Pike County, Illinois - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 8 of those read), 1880 (part 1 of 9)

Pioneer Coctrts

"At a Circuit Court begun and held at Cole's Grove, within and for the county of Pike, on Monday, thelirst day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Present, Hon. John Reynolds, Judge.

" The Shei'ilf 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 Racon, George Tully, Ebenezer Smith, David Dutton, Amos Bancroft, James Nixon, Nathaniel Shaw, Thomas Proctor, Richard Dilley, Stephen Dewey, William Massey, Comfort Shaw. Daniel Phillips; and the following persons were called but made default, to wit: Leonard Ross, Henry J. Ross, Daniel Shinn, James M. Seeley, Abraiiam Kuntz, Levi Newman, Henry Loup, John Bolter and John. Jackson.

The lirst 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 by the Sheriff not found.

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

Pike county was originally in tlie 1st Judicial Circuit, then in the 5th, and is now in the lltli, comprising the counties of Adams, Hancock, McDonougli, Fulton, Schuyler, Brown and Pike. By ])rovislon of a recent State law the Circuit elects three Judges, who divide the work between them.

Judi^es elect one of their own iiuinhor the presidini; Jud«^e. Kach District elects its own Clerk, ami these olficers are all chosen for six ' years. The sessions of the Court ar»' heUl the 'M Tuesday of May and November each year. Pike connty is in the 3d Appellate District, and the ('onrt is held at Sprin^'tield.

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I/on. John Reynolds was a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, and was reared amid i)ionrer associations and inihihed the characteristics, manners ami custom^ of the piont-ers. lledislikotl |K>lish, condemned fashion, and was addicted to inordinate proi'anity. These, jjarnished by )iis varie«l rea<lin^, a luitivu shrewdness and a womk-rfnl fatMilty of garrulity, tnakt* him, eoiisiderin<^ the hitfh «»fHces he held, one of the public o«idities of Illinois. He wa.s one of the Justices of the Supremo (^onrt when he held Court at Atlas.

Hon. John Y. S'lwf/t-r. - ]i\ the (\>nstitutii»n the terms otOtficeof the Supreme J uii^^es were to expire with the dose «»f the year lS'24. The Legislature re-t)r^anizetl the judiciary by creatin;^ ln»th Circuit and Supremo Courts. The State was divided into five judicial circuit^*, prc»vidin;^ t\ro terms of Court annually in each county. The salaries of the (circuit .Indices were lixe<I at $t>00. Judge Sawyer was the first Circuit Jinl^ to hold Court in this county. Ho was chosen for the First Circuit.

/{on. liichard J/! Voitn/j was appointed Jud^e of this Circuit in iS'J'^, and reinaineil in the «»tru'e till January, ls;i7, when he resi^ne<i to accept a seat in the I'nited States Senate. Jud^e Voung was a native of Keiitueky, and was one of the first settlers of Northern Illinois. He rankiil iiigh in iiis profession, and his counsels did mucit to shajK* the policy «»f the State. In his manners he was gentle, courteous and entertaining, which qualities rendered him attractive and p<>pular. He was generous in iiis feelings and liberal in his views; |M>s»e8sed lilieral endowment of intellectual ability and literary and legal ac»juirements, and these, with his other QUailillcations, a<lmiral»ly fitte«I him for the post he was called to fall. He died from insanity.

lion. Janu8 U. Ralston, a native of Kentucky, was elected by the Legislattire in 1837, ami in August of the same year he resigne<l on account of his health, with a view of going U) Texas, whither he went, but soon returne«l to Quincy. In 1S40 he was elected State Senator. In 1846 President Polk appointed iiim Assistant Quartermaster of the U. S. army. Having discharged his duties faithfully during the war with Mexico, he returned home and soon after eniiirrated to California.

of James Kalston, and continued iu the office until January, 1841. He was subsequently appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of Adams county, and served until 1852; he theti went to California and was appointed Superintendent of the U. S. Mint in San Francisco by President Pierce, and was removed iu 1857 by President Buchanan, and afterward moved to Kansas and lived in humble life.

Hon. Stephen A. Douglas was elected Jud^^e by the Legislature in 1841. The life and career of this great man is so well and widely known as to render any extended notice of him useless. It is sufficient to say that the circumstances under which he entered upon the duties of his office were such as to thoroughly try the scope of his ability. The Circuit was large; the previous incumbent of the office had left the "docket" loaded with unfinished " cases," but he was more than equal to the task. He "cleaned out the docket " with that dispatch and ability which distinguished his subsequent course; and so profound was the impression he made upon the people that, in the first Congressional election which occurred after he was established in his character as Judge, he received nomination as a member of Congress, and was elected.

Hon. Jesse B. Thomas was appointed in August, 1843, and continued to hold the position until 1845, when he resigned. Judge Thomas possessed high legal abilities and acquirements, and discharjjed the duties of his office with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of the people. After his resignation he was appointed to another Circuit, and soon after died. He was a delegate to Congress from Indiana as early as 1808. His district was what are now the States of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. He was one of the first U. S. Senators of Illinois.

Hon. Nortnan H. Purple was the next incumbent of the office. He was elected in 1845 and served till May, 1849, when he resigned. The probable cause for this was the insulBciency of salary. The people of this district were anxious to retain him as Judge, and probably would, but for the cause stated. He was distinguished for high legal abilities and executive talents, and the office was rendered the more honorable for his having occupied it.

Hon. Willvim A. Minshall was elected in May, 1849, and continued to hold the office till his death, in October, 1851, although in 1850 his district was changed. Judge M. was a native of Teimessee, and came early into the State. He was an active and successful lawyer, and attained distinction in his profession. Previous to his election as Judge he had been a men)ber of the Constitutional Convention, and also a member of the State Legislature.

Hon. 0. C . Skinyier succeeded Judge Minshall and occupied the office from JNLay, 1851, to May, 1853, when he was elected to the Su])reme Bench, and remained there till 1858, when he resigned. He was a sound, able lawyer, and popular as a Judge, and gained eminence in his position as a Judge of the Supreme Court.

to till ii vficaiicy on the Supreme I^onoli. Ii» ls.'>l« lie w.is elected to the Supreme Court tor nine y<^ft»'!*. which poeition he now holdn. tTudi^e Widker is a native of Kentucky, and came into the State with his father anR)n<; the llr>t settlers, anil located in McDonoUirh county. lie had only eucli a<lvantat;es for obtaining his literary acquirements as a newl}- seltletl country afforded, but a strong determination, adde<l t<t high intellectual abilities and good healtli, carried him over all of the educatituial wants of the times, and gave him a fair })osition as a scholar. 'I'he same (jualilications rendered him thorough as a student of law. and gave him superioritv as a ccMinselor. His present residence is at Uushville.

J/on. John S. lidiUy wai^ tin* succeeding incumbent «)f the office Rjul served tor three years. I'reviou^ t«) his appointment he was State's Attorney for this district. He was consiilered a sound lawyer, and made an impartial Judge. lie now resides at Macomb, jind yet toll<»w« his chosen profession.

Jlon. C/uiuncey L. IHybee, of Tike county, was tirst elected in 1861, and was re electe<i twice, each time for six years. Ills repiitation as an able lawyer is un(|uestionctl, and fewer Jippeals were made from his decisions than from any other. fudije in the State. Ill' w.is elected to the Apjiellate Court in 1^77, when the present incumbent, Judge Shope, of Lewihtown, was <d»osen.

//"n. S. P. Shi^p^. - Judge Shope, of Lewistown, was born in Mi.-hissippi but reared- in Ohio, In the spring of l^.SO he came to Illinois, read law with .Judges Purple and Powell in Peoria, and was admitted to the liar .lune 11, HiritJ. He tir^t opened an »»tficc in Metatnora, 111, but in a short tin»c removed to I^ewistown, where he still resides. He has had a large practice as a lawyer, not only in his own Judicial District, but also in Logjui. Mason and Csiss counties. In August, ls77, he was electe»l Judge of this I)ihtrict without op|M>sition. His thorough knowleilge of law, quick comi>rehenhiou and well-known impartiality, render him a j>opular udge.

Uiiring tlie earliest period of tlie county's liistory tlie Attorney General of the State acted as Prosecuting Attorney in (Circuit Districts. After the exjnration of Atti»rncv (Jeneral Forqner's term the Circuit was ijiven a State's Atti»rnev. This mode remained in vogue, although, of course, the districts were often changed and cut down, until 1S72, wlien the county was given a Prosecuting Attoriiev, who is known both as State's Attorney and County Attornev. This otiicial is not now. as formerly, called out of the cojinty to prosecute for tlie peojile.

The Prosecuting Attorneys serving this county are as follows: n<'n. Thrtmas Ford served for several years previous to 1835. lie was ]>oppesse<l of high and noble qtialities of manliood, a thorough student, a keen, energetic, untiring lawyer, of strict integrity and laiulable aspirations, ami was universally esteemed and respected, lie afterward became Judge of the northern district, and when he liad heeonie known over tlie State, was chosen Governor by A spr>ntaneoiis movement of tlie people. Mr. Ford i'ailed to appear at the Courts of this county very mucli, and in his phice in 1832 Hon. J. U. Ralston served, and in 1833 Gen. John J. llardin.

Ilo/i. Willinin A. Richard^on^ who served till 1837. Mr. Richardson's jjersonal merits and characteristics are too well known t(» require any delineation, llis predominating traits were courage, nnyielding perseverance and unvarying adherence to the cause to which he was committed. He had command of a regiment of Hlinois volunteers during the ]\[exican war, and in the battle of Bueiia Vista his cap was carried from his head by a musket ball. He returned liome and was elected to Congress, and re-elected five times. He was also a])pointed Governor ot Nebraska by Buchanan.

Hon. Henry L. Bryant, of Lewistown, succeeded !Mr. Richardson, and served until 1839. He is characterized as a gentleman of fine qualities and as an able lawyer.

Hon. William Elliott served from January, 1839, till Januar}'. 1848. He was esteemed as a worthy man. a warm friend and a good lawyer. He served in tlie Black Hawk war, and was wounded in a hand-to-hand conflict with a single Indian, whom he killed. He was Quartermaster in the 4th Regiment during the Mexican war, and served through. He returned to Lewistown and continued his practice until about 1850, when he moved upon a farm in Peoria county, near Farmington, where he died in February, 1871.

Flon. liohert S. Blackwell was the successor of Mr. Elliott, and served from 1848 till 1852. Mr. Blackwell was one of the most distinguished lawvers in the State, and is the author of "Blackwell on Tax Titles."

Harmon G. Reynolds. - From 1852 to 1854, Hon. Harmon G. Reynolds, of Knoxville, held the office. Mr. Reynolds was an attornev-at-law of (jreat abilitv, and an active man in all beneficent enterprises. He came from Rock Island to Knoxville some time about 1851, where he practiced law, was State's Attorney and postmaster, and held prominent positions in the Masonic order. He moved from Knoxville to Springfield, where he served as Grand Secretary of the order. He now resides in Kansas.

William C. Goudy. - Hon. William C. Goudv, of Lewistown, succeeded Mr. Reynolds. Mr. Goudy was a shrewd Democratic politician in earlier days, as well as a faithful servant of the people as a delegate to convejitions, as a member of the State Senate, etc. As a lawyer he is accounted one of the ablest that ever practiced at the Bar. He has accumulated large wealth and now resides in Chicago, where he moved in 1859.

Calvin A. Warren followed Mr. Blackwell in the office. Mr. Warren served from May, 1852, until August, 1853. This gentleman was a popular, fluent speaker and successful lawyer.

Hi>n. L. II. )Vat>r8 was apjMiijited hv the Governor to fill the une.xpired term <»f Mr. Hailey. lie was fnnn Maeoinl), and served nntil th«' fall <»f 18<;0. A year later he etitired the army as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2Sth Illinois Inljintry. lie.'^ii^nin^, he was commissione<l tt> raise another re;^iment, which he siieceetled in doiiit; and receive<l the appointment of Culoiiel. Ihis was the 84th Illinois Infantry and did e.xcellejit service under his efficient coninnind. At the close of the w:ir he returned to Macoml) and practiced law, and ul»onl four years later moved to Missouri. He nt»w resides at Jetlerson City that State.

Thom'18 K. M**r<j(in was the next incumlHMit. Mr. .Mor^^an was a lawyer of tine alnlity and raJiked at the head of the Bar iti this part of the State. He .lied July 22. 18«;7.

L. W. Jame»y of Lewistown, was the next incumbent. Mr. James i« a lawyer of more than onlinary talent, and was one of the best prosecutors in the district, and is sai<l to be one of the most brilliant youn;X nun in the Slate. He now r«'sides at I'eoria.

Jeff Orr. - When each county throughout the (/ircuit was given a Prtisecutin<j Att«)rney JefF Orr was chosen for Pike county, and sinee has served with niark^nl abilitv. He is a vtuin;; member of

The liar of Tike ct)Utity has ever sUiod i.i. most of all in this preat State. Souie of tli»' best le;;al miiuls, and fairest lo<ricians and finest orators of the a^ liave practiced at this Bar.

In reviewini* the Bar of tlie county our readers must bear in mind that as ihe prosperity and wcll-bcin;; of every community depends upon the wi^e interpreUition, \\» well as upi»n the judici<»us framin;;, of its laws, it must follow lliat a record of the members of the Bar. to whom tliese matters are penerall}' relcpited, must form no unimportant cliapter in tlie county's history. Up<»n a few principles of natural justice is erect<*d the whole 8U|>erstructure of civil law tending to relieve tlie wants and meet the desires of all alike. But where so many interests and counter interests are to be pri»tected and adjusted, to the judiciary is presented many interesting and complex prol>loms. But change is everywhere imminent. The laws of yest»'rday do not compass the wants and necessities of the people of to-day. The old relations do not exist. New and satisfactor}- ones must Ik? established. The discoveries in the arts and sciences, the invention of new contrivances for labor, the cidargement of industrial pursuits, and the increase and development of commerce are without precedence, and the science of the law must keep pace witli them all; nay, it must even forecast events and so frame its laws as will most ade(niately subserve the wants and jirovide fur the necessities of the new conditions. Hence the lawyer is a man of the day. The exii^encies he must meet are those of his own time. His capital is his ability and individuality. He can not bequeath to his successors the characteristics that distiiii^niished him, and at his goini^ the very evidences of his work disa})pear. And in compilini^ this short sketcii one is astonished at the paucity of material for a memoir of those who have been so intimately connected with, and who exerted such an inliuence upon, the county's welfare and progress. The peculiarities and the personalities, which form so pleasing and interesting a part of the lives of the members of the Bar, and which indeed constitute the charm of local history, are altogether wanting. Unlike the fair plaintiff in Bardell vs. Pickw.ick, we have no pains-taking sergeant to relate "the facts and circumstances" of the case. The Court records give us the facts, but the circumstances surrounding and giving an interest to the events are wanting.

The great prominence in history occupied by the Bar of the Military Tract is well known, and ranking witli and a part of this is the Pike county Bar. High as stood the local standard of its attainment and repute, whenever its chieftains were called to combat on other arenas, they left no lost lanrels there. Here were taught, needed, developed, the stalwart qualities that attach to and betoken the most complete fruition of legal excellence, as attained in the recognition, study, comprehension and application of tlie abstruse and limitless principles and history of that noblest portion of jurisprudence, land law.

It is no such difficult task to become what the world calls a lawyer, but with hope to tread the higher paths of the profession, easy effort, varnished knowledge, common mind muscle, need not apply. There are grades to which any may attain, but there are also summits to which few can aspire. Education, industry, and persistency may rightly demand and ensure success and even eminence in the settlement of commercial collisions, or in the adjustment of the thousand ordinary interests that constantly appeal to a lawyer's guidance. The babbling charlatan may, equally with the profound jurist, claim a fictitious standing as a criminal advocate; but such will always stumble among the rugged paths of " land law " practice, where rests the settlement of the earth's ownership and where true learning, combined with most grasping mental strength, can only be at home.

On this broad field, years since, inviting and fast filling with adventurous immigration, where existed land titles of every shade, affected by conflicting legislation varying as the years, was gained the rare traininj^ and reputation of theleujal athletes, an arena such as was found in no other section of the State; and in addition to these advantageous themes of practice, the professional necessities

Law in those j)asl-«»ft' days denjaiided of its votaries different (juaiities t'rom now. It exacted tlie iii>tiMets of the smarter n>en, of ^eiiiu> and nerve and novelty. It was the intellectual over the educated who chietly led tlie van. Of hooks there were few. Authorities and precedents slunihered rmt in the ^real handy lil»raries. The entire resources «>f the Bounty Tract couKl hnrdly till out the shelves of one t»rdinary lawyer's library to-d.iy. Hence alike, whether en;^a;reil in counsel or in liti;;ati<iii, native resource, renienilirance of past readin<;, but tnainly the readiness and aptitude with which Icuul pr iiciples dr.iwn tVoiu ru<linie!ital rcatlm;; or educed by intuition couM bt- applied t<» any interest or exi;^encein " the infinite vanity of human concerns," were the armories whence were «lrawn their welded weapons of assured success.

lie wn« a luckle>s lawyer who had t<i hunt his bitoka to >ettle a suddenly controverted point, or answer a bewildered client's (juery; anil he wan a liccuoed champion, who, theorizin*; from bis iubtored le^il lore, or instinctive acumen, knew on tlie instant where best to pi»int his thrust and wa-eijually ready with every form of parry and J, The offhand action iiud advice of such men, nerved by U' V an<l skilloil bv contest, became of Course to be re^jarded

One can thus somewhat realize what keen, pliant, incisive' resource was attained l»y such careers, how inspirin;^ and attractive Wen* their collisions, lu>w refined and subtle and sharpened their ititellecls must have lH?c<ime.

It should not be.sU[»p.»seil tliat loosene>s, lack <if accuracy or Ic^al formula, marketl the rulin^^sof the Bench «»r B.ir. There was friendship and familiarity, it is true, becaust^" everylxKly knew everybody ; the court-houses were shaniblin;;^reat log shantius, their furniture, chairs ami desks, split-bottuir.ed and unplaned, would have set a modern lawyer's *' -m ed;^e, but the Bench was alwavs filled with «'haracter, kt. .. and di:;nity (in fact, the second Jinl^^e who held Court in Pike county, Jidin Y<»rk Sawyer, weighed 386 ]>ounds, and if that Bench was not full of judicial di;;nity where will tlie proper amoutit of avtjirtJupyis be found ?), and forensic rulinj; and requirement was governed by as much judicial precision and professional deference as would mark the records of the most pretentious tribunals in the land.

The Bar in those days was a sort of fa.nilv to itself. Tliere was a mutual actjuaiutance. All traveled the Circuit, went to every county on Court week, came fr«)m all tjmirters. Egypt and (ialena had their represenUitives. Some went there because they had business: some because they wanted to get business, and all that thej' nii<rht learn.

In ("ourt, by practice and observation, was ac(^uired much of knowledge that the ])aucity of books denied the student and young practitioner. Out of Court their association was like that of a de- bating society or law school. They iniiiglod in cuiiiin<.ii. ate, drank, 6nK)ked, j<->ked, disputed together. The Judge had at the tavern the spare room, if such a room there was, and the lawyers bunked cosily, dozens together, in the '-omnibus," as tlie big, many-bedded room was called, and there they had it. "Whatever of law ]>oint . ])ast, pending, or ])i-obable could be raised, they ''went for," discussed, dissected, worried, fought over it until, whether convinced or not, all knew more than when they commenced; and thus, struggling over these mude-up issues of debate, became sharpened, by mutual attrition, the legal faculties that were ]»anting lor future and more serious contests.

These lawyers were on exhibition, too, and the}' knew it. Every man iu the county came to town Court week if he could. There were Imt few people in the country then, and Court Aveek was the natural periodical time for the farmers to meet, swap stories, make trades, learn the news, hear the speeches and form their own opinions as to which of these " tonguey fellers it is safest to give business to or vote for for the Legislater."

A pretty good idea how universal was the gathering of necessity at the county-seats in those primitive days may be gleaned from the fact that often Sheriff, Capt. Ross and Deputy Sherifi"" Jimmy " Ross liad to go on the jury to make up the number. They could not find enough men in reach to sit as jurors. They had jolly old times, those limbs of the law - ^jt'Hy, indeed. Most of them .were young. All were instinct with the very cream of zeal, enterprise and originality that inheres to a new community, and among them jibe and jest and fun and yarn and repartee and sell were tossed about like meteoric showers.

An amusing incident is told in which figured an eminent surviving member of the Bar, of the Military Tract. lie, the Judge, and the Prosecuting Attorney, traveling over the prairie, while lighting their pipes, either thoughtlessly or accidentally set the grass on fire. It spread, swept toward the timber, destroyed a settler's fences and improvements, and some luckless wight was indicted for the oflense. The lawyer above was engaged as counsel for the culprit.

The Prosecuting Attorney of course had his duty to perform to the furtherance of the ends of justice; the Judge had the outraged interests of law to protect under the solemnity of his position and oath; but it required all the earnest efiort of the gifted counsel, all the generous ruling of the Judge, all the blundering action of the Prosecuting Attorney, the united sympathies, in fact, of this secretly sinning legal trinity to prevent the jury from finding a verdicl against the innocent accused. Countless are the racy legends of Illinois life and law, unrecor<led and fast fading away as the memories that hold them pass from existence, but time and sj>ace give now Do warrant for their recital.

Bar Of The Past

Gen. E. D. Bahr, whoee father was an A<liiiinil in tlio Kri«;libh navy, anti whost? brother, Dr. Alfred ('. Hakrr, now residt's at Harry, was an eminent lawyer, a line rhettirician and orator, a man of great intellect, ami a leader in the halls of leijislation. After many years' practice in Illinois he went to California, which State soon sent hiiM to (/oni^ress as Senatt)r. hut he was finally slain hv treachery at I'all's I'.liitr in \'ir;rinia.

Nelieiniah liu^hnell, a partner o\' Mr. l»rownini;'s at (Quincy, has also practiced law in the I'ike county Circuit C<»urt. lie was an easy, (Hiiet and thorough lawyer, ainl \\ superior man in the U. S. Court. He dird in IST'J.

Ditniil JI. (iilnur was a young but able lawyer, thorough-going, learned, careful and popidar. For a time ho was a partner of Archibald William*, and was subsequently a C(donel in the army, succeeding C«il. Carlin : he was killed at Stone river. His daughter Lizzie is now Postmistress at Pittsfield.

Jatkson Grimi*fnixo, younger brother <»f Hon, Wm. A. Grimsliaw, was leader «d'the liar in his day. He resided at Pitt.-field fourteen years, then went to Quincy, where he died in December, 1^75.

The following high eulogy was paid tt) the memory of Mr. (irimehaw by Hon. I. N. Morris before the liar of Quificy, at the time of his decease : " I rise to second the motion to place on the records «»f this (^«Mirt the resolutions adoj»ted by the members of the liar of Quincy, as a slight testimonial to the memory of Jackson (irimshaw. It is but little we can do, at l)efit, to keej> the defacing march of time from obliterating every sensitive memory of our departed frieiuls. but we can «lo something toward it and le^ us do that little in this instance. Jackson Grimshaw deserves a living place in our minds and in our hearts. Yet he was mortal. He, like other men, had his faults and his virtues. His faults belotiged to himself. His virtues! to all. When the melancholy news came out froin his residence, at 11 o'clock yesterday, that he was dead, its echo went over the city like the sound f»f a funeral bell, and *- poor Grimshaw'' was the general wail amid the heart- felt sorrow of all. Ilis genius was of no ordinary kind; his energy was tireless, and lie was true to his profession, his client and his honor. I challenge any man to say if he ever heard either impeached, even by a suspicion. If there was any thing the deceased hated more than any other, it was an illiberal, tricky, unmanly, dishonorable act, inside or outside of the ])r(>fession, more especially inside of it. He had no patience with anything low or mean. These words grate on the ear, but I know of none more api^ropriate or expressive. His impulses flowed from a pure and nul)le inspiration, and were guided by a cultivated mind. I repeat it with pride, Jackson Grimshaw was an honest man. He bowed to no expediency, nor to sordid motive. He was easily excited, and the blood would mount to his cheeks instantly at a wrong or indignity, and he would rebuke it on the spot. All will concede there was not a particle of deceit or hypocrisy al)out him. What he was he was, and we all understood him. He did not ask a favctr in a smiling, cunning, obsequious way, but he trod the world as a man, and he looked with pity and disdain upon the servile who crawl upon their belly. In short, I say from a long and intimate acquaintance, notwithstanding his (piick resentment and hasty words, he was superior in all the better qualities of the head and heart, for he never meant or planned a wrong: never coollj' devised an evil, or gave the least countenance to it in another. I do not speak the languageofromaTice or eulogy, but the simple, unadorned language of truth, and by that standard let him be judged. He would not prostitute his profession to plunder the widow or the orphan, or, in other words, he did not study or practice it merely as a means of gain, but for the higher and nobler purpose of establishinir iustice amoiif; men, and not dei^radinj; the court-house into a place of tricks, technicalities and legal legerdemain. His sense of right was exalted, and he was not a spawn of nature, but was cast in the best mold. I repeat it, he was in the broadest sense of the term an lionest and honorable lawyer and man.

It is no disparagement to others to say that in- his profession he was the peer of any of them. He Was a close student, but what was better, he was a close thinker. The principles beai'ing on his case shone through his mind as the face in the mirror, and they were unfolded to the Court and the Jnrv in lauijuaore clear, forcible and convincing. His plain law, his impressment of facts, hiselucidation, his power of analysis, his clear, forcible language and delivery, j^laced him justly in the front rank at the Bar.

Zachariah N. Garhutt was born in Wheatland, N. Y., about the year 1813; graduated at the University of Vermont; studied law in Washington city in the office of Matthew St. Clair Clark; he directly emigrated to Jacksonville, 111., where he finished his legal course; he catne to Pike county about the year 1839, returned East for a year, and then came back to Pittstield, where he established the Free Press in 1846, and from which pajier he retired in 1849; he also practiced law some, was Justice of the Peace and

Alj'ftul Gntbh was first Sherilf, then a meml)er t>f the Le^isla ture, then County Jud;^', and then admitt^-d to the Har, and practiced in the Courts, lie had considerahle lejjal knowledge, and was wi'll versed in the rules of pnictice, but his natural al»ility was Comparatively deficient.

Gun. John J. //iiniin, who had descended from a stock of soldiers and lawyers, wiu a fine attorney. He used to practice coneideraltly at the Har in this ci»unty. and often slop here on his way to Calh(»un and return. For a period he wai Stale's Attorney on this ('ircuit. II«,' was killinl at the hatlle of Huena Vjsta.

Ca<tt. Jmejth A'lfin, of Hurry, was admitted to the Har, but never practiced in the Circuit; was a partner i»f J. L. L'nderwood tin til lSt)9. He had conhidemble ability. He was once a steamboat captain, and came from St. Louis to this county.

Sumttt'l 1). LorkiPood, who resided at .Jjicksonville, was a very superior mati as a lawyer and as a gentleman. He was once Attorney General of the State, Judge of the old Fifth Circuit, and was the auth«»r of the original criminal code of Illinois. He resigried the office on account of ill health, and went up to or near Aurora, where he died a ^hort time a;jo. He was also <»ne of the oriirinal trustees of the Asylum for the Hlin«l at Jacksonvilh-.

Gen. Jlaewfll, of Uushville, has ap|K'ared l»efore the Har in this County. His favorite song wa'*, "The big black bull went roaring down the mea«low." At one time he was a partner of Wm. A. Minshall. and at another of Wm. A. Richardson.

Murray (9' CcmncZ^, of Jucksoiivillc, practiced here considerably. He was a rough-speaking man, but of great wit. During Buchanan's administration he was 5th Auditor of the Treasury. lie was mui-dered at the a<i:e of seventy.

James II. Ralston., formerly of Quincy, used to practice here and was for a time Circuit Judge. He was finally killed and devoured by wolves in California.

Hon. Wm. A. Richardson^ State's Attorney for a long time, used to practice here, but of late years he has visited the county more in the role of a politician.

John T. Stewart, of the firm of Stewart, Edwards & Brown, Springfield, is a shrewd lawyer of the Scotch kind. He was the first antagonist of Stephen A. Douglas in the Congressional race that the latter made in 1S3S, and was beaten by eighty-odd votes. The noted " Ijlack Prince" turned the election. This district then extended to Galena and Chicago.

Jani'^s Ward was a native of Ohio, and in this county was Justice of the Peace and Probate Judge. He died, leaving a family at Griij^gsville and numerous relatives.

Charles Warren, for a time partner of Milton Hay in Pittsfield, was counsel of the c<»mmission appointed to ascertain the damages incurred by the damming of Copperas creek.

Alpheus Wheeler, an eccentric preacher and lawyer, came from old Virginia to Pike county at the close of the Black Hawk war, residing for some time at Highland. In 183S and 1840 he was elected to the Legislature of Illinois where he made his peculiar speeches and encctuntered the wit and humor of another remarkable man. l)ut of a more elevated type of manhood and education, namely, Usher F. Linder, who died recently at Chicago. On one occasion Mr. Wheeler addressed the Chair, saying, "Mr. Speaker, I liHve ft-ro6C - ** *- l>i>cs tlio i^eiitk'inuTi koiji atiowor ijarden?" iiitt-rni|>ttMl the Sj»('aktr. Mr. W. juactii't'*! law in I'lttt^tii'ld and «»1). taiiied ivmsitU'raMo l»Uhim'ss. lIi- took ^^n-at pridt^ in his oratorical t'llorts and iiiadr some lofty tliglits in sju'I'i'Im'o t<t tlic jury. On oiio occn6i(»n wlun D. M. Woodson, State's Attorney, sultniitted a eune witliiMit argument for the |)nrj)oge of preventini; Wheeh'r from sjieakin:,', the hitter replieti: " (ientk'iiu'n. I admire the State's Attorney; he has shown the most snhlime i'hi(jnfnee, as t"ri>m sc»me men it com>istg in mo^t profunnd silence." lie used to sa}' of W<>od8«»n," His ehM|ueneo is like tlie tall thunder amon«rst the hdty oaks, comin;; down for to split thitii^s." This remark at one time exeiti'd some i*ne who had a ready ham! at a rouj;h pencil sketch to draw a picture (da man's heat! with a hi<^ nose elevated in a treetop, U|M)n the west wall id' the e«>urt-room at l*ittstield, and it remained there for many years, until the house was whitened up on the inside. That lti;r no.>.e was a caricature of Wheeler's. In ac4ise for killing a cow, when < >. II. Hr<iwnini; made s«»me j>oint6 tor the ilefendant, .Mr. Wheeler replied: "The |>entleman tells you. -gentlemen of the iurv, that the plaintiff, mv client, cannot recover in this sjiit hecanse the cow warn't n<» cow Im-chum* she nevi-r had a calf, hut that she war a heifer, (tenllemen, that are n«»t the iioti«ni of a Bouml and legal lawyer but the n«»tion of a musharoon." This almt>st convulsed the court-houso with laughter. Another (d»jection of Hrowning's in this case was thus replied to hy Mr. Wheeler: " (ii'ntletiH'n of the jury. Mr. I'rowning hays that our c<>w warn't Worth a cent. Now, g»?ntlenien. where were there over a cow that warn't worth acent? That c<iw were worth something for her meat, if she warn't wi»rth nothiii'' for a milk cow. She war worth something for her hi»rns; she war worth something for her hide, if nut for lier meat or milk; and gentlemen, she war worth something because the tail goes with the liide," The cause of Browning's j>oint was, that Wheeler ha»I failed to prove by witnesses the worth of tlie cow.

A suit hrougiit by AVhceler for one IIar)Mde against his brother was for damage done to hogs by cutting tlie toenails off the hogs So as to prevent them from climliing. Wheeler, in describing the injury done to the hogs, insisted that the hogs luul a right to toenails and a right to climb, and that, although they had done damage, yet it was laid down. '* root hog or die.''

One Zumwalt was indicted for destroying a mill-dam of Dr. Ilczekiah Dodge's. Wheeler in tliis ca.se aspailed the (diaractcr of Dr. Dodi;(.', who was a respectable man and whom the jury did l)elieve. Zumwalt wa^ convicted U|>on evidence that he had said at his son-in-law's, on the night of the destruction of the dam of Dotli^'e's, ".Iu>t now the musr<i(s are workinir on old Dodjre's dam." Wheehr said of D.»dge on the trial, " Dr. Dodge are a njan so devoid of truth that when he speaks tlie truth he are griped."

80 at one of Mr. Wheeler's speeches that he becatne excited, and, turning upon Ross in a very contemptuous way, with a majestic sweep oHiis lon<^ arm briuiglit down at Ross, said: -' I wish i had a tater: I'd throw it down your throat." Wheeler did not close his speech that evening, and the next morning early, when he was again addressing the jur}' and Ross at the Bar table, by some hand several large potatoes were put down in sight of Wheeler's eye. lie fired up and let out a torrent of invective upon Ross, every one, Judge and all, in a loud roar of laugliter.

Wheeler went to Bates county. Mo., since which time he has been lost sight of l)y people of this county. It is reported that he is not now living.

James W. IF/^/^/i^y was denominated " Lord Coke " on account of his knowledge of law. For a sketch of him see chapter on the early settlemetit of this county.

Jo/m H. Williams,^ now of Quincy and a Circuit Judge, is a son of Archibald AVilliams, a man of good sense, and has been an able pleader at the Bar of Pike county. He is one of three Judges of this Circuit, but seldom holds Court in Pike county.

David M. Woodson was a State's Attorney of the old 1st District, which then included Pike county; afterward was Circuit Judge for IS years, then was member of the Legislature. His partner in the law was Charles D. Hodges, late Circuit Judge of Greene county.

The Present Bar

We have endeavored to mention the names and give what facts we could learn of every attorney who has ever practiced in the courts of Pike count}'. We will now speak of those who compose the Bar at present. No name will intentionally be omitted. The list we give was furnished by some of the leading attorneys of the county, and we believe fnll and complete.

Hon. W;n. i?. ^rcA^^Ms a native of New York city, where lie read law and was admitted to the Bar in 183S, and shortly afterward moved to this county, where he has ever since resided, ever active to forward any movement for the progress and prosperity of the county.

iHiinrJ. />y<rr, Time, was reared in JaekrM»n\ ille; had hut limited literary »'<lucatioii; rceeiveil his professional education at the hiw schoid of Washington I'niversity at St. 1a»uis, and was admitted to the Har in 1873. lie served in the late war and was disahled for life by woiunis in the lefl arm.

Hon. Wut. A. Grintsfiaw, the <ddest practicing attc»rney of the county, ranks as one of the leading lawyers of the Slate; was admitteil to the Par in Philadelphia at the age of 19; in ls33 he aim e to Pike county, since which time he luis l»een actively identified with almost every puhlic interest of the county.

Ilarnj Ili^jbce, Si»n of Judge llighee, an<l partner of Messrs. Wike iV Matthews, attended Culumhia l^iw School, New York ritv. Hiid tlio (^hicago Liiw Scho..!. .nnd wns udniittrd ti> the Par in

JatntH S. Inriii was a college class-mate of the noted J<din C. Preekinridge, who was once Vice President <d the United States and afterward a leader in the Southern Confederacy. Mr. Irwin is one of the leading lawyers of the State.

J. W. Johnsin was admilie<l to t!ie Par in 1869, came to Pike county the following year, taught scho«jl for two years and then li»cated at Pittstield. He is at the present engaged in the practice of law in company with J. S. Irwin.

Hon. A. C. Matthews is a native of this count}', liis father being one of the sturdy pioneers. lie served in the late war witli distinction as Colonel of the 99th, and subsequently was Collector of Internal Hevenue for several years in the 9th District, then Supervisor of Internal Revenue.

J. Z, . Underwood, oi' Jiixrry^ WAS horn in New York city May 10, 1826, the son of Robert L. and Martha Underwood; emigrated first to Adams county, and in 1837 to Pike county, settling at Eldara; read law here and was admitted to the ]>ar in 1865, but had been practicinsr law four years before that time. Although living at Eldara his office for many 3'ears was at 13arry, to which place he has more recently moved.

II 071. Scott Wike studied law at Harvard University, and was admitted to the Bar in 1858: the following vear he located at Pittslield and began the practice of his chosen profession. He is one of the leading lawyers of the Circuit.

Thos. Worthington, jr., son of Dr. Thos. Worthington, was born in Tennessee while his mother was there on a visit during the holidays. But he is, strictly speaking, mi lUinoisan. lie read law with Judge Atkinson and in the law school at Chicago, and was admitted to the Bar in 1877. lie is now in the office with Judge Atkinson at Pittsfield. '^-^'>

Ed. Yates, a partner of Jeff Orr, the State's Attorney, at Pittsfield, ranks among the leading attorneys at this Bar, and unrivaled in his ability to relate anecdotes.

Ch.Vmueiisiumuj Townshiiv

This township lioi* in the extretno ijorthoastern part of tlio county. It is houmltil upon the north by VtTi^Jiilh's tp., Hrown CO., on the \ve«t l)y IVrry tp., on the south hy Flint. un<l on the east by the lUinoii* river. Ah»n<j the river iii niueh l)ott<Mn hin»l, whole Bections of which are entirely uselet^s for it^ricultunil purposes. Both the north ami soutli forks of MeGeo's creek tnivcrhC this township: tliey join on section 27, iin«l empty into the Illinois river al>out a mile al)ove Niipli's, which is on the opjHisile shore, in Scott county.

The first pioneers who came to this township were James Wells, Siimuel Atehijion, a Mr. lirewster siud a Mr. Van Woy. They Clime in l&'iii. The tirst named loeate«l on seeti<»n 20, and Mr. Atchison erected his cabin on section 17. The first sermon preaclied in the t«>wnship was at the ho)isc of liachel lirown, in 1>^27, by Itev. John Me«lfonl, a Methodist i>reachcr. The first chureli edifiee wjuh erected on section 31. Tlu' first school was taught in ls:U) in an old lo;; house which stood Jicar where Joseph lirtiwn lives, by John Lyster. The first Sunday-school in the township was or;.janize<l by the Methodists in the town of Chambersbur^. The first weildiiii; in the town.-hip was in 1n2»», the contracting parties bein;; Janu*s Metiforil ami Kliza lirown. The wedding occurretl at the residence of the bride's mother, and the ceremony was |)erfi»rmed by Ks(iuire Wells. The first jKjrson overtaken by death in the t<»wnshij) was Michael Brown, who died in ls2C. lie came to the t«^»wnship in the fall of the same year.

Joseph Brown is the oldest pioneer living in the townshij). James Pool is the next oldest. Iiarvtv Dunn was an early settler here. He was a mcml)er of the convention which framed the Constitution of 1S47. He was an uujissuminjj, intelligent and honest man, and died many years aj^o.

social, n .i-...iis. educiitional and commercial advant;i«^.'s. Of cfMirse tiiey enjoyed these in a limited degree. The first settlers were people who valued greatly such privileges, and though they were for many years without school-liouses and churches, easily found the facilities for enjoviiii^ themselves, both socially and reliiijiously . The greatest privations arose from the want of the moans of communication with the outside world. The absence of railroads, or oven good wagon roads, rendered the locality almost inaccessible to postal and commercial facilities, and traveling for other than business purposes was out of the question. Most of the original ])ioneers are represented here by descendants, but they, with few exce})tions, have passed to a country that is always new, where, however, the trials of pioneer life are unknown.

The tirst settlers were all farmers, after a fashion now unknown. They raised a little corn and a few vegetables, and, like their red neighbors, depended largel}' u])on their rifle for subsistence. Their houses were but little superior to those of the Indians, being merely little cabins erected only with the help of the ax and perhaps an auger. No locks, nails or any other article of iron entered into their construction, but such devices as could be wrought out on the ground by the use of the tools named and of such materials as the locality afforded. The only boards used for any purpose were such as could be hewed out of logs.

The town of Chambersburg is located on the north fork of Mc Gee's creek, on section 8. It was surveyed and laid out May 7, 1833, by Seabourn Gilmore and B. B. Metz. Mcintosh and Givens were the first settlers of the town. They owned a distillery and store here before the town was laid out. There are several good stores, churches, a school-house, shops, etc., in the town; and for an inland village it transacts a very good trade,

Personal Sketches

James Barry is a native of Morgan county, O,, and was born in 1834; he is a son of Wilson and Rosanna Barry, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Vermont; he was brought to this county at the age of nin^j years; Feb. 1, 1855, he married Eleanor E. Kurfniijin, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1S38. Everything was in its native wiUlness when Mr. B. came to this county, and as his father soon died, he began life for himself at an early age, working for $13 a month; he had many obstacles to overcome, but his enterprising, persevering disposition overcame all of them. lie prospered for a time here and removed to Rockport, with the intention of going to Missouri the following spring, but the outbreak of the war prevented him. He bought land again in this county, mot with disasters, but has again established himself, now owning 190 acres of land. Mr. B. is a member of the U. Baj)ti8t Church. P. O., Chambersburg.

Joah Brooks ; P. O., Chambersburg. Mr B. was born in Pike county in 1832, and is a son of A. II. and Lucy Br(joks, natives of Tennessee. In 1863 he married the widow Brooks, whose maiden name was Elizalteth IIiudc. She wat^ l>oni in 1833. Six children have blessed this union. Mr. li. is on<;a<;ed in farniini; (»n see. 9, but tbrnifrlv t'oljitwed lilarksniithini;. iMeniliers of M. K. Cliiirc}j.

Josepli Bi'ncii, farnu'r, sec. 17; 1*. O., Chainber.sbur«^; isa native of the CJreen Mountain State, where he was born in ISKl; his father, Michael Brown, is a native of Ireland, wiio came to this country when IS years of ai^e: his mother, the d.ini^hter of Joseph Greir, was born near I'liiladelphia, I'a. Mr. 15. came with his parents t » Illinois in 1820 and located near Shawneetowii, 111., and in the fall of 1824 was brou«j;ht to this county, and luis lived on tlio same farm since tin* sprinj^ of lS2o, and has been en«fa<;ed in farminir and ninninir llat and steam-b»>ats »»n the river. In lsr)S ho married Mrs. Catharinr .lo!if.->, a native (»f Coshocton C-o., i). Three ehii«lren have been born to Uieni, two of whom are dead. Mr. lirown is an old pioneer, comin«j here when the wolves were thick as sijuirn-Is ami couhl be heard in all directions, and turkey an<i deer st-en in lar;^e numlKTs, He is the oldest j»ioneer now living in the township. His wife is a meinlKT of the Methttdist Churdi.

Nnn<'y JifU'r^UDS, widow (d" the late Kobert(i. Iiurr<»ws, wjis born in Kast Tenn. Dec. 18. I*^2.'», and is a <l»n^diter <d' William Ueviney, deceased. She was married to Mr. I'urrows , I line 5, 1S50. They had 8 children, of wh«)m 3 are livin;;, - Ada K., wife of David M. iieynolds,(»f Pike county; Klla F. an«i Launi A. Mrs. IJ's brother, (!apt. I*.- Deviney, wh<» spent most of his life (»n the Waiters, now resides in St. Louis, where she also has a si^ter residini^, and one sister iii California, whom she has n<)t seen for 21) years. Mr. liurrowg, her husband, was born in New York city, May 2, 1H11»; by prot'ession he was a civil en;jineer, but desirinj; a more active life he went upon the waters; he was mate of the (.'alhoun on the Illinois river fn»m the time she was launched until his death, which occurred Jan. 13, 1879. Ho was a man of culture and education, widely known and hi«;hly resj>ected, and a W(»rthy member of the M. K. Churcli.

Miles B, Chenciceth\ V. O, Chamberslmrp; was lK»rn in 1827 in Barth«)lomew Co., Ind. His parents. Abraham and R-Jchel Chenoweth, were lK)th natives of Kentucky; they moved to (Clinton Co., Ind., in the tall of 1S32, and in 1S3*» to Pike county, III., where our subject ijrew to manhood ami embarke<l in farminir; in 1848 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna K. Allen, a native of Ma<lison Co., X. Y.. Itorn April 7. 1830, and they are the parents of 4 children. Tney have been members of the Christian Church for 'i't year.-, and in all public enterprises Mr. C is very liberal.

his motlier of Teiiii. With his parents our subject moved to Ky,, and in 1S2!.> came to Illinois, and worked at the carpenter's trade in Pittslield. In 1843 he married Miss Veturia Ilobbs, who was born in Ky., in 1818. Mr. C. ^followed farming up to 1857, and tlien embarked in the grocerv business: lie went West, and in 1860 came back to Illinois, and again engaged in the grocery business until 1805, then embarked in the milling business, which he concinued two years; farmed for a year; engaged in the milling business in Versailles, 111., for about a year and a half; returned to the farm, where he lived for 7 years; tlien sold out and bought the Chambersburg Mills, which he has been running since. In connection with the tlouring-mill, which he has put in excellent repair, he has a saw-mill.

J. H. Dennis^ Chambersburg, is one of the leading citizens of the township, indeed of the county. Mr. D. has served nu\ny terms as a member of the Board of Supervisors, and as Chairman of that body.

Thomas /)o?'ma;i, farmer, sec. 4; P. O. Chambersburg. Mr. D. is a son of Lewis and Eliza J. Uorman; born in 1851 in Brown Co., 111.; his father is a native of Ohio and his mother a native ot Brown Co.. 111., where Thttmas was i-aised until the-^ige of 15; he then engaged in engineering, and for 3 years followed blacksmithing, at Hersman Station, then went to Jaques' Mills, where he worked two years. He was married to Miss x\merica Berry in 1872; she was born in Ohio in 1850. Of the 3 children born to them one is dead. Mr. and Mrs. D. are members of the Christian Church.

George U. Dunn was born in Morgan Co., 111., Feb. 28, 1838. His parents, Il^rvey and Angeline Dunn, were born in N. Y. and Mass., respectively. Mr. D. was brought to this county by his arents in 1839, and up to the year 1850 lived in the town of Cham- )ersburg, and then moved on a farm on sec. 5, where he lived until , the death of his father in Dec, 1869. He shortly afterward returned to Chambersljurg and has since lived in retired life. In A])ril, 1864, he married Miss Susan M. Dennis. Mr. D. is a brother of Dr. Dunn, of Perry. lie is a member of the Blue Lodge, also the Chapter of Knight Templars of the Masonic fraternity.

Thomas Grayham^ farmer sec. 17; P. O. Chambersburg. Mr. G. was born in 1833 in Kentucky; at the age of 22 he came to this county and followed carpentering and boat-building. His parents were John and Susan Grayham. Our subject was married to Miss Siretta J. Rushing, who was born in Nashville, Tenn. To them have been born 10 children, 6 of whom are living. ]\Ir. G. has been very successful as a farmer. Mrs. G. is a member of the Methodist Church.

Joel Ham^ farmer, sec. 20; P. O. Chambersburg. In Rutherford Co., Tenn., \\\ 1829, there was born to Jsimes and Mary Ham the subject of this sketch; they moved to this county when their son was one year old; here he grew to manhood, and May 9, 1850, was married to IMiss Sarah A. Wells, who was born in this townshij)

April 29, 1^;V;. Jiviiic- A., ()i-uii, Sai-iili 11., Dennett I), and Charlt's an? the naiue> of the cliildren horn to them. Mrs. II. died, and Se|»t. s, 1S.">1), Mr. II. married Miss Alalvina Lee, wlio was horn May 24, IS'M'i, at Orleaijs, Ind. Ten ehildreii have heen horn to thiin, - Benj. F., Anixetiettia, Lucretia, I )avid L., Enoch, Walter S., ll;irvey, Anna K., Dullie I*., Frederick A. The lollowin:; of his former chi Mr en are dead: tiames A., Orson and Cliarlie; and of tho hitter, Benjamin, Lueretia and Dtdlie. Mr. II. he«ran life very ])oor, hnt now ywns 400 aere.-^ of hind. lie well rememlters ahont the early settlers ponntlin^ corn with an iron wed^e in the top of a stump hnrned out fc-r the purpose, and when it tot»k two days for his father to go U» mill with the ^rist in a sack thrown over the horse's hack. All tho snijar they used was from the maple trees standiiii; in the forest. Mrs. II. is a memlKr of the ('hristian Church.

JrtAii II. II till, farmer, sec. 20 ; P. O. Chamhersbur^ ; is the son of Lewis and Julia A. II im, and was horn itj this cownty in 1S55 ; his mother died in l)eceml)er. 1S7S. In 1S74 Mr. II. took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss Alice (^miner : she was horn in Pike county in 1S54 : only one of tho two children born to them is living. Mrs. II. ig a member of the Christian Church.

Jam6» L. ILim, one of tho lar;^est farmers in this county, was horn June lo, ISi2, iu this liiwn>hip ; his parents came here in Is.'.o fnim Uutherford county, Tenn.; their names were James and Mary (I{r«)iles) Ham, one a native of S. C. and the otiier of Tenn., and of (lerman descent, - h.ith very old families in those States, and took part in the Revolu'iomiry war, their great-grandfather. Gen. Williams, serving under Washington. James Ham, the father of our subject, during his life-time wjis a very large and successful farmer, owning ami working 1,500 acres of land in this town^hi|) at the time of his death, which «>ccurred in ISCS. He began life in 1830 with a team and 3.> centB. lie raised a large family of eight children, seven of whom lived to be grown, - four now living in this county and <»ne in Stark county. James L. was married Sent. 25, 1.S53, to Julia A. Wells. <laughter of James Wells, the oldest settler in this township. He had a famil}' of four children, - John U., who is married and lives on sec. 20, Henry A., Marshall A. and Ueuben L. Mr. Ham lias served the township for several years as Supervisor, and was(/hairman of that body : he is now actiii:.' as Justice of the Peace. Ue has been a member of the Christian Ciiurch for many years. He is also a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and lias been prominently Connected with the Pike County Agricultural Society, being President, Vice-President or Director for the last fifteen years, and is now Vice-Presitlent.

Willinn ILiwk, farmer, sec. 4 ; P. O. Chambersburg ; was born Aug. 3, ls42, and is a son of James and Rachel Hawk. He came with his parents to limwn county. 111., when nine years of age, and in 1S54 located in Pike county. Mr. U. served three years in Co.

G, 09tli 111. Vol. Inf.; WHS in the siege of Vicks-lMii-ir, then transferred to the Army of the Gulf; was in the battle of Fort Bhikely, then returned to New Orleans, then to Me!n]>his, then to Mohile, - was tliere when that place was captured, then to Shreveport and Baton Ttonee. Tie returned home and engaged in farming.

ILnry llendr'icl^s^ farmer, see. IG ; P. O. Chambersbur^. Mr. H. is a son of Tiiomas and Elizabeth Hendricks, the former a native of Kentucky and tlie latter of Vermont. They were married in Jennings county, ().. where in 183(5 the subjeet of this sketch wms born ; in lS-i9 ]\Ir. II. came with his parents to Brown county. 111., where he livctl until he became of age and married Miss Klmina Hume, who was born in 1837. To them have been born seven children. Mr. II. luis held some township offices ever since lie came to this county in 1861. Mrs. U. is a member of tiie Christian Church.

D. J. Ilolhs, of tlie tirm ot Smith »& Ilobbs, was born in 1848 in Pike county. 111., and is the son of Ilenson and Jane Hobbs ; hie father was born in Kentucky and his mother in tliis countv ; in 1857 he moved with liis parents to Missouri, and returned to Pike county in 1861. He 'worked two years in a woolen mill at Perry, this county. In 1868 he married Miss Bettie Kwn Wilkins, who was born in Ohio Dec. 22, 1848. Four children have been born to them. !Mr. II. embarked in the wagon business in 1870, turning out good wagons and buggies and meeting with fair success. I3oth Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Christian Church.

Geo. T. Hume, merchant, Chambersburg, was born in Pike county in 1855, and is a son of Thos. and Elmina Hume, father a native of Pike county and mother of Brown county, Illinois. Mr. H. grew to manhood in this immediate vicinity, receiving a liberal education, and embarked in the mercantile business; he carries a large stock of dry goods, hats, caps, boots, shoes, notions, etc., and transacts a large business. He married ISIiss Vieniui McPherson in 1877; she was born in DeWitt county, Illinois, in 1858.

W. A. Hume, merchant, Chambersburg, was born in 1837 in this county, and is a son of W. A. and Margaret Hume, both natives of Kentucky. They came to this State in 1828 (where both of them died) when the subject of this sketch was bound out; in 1864 he married Miss Caroline Pool, who was born in Pike county in 1846. Two of the four children born to them are living. Mrs. II. died in 1873, and Mr. II. married again in 1874 Miss Mary Winegar. Miss W. was born in this county in 1850. Of this union two children have been born. Mr. II. has held the offices of Collector, Treasurer and Town Clerk. He embarked in the dry-goods business in 1865 and met with good success. He owns a farm of 230 acres.

Joliii G. Irving was l)orn in 1852 in Pike county and is a son of Christo]»her and Mary Irving, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of England; they came to America and were married in Massachusetts and emigrated to Tlliiu)is in earl}' days. In 1878 Mr. I. married Miss Ida M. ]N'ewton, who was born in Morgan

A*. JT. Innnif, fariiu'r and t*toek dealer, was hi)rn Sept. 25, 1848, in Pike Co., 111., and is the son of ('hristopher and ^lary Irving; at the ago of 15 \i. M. eonunenccd doing hiisiness for himself, engaging in fanning untl Hnally heconiing a stock-shipper. When he un<I his lin)ther comnienet'd in the cattle husine>s tln-v Korrowed $2<rt> and bought calves, and from the start kv\tX increasing their numher until now he is shipping about 200 head a year. He and his brother own a tine farm of 280 acres.

K. C. Jdcktion was barn in Indiana in i'^io; ne is liie sou oi' Samuel arid Harriet (Twichell) Jackson, natives of New York State. He is a farmer an«l owns 100 acres of land. He was educated in a seminary in Orlaiul Town, Irul. At the present time he i.- running a '* lev eeing '' machine, throwing up embankments along streams of water, so a» to make bottom lands tillable, it has proved a success. This macliine will throw a cubic yard of dirt in a minute, and the expense is only 5 cQuts per yard. It takes 12 horses and 3 men to do the work. Over loO acres of wheat was raised in 187l> on lands that had U'en jionds of water before; the machine had been usetl for grading romis, \>ut Mr. Jackson has improveil it till he can dt» all kinds of work with it. In IhTO, he married the daughter <'»f Mr. Gardner, one of the early settlers of this c< unity.

A. W. farmer, sec. 32 ; was born in 1818, Uutherfor<l county, Tenn., son of Casey and Martha James, natives of Virginia. In 1S3*< he marrie*! Matihla (Mardy, who was born in He<llord county, Tenn., and died in S"pt., \^\\. March 11*, 1X48, he married Elizabeth Sartain, who wa*» born in 1S27, in Tenn.. ami they had fi children. Mr. J. came t> .Adams county in 1852, and in ls62 to this count}', where lie ha* since resided. He has Iield the offices (if Constable, School Director and K<»ad Commissioner.

John M. Kflitc';f was Ihtrn in this county in 1852, son of Samuel and Annie E. Kelsey, the former b«»rn Nov. 18, 1S27, and the latter Aj>ril 2«;, 1834. In 1875 he married Matilda Smith, who was born in this county in 1859, and they haii 3 children. Mr. K. is a farmer and also foltl)Ws grain threshing with the Spence machine. He is a member of the Christian Church. His father was in the late war, belonging to Co. H., 99th Ilog. 111. Inft., and died at Memphis. Tenn., while in service.

Andt'iw Kl- hilt in was l>orn in Germany in 1820, and is a son of Peter and Martha Kleiidein. At the age of 33 he crossed the ocean ami landed in Paltimore, Md., and followed butchering for 10 months, then worke<l in an engine liouse 2 years for the Great Western R. R. Co., and in 1858 came to this county an<i commenced farming. In 1856 he married Miss Caroline Berceka, who was born in 1833 in Hamburg and came across the ocean in 1855. Of their 9 children 7 are living, 2 of whom are married. Mr. and

John Lea]n\ son of Joseph and Anna M. Leahr, was born in Germany in 1840. lie came to New York when but 15 years ohl, thence to Pike county, whei'e he commenced farmiui^, and in 1807 lie married Miss Emma Smith, who was born in 1847, in ()iii(.>. They had 7 children, of whom 5 are living. Mr. L. has been School Director and is a member of the Christian Church.

Ddold E. Loer^ farmer, sec. 5 ; P. O., Chaml)ersburg; son of Henry and ]\[atilda Loer; was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, in 1832. His father died in 1847 and his mother in 1879. He moved to Indiana with his ])arents wiien quite young; in 1852 he married Miss Sarah Leisur, who was born in Rush county, Ind., in 1833, and died in 1867, in Grant county, Ind. They had 3 ciiildren, 2 of whom are living. In 1868 he married Mrs. Maria Glassgow, a widow having 3 children, and who was born in Ohio in 1836. Mr. and Mrs. L. have 3 livino: children and are members of the Christian Church.

John Loer was born Aug. 22, 1814, in Colrain tp., Hamilton Co., Ohio. His father, Thomas Loer, was a native of Virginia, and son of Henry Loer, a native of Germany, who emigrated to America with his parents before the Revolutionary war, being then 8 years of aire. He served under Washington during the war, for which he received a pension until his death. After the war he married Sarah Barkus and settled in Virginia; thence they removed to Ohio about 1795; he died in Hamilton in 1841. Thomas Loer, the father of our subject, died in Henry county. Ind., in 1873, aged ^Q. John's mother, Sarah {nee Patterson ) was the daughter of George Patterson, a native of Scotland, who came to America before the Revolution, settling in Grant county, Ky., where he resided until his death. John Loer married Martha Hickman in 1835, in Ohio, and moved to this county in 1839, locating in this township. He was a cooper by trade and Ijrought 5 coopers with him, intending to conduct tlip.t business here; he built a frame cooper shop 20 X 40, bought timber and opened up business, which he followed 2 years with success; then went into the pork speculation, buying pork at $1.50 per cwt., or $5.00 per barrel, shipping to New Orleans, some of which brought only 75 cents per barrel. Mr. L. lost heavily by this venture, and returned to coopering, which he followed with varying success until 1849. At one time during the wild-cat-money period he took a cargo of barrels to Alton and was obliged io sell them for 50 cents, when they had cost him 62^ cents to have them made, besides the freight, which was 25 cents each. He took Shawneetown money for pay and was advised to hurry home and disjiose of it, as it was liable to become worthless any day. Mrs. Loer died in 1847, leaving 5 children. In 1849 Mr. L. married Mary, daughter of John and Hannah Hall Reese, of Ky , and they had 0 children, 2 living. In 1849 he invested in a saw-mill on McGee's creek, which he carried on until 1862, then traded for a farm on boc. Ifi and carric<i on tariiiiiii; until 1877; sokl the farm in 1870 and houii^lit a tkdirini; will in lMianil)ersl)nrf; which he now operates Mr. L. lias nerved as Supervisor tor several }'ears : also as lioad Conunissioner, C'ollect<>r and School Director. The present tine school huiidintij was huilt under the administration ot* Mr. Loer while he waii Director. Mr. and Mrs. L. are nienihers of the Chri.>tian CMiurch, and Mr. I., lu-lon^s to the Masonic fraternitv.

Mark M<'GinnU waa born in Kast Tennessee in l.s23. His father, David, was a native of Tennessee, and his nH»ther, Sarah, a native of \'ir:.;inia. When he was *J <jr 10 years <>f utre he moved with his parents to Indiana, livin^r tlierc six years; then came to Morgan county, 111 , and then to Pike in 1844 and located at ChamU'rsluirg. lie followed coojM'ring 10 years, and in IS42 married Mary iiushtield, wlm was horn in 1828 in Kentucky. They had 7 children, otdv one <if whom is living, Thomas 1>. Mr. Mc(t. is now farming and has C4>nsiilerahle property. Mr. and Mrs. Mi(f. are memhers of the (Miristian Church.

llent'xj Metz was horn in this cnunty in lS4li; his father, I'enj. H., was horn in Maryland in 1 **-'»;. utni his m<»ther, .lane Met/., was h«>rn in Ohio in 1S12. In 1*^71 Henry married Alvini Morrisoti, who was horn in this county in ls[)5; <tf their 4 chihiren 3 are living. Mr. M. is a IJirmer. his land lying a<lj<»ining the town <»f Chamlicr.-luirg. Mr. M. ^erved 4 years in the late war, lirsi in ('o. L., then transferrt«d to (3o. I, lOtlj III. Cav.; wa* mustered out in !>- r» at San Antonio, Texas. In 18<{4 he was taken prisoner by Josepli Shelhy; was hehl t'<>r 14 days and then j>aroled, atid was exchanged in tl months. Mrs. M. is w Metho<list.

James L. Metz, son of Henj. B. Met/, was Inirn in this county Jan. 27, IS.'U. 1 1 is father nu»ve«i from Marvhuul to Virginia, where he married .Miss Jane Lawsou. They cjiine to Pike county in 1S33, anil hecjimc one of the tirst and mosf influential settlers of ChamlHTshurg township. He died April 0, ls7<>. James L. married Emily M(»rris. daughter of John and Family Morris, of Pikecounty.

Dr. John W. Murphy, son of John, a native of V'^erinont, and of Nancy, a native of (Jhit), was l)orn in Highland county, ()., in 1S44. His father died .Ian. 10, 1845, in (>lii< ; in 1S.')0 his mother removed to Indiana and then hack to Ohio. During the late war he enlisted in Co. H. :'J*th (). V. I.; was in the liattle of Corinth, was in the siege of Vickshurg, then at Chattanooga an<I in the Atlanta campaign and through to the sea and around hy Wa*>liington, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky.; tiien came home and learned the cooper's trade and milling business. The Doctor came to Pike county in 18<»0; commenced the study of medicine in 1871. and attended the American Collegeat St. Loui.s, Mo.; in 1874 he located in Chamhershurg and commenced the practice of medicine; in 1877-'8 attended medical college and returned home, continuing his profeesion. In 187fJ he married Annie Ix)ckerbie Thompson,

Augustus Myers was born in 1819 in Baden, Germany. His parents were Andone and Catlicrine Myers, both natives of Germany. He emii^rated to America in 1846, worked in Cincinnati 8 vears by the montli, then in this county to 1858, wlien lie married Louise Carterman, who was born in 1829, in Lippe Detmold, Germany, wlio came to tliis country in 1857. Of their 8 chihiren 7 are liviiiir. Mr. M. has been very successful in t'armin*^, now liavin<x 300 acres of nice land, sec, 19. He and his wife are meinl)er8 of tiie Lutheran Church at Perry. P. O., Chambersburg.

Thomas J. Smithy of the firm of Smith & Ilobbs, wagon and carriage manufacturers, was born in 1835 in Clarke county. Lid., a son of Nicholas W. and Susan E. Smith, the former b rn in Kentucky, the latter in Vermont. Li 1852 he married Margaret T. Montgomery, who was born in 1837, also in Clarke county, Ind. Of their 10 children only 5 are living. Mr. S. studied and practised medicine 4 3'ears in Luliana, and since 1871 he has practiced medicine and been connected with the carriage manufactory at Chriinbersburg. From 1863 to 1863" he served in Co. I, 40th Lid. Vet. Vol. Lit'.; fought in the battles of Pulaski, Columbia, Spring Hill, Fi-anklin, Tenn. (where he was wounded), Kasliville, and in the whole campaign after Gen. Hood. Mr. and Mrs. S. are Methodists, and he is an Odd Fellow.

Valentine Smith was born in 1819 in Baden, Germany, near the river Rhine; his parents, Vincent and Mary, were also natives of Baden. He crossed the sea in a sail vessel, landinir at New Orleans: then went to Cincinnati, and in 1855 he came to this county, where he has lived ever since, a prosperous farmer, owning 373 acres of good bluff land. In 1848 Mr. S. married Martha Thrasher, who was born in 1830 in Hamilton county, Ohio, and of their twelve children nine are living. Mr. and Mrs. S. are members of the Christian Church, reside on sec. 30, and their postoffice is Chambersburo:.

George L. Thompson^ blacksmith, Chambersburg, was born in Woodford county. Ky.. son of William and Elizabeth Thompsi>n, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Scotland; in 1833 he emigrated to Indianapolis with his grand-parents, and the next year with his parents, to Perry township, in this county; in the spring of 1835 he left his parents, returning to Indianapolis, where he learned his trade; in the fall of 1855 he settled at Chambersburg, where he has since followed his trade. In 1845 he married Hannah S. O'Harrow, who was born June 20, 1829, in Hamilton county, Ohio, and they have had six children. Being an early comer to this wild West, Mr. T. has often seen large packs of wolves and killed many a deer. One day when well on his way home with a deer on horseback, the wolves attacked him, and he was compelled to abandon his booty and seek safety. The wolves devoured the deer with chara, teristic greed. Mr.

Tlioinpson used to go to the town of Perry to Imy such thiuj^s as were kept tor sale in an <>lil lo<;liiit 12 t'eot tijimre, kept l)y Joseph Kin;^. who was an oM l»aehejttr. ;in(l e<>oke(i, ate and sold ^^oods in the same room. His wife is a Methodist.

yninkUn Todd wni horn in 1825 in Hoiirbon conuty, Ky.; his father, John P., was horn in \'ennont, and Ids niotlier, Mary, in PennMlvaida; his father died in lS27,aiid in 1S32 he aceoinpaiued Ids mother to their new home in ( "liamht-rshur:;, wIumi there were but two cabins there, occupie<l by Jaiues and .I«)hn Kike, hi 1843 Mr. Todd married Lucretia Draper, wiio was b<»rn in Seott county, 111., in 1Hl'5, the «laui;hter of Samufj and lliddah Draper, her fathrr a native of Miissacliusi'tts, and her motlier, of Oluo. Mr. and Mrs. T. have had II children, 7 of wlniU) ar«' living. From 1840 to 1855 Mr. T. followed cooperinj^ in ('haml>ersbnrt;, part of the time when there were |(> eot»pers at work. Sinee that time he has been a sueeesstul farmer. an«l iu»w owns 1(>0 acres of iand. Twelve years a«;o he was $4,'>'»<> in debt, but has now j)aid it all. He has been Schoul Director and Koad ('ommisBioner. lie amd his wife are members of the Christian (/hurch,and are |)ublic-6pirited, wttrthy citizi'jjs.

liohert Told was born in Bourbon county, Ky., in 18I1>, sou of .lohn and .Mary Totld, natives of Maryla»id and S<M»th C'arolina, respectively. His father died in 1 828, and in ls32 he came with his mother to this county. In 184:{ he married Margaret Kdwards. who was l>orn in 1>24 in Greenup county, Ky.; they have had 3 chiUlrrn. Mr. T. now owns 120 acres of good land on sec. 5, besides « ther valuable property; he has been Constable, Tax Collector, School Trustee and Director, and was in the Mormon war. In his early day here Indian trails were sometimes his only guide in traveling over the country, and for two years St. Louis was his trailing post. P. ()., ChamlK'rsburg.

Eli J). Tucker wa.s born in 1857 at Stitton. Worceftler C<j., Mjiss., son of K!)enezer ancl Elizabeth T., the ft»rmer a native «d' Uiiode Islaml, and the latter of Massachusetts; both his j)arent6 dying while he was very y«»ung, he was biuind out at the age of 7, but at the age of fourteen, being maltreated, he ran otf to West Warren, Mass., where he w<»rke(l at $10 a month on a farm; cornmt'ncing in 1^71, he Worked two years in a rubber manufactory; in ls74 he came to Illinois, worked on a farm and repairing telegraph wires on the O, & M. U. R.; in 1877 he became an employee at the Perry Mineral Sprin.:-; Nov. s. 1878, he began to learn the blacksmith's traile under Frank Marden, of this place, and is doing well.

James T. Varner was l»orn in 1830 in Morgan count}', III., son of John and Sarah (Wood) Varner, natives of Kentucky, and of (Terman ancestry. He came to this county in 184'.» and now owns 1*0 acres on sec. G, ami is a farmer ami cooper. In 1850 he marrieti Xancy Hanks, and they have one son and three daugiiters living. Mr. V. has been Ii<jad Commissioner and is a Democrat P. ()., Chambersburg.

W771. W. Wijiegar WAS horn in this place (Chambersburg) in 1844, son of John and Freeh)ve ^Vine<^^aI-, his father a native of Massacliusetts and his mother of Ohio; he served three years in the army, in Co. F, 90th 111. Inf., beinor in the siege of Vicksburg, etc.; transferred to the Army of the Gulf; was wounded at Fort Gibson. In 1866 he married Mary E. ]>reden, and they had one child, which died in infancy; Mrs. \V. died in 1867, and in 1874 Mr. W. married Clarinda Jones, who was born in Brown county, 111., in 1851, and they have had one son. Since 1865 Mr. Winegar has followed blacksmithing, with fair success.. He and his wife are meml)ers of the Christian Church.

Br. Henri/ 12. ' Walling was born March 28, 1836, in Orange county, Ind., son of James and Catherine Walling, the former a native of Tennessee, and the latter of Orange county, Ind. In 1S52 the sul)ject of this sketch came with his parents to Coles county, 111,, and in February, 1854, they moved to this county. Sept. 12, 1863, Henry R. was married by T. M. Hess, at Homer 111., to Miss S. S. Gaston, who was born x\ug. 18, 1840, in Lawrence county, 111. Her migrations were: at the age of three months she was taken to Cinncinnati, in 1850 to Paducah, in 1861 to Douglas county, 111., and in 1863 to Homer, Campaign Co., 111. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. W. tirst settled at Areola, Douglas Co., where he fallowed preaching for a while; p3ut he took to the study of medicine, which he pursued with zeal while working his way at manual labor; in 1866 he attended medical college in Ohio, and then went to Mt. Vernon, 111., where he clerked in a drug store; he then went to Bridgeport, where he had a driving practice; but health failiu'j:, he went to vEtna, 111., where also he had a large practice, and in 1870 he settled at Perry in this county, where he again preached the gospel as well as practiced medicine. He now lias a nice piece of property in Perry.

In 1877 he moved to Louisiana, Mo., where he again followed preaching (for the Christian denomination), and the next year back to this place(Chambersburg), where, Sept. 2, he opened an office and commenced business; he also has a drug store. His wife is an intellectual woman and a good painter of pictures. In this family there have been born 5 children, only 2 of whom are living. The Doctor is a Republican.

This is the smallest township in the county and was the first one settled, [n 1817 a Canadian Frenchman by the name of Teboe, located on section 33 in this township. He was the tirst resident of Pike county, as mentioned in the first chapter in this book. Mr. Teboe's residence, which was on the banks of the Illinois river, was the favorite resort of hunters and trappers. He was killed at Milton in the year 1844. Garrett Van Deusen was the ne.xt settler. He opened a ferry across the Illinois, which is still carried on at Valle}' City, near Griggsville Landing, and is known as Phillips' iintil liis (loath in 1853. James L. came to this county in 1857, wliere he has giiice been fanning'. At lirst lie worked l»v the nu»nth \intil he hiitl by enough tt» be;xin for himself. Nov. 14. 1n5S, he marriitl Lotiisa llensell, (lani;hter of tlie late Daniel llensell, of Gri^'^sville, and they have had 8 chiMren, of whom 5 are living - Mary, Laura, Kddie, Albert and Frankie.

liachel Conover wai? born in Northam)tton Co., Penn., Nov. 7, 18<)7; married, in N«w Jrr>ry, Abraham Conovcr, and had 2 chihlrt'ii - Catht'rint', nt»w Mrs. Wallace I'arker, of N'alley Cit}', and Kaohi'l, deceased. Mr. Conover tliod Aug. 1,1827. Mrs. C. kept h<»ust' for a Mr. and Mrs. Moore in Pennsylvania; the former came tc> Pike county and erecti'd a house «>n the prest-nt site of (iriggsvilic, which is still standing; hf then rt'turned to Pennsylvania, where he died in ls35, Mrs. Moore having previously dietl. In \f*>Z(i Mrs. C. came with the MiKiro family and her own children, and occupied the house that Mr. Moore had j»reviously built. She now resides with her daiii^hter, Mrs. i'arker.

WiUi'iin Glenn, sr., 8«»c. 2'.»; P. ()., Valley City; born in .March, 1800, in Ireland; in 1830 he lande<l in Philadelphia; he remained in Pennsylvania 5 years; is a mason by trade; came to Pike county and entered the ian<l whereon he now resi<les in ls35; then went t<» St. L«>nis, Mo., where he fidlowed his trade f»»r five years, and then moved back to this county; ha« l>een a prominent farmer and stockraiser, b»it U'ingold, has turned the business over to his son William. In 1835 he marrie<i Maria Topping, and of their r» children 5 are living, - James, Thomas, Williaim, Catharine and Maria. Their son Robert was killetl in the late war during Gen. Forest's raid through Tiimessee.

Elizabeth Hmtlxind, S(H?. 30 ; P. O., Valley City; was born in Co.'«hoctttn Co., O., May 1, 1834, the daiighter of George McCJune, deceased, also a native ot Coshocton Co., ()., who was the first white child born in that county. He removed with his family to St. I.,oui8 Co.. Mo., in 1S35, where he resided until the fall of 1864, wlien he came to Pike county, and die<l Dec. 18 of the same year. He was Sheritf in St. Louis county, Missouri, County Treasurer, Tax Collector and held other offices of trust. Mrs. Husband's grandfather, Joseph Fuller, was a soldier under Gen. Washington. She was married Aug. 20, 1850, to Edward Moisnier. in Rock Hill, Mo., and had 3 children, - llenrv E., born (Jet, 6, 1853; Ida L., Oct. 25, 1860; and James, Feb, 19, 1862. Mr. M. died Feb. 19, 1863; in 1865 she married Jonathan Husband, who was born iu Yorkshire, Eng., Sept. 21, 1803, and emigrated to America in 1825- J.edicd Nov. 28 1«T0

Eohcrt JIt(sh((n(I, farmer, sec. 20; was born April 11, 1842, in this tp., the son of Jonathan llnshand, deceased, an early ])i()neer of this county, who in conij)any with Mr. Wade and Win. Tnrnbull owned the same coit'ee-miU. Marcli 15, 1871, Robert married Esely Grable, and of their 3 children 2 are living, - Nellie and Eddie ]\[r. II. was a prosi)erous farmer, but worked 2 vears in a saw-mill in Wisconsin. .

Sylvester McKee, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 19; P. 0.,Griggsville. This man was born in Noble county, O., Feb, 22, 1850, and is the only soil of Ezra, who now resides with him. The family emigrated in 1864 to this county, where he still resides. Oct. 20, 1869, he married Sarah A., daughter of Wm. Orr, of Derry tp. Of their 4 children 3 are living, - Addie C, llosie E. and Alraa. Little Wilbert W. died Oct. 26, 1879. Sylvester's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Mummy, and she died Jan. 17, 1870.

Wallace Parker was born in Clinton county, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1825, and is the son of James Parker, of Griggsville; came with his jmrents to Pike county in 1844, where he followed farming until 21 years of age, when he became a merchant in Valley City; has been very successful except in some grain speculation in Chicago and St. Louis. At present he carries a stock of about $3,000 worth. In Feb., 1849, he married Catharine Conover, and of their 7 children only 4 are living, Rachel C, Hardin W., James II. and Helen F. Mr. P. is also Express Agent, Postmaster and Justice of the Peace, at Valley City. He has given his son James H. an interest in the store. He also has a fine collection of Indian relics, as battle-axes, arrowheads, pipes, frying-pans, a copper needle, theburnt jaw-bone of an Indian and numerous other curiosities. Some of these he has picked up and others he has obtained by opening Indian graves.

David Pyle, farmer, sec. 18; P. O. Griggsville. This gentleman was born in Harrodsburg, Ky., Feb. 4, 1817; his parents, Ralph and Rachel Pyle, deceased, emigrated with him to New Orleans in 1818. where he was reared and educated. In 1834 he came with his mother to Phillips' Ferry on a visit; went to Philadeli)hia, Pa., then to Cincinnati, O., and then back to this county in the fall of 1835; the next spring he bought a farm on sec. 19, where he lived for 21 years, and which he then sold, removing to Morgan county. 111.; in 1862 he returned to this township, purchasing a farm on sec. 18, where he still resides. He was married Aug. 2, 1838, to Martha A. Willsey, and they have had 11 children, all living; namely, Ralph W., Joseph IL, Christopher W., Rachel E., Isaac N., Martha A., Carrie, David W., Morgan L., James C. and Emma L. All but three of these are married, and liviiif; in this countv.

E. M. Roherts, farmer, sec. 28, was born in London, Eng., June 23, 1828; in 1836 the family emigrated to America, settliiii; in Pike county. Feb. 19, 1867, he married Susan W. Kcm))ton, while visiting friends in Fairhaven, Mass. They have had 5 children, of whom 4 are living: Sarah M., E^pti M. T.ov.i.= F. ?.i;d George B

JoHtph A. liuhii is «>t" Freiifh aiieestry. During the Cutholio persL'ciitiuu of the Prutostjiuts in Fniiiee two ol" the liuluii Jlrotherri, l)eiii<^ Protestants, were arresteil antl }>hiced under a guard in a private houi*e up stairs. Tliey knew it would 1m« certain death if they were brought to trial; jjcnce they att<'inj>te<l to hrihe the puanlsinen to let them eRca|>e, hut in vjiin. They then askt'd the guarilri simply to remain just outsiile tiie room and they would take care of the rest; the guards then received the offered tees, stupjied out of the n».in and ginirded the tloor. The Kulons then made a roj>e of the hed-dotlu's, hy which tlu'y mad<Mhcir escaj>e thrt)Ugli the window; and in the night found their way to the wharf where thev lK»anie<l a hri;; Ixnunl lor America. S<iine time after landinjr in Anjericji one of these men married, and his descendants are scattered throughout the c«»untry. One of these, .leshc. was a S(ddier in the Iwevtdutittn, participating in the i)attle of Munm«>uth, and he was the father of Joseph C., asaihtr, v^lio in 1S32 settled on a farm in Iiuiiana; hut after a short tiiftehe hegan tratiicking ami came to Meredosia, ill., in 1S41). He v.*as capci/.e<l and drowned in the Mississippi river Jan. 12, 1852, whileattempting to Iwtard a steamer from ii small rowlKtat. He was the father of Joseph C Union, the subject of this sketcli, who was \>orn S<'pt. 5, lS31,on the Monmouth hattle grounds, oathe very spot where his grandfather fought in the hhMtdy hattle of Monmouth in the Uevolutionary war. He was married June »'., IS.'iC, to Mary K. Bonds, and their two children are Allxjrt K. and Floni E. The latter 18 teaching instrumental music. Mr. K. came t4» l*ike Ci>unty in 1S7I, where ho still resides, and is foreman of the niilroad hrid^'c at Phillips' Ferry.

John C. iS<:of( is a native of Scott Co., where he was liurn Dec. 22, 1823, being the first white child born in that county; was bn»ught up on a faruj; came to this county in iS.'Jfi. in 184.'l returne<i t«» Sc«»tt Co., where he marri<Hi, in Jan. 1><45, Mary A. Hoi). Bon, who died the next year; then Mr. S. returned to this ctJiinty, wherein 1850, he marrie<l Martha Wilson, and of their 11 children the following 9 are living: Charles W., James M., I>conard (}., David W., Fnink W., Jose)>h L., Henjamin K., Margaret J. and (Jeorge E. Mr. Scott is a farnier on sec. 7. His father, J<din Scott, waa the first settler in Scott c<^»unty, and for him that county was named. Having bef?n a soldier in the vcar of 1S12 he was a pensioner until his death in Jan., 1856. He was a noble-hearted man.

John G- SI' ight, sr., was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Oct. 5, 1805; in 1S27 lie married Itebecca Walker, and their 8 children are: Betsy G., Sally G., Ann G., Walker G., Eliza G., Mary G., John G. and TlelKJcca G., deceased. They came to America in 1857, 6toj>ping at (iriggsville until the f(dl(twing sj)ring. when they settled on sec. 6, where Mr. S. still resides. Mrs. S. died June 19, 1862, and Mr. Sleight's son-in-law, Joseph Wilson, resides with him and conducts the farm. Mr. Wilson was born in 1838 in Griggss;1

Walker G. Sleight was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Aug. 29, 1833; came to Pike county in 1856, where he still resides, a fanner, on sec. 7; P. O., Griggsville.

Samuel Thachwray^ farmer, sec. 32; P. O., Griggsville. He was born March 25, 1837, in Pike county, and is a son of Wni. Thackwray, deceased; his muther, Hannah T., is now in her 80th year, residing on the old homestead, sec. 31, with her son James. Mr. T. is a successful farmer and stock-raiser. Xov. 9, 1865, he married Mary A. Lynde, daughter of Henry l^ynde, of Griggsville. She was born Nov, 10, 1843, in this county. Of their 4 children, these

James L. Thompson^ farmer, sec. 18; P. ()., Griggsville. This early settler of Pike county was born in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Mass., Sept. 11, 1812, and is the son of Ur. Abraham R, Thompson, a native of the same place and a college class-mate of Daniel Webster; they were intimate friends all through life. Dr. T. died in Charlestown in 1870. James L. was educated in Boston in the school of Willard Parker, now a noted physician .of New York city. He was commission merchant in the city of Boston^

4 or 5 years, when he suffered a severe loss by the crisis of 1836; in the fall of 1837 he emigrated West and settled on sec. 18, this tp., where he now resides, on a farm of 160 acres of well-improved land. When but 19 years of age Mr. T. went to sea, taking a cargo of ice from Boston to New Orleans, where he loaded his ship with staves, cotton and coffee, which he- carried to Tarragona, Spain; there he loaded with a cargo of wine and dried fruits, and shipped for Buenos Ayres, S. A. ; at this place he took on a cargo of jerked beef, which he brought to Havana, Cuba, whence he took a load of coffee and sugar to Boston. Fifteen months were consumed in this round trip, which was full of interest and had its frightful scenes. In 1850 Mr. T. went overland to California, suffering untold privations on the way. En route he met with Col. Robert Anderson, afterward of Fort Sumter notoriety, and had a conversation with him. In California Mr. T. met with Admiral James Alden, who procured for him a situation as Purser on tlie.U. S. Surveying Steamer "Active." He was on the survey of the northwestern boundar}', the report of which was accepted b}' Emperor William. This report, requiring about a quire of foolscap, was all written by Mr. T. It took two seasons to complete the survey. After being absent about 5 years he returned to his family here in 1856, where he has since resided. He has been married four times, and is the father of seven children, - James L., J. B., Henrj', Frederick W., Katie, Charlie and Beiij. F.

Austin Wade, faruier, sec. 6; P. O., Griggsville. The birth of this gentleman took place July 23, 1832, in this county; he is the son of Josias Wade, of Griggsville; Sept. 27, 1855, he married Mary A., daughter of Joseph Pyle, of Naples, 111., and of their 8

Coleman Winlc, tanner, sec. 11); P. O., Valley (Mtv; a native of I*ike county, and was burn .Inly 7, 1>37, the son of Josias Wade, of(Tri^^sville, and brotiier of tlie |)rece<lin^; wasetlncated in Ctri^ijsvillc; lias been vcrv siiccessfnl in fariniii'' and slock -raisin'''. Jan. 2i>, ls.*»"J, he married lijichel, dan^^htcr ol Jo^L'|-h I'yle, of Najdes, and they havo iiad 0 children, t»f whom 5 are lining: Lillian, Krncst, Ilaymond, C'litfitrd and Irene. The four youngest are attending the Middle Flint school, where Lil'ian is engaged as assistant teacher.

.Inhn \Vadi\ farmer, sec, ;!0; I*. ()., (iriggsville; born Jan. 12, 1822, in Hlyth, Nottinghamshire, Kng., nnu is the son tjf Francis? Wade, deceased. All the school education he lias had he reciuved Ix'fore he wa- '^ vearn old. Tlie family emigrated to .Vmeriea in 1^34, locating in Trenton, N. J., thence to 1'ennsylvania, and in July, !>;'.*<, landed at Fliillips' Ferry, in this county; May IS. 1S»W;, he inarrie<l Ann Stoner. Tli<ir 7 children ai*o: Maria, Mary J., Arthur, I'Vancis. Fred, J(din and (teorge. Mr. W. now owns 370 acres of land, and is a bucces»fn| farmer and stock-raiuer.

Detroit township is situated on the Illinois river and consists for the most of l)roken land. To Lewis Allen belongs the lionor of being the first settler in the township. lie came in 1823 and erected a cabin on section 31. He was a native of Warren county, Ky., and was born Nov. 11, 1Y94. Garrett Van Deusen, Wm. Meredith and a Mr. Morgan, also, were very early settlers in this township. The tirst birtli in the township was a daughter of David and Ilamiah Mize, who died in infancy, which was also the first death to occur. The first marriage was Robert Coo]ier to Nanc}' Rice in 1826, at the residence of Wm. Meredith. The first sermon was preached by Rev. Elijah Garrison, a Christian minister, at the house of David Mize in 1S26. The earlj' pioneers were industrious people and were not neglectful of the education of tiieir children; for as early as 1827. David Mize, Ezekiel Clemmons, Wm. Meredith, Joseph Neeley and others banded together and erected a school-house on section 10. and employed a teacher, placing their children in their charge for instruction and intellectual improvement. The first teacher was Abraham Jones.

The next great question which occupied the minds of these noble fatliers and mothers was the preparations for public worship. They accordingly organized themselves into a body, or rather each person Considered himself one of the building committee, and as early as 1834 there was a church building erected by the Baptists at Blue river graveyard. Previous to this meetings were held in schoolliouses and ]^rivate dwellings.

Garrett A'an Deusen was the first Justice of the Peace, and Isaac Teniff the first Supervisor. Tlie township received its name from the postoflice which had been established several years previously, and named by Col. Daniel Bush at Pittsfield and Wm. Johnson, the first postmaster at Detroit.