Knox County, Illinois - The whole text, 1912 (part 27 of 56)

M. Butts. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hurlbutt, but both are deceased. Mary, the older, became the wife of Guy Davis and had one son, Roy, and the younger, Julia A., was not married. Roy Davis, the grandson of Mr. Hurlbutt, and his namesake. Dean C. Hurlbutt, a nephew, were brought up by Mr. and Mrs. Hurlbutt and are now engaged in operating the home place, Roy Davis married Miss Eva Green and they have one child, Guy. Dean C. Hurlbutt, Jr., married Miss Percie Caldwell and they have two children. Dean C. and George S. His first wife having passed away. Dean C. Hurlbutt, our subject, was married, in 1907, to Mrs. Janet Pulver, a daughter of George Doty. Mrs. Hurlbutt was the mother of six children by her first marriage, namely, Chester H., Dora, Amy, Martha, Nettie and Bert Pulver.

Mr. Hurlbutt uses his ballot in support of the republican party. He is an energetic business man and in his dealings with others has gained an enviable reputation for being sincere and loyal to his friends. . - : : ,' : .

Forrest F. Cooke, for thirty-nine years identified with the legal fraternity o{ Galesburg, was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on the 4th of February, 1848. He is a son of the late Milo D. and Betsey B. (Smith) Cooke, natives of \'ermont, where they were reared and married. The father's birth occurred in Cornwall, Addison county, on the 2ist of June, 1819, and the mother's in the village of Monkton, that county, in 1824. They were married in 1846 and subsequently located in Plainfield, where the father, who was a lawyer, engaged in teaching until 1853. In the latter year together with his wife and family he came to Knox county, locating in Henderson. There he continued to teach for three years, then came to Galesburg. The following year, in 1857, he was made police magistrate at the first election held after the adoption of the city charter. He discharged the duties of this office with rare efficiency as is manifested by the length of his term, which was terminated by his death, on the I2th of May, 1889. Local politics always engaged much of his attention, and he was called to fill various public offices. His support was always given to the men and measures of the republican party, and for many years he served on the school board and also as a supervisor. The mother is still living and continues to make her home in Galesburg. She has always been an earnest Christian and holds membership in the Congregational church. ;;;';;;---.!- . :^. :;,:.;' '^vv^ ;.

Forrest F. Cooke, who is the only child of his parents, was a lad of eight years when the family took up their residence in Galesburg. His early education was obtained in the public schools of this city, and in 1863 he entered Lombard University, where he remained until April of the following year. He then laid aside his text-books and responded to his country's call by enlisting as a private in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He remained at the front for a year, being mustered out at Peoria. this state. Upon his return he resumed his studies, and in 1866 enrolled in Knox College, being graduated with the class of 1870. He then entered the office of Judge Lamphere and O. F. Price of this city, and for two years g^ve his im- divided attention to the study of law. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar, and immediately thereafter established an office here, that he has ever since maintained. He is recognized as one of the most capable attorneys of Knox county, and during the long period of his connection with the profession has succeeded in building up a lucrative practice. Among his clients are represented many of the foremost business men and heads of some of the leading industries in the city. His conscientious devotion to the best interests of his clients, has won for him a reputation for trustworthiness and reliability, that has in all probability been his greatest asset. He has always been a close student and being the fortunate possessor of a wonderful memory is considered to be one of the best informed general practitioners in the local courts. > ' - . - |.,. : - :

On the I7th of March, 1875, was celebrated the marriage of Forrest F. Cooke and Miss Sarah Louise Collins, a daughter of Bryan and Elizabeth Collins, of Ogdensburg, New York. Three children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Cooke : Florence A., the widow of Charles Morenhaut. of Chicago ; Chauncey L., who is a resident of Seattle; and Bessie, the wife of Frank Wentworth, of Chicago. Mrs. Cooke passed away on the I3th of October, 1908, at the age of fifty-seven years, her birth having occurred in Lewis county. New York, in 1851. On November 28, 1911, Mr. Cooke was married to Ella Tully, of Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Fraternally Mr. Cooke is an honored member of Post No. 45, G. A. R. ; and he is also affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In his political views he has ever been a stanch republican, and takes an active interest in all municipal questions. He was president of the board of education for six years and has served three terms as mayor of Galesburg, and for the past sixteen years he has been a member of the state board of education. Mr. Cooke is a man of high ideals and worthy motives, who always strives to fulfill his duties of citizenship by advancing the best interests of the community.

No history of Knox county would be complete without reference to Rev. Norman Taylor Allen, who has been a lifelong resident of this section of the . state and is numbered among the native sons of Galesburg. Early consecrating v his life to church work, he has been an active force in the moral development -. of central Illinois and his example no less than his precepts has been a factor in the moral growth of the community. He is a man of scholarly attainment, , because of wide reading and study, and he has ever kept in close touch with the discussion of the themes, that have ever been regarded as of vital interest in t greater development and in the progress of civilization. "

He was born in Galesburg, August 15, 1844, and is a representative of one - of the old New England families. His paternal grandfather, Chester E. Allen, v was born in Hartford or New Haven, Connecticut, and was a tailor by trade. He removed westward in 1855, settling in Knox county, Illinois, but was not long permitted to enjoy his new home for his death occurred March 4, 1859, ;-;. when he was seventy-six years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name : of Eunice Curtis, survived him for a short period. They reared quite a large family, the order of their births being as follows: Juliette, who died when eighteen years of age ; Sheldon W. ; Algenia ; Adaline ; Amanda ; Homer J. ; Sophia, who died when four or five years of age ; Mary ; and Asahel.

Of this family Sheldon W. Allen was born in the state of New York and was indebted to its public school system for the educational opportunities he received. He was married there on the 2Oth of January, 1835, to Miss Fidelia Leach, who was born in New York as was her father. Daniel Leach. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Allen began their domestic life in the Empire state but came to Galesburg with "the colony" in 1837, arriving here on the 2Oth of June. They went to Log City where Mr. Allen built a log cabin, a part of the colony having located there the previous year. He erected a double cabin and occupied it for exactly three years, when he removed to a new home on Mulberry street in Galesburg, where he continued to reside until his death. He lived to see notable changes in the county, owing to the transformation brought about through the earnest efforts and business activity of its progressive citizens. In the early days he^ hauled grain to Chicago by wagon and brought back provisions, sleeping under the wagon as he could not afford to pay hotel bills. There were no railroads at that day and to a large extent the prairies were wild land, especially in the more northerly parts of the state. All the conditions of pioneer life were to be met with and Mr. Allen, as did other early settlers, shared in the hardships and trials of establishing a home on the frontier. He passed away January i8, 1893, ^t the age of eighty-five years, being not only one of the most venerable citizens but also one of the oldest in years of continuous connection with Knox county. He was a strong abolitionist in the early days and made his home a station of the underground railroad, assisting many poor slaves on their way to freedom in the north. His wife had died of typhoid fever in 1855, when fortythree years of age. They were the parents of seven sons and a daughter : James S., who is living on East South street in Galesburg; Sheldon O., who died in 1902; Albert H., whose home is at No. 109 Aliens avenue, Galesburg; Henry Alonzo, also of this city; Norman T., who makes his home at 216 Aliens avenue; Chester E., of 704 Mulberry street, Galesburg; Mary Fidelia, deceased, who was the wife of John H. WyckofF, of Canton, Illinois; and Dr. John S. AUen, of Keithsburg, Illinois. -v.-Vv - - :\v;t:^.' :' ;^-; . :X

Spending his youthful days in his native city. Rev. Norman T. Allen attended the public schools and also Knox College. Having determined to devote his life to the ministry, he then entered the Garrett Biblical Institute at Evanston and afterward joined the Central Illinois conference in 1869. His first appointment was as pastor of the Methodist church at Summit, now Douglas, Illinois, and therefrom he went to Biggsville. He also spent two years in pastoral work at Wataga and for three years was the Methodist minister at Roseville. For the past thirty years he has been the publisher of the Conference Minutes, a work of which he is justly proud ; the publication appears once a year and is considered unexcelled as a work of that character. He has ever been most zealous in his advocacy of his church and in his support of all of the branches of its work, and his labors have been far reaching and beneficial as factors in its upbuilding. -.'/:'-: -'/'^^ "-.;-'' ^'vi-^^' ':v'4;'-vV^.: .^'.-- --:;'-'' "^ '?--'' -'''^'-''-':-'-'""v-

- . On the 26th of May, 1867, Rev. Allen was married to Miss Amelia Kent, who was born in Java, New York, the adopted daughter of Rev. L. B. Kent, who was a worthy and honored Methodist minister. After a life of great usefulness he passed away. May 24. 1911. Five children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Allen, of whom the eldest, Willie Robinson, died at the age of eighteen months, while a daughter, Adah Elizabeth, passed away at the age of sixteen years. The others are Eva Amelia, Norman Gumming and Grace Fidelia. Eva A. is now the wife of Dr. A. N. Hughes, a veterinary surgeon of Peoria, and they have one daughter, Ruth Alberta. Norman G. Allen is train master of the Galesburg-Ottumwa division of the Ghicago, Burlington & Quincy with headquarters at Burlington, Iowa. He married Miss Anna Ersfeldt and they have two children, Norman Anthony and Adah Louise. Grace Fidelia is the wife of Harry Dale Weaver and they reside in Galesburg, and have one child, Allen Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the Methodist church as are also all of their children, and his parents were members of the old First church of this city. They were a very religious people, unfaltering in their devotion to the principles in which they believed and their teachings still remain as an ever growing influence for good in the world. Rev. Allen of this review is also prominent in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and at one time was grand chaplain of the grand lodge of Illinois. For many years he was also active in the Good Templars and for two years served as its grand counselor. He votes with the republican party but is a strong prohibitionist in sentiment and has always done everything in his power, to advance the cause of temperance and to bring people to a knowledge of the baneful influence brought about through the use of intoxicants. For sixteen years he has filled the office of justice of the peace, rendering decisions that are strictly fair and impartial and thus "winning golden honors from all sorts of people." For one term he was poormaster of Galesburg. In 1910 he was elected to the presidency of the Old Settlers' Association, which has been organized for about fifty years, and was reelected in 1911. For more than two- thirds of a century he has lived in Knox county and has been an interested witness of its growth and progress, his labors contributing in substantial measure to its moral development. All who know him, and his friends are many, speak of him as a man of kindly spirit, of charitable disposition and of high ideals. He is ever ready to extend a helping hand to a fellow traveler on life's journey and the worth of his work in the world is widely acknowledged. ' : v ;s - .; . :v ^ ;

Among the men whose capably managed business interests have brought to them a substantial measure of success, enabling them now to live retired, is numbered Chester E. Allen, of Galesburg, who is a representative of one of the oldest pioneer families of Knox county. He was born in this city, February 8, 1846, his parents being Sheldon W. and Fidelia (Leach) Allen, both of whom were natives of New York. His paternal grandfather, Chester E. Allen, was bom in Hartford or New Haven, Connecticut, and was a tailor by trade. He removed westward in 1855, settling in Knox county, Illinois, but was not long permitted to enjoy his new home for his death occurred March 4, 1859, when he was seventy-six years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Eunice Curtis, survived him for a short period. They reared quite a large family, the order of their births being as follows : Juliette, who died when eighteen years of age ; Sheldon W. ; Algenia ; Adaline ; Amanda ; Homer J. ; Sophia, who died when four or five years of age ; Mary ; and Asahel. Of this family Sheldon W. Allen was born in the state of New York and was indebted to its public-school system for the educational opportunities he received. He was married there on the 2Oth of January, 1835, to Miss Fidelia Leach, who was born in New York as was her father, Daniel Leach. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Allen began their domestic life in the Empire state, but came to Galesburg with "the colony" in 1837, arriving here on the 2Oth of June. They went to Log City where Mr. Allen built a log cabin, a part of the colony having located there the previous year. He erected a double cabin and occupied it for exactly three years, when he removed to a new home on Mulberry street in Galesburg, where he continued to reside until his death. He lived to see notable changes in the county owing to the transformation brought about through the earnest efforts and business activity of its progressive citizens. In the early days he hauled grain to Chicago by wagon and brought back provisions, sleeping under the wagon as he could not afford to pay hotel bills. There were no railroads at that day and to a large extent the prairies were uncultivated, especially in the more northerly parts of the state. All the conditions of pioneer life were to be met with and Mr. Allen, as did other early settlers, shared in the hardships and trials of establishing a home on the frontier. He passed away January i8, 1893, at the age of eighty-five years, being not only one of the most venerable citizens, but also one of the oldest in years of continuous connection with Knox county. His wife had died of typhoid fever in 1855, when forty-three years of age. They were the parents of seven sons and a daughter: James S., who is living on East South street in Galesburg; Sheldon O., who died in 1902 ; Albert H., whose home is at No. 109 Aliens avenue, Galesburg; Henry Alonzo, also of this city; Norrtia T., a Methodist minister residing at 704 Mulberry street, Galesburg; Chester E., of this review; Mary Fidelia, deceased, who was the wife of John H. Wyckoff, of Canton, Illinois; and Dr. John S. Allen, of Keithsburg, Illinois.

The youthful days of Chester E. Allen were passed in Galesburg where the work of the public schools and the pleasures of the playground occupied his attention and when he had put aside his text-books to master the more difficult lessons of the school of experience, he began learning the harnessmaker's trade, which, however, he later abandoned to engage in the butchering business in connection with his brothers, James, Albert and Henry, conducting a market for a number of years. It- is a brief period and without any spectacular phases, but those who read between the lines must know that the business was carefully, systematically and wisely conducted and that honorable dealing as well as unfaltering enterprise secured for them the large trade that in time made them well-to-do citizens of this section of the state. Since withdrawing from active connection with the butchering business Chester E. Allen has lived retired, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former.

On the 27th of February, 1868, Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Miss Anna Fleming, who was born on Staten Island, New York. Unto this marfiage has been born a daughter, Blanche, who became the wife of J. B. Hutchinson and died six weeks after the birth of their only child, Chester B. Hutchinson. Mrs. Allen passed away on May lo, 1900, at the age of forty-nine years, and her loss was as deeply regretted by many friends as by her immediate family. She held membership in the Universalist church and displayed many admirable traits of character that endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. Mr. Allen affiliates with the Universalist church and his political faith is that of the republican party. He has a right to wear the Grand Army button, for during the last year of the war, then a lad of eighteen years, he ran away from home and enlisted for service in the Union army as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry. He was a private and served for five and a half months, being mustered out at Peoria after the close of hostilities. His fraternal relations are with the Masonic Order, his membership being in Alpha Lodge, No. 155, A. F. & A. M.; Galesburg Chapter, No. 46, R. A. M. ; Galesburg Commandery, No. 8, K. T. ; Illinois Council, No! i, R. & .S. M. ; Peoria Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; and Mohammed Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Upon him has also been conferred the honorary thirty-third degree and he is one of the best known Masons in this state and the only man from Knox county who ever received the thirty-third degree in Masonry, having long taken an active and helpful part in the work of the order, while in his life he has exemplified the beneficent principles upon which the fraternity rests. His long residence in Knox county has made him widely known and he has a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

John Henry Lewis

' became a thorough classical scholar. In the spring of 1735, when only twentyone years of age, he came to New York with merchandise which he had pur-

Lewis took a portion of the goods to Philadelphia, where he remained two years. : He then returned to New York and married Elizabeth Annesly, his partner's sister. When the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia he was unanimously elected a member on April 22, 1775, and continued to hold the office until 1779. He was an uncompromising advocate of liberty and was one of the first to declare that the colonies could not live under the domination of Great Britain. For the cause of freedom and the inalienable rights of the colonies he spent his fortune and died poor in 1803, at the advanced age of ninety.

Henry Lewis, the father of John Henry Lewis, was a native of New Jersey, bom in Sussex county, October 6, 1796. His kinsman. General Morgan Lewis, whose wife was of the noted Livingston family, was once its governor. The wife of Henry Lewis was Permelia M. Shaver, a native of New York state. They were married July 8, 1826, and removed to Illinois in the fall of 1836 with their two sons, George W. and John H. The day of railroads and steam had not yet dawned and they were compelled to make the trip in a two-horse wagon, loaded with implements that would be of service in their new settlement. At length after fifty-one days of extreme weariness and toil they reached their journey's end, October 15, 1836. They settled in Ellisville, Fulton county, where there were only a few deserted wigwams. Mr. Lewis erected the first frame house in that town and it was here that the hopes and plans of the little family were blasted by his death, September 25, 1837, within a year of his arrival. The mother bore up as bravely as she could under her sorrow and in the wilderness, without friends or home, battled nobly to sustain herself and her children until they could become self-supporting. George, the eldest son, left home while yet young and traveled in the eastern states and in Mexico, at last settling in southern California, where he died.

John H. Lewis remained with his mother until he was eleven years of age, attending school a few months each year and earning his living mostly by farm work. Then a contract for his services for a period of six years was made with a South Carolinan family under the following stipulations : good clothing ; three months' schooling each year; a horse, saddle and bridle at the close of his apprenticeship. These conditions were almost wholly neglected. For the first five years he had but forty-one days' schooling, was poorly clad, was treated as a menial and at meals was not allowed to sit at the table with the family. His mother, learning of the situation, succeeded in removing him at once. He was placed for the winter in the family of William Kent, who lived near the present site of Yates City. In the spring he was employed on the farm of James Kent at seven dollars a month. In the fall of 1847 he went to Knoxville, doing chores for his board in the family of Judge R. L. Hannaman. There he remained for two years, enjoying at the proper season the advantages of a common school. In 1849 he was employed in the store of G. M. Ewing, of Knoxville, at a salary of fifty dollars a year and board. The second year his salary was raised to seventy-five dollars and the third year he was offered one hundred and fifty dollars but declined the offer, that he might obtain a more liberal education and thus fit himself for the higher duties of citizenship. He was next employed in the store of Alexander Ewing, of Knoxville, and by his trustworthiness and fidelity gained the confidence of his employer. Mr. Ewing

Mr. Lewis had neither horse nor wagon nor money to purchase an outfit, his cash capital being only twenty-two dollars, and of this twenty dollars was pai^ toward a horse and harness, purchased for forty dollars, and a sixty-day note for sixty dollars was given for a wagon. Thus equipped he started out on his new venture and so successful was he that the amount of his profits was sufficient to pay oflf his note before maturity. In 1852 he took a clerkship in the store of a Mr. Chesney at Abingdon, with whom he remained until his employer sold out in 1857.

Previously Mr. Lewis had been employed in the law office of Hannaman & Hale, making out abstracts of county records. It was there that he acquired a liking and taste for the law and having access to the library of A. J. King, a prominent lawyer at Abingdon, he availed himself of the privilege and studied at night while clerking in a dry-goods store. He was soon qualified for practice and was licensed by the supreme court, January lo, 1870, to practice in all the courts of the state, xV . '"^'/ ------?

In pxjlitics Mr. Lewis is a stalwart republican and as a member of that party has held many public offices, which he has always filled with marked ability. In his early years he was an abolitionist, sympathizing greatly with the colored race in their enslaved condition. He became a member of the republican party at its organization and voted for John C. Fremont, its first presidential nominee. In the exciting campaign of 1860 Mr. Lewis was elected clerk of the circuit court of Knox county, holding the office for four years. He then took a vacation for several months, visiting friends in the Union army. All this time his interest in politics was unabated and he kept thoroughly abreast of all national affairs. In 1868 he again entered the clerk's office as deputy, holding that position for six years. In 1874 he was appointed one of the trustees of the Institution for the Education of the Blind, which office he resigned when elected to the state legislature. His legislative record is highly commendable and for his judicious acts and votes there he has received the encomiums of his fellow citizens generally. One of his acts while a member of the legislature is especially deserving of notice. Having examined carefully into the penal institutions of the state and believing that their management was not for the good of the criminal and the best interests of the state, he framed and introduced a preamble and resolution that was read for information but, being objected to by a single member, was not allowed to be considered. It was published in the papers throughout the state and highly commended. Mr. Lewis urged that prisons, in a measure, should be reformatory and that criminals as such have rights which the state is bound to respect ; that those bound by the ties of consanguinity and love should have a portion of the fruits of their labor. The resolution excited a great deal of comment and interest far and near and was probably the first introduced in this state on that subject. In 1880 Mr. Lewis was elected to congress by the republicans of the ninth congressional district of Illinois over his opponent, John S. Lee. In 1882 he was renominated but was defeated on account of his vote on the river and harbor bill.

The life of Mr. Lewis is proof of the fact that a man is the architect of his own fortune. Poverty in his youth had no power to control his ambition or smother his aspirations. In the distance he saw the fertile fields of promise and through the open gateway he was determined to enter. By his determined

In December, 1857, Mr. Lewis was married, in Abingdon, to Miss Elizabeth . ./ S. Russell, a daughter of R. H. and Elizabeth Russell, of that city, who came to Illinois in the fall of 1837. They were Virginians by birth and left their native state on account of their hatred of slavery. To Mr. and Mrs. Lewis'; ;-;: were born six children, four sons and two daughters, of whom only two are ; - now living, namely: Ira J., who was born August 14, 1865, and is now married and living in Knoxville; and John H., who was born August 30, 1874, and is also married and makes his home in Knoxville. The latter is practicing law ,.- '. . in Galesburg and is master in chancery. :.->;-. - - t ,-.".''..:.-

Becoming a resident of Knox county in 1853, John S. Turner has been inti-v ';' '. mately associated with the development of this locality and has also been a -;- witness of the interesting historical events which have occurred in Illinois since the middle of the nineteenth century. He was only a boy of twelve years when he heard the Lincoln-Douglas debate, but he still carries a vivid impression I of that memorable incident and the exciting scenes of those stirring anti-bellum : days. He was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, August 29, 1846, his ' parents being William B. and Eliza Turner, natives of Pennsylvania. The : family is of German ancestry on the father's side and of Scotch-Irish on the mother's. William B. Turner learned the shoemaker's trade in Pennsylvania ^^^^ and conducted a shoemaking establishment there until he came to Illinois, in :

1853, when his son, John S. Turner, was a lad of seven years. He purchased a farm in Orange township, Knox county, and operated this for many years until he retired to Knoxville in order to pass the last year's of his life in a peaceful manner in the enjoyment of leisure. The family consisted of ten -;' children, six sons and four daughters, of whom five sons and three daughters \ are now living, namely : Mrs. Katherine Keller, of Orange township this ' county; Margaret, the wife of Isaac Eiker, of Orange township; Henry, who -. resides in Missouri ; John S. ; William, of Macon, Missouri ; Libby and Israel both of whom are deceased; Stephen, of Knox township, this county; Stella, .;

John S. Turner obtained his early education in the rural schools of Orange township ; he applied himself to the carpenter's trade, first in Red Oak, Iowa, * where he remained until 1883, when he returned to Knoxville, where he has followed his trade ever since. He has met with much success in his work as a carpenter, builder and contractor and is well known throughout the county.

In 1887 occurred the marriage of Mr. Turner and Mrs. Clara Moray, a native of Knox county. In politics Mr. Turner holds to the principles and ideals of the democratic party. In 1864 he was elected collector of Orange township, serving in this capacity for nine years. In the exercise of his calling Mr. Turner has few rivals in the county, being recognized as a very thorough and reliable builder and contractor by those who are best able to judge of the excellent quality of his workmanship.

Everett E. Hinchliff

Everett E. Hinchliflf, president and manager of the Hinchliff Lumber Company and thus actively associated with the commercial interests of Galesburg, was born in Rio, this county, December 23, i88i, a son of James Edward and Ida M. (Woodman) Hinchliff. The father was also a native of Rio, born on the I7th of July, 1853, and the mother's birth there occurred on the 27th of April, 1858. James E. Hinchliff devoted his time and energies to the occupation of farming until he came to Galesburg in 1890, after which he engaged in the retail lumber business, opening a yard at No. 491 West Main street. He was thus identified with the lumber trade of this city until his death, which occurred March 28, 1909, and the record which he made in business circles was an enviable and creditable one. His widow still survives him and is now living on North Broad street in this city. In his political views Mr. Hinchliff was a republican, always giving stalwart support to the party, and he held membership in the Central Congregational church, of which he was a trustee. He took an active interest in the church work and at all times was loyal in his support of measures promoting material, intellectual, social and moral progress in his community. It was in Rio, on the ist of January, 1880, that he wedded Ida M. Woodman and they became the parents of four children, as follows : Everett E., of this review ; Lulu May, at home ; Ray, associated with his brother in the lumber business ; and Grace F., also at home. . ] :

In the public schools of Galesburg Everett E. Hinchliff pursued his education, being a lad of nine years when the family removed from Rio to this city. When his public-school course was completed, he entered Knox College and was graduated with the class of 1903. Immediately afterward he began assisting his father in the office and in 1906 was admitted to a partnership. The business was originally conducted as a partnership concern, under the name of Conger & Hinchliff, and later when James E. Hinchliff was sole proprietor his name stood at the head of the business. When Everett E. Hinchliff entered the firm the style of the Hinchliff Lumber Company was assumed and under that name papers of incorporation were taken out in January, 1910, with E. E. H-inchliff as president and manager and Ray Hinchliff as secretary and treasurer. They not only carry a large stock of lumber but also lime, sand, coal and general building ma-

On the 1 5th of October, 1907, Mr. Hinchliff was married to Miss Nell Townsend, a daughter of Leon A. Townsend. She was born at Hermon, Illinois, November 21, i88i, and they now have one child, Christina Virginia, born in Galesburg, October 28, 1910. The parents are members oi the Central Congregational church, being both soloists in the quartette and are prominent socially in this city, the hospitality of the best homes being freely accorded them. Mr. Hinchliff votes with the republican party, finding its principles coinciding most closely with his ideas of governmental policy. In his college days he became a member of the Phi Delta Theta and he now belongs to the Galesburg and the Soangetaha Clubs. . He is yet a young man and, possessing a spirit of enterprise and determination, is steadily working his way upward in business circles and sustains the honorable record which has always been associated with the name of Hinchliff since his father became a factor in the business life of Galesburg.

Ray W. HinchliflF, secretary and treasurer of the Hinchliff Lumber Compahy, was born in Rio, January 5, 1887, and is a brother of Everett E. Hinchliff, whose sketch is given above. To the public-school system of this city he is indebted for the early educational opportunities which he enjoyed and in Knox College he pursued a more advanced course, being graduated therefrom with the class of 1909. He became connected with the Hinchliff Lumber Company in 1910 and the two brothers are now at the head of a substantial and growing business, having one of the large lumberyards of this city, while their correct business methods and enterprise are factors in its continuous growth.

Ray W. Hinchliff makes his home with his mother. He belongs to the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and also the Galesburg and Soangetaha Qubs. He votes with the republican party and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Central Congregational church. His social qualities render him popular and he has many friends in this city, where almost his entire life has been passed.

Louis Palmquist, who was for many years a prominent furniture dealer and undertaker in Knoxville, now lives retired, passing his declining years in the peaceful leisure which his long continued faithful labors enable him to enjoy. A native of Sweden, he was bom October 2, 1834. Of his parents, who died when he was very young, he has scarcely any recollection save that his father's name was Charles Palmquist and that he was a cabinetmaker by occupation. Passing his childhood and youth in Sweden, he obtained his education in the common schools of his native locality, leaving his home at the age of twenty-- three years, in order to seek the opportunities of the new world. He landed in New York harbor in 1857, after having passed through the most terrifying hardships and privations as the result of a shipwreck disaster, which occurred to their vessel on approaching the coast of Newfoundland in a heavy fog. Of those on board ship only the crew and five passengers of a total of sixty were saved. They were picked up by a fisherman and taken to .St. Peter island, where the little band of survivors was taken on board an ocean liner and carried to New York. Even at this distant day it is difficult for Mr. Palmquist to contemplate without emotion the hair-raising incidents of that experience which befell him like an evil omen foreshadowing misfortune at the outset of his career. Undaunted, however, he renewed his courage and his high hopes, on finding himself safe in the country of which he had dreamed, since the early days of his boyhood adventures. It was as if the pages of a book were unfolded before him and he himself was writing upon them the record of his own life. With a buoyancy of spirit which is the inalienable possession of youth, he found his way from New York across the Alleghanies to Knox county, Illinois, settling in Galesburg. He resided here four years, during which time he learned and followed the cabinetmaker's trade, and in i86i came to Knoxville. Here he engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, conducting a prosperous establishment for forty-five years. He retired in 1906 and has since lived a quiet life, free from responsibility.

The marriage of Mr. Palmquist and Miss Carrie Nelson, a native of Sweden, was solemnized on September 29, 1860. Mrs. Palmquist's parents came to America and settled near Knoxville, where her father operated a farm throughout his life. They are now both deceased. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Palmquist there were eight children, of whom six are now living: Charles, operating his father's farm in Cedar township, east of Abingdon ; Ada, the wife of J. M. Short, of Galesburg; William; Amanda, the wife of J. T. Parmenter, of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Hulda, the wife of C. C. Arms, of Knoxville; and Anna, the wife of Ralph Scott, of Galesburg. Mr. Palmquist and his wife hold membership in the English Lutheran church. In his political faith he is a republican and has served as alderman of Knoxville for two terms and also as a member of the school board. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Pacific Lodge, No. 66, A. F. & A. M. ; of Raboni Chapter, No. 95, R. A. M. ; and Illinois Council, No. i, R. & S. M., being tyler in these three lodges. Practically penniless at the beginning of his career, Mr, Palmquist has worked himself up by steadfast application to the duties which lay within the scope of his activities and has met with a deserved reward and an ample competence.

A. C. Burnett, the owner and manager of the Aqua Vitae Mineral Springs of Maquon. Illinois, has been a resident of Haw Creek township, Knox county, since the date of his birth, February i8, 1839. His parents were Josiah and Elizabeth (Housh) Burnett, the former a native of the east, the latter of Indiana. Josiah Burnett became a resident of Haw Creek township in 1835, set- three years, in order to seek the opportunities of the new world. He landed in Xew York harlxir in 1857. after having passed through the most terrifying liardships and privations as tlie result of a shipwreck disaster, which occurred to their vessel on approaching the coast of Xe\vfoundlan(l in a heavy fog. Of those on board ship only the crew and five passengers of a total of sixty were saved. 'I'liey were picked u]) hy a fisherman and taken to St. I'eter island, where the little hand of survivors was taken on hoard an ocean liner and carried to Xew ^'ork. Even at this distant day it is difficult for Mr. Palm(|uist to contemplate without emotion the hair-raising incidents of that ex])erience which hefell him like an evil omen foreshadowing misfortune at the outset of his career. I'ndaunted. however, he renewed his courage and his high hopes, on finding himself safe in the country of which he had dreamed since the early days of his hoyhood adventures. It was as if the pages of a hook were unfolded hefore him and he himself was writing upon them the record of his own life. \\'ith a huoyancy of spirit which is the inalienahle possession of youth, he found his way from X'ew York across the Alleghanies to Knox county, Illinois, settling in Galeshurg. He resided here four years, during which time he learned and followed the cabinetmaker's trade, and in i86i came to Knoxville, Here he engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, conducting a prosperous establishment for forty-five years. He retired in 1906 and has since lived a quiet life, free from responsibility.

The marriage of Mr. Palmquist and Miss Carrie Xelson. a native of Sweden, was solemnized on September 29. 1860. Mrs. PalnKjuist's parents came to America and settled near Knoxville, where her father operated a farm throughout his life. They are now both deceased. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. raluKjuist there were eight children, of whom six are now living: Charles, operating his father's farm in Cedar township, east of Abingdon ; Ada, the wife of J. M. Short, of Galesburg; William; Amanda, the wife of J. T. Parmenter, of Oskaloosa, Iowa ; Hulda. the wife of C. C. Arms, of Knoxville ; and Anna, the wife of Ralph Scott, of Galesburg. Mr. Palmquist and his wife hold membership in the English Lutheran church. In his political faith he is a republican and has served as alderman of Knoxville for two terms and also as a member of the school board. He is connected with the ^Masonic fraternity, being a member of Pacific Lodge. Xo. 66. A. F. & A. M. : of Raboni Chapter. Xo. 95. R. A. M. ; and Illinois Council, Xo. I, R. & S. M.. being tyler in these three lodges. I'raetically penniless at the beginning of his career. Mr. Palmquist has worked himself up by steadfast application to the duties which lay within the scope of his activities and has met with a deserved reward and an ample competence.

A. C. Burnett, the owner and manager of the Aqua \'itae Mineral Springs of "Maquon. Illinois, has been a resident of Haw Creek township. Knox county. since the date of his hirth. February i8. 1839. His ]iarcnts were Josiah and Elizabeth (Housh) Bumett. the former a native of the east, the latter of Indiana. Tosiah Burnett hecame a resident of Haw Creek township in 1835. set- tling on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on sections 29 and 30. He cleared and improved the land, of which a large part was timber, and devoted himself to the various departments of general farming and cattle raising. He lived there until 1848 when he bought the farm at present held in the family name and : -: situated at no great distance from the former place. Adjacent to his farm was a mill in which he acquired one third interest by building a dam for the water power. Not long after that he bought out the other two thirds interest in the V mill and became sole proprietor of it, running it in his own name for a brief ; .' period. He then gave his title to it to two of his sons who managed the mill ., for a while until they disposed of it for other interests. The father was a democrat in his political faith and held several township offices, and in his religious ' life followed the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal church to which he and his wife belonged. Living on the old homestead till the last, Josiah Burnett passed .' away at the age of seventy-seven and his wife at the age of sixty-four, both being . buried in the cemetery at Maquon.

In spite of the limited education received in the schools of Haw Creek township and Maquon, A. C. Burnett possesses a large fund of general knowledge being a well informed man. After his school days were over he assisted on the farm and later assumed charge of a share of the management of the mill which his father entrusted to the responsibility of his brother John in partnership with him. The occupation of milling he followed for some years during which time John Burnett disposed of his interest in the management of the mill to his brother Josiah, who thereupon became his partner. At length the two young - men traded the mill and the right to the dam for western land. On the site, . where these were once familiar landmarks the dam has disappeared, the mill , race is dried up and only the frame of the old gristmill, vacant and fallen into ,; neglect, stands like a grim monitor of time defying the ravages of the elements. . .: As the next step in his life's career A. C. Burnett turned his attention to farming, buying for this purpose the land which he now owns, one hundred acres on section 34 and one hundred and sixty acres on section 35 in Haw Creek township. Here he tilled the fields for many years until one day he came, wholly V by accident, upon a spring located in a hitherto unnoticed portion of a field in which he was digging. Upon chemical examination it was found that the spring . contained minerals and was very valuable for medicinal purposes. Mr. Burnett, by no means slow to realize the immense financial possibilities growing out of : the ownership and control of a natural resource so valuable as this, organized a company for bottling the water and shipping it for market use. The name .: under which the plant is oi>erated is the Aqua Vitae Mineral Springs Company of Maquon, Illinois, and since the water was awarded second prize, a silver ' medal, at the St. Louis exposition, it has become widely known as one of the best brands of medicinal water on the market, good for stomach and intestinal /- troubles, for rheumatism, in short for cleansing the system of any poisonou.* , :' accretions with which it may be clogged. The company ships extensively of its water from Maine to the coast of California and as far as the remote parts of . Canada. On the land adjacent to the spring there is a sanitarium accommodating '. about twenty patients, who may come there and have a complete rest while availing themselves of the privilege of the unlimited use of the spring water. In season this is a favorite resort for week-end parties and for parties of dinner guests who come from the towns and country about. It is the owner's present plan to reorganize and form a corporation for developing the site on which the springs are located and ninety acres of the adjoining land. Such a company properly financed and under the efficient management of a man like A. C. Burnett will be of necessity a profitable undertaking. The farm is now being cultivated by a tenant. - j ...

The marriage of Mr. Burnett and Miss Mary Elizabeth Barlow occurred October ii, 1866. Born in 1848, a native of Warren county, Illinois, she was a daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Ken ton) Barlow, residents of Abingdon, where Mr. Barlow died. In the family of A. C. Burnett there were four children, of whom all are living but an infant son, who died at the age of four months. The names of the others are : Fred J., reared and educated in Knox county and Dixon, who is a telegraph operator and resides with his parents on the home farm ; Margaret, the wife of G. M. Richey, who resides in Galesburg, Illinois, and is the mother of two children, Bernice and Madeline; and Samuel C., who is married to Miss Myrtle Garrett and has two children, Pauline and Elizabeth, residing on a farm adjacent to the father's property.

Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they take an active and helpful interest. At elections Mr. Burnett votes with the democrats although he is no active politician. His absorbing passion is the development of the land surrounding the spring, to make of this a health resort of modern comfort and equipment that may rival any place of its kind in the state. He has laid out an orchard which is already bearing abundant fruit for the refreshment and edification of the many guests who come from far and near to seek the bounty of his board.

John C. Geer, who from the age of fourteen years has made his home in Knox county, where through a considerable period he has been identified with merchandising as proprietor of a grocery store, deserves much credit for what he has accomplished in life, his success being attributable to his energy, determination and successful management.

He was born in Connecticut, near Hartford, on the I7th of October, 1846, and was the second of the three sons of Luther and Abby (Hempstead) Geer. On the paternal side he traces his ancestry back to George Geer, who was one of three brothers to emigrate from England to the United States at an early day. He married Sarah Allen, a daughter of Captain Allen, and among their children was Isaac Geer, who was the father of Jacob Geer. Solomon Geer, the son of Jacob, married Anna Tiers, and to them was born a son, Luther Geer, Sr., February 14, 1773, in Connecticut. The last named was the grand- - . father of our subject. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for many years. With his family he came to Illinois, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Stark county, where his wife died in early life, but he lived to be quite advanced in years. She bore the maiden name of Esther Whipple and to them were born six children, namely, Esther, Lucinda,

Ophelia, Luther, Solomon and Hiram. The maternal grandparents of our subject were Avery and Lucy (Leeds) Hempstead, who were residents of Mystic, Connecticut, where they died at a ripe old age. Their children were Abby, Lucy, Nancy, Frederick and Courtland. Avery Hempstead was a son of Robert and Ann (Avery) Hempstead. The birth of his father occurred February 7, 1746, and his mother was born May 8, 1745. Robert Hempstead served as sergeant in William Stanton's Company, Eighth Regiment, Connecticut Militia, August 6, 1780.

Spending his youthful days in the Charter Oak state, Luther Geer, Jr., there learned the carpenter's trade. Prior to the Civil war he removed westward to Illinois, settling at Toulon, where he engaged in contracting and building. He also bought a farm and devoted considerable time to cultivating the fields which he improved with all modem equipment. He died there about 1880 when sixtyfour years of age and was long survived by his wife, who passed away in 1906, at the advanced age of eighty-nine years and eleven months. Both were members of the Baptist church and were earnest Christian people at all times loyal to their professions. Of their children Avery, the eldest son, died at the age of fifty-five years and Courtland, the youngest, is now living in Stark county, Illinois.

John C. Geer, whose name introduces this record, was a small boy when he came to this state, and was a youth of fourteen years when he arrived in Knox county. He had obtained his education in Stark county and had scarcely started upon his teens when he took upon himself the task of providing for his own support. His life has been one of earnest and persistent toil, at length crowned with a substantial measure of success owing to his unfaltering industry and intelligently directed energy. He was first employed as a clerk in a grocery store in Galesburg and while working in that capacity saved his earnings until his industry and careful expenditure had brought him sufficient capital to enable him to engage in business on his own account. In 1887, therefore, he opened a grocery store and has since continued in this line of business, having for a long period conducted a store at No. 121 East Main street. He still continues in the grocery line, having a store at Knoxville.

Mr. Geer was married on the ist of December, 1869, to Miss Delia Murphy, who was born in this county, February 12, 1848. Her parents came from Ireland and were early settlers here and afterward removed to Topeka county, where they died in old age. They had three sons and five daughters, Robert, John, Margaret, Josephine, Helen, Delia, Catharine and Mary. In 1883 Mr. Geer was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away when thirty-five years of age. She was a faithful member of the Baptist church and a woman of many remarkable traits of character. She left three children : Cora, who is acting as her father's housekeeper; Abbie, at home; and George. The son is a blacksmith residing at Keokuk, Iowa. He married Blanche Ferguson and they have two children, Charles and Daisy.

./i Mr. Geer holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and also with the Grand Army of the Republic. His connection with the latter comes through the fact that in 1863 he enlisted for three months' service in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a member of Company D. His political support is given to the democracy and he is some- what prominent and active in the party ranks, serving for twelve or fourteen years as county supervisor from Galesburg. He is also loyal to the best interests of the community and has long been regarded as a worthy citizen as well as progressive merchant. What he undertakes he accomplishes and the years of a well spent life have won him the kindly and merited regard of all with whom he has come in contact - : - ; '^ :' - v^' :: .

William E. Doyle, one of Galesburg's enterprising young business men, was born in Woodhull, Henry county, Illinois, on the Qth of September, 1869. He is a son of James and Harriet (Mitchell) Doyle, the father a native of Toronto, Canada, his birth occurring December 20, 1836, and the mother of Farmington, Illinois, her natal day being the 23d of December, 1848. James Doyle was reared to agricultural pursuits in Canada, where he passed the first fourteen years of his life. In 1850 he came to the United States, locating in Vienna, Oneida county. New York, and he also resided in the vicinity of Rochester for a time. When he attained the age of nineteen years he went to California in search of his fortune, but after spending four years in the gold fields returned to New York. He located in the neighborhood of Buffalo, where he remained until 1860, when he again started westward, Illinois being his destination on this occasion. During the succeeding twenty years he devoted his entire time and attention to the operation of a farm near Woodhull. His farming exploits proved to be very lucrative, but deciding that commercial pursuits offered greater possibilities, in 1880 he engaged in the general mercantile business in Woodhull. He conducted his store with increasing success until 1887, when he disposed of his interests and removed to Knox county. Here he again turned his attention to agriculture and for two years cultivated a farm near Abingdon. In 1889 he came to Galesburg and purchased the second-hand store of J. C. Hollis, that he carried on for two years. During that period he enlarged the business and extended the scope of his activities until he had developed it into a general house- furnishing establishment. It was incorporated for thirty thousand dollars in 1907, under the firm name of the Doyle Furniture Company, with James Doyle, president ; and W. E. Doyle, secretary and treasurer and also manager. This is one of the largest retail concerns in the city, and gives regular employment to twenty-five people. They have forty-five thousand square feet of floor space and carry a large and well assorted stock of furniture, carpets, rugs, stoves, china, cut glass, curtains, draperies, bedding, and all other articles that are usually found in an exclusive house-furnishing establishment. It is one of the flourishing retail stores of the city. Their goods are selected with a view to meeting the varied tastes and circumstances of their patrons; their prices are reasonable; and the personnel of their staff of employes is high. It is the policy of the firm to treat each visitor with courtesy, and every effort is made to accommodate all, thus they have built up a large permanent trade among a most desirable class of people.

/, with the local post of the G. A. R. and he was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In matters of faith he was a Christian Scientist,

' as is also his widow, who continues to make her home in Galesburg. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Scott there were born four children: Ray E., who . is living in Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Doyle, who was born in Galesburg, November 8, 1873; Edith M., the wife of Fred Secord, of Galesburg; and Ernest, who is also living in Galesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle have one son, Forrest A., whose natal day was February 23, 1895.

gives his support to such men and measures as he deems best qualified to subserve the interests of the majority. He is a trustee of the East Main Street Congregational church, in which Mrs. Doyle also holds membership, and he

. is affiliated with the Galesburg Club. He has always led a rather unobtrusive life, never having sought publicity in any form, but his influence is potent t-^enry N. Murphy is well known in the business circles of Galesburg as a member of the firm of Murphy Brothers & Anderson, dealers in fiouse furnishings and hardware, and conducting as well a plumbing and heating establishment. Their business is located at No. 310 "East Main street and Mr. Murphy resides at No. 794 North Kellogg street. He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. September i6, 1850, and is a grandson of Edward and Matilda Murphy. The former, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, devoted his life to shoemaking and farming save for the period when he served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812. Nathaniel Murphy, the father of Henry N. Murphy, was born in the Keystone state and was reared in Lancaster where he learned the tinner's trade. He afterward engaged in the hardware business in Erie. Pennsylvania, continuing for many years a valued and worthy citizen there. He married Elvira Hubbard, who was also bom in Pennsylvania and was a daughter of John Hubbard. They became the parents of the following children: Henry N., of this review ; Mary, the wife of A. H. Zoller, of Oak Park, Chicago ; Charles H., of Galesburg, a partner of his brother Henry; Harley, of Erie, Pennsylvania; Etta, who married A. L. Piper, of Erie, Pennsylvania ; William, also of Erie ; Fred, associated with Harley at Erie, Pennsylvania; and Frank, who died in childhood. The father passed away in Erie, Pennsylvania, when sixty-one years of age but the mother still survives and makes her home there. She is a member of the Methodist church to which Mr. Murphy also belonged, and he was prominent in the local life of the community, holding various city offices including that of councilman.

Henry N. Murphy was reared in Erie, Pennsylvania, and attended the public schools, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school. He then entered his father's store in which he remained for a number of years, receiving thorough business training in that connection. He has been a resident of Galesburg since 1871, in which year he entered the employ of the Covenant Mutual Insurance Company. Later he spent six years in the hardware house of Babcock & Pierpont, but carefully saving his earnings he was at length enabled to engage in business on his own account, establishing his present enterprise in connection with his brother Charles and J. A. Anderson under the firm name of Murphy Brothers & Anderson. They opened with a full line of house furnishings and hardware, and their plumbing and heating department »s also a profitable feature of their business.

In 1871 Mr. Murphy was united in marriage to Miss Ada S. Sawyer, who was born in Sycamore, Illinois, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armory W. Sawyer, who are natives of Massachusetts and now reside in Chicago. Mrs. Murphy is their only child and has but one son, Harry Sawyer Murphy, who married Mildred Oldburg and is now a practicing dentist of Fremont, Nebraska. Mr. Murphy is a member of Veritas Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Galesburg Lodge, No. 894, B. P. O. E. Of the latter he is now exalted ruler. He is sixty-one years of age yet looks to be no more than forty and possesses an alert, enterprising manner that shows him to be alive to the business conditions and situations of the present day. He has never feared to venture where favoring opportunity has led the way and his even-paced energy has carried him forward until a comfortable competence is now his.

Chauncy J. McMaster is one of the prominent farmers and stock dealers of Walnut Grove township, carrying on his business interests on an extensive scale. He does not hesitate to branch out along new lines, for his progressiveness is always guided by sound judgment and tempered by a safe conservatism. He is today the owner of the finest herd of thoroughbred Shorthorns in western Illinois and his farm is one of the largest and best improved in the northern part of Knox county.

He was born on the old McMaster homestead. May 19, 1862, and is a son of John McMaster, now a retired farmer living at Altona. He was born in Scotland, May 15, 1827, a son of John and Ann (Struthers) McMaster, who died at the ages of ninety-two and eighty-four years respectively. It was in 1850 that the father came with his wife and children to America, traveling by way of the canal from Chicago, thence by team to Peoria and across the country to Copley township, Knox county, where he built the first log house of that district. There he secured eighty acres of land and began the development of a farm. His last days were spent in the home of his son, John McMaster, in Walnut Grove township. John McMaster, the father of our subject, early started out in life on his own account. He saved his money until he had accumulated a sufficient sum to purchase a team of horses and after having assisted in making a home for his parents he began to provide for himself. He first purchased eighty acres of land in Walnut Grove township but after two years he sold out and later became the owner of one hundred and sixty acres in the same township, constituting the farm upon which he reared his family, although he added to his landed possessions from time to time. Since 1898 he has lived retired in Altona. His life history is given at length on another page of this volume.

After attending the common schools Chauncy J. McMaster became a pupil in the commercial college at Galesburg and then returned to the old home farm, whereon he engaged in general agricultural pursuits for five years. He next turned his attention to merchandising and was connected with the conduct of a grocery and hardware business at Altona for eleven years. During that time he served as postmaster of the town under appointment of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, filling the office altogether for eight years. He then resigned and built his present home. He is today regarded as one of the most progressive and prosperous agriculturists of the northern part of the county. He owns one of the largest stock farms and the largest herd of Shorthorn cattle in the county. In fact he has upon his place some of the finest stock to be found in western Illinois. His business is carried on very extensively and he has become widely known not only in this state but elsewhere among prominent stock-raisers. His farm is equipped with all modern improvements and accessories. His home is built in an attractive style of architecture, is very commodious and is fitted up in excellent taste. His barns and sheds, too, afford ample shelter for grain and stock, and everything is done to care for his stock in the most scientific manner. His labors are doing much to improve the grade of cattle raised in this part of the state and his example serves to stimulate and encourage others. In addition to his Knox county property he is also interested in a large farm in the Red River valley of Minnesota which is operated by the most modern machinery. There the plowing is done by steam plows and the other equipments are equally, modern, showing him to be in keeping with the most advanced spirit of progress and enterprise.

On the ist of January, 1889, Mr. McMaster was united in marriage to Miss Ida M. Stuckey, a daughter of S. S. and Carrie (Borden) Stuckey. On the I3th of August, 1890, Mrs. McMaster died at the age of twenty-four years, and on the ist of September, 1892, Mr. McMaster was again married, his second union being with Ida E. Sawyer, who died July 12, 1897. On the 28th of March, 1901, he wedded Miss Frances A. Reed, who was born December 31, 1858, in the old Reed home near Wataga. She is a daughter of James D. Reed, who was born in Kentucky, June 27, 1825, and as a boy came to Knox county, settling in Henderson township with his parents, Jonathan and Polly (Newell) Reed, who spent the remainder of their clays in that township. In early manhood James D. Reed took up the occupation of farming and after his marriage, which took place on the 27th of August, 1847, removed to Sparta township, settling on what became known as the old Reed farm near Wataga. He was of Scotch descent and was a worthy and highly respected resident of his community. He held membership in the Baptist church and gave his political allegiance to the democratic party. His death occurred December 8, 1882. His wife, who bore ^the maiden name of Martha A. Duval, was born in Kentucky, April 27, 1831, and was a daughter of Thomas C. Duval, who was born February 28, 1802, and . - was of French descent. His parents were James and Judith (Jennings) Duval, . , the forrr-er a native of Virginia and a soldier of the war of 1812. Thomas C. : Duval was married April 2. 1822, to Miss Nancy Shumate, who was born in . Virginia, August 19, 1802. She died March 2, 1888, while Thomas Duval passed away September 25, 1890. He was one of the earliest residents of Knox county, having settled in Henderson township in 1835. He at that time had one hun- - dred dollars in cash, which he invested in land, and in 1869 he owned two thousand acres of land in Sparta and Henderson townships. His investments were most judiciously made and as he prospered, he added to his holdings until he was one of the most extensive landowners in this part of the county. In politics he was a republican and his religious faith was that of the Christian church.

John F. Hamilton, attorney at law practicing at the Galesburg bar and also serving as justice of the peace of this city, was born near Wenona, Illinois, February 3, 1867. He represents one of the old families of Ohio. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Hamilton, a descendant of Eli Hamilton, was a native of that state where he followed the occupation of fanning as a life work. He there married Nancy McMorris who was a niece of Chief Justice John Marshall. Removing to Illinois they became early settlers of Marshall county where they died when well advanced in years. They had a large family, including: Celia, deceased who was the wife of Hiram Meyer, of Galesburg; Wil-

Ham T. ; Elizabeth, the wife of Josiah Miller, of Richwood, Ohio; John M., > at one time governor of Illinois; Oscar, deceased; Frank Y., a resident of ,-- Bloomington ; and Roa, the wife of Oliver Allen, of Wenona, Illinois. Through -' the period of their residence in Illinois the family has been prominent in pro- :' moting the general work of upbuilding and improvement. ./

William T. Hamilton, father of John F. Hamilton, of this review, was :' born in Ohio and spent his youthful days in Union county, that state, near Rich- \ -- wood, there remaining until his parents brought their family to Illinois. In ' Marshall county, this state, he engaged in farming and later established his ..,"-- home in Wenona, where he lived until 1891 when he came to Galesburg and during the period of his residence in this city he was prominent in public affairs and served for two or three terms as alderman from the third ward. In - 1904 he removed to Pomona, California, where his death occurred in 1911, when he had reached the age of seventy-one years. His wife died on the 27th of June of the same year at the age of sixty-nine years. They were both faithful and devoted members of the Presbyterian church and earnest Christian = people throughout all their lives. The father served as an elder in the church V in Galesburg and also after his removal to Pomona. He was at all times a - public-spirited and patriotic citizen and was a stalwart champion of the Union -. cause during the Civil war, for which he organized two companies, but was -'. himself rejected on account of physical disability, although he had been elected :. captain of the company. As he could not aid the army at the front he raised a third company and thus rendered excellent service to the cause at home. He -' - married Susan Clifford, who was likewise a native of Ohio and was a daugh- ' - ter of Edward and Rebecca (Dunlap) Clifford, who were also born in the ./' Hawkeye state. They, too, became residents of Marshall county, Illinois, mak- ; ing the journey overland across the country in wagons when Mrs. Susan Hamil- .> ton was quite young. Both lived to old age, Mrs. Clifford being ninety-six ; years old at the time of her death. They had a large family, namely: Sarah, ' :' now the wife of James Phillips, of Table Rock, Nebraska ; Nancy, deceased ; ' Jane, the wife of William Dunlap; Samuel and Margaret, both of whom have . passed away; and Susan, who became the wife of William T. Hamilton. By ;.. > her marriage she had four children who reached adult age: Luetta, now the wife of J. F. Evans, of Pomona, California ; John F. ; James E., who follows ' farming near Magnolia, Illinois ; and Samuel O., living in Lordsburg, California.

John F. Hamilton was reared upon his father's farm near Wenona, Illinois, - and after mastering the common branches of learning in the district schools - attended the high school of Wenona. Subsequently he entered the Illinois '-'' Wesleyan University at Bloomington. With broad literary learning to serve as the foundation for professional knowledge he took up the study of law - and passed the examination before the Supreme court of Illinois, being ad- : ' mitted to the bar on the ist of March, 1893. He then began practice in Gales- -.- burg where he still remains and in following his profession has won a good './- clientage. : '-.

On the 5th of June, 1895, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hamilton and Miss ; Anna Wright, a daughter of William and Sarah (Bellows) Wright, the former ' a native of New York and the latter of Hartford, Connecticut. Removing .

westward they settled in Indiana where their remaining days were passed. They were parents of four children, including Anna, who became Mrs. Hamilton. She was born in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, and by her marriage has become the mother of three children, William Wright, John Philip and Dorothy Luetta. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton hold membership in the Presbyterian church and in social circles occupy an enviable position by reason of that genuine worth which is always the passport to good society. Mr, Hamilton belongs to Alpha Lodge, No. 155, A. F. & A. M., and also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Tribe of Ben Hur, the Yeomen of America and the Knights and Ladies of Honor. He is likewise a member of the Sigma Chi, a college fraternity, and of the Country Club. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is now capably serving for the fourth term as justice of the peace. His military experience covers service as captain of Battery B, Illinois National Guard, and he was inspector of rifle practice on Mayor Yeager's staff. He was also military instructor in St. Albans Academy at Knoxville for two years. His interests are broad and varied and he has led a busy and useful life, his activities touching the general interests of society whereby the welfare and the legal status of the community are upheld.

The late Samuel Tucker, for more than fifty years actively engaged in agri- ' .; - cultural pursuits in Knox county, was the most extensive landowner in Truro .;'/-. township at the time of his death, eighteen years ago. He was born on his :;':.-; father's farm in Ohio, on October 12, 1822, and there he spent the first twelve ;;'';;. years of his life. In 1834 the family residence was changed to Peoria county, '..'';.;. Illinois, where the father continued to follow farming during the remainder ..-.- of his active life. . , i^ (

The education of Samuel Tucker was begun in the common schools of his :;';:' native state and completed in Peoria county, Illinois, where he was reared to , '-'- ' ; manhood. His youthful years were very similar, save in details, to those of v:. <; other lads of the period and circumstances. At such times as he was not en- -. _ gaged with his studies in school he assisted with the work of the farm, and ' '" ;/ when little more than a child assumed the duties of a man in the operation of ;-';.--/ the fields. He remained with his people until his marriage at the age of twenty- -':--'. ./; - seven years, when he began his independent agricultural career. Together with - ;-.,' his bride he came to Knox county, settling on a small farm he had acquired in /- ; - Elba township. He was a man of tireless energy, and industriously applied '. "/;..:''' himself to the operation of his land. At the expiration of seven or eight years ;'':,-..-' he removed to Truro township, where he resided until his death. Not the least ',/;.- of Mr. Tucker's many admirable traits was his patriotism, and when the nation's -.; .- chief called for volunteers he responded, enlisting in Company H, One Hun- '. '-, dred and Second Regiment. He entered the service in 1862 and remained at /; '' i '- the front until July, 1865, when he was mustered out. Returning home he , r v resumed his farming, in which he met with such lucrative returns that he was \ > - able to extend his holdings from time to time until he owned five hundred of most productive land. He assiduously applied himself to the further cultivation and improvement of this property until his death on May 8, 1893, at the age of seventy-one years. The prosperity that attended the efforts of Mr. - Tucker must be attributed to his own personal endeavors, helpfully supplemented by Mrs. Tucker's capable management of the household affairs. He belonged to the type of men who set themselves a task, and disregarding all obstacles that may arise to thwart their plans, tenaciously adhere to their plan of action until they attain their ambition. Success would have attended his endeavors in any vocation he might have elected to follow, because he would never have accepted defeat, failure but serving to renew the energy by means of which he conquered. He located in Knox county a't a period when pioneer conditions still existed, and farming was largely little more than drudgery, as it was prior to the advent of the modem agricultural implements. Hardships and privations, disappointments and misfortunes fell to his lot as to that of all pioneers, but he steadily persisted in his course and in the end won such feasible success that he owned at one time three thousand and forty acres of land. J ,

On February 29, 1849, Mr. Tucker was united in marriage to Miss Mary Mundy, who was born October i, 1831, and was a daughter of James Mundy of Elba township, Knox county. Mr. .Mundy was one of the pioneers, while Mrs. Mundy's father also was one of the first settlers in this section of the county. James Mundy engaged in fanning in Elba township until his death, which occurred at the age of sixty-six years. He was one of the estimable citizens of his community and held membership in the Masonic fraternity. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Tucker there were born eleven children, of whom four sons and three daughters are living. In order of birth they are as follows: James ; L. V. ; Noah ; Eugene ; Catherine Elizabeth, the wife of A. D. Moon ; Sarah Amanda, who married Charles H. Eastman; and Mary Evelyn, the wife of Dr. Ben D. Baird. ;: .; ; . vv

His political allegiance Mr. Tucker always accorded to the republican party, and he served as supervisor of his township for several terms, while he also acted as school director. His public duties were always discharged with the same competence and efficiency that marked his private undertakings, as he always considered that anything that was of sufficient importance to engage his attention was worthy of his best efforts. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Tucker left the farm, which she is now renting and removed to Williamsfield, where she continues to reside. She is a woman of many most estimable qualities and is held in high regard by her large circle of acquaintances. -. v ;;

George M. Clark, chief clerk of the election commissioners for the city of Galesburg and at one time treasurer of Knox county, was born in Orange township, this county, on the 24th of April, 1872. The ancestral history declares the family to be of German origin although representatives of the name have long

Clark, came from the state of New York and was a farmer by occupation. He married Anna Wise and at length removed westward, becoming one of the early farmers of this county. The land which he purchased he converted into rich and productive fields and he continued his residence upon the old homestead until his death, which occurred in Orange township when he had passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten. His wife reached the very remarkable old age of ninety-four years. Their family numbered three children. Nelson, Luther and Elizabeth, the last named becoming the wife of Cornelius King. '\ - >' : ; x '' ^ j --'.fT;

Luther Clark, the father of George M. Clark, was born in Tiog^ county, New York, July i, 1829, and was fourteen years of age when the family came to Knox county, Illinois, in 1843, so that he attained his majority while living upon the old homestead in Orange township. He shared with the family in the hardships and experiences of pioneer life, early becoming familiar with the work of the fields from the time of early spring planting until after the crops were harvested in the late autumn. When he had attained man's estate he began farming on his own account, purchasing eighty acres of land. Not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made upon the property when it came into his possession but with characteristic energy he began to break the sod and till the fields and in due time his land returned to him abundant crops. As he prospered in his undertaking he extended the boundaries of his property until at one time he owned two hundred acres. On the 3d of February, 1859, he married Sarah Yeager, who was born in Miami county, Ohio, April 5, 1839, and traced her ancestry back to Germany. To them were born six children : Anna E., the wife of Arthur S. Randall, of Orange township; Curtis A. and Frank N., both residents of Orange township; John A., of Galesburg; George M., of this review ; and Mary, who married J. W. Wise, of Knoxville. The death of the father occurred February 3, 1900, and the mother passed away May 25, 1903. She was a devoted member of the Congregational church and her kindly spirit and many good traits of character won her the love of all who knew her. In politics Mr. Clark was a republican and served in several local offices, acting as township assessor and also as supervisor for a number of years.

George M. Clark spent his youthful days on his father's farm in Orange township, dividing his time between the work of the fields and the acquirement of an education in the district schools up to the time when he entered the Galesburg Business College. After completing his course in that institution he then returned to the farm and carried on general agricultural pursuits until 1907. He inherited a part of the old homestead and bought out the interests of the other heirs in that property, still owning the farm which comprises one hundred and forty acres of rich and productive land. A noted educator who has given much, study to the sources of the country's wealth says that there is no better investment in all America than Illinois farm land and in his property Mr. Clark has a source of gratifying income. He left the farm and removed to Galesburg to assume the duties of county treasurer, having been appointed to the office in January, 1909, after which he was chosen for the position at a special election in June of that year. He served for about two years, filling out an unexpired term of O. N. Custer. He had formerly filled the office of supervisor for seven years and was township collector for three years. He has ever discharged his official duties with promptness and fidelity and the record he has made in this connection is a most creditable one. In his political views he has ever been a republican and for one term served as chairman of the republican county central committee. He was likewise chairman of the board of supervisors for two terms and resigned to enter upon the duties of the office of county treasurer.

The marriage of George M. Clark and Miss Elizabeth Krise was celebrated October 22, 1894. She was a daughter of George A. and Mary A. (Sheets) Krise, and by her marriage she became the mother of three children, Clare, Frances and Dorothy. Death called her March i8, 1900, and the family lost a devoted mother and the Congregational church a faithful member. Mr. Clark was married again, December 21, 1905, his second union being with Miss Susie D. Hartnell, who was born in England, of which country her parents, George and Mary (Dean) Hartnell, were also natives. They came to this country during the early girlhood of their daughter Susie. They now reside in Orange township, where Mr. Hartnell is yet following the occupation of farming. The children of the family are: Mary; Albert; Ethel and Edith, twins; John; Joseph; Susie; and a half-brother, William Aplin. Mr. and Mrs. Clark became parents of two children, Helen and Ruth Margaret, but the first born, Helen, - died in infancy. :

Mr. Clark belongs to the Modern Woodmen Camp of De Long, also the local lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He is supreme treasurer of the Fraternal Reserve Life Association of Peoria. Wherever known he is held in high esteem and most of all where he is best known. His life has been quietly i>assed and yet he has at all times been a faithful citizen and a reliable business man who is trustworthy in his friendships and true to every trust reposed in him. v';: /X ; / - v ' v^ ^;:.::' . \

Edward R. Drake, a member of the firm of Kellogg, Drake & Company, dealers in dry goods, cloaks and carpets, their large establishment extending from No. 227 to 235 East Main street, is one of the native sons of Galesburg, his birth having here occurred November lo, 1856. His great-grandfather in the paternal line was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, David Drake, was a native of New York and devoted his life to farming. When called to his final rest his remains were interred at Crown Point, that state. His family numbered several children, including: Lyman C., the father of Edward R. Drake; Amos, who remained a resident of the state of New York; Nathan B., who came to the middle west at an early day and took up his abode just across the street from his brother Lyman; Olive, the wife of Charles Needham, who removed from Galesburg to California in 1865, settling at Merced : and Mary, the wife of James Squire, of Galesburg.

Lyman C. Drake, a native of New York, was reared in Essex county of that state and, having arrived at years of maturity wedded Lucy Ann Hyde, a native of Vermont, who spent her girlhood days in Middlebury of the "Green Mountain" state. She was a granddaughter of Russell B. Hyde, who served

Vvthroughout the Revolutionary war, retiring with the rank of major. He received . ' from the government in recognition of his services a land grant of a township .; ' in Northern Vermont, which was named Hyde Park in his honor. Lucy Ann : .; Hyde was a daughter of Jabez Perkins and Martha (Edgerton) Hyde, who removed to the Mississippi valley with their children and spent their last days in Galesburg, where they passed away at an advanced age. They had a large --. family, namely: George J., a resident of Davenport, Iowa; Andrew J., who ' lives being passed in Scott county, Iowa; Martha, who married George W. G. . Ferris, the youngest son of Sylvanus Ferris, who with George W. Gale and ; others founded the city of Galesburg; Lydia E., who became the wife of Albert .> dine and removed to Peoria county; Elizabeth, who became the wife of .^ ;. Edward Ray, a soldier of the Civil war, and both are now deceased; Diadama, - the wife of Horace B. Weeks, who died in early manhood in Galesburg and .. was laid to rest in Hope cemetery ; and others. His family included Lucy Ann ,- ; Hyde, who became the wife of Lyman C. Drake, and in the year 1843 they re- ^ ; moved westward, settling just within the edge of Warren county, Illinois. :?; where Mr. Drake engaged in farming for a number of years. In 1854 he > brought his family to Galesburg where he lived retired. Here he died in 1887, at the age of eighty years, while his wife passed away in 1888, when seventy-four years of age. Both were members of the Baptist church and V. Mr. Drake was at one time a member of the New York State Militia and held ; a captain's commission. Unto him and his wife were born nine children, but - --; only two are now living, the younger being Frederick S., a resident of Detroit, Michigan. /

Edward R. Drake, born and reared in Galesburg, pursued his education ; in the public schools here and made his initial step in the business world as a ; clerk in a dry-goods store. Ambitious to enter business life on his own account, he availed himself of the opportunity which in 1888 came to him, of becoming / a member of the firm of Kellogg, Drake & Company. This organization has since maintained a continuous existence and is regarded as one of the old ' '; reliable houses of the city, carrying a large and well selected line of dry goods,.;-- ; cloaks and carpets. The honorable business methods of the house and the ^^ ' unfaltering enterprise of the partners have enabled them to meet competition :..\ and win a fair share of the public patronage, so that the undertaking has been :

On the 29th of June, 1894, Mr. Drake was married to Miss Harriet E. - ; Stone, the youngest daughter of Lester T. and Sallie (Ferris) Stone, who died , > ;. . in 1895; the former was a native of Vermont and the latter of Galesburg. .:;;. L. T. Stone was a soldier of the Civil war, serving for nearly four years as ;V ' an officer and died November 12, 1911. He was the son of C. D. Stone, at : > one time a resident of Galesburg, his remains now resting in Hope cemetery. ;,';. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Drake was S. W. Ferris, a son of Sylvanus ' : : . Ferris, native of New York. He married Currance Ann Winniger. The -' death of Mrs. Drake occurred November 15, 1896, and was the occasion of ; - \ deep and widespread regret to her many friends. '-

The public interests of the community outside of business circles have bene- ^ ' .-» fited by the efforts of Mr. Drake who, never neglectful of the duties of citizen- -V\;:: ship and realizing the responsibility of the individual in community affairs, has done public work of a helpful nature. ' He has always given his political support to the republican party, but the offices he has filled have not been of a political character. For twenty-eight years, however, he has served on the library board and at this writing, in 1911, is its president. He was a charter member of the Galesburg Club and twice served as its president, and he holds membership in the Baptist church. Where the interests and welfare of the city are involved his influence and aid are always given on the side of progress and improvement. ;.-''-;;/.:;/-..:' -'-' ..:C.'-'--. ','\.-.-:-'::_~L'^^:-'-\ ./ ''.^-''.if ''---'-'.---<.;';-

The late Peter Epley, who for many years was a street commissioner in .. Knoxville, located here with his family in the '8os. His birth occurred on a . farm in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the 23d of April, 1833, i his parents being George and Harriet (Vance) Epley, also natives of the Key- - - stone state. George Epley came to Knox county with his family during the ; :, pioneer days, and here both he and the mother passed away. Their family con- ; ; . sisted of four sons and seven daughters of whom the following are living: John; ' William; Mrs. Sarah Lightner, of Knoxville: Mrs. Mary Pfeffer, of Gettys- " burg, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mattie Hoke, of Elk Creek, Nebraska; and Mrs. Amanda Korman, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

In the acquirement of his education Peter Epley attended the common - : schools in the vicinity of his birthplace, at the same time assisting his father ; with the work of the farm. When the war broke out he was drafted from :. Gettysburg and went to the front where he remained for three months, to assume on his return the responsibilities of manhood and directed his ener- ;; gies thereafter along different lines of activity. i