Sangamon County, Illinois - The whole text, 1912 (part 17 of 46)

Marion L. Gordon took a course at the Northern Illinois Normal School at Dixon, and a classical course at Iowa College, Grinnell, Ia. He was brought up on a farm, but from childhood found his pleasure in reading and studying. For twenty-nine terms he taught in the public schools, finally becoming President of Mendota College, and for three years held that responsible position. Then his health failed because of his close application to his duties, and he had to leave the profession. He began newspaper work and has succeeded along this line as he did in his other field. A stanch Republican, he has always favored strong opposition to intemperance, and since coming to Tllinois in 1896, has affiliated with the Prohibition party. He has steadily refused to be a candidate for any office, as his tastes do not run in a political direction.

Dl., December 25, 1878. The grandfather founded the "Auburn Citizen," owning it until a short time before Mr. Gordon assumed its management. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have these children: Herbert E., born at Sac City, Iowa, August 10, 1894, and William Truman, born in Auburn, Ill., April 3, 1903. Mr. Gordon has been a member of Advent Christian Church since he was fifteen years old. He joined the Knights of Pythias in 1891, the Modern Woodmen of America in 1896, and the Court of Honor in the same year. While very charitable, he helps others so quietly that few know of his kind deeds. Industrious, conscientious, scrupulously honest, fearless in his advocacy of what he thinks is right, sympathetic with the "under dog" unless too far in the wrong, Mr. Gordon is a man of upright living and broad views. He declares, though, that he desires no higher praise than the remembrance when he is gone that he did his best to do the right and help his fellow-men. Mr. Gordon owns residence property in Sae City, Iowa.

GOREY, John Patrick. - The business instincts of some men are such as to insure their success in whatever line they undertake. They appear to know what is wanted by their customers and how to supply them with the best goods at satisfactory prices. Springfield is the home of a number of such men, among whom none is more worthy of special mention than John Patrick Gorey, proprietor of the largest retail store in Sangamon County, if not in this part of the State. He was born six miles southwest of Springfield in Sangamon County, August 26, 1864, a son of Patrick and Margaret (Casey) Gorey, natives of Ireland. In the 'fifties Patrick Gorey came to the United States, locating in Boston, Mass., where he remained for two years. He then came to Sangamon County, engaging in farming until 1884, when he moved to Chatham, and until his death, in 1899, conducted a butchering business. In politics he was a Democrat but never entered' public life, not aspiring to office. His widow survives, residing in Chatham. Both were born and reared in the Catholic Church, in which faith they reared their nine children, all of whom are now living.

John Patrick Gorey attended the district schools. until about seventeen years of age, when he began working the farm in partnership with his father. He then worked for two years in a general store at Chatham, after which he was on the road as a commercial traveler for three wholesale shoe houses, in this way gaining an invaluable knowledge of the requirements of the trade. About 1894 he came to Springfield to enter the employ of Klayholt & Fogarty, shoe merchants, buying them out two years later. Since then he has been engaged in supplying a large retail territory, and has a handsome shoe emporium, that would do credit to any city in the country.

served very ably and acceptably as Tax Collector for a year, but, like his father, has never desired office. A strong Catholic, he belongs to St. Agnes' Church, and is one of its liberal supporters. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the M. W. of A., the Knights and Ladies of Honor, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

On February 28, 1890, Mr. Gorey was united in marriage, at Auburn, Ill., with Mary Jane Burns, daughter of James Burns and his wife Elizabeth. Mr. Burns was born in Scotland, while his wife was born in Ireland. They came to America in 1862, having been married at Glasgow, Scotland. Mrs. Gorey was one of a family of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. Gorey have had an interesting family of children, as follows: Mary J., studying music at the Sacred Heart Academy, with the intention of developing her exceptional ability to the extent of fitting herself for teaching music; Margariette died at the age of three months; Jessie Veronica and Irene, attending the same school as Mary J.; Josephine, who died at the age of four years; John, Jr., who is attending St. Agnes school, and Leonarda Bernaine, the baby. Mr. Gorey belongs to the class of selfmade men, his success being the result of his own unaided efforts intelligently directed in legitimate channels. His pleasant, genial manner and unfailing courtesy aid in furthering his business and making friends, and no man is more highly regarded in Springfield than he.

GORMAN, William, now retired from active life and living with his daughter, Mrs. James Mc- Alone, at 1128 North Walnut Street, Springfield, was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1841. He is a son of Thomas Gorman, a farmer in Ireland, who had seven children: Thomas, Patrick, John, Johanna, Lizzie, Sarah and William, all of whom came to the United States, although at different times.

William Gorman was educated in his native country and worked for the parish priest before emigrating to America, at the age of twenty-one years. He landed in New York and soon after joined his brother Thomas in Springfield. Upon first coming to Springfield he found employment in the hotels of that city, and during the war drove a wagon for the United States Government, from Camp Butler to Springfield. He afterward carried on farming at Buffalo, Sangamon County, and later at Tolono, Champaign County, where he lived many years, and there reared his family. His first wife. Miss Catherine Clear, of Springfield, died at Tolono, July 7, 1874, and he married (second) Bridget Bohan, who died in Springfield, in 1885. About 1885 Mr. Gorman moved to Springfield and purchased the home where he now lives. He worked at putting in water mains until he retired from active life.

taken an active interest in the progress and welfare of the community. He is highly respected by all who know him and has many friends. Children as follows were born to him: Thomas died in Nebraska, at the age of twentysix years; Elizabeth, Mrs. McAlone, of Springfield; Sarah, unmarried; Johanna, Mrs. Thomas Lundregan, of Springfield; John died young; Margaret died at the age of thirteen years; James died in infancy.

James McAlone was born in Springfield, July 19, 1866, and has lived in the city all his life. His father, who is deceased, was a carpenter, and served on the city police force. He was married, April 24, 1906, to Miss Elizabeth Gorman. He and his wife are both members of St. Joseph's Church. She and her sisters own the old family home on North Walnut Street. Mr. McAlone is well known in Springfield and he and his wife live with her father.

GRAHAM, James M., Member of Congress from the Twenty-first District of Illinois, is a man whom his community has delighted to honor with various offices of trust, and one who has in every instance proven worthy of the confidence reposed in him by his constituents. He is a self-made man in -every sense and his life is an inspiration to all young men of enterprise and ambition, an incentive to high endeavor and the determination to make the most of their abilities and opportunities. Probably no man is more widely or favorably known in political circles in Illinois than Mr. Graham, and few men there are who in the midst of political strife, have made a smaller number of enemies. A man of superior intelligence, educated and cultured, he has at all times maintained the attitude and principles of a true gentleman, though forceful in speech and vigorous in defense of his opinions. The people of Sangamon County and of Central Illinois feel proud of the record of Mr. Graham and acknowledge that his success is a credit to himself and to his constituents.

Mr. Graham was born in County Monaghan, Ireland, April 14, 1852, and came to Sangamon County, Ill., in 1868. He is a son of Hugh and Sarah (McMahon) Graham, the former a farmer by occupation. Honorable J. M. Graham received -his education in the common schools, the Northern Normal School at Valparaiso, Ind., and when of age began teaching in Champaign County, Nl., continuing this profession seven years. During his teaching he began the study of law under William A. Day, who later became Second Auditor of the Treasury under President Cleveland, and finished his legal studies under the supervision of James A. Creighton, who became and is Circuit Judge of the Springfield District. Mr. Graham was admitted to the Bar in 1885, and served in the Thirty-fourth General Assembly of Illinois, in 1885-86. He rose rapidly in his profession and served as States Attorney for Sangamon County in 1892-96. He afterward entered -the law firm of Palmer, Shutt & Graham, the senior member being Hon. John M. Palmer, a biographical sketch of whom appears on another page of this work, and the second member, W. E. Shutt, became United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The firm has since been reorganized and now consists of Hon. James M. Graham and his two sons, Hugh J. and James J., both of whom are graduates of the University of Illinois. The firm has won high prestige and all its members stand high in their profession. Mr. Graham was elected a member of the Sixty-first and Sixty-second United States Congress. He has he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Court of Honor, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Knights of Columbus and the Loyal Americans. In political views he is an ardent supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. Mr. Graham has always taken an active interest in the progress and welfare of Springfield and Sangamon County, and as a public-spirited citizen, has been ready to promote the same. Mr. Graham is an active member of the Catholic Church and has made a special study of its history as well as other lines of historical research. He is the author of an article to be found in this work entitled History of the Catholic Church, and is well fitted to cover his subject comprehensively.

Mr. Graham was married at Rantoul, TIl., August 15, 1876, to Miss Catherine Wallace, a native of Rantoul, daughter of Michael Wallace and Ellen (Nolan) Wallace. Seven children have blessed this union, three of whom are graduates of the University of Illinois, and one a student in that institution. Their names are: Hugh J., born in 1877; James J., in 1879; Arthur F., in 1881; Charles W., in 1882; Mary, in 1885; Nellie, in 1892; Agnes, in 1897. Mr. Graham is a fine specimen of athletic manhood, being six feet tall and weighing 195 pounds. He has little time for social pleasures, but has always been greatly absorbed by his work and it is his favorite occupation. His two oldest sons are partners in the firm of Graham & Graham and his third and fourth sons are preparing for business life. Mr. Graham owns a residence in Springfield and some farm land in Sangamon County. Though Mr. Graham has been so successful in his professional and political career, he never forgets his former friends and meets them with the same pleasure and greets them with as much friendliness as in his early life. He is modest and unassuming in demeanor, pleasant and courteous to all, and has a multitude of close personal friends, in all stations of life.

able doubt in a number of ways, but one that is conclusive is the locating there of men who are interested in building and allied trades. One of the foremost painters, paperers and decorators of Springfield is a comparatively recent addition to the city's population, having come there in 1907, since which time he has built up a large busines by the quality of his work and his artistic taste. Samuel L. Graves Jr. is a native Girard, Macoupin County, Ill., born September 2, 1867, son of Samuel L. and Pauline (Coots) Graves, natives of Kentucky, the former born in 1835 and the latter in 1846. The father came to Macoupin County more than fifty years ago, first settling on a farm, which he still owns, but for the past score of years has been connected with the New West Coal Company, at Girard, being one of the stockholders and foreman. During the Civil War he was a soldier and a non-commissioned officer. He occupies an enviable position in Girard.

Samuel L. Graves Jr. was educated in the public schools of Girard, graduated from the high school there, and spent his boyhood days on his father's farm. After leaving school he learned the painter's and decorator's trade, but later was clerk for the Carr & Bowensox Clothing Company for two years. He then decided to return to his trade and worked at it in Girard until 1890, when he moved to Decatur, and after a period of working for others, embarked in business on his own acount, becoming one of the leading decorators of that city. In 1907 he was induced to move his business to the Capital City, and has had no cause to regret the change.

Mr. Graves was married at Virden, Ill, May 30, 1895, to Vicland Graves, a young lady bearing the same name as himself, but as far as known not related to him. She was born in Kentucky in 1873 and died in 1898, and the two children she bore her husband are also deceased. Her father is dead, but her mother lives in Springfield. Mr. Graves is a Methodist and a Republican. His work is artistic and skillful, he employs a force of competent men to assist him, and his contracts are faithfully carried out. Immersed in business, he finds little time to devote to public matters, but is in favor ôf good government and improvements, and gives them his support.

GREENAWALT, George W. - There are some names that are indissolubly connected with the history of Sangamon County, their representatives having come here in early days, conquered the wilderness and left behind them reliable men to support the government they made possible. The Greenawalt family is one of those known from one end of the county to the other, and one of its members who is a solid citizen and excellent farmer, is George W. Greenawalt, of Pawnee Township. He was born in Kentucky, November 12, 1847, a son of the pioneer Louis B. and his wife Polly (Holloway) Greenawalt, both born in Kentucky. The paternal grandfather was one of those sturdy old Germans who came first to Kentucky, and thence to Sangamon County, making his home with his son Louis B., until his death, which occurred when he had attained the extreme age of ninety-two years. The maternal grandfather was a prosperous farmer of Kentucky, where he died. Louis B. Greenawalt brought his family to Sangamon County in 1852, and spent a useful but uneventful life in this locality, dying at an advanced age. His remains were interred in the Baptist Cemetery, but his wife was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

George W. Greenawalt spent a useful boyhood on the homestead, attending the Oak Ridge School. From the time he was able to assist his father his interest centered in farming, and he has followed that calling all his life. His fine farm of 200 acres in Pawnee Township is rated as one of the best in the county.

Mr. Greenawalt was married in Springfield, by Squire S. B. Brock, on February 24, 1874, to Mary C. Landrey, born in Indiana March 26, 1853, daughter of Joseph M. and Adaline (Bowers) Landrey, the former born in Ohio, January 22, 1827, and the latter in Indiana, July 27, 1830. The grandparents on both sides were farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Greenawalt have had five children: Pearl died in infancy; Laura, born December 17, 1874, married Owen Molohon of Pawnee, one child, Phinas, eight years old; Addie, born November 28, 1879, at home; Charles, born July 12, 1881, at home; Ollie, born August 16, 1883, married Fred Ketterer, of Pawnee, no issue.

Like other members of his family, Mr. Greenawalt is a very stanch Democrat and is active in his party. Fraternally he belongs to the Modern Woodmen and Loyal Americans. The Methodist Church claims his membership. He is a man of high moral character and he and his wife are important factors in their church and community. a nice family and are proud of them and their grandchildren. Their pleasant home is the scene of many delightful social gatherings and both are never as happy as when extending hospitality to their hosts of friends.

GREENAWALT, Leroy. - There are many men in Sangamon County who have devoted themselves to farming, spending their lives at the work, learning it from the foundation up, and therefore have become authorities upon everything pertaining to agricultural matters. One of these men who has amassed a comfortable fortune from his farming, and is regarded as one of the most representative of his class, is Leroy Greenawalt, born in the county, February 10, 1858, and now residing on his farm, which occupies portions of Sections 2 and 3, Divernon Township. He is a son of Louis B. and Polly (Holloway) Greenawalt, natives of Kentucky.

Kentucky. The maternal grandfather was born in Kentucky, where he died. In 1852, the family migrated to Sangamon County locating in Divernon Township, with the object of securing cheap land. Here the paternal grandfather passed away, aged ninety-two years. The father died on the homestead, aged eighty-three years, and his wife passed away on that same property.

Growing up on the homestead, Leroy Greenawalt attended the country school of his neighborhood, but his interest was centered in farming, and the caring for horses and other kinds of stock. This homestead of 119 acres of rich farm land came into his possession, and he is still improving it, although his fine buildings, neat premises, well kept fences, sleek stock and modern machinery would indicate that but little is ever left undone.

Mr. Greenawalt has never married, but is interested in his two brothers, George, who is a farmer of Sangamon County, and James, a farmer of Kansas. He is a Democrat, and is proud of the fact that he has always voted the straight ticket. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen, the Royal Circle and the Odd Fellows. While not connected with any religious organization, Mr. Greenawalt in his daily life sets an example of morality that many a church member might follow with profit, believing in the Golden Rule as a guide in business and social intercourse. Pleasant, genial, kind-hearted, Mr. Greenawalt has made countless friends, and probably no enemies. It is such men as he who raise the standard in any community, and their influence once exerted, results in the securing of good government and the enforcement of existing laws.

GREENWALT, John Thomas. - Farming as an occupation is a profitable one if followed along scientific lines, but the work of the farmer today entails much study and not a little scientific training, in sharp contrast to the agricultural life of several decades ago. While the soil of Sangamon County is very fertile, water plentiful and easily obtained, and weather conditions nearly ideal, good crops cannot be raised unless conditioned, and the high standard set by the agriculturists of this section is, therefore, all the land is properly worked and scientifically the more creditable. John Thomas Greenwalt, who is farming along scientific lines in Cotton Hill Township, was born in this township, May 22, 1862, a son of John W. and Elizabeth Ann (McAtee) Greenwalt.

Mr. Greenwalt's paternal grandfather was a native of Kentucky who died in Sangamon County. On the maternal side his grandfather was a native of Tennessee and served as Justice of the Peace of Sangamon County many years, and he also died there. John W. Greenwalt was born in Kentucky July 23, 1830, and came to Sangamon County with his parents in 1836. He spent his life there, dying January 4, 1904, and his wife, who was born in Sangamon County, March 5, 1832, died May 16, 1908. Both are buried in Zion Cemetery.

John Thomas Greenwalt was 'educated in Crabapple College, in Cotton Hill Township and his boyhood was spent on his father's farm. He went to Texas in 1885 and remained there for six months, when he removed to Kansas and stayed there until 1889. He was engaged in farming and for one year carried on a butcher business, but sold out and returned to Sangamon County May 6, 1889, having been rather unsuccessful in his undertakings. He then rented the John Kincaid farm, and next the Willan farm, where he remained one year, then purchased a farm of eight and one-half acres, on which was situated a log cabin. Four years later he sold this and bought a twenty-acre farm. Two years later he purchased seven and onehalf acres of the Funderburk property, and still later added from time to time to his property by purchasing land from Mr. Funderburk, Al Crowder and Ed Fox, paying $6,000 for forty acres trom the latter, and he now owns an excellent property of 156 acres on Section 20. Mr. Greenwalt has always been a Democrat and is now serving as Township Trustee, this being his second term. He was one of the incorporators of the Zion Cemetery in 1906 and is still serving as Secretary of that organization, He also owns stock in the State and National Banks of Pawnee, Ill. Religiously he is connected with the Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, of Cotton Hill Township. He fraternizes with the A. F. & A. M. No. 675 of Pawnee, and the Royal Circle, his wife also being a member of the latter, also a member of the Royal Neighbors, New City Camp No. 194.

Mr. Greenwalt was married in Moline, Kan., December 27, 1885, by Rey. Samuel Huntebury, to Margaret Elinor Hankinson, who was born March 25, 1867, in Montgomery County, Ul, daughter of Nicholas B. and Rhoda E. (Blair) Hankinson, the former born in Darke County, Ohio, January 28, 1833, and the latter April 6, 1840. Mr. Hankinson came to Illinois as a boy and died in Kansas in 1881, his wife passing away June 24, 1877. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Greenwalt were as follows: Helen E., born October 2, 1889, died December 12th of that year; Opal F., born September 2, 1887, in Moline, Kan., was married to Hmery Brown, February 30, 1909, by Rev. M. V. Hill, and has one child; Gordon E., born December 20, 1899, of Sangamon County; Waiter H., born March Bulg 1891; Loy S., born May 30, 1894; Jessie J., born June 17, 1897; Margaret E., born July 1, 1900; Elsie M., born November 5, 1903; and Nellie E., born January 4, 1908. Mr. Greenwalt is one of Sangamon County's self-made men. He has a fine home, is very popular in his neighborhood and has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

GRIDER, Marshall S. - To become a successful cattle raiser it is necessary that one should spend years of study and observation, years of experimenting with breeds and conditions, and years wrought with failures and disappointments, and combine with this a certain keen insight and a faculty to recognize the time when the proper conditions have been brought about. One of the most successful stockraisers of Sangamon County, who is known throughout Cartwright Township as an excellent judge of all kinds of stock, is Marshall S. Grider, who carries on operations on Section 34. Mr. Grider was born within a mile and one-half of his present home, on a farm in Menard County, Ul., January 28, 1865, a son of Thompson and Martha (Bradley) Grider, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter from Tennessee, who were married in Menard County, Ill., where their six children were born, as follows: Hattie, the wife of Henry Hodgins, a resident of Petersburg, Ill.; Emery, a farmer near Glenarm, this county; Samuel L., a farmer in Auburn Township; Marshall S.; Charles A., who is farming in Auburn Township; and Nora, the wife of Henry Erickson, a farmer near Pleasanton, Kan.

Marshall S. Grider's father died when he was but five years of age, and one year later his mother passed away, and the young lad then went to live with Andrew M. Houghton, with whom he made his home until twenty-six years of age, meanwhile securing an education in the district schools and being taught the business of stockraising by his employer, with whom he eventually went into partnership. While this connection was still in force, Mr. Grider came to Sangamon County and purchased seventyeight acres of land on Section 34, Cartwright Township, and to the little log cabin which was on this farm he brought his wife, who was formerly Miss Lelia Wells, whom he had married March 11, 1891. She was born April 22, 1869, in Salisbury Township, the daughter of James H. and Margaret (Sackett) Wells, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Sangamon County, Il. Mr. Wells died July 13, 1902, but his widow still survives and makes her home in Salisbury Township. Mr. and Mrs, Wells had five children, namely: Marion L., a farmer of Salisbury Township; Hattie E., the widow of A. B. Hohimer, residing in Chatham, Ill.; Mary B., who married George Curran, of Springfield; Richard R., living near Salisbury, Ill.; and Mrs. Grider. Mr. Wells was a prominent citizen of Salisburg Township, serving seyeral times as Supervisor, to which office he was elected on the Democratic ticket. Although a member of no especial church, he was a consistent attendant of Sunday school, and in his charities was known as one of the most generous men in his community.

in the little frame building on the south end of the farm until 1901, when Mr. Grider erected their present modern residence, which is fitted with the latest plumbing and lighting systems, is furnished with steam heat and is one of the handsome structures of that part of the township. From time to time Mr. Grider has added to his acreage, his farm now comprising 130 acres, which with his forty acres in Salisbury Township and the farm of 324 acres owned by his wife there, makes a total of 494 acres, all in the highest state of cultivation.

Mr. Grider has always been active in breeding fine stock, making a specialty of short horn cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, of which latter he ships about 200 each year, his animals bringing top-notch prices in the Chicago market. Among the blooded animals to be found on his farm may be mentioned Border Buck, a fine registered stallion, 1644 hands high, coal black, sired by Confident, an imported stallion; and a Missouri jack, named Bob Bodine, black, with white points, bred at Chillicothe, Mo.

Mr. and Mrs. Grider have had three children: Loren H., born August 15, 1892; Ray R., June 23, 1894; and Percy J., born June 29, 1899. The boys haye been given liberal educations and are now assisting in the duties of the home farm. The family are consistent members of the Richland Baptist Church. He is a stanch Republican in politics and has filled the office of Collector of .Cartwright Township. Mr. Grider is fraternally connected with Pleasant Plains Lodge No. 770, I. O. O. F.

GRIESSER, Conrad, of Springfield, where he has lived the past ten years, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, February 21, 1865, and is a son of Andrew and Julia F. Griesser. The father was a soldier in the German Army and fought against Napoleon in 1870-71. He died in Germany but the mother still resides there. They were parents of children as follows: Conrad; Josephine, living in Germany; John, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Griesser learned forestry in Germany and became a forester under the Government.

The education of Conrad Griesser was obtained in his native country, and at the age of fourteen years he left school. He learned the trade of brewer, which he has followed most of his life, and in 1886, came to the United States. He landed in New York, and soon afterwards, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he obtained a position as assistant brew master, and held it fifteen years. In 1898, he took a course at Wahl and Henius Brewing academy, at Chicago, returned to his position in Cincinnati, and in 1900, came to Springfield as brew master for the Reisch Brewing Company, which position he still holds. He has expert knowledge, ability and experience in his line and is an honest, reliable citizen. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church and politically votes for the men and measures he considers for the general good of the people.

Mr. Griesser was married in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5, 1892, to Miss Pauline Cetjock, who was born in Germany and came to the United States at the age of fifteen years. Two children have blessed this union, namely, Hilda and Frank, who has learned the trade of brewing with his father. Mr. Griesser has a very pretty home on Hast Miller Street.

GRIFFIN, Mrs. Mary. - A number of the property owners of Springfield belong to the sex which does not have a vote, for many of them are women. However, although they have no voice in the management of public affairs, these women exert a powerful influence for good, and are a very important factor in the life of the city. Many of them give largely and generously to charities; others devote themselyes to their homes and families, but all of them are good, earnest women, whose highest desire is to better humanity and make their wealth work for the best purposes. Among those who are accomplishing so much, is Mrs. Mary Griffin, a widow, daughter of John Mahoney, long one of the solid, reliable men of Springfield. Mrs. Griffin was born in that city, March 15, 1873, daughter of John and Mary (Pendergast) Mahoney. Mr. Mahoney is a contracting bricklayer, and is connected with much of the building of the city. Both he and his wife are natives of Ireland, who came to Springfield many years ago, and have become identified with its interests. They have tived there for at least forty years.

After school days spent in St. Joseph's School and high school of Springfield, Mrs. Griffin took up the dressmaking and millinery business, in which she was very successful. Her marriage occurred in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, of Springfield, in November, 1899, when she was united with Mr. Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a Republican in political faith and belonged to the Catholic Church, as does Mrs. Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a member of the Modern Woodmen, and also belonged to the Foresters and Carpenters' Union. Mrs. Griffin is proud of the fact that her father served as a soldier in the Civil War. She is a good churchwoman, energetic in religious work, and is a valued member of any circle she sees fit to join. She is a member of the Catholic Church.

GRIFFITH, Benjamin M., M. D. - It is not the purpose of biography to give a man's modest estimate of himself, but rather to establish his character by the consensus of public opinion, for the public is a discriminating factor, readily determining between the true and the false, the real and the baser metal. Viewed through the medium of public opinion, then, the life and work of Dr. Benjamin M. Griffith stands out prominently upon the pages of Springfield's history. He was a man whom to know was to respect and honor and he left the impress of his individuality for good upon the great majority of those with whom he came into contact, be-

On the Griffith farm, near Shelbyville, Ky., April 14, 1831, the Doctor was born, and he acquired his literary education in the public schools and Woods Academy at Louisiana, Mo., under Professors Woods and Ash. He then began the study of medicine uner Drs. Bartlett and Pinkney, of that place, and subsequently entered the St. Louis Medical College, in 1858, diligently applying himself to the mastery of those branches of learning forming the college curriculum. At a class meeting he was chosen to formally present to the faculty and managers of St. Louis Medical College, a portrait of Prof. M. M. Pallen, as a token of gratitude to their alma mater; and on the completion of the course in 1859 he was graduated with valedictorian honors of his class, numbering 170 members.

As an under graduate Dr, Griffith began practice at Rockport, Ill., in 1854, but after leaving college returned to Louisiana, Mo., where he opened an office and continued in practice for six years, when in 1865 he moved to Springfield, Il., and was for a third of a century a distinguished member of the medical fraternity of that city. He was spoken of as an "ideal family physician,' and well he might be so called, for he possessed not only marked skill in the line of his profession, but also a ready sympathy and kindly interest in his patients, and his cheery presence in the sick room was like a ray of sunshine, breathing of nope and promise. As a conscientious physician he was never found wanting when his services were needed in charity, and though his patronage came largely from the best families of Springfield, no home was too humble, no family too destitute, to receive the professional aid of Dr. Griffith when it was needed. A deep and earnest student throughout his professional career, he continued his reading an investigations, an kept abreast with the foremost thinkers of the medical fraternity. In 1892 he was appointed consulting physician of the St. John's Hospital and was, throughout the remainder of his life connected with the institution, being the head of the staff at the time of his death. An honored and valued member of the Illinois Central District Medical Society, he was always loyal to its interests, contributed many valuable papers to its meetings and served as its president. He firmly believed in the dissemination of knowledge concerning the laws of health and the uses of remedial agencies, and was always glad to assist a younger member of the profession by advise which was the outcome of years of experience and investigation on his part. At the time of his death he was the second oldest physician in the city, but through a long period he had maintained a position second to none in skill. Becoming a member of the State Medical Society, he gave to it the same unwavering allegiance which marked his connection with the District Society and carefully watched its interests and workings for science, truth and humanity, presiding for some years over the organization as its President. He had a deep and sincere interest in his work, arising not from a desire for its pecuniary rewards, but because of his unbounded sympathy and desire to be of benefit to his fellow men.

Dr. Griffith was intimately associated with Dr. John H. Rauch in organizing the Illinois State Board of Health, and although a Democrat, was appointed by a Republican, Governor Fifer, naming him for the position in 1890, while Governor Altgeld reappointed him in 1894. In 1893 he served as its Treasurer, in 1895 was its President, and in the following year he resigned his position. He was President of the City Board of Health in 1880, and during -that time advised and presented plans for improving the Sanitary condition of the city. He gave much attention to the study of sanitation and was regarded as an authority on such matters. He suggested a curriculum of study for colleges especially arranged for students contemplating the study of medicine, and advocated this until its adoption in 1891, and as Secretary of the National Confederation of Examining & Licensing Boards, he made a concise but far-reaching and conclusive report to the American Medical Association, of which he was a member, when it met in Atlanta, Ga., in 1896. This was his last public work. Of the Illinois Auxiliary Sanitary Association he was a helpful member, his advice and counsel being of much value.

On the 1st of June, 1859, following his graduation, Dr. Griffith was married in Springfield, Ill., at the home of her cousin, Col. James A. Barrett, to Miss Alice A. McElroy, and for almost forty years they travelled life's journey happily together. The Doctor is survived by his wife and two children. The daughter, Eloise, is the wife of Dr. T. J. Pitner, of Jacksonville, Il., and the son, Dr. B. B. Griffith, a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago, of the class of 1882, and of the College of Phsyicians & Surgeons of New York, of the class of 1885, is now a successful practitioner of Springfield, occupying the office which was his father's, and is also his father's successor at St. John's Hospital.

While Dr. Griffith made the practice of medicine his real life work, he yet found time to devote to the welfare of the city, meeting fully every obligation of citizenship and laboring effectively for the general good. He was actively interested in intellectual development in Springfield, and was a member of the first local Board of Education in the city, being appointed by Mayor Broadwell in 1869, served for seven years and during that period was largely instrumental in establishing a high school system which has proved a credit to the city. He was a charter member and for six years the honored President of the Authors' Club, which was organized in 1882, and for six or seven consecutive years his hospitable home was its meeting place. The success of the club from the beginning was largely due to his untiring efforts in its behalf.

His kindly courtesy won all hearts and made the meetings of the club important events in the social life of Springfield, while his papers were prepared with painstaking care after thorough research, displayed marked literary ability, and were greatly enjoyed and appreciated by the club members. Dr. Griffith also belonged to the Masonic fraternity and was a Sir Knight, who exemplified in his life the beneficent and brotherly spirit of the order. One who knew him well said of him: "He was one of the best of men, at all times a gentleman, a man of education and principle; a well informed and entertaining conversationalist; of excellent habits and a hard worker; a good father and loving husband. He had a social nature as warm and genial as spring sunshine. A man of starling worth, dignified bearing and inflexible integrity, he endeavored, in an unpretentious manner, to leave upon others the impress of his own character and to reveal, by a true life, the power of noble manhood." He died at his home in Springfield, September 24, 1898, but his life labors will benefit mankind for many years to come, and the memory of his career will long linger as an influence for good. Vita pulchra nobilisque, Deo et humanitati.

Dr. Griffith's father, Nicholas Howard Griffith, belonged to the Tenth Regiment Missouri Volunteers, 1861-65, his grandfather was Mordecai Griffith of Baltimere, Md. His mother, Sarah M. (Parish) Griffith, was the granddaughter of Colonel Harlow, a pioneer of Kentucky and an officer in the Revolution. His father's uncle. Prof. Dorsey. of Baltimore, and his cousin, Prof. Dorsey of Philadelphia, were both eminent physicians and authority on medical questions.

GRIFFITH, Mrs. Alice A. (McElroy), daughter of William Irvine and Jane (Muldrow), McEIroy, was born near Palmyra, Mo., September 20, 1831. Her early life was spent on a big prairie farm near Perry, Mo., where inherited colored people did the planting, plowing, mowing, etc. Her father died before she was sixteen years old and she began the individual struggle for preparation to teach school, in which, with no libraries, indifferent country schools and few people of culture, her progress was unsatisfactory and slow. However, relief soon came from Illinois; her cousin, Col. James A. Barrett, who afterwards raised the Tenth Illinois Cavalry for the Civil War, made her a proposition to pay all expenses if she would become a student of the Illinois Woman's College, at Jacksonville. This she gladly accepted.

As a green country girl she came to Springfield, Ill., in 1850. Soon afterward an invitation was received by her cousin's family, in which she was included, to a large reception given by Major and Mrs. John T. Stuart. It was an embarrassing compliment, as she was conscious of her ignorance of all society customs and regulations, yet she accepted it and attended. As she stood in the large parlors, surrounded by beautiful women in silks and satins, laces and jewels, trembling in her boots for fear she would say something out of place or hear a response that she did not understand, Mr. Lincoln came to them and very cordially spoke to her cousin, as they had been young men together. Mr. Barret said, "Lincoln, this is a little protege I found over in Missouri, and I'm going to put her in our new college in Jacksonville." Her name was not mentioned in the introduction, but as she looked up into the face of that tall man with deep searching and questioning gray eyes, she was mesmerized, as it were, feeling that he read her character and thoughts. He did not speak for five or ten minutes, and then began to talk of schools, teachers and school work, which brought her a restful independence with pleasure and benefit by a half hour talk.

As a student in the Illinois Women's College under the tutelage of the cultured and efficient President, Rev. J. F. Jaquess, she did good work, graduating July, 1852, as salutatorian of the first class to graduate from the college. After leaving college she taught in Woods Academy, Louisiana, Mo., for four years, and studied Latin and German one year in Fayette, Mo., under President Lucky. Again she taught two years in Collinsville, Ill., with Dr. Samuel Willard and Dr. Merrill. June 1, 1859, she was married to Dr. B. M. Griffith, a practicing physician in Louisiana, Mo. In 1865, just two weeks before Mr. Lincoln was assassinated, they moved to Springfield, Ill., where the Griffith home is today.

Having received a religious education in childhood, she has, through life, been interested in Home and Foreign Missions in connection with the Presbyteriain Church. She has been Recording Secretary for the Local Society, in the Presbyterial Society and in the Synodical Society, in all recording about eighty years' seryice. Mrs. Griffith has always led an active life. She is a charter member of the Authors' Club of 1882; is a member of the Bible Class, the Via Christi Study Class, the State Historical Society, the Y. W. C. A., the Alumnae Association of the Woman's College and the Woman's Club.

She enjoys recreation in the parks with her kodak and friends. In late years she takes great pleasure in making scrap-books of clippings collected from newspapers, Classified as Home, Literature, Science, Religion, Politics, ete.; she pastes them on leaves in book-form and has them bound. She typewrites an index and short preface with each volume. The Home volumes especially always awaken an interest to family and friends, as they review the events of individual interest of the long ago.

GRIFFITH, Ben Barrett, M. D. - Among those who devote their time and energies to the practice of medicine and have gained a leading place in the ranks of the profession is Dr. B. B. Griffith. Since 1885 he has been in active practice in Springfield, and his skill and ability are attested by the liberal patronage he enjoys. Dr. Griffith was born in Louisiana, Mo., on the 17th of September, 1861, a son of the late Dr. B. M. Griffith, who is represented elsewhere in this work. The subject of this sketch was principally reared and educated in Springfield, being there graduated at the High School, June 14, 1878. During the following two years he took a post-graduate course preparatory to entering the medical college, and for one year was a student at Ann Arbor, Mich. He then entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he was graduated in 1882, and after two years spent in his father's office, matriculated at the New York College of Physicians & Surgeons, graduating from that institution with the class of 1885. He then returned to his home in Springfield and was associated in practice with his father until the death of the latter; since which time he has been in practice alone. Success has attended his efforts and he enjoys a large and lucrative patronage in his profession.

As a progressive physician, Dr. Griffith keeps well informed on the latest discoveries and theories known to the science, and is a member of the State Medical Society, the Sangamon County Medical Society, the Central Illinois District Medical Society and the American Medical Association. For fourteen years he was a member of the City Board of Health, and for eighteen years has been on the staff of the St. John's Hospital. He stands high in the esteem of his professional brethren. Socially the Doctor is a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery of the Masonic Order, and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity. As a member of the Illinois National Guard, he twice saw active service, once in East St. Louis and once in Chicago during the riots, first with the Fifth Regiment and later with the Second Brigade.

On June 28, 1905, Dr. Griffith was married to Miss Sadie A. Giddings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Giddings, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and they reside in their pleasant home, at No. 1115 South Second Street, a quiet and restful place. They have two children, Alice Hester, born at Springfield, Ill., April 14, 1906, and Ben Barret, Jr., born at Colorado Springs, March 4, 1911.

GROSSELL, Michael. - The history of the development of the commercial interests of Springfield is dealt with elsewhere in this work. The present prosperity is largely due to the efforts of the men who built the foundations upon which the present generation is rearing so stately a structure. Among the earlier mer- chants of this city, and one who through his entire business career labored to help his community, as well as to better his own conditions, is Michael Grossell, now retired. He was born in France, September 12, 1835, a son of Jacob and Margaret (Mapes) Grossell, both natives of France. The father was a butcher by trade, but was a natural musician, of more than ordinary talent. Both he and his wife died in France when their son was yery young. The latter had three brothers and five sisters.

Brought up in France, Micheal Grossell studied both French and German, and speaks both languages fluently, as well as English. He assisted his father in the butchering business in boyhood, and later worked on a farm. When he was eighteen years of age he came to America, landing in New York City, whence he came to Freeport, Ill. but after a short time there went to Fountain City, Wis., where he found employment chopping wood. After a year there, he went to Stillwater, Minn., where he rafted logs, then returned to Freeport where he lived until he traveled south to New Orleans. There he worked with a steamboat firm, until he went to St. Louis, and from there to Cairo, Il. Within a short time he was back in Freeport, finally coming to Springfield, in 1861. After his arrival he interested himself in several lines, eventually embarking in a mercantile business, which he operated successfully until his retirement. A few years ago, Mayor Kramer appointed him watchman in the North End Fire Station, and Mayor Woodruff re-appointed him. At present he is custodian of Washington Park, and is one of the most reliable men in the service of the city. He is a Democrat, and a consistent member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. Grossell was married, in Springfield, in November, 1865 (on Thanksgiving Day), to Sophia Richard, born in France, in 1847. Her parents came to Springfield, where they both died. Mr. and Mrs. Grossell had the following children: Charles, a traveling salesman, resides with his father; Rose, wife of Frank Seibert, an employe of the Roberts Laundry Company, and live who are deceased. Two grandchildren, a boy and a girl, have been born into this family. Mr. Grossell owns his residence at No. 1102 North Rutledge Street, and has made it one of the most comfortable homes in his neighborhood. For the past forty-five years he has lived in this location, although he has been in Springfield for forty-nine years, and one of the most important events of the earlier years of his residence there is, in his mind, the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, which he attended as one of the sorrowing crowd, gathered to do tender homage to the greatest man the country ever knew.

GROTH, Wilhelm, Sr., who is successfully engaged in gardening near Springfield, is a pub lic-spirited and representative German-American citizen of Sangamon County. He was born May 7, 1852, a son of Segert and Wilhelmina Groth, both natives of Germany, where they always lived. The father died at the age of sixty years, and the mother, if still living, is now eighty-two years old. Mr. Groth was married in Germany, November 11, 1877, to Olga Radtke, daughter of Ludwig and Augusta (Braasch) Radtke, her father born September 24, 1810, and the mother born September 16, 1820. There were seven children in the Radtke family, namely: Anna, wife of Charles Stuempe ; Mrs. Groth, who was born November 3, 1856; one son, Frank, of Missouri, born January 13, 1859; and four died in infancy. Mr. Radtke was a Corporal for a time in the German Army, in which he served two years, and one brother served in the navy, and a half-brother of Mrs. Groth served in the army. When Mrs. Groth accompanied her husband to America in 1886 her mother came with her and located in Altamont, Ill., where she died.

Mr. Groth brought his wife and their two children to America in 1886, one of whom is still living, and they first located in Effingham County, Il., where they remained but. two months. They then removed to Sangamon County, where he worked for nine years on the Tansy farm, but in 1894, purchased a small tract of land in Woodside Township, where he has since lived. He has but five acres of land, but it is sufficient for the purpose to which it is devoted, and as he is skilled in gardening has been very successful in this line. He has a beautiful home and is in good circumstances. A member of the Lutheran Church, and in politics a Republican, he is highly respected as an upright and substantial citizen, and stands well in his community.

Fourteen children have Groth and wife, namely: William, a farmer, married Lena Weiborg; Charles is a boilermaker in the employ of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad Company, married Ida Stuckemeyer; John, a gardener, lives at home; Elizabeth, also at home, is a dressmaker; Anna, at home,.a bookkeeper in the employ of the Roberts Laundry Company; Olga, at home, is clerk for the Smith Grocery Company; Frank is attending college in Chicago; Louis is attending a German school, and six died in infancy. There are two grandchildren in the family: Louis and Frederick George. Mr. Groth is the owner of a valuable seven-acre tract of land on South Sixth Street, near the city. ,

GROVE, G. R. - AIl over Sangamon County are to be found men who are holding to their farm land with tenacious purpose, for they realize its value and propose to keep it, no matter what price may be offered them. One of the men who has demonstrated his ability as an agriculturalist is G. R. Grove, residing on Section 34, Divernon Township, where he owns a farm of sixty acres. He was born in Maryland, February 6, 1866, being a son of James S. and Mary D. (Cauliflower) Grove, farmers of Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Grove re- sided in their native State until coming to the town of Divernon in 1905. Mrs. Grove's mother was one of three sisters who married three brothers.

G. R. Grove attended school in Maryland, and grew up as any healthy, happy farmer's son, and after coming to Illinois began farming for himself. His valuable farm is located two and three-quarter miles southeast of Divernon, and he and his wife dispense a royal hospitality. A

On August 16, 1899, Mr. Grove was married in Springfield to Miss Nancy E. Dill, born in Montgomery County, November 20, 1866, a daughter of A. B. and Nancy (Hinman) Dill. She was brought to Sangamon County by her parents when she was six years old, and this of Mrs. Grove, J. B. Hinman, came to Sangamon County in 1818, and spent the remainder of his life there. Two of her brothers, A. W. and W. F. Dill, survive, the former residing in Hope, Ark., and the latter in Butler, Il. Four other members of her family are deceased. The Grandfather Dill came from Ohio, settled near Auburn and bought 400 acres of land. He went back to Ohio, where he died while on visit. His wife died on the farm near Auburn. An aunt, Mrs. Dicy Dill, is now living, being eighty-two years old. She had two brothers in the Civil War, and her Grandfather Smith was born in New. York and was a sea captain for years. When she was about seven years old the family moved to Sangamon County, and she remembers back seventy-five years very distinctly to a winter when the snow was so deep that it came up to the roof of the log cabin.

Mr. and Mrs. Grove have two sons: James Clarence, born June 13, 1900, and Howard Leroy, born August 3, 1902. For the past twentyone years Mr. Grove has been a Modern Woodman of America. Since casting his first vote he has been a Democrat, and served as School Director for three terms. He is an enterprising farmer and stockman, interested in his home and devoted to his family. The Groves stand high in their neighborhood, and have many friends throughout the township. They are members of the Baptist Church and Mrs. Grove is a member of the Royal Neighbors.

GUNDY, Nathaniel. - One of the best known of Pawnee's citizens is found in Nathaniel Gundy, the oldest wagon-maker there, a veteran of the great Civil War, and a man who is universally respected and esteemed on account of his many sterling traits of character. Mr. Gundy was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 20, 1835, a son of Noah and Nancy (Lyons) Gundy. His paternal grandfather was a native of Germany, who came to Pennsylvania and later removed to Ohio, where he died in 1856, and his maternal grand- father, a native of Holland, died in Ohio in 1845. Noah Gundy was born in Ohio, January 6, 1800, and was married in 1829 to Nancy Lyons, who was born in Germany July 6, 1800, and who came to Pennsylvania when three years old and to Ohio when nine years their family, of whom five are now living: Silas, George W., Nathaniel, Betty and Hannah, and four of the sons of this couple served in the Civil War. Noah Gundy served during the War of 1812 and Nathaniel, his son, has many mementos of that struggle, some of which were made by his father.

Mr. Gundy's education was secured in the schools of Ohio and he remained at home until he was twenty years of age, at which time he started to learn the trade of wagon maker, and remained in his home county for three years longer. He then located in Shelby County, Ill., but in 1859 came to Pawnee, where he has followed his trade to the present time. On August 10, 1862, he enlisted in Company K One Hundred Twenty-fourth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, for service during the Civil War, under Captain Sanders, which was mustered in September 10, 1862, and accompanied this hard-fighting regiment throughout its many hard marches, numerous skirmishes and vicious battles, always comporting himself as a brave and valorous soldier and making for himself a record of which any man might well be proud. Some of the battles may be here mentioned: Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Black River, Siege of Vicksburg, second battle of Champion Hill, Jackson, Benton, a trip across Louisiana to Shreveport, New Orleans, Mobile Bay, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley, and then a march to Montgomery, Ala., whence, July 12, 1865, he was ordered home, going via Vicksburg up the river to Cairo, I1., and thence to Chicago, where the regiment was mustered out August 16, 1865, after a faithful service of eleven days less than three years. Mr. Gundy was always willing and eager to do his duty and this generally brought him into the thickest of the fighting, and at the Siege of Vicksburg he received a wound, his entire time under fire being a matter of eightyseven days. He is now a popular comrade of A. J. Weber Post, No. 421, Grand Army of the Republic, and for the past twenty-three years has served as Chaplain. In 1878 he was elected to the office of Overseer of Public Highways, and he has also served as Assistant Postmaster of Pawnee and as School Director. For many years he has been a Republican, but he casts his vote rather for the man than the party, and lets no party lines bind him. Baptized in the faith of the Christian Church January 7, 1860, Mr. Gundy has always been a faithful, conscientious church member, and in all his seventy-six years has never touched either chewing or smoking

Mr. Gundy was married in Pawnee Township, March 21, 1867, to Mary J. Williamson, who was born June 22, 1840, in Indiana, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Snyder) Williamson, natives of Pennsylvania, who were married in Ohio and removed to Indiana, where both died. They had nine children, namely: Elmira, Hiram, Nancy, Levi, Susan, Mary J., Cassira, Laura and Henry. Of these only two are now living: Mrs. Gundy, and Henry, who lives in Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Gundy's grandparents were Germans and early settlers of Pennsylvania.

Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gundy: Evert, born June 26, 1868, single and living at home; Minnie, born April 1, 1877, married Charles Hollow and now lives in Tulsa, Okla., having two children, Gladys and James H.; Henry D., born January 27, 1874, died October 4, 1894, and an infant daughter born September 4, 1872, died on the same day.

GUY, David Franklin, a substantial citizen of Springfield, Ill., residing at No. 1710 Hast Carpenter Street, has for seventeen years been engineer of the Sangamon Coal Company's mine, and is one of that large corporation's most trusted employes. Mr. Guy was born on a farm in Watauga County, N. C., in 1853, a son of James C. and Caroline (Cable) Guy, and a grandson of Levi and Lydia May Guy.

There were no free schools in the vicinity of Mr. Guy's birthplace and his grandmother paid for three months tuition for the lad, but owing to a quarrel he had with another boy he left school two weeks after entering. He is well read, however, having learned much from observation. Mr. Guy's grandfather, Levi Guy, who had served during the Mexican War, was such an ardent Union supporter and so outspoken in his beliefs, that he incurred the emnity of those who had Southern sentiments and was eventually taken out and hung. At this time James C. Guy, David F. Guy's father, was serving in the Union army, as were also three of his brothers, but he obtained leave and hurried home to hunt down, if possible, his father's murderers, only to suffer a like fate himself, also being hung by Southern sympathizers. His three brothers lost their lives while doing army service.

In 1873 David F. Guy located in Olney, Ill., finding employment on farms for several years and then working in a coal mine in Fountain County, Ind. He then went to Grape Creek, Ill., where he worked under mine superintendent John Vosi as fire boss and coal digger, and in 1889 came with Mr. Vosi to the Sangamon Coal Company's mine, where he dag coal until 1893, and in that year was made engineer, a position which he has since held. In the spring of 1904 he: built the fine residence which he now occupies.

County, Ill., November 7, 1880, to Miss Elizabeth Peart, daughter of Benjamin Peart, a well-known citizen of Logan County, Ky., where Mrs. Guy was born and reared. There have been born to this union the following children: Le- Roy, a resident of Potlatch, Idaho, who married a Miss Hollingshead; Carrie Myrtle, who married J. P. Gannon, of Springfield; James Benjamin, of Springfield, who married Flo Cuff; and Annie L., who married William Cherry, of Springfield. Mr. Guy was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. He is a stanch Republican in politics and his fraternal connections are with the Modern Woodmen and the Odd Fellows.

GUYMAN, Ralph A. - In these days of progression, when all business connected with the printing trades is receiving such an impetus forward, those who are engaged in any line of reproduction are bound to succeed. The 1910 printer differs materially from his prototype of fifty years ago. Not only have methods changed, but there are so many more opportunities now for securing fine work, that the up-to-date printer has to be well informed and skillful, and must know how to meet the popular demand rapidly and satisfactorily. One of the most progressive of this class of men is Ralph A. Guyman, born in Randolph County, Ill., November 20, 1876. He is a son of William J. and Amelia (Hanna) Randolph, both born in Randolph County, he in 1849, and she in 1854, He was a miner, who spent his life in his native county.

Ralph A, Guyman was brought up in one of the small towns of Randolph County, and followed his father's calling until he went to Indiana. From there he came to Springfield, in 1892. Coming there, he commenced learning the printer's trade, and has followed that line of work ever since. He is one of the leading men in his line, and has been so successful that he is regarded as one of the responsible men of his locality.

Mr. Guyman was married in Springfield, October 7, 1899, to Elizabeth Andrews, born in Springfield, October 2, 1881, daughter of John and Bridget Andrews, both of England. Mr. and Mrs. Guyman became the parents of two children: William A., born March 30, 1901, and Helen L., born July 13, 1903. For a number of years Mr. Guyman has been a consistent member of the Methodist Church. He is a Democrat, and is proud of his party and what it represents. Fraternally Mr, Guyman is a member of the Order of Owls, the Royal Arcanum, the Fraternal Order of Rangers, and the Pressmen's Union, being active in all of them. Genial and courte- .ous, Mr. Guyman makes and retains friends, and is popular wherever he is known.

HACKETT, Daniel J - Recent mine accidents in Illinois and elsewhere have demonstrated the fact that there is a fascination in the work of the miner that attracts men, clearly outside of any mercenary reason. Men who have escaped death or injury by the slightest of margins will gladly return to their positions the moment then can, and the average miner does not retire from the work until he has accumulated a comfortable competency or until old age has incapacitated him for further duty. Daniel J. Hackett, who retired but a few years ago, was a miner during all of his active career, and followed his calling in a number of States in the Union. He was born on a farm near Clonmell, County Tipperary, Ireland, March 17, 1848, the youngest of the seven children of Jobn and Margaret (Carey) Hackett, both of whom died on the Emerald Isle.

Mr. Hackett .attended the schools of his native place, and on reaching the age of sixteen years embarked for the United States. On his arrival he joined his sisters in Schuylkill County, Pa., where he first became engaged in mining, one year later being a fullfledged miner and drawing a man's salary of $250 per month, the average wages paid in those days. He was married in 1875 in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pa., and during the following year left for the West, locating first in Iowa and working in the mines at Fort Dodge and in Boone County. His wife joined him in Iowa, and in Oct., 1879, they went to Equality, Ill., where one year was spent, then removed to Springfield, where they have since made their home. Mr. Hackett retired from mining in 1902 and since then has been living a quiet life at his comfortable residence at No. 1629 North Eighth street.

On September 13, 1875, Mr. Hackett was united in marriage with Catherine Fall, who was also a native of Clonmell, County Tipperary, Ireland, where she was born March 17, 1856, a daughter of Richard and Mary (Trayers) Fall, the former of whom died in Ireland and the latter in New York City. Mrs. Hackett came to the United States with her mother and a sister, and after landing at New York City, the little party went direct to Mahanoy City, Pa., where numerous of their relatives had already arrived. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hackett, namely: Margaret, Mrs. John McNamara of Springfield; John J., also of this city; Thomas Richard, who died at the age of twenty-seven years; Nicholas and James, residing at home with their parents; Mary Ellen, who married - Charles C. Carter, of Springfield; and Elizabeth May, Catherine and Daniel Joseph, all at home.

The family are consistent members of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Hackett is a stanch Democrat in his political beliefs and has always been ready to defend the - principles of his party. He has spent a long and useful life and is now enjoying the fruits of his years of labor. He has been a member of the Western Catholic Union twenty-five years and is a charter member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He also belongs to

HAEGELE, Patrick (deceased). - The late Patrick Haegele, who passed away at his home in Springfield, Il., January 11, 1905, was highly esteemed as a man of true worth and a publicspirited citizen. He was a successful business man and left a large number of sincere friends to mourn his loss. Mr. Haegele was a native of Rittenberg, Germany, born February 5, 1849, being a son cf Patrick and Theresa (Swartz) Haegele, both natives of the same place. The father was a farmer by occupation, and both parents died in Germany at an advanced age. They had eight children Patrick being the oldest, and the others were: Tillie lives in Germany; Mary, wife of John Bush, of Chicago; Theresa, of Germany; Lena, wife of Lenard Schaefer, of Springfield; John, a Road Commissioner, and Bernard, a machinist, both of Springfield; Tardy, a successful farmer of North Dakota.

Mr. Haegele received his educational training in the schools of his native land and came to America in 1867. He engaged in the butcher business at Springfield, and later established a retail meat market on the corner of Sixth Street and North Grand Avenue. In 1889, he purchased a forty-acre tract of pasture land near Oak Ridge Cemetery, and sixty acres five miles west of Springfield. During that year, he engaged in dairy business, which he successfully conducted until his death. Soon after coming to Springfield, he erected a beautiful home on four city lots on what is now North Grand Avenue. A successful business manager, he was able to provide well for his family. He was a devout Catholic and was affiliated with SS. Peter and Paul Church, belonged to St. Paul's Society, and was a member of the Royal Neighbors and the Modern Woodmen of America, and in politics, a Democrat.

Mr. Haegele's marriage was celebrated in SS. Peter and Paul Church, Springfield, May 25, 1871, Father Yarley officiating when he was united with Elizabeth Zimmerman, a native of Germany, born July 16, 1850, daughter of Bernard and Barbara Zimmerman, also natives of that country. The Zimmerman family came to Springfield in 1866 and located there permanently. Mr. Zimmerman died in 1894 and his wife in 1891. Twelve children were born to Mr. Haegele and wife; four are deceased: Frank, born February 16, 1879, a successful farmer living eight miles west of Springfield; Carl B., born October 19, 1887, lives at home and is employed as bookkeeper for the Scott Coal Company; Adolph, born December 4, 1896, at home; Minnie, born June 6, 1881, wife of Clyde A. Ralph, of Springfield; Anna born February 13, 1882, wife of Frank Gallenbeck, a farmer of Westport, Minn.; Frances, born February 19, 1884, wife of Henry E. Dressendorfer of Springfield; Elizabeth Barbara, born April 27, 1889, at home; Mary Rosie, born April 25, 1892, at home. Mrs. Haegele died March 1, 1911. Some years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Haegele disposed of the one hundred acre farm. She was a faithful member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and has reared her children in the same faith. She was a good mother to her children and was warmly regarded by many friends. Mrs. Haegele belonged to the Royal Neighbors and the Catholic Foresters.

HAGAMAN, Thomas, a retired farmer of Buffalo, Ill., was born in Bath County, Ky., January 15, 1837, son of John and Elizabeth (Shropshire) Hagaman, the former a native of Philadelphia, Pa., and the latter of Kentucky. The father was a carpenter and he and his wife spent their latter years in Kentucky. He came to Illinois on a visit to his son Thomas and was taken sick and died there. He served through the War of 1812, taking part in the Battle of New Orleans. His father was a native of Holland and his wife's family were from Kentucky. John Hagaman and his wife had fourteen children, of whom nine were daughters, and besides Thomas two sons and two daughters still survive.

The education of Thomas Hagaman was received in Kentucky, and though he attended school only about three months, he educated himself later and made the most of all his opportunities for improvement. As a young man he conducted a saw-mill in Bath County, Ky., for five years, and for two years. worked in iron mills there. He came to Sangamon County in 1860 and spent two years driving an ox team, then took up farming. He worked ten years in a tile yard, then resumed farming and became quite successful. For the past twenty-five years he has acted as street commissioner and has also served as Constable. He and his son have been quite successful in conducting a small apiary. He is a devout Christian and carries his teachings and principles into his every-day life. For the past thirty-five years he has been a Deacon in the Christian Church, of which he is an active member. In politics he is a Democrat. He has worked hard most of his life and well enjoys the rest he has earned.

January 15, 1862, Mr. Hagaman married, in Springfield, Sarah McClain, who was born in Bath County, Ky., July 28, 1838, and died October 4, 1901. Her father was a farmer and he and his wife spent all their lives in Kentucky. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hagaman: Albert, of Buffalo, Ill.; Isabelle, Mrs. Masters, living on a farm near Mechanicsburg ; Lafayette, a carpenter, living with his father; Thomas, died July 20, 1871; David A., also a carpenter, lives with his father. Mr. Hagaman has fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He married (second) Mrs. Ellen Cornell, a native of Kentucky, and no children were born of this union. Mollie H., a step-daughter lives in the family. Mr. Hagaman has a comfortable home in Buffalo.

HAINES, John C. Fremont. - It is not so many years ago that Sangamon County was naught but a broad, rolling prairie, with the feel of the plow unknown and where vegetation ran wild, and it is hard to believe, as one views the prosperous, flourishing farms of today, that in some cases the men who reclaimed the land from the wilderness are still cultivating it, while in other and more frequent instances the present owners are sons of the original pioneers. John C. Fremont Haines, a prosperous and well known agriculturist of Sangamon County, was born on the property on which he now carries on operations, on Section 16, Cotton Hill Township, September 30, 1858, a son of John Wesley and Sarah C. (Hart) Haines.

The grandfather of John ©. F. Haines was a native of Kentucky who came to Sangamon County in the early days and there spent the remainder of his life. On the maternal side the grandfather was born and died in Morgan County, Ill. John Wesley Haines was born April 28, 1826, in Allen County, Ky., and in

Cotton Hill Township and there spent the remainder of his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits, his death occurring August 8, 1896. Mr. Haines married Sarah C. Hart, who was born in Hillsboro, Ill., August 6, 1829, and her death occurred September 20, 1905, both being buried in Sangamon County.

John ©. Fremont Haines secured his edueation in the country schools of Sangamon County, being reared to agricultural pursuits and taught to love his home, and was exceedingly fond of music as a boy. He has followed agricultural pursuits all of his life on this farm, and now owns 163 acres of some of the finest farming land in that section of the county. Mr. Haines was a Republican in his political belief until 1896, at which time Wiliam J. Bryan was a candidate for the Presidency, and since that time he has cast his vote rather for the man than the party. He served as Collector of his township in 1889, and has also been a member of the School Board. Fraternally he is connected with Modern Woodmen Camp No. 619, and with his family is identified with the Methodist Church.

On September 30, 1884, Mr. Haines was married at his present home by Rev. B. D. Wiley, to Mary E. Eldridge, who was born in Sangamon County, Ill., September 19, 1863, a daughter of John and Hannah A. (Merrill) Eldridge. John Eldridge was born in New York, July 23, 1836, and came to [Illinois in 1861, where for twenty years he was a teacher in the Sangamon County schools, his death occurring August 31, 1888. He married Hannah A.- Merrill, who was born in New York, August 1, 1832, and died May 7, 1888.

ried Charles Nation and has one child, Emma; Elma, born August 16, 1889, married George Coomes, lives in North Carolina and has two children, Grace and Nellie; Eldridge, born April 6, 1891, living at home; Harry W., born February 18, 1893; Herbert, May 19, 1895; Lola, born August 27, 1897; Ira, born September 15, 1899; Charles, born September 26, 1901; Laura, born January 11, 1904; Mary, born July 16, 1906; and Neva, born February 26, 1909. All of these children were born in Cotton Hill Township, Sangamon County.

front rank of those movements which his judgment leads him to believe will be of benefit to his community. He has an excellent farm and is looked upon as one of the substantial men of Cotton Hill Township.

HALL, David S. - Springfield has been largely developed by the capital of those who make the city their home. But litle outside money has been required to establish and carry on the various institutions which afford employment to many of the city's residents. Those who have lived there for years, realize the excellent opportunities afforded for profitable investment and secure them for their own benefit, as well as to that of others interested. One of the heavy landowners and capitalists now living retired from former activities is Davis S. Hall, of Mechanicsburg. He was born in Shelby County, Ky., January 9, 1830, son of David and Juliet (Owen) Hall, both natives of Shelby County. The father owned a considerable amount of land, but left Kentucky, in 1834, on account of his opinions regarding the institution of slavery, and found more congenial surroundings in Sangamon County. There, he died in April, 1864, living to see the blot of slavery wiped from the map of his beloved country. His wife passed away some years later, and both are affectionately remembered. They were foremost in the promotion of all enterprises having for their object the betterment of their community, and both bore an important part in the establishment of schools and churches in the county.

David S. Hall went to school in Mechanicsburg, and was reared to general farm work, remaining at home until his marriage. Owing to his southern birth, Mr. Hall felt he could not enter the army, but gave his hearty support to all war measures and knew and admired Abraham Lincoln, voting for him in 1860, and 1864, and being prostrated by his tragic leath. Being a strong Republican, he has served his party efficiently and faithfully in different township offices. Both he and his father were deeply in- - terested in the formation of the Republican party, being at the time strong Whigs, and both did their part in securing its success during the stormy days of the early sixties. Early in life, Mr. Hall connected himself with the Methodist Church, giving it a warm, loyal and generous support.

On March 15, 1855, Mr. Hall was married to Elizabeth J. Fullenwider, daughter of Jacob N. and Agnes Fullenwider, who came from Shelby County, Ky., to Sangamon County, in 1834 Mrs. Hall passed away, deeply lamented, February 11, 1902, having borne her husband four children: Georgie E. wife of William T. Grout, of Denver, Colo.; Charles B., Edwin P. and Jacob F., all married and having families, and residing in Mechanicsburg. Mr. Hall owns over 800 acres of the best farming land to be found in his part of the State. His property is all highly improved, well stocked and exceedingly productive and he is one of the representative men of the county. His sons are living up to their father's high standard of character and are fast becoming men of importance in their community.

HALL, Edward Augustus - The mercantile houses of Springfield compare favorably with any in the State, their connections enabling them to carry a stock of goods surpassed by few, while their resources and the volume of their trade are productive of prices that meet the most exacting demands of their customers. This desirable state of affairs has been brought about through the energy and foresight of the men who are at their head, and to them is due the credit for the commercial importance of Springfield as a distributing center. One of the best known houses of this class is that operating under the name of Hall & Herrick Co., clothiers, of which Edward Augustus Hall is President and Treasurer.

Mr. Hall was born at Pekin, County, Ill., August 21, 1845, being a son of Jonathan Parker and Esther Lavina (Fowler) Hall, the former born near Nashville, Tenn., October 28, 1815, and the latter in Rochester, N. Y., February 9, 1826. The maternal grandfather, Robert Fowler, was a soldier in the War of 1812, while the maternal grandmother, Ann M. (Platt) Fowler, was a descendant of the Platts, founders of the city of Plattsburg, N. Y. Jonathan P. Hall was brought to Springfield by his parents, in 1828, but moved to Pekin in 1838, which remained his home until his death in 1887. His wife came to Pekin with her parents in 1833, and she still survives, enjoying good health at the age of eighty-four years. Mr. Hall was an architect and builder, and some of the best work done in this line at Pekin in the earlier days, is his.

Edward Augustus Hall attended the public schools of Pekin, and in 1862 began his business career as a clerk in the dry goods store of Cummings Brothers. In 1871 he founded a dry goods business in Pekin, known as E. A. Hall & Company, combining it, in 1874, with that of Cummings Brothers, under the caption of Cummings, Hall & Company. In 1876 Mr. Hall came to Springfield, and in conjunction with J. E. Herrick established the clothing firm of Hall & Herrick, which still continues, although it was incorporated in 1906, as Hall & Herrick Company, with Mr. Hall as President and Treasurer. In addition, Mr. Hall is Vice President of the Sangamon Loan & Trust Company, and Director in the State National Bank.

Although he has been so active in business life, Mr. Hall has not neglected his duties as a citizen, beginning with his service to his country as Sergeant of Company C, One Hundrey Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. As a loyal Republican, he served as Alderman of Springfield during 1883 and 1884; as Supervisor of Sangamon County during the term between 1894 and 1898; as Trustee of the Park Board, during the term of 1900 to 1905, being elected on the Citizens' ticket to this last named office. An article written by Mr. Hall entitled '"Springfield Parks" appears on another page in these volumes. He was appointed by Goy. Deneen a member of the State Fire Commission, on April 24, 1909. He has also been Treasurer of the Sangamon County Fair, serving in 1880 and 1881; was Director of the Springfield Exposition and Fair from the organization of the association to the locating of the State Fair in 1895, and was treasurer of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture from 1901 to 1906. In each one of these offices Mr. Hall displayed the same conscientious attention to detail, and the same skillful executive ability which have insured his business success, and the people he has thus served cannot be too grateful to him. Mr, Hall has also been active in fraternal matters, being a Mason in thigh standing, having joined that organization in 1877. He is a member of the G. A. R. and served as Commander of his post during 1902; is a charter member of the Sangamon Club, and was its President during 1899 and 1900, and is also a charter member of the Country Club. During 1908 he was President of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is an active member.

On March 12, 1873, Mr. Hall was married in Pekin, Ill., to Frances Augusta Browne, born in Peoria County, Ill, November 1, 1845. Her family were among the pioneers of Peoria County, coming there from Massachusetts in 1833. There is no issue of this marriage. Mr. Hall is prominently identified with the Congregational Church, which he affiliates with, and is one of the honored supporters of the Republican party.

It would be difficult to point to any measure of importance which looked towards the betterment of the city or county that has not been supported by Mr. Hall, for he has the welfare of his community at heart. His energies have always been directed towards securing good government, improved conditions and honorable methods of administration, and that he has succeeded in accomplishing much the record of his life demonstrates beyond any doubt.

HALL, Thomas, a retired business man of Springfield, has spent most of his life in that city. He was born in County Limerick, Ireland, in November, 1836, a son of Thomas and Mary (Ryan) Hall, both natives of that country. The mother died in Ireland and the father, who was a gardener by occupation, came to America in 1854. He landed at New Orleans and soon afterwards came to Springfield, where for many years he was enployed at the Cottage Gardens, and he followed this line of work until his death. He and his wife had three sons and three daughters and the only member of the family now surviving is Thomas,

Mr. Hall came to America the year after his father, and after coming to Springfield worked a year in a brick yard. He moved to Chicago and there learned the trade of blacksmith, at which he worked in that city three years, then returned to Springfield and followed the same line of work until his retirement a few years ago. He worked for some time in a shop that stood on the ground now occupied by the St. Nicholas Hotel, and later engaged in business with James Kennedy, under the firm name of Hall & Kennedy, this partnership being dissolved some years later, when Mr. Hall embarked in business alone. He was always well patronized and had a good reputation in his line.

Mr. Hall was married in Springfield, in 1861 to Johanna McCarthy, a native of Ireland, where both her parents died. Twelve children were born of this union, of whom the following five now survive: Edward, a blacksmith living in Springfield; Dennis, a horse-shoer by trade, residing in St. Louis; Margaret, widow of John Dunham, of Springfield; Catherine, wife of William Anger, a stock-buyer who lives at Springfield; Mrs. Mary Hickey, also of Springfield. Mrs. Hall died in 1908, deeply mourned by her family and friends. Mr. Hall is a member of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception and in politics is a Democrat. He owns a handsome residence at 1401 Bast Capitol Avenue and is well known in the city. Mr. Hall attended school a short time after coming to Springfield and endeavored to take advantage of his opportunities to improve himself in various ways.

HALL, Thomas R., a prosperous young farmer living just north of the city of Springfield, Ill., is a native of that city, born May 17, 1884, son of Joseph B. S. and Katherine (McCann) Hall, the former born in Kentucky, October 8, 1855, and the latter in Donybrook, near Dublin, Ireland. Joseph B. S. Hill came to Sangamon County about 1870 and became employed at meat carver at St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield, where Katherine McCann was also employed, having come to Illinois about the same time as Mr. Hall. He afterward worked about twenty years in the rolling mills in Springfield, and was living on a farm in Bailey County, Tex., but recently moved back to Springfield. He and his wife had three sons, namely: Frank J., in Camp No. 156, Coast Artillery, was born December 15, 1887; John, born April 14, 1890, a farmer living near Springfield; Thomas R. All attended public school in Springfield.

After leaving school Thomas R. Hall began working in a brick yard and remained there twelve years, learning to make brick. He was employed two years at the Zoo Park, later for the Springfield Water Works, and for the past two years has been carrying on farming, in which enterprise he has been markedly successful. He owns twenty acres of excellent land, which is easily worth two hundred dollars per acre. He is well known in Springfield, where his entire life has been spent, and has many warm friends. About one year ago he joined Camp No. 455, Modern Woodmen of America, and he is a Democrat in politics. He is a member of the Third Presbyterian Church and is interested in many benevolent causes.

Mr. Hall was married, in Springfield, March 15, 1909, to Miss Mary S. Thorpe, born July 20, 1875, daughter of Thomas and Emily Thorp, the father born March 24, 1834, and the mother March 3, 1838. Mr. Thorpe and his wife came to Illinois from Ohio in 1858, lived one year at Taylorville, and then came to Springfield, where the father died December 1, 1906, and the mother February 15, 1894. Mr. Thorpe and his wife had two sons and two daughters, namely: Franklin, died in infancy; Hdward C., born May 26, 1860, a carpenter by trade; Mary; Eleanor E., died June 23, 1903. Mr. Thorpe came to the place where his daughter and her husband now live some nine years ago, having formerly lived at Lawrence and New Streets, Springfield. Edward Thorpe lives with his sister. He also is a member of Camp No. 455, Modern Woodmen of America.

Mrs. Hall's father, Thomas Thorpe, enlisted in 1861 in the Seventh Illinois Regiment of Infantry, serving one year, then reenlisted in Company B One Hundred Thirtieth Illinois Infantry, in which he served until 1865. He was taken prisoner at Camp Fort Tyler, Tex., held captive thirteen months, then returned home and received his discharge at Camp Butler, near- Springfield, Ill., in 1865. He was discharged with rank of Sergeant and took part in many battles.

HALLAHAN, Daniel O'D. - One of the best known Irish-Americans of Springfield, Ill., is Daniel O'D. Hallahan, who was born in the historic town of Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, on May 5, 1839. Skibbereen is particularly remarkable for having been the birthplace of the first Total Abstinence Society organized in the world, the father of Mr. Hal-

Jahan having been one of its organizers; also remarkable for the patriotism of its inhabitants, it being the birthplace of the Phoenix Society, which subsequently culminated in the Fenian Brotherhood, in the organization of which the late Daniel O'Crowley of Springfield, O'Donovan Rossa and Mr. Hallahan were prominent. 'The London Times about that date, 1858, referred to Skibbereen as being a "hot-bed of sedition."

Mr. Hallahan is one of the two surviving children of Daniel Hallahan and Mary (O'Donovan) Hallahan, the other survivor being Mrs. Eliza O'Donovan, residing in Skibbereen. . Daniel Hallahan was the nephew of the celebrated Rey. Daniel Burke, D. D. who was' an eminent scholar and an ardent supporter of Robert Emmett in the rebellion of 1798 and who was compelled to leave Ireland, a reward having been offered for his capture, alive or dead. He escaped to France in a fishing craft and became either a professor or President of the Irish College in Paris, returning to Ireland in the early part of the nineteenth century and dying shortly after his arrival. A tablet to his memory was placed in the Art Hall of the college. Daniel Hallahan for many years had been Custom House Agent at Castletownsend and Skibbereen. He died in Skibbereen, October 30, 1849, aged about seventy-six years. Mary O'Donovan Hallahan was a niece of the famous Timothy O'Donovan (Tigue An Asna), a local leader in the rebellion of 1798. He was wounded in the battle of Bealaweholig near Clonakilty and taken prisoner, tied to a horse and dragged about two miles to the town, then disemboweled while still alive, afterward beheaded, such being one of the sources of amusement indulged in in those days by the soldiers of Christian England. A very handsome monument has been erected to his memory near the place of his death, by public subscription. Mary (O'Donovan) Hallahan, mother of Mr. Hallahan, died in Skibbereen, November 30, 1886, aged seventy-six years. `

On attaining his majority Mr. Hallahan was appointed Custom House Agent and discharged the duties of his office until May 19, 1863, when he, in company with O'Donovan Rossa and a host of other young men, left for this country with the avowed purpose of enlisting in the Union Army, and if they survived the war to return to Ireland and use their knowledge and experience in an endeavor to free her. are the only survivors. Mr. Hallahan, immediately on his arrival in New York, enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth New York Heavy Artillery for three years, or during the war. He served in Virginia and North Carolina and at the-close of the war his regiment was consolidated with the Sixth New York Heavy Artillery, taking the name of the latter Regiment, the company letter having been changed to K. The Regiment was mustered out of service in August, 1865, at Washington,

City on February 3, 1866, in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, to Miss Anne Sheehy, daughter of Morgan Sheehy and Anne (O'Donovan) Sheehy. She was born in North Reene, County Cork, Ireland, on February 9, 1847. She left Ireland for America in March, 1863, in company with her father, brother John and sister Elizabeth, her mother having died in the year 1848. Her father returned to Ireland in March, 1865, and died in the year 1868. The brother and sister also are dead.

The following named children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs, Hallahan: John S, married Miss Catherine Murphy, to whom three children have been born - Marie, John S. Jr. and Catherine; Mary T., married to M. J. Hanrahan of Chicago; Elizabeth A., married Harry Ramstetter, and she died April 7, 1898, leaving one child, Catherine; Daniel L. died February 21, 1903, aged twenty-eight years; Florence, died November 16, 1902, aged twentyone years; Joseph G., died January 30, 1904, aged twenty-four years; the survivors are Agnes, Francis Morgan and Genevieve, living at home 401 West Adams Street.

In June, 1874, Mr. Hallahan located in Springfield, which has since been his home. He was for thirteen years an employe of the firm of Latham & Souther, Abstractors. In the year 1887 Mr. Hallahan became a partner of the late John J. Hardin, who owned a set of abstract books, under the firm name of Hardin & Hallahan, which partnership continued successfully until 1896, when Mr. Hallahan purchased the remaining interest of Mr. Hardin and continued doing business alone under the former name until September, 1905, when he sold his abstract books to Mr. Walter Hden and retired from active life. Mr. Hallahan is a most patriotic citizen of his adopted country and is actively interested in the progress and welfare of his community. He is also much interested in the cause of his native country. He is a stanch Democrat in politics and his first vote in the United States was for General George B. McClellan. He is a devout Roman Catholic, being a member of St. Agnes Church, is Trustee and Treasurer of Calvary Cemetery Association, belongs to the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order Forresters and Western Catholic Union, is an active member of Stephenson Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Modern Woodmen of America. In June, 1906, Mr. Hallahan revisited the home of his childhood.