Douglas County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 3 of 5)

Fort Harrison prairie and about four miles south of Terre Haute. Caleb was about seven vears old when the family resided near the latter place. He was educated at a subscription school; his father being a man of education, he progressed under home instruction and learned rapidlv. In 1830 his mother died in Vigo county. Indiana, and for several years thereafter Mr. Isam Garrett and his two sons, Caleb and Nathan, kept house for themselves. In these days Caleb drove an ox team for L. H. Scott; he worked in the cnrn held for twenty-five cents a day, and made fence rails at from twenty to thirty cents per hundred, averaging one hundred anil fifty fur a clay's work. He went into the printing business at the ofiice of the Western Register in Terre Haute under Judge Amery Kinnc}' and John W. Osborn, the proprietors of the ofiice. Mr. Garrett returned to farming for awhile, and also worked as a carpenter and builder under Dr. Thomas Parsons, and having finally resolved to think and act for himself he returned to his favorite pursuits, farming and stock-raising, making success in them the object of his future life. He was for several years a tenant of Chauncey Rose, the well-known millionaire, for whom at the outset he worked at the ordinary occupatiiin of a farm hand, during which time he made tliiiusands of rails at the then usual \'erv small compensation ; and here began between the two men a warm personal regard, which was only terminated by the death of Mr. Rose. In 1833, in the company of George Jordan, the father of 1. L. Jordan, of Tuscola, and of Levi Westfall, an uncle of R. E. H. Westfall, of Garrett township, and also with a Kentucky friend, Mr. Garrett passed through this portion of Illinois, partly to indulge his love of adventure and l)artly to look up a locati(jn for a future home. l"he trip began at Terre Haute, by Baldwin's store, in Edgar county, Sadorus Grove, and into Springfield, Beardstown and Ouincy, then a wild, sparcely settled country. Mr. Garrett returned to Terre Haute by way of Meredosia, on the Illinois ri\'er, to Springfield and Decatiu'. I'^-om 1833 to 1839, pursuing his natural bent for exploration and adx'enture, he followed flatboating down the W^abash, the Ohio and the Mississippi to New Orleans. The boats, made generally l)y the owner, were from eighty to one hundred and twenty feet long, and were laden to the gunwale with corn, pork and other produce. In 1840 he started from Terre Haute bound for New Orleans per steamer, and upon reaching the Wabash rapids they were run upon the rocks by a drunken pilot. Garrett and two others hired a skiff, and, crossing the river to Mt. Carmel, 1 Hindis, they chartered a hack and repaired to E\Tms\ille, at which point they took the large ri\er steamer Louisiana with two companions, one bountl for the mouth of the Cumberland, the other for the Tennessee. After a tedious voyage he arri\ed at New Orleans, took a steamship and passed out to the gulf, and after a \ery stormy passage arrived safely at GaKeston. He went thence to Houston, and there failing hi get a conveyance, started on hjot through Te.xas. He arri\ed at a hiiuse where he was offered and accepted the use of a pony. The next day he was presented with a horse by a Dr. Heard, and proceeding got into the \-icinity of hostile Indians, lie became for the nonce a Texas ranger, in which capacity he experienced considerable lighting with the Indians. In Travis county, I'exas, Mr. Garrett married Miss Irene Puckett, a daughter of Thomas Puckett. With her lie left 'I'cxas in an ox wagcm loaded willi ])ecaiis and dry hides. Tliev arrived at llou.ston anil took a steamer to daKeston, ami thence to New Orleans, and In- the Mississippi to I'^vansxille. In(liana. laudiniL,'' .March 5. 1S41: they shortly alter arri\ed in Vigo county, that heing the connty in wliich liis wife was born. .^lrs. Irene (iarrelt has al\\a\s l)een remarkable lor an o])en lianded lilieralit}' toward her less I'ortnn.ite neighbors, which dispensed generally from her own pri\ate means earned her the blessings of the ])oor. In \'igo county Mr. Garrett retnrned to farming and stock-raising, during which time, about 1X42, he was elected to the Indiana state legislature, and at the succeeding term was re-elected. In 1845 '"^ made his .second tri]) to Illinois, and in 1846 bought land in the west part of Tu.scola townshi]), near the present farm of William Brian. He finally sold this land and located in the forks of the creek on section 3, township 15, range 7. He also selected one hundred and sixty acres of land, being lots 2 and 3 in the northeast quarter of section 3, township 15, range 7, and hewed a set of walnut logs for a home. In 1856 Mr. and Mrs. Garrett revisited Texas, including a long trip in a carriage by Price's Springs and Brazos I'alls in Cherokee county, where he examined lands; thence to Palestine and Marshall, from which place they w^ent forty miles to Shrevei)ort. Louisiana, thence by steamer to the mmUh ^\\ Ked ri\er. and by a similar conveyance to Evansville, Indiana, reaching home November 8, 1856. which was then Coles county. He then began improving his lands with orchards, barns and tlwellings. Mr. Garrett's lands in (j.arrett townshi)) at one time covered nineteen hundred acres. In 1875 he sold these lands and reinvested in Tuscola township, having concluded to settle in Tuscola City. 1 !e was the lirst supervisor of Garrett township, which bad been instituted with the other touushiiis in i8f)8. and lie was also a member of the first grand jiny in Douglas county. Mr. (iarrett always took a deep interest in all the i>ubhc affairs of Douglas' county.

History lirst relates of William Ifiiue. grandfather of the late William Howe, as a native of Virgitiia. Whether this is correct, we are not able to say. But he afterward emigrated to Kentucky when it was yet a wilderness. He formed a member of Daniel Boone's fir.st colony and participated in the dangers incident to "the dark and bloody ground." His son, George W'. Howe, was born in Kentucky and there married Angeline Ilildrclh, a native

In 1S32 George Howe and family emigrated to the southeastern part of Missouri. On the breaking out of the Black Hawk war he joined the forces sent against the Indians, and was supposed to have been killed by them near Galena, Illinois, for no word came from him afterwartl. The mother then moved with her children, five in number, back to her old home in Kentucky in 1835. Idere she stayed for three years, when she and her family moved to Vermilion county, Illinois, arriving there on the 6th of April, 1838. Mr. Howe was at this time nine years old. He continued with bis mother for almost two years, when he was indentured to the service of William J. W^est, who resided on a farm in Sargent township. It was in the spring of 1840 when he first came to West's and be remained witli him nine years, til! in his twentieth year, in the spring of 1849. During this time his board was the only compensation he received for his service. He was signed to school about thirteen months, but . out of this he only receiveil about nine months' regular schooling, and this was scatteretl over a long period of years so as to be of but little service. The good general education he possessed was principally picked up by bis own ingenious industry. ;\fter his term of service with Mr. West had expired he worked a year by the month, still having his headquarters at West's. At this time the excitement conse- (uicnt ui)on the discovery of gold in California was spreading over the country. Mr. Howe, as we have seen, comes from an adventurous race of men, his earlier ancestors having fought gallantly for King George, while his later ones luid many a skirmish with the Indians, his father dying by their bands, and led by the same spirit of adventure and hardihood he determined to try his fortunes in the new El Dorado. In March, 1850, in company with West and others, eleven in all. he started overland for California. Before starting all promised that unless in case of illness none should be allowed to ride, and on all that long and rough journey Mr. Howe kept his place Ijy the side of the o.xen. The spring of 1850 was one of deep mud and high water, so their journey was made doubly diflicult. The party passed through Ouincy and across the state of Missouri, following \ery nearly the same route now tra\ersed by the Hanniljal & St. Jo railroad. The Missouri river in tlie southwest corner of the state of Iowa was crossed; the northern route was taken, through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains; north of Salt Lake; by the Oregon trail to the Soda Springs; then over to the St. Mary's river, down which they traveled to the Sink. The Sierra Nevadas were crossed by the Carson trail, and the party arrived August 2j. 1850, at Ncbbervllle, only losing, in accomplishing the journey, (jne man, who died of disease and whom they buried by the way. The men went to mining gold in this region. Mr. Howe remained nine months, during which time he got together a considerable quantity of gold dust. The Klamath excitement then came up and he joined a party to go to Oregon. His experience here was very adventurous, but there were no flattering results. In company with two others, he was robbed by a party of Modoc Indians. He lost about twelve hundred dollars, including everything he had, even to a greater part of his clothing. He returned to the mines on the Yuba river in destitute condition, wiilioiu clotlies or money- Here i)rospects brightened, the gold panning out sometimes to tlie amount of eighty dollars a day. l>ut he could imly remain two weeks. High water came and Mr. Hdwc went to California, where he followed "teaming" from Stockton t)ut to the mines and during his eighteen months sojourn here he accumulated .some money. In 1853 he decided to return to Illinois, and in I'"el)ruary of the same year he left California, taking a vessel from San Francisco, crossing the Isthmus of Panama, sailing from there to New- Orleans, then up the Mississippi to his old home in Coles county, as it then was. During his three years stay in California he learned the Spanish language and could converse fluently in it.

Mr. Howe now turned his attention to the peaceful pursuit of agriculture, hoping in that 1853, lie married Harriett .\nne Lester, a na- 1853, he married Harriett .Anne Lister, a native of Douglas, who.se ancestors, like those of Mr. Howe, were of English and Kentucky blood and hirtJi. In December he started his long and prosiierous career as a farmer, and at the time of his death he was in the pos.session of almost eighteen hundred acres of land in the neighborhood of his residence. Hunting was his favorite amusement, and every year he made a trip to Kansas, Colorado and Arkansas, where he indidged in the exciting s])ort. He was celebrated for his skill as a marksman and seldom failed to bring (l(iwn his game.

He was the father of eight children: James M., who now resides on a large farm in Nebraska; John S., living now on the old homestead; I'errv .\'.. who li\es, also, on part of his father's farm; Mary E., wife of James Drennen, lixing on an Iowa farm; Charles R., residing on the first fai'm that Mr. Howe owned; Effie A., wife of James C, Reed, a lawyer in Kansas City; Leona M., wife of William Josei)h, assistant manager in the lirm of Uradley Manufacturing Company; .and Lora .\.. who li\es with her niolber in Tuscola. William Howe died January jj. iSijj, ;it his counlr\- home near bicklin.

A.Mes Drew

James Drew one (jf the earliest pioneers in the western part of Douglas county, and also one of the largest land owners, is a nati\e of the state, having been born in Hamilton county. Illinois, on the I4tli of June. iSn;. He came to olina. wliere John Drew, tlie fatlier of James Drew, was born. The maiden name of liis motlier was Tempy Farmer, ami she was also a resident of Soutii Carnlina. The family afterward removed to Indiana, and then to Illinois, settling in Hamilton county. Here James Drew was 1)orn on the date given above. When a1)ont funr years old the family mi)\e<l nnrtli to Shelliy county. The children were nine in numlier, five boys and four girls, only two of whom are now dead. After the family had lived in Shelby county al)out eight years, tlicn moved to Coles county, south of ChariesU n. The principal part of his education Mr. Drew received in this county. He attended a ommon country school, held in an old shanty, 'viih a fire-place occupying nearly all of one end. The most of the children were without hals and went barefoot in winter. Mr. Drew's father was a farmer, and kept the lioys at home a great deal of the time to work on the farm. After a residence in Coles county of some years the family moved back to .Shelby, this time making their home in the territory afterward embraced in Moultrie county on its formation. Mr. Drew was now about eighteen years of age. He stayed at home part of two years, one summer going to Galena, and working in the lead mines there. No money could be obtained at this period for farm labor, and the lead mines ofifered the only opportunity for obtaining ready cash. While employed here he received twenty dollars a month and board. In the year 1839 his father took a job of making rails for one Jacob Taylor, probably the first settler in what is now Garrett township, and James agreed to give his assistance. He was now old enough to do for liimself, and with the same foresight and Inisiness tact which has marked his subsequent career, be was on the lookout to secure land for himself. Land could be obtained in that part of Coles county where Taylor lived, and young Drew embraced the first opjiortunity of settling. He entered eight}' acres of land at the go\-ernment price of one dollar and twentyfive cents an acre, borrowing one hundred dollars of Taylor to make the piu'cbase, and agreeing to discharge the debt partly in day's labor. Mr. Drew's present house stands on the original land entered. His brother and brother-in-law each entered eighty acres at the same time, and the whole amount came into the possession of Mr. Drew. It was the close of the year 1839 when Mr. Drew first came into the county, and the next spring he bought his land. He put up a split k^g cabin on the premises and li\-ed with his brother-inlaw. All the time he could spare for improving the property he devoted in jiaying off the debt of one hundred dollars, which was finally accomplished in three years. .\ good portion was worked out by labor, at fifty cents a day. There were only four families in the neighborhood at the time of Mr. Drew's settlement. For thirty miles to the west, in the direction of Decatur, there was not a single house. The prairies were all unoccupied, covered with tall grass and resin weeds, over which roamed deer and pi'airie woh-es.

After living with his brother-in-law for a couple of years, Mr. Drew concluded to go to keeping house for himself, and married Angeline Waller, a native of Hamilton county, but who at the time of the marriage lived in Shelby. Mr. Drew was then twenty-three and his wife about twenty. Mr. Drew had earl}- learned industrious habits, and from his childhood knew the meaning of hard work. By liis industry ;unl frugality lie won success, investing liis surplus capital in land and adding from time to time as opportunity offered. Farming was the pursuit to wliicli he directed his whole energies and ever since his residence in tile county he has given considerable attention to raising and feeding stock.

Eugexe Rice

the family is printed in full on another page. Mr. Rice came to the township with his parents in 1854 and resides at present on the old homestead, lie is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising and is known as one of the most successful farmers in Douglas county. In 1887 and 1889 he was elected U> the Legislature from the district composed of Coles, Cumberland and Douglas counties, as a Republican. He served on several committees - federal relation.s, agriculture, penitentiaries, fish and game, contingent expenses, drainage, li\e stock and dairy, printing and other.s - and during the extra session helped to pass the World's Fair bill.

Mr. Rice has never married, and resides on his beautiful farm within a half hour's ride from the village of Camargo, where he entertains Iiis friends and enjoys life. y\s a member of the Legislature he was conscientious and a hard worker in the interest especially of the farmer, who it has, it seems, been sadly neglected as to legislation in both stale and nation.

D. O. Root, second si mi and third child of Levi and I'olly Root, was Ixirn in Decatur township. Washington cnnnty. ()bio. Se])tember 24. 1834. Ilis father was a nati\e of Livingston comity. New ^'ork. and was burn April r), 1809. He came with his mother and step- Kentucky, March 22, 1848. He is a son of father to Washington county. Ohio, soon after ^L^rtin Rice, who was one of the most widely the close of the second war with the ninther and favorably known of the early settlers of cimntrv. in which w.'ir his own father h;id been Camargo, and whose sketch with ancestry of a soldier, and died just at its cluse. The mother of the subject of tliis sketch, whose maiden name was Stewart, was born upon the farm upon which now stands tlie villag-e of Stewart, in Athens county. Ohio. March 7, 1809. and her mortal remains are sleeping in a cemetery near that village, upon the old Stewart farm, less than one-fourth of a mile from the place where she was liorn. She died in May. 1857. Her father, Daniel Stewart, born in November. 1762. in Litchfield, Connecticut, was a soldier in the continental arm}' in the war of the Revolution. He came to Ohio in 1802, and died upcm the farm he then settled upon, in 1859, of an accident, and not of disease or old age, though he was in his ninetveighth year. The parents of our subject removed from Washington county to Athens county, same state, when he was a mere infant, and settlcfl on the Big Hockhocking (now abbreviated into simply Hocking) river, just below tlie village of Stewart. Here he spent the first twenty years of his life, except two years - -1852-53 - during which he was a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio. Failing health caused him to quit school before graduation.

After arriving at sufficient age, when not in school - the common and select - he was engaged in the ordinary farm work, in a woolen factory and as clerk in a country store of general merch,andise. At the age of twenty he left the parental home for good and struck out fur himself and for the west as well. He landed in what is now Douglas county - then Coles - October 17, 1854. It may be of some interest to the younger generation, at least, as showing the difiference in the mode of travel then an I now, to state that the first thirteen miles of Mr. Root's westward journey - from the home he was just leaving to old Athens - was made in a common road wagon ; from Athens to Lancaster, forty-five miles, in a canal boat, towed by horses, and twenty-three consecutive hours were consumed in making this distance. From Lancaster to Terre Haute, Indiana, via Cincinnati and Indianapolis, by rail. And, by the way, it was the only route by which it could, at that time, have lieen made by rail. I-'rnm Terre Haute to Paris. Tllinnis. was on a construction train, on the old I. & St. L. R. R.. its track having just been comiileted as far west as that point. From Paris to Oakland the trip was made in an old time "hack" or "stage coach." which was then run from Terre Haute westward, on the old Springfield "trace," passing through Oakland, then locally known as Pinhook. During the winter of 1854-5 Mr. Root taught a term of school at "Catfish Point," near where the x'illage of Isabel, in Edgar county, now stantls. For this he received the sum of twenty-five dollars per

Biogkaimiical And Historical

In the sprin.^' of 1S55 - .\pril 5 - he was rnitoil in marria^'e with Mrs. Sarali Winkler, the widow of Cluirlcs V. Winkler, who h.-ul Iiecn a prosperons farmer and an old settler on the r.rushy h'ork timber. He died in Jnne. 1S54, Icaxint;'. besides his widow, two ehiklren, \^ashti. who became tlie wife of L. E. Root, a brother of onr snbjeet, and who is now deceased, and Luther, who is one of Xe\''m ins enterprising^ farmers and stock raisers '"n^ latter occnpies the old farm entered and improved bv his tifrand father and father, tc which he has made \arions and substantial additions and improvements, .\fter his marriage Mr. Root settled upon this .same farm and remained on it until the fall of 1873. after his election 10 the ofhcc of county clerk. To Mr. and Mrs. Root there were born nine children, live s )iv, and four dansliters; Harriet K., January 10, 1855: Edward T., November 6, 1857; Onion L., July 3, 1860; Ro.secrans, November _', 1862; Lenla, Octolier 9, 1864; I'itner, November 26, 1866, and died September 25, 1867; Isabelle, January 12, 1868; Mary, .'\pril 13, 1869; a son. unnamed, September 30, 1873, died October 3. 1873. Ivlward T., oldest son died December 23, 1892, unmarried, in the thirtj'-seventli year f)f his age. llatlie !~ ha; been mistress of her father's house and, as ne.arlv as it is ])ossible for any but a real mother to be, a mother to the other children e\cr since the death of her mother, in r)ctober, 1881, while the family resided in Tuscola.

In July, 1861, Mr. Root entered the service of his country, in the war of the Rebellion, and became a member of Comjjany H, Twentyb'iftli Regiment Illinois X'olunteer Infantry, and served until f)ctober. 1862, when. bi> health f.ailing he w'as ilischarged for dis.ibility b'rom 1868 to 1873 '^"^ ^^'''-'' f"'"' li'iics elected the assessor of his (Newman) towushi]). In November, 1873. he was elected to the ollicc of county clerk, re-elected in 1877, ;nid. bv reason of a change in the constitution of the state, an extra year was added to this term, wliich expired in 1882, making in .all nine vcars Shortly after his retirement from olTice, and while on the lookout for some permanent business, he entered the store of F. M. iMa'cml iS: .Son. of Tuscola, as a clerk, reniainin;j, irntil Febru.arv, 1884, at which time be bought a half interest in the large generrd store of James (iillogly, of Newman, foruiing the firm of (iillogly & Root. I'our years thereafter L. E. Root, a l)rothcr of I). O. Root, bought Mr. G.'s interest in the ruan ;nid it \v;is ch.anged to Root Tiros. The firm is still in business, occupying a large two-story brick on the north s'de of the s(|uare. fronting on \'aLCs street :at(\ extending north to Mathers street, w ih a rear enlr.'uice on same. It is the leailing firm in the city. Mr. Root is a member of the M. E. church of long standing, having entered its fold in January, 1851. lie is a b^xemason and ,a Kniglit Templar: has also taken all the degrees in Odd Fcllowshii) e.xccj)! the uniform rank, and is a member of the K. of II. and of H. & L. of H. orders.

The family to which Mr. IvMit belongs is in some respects remarkable. To his ])arents there were born tweh'e children, eight boys and four girls, of whom eleven are living, one son having been killed fighting for the fiag in the war of 1861-5, '>^ I'erryville, Ky., in October, 1862. These children were all born between 1831 and 1852. His mother, as has kefore

I)een noted herein, died in 1857, and in 1862 liis father remarried. From thi,s union one son was horn, making tlie family to-day consist of the original number, eiglit lioys and four girls, the youngest thirty-seven years of age, the eldest near seventy. Six of the hoys were in the Union army during the Rel)ellion, five returning. All served three full years except the subject of this sketch. I'cw families can show such a record.

John Quinn

Jiihn Ouinn, i)rivate banker, grain dealer, and one of the most successful young business men of the county, located in Fairland in 1884 as a grain agent for the firm of Barnctt, Kuhn & Company, of Terre Haute. Indiana. He is j\lr. Ouinn was born in Union county, Ohio, February 15, 1863, and there he remained until he was six years of age, when his parents removed to Champaign county. He is a son of Patrick and Bridget Ouinn, wdio were natives of Ireland. Plis father is retired from active business and resides at Philo, Illinois. John Ouinn was reared on the farm and received the advantages only of the neighboring schools. In 1899 '''^ founded the Fairland Exchange Bank, which is his own private institution. As a business man he is known to be careful, safe, and possessed of sterling integrity. In 1890 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah F. Suddeth, a native of Edgar county and a member of a Kentucky family. They ha\'e three clu'ldrcn : Otis, Anna and Cecil. Mr. Ouinn owns eighty acres of land northeast of Fairland, five miles distant. He is a charter member of the Woodmen, and is also a memlier of the Court of Ib^nor.

Scott Burgett

Scott Burgett, the proprietor of the Newman Bank and one of the successful financiers and business men of Illinois, was Iiorn in Brushy Fork, this county, September 14, 1857, and is a son of the late I. W. Burgett, vvhose sketch is found upon another page of this book. During the summer months Scott Burgett worked upon his father's farm and iri winter attended the district school. When about seventeen J'ears of age he entered Lee's Academy at Loxa, Illinois, antl after leaving that institution went to the state normal at

Scott lUn^s^ett's business ventures have heen thorouijhly successful and he lias the absolute contulence of the entire i)uhlic. lie owns some of the line l;ni<ls in both Newman and Sargent townships, and his real estate holdings in Newman are large. He is treasurer of the .\cwman Pjuilding & Loan Association, is a member of the Methodist Epi.scopal cluucli, is a Royal Arch Mason and is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias. At ])resent he is erecting what will be the finest residence in Newmrm, costing some si.\ or eight ihciusand dollars. Quiet and unassuming in his manners, he treats all alike, the ])oor man as he does his rich neighbors, and cotmts his ac- (|iiaintanccs as his friends. In all the rcl;itions of life he has been true to his duty as he has seen it, and in business and in society a well-deserved success has come to him as a reward of earnest industry and his upright dealings with his fellow men.

active business in 1888 and was succeeded to the presidency by S. M. Long, who remained president until his death. From that time, August 20, 1898, to the present, it has been the private jiroperty of Mr. Burgett. In the bank's management he is assisted by J. \V. King and George Moore.

September 2, 1879, he was married to Miss Alice V. Hopkins, daughter of the late James Hopkins, who was one of the prominent i)ioneers of Douglas county. They have had six

.\. I la\-\v;n"il, who has been the railro.ad station and ticket agent at Camargo for twenty-three years, was born near Belfast, Ireland, November 23, 1849, and was reared to manhood in the neighborhood of Cranbrook, county Kent, England, where he attended the ordinary school of that day. He is a son of I'enjamin llavward, who was a memlier and organist of the Church of England at Inch, iiear Belfast, Ireland. He was a fine musician, playing both organ and \i(jlin with great proficiency. His father died in 1855. His mother, who was, before she was married, Margaret Carr, was a natix'e of county Down, Ireland, ami was reared near Belfast. His great-grandfather, John Hayward, was an exceedingly wealthy man, and because his sons were of dissolute habits he bequeathed his wealth to charity, and it is knuwn ti> lli s day as the Hayward chtirity fund, .so mucli of which is giyen out each year by the par sh of Cranbrook to the poor of the j^arish. His maternal grandfather, Edwartl Carr, was l)orn in. Scntland.

A. Hayward came to this country in iHjo. and after spending three months in Syracuse came direct to Tuscola, where he followed the ])ainter's trade and remained here si.x \'ears. He soon afterwards learned the telegra])!! Iiusiness and located in Camargo.

Cogley. They liax-e one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who is nineteen \-ears of age. He is a member of the Court of Honor and at present holds the office of chancellor. Mr. Hayward owns a pleasant home in Camargo, besides eighty acres of land in Murrlock township. He has been town clerk of Camargo for six years and was secretary of the Douglas county fair for ten years. He was also assistant general superintendent <f the state fair in 1897-98, and seryed as delegate to the Court of Honor of Douglas county, which met in S]iringtield in 1899. He has made his own way in the business world .and at present occupies an enviable jtosition in the affairs of Douglas county.

Charles S. Sandford

Charles S. Sandford, of Tuscola, Illinois, is the son of Isaac and Belinda ( Foster] Sandford. The father was born at Bridgehamton, Long Island, in 179'), and married Belinda Foster, who was born in Hamilton count}', Ohio, in 1798. The progenitor of the Sandfords on Long island fn'st settled near Boston, Massachusetts, in the year 1640. This branch of the family tree has had numerous descendants, identified with important movements at an early day in the history of Long Island. Many of them participated in the battle of Long" Island, and some of them were minute men. Isaac Sandford emigrated to Edgar C(junty, Illinois, in 1820. He served as captain in the Black Hawk war and was lat^r commissioned as brigadier-general of the stat" militia In- Covenior Reynoltis in 1833. He held that position for fifteen years, after wliich time he resisjned. General Sandfurd was a man uf yreat financial ahilitv and rcinarkahle

Charles S. Sandford's maternal grandfather. Luke r'oster. was one of the associate judges of llaniilton county. ( )liio. lie was born at Riverheail. Long Island. The I'"osters setttled on Long Island as earl_\- as the Sand fords.

C. S. Sand ford grew to manhood on the farm: attended school at Edgar .Academy, at I'aris. Illinois, and afterward for a time at Greencastle ( Indiana) Asbury University - now known as the DePauw L^niversity. In 1855 he was married to Susan J. Judson. a native of Connecticut. Her girlhood home was in Vicksburg, Mississippi, but her later education was received at Stenbenville, Ohio. Mrs. Sandford hails from a family of decided literary tastes, her own inclinations and practice in the several communities where residing being to promote and forward intellectual adxancenient. To their marriage have beeii born si.x children; Walter .\lexander (heil in infanc}-; Janet j. is the wife of Capl. W'm. T. Wood, who was graduated from West Point ir: the class of 1877. and at present is serving as treasurer at Manila, in the l'hilii)])ine Islands, under (ieneral Otis. Tlies' ha\e sons 1 lalsey W.. Sheridan (". and Isaac Russell. Sheridan C. has hail an extensive experience as a commercial traveler. Grace Foster is tlic wife of Dr. W. V.. l'in'\iancc. ass'stant sur gcon in the United States arm\'. with the rank ol captain, now stationed at I'ort ligbert. Alaska. lsa;ic Russell, the youngest of the family, is ])artner with his father in dry-goods and general merchandise at \'illa (iro\e, Illinois.

Mr. Sandford's business career has been one of unusual diversit)'. In 1850 he made the overland route to C'alifoi-nia and engaged ir. mining foi- two _\-ears; afterwards bandied cattle in Edgar county ancl l)i]Uglas county. Illinois: made and improved two farms from the virgin soil - one in each of the abo\-e comities, lie was a partner in the wholesale and retail house of C. C. Smith & Co., Terre llruUe. Ind., in 1893. Came to Tuscola and followed merchandising, in which, since 18^3, he has been actively engaged.

John T. Todd

near Belfast, Ireland. He was a fine musician, playing both organ and \-iolin with great proficiency. His father died in 1855. His mother, who was, before she was married, Margaret Carr, was a native of county Down', Ireland, and was reared near Belfast. His great-grandfather, John Hayward, was an exceedingly wealthy man, and because his sons were of dissolute habits he bequeathed his wealth to charity, and it is known to this day as the Hayward charity fund, so much of which is given out each year by the parish of Cranbrook to the poor of the parish. His maternal grandfather, Edward Carr, was liorn in Scotland.

A. Hayward came to this country in 1870, and after spending three months in Syracuse came direct to Tuscola, where he followed the painter's trade and remained here six years. He soon afterward learned the telegraph business and located in Camargo.

Cogley. Tlicy ha\-e one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who is nineteen years of age. He is a member of the Court of Honor and at present holds the ofiice of chancellor. Mr. Hayward owns a pleasant home in Camargo, besides eighty acres of land in Murdock township. He has been town clerk of Camargo for six years and was secretary of the Douglas county fair for ten years. He was also assistant general superintendent of the state fair in 1897-98, and served as a delegate to the Court of Honor for Douglas county, which met in Spring-field in 1899. He has made his own way in the business world and at present occupies an envi;ible position in the affairs of Douglas county.

Charles S. Sandford, of Tuscola, Illinois, is the son of Isaac and Belinda (Eoster) Sandford. The father was born at Bridgehamton, Long Island, in 1796, and married Belinda Foster, who was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1798. The progenitor of the Sandfords on Long Island first settled near Boston, Massachusetts, in the year 1640. This branch of the family tree has had numerous descendants, identified with important movements at an early day in the history of Long Island. Many of them participated in the battle of Long Island, and some of them were minute men. Isaac Sandford emigrated to Edgar county, Illinois, in 1820. He served as captain in the Black Hawk war and was later commissioned as brigadier-general of the state militia liy liDveniur Reyiiohis in iS^,^ lie liclil tliat position for fifteen years, after which tinie he resis^'ucd. (Icncral Sainlfnrd was a man of great financial ahility and remarkable

Charles S. Sandford's maternal grandfather, Luke Foster, was one of the associate judges of I l.aniiltiin cnunty. ()hiii. lie was born at Ri\erhead, l-i>ng Island. The Fnsters settled on Long Island as earl\- as the Sandfords.

C. S. Sandfcird grew tn manhnod on the farm; attended schonl at Edgar .Xcademy, at Paris, Illinois, and afterward for a time at Greencastle (Indiana) Asbury University - now- known as the DePauw University. In 1S55 he was married to Susan J. Judson, a native of Connecticut. Her girlhood home was in Vicksliurg, Mississippi, l)ut her later education was received at Stcubenville, Ohio. Mrs. Sand ford hails fmm a family of decided literary tastes, her own inclinations and practice in the several communities where residing being to i)romote and forward intellectual aiK'.'uicement. To their m.arriage h;i\e been burn six children: Walter .\le.\ander dietl in infancy; Janet J. is the wife of Cajit. Wm. T. Wood, who was graduated from West Point in the class of 1877, and at jjresent is serving as treasurer at Manila, in the Phillipine Islands, under General Otis. They have sons: Halsey W., Sheridan C. and Isaac Russell. Sheridan C. has had an extensive experience as a commercial traveler. Grace booster is the wife of Dr. W. E. Purviance, assistant siu'- geon in the Lnited States army, with the rank of captain, now stationed at I'nrt I\gl)ert, .\laska. Isaac Russell, the youngest of the family, is partner with his father in dry-goods and general merchandise ,'it \'illa Gmve. Illinois.

.Mr. Sandfiirirs business career has been one of unusual di\ersity. In 1850 he made the overland route to California and engaged in mining for two years: afterward handled cattle in I'^dgar cc unity and Dnuglas county, Illinois: made and iniprii\eil twn farms from the virgin soil - one in each of the above counties. He was a jjartner in the wdiolesale and retail house of C. C. .Smith & Co.. Terre Haute, Ind., in iXg,^. Came to Tuscola and followed iiK'rch;mdisiiig, in which, since 1H63, years, agent for the I. D. & W. Railway Company from the time the road was built to the present, having first entered its service as agent at Marshall, Indiana, on August i, 1879, was born in Edgar county, Illinois. June 8, 1862. He was reared in Edgar ami Champaign counties and received his education in the public schools at Newman. In 1866 his parents removed to Douglas county and settled on a farm near Newman. He is a son of David and Mariah (Wilson) Todd, who were natives of Ireland, and who were both Episcopalians in their religious belief. David Todd was a bookbinder by trade and in about 1844 emigrated to this country, first settling in New York City, where he worked at his trade until 1855, when he emigrated west and located on a farm in Edgar county. The grandfathers of Mr. Todd were. James Todd and William Wilson, both born in Ireland.

Newman. He is the founder of the Douglas County Telephone Company, now a sublicensee of the American Bell Telephone Company, the change being made in order to get the use of the instruments and the long-distance connections of the Bell Company. Mr. Todd is still the president and business manager of the company, with J. \\\ Hamilton as secretary. In 1892 he removed to Chicago, where he was engaged for two years in perfecting and developing an invention known as the "thermograph," of which Mr. Todd is the patentee and inventor. This instrument is for automatically recording the variations of temperature of refrigerator cars while in transit, also of the several rooms of cold storage plants. h(}t houses, etc., where it is desirable that a uniform temperature be maintained. With Mr. Todd's invention it is possible to have a printed record made on a narrow strip of paper ribbon, showing the variations of temperature at such intervals of time as may be desired, from the time a car of meat leaves Chicago until it arrives in San Francisco, from which record any neglect in re-icing car en route luay be located, and as the record shows the time of day and date of every variation, it is an easy matter to place the responsibility for any neglect by the several railway companies handlig the car.

John T. Todd is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and his standing as a man, especially in railroad circles, is second to none. During his residence in Tuscola he has borne an imp(jrtant part in the progress of the city, and his courteous manner and his integrity and ability have won him a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Carl S. r>iir_i;ett was l)i>rn in Sargent tnwnsliip, Douglas ciunity, lllinnis. jnlv 2, 1867, am! is a son of I. W. Hurgett, whose death occurred in 1884 and whose sketch is found elscwliere. After leaving the common schools ]\lr. r.nrgetl attended high school at Greenlield, Iowa, and the Commercial College at Terre Haute. Indiana. In 1891 he located in Newman and has heen engaged in huying and .selling broom corn and the manufacturing of brooms; he is also engagetl in the fire insurance business and huying and shipping stock. Jn i8ij4 .Mr. lUirgett was wedded to Miss Emma (jilk)gly, a daughter of James Gillogly, of Newman. To them have been born three children: Lois \'., Carl Stanton and Gladys. Besides his business interests in Newman Mr. Burgett owns one hundred and twenty acres of land in Sargent townshi]). lie is a Mason and belongs to the Melita Commandery of Kniglits Templar i^f Tuscola. Mr. Burgett has for several j'ears past taken an active and iniluential part in the councils of his party and was elected as a Republican to the lower house of the General Assembh' of lllin(iis in the fall (jf i8(j8. While a member nf this bmly he was conscientious in his work and was sekk)in absent at roll-call. He served on the committees on agriculture, ap])roprialions, banks and lianking. labor and industrial affairs, jjcnal and reformatories and railroads. It was largely due to his efiiciency as a law maker that his l)arty in the recent primaries gave him the rencjmination wilhdut uppusition f(.)r re-election to the same office. Socially Carl S. Burgett is one of the most companionable of fellows and thoroughly a])])reciates the confidence and esteem placed in him by the general pitblic.

Albert B. Sawyer

.\ll)ert P). .Sawyer was born in the town of Milton, Chittenden county. V^ermont, January 3, 1837. Since 1885 he has been a resident of Tuscola. Illinuis, having fmin lli;it time until i8q9 been a member of the dry-goods hrm of Wardall & Sawyer.

In Mr. Sawyer's childhucid his i)arenls came to Illinuis. li\ing near and linally in Joliet. His boyhoixl and youth were spent in that part of the state, on the farm, going to school or assisting his father, Jed Sawyer, in lining the extensive railroad contracts which he tiidk when the r.-iibdads around Joliet were lieing built. Having gone to Texas in i860, he lived near Houston until after the Civil war broke out, when, being unable to return to the nortli except as a Confederate soldier, he turned to the west, finally entering the l\e]uil)- lic of Mexico. There he turned his attention to the great husiness of nnrthern Mexico - sih'er mining - in which he was engaged frcmi 1862 to 1S84. when he sold out his mining interests there and returned to Illinois. Two years previously he had married Miss h^anny M. Wardall, of Tolono. Illinois. To their uniim five children ha\'e ])een burn: Harriet, Albert B., Jr., Margaret, Certrude and Jcilm W. Since 1885 their home has heen in Tuscola.

I. N. Covert

land in ahout the year ir)S5 and settled in eastern Penn.sylvania, near Philadelphia. In aliout 1790 Morris Covert, his grandfather, came to western Pennsyhania and settleil in Butler county. He became a large land owner, being able to give each nf his twel\e children a farm. John Covert, the father of the subject of this sketch, was one of the steady, substantial farmers of that section. I. N. Co\'ert grew to manhood on his father's farm, .\fter attending the common scIkjoIs he completed what school education he received at North Sedgwick Academw in TieaNer count)', IVnnsyK'ania. In the fall of i85<) he came west and located at Newman, Illinois, and taught the Hopkins school, one mile south of Newman, three successive winters liefore the Civil war and one year after its close. He was married, September 2. i860, 1)\' the Rev. Peter Wallace, of the Methodist church of this ])lace.

I. N. Covert, one of the retired men from active business and a most worthy citizen of Newman, Illinois, was liorn in Butler county, tr. Miss S. L. Webster, of .-Vthens, Ohio, hav- Pennsylvania, Deceml^er 2, 1832. Mr. Covert ing been the first couple who were married in descended from ancestors who came from llol- the church. Mrs. Covert, who was a verv wortliy woman, was a niece of Motlier Stewart, wild was known in (Ihio as tlie ])ioneer temperance crnsader. Mr. (."oxcrt. in iSf>_', enlisted in the Seveniy-ninih Kcs^inKMit of Illinois N'olnnteers. and ser\cd hunorahlv in that rcf^iment thronghout the war. recei\in^' his discharge in Jnne. 1865. He hought and inipro\-ed a farm in Edgar county, three and onehalf miles south of the city, where he resided from the year 1866 to 1882. when he rented his farm and moved to Xewman. In the .spring of 1884 lie formed a partnershii) with Scott Burgett and engaged in the banking business, having been the first [jresiclent of the Xewman liank. Mrs. Co\ert died August 17. 1887. and in 1888 lie fcnnul the close confinement of his business injurious to his health and sold his interest in the bank to S. M. Long, deceased, who.se sketch is found on another ])age. Mr. Co\ert has recentiv completed one of the most beautiful cottages in Xewman. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian church since its organization and is one of the church's most devoted leaders; he is also a Knight Temijl.ar in the Masonic fraternitv.

Lawrence E. Runt, member of the wellknown dry-gf)ods tirni of Root Brothers, of .Xewman. was born in Rouie townshij). .\thens county. Ohio, Xovember 16. 1848. and was tlie ninth cliiid born to Mr. and Mrs. Levi Root, pioneer .settlers of Athens county (see sketch of Ijrother. D. O. Root, for ancestry). He remained on the farm with his i)arents until

1863. wlien. in the spring of that year, he enlisted in C"oni])any K. Third West Virginia ( ;i\ahy. .\t the time of his enlistment he was only a little past fourteen \ears of ;ige. being the youngest ])ri\ate soldici' there has been any record found of so far. (joing out in the winter of 1862-63. he served with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley. Custer's division, and ser\'ed up to the surrender of Lee. at .\p])omatto.x Court Idouse. .\t the close of the war Mr. Root returned to Athens, and in 1867 came west and .settled in Dotig-las county, locating on a farm south of Xewman. where he was successfully engaged in farming up to 1888. In that year he formed a ])artnership with his brother. D. O. Root, in the general dry-goods business, which has continued most successfully up to the present time. While on the farm he served four years as supervisor of Sargent township, in which townsliip he resided from 1871 to 1888. He also served as supervisor of Newman township two years, and from 1890 to 1894 he served most effi- cientlv as treasurer nt the cnuiity. Mr. Rout since liis residence in Xewman has served in tlie cit_\- ciiuncih and lias been thdrouohly identified with the best interests of tlie city. He is a large stockholder in the Newman Electric Light & Canning Company. He is a member of Newman Lodge, No. 369, of Masons; a Knight Templar, belonging to Melita Commandery. No. 37, of Tuscola ; a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the G. .\. R. and Knights of Honor.

The store room occupied by Root Brothers is one hundred and twenty feet bv twenty, two stories ; the upper story is filled with clothing, boots, etc. The firm employs five clerks, and carries from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars worth of stock.

In 1870 our subject wedded Miss Vashti Winkler, of Newman, a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Lane) Winkler, natives of Kentucky and CJhio respectively. To the union have been born nine children, whose names, with dates of liirth, are as follows: MeKin L., January 2"]. 1871 : Wallace E., January 1 1. 1873: Blanche, Alarch 1^. 1875: Ina, March 22, 1877; Grace, July 22, 1879; P'lii' ''^-- September 8, 1 88 1 : Hattie Lane, Decemlier 28, 1883; Madge, December 11, 1887; Lois, August 9, 1890. Only Melvin and Wallace are married. The members of the family are identified with the M. E. church of Newman.

Clarence H. Carnahan

county. Illinois. March i. i87r). He was reared on a farm and recei\ed his [jrincipal education at Tuscola and Terre Haute. His first business \-enture Avas in partnership with A. J. Parke, in the restaurant business in Hindsboro, at which they continued successfulFy for a short time. In 1898 Mr. Carnalian engaged in his present business, and his success has been remarkable. He carries a full line of dry-goods, notions and groceries and has the entire confidence of the ])eo])lc in Hindsboro and Bowdre township. In addition to his mercantile interests he owns fort_\' acres of valuable land near the village.

Mr. Carnahan is a son of Robert A. Carnahan, who was born .Seiitember 22, 1839, in Fleming county. Kentucky, and is a son of Jackson and Margaret (Sousley) Carnahan. with whom he removed from Kentucky to Indiana in 1847. '-! ^"^57 the family moved to Coles count}', where, in i860, Jackson Carnahan died, which threw the support of the widowed mother and younger children upon Rob- ert. wlio was llic eldest cliilil. I lis Imsiness ill life was fanninj^-. cattle dealiui;- and tradinsj-. in all i)f which he was very prosijerous; liavng no capital to start on. he accumulated a good property by industry ami good ni:Miagement. In 1869 he l)ouglu eiglity acres of tlio present homestead and later added eiglity acres more. It was unimprovetl, hut later became one of the tine farms of Bowdre township.

Our subject was twice married. His first wife was Miss Sarah E. llerhert. daughter of William j. and Martha d. ( .\rasniith I Herbert, of Coles county. His second wife was Miss Mahala Herbert, sister of his first wife. By the last marriage there was bo/n one child, a son. Clarence 11. Jackson Carnahan's death occurred March S. 1879. Clarence H. Carnahan is one of the youngest men in successful business in the county, and displays a remarkable tact and aptitude in handling details. Socially he is popular with his friends.

"Prchablv im death that has ever occurred ii: Tuscola came more suddenly or caused more expressions of regret and genuine sorn)w to be heard among our i)eople than that of V. C. AlcXeer, which occurred at Areola at about 8:30 o'clock on Friday morning last. It came like a shock to his ininimerahle friends in this city, and many could hardly realize that he had passed to the beyond and that he would mingle no more among us.

from John Jones. The fast mail leaves here at an e.arly hour, and in order to make the train he was compelled to run from the hirst National Bank to the de])oi. It is supposed that this over-exertion had the effect of bringing on the attack of cerebral a])ople.w which carried him off soon .after his arri\al in .\rcola.

arriving in that city he went to the scale office of W. S. Jocelyn, where he met his agent. Israel Travener, ami soon atterward he sat down to write ;i check in ])aynient for the animals. He arose, and a moment later was seen to ha\e a peculiar look, as though in agony. He passed his hand to the back of his head and said that he felt a severe pain. He had scarcely made the remark when he seized the arm of Tra\ener and reeled as if about ti fall. The latter eased him to the tloor am' sent for a physician at once, but it was too late. The stricken man never breathed a word after receiving the fatal stroke, and died in fifteer. minutes. Dr. McKinne_\- attended him. but no assistance could be gi\-en. He was carried tf the .Arcol.'i hotel, ne.ar l)v, and expired in a

"On receipt of the painful news here, the Odd Fellows appointed a committee to go at once and take charge of the remains, he being an honored member of that order. His remains arrived here on the afternoon train, and were met at the depot by several huntlred people.

"The funeral occurred at his home near the southern limits of the city on Monday afternoon at two o'clock, when, notwithstanding the intense cold at the time, a large number of friends gathereil to pay their last respects to the one Avho they had known so well in life, and mourned so sincerely in death. The services were brief, and were conducted by Revs. Calhoun and Wyatt, after which the remains were i)lacetl in charge of the Odd Fellows, who conducted the services according to their rites.

"The deceased was born near Anderson, Indiana, December 31, 1839, and was consequently fifty-seven years of age at the time of his death. He leaves a wife and four chiklren to mourn his loss, besides one l)rother antl one sister. The sister, Mrs. Catherine Jones, of Alexandria, Indiana, was in attendance at the funeral. The brother, Dan, is a resident of Omaha, and it was impossible to reach him by telegraph, as he was absent from home. Mr. Castle, a brother-in-law, from Alexandria, was also present, and on Monday Mr. and Mrs. John Renner, parents of Mrs. McNeer, arrived from Kansas. Also Mrs. Coffey, of Newman. The funeral was a sad one, and universal sympathy is expressed for the bereaved wife and

"For a quarter of a century Mr. McNeer has made his home in this community, and during that time he has had Inisiness relations with hundreds of people throughout the county. His business took him to every town within a radius of twenty miles, and his circle of acquaintances was perhaps larger than that of any other citizen among us. In his business relations covering these many years he was found to be hontirable and upright with his fellow men. and it might lie said that he has aided more men in a financial way than almost any citizen in the community. He had a large and sympathetic heart, and no friend ever went to him in troul)le and was turned away. Many who have been aided by him in the past will remember his kindly acts through life and bless him for it. All feel that an honored and respected citizen has been called, and that his place will be hard to fill.

"It is more than probable that the deceased was aware that he would be taken suddenly, as he had had previous warning of his trouble. Last summer he was stricken while at home, and a few years previous he suffered a light attack." - [Copied.]

James G. Todd

James G. Todd was born in New York City, July 16, i84r); removed to Illinois with his parents, Davitl and Mariali To(ld, in the year 1855, settling in Edgar county. In 1864 lie niuvcd with liis ]>aicnls to Chanipaifjn also a nicinlicr i if tlie M. I^. church ami tcailiur coiuity. hut two years afterward his father pur- in the Sunday school. Mr. Todd is kind and chased a farm in Douglas county, six miles generous at all times and is one of the men that northeast of Xewman, and he remained on the it is safe to "tie to." lie numhers his friends

The hiographies of Newman townshi]) would be incomplete without an extended notice of Mr. Culhert.son, who has done more than any ' t)ther one man toward de\eloping the eastern part of the county and the impnnenient and beautifying of the town of Newman. The family from which he is descentled is of Scotch farm with his p.arents until January 29, 1873. He was liiere united in marriage to Miss Jer.- nie Coolley. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J A. Coolley. of the Ridge. Three children were born to this union. Minnie, Lena C. and Alhe;t 1). Mrs. 'i'odd died February 26. 1891. Mr. Todd was afterward united in marriage to Mrs. Jennie McC'lure ;md occupies a neat and comfortable home in this city. Mr. Todd is a Republican, as was his father, and has 1)een ;i ])rominent f;ictor in the success of the party in .Xewman townshi]) the past few ye:u"s, filling oflices of trust and honor. He is now serving as township clerk and so well does he attend to the business afTairs of the township that no one has reason for complaint. So- origin. One of his great-grandfathers emicially he is a member of the K. of I', lodge and gratedfrom ihenorth of Ireland in an early day. takes quite an active part in tiie work. He is and settled in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.

Another great-grand fatlier, William McClay, wlio was liorn in Pennsylvani. and who, with Robert Morris, were the first United States senators from Pennsylvania. The descendants of the Culbertsons became qnite nnmerous in Lancaster county, and the settlement was known as Culbertson's row. Here his father. Charles M. Culbertson. was born, and after his marriage of Elizabeth McPamma emigrated in 1818 to Indiana, and settled in Jefferson county. In this county Charles M. Culbertson was born August 5. 1819, and received only the meagre school advantages common in that day, consequently he had to rely on his own industry and perceptions for the elements of knowledge vliich he acquired. .\t fourteen years of age he left home and went to Newport, Indiana, where he commenced clerking in a store, which position he held for about eight years. At first he received a salary of eighty dollars a year, out of which he clothed himself. His salary for the year 1841 was two hundred dollars. He S(ion exhibited lousiness (|u:l1 Plications of a high order and it was not long imtil he entered into a partnership with Daniel .\. Jones, who carried on a general merchandising and pork i)acking luisiness at Newport, which lasted up until 1865. Up to 1854 the business was carried on at the latter place and after that date in Chicago (Mr. Culbertson removed to Chicago in 1857). In 1843 '^^ ^^''^^ married to Miss Rhoda Williams, of Newport, whose parents were from Pennsylvania. In 185.2 he entered a section of land in Newman township and kept on increasing it until at one time he owned two thousand, three hundred and forty acres, and his farms, which he recently divided among his heirs, are the finest and best improved in the county. The home farm of five hundred and sixty acres, that he gave bis grandson, E. C. Remick, is situated four ruiles north of Newman and is decitledly the most beautiful and attracti\e country home in this \'icinity. Mr. Culljertson has erected a beautiful brick business block and it was principally due to his efforts that the town of Newman has over six miles of fine ccjucrete sidewalks. He is still hale and hearty, acti\-e and straight, and would easily lie taken for a man not more than past si.xty.

Daniel A. Conover

D. .A. Cono\er, ex-circuit clerk ami recorder, was born in Adams comity, Penns)-l\-ania, on one of the farms where the battle of Gettysburg was afterward fought. About 1840 our subject with his parents moved to Owen county, Indiana; he was given a thorough schooling at the Bloomington, Indiana, state univer- sity and at twenty years of age lie engaged with Ins lirnlhcr in tlie drug Inisiness at Bowling Green. Clay comity. Indiana, .\fter a year he honght his hrother's interest and owned the store until 1864. In 1X62 lie organized Company i). .^o\enly-I'"irst Indiana X'nluntecr Infantry. .\t thehattleof Richmond. Kentucky, he was wounded and taken prisoner, but at night with some others escajied. The Seventytirst sustained such li iss that tlie reorganizatiiin was abandoned. Phe remaining members returncil to Terre Haute and there organized the Si.xth Indiana Cavalry and Mr. Cono\cr was commissioned major. Owing to disabilities sustained at Richmond he was mustered out at Knoxville, Tennessee, and on returning home he was apjiointed jirovost mar.sha! of the seventh Indiana district with heatlfjuarters at Terre Haute: he was ai)])oinlcd inspector of interpuljlican ticket for niax'or (jf Terre Haute. In iSCx) he came to Tuscola wdiere he afterward resided. He traveled for eleven years in the interests of a Cincinnati hat house until 1880, when he was elected to an office on the Reiniblican ticket. On January 24, 1854. he married Miss Bradshaw N. Elkin. of Bowling Green, Indiana. Major Conover belonged to the Masonic lodge from the age of twentyone years; was a Knight Temiilar of Melila Commandcry and was circuit clerk and recorder. Mr. Conover was respected in Tuscola up until his death.

Dr. C. Rutheri-'Ord. M. D.

the very front rank of successful professional men I if Dcjiiglas county, lie is a native of Illinois and the son of Dr. and Mrs. H. Rutherford, of Oakland. Illinois, being burn in the present family residence in Oakland. .August 14. 1850. ,\fler the cunipletiDii of a cunimnn sclujol education he taught .school in and near Oakland for three years, during which lime be was engaged in the .study of medicine. .\fter this he attended lectures and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, at i'hiladelphia. Pennsylvania, the uth of March. 1877. He returned to Oakland and began the practice of medicine, which he continued until he came to Xewnian. September 2/. 1877, and has ever since been actively engaged in his chosen profession, building up as he has a large and lucratixe jiractice.

cupies a very neat residence in the south part of the city. To Mr. and Mrs. Rutlierfortl have been born two children, Eugenie, born June 29, 1892, and Florence. l)orn July 8. 1894. He has served on the school board twelve years and was elected the first president under the neworganization of seven members, ha\ing been reelected each year since, which is conclusive evidence that he serves the people honorably in that capacity.

When the people of Newman desired to convert Newman into a city, he was chosen as the proper man for the mayoralty and was elected. He is a prominent member of the Masonic and K. of P. lodges of this city. His medical skill has been the means of him being selected as a member of the board of pension examiners and also elected county coroner for four years, although his extensive practice kept him for serving as coroner. Dr. Rutherford has always been a great promoter of Newniai'.'s interests and in 1890 in partnership wi'h R. Thomas was the designer of the beautiful Newman cemetery. A city full and running over with such men as Dr. Rutherford could not help but advance. "God made the country and man makes the town" as the old saying goes; and it is a true one. Every town is just what its inhabitants make it, is dead or alive according to the composition of its men. Of course all can not be leaders; some have not the talent, others have not the time. But when the leader arises, then the duty of the ordinary citizen is to follow in the wake of his advancing footsteps. Dr. Rutherford possesses honest cpialifications and so varied are his gifts that many men naturally seek his ccimpanionship for consultation. Noble models make noble minds.

W. W. Pepper

^^^ \V. Pepper, a popular lawyer and a successful young business man, was born on a farm seven miles south of Newman May 24, 1866, and is the eldest of seven children born to Dudley H. and Nancy Listen Pepper. His father was a native of Kentucky and resides at Oakland. Mr. Pepper received his early education in the iniblic schools of Oakland and afterward took a three-years' course in the University of Illinois in Chamjiaign. After leaving the university he took a two-years' law course at the Northwestern University at Evanston and was graduated with honor in chosen citv altiiniey. wliicli olVicc lie Tilled willi due honor until the expitatiDn of his time. He was re-elected to the same otiice. but rcsioned to look after liis other business. It can he truly said of him that he is a man jieculiarly after his own sl\le. lie has no uKulel and seeks after none, save that wiiich is the creation of his own mind. Starting out in life as he did. without means, perseverance and energy constituted his only caiiilal. lie entered his profession with a delermin.'ition lo fully acquaint hnnself v ilh the law and the rules of practice. 'I'his he has done. He has built u]) and now enjoys an eNlensi\c practice in all the courts of Douglas connlv. I lis splemlid success is (hie to the fact that he is a ceaseless worker and when once cm))loyed he pursues his case until he has thoroughly mastered it in all its details.

iSijo. he came to Xewman .'nid opened out in the general practice of medicine, and has succecfled far 1)e\'ond his expectations. He is skilled and successful, and although having been in Xewmin hut a few years, he enjoys one <if the most extensive and lucrati\-e practices in the county. He is a member of the Hahnemami Medical Society, contributes to the medical jom-nals and keeps himself thoroughly in touch with llie ad\ancemeuts being luade in h.is profession. .\s a diagnostician in his profession, as well as in his judgment of human natiu"e. he would ])ass muster 'in any comnuinity.

Oliver ( ). Hockett, one of the younger members of the medical fraternity of Douglas county. ;uid one of the leading men hi the social, professional and educational life of Newman, was born in Paris, Edgar county, Illinois, March 2. 1866. He was graduated from the high school of Paris in 1882 and subsequently entered the state university at Chami)aign, where he remained for three years. He then took up the study of medicine with Dr. M. P. Smith, with whom he remained until he entered Chicago Hahnemann College, from which well known institnlioii he was graduated in the class of 1S89, and the following year he spent in the H;ihnemann hospital. In March,

(Kimble) Hockett. natives of \'ermilion and Edgar counties respectively. His father was a well-to-do carriage manufacturer, who has recently retired. During the war of the Rebellion he was first lieutenant of the First Missouri \'olunteers. His grandfather Kimble walked from Ohio to Edgar county, and died in 1877 worth ninety thousand dollars. In 1895 our

^,ul)iect nian-ied Miss Luella Gillespie, and has ing to Tuscola lie was engaged in the same line hv this marriage one child, named J. Maxwell, at Arthur.

Dr. Hockett has a suite of rooms in the Swag- Mr. Phillips was born in Clay county, Tenoert building, which is his office, elegantly nessee, April 18, 1861, his parents removing fitted up, and where he takes care of a large when he was quite young to Hawkins county, and o-rowing practice, built up by close appli- some fifty-five miles east of Knoxville, in the cation to his work. While in medical college same state. He is a son of William Phillips. special honors were conferred upon him, and on bis entering the great school of active life his thorough education and medical training did bim great service in beginning bis practice. He is thoroughly equipped with the finest outfits for use in his specialties that can be had. Socially he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and in 1881 was a memlier of Company H, Eighth Regiment, Illinois State Militia, retiring in 1887.

Of the many leading and successful business men of Tuscola who have fought their way successfully through life and wlm have been the architect of their own fortune in the true sense of that term is the subject of this sketch. He is a dealer in jioidtry, produce, fish, etc., and is also interested in the ice business. He founded his present business in Tuscola in 1896, c>;nslructing a building 80x20 feet, and one and one-half stories high. This building burned in August of the following year, and he immediately erected on the same site a more commodious one, 120x30 feet. It is safe to say that Mr. Philli])s" poultry Inisiness is one of the very largest in the state outside of Chicago. He has about twenty-fi\-e men traveling and Ijuying poultry antl produce throughout the year. For fifteen years prex'ious to his com- who was a native of Hawkins county, Tennessee. William married Miss Emily Phillips (no relation, though bearing the same name ) . Tho father died in 1863, and his mother in 1898, aged seventy-seven years. In February, 1881, Mr. Phillips wedded IMiss Nellie M. Fitch, of Coles county, Illinois. They have four children : Vena, Dona, M W. and Herald. Mr. Phillips is a member of the Woodmen and Redmen.

Malden Jones

and industrial exi)ansit>n than tlie Hon. Maiden Jones. He endured all the hardsli'',is inc'deut to the rough pioneer life and has passed through a most honorahle and en\iable career. I Ic is a nati\e of Lee county, \''irginia, and was horn Fel)ruary 8. 1818. W'hen a chilil he went with his parents to Kentucky, where he was reared and where, at about the age of seventeen, he entered a store as clerk and remained three years. In 1840 he came west, making the trip on liorsehack, settled with his brother. Alfred, live miles southwest of Areola, and there engaged in farming and the live stock business. In 1848 he removed to his i)resent locality and, in company with Mr. (iruelle. opened a general store about half a mile north of Bourbon, his store being the only one west of Ciiarleston. He was engaged extensively in buying and selling cattle and horses, ami dro\e them from his home to Wisconsin, which at that time was the only market worthy of the name in the west. They continued at this point about one year. Mr. Jones then built a store in Bourbon and laid out the town. He continued merchandising here about .six years. In 1858 he was elected sheritY of the county of Coles, and removed to Charleston. There he resided for three j'ears, returning to l>ourbon in 1861. 1 le was elected to the Legislature in 1864 and reelected in 1866. and was the first member elected from the new county of Douglas. In 1876 he was elected state senator and served four years. He was also a candidate lor the senate in 1880, but was defeated by a few votes. On coming to Coles, now Douglas county, he had but forty dollars and a \)r,ny. He 11. iw owns fifteen hundred acres of land and the finest residence in the township, which cost over six thousand dollars. He was married in 1880 to Alary, daughter of Isaac Gruelle. who was one of the earliest settlers of this county. Eleven children have blessed this union, nine now living, four sons and ll\e daughters. His wife died June 23. 1895, in her sixty-first \-e;u'. .\mongst .Mr. Jones" neighbors, when he first settled in the vicinity of Bourbon, might be mentioned the .Abbots, Stovals, Ellises and the Chandlers. Mr. Jones and Lemuel Chandler, in the i860 days of old, were the leading stump speakers and authorities of the day. and being on opposite sides of the important political (|uestions, made the old brick school house in llnurbon fairly ring with the eloquent pros and cons of ])()litical del)ate, the condimen1:s of which were not a little personal feeling, which, to the knowing ones, lent an added zest to their enjoyment; but, happy to say, old time fixed them with his glittering eye at last and the foolishness of political animosity gracefully gave way to the sober philosophy of increasing years. In a public career of about forty-five years, Mr. Jones, while iiccui)\'ing positions of trust and responsibility, sucli as sheriff, rej^resentative and state senator, has retained his integrity and, consequently, the respect of his fellow citizens. His character has never been assailed and he stands l)ef(.)re the world to-day retaining the reputation of an honest and influential man. Mr. Jones is universally respected. He has seen many changes in the county and at the sunset of life still takes an active and iniluential part in the political, social and industrial life <if the clay.

Allan Campbell

.Mian Campbell, son of John Campbell, died October 13, 1875. Without a sketch and portrait of .Mian Campbell this book would be verv incomplete, as the Campbell family was among the earliest and most prominent pioneers in Bourbon townsbiji. .Allan came before bis father, and soon after his arrival bought five acres of land just south of Lesterville, at the Bagdad bridge, and ran a ferry here for three years. Allan Campbell was born in Knox comity, Kentucky, in 1809. His grandfather, Allan Campbell, was born in Virginia, and was among the early settlers in Kentucky. His father, John Campbell, removed to Bourbon township soon after his brother. His mother was Lucinda Sullivan, also a nati\e of Kentucky.

Allan Campbell first married Miss Mary Ann Hoots, who was a daughter of David Hoots, of a German family. Of this marriage there are three children living, all residing in Bourbon township : Hiram, John H. and first wife died, and onFebruary 13, 185 1, he wedded Miss Mar}' Fleming, who still survives biiu. She was born in I'arke county, Indiana, antl was a daughter of Stephen and Jane (Kerr) Fleming. Her father was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, and her mother in Pennsylvania. Her grandfather, Stephen Fleming, was a native (_)f Scotland, and her grandfather, Thomas Kerr, was a native of Ireland. To .\llan Campljell and Mary Fleming Campbell were born three sons and one daughter, now living: Joseph .\.., James H., Annette, who is the wife of Albert Filers, of Garrett township, and Stephen S. At the time of Mr. Allan's death be owned about thirty-five hundred acres of land. .\t that time it was divided up between the widow and the children Mrs. Campbell receiving nine hundred and twenty acres, all in Bourbon township, which she still owns. She resides on the old

Campbell homestead, two miles south of Lesterville. She is in lier seventy-foiirtli year, and is a ilevout member of the Presb\lerain clmrch.

r. W. Sw iij:irt. the leadino' liarness dealer and <ine nl the most successftil business men in Xewman and 1)(iuil;1;is county, was l)orn in Carroll county. M;iryl;uid. in sight of Westminister. July 3. US31. and was a son of Jose])h Swigart. When nine years of age T. W. Swigart removed with his ])arents to Seneca county, Ohio, where he si)ent a large portion of his life on a farm. From the years 1848 to 185 1 he devoted his time to learning the trade of har-

Jndiana, where he resided and worked at his trade successfully up to the year 1870, when be went to Princeton. Illinois. There he met Miss Sarah Jane Martin, who, in 1871, became his wife. In the same year he came to Danville. Illinois, where he followed his trade uiuil the month of ]'"el)ruary, 1873, when he came to Newman and succeeded S])eelman & Ogden in the harness business. During his residence in Newman he has become one of the most successful business men in the city and has accumulated quite a lot of property. In politics he is thoroughly independent and there is very little of hypocrisy in his nature. He is thoroughly candid and outspoken in his convictions. He has ser\ed three terms as president of the town board. He has also been a member of the board of health and director of the I'.uilding & Loan Association. He is a Mason and member of the Knights of Honor. In his business relations with the public he is unimpeachable and supplies the people for miles around with the most improved style of harness. He is a clever gentleman and respected by most every body.

Edward W. Calvin

Edward W. Calvin, the leading druggist and owner of both livery stables of Newman, was born in Wayne county, Illinois, December -M. i860. He is a son of Dr. J. W. Calvin, nessmaker at IJellfontaine. Oiiio. He was a who was born in Kentucky in 1829, and be young man of good habits and of splendid me- the son of Hiram Calvin, who was a native chanical turn of mipd ; he learned the trade of Virginia. His father was a graduate of thoroughly and soon became a first-class work- Rush Medical College. He married Sarah man. In the year 1852 he removed to .Attica, Brown, of New Buffalo, Michigan, whose

(leatli occurred some twenty years ago. He grandfather, Joseph Sniilli. was a native of has practiced at various places, was at Newman Nashville, Tennessee, and later removed to one year and is at present in active and success- Vermilion county, where he resided until his

E. W. Calvin has for several years extensively engaged in buying and selling horses and has been remarkably successful in all business enterprises in which he has been interested. In June, 1897, he opened out in the drug business and keeps on hands one of the most complete assortments of drugs found in a first-class drug store.

In 1889 he was united in marriage to Miss Emma Smith, of Vermilion county. They have one child, Okal McCrea. Mrs. Calvin is a daughter of Michael Smith, who was born in Vermilion county, Illinois. Her mother was Mary Ann Snapp. She was a daughter of George Snapp, a native of Richmond, Virginia, He was a carriagemaker by trade and after working some time at his trade in Richmond he removed to Georgetown, Vermilion county. He was in the war of 1812. Mrs.Calvin's death. In about 1890 Mrs. Calvin started her present millinery store in Newman and carries a stock as large and varied as can be found in many towns of from ten thousand to fifteen thousand people. Edward W. Calvin has made a success of every business \enture he has ever undertaken. He takes an acti\e interest in political and social afi^airs and is public spirited and interests himself in e\'erything that helps Newman and Douglas countv.

Jacob R. Moore

Jacob Rice ]\Ioore, wlm recently died, was one of the best known and most generally respected farmers in the count}'. His illness lingered and lasted for two long years before death relieved him. There were probably but few people in the neighborhood of Areola and its surroundings who were aware that I\lr. Moore at the time of his death was one of the oldest residents of the county. He was born within sight of the place on which he died and the same section of rich Illinois soil which claims the honor of his birth witnessed his rise to manhood and his gradual advancement to comparative old age. For sixty-two years he lived and thrived on the same farm where his birth occurred, when Douglas county was unheard of and the old prairie state was a wilderness of a few scattering hamlets. Before Areola was a dot on the map he was living on the farm where he died and he wit- iicsseil llic swaiii]) l.unls of tlie county mature into tlic riclicst and one of tlie most fertile cmmtics on the continent. He was one of tliose i|uiet. unassuming men wlio let the great world tight its hattlcs while he huilt a heautiful home for his w ife and interesting children, lie was careful and economical and what he earned he saved. Through this method of economy, his land interests broadened nut and lie hecame one of ilie succes>lul men in the business affairs of the community. It is said f)f Mr. Moore that during his entire life he was never absent from his home more than a period of thirty days at the most.

Jacol) R. Moore was born September i8, 1836, and died June 2. 1899, aged sixty-two 3-ears, eight months and f(Jiuleen days. lie was married to Mary W. Bacon, of Bourbon, December 31, 186 J. To them were born seven children, whose names are as follows : Richard, George B., Rice J., Anna M., Wade II., Emma B. S., and Leonora Moore. As a neighbor, Mr. Moore was always ready to lend a helping hand and jjassed through the trials incident to the life of early settlers in what was then the far west. V^ ir yeru"s he was one of the -lireclors of the I-'irsi .Vational r>ank of .\rcoIa. He helped to build Bethel church, and lent \aluable aid in organizing the congregation <hu-ing the f;dl of 1S83. although not an active nicniber: he and his wife became members October 4, 1884, and in June. 1890, he was raised to the dignity of elder. Mr. Moore was a man of strong, positive character and unswerving dignity, and in his death the cominimity in which he luul so long resided lost a kind neighbor and a good citizen, and the cluu\-h witli which he had been so closely identified, one of its str(')ngest stays and most hel])ful members.

Capt. Rice J. Moore, a son, volunteered in the Illinois National (iuard, March 31, 1894: saw field service in Chicago, in July, 1894; appointed corporal July 10, 1895; appointed quartermaster sergeant March 15. 1897: conunissioned second lieutenant I'ourth Infantry, Illinois X'olunteers. May jo. 1898; detached from h'ourth Regiment July 25, 1898. and assigned to Engineer Corps of the Seventh Army Corjjs in 1898. He resigned his commission in the arni\- No\eml)er 9, 1898, and returned to the farm.

George W. Brock, cjue of the reliable and re])resentative farmers of Newman township, residing within the corporate limits of the city of Newman, was born twelve miles south- west of Crawfordsville, Indiana, Sep,tember who was a most estimable woman, died Feb- 8, 1846. His father, Seth Brock, was a native rnary 16, 1S99. She was a devoted member of Warren county, Ohio. He was a carpenter of tiie Christian church at Newman and her loss hv trade and fanned also, owning farms in was deeply felt in church circles.

Mr. Brock owns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Newman township, and three acres inside the corporate limits of Newnrin. He is one of the useful citizens of Xewmau township, careful and prompt in business, and ;it his lionie cmn-tedus and hospitalile.

Francis A. McCarty was mic nt ilie nn isl remarkably successful Ijusiness men who e\er resided in Douglas county. He was born in Schuyler county. New York, April 23, 1837,

W'avne and ^Montgomery counties: he later remiixed to Mason county, Illinois. He was a strong pro-slavery man. and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church ; was born in 18 1 3 and died in 1873. He wedded Mary A. Palmer, who was a daughter of Jesse Palmer, a native of North Carolina-, but who liecame one of the early settlers of Indiana. Elijah Brock (grandfather) was born in Ohio. George W. Brock was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. At the age of si.xteen years, on account of a severe spell of sickness, he lost the use of his right side. He married at Camp Butler, Miss Malinda Vanhook, daughter of Thomas and Matilda ( Mann ) Vanhook, and the result of this union was one child living, Ada Lucy, aged fifteen years, and three dead : Phillip and died at his home in Filson, May 14, 1899. He was a son of John and Laura (Frost) Mc- L., Harry C. and Ethel Ellen. Mrs. Brock, Carty, natives of New England.

Cli;irk".s McCarty. hr.ilhcr of Joseph Mc- Carly. was Ijorn at Morristown. Xew jersey, in 177(). and died in Montour. Scliuyler county. Xcw York. November 15. 1858. in liis eii^lity-thinl year. Jo.scph McCarty (grandfather) \\a> the fatlier of Jolui. Charles, W'iHiani and David, was burn January 9. 1778. and (Hcd July J5. 1845. His wile. Mary Harnerd .Mc- Carty. was l)orn .\ugust 15. 1774. and died January 20. 184O. John McCarty (father), son of Josej)!!. was born .\hiy 13, 1S05, and died January 14. 1875. Jo.scph iMcist (grandfather) was Jjorn June 4. 1797. married Sallie McCarty. and died October 27, 1847. lie was a son of Joseph I'^rost, a sokher of the l\e\-ohilion, who was born May _'_', 1754. and (bed May 28, 1844. at Callicrinc. Xew York. Jle married Lucy Couch, a daughter of Jonathan Coucli, who was married September 19, 1781, died April 8, 1843. antl was lnn"ied at Catherine, Xew ^'ork. .\])pendetl herewith is a certificate from the Adjutant General's office of the state of Connecticut: "Hartford, Septemer II, 1895. This is to certify that Joseph Frost (grandfather of b~rancis A. McCartxj served in the war of the Re\olulion. and the following is his service according to the records of this office ; Private in Colonel Benjamin Hinman's regiment. Discharged in northern de- ])artment Septem!)er 1 1, 1775. l'ri\ate in Captain I'Llijah , Mile's company. Colonel Philip iiurr. Bradley's regiment. Enlisted June 16, 1776. Dicharged November 16, 1777. Prisoner at Fort Washington." He was a resident uiuil 1803 of Redding, I'^iirtield county, Connecticut, when with bis family he removed to Schuyler ccjunty, New York, where he residcfl until his dqatii. He and two of his brothers were made jirisoners when Lord I lowe captured Fort Washington, in November, 1776. Tbe\- suf'fered great hardship in a British j)rison hulk in New York bay, anil the two brothers died while prisoners. Joseph Frost was wounded in battle and rccei\ed a jiension up until the tnne of his death.

hrancis A. McCarty was reared and educated at Catherine. .\'ew York, and also attended Lima (Xew \drk ) Seminary, h'cbruary 12, 1879, he married Miss Emma N'oung, of Binghamton. .\'e\v \'(irk, who was a daughter of William antl Caroline I'.. ( .Munder) N'oung. They were both nati\es of Germany. Mrs. McCart}' has in her possession a medal gi\en her grand fatlici'. Jacob Munder, li\' the King of Wurtemhei'g for faitliful services in the field. To .Mr. and .Mrs. .McCarty were born h\c children, all li\ing; John William Fred, Laura h'rost. Carrie Louise and b'rances E.

In 1879 -Mr. McCarty came to Douglas county anil settled in Arcida township, where he bought a tract of land where he resided on the farm until 1894. when he located in Tuscola. He luul great energ\' and talent for organizing and conducting business affairs, and by his great natural ability and indomitable perseverance attained a high prominence in the industrial and financial affan's of Douglas county. .\t the time of his death he owned two thousand acres of land in Douglas comity, fixe hundred acres in IMarion county, Illinois, and eight hundred acres in Missouri. These large estates are looked after by his widow, Mrs. McCarty, who jxjssesses in a large degree great busiiK'ss tact, fine intelligence, and is a highly educated lady.

George White

George White, the well known implement dealer and auctioneer of Newman, was born near Glasgow. Barren county. Kentucky, August 18, 1842, and is a son of M. L. and Mary (Biby) White. Aliddleton White was born in Barren county, Kentucky, and moved to Edgar county, Illinois, where he was married. His wife was also from near Glasg\)w, Kentucky. They are both dead and buried in the Paris cemetery.

time his business has steadily grown until he is known as one of the most successful and extensive implement dealers in the entire county. He also handles the Mitchell wagon and several makes of luiggies and carriages. His sales run from $25,000 to $35,000 annually.

to Miss Delia Clark, who is a native of Kentucky. They have two children: Henry W., who will graduate from the Chicago Homeopathic School of Medicine in INIarch, 1901, and Fred, who is in business with his father. George White has here held the otTice of township supervisor and while he resided in Edgar county held the same office. In 1861 he volunteered in Company E, Twelfth lUinois Infantry, and served through the entire Civil war. During the month of February especially his serxices are in great demand as a, public auctioneer. He is a member of the Knights of ]'}thias and also the Grand Army of the Re- ]niblic. He has a pleasant home in Newman and is classed among that town's best business men.

Judge John Brown

Judge John Brown has been for over sixty vears identified with the best interests of Douglas county. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, May 7, 1822, on a farm, where he remained until the age of seventeen. This farm was located on Paint creek, two miles from Chillicothe, the county seat of Ross county. ( )ur sul:)ject is a son of Nimrod Brown, who was a native of .Augusta county, Virginia, and who served in the war of 1812. His mother was, before her marriage, Elizabeth Eigelbright, and was born in Monroe county, Virginia. When our subject was but seven years old his father died, and his mother, with three sons and four daughters, emigrated to what is now Douglas county, in about 1838, and settled in what is now Sargent township. The settlers in X'ernn'lion cour.tw Mrs. lirown dieil in 1853. leaxing one child. William R. l!r(j\\n, who is a farmer residing in Jasper county, Indiana. Judge Brown subser|uenlly married .Mary Barnett. a double cousin to his first wife and a daughter of Jobii .M. and Ana Barnett. of Vermilion county. .Mary having been born, howexer. in Bowdre township. Their family consisted of six children, four of whom are living: Bright resides in Rjowdre township; Charles F., in Camargo township;

Mr. Brown was elected county judge dm-- ing the war of the Rebellion and ser\'ed in that office for four years. lie is a stanch Republican, and the owner of about nine hundred acres of tine land, .lie is the oldest living settler i'.i the five eastern townshijjs. Among some of the early settlers whom he intimately knew w ere Andy (iu.inn. Ilenr_\- and Snowden .Sargent. Jan.K's and Stephen Redden. Ambrose and John Martin and their father John. Washington Boyce. Re\-. William Watson, a Methodist preacher, and his brother. I'armenus.

I. W. Burgett. deceased, was. during his residence in Douglas county, one of its leading and most successful farmers. Fr(}m the t'uie he was ten years old he spent the whole of his e\enlful life in Sargent townshi)). lie is a descendant of English and German ancestors, who were among the earlv res dents of Ohio. His grandfather w;is in the war of 1812. His lather. Abraham Burgett. lixed in I'ick.away county and there married Eliza Wells, a natix'e (_)f Ohi(i lie and his wife continued to li\e in that county, and there Isaac W . Burgett was born. The famih' shortK' afterwanl remo\ed to Indiana and settled in \ ermillion county, near I'errysville, on the Waljash river. Here Abraham B.urgett followed the ijccupations of cooper and farmer. He died in 1840. lea\ing f.ve children.

W'lien the family removed to Douglas county tliey settled hear the mouth of Brushy Fork. He went to school in the Sargent neighhorhood and in the vicinity of Newman. On coming to Dcuglas cnu.U}- h's mother renied land, and when a mere lioy lie had charge nf the farm ;'nd with a younger brother performed nearly all the labor. This Ci>ntinued until his mother's second marriage. In the summer he worked at home and in the winter went ti> school. \\ hen aijout eighteen y;ars of age he started out for himself and worked on a farm for from eight to ten dollars a month. Two or three >ears were spent in this way.

Decemlier 28. 1848, he was married to Telitha Howard, a native of Jackson, Ohio, whose parents had emigrated to Vermillion county, Indiana, and then to Douglas county, Illinois. At this time his capital consisted of twenty-fi\-e dollars in money and one horse, and on this he rented land on Brushy Fork and liegan farming, renting land for two years. He afterward bought, on credit, twenty acres of timber and entered eighty acres on which he moved in the spring of 1S53, and at the time of his death owned over one thousand and six hundred acres of land. He became not only prominent in farming, but also an extensive dealer in li\'e stock. Mr. and Mrs. Burgett had eleven children: William B., Margery A., John W'esle}-, Hezekiah \\'.. Eliza Ellen. Sarah Elizabeth, Scott, Wilson S.. Maud L.. Carl S. and Thomas P.

William H. Xewt'Ort

Williaiu H. Newport, of the neighborhood of West R'dge, and one of the most successful farmers in Douglas county, was Ijorn in Tuscarawas county, (3hio, February c), 1840, a son

In he was married to Miss Fannie Mishler. who was lK>rn in Tuscarawas county. Ohio. To their marriage have been born five children, Charley. Israel, Eli, Otis and Grover Newport. Mr. Xewport is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and is now serving as one of the road commissioners of his township. He is liberal and benevolent toward all enterprises for the betterment of the community in which he lives.

Robert M. Black

His great-grandfather, with his family, removed from Scotland and settled in Virginia some years before the Revtjlutionary war, l)assed through the terrors and excitement caused by the traitor ArnoUl in portions of \'irginia, volunteered, though far past the age of liability, for military service, and was one of the soldiers, who. under Lafayette and (jen. Wayne, turned and drove back Loyi] Cornwallis. He was intimately acquainted with Lafayette, Gen. Wayne and Gen. Lord Sterling, who were frequent guests at his house. His youngest son, George Black, the grandfather of our subject, was born on the 8th of July, 1767. He was nine years old when the Declaration of Independence was issued. He was a son of the Revolution and saw and caught the spirit of most of the stirring scenes of that eventful period. George Black, with his family, removed from A'irginia and settled in Kentucky, some time before the war of 1812. He became a soldier of this war in a regiment of mounted riHeman and rendered important service under tlie command of Gen. Harrison.