Rock Island County, Illinois - The whole text, 1908 (part 10 of 16)

On September 23, 1861, Elhanan J. Searle, declining preferment tendered him by President Lincoln, enlisted in Company H, Tenth Illinois Cavalry, at Springfield as a private. He served in that capacity until July 7, 1S62, when he was made captain of his company. His duties carried him into Arkansas as a recruiting officer. He was instrumental in recruiting and sending into the field the First Arkansas Infantry, and the Second and Fourth Arkansas Cavalry, these regiments being organized largely from the mountainous districts of the Ozarks. Upon its organization, he was made lieutenant-colonel of the First Arkansas Infantry, and was in command of that regiment for the greater part of three years, the colonel, himself , being absent from his command, and his duties naturally dedevolving upon the officer next in rank. Colonel Searle was a brave and gallant soldier, and while in command of his regiment, he made for himself a most excellent record, participating in more than forty engagements and skirmishes, and being fairly idolized by his men. Although always in the thick of the fight, Colonel Searle escaped injury, although in different battles three horses were shot from under him. He often acted as brigadier-general in command of the brigade of which his regiment formed a part, and was placed in command of a number of important posts. For several months he was provost-marshal of a military department, and frequently was called upon to act as a member of military commissions and court-martials. At the close of the war. Colonel Searle was honorably discharged from the service, the date of his discharge being August 10, 1865.

Upon laying aside the sword. Colonel Searle settled at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and here he entered upon the practice of that profession which he had temporarily put aside to take up the sterner duties of war. On February 19, 1866, he was commissioned prosecuting attorney for the Ninth Judicial District of Arkansas, a district which comprised eight counties. Some time after this he was appointed United States Commissioner for the Western District of Arkansas, which included not only the western part of Arkansas, but all of Indian Territory as well. He served as assistant United States District Attorney in addition to the duties of the latter office until January 1, 1867, when he was commissioned liy the provisional governor of Arkansas as circuit judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of that state, his appointment being approved by the United States military authorities. He served as circuit judge until Feliruary 10, 1871, when he was appointed as one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Arkansas. This appointment was for a term of two years, and at its expiration he was elected to succeed himself for a term of eight years, but this latter term was cut short by the adoption of a new state constitution, which prescribed different regulations in regard to the selection of the supreme court.

For several years Colonel Searle was a member of the Arkansas .State Board of Education and also a member of the board of trustees of the Arkansas State University, which latter institution he helped to found, and of which he drafted the plan of government and instruction to be followed in all departments. He was also a member of the executive and building committees of the board of trustees of that institution.

In 1875 Colonel Searle returned to Illinois, locating at Chicago, where he practiced law for a few years, taking part as counsel in a number of important cases, and taking an active part in the Hayes-Tilden campaign, filling nearly all the speaking engagements of

John A. Logau, who was ill. Lattn- he practiced law for a time in St. Louis, and then in Pana, Illinois, till 1SS5. He then spent two 3'ears in travel, and in 1S87 returned to his old home in Rock Island County, purchasing the well known Rodman home in Rock Island, and here he resided until his death. He also purchased the valuable farm in Zuma Township, Rock Island County, upon which he had spent his boyhood.

On April 1, 1863, Colonel Searle was married to Miss Cassie R. Pierce, who survives him, the marriage ceremony occiu-ring at Springfield. Of this union six children were born, two of whom are still living, Hon. Charles J. Searle and Miss Blanche Searle, both of Rock Island.

The recent death of Colonel Searle removes from life's activities one of the few remaining links between the past and the present. He was a gentleman of the old school, modest, dignified, kind and courtous, and a delightful social companion among his friends. He was full of reminiscence and anecdote, and was a man of profound learning and broad general information. Upon political subjects and as a close student of times and conditions he was particularly well informed. Upon his return to Rock Island he lived in practical retirement, but his interest in political and economic questions was keen and to these subjects he devoted much thought. He was a man of the highest ideals, and deplored deeply the materialistic trend which he believed the countrj^ was pursuing, feeling that it would work prejudice and finally, if unchecked, ruin to the Republic. Rut although foreseeing these dangers. Colonel Searle was by no means a pessimist. He supported men rather than party, and although a Republican, was moulded after the type of those party leaders who believe in progress and reform. He was an ideal citizen, broad, intelligent and patriotic, a noble example of upright, conscientious manhood.

Samuel Sharpe Davis

toward developing that city's industries, and whose foresight has been rewarded in a most substantial manner, one's mind instinctiveljturns to the subject of our i)resent sketch, Samuel Sharpe Davis.

He was born Februarj- 1, 1S58, at Covington. Kentucky, his parents being Johrt B. and Anna E. (Sharpe) Davis. To this couple three children were born: Thomas B.. Samuel S. and Mary. The parents were of Scotch- Irish origin. Thomas Bodle}' Davis, the paternal grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania. In early life he moved to Kentucky, and for some years served as captain of a steam boat pl3'ing between Pittsburg and New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Upon one of the trips up river from New Orleans he was stricken with j'ellow fever, and died before the completion of the journey. At the time of his death he was thirty-four j-ears of age.

The maternal grandfather, Samuel K. Sharpe, was a native of Kentucky. He was a practicing ph3'sician and sui-geon. The greater part of his life was spent in Mays^nlle, Kentucky. He removed to Rock Island with his wife in 1875. Her death occurred in 1881 at the age of seventy-six j-ears. Her husband siu'vived her nine years, his death occvuTing in Rock Island in 1890. at the extreme age of ninety years. Dr. Sharpe was a remarkably strong man. both physically and mentally and was of pronounced religious conviction, giving his adherence to the Presbj'terian faith. In politics he was a Democrat.

John B. Davis, the father of our subject, followed the calling of his father, that of a river captain, almost his entire life, princijjally upon the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. For some time he had charge of Canadian

Government boats canying the supplies of the Hudson Bay Fur Company on the Sackatchcwan River. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to the rank of major and for nearly three years he served with his regiment. He was with his regiment in the battles of Chiekamauga, Mill Springs, Corinth and Tullahoma. At the battle of Chickamauga he was wounded. During the time that Major Davis served with his regiment it was attached first to the command of General Buell and later to that of General Thomas.

After the close of the Civil War Major Davis, went to Augusta, Arkansas, and later located at Memphis, Tennessee, in 1868. He settled permanently in Rock Island in 1874. He spent the greater portion of his life upon the river in command of the different river packets. After coming to Rock Island he was one of the Diamond Jo Line captains until about one year before his death, which occurred in 1890. when he was sixty-one years of age. His wife still makes Rock Island her home. Politically Major Davis was a staunch Democrat. He was a prominent Mason and a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, in which faith he died.

Having thus passed rapidly over the points of interest in the lives of the forebears of our subject, we now come to treat of his life. His education was obtained in the schools of Memphis, Tennessee, and in Rock Island. In 1873 he was employed as clerk on the steamer 'Montana," a boat commanded by his father. He continued in this service for several seasons, attending school during the winter months. In 1876 his father had a Government contract to carry supplies from Bismarck, Dakota, up the Missouri, Yellowstone and Big Horn Rivers to the place where the Custer massacre occurred. Upon this expedition he was accompanied by his son. Upon their return to Rock Island the son was employed as clerk for J. H. Langley, who was agent for a line of boats in the St. Louis and St. Paul trade. On January 1, 1878, he was employed by Thomas Yates, in Moline, where he was engaged in the plumbing and steam fitting business. He continued in this employment until the death of Mr. Yates, which occurred in 1881. Mr. Davis and his brother, Thomas B. Davis, had obtained a number of valuable patents upon steam appliances, and together with Jacob Riley, of Rock Island, they formed a partnership known as Davis & Company They bought out the business interests of the Yates estate, both in Rock Island and Moline. In 1882 the Davis brothers bought out Mr. Riley's interest in the business and continued it themselves until 1891, when the Davis Company was incorporated by them.

Meanwhile our subject was engaged in many important operations. He planned and superintended the construction of the Moline Waterworks, which was begun in the spring of 1884. He also installed the first electric light plant in the City of Moline. In 1886 he constructed the Davis Block in that city, and as secretary and manager of the Merchants' Electric Light Company lighted the streets of Moline. Eighty arc lights were installed, which superseded the old street gas lamps with which the city had formerly been lighted.

In 1887 the Peoples' Light and Fuel Manufacturing Company was organized. Of this organization Mr. Davis was elected secretary and general manager. Repurchased the stock of the Moline Gas and Coke Company and merged the institution with that of the Merchants' Electric Light Company.

In 1888 the Merchants' Electric Light Company of Rock Island was organized. In the autumn of that same year a power plant was erected in Moline so arranged as to utilize that city's splendid water power in its operation . The machinery of the Peoples' Light and Fuel Manufacturing Company of Moline, as well as that of the Merchants' Electric

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Light Company of Rock Island, was removed to this new power phmt. This arrangement led up to the formation of the Peoples' Power Company in 1893. This latter organization. which included the companies in which .Mr. Davis was already interested, bought out the Rock Island Brush Electric Light Company and the Rock Island Gas and Coke Company. Both of these plants were removed to Moline, where they were located at the foot of Fourth Street in that city. Mr. Davis planned the reorganization and also the construction of the new plants. He sold his interests in the Peoples' Power Company in 1906.

On September 21, 1892, occurred the marriage of Samuel Sharpe Davis and Miss Apollonia Weyerhaeuser, the daughter of Frederick and Sarah Weyerhaeuser. One child has been born of this marriage, a son, Edwin W. Davis.

Mr. Davis in his church allegiance is a Presbyterian, and is a trustee of the Broadway Presbyterian Church, of Rock Island. In politics he is a Democrat, but he has never desired or held public office. Fraternally he is a member of Trio Lodge No. 57. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Barrett Chapter No. IS. and of Evarts Coramandry No. IS, Knights Templar. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Modern Woodmen of America. Such are the interesting events in the career of a man, who through business sagacity and acumen, has risen to a commanding position in this locality's financial and industrial circles. Mr. r)a\is is a man universally liked by all who are acquainted with him. Although at all times a busy man he is easily approachable. In manner he is unassuming and without ostentation. He is one of Rock Island's most public spirited and progressive citizens, and no movement for the real advancement of the city is launched that does not receive his active and hearty cooperation, and where the project is one that requires financial subscription his gift is always a liberal one. In fine it may be said that Mr. Davis is pre-eminently an organizer and an executive, a man of great business talent, and a courteous, kindly gentleman.

PLACED at the head of a great state charitable institution, carrying the responsibility for the welfare of hundreds of unfortunates whose reason has been shattered^ and imbued with an earnest desire to restore his unfortunate charges to health and friends, stands Doctor W. E. Taylor, superintendent of the Illinois Western Hospital for the Insane at Watertown.

He was born at Waukesha, Wisconsin, May 24, 1854, where his parents, E. T. and Esibell (Irving) Taylor resided. Here his boyhood was spent, and after thoroughly fitting himself in preparatory schools, he entered the L^niversity of Wisconsin, and upon completing a course in that institution, took up the study of medicine at the Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago, from which he graduated. After his graduation, he began the practice of his chosen profession at Monmouth, Illinois, and remained in that city until his appointment as superintendent of the ^^ atertown Hospital for the Insane in 1897, which position he still holds.

Dr. Taylor is a Republican and is prominent in the councils of his party, not merely locally, but throughout the State of Illinois. During the time he resided in Monmouth, he was at the head of the health department of that city for ten years, and was mayor of Monmouth for two years. In 1896 he was a presidential elector. He has campaigned throughout the state for his party every year since 1884.

Alexa-Nuer E. Montgomery

He is recognized throughout the medical profession in the United States as an authority on nervous diseases and disorders, and has a chair on nervous diseases in the Hahnemann Medical College, his own alma mater.

Those who have talked with Dr. Taylor upon his specialty in the field of medicine, know how devoted he is to the study of the human, both in its normal and abnormal conditions. He is a broad investigator and is constantly striving to discover and put into practical use new means and methods of successfully treating the mental ills of those upon whose reason a cloud has fallen, and in his chosen field he has been eminently successful, and the number of cures that have been effected in the Watertown institution is truly remarkable. During his administration several new and commodious buildings have been added and the possibilities of the asylum for doing effective work have been greatly increased. Another thing that is deserving of special mention is the fact that during the time Dr. Taylor has been in charge of this institution, not one breath of scandal has even been whispered concerning the manner of administration or the treatment of patients. Nothing of gloom or despair pervades this asylum, but throughout each department there exists that spirit of helpful co-operation among the superintendent, physicians and other employees, who unite in a determined effort to seek and find the best means of aiding in the restoration of impared reason.

Alexander E. Montgomery

ALEXANDER E. MONTGOMERY, well and favoralDly known for a generation past in Moline and Rock Island, was born February 2, 1831, in County Down, Ireland, and died in the City of Moline, Illinois, at his daughter's (Mrs. Thornton's) home, on Twelfth Avenue. July 17, 1906. His

Mr. Montgomery received a common school education in his native land. In the year 1849, at fourteen years of age, he immigrated to New York City, and entered the service of the United States Hotel as bookkeeper. In the year 1853 he came west, and for seventeen years succeeding, lived on a farm in Rural Township, Illinois. At the expiration of this period, in 1870, Mr. Montgomery sold his farm, removed to Rock Island, and entered upon contract work for the United States Government, in connection with which he built the excellent rock road, which traverses the Arsenal between Moline and Davenport approaches. During the first year in this employment he resided part of the time in Rock Island and part of the time in Davenport: then taking up his abode in a dwelling on the Arsenal Island, belonging to the government, he continued in that residence until the house burned down July 21, 1898. Thenceforth Mr. Montgomery resided in Moline until his death, continuing an unbroken service with the government for the prolonged period of thirty-four years, during the earlier portion at the Arsenal Shops, and latterly as guard at the Moline Bridge, where his honest Scotch face and sturdy figure were a familiar and welcome object to the multitudes who passed his watch daily through many years.

Republican in politics, Mr. Montgomery never sought nor cared for office, being well content to pursue the even tenor of a quiet, industrious life, in the bosom of his family, and enjoying the respect and confidence of his neighbors.

He was a devoted member of the United Presbyterian Church, and had the satisfaction of participating in the building of the beautiful church edifice and fine parsonage which were finished only recently, and of

Mr. Montgomery was an active member of the Knights of America, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, was a charter member and grand commander of McLean Lodge, No. 26, of Moline, serving two j'ears as commander and nine years as treasurer.

Mr. Montgomery was married to Miss Margaret King in Xew York City. July 5, 1850. Mrs. Montgomery was also a native of Ireland, born in County Armogh, and immigrating to America in 18-18, one year in advance of him who was to become her husband, and with whom she lived in ideal conjugal happiness until her lamented death, April 14, 1903.

Eight children, four boys and fo.ur girls, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery: Martha J., widow of Mr. John H. Thornton; Miss Lizzie; Maggie, wife of Mr. CJeorge W. Brooks; Alexander E., secretary and treasurer of the Moline Elevator Company; James T., who was, before his demise, president of the same, and who died August 4, 1906; Robert J., superintendent of construction for the same, and Samuel H., president of the company. One girl died in infancy in New York.

All these surviving offspring reside in Moline, and all are actively connected with the flourishing manufacturing business, the growth and firm establishment of which their honored father watched with paternal solicitude from its beginning. At the time of his death, his hopes for his family were realized and he was well content.

AAIONG the old settlers of Rock Island Count}^ who has assisted during his residence here in accomplishing many permanent reforms, is the Hon. William Jackson, who is entitled to honorable mention.

Mr. Jackson was Ijorn in the City of Liverpool, England, August 14, 1834, of English parentage. His early boyhood was spent in his native city. After leaving school, the last being the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, he was, at an early age, apprenticed to a grocer. Serving part of his apprenticeship, and being very desirous of trying his fortune in the new world, where he had many relatives, he left the 28th of May, 1851, his native city and landed in New York, July 2, of the same year. The great west being his objective point he arrived in the County of Rock Island in August of the same 3-ear.

In April, 1852, he came to the City of Moline where he first engaged in ser\'ice in the ]il(nv factory of John Deere, then in its infancy, working there one year, during which time he performed alone particular labor which requires now in the extensive Deere Plow Works the labor of many persons. During the succeeding years he worked in the Sears Mill, of Moline, until the fall of 1858, when he commenced the study of the law. He was admitted to practice in 1860, and then formed a law partnership with James Chapman of that city.

In 1862 Mr. Jackson moved to the City of Rock Island. In 1864 he formed a law partnership with E. D. Sweeney, Esquire, under the firm name of Sweeney & Jackson. About 1876 Mr. C. L. Walker entered the firm, which was afterwards known as Sweeney, Jackson & Walker. The firm continued until 1883. Mr. Jackson then retiring on account of ill health.

In 1888 he formed a law partnership with E. W. Hurst, Esquire, under the name of Jackson & Hurst, which continued to 1903, when the firm was enlarged, being now known as Jackson, Hurst A' Staff'ord.

In the practice of his chosen profession Mr. Jackson has had his fair measure of success, having been engaged in many important suits. At the present time he is in active practice and one of the local attorneys of

May 21, 1863, he was married to Miss Jennie E. Sammis, one of the teachers in the public schools of Rock Island. Mrs. Jackson was born in the City of New York. Two children are living, Mrs. Carrie A. Earth and Mrs. Hattie J. Babcock.

In politics he is and always has been a Republican; in church association for fiftyeight years a Methodist, and is now a member of the official board of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rock Island. During his life Mr. Jackson has held two important offices: postmaster of the City of Rock Island from 1873 to 1876, and member of the board of managers of the Illinois State Reformatory from 1897 to 1901. At present he is president of the board of park commissioners of the City of Rock Island, a work in which he takes great interest as shown in the improvement and beautifying of Spencer Square, which was done under his direction.

Mr. Jackson has always aimed to advance the best interests of the city of his residencebelieving that the commvmity in which he has lived, and which has liberally contributed to whatever success he has attained, deserved on his part a reciprocal obligation.

Major Henry Clay Connelly

THE record of Major Henry Clay Connelly, both as a soldier and as a civilian, is a brilliant one and will live long after ho has passed to another world. His father was James Connelly, a son of Bernard Connelly, who settled in Philadelphia about 1S(X). He afterwards located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, where, as a dealer in live stock he became successful. His wife, of English birth, was a Miss Eggleton. She was the first member of the Episcopal Church of England in that county and for many years the only one. James Connelly arrived at manhood in Somerset County and aided his father in the management of his interests. Some years later he moved to Petersburg, a village in Somerset County lying on the Great National Road, where he became influential and prosperous. He was one of the original promoters and builders of the National Road and was a leading citizen of that locality. His wife was Marie Hugus, her progenitors on both sides being of the sturdy and fearless Huguenot stock, patriots whose zeal and sacrifices have carved for them an imperishable name throughout Christendom. Several of her ancestors, the Hugus and Ankcny families, were Revolutionary soldiers. Peter Ankeny, our subject's great-gr.and-father. was a captain in the Revolutionary War under Washington. His wife was a Miss Rosa Bonnet, a member of the historical French family.

Major Henry Clay Connelly was born in Petersburg, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1831, and was the foiu'th in order of a family of eight children. It was there he spent his boyhood days until the death of his father, after which his mother moved to the town of Somerset. There the children of Mrs. Connelly were given the best educational advantages obtainable, and there Major Connelly graduated from the Somerset Academy. After leaving school he mastered the art of printing in the office of the Somerset Visitor, then published and edited by General A. H. Coffroth, who afterwards became distinguished and was pallbearer at President Lincoln's funeral when a member of Congress. At the age of twenty, Mr. Connelly was a half-owner and editor of the Beaver Star. Two years and a half later he disposed of his interest in that newspaper, formed a partnership with Emanuel J. Pershing, and came to Rock Island where he has since resided. Arriving here February 18, 1855, he and Mr. Pershing published the Wcckh/ Rock Islander. They established a daily in May, 1855. Bound volumes of this paper can now be seen in the Public Library, in which will be found the various incidents of life at that early day. In the year 1857, Mr. Connelly and his partner purchased the Argus and consolidated the two papers under the title of the Is1a)idcr and Argus.

In the year 1858 Mr. Connelly commenced reading law with Judge J. W. Drury. He did not, however, sever his connection with the newspaper until September, lSo9. He was admitted to the bar in January, 1860, and remained in legal harness until September 12, 1862, when he entered the I'nion Army. .\t that date he did not dream of the future that awaited him, and of which the following gives an insight of the numerous battles in which he participated: Celina, Tennessee, April 18, 19, 1862; Turkey Neck Bend, Tennessee, pursuit of Colonel Hamilton's troops, June 12, 1863; Morgan's raid throiigh Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, July 1-26, 18G3; Marrowbone or Burksville, Kentucky, (Morgan's raid), July 2, 1863; Buffington Island, or St. George Creek, Ohio (Morgan's raid), July 19, 1863; Washington, Ohio (Morgan's raid), July 24, 1863; near Salineville, Ohio, (Morgan captured), July 26, 1863; Kno.wille, Tennessee, (city captured), September 1, 1863; Powell's River, Tennessee, September 6, 1863; Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, (assaulted and captured under General Biu'nside), September 9, 1863; Kingsport, Tennessee, September 17, 1863; Bristol, Tennessee, September 19, 1863; Zollicoffer, Tennessee, September 20, 1863; Blountville, Tennessee, September 22, 1863; Blue Spring, Tennessee, (under General Burnside), October 10, 1863; Bristol Station, Tennessee, October 14, 1863; New Madrid, Tennessee, October 22, 1863; Holsten River, near Knox ville .Tennessee, November 15, 1863; Campbell's Station, Tennessee, November 17, 18, 1863; siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, (under General Burnside), November, 1863; Walker's Ford, or Clinch River, Tennessee, December 1, 2, 1863; Clinch Mountain, Tennessee, December 6, 1863; Bean Station, Tennessee, December 14, 1863; Blaine's Cross Roads, Tennessee, December 16, 1863; Mossy Creek, Tennessee,

December 26, 1863; Dandridge, Tennessee, December 29, 1863; Strawlierry Plains, Tennessee, January 10, 1864; Dandridge, Tennessee (second fight), January 16, 17, 1864; Fairgarden, French Broad, or Kelly's Ford, Tennessee, January 27, 1864; Sevierville, Tennessee, January 28, 1864: Cherokee Indian Battle, North Carolina, February 2, 1864; Battle of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864; on the retreat when General Hood advanced from the Tennessee River to Columbia on Waynesborough Road, Tennessee, fighting General Forrest, November 22, 23, 24, 1864; Duck River, Tennessee, fighting General Forrest, November 28, 29, 1864; Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864; Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 16, 1864; Franklin. Tennessee, December 17, 1864.

We take the following from the Chicago Inter-Ocean, dated September 27, 1887: "Henry Clay Connelly is a member of General John Buford Post, No, 243, Rock Island, of which he was a charter member and its first commander. He is a delegate to the National Encampment which meets at St. Louis this month. He was commissioned second lieutenant of Company L, Fourteenth Illinois Cavalry, January 7th, 1863. In the spring the regiment w^ent to the front, its first headquarter.s being Glasgow, Kentucky. While here the regiment was active in scouting, and the Confederate forces at Celina and near Turkey Neck Bend, on the Cumberland River, were attacked and routed. The next work was the pursuit of General Morgan and his cavalrj-^ command for twenty-eight days and nights, the battle of Buffington Island, in Ohio, and the capture of Morgan and most of his command. Lieutenant Connelly was present at the capture. In August, under General Burnside, the Union forces went to East Tennessee. With the advance guard, Lieutenant Connell}' entered Knoxville September 1st, General Burnside arriving on the 3d. He heard the last toot of the last Confederate locomotive of General Buckner, commanding the Confederates, sounded in Knoxville. He was at the taking of Cumberland Gap, at Bristol, and at the numerous encounters in that locality; at the defense of Knoxville and its incidents; at Bean Station, at Dandridge, Fair Garden, Walker's Ford, Strawberry Plains, and at the battle with Thomas' Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. During the East Tennessee campaign he was placed in charge of a battery of artillery. On the Indian raid, after following a mountainous Indian trail, on the 2d of February the Cherokees were surprised in their camp, attacked and the legion cut to pieces, many of them being killed or captured. Lieutenant Connelly had with him only a part of his battery. Herculean efforts were required to take the guns and caissons over the great mountains and through the deep ravines, but the work was successfully accomplished. General Grant, in a special dispatch, highly complimented the Fourteenth for this work. Major Connelly received his commission as captain after this expedition, being promoted over his first lieutenant. He did duty at brigade and division headquarters as assistant adjutant general and also as inspector. He participated in the Atlanta campaign; and on the Macon raid his regiment, being in General Stoneman's command, shared in the misfortunes of this officer, but only after it had cut its way out in a splendid charge. Being dismounted by reason of loss of horses on the Macon raid, the regiment did duty as infantry at the siege of Atlanta, and was one of the first which entered the city after its fall. Being remounted and re-equipped, about the 1st of November, 1864, it took a position on the right of the Union Army on the Tennessee River to watch the advance of General Hood's great army. From this river to Columbia, Major Connelly day and night was with the rear guard, being repeatedly surrounded. With splendid courage his command charged the Confederate lines with success. Near Mount Pleasant, and also Duck River, after dark, finding himself cut off and surrounded, he placed himself at the head of his command and carried his column through the Confederate lines with success.

During the advance of General Hood's aggressive army, including the battle of Franklin and the advance of the Union Army at Nashville, his officers and the men of his command speak in eulogistic terms of Major Connelly's leadership and his sterling qualities as a soldier. From second lieutenant he was promoted captain over his first lieutenant and by a vote of the officers of his regiment, who also voiced the sentiment of the rank and file, he was elected major over six captains who held commissions older than his.

The Inter-Ocean's article is brief, and does not give in detail the events leading to Captain Connelly's promotion, which are now related: Colonel F. M. Davidson, of the Fourteenth, wrote two letters to Governor Oglesby recommending him for the position of major. These letters were written at Edgefield, Tennessee, the first bearing date of February 7, 1865, in which Colonel Davidson says: "In recommending Captain Connelly for this position (major) it affords me much pleasure to bear witness to the gallant and successful manner in which he has conducted himself as a soldier whenever and wherever he has been called upon to face the enemy. His bearing on the Morgan raid until the day he (Morgan) was captured; his skill throughout the entire campaign in East Tennessee under General Burnside, and particularly on the 14th day of December, 1863, at the battle of Bean Station, fighting General Longstreet's corps, in which he handled his battery with the coolest daring and most splendid success; his energy on the (Cherokee) North Carolina expedition in the month of February, 1864, commanded by myself; his bravery and dash during the recent campaign in Tennessee under General Thomas, and particularly on the night of the 23d of November, 1864, when, being surrounded by General Forrest, and after other officers failed in charging the enemy's lines, he placed himself at the head of the column, rallied the men, and charged out without the loss of a man; and also on the 15th of December (at Nashville) when he rallied his regiment, after being broken under a fearful cannonade from the enemy's batteries. In short his whole career as a soldier proves him to be worthy of prompt promotion."

Governor Oglesby hesitated to commission a junior captain over so many seniors; and Colonel Davidson, being advised of this hesitation, on March 28, 1865, wTote to him again as follows: "I can only repeat what I said of Captain Connelly in my communication to Governor Oglesby dated February 7, 1865. Aside from his being an officer of the first order (particular mention of some of his acts of bravery being there set forth), his high tone as a gentleman, and his acknowledged talent as a man, loudlj' call for official recognition of his services to his country. He has capacity for any position as field officer. Anything you may be able to do for him will be esteemed as a personal favor."

In the Rock Island Argus of July 10, 1S65, we find the following: "Major H. C. Connelly of the Fourteenth Illinois Cavahy. arrived home on Saturday evening, and is a citizen again. No officer from our count}- has acquitted himself with more credit or returned with a better reputation, both among the soldiers and people."

Upon his return from the war. Major Connelly resumed his law practice. In 1866 he was elected police magistrate for a term of four years. He was elected city attorney for Rock Island to serve during the years 1869, 1870 and 1871. In January, 1894, his son, Bernard D., became associated with him under the firm title of Connelh' & Connelh'. Their practice covers the various branches of law and the firm ranks as one of the leading law firms of Rock Island Count}'.

Aside from the practice of law, Alajor Connelly has been identified with several local enterprises. Upon the death of Bailey Davenport he succeeded to the presidency of the Rock Island and Milan Street Railway Company. He was one of the original stock holders in the Rock Island Buggy Company, as well as in the Rock Island Savings Bank and State Bank. He was one of the original incorporators and assisted in the passage of the bill through both branches of Congress, authorizing the construction of the electric railroad now crossing the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Davenport, Iowa. He has alwaj-s been active and taken great interest in all matters pertaining to the advancement and the prosperity of Rock Island, and in 1861 labored many weeks with senators and members of the House at Washington to secure the passage of the bill by Congress, locating the great National Arsenal at Rock Island. He' is the last survivor of the committee of ten from Davenport, Rock Island and Moline. who went to Washington in the fall of 1861 to aid in the passage by Congress of the Arsenal Bill.

In his former years Major Connelly was a strong believer in and supporter of the doctrines of the Democratic party. During the Buchanan campaign of 1856 and the Douglas- Lincoln campaign of 1858 he was an active worker. The late Judge Jerry S. Black, who was a personal friend of Major Connelly, and at that time a member of ilr, Buchanan's Cabinet, tendered him the position of postmaster of Rock Island. This appointment he respectfully declined. He was a firm friend of Senator Douglas, and considered it inconsistent for him to accept office from President Buchanan, w-hile he was using the power of his administration in the state (though unsuccessfully), to defeat Senator Douglas. President Johnson appointed him

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In 1882, the late P. L. Cable, at the Democratic Congressional Convention at Monmouth, placed in nomination Ma.jor Council}' for Congress. The Democratic State Convention, which convened at Peoria in 1884, elected him temporary chairman. On the money question he voted for President McKinley, and has since supported the principles of the Republican Party.

He was a tireless worker for, and visited Washington to aid in the passage of the Hennepin Canal Bill. For many years he served as member and president of the school board, as well as a member, president and secretary of the library board. On his seventieth birthday the bar of Rock Island County presented Major Connelly with a gold mounted cane.

On May 12, lSo7, Major Connelly married Miss Adalaide McCall, daughter of Clark and Hannah (Hanford') McCall. She is a native of New York. Her earlier ancestors did duty in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars. Of their children Clark H. and Ahin H. are manufacturers of and dealers in hardwood lumber at Kansas City, Missouri; Mabel is the wife of Dr. C. W. McGavren. of ilissouri Y alley. Iowa; Bernard D. is in partnership with his father, and Miss Lucia is deceased.

Bernard D. Connelly is a Rock Islander by birth, being born October 19, 1866. He is a graduate of the High School of Rock Island. and the State University of Iowa, where he acquitted himself with honor. He was admitted to the bar in 1891, at the time being associated with the law firm of Douthitt, Jones & ]\Iason, of Topeka, Kansas. Since January, 1894, he has been associated with his father in the practice of law under the firm name of Connelly & Connelly. On December 22, 1903, he married Miss Elizabeth Chamberlin. Mr. Connelly is a member of the Phi Delta Theta college fraternity and is a Son of the American Revolution. He is the present Master In Chancery of Rock Island County.

Colonel Henry Curtis

He was born at Boston, Massachusetts, August 13, 1834, the home of his parents. Henry and Rebecca L. (Everett) Curtis, and in that city he spent his boyhood and received his preliminary education. This was finished by a course in the English High School of his native city, which fitted him for entrance into the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, where he pursued an engineering course, and graduated in 1855 as a civil engineer.

In 1856 Mr. Ciu-tis came to Rock Island, where, one year later, December 15, 1857, he married Lucy R. Osborn. the daughter of Marcus B. Osborn.

He continued his practice as a civil engineer in Rock Island until October 8, 1860, when, having fitted himself for the legal jirofession, he was admitted to the Rock Island County Bar. Upon taking up the practice of his new profession, Mr. Curtis entered into partnership with his brotherin-law, Charles M. Osborn, under the firm name of Osborn & Curtis, and this partnership continued until 1880, when it was dissolved, Mr. Osborn removing to Chicago and Mr. Curtis continuing in the practice alone until his death. During the continuance of the firm they were attorneys for the Rock Island Road. In 1887 Mr. Curtis was appointed master in chancery for Rock Island County by Judge George W. Pleasants, which office he held continuously for nearly twenty-five years. A staunch Republican, Mr. Curtis never aspired to an active career in political life, and the office of master in chancery was the only one he ever held during his long and honored career in Rock Island.

the Civil War broke out, and he, together with Major Charles W. Hawes and others, organized a company of volunteers, consisting of one hundred and sixteen men. During the first j-car of the war this company was mustered into the Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Mr. Curtis bearing the rank of lieutenant, M. S. Barnes of Rock Island being captain of the company, which was known as Company A. This company was mustered into service at Camp Webb, in Chicago; Julius White of that city being the first colonel of the regiment to which they were assigned. M. S. Barnes, the captain of Company A, was made lieutenantcolonel, and this created a vacant captaincy to which John A. Jordan was elected. He served for three months and was then succeeded by Lieutenant Curtis, who continued as captain of the company until March 7, 1862, when he was severely wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. He was granted leave of absence, and upon his recovery again rejoined his company and shortly afterward was chosen assistant adjutantgeneral by the former colonel of his regiment, who had meanwhile been appointed brigadier-general.

The remainder of Colonel Curtis' military service was in the Eastern Army. One notable incident in this service was the siege and surrender of Harper's Ferry, in which he took a very prominent part. His war record througliout was distinguished by bravery and loyalty. At the end of the war he was brevetted a lieutenant-colonel.

At the close of the war Colonel Curtis returned to Rock Island and again resumed the practice of law together with his partner, Mr. Osborn. As has been stated, his career as a lawyer was a long and honorable one. He achieved and nuuntained an exalted position in the forefront of his profession, and was held in confidence and high esteem by all wiio knew him. After the firm of Osborn c^c Ciu'tis was dissolved, ilr. Curtis formed a partnership with his son, Hugh E. Curtis, for the purpose of drawing abstracts of title, and this firm, under the active management of Hugh E. Curtis, continued until the death of Colonel Curtis, when the son assumed full charge of the business.

On November 17, 1902, Colonel Curtis was bereaved by the death of his wife. Of this marriage four children were born: Henry R. Curtis, St. Paul, Minnesota; Osborn M. Curtis, New York City; Hope G. C. Jones, wife of Commodore H. W. Jones, United States Navy, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, and Hugh E. Curtis, of Rock Island.

On September 12, 190.5, death brought to a close the long and useful life of Colonel Henry Curtis, his demise occurring at Marblehead, Massachusetts. He had been in failing health for some years and had retired from active professional and business life. His death was a distinct loss to the community in which he had spent the best years of his manhood, and in the tributes paid to his memory by his fellow members of the bar and others who were intimately associated with him the sentiment was general and profound that Colonel Henry Curtis was a character above reproach, an honorble, sincere and u])right gentleman.

Elmore W. Hurst

AN ABLE lawyer, a successful financier, and a man recognized as a state leader in Illinois Democracy, is Elmore W. Hurst, of Rock Island, one of the senior members of the legal firm of Jackson, Hurst & Stafford.

Mr. Hurst was born December 6, 1851, in Rock Island, which city has ever since been his home. His parents were William and .\nna (Hurlock) Hurst, both natives of the State of Delaware. The father, who was of English descent, came to Rock Ishuid in 1837, and here he was engaged in mercantile pur- suits. Coming to Kock Island when wliat is now a city, was but a mere handful of people gathered together in a little village, he saw the town gradually increase in size and importance as new business enterprises were added from time to time, and in that growth and progress he, himself, was prominently identified. Both the elder Mr. and Mrs. Hurst were among the early members of the First Methodist Church of Rock Island, and were unswerving and untiring in their loyalty and devotion to the church of their choice. To this couple were born five childi-en, three of whom are still living: Miss Mary Hurst, Mrs. Julia Stafford, and Elmore W. Hurst, the siibject of this review.

After completing a course of study in the public schools of Rock Island, Elmore W. Hurst decided upon a business career, begiiming as bookkeeper, and later being promoted to the position of assistant cashier in the Rock I.^^land National Bank. His connection with that institution continued for eight years. M'-. Hurst had for some considerable time cherished an ambition to become a lawyer, and at the end of his eight years of service in the banking house in which he was employed, he had formed a definite determination to fit himself for membership in the legal profession. With that end in view he took up the study of law in the office of the Hon. W. H, Gest, who was then a practicing attorney in Rock Island, and in 1883 Mr. Hurst was admitted to the bar. Immediately upon his admission as an attorney he began the practice of his profession. A man of great natural ability and of close application his rise in the profession has been a steady one, and today both he. himself, and the firm of which he is a member, are recognized as leaders at the Rock Island County Bar. In 1891 Mr. Hurst formed a partnership with the Hon. William Jackson, the style of the firm being Jackson it Hurst. This partnership continued until 1902 when the firm was enlarged by the admission into it of ;Mr. Hurst's two nephews, John T. and Elmore H. Stafford. This firm's offices in the Masonic Temple are the most commodious and well arranged in the city, the volume of their business requiring the employment of several assistants.

On May 29, 1873, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hurst and Miss Harriet M. Field. For years Mr. and Mrs. Hurst made their home on the corner of Nineteenth Street and Sixth Avenue in Rock Island, but in 1906 Mr. Hurst purchased the old Buford residence at the head of Eighteenth Street, a large and handsome edifice built in the old Southern style of architecture. This he has thoroughly remodeled and modernized, and there he now resides.

He is a large owner of farm lands in the north and west and has extensive holdings in business realty in Rock Island, also being interested as a stock holder in several banks, both in Rock Island and in western cities. Mr. Hurst is a man of business sagacity and financial acumen, and the modest fortune which he has accumulated is an honest one, the result of prudent and careful investment in real estate that has increased greatly in value and which now vields handsome returns.

As has been stated, Mr. Hurst is a prominent Democrat. He was elected on that ticket to the Illinois Legislature in 1888 and 1900. His name has been several times mentioned as a possible candidate for Governor of Illinois upon the Democratic ticket, and it is certain that he could have received the honor of a nomination to that office at the hands of his party had he so desired.

He is a member of the First Methodist Church, the church of his parents, where, for several years, he filled the office of one of the trustees. Fraternally, he is identified with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

was elected president of the Rock Island Coiinty Bar Association, his successor in that ottiec being Hon. Chas. J. Searle, the present incumbent.

A man of stronr; personality, Mr. Hurst commands the admiration and respect, not only of his fellow members of the bar, but of the body of Rock Island's citizenship. He is honoral)le, ujiright and conscientious in his dealings, and always ab.solutely fair and sincere. He is a man who believes in the future of his native city and he has proved that his belief is a sincere one by investing many thousands of dollars in Rock Island real" estate, and by improving property that he owns. Such men are invaluable to any city in which they exert their ability and expend large sums of money in its improvement.

Rev. Christopher A. Mennicke

ONE of Rock Island's most revered and honored ministers of the gospel, a man who has grown old in the service of his God and his church, is Rev. C. A. Mennicke, pastor of the German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuels Congregation.

He was born September 17, 1834, at Friedrichsschwerz, a small place near Halle, in Prussia, his parents being Andreas and Carolina (Winter) Mennicke. He received his early education in the institutions of Halle, Germany. An uncle, Professor F. Winter whose home was in America, wrote to the young student and urged him to come to this country. He left Germany in 1854 and came to America, locating at St. Louis. The main purpose of his coming was to prepare for the ministry of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a hope and aspiration that he had cherished from early boyhood. Soon after reaching St. Louis our subject entered Concordia Seminary in that city, and here he pursued a foiu* years' classical course, upon the completion of which he entered upon and finished a theological course of three years at the same institution, gradvuiting in May, 1861. Shortly after his graduation he received and accepted a call as pastor of the (lerman Evangelical Lutheran Immanuels Chiu'ch at Rock Island, a pastorate that he has held ever since. The first parsonage in which Rev. Mennicke dwelt was located on what is now Thirteenth Street and Sixth Avenue, but which was then known as Beaver and Pleasant Streets. Here he m.ade his home until 1869, since which time he has resided at the present parsonage located at 1923 Fifth Avenue.

On October 20, 1861, shortly after taking up his pastorate in Rock Island, Rev. Mennicke was joined in marriage to Miss Anna D. Mangelsdorf, a young lady of St. Louis. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. F. Doescher, of Iowa City, Iowa, the marriage taking place at Rock Island. Fourteen children were born of this union, four of whom died in their early youth. Those living are: Mrs. Anna Hohenstein, wife of Rev. O. L. Hohenstein, of Bloomington, Illinois; Mrs. Amalie Streckfus, widow of Rev. J. A. Streckfus, residing at home; Rev. August C. Mennicke, of Edford Township, Henrj^ County, Illinois; Mrs. Maria Kroeger, wife of Rev. F. Kroeger, of Hinckley, Illinois; Rev. Ernest D. Mennicke, assistant pastor of German Evangelical Lutheran Immanuels Church, of Rock Island; Mrs. Caroline Schmidt, wife of Rev. H. Schmidt, of Galesburg, Illinois; Rev. Charles G. Mennicke, of Four Corners, Iowa, and the Misses Clara, Justine and Frieda Mennicke, at home.

From 1861 to 1862 Rev. Mennicke in addition to his pastoral duties acted as teacher of the parochial school established in connection with his church. At times he was assisted in this work by his wife, and the duty of developing the minds of the children of the church and of establishing their feet in the paths of religion was faithfully performed by this devoted couple.

In 1886 was celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of Rev. Mennicke's pastorate at Rock Ishind. On the same day his son, August C. Mennicke, was ordained as a minister of the Lutheran denomination, and was installed as assistant pastor of the church at Rock Island, thus being enabled to relieve his father of some of the more arduous duties in connection with the extensive work of the church.

Rev. Mennicke is a member of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states. For years he has been an officer of the Illinois District of the Synod for Central Illinois, and chairman of the Central Illinois Conference.

For almost fifty years this good man has labored assiduously in Rock Island for the uplifting of mankind and the salvation of souls. He has grown old in the service of Christ and the church, l)ut who can measure the good that he has accomplished in the labors of a lifetime. Such lives as his have a benign influence upon mankind. And in his latter years as he looks backward upon his life's work, although his labor has not brought to him a liberal financial reward, still he has love, reverence and regard of all who have ever come within the circle of his acquaintance.

Henry J. Frick

THE life record of Henry J. Frick, the subject of our present sketch, is that of a self-made man; a man who through his unflagging industry and undaunted perseverance has achieved for himself not only a comfortable competence, but an enviable reputation for unswerving integrity and uncompromising honor.

He was born August 31, 1858, at Rock Island, and this city has been his home ever since, with the exception of one and one-half years spent in Scott County, Iowa. His parents were William and Caroline (Dietrich) Frick. Both were natives of Germany. They emigrated to the United States in 1851. The first four years after coming to their new home they spent in Utica, State of New York. They moved to Rock Island in 1855 where his father took out his papers in 1856. Here the father was connected with the Rock Island Railway, being in charge of the local baggage and freight department. The death of the mother occurred in 1878, and that of tlie father in 1882.

Their son received a common school education in the Rock Island public schools. At the age of fifteen years he decided to follow the plumbing trade and with that end in view he entered the employ of Fred Hass as an apprentice for a year and one-half, after which he abandoned his intention of becoming a plumber, and entered the employ of the Rock Island Railway as a locomotive fireman at the age of seventeen years. This occupation he followed for eight years, residing part of the time in Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, where he served one year as a township officer. He then decided to embark in the livery business and together with Gottliel? Zwicker formed the firm known as Zwicker & Frick at Rock Island. Their partnership continued for seven months, when Mr. Zwicker disposed of his interest in the business to Chas. Hansgen. Upon this business change the firm was known as Frick & Hansgen. Mr. Frick and Mr. Hansgen continued the partnership for about three years. Then Frank Kautz purchased Mr. Hansgen's share in the enterprise, and the firm name was changed to Frick & Kautz. The business association of Mr. Frick and Mr. Kautz continued for more than ten years. Then Mr. Frick ptu'chased his partner's interest, and has since continued the business alone. Largely through Mr. Frick's individual efforts the business has constantly grown in size and importance, and today Mr. Frick possesses one of the largest and most

On February 21, 1SS4. Mr. Frick was united in marriage to Miss Susanna Kautz, a daughter of Fritz and Barbara Kautz, of Buffalo, Iowa. Two children, both daughters, were born of this union, Adelia E. and Bertha C. Mr. Frick was deprived of a devoted wife and his daughters of a loving mother by the death of Mrs. Frick, which occurred December 26, ISSS. May 16, 1S91, occurred the marriage of jMr. Frick and Miss Mary E. Kautz, daughter of Christian and Christina Kautz. also of Buffalo, Iowa, she being a cousin of Mr. Frick's first wife. To them three daughters have been born, Marie J., Edith M. and Henrietta N.

In political affiliation Mr. Frick is a Democrat. In the April election, 1907, he was chosen as alderman of the Fourth Ward upon the ticket of the Citizens' Non-Partisan Association. The contest in election was not won without a struggle, as both the Republican and Democratic parties had placed strong men in nomination. Mr. Frick's popularity with men in both of the old parties was so clearly demonstrated by the election, that upon the sending in of the returns it was shown that he had been elected by a handsome majority over both opponents. The Fourth Ward, which Mr. Frick now represents as alderman, is the ward in which he was born, and in which his business has been located for many years.

In religious conviction Mr. Frick is a consistent member of the German Catholic Church of Rock Island. Fraternally he is connected with the Elks, the Catholic Union and the Knights of Columbus.

From what has already been said of the life of Mr. Frick, and from the personal knowledge which almost every one residing in Rock Island or vicinity has of the man, it is a fact beyond dispute that he is one of Rock Island's best citizens who is constantlj^ working ft)r the advancement of his native city.

Ignatz Huber

THE City of Rock Island is indebted for its present prosperity and commercial activity to many men whose capital and intellect have been instrumental in promoting its growth: but one of the men to whom it is chiefly indebted for his activity in promoting those industries and measures which are the life of a city is Ignatz Htiber, one of Rock Island's pioneer brewers and financiers.

ilr. Huber is a native of Bavaria, Germany. He was born February 1, 1S26. His boyhood and youth were spent in his native Bavaria, and after his school days were finished, learned the brewer's trade under the instruction of his fatlier. Like many others of foreign birth who have emigrated to the United States, Mr. Huber saw in America a land of promise where individual abilitv counted for much more and brought much better returns than in the old world. He took passage for America on a sailing vessel leaving the Port of Rotterdam, and after a vo}-age of forty-two days on the ocean, arrived at New York on June 16, 1849. Pushing westward he stopped at Canton, Ohio, where he spent two months, and then removed to Columbus in the same state, where he found employment in a brewer}-. Leaving Columbus he went to Cincinnati, where he again followed that line of business in which he had received such thorough training. ^Ir. Huber remained in Cincinnati until 1851, when he came to Rock Island, which has ever since been his home.

In Rock Island he again obtained employment in a brewery, and after his first month's employment he purchased an interest in the concern, of which three 3'ears later he became the sole owner. From a small beginning Mr. Huber's business grew and his patronage increased until it became one of the cit3-'s principal industries, emplo3dng many men. He continued in business alone until the for- mation of the Rock Island Brewing Company, whereby Rock Island's three brewing plants were consolidated and a stock company organized. Then Mr. Huber turned over active management of the new enterprise to his son, Otto, pursuing the same course as his former competitor, George Wagner, who had turned over the management of his part in the business to his son, Robert, the elders practically retiring and placing the responsibility of active management of this large concern upon the shoulders of the junior members of their respective households.

Mr. Huber was married in October, 1854, to Miss Catherine Koehler, a young lady of German birth and rearing, but who had come to .\nierica in her youth. To this couple have been born six children, three of whom have attained manhood and womanhood and are living at home with their parents, and three of whom died in early childhood. Those living are the Misses Amelia and lallie Huber and Otto Huber.

In religious faith Mr. Huber is a Catholic, while his wife is a member of the Lutheran denomination. In politics he is a Democrat, and although never an office-seeker, he was once elected alderman of his home ward, and proved so thoroughly acceptable to his constituents that he was twice re-elected to that office. From 1858 to 1861 he was captain of the Rock Island Rifle Company, a military organization formed here at that time.

Mr. Huber has valuable real estate holdings in Rock Island, Moline and Geneseo, Illinois, and in Davenport, Iowa. He is also a stock holder in the Peoples' National Bank, and for many years was its vice president. In the spring of 1906 Mr. Huber purchased twentyfive acres of valuable land lying between Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth Streets, and beginning on Ninth Avenue extending to the bluff in Rock Island. From the summit of this land a magnificent view of the entire City of Rock Island may be obtained. One-half of this land is to be plotted into lots which will be sold and the other half Mr. Huber will retain for a home, where he will shortly erect a residence. In fact Mr. Huber has been a pioneer in the laying out and platting of additions; the Huber and Peetz addition, in which he was interested, being the real beginning of Rock Island's real estate boom.

For all the years that Ignatz Huber has lived in Rock Island his life has been an open one. his every deed being actuated by honest motives. He has conscientiously endeavored to fulfill the duties that devolved upon him both in public and in private life, and how well he has succeeded is thoroughly demonstrated by the universal esteem in which he is held bv his fellow citizens.

Otto Huber

AMONG the younger generation of Rock Island's prominent business men whose names are deserving of special mention for what they have achieved in their chosen vocations in life, stands that of Otto Huber, who is the present secretary and treasurer of the Rock Island Brewing Company, a Rock Island industry whose formation, growth and present scope, has been related elsewhere in this book.

Mr. Huber was born in Rock Island January 19, 1866, and attended schools in that city until he was ready to enter the Illinois State University at Champaign, where he spent three years. Afterward he studied two years abroad and graduated from the Institute of Technology at Weihenstephan, near Munich, Bavaria, which country had been the birth place of his father, Ignatz Huber. After completing his education he entered his father's business in 1889, but he was also a promoter of brewing enterprises in other cities, notable among which is the organization of the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company in 1 893. This was a consolidation of four of Seattle's brewing plants and was brought about by Otto Hubcr. The company today is the largest and most prominent brewing concern in the United States west of Milwaukee and St. Louis. He organized the Des Moines Brewing Company in 1907, of which he is the president.

In 1893 when the Rock Island Brewing Company was formed, Mr. Huber was one of the chief promoters of that organization, and it was largely through his activity that the organization was brought into being. Upon its formation he was elected secretary and treasurer of the new company, positions which has held ever since.

In 1903 Mr. Huber became vice president of the People's National Bank of Rock Island, succeeding his father in that office. In 1904 he was appointed a member of the board of park commissioners in the City of Rock Island and it was this board that inaugurated the improvement of Long View Park, one of the most beautiful in the state. He is at present treasurer of the board.

Mr. Huber is not allied with an political organization, but gives his support to those men and measures that in his opinion represent the best principles.

He is a member of several social and fraternal organizations, among them being the Rock Island Club, the Davenport Commercial Club, Chicago Athletic Association, is a life member of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club, and is a member of the Elks.

Mr. Huber is unmarried. He takes an active and prominent part in the social life of the three cities and Chicago, his genial qualities and liberality making him a general favorite. Although a young man possessed of wealth and one who has received many advantages he is unspoiled by prosperity and is of a very unassuming nature without the slightest trace of arrogance. Warm hearted and sympathetic he is ever ready to extend a hel])ing hand to those less fortunate than himself and to devote his time and money to the upbuilding of his native city. m ^ iS instinctively turns to the firm of McEniry & McEniry, a firm composed of the two brothers, Hon. William McEnirj^ and Matthew J. Mc- Eniry, having offices both in Rock Island and Moline. It is the life and character of the former of these two gentlemen that we propose to depict in the sketch that is to follow. The life and character of Matthew J. McEniry will be found elsewhere in this work treated at length.

William McEniry was born in Rock Island County, Illinois, May 9, 1860, his parents being William and Elizabeth (Coughlin) Mc- Eniry. William McEniry, Sr., who was a farmer, came to Illinois in 1841 and settled in Moline, making his home there until 1852, when he took up his residence on a farm in this county. In 1840 occurred his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Coughlin. To this couple eight children were born, six sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, however, died in infancy. The death of the father occurred February 18. 1874. His widow survived him luitil May 30, 1907, when she passed away. Both were devout members of the Roman Catholic Church. In a panegyric at the time of Mrs. McEniry's death one of the Moline daily newspapers spoke of her life as follows: "Mrs. McEniry was identified with the history of Rock Island County. She was the first Catholic woman to reside in what is now the City of Moline, and the first mass of the church ever said in that city, was celebrated in her house by a Davenport priest. She was a remarkable character in many ways.

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William McEniry, the son, whose life we will now discuss, received his preliminary education in the public schools of Hock Island County. I.ater he pursued a commercial course in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Upon the completion of this he entered upon a literary course in the University of Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, Indiana. Then he chose the profession of law as his life's vocation, and in order to fit himself for the practice of that science he entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in that state. Here he graduated in 1SS.5.

Soon after his graduation the young barrister opened a law office in Rock Island, and liis immediate success proved him to lie an able lawyer. He possesses a keen and analytical mind, and a broad and comprehensive mental vision, enabling him to assimilate the correlation of ideas and to instinctively grasp the fundamental and basic elements of the subject under consideration. Added to this he is a logical reasoner and an eloquent and forceful public speaker. These attributes and accomplishments are essential in a successful legal career, and by the possession of these superior qualities, which in themselves are marks of distinction, Mr. McEniry has attained an enviable station in his profession. He has served as counsel in some very important litigation that has attracted widespread interest. In legal ability he is one of the foremost lawyers in Western Illinois, and his superior merit has obtained the recognition that it deserves.

Ever since entering upon the practice of law in Rock Island and taking up his residence here, Mr. McEniry has been constant and untiring in his endeavor to promote that city's best interests and has given his support to all measures for the public benefit. He was, actively instrumental in the work of securing a new court house and was also a potent factor in determining the location of the Western Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Watertown, and was asked by Governor Altgeld to act as a member of the board, but declined. He secured the passage of the bill making possible to remove the Woodmen office to Rock Island.

On October 1.5, 1S90, Mr. McEniry was united in marriage to Miss Alice Cleary, a young lady of New Orleans, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .lohn Cleary of that city. To them four children have been born, John, Elizabeth, William and Katherine. Both Mr. and Mrs. McEniry are members of the Roman Catholic Church. Their many excellent qualities and bountiful hospitality have made them favorites in the best social circles of the Tri-Cities.

In political faith Mr. McEniry has always been a staunch Democrat, and he is one of the acknowledged leaders of that party in Rock Island County. Although zealous in striving for the success of his party at the poles, Mr. McEniry has never been a bitter or a narrow partizan, and as a leader in his party his conduct of campaigns, although vigorous, has been such as to insure him the respect and friendly regard of his political opponents.

In 1887 Mr. McEniry was nominated by his party, and was elected city attorney of Rock Island. He filled that office with ability and distinction. In the autumn of 1896 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives in the Illinois State Legislature, running far ahead of his party ticket. In this capacity he served upon several very important committees, and although his political party was the minority party nevertheless every one of the five bills introduced by Mr. McEniry passed both the House and the Senate, and became laws of the state. Of his ability as a legislator the Inter-Ocean, of Chicago, spoke in the highest terms of praise.

IT IS said that the legal profession is one of the most difficult in which to achieve success. It is doubtless true that to be a truly successful attorney requires ability of a high order. We have spoken elsewhere in this work ofrthe success achieved by the legal firm of McEnir}^ & McEniry, and one of the fruits of that success is a renown that is not merely local but that has spread throughout the northwest. In the article mentioned the life and character of one of the members of the firm, William McEnirj', was taken up and discussed at length. His strength and ability were depicted. The present article is to be devoted to a discussion of the salient points in the life of the other member of the firm, Matthew J. McEniry, a man, who like his brother, is possessed of brilliant talents and real genius.

He was born on a farm in Zuma Township, this county. The lives and characters of the elder McEnirys, the parents of Matthew J. and William, are recorded at length in the sketch previously spoken of. to which the reader is referred. As a lad Matthew J. McEniry received his early education in the cotnitry schools in the neighborhood of his father's farm. When seventeen jears of age he went to an academy at Prairie du Chien, AYisconsin, where he completed a commercial course. He afterward entered the Universitj"^ of Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, Indiana, where he devoted himself to scientific studies. These he completed in 1887, whereupon he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated one year later. After his graduation the young attorney was admitted to the bar and opened a law office in Moline in partnership with his brother, William, of Rock Island. The firm has ever since retained offices in both Rock Island and Moline; William McEniry having charge of the Rock Island office while Matthew J. conducted the business at Moline. The excellent success and enviable reputation which the firm has achieved are too well known to need repetition here. Sufficient is it to say that they are one of the foremost legal firms in Rock Island County. They possess commodious and well appointed offices and fine law libraries in both cities, the Moline office being located in the Skinner Block.

In politics Matthew J. McEniry has always been one of Moline's leading Democrats, and has been ever zealous in promoting the success of the political party of his choice. That party has recognized his services and has honored him with offices of responsibility and trust. In 1884, when only twenty-three j^ears of age. Mr. McEnirj- was elected supervisor of Zuma Township, and held that office for one term. He was also appointed deputy sheriff of Rock Island County, which office he filled for four years. In July, 1894, he received from President Cleveland the appointment as postmaster of Moline, and continued in that office until October 1. 1897. His political zeal and active work for party success has been manj' times shown while a delegate to his partj-^'s conventions, he having been a delegate to nearly every Democratic State Convention since 1882. He is a firm believer in the great principles of Thomas Jefferson, and is firmly convinced that the best interests of this country would be best subserved by a strict adherence to its tenets.

Mr. McEniry was of assistance in obtaining the passage of the law providing for the organization and establishment of the naval militia in Illinois. He was elected and served as an ensign in the Moline Companj- of the same until 1897, when from political reasons, as he himself states, he was politely requested to resign or the division would be mustered out of the service then and there. There were at that time two divisions of naval reserves, and in fact there were formerly four divisions located at Moline, a city that was very active in aid of this branch of the state service, and who took pride in educating her citizens in the ways of naval warfare upon the great "Father of Waters." Mr. McEniry was also a director of the Moline Public Library at the time the new Carnegie building was erected, and served as secretary of the lioard for two years.

Matthew J. ^IcEniry is a devoted member of the Roman Catholic Church, the church in which be was born and reared. He was confirmed at an early age by Archbishop Foley, of Chicago.

Fraternally Mr. ^McEniry is strongly connected, and his genial, helpful nature makes him a most acceptable member of many orders, He has passed through the presiding chair of the Modern Woodmen of America, Camji No. 38, of Moline. He is also a member of the North Star Benefit Association, of which he is county astronomer, of Observatory No. 1. He is a charter member of the lodge of Fraternal Tribunes organized at Moline. He is also a member of Tecumseh Tribe, No. 24, Improved Order of Redmen, and has represented all these lodges at their great councils. He is now chairman of the judiciary committee of the Great Council of Illinois, Independent Order Redmen. He has been a member of the Moline Club since it was organized, and served two terms as a director of that institution. He is now serving a second term as president of the Moline Business Men's Association, and has at all times taken an active part in the business affairs of his home city. Mr. McEniry, together with his brother, William, did loyal work in helping to secure the location of the Western Hospital for the Insane at Watertown, and through their untiring efforts in that behalf much was accomplished. Matthew J. McEniry has also done most effective work in helping obtain the new lock upon the Mississippi River at Moline, and in this also he has been untiring. The lock and harbor appropriation will make Moline a port upon the Mississippi River. These efforts, which are all unselfish and look only to the betterment and increased prosperity of his home city, are indicative of Mr. McEniry's character. He is an enthusiast for the six-foot channel along the Upper Mississippi, and is bending every effort to make it a reality.

Matthew J. ;\IcEniry is a man of deep and broad public spirit, a leader and organizer of men, and a citizen whose constant aim is to see his city press forward in prosperity and success. He is a man who has done much for the community in which he lives, and this is attested by the warm regard and high esteem in which he is held Ijy all wiio know him. As a citizen, loyal to the endvu-ing principles struck from the highest' ideals, Mr. McEniry is superior.

Deacon John A. Boyer

He was born at Bedford. Pennsylvania, October 16. 1809. During a portion of his boyhood his parents lived at Paris, Kentucky, and later removed to Indiana.

In 1837 he came to this county and settled in what was then the town of Stephenson. In 1838 ^Ir. Boyer was united in marriage to Mrs. Zeruiah Phillips, whose maiden name was Zeruiah Robbins. The following year Mr. and Mrs. Boyer moved to the farm at the south end of what is now Thirtieth Street, which was their home at the time of Mrs.

Bo3'er's death, which occurred March IG. 1886. closing a long and happy married life of forty-eight years. No children blessed this marriage, but after some years of married life they took Thomas Campbell into the family and reared him to manhood. He and his family were beneficiaries from the estates. Mr. Campbell lived forty years of Mr. Boyer's life with him and was as son to the family in every sense of the word.

In religious faith Mr. Boj'er and his devoted wife were Baptists, and their fidelity to the cause of their church and zeal in the cause of religion are demonstrated by the following minutes taken from the records of the Baptist Church of this city, under date of March 20, 1843: "Church called a session which lasted several days. Brethren from this church and our sister church in Davenport sat as a church and received the following persons - ." (Then follows the names of three received by letter and nine for baptism. Among the latter are the names of John A. and Zeruiah Boyer.) They were buried in baptism in the Mississippi River, at the foot of what is now Twentieth Street, Rock Island. Brother Boyer and his wife at once took an active part in the work of the church. January 21, 1845, forty-seven years ago, he was elected deacon, and, according to the custom of that time, was ordained to that office by the imposition of hands upon the sixteenth of the following February, the ordaining prayer being made by Elder Stone- About two years previous to that time he had been elected as a trustee, and he held both of these offices in the church continuously until his death. For more than thirty years he was among the most active workers in the church, none excelling him in cheerfully taking up and bearing the burdens of the work. He was on nearly all the church committees, frequently being the chairman of those on which he was placed. At times he acted as church se.xton, making the fires, caring for the church building and its contents without money and without price, but simply because of his love for his church home, and found no task too hard or work too irksome when the church's welfare was furthered thereby. When debts burdened the church, and seemed likely to crush it beneath their weight, he either paid them in full himself, or else paid such proportion that the load was lightened and others could complete the payment.

To John A. Boyer and his faithful wife, the First Baptist Church of Rock Island is largely indebted for its present fine property, its house of worship and parsonage, the tower of the church building being entirely his gift, as was the parsonage a gift from his wife. During Mr. Boyer's latter years the infirmities of age compelled him to take a less active part in the work of the church, but his interest never flagged. His fellow church members feel that to Brother and Sister Boyer, and to their noble co-worker. Deacon David Hawes. their church, under God, owes a debt of lasting gratitude.

In politics Mr. Boyer w.as a Republican until the time of Horace Greeley's nomination for President of the United States, but from that time on he was a Democrat. He lived a quiet and retiring life, taking little personal part in politics and public affairs, although in these matters he always manifested a keen interest. He was deputy sheriff for two years under Sheriff Wells, and at one time was a member of the board of supervisors.

He had been for many years an honored member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Old Settlers' Association, at one time being president of the latter organization.

On December 5, 1891, at the ripe old age of eighty-two years, John A. Boyer passed away at Los Angeles. California. He survived most of the companions of his youth and middle life, but having traveled far along life's pathway the burden of his many years fell from his shoulders, and he lay down to sleep in the silent chamljer of Death, but being dead he yet liveth.

Samuel H. Montgomery

AMONCl the names of Rock Island County's citizens none is better known and none held in more honor and respect than that of Montgomery. The elder Montgomerys were among the oldest settlers of this county, and early acquired large holdings in farm properties. Their children have been prominently identified with the business and farming interests of Rock Island County for more than a quarter of a century. It is of one of the sons of those pioneers, Alexander E. and Margaret Montgomery, the life history of the former appearing upon another page of this work, that this sketch is to treat.

Samuel H. Montgomery was born on a farni near Coal Valley in Roc k Island County August 2, 1866, his parents, as has been stated, being Alexander E. and Margaret Montgomery. His early boyhood was spent upon his father's farm, and later lived on the Arsenal Island for twenty years until married. He attended the public schools of Moline, and later entered and graduated from the high school of that city. After completing his studies he decided to master the machinists' trade and to that end he secured a position in the machine shops at the Rock Island Arsenal. After .serving his apprenticeship he continued to work at the Arsenal and later at Williams, White & Company in Moline until the summer of 1891, when with his brothers, Alexander E. Jr., James T. and Robert J. Mongomery, the firm of Montgomery Brothers was organized for the purpose of doing a general machine and repair btisiness. In March, 1893, the above firm was merged with the Moline Elevator Company, and a few months later the Montgomery Brothers bought out the other interests in the Elevator Company and have since that time been the principal owners and managers. To Mr. .Samuel H. Montgomery was assigned the direction of the manufacturing department of this manufactory, and he is at the present time president and general superintendent of this industry which has become a large and prosperous one. He is also a stock holder in the Deere- Clark Motor Car Company, the Moline Automobile Company, Root & Van Dervoort Engineering Company, the American Harvester Company and the Columbia Voting Machine Company. He also has extensive farm interests in Alberta, Canada.

On April 19, 1898, Mr. Montgomery married. Miss Emma M. Hartz, a Rock Island young lady, the sister of B. C, W. T., A. P. and G. C. Hartz. They have one child, a daughter, Margaret Dorothy, who at the time this sketch was written is about three years of age. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have made their home in Moline, residing at 1542 Eleventh Avenue, in that city.

Mr. Montgomery's life has been governed by Christian principles, and he has been active in religious work. He is a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church, which he joined in Rock Island, March 17, 1883. Seven years later in November, 1890, he was elected and ordained ruling elder in the church with which he was affiliated, and he served as clerk of session until May, 1898. He also assisted in establishing a mission church in Moline, which work had been undertaken by the Rock Island congregation in 189.5, Mr. Montgomery serving as its Moline representative and Sunday School superintendent. In May, 1898, together with several others of the same religious faith, he was one of the organizers of the First United Presbyterian Church of Moline. This was the full fruition of the hopes and prayers and work of those zealous Christians who had established and fostered the little mission church. Upon the establishment of an independent church organization Mr. Montgomery was elected ruling elder and clerk of session, and also superintendent of the Sunday School, which positions he has held continuously ever since. In politics he is a Republican and takes a strong interest in the success of the

Mr. Montgomery is an ideal ty])e of the simple, sincere Christian gentleman, a man of exalted thoughts and generous acts, and having himself enjoyed material prosperity he has been ever ready to help his less fortunate fellow man whenever that help was needed and deserved.

Elwin Elbert Parmenter

THE life of a good and just man, and the memory of his noble, kindly deeds, are in themselves his true biography. In the life of such an individual the observer of human character may find both precept and example. He may find in such a life sermons that speak more eloquently and leave a deeper impression upon the heart than any human words. The simple goodness and unconscious influence of such a man is a benediction to all with whom he comes in daily contact. Such were the attributes of the late Judge Elwin E. Parmenter. a man highly esteemed and greatly beloved by all who knew him, a man of high integrity" and broad charity, a man \\ho3e motto was the Golden Rule.

He was born on a farm in Andalusia Township, Rock Island County, June 24, 1843, his parents being Lorenzo and Kezia Parmenter, one of the early families who settled in this county. He received his early education in the public schools of Muscatine, and here he fitted himself for entrance to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he graduated from the law department. A short time after his graduation he entered upon the practice of his profession at Rock Island, which city was his home until his death. In 1872 he was elected state's attorney for Rock Island County, and held this office for three continuous terms of four years each, his third term ending in 1SS4. His administration of that office was forceful, vigorous and successful, distinguished not only by the energy and ability of his prosecutions, but also by the careful and painstaking manner in which he prepared his cases for trial. As an example of this latter part of his duty, it may be stated that not once during his long tenure of office did he ever have an indictment quashed because of error or carelessness in its preparation. During his career as state's attorney he prosecuted one of the most noted criminal cases in the annals of Rock Island's court history, the famous Heilwagner murder trial, he being assisted in the prosecution by the Hon. William Jackson. The result was a conviction with the imposition of the death penalty. The accused was ably defended by the Hon. Patrick O'Mara, deceased, and J. L. Haas. The sentence of the court was carried out, it being the last execution in Rock Island County.

After his retirement from the office of state's attorney. Judge Parmenter returned to the general practice of law, and in this he was engaged imtil 18S4, when he was appointed master in chancery by Judge William H. Gest, and this office he held for six years. In 1902 he was elected coimty judge, and after the expiration of his first term of four yearshe was again re-elected in November, 1906, and served until his sudden and untimely death a few months later. Hi? administration of this last office, which involves the supervision of the administration of a large number of estates, besides various other matters, was conducted in the same careful, systematic manner that had marked his career as state's attorney.

On October 3, 1872, he was joined in marriage to Miss Anna B. Oloff, and to them one child, a son, was born, who died at the early age of five j'ears.

Judge Parmenter was a zealous, earnest Christian man, and although in his early manhood he was not affiliated with any church organization, on ]\Iareh 20, 1892, he was ad- mitted into full meinbership with the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rock Island, and of this church he was a consistent member throughout the remainder of his life, and served as one of its trustees.

He was a member of Trio T.odge, No. 57, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Rock Island Chapter, No. 18, Royal .\rch Masons; Rock Island Commandry, No. IS. Knights Templar, and of Kabba Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He held various honorary offices in thi^ different degrees of Masonry, where he was held, as he was everywhere, in the highest regard and esteem.

Upon December 27, 1906, occurred the .sudden passing of Judge Parmenter from the vigor of life to the coldness of death. He had returned home from his judicial duties feeling somewhat ill. In a few brief hours he died, having sustained an attack of heart failure- The news of his demise caused the most profound sorrow throughout the entire county in all parts of which he was so well known. At first it seemed impossible to give the report credence, but when sad confirmation left no doubt as to its truth, mingled with the expressions of sorrow and the sense of personal loss to all who knew him, there was the thought that a good man had gone to his reward. No word of eulogy can add any lustre to the memory of Judge Parmenter. He did right as it was given unto him to see the right. He was faithful in all of life's duties. He did unto others as he desired others to do unto him, and in his simple, earnest Christian life he followed the " Kindly Light" imtil at last it led him Home.

LS. McCABE has been a factor in the commercial history of Rock Island County since 1868. He is a native of Delaware Comity, New York, and was educated in the common schools and academies of that locality.

Coming west in his young manhood, Mr McCabe took up his residence in Rock Island County. He taught school for two terms in the southern part of this county during the time that the Hon. W. H. Gest, the present circuit judge, was county superintendent of schools.

In 1870 his business career as a Rock Island merchant was begun, and his steadily increasing business has been co-incident with the growth and prosperity of the city. He possessed a firm belief that both Rock Island and Moline had bright futures before them, and later his real estate ventures resulted in the platting of several large residence additions in both those cities, and in these he was either the principal associate or sole owner. He consistently showed his confidence in the future development of this locality by repeated investments in the business district of the city, until he became the owner of the largest area of business property in the commercial center of Rock Island. His active brain has been influential in organizing and developing many of the prominent and successful industries and business enterprises of the county. He was a director and vicepresident of the Moline Central Street Car Lines when they were being built and equipped with electricity. This was one of the first electric street railways built and operated in the west. He was also an owner and promoter of Prospect Park in Moline, and later when his traction and park holdings were absorbed by the newly formed Tri-City Street Railway Company, he became a large stock holder in the latter company.

Mr. McCabe was one of the promoters and organizers of the Central Loan and Trust Company of Rock Island, and upon its formation became a director and its first vicepresident.

In 1902 he was elected by the Republican party to represent the Thirty-third District in the State Senate, and after serving his term of four years, he declined to again be- come a candidate for that office, as his business interests demanded so much of his personal attention. He had always been an adherent to Republican principles, but the office of State Senator was the only one for which he had ever been a candidate.

Mr. ]\IcCabe is a member of the Broadway Presbyterian Church. He is a charter member of the Rock Island Club, but has never been much identified with fraternal societies or lodges. Being for thirty-si.x years at the head of one of Rock Island's principal mercantile institutions, his sj-mpathies, advice and aid were much sought and invariabh^ given to every important public undertaking for municipal improvement.

As a diversion and pleasant relaxation from the cares naturally devolving upon the head of a great mercantile house, ilr. McCabe has become an extensive farmer and breeder of blooded beef cattle and swine. He owns and operates several farms both in this county and in Scott County, Iowa, and among his chief pleasures are the entertaining of friends at his summer home on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi, the showing of his great herds of Angus cattle, and the discussion of his various farming projects and in planning their improvement and development.

Colonel Edward Kittilsen

THE soldier-sheriff of Rock Island County needs no introduction to that county's people. That he is well and favorably known is evidenced by the office with which they have honored him. and which he now holds and fills so acceptably.