Logan County, Illinois - Chapter 15: Statistical, 1886 (part 2 of 3)

Patrick Casey, proprietor of Casey's saloon, corner of Palaski and Kickapoo streets, Lincoln, is a native of Ireland, born in County Limerick, March 17, 1843. He remained with his parents till twentv-five years of age, and in 1868 came to the United States, first locating in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he remained till 1871. He then went to Lexington, Kentucky, thence to Tensas Parish, Louisiana, from there to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois. In 1872 he came to Logan County, and located in Elkhart Township, where he engaged in farming and working on the railroad till 1878. In the latter year he moved to Lincoln and worked in the shaft of the Lincoln Coal Company a year, and in 1879 embarked in his present business. He has been successful and by economy and strict business integrity now has a competency. He has a residence and business house in Lincoln, and is also a stockholder in the Citizens' Coal Company. Mr. Casey was married May 11, 1883, by Father Tuohy, to Miss Julia Campion. They are members of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church. He is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and has served as treasurer and financial secretiry of the insurance department of the order. In politics he is a Democrat.

Rev. James A. Chase. - The subject of this sketch was a native of Southern Kentucky, born in 1822, removed from Kentucky to McLean County, Illinois, in the fall of 1864, and in 1876 removed to Lincoln, Illinois, where he still resides. Mr. Chase is a prominent minister of the gospel in the denomination of Christians known as Cumberland Presbyterians. In the spring of 184:4 he was licensed to preach the gospel by Logan Presbytery. At that time his education was quite limited, and though he immediately entered on the important work of the ministry, he determined to pursue his studies in another channel, until he became a good English scholar. During the first eight years of his ministry his work was mostly that of an itinerate, traveling and preaching, from place to place; and in the vernacular of the country, as a circuit rider. As was common with that class of preachers, he carried with him a small portable library, consisting of Bible, hymn-book, and English grammar. During the last twelve years of the residence of Mr. Chase in Kentucky he was pastor of two congregations, one of which - Pilot Knob - under his faithful and effective ministration, became a large and prosperous congregation. The prominent traits of Mr. Chase's character stand out in bold relief, in; First, His talent, boldness, zeal and efficiency in the discharge of duty as a minister of the gospel; Second, His patriotism and devotion to his Government and country, during the trying and dangerous period of the late war. To which we may add a Third, His uncompromising opposition to the traffic in and use of intoxicating drinks. For many years he has owned a good library, and has become well versed in the doctrines, theological and spiritual, of his church. As a pulpit speaker he is bold and fluent; as a sermonizer, kind and persuasive, yet often aggressive when dealing with prominent iniquities, with which society and the church is cursed. Few men are possessed of more natural ability for oratory, and -many of his discourses have been truly eloquent. As a reasoner he is clear, logical and incisive. Soon after Mr. Chase located in Illinois he organized a congregation in the neighborhood of his residence, which, under his fostering care, has developed into one of the best in the State, consisting of between 400 and 500 members. He spends much of his time in laboring to build up weak congregations, and in holding protracted meetings. Has kept a diary of his latter work, which shows that during the last twelve years of his residence in Kentucky he held seventy-seven protracted meetings, and since his residence in Illinois has held eighty-four. Those meetings resulted in a great many accessions to the church. Though the father of Mr. Chase was a proslavery man, and owned a number of slaves, he, from his youth, was opposed to slavery, and when the war of 1861-'5 was inaugurated, he at once espoused the cause of the

Union, was outspoken in denunciation of secession, and labored steadfastly in the cause of the Government and to sustain the Union. In temperance work he is a pronounced prohibitionist, and in that character of work has done, and is still doing, much. Some of his most eloquent and aggressive discourses ha^e been delivered as a prohibition lecturer. In December, 184:1, Mr. Chase was united in marriage with Miss Susan J. Johnson, a granddaughter of one of the pioneer ministers of the church. His wife still lives, and has indeed been a helpmeet, sustaining and encouraging him in the arduous ministerial work in which he has been engaged. Mr. Chase is possessed of eminent social qualities. As a member of the judicatures of the church, from the Presbytery up to the General Assemby, he has been a safe and judicious counsellor and adviser. He is a devoted friend of Lincoln University; was its efficient endowing agent in the years 187T and 1878, and is now vice-president of its Board of Trustees.

Vmcent Cherney, proprietor of the Tivoli saloon, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Wisconsin, born near Kellnersville, Manitowoc County, November 16, 1S57, a son of Joseph and Regina Cherney. His parents died when he was young, and he was thrown on his own resources. When about twelve years old he began to learn the cigar-maker's trade at Chicago, but the firm with which he worked failing he went to Springfield, Illinois, and clerked in a bakery and restaurant about four years. In October, 1876, he came to Lincoln and was employed as bar-tender by Richard Ziesler, till the spring of 1879, when he became his employer's successor. He has greatly increased the business, adding to it the retail liquor trade, and now has one of the best stores of the kind in Lincoln. In politics Mr. Cherney is a Democrat. He is a member of Mozart Lodge, No. oiS, and Boone Encampment, No. 41, I. O. O.F., being past noble grand of the former and is now chief patriarch of the latter. He is also a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 529, K. of H., of which he has been dictator two- terms. He was married September 30, 1880, to Katie Scheid, of Lincoln. They have one child - Edward.

James Coddington, c^At&iht and dealer in real estate, Lincoln, was born in Warsaw County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1815, a son of David and Elizabeth (Frazee) Coddington, who were natives of Maryland, of English descent. He was reared a farmer, and remained with his parents till reaching maturity. H-e then began working at the cooper's trade at his native town, Hopkinsville, and vicinity, which he followed about seven years. He then, in 1843, engaged in the mercantile business at Rossburgh till 1849, when he moved to Butlerville, and there followed the mercantile business till the spring of 1852. He then located in Delavan, Tazewell County, Illinois, and engaged in farming. In October, 1855, having sold his farm, he removed to Logan County, and became associated with T. J. Brown, of Lincoln, dealing in lumber for three years under the firm name of Coddington & Brown. After his partnership was dissolved he began dealing in real estate, which business he has since followed at Lincoln. Mr. Coddington was first married in Warren County, Ohio, August 27, 1841, to Harriet S. Brown. She died September 24, 1872, leaving four children - Chas. E., of Lincoln; Anna, wife of Mark W. Barrett, of Lincoln, and Bobert B. and David S., both of Dakota. Mr. Coddington was again married. May 20, 1875, to Mrs. Levina Moore, of Lincoln. In 1864 Mr. Coddington, with T. J. Brown and William M. Dustin, drove 100 head of mules and horses overland to California. They were five months on the way, and sold their stock at Sacramento in the spring of 1865. Mr. Coddington has served as mayor of Lincoln one term, and has held the position of councilman several terms. Benjamin F. GomstooTc, proprietor of Comstock's planing mills, was born September 16, 1835, near Perry, Pike County, Illinois, where he was reared on a farm, and received his education in the school of his neighborhood. He was the eldest of three sons of Medab and Mary Ann (Mehaifa) Comstock. His father went to California in 1850 and began working in the gold mines, but was taken sick and died in Sacramento City in 1853. Our subject remained with his mother till reaching manhood. He began life for himself as a farmer in Scott County, where he remained till 1862. He then crossed the Rocky Mountains, and was engaged in mining in the Virginia, Gold Hills, Silver City and Dayton silver mines till 1865, when he returned to the States, and in ITovember of the same year he located in Logan County on a farm near Lincoln, where he farmed till March, 1868. He then came to Lincoln, and was variously employed till August, 1869, when he began working at the carpenter's trade, which he followed till 1878. In that year he began the manufacture of the Star washing machine, to which he added planing-mill machinery in 1881, and now does a general business of planing, scroll sawing, turning and jobbing. He was married near Bluff City, Scott County, December 19, 1859, to Rebecca Jane Morrison, of Scott County. They have three childreu - Thomas Edward, of Blunt, Dakota; James Franklin, in his father's mill, and Emilj' Ida, attending the Lincola High School. Mr. Comstock has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1855, and has several times served as classleader.

Benjamin Franklin Core, teamster, Lincoln, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, June 19, 1825, youngest son of Christian and Catherine (Glaze) Core, his parents being of German descent, and natives of Pennsylvania and Yirginia respectively. Christian Core followed farming in Fayette County till his death, which occurred when our subject was four years old, and in 1831 his widow married agiin. B. F., our subject, began attending the primitive log cabin schools at the age of eight years, and in them he received a limited education. He remained with his mother and stepfather till 1843, when, in his eighteenth year, he left his home and worked for neighboring farmers for five years. January 1, 1848, he and Andrew Morris started for Illinois on horseback, arriving in Vermillion County, January 8, where the}' purchased 200 head of cattle. In October following they drove their cattle overland to Fayette County, Ohio. In December they went over to Kentucky, going to the northeastern counties, where they collected 135 bead of cattle, and returned to Ohio in January, 1849, and after wintering the cattle they sold them to a drover. Mr. Core then farmed for twenty months. He was married October 5, 1850, to Mrs. Elizabeth Ann (Beatty) Jefferson, a daughter of Elijah and Anna (Miller) Beatty, her father a farmer, a native of Yirginia, of Scotch descent, and her mother of Garman ancestry, also a native of Virginia. To Mr. and Mrs. Core were born three children - Mary V., wife of S, B. Fryer, of Lincoln; Elijah B., a photographer, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and William F., a photographer, of Lincoln. Mrs. Core has one son by a former husband - John Franklin, a farmer near Lincoln. After his marriage Mr. Core bought a small farm in Fayette County, where he lived till October, 1856. He then lived on a rented farm near Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois, till 1859, when he moved to Lincoln, and was employed in the Lincoln Mills nine months. He then followed teaming till June, 1862, when he was appointed street commissioner to fill a vacancy. In the spring of 1863 he again engaged in teaming, which he followed till 1868, when he was appointed jailor for a term of two years. In December, 1870, he began working at the carpenter's trade. In October, 1871, he was employed as bailiff in the noted Eailroad Bond case.

He then followed farming near Lincoln six years, and in 1878 returned to Lincoln and engaged in teaming two years. He then rented his eldest son's farm where he farmed two years when he returned to Lincoln where he still resides. He and his wife are members of the regular Baptist church near Lincoln. In politics he is a Democrat.

William Florance Gore, photographer, Lincoln, was born near Washington Court-House, Ohio, April 16, 1856, and in the fall of the same year he was brought by his parents, Benjamin F., and Elizabeth A. (Beatty) Core, to Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois. His parents were both natives of Ohio and'were of German descent. He was reared at Atlanta and Lincoln, and was educated at the district schools, and later attended the Lincoln University. In early life he began to learn the jeweler's trade in Lincoln but not caring for it he abandoned it and was engaged in bracket-making in this place for several months. At the age of twenty he began to learn photography with his brother, Elijah Core, from whom he purchased his present gallery October 18, 1884, the gallery having been established at Lincoln by his brother in 1874. Mr. Core was married at Mount Sterling, Ohio, March 9, 1881, to Miss Ella Haney, of that place. This union has been blessed with one child - Elizabeth Florence. Mr. Core is a member of Lodge No. 675, A. L. of H., of Lincoln.

William Mien Corwine, architect and superintendent, was born near Sharonville, Pike County, Ohio, May 9, 1840. He remained in his native county till fifteen years of age when his parents moved to Illinois and located near Broad well, Logan County. In his youth he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked till August, 1862, when he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company G, Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, and served until the close of the war, the greater part of the time as Sergeant. He participated in the engagements at Cloyd's Mountain, Lynchburg, Cabletown, Cedar Creek, Winchester, and others of minor importance. He was wounded at Winchester, September 19, 1864, a minie ounce ball striking hi s watch and glancing off into his groin, whence it was extracted, and he has both watch and ball as mementoes of his narrow escape. He was discharged at Washington, D. C, July 1, 1865, and returned to Logan County. He soon after settled in Linocln and until 1873 worked in the planing mill of William Hungerford, and has since been engaged in his present business, his work of ten calling him to adjoining counties. The last bailding placed under his supervision was St. Mary's Cathedral, Peoria, Illinois. In the spring of 1885 Mr. Corwine was elected treasurer of Lincoln.' He was married September 19, 1865, to Louisa D. McMillin, of Sharonville, Ohio. He is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 430, F. & A. M-, of which he has been warden one year and secretary three years.

John Bailey, of the firm Dailey & Blackburn, bakers and confectioners, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Cork, Ireland, born in 1846. In 1850 his parents came to the United States and settled in Cairo, Illinois, where the father died in 1852 and the mother in 1856. Thus thrpwn on his own responsibility he worked as a newsboy, then as cabin-boy on the steamboats on the Mississippi Eiver, and as porter in hotels till 1861, when he enlisted in the defense of his adopted country, in Company G, First Kentucky Infantry, to serve three years. At the expiration of his term he re-enlisted at Cincinnati in the United States navy, to serve in the Mississippi squadron, under Commodore Farragut, and served one year till the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Charleston, "West Virginia, Perryville, Nelson Cross-Roads, Bardstown, Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River and Chickamauga. At the latter he was captured and was a prisoner six months, at Belle Isle and in Libby Prison. After his discharge he was variously employed at Cairo till 1866, when he began working in the coal mines near Springfield, Illinois. In 1868 he came to Lincoln, remaining but a short time, and subsequently worked in the mines of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania till 1870, when he came again to Lincoln. In 1879 he took charge of the Lincoln Coal Mining Company's mines, and was thus employed till 1885, when, in November, he, in company with T. L. Blackburn, embarked in the confectionery and bakery business. Mr. Dailey was married July 21, 1874, to Miss Mary Clare. They are members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

John Damarin, farmer and stock-raiser, Lincoln, is a native of Bavaria, Germany, born October 10, 1836. He was reared and educated in the schools of his native country till sixteen years of age when he came to America, since which time he has maintained himself. He attended a night school at Piketon, Ohio, one winter, then went to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he became apprenticed to William H. Bennett to learn the butcher's trade, and served three years. ' He then remained with Mr. Bennett a year longer, working for wages. He came to Lincoln in 1857 and after working for a few months as an employe he opened a butcher's shop on his own account on Pulaski street. He followed the butcher's trade till 1862 when he made a prospecting tour to the Pacific coast, and while absent he worked at his trade at Virginia City and Ophir, Nevada. He spent a short time in San Francisco, and in the spring of 1865 he returned to Lincoln, and resumed his business at his old stand. He discontinued his business in 1868 and became associated with T. W. Kenyon in shipping live-stock to the Chicsivo market, the firm being known as Kenyon & Damarin. This partnership was dissolved in 18Y0, when Mr. Damarin removed to his farm in "West Lincoln Township where he was engaged in farming and raising and dealing in live-stock till September, 1885. He then rented his farm and has since been a resident of Lincoln. He was married at Lincoln, October 20, 1867, to Mary Shuck, of Heidelberg, Germany. They have four children - Hannah, John Henry, Lulu and Cora. Charles died in infancy at Lincoln, November 10, 1868. Mr. Damarin was elected supervisor of West Lincoln Township in April, 1885, and is chairman of the Poor Farm Committee. He is an attendant and his wife and eldest daughter are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Lincoln. He is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Damarin is a self-made man, having commenced life with no capital, and by his own industry has accumnlated property in Lincoln and a good farm of 160 acres in the vicinity of Lincoln.

Eenry Ward Dana was born in "Woodstock, Vermont, April 3, 1842, a son of George "W. and Abba S. (Snow) Dana, who were also natives of Vermont and of English descent. He was educated in the common schools, and was mostly reared at "Waterbury, Vermont. He began the study of law at the age of eighteen years at the law school at Poughkeepsie, graduating from that institution in 1859. He was admitted to the bar at Bennington, Vermont, in 1863. In 1866 he came to Lincoln and engaged in compiling abstract books in the Logan County title abstract ofiice of which he is now sole proprietor. In July, 1884, he became associated with the Benson Land and Loan Company, of Benson, Minn., and was elected president of the company, a position he still holds, his time being equally divided between his own business and the business of the company. The latter is now extensively engaged in locating emigrants in Swift County, Minn., and in loaning money for Eastern capitalists. Mr. Dana was married April 15, 1863, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Emma Van Kleeck, of New York

City. They have five children living - Edwin "W., engaged in the real estate business, at Minneapolis, Minn.; Kobert C, in his father's office at Lincoln; Mabel, "William and Emma. Two children died in Lincoln - Harry Marvin, at the age of six years, and Arthur, aged six months. Mr. and Mrs. Dana are members of Trinity Episcopal Church at Lincoln, which Mr. Dana has served as secretary, treasurer,and vestryman several years. Mr. Dana's father died in Bennington, Vermont, in November, 1867, aged sixty-one years, and the same year his mother came West and is living with an elder son, George S. Dana, of Toledo, Ohio.

Ezra Nelson Davis, senior member of the firm of E. N. Davis & Sons, dealers in boots and shoes, Lincoln, was born near Sodus, Wayne County, New York, May 15, 1823, his parents, Nelson and Mercy Davis, being natives of the same State, the father being of Welsh descent and the mother of English ancestry. In 1827 his parents removed to Canada, living there till 1837, when they returned to New York and settled in Graines, Orleans County, where our subject attended the academy. When about fifteen years of age he began clerking in a dry-goods store at St. Catherines, Canada. He followed clerking till 1846, when he came to Illinois and located at Middletown, where he was engaged one year in farming. In 1847 he entered the store of Colbey Knapp, at Middletown, where he clerked till 1850. He then went to California, clerking in a dry-goods store in Sacramento about three months, when he rented a ranch and farmed one year. In 1852 he took a contract to build a turnpike road in Yolo County, California, on which he was engaged until 1855, and was supposed to be the first road of the kind built in that State. In January, 1856, he returned to Middletown, Illinois, and followed farming at Irish Grove, in the vicinity of Middletown, till 1868, when he sold his farm and came to Lincoln, where he was employed as a clerk in the store of Hiram Sherman, and afterward clerked for Boyd, Paisley & Co. about nine years. In 188] he engaged in his present business at Lincoln, and is assisted by his sons, William and Edward, as partners, and his son Charles as clerk. He has been twice married. His first wife, whom he married October 16, 1846, at Queenstown, Canada, was Mary Ann Smith, and by this wife he had three children - Louisa, wife of E. B. Morhouse, of Quincy, Illinois; Augusta, who died at the age of three years, and Cassie, who died in infancy. His wife died at Middletown, September 13, 1852, and July 31, 1856, he was married to Mrs. Elmira Wheeler, widow of Aaron Wheeler.

To this union have been born four children - Louisa, who died at Middletown; William Cass, Edward Everett and Charles Leonard. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Lincoln, of which Mr. Davis is treasurer, and also a deacon, having held both offices about fourteen years. He is now serving his fourth term as alderman of the city of Lincoln. He is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M.

Tfiomas S. Davy, County Surveyor of Logan County, Illinois, was born in Menard County, near Middletown, March 5, 1859. His parents, Thomas and Elisabeth (Squire) Davy, were natives of England, and came directly to Lincoln, Illinois, in the year 1855, taking up their residence in the vicinity of Middletown and becoming permanently located in Logan County in 1861. Thomas S. was reared on a farm and is acquainted with all kinds of farm labor. He received his common-school education in the public schools of Middletown, and in 1880 he entered Lincoln University, which he attended four terms. He then taught school and was otherwise employed till June, 1883, when he entered the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, where he renewed his former relations with his old and honored teacher, Prof. John A. Steele, who was his instructor in the Middletown schools in 1870. He retained his connection with that institution until August, 1884, when he returned with two diplomas, having completed the commercial and scientific courses. Soon after his return from college he was nominated and elected to the office of county surveyor by the Democratic party in November, 1884, and assumed the duties of that office in the following December, and is now acting in that capacity.

Martin Denger, of the firm of Denger & Heckler, barbers, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Germany, born in Fr. Krumback, Hesse- Darmstadt, May 3, 1839. He attended the schools of his native town till fifteen years of age, when he came to the United States. He soon after his arrival began learning the trade of a barber in Baltimore, working under instruction three years. In 1857 he came West and located at Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois, working as a journeyman till 1860, when he went to St. Louis and remained seven years. In October, 1867, he came to Logan County, Illinois, and opened a shop in Lincoln. Since 1884 he has been associated with Charles Heckler, forming the present firm of Denger & Heckler. Mr. Denger was married March 26, 1868, at St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Anna Kumpf, a native of New Orleans, La.

They are members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter and commandery. In politics he is a Republican.

Ehenezer Duff was born near Raleigh, North Carolina, May 19, 1798, of Scotch-Irish descent. When fourteen years of age he went with his mother to near Bowling Green, Kentucky. October 27, 1817, he married Sallie McClure, of Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the following May moved to St. Louis County, Missouri. He was a practical and successful farmer. In 1825 he came to Sangamon County, Illinois, and took possession of a large farm, on which he lived till 1863, when he settled on a farm six miles east of Lincoln, Logan County. At this time he had nine children, three of whom were born in Missouri and six in Sangamon County. The farm was divided with the children and thus was formed the "Duff settlement.') From an individual fund he had a large school-house built, which also served as a house of worship. The school children at this time were all his grandchildren. In 1858 he retired from his farm and moved to Lincoln. Ten years later his wife died and he subsequently made his home with his daughter Jennie, till his death, March 29, 1884. In 1877 one eye was destroyed and for six years he was nearly blind, recognizing his friends by their voices. For two years he was unable to walk across the room without assistance. His last illness was of about a week's duration. He was expecting death and was prepared to meet his God. He had been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church since 1873. He had led a pure, upright life and, to his credit be it said, he never used liquor nor tobacco. He left four children - John E. Duff, of Kansas City ; A. J. Duff, of Sherman, Texas ; Jennie, of Lincoln, and W. D. Duff, living east of town. Mr. Duff's chief aim in life was to work hard to see that his children were well provided for, and he did not give up until he had accomplished his purpose. He left a farm of 160 acres in Iroquois County and some city property. He was a staunch Republican from the organization of the party.

Henry Franhlin Elliott came to Logan County, Illinois, in September, 1862, and engaged in the lumber and grain business till 1880, when he gave his entire attention to grain and carrying on a flour mill till 1885. He was at one time associated with his brother, James F., in the ownership of the Elliott (now the Foley) Mills at Lincoln. He was successful in his pursuits and accumulated a handsome property. Mr. Elliott was born at Bombay, Franklin

County, New York, November 27, 1831, a son of Moses and Mary B. (Washburn) Elliott, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Yermont. "When he was six years of age his parents moved to Bloomingdale, Illinois, where he was reared, remaining at home till manhood. From 1853 till 1858 he was engaged in the lumber business in Bloomington, Illinois. In 1859 he moved to Joliet, remaining there till his removal to Lincoln in 1862. Mr. Elliott has served as alderman of Lincoln three terms of two years each. He was married October 15, 1861, to Eunice Cagwin, daughter of Orville Cagwin, of Joliet. They have three children - Jennie, wife of Lester A. Kose, of Streator, Illinois; Lillian and Adel at home. In politics Mr. Elliott is a Democrat.

Michael Feuerhacher, deceased, was born in Wurtemberg, G-ermany, March 29, 1826. Before leaving his native country he served two years in the German army during the revolution of 1848. He came to America in the fall of 1853 and located at Springfield, Illinois, and about a year and a half later came to Logan County, settling in Postville, now a part of Lincoln, August 14, 1855, where he engaged in general blacksmithing and repairing, he having learned the blacksmith's trade in his native country. He added wagon-making to his business in 1860, and in 1865 he engaged in the grocery business, carrying on his shop at the same time. He was married at Wurtemberg, in April, 1852, to Rosa Feuerbacher, and to this union were born five children - Adam J., born in Germany; Mary, wife of John Feuerbacher; Charles W., Eosaand Etnmalie, the last four born in Lincoln. Mr. Feuerbacher became a member of the Lutheran churcli in early life and always observed its rules and teachings, being at his death a member of Zion Evansrelical Church at Lincoln. His death occurred November 3, 1871, at J;he age of forty-five years. His sons, Adam J. and Charles W., and his son-in-law, John Feuerbacher, have succeeded to the business founded by him.

Feuerbacher Brothers, manufacturers of wagons, Lincoln, successors to Michael Feuerbacher. This firm consists of Adam J., Charles W., sons of Michael Feuerbacher, and a son-in-law, John Feuerbacher. Adam Feuerbacher was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, January 16, 1853, and in the following December his parents immigrated to America. They lived a short time in Springfield, Illinois, and in 1855 they came to Lincoln, Logan County, where he was reared, attending the public schools of this place till his sixteenth year. He then clerked in his father's grocery till his nineteenth year when, his father dying, the grocery was diseontinned. He took charge of the wagon manufactory for his mother, to which he succeeded with his brother in 1883. November 10, 1881, he was married to Katy Schaffenacker, who resided near Mount Pulaski, Illinois. They have one child - Albert J. F. He and his wife are members of the Zion Evangelical Church at Lincoln. His brother, Charles W., was born at Lincoln, Jane 22, 1858, where he was reared and educated in the public schools. At the age of fourteen years he began learning the carriage-painter's trade in the wagon shop then carried on by his mother, and as before mentioned became proprietor with his brother in 1883. Their brother-inlaw, John Feuerbacher, is a native of Germany, where he lived till nineteen years of age. He came to this country in 1869, and in 1875 was married to Mary M. Feuerbacher, daughter of Michael and Eosa Feuerbacher. They have four children - Rosa, Emma, Lena and John. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church at Lincoln of which he actsassuperintendent of theSundayschoolj and as church secretary.

Jeremiah Joseph Jiriend, of Lincoln, is a native of Allegheny County, Maryland, born in 1836. When about three years old he removed with his parents to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where he lived with them till his twentieth year. His educational advantages were limited to three-months attendance at school during the winter terms. He immigrated to Missouri in the year 1856, and the same year began learning the jeweler's trade in Columbia, Boone County, serving an apprenticeship of three yeai-s. In 1860 he went to Linn County, Missouri, where he was engaged in farming till 1862. While engaged in farming in Missouri his farm was invaded by Confederate soldiers^ who drove away all of his horses and robbed him of his firearms. In 1862 he engaged in the jewelry business at La Clede, Linn County, remaining there till June, 1864, when his place was raided by a band of rebel guerrillas, his store stripped of everything, his show cases and clocks destroyed, and his jewelry carried off. He then left Missouri, and after leaving his family at Qnincy, Illinois, he came to Logan County and concluded to locate at Lincoln, Illinois. He then established his present business, beginning on a small scale. He rented a window in a barber shop and with a few tools began working at his trade. In 1865 he rented a small room on Pulaski street, and purchased a small stock of watches, clocks and jewelry. Since then his business has steadily increased till he now owns the two-story brick building, 20x80 feet, located at 160 Broadway, in which he carries on his business, with a full stock of jeweler's supplies, watches, etc. He also owns his fine residence on Eighth street and another business room on Broadway, all his property having been accumulated since his misfortune in Missouri, in 1864. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mariam E. White, whom he married at La Clede, Missouri, in 1862. She died in 1873, leaving three children - Francis L. and William E., both living in Kansas, and Timothy C, who died in Kansas in 1879, aged nine years. He was again married at Lincoln in 1876 to Mary J. Boyden, of the same place. He and his wife are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Lincoln, of which he has held the office of steward for several years. He is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, A. F. & A. M., of which he has served as secretary.

David Qilchrist, retired farmer, is a native of Scotland, born in Kirkcudbrightshire, December 21, 1815, a son of William and Jane (Clark) Gilchrist, with whom he lived till manhood, receiving a common-school education. His parents were members of the Presbyterian church, the established church of Scotland, and in that faith he was reared. He is now a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in which he has served as ruling elder several years. After reaching his majority he was employed as a farmer till the spring of 18i2, when he came to the TJnited States and located in Bristol County, Rhode Island, where he lived three years. In 1845 he came to Illinois and settled in Logan County, buying a farm in Orvil Township, where he lived till January, 1881, when he rented his farm and moved to Lincoln, where he has a pleasant residence. His farm contains 1,100 acres of valuable land all under cultivation. While living in Orvil Township he served several years as trustee, and as a member of the school board. Mr. Gilchrist has accumulated his property by energy and good management, being a poor roan when he came to America. He has been twice married. His first wife was Helen McMath, to whom he was married in June, 1839. She died in Orvil Township, in November, 1858, aged forty-five years, leaving seven children - William, of Nebraska; James, of Orvil Township; Margaret, wife of Henry C. Johnson, of Ford County, Illinois; Mary, wife of Benjamin Geddis, of Eminence Township; David J., of Eminence Township; Robert, of Nebraska; and Helen, wife of C. A. Ellis, of Missouri. A twin of Robert, Helen McMillan, died November 7,

1852, aged fifteen months, and William died in infancy. Mr. Gilchrist's present wife was Mrs. Mary Marr, widow of Edward Marr, a native of Scotland, who came to America in 1860 and died in Lincoln in 1863. She was born in Koxburyshire, Scotland, February 12, 1832. She had six children by her first husband, four of whom are living - John E., of Aurora, Nebraska; William T., of Stratton, Nebraska; Mary Anna, Edward T., and Timothy P. and Thomas Wallace died in childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Grilchrist have had two children - LiefFey Adelia and Joseph Abraham Lincoln Grilchrist. LieiFey died February 19, 1886, aged twenty years and six months.

Robert Oilchrist, an old resident of Logan County, is a native of Scotland, a son of William and J ane (Clark) Gilchrist. He was born at New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, March 9, 1819. He was given a good education and in his youth learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked in his native borough about six years, when, in 1843, he came to the United States. Just prior to his emigration he was married, February 22, 1843, to Elizabeth Bennett, daughter of Robert and Ann (Johnston) Bennett, of the parish of Balmagee, Kirkcudbrightshire. He arrived in New York City, May 26, and from there went to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he engaged in pattern making in a cotton manufactory about fourteen years. In May, 1857, he came to Illinois and located on a farm in Eminence Township, Logan County, where he lived twenty-two years. In January, 1880, he rented his farm and moved to Lincoln, where he now lives in the enjoyment of the accumulations of his many years of toil. While in Eminence Township he served as Road Commissioner six years and as School Director twelve years. In politics he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They have had ten children ; but five are living - William Robert, a merchant of Lincoln; Mary Ann, wife of Samuel Niswanger, of Chicago; Jennie Elizabeth, wife of James E. Gallaher, of Chicago; John James, a farmer on the old homestead in Eminence Township; and Maggie Bennett, wife of T. J. Morrison, of Chicago. The five deceased all died in infancy.

David Oillespie, senior member of the firm of Gillespie & Co., Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ireland, born in Derry Valley, October 7, 1832, a son of John and Mary A. (Schoffield) Gillespie, the former of Scotch and the latter of German descent. He was reared a farmer, and educated in the schools near his birthplace, under the control of the Presbyterian church. He remained at home till twenty-two years of age and in March, 1855, came to the United States and located at Camp Creek, Carroll County, Illinois, where he was employed as a farm hand till November, 1856, when he removed to Edwardsville, Madison County, and for a year worked in a flour-mill. He was then employed as a clerk about six years in Greenville, Bond County, and in March, 186i, came to Logan County, and became associated with J. M. Smith, in the mercantile business in Lincoln, the firm name being Smith & Gillespie. April 1, 1869, James Gillespie bought the interest of Mr. Smith and the brothers have since been in business together, with the exception of two years, 1879 and 1880. Mr. Gillespie has served six years as a member of the School Board of Lincoln. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Logan Lodge, No. 480; Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, and Constantine Commaudery, No. 51. He has been master of his lodge nine years, high priest of his chapter, and commander of his commandery. He has represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State several times. Mr. Gillespie was married April 6, 1869, to Matilda Parker, of Jacksonville, Illinois. They have three children - Joseph, Hiram and David. A daughter, Imogene, died November 12, 1876, aged six years. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie are members of the First Presbyterian Church, of Lincoln, of which he is a ruling elder.

James Gillespie, junior member of the mercantile firm Gillespie & Co., is a native of the north of Ireland, born in County Monaghan, March 12, 1839. He was educated in the common schools of his country, remaining there till twenty years of age, when, in 1859, he came to the United States and settled in Bond County, Illinois, near Greenville, where he worked at farming about five years. In 1864 he came to Lincoln and became associated with his brother David in the mercantile business. Mr. Gillespie was married January 11, 1872, to Anna E. Mickey, of Darlington, "Wisconsin. They have four children - John D., Mary Jane, Samuel and Anna Louise. A daughter, Hattie E., died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie are members of the First Presbyterian Church, of which he is a ruling elder and trustee. He is also superintendent of the Sabbath-school. Mr. Gillespie is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Logan Lodge, No. 480; Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, and Constantine Commandery, No. 51. He is master of his lodge, master of the third vail of his chapter, and sword-bearer of bis commandery.

John D. Qillett, President of the First National Bank, Lincoln, Illinois, was born at Fair Haven, Connecticut, April 28, 1819. He is a descendant from a family of Huguenots which was driven from France by religious persecution and sought refuge in England and in 1631 immigrated to the United States and settled at Lebanon, in what was then the colony of Connecticut. His parents were Eliphaz. and Amrilla (Sanford) Gillett. Both his grandfathers were soldiers in the war of the Revolution and both received pensions for meritorious conduct. His father died when he was three years old and he was reared by his widowed mother, receiving his education in the Lancasterian school at New Haven. When he was seventeen years of age he went in the ship Thomas to Georgia and spent two years in the mercantile business, and afterward returned to IN ew Haven and attended Pearl's Academy six months. In the fall of 1838 he started for Illinois, going by steamboat to St. Louis, by stage to Springfield, and thence on foot to Bald Knob, where an uncle resided. He immediately began to work on a farm, receiving at first $8 a month. With the first $50 thus earned he entered forty acres of land. After spending two years at Bald Knob, in 1840 he came to Logan County, and improved a farm in Lake Fork Township, residing there twentyeight years. In 1868 he moved to his present home in Elkhart. When he first came to Illinois nearly one-half the land was in the market at Government prices, andT^vailing himself of the opportunity he entered at different times about 12,000 acres, selling lots or sections as he found purchasers. In 1852 he with E. B. Latham entered about 7,000 acres. He is one of the most extensive farmers of Illinois, his home farm containing 9,000 acres. In addition to farming he has paid considerable attention to cattle dealing and real estate, and his vast accumulations are due to his good judgment, industry and strict attention to business. He raises the finest blooded stock cattle in the United States, as his exhibits at various stock shows demonstrate, he invariably receiving first premiums. He is now engaged extensively in shipping fine stock to European markets. In 1873 he was one of the incorporators of the First National Bank of Lincoln and has since been its president. In politics he is a Republican, but gives no attention to public affairs. May 31, 1842, he was married to Miss Lemira Parke, whom he met in 1840, while crossing the Sangamon River, now at Clingman's Ferry, she being on her way to spend Christmas with friends at Springfield. Her father, Elisha

Parke, settled in that part of Sangamon County now included in Logan County, in 1837, and built the first jail in Logan County. Mr. and Mrs. Gillett have eight children - Emma (wife of Hon. E. J. Oglesby, Governor of Illinois), Grace (wife of D. T. Littler, of Springfield), Nina, Amy, Kate (wife of James Hill, of Chester, Illinois), Jesse, John and Charlotte. The family are members of the Episcopal church at Springfield.

Oliver Goltra was born in Washington Yalley, Somerset County, New Jersey, September 22, 1806, a son of Oliver and Phoebe (Compton) Goltra, natives of New Jersey, the former of German and the latter of Scotch descent. He was reared in his native county, and the adjoining county of Middlesex. When seventeen years of age he began to learn the hatter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of nearly four years. He then worked at his trade in Washington Yalley two years, and in 1829 moved his business to Greenbrook, Middlesex County, and bought out his employer's establishment, manufacturing hats till 1849, for several years combining the mercantile with his other business. In 1849, he sold out his factory and store and engaged in farming near New Brunswick till 1856, when he came to Illinois, and in the spring of 1857 settled on a farm in Chester Township, Logan County, where he lived till the spring of 1885, when he moved to Lincoln. His farm contains nearly a half section and is well improved. May 10, 1828, he was married to Ann Maria Harris, of Greenbrook, New Jersey, by whom he had twenty children, nine of whom are living - William H., of Oregon; John H., of Macon County, Illinois; Albert Y., of Henry, Illinois: Joseph W., George W., and Abram H., of Kansas; Mary, wife of John D. Leslie; Catherine, wife of John Allison ; and Sarah, wife of William R. Allison, the three latter of Bloomington, Illinois. Of the deceased, nine died in early childhood; Nelson was killed May 25, 1859, by an explosion in his mill in Lynn County, Oregon, and Emily, wife of George Hall, died in Newark, New Jersey, May 2, 1869. Mrs. Goltra died March 18, 1853, aged forty one years. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church from her girlhood till her death. January 2, 1860, Mr. Goltra married at Newark, New Jersey, Jane 0. Oottrell. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, although Mr. Goltra was formerly a member of the Old School church, in which he was ruling elder several years. Mr. Goltra's parents came to Illinois to spend their declining years with their children, and died aged, respectively, seventy and eighty-five years.

William Grauer, proprietor of Grauer's sample room, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Germany, born in Wurtemberg, July 2, 1842. He was reared a farmer, and was given a good education in the schools of Germany, remaining there till manhood. In January, 1865, he came to the United States, landing in New York City, and thence coming to Logan County, Illinois, arriving at Lincoln, February 4. He j&rst found employment in the brickyard of Xavier Gaus, remaining with him till 1872, in the meantime tending bar two winters. From 1872 till 1880 he was employed as a bartender, and in the latter year opened a saloon of his own on Pulaski street, where he has built up a good trade. February 26, 1868, Mr. Grauer was married by Rev. Galster to Miss Christina Stanger, of Pana, Illinois. They have four children - Jacob, William, John and Carrie. Mr. and Mrs. Grauer are members of the Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of Mozart Lodge, No. 345, I. O. 0. F.,and has held several offices in the order.

Meyer Oriesheim, merchant at Lincoln, was born near Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, January 8, 1848. His father was a merchant, who died in 1856. In his youth he was employed at home, and also worked in a bakery a short time. When eighteen years of age he came to the United States, coming direct to Illinois from New Tork, and after visiting his brother, Wolfe Griesheim, of Bloomington, in October, 1866, he came to Lincoln, where he obtained employment as clerk in the store of L. Livingston. In June, 1869, he became associated with Mr. Livingston in business, under the firm name of Livingston & Griesheim. In 1877 this partnerhip was dissolved, and Mr. Griesheim became associated with his brother Wolfe and Mr. Livingston, of Bloomington, and established a branch of their business in Lincoln, of which he had charge till 1883, and since then has been in business alone. Mr. Griesheim was married October 11, 1874, to Miss Gertie Livingston. They have one child - Coi'a. He and his wife are members of the Hebrew Congregation at Lincoln. In politics he is a liberal Democrat.

Samuel Millihin Guttery, Superintendent of Schools of Logan County, was born in Clinton County, Indiana, near Frankfort, April 15, 1846, a son of Millikin and Rebecca (Stephenson) Guttery, both natives of Ohio. When he was an infant his parents moved to Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, and there he was reared, and, in 1865, when nineteen years of age, accompanied them to Logan

County, Illinois. He attended the conmon schools and academy at Lebanon, completing his education at the Lincoln University, and in 1869 began teaching in the district schools of Logan County. He taught till 18Y4, and then engaged in the grocery business till 1877, when he again began teaching. In the fall of 1881 he was appointed by the Board of Supervisors county superintendent of schools, to fill a vacancy, and in the fall of 1882 was elected to the same office for a term of four years. April 26, 1874, Mr. Guttery was married to Miss Lizzie J., daughter of Mrs. Louisa Brown, of Lincoln, and the late Patrick Brown, of Pike County, Illinois. They have five children - Agnes May, Bertha B., Mary F., Florence C. and Louisa J. Mr. and Mrs. Guttery are members of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, and he is superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter, and of the Modern Woodmen of America.

James Hill, agent for the United States and Pacific Express Company, at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ohio, born at Senecaville, Guernsey County, November 30, 1834, a son of Charles Bruff ^nd Laura (Heacocks) Hill, natives of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, of English descent. When he was fourteen years of age his parents moved to Cassopolis, Michigan, and there he grew to manhood. He learned the fanning-mill maker's trade of his brother Charles, and worked at it until 1861, when he enlisted in the war of the Eebellion, in Company A, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, and served till the summer of 1864, when he was discharged on account of disability, three moiiths before his term of enlistment had expired. The greater part of the time he was Third Sergeant, and as such was discharged. Nine months he was on detached service with Captain J. S. McClintock, on General Kimball's staff, stationed at Little Keck and Helena, in the commissary department. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, luka, Hatchie Bridge, Middleburg, Vicksburg, and others of less importance. After his discharge he returned to Cassopolis, and soon after removed to Chicago, Illinois, and for nine months worked at the carpenter's trade. He then entered the employ of the United States Express Company, serving eight years in the capacity of messenger on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, when, in 1873, he came to Lincoln, and has since had charge of their office here. He was married November 26, 1857, to Sarah A. Little, of Cassopolis, Michigan. They have two sons - Franklin T. and Elmer J., both in the employ of the United States Express Company, Franklin, a clerk in the general superintendent's office, at Chicago, and Elmer, a messenger on the Chicago & Alton Railroad. Mr. Hill is a member of the Leo W. Myers Post, No. 182, G. A. E., of which he is past commander. In politics he is a Republican.

Frank Hoblit, Cashier of the First National Bank, of Lincoln, is a native of Logan County, Illinois, born near Atlanta, November 1, 1839. His parents were Samuel and Abigail (Downey) Hoblit, natives of Ohio. The former died in 1866. He was reared on a farm, but was given a good common-school education, graduating from Sloan's Commercial College, Chicago, Illinois. When eighteen years of age he began clerking in a clothing and book store in Atlanta, and a year later was employed as bookkeeper in the bank of David Kern & Co. In 1860 he became associated with David Kern and J. P. Joseph, in general merchandising, under the firm name of Kern, Joseph & Hoblit. In 1865 he retired from the firm, and in March, 1866, engaged in private banking at Atlanta, under the firm name of Frank Hoblit & Co. In 1875 they were succeeded by the First National Bank, of Atlanta, of which he was cashier. In 1879 the First National Bank was succeeded by the Atlanta Bank, he still retaining the position of cashier. In 1878 he, with others, incorporated the National State Bank of Bloomington, Illinois, of which he was president till March, 1882, when he resigned, still retaining, however, his stock and directorship. On resigning the presidency of the bank at Bloomington, he purchased a controlling interest in the First National Bank of Lincoln, and became its cashier. In politics Mr. Hoblit is a Republican, and was a delegate to the National Republican Convention, held at Philadelphia in June, 1872, at the renomination of General (President) Grant, and Henry Wilson, Vice-President. At present he casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party. June 4, 1864, he was married at Atlanta to Miss Mellie A., daughter of Dr. J. S. Allen. They have two adopted children - Walter B. and Mary E.

Rev. Thomas Tilghman Holton, pastor of the Christian church, at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ohio, born in Aberdeen, Brown County, November 17, 1839. He was educated at the National Normal School, and at Bethany College, Virginia, from which he graduated with the class of 1862. His preceptor was Rev. Alexander Campbell, the great author, and organizer of the Christian church. Since his graduation he has engaged in teaching and preaching. He h'eld the position of professor of Latin, Greek and natural science, in Jefferson College, Jefferson ville, Kentucky, two years, from 1862 to 1864. He then went to Falmouth, Kentucky, and took charge of the academy at that place till 1866, when he began the regular pastoral work at Vincennes, Indiana, remaining there till 1868, when he accepted a call from the church at Springfield, Illinois. From 1870 till 1873, lie had charge of the church at Berlin, Illinois, where he was also for two years principal of the public schools. In September, 1873, he came to Lincoln, where he has since lived. He also has had charge of the church at Union, De Witt Oonnty, since 1871, half of his time being spent there. In 1876 he was elected circuit clerk of Logan County for a term of four years, and was re-elected in 1880. He was married November 18, 1862, to Ellen M., daughter of Archibald Campbell, of Bethany. They have six children - Helen King, wife of C. Lucas, of Mt. Pulaski; Campbell, a clerk in the store of C. E. Hoss; Pauline, Mary, Anna C. and Bettie. His family, except the two youngest, are members of the Christian church.

Edward Q. Hudson, attorney at law,of Lincoln, was born in Carmichaels, Greene County, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1848. His parents, Kev. Samuel E. and Matilda (McGrew) Hudson, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and were of Scotch-Irish descent. His father being a minister, he was reared in various places in Pennsylvania and Illinois, coming to this State with his parents about 1854. He was educated at the University of Lincoln, from which institution he graduated in the class of 1871. He began the study of law in the office of Hon. S. A. Foley, and in 1875 was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at Springfield, after which he engaged in the practice of his profession at Lincoln. He has served as city attorney of Lincoln two terms. In 1877 he was one of the incorporators of the Lincoln Savings, Loan and Trust Bank, of which he is a director. He is also a director of the Lincoln National Bank, which he helped to incorporate in 1885. In connection with his law practice he has been operating largely in the sale of Western lands in Nebraska, Kansas and Texas. He was married at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1879, to Virginia W. Hackney, of that place. Both he and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. Hudson, in politics, casts his sufirage with the Republican party. He is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, A. F. & A. M. ; Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, E. A. M., and Constantine Commandery, No. 51, K. T.

George B. Hudson, dealer in Western lands, with headquarters at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Carmichaels, Fayette County, March 22, 1848, a son of Rev. Samuel E. and Matilda G. (McGrew) Hudson. He remained with his parents until manhood, attending school in the various places in which his father preached. He was eighteen years of age when his parents came to Lincoln and then entered the . university, from which he graduated in the class of 1871. He then taught school at Greenview, Illinois, and subsequently at Dallas, Texas, after which he began dealing in Western lands,during 1876 and 1877, selecting and locating large tracts of land in Northwest Texas. The country at that time was inhabited by roving tribes of Indians, and large herds of buffalo roamed over the plains. He traveled over 900 miles in the saddle with surveying parties, living on buffalo and other game shot by themselves. Mr. Hudson also deals extensively in lands in Missouri and Kansas. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

James Alexander Hudson, Yice-President of the Lincoln National Bank, and Cashier of the Lincoln Loan and Trust Company, was born in Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1841, a son of Rev. Samuel E. and Matilda (McGrew) Hudson, his father being a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. His parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, his father being of Welsh and his mother of Scotch-Irish descent. James A. received his education at Waynesburg College, Pennsylvania, and Lincoln University, graduating from the latter in the first-class of 1867. After his graduation he began the study of law at Lincoln and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He then began the practice of law at this place which he followed till 187T~ when he was chosen cashier of the Lincoln Savings Loan and Trust Company, of which he was one of the incorporators. He was chosen treasurer of the Lincoln University in 1873, holding the position for six years. In 1874: he became one of its trustees, and was chosen president of the board, which position he still holds. He has been vice-president of the Lincoln National Bank since its organization. He was one of the incorporators of the Lincoln Gas Company in 1884, and is one of its directors. He is also a stock-holder in the Citizens' Coal Mining Company of Lincoln. In 1875 he was elected a member of the city council which position he has since filled with the exception of two years when he was traveling for his health. He was married at St. Louis on November 2, 1872, to Dora L. Miller, daughter of Rev. Barnett Miller, of Dallas, Texas. They have four children - May, Oara B., Louise and Roberta A. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Lincoln. He is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M.; Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, R. A. M., and Constantino Commandery, No. 51, K. T., and has served as treasurer of his commandery. He is also a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 204, L 0. 0. F., of which he has served as treasurer.

Joseph Beauchamp Hudson, agent of the Chicago & Alton Railroad at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ireland, born at Dublin, March 25, 1850, a son Thomas and Mary (Evans) Hudson. His father died in 1862, and in 1864 his mother came, with her family, to the United States, locating in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the schools of Dublin, but after coming to America was obliged to work, and had no advantages of the schools of this country, although he made good use of his leisure time, and acquired a good business education. Soon after coming to America he found employment as a clerk in the freight office of the Chicago & Alton Railroad at East St. Louis, and in 1868 was transferred to Springfield, Illinois, and was there employed in the same capacity till 1871, when he was promoted to the agency at Chenoa and remained there four years. In 1875 he was transferred to Lincoln, where he has since had charge of the offices of the road. Mr. Hudson was married at Chatham, Illinois, to Miss Dolly Thayer. They have one child - Ray. In politics Mr. Hudson is a Republican. He and his wife are members of Trinity Episcopal Church, Lincoln, of which he is a vestryman. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter, and commandery. He is eminent commander of Oonstantine Commandery, No. 51.

JSev. Samuel Evans Hudson was born August 20, 1810, near Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. His parents, James and Sarah (Quail) Hudson, both died before he was twelve years of age. Being thus early thrown upon his own resources, he began to educate himself with a view to the law as his profession, but, having professed religion in his twenty-first year, he felt it his duty to become a minister. He supported himself for several years and attended Madison College at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Having been ordained to preach he united with Union Presbytery, of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and preached at Uniontown, Hopewell, and other places. On account of a disease of his throat, which had been overworked during his active labors, he moved to a farm in Illinois in 1854. As soon as his health permitted he accepted a call to the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until, on account of his health again failing, his physician advised him to return to his native State. There he preached two years at "Waynesburg, when he returned to his farm in Illinois, and while residing on it he built Tip what is now Hudson Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in La Salle County. In 1867 he moved to Lincoln, Illinois, for the purpose of educating his children, who all subsequently graduated from the university at that place. He died June 14, 1881. He was married August 1, 1839, to Matilda Me- Grew, of Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, who is still living at Lincoln, Illinois.

David Hummell, hardware merchant, Lincoln, Illinois, was born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1832, the youngest of three sons of Henry and Rachel (Garver) Hummell, his father a native of Germany, and his mother of Pennsylvania, of German descent. In 1839 he accompanied his parents to Illinois, and was reared and educated in Macon County. He served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, at which he worked irregularly till 1872. From 1873 to 1878 he was employed as a clerk in the hardware store of M. Reinhardt, and in the latter year became established in his present business. He has served as constable and marshal four terms, street commissioner three terms, village collector three terms, city collector one term, and as a member of the Lincoln Board of Education three terms. November 3, 1852, Mr. Hummel was married at Decatur, Illinois, to Mary Ellen, daughter of Thomas and Polly Stanfield. To them were born twelve children - Mrs. J. E. Miller, of Hartsburg; Effie M. ; Mrs. Charles King, of Lincoln; Charles F., "William T., Julia Ellen, John H., David Edwin, Fannie Lillius, and three who died in infancy. Mrs. Hummell died February 15, 1883. March 29, 1885, Mr. Hummell married again to Miss Mary McCrary, of Lincoln. In politics, David Hummell was formerly a Democrat, but later became a Prohibitionist, voted that ticket from the organization of said party, and has since been the chairman of the County Central Committee. He is the chairman of the Congressional Committee of the Fourteenth District, and a member of -the State Central Committee; also the president of the Logan County Temperance Union.

Jiev. Zehulon R. Humphrey was born near West Liberty, Champaign County, Ohio, August 24, 1829. In 1837 he emigrated with his parents to the northern part of Macon County, which now forms a part of De "Witt County, Illinois. Here he resided until the age of twenty-one years. During his minority his educational advantages were so meagre that at the age of manhood he found himself unqualified for the duties of life, and decided to avail himself of the best facilities offered for a liberal education. He attended McKendree College one year, it being the oldest college in the West, located twenty-five miles east of St. Louis at Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois.' During the following vacation he taught a subscription school in the town, now city, of Clinton, De Witt County, Illinois. The following year he attended the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, but the following year, on account of failing health, gave up the idea of completing his education and settled on a farm in Barnett Township, De Witt County, farming in the summer and teaching school in the winter, until the year 1869, with the exception of two years that he traveled as agent for the American Bible Society, when he settled on a farm near Chestnut, ^tna Township, Logan County. Here he farmed during the summer and worked at the carpenter's trade in the fall and winter, where, by overwork and exposure in improving a new farm, his health gave way, and in March. 1874, he left the farm and settled in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. In September, 1852, he was united in marriage to Miss Maggie R. Wolfe, of Tunbridge Township, De Witt County. He has two children living - Clara A., wife of H. M. Wildman, of Lincoln, and John Franklin, a student of Lincoln University. He has buried three sons - Joseph H., aged sixteen years ; Thomas C, aged one year, and William F., at the age of fifteen years, all three now resting in one grave in the McClimans Cemetery in De Witt County. Being of a retiring nature, he never sought office, but has had the various minor offices where he resided thrust upon him by his neighbors. He has been a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal church for thirty-six years, but has been retired for the past thirteen years from the effects of chronic bronchitis. His ancestors were remarkable for long life. His grandfather, Thomas C. Humphrey, lived to the extreme age of 112 years, having never been ill a single day, and quietly fell asleep, from which he never awoke. His father, John Humphrey, was a man of remarkable constitution and died at the advanced age of eighty-six years, and sleeps in the McOlimans Cemetery with eight of his children, while the mother still lingers upon the shore at the good old age of eighty-four years. A remarkable fact strangely contrasts with the longevity of his ancestors, when it is known that of six brotliers and three sisters he alone survives, and still more strange that, with a single exception, all were cut down in the prime of life by that relentless foe of mankind, consumption.

William Nungerford, proprietor of the Lincoln Planing Mills, contractor and builder, and manufacturer of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, etc., was born in Bridgewater, Connecticut, May 31, 1832. "When in his sixteenth year he went to Poughkeepsie, New York, and there learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, which he followed in that city till 1858, after which he came to Lincoln, Illinois, and at once engaged in contracting and building. In 1868 he and E. L. Beach erected a planing mill at Lincoln which was burned in May, 1871. In about seventy days the mill was rebuilt and the machinery was again in running order. Mr. Beach having retired from the firm in 1873, Mr. Hungerford has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Hungerford was married at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1855, to Sarah M. Beach, of that place. They have three children - Adeline, wife of F. E. Bell, of Palmyra, Illinois; Phineas B., of Hastings, Nebraska, and Martha E., living at home. Mr. Hungerford and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Lincoln, of which he is a raling elder.

I'rank Rutter, proprietor of the West Broadway Meat Market, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of G-ermany, born in Hochdorf, Bavaria, September 28, 1841. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the butcher's trade, at Ludwigshafen, and served two years. He then worked two years as a journeyman for his master and subsequently in various places in France and Switzerland till 1861, when, in conformity with the laws of Bavaria, he went into the German army and served three years and four months in the artillery service. He then went to Strasburg, France, and remained till September, 1865, when he came to the United States, first locating in New York City. In October, 1866, he came West and lived at Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, till September, 1867, when he removed to Lincoln, and until August, 1868, was employed by Simon Rock. He then became associated with Henry Brening and they conducted a market together till Jul.y, 1869, since whicli time Mr. Hutter has been alone. His place of business was on Sangamon street till 1872, when he moved to West Broadway, where in 1883 he erected a substantial brick building;, having become well established in a permanent trade. Mr. Hutter has by his many years of fair dealing won the confidence of his patrons. He has been twice married - first, January 1, 1868, in Miiscoutah, Illinois, to Philipena "Walker, who died at Lincoln, August 7, 1875, leaving four children - Frank, an employe of his father; ITicholas, Katie and Fritz. September 14, 1875, Mr. Hutter married Miss Margaret Buttell, of Lincoln. They have five children - William, Lena, Francisea, Emma and Grover Cleveland. Politically Mr. Hutter is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, of which for several years he has served as trustee.

James Johnston, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Ireland, but of Scottish parentage. He was born in County Fermanagh, December 25, 1839. His opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited, he being obliged to work at an early age, and his education was such as could be obtained at night school. When nine years old he went with his parents, John and Catherine (Brien) Johnston, to Glasgow, Scotland, and at the age often years he was employed as errand boy in a warehouse in that city. He worked for the same house in various capacities till his sixteenth year, when he accompanied his parents to Canada, they settling on a farm in Prescott County. He left Canada in September, 1859, and came to Logan County, Illinois, where he worked on a farm for his brother William. In Jhe fall of 1860 he bought eighty acres of land in ^tna Township where he resided until 1880, adding to his first purchase till he now has a farm of 640 acres located seven miles southeast of Lincoln. In 1881 he purchased a stock farm of 1,240 acres in Missouri, where he engaged in farming and raising stock, feeding yearly 300 head of cattle, and at the same time carried on his farm in Logan County. In politics Mr. Johnston is a Kepublican. He has served as school director of JEtna Township for five years. He was married at Riceville, Canada, February 6, 1866, to Margaret Ann Moffatt, daughter of James and Martha (Caldwell) Mofiatt, the former born in Dublin, Ireland, and the latter a native of Canada, Mrs. Johnston being born and reared in Canada. To Mr. and Johnston have been born seven children, five still living - Sarah Evangeline, Catharine Ida, Percy Brien,

Minnie Ethel and Florence Martha. Maria died January 10, 1878, aged nearly eleven years, and James Henry died in infancy, June 29, 1881. Mr. Johnston and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopl church at Lincoln, he being a member of the official board. He has always taken an active interest in educational and religious matters and has given liberally toward the support of the gospel both in his own and other churches. Harmony Church, in ^tna Township, was built through his efforts, he alone giving the building. He also donated the cemetery grounds to their cemetery association. He is a Master, Eoyal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and belongs to the lodge, chapter and commandery at Lincoln.

Thomas P- Joseph, sewing-machine agent at Lincoln, was born April 2, 1833, near West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio, wiiere he lived till his fourteenth year. He then began clerking at Dayton, Ohio, and was afterward engaged in clerking at Quincy, Ohio, till 1859. He then came to Logan County, Illinois, and was employed a short time clerking in Atlanta, after which he was engaged in general merchandising till 1872, when he came to Lincoln and has since been engaged in dealing in sewing machines. He was married at Atlanta to Mrs. Maria Allen, daughter of Hiram Lawrence, of that place. They have two children living - Frank and Burt, He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lincoln. He is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, A. F. & A. M., at Lincoln, and Logan Lodge, No. 176, I. O. 0. F., at Atlanta, and has passed all the chairs in the latter lodge which he has represented in the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois. He is also a member of Cook Lodge, No. 109, A. O. U. W., of which he has held the position of receiver for the last five years.

John Paul Keller, proprietor of the Ahrens' House, Lincoln, is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born May 22, 1859, a sou of John Paul and Catherine (Holz) Keller. When he was eleven years of age his father died. His mother then came to America, leaving him to the care of his grandmother till he was fourteen years old, and till that age he attended the schools of Wurtemberg. He then joined his mother at Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived with her at that place till he was sixteen years of age. He then, in 1875, began life for himself, his first work being in the iron mines of Berks County, Pennsylvania. He mined there about two years and in the fall of 1876 he came to Logan County, Illinois, and located at Lincoln, where he worked in the coal shaft of the Lincoln Coal Mining Company for a short time. He was then variously employed till 1881, when he was engaged as a .clerk in the grocery store of John E. Dehner, with whom he remained almost two years. He then was bar-tender for Henry Ahrens till the fall of 1883, when he became proprietor of the same house. He was married at Lincoln, April 10, 1883, to Gassie L. Klemm, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They have two children - Carrie L. and John. He and his wife are members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Lincoln. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order and belongs to Mozart Lodge, N"o. 345, and has served as right and left supporter of the vice-grand- In his political views Mr. Keller is a Democrat.

Thomas Wallace Kenyan is a native of New York, born at Port Gibson, "Wayne County, November 22, 1835. His parents, Russell A. and Lydia J. (Rhodes) Kenyon, were natives of New York, of English descent. In 1846 they moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, and there our subject was reared, and was educated in the graded school of Marshall, the seminary at Gull Prairie, and the schools of Yorkville. His father was a tanner and glovemaker and he worked with him as cutter till his majority. July 3, 1856, he was married to Mary L. Brewer, daughter of Paris and Roxanna P. (Miller) Brewer, of Little Sandusky, Ohio, After his marriage he engaged in hotel keeping at Yorkville till 1868, when he came to Logan County, Illinois, and located on a farm in East Lincoln Township, where he lived till August, 1881. He then moved to the city of Lincoln and has since engaged in dealing in live-stock, being associated with Marvin Brewer, under the firm name of Brewer & Kenyon, for a short time, and subsequently with John Dawson and Paul Smith, but since 1883 has been alone. In the spring of 1882 he was elected a member of the City Council of Lincoln. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, and has passed all the chairs of both lodge and encampment; also of the Knights of Honor. Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon have nine children - Clarence, an attorney of Kansas City, Missouri; Russell P., a blacksmith of Lincoln; Frank H., Inspector of Public Works at Kansas City; Minnie M.; Zella; Thomas W.; Bert; Mary L. and George.

Cha/rles King, bookkeeper for the Citizens' Coal Mining Company, Lincoln, was born near Waynesville, De Witt County, Illinois, August 20, 1857, a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Cantrell) King, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and tiis mother of Illinois, of Scotch descent. When he was an infant his father died and he remained with his mother till eleven years of age. He then began to work for his own maintenance, finding employment as a farm hand during the summer and attended the district scliools in the winter. When nineteen years of age he began teaching school in McLean County and tanght three years. In 1880 he attended Gem City Business College, at Quincy, Illinois, from which he graduated June 8, 1881. He then went to Fredonia, Kansas, where he was employed five months in the county offices. He was then employed as bookkeeper in the Wilson County Bank till July, 1883, when he came to Lincoln and for a year was employed as bookkeeper in the First National Bank, and since then has been bookkeeper of the Citizens' Coal Mining Company. While in Kansas he held the office of city clerk of Fredonia a year. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Cook Lodge, No. 109, A. O. U. W. Mr. King was married March 4, 1881, to Clara B., daughter of David and Ellen (Stanfield) Hninmell, of Lincoln. They have one child - Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Kins: are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He iias been superintendent of the Sunday-school two years, steward one year and class-leader one year.

Frank Klatt, of the firm of Klatt & Shilling, liverymen, Lincoln, was born in the city of Schoenlanke, Prussia, January 29, 1838. When seventeen years old he came to America, and first located in Chicago, where he was variously employed till 1S57. He was then engaged for three summers on a boat plying between Chicago and Joliet, and during the winters he was employed as a teamster in the stone quarries at Joliet. He came to Logan County, Illinois, in tiie spring of 1860, and worked on a farm in Corwin Township, for William Squires, till August 11, 1861, when he enlisted in the Union army as a private to serve three years. He was a member of Company B, Second Illinois Cavalry. He participated in the battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Grand Junction, and in numerous skirmishes and cavalry scouts. He served three years and one month, when he was discharged at Springfield, Illinois, when he returned to Logan County, and settled at Lincoln, working in Martin Spitley's livery stable till June, 1865, when he became Mr. Spitley's partner, continuing as such till the spring of 1874. He then bought his partner's interest, and in 1879 Joseph Schilling became associated with him, thus forming the present livery firm of Klatt & Schilling. Mr. Klatt was married December 17, 1868, at St. Louis, Missouri, to

Rosa Jeager, formerly of Alton, Illinois. They have seven children living - Bertha, Barbara, Ida, Eosa, Charles, Eddie and Lena. Three of their children are deceased - Matilda, died in 1873, aged thirteen months; Anna, died in 1883, aged eleven years; Frank, died in 1883, aged five years. In politics Mr. Klatt afSliates with the Republican party. He and his family are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Lincoln.

Eon. Oolbey JSnapp, deceased, was one of the pioneers of Logan County of 1836, three years before its separation from Sangamon County. He was born in Chenango County, New York, January 7, 1811, of English ancestry, who settled in Massachusetts in an early day. His father was a physician, and practiced over fifty years in New York. When fifteen years of age our subject left home and went to Oxford for the purpose of attending the academy of that plac6, but changing his mind he entered a dry-goods store as a clerk. Four years later he was sent by his employers to Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where he remained twelve months. He then went to Baltimore, Maryland, where he was employed as bookkeeper in a commission house, and for four years engaged in the drug business. In 1836 he married Miss Catherine Schaffner, of Baltimore, and soon after came to Illinois, and located at Middletown, where in October of the same year he engaged in the mercantile business in company with William Glenn, Jr., and about one year later he bought Mr. Glenn's interest. In 1837 he was appointed postmaster, and held the ofBce till 1860, a period of twenty-three years. At an early day he was elected township treasurer, and held that office for twenty or more years. Soon after the organization of Logan County he was elected probate justice of the peace (now abolished), and subsequently was elected county commissioner, holding the latter a number of years, in 1851-'52 he represented his district, ccMnprising Logan and Mason counties, in the Lower House of tbe Illinois Legislature, and in 1862 was elected State Senator. He became a resident of Lincoln in 1864, making this his home till his death in 1881. His wife died in 1882. After moving to Lincoln he was chosen treasurer of the Lincoln University, and collected over $30,000, while holding the position,for the erection of the present building. In 1869 he was elected mayor of the city, and negotiated the bonds and raised most of the funds for the erection of the public high school building, which, with its thoroughly graded schools and high school, is a fitting memorial to one of its most earnest supporters. Mr. Knapp had a family of four children - Mary, wife of Dr. Perry; Colbey M., Charles Schaffner (deceased), and Lucy Virginia, wife of Dr. W. C. Maul, of Hyde Park, Illinois.

Colbey Murray Enapp, County Clerk of Logan County, is a native of this county, born in Middletown, Corwin Township, September 19, 184:4. His parents, Colbey and Catherine (Schaffner) Knapp, were among the pioneers of 1836. He received good educational advantages, attending in his boyhood the district schools, and later the Indian Point Academy, in Menard County, and Hathaway Academy, of Chicago. His father being a merchant he spent his leisure time in the store, and after leaving school was employed by his father as a clerk, remaining with him four years. In 1864: he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Illinois Infantry for 100 days, but was in the service, in Southwestern Missouri, six months. In 1868 he took charge of the Merchants' Union and United States express ofiSces, filling the position till 1871, when, ia March, he was elected clerk of the city of Lincoln, and the following month he was elected collector of East Lincoln Township.- He filled the office of city clerk by re-election till 1883. In November, 1882, he was elected clerk of Logan County for a term of four years, a position he is eminently competent to occupy. Mr. Knapp is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter and commandery, at Lincoln, of the Odd Fellows' order, in which he has passed all the chairs, and has represented his Lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State; of the Knights of Pythias, of which he has also passed all the chairs. Mr. Knapp was married May 25, 1870, to Mary Tarr, of Pontiac, Illinois. They have five children - Colbey Harry, Bessie Virginia, Kittie Adella, Gertrude and Lucille. Mrs. Knapp is a member of the Episcopal church. In politics Mr. Knapp is a Democrat.

Preston Blaekiurn Knight was born November 13, 1818, near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in 1819 his parents removed to Illinois, settling on a farm near Carmi. AVhen he was five years old they settled near Hillsboro, Illinois, where he was reared on a farm, remaining there until 1846, and the education that he received was such as the subscription schools of that early time afforded. In 184:6 he went to Christian County, Illinois, where he taught school till 1848, after which he was employed as a clerk in a store in Taylorville of the same county for eight years. In 1856 he went to Sullivan, Moultrie County, and there engaged in the mercantile trade, but during the financial crisis of 1858 he, like many others, failed in business. While living in Taylorville in 1849 he held the oflSce of postmaster, and in 1850 was appointed Deputy United States Marshal to take the census of Christian County, and in 1861 he was enrolling officer of Moultrie County. From 1861 to 1865 he was postmaster of Sullivan, Moultrie County. In 1862 or 1863 he was appointed Internal Revenue Assessor of Moultrie County which office he held until he came to Lincoln in 1865 where he was variously employed for several years. In 1869 he was elected coroner of Logan County on the Republican ticket for a term of two years, and was re-elected to the same office in 1871. In 1870 he was elected justice of the peace of jEast Lincoln Township, and in 1873 was elected city justice of Lincoln, which office he still holds. He has also served as township clerk of East Lincoln six or eight years. He has been married three times. He was first married to Sarah Smyth in 1839. She died in 1851, and he was again married in 1852 to Lucinda C. Skinner, who died in 1854 leaving one child - S. Emma, now the wife of James H. Grove, of Decatur, Illinois. He married Mary Jane Bell, his present wife, in 1855, and to this union has been born one child - Mary L., who is still at home. Mr. Knight has been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church since 1840, and has served as ruling elder. He is a member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, and is an ardent worker in the cause of temperance.

Mrs. Ruth Lacey is a native of New York, born near Cooperstown, Otsego County, in 1828. She was reared in her native county, living there till her marriage with Lionel P. Lacey, which occurred in December, 1861. Lionel P. Lacey was born at Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, in 1820. He was reared a farmer but before reaching manhood he studied law, which he followed the greater part of his life. Soon after his marriage he brought his wife to Illinois and settled in Lincoln, Logan County, where he practiced his profession till his death, which took place in August, 1866, at the early age of forty-six years. He was much respected in the county, and his death was universally regretted. He left a widow, our subject, and two children - Lewis J., who died in 1872 aged ten years, and Ruth Alma, now the wife of Arthur W. Leslie, a resident of Lincoln. Mrs. Lacey still makes her home in Lincoln, and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church at this place.

June 21, 1818. In 1819 his father, James Latham, came to Logan County (then Sangamon), Illinois, and located in Elkhart Grove, living in the first cabin built in the county. His first teacher was Erastus Wright, one of the first teachers of Illinois, who was employed in his father's family. He subsequently attended a subscription school at Fort Clark (Peoria), and in 1827, the year after the death of his father, went to Morgansfield, Kentucky, and lived with a sister one year and went to school. He afterward returned to Logan County, and when sixteen years of age entered the select school at Springfield, Illinois, and attended the winter terms four years, taking a course in the natural sciences, and higher mathematics. While at :,Springfield he formed the acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln, which ripened into an intimate friendship. On attaining his majority he received as his portion of his father's estate a part of Elkhart Grove, and for about eleven years followed agricultural pursuits. In 1850 he sold his farm and engaged in the real estate business at Mt. Pulaski, thea the county seat of Logan County. The same year he was elected sheriff of the county and served two years. In the spring of 1853 the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company built their road to Bloomington and he was employed to secure the right of way through the county. About this time he, with J. D. Gillett and V. Hickox, purchased the present site of Lincoln, which he named in honor of his friend, Abraham Lincoln. In 1860 he was elected a member of the Illinois State Legislature. At the close of his term of office, in 1862, he raised the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Infantry, of which he was commissioned Colonel, in accordance with the unanimous voice of the men. The exposure and overwork incident to the life of a soldier, coupled with the climate of the South, was more than he could endure, and after a severe attack of pneumonia he was obliged to resign. Mr. Latham has always taken an earnest and active interest in religion and education, and the founding of Lincoln University was due to his liberality and influence. When the university was incorporated he was a charter member, and was a member of the Board of Trustees, and was elected vice-president of the first board, and the second year was elected its president, which office lie held for eighteen years. During his presidency the university was a flourishing institution, and from the beginning of it an honor to the town and a credit to the founder. Mr. Latham donated ten acres of land and subscribed $3,000 for the building of the college on the part of Grillett, LaiUliam and Wjatt. To him also does Lincoln owe the location of the Institute for the Feeble-Minded. It is a lar^e, commodious building and an honor to the county of Logan. He was the prime mover in the incorporation and building of the Pekin, Lincoln & Decatur Railroad, now part of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railroad, of which he was president for five years, and also a prime mover and one of the committee in building the Havana, Mason City, Lincoln and Eastern Railroad. Mr. Latham has devoted most of his life in building up the town of Lincoln and no man has been more active in building up its material and intellectual interests. If, as a certain author has said, it is an honor for a man to plant a tree or to erect a house, how much more to build a town. Lincoln stands to-day a testimonial ofthe energy and indomitable perseverance and liberal ity of Robert B. Latham, its honored founder. And had he done nothing more he would be justly entitled to the lasting gratitude of his fellow citizens. Mr. Latham was married to Georgiana P. Gillett, daughter of John Gillett, who is deceased, as are also the three children born to them. July 24, 1856, he married Sevillah, daughter of "William Wyatt, of Jacksonville. They have five children, all residents of Lincoln - -May, Richard, Robertie, William W. and Georgiana.

Nicholas Laux, proprietor of Lincoln House, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Germany, born in Luxemburg, September 18, 1835. He remained in his native country till eighteen years of age when he came with his parents to the United States. He located in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. In 1860 he engaged, in hotel keeping at the St. Nicholas and continued in the hotel business in Decatur till April, 1885, when he removed to Lincoln. He was married in Decatur, January 20, 1859, and has had six children, four girls and two boys. The eldest girl died in infancy.

John Christian Lawrence is a native of Germany born in Mecklenburg, November 7, 1836. He was reared a farmer, and educated in the Lutheran schools of his native town. In his twentieth year he immigrated to America, and immediately came to the State of Wisconsin where he worked as a farm hand till January, 1859, when, the 16th of that month, he came to Logan County, Illinois, and for a short time worked on a farm in Sheridan Township, then for six months of the summer worked for J. H. Keust in West Lincoln Township, when he made a trip through part of the Southern States, working on the levees and cutting cord wood in Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. He returned to Logan County, Illinois, in 1866 and worked on the farm of Jacob Gehlbach in West Lincoln Township for three years. In 1864 he purchased a farm of 160 acres in West Lincoln Township where he engaged in farming for himself, living there till 1881, when he became a resident of Lincoln. Mr. Lawrence has become, by his own industry and good management, the owner of two farms in East Lincoln Township, a farm in Sheridan Township, besides ten acres of land within the corporate limits of Lincoln. He was united in marriage in April, 1867, to Minnie Worth, of West Lincoln Township. Both are members of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Lincoln, of which Mr. Lawrence is one of the elders. For several years he served as highway commissioner of West Lincoln Township. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party.