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

Samuel Powell Logan is a native of Ohio, bom near (Jrbana, Champaign County, February 22, 1838, a son of Elijah and Roxline (Powell) Logan, natives of Kentucky, the father of Scotch and the mother of Irish descent. In 1812 they located in Champaign County, Ohio, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Samuel P. remained with his parents till manhood, receiving a good education in the common school and the Swedenborgian College at Urbana. On reaching his majority he began dealing in horses, which he followed till June, 1861, when he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in Company H, Eighty-sixth Ohio Infantry, for ninety days, and at the expiration of his term of service enlisted under Colonel Canby in the Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry and served as wagon-master till October, 1862, when he was honorably discharged. His service was in the States of Virginia and Kentucky, some of the most important engagements being Cheat Mountain, Cumberland Gap and Green Brier. After his discharge he returned to Urbana and soon after came to Illinois and located in Corwin Township, Logan County. He has engaged in farming in Corwin, East Lincoln, ^tna and Laenna townships, owning farms in Corwin and Laenna townships. In 1878 he sold his farm in Corwin Township and went to Kansas and engaged in farming and shipping live-stock till 1881, when he returned to Lincoln and embarked in the livery business, which he has since followed. Mr. Logan was married July 6, 1867, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Josiah and Nancy Richards. They have one child - Winnie.

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Ahner J. Lutes, deceased, was born in Butler County, Ohio, May 23, 1822. He was reared a farmer and in 1856 came to Illinois and located in Sangamon County. Two years later he removed to Logan County, and began to make a farm out of a tract of wild land in Chester Township. Here he gradually developed a fine farm and built up a pleasant home. He was in the best sense a thorough farmer and a shrewd and enterprising business man. Strictly honorable and upright, his word was as good as his bond. Always energetic, he was never idle till forced by failing health to lay aside active duties. He died December 29, 1881, after six months of severe suffering. The family have a pleasant home in Lincoln, the 24:0-acre farm being also in their possession. Mr. Lutes was married April 10, 1861, in Oran Township, to Miss Elmira Cantrell, a native of Logan County, where she has spent her life, and the second daughter of James and Eliza (McLaughlin) Cantrell, early settlers of Oran Township. Mr. Lutes left a young daughter and son to mourn with their mother the loss of a kind husband and father, whose thoughtfulness for their happiness and welfare never faltered.

Hamson Maliby, Justice of the Peace and Clerk of East Lincoln Township, is a native of Vermont, born in Chelsea, Orange County, Augast 15, 1813. About 1815 his parents moved to Tompkins County, New York,Jand in 1826 to Illinois, locating on a farm in Sangamon County, where he'grew to manhood. In 1834 he went to Waynesviile, De Witt County, and was employed as clerk in various stores till 1846, and then went to Clinton, in the same county, but two years later returned to Waynesviile and engaged in the mercantile business till 1856. He then moved to Atlanta, Logan County, and in 1863 to Lincoln, still following the mercantile business till 1870, when he retired. He was elected justice of the peace of East Lincoln Township, and in 1881 was elected township clerk. He was married February 22, 1844, at Mt. Pulaski, to Sarah P. Harry. They have five children - Sarah L., wife of James T. Hoblit, an attorney at law; Mary H., wife of Eev. L. P. Crawford, a Presbyterian clergyman of Southern California; Edwin B., a clerk in the law office of S. A. Foley; Amelia, at home, and Harry C, of Los Angeles, California. Politically Mr. Maltby is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

iarn and Dora (Volmer) Max. He received Ws education in Austria after which he worked as a common laborer till 1865. He then came to America, landing at New York July 24 of that year. He came at once to Lincoln, Logan County, and commenced learning the tinner's trade with Frank Frorer, with whom he remained till October, 1867, after which he worked for Mat Reinhardt for twelve years. He went to Mount Pulaski, this county, in 1880, remaining there till 1882, when he returned to Lincoln and worked again for Mr. Reinhardt for sixteen months. He then worked for John E. Dehner fourteen months, when, in June, 1884, he began repairing self-binders, and in the fall of that year he established his present tin-shop in Lincoln. August 1, 1869, he was married to Reginna Zimmermann,of Lincoln, a daughter of Gottlieb F. Zimmermann, of Wurtemberg. They have no family. Mr. Max and his wife are members of theZion German Lutheran Church at Lincoln. Mr. Max's parents came to America with him, and engaged in farming near Mount Pulaski. The father died April 6, 1868, aged fifty-four years, after which his mother lived with him in Lincoln till her death, which occurred August 11, 1883, at the age of seventy-six years. In his political views Mr. Max is independent.

Abram Mayfield, Treasurer of Logan County, is a native of Alabama, born near Huntsville, March 21, 1824. In 1830 his parents, Enness and Mary (Myers) Mayfield, came to Illinois and located near Franklin, Morgan County, where he was reared on a farm. He was given as good an education as the public schools of his day aflforded and also attended McKendree College at Lebanon, Illinois, two years. When he reached his majority, his father having died, he took charge of the homestead, in Morgan County, and followed farming till 1850, and after attending college two years in 1852 went to Kaneville, Illinois, and engaged in the mercantile business, and from there went to Girard, where he engaged in the same business till 1858, when he came to Lincoln, continuing the same business till 1862. He was elected SheriflTof Logan County in the fall of 1862, and held the position till 1864. For the next five years he was out of business and in 1869 became associated with M. Mayfield in private banking, as Mayfield & Co., he being general manager till 1877, when the bank was organized as the Lincoln Saving, Loan and Trust Company, of which he was a stockholder and director. In 1885 the bank was reorganized and is now known as the Lincoln National Bank. In 1870 Mr. Mayfield was elected Mayor of Lincoln, a position he filled six consecutive terms. In 1878 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent his district in the State Senate, and served four years. In 1881 he was again elected mayor of Lincoln, and in 1882 was elected treasurer of Logan County, a position he still occupies, serving with fidelity and efficiency. May 1, 1863, Mr. Mayfield was married to Lucy Forsyth. They have five children - Uriel, a clerk in the treasurer's office; Bernice, Edwin, Frederick and Willie. Mr. Mayfield is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter andcommandery, in each of which he has held prominent positions. Prof. Benjamin Breeland MoCord was born in Martinsville, Indiana. Dec. 23, 1845, His father, Rev. Elam McCord, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, was a native of Kentucky, and of Scotch- Irish descent, and his wife, Jane Freeland, was a native of Maryland. Both were well educated, and the education and training of their children were well looked after. They had six children - Sarah J. married William H. Hackney, of Grand Forks, Dakota; Anna P., wife of M*ark Hays, of Washington, Indiana; Benjamin F., our subject; Elam M. and William E. are lawyers in Martinsville, Indiana, and Clara E. lives in Lincoln. The two former are graduates of Waynesbnrg College, and the four latter of Indiana State University. The subject of this sketch spent most of his boyhood at Brainbridge, Indiana. He received his preparatory education at Brainbridge Academy, and graduated at Indiana State University in 1869, taking the honors in a class of twenty-eight. Throe years afterward he was elected to deliver the Master's Oration, and received the degree of Master of Arts. He taught the Robinson select school two years, then went to Lebanon, Tennessee, and entered the theological depariraent of Cumberland University, from which he graduated in 1872. December 24, 1872, he was married at Olney, Illinois, to Miss Rosabelle Fitch, a daughter of Chester H. and Martha Jane Fitch. She had been his pupil while he taught at Robinson, that place being her home till the death of her parents. Mr. McCord was ordained a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian church by the Wabash Presbytery, at Howard, Indiana, in August, 1873. In 1873 he was elected to the Chair of Mathematics in Lincoln University, a position he has filled for thirteen years. Although his speciality is mathematics, he is well educated in all other departments of the university, all of which he has at various times filled when there were temporary vacancies. At the annual commencement in 1885 Cumberland University con- ferred on Prof. McCord the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Both he and his wife are somewhat reserved in their manners and quiet in their tastes. They take much pleasure in their pleasant home, which is elegantly furnished and filled with books and articles of vertu. They have two children living - Anna Hays, aged ten years, and Chester Fitch, aged seven years. Professor McCord spends most of his time in scientific and literary pursuits, yet he is known to a few with whom he is associated in financial aflfairs as a shrewd business man. He is one of the original projectors of the Lincoln Savings, Loan and Trust Bank, of which he has been a director and its vice-president since its organization. He is also a director of the Lincoln National Bank. He is one of the principal stockholders in the Kansas Irrigating Water-Power and Manufacturing Company of Western Kansas and in the summer of 1882 he was engaged in surveying the irrigation ditches of the company. Mr. McCord has quite a taste for rural life and usually spends a part of each summer vacation looking after his farms.

Henry Mohn, proprietor of Mohn's machine and repair shop, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Germany, born in 1833. In 1852 he emigrated to the United States, landing in New York in April. He located at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he worked at the blacksmith's trade, and in the fall of 1853 went to St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1861 came to Logan County, Illinois, and located in the small village of Postville, now the city of Lincoln, where he worked as journeyman till 1863. He then opened a blacksmith's shop of his own, manufacturing wagons and plows and doing a general repairing business. In 1874 he abandoned the manufacture of wagons and turned his attention to making and repairing machinery. In 1883 he was elected a member of the Board of Education of the city of Lincoln for a term of three years. He with his family are members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lincoln. Mr. Mohn was married in November, 1856, at St. Louis, to Louisa Durval, of that city. They have nine children - AlbertG., of Kansas City, Emily M., Oscar F., Louisa H., Natalie A., Amelia C, Flora, Clara and Julia, all at home save the eldest two.

Oeorge Washington Montague^ deceased, was born in Mercer County, Kentucky, February 21, 1821. His father, James Montague, was of French descent and a native of Virginia, a farmer and trader. His mother, Elizabeth Edmondson, was a native of Virginia, and an active member of the Baptist church. His parents moved to Mercer County, Kentucky, in the year 1820, one year prior to his birth. "When he was a small boy he moved with his parents to Hardin County, Kentucky, where he remained, assisting his father on liis farm until he arrived to manhood. His was a business education, which he obtained mainly through his own exertion by studying at his farm home, and in after life in the daily pursuits of business. When he arrived at the age of twenty-one years he left his father and went to Elizabethtown, the county seat of Hardin County, and accepted a position as deputy in the county clerk's office, where he remained one year when he moved to G-reensburg, Kentucky, and accepted a position as deputy in the Green County Clerk's office, where he remained until the first of the year 1848, when Green, which was a very large county, was divided, forming Green and Taylor counties, and Oampbellsville was adopted as the county seat. In March, 1848, he was appointed circuit clerk of Taylor County, for a term of four years. At the expiration of his term as clerk (the new Constitution of the State making all the county offices elective, having been adopted), he was elected both county and circuit clerk of Taylor County, and continued to be re-elected without opposition for three terms, or twelve years. He was a strong Union man and during the late war was one of the leading Union men of that part of Kentucky. The rebels robbed him of a great deal of his property, and often he had to flee from his home at the hour of midnight to save his life. Therefore in the latter part of September, 1864, he resigned his offices and moved to Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, where he arrived October 13. While he resided in Taylor County, Kentucky, he was for many years master in chancery and treasurer of the Lebanon and Campbellsville Turnpike Company and also treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the town. On arriving at Lincoln, Illinois, he purchased the real estate and abstract office of S. A. Foley. He also associated with the above the loan and collecting business, in which he remained until the ascendency of Andrew Johnson to the Presidency in 1865, when he was appointed Deputy Internal Revenue Assessor for Logan County, which formed a part of the Eighth Illinois Internal Revenue District, which be continued to hold until the expiration of Mr. Johnson's term of office, the 3d day of March, 1869. In the same month he was elected city clerk of Lincoln, the terra of office being one year, and was re-elected in 1870 and 1871. Although he held an elective office during most of his life after at- taining to manhood he was never defeated, always being re-elected by an increased majority. In June, 1871, on account of failing health, he went to Colorado in quest of a better climate, and finding that climate agreed with him better than Illinois, in October, 1871, he resigned the oflSce of city clerk. He remained in El Paso County, Colorado, until September, 1872, when his health began again to fail him and he saw that the end of his earthly career was not far distant, and he decided to return to Lincoln and spend his remaining days among his relatives and friends. He arrived in Lincoln, September 7, 1872, and was confined to his bed until the 7th of May, 1875, when he departed this life. He professed a hope in Christ when a lad of fourteen and joined the Baptist church. From the time he arrived at manhood until his death he was a pillar in bis chosen church and a liberal supporter of every Christian enterprise. He was a deacon and treasurer of the Baptist church of Campbellsville, Kentucky, and Lincoln, Illinois, for over twenty-five years, and handled a great deal of the people's money during his long business career. He died a comparatively poor man, and all who knew him may truthfully write over his grave, " Here lies an honest man." He was married April 6,

1843, in Greensburg, Green County, Kentucky, to Miss Margaret Steele Moore, daughter of Robert Moore, a farmer of that county, born May 16, 1824. She is still living with her son, Daniel B. Montague, in Lincoln, Illinois. She bore him thirteen children, five of whom are still living - James Brown, of Lincoln, a temperance evangelist, now doing a good work in the State of Nebraska; Daniel Brown, a general collecting agent of Lincoln; Arabella, wife of Wm. Hobert Lewis, a grocery clerk of Lincoln; Josie Montague, wife of John M. Hull, a farmer of Otoe County, Nebraska; McGelland, a carpenter of Lincoln. They have eight children dead - May Robert, born May 13, 1846, died September 6, 1847; George "Washington, born August 12, 1852, died October 16, 1854; Robert Davis, born July 30, 1854, died November 6, 1854; Margaret Ann, born June 22, 1857, died January 29, 1862; John "Warner, Lucy "Victory and Ann Amecha all died in early infancy; Elizabeth Edmondson, wife of Joseph D. Barbee, was born April 13,

1844, and died in Sacramento City, California, September 27, 1882. Mrs. Montague professed a hope in Christ when a small girl and joined the Presbyterian church, of which she is still a consistent and faithful member. All his children who lived to the age of maturity professed a hope in Christ and joined the

James Brown Montague, of Lincoln, Illinois, was born January 5, 1848, in Greensburg, Green Connty, Kentucky, a son of George Washington and Margaret Steele (Moore) Montague. He was reared in Oampbellsville, Kentucky, where his father moved soon after his birth, and was educated in the Oampbellsville select scho»l and the Ireland Academy, near Oampbellsville. He moved with his father to Lincoln, Logan Oounty, Illinois, October 13, 1864, and entered the Logan County circuit clerk's office as a clerk, where he remained three months. In January, 1865, he accepted a position in the dry-goods and grocery house of Hyde, Hoskins & Oo., remaining with them for six months. He was then employed as clerk in various other branches of business until March, 1866, and from that date till 1873 held the position as head clerk in J. A. Lutz's dry-goods house, and the last two years was a silent partner. March 29, 1873, he embarked in the drygoods business for himself, continuing till the fall of 1884, when he went to Albion, Nebraska, and accepted a position in a large dry-goods house. A number of years before leaving Lincoln he was a leading temperance worker, and on going to Nebraska he was soon prevailed on to enter the temperance field as a lecturer. Since April, 1885, he has lectured each night in the week and some times three times on Sunday. He has met with very great success as a temperance lecturer and subsequently became associated with Prof. Hucking. Tliey were so successful that the papers christened them the Moody and Sankey of the temperance work. _He professed a hop3 in Ohrist in January, 1868, and joined the Baptist church in Lincoln, and has been an active member. He was for several years superintendent of the Sabbath-school and treasurer and deacon of the church. He commenced teaching a class of young men in the Sabbath-school when about sixteen years old, before leaving Kentucky, and then again soon after coming to Lincoln, which he continued until he went to Nebraska. He was as ardent in the Sunday-school work as he is in the temperance work. His family still reside in Lincoln. He was married September 19, 1867, to Miss Fannie Phebe Hodgen, daughter of 8. P. and Maria (Brown) Hodgen, a merchant of Lincoln, her father a native of Kentucky and her mother of New York. His wife was a member of the Ohristian church when they were married, but joined the Baptist church soon after. They have five

Thomas Moran, proprietor of the Spitley Hotel saloon, is a native of Ireland, born in County Leitrim, December 12, 1855, a son of John and Mary Moran. He remained with his parents till eighteen years of age, receiving a good education in the National school, also attending a private school some time. In 1874 he came to the United States, landing at Castle Garden, October 19. The following month he came to Illinois and worked on a farm near Lincoln till 1876, and then rented land five years. In 1881 he went to Chicago, and for a year was employed in the freight house of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. In 1882 he returned to Lincoln and has since been engaged in his present business. October 30, 1883, Mr. Moran was married in St. Patrick's Church, Lincoln, by Father Tuohy, to Mary T. Peifer, of East Lincoln Township. They have one son - Thomas Francis. A son, John Henry, died March 18, 1885, aged seven months. Mr. and Mrs. Moran are members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

John Franklin Mundy, dealer in boots and shoes, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Logan County, born August 3, 1861, a son of Jacob R. and Margaret A. (Hill) Mundy. He was educated in ,the common schools and university of Lincoln, and when seventeen years of age, in 1878, he became associated with his brother-iulaw, S. H. Schryver, in the hardware and farm implement business at Audubon, Iowa, under the firm name of Schryver & Mundy. Retiring from the firm in 1881 he returned to Lincoln and became established in his present business. He is one of the prosperous young men of Lincoln, his business ability and good address making him many friends in both business and social circles. He was married November 16, 1880, to Lulu M. Johnston, of Tama City, Iowa. They have one son, Walter, aged three years.

Jacoh Randolph Mundy, retired farmer, was born at Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, July 4, 1828, a son of Zadock and Rachel (Daniels) Muridy, natives of New Jersey, the father of English and the mother of "Welsh parentage. His mother died in New Jersey in 1832, and in 184.0 he accompanied his father to Illinois, first locating at Round Prairie, near Springfield, and thence, in 1845, coming to Logan County. They located in Postville in what is now the Fourth Ward of Lincoln. The father entered 160 acres, equal parts of which now lienorth and south of Eighth street. In 1856 and 1866 he platted what is now known as Mundy's Survey and Mundy's Addition to Lincoln, in the Third Ward. He died August 24, 1868. J. K. Mundy worked with his father, who was a wagon-maker and farmer, till twenty-two years of age, when, having some land in Broadwell Township, he located on it and lived there till 1869. He then rented his farm, consisting of 280 acre3, and moved to Lincoln, where he has since lived. In 1872 he platted what is now known as Jacob Mundy's Addition to Lincoln. Mr. Mundy was married February 23, 1850, to Kebecca Ferris, who died December 23, 1851, leaving one child - Henry Jewett, who died in 1852. March 13, 1856, he married Margaret A. Hill, daughter of John and Laurena (Lattimer) Hill, the former of English and the latter of Welsh descent. They have three children - Caroline M., wife of S. H. Schryver, of Audubon, Iowa; John F. and Maggie L. Zadock, born April. 7, 1858, died August 31, 1864; Jacob R., born February 10, 1865, died October 24, 1865; Lillie M., born December 13, 1867, died September 5, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Mundy and their daughter are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. In politics he was originally a Democrat, but now affiliates with tlie Prohibition party.

Jessie Sylvester Musich, farmer, section 20, East Lincoln Township, was born in what is now West Lincoln Township, Logan County, November 17, 1847. He is the fourth of eight sons of John and Mary (Johnson) Musick, his father a native of Kentucky^ and a farmer by occupation, and his mother a native of Indiana. Jessie S. received his education in the schools of his district, and has always lived on the home farm. He was united in marriage July 13, 1871, to Ella Phillips, and this union has been blessed with three children, of whom only one, Gertrude, an interesting child, is living. Edward died at the age of three months, and a son, unnamed, died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Musick are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, belonging to the Zion Congregation , near Lincoln. In politics Mr. Musick affiliates with the Republican party.

John Musick, one of the oldest pioneers of East Lincoln Township, was born in Wolford County, Kentucky, March 10, 1807, the youngest son of Jesse and Hannah Musick, natives of Yirginia, the mother being of Grerman descent. They were married about 1802, and in March, 1807, moved to Gibson County, Indiana. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and received a wound at the battle of Tippecanoe, which shortly afterward resulted in his death, and a few years later his widow married again; John Musick received a limited education in the schools of Gibson County, From thirteen to eighteen years of age he lived with his brotherin-law, John Forbis, when, in 1825, he came to Logan County, Illinois, and farmed in what is now West Lincoln Township. March 18, 1830, he was married to Mary Johnson, born in Clark County, Indiana, October 29, 1831, a daughter of Levi and Barbara (Kline) Johnson, her father a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother born in North Carolina, of German ancestry. Of the eighteen children born to them ten are living - Levi J., of Kansas; Sarah Jane, wife of Frank Duncan, of Nebraska; William H., of Kansas; Mary, wife of T. H. Denney, of Dakota; Leanna, wife of J. H. Gallagher, of East Lincoln; John T. and Jessie S., of East Lincoln; Jonathan, also of East Lincoln; Fermelia E.,wife of J. F. Staatk, of Piatt County, Illinois; Ephraim, of East Lincoln. After his marriage he lived one year with his father-in-law who gave him 160 acres of land in vvhat is now West Lincoln, where he located, adding to his farm from time to time till he had 320 acres, residing there till 1855, a period of twenty-four years. He then sold his farm and bought 560 acres near Lincoln, which he improved and brought under fine cultivation. He still resides at his homestead, but being in feeble health he rents his land to his sons. He and his wife and three of their children are members of y«e Christian church at Lincoln. In politics he is a Republican. During the Black Hawk war he served as a private. He has eio-hty grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.

Charles Alvin Nicholson, teller in Dustin's Bank, at Lincoln, Illinois, was born near Cassopolis, Cass County, Michigan, November 20, 1847, a son of Aaron B. and Jane (Norton) Nicholson, his father a native of Ohio and his mother of Michigan. His mother died in 1819, and in 1856 his father came to Logan County, Illinois, and settled on a farm in Mount Pulaski Township, where our subject grew to manhood, obtaining his early education in the district schools, and later attending Lincoln University. In 1871 he served as deputy under C. B. Jackson, Sheriff of Logan County. He then was appointed assistant under County Treasurer Joseph Ream, a position he held two years. In 1873 he was employed by William Dustiu as bookkeeper, and five years later was promoted to teller. In the spring of 1885 he was elected a member of the Council at Lincoln, for a term of two years. In politics he is a Republican, and has served a number of years on the Logan County Republican Central Committee. He is a member of

Logan Lodge, No. 204, I. O. O. F., an order in which he takes great interest. Mr. Nicholson was married November 10, 1874, to Mary B., daughter of Larkin and Catherine (Lewis) "Wall. They have two children - Leonard and Duff.

Peter Oioamp, wholesale and retail dealer in liquor, Lincoln, Illinois, was born in Prussia, Germany, May 31, 1833. He was reared in his native country, attending the common schools and assisting in the work on his father's farm. In 1854 became to the United States and located in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, working on a farm in that vicinity a year. Daring 1856 and 1857 he was an attendant at the State Insane Asylum, and then for two years was a coachman in a gentleman's family in Jacksonville. From 1860 till 1865 he engaged in the bakery and confectionery business, then sold out and in May, 1866, moved to Lincoln and embarked in the business in which he is still engaged. Although a poor young man when he came to America, he has by industry and frugality accumulated a valuable property. He owns a pleasant residence and his business property and is also interested in the Citizens' Coal Shaft Company, of Lincoln. Mr. Obcamp was married March 28, 1863, to Mary Claffey, of Indianapolis. They have six children - Emma, Amelia, William, Edward, Anna and Clara. In politics Mr. Obcamp affiliates with the Democratic party. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church, of which he is treasurer.

George Lewis Ogilvie was born in Nova Scotia, September 24, 1845, the eldest of five sons of John and Fannie (West) Ogilvie. When he was three years of age his parents removed to Athens, Maine, where he was reared till his sixteenth year. In July, 1862, he enlisted for one year in Company D, Twenty-fourth Maine Infantry, and was discharged at Augusta, Maine, at the expiration of his term of service. He re-enlisted in the three-years service in Company C, Thirty-first Maine Infantry, February 20, 1863, and served as Third and Fourth Sergeant of his company. He participated in many important engagements - battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court-House, Cold Harbor, was in front of Petersburg, at the battle and surrender of Petersburg, Appomattox, and was present at the surrender of Lee's army, and other battles of less importance. He was discharged at Bangor, Maine, in September, 1865. He then attended school at Athens till February, 1866, when he came to Illinois and located on a farm near Virginia, in Cass County. In 1869 he came to Logan

County and settled on a farm in Sheridan Township, and in 1871 he came to Lincoln. In 1872 he was employed as bookkeeper in the Lincoln Flouring Mills where he remained till 1878, since which he has been engaged in the coal mines of the Lincola Coal Mining Company. In the spring of 1872 he was elected an alderman of Lincoln, and was twice re-elected to the same office. He served two terms as assessor of West Lincoln Township being elected in the spring of 1879 and re-elected in 1880. May 27, 1871 he was married to Miss Fannie Smith, of Lincoln. They have four children - Gertrude Mabel, Lillie Maud, Carrie Belle and Minnie Irene. One child, Oliver Otis, died August 10, 1883, aged ten months. Mr. O^ilvie is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 201, I. O. O. F., and Oriental Lodge, No. 629, K. of H., and has passed all the chairs of the latter. He is also a comrade of Leo W. Myers Post, No. 182, G. A. K.

Oeorge Wellington Parher, general insurance agent, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ohio, born near Morrow, Warren County, January 15, 1840, where he lived until sixteen years of age, receiving bis education in the common schools. His parents were Samuel and Elizabeth (McMuUeii) Parker. His father was a native of North Carolina, of Quaker parentage, and accompanied his parents to Tennessee and thence to Ohio when a younor ra&n. He is now a resident of Lincoln, aged seventy-nine years. His mother was a native of Maryland, of Irish descent on her father's side, and was reared a Methodist. She died in 1857. In September, 1856, our subject accompanied his parents to Illinois and located in Lincoln, where he attended the public schools about a year when he began to clerk in the grocery and hardware store of George F. Stillman & Co. In 1858 he was a newsboy on the Chicago & Alton passenger trains between Chicago and St. Louis, and in the winter of 1859-'60 was on the Ohio & Mississippi Eailroad, running from St. Louis to Cincinnati. In the spring of 1860 he returned to Lincoln and was employed to buy grain for J. F. D. Elliott till the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when, April 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Seventh Illinois Infantry, under Captain W. D. Wyatt, to serve three months, and at the expiration of his term enlisted in Company B, Second Illinois Cavalry, for three years. In October, 1862, he was discharged on account of illhealth. He participated in the battle of Fort Donelson and various skirmishes with the cavalry of JefF Thompson in Missouri, and Forrest in Tennessee. After his discharge he returned to Lincoln and clerked till the fall of 1864, when from September of that year till March, 1866, he was employed as traveling collector for the mercantile house of John McCreary, of Springfield. He then resigned his position and has since been engaged in his present business. Mr. Parker was married July 4, 1867, to Miss Louisa M., daughter of Thomas and Rhoda (Parr) Johnson, of Indianapolis. They have four children - Winnie Louisa, George Howard, Florence and Ida Laura. Politically Mr. Parker is a Republican. He and his family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter and commandery, in each of which he has held various offices; and of Lincoln Lodge, No. 204, I. 0.0. F., of which he has passed all the chairs. Mrs. Parker's father was one of the first settlers of Indianapolis, entering land within a mile and a half of the center of the city before it was laid out. He held many important offices in his State and county, was a representative in the Indiana State Legislature and a commissioner of Marion County. He died in 1865, at an advanced age.

Samuel Parker, blacksmith, Lincoln, was born in Washington County, Tennessee, July 28, 1807,a son of Joseph and Anna (Shinn) Parker, his mother being a native of Tennessee. His father was of Irish descent, and was a farmer by occupation, and during his lifetime improved three farms. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Samuel Parker was quite young when his parents moved to Highland County, Ohio, and there he was reared a farmer, helping his father improve his farms. When about eighteen years of age he began learning the blacksmith's trade at Hillsboro, Highland County. He engaged in business for himself about 1829 at Rochester, Ohio, where he remained till about 1844. He then removed to Morrowtown^ Highland County, and from there came to Illinois in 1857, locating in Lincoln, February 19 of that year. He then followed farming for a year, when he engaged in blacksmithing which he has since followed at this place. He has been married three times, and has had a family of twelve children. His wives and seven of his children are deceased, five dying in infancy. Samuel died at Helena, Arkansas, in 1862, aged twenty years, while in the service. Thomas died at Lincoln in 1873, aged thirtythree years, of disease contracted in the army. The children living are - Johnson, of Nebraska ; Greorge W., insurance agent at Lincoln; Mary E., wife of William Raglan, of Sterling, Kansas; Jeremiah, engaged in painting in Lincoln ; Oelia, wife of the late John

H. Oorwine, of Lincoln. Mr. Parker is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, A. F. & A. M., and has served as tyler about seven years. In politics ke voted the Democratic ticket till the election of Abraham Lincoln, when he voted the Republican ticket until 1884, since which he has been a Prohibitionist,

Arthur Quisenberry was born near Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, August 29, 1835, the youngest son of Edward Sanford and Lucy (Cator) Quisenberry, who were both natives of Yirginia. They removed from Kentucky in 1835 on account of their opposition to slavery, and came to Illinois, locating at Hittle's Grove, in Tazewell County, where the father followed farming till 1848. He then came with his family to Logan County, the parents living till their death in Eminence Township, the father dying in 1864, aged seventy-eight, and the mother in 1881, aged eighty-four years. They had a family of nineteen children, nine sons and ten danghters, all living tt) maturity. To each of the children was given a farm, and all were farmers or farmers' wives, and all the sons are engaged in farming in Logan County, except the eldest, who is now deceased. Arthur Quisenberry, our subject, lived at home till reaching maturity. He was reared a farmer and received but a common-school education. He began life for himself on a farm in Eminence Township, where he followed agricultural pursuits till 1875. He then rented his farm and came to Lincoln, virtually retiring from business, but at the same time was engaged in dealing in grain and in carrying on a livery. February 18, 1858, he was married to Polly Burt, of Hittle's Grove, daughter of Miller and China (Henline) Burt, who settled in Tazewell County in 1827. They have three children - Laura, wife of John E. Richards, of Logan County; George H. and Clifford, both of Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Quisenberry are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church of Lincoln. He is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M.

William Patton Randolph, a prominent business man of Lincoln, was born near Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, September 9, 1829, a son of James and Nancy Maria (Woodard) Randolph, natives of Yirginia. In 1831 his parents came to Illinois, and settled on a farm in what is now ^tna Township, Logan County, at that time a part of Sangamon County, where he was reared. In his boyhood he attended the district schools, and subsequently the Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, and McKendree College, at Lebanon, being at the latter, however, but a month, as the death of his father made it necessary for him to return home. In 1855 he completed his education by taking a special course at the Michigan State University, Ann Arbor. In 1857 and 1858 he studied law with David A. Smith, of Jacksonville, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar at Springfield in January, 1859. He located at Lincoln, and devoted himself to the practice of his profession till 1875, when he moved to a farm in Oran Township and divided his attention between the law and agriculture. In 1885 he rented his farm and returned to Lincoln, and is now devoting part of his time to the grain trade, in which he is associated with his son - Ethelbert 0. Mr. Randolph has been a member of the City Council at Lincoln, and on the organization of the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children was appointed its treasurer by the Joard of Trustees, a position he held six years. In politics he was a member of the Republican party from the date of its organization till 1884, when he transferred his allegiance to the Prohibition party, and was its candidate for Congress. March 13, 1862, he was married to Deborah, daughter of William B. and Mary (Thomas) Cramer. They have two children - Ethelbert Cramer, a graduate of the Jacksonville Business College, and Arvesta Frances, a graduate of the Jacksonville Female College. Mr. Randolph and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for years he has been a member of the official board. He was chairman of the building committee when the present church was built in 1872.

David Allen JReed, contractor and builder, Lincoln, was born near Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio, June 12, 1840. In his youth he learned the carpenter's trade in his native place, where he worked till 1858. He then accompanied his parents, David A. and Mary Ann (Burton) Reed, to Tike County, Illinois. In 1865 he came to Logan County, and located at Lincoln, where he worked as a journeyman carpenter till 1869, since which he has been engaged in contracting. He has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Caroline Gray, of Pike County, Illinois. They were married at Pittsfield, Illinois, September 12, 1865, Mrs. Reed dying December 12 of the same year. Mr. Reed was again married December 29, 1866, at Griggsville, Pike County, to Miss Ellen Morton, and to this union have been born three children, two still living - G-eorge Elmer, of Kansas, and Edith Ermie; Eugene died at Lincoln, August 10, 1871, aged three years. In 1880-81 Mr. Reed served as an alderman of the city of Lincoln. In politics he is a Prohibitionist.

Simon Booh, proprietor of Hock's meat market, Lincoln, is a native of Germany, born in Hohenzoller, October 28, 1827. He was left an orphan before he was ten years of age, and was obliged to rely on himself for maintenance, working for farmers and as errand boy in hotels, obtaining his education in the free schools. In 185i he came to the United States, and first located at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and in December of the same year came to Illinois, and in 1855 located in Logan County, and since the spring of 1856 has been engaged in his present business in Lincoln. He has been successful, and although a poor man when he came to America, has by his good management and industry accumulated a good property. He owns a pleasant residenc3 on the corner of Pnlaski and Logan streets, and five brick business houses on Pulaski and Sangamon streets. "While Lincoln was a village he served four terms on the Board of Trustees, and the last term was president of the board, and presided over the last meeting of the body. He has served as alderman of the city of Lincoln nine years. He was supervisor of Lincoln Township three years, serving during the great bond suit of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railroad vs. Logan County. In politics he is a Democrat. He was married January 21, 1857, at Bloomington, Illinois, by Father Hurley, to Theresa Franck. To them have been born six children - Mary Theresa, died January 13, 186i, aged five years ; Albert Simon, died September 6, 1885, aged twenty-two years and six months; Anna Louisa; Louis Benjamin, died !fTovember 22, 1878, aged eleven years ; Balbine A. and Rosa M. Mr. and Mrs. Rock are members of the St. Mary's Catholic Church of Lincoln. He is one of the original members, and has been one of its most earnest and efficient workers and supporters.

Henry JRodgers, Clerk of West Lincoln Township, was born near Plainview, Macoupin County, Illinois, February 17, 1852, a son of James T. and Eliza J. (Squiers) Rodgers, his father a native of North Carolina, of German-Irish ancestry, and his mother a native of Illinois. When he was four years old his parents moved to Logan County, and settled in Lincoln. His father was a brick mason, and he learned the trade of him, and has followed it to the present time, with the exception of two years. He received a common-school education, attending the public school at Lincoln. In the spring of 1881 he was elected clerk of West Lincoln Township, a position he has since held by re-election. He is an efficient, vigilant officer, and has gained the confidence of his fellow towns- men. October 26, 1879, he was married to Miss Sarah Jeffords, of Lincoln. They have three children - Inno, Julius and Ivy. A son, Eugene, died August 11, 1881, aged three months.

Louis Ropers, proprietor of the Chicago & Alton House, Lincoln, Illinois, was born near the village of Harsefeld, Hanover, Germany, March 3, 1842, a son of Louis and Mary (Martens) Eopers. His parents died when he was young, and he was reared by a married sister, living with her till lifteen years of age. He attended the common schools till his fourteenth year, and subsequently worked for farmers till twenty-one years old, when, in 1863, he came to the United States, arriving in New York City, April 22. He remained in that city, clerking in a grocery store till 1865, when he came to Illinois, and for a short time was employed in a flour and feed commission house in Chicago, and then came to Logan County, and worked six months in the saloon and boarding house of John and Henry Ahrens. In 1866 he went to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and engaged in the saloon business till May, 1868, when he returned to Chicago and worked in a wholesale and retail grocery till 1869; then came again to Lincoln, but soon after returned to Chicago, and remained till 1874. He then came to Lincoln, and formed a partnership with Henry Ahrens, keeping a saloon and boarding house till 1876, when he established his present house. Mr. Ropers was married in July, 1873, at Eichiield, Wisconsin, to] Dora Friess. They have five children - John, Louis, Henry, Frank and Katie. Mr. Ropers is a member of Mozart Lodge, No. 345, I. O. 0. F. Although a poor young man when he came to America, he has by industry and energy accumulated a good property.

Chnrles Eugene Ross was born at Cummington, Macoupin County, Illinois, February 24, 1842, a son of John W. and Harriet A. N. (Shaw) Ross, his father a native of Tennessee, of Scotch and Irish ancestry; his mother, of Cummington, of Puritan descent. When he was five years old his parents removed to Waverly, Morgan County, Illinois, and there he was reared to manhood. He was educated at the common schools and later attended the Illinois College at Jacksonville three years, taking a scientific course. At the age of twenty-one he began teaching school which he followed two winters, teaching his last term in the vicinity of Lincoln. In the fall of 1865 he engaged in the grocery business at Lincoln in partnership with his brother, George W. Ross, and William Yates under the firm name of Yates & Ross. In 1868 he went to Busb- nell, where he took charge of a branch store for his firm until 1870. In the meantime, Mr. Yates retiring from the firm, the name was changed to C. E. & E. S. Ross. In 1870 he became sole proprietor, since which time he has conducted the business alone at Lincoln. May 28, 1867, he was married at Hannibal, Missouri, to Lottie A. Snover, daughter of A. G. & S. A. Snover, of that city. To this union have been born three children - Florence, Carl and Howard. His mother finds a home with him.

Lieutenant- Colonel John W. 'Ross, of the Thirty-second Illinois Infantry, father of C E. Ross, was mortally wounded on the first day of the battle of Shiloh, in a fierce contest which took place between two Illinois regiments, on the left of Hurlbut's division, and Statham's Confederate brigade, led by three chosen Confederate leaders, and is described by General Force, of Cincinnati, as follows:

"The Forty-First Illinois, constituting the left of Hurlbut's division, held -its position, and the Thirty-second Illinois was moved from its place to support the Forty-first. The afternoon was come. Johnston directed Statham's brigade against this position. Statham deployed under cover of a ridge, facing and commanded by the higher ridge held by the Illinois regiments, and marched in line up the ridge. On reaching the summit, coming into view and range, he was received by a fire that broke his command, and his regiments fell back behind the slope in confusion. Battle's Tennessee regiment on the right alone maintained its position and advanced. Lytle's Tennessee regiment three times rallied and advanced, but, unable to stand the fire, fell back. Every time it fell back the Thirty-second Illinois threw an oblique fire into Battle's regiment, aiding the direct fire of the Forty-first, and preventing Battle's further advance. The Forty-fifth Tennessee could not be urged up the slope. Squads would leave the ranks, run up to a fence, fire and fall back to place. General Breckenridge, foiled and irritated, rode to General Johnston and complained that he had a Tennessee regiment that would not fight. Governor Harris, of Tennessee, who was with Johnston, remonstrated, and riding to the Forty-fifth, appealed to it, but in vain. General Johnston moved to the front of the brigade, now standing in line, rode slowly along the front, promised to lead them himself, and appealed to them to follow. The halting soldiers were roused to enthusiasm. Johnston, Breckenridge and Governor Harris in front, followed by the brigade, charged up the slope and down the hollow beyond. Unchecked by the hot fire of the Illinois regiments, they pushed up to the higher slope and the position was gained. The Illinois regiments fell back slowly, halting at intervals to turn and fire, and were not pursued. One of those Parthian shots struck General Johnston, cut an artery, and, no surgeon being at hand, he bled to death in a few minutes."

A Confederate account by "Wm. Preston Johnston, of the death of his father, the Confederate leader, Albert Sidney Johnston, in the same contest is as follows:

" General Johnston was with Statham's brigade, confronting Hurlbut's left, which was behind the crest of a hill, with a depression filled with chaparral in its front. Tlie Confederates held the parallel ridge, in easy musket range, and ' as heavy fire as I ever saw during the war,' says Governor Harris, 'was kept up on both sides for an hour or more.' It was necessary to cross the valley raked by this deadly ambuscade and assail the opposite ridge in order to drive the enemj' from their stronghold. When General Johnston came up and saw the situation he said to his staff: ' They are offering stubborn resistance here, I shall have to put the bayonet to them.' It was the crisis of the conflict. If his assault were successful their left would be completely turned, and the victory won. He determined to charge. He sent Governor Harris of his staff, to lead a Tennessee regiment; and, after a brief conference with Breckenridge, whom he loved and admired, that ofScer, followed by his staff, appealed to the soldiers. As he encouraged them with his fine voice and manly bearing. General Johnston rode out in front and slowly down the line. His hat was off. His sword rested in its scabbard. In his right hand he held a little tin cup, the memorial of an incident that had occurred earlier in the day. Passing through a captured camp he had taken this toy, saying: ' Let this be my share of the spoils to-day.' It was this plaything which, holding it between two fingers, he employed more effectively in his natural and simple gesticulation than most men could have used a sword. His presence was full of inspiration. He sat his thoroughbred bay, ' Fire-eater,' with easy command. His voice was persuasive, encouraging and compelling. His words were few. He said, ' Men, they are stubborn; we must use the bayonet.' When he reached the center of the line he turned. ' I will lead you,' he cried, and moved toward the enemy. The line was already thrilling and trembling with that irresistible ardor which in battle decides the day. With a mighty shout the line moved forward at a charge. A sheet of flame and a mighty roar burst from the Federal stronghold. The Confederate line withered, but there was not an instant's pause. The crest was gained,"

Colonel Eoss was wounded through both thighs, in the ankle, ia the shoulder, and his left jaw was broken with a fragment of a shell. The retreat ofthe Illinois regiments, made necessary by the giving out of ammunition, left him lying wounded between the lines, the ball which passed through his thighs killing the horse. It was a minie-ball, and the two lines were within thirty yards of each other. The Confederates treated him kindly, one squad offering him water, with which he was readily supplied, another squad tying the shattered limb to the one in which the bone was uninjured with a rope, so that in that way he might change his position somewhat. When his position on the hillside seemed to become uncomfortable, they carried him further down the hill to more level ground; before this they had driven bayonets down at his feet to keep him from slipping. A Confederate surgeon assured him that if he had time he would come back and dress his wounds ; but that they h ad come there to take Pittsburg Landing and that they were going to do it. Some Confederate soldiers had taken the saddle from his dead horse, near 4iim, and had placed it under his head. This the Confederate surgeon took, replacing it with his old saddle, taking also his sword and pistols. He lay upon the field until about i o'clock on Monday, when, the Confederates being driven back, he was taken in an ambulance to the hospital boat Hannibal, where he died on the following Friday morning. The remains were brought to the then family home at Waverly, Illinois, for burial, where they now sleep. The G. A. R. post at that place was named John W. Ross Post in his honor. It shows the desperate character of the fighting which saved the day, and which saved our army from annihilation when these two regiments which had just emerged from the " hornet's nest " and were badly cut up, could hold in check for over an hour six fresh Confederate regiments under the leadership of General Johnston, General Breckenridge and Governor Harris, and that they left the field only when ammunition was exhausted and when overwhelming force was flanking them on the left. Colonel Ross was with his regiment all day and received his fatal wounds only as the regiment left its last position for the day, though he had carried the ball in his shoulder and that in his ankle for over half an hour. So intense is the excitement of battle that he stated to his sons George and Edward, who were with him, that when struck by a ball the actual pain experienced at the moment was not greater than the sensation experienced by the pricking of a pin. "When found lying helpless in the water, it having rained heavily the night before, and the wounded remaining out all night, he was cheerful to a high degree and hopeful of recovery, but after intense suffering he died on the following Friday morning.

Albert Rothschild, Mayor of the City of Lincoln, was born in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, December 10, 1850. His parents, Moses and Henrietta Rothschild, were natives of Germany, of Hebrew parentage. He was reared in his native town, remaining with his parents till eighteen years of age, and was educated in both the English and German languages, attending the schools of Petersburg and Rohrer's Commercial College, at St. Louis, Missouri. From fifteen to eighteen years of age he was employed in the general store of Wright & Bates, at Petersburg, and in 1868 went to Holden, Missouri, and clerked for J. Sternberg a year. In 1869 he was employed by his uncle, S. Rothschild, of St. Louis, in the live-stock business, remaining with him till the spring of 1872, when he came to Lincoln and began buying, feeding, selling and shipping live-stock, a business he has since followed. He was elected mayor of Lincoln in the spring of 1883, and re-elected in 1884 and 1885.' He was married September 19, 1875, to Miss Flora Rosenthal of Lincoln. They have three children - Helen, Fannie and Edna. Mr. Rothschild is a member of the Hebrew Congregation of Lincoln. He is a member of the B'nai Brith, of which he has held the principal offices, and of the Knights of Honor, of which he has passed all the chairs.

Joseph Schott, of the firm of Scheid & Schott, tobacconists and manufacturers of cigars, Lincoln, was born in Baden, Germany, October 4, 1860. His mother died when he was an infant, and at the age of eleven years he came to the United States with his brother Charles, and lived at the house of his uncle, S. Rethaber, at Lincoln. He attended the schools of his native country, completing his education at the Lincoln schools. In 1873 he began to learn the barber's trade with Martin Denger, with whom he remained till 1875. He then went to Taylorville, Illinois, where he carried on a barber shop till 1877, when he returned to Lincoln and worked at his trade till 1883. He was then employed as a clerk in the cigar and tobacco store of Scheid & Rethaber till July, 1884, when he became associated with F. C. Scheid in his present busi- ness under the firm name of Scheid & Schott. Mr. Schott ig a Master, Eoyal Arch and Knight Templar Mason, a member of the lodge, chapter and commandery at Lincoln, and has served as sword-bearer in the commandery two years.

George Christian Schreiber, general merchant and jeweler, of Lincoln, was born in Schmalkalden, Germany, June 29, 1839. He was reared to manhood in his native town, and there received a high-school education. His father, Andrew Frederick Schreiber, and also his grandfather, were jewelers, and he at the age of fifteen years began learning the same business. He came to America in 1860, first locating at Olean, New York, where he engaged inwatch repairing, remaining there till March, 1861. He then accepted a situation as watchmaker at Mitchell, Canada West. In the spring of 1865 he left Mitchell for Rockport, New York, where he became associated with Dr. Henry Olin in the drug business, and after selling his interest in the drug store in 1866, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was engaged as watch-maker for the firm of A.&J. Gardner. In June, 1867, he left St. Louis and came to Lincoln, Illinois, where he opened a jeweler's store, and during the fii-st two years he made three watches with the exception of the eases, thus establishing his reputation as a practical watchmaker. In 1872 he built a store on Pulaski street, where be added toys and notions to his jewelry business, and soon after added sewing machines and musical instruments. In 1878 he discontinued the sale of machines and musical instruments and, in connection with his jewelry trade, began dealing in clothing and dry goods, which business he has since successfully followed. He was married by the Rev. J. G. Little, April 16, 1871, to Anna A. Uhler, daughter of Martin Uhler, of Lincoln. They have two children - Solon Christian and Ralph George. In politics Mr. Schreiber afliliates with the Republican party. He is a member of Logan Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M.

Reinhold Schweihert^ of the firm of Sheer & Schweikert, wagon manufacturers, Lincoln, is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born January 12, 1848, living there till his nineteenth year. He attended the common schools till sixteen years of age, when he began to learn the blacksmith's trade. He immigrated to the United States in 1867, and on his arrival started for Logan County, Illinois, locating at Postville, now a part of Lincoln. He worked as journeyman till January, 1882, for John Sheer. Mr. Sheer dying in 1882, he became associated in the business with Mrs. Sheer, thus forming the present firm of Sheer & Schweikert. They manufacture carriages and wagons for the local trade, employing annually from ten to fifteen hands. December 26, 1870, Mr. Schweikert was married to Miss Carrie Smith, of Lincoln. To this union have been born two children - Flora and Ida. Mr. Schweikert was reared in the faith of the Roman Catholic church. He is a member of Mozart Lodge, No. 345, I. O. O. F., of which he has been secretary for the past seven yeai's. He is also a member of Cook Lodge, No. 109, A. O. U. W.

John Snyder Small, proprietor of the Spitly House, Lincoln, is a native of Virginia, born at Harper's Ferry,' May 3, 182i. His mother having died, became with his father to Ohio in the fall of 1831 and settled at Clarksburg, and afterward lived in Pickaway and Madison counties. His father being a tailor by occupation, he learned the same trade. In 1846 he engaged in tailoring, carrying on a shop at Midway, Ohio, till 1854, when he came to Lincoln and continued tailoring, being associated with his brother, D. "W. Small, till 1858. He then opened a restaurant at Lincoln, which he carried on till 1870, when he engaged in the hotel business. He was burned out in 1871, after which he ran a boarding house till 1873, when he began again in the hotel business, which he has since followed. May 24, 1848, he was married at Midway, Ohio, to Sarah Ann Miller, of that place. They have had thirteen children born to them, of whom nine are living - Martena K., wife of T. A. Ruddy, of Petersburg, Illinois; Orlandas M., of Petersburg; Ida Belle, wife of John Horney, of Logan County; Charles W., clerking in the Spitly House; Hetty Jane, John Harry, Emma Miller, Sarah Frances and Maud May, all living at home. Maria C. married H. C. Philbrick and died November 7, 1877, aged twenty-seven years. Mary Florence died February 18, 1857; 'Dickey died November 14, 1865, aged three years, and Freddie died March 24, 1863, aged one month.

Charles William Small, clerk of the Spitly House, was born in Lincoln, December 6, 1859, the second of five sons of John S. and Sarah A. (Miller) Small. He was reared in his native place, and educated in the Lincoln High School. "When quite young he began learning the printer's trade, but at the age of sixteen abandoned it. He was then employed in the dry-goods store of John A. Lutz at Lincoln a short time, after which he clerked in his father's hotel several months. . He then clerked in the store of Kay Hovey till 1877, when he again clerked in the hotel till 1881. He was then employed for a short time as manager of a confectioner's store, when he resigned and accepted a position with C. B. Laning & Coat, Petersburg, Illinois, being with this firm eighteen months, and in 1884 accepted his present position. He was married at Lincoln to Eliza J., daughter of Washington and Amanda (Simongton) "Walker, of this place. She died August 31, 1885, aged over twenty-three years, leaving one child, Mary La Grace. Mr. Small is a member of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, and is secretary of the Sabbath-school. His wife was also a member of the same church.

Jeremiah Simpson, contractor and builder, of the firm of J. Simpson &, Son, Lincoln, Illinois, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, July 1, 1817. When he was three years old his parents removed to Utica, New York, and from there when he was fifteen to Halseyville, where he lived with them till twenty years of age, when he went to Lodi, and learned the carpenter's trade. From 1840 till 1845 he worked at his trade in Detroit, Michigan, and subsequently at Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Hopkinsville, Ohio, till 1861, when he enlisted in the wir of the Kebellion in Company I, Fourth Ohio Cavalry, for three years, but was hoporably discharged in March, 1863, on account of disability caused by his horse falling while in an engagement at Yienna, Alabama. The following is an extract from a document written by his commanding officer, which speaks highly of his merits as a soldier. ' ' I am sorry his health is such that he cannot return to us. His courage and patriotism while with us won the friendship of all that knew him in the company. We miss him ; he was eminently a good soldier and non-commissioned officer. He has lost . his health in the defense of his country, and his Government ought to remember him. He has stood by me in danger, never shrinking from duty, always seeking the front. The Government owes to him personally the capture of all we got at Huntsville, at least $1,000,000. The sergeant was one of the advance guards, and, mounted on a fleet horse, pursued the mail carrier for miles after all others gave out, captured him and the mail, thus keeping from Huntsville the intelligence of the approach of General Mitchell's forces; hence we took the place by surprise completely on the morning of the 11th of April, 1863. From that time until the capt-

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After his discharge Mr. Simpson worked at his trade at Hopkinsville, Ohio, until 1864, when he came to Logan County, Illinois, and settled at Lincoln, where he has since followed contracting and building. June 14, 1849, he was married at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Sarah Hopkins, of Staunton, Virginia. They have five children - Robert H., of Canton, Illinois; John A., in business with his father; Charles A., Anna M. and Douglas C. Politically Mr. Simpson is a Prohibitionist. He is a member of the Christian church and the Temple of Honor, and has been treasurer of the latter several years.

John Albert Simpson, the second son of Jeremiah and Sarah D. (Hopkins) Simpson, was born in Rochester, Michigan, May 30, 1852. He was reared in Ohio and Illinois, accompanying his parents to Lincoln in October, 1864. When eighteen years of age he began to work at the carpenter's trade with his father, andhas since, with the exception of a year spent in Chicago, been associated with him in business. June 15, 1876, he was married at Lincoln to Amy A. Stewart. They have , three children - Sylvester A., Myra L. and Julia K. Mr. Simpson and his wife are members of the Christian church, of which he is a deacon and trustee. In polities he is a Prohibitionist.

John Q. Smith, Jr., merchant tailor of Lincoln, was born near' Warren, Mahoning County, Ohio, April 14, 1846, a son of John and Elizabeth (Routsawn) Smith, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Irish and the latter of French descent. When six years old he went with his parents to the western part of Ohio, they settling at Greenville, where he was reared. In his fifteenth year he was apprenticed to learn the tailor's trade, and after serving his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman in Ohio till August, 1864. He then enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fiftysecond Ohio Infantry, as a private, to serve one year. He was dis- charged with his regiment at the expiration of his term of service, after which he came to Illinois and located in Springiield, where he was employed as cutter in the clothing establishment of J. D. Weldon till August, 1866. He then came to Lincoln and engaged in the tailoring business. He was burned out in 1872, after which he traveled for the wholesale clothing house of J. E. Hick & Co., of Philadelphia, for two years. In 1874 he located at Yirginia, Illinois, where he was engaged in merchant tailoring till the following spring when he sold out and came to Lincoln and for the following six years was employed by I. Altman as journeyman tailor, and in November, 1881, he engaged in his present business. He was married at Lincoln, October 21, 1866, by Rev. Preston Wood, to Miss Martha C. Busher, daughter of John Busher, one of the oldest residents of Springfield, Illinois. They have three children - Oliver C, Claudie May and "Walter Emerson. In the spring of 1884 Mr. Smith was elected a member of the City Council of Lincoln for a term of two years. He is chairman of several committees, and is a member of the Board of Health of Lincoln. He is president of the Central Illinois Beekeepers' Association, and is also president of the Lincoln Gun Club, which was formed for the protection of game and fish, and for the enforcement of the State game law. He is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 204, I. O. 0. F., and has filled all the chairs of that order. He also belongs to Boone Encampment, No. 41, I. O. O. F., of which he has passed all the chairs, and has been a representative of the Grand Encampment of the State of Illinois.

John William Spellman, of the firm of Moloney, Spellman & Co., dealers in grain and lumber at Lincoln, is a native of Lockport, Illinois, born May 31, 1846, a son of Martin and Margaret (Sheehan) Spellman. When he was five years old his father died, and at the age of fifteen years he lost his mother. He was reared in his native place, attending school till he was twelve years of age. At that age he began to maintain himself by working on farms and in a stave factory, till he was eighteen years old, after which he attended a private school at Joliet two years, taught by Mrs. Eliza Grover. He then, in 1866, came to Lincoln and was employed in the Elliott Flouring Mills until 1871, and during that time took a commercial course at a night school. In 1871 he went to Charles City, Iowa, and worked on a farm in that vicinity till 1872, when, after visiting in Lincoln three months, he went to Nuckolls County, Nebraska, and engaged in farming and stock raising near ISIelson till the fall of 1873. He then returned to Logan County and followed farming and stock-raising near Lincoln till 1879, when he was employed to purchase grain for the firm of Milans, Booth & Co. at Beason. After serving in that capacity several mouths he was transferred by the same company to their office at Lincoln, remaining with them and their successors until December, 1883, when he, in connection with J. M. Moloney, purchased the business, when the present firm of Moloney, Spellman & Co. was formed. Mr. Spellman was married March 6, 1872, to Ella Congdon, daughter of James and Susan (Smith) Congdon, who at that time were residents of Lincoln. They have two children - Jessie L. and John W. Mr. Spellman is a Master and Royal Arch Mason, a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, and Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, and has held the position of worshipful master of his lodge for four years. He also belongs to the order of Modern Woodmen of America at Lincoln.

Hiram Stout Stansell, agent at the Champaign & Havana Railroad ,at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Illinois, born at Mount Palatine, Putnam County, December 14, 1856, a son of Isaac M. and Elizabeth H. (Stout) Stansell, natives of Ohio, of G-ermaa ancestry. He lived on a farm till eighteen years of age, and then went to Detroit, Michigan, where he was employed as bill clerk in a commission house a year. He then returned to the homestead and remained till 1877, when he went to Dana, La Salle County, and learned telegraphy in the office of the Chicago, Pekin & Southwestern Railroad Company. In 1878 he was employed by the company as agent and operator of their office at Kinsman, Grundy County, and six months later was appointed on special duty by the same road and the Chicago & Paducah. In 1879 he was appointed agent and operator at Burr Oak, and eight months later was promoted to the larger station at Hammond, Piatt County, Illinois. In 1880 he was promoted to the station at Gibson City, Ford County, and in August, 1882, was transferred to the office at Lincoln, first as agent for the Wabash, and then for its successor, the Champaign & Havana line. March 9, 1882, Mr. Stansell was married at Gibson City to Leora Belle, daughter of W. A. and L. E. (Smith) "Westrope. They have one child - Rosetta. In politics Mr. Stansell is a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter, and has been scribe of the latter two years.

Illinois, is a native of Canada, bora April 5, 1852, a son of John Baptiste and Emily (St. Jean) St. Cerny. He was educated in a private school at L' Assomption, and also took an English commercial course at Koddon. In 1867 he went to Montreal and served as an apprentice in a dry-goods store, and in 1870 was employed as clerk by La More & La Belle. He subsequently came to Illinois, and from 1871 till 1874 was employed in the restaurant of Gilbert La Berge, when he went to Green Bay, "Wisconsin, and clerked in the wholesale liquor store of Phil. Lawrence. In December, 1876, he came to Lincoln and was employed as clerk of the Lincoln House till 1879, when he opened a billiard hall, to which, in 1881, he added a saloon. In 1882 he became proprietor of the Commercial Hotel, where he is doing a good business, and has built up a large trade, being a popular and attentive host. He was married July 5, 1878, in the Hyde Park Catholic church, near Chicago, by Father Tye, to Kate C. Penfold. They have three children - John Joseph, James Henry, and Onisemi Lavalsie Edward. , Mr. and Mrs. St. Cerny are members of St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

John Switzer, contractor and builder, Lincoln, was born near York, York County, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1831, and is the fourth of five sons of Samuel and Susan (Lower) Switzer, who are both natives of I'ennsylvania, and of German descent. Our subject was reared in his native county, and in his youth learned the carpenter's trade. After reaching his majority he left his home and came to Illinois, locating first at Danvers, McLean County, where he remained till 1860. He then came to Lincoln, Logan County, and has since been engaged in contracting and building. He has built many of the business blocks and residences of this place, beside many buildings in the county adjoining Lincoln. He has been twice married, his first wife being Sarah Jane Webster, of Lincoln, whom he married January 16, 1865; she died August 19, 1878, leaving three children - Fannie, Bertie and Olive; the latter died in 1879, aged three and a half years. June 9, 1881, Mr. Switzer was again married, to Mrs. M. L. Gilchrist, of Lincoln. Mr. Switzer is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 210, A. F. & A.M.

William Henry Traner, son of John and Millie (Hall) Traner, was born July 24:, 1836, in Morgan County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm. His father was born on the ocean, while his parents were coming to America, and was of Irish descent, and his mother, who was of French descent, was a native of Ohio. He remained with his parents till reaching maturity, and received his education in the public schools of his native town, and later attended the McOonnellsville High School, and the high school at Hopesdale. He began life for himself as a teacher, in 1856, teaching one winter term in Ohio. In the spring of 1857 he came to Illinois, and taught in Pike County till 1862, when he engaged in farming near Pittsfield of the same county. In 1865 he came to Logan County, and located on a farm in the vicinity of Lincoln, and in connection with his farming taught school for two terms. He rented his farm and became a resident of Lincoln in 1884, where he has since made his home. He was married April 22, 1857, to Margaret Coulter, daughter of John and Ann (Keys) Coulter, of near Pittsfield. They have four children - Belle, Gracie, Maggie and Bessie. Mr. Traner has served two terms as assessor for Chester Township, and collector of the same township for two terms, and was one of the school officers for several years. In his political views he is a Democrat. He is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M., Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, E. A. M., and of Constantino Commandery, No. 51, K. T., of Lincoln.

Bev. James Tuoky, the present rector of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Lincoln, was born June 11, 1836, in County Clare, Ireland. When quite young he attended the Killaloe Classical Academy, which was conducted by his father. In the fall of 1854 he left his native land with the intention of studying for the priesthood in the seminary of St. Sulpice, at Baltimore, Maryland. After completing his philosophical and theological studies he was ordained priest December 12, 1858, in St. Joseph's Cathedral at Buffalo, New York, by the Bight-Eeverend John Timon, D. D., at that time Bishop of Buffalo. After spending several years in missionary work in Western New York he came, in 1875, to Illinois, and took charge of the Catholic church at Macomb, Mc- Donough County, and, in September, 1877, he was appointed rector of St. Patrick's Chnrch, at Lincoln. December 12, 1883, Father Tuohy celebrated his silver jubilee, or the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. On that auspicious occasion he was the recipient of an address and several valuable presents from the members of his congregation.

ton County, Marylaud, locating in the town of Hancock; in 1836 he moved to Clear Spring, in the same county, where he lived with them, attending school until the year, 1846, when he engaged in the boot and shoe business, and continued the same until 1854. In 1848 he was married to Susan Hore, born in Hagerstown, Maryland, October 26, 1828. In 1855 he moved to Illinois, locating in Decatur, and in 1856 engaged in the hotel business in said town; sold out in 1865, and in 1866 removed to Pana, Illinois, built the hotel known as the St. James, and opened it to the public in 1867. In 1868 he became connected with the National Gas Works Building Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, being one of its originators, and engaged in building and operating gas works. He was connected with the building of the gas works in Oarlinville, Lincoln, Kankakee, and Elgin Asylum in Illinois; Jackson and Brownsville, in Tennessee; Lincoln, Nebraska; Oskaloosa, Iowa; Marshall, Michigan, while connected with said building company. In 1873 he purchased the Lincoln, Illinois, Gas Works, and moved to Lincoln and took possession of the same. In 1874 he withdrew from the National Building Company, and in 1874-'75 built the works in Mendota and Princeton, Illinois, and purchased the works at Kankakee, Illinois. Reverses in business brought changes, and the result was in 1881 he became the superintendent of the gas works at Lincoln, Illinois, owned by S. A. Foley, which has since become the property of the Gas and Electric Light Company. He still continues as superintendent. Of the eleven children born to his union with Susan Hore seven are living - Clara M., wife of W. E. Hayward, of Pana, Illinois; Grace A., wife of T. T. Beach, an attorney of Lincoln; Sarah J., married W. E. Seip, of Bloomington, Illinois; Susan M., married T. A. Rosebrugh, of Pana; H. Amelia, unmarried, living at Pana; Richard D., attending school at Orchard Lake, Michigan; and Zora F., an invalid at home.

Remington K. Webster, a retired merchant of Lincoln, was born in Washington County, Rhode Island, April 23, 1810, the youngest son of Jonathan and Dorcas (Moore) Webster. He received a common-school education, and worked on the farm till eighteen years of age. He then commenced learning the machinist's trade in South Scituate, Rhode Island, serving an apprenticeship of two years. After following his trade five or six years he engaged in the mercantile business at Providence, Rhode Island, where he remained till 1844. He then came to Log&n County, Illinois, and engaged in farming in Eminence Township. In 1854 he moved to the village of Lawndale, where he carried on the mercantile business till 1856, when he followed the same business in Lincoln till 1880. He then sold out to his eldest sons and lived retired till 1883, when in November of that year he moved to Gowrie, Iowa, and engaged in general merchandising. In the spring of 1885 he sold his business to his second son and returned to Lincoln, his son coming with him with his stock of goods, where he has since carried on the business. Mr. Webster was married in 1833, at Woonsocket Falls, Ehode Island, to Sarah Austin, of that place. Of the eight children born to them three are living - Mary E.,wife of Carl Thomas; Edward D., a merchautof Lincoln; Remington K., Jr., a merchant of Lincoln. Those deceased are - James Andrew, Francis Marion, Daniel, Sarah Jane and one unnamed. In politics Mr. Webster is independent.

Remington K. 'Webster^ Jr., is a native of Logan County, Illinois, born in Eminence Township, January 5, 1850, the second of five sons of Remington K. and Sarah (Austin) Webster, his parents being natives of Rhode Island, and of English descent. Our subject was educated in the Lincoln High School, after which he clerked in his father's store till his eighteenth year. He then clerked in the clothing house of Livingstone & G-riesheim six months, when he was engaged in clerking in the store of his brother, E. D. Webster, till December, 1871. After traveling through the West six months he returned to Chenoa, 111., where he clerked in a boot and shoe house seven months. Returning to Lincoln he clerked in various stores till 1876, when he went to Pontiac, Illinois, where he had charge of some of his father's business interests till February, 1878. He again returned to Lincoln and clerked for his brother till 1881, when he was employed in the same capacity by Piles & Calais, dealers in farm implements, till February, 1884. He then went to Gowrie, Iowa, and took charge of a large tract of land belonging to his father. In the spring of 1885 he purchased his father's stock of general merchandise at Gowrie, which he removed to Lincoln, where he has been engaged in business since July, 1885. He was married February 15, 1877, to Lydia Griffin, of Lincoln. Three children have been born to them - Hallie May, Lulu, and Henry R., who died May 10, 1879, aged three months. Mrs. Webster's parents, John and Mary Griffin, were natives of Ireland. In politics Mr. Webster afliliates with the Republican party.

Shaft, Lincoln, Illinois, was born at Lexington, JS'orth Carolina, June 10, 1840, a son of James and Catherine (Wagner) Williams, his father a native of Virginia, of Welsh descent, and his mother of North Carolina, of German descent. He began to work for his own maintenance when fourteen years of age, having prior to that time attended the subscription schools. From 1858 till 1861 he was fireman on the North Carolina State Railroad, and in August of the latter year enlisted in the Confederate service, in Company

B, Fourteenth North Carolina Infantry, Jackson's Corps, General Lee's army. He served till July 3, 1864, when he was discharged and came North and lived at Champaign, near Spring Hill, Ohio, till October, 1866, when he came to Logan County, Illinois, and lived in Atlanta till the following spring, when he removed to Lincoln, where he has since lived. From January, 1868, till August, 1882, he was engineer at the Lincoln Coal Mining Company's shaft, and since then has been employed in his present position. Mr. Williams was married August 23, 1865, to Rachel Terrell, of Spring Hill, Ohio. They have ten children - Freeman H., Charles W. H., James F. N., Sarah Catherine, Wilhelmina

C, Georgia Ellen, Joseph E., R. E. Lee, George Harry and Rachel E. Travis E. died June 16, 1868, aged three years, and George S., August 20, 1877, aged sixteen months. Politically Mr. Williams is independent. In 1880 he was elected alderman of Lincoln, to till a vacancy, and in 1881 was elected for a term of two years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Lincoln Lodge, No. 210; of the Odd Fellows order, Lincoln Lodge, No. 204, and also of Cook Lodge, No. 109, A. O. U. W.

Edward Emanuel Wodetzki, dealer in paints and wall-paper, Lincoln, is a native of Logan County, born July 20, 1848, a son of Edward L. and Josephine (Davis) Wodetzki, his father a native of Poland and his mother of Maryland, of English descent. He remained on the farm with his parents till twenty-two years of age and in 1870 came to Lincoln and entered the employ of George M. Seick, and in 1871 a partnership was formed under the name of Seick Brothers & Co., consisting of G. M. and John Seick and Mr. W odetzki. Three years later the firm changed to Seick & Wodetzki, and in 1875 Mr. Wodetzki sold his interest to Seick & Denny, but in 1876 again engaged in business, and has now a good trade, which is constantly increasing. Mr. Wodetzki was married in August, 1870, to Susan Anderson, who died in April, 1871. July

Wilford Eugene Wyatt was born at White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, April 4, 1851, the second of four sons of John and Sarah ("Wyatt) Wyatt. He was seven years old when his parents moved to Logan County, and his education was obtained in the city schools and Lincoln University. When nineteen years of age he began dealing in live-stock at Westport, Jackson County, Missouri, in the vicinity of Kansas City, which he continued but a short time and then began teaching school at Connor's, Wyandotte County, Kansas. In May, 187i, he returned to Lincoln and from 1874 till 1876 was principal of the Third Ward School. He has taught four terms in District No. 5 and three terms in District No. 6, West Lincoln Township, and two terms in District No. 3, East Lincoln Township. In 1872 Mr. Wyatt served thirty-eight days on the Grand Jury at Springfield. In 1885 he was depaty assessor of East Lincoln, under Deputy Edward Spellman. December 23, 1873, he was married at Paoli, Kansas, to Flora E., daughter of Dr. T. White. They have five children - Hose Maud, Eugene Clifford, Alberta, Wilford Harold and Flora Ethel. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a member of Cook Lodge, No. 109, A. O. U. W., of which he is past master workman, having served as master two years, and has also been lodge deputy one year.

William Albert Wyatt, farmer and dealer in real estate, is a native of Illinois, born at White Hall, Greene County, June 22, 1849, a son of John and Sarah M. ^Wyatt) Wyatt, natives of Illinois, of English and Welsh descent. His parents came to Logan County in 1859 and settled in Lincoln, where the mother died in 1869 and the father in 1877. He was ediicated in the common schools of Lincoln and the Lincoln University. He remained with his parents till manhood, and until the death of his father was associated with him in business. After the death of his father he began to speculate in city property and farming lands of Logan County, and was also employed to sell property for his uncles, Kobert B. Latham and John Wyatt. In 1879 he also engaged in farming, which he continued till making preparations to move West. In April, 1878, he was married at McLean's Station, to Mary Pullen, daughter of the late Elias PuUen, of Mason County, Illinois.

Bev. Bernard BaaJc, at present rector of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lincoln, Illinois, is the son of Bernard and Elizabeth (Brinkhaus) Baak, and was born the 15th of March, 1836, in Darfeld, Westphalia, Germany. He received his education at Warendorf, near Munster, Westphalia, and also at St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was ordained priest on the 18th of December, 1869. Shortly after his ordination he was sent as assistant pastor to St. Francis' Church, Chicago, Illinois, where he remained three years. In 1872 he took charge of St. Joseph's Church, Peoria, Illinois. The present new St. Joseph's Church, which is an ornament to the city of Peoria, was erected by him. He founded there also St. Francis' Hospital. After laboring in Peoria twelve years he was transferred in 1884 to his present charge at Lincoln, Illinois.