Knox County, Illinois - The whole text, 1912 (part 38 of 56)

On the 24th of March, 1908, Mr. Main was married to Patience Jannan, the daughter of Jonathan Jannan of Salem township, Knox county. The father was a native of Brown county, Ohio, where he assisted his father in agricultural pursuits previous to his removal to Knox county when he was very young, his parents being George and Rebecca (Bevens) Jannan. Jonathan Jannan married Clara May Phelps, who is the daughter of Samuel and Emeline Lucy (Frisbie) Phelps. She is living in Knox county at present at the age of fifty-nine years, and Mr. Jannan reached his seventy-second birthday on the 5th of September. Their son, Henry Phelps Jannan, is a prominent agriculturist of Salem township, and is married to Lorine Bowers. Mrs. Main was born on the loth of February, 1882, and received her education in the Elmwood high school, and three years later was graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Subsequently she taught music until her marriage. To this union one child has been born, Qara Ruth, whose birth occurred on the 2nd of April, 1910. : ' -; ^^^/tvJ

Both 'Mr. and Mrs. Main are active and prominent members of the Presbyterian church, of Altona and Mr. Main also holds membership in the Masonic Lodge of his home city. In church and fraternal circles he is held in high regard, and has ever stood to maintain the same honorable relations with which he is accredited in industrial circles. In farming and stock-raising he has shown his readiness to keep abreast with the spirit and development of the times, and has won for himself a name which stands for efficiency, aggression and stability.

A highly successful florist of Galesburg is Ira L. Pillsbury, who came here seventeen years ago. He commenced in rather a small way but has so intelligently directed his business, that it has developed until he now maintains one retail store and has several times multiplied the size of his original greenhouse. He was born in Macomb, Illinois, on the 3d of February, 1859, and is a son of Ithamar and Caroline E. (Miller) Pillsbury. The father was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, on the 22d of August, 1794, and the mother in Smithtown, Long Island, on the I4th of October, i8i8. Ithamar Pillsbury was educated at Yale Divinity College for the Presbyterian ministry and was graduated in 1822. Subsequently he became a missionary to seamen and sailors in New York city. Later he preached at various points in the east until 1836, when he came to Illinois, bringing the first colony to Henry county, having acquired the land for his settlement from the government. He continued to follow the ministry and organized a church at Andover, where he preached for several years. In Macomb he filled subsequently the pulpit of the Presbyterian church and was also president of McDonough College. During his active connection with the ministry he assisted in organizing fourteen churches in Illinois. The first church that he formed was at Burlington, August 27, 1836, and the last at Dixon, Illinois, January 29, 1852. Andover, Illinois, was the scene of the marriage of the Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury and Miss Miller on December i8, 1837, and there they spent the latter years of their life. Reverend Pillsbury passed away on the 2Oth of April, 1862, and his wife survived until June 8. 1896, her death occurring at Macomb. During the war of 1812 he served as a private and his political support he gave to the republican party. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Pillsbury numbered ten, our subject being the ninth in order of birth. The others are as follows: Elizabeth, who was born on the I2th of October, 1838, and died August i6, 1886; James Lebbius, born October 26, 1840, who died in 1841; Edward Payson, who was born on April 27, 1842, and died on the loth of May, 1898; Asiel Nettleton, who was born on November 29, 1844, and is now living at Palma Sola, Florida; Mary Louisa, who was born May 2, 1847, and died on the 1st of June, 1909; Sarah Adelia, who was born on the 3d of April, 1849. the wife of Charles F. Fairfield, of Minneapolis, Minnesota ; Francis Ithamar, who was born June 14, 1851, and died January 8. 1893: Alfred Sawyer, bom on November 2, 1854. now residing at West Plains, Missouri ; and Ithamar, whose natal day was the I9th of August, i86i, a resident of Macomb.

Doth 'Mr. and Mrs. Main are active and prominent members of the Presbyterian church, of Altona and Mr. Main also holds membership in the ^Masonic Lodge of his home city. In church and fraternal circles he is held in high regard, and has ever stood to maintain the same honorable relations with which he is accredited in industrial circles. In farming and stock-raising he has shown his readiness to keep abreast with the spirit and development of the times, and has won for himself a name which stands for efficiency, aggression and stability.

Ira L. Pillsbury

A highly successful florist of Galesburg is Ira L. Pillsbury. who came here seventeen years ago. He commenced in rather a small way but has so intelligently directed his business, that it has develo])e(l until he now maintains oneretail store and has several times multiplied the size of his original greenhouse. He was born in Macomb. Illinois, on the 3d of February. 1859. and is a son of Itliamar and Caroline F. ( Miller) Pillsbury. The father was born in Dracut. ^fassachusetts. on the 22<1 of .\ugust. 1/94. and the mother in Smithtown. Long Island, on the I4tli of October. 1818. Ithamar Pillsbury was educated at Yale Divinity College for the Presbyterian ministry and was graduated in 1822. Subsequently he became a missionary to seamen and sailors in Xew York city. Later he preachcfl at various i)()ints in the east until 1836. when he came to Illinois, bringing the first colony to Henry county, having acquired the land for his settlement from the government. He continued to follow the ministry and organized a church at Andovcr. where he ])reached for several years. In Macomb he filled subsc(|Ufiitly the ])ulpit of the Presbyterian church and was also president of McDonough College. During his active connection with the ministry he assisted in organizing fourteen churches in Illinois. The first church that he formed was at lUuMington. August 27. 1836. and the last at Dixon. Illinois, January 29. 1852. Andover. Illinois, was the scene of tlie marriage of the Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury and Miss .Miller on December 18. 1837. and there they s])ent the latter years of their life. Reverend Pillsbury pas>ed away on the 2Oth of April. 1862. and his wife survived until June 8. 18*^6. her death occurring at Macomb. During the war of 1812 he served as a ])rivate and his political su])- jjort he gave to the re])ublican party. The family of ]\lr. and Mrs. I'illsbury numbered ten. our subject being tlic ninth in order of birth. Tbe otiicrs are as follows: l-llizabeth. who was born on tlie I2th of October. 1838. and died August \Ci, i8SC>: James Lebbius. born October 26. 1840. who died in 1841: Fdward Payson. who was born on .\pril 27. 1842. and died on the loth of May. l8<j8; Asiel Xettleton. who was born on Xovember 29. 1844. and is now living at Palma Sola. I'lorida : Marv Louisa, wlio was born Mav 2. 1847. and died on the 1st of June. 1909; Sarah Adclia. who was born ou the 3d of Ajjril. 1849. the wife of Charles F. I'^airficld. of Minneapolis. Minnesota: I-Vancis Ithamar. who was born June 14. 1851. and die<l January 8. 18(^3: .\lfred Sawyer, born on Xovember 2. 1854. now residing at \\'est Plains. Missouri: and Ithamar. whose natal ilay was the T9th of .\ugust. 1861. a resident of Macomb.

Ira L. Pillsbury attended the common schools of Macomb in the acquirement of an education. He graduated from the public school in 1876 and very soon thereafter he engaged in market gardening, meeting with such success in this undertaking that he later extended the scope of his activities by raising flowers and ornamental plants. He continued in his horticultural activity until 1894, when he disposed of his gardens and came to Galesburg, engaging in business as a florist. At the beginning he had but one hothouse, twenty by sixty feet, but during the past seventeen years he has developed his enterprise

: A until he now needs eight greenhouses and has a retail salesroom. A store combined with his greenhouses is located on East Main and Locust streets and the floral establishment at 65 South Seminary street. He makes a specialty of carnations, roses, violets, chrysanthemums and ornamental potted plants, of the flowering and plain variety. From six to ten people are constantly employed in his greenhouses and stores, and during the busy seasons he requires the assistance of several more. Mr. Pillsbury is resourceful and of an inventive turn of mind, so to obviate the heavy loss sustained by every florist in the handling of carnations, caused by the splitting of the calyx of this flower, he has originated a

.- clever little device known as "Pillsbury's carnation staple." It is made of very fine green wire and, being practically invisible, can be used without detracting from the flower's appearance. The artiflce has been found practical and has proven economical in his own business and since placing it upon the market, he has been favored with orders from florists throughout the country. .; ': .r' v At Macomb, Illinois, on the igth of March, 1885. Mr. Pillsbury and Miss Dollie B. Harris were married. She is a daughter of the Rev. Ralph and Mary (Wilson) Harris, and was born at Cameron, .Missouri, on the nth of April,

-% 1859. Mr. Harris filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian church at Macomb for some years and was also president of McDonough College. He was born April 6, 1812, in Charlotte county, Virginia, and united with the church at Charlotte Courthouse in 1828. He acquired his education at Center College in Danville, Kentucky, which institution conferred upon him the degrees of A. M. and D. D. In 1840 he was licensed to preach and in 1843 was ordained as an evangelist and sent as a missionary to the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1849 he accepted the presidency of McDonough College, after having had charge of several different churches, and in 1852 he was called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Macomb, Illinois, where he remained until 1855. when he removed to Cameron, Missouri. When the Civil war broke out he went to the front with the Fighty-fourth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers as their chaplain but on account of ill health was forced to return before the close of the war.'- He afterward took up the study of medicine and in 1864 was graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago and entered upon active practice, in which he continued until 1882. when he retired. He died March 19. 1895, having for only eight weeks survived his wife. They traveled life's journey happily together as man and wife for nearly flfty-eight years and were among the most highly esteemed residents of Macomb. Dr. Harris was twice married, his first union being with Martha P. Hughes on the 2d of October, 1834. They had one daughter, Fllen Amanda, who was born in 1835. and became the wife of Fdward Maguire. The wife and mother died in 1836 and on the 3ist of May,

Crab Orchard, Kentucky, February 27, i8i8, and passed away January 24, 1895. Dr. and IVIrs. Harris were the parents of ten children. James Harvie, who was born May 7, 1838, died January 4, 1893. Robert Campbell, who was born January 19, 1840, was killed by guerrillas, October 17, i86i, while serving as a soldier of the Civil war. William Thomas, born September 18, 1841, was a soldier of the Union army and is living in Keosauqua, Iowa. Miss Martha Perry Hughes, born November 25, 1842, is living in Macomb. Ralph Erskins, born July 4, 1846, is living in Pocatello, Idaho. John Green, born August 24, 1848, died August i6, 1849. Mary Elizabeth, born January 29, 1850, died February 28, 1892. Charles Stewart, born March 24, 1852, is living in Galesburg. Sarah Cornelia, who was born March 24, 1854, died November 15, 1905. Dollie Bailey, born April ii, 1859, is now the wife of Ira L. Pillsbury. Mr. and Mrs. Pillsbury have three children. George M., who was born in Macomb, on May i6, 1886, is now engaged in farming near Englewood, Kansas. He is married and has two children, Gertrude Agnes, who was born May 7, 1910 and Dollie Irene, born October 8, 1911. Ira Harris, whose birth occurred at Macomb, on July 25, 1887, graduated from Knox College and is now a student in the McCormick Theological Seminary at Chicago. He has had the unusual distinction of delivering a sermon in the Presbyterian church at Macomb, where both of his grandfathers formerly preached. Walter E., who was born on the 3d of September, 1890, is still at home and is assisting his father in the business. -. - Both Mr. and Mrs. Pillsbury are active members of the Presbyterian church and take a deep interest in all Christian work. He is deacon of the church and assistant Sunday school superintendent, and he was formerly president of the McDonough County Sunday School Association. He is also affiliated with the Young Men's Christian Association and the Court of Honor, No. 171. Being a progressive and enterprising business man he is a member of the Retail Merchants Association of Galesburg and the National and Illinois State Florists' Associations. Mr. Pillsbury is a stanch republican in politics but, never having had either the time or inclination for public office, does not prominently participate in municipal campaigns of political nature. By reason of his foresight and sagacity he is meeting with excellent success in his business, which is now firmly established and flourishing in its various departments.

Since the establishment of The Continental, a men's clothing establishment in Galesburg, Oscar H. Little has been at the head of the business, and as manager has contributed in a substantial measure to its growth and success. Throughout his life he has been connected with the clothing trade and his long experience, his enterprise and earnest purpose have been the elements of making his establishment one of the leading commercial concerns of Galesburg. He was born in Newton, Iowa, September 21, 1863, and is the son of William T. and Emily J. (Grey) Little. The father, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1836, was a clothing merchant of Newton, Iowa, having come to the west as a young man. Later he went to Chicago where he engaged in the wholesale cloth- ing business, and after some years opened a real-estate office in that city. At length he retired from business life, and in 1906 removed to Galesburg where he passed away November i8, 1908. His widow still survives and is now living in Rogers Park, one of the Chicago suburbs. She was born in \^irginia, January 23, ' 1843. Mr. Little was a republican in his political views and both he and his wife were members of the Society of Friends. They were married in Lynnville, Iowa, January, 1859, and they became parents of three children: Ida L., Oscar H. and William G. --

Oscar H. Little was educated in Newton, Iowa, and his initial experience in business came to him as an employe in his father's store, whom he first represented in Carroll, Iowa, as manager of one of his stores. Two years later he went to Newton, Iowa, and continued in the business with his father for six years, after which he moved to Chicago and engaged in the wholesale clothing business for two years. He remained with his father until 1892 when he entered the employ of Samuel Stern of Chicago. At Hampton, Iowa, he represented Mr. Stem for one year and then, after a brief period spent in Chicago, came to Galesburg, on the loth of December, 1895. It was on that day that The Continental opened its doors for business at No. 7 Main street, Mr. Stern having established the business of which he made Mr. Little the manager. The trade grew so rapidly that within a year and a half The Continental was forced to seek larger quarters, and in September 1897 removed to their present location at Nos. 152 and 154 East Main street. In May, 1906, the business was incorporated with Mr. Stem as president, N. J. Ullman, vice president and treasurer, S. Schiff, secretary and Oscar H. Little, manager. On the I5th of December, 1908, a fire broke out and that part of the store which was not destroyed by the fiames was damaged by water, and the entire remaining stock was then sold to the Underwriters' Salvage Company. For three months Mr. Little was out of business, during which time the room was being refitted and an entire, new stock assembled. The firm is now again successfully conducting a large enterprise in Galesburg, each year having witnessed steady growth in their trade. They carry a large and well selected line of goods, and the business policy of the house is based upon progressive methods and irreproachable commercial integrity.

On the i8th of February, 1889, Mr. Little was united in marriage with Miss Mary Long, a daughter of James and Mary Long, of Newton, Iowa. Unto this marriage was born a son, Harlan William, whose birth occurred at Newton, Iowa, February 28, 1890, and who is now connected with The Continental. After losing his first wife, who died in 1892, Mr. Little was again married September 9, 1902, his second union being with Miss Mae Starnes, a daughter of P. M. and Mahala J. (Van Horn) Starnes, of Ipava, Illinois. Hei- father was born near Nashville, Tennessee, November lO, 1837, and her mother's birth occurred in Harrisville, Ohio, October 8, 1845. For some time the father was engaged in merchandising at Ipava, Illinois. He is a republican in his political views, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, loyal to its teachings and active in its work.

Mr. Little is a member of the Galesburg Club, the Retail Merchants' Association and the Elks Lodge. For a number of years he was connected with the Elks Lodge at Monmouth and was one of the petitioners for the establishment of the Elks Lodge at Galesburg. His friends, and they are many, find in him a social, , genial gentleman, courteous and obliging. His business associates know him as a reliable, enterprising merchant, and one whose success has been honorably achieved, and is therefore well deserved. Galesburg numbers him among her leading citizens, and the position is one to which he has attained by his own earnest efforts. ' -- -,;.;-;.:-. ..\' ^ --;,-.;- -^rs-v /''.-.:-;-' ;-:i:';:^' ;-'----:;

In the record of Byron A. Stevens are found many qualities such as command confidence and respect. His influence was always on the side of material, political, intellectual and moral progress. He was always loyal to duty, manifesting the same splendid qualities which he displayed when a soldier on the field of battle, defending the stars and stripes.

When the country no longer needed his military aid, Mr. Stevens returned to Essex, Vermont, and again engaged in teaching school. He was also superintendent of schools of Essex for several years. For a short time he conducted .; a store. Later he turned his attention to the insurance business, in which he was engaged for a number of years. In the fall of 1877 he came to Galesburg, , ; Illinois, where he entered the employ of George W. Brown in the capacity of > traveling salesman. For several years he remained upon the road and was then V called to the office, where he proved a valuable man, his previous broad ex- ' perience and knowledge of the business giving him understanding of what was ': : necessary in his office work as manager of the sales department. At all times -. - he was thoroughly reliable and progressive, and he bore an excellent reputation genial gentleman, courteous and obliging. His business associates know him as a reliable, enterprising merchant, and one whose success has been honorably achieved, and is therefore well deserved. Galesburg numbers him among her leading citizens, and the position is one to which he has attained by his own earnest efforts, .

In the record of Ilyron A. Stevens are found many (|ualities such as command confidence and res])ect. His influence was always on the side of material, jwlitical, intellectual and moral jirogress. He was always loyal to duty, manifesting the same splendid (|ualities which he displayed when a soldier on the field of battle, defcMiding tlie stars and stripes.

Mr. Stevens was born in \Vestford, \'ermont, September 9, 1841, a son of Cassius \\ and Clamentia (Smith) Stevens, The father was born in Essex, \'erinont, January ii, 1815, and the mother's birth occurred in Monkton, \'ermont, on the 4tli of June, 1814, Cassius Stevens was a farmer by occupation and always remained a resident of the dreen Mountain state. His political allegiance was given to the republican party. Mrs. Stevens was a member of the Methodist Iq)iscopal church. To them were born two sons, the younger, Loren, being a resident of (lalesljurg, Illinois. I'.oth Cassius Stevens and his wife passed away in I'>sex, X'ermont ; the former on the 5th of February, 1892, and the latter on July 27, 1876. .

ISyron A. Stevens jjursued his education in the schools of X'ermont, completing his course in the Classical Institute at Essex. He afterward took up the profession of teaching, which lie followed for three or four years prior to the outbreak (tf the Civil war. \\'ith the heginning of hostilities his patriotic spirit was aroused and later he enlisted as a private. However, he was at once made first lieutenant of C'ompany 11 of the One Hundred and X'inth Colored Infantry and served until the close of the war, making an honorable record by reasfin of his loyalty and his fearlessness.

When the country no longer needed his military aid, Mr. Stevens returned to Essex, \'ermont, and again engaged in teaching school. He was also superintendent of schools of Essex for several years. I'or a short time he conducted a store. Later he turned his attention to the insurance business, in which he was engaged for a number of years. In the fall of 1877 he came to Galesburg, Illinois, where he entered the employ of (icorge \\'. I'.rown in the ca|)acity of traveling -alesman. I'or several years he remained upon the road and was then called to the office, where he proved a valuable man, his jjrevious broad ex- ])erience and knowledge of the I)usiness giving him understanding of what was necessary in his office work as manager of the sales department. At all times he was thoroughly reliable and |)rogrcs<ivc, and he bore an excellent re|)Utation in business circle-^.

On the 7th of December, 1862, Mr. Stevens was united in marriage to ^liss Hannah ^I, Drury, who was horn in \\'estfonl, \'ennont, December 21, 1840, a daughter of Jacob K. and Caroline diascom") Drury. Her father was born at Milton, Vermont, March 30, 1808. His wife's birth occurred in Fairfax, Vermont, August i, iSiS. Mr. Drury was a farmer by occupation, devoting his early life to the tilling of the soil, but later he established a brick manufactory at Essex, which he conducted up to the time of his death on the agth of September, 1889. For about three years he had survived his wife, who passed away November 9, 1886. In his political views Mr. Drury was a republican, and for a time he represented his district in the state legislature. He was also prominent in local political circles. For many years he served on the official board of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which both he and his wife were members.

Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stevens: Arthur L., who was born in Essex, Vermont, April 25, 1867, and who is now a traveling salesman, making his home in Minneapolis ; Charlie S., who was born October 6, 1869, and died February 19, 1874 ; and Mabel, who was born at Essex, June 28, 1872, and makes her home with her mother in Galesburg, Illinois. She was graduated from Knox College in 1895 and later became a teacher in the public schools of Galesburg. '; > ' -- -

Mr, Stevens was a loyal member of the Masonic fraternity and exemplified in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. He also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and to the Grand Army post at Galesburg, and he was for many years a member of the Galesburg Club. Although he had never united with the church, in his religious belief he was in sympathy with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife and daughter are' members. In his political views he was a republican, believing that the principles of the party contained the best elements of good governnlent, yet he never sought or desired office. .;<; Mr. Stevens' genial manner, his kindly disp>osition, and his unfailing courtesy made him popular wherever he was known. He passed away November 19, 1895, leaving behind him a circle of warm friends, to whom he was endeared by reason of his sterling traits of character.

Only twenty-six years of age Harry E. Main has already made a place for himself among the enterprising and progressive business men of Knox county, and as the manager of the Terry Lumber Company for the past five years, in charge of the yards at Wataga when the company was first organized and for the past three years filling a similar position at Oneida, has demonstrated his executive ability and efficiency. He was born in Galesburg township, August 15, 1885, a son of Charles A. and Harriet (Mosher) Main, natives of New York, where the grandfather, Thomas Main, was engaged in agriculture until well on in years, when he came west and settled in Boone, Iowa. The father was for twenty-four years in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad until he gave up this connection and took charge of a farm of eighty acres which he had purchased some years previously and on which he had done occasional labor by way of variation from the confining nature of the duties which devolved upon him in his capacity as passenger conductor. He found great pleasure in the open-air work, tilling the fields, and sowing and gathering the crops, continuing in this occupation from about 1880 until some years ago, when he met with a _ runaway in which he was fatally injured. His widow resides in Marshall, Michigan, with her daughter. There were three children in the family: Frances M,, who is the wife of J. G. France, the manager of a fruit farm ; Earl T., who was killed in a railroad wreck at Marshalltown, Iowa, in the spring of 1910, just five months after his marriage; and Harry E.

Living in Knox county all his life Harry E. Main obtained his education here first in the elementary schools, and later in the high school at Galesburg. He secured employment with the Terry and Lewis Lumber Company at Galesburg and remained with them fourteen months working in the yards. He then went to Wataga, Illinois, and took charge of the management of the yards of the Terry Lumber Company just organized in that town, filling this position for a year and a half when he was transferred, in 1908, to their lumber yards at Oneida and has been here ever since. He is dependable in the execution of his duties and has a promising future before him. He is also interested in a farm of two hundred acres near Delavan, Faribault county, Minnesota. ;- :v\ U -' - :- :.'- v 1 ; '

Mr. -Main was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Graves, on November 22, 1906. Her parents were George and Minnie (Sherman) Graves, and came from New Hampshire, her father, who was a grain dealer at Wataga, being now deceased. The mother is residing in Wataga. I. -

In his political persuasion Mr. Main is republican and has been called upon to serve as city treasurer. He is an enthusiastic worker in fraternal circles, belonging to Lodge No. 894, B. P. O. E. of Galesburg, to the Modern Woodmen of America and to the Mystic Workers. Mr. and Mrs. Main are social favorites among the younger set in Oneida and have many warm friends among the older people as well, being considerate and courteous towards all. . . .

Joseph Fisher, who has been a resident of Knox county for over sixty years, is residing on section 28, Ontario township, Knox county, where he is engaged in farming. He was born on the 27th of May, 1831, in Lancaster, England, his parents being David and Jane (Morris) Fisher, both of whom were natives of England. The father, whose birth occurred in Lancaster, engaged in mining. When the family came to America in 1833 they settled first in Canada but five years later crossed over into the United States, where they located in Ohio, for a short time previous to going to Henry county, Illinois. Mr. Fisher passed away in that county, in January, 1844, and Mrs. Fisher's death occurred in 1876, at the home of her son Joseph in Knox county.

Joseph Fisher received his education in the little log cabin district schoolhouse, but the duties which naturally fell to him, the eldest son, after his father's death made any advanced studying impossible, and in April of that year he removed to Sparta township with his mother. The same year, at the early age of fourteen years, he started to make his own way in the world by accepting employment on a farm until he was able to purchase land for himself. His first purchase was an eighty acre plot which cost him one dollar per acre at the time but subsequently he had to pay six hundred and fifty dollars, in order to obtain a clear title to the property. He and his wife own two hundred and forty acres, all of which has been brought under a profitable state of cultivation. His entire active career has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, general farming and dairying having received the greater part of his attention.

On October 20, 1852, Mr. Fisher was married to Miss Emily Fisher. Her death occurred in 1888 and besides her husband she was survived by an adopted daughter, Nellie. Mrs. Fisher was born in Kentucky, in 1834, and was one of three children born to Woodford Fisher, all of whom are now deceased. Her parents removed to Marshall county, Illinois, when she was very young and later came to Knox county. Joseph Fisher was again married, his second union being with Elizabeth Pittard, whom he married on the 3Oth of October, 1890. She was

. a daughter of Viel and Jane (Kember) Pittard, who came to America in 1854 and located in Knox county in the following year. They were both natives of Somersetshire, England. The father was a blacksmith by trade in his native land and also for a short time in the United States before engaging in agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in Ontario township on the 5th of July, i88i, when he was sixty-eight years of age. Mrs. Pittard was tx)m May 5, i8ii, and was married on the 24th of December, 1838. She was a member of the Congregational church and her death occurred at the age of seventy-eight years, July 7, 1889. Five children were bom to this union, the eldest having died in infancy.

; Mr. Fisher is an active member of the republican party and has been elected to office many times. For three terms he served as road commissioner, for two years as highway commissioner and for three terms in the county court. For over sixty-five years he has been connected with the agricultural interests of Knox county and during that time has done his share in developing the resources of the soil of the county, a work which has called for self denial, the encountering of hardships, persistent, hard labor and the ability to give constant application to an undertaking not always showing immediate profits. --:..:-;

Ben J. Huflf, Jr., who for the past four years has been city clerk of Galesburg, has the distinction of being the youngest man ever elected to that office in the city. He is a native son, his birth having occurred here, on the 6th of January, 1883, ^nd he is the younger of two children born of the marriage of Ben J. and Mary (Phillips) Huff. Their elder child is a daughter, Helen, the wife of Harry N. Thurman, of Galesburg. Ben J. Huff was born in Kentucky, the son of George N. and Elizabeth Huff, also natives of that state. In his early boyhood the parents removed to Indiana, where he was reared to manhood, later becoming a resident of Illinois. In 1870 he came to Galesburg and entered the repair yards of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and there he has ever since been employed. He proved to be a trustworthy and efficient workman and was promoted from time to time until he is now general foreman of the car department. The grandfather, who was a veteran of the Civil war, was also an employe of the "Q," but had withdrawn from active life prior to his death, which oc- ; curred at the age of eighty-five years. The grandmother was sixty when she passed away. They also had two children: Ben J., the father of our subject; and Helen, who married T. C. Salvetor, a master car builder. The maternal grandparents were Edward and Adelia Phillips, who were among the pioneer ^ settlers of Galesburg. They both lived to attain a ripe old age, Mrs. Phillips having been killed by a train at Clinton, Illinois, at the age of ninety-six years. They had three children : Charles, Mina, and Mary, the mother of our subject. In religious faith Ben J. Huff was reared a Methodist and his wife a Roman : Catholic. Mrs. Huff was born in Galesburg and here she has passed her entire life.

The life of Ben J. Huff, Jr., up to the age of eight years was very similar to ; that of other lads otthe same circumstances. At that time, however, he had the - misfortune to be kicked by one of his schoolmates, and the injuries sustained made of him a permanent cripple. He attended the public schools in the acquirement of his education, and after he was graduated from the high school he en- - tered Brown's Business College, where he pursued a commercial course. When qualified to begin earning his own living he entered the offices of the "Q" in the capacity of stenographer. He continued in this capacity until 1903, when he ; resigned to enter upon the duties of assistant city clerk. He was retained in this position for four years, and at the expiration of that period, in 1907, was the successful candidate for the office of city clerk, of which he is still the incumbent. That Mr. Huff has proven to be well qualified for the responsibilities of this position and that he has discharged his duties with efficiency is manifested by the length of his term.

On the 9th of July, 1905, Mr. Huff was married to Miss .May Winifred Fuller, who was born in Bedford, Taylor county, Iowa, and is a daughter of Marshall ; and Mary Fuller. One child has been born to them, Charles Raymond.

Mr. and Mrs. Huff manifest their religious views through their membership in the Baptist church, and fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is also a v member of the Galesburg and Crescent Oubs. In his political views he is a republican, considering that the policy of this party is best adapted to subserve the high.est interests of the majority. Mr. and Mrs. Huff have a very pleasant home at No. 215 North Chambers street, the hospitality of which is freely ex- - tended to their large circle of acquaintances.

A capably tilled farm of three hundred and twenty acres located on section 15, Ontario township, does full credit to the agricultural skill of Charles E. Holmes, one of the estimable citizens Sweden has furnished Knox county. His birth occurred in Sweden, on the nth of December, 1864, his parents being N. P. and Anna (Larson) Holmes. The father, who was also a farmer, engaged in the cultivation of land in his native country until 1875, when he emigrated to the United States. He arrived in Oneida, this county, on the 5th of

Charles E. Holmes had his attention turned to agricultural pursuits when still a small lad, his early energies being devoted to assisting with the lighter duties .. about the farm. These increased with the development of his strength and sense of responsibility during the passing years, and by the time he had attained his maturity he was familiar with the practical methods of agriculture. For twenty-two years he has now lived on his present farm, leasing the land from Mr, A. B. Anderson. Mr. Holmes is a practical man and devotes his fields to such = v ; . cereals as he feels are best adapted to the soil, the plowing, planting and harvesting being given his personal attention. In connection with general farming he raises stock, making a specialty of feeding cattle and hogs for the market. --- / - His farm is fully equipped with all modern appliances, essential to the pursuit of agriculture and everything about the place is suggestive of the business . sagacity and spirit of progress that, invariably characterize Mr. Holmes' under- . ; takings. -- '' -v '-'- - ''-'.^ - "'^Jj-;.-:'- ..

On the 28th of March, 1890, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage to Miss - ; Minnie Rosene, adopted daughter of John Rosene, and they have become the par- ' .' ents of eleven children: Walter, Everett, William, Forrest, Laveme, Harold, .- , Robert, Frankie, Ebbie, Wendell and Richard. .! - - '

Ever since granted the right of franchise through naturalization, Mr. Holmes '^ ^ ^ has given his support to the men and measures of the republican party, and at ,: . the present time is acting as school director. Fraternally he is a member of ,. Oneida Camp, No. 555, M. W. A. Mr. Holmes is another energetic foreigner, . . who has clearly demonstrated that it is possible to attain prosperity in America v by close application and unceasing industry, as he began without any capital '

It is a notable fact that the native sons of Scotland who have come to our shores to delve with their hands and work with their brains have added a leaven in our melting-f>ot of nations that has left its stamp upon the character of our people infusing a firmer virility and a note of greater seriousness. Of this type is William Stephenson, born January 20, 1833, the son of George and Isabella (McMillan) Stephenson. The father was a stone mason by trade and in the fall of 1850 came to America and took up his residence in New Orleans. Soon after, however, he moved northward and settled in Knox county, buying a farm of eighty acres in Copley township, where he lived until the time of his death in 1883. The death of the mother occurred at an earlier date. There were nine children in the Stephenson family, of whom one died before they left Scotland, while only three are living now, namely : William Stephenson ; his brother, George Stephenson of Oneida, whose biography appears elsewhere in this volume ; and a sister, Mrs. David Hamilton. The father was a republican in politics and with his family worshipped in the Presbyterian church. ,. - ...--;.-....,

William Stephenson received a common-school education and became selfsupporting at an early age, securing employment with Robert McCormick for his first year at a wage of eight dollars a month. He worked seven years more under several other employers until, in 1857, he engaged in farming on his own account and continued in this calling, operating a farm of eighty acres in Ontario township, until 1906 when he retired, and removed to Oneida. He owns no land now but has disposed of his holdings and is freed from all the responsibilities which the possession of property entails.

On November 25, 1858, the marriage of William Stephenson and Miss Susan Cornish, a daughter of Thomas and Susan Cornish of Knox county, occurred. Mrs. Stephenson passed away in November, 1882, leaving two children: Elizabeth, the wife of John McCullough, who lives on a farm at Princeton, Illinois, and has two children, both high-school graduates; and Fred, a graduate of the high school of Oneida, who is in business at St. Joseph, Missouri, is married and has one child. Mr. Stephenson married again on May 6, 1886, his second union being with Rachel Wood, a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Phillips) Wood, and a native of Scotland. Her father died when she was a little girl and her mother later became the wife of Lockhart Leighton, coming to this country in 1853 and settling in Copley township, Knox county.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Stephenson is affiliated with the Oneida Lodge, F. & A. M. In politics he is a strong worker in the republican party, supporting this party's measures and voting for its candidates. He served twelve years as alderman of Oneida. Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson are members of the Congregational church and give their active and sincere aid in spreading the spirit of Christianity by their devotion to truth and righteousness and their good-will towards men. ., - " -- .J- , - : . -

Lake W. Sanborn, well known in Galesburg as a representative of insurance interests and also as secretary of the Mechanics' Homestead & Loan Association, was bom in Brimfield, Peoria county, Illinois, January lo, 1845, his parents being David and Sophia A. (Ramsay) Sanborn, who were natives of Vermont and of Walpole, New Hampshire, respectively. The former was left an orphan at an early age and in his childhood became a member of the household of the Lake family of Vermont. His first employment was in connection with the sale of the old Mitchell school map and atlas but, feeling that his business opportunities in New England were more limited than he desired and that better advantages could be obtained in the middle west, he made his way to the Mississippi valley in 1846 and settled at Winchester, Illinois, where he lived for a year. He next removed to Peoria county, where he engaged in farming until 1851, when he came to Knox county, settling in Galesburg. He was a man of high character, resolute and purposeful, and at all times held to advanced standards of manhood and citizenship. While in Peoria county he was chosen to represent his district in the state legislature. After coming to Galesburg he occupied a prominent and honored position in financial circles in connection

\\'illiani Stephenson received a common-school education and became selfsupporting at an early age, securing employment with Robert AlcCormick for his first year at a wage of eight dollars a month. He worked seven years more under several other employers until, in 1857, he engaged in farming on his own account and continued in this calling, operating a farm of eighty acres in Ontario township, until 1906 when he retired, and removeil to Oneida. He owns no land now but has disposed of his holdings and is freed from all the responsibilities which the i)ossession of property entails.

On November 25, 1858, the marriage of William Stephenson and Miss Susan Cornish, a daughter of Thomas and Susan Cornish of Knox county, occurred. Mrs. Stephenson passed away in November, 1882, leaving two children : Elizabeth, the wife of John McCuIlough, who lives on a farm at Princeton, Illinois, and has two children, both high-school graduates; and Fred, a graduate of the high school of Oneida. who is in business at St. Joseph, ^Missouri, is married and has one child. Mr. Stephenson married again on ]\Iay 6, 1886, his second union being with Rachel Wood, a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Phillips) Wood, and a native of Scotland. Her father died when she was a little girl and her mother later became the wife of Lockhart Leighton, coming to this country in 1853 and settling in Copley township. Knox county.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Stephenson is affiliated with the Oneida Lxjdge, F. & A. M. In politics he is a strong worker in the republican party, supporting this party's measures and voting for its candidates. He served twelve years as alderman of Oneida. Mr. and Mrs. Ste])henson are members of the Congregational church and give their active and sincere aid in spreading the spirit of Christianity by their devotion to truth and righteousness and their good-will towards men. . ...

Lake \\ . Sanl)i)rn, ucll kiioxvii in (.ialesburg as a representative of insurance interests and also as secretary of the .Niechanics' Homestead & Loan Association, was born in IJrimfield, I'eoria county, Illinois, January lo, 1845, his parents being David and So])hia A. (Ramsay) Sanborn, who were natives of \ermont and of \\ alpf)le. New Ham|)shire, respectively. The former was left an orphan at an early age and in liis childhood became a member of the household of tlie Lake family of X'crniont. His first eiiii)l()ynient was in connection with the sale of the old ^litchell school map and atlas 1)Ut, feeling that Iiis business opportunities in Xew England were more limited than he desired and that better advantages could be obtained in the middle west, he made his way to the Mississippi valley in 1846 and settled at \\'inchester. Illinois, where he lived for a year. He next removed to Peoria comity, where he engaged in farming until 1851, when he came to Knox county, settling in Galesburg. He was a man of high character, resolute and purposeful, and at all times held to advanced standards of manhood and citizenship. While in Peoria county he was chosen to represent his district in the state legislature, .\fter coming to Galesburg he occupied a prominent and honored position in financial circles in connection with the old Second National Bank, which he organized and of which he remained the president for forty years. At length that institution was merged into the People's Trust & Savings Bank. Nor was this his only contribution to the business stability and progress of the county and district. He was the first treasurer of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company ; for years was treasurer of Lombard College ; and was long actively interested in the development of Galesburg, his labors proving of practical benefit in its upbuilding and progress. During the period of the Civil war he served as United States assessor and for three years was city assessor of Galesburg. In every relation of life his record would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and stands as an example that others may well follow. He died in 1883, when more than sixty-nine years of age, and his wife, surviving him, passed away in January, '' 1910, in her ninetieth year. Both were members of the Universalist church and their recognition of the obligations of life was manifest in a helpful spirit toward all mankind. They became the parents of a family of six children, of whom four are now living, namely: William D., a resident of San Francisco, California; Ellen S., the wife of Professor George Churchill; Mary S., the wife of James K. Mitchell; and Lake W. The last three are all residents of Galesburg. Two daughters, Lelia R. and Hattie, have both passed away, the former in early womanhood and the latter when six years of age. !:

Lake W. Sanborn, so called because of his father's appreciation of the kind- - ness of those who had given to him parental care and protection when he was left an orphan, was but six years of age when the family came to Galesburg and here he has since made his home. After attending the public schools he continued his education in Lombard College and later served an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade but put aside all business cares and other personal con- ' siderations when the country became involved in Civil war, enlisting as a mem- ; ber of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1864. He was then but nineteen years of age and he served until the close of hostilities, holding the rank of sergeant. After the war he followed his trade for a time and then spent two years as a clerk in the employ of H. A. Watkins & Brother. He entered the insurance field in 1867 and therein still continues, his usefulness and, therefore, his success increasing in that field. In 1882 he organized the Mechanics' Homestead & Loan Association, nor did this comprise the limit of his activities, and his serviceable work is a factor in the upbuilding of Galesburg. In 1905 he was called to the office of mayor and during a two years' term gave to the city a businesslike administration characterized by needed reform and by substantial progress. In 1907-8 he was presi- ' dent of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations and during . the past ten years has been treasurer of the State League of Building and Loan Associations of Illinois. For years he was a director of the old Second National Bank and he also promoted the People's Traction Company, building an inter- ; urban line from Galesburg to Abingdon. His brother, William D. Sanborn, ;' now living in San Francisco, California, has been general western agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad for twenty-six years.

Mr. Sanbom has ever given his political allegiance to the republican party ' nor has he seen cause to change his views, believing that the party has ever multitudinous phases of our national and international relations. Mr. Sanborn is widely known in the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in Vesper Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Galesburg Chapter, No. 46, R. A. M. ; Galesburg Commandery, K. T. ; and Mohammed Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with Galesburg Lodge, No. 142, L O. O. F. ; Galesburg Lodge, No. 894, B. P. O. E. ; and sustains pleasant relations with his old army comrades as a member of General Shields Post, No. 45, G. A. R. His activities have touched many lines and many interests and have never been selfishly centered upon his own advancement but have also constituted a valuable factor in the city's progress and improvement. His long residence in Galesburg and his sterling characteristics have made his acquaintance a very wide one and the circle of his friends is almost coextensive therewith. ' -:'-:-,':

Lewis W. Peterson, who is residing on his farm in Sparta township, Knox county, was born in Gestrikland, Sweden, on the 22d of February, 1858. He is a son of Olaf Peterson and a grandson of Peter Peterson, who was the owner of a very large estate in Sweden, which had been in the Peterson family for many -generations. His death occurred in 1863, when he was seventy years of age. Olaf Peterson was born in i8i8 and died the second day after arriving in America in 1868. In his native land he had been the owner of a farm of nine hundred acres, thus being one of the prominent and extensive agriculturists of his district. He was a member of the Swedish Lutheran church. He was married to Carrie Peterson, whose birth occurred in 1825 and who was a daughter of Peter and Carrie Hanson. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson were the parents of six children who came to America, four of whom were: Lewis W., the subject of this sketch; Betsy, the wife of William N. Olson, of Galesburg; Christine, who became the wife of A. J. Hubbard, a resident of South Dakota; and Cora, deceased, who was married to Joe Gehring. Mrs. Peterson went to Oneida with her family after her husband's death and resided there for three years before removing to Sparta township, where they were engaged in farming for three years. The mother died on a farm east of Wataga in 1893.

At the age of seventeen years Lewis W. Peterson began managing his mother's farm, and continued till about the age of twenty-six, when he married and began farming for himself. He continued his agricultural pursuits and in 1888 purchased his present home, where he is now successfully engaged in general farming, stock-raising and threshing, always operating his own machinery. By persistent effort and hard labor he has brought his property under a high state of cultivation and is accounted one of the most able and successful agriculturists in the township.

In 1883 Mr. Peterson was married to Miss Kate Faulkner, whose birth occurred January 12, 1865, and who died on the i6th of August, 1910, at the age of forty-five years. She was a daughter of George and Bertha (Emerson) Faulkner, who were also engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising. Mrs. r Faulkner's birth occurred in 1838 and her family first located in Racine, Wiscon- sin, before settling in Knox county. The grandfather, William J. Faulkner, who was a native of New York state, was the first of the Faulkner family to locate in Knox county. He was one of seven children, all of whom engaged in agricultural pursuits. His death occurred on the old homstead in April, 1875, when he was ninety-one years of age. George Faulkner was born on the I3th of November, 1827, in Orange county. New York, and removed with his parents in 1839 to Sparta township. Throughout his life Mr. Faulkner was a stanch republican and did much to further the success of his party in Sparta township. His death oc- '- cured in February, 1904. In her early life Mrs. Peterson was a member of the - Methodist church but one year before her death affiliated with the Congregational church. She was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society and was eligible to mem- . bership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Faulkner family, who . were residents of New York city, having been represented in the Revolutionary :; war. To Mr. and .Mrs. Peterson three children have been born. Harry was bom C February 6, 1888, and married Miss Eleanor Douglas Gilmer, a daughter of John . Gilmer, of Quincy, who is state's attorney, and whose mother-in-law, Nancy N. :\ Crippen, is the oldest living person in Adams county. Harry Peterson is at pres- .f ent aiding in the management and cultivation of his father's farm. Edith, who - is eighteen years of age, is employed in a clerical capacity. One child died in infancy.

Mr. Peterson is a member of the Congregational church and is active in its various departments, being superintendent of the Sunday school and one of the > deacons of the church. In politics he is a republican and has frequently held ;: office, having been road commissioner and at present is serving as school trustee. Though born across the water, Mr. Peterson is thoroughly American in thought . and feeling and is patriotic and sincere in his love for the land of his adoption. : His career is identified with the agricultural development of Knox county, where -.' he has met with unqualified success and where he is an honored and respected v citizen.

[ James Tanney, the owner and manager of the largest general mercantile store in St. Augustine, Knox county, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, August 31, 1857. He is the third child born of the marriage of Patrick and Catharine (Tiernan) Tanney, also natives of County Roscommon. The father, who was a gardener and farmer in the old country, emigrated to the United States with his wife and family in 1857, first locating in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. After living there for five or six years they removed to Macomb, McDonough county, Illinois, residing there until 1878, when they came to Knox county. Upon their arrival here they located on a farm adjacent to St. Augustine, and there Mr. Tanney passed away in 1910, at the age of eighty-five years and was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery of St. Augustine. He always took an interest in local political affairs, giving his support to the candidates of the democratic party. The mother is still living at the age of seventy-five years and continues to reside upon the family homestead. The family of Mr. and Mrs.

Tanney numbered eight: P. H., who is a farmer of Warren county; Winifred, the wife of S. S. Strickland of Galesburg; James, our subject; John, chairman of the grievance committee of the Burlington Railroad, Lincoln, Nebraska; Anna, the wife of E. P. Burk, a farmer of St. Augustine, Illinois ; Kate, the widow of John O'Mara, now residing with her mother ; Thomas L., a farmer of Fulton county, Illinois ; and Frank, who is a train dispatcher of Galesburg.

As he was only an infant when his parents emigrated to the United States, practically the entire life of James Tanney has been spent in this country. He attended the common schools of Sciota, Illinois, in the acquirement of an education, after which he learned the carpenter's trade. He remained at home with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age when he went to Peoria, following his trade in that city for three years. In 1883 he removed to Kansas City, where for seven years he engaged in carpentry work. At the expiration of that time he returned to Knox county, and here continued to pursue his vocation as a carpenter for six years, and then came to St. Augustine and established the business he has ever since conducted. This has proven to be very lucrative, and in addition to his fine mercantile establishment Mr. Tanney has acquired quite extensive real-estate interests in St. Augustine.

In 1887 Mr. Tanney established a home for himself by his marriage to Miss Mary Comer, a native of Ohio. Four children have been born of this union : Catherine Frances, the wife of Fred Barnfield, of Indian Point township ; and Anna Gertrude, Mary Lillian, and Edward Joseph, all of whom are at home.

The family are all communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and Mr. Tanney is a member of the Knights of Columbus, of Galesburg, and the Modern Woodmen of America, of St. Augustine. In matters politic he accords his support to the men and measures of the democratic party and served for one term as justice of the peace, but his extensive personal interests have prevented his taking a prominent part in municipal affairs of political nature.

John Lafferty, who is a prosperous fanner of eighty acres, residing ori section 13, Victoria township, was born in Lynn township, February 12, 1849. His father, John Lafferty, was a native of Ashland, Ohio, and came to Illinois in 1839, settling in Lynn township, where he purchased one and one-half sections of land and resided until his death, when he had reached the age of sixty-seven years. His wife, Sarah (Slocum) Lafferty, whom he wedded in Ohio and who was also a native of that state, survived him by several years, dying at the age of eighty-two. They are both buried in McClennaghan cemetery. In connection with farming the father was an auctioneer. In politics he was a republican and very active in public work, serving as supervisor of the county, as justice of the peace and as constable. In their family were seven children : Eleezer, Elias and Euphemia, all of whom were bom in Ohio; and Edward, Royal, John and Ophelia, who were born in Lynn township, Knox county, Illinois. . I -' :

John Lafferty, of this review, received his education in the common schools of Lynn township and after his school days worked on his father's home place until 1870, when he settled on his present farm, which then belonged to his father. He took the land in hand in raw condition, undertook its cultivation, erected all the buildings and made all of the general improvements. He now has a well developed place, where he engages in general farming and sells yearly his products at a good margin of profit. - = ;

: On the 15th of November, 1870, Mr. Lafferty was united in marriage to Miss Vienna Stettler, who was a native of West Virginia, born December 17, 1852. Her parents were Robert and Margaret (Smith) Stettler, both of whom were born and reared in West Virginia. The father, who was a democrat in his political views, served in the Confederate army during the Civil war and died of fever while in service, at the age of thirty-nine, in West \'irginia. The mother died at the age of seventy-three and is buried in West Jersey, Stark county, Illinois. They were the parents of five children : Alice ; Vienna, now Mrs. John Laflerty ; Mary ; Christopher ; and Lemon. To Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty have been born ten children: Loverna, who is the wife of Ed McNeal, of Peoria, Illinois, and the mother of one child. Garland ; Laura, now Mrs. Harry Miller, of Victoria township; Pless, of Maquon, Illinois, who married Rosa Sandal and is the father of five children, Charles, Edwin, Mary, Agnes and Alice ; Walter, who married Emma Parmelee and is principal of the Peoria high school ; Alfred, who is a practicing physician and surgeon of La Rose, Marshall county, Illinois, and is married to Eleanor Scott ; William, at home ; Florence, who is engaged in teaching school; Fairy, who is a music teacher and the wife of Walter Heer; Venus, who attends the common schools ; and Wylie, who is a pupil in the high school at Maquon, Illinois.

Mr. Lafferty gives his political allegiance to the republican party but has neither sought nor desired office. A man of strict integrity and of exemplary habits, he is one of the best and most favorably known citizens of this vicinity.

Carl S. Burnside, who is engaged in the operation of six hundred acres of land in Chestnut township, four hundred and forty of which he owns, is numbered among the highly successful and prosperous agriculturists of Knox county. He was born on the farm, where he now resides on the ist of April, 1873, ^"<1 is a son of William and Julian (Terry) Burnside. The father is a native of Ohio, whence he was brought when a little child, to Illinois by his parents, who located in Knox county and here spent the remainder of their lives. His father, who was an agriculturist, acquired a tract of government land, in Chestnut township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he devoted his attention during the remainder of his active career. It was there William Burnside was reared to nianhood, and educated and trained for an agriculturist, this vocation engaging his energies until his retirement in 1893, since which time he has made his home in Galesburg. The mother, who was a native of Chestnut township, passed away m 1895. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Burnside there were born six children: Mark, who is a farmer in Chestnut township; Nellie, the wife of D. E. Meeks, a resident of Galesburg; Charles, who is living in Maquon, Illinois ; Albert

The entire life of Carl S. Bumside has been spent in the community, where he is now living. His boyhood and youth were very similar in every respect to those of other lads of the neighborhood. He attended the district schools in the acquirement of his early education, assisted with the work of the fields and indulged in such sports as usually afforded amusement to country youths. After completing the course of the country schools he went to Quincy, where he pursued a business course, thus acquiring a more comprehensive knowledge of modern commercial methods. Returning home he once more resumed agricultural pursuits, having decided to adopt farming for his life work. He has been very successful in his undertakings, having applied himself to the intelligent direction of his affairs in accordance with the best accepted modern methods of scientific farming. Clear judgment, practical ideas and unremitting energy are the secrets of his prosperity. In addition to his own fine farm Mr. Burnside is operating one hundred and sixty acres of land which he rents, thus making the aggregate of the acreage he has under cultivation six hundred. He is also the owner of a tract of land in the vicinity of Hereford, Texas.

Mr. Burnside has not married. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Galesburg and of the Galesburg Club. His political support he accords to the republican party, but his extensive interests have always demanded so much of his time as not to permit of an active part in township affairs. Mr. Burnside is constantly forging ahead, his business sagacity and progressive ideas making of him a practical agriculturist, who realizes that success in farming as in any other vocation depends upon system and method in the execution of the work. - . . ..

Thomas Jefferson Hubbell is now practically living retired in Altona, although he is filling the office of justice of the peace, being one of the oldest in that position in Knox county, having first been elected in 1888. His long retention in this office is incontrovertible proof of the fairness and impartiality of his decisions and of his devotion to duty. He was bom in Victoria township, this county, April 14, 1842, and is therefore numbered among the older of its native sons. His father, M. C. Hubbell, was born in Seneca county. New York, April 4, 1806, and reached a ripe old age, passing away December 28, 1884, his remains being interred at Victoria. His educational privileges in youth were quite limited for circumstances forced him to begin the battle of life early. Thus when a young lad he worked on a small farm belonging to his j>arents. He was only seven years of age when his father died in 1813, and at the age of ten years he accompanied his mother on her removal to Delaware county, Ohio, remaining at home with the family, consisting of two brothers and four sisters, in order to aid in the support of his mother. The burdens and responsibilities of life rested heavily on young shoulders and yet he bravely took up the duties that awaited him. After reaching manhood he married Philena Buck, who was born

Thomas J, Hubbell

The entire life of Carl S. lUirnside has been spent in the community, where he is now living. His Ijoyhood and youth were very similar in every respect to those of other lads of the neighborhood. He attended the district schools in the ac(|uirement of his early education, assisted with the work of the fields and indulged in such sports as usually afforded amusement to ccnintry youths. After completing the course of the country schools he went to Ouincy. where he pursued a business course, thus acquiring a more com])rehensive knowledge of modern commercial methods. Returning home he once more resumed agricultural pursuits, having decided to adopt farming for his life work. He has been very successful in his undertakings, having applied himself to the intelligent direction of his affairs in accordance with the best accepted modern methods of scientific farming. Clear judgment, practical ideas and unremitting energy are the secrets of his prosperity. In addition to his (nvn fine farm Mr. lUirnside is operating one hundred and si.xty acres of land which he rents, thus making the aggregate of the acreage he has under cultivation six hundred. He is also the owner of a tract of land in tlie vicinity of Hereford, Texas.

Mr, Ilurnside has not married. He is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of Galesburg and of the Galesburg Club. His jxilitical support he accords to the republican party, but his extensive interests have always demanded so much of his time as not to ])ermit of an active part in township affairs. Mr. I'.urnside is constantly forging aliead, his business sagacity and progressive ideas making of him a practical agriculturist, who realizes that success in farming as in any other vocation depends upon system and method in the execution of the work.

Thomas Jefferson Ilubbell is now practically living retired in Altona, although he is filling the office of justice of the peace, being one of the oldest in that ])osition in Knox county, having first been elected in 1888, His long retention in this office is incontrovertiljle proof of the fairness and impartiality (jf his decisions and of his devotion to duty. He was lx)rn in Victoria township, this county, April 14, 1842, and is therefore numbered among the older of its native sons. His father, M. C. Hubbell, was bom in Seneca county. New York, April 4, 1806, and reached a ripe old age, passing away December 28, 1884, his remains being interred at \'ictoria. His educational privileges in youth were cjuitc limited for circumstances forced him to begin the battle of life early. Thus when a young lad he worked on a small farm belonging to his parents. He was only seven years of age when his father died in 1813, and at the age of ten years he accompanied his mother on her removal to Delaware county, Ohio, remaining at home with the family, consisting of two brothers and four sisters, in order to aid in the sui)i)ort of his mother. The burdens and responsibilities of life rested heavily on young shoulders and yet he bravely took up the duties that awaited him. After reaching manhood he married Philena I'.uck, who was born in October, 1808, in Christian county. She was but four years of age when during the progress of the war of 1812 she was taken to Ohio by her uncle, living with his family until her marriage. Her uncle continued a resident fanner of Ohio up to the time of his death. During the pioneer epoch in the history of Knox county Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hubbell came to this state and the father secured land and devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. Following his demise in 1884 his widow ever remained true to his memory and passed away in Victoria, January 21, 1897. In the family were ten children of whom four are yet living : Phoebe Philena, now the wife of N. J. Johnson, of McCook, Nebraska ; Joseph L., who is living retired in Nebraska ; Ruth, the wife of David Swickard, a resident of Victoria; and Thomas J., of this review, who is the youngest living member of the family.

The boyhood days of Thomas J. Hubbell were spent upon the home farm and almost as soon as old enough to handle the plow, he began work in the fields, to which he devoted his time from early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn. In the winter seasons he attended school until twenty years of age, when he put aside all personal considerations that he might offer his services to his country, then engaged in Civil war. He enlisted on the nth of August, 1862, for three years as a member of Company K, Eighty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Captain George W. Reynolds, his regiment being assigned to duty with the Army of the Cumberland. He could not serve out the entire term of his enlistment because of disability and was discharged on the nth of January, 1865, at Clarksville, Tennessee.

;-; When no longer able to remain at the front Mr. Hubbell returned to his home in Victoria township and made farming his life work, continuing actively in the labor of the fields until 1886, when he retired from' business life and removed to Altona, where he has since enjoyed a well earned and well merited rest. While upon the farm he carefully and systematically cultivated his fields and his well directed business interests and unfaltering diligence brought him the competence that now enables him to rest from further labor.

On the i6th of March, 1867, Mr. Hubbell was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Bell, who was born near Belleville, Canada, on the I7th of February, 1846, a daughter of Peter and Emeline (Yaeger) Bell and a granddaughter of Fred Bell, of Canada. Her father. Peter Bell, followed farming in the Dominion until about 1863, when he crossed the border into the United States and made his way to Knox county, settling in Victoria township where he followed that occupation until his death, which occurred in 1895. His wife, who was of German descent, still survives him and is now living with a daughter in Missouri at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hubbell have been born the following children: George W., a resident farmer of Walnut Grove township, who married Mrs. Bell Lawrence, the widow of Thomas Lawrence ; William H., of Campbell, Minnesota, who married Minnie Whitcomb and has two children, Ruth and Firn ; and Charles A.

In his political views Mr. Hubbell has always been a republican, supporting the party which was the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war, and has always been a member of reform and progress. He has made a most creditable record in office, having been elected justice of the peace in his township in 1888. He has since filled the position and is undoubtedly one of the oldest justices in years of continuous service in Knox county. He has made an excellent record in presiding over this court, his decisions being ever based upon the law and the equity of the case. He maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in the Grand Army post at Galesburg, and his religious belief is evidenced in his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. His has been an active, useful and well spent life, devoted to duty and to the high principles in which he believes, and there is in his entire life history no esoteric chapter. . . ,- - -.;>.. . /

One of the strongest forces in the moral development and progress of Galesburg is the First Presbyterian church, of which Dr. Stuart M. Campbell is the pastor. Thoroughly versed in the church doctrines and in the principles of theology, he has, too, that broad human sympathy which enables him to reach out in helpful spirit toward all whom he seeks to influence in their choice of the things of life that are most worth while. He first became connected with Galesburg during his college days, for he was a student at Knox. Later his work called him to various other fields and in June, 1907, he returned to this city to accept his present pastorate.

Dr. Campbell is of Canadian birth, a native of the province of Ontario. He was born July 13, 1859, being one of the twelve children of Thomas and Margaret (McAlpine) Campbell, natives of Edinburgh, Scotland. The former was a son of Thomas Campbell, who lived at Thurso, Scotland, where his son Thomas was born. He was a stonecutter, thus providing for his family, which numbered three sons and a daughter. The maternal grandfather of Dr. Campbell was Thomas McAlpine, a native of Prestonpans, Scotland. Both he and his wife lived to a ripe old age and reared a large family.

Thomas Campbell, the father of Dr. Campbell, spent his youthful days in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he became a merchant tailor. He crossed the Atlantic to Canada when forty years of age and lived for some time at Picton and at Gait, Ontario, but is now living retired in Toronto, at the venerable age of ninety years. He is a Presbyterian in religious faith, as was his wife, who died in 1896, at the age of about sixty-five years. In their family were seven sons and five daughters, of whom nine reached adult age : John ; Thomas ; Jessie, the wife of George W. Scott, of Toronto ; James ; Margaret, the wife of William MoMaster, of Toronto ; Walter; Charles, deceased; Agnes, the wife of J. H. G. Russell, of Winnipeg, Canada ; and Stuart M. Three daughters of the family died in infancy. . Dr. Campbell spent his youthful days in his native country, leaving Picton at the age of ten years to become a resident of Gait, where he was reared to manhood and acquired his preliminary education. He afterward devoted several years to the newspaper and printing business in Gait and then crossed the border to seek the opportunities of this country, where competition is greater but where advancement is more quickly secured. He made his way to Chicago where he worked as a printer until 1884. Realizing the fact that intellectual progress must constitute the basis of success in professional lines, he then entered Knox College in the fall of that year and was graduated with the class of 1888. In the mean- - time he had determined to enter upon the active work of the ministry and with that end in view became a student in the McCormick Theological Seminary of Chicago, in which he remained for a year. He afterward spent two years in the Princeton Theological Seminary of New Jersey and was graduated in May, 1891. Ordained to the ministry, he became pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lyons ., Farms, near Newark, New Jersey, where he continued until the fall of 1894, when he accepted the pastorate of the Emerald Avenue Presbyterian church in Chicago. In 1903 he was called to the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian church f' of Evanston, Illinois, and in June, 1907, came to Galesburg as minister of the -- First Presbyterian church of this city, with which he has since been identified. : On the lOth of September, 1889, Dr. Campbell was united in the holy bonds < of matrimony to Miss Martha Eunice Kent, who was bom in Akron, Ohio, a r;, daughter of Oscar and Charity Kent, who were likewise natives of the Buckeye . state and resided upon a farm near Akron. There her father died a number of , years ago and her mother passed away in Chicago in 1909, at the age of seventy- . eight years. They were members of the Christian church and they had a family , of two sons and four daughters, George, William, Cordelia, Alice, Martha and ;:;. Mary. Four children have been born unto Dr. and Mrs. Campbell, Gladys M., - Helen, Stuart M. and Marion K. During the four years of Dr. Campbell's pas- ' torate here he has carefully systematized the work and the different societies and ;; organizations of the church are now in a flourishing condition. He is an earnest, ;: logical and effective speaker, a deep student not only of the Bible but of humanity - as well, and is thus able to make of his teachings a practical force for good in the lives of those who come under his ministry. ;, .t. V ''-,.';;;,..::--"

G. W. Van Buren, formerly a wagonmaker and blacksmith of Victoria, now retired, was born February 15, 1831. A native of Delaware county. New York, he is the son of Peter Van Buren, a well known farmer of Victoria township. Peter Van Buren was born in Delaware county. New York, in 1800, and was reared and educated there. He married in early youth Charity Sornberger, also of Delaware county. New York. She was the daughter of George Sornberger, who later was a resident of Knox county, Illinois, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Van Buren came to Illinois in 1838 and settled on a farm of one hundred and five acres, one and one-half miles south of Victoria, where they lived during the remainder of their lives, he dying at the age of fifty-six and she^ at the age of sixty-five years. They are both buried in the Victoria cemetery. Mr. Van Buren was a very prominent man in his community and for ten and one-half years was justice of the peace of Victoria township. He was a democrat in politics and both he and Mrs. Van Buren were devoted workers in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which they were members. They were the parents of nine children, of whom G. W. was the third in order of birth. The others were: Ambrose; Benjamin, who lived and died in Oregon; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Moses R. Aldridge and is now deceased ; Katherine, who married Franklin Force and is also deceased; Martha, now Mrs. John W. Harold, of Missouri; Mary M., who married Abraham Files, of Kewanee, Illinois; Helen, who is the wife of Novates Tiffany, of Nebraska; and John, who was murdered in Idaho.

G. W. Van Buren was six years of age when his parents came to Victoria. He was educated in an old-time, rudely constructed log schoolhouse with its desks made of slabs supported by pegs that were fastened in holes bored into the wall, and with its seats that were long wooden benches. After his school days he learned the carpenter trade, working for six years all over this part of the county. He then took up farming, managing and operating the old homestead until i86i, at which time he came to Victoria and began the work of wagonmaking and blacksmithing, a business which for forty-seven years he successfully pursued, retiring in 1908.

He was married in 1857 to Emma J. Force, who came as a young girl with her parents, Thomas and Phoebe (Wiley) Force, from New York to Knox county. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Van Buren but the eldest, an infant girl, died at the age of six months. The second child, John, who is a resident of Victoria, is a carpenter and contractor, and in the strawberry business. He married Lulu Tripp and they are the parents of two children, Edna and Bessie. Arthur, deceased, married Grace Cummings, who is and has been for five years postmistress at Victoria. They have one child, Marie. Cora, the wife of William Hosford, of Michigan, has no children. Mary Emma, the wife of John Cooke, lives in Truro township, Knox county, and has nine children, Bernice, Mabel, Sydney, Van, Calvert, Phyllis, Kenneth, Margaret and Harlan. Alice, the wife of John Doak, resides in Copley township and has one son. Dale. Charles E. married Ella Rice, a daughter of Amos Rice. Mrs. Van Buren, the mother of these children, a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in July, 1904. . -,:,...( '' ,

Mr. Van Buren has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church since he was twenty years of age and has given it faithful service, having held almost all of the church offices. He is a republican in politics, has given much time to public service, and has at different times in his life held most of the town offices. Few men have had the opportunity to render to their community such long and efficient service as has Mr. Van Buren. Eighty-one years of age, having lived in the county more than seventy-four years, he has seen its development from the formative to the present state and has rendered at all times whatever help he could to bring about better conditions in his community.

Many years of industry and enterprise devoted to agricultural pursuits enabled A. L. Hurd to acquire a competence that now permits him to live retired in full enjoyment of all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. His birth occurred in Portage county, Ohio, May 2, 1837, his father being Nehemiah Hurd, a native of the state of New York, but a resident of Ohio during the greater part of his life. In 1851 he removed with his family to Illinois, locating on a farm in Knox county, to the further cultivation and development of which he devoted his energies during the remainder of his active years.

A. L. Hurd was a lad of thirteen years when he left his native state, in the common schools of which he began the education that was completed in those of Illinois. After he had mastered the common branches he laid aside his school books and gave his entire attention to the work of the home farm, in the operation of which he had been assisting his father when not engaged with his studies. In 1863 he responded to his country's call for volunteers and enlisted in Company C, Eighty-first Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until peace was restored. When mustered out he returned to farming, continuing to devote his efforts to ' this occupation until 1891, when he withdrew from the active work of the fields :- and came to Williamsfield, where he has ever since lived retired. Mr. Hurd owns a farm of one hundred and thirty seven and a half acres of farming land in Truro '''" township, that he successfully operated for many years. In connection with the cultivation of his fields he also engaged in stock-raising, both branches of the busi- : ness proving to be very remunerative. /

: ' his marriage to Miss Eliza Jane Balch, a native of New Hampshire, born June 15, -- ; 1847. In his political views Mr. Hurd is loyal to the principles of the republican -'---' party, the policy of which he has always indorsed, and he is an honored member /; of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Hurd feels that he has most miraculously escaped physical injuries on many occasions, as he went through the war ; without sustaining any wounds and a few years after returning, in 1870, he was ;; cleaning a well on the farm when a rock slipped and the sides caved in, burying

- - him beneath about sixteen feet of stone and dirt, but when rescued he was found :.; to be without injury. He has always led a very unobtrusive life, his attention be- ;; .: ing entirely concentrated upon his own interests, unless he felt there was need

- . of his personal services as when he fought on the battlefields of the south. The .; courage and the quiet and efficient manner in which he discharged his duties ,. there has characterized him in all of his relations of life, and he has established

, . a reputation for trustworthiness and reliability in the community where he resided for so many years, that would be a valuable asset to any man.

Dr. Clyde T. Liken, who enjoys a constantly increasing and lucrative dental practice in Knoxville, was born in Henry county, Illinois, on the 7th of May, 1878. His father, Thomas P. Liken, is a native of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, born on the 2Oth of November, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and Sarah (Sands) Liken. Thomas Liken, Sr., was a native of Ireland but was brought to America when only four years of age. His parents settled in Pennsylvania, and he was there reared to manhood. When Thomas Liken had reached adult age he married Sarah Sands, who was a native of the Keystone state, where the family remained until 1865, when they came to Illinois. Thomas Liken engaged in farming in Munson township, where he purchased land for ten dollars per acre.

His labors converted this raw land into a valuable tract and he continued a resident of the state until his death, which occurred about thirteen years ago. He had a brother, who was a soldier of the Civil war and died in Andersonville prison. One of his sons, William Liken, an uncle of Dr. Liken, served in the war between the north and south, enlisting in Company E, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was killed at Petersburg, June 8, 1864. ' , 7 "'. -..-'--"; v'/,'-?::^-'.^: s: '.'- I :

The first nineteen years in the life of Thomas P. Liken were spent in his native state, but in 1865 he removed to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Henry county. There his father bought land and successfully engaged in farming, becoming one of the extensive property owners and prosperous agriculturijts of the county. Thomas P. Liken was reared to manhood on his father's farm in Henry county, where he became proficient in tilling the fields and caring for the crops, thus qualifying himself for the vocation that he followed during the entire period of his active life. On December 27, 1871, Thomas P. Liken was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Victoria Hill, who was born in West Virginia, on the 27th of April, 1851, and was a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Virginia. Her grandfather, John K. Hill, was bom in that state and served as a soldier of the war of 1812. Her parents were. William T. and Elizabeth (Lockhart) Hill, the latter a daughter of a Virginia planter. After her marriage to Mr. Hill, they lived for a time in the Old Dominion and in 1855 they removed westward to Henry county, Illinois, becoming early settlers of that part of the state, where they ever after made their home. Mr. Liken actively engaged in farming until eight years ago when he retired to Geneseo, where he and Mrs. Liken continue to make their home. They are the parents of two sons and three daughters, all of whom are living: William E., who is living on the old homestead in Henry county ; Clyde T., our subject ; Maude, the wife of Joseph Coombs, of Henry county ; Myrtle, who married D. C. Shaw, a banker of Pittsburg; and Grace, who is living at home with her parents.

The boyhood of Dr. Liken was spent on his father's farm in the work of which he assisted while attending the district schools, where he obtained his elementary education. Later he became a student of the Geneseo Collegiate Institute, being graduated from there in 1897, when he entered Knox College. Upon the completion of the work of his junior year he left college and began to make his own way, his first position being that of associate editor of the Geneseo Daily and Weekly Arena, with which publication he was identified for two years. At the expiration of that period he decided to enter the dental profession and to realize his ambitions matriculated in the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, being awarded his degree with the class of 1904. Educationally Dr. Liken is well equipped for his life work as in addition to his collegiate studies he took a commercial course, being a graduate of the Cedar Rapids Business College, and since entering upon his practice he has taken some post-graduate work in dentistry. He first engaged in practice in West Chicago, where he maintained an office for two years and then came to Knoxville, locating here in 1907. Although he has been identified with his profession in this city little more than four years, the period has been of sufficient length for him to demonstrate the quality of his work and its thoroughness in every detail. His ability, businesslike methods of conducting his practice and pleasing personality have all been

In Knoxville, on the 2Oth of October, 1908, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Liken and Miss Elizabeth Alvira Charles, whose birth occurred in this county on the 2ist of July, 1884. Mrs. Liken is a daughter of A. G. and Charlotte (Rogers) Charles, both natives of Knox county, where the mother resides; the father has passed away. Mr. Charles' birth occurred in 1846 and his wife was born on the 3ist of January, 1848. Her father was a native of Connecticut and her mother a native of England. To Dr. and Mrs. Liken has been born one child, Mary Alice, on July 12, 1911.

Dr. and Mrs. Liken are members of the Presbyterian church and he is affiliated with Pacific Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M., of which he is past master; Knoxville Camp, No. 411, M. W. A.; and Horatio Lodge, No. 362, K. P. While in college he joined the Delta Sigma Delta fraternity and his political support he accords the republican party. Dr. Liken's outlook toward the future is most promising in every way as he is popular socially and highly regarded as a representative of his profession. ^' ii-^ -^ .-->..-"' -V , .'';^''^':; - -' . 7V .^v^ ->

Carl V. Nelson, the cashier of the State Bank of Victoria, Illinois, is a progressive and reliable young man with remarkable business abilities. A native of Victoria, born February 2, 1887, he is keenly alive to the interests and advancement of his town. - -::-^::: . ' v:; 'vi>'''v;

George M., father of Carl V. Nelson, was born in Sweden, October 12, 1846, the second son of a family of four children of Nels and Mary (Erickson) Johnson, of Sweden. All of this family came to America except the father and mother, both dying in Sweden at the ages of fifty-six and thirty-five years, respectively. George M. Nelson was educated in Sweden and came to America in 1869, where he settled at Oneida, in Knox county, Illinois. He was married in 1876 to Sophie Peterson, the daughter of Peter Peterson, who also was born and educated in Sweden. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson later located in Victoria, where he engaged in the trade of wagon making and repair work, a line which he is still successfully pursuing. To them were born seven children, of whom Carl V. Nelson is the sixth, the others being: Mrs. Alma Welin, of \'ictoria. who is the mother of two children, Vincent and Harris ; Gertrude, formerly a school teacher ; Frank, of El Paso, Illinois; William, also a resident of El Paso, who married Edna (Van Buren) Nelson, by whom he has two children, Dorothy and Millicent; John, who makes his home in South Dakota ; and Grace, who resides at home. The Nelsons are active members of the Swedish Methodist church of \'ictoria. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and is an independ-;. ent in politics.