Marion County, Illinois - The whole text, 1909 (part 25 of 27)

Daniel R. Spencer gave his daughter, Elizabeth J.. an excellent farm of two hundred and sixty acres near Patoka, which is especially adapted to the raising of small grain and it also has a fine orchard of twenty acres of a good variety of fruit. She still owns eighty acres of this choice land.

a woman of her age, has deep religious convictions and she is regarded as one of the good elderly mothers of the city, where she is held in highest regard by a wide circle of friends, as was also her worthy husband, who was an honest and industrious as well as a patriotic man.

Henry Mcmillan

The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest and best known steam engineers in Centralia, having devoted his life work to this profession, mastering it in every detail. To become a proficient engineer requires no little natural ability together with careful training and persistent efforts.

Henry McMillan was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, June 14, 1836, the son of Huston and Electa (Reed) McMillan, who were the parents of ten children, our subject being the ninth in order of birth. He received his early education in the state of New York in the common schools which he attended until he was sixteen years old. He early in life decided to become a railroader and entered the employ of the Saratoga & Troy Railroad Company, where he worked for six months. Then in 1853 he went to Dayton, Ohio, and worked on the Panhandle Railroad. Then he returned to the Empire state in 1854, and worked on the Saratoga & Troy Railroad for another six months; then came to Dayton. Ohio, and to New Castle, Indiana. He acted in the capacity of fireman, helped to build a tank on the Panhandle Railroad. His run was from Richmond to Anderson, Indiana, until July, 1856, when he came to Centralia, and began work on the Illinois Central Railroad as engineer, hauling iron for a track from Cincinnati to Mattoon in 1856 on the Chicago branch.

Our subject has followed engineering nearly all his life. He is now on the day shift at the Centralia Water plant, where a million gallons of water is pumped daily. He is a most efficient engineer and is regarded by those under whose direction the plant is managed as a most capable employe.

Mr. McMillan was married to Mary Umphrey, July 7, 1857, the daughter of Patrick Umphrey, and to this union the following children have been born : Albert, who married Clara Biddle and who has four children and one granddaughter. Albert is an engineer and lives in New York City. Charles, the second child, is unmarried, living with his father, and is the second engineer in the Centralia water works; Edward married Fannie Vanpatent, and they have three children. Edward is a blacksmith in the Illinois Central shops; Harry, the fourth child, married Annie Kutz, and they are the parents of two children. He is a boiler-maker in the shops of the Illinois Central Railroad.

In politics Henry McMillan is a stanch Republican, having cast his first vote for John C. Fremont and his second for Abraham Lincoln and he has voted for every Republican Presidential candidate since that time and is a very active worker at the primaries. He was reared by Presbyterian parents. His wife was a Baptist. Mr. Mc- Millan has a very comfortable residence at 910 Hateman street, Centralia. "He is one of the youngest old men in the city," according to his friends. He does a full man's work every day, is happy, hearty and very good natured. He loves the company of young people, and he is familiarly known to many as "one of the boys" of the town. He tells a good joke with relish and enjoys a good story, for the heart of the old engineer is still young.

William F. Raines

No greater badge of honor can be worn by any man living today than that designating the fact that the bearer is a veteran of the great War of the Rebellion. What more could a man do to merit the applause of succeeding generations than to forsake home and business -and go forth to fight for the integrity and safety of his country, thereby transmitting to posterity a priceless heritage?

William F. Raines was born in Rutherford county, Tennessee, March 8, 1844, the son of John N. and Sallie (Bottom) Raines, both natives of Virginia. After the parents of the subject were married they moved to Tennessee and four children were born to them, of which number William F., our subject, was the oldest. The family moved from Tennessee to Jefferson county, Illinois, when our subject was a small boy. The early education of William F. Raines was very limited, for he was reared on his father's farm, the hard labor on which interfered with his schooling, but he has since become generally educated by contact with the world and by home reading.

Our subject enlisted February i, 1864, as a private soldier in the Union ranks in Company H, Sixth Illinois Cavalry, under Colonel Starr, the enlistment of Mr. Raines having been made in Jefferson county. The company went to Camp Butler at Springfield, Illinois, then to St. Louis, later to Cairo, Illinois, and from there to Memphis, Tennessee, where they began active service and drew their horses by lot. As each man's name was called he took the first horse in the line. Our subject enlisted against his father's wishes, who threatened to come and take him back home, and in relating the incident, the subject said he wished, when in the first battle, that his father would come and take him home. He was in many hard engagements and always bore himself bravely, among which were those of Nashville, Franklin, Holly Springs, having been in General Wilson's command. While on a foraging trip at Lagrange, Mississippi, and pursued by Confederates, his horse fell with him and broke his right arm at the elbow, but he escaped with his sack of corn. He still has much trouble with his arm, which is nearly useless at this writing, being almost completely paralyzed. He was mustered out of service in November, 1865, at Jackson, Mississippi, but he did not receive his discharge papers until he reached Springfield, Illinois.

After the war Mr. Raines returned to Centralia and managed a mill, also farmed. He conducted both a saw and grist mill, owned by Sam Carpenter.

Our subject was united in marriage to Amanda Radley, February 28, 1871. She was the daughter of John and Mary Radley, to whom ten children were born, Amanda being the fifth child in order of birth. Our subject and wife are the parents of seven children, three living, namely: Charles S., George and Wesley E. Charles S. married Mattie Leak. George is single and lives at Anna, Illinois; Wesley E. married Maggie Heap. They are the parents of two sons, Clarence and Wesley M. Wesley's wife died in 1905 and he and his one little son make their home with the subject and wife, who have a pleasant dwelling at 403 Cemetery avenue. Wesley E. is in the tar roofing business.

Our subject draws a pension of twelve dollars per month. He is a loyal Republican. Hq was reared to be a Baptist, which was the faith of his parents. He is a kind, generous-hearted old soldier, now practically unable to do any effective labor on account of rheumatism and his wounded arm.

J. W. Ross

Conspicuous among the representative citizens of Marion county is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this biography, who is recognized as one of the

J. W. Ross was born in Bureau county, Illinois, July 6, 1865. He moved with his parents to Texas in 1875, settling on a ranch nine miles west of Sherman, when numerous Indians lived there and only eight or ten white families were to be found within a radius of several hundred miles. Later the family moved to Gainesville, Texas, where they remained until 1885, at which time they moved to Alma, Illinois, the father of the subject then first began business as a nurseryman in Marion county, with his son, our subject, as a partner, the firm being known as Ross & Son, Nurserymen. They continued with gratifying success until 1898, when J. W. Ross sold his share to his father and went to Rockford, Illinois, where he joined H. W. Buckbee, a florist and seed man, with whom he was associated for two years. He then returned to Alma, Illinois, where he embarked in the market and gardening business with much success for three years, shipping produce to Chicago. At the expiration of this time he came to Centralia and bought out A. M. Seley, an old and well known florist of this city, who had been in this business for twenty years. Our subject proceeded to remodel, rebuild and beautify the plant which he now occupies. It has a frontage of one hundred and eighty-five feet on one street and seventy feet on another. There are now twenty-two thousand square feet of glass in the spacious building, divided into four big houses, each one being heated with steam and being equipped with all the latest and most modern improvements and appliances upon a new and modern basis. These buildings have all been rebuilt within the past three years.

Mr. Ross does a very large mail order business. During the past twelve months he has sent goods into twenty-six different states and carries on both a large wholesale and retail business in cut-flowers as well as plants, in fact, he is sometimes unable to fill his numerous orders upon receiving them. He has customers in one hundred and twenty-five towns in Southern Illinois, and his goods are always of such fine quality, his prices so reasonable and his treatment of customers so fair that he never loses them, but is constantly gaining others.

Mr. Ross grows a complete line of decorative and bedding plants, however, he makes cut flowers a specialty and caters to a high class of trade, such as weddings, funerals and special social functions. Much of his finer goods go to St. Louis. He is located in an ideal place for the successful development of this business, owing to the excellent shipping facilities of Centralia to all points. Cheap fuel from nearby coal mines is also an advantage.

Our subject's domestic life began March 1 6, 1887, when he was united in the bonds of wedlock with Amanda J. French, daughter of Gilbert W. French, a native of Tennessee. Her mother was Louisa O'Brien. Mrs. Ross is popular in Centralia social circles.

Our subject and wife are the parents of five children, namely: Ruth, deceased; Edith D., Rufus W. and Frances Juanita, Earl being the eldest of the family. They are living at home and attending school. Mr. Ross is a model father and indulgent husband, and his faithful life companion is ever by his side to aid him in his work.

Charles A. Glore

It is to such progressive men as Mr. Glore that the city of Centralia is indebted for its substantial growth and for the high position it occupies as a center of industrial activity and progress.

Charles A. Glore, the prominent lumber merchant, was born in Sherman, Texas, October 10, 1874, the son of Alonzo and Sarah (Johnson) Glore, in whose family there were four children, two of whom are now deceased; Henry and Charles are the two living children, our subject being the third child in order of birth. His parents died when he was about seven years old.

Our subject received his education in the common schools in California, Colorado, and in Centralia, Illinois, to which place he came in 1887. After leaving school he decided to enter the newspaper field and was employed as devil in the office of The Centralia Sentinel for eleven months for Thomas Joy. He then went to Valparaiso University, taking a business course for one year, after which he accepted a position with the Centralia Mining and Manufacturing Company, with which firm he continued for six years, giving the utmost satisfaction. He resigned this position On February 20, 1897, and on the first day of May that year he purchased the interests of the Johnson Lumber Company, of Centralia, at 327 South Locust street, where he is now in active business, having built up an excellent patronage, his trade extending to remote localities and is constantly increasing. This lumber yard is one of the largest in Centralia or the southern part of the state. It occupies one hundred and sixty square feet of flooring. The sheds are brick, covering fifty by sixty feet. The frame sheds cover from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-three feet. The firm carries a full line of building material of all kinds, both hard and soft lumber, shingles, doors, sash and blinds, also paints and a complete line of glass and builders' hardware, selling direct to the contractors and builders of Centralia and other cities. They are known to handle excellent grades of material and their prices are reasonable. '

Charles A. Glore was happily married to Grace I. Brewster, daughter of H. B. and Fanny (Van Patten) Brewster, in whose family there were three children, the subject's wife being the second in order of birth. Mrs. Glore is a graduate of the Centralia high school and is an excellent musician.

Our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also the Hoo-Hoo, an organization of lumbermen. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion he was reared a Presbyterian, however, he is not a member of any orthodox bodv.

Mrs. Hattie Van Patten

The subject of this sketch has for many years enjoyed the high esteem -of a wide circle of friends in Marion county. She is the widow of the late Martin Van Patten, and the daughter of Alfred P. and Virginia (Falbert) Crosby. Her father, Alfred Crosby, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, September 4, 1825, and he passed to his rest November 9, 1908. The mother, Virginia, was born in Kentucky, near Covington, January 8, 1837, and passed away in Centralia in 1862. Alfred and Virginia Crosby were the parents of eight children, five boys and three girls, five of whom are living at this writing, three girls and two boys.

Alfred Crosby followed farming, was also in the mercantile and real estate and insurance business, having had the distinction of owning the first store in Centralia, and he made a success at all the above lines. He came from Waterloo, Monroe county, II-

Mrs. Hattie (Crosby) Van Patten, was born in Centralia April I, 1855, and she has the proud distinction of being the first white girl born in Centralia. Her father, Alfred Crosby, assisted in laying out the city of Centralia and naming it. He also donated the ground for the first Methodist church in the city and helped to hew out the sills of the same. He was for many years a public official of Brookfield, Missouri. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Needles, of 2643 East Sixth street, Kansas City, Missouri, Sunday, November 8, 1908, after a long and useful life. Alfred P. Crosby was no ordinary man of his day. He and his wife journeyed to Covington, Kentucky, then to St. Louis, coming to Centralia in 18,52, in which city he followed merchandising until 1862. While in Centralia he was elected Treasurer and Assessor of Marion county. In 1874 he was sent to the Legislature and ''he won considerable distinction for his work while a member of the same. He was closely associated with Judge Silas Bryan, father of William J. Bryan. He became a citizen of Brookfield, Missouri, in November, 1877, where he followed the real estate and insurance business and where he was elected Police Judge for two terms and he was Justice of the Peace for a number of years. In 1901 he moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where his death occurred as already stated. In 1851 he married Virginia Talbot and five children were born to them. After the loss of his first wife he again married, his second wife being Mary E. Charles and to this union three children were born, two boys and one girl, all living in Kansas City. He was a faithful Christian man and a noble citizen.

Mrs. Hattie Van Patten was married to Martin Van Patten January 2, 1876. The latter was born in Schenectady, New York. His parents were of Holland-Dutch descent. He came to Centralia when twentv-one vears of age and spent his life here, having been called from his labors July 13, 1908. He was an engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad for a period of twenty-nine years, having worked for the same road in all about forty-five years, part of that time as machinist in the company's shops. He was one of the most faithful employes of this company, having been so regarded by the officials. There were six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Van Patten, two boys and four girls, namely : Mary, who is deceased ; Frances M., who married Ed McMillan of Centralia, and who is the mother of three children, living and one dead; Edward is a blacksmith in the Illinois Central shops; James A. married Edith- A. Sogan, of Odin, Illinois, and they have three children, two boys and one girl, the oldest boy being deceased; Ada is a stenographer in Chicago in the claim and freight department of the Illinois Central, and is a very accomplished lady; Hazel Erretta married Bert Wallis, and she lives in East St. Louis, employed by the Adams Express Company, and to them one son has been born; William Brooks is nine years old at this writing, and he attends the Centralia schools.

Mrs. Van Patten lives in a cozy and neat residence on the corner of Elm and Second South street, with her son and daughter-inlaw. He is in the plumbing and machinist business on South Locust street in this city.

Our subject was reared in the Methodist faith, but she is now a member of the Baptist church. She also belongs to the Ladies' Relief Corps of Centralia. Her early educa- tion was received in Centralia, where she attended the public and high schools and she also attended school at Normal, Illinois. After completing a normal training course at the university for teachers, she returned to Centralia and taught in the city schools and at Sandoval for three years. She is a woman of rare refinement and true modest womanly culture, and she bears her part nobly in the affairs of her home, the church and society.

Severt Legreid

Xo foreign country has sent more men of sterling worth, indomitable and trustworthy, to the United States than the little kingdom of Norway, and although the subject of this sketch is of the second generation of Norwegians in this country, he is a true type of that hardy race.

Severt Legreid, the well known general contractor and planing mill proprietor, of Centralia, Illinois, was born in Deerfield, Wisconsin, December 6, 1868, the son of H. S. and Ingeboror Legreid, both natives of Norway, who came to America, settling in Wisconsin, the former having come about 1846 and the latter in 1848. They were married in 1852.

Seven children were born to this union, five boys and two girls, our subject being the youngest of the family. He received his education in the district schools of Deerfield township, in Wisconsin, later taking a course in business practice and general commercial branches. He worked on the farm until he was fourteen years old, when he was apprenticed to A. S. Dyer as a carpenter. He then went to Cozad, Nebraska, to work for Nordyke & Marmon, of Indianapolis, Indiana, who were building a flouring mill there. He remained in Cozad one year, then he worked for the Missouri River Railroad, remaining in their employ as a brakeman for eight months, when he took sick and returned to Deerfield, Wisconsin. His run while on the road was from Holdrege to Cheyenne. Mr. Legried then went to work :for the Chicago-Northwestern Railroad company as brakeman, having remained with this company eighteen months when he went to Chicago and took up his trade, working for J. W. Andrews at the corner of Cottage Grove and Twenty-ninth street, with whom he stayed until 1886, in which year Mr. Andrews went out of business, and for the next two years our subject contracted on his own 'account, handling some big jobs and making a success of the venture. He was compelled to take his wife to Centralia in 1898, on account of her failing. health, and he gave up his work in Chicago. Mrs. Legreid died in April, 1899. They were married December 23, 1891, and to this union two children were born, namely: Earl J. and Florence I., who > are both living at home and attending school. Our subject was again married, his second wife being Clara Gertrude Whitchurch, daughter of John White and i Clara Whitchurch, the subject's wife being the fourth child of this

When our subject came to Centralia in 1898, he began working for W. A. Hamilton as a journeyman carpenter with whom he worked for two years, then started in business for himself. He now has a well equipped shop on the rear of his dwelling, 720 South iElm street. He uses all up-todate machinery, including a twelve horse power motor to run the machines, ten in number. He makes a specialty of high class mill work for interior finish and' office furniture. His eight room, substantial and modern home is one of neatness and beauty. Mr. Legreid has built many of the best and most .attractive buildings in Centralia and he always gives entire satisfaction in his work.

In politics our subject is a Republican. He was reared a Lutheran, but he attends the Baptist and Methodist churches. He is a member of the Carpenters and Joiners of America, also the Modern Woodmen, the Knights of < Pythias and the Free and Accepted Masons, all of Centralia.

Bowie C. Warfield

He to whom this sketch is dedicated has lived in Marion county through many changes during which he has been one of the active participants. He represents a long line of distinguished ancestors, many of them having taken a prominent part in the military history of our country, and it was quite 'in keeping with the family traditions that he should desire to continue their reputation, consequently when an opportunity came in the sixties, he was quick to avail himself of a chance to go to the battle field.

Bowie C. Warfield was born in Maryland, in the county of Howard, October 27, 1835, the son of William and Eleanor (Walkins) Warfield. Grandfather Beale Warfield was a native of Maryland, who spent his life in that state on a farm. His wife was Emily Ridgely, and they were the parents of three children, the father of the subject 'having been the second in order of birth. He inherited the homestead, the old house which was built in 1793.

The subject's father was educated in the public schools of Maryland. His father died when he was young and an uncle was appointed his guardian. He remained under this guardianship until he was twenty-one years of age when he took possession of the old homestead, where his children were born and reared and there he lived until his death, which occurred at the age of fifty-seven years. There were thirteen children born to this family, ten lived to maturity. The mother of the subject died at the age of sixty-one years. William R., the youngest son, was a civil engineer. He was one of the engineers on the Crolin Water Works in New York, and he was associate engineer in building the water works at Baltimore, which at that time was considered one of

The grandfather of the subject on his mother's side was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, having been a captain. He was a man of 'magnificent physique, six feet and two inches in height, well proportioned and was conspicuous wherever he went. He led his men in the thickest of the fight at Cowpens. He was toasted by General Green at a public dinner on the high hills Santer as one of the bravest officers of Maryland. He was in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Germantown and was in winter quarters with Washington in 1778, was later at Monmouth, Guilford Court House and Camden. He was given a large tract of government land in recognition of his services. When the War of 1812 broke out he was quick to offer his services and was commissioned colonel. He was president of the society of Cincinnati. He was a slave holder and the owner of a large plantation. He lived to be eighty-eight years old, dying in 1840.

Bowie C. Warfield was educated in the public schools in Maryland, and at the Warfield Academy. He worked on the farm during his vacations and walked four and onehalf miles to school, having finished school when nineteen years old, after receiving a good education. He remained on the farm until he was twenty-one years old when he came to Illinois and settled in Marshall county on a farm, the first year having worked as a farm hand. Then he rented a farm and worked it until 1862 when he enlisted in August of that year in Company I, Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry. He was in the first siege of Vicksburg, was at Jackson, Mississippi, and in the battles from Vicksburg to that place on all the way back. He was at New Orleans and at Spanish Fort and Blakely. After efficient service he was mustered out July 14, 1865, and was permanently discharged at Springfield, Illinois, July 28, 1865. After his caceer in the army he went to Marshall county, Illinois, where he remained for one year and then came to Marion county, buying eighteen acres of land on which he built a small house and went to farming. He was successful from the first and has since added to the original farm until he now has one hundred and eleven acres of valuable land. It is now a fruit farm on which many varieties of excellent fruit are grown. He is the originator of the well known Warfield strawberry and makes a specialty of strawberries, having had as many as eleven acres. The farm is mostly rented out at present.

Mr. Warfield was married August 24, 1862, to Julia C. Gregory, daughter of Hall S. and Amanda (Culver) Gregory, both natives of Vermont, who moved to Illinois in an early day and settled in Marshall county. Mr. Gregory was an agent for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company; of Chicago, and later a grain buyer. He lived to a good old age.

and Mrs. Warfield, the first, Alverta, was born in 1871 and is the widow of Rudolph W. Crapster, of Maryland, and is the mother of three living children. Rudolph was born in 1898, is living with his mother, who makes her home with her father ; her second child is Charles Gregory, who was born in 1899, and the third is Ralph Claggett. One daughter, Dorothy, was born in 1897, died in 1899. The subject's second child, Alice, was born in 1874, and is the wife of Clinton N. Power, living in Pueblo, Colorado. They have one child named Clifton Warfield. Mrs. Crapster's sons are eligible to belong to the Sons of the Revolution, owing to their military ancestors.

In his fraternal relations our subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The subject's wife passed away August 28, 1905, at the age of sixty-eight years. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Warfield is a Bryan Democrat.

The subject of this sketch is one of the -substantial citizens of Carrigan township in the development of which he has played a prominent part for many years and where lie is known as a man of thrift, industry and honesty of purpose.

Robert M. McKee was born February 3, 1839, in Vermilion county, Illinois.the son of John A. McKee, who was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, in 1808, and who there married Anna Kern, a native of that county where she was born in 1810. They were married about 1830. Ten children were born to them, of whom the subject and one other son, who is living in Centralia, survive. The father of the subject was a farmer and also a preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church. He was regarded as a fine talker and became well known in his community. The subject's parents came to Marion county in 1842 and settled four miles east of Kinmundy, then in 1854 moved to Salem, where they lived one year, then to Clinton county. The subject's mother was called in her rest in 1852, and John A. McKee married again in 1854, his last wife being Mary B. (Hughie) French. Our subject's father passed away in 1886 in Centralia and was buried at that place.

Robert M. McKee received a common school education, his early advantages having been limited. He was reared in a Christian family. He was something of a hunter in his youth and has seen all kinds of wild game, having killed wolves on his place since he came to Marion county.

Mr. McKee was one of the patriotic men who stood by the stars and stripes during the days of the rebellion, having enlisted on July 25, 1862, in Company H, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving under Captain George E. Castle, was in the battle of Resaca, also with Sherman on his march to the sea, and he remained in the service for three years and was not wounded nor in prison. He became a corporal and was a most gallant soldier.

Our subject went to farming on the old home place in Clinton county, having bought a piece of land close to Centralia, where he lived for some time, also lived near Salem, having come to Marion conuty in 1871 to make his permanent home and he has lived on his present place for thirty-one years. He made most of the improvements on it himself. His land is located in section 28, Carrigan township. It is an excellent farm of one hundred and twenty acres which was purchased by him from the Illinois Central Railroad. He says there were only three or four houses in Centralia when he came here. He has a fine dwelling, surrounded by beautiful grounds a few miles north of Sandoval. He carries on general farming and stock raising in such a manner as to insure a comfortable living from year to year and is at the same time enabled to lay by a competency for his aid age.

Mr. McKee was united in marriage in 1866 to Mary Augustus, who was born February 17, 1839, the daughter of Gideon and Roby (Hite) Augustus. Her parents were born in Canada and first moved to Michigan. The father of the subject's wife died in Clinton county and her mother died in Michigan. They lived on a farm. The marriage of our subject took place in Clinton county, this state. May 31, 1865. The following children have been born to this union; Phcebe, who was born March 20, 1867, married James S. Jolliff, who are the parents of seven children and live in Oklahoma; James was bom June 27, 1868, married Amy Full and they reside in this county; Ida, who was born August 26, 1869, married Ralph Kennie. They have two children and make their home at Neoga, Illinois; Johnny, born February 22, 1871, is still a member of the family circle. Virginia was born in 1875 and married a contractor. Myrtle died when one year old. James, who married Virginia Edwards, lives in St. Louis, and they have two children. Perry was born November 10, 1877, and lives at home. Joseph, who was born in 1870, died when eighteen years old. Dora was born October 4, 1881, married Fred Stein, a telegraph operator in Mattoon, Illinois.

Mr. McKee is a Republican and a Prohibitionist, but has never aspired to office. He is a member of the Methodist Protestant church and belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, No. 584 Post at Sandoval.

Alexander C. Smith

Self-reliance and honorable business methods have been the salient features in the career of the subject of this sketch and his life record contains many standard elements. He is one of the old and highly respected citizens of Carrigan township.

Alexander C. Smith was born in Lincoln county, Kentucky, December 10, 1833, the son of Robert Smith, who came to Kentucky in 1796, and to Marion county in 1840, when the subject was seven years old. He entered government land upon his arrival for one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, settling east of Omega, near the Clay county line. He was a great stock raiser and became one of the substantial citizens of that community, but he took no part in public life, although one of the influential pioneers of the county. When he located here the nearest trading point was Salem, which consisted of but a few houses; most of the trading by the residents here was done in St. Louis. The father of the subject died in 1882 in this county. Our subject drove a yoke of oxen to the plow. The subject's mother, Catherine Eastham, was born in Virginia and died when the subject was a small boy, he being one of fourteen children and the eighth in order of birth.

Alexander C. Smith started life for himself when eighteen years old, having received a limited education enjoying few advantages to attend school in those early days. He learned carpentry and worked at his trade until the commencement of the Civil war when he gave way to his patriotic fervor and enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, under command of Doctor Rainey, of Salem, who was captain of that company, later serving under Captain Clark and Colonel Martin. He was in the ranks until the close of the war and saw hard service. He lost an arm at the battle of Atlanta, Georgia and was also shot in the breast at the same time. Being captured at that time he was taken as a prisoner to Andersonville, where he remained four months and was then paroled and sent home on account of the loss of his arm. He was in the battles of Resaca, New Hope Church, Dallas and Kenesaw Mountain. He says he did nothing but fight for four months. He receives a pension.

After returning from the war he engaged in the mercantile business in Odin, this county, for about three years. From there he came to Carrigan township and has made his home here for over forty years in the corner of the township. When he moved here the township was laid out and named. His land lies in sections n and 14.

Mr. Smith was united in marriage in Marion county, in 1857, with Martha McCarty. His wife was a native of Indiana, and came to Marion county with her parents when ten years old, settling in the northeast corner of the county. Eight children were born to the subject and wife as follows: Alice, born in 1858, married Louis Cline. They are the parents of six children and live in Tonti township; Margaret, the second child, was born in 1860, and married Samuel Galiant. They have four children living and one daughter dead. Ellen, the third child, was born in 1862, married John Warren. They live in Marion county ; four children, all deceased, were born to them. Eddie, the subject's fourth child, was born in 1867. He married Dora Westfall; they have four children living and three deceased. They live in Oklahoma. Isaac, the fifth child, was born in 1870. He married Lillie Summers. They live in the state of Washington, and are the parents of six children living and two children deceased. Mary,, the sixth child, was born in 1873. She married Charles I. Harris. They live with the subject and are the parents of three children. The seventh child of the subject is Levi H., who was born in 1877. He married Viola Chitister. They live in Arkansas and have one child. Martha E., the youngest child, was born in 1884. She married Edgar Sparling. They live in Carrigan township, and are the parents of four children. Charles I. Harris, the husband of Mary Smith, is a native of West Virginia, where he lived for many years. He has lived in this township for the past seventeen years. Their children are named: Clara, who was born in 1894; Robert L., who was born in 1896, and Samuel L., who was born in 1900. They keep house for the subject, and Mr. and Mrs. Harris delight in taking care of the subject. Mr. Smith took the census of Carrigan township in 1880. He was a committeeman of the township for fifteen years. He is a well known man in the county, where his life has been honorably spent.

Joseph A. Cozad

Mr. Cozad has long been identified with the growth of this community, having come here forty-one years ago, the 25th of December, 1908, during which time he has witnessed vast changes and has taken a prominent part in them, so that he is today regarded as one of the representative citizens of Carrigan township.

Joseph A. Cozad was born in Wirt county, West Virginia, May 10, 1845, the son of David S. and Nancy (Lee) Cozad, the former a native of Dayton, Ohio, where he was born in 1790, where he lived until he was grown when he went to West Virginia, where he married Nancy Lee, a cousin of old Richard Lee, who was prominent in the Confederacy. The family of David S. were all grown before coming to Marion county, Illinois. The subject's father made twenty thousand dollars in oil in Virginia, having sold his oil rock farm for that amount, which he invested in one thousand acres of land in Illinois, becoming a farmer and stockman on an extensive scale. He was at one time wealthy, but lost almost everything before his death. There were seven boys and seven girls in this family, three brothers and two sisters of the subject are still living, one sister being now eightytwo years old, who is living in Missouri.

The subject's education was somewhat limited. However, he attended high school and later learned pharmacy in Cincinnati. He was at one time a member of the militia. He started in life as an oil contractor in West Virginia as a driller and spent about twelve years in this business and then came to Illinois to engage in farming, settling in Carrigan township, where he has since remained. He has made all the improvements on the place, which is located in section 13. where he has carried on general farming in a most successful manner and also stock raising, always keeping large numbers of standard bred stock. Everything about his place shows thrift and prosperity as well as good management. He has a beautiful home and many convenient out buildings. Much credit is due Mr. Cozad for his success for he has made early everything himself by his good management and persistent, honest efforts.

Our subject was first married to Rebecca Harris, whom he brought to Illinois with him. She was of Scotch descent. They were married October n, 1867. Her parents came from Scotland, but she was born in West Virginia. The following children were born to the subject and his first wife, six of whom are now living in 1908: Ida Belle, born May 8, 1868, died March 14, 1898; Theodore M. was born January 7,

1872, married Eva Moore, to whom one child has been born. He is in the fruit business in Decatur; Margaret J. was born July 25, 1876, and died in infancy; Edward was born October 7, 1878; Samuel M. was born April 3, 1879, and died in 1 88 1 ; Charles V. was born September 20, 1 88 1, married Mayme Galker. He is in the grocery business in Decatur. Edward married Jessie Wickline and they have two children. He is in the meat business in Decatur. John H. was bom June 25, 1884, became a Missionary Baptist preacher, also became a teacher, having been educated in the Carbondale schools. He is at present pastor of the Salem Baptist church, and lives at home with the subject. Alphey, who was born March 2, 1889, is a dressmaker in Decatur. Nellie, who was born

The subject's second wife was Josephine (Lonnan) Meyer, who was born July 27, 1866, and whom he married August II, 1898, and to whom the following children have been born: Theresa Lucile was born January 26, 1902; Leo Raines was born February 8, 1905; Alice Marie was born September 9, 1907. Mrs. Cozad had one child by her former husband, Albert Lonnan, born October 12, 1890, who makes his home with his step- father, our subject. Mrs. Cozad's father came to America from Berlin, Germany, where he was born in 1833, having emigrated to the United States in about 1853 or 1854. Mrs. Cozad's mother was also from that place. Mrs. Cozad's father was a well known farmer who lived in the southern part of Salem, on the old Judge Hull farm for many years. He died in 1897 in this county, being known by everybody as a thrifty German farmer. His wife was born in 1847.

The Cozad family have long been stanch Democrats and Missionary Baptists. Lee Cozad, brother of our subject, is a preacher in this church. Our subject has long taken an active interest in church affairs, and he is known as a fine Christian gentleman and well informed.

Centralia Public Library

ganized in 1880. On February 14, 1901, Andrew Carnegie offered fifteen thousand dollars to be spent for a library building, which offer was accepted and the City Park was chosen for the site. Mr. Carnegie added five thousand dollars. The plan for the new building drawn by Oscar L. Mc- Murry, of Chicago, was chosen by the board which had the matter in hand and the contract was let April 12, 1902. Ground was broken for the building on June loth, following, the corner-stone being laid July 17, 1902, under the auspices of the Masons. The work progressed rapidly under skillful workmen until its completion the latter part of the year, and the building was -opened to the public January 14, 1903.

The building is an attractive one from an architectural standpoint, being two stories high, sixty-four by sixty-six feet, is of pressed red brick and blue Bedford stone, located in the center of the City Park, having the most beautiful and withal desirable surroundings of any library building in the state. A large hall divides the first floor, giving both a north and a south entrance. East of the hall are rooms for the secretary and the library board. West of it is a lecture room with a small stage. On the second floor are the main reading room on the west, a small newspaper room at the head -of the stairs, the children's room being on the east. The librarian's room and the fireproof stock room are also on this floor. Over the stairs is a small reference room. The rooms are all well arranged, properly -equipped and carefully kept. The cost of

The regulations of the library board provide that children under fifteen years of age may borrow books if they are attending the public schools of the city, but each child is restricted to one book a week.

The entire building is heated by steam. It also contains two neat toilet rooms and a large storage room. The annual statement made on June 30, 1908, by the librarian, Celia M. Miles, shows that there are five thousand six hundred and fifty-nine volumes in the library and twenty thousand four hundred and eighty-six volumes in the circulation department for the year. Thirtyeight periodicals are taken, including six daily papers. The annual income of the library is two thousand dollars.

The present trustees and officers are as follows: Daisy I. Hallam, president; D. B. Robertson, secretary; F. F. Noleman, treasurer; Miss I. Brunton, Mrs. W. G. Weldon, W. F. Bundy, H. M. Warner, C. C. Davis and T. L. Joy. Chairman of the committees are as follows: library, Miss I. Brunton ; building, T. L. Joy ; finance, C. C. Davis; by-laws, H. M. \Varner. Librarian Celia M. Miles; assistant librarian, Goddena Weldon. Following is a list of the librarians who have served the library since its establishment: Kate McKee, Alice Stafford, Cora Hand, Mary Wild. Ida Council, Mae Viquesney, Carrie McMillan, Celia M. Miles, Ella Babbitt, Mabel Kerr, Nellie Surles, Maud Sisson and Celia M. Miles.

rian, giving satisfaction to all concerned, being not only a woman of education, tact, refinement and culture, but also of pleasing personality that makes her popular with all classes.

Samuel R. Carrigan

Our subject is one of the old and honored residents of Marion county, where his long life of usefulness has been spent and he has witnessed a great development in the material life of the community, taking no little part in its affairs.

Samuel R. Carrigan was born March 17, 1834, two and one-half miles from where he now resides in Carrigan township, the son of Robert M. and Sarah (Hough) Carrigan, the former having been born in Georgia, December 9, 1800. He first moved to South Carolina and then to Clinton county, Illinois, settling there in about 1817. John Carrigan, grandfather of the subject came to South Carolina from Ireland. The subject's father bought Government land for one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre when he came to this state. He built a log cabin and cut and split rails with which to fence his land, often working after night on account of the green-head flies being so numerous and troublesome that he couldn't work in the daytime. The Indians were all peaceful at that time. Robert Carrigan took no part in politics, but the uncles of the subject were all politicians. The father of our subject did all h'ls trading in St.

Our subject was the third child in order of birth in his father's family, the names of these children being, John S., who was born May 13, 1830, died October 7, 1837: Nancy Jane, December 10, 1831; Samuel R., our subject.

Samuel R. Carrigan was educated in a log school-house, where subscription schools were taught. The furnishings were very rude and the sessions of school lasted only a few months each winter, however, he secured a fairly good education and taught school for a few terms with success.

About 1864 Mr. Carrigan bought land in section 21, this township, and remained on the same until 1890, where he prospered and developed a model farm. In that year he moved two miles west of his present place. On October 4, 1871, the subject married Hester Ann Williams, the daughter of J. A. and Susan (Cameron) Williams. She was born March 28, 1850. J. A. Williams was born July 31, 1818, in Shelby county, Indiana, and he was for years one of the most noted preachers in Southern Illinois and a personal friend of Prof. J. H. G. Brikerhoff, of this county. Susan Cameron was born in Orange county, Indiana, February 13, 1820. Mrs. Carrigan's father died November 4, 1907, her mother having passed away in 1893. They were married in September, 1844, in Jefferson county, Illinois. The following children have been born to the subject and wife: Robert M., born August 15, 1872, married

Etta Dolsen. They are living at Fairman, Illinois, and are the parents of four children. John A., the subject's second child, was born December 13, 1874, and was drowned June i, 1888; Susie, who married J. C. Hawkins, of Bessie, Tennessee, where she now resides; Samuel D. was born February 23, 1882, married Ada Brinkley, of Appleton, Wisconsin. They have one daughter. Samuel D. is a practicing physician at Sandoval. He has been engaged in practice for three years. He was educated at Sims Medical College in St. Louis.

Samuel R. Carrigan has a beautiful home located between Sandoval and Patoka, surrounded by well laid out grounds, orchards, etc. He owns several hundred acres of land in Carrigan township, which is in a high state of improvement and cultivation, everything about the place showing that a man of good judgment has its management in hand. Although Mr. Carrigan has been a hard worker all his life, he is a well preserved man and hale and hearty for one of his age. He is one of the oldest men and one of the oldest settlers in the township. Since 1870 he has spent all his time on the farm, carrying on general farming and raising horses, cattle and mules, and he has been especially interested in shorthorn cattle. He made most of the large competency he can now claim dealing in mules. He is still actively engaged in fanning and stock raising. He has been a lifelong Democrat, and served two terms as Sheriff, making one of the best Sheriffs the couny ever had. He was first elected in 1862 and the last time in 1868. He says he used to have some exciting times when performing the duties of this office. While he was incumbent of the same, Hank Leonard was taken from the jail and hanged by a mob. He has also very creditably held most all of the township offices.

Mr. and Mrs. Carrigan are a fine old couple and are admired especially by the young people of their community, having led honest and useful lives.

David Headley

The life of Mr. Headley has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance, and the systematic and honorable methods which he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence of his fellow citizens of Marion county.

David Headley was born in Monroe county, Ohio, May 16, 1843, tne son °f Jesse Headley, a native of the Buckeye state, who lived both in Pike and Monroe counties, and who married Elsie Mahan, a native of Pennsylvania, having married in Monroe county, Ohio, where he grew up, and where he owned a farm. In 1832 he moved with his family to Illinois, locating among the pioneers south of Salem, Marion county. After remaining there for a short time he moved to Kinmundy township, three miles south of the present village of Kinmundy, where he rented land for several years, then moved to Foster township. He lived on the old Arnold place for several years, then moved south of where the subject of this sketch now lives. He died in 1887, his wife having preceded him to the silent land in 1865. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a Democrat, but held no offices. Seven children were born to this couple, namely: Rosanna; Mary, deceased; Eli, who lives in Alma, Illinois, was in the Civil war in Company D, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, having served three years ; Sarah is living in Foster township, the wife of John Smith; Jeptha, who was in Company D, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, died in 1864 at Marietta, Georgia, of sickness, contracted while in line of duty; Levi was in Company H, Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was captured at Missionary Ridge and died in Andersonville prison in March, 1864; David, our subject. David Headley had little chance to go to school. However, he attended such schools as there were in those early times, going to the old log school-house in his neighborhood. He remained at home until he was moved by a patriotism that knew no satisfying until it was gratified on the fields of battle in defense of the flag, consequently he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry on August 9, 1862. He was sent to Central City and then to Salem, Illinois, and drilled. In the fall of the same year he was sent to Columbus, Kentucky, where he did general duty until the spring of 1863, when he went to Fort Hinman, Tennessee, remaining there until May, when he was sent to Paducah, Kentucky, for six months, and up the Tennessee river to East Fort and to Gravel Springs, then to Pulaski, Tennessee, then to Decatur, Huntsville and Larkinsville, Alabama. Later he was in the Atlanta campaign, being in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, New Hope Church, and in the Atlanta campaign. He was wounded July 22, 1864, having been shot in the left foot. After spending some time in hospitals he was sent home on a furlough, where' he remained from August nth to October ist, when he joined his regiment near Atlanta and was with Sherman in his march to the sea and in the charge of Fort McAllister, later being in several severe skirmishes. Our subject was wounded at Fort McAllister, where he was shot in the right side. He carries the ball today, which at times gives him considerable trouble. He took part in the grand review at Washington City, May 21,1865. On June 7th, following, he was mustered out at Washington, D C., and was discharged at Springfield, Illinois, on the 27th of that month. After the war he settled in Foster township and in 1866 was married the first time to Hannah I. Cole, who was born in that township, the daughter of Mark and Winnie Cole, the former of Tennessee, the latter of Georgia. Her parents were early settlers in Marion county, having located in Foster township, where he farmed and where they both died. Eight children were born to the subject and wife, namely: Minnie O., the wife of Warren Lowe, of Kinmundy ; Winf ord, who married Lillian Doolen, is living in Foster township on a farm ; Myrtle, the wife of Edward Doolen, is living in Kunmundy; Mabel is the wife of Frank Jones, of Foster township; Pearl is the wife of Clement Doolen, of Foster township ; Fred is living at home ; Eugene, who remained single, died at the age of twenty-three years ; Mark died when eighteen months old. These children have attended the home schools and are fairly well situated in life. Mrs. Headley passed to her rest September 25, 1904.

After his marriage the subject located in 1866, where he now lives in section i, Foster township, having bought forty acres, part of the Mark Cole place. Mr. Headley now owns two hundred and eight acres of good land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation and improvement. On this he raises fine crops of wheat, corn, hay and oats and under the able management of the subject this land has never grown thin, being as productive today as when he first took possession of it. He has made all the improvements on the place himself. He raises English sheep, draft and Percheron horses, Poland China and Chester White hogs. He raises Durham and Red Pole cattle and some fine chickens, carrying on a general farming. He has been a faithful Democrat and has held in a very creditable manner the office of Township Clerk, Collector and Assessor. He is a liberal subscriber of the Methodist church, of which he has been a member for

George Hanson Perrine

The subject of this sketch was born November n, 1821, in Lyons, New York, and although his life's history has been brought to a close by the hand of death, his influence still pervades the lives of those who knew him, for his honorable career was one worthy of emulation.

The first member of the Perrine family to come to America was Henri Perrine, the son of a Baronet of La Rochelle, Lower Charente, France, was one of about seven hundred other Huguenot refugees on the sailing vessel Caledonia about 1635, which ship was wrecked on the southeast shore of Staten Island. Among those saved were Henri and Daniel Perrine. The former lived on Staten Island and married there. His children were John, Henry, Peter V. and Daniel. The pioneer home of this family was a stone house, still standing on the Richmond Road then known as the King's Highway. It is the oldest house on the island. Henri spent the remainder of his life on Staten Island. His son, John, settled in Central New Jersey. John Perrine married Catherine Williamson in 1781. The date of his death was July 31, 1803. He was a merchant in Freehold, New Jersey. His children were Elinore W., born in 1784, who married Judge John Cooper; Henry, born in 1786; David W., born December 17, 1789, at Freehold, New Jersey, died at the age of ninety-six years, a veteran of the War of 1812. He married Margaret D. Reed. His wife was born November 19, 1793, and died April 9, 1824. He married a second time, the last wife being Caroline Maynard, an English lady, who died August 27, 1 88 1. He went to Western New York in 1803. The following children were born to David W. Perrine and his first wife: Charles, born in 1814, was a hop and fruit grower in Ripley county, Indiana, later moved to Centralia, Illinois ; he was a deacon in the Baptist church; Margaret who was born in 1817, married first a Mr. Moore, and later Richard Clark, first lived in Ripley county, Indiana, and later lived near Oblong, Illinois; Catherine B., who was born in 1819, married Jeremiah Crane, of Kendall, New York; George Hanson, the subject of this sketch, who passed to his rest June 25, 1901, after a life of honor and usefulness, which was crowned with success as a result of his industry and honesty of purpose.

John Perrine, the subject's grandfather, was sergeant in the patriot army during the Revolutionary war and fought side by side with his brothers at the battle of Monmouth. He was once taken prisoner. In later years he moved to Lyons, New York, and became the owner of six hundred acres of land. David Williamson Perrine was in the War of 1812, and a pioneer of Lyons, New York. He helped build the Erie and Miami canals, and later assisted in laying out Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He moved to Ripley county, Indiana, and in 1872 came to Marion county, Illinois, where he and his second wife died. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church and later joined the Baptist church. He was a Republican and a great worker in the party. The Republican headquarters of that district were at his home.

The early education of George Hanson Perrine, our subject, was obtained in the public schools. He spent his early life in Ripley county, and for twenty years was a large stock dealer and grower in Greensburg, Indiana. In 1867 he came to Centralia township, where he secured one hundred and twelve acres of land in section 20, which had some improvements on it. He started extensively in the fruit growing business of which he made a pronounced success. He was a stanch Republican, was well known and highly respected by all. He was a faithful member of the Baptist church and a man of influence in his community.

He was married to Nancy Mills, who was born in October, 1825, and who died in 1847. He married a second time to Rosetta L. Alden, of Ripley county, Indiana, who was born May 12, 1827, and who died October 9, 1902. Two children were born by the first union, Cyrus, born December 27, 1844, who married Matilda Parken. Cyrus is a fruit grower at Fairfield, Illinois ; Caroline, the second child, who was born June 6, 1845, is deceased. The following children were born of the second union: David C, born January 5, 1850, died April i, 1889. He lived at home with his father and attended Shurtleff College two years and graduated from the Chicago University. Caroline E., the second child, was born February 9, 1852, is single and is now located in Chicago, Secretary of the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of the West. She was educated in Indianapolis and Upper Alton, Illinois; Charles Thomas, the third child, was born April 21, 1857, married, January 29, 1901, Bella J. Duff, of Washington, Iowa. She was a daughter of Alexander Duff and Margaret J. Lemmon, who were of Guernsey county, Ohio. .Charles Thomas Perrine was educated in the public schools and Shurtleff College, which he attended for three terms. He was engaged in the newspaper business in Chicago for seven years. He was in Shoshone, Idaho, for three years in the fruit growing business, with his cousin, B. Perrine. Then he moved back to the old place in Centralia, where he has since resided. He is a member of the Baptist church. Samuel Alden, the fourth child, was born February 19, 1859, and married Rosie Lamb, of Davenport, Iowa. He was a graduate of the University of Chicago, and the Morgan Park Theological Seminary, under Doctor Harper. He was pastor at Marshalltown, Iowa, for a part of three years. He was sent with his wife by the Baptist Missionary Union to Impur Naga Hills, Assam, India, as a missionary, where his son, Linden L., was born, November 26, 1905. He is now located at Port Norris, New Jersey, where he is the pastor of the

Baptist church. William Schuyler, the fifth child, was born July 4, 1862, and married Genevieve Frazier, of Centralia, Illinois, who was born July 5, 1877. Three children were born to this union; Schuyler Alden, born August 16, 1897; David Bates, born October 22, 1899; George Hamilton, born April 23, 1905.

William S. Perrine was educated in Chicago University, also the Boston University. He has always been a farmer and fruit grower; Cora Belle, the sixth child, was born August 3, 1866, and is a graduate of Wellesley College and attended the old Chicago University, being now one of the librarians at the Chicago University.

Since their father's death, Charles T. and William S. Perrine have carried on the business in a most successful manner, owning three hundred acres of valuable land in Centralia township, upon which they erected a beautiful home in 1892, modem in every detail, equipped with hot and cold water, gas, and the first one in Centralia to be heated by hot water. They are among the largest fruit growers in Southern Illinois, and were formerly engaged in growing strawberries quite extensively. They are very progressive business men and worthy successors of their noble father.

Charles M. See

No state of the Union is more deserving of honor and praise for the heroic service of her sons during the Civil war than is Illinois. Among the thousands of noble-

Mr. See was born in Mason county, Virginia, on the 4th of February, 1841. He was the son of S. M. and Mary E. (Day) See, the former born in 1808 and the latter in 1818. S. M. See came to Illinois in 1846. Prior to this time he was engaged as a pilot on the Ohio river, being one of the pioneers in that work. He was widely known as a skillful guide and his services were constantly in demand during the time that he followed the business.

In 1848 the balance of the family, consisting of the mother and seven children, joined the family in Marion county, Illinois. Charles, who was the oldest, joined in marriage Anna M. Hatton, to whom seven children were born, six girls and one boy. Etta C. was married to William B. Crooker and is the mother of two children. Frances K. became the wife of Doctor Hoison, of Farina, Illinois, and has two children. Isabel was joined in marriage to Edwin \Yelton, and four children have been born to this union; Ruby M., is an artist of considerable ability. She is also an expert telegrapher. Louise married Doctor Wilson, and is the mother of two boys. Roy A. was married to Cora Werner, of Riverdale, Illinois, is the father of two girls; Lois is the youngest of the family.

When the Rebellion began Mr. See joined the Federal forces and for four years put in his best strokes for the cause of the national union, becoming a member of Company B, of the Fortieth Illinois Volunteer

Infantry, under command of Colonel S. G. Hicks, acting as sergeant to Captain W. T. Sprouse, and during these years of exposure and hardship Mr. See saw much active service. He participated in Sherman's famous march to the sea and was at one time wounded in the left limb by the bursting of a shell. Among the many reminiscenses to which Mr. See delights to refer is the famous debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, which he was privileged to hear. The scene was one never to be forgotten. Mr. See feels that Abraham Lincoln was even at that time the most towering figure that appeared among American statesmen.

Educated in the common schools, Mr. See has made good use of his opportunities, industry and application being a part of his daily equipment. For forty years he had charge of the agency of the Illinois Central. Here his faithfulness and proper attention to business have been recognized by the officials of the company and in due time he was honorably retired with a pension.

A history of the See family was gotten np a few years since, most of which was arranged under the direction of Mr. See himself. A life long Republican, he has always stood firmly for honest and conscientious discharge of all public affairs.

John A. Kilpatrick

and other ways is the subject of this review, who has spent the major part of his life as an agriculturist. Among the many things he has done to show that he has led a worthy career was his services as a soldier during the Rebellion, when he stood by his country's flag.

John A. Kilpatrick was born in Jackson county, Illinois, March 27, 1843, the son of Alfred and Martha (Duncan) Kilpatrick, the former a native of Tennessee who came to Jackson county, Illinois, when a young man. He was born in 1811 and after devoting his life to farming and rearing a family of five children, passed to the silent land in 1856. There were three boys and two girls in his family of whom John A., our subject, is the only survivor. All lived to be married but one child. Alfred Kilpatrick served in the Black Hawk war of 1832, having been in the army about thirteen months.

Our subject was three months old when his mother died and he was reared by an uncle, William Duncan, with whom he remained until he was ten years old. He then lived with another uncle, John Kilpatrick, until he was nineteen years old. He was engaged in farm work while living with his uncles. When nineteen years of age he responded to the President's call for volunteers to put down the Rebellion, enlisting in April, 1862, in Company A, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Rogers and Captain Opitz, later serving under Captain Natty.

county, Illinois, to Springfield at Camp Butler, remaining there ten days when he was sent to Bolivar, Tennessee. He first fought in the siege of Vicksburg, also fought at Jackson, Mississippi, and at Lookout Mountain. He was with Sherman in his campaign around Atlanta, and in the march to the sea. He was captured at Big Shanty, near Marietta, Georgia, but remained in the chain pen only eight hours when he crept out during the darkness between two guards, reaching Marietta at daybreak. He was mustered out in Washington City in June, 1865. He returned to Green county, Illinois, after the war and worked on a farm for two years. He then went to Jackson county, where he was married to Nancy Kelly, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kelly, in whose family there were six children, three boys and an equal number of girls. To our subject and wife five children were born, namely : Thomas, who married 'Lizzie McBride, is a foundryman living in East St. Louis, and they are the parents of one girl ; Belle married Zack Clore, a barber in Centralia ; William, who married Lillie Lane and who has one son, lives with his father; Daisy M., who married Frank Albright, lives in Chester, Randolph county, this state ; Millie is deceased.

The subject's wife passed to her rest in 1895 in Chester, Randolph county, where Mr. Kilpatrick owned a farm which he had developed and on which he made a good living. He sold this place in 190x3 and moved to Centralia. In politics he is a Democrat and he holds to the Presbyterian belief in which faith he was reared. He is remembered by the government which he so faithfully served with a twelve dollar pension per month.

Henry T. Davis

The subject of this sketch is known to be a business man of clear ideas and aggressive in his methods, yet at all times maintaining strict honesty of purpose and living up to the full tension of the strenuous age in which his lot has been cast.

Henry T. Davis, the well known druggist living in Centralia, where he has long carried on his business affairs in a most successful manner, was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1870, the son of Isaac P. and Louisa (Hilands) Davis, the former a native of New Castle, where he was born March 4, 1845, the latter having been born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, October 12, 1845. The parentage of the subject's father was Irish and Welsh descent, and the parents of the subject's mother were Scotch, both having been born in Scotland. There were three sons and an equal number of daughters in Isaac Davis' family, our subject being the second in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Davis are at present living at Smithborough, Illinois, on the Vandalia Railroad.

Our subject was educated in the common schools in his native community and in this state. He came to Illinois with his parents and settled at Mulberry Grove on a farm. After leaving high school, where he made a record for scholarship, he began teaching and for two years made a success of this work. But desiring to launch in a business career he began his apprenticeship in the drug business and took a two years' course in the National Institute of Pharmacy at Chicago, where he made rapid progress. After leaving this institution he served as a druggist for one year at Paducah, Kentucky, and one year in Muncie, Indiana. He was also engaged for a period of two years in Robinson, Illinois, giving entire satisfaction in all these places to his employers.

In 1896 Mr. Davis started in business for himself in Mulberry Grove, 'Illinois, being well equipped in all his previous apprenticeships, he made a success of his venture from the first and soon had a liberal patronage. On December 26,. 1902, he moved to Centralia, believing that here could be found a larger field for his growing business. He opened a store at 228 East Broadway, where he remained for a period of four years, having secured a good foothold here and gained a large number of customers not only from all parts of Centralia, but from the surrounding country. On February 27, 1907, he moved to his present location, 118 North Locust street, where he has a most liberal patronage, having retained all his old trade and gained many new customers. His store is neat, well equipped and the stock kept well up-to-date in every respect, and his prices are reasonable so that his trade is brisk all the time.

493, of Centralia. Politically he is a Socialist and in 1908 his friends nominated him for Congress of the Twenty-third District, and his candidacy was generally regarded as a most fortunate one for he has for years been popular with the voters of Marion county, having long taken a deep interest in political matters and in the general welfare of the community. He was elected a member of the City Council in 1906 and served two years in a manner that elicited the approbation of everyone, having ably looked after the interests of the Third ward, which he represented. While at Mulberry Grove, Mr. Davis was the Treasurer of the town schools.

Mr. Davis was united in marriage on December 24, 1891, with Voshti Jenkins, the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jenkins, natives of Tennessee. They were married in Paducah, Kentucky, and three children have brightened the home of our subject and wife as a result of this happy union, namely: Orville Wayne, who was born November 3, 1892; Helen Lavon, who was born March 10, 1895; Exa May, whose date of birth occurred August 27, 1897.

Samuel Sanders Clark

The subject of this biographical review has spent the major part of his active life engaged in agricultural pursuits, all the details of which he mastered long ago. He is better known in Clinton county, this sta^tef where his fine farm is located than in Centralia, but wherever he has lived he has always maintained a high standard of moral excellence.

Samuel Sanders Clark was born in old Virginia, in the county of Patrick, August 9. 1835, the son of William and Martha (Carter) Clark; the former was a native of old Virginia and was in the War of 1812, having been captain. He served three terms cf enlistment and his brother one term. William Clark was also Sheriff of Patrick county, Virginia, having been incumbent of this office at the time of his death, which occurred when the subject of this sketch was three years old in 1838. In 1860 the mother of the subject went from Clinton county, Illinois, to Texas, when sixty-six years old, having been born in 1794. She passed to her rest in Texas, May 16, 1869.

The subject is a descendant of sterling ancestors. Both his grandfather and greatgrandfather were named John. The subject's great-grandfather was stolen from the sea shore in Scotland, put on a ship ahd brought to America, settling in South Carolina. Grandfather John Clark lived to be eighty-nine years old, dying in 1858. He was born in Virginia in 1769, and he served in the Revolutionary war under Washington, whom he knew well, having been frequently in his company. Finnil, an uncle of our subject on his mother's side, fought with General Jackson at New Orleans.

by a robber. Four sons and five daughters were born to William and Martha Clark, of whom Samuel, our subject, is the youngest in order of birth. He was brought from -old Virginia to Aviston with his mother, two brothers and four sisters in 1840, having been driven through in a covered wagon, when five years old, to Clinton county, Illinois, where he received a common school education, such as those early times afforded. He was reared on a farm, on which he worked until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he managed a store in Centralia. He returned to Clinton county and resumed farming, developing a valuable piece of land which he still owns, being under a high state of improvement, and on which stand good buildings. Mr. Clark moved from his Clinton county home to Centralia in March, 1900, and is now living in retirement, enjoying the respite of a well earned rest.

Mr. Clark was united in marriage with Miss Harriet E. Skipper, October 26, 1856, in St. Louis in the City Hotel. She was the -daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Skipper. There were four sons and one daughter in the Skipper family. To Samuel S. Clark and wife eight children were born, four lived to be grown, three of whom are living at this writing, namely: Gabrellia H. is single and living at home keeping house for her father; Ferdinand A., who married Miss Dora E. Krusa June 21, 1904, is a carpenter and contractor, and is the father of one daughter; Samuel S., Jr., married Miss Aldah C. Leffel, October 28, 1908, the daughter of Oliver C. and Lida E. Leffel, deceased. C. Leffel is a carpenter living at 118 South Hickory street. These children were educated in Clinton county and in Centralia. Mr. Clark, Jr., is a carpenter and contractor.

John N. Clark, the son of the subject, died August 9, 1885. Harriet E. Hawthorn, a daughter of the subject, died March 8, 1908. The subject's daughter, deceased, was a member of the Christian church. Gabrellia, the daughter of the subject, is a member of the Christian church. Mrs. Harriet Clark, wife of the subject, died May 6, 1879; she was a member of the Christian church.

The subject's father, William Clark, owned what was called the Chestnut Ridge, in old Virginia. John N. Clark, a brother of the subject, died in 1842; Carter Clark, also a brother of the subject, died A. D. 1845 leavig Samuel, the subject, the sole support of his mother, which duty he performed as a dutiful son. He attended school in a very crude building, built of logs with a slab floor and slabs for seats, with no backs in those days. There was plenty of game, such as deer and wild turkey. The first horse the subject owned, he worked for eight dollars a month to purchase. He bought his first farm near Aviston, Illinois, in 1853. He sold this and bought a farm near Centralia, Illinois, and in 1854 he moved from Aviston to his Clinton county home near Centralia, in March, 1855. There were but two stores in Centralia at this time. He tells many incidents of early times of which we have not space here to relate. The subject is tall and slender, has blue eyes which are very good, and his hearing is also good for one of his age.

In politics Mr. Clark is a Republican, his ancestors having been old line Whigs. He cast his first vote for Millard Fillmore. In religion he was reared a Baptist, but joined the Christian church. Samuel S., Jr., and Ferdinand A., sons of the subject, cast their first votes for William McKinley.

Ferdinand A. and Samuel S. Jr., are both members of the Queen City lodge 169, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Our subject joined this order in 1866, being an Ancient Odd Fellow. The subject's sons are members of the Christian church.

The subject has led a very active life and has been successful in whatever he has undertaken, and he also has won the respect and friendship of all with whom he has come in contact, owing to his upright character.

Christian M. Daggett

One of the progressive agriculturists of 'Romine township, Marion county, is the gentleman whose life record is herewith appended. Christian M. Daggett was born February 23, 1849, at Greendale, luka township, Marion county, Illinois, the son of Oren and Elizabeth (Myers) Daggett. They were both natives of Genesee county, New York, where they grew up and married. They came West in 1830 and located in luka township, this county, near Greendale, where Mr. Daggett got wild land which he cleared and improved, later buying land in Romine township, his farm consisting of eighty acres. He died there in 1884, his wife having survived until 1902. Mr. Daggett was a millwright and a farmer, achieving success in both lines. The following children were born to them: Hartwell, who was a soldier in Company E, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which he served for two years, and was killed in the battle of Atlanta, Georgia ; Roxie was the second in order of birth; Louis served one year in Company H, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Regiment ; Lyman, who was also a soldier in the same company and regiment as Louis, died while in prison; Olive was the next child; William was in the Civil war as a recruit; Polly, Lizzie, Sallie; Christian M., the subject of this sketch, was the seventh child in order of birth. The subject's maternal grandfather served in the War of 1812.

Christian M. Daggett had little chance to attend school in his youth and therefore received but a limited education in the home schools. When eighteen years old he went to work out, doing whatever was honorable and remunerative until his first marriage, which occurred in 1870, to Emeline Hainey, of Romine township, this county. She died in 1874. The subject then married on August 17, 1878, Ella Belt, daughter of Greenbury Belt, who was a minister of the Baptist church, of Clay county, this state. Her mother was Nancy ( Grumes) Belt, who lived in Clay and Jefferson counties, this state, as did also Mr. Belt, who was in the Civil war in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-third Illinois Infantry, under Captain Hayes. He died in Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs.Belt eight children were born, namely: Charles, Joseph, William, Sarah, Greenbury, Ella. Martha, Logan.

Two children were born to the subject by his first wife: Nellie, who married Joel Talbert Meador, of Romine township, is the mother of four children, Calvin, Phcebe, Mason and Hester; Millard, who married Pearl Wayburn, lives in Chulsa, Oklahoma, and is the father of two children, Louisa and Ray. Five children have been born to the subject and his second wife, namely: Florence, the wife of William Mackey, of Salem, Illinois, is the mother of two children, Merrill and Floyd ; Flora, who married Perry Haney. has one child, Lois. They live with the subject. Lizzie, the third child, married Lela Meador, of Romine township, and they have two children, Edna and Hattie; Pearlie and Eva are living at home.

After his first married the subject lived with his mother about two years, and then bought forty acres of land in Romine township on which he lived for one year, when he sold it and bought another farm on which he lived for two years. In 1885 he bought the place where he now lives in section 15, having lived here continuously ever since. He has one hundred thirty-one and one-half acres and he is also interested in out lands. He has always been a farmer and he carries on general farming in a manner that shows him to be up-to-date in every respect. He keeps some excellent stock, especially cattle. Mr. Daggett has served on the school board ; also as Constable and Justice of the Peace. He is a Democrat and has long been active in politics.

Thomas Stonecipher

The subject of this biographical memoir, whose earthly career has been closed by the hand that must set the seal on the life records of us all, is remembered as a sterling pioneer and worthy citizen, whose life was exemplary in every respect.

Thomas Stonecipher was born in Ash county. North Carolina, March 12, 1809, thesonofErza and Susan (Curtis) Stonecipher. The subject's parents grew up and married in the Tar Heel state, and in 1813 moved to Morgan county, Tennessee, where they lived for several years and later came to Illinois; after locating a home here they started back to Tennessee, and the subject's father died at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. His wife died in Haines township, Marion county, Illinois. To them the following children were, born: Curtis, Joseph. Samuel Noah, Thomas, Wayne, Lizzie, Lucinda, Eliza and Rebecca.

Thomas Stonecipher had little chance to attend school. He wTas married in 1827 to Elender Goddard, of Sullivan county, Tennessee, the daughter of Thomas Goddard. They lived in Sullivan and Morgan coun- s, Tennessee, and died in that state. To :m the following children were born: Elder, wife of Thomas Stonecipher, our bject ; Annie, Pollie, Rathmus, Jesse, Wilm, John, David, Thomas, Timothy and :orge. After their marriage, Thomas onecipher and wife lived in Morgan coun- , Tennessee, until their death. He was a rmer and blacksmith ; also a wood worker d could make almost anything that could made with the tools in those days. They ;re members of the Missionary Baptist urch. Their children were: Lavina, who irried Jackson M. Brown, of Cumberland unty, Tennessee; Jesse, a farmer in Roine township, Marion county, Illinois, was Mexican war soldier, a farmer and school icher in this township, after 1868, when : came to this county where he has since red ( See his sketch in this volume. ) Mary is the next child born to our subject and ife, and she married Mathias Williams, icy made their home in Eastern Tennessee, ith are deceased. Wayne was the fourth lild. He was born August 2, 1833, in organ county, Tennessee, having been edated in the common schools there. He me to Romine township, this county, in 567, having married, November 19. 1850. 'elvina Morgan, of Morgan county, Ten- :ssee, who died in September, 1868, leavg seven children, namely : Mary, deased ; L. Mariah married Philip Seiber, of tevenson township, Marion county; Lydia arried John Grandon, of Flora, Illinois; 'uldah, deceased; Mahala married Abel ickering, of Xenia, Illinois; Thomas, a farmer in luka township, Marion county, married Emma DuRalph; Carter is roadmatser on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on the first division, with headquarters at Carlyle, Illinois, married Gertie Eddings.

Wayne Stonecipher enlisted in the Union army August 10, 1 86 1, Company B, Second East Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, and was in the middle division of the army until 1863, when he went to Middle Tennessee, having fought in the great battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro. He then went into Kentucky, crossed the Cumberland Mountains into Virginia, and was with General Burnside. He later returned to East Tennessee, and on October 8, 1863, he and his brother, Curtis, and others, were captured at Rogersville, Hawkins county, Tennessee. He and Curtis escaped and were absent three months from their regiment, which they joined at Clinton, Anderson county Tennessee. Wayne was on picket duty until discharged October 6, 1864, at Knoxville. He came to Marion county, Illinois, settling in section 12, Romine township, where he bought a farm on which he lived for a period of thirty-four years. He has been living for some time with his children, retired. He was a good farmer and developed an excellent farm.

Wayne Stonecipher was twice married, the second time in 1873 to Martha Ann Pierson, of Romine township, Marion county. She passed to her rest March 23, 1905, leaving one child, Lillie Tennessee, who married R. L. Stevens. They live on the subject's old place. Wayne, like his father, is also a blacksmith and can make almost anything in that line. He is well known in Marion county and has numerous friends. Louisa was the fifth child born to Thomas Stonecipher and wife. She married Jeremiah Jones, who is now deceased, but she is living in Morgan county, Tennessee; Curtis, the sixth child of the subject of this sketch, was born July 26, 1836, in Morgan county, Tennessee, and received a limited education, having lived at home until August 10, 1 86 1, when he enlisted in the Union army, Company B, Second East Tennessee Regiment, middle division, and he was sent to Middle Tennessee. He was in the battle of Stone River, then went into Kentucky, crossed the Cumberland Mountains into Virginia, and was with Burnside's army. He later retured to East Tennessee, and was taken prisoner on October 8, 1863, when he and his brother, Wayne, fell into the hands of the enemy, but Curtis and Wayne escaped as already related and after three months' absence rejoined their regiment at Clinton, Tennessee, and he did picket duty until the close of the war. He was discharged October 6, 1864, at Knoxville. Curtis Stonecipher was first married in 1856 to Mary Ann Brown, of Cumberland county, Tennessee. He married his second wife, Polly Lewellen, of Scott county, Tenessee, August 15, 1872. She was the daughter of Walter W. and Ann Brown, who lived and died in Scott county, Tennessee. Seven children were born to Curtis Stonecipher and his first wife, and nine children were born to him and his second wife, six of them still living. The children by his first wife are: Lavina, deceased; James T., deceased; Eliza, deceased; Andrew, deceased; Alice, deceased; Samuel G., who lives at 'Athens, Ohio, is a traveling salesman for a grocery house; Jesse is a farmer in Robins, Tennessee. The following are the names of the children of Curtis Stonecipher and his second wife; John K., born in 1873, died in 1897, married Lizzie Mc- Cormick; Indiana married Mark Hodges, and lives in Raccoon township; Empire, who married Nora Lawrence, is a farmer in Romine township; Henry is deceased; Martha married Jesse J. Scott, of Romine township; Annie married Wesley Fields, of Romine township; Maniphe is living at home ; Orlay is also living at home ; Reuben C, is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Stonecipher are rearing two of their grandchildren, Waverly and Button.

On January 4, 1863, when Curtis Stonecipher was still in the army, he moved his family to Adams county, Ohio, and after the war he lived there until 1871, when he went back to Tennessee, and was there until 1898, when he came to Marion county, and later bought the farm of sixty-one acres, where he now lives in section 15, Romine township. He has always been a farmer and his place shows that he is a good one.

The seventh child born to Thomas Stonecipher, the subject of this sketch, was Timothy, who was also a soldier in the Federal ranks. He now lives in Centralia. is Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, and he married Olive Daggett. Joseph Stonecipher was also in the army, having been in Company B, Second Tennessee Regiment, and he served with his brothers for nearly three years. He married Nancy Parker. They live in Scott county, Tennessee. Ezra T. Stonecipher, the subject's youngest child, is a farmer in luka township, Marion county, having married California Todd.

The subject of this sketch was in the same company and regiment with his sons during the war between the states, also his sonsin-law served in the army. Thomas Stonecipher served eighteen months when his health gave way under the hardships of army life.

In all matters involving the interests of Romine township or Marion county, in which the subject of this sketch resides, he takes much interest, being enterprising and vigilant and many of the movements looking to the public weal has been fostered by him during his long practice here, for he is known throughout the county and has a large practice, his name having long since become a household word in this locality, for he has ever held very high rank in the medical fraternity.

Dr. Joseph Jourdan was born in Pike county, Ohio, May i, 1837, the son of Aquilla and Elizabeth (Lockard) Jourdan, both natives of Pike county, Ohio, who scame to Marion county, Illinois, in 1840, settling in Haines township, where they secured a farm, the father of the subject also hauled goods across the country from St. Louis, in those early days, before there were any railroads here. He was a hard working man who became well known in his township. He died in 1859 and his wife is still living near the age of one hundred years. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and were honest and straightforward people. To them the following children were born : Joseph, the subject of this sketch; Benjamin, deceased; James was killed by the Indians in 1862; John lives near Chillicothe, Iowa; Sarah lives in Albia, Iowa ; Mary is deceased ; Martha is living in Iowa.

Doctor Jourdan received only a limited education in the early public schools, not having much chance to go to school when a boy. He, however, applied himself as best he could, being an ambitious lad. He remained at home assisting with the work about the place until he was nineteen years old.

The subject's domestic life began July 20, 1856, when he was united in marriage with Sarah H. Blackbourn, a native of Marion county, Illinois, and the daughter of Andrew T. Blackbourn, a native of Tennessee. He was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. The subject's wife was called to her rest September 13, 1906.

To Doctor and Mrs. Jourdan the following children were born : Aquilla, a machinist and farmer in Romine township, who married Mary Boyle; Pleasant P., who died in

1863; Frances E., who married William Boyles, lives in Globe, Arizona; Mary J. is deceased; Joseph was killed in 1889; John L. is a tie maker at Lesterville, Missouri, who married Lucy Gosney; William L. is a miner at Sandoval, Illinois, who married Maria Callaghan; Sarah C, deceased, was the wife of EliMedders; Albert J., who is a farmer in Romine township, married Erne Scott; Dora A., who married Lee Dye, lives in Oklahoma; Allen G., who married Lena Tanner, of Perry county, Illinois, is living in Romine township, this county. The Tanners own a farm in Perry county.

After their marriage the subject and wife located in Romine township, Marion county. He took up farming and the practice of medicine. He at once had a very large practice and his services were in great demand, being called to remote parts of the county on serious cases or in consultation with other physicians, whose skill had been baffled, and his advice in such cases was always followed with gratifying results. He has been in practice for over thirty years, which have been prosperous and very busy. He has owned several different farms in this county.

Our subject enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on August i, 1861. He went to Camp Marshall under Col. James S. Martin. From there they were sent to Paducah, Kentucky, where they remained six months, then went down the Tennessee river and were in the battle of Lookout Mountain. The subject also fought in the rear of Atlanta. He was wounded on June 28, 1 86 1, having been shot through the left leg. He was taken to the hospital at Moores, Pennsylvania, and later went home on a furlough, where he remained for five months. His wound proved to be very severe. In 1863 he reported to his company and regiment at Buford, South Carolina. He was still partly disabled and was therefore appointed cook, later being sent to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as cook in a hospital, where he remained until the close of the war, having been discharged June 10, 1865, after which he came home. His old wound continued to give him a great deal of trouble, and it became necessary to have a part of the bone removed. He also suffered from heart trouble and rheumatism and he has been sick a great deal since his discharge, but he does not regret his services to his country.