McLean County, Illinois - The whole text, 1879 (part 24 of 42)

S. D. BAKER, grocer, Bloomington. His parents were Dr. Isaac and Susannah M. (Dodge) Baker, who were pioneers of McLean Co. They came to what is now McLean County in 1827, settling first at Hurley's Grove, and after a few months removed to Funk's Grove, where they remained two years ; thence to Blooming Grove ; and when the land came into market his father entered 160 acres. During his early life he had learned surveying, and, in 1831, with the assistance of James Allen and W. Orendorff, he laid out the original town of Bloomington. At the meeting of the first Board of Commissioners of McLean Co., Mr. Baker was chosen Clerk of the County Commissioners' Court, which position he held fifteen years. He served as Postmaster for a number of years. He was a much respected citizen, and always took an active part in all public matters pertaining to the good of the community in which he lived. He died in April, 1873, at the ripe age of 90 years. The subject of this sketch was born in Washington Co., Ohio, Feb. 14, 1820. Among those who have lived in McLean Co. many years, and watched its growth and helped to bring it to its present condition, are the Bakers. S. D. Baker was for many years in mercantile business in Le Roy. In 1874, he removed to Topeka, Kan., on account of the health of his family; he remained two years, after which he settled in Bloomington, at 115 S. Center st., which was the site occupied by his father in 1832, and the location of the post office as early as 1834. Here he keeps a fine grocery store, with a good assortment of the best grade of goods. He is a liberal, wide-awake citizen and business man, and enjoys a good paying trade, and the confidence of a large number of warm friends. He married Miss Laura A. Edwards, of this county, March 14, 1848. They have two children living - Frank W. and Eva.

FRANCIS BALL, wagon-maker, Bloomington ; was born in Franklin Co., Mass., Dec. 13, 1831 ; he was brought to Tazewell Co., 111., in 1836, where he was raised, schooled, and learned the trade of wagon-making. He came to Bloomington, 111., in 1859, where he has since lived, a respected citizen, and enjoys the reputation of being a first-class workman. He began business on his own account in 1874. His residence, No. 405 E. Olive street, is a pleasant home, and a happy family surrounds him. He married Miss Mary Judge, of Tazewell Co., July 2, 1854 ; they have two children - David and Harrie W.

A. J. BARNES, butcher, Bloomington ; son of James and Mary (Roberts) Barnes ; was born in Madison Co., Ky., Oct. 5, 1830, where he was raised and schooled; he followed agricultural pursuits and stock-dealing for many years. Oct. 12, 1851, he married Miss Rachel A., daughter of turner Barnes, a prominent farmer of Madison Co., Ky.; they came to McLean Co., 111., in 1854, settling in Bloomington Township, where he has since lived, a well-to-do citizen, having taken an active part in matters pertaining to the good of the community. In 1877, he began the butcher business, and is located on W. Washington street, where he keeps all kinds of fresh and salt meats, and, with the assistance of his sons, is doing a fine business. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and have raised a family of eight children.

C. C. BARROWS, pawnbroker and dealer in jewelry, Bloomington, of the firm of C. C. Barrows & Co. ; was born in Geneseo Co., Mich., in 1849, and is the son of J. and Eliza (Ray) Barrows ; his father was a farmer, and engaged in real estate business. Mr. Barrows was at one time city editor of one of the leading papers of Peoria, 111. In 1875, he came to Bloomington and commenced the pawnbroker's and jewelry business ; he ranks among the best jewelry houses of the city, and is the only one in the general pawnbroker's business.

HENRY BEHR, grocer, Bloomington ; was born in Prussia Oct. 5, 1851, and came to this country with his people in 1866, locating in Utica, N. Y. ; here he found employment as drug clerk, and, at the end of two years, being well versed in medicine, he became prescription clerk, and acted in this capacity until 1870, when he came to Bloomington ; here he was for a time a grocery clerk, and, after some three years, he engaged in the same business in company with Mr. Penner, the firm being Penner & Behr ; in 1876, he became the sole proprietor ; he is located at No. 1009 W. Chestnut street, where he keeps a good stock.

A. II. BELL & BRO., photographers, Bloomington ; the above-named parties are one of the leading firms in photography in Bloomington ; they began business, in 1877, as Mays & Bell : in 1878, it was changed to A. H. Bell & Bro., consisting of A. H. and S. £. Bell; these gentlemen do good work, and their prices are as reasonable as any in the city, for the style of work ; they have a most finely-furnished studio ; and their father was one of the early settlers of Bloomington.

was born June 29, 1833, and is of English extraction ; he was brought up on a farm, attending the district school in the winters, until he was about 14 years old ; he prepared for college at Kinderhook Academy, and graduated at Amherst College, Mass., in 1853 ; for the ensuing year he was Principal of Hopkins Academy, of Hadley, Mass.; he next attended the lectures of Parker, Parsons & .Washburn, at the Law Institute in Harvard University, two terms, and then, in

1855-56, was tutor in Amherst College. He came to Bloomington in the spring of 1856, and was admitted to the practice of law, upon the examination and certificate of Abraham Lincoln, Sept. 5, 1856, and, later in the fall, he entered into partnership with Messrs. Gridley & Wickizer, remaining with them until the former retired from practice, and the latter entered the army ; in the spring of 1863, he formed a partnership with Hon. Thomas F. Tipton. In November, 1869, Mr. Benjamin was elected a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of this State, and was appointed a member of the Committee on the Bill of Rights, Municipal Corporations, State Institutions and Public Buildings ; he took an active part in the preparation and discussion of some of the most important articles of the Constitution of 1870; he was of counsel for the people in the now historical cases of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company vs. The People ex. rel. Gustavus Koerner etal., Commissioners (67 111. 12), and Munn et al. vs. The People of the State of Illinois (69 111. 80), in which the power of the State to control railroad and warehouses was finally established; he was elected County Judge of McLean County in 1873, and re-elected in 1877 ; during his career as Judge of the County Court, he has won the admiration of the bar and of the people, by the promptness and accuracy with which he dispatches business. It is a satisfaction to the people that they have an able jurist at the head of this tribunal, and one who is thoroughly competent to administer its affairs with honor to himself and the county. Mr. Benjamin was instrumental in establishing the Bloomington Law School (which is elsewhere spoken of in this work), in April, 1874, and was honored with the Deanship, in which capacity he still officiates. He was married to Miss Laura E., daughter of David G. Woodin, Esq., of Columbia Co., N. Y , Sept. 15, 1856.

'H. R. BENSON, Bloomington; Mr. Benson was born at Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y ; at the age of 10 years, he was selected for proficiency from the district school, to attend the Manlius College ; at the age of 14 he came West ; he taught successfully a district school, at the age of 14 ; he next went into a dry goods store as clerk, which occupation he followed for six years ; at the age of '21 he entered the mercantile business, but was soon after burned out, at Moline, 111.; while a dry goods clerk he commenced the study of law ; his next move was to Chicago, where he entered the law office of Chase & Storrs as a student ; he attended the Law Department of the Chicago University, and graduated in 1864 ; he then located in Chenoa, and there built up a good business ; he was City Clerk and Attorney of that place for five years, securing the organization of the town and drafting many of its ordinances ; he left a good practice to come to Bloomington, locating here in the fall of 1871 ; he entered at once into active practice, and now enjoys a good business ; that Mr Benson is a good collector no one can doubt, when it is understood that he was collector for the Bloomington Law Library, and was successful in collecting dues off the lawyers ; as a collector he needs no other recommendation.

S. BISHOP, A. M., M. D., Bloomington; another of the physicians of Bloomington of more than ordinary ability," is S. Bishop, A. M., M. D. He is a native of Clark County, Ohio, and was born December 3, 1826. During his early life, he had but little opportunity of attending school, or in other ways procuring an education. Leaving his home at the age of 21, his first move was to go to Chicago, where he began working and attending school. This he followed until 1858, when he became a literary graduate at Madison University, N. Y., and, from the Theological Department of the same institution, he again graduated in the year 1860. Some seven years after this, he began the study of medicine, and attended lectures at the Homoeopathic Medical College, of Missouri, and at the St. Louis College of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons, at which last college he became a graduate of the science of medicine, in 1870. He practiced a short time during 1869-70, in St. Louis, and, in 1870, he went to Moline, 111., where he located and practiced about five and a half years. In the fall of 1875, he came to Bloomington, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. He is a member of the McLean County Homoeopathic Medical Society, and also of the Illinois State Homoeopathic Medical Association. He contributes now and then to medical journals, and continues to be an enthusiastic student of medicine, and is a firm believer in the homoeopathic law of cure.

E. H. BLANCHARD, druggist, Bloomington; among the business men of Bloomington who are thoroughly educated gentlemen, is Mr. E. H. Blanchard, the Chestnut street druggist; he is a native of Vermont ; a graduate of the Middlebury College, also a graduate of the Andover Theological College, of Massachusetts. He was Pastor of the Congregational Church, of Warwick, Mass., for eight years. It was there he became acquainted with Mr. Blaine, and many other prominent men of national reputation, some of whom were members of his church. His health failing, he came West, in 1868, and, in 1869, became the successor of Wm. W. Marmon, by the purchase of the Chestnut Street Drug Store, which he has since conducted successfully. By energy and economy, he has established a fair business, and is well known and respected by many of the prominent citizens of Bloomington.

- W. J. BROWNELL, boots and shoes, Bloomington ; among the leading firms in the boot and shoe line, is that of W. J. Brownell, who is a native of Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N. Y. In 1862, he came West, and engaged in the dry goods business, in Bloomington. This business he followed until 1874, when he sold out, and, in 1875, embarked in the boot and shoe trade, which business he has since successfully operated. His establishment is located at 106 West Washington street. Here he has shown both good taste and judgment in fitting up his store, and in

"buying goods. The second floor is used for manufacturing and the first as a salesroom, the latter being elegantly furnished with fine carpets, large mirrors and elegant sofas, for the convenience of his lady customers, as his specialty is fine ladies' goods, of which he has a fine assortment, keeping the very finest make, and latest styles of French kid and prunello goods, as well as a fine assortment of children's, misses' and men's light and heavy wear. He is enjoying a good trade, which is the result of his own energy, industry and good financiering.

BLOOMINGTON PORK PACKING COMPANY. In* speaking of the business industries of Bloomington, the Bloomington Pork Packing Company deserve more than a passing notice. They began business in the fall of 1873, the firm then being William Van Schoick, George A. Tyner and U. 0. Andrus, the firm name being William Van Schoick & Co. In 1877, Mr. N. N. Winslow became a member of the firm, Mr. II. 0. Andrus retiring, the firm name changing to Bloomington Pork Packing Company. Their establishment is located close to the I., B. & W. and L. B. & M. Railway Depots, their main building being 124x74, two stories and basement ; this is used for slaughtering hogs, pickling hams and salting meats. In connection with this, they have what is known as the Gridley Malt Building; this building is 140x44, two stories high ; this they use for canvasing and putting up meats for market. Their office, which is a separate building, is located close to both, and to the scales. Their first season's packing, in the winter of 1873-74, was 1,800 hogs; since that, they have gradually increased the business, until this season they will slaughter about 16,000. They are energetic business men, and have conducted their business in such a manner as to be not only a credit to themselves, but a benefit to the public generally, as they have established a permanent market where farmers can always get the highest market price for their stock, and in giving employment to a large number of men. The senior member of the firm and general manager of the house, is Mr. William Van Schoick, who is a native of Monmouth Co., N. J. ; he was born in 1828, and seems to have been a natural genius, as well as an able financier; he has learned the trades of printing, stove-molding and brick-making. In 1851, he located at Richmond, Ind., where he engaged in the manufacture of brick, remaining there until 1858, when he removed to Bloomington. While in Richmond, he did the largest day's work in the molding of sand-brick that has ever been known, the number being 14,369, time, thirteen hours ; upon the completion of it, he was forced upon a scaffold and carried upon the shoulders of his men and the students, from the brick-yard up through the streets of the city. In 1858, when he came to this city, he began the manufacture of brick, giving employment to from forty to one hundred men. He contracted for and completed the building of the Wesleyan College, as well as many other prominent and important buildings of Bloomington. In 1869, he helped to organize the Bloomington Stove Company, in which he is still a stockholder. He is also a stockholder in the Bloomington Furniture Manufacturing Company. In 1870, he tried the theater business, by organizing and putting on the road a company of twenty-six people; but this soon " played out," carrying with it several thousand dollars of his money. In 1873, he engaged in the pork-packing business, where we now find him, one of the stirring business men, and an honored and respected citizen of the city of Bloomington. Mr. Tyner, who has been previously mentioned, is a native of New York City; came West in 1857, and engaged in farming for three years in Marion Co., 111. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. G, 21st I. V. I.; was in the army over four years. After leaving the army, he engaged in business for one year in Chattanooga, Tenn. In 1866, he left the South and went to St. Louis, Mo., and engaged in the drug trade ; this business he had followed but a short time when he sold out and came to Bloomington, and engaged in the grocery business, which he was interested in for ten years. They began building the packing-house in August, 1873. Mr. Tyner has had charge of the books and of the finances since the opening of the business. He is also a member of the firm of Tyner & Richardson, dealers in flour, provisions and tobaccos, 116 S. Main street. Mr. N. N. Winslow, who has lately become a member of the firm, is a native of Chautauqua Co., N. Y. In 1855, he came West, and located at Bloomington. Having learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner in New York, he, for a short time, followed this business ; then engaged to work for Mr. J. Grover, in the manufacture of soap and candles ; in 1859, he took the control of the business, and since that time has proven himself a very able financier, sometimes doing a business of $70,000 per year. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 94th I. V. I., three years service ; was in the army until the close of the war; while in the army, was still interested in his manufacturing business in Bloomington ; his factory is located close to the I. B. & W. and L. B. & M. Railway Depots. In 1877, he became connected with the Packing Company, but still carried on and superintended his old business. Since forming the partnership with the Packing Company, he has attended to the general outside work. The three members of this firm are men of that class who seldom fail to carry every enterprise through successfully. Being wide-awake, energetic business men, ready to take the advantage of any circumstance that may improve their business. They are honorable and upright in their business transactions, and have won a name and reputation of which any firm should be proud. Should no calamity befall them, the Bloomington Pork Packing Company will yet rank amongst the larger packers at interior points of the West.

^.GEORGE BRAND, furniture dealer, Bloomington. The representative man in the wholesale and retail furniture trade is George Brand, who is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany. He was born in 1829, and in 1845 left his native land and came to the United States ; though before leaving he had acquired a good education. When he arrived here, he located in Ohio, where he served a regular apprenticeship of three years in learning the trade of cabinet-maker. For several years following this he traveled through the Western States, and, in 1854, located permanently in Bloomington, where he began working at his trade. In 1869, he began business for himself, which he has since continued successfully. His establishment is located at No. 112 W. Front st. Here he has a large stock of the«finest furniture in the city. His storeroom is 100x24 ft., three floors and basement ; in addition to this is his shop, 74x22. A more complete idea of the extent of his business might be gained were we to say that his store is 4,000 feet long, which would be the case were it all placed on the ground floor. He employs from three to five men all the time, and during the busy season has more. This entire business is wholly the result of his own energy, enterprise and good financiering. His close attention to business, pleasant and courteous treatment of customers, have won for him a name and reputation of which any business man may justly be proud.

in Butler Co., Ohio, and is a son of John Bloomfield, a descendant of Gov. Joseph Bloomfield, of New Jersey. In the spring of 1837, his parents removed to Fulton Co., 111., where in youth he endured the hard labor and privations incident to a frontier settlement, but which gave him a vigorous constitution and laid the foundation of those habits of industry and frugality for which he is still distinguished. He there received such education as could be obtained in the common schools. In the summer of 1854, having cut with a cradle forty-five acres of grain for his father, and worked ten days in harvest for the neighbors, for which he received $15, his father gave him this money, the balance of his time, and what few books and clothes he possessed, and he started out in life intent upon acquiring a good education. By alternately teaching and going to school he obtained, for those days, a fair English education, and some knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages, and for several terms attended the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. On his return to Illinois he visited Bloomington, where he learned of a vacancy in the High School, made application and was at once elected Principal, and subsequently Superintendent of the city schools ; he there remained until the rebellion. His military career was brilliant. He enlisted as a private soldier and rose by promotion through several grades to that of Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers, taking part in all the marches, battles, sieges and campaigns of the Army of the Tennessee, including the capture of Island No. 10, Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta and Savannah ; the march with Sherman to the sea, and the return through the Carolinas, ending in a grand review at Washington, and was finally mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky., July 20, 1865, after a little over four years constant service. After the close of the war he returned to Bloomington, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. In the spring of 1867, without any solicitation on his part, he was appointed United States Pension Agent at Springfield, 111., a position he held for two years, and was then appointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the State of Illinois. In April, 1871, he resigned, and resumed the practice of his profession in Bloomington. In 1872, Gen. Bloomfield succeeded City Attorney Fifer, and continued to fill the position with credit until the end of two terms, in 1876. He was for two years senior member of the firm of Bloomfield, Pollock & Campbell. He has also held a Professorship in the Bloomington Law School. He is now a member of the law firm of Bloomfield & Hughes, whose practice in all the courts, already very large and important, is daily becoming more and more extensive. Gen. Bloomfield is one of the most urbane, unaffected and most easily approached members of the McLean County Bar, and as a speaker is earnest, pointed and direct.

the 26th day of May, 1839. Quite early in life, he came with his parents to Southern Illinois, and passed the years of his boyhood on a farm; in his fourteenth or fifteenth year, he began a course of study at Georgetown, 111.; soon after he was admitted to the Indiana Asbury College, located at Greencastle. Mr. Bradshaw finished his education by taking a law course at Ann Arbor, Mich.; he went direct from his books to the practice of law. The first case of any note in which he figured, was a suit at Charleston, Coles Co., 111., which was a prosecution brought under the old fugitive slave law, against a colored woman, named Mary Brown; he was counsel for the defendant, and succeeded in securing his client's acquittal. When the war broke out, Mr. Bradshaw was President of Marshall College, but resigned his duties as instructor to become a soldier ; he experienced active service as a Captain of cavalry, and several times received honorable mention in the reports - see war record. After the war he located in Bloomington, where he has since resided. He has, during these latter years, practiced law with gratifying success. His position as senior counsel in the celebrated Roach case, being a responsible one. It was in the defense of the notorious desperado Rande, however, that Mr. Bradshaw' s great originality was brought conspicuously into play ; he made one of the most learned, striking and original appeals that was ever addressed to any jury ; extracts from this effort were telegraphed to all the leading papers of the country.

F. A. BROWN, grocer; Bloomington ; of the firm of Brown & Gray, was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Nov. 21, 1847 ; his first experience on his own account was the manufacturing of tile, at

Camden, Ohio ; he came to Bloomington in 1873, and engaged in the grocery business, in which he continued for a time, then acted as shipping clerk for Mc.VIellen & Compton, fancy grocers, until 1875, when he, with his present partner, opened a grocery store. He was married to Miss Clara Blair, of Winchester, Nov. 22, 1870.

W. p. BROPHY, stove manufacturer; Bloomington. In the organization of a stock company for the purpose of manufacturing any special line of goods, it is necessary that some member of the firm be an energetic, practical and thoroughly educated man in the manufacturing of the proposed line of goods ; this position is filled by Mr. W. P. Brophy, Superintendent of the Bloomington Stove Manufacturing Company. This company began business on Aug. 20, 1870 ; they are now manufacturing 115 different styles of stoves, among which are, the Grand Central Cook Stove and the Royal Crown base burner, both of which are becoming very popular ; they are using about 400 tons of pig iron per annum, and give employment to about thirty men ; the main building of the factory is 88x47 feet, three stories high ; the foundry is 120x40, well-lightedv and ventilated ; the aggregate number of stoves manufactured per annum is about 4,000 ; Mr. Brophy, the Superintendent, was born April 9, 1827, and is a native of Bennington Co., Vt.; there he learned the trade of stove molding and received his education ; leaving his native place, he located in Troy, N. Y-. where he remained until 1867 ; removing from there to Columbiana Co., Ohio, where he resided three years, and in 1870, came to Bloomington, where he helped to organize the company of which he is now the Superintendent ; having held this position since the organization of the works ; he has had thirty years practical experience in the manufacture of stoves : in devoting his full time and energies to it, he has been instrumental in making the business one that is an honor to himself and a credit to the city of Bloomington. ' - "" J. H. BRYANT, contractor ; Bloomington; one of the oldest and best known contractors and builders of the city of Bloomington, is J. H. Bryant, who is a native of Cambridge, Mass.; in 1837, he came West^ but did not locate in Bloomington until 1859, where he has been contracting and building for twenty years ; during the busy season he employs about twelve men, frequently having several buildings in course of construction at the same time ; he has contracted for and built many of the prominent public and private buildings of Bloomington ; prominent among the former is the new City Hall, built in 1878 ; he is a man who has filled any and all contracts which he has taken, and has thus established an enviable reputation as a contractor and builder.

K. BUFFHAM, painter, Bloomington; was born in Rochdale, England, June 24, 1844 ; he came to this country in October, 1850, and settled in Lake Co., 111., in 1851 ; removed to Racine, Wis., in May, 1863, and there served an apprenticeship at his trade ; in 1866 he came to Bloomington, and, in 1867, began business for himself; and, in house and sign painting, is second to none ; his shop is at the corner of Main and Washington streets, where he is prepared to do all job-work with neatness. He has twice been married ; first to Miss Boadicea E. Holland, Dec. 25, 1869, who died Aug. 17, 1874; Feb. 22, 1876, he was married to Miss Elizabeth G. Tramp. ^f T. J. BUNN, banker, Bloomington ; is a native of Green Co., Ohio, was born Aug. 29, 1832 ; his parents were Lewis and Margery (Haines) Bunn, who were natives of Ohio ; they came to McLean Co. in 1833 ; during his early life educational advantages were limited; but, by study and observation, he obtained a good business education; his first business experience was that, of a printer ; this he followed some five years : then, for a number of years, was engaged in mercantile business, after which, he embarked in the real-estate business, in which he operated successfully until 1874, when he established the bank of T. J. Bunn & Co. ; the natural bent of Mr. Bunn's inclinations were toward banking, and in this he has achieved great success ; has lived in this city for many years, and witnessed and watched its growth, and helped to bring it to its present prominence. He has filled many positions of honor and trust ; from the fact that he has grown up with the city and served in many public offices, and gradually prospered in business, we may conclude that he deserves the high place which is accorded him in this community as a business man and a citizen. He married Miss Mary E. Hutchison, of Christian Co., Ky., May 4, 1854 ; they have a family of four.

Township, in Ross Co., Ohio, about four miles from the town of Delphi ; his father, Peter Bunn, was a farmer and land speculator ; he was a Pennsylvania German, while his mother was an English lady. Lewis Bunn was one of twenty-one children. His father was twice married ; from his first marriage sprang eight children, and from his second, thirteen ; Lewis was the youngest but three. He received his scanty education in a school formed by the farmers who clubbed together and hired a teacher, to whom they paid $3 or $4 per quarter and board ; such a schoolmaster usually taught during the winter months and worked a farm in summer ; the schoolhouses were simply log cabins ; when he was 17 years old his school days ended ; at the age of 18, he was sent to Chillicothe, and apprenticed for four years to learn the trade of blacksmith. He learned his trade rapidly and well, but he was not satisfied with his education, and took private lessons in his leisure moments. When his apprenticeship was ended, he moved to Clarke Co., Ohio, where he stayed three years. In 1831, he was married to Margery Haines, of Xenia, Ohio ; his marriage was a happy one, and was blessed by the birth of five children, three boys .and two girls, four of whom are now living - Benjamin H., Catherine R., Thomas J., William H. ; his wife afterward died. In 1833, he moved to Bloomington, III., with his brother-in-law, Dr. Haines. Here, in 1846, he married Lucinda Blevins ; by this marriage, he has had five children, all of whom are dead ; when he came to Bloomington, he followed his trade and continued at it until 18-39, when he retired from business ; immediately upon his arrival at Bloomington, he connected with his trade the manufacture of agricultural implements, and in those days he was enabled to make this quite a profitable business. Oliver Ellsworth was for eighteen years Mr. Bunn's partner; their plows, which they made by hand, were in great demand and were called for even from Texas ; they bore the trade-mark of Bunn & Ellsworth, and are still well spoken of.

JEFF. BURKE, blacksmith, Bloomington ; was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in March, 1840, and came to this country in 1849, locating in Troy, N, Y., where he lived until 1834 ; he then removed to Ottawa, 111., and there learned the trade of blacksmithing ; he came to Bloomington, 111., in 1860, and in 1864, opened a shop on his own account; he began on a verv small scile, but through perseverance and industry, he has placed himself in his present position and has accumulated a good property ; he has built several business houses, and his shop is second to none; as a citizen, he is enterprising, public-spirited, and much respected. He married Miss Anna Follins, of Bloomington, May 10, 1864 ; they have a family of six children.

WILLIAM BUXTON, grocer, Bloomington; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, 1842; his parents having died when he was a boy, he was left without their advice or care to battle with the world and to provide for himself; by observation and experience he has obtained a fair business education ; he came to Bloomington in 1861, and found employment with the C. & A. R. R. Company as fireman, and continued in this capicity three years; then was given an engine, which position he held four years; then abandoned railroading and begin mercantile business; he clerked in the grocery business two years ; then began on his own account ; his place of business is 701 W. Chestnut St., where he keeps a first-class grocery store in which is to be found a fine assortment of staple and fancy goods. He married Mrs. Margaret "F. Sullivan, formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y., April 29, 1874.

/ - - ' R. M. CALDWELL, grocer, Bloomington ; a grocer whose advent to this city dates back to 1865 ; his long experience in the grocery business enables him to keep the best grade of goods ; he enjoys a reputation for dealing honorably with his numerous customers ; his place of business is No. 1,005 \ North Main st.

C. L. CAMP, furniture, Bloomington ; the subject of this sketch is a native of S/racuse, N. Y. ; there he grew to manhood and received his education, and, in 1869, came West and located at Bloomington; upon locating here he engaged to Harwood Bros, as salesman, which situation he held for four years ; he then went back to New York, where he remained about one year ; then again came to this city and engaged in the furniture trade, which he followed for four years ; quitting this, he, for a short time, was engaged in a general commission business, which he followed but a short time, when he again engaged in the furniture trade at his present location, which is No. 106 E. Front st. ; his building is 24x65, three floors and basement ; here he does a general business in new and second-hand furniture, notions, queensware, glassware, wood and willow ware and a general assortment of house furnishing goods ; Mr. Camp, by honesty and square dealing, has had the confidence of the people in the past ; by fitting up and stocking his present establishment, by his pleasant and courteous treatment of customers, he must have success in the future as he has had in the past.

CHARLES CAMP, grocer, Bloomington; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Feb. 5, 1832, where he was raised and schooled ; he began mercantile life with his father in 1852, continuing the same until 1854, when he removed to Iowa, and there engaged in railroad contracting; in 1855, he removed to Tennessee and received an appointment as constructing superintendent of the Memphis & Charleston R. R., continuing such for a number of years; at the beginning of the late war, he was held in the service of this railroad until the evacuation of Memphis, when he joined the Union army and was post sutler for one year; he then came to Bloomington, 111., and embarked in the grocery business, in which he has since continued, and is now located at 317 N. Centre St.; here he keeps a fine grocery, with a well-assorted stock of goods, and sold at V>ottom figures. He married Miss Isabel Keller, of Oneida Co., N. Y., in January, 1854 ; they have one child - Eva E., now Mrs. P. Pierce, of Chicago. - CHARLES L. CAPEN, attorney at law, Bloomington; was born in Union Springs, N. Y., in 1848, and is the son of Luman W. Capen ; in 1856, he came West with his parents and settled in Bloomington; in 1865, he graduated at Normal University; in same year he entered Harvard College, and graduated in 1869; he returned to Bloomington and entered the law office of Hughes & McCart, reading and preparing himself for active practice; in 1871, he was admitted to practice law at the Illinois bar; in 1873, he became partner with Williams & Burr; this is one of the leading firms of the McLean County Bar, under the style of Williams, Burr & Capen.

~ C. R. CARR, M. D., Bloomington ; among the physicians of Bloomington of recognized ability, is Dr. C. R. Carr, who is a native of Terre Haute, Ind.; he wa3 born June 15, 1845, and began the study of medicine in 1868, under Dr. William Hill, of Bloomington; in 1871, he became a graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York; after graduating, he returned to Bloomington and became the partner of Dr. Hill for one year; he then returned to

New York and accepted the position of House Surgeon in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary ; this position he held until the fall of 1873, when he returned to Bloomington and engaged in the practice of his profession ; he is a member of the Illinois State Medical Society, the McLean County Medical Society, the Bloomington Pathological Society and of the Illinois Central Medical Association ; he has given his time fully and exclusively to his profession since residing in Bloomington ; has a good practice, which is the result of his own energy and close attention to business. ^^4 W B. CARLOCK, Bloomington; was born on the 15th day of March, 1842, at White Oak Grove, Woodford Co., 111.; his father, Abraham W. Carlock, is a large land-owner in both McLean and Woodford counties, and from the time his son, W. B., was 10 years of age, he was actively engaged in hard work, until he arrived at the age of 23, when he entered Lombard University, at Galesburg, as an academic student; soon after, he commenced his studies at Lombard, and graduated with the first honors of his class in the month of June of 1867; the fall succeeding, Mr. Carlock entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan, a law student; he was a close and faithful student, and completed the full law course of that widely renowned University in the spring of 1869, having passed a most commendable examination in all the different branches of law which he studied there ; after leaving Ann Arbor, he took a short vacation, and he again resumed his law studies in the law office of Messrs. Williams & Burr, of Bloomington, 111., and remained in that office during the fall of 1869 and winter of 1869 and 1870; during the latter part of the winter of 1870, he passed his final examination previous to being admitted as a regular practitioner to the bar of the State of Illinois ; the committee who examined him being composed of Hon. Robert E. Williams, Capt. J. H. Rowell and Hon. William E. Hughes ; his license to practice law was issued to him soon after leaving the above office, which was immediately after the examination held there. After receiving his license, he again took another vacation for the summer of 1870, ostensibly for the benefit of his health, but really to prospect for a future partner for life ; accordingly, during the summer he formed the acquaintance of one of Bloomington' s fairesk, best and most accomplished young ladies, Miss Missouri McCart, a sister of Robert McCart, formerly a well-known lawyer of Bloomington, 111., but now located at Fort Worth, Texas ; on the 6th of October, 1870, W. B. Carlock was married to the young lady, at the residence of her parents in this city ; from and after the date of his marriage begins his active career as a lawyer ; he was without money, but not at all discouraged as to his future prospects ; in addition to his law practice, he has reaped a handsome profit from his wire device for preventing reverberations or faulty reflection of sounds in public halls, etc., for which he obtained letters patent ; he writes the German language well and speaks it fluently ; he is the only attorney at the Bloomington bar who speaks the German language, and it has been the means of adding not a little to his success ; among the important cases in which Mr. Carlock has figured might be mentioned the case of the People vs. Augusta Meyer, for child-murder; William Elmer, for assault with intent to kill Charles Awe, of this city ; People vs. Ben Chrisman, charged with the murder of Davis ; the latter he conducted without assistance, and received many congratulations ; he aiso conducted proceedings for the disannulling of the marriage contract in the case of Bruchman vs. Ragotzki, on the ground of duress and fraud, and this was a new movement in law; also, Flagg vs. Roberts, a suit for slander; a series of cases of Epple vs. Freehauf, involving the payment of money on lands in this county.

GUY A. CARLTON, livery, Bloomington ; in speaking of the business industries of the city of Bloomington, the firm of Carlton & Kerr require more than a passing mention ; they are both old residents of the city, and, since 1875, have been engaged in the livery business ; their establishment is located at Nos. 112, 114, 116, East Washington street ; here, they have everything arranged neatly and comfortably ; they do not aim to keep the largest number of horses ; but what they have are among the best of the city, as are also their carriages and hacks, one of the latter being kept at the " stand" on the west side of the Public Square, Mr. Kerr usually looking after custom in this line. Mr. Carlton is a native of Penobscot Co., Maine ; he was born in September, 1837 : remaining at his native place until he had grown nearly to manhood, and had received his education ; in 1854, he came West and located in this city ; until 1861, he was engaged in the grocery business and at railroading. He then enlisted in the late war of the rebellion in Co. A, 8th I. V. I., three months service ; serving this term of enlistment, he returned, and, in 1862, again enlisted in the three years service; this, as 1st Lieutenant of Co. A, 94th I. V. I. ; he had served but about two years, when he was discharged on account of disability ; following this, he returned to Bloomington, and, until 1875, was engaged in various business enterprises, among others was starting the first city express in Bloomington in 1864 ; he has been generally successful in his former business undertakings, and has already made a success of his present business.

F. W. CHRISMAN, grocer, Bloomington ; was born in Shelby Co., Ky., Feb. 24, 1850, where he was raised and received his early education ; he came with his parents to McLean Co., in 1869, and learned the grocery business with his father at Hey worth ; for a number of years, he taught school; he came and settled in Bloomington in 1876, and, for a time, sold agricultural implements ; he began in the grocery business in 1877, and is now located at No. 507 W. Market St., where he keeps a good stock of goods. He married Miss Susan E. Garrett, of this county, Dec. 17, 1872 ; they have one son - Berry H.

M. X. CHUSE, Bloomington; was born in Switzerland in 1831; when lie was but 14 years old, he, with his parents, emigrated to America, landing in New York City ; thence to Albany, N. Y., and from there West to St. Louis ; here Mr. Chuse was working on a farm at Jefferson Barracks about four months ; then to Centerville, St. Clair Co., 111., farming a short time ; he also commenced to learn his trade of harness-maker; he returned to St. Louis and finished learning his trade there; and, about this time, was Mr. Chvise's first experience in the Fire Department; in 1845, he ran with the Washington Fire Co., No. 2; when he became of age, he joined Liberty, No. 6 ; this was about 1849. In 1850, he moved to Bloomington, which has been his home ever since he commenced at his trade as harness-maker ; from this, he managed to save money, and carried on a very extensive business ; he also was engaged in the wholesale saddlery, harness and leather business, the firm being Chuse & Risser. Twenty-five years ago, Mr. Chuse rang the first fire bell to call a meeting to organize a Fire Department, and ever since then, he has been connected with the Fire Department; he was first a pipeman, then assistant foreman, then foreman, ;ind chief engineer ; to-day Bloomington has probably one of the best regulated Fire Departments for a town of its size in the country. Mr. Chuse is also Superintendent of the Water Works, which has the stand-pipe system, with a stand-pipe 210 feet high, perhaps the tallest in the State ; Mr. Chuse superintended the building of the Water Works, from the time they were first started until their completion. Such is a short sketch of Mr. Chuse, one of the best known and most respected men of Bloomington.

J. R. CLARK, 'bus line; Bloomington; another line of business that should be a pride to the citizens of Bloomington, is a thoroughly reliable 'bus line. This business is represented by Messrs. McBean & Clark. Mr. J. R. Clark, the junior member of the firm and subject of this sketch, is a native of the State of New York. In 1862, he enlisted in the 6th N. Y. I. B., spending three years of his life in the service of his country. The many hardships he passed through during his army life, can only be thoroughly understood by those who have passed a similar experience. In 1866, he came West and spent a short time in Dubuque, Iowa, and Chicago. In 1867, he came to Bloomington, and entered the employ of the U. S. and A. M. Express Cos., which situation he held for eight years. May 6, 1871, he married Miss Alice McKisson, who was a native of Bloomington. In 1875, he first engaged in his present line of business, the firm then being McKisson & Clark ; this partnership lasting but about one year, he then selling out to Mr. McKisson and again entering the employ of the Express Cos., though this time he remained with them but a short time ; then in company with Mr. McBean buying the 'bus line which they are now running. They have met every demand of the public in their line. They now have on the line 3 ' busses, 6 hacks, 2 baggage and 1 mail wagon ; they keep 26 head of horses at their barns, which are located on East St., bet. Grove and Olive, and, during the 24 hours make 18 trains. By their courteous and gentlemanly treatment of their customers and the traveling public, they have established a good business. Their promptness in attending calls during all kinds of weather, the neatness and cleanliness of their vehicles, must insure them success in the future as they have had in the past.

W. G. COCHRANE, confectioner; Bloomington; the success of W. G. Cochrane, the " Candyman," is a fair demonstration of what cm be done by energy, industry and a close attention to business. He is a native of Plymouth, N. H. In 1863, he came West, after having served a term of enlistment in the war of the rebellion; his first location in the West was in Chicago, where he remained seven years, engaged in the confectionary business; five years of this time he was in company with C. W. Sanford. In 1870, he came to Blooomington, and engaged in his present business ; his establishment is located at No. 218 North Center st.; the building being 22 feet front and 100 feet deep, the rear being used for manufacturing purposes ; the front part being used as salesroom. Here, Mr. Cochrane has by far the finest stock of goods in the city in his line, consisting of a complete line of pure candies, large quantities of foreign fruits and nuts, and a complete assortment of cigars and tobaccos. His specialty being strictly pure candies, his candies are bsconiing as celebrated in the city of Bloomington as those of Gunther are in Chicago. He is a wide-awake down-easter and is certainly doing a wide-awake business.

^N. B. COLE, M. D,, Bloomington; another of the regular physicians of Bloomington, who has established a reputation as a thoroughly read man in the science of medicine, is Dr. N. B. Cole, who is a native of Fairfield Co., Ohio ; he was born Dec. 28, 1837 ; began the study of medicine under Dr. E. Lynch, of Lancaster, Ohio, and graduated at the Long Island College Hospital of Brooklyn, in 1860; he began the practice of medicine in ^Etnn,, Ohio, where he remained but two years, then entered the U. S. Army as Assistant Surgeon of the 19th Ohio, but was afterward commissioned as Surgeon of the field hospital of the 50th Ohio. Returning from the army in 1865, he located in Bloomington, where he has since resided, engaging in the practice of his profession. He is a member of the McLean Oo. Medical Society, also of the Illinois State Medical Society ; since locating in Bloomington, he has given his time exclusively to the practice of his profession ; his practice is large and of a gratifying nature, whictt is the result of his energy and close attention to business.

WILLIAM CONDON, grocer, Bloomington; was born in County Cork, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1829; during his early life, he learned the trade of a baker; he came to this country in 1851, locating in New Haven, Conn., and there began the trade of a painter; in 1852, he moved to>

Chicago ; here he followed painting, in the employ of the I. C. R. R. Co. , until 1856, when he came to Bloomington, 111., and engaged with the C. & A. R. R. Co.: he continued with the latter company until 1861, when he embarked in the grocery business at his present place, No. 802 West Chestnut, where he keeps a fine grocery store, with a good class of well-assorted groceries. He married Miss Bridget McNamara, of his native country, June 1, 1857; they have a family of eight children.

J- - DR. HENRY CONKLING was born in Morristown, N. J., April 27. 1814 ; his father Stephen Conkling, moved to New York City in 1816, where the Doctor lived until he was 16 years old, when he returned to his native place and finished his school days in the Morristown Academy ; his father and family emigrated to Ohio in 1831, and located in Mt. Vernon, at which place hejoined them in 1832. When 23 years old, he was united by marriage to Eliza Wiley, daughter of Hugh Wiley, who lived near Mt. Vernon ; in the spring of 1838, he came to Le Roy, in thia county, making the journey in eighteen days, on horseback; his brother Edgar Conkling, was living there and had laid off two additions to the town ; he returned to Ohio in a few weeks, and moved back to Le Roy the next fall, with his family ; they came in a covered wagon, camping out on the way by the roadside ; while living in Le Roy, he taught school and studied medicine with Dr. David Edwards ; in the year 1843, he commenced the practice of medicine near Mount Hope, in this county ; in the year 1844, he moved to Washington, Tazewell Co., this State ; his health failing, he returned to Ohio in 1845, and practiced medicine five years, during which time he graduated and received his diploma from the Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio. His wife died in the spring of 1850 ; in June of that year, he returned to McLean Co., and located at Hudson, where his brother-in-law James T. Gild«rsleeve, Esq., was living, where he practiced medicine fourteen years, during which time he had an extensive practice ; in 1864, he moved to Bloomington ; during this year he was sent South as an additional Surgeon in the army, and was assigned to the 7th I. V. C ; when Corinth was evacuated by Gen. Beauregard, the Doctor, with some of the Union army, pressed hard after them ; many of the Union soldiers were wounded in a skirmish ; these the Doctor took charge of, placing them in a cabin having one room, the best that could be done for them at that time ; as soon as they were able to be moved, the Doctor sent them to the general hospital. After the war closed, he was appointed one of the Examining Pension Surgeons for disabled and wounded soldiers, which position he held about three years. He was married to his second wife January, 1851 ; she was the widow of L. Sampson, who died with cholera in Bloomington in 1849 ; she died in the fall of 1863t He was married to his third wife in May, 1866 ; she was the widow of C. E. Dodge, a Baptist minister, also the daughter of Peter Withers, who emigrated to this county from Kentucky in 1832. In June, 1866, the first meeting was held in Urbana, 111., for the purpose of devising ways and means for the construction of a railroad from Danville, 111., through Bloomington, to the Illinois River : he was the only delegate from Bloomington to the meeting ; the meeting adjourned to meet in Le Roy in August, at which time an organization was effected, and the Doctor was appointed Secretary and one of the Directors of the road, known then as the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington & Pekin Railroad ; he took a very active part in this enterprise, devoting all his time to its accomplishment; May 1, 1870, the road was finished, the Doctor putting in the last bolt that tied the road between Indianapolis and Pekin ; as an appreciation of his efforts and success, the citizens of Bloomington presented to him, by the hands of Gen. I, Bloomfield, in Schroeder's Opera House, a valuable gold watch, engraved thereon a locomotive with the initials' I. B. & W. R. R. The Doctor is the proprietor of the Turkish and Electro- Thermal Institute, located in Bloomington, 111., for the treatment of disease, which is largely patronized, not only by invalids but those who take the baths as a luxury.

THOMAS B. CORMAN, engineer of steam fire engine No. 1, Bloomington ; was born near Nicholasville, Ky., in 1849, and is the son of Abraham Corman; when he was but 2 years old, he came with his parents to Bloomington, in 1851 ; here he has resided ever since; he learned the trade of a machinist; about 1866, he was a member of the hand fire engine, Prairie Bh"d ; in 1871, he accepted a position as fireman on the steamer Prairie Bird No. 1 (commonly called stoker), this position he filled until 1874; he then was appointed engineer for the same steamer, which place he has held ever since ; he is now one of the oldest members of the Fire Department.

THOMAS COULTAR, contractor, Bloomington. The Orphan's Home, National and People's Bank buildings, Dr. C. Wakefield's residence and many other prominent public and private buildings of the city of Bloomington and McLean County, were built by Mr. Thomas Cuultar, contractor and builder; he is a native of Clark Co., Ohio, where he spent the early part of his life^ ana was educated by the old subscription school system ; he served a regular apprenticeship at Springfield, at the carpenter and joiner trade, and came West in 1856, and located in Bloomington, where he has since resided, engaged in contracting and building; Bloomington was but a small place of about 5,000 population when he came to it in 1856 ; he has stuck steadily to hia business from that time until the present, and is now known as a thoroughly reliable and responsible contractor ; during the busy season he employs about twelve men regularly, and sometimes in special cases gives employment to many more than this number; his shop is located corner East and Douglas streets; he is a man well known and has many staunch friends; no better guarantee of his ability is needed than a view of some of the above mentioned buildings.

T. J. COX & CO., millers, Bloomington ; another important feature of enterprise in McLean Co., is the milling business; the leading and most successful firm in this line is that of T. J. Cox & Co.; the members of the firm being T. J. Cox and his brother, George H. Cox; T. J., the subject of this sketch, is a native of Dixfield, Oxford Co., Me., where his father, who is also a native of Maine, is still residing, engaged in the mercantile business, the firm being T. J. Cox, Sr., & Son ; the early part of T. J.'s life was spent in a country store, where he learned something of business and human nature; he was born Oct. 25, 1837; in 1857, he came West, locating at Bloomington; in 1858, he engaged in the mill business by buying the Eagle Mills; in 1874, he bought the Union Mills : he also qwhs one-half of the McLean County Mills ; the Eagle and Union Mills have a flouring capacity of 400 barrels daily ; during the greater portion of the year they are run to their full capacity ; the McLean County Mills have a flouring capacity of 100 barrels

{>er day ; this mill is also kept busy most of the time ; the Union and McLean County Mills are ocated close to the Illinois Central Railroad depot, while the Eagle is near the C. & A. R. R. depot. Mr. Cox, though not a practical miller by trade, has proved himself to be one among the best financiers of McLean Co.; he owns the finest milling property in the county, which is the result of his own industry, energy and good financiering. Since writing the above he has bought his brother's interest, and is now sole proprietor of the Union and Eagle Mills.

GEORGE H. COX, miller, Bloomington ; Mr. George H. Cox, of the firm of T. J. Cox & Co., is a native of Dixfield, Oxford Co., Me.; he was born Nov. 22, 1849, and came West in June, 1866, and engaged with his brother T. J. as book-keeper, which position beheld until 1872, when he went into partnership with his brother, the firm name being then as now, T. J. Cox & Co., their mills being the Eagle, located near the C. & A R. R. depot, and the Union, located near the I. C. depot ; they have a flouring capacity of about four hundred barrels of flour daily, and the reputation of the mills is such and the firm is so well known that, during a great portion of. the year, they are run to their full capacity ; they are very conveniently located for shipping, which is quite an advantage where so much flour is to be shipped. George H. spends his time principally at the Eagle Mills. The firm of T. J. Cox & Co. is so well known, and their financial success has been so marked that any compliments of the press are wholly unneeded on their part.

N. W. COX, painter, Bloomington; was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Feb. 2, 1825; his father was Amos Cox, who was among the first settlers of McLean Co.; they settled in this county in 1828 ; his father returned to Ohio and soon after died, and is therefore not well remembered in this county ; but his family have witnessed the entire growth and development of McLean Co., and assisted in many of the public improvements. N. W. Cox has been engaged in mercantile life for a number of years, though his first business experience was in painting ; this he learned thoroughly while quite young ; in mercantile life, Mr. Cox was quite successful, though like many others, he met with adversity, when he again returned to his trade ; he enjoys the reputation of being an honorable and upright man. He married Miss Elizabeth Satterfield, of this county.

WILLIAM COX, clerk, Bloomington ; son of John and Elizabeth (Walker) Cox, and grandson of Benjamin and Philena (Dye) Cox; his father was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Sept. 13, 1803 ; his grandfather came to McLean Co., 111., in 1825 ; bought land and returned to bring his family, but soon died; in 1826, the grandmother came to McLean Co. with her family, which consisted of seven children, four sons and three daughters, also a nephew, John Kimler, and settled in what was then called Key's Grove, later known as Blooming Grove. A.t that time, the county was wild and desolate, and they experienced all the trials and hardships of a pioneer's life. John Cox married Miss Elizabeth M., daughter of William Walker, a pioneer, March 18, 1828 ; they raised a family of six, only three of whom are now living; he died Feb. 9, 1858, and his wife, Oct. 22, 1876. The subject of this sketch was raised upon a farm, and received a common education at district school, and took charge of the home farm after the death of his father, on which he continued until 1872, since which time, he has been engaged in the grocery business. He married Miss Minnie A. Ashby, of Bloomington, July 3, 1878.

DUDLEY CREED, present editor and publisher of the Democratic News, Bloomington ; was born in Berry ville, Highland Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1853, in which place he resided until he was 12 years of age, when he commenced working on a farm, during the summer months, and attending the high school in the winter, at Hillsboro', to which place his parents moved in the year 1864. He graduated from that school in the spring of 1868, and moved with his parents to Chillicothe, Mo., at which place he taught school for four or five months. Then he entered the office of the Chillicothe Tribune, for the purpose of learning the printing business, at which establishment he remained for three years, when he was made local editor of the Tribune. Mr. Creed moved to Bloomington in 1874. In 1876, in partnership with F. M. Doxsey, he purchased the job-printing establishment of A. L. Paine, at 212 North Main street. In June, 1876, moved the office to Paxton, Ford Co., and established a newspaper called the Ford County Blade. In December of the same year, sold out and returned to this city and established the Democratic News, the first number being issued Jan. 6, 1877.

SH. C. CRIST, M. D., Bloomington; is another of the well established physicians of Bloomineton ; he is a native of Muskingum Co., Ohio, and was born Dec. 28, 1846 ; he began the study of medicine in 1865, under his father, Dr. David Crist (now deceased), who was among the leading practitioners of Bloomington for twenty-three years; he was a native of Perry Co., Ohio; t>egan the practice of medicine in 1842, after graduating at the Columbus Medical College, of Ohio; during his residence in Bloomington, he was engaged in constant practice until his death, which occurred March 19, 1875. H. C, the subject of this sketch, in 1865, became a graduate of the State Normal University, thus qualifying himself for a thorough and comprehensive course of study in the science of medicine ; during the winters of 1867-68 and 1869-70, he attended the Rush Medical College of Chicago, graduating in the spring of 1870 ; afer graduating, he began practicing in Bloomington, which he continued until 1874, when he accepted the appointment of Surgeon of the Pima Indian Agency, of Arizona ; this post he held until the death of his father in 1875, when he resigned and came home to settle up the estate ; remaining here, he began practicing, which he has continued with very gratifying success; he is a thoroughly well-read physician, and has devoted much time and study to that part of the medical science known as obstetrics, in which he has practiced very successfully. He is a member of the McLean County Medical Society, also of the Illinois State Medical Society. > - »"^ DAVID DAVIS, Bloomington. Cecil Co., Md., claims the proud distinction of being the birthplace of Mr. Davis ; he was born in 1815 ; his education was received at Kenyon College, which, located at the village of Gambier, in the State of Ohio, was a half century ago one of, if indeed not the leading educational institution west of the great Eastern universities ; here Mr. Davis formed the acquaintance of men, who have become equally famed with himself; Edwin M. Stanton, the great War Secretary under the lamented Lincoln, was an intimate college friend of the subject of this sketch; at the same institution Stanley Matthews erected the foundations of a future that has made him famous as the trusted adviser of a President ; here, too, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, implanted the germ of a wonderful career ; Henry Winter Davis, the "prince of parliamentary orators," if not an immediate associate, was a student at the same college, so that we find that the Alma Mater days of Mr. Davis were cast among associations which could not have failed to leave a lasting impression upon his mind, and no doubt, exerted an important influence upon his future. In 1847, he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention : in 1848, he was chosen Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, embracing four counties ; in 1862, he was appointed one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1835, Mr. Davis removed to this city, and immediately stepped into a lucrative law practice, and that he was deserving of this his application and his fidelity to the interests of his clients gave ample proof. As a mere lawyer Mr. Davis was conscientious, even to his own disadvantage and pecuniary loss, as some of his professional colleagues claimed, and yet his career has abundantly demonstrated the truth of the old axiom that honesty is the best policy, though it is not the intent to infer that the subject was honest from policy. He never sought political preferment, never aspired to political place - though his name has on several occasions been mentioned in connection with high civic honors; he has always clung steadfastly and proudly to the chosen profession of the law, and to this directness of purpose and concentration of effort we must ascribe much of his great success. As a judge Mr. Davis has won an enviable place among the ermined magnates of the Bench ; the conspicuous traits of his character as a jurist, are his inflexible and unswerving devotion to truth, his rigid impartiality upon all cases brought before him for adjudication, and his honest desire that every accused should have his case properly presented before the Court ; if accused had not what he considered able counsel, he would not hesitate himself to consult the authorities to see that they had been fully set forth before the jury; he saw truth as if by intuition ; he had an inborn, natural inclination toward equity, in illustration of which many incidents are recalled by attorneys who have had cause to remember this truly commendable trait, but none more pertinent than this : At a session of the Danville Court, at which Judge Davis presided, a "celebrated case," known as the Jones cause, was up for adjudication; able counsel were employed on both sides, as interests representing a large sum were at stake ; Daniel W. Voorhees, now United States Senator, appeared for the defendant ; the case was conducted in a skillful manner on both sides, the trial occupying several days in the hearing. Judge Davis took a keen interest in all the proceedings, and as usual discovered the equitable side. Mr. Voorhees overwhelmed the opposition with authorities parallel with the case, and it was universally conceded that this authority preponderated in the favor of his client ; the attorneys were congratulating Voorhees upon the probable successful termination of the trial. "No," said he, "it's of no use to argue the case ; Davis will take it under advisement and will have a special law passed rather than give a decision that would rob the defendant of his rights, even though the weight of the authorities seemed to be against him." No greater compliment coul<J be pronounced upon any Judge illustrating his love of equity. On the Bench Mr. Davis was a perfect model of a Judge - full of dignity and decision, and yet with mildness and suavity ; his high personal character and his unbending morals have given an elevated tone and a purer atmosphere to the bar ; as an Associate Justice of the United States, his decisions were learned and able, and commanded the respect and admiration of his associate members. In the Senate, to which he was elected, Mr. Davis is the same dignified and conscientious gentleman, and whatever legislation he has introduced into that body has been based upon equity and justice, and with a view to resulting in the "greatest good to the greatest number." For the young law student no more profitable study can be found than the life of the jurist and statesman. David Davis. - ** GEORGE P. DAVIS, Bloomington ; was born in McLean Co., 111., in 1842, and is the son of Judge David Davis, who was born in Cecil Co., Md., March 9, 1815, graduated at Kenyon College, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1832, and commenced the study of laiv at Lenox, Mass. ; in 1835, he came to Illinois and located in Pekm, Tazewell Co. ; after practicing law for a year in Pekin, he removed to Bloomington, which has ever since been his home. Judge Davis married Oct. 30, 1838, to Miss Sarah Walker, at Lenox, Mass. ; she is a daughter of Judge Walker, of that State ; they have two children living:, a son and a daughter ; the former, George P., the subject of this sketch, who graduated in 1864, and in 1867, he graduated in the law department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mr. Davis commenced the practice of law in 1867, in Bloomington, and, at one time, was in partnership with William H. Hannah.

D. D. DANIELS, butcher, of the firm of Daniels & Logan, Bloomington ; was born in Washington Co., Ohio, Oct. 20, 1829 ; in the spring of 1852, he, with five others of his town, started for California, via Topeka, Ft. Scott, etc., to Sacramento city, which place they reached after a tedious and eventful journey of six months; he returned in 1858 and located in Bloomington, where he has since lived ; he is one of the oldest butchers, if not the very oldest, in Bloomington ; and has the reputation of exposing for sale the finest quality of all kinds of meats, which, with fairness in dealing, has won him the large patronage he now enjoys ; his place of business is 515 North Main street. He married Miss Emma Virden, of Virden, 111., Oct. 22, 1863.

MISS A. De CONVILLE, teacher, Bloomington ; is now filling the position of principal of one of the ward schools of the city of Bloomington ; she was born in Bloomington, McLean Co., Ill, and graduated from the High School of the city in 1877 ; in 1878, she commenced teaching school.

Denison, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Dec. 10, 1832; during his early life, he received a good business education, and for several years was in a general store, where he learned business; he came to McLean Co., 111., with his parents, in 1851, locating in Bloomington, and, for some three years, worked at the trade of marble engraving, after which he embarked in the grocery business; this he continued until 1862, when he enlisted in the 94th I. V. I., and went out as 1st Lieutenant; was promoted to Captain, which position he held to the expiration of his enlisted term (three years) ; he participated in many of the most severe battles of the late war, and escaped without a scratch. In 1865, he opened a grocery store in Lexington, 111., where he also served as express agent; here he was quite successful; in 1868. he was appointed U. S. Gauger and Storekeeper, for the Eighth District of Illinois : in 1871. he was elected Treasurer of McLean Co., and re-elected in 1873, and again elected in 1877 ; Mr. Denison is a man of fine business ability and good social qualities. He married Miss Sarah J. Strain, of this county, Oct. 3, 1854; they have a family of five children. - : REV. J. W. DINSMORE. Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington ; was born in Washington Co., Penn., March 13, 1839, and is the son of William and Rebecca Dinsmore ; he received his college education in Washington, Penn.. in 1859, and his theological education in Allegheny City, Penn., in 1862; his first appointment was at Prairie du Sac; here he remained for seven years ; from there he came to Bloomington in 1870, and took charge or the Second Presbyterian Church, which charge he has held ever since. He was married in December, 1862, to Ada Vance, of Alleghany City, Penn.; they have had five children, three living.

S. E. DIAS, cigar manufacturer, Bloomington ; was born in London, England, April 10, 1842, and came to this country in 1857 locating in the city of Boston, where he learned the trade of a cigar-maker. During the late war, he enlisted with the 38th Mass. V. I., and was in a number of severe battles, skirmishes and sieges ; at the battle of Port Hudson, was wounded, disabling him from further duty, in consequence of which he was discharged in the fall of 1865. after a service of two and one-half years. In 1869, he moved to Detroit, Mich., where he began manufacturing cigars ; he removed to South Bend, Ind., 1873, where he remained until 1875, when he came to Bloomington, 111., where he has built up a considerable trade; his place of business is No. 103 North Main street, where he keeps a neat retail stand, well stocked. He married Miss Esther Holland, of South Bend, Ind., Aug. 24, 1870; they have a family of two living.

and energy in carrying on his business through difficulties than any man in the city of Bloomington ; he is a native of Germany, where the early part of his life was spent, and where he was educated and learned his trade ; in 1852, he came to the United States, and located in Bloomington in 1856, and worked at his trade until 1860, when he started the Bloomington Foundry and Machine Shops ; this establishment he ran for two years, then sold out and became foreman, which position he occupied until he took the Union Foundry; in 1874, this burned, causing a loss on his part of about $4,000 ; rebuilding on the same ground, he then contracted with the Ruttan Heating Co.; he did their work for two years, when they failed ; this was a heavy loss for him, being about $15,000, though he retained the patterns of the Ruttan Co., and has since been manufacturing tbe heater himself; since conducting the business himself, he has met with very good success, bis shipping facilities are good, being located near the I., B. & W. and L., B. & M. Railroads ; the main building of the works is 100x200 feet, the whole containing an area of floor room of about 8,760 feet; he employs from eight to fifteen men regularly, and, during the busy season, many more. He has carried his business successfully through many difficulties ; he is now ranking among the solid, successful manufacturers of the city of Bloomington. - - E. DILLON & CO., importers; Bloomington. Any man or set of men who engage in a business that builds up the reputation and aggregate value of live stock in any county are always considered as public benefactors ; in the history of the business industries of McLean Co., E. Dillon & Co., importers of Norman-French horses, most certainly are of this class. Mr E. Dillon, tbe senior member of the firm, is a native of Ohio ; he was born in 1816, and, in 1823, he with his people came West, locating in Tazewell Co. In 1864, he came to McLean Co., where he has since resided. They are one among the oldest importing firms of Norman horses in the United States. Their business dates back to 1857, when they purchased the famous imported horse old Louis Napoleon, the first imported Norman horse ever brought to Illinois ; since then, they have imported and handled about five hundred stallions and one thousand mares ; they have on hand now about eighty head, forty of which are stallions, eight of these being imported stock, and many of the balance native full-bloods ; their stock farm is located in Normal Township, though they also have a stable of fine stock on North East street, Bloomington ; mail will reach them directed to either Normal or Bloomington. They sometimes turn out with a four-in-hand of fine dapple-gray stallions, each of which will weigh nearly two thousand pounds ; it is a sight that causes any and all to stop and wonder at the beauty of the animals. Mr. Dillon is a citizen that for many years has been well known to fine stock-dealers and breeders ; he is a man who has been honorable and upright in his business transactions, and has won a name and reputation of which any man may well be proud. ,The members of the firm are E. Dillon, the subject of this sketch, Levi Dillon, I. Dillon and A. Dillon, all of whom are thoroughly educated horsemen. The establishing and successful conducting of the business has been the result of their energy, industry and good financiering.

L. C. DILLINGHAM & CO., peddlers' supplies ; Bloomington. In Bloomington. almost every line of business seems to have a representative. The above firm are successfully conducting what is known as the Peddlers' Exchange, located at 322 S. Main street, the members of the firm being L. C. Dillingham, of this city, and C. W. Fish, of 120 Lake street, Chicago ; the firm is known here as L. C. Dillingham & Co. Mr. D., the subject of this sketch, is a native of Green Co., Ohio ; he came West in 1872 and located in Bloomington, engaging in his present line of business ; here, by energy, industry, and good financiering, they have established a good business. Their line of business is peculiar of itself and requires a man of good ability to conduct it successfully ; they have had many difficulties to contend with and obstacles to overcome, but Mr. D. is one of that class of men who seldom fail to carry any enterprise through successfully ; they have now seven wagons on the road and are doing a business of about $12,000 per year ; under his supervision, they bid fair to double this amount in a few seasons.

D.'DRIGGS, pattern-maker ; Bloomington. The subject of this sketch is a native of Hartford, Conn., where he grew to manhood and received his education; after completing hisjiterary studies, he began the study of law ; after completing his course of study of the legal profession, he began practice ; but, as it proved, unfortunately for him, himself and partner in a short time had established a business that was more than they could attend to ; the consequence was, Mr. Driggs' health failed and he was obliged to give up the practice of his profession. Thinking some mechanical trade better suited to his state of health, he learned the trade of a patternmaker in Cincinnati, Ohio; he worked there some time, then moved to Canton, 111., where he remained one year ; from there he removed to Peoria, where he was at work at his trade for three years ; then went to El Paso ; there he was engaged in running a foundry until 1873, when he removed to Bloomington, where he has since resided, engaged in the manufacture of patterns. He is a man who, had not his health failed in early life, must surely have become a prominent member of the bar. Whatever his position may be in life, he easily holds the reputation of being a gentleman and a scholar.

I. DUDLEY, railroad agent, Bloomington ; though Mr. Dudley has been a resident of Bloomington but four years, he is, probably, as well and favorably known as many of those who call themselves pioneer residents ; in 1848, he began his first railroading, on the Concord Railroad, of New Hampshire ; since that time, he has been engaged in railroading most of the time ; previous to coming to Bloomington, in the employ of the L., B. & M. Road, he had been with the Pan- Handle Road for ten years. From 1862 until 1864, he was in the Railway Department of the civil service. He now has charge of the Freight and Ticket Department of the L., B. & M. Road at Bloomington. The general verdict of the people is that he is the right man in the right place.

IMRI DUNN, druggist, Bloomington. Among the thoroughly reliable druggists of Bloomington who have had many years' practical experience in the drug trade, is Mr. Imri Dunn, whose establishment is located corner Center and Front streets ; he is a native of Bloomington, and was born June 14, 1847 ; he first embarked in the drug trade in Macon, 111., in the spring of 1865, remaining there until 1871, when his store burned, with many others, at the time of the Macon fire ; he lost by this misfortune about $4,000. In the spring of 1872, he removed to this city and again engaged in the drug trade, where he has since remained ; he also carries, in connection with his full lineof drugs, a fine assortment of clocks, watches and jewelry, and makes repairing of clocks, watches and jewelry a specialty in this department. Mr. Dunn is a thoroughly-educated druggist, of fifteen years' experience, and a close student of the various properties and qualities of drugs and chemicals. The enterprise he has exhibited, his neat and tastily -arranged store, a fine line of pure drugs, fine toilet goods and perfumeries and a case of the choicest brands of cigars, coupled with a fine prescription and family recipe department, are all conducive to his success ; but these no less than his good judgment in buying, thereby enabling him to sell cheap, and his strict adherence to a cash system in buying, makes his establishment, if not so large, as thoroughly reliable as any in the city of Bloomington.

J. DUNN, physician and surgeon, Bloomington. Dr. J. Dunn, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Fulton Co., 111.; he was born May 14, 1840, and began the study of medicine in 18G1, with his father. Dr. W. A. Dunn, of Greenfield, 111. He had pursued his studies but a short time, when he enlisted in Company D, 32d I. V. I.; he entered the service as a private, but was promoted from time to time, until he rose to the rank of Captain and Acting- Assistant Inspector General of the Illinois Brigade. At the battle of Bentonville, he was complimented by his Brigade Commander, Gen. Belknap, for gallantry during this action ; he was engaged in many of the heavy battles, remaining in the service until the close of the war. After his return from the army, he again began the study of medicine with his father, and in the winter of 1866-67, he attended lectures at the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago. In the spring of 1867, he began practicing with Dr. J. A. Wakeman, of Centralia. ; in the winter of 1868-6'J, he again attended lectures, and graduated at the Homoeopathic Medical College, St. Louis ; returning to Centralia, hefollowed the practice of his profession until the fall of 1873. removing to Peoria, 111., where he only remained during the winter; in the spring of 1874, he located at Bloomington and began practicing. He is a member of the McLean County Homoeopathic Medical Society. Since hisresidence here he has devoted himself fully and exclusively to his profession.

McCANN DUNN, physician and surgeon, Bloomington; Dr. McCann Dunn is another of the old reliable physicians of Bloomington ; he is a native of Frederick Co., Va., was born April 7,. 1821; he began the study of medicine in 1847; attended his first course of lectures at McDowell's

Medical College, Chicago, 1862. In 1850 he began practicing in Knox Co., 111., where he remained three years; though in 1852, he began the practice of homoeopathy, believing this tobe the true science of medicine. In 1853, he came to Bloomington, where he has since resided,. _^^ devoting his time exclusively to his profession. He is President of the McLean County Homceo- \pathic Medical Society, which was organized in 1878; he also helped to organize the Illinois

State Homoeopathic Medical Society. - - - W. A. ELDER, physician and surgeon, Bloomington ; every city has its representative men in all professions. Of the great number who represent some profession, and more especially that of the medical, there are comparatively few, who, by hard study, almost constant practice and time devoted wholly to their profession, have reached a degree of eminence placing them in the mind of the public, and by the verdict of their societies among the first. This position has been attained and earned by Dr. W. A. Elder, of Bloomington. He is a native of Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., and was born March 3, 1826, and a descendant of Samuel Elder who came from Scotland in 1740, and settled in Hampden Co., Mass. After pursuing collegiate studies three years, he began the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr., Samuel Elder, of Fairmount, St. Clair Co., Ill; in 1847, he graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Missouri, at St. Louis; after finishing his studies at college he was appointed resident physician tothe Marine Hospital of St. Louis; this post he held one year; during the next three years he engaged in private practice in St. Louis and San Francisco, Cal. In 1852, he located at Bloomington, where he has since resided, giving his time exclusively to the practice of his profession. He is one of the original members of the McLean County Medical Society, of which he was elected the President in 1875 ; he has also made frequent contributions to the different medical journals. In his practice he has been most untiring, working with an energy seldom equaled by one_of his profession.

JOHN W. EVANS, planing-mill, Bloomington; another of the old residents of this city and one, too, who has been directly identified with many of the changes and improvements made in Bloomington, is John W. Evans, contractor, lumber-dealer and manufacturer ; he is a native of Cambria Co., Penn.; was born in February, 1828, and came West in 1852- After traveling over the Western States for a few years he, in 1855, located in Bloomington, where he has since resided; he had learned the trade of carpenter and builder in the East; in 1856, he formed a partnership with Mr. Hayes and engaged in contracting and building; their business grew to such proportions that from 1870 to 1873, their contracting amounted to about $160,000 per year. Since the death of Mr. Hayes, in 1874, Mr. Evans has conducted the business alone ; he has been an energetic, hard-working man, and now owns a good property, which is wholly the result of his own industry and good financiering.

"^THOMAS EVANS, grocer, Bloomington, of the firm of Evans & Patrick, was born in Bloomington, 111., June 1, 1854; son of Robert Evans, who was one of the early settlers and a prominent business man of Bloomington. Thomas has received a good business education, completed at the Wesleyan University ; was clerk for his brother for a number of years, and began business on his own account in 1875; he now enjoys a flourishing trade; his store is located on the corner of Front and East streets.

« - R. F. EVANS, grocer, Bloomington, of the firm of Evans & Bro., was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Feb. 22,1842; he was brought to McLean Co. by his parents, Robert W. and Harriet C. (Cradlebaugh) Evans, in 1852. His father was prominent among the first business men of Bloomington, and a native of Virginia; he died in April, 1864. The son has had many years of experience in mercantile life; he learned business while with his father, and began on his own account in 1865; he is a careful and reliable business man ; his store is located at the corner of Main and North streets, and presents a neat and substantial appearance ; he has twice met with severe losses by fire. He married Miss Nellie, daughter of E. B. Collins, Esq., of Fulton, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1871 ; they have a family of two children - Robert H. and Florence.

MAJ. R.N. EVANS, book-keeper, Bloomington; another old resident of Bloomington and soldier in the war of the late rebellion is Maj. R. N. Evans, who is a native of Cambria Co., Penn.; he was born , and in 1856, came West and located in this city, where he has since resided, excepting five years spent in the army. In 1861, after having been in the employ of the firm of Hayes & Evans, he enlisted as private in Company C, 20th I. V. I., and, by four promotions, rose to the rank of Major; he passed through many of the heavy battles, and lived through an experience that can be fully comprehended only by an old soldier ; at the battle of Shiloh he received quite a severe wound, which, for a time, disabled him for service ; upon the close of the war, he was mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky. Returning to Bloomington, he again engaged with Hayes & Evans as book-keeper, and, in 1878, he accepted his present situation of book-keeping for the Bloomington Stove Manufacturing Co.; this position he has filled with ability and to the satisfaction of the company.

ABRAM EVERSOLE, grocer, Bloomington; "was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, July 16, 1831, wbfjre he was raised and schooled; he came to McLean Co., in 1856 ; his first business experience was at Heyworth, McLean Co., in the grocery business ; he removed to Bloomington in 1860, where he has since remained, engaged in his present business, at 229 East Front street; here he keeps a well assorted stock of goods, and aims at securing the best patronage ; he has always been interested in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community. He married Miss Ellen Allen of Mercer Co., Ohio, May 6, 1856; they have a family of four.

THOMAS ERWIN, butcher, Bloomington; is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was born March 10, 1837 ; he came to this country in 1843, with his people, settling in Onandaga Co., N. Y., where he lived until 1854, when he came to Bloomington ; he began on his own account in 1864, in the butcher business; he is located at 204 W. Front street, where he keeps a fine market and the best of meats. He has married twice, first to Miss Mary Foy, April 14, 1849, she died in 1869, leaving a family of five children ; he married his present wife in May, 1872.