Douglas County, Illinois - Biographical sketches, 1900 (part 1 of 5)

James P. H Eaton

James P. Heaton, who was a prominent citizen of Newman and a member of its board of education, was born August i6, 1845, and died March 14, 1897, aged fifty-one years, six months and twenty-eight days. He was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, where his early youth was passed among the picturesque hills and scenery of that mountainous region. He was a son of William and Mary Heaton. At the age of sixteen years he came to Illinois and located on the Ridge, four miles north of Newman. At that time there was no church building in that section and in 1869 when the Cumberland Presbyterians built their church he contributed liberally toward its construction and helped in the good cause in various ways. In 1872 he joined the Methodist church, and when the M. E. church on the Ridge was built he and his brothers contributed largely toward its erection, upon ground donated by their father, who located on the Ridge sometime during the '50s and entered a tract of land of 1,400 acres. He afterwards lived in Edgar county from 1873 until 1885, when he moved to Newman and lived there until his death in 1897.

James Heaton was not long in becoming one of the most influential and prosperous citizens in his neighborhood. In 1871 he Ix night a tract of land now known as the Spring Branch Stock Earm, locater just over the line in Edgar county. His principal occupation was stock raising, his farm containing 600 acres. In addition he owned a business block and a residence in Newman, whence he removed in 1885. On March 4, 1873, ^'^^ ^^'^^ wedded to Miss Lottie

Mr. Healon held several local offices, was four \cars sn])er\isor and was ci>llector tor the same lensjth of lime of his township ni !'",di;ar cc iunl\-. ami at the time of his death w as a niemlier of the hoard of edncatiou. and city alderman of Newman, lie was a member of the I. O. O. F., and in the death of Mr. Heaton Newman lost one of her most ixipular and nsefnl citizens, wiio was always ready to adxance ihe interests of the community in u hich he li\ ed for tlie common good of all.

Fr.Vnk E. Loose

Frank E. Loose, one of the leading- farmers and business men of llie comity, residing upon his farm in the north suburb of Tuscola, was born in the city of Springfield. Illinois, in the year 1859. He was reared on tlie farm anl was educated in Springlield. his fathci's farm lying just south of the city. 11 is father. Jacob G. Loose, was born in b'ranklin county, Pennsylvania, just across from the Marvland line. He sank the first shaft in the vicinity of Springfield, on his own farm, mortgaging almost ever)'thing he had to accom])lish this, and his venture was richly rewarded by linding a paying vein of coal. He became (|uite well to do, and died on his farm in 1S74. .Mary I-llizalieth (lies) Loose, his mother, was a native of Kenlucky, and a daughter of Washington lies, who was a stock buyer and who was liorn in Kentucky and emigrated to .Springfield, Illinois, w heie he li\ed until his death.

I'fank E. Loose located in I )oiiglas coniilv in about 1880, and on Sei)tember 3, 1879, he married Miss Fannie, the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John M. Madison (see sketch). She died June 25, 1897. She was born in Tuscola, and was nearly thirt\-five years old at her death. .\t the age of fifteen she united with the Christi.an church of Tuscola, in which denomination she was an active church worker throughout the rest of her life. When seventeen years of age she was united in marriage to Frank E. Loose, who survives, with their only child. Jennie, who is about fifteen years old ;md was the constant companion of her- mother. In J898 Mr. Loose married for his second wife Miss M. Estelle, a daughter of Sylvester J. Faris, of Tuscola. Mr. Loose owns two hundred acres of valuable land ad- joining the city of Tuscola, and also owns the business block now occupied by Warren & Murphy. About 1892 he joined the Chri.stian church and has been an officer in it ever since. He is the father of one child, a daughter, Jennie Elizabeth Loose, who is now in college at Jacksonville. Mr. Loose and wife reside in their beautiful home in the suburb of Tuscola, where they are ever ready to give a hospitable welcome to their many friends.

Rev. W. E. Means

Rev. William E. INIeans, proprietor of the Atwood Herald, was born at Paris, Edgar county, Ilinois, June 28, 1850. He attended the district school during the winter, working on departn:ent of this well-known institution in the farm during the summer months, until the class of 1879. After graduation he was admitteil to the Minnesota conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was appointed pastor of the Rushniore charge, where a handsome four-thousand-dollar church was built, free from debt. In the middle of the second year he was appointed to Lu Verne, where the church was greatly blessed during his labors with a sweeping revival, the church completed, and the way prepared for the paying off of a crushing debt. Finding the Minnesota winters colder than he liked, he found an opportunity, in the spring of 1884, to transfer to South Kansas conference, where during the year he was instrumental in building two places of worship, a temporary building in Fort Scott, Kansas, which afterward became Grace church, and a beautiful \illage church at Hiattville, Kansas. The two years following were spent at Moran, Kansas, and were very fruitful. More than a hundred were gathered into the church, and the church thoroughly organized. A pastorate of three and a half years on the Caney charge was likewise fruitful in revivals, debt paying and church building. In October, 1891, Mr. Means was invited to become pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Sidney, Illinois, and the following year passed a prosperous year on the Atwood charge. Failing health compelled him to retire from the pastorate in the fall of 1893, ^"<^1 ^^ ^^^^ since held a supernumerary relation to the Illinois conference, often rendering efficient service in the ministry, without assuming the responsibilities of a pastoral charge. In 1895 he leased the Atwood Herald, and purchased it the follow- ing year. The paper was estalilislied in 1S88, and is iiulciietulcnt in ])(>litics. It has a fjood circiihitioii anil is an excellent advertising; medinm.

Mr. Mi-ans was married in 1884 in Miss Ella M. ( lie^nut. ni Dclavan. Minnesota. Tu thcni June heen Imrn one duU. a son. Cyril. atjed fifteen years. .\lr. .Means is a si in of Thomas .\'. and janei (Jniett) Means, natives of Ohio and Tennessee, respectively. His grandfather, William Means, was of Scotch-Irish descent. In manner Mr. Means is approachable and unassuming, and is highly respected by all who know him.

family started for the lan<l I'f promi.se, the I'rairie state, while the other families cast their lilt with the Hoosier state, ll was nn nncomnmn ihiu^ fur tliein In meet IiainK nf M.anketed Indians and see droves nf deer. I'V tn he "lulled til sleep" at night by the "music nf the wolves," on their journey from the ()lnii river to the small village of Terre Haute. Indiana. whJcli at that time cnnsistetl of a ta\ern. a few saluons and stores, and a Imrse ferry to cross the W'a- Iiash river. They Ineated 1 m Big Creek, Edgar

Stephen Redden was born in Bracken county. Kentucky, .April 14. 1818. and was a son of James Redden, wlm having a large family of children growing up resolved to gi\e them a lietter ch.mce by going west. Consequently he made a llat-boat. and, with his family and several of his neighhurs and their families, he embarked nn the Ohio river for what was then considered the far west. Stephen Redden was at that time four years old. .At Louisville they would not trust the flat-boat to carry them over the falls, but were \m\. ashore and either walked or were cunxeyed in some other manner to Portland, jnst lielnw the falls, where the boat landed and took them on board. They landed at h^vansville. Indiana, sometime in the fall of i8j2, and after disposing of the flat-boat and investing in an ox team Mr. Redden and countw where they rem.ained until 1830. when they removed to Coles county, now Douglas county. Here Stephen Redden grew to manhood at the hard labor of making rails and breaking the new prairie snil with o.\ teams, but occasionally taking a little pastime with his trusty rifle and his faithful dogs, and many noble bucks dropped at the crack of his ritk and many a sheep's life was saved by his dogs getting the wdlf befnre the wolf got the sheej). In his later days, while suffering in his last sickness, he would forget the racking ])ains while telling of his hunts in his boyhood days. At that time there were no schools that he could attend and all his education was received by reading from the light of hickory bark burned in the old fire place. He ne\er learned to write, but his mark on any note was worth one hundred cents to the dollar.

He was married to Vashti Winkler in March, 1840; he made rails all tiay and was married in the evening. His wife was born in Warwick county, Indiana, February 2, 1S18, and was a little over two months older than him. He bought eighty-four acres of land a short time after be was married, at twenty-two dollars per acre, and by frugality and strict economy he paid for the land and built a house in which he li\ed until his death. His beloved wife departed this life March 2, 1878, leaving him without any children. His home was desolate, but Providence ruled that it last but a short time, and he was again married, this time to Mrs. Mary A. Tinkle, of Charleston, Illinois, November 3, 1880. She has been to him a loving wife, a faithful companion, and during his last sickness a trusted nurse, prolonging his days by her untiring and constant attention. Uncle Steve, as he was familiarly known, was strictly honest in his dealings. He peacefully fell asleep in the arms of bis Saviour at eleven o'clock A. M., .\pril 17, 1897, at the ripe age of seventy-nine years and three days. His \vi<low. Mrs. Mary A. Redden, has two children living l)y her first husband : .\aron T., in Kansas, and Malissa, wife of H. B. Morgan, of Murdock. Mrs. Redden resides a great deal of her time at South Haven, Michigan. She owns

John T. Irwin

John T. Irwin, retired farmer, and for many years a highly respected citizen of the county, is a son of George and Jemima (Russell) Irwin, and was born in Lawrence county, Ohio, May 28, 1824. His father was a native of

Montgomery count v, C)hio, and his mother of Cabell county, West Virginia. George Irwin was born Octolier 2^, 1799, and died Mav 2^, 1871. He followed the occupati(Mi of farming principally; emigrated from his native county to Lawrence county, Ohio, in the year 1818. He was a son of Thomas Irwin, who was a native of Ireland, and served in the war of 1812.

In 1870 Mr. Irwin removed fnmi ( )liio to Illinois, and settled on a farm of three hundred atid twenty acres, two miles north of Caniargo. where he continued the piu'suits of the farm until 1894. In that year he retired from active business and removed into the villag^e of Camargo, where he ;mil his wile reside in one of the most l)eautifnl Immes in the village. When he retired he divided his property among iiis children.

On September 11, 1845. he wedded .Miss Lettie Wiseman, who was born in .Mnnroe county, Virginia, and was a daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Ramsey) Wiseman. Her grandfather. Isaac Wiseman, was probably a native of \'irginia. To John T. Irwin and wife have been Ijorn eight children, fmir nf w hoiu are now living: William T.. who resides in Chicago; Lewis K.. who resides <in part of the old homestead; Harriet, wife of 1 )r. \\ . II. Burtnette; and Ida M:iy. wife i>f Charles D. Hamniett. of Tuscol.-i. 1 he\' ha\e four dead : Sarah J.. Mary E., Jane and Ella. Mrs. Irwin was born May 6. 1827. They will have been married tiftv-five vears their next wedding anniversary. Jiihn 1". Irwin"s early ad\;uitages for an education were very limited, lie lia\ing attended only fourteen ilays in all at school, lie has served as su])er\-isor of Camargo township, and he has been superintendent of roads.

(Jn Jidv 4. 1861, he volunteered in an independent com])any of Ohio cavalry. I hese were ninety-day men called out to ser\e until they were supersedetl by a com])any of regulars. On July 22, 1863. he joined the .\inety-first i )h\" X'lilunleer Infantrv. as tirst lieutenant of

Company D. and in the following October he was wounded in a skirmish near Mt. Pleasant, Maryland, which disabled him for further active service, lie was licensed to exhort in the .Meth(j(list Episcopal church in 1865.

( .Maris ) .McMasters. who were natives of Parke county, Indi.ana. In \H(hj his father sold his farm and removed to Sand Sjjrings, Kansas, where he followed farming and stock raising until his death in May, 1870, after which his niiiiher, with three children, two sons and one daugliter - Charles being the younger - removed to W'infieki, Cowley cunnty, Kansas, where she resided until the spring of 1877, thence moving to Joplin, Jasper county. Missouri, where she died October 3, of the same year. In March. 1878, Charles, being only in his eleventh year, returned to Tuscola to live with his uncle, James Davis. Here he went to school until February, 1886, when he became a clerk for Davis & Finney, in the grain business, and remained their bookkeeper and confidential clerk up to 1888, when Mr. Davis died. The firm was then succeeded by Finney & McMasters, which business continued up to 1891, when Mr. McMasters bought the interest of his partner and since then has been alonc^. He is now in the midst of what ])romises to be a most successful Inisiness career. He buys and sells about two hundred and fifty thousand bushels of grain annually, and also deals in coal for the local trade.

Mr. McMasters has thrice been elected to the office of city treasurer, belongs to the Masonic and Red Men fraternities and is deservedly popular in business and social circles.

Scotch-Irish ancestry and were members of the Presbyterian cliurch. The father died in 1873, aged about sixty-five years ; the mother died when our subject was about tweK-e years old.

Mr. Lindsey was reared on a farm and received a common-school education, and was engaged in farming in Ohio up to September 14, 1855, when he emigrated to Illinois and located on a farm in Edgar county, which he rent-

John Lindsey

John Lindsey, ov.'ner of the Evergreen farm, two miles west of Tuscola, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, April 2, 1834, and is a son of Thomas and Mary ( Blackburn ) Lindsey. They were both natives of Ireland, and after their marriage came to this country in about 1820. Thev were both descendants of etl some three or four years. Fie then bought forty acres and tilled this until 1874. when he removed to Kansas and remained there for about two years and a half, at the end of which time he returned to Illinois and located near Ficklin, on a farm of one hundred and thirtyfour acres, which he bought and still owns. He resided on this farm until 1885, when he came to his Evergreen farm, which contains one hundred and si.xty acres.

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same countj'. Simeon Coo])er (grandfather) was also a Virginian by birth, and was in the Revolutionary war. I lenry .Miller, his mother's father, was born in Germany, and was among the old settlers of the Old Dominion. He was also a Rev(jlutionary soldier.

David Cooper grew to manhood in his native county, his early schooling being almost enlirelyneglected. .\ttheage of twenty-seven years he emigrated to Lawrence county, Ohio, and was there engaged in farming up to 1856, when he removed to Kansas, remaining there but a short time, when he went to Nodaway county, Missouri, and lived there for seven years. In 1862 he returned to Illinois, and settled in Champaign county, and .some twenty years ago located on a farm <d' two hundred acres in Tuscola township, wliii-h lie slill owns. In iSSO he retiretl from the farm and renioveil to Tuscola. On .\pril i i, iX^g. he was united in marriage to Miss \ irginia .\sbury, who was a native of Greenbrier comity, West X'irginia, and was a daughter of William .\sbur\-, also a native of the same countv. She is still living .and is in the eighty-third year of her age and the sixty-first year of her m.irriage.

David Cooper, or, as he is famili;irly known as "Cirandpa Cooper" has been a devout and consistent nicniber of the first Methodist Episcijpal church, second, the United Brethren, then joined the I'^^ee Methodist church, of which he has been a member about twelve years, making in all about seventy years a member of the church, a most rem.irkable record ot :i remarkable man. \\ ithout family intluencc or outside help of any kind Mr. Cooi)er has not onlv succeeded in life, but has miselfishly helped otiiers to succeed In about 1 SSS he was chiefly instrumental in the building of the Free Methodist church, in the northwest part of the city. It is a frame edifice. 36x46 feet, with a seating capacity of about three hundred. Rev. Jenkins, of Areola, is the pastor. The membership is composed, in the language of Mr. Cooper, "of the plain, common people." He is the trustee and local elder, and occasittnally gives the congregation one of his sernKins on "old time religion." The Sabbath school in connection with this church numbers about eighty children. Mrs. Kate Lamb is the class leader of the church. David Cooper has given thousands of dollars toward the building of churches. While living in Champaign county he gave one thousand, fi\e hundred tlollars toward the building of the Methodist church located on his farm near Pesotum. It has since lieen bought by the United Brethren people and mo\ed to the village of F'esotum.

Charles \V. \\'oi>l\crton, for many years noted as a lawyer in Douglas county and throughout central Illinois, was lx)rn at Belvidere, Illinois, February 27, 1847, ^'"1 '''*^'^1 November 10, 1895, in the forty-ninth year of his age. In June, 1888, he married Mrs. Elizabeth C. Reniine, who was at that tiiue the official court reporter of the then judicial district composed of Douglas, Coles and lidgar counties.

he l)egan the practice of law at Tuscola, becoming a member of the firm of Bundy & Woolverton. He remained with Mr. Bundy for ten years, until the death of the latter in 1885. From this time up to his death he was alone in the practice. Col. Woolverton was the son of Charles W. and Amanda (Holland) Woolverton, who died when Charles W. was an infant. His father was a millwright by tra<le, but to his mother much of his success in life was due, she being a woman of fine intelligence and willpower. In finishing the sketch of Mr. \V'<jo1- verton, we will substitute the words of the eminent Doctor Hurd, late pastor of the Presbyterian church, instead of our own:

"Charles W. Woolverton was born at Belvidere, Illinois, and at the time of his decease had nearly completed his forty-ninth year. His youth was marked with the most industrious and earnest efforts towards self education, in which he was dependent largely on his own resources, and to which effort was addetl neces- sary exertion which he manfully rendered on bath mornings of an intent and interested lishehalf of his widowed mother and family. He tener to such views of truth tji.it I have ;itwrougiit his wav thrnni^h the entire ciunse of tempted to present, and the knowledge and exprescribeii studies, and j^r.aduated from Mc- jjeclation of this has been a lu'l]) and a stinui- admitted to the bar. liis first experience as an words of sym]);nliy. notw ithst.andiiig his liabitattorney was in connection with the oflice of ual reserve, h;ue prepared me to Icel tiiat 1

W'oolverton as a lawyer, as a man and most nearly bereaved. Mr. \\'ot)lverton was reas a citizen is well known in Douglas county served in the expressing of his feelings and ise of life preceding his last fatal sickness, the high esteem in which he was held b\ his telwonld have riiiened into eminence among his lowmen. The pall hearers were Messrs. 1'. M.

reproachable character as a man, he leaves large 'I he deceased during his twenty years jtracnumbers who will deeply feel the loss of his in- tice of law had bnilt u\) a large clientage, and tlie people soug-!il him liccnuse of liis integrity it may be, by hidden generosities of our naand honesty in his deahngs with them. ture. suddenly drawn upon in all of the inten-

Tuscola Council, Xo. 21. R. & S. M., Tuscola, deep merit; an opportune time for contemplalllinois.; Melita Commanderv, No. 37, Tuscola, tion of true worth and true manhood, yielding

The i)ainful dut}-. at the re(|uest of the charity in speaking of the subject of the reso- Douglas county bar, is imposed upon me of lutions which I ha\e the great honor on beofficially announcing to this court that one of balf of our living brothers to present to this the members has passed away ; one to whom we court. Well we know and realize that to your were bound by strong ties of personal esteem honor personally our words of praise and comand friendship, and liy tics of professional as- mendation will meet with a hearty response, sociation as a practicing lawyer; one who lion- Around the lifeless form of Charles W. Woolored our profession, antl was honored by it. verton has been drawn the mantle of death, and

That such a duty should come is painful, we raise the veil with reverence to look upon his yet fate-bound and impossible to escape there- life and character w ith words of truthfulness to from. With the dread realities liefore us, and speak of him. Knowing the youthful struggle with power to recognize the same, in our manly with poverty, and ambition of the ^American strength yielding to the inevitable, it is a pleas- boy of Illinois birth, we see his elastic form and ing task to speak honest words of eulogy of the reliant journey up the steps of learning, and dead and words of sympathy to the living. It while possibly chiding his hard lot, side by side is always thus with us, when grim death cu- with his more favored companions, with deters our circle and with apparent ruthless hand termined mien, nerved by the opposition, he plucks those who seemingly can least be spared, marches alongside his competitors with long- With the spirit of frankness we say it is al- ing hope of ultimate success. As year quickly ways so, for when, perchance, one of less de- follows year we find him with self reliance, gree is claimed for that liourne of eternity, without assurance, in the foremost ranks of his there comes as a belief, it seems to us, virtue and profession as a lawyer, and his pathway, among merits forgotten and unheralded like the still, struggles and disappointments, strewn with undisturbed repose of true worth, magnified, monuments of professional success. In looklu iiit; iKick thn>u,i;li thi>sc years nf untiring- labor we see success written u]m.ii liis every effort. With ])liysical strens^tli and courage the citizen stands with all the enihellishnient nf the practicing lawyer and ahle jurist. .\ud anmnt^ those who speak his praise and his wtirtli are many who in every day life received the encouraging word and the helping hand, and joined with these are the expressions nf liearty gratitude nf liis young |)rofessional brethren. With sturdw Imnest and untiring lalmr and tidelity came to him remunerating trusts and such a competence as to place the U)ving ones who mourn his loss beyond the reach of want or dejiendence. liis Imnie has lost a jewel, his wife and daughter a kind husband and t'ather and a genial coiu])anion, ami his surviving mother a son whose every effort was responsive to her wishes. The community has lost an upright citizen and the Douglas county bar has lost a brother worthy ni nur profession. With the unbounded coulidence of all courts before whom he ap])eared his professional honor was ever beyond (piestinu. lie was a close practitioner, eln(|nent and fnrcible, seldom indulging in in\ectives or sarcasm. \ et his jjower and force of character always inspired the ccjurt and jury, as it did himself, with confidence in the justice of his cause, and he was at all times a foriuidable aiKersary.

In the forty-ninth \ear of his age, in the very ])rime ui meiUal and physical lite, with sturdy ipialities of honest heart and hand, and in full manhood of usefulness, our brother Charles W. WooKertou. by iuhuite and unknown Providence, has been cut down. With bowed heads to the inevitable, we must be resigned, and as out of the eternity we today and now seem to hear \nices whispering from the "shatlowy silence of the grave" we join w ith reluctance our voices in a long .and last tarewell to (Jiu' friend and profes^ioual brother.

R. S. Foster, one of the oldest citizens of Tusciila, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, March 4. 1818, and is a son of Israel and Mary ( Kain ) booster, who were nati\es resjjectively of Berkley county, Virginia, and Clermont county, Ohio. Tlis mother was a daughter of Uaniel Kaiu, who was born in Willi.imsburg,

Ohio, and was a luember of otie of the early pioneer faiuilies of that section. His father, Israel Foster, was born in 1793. and in 1827, w ith his family, moved to Bracken county. Kentucky, where he engaged in farming on the Ohio river, twelve miles Ijelow Augusta, the county seat of Bracken county. He died in 1878. in the eighty-fifth year of his age. while on a visit to liis (laugliter in Keokuk, Iowa. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.

R. S. Foster received a common-school education and after leaving school he was engaged in farming in Bracken county, residing at Foster, when, in 1878, he removed t(j Douglas county, where he has since resided. Mr. Foster has heen twice married, first, in 1838, to Miss Elizabeth Tuttle, of Maine, whose death occurred in the same year of her removal to this county. His second wife was Mrs. Eliza E. Roberts whose maiden name was Maxwell. She was a native of Bracken county, Ken.tucky, and at the time of her marriage was a resident of Foster. Mr. Foster owns tvvi.i hundred and seventy-two acres of land in Areola township, whicii is fine of the finest farms in the county. He is devoted to the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a stanch Republican. I'or the past few years Mr. Foster has l:)een confined to his home with rheumatism, getting out only occasionally. He has lived a long and useful life - a man of strictest integrity and fearless in voicing his convictions upon anysubject.

William H. Burtnett, M. D., physician and druggist of Camargo, and a veteran of the war of the Rebellion, was born in Gallia county, Ohio, January 6, 1843, '^-^'l 's a son of John Burtnett, who was a native Virginian. His mother was Mary Gilmore, a daughter of Matthew Gilmore. He was reared and educated in his native county, and at the age of eighteen years he joined Company C, Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, was mustered into the service and was out four years and two months. There are few soldiers who served longer in the Civil war than Dr. Burtnett, although he has never applied for a pension, nor would accept one if it were tendered him. In politics he is the same as he is in all other affairs ui life, strictly independent. He is inclined to favor the Republicans of the anti-monopoly type, Init in 1896 he voted for Bryan. In 1868 Dr. Burtnett located in Douglas county, in the practice of his profession, and in 1872 he located at Camargo, where he has continued to reside. In 1894 he established liis presert drugstore, and s'nce that t'me he has not done so much act'\-e practice as formerly.

Dr. William H. Burtnett was graduated from the Miami Med'cal College, at Cincinnati, in the class of 1867, and subsequently he took a special course at Ind'anapolis. On January 31, 1879, he was married to Miss Hattie, a daughter of John M. Irwin, of Camargo (see his sketch). She is a native of Lawrence county, Ohio. They have had two children, l)ut both are deceased. Dr. Burtnett is a man of marked individuality: is perfectly frank and outspoken on questions in line with his convictions anil which he believes to be honest and right, and is universally popular with all who understand him.

James Jones

James Jones, ex-county treasurer and present deputy treasurer, and also the present chairman of the Douglas county Republican central committee, was born in Franklin county. In- tliaiia. Januaiv _'4. i>^,^7. In 1S3S he came to Illinois and settled in \\ liiteside connt}- and engaged in farming. Two years later he removed to this county and bought a farm in .\rcola township, where he resided u\) to the time w lien lie traded his farm for one in 'i"nscoja townshi]): upon tlie latter place he lived and farmetl successfully u\) to the year 18S4. That year he was elected by his party treasurer of Douglas county and most efficiently served in this capacitv for one term.

James Jones is one of the most universally ])opular men in the county. He has l)een a successful man of business affairs and the same methods used in his own every-day lnis;ness life he ajjplies in dealing with the pul)l;c: he is \-ery a])proacliable in manner and ol str ctest integrity and probil)-.

William 11. I'ry. of West Kidge, who is the grain agent at that place for T. D. Hanson & Co.. a ])osition he has filled most acceptably to his employers and the general public for the past eight \'ears. was born in Camargo township. Douglas coinitw Illinois, b'cliruary 14 1869. He is a son of Daniel and Millie Ann ( Braugbton ) Fry, who were born respecti\ely in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. His grandfather. Henry Vvv. who was born in I'ennsyl- \ania. came west and became one of the pioneer settlers in Camargo township. Daniel Fry. who came at the same time, was born in 1830 and died in 1881 : bis wife died in 1893 in the forty-first year of her age. To their marriage were born finir children: William H. ; Mrs. M. Entler. residing near the Mt. Gilcad church :

James W. and ( i. W'. <i. W'. l'.raugbton (grandfather) was of Fnglish ancestr_\-, a native of Kentucky, and .settled in Camargo townshi]) at about the same time the Fry family located there.

Williaiu II. Fry was reared on the farm, and after attending the graded school of Camargo was one year at the Bloomington normal : leaving there he entered DePauw Universitw at ( ireencastle. Indiana, where he continued his studies for three years, .\fter lea\- ing college be taught for three vears in DoujLis countv. at the. end of which time he accejited bis present position at West Ridge. On December 1. 1899. be en,gaged in mercantile business also at West Ridge, and accepted the position of postmaster under the administration (jf President McKinley.

On February 22, 1892, he married Miss Cora .\.. daughter of W. H. Dodson, a justice of the peace of Tuscola. Mr. Fry owns twen- 1\ acres of land in Camargf) township, besides property in tlie village of West Ridge. He is a Knight of Pythias, and he and his wife are members of the Christian church of Tuscola. Mr. Fry is one of that useful class of young men in every county whose intelligence, sturdy integrity and restless energy add stability and force to its business affairs.

James A. Kincaid

James A. Kincaid has through his own individual effort and unaided by friends become one of the most successful farmers and stock raisers in Newman tnwnship. He was horn of humble but honiirahle parentage in ^L^rion near the village of Chrisman, where they resided on a rented farm for three years, when they removed to Newman township. Alpheus M. Kincaid has been dead for over thirty years, and his wife died March 9, 1900. John Kincaid (grandfather) was born in Rolan county, Ireland, and entered land in West Virginia. Barnett Johnson was born in New England, and also entered land in West Virginia.

James A. Kincaid, by hard work and good management, has achieved a success far aljnve the average farmer. He owns eighty acres of valuable and well improved land and has" only recently erected a tine residence at a cost of over three thousand dollars. In 1874 he was united in marriage to Miss Caroline F. Anderson, a daughter of Elijah Anderson, who was one of the pioneers of the Brushy Fori: neighborhood, having migrated from Indiana. Fie was born in Posey county. Indiana, and married in Vermillinn county, that state, to Sarah S. James, His death occurretl some eight years ago, and he and his wife are buried at Albin cemetery Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid have four children living: Sarah, Nora V., Rosa Lee, Caroline Elizabeth and James A. A son, Moses Ewen, died September 12, 1876. Mr. Kincaid is a member of the Modern Woodmen, and is well and favorably known as an intelligent and upto-date farmer.

Daniel Atto

, Lawrence eiiunt\, Indiana, Inly 15. \ears he lias taken an acti\e interest in school le came to Newman townshi]) in 1 X( 1 1 matters and tor eighteen years past has served for three years a tenant farmer liefore as president of the school l)oard.

in iiS()(( he was luiilcd in marriafje to Miss riiehe Ogdon, who was horn in Illinois, a daug-htcr of Alexander and Adaline ()<,'-d<)n, who were horn in \ ir^inia. I''i\e chil<lreii ha\e hiessed their union: Ira: ( )ra. who is -n his twenty-third year and is one of the hriijht young school teachers of the comity; I'.arnev, Alma and Lucy. Mr. .\tto is a stanch Kepuhlican in his political o|)iiiion, and occupies a high ])lace in the respect aiul esteem of the ])eople among whom he has dwelt for so many years.

he purchased his farm of forty-se\en acres, which he yet owns. While our suhject was yet small, his parents removed from Lawrence to Greene county, Indiana, where he remained initil he was eigiiteen years of age. when he migrated to Illinois with his mother and lier family. His father, joseiih .\tto, a native of Natchez, Mississippi, was left .-m orphan at an early age. At the age of live years hy some means he was sent north stopping at Evansville, Indiana, and was taken hy lsa;K- .Mitchell, who raised and educated him. In 1X41 he weilded I""annie, a daughter of Jsaac Mitchell, who was a native of Virginia, and who lived and died ne.ar liloomiield. Indiana. 1 )aniel ,\tto has heen :\ husy man ;ill his life, li;id few school advantages, hut knew well the ail\, ullages of an education and has seen that his children lia\e amply received what he lacked. l'"or many

Douglas county since 1861. He and his estimable wife are among the pioneer settlers who have lived to witness the phenomenal growth and development which has placed Douglas county in the front rank as one of the most prosperous and highly cultivated portions of the great state of Illinois.

Mr. Bartholomew is a native of the state of New York. He was born in St. Lawrence county, August 21, 1825. His parents were Lnman B. and Lydia (Daniels) Barthnlonievv. The family was well and favorably kn^wn where they resided. In 1843 they cmigratetl to the West. Soon after reaching their new home in McHenry county, Illinois, the father died antl the famiU- were thrown upon their own resources. The subject of this sketch was then eighteen years of age. He C(jntinued to reside in McHenry county, sh.aring the hard toil and pri\ations incident upon the life in a new and unsettled region, until 1847. b'or the next nine years Vigo comity, Indiana, became his home. Here, in 1854, he was united in marriage to Sarah Durham, a native of Vigo county, and a daughter of Daniel Durham. Their marriage proved a hapjjy and congenial one. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew are of English ancestry. The grandfathers of the subject of this sketch rentlered honorable and distinguished service in the Revolutionary war; the genealogy of the family is traced Ijack to the earliest settlers of America. Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew have been greatly prospered in their Douglas county hcjme. They now own over five hundred acres of fertile and well cultivated land, situated in Bourbon and Areola townships. They are both members of the L^nited Brethren church at Chesterville. Mr.

Bartholomew has well and acceptably performed the duties of township treasurer for a period of twenty-eight years. He has been supervisor and held minor offices of trust. Of the five children, two, Luman and Isaac Bartholomew, are well know^n and prosperous farmers of Bourbon township. One of the daughters, Miss Eliza, is a successful teacher. Two beautiful and interesting little grandchildren complete the family circle.

Anson H. Greenman

.-\nson H. (.jreeninan was Imni in Xolilc county. Indiana, November i i. 1S41. ami is a Son of .\nson and ()li\e ( Cunningham I (ireennian. The former was horn in Canada, and llie latter in Ohio. Mr. (ireenman. at an early at;e. at the death of his parents, was hound out. and went ihrouyh the hardships that g'cnerally hefall an orphan undei' similar circumstanees. At the time of his country's peril he volunteered his services in the Civil war. and joining Com- ])any B, Eighty-fourth Indiana, as a private, August 1, i8()_', under Cajitain l-lUis. of Muncie, and (.dlone! Trussler, of Coiniers\ille, Indiana. He was four times wounded and of late has sufferetl from ( ne woLind rece \ cd at I. e battle of l-'ranklin. 1 le also participati^d in the battles of Kesaca, .\ash\ille, Tennessee, and Atlanta, (ieorgia. The l'".ighty-tV>urth Imliana participated in twenty-six battles and sk.rinishes. In 1865, after being mustered out. Mr. Greenman settled on a farm in » uscola township, and mo\ed into Tuscola city in Fcl>ruary, 1891, and ne\er cast a vote any where else; he is a member of the (jrantl Army of the l\e[)ublic.

In .1866 he was wedded to Miss Mary E. Gish. a lady <»f line intelligence, who has l)orne him four children ; J(ihn 1... employe of the Illinois Central Railroad Company; OUie, emj)loyee of the Mt. Pleasant (Iowa) Hospital for the Insane; Dora, wife of James Highland, of Chamj)aign. Illinois, and banma. who is at home. Mr. (ireenman is a pleasant, genial gentleman, an ardent Repuljlican aiul an acti\e worker for the success of his party.

William S. Martin. .\1. I), a well known )ih\-sician of Tuscola, w.is boi'u in I'liinain coiuU\-. Indiana, .\ugust J. 1837. After leaving the connnon schools he taught school for eight years. Din-ing the last three years while teaching school he studieil medicine under Doctor Price, <if W'estlielil, Illinois, lie then went to New ^'ork and entered the I'.ellcvue .Medical

College, the recognized leading school ot the United States, taking two full courses, the lirst in 1871 and the last in 1877, in which year he was graduated.

His father was William 11. .Martin, who was Ijorn in Bath count}-, Kentucky, in i8o(). and died in i8(>7. .\t the age of twenty-one he located in I'tUnam couiuy. Indiana, where he resided until 18O0. when he removed to De- Witt county, Illinois, and there remained eight years, then removing to Tuscola. 1 lis life was marked l)y deep religious sentiment and by tlie liighest sense of Christian duty. When twehe years of age lie united with the MetlnxHst church, whose cHsciphne he took at all times as his standard and rule of faith. In about 1827 he was married to Elizabeth Walton Dills. William Martin (grandfather) was a Virginian by birth, removed to Kentucky, antl thence to Putnam county, Indiana, where he died. He was a minister in the Methodist church for many years. His wife was Mary Cook, of English parentage, and a relative of Captain Cook. Dr. Martin's maternal grandfather, John Dills, wIk.i was a descendant of Plolland ancestry, antl of a prominent and early settled familv in the vicinity of Cviithiana, Kentucky.

Dr. Martin in 1887 took a post-graduate course at the Chicago Medical College, and in 1895 took a post-graduate coin-se in the New York Pijst Graduate Medical (^'ollege, giving more particular attention to diseases of the nose and throat. He is a member of the State and the American Medical Associations, and keeps himself tlmroughl}- in touch With the progress and ad\ancenient of his [jrofession. Dr. Martin ranks high as a ])hysician and surgeon. His ofiice is the best supplied with instruments for surgical operations of any town in central Illinois, as well as bath rooms and electrical appliances for the successful treatment of chronic diseases, of which for the past few years he has made a specialty.

In 1861 he was unitetl in marriage to Miss Katherine Thompson, of Manhattan, Indiana. To their marriage were born ti\e children, three daughters and two sons, the latter tlying early in life. The daughters are: ^largaret, single, who resides at home with her father; Catherine, who is the wife of E. A. Link, a piano manufacturer of Chicago, and Nellie, w-ife of Horace Wortham, who resides in Tuscola. Dr. Martin's first wife died in 1894, and in 1896 he was married to Miss Laura E. Smith, a very estimable lady of Tuscola.

Dr. Martin owns one of the most elegant homes in Tuscola, and has a splendid office : antl also owns two farms, one of one hundred and ten acres adji)ining Tuscola, and a fruit farm in Marion county. He has served as mayor of the city and is a member of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Martin's splendid intellectual gifts, deeply rooted in his character, shine forth without any effort on his part to displa\- them, an<l he is a man of fine personal appearance who faxorably impresses all who come in contact with him.

John E. Rogers, of Tuscola, was born near Jacksonville, Morgan county, Illinois, October 5, 1838, and is a son of John and Anna Beasley Rogers, who were natives of Kentucky. John Rogers, his grandfather, born in Kentucky, was one of the early pioneer Baptist preachers in the neighborhood of Jacksonville. His maternal grandfather, Joseph Beasley, was probaljly a native of Virginia.

John E. Rogers, with his remarkable energy and foresight, has attained a prtmiinence in his calling few men reach, and in the commercial growth and devekipment of Douglas county, as to its lands, he stands unicjuely alone. His enterprises have been great and have in- the i-onnty since he lies;un his work of dredg'ing; and draining;'. h<ir ei.^lil years he lias l)een a resident of Tuscola, and for twice that nuniher of years has lieen extensively engaged in draining the countv. In dix-dging, draining and regaining swamp lands his contracts extend as far south as Xew (Ji'leans, where he has performed several contracts with the state of Louisiana and is still engaged in that section. In 1859 Mr. Rogers married Angeline A. llro<iker, of Sangamon county. Illinois, who is of iuiglish jiarentage. They have ne\er had an\- children of their own, hut ha\e three adopted ones. .Mr. Rogers is a Knight Templar in Masonry and hears an enxiahle reputation as a neighhor and Iriend. a courteous gentleman and a jjuhlic-spirited citizen in the connnnnilv in which he li\'es. In all his relations of life he has heen honoral)le and just, scrupulously ])rompt in meeting his engagements and in performing his contracts.

Among the leading ])hvsic!ans of Tuscola and l)<ingl;is county there ha\e heen mme more active and aggressive in accomplishing good results in the ])ractice of their profession than 1 )i-. Rice, lie was horn in Clermont county, ( )hio. January Ji,. 1S65. He was reared on J. farm and attended the country schools, after which he attended W'esleyan l^niversity at Delaware, Ohio, ,-ind snhse'inentlv entered the .^tate L'nivei"sitv .it (olnmlins, ( )hio, in holh colleges pursuing sciciuific studies. After leaving college he took up the study of medicine, m;itriculating at the Miami Meilical College at C incinnati. from which well-known inst tution he was gr.-idn.ated in the class of i8(ji. In the same year he opened an office at Greenville, Ohio, htit remained there l)ut a short time, coming to Tuscola that year, W ith his well-known ahility and energy iov hard work, it is useless to state that he was not long in getting into a successful and lucrative practice. He remained alone in tlie work of his profession up to October, i8g8, when, his jjractice liaving- lieconie very extensive, he formed a partnershi]) with Dr. Walter C. Blain. (See sketch of Dr. Blain.)

Dr. Rice is a memlier of the Ohio State Medical, Miami County (Ohio) Medical, and the Douglas County (Illinois) Medical So cieties. He is also a member in orood standing;- of the Knights of Pythias and the Lni formed Rank, Knights of Pythias, and has been a representative to the grand lotlge of that order for the past six years; is also a member of the 1. O. O. F. : a member of Tuscola lodge, No. 332, A. F. & A. M.; Tu.scola Chapter, No. 66, Royal Arch Masons, and Melita Commandery, No. 37, K. T., and a Woodman ; also a member of the city board of health of Tuscola, and a member of the Methodist church. Dr. i\ice is surgeon for the I. D. & W. Kailro.ad Comiiany and local surgeon for the Illinois Central.

His father, George W. Rice, was by occupation a farmer, stock raiser and tobacco grower, and a natix'e of Kentuck\', but reared in Ohio. His mother before her marriage was Miss Kate (j. Frazier, bom in Ohio. In iSgo Dr. Rice w edded Miss Sarah P. Rust, of Ohio. To them has been born one child, Mary Katherine, aged seven years.

S. H. Baker

S. H. Baker is classed among the successful and enterprising young business men of Arthur. He is a member of the well-known grain Ihm of Baker S: Cahill (see sketch of

Mr. Baker was born on a farm in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1862, and remained on the farm, receiving the advantages of the common scliools until he had arri\ed at .the age of fifteen years, when he entered the emplov of the PennsyKania Railroad Company and filled the i^ositions of telegraph operator and ticket clerk at different points on the middle di\ision, on the main line between

Harrisburg and .\ltoona. In iXSo he came west and located in Illinois, remaining one year, when he returned to Pennsylvania and reentered the service of the Pennsyh'ania Railroad Company in the cajiacity of telegraph operator and ticket clerk on the Schuylkill division at Pottstown, Montgomery county. In 1888 he came back to this state and located in Piatt county, and was station agent at Milmine, on the Waliash system, continuing there up till i8c;2. In that vcar he changed to the employ of the C. & K. 1. Railro;id Company in 1SS5 Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Miss Alice Dob.son, a dans^litcr of l\iil)insnn Dobson. <if M limine. Po their marriat;e ha\e been born tln^ee chiUhx'n : I'lorcnce and .^. 11. Daker, Jr., hvini;-, and Jesse, dead.

S. H. Raker comes of sturdy I'ennsyKania Dntcli ancestry, and is a son -of Jesse and Susan (Zeiders) I'aker. The. fatlicr was Imrn in Montgomery county, near Philadelphia; the mother in Perry county, near Li\erpool, I'enns_\l\ania. I lis i^rand fathers w fre I'eter llaker and Henry Zeiders, who were members of old and respectal)le families of the Keystone state. The tirni of Baker & Cahill, who carry on business for themselves as dealers in tjrain, coal, seeds and mill feed. di> an annual business of about tifl_\--one tliousand dollars. Mr. liaker is a member and secretar\' of .\rthur lodge. No. 825, l'"ree and .Accei)ted Masons, and is also an acti\e member and r)ne r)f tlic nldcst trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, wliich was organi;^ed in 1894. He has attained his present ])osition in the l)usiness world by industry and close attention to the det;iils of his e\ery <lay"s work; is public spirited and in favor of rdl imi)ro\emeuts calculated to benefit the conununity in which he resides.

Eli 1'. C.Miill

Eli Foster Cahill. member of the wellkiiiiwn grain firm of Baker & Cahill, of .Arthur, was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, October 2.- 1851, ;ui<l is a son of (iranson and I'dlen

(Coff) Cahill. He was reared on a farm in central Kentucky and came from that state to Moultrie county in 1874. In 1894 he and his partner succeeded C. .\. Davis in the grain buN'ing l)nsiness, and the lirm of l'>;iker S: Cahill is rapidly becoming one of the most imjiortani in the county. Mr. Cahill owns one hundred and sixty acres of land northwest of. .\rthur. in .Moultrie county, and while residing on the farm he served three years as highway commissioner, was clerk of the school board

In i8j-,Soui' subject w;is united in mai'riage with Airs. Emily Robertson, of Abmltrie county, Illinois, and they h;i\e one child, Nellie. Mr. C;iliill is a menil)er id' the Masonic fraternitv ;ind of the Cliristi.an church, .and is a pleas.anl ;uiil courteons gentleman, well known, wide-awake and progressi\e, and is in the vigor of manhood, with prospects of many years of trsefulness in store for liim.

D. N. Mag'ner is classed among' tlic reliable and successful Inisincss men i)f the Cdunty. He located at Arthur in 1873. and has since been identified with the host interests of the village.

Our subject was born in Rush county, Indiana, October 30, 1843, and is a son of Z. H. and Margaret (McCorkle) Magner. His father is a nati\e of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and his mother of Bourbon countv, Kentucky. His father, who was born in 1803, and died in August, t868, was formerly a merchant at Paris, Illinois. His mother died in 1855, aged fifty years. James Magner (grandfather) was a native of Mar\land and a son of a Revolutionary soldier. The Magner family, which came from Ireland, has resided in .\merica since about the year 1650. James McCorkle was a Virginian by birth, emigrated to Kentucky as a pioneer and died there. In 1853 D.

N. Magner, then nine years old, came to Paris, Illinois, and upon the first call for troops in 1 86 1 he volunteered in Company H, Ninth Illinois Infantry, and served for three years and four months. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, was taken prisoner at the battle of Corinth, and partici- ]iated in sixty-six engagements during the war. For fourteen years he was in the railway mad service, on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railload and Vandalia line. In 1873 he started in his ]Dresent business, but in 18S0 he sold out to C. A. Reeves. He bought the business back in i8()4, and since that time has been carrying on a most successful business. Mr. Magner has been president anfl trustee of the village board, and is a member of the G. A. R., I. O. O. V. and Masonic fraternities.

Col. Wesford Taggart

Col. Wesford Taggart, a resident of Tuscola, who for many years has been well and favorably kno\vp. throughout Douglas county, was born on a farm near the village of Nash- \ille. Brown county, Indiana, November 17, 1833. His father was Capt. James Taggart, who ser\ed in the Mexican war as captain of Company E, of Senator James H. Lane's regiment, of Indiana, and" was killed in the battle of Ikiena Vista in the year 1847. Col. Taggart's

('1.1. Wesf'ird Tav,^;irf remained on the old Krowii connt\' homestead nnlil he arrived at the age of se\eiiteen years, when he went to r.liiiiminL;!' 111. in the same state, where he enga.ged in hlacksmithin.g. and from there removed to F.dinshnrg. where he remaineii nntil 1860. He then removed to Charleston. Illinois, tliere conlinning at his trade nntil the lireakinLf out of the Civil war. wlien he was among the lirst to volnnteer his services, hut was rejected hum the h'irst Illinois Regiment on accf)nnt of il heini;- so (|nickly e(|ui|i|}ed with the re(|uired nnmher i>\ men. lie at i>nce commenced to r.aise .a cnnijiany himself, which he soon comlileted. and was mustered into the service |nne I, iNfii, ;it St. l.onis. in ( ien. Seigel's di\ision, nnder the comm.and of Ccn. l'"remont. Me camjiaigned throngh Missouri and .\rkansas; was in the hattle of Pea Uidge; transferred to the Army of the Mississippi, and was in the siege of Corinth, .\fter the cajitnre of Corinth he was transferred to the .Army of the Cumherland, and was in the marchto I.cniisville, Kentucky. ( )n his return he was in the attack on Bragg at Perry \ille, thence went to Nashville, Teiuiessee. .and was in tiie tight against Ihagg at .Stone River; al.^o in the attack at Tullahoiua. where Ih-agg was driven across the ( unilicrl.and nn innt.-iins, the Cnicni forces still pursuing nntil the hard fcmght hattle of Chickamauga, Septemher kj and 20. At Stone River Col. Taggart was jiroiunted to the comiuand of his regiiuent. ;nid .after the hattle nf Chickaniauga. lur nieriti iri. lus ciinduct, he w;is |iri>- Uidted to lieutenant-Colonel of his regiment, lie was also in comiuand at Missionary Ridge, where the Confederate lines were hroken and r.r.agg's army tainted. Inimedi;itel\- after this he was in the forced march to Knuwille to relieve (ien. ljurnsi<les. lie w.i'^ .alsn in the hattle of naiulridgc. Tennessee, where the rehels under I ,i>iigsli-eet were routed: then he returned til KiiMwillf, where- he rem.ained sume tinu', \^ hen he joined Sherman at l\inggold. Georgia, and participated in the cajiture of Athmta. Immediately thereafter he came iinrtli and wris uuisterecl nut df the ser\ice ;it S|)ringiield, I Hi- nois, Septemlicr 5. 1864. He returned to Charleston, and injanuary of the following year remo\ed to Tuscola, where he has since resided. Fnim iSf'5 ti) 1868 he was successfully engaged in the grocery business at this place, l.ut in the latter year sold his stock of gnods and engaged in the manufacture of buggies and light wagons, being engaged in this up to 1876. when he was elected sheriff of Douglas county on the Democratic ticket. The cmmty was strongl}' Republican, but it did nut prevent his re-election in 1878. In 1886 he was elected to the house of representatives from the district compcised of Douglas, Coles and Cuml)erlan<l counties. He served on the military, penal, elections, soldiers and or])lians' home committees. In 1881 Col. Taggart engaged in the furniture and undertaking Inisiness with A. L. Elkins, wlio has since died, his ])resent partner being Silas R. Williams. Tbeii' house is the largest of the kind in the county.

On January 20, 1859, he was married to Miss Julia Skinner, of Hamilton. Ohio. To them ha\e been liorn seven children, of whtim three are living: Lizzie, wife of Andrew Ingram, of Tuscola: Susan, wife of H. C. Morris, of the same place, and .Margaret, single and at home. Col. Taggart was a member of the city council several times and takes a deep iriterest in the welfare of the city, where he resides in one of the most pleasant homes in the county.

Judgkj. D. Mcrdock

grandfather, \\'illia.m Murdock, left the north of Ireland and came to this country previous, to the war of the Revolution, in which be took an active part. As far as is known, he was the lirst of the name in direct line who came to the new world. He settled in Monmouth county. New Jersey. (Charles Uhlera, nephew of Judge Murdock. has a complete genealogy of the MiU'docks in America.) John Murdock's father was l)orn in Monmouth county. New Jerse\', about the year 1775, and followed fanning, as did his father. At the age of about twentj'-one he emigrated to Butler counly. Ohio. This was in the early part of the last century, and he was among the earliest settlers of that section. Here he married l-iebecca Little, who was also descended from an old New Jersey famil}-. .She was the mother of John D. Murdoclc, of Murdock, who was born on June 15, 1816. Three years after his birth she was drowneil. The sad incident occurred in fording a small stream swollen by recent rains, while returning in a \vat;;<>n t(i dred and tliirtyacres nf land at eleven dollars an her home from Cinciiniati. acre, and removed liis family from Indiana the John 1). Murdock received his education in lollowing Ai)ril. A splil-lou house, too small a subscrii)tion scliool. ihc lirst tauti'ht hy a Dr for tlie accommodation of liis family, stood on Johnson, in the little town of Washington, the tr.-icl at the time of the purchase, so he W'avnc countw Indiana. It was here by close ])re]);nx'il a fr.-ime house in Indiana, hauled it attention to his studies he laid the foundation to 1 )ous;ias county and \nn it ujion tiic ]iremises for the education which afterw.-ird ser\ed as ready for llie rcccjition of his l.amily. I le lias a means of raising him to a position of intlu- owned over one thousand live hundred acres ence in the commmiitv. .After a residence of n\ land since his residence in Douglas county, about six years in Wayne county he, with his Among his neighbors in the Murdock settlefather, in 1827, removed to Tippecanoe conn- ment were James Brewer, Denis Daniels, ty, then ;i wild and unsettled region, lie was l'".i>hraim Drago, Anderson (amphell. and eleven years old at this time and grew to man- Isaac and Robert Carmack. jolm Jordon. and hood in this county. The life of the family was Uncle Hilly Timbrook. who came later. On that of pioneers. Here he developed those the organiz.ition of Douglas county Judge qualities of self-reliance which subse(|uently Alm'dock took an active interest in the project. entered into his success in life. In March sue- devoting both time and money. He was assoceeding his twenty-first birthday, he wedded ciate judge of the county for si.x years, and Miss Martha Morgan, whose ancestors were has held various township offices. He is .-)t of the early settlers of Tennes.see. Her father, present trustee and steward ot the .Methodist Venzant Morgan, removed from Tennessee Episcopal churcli. In 1837 he married Marto Ohio, and from Ohio to Tippecanoe county, tlia ]\Iorgan. of Indiana. She died February Mr. Murdock after his marriage removed to 8. 1891. Their children living are: Watson. a rented farm, his cash capital at this time a farmer and grain buyer; Xaiicy Jane, the consisting of $ij. he owning due horse and widow of .Sinclair Helm; Wilbur, residing on buying his farming implements on time. .A a farm adjoining Murdock; Mrs. Martha good crop crowned his labors of the first year Helm, of Tuscola, and Mrs. Lida Dewees, of and he was i)ut on a better footing for the Terre Haute. In i8<)_' he married for his secsecond vear. In foiir years he had accumu- 1 .iid wife Mrs. S.arah M. Hentley. Campbell, lated iiionev enough to purchase eighty acres the former wife ol Dr. .Morgan .\. IJentley, of l.ind. which he di<l in h^iuntain county. In- who dieil in K:iiikakee, May 3, i8(;o. He was dian.a. wln'ic Ik- renio\ed with his wife. He a gradu.ate of Jefl'erson Medical College, of gaine<l .1 iiiominent ]io.sition in the countv and riiilaileli)lii;i. .Mrs. .Murdock has two chi!- was chosen countv commissioner. ilren. now lixiiig. by her lirst husband: Nel- I11 Janu.-iry. 1854, he visited Illinois in lie. wife of Mr. \an Morgan, and \<ev. L. C. search ni land. He lirst came to Georgetown, lientley. who w.is born in 1864, and was grad- X'ermilion county, thence by the way of Hick- uated from the Del'.iuw University, at Clreenory Gro\e to Camargo. He bought three liun- castle, lndian;i. in 1804, and from the Theo- logical Scniinarv of Boston, in 1895, and is tnwn, one year at Spartansliurg, all in Pennniiw pastiir ni the First M. E. chnrch in Bra- sylvania. and one year at Caniargo, Illinois.

After coming west he read law with the law firm of Eckhart & Moore at Tuscola, Illinois, afterward entering the law department of the W'esleyan Uni\ersity, located at Bloomington, Illinois, and was graduated in the class of '91. He returned to Tuscola in 1892, and was elected to the oflice of state's attorney, which

John H. Chadwtck

J()hn H. C'hadwick, state's attr)rney of pusition he has held ever since. The first law- Douglas county, is a native of Washington suit he ever tried was as attorney for the state.

He was united in marriage to Miss Ella Russell, of Chrisman, Illinois, in July, 1894. 1diey h;i\-c two children. Perry Moreland and John Russell.

Mr. ChacKvick is entirely self educated, having earned the money to obtain his education iiy working on a farm, selling hook-s anrl ma]is and teaching school. 1 le has keen a hard student ,'dl his life, and has obtained success by hard work and devotion to duty. As a public proscculoi- he has been \erv successful. In aiklition to his official duties he has a good ci\il ])ractice.

until about fourteen \'ears of age, and then attended school at Washington for a short time. He also attended college at W^aynesburg, and the State Normal school at Edinl)oro, Pennsyhauia. He graduated from the latter institution in the class of 'SA and came west in the summer of 1887. Mr. Chadwick taught school for ten years, was one year principal at Miles Grove, two years at Dempsey-

Israel ;\. Drake, one of Tuscola's retired farmers, was born in lUitlcr county, ( )liio, January 27,. 1834. and is a son of Nathan Drake, also a native of the same county. His mother was Sarah Gardner, a native of New Jersey. Nathan Drake emigrated from r)hio to Vigo cmuitv, Indiana, in about 1831, and in 1849 located in Coles (now Douglas) county, in Garrett townshiji. where he took up about

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Milw.'uikee, ami Mrs. Minnie Drake Tyler, will) is one id Tuscola's leading milliners. Mrs. Drake is a memher id' the Tuscula I'reshyteriau church. Mr. Drake is a memher uf the Masonic fraternity, and his son William is one of the highest and hriglitest Masons in the state of Wisconsin, and is also a Knight ol I'vthias.

William Ills

Butler countv farm until the age of sixteen, since which time he h;is resided 111 what is now kunwii as 'Luscula, with the e.\ce])tiiin nf twenty _\'ears in Decatur. Duuglas cminty. While in Decatur he ran the Drake lintel.

iam F. George, of Montgomery (now Bath) l)usine.ss world far above the average man. He county, and was a native of Greenbrier county, i.s one of the most e.Ktensive stock raisers in the X'irginia. county, as well as one of the most public-spirit-

William lies was reared in Bath county, ed of its citizens. For the past thirteen years and at his father's death, February 22. 1846, he has been president of the Douglas County

Fair Association, filling this place with rare executive ability, and has been connected with ii: in one way or another ever since its organization. He has held the office of supervisor of Camargo township several terms and was recently defeated for the same office by manipulations unworthy of the opposition. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, that kind of Democracy which Jefferson taught and which is being revised to-da)' \)\ William J. I'.ryan.

Leonard J. Wvftii

of a little over one year. On account of the of Douglas county, and a man of varied busivvar, his educational advantages were limited ness interests, amassing a fortune of about and all the property belonging to the fanulv was swept away. His mother died in i<S84. In 1865 he came to Camargo townshi]i and bought a tract of land and resided in a logcabin on the farm on which he now lives. At the present time he owns three hundred and si.xty-three acres in one tract and three Inindreil and forty in another.

In 189 J he was married to Miss May Hammett, a daughter of the late James R. 'Hammett, whose sketch is found on another page of this work. William lies is a worthy example of a self-made man. Commencing with nothing except his own indomitable energy and courage, he has succeeded in the ihree liundred thcnisaiul dollars while a resident (if Diniglas c<iu!ity. Me was of W'clsli ancestry, and was horn in Wendell. I'ranklin connty. Massacluisctls, jannary \ 7,. iSjj, and died at his home at 'i'nscola. January 24. i8<;,S. He was a son of Xathan anil Hannah ( Kellog) W'yeth, natives of Massachusetts, and liis grandfather was dad W'yeth. In 1839 Mr. \\'yeth"s parents moved to Licking county, Ohio, and eight years later our suhject was united in marriage to Miss Melinda Xortliway, a nati\e of tlie town of Sherman, Chautauqua county. Xew York, and a (hiughter of Samuel Hiram and Charlotte ( Seagers ) Northway. natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts. resj)ectively. Se\'en children were the result of this marriage, three of whom attained the age of maturity: .Mrs. (ieorge Callaway: Mary, and Clarence L., whose death preceded his father's only a few months.

The prosi)crity anil growth of the west attracted Mr. W'yeth, and in 1851 he came to Illinois and settled in Coles county. Here he resided until 1858 and then mo\ed to Douglas county, where he afterward resided. Building a small store room on Houghton street, just opposite the court house, he engaged in merchandising with .Merrill and ()li\er Hackett. That was the heginning of Mr. W'yeth's husiness career, a career which has scarcely a counterpart in the history of the county. The partnership with Merrill and Oliver Hackett was dissolved in 1859. and a new firm was formed with Thomas D. Craddock. of Charleston, which was continued until 1864. In 1859 the firm erected a husiness room on the site now occupied hy Field's ])harmacy. This building was sold, and another and more commodious structure was built <in the site imw occupied hy the Conover building. In 1865 Mr. W'yeth flis])osed of his dry -goods store to W'. II. I. ami) and J. M. Maris. He then formed a ]iartncrshi]) in the banking business with Jos. ( i. ;uid \\'illiam 1 '. Canu( in under the firm name of W'yeth, Camion & Co. This firm remained in business until 1870, when the First National Bank was organized, Mr. W^yeth being one of the ]5romoters of the institution. He was a director from the organization of the 1/ank imtil within a few weeks of his death. Jn October, 1872, when W'. P. Cannon retired from the ])resi(lency of the l'"irst National. Mr. W'yeth was elected to fill the vacancy, which he did until January, 1873. when H. T. Caraway w;is elected. In 1875 Mr. W'yeth bought the Carrelt farm of eight hnmlred acres in (iarretl townshi]). lie im i\ed on that farm in 1873, biU n-turried to the city in the fall of 1878, taking up his residence in the house on East Scott street which was ;iftcrward his home. -\t one time he li\cd in a house that \v;;s erected on the site of the W'amsley grocery store. Later he built a residence just east of the M. E. church, which he sold to the late Thomas E. Macoughtry. Mr. W'yeth also built the house now occupied by Farmer Cox.

Mr. W'yeth was the largest ])ro])erty holder in Douglas countv. lie amassed a fortune of $300,000, represented by three thousanil acres of land located in this county, $50,000 in bank slock, $7,000 to $8000 in gox'crnment bonds, besides personal property. In 1893, during a severe attack of illness, Mr. Wyeth made a di\-ision of his wealth, disposing of the greater ]iarl of his ]iroi)erty. The will that was executed at that time was re\-oked. The latter l>art of December. i8(;7. Mr. W'yeth made a new division of liis property. Tlie division was a1)ont equal lietween his daughter, Mrs. George Callaway, and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lizzie \\'yeth. He executed deeds to them convening what property he had allotted to each one. To Dr. Callaway he transferred his one hundred and ninety shares of stock in the First National Bank. This will which was executed at this time bequeaths only the property which his wife was to have, consisting of the homestead, seven or eight thousand dollars in government bonds, and his bank account and other personal property. All this property was given to her absolutely without any restriction whatever. Mr. W'voth has four I)rothers and one sister living, Samuel, Albert and Thomas, of Coles county. Joseph S., of Garrett, and Mrs. Cofer, of .\rcola. This town at that time welcomed every newcomer. Mr. \\'veth, at the very start of his business life, was as bold in his purpose as in form were the hills on his father's farm in the state of Massachusetts. Success in honorable business was the end he sought, and that end was attained l)y wise foresight, just means, unflagging endeavor and unimpeachable character. Out of respect to Mr. W'yeth, all of the business houses were closed during tlie hmu- of his funeral.

James Morrow

James Morrow, one of the well-known citizens of Newman, and who has led an active and successful business life, was born in Brown county, Ohio, November 3, 1832, and is descended from English and Irish progenitors.

lie is a son of James and Levina (Drake) Morrow, who were nati\'es of Brown county, (3hio. His grandfather and grandmother on his father's side were born in Ireland, and married in Brown county, Ohio. His maternal grandfather and grandmother (tlie latter Miss W'eatherspoon) were respectively born in England and America. James Morrow remained on a farm in Brown county until he had arrived at the age of twenty years, during which tiiue he attended schonls three months free and three months paid fur. In 1852 he migrated to Montgomery cuunty, Indiana, and here for some time worked as a common day laborer. In 1854 he came to Illinois, locating in Champaign county, where he bought and located on eighty acres of land two miles south of Urbana, where he remained for about four years. He then removed to Edgar county, and bought and located on a farm four miles east of Newman, where he resided up to i8()2. In that year he enlisted in Company E, Twelfth Illinois Infantrv, and lacked but a few days of lieiii;^ in ;icli\c scrxicc three years. He servetl as a private ami lirsl belonged to the left wiiii;- of the .'sixteenth Army Corps until after the Atlant.i eanipai.L;n, when he was IransfeiMed to the i-"ifteenth Army Corps un<ler (ien. i.oijan. .Mr. Morrow' was never wnumled or siek in all of his acti\e service din'int;- the war. .\fler the final surrender he returned to the farm and in 1S75 came to NewMiian. since which time he has heen numhered among her best citizens. In i}^94 he rented out his farms and since that time has lieen practically retired from business cares. Mr. IMarrow owns tw(j lumdred and t'orty acres of land in Edgar county and six acres within the corporation of Xewni.'m. Mrs. Marrow, his wife, owns four luunlred and ninety-six acres of land in Illinois, one hundred and twenty-six acres one and a half miles east of Newman, hfty acres near the corporation line oi Newman, and one lialf-section in I'^dgar county.

Mr. Marrow has heen twice married, the first time to Miss Lawhead, in i860, .\fler her de.ath he married his present wife, Rachel i'"isher. who was born in Indiana, a daughter of Daniel h'isher, who followed farming, and dietl in Chami)aign county. To liis first marriage he has three children living, and by his second wife he has one child, (jeorge, who resides in I'.urlington, X'ermont, and is superintendent of the anti-liipior league of Vermont, '{"he other children are: 11. 1... W. I!, and ICdgar 1). .Mr. ;ind Mrs. .Marrow .are consistent members of the ('nmberland I'reshyterian church, lie i> a public-spirited citizen, is ]>lain and nn.issuming, yet dignified in apl)ear;mce, anil has won a competency and an honorable position by honesty, correct business methods, and a due reard for his fellowmen.

William I". .Mni'iiby, one of the wealthy retired citizens of Tuscol;i, was born in ( )hio, j.niu.ary c;, 1 S_> 1 . IHs great-great-grandfather came from liel.iud and settled in Maryland, in which slate his f;itlier, Wilson Mur]jhy. was born in 1787: he sei"ved as a soldier in the war of iSij. In 1S15. with his wife, who was .\ancv Slangblei', he remo\eil to Ross county, ( )lno.

the year, i-emaining on his f;i(her"s f;irm until he hail .arri\ed at age, when he worked on the farm ;il six doll;n-s ;md twentydue cents to lifteeu dollai's i>er nioiuh. mid in 1 S39 came to Illinois, snbsei|uentl\- \isiting in Douglas county, then ;i jiart of Coles, lie was favor- ;ibl\' impi-essed with the country and determined to settle here. Therefore he returned in 1847 '""' began life here with two hundred dollars in munc)', a wagon and three horses.

He seized the first fa\iiral)le iipportunity to get possession of land and in July, 1850, bouglit one hniiilred and sixty acres of school land and about eiglity acres of tiniher in Sargent t ownshi]), paving for -it six hundred and forty dollars. Since that time he has l)een dealing extensixely in real estate and is at jjresent one of the wealthiest men in this county. For many years he was engaged in hanking at Xewman, succeeding Z. S. Pratt. He now owns ahout one thousand fnur hundred acres of valuahle land in the connty, and three hundred and thirt}'-hve acres in Jasper county, Indiana.

Pie has been thre^ times married : First to Miss .Vdel'a H. Sm'th, a nat'\e of Kentucky, tir's marr^a^-e occurring January 15. 1845. Jl^s second wife was Miss Rebecca J. Maddox, of Ohio. .Vfter her death he ni.arried Miss Julia I'age, o'f New N'ork, who is a lad)- o! fine literaiy accoinprshinents and pruuiinent in church wi rk. In iSyi he reiumed to Tuscola, where he and his wife resitle in one of the city's nmst beautiful residences, surriiunded by ;dl the cond'i rts of life. The oidv ol'flces Mr. Murphy has ever held were township su]jer\;sor, and trustee a[)pointed by the governor to build the asylum for the insane at Kankakee.

William F. Murphy has throughout his life been a shrewd Inisiness man, and his success has been the result of his own efforts. During the Ci\ il war he largely assisted in filling the quota ot his township under President Lincoln's different calls for troops. His life has l)een one of action and his accumulations of this wcirld's goods have been the result of econom\' and close attention, to business.

James R. Hammett

James Richard Hammett was descended from Irish ancestry, his grandfather, Richard Hammett, having been a native of County Cork, Ireland. Here the llamnietts resided for a long period of time. Richard Hammett, as tar as known, h;id live children, four sons and one daughter, ;dl of whom at different periods emigrated to .\merica.

when ;i yoinig man ;uid settled in Montgomery County, X'irginia, and there marrietl Diana dardner, a native of the Old Dominion and of Irish descent. The three younger l:)rothers came to America at ;i later periixl and likewise settled in Virginia. One of them, William Hammett, l)ecame a Methodist preacher and about 1835 he returned to his old home in Ireland, where his labors as an evangelist at- traded lar^e crowds of penpk-. He resumed preacliiiij;' on liis return to America and settled in Mississippi. Su1)se(|uently he was elected to congress from the X'ickshurg district and after leaving congress he continued to preach. .\s an orator he was of a high order, (^f the other hrothers, Richard Ilammett was a man of great energy and versatile talents. The greater part of his life after his arrival in .\merica was spent in Mississi]>])i. where he was a prominent ])olitician and h iv a time editi ir of the N'ickshnrg Whig.

Douglas county liad perhaps few men who have lived on its prairie soil for three score and lour years, anil whose lal)ors have contrihuted so largely to the develo])ment c)f its rescnirces and whose life has been more upright and exemplary than the late James R. Hammett, who was horn in .Muntgomery county. \'irginia, January i, 182O, and who died August 11. 1896. in the seventy-first year of his age. His parents removed from \irginia to Bourlion countv. Kentucky, and in the fall of 1830 came to Illinois, halting at sunset one evening almost on the spot where he spent si.xty-four years of iiis life. The farm consisted of eight hundred acres lying inst north of Camargo, which was then in Park county, the ncjrthern limits of \v hich at that time extended to Wisconsin. The hardshi])S of the early pioneer only served to call forth all the encrgv and enterprise of Mr. Ilannnett. and his success was due to his untiring industrv and linancia! ability, which placed him among the leading financiers of this c<junty.

In 1854 Mr. Ilammett was married to Miss barah C. Watson, who was born in Fountain county, Indiana. July 4, 1830, a daughter of William D. and Mary (Low) Watson. Her

.Mr. ll;immelt was coimecled with the development of the railroads in this county and look an active part in the bulding of the Illinois Central Raihv.iy. lie visited Sjjringiield ;md was inlluential in I'btaining the charter from the Legislature. In the original l)ill granting charter rights he was named as one of the incorporators .and subsequently became a membei' ot the board nf directors, lie was reelected several times .and tilled the ofifice for twelve years. W hen the First Xat'oual Piank was organized, in 1870, he became a stockholder and in ^Sjt, was elected director, filling this place until the time nf his death. He was one of the ablest financiers of the county and w;ts worth .about one hundred and fiftv thousand dolLirs. owning aboiu two thnus.and acres of Land. .\li'. ll.ammett wris not a UK-mber of any church, but |ir,icticed I'hristi.anity in his every-day life. It is not to be wondered that the pe(Ji)le revered him, because his syiup.ithetic and generous heart was always responsive to everv touch of distress and he vv.as ever ready to extend a helping h.ind to his fellow man It may well he said of him that he has made the world better by having lived, and his life is

William Thomas Summers, of Newman, eame from .Sangamon county, Illinois, to Newman township in 1S77. and located <in a farm >e\en miles northwest of the village. He was Ixirn near Augusta, llracken C(iunty. Kentucky,

May 15, 1845, and is a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Threlkeld) Summers, who were natixes of the same count)-, both heing members of pioneer families of that secti(_)n. His grandlather, Thomas Summers, was a native of Virginia, and was a soldier in the Mexican war. W. 1". Summers was reared in Kentucky and came to Sangamon county. Illinois, when a small boy. With the exceiition oi two years, during which time lie was associateil in business with James Barr, of Newman, he has always been engaged in farming.

In 1S65 our subject was wedded to Miss \'irginia C. W'oltz. a daughter oi John and Svdney ( Ihdbert ) W'oltz, natives of Virginia. Mr. Summers and wife have no children. He is a member and one of the organizers of the Christian Scientist church of Newman, and is a firm believer in its principles. Mr. Sum mers has just completed a fine residence in Newman at a cost of over five thmisand dollars, and it ranks with the most elegant homes in the county. He owns three hundred and twentysix acres of land, two hundred and six acres' lying southwest of Newman and one hundred and twenty acres one mile and a half north- \^"est. He is a member of the 1. O. O. F. and Masonic fraternities. Mr. Summers has, ever since his residence in Douglas county, been identified with the county's best interests, progress and development, and ranks among its best and most progressive men.

Moses S. Sahth

; Moses S. Smith, the genial and talented editor of the Newman Independent, was born July 19, 1869. a son of George W. Smith, and was raised at Newman, the place of his liirth. In 1887 he and his brother. A. ]!.. who ha<l lieen connected with the mechanical department of the Independent, purchased the paper, succeeding C. V. Walls, who removed to .\rcola, where he edited the Areola Record for a time. - It has now been twenty-six years since the first copy of the Newman Independent was issued.

DuriiiiT all these years the Independent has tried to olinmicle all the events of interest transpiring in the town and vicinity, as welt as a synoi)sis of those occurrences in adjoining towns, 'the state and nation. It has striven t(j re])resent the liest interests of the community and assist as much as possible towards building up tlie town. The efforts of Mr. .Smith have not been in vain, proof of which is the large and increasing circulation of the ])aper. 1 he i)a])cr has grown from a ])un\' infant to strong and well developed manhood, owing largely U) the generous patronage given it by the progressi\e business men of the town and county. The Newman Independent was first instituted in .\pril, 1873. l)y Cicero V. Walls. He experimentally C(jnducted it for six months and then susjiended it for a year, when he resumed its ])ublicat:on. In 1SCS2-83 the paper was leased to Carl II. I'hier for al)out a year, during Mr. Wall's absence from .Vewman. On his return he again assumed control with John W. King, who was postmaster at the. time, as assistant editor. In 18S4 be again leased it to .\. B. Smith, his foreman, while he went to I'aris ;md took charge of the Paris IJeacon. M. S. Smith, since be has succeeded to the entire control of the ]iaper. has adiled ni.itfrially l> its mechanical completeness 1 y tlu- inuibase oi t\\i» new jol) i)resscs. also a new four horse power gasoline engine, and on April 1. i<;oo. the ])a])er came out in .an entile new dress, and is now one of the cleanest and new>iest local newspai)ers in Illinois.

Mr. Smith was united in nnrriage I ) Miss Isahelle Root, a diuigbter "\ I). O. Root, of Xewnian. They have two cb'Idren, Hughes Ijlake and Harriet I'^lizabeth. Mose Smith, as he is generally known by his friends, is one of the most accommodating and agreeable gentlemen found in thj county, and in business is an all-round bustler.

Wixfield S. Reed

W inh<.'ld .Scott Reed, a jiioniinenl and intelligent larnier of Areola township, was born in I'nion county. Indiana. .M;i\- 1 :;. 1S31. and is a .son of John T. Reed. The latter was a na tivc of Butler county, ( )bio. and emigrated to iJouglas county and settled in Tuscola townshii" ir. iSO.j. lie moved to .\rcola townshi]) in iS()7 and there resided u]) to bis death, which occurred in March. i8<;i, in the seventy-lirst year (if bis age. I lis wife was .\nn Walters, who w.'is born in l.anc;;^ter count v. l'enns\-l- \ania, in iSjf.. and moved with her p.irents to Butler county. Ohio, in 1836; she is now in the seventy-fourth year of her age. John T,

Reed was a renter when he first came to the I'ennsylvania. Her father died in 1872, aged count}-, hut in iS^j he hmiglit tlie farm where seventy-eiglit years. He was in the war of liis son, W. S. Reed, now resides. He was .1 i8ij. His father. Henry Watson, came from tailor liy trade, hut (|uit that and went to farming. W. S. Reed owns one-half of the old homestead farm, which contains one hundred and twenty-two and a half acres. He has heen a successful farmer, ])rogressive in his ideas, and owns a heautifiil home.

Fehruary 24. 1N75, he was married to Miss Nellie Watson, a daughter of Thomas Watson, of Clark county. They have three children : (Jilie, wife of .\. Wright; Dora M. and John (J. Thomas Watson was a natixe of Frederick county, Virginia, where he was l)orn in Octolier, \/i)4. and was married to Susanna Thomas, in 1824. To them were horn two sons and one daughter. Mis wife flicd in 1832, and he was married the second time, in 1834, and rcr moved to Ohio in 1837, residing in Fairfield county until October. 1854, when he came to Illinois. Mrs. Reed's mother was Nancv Franklin, who was horn near Greencastle,

Lemuel Chandler

' Lemuel Chandler, of Bourbon, is one of the oldest and most iuu\-ersally respected citizens in the comity. He was born within three miles ol Cynthiana. Harrison county. Keiiluckv, -August 30, 1824, a son of Israel an<l l.vdia ((irewein Chandler, who were born in the ' I'.lue Crass" regions of Kentucky. Israel Chandler emigrated from Kentuckv to Cler-

In 1S41) he was tmited in niarriasre to Mrs. Prudence W. I'.acou. a n.itixe of Ham])sliire countv, \ irt;ini;i. and a daui^hter ol Rcihert ;md I'dizahcth P.eavers. the former horn in the state of New Jersey, and the latter in Baltimore, i^Iaryland. To Mr. and Mrs. Chandler have heen horti six children: John, who is a larmei' and resides in Pourhon township; William, whose sketch is found elsewhere; Beatrice, wife of Dell llenr\-. of llastinys. Neliraska; Pydia Belle: (iertrude. wife of Clifford Jones, who resifles in the t'dt^e of the \illa<;e of Bourhon ; and ICrncst AI. ("hrmdier. in the li\c stock coinmission business at I'eoria. Illinois. Mr. Chandler is a member and deacon of tlie I'aptist clun-ch. of \\ hicli church his wi fe is alsi > a member. Mr. (."h.andler owns iwn hundi-ed and sixtv acres of land in .\rcola lownshii) ami h\e juuidred and lorly in Bourbon township.

(). \'. Myers, a Ljiain huNcr at Mc("own's ."^t.ation. .and one of the wheel horses of the Douglas county Democracy, was born in \'a\- gar county, Illinois, March 13, iSd^. He is a son ot Willirun Mvers, wlio was a native of Kentucky and who became an earlv settler of I'.dgar couiny. His mother was Eliza Sizemore. ;i daughter of Martin Sizenmre. who w;is also born in Kdgar county.

Mr, Myers grew u]) on the farm .and receixed tlie .advantages of a good common school education, ami also .attended the high school at P.aris. l'"or the i);is( leu years he h.as li\ed on his f.arm of oue hundred .and lwent\' acres, about one mile and a h.alf cast of N^ewinan. llis firm h.andles about one hundred am! fifty thous.and bushels of grain annn.alh'. In the receiU Denioer.atic ]ii"iui,ar\- of Duuglas counlv he iecei\ed the endorsement for state sen.ator of the district composed of l)(iugl,as. Coles and .Shelby counties. In iNyX he was the Demo- cratic nominee for the office of county treasurer of Douglas county. On March 4, iSS'i, he was wedded to Miss Alice Estes, of Edgar county. They have seven children : Edna. Harry, Don, Charlie, Laura, Edwin and Nellie.

David Meyers (grandfather) was a native of Kentucky. Our suhject's maternal grandfather, Martin Sizemore, was a North Carolinian bv birth and served in the Black Hawk and Mexican wars.

O. V. Myers is a young man of gudd ability, and there is little doulit slmulil he be elected to re])resent this senatorial district that the best interests of the people will be carefully and ably looked after.

John Dowry

John Lowry, one of the promising young l-'Usiness men of Fairland, where he has been e.xtensively engaged in buying grain since 1896, was born in the county of Tipperary, Ireland, in 1858, a son of John and Margaret (Nolan) Lowry, who were born in the same county. His father settled in Champaign county on a farm in the vicinity of Fairland in 1871, and was engaged in farming up to the time <>f his death, in 1874.

John Lowry was reared and educated in the country anil was engaged in farming up to the time he became engaged in his present business, then becoming a member (if the firm of Lowry & Hanson. They buy on an average about five hundred thousand bushels of corn and oats annually. He is now building a new elevator and niaking other improvements in connection with his business.

In 1887 our subject was married to Miss Nelly Ryan, a native of Will county, Illinois. They have five children : Maggie, George, Kittie, Maud and Paul. Mr. Lowry's business interests at Fairland are gradually extending, and he is Ijecoming to be recognized as one of the \illage's most successful business men. He owns one hundred and si.xty acres of land two miles and a quarter north of town, one hundred and sixty acres in Edwards county, Kansas, and se\-eral houses in the village. He is public spirited and generally lends a heljiing hand to any cause or enterprise which is intended to add to the material, moral and social interests of Fairland.

James W. Hancock

James W. Hancock, editor .and founder of the New'man Record, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, August iS, i83(). The family from which he is descended is of English (^"ii6o

.qiii and fur many years rcsideil in I'alrick county. \ irt^inia. His <;ran(l!atlicr. .Majnr Hancock. was hum in tliis county in March. 1792. lie married .Mrs. Eliza1)eth Adams, wliose maiden n;inie was l-'usnn, also a nali\c of I'alrick county. Directly after their marriage, in 1X12, tliey emigrated to Ohio and .settled in Champaign county. Their journey from \'irgini;i was made on Imrsehack. ,'ind when thev :irrived they fnund theniseUcs pioneers in the wilderness.

< )nr suliject's father. Willirnu Hancock, was li(irn in ( )hio. h'ehruary 10. 1S19. and s])ent the e.arly ]iarl i<\ liis life in that state, lie grew in nianhi""l en) the farm, attending schiml ])art of the time, mid at the age of nineteen years and seven months he was married to Susanna Slier, who was Ixirn in Ohin, hut helonged to a \ irginia fann'Iy. llis ni.irriage occurred Septemher \C>. \^^>^. ami sdim afterward he emigraleil to Illinois, coming to the neighliorhood of Brush}- l'"cirk. where he rented land of a Mr. Ci)tTey. In 1.^43 he entered forty acres of land ne.ar the Pleasrml (irove church, and a sh")rt time afterward honght an additional forty acres, lie reni.ained on this land until 1S45 and tlien rented a farm a mile west of Newman, where he resided for two years. Alter occu])ying t'ol. llo])kins" f;irm. southwest of Newman, he, in i^4<.j. hought of the government eighty acres and removed onto the land in I )eceniher, \i^~,o. Tracts he added Later com- ]irised se\eral hundrecl acres. I le died in i8(j2. He was in politics a Whig and later a l\e])ul)lican, and was a delegate to the convention whicli noniinated ( iov. Ogleshy. He was Ih-st elected justice of the peace at Caniargo in 1S47. He was a memher of the iii'sl ho.ard of Count v officers for Douglas cyunty, ;md filled the ol'hces of treasurer and assessor. On the eslahlishmcnl of the state hoard for the (-(lualization of assessments, in iSfi". he was ai)pointed a memher from the ninth congressional district, composed of the counties of Coles, Doug- Las, Champ.aign. X'ermilion, IriKpioisand hord. In )868 he was elected hy the people in the s.ame district to the s.ame office for a term of four X'cars. Cornelius Slier, father ol Sus.anna Slier, was a soldier in the war of iXij .and was for li\e vears in the regular army, lie was reare<l near r.altimore. Major 1 lancock, aho\'e mentioned. w;is a minister in the .\ew Light I hristi.an church.

lames W. Il.anrock attended the ordinary schools in the neigiihorhood of llrushy I'ork. residing with his t'ather on the farm. lie followed farming and teaching school up to the lime he located in Xewnian in 18O1. and f n >m iS74 to 1 871) was cashier of the Xewni;in ll.ank. He was m.arried A])ril <). i860, to Miss Amy .Shute, and to their ni;irri;ige have heen horn si.\ children; William L., Lnlu 1-".. Isaac L.,

John Hawkins

In 1859 he was united in marriage to Miss I va, a daughter of Cornelius Hopkins, who was one (d' the earliest settlers of Newman townshij). To their marriage were born twche children, of whom but seven survive, viz. : Marion; Cora j\nn, who is the wife of Samuel Johnson, of West Ridge; Emma Alice; Rosetta Estella; Ida Lncretia ; Wiley Sherman and Harrison Svhester. In 1862 Mr. Hawkins v<ilunteered in the same comjaany in Newman as his brother, Sanmel, but he did not meet the same fate at the first day's battle as did his brother Samuel at Chickamauga. In all he was out three years and has scarcely seen a well day since. Mr. Plawkins' wife died December 30, 1899, in the fifty-seventh year of her age, and in the fall of 1894 he removed from the farm to Newman. His wife \\'as a daughter of Cornelius Hopkins, who was born May 10, 1S18, and who wedded Rachel F. Albin; both are buried at the Wesley Chapel. Two of his S(ins, Jeremiah and George, were soldiers in the war of the Rebellion.

Clarence L. Wyeth

Clarence L. \\'yetli, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Wveth, was born in Tuscola July 2y, 1860, and died September 7, 1893. His boyhood davs were passed in this city and on his father's farm he developed into manhood. In 1882 he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Atwcll, of Atwood. Seven children were the he was born result of this union, who together with the wife -y see sketches liave .suffered such an irreparable loss.

he been thmwn anmnt;- llic fi >renKist financiers of the country. .\t the tinu' <>[ liis death he was probably worth mic hnn<hcd thousand dollars, and the future witli all nf its possibilities and opportunities was before him.