Christian County, Illinois - Chapter 14, 1880 (part 3 of 4)

At the tender age of eight years he was left with his bravehearted mother to begin the battle of life, and, as best he could, to keep from their door the hungry wolf of poverty, which so long had stood glancing and impatient in the yard. He was employed for four months by a wealthy lady to drive cows to pa.5ture, at seventy-five cents a month. He was then engaged for two years as a message boy in the telegraph office at five dollars a month, and was instructed by the kind operator in writing and arithmetic. A railroad was built into Circleville, and he became a newsboy and fruit dealer. He was encouraged and patronized by every body, and had some opportunity for culture.

AVhen about twelve years old, while bathing in the Scioto river, he saved the life of George Grouse, and this incident, when related in Kirkwood's picturesque language and animated style, is one of the most interesting and romantic in his history. It proved him to be a brave and manly boy, won him the favor and support of a wealthy and cultivate<l family, opening to him the avenues of refined society.

At the age of seventeen he enlisted in the three months' service under C'apt. " Don " Piatt, in Co. C, 13th Regt. O. V. I., as drummer boy, and remained at Camp Dennison until discharged. He re-enlisted as a private in Co. C, 61st Regt. O. V. I., and served under Fremont in Shenandoah Valley, in 1862, and after the battle of Cross Keys, crossed the Blue Ridge and served under Pope threugh the memorable campaign which ended with the second battle of Bull Run. He was first made Corporal, then Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant and Captain of his company.

He fought under !McClellau, at Antietam ; under Burnside, at Fredericksburg ; under Fighting Joe Hooker, at Chancellorsville, and under Meade, at Gettysburg - went south with Hooker and fought at Look-out Mountain, in the battle above the clouds and iu the battle of Jlissiou Ridge, and then proceeded to Knosville to the relief of Burnside, who was besieged by Longstreet.

Their time having expired. Captain Kirkwood and his company veteranized and went home on furlough - thirty days - whose immensity of pleasures and glory beggars language and defies description.

They returned to duty at Rocky Face, Ga., and marched under Sherman to Atlanta, and "fi'om Atlanta to the sea." At Savannah he was made Commissary of the Brigade, and after it fell went through the Carolinas to Washington and rejoined the Army of the Potomac. He was discharged at Louisville, K_v., August, 1865, and thus closed his long, severe, eventful and spotless military career-

His next venture was in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, where he lost his all through the treachery of a friend. He went to Cleveland, and from there started for Kansas City, but was forced to go into winter quarters at Pana, 111., for want of funds. He worked for his board during the winter of 1866 and '67 for John Hunter, in Shelby county. In the spring, aided by Mr. Hunter, he opened a three horse livery stable in Assuinjition, and soon after a hack line to Taylorville (the first and only daily line to that place) which line was maintained until superseded by the railroad.

In 1869 he moved to Taylorville and continued in the livery business until Nov., 1873, when he was elected County Clerk on the democratic ticket by an unprecedented majoritj' of 932 votes. For four years he served the people of this county as County Clerk, in a most satisfactory manner. As an officer he was affable, correct and honest, and at the expiration of his term his many friends urged him to become a candidate for re-election. But wishing to engage in regular business, lie declined in favor of ]\Ir. Whitmer, and after assisting in the struggle which resulted in Whitmer's election, he moved to St. Louis, where he now resides.

" Kirk's " strong points are his courage, his integrity and his brain. He is formed for j)olitical combinations and leadership. Nothing escapes his eye and ear. Nothing slips from the iron grasp of his memory, and nothing is beyond the reach of his shrewdness and invention. While others sleep he labors, and, of course, where others fail he succeeds.

A penniless boy, he forced his way to recognition and success, and left behind him a multitude of friends, real friends, who have confidence that hereafter, as heretofore, he will never shirk a duty hoist a white flag or tarnish the purity and brightness of his personal honor.

One of the most prominent early settlers of Christian county, was Major D. D. Shumway, who was born in AVilliamsburg, Worcester county, Massachusetts, September 28, 1813. Attracted by the glowing accounts of the far west, he, on attaining his majority, emigrated from the "granite hills" of his native state in 1834, and settled at first in Zanesville, Ohio, where he remained till the year 1837, when he removed to Zanesville, Montgomery county, Illinois, and embarked in mercantile pursuits.

On the 3d of Juue, 1841, he was married to Miss Emily R. Eountree, daughter of the late Hon. Hiram Rountree, of Hillsboro, 111. In the spring of 1843, he removed to Christian county, and on the prairie some four miles east of Taylorville, improved a farm of several hundred acres, on which he resided till the year 1851, when he became a resident of Taylorville. There he again engaged in mercantile Ijusiness, and continued with marked succe-ss till 1858.

The Major was accustomed to relate the following rather amusing incident: When his first goods were landed in Taylorville, he Wiis accosted by a sturdy-looking blacksmith with, "I say. Major, have you got any vht-if "

In 1858, he retired from active life, and expended a large part of his accumulated wealth in improving his landed property, and especially in adorning and beautifying his homestead adjacent to town.

He was a gentleman of culture and taste, and it wa.s one of the chief purposes of his life to make his home pleasant and attractive to his family.

He was a man of noble, generous di.'^position, and was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. He filled with honor the offices of County Commissioner, (Montgomery county), Major of State jMilitia, and County Judge, (Christian county). In 1845, he was elected to the legislature from the counties of Christian and Shelby, and at the following session was elected clerk of the State Senate. In 1848, he was elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention, and was prominent in the important deliberations of that body.

After his retirement from mercantile pursuits, he commenced the practice of law to the reading of which he had devoted his leisure hours while in business.

He possessed one of the finest libraries in the country, and his fund of information on all the leading topics of the day was as ample as his collection of books was complete.

At the time of his death and for many years previous, he was master iu Chancery of the county. For several years he was an honored member of both the county and state Agricultural Societies, and always took a lively interest in the farming pursuits of the county.

To him is due much praise for advancing the material prosperity of this town and county. Bv his eff()rt.s and speeches, he contributed very largely to the securing of railway communication through Christian county, and gave liberally of his time and means to all public enterprises, thus proving himself to be not only a jiublicspirited man but a noble benefactor of his race. While a member of the state legislature, he never failed to guard the interests of his own district, and to advocate wise and j^rudent legislation for all parts of this great commonwealth.

The location of the Terre Haute and St. Louis Railroad through the south-eastern part of his county, at that time, a wild unsettled region, was accomplished by his untiring energy and legislative strategy.

Otherwise Christian county would have been deprived of this important medium of travel and traffic, and of the flourishing towns of Pana and Rosemond. He became also one of the incorporators and directors of the Springfield and South-eastern Railroad. He held and discharged the duties of many minor offices always with honor and fidelity, never Ijetraying any trust reposed iu him by his fellow-citizens. The Major devoted much time to the interests of Masonry.

In 1839, he was made a master Mason, and was a charter member of Mound Lodge and the Taylorville Chapter, and after serving his Lodge as Worshipful Master for eighteen successive years, he was complimented on his retiring therefrom with a Past Master's Jewel. He was High Priest of the Chapter at the time of his death, and was buried with Masonic honors.

He contributed freely to the M. E. Church at Taylorville, and sad to relate his was the first corpse borne from the sanctuary his own hands had helped to erect. His death occurred May 9, 1870. On the day of his funeral, the stores, shops and public buildings closed their dooi's, that all might pay the last sad tribute of respect to departed worth, and mingle their tears and sympathy with the bereaved fiimily. His widow still survives, and his seven children, as follows : Hiram P. Shumway, John N. C. Shumway, D. Dwight Shumway, Augustus F. Shumway, Nellie Shumway.

Mrs. Sarah Moore, wife of D. T. ]\Ioore, of Nebraska, and Mrs. Nannie Weber, wife of Geo. W. Weber, - all amply provided with the comforts of life.

The Squier family are natives of New Jersey. David F., tlie father of Jolin J., emigrated ft'om that state to Ohio at au early dav. He remained there until 1844, when he came to Illinois, and settled in Stonington township, Christian county. He subsequently removed to Taylorville, where he died in 1854. He engaged in farming until his removal to Taylorville, after which he followed merchandizing. He married Elizabeth Smith, who was also a native of Xew Jersey. She died in 1879, in Taylorville. There were eight children by this union, four of whom have survived the parents. The subject of this sketch is the sixth in the family. He was born in Sandusky county, Ohio, February 18th, 1842. He received a good education in the schools of Christian county. At the age of 16 years he entered the circuit clerk's office of this county, where he continued as clerk for several years. He then taught school for a time, worked on a farm, and afterwards learned jshotograjjhy. The latter business he continued for three years. In 1866 he purchased a half interest in the Tui/loiTille Flag, a Eepublican newspaper, printed in Taylorville, the name of which was subsequently changed to the Republican, and which still continues as the principal exponent of Republican ideas in the county. He became sole owner of the journal in 1867. As a newspaper man, Mr. Squier has demonstrated his ability to run a newspaper successfully. He early recognized the fact that in that busine.«s it requires close and careful management, and good business qualifications if success was to be attained. The latter qualification he possesses in an eminent degree. As a writer, Mr. Squier is about the average.

and he makes his journal interesting and instructive to his readers. Politically, the Republican wields an influence second to no other journal in the district. In 1872, Jlr. Squier was appointed pos1> master by President Grant, and re-appoiuted in 1877, and at present exercises and performs the arduous and perplexing duties of that office, to the entire satisfaction of the people of this vicinity. On the 5th day of October, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Anderson. She is a native of Indiana, but was a resident of Taylorville at the time of her marriage. Four children, three of whom are living, are the fruits of this union. In politics, it will be readily known that ilr. Squier is a republican. He cast his first presidential vote for the martyr Lincoln, in 1864, and since that time he can be placed with the stalwarts of that political organization. He is an honored and active member of the ancient and honorable order of Freemasonry. Besides the publishing of his paper and duties of postmaster, he is a member of the firm of Simpson & Squier, dealers in books, periodicals and notions. Thus have we briefly sketched the life of Mr. Squier. In his manners, he is of pleasing address and unpretentious style, of rather a reticent and retiring disposition. As stated above, he is possessed of more than ordinary business qualifications, and, being a man of energy, has, as a matter of course, succeeded, where perhaps others would have foiled. He exhibits enterprise and skill in the publication of his journal, and is fully abreast with the times in all new ideas in the progressive art of modern juurnalism. In his cfharacter as a man and citizen he bears an honorable record.

The present efficient Circuit Clerk was bdrn in MoutgnnuMT county, Illinois, January 5th, 1831. Henry Hill, his father, was a native of South Carolina. The Hill family removed to Kentucky and settled in Warren county, ami in 18'i!l came tn Illimiis ami settled in Montgomery county, where they rciiiaiurd until 1842, when they removed to Fayette county. In 18.56 Henry Hill came to Christian county, and remained here until 1857, when he returned to Montgomery county, where he lived until his death, which occurred in ilarch, 1862. He was by occupation a farmer and school-teacher. He married Euth Adams. 81ic was a native of Vi}'ginia, but a resident of Warren county. Kiuturky, at the date of his marriage. She survived her husband Imt twn weeks, dying in the same month and year. Eleven ciiildien were the fruits of that marriage, eight of whom have survived the parents. Joshua A. is the third in the family. He, in his youth, received a limited education in the coinmim schools of his native county. The schools, and educatitmal system of Illinois, forty years ago, were very crude and iiupcileit, as compared with the present, and the youth of that day had to be C(mtent with what would now be regarded as a very slight education. Mr. Hill, at a comparatively early age, became self-supporting and reliant. He worked upon a farm, and when the Illinois Central railroad was in progress of building, he helped to grade the track and get out ties upon which to place the iron. In 1852, and prior to this, he came to Taylorville and found work, and a.ssi.sted in getting out the tindiers for the mill that stood in the west jiart of the town. He afterward returned to Fayette county, where he remained until February, 1855, when he moved his family to, and permanently settled in this county. He engaged in farming upon his arrival here, and continued in that occupation for a number of years. He was elected Justice of the Peace twice. He was the first Town Collector of

South Fork township, under the township organization act. In 1867, '68, he was Deputy Sheriff under John White, and in 1868 was elected Sheriff, and remained in office until his term expired, in 1870. He then engaged in mercantile business in Taylorville for a short time, when he went to his farm and remained there until 1874, when he was elected Sheriff of the county for the second time, and that, too, without opposition. He remained in office until 1876, when he was elected Circuit Clerk, and at pre.sent discharges the duties of that office in a manner that gives entire sati.*- faction to his numerous friends. In politics Mr. Hill is a democrat. He cast his first vote for Franklin Pierce, in 1852, and since that time has been a reliable and consistent member of that political organization. He is also a member of the A. F. A. M. Lodge, both Blue Lodge and Chapter. On the 22d of April, 1852, lie was united in nmrriagc to Jliss Elizabeth Casey, a native of Fayette county. 111. Her father, Thomas Casey, was born in Kentucky. This union has been blessed with six children, five of whom are living. Martha, the eldest daughter, died in her nineteenth year. The othei-s are yet beneath the parental roof, except Sarah J., who is the wife of I. J. Glass. The names of the others are, Mary E., Amanda, Emma, and Levi Eugene Hill. As an official of the county, Mr. Hill po.ssesses the entire confidence of his constituents. He is a reliable, capable and trustworthy servant of the people. That this is the verdict of the citizens is attested by his frequent elections to responsible offices. In his manners he is a quiet, unobtrusive gentleman and a straightforward man, polite and attentive to all who come in contact with him in his official position. He has been honored by his fellow-citizens by being elected to different offices, for which he returns them his sincere thanks, and in retiring to farm-life once more, feels the proud satisfaction of knowing that he carries with him their best wishes.

This gentleraau represents the substantial farmers and prominent stock dealers of Christian county. His father, Stephen U. May, removed from Kentucky and settled near Whitehall, in Greene county, Illinois, in 1842. He soon after removed to near Wilmington, where he remained until his death in 1844. He married Elizabeth J. Allen, who was also a native of Kentucky. She died in 1849. There were six children by this marriage, three of whom are living. Thos. G. is the youngest of the family, and was born in Butler county, Kentucky, April 28th, 1837. His father and mother dying while he was yet in his youth, he was deprived of the advantages of even a common school education. He was thrown upon his own resources, and was compelled to provide for his own maintenance, at an age when youth needs the kind and caressing hands of parental affection. But if he was disciplined in a hard school, it taught him habits of self-reliance, which have been of service to him in every subsequent step in life. He remained in Greene county until 1856, when he went to JIcLean county, in this state, and worked upon a farm, and soon afterward leased land and engaged in farming, and so continued until 1862, when he came to Christian county and settled in Taylorville township, where he resides at present. During his residence in this county he has engaged in agricultural pursuits and live stock shipping. In the latter business he has, in connection with others, been among the lai'gest and most extensive buyers and shippers in the county.

On the 9th of September, 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Emeline Simmons. She was born in Indiana, but was a resident of McLean county at the time of her marriage. By this union there have been six children, four of whom are living. Their names are John Irvin, James T., Levi A. and Minnie Ellen.

In politics he was fornu'rly a democrat, and cast his first vote for Stephen A. Douglass for President in 18G0 ; but after the breaking out of the war he arrayed himself on the side of the party of the union and constitutimial liberty, and since that time he has been a consistent and reliable member of the republican organization. In 1876 he was nominated by the republican party of Christian county in convention assembled for the office of Sheriff, and at the ensuing election in November following was elected by a handsome majority, notwithstanding the county was largel}' democratic. Another evidence of his popularity and standing as a citizen of the county was shown in his running twelve hundred votes ahead of his party's strength. He remained in office and discharged the duties thereof in a manner that gave complete satisfaction to those who had honored him with their suffrages ; and when his term expired he returned to his farm in this township, where he had formerly resided, and commenced again his agricultural pursuits. Before he was elected Sheriff he was, in the years 1875 and 1876, elected Assessor for his township, and was appointed in 1880 Census Eimraeratoi- for Taylorville township outside of the corporation of the city of Taylorville.

Mr. May is one of those who started in life unaided. Left an orphan at an early age, he had to go out and take his place among men and earn a livelihood for himself. What he has now, In the way of worldly possessions, has been the accumulation of his own toil and patient industry, aided by economical habits and good management. In thus accumulating he has made for himself at the same time a name for strict honesty and integrity in both public and private life.

Is a native of Ohio. He was born in the viUage of Jacksdntowu, Licking county, on the 2d day of February, 1847. The Whitmcr family, on the paternal side, is of German ancestry. Jolin Whitmer, the father of Charles, was a native of Pennsylvania. He came with hLs father to Ohio at an early period in the history of that state. In Septemlier, 1847, the family left Ohio, and removed to Crawtord county, Illinois, and entered a large bod}' of land. John Whitmcr remained there until November, 1856, when he removed to Edina, Knox county, Missouri, where he followed the trade of cariienter and house-joiner. He subsequently moved to IMacon I'uiinty, in the same state, and in 1861, at the breaking out of the «ar. he ciuik' back to Illinois, and stopped in Hanc<ick county, subsequently removing to Sangamon county, and, in the Sjiring of 1862, hjcated in South Fork towushiji, Christian county. He then engaged in fiirming, at which he continued until his death, which occurred Sejjt. 28, 1874. He married Sarah Overmicr, a native of Pennsylvania, but a resident of Ohio at the time of her marriage. She was also of German ancestry. She died in South Fork township, Christian county, Illinois, January 9th, 1874.

Nine children arc the fruits of this marriage, sis of whom havt' survived the parents. Of the latter all liave reached the age of maturity, and all are residents of this county. Charles is the eighth in the family. He had but slight opportunities for receiving even a good common school education. His advantages in this direction were mainly between the years of ten and fourteen. In these four years he attended the schools of his neighborhdcid during the winter months, and in the summer worked upon tlie farm. In May, 1864. while yet in his seventeenth year, he enlisted in Company A, 13od Regt. Ills. Vols. He was honorably discharged in Scjitendjcr of the same year. In 1868 he was app<Mnted deputy under Slieritt"

Hill, with whom he remained until the end of his term. He then clerked for several years in a dry goods store in Taylorville, and was also for some time book-keeper in H. M. Vandeveer & Co.'s bank. In 1874, he again entered the office of Sheriff Hill, as deputy. He remained in the sherifl"s office until the expiration of Hill's term. In 187(), Mr. Hill was elected circuit clerk of Christian county, and the subject of our sketch served with him as deputy clerk. He remained in that capacity until 1877, when he received the nomination for county clerk at the hands of the democratic party. At the ensuing election in November of the same year, he was elected by a majority in excess of his party vote.

On the 28th day of April, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss T. A. Greenwood, who is a native of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois. Her father is a native of Kentucky, and her mother of New Jersey, and both of English descent. Three children have blessed and cemented the marriage, two of whom are living, viz : Nellie M. and Freddie E. Whitmer. In politics it is hardly necessarjf to say that Mr. Whitmer is and always has been a staunch and reliable democrat. His first presidential vote was cast for Seymour and Blair, in 1868, and since that time he has adhered to the fortunes of that political organization. He is a respected member of the honorable order of A. O. U. W.

In his manners Mr. AVhitmer is a kind, genial gentleman, with a pleasant and affable address. In the affiurs of his office, and in the capacity of county clerk, he is methodical and correct, and in the discharge of his duties is prompt and industrious. He is a good business man, and under his management the county's interest will be looked after and attended to with scrupulous exactness. His character as a citizen is above reproach.

John Bond Eicks

Both brauclies of the Kicks family are of English descent, the ancestors of whom camo to America and settled in the Carolinas prior to the revolutionary war. Kichard Ricks, the paternal grandfather, was a soldier of the revolution. The family subsequently moved to Kentucky, where AVilliam S. Ricks, the father of the present sketch, was born. lie came to Illinois in the spring nf 1835, and settled on Bear creek, on sect. 34, town 12, range 3 west, where he had purchased land of his brother-in-law. Col. Thomas P. Bond. He afterwards entered considerable bodies of land in other parts of the township and county. He remained there until an advanced age, when he moved to Hillsboro, and subsecjuently to near Springfield, where he died March 7th, 1873. During his life he was a prominent man, particularly in the earh' history of the county. He was instrumental in having Christian county stricken oft' He was the first sherifl', and was re elected for the seconi term He also in 1844 represented the district in the legislature, and while a member of that body was the room-mate and intimate friend of Lyman Trumbull. He married Margaret U. Bond. She was born in South Carolina, but was a resident of Kentucky at the time of her marriage. She died in 1865. Mr. Ricks afterward married Edith Gibson. She is now a resident of Canton, Kentucky. By the fir.-t marriage there were eleven children, five of whom are living. Jolm B. is the fifth in the family, and was born in Trigg county, Kentucky, near the Cumberland river, November 14th, 1833.

He attended the country schools of Christian county, and received such instruction as they could give, and also spent one term at the seminary in Mechanicsburg, in Sangamon county, and afterward entered McKendree College at Lebanon, Illinois, where he remained two terms; then returned home and engaged in stock business, iu which he became the most extensive dealer and largest shipper in the county. He continued in the business until 1873. In 1865 he was elected Sheriff" of Christian county. In 1860 he was nominated by acclamation for the ofiice of representative in the legislature, and in November of the same year was elected by a handsome m'ajority. While a member of that body he was on several important committees, among which was the committee to investigate the Insane Asylum at Jacksonville and other state institutions. He was one of the committee who accepted the place for the new State-house, and fought for its present location. In 1868 he was elected Circuit Clerk. In 1872 he was re-elected, and went out of office at the expiration of the term in 1876.

On the 24th of December, 1851, he married Miss Docia B. Haines, a native of Kentucky, but a resident of Sangamon county at the time of her marriage. Five cliildren have been born to them, all of whom are living.

In politics he is a democrat, and always took an active part in local and state elections. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a Knight Templar. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. His eldest sou, James B Ricks, is a native of Christian county. Born December 23d, 1852. He received a good education in the common schools of Christian county, and at the age of seventeen he entered the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Illinois, where he remained until 18 - , when he returned and entered the law ofiice of Capt. Andrew Simpson, of Taylorville, and read law. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1874. As a lawyer he is methodical, and gives evidence of future usefulness in the profession. He was elected Police JIagistrate in 1876, and re-elected iu 1S80. He is democratic in polities. He is an active member of the Knights of Pythias.

Av. W. Anderson

AV. W. ANDERSON. Ajioxg the old and prominent business men of Taylorville stands the name of the subject of this sketch. The Ander.son family, on the paternal side, are of AVelsh ancestry, and on the maternal Scotch-Irish. The ancestors on both sides came to America prior. to the revolutionary war. George H. Anderson, the father of W. W., was a native of Virginia. He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was with the forces under command of General Jackson. After the war he settled in Tennessee, and subsequently removed to Kentucky, where he remaiued until 1829, when he came to Illinois, and settTed iu ^Montgomery count}-, where he died in 1852. He was a carpenter and millwright by trade. After he came to Illinois he engaged iu farming.

He married Nancy ]\Iaun, who was born ami raised in North Carolina. The marriage took place while he was yet a resident of Tennessee. There were twelve children by this marriage, five of whom have survived the parents. AVilliam AA'^. is the sixth in the family. He was born in Henderson county, Kentucky, October 25th, 1825, and was in his fourth year when his parents came to Illinois.

His education was obtained in the subscription-schools and in the rude log school-houses of the pioneer age of Illinois. His advantages, therefore, for receiving an education were iaw, as compared with the present. At the age of seventeen years he entered the store of Hon. Hiram Rountree, of Hillsboro, and there commenced and laid the foundation of his business life. He remaiued in the ssrvic:; of Mr. Rountree for seven years.

In March, 1851, he came to Christian county and engaged iu farming, at which he continued for three years; but that occupation proving uncongenial to his tastes at the close of the third year he resumed -clerking. He engaged with D. D. Shumwaj', who was iu the general merchandizing business, and remaiued as a clerk until 1856, T\-hen he purchased a half-interest in the store, and became an equal partner in the house and profits. Two years later he purchased ilr. Shumway's entire interest, and continued the business with great success until 1871, when he sold the stock and retired from the business. AA'hen he first commenced the dry goods and general trade in Taylorville, he, to accommodate the public and facilitate business, furnished exchange, received deposits, and did a private banking business. This continued to grow until it a.«sumed such importance as to demand more time and almost his exclu.sive attention. After he closed out his stock of goods he continued private banking, under the style and name of AV. AV. Anderson tVr Co., I). D. Shumway being his partner. The bankinghouse of this firm may be regarded as the oldest in the county, and also one of the most sub.stantial.

On the 16th of August, 1850, while yet a resident of Hillsboro, he was united iu marriage to Miss Nancy B , daughter of Judge Hiram Rountree, of the same place. By this union there was one child, which died iu infancy. Nancy B. Anderson died in January, 1S54. In April, 1859, ]\[r. Anderson married Mrs. Martha L. AVright, nee Randle, daughter of Rev. R. Raudle. She is a native of Madison county, lUinoL-;, but was brought up near Bellville, in St. Clair countv. Bv this latter marriage there have been five children, four of whom are living. Both Jlr. Anderson and his estimable wife are members of the M. E. C^hurch. He is an active member, and one who contributes lilierally of his means to the cause of Christianity.

In politics he civcs his support to tlio domocTatio parly. His first vote was cast fur Lewis Cass in 1842, and >\\irr tliat time to the present he lias been an iiiiswerviiig member <>t that political organization. While an ardent and enthusiastic democrat 3-et he is not a politician. His life has been too busy to give it any other attention further tliaii to exiur.-s his opinion when required, and cast his ballot for his choice. He is a respected member of many years standiiig of the ancient and honorable order of Freemasonry.

Thus, in s-hort, we liave given a biographical sketch of one of Christian county's oldest business men. To a great extent he started in life unaided, and whatever success he has achieved, he attributes to his unceasing labor, careful supervision and oversight of his own business, never intrusting the general run or details to any one, always keeping his business well in hand, and meeting his obligations promptly. He is of a liberal and enterprising spirit. All enterprises having for their object the good of the town or county receive his aid and substantial recognition. In the education of youth he is particularly active, and fully abreast with the spirit of the age upon that question. In his manners he is a ])lain, quiet gentleman of pleasant address, possessing good conversational powers and a fund of good, practical information.

Dr. CALVIN GOUDY - (Dece.\sed). Dr. C,\i,vin' Goi'DY, a native of Ohio, was born during the war of 1812, when the State was comparatively a wilderness, on the 2d of June, 1814. He was of t-cotch-Irish descent - the son of Robert and Jane Goudy. In 182G he emigrated to Indiana with his parents. They settled in Indianapolis - then a small village surrounded by forests and swamps, containing one church, which was Presbyterian, of which Rev. Geo. Bush was pastor. In 1832 his father emigrated to Vandalia, Ills. He accompanied his parents and found employment in the State printing-office and book-bindery for two years. This was during the celebrated Black-Hawk war. The whole north part of Illinois was then uninhabited - Chicago was but a name, and the citizens of the " Prairie State" were often the victims of savage cruelty at the hands of the Indians. Here, at Vandalia, he put in type Gov. Reynolds' first message to the legislature. The Governor had a peculiarity of using the small " i" invarialily where the capital "I" was proper. Being twitted about it in the presence of young Calvin, h? replie 1 by saying, " The fact is, my predecessor was such a great egotist that he hail used up all the capital ' I'.s,' and I found none left when I came into the office." In the fall of 1833 the Doctor's father removed his family to Jacksonville, Ills. The family consisted of the parents, si.x boys and three girls. In January, 1834, he entered Illinois College and graduated in 18c9. Among his college mates were the late Gov. Richard Yates, Gov. Edwards and Rev. R. W. Patterson, D. D., of Chicago. In 183.3 he taught school near Jacksonville, at the same time keeping up his class recitations in Greek and Latin in Illinois College. During his college career he worked part of the time in the printing-office He printed Rev. J. M, Peck's "Gazeteer of Illinois," in 1834, also "Wakefield's History of the Black-Hawk War," and '' Goudy 's Almanac," for several years. During the year 1837, in connection with his brother, he issued "The Common School Advocate," which was the first journal devoted exclusively to the'cause of education in the great North-west. During his rosidence in Jack.sonville he was on the 8th of Nov., 1838, one of the party in the first car behind the first iron horse harnessed in the valley of the Mississipjii, making an excursion of eight miles, from Mcredosia to Morgan

City, HI. He pa.ssed over the same road again, now a link in the Waliash, St. Louis and Pacific, on the Gth of July, 187G, for the first time after a lapse of thirty-eight years. On that first excursion were Gen. Joseph Duncan, then Governor of Illinois, Murray McConnell of the Board of Public AVorks, Col. James Dunlap and Thomas .lannary, contractors and Iniildcrs of the road, and others.

After graduation, he spent three years as a student of medicine, in the office of Drs. Hewry and Merriman, in Springfield, Ills. He attended his full course of lectures, and graduated at the St. Louis Medical College in the spring of 1844. In May, 1844, he located as a physician in Taylorville, Christian county, Ills., where he resided for over a third of a century, and at which place he died on March 6th, 1877.

This place he found an excellent field for a young physician - the county new and the people sickly. He would often stand on the court-house steps and see herds of twenty and fifty deer bounding over the prairie, within less than a mile of town. Bears and wolves also were not an unusual sight. On one occasion the Doctor had a narrow escape ii-oin a pack of hungry wolves that pursued him at night across the jirairie. He practiced his profession here successfully for several 3-ears, and being popular, was induced to enter the arena of politics, however against his better judgment. In August, 1847, he was elected Probate Judge for a term of four years. In 1856 he was elected to the legislature from Christian and JMontgomery counties, of which he was a very active an<l efficient member. To Dr. Calvin Goudy is due the high honor of having obtained the passage of the bill creating the Normal University, which has justly been termed the "head and front" of our great common school system. The Cldoayo Times of July, 1860, in speaking of the history of the Normal University said, " The bill creating the institution met with a vigorous opposition in the House of Representatives of the Legislature of 18.57, many being desirous of establishing a diflf'erent educational .system. But by the energetic aid of such men as Dr. Goudy, of Christian county ( wiiose efiTorts in this case should endear him to the heart of every lover of eilueation ) the bill finally pa.¥sed by a majority of one ! " And to him more than any other member do the agricultural societies of the State, owe a debt of gratitude for the succes.sful passage of the act granting a bonus of §100 annually from the State to each society for their encouragement and support. He projected and introduced a bill incorporating the Pana and Springfield Railroad. Dr. Edwards, President of the Normal University, in his decennial address of June 29th, 1872, alluding to the members of the State Board of Education .said ; " Next among the present incumbents comes Dr. Calvin Goudy, of Taylorville, Ills., wdio has been a meuihsr of the Board for many years. He was a member of the legishUure when the law, establishing the institution, was passed, and the success of the measure was largely due to his persistent fidelitv. He has been a faithful and pains-taking member, patient in the inspection of details, necessary to be known, and from which mo.st men shrink. In his support of the institution he has been generous, hearty and unselfish." In Sept., 1848, he was appointed Professor of Chemistry in the Rock Island Medical College, and delivered a course of lectures on chemistry before a class of ?ome eighty students, in the winter of 1848-9. Prof M. L. Knapp, in his introductory lecture, delivered Nov. 7, 1848, at the opening of the winter course, said: "Prof. Goudy, who fills the chair of chemistrv, resides at Taylorville, Ills., and has long been a resident of Sangamon and iMorgan counties, where he enjoyed a high reputation as a ripe scholar and an accomplished phj'sician. His preceptor, Dr. Merryman says of him, 'He is an apt scholar, and con- tinues, since a practitioner, to be a close and hard student, possesses clear and quick perceptions, is a youug man of a very philosophical turn of mind, a gentleman in private life, greatly beloved i'or his exceedingly many virtues, and chemistry is his hobby.' " lu the spring of 1852, on account of failing health, he relinqui-^hed liis profession and engaged in a general merchandizing business for some nineteen years. Dr. Goudy erected the first steam mill in Taylorville, in 1850, which was a great puljlic benefit, and added largely to the improvement of the town. His public spirit led him to move in the matter of establishing a great air line State road from St. Louis to Chicago and eventually placing thereon a dailv line of mail coac'aes. He pr,)cured the enactment of a l;i\v establishing the south end of the road from Decatur to St. Ljuis, via. Edwardsville. He and four others were appointed commissioners to have the same located and surveyed. They met in Decatur in May, 1847, and proceeded in the discharge of their dut}-. The public were much interested in the proposed road. But ihc opening of railroads, soon after, fortunately superseded this noble enterprise, and it was, of course, abandoned. On the Gth of Sept., 186:5, he was appointed Deputy Provost ]\[arshall for Christian county, by Capt. Wm. M. Fry, Pi'ovost Marshall of Tenth Illinois District, which appointment ho declinefl. In Jan., 1863, he wa? appointed by the Governor, and confirmed by the Senate as " Clumber of the State Board of Education," i\hich positiou he tilled honorably for nearly twenty years. He has held manj' minor but important offices within the gift of his fellow-citizens, and was at the time of his decease the oldest resident of Taylorville, a city of over 3,000 inhabitants.

He aided in the organization of the first Sabbath-school of Taylorville, in 1848, and is the author of several works, and wa-s a frequent contributor to periodicals ; was a member of the Presbyterian Church for nearly fifty years, a ruling elder in the same, an active contributor to benevolent movements and charitable enterprises. He was a commissioner to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Brooklyn, X. Y., in May, 1876, and was, for more than fifty years, an active Sabbath-school worker. Was married in Decatur, Ills., on the 10th of May, 1848, to Miss Martha A. Mahood, of Cadiz, Ohio. Of this union there were eight children, six of whom still survive.

The record of his life is complete, and is that of a nolile, true and good man. It is that of one who, amidst the toils and hardships of our early history, held fast his integrity and manhood, and moulded upon his associates the virtues of his character. This is the reward of the righteous, and many arise to " call him blessed."

Hox. JOHN B JONES. The subject of the following sketch is the oldest sou of Samuel and Sarah Jones, and was born in Uhricksville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, June '2Sth, 1843. He grew to manhood upon the farm. His father being in moderate circumstances was only able to afford him the rudiments of an education - such as are ol)tained in the common schools. In 1864 his father moved with his family to Christian county, Illinois, and remained here a few years, when he removed to Montgomery county. After the family came west John B. followed the profe.<sion of school-teaching for several years, and taught several terms in the public schools of Taylorville. During this time he read the standard text-books upon law. He made application and was admitted to the bar in May, 1868. Began the practice in Nokomis, JMontgomery count}', where he remained six months then returned to Taylorville, and for one year was Deputy Circuit C'lrrk. At tlio end of that time he again took up the practice of his profession, in which ho has continued with great success to the present. As a lawyer Mr. Jones takes front rank at the bar of Christian county. He is very industrious, and a pains- taking attorney. He is a clear, logical thinker and a goo<l practitioner, and from his studious and industrious liabits has acquired a good knowledge of law. It may here be added that his law library is the largest and most c.imi)lete in the county.

In politics he has been a democrat from boyhood to the present time. He is a sincere believer in the idea that the conservative principles of the political organization to which he has given his c instant adherence are best calculated to serve the purposes of free government and perpetuate our institutions on the basis proposed by the founders of the republic. He is not a politician, although he is recognized as one of the safe counsellors of his party, and is to a certain extent a leader. In 1878, at the urgent request of his friends, he became the candidate for theLsgislature, and was elected representative to the 31st General Assembly with but little opposition. While in that body he was a member of several important committees. During the term he sustained the reputation of a careful and prudent member, bringing to the practical work of the house a large share of valuable business experience and much common sense. All his actions were dictated by a just view of the interests of his constituents and an honest and honorable desire to please those who had honored him with their suffrages. On the 27th day of May, 1873, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma A. Price, who was formerly of Madison county, Ohio. By thLs union there is one child, a uirl, named Alice.

William B. Huxdley

The suliject of this brief biographical sketch is a native of Trigg county, Kentucky. The family were originally from Virginia, but moved to Kentucky at a period while that State was yet under a territorial form of governinent. J. B. Hundley, the father of W. B., was born in Kentucky, August 14, 179-5. He married Urath 0. Dorsey, who was born October 5th. 1804. in 1824 he removed from Trigg to Jefferson county, Kentucky, and remained there until 1836, when he came to Madison eountv, Illinois, and settled in Alton, where he remained until his death, which occurred June 12th, 1847. His wife, and mother of Williaur B., survived him twenty years. She died March 17th, 1867. He was by profession a civil engineer, and followed surveying during the greater portion of his life. He was also for a long time Deputv IT. S. Marshal, under Harry Wilton, for the Southern District of Illinois. During the war of 1812 he was a soldier in Captain Lancaster's conqiany. ( )ur subject is the eldest of two children, both boys, born to J. B. and L'rath O. Hundley. He was born May 19, 1823, and was thirteen years of age when he came with his father's family to Illinois ; attended the common schools of his native State, receiving such instruction in the rudiments of an education as they could give. In 1837, after he came to Illinois, he entered Shurtleff college, at Upper Alton, where he remained several years and perfected his educational training. While there he was a room and classmate of General John Pope, of second battle of Bull Kun notoriety. In his cla^s were other men who luive since become prominent in the history of the State and nation. After his retirement from college he engaged in farming in jNIadison couuty, at wliich he continued until 1S67, when he came to Taylorville and, in connection with .J. M. Ximerick, purchased a flouring mill, operated it and continued in the business until the spring (if 1870. when he sold out. During the summer of the same year lie was nominated by the democratic party, in convention assembled, for the office of Legislator for this district, and was elected. He served in the Legislature of 1870-71 and also in th3 estra se-><iou in the winter of 1871-72. Li 1872 he was elected to represent the Thirty-first Senatorial District in the State Senate. He served as a member of that body until 1875, when he resigned. While a member of both legislative bodies he held the chairmanship of several important committees. During his residence in Madison county he was elected Associate Justice, and served one term. It is from that office that he receives his title, and is fiimiliarly addressed as " Judge " by his many friends in Christian county. In the summer of 1875 he removed west, and settled in Helena, Montana Territory, where he at present resides. On the 27th of December, 1847, he was united in marriage to Miss America L. Luckett, She is a native of Virginia, but was a resident of Mechaiiicsburg, Sangamon county, at the time of her marriage. Two children have been born to them, both girls. The eldest, Willie, is tha wife of W. G. Prewitt, a resident of Helena, Montana. Jennie, the youngest, is the wife of W. L. Miner, also a resident of the same place.

In politics ]Mr. Hundley is a sound democrat. His first presidential vote was cast for James K. Polk, in 1844, and at every subsequent national or State election he has uniformly voted that ticket. He has been a member of Piasa Lodge No. 27 A. F. and A. M. since March 18th, 1852. Few men ever came to Christian county who made more warm friends and fewer enemies than Judge Hundley. His independence of thought and action, together with his straightforward, plain methods and views upon all subjects of private or public policy, soon won him hosts of friends, who showed their appreciation and esteem for him and for his character as a man and citizen by electing him to honorable and responsible offioes. And it may here be added that in all positions to which he was elected he faithfully carried out the wishes of the people who had honored him with their suilVaLies.

Albert G. Baenes

Among the successful busine.=s men of Christian county stands the name of Albert G. Barnes The Barnes family on the paternal side were of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Daniel Barnes, the fatiier of the family, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a bookbinder by trade. He was largely interested in the business, and was, for a number of years, state binder. Also at the same time he kept a book store in Harrisburg, the capital of the state. In 18.39, he came west to view the country. He returned in 184(\ brought his family with him, and located in Springfield, Illinois, and remained there until 1850, when he removed to Decatur and remained there until 1857 ; he then came to Taylorville, Christian county, where he<3ontinucd until his death, which occurred June 13, 18G8. During his residence in Springfield, he engaged in general merchandizing.

After he came to Taylorville, he was principally in the hardware trade, iu which he continued until his death. He married Margaret A. Kichardson, who was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. She died in December, 1879. By this marriage there were seven chihlren bm-n to them, four of wliom have survived the parents. Our subject is the second in the family. He was born in Harrisburg, Pa., September 4, 18o5. His education was obtained iu the common schools of Springfield, Illinois, and ended in his twelfth year, at which time he was taken into his father's store, and kept there until his fifteenth year ; at that age he determined to become a printer, and with tliis object in view he entered the office of the J>ic<iliii- Guzcite, owned and edited bv

James .Shoaif, now deceased. In that office he helped to set up the first newspaper ever printed in Macon county. The printing business proving too laborious and confining, young Barnes remained in the office but one year, then clerked in a dry goods and clothing store, in which he remained for four years longer. In 1855 he came to Taylorville and opened the first regular clothing house here. His stock was small and cousi(ierably mixed, and his first venture iu merchandizing would probably have been ' a total failure, if it had not been for a friend in Decatur, who assisted him and gave him a financial standing until he could get a start. He attended strictly to his business, was saving and economical, and soon succeeded. In 1865 he began the fir.st regular grocery and provision store in the town. Oue year later he formed a partnership with Mr. Calloway in the business, which continued for several years. In 1861 he closed up the clothing business, and engaged in the general dry goods trade, in which he remained alone until 1873, when he associated with him in the business William Chamberlain. The firm of Chamberlain & Barnes, dry goods merchant^, still continues. In 1867, in connection with Col. John Williams, president of the First National Bank of Springfield, Illinois, he established the Christian county bank. Oue year later he purchased Mr. Williams' interest, and from that time to the present, the banking-house of A. G. Barnes is recognized as one of the substantial banks of Christian county, as it is also the oldest in the county.

On the 27th of August, 1861, he was united in marriage to jNIiss Henrietta Branson, a native of Mechanicsburg, Sangamon Cdunty, Illinois. Her parents were natives of Kentucky, and came to Illinois at an early period in the history of the state. There have been seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, five of whom are living - three boys and two girls. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyteiian church. He is also an honored member of the order of A. F. & A. JI. ^Ir. Barnes gives his adhesion to the republican part)'. His first vote was cast.iu 1856, for John C. Fremont, since which time he has acted and voted with that political organization. Iu the business of life, Mr. Barnes has been what the world calls a successful man, which success he attributes to careful, prudent management, economical and industrious habits. He never was a spendthrift, nor )'et does he stint himself for anything that can add to the health, pleasure or convenience of himself or family. He contributes with open hand to all the calls of real charity, and responds with substantial aid to all enterprises of a public nature that have for their object the increase of the material wealth or good of his town or county.

In his manners he is a pleasing gentleman, with good address and easy conversational powers. His reputation as a business man and citizen, is that of a straightforward, honorable man. In his habits he is temperate, and on the subject of the traffic of alcoholic liquors, he is a prohibitionist. In his later years he has given his attention to farming and raising fine stock, in addition to his lianking and mercantile busine.-s.

The present County Superintendent of Schools, was born in St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, September 30th, 1834. When he was two years of age, his father removed to Jefferson county, in the same state. Here he received his early education, in the Union School, in Wayne township. At the age of seventeen, he entered the Harmony School, at Bloomfield, Ohio, under the instruction of Prof John H. Forester, and here he spent most of the two following years In the autumn of 1854, he removed with liis father^ tamilv to Christian cnuntv, Illinois, where he has since resided. His father, Audrew Orr, died on Bucke)-e Prairie, on the 4th day of February, 1858, leaving a widow and nine children, of whom K. W. was the oldest. His mother, Mrs. Ann Orr, is still living, and in her seventieth year. His religious training was of the Presbyterian type, both his parents being devout and consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church. His mother is still an honored membenof that church at Pana, her present home.

Soon after his arrival in Cliristian countv, he engaged in teaching, which profession he pursued most of the time until the breaking out of the late war, when he enlisted as a ])rivate in Company D-, l.SOtii Regiment Illinois Volunteer Inlautry, on the 4th of August, 18G2. At the organization of the Company, he was elected Orderly Sergeant. On the second day of February, 18G4, he was pronioted to 1st Lieutenant, which position he filled until the 11th day of June, 1864, when he was commissioned Captain. He retired from the army in February, 1865, in consequence of the consolidation of the 77th and 1.30th Illinois Infantry Regiments, thereby causing a surplus of officers in both regiments who were mustered out. Upon his return to private life, he again engaged in teaching, which ho followed until his election to the office of Superintendent of County Schools, in November, 1873.

On the 13th of July, 1871, he united in marriage with Hattie E. Shumway, daughter of the Rev. Paris Pi-ay, and widow of Z. P. Shumway, who died May 3d, I860. The fruit of this first marriage. Miss Lulu A. Shumway, still graces her mother's home. Since Mr. Orr's marriage, four children have been born to him, viz: Lillie, Daisy, Frank and Charlie.

As Superintendent of Schools, he has labored unceasingly for the good of the schools of his count}'. In his eflbrts to raise the standard of qualification for teachers, he has met with some opposition, but, in the main, his labors have met with the hearty approval of the intelligent citizens of the county. In politics, he is a stanch member of the democratic pai-ty. yet, in his election to the office of Superintendent, he has alwa3's been largely supported by republicans, as well as democrats, thus showing that his fitness for the position weighed more with the people than party ties.

Financially, Mr. Orr has been singularly unfortunate. A peculiar train of circumstances running through most of his business life has conspired to keep him at the lowest round on the ladder leading to wealth. But with unswerving integrity, and a determination to do what good he can in the world, he yet looks forward to brighter davs to come.

Is a native of North Stonington, Connecticut. He was born !March 13th, 1821. The Chapman family is an old one, and dates back to an English ancestry as far as the twelfth century. The name has been famous in the history of England in almost every department of learning, science and art. They were among the first .settlers of New England, and the pioneers of this section of the State.

Thos. P. Chapman, (born Septendjer 12th, 1791 ) the father of the subject of this sketch, married Rachel B. Wylie. They were both natives of North Stonington. There were three children by this union, viz. : Erastus F., Harvey C, and Harriet N., wife of James L. Grant. In the year 1837, Tho.s. P. Chapman came with a colony from his native town, and settled in Cliri.stiau county, then a part of Sangamon county. The settlement was made, and the place named Stonington, in honor of their native village in Connecticut. Mr. Chapman entered a large body of land, and remained in that vicinity until his death, which occurred

January 16th, 1867. Harvey C- was in his sixteenth year when the family came to Illinois. He received a good common school education in his native State, which, even at that early day, was noted for its excellent and thorough educational system. He attended the primitive schools of Illinois one season, and recollects well the puncheon floors and greased deer skin windows. Both he and his brother taught school for some time. They both determined upon adopting the profession of medicine as the business of their life. They, therefore, obtained medical books, and H. C. Chapman studied under the direction of Drs. Merryman and Henry, of Springfield, and Erastus F. .-tudied with Dr. Edwards, of Edwardsville, Illinois.

In 1844, Dr. Chapman went to Zanesville, in !Montgomei'y county, Illinois, and was induced to stay thei'e and go into the practice. He remained there a short time, and then went to Audubon. The .Mexican war was then in progress. He enlisted, and was appointed surgeon of his company. They oficred their services to the government, but the quota of Illinois troops being full, the company was not accepted. He then settled in Van Burensburg. After remaining there a short time, he went to Greenville, and from there was induced to go to Nauvoo, where he remained in the practice for five years. The cholera then broke out in Chicago, and was raging with great violence. The doctor having, after great research and labor, discovered, as he believed, a specific and certain cure for that dreaded disease, determined to go to Chicago and fully test his remedies, relieve the distres.sed, and save the lives of the citizens. Finding his cholera cure all he had hoped for it, and a much wider field for the practice of his proie.ssion, he remained there, and continued in practice for nine years. At the end of that time he came back to Christian county, and in the year 1870 became a resident of Taylorville, and has remained here until the present time. In January, 1850, he married Rhoda Welch. She was a native of Erie county, N. Y. She died in 1853. Two children were born to them, viz: a son, Herbert, and a daughter, Elzora, wife of William Partrage, now a resident and farmer of AVilsonville, Farue.9s count}', Nebr.aska. On the 1st of March, 1857, he married Miss Emily C. Butler. She is a native of New York, but was a resident of Lockport, Will county. 111., at the time of her marriage. Two children have been born to them, one living, named Frances M. ; Gilbert E. died at the age of five years.

Dr. Chapman has given the best and larger part of his life to the study of his chosen profession. His industry, research and experience, have brought their reward ; not in the accumulation of great wealth, but in the discovery and admixture of compounds, that have brought relief to suffering humanity wherever they have been introduced. His medical discovery known as the " King of Oils" - the great specific for bronchitis, diphtheria, croup, and all affections of the throat, breast or kidneys, or for rheumatism - has no equal within the rang? of the miteria medica. Its wo:jderful properties and healing powers cannot be properly appreciated until tried. It is with pleasure that we here add our mite of praise, and speak of it from experience, and say that its curative properties are most wonderful indeed. His " Cholera Balm " is also a wonderful medical preparation, but not of .such universal use as the " King of Oils." In cases of severe cramping, it cures almost instantaneously.

Major THOMAS LONG. - (Deceased). It is fitting that in a liistory of Christian county, proper mention should be made of him whose name heads this sketch. Major Long was the youngest son of a family of eleven cliildren. In 1794, the family removed to Nelson county, Keiituek}', whore both parents remained until their deallis. He was born iu Nelson county, Kentucky, May (!, 1705. His father, James Long, was a native of Culpeper county, Viriiiiiia. He married Elizabeth Griffin. In his youth, he learned the tanner's trade, and followed that business fur many years. He remained in Kentucky until 1829, then nicjved to Illinois and settled on Lick Creek, in Sangamon county, where he remained until 1835, whm he removed to Rochester and resided there until the winter of 1850, when he came to Taylorville, Christian countv, and engaged in hotel business, in which he continued until his death, which occurred July lo, 1S75. On the 4th of February', 1819, he was united in marriage to Annie HurFoutt. She is a native of Chittenden county, Vermont. She was born February 14, 1801. Her father, Joseph Hurlbutt, died before she was born. Her mother afterwards married George Ilawley. By this marriage there were six daughters and three sons. The Hawlcy family left Vermont Septenilier II, 1810. ami canje to ( )hio, and remained over wiiitrr in Cincinnati. In ]Mareli, 1817, they went into Kentucky, and settled in Caldwell count)', where the)' remained until the death of ]Mr. and Mr.«. Hawley. Mrs. Long was a resident of that county at the time of her marriage. There were born to Thomas and Annie Long nine children, si.x; of whom are yet living. Their names are; Matthew C ; John H. died in his twentieth year, James G. who is now a clerk in the Folding DcpartuHiil, ( apitol building, Washington, D. C. ; William (A who died in his fdurth year, Thomas W., George W., Elizabeth Ann, wife of Charles Jlaniiers ; Benjamin F. and Francis M. Long. The latter enlisted during the late war, and was elected Captain of Co. " G." 41st Regt. Illinois Volunteers. He was afterward promoted Major of the regiment. He was wounded in a skirmish, after the battle of Jackson, Miss., and died three days later from the effect of his wounds. During the Black Hawk war in 1831-2, Major Long raised a company of soldiers in Sangamon county for the service. He was elected captain. Afterwards, the company increased to a battalion, and he was elected major. This is where he received the title of Major, a name by which he was ever afterwards familiarly addressed. In his life Major Long was an ardent democrat of the old Jefl'er.sonian and Jackson school of politics. Although not a politician in the strict sense of the word, as he would not accept an office, yet he took a lively interest in all political contests, and exerted considerable influence for the principles of the political organization of which he was a member. Early in life he attached himself to the southern wing of the M. E Church. From the older residents of Taylorville we gather the information that iMajor Long in his life and residence liere was a warm-hearted man, full of generous impulses, but unyielding in his disjio^itinns and opinions when he thought and believed he was in the right. Of a strictly homst and honorable nature he expected of others a corresponding disposition. His wife still survives him. She has passed the scriptural time allotted to humanity to live, but now while in her eightieth year, she is still hale and hearty, and bids fair tn live and clwer her friends for manv vears to come.

The subject of this sketch was born in Eastern Tennessee, ^lay 27, 1849. He is of German descent. M. V. Kitzmiller, his father, is a Baptist minister of many years standing. He moved with his family to Ciirard, Jlaeonpin county, Illinois, in 1856; where Ik; organized the first Baptist church in that place and became the pastor, and from th;it time to the present luis lived there and i'enniiiuil in clnirge of tin- I5:i|iti^l rrgnnizatinn. Ilr niarriid Mnrv

Crouch, aljo a native of Tonncs.sec. The doctor is the second in a family often children, seven of whom are living. He early determined to adopt the profession of medicine as the business of his life, and therefore, while yet a young man, entered the office of Dr. Fountain Jones, of (iirard, and read the standard text books upon Anatomy and Materia iledica. After attending lectures in 1871-2, he began the practice as a physician in White Oaks, Montgomery county, Illinois. He remained there one year, then removed to Pana, Christian county, practiced his profession for two years, arid came to Tayhu'ville, Illinois, where he has resided and continued the practice to the present. Since his residence in Taylorville, he has attended lectures in Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, and graduated from that institution with the degree

On the 27th of JMay, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Emma ]\I. Bray, a native of (_>lno, liut a resident of Pana at the time of her marriage. Two children have been born to them, a boy and a girl. Their mimes are Hardy W. and Amy M. Kitzmiller. He is an honored member of the order of Knights of Pythias, and is highly esteemed by his brethren, temperate in his habits, anil a strong worker in the cause of temperance. Dr. Kitzmiller belongs to the school of Homeopathy, is a good practical physician, well learned in the science of medicine, and has a daily increasing practice. He is charitable at heart, being ever ready to lend the aid of his .skilful hand to the needy when in distress.

Avilliam M. Provine

The subject of the following biographical sketch is a native of Illinois. He was born in McDonough county, August 22d, 1841. The ancestry of the family on the paternal side is Irish. The family removed at an early day from Kentucky to the Northwestern territory, afterward the state of Indiana, where William Provine, the paternal grandfather, was a surveyor, and where in 1816 his son, William Provine, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born. The father, William, came to Illinois in 1836, anil settled in McDonough county, where he remained until 1846, when he removed to Vermont, iu Fulton county, where he still relic married Paulina Srott,who was a native of Kentucky, and of Irish descent. Her ancestors settled iu the Carolinas prior to the revohitionary war, and took part iu the struggle for independence. William ]M. is the .second in a family of eleven children. In his yontli he received a good English education in the common schools. In the year 1862, when in his twenty-first year, he enlisted as a private fa- threi' years in Comjiany B, 84th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and on the organization of the company was elected sergeant, and was promoted to tlie 1st sergeantcy in November, 1862, and was mustered as 1st Lieutenant Nov. 18th, 1863. The S4th regiment was recruited and made up in what is known as the " JMilitary Tract," and was under the connnand of Col. Waters, and served in the army of the Cumberland. The first severe engagement and general battle in which the regiment participated was at Stone river, where they lost over one-half of the number engaged. On the 20th of July, 1864, Lieut. Provine was captured in front of Atlanta while on the picket line, and taken as a pri.soner of war to IMacon and thence to Charleston, and while there he was one of the olficers who, in the fall of 1864 at the bombardment of that city, was, among others, placed under fire from the Union guns. From Charleston he was taken to Columbia, then to Goldsboro, and from there to Wilmington, when they were exchanged on the 1st of Mnrrh, 1SI!5. llr lluu rctiinvd hnnie i>n a tliirlv dins' furlonch, at the expiration of which ho reported by orders at Beuton barraclcs, at !St. Louis, where he was detailed as adjutant of jiaroled prisoners until mustered out Ma}', I8G0.

After his discharge from the service he returned liome and went to Albion, Michigan, where he attended Mayhew's Coramercial College. After finishing the course he received a position as instructor, and continued thus employed for two years. He also in his leisure hours read the standard text-books upon law. In 18G7 he returned to Illinois, and entered the law office of Palmer & Hay, at Springfield, and continued his studies until 18G8, when he was admitted to the practice. In the winter of the same year he came to Taylorville and began the practice of law, in which he remained one year, and then upon the organization of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank of Galesburg, Illinois, he was elected cashier, a position which he accepted and creditably filled until Nov., 1871, when he resigned, and soon after returned to Taylorvilie and began anew the profession of law, and has continued in it to the present. As a lawyer Mr. Provine is methodical and logical, and bears tlie reputatimi of being a safe counsellor, and a careful, diligent, and capable attorney, giving his attention principally to commercial law and chancery cases.

In politics he is a republican. His first vote was east for Abraham Lincoln for President, while a prisoner of war at Columbia, South Carolina. As a matter of eour.se it was informal, but it was his political sentiments then, and the succeeding years liave not changed his views.

On the 11th of May, 186!.), he married Miss !Mai-y Murray, a resident of Vermont, Fulton county, Illinois. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

The Slater family on both the maternal and [)ateinal sides is of English ancestry. Jay Slater, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Massachusetts. He came west in 1824 and settled in Sangamon count}', and was one of the pioneers of central Illinois. He died in July, 1800. "While a resident of Sangamon county he married Lucretia Carman. She was born and raised in the state of New York. Her family came to Illinois about the same time that the Slater i'aniily did, and were also among the first settlers of Sangamon county. Sh'e died in September, 1853. There were six children in the family. James H Slater, present United States Senator from Cregon, is the eldest son, and the subjeet of this sketch is the second sou in the family.

Lyman B. Slater was born in Sangamon county August 7th, 1828. He obtained a fair common school education in the schools of Sangamon county and in the High School of Springfield. He worked upon his father's farm until his nineteenth year, when he taught school, and at the age of twenty-one he conunenced studying medicine under the direction of Dr. AN'illiam Jayne, of Springfield, which he continued until the winter of 18-j1-2, when he attended lectures in the Missouri Medical University at St. Louis, and in the following spring commenced the practice. In the winter of 1854 he again entered the above-named institution, and graduated therefrom with the degree of M. D., February 27th, 1855. In the spring of 1852, as an undergraduate, he commenced the iiractice, locating in Mt. Auburn, and remaining there until alter his gra<luation. He then went to Rochester, Sangamon county, and continued in the practice there until 1868, when he came to Grove city, and in 1870 came to Taylorvilie, and has continued here up to the present.

1855, he married Mi.ss Sarah Stockwell, a native of Ohio, but a resident of St. Louis at the time of her marriage. Nine children are the fruits of this union, six of whom are living. Both he and his wife are members of the M. E. Church.

In politics he is a republican, but he takes no part in polities further than to express his preference in the right of suffrage. He is a member of the ancient and honorable order of Freemasonry. Dr. Slater belongs to the regular school of medicine, and in its pi-aotice has been very successful. He bears the reputation of a Christian gentleman and an honorable man.

Harry Cheney

HARRY CHENEY W.\s born in Coshocton county, Ohio, November 30th, 1842. His father, Abraham Cheney, was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He removed to Ohio in 1824, and remained there until 1848, when he came to Illinois and settled in Sangamon county and engaged in farming. There he remained until 1870, when he came to Christian county, and now lives with the subject of this sketch. He married Jeannette Evans, who was ahso born and reared in Penn.sylvania. She died September £6, 1875. By this marriage there were eight children, six of whom are now liviug - four girls and two sons. The two sons that died had reached maturity, married and left families. Harry Cheney is the youngest of the family. In his youth, he attended the cjumion schools of Springfield, Illinois, and received a good education. From there he went to St. Louis and attended commercial school, and after that entered the post-office at St. Louis as clerk. He remained in that capa ity for four years, after which he received the appointment as deputy marshal for St. Louis county. He acceptably filled that position for two and a half years, when he returned to Springfield, Illinois and engaged in the drug business, in which he continued for several years. In the spring of 1870 he came to Christian county and commenced farming, and to the present time he remains so engaged. In politics he has always been a democrat, or since he cast his first vote, which was for Gen. George B. ]MeClellan for president, in 1864. He has, since then, voted and acted with the jiartv of his first choice. He is an lionored member of the Knights of Pythias, and belongs to Mystic L:)dge, No. 64.

In the springof 1830 he became the democratic candidate for the office of supervisor of Taylorvilie township, and was elected by a handsome majority. He is a young man, full of pu.sh, enterprise and sound sense, and will serve his constituents in a creditable manner. In his manners he is a genial aud sociable gentleman, and in his intercourse and business with men, he is honest, capable and reliable. Such is the verdict of tho-e who have kncjwn him for manv years.

Abner Bond

The Bond familv on the paternal siile are of English ancestry. John Bond, the father of Abner Boml, was born in Bedford county, Virginia He nu)ved to Ohio in the year 1800, and remained there until 1838, when he removed to ^Vayne county, Indiana, where he died in April, 1876. He married Elizabeth Mc- Millan. She is a native of Pennsylvania. She is still living on the old homestead, in Wayne county. Nine children were born to John and Elizabeth Bond, all of whom are living. Abner is the fourth in the family. He was boru in Belmont county, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1832. His youth was passed upon his father's farm, and in the common scliools of Indiana he received a good education in the common branches. At the age of nineteen he entered a grocery store in Indiana as clerk. He remained there one year, when he commenced the business of clock peddling. lie sold clocks and attended to the collections ibr tiie same for fifteen years. He traveled in that line of business over the states of Illinoi.s, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, and portions of Kau.sas and Iowa. In 1862 he came to Christian county, Illinois, and purchased land. Since that time this county has practically been his home.

He, however, was, for one year, a resident of Missouri. In ISOS he purchased a sectiim of land, which he still retains, west and adjoining the section upon which the village of Willey now stands. Since he has been a resident of this county, his principal business has been larming, trading, and shipping stock, in which he has been quite successful. His residence in the count}' dates from 1<S52. He made his brother's residence, A. D. Bond, of Buckhart township, his home while he was traveling in the clock business.

On the loth of April, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth E. Hall. She was born in Sangamon county, Illinois. She is the eldest daughter of Dickson Hall, who was among the early settlers of Christian county. Four children have been born to them - two bo3's and two girls. Mrs. Bouil is a member of the Presbyterian church.

In politics, Mr. Bond is an ardent republican. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, in 1800, and from that time to the present, has acted and voted with the party of his first choice. He is among the prominent and representative men in this community, and haiTserved his towu.ship in the capacity of supervisor for five successful terms. He was chairman of that body for several years. As an official he looked carefully after the interests of his county and localit}', and was a prudent and pains-taking officer. In tliis community, where he has long resided, none are more respected f )r their worth as a man and citizen than Abner Bimd. He is a member of the honorable order of A. F. & A. M.

N. Douglas Hicks

N. DOUGLAS HICKS. Among the pioneers and early settlers of Christian couutv was W. S. Ricks, fatlier of the present sketch. He settled in what is now known as Bear Creek township as early as 1835, four years prior to the organization of the county. Both branches of the Ricks' family are of English descent. Their ancestors came to America and settled in the Carolinas at a time anterior to the revolution. They took an active and prominent part in that memorable struggle for independence. The famil}' subsequently removed to Kentucky, where Mr. Ricks was born. After he came to Illinois lie engaged in farming. LTpon the organization of the county he was elected its first sheriff. He also filled other important positions and represented this district in the State Legislature. He married Margaret Bond, a native of North Carolina. B\' this marriage there were eleven children, five of whom are still living. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of the family. He was born in Bear Creek township, March 7th, 184G. His youth was passed upon the farm and in attending the schools of his neighborhood in the winter mouths. As he advanced to manhood he engaged in teaching school for a short time and clerking in a store. From 1804 to 1867 he was engaged in farming and in the stock business. In 1809 he commenced the Title Abstract business. In 1870, '71 and '72 he was Deputy Circuit Clerk under his brother, John B. Ricks. During this time he acquired a knowledge and familiarity with the records of the county, which induced him to adopt as a business the making of Title Abstracts. After a careful investigation of the diflPerent systems he concluded that "W. A. Barnes's was the best, and accordingly adopted it and worked up a set of records upon that plan. The success which hivs attended him justifies the wisdom of his choice. No more complete or reliable title abstract records can be found anywhere. He soon after added the loan business and general conveyancing. In 1873 he was appointed Notary Public, and in 1877 was reappointed. On the 21st of December, 186"), he was married to Miss Mary, daughter of E. G. and Margaret Spencer, of Marion county, Mis.souri. Six children have been born to them, two of whom are living.

In politics Mr. Ricks is a sound democrat and in thorough accord with the principles of his party. He is a respected member of the ancient and honorable order of A. F. and A. M. Mr. Ricks in his manners is an agreeable and courteous gentleman, of a genial disposition and very popular among the citizens of his county, he has been long and favorably known. In May, 1880, he received the uomiuation for Circuit Clerk from the democratic party.

F. M. MINNIS Was liiirn on section 1, town 13, range 3 west, Cliristian county, November 3, 1832. His father, James Minuis. was a native of Christian county, Ky. The family were originallv from Louisiana. The Minnis family came to Christian county in 1828, and purchased land of Dr. Alex. Ralston in the section above named, and remained there until the death of the father in 1857. He married Hester Ann Outhouse. She was also a native of Christian county, Ky. She died in 1873. There were ten children, five boys and five girls - all of whom reached maturity. Nine are yet living. John R. enlisted as a soldier in the late war, and was a member of Cj. "A" 115th regiment, Illinois Infantry. He died while the regiment was at Camii Butler, from a congestive chill and lack of proper medical treatment. The subject of this sketch is the fourth in the family. He attended the public or subscription schools of his neighborhood and received instruction in the common branches. His education was limited, yet he has been able to conduct business in a methodical way and in a .sj'stematic manner. He remained at home until he was nineteen years of age, when he hired to work on the farm for his neighbor, Joel Potts. He worked for him two years, when his father entered forty acres of land, the same upon which the residence of Mr. Minnis now stands. He then purchasetF forty acres more adjoining, and gave it to F. M., who had the privilege of paying for it at the cost price, which he in the course of time was able to do. He commenced its improvement in 1853. During this time he still boarded with Mr. Potts. In 1855, he purchased sixty acras more, and to this he has added until now he owns a large tract, all of which is well improved and under good" cultivation. On the 3d of December, 1857, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane George. Her father, Johu George, is a native of Virginia. He came with his father to this state while yet a youth. Mrs Minnis' mother's maiden name was Mary Ann Bohaunon. She was a resident of Christian county at the time of her marriage. There have been nine children Imrn to F. M. and Jane Minnis, eight of whom are living. J(jlin William, the eldest, died in infancy; Henry Oscar, Matilda Josephine, Mary Elizabeth, Alpheus Sylvester, Eddie Elbert, Thonms Theodore, Willie and Carrie May, are all yet at home. Mrs Minuis is a member of the Baptist church. In politics Mr. Minnis is a democrat, and cast his first vote for James Buchanan in 1850, since which time ho has been a member of the party. He is not a politician only so far as to exercise his right of suffrage. He has been assessor for his township several terras. Farming and stock-raising has been his principal occupation through life, except from 1875 to 1878, during which years he was engaged in the milling business in Pana, Illinois. In the latter year he moved back to his fiirm, and has remained there to tlie present. IMr. IMinnis lias beeu a successful farmer, wliich is attributable to his iiidustr}-, good business tact and manner of doing business. In the neigliborhood, and whereever l;uown, he is regarded as an honest, u|)riglit and fair-dealina: man wliosc word is as good as liis bond.

CxEOKGE WAGONER. The subject of tliis sketch is a native of Illinois. The "Wagoner family came originally from Virginia, and were the pioneers of two States, viz: Ohio and Illinois. George Wagoner, the grandfather, was a native of Virginia. He \vas born February 24, 1779, anil was a brave soldier in the war of 1812. He moved to Pennsylvania, where he married Juda Worstbaugh. She was born November 29th, 1798, and dieil in Sangamon count}', Illinois, January 3d, 1862. Mr. Wagoner moved from Pennsylvania to Ohio, where he remained until 1821, when he brought his family to Illinois and settled in Sangamon county, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred Dec. 24th, 1863. There were eleven children born to George and Juda Wagoner, ten of whom are still living. There are descended from them seventy-eight grandchildren that are now living. Ozias, the father of the present sketch, was born in Ohio, March 12th, 1814. John AVagoner, the brother of Ozias and eldest .sou, was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Ozias moved to Menard county, to a place two miles and a-half north of Petersburg. He was a resident there during the years 1831, '32, and recollects well the "Deep Snow." He afterwards came back to Sangamon county, where he continued farming until 1858, when he came to Christian county and settled in South Fork township, where he purchased land. Two years later he sold out and removed to Buckhart township, and remained there until 1874, when he returned to Sangamon county, where he is at present. He married Rebacca Jane Shephard, February 16th, 1837. She was born September 17th, 1817. She was a sister of James Shephard, who was for a number of years assessor and collector of Springfield, but belter known, liowever, for his connection with the early journalism of Illinois - a business in which he still continues in Iowa. Rebecca J. Wagoner died October 27th, 1847, while a resident of Menard county. On the 12th of February, 1848, Mr. Wagoner married Hannah Leonard. She was born February 16th, 1828, and still survives. By the latter marriage there are two children. By the first there were five. George is the eldest son by the first marriage. He was born in Sangamon county, January 12th, 1838. His education was obtained in the subscription schools of Sangamon and Menard counties. His mother dying while he was yet young, he was placed in charrre of his uncle; then with Dr. Allen, of Peter?- burg, with whom he remained several years ; he was then sent to Springfield, and lived with T. V. Owens, who was in the drug trade. He worked in the store, did chores, went to school during the winter months, and afterwards lived with H. P. Cone, who was in the livery business, and from there returned home, where he remained until the war broke out. On the 25th of June, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company B., afterwards a part of the 11th Missouri Regiment. The company was organized in Springfieldi Illinois, but the quota of Illinois troops being full the company went to St. Louis and entered the State service for thirty da_\s, after which they were regularly transfeiTed to the United States service. For six months after their organization they were known as the 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteers. Colonel Bayles was the first colonel. He was afterwards dishonorably discharged from the service, and Captain Plummer was appointed colonel. He was succeeded by Colonel Mower, of whom it may be said that no braver man ever breathed or displayed more dauntless courage in the face of foe than he. The regiment went to Cape Girardeau, and after- wards joined Pope's Arm_v of the Mi-ssissippi. It received its first baptism of fire at Frederick.sburg, Missouri. It was brigaded witli the 8th Wisconsin, 5th JNIinnesota, 47th Illinois regiments, and comprised and was known as the "Eagle Brigade," from the fact of the 8th Wisconsin having the famous live eagle known as " Old Abe," who accompanied the regiment in all of their marches and was present in every battle in which they were engaged. His shrill scream could be heard above the roar of cannon and din of musketry as he followed the fortunes of the brave command through many a hard-fought battle. While the regiment was under Pope's command they took part in the fight at New Madrid and capture of Island No. 10, after which they went to Tiptonville to silence the batteries and keep the rebel gunboats from coming up the river. To this brigade was attached, for a long time, Spoors' 2d Iowa and Dees' 3d Michigan batteries. From Tiptonville the command was ordered to Fort Pillow. During their stay there the Shiloh battle occurred. They were ordered to proceed to Cairo, and from there up the Tennessee river to Shiloh, where Pope's entire army joined Halleck's forces. From there they went and fought the battle of Farmington, and then moved out and occupied the battle-ground, and threw up breastworks preparatory to the investment of Corinth. The evacuation of the place occurred soon after, when the command went into camp for in.^truction, where they remained until September, when they were ordered to intercept the rebel forces under General Price. Then followed the battle of luka, after which they came back, and on the 3d and 4th davs of October fought the desperate battle known as the second battle of Corinth. In this fight the gallant 11th Missouri did heroic work and saved the army of Rosenerans from complete rout. But in order to do this much they were compelled, with the assistance of the batteries above-named, to charge and drive back the entire rebel force. So terrific was their charge, and so galling and destructive was their fire upon the rebel forces, that it threw them into confusion, and, before they could recover, the 11th Missouri was upon them with fixed bayonets and charging and driving them back with irresistible force. After the battle of Corinth the command went with General Grant to Oxford, Mississippi, and then back to Lagrange, Tennessee, where they went into winter quarters. In the spring, as soon as an advance movement was made, they went to Vicksburg and participated in the siege and capture of that place. During the investment of Vicksburg they were a part of the command under Colonel Mower that fought the battle of Jackson, Mississippi. The 11th Missouri was also in the disa.strous charge on the 22d of May, 1863, when the assault was made on ti.e works at Vicksburg, in which they lost eighty men killed outright. After the surrender the regiment went to Blackwater, when JIi-. Wagoner was appointed Division Wagon-Master. His wagons were soon after captured at Guutown by General Forrest, after which he returned to the regiment, and participated in the battle of Tupalo, and soon after was discharged. His discharge dates August 17tli, 1864. He then returned home and engaged in farming in Buckhart townshi|), in which he continued for three years, and then removed to Taylorville township. On the 1st of Februar}', 1874, he came to Taylorville and purchased the livery, feed aud .sale stables, which he has operated in addition to farming until the present. On the 4th of January, 1865, he married Miss Rachel Honnold, of this county. She was raised in Springfield, Illinois. Six children have been born to them, all of whom are living. Their names are : Frederick A., Annie Laurie, Albert, Charles Edward, Frank and Minnie Wagoner. He has been a member of the republican party since 1860, when he cast his first presidential vote for Abraliaiu Lincoln. His wife is a member of the M. E. Church.

We have tluis briefly sketched Mr. Wasoiier'.s life. He was a galhint and bravo soldier, as were also other members oi' the family. Four of them enlisted, shouldered their muskets and fought for constitutional liberty and the perpetuation of the union. All honor to them for their lieroic conduct in the defense of the right.