Pike County, Illinois - Pike County Bar, 1880

Pioneer Coorts

" At ii Circuit Court beii:un and held at Cole's Grove, within and for the county of Pike, on Monday, the first day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Present, Hoi). John Reynolds, Judge.

" The Shej'iif of the county returned a panel of grand jurors, which being called over, sixteen of them appeared and were sworn agreeably to law, viz: Levi Roberts, foreman; Ebenezer Franklin, Gardner H. Tullus, Joel Bacon, George Tully, Ebenezer Smith, David Button, Amos Bancroft, James Nixon, Nathaniel Shaw, Thomas Proctor, Richard Dilley, Stephen Dewey, "William Massey, (Jomfort Shaw. Daniel Phillips; and the following persons were called but made default, to wit: Leonard Ross, Henry J. Ross, Daniel Shinn, James M. Seeley, Abraham Kuntz, Levi Newman, Henry Loup, John Bolter and John. Jackson.

The first case called was " Solomon Smith, assignee of Elias K. Kane, vs. Wm. Frye, action of debt." The case was continued, as the defendant was reported l)y the Sheriff not found.

The second case was a "libel for a divorce," by Salley Durham, plaintiff, vs. John Durham, defendant. The defendant not appear ing, the case went against him.

Pike county was originally in the let Judicial Circuit, then in the 5th, and is now in the llth, comprising the counties of Adams, Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Schuyler, Brown and Pike. By provision of a recent State law the Circuit elects three Judijes, who divide the work between them.

In j>iuiieer lilc are always incidentj* i»t' peculiar interest, not only to the pioneers themselves, hut whicii if properly preserved, wnnid In; of interest to posterity; and it is a matter of some rennet that --The Old Settlers' Asaociation " was not formed years before it was, and that more copious records were not kej>t. Such an association with well kept reei»rd8 of the mure important events, si:ch as dates of arrivals, hirths, marriaj^es, deaths, removals, nativities, etc., as any one can easily and readily eee, would he the direct means of preserving to the literatiire of the country the history of every community, lliitt to future i;eneraiions w<iuld l)e valuable aa a rect>rd of reference, and a ready antl sure method of settling important questions of controversy. Such records would possess tacts and tii^ures that could not be iiad from any other source. Aside from this historic iniportanco such associations serve as a means ol ki'epin;; alive and further cementin;; old friendships and renewing; amonjj its members associations that were necessarily interrupted Ity the innovation of increasing population, cultivating social intercdurse and creatinj^ a charitable fund for such of their old members as were victims of nnsfortune and adversity.

The subject of orifani/.in^j an old settlers' society was brought tip in the summer of 1>'" -. in the Pike Citunfy DtVKHTtit of Jn\y 29, that year, the following significant |)asgage occurs: " Tiie time will come when the history of this ct»unty will be written. For that history, the meeting of such society will furnish the best material, and the parties now living attest the facts tliat will form a large j>ortion of it." There was nothing definitely done toward the organization of this socieiy until the summer of 1872, when some of the lea«ling t»ld settlers interested themselves in it. The first meeting was iield on what is called Blue creek, Aug. 21, 1872. The meeting was called to order by Wm. Turnbull, of Flint, on whose motion Capt. I*. F. Westlake wasaj»p<»int«'d tenjj)<»rary Chairman. I' poll taking the chair Ch\A. We^tlake stated in brief the object of the nieetifig, an<l for the jMirpose of effecting on organization he suggested the propriety of aj»p»inting acommitteeon permanent organization to report to the meeting at 1 o'clock, p. m. This committee consisted of Col. A. C. Matthews, Jas. II. Dimmittand Wm. Turnbull. The meeting was then addressed by Ilev. Mr. Mc- Coy, after which an adjourtimemtwas had until 1 o'clock, r. m. After the dinner was dispatchcil the people were called together by the clioir, discoursing most pleasant music. After singing the committee on permanent «>rganization reported the folhtwing named persons as officers ^f the "Old Settlers' Association of Pike and Calhoim Counties, 111."

Col. Barney ])resided at this ineetini]^, Col. Ross being absent on acconnt of sickness. A coininnnication was however read from tlie President. Rev. W. D. Trotter, one of the pioneer preachers of the connty, spoke for abont an hour, I'eviewing the early life of the pioneers. Hon. William A. Grimshaw delivered the address of the day. It was an ably prepared historical review of the county's liistory. Indeed, so rejilete is it with interesting facts of pioneer times that we give the entire address iu this connection:

Address Of Hon. William A. Gkimshaw

Mr. P res'' de lit ^ Ladles and Gentlemen : - Selected by your committee of arrangements to bid you welcome liere to-day, I do SO most cordially, as an old settler myself, of, sa}', the second period of Pike county, coming here in the year 1S33 ; that being after tiie winter (»f tlie deep snow, which was our early noted period in the annals of this then wild, romantic, and beautiful countr3', sparsely settled and embraced in the bounds of Pike county. That snow with us, once, was the starting point of the date of current events, although our records of the courts of justice do not legally recognize that as a " day in law," yet we even in courts, in the simplicity of our early language, often heard events traced by that snow as the date point.

In the early days we all enjoyed the largest constitutional liberty; we voted for him we liked best, as I, a Whig, did for "honest Joe Duncan," a Dewfocrat, on a deep question in those days, tiie Illinois and Miclfi^n Canal, " the deep cut ;" we also each worshipped God according to the dictates of our own conscience and under our vine aTid tig-tree. When Brother Trotter, who is now present, venerable with years and revered for piety, or old Father Woolf, now gathered to his fathers, l)lessed for his good deeds, carae around to his appointment, all, of every religion and no one religion, turneil out U) meeting in the woods or the log school-house or at a settler's home. We had no line churches in those days. Mormons puzzled the unwary by their startling pretense at new revelations. Or, if disappointed by the regular minister, old Father Petty would recite, in orayer, Belteshazzar's feast, in trembling tones of ])iet.y. ' Our woi-thy and venerable President (^elect but absent). Col. Wm. Ross, who has been often honored by the people of Pike Co. by their votes, electing him to lii<i:li otiiccs of ptihlic. trust, could tell you mucli of tlu" first |K'rio«l or L'!U"lio.>t vt'ars of the settlement of your county, as he arrived iti the county in 1820 and settled at Atlas, which was the county-seat in its day, and was laid out hy the Ross brothers. Atlas was yet the place at which the county records were kept in 1S33, hut in the snriui; of the year J'ittstield was surveyeil antl laid off into lots ami the sale thereof made at different periods, the first sale of lots heinj^ in that sprin«^. A court-house wjui huilt in the summer of 1S33 at Pittsheld ; from that event the ^'reater prosperity of the county and an increase i»f populatiiui bei£an.

The terror infuse<l into the puhlic mind, beyond the settlements of Illinois, by the iJlack. Hawk war, which had retarded emigration to our State, the Indians bein<; removeil to the West of the Mississippi, the tide of emiijration be^nn to set in, and von witn'ess today, in the presence here of this assembla>^e, the vast chan;;e in a little over fitly years since the Yankees (who came before the clockpedtllers) set foot within the limits of Pike count}', as it now exists. Clock peddlers were the only ^entlemeri in those days, as they rode in the only covered carriage.-.

It is true, when you consiiler the rise and ;;rowth of ('hica«fo in our own State, and of St. I^ouis in Missouri, rival cities, each of nearly four hundre<l thousauil people, we don't seem to have much to hrai; of as to our ^Towth. Consider, however, that we are almost strictly an agricultural county, that bein^ our chief and most ]>rolitable pursuit, and then the -greatest zealot for pro<fres6 nuist admit that, tVom a U't^innin;; of a few families in 1S21, we are now a county not t»» !»«- sneezed at. and especially when our vote at the polls is counti'd. Kxcluditiif counties in which cities have arisen, we are most densely |>opulated, more so than many in our beautiful Illintiis, and vet we have bnt.id acres of valuable lands in a state of nature.

Once our prairies were the home of the boundinj^ <leer in vast herds, of the prarie wolf, the prairie fowl in <i;reat flocks, thd timber land al)ounded with the ^-quirrel, the turkey and the pigeon, and in the hollow trees we had the beautiful but noisy par(»<iuet; as well as in their hauntsnumenius other birds and animals. Ihese liave in a <j;reat measure disaj»peare<l until game is a rarity. The wild fruits once abounding have been su}>erseded by more luscions cultivated fruits. And yet, who of the old settlers does not remember with a twinkle in his eye the old settlers' first substitute for an apple, a big turnip; and also find a g<jod taste in the mouth when he thinks of t|,iose nice preserved plums, crab-apples and ground cherries, ami the pumplcin pie, and the pork mince meat. We then think of the prairie and woodland each abounding In the season in beautiful flowers, rivaling in their colors the rainbow. These were the holiday delights of (lame and maiden, and the husbanil and lover were alike made glad in tlieir contemplation. The retrospect of nature has its beauties. The reality of the first settler's life in a new country is often full of prose and but little poetry. Compare the siinj)le and even ])00r furniture of otir early homes with the elegant furniture now in use, and what a contrast ! But with all the drawbacks of an early settler's life few rej)ine at their lot in this beautiful land. None can who accept with reflection and thankfulness the many mercies which crown our lives.

I am reminded by this retrosjiection, tliat yesterday, on returning home, I found a written, kind notification frum your Committee, in charge of the convening of this your first Old Settlers' meeting, that I was invited and expected to address you to-day. ,1 tlien took my pen to endeavor to bridle my tluMiglits and to bid them serve the request of the Committee, that 1 should sj)eak as to the "honesty, patience, industry, self-sacrifice and hospitality of the old settlers."

Honesty was the rule, crime the exception, in early days. It would seem as if at the first mention of the honesty of the old settlers it was a sarcasm, on the idea of lawyers settling here, and as if I had some personal experience and revelation to make. Of course T know something and much of the facts, and will relate them.

It was well known that because we had no locks we never locked our houses and outbuildings; it was proverbial that the deer skin of the door latch was never pulled in, that is the latch string was out; then we had not much to tempt people to steal; so our things lay about loose; our plows with their wooden mold-boards hung on the fences with impunity; but at Christmas time, the plow or ox skull hung upon a tree by the wayside, remiiidedthe passer-by, on the three-year old, riding to see his girl, that a fool's head was too soft to butt either of those pendants in the tree.

At an early day an old ax, worth fifty cents perhaps in these days being stolen, the vile thief was ordered to leave the settlement of Atlas, and did leave for his country's good. It was said that loud porcine cries were heard upon the "Sny Island " at times, because men would kill their neii^hbor's hoocs : that was a trifling affair and cost only the peiuilty of going halves with the nearest justice; thus dividing the meat - unless the head and ears were found and those bearing some man's recorded mark; then that was a case for the Grand Jury. Hog stealing was said to be caused by drinking Sny water.

We have told only of the style of dishonest tricks in those days. With more faci^s to bear us out, we can now affirm that the general reputation of our early settlers was remarkably' good for honesty in general, but there was a slight propensity to "hook timber'' to make rails and to use as house logs, and some fellows in the land, held, in fact it was "common law," that a "bee tree" even in your pasture lot was lawful ])lunder.

As to the ])atience of our people, if that means bearing uj) with the courage of a true man and true woman under the perils to limb and property, the early settlers were exemplary for that; the triaU i>f ail early scttlfrV lilo were U';;i<^M. His resources, so far as siipjdies for liis fiiinily, were siiiull; his debts were a ^reat \vxatioii, and some, it' iittt all, had these ] ests, until the laiidi* were entered and paid lor, the money often bein^ loaned at interest as hi^h ais 75 per eentinn jht annum. Then if von went to mill, you journeyed a 8ei>re, aye, threij-seore miles; t«i meeting; (»!ten as lar. «'o ltrid;^es, and hut few rtuids existed; the saddle, or the ox eiirt, or truck, wooden -wheeled wa^oii. and no tine carriages, was tlie uuxle of tnivel.

As to the industry of tlie i»Id settlers, as n class, industry was to the extent of present ability, implement^, health and e<mdition, :ind was Hot surpassed by the toil of men of i1k« pr«>enl day. The matron and tli«* fewyotini; ladies had much toil and vixution, and that was often more excessive on wa«hday, because of having to pick up fuel as it could \hs gleaned, or carrying tiio clothes to and from the wash place, whicli was a branch or spring. The clothes-line was a grape vinwtor a fence, and the hogs and calves tresiiassed on that to " chaw the tilings," and to keep the "creelers ofl*, old buss and the old woman (not yet "25 years old) often luid a hard fight lest the baby in the cradle sitting near the out door fire should be *' up sot."

Self-sacrifice was one of the many an<l noblest virtues of the early settler; in times of sickness you were free to call up any neighlKtr for help. t«» sit up with the sick, to ride 25 or even more miles for the t^octor, and that njobtly, as our di>ctors said, in the deatl of night, to the great horror of the iloctor, who hail to saddle up and travel, even in the dead of night, to the farthest limits of his own or to an adjoining county.

Althoii;;!! the countv of Pike was natunillv healthv, the over toil, the priviitioii, the imperfect j»rotcction from the inclemency of seasons, the water used from shallow water-holes, all these tended to multiply disease and death. This county was never, as a general thing, vi>ited so much witii sickness and death as other counties in our State.

In the early day no iron liorse snorted and raced over our pmiries. The steamer once i)erhaps in several weeks dragged itself along. Twelve ilays wa^j a snort tirne for a trij) from New York here, and that mostly by stage. Our mails arrive*! once a week, and a letter c««t us our "last quarter." News from Euroj»e a month old was fresh. No troublesome quotations of daily marKcts puzzle<l or enlightenetl us. A counterfeit United States bill was almost legal tender. Iloop-poles, staves and cord wood were equal at a later day to gold. Store pay was better than any of the foregoing, but often lead to heavy mortgages and secret bills of sale. The laws were quickly enforced. Once a client of a celebrated lawyer was taken out of Court and the penalty ot, the law put on his back with stripes before the motion for a new trial was over; then the client protested against a new trial lest if convicted he would be a second time whipped.

Now liow changed is everything around us! In the early day there was more variety in dress, if less taste. All dressed in their best, and sometimes (if the ladies will pardon such an o'er true tale) a white satin bonnet, the worse for the wear, was seen over a blue " Dolly Varden " ruffled cap. The most distinguished man at shows, for a number of years, was an old, gaunt, straight man, with a bell-crowned hat, in the height of the fashion when he was young, which was nearlj' twelve inches perpendicular; horses often carried double in those days, if girls were plenty, and about sparking and wedding time. Oh how sociable! and yet all was modesty and innocence.

Hospitality - that signifies strictly " ])ractice of entertaining strangers," but in its true early settler's ways much more was meant, intended, and done. On a journey almost every house was a welcome home to the wea'.y traveler; if any charge was made for the entertainment it was very moderate; at times the parting word to you was, " You are welcome to such as we had, and please call again when traveling this way."

Hospitality scarce expresses theline sensibility, the manly Christian spirit, of many of the olden time. The pioneer feels that each and every settler of his neighborhood (and he does not criticise much as to who is his neighbor) is entitled to such help and good feeling as may be asked or should be extended.

I felt and still feel a large degree of sympathy, and that the most cordial, with the old settlers. It occurs to me that as Pike county once included Calhoun, and as some of the settlers there are cotemporaries with our earliest settlers, we should include the Calhoun old settlers in our Society - in fact just this week that was named to me in that county.

With great hopefulness as to the prosperity of this new Society, desiring for it many happy re- unions, I offer to you the thanks of mj'self, an old settler, for your courtesy in inviting me to address this meeting; and may God bless our vast population, spread over our large county, which liad when fii'st known to myself about three thousand people, and now contains approaching forty thousand, although the hive of ])eople has swarmed many times.

The second nieetinfj of the Old Settlers' Association was lit Id ir) September, 1873. The following letter from Jiid^e William Thoniaa, of Jacksonville, was read:

"Mit. Makcki.i.cs Ross, Secretarv: - Dear Sir. - I ha vt> received twi) iri\ itati(»n»5 to attend the ( )ld Settlers' Meetint; in Pike f(»iintv on Wednesday next. I regret that I cyinnot a eept either, for I would he gla«l to meet the survivors of those with whom I became accniaintcd forty five years a^o. I attended tin* Circnit (\»tirt in Atlas in .lunr. I.s27, which was my tirst visit to Pike. The Court was held by J iidijt! I,ockwoi»d, who now resides at iiatavia, in I\ane county. The attorneys in attendance were John W. Whitney, N. IIan8<in, a?id .f<»lm Jay Ii»tss, of Pike county, (Jen. James Turney and .\lfred W. Cavrrly, nf (ireene e^mnty. now of ( )ttawa, and J, W. Pii;;h, of San;,'amon euunty, Mr. Jenkins, ofC'alln»un county, John Turney ami myself, of ^Ior^an coiinty. Capt. Leonard Itoss, one of nature's noblemen, wasSherilf. Col. Wm. lloss was Clerk; James .M. Seeley was an oflicer of the Court. Of all these, Jud;^ Lockwood, Mr. (Overly, and myself are the (»niy survivors. The Court wju, in session three days, and then went to Calhoun county. It was held in a log cabin in the prairie, near which was a log cabin oc'cupied by the grand jury. Tlie tniverse jury luul the privilege of the prairies.

-* In Septeml)cr afterward, returning from the Winnebago war I left the iMiat at (^uiiu'v, where I purchase<l a liorse, saddle and bridle for $40. From Quincy I came to Atlas, a good day's travel; remained in Atlas one day and two nights, and thcji set <»ut for home. Passing ('ol. Seeley 's, 1 found n<» other house until 1 reached Blue river, where Van Deusen had a small grist-mill, and I crosseii the Illinois river on Van Deusen's ferry. That night I reache«l E.xeter. The weather was pleasant^ the roads were dry and smooth.

" Pike county was then a wilderness. I came as directe<I, the nearest and best route home. I could never then have been made to believe that I should live to see a population of 30,000 within its boundaries.

"Capt. Moss entertained the jury and the lawyers in their double log cabin free of charge, expressing his regret that we could not stay longer. I was at Atlas at the Presidential election in 1S24 and voted for John Quincy Adams for President.

"Judge Lockwood. Mr. McConnell an<l myself, in attending Coart at Atlas (the year I do not recollect), passed the present site of Griggsville and saw the man, .Mr. Scholl, raising the first log

" In the early settlement of the Military Tract travcliiii^ cost but little. The old settlers were always glad ol the o])jiortiinity of entertainiiii^ travelers, and especially the judge and lawyers, from whom they could ohiaiii interesting accounts? in lelation to what was going on in the world around them. Besides, we often had to encamp in the woods and prairies because no house was within reach at dark, and this was called "lodging at Munn's tavern," because of the large number of quarter sections of land owned by liim. I have often fared sumptuously in the log cabins on bread made of grated meal, venison, honey, butter and milk and stewed pumpkins, and slept comfi)rtal)ly and soundly on the puncheon floor. * * *

" Feb. 14, 1823, Wm. Ross was elected Judge of the Court of Probate. In 18:^3 Geo. Cadwell, then of Greene county but afterward included in Morgan, was elected to tlie Senate for Greene and Pike, and Archil)ald Job, who was still living, for the House. Cadwell's term expired in two years, and in 1824 Thos. Carlin, afterward elected governor in 183G, was elected to the Senate. Cadwell was an educated physician, a man of talent and stern integrity: he died in 1824 or 1825.

"At the meeting of the Legislature in 1824 Nicholas Hanson and John Shaw both produced certificates of election to the House. The question which was entitled to the seat was referred to the Speaker, who decided in favor of Hanson. During the session the question was again brought before the House, and decided by a unanimous vote in favor of Hsuison. Near the close of the session the question was reconsiderea and Shaw admitted, in consideration of which Shaw voted for the resolution for a call of a convention.

" For several years after I came to the State, deer, wild turkey and wild beasts were plenty, especially on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. But for this fact many of our early settlers would have suffered for provisions, or have been compelled to retreat for supplies.

"In passing from Rushville to Quincy, the Judge, Mr. Caverly and myself slept on the prairie during the night, and the next morning, wliich was Sunday, we found a house a few miles distant in the harrens; and we could not make the family believe it was not Saturday. The nearest neighbor lived five miles distant. They lived on wild game, grated corn meal and roasted ears, and lived well. We thought at breakfast we' could not wish for better fare.

"In passing from Atlas to Gilead in Calhoun county we always made tl)e house of an old gentleman named Munn our stoppingplace. He and his wife were always glad to see us and made sumptuous T>rcparations for our comfort.

" If I were at the stand and questioned I could probably answer many questions in regard to matters of interest to the present inhabitants; but as I do not know the points on wdiich they would

*- li<»N. Wm. A. CiKiM>*iiAw ANr> «*TnK>u«: (Jentlemen, - Thnoigh the piliteness of some friend of your county-seat I am indebted for an invit^ition to attend the meeting of ohl settlers of your county at Pitt>ficld, on the 3d inst.;for this invitation I presume I am indebted for the fact of Injinij nearlv ctumecteil bvmarria;re with Levi Pettibone, Ksij., at> old settler and perhajis the oldest man in Pike county. Mo., and perhaps with few exeeptiong the oldest man in Missouri, he being now nearing the completion of his 93d year. But from whatever cause, I estetMU it a compliment altogether undeserve<l to myself, but which nevertheless I should take the greatest pleasure, if circumstances permitted, of meeting with the old settlers of your Ci)unty, among whom I am proud to recognize, not only the many distingishe<I public men, but many old and long esteemed personal friends, some of whom have long been settlers of Pike cnunty Id., and tiot a few of them old settlers of Pike and Lincoln Counties, Mo., who, not content with aiding to break up the j been long enough to earn the appellation of ' old settlers,' where they are realizing the rich fruits of their industry in land flowing with milk and honey, and as I lament to know, many of them are resting beneath the sods that are no respecters of persons in the final winding up of human affairs. The memory of many of these persons, both living and dead, carry me far back into the history of the past, in tlie early history of Missouri, of wliose soil I have been an occupant since the year 1815, 'oefore either your State or Missouri had a State Government. Though then quite young (b\it eight years old) I was old enough to remember everything 1 saw, and everybody I knew, - much more so than persons and facts of later years; but to attempt to recount or name any considerable number of them would be to inflict a bore upon you that I dare not presume upon; but as I presume that a part of the exercises of the occasion would be to recur to the early history of the West, including your State and ours, I cannot resist the temptation to jot down a few facts and names, even at the risk of being laid upon the table as a bore.

"The date 1815 shows that the early settlers, among whom was my father, were crowding into Missouri even before the forts were all vacated, whither the old settlers had fled for the purpose of protection from hostile savages, who had but recently had almost undisputed possession of a large part of our State. To get into Missouri, then largely considered as the promised land, we had to cross the Mississippi river, the Father of Waters. I don't know how much of a father he was at that time, but I have been acquainted with him since that time, and I don't know much difference in his size between then and now, except occasionally, as in 1851, he got into a terrible rage and had uncontrolled possession from Louisiana to Atlas, and rolled on, whether vexed or unvexed, in solemn majesty to the Gulf of Mexico.

"But to continue. He had to be 'crossed' to get into Missouri. Tn 1815, as history shows, no steam-boats were known on our rivers, and the only modes, or rather mode, of crossing the river at St. Louis was by means of a small keel-boat or barge without any deck or covering, propelled by poles; and our wagons were crossed by placing two planks or slabs across the keel, running the wagons by hand upon these slabs across the boats and 'scotching' the wheels with billets of wood, flUing in the inner parts of the boat with horses, children, etc. Yet we conquered the old gentleman and rode across in triumph, but not, however, until after waiting two days on the eastern bank for the wind to lie, which had so ruffled the surface and temper of the 'father' that he could not, safely at least, be mounted by an insignificant keel-boat until the cause of his irritation had ceased.

"Safely on the Missouri shore, the first Tiight was passed in the city of St. Louis, then containing about 1,200 inhabitants and very few brick houses : I did not count them, however. No railroads then were even thought of in the West, so far as 1 remember, but now - well, you can tell the tale yourselves, St. Louis has now

450,000 iiilialdtaiite, and woiilti likely liavc a luilliun l>ut for CliicaiTtt and the railn»ads, which have revolutionized tlie course of nature and the natural rights ut 8t. Louis, which depended on the naviiijation of the ^reat rivers to work for her ; and wliile her ^reat land- iwner slept a (juarter of a century Chicuj^o and the railroads were suririiii; anea<l of her.

" KxcuM- this digression, wliich I could not helj» while reHecting on the iniinense chan;;e all over the West since I first crossed the ^reat river.

" I havr alluded to the fact of your county h(Mn«j largely colonized from I'ike and l^incoln e"Uniies, Jklo. It would he inipubsihle for nie to enumerate all of them, even if I knew them all ; but among the names I rememher well those of the Gihsons, the Sittons, Huchanan, ^'<>krms, (iall<»way, Uncle Jake Willianison. the Cannons, Collard, Welises, Kerrs, Noyes, Metz, Juhnsons, McCtmnells, Andersons, etc., etc., all of whom went from l*ike or Lincoln. All of them were good citizens, while some of them iield high and huiu)ral>le jxihitions in public oflice. Vour former valued Sheriff, Mphraim (\inn(»n, was ftr a while a school-mate of mine, larger and nhUr than I, hut still a school-mate. The ordy special recollection 1 have of our school-boys' life was that the teacher once abked him, when nearlv time to close school, 'How hi;rh is the sun C lie replied he had no means of njeasuring the height, but ' trom appearance it was aUtut a rod high.'

"Join. J. Collard, Ksq., a former Clerk of one of your Courts, was the son of an old settler of Lincoln county, datir«g before the war of 1*^12, if my memory is not at fault. I have attendi-d y<»ur Courts when held at the old ct>unty-seat. Atlas, and since its location at your beautifid town l'itt^tield. The old settlers at AtlaK, as well as of PittsfieKl, were the ICosees, most of whom 1 knew personally, and had a slight ac<)uaintance with the ' liashaw' of Hamburg, Mr. Shaw. Old Kather l>urnett and his b«)vs John and Frank belonjred to both Pikes, in Illinois and Missouri. The sons wore> out their lives in trving to sustain a ferry l>etween the two Pikes.

" liut I must forbear, fearing that I have already bored yon, a thing I feared at the start. I could write a half quire of recollections of Pike in Missouri, and S(»me of Pike in Illinois, if there were any market for them. Hut I must close with my best wishes for your people, botii old and young.

At the Old Settlers' meeting, Sept. 2, lb74, Hon. Wm. A. Grimsliaw delivered an address of welcome, and interesting speeches were made by Col. I3enj. liarncy, Ilev. J. P. Dimmitt, Dr. Ilodgen, Mr. Turnbull, Judge Grigsby and others. Dr. P. E. Parker was elected Secretary in jdace of G. W.Jones, resigned. A motion was adopted changing tlic time of membership from 1840 to 18.50; also a motitm to esUiblish a portfolio and gallery of likenesses of old set-

. At the 4th annual meeting of the old settlers at Perr}', Aug. 19, 1S75, old-time customs were commemorated bj the erection of a cabin complete in all its details. It looked as if a family had been living in it for years. Cooking utensils hanging around the wall, suspended on a string were slices of pumpkin and dried apples, corn hung from the posts, suspended by the husks, the rifle hung on the wooden hook over the door, the spinning wheel, the reel and the hand-cards occupied prominent positions; the mammoth gourd for a water bucket aud the lesser one as a dipper attracted considerable attention. On the outside walls the skins of different fur-bearing animals were stretched; climbing vines were turned up to the roof, and the sunflower in all its magniflcence nodded here and there close to the house, and last, but not least, the latch-string hung on the outside. The cabin was presided over during the early part of the day by Mr. Win. Grotts, who enter- - tained his visitors with his "fiddle," playing Arkansas traveler,. Money Musk, Old Rosin the Bow," etc. Mr. Grotts was born in this State in 1802, in Madison county. His father was killed by Indians in Bond county in 1814.

Fifth Meeting

During the Old Settlers' meeting at Griggsville, Aug. 30, 1876, they formed a procession in front of the M. E. Church, headed bv an old truck wagon drawn by oxen, containing a band, the })eople being dressed in the Sunday attire of pioneer times, girls «nd boys riding double on horseback without saddles, showing how they went to church in olden times.* This was one of the most attractive features of the procession, the young ladies especially conducting themselves with becoming grace, and apj)eared as if they were inspired with the spirit of their grandmothers. An old dilapidated wagon drawn by oxen was loaded with the old-fashioned loom, spinning wheel, flax wheel and reel, and an old plow was followed by most of our modern machinery in the shai)e of reapers, mowers, harrows, etc. After these a man dressed in Indian (5ostume on his ])ony, ladies and gentlemen in modern style in buggies and carriages, the Kre engine drawn b}' members of the base-ball clubs in uniform, and a modern child-wagon with children was drawn by a very small donkey.

Kikxt Indications Of Tiik War

Wlien, in 1861, tlio war was forced upon the country, the people were quietly purt»uint; tlio even tem»r of their ways, d(»in;^ whiitover tlioir Immls found to do, - working tlio tnine.'^, makini^ farint*, or ciiltivatin;^ those already made, estahlishititj iioineri, founding cities aiul town*., Imildin^ Hliops arni manufactories; in short, the coutitry was alive with indu«try and Iiojmjs tor the future. The people were just recovering fr<»m the depn'Hsion and losse.s incident to the tinancial panic ()f l'^57. The future liMtked hriijht atid proniisin*;. and the industrious aqd imtriotic sinis imd (laughters of the North were buoyant with hope, looking; forwanl tt> the perfectiiijf of new plana for comfi»rt and competence in their tleciinin;; yejirs. They little heeded the mutteriii^jit and threatcnin:;!* wafte<l frtun the South. Tliey never dreamed that there was one so base lis to attempt the destruction of the Union their fathers had purchased for them with their iife-hlood. While thus surrounded with peace and tran(|uillity they paid hut little attention t«> the rumore<l plots and plans of those who livetl ami grew rich from the sweat and toil, hlood and tlesh, ofothers.

On that day the rebels, who for weeks had been erecting their batteries upon the 8lK»re, after demanding of Major Anderson a surrender, oj)ened tire upon Fort Sumter. F^-r hours an incessant cannonading was continued; the fort was l>eing tlamaged severely; provisions were almost gone, and Major Anderson was compelled to haul down the stars and stripes, - that dear old flag which had seldom been lowered to a foreign foe; by rebel hands it was n«w trailed in the dust. How the blood (»f patriotic men of the North boiled when on the following day the news wjis flashed along the telegraph wires that Major Anderson ha<l been forced to surrender! And nowhere was greater indignation manifested than in Pike county.

Perry The First Call For Troops

Immediately upon the surrender of Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln, America's martyr President - who but a few short weeks before had taken the oath of office as the nation's chief executive - issued a proclamation callin<i: for 75,000 volunteers for three months. The last word of that prochimation had scarcely l)eeii taken from the electric wires before the call was tilled, and men and money were counted out by hundreds and thousands. The people who loved their whole governnient could not give enough. Patriotism thrilled and vibrated ami pulsated through every heart. The farui, the workshop, the office, the pulpit, the bar, the bench, the college, the school-house, - every calling offered its best men, their lives and fortunes, in defense of the Government's honor and unity. Bitter words spoken in moments of political heat were forgotten and forgiven, and, joining hands in a common cause, they repeated the oath of America's soldier statesman, ''"'Bythe Great Kternal^ the Union must and shall he preservedy

Call the young men in the prime of their life; Call them from mother, from sister, from wife; Blessed if they live, revered if they fall, - They who respond unto Liberty's cull.

Seventy-five thousand men were not enough to subdue the Rebellion; nor were ten times the number. The war went on, and call followed call, until it began to look as if there would not be men enough in all the Free States to crush out and subdue the monstrous war traitors had inaugurated. But to every call for either men or money there was a willing and ready response; and it is a boast of the people that, had the supply of men fallen short, there were women brave enough, daring enough, patriotic enough, to ofi*er the'mselves as a sacrifice on their country's altar. Such were the impulses, motives and actions of the patriotic men of the North, among whom the sons of Pike made a conspicuous and praiseworthy ecord.

The tocsin of war was sounded, meetings were held in every township, village and city, at which stirring and spirited addresses were made, and resolutions adopted admitting of but one interpretation, - that of unconditional allegiance and undying devotion to their country and their country's flag; that, at whatever cost of blood or treasure, the stars and stripes, wherever floating, must be honored; and the supremacy of the law of the National Union sustained.

A Union meeting was held in Pittsfield April 20, 1861, the Chairmen of which were David A. Stanton, Wm. R. Wills and D. D. Hicks, and the Secretaries F. C. Brown and A. C. Matthews. The Committee on Resolutions were Wm. A. Grimshaw, C. L. Iligbee, J. W. Mackintosh, D. B. Bush, jr., Nathan Kellv and Wm. Steers.

Aug. r», 18f>l. a Company called the *- llciidrrBon Home (i uanis " was organized in Pittftield, numbering 130 men, with Daniel D. Hick!) as Ca|>tain, each meml>er to arm an«l equip himself; it was also called the " Henderson Tnion Guards."

The subject ol^bounty for soldiers was one that engaged the undivided attention of the law-making |M>wer of this county during these trying times. That the reader may know what was done by the ci»unty oliicials we give a verv full account of tiio proceedings of the Hoard of Supervisors whenever the l>onnty subject was being coubidered by that honorable body.

Whrrf.as, Said confcilerocy have organized, armed ami e<iuipped hostile armies and did (ire upon, reduce luid take into their pos»easion Port Sumter with all ita defenses, and unl.iwfully s'.-ize and lake into possession other fort.s, arsenals and other property Ix'lonj^ini,' to the United States, thereby bidding defiance to the ConstiiuUon and the law6 of the same; and

Whereas, The Pnsident of the United State> has recently made a call upon the several States of this Union to raise ;JO(),00(T men in addition to the present army;

Therefore we, the representatives of the several townships of the county of Pike and Slate of Illinois have here assembled for the purpose of considering the i)ro. priety of ottering encouragememt to the volunteers who will immediately enter into the service of the United States; therefore be it

Rrxohcd, That the sum of $;3,()00 be paid to the first three companies that are raised or organized in the county of Pike under said call, provided said companies are organized on or before the 20th inst. ; and that the Clerk of this Court be authorized to issue orders on the Treasury for the said sums of money whenever said volunteers are accepted and mustered into service;

Resolved, That $1,000 be appropriated to the families of those who have heretofore vohmteered in the service of the United States, and we recommend that e.ich township shall through their Supervisor call a meeting to provide for the future wants of all families of volunteers; that the Supervisor of each township shall be a committee to distribute all appropriations made by the county or town ;

Bexoicid, That the Supervisors of each township shall report at the September meeting the number of families of volunteers in their townships, and their names.

Mr. Dennis moved to amend the report by striking out " $3,000 " and inserting "$50 to eacli volunteer private who may enlist nnder the |)resent call." Mr. Westlake moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Dennis by striking out "850" and inserting " $25;" which motion was lost. The amendment offered bv Mr. Dennis was also defeated.

Resolved, That the proposition of the appropriation by the county of $0,000 to be submitted to the people for their vote for or against levying a tax to meet said appropriation, at an election to be held at the usual places of holding elections in the several towns, on Tuesday, the 13th inst. ; said fund, if so voted, to be appropriated to aid in raising volunteers.

Resolved, That a proposition be also submitted at the same time for or against appropriating .$2,000 as a fund for the necessitous families of volunteers as have heretofore or'may hereafter be mustered into the service of the United States.

Mr. Wallace moved to strike out that portion of Mr. Landrum's resolution referring to the submission to the people, and that the Board appropriate the amount specified in said resolution; which motion was carried.

Mr. Dennis moved to strike out the first resolution and amend the second so that $4,000 be appropriated for the support of destitute families of soldiers in the service.

Mr. Frye tnoved to lay all on the table without further action until the September meeting; which motion was lost. The question then recurring on the amendment of Mr. Dennis, it was adopted.

WiiKUK.vs, The properly of the county nncives tin- protection of the (Jovern ment, as well us j>erM)ns, and »ijould be uiaile to bear itu just proportions of the burdens of war; therefore

Rftolred, That our IleprciMjntatives in tlie Lcpislature now in session bo rrspectfuUy reouested to procure the passaije of an aet a^^ speedily na possible, autliorizin^ the IJoard i>f Siipervisor-i of this county to olfcr a bounty to volunteers and to nid in pnxuriiig substitutes for drufteil persons, and to provide such funds as will be necessary therefor i)y issuinir binds payable within 20 years, beurinj; iutercHt not excee<lin>: ten percent, per annum.

Rfi'lMti, Tliat in caw of the passage of such au art, the Ik)urd of Supervisors will pay to each volunteer credited to any town in this county subject to the draft i bn»uity ot :fr((K(, and in case of adrafl, eacli person so drafted in this county who shall ])rocure a substitute shall receive from the county the sum of foOU to aid liim in payin;:for such substitute.

Mr. Shields moved to postpone the resolution indefinitely. After remarks by Supervisors Shields, Roberts, Kelley, Dunn and others, Mr. Shields withdrew the motion, tmd in lieu thereof nu>ved that it be |)ostpom'd to the April meetiiic^of t!ie Hoard. This he, however, witluJrew, and Supervisor Dimmitt moved to refer the resolution ollered by Mr. Ii4)bert8 to a committee; and Mr. Dimmitt, from tiiis committee reported on tlie following day this res(i!iitii>n :

JirK-U'i>l, Thill there be paid to each volunteer or drafted man in this county under tlie call of Dec. IH, lx(M, the sum of |i4<Mt, such money to l>e raised by the issue of county Ixmds (interest not to exceed ten percent.) payable annually in lawful monev of the I'nitiHl Stales.

lifiiolt'il, 'riiat when (-uch bonds shall have been issued thev shall be divided amimi; the several townships in pro|K>rlion to the amount of taxable pro|)erty assessed in each township lor the year iNil; and it shall Ik- Ihe duly of each supervisor to n'c«'ive .saul boiuls and pay over to each drafte(l man and volunteer the sum of $400 when actually mustered into 8er^-ice.

Mr. Shields moved that said resolution be laid on the table until the April mectintj; which motion was lost. Mr. Smithorman then moved that it be submitted to the people of the county on Jan. 28, 18(>5; and Mr. Vail moved to amend by takiiifj said vote on the 30th; which motion was withdrawn; and Mr. Roberts moved that whatever action tiiis Roard may take shall be submitted to the people <ui Jan. 30, 1805; which motion was adopted. Mr. R<»bert8 tlien moved to amend the first resolution by insertiiiij "$500" in ])lace of "$400;" which was adopted.

been cast, of which 2,131 were for the tax and 1,285 aorainst it. It was tlicii resolved l>y the Koaril to ji;ive a bounty of $500 to eacli vohmteer to till the (piota of Pike county; and in case said (juota shall not be tilled by volunteers, then a bounty of s500 shall be paid to each person who shall be drafted. For this purpose $127,- 000 were raised in the county.

A few statistical items will show what was done by Pike county, and whether she was worthy the trust reposed in her. According to the census of 1800 the county had a population of 27,182. The war, however, continued for several years, and the county increased in population; accordingly we will place the population in round numbers at 30,000. There are five persons to every voter, according to the customary basis of reckoiu ng. That would make the number of men in the county 0,000. Pike county put in the field 3,132 men, beiuir over one-half of her voters.

The quota of the county for the calls of 1861 was 762, which were (luieklv furnished. In 1802 the quota foi- this county was 521. For the calls of Feb. 1 and March 14, 1864, it was 780, and for the call of 500,000, July 18, 1864, it was 617, making the large number of 2,687 men as the quota for this county up to Dec. 31, 1864. The county not only furnished tliis number, but sent of her brave sons 2,853, being 100 in excess of lier various (piotas. Subsecpient calls increased the quoti.i of Pike county to 3,221, which the county did not fill by 89.

Pike county was largely represented in the following regiments and com])anies. Besides those referred to, her sons were in many other regiments, but we give only those which were largely made up from this county.

Kighth Regiment

Company G of this Regiment was entirely furnished by Pike county, with James S. Barnard as Captain: afterward Elisha Jones and Charles II, Hurt served the Company in that ]iosition. The Ist Lieutenants in succession were Elihu Jones, AVm. P. Sitton, Charles II. Hurt and George Sanderson. The 2d Lieutenants were Wm. P. Sitton, Charles II. Hurt and Wm. A. Saylor.

The 8th Illinois Regiment was organized A])ril 25, 1861, Colonel Oglesby commanding. A contest for rank and seniority arose betweet: the 7th and 8tli, both beinar ortfanized on the same dav. The contest was finally ended, giving to Col. Cook the first numher 7, as the number of his Regiment, with the second rank of Colonel, and Col. Oglesby the second number for his Regiment, with the first rank as Colonel,

Itt'^iment was taken to Cairo. July 25. 1861, its term ot" three luonths having e.\j»ired, the Stli reorganized tor three years' service. It took part in many of the most im|)orlant en<i^agementrt of the war; wa.s in the advaMce attack on Fort noiu'l.^oii, when' it lost 57 killed, 11>1 Wounded and 10 mi^!>in^. It was aUo at Pittbbiirg laniiing, where it lost 20 killed, 1>7 wounded and 11 missing; and it went thn>ugh the tatigm- and dangers of tiie siege of Corinth. Tlie Regiment rc-«jtdihlrd in lS03 and wan veteran i7A'<l March lit, 18G4; tuuk part in the cngagt'menl at Vickbhurg, Spanish Fort and many other ijnportant engagements.

Skvknth Ukoimk.Nt

The HJlh wa» organized and mustered into wrvict- :ii (Jiiincy, Col. Koberl A. Smith coiiiMianding. In July, l>»01,it was ren»«)ved to Green river as railroad guard, after which the Regiment was scattered along the line of the n»ad as guard. July 10, Col. Smith's force was attacked at Missionary Station hy \/,(h) mounted nd»els, but he lield his jHisition until the arrival (»f reinforcements, when the enemy fletJ. It ])articipateil in the battle of Bird's Point, Mo., and New Mulrid, where it supported the siege ifuns. They cap tured .'»,(loo jtrisoners and a large amount of artillery, small arms and ammunition at Tiptonville, Tenn. In January, lb02, it participatetl in the siege ot Corinth and Nashville. It was mustered out July 8, 1805.

Pike county furnished Company B of thisTlegiment, and almost all of Companies E and I. Company B was commanded tirst after consolidation by C'apt. John T. Thomson, of New Hartford, who was honorably discharged May 15. 1805, when Geo. W. Chrysup was appidnted and .-erved iniiil March 15, 1800. The 1st Lieutenants in succession were Robert Voung, Henry L. Iladscll, Geo. W. Chrysup and Job Pringle. Tiie 2d Lieutenants were Geo. W.

CoMipanio B, E and I of the original ,(jr<;anization were from this county. Company B was first commanded by Capt. Thomas H. Butler, deceased, then by Capt. Geo. W. Stobie, and finally by Capt. Joiin T. Thompson. The 1st Lieutenants were Joim T. Thom})S()n and Robert Young: 2d Lieutenants, George Stobie, David C. Troutner and Cyrus K. Miller. Lieutenant Troutner soon died and Lieutenant Miller died July 8, 1863. Company E was first commanded by Captain Thomas M. Kilpatrick, who was promoted to Lieutenant Cohjnel and was killed in battle at Pittsburg Landing. John M. Griffin then commanded the Com])any. The 1st Lieutenants were John ]\[. Griffin, Fredrick C. Beehdoldt, who was killed July 12, 1863, and VVm. B. Griffin; the 2d Lieutenant was Burrel McPherson. Company I was commanded until consolidation of Regiment by Capt. Elishallurt; 1st Lieutenants, Philip S. Likes and David Dixon; 2d Lieutenant, David Dixon and Henry L. Hadsell.

The 28th Infantry was organized at Camp Butler in xVugust, 1861, by Lieut. Col. Lewis II. Waters and Maj. Charles J. Sellon, the latter from Pike county. Aug. 28 it was ordered to Thebes, 111.; Sept. 9, to Bird's Point, Mo.; Oct. 2, to Fort Holt, Ky., where it remained until Jan. 21, 1862, when it was assigned to Brig. Gen. Lew Wallace's Division. Feb. 6 it took part in the capture of Forts Henry and Heiman; Feb. 13 a detachment of 48 men and 12 officers under Col. Johnson met the enemy 500 strong at Little Bethel Church, five miles from Fort Holt, and immediately attacked and routed them. The Regiment also took part in the battle of Pittsburg Landing; was assigned to the left line in a peach orchard, where it was immediately attacked by the enemy, but who were repulsed. On the morning ot the 7th it held a position on the right line and was hotly engaged until the battle closed and the victory won. During these two long, trying, bloody days the Regiment behaved nobly and was never broken or driven back by the enemy, though often most heavily pressed. It sustained a loss of 239 killed and wounded. In May, 1862, it was engaged in the siege of Corinth: Oct. 5 engaged in the battle of Metamora, losing 97 killed and wounded; engaged in the siege of Vicksburg from June 11 to July 4, 1863; on the 12th of July, 1863, near Jackson, Miss., the 41st, 53d and 28th Illinois and 3d Iowa, not exceeding 800 men, were ordered to charge across an open field some 600 yards and carrv a stroiiir line of the enemy's works, mounting 12 guns and manned by at least 2,000 men. The Brigade swept gallantly forward under a destructive fire of grape, canister and minie bullets. The enemy appeared upon both flanks as it reached the ditch; it was compelled to fall back with a loss of more than half of their rank and file killed or wounded. The eight Companies of this Regiment, in line, numbering 128 men, lost 73 killed and wounded and 16 taken prisoners.

Tmiktv-Thikd Rkoimknt

The 33rd was or^'anized at Camp liutler Sept., 186I,l»yC(d. Charles K. Ilovi-y ; Nov. ii<», it reinovrd to Irontoti, .Mo., heyond St. Ix)uis, whert' it remained durin'^ the winter. In .March, 1862, it removed to Arkatisas, en^a;i^infj in many expeditions through that State. In 1863 it returned to Pilot Knoh; was engaged in the battles of l\>rt (tihson. Champion Mills, lilack Hiver Bridge, the assault and siegt- of \'icksburg, and the siege of Jaeksoti; in .\ngiist, 1863, moved to New Orleans and engaged in tlie campaign nj» the Hayou Teche, an<i returned to Now Orleans in Novemlwr; thence orderiMl to lirownsville, Tex., hut before landinir was ordered tit Arkansa.^ Pass. The Regiment re-enlisttnl Jati. 1, I8r»4, took j»:irt in the engagement at Spanisii Fort, Mobile, and A}>ril 14. 1865. moved to Vieksburg, and in November ordered to Camj* Jiutler, 111., for final paymerjt and discharge.

Company H of this Regiment, which was organized for three months* service in Jnne, 1862, was fnun this county, mostly from the northern |»art. Capl. Daniel F. Coffey served the Comjiany as C*>tnmander. 1st Lieutenant, Juds»n J. F. Gillespie: 2nd Lieutenant. Will l'(vni<ld».

Company II of the 73rd Illinois Infantry, commanded by Capt. James L I>avids«.»n, who subsequently was promoted to Lieut. (Colonel, was from Pike county. After Capt. Davidson's promotion Joseph L. Morgan was apjiointed tt> the Captaincy. The ]^t Lieutenants were Samuel Purcell, who resigned April 28, 1863, Joseph L. Morgan and James (t. Wolgemath. The 2nd Lieutenants were Clement L. Shinn and De Witt C. Simmons.

This Regiment was organized at Camp liutler, in August, 1862, and immediately became a part of Gen. BuelTs army. It oartici- }»ated in every engagement fought by the Army of the Cunu»erUnd from Oct.. rs62, until the rout of (ien. Hood's army at Nashville and the winding up of the whole matter. The dead of this Regiment are found on the battle-fields of Perryville, Murfreesboro,

Cliickamauga, Missionary Ilidge, through East Tennessee and the succession of battles from Chattanooga to the fall of Atlanta. It had two Majors and two Adjutants killed, and nearly every oflBcerof the Regiment wounded at some one time : several of them many times. It was mustered out June 10, 18G5.

Ninety-Ninth Regiment

The 99th was, strictly s]ieaking, a Pike county IJegiment. It was organized in Pike county in August, 1862, b}' Col. George W. K. Bailey, and was mustered in at Florence, Aug. 23, 1802, by Col. J. 11. Rathbone. Upon the same day it removed to St. Louis, going into Benton Barracks, and was the lirst Regiment out of the State under the call of 1862. Sept. 8, ordered to Rolla; served in that department to the spring of 1863; was assigned to the Brigade of Brig. Gen. Fitz Henry Warren; engaged in the skirmish at Bear creek, losing one killed and four wounded and one taken prisoner, and in the battle of liartsville. Mo., losing 35 killed and wounded; went into camp at Houston; Jan. 27, moved to West Plains, Mo., reporting to Brig. Gen. Davidson; March 3, removed to Pilot Knob, thence to St. Genevieve, arriving the 12th; and March 15, 1863, embarked for Milliken's Bend, La., arriving the 26th, and was assigned to the 1st Brigade, Brig. Gen. W. P. Benton commanding; 14th Division, Brig. Gen. E. A. Carr commanding ; 13th Army Corps. Moved from Milliken's Bend April 11, arriving at New Carthage the 12th; was at Grand Gulf April 29; crossed the river, and May 1 was engaged in the battle near Port (ijbson, called Magnolia Hills, losing 37 men killed and wounded; marched with the army toward Jackson, and returned by Champion Hills and Black River Bridge; May 19, was at the defenses of Vicksburg; on the 22d the Regiment took a prominent part in the assault, losing 103 killed and wounded, out of 300 men. The Colonel and Major were wounded early in the day, leaving Capt. A. C. Matthews in command. Its line durintj the dav was close to the enemv's works, and its colors planted on their breastworks. This ])08ition was held until 4 p. m., when it was relieved by another Regiment and moved back 150 yards to where its knapsacks had been left. While callino^ the roll the line which had relieved the Retjiment wa& driven back in great ct)ufusion. The 99th advanced and opened a lieavy fire, drove] the enemy back into his works and held him there, ])robably saving the whole Division from stamjjede. Was engaged during the siege in Gen. Benton's Brigade - Sth and 18th Indiana, and 33d and 99tli Illinois. The9!^>th lost during the entire cam})aign and siege 253 killed, wounded aiul missing. July 5 the 9th, 13th and 15th Corps, Maj. Gen. Sherman commanding, moved after Johnson's army to Jackson; returned to Vicksburg July 24; Aug. 21 removed to New Orleans, and on the 26th went into camp at Brashear City. Oct. 3, 1863, the campaign of the Teclie was commenced. The Regiment was in several skirmishes, and a de-

March 17, moved to Fort Morgan; on the 26th, arrived at Fish river; tt>ok part in the siege of Spanish Fort until iIjc 30th. when tlie Division was sent to (tencral Steele's army, and April 1 went into |n>sition at Fort Blakely. Tlie IMUh assisted in the investment and c^ipture, and on the liith eritored Mobile.

In Jutie,* isj).'), the Division was ordered to Red river to receive the surreiulerof Kirl»y Smith, and it procee<led to Shreve!»ort, La.; from this place Col Matthews was detailed to proceed witli a bodyguard of the 6th Cavalry to the Indian Territory and receive the surrender of Brig. Gens. Cooper and Standwaite, and to form temporary treaties of peace witli the Indian trilies. The Col. f«>rmed treaties with ten tril)cs, including the Choctaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws and Usages, and returned (^having traveled a tliousand miles'^ on tlie 3d of July. -

The Regiment was commanded by Col, Bailc}' until Dec. 16, 18f>4. when he was mustered out. The Lieut. Colonels were Lemuel Parke and Asa C. Matthews ; the Majors at various times were Edwin A. Crandall, Asa C. Matthews and John F. Richards; Adjutants, Marcellus Ross, Harvey D.Johnson and Joseph R. Furrey; Quartermasters, Isaac G. Ilodgen, Jr-shua K. Sitton and James F.

Greathouse ; Siirf^eons, Josepli II. Ledlie uiid Edwin May ; 1st Asst. Surgeon, Archibald E. McNeal and John F. Curtis ; 'id Asst. Snr<^eon, Abner T. Sj^encer ; Chaplains, Oliver A. Toplift' and Wni. M. Evans.

Company A. - Captains - Geo. T. E<lwards and Isaac G. Ilodgen ; 1st Lieutenant - Jaines K. Smith ; -id Lieutenants - James F. Stobie, Thus. A. Hubbard. Jolin W. Saylor. (Hul)bard died Feb. 15, 1863.)

Company B. - Captains - Benj. L. Matthews and James W. Fee; 1st Lieutenants - James W. Fee, James A. Elledge and Harvey Thornbury ; 2d Lieutenants - James A. Elledge, llarvey Thorn - bury and Milton L, Tiell.

Company C. - Captains - Asa C. Matthews and John A. Ballard ; 1st Lieutenants - Joshua K. Sitton, Lucien "W. Shaw, John A. Ballard, Wm. B. Sitton (died July 10, 186i), N. Henry Kinne ; 2d Lieutenants - Lucien W. Shaw and Wm. B. Sitton.

Company !>. - Captains - John F. Richards and Wm, B. Clandy ; 1st Lieutenants - Francis M. Dabney, Wm. B. Clandy and John Bowsman ; 2d Lieutenants - Wm. T. Mitchell, Win. B. Clandy and John Bowsman.

Company F. - Captains - Eli R. Smith. Daniel McDonald. Captain Smith was killed in battle May 22, 1863. 1st Lieutenants - Leonard Greatt)n, Jacob E. Stauffer ; 2d Lieutenants - Daniel McDonald and Jesse Parke.

Company G. - Captains - Henry D. Hull and Henry B. Atkinson ; 1st Lieutenants - James 11. Crane and Henry B. Atkinson ; 2d Lieutenant - Lewis Duttou.

Company II. - Captains - Lewis Hull and Melville D. Massie; 1st Lieuteiumts - Melville D. Massie, Benj. L. Blades and Daniel Kiley; 2d Lieutet ants - Gottfried Wenzel and Benj. L. Blades.

Company K. - Captains - Isaiah Cooper and John G. Ser\'er; let Lieutenants - Wm. Grav (died Mav 30, 18G3, of wounds received in battle May 22. 1SG3)', Augustus'ilubbard and Zebulon ?>. Stoddard; 2d Lieutenants - Thos. J. Kinman (killed in battle May 22, 1863) and John Andrew.

April 2, 1863, according to orders from the War Department, the 90th was consolidated into a Battaliun of fiveCompanies, - A, B, C, D and E, officered as follows:

This Ke;;imeiit wa« organized at Camp Wood, Quincy, by Col. John W«»od, and wa*» inu6tere<l in Juno 5, Isfi4, tor !(»(» days. June 1*. the Kefjimont left Quiney and pr<»et^'de.l ti> Memjthis, Tenn., where it wa^ assii^tjetl t«» the4th Hrigade, Distriet of Memphis, Col. E. L. haltwiek, of Wisc4>n(»in, eommaindin|'. On July !< it was assigned to the 3d lirigade. Col. John Wood eommanding, and was 8tatio»ieil on the Hernando road, on picket duty. The llegiinent WHS mustered out of tli»- V S. ^erviee at Springfield, HI., Sept. 4, ls(;4.

Of this regiment C<»inpany K and parts of other Conifuinies were from Pike county. It wa> orgatjize<l .July 30, 1861. with IVessly G. Athey a^Captain.who resigned Jan. 27, 18C2, when Thos. W.Jones, 1st Lieutenant, was prom<>t«Ml Captain. He was subse<ju«'ntly promoted tt» the positiiin of .Major. Daniel I>. Hush, jr., was at lirst Major, and was subse4|uently promotetl to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and finally Colonel. In 18«'>5 Mcmtgomcry Demmons was

"ones, Henj. F. Garrett and Wm. R. Soull.and the 2d Lieutenants, I'enj. F. Garrett, Franklin Kinman, L. Mitchell, Montgomery Dennnons and David C. Hock.

Besides the Regiments and Companies noticed above, I*ikec<junty gave niajiy men to numerous other Cotnpanies. Her sons fought upi'ii every battle field of that great war, and upon the field of every great buttle during that long, hard struggle ft)r the supremacy of the I'nion the life-blood of some of her sons was shed. They were fcnind in the foremost of the fight : indeed, they were found wherever duty called them. It is an easy matter to be a patriot " in the piping times of peace, in the sunny hours of prosperity," but when war, discord and rebellion present their horrid forms to strike the liberty of a hundred years, it is then tiie patriot sliines in his devotion to his country. "When tlie painful duty presented itself to the ])atriots of this county to send thousands of her citizens into danger, and many of them to certain death, there was no hesitation. Men enrolled their names with a steady hand, bade wife and little ones, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters farewell, and went boldly to the front and saved this glorious blood- bought Union.

Our armies bravely contended until finall}^ after four long years of bloodshed and carnage, the news was flashed over the wires that Lee had surrendered. This joyful news reached this county Monday, April 10, 1865, being within two days of four years from the time the batteries were opened on Fort Sumter. On receiving the news of the fall of Richmond the people were very jubilant over the success of the Union forces. They assembled in all parts of the county and had grand jubilees. The streets of the cities were brilliantly illuminated; bonfires, rockets and music were seen on every hand; it was indeed a season of rejoicing; and well might it be, for what had been endured, what had been sufi^ered.

Scarcely had the downfall of the Southern Confederacy been received ere the sad news of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was flashed over the wires. On that beautiful April morning, five days after the announcement of Lee's surrender, the people, joyful over tlie near approach of the return of their loved ones from the South, the sorrowino: news of the President's death was announced. Mr. Lincoln was bound to the people of this county with stronger cords than simply being a good ruler. He had spent manj- days here, had many warm personal friends, and it was like the loss of a brother. They felt the loss keenly; the tolling bells, the sympathetic dirges, interpreted not merely the grief of the people at the loss of a President, but the sorrow of a community at the death of brother, a son, one who was closely akin to all. Meetings were held and appropriate resolutions passed. Dwellings, stores, churches and public buildings were draped, and the flags which had been sent up in moments of rejoicing were taken down, draped, and sent up at half-mast.

The Close

The war ended and peace restored, the Union preserved in its integrity, the sons of Pike, who had volunteered their lives in defense of their Government, and who were spared to see the army of the Union victorious, returned to their homes to receive grand ovations and tributes of honor from friends and neighbors who had eagerly and zealously followed them wherever the fortunes of war called. E.\cli:iMi;iii;r their M>ldiers' uiiit'urins lor citizens' dross, most of them fell Imek to tli»;ir old vocations, - on the farm, at the fori^e, at the bench, in the shop, and at whatever else their hands fonnd to do. Brave men are lion(»ral>h' alwavs, and no claes of citizens are entitled to greater respect than the volunteer soldiery of Pike county, not alone hecAiise' they were soldiers, but because in their associations with their fellow-nien their walk is upright, and their Ijonesty and character without reproach.

The soldiers of Pike county met at the court-house An^'. 2.i, 18G(». The meeting was called to order by Maj, T. W. Jones, when I )r. E. M. Seeley was called to tlie chair, atid James II. Crane was appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting was to take measures tor raising funds for the erection of a monument. Klaborate reM»lutions were ado|>ted with reference to the loyalty and tidelity of the soldiery, etc., and sympathy with the suffering, the widows and or phans etc.; and committees of soldiers, live in each townshiji, were appointed t » solicit donations. A central c«tmmittee for the county was alsi> app«unte«l, and a c«»mmittce to solicit !i>10,t)U<) from the county treasury. Considerable enthusiasm was manifested in this work of love,an<l a wish to honor the heroic dead, the citizen Soldiers who yitldfd their lives a sacrifice to their cotmtry, but nothing tletinitely toward llie final carrying out «»f the pittject was ever done. Although no marble pile rises heavenward tt) commemorate the fallen her«»es, yet we know that the memory of their valor and heroic devotion to our country will never farle in the minds and hearts ot" the citizens, and that their love and gratitude are as strong and undying as though a monnment of stones were pileJ up as liigh as BalHiPs tower.