Livingston County, Illinois - The whole text, 1878 (part 16 of 25)

EPHRAIM HOUDER, tanner and stock raiser ; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Dec. 24, 1822; he , is a son of Jacob Ilouder, one of the prominent farmers of Pontiac Tp. ; when he was 9 years of age, his father's family removed to Montgomery Co., Ohio, where the family resided until 1859, and then came to Livingston Co. ; Mr. Houder, however, removed to the State in 1851, settling in Tazewell Co., and in 1858, came to Living.ston Co., and after spending three years in Rook's Creek Tp., settled on his present farm ; he owns 160 acres of land in Eppard's Point Tp., valued at $35 an acre. In Aug., 1861, Mr. Houder enlisted in Co. C, 39th I. V. I., serving until six months after the surrender of Lee's army ; among the principle battles in which he was engaged may be mentioned Bermuda Hundreds, Winchester, siege of Charleston, the Peninsula Campaign, etc. He married on the 15th of May, 1857, to Miss Hannah F. Harder, of La Salle Co. ; she was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1833 ; they have one child - Leroy G., and an adopted child, John H. Bochen. Mr. H. has been School Director for the past seven years.

BENNET HUMISTON, farmer, stock raiser and stock dealer ; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Litchfield Co., Conn., Sept. 6, 1 830 ; he received a common school education, and afterward spent two years in an academy; he came West in 1852, and after looking about the country, settled in what is now Esmen Township, Livingston Co., and, with Mr. Apollus Camp, entered a section of land in one body, besides other outlying tracts ; Mr. Humiston continued to purchase land until he had, at one time, about a thousand acres ; he now owns 550 acres, and also a fine residence, built at a cost of not less than 86,000, in Pontiac, to which place he removed in July 1876 ; when he came to Esmen Township, there was not a house between there and Pontiac, a distance of seven miles, and the nearest house in any direction was nearly four miles away; the timber for his house was hauled from Ottawa, a distance of thirty miles ; he has always been engaged in raising and dealing in stock, and has now about 120 head of cattle, a portion of them thoroughbred, and twenty head of horses. Mr. Humiston was married May 22. 1856, to Miss Harriet J. Camp, daughter of Apollus Camp, who now resides in Emsen Township, on the place first located by them.

S. W. HUBER, dealer in live stock and proprietor of Centennial Meat 3Iarket, Pontiac ; came to Livingston Co. in February, 1866. He was born in York Co., Penn., Aug. 26, 1833, but was raised in Cumberland Co., whither his parents had removed when he was but about 2 years of age ; in 1853, he went to Harrisburg, Penn., where he spent one year, going from that place to Altoona, Penn., where he was married June 18, 1856, to Miss Amanda E. Runyan, of Altoona; they have two children - Harris W. and Martin H. From Altoona he came to Illinois in 1859, and settled in Atlanta, Logan Co., where he resided until his removal, in 1866, to Pontiac, where he has resided ever since.

J. D. HONEYWELL, stone and brick mason, Pontiac ; was born in Summit Co., Ohio, August 30, 1837. The following year his parents removed to Portage Co.,. in the same State; he was raised to farming and the mason's trade ; he came to Illinois in 1861, and settled in Marshall Co. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 86th 111. V. I., and on the organization of the company was elected Sergeant of Co. E ; he served for six months, principally in Kentucky and Tennessee, and was discharged for disability incurred in the line of duty. In 1866, he came to Pontiac, where he has remained to the present time. He was married Sept. 7, 1868, to Miss Mary L. Powell, daughter of John Powell, of Pontiac ; she was born in Darke Co., Ohio, on the 7th of April, 1848; they have four children living - Mary E., Jesse F., Sarah L. and Alva B. ; 1 one child - John W., died in July, 1872. 1 SQUIRE HENDERSHOT, farmer and stock raiser. Sec. 7 ; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Greene Co., Ohio, July 13, 1823 ; I when he was 10 years old, his father removed to Logan Co., where he lived till 1850, and theu removed to Kosciusko Co., Ind. ; in 1860, Mr. Hendershot came to Illinois, spent four years in McLean Co., and then settled in Livingston Co. in the Spring of 18G-4 ; he settled on his present farm, where he owns 184 acres of land, valued at $45 an acre. " He was married June 30, 1844, to Miss Margaret A. West, of Logan Co., Ohio ; she was born in Clarke Co., Ohio, March 27, 1824; they have seven children living - Philip, Sarah C, Oman, Thomas, Rosetta, Elsie and Amos.

CHARLES HANEY, farmer and stock raiser ; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in the province of Ontario June 17, 1837; when he was about 17 years of age, his father came with his family to Illinois and settled in Winnebago Co., near Rockford ; in the Spring of 1859, the family removed to Livingston Co. Mr. Haney was married in Pontiac on the 19th of December, 1859, to Mrs.. Lorril la Robinson, of Pontiac ; her maiden name was Lorrilla Russell ; she was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., June 29, 1829, and came to Illinois in 1851 ; they have two children - Charles W. and Mattie J. Mrs. Haney has three children by her former marriage - James P., Benjamin M. and Harriet A. On the 22d of September, 1862, Mr. Haney enlisted in Co. C, 129th I. V. I., and served till the close of the war ; he was with Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta, thence through Georgia and the Carolinas, and home via. Richmond, Va., and Washington, D. C, where the regiment was discharged andcame to Chicago to be paid oif; among the engagements in which he participated may be mentioned the battles of Resaca, Burnt Hickory, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, battle of Bennington, and others. Mr. Haney settled on his present farm in 1873, where he owns 120 acres of land on Sees. 17 and 18, valued at $45 an acre.

R. J. JOHNSON, coal dealer, Pontaic; was born in Delaware Co., Ind., April 2, 1843 ; his parents lived in Warren Co., Ind., until 1852, when they removed to Livingston County, and settled near Pontiac; Mr. Johnson received an English education in the common schools. In 1862, he entered the 69th I. V. I., as a

, gaged in his present business. He served as School Trustee of Avoca Township from 1871 till 1874. He is First Lieutenant of Co. A, 10th Battalion 111. Nat.

: Guards, having enlisted as a private, and promoted Oct. 1, 1877. He was married Jan 1, 1867, to Miss Elmira Robinson, of Pontiac, formerly of New Jersey, and has one child - Maggie J.

A. K. JOHNSON, M. D., homeopathic physician, Pontiac; a native of this State; he is a son of William Johnson, of Ottawa, and was born in Marseilles, La Salle Co., Jan. 15, 1852; after receiving a liberal education, he began the

I ing the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, in 1876, and receiving his degree Feb. 21, 1878; he at once entered upon the practice of medicine in Pontiac, and has already an extensive practice, which is steadily increasing as he becomes better known.

W. H. JENKINS, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pontiac ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Jan. 11, 1846; he is a son of Samuel R. Jenkins, and came with his parents to Esmen Tp., Livingston Co., at the age of 13 years. In December, 1863, he enhsted in Co. C, 39th I. V. I., and served until May, 1865, in the Array of the James, in Virginia; he was severely wounded in the neck at the battle of Drury's Bluff; on the 15th of May, 1864; after spending about three months in the hospital, he rejoined his regiment, and on the 13th of October, 1864, was wounded in the right leg at the battle of Strawberry Plains, from the effects of which his leg was amputated in Chicago, May 15, 1868. The Winter of 1866-7 he spent at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in Chivjago. He was appointed Deputy County Clerk in December, 1868, occupying the position six years; in November, 1876, he was elected Circuit Clerk of Livingston County. He was married December 28, 1870, to Miss Emma G. Perry, daughter of Wm. Perry, of Pontiac; she was born

MORRIS JOHNSON, dealer in stock, Pontiiii-; was horn in Monroe Co., W. Va.. March 24. 182:5; until the age of 17 he remained on the farm, his father following that calling; he then entered a .store ji." a clerk, and at the age of 2H hegan bufine-ss for himself; he tame to Illinois in 1858, spent a short time in McLean County. Vfturned to Virginia, and again came West the following Spring, and settled in Livingston County. He followed merchandising nearly five years, and then engaged in dealing in stock. He was married Jan. 7, 1848, to Miss Minerva Ellis, of the same county and State ; they have two children living - E. M. Johnson, editor of the Fontiac Free Trader, and Eunice J., now Mrs. C. A. McGregor, of Pontiac. Mr. Johnson .spent the Winter of 1877-8 in Texas, returning in the Spring of 1878; he has five farms in Pontiac and Eppard's I'oint Town.'^hips, comprising 571 acres, and valued at some $23 000.

E. M. "JOHNSON, editor and publisher of the Foufidc Frrr Trader, Pontiac ; firm of Johnson & Stuff; was born in Monroe Co., W. Va., May 11,1845 ; he left there in the Fall of 1856, coming to Pontiac with his fatlior, Morris Johnson, in the Spring of 1 8.*)7 ; prepared for college at the Blue Sul]>hur Springs, AV. Va., and entered the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington. in 18G3, graduating in 18r(7 : he then pursued a course of law studies at the University of Michigan, gra<lu;iting from the law department of that institution in 1809 ; he then returned to pontiac, and the following year, 1870, entered the newspaper business as editor and publisher of the Free Trader, which he has ])laecd on a firm fonndation, increasing its circulation until it now has a circulation of from 1.200 to 1,500 copies. Mr. Johnson being an earnest advocate of the Greenback cause, the Free- Trader has always been ably conducted in the interests of the Greenback party. He was married Dec. 8, 18(;!), to Miss Carrie M. Saxton, of Huntingdon, Pcnii.

It. M. JOHN, abstract, real estate and loan ofiice, Pontiac ; was born in Greene Co., Penn., May 13, 1844 ; when he was about 2 years old, his father's family re-

I moved to Wood Co., Va., where they re- ! sided seven years, removing t^) Marietta. Ohio, in 1S53, and from that place came to Illinois in June, 1857, settling in Coles Co. ; the following year, Mr. John left, home and went to Moultrie Co., where he enlisted in (he lOtli I. V. C, but shortly after his enlistment he was thrown from a horse, by which his hip was dislocated, and he was rejected at the time of the muster in of his regiment; in 18(14, he recruited a portion of Co. E, 130th I. V. I , and was appointed Corporal, and was soon after promoted to Sergeant, in which capacity he served until the expiration of his term ; he had jireviously attended Heading Seminary, and after leaving the army he entered the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, and in 1808, attended one term at the State Normal Univc^rsity, teaching school in the meantime, which profession he followed principally until 1872 ; in 1873, he entered the abstract ofiice, of R. Olney <fc Co., and in 1875, started in business for him.self. He was married April 23, 1873, to Miss Mary Nelson of Pontiac, a daughter of James Nelson, Jr.

LUKE JORDON, farmer and stock raiser. Sees. 17 and 18; P. 0. Pontiac; was born in Wexford Co., Ireland, in the Parish of Killanne, in 1823; in 1849, ho came to the United States, and was engaged in various employments in New York City until the 4th of July, 18r)!», when he was married to Miss Ann Nevalle of New York, a native of We.xford Co., Ireland ; Mr. Jordon resided in New York until 1855, when he came to Livingston Co.; after living in Pontiac three years he settled on his present farm, piiicliasing forty acres of land of the county on credit, to which he has added from time to time, until he now owiis 240 acres of land, valued at SI 1,000. Mrs. Jordon died Sept. 18, 1872, leaving four children - Thomas H., John, James and Anna M. Mr. Jordon has served thirteen years as School Director.

I. J. KRACK, County Treasur<-r, Pontiac ; was born in Baltimore Co., iMd., Nov. 1(), 181G ; he is of German descent, his grandparents on both sides being from Germany ; in his father's family the; German language was used ; after receiving a common school education, he followe<l teaching during the winter months for about eight years ; in 1835, h^ came with his parents to Montgomery Co., Ind., and a few years later removed to Tippecanoe County; he came to Livingston Co. in 1854, settling at Forrest, which, village he laid out in 1866 ; his principal business has been farming and dealing in 'grain. He was appointed the first Postmaster at Forrest, continuing as such until about three years ago ; he was Notary Public eight" years in Indiana, and several terms in this State; he was elected Treasurer of Livingston County in November, 1877, and removed to Pontiac in January, 1878. He was married March 11, 18-40, to Miss Mary Worl, who was born in Wayne Co., Ind., Feb. 3, 1821 ; they have seven children - Mary J. now Mrs. Henry H. Ulbright, of Forrest ; o.Hn M., William L. and George C., all of Forrest Township ; Delphia D., wife of J. W. Grraham, of Lafayette, Ind. ; Jessie 0. and Lizzie A.

JOSEPH T. KAY of the firm of Duffy & Kay, insurance and real estate agents; Pontiac; was born in Brown Co., Ohio, April 23, 1847 ; when he was about 6 years of age, his parents removed to Highland Co., Ohio, residing there until they removed to Livingston County in 1859. Mr Kay was educated in the public schools of Pontiac, and at the High School in Peoria, graduating there in 1868. He was appointed Deputy County Treasurer in 1869, and remained in the office five years, and was then appointed Deputy County Clerk, which position he held three years. In 1877, he engaged in the real estate and in.surance busines.s with Mr. Benjamin A. Duffy, which they still continue. He was married Oct. 15, 1872, to Miss Annie A. Core, of Pontiac, and has one child.

JOHN C. KEACH, manufacturer of carnages and spring wagons, Pontiac ; was born in Brooke Co., Va., June 8, 1841 ; when he was 11 years of age, his parents removed to Adams Co., Ohio ; there he resided until 1868; he learned his trade in Manchester, Ohio. In September, 1861, enli!>ted in Co. F, 70th Ohio Vols., serving in the 2d Division, 15th Army Corps; was 'with his rogiment at the battle of Shiloh, thence to Memphis, at the siege of Vicksburg, thence to Jackson, Miss., thence to Chattanooga, from Chattanouga to Atlanta and on the famous march " From Atlanta to the Sea." After his return he remained in Ohio till 1868, when he removed to

A. W. KELLOGG, teacher, Pontiac ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov. 7, 1836 ; he is a son of Rev. H. H. Kellogg,- and when he was 5 years of age, his father' removed to Galesburg, 111., to take the Presidency of Knox JNIanual Labor College, noAV Knox College ; Galesburg at that time contained only about fifty houses; Mr. Kellogg lived there six years, returnmg to Oneida County, where he resided until 1866 ; he received a collegiate education, spending three years in Knox College and going from there to Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., where he graduated in 1857 ; he read law with Prof T. W. Dwight. one year, when, his health failing, he was compelled to engage in other business; he cam&to Livingston Co. in 1866. Was appointed Assistant U. S. Assessor of Internal Revenue for the county in 1869, resigning in 1871. He was employed on the Pontiac Stntinel seven years, leaving the paper in 1875 ; for the past three years he has been teaching in the city schools. He was married Dec. 16,. 1861, to Miss Sarah Allen, of Oneida Co., and has seven children. He served as Justice of the Peace in Oneida Co.

L. E. KENT, f'.ain dealer, Pontiac; has been a residen' of Livingston (yo. for the past twenty -< .ars ; he came to Illinois in 1857, from J' artford Co., Conn., where he was born Aug. 18, 1836 ; after spending one year in Kane Co., 111., he caiue to Pontiac in 1858, where he has resided ever since, engaged in the grain, stock and lumber business ; he owns two elevators here, having a capacity of 25,000 bushels of grain, one at Blackstone in this county, with a capacity of 20,000 bushels, and one at Cayuga, holding 10,000 bushels ; he owns a stock farm of 160 acres, at Blackstone, and has other real estate interests in this county ; he is engaged in the grain, stock and lumber trade at Blackstone, the business being in charge of his brother, D. W. Kent; Mr. S. K. Brittenham has the management of his grain and stock business at Cayuga. Mr. Kent w;is married in 1867, to Miss Antoinette Graves

C. KECK, of the iirm of Mitchell & Keck, dealers in lumber, lime, cement, etc., Pontiac ; was born in Monroe Co., 111., April 16, 184:3 ; when he was 2 years old, his father's family removed to St. Clair Co., and four years later to Herraon, Mo.; his father then entered the ministry, and as a Methodist cleriryman was stationed at various points in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri ; after leaving school Mr. Keck spent five years clerking in St. Louis, and at Bunker Hill, 111. ; at the breaking out of the war. he assumed charge of the business of a firm of army supply contractors, where he remaine«l two years; he was afterward engaged in a dry goods house in St. Louis, and in a grocery house in Alton, 111. In 18G4, he recruited four companies of the l-t4th I. Y. I., and was appointed First Lieutenant of Co. D. Returning at the end < if his year's service, he engaged for about two years in the grocery business for himself in Litchfield, 111.; he afterward clerked for a while in a lumber yard in that place, and in 1871, removed to Chicago, and was engaged finabout five years in traveling fi>r Dean Bros, and F. E. Bradley; in May, 187<), he removed to Newark, Ohio, and went into partnership with Mr. Bradley in the lumber business, taking charge of the yard there ; he came to Pontiac in August, 1877, and with Mr. S. B. Mitchell, of Chicago, purchased the lumber business of A. F. Fisher. He was married March 1. 1869, to Miss Lucretia E. Wright, of Upper Alton, 111., and has two children - Warren P. and Stella L.

WALLACE LORD, contractor and builder and proprietor of Lord's Opera House, Pontiac ; was born in Kennebec Co., Me., Dec. 17, 1834; when he was 17 years of age, he shipped on board a merchantman bound for California ; he followed the sea for three years, making the voyage around the world, and visiting Canton, Calcutta, Singaptire, Madras, Cape Town, the Island of St. Helena, and other places; he came to Illinois in 1855. remaining in Chicago till 1858, when he settled in Pontiac. He was married, in I860, to Miss Miss Matilda J. Ross, of Pontiac, and has six children - Ladella, Floretta, Annie. James, Dick and Jo. In August.

1861, ho was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. C, 39th I. V. I., and served about six months, when, on account of ill health, he resigned and returned to Pontiac.

i stock raiser; P. 0. Pontiac; a resident of Livingston Co. since 1854 ; was born in Brown Co., Ohio, on the 13th of February, 1819; there he lived until the Fall of

' 1832, when he came to Illinois with his father's family, settling in Vermilion Co.; there he was married, in June, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth CIt>w, of Vermilion Co.; she was a native of Kentucky ; she died in March, 1849, leaving four children, two of whom are living - Elihu and Jeff"erson. In 1854, he removed to Livingston Co., and settled on his jiresent farm, entering a portion of it from the Government ; he owns 3(!0 acres of land in his home farna, and several other pieces of land in different

I parts of the country, amounting to 160 acres more, valued in all at §21.000. Mr. Laycock has neither sought nor accepted jiublic offic^ of any kind, except three years as School Director.

C. E. LEGG, dealer in boots and shoes (firm of Legg & Voght), Pontiac ; was born in Monroe Co., W. Va., Nov. 8, 1856 ; when he was less than a year old, his parents removed to Illinois, residing one year in McLean Co., and settling in Rook's Creek Township, Livingston Co., in 1858; his father resided there until 1869, when he removed with his children (his wife having died iij 1865 ) to Missouri, where he now resides ; after three years, young Legg returned to Pontiac, and shortly afterward entered the boot and shoe store of D. M. Lyon, where he remained until Sept. 1, 1877; he then formed a partnership with Mr. J. S. Voght in their present business.

W. S. LACEY, dealer in hardware, tinware, stoves and agricultural implements, Pontiac; was born in Buckinghamshire, England. Dec. 17, 1829 ; when he was 6 years old. his parents came to New York City, and after residing there seven yeai"s removed to Canada ; Mr. Lacey came to Illinois in 1854, and spent three years in Aurora and three more in Peru, coming to Pontiac in 1861; he has always followed his present business. He was married Jan. 8, 1853, to Miss Louisa Leavitt of

Dundas, C. W.; she was born in Chatauqua Co., N. Y., July 12, 1832; they have three children living - Addie E., George W. and Nellie D.; their oldest daughter, Mary L., a teacher in the Pontiac public schools, died in Nov., 1877. Mr. Lacey served one year on the Town Board of Trustees, four years as School Director, and is at present City Treasurer, to which office he was elected in 1877.

JOHN S. LEE, blacksmith (firm of Lse & Umphenour), Pontiac; was born in New London Co., Conn., March 22, 1826 ; he was raised on the farm until he was 17 years of age, when he learned the trade of blacksmith, and followed it until he came West; in 1858, he came to Illinois, spending two years in farming in McLean Co., and settled in Livingston Co. in 1860. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 129th I. V. I.; was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek on the 20th of July, 1864, and mustered out with his regiment June 21, 1865. Returning to Pontiac, he was sick for about two years, and then resumed his business of blacksmithing, which he has continued ever since. He was married Nov. 26, 1848, to Miss Eunice Packer, of Colchester, Conn., and has four children - Addie E. (now Mrs. Pound), Hattie L., wife of J. R. Roggy, of Bureau Co., 111.; Frank P. and Charles H.

D. M. LYON, dealer in boots and shoes, Pontiac; was born in Sabina, Clinton Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1841 ; he is a son of Wm. B. Lyon, and came to Livingston Co. with his fixther's family in 1852, when he was eleven years of age, and after living at Reading eight years came to Pontiac in 1860 ; he received an academic education in Ottawa, 111., and in 1858 entered Lombai'd University, Galesburg, 111., remaining there until the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in April, 1861, in Co. J), 20th I. V. I., the first company to leave the county ; after his term of enlistment - three months - had expired, he recruited Co. F, 138th I. V. I., and was commissioned Captain of the company, serving with them until October, 1864, when they were mustered out by reason of the expiration of tht'ir term of service ; returning to Pontiac, he engaged in the boot and shoe and clothing business, the firm being AVni. B. Lyon & Son, which continued until 1867, when it was dissolved and he continued the boot and shoe business alone to the present time. He is at present Township Treasurer, to which office he was elected in 1872. He was married Oct. 25, 1865, to Miss Abbie J. Remick of Pontiac ; they have two children - William R. and James M.

P. S. LINELL, harness maker, Pontiac ; was born in Woodstock, Vt.. May 13,1833; when he was quite young, his parents removed to Champaign Co., Ohio, and afterward to Warren Co., Ohio ; in 1848, he left home and went to Franklin Co., Ind., where he learned his trade as a harness maker ; resided there about two years and a half, and then removed to Peoria, thence to Henderson Co., returning, thence to Indiana ; he afterward returned to Henderson Co., from which place he went to Chicago, and from Chicago he removed to De Kalb Co. ; in 1866, he settled in Pontiac, .where he has continued to reside to the pref^ent time. He was married on the 2d of Nov., 1856, to Miss Mary A. Burkholder of Franklin Co., Ind. ; they have three children living - William B., Frank A. and Cornelia A.

WM. H. LUNT, dealer in grain and coal, Pontiac ; was born in Sagadahock Co., Me., Aug. 31, 1819 ; he was raised to mercantile pursuits, his father having been a merchant in Bowdoinham, Me., for twenty-five years, and at the age of 18 years began business for himself; in 1855, he represented his native town in the State Legislature; in 1856, he removed to Clinton, Iowa, the next year after the laying out of that city, and was one of the pioneers in the grain trade of that State ; he has always taken an active interest in educational matters, and as President of the Board of Education of Clinton, superintended the erection of the fine public school building there; in 1865, he Avent to Chicago, locating his family at Evanston, and continued the grain business there, running two large elevators, the Iowa and the Lunt, until the great fire, when they were both destroyed ; he has been a member of the Chicago Board of Trade since 1865,andwasa Director for three years; in 1872, he became Secretary and Financial Agent of the Northwestern University at Evanston ; he was for two years President of the Board of Education in Evanston, and was the first President of the Highland Park Building Company, and one of its original incorporators; he came to Pontiac in 187(5, and has since been engaged in the grain and c<ial business. He was married in 1840, t<t Miss Susan P. Littletiekl, of Kennebec Co., Me. ; she died in 1870, leaving four children ; he was married again in 187G, to 3Irs. Jennie Brewster, of Evanston, 111.

L. F. LUTYEN, dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry- and silverware, Pontiac; vfus born in Newark, Kendall Co., 111., Oct. 8,1839; he received an academic education ; he early displayed great love and talent for music, and at the age of 14 years, became leader of the band in his native town ; he afterward spent two years in traveling as leader of a band, and in 1862, entered the army as leader of the band of the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 17th Army Corps ; he served during the siege of Vicksburg, at Black River, Jackson, Champion Hills, etc., his band leading the army on its entrance into Vicksburg, after the surrender ; he was present with his band, and led the 17th Army Corps at the grand review in Washington, at the close of the war. Returning in 18t)5, he engaged in business in Sandwich, 111., but the next Spring sold out and spent the Summers for the next five years in traveling; in 1808, he purchased a drug store in Secor, Woodford Co., which was placed in charge of his uncle, and during the next three years he spent his Winters in the store ; about 1871, he sold out, and purchased an interest in a drug store at Newark, where he remained until his removal to Pontiac in 1874 ; besides his jewelry business, he is senior partner in the drug firm of Lutyen Bros. ; he is leader of Lutyen's Cornet Band, which was organized in the Fall of 1876.

S. H. MOSSHOLDER, manufacturer and dealer in harness and saddles, Pontiac ; vi&i- born in Lickiug Co., Ohio, June 18. 1842 ; when he was 5 years of age, his parents removed to Pontiac ; that was in 1847 ; at that time there were but two or three frame houses and a number of log cabins in the town ; his fotlier, Daniel Mossholder, resided here until 1859, when he reriioved to Wisconsin, where he died in Feb.. 1878 ; Mr. Mossholder has resided here constantly since he came in 1847, and one of the frame houses of that time constitutes a i)art of his residence at the present time ; he has counted as many as eightyfour deer at one time, within a mile and a half of Pontiac ; he learned the trade of a harness maker in 1862, and has followed it ever since. He was married Oct. 29, 1865, to Miss Minnie A. England, of Pontiac ; .she is a native of Pickaway Co., Ohio ; they have one child living - Milton S. Mr. M. is Collector of Pontiac to which ofiice he was elected in 1877, and reelected in 1878.

JAMES E. MORROW, President of the National Bank (jf Pontiac, has been a resident of Livingston Co., since 1857, having come at that time from Highland Co., Ohio, where he was born on the 23d of Sept., 1836 ; in 1859, he went to California, and was there at the breaking out of the war. Returning in 1862, he entered the army as a member of Co. G, 129th I. V. I., and served until the close of the war, in the 20th Army Corps ; he was with Gen. Sherman in his march to the sea. On the close of the war, he returned to Pontiac, and took a clerkship in the office of Duff & Cowan. In 1868, he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Livingston Co., holding the office four years ; he has been a member of the Board of Supervisors for the past six years, and as Chairman of the Building Committee, and the only resident member of the board, had almost the entire charge of building the new Court House ; the efficient manner in which the work was performed, and his vigilance in looking after the interests of the county, are evident from the fact that the building was erected at a loss to the contractors, and a consequent corresponding gain to the county ; he has also served one term on the Board of Aldermen. He organized the National Bank of Pontiac, March, 1874, and was elected President. He was married Sept. 11, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth J. Maxwell, of Pontiac, who died July 4, 1872, leaving one child - Elsie E.

WILLIAM H. H. McDowell, attorney at law, Pontiac ; was born in Montgomery Co., Ind., March 6, 1840 ; at the age of 10 years, he came to Livingston Co., where he attended the common schools until 1857 ; he then returned to Indiana and entered Thorntown Academy, remaining until 1860 ; i-eturning to this county, he taught school during the Winter, and resumed his studies at the Academy in the Spring. The war breaking out, he enlisted in the 17th Ind. Y. I., and was discharged by reason of ill health the following Winter ; he returned to Pontiac, and six months later recruited and drilled a company of men which afterward became a part of the 129th I. V. I., he was made Sergeant Major of the regiment, and afterward promoted to Lieutenant ; he participated in all the battles of his regiment, and with fifteen picked men, captured the noted gxierilla chief, Capt. Burton, receiving the warmest commendation of Brig. Gen. Sweet, commander of the post; during the Winter of 18G3 and 1864, he was sent to Springfield, 111., on a recruiting expedition, rejoining his command in the Spring of 1864; he was with Sherman in his "march to the sea," and after the fall of Atlanta was detailed as an Aid-de-Camp to the Brigadier General- Commanding, holding the position until mustered out, in June, 1 865. On his return , he engaged in merchandising at Fairbury, studying law at the same time ; he was admitted to the bar in 1869 ; removed to Pontiac in 1872, where he still resides, engaged in the practice of law. He was married Jan. 1, 1866, to Miss Emma C. Thayer, daughter oi' Prof. Gilbert Thayer, of Morgan Park, 111.

A. J. MARSH, farmer and stock raiser; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., in 1838 ; his parents died when he was quite young; he remained in Chenango County until he was 16 years of age, and then came West, spending one year in Wisconsin; in 1845, he came to Peoria Co., 111., and went to work on his uncle's farm ; in 1866, he removed to Livingston Co., settling on his present farm, where he owns 120 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre. He was married on the 30th of November, 1866, to Miss Augusta Butler, of Peoria County ; she was born in the State of Maine ; they have two children - Adell and 3Iabel. Mr. Marsh has been School Director for the past nine years, and Commissioner of Highways for the past three years.

JOHN McCALLA. dealer in boots and shoes, Pontiac ; was born in Brown Co., Ohio, Oct. 5, 1840 ; when he was 11 yera"S of age, he came with his mother's family to Tazewell Co., 111., and after remaining there two years the family removed to LaSalle Co. ; he was engaged in farming up to the breaking out of the rebellion. He enlisted in 1863, in the 53d I. Y. I., as a member of Co. I, and served till the close of the war ; took part in all the engagements in which his regiment participated, among which may be mentioned the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., Siege of Atlanta, Allatoona Mountain, Jonesboro, Savannah and Bentonville, N. C. Returning from the war, he followed farming one year, and in 1868, came to Livingston Co. and followed the nursery business one year, and then engaged in general merchandising, which he followed till 1877, since which time he has been engaged in the boot and shoe trade. He was married April 29, 1869, t<. Miss M. A. Macy, of this county ; they have two children - Emery E. and Josephine A.

MRS. M. J. McGregor, Pontiac; was born in Cincinnati. Ohio, March 27, 1820 ; she w;is married in Clinton Co., Ohio, on the 3d of October, 1838, to the late John H. McGregor; he was born in Orange Co., N. C, August 30, 1814; his parents emigrated to Kentucky when he was about 3 years of age, and settled near New Castle, afterward removing to Ohio ; when a boy in Kentucky, he learned the printing business, and remained with his brother there, occasionally teaching school, until about 1836, when the family removed to Iowa, and kept the first hotel in the city of Davenport ; after his marriage in 1838, he resided in Clinton County, where he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1845 ; he removed to Ottawa, 111., in 1850, and in 1853, came to Pontiac, being one of the first attorneys in the place ; he continued to practice here until his death, which occurred in January, 1856. He left five children, four of whom are living - Emma and Charles A. (both of whom reside in Pontiac), Alonzo H. (now of Bloomington, 111.) and H. Buxton i of Pontiac) ; one daughter, Elizabeth J., died in July, 1877. sides in Pontiac.

CHARLES A. McGREGOR, son of J. H. McGregor, was born in Clinton Co., Ohio, March 14, 1844 ; came to Ottawa, HI., with his parents in 1850, and to Pontiac in 1853; he was educated in the public schools of Pontiac, and spent a year at school in Davenport. Iowa, and in 1861, entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn. In the Spring of 1863, he entered the !->l)th I. Y. I., Co. C, .serving till the close of the war. In the Spring of 1866, he engagt'd in the drug and book business, in Pontiac, which he continued until the Fall of 1877. He was married in October, 1871, to Miss Eunice J. Johnston, daughter of Morris Johnson, E.sq., of Pontiac ; they have one child living - Bcrnice E. Mr. McGregor served two years as Postmaster, and several terms as Township Treasurer.

JOHN McNICHOL, manufacturer of boot.s and shoes, Pontiac ; was born in County Tyrone, in the north of Ireland, in 1833 ; he came to the United States in 1851, being then nearly 18 years of age; after spending about two months in Philadelphia, he came west to Adrian, Mich., where he learned his trade, and afterwards went to Indiana ; in 1856, he came to Livingston Co. and worked in the shoe shop of his brother, James McNichol^ until 1862 ; he afterward entered the employ of W. B. Lyon, till 1874, since which time he has been doing business for himself. He was married Nov. 15, 1858, to Mrs. Rachel Meyers, of Pontiac ; her maiden name was Rachel Cook ; she was born in Clinton, Iiid., Sept. 30, 1838 ; they have four children living - James H., John B., Charles and Maud.

G. D. NEWCOMB, of the firm of Pierce & Newcomb, contractors and builders, proprietors of the Pontiac Planing Mill and manufacturers of building material, Pontiac ; was born in Waldo Co., Me., May '1, 1834 ; he received an academic education at the Freedom Academy, and then went to Boston, where he learned the machinists' trade; in 1855, he went to Zanesville, Ohio, and followed his trade until the beginning of the war, the last two years having charge of the Muskingum Valley Workfi, manufacturing portable engines and saw-mills; in Dec, 1861, he entered the 62d Ohio y. I., Co. I, and served nearly four yetu-s ; he participated in sixteen engagements, and was wounded during the night assault on Fort Wagner, on Morris Island. July 18, 1864. He came to Pontiac in 1866, and a few years later went to Rock Island, 111., where he had charge of the building of the stairs in the government works ; returnin^to Pontiac in 1875, he engaged in his present business. He was married Dec. 28, 1865, to Miss Lucy Humphrey, of Zanesville, Ohio ; they have three children living - Lulu M., Carrie F. and George D.

JAMES NELSON, Sr., retired, Pontiac ; was born in Pennsylvania, March 4, 1789 ; his parents removed to Bourbon Co., Ky., when he was about 1 year old. and about three years later, to Hamilton Co., Ohio ; after the death of his father, the family removed to Brown Co. He entered the war of 1812, serving six months under Gen. Harris(tn. He afterward removed to Fountain Co., Ind. He was married Nov. 20, 1810, to Miss Rebecca Montgomery, who was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 17, 1786, and died Sept. 17, 1833, leaving eight children - Eliza, Mary, John, James, Jane, Susanna E., Clarissa and William P. ; all but two of whom, Eliza and Clarissa, are still living. Mr. Nelson was thus left with six children, the oldest two being old enough to start for themselves, and he had not over $250 in property ; packing up his few household effects in a wagon, he started with his children to Kane Co., 111., reaching his destination on the 9th of Dec, 1833; he unloaded his goods in a grove since known as Nelson's Grove ; he erected a rude logcabin, covering it with strips of timber split out with a froe, and stopping the crevices in the walls by driving pieces of wood between the logs ; in this, he and his six children spent the Winter, an unusually severe one, and by planting time he had the rails split and forty-four acres of land fenced ; and after putting in his crop, he fenced forty acres more for a neighbor ; he sold this claim in the Fall for $700 ; he then bought half of it back, improved it and sold it for $1,200, and afterward improved another claim, which he sold for $1,000; he then removed to Walworth Co., Wis., and in 1848 came to Rooks Creek Tp., Livingston Co., where he resided until his removal to Pontiac in 1868. He was married again May 4, 1849, to Miss Marcie R. Middleswart, who died Aug. 22, 1861 ; he was married a third time, June 19. 1862, to Mrs. Ann Reynolds, who was born in Brown Co., Ohio, May 19, 1810, and came to Living.ston Co. with her former husband, Mr. Joseph Reynolds, in 1846.

H. H. NORTON, firm of Geo. W. Rice & Co., manufacturers and dealers in furniture, Pontiac ; has been a resident of Livingston Co. since 1854 ; he was born in Farmington, Franklin Co., Me., May 23, 1829 ; he was raised on the farm, and after receiving a common school education, he entered the Farmington Academy, remaining several terms; in 1849, he went to Massachussetts, and there learned the carpenters' trade, and two years later, returned to Maine, and in the Fall of 1852, came to Illinois, and after spending about two years in various places, settled in Pontiac in May, 1854, where he has resided most of the time ever since. He was married April 28, 1855, to Miss Catherine Sutcliff, of Amity Tp., Livingston Co. ; she was born near Sheffield, Eng., Aug. 19, 1829, and came to this country in 1849 ; they have two children hving - Rufus W. and Emma S., now Mrs. N. J. Caldwell, of Chatsworth ; shortly after coming to Pontiac, he built a sash and door factory, carrying it on about three years under the name of H. H. Norton & Co.; in 1866, he superintended the building of the public school building, and a year or more later, of the Odd Fellows' Hall, besides other prominent buildings; in Jan., 1872, he became a partner in the furniture firm of Bertram & Norton, and they continued the business until July, 1874, when they were burned out with the balance of Union Block ; during the next year, he carried on the furniture business at Cornell, and in June, 1875, became a member of the present firm. Mr. Norton is a member of the City Council ; he served on the Board of Trustees previous to the organization of the city, and also served three years as School Director.

J. 0. PERRY, farmer and stock raiser, P. O. Pontiac ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1823; he was raised to agricultural pursuits, which he has followed all his life to the present time ; in the "Winter of 1862 and '63, he came to Livingston Co., and purchased his present farm. In 1867, he returned to Ohio, and was married on the 17th of January, to Miss Emma Dowle, of Miami Co., Ohio; she was born there, on the 8th of March, 1843 ; they have three children living - Lida Belle, Orrin Bruce and Benton. He then settled permanently in Pontiac ; he

W. L. PAYNE, farmer, P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Kentucky, Oct. 16, 1852 ; he is a son of Capt. M. L. and Sarah (Barkley) Payne ; his parents moved to Livingston Co., in 1853, and settled on a farm in Eppard's Point Tp., and after living there ten years, came to Pontiac. He was married March 13, 1877, to Miss Fannie A. Collins, daughter of E. B. Collins, of Chicago ; she was born in Covington, Ky., Jan. 24, 1854; they have one child - Matie.

W, W. PERRY, Janitor of Court House, Pontiac ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Dec. 19, 1841 ; his father. Dr. James M. Perry, removed, with his family, to Livingston Co., in 1852, and after practicing medicine here for twenty-two years, died in 1874 ; his mother died in 1860, after suffering eight years with a cancer. Mr Perry enlisted in the Summer of 1862, as a member of Co. A, 129th

1. V. I., and soon after reaching the front, was put upon detached service with the medical department, to care for the sick and wounded, and in that capacity served till the close of the war. Returning to Pontiac, in June, 1865, he was married on the 24th of December following, to Miss Mary A. Malott, who was born near Wabash, Ind., in 1847, and died Dec. 12, 1875, leaving one child - Hattie 0. He was mari'ied again July 10, 1876, to Miss Melissa E. Gambel, of Pontiac ; she was born in Lexington, 111., May 12, 1858.

A. J. PIERCE, of the firm of Pierce & Newcomb, contractors and builders, and proprietors of the Pontiac Planing Mill and manufacturers of builders' material, Pontiac ; was born in York Co., Me., March 7, 1838 ; he was raised to his present business, his father being a builder; in 1856, he removed wi|.h his father's family to Davenport, Iowa, and in 1861 he euli.sted in the 2d Iowa V. I., Go. E; was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and served till the close of the war in the Army of the Mississippi and the Army of the Tennessee, taking part in all the battles of the Army of the Tennessee, and was never off duty for a day. On the close of the war, he settled in Pontiac ; he started the Pontiac

Mr. Newcomb became a partner in the tirm. He was married March 11, 1865. t(i Mrs. Julia E. Humphrey, of Davenport, Iowa, and has one child - Mark.

HON. N. J. PILLSBURY, Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, PdMtiac; w;us born in York Co., Me., October 21, 183^. In 1850, he entered the employ of the York Corporation, a manufacturiniz; company at Saco, Me., whore he remained until 1855, when, broken down in health, he came to Illinois, and, in 1858, removed to Living.ston Co. and opened a farm, on which he resided until 18G3 ; he then entered the law office of Samuel L. Flemming, at Pontiac, and after completing his studies, was admitted to the bar in May, 1864, and began the practice of his profession ; in 1869, he was elec ed one of the delegates from the Forty-fourth District to the Constitutional Convention. At the first election for Judges, under the new constitution, in June, 1873, he was elected Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois ; under the act of 1874, establishing the Appellate Courts of Illinois, he was selected by the Supreme Court as one of the Appellate Judges for the Second District.

FRANK E. PACKER, painter ; Pontiac ; was born in South Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 6, 1854 ; he is a son of Rev. Jedediah and Rhoda A. Packer; when he was a year old his parents came to Stark Co., 111., and a year later removed to Princeville, Peoria Co. ; from that place they went to La Prairie, Marshall Co., thence to El Paso, Woodford Co., and again to Princeville ; they afterward removed to Sandwich, De Kalb Co., and in 1865, came to Pontiac. Mr. Packer received a public school education in these various places, and afterward spent a year and a half in the High School in Dayton, Ohio. He was married Oct. 25, 1877, to Miss Hannah D. Payne, daughter of the late Capt. Morgan L. Payne, of Pontiac; she was born in Eppard's Point Tp., Living.ston County, Sept. 14, 1857 ; she was educated in the public schools of Pontiac, and in 1872 began teaching in the schools of the county.

Capt. Morgan Lewis Payne

Co., N. Y., April 20, 1805; he was named after Hon. Lewis Morgan, then Governor of New York. In 1813, his father removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1818, to Rising Sun, Ind. Mr. Morgan was married in 1828 to Miss Rebecca Adams. By this marriage he had six children, four of whom are living - James P., George W., Artemisia (now Mrs. Mc- Cready, of Michigan ), and John A. (now a Lieutenant in the lOtli Regt. U. S. A). He removed to Illinois in 1831, and became a resident of Dan\'ille ; in May, 1832, he became Captain of the local military company of Danville, which was attached to the 'Jth 111. State Guards. On the breaking out of the Black Hawk war, a company of volunteers was raised from that regiment, and Capt. Payne was elected Captain. Here were first displayed those soldierly (jualities which afterward distinguished him. On arriving at Naperville, he was placed in command of that post, where he erected a fort and remained during his term of service ; he afterward lived some years at Greensburg, Ind. ; he was in Texas on the breaking out of the Mexican war, and at once took command of a company of Texan Rangers, and served with bravery until after the capture of Monterey, when, his time having expired, he returned to Indiana and raised a company of volunteers for the war, and returned to the front, where he served till the close of the war. Returning, he was married on the 9th of December, 1849, to Miss Sarah Barkley, who was born in Grant Co., Ky., Aug. 27, 1828 ; they had seven children, all of whom are living - William L., Lydia H., Hannah D. (now Mrs. Frank E. Packer, of Pontiac ), Anna E., Burnett H., Jane E. and Belle. Capt. Payne removed with his family to Livingston Co. in 1853, and settled in Eppard's Point Tp., and after ten years, removed to Pontiac. In 1862, he entered the Union army as Captain of Co. D, 53d 1 1. V. I., and served a year and a ha f, when, owing to ill health, he resigned and returned home. In 1871, he was elected Constable, and, in 1872, was appointed Deputy Sheriff, holding both offices until the Spring of 1877 ; he was a man of remarkable energy and force of character. He died April 21t. 1878, honored by all who knew him

S. 0. PILLS BURY, foundry and ma- ' chine shop, Pontiac ; born in York Co., Me., Aug. 28, 1837 ; when he was about 14 ; years of age, his father removed to Saco, I and four years later, came to Illinois, spending two years in Bureau Co., and settling in Livingston Co., in 1857. In the Fall of 1862, Mr. Pillsbury enlisted in Co. H, 77th I. V. I., serving until the following Spring, when he was discharged by reason of ill health. In 1865, he came to Pontiac and engaged in the grocery business, and about a year and a half later, engaged in the foundry business ; he is a member of the grocery firm of Hunter & Pillsbury, which was formed in February, 1873. He was married Aug. 9, 1862, to Miss Helen Parmeter, who was born in Kennebec Co., Me., Sept. 6, 1837 ; they have two children - Maud and Guy. Mr. Pillsbury served one year on the Town Board of Trustees, and two years on the Board of Education.

F. F. POST, land agent for the M., K. & T. R. R. Co., Pontiac ; was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., June 13. 1825 ; his father was a manufacturer of carriages, and he learned the trade when quite young, and worked in his father's shop until 1844 ; he received an academic education : in 1844, he went to Madison Co., Ky., where he engaged in merchandising forsome five year.s ; he afterward spent two years in teaching ; and then purchased a large farm, with a saw and grist-mill, which he carried on two years more. While in Madison county, he was elected Justice of the Peace, serving until his removal from the county. He was married Jan. 18, 1849, to Miss Eliza J. Moberly, of Madison Co., Ky.:« they have six children living - Mary C, Alice L., William W., Harry A., John F. and Thomas A. ; in 1857, he removed to Bloomington 111., and followed the grocery business until 1863, when he came to Pontiac, where he was entiaged in the grain business until 1877 ; he is now the agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Co., for the sale of their lands in Kansas. He served two terms on the Board of Trustees of Pontiac.

0. F. PEARRE, attorney at law, Pontiac ; a native of Clermont Co., Ohio ; born on the first of June, 1836 ; he received an academic education, and at the aue of 16 years, he began teaching, following it during the Winter, and attended the academy during the Fall and Spring terms; in 1859, he came to Illinois and entered Eureka College, in Woodford Co., from which institution he graduated in 1871 ; he then came to Livingston Co., and took charge of the New Michigan Academy in Newtown, as Principal, remaining two years; he next spent two years as Principal of Public Schools of Dwight ; in 1865, he was elected School Commissioner for the county, serving in that cg,pacity for two years, in the meantime reading law with Samuel L. Flemming of Pontiac ; he was admitted to the bar in April, 1866, and has been engaged in practicing ever since ; he makes a specialty of collecting, having an extensive business in that line ; he has been Local Editor of either the Free Trader or Pontiac Sentinel most of the time during his residence in Pontiac. He was married Oct. 20, I860, to Miss Elizabeth Alden, of Cleveland, Ohio, and has six children - Frank, Luke, Victor, Maud, Pearl and Daisy. Mr. Pearre was appointed United States Internal Revenue Collector in 1864, serving until 1869 ; he has also served as Police Magistrate since 1866.

WILLIAM PERRY, proprietor of the Perry House, Pontiac ; was born in Miami Co., Ohio, Aug. 25, 1818 ; he was raised on the farm. Was married Aug. 9, 1839, to Miss Catherine N. Mathews, who was born in Frederick Co., Md., May 29, 1818 ; they have eight children living - John B., William H., Augustus L., Evans A., Arnold D., Emma G. (now Mrs. W. H. Jenkins), Sarah E. and Carrie ; their oldest daughter, Oreha (^wife of W. H. Cleland), died in 1872, Mr. Perry removed to Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1843, and engaged in the manufacture of cheese, which he followed seven years ; he came to Living.ston Co. in 1857, settling on a farm in what is now Eppard's Point Tp. ; in 1865, came to Pontiac and took a contract in grading the Chicago k Paducah Railroad ; after which he built the Perry House, which he has kept ever since. He was elected Assessor in 1870, holding the office four years, and was again elected in 1877 ; he was a member of the Board of Aldermen five years fi'om the organization of the city until 1877.

Onondaga Co., N. Y..July 26, 1835. She was married on the 6th of October, 1858, to the hite Wm. Rudd, who was born in Lysander, Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 23, 1828 ; the same year they were married they came to Illinois and settled in Joliet, where they resided until 18G4, when they removed to Livingston Co. Mr. Rudd died on the 18th of November, 1875, leaving four children - Daniel, Florence E., Ida L. and William L. Mrs. Rudd owns 20(1 acres of land, valued at «9,000.

JACOB W. RIGHTER, farmer and stock raiser ; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 10, 1882 ; he came to Illinois in 1855, and settled in Joliet, \Vill Co., where he followed farming and contracting and building until the breaking out of the rebellion. In the Spring of 1862, he entered the service of the government, and spent one year in constructing bridges over the Cumberland River at Chattanooga, Tenn. ; in 18(!8, he removed to Saunemin Tp., Livingston Co., where he resided until his removal to Pontiac in the Spring of 1878. He was married Dec. 24, 1855, to Miss Martha J. Reed, of Lockport, 111. ; they have three children - William H., Rose Etta and Frank. Mr. Righter has served one term on the Board of Supervisors and several years as School Director. On the organization of the Saunemin Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Company in 1876, he was chosen Treasurer, and held the oflSce until he removed from the township.

B. E. ROBINSON, Sheriff' of Livingston Co. ; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, May 24, 1836, and . came with his parents to McLean Co., 111., in 1859; in May, 1861, he went, with others, to Missouri, and enlisted in Capt. Wilson's independent company, and served nearly a year, after which he entered Co. I, 95th Ohio Vols., at Columbus ; was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and served in the army of the Mississippi ; he was wounded at Vicksburg May 22, 1863, and again at Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864; he was taken prisoner at the latter place, and, with eleven men of his company, taken to Andersonville, where he remained about five weeks, and was then taken to Macon, Ga. ; he was afterward removed, with about 500 officers, to Charleston, S.

C, and placed under the fire of the Union guns, in an open jail yard, for two months, during the bombardment of the city ; they were then taken to Columbia, S. C., from which place he madii his escape, and attempted to join Sherman's army, but, after twenty-six days, was re-captured, and after being taken to several Southern cities, was finally exchanged at ^^'ilmington, N. C, in March, 1865. On the close of the war, he came to Fairbury, where he was married, March 27, 1867, to Miss Sarah E. Finch, of that town ; they have two children - Lucy J. and Charles L. Mr. Robinson was elected Sherift" in 1872, and removed to Pontiac; he was re-elected in 1874 and 76. He is Captain of Co. A, 10th Bat. Nat. Guards, which was called out in the Summer of 1877 to quell disturbances at Braidwood, and was under orders twenty-one days.

GEO. W. RICE (of the firm of G. W. Rice & Co. ), manufacturers and dealers in furniture ; Pontiac ; was born in Penobscot Co., Me., Dec. 20, 1884 ; when he was about 10 years of age he came with his parents to Illinois, and after spending one year in Kendall Co., came to Livingston Co. in 1847. His father, E. G. Rice, resided in Esmen Tp. until 1871, and removed to Alexander Co , in the extreme southern part of the State. Mr. Rice made his home in Esmen Tp. principally, until 1872, when he removed to Pontiac; he engaged in his present business in 1874. In September, 1861, he entered the Union army as a member of Co. D, 52d 111. Vols., serving in the Army of the Tennessee; he was with his regiment in all its engagements, the principal ones being the battle of Shiloh, both battles of Corinth, siege of Atlanta, and on Sherman's march to the sea ; he was promoted to Second Lieutenant just previous to his discharge, in July, 1865. He was married in March, 1860, to Miss x\deline Smith, of this county, who died July 24th of the same year ; he was married again Jan. 2, 1870, to Miss Charlotte Norton, of Pontiac, and has four children - Elbridge W., Mary 0., Charlotte N. and Georgia. Mr. Rice is at present a member of the Board of Education, to which he was elected in April, 1877.

tario, Sept. 29, 1833; when about 10 years of age, he left home and went to Detroit, Mich., where he learned the printer's trade, graduating on the Detroit Free Press; he came to Pontiac in June, 1855, and became proprietor of the Livingston County Neics, which had been started about fourteen weeks before ; in 1859, he sold out to Albe Bros., and engaged in farming, which he followed two years, and then returned to Detroit ; in 1865, he came again to Pontiac, and for two years had charge of the Pontiac Sentinel ; in 1867, in company with his brother-in-law, H. C Jones, he established the Free Press, which they continued until 1869, and then purchased the Pontiac Sentinel, and combined the two under the title of the Seyitinel and Press; the same year they dropped the Press and continued the Sentinel, until 1871, when he withdrew and carried on the job department, Mr. Jones continuing in charge of the paper ; in 1872, he purchased a half interest in the Free Trader, which he retained until July 1, 1877 ; since which time he has been engaged in the drug business. He was married in August, 1857, to Miss Eliza Jones, of Pontiac; they have two children - Edward E. and Stella M. Mr. Renoe is a member of the Board of Aldermen, to which he was elected in March, 1877.

S. RICKETSON, dealer in hogs and proprietor of Ricketson's feed yard and Ricketson's restaurant, Pontiac ; was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., April 8, 1814 ; he followed farming there until 1854, when he removed to New York City and engaged in the milk business ; there he lived four years, coming to Livingston Co. in 1858; he settled in Pike Tp.. about two miles fi-om Chenoa, and engaged in farming; in 1861. he came to Pontiac and started the first restaurant in the city, which he has continued ever since. He was married Oct. 27, 1837, to Miss Mary Barmore, who was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., in September, 1816; they have two children - Annie (now Mrs. Wm. Barker, of Hennepin, 111.) and Susan ( wife of John J. Anderson, of Pontiac j.

EDWARD REILLY, of the firm of E. Reilly & Co., proprietors of the Pontiac Steam Mill, Pontiac ; was born in County Meath, Ireland, May 23, 1823 ; his father was a farmer, and he was raised to that calling and followed it until he came to the United States in 1848 ; he received in English education in the pay schools of his native county ; arriving in this country, he spent one year in the State of New York in making brick ; he then came to Illinois, spending one year in Chicago, and settled in Peoria in 1850 ; removed to Bloomington in 1858, and Pontiac in 1869 ; engaged with the late Stephen C. Crane in the brick making business ; Mr. Crane died in 1877, since which time Mr. Reilly has carried on the business alone ; he purchased the Pontiac Steam Mill with Wm. Byrne in 1875 ; Messrs. S. Denslow & Son becoming partners in Jan., 1878. Was married in May, 1855, to Miss Bridget Quinn, of Peoria ; they have four children - Rose A. (a teacher in the Pontiac public schools), Thomas (now in the brick business with his father), Mary and Maggie ( both of whom are engaged in teaching in the county). Mr. Reilly is a member of the Board of Education of Pontiac.

THOMAS J. RANKIN, school teacher, Pontiac ; was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 25, 1845 ; his father was a manufacturer of salt, and he assisted in the business a portion of his time, but spending most of his time in school ; at the age of 15 years, he engaged in teaching, which he followed during the Winter seasons for two years, in Western Pennsylvania; in February, 1863, he came to Pontiac, and on the 29th of September, the same year, he enlisted in the 3d I. V. C, Co. A, serving until July. 1865; he took part in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., the siege of Nashville, and in the series of engagements between Gens. Thomas and Hood, during the retreat of the latter from Nashville. Returning to Pontiac, he learned the mason's trade, which he has continued to the present time, teaching during a portion of each year. He was married Oct. 4, 1866, to Miss Winnifred Ryann, of Pontiac ; she was born in the Province of Ontario ; they have one child - Eva May.

J. W. REMICK, Pontiac; was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Jan. 1, 1823; when he was about 11 years of age, he entered the Mont Alto Iron Works and was employed in manufacturing cut nails ; in 1841, he removed to Perry Co., and followed the same business in that county and

Cumberland Co. until he removed to Livingston Co. in July, 1850 ; he followed the milling business until the Fall of 185»), when he was elected Sheriff, serving two years; after farming two years, he was elected in 1860, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Livingston Co. ; he held that office two terms of four years each ; s'nce which time he has followed various kinds of business, residing three years in Chicago ; during his term as Circuit Clerk, he read law and was admitted to the bar in June, 1808, but has never engaged in practice to any extent. He was married in July, 1844, to Miss Sarah JDeNormandie, of Cumberland Co., Penn.; they have two children living - Abbie J. ( now Mrs. D. M. Lyon, of Pontiac), and Lida E., (wife of Edgar Cook, of Pontiac); one son, Noah P., lost his life by drowning in the Vermilion River, in 1857, at the age of 4 years. Mr. Remick has also served one term as Town Collector.

J. S. STUFF, of thefii-m of Johnson & Stuff, publishers of the Pontiac Free Trader^ Pontiac; was born in Blair Co., Penn., Nov. 28>1853; he is the son of Adam Stuff; in 1855, the family removed to Tipton, Ind., where his father died, and the following year the family came to McLean Co., 111., and after living there three years, removed to Fairbury in this county ; he learned the printing business in the office of the Fairbury Journal; in 1873, he came to Pontiac and entered the office of the Free Trader, and in July, 1877, became one of the proprietors.

MRS. F. A. SOULE, farmer, Sec. 10; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Newport, Penobscot Co., Me., Jan. 23, 1830 ; she is a daughter of Matthew and Mar}' Patten, of Newport. She was married on the 12th of Aug., 1850, to the late Wm. K. Soule, who was born in Waterville, Me., in Aug., j 182(1 ; they came West the same year of ' their marriage, and settled in Decatur, 111. ; several years la<^er, they removed to Alton, I 111., returning after a year to Decatur ; ' about 18G3, they removed to Ullin, 111., and in 1805 to Pontiac 5 in Oct., 1867, I they settled on the farm owned and occu- ' pied by Mrs. Soule. where she owns 160 acres of land, valued at 845 per acre ; Mr. Soule was, by trade, a millwright, and followed that business almost to the time of his death, which occurred in April, 1868 ;

J ACO B STREAMER, drug and variety store, Pontiac ; familiarly known as "Uncle Jake Streamer;" he is one of the early settlers of Pontiac, having resided here since 1852; he was born on the 8th of Feb., 1818, in Williamsburg, Blair Co., Penn. ; he was raised to the business of a tailor, and came to Illinois in 1844, settling in Putnam Co., and opening a grocery store ; he established the first Sunday school in Putnam Co.; in 1850, he came to Read ing, in this county, where he remained tw(» years, and then removed to Pontiac, when there were but six houses in the place, and opened a tailor shop; he acted as Postmaster two years, although the regular appointee was J. P. Garner; he has been Justice of the Peace twelve years. He was married April 14, 1853, to Miss Salina Sturman, who was born in Virginia, Oct. 3, 1831 ; they have three children - Mary E., Hattie E. and Francis M.

JAMES SINER, retired, Pontiac; was born in Worcestershire, Eng., Dec. 6, 1804 ; his father was a soldier in the British army for seventeen years, and served under Wellington; when he was 15 years old he left home, went to London and shipped on board a school ship ; he made five voyages to the East Indies, in the East India Company's service, and came from China to the United States in 1829; he spent four years longer in following the sea, making thirteen years in all, and, in 1833, settled in Lowell, Mass., and engaged in carpet manufacturing ; he followed that business twenty-two years, in New England, having resided in all of the New England States, excepting Rhode Island; in 1855, he removedto New Orleans, where he engaged in the wholesale and retail hardware business, dealing largely in machinery and mechanics' supplies, which he shipped from the Eastern cities ; he came to Pontiac in 1868, and employed a portion of his means in the erection of dwelling houses ; he has built as many as nine dwellings in the city ; he has also quite an amount of property in Iowa and Texas. He was married Dec. 8, 1833, in Lowell, Mass., to Miss Eliza Bradford, of that city ; she died on the 31st of December, 1859, leaving six children, four of whom are living - James B. (superintend- ent of the Washington mills, Lawrence, Mass.), George H. and William H. (both of whom are now residing in California) and Eliza (now Mrs. Henry J. Colburn, of Fitchburg, Mass.) ; Mr. Siner was married again July 26, 1868, to Miss Rachel Averill, who ^vas born in York Co., Maine, Feb. 8, 1810.

W. H. STORY, i^hotographer, Pontiac; was born in Sheffield, Eng., Dec. 21, 1839; when he was 5 years of age, his parents came to the United States, coming at once to Illinois and settUng in Peoria ; he received his education in the Peoria Graded and High Schools, and, in 185S, learned the art of photography, beginning business for himself in 1860 ; after following his business in various places, he removed to Pontiac in May, 1876 ; by constant study of his art he has made important improvements, and as an artist ranks second to none in the State. He was married Dec. 28, 1875, to Miss Wilhelmina F. Elliot, of Farmington, Fulton Co., 111.; she was born in Lewistown, 111., April 5, 1848.

C. C. STRAWN, attorney at law, Pontiac ; is a native of this State ; he was born in Ottawa, La Salle Co., Aug. 22, 1841 ; his father, Eli Strawn, is one of the early settlers of Illinois, having come to the State previous to the Black Hawk war ; Mr. Strawn received his education at the Northwestern University at Evanston, entering the preparatory department in 1857; tlie following year he entered the Freshman class, leaving college at the end of his second year, in 1860 ; he then entered the Albany Law School the same Fall, and on the breaking out of the war in 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 11th I. V. I., for three months ; on his return he read law in the office of Arrington & Dent in Chicago, and was admitted to the bar in 1863 ; he practiced two years in Chicago, removing thence to Omaha, Neb., where he remained until the Fall of 1867 ; he then located in Pontiac, where he is still engaged in the practice of law. In the Fall of 1870, he was appointed State's Attorney for the 23d Judicial Circuit of Illinois, by Gov. Palmer, and performed the duties of the office in a very creditable manner. He was married in 1863, to Miss Clara F. Bouvrain, of Chicago ; she is a daughter of John Bouvrain, who was a Major in

Napoleon's Bodj Guard, and served with him at the battle of Waterloo and during the retreat from Moscow ; Mr. Strawn has four children - Virginia B., Louis F., Roscoe B. and Christopher C. He voted for Gen. Grant, at both elections, and, in 1876, for Cooper and Cary, when he was the candidate for State Senator on the Independent Greenback ticket.

FRANK SMITH, jeweler, Pontiac ; is a native of the State of New York ; he was born in the city of Utica on the 5th of November, 1846 ; his parents removed to Illinois, when he was about 3 years of age, and settled in Peoria ; he was educated at the public schools of that city. In May, 1864, he entered the Union army as a member of Co. E, 139th I. V. I., serving until November of the same year, when

' the regiment was discharged by reason of the expiration of term of service ; he rej enlisted in January, 1865, in the 151st I. V. I., Co. C, serving in Georgia, and was mustered out at the close of the war. Returning to Peoria, he began the business of a jeweler, and continued it until 1872, when he removed to Pontiac and engaged in business for himself. He was married Jan. 1, 1871, to Miss Mary Story, of Peoria ; they have three children - Maud, Bonnie and Harry.

JOHN F. STAFFORD, propr. Phoenix Hotel, Pontiac ; born in Essex Co., N. Y., April 3, 1832 ; he received an academic education in his native village, and at the age of about 15 years engaged as cabin boy on a steamboat on Lake Champlain. and was promoted successively to clerk and pilot ; he followed steamboating until 1859, when he came with his father, Capt. John Stafford (nowof Dwight),to Joliet, 111., where they engaged in the hotel business ; about five years later, they removed to Rock Island, and kept the Island City Hotel about four years ; his father then removed to Ottawa, and he went to Chenoa, and became poprietor of the Exchange Hotel, where he remained two years ; he came to I^ntiac in 1873 and opened the Phoenix Hotel, which was burned, with the balance of Union Block, on the 4th of July, 1874 ; it was at once rebuilt and opened about June 1, 1875 ; since then he has spent three years in the Phoenix Hotel in Bloomington, the rest of the time residing in Pontiac. He was mamed in March, 1864, to Miss

E. F. SCHULZ, saU-on and billiard hall, Fontiac ; was born in Brandenburg, Prussia, Feb. 28, 1844 ; came to the United States when he was 10 years old, with his father's family, and lived in Richmond, Va., eleven years, and in 18G6, went to Chicago, where he made his home until 1872, when he settled in Pontiac and engaged in his present business. He was married Nov. 11, 1873, to Miss Kate Proessel, of Pontiac Tp. ; who was born in Evanston, 111., April 29, 1854.

J. J. STITES, M. D., physician and surgeon, Pcmtiac ; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1826 ; he wa,s educated at the public schools of his native city, and at Woodward College, where he graduated in 1847 ; among his classmates were Greorge H. Pendleton and George E. Pugh ; he attended medical lectures in Cincinnati, graduating March 7, 1850 ; practiced in that city until 1854, and then removed to Fayette Co., West Va., remaining until Dec, 1861; he graduated at the Virginia Medical College, in Feb., 1860 ; on the breaking out of the war, he le'urned to Cincinnati, and resumed his practice there ; in 1864, he removed to Pontiac, where he has resided ever since, engaged in the practice of medicine ; he is consulting physician of the State Reform School. He was married Nov. 16, 1851, in Covington, Ky., to Miss L. Virginia Manser, of New Haven, West Va. ; they have four children living - Kate M. (now Mrs. Wm. H. Orr, of Covington, Ky.), Margaret A., H. Virginia, and Angie E.

J. D. SCOULLER, M. D., Superintendent of the Illinois State Reform School, of Pontiac ; was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Jan. 16, 1836 ; he came to the United States in 1863, and graduated in medicine at the Buffalo University, in

' 1865 ; practiced medicine in Washington, St. Clair and Randolph Counties ; was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the St. Louis House of Refuge, and while j there was appointed to the Superintendency of the Illinois State Reform School at Pontiac, in May, 1872. He was m;irried Jan. 1, 1870, at St. Louis, to Miss Louisa Detharding, of Belleville, 111., and has three children livins.

E. SCHLOSSER, farmer ; P. 0. Rowe ; one of the early settlers in the county ; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Feb. 13, 1840 ; came to this State in 1840, and was married Nov. 12, 1873, to Miss Julia Luglau, who was born in Norway, April 17, 1853 ; they have had three children - Delia, May, Alta and Unis Hursey. Mr. Schlosser was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in the 129th I. V. I. ; he served nearly three years, during which time he was engaged in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain and Peachtree ; in the latter, he received a very .severe wound, fracturing his skull and causing a partial deafness ; he was in fourteen battles ; was discharged with honor at the close of the war, by general order 77, and A. G. 0.. 1865.

GEO. C. TAYLOR, farmer and stock raiser ; P. O. Pontiac ; was born on the Island of St. Bartholomew, West Indies, Jan. 30, 1817 ; he was raisi'd in Saratoga Co., N. Y., where he resided until 1858; when he removed to Livingston Co., and settled in Pontiac Tp.. on his present home ; he was raised to farming pursuits, which he has followed principally to the present time ; he own.s a farm of fifty acres, finely improved, on Sec. 36. valued at $100 per acre ; he also owns business and residence property in Pontiac, valued at $6,000. He was married Sept. 13, 1837, to Miss TJretta T. Bentley, who was born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1817, and died March 8, 1877, leaving one son - John C. ; one son, Otis B., died at Buck's Lodge, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1862 ; he wa.s a member of Co. A, 129th I. V. I. ; another son, Geo. W., a jeweler of Pontiac, died in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1871. Mr. Taylor was married again Aug. 16, 1877, to Miss Minerva E. North, of Pontiac Tp.

JOSEPH P. TURNER, capitalist, Pontiac ; was born in Aimapolis Co.. Nova Scotia, Dec. 20, 1825; at the age of 11 years, he entered the store as clerk, and when he was 15, began business for himself, which he continued until 1845 ; he then came to La Salle, 111., and engaged in clerking ; in 1850, he made the overland trip to California, and after following various kinds of business with good success for a while, he located on Mare Island, twenty-five miles from San Francisco, comprising 700 acre.-?, and engaged in stock raising ; after residing there four years, he was dispos- sessed of his claim by the government, by whom it was converted into a navy yard ; after remaining two years longer and disposing of his stock, he returned to Illinois in 1856, with the view of purchasing stock and going again to California; but after visiting his native country, business called him to Pontiac. where he located and engaged in real estate operations, loaning money, etc ; he owned at one time as many as ten farms in Livingston Co., and still has considerable real estate interest in the county, and in the city of Pontiac ; after the close of the war, he spent nearly three vears in merchandising. He was married Feb. 1. 1865, to Miss Susan E. Dupuy, of Chicago ; they have three children - Lorena, Josephine and Albert E.

ISAAC UMPHENOUR, of the firm of Lee & Umphenour, blacksmiths, Pontiac ; was born in Jefferson Co., Va., July 15, 1830 ; his father's family removed to Illinois in 1841, and settled in Edwards Co., in the southern part of the State ; when he was 19 years of age, he came to Vermilion Co., and his father's family followed a few vears later : he lived there about three years, coming to Livingston Co., in 1853; spent a year and a half in Avoca Tp., removing thence to Eppards Point, and to Pontiac in 1856 ; he followed blacksmithing at each of these places, and has continued it to the present time. He was married on the 29th of May. 1851, to Miss Sarah F. Morton, of Vermilion Co. ; she was born near Xenia, in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Nov. 14. 1832 ; they have six children living - Martha J. (now Mrs. W. H. Robinson, of Pontiac), Elizabeth E. (wife of J. W. Loftus, of Pontiac), Savannah, Theodore B.. Upton C. and William. Mr. Umphenour has served one term on the Board of Aldermen.

LEANDER UTLEY, Jr., farmer and stock raiser ; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Providence, R. I., May 29, 1828 -, he is a son of Dr. Leander and Hannah (Harris) Utley, and a descendant of Wm. Harris, who came to Massachusetts with Roger Williams about the year 1632, and when he was banished from Massachusetts,' accompanied him to Rhode Island, and with him founded the city of Providence ; his mother is a sister of the late Hon. Elisha Harris, at one time Governor of Rhode Island ; Mr. Utley received an academic education, and in 1853, came to Illinois, and in 1856, located in Pontiac. He was married Jan. 7, 1861, to Miss Margaret A. Murphy, daughter of George A. Murphy, of Pontiac ; she was born in Antrim Co., Ireland, on the 14th of Feb., 1837, and came to New York when less than a year old. and to Pontiac in 1858; they have had six children, three of whom are livins - Albert A., Nannie C. and Amy H. Mr. Utley settled on his present farm in 1861 ; he owns 270 acres of land on Sees. 10 and 15 ; he makes a specialty of stock raising, devoting his attention to the improvement of stock, especially of horses.

JOHN S. VOGHT, of the firm of Legg & Voght, dealers in boots and shoes; Pontiac ; was born in Freeport, 111., Sept. 6, 1848; his father was a farmer near Freeport, and he was employed on the farm up to the age of nearly 16 years, attending school a portion of the year, when he entered the Union army in September, 1864, as a member of Co. E, 146th 111. Vols., for one year, and served till the close of the war, and was mustered out of the service on the 8th of August, 1865; returning to Freeport at the close of the war, he learned the trade of a painter, which he followed exclusively up to 1877 ; he then engaged in the boot and shoe trade with C. E. Legg ; he came to Pontiac in October, 1873, and has since resided here ; he owns a dwelling and several lots in the city.

'C. R. WATERS, Pontiac 111.; was born at Williamsburg, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1828, and residtd there until he was 12 yeirs of age, when he went to Cincinnati to live; at the age of 15, he entered a store as clerk, in which business he continued until 1849 ; at this time he was 21 years old; the gold fever of California was just then breaking out, and Mr. Waters went with one of the first parties ; he stayed in the gold region three years, when, having accumulated a considerable amount of money, he returned to Cincinnati and embarked in the mercantile trade with Alfred Swing, brother of Rev. David Swing, of Chicago, and continued in the business until 1855. In the year last named, he went Atlanta, 111., where, three years later, he was married to D. A. Downey, of Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Waters was born Aug. 12, 1840; after their marriage they removed to

Bloominp;ton, wliere they resided for five years ; Mr. Waters, in the meantime, continuing in the mercantile trade ; in 18(55, thev removed to their present residence, Pontiac, and have remained here ever since ; they have had three children - Willie D., born Nov. (I, 1851), died the next year; ^lay C, born April 0, 18()4 ; Frank A., born July 26, 1867. Mr. Waters is at present engaged in the grain trade at BlaekfJtone.

THOMAS WIIEKLEK, farmer and stock raiser. Sec. 18; P. O. Pontiac; was born in Kings Co., Ireland, in December, 1824; he was raised a firmer; in 1S5(I. he came to America and spent one year in Troy, N. Y. ; he then went to Columbia Co.. N. Y., and engaged in paper making. On the 18th of October. 1854, he was married to Miss Bridget Duffy, of Columbia Co. ; she was born in Kings Co., Ireland. Feb. 1, 1824; they have four children - Maiy A., Ellen J., Hugh P. and Catherine M. Mr. AVheeler came to Ottawa, 111., in 1854, and resided in La Salle Co. until his removal to Pontiac in 1861 ; he owns 200 acres of land, valued at $9,000; he was School Director for nine years.

JOHN WALLACE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. 0. Pontiac ; was born in Dublin. Ire- , land, Aug. 14, 1842 ; when he was 6 years old his parents came to this country. and, after spending one year in Philadel- |»hia, came to Ottawa, 111., in 1849 ; at the age of 15 years, young Wallace returned to Philadelphia, where he spent two years at school; in July. 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 104th III. Vols., and served in the 1st Brig., 2d Div., 14th Army Corps. At his first battle, that of Hartsville, Tenn., he was captured by the rebels, but exchanged at the end of fourteen days; at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1861^. he was again taken prisoner, together with fiftynine others from his regiment, and taken to Libby Prison, Danville, Va., and Andersonville, (ia. ; he was a prisoner fourteen months, six months being spent in Andersonville Prison, fiom which he made his escape, he and one other being the only two out of the sixty captured from his regiment who survived the privations and hardships of j)rison life; on reaching Savannah for the purpo.^e of joining Sherman's army, he found it had left three days previously ; ca])turing the first horse at hand, he overtook the army at Lexington, N. C. ; he was jiresentat the battle of Bentonville, and all the skirmishes through the Carolinas; returning in June, 1865, he engageil in contract work on roads and railroads; in 1871, he came to Livingston Co. He was married April 10, 1872, to Mi.ss Isabella Hicks, of Ottawa, 111. He has been for the past two years School Director and Commissioner of Highways.

J. W. WOODROW, of the firm of Woodrow cV' Fursman, abstract atid loan agents, Pontiac; has resided in Livingston Co. since 1868; he was born in Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, December 27, 1826 ; when he was about 12 years old he went to Greenup Co., Ky., where he lived until 1851, and then removed to Grundy Co.. 111. After receiving an English education he read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He served four terms as City Clerk of Morris. He was married Oct. 24, 1858, to Miss Peorah Underwood, of Henry, III., and has two children. After his removal to Pontiac in 1868, he spent three years in Duff" & Cowan's bank, and then engaged iti the abstract business. He was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1872, and still holds the office. He has been Notary Public since 1863.

ALVIN WAIT, County Clerk, Pontiac; is a native of Muskingum Co., Ohio, and was born Oct. 30, 1843 ; in 1849 his parents removed to Kane Co., Ill,, where they resided until 1852, when they removed to Grundy Co.: they now reside in Dwight, to which place they removed about four years ago. In Aug., 1862, Mr. Wait entered the army as a corporal in Co. D, 127th I. V. I., serving until March, 1865; he participated in the battles of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, and was with Sherman's army from Chattanooga to Atlanta ; he lost his left leg on the 28th of July, at the battle of Atlanta ; after his return he attended the common schools about a year and then entered the Soldiers' College, at Fulton, III., remaining a year and a half, after which he followed teaching for about three years. He was married Dec. 31, 1868, to Miss Alice A. Maxwell, of La Salle Co., who was born in Taunton. Mas.>^ , April 4, 1849; they have two children - Burton C. and Carrie E. He was elected to his present oflBce in Nov., 1877.

R. R. WALLACE, attorney at law | (firm of Wallace & Terry), Pontiac ; was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, March 13, 1835, and resided there until 1858 ; he j received an academic education in Ohio, came to Illimiis and graduated at Monmouth College in ISGl. In 1862, he entered the Union army as a private in Co. K, - 0. V. I.; was promoted to Captain and served four years ; after his return he completed the study of law at Ottawa, 111., and was admitted to practice in 1867 ; he then located at Chatsworth, in this county, remaining there until his removal to Pontiac, in the Spring of 1874. He was married on the 3d of June, 1867, to Miss C L. Strawn, daughter of Isaiah Strawn, Esq., of Ottawa. They have four children. Mr. Wallace was elected Judge of the County Court in 1873, and reelected in 1877.

EDWARD L. WILSON, blacksmith, Pontiac; was born in Oxfordshire, England, July 14, 1836 ; came to the United States at the age of 12 years with his uncle, and lived in Schenectady, N. Y., until 1856 ; he began his trade of a blacksmith in 1853, and has followed it to the present time ; he settled in Pontiac in 1856, and in Dec, 1863, he enlisted in the 17th I. \. C, Co. A, serving in Missouri and Kansas, and was mustered out with his regiment at the close of the war. Returning in 1865, he resumed his business in Pontiac ; he was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen in April, 1877. He was married Jan. 28, 1863, to Miss Madora H. Downing, daughter of Harrison Downing, of Pontiac ; she was born in Ohio, Feb. 7. 1845 ; they have one child - Harry F.