St. Clair County, Illinois - Chapter 13 (1 of 2 so headed), 1928

Chapter 13

was first called the '"Lebanon Journal." In the report of the publishing committee to the Board in 1848, it is referred to as the "Illinois Advocate and Lebanon Journal." A printing outfit was secured from St. Louis and a student was found who was a practical printer, and he looked after the mechanical side of the work of getting out the weekly paper. The student printer was Thomas Coke Weeden, who was employed for his period of apprenticeship on the "Gazette" of Carrolton, Illinois. The means of finding him was no doubt the ubiquitous circuit rider, who was always "on the go" and was an excellent channel of information, especially in Methodist circles. Mr. Weeden tells how, before time for college to open, he came from Carrolton, in Greene County, to Alton, by stage, then by boat to St. Louis, and by stage again from there to Lebanon. At first he "laid" the cases and set up type in Dr. Goheen's office on the Public Square in Lebanon. But as soon as practicable, a building for the special use of the college paper, was erected. Rev. G. W. Robbins, who was a carpenter before he became a preacher and a presiding elder, was the architect and builder. After the building was completed on the campus, it became the home of the Lebanon Journal and was known as the "Printing O&ce." During this period, the college not only printed the paper, but even printed the diplomas for the graduates. There is a record of the president securing an engraved cut for this purpose which cost fifty dollars. One of the catalogues of this period contains the announcement that "Those graduates who have not received diplomas may now secure them by sending in their application with the usual diploma fee." There is recorded in the minutes of the Board for 1849 a" order for the printing in the Illinois Advocate of "A correct list of the members of the Joint Board and the resolutions adopted on the death of Rev. Davis Goheen," who was an unusually active and useful member of that body. When Professor Cummings became President and Rev. James Leaton became a member of the faculty, he was made chief manager of the paper and Chairman of the Publishing Committee. In 1852, the "Illinois Advocate" was moved to St. Louis, and its name was changed to "Central Christian Advocate."

The General Conference of 1852, meeting in Boston, took cognizance of two periodicals, the Northwestern Christian Advocate and the Central Christian Advocate. The former was authorized and became one of the official publications of the church. The latter was put up to the Book Committee and Publishing Agents to publish if they saw their way clear to do It. After consideration, these authorities decided not to accept the responsibilities of publishing the Central. But the Methodism of that region would not be put off that way. The paper was already five years old and its readers regarded It as still their paper, tho its name had been changed and it had moved its home from Lebanon to St. Louis, as a matter of business policy. So the paper was carried on during that quadrennium as the organ of the conferences contiguous to St. Louis, and having proved its ability to survive, the General Conference of 1856 took it over as one of the official organs of the church.

Its home was in St. Louis for the remainder of the century and it was edited by such men as Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Crary, Benjamin St. James Fry, and Jesse Bowman Young, all of whom were members of McKendree's Joint Board. The General Conference of 1900 moved it to Kansas City where it is now located. Its editor since that time has been the genial Cludius B. Spencer, also a member of McKendree's Board. In January, 1853, the Board appointed President Cummings to settle the accounts of the "Illinois Christian Advocate" and sell the press and office furniture. He was to receive thirty per cent of the proceeds for collecting the debts and ten per cent for seUing the press. He does not seem to have succeeded in the undertaking, for in July of the same year, Benjamin Hypes was ordered by the Board to "sell the press and office furniture and apply the proceeds upon the debts." Thus the first college paper at McKendree did not die but graduated and moved out into a greater field m the world at large. Accordingly, the "Central Christian Advocate" is now McKendree's oldest living graduate.

By 1850, Professor Mattison had a son old enough to enter the preparatory department, and the next year the Board, recognizing the fact that a professor could not afford to pay tuition for his children out of the salary the college could afford to pay him, enacted a rule exempting the children of members of the faculty from paying tuition fees. The rule is still in force, though the professors' children pay all other fees, the same as other students.

Another interesting bit of legislation which occurred in President Cummings' day was a resolution passed in 1852, permitting the two boys' literary societies, which were the only ones in the college at that time, to hold their meetings on Friday night, instead of in the afternoon, "provided there be no disorder, no injury of property, and they adjourn not later than half past nine o'clock, and do not meet at such times as will interfere with religious meetings."

Mr. Weeden, the student printer of the college paper, wrote a reminiscent letter near the close of the last century, and sent m to the college an old copy of Virgil, which he had used while a student in McKendree. The book is now over a hundred years old. He said he obtained it from Newton Williams, who was a senior when Weeden was still in the preparatory department. Williams was in the class of 1850. He was an intimate friend of Professor Cummings. One warm evening just before commencement, the two went out to Silver Creek to bathe in its cooling waters. Neither could swim. Williams got beyond his depth. Cummings could not help him. After a few frantic and futile efforts, he gave it up and ran for help to the college. Some of the college boys went with all possible speed and got the body out of the water, but it was too late. They got the bellows from the Printing Office, hoping to inflate his lungs and thus induce respiration, but it was all in vain. "It was a very sad commencement," remarks Mr. Weeden. However, since Williams had so nearly completed the course, the Board granted his degree and ordered his name to be placed in the alumni list. This tragedy suggests another which occurred during Commencement week in 1899. One pleasant afternoon five McKendree girls went "wading" in Silver Creek, probably at the same deep water hole where young Williams was drowned, commonly known as "Blue Bend." None of them could swim. In wading, one got beyond her depth. Another went to help her and was pulled into the deep water. Another followed with the same result. The fourth managed to struggle through to the other side of the creek and climbed to safety on the opposite bank. The one remaining ran for help. But the distance was a mile, and when help arrived, the efforts of the two physicians, who with a number of students and others had hurried to the scene, were not successful in bringing breath back to the limp and lifeless bodies of the unfortunate girls. Of course the commencement festivities were broken into. All entertainments of a social nature were called off. Commencement was reduced to the graduating exercises of the class and conferring of degrees. The unfortunate girls were Hallie Jack of Beaucoup, Florence Spies of St. Jacob, and Ruth Jepson of Lebanon. The last was the youngest daughter of Professor Albert G. Jepson, who for many years occupied the chair of Mathematics in McKendree. President Cummings passed through another sorrow during his stay at McKendree, which doubtless was deeper and more poignant than his experience with Newton Williams. That was the death of his wife, Mrs. Florilla Cummings. The inscription on the stone which marks her resting place in College Hill cemetery says that she died March 8, 1852, in the twenty-eighth year of her age. Other tragedies of this kind occurred in the homes of several of the early presidents of McKendree. Another grave stone right near that of Mrs. Cummings, was erected to the memory of Mrs. Esther Finley, the wife of President Fmley. She died m 1844 and her death was followed by that of her daughter m the same month. Only a few yards away are buried four of the children of President Akers. Thus it appears that these educational pioneers were not only making financial sacrifices and carrying burdens of work up to the limit of their endurance, but they were also called to tread the path of sorrow time after time when death entered the home circle. McKENDREE MISSIONARY LYCEUM As evidence of the missionary spirit which characterized the college at the middle of the last century, we have the records of a missionary society which was called the Lyceum, which was organized November 20, iS-io. A preliminary meeting had been held a week earlier which was presided over by Risdon M. Moore, who was at that time a teacher in the institution, having graduated at the last commencement, at which time certain committees were appointed to report at the next meeting. So on the date above mentioned, the organization was completed and permanent officers elected. Following is the list: President, W. S. Pope, Vice President, R. M. Moore, Recording Secretary, O. V. Jones, Corresponding Secretary, W. B. Riggin, and Treasurer, D. Blackwell. The constitution adopted need not be reproduced in full here, but it indicates the object of the organization as two fold, "First, to aid in sending the gospel to the destitute portions of the earth, and second, to improve its members in their knowledge of religious subjects." Any person of good moral character was eligible to be elected to membership, on presenting a written application and paying a fee of twenty-five cents. The first meeting of each collegiate year was to be held on the third Thursday evening in October, and regular meetings were to be held thereafter every four weeks. The programs were to consist of essays and addresses. An anniversary meeting with suitable program was held each year on the "Sabbath night preceding the college commencement." The list of members is as follows: Daniel Alexander, J. H. Barger, R. M. Bell, D. Blackwell, W. H. Corrington, S. L. Edwards, W. C. Gillham, W. R. Howard, Z. R. Humphrey, O. V. Jones, J. W. Lapham, John Leeper, G. L. Moore, R. M. Moore, W. C Pitner, J. I. Rinaker, Isaiah Stickel, W. B. Riggin, W. F. Short.

These twenty members were students or teachers in the institution. The organization probably did not live many years, but was soon crowded out by other commendable activities.

The Class Of 1850'

This was the last class to graduate during the presidency of Dr. Wentworth. Colonel Morrison was not in the class but was a student under Dr. Wentworth. Brief biographies of these men follow.

Dr Samuel M. Martin

Samuel Murray Martin was born at Leesburg, Virginia, February 13, 1828 just one week before the organization of the board that laid the foundations of McKendree College. He became a student in McKendree in 1848 and graduated in 1850, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He later attended a medical college and received the degree of M. D. He was married November 2j, iS"?:,, to Miss Elizabeth Kerr. The following are the names of their six children: Arthur L., Nettie C, Mary L., Annie H., Minnie E., and Murray K. Having made preparation along the line of two professions, his time was divided between teaching and the practice of medicine. He taught a year in the Illinois Female College just following his graduation. In later years, he taught in the Jacksonville high school, the Winchester high school, the Canton Seminary of Canton, Mo., and for ten years, 1863- 1873, he was County Superintendent of Schools of Morgan County, Illinois. From 1873 to 1877, he was County Clerk of the same county. In 1885, he was appointed physician to the Blackfeet Indians. In religion, he was a Methodist, in politics, a Democrat. He died near the close of the century. REV. WILLIAM McKENDREE McELFRESH

William McKendree McElfresh was born m Nicholas County, Kentucky, April g, 182';. He was a son of Rev. John McElfresh, formerly a member of the Baltimore Conference. With his parents, he moved to Morgan County, Illinois, in the fall of 1834, to a farm near Jacksonville. He died at his home in Jacksonville, March 23, 1909. He graduated from McKendree in 1850, receiving the degree of B. S. Later he was granted the degree of M. S. and in 1897, that of D. D. In 1853, he was married to Miss Matilda J. Belford, who was his faithful companion and helper during his long ministerial career. He joined the Illinois Conference in 185 1 and received the following appointments: 1851, Rushville; 1852, Chili; 1853, Pulaski; 1854-55, White Hall; 1856, Danville; 1857-58, Clinton; 1859, Grigsville; 1860-61, Winchester; 1862-64, Waverly; 1865-67, Island Grove; 1868-69,

Iimc Kendree Col. Risdon Marshall Moore

Waverly; 1870-71, Delavan; 1872-75, Springfield District; 1876, Bloomington University Charge; 1877-80, Danville District; 1881, Jacksonville Circuit; 1885-86, Alexander; 1887-88, Versailles; 1890-92, Payson; 1893-94, Barry; 1895- 97, Superannuated; 1898, Financial Agent of the Illinois Women's College; 1899-1909, Superannuated. He was a member of the General Conference of 1872, which was held m Brooklyn, New York. His conference class numbered fortyseven, of which he was the last to superannu.ite. COL. RISDON MARSHALL MOORE Risdon Marshall Moore was born near Cahokia, St. Clair County, Illinois, February 16, 1827. His father was Captain Jonathan Moore, who was a soldier m the Blackhiwk War and the Civil Wir. His mother was Elizabeth Lunsford before her marriage. He entered Mc- Kendree College in 1845 and graduated in 1850, receiving the degree A. B. Later he received the degree of A.M. and in 1895, that of Ph. D. from his alma mater. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. For four years after his graduation, he was tutor in Latin and Greek in McKendree. He was then elected Professor of Mathematics, which position he held till 1866, excepting the three years 1862-65, when he was serving in the Civil War as Colonel of the 117th regiment of Illinois Volunteers. In this regiment were found a considerable number of McKendree students who left their college to fight their country's battles. In 1866, Colonel Moore went to Selma, Alabama, to engage in the coal mining business. In 1875, he was appointed special agent of the U. S. Treasury Department and in 1878 was transferred to San Antonio, Texas, where he resided, except for short intervals, until his death January 26, 1909. The most of this period he was holding a government appointment of some kind. He was married September 14, 1857, to Miss Helen Simmons of Northampton, Mass. To them were born four children: Albert Lincoln, George Samuel, Frank Risdon, and Helen Caroline. All are now living except the eldest. Colonel Moore was a Republican in politics, a member of the Masonic order, a man of scholarly attainments, a great lover of the classics, a

Risdon Moore

His sister, Mrs. Mary FitzGerrell, is still living in Lebanon at an advanced age. She has always been interested in history and biography, and has stored in her own memory a wealth of information about persons connected with the early history of Lebanon and the college.

Col. William R. Morrison

William Ralls Morrison, member of a prominent Monroe County family, was a student in McKendree in the forties, but did not stay till graduation because he left college to enter the Mexican War as a soldier in an Illinois regiment. He was in most of the battles of General Taylor's campaign. After the war closed, he did not return to college, but studied law and was admitted to the bar. From 1855 to 1859 he was a member of the Illinois Legislature and during the last year he was Speaker of the House. When the Civil War broke out, he organized and became Colonel of the 49th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. He fought with his regiment at Fort Donelson and other important battles, but resigned in the fall of 1863 to take his place in Congress as a "War Democrat." He had been elected while at the front. After his term in Congress, he practiced law in his home city of Waterloo from 1865 to 1873, when he was again sent to represent his district at Washington. From then till 1887, he was a member of Congress. He gained wide distinction during those years as an advocate of reduction of the tariff. He was for years Chairman of the Ways and Means Commission. His bill of 1884, which provided for a horizontal reduction of twenty per cent in all tariff schedules gained for him the nickname "Horizontal Bill." In 1885, he was defeated by General John A. Logan for the United States Senate, by only one vote. President Cleveland appointed him a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1887, and he served in that body for ten years, and for six years was chairman. He spent his declining years at his spacious and commodious home in Waterloo, Illinois. He left no children, but bequeathed his home to the city, to be used as a public library. In 1899, McKendree conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. in recognition of his distinguished service as a lawyer and statesman.

Hon. William Andrew Jackson Sparks

William Andrew Jackson Sparks was born near New Albany, Indiana, November 15, 1828. His parents, Baxter and Elizabeth (Gwin) Sparks, were natives of Pennsylvania. They moved from New Albany when William, the youngest of their ten children, was only a child, to Macoupin

W A J Sparks

County, Illinois. He entered McKendree in 1847, and graduated in 1850, receiving the degree of B. S., and in iqoo, he was granted the honorary degree of LL. D. by his alma mater. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. After his graduation, he went to Carlyle, Illinois, studied law in the office of Judge Breese, was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law at Carlylein 1851. In 1853, he was appointed receiver of public moneys for the U. S. Land Office at Edwardsville, and held this appointment until the land offices of the state were consolidated at Springfield. He served one term in the Illinois Legislature, one in the Illinois State Senate, and four terms in Congress, representing the sixteenth congressional district of Illinois. He was elected on the Democratic ticket, and became prominent in his party, so that when Mr. Cleveland became President, he appointed Mr. Sparks to the position of Commissioner of the General Land Office of the U. S. His administration of this office gained him the hearty commendation of President Cleveland. He was married April 16, 1855, to Miss Julia E. Parker, of Edwardsville. They lived in Carlyle until 1895 when, Mr. Sparks having retired from active work some years previous, they moved to St. Louis. His death occurred there in 1905. He left a widow but no children.

James H. Riggin

James H. Riggin was a native of Illinois. He was educated in McKendree, where he graduated in the class of 1850, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society, being one of the original founders of that organization. After his graduation, he engaged in mercantile business in the city of Belleville, but after a few years, having suffered some mental derangement, he was taken to the hospital for the insane at Jacksonville, where he died some years later. His remains lie buried in College Hill Cemetery.

Charles Nelson Starbird

Charles Nelson Starbird was born at Claremont, New Hampshire, November 29, 1823. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy and took his A. B. degree at Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1S45. He came to Illi' nois, did the work m McKendree required for the A. Mdegree which he received with the class of 1850. He then settled in Chester, Illinois, where he practiced law and held the office of State's Attorney. His death occurred in 1858. NEWTON WILLIAMS Newton Williams was a member of this class, but four weeks before commencement in iS^o, he was drowned in Silver Creek. Since he had so nearly completed the work, the board granted the degree the same as to the other members of the class, and ordered his name to be placed in the alumni list.

The Class Of 1851 Thomas S. Casey

Thomas Sloo Casey, son of Zadoc Casey, once Governor of Illinois, was born April 6, 1832, and died at his home in Springfield, Illinois, March 1,1891. He was educated at McKendree, graduating in 1851 with the degree of A. B., and later received the master's degree. He was one of the founders of the Platonian Literary Society. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in i8')4.Ini86o,hewaselected State's Attorney for the twelfth Judicial District, and was re-elected in 1864. In 1 862,heentered theUnion

Stephen F. Corrington

Army as Colonel of the iioth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. About a year later, he was severely wounded at the battle of Stone River and compelled to return home. In 1870, he was elected to the Illinois Legislature, and in 1872, to the State Senate. In 1879, he was elected Circuit Judge, and was immediately appointed one of the judges of the Appellate Court of the Fourth District. He served in this position until 1885, when he moved to Springfield where he engaged in the practice of law until the time of his death. He was married in 1861, to Miss Matilda Moran, of Springfield. Of their three children, two daughters are now living: Carrie, now Mrs. D. C. Nugent, of St. Louis, and Louise, now Mrs. Baker, the wife of Lieutenant Baker, U. S. A. STEPHEN F. CORRINGTON

Stephen Fletcher Corrington was born in Millersburg, Bourbon County, Kentucky, February i, 1830. He entered McKendree in the fill of 1847 and graduated in iS";!, re- ceiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He served as book-keeper and salesman for a firm in Jacksonville, lUinois, for a year and then taught school a year. He then studied law m the office of Judge Brown, of Jacksonville. He practiced law for a time in that city, and then moved to CarroUton, Illinois. In the fall of 1859, ^e was elected superintendent of schools of Greene County. He held this office till 1869, and is said to have traveled as much as 3000 miles a year in the discharge of his duties visiting the schools of the county. In 1859, he resumed the practice of law, and the same year he was elected city clerk, which office he held for four years. He was also a justice of the peace and notary public, making a specialty of collecting and conveyancing. Later, he held the office of master in chancery. His death occurred in the year 1887. He was married May 13, 1856 to Sue F. Bell, of Jacksonville. Their seven children were Rosabella May, Ailsie Gray, Anna Lenora, Sarah Emma, Francis Fletcher, Elijah Edward, and William Jeremiah.

Surry L. Edwards

Surry L. Edwards was born at Guilford Centre, Vermont, March 13, 1827. He entered McKendree in the fall of 1847, and graduated in 185 1, receiving the degree of A. B., and later, A. M. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He studied dentistry in St. Louis after teaching school for five years. He then practiced his profession eleven years in Griggsville, Illinois, four years in Peoria, and then settled permanently in Des Moines, Iowa, where he practiced dentistry for many years, and ended his long and useful career in 1895. He was married April 24, 1855, to Emma A. Dickinson, of Griggsville, 111. Their nine children are Lucy Jane, Rollin Wentworth, Horace Noble, Newton Olin, Walter Spencer, Mary Amelia, Esther Emma, Joseph Albert, and Benjamin Akers. Walter was drowned in 1882 at the age of eleven.

Ninian Edwards Primm

Ninian Edwards Primm was born in the vicinity of Belleville, Illinois, April 16, 1830. He was named for Governor Ninian Edwards, to whom he was in some way related. He became a student in McKendree and graduated in the class of 1851, receiving the degree of B. S. The records of the literary societies do not indicate that he was a member of either one. There is some evidence that he studied law, but his career was short, for his death occurred in 1857 - only six years after his graduation.

Dr. William B. Riggin Gen. John I. Rinaker

family whose name appears in the story of the founding of McKendree. He was for several years a student in the college, and graduated in the class of 1851. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. He studied medicine, and received the degree of M. D., but was not permitted to practice his profession long. His career was cut short by his death at Asheville, North Carolina, August 8, 1856. GEN. JOHN I. RINAKER

John Irving Rinaker was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in November, 1830, and died at his winter home m Eustis, Florida, January 14, 1915. He came to Illinois while still a youth, and secured a part of his education at Illinois College, but later transferred to McKendree, and graduated in the class of 18'ii. He was a member of the Platonian Society. In 1892, McKendree gave him the honorary degree of LL. D. He studied law and began the practice of this profession at Carlinville, Illinois, in 1854. That was his regular occupation all his life except for the time that he was a soldier in the Civil War. He practiced m the state courts, the district courts, and the United States Supreme Court. In 1872 and in 1876, he was a Republican presidential elector. In 1876 and m 1884, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In 1894, he was elected to Congress, and served one term. He has served on various important boards, both in his own city and in others, and was for some years a trustee of McKendree College. In 1862, he went into the Union army as Colonel of the 122nd Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and came home at the close of the war with the title of Brigadier General. He was for sixty-six years a member of the Methodist Church. He was also a Mason, a member of the American Bar Association and various other organisations. He was married in 1855, to Miss Clarissa Keplinger, of Morgan County. Their four sons are: Thomas, Samuel, John Irving, Jr., and Lewis. John Irving, Jr. is an architect, and designed the present college library building in 1917. In the entrance of the building is a memorial tablet to General Rinaker. "Like an armed warrior; like a plumed knight, he met his last great summons, and, wrapped in the American flag, he moved out to his just and shining reward, alone and absolutely unafraid."

Alexander Van Winkle

Alexander Van Winkle was born in Morgan County, Illinois, January 9, 1831, "the winter of the big snow." His parents were from Wayne County, Kentucky. Some of his ancestors were among the earliest immigrants to this country from Holland. One of them returned to Holland in 1633, bearing a letter from the church society in New

Amsterdam. The next year he returned to America with his bride and settled in New Jersey. From there his descendants have scattered to various parts of the country. Mr. Van Winkle entered McKendree College in 1848 and graduated in 1851, with the degree of B. S. In 1849, he and fifteen other young men became the founders of the Platonian Literary Society. In 1852, he helped to "navigate a prairie schooner," drawn by eight oxen, across the plains to California. He returned in 1858, and when the war broke out, enlisted in the army and served three years as a soldier. He spent a number of years in teaching, but in the declining years of his long life, he enjoyed the quiet farm life at his home near Franklin, Illinois. He was married February 28, 1862, to Henrietta Keplinger. Of this union, there were three children, Mary Henrietta and twin sons. Homer Alexander and Horace, the latter of whom died in infancy. The daughter is now Mrs. W. B. Otwell, of Carlinville. Some years after the death of his first wife, Mr. Van Winkle was married in 1890 to Melissa J. Criswell, now deceased. He is a Methodist of the old school, having united with the church in his youth. In politics, he is a Republican, having voted with that party ever since its origin, but has never aspired to office himself. His death occurred in January, 1914.

A. H. H. ROUNTREE Aaron Herbert Hawkins Rountree was born at Hillsboro, Illinois, January 2, 1822, and died at the same place, January 2, 1880, on his fifty-eighth birthday. His parents were Hiram and Nancy Wright Rountree. He entered McKendree in 1842, pursued his studies for two years, then after a period of teaching, returned and completed his course in 1851, receiving the degree of A. B. In 1859, he received the degree of A. M. While in McKendree, he was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. His career includes nine years of teaching, twenty-one of merchandising; and in 1874, he entered upon the business of banking. He was popular in his own city, having been alderman, mayor, and president of the Board of Education. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a Royal Arch Mason, member of the Eastern Star, and the Odd Fellows Lodge; and in all these lodges, he wielded the gavel. He was married at Huntsville, Alabama, March 20, 184'i, to Miss Eliza Agnes Walpole. To them were born nine children, of whom six died in infancy. The surviving ones are now Professor Hiram P. Rountree of Chicago, Mrs. Mary L. McHenry, Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. Etta A. Stubblefield, Hillsboro, Illinois.

Col. Jonathan Merriam

living in Springfield, Alton, and after 1841, in Ta:ewell County. He attended the Illinois Wesleyan University, and McKendree College, leaving the latter institution in 1852, on account of impaired health. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. In 186;), McKendree conferred upon him the degree of A. M. In 1862, he enlisted in the Union <irmy and became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 117th Illinois Volunteers, the regiment which contained so many McKendreans. He was a member of the Illinois Constitutional Conventions of 1869 and 1870. He held the position of Internal Revenue Collector for the Springfield District from 1873 to 1882. He was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1894 and again in 1896. In 1898, he was appointed by President Mc- Kinley to the Office of United States Pension Commissioner at Chicago. He was for many years a trustee of McKendree College. He several times attended the reunions of his regiment at McKendree College. The last time was in 1916. In politics, he was a Republican and in religion, a Baptist. At the time of his death, he was a deacon in the Emanuel Baptist Church in Chicago, altho for the last six years of his Hfe his residence was at Wheaton. His death occurred as the result of a grade-crossing accident at Wheaton in September, 1919, within a few weeks of his eighty-fifth birthday. He is survived by his wife, three sons, and three daughters, all married except the youngest daughter. His children all live in Illinois and his sons occupy positions of trust and honor in the business world.

The Class Of 1852 Henry C. Pike

THE CLASS OF 1852 HENRY C. PIKE Henry Clay Fike was born near Mascoutah, Illinois, December 21, i8j2. His father, Abel Fike, with his family, came from South Carolina in 181 1 and located in the Turkey Hill settlement near Belleville. After passing through the common schools, he entered McKendree College in 1847, while Dr. Wentworth was president, and graduated in i8';2, receiving the degree of A. B., ;ind subsequently that ot A. M. He IS a member of the Platonian Literary Society, which he assisted in organizing April 20, 1840. He was marnedDecember 25, i8'i'!,toMissLucyC.Power.of Trenton,

Henry Clay Fike

Illinois. To this union two children were horn, May, who died in early childhood, and Miss Ellie, who lived with her father. Mrs. Fike died June 25, 1906. After graduating, Mr. Fike engaged in teaching up to the date of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union arnjy and served as quartermaster of the 117th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry from August, 1862, till the close of the war. This regiment was commanded by Colonel Risdon M. Moore, who was from the faculty of McKendree College. In 1867, Mr. Fike moved with his family from Mascoutah to Warrensburg, Missouri, where he engaged in business pursuits till 1882, when he became connected with the auditing department of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, which he served for seven years. He completed two decades of service as clerk of the United States Internal Revenue OfBce in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Fike was officially connected with the State Normal School at Warrensburg for twenty-six years. He was a member of the Board of Education, and of the City Council of Warrensburg, each for six years. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and of the National Union, a beneficiary organization; also of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he joined in 1848 while a student at McKendree. He has served as a Sunday School Superintendent for thirty-eight years. He was a lay delegate to the General Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland in 1876. In politics, he IS a Republican. His home was at Warrensburg, Missouri until his death, which occurred April i, 1919.

Charles Wesley Jerome

CHARLES WESLEY JEROME Charles Wesley Jerome was born in Onandagua County, New York, September 8, 1828, the same year that McKendree was founded. He came with his parents to Illinois in 1834, and spent most of his early life on a farm m Madison County. He entered McKendree in 1848, and was one of the sixteen original founders of the Platonian Literary Society. He graduated in 1852, receiving the degree of A. B. Three years later he received the degree of A. M. Immediately after graduation, he became instructor in the Danville (111.) Seminary. After two years, he became principal of the Shelby Male and Female Seminary at Shelbyville, Illinois. He remained in this position till 1862, when he enlisted in the II ^th regiment Illinois Volunteers, and served as quartermaster in this regiment until the close of the war. As a part of his war experience, he was captured by Gen. Wheeler and paroled at McMinnville, Tennessee. After the war, he returned to Shelbyville for four years more. Then for four years he was principal of the Bedford Seminary, at Shelbyville, Tennessee. In 1874, he was elected professor of Latin and Greek in the Southern Illinois Normal University, at Carbondale. After sixteen years of service in this institution, failing health induced him to resign his position and retire from active life. He was married m August, i8';S, to Miss Eugenia A. Morrison, of Delaware, Ohio. Their only son, Charles M., was born in 1867. After his retirement. Professor Jerome lived for some years in Atlanta, Georgia. His home was in Washington, D. C. for some years previous to his death, which occurred several years ago.

Judge William C. Jones

JUDGE WILLIAM C. JONES William Cuthbert Jones was born at Bowling Green, Kentucky, July 16, 1831. He was a son of Dr. Cuthbert T. and EHza R. (Treat) Jones, who moved with their family to Chester, Illinois, when their son was only three years of age. He entered McKendree when quite young, and graduated in 1852, with the degree of A. B., later receiving the Master's degree, and in 1895, his Alma Mater honored him with the degree of LL. D. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He studied law at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and practiced this profession at Chester, III, Hopkinsville, Ky., and St. Louis, Mo. until the opening of the Civil War. He then enlisted m the Union army as a member of the Fourth regiment of the United States Reserve Corps. In 1862, he was appointed paymaster of the United States Volunteers, with the rank of maior. He served this capacity until the close of the war. He then engaged in business in St. Louis, but soon returned to the practice of law, which he followed till his death, which occurred in 1904. He was elected judge of the Criminal Court of St. Louis in 1874, and held this office till 1878. He was for many years a trustee of McKendree, and was president of the Board from 1897 tiU the time of his death in 1904. In politics, he was a Democrat. He belonged to the Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor, Elks, and Knights of Honor. In the last named lodge, he was grand dictator of the State of Missouri. He was married November 20, i8')6, to Miss Mary A. Chester. Of their seven children, four are now living. Their names are: Mrs. Walter B. Watson, Mrs. Joseph Goodwin, and two sons, James C. and Giles F. Jones. They all reside in St. Louis.

Judge Jones Lebanon Journal

and Rev. W. Forter. The address of Iho firet named genUcman, Rerr-Mr. Tbatcher, was a close and able argument on the *'Sabbath a« a perpetual inititulion, and lU ob- «rTaDC« as of lasting obligation."

Emerald Mound

EMERALD MOUND. T?» Tisited this delightful spot, the Tomantic denc«of Dajtiel Baldwib Esq., last Saturday, cnjoyod Uia hnapitalitJes of its worthy proprietor - ty DO means neglecting a ttroll upon the Bummit of this wonderful eleration. The view of the prairie at this

Tisit to this sweet epot. The follow ingdesci it, i^Titten for an Ohio paper, by one of our i Editom, eometiine eince, cannot fciil to be read with

By aacending a stairway of twenty steps, we B transported back as many centuries, and ow not whether we are standing on the site a temple era tomb. We arc suiToundedby the viable signe of a people whose procci-sions i sacrifices and battles are forgi'ttcni and lir praploj-menls and language and sciences ) losrtV the world. In the absence of all

.V sweet and deliglilliil place is the Emerald Mound. It has much to attract and please - Here are tlic mounds connecting the liWn;: the present to the dead of the past. The liir reaching view of the adjoining lands and th'-i wave-like undulations, the busy herds of grazin; cattle, the large, rich fields of grain, llie go^^ taste exhibited in tho arrangement of building and gardens and shnibberj*, and, above all, thi kindness and intelligence of the eicellciit £iniil; wliose residence it is, altogether, render llr Mound one of the most interesting andbeautitu places - a place of comfort and happiness to ttidwcUere, and of quiet enjoyroent and rest to it is both cspediciit and ncces..«n' thai hostilities should cease anionj! brrtbri have "one Lonl, om- lailh, one baptism." the essentials of dirisAitn am'/i/ sln-uld lically adopted, even tvliore ujiilijnnit practicable. This, is cs-seutia! tn our and efficiency in the great r ' the evangelical chinches, is the present \ and fonnidaUc cfforls of tlic Papacy. Tl of sin seems to have girded hiniM-lf for conflict. Upon the reviv.^l of the ai,;:

International Patriotism Rev. John Leeper

REV. JOHN LEEPER John Leeper was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, October i8, 1827. In 1837, he came with his father's family to Perry County, Illinois. From his parents, who were members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, he received careful religious training. In addition to his common school education, he attended an academy at Collinsville, and afterward McKendree College, from which he graduated in the class of 1852, receiving the degree of B. S. In 1855, he received the M. S. degree and in 1894, his Alma Mater honored him with the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was a member of the Philosophi.in Literary Society. He was converted at a camp-meetmg in W.ishington County, and joined the Methodist Church. And, believing himself called to the mini.stry.

he joined the Southern Illinois Conference in 1856. He was married March 30, 1854, to Miss Christiana A. Vernor, of Nashville, Illinois. Three of their five children grew to maturity. They are: Mrs. M. M. Waller, St. Louis, John C. Leeper, of East St. Louis, and Mrs. Florence Hoopes, of Sumner. Dr. Leeper served the following charges as pastor: Robinson, Palestine, Mt. Carmel Circuit, Carmi, Sparta, Ashley, Richview, Mt. Vernon, Effingham, Salem Circuit. Irvington, Litchfield, Sumner, Jerseyville, Duquoin, Collinsville, Trenton, Cisne, Lawrenceville, Okawville, Freeburg, iind Hagarstown. He served a term as presiding elder on each of the following named districts: Mt. Vernon, Olney, and Vandalia. He died at Nashville, Illinois, July 7, 1906.