St. Clair County, Illinois - Chapter 17, 1928 (part 1 of 2)

Chapter 17

giant. He was almost as tall as Lincoln, but heavier built. He was born in Ledyard, Connecticut, January 25, 1817, and died at Carbondale, Illinois.. January 7, 1894. He received his college education at the Wesleyan University. It was located in his native state. He graduated in 1841 and for a year taught mathematics at the Wilbraham Academy. In 1842 he joined the New England Conference and served four years in the pastorate. After that he devoted his life mainly to educational work. In 1846, he became principal of Wilbraham Academy and after two years took a similar position in the Providence Conference Academy. In 1852, and again in 1854, he was elected to the Rhode Island Legislature. In 1854, he was appointed Commissioner of Public Education for the state of Rhode Island, and in that year was an official visitor to the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 1857, he accepted a position as professor of Ancient Languages in the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, and after two years he became president of the Wesleyan Female College at Cincinnati. In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, he was elected president of McKendree. After guiding the destinies of McKendree for eleven years, which was the longest term of any president up to that time, he became the first principal of the Southern Illinois State Normal School at Carbondale, where he finished his educational and his earthly career. Many hundreds of graduates received diplomas bearing his signature, and not a few of them attained distinction in their respective fields. Bishop Mallalieu, Dr. Charles H Payne, and Dr. William F. Warren were at one time his pupils. He was a stalwart in defense of the right and condemnation of the wrong, by pen and voice and personal example. He excelled in talent for organization and executive ability. The movement to celebrate the Centennial of Methodism in this state received much of its inspiration from him, and he was chief among the organizers of the Southern Illinois Teachers' Association. He was secretary of the Southern Illinois Conference for six years and represented that body in the General Conference in 1872. He was twice married. First to Emeline E. Denison, who died in 1844 leaving two children. Later he was married to

Rev. Robert Allyn

Mary B. Budington, who died at Carbondale in 187Q, leaving four children. His oldest daughter. Emma, married William H. Hypes, a son of Benjamin Hypes, who has been often mentioned in this narrative. This daughter, Mrs. Hypes, was for many years a leader in the work of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of this conference and was conference president of that body. The only other new member of the faculty when Dr. Allyn came to the presidency was William Fletcher Swahlen, who taught Greek and German and whose biography will appear in a later chapter. It was during his administration that the Educational Convention of 1868 was held to commemorate McKendree's fortieth anniversary and to inspire interest in her future. Substantial progress was made in building up the endowment fund but in that period it did not reach a point where it was at all sufficient for the growing needs of the institution. Also a college paper, "The McKendree Repository" was established in 1867 and continued into the next president's administration. It is regarded as one of the most successful journalistic efforts ever made at McKendree. Another event was the admission of women in 1869, and as a result of that, the organization of the Clionian Literary Society. The salaries of the faculty were raised to a figure more than double what they had been in the early days, and higher than they were many years later when by reason of its periods of depression, the college sometimes paid its teachers less than a Hving wage.

When Dr. Allyn resigned the presidency of McKendree to become principal of the Southern Normal in 1874, the Joint Board at its session for that year adopted the following complimentary resolution :

Whereas the election of the Rev. Robert Allyn to the Principalship of the Southern Illinois Normal University at Carbondale, and his acceptance thereof, has made it necessary for him to vacate the office of President of McKendree College which he has held for eleven successive years. It was assumed in that time of our national and local history when there was least encouragement for such institutions; for the exigencies of the Civil War, the extraordinary depreciation of money, and the enlistment of so many young men from the patronizing territory were sources of no little discour- agement. But the work of Dr. AUyn wjs undertaken and continued up to the present with evidences of constant prosperity. The members of the Joint Board, in view of these facts, and of his final separation from them, hereby resolve, That in our judgment the affairs of the college were never in more satisfactory condition than now. Throughout the incumbency of Dr. AUyn there has been no decline of the grade of scholarship in the college and no diminution of interest on the part of its students and patrons. There has been a steady increase of the influence of the college abroad, and the results of the teaching in its halls we have witnessed in the excellent character of the scholarship of the classes annually graduated. We cordially commend the spirit of piety, of harmony, and of patriotism, which has been manifest among the students, and we are rejoiced to know that many scores of them owe not only their mental, but also their spiritual trainihg to the president and his excellent colleagues. We take pleasure in commending the retiring president to the confidence and esteem of the institution and community to which he may shortly remove, and devoutly pray that God may continue his life long m the midst of his abundant labor."

The Class Of 1864 Abijah Smith Meguire

Abijah Smith Meguire was born at Goshen, Cape May County, New Jersey, January 26, 1838. He became a student in McKendree in the fall of 1861 and graduated in 1864, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. The same year of his graduation, he was appointed clerk of the War Department in Washington. He studied law in the ofiice of Walker and Stanton. In 1865, he went to New York City and continued his studies in the law office of Blatchford, Seward, and Griswold, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He then formed a law partnership in Washington, D. C. with William L. De Zeng. In 1871, he moved to Chicago, where he continued the practice of law. He was married March 20, 1872, to Miss Julia M. Hypes, of Lebanon, a daughter of Benjamin Hypes, the long time friend of the college. Their children are Grace A., Cornelia B., Helen R., and Frank H. The eldest died while still a young woman. Mr. Meguire practiced law for over forty years in Chicago before he retired from active work. He was a Methodist, a Mason, and a Republican. His death occurred in 1921.

William Bateman Westcott

James Washington Purviance was born at Carlinville, Illinois, February 25, 1842. He first became a student in Mc Kendree in J.muary, 1862, and graduated in June, 1864, re ceivmg the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. In addition to his regular college work he carried a law course under the direction of Ex-Governor French, which he completed about the time he graduated, and in October, 1864, he began the practice of law in Memphis, Tennessee. In July, 1865, he moved to Purdy, Tennessee and continued his law practice in that place until the next year when he was appointed prosecuting attorney and held the office till 1869, when he was appointed U. S. district attorney for the district of Western Tennessee, and held the position tor tour years. During this period his residence was at Memphis. In January, 1873, he was married to Miss R. C. Pharr, of Purdy, Tenn. and soon after located at Helena, Arkansas, where he engaged in the practice of law m partnership with J. M. Hewitt. Later he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee where he was located in 191 1. WILLIAM BATEMAN WESTCOTT

Nathaniel Parker Robinson

William Bateman Westcott was born January 19, 1842, near Mt. Vernon, Illinois. He entered McKendree in 1861, and graduated m 1864, receiving the degree of B S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. As soon as possible after commencement he enlisted in the 1 36th Illinois Infantry and served till the close of the war. He was married October 6, 1864, to Frances A. Hoyt, of Lebanon, Illinois. After the war he engaged in mercantile business at Ashley, Illinois for several years, and then became a commission merchant in St. Louis, where he remained for more than thirty years. In 1904, failing health induced him to go south where he could spend his declining years in a milder climate. He lived six years at Ada, Oklahoma, and some time at Dallas, Texas, where his death occurred December 11, 1914. His wife makes her home with her sister, Mrs. A. N. Simmons, at Cerro Gordo, Illinois. Two of their four children are dc ceased. He was a Methodist and a Knight Templar. NATHANIEL PARKER ROBINSON

Nathaniel Parker Robinson graduated from the Law Department with the class of 1864. He received the degree ot LL. B., but we have no recent information concerning him. He was a member of Plato.

Calvin Augustus Spencer

Calvin Augustus Spencer was born at Du Bois. Illinois, December 9, 1838. His parents were Daniel and Larina Spencer. He with Mr. Robinson, just mentioned above, consti' tuted the Law Class of 1864 in McKendree. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. He was married to Elvira Lee Jones May 5, 1881, and had one daughter. He was in business in St. Louis for many years and then moved to Wichita, where he engaged in the real estate business ^

Dr. Gallaudet Oliver Bailev

THE CLASS OF 18(15 DR. GALLAUDET OLIVER BAILEV Gallaudet Ohver Bailey was born near Lebanon, Illinois, December 25, 1843. He entered McKendree in 1861 and graduated in 1865, receiving the degree of B. S. The following year he was in the Poughkeepsie Business College, and then he entered the Rush Medical College in Chicago, from which he graduated in 1869. While in McKendree he was a member of the Platonian Society. He began the practice of his profession in Beatrice, Nebraska in 1869, remained there five years, moved to Arlington, Illinois, where he continued his practice until 1906, and then moved to Burbank, California, where he finished his career. He was married February 25, 1869 to Helen G. Arnold of Mason, Illinois. They had four sons and six daughters, tho not all of them are living. Three of the sons are druggists and the other a surgeon. Dr. Bailey had a long and useful career. He was not only useful professionally but also morally and religiously in the community where he lived. He was a firm believer in Scriptural Christianity and showed plainly the influence of the Christian training he had received in his father's home. His death occurred December 15, 1916 at Los Angeles.

Rev. John E. Earp

REV. JOHN E. EARP John E. Earp was born at Marion, Illinois, April 12, 1846, and died at Atlanta, Indiana, May 10, 1897. He was a son of Rev. Joseph Earp who was long a prominent member of the Southern Illinois Conference and a member of the Board of Trustees of McKendree. He graduated from McKendree at the age of nineteen, receiving the degree of A. B., and later A. M. While in McKendree he was a member of the Platonian Society. In 1879, he received the degree of Ph. D. from Lawrence College, and in 1882, Dickinson gave him the degree of D. D. He served for a time as professor in Central Wesleyan College and then spent two years studying Philology at the Universities of Tubingen and Berlin. He then became Professor of Hebrew and Modern Languages in Indiana Asbury University. Later he made a second trip to Europe for further studies in French and German. He was admitted to the North Indiana Conference in 1876, and ten years later he became President of Southwestern College, at Winfield, Kansas. He remained in this position until 1890, when he entered the pastorate in the Southwest Kansas

Rev. Edwin Alonzo Hoyt

Conference. In 1S96 he was transferred back to the North Indiana Conference and stationed at Atlanta, where his career of service and his life were both completed at the same time. In the reorganization of Asbury University, when it became DePauw, he rendered special service in the enterprise which won for him the high esteem of Mr. DePauw and other members of the Board of Trustees on account of his business insight and excellent management of all affairs entrusted to him. The faculty of DePauw passed complimentary resolutions concerning him which contained the following expressions; "He was a close student of books, of men, of events, and was always abreast of the times.** ** He was a tireless worker and a man of unbounded energy and application.** ** Life to him was too sacred a thing to be trifled with, and time too precious a gift to be wasted. ** ** He was a warm and true friend, nor did he spare himself labor or sacrifice in aiding those in need." REV. EDWIN ALONZO HOYT Edwin Alomo Hoyt was born at Hill, New Hampshire, March 8, 1845. When he was only eighteen months old his father, John W. Hoyt, and his mother's brother, Augustus C. French, moved with their families to Palestine, Illinois. Here he grew up and received his early education. After Mr. French retired from his second term as Governor of Illinois, he came to Lebanon to educate his children. Young Hoyt came to live with his uncle and attend McKendree. A little later his father moved to Lebanon in order that his children might all have educational advantages. Accordingly, the Hoyts became good patrons of McKendree. Augustus, Edwin, Charles, John, and Etta were all students at different times. The older sister, Frances, was married before girls were admitted to McKendree. Edwin paid his college expenses very largely by periods of teaching while securing his college course. He graduated in 1865, and shared the honors of the class with John E. Earp. In 1867, he joined the Southern Illinois Conference, and the same year was married to Miss Mildred Lee, a daughter of Judge Harvey Lee, of Sacramento, California. For twenty years he was engaged in the regular work of the pastorate, serving several important charges. He had various inducements to take up other lines of work. Dr. Fry urged him to become assistant editor of the Central Christian Advocate, and he was once elected president of a college, but he felt that he was called to the work of preaching the gospel, and could not be induced to leave it. The Missouri Wesleyan honored him with the degree of D. D. He was for several years president of the Board of Southwestern College. In 1887, he heeded the call of the great expanding west, and transferred to the Southwest Kansas Conference, and the remainder of his ministerial service was rendered in the state of Kansas. He held several important charges there and was superintendent of the Wichita District 1Q04 to igio. He represented his conference in the General Conference at Baltimore in iqo8. He also served as treasurer of his conference and chairman of the Board of Examiners. After leaving the district, the condition of his health was such that he took the retired relation which he held till his death November 2, 1916. His widow and his two daughters, Mrs. A E, Almond and Miss Laura, reside in Wichita.

Dr. Thomas N, Livesay

Thomas Newton Livesay was born in Washington County, Illinois, February 11, i8j6. He entered McKendree in September, 1861, and graduated in June, 1865, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. After teaching school for a time, he took 3 medical course in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating in 1868. The same year he located at Patoka, Illinois for the practice of medicine, where he has had a long and useful career, ending with his death Jan. 10, 1904. He was married September 16, 1866, to Mrs. E. O. Bilgen, daughter of Abram Phillips. Their two daughters are Sarah N., born in 1868, and Estaola B., born m 1871.

Valentine Clay Rucker

Valentine Clay Rucker, the only son of Rev. Alvm Rucker, was born in St. Francois County, Missouri, December 7, 1847 He graduated from McKendree in the class of 186'), receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Society. In 1866, he became professor of Mathematics in the Illinois Agricultural College at Irvington. At the same time he was studying law, and was admitted to the bar November 11, 1867. In June, 1868, he received the degree of LL. B. from McKendree. He was First lieutenant of Company C of the St. Francois County Regiment of the Missouri Home Guards. He received this commission October 19, 1867. February i, 1868, he became editor of the Farmington Herald. He was a young man of great promise, but death claimed him almost in the beginning of his career. He died in the Christian faith November 5, 1868, at Farmington, Missouri.

The Class Of 1866 William Wallace Eliff

William Wallace Eliff was born April 29, 1840. His home was at St. Jacob, Illinois when he entered McKendree in 1859. He graduated in 1866, receiving the degree of B. S., and also, LL. B. at the same time. He was a member of the

Platonian Literary Society. He was married March 6, 1S70. He subsequently practiced law and taught school in Barton County, Missouri. He died of heart disease Januiry 8, 1880, at Lebanon, Illinois.

Edward Livingstone French

EDWARD LIVINGSTONE FRENCH Edward Livingstone French, one of the sons of Governor French, was horn m Palestine, Illinois, July 24, 1846. He hecime a student in the Preparatory Department of McKendree m i8';7 when only a boy of eleven. His course was broken by several absences, one being a year m the army, so that he did not finish till 1866, when he received the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. After his graduation he studied law one year at Springfield, Illinois, and two years in the University of Michigan, where he received the degree of LL. B. in 1869. He then practiced law one year in Lebanon and one year in Obey, Illinois; and then became professor of Latin and Natural Science in Wells College at Aurora, New York. He was married September 7, 1870, to Miss Mary E. Wells of St. Louis. Their children were William Wells, who died m infancy, Herbert, Harry, Nora, and Helen. Mrs. French died in 1904. Late in the eighties Mr. French moved to California on account of his health, and there taught school for many years, at Verdugo, Glendale, Canada, and other places. He spent his declining years very quietly in the Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle, which privilege he earned by his service in the Civil War. He died only a few years ago.

Judge Oliver Albert Harker

JUDGE OLIVER ALBERT HARKER Oliver Albert Harker was born at Fountain City, Indiana, December 14, 1846. He became a student in Wheaton College m i860 and studied there for two years. He then entered the army as a private m the Sixty-seventh Illinois Infantry. After returning from the war, he entered McKendree and continued there until he finished the classical course, graduating in 1866 with the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Platonian Society. In 1908, after he had become prominentinhis professional field, McKendree bestowed upon him the degree of LL.B. After leaving McKendree he took a law course in the University of Indiana and was admitted to the bar. He then taught school for a few years, after which he began practicing law in Vienna, Illinois, in 1870. In 1878, he became circuit judge, which office he held until 1891. From that time to 1903 he was judge in the Appellate Court of Illinois. In 1903, he was elected dean of the College of Law of the University of Illinois, which position he held until 1916, when he retired from active service. But his energetic spirit could not be idle; so he busied himself editing a four volume edition of the Illinois Statutes, which was published in 19 19. He is the author of several monographs on legal subjects. Since retiring from the deanship he has still been a professor of Law in the school and is legal adviser to the university.

Rev. John Weeden

He was married to Miss Siddie B. Bain of Vienna, March 3, 1870. Their children are George M., Oliver A., and Mrs. Winifred Hewitt of Vienna. Judge Harker is a Methodist, an Odd-fellow, a member of the Order of Elks, and in politics is a Republican. He lives in Champaign, Illinois. REV. JOHN WEEDEN

John Weeden was born near Pulaski, Illinois, June 30, 1834. Even in his youth he was of a markedly religious disposition. He entered McKendree before the war, but in 1861 enlisted in the Union Army and served his country faithfully till the close of the war, when he resumed his studies, and graduated in 1866, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. After his graduation he joined the Southern Illinois Conference where he labored faithfully through a long career. The last few years of his service were spent as a home missionary in the west. He died at Bartley, Nebraska, July 28, 1904.

Benjamin Murray Hypes was born in Lebanon, Illinois, July 31, 1846. His great-grandfather, Nicholas Hypes, emigrated from Germany to America in colonial days, married Patience Reynolds of Puritan ancestry and settled in Virginia. Their son, Henry H. Hypes, moved to Ohio, and his son, Benjamin, came to Lebanon in his youthful days, and was a student in "Lebanon Seminary" in the first year of its existence 1828. He afterward married Caroline Murray of Baltimore and their younger son is the subject of this sketch. The parents were among the sturdy pioneers of Illinois. The father was for sixty years a trustee of McKendree, and died at Lebanon at the age of 91. The mother attained the age of 95. The mortal remains of both now rest in College Hill Cemetery. Benjamin M. graduated from McKendree in 1866, receiving the degree of A. B., and later, that of A. M. He wasamemberofthePlatonian Literary Society. He taught a year in Arcadia (Mo.) Seminary and spent a year as principal of the public schools in Bethalto, 111. He then spent a year in Rush Medical College in Chicago. Then, after a year as professor of Mathematics in Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Mo., he entered the St. Louis Medical College, from which he graduated in 1872. After spending two years as assistant physician in the St. Louis City Hospital, he began his private practice in that city in 1874. He was one of the founders of the Marion-Sims Medical College in St. Louis, was vice-dean until the institution was made a part of the St. Louis University; and was a member of the faculty until his death. He was recognised as one of the leading physicians of St. Louis and was a well-known writer for medical journals. The doctor was never married, but maintained a comfortable home of his own at 1615 Grand Avenue. He was for many years a trustee of McKendree. He greatly endeared himself to the students by the interest he took in the physical side of student life as evidenced by the donation of the "Hypes Athletic Field". His death occurred in 1924. After the funeral in St. Louis, the body was brought to Lebanon and placed in the Hypes family lot in College Hill Cemetery.

Prof. Wm. F. Swahlen

PROF. WM. F. SWAHLEN William Fletcher Swahlen was born at Wheeling, West Va., April 19, 1839. His parents were Rev. John Swahlen, a native of Canton Berne, Switzerland; and Ann Gibbons Swahlen, a native of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1863, with the degree of A. B. In 1866, he received the honorary degree of A. M. from McKendree, and in 1877, that of Ph. D. from the Iowa Wesleyan University. While a professor at McKendree, he was an honorary member of both Philo and Plato. He was professor of Greek and German in McKendree from 1863 to 1883; president of McKendree from 1883 to 1886; acting president of Kansas Wesleyan University from i886 to 1887; professor of Greek in DePauw University from 1887 to the present time. In 1913, he completed his fiftieth year in edu- cational work. He was also an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a member of the American Philological Association; one of the Gentleman's Literary Club of Greencastle; and of the Masonic Order. He had been secretary of the Faculty and of the Executive Committee at DePauw from 1888 until his death m iqi"). For many years he was the leader of the Students' class meetings. He was contributor to the church papers and other publications on Philological and other subjects. He was married June 26, 1873, to Miss Carrie V. Hypes, of Lebanon, Illinois. Of their six children, three are now living: Ella Blanch, now Mrs. Joseph P. Allen, of Greencastle, Percy Hypes, physician and surgeon m St. Louis, and William Benjamin, also m St. Louis.

The Class Of 1867 Hon. William Flavius Leicester Hadley

William Flavius Leicester Hadley was born June 15, 1S47, near Collinsville, Illinois. His parents, William and Diadema Hadley, came to Illinois from Kentucky. His father was a local preacher in the Methodist Church. He graduated from McKendree in 1867, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. After leaving McKendree, he entered the Law Department of Michigan University, from which he graduated m 1871. He then began the practice of law m Edwardsville. In 1874, he formed a partnership with W. H. Krome, which continued till 1890, when Mr. Krome was elected county judge. In 1886, he was elected State Senator and was offered the nomination for a second term, but was compelled to decline on account of sickness in his family. In 1895, he was elected to Congress as representative of the Eighteenth District. He was nominated for a second term, but being obliged to go to California for his health, he failed of election. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Chicago, which nominated Benjamin Harrison for President. During the last years of his life he was president of the Bank of Edwardsville. He was married June 15, 1875, to Miss Mary J. West. Their six children are Winifred, Julia, Flavia, Lester, West, and Douglass. His death occurred in California, April 25, 1901.

Judge James M. North

James Medley North was born in Williamson County, Illinois, March 29th, 1845. He became a student in McKendree in September, 1864, and graduated in the class of 1867, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. For a year after his graduation he taught mathematics in the Seminary at Shelbyville, Illinois. He then travelled a year in the Rocky Mountains. He studied law for a while and taught at the same time m the Southern Illinois College at Carbondale. In 1869 aiid 1870 he was a law student in Chicago University, where he graduated in July, 1870, with the degree of LL. B. The next year he taught m the Carbondale, 111. high school, and the following year, located at Atchison, Kansas, and began the practice of law. While here he was the superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School. In 187;,, he moved to Jacksonville, Illinois and formed a law partnership with W. F. Goheen. A few years later he changed his location to Boulder, Colorado, where m 1877 he was County Judge of Boulder County. After some years of successful work in the field of legal endeavor in Colorado, he obtained a government position which took him to Washington, D. C, where he spent the remainder of his busy life. He died in Washington June 6, 1906, and his remains were taken to Boulder, Colo, for interment. He was twice married, but was a widower at the time of his death. He left two sons- Paul M. and James F., who are both lawyers and reside at Rocky Ford, Colorado. LIEUT. BENJAMIN F. OLDEN

Dr. George Washington Goodner

Benjamin Franklin Olden was born m Alton, Illinois, January I, 1843. He first became a student in McKendree in i860. After one year in school, he taught school for a term near Edwardsville. In August, 1862, he helped to organize a company of soldiers which became Company D in the 1 17th Regiment of Illinois 'Volunteers. Mr. Olden was second lieutenant of the company, and before the war was over, became first lieutenant. After the war was over, he returned to college and graduated in the class of 1867, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law at Edwardsville in 1868. In September, 1870, he moved to West Plains, Missouri, where he practiced law for many years. Some years ago (191 5) he moved to Boise City, Idaho, where he is now engaged in the banking business. DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON GOODNER

George Byron Charles

George Washington Goodner graduated in the class of 1867, receiving the degree of B. S. He afterward took a law course m the University of Michigan and a medical course in Chicago. He went abroad at the time of the Franco- Prussian War and was for a time assistant surgeon in the Prussian Army. Later he practiced medicine in Chicago. We have no information as to the date of his death. GEORGE BYRON CHARLES

George Byron Charles graduated in the class of 1867, receiving the degree of B. S. We have been able to secure no further information concerning him.

June Iith Hon, James M. Trl'Itt

HON, JAMES M. TRL'ITT James Madison Truitt was born in Trimble County, Kentucky, February a8, r842. His parents, Samuel and Cynthia Truitt were both natives of that state, but the femily came to Illinois m 1 81 1. In i86s, he enlisted as a recruit in the 117th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers and was mustered out as second lieutenant. After the war, he resumed his studies in McKendree and graduated from the Law Department in 1867, with the degree of LL. B. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. After being admitted to the bar, he formed a law partnership with J. J. Phillips, afterward one of the Supreme Judges of Illinois. He was elected to the Legislature of Illinois in 1872; in 1876 he was a presidential elector; m 1884, a delegate to the Republican National Convention; and in 1888, presidential elector-at-large from Illinois. He was appointed supervisor of the Census of 1900 for the Eighteenth District of Illinois. He died at his home in Hillsboro, Illinois, July 2=^, 1900.

The Class Of 1S68 Rev. Joshua Soule Akers

THE CLASS OF 1S68 REV. JOSHUA SOULE AKERS Joshua Soule Akers, son of the famous pioneer preacher, Peter Akers, was born near Jacksonville, Illinois, March 8, i8j7. His father was three times president of McKendree, and he himself was educated there, graduating m 1868, when he received the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. Many years after, in recognition of his excellent service in the Christian ministry, his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, in 1894. He was licensed to preach in 1861; did missionary work in Wisconsin, was a pastor of several important charges in the Illinois Conference; was presiding elder six years of the Aberdeen District in South Dakota. In iqoo he came back to Illinois and served as financial agent for the Illinois Women's College. About 1910, his wife died very suddenly, and after that his health declined rapidly, and his closing years were spent as an invalid in charge of his son. Rev. Edwin W. Akers. He died July 3,1, 191J. He, his father, and his son, together have rendered over one hundred years of service m the Christian ministry - an unusual record.

Lewis C. Bornman

LEWIS C. BORNMAN Lewis Cass Bornman was born near Belleville on the farm where he now resides, July 22, 1836. He is a son of Conrad Bornman and is of German descent. He entered McKendree shortly before the Civil War, but abandoned his studies to become a soldier in the Ninth Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, where he served his country for three years and four months. After the war, he came back to McKendree and finished his course, graduating m the class of 1868, with the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He spent his life in a very quiet way on the old homestead, as a bachelor, but enjoying the respect and confidence of his neighbors. However, late in life, he changed his point of view and was married in October, 1914, to a lady from Freeburg.

William Pomeroy Eaton

WILLIAM POMEROY EATON William Pomeroy Eaton was born at EdwardsviUe, Illinois, March 27, 1840. His English and Welsh ancestors came to America in i6jo. He was a son of Judge Henry K. Eaton, of Madison County. His mother's name was Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, and her ancestors were also English. Mr. Eaton entered McKendree in i8'i;7, but did not graduate till 1868, when he received the degree of A. B. He was m his senior year when the Civil War broke out, and he entered the army as a member of the 117th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, of which Prof. R. M. Moore became the colonel. He served three years and was sergeant of Company H. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. He was married October 4, 18S2, to Miss Eliza A. Blackburn. To them were born six children, of whom five are living: Henry B., an attorney at EdwardsviUe, Prof. William J., Joseph King, now living on the old homestead, Samuel West and Thomas M. After his graduation, Mr. Eaton was engaged in teaching for a time, and was elected county superintendent of schools of Madison County. After ceasing to hold this office, he returned to the farm which he managed until his death, which occurred in 1909. He had held the offices of supervisor, school trustee. Republican central committeeman, and president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and the Windstorm Insur ance Company. He was also for years president of the Madison County Old Settler's Association. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and belonged to Lodge No. qg, A. F &? A. M.

Thomas W. Eckert

THOMAS W. ECKERT Thomas W. Eckert was born in Monroe County, Illinois, November 6, 1840. He was a son of John and Arab (Williams) Eckert, the former being a native of Pennsylvania and the latter, of Kentucky. He entered McKendree at the age of sixteen, but after three years, left without graduating. He afterward received the honorary degree of A. M., in 1868. He studied dentistry and practiced in St. Louis three years, then in Lebanon until, in 1873, he purchased the Lebanon Journal, of which he was editor until 1878. He then established the Belleville Republican in that city, which he con- ducted successfully until 1884 when he removed to Arkansas City, Kansas, where he engaged in editorial work till a short time before his death. On account of ill he;ilth, he went to Los Angeles, California where he died June 2, 1909. He was married May 30, i860, to Miss Viola Calhoun, who with one son and two daughters, survives him. Mr. Eckert was postmaster of Lebanon during the years 1874-1876, and was a life long Republican.

Capt. Robert Alexander Halbert

CAPT. ROBERT ALEXANDER HALBERT Robert Alexander Halbert was born in St. Clair County, Ilhnois, February 9, 1841. He was a son of John Halbert, a native of Virginia, and Clarissa Carr. He entered McKendree in 1857, but in his senior year transferred to Illinois College, at Jacksonville, graduated there in June, 1861, having attended that institution the last six months of his course. In 1868, McKendree conferred upon him the degree of A. M. While in McKendree, he was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. After teaching school for a year, he enlisted in the United States Army and became captain of Company H of the 117th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, and after three years of active service, was mustered out August 5, 1865. He then studied law in the office of Hon. W. H. Underwood and was admitted to the practice of law at the fall term of the Supreme Court held at Ottawa, Illinois, in 1866. In 1868, he was elected state's attorney for the Judicial District composed of St. Clair, Bond, and Madison Counties, for a term of four years. He was married April 14, 1869, to Miss Emma L. Underwood, a daughter of Judge Underwood, who was a graduate of Monticello Seminary. Of their four children, three grew to maturity. They are: Mrs. Clara Halbert Needles, of Belleville, William Underwood Halbert, who has been practicing law in Belleville since 1897, and Miss Mary L. Halbert, who is Assistant Librarian in the Belleville Public Library. Mr. Halbert died at Belleville, December 27, 1888.

Thomas Jefferson Judy

THOMAS JEFFERSON JUDY Thomas Jefferson Judy was born at Troy, Madison County, Illinois, May 15, 1846. His parents were Thomas and Damaris Judy. He became a student in McKendree College in 1864 and graduated in 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He was married March 17, 1870, to Nancy M. McKee. They were the parents of six children: Robert, Nancy, Charles, Thomas, Edna, and Frances. They are all living except Charles and Thomas. In politics he was always a Democrat. He attended the Methodist Church. He engaged in mercantile business in Edwardsville for three years, and then moved to a farm, where he lived for the remainder of his life, engaged in farming and stock-raising. He tilled the position of school director and member of the County Board of Supervisors of Madison County. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 99 at Edwardsville until his death, which occurred February 11, 1897, and his funeral was held under the auspices of the Masonic Order in connection with services at the Methodist Church. His remains rest in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Edwardsville.

Harrison W. Happy

Harrison W. Happy was born in Perry County, Illinois, August 29, 1842. His parents, Burgin and Mary Happy, were both born in Kentucky. He entered McKendree in the fall of 1866 and graduated in the class of 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He has been married, but in 191 5 was a widower with no children. The profession of law has been his life work, tho at this writing he holds a position with the Federal Government at Washington, D. C. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Garrett Crownover Land

Garrett Crownover Land was born in Mascoutah, Illinois, in August, 1846. He received his early education in the schools of his native city, after which he became a student in McKendree College, where he remained till he graduated in the class of 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. In the fall of 1868 he entered the Law Department of Michigan University at Ann Arbor. He pursued the course here for some time, but later transferred to Harvard Law School where he received the degree of LL. B. in 1872. He then returned to Warrensburg, Missouri, which had been his home for some years, and entered upon the practice of law in that place. He was a man of brilliant parts and what promised to be a brilliant legal career was cut short by an early death on November 4, 1882. He was never married.

George Washington Parkinson

GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKINSON George Washington Parkinson was born near Highland, Illinois, January i, 1844. He was the eldest son of Alfred J. and Mary (Baldwin) Parkinson. He became a student in McKendree in 1863 and graduated with the degree of B. S. in the class of 1868. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He taught school for several years after leaving college. His marriage to Miss Mary McKee of Summerfield took place in 1875. Of their six children, three survived the father. They are George M., of Highland, Illinois, Ralph W., of Magnolia, Arkansas, and Alfred W., of Siloam

Springs, Arkansas. After his marriage, Mr. Parkinson engaged in farming near Highland until about 1903, when he moved to Arkansas in the hope that the milder climate would improve his health. He held numerous positions of honor and trust, especially in relation to educational affairs. One who knew him well declared that "he was of the manly type of man and had many characteristics which commended him." He died several years ago.

Prof. Daniel Baldwin Parkinson

PROF. DANIEL BALDWIN PARKINSON Daniel Baldwin Parkinson was horn near Highland, Madison County, Illinois, September 6, 1841. He was the second son of Alfred J. and Mary Parkinson. He entered Mc- Kendree in January, 1864 and completed his course in 1 868 in the same class with his older brother, and receiv ed the degree of B. S. He also received from McKendree the degrees of A. M. m 1874, and Ph. D. ini897. He was a member of the Platonian Society. He was married December 28, 1876, to Miss Julia F. Mason. Some years after her death, he was married, July 30, 1884, to Miss Alice Raymond. Their two children are Raymond and Mary Alice. Except the first two years after his graduation, he spent his entire active life in educational work. From 1870 to 1873 he taught Natural Science and Mathematics in Jennings Seminary at Aurora, Illinois. From 1874 to 1897 he was professor of Physics and Chemistry at the Southern Illinois State Normal University at Carbondale. From that time till his retirement in 191 3, he was president of that institution. He was a member of the State and National Educational Associations, as well as other educational organizations. He was a member of the Methodist Church from 1865 to the time of his death in 1922, and always an active worker in that body. DR. ELAM STAFFORD RAMSEY Elam Stafford Ramsey had his early home in Clinton County, Illinois. He became a student in McKendree in 1865 and graduated in the class of 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He later studied medicine and practiced his profession in Carlyle, Illinois from 1874 to 1888, when he moved to Kansas City, Kansas, where he continued in the same pro- fession till his death, which occurred m 1900. He was married to Miss Ida Breese, daughter of Justice Breese, of the Illinois Supreme Court. They had three children. Mr. Ramsey was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was active in religious work.

Hon. George Washington Smith

George Washington Smith was born in Putnam County, Ohio, August 18, 1846. When he was but four years of age, his parents moved to Wayne County, Illinois, where he grew to manhood and learned the blacksmith's trade. Later, having determined on a professional career, he entered McKendree College, and graduated in the class of 1868, receiving the B. S. degree. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. Later he took a law course in the University of Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In 1871 he began the practice of law in Murphysboro, which was his home for the remainder of his life. He was married in 1884 to Miss M. Ellis Dailey, of Murphysboro. In 1880 he was presidential elector on the Republican ticket, and cast his vote for Garfield and Arthur. He was first elected to Congress in 1889, and was re-elected after that for seven times in succession. In fact he held the position continuously until the time of his death. He died at his home in Murphysboro, November 30, 1907.

James J. Rowen

James Jacob Rowen was born at Winchester, Illinois, June 15, 1836. His parents were Ira and Polly (Kersey) Rowen, one a native of Maryland and the other of Delaware. He entered McKendree College in the fall of 1854, but after a time transferred his credits to the Ohio Wesleyan Uni' versity, and from that institution received the degree of A. B. in 1858 and that of A. M. in 1861. In 1868 the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by McKendree. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. In October, 1865, he w,is married to Ellen C. Trotter, the daughter of the Rev. W. D. R. Trotter, who was the first editor of the Central Christian Advocate. Miss Trotter was a grand-daughter of Rev. Peter Cartwright. Mr. and Mrs. Rowen have three children now living: Edith Rowen, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, Mrs. W. A. Forrest, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Rowena Rowen, of Black Diamond, Washington. Mr. Rowen is a member of the Methodist Church, a lawyer, has taught school, and has been somewhat interested in politics. He was elected to the Colorado Legislature in 1879, and to the Wyoming Legislature in 1903. In 191 5 he was at Sheridan, Wyoming and was practicing the profession of law.

Judge Thompson Beverly Stelle

JUDGE THOMPSON BEVERLY STELLE Thompson Beverly Stelle was born on a farm in Hamilton County, Illinois, January 23, 1845. When the war broke out, his father, Jacob Stelle, offered his services to his country, and Thompson, the eldest son. became the mainstay of the large family during that critical period. He had a great desire for education. As soon as he had secured sufficient preparation, he began teaching in the country schools. By working on the farm between terms and practicing rigid economy, he managed to make his way through McKendree College, where he graduated in 1868, receiving the degrees of B. S. and LL. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. The same year of his graduation he was admitted to the bar and located in McLeansboro for the practice of law, where he spent the remaining thirty-eight years of his life. In 1869 he was elected county judge and served four years. He has been identified with nearly every important enterprise of his city and county. He has served the public as a member of the Board of Education, as alderman and mayor of the city, and was presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1896. He was married February 11, 187J to Miss Laura E. Blades of McLeansboro, who with seven children survived him. The children are Mrs. Edith E. Wright, Mrs. Eleanor M. Graff, Cyrus B., Raleigh B., William H., Elsie J., and John H. Judge Stelle was a good financier and an able lawyer. He used his wealth in such a way as to benefit the community as well as to promote his own interests. Death overtook him while still in the midst of hfe's activities July ji, 1906.

Judge Warren Truitt

JUDGE WARREN TRUITT Warren Truitt was born m Green County, Illinois, July 4, 1847. He is a son of Samuel and Cynthia Truitt, who were both natives of Kentucky. He entered McKendree in 186^ and graduated in 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. In 1894, he received the degree of A. M. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He was married to Miss Kathryn Schade and they have one son living. He was principal of Bethal Academy, in Polk County, Oregon, from 1872 to 1874. He was then elected county judge of that county, which office he held for four years, but refused to be a candidate for re-election. He then began the practice of law at Dallas, Oregon. He was presidential elector for Oregon on the Republican ticket in 1876, and was chosen as messenger to bear the vote of that state to Washington, D. C. In 1890 he was made registrar of the U. S. Land Office at Lakeview, Oregon, and in 1892 was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison to the office of United States District Iudt;e for the District of Alaska. This office he held four years, and resigned in 1896. He was first admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1870, and has practiced m the states of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, in both state and federal courts. He is still engaged in law practice, maintaining offices in Moscow, Idaho, and Spokane, Washington. He was State Senator in Idaho from 1907 to 1909. He is a Mason and Knight Templar and, moreover, he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of Who's Who.

John Enoch Utt

John Enoch Utt was born June 18, 1849. Among his ancestors are found representatives of the following different nationalities: Scotch, Irish, Welsh, Holland Dutch, and German. He entered McKendree in 1864 and graduated in 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He was married in 1881 and has three children. He has been a railroad man for many years and has held responsible positions in the west, such as general freight agent for the Burlington, Cedar Rapids, and Northern. At present he is located at Omaha, Nebraska. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and in politics IS a Republican.

Otto Hugo Wangelin

Otto Hugo Wangelin was born at Lebanon, Illinois, March 2, 1850. His parents, Hugo and Bertha Wangelin, were natives of Prussia. He entered McKendree as a student in 1865 and graduated in 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Society. He was married July 17, 1878 to Miss Emma Holbrook of Du Bois, a graduate of Monticello Seminary. Of their five children, Lyman died in infancy. The others are Etta May, Mrs. Louise Elliott of Globe, Arizona, Hugo O. Wangelin, of Bishop, California, and Mrs. E. B. Tinker, of Miami, Arizona. Soon after his graduation, Mr. Wangelin was admitted to the bar and practiced law for a year in Edwardsville, Illinois. He then abandoned the legal profession for newspaper work. He went west and for many years was editor and proprietor of the Daily Herald, of Boulder, Colo. He was a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, and Elks. He continued in the newspaper work till the time of his death.

John Harrison Wilson

JOHN HARRISON WILSON John Harrison Wilson was born in McLeansboro, Illinois, February 8, 1845. He is a son of John A. and Eliza (Grady) Wilson, who were both born in Shawneetown, Illinois. His fither's family originally came from Virginia to Kentucky and thence to Illinois in an early day. He entered McKendree in September, 186"; and graduated as a member of a class of sixteen in i868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. During the vacation of 1867 he was a member of the United States Engineering Corps under General James H. Wilson, of the U. S. A., which surveyed a route tor a proposed ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Gulf. After his graduation he became assistant to the chief engineer m charge of the improvement of the Rock Island Rapids. Later he was commissioned inspector of this work. In 1869 he was transferred to the Des Moines Rapids Improvement and remained here until he took up the business of contracting for railroad supplies, which he has followed for thirty-five years, and is now also engaged in the real estate and loan business, with farming as a side line. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at McLeansboro September 22, 1878. He has taken little interest in politics, but has always been an advocate of good government. He served for twenty years in the City Council of McLeansboro, and two terms as mayor on the no-license ticket. He was married November 27, 187J, to Alice J. Randall, of Clinton County, Illinois. They have four children, all married: A. F. Wilson, now mayor of McLeansboro, F. R. Wilson, Mrs. A. W. B. Johnson, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Mrs. Lester Maxey, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

William Henry Harrison Tyner

William Henry Harrison Tyner was born in Williamson County, Illinois, December 28, 1841. He entered McKendree in September, 1864 and graduated in June, 1868, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of Philo Society. In September, 1868 he joined the Southern Illinois Conference and served the following charges in succession: Dongola Circuit, Mt. Carmel Circuit, the Newton Circuit, and the Pocahontas Circuit. In 1885 he transferred to the South Kansas Conference and McKendree lost sight of him. He was married June 16, 1868, to Miss Rebecca M. McDonald.

John Wright Tipton

John Wright Tipton graduated in the class of 1868, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of Philo. When last known, he lived at Elizabethtown, Tennessee.

William Henderson Bennett and Wilbur Fiske Goheen were both graduates in law in the year 1868 and received the degree of LL. B. The latter was a member of the Goheen family which was connected with McKendree history

Charles Wesley Bliss

Charles Wesley Bliss was born at Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois, January 8, 1846. His parents were Rev. Alfred Bliss, a native of Vermont and for many years a member of the Southern Illinois Conference of the M. E. Church, and Mrs. Direxia (Knowles) Bliss, a native of New Hampshire, who came to Montgomery County, Illinois in 1838. Mr. Bliss entered McKendree in the spring of 1864 and graduated in June, 1869, with the degree of A. B. Later he received the degree of A. M. from his alma mater. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He taught school and read law till 1871, when he moved to Hillsboro and opened a law office. He served two terms as city attorney of Hillsboro, and two terms as master in chancery of Montgomery County. He was president of the Board of Trustees of the Southern Normal at Carbondale from 1892 to 1896. He has been president of the Hillsboro Board of Education, he has long been a member of the Methodist Church, and is at present a trustee of the church at Hillsboro. He belongs to the Masonic Order and is a Knight Templar and member of the St. Omer Commandery of Litchfield. In 1892 he purchased the "Montgomery News," a weekly paper published at Hillsboro and has been editor and proprietor ever since. He was married October 15, 1872 to Miss Elizabeth Phillips. They have three children: Nai Celecta, now wife of Dr. H. A. Seymour, of Hillsboro, Clinton P. Bliss, junior editor of the "Montgomery News," and Marguerite, now the wife of Ben O. McLean, of Hillsboro, Illinois. During recent years he has been quite faithful in attending the McKendree "Home comings." He is an unusually interesting writer and speaker.

William Pitt Bradshaw

William Pitt Bradshaw was born near Fairfield, Illinois April 7, 1846. He was a son of Greenup and Margaret (Bose) Bradshaw, whose ancestors were Kentuckians. He entered McKendree in 1866 and became a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He completed his college course in 1869, receiving the degree of B. S. Before his college days began, he had experience in the Civil War. He went into the army at the age of sixteen and was employed for fourteen months as news carrier and scout. After his graduation, he studied law, was admitted to the bar of Illinois, and began practicing in 1872 in Edwardsville, Illinois, and in 1874, he became the partner of Judge Metcalf in law practice. In 1894 he was a lecturer in the McKendree Law School. He was married July i6, 1876, to Miss Sallie H. Harrison. They have two sons, Ernest W. and Courtlandt. Mr. Bradshaw died at Edwardsville, March i, 1904.

James M. Hamill

JAMES M. HAMILL About the beginning of the twentieth century a book of over four hundred pages was written on "The Scotch-Irish in History." Its purpose was to show that much of the worthwhile achievement in the world has been accomplished by men and women of that famous ancestry. In this class was James Miller Hamill, born near Garvagh, Londonderry County, Ireland, November 28, 1840. He was the youngest of the eight children of William Kennedy and Elizabeth(Crawford) Ham ill.When only seven yearsof age became with his father and some of his brothers and sisters to America. His mother had previously died in Ireland. They lived for a time at Port Kennedy, near Philadelphia, with relatives who had preceded them to America, and then came to Illinois and settled on a farm near Freeburg, in St. Clair County. James M. attended the public schools in Belleville and acquired sufficient preparation to teach a country school. He had an earnest desire for education and the equipment that would enable him to achieve something worth-while in life. Accordingly, he earned the money, by teaching, to pay his way thru college. He first entered McKendree in the fall of 1861 and joined the Philosophian Literary Society the same year. That was the year the Civil War broke out and patriotism flowed freely on College Hill. The following year the "Mc- Kendree Regiment," the one hundred and seventeenth Illinois, was organized with Professor Risdon M. Moore as colonel. On August i?,, 1862, Mr. Hamill enlisted in Company C of this regiment for three years, or the duration of the war. He fearlessly and faithfully endured the hardships and dangers of soldier life until the end of the war. His war experiences in:luded a part in the famous Red River expedition under General Banks, the battle of Nashville, under General A. J. Smith, the battle of Tupelo, Mississippi, and the attack on Fort Blakely, which was in fact the last battle of the war. He was mustered out in 1865 and immediately returned to McKendree to resume his interrupted college course, which he pursued continuously, except for one year of school teaching, until 1869, when he finished the course, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts and the first honors of his class. While in college he boarded for a time in the home of Professor Deneen, and there formed a friendship with his son, Charles S. Deneen, now United States Senator from Illinois. He was a member of the convention which nominated Mr. Deneen for Governor of Illinois, and in 1910 was appointed by Governor Deneen as a delegate to the National Conference on Uniform State Laws at Washington, D. C.

Mr. Hamill was a loyal and enthusiastic "Philo." In writing about his McKendree days he says, "While in college I was regular in my attendance at the meetings of the Philosophian Society, and do not remember ever asking to be excused from any performance, unless on account of sickness. I was just unsophisticated enough to think that every duty assigned by the society or any of its officers must be strictly performed even to the extent of the heroic duty of escorting the 'oldest girl in town' to a 'select performance' when I was appointed to perform that severe task. I was president of the organization more than once, and from president to janitor was the custom invariably followed. 1 filled the position of critic more frequently than any other office and liked it better. Next to the college, the society ,ind Its library possessed the greatest interest and charm for me, for there "knowledge with her ample page, rich with the spoils of time, to my enraptured mind did freely unroll'." After the commencement of 1869, Mr. Hamill immediately began studying law in the office of his brother, William, at McLeansboro, and was admitted to the bar October 26, 1870. It was during that year that he became junior partner in the law firm of Crebs, Conger, and Hamill, at Carmi, Illinois. While a member of this firm he assisted m securing the right of way for the St. Louis and Southeastern Railway Company, and thus became acquainted with General Edward F. Wmslow, one of the builders of the road. This acquaintance resulted m his being employed as attorney for the railroad company, and later when the property was acquired by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, he was appointed district attorney for that company, and occupied this position over a period of fifty years until his death. In addition to this position he also served as district attorney for the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis from about iqoo to iqio.

He was married November 8, 1877 to Miss Agnes Lillian Pace, a daughter of Charles T. Pace, of Mt. Vernon., Illinois. She also attended McKendree and graduated in the class of 1873. She was a member of the Clionian Literary Society at McKendree. She has nearly all her life been a Methodist and a prominent worker in the various lines of church activity. She has been president of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church of Belleville for many years.

Mr. and Mrs. Hamill had two sons. Edward W. was born in Belleville, December 26, 1878. He graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University near the head of his class in 1901, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The next year he took a degree at Harvard, and after two years of teaching at Harvard and Ohio Wesleyan, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated in Architectural Engineering in 1907. But after a brief experience in architectural work he found that teaching had a stronger appeal for him than any other vocation. He taught in the Yeatman High School in St. Louis, and was engaged to teach in the Ohio Wesleyan University for the school year of 1909-10, but what seemed an unusually promising career was cut off by his early death, which occurred June 29, 1909.

School, and then from the Ohio Wesleyan University m 190;^, from Harvard m 1904, and from the Harvard Law School in 191 1. Since that time he had been practicing law, in partnership with his father until the latter's death in 1919, and since that time, alone. He succeeded his father as District Attorney for Illinois for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. He has been for some years a member of the Board of Trustees of McKendree College, and is niw a member of the Executive Committee.

We quote from a letter written by Senator Charles S. Deneen, at that time president of the Board of Trustees of McKendree College, to Mrs. Hamill and her son, Charles P. Hamill, acknowledging their gift to the college to endow a chair of English Literature in memory of James M. Hamill. They (the Joint Board of Trustees and Visitors) are pleased, too, that a chair is to be endowed in memory of Mr. James M. Hamill, who represented in his student life, his patriotic service to his country and in his professional career, the highest type of manhood and service. . . .My memory of Mr. Hamill runs back to my earliest childhood and he was one of my best friends. I am glad to know that his name is to be associated forever with the college." Mr. Hamill was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, a Mason, and for many years prior to his death, a trustee of McKendree. His death occurred at his home in Belleville, October 4, 1919.

Cyrus Happy

CYRUS HAPPY Cyrus Happy was born January 28, 1845, in Perry County, Illinois. He is a son of Burgin and Mary (Williams) Happy, who were both born in Kentucky. He entered McKendree in 1866 and graduated in 1869, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. He was married September 11, 1879, to Miss Minna Prickett. They have four children, Mrs. Claudine Kaufman, of Marshfield, Oregon, Mrs. Eloise Richards, of Spokane, Washington, Cyrus, Jr., and John. The older of the sons studied law in the University of Chicago. Mr. Happy has made the law his vocation since 1871, when he was admitted to the bar in Illinois. He was a presidential elector in 1876. He has been a member of the Masonic Lodge since 1869. He has for a long time been the senior member of a prominent law firm in Spokane, Washington.

David Logan

entered McKendree in 1865 and graduated in i86g, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. After his graduation he engaged in educational work. He was a teacher for twenty-two years: then was manager of a lumber yard at Edinburg, Illinois for twelve years. He retired from business in 1902. He is a Methodist and a Mason, and has made good in every position he has held. He was married August 20, 1874, and has three children now living, all of whom are graduates of the University of Illinois. His oldest son, who was a railroad mail clerk, was killed at the Union Station, St. Louis, December 24, 1910. His other son is an engineer now employed at Panama. His eldest daughter is married to Prof. C. S. Montooth, an Illinois school superintendent. His younger daughter, Grace, has been employed as dietician at the Reading Hospital in Pennsylvania.

James H. Thomas

JAMES H. THOMAS James Harrison Thomas was born December 2, 1848 at Belleville, lUinois. He entered McKendree in 1865 and graduated in 1869, receiving the degree of B. S. He studied law for two years in the ofEce of Judge Underwood and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He practiced law for a time in East St. Louis and then changed to a business career. He was connected with a drug firm in Belleville for some years, but later went west. His death occurred at Denver, Colorado, December 20, 1915. He was married June 30, 1880, to Miss Hattie P. Sargent of the class of 1875, who survived him.

N. J. Shepherd

N. J. SHEPHERD Nehemiah John Shepherd was born at Lebanon, Illinois, October 7, 1850. His parents, T. H. and E. A. Shepherd, were both American. He entered McKendree as a student in September, 1864, and graduated in June, 1869, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He was married May 22, 1872, to Pamelia J. Ralls, near Red Bud, Illinois. They have five sons and three daughters, all living. His occupation during the years has been farming and doing the work of agricultural editor. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for seventeen consecutive years has been secretary of Ionia Lodge No. 381, A. F. is' A. M. He has also been secretary, ever since it was organized, of the Eldon Chapter, No. 128, of Royal Arch Masons. He has been secretary for thirteen years of Eldon Lodge No. 462, I. O. O. F. He is a member of the Prairie Encampment, No. 86, I. O. O. F., and has been secretary of that body ever since it was organized. He has been a Notary Public for many years. In politics he is

Samuel Young

Samuel Young was born February 10, 1847. He graduated from McKendree in the class of 1869, receiving the degree of B. S. He belonged to the Platonian Society. He was for many years engaged in the banking business in HiUsboro, Illinois. His death occurred January 5, 1881. FRANK A. McCONAUGHY

The Class Of 1870 Joseph G. Allyn

Frank Alexander McConaughy was born at Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1849. His pat' ents were Dr. John B. and Mrs. Elizabeth (Martin) Mc Conaughy, both of Scotch-Irish descent. He came with his parents to Illinois at the age of five and from that time on his home was at Belleville. He first became a student in McKendree in the early sixties while his father was a surgeon in the Union Army. He graduated in 1869, with the degree of A. B., and received the Master's degree a few years later. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He studied law with Judge William H. Underwood and was admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1871. Later he was admitted to practice in the Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. He practiced law in Belleville until he moved to New York City in 1908, and since then he has been connected with one of the leading law firms as consulting counsel. In 1877 ^^ was elected city attorney of Belleville. For one year he was judge advocate general of the Illinois Division of the Sons of Veterans. He has been a prominent figure in many Republican conventions, and chairman of several. In one of these he was offered the nomination for Congress, but declined. He was one of the early members of the Illinois State Bar Association, and is now a member of the New York State Bar. He has made numerous public addresses, some of which have been published. He is not a member of any lodge or church, but usually attends the Presbyterian Church. He was married October 28, 1875, to Miss Lucy Wait Thomas, of Belleville. They have five sons and two daughters, all living except the second son, who died at the age of twenty-seven. The other four sons are all engaged in business or professional activities. The daughters are still living at home with their parents. THE CLASS OF 1870 JOSEPH G. ALLYN

Joseph Goodnow Allyn was born at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, April i, 1849. He is a son of Rev. Dr. Robert and Mary (Budington) Allyn. His father was for many years a prominent member of the Southern Illinois Confer' ence of the M. E. Church, and for eleven years president of McKendree College, He became a student in McKendree about the same time his father became president in 1864. He received the degree of A. B. in 1870, and later, A. M. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. For two years after his graduation he taught Natural Science m East Greenwich (Rhode Island) Academy; he then studied a year in the School of Mines of Columbia College, New York. In 1873, he was elected professor of Chemistry in the Northwestern University at Evanston.

Benton Axtell

Daniel Benton Axtell was born at Elyria, Ohio, April 29, 1850. His father, Almon Axtell, was a native of Massachusetts. His mother, Sophronia Boynton, was from Maine. One of her ancestors came over in the Mayflower. In i860 the family moved from Ohio to St. Joseph, Missouri. There he attended the public school, and also received private instruction in the higher branches. In 1868 they moved to Lebanon that the son and daughter might attend McKendree. He graduated in 1870, receiving the degree of B. S., and later, M. S. He studied civil engineering and was employed by the Iron Mountain Railroad. In 1880 he moved to Texas, and was the engineer in charge of the building of the Cotton Belt Railroad from Corsicana to Waco. Afterward he was employed on the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad, then commonly known as the "Sunset Route;" and while taking up an estimate in a deep cut he was overcome by the heat, from the effects of which he died at Del Rio, Texas, June 20, 1882. He left a widow and two small boys. His wife before her marriage, was Miss Ninevah Allen, a native of Fredericktown, Missouri. Mr. Axtell was one of the editors of the McKendree Repository during his last year in college. In March, 1870, he was elected president of the Platonian Literary Society. The subject of his graduating oration was "Esthetic Emotions."

Prof. James H. Brownlee

James Henry Brownlee was born in Livonia, Indiana, De' cember 29, 1846. His father, Rev. James Brownlee, born in 1812, in Ireland of Scotch parentage, was a Presbyterian minister. His mother, Lavinia (McClung) Brownlee, was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, in 1817. James Henry became a student in McKendree in the fall of 1866, and graduated in the class of 1870, receiving the degree of B. S. He was granted the degree of Master of Arts by his alma mater in 1876. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society.

He has been engaged in teaching ever since his graduation. He was two years principal of the Shiloh, Illinois schools; two years in a similar position at Grayville; fourteen years professor of Elocution and English Literature at the Southern Illinois Normal School at Carbondale; nine years professor of Oratory and Rhetoric at the University of Illinois; two years professor of Elocution in the Charleston, IlUnois State Normal; three years professor of Elocution in McKendree College; and seven years professor of Elocution and English Literature in Epworth University at Oklahoma City, Okla. He IS the author of two books, "Martial Recitations for the Veteran's Camp Fire" and "Wartime Echoes." The latter has reference to the Spanish War. He was a member of the G. A. R. and the Presbyterian Church. He was married December 25:, 1873, to Miss Sarah Carey, of Grayville, Illinois. They have two daughters, Elizabeth Emma and Mary Lavinia. The latter is now Mrs. George Frederickson. Mr. Brownlee's death occurred only a few years ago, but we do not have the exact date.

Thomas Elam Edith M. Flint

Thomas Elam was born in Fayette County, Illinois, October 22, 1843. He is a son of Rev. William and Mary Elam. His father was a minister of the Dunkard church and a native of Virginia; his mother was from Tennessee. He entered McKendree in 1861 and remained two terms. He then went to California. In 1865 he returned to Illinois and re-entered college. He made his way through college by teaching and farming. He taught several terms in Madison and St. Clair Counties. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He graduated in the class of 1870, receiving the degree of B. S. He studied law in Vandalia, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar in 1873. He located in Clinton, Missouri, where he practiced law many years. A few years ago he returned to Vandalia where he resided with his sister, Mrs. Victoria Guffey, until the time of his death which occurred recently. Mr. Elam never married. EDITH M. FLINT

Edith Maria Flint was born near Lebanon, Illinois, February 16, 1845, and died in Lebanon, November 10, 1898. She was a daughter of William and Mary Flint who were of English descent and came to the vicinity of Lebanon in 1842. She graduated from McKendree in the class of 1870, receiving the degree of B. S., and in 1873, M. S. She was one of the founders of the Clionian Literary Society and was the first woman to graduate from McKendree as a regular student. After spending a few years in teaching, she was married to the Rev. L. W. Thrall, of the Southern

Oscar B. Griffin

Illinois Conference, September 29, 1873,. She was the mother of one daughter, Edith Laura, and four sons, Victor W., William F., Charles H., and Harold L., all of whom are graduates of McKendree. She spent her life as the diligent helper of her husband in the work of the ministry. She took a prominent part in the work of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Her funeral was held in the college chapel. OSCAR B. GRIFFIN

Oscar Benjamin Griffin was a member of the class of 1870 and received the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philo Society. When he came to McKendree he registered from St. Morgan. We have no record as to how he spent the two years which intervened between his graduation and his death in 1872.

William M. Robinson

Thomas Harrison McBride was born near Belleville, Illinois, April 15, 1847. His parents were William John and Dovey (Harrison) McBride, who were both Americans. He entered McKendree in 1867 and graduated in June, 1870, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He took a medical course at the St. Louis Medical College, receiving the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1874. He was married May 6, 1874, at Joliet, Illinois, to Miss Mary Hardy. To them were born three children. He began the practice of medicine at Joliet in September of the same year, and continued in this profession until his death, which occurred December 19, 1881. He was a member of the Richard Street Methodist Church. WILLIAM M. ROBINSON

Henry Seiter

William Melrose Robinson was a member of the class of 1870. He received the degree of B. S., and later, M. S. He belonged to the Philosophian Society. He afterward studied law, and practiced his profession in the city of Lawrenceville. 111. We have no information as to the time of his death. HENRY SEITER

Henry Seiter was born at Lebanon, Illinois, September 22, 184'i. His parents were Michael and Eliwbeth Seiter, the former of German and the latter of English ancestry. He entered McKendree in 1866 and graduated in June, 1870, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He took a law course in the University of Michigan, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was in the banking and real estate business in Lebanon for many years. He was a member of the lower house of the Illinois Legislature, 1878 to 1880, and of the state senate from 1882 to 1890. In 1884, he wa.s the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois. He is a thirty second degree Mason. He was twice married - to Alice I. Radefeldt in 1872, and after her death to Mamie Badley, in 1879. Of the first marriage was born one son, Victor M., and of the second, two sons, Orville R. and Fay E. Seiter. Mr. Seiter was for many years a trustee of McKendree, and for a term of years was secretary of that body. He was also a member of the executive committee. He now (1928) resides with his son, Victor, at Kansas City, Mo.

Dr. Eugene L. Stoker

Eugene Lecompte Stoker, son of William and Martha Ann Stoker, was born at Louisville, Illinois, August 14, 1S50 and died at Centralia, Illinois, September 30, 1900. He received his early education in the pubUc schools of Centralia where his parents took up their residence when he was but a lad. He graduated from McKendree in 1870, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He studied law in the office of his father at Centralia and in due time was admitted to the bar of Illinois. He practiced his profession in Centralia until 1892 when he moved to Chicago and spent the remainder of his life in the legal profession in that city. He held the office of state's attorney of Marion County and was for one term he was a member of the state Legislature. He was married to Miss Maggie McKnight of Centralia. To them was born one son, William McKnight Stoker. Mr. Stoker was a member of the Methodist Church and a thirty-third degree Mason. He has held the office of Past Grand High Priest of Southern Illinois in that order.

Samuel P. Sparks

Samuel Preston Sparks was born in Surry County, North Carolina, January i, 1844. He attended Chapel Hill College in Lafayette County, Missouri for one year; but at outbreak of the Civil War, he left college to enlist in the Union Army. He served three years in Fifth Missouri Cavalry. After the war he taught school for a time, then entered McKendree and graduated in 1870, receiving the degree of A. B., and later, A. M. He then studied law and for a time attended the St. Louis Law School. He afterwards located at Warrensburg, Missouri for the practice of his profession. He served four years as clerk of the County Court of Johnson County, Missouri, and two terms in the Missouri State Senate. He was a lawyer of marked ability. His death occurred .it his home in Warrensburg, September 16, 1892.

Rev. Dr M P Wilkin

nine children of Isaac and Sarah (Burner) Wilkm, who were of German descent, horn m Virginia, moved to Ohio, and afterward came to IlHnois in 1845. He entered McKendree as a student in March, 1868, and graduated in June, 1870, receiving the degree of B. S. Later he received the degrees of A. M. and D. D. from Chaddock College. While in McKendree he was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He was married October 25, 1871, to Miss Jennie Greer. They have no children. After leaving McKendree, he taught school for a year, then joined the Southern Illinois Conference. He was transferred to the Illinois Conference m 1882, and continued m the regular work till 1909, when he took the superannuate relation and located at Urbana, Illinois. He has done much Chautauqua work, both as manager and lecturer. He has served as platform director of the Chautauqua at Havana, Illinois, and at Piasa Chautauqua in Jersey County, Illinois. Among his most popular lectures are the following: "What Will You Take," "What is the Matter with the World," "Stars to Sail By," "Scraps of Experience and Hints to Teachers," etc., etc. He has also done much campaigning and lecturing in the interest of temperance and prohibition. His death occurred April i^, 1926.

The Class Of 1871 Dr. Lyman A. Berger

THE CLASS OF 1871 DR. LYMAN A. BERGER Lyman Adams Berger was born at Lebanon, Illinois, No' vember 22, i8'?4. He was the oldest son of Dr. Adolph Berger, who came from Germany and became one of the early residents of Lebanon, and was the leading physician of the town for many years. He grew up in his native town and received his education in the Lebanon public schools and McKendree College, where he graduated in the class of 1871 with the degree of A. B. He immediately entered the St. Louis Medical College and received the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1874. After practicing his profession two years, he went west on account of failing health. He spent several years in Idaho and then located in Kansas City, Missouri in 1880. In 1886 he went to Europe with his father, and remained there long enough to take a special course in obstetrics in the Universities of Berlin and Vienna. He then returned to Kansas City, where he engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery until the time of his death July 8, 1897. He has held the following positions at various times in his career: chief of staff of the German Hospital, Kansas City; professor of Obstretics m the University Medical College of Kansas City; secretary of the State Medical Society of Missouri ; vice-president of the Pan-American Medical Congress at Washington, D. C.

m iSqi. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society, Knight Templars, Shnners and Knights of Pythias. He was married December ji, 187=;, to Miss Lillie E. Dausm.m of St. Louis, who died m i88s. Their three children are: Mrs. G. W. Thaxter, Roswell, New Mexico, Mrs. E. P. Allen, K.msas City, Mo., and Miss Grace Berger, who was for some time a member of the staff of the Kansas City Public Library.

John H. Blume

JOHN H. BLUME John H. Blume was born July 10, iS'jo, at Pleasant Ridge, Madison County, Illinois, and died in the summer of 1873. He was of German parentage. His father was John H; Blume, Sr., and his mother, Christine (Dierking) Blume. He had two sisters, Mrs. C. F. Kayser, of Edwardsville, and Louise C. Blume, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and one brother, Wm. F. Blume, of Granite City, Illinois. He became a student m McKendree in September, 186";, when he was only fifteen years of age, and graduated m the Classical Course, as the valedictorian of his class, in 1871, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society, and was elected president of that body in his senior year. He was never married, though at the time of his death was engaged to an excellent Christian young woman. After his graduation in 1871, he was elected professor of Ancient Languages m Jennings Seminary at Aurora, Illinois. Here he taught for two years, while in the same school the sciences were taught by his fellow McKendrean, Daniel B. Parkinson, later president of the Southern Illinois Normal University. He was elected for the third year, but died at his father's home after a brief illness, shortly before the opening of the next school year. He was a devout Christian and a faithful member of the Methodist Church. He was prepared for the great change and closed his eyes on the scenes of earth exhorting his loved ones to meet him in the Heavenly home.

John M. Brooks

JOHN M. BROOKS John Melville Brooks was born at Townsend, Massachusetts, February 12, 1850. He was descended from a distinguished New England family. One of his ancestors, John Brooks, LL. D., served m the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812, and for six years was Governor of Massachusetts. The parents of the subject of this sketch were John C. and Lefy (Hart) Brooks, who were both natives of Massachusetts. He prepared for college at Lawrence Academy at Groton, and Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts. He then came west, entered McKendree and graduated in 1871 with the degree of A. B. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. After his graduation he taught school a year near Lebanon, and then entered the Law Department of Michigan University at Ann Arbor. He was admitted to the bar in 1874, and located at Saginaw, Michigan, where he spent the remainder of his life in the practice of law. He was a man of unusual ability in the line of his chosen profession, and was highly esteemed by his contemporaries for his noble character. He might have had a brilliant political career had he not steadfastly refused political honors. He was president of the Saginaw Valley Bar Association. He died very suddenly of heart failure, March 26, 1903. He was married July 6, 1876, to Miss Luella J. Dadmun of Boston, who still lives in Saginaw, Michigan. Of their four children, two are still living: William C. Brooks, of Portland, Oregon, and Melville D. Brooks, who is practicing law in Saginaw, Michigan. JOHN H. BAIRD

John Hardin Baird was born in Sparta, Illinois, January 25, 1850, and died at Emporia, Kansas, April 16, 1903, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McDill. His parents, John and Lucinda (Morrow) Baird, were both of Scotch-English ancestry and were born in the early part of the last century. His father was engaged in mercantile business for some years, both in Sparta and Pinckneyville, Illinois. He also served several terms as district judge in Illinois. John H. was one of a family of nine children, three of whom died in infancy, and three others before their parents. None of them were ever married, and John H. was the last of the family. He entered McKendree in the late sixties and graduated in the class of 1871, receiving the degree of B. S., and later, M. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He went to Emporia, Kansas in the early seventies, and was engaged in mercantile business there till the time of his decease. He did not belong to any lodge, but was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Daniel H. Delzell John C. Delzell

Daniel Holly Delzell was born in Walker County, Georgia, September 9, 1849. He graduated from McKendree in 1871, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He taught school for a year after his graduation and was also reading law with the intention of making that his vocation, when his promising career was cut short by the grim reaper. He died at the home of his father at Wakefield, Illinois, May 9, 1872. The testimony of one who knew him well was that he was an earnest Christian. JOHN C. DELZELL the degree of B. S. m 1871, and later, received the Master's Degree. He was a member of the Platonian Society. He was married to Lourenia B. Gillison, July 5, 1874 After his , graduation he spent one year in teaching, seven years as deputy clerk of Richland County, and one year as collector of Olney Township. At this time, his health having failed, he went to live on his farm near Wakefield, Illinois, where he spent the brief remainder of his life. He died July 11, 1 88 1. He was a member of the Methodist Church and a local preacher, exercising his gifts in this line as opportunity offered, as long as his health permitted. THOMAS E. KNOX

James P. Lytle John C. Edwards

James Pollack Lytle was born in Troy, lUinois, November 12, 1848, and died at Princeton, Illinois, April 19, 1902. He was a son of Dr. F. W. Lytle who was formerly a physician in Lebanon, 111. He graduated from McKendree in 1871, receiving the degree of A. B. He attended the St. Louis Medical College, where he received the degree of M. D. He was married in 1877, to a Miss Sawyer, of Tiskilwa, Illinois. To them were born three children, Blanche F., Ralph S., and James Albert. He practiced medicine at Princeton, Illinois for over twenty years, and was a prominent member of the profession. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a Knight Templar in the Masonic Order. JOHN C. EDWARDS

John Columbus Edwards was born in Monroe County, Tennessee, January 11, 1849. His father, Thomas Edwards, was from North Carolina, and his mother, Margaret (Stephenson) Edwards, was a native of Tennessee. He entered McKendree in 1868, and received the degree of B. S. in 1871, and LL. B. in 1873. He was a member of the Philosophian Society. In 1882, he was married to Miss Lizzie R. Elliott. Their two sons are Hugh and John C. Mr. Edwards followed the profession of law, beginning his practice in McLe.msboro, Illinois. He held the office of state's attorney of Hamilton County for two terms, and was county judge of the same county for two terms also. He held an important appointment in the Treasury Department during the second Cleveland administration. At the expiration of his term of office he moved from Washington, D. C. to Chicago, where he engaged in the practice of law. In this city he died November 17, 1905. He was buried at McLeansboro, which was regarded as the home town of the family. Here the chil- dren grew to manhood, and here was the home from which three brothers went to McKendree College, graduated, and went out to hless the world with their influence. Judge Ed' wards was, from childhood, a member of the Methodist Church, but after his removal to Washington, he became a member of the Episcopal Church.

Abram G. Gordon

Abram Gooding Gordon was born m Randolph County, Illinois, November 6, 1849. His parents were of Scotch and German ancestry. His father. Rev. H. S. Gordon, was a farmer and a pioneer minister of the Free Baptist Church in Southern Illinois. His Scottish ancestors came to America before the Revolutionary War. Young Abram entered Mc- Kendree in 1868 and graduated in 1871, receiving the degree of LL. B. He was a member of the Platonian Society. Since then he has practiced law, and has been connected with many of the business enterprises of Chester, Illinois, where he has resided for the past thirty years. He and his son, Eugene R. Gordon, organized and operated the Gordon Telephone Company Exchange at Chester. He was a member of the Baptist Church, independent in politics, and belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died Dec. 20, 1917. WILLIAM E. McBRIDE

Charles W. Woolverton

William Erastus McBride was born near Belleville, August I, 1849. He was a son of William J. and Dovey H. McBride, who were both Americans. After attending the Belleville high school, he entered McKendree in 1868 and graduated m 187 1, receiving the degree of B. S. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society. He was married September I, 1875, to Miss Virginia Thatcher, of the class of 1872. To them were born four children: Dovey, now Mrs. D. M. Church, Thomas, now residing on the McBride farm near Belleville, Olive, and Sadie, now Mrs. E. R. Crisp. All but one of these have been students in McKendree. Mr. McBride's business was that of farmer and stockman. He was a member and an active worker in the Methodist Church. He was for many years Sunday School Superintendent. Largely through his influence a church was built on a portion of the McBride farm. He died January 3, 189J. CHARLES W. WOOLVERTON

Charles William Woolverton was born at Belvidere, Illinois, February 27, 1847 and died November 10, 1895, at Tuscola, Illinois. His parents were Charles W. and Amanda H. Woolverton. He became a student in McKendree in 1866 and graduated in 1871, with the degree of A. B. Three years later he received the degree of A. M. He was a member of the Platonian Literary Society. He studied law, was ad' mitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession in Tuscola, Illinois. He was soon a prominent figure in the courts of Douglass County, He was married June 12, 1888, to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Remine, who was at that time the official court reporter of the Judicial District composed of Douglass, Coles, and Edgar Counties. Their only daughter is now Mrs. Lutie Woolverton Rice. He was for ten years a member of the law firm of Bundy and Woolverton, and after the death of Mr. Bundy he carried on the extensive practice himself, without taking another partner. The numerous resolutions adopted by the courts, lodges, etc., etc., with which he was connected, indicate the high esteem in which he was held. He attended the Presbyterian Church and was a member of the Camargo Lodge No. 440, A. F. &? A. M., Tuscola Chapter No. 66, Royal Arch Masons, and Melita Commandery No. 37, Tuscola, Illinois. Mrs. Woolverton is still living and makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. R. F. Rice, at Rossville, Illinois.