Cass County, Illinois - The Part of Biography in General History - Citizens of Cass County and Outlines of Personal History - Personal Sketches Arranged in Encyclopedic Order, 1915 (part 7 of 10)

County, Ill., from whence they went to Jo Daviess County, Ill. In 18538, the father went to California in quest of gold and spent two years there, then returned to Illinois, and after a short time spent at Carrolton, he and his wife went and then once more came to this country, and for a year made their home at Galena, IIl., and following this they lived on a farm, until 1879. Then the father bought forty acres of land in Cass County, in township 18, range 9, Oregon Precinct, where the father died August 17, 1899. The mother survived him, dying July 6, 1908.

Thomas A. Owens was the only child of his parents, and he remained at home and attended the schools of his district in boyhood. In January, 1889, he went to Chandlerville, where he opened a grocery store, but sold it within six months and returned to the homestead, and has been engaged in farming and stockraising ever since. On August 25, 1888, he married Hannah Gould, who was born at Table Grove, Iowa, and died October 20, 1889. She was a daughter of Samuel A. and Mary (Inches) Gould, natives of Ohio and Scotland, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Owens had one daughter, Margaret Mary, who was born October 16, 1889, and was educated at the Science Hill district school, and is keeping house for her father.

Mr. Owens is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He served three years as a school director, four years as constable, and has been a justice of the peace since 1904. Since 1907 he has been a school trustee. His public duties also include his service as deputy assessor during 1913 and 1914, so he is a very busy man. ae belongs to the Woodman Accident Associaion.

PALMER, Martin J., M. D., physician and sur: geon, is recognized as one of the leading men in his profession in Cass County, while at Beardstown his skill and ability are recognized by an appreciative clientele. Dr. Palmer was born at Mansfield, Ohio, November 18, 1860, a son of Dr. John and Rachel B. (Morrison) Palmer, natives of Jefferson County, Ohio, and of Pennsylvania, who married in Ohio. Dr. John Palmer practiced medicine at Mansfield and through the surrounding country prior to April, 1865, when he brought his family to Shelbyville, Ill, and bought a farm in Shelby County. There he farmed for a time and then retired to Beardstown. where his death occurred in August, 1885, his wife surviving until April, 1899. The following children were born to them: Mary, who is deceased; Irwin H., who died in March, 1913; Anna, who is the widow of Johnson Clark of Devil's Lake, N. D.:; Martin J.: Emma, who is deceased, was Mrs. John Shaad: and Lelia. who is of Beardstown.

When he was twenty years old, Martin J. Palmer entered Drake University. at Des Moines, Iowa, and was graduated therefrom in 1883, becoming a student in the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1SSS. In that year he entered upon a general practice at Arcadia, Morgan County, Ill., continuing there until 1900, when he sold to Dr. Wolf and located at Beardstown, where he has since continued.

On July 14, 1885, Dr. Palmer was married to Ida Hodges. a step-daughter of Ezra and Mary (Debond) Fish. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer became the parents of two children: Rex, who was born July 17, 1886, died March 27, 1906. aged eighteen years: and Wylla, who was born February 27. 1897. and now is a student in the Beardstown High school. Dr. Palmer is a member of the Congregational church. Elected on the Republican ticket. he served two years as county physician of Cass County. Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Court of Honor, and is popular in all.

PARKER, Charles C. - For about thirty-five years the subject of this sketch. whose home is in Beardstown, Cass County, Ill]., has been in charge of trains on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad. and is widely Known as one of the most safe. attentive. affable and reliable conductors on the road. Both in railroad circles and through the community of which he is a member. Mr. Parker has hosts of friends who admire him for his worthy traits of character, as illustrated in the performance of his daily duties for so long a period, and for the social courtesies and amenities which have made him an estimable neighbor and a steadfast friend.

Charles C. Parker was born in Whitehall. Tll., October 2. 1857. a son of Peter and Almira Aseneth (Wilcox) Parker. the father a native of Syracuse. N. Y., and the mother of Illinois, her birthplace being Exeter, Seott County. Peter Parker was a wheelwright by trade. and in 1850 settled in the town of Sparta. Tll.. and followed that occupation. He served during the Civil war in Company K, Fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was married at Waverly, Ill... February 14. 1855, and continued to work at his trade until the time of his death, October 12. 1911. His wife died in May, 1880. Their children were as follows: Charles C.;: Seymour B., of Chicago; Richard Y.. deceased: George. of Little Rock, Ark.; and Harry. of Laporte. Ind.

In youth Charles Parker attended the public and high schools at Sparta, Ill., and at the age of twenty-one years, started to work in the train service of the Chicago, Burlington:& Quiney Railroad Company at Beardstown. For a year and a half he served as brakeman, when he was promoted to be freight conductor. After being emploved in the latter capacity for five years, he was made conductor of a passenger train from St. Louis to Rock Island.

On May 9, 1889. Mr. Parker was united in marriage with Lovina Hendricker, born in Cass County, Ill., a daughter of Conrad and Minnie (Hackman) Hendricker. of the same county. The grandparents were Frederick and Angeline (Mever) Hackman, natives of Germany, and Frederick and Elizabeth (Kuhl) Hendricker, also of German nativity. All were early settlers in Cass County. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have two children, namely: Charles Oscar, of Chicago, born December 21, 1890; and Gilbert Maurice, of Purdue Institute, Lafayette, Ind. born March 18, 1893.

Mr. Parker in polities acts with the Demo cratic party. He belongs to the O. R. C., of Beardstown. The entire family is held in high respect by all who know them.

PARKHURST, John L, D. D. S - In no profession has such progress been made as that of dental surgery, and the men who are engaged in the preservation and replacing of teeth, deserve more than ordinary credit for the results of their labors. There is no excuse today for anyone having decayed teeth. or allowing their mouths to be in poor condition therefrom, for ho community is without one or more skilled and highly trained members of this important profession. One of the men who justly holds the respect and professional confidence of the people of Cass County. as well as of the members of his own scientific calling, is Dr. J. I. Parkhurst, of Virginia.

John I. Parkhurst was born in New Jersey, August 19, 1852. and when five years old was brought to Havana, Ill., by his parents. There he grew to manhood, attending the grammar and high school. later entering the dental department of the Northwestern University at Chicago, and was graduated therefrom. For the following two years he was engaged in dental practice at Havana, but then came to Virginia. Cass County. and since 1879 has been engaged in a professional work at this point. His office is conveniently located in the Fisher building on the south side of the square. Jxeeping abreast of all discoveries in his profession. Dr. Parkhurst belongs to the local, state and national dental societies. Since about 1SSS he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, being raised at Virginia.

Dr. Parkhurst was married at Virginia to Nannie Berry. a daughter of Keeling and Nancy (Hopkins) Berry. Dr. and Mrs. Parkhurst hare had three children, namely: Laird Carlton. who is in a grain business in Sangamon County. Ill.: Georgia. who is a teacher in the Virginia Pligh school: and Josephine L.. who is a clerk in the Venable's dry goods store at Virginia.

PARRY, Charles W. - Experience has proven that those who have been carefully trained along business lines both theoretically and practically, are the men who best discharge the duties of public life. One of the men who had excellent business experience before assuming such duties is Charles W. Parry. deputy county clerk of Cass County. residing at Virginia. He was born at Bluff Springs. June 16. 1885. a son of Charles FE. and Mary A. (Reichert) Parry.

After attending the public schools of his native place. Mr. Parry entered the Jacksonville Business College, where he took a thorough commercial course. Following this, he entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and for four years was a clerk in the superintendent's office and in the freight office at Beardstown, Ill. Leaving there in December, 1910, he came to Virginia, and is now deputy county clerk. Fraternally, Mr. Parry belongs to the Modern Woodmen, and is also a Mason, taking great interest in both orders. He is a young man of ability, and is very popular with the people of Cass County.

PASCHAL, John J., a justice of the peace, and a prosperous agriculturalist of Cass County, is one of the leading men of his community, where his influence is always exerted towards securing progressive action. He was born in Monroe Precinct, Cass County, February 3, 1864, a son of Rey. Jarrett B. and Margaret (Schaeffer) Paschal, natives of Tennessee and Dayton, Ohio, respectively. The paternal grandparents were Isaiah and Agnes Paschal, who were natives of Tennessee-and came to Cass County, Ill., at a very early day. The maternal grandfather, John Schaeffer, with his wife, Christena and family, came from Dayton, Ohio, to Cass County during the winter ef 1831-2, and bought of David Black the west half of section 11, township 17, range 11, much of the land being in timber. He owned several hundred acres, and when his daughter married, she and her husband settled on some of this property. Here Jarrett B. Paschal died in 1865, his widow surviving him until 1897, when she passed away on her father's old homestead. The children of these parents were as follows: Malinda J.. who became Mrs. Elias Davis of Sunset, Wash.; Mary M., who became Mrs. Charles McNeil of Airdrie, Alberta, Canada: Elizabeth. who became Mrs. J. E. Treadway, of Virginia Precinct; Virginia Agnes, who died in 1909; Luther M., who is of Virginia, I11.; Ixate Gertrude, who became Mrs. T. D. Richardson. of Jacksonville, Ill.; and John J.

John J. Paschal remained at home with his mother and received a district school education before he went to Whipple Academy and the Jacksonville Business College. At the age of twenty-one years, he started teaching school and so continued for twelve years. After the death of his mother he bought the interests of the other heirs in the old home, and on this property he does general farming.

On June 24, 1902. Mr. Paschal was married to Alice Hinchee. who was born at Philadelphia, Ill.. a daughter of James Monroe and Mary E. (Clark) Hinehee, natives of Sangamon County and Cass County. Ill.. respectively. The grandparents were William and Margaret (Ray) Hinchee, of Illinois, and William and Elizabeth (Wammack) Clark, of Tennessee and Illinois, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Paschal have had two children: Lois Nadine. who was born May 20, 1905; and Glenroie, who was born September 90,1908. Mr. Paschal belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian church, while his wife is a member of the Christian church. He is a Democrat and has been an election judge and has served as a justice of the peace continuously since 1902. He has also been precinct committeeman for three terms, and elerk of the school board for six years. For many years he has been either superintendent or assistant superintendent of the Union Sunday schools, and is much interested in religious work,

PAUL, Charles Edward. - The various activities which have attracted the attention and benefitted by the exertions of Charles Edward Paul, have stamped him as one of the energetic, progressive and capable business men of Cass County. Farming and merchandising have both been mediums through which he has gained success, and while he is now somewhat retired, he still owns large interests, and also be has found the time and had the inclination-to serve his community in vfficial capacities and to engage actively in fraternal and social life. My. Paul was born October 19, 1857. in Cass County, IL, and is a son of Jacob Miller Paul.

The district schools of Cass County furnished Mr. Paul with his educational training, and, being reared to agricultural pursuits, he early adopted the vocation of farming and was successful in the accumulation of a handsome property of 100 acres, located in the vicinity of Virginia, the greater part of which is now rented out. During a period of twenty-five years he has been superintendent of a prosperous coal business at Virginia, which for twenty-five years has been located at the station of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, but he has recently disposed of his interests therein, having decided to retire from business life. He has always taken an active interest in public affairs, and has served his community as treasurer for one term and as alderman of Virginia for two terms, or four years. In fraternal affairs he has taken a prominent part, being a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, treasurer of the local lodge of Masons for six years, and a member of the Odd Fellows for a period of thirty-five years, having passing through all the chairs and represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the state. For thirty years he has been a member of the Christian church, in the work of which he has taken an active part, and during the past twenty years has served as deacon.

Mr. Paul was married in 1878 to Miss Addie M. Dean, daughter of James Dean, and to this union there have been born three children: Stella, who is now Mrs. Fred Fisher, of Virginia; Harry E., who is engaged in the hardware and plumbing business at Carey, Ohio; and Nellie L.. who is the wife of Edgar W. Bishop, of Independence, Iowa.

PETEFISH, Louis A. - Few citizens of Cass County haye been more prominently or helpfully identified with the husiness, agricultural and financial interests of this flourishing section of Illinois than has Louis A. Petefish. now residing at Virginia. a citizen who has at all times shown a commendable desire to advance the welfare of his community. He has spent practically his entire life within the borders of Cass County,

The Petefish family has long been identified with Cass County, and its members now own about 1.400 acres of valuable land here. Clbristian Petefish, the grandfather of Louis A., came to this county in 1883 and built a small log cabin, taking up his residence among the pioneers. Later he purchased 195 acres. and built a commodious home, and here continued to reside until the time of his death. the farm having since been increased to 520 acres. +

Louis A. Petefish attended the public schools of Cass County and the Gem City Business School, following which he was employed in a grocery store for six months and then turned his attention to farming. Subsequently he entered the private bank of Petefish, Skiles & Company, of which his father was one of the founders. and continued therein until the elder man's death in 1902. since which time the institution bas been reorganized as a state bank, with a capital of $60,000. Mr. Conover was its first president. and was succeeded by Mr. Skiles. who. in turn, was succeeded by Louis A. Petefish. He held the presidency until his resignation in September. 1913, at that time moving to Springfield. He was a director of the Mount Sterling Bank of Brown County until 1913. his father having been one of the founders of that bank as well as the bank at Rushville. and is still a director in the bank of Petefish. Skiles & Company. at Virginia. Now the greater part of his - attention is given to the management of his other interests, which include numerous farms and other valuable properties. Mr. Petefish is a Blue Lodge and Chapter Mason. and has held a number of offices in that order. is connected with the Odd Fellows. and is a charter member of the Modern Woodmen. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian church.

On Octoher 22, 1885, Mr. Petefish was married to Miss Carrie T.. Stribling. daughter of Tsaac Milton and Maria (Carr) Stribling. and they have one daughter. Maria S.. living at home.

PHELPS, John William, who is one of the oldest citizens of Cass County, Ill... in period of residence, is one of its best and most favorably known citizens. His entire life of more than seventy-two years has been spent in Cass County, with the exception of the three years devoted to the service of his country in the field during the war for the Union. In that great struggle he served throughout his full term. sealing his devotion to the common cause by the shedding of his blood. Since the war he has devoted his time to the cultivation of the soil in the vicinity of Chandlerville. Cass County. and has met with success in his labors.

John William Phelps was born three miles east of the city of Virginia. Ill. August 17, 1842. a son of Young and Cynthia (Cheek) Phelps, natives of Logan County. Ky. The parents came to Illinois when young. and after their marriage, settled in Cass County. where they remained about ten years, moving then to Mason County,

Ill., which they made their home for a time. Ieturning to Cass County, Young Phelps purchased a farm near Chandlerville, on which he died Mareh 10, 1878, his widow passing away April 24, 1883. Their children were as follows: Chandler, of Chandlerville; Charles, Cynthia Ann and Melinda, all deceased; Eliza (Mrs. Taylor), who died in Nebraska; and Alice (Mrs. William Patterson), a widow, now of Bath, Ill. . In his youth John W. Phelps attended the colmon schools of his neighborhood, and remained at home until the time of his enlistment for the Civil war. On August 21, 1861, he entered Company K, Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at Springfield, and was assigned to the western army. In November, 1861, Mr. Phelps was wounded in the right leg, above the knee, by a gunshot at Black Well Station, on Black River, which necessitated his being sent home for three months. Returning to his regimeut he completed his term of service and was in all the battles from St. Louis to New Orleans, being engaged in the siege of Vicksburg, at Coriuth, Natchez, and the others. From New Orleans he was sent by ship to New York, in charge of prisoners, en route for Blackwell's Island, and after this duty was over, he was sent to Springfield, Ill., and was honorably discharged, October 11, 1864.

Ywo years after his return home, Mr. Phelps Was married, on April 24, 1866, to Mary E. Briggs, who was born in township 18, range 9. Cass County, August 19, 1849, a daughter of Charles K. and Susan Caroline (Haynes) Briggs, the father a native of Rhode Island and the mother of North Carolina. Following his marriage, Mr. Phelps rented a farm near Chandlerville for a few years, and subsequently rented anvother, which he cultivated until November 10, Jss4. Then he bought 120 acres from his fatherin-law's estate, to which his wife added eighty acres of land she had inherited, making 200 acres of rolling land on the rich bottoms near Chandlerville. Here Mr. Phelps has since carried on farming and stockraising, his labors meeting with success. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps have had the following children: Lydia (Mrs. Charles Whitenack), of Broken Arrow, Okla., who has vne child, Claude: Jobn. who died at the age of five years: Lucy E. (Mis. William Cook). of Chandleryille, who has two children, William and Walter; Anna, who died in infancy ; Walter, who married Delia Watkins, has three children, Percy, Florence and Mildred; Wallace O., who warried Eva May Watkins. has three children, Iloward O.. John R.. and Hazel M.; and Lora (Mrs. Howard Murphy). of Cass County, who has had three children, Hazel, deceased. Helen and Harlan.

Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are highly esteemed by their neighbors and have many friends. In politics, Mr. Phelps is a Republican and has served the public as a school director. He belongs to Downing Post, G. A. R., at Virginia. Ill.

one who is an expert in deciding on the points and conditions of horses, careful and economical in the details of management and pays strict attention to his affairs. Such a man is Walter W. Phelps, who purchased the Haywood Livery, at No. 121 East Second street, corner of Jefferson street, in Beardstown, on February 8, 1913. Later he rented this and occupies the place belonging to William Morrison where he does heavy and light livery business, feeding, etc. Ife keeps three cabs for hire and works 14 head of good horses.

Mr, Phelps was born in Beardstown, on East Sixth street, on May 19th, 1884, and is a son of William H. and Elizabeth (Webber) Phelps. His father was born in North Carolina and the birth of his mother occurred in New York. Walter received his early school training in the Beardstown public schools and afterwards, for two years, was engaged in the button trade, bis specialty being the manufacture of pearl buttons. In this line he employed a number of hands, running seven machines. He sold the concern to Fletcher & Tiemeyer, who are now conducting it at the foot of Clay street, in Beardstown.

Mr. Phelps is unmarried and lives with his mother. His father was engaged in farming until he settled in Beardstown, and was retired from active life at the time of his death. The mother's residence is now at No. 605 Humboldt street. Mur. Phelps is an industrious and honorable young man. He is well liked among his neighbors and acquaintances, and bids fair to enjoy a prosperous future,

PHILLIPS, Hon. Henry, formerly county judge of Cass County, and a lawyer of much more than ordinary ability, occupies a very high position among the members of his profession, although for some years he has not been in active practice, owing to ill health. During the days when he participated in the jurisprudence of his section, there was not a more forceful advocate to he found in the state than he, and his triumphs are matters of history. He was born in

Phillips had the misfortune to lose his mother at his birth. When still in infancy his father, who was a shoemaker by trade. moved to New York City. where he lived until 1842, at which time he went to Rochester, N. Y., and after three years located in Orleans County, N. Y., where Henry received his early educational training in the public schools. The youth later attended Yates Academy, and when sixteen years old began teaching school.

Tn 1853 Henry Phillips came to Hardin County, Ill.. where for six months he taught school, and for six months more taught school at Pittsfield, Pike County, Il]. Still later he went to Adams County and became a preacher. so continuing for two years. Being attracted then to Cass County he located at Virginia, and taught school during the winter months until the fall of 1860, when he was elected circuit clerk of the county, serving eight years. He then came to Beards- town, which was then the county seat, aud began the practice of law, taking Garland Pollard as a partner, this connection continuing until the death of Mr. Pollard. In 1890 he was elected county judge of Cass County and served as such for eight years. Failing health then demanded that he retire, and in 1913 he gave up his practice. Judge Phillips served as Grand Master of the Odd Fellows for a year, and was made a Mason at Virginia, Ill. In politics he has always been a Democrat.

Judge Phillips was married to Adeline Pollard, a native of Vermont. who died February 2, 1877, and they had the following children: Henry G., who is deceased; Jennie, who is Mrs. Parker, a widow residing in Chicago; and Mary and Grace, both of whom are deceased. On October 18, 1877, Judge Phillips was married to Emma E. Burrows, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of James H. and Nancy (Lynchard) Burrows. Judge and Mrs. Phillips have had the following children: Henry, who died in infancy; Edward O., who is in the employ of the Chicago Tribune; Charles, who is an engineer in the United States Navy: James, who is of Goldfield. Nev.; and Robert B., who is a resident of San Francisco, Cal.

PHYSANT, Mads Lorensen. - The Danes make good citizens wherever found, and in Cass County they have always been welcomed for they are known to be industrious and thrifty, makers of homes and supporters of high standards of living. One of the men who comes from that far-away northern country is Mads Lorensen Physant, who lives on section 2, township 18, range 9. He was born in Denmark, September 25, 1867, a son of Hans Jochumsen and Matte Christina (Schmidt) Physant. the former born in Denmark, May 21, 18385. and the latter in the same country, July 30, 1887. The father was excused from rendering the regular army service as he hired a substitute, feeling that his widowed mother needed him, for he was her only son. He became a farmer and prosperous man in his native land.

Mads L. Physant was educated in the common schools of Denmark, and learned to be a farmer. The law of Denmark requires military service and he served twenty months, from January 30, 1886, to October 8, 1887, in the Danish cavalry jn Arhus' Third Dragoon Regiment. In 1SSS he made the trip to America by himself, and for five years after his arrival in the United States worked for farmers in Menard County, Ill. He then rented land which he farmed until 1903, when he came to Cass County, and bought 100 acres of land and a sawmill and cut his own timber profitably. He then invested in 355 acres which he also cleared. Retaining his love for his native land, he has made five trips back to it, and on the last one he married, on September 20, 1912, Abblina Schmidt, born in Denmark June 5, 1885, a daughter of John and Anna (Bennetsen) Schmidt. They have a daughter, Anna Christina, born in Cass County, April 5, 1914. In politics Mr. Physant is a Re- publican. In religious faith he is a Lutheran. A man of quiet manner and steadfast purpose, Mr. Physant has won the respect of his neighbors.

PILGER, Louis W. - The present efficient and popular chief of police of Beardstown, Cass County, Ill., is a native of this county, born September 9, 1859. a son of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Pilger, who were born in Germany, the father in Volduk, the mother in Hesse Daruistadt. William Pilger before he grew to manhood emigrated to the United States, proceeded to Illinois, married. and bought a farm in Cass County, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Their children were: Augusta, deceased; Louis W.; Lena (Mrs. J. M. Rathman): Henry H., a grocer, of Beardstown ; William, who lives on the old homestead; and Caroline. who died in infaney.

Louis W. Pilger went to the neighborhood district schools in his boyhood, and remained with his parents until his marriage. After this event he moved into Beardstown and engaged in the dray and teaming business. This he carried on for ten years, when he sold out on being elected to a public office. in which he served four years. He then joined with J. F. Duvall and Zene Sexton in forming the Beardstown Lumber & Grain Company. which conducted a line of ele vators on the C.. B. & Q. Railroad. These were managed by Mr. Pilger. the other partners attending to the office business in Beardstown. The officers of the company were: Louis W. Pilger, president: Zene Nexton. vice president: and J. F. Duvall, secretary. Three years later they sold out to the Farmers Elevator Company. and in 1901 Mr. Pilger was appointed chief of police of Beardstown, which office he has since held.

The children of Mr. Pilger by his first marriage were: Catherine (Mrs. E. R. Leggett), deceased: Bertha, who lives with her father: and Omer C.. a civil engineer at Beardstown. The mother of this family, died in 1902. For his second wife Mr. Pilger took, in 190%, Dora Patchen. who was born in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Pilger was a widow with one daughter, Irene (Mrs. Edward David). of Peoria. Mr. Pilger is a member of the Fourth Street Lutheran church. In politics he is a Republican. For eight years he served as an alderman of Beardstown. Chief Pilger is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Court of Honor. He has always been considered an enterprising, public-spirited and useful member of the community. He is popular among his many acquaintances, and has rendered efficient and satisfaectory public service during his official life.

PILGER, William - Diversified farming pays in Cass County owing to the climatic conditions and nature of the soil, and the possibilities of the land have been fully developed by the enterprising agriculturists of that region. one of whom is William Pilger, of township 17, range 12. He was born at Beardstown, this county,

February 7, 1868, a son of William and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Pilger, natives of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, who came to this country when young, locating at Beardstown. The maternal grandfather was a Lutheran clergyman. After the marriage of the parents, they settled in Cass County, the father buying a farm four miles south of Beardstown, consisting of 240 acres of land. The mother died there in 1879.

William Pilger worked for his father until 1891, when he married, and then took over the management of the property in conjunction with his brother Henry, and the two operated it for two years. Mr. Pilger then purchased this property on which he carries on general farming, devoting about ten acres to watermelons and 125 acres to grain, and additionally raises cattle and hogs, and is very successful in his operations. In addition to his agricultural interests he owns stock in the First State Bank of Beardstown. He is a member of the Drainage Commission, and a strong Republican. The Modern Woodmen of Beardstown hold his fraternal membership.

On March 12, 1891, Mr. Pilger married Mary Hobrock. born in Cass County, September 3, 1SGS, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Trone) Hobrock. natives of Germany, both deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Pilger have three children: Herbert, Carl, and Russell, who are all at home. Mr. Pilger is a live, enterprising farmer, excellent business man and desirable citizen, and his success is well merited.

POST, Fayette, in period of service one of the oldest conductors, on the Beardstown and Flora Division of the B. & VU. R. R., formerly the O. & M. R. R.. is a much respected resident of Beardstown. Cass County. Here he has lived about forty years, and all who are familiar with his many good qualities as a man and a citizen, rezard him with sincere respect. In personal demeanor he is very affable and agreeable. and in the performance of his important. duties as conductor of a regular passenger train he has made a record for extreme care, circumspection and reliability.

Fayette Post is a native of Logan County, Il.. born April 19, 1860, a son of Lafayette and Hulda (Root) Post, whose birth took place in Vermont. Lafayette Post was formerly a merchant in Jacksonville, IlJ., and moved from there to Logan County, IIl., then to Springfield, where he died in 1863, and his widow in 1871. Fayette Post lived with his brother and sisters until 1874, attending the common schools of Springfield. Then he moved to Beardstown with his brother, where he was also a pupil in the public and high schools. At the age of fifteen years he began to work in a grocery store. Shortly afterward he became express and baggage man on the O. & M. R. R., in which capacity he continued five years. being then made freight conductor. This position he held for the next three years, and was then promoted to be a passenger conductor, his run being from Beardstown to Flora. As already said, he is one of

On April 24, 1884, Mr. Post was united in marriage with Minnie B. Knight, born in Cass County, April 24, 1864, a daughter of Thomas and Emily (Haywood) Knight, both of English nativity. Mr. and Mrs. Post have two children: Clarence F., of Tacoma, Wash., who is in the lumber business, married Catherine Levy; and Caroline (Mrs. L. L. Simpson), of Beardstown. The Knights are very estimable people and all who enjoy their acquaintance look upon them with sincere regard.

The religious connection of Mr. Post is with the Congregational church. In political action, he supports the policies of the Republican party. Fraternally he is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M. Lodge No. 23, of Beardstown; and the O. R. C., No. 523, of Flora. Mr. Post is a stockholder in the First State Bank.

PRICE, William T., whose career is an example of the rewards to be gained by a life of earnest endeavor and steadfast effort, is now living in comfortable retirement at his handsome home in Virginia, Ill, built in 1908. A member of a sturdy pioneer family closely identified with the development of this section since the early thirties, and himself a resident of Cass County for sixty-two years, his contributions to its material welfare have been of a nature entitling him to an honorable place among the real builders of the Prairie State.

William T. Price was born in Morgan County, Tll., November 6, 1840, and is a son of Adam and, Susanna (Rosenberger) Price, natives of Rockingham County, Va., who came to Illinois in 1833, where Adam Price entered a tract of land in Morgan County, which he farmed until 1852, when the family removed to Cass County, where Adam Price died in 1875 and his wife in 1880. They were parents of the following children: John W., a resident of Wilson County, Kans.; William T.; Eliza, now Mrs. James Rawlings, of Virginia; Adam C., of Clarke County, Iowa; Amanda, deceased; Mary E., now Mrs. Charles Strickler, of Sibley, Iowa; and Sarah, wife of Alfred Griffin, of Nokomis, Ill., who died in 1885.

William T. Price received his educational training in the district schools of Cass and Morgan counties, and upon attaining his majority began farming the land, near Virginia, which he still owns. His first crop of corn sold for the munificent sum of ten cents per bushel, an amount not yet collected when the Civil war claimed him as a defender of the flag, and he enlisted in August, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Price was one of the unfortunates taken prisoner at the battle of Guntown, Miss., and for nine months experienced the horrors of confinement at Andersonville, Ga., and Florence, S. C. At the notorious Andersonville prison, he was an eye-witness to the sudden gushing up of a spring of clear water inside the prison enclosure and which was named Providence spring, and was among the first to drink of its lifegiving water. Prior to that seeming miracle, the prisoners had been forced to use the swamp water, made filthy through running first through the enemy's camp. Mr. Price returned home in August, 1865, with a war record of which he may well be proud, for at all times his faithful, brave and cheerful service won his comrades' esteem, and the commendation of his officers. Mr. Price still makes a yearly pilgrimage to Springfield, IL, to visit his old commander, Col. John F. King, who is his warm, personal friend.

Adjoining the Price farm was that of William Marshall, and the families. united by ties of sincerest friendship. continued undisturbed after the following amusing incident. one of pioneer days. A 40-acre square, joining the Price land, and still the property of the government, appealed to William Marshall as a fine building site, the same idea occurring to Adam Trice. There was much friendly discussion. but no hard feeling. Finally. however, William Marshall's brother, John Marshall, acting for him, quietly mounted a horse at midnight and started for Springfield to enter the tract. Adam Price, unaware of Marshall's departure, left similarly equipped, on the same errand three hours later. They met at the door of the Patent Office, John Marshall having in his possession the coveted paper, and,.fully appreciating the humor of the situation, they journered home in friendliness together. William Marshall died in 1846, and his widow removed to Jacksonville, Il.. with her three daughters. Augusta, Jennie and Louisa, now deceased, maintaining a home there until her death, in 1874.

It so happened that Fate had in store a closer tie for the two families. for, on December 29, 1870, William Price was married to his former playmate, Miss Augusta Marshall. daughter of William and Elizabeth (Cluteh) Marshall, and they occupied the house built by her father on the land granted him by President John Quincy Adams in 1834, referred to above. Mrs. Price died Mareh 13, 1885. In April. 1895, thirteen years later, Mr. Price married her younger sister, Miss Jennie Marshall. who was born in Cass County in 1848. She was a graduate of the Presbyterian Academy, now Illinois College, at Jacksonville. and was the first young woman to enter the business college founded by Prof. R. C. Crampton. of the Illinois College faculty. who was a scholar of wide renown. This initial movement in 1866 expanded into the chain of schools known as Brown's Business colleges now established in all leading cities of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Price had no childven, but reared as their son. Rufus C. Crampton, a grandchild of the late Prof. R. C. Crampton, born in 188s, who is now holding a responsible position with the Illinois Central Railroad Company at Louisville. Ky.

William T. Price is a man of energy and untiring industry, with progressive ideas and methods which enabled him to encompass materin] success along his chosen line of farming, his honorable business dealings and genial per- sonality winning the confidence and respect of all classes. He is a faithful member of the Presbyterian church, and has been an elder for many years. Volitically he is a Republican, is well known in Grand Army circles, at one time being commander of Downing Post, G. A. R., with which organization he is still prominently affiliated. Mrs. Price has marked ability, evidenced by her work in the church, in the Woman's Club and various literary societies, also in "looking well to the ways of her household," and the cheerful family home on South Main street is noted for its atmosphere of genuine hospitality.

QUERNHEIM, Theodore. - Tlle men who have devoted themselves to farming and stockraising in Cass County are gathered from among the most representative families here. and the success Which has rewarded their efforts ought to lead others to follow the same vocation. One of them thus engaged is Theodore Quernheim. owner of 1COQ acres in township IS, range 11, section 18. He was born in Germany, March 22, 184. a son of Henry and Lena (Huck) Quernheim, both natives of Germany, the former born in 183G. and the latter in 1844, and both died there. The father was a Cigar-maker in his home in Burnde-Ilerford. Germany.

Theodore Quernheim attended the common schools in Germany. and after coming to the United States immediately began working for farmers in Cass County, Ill. This work suited him so well that he continued in this line of endeavor, in time purchasing his present farm. Which he still conducts. Ile is a Republican. but has held no offices, heing too busy with his own affairs to enter public life. The Fourth Street Lutheran church of Beardstown holds his membership.

In 1893 Mr. Quernheim was married. in Cass County. to Minnie Meyer, who was born in Cass County, September 22. IS7T2. and died in 1913. She was a daughter of Charles H. and Lizzie (Carls) Meyer, natives of Germany and of Cass County, farming people. Mr. and Mrs. Quernheim had four children: Walter William, Edna K.. Ethel and Ralph C.. all of whom were born in Cass County. Mr. Quernheim is a hard working. thrifty man. whose accommodating spirit and genial manner win him many friends who hold him in high esteem.

QUIGG, Henry C. - Among the many fine farms in Cass County. Ill. are to be found some, the titles to Which have remained in the same family for several generations. Since the ancestors of the present owners came into possession of the original tracts. the face of nature and the conditions prevailing have undergone wonderful changes. and land values have been enhanced to an amazing degree. Such is the fact in regard to the farms of the Quigg family.

Henry C. Quigg was born in Cass County, T1., August 5, 1858. the location of his birth being township 17, range 10 west. He is a son of Henry and Margaret (Cotney) Quigg. the former born in Wilmington. Del., May 27, 1827, and the latter on the Atlantic Ocean, in March, 1830, during the passage from Ireland. The grandparents were William and Sarah (Rogers) Quigg. William Quigg was born in County Derry, Ireland. and with his brother emigrated to the United States in 1822. In 1832 William Quigg Was superintendent of the macadamizing of Pennsylvania Avenue. in Washington, D. C., and with his brother. at a later period. became a contractor on the first division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. also doing general contract work. The mother came to Beardstown, Tll.. living subsequently at Grand Rapids, Mich. Henry and Margaret (Cotney) Quigg were married in Cass County, February 22, 1852, and settled on a farm of 150 acres which he had purchased in township 17. where he made his home until he died. March 19, 1896, his wife having passed away January 3, 1892, and both were laid to rest in Walnut Ridge Cemetery. He had added to his land until it amounted to 425 acres.

In 1882 Henry Quigg was elected assessor, and served also as treasurer of Cass County for four years, also filling other offices. He participated in the organization of the Centennial National Bank. of Virginia. of which he was vice-president at the time of his death. He and his wife had the following children: James F., deceased ; William T.. of Oklahoma City. Okla.; John M., deceased: TWlenry C.: Sarah <A., on the home farm: Stephen A.. of Morgan County. Tll.: and Anna who lives at home.

Henry C. Quigg. who has always remained on the homestead. received his early school training in the public schools. and after reaching manhood. applied himself to the cultivation of the farm. In 1S97 the estate was settled. and Mr. Quige received as his share 135 acres. his sisters being awarded 164 acres each. Mr. Quigg has also been engaged in feeding stock on an extensive scale. but since 1900 he has rented out his land. Neither he nor his sisters ever married. In religious belief. Mr. Quigg is a Catholic: politically. he supports the principles of the Democratic party. Ile is a man of honorable character, and has the respect of all who know him.

RAUSCH, Martin. - Throueh the efforts of the more enterprising of Cass County farmers. the agricultural interests of this section have prospered. and all are benefiting as a result of their hard work and practical methods. One of these is Martin Rausch. of township 18. range 9. who wis born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. Octoher 20, 187G. a son of Martin and Mary (Faust) Rausch. The mother survives and makes her home in Germany.

Martin Rausch. who bears his father's name, came from Germany to the United States in 1893. He located at Virginia, Ill.. and worked on farms in the neighborhood for fifteen years, then rented land. all the while saving his money. In the fall of 1906 he settled permanently on his wife's farm of 155 acres, at Rich- mond Point, and has made many improvements here and successfully carries on general farming and hog and cattle raising. He works hard and gets excellent results.

On September 6, 1906, Mr. Rausch married Anna Horstman, who was born in Fulton County, Ill, January 17, 1872, a daughter of Henry and Semtka (Doering) Horstman, natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Rausch have no children. Mr. Rausch belongs to the Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat.

REARICK, Walter S. - The subject of this personal record is a member of a family whose name has been prominently associated with events in Cass County, Il., from a somewhat early period, and Walter S. Rearick himself has been one of the principal business men of the town of Ashland for a number of years, besides serving in several responsible civic positions. He is now president of the State Bank in Ashland organized under the management of Skiles, Rearick & Co., with a capital of $50,000, surplus, $25,000.

Walter S. Rearick is a native of Beardstown, Tll., where he was born July 19, 1856, a son of Francis H. and Helen M. (Shaw) Rearick, the father born in Germany in the year 1829, and the mother in Boston, Mass., her death occurring in 1905. The paternal grandparents located in southern Pennsylvania about the year 1835, journeying thence in 1SGO to Beardstown, where they spent the remainder of their lives. On the maternal side the grandparents were Joseph and Sarah (Bird) Shaw, the former of Massachusetts. and the latter of Maine. They came to Beardstown from Morgan County, Ill, about the year 1860. <All the grandparents of Mr. Rearick are buried in the same lot in the Beardstown cemetery. Francis H. Rearick was in the stove and tinware business in company with bis brother, J. W. Rearick. He was married to Ilelen M. Shaw in Beardstown. In 1858 Irancis H. Rearick was elected sheriff of Cass County. serving one term. <A few years later he was elected to the office of county judge and held the office two terms. In 1874 he disposed of his business interests here and moved to Galesburg. He and his wife had the following children. namely: Harry. of Galesburg, Il. ; Walter S.; Fannie (Mrs. W. B. Barnes), of Alhuquerque, N. M.; Mrs. Louis Becker, of Knoxville, Ill.: Allen. of New York City, attorney for the Cc. & O. KR. Railroad.

When a youth, Walter S. Rearick received his education in the common schools of Beardstown. In 1874 he entered the Cass County Bank at Beardstown, as bookkeeper, and in 1878 he was elected cashier, in which capacity he served until September, 1881. Then he resigned, and with Petefish Skiles & Co., bankers, of Vireinia, organized the Banking House of Riley, Nearick Co.. of Ashland, he becoming cashier of said bank. When the bank was incorporated he was elected president, H. B. Baxter being elected vice-president. James J. Wyatt, cashier, and E. R. Clemons, assistant cashier.

On April 18, 1882, Walter S. Rearick was united in marriage with Rachel Housekeeper, born in Beardstown, Ill., a daughter of Cheney and Emma (De Haven) Housekeeper, natives of Philadelphia. Mrs. Rearick's father was an attorney, who located in Beardstown in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Rearick have had the following children, namely: Clarice. a teacher at the Chicago Training School; Helen, at home; Annette (Mrs. Harry J. Lohman), of Ashland, J11.; and Addie, who died in 1898, at the age of five years.

In politics, Mr. Rearick is a Democrat, and has served one year as city clerk of Beardstown, and as treasurer of township 17, range 4, since 1885. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church in which he officiated as steward and trustee, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school since 1587. He is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., belonging to Ashland Lodge, No. 929; De Witt Chapter, No. 19. Petersburg. Ill.; and Hospitaler Commandery, of Jacksonville.

REID, Stuart, one of the substantial farmers of Cass County. is operating 160 acres in township 18, range 10. He was born on his grandfather's farm, about one mile east of the farm he now occupies, November 11, 1855, a son of Duncan and Jane (Wilkie) Reid, the former born in 1808, and the latter November 20. 1818, both being natives of Perthshire. Scotland, where they married in 1839. In June, 1855, they came to the United States, and before locating at Beardstown. I]l.. they had endured many hardships and with a fortitude this generation can scarcely comprehend. making a portion of the trip on foot. They spent a year in the vicinity of Virginia, Ill. and the father worked for James Cunningham for a year, following this he rented land from Robert Taylor. which was located two miles west of Mr. Reid's present farm. As soon as he had sufficient money saved up. Duncan Reid bought 120 acres of land which was then covered with brush and timber, but soon he had a space cleared on which to build a log cabin. With the assistance of his sons, the father then began to put his land under cultivation. Until his death he continued to carry on general farming and stockraising. He was a Democrat and served his community as a school director. His death occurred April 14. 1888. The mother survives, making her home with her son Stuart. These parents had the following children: William, who is of Cass County: Agnes, who died at the age of eight years in Ncotland: Mary, who died at the age of five vears in Scotland: Grace, who died at the age of two years in Scotland; James, who died in infancy in Scotland; Jean, who resides with his mother: Susan. who is teaching school in Chicago: Margaret, who is Mrs. A. R. Taylor of Virginia, Il]l.; Stuart; and Duncan, who is of Bluff Springs. I11.

farmers. Within a year, however, he returned to the homestead where he has since remained, conducting the farm for his mother and owns forty acres adjoining on the east.

On March 15, 1894. Stuart Reid married Mrs. Mary (Caywood) McGee, born July 24, 186s, widow of Everett McGee, and daughter of John and Martha (Morrison) Caywood of Cass County. By her first marriage Mrs. Reid had one child, Maud E., now Mrs. Orel Jentry of Virginia, Il].. who has three children, Everett C.. Ira IK. and Clarence E. Mr. and Mrs. Reid have the following children: James E., Nellie iE.. Dewey E.. Kenneth E., Glenn M., Stella G. and Mary S., all of whom are at home. Mr. Iteid is affiliated with the Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Republican party and is active in public affairs in this connection. For some years he has been a member of Virginia Lodge. M. W. A. No. SSS, and is popular in that organization. An honored member of the Reid household is the aged mother of Mr. Reid, who is a most remarkable lady, retaining at her adyanced age all of her faculties and enjoying life like one who has barely passed her fiftieth year.

REID, William. - In reviewing the lists of men who served this country during the Civil war, it is remarkable to note how many were of foreign birth. Many of these soldiers had not long been in this land. when they freely offered themselves to the service of their adopted country. and among those who belong to this class is Williain Reid. of township 18. range 11, now one of Cass County's responsible men. He was born in Perthshire. Scotland. January 19, 1840, a son of Duncan and Jane (Wilkey) Reid, who, in 1855, came to the United States. locating on a farm in Cass County. The father bought 125 acres in township 1S. range 11, where he died about 1880, but the mother survives, at this time of writing having attained to the extremely advanced age of ninety-five years.

Until he was twenty-one years old. William Reid remained with his parents. His edueational training was obtained in the schools of his native land, as he was engaged in hard work on his father's farm after coming here. After attaining his majority. he began working for neighboring farmers. but in 18GS moved to Philadelphia, Cass County, and was engaged in farming in that vicinity. Moving some years later to the Sangamon River bottoms. he now rents a magnificent 400-acre farm. of which he has fifty acres in a high state of cultivation, raising grain exclusively. having found by experimenting that his land is best adapted for this purpose. On February 22. 1865. Mr. Reid enlisted for service in the Civil war. in Company <A, Sixth Illinois Cavalry, and was in Mississippi and Alabama. He received his honorable discharge at Salem. in the latter state, November 5. 1865.

In 1868. Mr. Reid married his cousin, Ann W. Reid. who was born in Scotland. She died July 9. 1901, having borne her husband the following family: Dunean J.. who is of Omaha, Nebr.;

William S., who was killed in January, 1914, at Hope, Kans., by the accidental discharge of a gun, resided on a farm of 308 acres of land owned by his father; and Oliver E., who lives with his father. Mr. Reid belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian chureh, in which he has been a presiding elder since 1890. In polities he is a Republican, and has served as road commissioner and school director. For years he has been a member of Chandlerville Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No. 724. A quiet, conservative man, he has always lived up to his convictions, and is highly respected by all who know him.

REITHER, Andrew. - One of the old and honored citizens of Virginia, Ill., holding prestige as the pioneer florist of this prosperous coimmunity, is Andrew Reither, a man of substance and true worth, who has spent the greater part of his career here and through well-directed effort has met with a full measure of success. His life has been a singularly active one, passed in varied occupations and characterized in each by fidelity to engagements and honorable dealing. Mr. Reither was born March 17, 1846, in Germany and his parents, Andrew and Sophia which they were passengers lost its bearings and it was six mouths before it finally reached the harbor of New York, from whence the parents made their way to Beardstown, Ill. Mr. Reither, the father, was engaged in blacksmithing until his death in 1879. The mother survived him ten years. They were the parents of the following children: Andrew: Sophia, who is deceased: John, who is a resident of Beardstown; Philip: Kate, who became the wife of John Weaver. of Beardstown: Carrie, who is pow Mrs. Richard Dennis, of California; and Edward, of Chicago.

up that vocation at Jacksonville. Subsequently he came to Virginia, where he was the proprietor of a tonsorial establishment for fourteen years. and at the end of that period embarked as a florist, erecting the first greenhouses in this place. Te is now the owner of one block and six lots in Virginia, with a handsome residence and modern greenhouses, raises a large amount of nursery stock, and conducts the only business of its kind in this section. During his long business career Mr. Reither has built up a substantial reputation for commercial integrity and stability, and his associates have had every reason to place the highest confidence in him. During the winter months he resides in Texas, having a property at Buda, fourteen miles from the city of Austin. Mr. Reither is a Republican. but has not been an office seeker. With his family he attends the Lutheran church.

Reither: Burt, who is engaged in business with his father; Louis, who died at the age of nine years; George, who died when seven years old; and Clyde, who was five years old at the time of his death.

REITHER, John A., assistant engineer of the city water works of Beardstown, and one of the capable, experienced men of his calling, has been connected with this plant for twenty years. He was born at Beardstown, July 24, 1851, a son of Andrew and Sophia (Comedollar) Reither, natives of Frankfurt, and of Cologne, Germany. The father was a blacksmith and farmer, who married in Germany, but took his bride to France, and thence to the United States. After landing in this country he came direct to Beardstown, arriving in this city on March 1S, 1851.

John A. Reither was educated in the schools of Beardstown and learned engineering and has worked as an engineer and at pump work all his life. His promotion to the position of assistant engineer of the city water works is felt to be a well deserved elevation. He has also charge of the heating plant of the Goodell House and the Gem Theater. He owns his residence and all that he has he has earned by hard work and persistent thrift.

In April, 1895, Mr. Reither was married to Mrs. Louisa (Gilles) Lebencool, a daughter of Albert and Mary (Loyhide) Gilles. There are no children by this marriage, but Mrs. Reither had a son, Garry Lebencool, by her first marriage. Mr. Reither is a Lutheran in religious faith. In young manhood he was a Republican, but forty years ago became a Democrat and still supports the candidates of that party.

ROEGGE, William H., a well known and prosperous farmer and breeder of high grade horses in Cass County, Ill., whose farm of 280 acres is situated in township 17, range 11, and who has served as county commissioner of Cass County sinee the fall of 1912. and is now chairman of the board, is a native of this county, where he was born April 1, 1868. His residence is four miles northeast of Arenzville. He is a son of George and Mary (Schroeder) Roegge, natives of Germany, who. when young, came to the United States, settled in Illinois and made their home in Cass County. There. in the course of time, they were married and reared a family. George Roegge was a farmer by occupation and his operations were attended by success and he owned several hundred acres of fine land when he died. in 1908S. His widow passed away in 1911. They had the following children: Sophia (Mrs. W. H. Witte); William: John H.; Emma (Mrs. H. J. Korsmeyer), all of Cass County; Lucinda (Mrs. Henry Huppe). of Morgan County. Ill.; and Henry E. and Lydia (Mrs. Christian Lovekamp), of Cass County.

ville, in his youth. and remained with his parents until his marriage, which took place August 21, 1891, to Louisa Witte, born in Cass County, daughter of Henry and Minnie (Vette) Witte, natives of Germany. After he was married, Mr. Roegge moved to his present farm. On this he has erected modern buildings, the house having been completed in 1906. He has built wire fencing and tiled the farm thoroughly. Besides grain-raising, he is engaged in breeding registered Percheron and road horses. He also owns 136 acres in Morgan County, and he has been a director of the First National Bank at Arenzville, Ill.

Mr. Roegge and his wife hare the following ehildren: Lina, Clarence, Anna, Minnie, Elmer and Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Roegge belong to the Lutheran church. In politics Mr. Roegge acts with the Democratic party and has served six years as road commissioner.

ROHN, William. - The land of Cass County is well cultivated owing to the progressiveness of some of the farmers, who exert themselves to bring it into a high state of productiveness. Gne of these men, who is recognized as a very successful agriculturist, is William Rohn, farmer and stockraiser of township 18, range 12. section 21. He was born in the county, September 27, 1854, a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Lammeer) Rohn, natives of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where the father was born in 1808, and the mother in 1804. Henry Rohn came from Germany to the United States in 1884, and was married at St. Louis, Mo., to Elizabeth Lammeer, who had come to this country in the same year. They then made their way to Beardstown where Henry Rohn worked in the packing house for one year, then took up farming and continued to follow that calling the remnainder of his life on land he had entered from the government.

William Rohn attended the district schools of Cass County, and spent his boyhood in fariming. hunting and fishing. holding the record for duck shooting in this vicinity. having killed 165 of them in three hours during the spring of 1878. His farm comprises eighty acres of land, and he also has a camp which he maintains for the accommodation of hunters and fishermen that is located between some lakes and the Illinois River, and during the season it is well patronized. Mr. Rohn's genial manner and jolly laugh make him a pleasant. host and companion and he is very popular among the lovers of sport throughout the state and is one of the best known men in Cass County. A Republican, he confines his activities in politics to voting. The German Methodist church holds his membership.

Mr. Rohn was first married in Cass County, in 1876, to Augusta Machau and they had five children. three of whom are living: Edward, Anna C. and Fred H. On January 21, 1892. he married (second) Anna C. Mann, and they had four children, three of whom are living: Ethel

ROSS, William, one of the substantial men of Cass County, for many years has been an extensive farmer and raiser of live stock and owns many acres of highly improved land, his home farm being situated in township 17, range 9, Cass County. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, November 1, 1887, a son of Samuel and Margaret (Bailey) Ross, both of whom died in Ireland.

In his native land William Ross attended an academy and also a night school and when he came to the United States was a well informed young man. He set out on a sailing vessel bound for New Orleans, but storms blew the ship out of its course on the Caribbean sea, but it finally reached port after a voyage of almost seren weeks. Mr. Ross then came by steamboat te Beardstown, Ill. and then to Virginia, Cass County, where he found work en farms. He was faithful and industrious and within three years was renting land for himself near the village. on which he began to raise stock. In 1861 he sold his stock and until ING3 was engaged in trading and feeding cattle, in that year buying ninety-two and a half acres in township 17, range 9. In the fall of 1SGS he sold that place and bought 185 acres of his present farm, on which he has since lived. At that time no trees had been planted and what buildings were there were burned in 1869. Mr. Ross soon erected a large frame dwelling house and immediately began to set out trees of all kinds and now has a beautiful grove of soft maples and a three-acre orchard of apple. peach, pear, plum and cherry trees. Later Mr. Ross added eighty acres and now has 240 acres all in township 17. He owns a farm of eighty acres in township 18, range 9, on section 29. which he uses for stockraising purpeses, and additionally owns S67 In township 17. range 9, section S, and 85 acres more on section S. He has all his acres under cultivation and the rest is in timber and used as pasture land. He has his land divided into forty-acre fields by fine wire fencing with cement posts. In 1876 Mr. Ross, with William Gilbert. bought a store at Philadelphia, Dl.. in which he continued te be interested until quite recently. when he sold to zeorge Bergin of Ashland. Mr. Ross worked hard for many years and invested wisely and may now be called one of the wealthy men of Cass County. He is a stockholder and a memher of the board of directors in the Centennial Bank at Virginia. Tl.

In 1862 Mr. Ross was married to Margaret Elliott. who was born in Ireland, and died September S. 1893. She was a daughter of John and Nancy Elliott. early settlers in Cass County. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross: John, of Jacksonville. I.: Mary, wife of Alfred Campbell: Nancy. wife of W. T. Schaner, of New London, Iowa: William, who died in Towa July 24, 1894; Walter and Ethel, both living at home; Nellie, wife of Carl Thern- ley. of Cass County: a babe that died; Roy; Edith. who died in 1900; Hazel; and Hughie, who died at the age of two years, September 7, 1ss9. In politics Mr. Ross is a Democrat. He is a charter member of the M. W. A., at Virginia.

RUPPEL, Henry J. M., a prosperous general farmer and buyer of cattle, is one of the substantial men of Cass County, residing in township 17, range 11. He was born at Springfield, Ill.. March 24, 1862, a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Weigan) Ruppel. The father was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to Springfield, I1]., when voung. The mother, also a native of Hesse-Darimstadt, was a daughter of Frederick Weigan. who located at NSpringfield, Ill., when Mrs. Ruppel was a child, but later moved to Beardstown. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruppel were married at Springfield, and there Henry Ruppel worked as a shoemaker until 1st9, when he moved to Beardstown, and with a lrether started a boot and shoe manufacturing concern and also a repairing establishment, conducting both lines of business until his death in 1894. Tis wife died in 1896. Their children were as follows: Charles. who died August 6, 1905; Henry J. M.: Elizabeth, who died in 1913; John, Christian and Mollie, all of Beardstown.

Henry J. M. Ruppel attended the public and the German parochial schools of Beardstown, and when fourteen years old left home and hezgnn working for farmers, continuing to hire out by the month until he was twenty years old. He then rented his present farm in township 17. range 11. but a year later bought 100 acres of unimproved land, continuing. however, to operate his rented land as well. He kept adding to his holdings until he owned 1,150 acres, but later sold G50 acres and bought 1.260 acres in Rogers County. Okla.. and his son, Herman C., owns 240 acres of said land. Mr. Ruppel rents out the «reater part of this land. Ile has al- Ways been a general farmer and does a large business in buying. feeding and selling cattle.

On December 22, 1881, Mr. Ruppel married Amelia F. Krohe. born in Cass County, a daughter of August and Christina (Jockisch) IKrohe of Saxony, Germany. Mr, and Mrs. Krohe hecame the parents of the following children: F. A.. who is of Beardstown: Louis. who is of Schuyler County, Ill: Minnie. who is Mrs. Henry (. Korte. of Cass County: Henry, who is of Cass County: Louisa, who is Mrs. Theodore Lowner. a widow. of Morgan County, Ill.: Julia, who lives with Mr. and Mrs. Ruppel. and Amelia F.. who is now Mrs. Ruppel, the youngest of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Ruppel hecame the parents of six children, namely: August H., who is of Cass County: Herman C.. who is in Oklahoma: Arthur J.. who is of Cass County : and Marie M.. Emil H. and Rosa, who are at home. The Lutheran church holds the membership of Mr. Ruppel. He has served as road commissioner for six years. also has been supervisor, heing elected on the Democratic ticket. and is a member of the Drainage Commission, of which he is clerk. Fraternally he belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America at Bluff Springs. In every respect he is an excellent representative of the agriculturists of Cass County.

RUSSELL, Charles W. - The progressive spirit of the age has permeated every branch of endeavor, and along no line is it more clearly shown than in farming. Charles Wesley Russell of Virginia Precinct is one of the best exaniples of this fact, for in all of his work he aims to conserve natural resources and develop the possibilities of his property. He was born in Cass County, June 10, 1871, a son of William and Rebecca (Needham) Russell, natives of Scotland and England, respectively. These two caine with their parents to Cass County about 1839, and later married, settling on a farm near Virginia. Later, retiring, they moved to Virginia, where he died September 10, 1900, his widow surviving him until January 14, 1905.

Charles W. Russell, an only child, resided with his parents until the fall of 1SSS, when he entered the Univyersity of Illinois at Champaign, having previously taken a high school course at Virginia. being graduated therefrom in 1893. Following this he taught school three years in the high school of Champaign, and after this he went to the state of Mississippi, where he carried on farming until the death of his father, when he returned to Virginia. and in the fall of 1901-2 taught one term in the Virginia High school. His mother became an invalid and he took care of her until death released her, after which he moved to the homestead of sixty acres. This property he has increased by buying 100 acres and here he erected the first silo in this vicinity, which was made of staves. This was demolished in 1911 by a eyclone. and he replaced it by one made of tile blocks. The farm is appropriately named the "Clover Hill' farin, and on it he raises Poland-China hogs and ¢arries on general farming. M1. Russell was one of the first of the Cass County agriculturists to take up scientific farming. and is continually experimenting, among other things, in the raising of alfalfa. He is putting in an extensive system of water works. and has each field connected with his general supply. and his residence is piped and is in a thoroughly sanitary condition. The tank is 14 feet in diameter and 14 feet high. and it is placed on the highest point on his farm. Wis work is carried on according to intensive methods, and he has used 100 tons of rock phosphate and 50 tons of svound limestone. In fact. more of his effort goes into the preliminary work than in the after cultivation. The orchard on this farm is a well selected one of varied fruits. and he tends it in the same careful manner as he does the remainder of his land. Of this land, he aims to keep 100 acres under cultivation, and the balance in pasture and timber, maintaining an average of fifteen acres of the latter. His success in the past and the magnificent future he has already outlined for bis property. proves conclusively that almost nothing is impossible to the man who conducts his farm as any man would a business, according to set rules, with due calculation regarding cause and effect. His example ought to be of inestimable value to others in his vicinity.

On February 15, 1905, Mr. Russell was married to Florence Newman, bern in the vicinity of Virginia, August 14, 1SS1, a daughter of Alexander and Ellen (Cunningham) Newman. natives of Cass County. The grandparents of Mrs. Russell are Robert Newman and Thomas and Euphemia (Wilkie) Cunningham, natives of the Parish of Edinburg and of Abernight, Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have had three children: Mary Rebecca, whe was bern De cember 6, 1905; Edna Mae, whe was born April 6 1918; and one whe died In infancy. Mrs. Russell was educated in the public schools of the county. In religious faith, she is a Pres byterian. From 1906 te 1912, Mr. Russell served as president of the Farmers Institute. For Years he has been a member of Virginia Lodge No. 544, A. F. & A. M.

SALZENSTEIN, David H. - Many of the leading men of Cass County are numbered among those who have retired from active business life at an age when they are still in full possession of all their faculties and therefore able to give much of their energy thereafter to local affairs. There are some men who neglect early opportunities. and so are compelled to work en inte ald age, but this seems to have been the exception rather than the rule at Virginia and its neighboring Villages. for here are found many men of sub stance who are yet in middle life. Qne of the retired men of the county seat of Cass County, who has accomplished much, although not yet fifty years of age. is David H. Salzenstein, who was born at Pleasant Plains, Ill.. September 28, 1866, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Hexter) Salzenstein.

Growing up In his natire place, David H. Salzenstein was given the educational advantages there and at Springfield, Il.. to which city the family later removed. and he also attended its business college. After he was fully prepared, he became a clerk in mercantile houses at Ashland and Beardstown, working thus from 1SS7 until 1890, and later conducted a grocery store at the latter place. In August, 12, he located at Virginia and opened a dry goods, clothing and boot and shoe establishment. and se energetically devoted himself to its conduct. that when he and his partner. who was his brether Solomon. sold to the corporation of Uptmor. McIntire & Breiden. on September 4, 1911, he felt justified in retiring.

On October 21, 1896, Mr. Salzenstein married Nellie Kahn, a daughter of Solemon Kahn. at Lincoln, Ill. They have three children: LeRoy J.. Edgar S.. and Helene. the first two attending the public school. Mr. Salzenstein joined the Masonic erder at Virginia and Knishts of Pythias at Ashland, Il. In religion he is of the Jewish faith.

SAUNDERS, George Turpin, police magistrate at Beardstown, and one of the prominent figures in civic affairs, was bern at Beardstown, Tl. Mareh 22, 1845. a son of Thomas R. and Catherine (Spence) Saunders. The mother came from Tennessee with her brothers and sisters at an early day, while the father came from Philadelphia, Pa.. in young manhood, and beth settled at Beardstown, where they later were married. Their family consisted of eight children, five of whem died in infancy, the others being as fellows: John W.. George T.. and Elva J., the last named a teacher in the Beardstown public schools. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Saunders married Nerman Parsons. te which marriage there was no issue. Mr. Parsons had two sons. William and Melborne Parsons. who, with their father, enlisted fer service in the Civil war: William, who was in Cempany A.. Fourteenth IHinois Volunteer Infantry, came home right after the battle of Shiloh and died: Melborne. in Cempany C, Seventy-second Illinois Velunteer Infantry; and Norman, in Company C, Third Illinois Cavalry.

After leaving scheol George T. Saunders enlisted for service in the Civil war, entering the Seventy-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry. and afterward. at St. Louis. the First Missouri Artillery. fer three years. He was in numerous engagements and skirmishes. and while on scout duty_in the Indian campaign, participated in many thrilling events He was mustered out at St. Louis in September, 1865, and received his papers of honorable discharge. He returned to Beardstown and learned te be a harnessmaker, and was thus engaged more or less for about fifteen years. but during a portion of this time was a brakeman on the C. & A. Railroad He then went to Bloomington. Ill. and worked at his trade and was a member of the Bloom- Inston fire department for five years From there he went to Denver, Cole.. where he spent four years. working at his trade. and working alse for two winters on the milreads. and in the summer prospected in the mountains. In ISsi he returned to Beardstown and for a time continued to werk at his trade and then entered the empley ef the C.. B. & Q. Railroad. He was then elected a police magistrate and has succeeded himself for fourteen years. still holding that office. He belongs te McLean Post No. we, G. AL R. of which he is at present adjutant. An interesting fact te him and his friends is that Magistrate Saunders. who. with another lad, ran away from scheol to be present at the famous Amnstreng trial, in which Mr. Lincoln Was concerned as a lawyer, Should eccupy as his office an apartment right under the reom in which that trial was held.

On August 14. 18%. Mr. Saunders was married at Springfield. I. te Emma Gibbons. who was bern in Kentucky. near the Ohie River. and was reared by an aunt. in Schuyler County, 1. There are neo children by this marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders are living in the house his father built in 1S48, an the comer of Fifth and Washington streets At the time it was erected it was on the outskirts of the town. Mr. Saunders has always been a Republican, inheriting the political views of his father, an old-line Whig, who died in 1851, before the birth of the Republican party.

SAVAGE, Charles W., grain dealer, and an efficient business man and public spirited citizen at Virginia, Ill., was born three miles from Virginia, Cass County, January 12, 1853, and is a son of Henry S. and Sarah Frances (Ward) Savage, who were the parents of thirteen children, eight of whom died in infancy. The father. Henry S. Savage, died in 1865, and the mother reared the five surviving children carefully and conscientiously. They were as follows: Charles W., Edward E., Louis L. and H. S., all residing in Cass County; and Nellie, who married Henry Collins and died in Spokane, Wash., in 1897, leaving two children, Ward and Elizabeth Collins.

John Savage, the grandfather, came to Morgan County, Ill.. in 1822, and settled at Diamond Grove. where his son, Henry S. was born in 1824. He came from New York to Morgan County, and a few years later removed to Cass County, took up government land and became a man of substance and prominence, owning large bodies of land at time of death in 1863, and having served as sheriff of Cass County for two terms. John Savage married Elizabeth Smith, who died in January. 1875, aged seventy-five years. They had the following children: Spencer, Henry S., John. George, Charles, Emily (Mrs. John Pratt), and Harriet (Mrs. Oliver Silverthorn). John Savage built the first log house at Jacksonville and there are traces of his building work still to be found in different parts of the county. The maternal grandfather, Jacob Ward, came from IWentucky to Arcadia, Morgan County, where he was one of the first settlers and later removed to Cass County where he became a very prominent man and was one of the county commissioners at the time Cass was separated from Morgan County. He married Eliza Stephenson and they had two children, Jane, who married James Beggs and died one year after marriage, and Sarah Frances, who became the wife of Henry 8. Savage.

Charles Ward Savage grew up on his father's farm and attended the local schools and also those of Jacksonville. For about seven years after beginning to work for himself, Mr. Savage engaged in farming. In 1878 he came to Virginia where he embarked in a grain and lumber business. and has since conducted the grain business on a large scale. the firm style being Cc. W. Savage & Son. Although he has served three times as mayor of Virginia, he was never a candidate for the office, but proved exceedingly efticient and useful when elected and it was during his administration that the pavements were laid. the sewer system put in and other public improvements started.

have had five children: Louise, wife of Clifford Ireland, of Peoria, Ill.; Mae, who is at home; Harriet, wife of E. B. Conover, of Springfield, Ill.; Kathryn, who is the wife of John McHenry, of Springfield; and Charles C., who is associated in business with his father, married Lucilla Fullenweider, and they have one child, Caroline. The mother of the above children died in 1893. aged thirty-seven years. Mr. Savage was married again in 1897, at Petersburg, IIl., to Nellie, a daughter of Daniel Rule. Mr. Savage has passed all the chairs in the local lodge of Odd Fellows. He belongs to the Christian church and has been very active as a church official, having been a deacon for many years and secretary, clerk and treasurer for a long period.

SAVAGE, Henry Seymour, president of the Farmers National Bank of Virginia, and one of the best known figures in the banking circles of Cass County, was born in this county, August 29, 1865, a son of Henry Seymour and Sarah Frances (Ward) Savage, and the youngest of the thirteen children born to his parents. Not only did he attend the publie schools of Jacksonville, to which place his parents moved when he was a child, but he also took the high school course, and entering Princeton University, was graduated therefrom in 1887. He then became a clerk in a banking institution at Spokane, Wash., and was there for five years, and on returning to Illinois in 1893, located at Virginia. His father was one of the organizers of the Farmers National Bank at that place, but died before the organization was completed. Shortly after the above bank opened for business, his mother purchased some stock and later Mr. Sayage became associated with it. In 1911 he was elected its presiding officer and is still president of it.

The Farmers National Bank of Virginia was organized in 1865, with a capital stock of $50,000, and its first officers were: Samuel S. Vance, president ; Henry H. Hall, vice president ; John H. Wood. cashier. Its present capital is $50,000 surplus and undivided profits $40,000. The present officers are: Henry S. Savage. president; James Maslin, vice president; R. C. Taylor, cashier; V. E. Robertson, assistant cashier; and F. M. Robertson. assistant cashier. The members of the Board of Directors are: James Maslin. Detrich Brockhouse, V. E. Robertson, hk. C. Taylor. and H. 8. Savage.

On April 2, 1912. Mr. Savage was married at Virginia. to Edith Alba, a daughter of Archibald and Sarah (Cosner) Mains. My. Savage is a member of the Elks of Jacksonville. For five years he served as a member and as chairman of the Republican County Central Committee for Cass County, and was closely identified with his party's work.

SCHAAD, John C. - It is a gratifying task to trace the successive steps in the progress of those men whose advancing years have done credit to the opportunities of their earlier career, and resulted in creating conditions of domestic prosperity and comfort within the sphere of their exertions. Of this class of farmers and stockraisers in Cass County, J. C. Schaad, whose home is in Oakford, is a conspicuous example. He was born in the county where he still resides on December 5, 1861. His father, Carl Schaad, also a farmer by occupation, was a native of <Altensclerf. Germany, where his birth took place December 23, 1830, and his mother was born in Saxony inthe year 1886. Carl Schaad emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1852. locating first in New Orleans. From that city he moved to St. Louis, Mo.. and finally settled in Cass County.

During his boyhood J. C. Schaad attended the district school, after which he spent one term at a business college in Jacksonville, Ill. and then applied himself to the work of assisting his father in operating the home farm. The farm of Mr. Schaad consists of 176 acres of land, located in section 20. township 19, range 8, Cass County, Ill. and Oakford. Ill. is his postoffice address. In 18S Mr. Schaad went to Kansas to farm. but after staying three years in that state returned to his farm in Cass County.

Mr. Schaad was married by Rev. Wilson to Emma Matilda Carlton. whe was born in Greene Ceunty, Tl. April 25, ISS], a daughter of Isaac and Louisa (Hinsen) Carlton, the former born January 11, 184. in the vicinity of Winchester, Scott County. Ill... and the latter in Greene County, Il.. December 23. 18GO. Isaac Carlton was a soldier in the Civil war. serving three years and ten months in Company F, Sixtyfirst Tlinois Volunteer Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Schaad have one son, Arthur Dewey. There are four children by a former marriage: William C.. Frank, Oliver, and Lila Matilda.

In politics Mr. Schaad is a Republican. He has filled the office of district cemmissioner for three years. and that of school director for twelve rears. rendering efficient and acceptable service in both. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Lodge No. 724. A. F. & A. M.. of Chandlerville. and is also a member of Camp Tecon. M. W. A. Afr. Schaad is connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He is a very industrious man. quiet in disposition. of firm but undemonstmtive character. and commands the respect and enjoys that esteem of all with whom he is brought into contact.

SCHAAD, Robert - There are few better cultivated farms in Cass County. Il.. than that lying in township IS. range 10. n.. which is the property of Robert Schaad. Although still a young man. Mr. Schaad has manifested those sterling qualities of industry. thrift, economy and sound judgment that have enabled him to forge ahead within a brief period. until. with the start given him by energetic and foresighted predecessors in the work. he can boast the ownership of one of the most desirable farming properties to be found within the limits of the county. A share of this enhancement in ralue is due however. to the patient toil and tireless energy of Robert Schaad's worthy parents, Andrew and Miza (Taylor) Schaad, the former a native of Hesse-Darmstadt. Germany, and the latter of Campbelltown, Scotland.

Andrew Schaad came with his mother and brother to the United States and settled in Cass County. Ill.. when he was sixteen years of age, and for a time werked out by the month until they started farming for themselves on rented land. Continuing thus for several years. they jointly purchased a farm which they cultivated together for a long period. About four years after his marriage Andrew Schaad_ bought eighty-five acres of the farm where the subject hereof now lives. and kept adding to his first purchase, until he had accumulated 200 acres of choice land on the Sangamon River bottom, also fifty acres in township 19. range 11.' and sixty acres on the bluff. Here he carried on farming until his death March 7. 1912. when seventyseven years old. His wife had passed away August 29. 1909. They had the following children: Niel, Charles and Margaret. deceased ; Robert ; and Catherine and Maud, who live with Robert.

The homestead farm was left to the son, Robert. who now cultivates about 150 acres, renting out the remainder. <A farm of 248 acres, lying near the line of Menard County, fell to the two sisters jointly. Mr. Schaad and his two sisters also own twenty shares in the State Bank at Chandlerville. Robert Schaad was born on the Sangamon River bottom. in township 1S, range 10, November 19, 1873. During his early youth he attended the district schools of his neighborhood, and for six months was a pupil in the Whipple Academy at Jacksonville. In politics. Mr. Schaad is identified with the Republican party, and since 1902. has rendered efficient public service as school director. In religious belief he is a Presbyterian. He is affiliated with Lodge No. 604, Knights of Pythias, of Chandlerville; and the D. O. K. K. of Jacksonville. He is a man who is much liked by : large circle of friends. and commands general respect among his neighbors.

SCHAAD, Thomas F., one of the substantial farmers of Cass County who is now operating the homestead of his family which he bought from the other heirs at his mother's death, was born September 25, 1ST4. in township 18, range 10. this county, a son of Carl and Augusta (ietsch) Schaad, natives of Germany. They ciume to Cass County when young, and later married, after which they resided at Meredosia for a short period. They then bought 150 acres of land on the Sangamon Liver bottom, and later fifty acres near the Sangamon River. The land was very swampy, but Carl Schaad understood farming. and put it in good condition, fencing the fields and making many improvements. He died February 1, 1877, his widow surviving him until January 17, 1905. Their children were: John C.. who is of Cass County; Mary and Minnie, who live on the homestead;

Thomas F. Schaad attended the schools of his district and the Illinois State University at Champaign, Ill. Having grown up on the farm, he was qualified to take charge of it, and since buying it has carried on grain farming and raises some stock, meeting with gratifying success.

On March 22, 1905, Mr. Schaad married Louella Taylor, born in Cass County, a daughter of William and Mary E. (Horrom) Taylor. There are no children of this marriage. Mr. Schaad belongs to Hickory Presbyterian church, of which he has been an officer since 1902, and superintendent of Sunday school since 1900. A Republican, on that ticket he was elected road clerk; has been a drainage commissioner since 1805, and has also served as township treasurer of schools, this prominence illustrating the fact that he is a man of considerable influence in his neighborhood. The Modern Woodmen of America at Chandlerville hold his membership.

SCHAEFFER, Charles A. was born in Cass County, Ill. May 24. 1855. He is the eldest son of Calvin S. and Mary Jane (Shafer) Schaeffer. His paternal grandparents were Philip and Highly (Hoover) Nchaeffer, who came to Illinois from Ohio, soon after Illinois was admitted into the Union. His maternal grandparents were Christopher and Rachel (Emerich) Shafer, who were natives of Virginia. Both sets of ancestors were farmers and landowners in Cass County. The father of Charles A. Schaeffer is still living and is now eighty years old, but the mother, Mary Jane (Shafer) Schaeffer. died in 1906. The children of Calvin S. and Mary Jane Schaeffer Ares mecGharlies A. a\\interss bas) Willian Ds: Rachel A.. wife of C. E. Davis; Jennie M.. wife of Henry Betz. all of Cass County: and George W.. of Council Bluffs. Iowa.

Charles A. Schaeffer received his education in the district schools, the high school. and the State Normal School. At twenty-two years of age he began active responsible life. on his own account. as a teacher in the public schools of the county. On the thirty-first anniversary of his birth Charles A. Schaeffer received the noniination of his party for the office of county superintendent of schools of Cass County. and was chosen to the office in the ensuing election. Four years later he was re-elected by a greatly increased majority. During these eight years he made his home at Virginia. Il]. In 1890 he purchased the Virginia Enquirer. a weekly newspaper. which he later sold to IF. FE. Downing. In December. 1894. having purchased a half interest with Allert S. Coil in the Weekly Enterprise. he moved his family to Beardstown. where they have since made their home. Under the firm name of Coil and Schaeffer. editors and proprietors, the Weekly Enterprise was changed to a tri-weekly on March 3, 1895. In 1901 the firm added a daily which they named the Mornjug Enterprise. From thence the publications of the firm of Coil and Schaeffer were the W eekly

Enterprixe and the Morning Enterprise. On January 1. 1914, Charles A. Schaetter purchased the interest of his partner, Albert S. Coil, in the Enterprise newspaper plant, and he and his son, Ledru G. Schaeffer, having a short time before purchased the Illinoian Star, daily and Weekly, father and son consolidated the two plants, including the job departments of both, and began business under the firm name of the Schaeffer Publishing Company. The publications under the ownership and management of the co-partnership, known as the Schaeffer Publishing Company, are the Tlinoian Star, daily (Independent). and the Weekly Enterprise (Democratic).

In 1882 Mr. Schaeffer was joined in marriage With Miss Nellie M. Garner, daughter of Rey. W. 8. and Mrs. Naney M. (Crews) Garner, of Oregon Precinct. Cass County. Of this union three children were born: Ledru G., Edna K. and Mary Helen. The last named died at the age of four years.

Charles A. Schaeffer. besides being a public school teacher. county superintendent of schools and newspaper owner and editor. was in 1892 admitted. after an examination before the Supreme court of the state, to practice law in the courts of Illinois. In 1896 he was elected state's attorney for Cass County and served one

SCHALL, Edward, has made a fine record as a farmer since reaching years of maturity, at which time. 1891. he rented his first farming land and started out in the world for himself. Constant application to the task he had in hand. economical management, frugality and sood judgment have won for him a measure of success that gives him recognition among the best grain raisers and milk and butter producers in Cass County. All this progress has heen attained. moreover while still a comparatively voung man, for, he was born as late as March 11. 1866, at Peoria. Til.. and his parents were Charles and Mary (Dechert) Schall, the father being an emigrant from Hesse, Germany, and the mother of American nationality. Charles Schall located in Cass County. Ill... in the sixties. where he began his married life, after a few years spent as a clerk in Beardstown. He Was variously engaged until he ultimately bought a farm. on which he lived until January, 1913, dying then at the age of seventy-two years. Ile married Mary Dechert and they had the following children: Edward: Henry C., of Morgan County, Tll.: Charles H.. of Cass County ; Caroline (Mrs, Ed. Bierhaus). of Cass County, and Albert H., of Cass County. The mother of these children died and the second wife of Charles Schall bore him the following children: Julius. of Beardstown: Alexander and Harry of Cass County: and Edith and Irene, on the home place.