Bureau County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1906 (part 4 of 28)

On the 4th of February, 1888, Mr. Dreman was united in marriage to Miss Emma Heehtner, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Heehtner, early residents of Bureau county. This marriage has been blessed with two daughters, Pauline and Maud. Mr. Dreman is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp and in politics is a democrat in principle. He does not, however, consider himself bound by party ties and is a liberal voter, supporting the candidates whom he regards as best qualified for office, especially at local elections where no party issue is involved. He has always been a hard working man and has justly earned the proiid American title of a self-made man. His landed possessions now aggregate two hundred and forty acres and his place is very valuable, worth from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars per acre. In addition to cultivating the fields he raises considerable stock, keeping pure blooded Aberdeen Angus cattle and Norman and Percheron horses. His farm is known as Centerhurst and has become quite noted as one of the fine stock farms of the county. Upon it he has made excellent improvements and it is equipped with all modern accessories and conveniences, so that the owner is known as one of the most progressive agriculturists of this part of the state.

rTEOEGE W. GPAYES. George W. Graves is an honored veteran of the Civil war and one whose loyalty and progressiveness in citizenship well entitles hira to mention among the representative citizens of Bureau county. He makes his home in La Moille and is a native of Xew England, his birth having occurred in Belchertown. ^fassachusotts. Februarv 9, 18,3fi. His father, Willett Graves. Sr.. was born in Palmer, Massachusetts, February 6, 1803, and died July 24, 1858. He was a son of Gideon Graves, a farmer by occupation and a sergeant of the Eevolutionary war. His birth occurred August 25, IToS, in what was then Brimlield but is now Palmer, Massachusetts, and when the colonies attempted to throw off the yoke of British oppression he espoused their cause and aided in winning independence. His son, Willett Graves, having arrived at years of maturity, married Miss Lucy Payne, who was born in Ludlow. Massachusetts, April 11, 1815. There were born of this marriage si.x children: George W., Mrs. Josephine Barrett, Daniel H., Jason L., Mrs. M. Pamelia Yickroy and Willett Graves, Jr. Of this number Daniel H. was killed while serving at the battle of Vicksburg, being a member of Company I, Thirty-tliird Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

George W. Graves dates his residence in Bureau county from 1858. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and was a young man of about twenty-two years when he arrived in La Moille. Here he has resided continuously since. He is a painter by trade and carried on business along that Ijpe for a number of years, but now receives an ample income from a pension which he receives from the government and through the interest on the money which he loans. As the years passed he accumulated a comfortable competence and as he labored earnestly to secure his money he resolves now that it shall support him and accomplishes this end by loaning it out, so that the interest thereon supplies him with the necessaries and comforts of life. He had been a resident of this county for only about three years when in response to the country's call for troops he enlisted for service in the war of the Rebellion at the first call for ninety-days men to defend the Union cause. On the expiration of that period he re-enlisted as a member of Company B, Fifty-second Illinois Infantry, and served until May 22, 1862. He was commissioned second lieutenant while serving in the Fifty-second Regiment but afterward resigned and on his re-enlistment he joined Company K of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, of which he was made sergeant, serving with that command until October, 1864, when he was mustered out at Peoria, Illinois. He made a creditable record as a soldier, participating in the battle of Pittsburg Landing and in many other hotly contested engagements which contributed to the final triumph of the Union arms. He never faltered in the performance of any military duty and displayed his valor on many occasions during his connection with the army in the south.

Being mustered out Mr. Graves returned to Ija Moille, where he has resided continuously since. Here he was married on the 5th of February, 1870, to Miss Ida ^L Kane, a native of New York, horn May 4, 1850. They became the parents of two children : Lorrin I., born November

11, 18 U; and Hugh, who was born November 10, 1881, and died April 8, lSi)4. Tlie elder son gave indieatiou of the lighting stock from which he sprang when at the time of the Spanish-American war he enlisted for active service on the 36th of April, 18118, in the Sixth Illinois Infantry. He went direct to Camp Alger, and entered into training for the service, holding the office of lirst sergeant. After remaining at the camp for si.xty days the regiment went to Charleston, South Carolina, and there embarked on a captured SpaJiish tramp steamer called the Rita. This regiment was sent to Bacjuiri, Cuba, where the troops remained on transport until the city capitulated. The regiment was then ordered to join General Jliles" expedition to Porto Eico and lauded at Cuanica. The following day the company to which Lorrin I. Graves belonged moved on to Ponce and after remaining there for a couple of days proceeded over the military road to Utvave. Before any resistence was encountered the protocol was signed and the regiment went into camp on the hills outside of the city, remaining there during the rainy season. After peace was declared the regiment jn'ocecdcd by transports to . New York and was then sent home on a sixty days" furlough. On the expiration of this period the regiment returned to Springfield, Illinois, and its members were there honorably discharged November 20. 1898. Lorrin I. Graves then re-enlisted in the regular army and spent two years as a soldier in the Philippines. He belongs to a family of marked military prowess, ahvays loyal to the country and its progress and is popular wdth all who know liim, both among his army comrades and his associates in social life in Bureau county. George W- Graves maintains ])leasant relations with his old armv comrades through his memljersliip in P. C. Hills post. No. (JG, G. A. R., of which he has served as conmiaiider and is now quartermaster, llr l>cl(ings to \j& Moille lodge. No. 383, A. F. & A. M.. in whicli he has passed all the chairs and is now treasurer. lie has also lieen seliool dii-ector for five years and for two terms was police magistrate. He has likewise been councilman of the village and these various offices have found in him a worthy, faithful and capable incumbent. In politics he is a stalwart republican, ahvays faitliful to the princi]iles of the party. He belongs to the Congregational church, while his wife is a member of the Bapti.st cliurch. Both are worthy Christian ])eo]ile ami are highly esteemed in the community where they nuike their home. ]Mr. Graves is now the owner of six town lots and a beautiful residence in La ^loille, standing in the midst of a fine ami well kept lawn. His life has been honorable ami iipriglit. his actions manly and sincere and in all I'elations he lias commanded and enjoyed the cdnlidonce and trust of bis fellowmen. Industry and integrity liave characterized his entire career and he justly de- =prves the rest from active liusiness wliicb be is now enjoying. lie has reached the Psalmist's allott(;d sjian of three score years and ten and his friends join in the hope that he will remain a factor in the village life of La Moille for many years^ to come. He relates many interesting incidents of earlier days as well as of his army experience and he has in his possession a luuuber of valuable relics, including a powder horn ujion which is engraved the name Aaron Graves and the date 1748. He also has a cane presented by General La Fayette to Major Aaron Graves, who in turn gave it to his son Gideon Graves. It was next the ]jroperty of Willett Graves, so that George W. Graves is the fourth generation to possess it.

Anson Horace Kno.X.

Anson Horace Knox, residing in SlieffieUl, is the owner of valuable farming and stock-raising interests in Bureau county, having a large farm of two hundred and fifty-six acres in Concord township, whereon the work of tilling the soil and raising stock is carefully and successfully conducted. One of the county's native sons, he was born in Wyanet, on the 8th of October, 1855, and is a son of Judge S. M. Knox, of Humboldt, Kansas, who is represented elsewhere in this work. He pursued his education in the schools of Princeton, being graduated from the high school with the class of 1874. He then entered business life in connection with his father as a real-estate dealer and for a long ])eriod operated extensively in lands, becoming thoroughly conversant with realty values in the middle west, es])eciall\- in Kansas, where they control several thousand acres.

As a eomjianion and helpmate on life's journey ^[r. Knox chose Miss Annie Louise Dewey Whip- })le. the daughter of Hon. William M. and ^Iis. Whipple of Princeton. The nuarriage was celebi-ated October 8, 1885, and they removed to Humbdldt, Kansas, where ^Ir. Knox became a ))ronnneiit re|)resentative of extensive landed interests in eiiiiiiection with his father. ,hidge Knox, who i-esided in the Sunflower state until 1802, when he i-emoved with his family to Sheffield, and his attention has since been given to general agricultural pursuits and stock-raising, making a specialty of Aberdeen Angus cattle. His farm comprises two hundred and fifty-six acres of laiul. situated in Concord township and constituting a valuable jiroperty, on which he resided \nitil January, litOI), when he removed to Sheffield, where he now Tnakes his home. He still, however, gives his personal supervision to his farming interests and derives therefrom a gratifying income.

TTnto I\Ir. and Mrs. Knox have been horn three children: Ednah Whipple, born October 25. 1S8(), who was formerly a student in Wellesley College, at Boston, ^Tassachusetts. and is now attending Prntt Institute in New York: Sanuiel Mile-, who

Sir. and Mrs. Knox are niendiers of the Unitarian eluireh at Shetficid. IIo is also a member of Shellield lodge. No- 808, 1. O. (). P., and in politics is a democrat, interested in the growth of the party and the adoption of its [irineiples. His is a well rounded nature iu which due regard is given to business, social and moral interests as well as the duties of citizenship, and his influence is ever on the side of right, progress and improvement.

James P. Bumpliery is the nwnci' of valual>le farming interests in Bureau although for the past six or seven years he lias practically lived retired in Neponset. He is, moreover, one of the pioneer residents of this part of the state, having been brought to Illinois when only about two years of age. His birth occurred in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1835, his parents being Stephen and Julia M. (Packingham) Bumphery. The father was a native of Massachusetts, and in 1831: became a resident of Pennsylvania, where he lived until 18:)6, when he took up his abode in Hennepin county, Illinois. Two years later he removed to Center Grove, Bureau county, where he purchased eighty acres of land upon which he resided until 1847. He then sold that ]iro])erty and went to La Salle county, settling near Harding, where he purchased land and lived until 1853. In that year he removed to Black Hawk county, Iowa, and he died in 1854, at the age of forty-two years, while on his way from Dubuque. He was a consistent member of the ^letliodist Episcopal church and his ])olitical views were in nccni'd with the ]irineiples of the Whig party. His wife, also a native of Massachusetts, died in 1845, at the age of thirty-seven years. They were married in the state of their nativity and became the ]iarenls of seven children of whom four are now living: Elizabeth, James P., C. H. and .\lbert.

James P. Bum|ilici-y was lirouglit to Illinois by his parents and when a boy at home he assisted in working the wild prairie and performing other arduous labor in connection with the development and improvement of a new farm. When fifteen years of age he started out in life on his own account, bi'eaking ])rairie, and when seventeen years of age he went to ^rarsball county, Iowa, where with horse teams he liroke six hundred and forty acres of wild ])rairie land, thus aiding largely in reclaiming it for the iises of civilization an uniin|ii-ii\cil dislrict. On nllaining his uuijority he entereil from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land in Mitchell county, Iowa, and he also purchased twenty acres of timber land, res'ding upon his farm theie from 1S5(; iiMiil 185S. In the fall of the latter year he i-cinoved to Ilcniy county, Illinois, where he leinaincd for live years, and in 18G7 he took up his abode in Neponset township, where he had purchased eighty acres of land in 18GG. Subsequently he added to the original tract until he now owns two hundred acres constituting a valuable and well improved farm. Here he has carried on general farming and stock-raising although during the past six or seven years he has not engaged in active labor himself. However, he gives his jwrsonal supervision to the place and as a result of the care and labor fcestoweil upon it he derives therefrom a good income.

On the 22d of Soptendjer, 1862, Mr. Bumphery was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Moon, nee Studlev, who was born in Scott county, Illinois. .Marcli 27, 1837, a daughter of William and Ann (Chapman) Studley, Imtli of whom were natives of Yorkshire, England, in which country they were married. The father died November 2. 1879, at the age of eighty-eight years, and his wife jiassed away in 1887, in her ninety-first year. Mr. Studley came to the I'nited vStates in the early "SOs, locating in Morgan county, Illinois, or in that section which is now a part of Stark county, while subsequently he removed to Bureau county, settling two miles west of the present site of Ne- Iionset. He first took up one hundred and twenty acres of wild prairie land and was the first settler of that locality, lie built a log house and in after years improved it by nuiking an addition thereto. Unon that farm he spent his remaining days and at one time ho owned an entire section of land, which he afterward divided with his children. He held mendier.ship in the ^lethodist E)iisco])al church, and lived an earnest Christian life, while his |iolitical views were indicated by the" stalwart support that he gave to the democracy. I'nld liini and his wife were born twelve children, (W whom four are yet living, "Mrs. .\un Norton, Thonuis, Christopher and ilrs. Bum- ])hery.

The mendici-s of Mr. and ilrs. BumpheiT's family are Alice Julia, lleniT .V., Frank P., James C, lyuella J. and Grace. The family is well known in Neponset and this section of Bureau couidy and tbe memliers of the household occupy an enviable position in social circles. Mr. Bnniphei'y"s study of the political issues and questions of the day has led him to become a stalwart supjiorter of republican principles, and he has figured promiiuMitly in local political circles, serving for five or six terms as president of the villatre hoard ami as one of its members for a much longer ]ieriod. In this connection he has doni- elVerliNe scv\ ice in behalf of public progress and inipiowment. his work being of a most practical iiatuii'. From pioiiocr days down to tliu present time he has been an interested witness of the changes that have occurred and the transformation that has been wrought in this part of the state, and he lias always borne his full share in the work of public improvement.

James E. Ellberg

James E. Ellberg is a farmer and stock-raiser residing on section 5, Princeton township, and is well known as the owner of the imported Percheron stallion, Chasselas. Mr. Ellberg was born in Germany in 1873 and came to America in 1884 with his parents. He is a son of Carl Ellberg, a farmer residing on section 6, Princeton township. His education was acquired in the schools of the fatherland and in Bureau county as well and he speaks four different languages - German, Swedish, Danish and English.

He has always followed farming with the exception of the short time which was devoted to railroad service as a brakeman. In 1902 he purchased his present fa^m of eighty acres, which is conveniently located two and a half miles from Princeton on section 5, Princeton township. He has added many improvements to this property and now has a splendidly developed farm. His attention is largely given, however, to the breeding and raising of stock, especially horses, and he is the owner of a Perchcron stallion, Chasselas, No. 45974, imported from Franco by McLaughlin Brothers of Columbus, Ohio, and registered in the stallion book of America with the record number of 28144. His pedigree and description are as follows: entirely black, foaled March 18, 1899; bred by M. Gallon, Thiol, Orne, France. Sired by Ode'on 42878: dam Favette 44156, by Norbert 35763, second dam ^largot 25245, bv Favorv 1401. Odeon (42878) by Norbert (35763) out of Chorie (23437) bv Avata (912) he by Nogent (729) out of Bicottee by Bavard (717). Norbert (35763) bv Turco (8506) out of Pelotte (8334) by Brilliant (756). Turco (8506) by Briard (4630) out of Coquette (8505) by Coco belonging to M. Chattillion, he by Coco second (714). Briard (1630) ho by Brilliant (755) out of Pelotte (4885) by Brilliant belonging to Madam Therin, out of Bijou, belonging to M. Brouard. Brilliant (755) bv Brilliant (756) out of Rogout by Favori first (711) ho by Vieux-Chaslin (713) out of L 'Ausie bv Vieux-Pierre (894) he bv Coco (712). Brilliant (756) by Coco Seconil (714) out of Rosette by Mina, belonging to the French government. Coco Second (714) by Vicux-Chaslin (713) out of La Grise bv Vieux- Pierre (883). Vieux-Chaslin (713) by Coco (712) out of Poule by Sandi. Coco (712) by Mignon (715) out of Pauline by Vieux-Coco. Mignon (715) by Joan Le Blanc 739. Favory (1101) bv Favora (756) out of Jeannette bv

Decide l>elonging to il. Yinault. Favora (765) by French Monarch (734) out of Marguerite by Favori. . French Monarch (734) by llderim (5302) out of a daughter of Vieux-Pierre (894). Hderim (5302) by Valentin (5301) out of Chat on by Vieux-Pierre" (894). Valentin (5301) by Vieux-Chaslin (713) he by Coco (712) out of Poule by Saudi. Coco (712) by Mignon (715) out of Pauline by Vieux Coco. Mignon (715) by Jean Le Blanc (739). Chasselas was approved by the French government to stand for public service in France. He is of great size, heavy bone and short legs and his pedigree is of the best on both the sire and dam side, being of the most noted prize winners and breeders of France. He weighs about two thousand pounds and on account of his extraordinary merit Chasselas was a prize winner at the great stallion show at N'evers, France. He is one of the best bred horses in America and was purchased in 1905 by Mr. Ellberg, who is sole owner.

In the year 1895 Mr. Ellberg was married to Miss Ada Starkes, of New Jefsey, a daughter of Elias Starkes, a farmer residing in Wyanet township. Mr. and Mrs. Ellberg have a son and daughter, Philip and Lizzie. In politics Mr. Ellberg is a republican and in community affairs has taken a deep and helpful interest. He has served as commissioner of highways for three years and as school director for five years. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and his religious views are indicated by his membership in the Lutheran church. He has prospered in his business affairs and is a worth adopted son of America, loyal to the institution of this land, -wherein he has found good business opportunities that he lias improved in such a manner that success has resulted.

Milford Frazee

Milford Frazee, who is serving as township treasurer of Dover township, while liis industry, enterprise and integrity in his business life have made him a prosperous farmer, was born in Garrett county, JIaryland, November 21, 1842. His father, Elisha Frazee, was born in Garrett county, April 30, 1800, and married Barbara Stuck, whose birth occurred in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1815. In their family wore oiglit children, fivo sons and three daughters, of whom Milford Frazee was the eldest son and second cliild. The days of his boyhood and youth wore spent under the parental roof, for he accompanied his parents on their various removals. Thus he acquired his education in different localities, attending school in West Virginia, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and afterward in Bureau county, Illinois.

and has since made his home within its borders. He worked by the month for two years as a farm hand and was then married on the 2Tth of December, 18T0, to Miss Anna M. Coddington, who was born in this county, September 7, 18-lS. They began their domestic life upon a farm and in 1878, when his Labors had brought to him sufficient capital, Mr. Frazee purchased his present farm, whieli comprises eighty acres of land. He has line buildings upon the place, which are surrounded with a beautiful grove that serves as a protection and also adds to the value and attractive appearance of the place. His fields are well cultivated and he has lived the life of an honest industrious farmer, his success being attributable entirely to his own efforts. He raises corn, oats and hay and also some cattle, making a specialty of the Durham.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Frazee have been born the following named : Lillian May, who was born July 5, 1872, and was married, January 16, 1902, to F. A. Keefer, their home being now on a farm in Ogle county, Illinois; Fannie Belle, who was born June 9, 1875, and was married February 7, 1895, to W. M. Barnhizer, whose home is on a farm in Pocahontas county, Iowa; C. Winifred, born February 23, 1878 ; James W., November 6, 1880; Kate Edna, August 20, 1882; Bessie A., who was born November 1, 1884, and died April 15, 1887 ; Jennie M., who was born December 13, 1889; and W. Guy, born November 2, 1891.

Mr. Frazee is a republican in politics and has held the office of township treasurer for six years - from 1900 to the present time. He has been school director for nine years and township collector for one year and the prompt and capable manner in which he has discharged his public duties has won him high and uniform admiration. He has been a member of the Methodist Protestant church for twenty-eight years, belonging to the congregation of that denomination in Princeton, and his family are all of the same faith. He is well known in Bureau county, where he has many friends, for his good traits, as manifest in his honorable business career and his capable public service have won him the esteem and oonfidonee of those with wliom he has been associated.

Edward M. Fay

EDWARD M. FAY. Edward M. Fay, whose farm comprises ninety acres, is one of the county's native sons, his birth having occurred on section 26, Bureau township, December 12, 1838. His father, Samuel L. Fay, was born at Newton, ^lassacliusetts, on the 1st day of August, 1813, and l)ecame a resident of Illinois in 1834, only two years after the Black Hawk war. He located first in Putnam county and afterward removed to Bureau county, where he resided continuously until his death, which occurred January 7, 1899. He was for many years one of the leading farmers of his conimuiiity and his efforts resulted in transforming a wild tract of land into one of rich fertility. In Bureau county, on the 28th day of January, 1838, was celebrated a pioneer wedding, that of Samuel L. F'ay and Miss Mary Mercer. The lady was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1807, and came to this county after the arrival of Mr. Fay in 1836. They began their domestic life on section 26, Bureau township, and as the years passed five children were added to the household, of whom Edward M. Fay is the eldest. Two of the number are now deceased.

Amid pioneer environments and surroundings Edward M. Fay spent the days of his boyhood and youth. Many of the homes were log cabins and the now thriving towns and cities were then but mere villages. Farm work was done with machinery which was very crude as compared to that in use at the present time and only a few advantages could be enjoyed owing to the remoteness of this district from any large city and the absence of railroads or other means of transportation. In the public schools Mr. Fay acquired his education and although his advantages in that direction were somewhat limited his training at farm labor was not meager and by practical experience he was well equipped for carrying on farm work. He is now the owner of a good farm of ninety acres, on which stands an attractive home. A glance at his place indicates that he is thoroughly familiar with the work of carrying on the farm. He raises corn, oats and hay and in his pastures are seen good grades of stock.

Mr. F^ay was united in marriage to Miss Ella E. Stearns, who was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, April 14, 1849, and after a residence of a year and a half in New York and three years in New Haven, Connecticut, came to Illinois, since which time she has made her homo in Bureau county. She is a daughter of Charles R. and F^lizabeth (Strong) Stearns, who were natives of the old Bay state and came to Illinois in 1856. Here they spent their remaining days, the father passing away in 1860 and the mother in 1877. [into Mr. and Mrs. Pay have been born two children : Mary E. and Florence M., both now at liome. The family are all members of the Wesleyan Methodist church, with which Mr. Fay has been identified for forty-nine years, taking an active and helpful part in church work and contributing generously to its support.

In politics he has been a prohibitionist, since 1900, always voting the national ticket of that party, but at local elections, where there is often III! prohibition ticket in the field, he usually supports the candidates of the republican party. In I860 he cast his first vote at a national election for Garrett Smith, an anti-slavery candidate, and supported the republican party from 1864 until 1900. He has never sought or desired office but has prul'urred to give undivided attention to his business interests. He is numbered among tlie pioneer residents of the county, having lived within its borders for almost seventy years, during wliicji time great changes have occurred as the county has emerged from frontier conditions and become the center of an advanced civilization in this great commonwealth. In his early chihlhood there were many evidences of frontier life, but gradually the labors of the settlers and the introduction of new and improved machinery wrought the tran.sformation and the county remaineil no longer an uncultivated district but vas made to bloom and blossom as the rose and wiu-re once were wild prairie grasses are now sci-n rich fields of waving grain.

Hon. William M. Whipple

Without special pecuniary or educational advantages at the outset of his career, Hon. William M. Wiiipple attained distinction in business and political life in recognition of the innate strength of his character and his natural and acquired ability. He made the best use of his opportunities in all relations and gradually advanced from a luunblc position to one of prominence and of atlluctice. He was born at Croydon. Xew Hampshire, August 9. 1817, and for many years figured prominently in connection with the history of Bureait county. He was descended from one of the New England families and inherited many of the sterling traits which have ever been characteristic of the people of that section of t)ie country. He was a grandson of Samuel Wliipple, and a son of ('ai)tain William Whipple, who was born in Xew Hampshire, January 13, 1768, and died at Croydon on the 5th of December, 1853. Captain Whipple followed farming extensively and was tlic largest wool-grower in Ins lnwn. keeping as high as one thousand ho-.u] of siieep in his pastures at a time. His luisiness interests were carefully conducted and resulted in the acquirement of success which was indeed gratifying. In early manhood he wedded Judith Putnam, who died in 1SG3. In their family were nine children : Harriet, Lyman, Sophia, Tjyndia and Ijaura, twins, Mahala, Sarah, William ^I. and TiUcy.

In his native town William 'SI. Wbipjile spent the days of his boyhood and youth and there ac(|uired his primary education, but afterward attended the academy at Canaan, New Hampshire, and subsequently became a student at Norwich University in Vermont. He entered business life in Croydon as a merehnnt, and at a later date turned his attention to the manufacture and sale of machinery at Canaan, in which he continued for three years. He then began farming, which he continued in the east until 1855, when, believing that he might enjoy better business opportunities in the middle west, made his wav to

Illinois, .\fter a brief residence in Chicago he i;ame to Bureau county and purchased land near Buda, but the following year he sold his farm and returned to the east to settle up his ali'airs before making a permanent home in this county. Before he completed his preparation for his removal from his native state he was called upon by ids many friends in Sullivan county to represent them in the state legislature, and lilled the office with credit to himself and honor to his constituents.

Upon the e-\piration of his fei'in in the general assembly he felt the advantages of the west were again cirawing him to the Mississippi valley, and in the spring of 1857 he returned to this county. He then invested in land and also engaged in merchandising at Shelheld, where he continued business for thirteen years, while during seven years of that time he also acted as postmaster of the town. He at once took a prominent place in public and business life, and he liecame a leader iif public thought and action. In 1869 he disclosed of his store, and during the four succeeding years devoted his energies to the supervision Oi his farms near SheiTield and Princeton. He was also a director and stockholder of the Citizens National l^ank. He was always very successful in his business ventures, esjiecially after his removal to Bureau county. His judgment was seldom, if ever, at error in a Imsiness transaction, and his success was the result not of accident but rather the natural sequence of industry and good judgment. His was a well balanced mind, and in his business life his aim was ever to deal with all so that his simple statement of fact should never be questioned. He avoided as far as possible all litigation in the courts, ami was tlioroughly relialDle and trustworthy in his dealings.

While living in Berlin, A'ermont, Mr. Whippli' was united in marriage to Jliss Ednah Comings, a daughter of Fenno and T?ebccca (Smart) Comings, (if Berlin, both of whom were natives of New Hampshire. They had an adopted child. .Vnnie Louise Bewey, born April 21, lS5i'i. and now tlie wife of .\nson Horace Kno.x, of Shellield. who i.s represented elsewhere m this work.

Mr. Wliipple's political views were in accord with the principles of the republican party and he took an active interest in all that pertained to local or national affairs. While a resident of Concord township lie was its representative on the county board an<l in I'rinceton he was a member of the school board for seven years, the cause of education finding in him a warm and stalwart champion. He died December 15, 1885, and thus closed a career of tisefulness and honor, in which his labors have been of direct and lasting lienefit to his feltowmen as well as a source of jirotit to himself. He won hotli success and an honored naiiic, and he is yet remembered by many of the li-ailinu' residents of tlie coiintv as a man whose genuine personal worth gaiiu>d fiu' him a ]ilace among the representative citizens. EoUowing her husband's death. Mrs. Whipple returned to SJieffield and devoted the remaining years of her life to the upbuilding of the Unitarian churcli. It was largely through her efforts that the parsonage was erected, and when she died she left fifteen thousand dollars to the Unitarian conference. The church owes much to her efforts and influence, and she was one of the best loved and most highly respected women in the county.

0. J. Piper is the proprietor of the Hillhtirst Stock Farm and a well known breeder of shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. In fact he is regarded as one of Btireau county's most substantial citizens and successful business men and his efforts have contributed in no small degree to the reputation which this county bears for its farming and stock-raising interests.

Mr. Piper was born in Bureau county, February 8, 1866. His paternal grandfather was Ezekiel Piper and the father William W. Piper. The latter is now a retired farmer living in Maiden, Illinois. He came to this county in 1836 from the vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio, being at that time only about a year old. As the years passed he was trained to the work of the farm and took up agricultural pursuits as a life occupation. He is now in very comfortable circumstances and his position of affluence indicates a life of well directed and intense activity in former years. He married Miss Lydia Savage, whose parents were early settlers here, and of this union there were born three children, of whom two are now living, Florence being the widow of Thomas Gritlln and a resident of Michigan.

0. J. Piper was educated in the common schools of Bttreau county and has always been deeply interested in stock-raising. He entered upon his business career by renting land and raising registered stock for sixteen years. He ha-s been breeding cattle for ten years, hogs for fifteen years and horses for sixteen years. He is now proprietor of tlie Hillhurst Stock Farm, where he is breeding shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. He has bred on an extensive scale and always has stock for sale. His place is located on sections 13 and 24, Wyanet township, and on section 18, Princeton township, two miles we«t of the city of Princeton on the Wyanet road. His stock is all registered. In former years he was extensively engaged in the breeding of Percheron horses and he still owns three fine stallions. In his cattle he makes a specialty of straight Scotch breeding and ha.s one of the strongest herds of shorthorn cattle in the country. He keeps from sixteen to twenty-five breeding cows and now has two young cows that are not excelled upon any breeding farm in the world. He raises from one hundred and fifty to two hundred head of hogs annually, keeping the best strains. His hogs of the Poland China variety are heavy boned and yet hold excellent feeding and breeding qualities. In 1903 he sold three hogs on the market for one hundred and fifty dollars. He has bought fine stock at state fairs and other places and lie also breeds bronze turkeys and barred chickens. He has always taken iirst prize on turkeys at the fairs and took the first prize in Iowa on turkeys, where he also won six prizes on six turkeys. He manifests a justifiable pride in his stock and poultry, for he is one of the best thoroughbred breeders of Bureau county. He advertises his stock through the Breeders Gazette, which is published in Chicago. He owns one hundred and fifty-six acres of good land, which he purchased in 1902 and upon which he has a fine home. The farm is well improved in every particular and indicates the careful supervision and progressive spirit of the owner.

Mr. Piper wa.s married to Miss Nancy Self, who was born in Bureau county near Zearing, Illinois, and is a daughter of Franklin Self, a retired farmer residing in Princeton. They have two children: Ethel, aged sixteen years; and Cleona, in her first year. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Piper is a republican in his political views. His business affairs are carefully conducted and all that he now possess has been acquired through his own. efforts. He certainly deserves much credit for this, as the Hillhurst Stock Farm is one of the leading enterprises of this kind in Bureau county.

Levi Myers

LEVI MYERS. Levi Myers, who was a veteran of tlie Civil war and one of the respected and worthy citizens of Maiden, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1831. The days of his minority were passed in the east but in 1854, when a young man of twenty-three years, he came to Illinois, locating in Bureati county. He was a carpenter by trade and was identified with building operations here for some time, or until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted for service with Company B of the Fifty-seventh Illinois Infantry. He was with the army for four years, participating in many important engagements, and was wounded in battle, but he lived to return home and was spared for many years as a uscl'ul and valued citizen of the community in which he resided. He turned his attention to farming and became the owner of a good tract of land of two hundred and thirty-seven acres, on which he engaged in the cultivation of the crops best adapted to soil and climate. His life was one of activity, in which diligence and honesty were evenly balanced and rendered him a rclialile, enterprising and successful man.

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On the 15th of February, 18G6, in Bureau county, Mr. Myers was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Ellen Maginnis, who was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, September 13, 1827, and who came to Bureau county a number of years before the arrival of Mr. Myers. This marriage was blessed with two children: Margaret E., who was born December 25, 1866; and Charles L., born April 12, 1870. The son was married to Miss Marion Burke, who was born in ]\Ialdon in 1874, and they have three living children: Harold E., Maud I. and Mildred E., aged respectively nine, seven and six years. The farm was inherited equally by the brother and sister upon the death of the parents.

ilr. Myers was a member of Presbyterian church, while Mrs. Myers was for a long period a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active and helpful part in its work, contributing generously to its support. For more than thirty years this worthy couple traveled life's journey happily together, sharing with each other in the joys and sorrows, the adversity and prosperity which checker the careers of all. On the "24th of January, 1897, Mr. Myers was called upon to iiinurn tlie loss of her who had long been to him a faithful companion and helpmate. He survived for eight years and departed this life September 8, 1905. The family has long been a prominent one in the community, its members respected by all who know them. Miss ^fargaret Myers still resides upon tlic old homestead. She was educated in the common schools and in Dover Academy and now personally supervises her farming interests. Socially she is a member of Eebekah lodge. No. 185, of Juanita.

Dennis D. Draper

Dennis D. Draper is one of the most prominent stockmen, not only of New Bedford and Bureau county, but of this section of Illinois as well, and as a breeder of fine horses he has a very wide reputation.

Mr. Draper was born in rrreenville township, July 24, 1850. and the old homestead whereon he first opened his eyes to the light of day is still his place of residence. He comes of Welsh lineage. His paternal grandfather, James Draper, was a native of Wales and, leaving that little rock-ribbed country, crossed the Atlantic to America prior to the Rcvolutionarv war. When the colonists, unable longer to hear the voke of British oppression, resolved to strike a blow for liberty, he joined the Continental army and served for seven years as a valiant soldier and thus aided in winning independence. His son, James M. Draper, was born in Shaftsbury, Vermont, December 5, 1817, and, having arrived at years of maturity, he was married to Miss Catherine Morse Upham, who was likewise a native of the

Green Mountain state, born on the 23d of July, 1819. They became residents of Bureau county about 1848, and for many years made their home within its borders, the father following the occupation of farming and aiding in the early agricultural development of this part of the state. He died January 16, 1906, when almost ninety vears of age, while his wife passed awav March 8. 1898.

Xo event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Dennis I). Draper in the period of his boyhood and youth. He worked in the fields during the summer months and in the winter seasons attended the public schools, thus acquiring a good English education. The task of plowing, planting and harvesting early became familiar to him and be still lives upon the old homestead where he was trained to habits of industry and economy.

As a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose Miss Viola F. Wilson, to whom he was married November 27, 1873. She was born in Putnam county, September 19, 1852, and is a daughter of William and Nina J. (Sprague) Wilson. Her fatiier was born in Kentucky, December 25, 1828, and the mother's birth occurred in Bennington, Vermont, November 9, 1834. She passed away in 1876, but Mr. Wilson is still living in Princeton. He has served as city clerk for twelve years and has been nominated for the fourth term by the republican party. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Draper have been born six children : Vera S., born Mav 15, 1876; Wilson W., August 12, 1880; Glenn, July 25, 1882; Clara E., April 30, 1884; Forrest D., December 9, 1886; and Buzz, December 9, 1891.

The family home is pleasantly located upon an excellent farm of two hundred and fifty acres of rich and productive land situated on section 33, Greenville township. Although he devotes some attention to the tilling of the soil and the raising of crops his time is largely given to his stock breeding and raising interests and he is the owner three of the best bred horses in Illinois. One of these. President McKinley, is a young horse, seven years old, of good size, color and conformation. With limited ojiporf unities on tlu^ turf he secured a trotting record of 2 :26i4 as a three year old; as a five year old he reduced it to 2 :21i4 ; yet this is no measure of his speed. He has a pedigree scarcely surpassed. Jlr. Draper also owns Charandas, equally well bred, inheriting good stout racing blood on both sides. Mr. Draper is well known as a stockman and his stables are famous throughout this section of Illinois. He now has upon his place fifty colts bred by the two stallions mentioned and no finer stock can be found elsewhere in the state. He also has fine resistered cattle and his farm is one of the best equipped for carrying on the business.

Mr. And Mrs. D. D. Draper

to devote his time and energies to his business affairs, which are meriting the success that he is now enjoying. He has, however, served eleven years as tax collector.

John P. Runft

John P. Eunft, serving for the third term as mayor of Sheffield, has proved a most competent and trustworthy official, and his devotion to the best interests of the city is manifest in the tangible efforts he has put forth for substantial public improvement and upbuilding. His record is indeed creditable to himself and satisfactory to his constituents and he receives the support and endorsement of a large majority of his fellow townsmen, who recognize his efficiency and rejoice in what he has done for the city.

Mr. Eunft was born on the boundary line of Bureau county, December 25, 1862, a son of Jacob and Catherine (Wagner) Eunft, both of whom were natives of Germany, the former crossing the Atlantic in 1852. Mrs. Eunft came to the United States when fourteen years of age and was a resident of Kewanee, Illinois, up to the time of her marriage, when she came with her husband to Bureau county. They removed to Eileyville, Kansas, in January, 1884, at which date Mr. Eunft retired from active business life.

In the public schools of this county John P. Eunft acquired his education and spent his early years upon the home farm, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. In 1892, when thirty years of age, he entered the stock-buying business, and he also conducted a market and grocery in 1897, under the firm name of Eunft & Johnson.

In his business affairs he was found thoroughly reliable and enterprising and the recognition of these traits by his fellow townsmen led to his selection for political honors. He stands for progress and improvement in public life as well as in private affairs and whenever he has announced his advocacy of any movement or measure he has labored earnestly for their adoption. For two years he was a member of the city council, and for three terms has been mayor of the city, his re-elections standing in incontrovertible evidence of his fidelity to duty and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. He has labored effectively for all that stands for progress and improvement. Sidewalks have been built and curbs put in under his administration, and the city has discharged its financial obligations to the sum of ten thousand dollars and is now clear of all indebtedness. He has brought to his publie duties the same .'Steadfast purpose, enterprising spirit and keen discernment that he has displayed in his private business affairs, and he has used practical methods in working toward the ideal and has thereby secured tangible results. He was elected on the republican ticket and is a firm supporter of the principles of the party but in the discliarge of his duties he places the general good before partisanship and the benefit of the city before the aggrandizement of self.

On the 37th of December, 1883, Mr. Eunft was united in marriage to Miss Lucy E. Harris, a daughter of 0. M. Harris, who came with his 'amily from Vermont in 1862. He died in 1899, at the age of seventy-nine years, while his wife passed away in June, 1900. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Eunft have been born four children: Fi-ed, who was born January 13, 1885, and has been engaged in the hardware business for six years; Edward W., who was born October 29, 1888, and is in business at Depue Illinois; Catherine M. born February 6, 1893, and Burton Harris, born December 22, 1900, both attending the Sheffield schools.

Prominent in fraternal as well as political circles, Mr. Eunft is a Mason and an Odd Fellow and in the latter lodge is a past noble grand. He is also adviser of the Modern Woodmen Camp. His religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and also in his relations with his fellowmen, for he is always just and leliable in business transactions and loyal and faithful in the discharge of public duties. His life record is creditable and worthy of emulation and his efforts in behalf of Sheffield have been far-reaching and beneficial.

William J. Barth

William J. Earth, who is operating a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 11, Walnut township, was born in Woodford county, Illinois, May 13, 1874, and is a son of William and Phoebe (Knapp) Barth. The father was a native of Germany, while the mother's birth occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, in October, 1853. They came to Illinois at an early day, locating at Minonk, and in their family were five children, of whom William J. is the eldest.

Under the parental roof the subject of this review spent the days of his boyhood and youth, early becoming familiar with agricultural pur>- suits, for he aided in the work of field and meadow. On the 27th of February, 1900, he was married to Miss Anna Uphoff, who was born March 4, 1876, and was fourth in order of birth in a family of ten children whose parents were Bartlett and Katie (Clodious) Uphoff', who were natives of Germany and came to Illinois in 1855, settling in Peoria, but now living at Minonk. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Barth have been born four children: Albert R., born January 8, 1901; Joseph T.. June 3, 1902; Arthur E., September 17, 1904; and Florence, October 24, 1905. Both IIt. and .Mrs. Barth hold

In his political views I\Ir. Barth is a republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but has never sought or desired public office. He came to Bureau county from Woodford county in 1900 and located on his father's farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 11, Walnut township, where he has since carried on general agricultural pursuits. He expects soon, however, to purchase a home of his own. Although he started out in life emptyhanded he is now in very comfortable circumstances, keeping his money well invested. His prosperity is due entirely to his earnest and persistent labor, for he has had no influential friends to assist liim, nor have circumstances been peculiarly advantageous in his favor. He has been watchful of every occasion pointing to success and through good management has acquired a large amount of personal property, displaying excellent ability as a financier in the control of his interests. He is yet a young man and the future undoubtedly holds in store for him larger successes.

William J. Jiillee

WILLIAM J. JIILLEE. William J. Miller, who owns and occupies a valuable farm property in Neponset township, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1848, and comes of Irish lineage. His father, James Miller, born on the Emerald Isle, crossed the Atlantic to America in 1830 and located in Albany, New York, while subsequently he removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Miss Jane L. Legget, also a native of Ireland, and in October, 1837, they removed to Illinois, settling in Weathersfic'ld, Henry county. A year later they took up their abode in Neponset township, Biireau county, where Mr. Miller purchased eighty acres of land, to which he added from time to time until he had a half section. He was one of the worthy pioneer residents of this locality, settling here when it was a frontier district. He broke the wild prairie and made all of the improvements upon his farm and he engaged quite extensively in buying, feeding and shipping stock. He aided in laying broad and deep the foundation for the present development and progress of the county and co-operated in many movements for the general good. He served as school director for many years, the cause of education finding in him a warm and stalwart friend. He was made an Odd Fellow in Philadelphia and following his removal to the west became identified with the lodge at Xewanee. His early political allegiance was given to the whig party and upon its dissolution he joined the ranks of the republican party. He died at the age of seventy-two years, and is still survived by his widow, who on the 14th of July, 1906, celebrated the seventv-ninth anniversary of her birth. In the family of this worthy couple were thirteen children, of whom nine are now living, William J., Isabella, James T., Emma, Adeline, Rosina, Joseph, Edward and Annie.

William J. Miller was brought to Illinois by his parents when nine years of age, and attended the public schools, thus becoming well equipped for life's practical duties. He lived at home with his parents until twenty-five years of age and became thoroughly conversant with the best methods of carrying on farm work. He afterward began farming on his own account on a part of the old homestead when twenty-five years of age, and there he lived until 1893, when he sold his property and bought the old homestead of two hundred acres. Here he carried on general farming and also bought and fed stock until January, 1902, when he purchased a home in Kewanec, there residing until the loth of January, 1900, when he returned to the farm where he now resides.

It was on the 14th of February, 1871, that Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Anna Russell, a daughter of Hugh and Aurelia Russell, who were natives of Indiana. Mrs. ililler was born in Knox county, Illinois, .July 2, 18.y.J, and died June 4, ISTo, leaving a daughter, Effie ^lav. On the nth of August, 1881, Mr. Miller wedded Helen Sina Dana, who was born May 10, 1855, a daughter of Lyman L. and Rosina (Cole) Dana. Her father was born in Peacham. Vermont, and was a blacksmith by trade. When thirty-two years of age he came westward to Illinois, settling in Neponset township. Bureau county, where he purchased eighty acres of land. Turning his attention to farming he accordingly conducted his agricultural interests and prospered as the years went by, so that he was enabled to extend the boundaries of his property until he had three hundred and eighty acres of richly productive and valuable land. In addition to cultivating the fields he engaged in stock-raising, buying and feeding stock on quite an extensive scale. His political support was given to the republican party. He passed away in 1891, at the age of seventy-one years. His widow still survives and was seventy-four years of age on the 27th of July, 190fi. In their family were five sons and five daughters, namely: Mrs- ]\Iiller, Addie M., William T., Leonard J., Carrie S.. David, Laura B.. Lottie, Harry C. and Louis L.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born five children: William, who was born June 5, 1882, and died on the 12th of the same month: Laura R., born October 6, 1883; Mabel H., August 15, 1885; Lyman J., February 16, 1889; and Elizabeth, born November 27, 1890. The parents hold member.ship in the Congregational church at Kewanee, and Mr. Miller votes with the republican party. He has served on the school board for fifteen years or more, and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion, while his cooperation is withheld from no movement that is designed for the public good. He has led a life of business activity and enterprise and in his own labors has found the basis for a desirable success, making him one of the representative agriculturists of this part of the state. Furthermore, in all of his dealings he is reliable and has thus gained an honorable name as well as a gratifying prosperity.

Freeman P. Wright

Freeman P. Wright, a farmer residing on section 2.5, Indiantown township, was born in Stark county, Illinois, November 2o. 1856. His father, Edward P. Wright, also a native of Stark county, was a son of the Rev. S. G. Wright, one of the early Congregational ministers of Illinois. His birth occurred in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1809, and in 1832, accompanied by his wife, he took up his abode in Fulton county, Illinois. For some time after his arrival in tliis state he engaged in farming but afterward attended Lane's seminary in 1841 and entered actively upon the work of the ministry as a preacher of the Congregational church. He devoted many years to that holy calling and was at different times located at Dover and at Neponset in Bureau county. He labored zealously and diligently for the advancement of the cause which he represented and was a power for good in the church and a man of influence in the communities where he lived. His son, Edward P. Wright, devoted the greater part of his life to agricultural pursuits. He followed farming in Stark county until 1886, when he removed to Kansas, where he resided for seven years and then took up his abode in California, where he is now residing. He married Miss Alma J. Wright, who was reared near Neponset. Bureau county, and who died in 1888. In their family were eight children, seven of whom reached adult age, namely: Freeman P.; Elva. now deceased; Hale G., living in Iowa : Julia, deceased ; Alden, a physician of Thayer, Iowa; Otis, deceased; and Ernest, who is living near Tiskilwa.

Freeman P. Wright was educated in Stark county and after reaching man's estate went to Kansas in 1886. where he followed farming for seven years. He later spent a similar period in Nebraska and in February, 1902, came to Bureau county, Illinois, where he purchased the farm on section 35, Indiantown township, where he still carries on general agricultural pursuits. He has brought his land under a high state of cultivation and has added many modern equipments to his property. He has one hundred acres of rich and productive land and there are good buildings and well kept fences upon the place, while the farm in all of its departments is neat and thriftv, indicating his careful supervision.

Illinois, a daughter of W. P. and Loretta (Soverhill) Dator, the latter a sister of Samuel G. Soverhill, a prominent agriculturist and business man of Indiantown township. Mrs. Dator is still living but her husband pas.sed away in 1895. In their family were five daughters : Anna, the deceased wife of W. P. Plummer; Elizabeth, the wife of L. J. Allen, of Nebraska; Mrs Wright; Sadie, the deceased wife of A. J. Green; and Jennie, the wife of J. C. Waugh, of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have no children of their own but are rearing an adopted daughter. Ruby I\IcJIillan, who came to them when four years of age and has now attained the age of eighteen years. They also have a little boy living with them and in fact there has always been some child a member of their household, to whom they have given kind care and a good home.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Wright hold membership in the Congregational church and their Christian faith and spirit are manifest in their kindness to the little ones and their consideration for all with whom they come in contact. Mr. Wright exercises his voting powers for the men and measures of the republican party, and in the community w-here they live he and his wife are held in the highest esteem, their many good traits of character having w^on for them the love and confidence of those with whom thev have l)een associated.

Mancious H. Apgar

Mancious H. Apgar, owTiing a good farm and property in Bureau county, where he has resided for almost four decades, having arrived in June, 1868, is a native of Hunterdon county. New Jersey. He was born October 8, 1832, and is a son of C. P. Ajjgar, a farmer of that state. He was educated in the public schools of New Jersey, was reared to agricultural pursuits and devoted his time anfl energies to farming in his native state, until his removal to the west. Thinking to enjoy better business privileges in this section of the country he made his way to Illinois in June, 1868, and settled in Bureaxi county, where he has since resided.

Mr. Apgar was married to Miss Catherine C. Wise, who was born August 31, 1839, in New Jersey. They have become the parents of six children : Conrad P., who is a contractor, has carried on business at Chicago, Niagara Falls and at Kansas City but is now at home. Mary S. is the second of the family. Cornelia is the wife of Howard S. Apgar, a farmer and dairyman of New Jersey. Oakley W., living at home, married Roxie Apgar, of New Jersey, and they have one child, Catherine Lucy, who was born in 1905. Edna and Anna Belle are still under the parental roof.

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years at Dover and in 1896 removed to the place where he now lives. The farm comprises eighty acres of fine land two and a half miles east of Princeton on section 14, Princeton township, constituting a valuable farm property, and here the family have an attractive and pleasant home. His sons, Conrad and Oakley W., operate the farm, carrying on general agricultural pursuits and also raising Jersey cattle. Jlr. Apgar is thus relieved of the necessity of taking part in the arduous work of tilling the fields and caring for the crops and is thus enabled to live retired in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. He has passed the seventy-third milestone on life's journey and well ' merits the honorable retirement which is vouchsafed to him. His study of political questions and issues has led him to give his support to the republican patty and in all matters of citizenship lie stands for progress, reform and improvement.

John R. Sapp

John R. Sapp, deceased, was one of the most prominent farmers and stock-raisers of Bureau county, carrying on his business interests on an extensive scale. He was also a pioneer resident of the county, where he arrived in 1849, settling in Wyanet township. His birth occurred in Kent county, Delaware, on the 29th of September, 1829, his parents being William and Margaret E. (Reed) Sapp, who were likewise natives of Delaware, where the father followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life. Both he and his wife died in the state of their nativity.

John If. Sapp was reared upon the homestead farm in Delaware, and attended the common schools, remaining under the parental roof until twenty years of age, when he came to the west, accompanied by his cousin, Joshua Reed. They arrived in Bureau county in the fall of 1849, and Mr. Sapp was variously employed at farm labor and in other ways for about a year, but ambitious to engage in farming on his own account, his father bought a small tract of land near the old county farm, and gave it to his son, where he engaged in general agricultural pursuits for a few years. About five years later Mr. Sapp purchased a farm in Wyanet township, on the old Sheffield road, just two and a half miles from the village of Wyanet, and took up his abode thereon and began general farming for himself.

As a companion and helpmate for life's journey Mr. Sapp chose Miss Caroline Mercer, to whom he was married in this county in 18.")0. She was also a pioneer resident of Bureau county and a native of Belmont county^ Ohio. Her parents, Edward and Jane (Tweedy) Mercer, were likewise natives of Ohio, and in 18.37 came to Bureau county, settling in Wyanet township among its first residents. The father purchased a farm and carried on the work of tilling the soil there throughout his remaining daj's, botli he and his wife passing away on the old family homestead. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Sapp were born eight children : Emma married James ^IcBride, a resident of Princeton, and they had one child who died in infancy; Mattie is at home with her mother; Eva is the wife of Frank Emers, of Wyanet, and they had one child who died in infancy; Belle is the wife of Thomas Cecil, of Princeton, and they have two children, a son and daughter; John R., living on the old homestead farm, married Margaret White, and has two daughters; William E. married Rosamond Mayo, of Kansas City; Nellie M. is the wife of R. Y. Reed, of Erie, Whiteside county, Illinois, and they have one son and three daughters : and Fred R., a resident of Wyanet township, married Minnie Johnson, and has one son and two daughters.

Following his marriage Mr. Sapp engaged in general farming and stock-raising and was very prosperous in his undertakings. He kept adding modern improvements to his farm, and also bought more land from time to time in Wyanet township until he was one of the large land owners there. He also invested in land in Whiteside county, Hlinois, where he owned extensive farms, and his widow still has property interests in that county, consisting of one section. He made stock-raising his principal business and in that, a<5 in general farming, wa.s very successful, being truly a self-made man, who received no assistance, but accumulated all of his possessions. His labors were the foundation upon which he huilded the superstructure of his success and his energy and indiistry were always recognized as salient features in his business career. Nineteen years ago he decided to retire from the work of the farm, and removed his family to Princeton. He afterward sold the old home property to one of his sons. He then lived a retired life in the county seat, looking after his landed interests in Wyanet township and in Whiteside county until his detuise. In ^lay, 1901, he went on a visit to Deerfield, Kansas, where he died very suddenly a few davs after his arrival, his death occurring May 14, 1901.

He was never an office seeker, but always took a very active interest in politics and was a stalwart advocate of democracy. He held membership in the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with the lodge at Wyanet, and at all times his life was exemplary of the beneficent spirit of the craft, wliiich is based upon the principles of mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindness. He was watchful of opportunities in the business world and his energy and determination enabled him to carry forward to successful completion whatever lie undertook, while his sound judgment enabled him to place his investments judiciously. His wife and family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church in Princeton, and both the Sapp and Mercer families are old, promi- nent and well-to-do families of this county. Mrs. Sapp still owns her interest in farms in Wyanet and Concord townships and in Whiteside county, and she and her daughter occupy a beautiful home in Princeton at No. 446 South First street, which was built by Mr. Sapp in 1893.

Melvin 0. Scott

Melvin 0. Scott, who since the spring of 1889 has resided upon the farm which he now owns and occupies - a tract of land of one hundred and sixty acres in Neponset township, was born in Stark county, Illinois, April 5, 1855. and is the eldest of the four children born of the marriage of Robert Scott and Deborah A. Dunfee. The father, a native of Jefferson county, Ohio, born January 10, 1835, is a resident of Neponset and is the only surviving Mexican war veteran now living in Bureau county. His wife was born at Torch, Athens county, Ohio, March 21, 1835, and they were married October 31, 1852. They became residents of Illinois in October, 1854, making the journey from Ohio by wagon and settling near Kewanee. There Mr. Scott followed farming for about three years, after which he removed to Neponset township, where he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land, carrying on general farming and stock-raising. He continued actively in the business until 1880, when he retired with a handsome competence, gleaned from his labors as the years passed by. He has since enjoyed a well earned rest at his home in Neponset, where he is widely and favorably known. His political support was given the republican party until Grant's term, since which time he has voted with the democracy. His life illustrates the fact that success may be achieved by determined and unfaltering diligence, for in that way Mr. Scott overcame all the difficulties and obstacles in his path and steadily worked his way upward until prosperity rewarded him. The family numbers two sons and two daughters : Melvin 0. ; Sidney W. ; Laura A., the wife of T. N. Bennett; and Josephine R., the wife of Edward F. Norton.

The public schools afforded Melvin 0. Scott his educational privileges and his labors were a factor in the work of the farm up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated February 17, 1876, Miss Mary A. BatdorfF becoming his wife. She was born in Neponset, December 25, 1855, a daughter of Michael and Sarah (Norton) Batdorff. Her father, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Illinois in ante-bellum days and on the 14th of August, 1863, enlisted in Company H, Ninety-third Illinois Infantry. He participated in the battle of Jackson, May 14, 1863 ; Champion Hill, May 16, 1863, and the siege of Vicksburg. At the battle of Mission Ridge he was captured and was taken to Andersonville prison, where he died August 3, 1864, the number of his grave

Following his marriage Mr. Scott engaged in farming on his own account and after following that pursuit for six years he was in the livery business in Neponset for a year. He then went to Grinnell, Iowa, where he conducted a meat market for four years, and where he became well acquainted with the brother of the editor of this volume, and in 1887 he returned to Neponset and conducted a meat market for three years. On the 4th of March, 1889, he took up his abode upon the farm which has since been his home, comprising one hundred and sixty acres of land which he has brought under a high state of cultivation so that the fields annually produce large crops, while the farm has become a profitable one.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott has been blessed with eight children : Ralph ; Carrie, the wife of W. K. Fields; Sadie; Deborah, the wife of Albert Gould; Walter, Charles, Laura and Mabel, all at home. Mr. Scott has been active in political circles and gave his support to the republican party until 1S8S, since which time he has voted with the democracy. He served as supervisor of his township in 1903 and 1903 and for the past fifteen years has been a school director, the system of public instruction finding in him a warm friend who does all in his power to promote the interests of the public schools. Realizing that diligence is the basis of all success and that "there is no excellence without labor," he has worked persistently, utilizing his advantages in the best possible manner, and that he is now a substantial farmer of Neponset township is due entirely to his persistency of purpose and careful management.

Dr. C. C. Barrett, whose practice of medicine in harmony with modern scientific investigation has given him a leading place among the al.ile and representative practitioners of Princeton, was born in Manlius, Bureau county, Illinois, August 9, 1873. His father, Joseph Barrett, was a native of Ohio and came to Illinois when a boy with his parents. The family located first in La Salle county, but shortly afterward came to Bureau county. Joseph Barrett was a farmer and merchant. Dr. Barrett was educated in the schools of Bureau county, passing through successive grades until he had graduated from the high school of Wyanet. He afterward engaged in teaching school there for a year and spent six years altogether as a teacher in Bureau county, but regarding this as an initial step to other professional labor - for it was his desire to become a member of the medical fraternity - he niatriciilatfil in h'lish Medical College of Chicago in 1898. Pursuing the prescribed course there, he won the degree

Dr. Barrett located for practice in Merrill, Wisconsin, as the successor of Dr. L. B. Collier, who was then absent in Europe, and following Dr. Collier's return Dr. Barrett came to Princeton iii July. 1902, and entered upon practice in this city. He has remained liere continuously since and in the four years that have passed has made a creditable record, showing thorough familiarity with the principles of medical science and constantly adding to his efficiency by the knowledge gained by experience and research. On coming to Princeton he entered into partnership with Dr. J. A. Yi.xtrum. who died Felu-uary 9, 1905, thus terminating the relation between them. Since that time Dr. Barrett has been alone in practice.

On the 11th of :May, 1901, was celebrated his marriage to Miss Kate A. Delano, daughter of J. H. Delano, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. Dr. and ^Mrs. Barrett are members of the Congregational church. He is a rising and popular young physician, who has already attained success that many an older practitioner miyiit envv. and his conscientious devotion to his choseu work combined with a naturally strong mind well qualifies him to cope with the intricate problems wW continually confront the physician.

Willie H.Vrold Anthony

On the list of Bureau county's honored dead appears the name of Willie Harold Anthonv, who in his life time commanded the respect and good will of all with whom he came in contact, so that his death was the occasion of uniform regret wherever he was known. He was born in Bureau county in ^lay, 1,S57, and was a son of Alfred .\nthony. whose birth occurred in Portsmouth. Rhode Island. October 31, 1815. The paternal grandfather, Isaac .\nthony, Jr., was also a native of Rhode Island, where his last days were passed. He served with the rank of captain in the war of 1812 and in early manhood he married Nancv Fish, who became the mother of nine children that reached adult ago.

Of tliis family .Vlfred Anthony was the youngest and in the year 18:?6 he came to Bureau county with the colony that laid out the village of Providence. He made the journey in company with Caleb Cushing, whose daughter he afterward married, and following the establishment of the little town of Providence he clerked in a store there for Mr. Cusbins. Subsequently when his labors had brought to liim sufficient capital to enaiile him to make a start U(ion an independent business career he bought land, to which he added from time to time until he became the owner of four hundred acres and he built thereon a home, which is now occupied by Jfrs. W. II. .Vnthimy. He was a self-made man and as the architect of his own fortunes he builded wisely and well, using close application, unfaltering industry and perseverance as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of success. In his political views he was a republican and at an early day served as .sheriff of Bureau county. He was quite prominent and influential in the county at that time and he left the impress of his individuality upon many movements tluit have had direct beai'ing upon the welfare of this portion of the state. He was married here to Miss Mary A. Cushing, who was born May 24, 1819, a daughter of Caleb Cushing. Her father's birth occurred at Seekonk, Massachusetts, August 12, 1795, and he died January 12, 1877, at Providence, Bureau county. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony had six children: Edward B.. who is living in Imliantown township: Cliarles li.. a resident of Lexington, Nebraska ; Emily F., tiie wife of Thomas Dexter, of Oberlin, Ohio ; George A., who is living in Kewanee, Illinois; Jo.sephine R., the wife of Dr. W. C. Griswold, who lives in Princeton; and Willie H. Botli tlie parents have passed away.

Mr. Anthony, whose name introduces this record, supplemented his early education, acquired in the common schools, by study in Wheaton College and began life for himself in Chicago, conducting a store in connection with his brother. After a brief period, however, he returned to Bureau county and spent his renuiining days on the old home farm. He came into possession of a (|uarter section of land and for a long period devoted his energies to the cultivation and improvement of the fields, which returned to him golden harvests for the care and labor he bestowed upon them. He was thoroughly trustworthy in all of his business dealings and his energy was a salient feature in his success.

Mr. Anthony was married in February, 1879, to Miss Emma Chase, who was born in Bureau county, Illinois, near the birthplace of her husband. Her natal day was January 27, 1859, and she was a daughter of Charles Cha.se, who came here from Rhode Island in 1S3G, being one of the early and prominent pioneer settlers of the county. He was a farmer and assisted in reclaiming the wild land for the uses of civilization. In his family were two daughters: Mrs. .Vnthonv; and Mrs. Theron Griswold, of Princeton. The father died July 5, 18G(), while the mother passed away in 1895."

Mr. and i\rrs. Anthony have become the parents of three children; Charles, who married Carrie I\Iaynard and lives near his mother, for whom he operates the home farm ; Nora, twenty-one vears of age, living at home; and William Harold, fourteen years of age, also at home.

Mr. Anthony exercised his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the re|iublican party and he was a loyal and devoted member of the Congregational church, in the faith of whioh he passed away in March, 1892. All who knew him esteemed him for his genuine wortli and his iidelity to honorable, manly principles. Mrs. Anthony is also a member of the Congregational church. She now owns one hundred and sixty acres of good land which is devoted to general farming and dairying, and she keeps thirteen cows for dairy purposes. They also raise some hogs and some fruit and the farm altogether is well improved, constituting a model property of Indiantown township.

Elijah Mosher

Elijah Mosher is one of the leading agriculturists of Wyanet township. He has resided upon his present farm on section S since coming to the county in 1858, and is meeting with deserved success in his chosen calling, being now the owner of a well ordered farm, which in its neat and tasteful surroundings denotes the skillful management, industry and well directed labors of the owner. A native of the Empire state, Mr. Mosher was born on the 10th of April, 1844, in Dutchess county. New York, where his father's birth had occurred December 13, 1813, while his grandfather, Hugh Mosher, who was of English descent, was born in the same state, March 33, 1785. The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Charity Eowe, was also a native of Dutchess county and a daughter of Elijah Eowe, who is supposed to have been born in Germany. Shortly after their marriage, which was celebrated in December, 1835, the parents removed to Chenango county. New York, and in 1858 became residents of WyaneJ township, Bureau county, Illinois, locating upon the farm which is still occupied by their son Elijah, where they spent their remaining days, the mother passing away April 14, 1865, and the father October 5G, 1S92, in the seventy-niutli year of his age. In the family were eight children.

Elijah Mosher, the fourth in order of birth, began his education in the schools of the Empire state, being fourteen years of age when he accompanied his parents to Illinois, where he afterward attended the district schools for a time. When not busy with his tcxt-book.s his time and energies were devoted to farm labor and he was thus c^ gaged at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. He watched with interest the progress of events preceding that momentous period in our history and noted the movements of the armies in the south. He was only twenty years of age, when, on the 10th of September, 1864, he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting as a private of Company H. One Hundred and Forty-si.xth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the service until the close of the war, when ho mustered out July 10, 18G5, and returned home, having done a soldier's full duty in defense of his country.

On the 10th of June, 1869, Mr. Mosher was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Love, who was born in Toronto, Canada, April 2, 1849, but when only two years of age was taken by her parents, Robert and Margaret (Landers) Love, to Kane county, Illinois. When about six years of age she entered the home of Marcus Lathrop, by whom she was reared, remaining there until her marriage. For about three years prior to her marriage, however, she engaged in teaching school at Sandwich, De Kalb county, Illinois. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Mosher began their domestic life upon their present farm, and five children have been born unto them : Jessie, now the wife of Dr. Richard Herrick, a practicing physician of La Salle, La Salle county, Illinois; Edwin B., a farmer of Wyanet township; Belle D., the wife of Paul Mercer, of Wyanet townsliip ; Jolm G. and Genevieve, at home.

The family home is a fine farm of two hundred and seventy acres devoted to the raising of grain and stock, and in his business affairs Mr. Mosher displays keen discernment as well as unfaltering energy and as the years have gone by he has made an excellent record, winning success and also a reputation for reliability. He is an ardent republican in politics and his fellow citizens have called him to a number of ofEcial positions. He was also supervisor in 1886, 1887 and 1888, and again in 1893 and 1894, the last two times for a two yearsterm, filling the office to the satisfaction of all con-, cerned. In 1890 he was census enumerator and through a long period of twenty-two years was school director, resigning that position when elected school trustee eight years ago, so that he has been connected with the school board for thirty years, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart champion. He and his wife are zealous and devoted members of tlie Jlethodist Episcopal church, in which he is serving as a trustee and steward. His interest centers in those lines of life which lead to the development of intellectual character that is worthy respect and to general progress as well. He stands for advancement along material, intellectual, political and moral progress and has done much for the welfare of the eountv.

George Steele

GEORGE STEELE. George Steele is the owner of one of the finest farm properties in this portion of the state, his place comprising two hundred and twenty acres of very rich and productive land, in the midst of which stands a beautiful home and substantial farm buildings, which indicate the progressive spirit of the owner and the practical methods which he follows in the care ond improvement of his property. He was born in the village of Dover, this county, June 24, 1855, and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families, his parents being A. L. and Susan (Zearing) Steele. The father was born in Lancaster county, New York, in 1827 and came to Dover about sixty years ago. His wife's birth occurred in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1829. She was one of a family of five sons and seven daughters, while her husband belonged to a family of two sons and one daughter.

George Steele acquired his education in the schools of Dover and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed without incident of special prominence or importance, the duties of the schoolroom and the pleasures of the playground occupying the greater part of his attention during his minority. He was married March 1.3, 1879, to Miss Eliza E. Hensel, who was born in the village of Dover, January 30, 1857, and like her husband, acquired a pubPic-school education. They have become the parents of four children: Lydia L., who was born May 27, 1880; Forest G., April 2, 1882; Lula L., July 24, 1884; and Andrew L., June 11, 1888. All are yet at home. The daughter, Lydia, is a graduate of the Princeton high school and has been engaged in teaching for two 3'ears, while Lula completed the highschool course in Princeton bv graduation with the class of 1906.

Mr. Steele and all of his family are members of the Congregational church, with which ho has been identified for fourteen years. He has served as school director for twenty years and the cause of education finds in him a warm and helpful friend, who does all in his power to secure competent teachers and advance the interest's of the schools in this locality. He votes with the republican party and is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp. His time and attention since attaining his majority have been largely given to his farm work and upon his farm he annually raises good crops of corn, oats and hay. He also raises horses, cattle and sheep, and both branches of his business are proving profitable. His life has been characterized by honest effort crowned with success and his excellent farm propertv is one of the attractive features .in tlic landsca|)e in Dover township.

Andrew Myer

ANDREW MYER. Andrew Myer, a grain farmer living in Berlin township, is one of the worthy citizens that Germany has furnislied to Hureaii (ounty, his birth having occurred in the fatherland, November 18, 1833. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Myer, were also natives of Germany and in that country Andrew Myer was reared, o])taining a good common-school education. He retained his rosidenr. there until 1854, when, at the age of twenty-one years, he determined to try his fortune in America and crossed the Atlantic to the United Stat-.s For two years after his arrival in tiie new world he was a resident of Pennsylvania and came Illinois in 185G, since which time he has resid<?t? in Bureau county. He has always been an energetic man and a hard worker, putting aside no duty that has devolved upon him and realizing thaf labor is the basis of all succes-. That he has prospered is indicated by the fact that he is now the owner of two hundred acres, constituting a valuable farm, which he purchased in 1881) for seventvtwo dollars per acre and which is today worth one hundred and fifty dollars per acre.

In 1867, in Xorth Princeton, Mr. Myer was married to Miss Mary Calinan, who was born August 15, 1843, in Ireland and was educated in that country. Their four children are: Minnie, born Xovember 11, 1869; Frances, October 10, 1871; Joseph, March 17, 1874; and Harrison, April 3, 1876. All are yet under the parental roof and the sons are actively assisting their father in carrying on the home farm, which is devoted to the raising of grain and stock.

ilr. and Mrs. Myer hold membership in the ifethodist Episcopal church and are worthy people, richly meriting the esteem in which they are uniformly held. Coming to the United States in early manhood, he found here the business opportunities he sought. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to seek his fortune in the new world, for in this land wbere labor is unhampered by caste or class he has made substantial advancement and is now in comfortable circumstances, having a farm which yields to him a good living.

George W. Kirkpatrick

George W. Kirkpatrick, owner and manager of the Tiskilwa gas plant, to which he gives his whole attention, having developed this into an extensive and profitable business enterprise, was born in the town which is still his home, his natal year being 1862. He is a son of John Kirkpatrick, who came to Bureau county in 1857 from the vicinity of Cinciimati, Ohio, and .settled on a farm south of Tiskilwa. where he owned three hundred acres of choice land, following farming there throughout his remaining days. He wedded Honor Grubb and they became the parents of eight children, but George W. is the only one now in Bureau county. The father died in 1889, and the mother passed away in 1891.

George W. Kirkpatrick wa.< educated in the district schools and in Tiskilwa and remained upon the home place until 1896, when he took up his abode in Tiskilwa and was engaged in canal work as foreman for several years. He then turned his attention to his present industry, with which he has been connected since 1901. He completed the plant on the 1st of May of that year and it was the first of its kind in the state. Gas is manufactured by what is called the cold press gasoline gas plant and has a capacity of 300,000 feet per month. It could supply gas for a town of twenty-five lumdred people. The product is manufactured by compressed air being forced through gasoline in a specially prepared tank. He has piping in all of the business houses and one half of the residences in Tiskilwa and the product gives the best satisfaction to his patrons, so that the business is now proving profitable.

Mr. Kirkpatrick was marrie<l in February, 1884, to iliss Bessie Draper, of Bureau county, a daughter of Elliott Draper, now deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick have been born three children, Mabel, Harold and Euth. Politically Mr. Kirkpatrick is a stanch republican but without aspiration for office. He belongs to Tiskilwa lodge. No. 550. A. F. & A. M., and the Modern Woodmen of America, while his wife and elder daughter are connected with the Eastern Star lodge at Tiskilwa. Theirs is a pretty and attractive home facing the park, and the residence was erected by Mr. Kirkpatrick. who also has a good business. The family are prominent socially here and the members of the household enjoy the warm esteem of all who know them.

Few of the native sons of Bureau county have longer resided within its borders than Henry Corss, who was born in the year 1838 in Bureau township. He represents one of the old and prominent pioneer families and has himself been identified with the progress and development of the county from an early epoch in its history. In his boyhood days many of the homes were log cabins and the farm work was carried on along very crude lines as compared to the modern methods of the present day. The now thriving towns and cities were then mere villages or crossroads hamlets and the most far-sighted could scarcely have dreamed of the marvelous changes which were soon to take place and transform this county into one of the populous and prosperous districts of the great Mississippi valley.

The parents of Mr. Corss were Cornelius C and Mehitabel (Hill) Corss. both of whom were born in the United States. The father in early life was a resident of Franklin county, Massachusetts, and the mother of New York state. He came to Illinois in the year 1833 and cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Bureau county. He was married to Miss Hill in the year 1837. she having come to this state with her parents some time previous. They began their domestic life in Bureau county and were among its early residents. Only the year before Mr. Corss' arrival the Black Hawk war had been fought. The Indians were still passing through the county at the time but most of them had been sent to tlieir reservation further west. Mr. Corss remembers seeing Indians camped in the grove and in the suininer of 1850 saw the last of Shabbona's tribe encamped near his home. Wild game of various kinds was to be had in abundance and the land was largely uncultivated, the timber tracts having been uncut, while the native grasses still grew upon the prairies that in the course of years were to be transformed into rich fields bringing forth good harvests of grain.

Henry Corss completed his education in the district schools of Bureau county and was married at the age of twenty-seven years, just after the close of the Civil war, to Miss "Mary Ellen Hodgekins, with whom he traveled life's journey for about a third of a century, when in the month of January, 1899, she was called to her final rest. They had become the parents of two children: Forest B. and E. Geneva, both of whom are now married and have children of their own. Conrad and Mary Ann (Balla) Hodgekins, the parents of Mrs- Corss, came from Pennsylvania to Illinois and arrived in this state about a year before James Buchanan took his seat in the presidential chair. Her father was engaged in farming up to the time of his death, which occurred in the year of Benjamin Harrison's election to the presidency, while his wife survived until April. 1900. when she, too, passed away.

Henry Corss has always followed the occupation of farming save during the period of his service in the Civil war. In response to President Lincoln's last call for three hundred thousand troops to aid in crushing out the rebellion he offered his services and became a member of Company F. One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, going as far south as Georgia and participating in the active campaigns in that part of the country. He was a brave and loyal soldier, never faltering in the performance of any duty that devolved upon him. and lie now belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic.