Livingston County, Illinois - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 25 of those read), 1909 (part 10 of 17)

The subject of this biographical record came to Illinois in 1862, and in early youth pursued a course of study in the University of Illinois, at Champaign, subsequently making his home at Tonica. Thence he moved to Minonk. and after working awhile in a lumber yard there, went to Elliott, Ia., where he opened a hardware store, soon adding a stock of lumber and operating a grain elevator. This he continued for thirteen years, moving thence to Kenosha, Wis., and there engaging in the wholesale and retail lumber trade. In 1901 he went to Chicago, and spent a year in the real-estate business, following which he changed his location to Pontiac, buying out the lumber interests of J. A. Wilson, at the corner of Howard and Fountain Streets, the business having been started by Whitbeck & Wilson, and conducted successively by J. A. Mills, W. L. Craig & Co., and Mr. Kipp's predecessor. Since Mr. Kipp took possession of the yards he has increased the stock considerably, adding several new sheds. The business covers about half a block. on which are two sheds measuring 50 by 120 feet each; one 40 by 120 feet; one 20 by 100 feet; and two others, each of which is 20 by 72 feet in dimensions. Besides lumber, Mr. Kipp deals in coal, sewer-pipes, lime, cement, plaster and all kinds of building material, his trade extending beyond the city for quite a distance in every direction.

On September 14, 1876, Mr. Kipp was united in marriage with Laura S. Simpson. born in Washburn, Ill., a daughter of Harrison H. and Maria Simpson, both old residents of Woodford County, their former home being in Ohio. Mrs. Simpson is still living, at the age of ninety-four years. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kipp, namely: Harrison H. who was educated in Northwestern University and now assists his father in business, and Bernice, a graduate of the School of Oratory of the same institution, with the Class of 1903. Mrs. Kipp died July 30, 1902, Together with his son and daughter, Mr. Kipp occupies a fine residence on Grove Street in Pontiac, purchased by him in 1907.

In politics, Mr. Kipp is a Democrat, and fraternally is affiliated with the Ancient Free Accepted Masons; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while his lamented wife was a communicant of the Congregational Church of Evanston, nl.

KOEHLER, Johannes (deceased). - The industrious and well directed life of Johannes Koehler made its impress upon the growth of Livingston County for about thirty-six years, and during that time he built up a large trade as a baker in Dwight, where his death occurred April 22, 1902, at the age of sixty-two years. Mr. Koehler was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, January 1, 1840, a son of Casper and Jeannette Koehler, the former of whom died when his son was a small boy. The mother subsequently married again, her second husband to Dwight, where they spent the remainder of their lives, her death occurring at the home of remainder of their lives, her death occurring at the home of Mrs. John Koehler, October 3. 1902, Mrs. Johannes Koehler, October 3, 1902, Mr. Ash having passed away February 24, 1895.

Johannes Koehler received a practical education in the Fatherland, and early became impressed with the superior advantages awaiting an ambitious youth on this side of the Atlantic. He therefore joined his mother in Dwight in 1866, a fellow-voyager on the Atlantic being Lena Zimmer, who was born in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, December 9, 1846, and whom he later married. Henry and Catherine (Stanger) Zimmer, the parents of Mrs. Koehler, were born in Germany in 1814 and September 19, 1816, respectively, the former dying in his native land in 1862, while his wife surviving him, now lives with her daughter. Mrs. Koehler. After locating in Dwight, Mr. Koehler worked at his trade as an employe until 1869, in which year he established a business of his own, conducting the same with increasing success until disposing of it in September, 1880. Thrifty and economical, and assisted by his equally ambitious wife, he amassed a comfortable competence through honorable toil; and, upon retiring from active life, built a large frame house in Dwight. now owned and occupied by his widow, and also bought an adjoining house and lot, which is rented out.

San Antonio, Texas, where he was taken ill and died in a hospital February 15, 1902, three months before the death of Mr. Koehler. Mrs. Koehler is a consistent member of the. Lutheran church, to which faith Mr. Koebler adhered throughout life.

KUHN, LeRoy P., M. D. - Surgery has made greater progress in the last twenty years than it did in the twenty centuries prior to the beginning of the nineteenth century, when Boyer of Paris wrote a great work declaring it had attained highest perfection. From 1800 to 1890 the strides made were marvelous, but since «then no mere -words will describe the value of the scientific discoveries. No physician and surgeon of today can rest content with what he imbibed from his preceptor, or learned during Jong years in college or hospital or from practical experience. No matter how long he has been in active practice, there is always something new and startling given to the medical world with which he must become familiar, so that the thoroughly competent physician and surgeon is practically a student all his life, constantly studying and reading and putting into practice those truths which he learns of from others or discovers for himself. For this reason, if for no other, the life of the physician and surgeon is a hard one, filled with many anxieties and constant striving after the best and deepest in thought and action, as well as triumphs of marvelous skill and knowledge.

Among the studious and successful physicians and surgeons of Fairbury, Livingston County, Dr. LeRoy P. Kuhn occupies a very enviable position in the medical profession. He was born at Wellsville, Mo., August 27, 1879, a son of Philip and Bertha (Cutler) Kuhn. Always studious, Dr. Kuhn first went to school at Centralia, Kan., and after the family settled at Baldwin, the same State, he attended High School there, and July 5, 1898, entered Baker Academy, from which he was graduated in the Class of 1900. In the meanwhile he had begun the study of medicine, and after serving as externe in the Chicago Baptist Hospital, Dr. Kuhn became a student in the Medical Department of the University of Illinois. In 1901 he accompanied a patient to Germany, and took advantage of the opportunity thus presented to attend surgical clinics in the City Hospital at Berlin. After and Carlsbad, he returned to America in August, that same year. and in the succeeding fall entered the Medical Department of the University of Illinois, where he completed a four years' course, graduating in the Class of 1905. In the summer of that year he entered a sanitorium at Palmyra, Jefferson County, Wis., where he had a year of very valuable experience among the various patients there. In 1906 he located at Fairbury, and won almost instant recognition.

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He is a member of the City Board of Health, and is also Township Physician. He belongs to the Livingston County Medical Society, the Illinois State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He is examining physician at Fairbury for the Modern Woodmen of America, The Court of Honor, Royal Neighbors, as well as examiner for several life insurance companies, Dr. Kuhn belongs to the fraternal orders above mentioned, and is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Kuhn is identified with the Loyanz Club and is secretary of the Art Club, and she and Dr. Kuhn are members and active supporters of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is devoted to his profession, closely following every discovery and improvement. His surgical instruments are the exponents of the latest models in their several lines. He is prompt in his attention to all calls and ready to respond day or night, using his motor whenever practicable, although he allows nothing to stand in the way of reaching his patients.

Dr. Kuhn was married September 9, 1905, to Miss Bessie M. Patterson, who was born in Chicago, a daughter of the late Darius Patterson, who was for many years employed in a responsible position by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Mr. Patterson died in 1906, and his wife in 1904.

The family history of Dr. Kuhn is as follows: His father, Philip Kuhn, was of German ancestry, but was born in Pennsylvania, where his progenitors had settled with the German colony in pre-Revolutionary days. His mother, of English extraction, was able to trace her lineage to men and women noble in their station in life, as well as in their personal character. Philip Kuhn removed from Pennsylvania 'to Shelby County, Ohio, while yet a young man, and there he met and married his wife, about 1859. He was born August 9, 1836, and she, December 28, 1841, so they were about twentythree and eighteen years old, respectively, at the time of their marriage. In 1861 Philip Kubn enlisted as a musician in the One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War. He was made prisoner and confined for thirteen months in the Confederate Military Prison at Camp Ford, Texas. When he was exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. Returning to Ohio he resumed farming near Plymouth, but April 1, 1868, he moved to Wellsville, Mo.. and there bought a farm. In 1880 he took up his residence at Centralia, Kan., but in 1894 sold his property there and went to Baldwin, Kan., in order to give his children the advantage of Baker University. Establishing his family in a delightful home, he worked hard to maintain it, dying June 29, 1899. He was a lover of home and was very domestic in his habits. One of his most cherished ambitions was to properly educate his children. His whole family was closely identified with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was always an active and helpful member. Politically he was a Republican, and was enthusiastic in his admiration of the Grand Army of the Republic. His love of martial music never weakened or wavered, and in political campaigns and on Decoration Day he and his four sons headed parades, furnishing inspiring music to those in line of march. As a matter of interest it may here be mentioned that, under his father's instruction, Dr. Kuhn became very expert in playing the snare drum, Mrs. Kuhn, the mother, who is still living, at Baldwin, Kan., was the mother of the following children: Frank E., who was born in Plymouth, Ohio, June 21, 1861, was a contractor and builder at Wichita, Kan., and died there of typhoid fever, October 16, 1887; Ada, born October 3, 1862, at Plymouth, Ohio, is Assistant Principal of Public Schools at Glencoe, Cook County, Ill.; Zillah, born in Plymouth, April 5, 1866, married, March 10, 1887, the Rev. J. E. Vernon, now pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Senaca, Kan.; Nettie, born September 21, 1868, died at Wichita. Kan., September 28, 1887; Charles R., born December 20, 1870, is manager of a hotel in Kansas City, Mo.; Emma F., born at Wellsville, Mo., June 11, 1872, is a teacher in the public school at Flagstaff, Ariz.; Burton S., born at Wellsville, Mo., March 31, 1874, is farming near Winona, Kan.; Leona. born January 3, 1876, at Wellsville, Mo., is a high school teacher at Kansas City, Mo.; Clyde L., born at Wellsville, Mo., August 8, 1877, was graduated from the Boston Theological Seminary with the Class of 1908; Dr. Kuhn, was born August 27, 1879; Orta Edward, born in Centralia, Kan., October 6, 1882, is Principal of the high school at Tucson, Pima County, Ariz.

The oft-repeated lesson that genius, virtues, learning, accomplishments, love of family, admiration by the public, appreciation of the needs of the community and anxious desire to benefit humanity, must all result in noble, inspired characters and ultimate success, is plainly taught in the lives of the children of Philip and Bertha Kuhn. who are all representative and responsible men and women in the several localities in which they are to be found, and the good, old German name of Kuhn is connected with the best interests and highest professions of the country.

KURTENBACH, Peter, for twenty-two years the owner and operator of one of the desirable farms in Livingston County, Ill. was born in LaSalle County, Ill., in March,.1855, He is a son of John and Mary (Kline) Kurtenbach, natives of Germany, who came to the United States in 1858, continuing to Illinois and settling in LaSalle County, where the father followed farming. He and his wife had one other child besides the subject of this sketch. His first wife having died, John Kurtenbach married a second time, five children resulting from the latter marriage.

Peter Kurtenbach was reared on the paternal farm in LaSalle County. and has followed farming verv successfully in Livingston County since 1886. In 1873 he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Mary E. Oliver, who was born in Livingston County, and they became the parents of four sons and five daughters. Two of the sons are conducting separate farms belonging to their father. In politics, Peter Kurtenbach is a supporter of the Democratic party, and his religious faith is that of the Catholic Church. He has rendered good public service in the office of School Director of his township for thirteen years.

LANGE, Edwin L. - Nothing is impossible to an ambitious, energetic, thrifty young man. provided he does not allow small beginnings to discourage him, but steadily works ahead towards the desired goal. Edwin L. Lange is an example of this truism, for he has carved out his fortune for himself, and naturally is proud of the results he has attained. He was born in La Salle County, Ul. July 14, 1871, a son of Theodore and Minnie (Vieth) Lange, both natives of Frankfurt-on-the- Rhine, Germany. The mother came to America with her paretns, settling in La Salle County, where she was married. They made their home in La Salle County until about 1879, when Mr. Lange bought eighty acres in Cropsey Township, McLean County, and began to make a permanent home for his family. but death claimed him in 1881. Five children were born of this marriage: Edwin; Ernest, married Emma Brucker, a daughter of Gottlieb Brucker, now deceased, and is a farmer in Fayette Township; Albert, married a granddaughter of Gottlieb Brucker and is one of the flourishing farmers of Ford County, Tl.; Paul, married Miss Jennie Humphrey and is a farmer in Cropsey Township, Mc- Lean County; Annie married John Brucker, an extensive farmer of Belle Prairie Township. After the death of Mr. Lange, Mrs. Lange married August Seifert and they have three children: Joseph, Minnie and Arthur, all at home, residing on the homestead.

Edwin L. Lange was but a lad when his parents moved from the vicinity of Grand Ridge, in La Salle County, where his birth occurred, to MeLean County, and he commenced school in the latter County. The Miller Schoolhouse in which he learned to read and write is still standing and it is in Anchor Township. He began farming as soon as he was big enough to grasp the plow handles, continuing at home until twenty-one, although for three years he had worked rented land near the homestead and was successful.

On March 14, 1895, Mr. Lange married Mary Ulfers, daughter of John Ulfers, now deceased, who was born in Tazewell County, Ill., December 30, 1872. Her father was one of the most extensive farmers of Avoca Township. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lange went to live in their new home in Benton County, Ind., where he had secured 160 acres of land in conjunction with his brother, Ernest, but subsequently purchased his brother's interest. Out of this he made a fine farm, but met with a severe loss when his barn was destroyed by lightning. Here he remained until 1902, when he sold his farm and bought 130 acres on Section 24, Eppards Point Township, and that year took possession of the new farm. On the farm in Indiana one of the two sons was born : - Orville, born in Benton County, Ind., April 7, 1896. The second son, Harley, was born in Eppards Point Township, September 16, 1902. Mr. Lange has devoted his life to farming and stock-raising and keeps the best grade of stock, his favorite breed of horses being the Norman. He has made a successful work of his farming, and for about twenty-one years has been shelling corn, and in 1902 added a thresher in company, and now has one of the largest makes of engines and a complete up-todate threshing outfit, with an 18-horse power engine. Being a natural mechainc, he takes pleasure in his machinery and also in his automobile 20-horse power, which he finds very convenient for use about the farm, although he is fond of horses, too. While a good Republican, he has always steadily refused political honors, but is ready to advance every improvement he thinks will proye of benefit to the community. Fraternally he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the M. W. A. of Fairbury, and takes an active part in each order. Both he and his wife are Methodists and contribute liberally toward the support of their church. Mr. Lange isa Director in the Champlain Farmers' Grain Company.

LAWLESS, Patrick, in his day a well known farmer of Livingston County, Ill., who, through industry, perseverance and economy, accumulated large landed properties in the vicinity of the village of Chatsworth, was born in County Meath, Ireland, and in company with his mother and his brother William, came to the United States shortly after attaining his majority. They lived at Camp Grove, Marshall County, Il, a number of years, and for a considerable period, he and his brother were partners, this connection lasting until his marriage to Catherine O'Neill. also a native of Ireland, who had been in this country some time.

He acquired a farm in Marshall County, and in course of time moved to Livingston County, locating in Germanville Township, where his son, Patrick, Jr., was born August 20, 1872. When the latter was six months old, the subject of this sketch returned to the same farm in Marshall County which he had continued to own. About ten years later, Patrick moved again to Livingston County, settling on a place two miles east of Chatsworth, known as the "Beet Farm." his other son William, occupying the Marshall County property. This was soon sold, however, and William came into possession of a farm in Germanville Township, as a gift from his father. Patrick Lawless lived on the "Beet Farm" until Patrick, Jr., was eighteen years old. About that time he bought the present homestead near the site of the beet-sugar factory, and planted it in wheat. This farm, which adjoins Chatsworth, consisted of 144 acres. formerly owned by a Mr. Remsberg, who erected the house now standing about where the beet-sugar factory stood, which had disappeared. Here Patrick Lawless died, his widow being now a resident of the village of Chatsworth, living with her daughter, Mrs. John C. Corbett. Their family numbered six daughters and two sons who reached years of maturity, one son having died in childhood. Their names are as follows: William, who lives in Charlotte Township, a mile north of Chatsworth; Mary (Mrs. Andrew Kane), of Peoria, Ill.; Lizzie (Mrs. W. F. Harney), of Pontiac, Ill.; Maggie (Mrs. Jobn Cooney), of Charlotte, Ill.; Kate (Mrs. James McGuire). of the same place; Bertha, who married Thomas Lawless, an attorney in Chicago, and Jennie (Mrs. J. C. Corbett).

Patrick Lawless, Jr., farmed the old 'Beet Farm" when eighteen years old, and then, after spending two years with his father, returned to it in 1895, and operated it until 1897. He received 240 acres from the paternal estate, and added more until that farm comprised 360 acres. In 1907 he bought from his mother the old home at Chatsworth. The homestead place has two sets of buildings. Besides his general farming operations, Patrick, Jr., has devoted his attention to breeding draft horses, producing some excellent specimens. He has sold the highest priced horses ever disposed of in his locality, often keeping as many as thirty high-bred animals. He has laid a great deal of tiling, and made other extensive improvements. The original cost of the old place was $27 per acre, for which he paid $55 per acre. The latter is now worth from $130 to $150 per acre,

Patrick Lawless, Jr., was married at twentythree years of age to Ella Ryan, who died between four and five years after her marriage,, leaving three children, namely: Patricus, James and Ella. For his second wife, he married Katie Kerrens, daughter of Thomas Kerrens, formerly a farmer in- Charlotte Township, where Mrs. Lawless was born. Two children have resulted from this union, Mary and Catherine.

The father of these five children is a Demoerat, politically, and has served as School Director, although he has not taken. an active part in politics. In religious faith, he is a Catholic, his parents having been among the number who organized the Catholic Church of the township, of which they were always earnest supporters.

LAWRENCE, Joseph T., a well known and well-to-do farmer, of Livingston County, Il., was born on the farm which he now owns and operates in Pontiac Township, November 9, 1861, a son of Richard and Minerva Wise (Johnson) Lawrence, the latter born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1830. Their family history is given elsewhere in this connection. Richard Lawrence was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1826, became a wagon-maker by trade, and, while living in Indiana, made a wagon, with which his journey to the new home in Livingston County, Ill., was accomplished. It is now in the possession of the subject of this sketch, and still in a good state of preservation. The father brought his house with him from Indiana to this township in the fall of 1853, and on May 22d. of the following year, settled on the place which he had purchased, a child being born to his wife two days afterward. He broke the raw prairie land and put up good buildings on it. When he first traveled through Livingston County, but four families lived along the route taken by him. He came from Warren County, Ind., where he had originally settled and where his first marriage took place. Two of his children were born there, and the birth of the others took place on the old homestead in Livingston County. The first wife was Amanda Deyo, a native of Indiana.

In early youth Joseph T. Lawrence attended the common schools, and pursued a two years' course of study in a business college in Joliet. He was reared to farm life, and has successfully followed that occupation ever since. His farm comprises eighty acres of very desirable land, and is situated a mile from the corporation limits of Pontiac. Besides general farming, he devotes considerable attention to raising stock, and has prospered in all his undertakings. Still standing on his farm are plum trees which his father brought from Virginia, during the period of the Centennial Exposition of 1876.

On March 30, 1893. Mr. Lawrence was joined in matrimony with Mary Ellen Farver, born in Wisconsin, October 9, 1859, a daughter of Reuben and Anna (Pearson) Farver, natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively. In Maryland, the grandfather of Mrs. Lawrence was a slaveholder. Both parents died in Wisconsin. Two children are the offspring of this union, namely. Edward, born August 6, 1894; and Mary Ellen, born October 12, 1897.

LAWRENCE, Nelson D., an energetic, thorough and successful farmer, of Pontiac Township, Livjngston County, H1., and one of the leading men in his locality, was born in Warren County, Ind., June 26, 1850, a son of Richard and Amanda (Deyo) Lawrence, natives of Ohio and Indiana, respectively, who settled in Livingston County in 1854, taking up 160 acres of raw prairie, and also buying a tract of timberland. On this place the father lived many years. but his death occurred in Kirksville, Mo., in 1894, when he was sixtyeight years old, his remains being brought back to Livingston County, 11)., for burial. His wife passed away in 1858, aged twenty-eight years. Besides the subject of this sketch, they had two other sons who live in Kansas, William O. and Joshua. After the death of the mother, the father married again, wedding Minerva (Wise) Johnson, born in Licking County, Ohio, and this union resulted in seven children, four of whom are living. Minerya Johnson's first husband was Benjamin Johnson, of Livingston County, Ill, who died in Pontiac. She died January 3, 1903.

member of the "New Light" denomination of Christians. Nelson D. Lawrence was brought up on the home farm, his education being obtained in the common schools. He has followed farming during the whole of his mature life, and now owns 120 acres of land, situated a mile and a half from Pontiac proper, and half a mile from the corporate limits of the city. The land was broken by him, and the grubbing was the work of his hands. He bought the place in 1881, and the buildings on it are the result of his toil. Aside from general farming, he is engaged in stock-raising, and keeps good stock.

On April 9, 1885, Mr. Lawrence was married to Caroline M. McKee, of Livingston County, Il.. a daughter of James and Nancy (Starrett) Me- Kee. years. Caroline (McKee) Lawrence was born April 18, 1860. Her father was a native of Brown County, Ohio, and settled in Livingston County in 1856. He died in Pontiac in 1903, aged ninety years. Five children were the issue of their union, namely: Octa D., aged twenty-one years; James R., aged seventeen years; Alethea M., deceased at the age of nine years; an infant, deceased; and Carrie Etta, aged four years.

Politically, Mr. Lawrence has of late maintained an independent attitude. For twentyfour years he has served the public as School Director. His family are members of the Presbyterian church.

LEGG, C. E. - A simple recital of the life of Mr. Legg shows what it is within the power of man te accomplish, although he may start out in the world with no other capital than a robust constitution, a determined will and a high-school education. Practically all of Mr. Legg's life from his earliest recollections has been passed within the limits of Livingston County. It was here that he passed the years of his youth on a farm. learning valuable lessons from fields and flowers and the uneventful round of husbandry; here he gained his first knowledge of the business in which he was to reap an ultimate success; here, in boyhood, he realized that the Christian faith alone made earth a habitation of peace and happiness, and heaven a blessed assurance, on which foundation he erected the superstructure of a noble, useful and influential career,

Of southern birth, born in Monroe County, W. Va., November 8, 1855, C. E. Legg was only two years of age when brought to Livingston County, Ill, by his parents Jesse and Catharine (Johnson) Legg, the family settling on a farm in Rook's Creek Township. The country schools afforded him a rudimentary education. and later he had the advantage of a course of study in Pontiac High School. Leaving school at the age of seventeen years, he turned his attention to the earning of a livelihood and, by good fortune, secured employment in a business for which his talents admirably qualified him. As a clerk in the shoe-store of D. M. Lyons at Pon- tiac, he soon acquired a thorough knowledge of the shoe business, and proved himself so capable that in a few years he was prepared for the management of a business of his own. During 1877 he organized the firm of Legg & Voght, and engaged in the retail shoe business. The venture proved successful, but his aspirations led him out of retail work into the manufacturing industry, and in 1881 he commenced shoe-manufacturing at the Illinois State Reform School, as a member of the firm of Lyons & Legg. This firm the following year was succeeded by the firm of R. P. Smith Sons & Co., of which Mr. Legg was the resident manager and the "Company." For eight years he carried on business in that institution with noteworthy success.

The Pontiac Shoe Manufacturing Company, or-, ganized by Mr. Legg in 1889, now owns and operates two large shoe factories, employing nearly five hundred persons and also carrying on a jobbing business in Chicago. The annual business amounts to about $750,000. At the outset Mr. Legg was secretary and general manager, and from the first he has been largely responsible for the success of the concern, whose present officers are C. E, Legg, President; John S. Murphy, Vice-President; A. M. Legg, Treasurer; and J. M. Holferty, Secretary. The output of the factories comprises shoes for ladies, misses and children, and the high character of the workmanship has brought about a deserved popularity for the products of the plant.

The building up of a large and important plant by no means represents the limit of Mr. Legg's activities. Scarcely a movement of importance to the well-being of Pontiac could be mentioned which has lacked his support and cooperation. As a director of the Pontiac Chautauqua Assembly he has promoted the usefulness of an institution of far reaching benefit to the people of the city and county. Philanthropic by nature, he has been prominent as a director in the Associated Charities and has never failed to lend practical aid to the destitute and unfortunate. As president of the Pontiac Loan and Building Association, he has been able to aid many deserving families desiring to own homes of their own, and thus has promoted the growth of the city in a permanent way. In addition to other interests he acts as a director in the Pontiae State Bank, the Allen Candy Company and the LaCrosse Land Company.

The marriage of Mr. Legg took place at Graymont, Ill., September 13, 1883, by which he was united with Nellie A. Gray. Two children blessed their union, Martha Helen and George A., the latter now deceased. In political views Mr. Legg is in sympathy with the principles enunciated in the platform of the Republican party, and he further believes in prohibition principles, having long been an observer of the degrading influences of the liquor traffic. For two terms he served in the City Council as an anti-license Alderman, Elected a member of the Board of Education in the city schools, he filled that place for two terms, and then for three terms served on the Township High School Board. Upon his rounded character religion has cast its mild and gentle radiance. For a long period he has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal church, and for twenty-two consecutive years has officiated as Sunday-school Superintendent. Years ago he became interested in the helpful work accomplished by the Young Men's Christian Association, and he became a member of the branch at Pontiac, of which at this writing he is President. The qualities that brought him success in the work in his home city attracted attention elsewhere, and resulted in his election as President of the Illinois Young Men's Christian Association, a high honor but one of which its recipient was eminently worthy. In spite of manifold responsibilities elsewhere, a portion of his time is now devoted to this office and he has discharged its duties with the intelligence, fidelity, tact and consecration characteristic of him in every position to which he has been called.

LIGGITT, Thomas, retired farmer, Dwight, Livingston County, Ill., is a worthy representative of quite a large class of citizens of this enterprising town who are passing within its boundaries the concluding years of lives well spent in toil and enterprise, which have brought to the county the development which has resulted in its present noteworthy advancement and prosperity.

Thomas Liggitt was born in Washington County, Pa., July 28, 1824, a son of Joshua and Rebecca (Dempster) Liggitt, natives of Maryland, where Abraham Liggitt, the paternal grandfather of Thomas, was also born. Joshua Liggitt was a farmer in Pennsylvania and died there about 1835, when his son Thomas was about eleven years old, and his widow married John Westlake and in due time died in the Keystone State. Thomas Liggitt began his active life near his early home in Pennsylvania as a farm hand at six dollars a month. He was then only a boy. He prospered fairly well in his native State, but in time got the "western fever" and, in 1854, removed to McLean County, nl. After living near Bloomington three years, he came to Dwight and soon afterward bought 160 acres of unimproved prairie land in Nevada Township, which he broke and otherwise improved and put under cultivation. After while he bought eighty acres more, situated about a mile from his first purchase, and which was under considerable improvement. He made his home on his original farm, giving his attention to general crops and stock, until 1891, when he removed to Normal, Ill, where he found ample facilities for the education of his children which, at that time, was his chief concern in life. In 1894 he took up his residence with a daughter in Chicago and remained there until 1900, when he returned to Dwight, where he lives with another daughter, Miss Elsie Liggitt, who sometimes proudly refers to herself as her father's housekeeper.

at Washington, Ohio, December 22, 1852. Mrs. Liggitt, who was a daughter of Robert and Lethy (Cross) Thompson, was born in Guernsey County, Ohio. She bore her husband children as follows: Elsie, who is mentioned above; Thomas, who is a member of his father's household; Robert, living at Buffalo, Ill; Lilian, who is Mrs. John L. Hall, of New York City; Frederick died at Normal, Ill., in 1904, leaving a widow and four children; Charles died in 1890; Martha died in 1887; Richard C. is succeeding as a dentist at Clinton, 111.; Fleming, of Rankin, Vermilion County, Ill., is making an enviable record as a doctor of medicine; and Myrtle married Dr. A. F. Ellers, of Oak Park, Ill.

Mr. Liggitt has been practically a lifelong Methodist and has served his church as steward and trustee. Politically he is a Democrat, and as such was elected a member of the School Board in Nevada Township.

LITCHFIELD, Edward, a well known banker, of Flanagan, Livingston County, Ill, an able financier, and a man of strong influence in connection with the public affairs of the community, was born in Macomb, McDonough County, Ill., on August 20, 1849. He is a son of John and Anna (Palmer) Litchfield, natives of England, who came to the United States in 1837, and proceeding directly to Southern Indiana, located afterwards in McDonough County, whence they moved to Marshall County in 1851. There the father died February 5, 1907, at the age of eighty-five years, the mother having passed away in the same county, when the subject of this sketch was a child. John Litchfield carried on farming extensively, being the owner of 400 acres of land. In politics he was a Democrat, and took a prominent and influential part in the public affairs of his locality, being the incumbent of several township offices, in succession, and serving as Supervisor of Bennington Township. In religious faith he and his wife were Baptists. Their family consisted of eleven children, ten of whom are still living.

Edward Litchfield was reared on his father's farm and, in early youth, attended the public schools, and the Rutland (111.) High School, afterwards entering Eureka College, where he graduated, Until he reached the age of thirty years, his occupation was that of a farmer and teacher, applying himself to the former occupation in summer and to teaching in the winter months for a period of eleven years. In 1883 he located in Livingston County and engaged in the banking business, organizing a bank under the name of E. Litchfield Co., and also becoming interested in the lumber trade. He owns a farm in Marshall County, Ill.. and has considerable land in Indiana, Wisconsin and Nebraska.

On June 30, 1885, Mr. Litchfield was married to Oma Trowbridge, who was born in Marshall County, Hl., a daughter of Rev. Allen H. and Sarah (Stafford) Trowbridge, natives of Indiana. Mrs. Litchfield's parents settled in Marshall County in 1851, and there spent the remainder of their lives. Four children resulted from this

In politics, Mr. Litchfield is a Democrat, and has served twenty years as School Treasurer, and was President of the Village Board a number of years. For about eleven years he held the office of Supervisor of Nebraska Township, Livingston County. He is a member of Pontiac Lodge A. F. & A. M., and he and his wife and family are members of the Christian church.

LOCKER, Christian, a worthy farmer of upright character and large landed possessions, who after many years of persevering toil and honest dealing, is now resting from his labors on the fine farm which he owns in Nebraska Township, Livingston County, Il, was born in Germany October 3, 1830. His parents were George and Leba (Reisch) Locker, also natives of Germany. He was a farmer by occupation. Both of these parents spent their entire lives in the land of their birth. They had a large family and their son Christian, as well as the other children, attended the public schools of the fatherland between the ages of seven and fourteen years. His mother died when he was fourteen years old.

In early manhood Christian Locker applied himself to farming in the old country, and in 1854 crossed the ocean in a sailing vessel, the journey consuming thirty-five days. Reaching America, he crossed to Illinois and located in Bureau County, where he worked by the month eighteen months and then rented land for eight and one-half years. After this he bought 160 acres in Nebraska Township, Livingston County, which has since been his home. For many years he was successfully engaged in general farming and raising stock, and now is living in ease and contentment, enjoying the rewards of a long life of industry and integrity, among which are the respect and confidence of his neighbors, and the good-will of all who know him. His holdings comprise 480 acres in Livingston County, one section and a quarter in Towa, and he has property in Flanagan. He is recognized as one of the most substantial farmers of Nebraska Township.

March 27, 1854, Mr. Locker was married in his native land to Frericka Henreeta Ulitsch, a daughter of Johanicus Ulitsch, born in Germany, where her parents lived and died. Their children were six in number, namely: Herman, who married Frauka Franzler - they reside in Flanagan and have four children; Christian, married Anna Rantschman, - they reside in George, Lyon County, Iowa, and have two girls; Henry, married Katherine Franzler. and resides in Flanagan, where he owns a big warehouse, - they have four children; Caroline, married Edward Rapp, they reside opposite Mr. Locker and have had six children, of whom four are living: Alexander, lives at home; and Mary, who married Aaron Jenson, resides with Mr. Locker and she and her husband have four sons.

LOMMATSCH, Mealean, a wide-awake and progressive young farmer, of Pike Township, Livingston County, UL, was born in that township on April 22, 1876, a son of Herman and Augusta (Fahlwok) Lommatsch, both natives of Saxony, Germany, where the father was born in 1835, and the mother, in 1840. The paternal grandparents, William and Gewilliana (Haas) Lommatsch, were also of German nativity. Herman Lommatsch emigrated to the United States in 1854, and from that year until 1861, made his home in Indiana, where he was engaged in cultivating the soil. In'1861, he changed his location to Eppards Point Township, Livingston County, Ill, and at a later period, moved to Pike Township, where he is at present in comfortable and contented retirement. He is the owner of 640 acres of choice farming land, thoroughly improved and in excellent condition, and has been a well-known breeder of horses, cattle and hogs for many years. He and his wife reared a family of nine children, eight of whom are living. Mealean Lommatsch grew to manhood on the paternal farm, attending the district schools of the neighborhood in early youth. Since reaching maturity he has been engaged in farming, and now lives with his father. conducting the homestead property. Besides general farming operations, he devotes considerable attention to stock-raising. He is a young man of diligent habits, careful and thorough agricultural methods, equitable dealing in all his transactions, and stands high in the estimation of all classes in the township. Like his worthy father, he is a firm adherent of the Republican party, although not inclined to seek public office. His religious faith is that of the Evangelical Association.

LOMMATSCH, Theodore H., who is the owner of 220 acres of very desirable land in Pike Township, Livingston County, Ill., was born on his present farm, March 25, 1864, a son of Herman Lommatsch. The subject of this sketch was reared on the homestead place, meanwhile receiving his education in the common schools. He has always followed farming, and his labors have been attended with profitable results. In 1906, he built a spacious and attractive house on his farm. which is pronounced the finest country residence in Livingston County.

On March 3, 1892, Mr. Lommatsch was united in marriage with Katharine Klein, daughter of John Klein, a retired farmer, living at Chenoa, McLean County. This union resulted in three children, namely: Clara Viola, born February 5, 1893. Ralph Theodore. born February 26, 1900, and Leone Cora, born June 19, 1902.

In politics, Mr. Lommatsch is an earnest supporter of the Republican party, but has no aspirations for public office. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

LONG, Charles Henry, M. D. - The universal truth of brotherhood is widely recognized, and that the man serves God best who serves his fellowmen. There is no profession or line of business which calls for greater self-sacrifice or more devoted attention than that of medicine, and the successful physician is he who, through love for his kind, gives his life to the relief of human suffering. Dr, Charles Henry Long of Pontiac, Livingston County, Ill., is one of the ablest representatives of this noble calling engaged in practice in this part of the state,

Dr. Long was born in Dimmick Center, La- Salle County, NI., May 14, 1850, a son of Archibald Long, Jr., and Adaline (Leigh) Long, the former born in Gallipolis, Ohio, October 27, 1825, and the latter born in the same place, May 22, 1829, and they were married in 1847. The grandfather of Dr. Long, Archibald Long, Sr., born in Tennessee, September 24, 1791, was one of a large family of children left orphans, his father having been killed by the Indians while taking a load on a flatboat down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. Archibald Long, Sr., traveled through Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, and acquired considerable useful information during his wanderings. In October, 1813, he married Catherine Kellar, and settled in Gallipolis, Ohio, where the greater portion of his family was born and where he acquired some property. He also became prominent in local affairs and secured the maintenance of select schools in his county. Barly in life he was a class leader and exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and later was licensed to preach by Bishop Morris. In 1835 he moved to Knox County, Ill., and soon began interesting himself in the building of the first church in Hermon, Knox County, bearing the greater part of the expense himself. At camp meetings he was recognized as a wonderful exhorter and preacher. In 1849 he removed to LaSalle County, Ill.. and engaged in farming, his sons Archibald, Jr., and Abram settling on adjacent farms.

Robert Leigh, the father of Adaline Leigh, was born in Massachusetts, his grandfather, private secretary of King George III., of England, having emigrated to that colony for political reasons. He married Mary Booth, and settled at Gallipolis, Ohio, removing to Hermon, Knox County, Ill., in 1835. Robert Leigh was a soldier in the War of 1812, so that it may easily be seen that Dr. Long comes of distinguished and loyal ancestry. The father of Dr. Long, Archibald Long, Jr., built and operated a sawmill and gristmill at Knoxville, Ill., but later engaged in farming.

Dr. Long was educated in the public schools of Dimmick, LaSalle County, Ill., until he was fifteen years old, when he entered Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill, and studied during 1865 and 1866. In 1867 he entered the Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, Ill.. and was graduated therefrom in the class of 1878 with the degree of B. S., and with the honor of being President of the college class. During his college course it became necessary for him to remain out several terms in-order to earn sufficient money to continue his studies, and this he did by teaching and working on the farm. His first school was taught during 1878. After leaving college, Dr. Long engaged in teaching for several years, and was Principal of the schools at Mackinaw, Stanford and Homer, Ill. Having, however, decided to embrace the medical profession, he entered the office of Dr. L. Pratt, Dr. E, H. Pratt and Dr. J. R. Kippox. In 1875 he matriculated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, and was graduated from the Chicago Homceopathic Medical College with the degree of M. D., in 1878, and in the same year received his certificate authorizing him to practice in the State from the Illinois Board of Health. Later he received the honorary degree of M. D., from Hahnemann Medical College.

In April, 1878, Dr. Long located at Pontiac, Ill., and commenced the practice of medicine as a homteopathice physician and surgeon, which he has continued to this day with marked success. He was appointed and served as United States Pension Examiner for the county, holding this office for eight years, under Presidents Hayes and Arthur. For eight years he has been agent of the Sterry estate, and also has been engaged in developing about 500 acres of La Porte County (Ind.) swamp land, which is owned by Dr. and Mrs. Long. He is also interested in the McWilliams Land Company which owns 5,500 acres in La Porte County, Ind. Dr. Long was elected Coroner of Livingston County in 1880, on the Republican ticket, and was re-elected, serving eight years, during which time were held the inquests over the victims of the terrible Chatsworth wreck, August 10, 1887, on the Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Railroad, when seventyfour excursionists for Niagara Falls lost their lives, and many more were maimed for life. This deplorable accident was caused by the doubleheader train running into a burned culvert bridge. Dr. Long is a director in the Pontiac Shoe Manufacturing Company, and a director of the Pontiac State Bank. He has been Secretary of the Pontiac Riverview Chautauqua Association from its start. He is also director and secretary of the McWilliams Land Company; is a charter member and examiner of the Pontiac Camp of Modern Woodmen; senior member of the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association, having joined it in 1884 and been its secretary in 1897 and 1899; is a member of the Central Illinois Medical Association, in which he has held the office of President; is also a member of the Illinois River Medical Association and of the American Institute of Homoeopathy.

Dr. Long is perhaps better known on account of his religious work. His paternal grandfather having been a preacher in the Methodist church, and his father a member and leading official of that church at LaSalle for nearly fifty years, Dr. Long naturally early united with the church, and at the age of fifteen was made an officer in the Sunday School, being its secretary. He has seldom been allowed to remain aut of office since that time. In point of service, he is the oldest member of the official Board of the Pontiac Methodist Episcopal Church, and is serving his ninth year as President of the Trustees of the church. He has been a Superintendent of the Sunday School twenty-nine years, and twenty-four annual picnics of the school have been held under the oaks on the lawn in front of his residence. This school, under his able management, has grown to be the largest in Central Illinois. For eight years he served as secretary of the Livingston County Sunday School Association. He was elected one of the two lay delegates from the Central Illinois Conference to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church held at Cleveland in 1896, and was also seated at the same conference in 1900. Dr. Long secured the organization of the Lay Association of the Central Illinois Methodist Episcopal conference in 1896, and served as its President seven years. He was editor of the "Pontiac Methodist" for a number of years; has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Wesleyan University since 1897; is recognized as the Historian of the Pontiac church, and is Chairman of the Finance Committee, of the Music Committee and the Church Committee, and is always eager and willing to render any service for his beloved church.

In politics, Dr. Long has always been a Republican. His family were anti-slavery people, and he is greatly interested in temperance and the cause of prohibition.

Dr. Long was married, March 13, 1877, to Miss Martha Viemont, daughter of John Viemont, of Mackinaw, Ill. Mrs. Long died early in 1884, leaving three children: Eva M., born June 10, 1878; Archibald, born in 1880, and Robert, born in 1883. On March 5, 1885, Dr. Long married Miss Lida Sterry, daughter of C. W. Sterry of Pontiac, Ill., who was born at Esmen Center, Livingston County, Ill., August 14, 1862. She was reared on the farm and attended district school, and then entered the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Ill., where she was a student for several years. When still a young girl, Mrs. Long engaged in church work, was a teacher in the Sunday School, and was a member of the choir, serving as organist. After her marriage she completed the Chautauqua Literary Circle Course and received her diploma. She and Dr. Long are as one in their love for church work, and effect a great deal of good, laboring together to assist those less fortunate than they. Mrs. Long is a member of the Letitia Stevenson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, member of the "Clionian," the oldest literary society of Pontiac. Two of her ancestors were soldiers in the Revolution, - Nathaniel Harding, and David Sterry, the latter participating in the battle of Trenton. The children born to Dr. and Mrs. Long were: Christopher Sterry, born March 11, 1891, now attending the Northwestern University at Evanston; and Mary Katherine, born February 27, 1897.

rather conservative, and a very careful detail worker, possessing in a remarkable degree the desire to help others and to make the world better as far as lies in his power, as is shown by the time he devotes to temperance and church work. He has devoted himself along these lines in Pontiac for thirty-one years at a personal loss. He is more inclined towards benevolent, church and temperance work, than to political affairs, and is recognized as one of the leading laymen of the Methodist church.

LONGMYER, George R., once a prominent farmer in Livingston County, was born in Sullivan Township, July 9, 1868, and died at Ratoon, N. M., December 13, 1906, being finally laid to rest in Pontiac cemetery. His life was one of worthy endeavor and of commendable success, a fitting example to those who would achieve what is good and profitable in life. He was a son of David H. and Maria (Royal) Longmyer, his father being a native of Kentucky, and his mother of Indiana. His grandfather Longmyer came to Mazon, Ill., where he was one of the early settlers. In 1854 he removed to Sullivan Township, where he bought 160 acres of land from the United States Government, which is now the home farm of David H. Longmyer. George gained his education in the district schools near his father's home, passed his youth on the farm and was a member of his parents' household until his marriage, January 15, 1896, to Della M. Baker (born in Dwight), daughter of W. E. and Sarah (Cheesbro) Baker. W. E. Baker was born in Ohio and his wife in New York City. After his marriage Mr. Longmyer bought of his father eighty acres of land in Sullivan Township, where he was engaged in farming and stock-raising with much success until his removel to Amity Township. That event was brought about by the burning of his home in Sullivan Township June 21, 1902. In Amity Township he operated a farm of 230 acres until February 15, 1906, when he took up his residence in Pontiac. For land in Amity Township he paid one hundred dollars an acre, and two years and three months later he sold it at an advance of twenty-five dollars an acre. He lived quitely at Pontiac until September 1, 1906, when he went to New Mexico, where he died not long afterward. His widow has since made her home in Pontiac. They had three children: Constance Helen, born November 22, 1896; Emery Eugene, born February 6, 1898; Ellis George, born March 12, 1900, and died June 21, 1902.

Mr. Longmyer was a member of the Baptist Church. An advocate of and laborer for temperance, he allied himself with the Prohibition party and in every way proved himself a citizen of much patriotic and public spirit.

LOUDERBACK, Levi. - Livingston County and Levi Louderback have grown old together, and mention of either without the other, would indeed be an incomplete history of this part of the State. Wilderness still was king when Mr.

County, Ill, December 10, 1832, and his infant ery resounded against the rude walls of a log cabin, outside of which the snow piled in huge drifts, and the winter winds vied with the hungry wolves in perpetuating the dreary and unrelieved desolation. When the time came for him to go to school he was obliged to trudge two miles through the timber, as there were no roads at that time, and the timber had been blazed that the wayfarer might not lose his way in the interminable stretches.

Thomas and Sarah (Springer) Louderback, parents of Levi, were born in Kentucky and Ohio, respectively, Mr. Louderback having arrived in Brown County, Ohio, in the early *20s, where he met his future wife. He was married about 1823, and in 1827 drove to Danville, Ill., taking with him the first domestic turkeys seen in this part of the State. He found little to encourage an ambitious farmer, but he settled in the timber and did fairly well until 1834, when he again loaded his household goods into a wagon and drove across prairie to Amity Township, taking with him his turkeys and sheep, and locating on the banks of Scattering Point Creek, where he farmed at first on a small scale. He underwent all of the hardships and privations of pioneering, but succeeded as he deserved, and in time. owned 200 acres of land, considerable of which he cleared of heavy timber and underbrush. He died while the country was still largely unsettled, March 8, 1854, his wife having pre-deceased him in 1842. Of his five sons and three daughters, all lived to maturity. Liberty, a resident of Cornell, died June 13, 1907, at the age of eighty-three years; Mary is the deceased wife of Samuel McCormick, and died in May, 1894; Mills is a resident of Jefferson County, Neb. - Levi lives in Livingston County; William died in 1864; Thirza is the wife of William Hallam, of Geudon Springs, Okla.; Mahala, wife of Calvin Blue, died in 1886; and Thomas lives in Parsons, Kan.

In his youth Levi .Louderback worked hard on his father's farm, all of the boys taking a hand as soon as their physical strength permitted, thus allowing their father more time to make shoes, which he did in connection with farming many years. Not only did he make shoes for his family, but for his neighbors as well, and thus was a very useful landsman in the early days. It was not, however, until Levi had attained to fifteen years, and had worked long at supporting himself, that he was able to buy his first pair of boots. He continued on the old place until after his father's death, and in 1856, in order to see the country and visit relatives, joined four boys of the neighborhood in a wagon trip to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and to Omaha, Neb. A feature of this expedition was deer hunting, in which they were fairly successful, but their investigations disclosed no place more thoroughly satisfying than Illinois, and after many broadening experiences they returned to their respective homes. Mr. Louder- back thereafter worked a portion of the old place, and subsequently bought out the other heirs, becoming owner of 124 acres in Sections 20 and 21, and he also bought the fifty acres in Section 16, which now is his home. In 1898 he disposed of the old Louderback farm, and moved to Cornell, where he purchased property, but a year later came back to his farm, where he is engaged in the raising of general produce and stock. He has a comfortable and well tilled place, abounding in many evidences of taste and refinement.

The married life of Mr. Louderback began March 1, 1863, when he was united to Sarah Jane Stretch, born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., February 19, 1840, a daughter of William and Mary (Blue) Stretch, who were born in Ohio. She died July 26, 1896, aged fifty-six years, five months, and seven days. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Louderback, Ulysses W. is a resident of Pontiac and now is serving as County Judge of Livingston County; Harriet is teaching school near Odell, Ill.; Ella died in infancy; John is now managing the home farm; Guy is an attorney of Pontiac; Harry died June 20, 1907 ; Mary died March 18, 1890, The Louderhack family has contributed generously and unstintingly of character, and purpose and achievement to the history of Livingston County, and those who now represent it in the active fields of endeavor, especially in law, are endowed with special gifts of intellect, heart and understanding. Mr. Louderback is a Republican and member of the Methodist Protestant church.

LOVELOCK, James, Pontiac, Livingston County, Ill. Livingston County has been fortunate in having among its pioneers and later citizens a number of men of prominence in different walks of life, who are of English lineage and nativity. It is largely to the English blood that.we owe the characteristics of our forefathers, whose aspirations and endeavors resulted in our American independence and indirectly in the glory of the America of today. Wherever his lot has been cast, the Englishman has proved to be a most worthy citizen, and his industry and enterprise have become proverbial. His patriotism and public spirit have invariably conserved the advancement and prosperity of the community in which he has made his home. Such a praiseworthy citizen was the subject of this sketch.

James Lovelock was born at Hannington, Hampshire, England, May 15, 1829, a son of George and Mary (Palmer) Lovelock, who lived out their days in the land of their birth. He was very meagerly educated in the common schools near his childhood home. Indeed, he often said that "the schools were very common," and that he "did not attend them very long at that." In 1851, when he was almost twentytwo years old, he set out for America, embarking May 9 on the sailing-vessel "Victoria," which landed him in New York, June 10. From New York he went to Michigan. After doing farm labor there for two years, he journeyed down into Indiana and located in Laporte County. There he remained until 1863, when he came to Illinois to establish a home in Livingston County. By hard work, industry and economy, he acquired 200 acres of good land in Saunemin 'Township, which he immediately began to improve and eventually brought under a high state of cultivation. While devoting his farm to mixed agriculture he gave special attention to stockraising. There he lived and prospered until the fall of 1897, when he bought a fine residence on West South Street, Pontiac. He died September 1, 1899, and his mortal remains sleep in Five Mile Grove cemetery in Saunemin Township.

Mr. Lovelock married Miss Mina Thomas, June 18, 1855, who was born in Germany, June 5, 1830, and came to America with her parents in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas settled at Michigan City, Ind., where they both lived out there allotted days. Following are the names of the children of James and Mina (Thomas) Lovelock : Amelia, who lives in St. Louis, Mo.; W. Scott, whose home is in Phillipsburg, Kan.; Charles, Frank and James T., who live on their father's old homestead; Anna, Julia, George and Albert P.; Lorenzo, who died when six years old; Elizabeth, who died in infancy.

Born and baptized into the Church of England, it was to be expected that, in the United States, Mr. Lovelock should have identified himself with the Protestant Episcopal Church. A man of progressive ideas he took much interest in educational affairs, and long and very ably served his fellow-citizens in Saunemin Township as School Director. Politically he was a Democrat.

LOWER, Abram, one of the very earliest settlers of Broughton Township, Livingston County, who settled here in 1858 and in 1860 commenced to open up a farm which he has brought to a high state of cultivation, was born in Blair County, Pa., October 10, 1835, and comes of an old and famous German-American family. His grandfather, Adam Lauer (as the name was then spelled) was born in Germany, but came to the Colonies prior to the Revolution and was with Washington at Valley Forge, and served through the remainder of the war, dying April 16, 1833, aged seventy-eight years. His son, David Lower, born in Blair County, Pa., married Susan Rhodes of the same county, and they had nine children, five boys and four girls.

The early life of Mr. Lower was spent on his father's farm, and while he was working on it he attended public school, learning the carpenter trade in Pennsylvania. He has followed this occupation in connection with farming, and has been very successful, his property now being one of the best in the county. On October 16, 1860, Mr. Lower married at Dixon, Ill., Catherine Miller, born and educated in Pennsylvania, and who died in 1906, The following children were born to them: Margaret, Mrs. Walter Morrison, of Barclay, Neb.; Augusta, Mrs. Percy Glover, of Custer County, Neb.; Albert and Leroy, farmers of Livingston County; Frank, a farmer on the homestead; Marietta, Mrs. Cyrus Hiddles-

Ill. ; Lillian, Mrs. T. P. Maguire, of Campus, Ll; Grace, Mrs. B. C. Morris, her husband a farmer of Livingston County; Gertrude, Mrs. John W. Parsons, her husband in hardware business at Piper City; and three children who are deceased,

In politics Mr. Lower is a Democrat and, for a number of years, served acceptably as Supervisor and for six terms was Collector. He is a member of the German Baptist church, to the support of which he liberally contributes. Haying lived for so many years in Broughton Township, he is recognized as one of its representative citizens and enjoys the confidence and respect ot all who have the honor of his acquaintance. Through hard work and frugal saving he has accumulated a considerable property and brought up his family, and is deserving of all consideration.

LYNN, George, Justice of the Peace, a prominent citizen and popular official, as well as a veteran of the Civil War, has been a resident of Fairbury, Ill., since the fall of 1859. On first arriving in this locality he was employed at farm work by a Mr. Cropsey, attending the district school during the winter months. On April 3, 1851, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for three months' service under President Lincoln's first call for 75,000 men, being mustered into service by Capt. Pope, then the mustering officer at Springfield, and subsequently a Major-General in the army. The Eleventh Regiment was sent to Villa Ridge, near Cairo, where it was drilled in military tactics, and then to Bird's Point, Mo., where it was engaged in several skirmishes with a band of guerillas under command of Jeff Thompson. On the expiration of his term of service, Mr. Lynn returned to Fairbury, and on July 8, 1861, enlisted for three years in the Third Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, which went to Camp Butler, near Springfield. The Regiment was organized by Col. Eugene A, Carr, was first dispatched to St. Louis, Mo., finally becoming a part of the command of Gen. John C. Fremont. The regiment was then ordered to Springfield, Mo., with Gen. Fremont, who was superseded by Gen. Hunter, who marched the troops back to Rolla, Mo. Later Gen. Samuel R. Curtis ordered the troops to Springfield, Mo., and drove the forces of Gen. Price into Arkansas, fighting every day, and during this campaign Mr. Lynn's horse was shot under him. The regiment was in encampment at Cross Hollow, Ark., under Gen. E. A. Carr. Gen. Siegel's Division was at the same time at Bentonville, Ark., and Gen. Curtis' headquarters were at Sugar Creek, Ark., the three Divisions comprising about 10,000 men. The Confederate forces were driven out of Arkansas after the battle of Pea Ridge. There the Army of the Southwest, under Gen. Curtis, met the enemy under Gen. Van Dorn, at Pea Ridge, March 7 and 8, 1862, the regiment of Mr. Lynn being engaged on the second and third days of the fight. The Confederate forces having cut off his supplies, Gen. Curtis was obliged to change his position, and for thirtysix hours the fighting was fierce, ending in the first decisive victory for the Union forces. The command of Mr. Lyun was then sent to Batesville, on the White River, the objective point being Helena, Ark., Island No. 10 having been taken shortly before. At Helena the regiment received supplies, of which it was sorely in need, and there remained until the Vicksburg campaign began.

Fight companies of the regiment were then sent to Tennessee. four remaining behind. The company to which Mr. Lynn belonged did not rejoin the regiment until it reached Memphis, late in the summer of 1864. In the meantime the four companies joined Gen. Grant in the Vicksburg campaign, and participated in the battle at Port Gibson, Miss. Afterwards they were sent to Jackson with Gen. Sherman, later were with Gen. Grant, after which they faced Gen. Pemberton on the road to Vicksburg, at Champion Hills. There the Union troops were victorious and drove Pemberton back to Black River, where a battle was fought, and then began the siege of Vicksburg, which lasted until July 4, 1863, when the city was surrendered with 30,000 prisoners. Mr. Lynn then went with the Third Battalion, to New Orleans, which was attached to Gen. Banks' Division, Department of the Gulf, and afterwards sent to New Iberia. when they were attached to Gen. Franklin's Command, and operated there until the first of the year 1864, when they were sent to Port Hudson, La., to relieve the Third Massachusetts Cavalry, the latter taking the place of the Illinois regiment in Gen. Franklin's Command. Afterwards, in the summer of 1864, the Illinois battalion sold their horses to the Government, and the regiment was sent by boat to Memphis, Tenn., then went by boat to Cairo, and thence by rail to Camp Butler, near Springfield, where it was mustered out after three years' hard service, In September, 1874, Mr. Lynn was honorably discharged. and returned to Fairbury, resuming bis former occupation.

Mr. Lynn was united in marriage on February 15, 1863, while at home-on furlough, to Sarah A. Sypes, who was born at Troy, Ohio, and at an early day was brought by her mother to Fairbury, Livingston County, 11l., her father being then deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn became the parents of seven children, six of whom are still living, namely: Dora, wife of Dr. Thatcher of Fairbury; W. G., who lives in Minnesota ; Edna, who married M. P. Bartlett of Decatur, 111.; Minnie, wife of Arthur Beard of the same city; John F.. who also lives there; and Nellie who is at home. Bertha, the fourth in order of birth, became the wife of Piercy B. Streater of Decatur, but is now deceased. All of the children received a good education, the girls graduating from the Fairbury High School.

Mr. Lynn has always been very active in connection with public matters in Fairbury. For a considerable period after the close of the war he was engaged in farming, after which he turned his attention to various other occupations, among them being those of fire and life insurance and real estate, Politically, he is a Republican, and in 1896 was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, the functions of which he has discharged with ability and fidelity. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church. He is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being connected with Aaron Weider Post No. 75, in which he now acts in the capacity of Adjutant, having formerly been Commander. He enjoys the esteem and respect of a wide acquaintance.

LYONS, Stephen J., an extensive landholder, and prominent citizen of Nevada Township, Livingston County, Ill, where, for a number of years, he followed farming on an extensive scale, was born in Kendall County, Ill., a son of Thomas G. and Ellen (Murphy) Lyons, natives of Ireland. His parents each came to the United States, single, landing in New York, and there they were married, moving to Kendall County. Nl., at an early period. In 1868, Thomas G. Lyons located, with his family, on a farm of 160 acres in Nevada Township, Livingston County, the mother dying on this farm in November, 1882, and the father, October 16, 1902. At the time of his death, the latter was the owner of an entire section of land in Nevada Township, besides his Kendall County land. In polities, Thomas G. Lyons was a Democrat. He and his wife were devout Catholics, and he took a very active and conspicuous part in the organization of the first Catholic church in Odell, IL, being a member of the building committee under whose supervision its first place of worship was built. He was subsequently a liberal contributor towards the erection of the present church edifice. The family of Thomas G. and Ellen (Murphy) Lyons consisted of five children, all of whom are living.

Stephen J. Lyons was reared on the paternal farm, and his education was obtained in the common schools. He began farming at home, and as his father advanced in years, soon assumed the management of the paternal farm. Besides his share of the homestead property, he is now the owner of 710 acres of land in Livingston County and elsewhere. From 1885 until sometime after his father's death, he was an extensive dealer in live-stock, buying and shipping many head yearly. He was also a breeder of Shorthorn Durham cattle, Norman horses and Poland-China hogs. At present he is making arrangements to rent out all of his land. When a young man, Mr. Lyons organized a horse-fair and sale, fo be held at Odell, and this has been maintained ever since. At a later period, he assisted in starting the Odell Grain and Coal Company, a farmers' organization, of which he has been president for two years. He was one of the organizers of the first County Farmers' Institute, and for several years acted as one of its officers, always being an earnest advocate of a higher education for farmers. Mr. Lyons was a member of the building committee of the new

Catholic church in Odell, and it was largely through his influence that so good a structure was erected, his contention being that either a superior edifice, or none, should be built. This is the church to which he belongs.

In politics, Mr. Lyons is a Democrat and, although he never aspired to public office, he has served as Justice of the Peace and as School Treasurer. At one time he was strongly urged, and almost prevailed upon, to become a candidate for the county treasurership, but finally refused. Socially, he is connected with the Knights of Columbus, in which he officiates as Grand Knight, and with the Catholic Order of Foresters, Mr. Lyons has always remained single.

MACKINSON, Daniel, a retired farmer now residing in Pontiac, Il., but still owning a large farm in Esmen Township, Livingston County, which he acquired through many years of toilsome exertion, aided by sound judgment, thrifty management, and strict integrity, is a native of Derbyshire, England, where his birth took place, February 3, 1830, His parents, James and Mary (Gidda) Mackinson, were English by nativity, and his father was a contractor and builder in England, where he and his wife passed their entire lives. In 1854 Daniel Mackinson came to the United States, spending the first fourteen months following his arrival in this country in Massachusetts. He then moved to Kendall County, Il., and, in 1860, to Cayuga, Livingston County, where, four years later, he bought a farm of 160 acres, in Esmen Township. This he thoroughly improved, making additions thereto from time to time until he had acquired 560 acres of land, and of which he is still the owner. In 1900, Mr. Mackinson withdrew from active pursuits, establishing his residence in Pontiac, where he has since lived at leisure. He also owns a quarter-section in Broughton Township.

On October 15, 1868. Mr. Mackinson was joined in matrimony with Sarah Fulton, who was born in Scotland, daughter of John and Jane (Hood) Fulton, and came to the United States with her parents, the family first locating in Kendall County, 1l., and subsequently removing to Livingston County. Eight children have resulted from the union of Mr. and Mrs. Mackinson, namely: Mary (Mrs. Collins), Belle (Mrs. Husted), George, Frank, John, James, William and Charles. He deeded 40 acres to Mary. and a section of land in Iowa to his sons.

Politically, Mr. Mackinson has been for many years an adherent of the Republican party; and he and his greatly esteemed wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian church. He is the possessor of an abundance of this world's goods, and being a man of the highest character, is respected by all classes in the community. Richly does he deserve the ease and contentment which now falls to his lot, after long continued and unremitting labor.

Livingston County, 111., - the Brick Tile Works at Campus - and recognized as a man of superior business qualifications, untiring energy and keen enterprise, was born in that county, August 1, 1869. His father and mother, Theodore and Katharine (George) Mamer, are natives of the Duchy of Luxemburg, where the former was born June 15, 1841, and the latter, in April, 1845. Theodore Mamer followed farming during the whole of his active life. In 1848, when seven years old, he was brought to the United States by his parents, who settled on a farm in. Wisconsin, and Katharine George, his future wife, accompanied her parents from the Duchy of Luxemburg, to the same part of Wisconsin, in 1856. On attaining his majority, in 1862, Theodore Mamer came to LaSalle County, IIL, and after working as a farm-hand about four years, began farming on rented land, leading the life of a bachelor during the first year. In February, 1868, he located in Odell Township, Livingston County, still renting, and in June, 1874, he made his first purchase of land, buying 160 acres in Odell Township. Full of energy and perseverance he prospered in all his undertakings, and in course of time, became the owner of a half-section in that locality, and another halfsection in Round Grove Township. In 1903 he withdrew from active business pursuits, and in 1906 moved to Odell, Ill., where he now lives in retirement, occupying his spacious, brick and stone mansion, the most attractive residence in the city. In politics, Theodore Mamer was a Democrat until the time when "free silver" Decame an issue, but has since acted independently of party restrictions. In religion, he adheres to the faith of the Catholic church. He and his wife had the following children besides John M., namely: Jacob, deceased in infancy ; Nicholas L., associated with the subject of this sketch in Brick & Tile Works; Mary, teaching school in Chicago; Katie, married and residing at Port Washington, Wis.; Louis H., who is overseeing farm properties belonging to the family in Texas and Old Mexico; J. George, who lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Peter, who graduated from the Pontiac (Ill.) High School with the Class of '07, and is now attending the Northwestern University.

John M. Mamer received his education in the district schools of Livingston County, and in the Odell High School, where he was a pupil for two winters, after which he pursued a course of study in the Dixon (Ill.) Business College. In 1891, together with his brother, Nicholas L., he started a hardware store in Emington, Ill., and in 1893 they sold out the concern, and bought the tile factory at Campus. This factory was built and put into operation in 1882. The Mamer brothers rebuilt it, and the volume of their business has increased 400 per cent since they took possession. On September 26, 1906, John M. Mamer moved into his fine brick residence in Broughton, which is the south portion of the village of Campus.

Chicago, September 14, 1904, the ceremony being performed by Rey. Dr. Gunsaulus, and the newlywedded couple visiting the St, Louis Exposition on their wedding trip. The bride was formerly Ruby Roberts, born in Kentucky, April 2, 1881. Mrs. Mamer is a daughter of Thomas D. and Georgia (Sisk) Roberts, and her father, who is of Welsh nativity, is superintendent of a mine in Southern Illinois. Her mother's family has been favorably known in the South for more than a century. Mr. and Mrs. Mamer have two children: Theodore Roberts, and LaVerne William, who are the firsc male descendants of the Mamer family, of the present generation bearing the name of Mamer.

Politically, John M. Mamer is classed as an independent voter,. but he has acted with the Republican party since 1896, and for seven years has held the office of Town Clerk in Round Grove Township. In fraternal circles, he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

MARSHALL, James Allan, M. D. - Dr. Marshall was born in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, March 24, 1861, a son of Arthur and Susan (Stewart) Marshall, the former of whom was born near Belfast, Ireland, and the latter in Scotland. Arthur Marshall came to London, Canada, about 1848, and about the same year his wife arrived in the locality with her mother and sister. The young people were married about 1850, and thereafter engaged in general farming and stock-raising until the death of Mr. Marshall in 1885, his wife continuing to occupy the old homestead until her death in 1903.

Principally owing to his own resourcefulness and ability to support himself in the meantime, Dr. Marshall qualified as a teacher in Canada, and began this line of work when only eighteen years old, continuing it until after receiving his degree as a physician in Detroit, whither he removed for better professional advantages after his graduation from the high-school at Strathing, Ontario. After several months of practice in Chicago, Ill.. he came to Pontiac in December, 1886, and two years later, December 20, 1888, he was united in marriage to Sarah C. Cook, a native of Pontiac, who died September 16, 1893. Of this union there was a daughter, Jean, now a high-school student, who was born June 18, 1892. The merit and ambition of Dr. Marshall was not slow in securing recognition in Pontiac, and he has built up a large practice upon the solid basis of profound professional attainments. He is a great student of general affairs, holds' high social place as a member of the Knights Templar, Mystic Shrine and Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He was reared in the Presbyterian church, but holds broad and tolerant religious views, and is exceedingly charitable in both his gifts and judgment of his fellow men. Politically he has avoided all responsibility save the conscientious casting of his vote and unswerving allegiance to Republican prineiples. The doctor profits by a genial and sympathetic man-

MARTIN, William E. - Although no longer a resident of Livingston County, William E. Martin is justly mentioned in this history, for he was largely instrumental in effecting many needed improvements and bore his part in local development during the early days of county life. Mr. Martin was born on the Isle of Man, near Ramsey, November 8, 1842, a son of William and Ann (Quayle) Martin, both natives of the Isle of Man, as were also their parents. In his native land the father followed farming, and in 1855, attracted by the better prospects in the New World, brought his little family to America, making his first stop in Peoria, and from there removing to Galva, Henry County, where they farmed for two years, but in 1857 came to Livingston County, settling near Indian Grove on the farm which John Martin now owns, entering the land from the Government at Danville. The family of William Martin was as follows: John P., a retired farmer, married Sarah Ann Smith whose parents were also pioneers of Indian Grove; Thomas B, a retired farmer of Vandalia; Charles S., who died about 1869; William E.; Ann, married James Wade and they had nine children, five of whom are yet living. The parents are both deceased and are buried in a cemetery near Fairbury. The elder Mr. Martin was a man highly respected in his community, and when he died in September, 1863, aged sixtysix, he left many friends to mourn his loss. His wife passed away in 1888. aged eighty-three, and both died in the faith of the Episcopal Church, having been members of the Church of England in their native land.

William E. Martin was about thirteen at the time the family located in Livingston County, and he did his part in developing the farm, remaining at home until his marriage, December 28, 1865, when he was united with Elizabeth Jane Maxwell, whose family settled in Indian Grove about 1833, of whom she is now the only one surviving. Mrs. Martin was born in Indian Grove, August 13, 1849, a daughter of Randolph H. and Mabel (Moore) Maxwell, natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively. They were married in Tennessee and were among the first settlers of this locality. Here the father of Mrs. Martin died in February. 1866, and his widow made her home with Mrs. Martin and her son, Joel R. Maxwell, until her death in 1886, aged seventy-one. They had twelve children, but only two sons and a daughter grew to maturity: Jonathan B. died when twenty-seven; Joel R., died in June, 1907, having married Jane Martin, who is also deceased, and they left three daughters, - Minta, who married Rey. John Michiels, a clergyman of the German Evangelical church, Myrtle, the widow of David Jones. residing in Fairbury, and Ida, wife of Joseph Hanks a farmer of Lexington, Ill.; and Mrs. Martin.

stead, but later purchased some land in Indian Grove, and in 1868 sold that land and bought eighty acres on Section 1, Yates Township, Mc- Lean County, which was raw prairie, of which only ten acres had been turned under. It is now one of the best pieces of property in the county, all of it having been placed under cultivation by Mr. Martin, who erected upon it good buildings. The first house was only 16 x 24 feet, containing three rooms, and here all their children, but one, were born. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Martin was as follows: William H., born August 20, 1867, in Indian Grove Township, married Alice Farley, June, 1890, is now living in Colorado, for many years having been a popular teacher in the County of Livingston; Maud C., born in Yates Township, August T, 1869, married Oscar O. Dillon, of Eppards Point Township. and they ha i ladys and Claud; Charles M., born March 14, 1873, in Yates Township, is a conductor on the Chicago City street-car lines; Neva B., born Jan. 17, 1877, married William Barnes a farmer of Indian Grove; Walter C., born July 8, 1879; Raymond R.. born May 29, 1884, married Lula Corkhill, a farmer of Avoca Township; Mabel A, born January 3, 1887, who has been successfully engaged in teaching for several years in Livingston County, conducting a school in the locality of her home; Bessie L.. born August 12, 1888, is also a teacher at home; Lorna D., born April 5, 1891, is at home. The children have all been given good educations and have grown up into worthy men and women and a credit to the careful training of their parents. Mrs. Martin is a Methodist, and Mr. Martin contributes liberally towards the support of this church. In politics he is a Democrat, and loyally supports the candidates of his party. Both he and his wife can look back upon a life of hard work honestly performed, upon many deeds of kindness and works of charity, and they can number among their warm, personal friends, the very best people ® both Livingston and McLean Counties.

McCABE, George W., cashier of the Commercial National Bank of Chatsworth, Ill., and a highly reputed financier of Livingston County. as well as a man very prominent in connection with the public affairs of Chatsworth, was born in the vicinity of Brimfield, Peoria County. Ill.. March 1, 1863. His parents were Patrick and Catherine (Fox) McCabe, natives, respectively, of County Meath and County Louth, Ireland. Patrick McCabe came to the United States in 1845, landing in New Orleans. He was a soldier in the Mexican War under Gen. Scott. In 1850 he was married in New Orleans to Catherine Fox, she having arrived in this country in 1849. Shortly after their nuptials, they came up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, and thence by way of the Illinois to Peoria, locating on a tract of land near Brimfield in the same county. The place was new, and the father improved the farm, following the occupation of a farmer successfully for many years. About 1895 he with drew from agricultural pursuits. removing to

The birth of George W. McCabe took place on the farm in Peoria County already mentioned, and his preparatory education was obtained in the district school nearby, and in the Brimfield High School. Subsequently he pursued a course of study in St. Viateur's College, at Bourbonnais, Ill., and still later, studied bookkeeping, and banking in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in Chicago. In 1891, he commenced reading law with his brother, Edward D. McCabe, a well known attorney of Peoria, and in April, 1893, located in Chatsworth for the purpose of entering the banking business. After carefully investigating the advantages of the location, he opened a private bank which rapidly acquired a good patronage. So successful was the enterprise that it developed into the Commercial National Bank which was chartered in 1900. Associated with him as Directors in the institution are: John F. Ryan; John C. Corbett; Fred M. Bushway of Chatsworth and Edward D. McCabe of Peoria. Mr. McCabe has been the active manager of the bank. The capital stock is $25.000, with a surplus of $5,000. The average earnings have been twelve per cent, and the bank now owns the building occupied for its business. The deposits amount to $250,000. In 1904 Mr. McCabe bought a controlling interest in the Farmers National Bank of Strawn, Ill., of which he is now the President, and is also connected with the Smith Dry Goods Company. of El Paso, OL, a strong concern. Jointly with John F. Ryan, Mr. McCabe owns a plantation of 1,110 acres at Dublin, Miss., especially adapted to cotton growing, the supervision of which is entrusted to a local manager, the entire attention of Mr. McCabe being devoted to the financial transactions of the

On September 29, 1897, Mr. McCabe was married to Theresa M. Kehoe, of Chicago, born and reared in that city. Mrs. McCabe was graduated from St. Patrick's Academy of Chicago, and was a successful teacher in Chicago schools prior to her marriage. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McCabe: Catherine G., George K. and Edward F.

In politics, Mr. McCabe takes an independent course. For seven years he 'has served as President of the Village Board, and but once during this period has an opposition ticket appeared at the polls. In the course of his administration of affairs, many public improvements have been made, including five blocks of concrete pavement, and cement sidewalk throughout the town. In 1907 a well, 1,815 feet deep was sunk, costing $4,500, and a pumping station is in process of construction, at an expense of $7.000.

Mr. McCabe's conservative yet progressive banking ability, together with his practical ways. has proven a great help and stimulus to all legitimate business in Chatsworth and vicinity.

Oscar B. Wheeler, Sr

McCARTY, George T., an intelligent and progressive farmer, living in the northeast part of Esmen Township, Livingston County, Ill.. was born on a farm in the vicinity of Pontiac, Ill., May 12, 1868, and is a son of John D. and Mary A. (Davis) McCarty. His father was a native of Ireland, born in 1839, and his mother from Logansport, Ind., where she was born in 1844, John D. McCarty was a farmer by occupation. When sixteen years of age he came to the United States, and after sojourning about a month in New York City, proceeded to Pontiac, IN., and was employed as a farm hand near that place by a man named Oliver Perry. Later, he occupied a farm belonging to Morris Johnson, and continued to rent, farms in Livingston County until 1891. In that year he established his residence in Dwight, Ill. When he arrived in Ilinois, the region where he first located was very wild, and he often shot deer on the prairies. He had one brother who preceded him to this country, but no tidings of him have since been received. John D. McCarty spent the winter before his marriage in Bloomington, and, while there, united with the Methodist church. In politics, he was a firm Republican, but had no inclination to seek public office. He died on October 18, 1894, and his widow subsequently married again, becoming the wife of Perry F. Landphere.

George T. McCarty received his education in the public schools of Pontiac and the Odell High School, and worked on the home farm until he was twenty-one years old. On attaining his majority he went to Joliet, Ill., where he was employed by the Standard Oil Company for somewhat over eight years. His wife had inherited a piece of land in Esmen Township and on this he located in 1903, and has since built a fine house and substantial and convenient barns, as well as greatly improving the property in other respects.

The marriage of Mr. McCarty took place in Odell, 1.. June 30, 1892, on which date he was wedded to Agnes K. Allen, born in Esmen Township, Livingston County, Dl., August 23, 1865. Mrs. McCarty is a daughter of William Allen, whose personal and family history is narrated elsewhere in this volume. This union has been the source of two children, namely: Louis D.. born August 16, 1893; and Charles E., born May 23, 1895.

Mr. McCarty is a supporter of the Republican party, but is averse to mingling in political contests with a view to securing public office. In fraternal circles, he is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and the White Cross Society, of Joliet.

McDONALD, A. G., a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen of Esmen Township, Livingston County. Ill., was born in Taylor County, W. Va.. June 9, 1855, a son of Patrick F. and Elizabeth (Husted) McDonald, born, respectively, May 12, 1825, and February 16, 1827. Both parents were reared and educated in what is now West Virginin, and there were united in marriage on April

13, 1848. The paternal grandfather, Benjamin McDonald, and his wife were natives of the same locality, as was also the great-grandfather, James McDonald. For 150 years, the family lived and died in the Old Dominion, the earliest ancestor in this country, Benjamin McDonald, coming from Scotland. On the maternal side, the grandfather was Moses Husted, son of James, who was a son of Moses. who was a son of James, - and thus for generations more remote. The maternal grandmother was Mary (Goodwin) Husted, of old Virginia stock. In 1865, Patrick F. McDonald moved with his family to Esmen Township, Livingston County, Ill., and bought a farm of 160 acres. To this, in course of time, he added 160 acres more, putting on many improvements. In 1893, he established his residence in Pontiac, and since then has lived in retirement. In politics, he has been accustomed, of late years, to act independently. While living in Esmen Township, he held the office of School Director, and also. at another time, that of Assessor. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he served on the Home Guard force in West Virginia.

In boyhood A. G. McDonald attended the public schools in the vicinity of his home, completing his education in Eureka College and Illinois Wesleyan University. After finishing his studies he returned to the home place, and for several years assisted his father in the farming operations. In 1895 he bought a part of the homestead property, and afterwards gradually acquired the remainder of it, so that the entire 320 acres now belong to him beside lands in Towa.