be raised the various crops which are usually produced in the temperate zone, for the soil is rich and productive. In all of his farm work Mr. Whaley is practical and if others would follow the same enterprising methods similar success might be attained.

Exercising his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican part\. Mr. Whalev keeps well informed on the questions of the day, but has never been a seeker for public office. His wife belongs to the Baptist church and he contributes to its support. Viewed in a personal light his life may be said to be a success, and he has made a creditable name in business circles and gained a handsome property as tiie reward of well directed and earnest labor. He has served as clerk of the district school, and community interests lind in him a stanch advocate, if he deems any movement or measure will advance the welfare of the general public.

Guy A. Bryant

The phrase "a treeless tract" has ever been synonymous with a barren waste of arid land, while the tree has ever stood as a .symbol of cultivation, marking the advent of the white settlers and their efforts for development and civilization. It has been said that none have done more for Bureau county in this direction than the Bryant family, .\rthur Bryant, grandfather of our subject, being the first to set out upon the broad prairies of Buie.iu county the trees whicli have transformed it into one of the most attractive districts of this great commonwealth, and in this connection through his business interests Guy A. Bryant continues to do much for the county, at the same time promoting his individual commercial interests. He is a member of the firm of Arthur Bryant & Son of Princeton, proprietors of the best nursery in this portion of the state. The business was established in 184.') by the grandfather of Guy A. Bryant and is now the only enterprise of this character in Bureau county.

Princeton township, where he was reared. In the vicinity of his home he acquired a jniblic-school education. Environment and inherited tendencies combined to make it the natural thing that the sons of the Bryant family should become interested in the growing of trees. The eldest son, Arthur Bryant, is now the head of the nurserv firm of .Vrthiir Bryant & Son, and is widely recognized as a prominent nursery man and liorticulturist. known tiironuiiout the state in this connection and honored as one of the ablest representatives of the business to which he has given his entire attention. He has filled the olBces of president and vice-president of tiie state and district horticultural soeieties anil was for many years treasurer of the state society, while during the Columbian Hx]Misition he was one of the connnittee in charge of tiie Illinois fruit exhibit. In the year 1864 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Hughes, a native of ^'irginia, who was reared in Ohio and was brought to Bureau county, Illinois, in 1855 by her father, George Hughes. Unto this marriage were born eight children: Lucy B., Harrv G., (Juv .'\., Henrietta, Cassandra H., Lester P.. l{al]ih"C.. and Edith W. The parents are both well known in Princeton, where thev are held in the highest esteem in recognition of their many sterling traits of character.

(iuy A. Bryant was born at the family home, Di'eembcr 12, 18G8, and pursued his education in tlie si'liools of Princeton, completing the high school course by graduation in the class of ISSii. From his youth he was associated with his father in business, becoming his active assistant,, and in the year ISiJO was admitted to a partnership. This is now the only nursery business in Bureau county and one of the most important enterprises of this character in northern Illinois. The nur.<eries of the firm are ])leasantly situated about a quarter of a mile south of the city limits of Princeton and in point of estal)lishinent the business is undoubtedly one of the oklest in the west or northwest, while the volume of trade also gives it precedence in that direction. They are growers of a great variety of fruit, shade and ornamental trees, shrubbery, snuill fruits and hardy flowering plants, but make a specialty of evergreens, in whicli they ])robai)ly have the largest and finest assortment and conduct the most extensive trade of anv nursery in the state.

In 1891 Guy A. Bryant was united in niarriase to Miss Louisa Miles, who was born in Princeton. Her father, William i\Iiles, was born near Bath, Steul)en county. New York, July 26, 1822. His grandfather, Isaac ]\Iiles, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, having served for two years as a mendier of a regiment from Connecticut, of which state he was a native. William Miles acijuired his education in the common schools, and afterward became acquainted with the lumber trade and eventually became an expert in his knowledtic of lumber. He was married Mav 19.

1844, to Miss Naucy A. Parker, also a native of Steuben county, New York, where she was reared to womanhood. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Miles were seven children: Harriet M., Lucius P., George, William, Edward, Louisa and James. Following his marriage Mr. Miles embarked in the lumber business and throughout his entire life was connected with tliat trade. He owned considerable land in Iowa and Illinois and was very successful in all his undertakings. His political allegiance was given to the republican party, of whose principles he was a strict adherent. He died February 22, 1S9G, and his wife survived him nntil January 1, 1899.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Bryant have been born five children : Arthur Guy, who died in infancy ; Miles William, born February 10. 18!)4; Louis Ralph, iiorn November 26, 1895; Elizabeth Parker, born November 13, 1898; and Robert Beach, born March 4, 1900. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Bryant belongs to the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken the degrees of chapter and commandery. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served for six years, fror; 1900, as a mem'Der of the city council from the first ward. He is a young man of Inisiness acumen and enterprise, a worthy representative of a family long distinguished in Bureau county for loyalty in citizenship, activity and progi-essiveness in business and reliability in all life's relations.

Henry Thackaberry

Henry Thackaberry dates his residence in this county from 1852. Therefore events which to many others are matters of history are to him nuitters of personal experience or observation. He has watched many changes and noted with interest the progress that has occurred during the long years of liis connection with the county. He has now advanced far on life's journey, but appears to be a man of much younger age and in spirit and interests seems yet in his prime.

He was born in the citv of Queens, Ireland, on the 18th of August, 1S2I," and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Christian) Thackaberry. The father's birth occurred in 1784 and the mother was born in 1800. They were reared and married on the Emerald isle, and about 1834, when their son Henry was a youth of ten years, they removed from Ireland to England. It was largely in the latter coiintry that Henry Thackaberry acquired his education, and be remained a resident of England until the latter ])art of the year 1851, when he determined to seek a home in the new world, and made arrangements for leaving the "merrie isle."

He sailed on the 5th of November and landed at New York on Christmas day of that year. He first went to Chesterville, I'ennsylvania, where he lived with his brother, who had previously come to this country, until the 5th of April, 1852. He then left the Keystone state and on the 5th of May following arrived in Princeton. He has since been a resident of this county, and for three years made his home upon a farm north of Princeton. Subsequently he took up his abode in Fairfield township, aiul for twenty-one years has resided in New Bedford. He was for a long period one of the active, energetic and capable farmers of the county, carefully operating his land and deriving therefrom a good income as the reward for the labor which he bestowed upon the fields. While now living retired, he is still the owner of two hundred and forty acres of good land on .-sections 29 and 31, Fairfield township, worth from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-live dollars per acre.

Mr. Thackaberry was uuuried in August, 1851, in St. George's Episcopal church. Hanover Square, London, to Miss Jane Mearns. of ^loutrose, Scotland, and it was only a few months later that he started with his bride for the new world. Unto them have been born three children, of whom one is now deceased. The others are: P^lizabeth, who was born May 9, 1855, and is now the wife of W. E. Booth, a merchant of New Bedford, Illinois: and .\lexander, whose birth occurred November 18, 1857, who is a traveling salesman living in Sioux Palls, South Dakota.

Mr. Thackaberry is a member of the Epi-scopal chnrch, and of Yorktown lodge. No. 655, A. F. & A. M., exemplifying in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. His political allegiance is given to the democracy, which party he has c(mtinuonsly supjiorlod since casting his first presidential ballot after becoming a naturalized .\merican citizen. Although he inheritcci a little ])roperty he is largely a self-made man, his success resulting mostly from his own labor and careful management. A laudable ambition led him to seek his home in America and ho has not been disappointed in the hope that caused him to cross the Atlantic, for here he has found good opportiinities and has steadily worked his way upward, until now in the evening of life he can enjuy a well earned rest, his former toil having brought to him a competence suflricient to surround him now with many of life's comforts.

C. W. ABBOTT. Clement W. Ablmtt. a retired farmer living in Sheffield, but still ownini; good farm ])roperty in Bureau county, was born in Ogden, Monroe county. New York, December 13, 1825. his parents being Calvin and Charlotte (Clement) Abbott, ooth nanatives of Vermont. At the usiirJ age Clement W. Ahbott began his education in the country school at Ogden, New York, but his advantages were largely limited to instruction in the --'I'lirt'c' Ji's." After leaving school he worked at the carpenter's trade for ten years in the east and in September, 1854, came to the middle west, settling in Henry, Illinois, where he sj)ent the winter working in a wagon shop. In the spring of 18r)5 he removed to Mineral township. Bureau county, and took up his abode upon a farm, continuing actively in agricultural life for forty years or until 1894, when he removed to Sheffield, where he now resides. In 18.')4 he purchased his farm, hecoming owner at that time of one-half section, to which he afterwards added one luiiidred and fifty-five acres about twenty years later, lie made stock-raising and feeding the principal features of his business and became well known as an enterprising and successful stockman, readily and correctly estimating the value of stock so that he was enal)led to make judicious purchases and ])rofitable sales. Thus he prospered year by year and rose from a humble financial jmsition to one of allluence, so that now, with a handsome comoetencc, he is enabled to live retired in tlie enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil.

On the 6th of May, 1857, Mr. Abbott was married to Miss Martha M. Battey, at ShelTield, who is represented elsewhere in this work, a daugliter of llajor Silas Battey, and their children are: Fred W., who was born May 2.'i, IS.VJ, and died January 20, 188fi; Calvin B., who was born August 1, 1863, and died April 28, 1882 ; Herman E., horn Jlay 10, 1865; and llattie C, who was born DeccTiiber 19, 1870, and died February 5, 1888.

IMr. Abbott is a member of the Unitarian church at Sheffield and was first identified with the whig party, later becoming one of the founders of the republican party, lie was assessor for the town of Mineral for tive years and was elected and served on the county board of sujicrvisors for six years, his cajiability and fidelity indicating his keen interest in the welfare and progress of the countv as conserved by its jmblic officials, while in other ways he has given his support to those matters which constitute civic virtue and civic i)ride. He is a self-made man and still takes an active interest in business affairs.

Rolla I.Ke Hussell

ROLLA I.KE HUSSELL. It is a usual thing to speak of a man who in mercantile and the industrial circles has worked In's way upward from obscurity to prominence as a self-made man, but the term is equallv applicable in the professions, where advancement depends even more entirely upon individual effort. owing to the fact that not through gift or inheritance can one secure the cpialities which are requisite to success in any ])rofessional line. Mr. Russell has indee,! been' the architect of his own fortunes and has builded wisely and well. Today he hears an excellent reputation as a shong and aide lawyer, witli comprehensive knowledge of the ])rinciples of jurisprudence, in the application of which to (jtie.stions in litigation he is seldom at error.

Born in Shelby county, Illinois, November 21, ls6l, upon a farm, he is a son of Daniel Eckert Russell, a luitive of Loudoun county, Virginia, anil of Isabelle (Allbert) Russell, of Buckingham county, Virginia. The father was only a vear old when taken by his parents to Ohio and in is."i:i he went to Shelby county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising. During the later years of his life he was an invalid and then retired from active business cares, passing away in 1S88 at the age of fifty-five years. His .sons were thus left to face the world alone with the possibilities of success or failure before them as they should recognize and improve or neglect o])portunities.

RoUa L. Russell acquired some education in the country schools and then, ambitious for more advanced" education, worked his way through the high school by acting as assistant janitor. When he had completed his course there he became imbued, as do so many young men, with the desire to seek a fortune in the west, and with one or two conij)anions made his way to Colorado and afterward to Texas. His experience in those states was one of hard struggle and is of interest as showing what determination and indefatigable energy will accomplish. lie arrived in Texas with only a few cents in his pocket but almost immediately found work with a farmer, in whose employ he remained for two years and who at the end of that time leased to ilr. Russell a farm, which he ])lanted to cotton. Unfortunately, however the cotton crop was a failure that year owing to the excessive drought and j\Ir. Russell was again left without capital. He started to work once more at farm labor for seventeen dollars per month, being transferred to the dairy department at the end of two months, and so satisfactory was his service that his waives were raised to twenty dolbii's. al'terward to thirty dollars and later to thirty-live dollars p(>i' month. That he was most faithful and capable and that his service was appreciated is indicated by the fact that after a year and a ball", when settling up with his emjdoyer, he was ])aid for the entire term at the rate of thirty-five dollars per month. During all of this time, as a dutiful son, Mr. Russell was assistinsr his mother and the family, who had been left in straightened circumstances through the lone: illness and death of the father.

Returning to Illinois. Mr. Russell engaged in teaching school in Lee county and took up the study of law in the Collese of Law in Dixon. He was admitted to the bar by examimtion on the Kill of 'Mav, 1892, and the same year accepted the ]iosition of principal of the schools of Ohio. Illinois, where be remained for two years. He l!i(Mi ent<'red upon the active ]iractice of his pro- fession in connection witli E. U. Overman in Henderson county, under tlie tirni fit.yle ol Overman & Kussell. In March, 18SJ5, he returned to Oliio, Illinois, and took charge of the Ohio Herald, which he published for two years. He then sold out and came to Princeton, where he has since continued in the practice of law. His reputation has been won through earnest, honest labor and his creditable standing at the bar is a merited tribute to his ability. The predominant characteristic of his life is strength and the aim of his eloquence is to convince. He has won many notable cases while a practitioner in liureau county and now has a large and distinctively representative clientage.

Mr. Russell was married November 21, 1895, to j\riss Helen McLean, a native of New Jersey, and they have three sons, William McLean, liobert Lee and Paul. Mr. Russell is a member of the board of trustees of the ilethodist Protestant church and is interested in the moral and intellectual progress of his city to the extent of giving active and hearty co-operation to many movcuicnts for advancement along those lines. Ho belongs to Princeton lodge. A. F. & A. M., and in an active career he has achieved both character and success, advancing as he has done from a humble position in the business world to a place of considerable prominence in the legal profession.

Martin Zearing

JIartin Zearing. cashier of the Farmers & ^liners Bank at Ladd. the success and growth of the institution being attributable in no small degree to his efforts, was born in Westfield township, Bureau county, April "Hj, JSGG, and is a rpprescntative of one of the distinguished families of this part of the state. His father, the Hon. Louis Zearing. was a native of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and came to Bureau county in 1835, when this was a frontier district in whicli the w'ork of civilization and improvement had been scarcely begun. The homes of the settlers were widely scattered and much of the land was still uncultivated. He secured a farm which he developed into a highly improved ])ro()erty and as tiie years passed by he prospered in his undertakings and became one of the leading and ]iros]ierous agriculturists of the community. He also took a prominent and influential part in ])ublic atfairs ami filled many local oflices of trust, while for a number of years lie represented his district in the state senate and left the impress of his individuality upon many legislative enactments whicli he fostered. His wife bore the maiden name of .Tean Cochran and was a native of Scotland.

Ifartin Zearing supplemented his preliminary education. ac(piired in the public schools, by a course in a business college and through the period of his boyhood and youth remained upon his father's farm, rentlcring active assistance in its cultivation when not busied with his te.Kt-books. He left home in iXdO, when about twenty-four years of age, and accepted the position of ijookkeeper in the Farmers & Miners Bank. Later lie was made assistant cashier and has occupied Iiis i)resent position -since 189 1. The i)ank was estalilished in 1890 and has been a very prosperous institutiun from the beginning. Its success is largely due to the efforts of Mr. Zearing, who is a very eflicient and popular cashier, and during his connection with the institution the deposits have increased from thirteen thousand to two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. He is thoroughly conversant with the banking business and is an attentive, obliging official, of good business <|ualifications.

On the 11th of September, 1895, .Mr. Zearing was united in marriage to Miss Alva Harvey, a daughter of Leroy Harvey, of Galesburg, Illinois, and they have three daughters : Dorothy A., born August"20, 1896; Helen M., June 30, 1898; and Jean, June 8, 1901. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Zearing is a Mason, belonging to Levi Lusk lodge. No. 270, A. F. & A. M., and Peru chapter. No. GO, R. A. M., of Peru. His political views accord with the princi]>les of the repulilican party and while not a politician in the sense of otfice seeking he is intere.sted in the success of his party and keeps wrll informed on the questions upon which the two great political organizations differ. In this country, where position in the imsincss, political and social world, largely dejiend upon tiie individual, aside from environment or influence, .Mr. Zearing has gained a creditable place in his home community as a representative of financial circles, and as one who in his relations with his fcllownien has gained warm personal regard.

John E. Riley, w^lio has recently sent in his resignation as postmaster of Mineral, where he is also conducting a restaurant and confectionery store, was born in Jlineral townshi]) and is a representative of one of the old and ])roniinent pioneer families of this jiart of the state. He is a son of William Riley, who came with iiis parents to Bureau county at an early epoch in the development of this jiart of the state. E.xtended mention is made of him on another page of tiiis work in connection with the sketcii of Wilson Riley, a brother of our subject.

John I"]. Riley acquired his education in the schools of l\rineral anil s])ent his younger years upon the home farm, where he was trained to habits of industry, economy and diligence. After attaining his majority he spent seven years as a farmer at Aurora, Nebraska, hut subsequently turned his attention to commercial pursuits, in which he has since i)een eugageil. For several years, from 1889 until 189G, he conducted a general mercantile store in :yiineral and on selling out that hii.-iness became projirietor of a rest<iurant, which he still conducts, also carrving a line of confectioners. He has a well a])i>ointed. neat and tasteful store and restaurant and is receiving a liberal share of the public patronage. He has also acted as postmaster at Mineral, having been appointed January 28, 1904, bv President Roosevelt. He lives ujion the old homestead farm and owns one hundred and tliirty acres of land which is rich and arable and which yields bounteous harvests as a reward for the care and labor bestowed upon the fields.

Mr. Riley hns always been a .stalwart republican in his political views and is recognized as one of the active and influential workers in the local ranks of the party, doing all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success. He has many times been ap]iointed a delegate to the county and congressional conventions and his opinions carry weight in party councils. He has been honored with some local offices, serving as conimissioner for nine years and as school director for fifteen years, and he was formerly a iiRMulier of the town ])oard.

In December. 1878. ^Ir. Riley was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Morton, a daughter of J. Morton, of Princeton. She died four years later, in 1882, leaving two children, Arthnr W. and Bertha B. The former is now engaged in business with his father in Mineral. On the 30tb of October, 1883, ^fr. Riley was again married, his second union being with ^liss ^lary Harrison. a daughter of James Harrison, a farmer living at Ne])onset. They have three ciiildrcii : Glen E.. with father on the farm : Ada ^I.. the wife of Frank Humphrey, a farmer of ^liiicral iiiwnshi]>; and Lottie E., at home.

Jlr. Riley is a niendier of the Mddeiu WHodraen of .Vmerica. but has never figured very pmniincntly in fraternal circles, his attention being given more largely to his Ijusiness allairs and the political interests of the county. He is one of tliu representative men of .Mineral and in all that he does, whether of a pid)lic or ])rivale nature, has manifested a spirit of commendable enter)iri.se.

.\rlbur Bryant, senior member of the firm of .\rtliur Bryant \- Sons, nurserymen, has for years been treasurer of the State" Horliculturar Society, which position is indicative of the foremost place which he occupies in horticultural circles in Illinois. He was born October lo, 1834. in Princeton township, and the years of his residence in Bun-au county are tiierefore immy, antedating that of most of its well known and prominent men. His father was .\rlhur Hiynnt. Si-., a native of

C'uinniington. Massachu.setts, born Novendjer 8, 1803, and a son of Dr. Peter and Sarah (Snell) Bryant, whose second son w-as the celebrated poet, William Cullen Bryant. Arthur Bryant, Sr., was reared in Hampshire county, Massachusetts, ac- (luiring his early education in the common schools of the locality, while later he became a student in Williams College. He was admitted as a cadet til the West Point Military .Vcadeniy. but at the enil of a year was obliged to discontinue his studies ou account of an attack of inflammatory rheumatism. For a time he engaged in teaching at Round Hill, near Boston, and was later with his brother. William Cullen Bryant, in New York. His health being such that he was obliged to give uj) all hope of a military or medical career, he turned his attention to the west, hoping that the new and rapidly developing country would offer him good opportunities. He therefore made his way to Illinois, arriving in Jacksonville in 1830. Two years later he returned to ilassachusetts. where he married Miss Henrietta R. Pliimmer. a native of Berkshire county. Massachusetts, and a daughter of Edward Plmnmer. With his bride he again made his way to Jacksonville the same year, but in 1833 removed to Bureau county and s(!cured a claim on section 29, Princeton township, being the first settler within the borders of that township. There he made a permanent home and in true pioneer style began life in a little log cabin. He at once undertook the task of clearing the hiiiil. which was partially covered with timber, and soon transformed it into a highly cultivated tract. He was one of the first in this section to engage in the nursery business. He it was who, assisted by his younger brother, planted sugar maples along the roadside in his native town - the first trees that adorned the streets of Cummington, Massachusetts. Princeloirs beauty, which is largely the result of its tine nlil trees, comes from the efforts of Arthur Bryant. Sr. It is said that I'xample is stronger than precept ami it was lir wlio set the example of planting trees and adorning the streets of the city and the roadsides by the farms. .\mid the hardships incident to frontier life with its multiplicity of varied duties, he found time within two III- iliiic years after his arrival here to ]irocure and plant sugar maples along the highway, and to the number of trees which he set out the first year he added from time to time until Maple avenue, or Bryant avenue, as it has been variously crtlleil. became a landmark and now remains one of the monuments to his memory. As soon as the trees could he secured he commenced to plant an apple orchard and in 1845 established a nursery business, which has been continued in the Bryant name to the present time. A thorough botanist, a lover of nature, especially of trees and plants, he was always looking out for something new or rare, anil on the old homestead may now be found l)etween ciirlitv .-iinl niin'tv varieties of trees, many of tlu'iu not common in the state, and most of them, except some of the native varieties, phmted and eared ior by him. He was one of the organizers of the Northwestern Fruit Growers" Association and a prominent and influential memlier of the State Horticultural Society of northern Illinois, which societies he served as president and in various other otlicial cajiacities. He was also vicepresident of the American Poniological Society and his opinions regarding cjuestions relative to tile nursery business were largely received as authority. His wife, was one of those vigorous pioneer women to whom, as much as to the iiien, Illinois owes its ])rogrc'ss. Of a kind. syin])athetic temjierament, she had a keen love for nature and. surviving her husband for several years, she )>asspd her declining days amid the shelter of the friendly trees which she had watched over from their early planting. It was in the year 1882 that Arthur Bryant. Sr., passed away, while his wife survived until 18'J4.

Environment and inliciiird tendencies combined to make it the natural iliiug that the sons of the Bryant family should i)ec-ome interested in the gi'ovving of trees. The eldest son, Arthur Bryant, is now the head of the nursery firm nf Arthur Bryant & Sou and is widely recognized as a prominent nurseryman and horticullurisl. known throughout the state in this connection and honored as one of the ablest re|)resentatives of the business to which be has given his entire attention.

Arthur Bryant, whose name introduces this record. acf|uired his early educatimi in the public schools and continued his study under the direction of Rev. A. B. Church and .James Smith of Princeton. He remained at home until his marriage in 18G4 to iliss Elizabeth Hughes, a native of X'irginia and a daughter of Gcwrge Hughes, fn 1875 Jlr. Bryant located on his present place, comprising one hundred and sixty acres of ricli and prodiu-tive land, most of whic'li is devoted to the growing of nursery stock. The work of improve- Mieiit lias l)een carried forward here until it is one of the iiest nurseries in the state. It is ])leasaiitly and conveniently situated a mile and a quarter south of Princeton and about sixty acres is devoted to nursery stock, fruits, shrubs, ornamental trees, etc-. He also has. south of his liomestead. ninety-livu acres in nursery an<l orchard, and, west of town, has two hundred acres which are largely used for the growing of trees, ilr. Bryant has introduced the Salome apple, of which he is making a sj)ecialty and which because of its size, tjuality and favor is finding a ready sale, thirty men being upon the road as reprc>sentatives of the firm in the sale of this product and of the nursery stock. The farm is e<iiiipped with fine buildings and offices, having every modern convenience and accessory necessary to the successful conduct of the business along scientilic lines. Mr. Bryant is lioth progrc>ssive and prosperous and is continually broadening his knowledge concerning horticulture in its various ])hases. Few men are better informed concerning tlie best metliods of growing fruit, and while interested in all new theories his sound judgment readily recognizes adaptability and usefulness in these. He has for years been treasurer of the State Horticultural Society; lias also been its president and vice-jiresident and a memlx'r of its e.vecutive board. He has likewise Ijcen president and vice-president of the Northern Horticultural Society and was one of the three mendjers of the commission having in charge the horticultural exhibit at the World's C'oknnbian Exposition in Chicago in 18!l3. He has been and is a ]irolilie writer on horticultural subjects and has thus beconu' widely known throughout the count IT.

Mr. Bryant takes a deep interest in the cause of education. He has been a mend)er of the school board and has also been supervisor of bis townsliip. His religious faith is indicated by bis membershi]) ill the Presbyterian church and his various relations are with such organizations and interests as stand for material, intellectual and nu)ral |)rogress. Beared to the business with which he is now connected, he has steadily advanced until he is recognized as one of the most prominent horticulturists of Illinois and is also widely known bevond the borders of the state.

Alfred Lungreii. a fruit-grower residing on section 6. Leepertown township, where he has a well improved farm of eighty-four acres, was born in Bureau county, March I'i. IS.")!!, his parents being Charles and Mary (Kapp) Ijungren. The mother now resides in Des Moines, Iowa, with her daughter, Mrs. JIary Allmart, but the father passed away in 18G3, at the age of forty-live years. He was born in the western part of Sweden, near Stockholm, and c-ame to Bureau county, Illinois, about li fly-live years ago, at which time he purchased land in Princeton township, where he cMigaged in farming. I'nto him and his wife were born four children: Mrs. Anna Norden. who died at the age of thirty-six years; Selina, the wife of Ilcv. Pierson, who died at the age of thirty years; Alfred, of this review, and Jlrs. Mary .Mlinart, of Des .Moines, Iowa.

.Alfred Lungi'en was reared in Princeton township, where he ivsided practically all of the time until he jiurchased his present farm twenty-two years ago. He pursued a public-school education and in early manhood was connected with farm labor. He spent about a year in Oregon but the middle west was a more congenial place of residence to him and he returned here. He now has a finely inqimved farm atxl is making a study of horticultural pursuits. His attention is devoted mainly to fruit, including peaebes and apples.

uliicli lie produces in large ijuautities aud of the finest varieties, having from thirteen to fourteen liundred peach trees upon his place.

ilr. Liingrcn was married in 1883 to Miss Amanda Westerliiig, who was born November 1, 18G1, in Sweden, and when an infant of eight mouths was l)rouglit to America by her 2)arents, August and Anna (Hansen) Westerling. After twelve years spent in New York state aud one in Michigan they came to Bureau county, Illinois, and the father, in response to the country's need, enlisted at Princeton in defense of the Union cause and was mustered in as a member of Company A, One Hundred and Furtj'-eighth Illinois \'olunteer Infantry at (^uincy, on the 31st of January, 1865. Following the close of hostilities he was mustered out at Nashville, Tenuessee, September 5, 18G5, and continued hi^ residence in Bureau county throughout his remaining days, jiassing away in Princeton, Deceudjer Isj, 1!)03, when seventj-oue years of age. His wife died July 13, 1900, at the age of sixt3'-tliree. Mrs. Lungren has two sisters in Princeton, Jlrs. Frank Keed and Mrs. Williani Ellis. She also has a sister and brother iu Chicago, Mrs. Archie McDonald and Albert Westerling. Mr. and Mrs. Lungren have one daughter, Leah May, born May 10, 'l!)01.

Politically Mr. Lungren is independent, voting for meti and measures rather than for party. He served for one term as road commissioner but b;is never been a politician in the sense of office sgpking. He belongs to the Lutheran church and is interested in all that pertains to general improvement and progress along material, social and intellectual lines. He has done much to further the fruit-raising interests of the county and is numbered among the leading agriculturists of Leepertown lownsbip.

Henry Stabler

HENRY STABLER, llcury Stabler owns and operates a valuablr farm of one Inuulred and seventy-seven acres in Neponset township. He is one of the native sons of this township, having been born March 31, 18.')it, u\Hm the farm of his father, Robert Joseph Stabler. His mother bore the maiden name of Martha Hrambles and they wore well known farming peo|)le of this jmrtion of the county, represented elsewhere in this work. The son was educated in the public schools and when not busy with his text-books aided in the work of the fields. When twenty-five years of age he started out in life on his own account and the occupation to which he was roared he has made his life work. He at first had sixty acres of land and later be [jurchased one hundred and acres, constituting a valiuiltle farming ])ropertv, for the soil is rich and productive and responds readily to the care and cultivation which is bestowed upon it. He has greatly improved liis r(>sidence, making it one of the model farm jiroperties, and he has recently completed a fine barn with concrete foundation and every modern convenience. He has also built a good corn crib and everything about his place is in keeping with modern ideas of progressive farming. He raises good grades of stock, including cattle, horses and hogs, and he has now one hundred and eighty-five hogs upon his place.

Mr. Stabler was married, February 13, 1884, to Miss Alice J. Bumphery, who was born in Henry county, Illinois, July 1, 1863, a daughter of J. P. Bumphery, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. There are three children of this marriage; (Heun, born November 25, 1884; Laura E., July 26, 1887; and Ruby L., January 5, 1896.

Mr. Stabler and his wife attend the services of the Jlethodist Episcopal church, of which she is a member and to the support of which he contributes. He has never cared for public office or sought to figure prominently in any public light, preferring to concentrate his time and attention upon his business affairs, and as the years have gone by he has met with a gratifying measure of success. His entire life has been passed in this county and that he has lived honorably at all times is indicated by the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhooil and are familiar with his life historv.

William May

William ^lay is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on section 16, Selby township, where he owns and operates a finely improved farm of two hundred and thirteen acres that he luirchased in 1902. He has been closely identified with agricultural interests in his locality for many years and is one of the native sons of the township, his birth having occurred about a mile and a half south of Hollowayville, on the 18th of March, 1848, his parents being Mr. and Mrs. John George ^fay. The mother died during the early boyhood of her son William and the father passed away a number of years later. Both were natives of (Jermany and came to Bureau county at an early day, casting in their lot with the pioneer settlers who were aiding in reclaiming this region for the uses of the white race. For a time they resided in Peru, La Salle county, and subsequently took up their abode on a farm in Selby township. Bureau county. In the family were four sons and two daughters: I^eonard, a resident of Peru; William ; Henry, living in Selby township ; Jacob, whose homo is in Berlin township ; Sirs. Barbara Lang, of Berlin townshi)i; and I\rrs. Annie Leyes, of Hall township.

In the township where his birth occurred William Mav was rean>d and his education was ac- <piir(>(l in the school.-; of Hollowavville. He started out in life (in his own account in 1870. when about twenty-two years of ago and lias always Ik'oii engaged in agricultural purrsuits, depending upon tlic soil for his living and bringing to Ijear in its cultivation j)raeti(al knowledge and keen discernment. He purchased liis present farm in l!)()'v' and year by year the lields l)ring fortli bounteous harvest, for he uses modern scientific methods of farming, the practical value of which he lias proven in the actual work of the fields.

Mr. May was married in this c-ountv to Miss Philopena llalde, who was born in Selbv township, a daughter of Oeorge and Lena Halde. I'nto Mr. and Mrs. May have been born five children, all natives of this county: George, who is married and resides in Sclby township: Mrs. Annie Fiste, of Selljy township: William, who is married and follows farming in Berlin township ; Joseph and Philip, who assist in the operation of the home farm.

The jiarents are meiiiliers <>f the German Lutheran church and in jiolitics ilr. ilay is a democrat, but while he is never remiss in the duties of citizenship, he does not seek or desire office. Pursuing the even tenor of his way, watchful of the interests of his farm, making the best use of his advantages, he is conducting his business interests in a manner jjrodiu-tive of good financial results.

Thomas Bueden

'Chomas Burden is now living retired, but still resides upon his farm in Fairfield township. He is one of the most extensive landowners of the county, his holdings embracing eighteen hundred acres, which lie leases to various parties. He first came to Bureau county in 1850 and, being pleased with the country and its prosjjects, he decided to make his home here and located on his present fai'in on section 10 in 1852. Here for more than a half a century he has continuously lived and throughout this entire time has maintained a most unassailable reputation as an honorable business man. He was born in Queens county, Ireland, in 18;i(i, and was seventeen years of age when he crossed the .\tlantic to the new world, settling first in Xew York. While there he w-orked on the railroad between Syracuse and Rochester and laid the first T rail in that state, such rails being used to rejilacc the old strap rails of the first roads.

In tlic fall of 1848 he ]iroceeded westward to Chicago and thence to Klgin, Illinois, whore he was employed on the construction of the old Chicago iS: Galena Railroad, while at a later date he also worked on the Chicago, Burlington & (Juincy, the Hock Island and other railroads. He had come alone to this country, his father having died in Irelan<l. At a later date his mother and other members of the family crossed the Atlantic and lived in Oswego, Now York, but from the time when he made the vovaye to the new world Mr.

lUirden has depended entirely upon his own resources. As stated, he arrived lirst in Bureau county in 1850 and two years later purchased his present home farm on section 10, Fairfield township, on which he erected a log house about ten bv twelve feet in dimensions. His railroad work brought him the capital that enabled him to become the owner of land. He carefully saved his earnings and pre-empted his homestead, which covers the northwest quarter of the section. He has added to this at different times and he is now the most extensive landowner in Fairfield township, while his realty holdings are among the largest in the county. He has followed farming since securing his pre-em])tion claim aliout 1854 and lie has been largely interested in stock-raising, making a specialty of full blooded L'uriiam cattle. For a great many years he hauled his grain to Sterling, a distance of eighteen miles. He has brought his land under a high state of cultivation and has four residences and sets of farm liiiildings upon his large acreage. At the present writing he is practically living retired save for the supervision which he gives to the management of his property, but for many years he did much manual toil and he has borne a very helpful and imj)ortant part in reclaiming the prairies from ther wild condition and converting them into fine farms.

Mr. Burden was married in La Salle, Illinois, to Miss Eleanor Fitzgerald, of Bureau county, who was a native of Queens county, Ireland, and who as a young girl went to Canada, whence she accompanied her parents on their removal to this state. Subsequently her parents came to Fairfield township. Bureau county, where they spent their remaining days, ller father died more than thirty-five years ago, while her mother passed away in 188G. Mr. and ilrs. Burden long traveled lilVs journey happily together, but were sejiarated by the death of the wife on the 15th of .\]iril. 1901, when she had reached the age of si-vontyone years.

Mr. Burden has eight living children: George, a resident farmer of Fairfield townsiiip, who marries] Rosanna Wisley. wiio died tour years ago, leaving ten children: Charles, a jiartner of the lirni of Burden Brotliers, of Taiiijiico. who married Kate Coiiroy and iias seven children ; John, who manages tiie home place: Mary, who is the widow of Jose])h Clync and lives upon the home farm : Emma, the w ife of William JlcCabe, supervisor of Gold township, by whom she has three children: William, who is also a member of the firm of Burden Brothers, of Tamnico. and was married to Margaret llarly: Elizabeth, the wife of William Graham, of Sterling, Illinois: and Xcllic, the wife of Pichard Kelley, a farmer of Fairfield townsiiip, by whom she has two sons. There were also two children who died in infancy: Katie and one who died unnamed.

offices, iilthough lie has never sought or desired political preferment, his business interests having made close claim upon his time and attention. In addition to ao<iuiring extensive property interests in this county he also is tiie owner of four hundred and tliirty acres of land in Whiteside county. He lias a fine residence in the village of Tampico and he holds memijership in the Catholic church there. The life record of ,Mr. Burden may well serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others, for when he came to the United States he was empty handed, possessing only a strong heart and unfaltering determinatiou. He was ambitious to succeed, however, and scorned no honest work that would yield him a living. On railroad construction ho made his start and as the years jiassed lie invested largely and judiciously in land until his present holdings make him one of the wealthy residents of Fairfield township.

progress and improvement, withholding his aid and co-operation from no movement that he believes will prove of general good. He has resided continuously in this county for almost half a centurv and has therefore been a witness of much of its growth.

Enos M. Hayes, living in New Bedford, was born in Putnam, Illinois, August 7, 1853, and has been a resident of Fairfield township since 1857, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Bureau county. He is a son of Andrew J. and Nancy (Brown) Hayes. His father was born in Indiana, July 29, 1820, and his mother's hirth occurred in the same state, February 28, 1830. They arrived in Illinois in the '30s and, as stated, became residents of Bureau county in 1857.

Enos M. Hayes acquired his education in the district schools of Fairfield township and in that locality was reared to farm lalior and was connected with agricultural interests there until 1894. when he came to New Bedford, where he has since lived, his attention being given to various business enterprises.

On the 13th of March, 1872, Mr. Hayes was married to Miss Nettie Failing, who was born in Irotjuois, Illinois, September 10, 1855. She, too, was brought to Bureau county in her childhood days and her early education was acquired in the public schools of Wyanet, while later she became a high-.school student in Princeton. Eight children have been born of this marriage, of whom one is now deceased. Those still living are: l^aura M., born October 30, 1874; Percy J., May 25, 1880; Lena M., November 30, 1884; Roweiia E.. August 1, 1886; Irvin A., May 13, 1889; Melva M., .Mav 15, 1893; and Barnal C, October 2, 1899.

Mr. Hayes exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and is interested in its success and keeps well informed on the issues of the day. His family are all members of the Church of Christ. He is now living in comfortable circumstances in New Bedford. For five years he .served as constable of Greenville township and is interested in public

Lewis James Holmes

Lewis James Holmes operates a valuable farm of two hundred and fifty-five acres, of which he owns one hundred and sixtj'-five acres. This is situated in Macon township and in its well improved condition there is indication of the careful supervision of the owner.

Mr. Holmes was born in Macon township, August 7, 1860. His parents were Lewis and Sarah (Coate) Holmes. The father was born in Windham county, Connecticut, August 10, 1814, and was the only child of Thomas and Jerusha Holmes. He was reared upon a farm, acquired a common school education and I'emaiiicd with hi.~ parents until he attained his majority, assisting in the cultivation of the farm, subsequent to which time he worked in the woolen and cotton manufactories of Rhole Island and Massachusetts until 1838. He then went to Oneida county. New York, and spent a year workng on the Erie canal, after which he was again connected with woolen manufacturing interests in ^ladison counay, where he remained until 1848. He then came to Illinois, settling on the present site of the village of Providence, having purchased a quarter section of land there before leaving the east. He did not like the location, however, as he desired to live where there was some timber, and he purchased a quarter section of land from the government in Macon township at a dollar and a quarter per acre. There were no improvements upon it and his first dwelling was a log cabin. By industry and thrift he not only added much to his original tract of land but also had a comfortable residence and good buildings with modern improvements. The journey westward was made by way of the lakes to Chicago, thence by canal to I^a Salle and on to ^lacon township. In 1850 he bought eighty acres and as bis financial resources increased he added to his property until at one time he had si.\ hundred and fifty acres of land. He was one of the pioneer settlers and broke the wild prairie and did other arduous work connected with the development of a new farm. His entire life was devoted to farming and stockraising and bis capable business maiuigciuent is indicated by the excellent results which followed his efforts.

Lewis Holmes was twice married, bis first union being with ^liss Hannah Lee. wbom he wedded in Connecticut in 1837. Unto this marriage were born six children: 'Mary, the wife of I. W. Eaton, a r<'sident of Buda ; William IL. who is married and resides in South Dakota: Eiuina L.. (be wife of Henry White; Galuslia Tj., who was Iwrn February 31, 1847, and is living in this county; Lewis B., who was born May 1, 1849, and died Maroli 21, 185!); and lOllen .)., wlio was l)orn December 5, 1853, and died February 18, 1858. Havinji lost his first wife, Lewis Holmes, Sr., married Miss Sarah Coate, of England, on the 25th of September, I860, and they had three children, of whom George W. and Lewis James are living, while a daughter, Dell, who was the second child, was born Novenilier 3, 18G1, and died November 10, 1881. The death of the wife and mother occurred November 29, 1898, eight weeks prior to the demise of her husband. He passed away at his home in Maeon township January 21, 1899, at tiie age of eighty-four years, five months and eleven days. In politics he was a repiililican and served as assessor for forty yeai's. He was also school director and trustee and was a firm friend of the public schools. He lived an upright life and had the respect and esteem of all who knew him. His wife, who was born in Essex county, England, August 25, 1827. came to America in the fall of 1854, landing in Sheffield, after a voyage of six weeks and three days. She was formerly a member of the Church of England. Mrs. Holmes had a kind word for every one and was always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need. In the community she was mourned as a true friend and in the family circle is greatly missed. It can truly be said of her that those who knew her best loved her most.

Lewis James Holmes pursued his education in the public schools and was reared upon his father's farm in Macon township, early becoming familiar with the duties and laliors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He began farming on his own account when twenty-eight years of age and his time and energies are now given to the further development and improvement of two hundred and fifty-five acres of land, of which he at present owns one hundred and sixty-five acres. In all of his work lie is energetic and determined, carrying forward to successfid completion whatever he undertakes.

On the 5th of April, 1888, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage to l^fiss Henrietta Sanfleben, who was born in Germany, May 7, 1865, and i.s a daughter of Henry and Christiana (Dahl) Sanfleben, who were likewise natives of that country and came to the United States in 1868. Tliey located near Neponset, Illinois, and the fatlier worked out as a farm band. Later he boiigbt ninety-two and a half acres of land and subsequently purchased one hundred and sixty acres north of Kewance. In 1901 he purchased a residence in Neponset, where he and his wife are now living, having put aside the more active cares of a business career, ^fi'. Sanfleben is a democrat, having given his allegiance (o the party since becoming a naturalized American citizen. Fnto him and his wife have been born four cliildren: Louisa, Charles. Mrs. Holmes and Henry.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Holmes has been blessed with nine children: Lewis H., Eva B., Sarah C, Lizzie IL, Grace M., Ruby M., Bessie M., George W. and CecH E. Mr. Holmes votes with the republican party and has served as school director for the past seven years. His interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community is indicated by his efforts to ])romote public progres,s and advance the material development of the county. His entire life has been passed in Macon town.ship and the con.sensus of public opiuion regarding him is altogflln-r favorable.

Fwank Gebeck

Frank (iebeck is a representative of the farming interests of Concord township. His parents. Conrad and Christina (l)uvwald) Gebeck, came to Buda, Illinois, in July, 1857, from Brunswick, Germany. They were farming people and spent their remaining days in Bureau county, identified with its agricultural interests. The father's d&ith occurred in June, 1801, while his wife passed away February 27, 1883.

Frank Gebeck acqured his preliminary education in the district schools and afterward continued his studies in Sheffield. He spent his youth upon the home farm, working with his father through the period of his boyhood and after eom])leting his education until the time of the father's death. He still resides on the old home place but has added many acres to the farm, making purchase from time to time until within the boundaries of the old homest(>ad are now comprised one hundred acres. IL; has been very energetic and capable in his farm work and the fields have been iinnight uiulcr a high state of cultivation and return to him golden harvests for the care and labor he bestows upon them. There are good buildings and modern equipments on the farm and none of the accessories of a model ))lace of the twentieth century are lacking. On the contrary everything indicates the spirit of enterprise which dominates the owner an<l has made him a successful agriculturist.

As a coni])anioii and helpmate for life's journey Mr. Gebeck chose Jliss Jfelissa Winslow, of Buda. to whom he was married on the 1st of June. 1.S92. She is a daughter of Gardner and Cliristina Winslow, who were farming people of (his county. The voung couple now have three children: Charles Havmond, born January 5, 1894: Fred Bryan, born iNovcmber 22, 1S95: and Hazt-l Bertha, September 19, 1897.

In his political affiliation Mr. (icbeck is a democrat, always giving .stanch allegiance to the ])arly and its principles. He liolds membership in the (i(>rnuin Lutheran church and tlii' cause of education has found in him a warm and stalwart friend dniin>i iiis twentv-one vears' service as a sciinol director, in which time he has labored effectively and earnestly to uphold the standard of the schools and promote their efficiency. Spendiug his entire life in this locality, he is well known as a representative of its farming interests and his succe.'is is larjrely attributable to his earnest labors.

Edward Tinley

For nearly a half century Eilward Tinley, now deceased, was a well known business man of Bureau county. He was a native of Soutliwall, England, born SejJtember 22, 1833, and was a sou of Samuel and Sarah Tinley, both of whom were natives of the same country.

Samuel Tinley was engaged in the grocery and bakery businei^s in his native country for many years. Wishing to better his conditiim, and knowing of the possibilities in the United States for one in limited circumstances, he resolved to make this country his future home. xVccordingly. in 1848, he came with his family and first located near Frankfort. Illinois, where he bought a farm and engaged in its cultivation for live years. He then moved to what is now known as Tinley Park, which was named in his honor, and ho was made station agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, which position he filled for twentyfour years, when he resigned and for two years lived a retired life in that village, or until his death at the age of seventy-four years. In the same village the death of his wife occurred many years ago. Of their children, but two are now living: Samuel, who lives in Nebraska; and Charles, residing in Chicago, who is a passenger conductor on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad.

I'Mward Tinley was but fifteen years of age when he came witli his parents to the United States. In his native country he attended the public .schools and received in them the foundation of an education that was supplemented in the school of experience in after life, he being what might well be termed a self-educated as well as self-made man. He was a close oliserver of men and events and put the knowledge thus obtained to a practical use.

On his arrival in this country, Edward Tinley assisted his father in farm work for a time, after which he went to Tinley Park, where, on March 29, 1851, he entered the employ of the railroail company, first pumping water at their tank in that place, and then as switchman, baggageman and assistant to his father as station agent. In 18.56 he went to DePue, where he served as station agent.

While still living in Tinley Park he was married, September 22, 1855, to Miss l)orcas A. Kittell, at Mendota. Illinois. She is a daughter of Rev. Ephraim and Hannah Xittell. Ilcr father was one of the pioneers of Du Page county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming and also in preaching the gospel as a minister in the Baptist church. He was well and favorably known to the people of Du Page and adjoining counties and was respected for his sterling worth and his labors of love in the gospel ministry. He made De Page county his home until his death. His wife also died in that county.

There were no children born to ilr. and Mrs. Tinley, but they partially reared several, including Sarah Bansor, who was Mr. Tinley "s cousin; and Gardner L. and Loretta H. Kittell, children of Warren Kittell, who was a brother of Mrs. Tinley and died at Memphis, Tennessee, June 17, 1861, while in the Union service. Mr. and Jlrs. Tinley also reared Jessie Stephens, a daughter of Sarah Bansor Stephens, and she became the wife of Frederick A. Tyng, a contractor of South Ottawa, Illinois, where his death occurred in the summer of 1906 by drowning, a son also losing his life at the same time and in the same way. Mr. Tyng was born and reared in Providence, Bureau countv. His widow still resides in South Ottawa.

After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Tinley moved to Trenton, now De Pue, Bureau county, where he became station agent for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, which position he held for many years to the satisfaction of the patrons of the station and the traveling public. The duties of that position did not require his entire time, so he engaged in other lines of business from time to time, and was quite successful as a business man. In lSi;() be engaged in buying and shij)j)ing grain. He also, about the same time, entered into jjartnershij) with Jai-ob Bernhard & Hassler in the general mercantile trade and continued in that line for several years, adding materially to his bank account. For some years after^vard he engaged in the lumber and coal business in connection with merchandising, being always a very busy man.

While residing in Dc Pue. .Mr. Tinley served as ])ostmaster, notary ]ni])lic. justice of the peace, school director and a member of the towMi board. In every position filled, he served with entire satisfaction to his constituents, and with credit to himself. In politics he was always a stanch repulilican, attaining his majority and rights as an .\merican citizen about the tinu^ the republican party came into existence. lie conscientiously voted that ticket until 1892, when ho voted for (i rover Clevelaiul, who then was for the second time elected to the j)residency. Unlike many others he did not leave his party, but as a free American citizen exercised his right to vote as he thought best. Sociallv he was a member of De Pue lodge, I. 0. 0. F." and Princeton lodge, A. F. !.'(- .\. M. In early lif(> he united with the Melhiiilist Prntestnnl clinrrb and was identilied with