Rock Island County, Illinois - The whole text, 1885 (part 9 of 24)

also reared, within three miles of the city of Indianapolis, where his parents were among the early settlers, and where he grew to manhood, and was united to the lady of his choice, Miss Sarah M. Morrow. She was born near Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Ky. Tliey lived in Marion Co., Ky., until 1S36, when they started with a team of horses and a wagon overland to Indiana, her parents accompanying her. Her grandfather, the subject of this notice, was Shadrach LeQuatte. He purchased land on section 17, township 16, range 5, now Drury. He had brought apple-tree5 with him and planted an orchard, a portion of which are living and bearing fruit at the present time. He at once located upon his land, entered vigorously and energetically upon its cultivation and improvement, and resided on the same until his death, and was interred on the farm that he originally purchased. Matthew LeQuatte, father of the subject of this sketch, purchased land on section 28, Drury Township, which he improved, and on which he resided for a time, and then moved to Belle Plaine, Benton Co., Iowa.

There were four children in the parental family : James died June 27, 1S57 ; William enlisted in Co. I, 28th 111. Vol. Inf., and died in the service, at Mobile, Ala., in July, 1865; Jeremiah is the subject of this notice, and Sarah J. is the wife of David L. Ripley, a resident of Drury Township.

Jeremiah LeQuatte grew to manhood on his father's farm, alternating his labors there with attendance at the common schools. He enlisted March 27, 1863, in Co. A, 7th Iowa Vol. Inf., went South, and served until the close of the war. He was with Gen. Logan, and also with Gen. Sherman, the latter of whom he accompanied in his famous march from Atlanta to the sea, and through the Carolinas, and participated in the battles of that campaign. He also witnessed the grand review at Washington, and returned home in July, 1865. In 1868 he moved to Missouri, where he engaged in farming until 1876, when he sold out and rented a coal mine, and was engaged in that occupation five years. In 1883 he opened a grocery store at Rayville, 111., in which occupation he was engaged until the fall of 1884- He then came to Illinois City and engaged in the same business, and has continued until the present time. While at Rayville, 111., Mr. LeQuatte held the position of Postmaster.

Mr. LeQuatte, by honest and straightforward dealings and fair prices, has built up a good trade in Illinois City. He is a gentleman whose word is considered as good as his bond, and he is one of the energetic and respected citizens of that village. He is identified wilh the Republican party, and has held the position of Constable for the term of eight years. Mrs. LeQuatte is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

ames W. Smith, of the firm of Smith Bros., proprietors of the Illinois Pottery, located at Illinois City, was born at Akron, Ohio, July 28, 1853. His father, William E. Smith, was born in Winchester, Va., while his mother, Hannah P. Smith, was a native of Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio.

he engaged as an apprentice to learn the potter's trade, and served for three years, after which time he worked for a while at Akron. He then left his native place, and started out to seek employment wherever he could secure it. He worked at his trade in various places - in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. In 1876, however, he came to Illinois City, and, in company with his brother, bought the pottery there of A. C. Butman. Since that time they have conducted it, manufacturing stoneware and tile of the high grade. The pottery is one of the permanent and important institutions of Illinois City, and turns out some very fine work.

Mr. Smith was married in 1S78 to Nellie M. Thompson, a native of Vermont. She, however, lived but a brief period after her marriage, as she died March 17, 1882, at the age of 22 years. She left one child, Park C, with her husband to mourn her loss.

rrF^p] on Bailey Davenport, President of the r'"£,P/p People's National Bank, and President and -' '.""oi Superintendent of the Rock Island & Milan A Street Railway Company, is the only living son T of Col. George Davenport, deceased (see biography of Col. George Davenport), and was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1823, and was brought the same year to Rock Island County, where he has since made his home. He is therefore "a first settler " in fact. As a boy he attended school in the first building erected for educational purposes in what is now Rock Island County. It was a one-story log cabin without windows, the only openings being a door and a fire-place ; but that humble little school was presided over by one of the most talented men of his day. He was a graduate of West Point, at which institution he was for many years afterward Professor of Mathematics, and later in life he was Assistant Postmaster-General of the United States. He was known here as "Capt. Stubbs." During the latter years of his life he became a recluse, and lived and died in a cave in what is now East Davenport. From the brilliant Prof. Stubbs, of West Point, the talented Assistant Postmaster-General of the United States, he became the "Hermit of Iowa," and the only history of his life is what is known by tradition.

In 1837 Mr. Davenport was sent by his father to the St. Louis (Mo.) University, and afterwards to private schools in the town of Davenport, so that by the time he was out of his youth his education was quite thorough for that day. His first business enterprise was that of gardener on his father's island farm, and was undertaken when but 12 years of age. This, however, was probably a mere incident, as most of his time about that age and for a few years afterwards was devoted to study. During the Back Hawk war, a Sergeant Haskins, of the United States Army, inspired him to become a horse-trader, and, like his primitive horticultural effort, it appears to have met his fancy and fastened itself upon him; for during all the subsequent years of his life he has been identified with farming, gardening and horse-breeding and trading. In 1841 his father deeded him 59 quarter sections of land in Adams, Hancock, Mc- Donough, Fulton and Henderson Counties, 111., and from that time he became a prominent dealer in real estate. He sold those lands for whatever they would bring, and that was not much. He took in exchange for them anything the people had to give, and a sample is found in one transaction: he exchanged one quarter for a horse even, and sold the horse for

His father owned large tracts of land in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, and Bailey became his agent, his principal duty being the payment of taxes. In paying taxes in Hancock County he found two quarters assessed as " improved land," and upon inquiry found that the prophet, Joe Smith, had fenced them into his Nauvoo domain. Mr. Davenport called upon the " Prophet " for an explanation, and heard from that worthy that "the Lord had commanded him in a revelation to build a temple at that point and to occupy and possess the lands round about!" Mr. Davenport knew of no remedy in the State of Illinois whereby he might sue the Lord's prophet in ejectment, nor did he feel disposed to question such a title, as the prophet was a dangerous man, and the Danites had a way of quieting titles by quieting claimant; he therefore left Joseph alone in his possession !

In 1842 Mr. Davenport was in the Prophet's city, and was given a pretty close call for his life. Old man Redden and his sons occupied the stone building at the boat landing. Upon inquiring for a couple of friends who had accompanied him, he was ini> formed that they were in the boat-house. It was near dark, and upon entering, the door was instantly closed behind him, and he heard the grating of heavy iron bolts. The situation flashed across his mind, and he made a bound for the rear door. Tiger-like, from the dark corner in which they had been crouching, the assassins sprang to intercept him. He saw the gleam of their daggers, he heard their heavy but suppressed breathing and felt it as they clutched for him. Their negligence saved him. The door was ajar ; he sprang through it, across the porch, leaped to the ground and sped away to liberty. After the departure of the Mormons it was estimated that fully 150 men had been murdered in the old stone boathouse, long since torn down, but remembered by many persons now living, and by none more vividly than by Bailey Davenport. In r&45 old Redden and his sons were tried and found guilty as accessories to the fact in the murder of Col. George Davenport.

Mr. Davenport's only brother, George L., was the first white settler in what is now the State of Io.va, and upon his claim Mr. Bailey Davenport held the plow, Sept. 17, 1832, to open the first furrow ever turned to the sun in that now vast agricultural empire. Mr. Davenport inherited a great number of acres of land from his father, and afterwards purchased from the estate many more. He now owns 2,200 acres in and around Rock Island. His magnificent residence in 17th Avenue stands upon a 500- acre tract, a part of which only was deeded him by his father. He farms and has farmed about 1,000 acres annually, and grazes hundreds of fine cattle. His stud of horses comprises some of the finest Logans, McGregors, Wheelocks, etc., in the State of Illinois. He was one of the organizers of the Merchants' State Bank of Davenport, in 1858, afterwards merged into the Davenport National Bank, in which he is still a large stockholder. At the organization of the People's National Bank, of Rock Island, in 1876, he became its President, a position he has since continuously held. He was the projector of the Rock Island & Milan Street Railway, and now owns i3-2oths of its capital stock. He owns the Black Hawk Watch-Tower, the most popular resort in the county. He has laid out four additions to Rock Island City, and three to the city of Moline. He owns and works large stone quarries and sand-banks, and to all this multiplicity of gigantic financial interests he gives his personal attention, and yet has plenty of time to be a gentleman, to meet people, to invite them to his house, to talk to them of the past and the present, to impress them with admiration for one of the most whole-souled, congenial men in the world, and cause them to regret that in all Rock Island there is but one Bailey Davenport.

Mr. Davenport has served the city one term as Mayor. He was Mayor through all the trying times of the war, and though a stanch Democrat in politics there was no division in sentiment among the best people when the best man was wanted for the chief officer of the city. It was due to his instrumentality more than to that of any other man, that the United States Arsenal was located at Rick Island; and it is probably due to him and Judge Grant that what is now the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad touched this city at all on its line west from Chicago. From the abundance of his wealth he gives liberally, but without ostentation or display, to all worthy objects of charity. The poor and the needy are never turned from him with empty hands, and his home, though a castle, is always open, and the humblest may enter and be welcome. No liveried outsider attends his carriage; no fawning lackey holds the door of his library and informs callers that strangers are not to be seen, or that the great man sleepeth upon his downy couch, and to disturb him is forbidden, or that this not his day for talking. No; Bailey Davenport is always accessible; he is always democratic.

The publishers of this volume, therefore, take the utmost pleasure in placing a lithographic likeness of Mr. Davenport in connection with the foregoing biographical outline.

.jjito born to Richard and Catherine (Ritchie) Donkr aldson, natives of Pennsylvania and of I Scotch-Irish ancestry. The names of their children are Anna E., James, Jane, Andrew, Richard, Mary and Catherine H.

2, 1S31. He remained on the parental homestead until 22 years of age, receiving a good commonschool education, and in the spring of 1853 came to this county, when, in company with his brother James, engaged in the occupation of farming, in Rural Township, which vocation he continued, in the partnership mentioned, for about seven years. He then settled on 480 acres of land in Rural Township, which had been purchased by his father several years previous, and he entered vigorously and energetically upon the task of its improvement and cultivation. He is at present the owner of 510 acres of land, 480 of which is in an advanced state of cultivation. He has erected fine buildings on his farm, consisting of a residence and all necessary out-buildings, and is meeting with success in his chosen vocation. He is a gentleman, whose word is as good as his bond, and whose prosperity, in a financial point of view, is attributable to his own indomitable energy, perseverance and pluck. Mr. Donaldson was united in marriage, in Rock Island, July 4, 1865, to Ellen M. Titterington, who was born in this State.

Mr. Donaldson has held the office of Supervisor of his township for five years, Assessor three years and also Road Commissioner and other minor offices. Politically, he is identified with the interests of the Democratic party. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Q. Anderson, of the firm of Anderson & Hanson, successors to Eklund & Ans^sou Person, dealers in stoves, tinware, gas pipes and steam fitting, in Moline. They established their business in May, 1882, and carry an average stock of $2,500. Mr. Anderson was born in Sweden, April 26, 1850, and came to the United States with his father, Nels Anderson, in 1S54. They came directly to Moline, this county, where Mr. Anderson learned the paper-making business with Mr. S. W. Wheelock. He was an employee of the Moline Paper Company for 21 years, and continued in the same until the time of commencing his present business. In 1882 he entered into a partnership with O. F. Eklund iin the hardware business, the firm name being Eklund & Anderson. This connection continued until Sept. i, 1S84, when Mr. Eklund sold out to Albert Hanson, and the firm name became Anderson & Hanson, which partnership exists until- the present time. They are conducting a good and constantly increasing business, and are regarded by the citizens of the county as strictly honest and straightforward in all their dealings, which accounts for the increase in their trade.

Mr. Anderson formed a matrimonial alliance in Mercer County, 111., on the 8th day of October, 187 1, with Miss Matilda Rostett, daughter of Peter Rostett. Mrs. Anderson was born in Sweden and came to the United States in 1857. Four children have been born to them, all boys : Frank M. W., Almund G., Joseph E. and Robert N. P.

Politically, Mr. Anderson is a believer in and an advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and socially is a member of the A. O. U. W.

siding in Cordova Township, was born in K) Oneida Co., N. Y., July 17, 18 17. His father, ^ Jeremiah, Rice, was born in the same county m 1788, and was a farmer by occupation. The mother of the subject of this notice, whose maiden name was Abigail Mitchell, was also a native of York State. After marriage, the parents resided in Oneida County until 1835. In the spring of that year they started West, with a team of horses and a covered wagon, containing the family and household goods. They drove through to Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, where they remained through the summer, and in the fall of the same year started on an overland journey for this State, arriving at Ottawa, La Salle County, where they spent the winter of that year. In the spring of 1836, they again started out and came to this county and located on the present site of Albany, where the father was one of the very earliest pioneers. He assisted in platting the village, built a frame house there from hewn timbers, and made all the boards, laths and shingles from oak timber. In 1837 he rented his property in Albany, and removed to Rock Island County, where he made a claim on section 33, Cordova Township, and when the land came into market, entered it. Immediately after making his claim, he located upon it and entered vigorously and energetically upon its improvement and cultivation, and on it he resided until the date of his death in 1842, his wife following him to the land of the hereafter ten years later. The issue of their union was seven children, five of whom survive: Curtis M., subject of this biographical notice, resides in Cordova Township; Amelia is the wife of Captain A. M. George, residing in Garden Plain; De Witt, lives in Clinton Co., Iowa; Warren and Consider reside in Audubon Co., Iowa.

Curtis M. Rice, subject of this biographical notice, was in his 18th year, when he came to this county, in company with his parents, and the events of interests that happened in an early day in the history of the county are fresh in his memory. On attaining the age of 22 years, he went to Galena, where he remained for a period, and for three years following he was engaged in the lead mines in that vicinity, with the exception of the winter seasons, which he spent at home. He earned his money in the mines, with which he entered land in company with his father, and, retiring from the labors of the mines, entered upon the task of cultivating and improving his land.

He formed a matrimonial alliance in March, 1844, in Scott Co., Iowa, with Eliza Earl, a native of Pennsylvania, in which State she was born Nov. 15, 1822. They commenced housekeeping in the log-cabin which he had previously built. In 1848 he sold the land he had entered to J. B. Crosby, and moved to the village of Cordova, where he followed the occupation of "mine host" for three years. He then bought land on section 34, township 21, range 2. In 1856 he moved to Port Byron, where he resided for three years, and then returned to his farm. In 1877 he sold his farm, and purchased the farm which he otcupies, located on section 4, Cordova Township, and on which he located. The farm is well improved and furnished with a good substantial residence, barn and outbuildings, and is pleasantly located on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Mrs. Rice died Jan. 4, 1861. The issue of their union was five children, three of whom survive. Martha was born Nov. 6, 1845, and is the wife of Charles George : Mary J., born May 19, 1851; wife of King George, residing in Cordova; Maud, born Jan. 2, 1854; wife of Charles Kitchen, resident of Chicago.

Mr. Rice was again married in 1862, to Victoria T. Brown, daughter of Charles T. and Sarah (Axe) Brown. Of the latter union, five children have been born, two of whom survive, namely: Verna, born Sept. 27, 1866, and Ruby, March 24, 1872.

- ;, % fj mos Altimus, a mechanic, .working in the 'tjUt^r. employ of Deere & Co., in their Plow ' Works, at Moline, was born in Indiana Co., ~«jtak Pa., Feb. 15, 1828, and is the son of John and Margaret (Gets) Altimus. He learned the carpenter and wagon-maker's trade, at which he was employed in his native State until 1856, when he removed to Moline, this county, arriving at that place on the nth day of March, that year. On the 4th day of December, 1856, he began working with Deere & Co., and continued in their employ until Feb. 20, 1865, when he enlisted in the War for the Union, joining Co. G, 47th 111. Vol. Inf., as Sergeant, and served until January, 1866, at which time he received an honorable discharge.

Mr. Altimus enlisted soon after the breaking out of the war, in June, 1861, but was rejected at Chicago for physical disability. He nevertheless could not rest content without participating in the fracas, and did not propose to have his record go down to posterity as one who had not lifted his hand in defense of the Union in the most trying hour of her extremity. He consequently made another effort to enlist in February, 1865, and was successful. He was in the 16th Army Corps, and participated in the battle of Mobile, being under fire ten days continuously.

On his return from the war Mr. Altimus resumed work with Deere & Co., and remained with them until 1870, when he went to Rock Island, as foreman of the wood department of the B. D. Buford & Co. Plow Works, and held that position seven years. He then returned to Deere & Co.'s and continued with them until June, 1882.

During the Centennial year Mr. Altimus made the wood work for Deere & Co.'s exhibit at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. In July, 1882, he took charge of the wood department of the Moline Plow Co.'s works, and held that position one year, after which he again returned to Deere & Co., where he has since been continuously employed.

Mr. Altimus formed a matrimonial alliance in Indiana Co., Pa., Nov. 28, 1850, with Miss Hannah M., daughter of Samuel Curts. She was born in Eastern Pennsylvania, near Danville, April S, 1829. They are the parents of four children, namely : Delia, the eldest, was born Jan. 14, 1852, and is the wife of C. M. Waters, of Denver, Col. ; Sanford Y. was born Oct. 27, 1853, and died in infancy; Lizzie, born April 21, 1855, died in infancy; Ada, the youngest, was born. at Moline, June 2, 1857, and is the wife of E. D. Siekmnn, and now resides in Chicago, 111.

In his political views he is an earnest Republican. Socially, he is identified with various societies ; is Past Vice-Commander of Graham Post, No. 312, G. A. R., a member of the Order of A. O. U. W., of the Improved Order of Red Men, and Degree of Honor.

and successful business men of this county, - came to Moline with his parents in 1848; he was born at Bristol, England, Dec. 15, 1830, and is a son of Thomas S. and Sarah 'j"" (Milnes) Shaw. James Shaw received a good education in his native country, attending an academy. After leaving school he entered a wholesale dry-goods establishment, where he remained a year and a half, after which he went into his father's counting-room, Mr. Shaw, the elder, at that time being extensively engaged in commercial pursuits.

In 1848, Thomas S. Shaw, with his family, embarked for America, landing at New Orleans and expecting to locate in Texas. Before his departure from London, he had purchased scrip for land in that State. The unsettled condition of the country and the advice of an acquaintance determined him to locate elsewhere. He accordingly came up the river and stopped at Rock Island, where the family remained two months, moving from there to Geneseo, and subsequently, in T849, to Andover, and to Moline in 1850. He continued to reside in Illinois for four years, when he removed to Wisconsin, where he lived for 18 years, removing thence to Coburg, Ontario, Canada, where he spent the last six months of his life, and where he died, in July, 1870.

James Shaw's first employment in Moline was that of clerk in a store, where he continued until 1S53, when he engaged in business for himself as a general merchant. He began with limited means, but by close application, good management and fair and honest dealing, he was soon enabled to extend his business until at present he has one of the largest general stores in the city.

Mr. Shaw formed a matrimonial alliance at Moline, Dec. 20, 1 85 4, with Miss Eliza Fairclough, a daughter of William Fairclough, an English merchant. Her mother's maiden name was Catharine Boothroyd. Mrs. Shaw was born in Liverpool, England, and emigrated with her parents to the United States, coming directly to Moline in the winter ot 1850. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw has been blessed with six children, three of whom are living, namely : Ida Howard, Alfred Fairclough and Charles Edward. Alfred F. married Miss Elizabeth Dresser, an American lady, and is associated with his father in business at Moline.

Mr. Shaw is one of those who believe in making such use of money that, while not prodigal, they and their families may obtain the greatest amount of enjoyment, and have the best possible advantages for improvement and culture. With this end in view, his wife and children have spent several years in Europe, where his children have pursued their studies under the best instructors of the Old World. While Mr. Shaw has a pleasant and commodious residence at Moline, a view of which is shown opposite the portrait of Mr. Shaw, given in connection with this work, he keeps another home in Canada, on the shores of Lake Huron, where his family spend a portion of each year.

The firm of James Shaw & Son, of 1,529 Second Avenue, carry an average stock of general merchandise; and, being one of the oldest established houses in the city and widely known for a careful selection of goods and fair prices, together with honest dealing, they have secured an extensive trade among the better class of customers of Rock Island County.

Religiously, Mr. Shaw and family are members of the Episcopal Church, and politically, Mr. Shaw has been identified with the Democratic party all his life.

As the subject of the foregoing sketch is a representative man and a prominent and exemplary citizen of this county, a good lithographic likeness of him is inserted herewith.

5:iyy!p '^ Owen, editors and proprietors of the Port Ci ~" Byron Globe, was born at Comanche, Clinton Co., Iowa, Sept. 10. 1S5S, and is the second son of Isaac and Hannah (Burchard) Hess. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and his mother was a native of Delaware. Both were of German nationality. They went to Princeton, Iowa, when the son was a lad of seven years. His father died there in 1872. His mother was a resident there until 1881. She makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Culbertson, at St. Louis, Mo.

With the exception of a space of 18 months, Mr. Hess lived with his mother until he was 19 years of age. The interim he passed in the vicinity of Davenport. He was a pupil in the schools at Princeton, where he obtained his education. At the age mentioned he went to Carroll Co., Iowa, and the winter after his arrival there he taught a term of school. He spent the ensuing summer at the Iowa Agricultural College at Ames. He returned to Carroll County, where he again engaged in teaching one winter. In the spring he went to Valparaiso, Ind., and attended the Normal School of Northern Indiana, and while there he completed a course of business study, being graduated in the fall of 1879. He then engaged in teaching at Cordova Township, 111., following that vocation two winters successively in in the same place. The intervening summers he was a clerk on the river steamer Menominee, which plied between St. Louis and Stillwater. In the winter of 1881 and 1882 he attended an institute at Delaware, Ohio, called the " Pen Art Hall," where he was graduated in the spring of 18S2. In the same year he taught penmanship in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. He spent the winter in teaching at Cordova. In the spring of 1883, he entered the employ of G. A. Metzgar, and passed a season in the capacity of Secretary of the Port Byron Lime Association. The next winter he taught school in the township of Coe, at a point one mile from Port Byron.

In February, 1884, he bought a two-thirds interest in the Port Byron Globe, and was connected with that journal until July, 1SS5. In August following he purchased a general stock of goods in the village of Port Byron, and is now engaged in the mercantile business.

Mr. Hess was married Oct. 6, 1884, to Elizabeth C. Strickland, who was born in Chicago, Feb. 23, rS66. Mr. and Mrs. Hess are now the parents of one child, a son, born July rS, 1S85.

rthur S. Wright was born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 17, 1832, of genuine New England ; .<" '" Yankee stock, his father being Calvin, his , mother being Hannah (Moore) Wright. A. S. Wright attended school most of the time until he was 17 years old. Up to this age he learned the carpenter and joiner trade, and worked at it for some four years, and then was in that line of business for himself for about two years. He first came to Moline, Iil., May 17, 1856. Here he remained for about one year, and the first work he ever did in the West was one-half hour's labor in the shop of John Deere; but, nearly every one of the workmen being a Swede, whose language he could not understand, he left, and soon went to the bench, and made 100 plain hard-wood bureaus, by piece-work, which he turned out in the upper part of the old building which he afterward owned, and which is now one of the warehouses of the Moline Pump Company, of which he is President. Having completed the bureaus, he turned again to his trade, and assisted in erecting the first high-school building, and the residence of Judge Gould, in Moline.

April 17, 1857, after having been 14 days going'up the river from St. Louis. At Omaha he worked for a while at his trade, as a carpenter, and also labored as such for a few months at Florence, Neb., when he drifted back to Omaha, and soon after went to Dennison, Iowa, at work with Ezra Smith, for the Providence Western Land Company, assisting in building the first houses in that town, putting up the Court-House, and constructing bridges about the country for the company. After three years' labor there he returned to Moline, and went into partnership with Ezra Smith for the making of fanningmills, dissolving partnership in January, 1864, he himself continuing to make fanning-mills and horserakes until March 1, 1866, when he bought out H. E. Barber's interest in the pump factory. The old partnership consisted of A. S. Wright, W. Hillhouse and Ezra Smith, under the firm name of Wright, Hillhouse & Co. It was organized as a stock concern, and named the Moline Pump Company, March

On Feb. 9, 1864, he married Miss Harriet A. Brett, at Rockville, Conn., and they have had two children, namely, Eluvia E., born Feb. 4, 1865 ; Edith W., Jan. 17, 1872, and the latter died eight months later. Mrs. Wright is a member of the Baptist Church, but he is disposed to be rather " liberal ' in his religious views. In politics he is most emphatically a Democrat. He held the office of Trustee, in the early days of Moline, was Supervisor for one year, and for several years has been one of the Directors of the Moline Public Library; is a Freemason, but connected with none of the other secret societies. The pump company, in which he is the principal and leading character, is one of the most flourishing institutions in Moline.

^ifi. avid Warnock, farmer on section 13, Rural Township, is a son of John and Mary (Campbell) Warnock. (See sketch of John Warnock.) Mr. W., of this sketch, was born in County Down, Ireland, Aug. 6, ' 1847, and was only a year old when his parents emigrated to America. He remained a member of the household until 25 years of age, receiving his education in the common schools. He has until the present been engaged in agricultural pursuits, nowbeing the owner of i6oacresof land in Rural Township, and T47 acres in Henry County, most of which is under cultivation.

He was married in Henry County, 111., March 19, 1873, to Miss Jennie, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Grant) Ferguson, her parents being natives respectively of Ireland and Scotland, and have a family of eight children, - James, Annie, Jennie, William, Ella, Sarah, Hattie and Carrie. Mrs. Warnock was born near Pittsburg, Pa., April 12, 1855, and she has had six children, viz. : Mary N., Eva L., Annie B., Sadie, Zella J., and one who died in infancy.

Mr. and Mrs. Warnock are members of the United Presbyterian Church, and he is a believer in and supporter of the principles advocated by the Republican party.

r p|l :£ ester D. Mudge, senior member of the firm : of Mudge Bros., general merchants at Tay lor Ridge, was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., April 28, 1S45. His father, Edson Mudge, was a prominent farmer of that State, and was married in his native county, to Miss Angelina Burroughs, a native of the same State. He died in New York, in the fall of 1874, and she afterwards came West, and died at the residence of her son in Edgington, this county, Nov. 14, 1875, at the age of ' 66 years. She was the mother of three children, 3 namely: Emeline, who married Dr. Ardo Walker, and now resides in Morris Co., Kan.; Lester D.; and Clarke E., who married Miss Asenath Gibson, and now has one child, Vera by name ; he is the junior member of the firm of Mudge Bros.

The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was 1 1 years old when his parents came West and settled in Edgington Township, this county. Here he completed his education, in the public schools. At the age of 15 he left home and began in life as a clerk in a mercantile establishment. After his marriage he made his residence in the village of Edgington, followed farming for a time, then was a clerk again, at

Reynolds, the same township. In July, 1S68, he purchased the store belonging to a Mr. Walker, and has since been with his brother, as above mentioned. To their stock of general merchandise they have also added a department of agricultural implements. Mr. M. is also station agent at Taylor Ridge. In his political views he is a strong Democrat, and he has held a number of the offices of Edgington Township. His wife is a member of the Baptist Church.

Sept. 17, 1868, is the date of his marriage to Elite Johnson, daughter of Storer Johnson. She was born in Edgington Township, Jan. 29, 1829, and educated principally at Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. Mudge have one child, named John, who was born Feb. 28, 1885.

ro, Drury Township, was born in rea Montgomery Co., Va , Feb. 3, 1S14. His parents, John B. and Sarah Ricketts, were natives of that State, where the mother diedthe father died of cholera in Paducah, Mc- Cracken Co., Ky. Anthony Ricketts, mentioned at the beginning of this sketch, spent his early years at home, assisting on the farm and attending the public schools, until he attained the age of 14, at which time he was employed by farmers in the neighborhood of his nativity by the month. He resided with his grandfather in Virginia from the time he was about six years old, the date of the death of his mother, until 14 years of age. When iS years of age he left Shenandoah Co., Va., and went to Wheeling, W. Va. Not finding employment at that place, he went on a steamboat to Cincinnati, Ohio. At the latter city he remained but a short time, when he went to Lawrence Co., Ohio, where he resided about two years, and then went to Greene Co., Ohio, and remained for about one year. At this date, in company with another gentleman, he purchased a Hatboat and went to New Orleans. He was engaged in trading on the river for a short time, and then returned to Ohio. He made three trips down the Mississippi to New Orleans on a flat-boat, meeting with success in that line of business.

settled in Drury Township, where he has since resided. He is at present the proprietor of 280 acres of land in that township, and has the same under a good state of cultivation, with good residence, barn and outbuildings.

Mr. Ricketts has held the office of School Trustee, Justice of the Peace, Township Assessor, Township Collector and Overseer of Highways. Politically he is identified with the Democratic party, and religiously he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.

Shames Tew, for nearly a quarter of a century engaged in the market business at Cordova, this county, was born in Buckinghamshire, England, July 29, 1829. He is the son of George and Ann Tew, both natives k" of the same shire ; he was reared upon the farm in his native land; and in 1850 came to America, and located in Brantfort, Canada, where he apprenticed himself to a baker and confectioner, with whom he served four years and 15 days, when he engaged, as a traveling salesman to a brewer, and traveled three and a half years; and in 1858 came to Cordova, and for a time engaged in making pop beer, during the proper season of the year, and during the remainder of the time in farming. This kind of life he followed until 1861, when he embarked in the butchering business, and the following year opened a market, which he has untiringly conducted since that time.

In 1856, January 31, Mr. Tew was united in marriage with Deborah Foulds, who was born in Lancashire, England, Oct. 23, 1838; and came to America in 1841 with her parents. She is the mother of five children, - William F., George W., Anna E., Jennie G. and James Norman.

Since 1873, in addition to conducting his market, Mr. Tew has been engaged in buying and shipping stock to Chicago. His wife and family are connected with the Baptist Church.

evi McCain, a prominent citizen of Moline, was born in Henderson Co., Ky., Oct. n, 1812, and was the youngest, and is now the ^JJ only one living, of six sons of James and Eleanor (Boyd) McCain. The other sons were [ John, Alexander, Hance, James and Eli W. The parents were of Scotch descent, and were natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina respectively. Levi McCain managed to pick up a little learning by a few weeks' irregular attendance at the subscription schools of his neighborhood; but his education, consisting not in a knowledge of men and the ways of the world, was acquired of such experience as a friendless, penniless man has when thrown out upon the rude waves of the great ocean of life without craft or compass, and is forced to struggle for an invisible shore.

In his youth Mr. McCain worked some at gunsmithing and more at farming, but his principal employment from early manhood until about 32 years of age was that cf following the rivers. From 16 to 18 years of age, he was in the employ of the United States Government in its first efforts to improve the Ohio River. Later on, he navigated the Ohio, from Pittsburg to its mouth, the Mississippi from Rock Island to New Orleans, and the Missouri from St. Louis to Independence, as Mate of the steamer " Otto." He was in 1834 Mate on the steamer "Wisconsin," which plied between St. Louis and Dubuque. It was on one of his " up-river " trips that he learned somethingof Moline, and decided to make it his future home. Acting upon this decision, he accordingly landed at Moline, on the 15th day of April, 1845, and here he has since lived, and since 1866 has led a life of comparative ease and comfort. He no longer asks favors from the world, but his well-timed efforts and ceaseless industry have long since brought their reward, and Mr. McCain is rounding up an honorable and virtuous life in the peaceful enjoyment of the accumulation of many years of toil.

He left Kentucky on account of his Free-Soil principles, and on the organization of the Republican party he became identified with it; and during the war he was a staunch Union man.

After coming to Moline he engaged in boatbuilding and millwrighting, and was successful in accumulating a competency; and investment in real estate added to his other acquired wealth.

He has been thrice married, first, in 1832, in Henderson Co., Ky., to Elizabeth Johnson, who died in Southern Indiana in 1844. Of the six children she bore, four lived to survive for a time, but at this writing (June, 1885) they have all joined her in the spirit land. Secondly, in Posey Co., Ir.d., in 1844, to Elizabeth Williams, who died in Moline in 1866; and thirdly, at the last named place, Dec. 10, 1869, to Mrs. Harriet Foster, a lady who had been twice a widow. Her maiden name was Stroud, and her first husband's name was John Duncan. To him she bore four children : Joseph A., of Henderson, Ky.; Mary J., wife of Robert Shaw, of Davenport, Iowa, and Sarah E. and Amanda E., deceased. Mrs. McCain has six grandchildren, namely, Hattie and John, who are the children of Joseph A. Duncan and reside with their parents in Henderson, Ky., and four children of Mrs. Mary Shaw, - Eva, Joseph, Robert and Mary J. Mrs. McC. in her young days was a pioneer teacher in Southern Illinois. In her religion she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

IVfr. McCain's only daughter, Mary Elizabeth, became the wife of George W. Heck, of Moline, and died March 28, 1865. They had three children, all of whom are living, namely : Sarah, who married Reuben Norton, and has had three sons, - Fra k, George W. and Levi; the family reside in Moline; Erne

The last child and son of Mr. McCain, John, became a soldier in the late war, joining Co. H, 37th Regt. 111. Vol. Inf., under the three-months call, and participated in many hard-fought battles. On the expiration of his first term of service he re-enlisted for three years, then veteranized and served to the close of the war. During the last part of his service he was a member of the Eighth Mo. Battery. In 1866 he married, in Franklin Co., Kan., Miss Mary Elizabeth Little, and they had six children, four of whom are living, viz., Matilda, Jennetta, James and Ella May, in Ottawa, that county. The deceased were named Levi and John.

A correct lithographic likeness of Mr. McCain is given on a preceding page; and it is one that will not only be admired by all his friends, but also be a source of satisfaction to all who may look into this work or read the outline of his life's career. The portrait of his wife is also given.

eter Odendahl, farmer, residing on sections Ls^f 5 aniJ s- Hampton Township, was born in j EpsS Germany, March 10,1817. He attended ifu school, receiving the advantages afforded by ^ the common schools of that early day until he attained the age of 15 years, when he was made to earn his own livelihood. He began at the occupation of a farmer, which he has continued through life, and followed the same in Germany until 1853, when he emigrated to America. Arriving in Rock Island County in 1853, the following year he purchased 65 acres of land, which he has improved and at the present time has under excellent cultivation.

In 1853, before taking his departure to the New World, he was united in marriage to Miss Cecilia Wirtz, a German lady, and the issue of their union has been two children, both sons, namely : William P. and Henry. William P. married Josephine Ott, and their home circle is blessed with two children, Lutwig and Gertrude. Henry was united in marriage to Laura Godderg, and they have one boy, Otto H.

Politically, Mr. Odendahl is identified with the Democratic party, and belongs with his wife to the Catholic Church. Mr. Odendahl has been quite successful since his emigration to the United States, and is a well-known and enterprising fanner ot Hampton Township.

ames Reynolds, one of the energetic and progressive farmers of Rock Island County, residing on section 1 a, Drury Township, is a native of Washington Co., Pa., where he was %F born Oct. 26, i8co. His father was a fanner

P by occupation, and James passed his early life on the old homestead, engaged in assisting his father in the maintenance of the family. The county in which he was born being newly settled, the privileges of the common schools were scarce and the education of James was consequently somewhat limited.

When four years of age, the parents of Mr. Reynolds removed to Pickaway Co., Ohio, where they resided for about six years, when they removed to what was then the Territory of Indiana, where the senior Reynolds was one of the early settlers. He located in what is now Wayne County, that State. The War of 1812, soon after his location in that Territory, broke out, and for three years he with others were engaged in fighting the Indians. It was there that James was reared, and in such times there were no schools. He lived in what is now Wayne and and Morgan Counties, Indiana, for a period of 26 years. In the spring of 1836 he came' to Rock Island County, with his wife and five children, and was consequently one of the early pioneers to settle here. He located in Drury Township,- section 18, and has lived in this vicinity until the present time. He is at present the proprietor of 323 acres of land, all located in Drury Township.

The marriage of Mr. Reynolds occurred in Hendricks, Co., Ind., where he obtained the first license ever issued at Danville, which is the county seat of that county, Nov. 17, 1824, and the lady of his choice was Miss Rachel Demorss, a native of Hamilton Co., Ohio, where she resided until her marriage.

The issue of their union was 12 children, namely Charles, Nancy C, Jane, Ursula, Elizabeth, William, James D., Anna, Eli, John, Eliza and Milton. Mrs. R. died in Drury Township, May 6, 1864, and Mr. Reynolds was again married, in that township, in July, 1866, to Jane Harper Getchell, widow of Lorenzo Getchell, who was killed in the battle of Corinth, Miss. She died in Drury Township, in June, 1879.

Mr. R., although a gentleman never seeking an office, has held some of the minor offices of the township. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party.

His parents, William and Nancy (Griffith) Reynolds, were born in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bay. They afterwards married and settled in Maryland, from whence they removed to Pennsylvania, then to Ohio, and finally to Indiana, where they died. Their family consisted of eight children, Larkin, William, Priseilla, Caleb, Anna, Eli, Charles and James. The father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and is reported to have been well acquainted with George Washington.

^J|jji ; illiam Josephson, of the Moline Cabinet Organ Company, was born in Sweden, Sept. 3, 1843, and is the son of Joseph > and Mary (Handberg) Molander. His father was a native of Sweden, and was born Aug. 10, 17 97, and his mother Dec. 3, 1803. William learned the organ-making trade in his native country, and emigrated to America in 1864. He came directly to Princeton, 111., where he worked at cabinet-making as a journeyman seven years. He then went to Mendota, 111., where he was employed in the shops of the Western Cottage Organ Company for nine years. He then came to Moline and bought an interest in the Moline Cabinet Organ Company of this place, and was elected the first Secretary of the company.

He was united in marriage at Princeton, 111., June 27, JS69, to Miss Matilda, daughter of Jonas Samuelson, of Princeton. Mrs. Josephson was born in Sweden, and came to America with her parents in

1852. They are the parents of five children, namely: Jennie, born at Mendota, Oct. 22, 1872; Conrad, bom at Mendota, Feb. 4, 1874; Telma, born at Mendota, July 25, 1878; Effie, at Moline, July 25, 1881, and Leonard, at Moline, Aug. 2r, 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Josephson are members of the Swedish Lutheran Church. Mr. J. is a Republican in politics.

s H. Womacks, one of the progressive farm- S$f. ers of Drury Township, was born in Frankvsjfc. * lin Township, Brown Co., Ohio, July 20, 18T7. His parents, Terry and Roxanna (Reynolds) Womacks, were natives of Virginia and New York respectively, and settled in Brown Co., Ohio, where they died.

William H. Lomacks was the third in order of birth of a family of 1 1 children, and his early years were spent in attending the common schools and in assisting in the labors of the farm until he attained the age of 20 years. At this age in life he emigrated to Muscatine, Iowa, and located in Muscatine County, that State, where he resided for six years, when he came to Rock Island County, in r845, pur-, chased 120 acres of land located in Drury Township, on which he settled and entered vigorously and energetically upon the task of its improvement, and on which he has constantly resided until the present time. Mr. Womacks owned at one time 600 acres of land, but at the present time he is only the proprietor of t8o acres.

Mr. Womacks was united in marriage, in Brown Co., Ohio, March T5, ^38, to Miss Elizabeth Doty, the accomplished daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Washburne)Doty, natives of Pennsylvania and Kentucky respectively. She was the eldest of a family of nine children, and was born in Brown Co., Ohio, Oct. 12, 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Womacks are the parents of one child, Alvin T., born Jan. 8, r842, and resides in Buffalo Prairie Township. They have buried ten children, all of whom died in infancy but two. Albert M. enlisted in the 93d 111. Vol. Inf., and it is supposed that he died in the prison at Andersonville, Ga., as he has never been heard from. He was taken prisoner at the battle of

Mission Ridge, and after being confined in different prisons, he was sent to that worst of all rebel prisons, Andersonville. Thomas P. was a member of the same company and regiment, and was mortally wounded at the battle of Champion Hill, in the rear of Vicksburg, and died on the fourth day after receiving his wound.

Mr. W. has held the office of Supervisor three years, and of School Treasurer, 21 years. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which denomination he is a prominent member, having held a license to exhort and been Recording Steward 20 years.

George and Sarah E. (Morehouse) Osborn, natives of Connecticut, was born in the State last named March 2, 1826. His parents moved from the State of their nativity to Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1831. His father was a coasting Captain, and followed that occupation from 181 2 to 1831. He then sold his vessel and bought a small farm in Oneida County and lived there until the year 1861. During that year he came to Zuma Township, this county, where he is yet living, with his son John, aged 87 years. Mrs. Osborn died in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1859.

Frederick Osborn, subject of this biographical notice, remained on the old homestead, assisting in the maintenance of the family and attending the common schools, in which he received a good English education until he attained the age of 23 years. He then left home, and realizing that better inducements were offered' in the West for an accumulation of a competency, came to Zuma Township, this county, in 1849, and purchased 40 acres of land. He at once entered vigorously and energetically upon its improvement and cultivation and erected thereon a house 8x12 feet wide and 20 feet in length, costing him just $50, dohig the entire work of constructing the same himself. He lived in this house for a period of ten years, and added to his original purchase 440 acres, making his landed interests in the county 480 acres. The old house has been torn away and in its place a beautiful and commodious residence, together with fine barns and good outbuildings, erected. These, with the pleasant surroundings, are represented by a full-page view in connection with this sketch.

Mr. Osborn formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Keziah S. Joslyn, a native of New London, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1847. She was born Feb. 28, 1828. The issue of their union was six children. The record is as follows : George H., born April 4, 185 r ; Benjamin B., born Oct. 9, i860 ; Ulysses G., born June 24, 1864; Minnie M., born Feb. 28, 1866; Robert R. H., born June 9, 1S68; and Sarah E., born Nov. 24, 1871. George was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Brown, and they are the parents of two children, - Fred and Harry. Ulysses G. married Rose Erwin, and they have a daughter, Jessie ( K. The wife and mother died Nov. 19, 1874, mourned s by a host of relatives and friends, as a kind mother, Q a loving wife and a generous neighbor.

George Osborn, father of the subject of this notice, ^ having been a sea Captain and followed the sea * more or less all his life up to the time he sold his vessel (in 1831) and moved to Oneida Co., N. Y. never saw a cow milked, a horse harnessed, or seed planted in the ground until he had attained the age of 33 years. An anecdote is told of him, which is too good to leave out of this biography:

" At the age of 33 years he purchased a team already harnessed, and on going home succeeded in taking off the harness ; but the next morning he was nonplused, not knowing how to put them on again, and was really compelled to go to a neighbor's to procure assistance to harness the team. On another occasion he went into the garden and there discovered some beans hanging to a stalk. He supposed the chickens had scratched them up, and pulled one out of the ground and took it in and showed it to his wife, saying that he supposed the chickens had been spoiling their garden. He was of the impression that the bean should be at the other end of the stalk, like the peanut or potato." He is nevertheless a great reader at this time, and although an old man and well-nigh the " borders of the river" he reads without glasses. George H. Osborn lives in Bethany, (j Harrison Co., Mo., where he is engaged in the culti- V vation of a 140-acre farm. Ulysses G. is also a resident of Bethany, and is engaged in the agricultural implement business, having a half interest in an establishment at that place carrying a capital stock of $ r 0,000.

ifsgk^dmond Cropper, until recently a general |it) farmer and raiser of live stock, on section 1, Bowling Township, was born in Worcester j^Sjji- Co., Md., June 23, i8rr. His father, a New England farmer of English descent, married Miss Amelia Bowen, also of Worcester County and of New England parentage, and settled on a farm in that county. She died about 1816, and he afterward again married. Being engaged in running ocean vessels to some extent, he finally lost his vessel off the New England coast, and then returned to his farm, where he resided until his death, July 26, r834, when he was 66 years old to a day.

Edmond, the subject of this sketch, was the fifth in order of birth in a family of t6 children, his father having a total of 2r, by both his wives. He and a sister are the only members of the family now surviving. He resided at home during most of his younger days, attending to his father's farm and going to the district school. The first two years after his father's death he passed as a sailor on the Atlantic Ocean, being first mate, and a short time with his Captain as ship-mate. Subsequently he came West and settled on a farm in Bowling Township, this county.

Nov. 4, 1846, in the above township, he married Miss Mary Peckenpaugh, who was born in Ohio, and finally died, at her home in this county, Oct. 13, 1859. She was the daughter of an Ohio farmer, located in Southern Illinois in 1834, and afterward in Swedona, Mercer County. She became the mother of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. The living are: Martha E., who is now residing at home with her father; Julia married Stephen Bowen, and is living in Waterbury, Conn. ; Emily married Thomas Laflin, resides on a farm in Black Hawk Township, this county; Hettie A. married David Hoover, residing in Nebraska; William married Anna Cook, ul Rock Island, and resides on the old homestead; George married Julia Zahn, and is a resident of Edgington Township.

Since his marriage Mr. Cropper has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. His first purchase of land was 40 acres from the Government ; and since then he has bought a considerable area; he now has 213 acres, most of which is cultivated, and is rendered highly valuable by its superior condition; his farm buildings are first-class. In his political views he is a strong Republican; has held the office of School Director 17 years, Road Commissioner, etc., and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also his wife. He has recently moved to Milan, where, at this writing, he resides.

J. Hull, a merchant of Moline, was J^ born July 23, 1843, at Kendall, Orleans Co., N. Y. His parents, John and Eunice (Jennings) Hull, had four children, Henry being the third in order of birth. When he was seven years of age the family removed to Northern Indiana, where he remained until rS64. He attended school until he was about iy years of age, and then began life as a clerk in a general store. In the fall of r864 he entered the service of the Government on the island of Rock Island, then a prison for rebels, as clerk in the Quartermaster's Department, remaining there until July, T865, when he returned to Lima, Ind., and entered into partnership with his brother, George B., in the mercantile business until the summer of r867_ He then came again to Moline, and opened a dry-goods store, his brother, just mentioned, coming here and joining him in the business in rS76; and at this date, r885, are still together, enjoying a fair degree of prosperity.

On the 15th of February, r87 2, at Montrose, Pa., Mr. Hull was married to Ella Kress, who was born in Troy, that State, in 1848, her parents being Benjamin and Margaret (Wilcox) Kress. Mr. and Mrs. Hull have two children : George H., born June T7, 1873; and John K., born March 9, 1875. Mrs. H.

is a member of the Baptist Church, but Mr. Hull is connected with no congregation. He is Republican as to political issues, and locally he has been a member of the Board of Education three years.

Mh "*" 22, 1839, and is a son of Calvin L. and Jfe) Ann Maria (Stanley) Ellsworth. His father yp? was born in Ohio in 1S09, and his mother in

< New Jersey in 181 1. The mother settled in Ohio with her parents while young, and they were married in that State. They located near Rootstown, Portage County, where the father followed the vocation of a farmer until 1840. In the fall of that year he started with a team overland for Illinois, and came to this county, where he made a claim on section 31, Buffalo Prairie Township. He erected a good frame house, the lumber being all oak. He entered vigorously and energetically upon the cultivation and improvement of his land and succeeded in placing 120 acres under good tillable condition, on which he resided until 1858, when he sold the same and bought land in Drury Township, on which he has resided until the present time. There were six children born of their union, only three of whom survive, namely : Margaret, at present the wife of George E. French, residing in Drury Township ; Calvin R., the subject of this notice; and Dolly A., wife of John Shutes, a resident of Mercer County, this State.

Calvin R. Ellsworth, subject of this biographical notice was not a year old when he came to this State, and consequently knew no other than Illinois as a home. He was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools of his native county. He made his home under the parental roof-tree until 1859, when he went to Missouri and engaged to learn the blacksmith trade near Sedalia. He worked at his trade at that place for three years, then returned to Rock Island County and engaged at his trade in Drury Township, where he remained for one year, when he went to Illinois City and followed his trade there for one year. He then went to Muscatine,

Iowa, and carried on the same business for one and a half years, when he again returned to Illinois City and prosecuted his business continuously until 1881. During this year he rented his shop and engaged in the mercantile trade. He had previously formed a partnership with his brother, Bartley Ellsworth, and opened a store, where they carried on a grocery business, which partnership continued until 1876, when he purchased his brother's interest and continued in the business alone for about two years.

Mr. Ellsworth formed a matrimonial alliance, June 13, i86i,with Miss Mary J. McMullen. She was born in Licking Co., Ohio. The issue of their union was five children, of whom two survive. Laura A. was born Oct. 9, 1863, and is the wife of Gideon Reed, a resident of Drury Township; Dora Belle, born April 17, 1873, and resides at home ; the first child, a son, named Joseph L., died when 9 months and 14 days old ; the third child, May, died in her nth year; Maggie Lee, the fourth child, died at 1 6 years of age.

Mr. Ellsworth was appointed Postmaster at Illinois City, April 1, 1874, and has held the office continuously up to this time. Religiously, he and his wife are both members of the United Brethren Church. Politically, he is a believer in and supporter of the principles advocated by the Republican party. Mr. Ellsworth is also senior member of the firm of Ellsworth & Crabtree, general merchants, at Illinois City.

Our subject was the second son of the family, and he made his home with his parents until the time of his enlistment in defense of his country's honor, which occurred Aug. 5, 1862. He enlisted in Co. E, 1 8th Iowa Vol. Inf., and served with valor and devotion to his country until the close of the war, serving mostly in Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian Territory. He participated in the battles of Springfield, Prairie De Ann, Poison Springs, Ark., Saline River, besides numerous skirmishes. He was dis- < harged in August, 1865, with his regiment, when he immediately returned to Illinois City. He then engaged in farming and interested himself in agricultural pursuits until 1878, when he embarked in the mercantile business, and is now with his partner carrying on a general store. The postoffice is also located at his store.

Our subject was married July 16, 1866, to Susan E. Peppers, who was born in Rock Island County, and is the daughter of John and Rebecca (Dungan) Peppers. Both himself and wife are members of the United Brethren Church. In politics he is a staunch Republican, but has never been an aspirant for political honors.

Mr. McNeal, subject of this notice, remained at home, assisting his father in the maintenance of the family, and attending the common schools (at which he received a good English education), until he attained the age of 15 years. He then went forth to fight the battles of life alone, and engaged to learn the tinner's trade, and after completing his apprenticeship at the same he worked at it nine years. In 1864 he commenced farming in Hampton Township on 160 acres of land, located on sections 19 and 30, which he had purchased, and where he at present resides. He entered vigorously and energetically upon the improvement of his place, and at the present writing has an excellent farm, consisting of 160 acres, with good residence, barn and outbuildings.

Mr. McNeal was united in marriage to Miss Anna Crawford, Sept. 2, 1863. She was a native of New York, where she was born April 24, 1S44. The issue of their union has been four children : Nelly, born May 5, 1865 ; Hattre, born Sept. 27, 1867; Gussie, born Jan. 25, 1872, and Henry, born Dec. 28, 1875. Politically, Mr. McNeal is a believer in and supporter of the principles advocated by the Republican party. He has held the position of Postmaster at Watertown for a period of 30 years, and is the owner of two-thirds of the village plat.

amuel Bryan, a retired farmer, residing on section 8, Zuma Township, was born in Chester Co., Pa., March 22, 1805. His parents were Thomas and Nancy (McCoy) Bryan, the former a native of the Keystone State and the latter of Ireland. They both died in Pennsylvania.

Samuel Bryan remained at home with his parents until he was 21 years of age. During his boyhood and youth he attended the common schools and worked on the farm. After he quitted the parental home he worked for some time on a farm by the month, and in 1837 came to Ohio, where he remained until 1841. During that year he came to Rock Island County and stopped for two years at Moline, when, in 1843, he purchased 140 acres of land where he now resides and began active operations as a farmer. It will be seen by the date of his arrival here that he was one of the earliest settlers who located and improved land in this section of the county. Long since he has arisen to that honorable position of being one of the leading and most respected farmers in this township.

Mr. Bryan was united in marriage, in 1831, to Miss Mary Garner, a native of England. They reared a large family of children, who have taken prominent and respected positions in society. Mis. Bryan died in 1876. The following is the record of their eight children : Alice, the eldest, is the wife of Simon Michaels, and they have one child, - William ; Isabella married James Dark, and Ambrose and John are the names of their two children ; Thomas married Jane Sturtevant, and to them have been born eight children, - John, Mary, David, Hannah, Samuel, Allie, Sarah and Lula ; Sarah is the wife of John Moore, and is the mother of two children, - Nettie and Sarah ; Hannah married William Moore : Edna is their adopted daughter ; Jane is the wife of George Wainwnght, and the mother of two children, - Marcellus and Isabella ; Alvina is now Mrs. Edward Housapel, and the mother of the following five children, - Piudence, Lula, Samuel, Edith and Marcellus; Samuel married Luella Bowles, and they are the parents of one child, - Samuel M.

ueius P. Wheelock, a superintendent in the works of the Moline Plow Company^ fourth son of a family of five sons and one daughter, was born in Holland, Erie Co., N. Y., June 10, 1844. His father's name was William, his mother's Catharine (Morey) Wheelock, Yankee people from Massachusetts.

He attended the district school during boyhood and one term at the Aurora Academy, and then taught school five terms, three of which were in his old home district. The intervals he devoted to agricultural labors on the farm of his father. He remained in and about Holland until 1869, in May of which year his father died, at 60 years of age. Lucius was appointed administrator, and after settling the affairs of the estate sold the farm, and, with his mother and sister, came to Moline, 111. Remaining here a month or two only, he went to Madison, Wis., on a visit to his uncle, Daniel Larkin. In Feb., 1870, he and his younger brother, Jerome B. Wheelock, went to Springfield, Mo., and rented and carried on a farm of 40 acres for two years. He then returned to Madison, Wis., on a visit to his mother, who had bought a farm near that city. Going back to Holland, he was a clerk for a year thtre in a general store ; then he worked for awhile as a hand in a blacksmith-shop, in which he subsequently became a partner. After toiling at that laborious work for about two years he returned to Madison, and managed the farm for his mother for something over a year, during which time he completed a thorough course of commercial studies at the Northwestern Business College in the city, graduating thereat in Dec, 1876.

He came to Moline again about May 1, 1877, at which time we find him with the Victor Scale Company (now the Moline Scale Company), as traveling builder, which occupation he followed, also working in the shops some, until July 1, 1881, when he took charge of the shops of the Moline Scale Company as superintendent, which position he held until Jan. 1, 1885. He then entered the shops of the Moline Plow Company, where he is now superintendent of the department for turning out the famous sulky plow, " Flying Dutchman."

In his political principles, Mr. Wheelock has always been a Republican, and in his religious sentiment is most emphatically a staunch Spiritualist. He is unmarried, but makes a comfortable home for his invalid mother, now 71 years of age, with whom

.#»» eorge MeNeal was born in Hampton :ii||||J Township, this county, Nov. 27, 1833, his ":'.'fi" " parents being Henry and Eliza (Wells) ' MeNeal, natives of New York and Illinois respectively. The parents came to Rock Island i in 1828, and were truly representative pioneers of this county. They experienced all the trials incident to a new and undeveloped country, and the father built the first barn and raised the first fruit in the county.

Mr. MeNeal, subject of this biographical notice, remained on the parental homestead, receiving the advantages afforded by the common school, and performing such labor as was common to farmer's sons of the time and locality'in which he resided, until he attained the age of iq years. On arriving at this age in life he engaged to learn the blacksmith's trade

4 with C. B. Marshall, of Port Byron. He served an ? apprenticeship of two years, then engaged in bnsi- 6 ness himself at Port Byron, and followed his trade almost constantly for a period of 24 years. Soon after the wires had flashed across the country the news that Rebel guns were thundering forth their shot and shell on Sumter, and our martyred President had called for brave hearts and strong arms to suppress the rebellion, Mr. McNeal concluded to respond. Consequently, in August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 126th 111. Vol. Inf., and for three years served in battling for the cause of right, and at the expiration of that time he was honorably discharged. Returning home, he again engaged in the blncksmith business, together with that of the livery business, which he followed until 1S77. He then purchased 40 acres of land located on section 30, Hampton Township, upon which he moved and on which he has since re- 1 sided and followed the vocation of a farmer.

Mr. McNeal formed a matrimonial alliance, May - 1, 1856, with Miss Caroline Addison, a native of \ Pennsylvania, in which State she was born Aug. 3, i 1836. Politically, Mr. McNeal is a believer in the ' tenets of the Republican party. He has held the offices of Road Commissioner, Collector and Conjj stable, and socially is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W., and is one of the representative , -\ and energetic citizens of Hampton Township.

vocation, repicts City, Rock Island ? V^ County, was born in Switzerland, Ger- $K> many. His younger days were spent at M school in acquiring an education, but when ' he attained the age of 14 years he engaged to learn the cooper's trade and served three years. He afterward worked at his trade for five years in his native land, when he emigrated to the United Slates and located in Hampton Township, where he engaged in work at coopering until the year 186 1 . In that year he enlisted in Co. G, 47th Reg. 111. State Volunteers, where he served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. Returning to his home, he worked as a teamster for a number

In 1855 Mr. Maurer formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Ustenia Smidt, a native of Germany, and they have had six children, namely : Bertha, Fid ward, William, John, Martin and Mary. Politically Mr. Maurer affiliates with the Democratic party, and has held various local positions, such as Town Trustee and School Trustee. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Maurer belong to the Catholic Church, and the former is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Odd Fellows and Woodmen, besides belonging to the Grand Army of the Republic.

1 I .harles W. Heald, Vice-President of the mf Union Malleable Iron Company, at Mo- *» line, and one of the pioneer manufacturers of that city, where he resides, was born at Barre, Worcester Co., Mass., March 12, 1829, and is the son of Stephen and Mary (Newton) Heald.

Mr. Heald received a good common -school education in his native county, and served a regular apprenticeship to the trade of machinist in his father's shop at Barre, in which he subsequently became foreman and which position he held for a number of years.

In the spring of 1854, Mr. Heald came to Moline, this county, in accordance with the pre-arranged plan to establish a foundry or machine shop in company with Messrs. Williams and White. The partnership was formed, building erected and a business established, under the firm name of Williams, Heald & Co., of which the present extensive house of Williams, White & Co. is the successor. Mr. Heald had charge of the mechanical department of the works, and continued his connection with the firm until 1869, when he sold his interest to Messrs. Williams & White. After selling out, as stated, Mr. Heald and others established the Moline Malleable Iron Works, which he conducted until 1S72, when lie sold the same and was joined by Messrs. Eells & Mitchel in organizing the Union Malleable Iron Company, of which he was elected Vice-President, and which office he has held continuously since. Mr. Heald has had the general management of the mechanical department of the works since their construction. He is skilled and experienced in his business, indefatigable in the discharge of his duties, and has contributed largely to the success of the company.

Mr. Heald formed a matrimonial alliance Aug. 2, 1859, at Moline, this county, with Miss Daphne Levia Churchill, the accomplished daughter of Cullen Dyer Churchill. She was born at Ellington, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Feb. 23, 1838, and came to Moline in her 20th year (July, 185S). The issue of their union was two children : Mary Lizzie, born at Moline, July 20, 1864, and Charles C, born in the same city, June 6, 1867. Mrs. Heald is a member of the Congregational Church. Politically, Mr. Heald is a believer in and supporter of the principles of the Republican party.

As a representative business man of this county, a pioneer manufacturer, and a gentleman well known and highly esteemed, not only by the people throughout Rock Island County, but even Northern Illinois, it is quite fitting that a portrait of Mr. Heald should appear in the Album of this county.

was born Dec. 28, 1807, in Glastonbury, Conn., and is the youngest son of Isaac and Abigail (Savage) Hollister. Hi's parents settled at Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., where his father purchased a farm. After residing thereon several years, he bought a residence at North Granville, where he died, in his 90th year. His wife died a few years before, aged 75.

Mr. Hollister was reared on his father's farm and was educated in the public schools. He was married Jan. 11, 1832, to Emma Louisa, daughter of Nathaniel Hall, an eminent lawyer of Whitehall, N. Y., who was born in Lebanon Co., N. H., and completed his education at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N. H. He began his practice as an attorney at Whitehall, where he was the first representative of his profession, and in which he attained a leading position, becoming one of the Associate Judges of the District to which he belonged. He died in his 45th year, in October, 1825. Esther (Parker) Hall, his wife, was born in Granville, N. Y.

Edmund Hollister and wife settled, after their marriage, on a farm in Granville, which he bought in company with his brother Jehiel, and on which he lived until 1S37, when he set out for Illinois with his family. They traveled by the Erie Canal and the lakes to Chicago, where Mr. Hollister left his family and started on foot for Rock Island. He walked the entire distance with the exception of one half day, when he obtained a ride with Bishop Chase. With his brother's team, which consisted of three yokes of oxen, he returned to Chicago for his family, then including his wife and three children, and conveyed them to Rock Island County. He bought a claim of land in what is now Coe Township, on which was a log cabin, and in this the family lived six months. Then Mr. H. sold out and bought a half interest in the saw-mill situated in the locality then designated town 18, range 1 west. He there built a house for the accommodation of his household. He transacted business there 16 years, manufacturing and selling lumber. In 1854 he again sold out and removed to Port Byron Township. He there bought 212 acres y of land. The township was then recorded as num- «: ber 19, range 1 east, and his purchase of land was r ) situated on section 13. It contained a small farmhouse, which served as the family abode for some years. Eventually, Mr. Hollister built a more commodious frame-house and a barn, suited to the demands of the place, and it has since constituted the homestead.

In his political affiliations, Mr. Hollister was in early life what is termed an old-line Whig, and he gradually became imbued with strong opinions on the slavery question, which resulted in his becoming an inflexible adherent of the Republican party on its organization. True to the influences under which he grew to manhood, he has always been deeply interested in educational matters and has served a number of terms as School Director.

Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hollister, four are still living: Albert F. is a citizen of Coe Township; Edmund N. lives at Port Byron; Lucy C. is the widow of Albert S. Coe ; Emma lives at home. The youngest sou, Frederick I., was born in Rock Island County Oct. 30, 1842. In 1861 he enjL^utjgin^^ s^n tered the military service of the United States, enlisting in Co. E, 1 2th 111. Vol. Inf. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh in the light arm, which unfitted him for further military duty, and he received honorable discharge in consequence and returned to his home. The following year he became a student at the Chicago Business College. He obtained a position as a clerk at Port Byron, and while fulfilling its duties he was seized by fatal illness and died Feb. 4, 1864.

iehael Hartzell, a prominent citizen of Moline, was born in Westmoreland Co., ''^ Pa., Aug. 21, 1 810, his parents being ^\ Adam and Catharine (Bush) Hartzell. He was brought up on a farm and at mechanical work ; came to Illinois in 1S35, landing at Rock Island April 30. The place was not yet named, there being only five or six cabins on the bottom land. He erected a hewed-log house, two stories high - the first two-story structure in the place.

In the spring of 1836 he returned to the East, where he was married May 5, that year, to Miss Nancy W., daughter of John and Margaret (Worman) Stopher, who was a native of Westmoreland Co., Pa. He soon afterward returned to Illinois, and for the first five years resided in Rock Island ; then moved upon a claim in Iowa, where he passed four years; then was one year in this county on a farm, and came in the spring of 1S43 to Moline. That village was laid out the year following.

Mr. and Mrs. Hartzell became the parents of 13 children, namely: Margaret S., who was born in Rock Island, then called "Stephenson," May 22, 1837 ; Tohn W., who is married and lives in Wichita, Kan.; Rev. Joseph C, who married Jennie Culver, and is now residing in Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary, now Mrs. John Rapp; Asenath, now the wife of William W. Wallace, and residing at Little Rock, Ark. ; Eva, the wife of T. J. Hayes, of Louisville, Kan.; Alice, now Mrs. L. L. McCoy, of Moline; Lizzie P., who became the wife of T. A. Wallace, of Davenport, and died June 28, 1881; Lillie I)., her twin sister; Esther, the wife of John F. Jaques, and resides at Clinton, Iowa; and Frank H., who married Jennie Cooper, and resides at Wichita, Kan.

Mr. Hartzell was formerly in the undertaker's business, being the first in that line in Rock Island. In his political views he is a Republican, with Prohibition sympathies. He united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1S32, and his wife united with that denomination a short time previously.

Rev. Joseph C. Hartzell, D. D., attended the Northwestern University at Evanston, 111., and graduated in i860, at the Garrett Biblical Institute there. Thence he visited Bloomington, 111, and graduated at the Illinois Wesleyan University there, spending seven years in those two institutions of learning; then joined the Central Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His first appointment was at Pekin, 111., but was thence transferred to New Orleans, to take charge of Ames Chapel, when its pastor, Rev. J. P. Newman, was appointed Chaplain under Gen. Grant. During six years he edited the Southwestern Christian Advocate, after which the paper was turned over to the Methodist Book Concern, and Mr. Hartzell was appointed Presiding Elder for that district, which position he held until elected Assistant Secretary of the Freedmen's Aid Society, with headquarters at Cincinnati, where he still remains, an able, eloquent and energetic worker in the cause.

Mr. J. Wesley Hartzell was born Oct. 6, 1839, in Iowa, but was brought up, attended school and graduated at Moline, 111. He was engaged in farming, teaching school and in the livery business until 1877, when he emigrated to Kansas, settling at Topeka, where he remained until 1883, during which time he became proprietor of the Tefft House in that city, which was the political headquarters of the State. Selling out to the veteran landlord of Davenport) Iowa-Mr. Burtis - Mr. Hartzell then became owner and manager of the Topeka Freight, Omnibus and Baggage Lines, working 40 horses, having charge of the consignment of all freight of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad at that point, and sale of the dead freight of that railroad between Colorado, New Mexico and the Missouri River. He then organized a company, and projected and built the street horse railroad in Topeka, his associates in that enterprise being S. W. Wheelock, of Moline, 111. ; W.

B. Strong, President; George 0. Manchester, Assistant General Manager; and E. Wilder, Treasurer of the Santa Fe Railroad. In 1SS2 Mr. Hartzell obtained the franchise, organized a company and built the water works in Topeka, meantime laying off and establishing a beautiful park (bearing his name) in that city.

Within the space of r8 months he obtained franchises, organized companies, built and had in successful operation roads in Wichita, Emporia, Kan., and Carthage, Mo. He is now President of Wichita, McPherson & Denver Railroad, for which road bonds to the amount of $4,000 per mile is voted for 100 miles, from Wichita to Elmore.

Just at present Mr. Hartzell is in Moline, 111., energetically engaged in organizing a new street railroad to and between Moline and Rock Island, with excellent chances of success.

H. Frank Hartzell is a graduate of the Moline High School, learned the telegraph business, but when 16 years old migrated to Topeka, Kan., and clerked in the Tefft House until his brother sold out the hotel, whereupon he became Secretary of the Topeka Freight and Omnibus Lines, then Secretary of the Wichita Horse Railroad Co. until 1883, when he obtained the mail contract for delivery of mail in Topeka, which position he held until March 1, 18S4, when he returned to Wichita and organized the Kansas Furniture Company, of which he is now Secretary. The firm are wholesale and retail dealers in furniture, and are doing a prosperous business.

S, m \ illiam G. Marshall is one of the pioneers of Rock Island County, and one of the w^P Prolrnnent citizens of the township of Cordova. He was the possessor of little but health, strength and ambition to get along in the world when he arrived in the county, and he is now in circumstances which afford ample proof of the quality of his good senses and labors.

He was born in the township of Hopewell, which was then in Huntington Co., X. J., but which by later municipal division is now included in Mercer County. His birth occurred Aug. 4, 1S20, and he is the second son of John and Charity (Golden) Marshall. His parents were both natives of New Jersey, ' respectivelv, and their ancestors were Germans and Hollanders. John Marshall died when his son was 12 years old, and the latter, with his brothers, remained on the homestead, which they carried on until 1839. In that year he and an older brother, a sister and her husband, A. S. Ege, set out to come to Illnois. They left May 16, 1839, and traveled in the manner common in those days when '.here were no means of public conveyance, and time was less a consideration than money, coming all the way with horses and wagons, doing their cooking and camping on the route. They arrived in Cordova at the end of six weeks of travel, landing in July, 1S39.

Mr. Marshall passed the first summer as a farm assistant, working by the day. In the fall of 1839 the land on the river came into market, and Mr. Marshall entered land on section 3 of township r9, and which is now Coe Township. In the spring of C 1840 he erected a log cabin and broke a piece of*; prairie, on which he raised a crop of sod corn. At the same time he worked a tract of land on shares ^ on which he raised wheat and oats. The grain was § stacked on the land where the home was placed, ^ and late in the same fall, before the threshing could 3, be done, the prairie fires came on, and the grain and <! cabin were both destroyed. The little home was re- placed, and the next season a crop of corn and also of wheat was raised. The latter was threshed with flails and trampled by horses, as was the custom to a great extent.

In the fall of 1S41 Mr. Marshall started on his return to New Jersey. He went on foot to Chicago, v and there he embarked on a steamer for Buffalo d whence he went on the Erie Canal, traveling on a line boat to Troy, N. Y., and from there on the river Hudson to Albany. There he embarked on a steamer for the city of New York, and traveled thence to Princeton by rail. He went from Princeton to the home of his mother on foot, and spent the winter at his boyhood home. In the spring of 1842 the home-^- stead was sold, and again Mr. Marshall journeyed *. over land to Illinois from New Tersev. He was ac- i companied by his mother and the remaining mem- 3 bers of the family, and the party required two pair of horses and two wagons in the transportation of<rv themselves and their household property. They lo- I cated on the land which the brothers had entered, «S and Mr. Marshall made his home there with his mother and her family until 1845, when he bought land on section 3, adjoining the other place, of which he at once took possession and commenced to improve. He split rails and fenced about 100 acres of land during the first year, and he continued the work of improvement until he had put the whole quartersection in advanced cultivation. Later he bought the quarter-section adjoining, and placed that too under improvements.

He continued the prosecution of his agricultural projects until 1856, when he moved to Cordova, and afterward operated as a farmer and dealer in lumber until 1864. In that year he commenced buying grain, and has since been engaged in that variety of traffic at Cordova. The success which has attended his efforts is defined by the fact that he is the owner of nearly 2000 acres of land, on which he carries on his agricultural operations with the aid of hired help. Accompanying this sketch, we give a full page- view of Mr. Marshall's residence, showing the splendid view of the Father of Waters which is to be had from it. His elevator and ware-room is also shown.

Mr. Marshall has been twice married. May 3, 1S47, he formed a matrimonial alliance with Catherine Phillips. She was born in the same township as her husband, Feb. 28, 1S24, and died May 8, 1S56, after having become the mother of three children. They are all deceased. Mr. Marshall was a second time married Feb. 15, 1S57, to Elizabeth Phillips, who is a sister of his first wife. She was born Aug. 25, 1815, and was the widow of Stephen Humphrey. Edgar Humphrey, the only child of her first marriage, lives at Cordova. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are childless. They are members of the Baptist Church at Cordova. He was originally an old-line Whig, but is now a Republican.

years. He worked first in a store for Buford & Clark, with which firm he remained for six years. After leaving the latter firm, he engaged with a Mr. Benedict in a leather and saddlery hardware store and remained with him three years. His next service was that of a detective in the Navy Department, which position he held for three months. He then came to Rock Island and formed a partnership with a Mr. Stratton,in the grocery and provision business, which co-partnership existed for a period of eight months, when it was mutually dissolved, and Mr. Barns engaged as clerk in a dry-goods establishment, which vocation he followed for seven years. For the last ten years he has been conducting the grocery and provision business for his own benefit, and by honest dealing and fair representation has built up a good paying trade. He attends the city scales on Third Avenue and Ninth Street. Politically, he is a Democrat, and socially is a member of the Order of Masonry.

In 1865, occurred the event of Mr. Barn's marriage to Miss Annie Cooper, and they are the parents of two children, namely: Edgar, born May 1^, 187 1; and Linnie, born April 8, 1873 ley Township is George Evener, who at ?* present is engaged in farming upon section 22. His parents, George and Rachel (Coffey) Evener, were natives of Germany and New 3 York State respectivelv. Boih died in the latter ' place. They reared a family of four children, - ' Sally, Elizabeth, Frederick and George.