St. Clair County, Illinois - Chapter 1: Philip H. Postel, 1928 (part 2 of 3)

His son, Edwin Wallace Akers, grew up largely amidst the stirring influence of the pioneer conditions of the latter part of the nineteenth century. He was educated at Yankton College and the Dakota Wesleyan, at Mitchell, South Dakota, and received his theological training at Garrett Biblical Insti' tute. He entered the ministry in 1893 and is still in active service. He has served pastorates in Chicago, St. Louis, Carthage, Missouri, and Wood River, Illinois. Therefore, the venerable pioneer, his son, and grandson have together served an aggregate of one hundred and thirty-three years in the Christian ministry. The third of this line of preachers married Miss Anna W. Wilson, of Massachusetts. They have six children, two of whom, Milburn and Edwin, have been students in McKendree. The elder of these, Milburn Peter, has maintained the family traditions and earned a degree at Mc- Kendree. He finished the course in the McKendree Academy in 1919, and then took up the task of acquiring a college education, which he successfully accomplished with little if any financial aid from any source whatever. He had an inclination toward journalism and paid his way a part of the time by serving as reporter and press agent for the college. He was editor-in-chief of the "McKendree Review" and set standards for that student publication which have doubtless had their influence on the character of the paper ever since. While in McKendree he was a member of Plato, and became particularly efficient in the field of forensics. He belonged to the McKendree debating team, and attracted attention by his skill in extemporaneous speaking. He was graduated in the class of 1925, receiving the degree of A. B. He immediately entered upon the business of journalism by becoming editor and publisher of the Wood River Journal. He is now president and manager of the Wood River Printing and Publishing Company. He also serves his community as president of the board of education in the city of Wood River. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and is a Royal Arch Mason.

He was married in 1925 to Miss Beulah McClure, who was his fellow student in McKendree. She was a Clio and a classical major in McKendree, receiving her A. B. degree in 1920. Before her marriage she taught Latin five years m the Edwardsville High School.

Thus the fourth generation of the Akers family has changed from the ministry to other useful lines, but it is a common belief among sociologists of the present day that the press reaches a wider constituency than the pulpit. As an editor Mr. Akers is using his influence for the betterment of his fellow men and probably speaks through his paper to more people than any preacher in his city.

E. Fred Gerold

BEW MEN in Southern Illinois are better known for their business and political activity and capacity for leadership than is Mr. Fred Ceroid. As the president of the Ceroid Storage, Packing and Moving Company, he is recognized as a progressive, prosperous business man of East St. Louis.

He was born in Clinton County, Illinois, on February 10, 1880, the son of George Ceroid and Mary E. Rodawald Ceroid. In the year of 1891 his father moved to East St. Louis, and three years later engaged in the drayage business.

At the age of eighteen, Mr. Ceroid entered his father's business - a business to which he has since devoted his time and energy, and today it is the largest of its kind in the state, outside of Chicago.

In 1 901 Mr. Ceroid was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Draggon. The happy couple are blessed with six children. They are: Winifred, now wife of F. C. Taylor, city clerk of East St. Louis; Ida J., stenographer and bookkeeper of her father's firm ; Ceorge, deputy county clerk of the Appellate Court, located at Mt. Vernon, Illinois; E. Fred Ceroid, Jr., a St. Louis University sophomore in the Law School; Katherine Lucille and Joseph Louis, who are attending high school.

Louis G. Joseph

LOUIS G. JOSEPH ^>y w* HEN a man can take as much interest in the welfare I I of his children as did Louis C. Joseph, who gave his two sons and three daughters a full college education. It will undoubtedly be acknowledged that he made a splendid father of himself. The fact that Mr. Joseph contributed as much, if not more, to the welfare of the community ira which he now lives, as to his children, will be plainly shown. Mr. Joseph was born on the old Joseph homestead, near New Athens, on January 14, i860. He was a son of John Joseph, one of the most prosperous, well-liked, and highly respected farmers in his township. The latter was owner of a very fertile farm, one of the best in this section of the state, that yielded a great number of bushels of wheat each year. Success crowned his honest efforts from year to year. His residence was a wonderful home. The biography of another son, Edward, brother to the subject of this sketch, also appears in this volume. He, like his brother, is also a prosperous gentleman, having some three hundred and fifty acres of land under his supervision.

The subject of this sketch was highly devoted to the interests of his father's farm. With the exception of the time he spent studying in the public schools in his vicinity for an education, he worked for his parents. These years, even though the work was hard, were happily spent. The marriage of Mr. Joseph, on January 14, i860, to Laura Darmstatter, a daughter of George Darmstatter, marked the close of his stay with his parents. He and his excellent wife moved to a farm in the New Athens Township and started in this occupation. The happy couple, always busy, found time to bring up a family of five children. These are: Doctor R. J., born on December 27, 1887. He was married to Bess Carter. Clara E., the second child, was born on November 2, 1888. This young lady proved to be very talented in the fine arts. She is a normal school graduate, and has studied art, music and painting in St. Louis. Many beautiful paintings grace her home - records of her artistic ability. She has also taught school in the cities of O'Fallon and Freeburg. The third child, Edna, was born on January 5, 1890. She was married on February 28, 1914, to Harrison Hartman, but was called to cross the "land beyond" on April 12, 1925. Elmer was the fourth child, he being born on December 19, 1894. When twenty-two years of age, he married Bess Huber. The last and youngest of the five children was Roy C, who was born on November 25, 1896. But the Grim Reaper, who respects no one, plucked him from this earth when he was but a young fellow, just blossoming into manhood. As stated at the beginning of this sketch, each of these received a college education - a noble contribution from their father.

Mr. Joseph retired in 1906, after many years of hard work that brought him wonderful results. His residence, in Freeburg, is surrounded by a lovely, five -acre plot of land. Much of his time is spent in outside activities. He has been a Mason for forty-three years. Besides being on the Blue Lodge school board for many years, he is president of the Freeburg Community High School, an institution which he helped organize. His life record makes a wonderful mark for the younger generation to shoot at.

J As. F. White Robert H. White

)he James F. White Lumber Company of Marissa is under the management of Robert H. White, who is one of the ten children born to James White and Lucy Ellen Hamilton White. Four of the children died in infancy, and of the rem;uning six, five are still living - William

Glenn, born Dec. 7th, 1S82, having died on Sept. 2-|th, 1900. The surviving members are. Cora, now married to L. E. McClintock, of Marissa; Mary A., Robert. H., Irene, and Gail, the wife of Rev. John E. Simpson. All of the five now living received a high school education, and all attended Monmouth College. The father, James F. White, was born on a farm near Marissa, April 25th, 1852, and received his education in the grade schools and in the Academy at Coul' terville, 111. Then he worked on a farm until 1874, on Nov. 18th of which year he was married to Miss Hamilton. After nine years he retired from the soil, rented out his land, and went into the lumber business in Marissa. This was at first a partnership conducted under the name of Lyons and White, and when Mr. White became sole owner, he devoted his whole time to it.

He had a part m the organisation of the Marissa Building and Loan Association, of which he was made a director. He was one of the founders of Marissa 's first library, and of the Marissa Academy. He always took an active interest in the religious and educational affairs of his community, having been, for over twenty years, treasurer of the United Presbyterian Church, and also one of its first trustees and a Sabbath School teacher. Mr. James White was a man of energy, and contributed much useful service in his locality during his lifetime; he died on the ijth of June, 1912.

The mother of our subject, Mrs James White, is the daughter of Robert H. Hamilton and Lucy A. Thompson. (Mr. Hamilton being a native of So. Carolina and his wife being born in Illinois.) The father farmed near Marissa until 1897, when he retired. He died April 16th, 1910. The mother is still very active in the affairs of her church though she has passed her 96th birthday.

The son, Robert, present manager of the lumber company, was made a partner with his father in this business in 191 1. Three years previous to this time he was graduated from Monmouth College, which he had entered after the completion of his studies in the Marissa High School. After the death of his father, in 1912, he assumed the management of the business, and since then has added to his Marissa company several branch companies - The Tilden Lumber &' Hardware Co., in 1918, and the Sparta Lumber Co., in 192J. Robert White was married, on Feb. 19th, 191 3, to Mary E. Statler, the daughter of a prominent merchant of Oak Ridge, Mo., the city of the daughter's birth, on Dec. 19th, 1888. After her graduation from the Oak Ridge High School, she entered Lindenwood College, and was graduated from this institution in 1908. Her first child, Elizabeth E., was born

Robert White, like his father, takes an active interest m the business and educational affairs of his city. He has served for five years on the Marissa School Board, is a director in the Building and Loan Association, one of the directors of the Forsyth Coal Company, and a stockholder m the Tilden Bank.

Before closing this sketch it seems fitting and proper to mention the lineage of the White family to which our subject belongs. He is a direct descendant of William White, one of the patriots who fought in the American Revolution. William White was born in 1753, and died m iSjy He was a native of Ireland, emigrated in 1765, with his father, John White, to South Carolina, volunteered in January, 1776, and between this time and 1780 fought in several engagements against the Tories and the Indians of his native state. One of these was the Battle of King's Mountain. This ancestor was the great-grandfather of James F. White, the father of our subject. He lies buried in Old Purity Cemetery, two and one-half miles southeast of Chester, So. Carolina.

Jean F. Webb, Sr

JEAN F. WEBB, SR. 'HE LIFE of Jean Francis Webb, Sr., furnishes a splendid example of what a man with vision and brains can accomplish by ambition, persistence, and sagacity. Practical results greeted his efforts in all the lines of work that he has undertaken as a lawyer and inventor. Mr. Webb, who now resides in Denver, Colorado, was born on January

27, 1848, in St. Louis. In 1864, he entered McKendree College, but a little later, he enlisted m the army. After studying for another year in this institution, he enrolled, in 1873, in Washington University, of St. Louis, and was graduated two years later with an LL. B. degree.

In 1875, Mr. Webb was elected city attorney of Lebanon - the first man to hold the office m this city. His efficiency and honesty in law practice won for him the office of mayor, in 1881, in which capacity he served for two successive terms, until ill health forced him to go west and to abandon law. Here he spent many years in the mining business, engaging at different periods in the production of gold, silver, coal, and rock salt.

Mr. Webb was married in 186S, to Mary Elizabeth Hypes -a daughter of Joseph Hypes, one of the founders of McKendree, whose sketch also appears in this volume. A son, Jean F., was born to the couple. He is the inventor of a well-known system of automatic tram controls for the International Signal Company, of New York City. Mr. Webb IS president of this and several other corporations. In social activities he helped to organize the national council of the Sons of the Revolution, representing the Colorado society of the order. He is also a Knight Templar in the Masonic Order.

Mr. Webb is the inventor of the "Pneumatic Cyanide Process" for the extraction of gold from ores, which is used the world over. He has also patented about forty improvements in various industries.

John K. White

JOHN K. WHITE "^['oHN K. White, a successful and well-known farmer in ff I Marissa Township, is the son of John K. White, Sr., and Margaret Hamilton. He was born on the farm which he now occupies, on Feb. 29, i860, received a public school education, and began his life's work as a farmer at an early age. His father, who followed farming all his life, came to this county from Indiana in 1849, worked diligently, and at his death in 1866 left a valuable estate of two hundred and sixty acres to his wife and to the five of his six children who were then living. His son, the subject of this sketch, now owns two hundred acres of good land, all of which is tillable.

On Nov. 14, 1889, he was married to Elizabeth Guthrie, the daughter of George W. and Rebecca McClintock Guthrie. The father was born in this county, but the mother was born in Ireland. They were Presbyterians, and respected members in their community.

To Mr. and Mrs. J. K. White have been born three children. Joseph G. White, the elder of the three, was born Nov. 19, 1890, married Ella J. Brown, and to this union were born three children. Joseph G. attended high school and also spent a year at Illinois U. Since that time he has been a prosperous farmer. John Kay White (the third) was born Jan. 23, 1898, and is now married to Helen Lafferty. He is now principal of a grade school. Florence Geneva, the youngest, was bom Jan. 12th, 1901. All of the children have received an excellent education; John Kay was graduated from the Southern Illinois Normal, from which institution his wife is also a graduate. Florence, after finishing the high school, attended college, and is now a teacher in the public schools of St. Clair County.

Mr. White has been the president of the township high school board for twelve years. He has been greatly interested in the education of his children, which was with him a real hobby. He also takes a decided interest in his church, the United Presbyterian, of which he is an active member.

Charles Edward Rayhill

IN 1818 the RayhiU family emigrated from Virginia to St. Clair County, 111. and located three miles east of Belleville on what is known as the John Ryder farm. The father of this early emigrant family had served in the War of i8ia, and had engaged for a time in teaching school. In Engleman Township he bought land on Sections 2 and j. At one time he owned over one thousand acres of land, most of which had been granted to him by the Government. Mr. RayhiU lived to the good old age of seventy-nine years; he

John Jacob RayhiU, one of their two sons, was born on the old home farm on the 4th of March, 1824. He was educated in the subscription schools of the county, and grew to manhood on the farm. On the 7th of May, 1856, he married Miss Adeline Pitts, the daughter of Pintcher and Elizabeth Pitts, early settlers in this county. They began their domestic life upon the farm, and here their four children were born. Three of their children are deceased. Virginia, who became the wife of Wm. H. Dugger, died in 1888; George died in 1880, and Sarah died in infancy. The father lived to the age of seventy -five, his death occurring in 1899; but the mother passed away thirty-three years before this date.

When John Jacob RayhiU died, his large farm estate, comprising more than "jje acres, passed to his son, Charles Edward. The father had devoted his entire active life to farming, except for the four years following 1850, when he went to California and engaged in mining. In early manhood he had been a Whig, but later he joined the Republican party and remained an advocate of its principles until his death- John Jacob RayhiU was indeed "one of the honored pioneers of St. Clair County".

Charles Edward RayhiU, born on the 27th of April, 1857, attended the public school, and then worked for his father a number of years on the farm. In 1878, at the age of twentyone, he began farming on his own accord, renting a portion of his father's farm. Three years later he married Miss Bertha Eisenmayer, the daughter of Jacob Eisenmayer who was one of the early settlers in Mascoutah. Unto Charles and his wife were born two children, Wallace and Edna, but only the daughter is now living. Wallace, who was born on the 25th of August, 1882, died on January 15th, 1904, a few months after reaching his twenty-first birthday. The daughter, born on November 9, 1884, is married to Oscar Hagist, the present mayor of Mascoutah, and one of the most prominent and influential business men in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Hagist have two boys, the older of whom is grown to young manhood; the younger is still in his early teens.

Mr. RayhiU remained on the farm until 1900, when he moved his family into Mascoutah, bought property in the city, and built a fine home there. He had continued to develop and add to the farm left him by his father until it grew to six hundred acres. The farm is located three miles southeast of Mascoutah; it is now being cared for by tenants.

Charles E. RayhiU is approaching his seventieth birthday, but IS still an active man, has good health and enjoys life. If he has any hobby it is driving his automobile from which he derives a great deal of pleasure. Mrs. Rayhill is a member of the Methodist Church in Mascoutah, to which church she is greatly devoted and m which she is a faithful worker. At present she is the Treasurer of the Ladies Aid Society m her church.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles RayhiU are well known in and about Mascoutah, where they have the respect <ind esteem of their many friends, and where they are comfortably situated in an excellent home, enjoying the fruits of their early strenuous labors on the farm. Mascoutah can well feel proud of this happy couple !

Robert Schubert

Robert Schubert, a contractor of Mascoutah, and the son of Robert Schubert, Sr., comes from a family of seven children. His father was born m Germany, m 1820, and came with his family to this country m iSfV, and settled on a flirm in Mascoutah Township where he remained until 1887, when he bought a home in Mascoutah and moved from the farm. He died on February 13, 1893,; Mrs. Schubert lived until January 17, 1926. Robert was born on the farm on July 23,, 1875.

After securing a public school education he took up carpentry and worked under contractors until 1900, when he and his brother, William, formed a contractor partnership.

and continued under the name of Schubert Bros., until 1904. In that year Robert moved to Mascoutah and started as an independent contractor.

On June 8, 1898, he was married to Emma M. Monken, who has borne to him four children - Ada, October 18, 1901; Roy, April i, iqo';; Robert, April 15, 1908; and Benny, October 13, 1910. Mrs. Schubert is the daughter of Joseph Monken and Amanda Reibold, and was born near Mascoutah on July 26, 1878. There were six children 111 this home.

Mr. Schubert is a member of the Commercial Club; he has been on the school board m Mascoutah for fifteen years, has served as president of the city schools for five years, and of the Community High School for three years; he is a stockholder in the Mascoutah Brick Co. and is one of its directors; he holds stock m both the First National Bank and the Bank of Mascoutah; he helped organize the local Building and Loan Association m 191 3, and has been a member of its board of directors since. Mr. Schubert owns a great deal of property, and takes a very active interest m the schools of his city, as it IS clearly shown by his service as an official on the school boards. All of his children have received a high school education.

Louis F. Tissier

HNOTHER man who has achieved his goal, especially by his willingness and eagerness to work, his ambition, and his integrity, is Louis F. Tissier, of the Tissier Brothers firm in East St. Louis. After trying his hand in several different lines of business, he finally not only took an interest, but also succeeded, in the real estate, loan, and insurance business. Mr. Tissier was escorted into the world on August i8, 1876, in the city where he lives today - East St. Louis. His early education was acquired in the public schools of this city. Somewhat later, he attended the Parochial School, and later, St. Vincent's College, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Feeling a trend toward journalism, he accepted a position in the newspaper business with his father, after leaving school. But the sudden death of his father changed his bend of mind from journalism to the grocery business, which he entered with the guidance of his mother. No small amount of success greeted him in this line, for Mr. Tissier, in 1901, was elected secretary of the Retail Grocers' Association. He has also been a director of the Illinois Retail Merchants for fifteen years. In 1902, by swinging his ability into action, he organized the Retail Merchants' Association, and was made its first secretary. He held this office until 1907, when he resigned and accepted the position of teller and solicitor of the City National Bank. In 1908, he went into business for himself again, and organized the Tissier Brothers Real Estate Company. Established nineteen years ago, this company holds its headquarters in the Murphy Building.

Mr. Tissier was married to Clara Metzger, on October iS, 1905. The couple have a fine, large family of ten children: Louis E., Margaret, Bernadetta, Marie, Catherine, Aloysius, Frances, Gregory, Clara, and Virginia. Mrs. Tissier is a

Judge H. G. Miller

The subject of this sketch is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is also one of the most active and highly respected members of St. Elizabeth's parish. He has contributed a great deal of his valuable time to his church. His enthusiasm and interest in its welfare is unmatched. Mr. Tissier is wellknown in East St. Louis, for he has established a very creditable and deserving reputation in this city as the very able manager of the Tissier Brothers Company.

Arthur Harrison Hull

BOR THE PAST twenty-three years Mr. Arthur Harrison Hull has been a funeral director in New Athens, Illinois. He was born in this city on January ao, 1871. He was educated and began business here in 1905 and has since been a real booster for New Athens. Mr. Hull is a son of James Andrew Hull and Martha Emiline McFerron Hull. On January 27, 1892, Mr. Hull was married to Miss Sophia Koch. The happy couple were blessed with two sons and two daughters: Lee, N., Jacob Y., Gladys, and Ella K. (now Mrs. Campbell). Mr. Hull is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Red Men, and the Modern Woodmen.

Judge Henry G Miller

JUDGE HENRY G MILLER 'HE JUDICIAL ELECTION of June 6, 1927, took trom his office at Mam and Broadway, East St. Louis, Henry G. Miller, one of that city's outstanding young lawyers and placed him upon the circuit bench of the Third Judicial Circuit of Illinois, composed of the counties of Bond, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington. Judge Miller comes of a family prominent in the public affairs of the state of Illinois. He is a son of Charles A. and the late Emma S. Miller. He was born on May I'i, 1889, and moved to East St. Louis with his parents in 1893- While securing his public school education in East St. Louis, he worked after school hours and on Saturdays, and also attended business college, studying stenography, which later enabled him to hold positions that are largely responsible for his present career. His legal education was received at the National University, at Washington, D. C. and at Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, from which institutions he graduated in 191J and 1914, respectively, receiving from each the degree, LL. B.

Admitted to practice law in 1914, Judge Miller was first associated with the firm of Boyle 6? Priest, St. Louis, Missouri, for one year; thereafter he engaged in practice in his home city, and later became a member of the firm of Keefe, Baxter, is? Miller. In addition to his license to practice m Illinois, Judge Miller has been admitted, by examination, to practice law in Missouri and Tennessee, and holds also his license to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.

He was married on February 11, 1918, to LiUa P. Mace, a daughter of former state representative Brice M. Mace and Ella Cook Mace. Mrs. Miller was born at Lebanon, Tennessee, on November 11, 1891; was educated at Castle Heights Preparatory School and at Cumberland University, both at Lebanon, Tennessee, graduating from the latter institution in the department of music; later, she was an instructor there. This congenial couple have three children - Anne Nicholson Miller, born November 15, 1922; Marshall Mace Miller, born July 10, 192 "i; and Elma Lassiter Miller, born March 9, 1927.

In his younger days, Judge Miller has acted as secretary of prominent law firms, and for ten years, he was private secretary to former Congressman William A. Rodenberg. President Roosevelt, in May, 1908, commissioned him a midshipman in the United States Navy, which commission he held until October, 1909, when physical disabilities forced him to resign. He was elected a member of the East St.

Louij bo.ird of education for the term i92t,-i926, and was reelected m the latter year for a second term of three years' On April Q, 1927 Mr. Miller received the Republican nomination for Circuit Judge by a unanimous vote, defeating the then incumbent who had for eighteen years been a circuit judge. At the general election Mr. Miller defeated the Non-Partisan ticket by a very handsome majority, and became Circuit Judge.

Judge Miller is a member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church of East St. Louis, and holds the good will and respect of all with whom he has come in contact. It is written of this young man that he is "a man of strong mental capacity, of poise, of earnest intentions, and of good judgment," and that "in his personal habits he is clean, and has no blemishes on his record" - surely an enviable reputation and record of accomplishment for one who has not yet reached his

Julius D. Mollman

JULIUS D. MOLLMAN "^i OHN D. MoLLMAN, the father of our subject, was born ml in Hanover, Germany, December 20, 1854. -^.t the age of sixteen, after receiving his early education, he came to America, reaching our shores in 1850 and locating in St. Louis. John, after working in St. Louis, came to Mascoutah in i8'i7, where he established a business for himself as a manufacturer of, and a dealer in saddles, harness, etc., and continued in this business for more than forty years. In 1904 he sold out to his son Julius, and ten years later, when he was approaching his 8oth birthday, John D. MoUman died.

The mother of Julius MoUman was Wilheminia Hagist, the daughter of Andrew Hagist. She was married to Mr. Mollman in 1861 and became the mother of nine children, all of whom are still living. Julius, the youngest of the nine, was born at Mascoutah on July 2nd, 1878. Here he received his early education, including a full high school course. Upon leaving school he began, under the direction of his father, to learn the harness manufacturing business, as three of his brothers before him had done and continued in this until 1917 when he permanently withdrew from this harness business, and took over the agency for the Dodge Brothers automobile, and bought property suitable to his new occupation. Today he has one of the most up-to-date garages in the city.

On the i6th of October, 1902, Mr. Mollman was married to Miss Amalia A. Liebig, the daughter of Chas. Liebig. Two years after his marriage he bought property in Mascoutah, and now is comfortably situated m his fine home. His daughter, Maria L. is now fourteen years of age, having been born on the 28th of April, 191},.

Mr. MoUman has taken a practical interest in the civic affairs of his city, and has served it in two capacities - first as alderman, to which office he was elected in 1908, and later as mayor, from 1912 to 1916. He has been president of the Commercial Club, and has long been on its Board of Directors. He is a director in the First National Bank of Mascoutah and also a director of the local Building and Loan Association. He is a member of the Southern Illinois Sportsman's League and is one of the Board which directs the League. Mr. Mollman is particularly fond of hunting, and is considered one of the best marksmen in the county.

Monk Implement Company

MONK IMPLEMENT COMPANY 'HE COMBINED EFFORTS of the two suhjects of lis sketch, George Niess and E. C. Roediger, have made possible the success of their organization, the Monk Implement Company. Their close co-operation in the farm implement business has not only been a help to those with whom they have had relations, but it has also rewarded their efforts financially and otherwise. A chronological narrative of the records of the life of each of these two men is well worth recording.

George Niess, the president of the company, was born on October 17, 1875, in Mascoutah, Illinois. He attended a country school in early life, but after a few years he entered the Northern Normal University, where he studied for two years. Mr. Niess then enrolled in the Northern Indiana University, of Valparaiso, Indiana, an institution from which he was graduated. After his school training he taught school in Smithton, and in Miilstadt, for eight years. In iqoj, he came to Belleville, and, along with E. C. Roediger, bought out C. A. Monk m the implement business, and incorporated it under the name of the Monk Implement Company. Mr. Niess was made president, and Mr. Roediger, the secretary and treasurer of this firm. The former has devoted all his time to this business since the first day it was established.

Mr. Niess was married on July is, 1900, to Lillie E. Lill. The couple have a daughter, Netta V., born on May 10, 1902, who was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1923, and has since taught in the Bloomington High School. Mrs. Niess, who is a daughter of Peter W. Lill, was a school teacher in Shiloh, Mascoutah, and Grassland. Mr. Neiss is a member of many organizations. He is the president of the Rotary Club in Belleville, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, a director and the third vice-president of the Belleville Bank and Trust Company, the past president of the Belleville Commercial Club, and also president of the Belleville Turnverein for ten years (now a hfe member). During the war, Mr. Neiss helped to organize the Four-Minute men, and was made president of the same. For nine years he was president of the board of education. Under his administration, the beautiful Belleville High School was built.

The other subject of this sketch, E. C. Roediger, the secretiry and treasurer of the company, was born on January II, 1881, in Miilstadt, Illinois. He attended the public schools, and later studied in the Northern State Normal and the Southern Illinois Normal University. After graduation, he taught school for three years, in the Sugar Loaf Township. He also rendered service as a teacher in Millstidt, for two years, and m Belleville, for fifteen years, where he was principal of the Douglas School. He taught commercial work in the Belleville High School for two years. In 1904, Mr. Roediger, with Mr. Niess, bought and organized the company m which he now holds his present office. He continued to teach school until iqio, when he resigned, in order to devote his entire interest to his business. Mr. Roediger was married on February 21, 1925, to Ida L. Krug. Mrs. Roediger, who is a daughter of Jacob Krug, taught school for seventeen years in Belleville. Mr. Roediger is a Mason, an Elk, and a member of the Lion's Club; he is also a member of the Evangelical Church, and the secretary of the board of directors of St. Paul's Evangelical Old Folk's Home. He also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce.

The Monk Implement Company, so well established by Mr. Niess and Mr. Roediger, is situated in a building that is modern in every respect. It is a fitting monument to the work of these two men who have contributed so substantially to Belleville's success.

William Jones

William Jones, one of St. Clair County's expert coal operators. This company now operates two mines, which, when running at full force, employ from 350 to 400 men. In 1897 Jonathan Jones, St., the father of William, organized the company, with his sons as partners in the venture, and for seven years operated one mine. In 1904 they opened another mine, known as Mine No. 2, and added this to the first. The father began his mining career in the British Isles, where he worked for a number of years before coming to the States. He was born in Wales, on August 28, 1842, and was married in England, to Kezia Davies, on May 8, 1864. Their first child, William, and the subject of this sketch, was born in the old country, March 24, 1865, and when he was about two years of age the parents decided to immigrate to America. They settled first in Duquoin, 111., in 1867, and here their other children were born - Charles, on May 8, 1868; Jonathan, on Oct. 18, 1870; Winifred Kezia, m December, 1874; John, on the I'jth of March, 1879. In the same year that John was born, Mr. Jones moved his family to Marissa, where the father worked m the mines, and the sons followed their father m this occupation as soon as they were old enough. All of the sons are interested in the coal company, and the daughter, now Mrs. Winifred Scott, has been made the secretary of the company. Charles is the president, and was formerly its secretary; William is the vice-president and general manager; and Jon.ithan is the treasurer. For many years after the company's organization, the father was its president and treasurer. His first wife died in 1891 (March 2), and on March 4th of the following year he was married to Rachel Bayley. The latter bore him no children and died in April, 191 1. On the 22nd of January, 1916, Mr. Jones married his third wife, Laura Fischer, who is still living.

Mr. Jones entered the mines of his native land when he was still a child, as so many did at that time. His son, William, too began this work nither early in life, but secured a fair education m the public schools before taking up this occupation. After the organization of the Jones Company, he withdrew from active mine labor, and has devoted his time to the management of the company and to other business. He is the owner of the Jones Filling Station in Marissa ; is a director in the Marissa Building £s? Loan Association; and one of the stockholders in the Marissa State Bank.

William Jones was married, on Sept. 27, 1887, to Mary A. Cooper, who was born at Caseyville, Ky., March 20, 1868, and whose parents moved to Marissa about the year 1870. Her father was John Cooper, for many years a mine manager in Marissa. The mother, America (Adams) Cooper, bore to her husband four children. Both parents were members of the Methodist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. William Jones are parents of tour children. Clara, the oldest, who is now Mrs. Walter Westwood, of St. Louis, was born Oct. 20, 1889; Velda L., married to Edward Potter, of St. Louis, was born in 1891, on Aug. 17; Lillian E., the wife of Edgar J. Davis, lives in Marissa, and was born on August 29, 1899, and Monticella, the youngest, born March 16, 1905, is married to Luzel Smith, and lives at Alton, Illinois. All of the children were given a high school education, and Monticella was a student of McKendree College.

Mr. Jones for twelve years was the chief executive of his city; served on his city's school board for fifteen years; and rendered service to Marissa for many years as its alderman. Mr. Jones is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Modern Woodman and a member of the Methodist Church.

Arthur Jones

ARTHUR JONES Shipping his patented furnace - the only one of its kind - - all over the world, Arthur Jones, who is the very able and excellent president of his own organization, has certainly achieved success with his U. S. Smelting Furnace Company. He was born m Denver, Colorado, on August 19, 1874, a son of James Jones, who was born in Manchester, England. The latter came to America in 1869, and established a reputation as one of the first brass manufacturers in this country.

Arthur Jones Frank G.

St. Louis was the scene of his activity in this hne. Later he organized the James Jones Company in Belleville, 111. In 1892 he organized the James Jones Brass Works in Los Angeles, Cal. He died in 1900, but left his family in a very comfortable position. His wife, now seventy -nine years of age, is still living.

The subject of this sketch received his education in St. Louis. He took a great interest in the manufacturing business, and accepted a position under his father in the brass works. Here he began at the bottom, and by consistent work, forged his way to the top. The death of his father left no small amount of responsibility on Mr. Jones' shoulders, but he was equal to the occasion by taking up the management, in 1900, in Los Angeles. In 1917 he came to Belleville, where he organized the U. S. Smelting Furnace Company, a firm of which he is not only president, but also general manager. Mr. Jones was married in 1909, to Georgia A. Rogers. The couple have two children - Rogers D. and Jane Lee.

Mr. Jones is a member of the Masons, the Elks, the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and president of the Union school and the Township High School boards. He finds great delight in the sport of fishing, is very popular among his club members, as elsewhere.

Frank G. Taylor

FRANK G. TAYLOR SUBJECT of this sketch, Mr. Frank G. Taylor, fine young chap who is making a good start in the political world. He was born in the city where he still resides - East St. Louis, Illinois, on August i, 1902.

Taylor Henry B. Eaton

After acquiring elementary training in vanous public schools. Mr. Taylor entered the East St. Louis High School, from which he was graduated. Later, he was married to Miss Winifred Ceroid, who is the daughter of Fred Ceroid, of East St. Louis, head of the Ceroid Transfer Company.

Fred Ceroid is well known for his political activity and capacity for leadership. His life manifests many sterling characteristics of his Cerman ancestry. When only twentytwo years of age, he became chairman of the Republican Committee. This success was continued, for he held the office of city treasurer of East St. Louis from 191 1 to 191 j. For the past seven years he has been a member of the Illinois Commerce Commission.

The young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, are the parents of a daughter, Winifred Jeanne. Although Mr. Taylor is still a young man, he is a member of many important organizations, which clearly shows that he is very much interested in the social, business, and political affairs in his community He is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, the Gothic Lodge, No. 852, of A. F. &" A. M., the Mississippi Valley Consistory, the Ainad Temple Shrine, the Kiwanis Club, and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Taylor's interest in civic affairs, coupled with his ability and energy, has won for him the important office of city clerk of East St. Louis - an office to which he was appointed in M<iy, in 1927. This is, indeed, a rather fine position with quite ,1 bit of responsibility, to be held by a man at so early an age.

Henry B, Eaton

HENRY B, EATON 'HE NAME EATON is a very famihar one in the history of McKendree College, for Mr. Henry Blackburn Eaton, his father, and three brothers have attended the College in the past, two of them graduating. At present, Mr. Eaton is a very successful lawyer in Ed wardsville, Illinois. He was born Aug. 22, 1SS4, m H.imel Township, Madison County, Illinois. He attended the ele mentary and high school of this city, and then entered Mc- Kendree College, where he studied from 1903 to 1905. While in the college, he won the Brown Oratorical Medal, an event that marked a great day for Philo. Mr. Eaton was graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan Law School m 1908, and was County Judge of Madison County from 1914 to 191S. At present he is the special assistant to the Attorney-General of the state of Illinois, as an inheritance tax attorney for Madison and St. Clair Counties.

In 1939 Mr. Eaton was married to Miss Emma King They have three children; Mary E., who is a student at McKendree College, Henry K., and Emma Rebecca.

Mr. Eaton is a grand-nephew of Rev. T. A. Eaton, who was one of the leading ministers of the Southern Illinois Conference, and who was a graduate of McKendree College in 1849. In the same class was Judge Silas L. Bryan, father of W. J. Bryan.

William P. Eaton, the father of Mr. Eaton, was graduated from McKendree College m 1868. Immediately after the Civil War he was elected County Superintendent of Schools of Madison County. During the war he served m Company H of the 117th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, commonly called the "McKendree College Regiment." The Colonel of this Regiment was Risdon M. Moore, a professor of Mathematics in McKendree College, and the Adjutant was Samuel H. Deneen, a Latin Professor of the College.

Philip Fischer

HNOTHER man who has worked all his life without complaint, but with a spirit that showed that he has been willing to do his full share, is Philip Fischer. He IS a farmer, and like most farmers, glories in the fruits of his labor. Mr. Fischer was born on October 14, 1862, a son of Philip and Anna M. Fischer. The former was born on June 26, 1826, and died on July 5, 1S90. The latter was born on May 9, 1822, and died on May 9, 1904. This couple were parents of seven children. Philip Fischer, Jr., attended the public schools in early life, but after being graduated from grammar school, he had to quit because of an abundance of work on his father's farm. He worked for his parents until the year iSqi, when he began to tarm on his own accord. During these years he carefully protected and supported his mother, who died in 1904.

Mr. Fischer was united 111 marriage with Emma M. Hogg, on February !<;, 1904. Mrs. Fischer, who was born on April 9, 1884, near New Baden, Illinois, was a daughter of Friedelin and Kathenne Weorner Hogg. There were twelve children in this family. The father died on August 16, 1926, but the mother is still living. Mrs. Fischer worked with her parents on the farm until her marriage to Mr. Fischer. They have four children. These are: Harvey, who was born on August 6, 1906; Lester G., February 26, 1909, now attending the University of Illinois; Melba, February 26, 1910, a high school student at present; and Alice, November i, 191 2, also a high school student.

Mr. Fischer has been a member of the school board for twenty-four years. Although he is sixty-six years of age, he does not let Father Time hamper him in any way. He is still very active, works hard every day, and has no immediate plans for retirement.

*GEORGE H THOMPSON /T^EORGE H. Thompson, principal of the Marissa Town- \\9 ship High School, began teaching at the age of eighteen m a country school about six miles north of Coffeyville, Kansas. He was born in Missouri, near Fairplay m Cedar County, March 6, 1869. Both of his parents were natives of Tennessee, but moved to Missouri in 1850, and then in 1877, to Independence, Kansas, The father, George J. Thompson, served in the Union Army during the Civil War. At the opening of the Civil War, he was conducting a general store and serving as post-master at Fairplay. After the war he followed farming. He died in December 1903, and his wife, Mary (McNmch) Thompson, thirteen years later.

Their youngest son George attended school, first in Missouri until he was eight, and then in Kansas, where he iinished the high school work, and took a course in a normal school preparatory to teaching. After teaching for four years he entered Valparaiso University and alternated his studies here with his teaching. In 1895 he took the principalship of the high school at Hobart, Indiana, where he remained twentythree years, the last thirteen as supenntedent of schools. From Hobart he came to Marissa in igi8. In 1907 he received his B. S. degree from Valparaiso University, and six years after the Bachelor of Pedagogy degree. Since then he has pursued graduate studies in Washington University, St. Louis. During his principalship in Marissa he has succeeded in se- *Note - Portrait on page ^^7

On January i, 1895, Mr. Thompson married Miss Bertha Stilwell of Wheeler, Indiana. She was the youngest of the four daughters of Samuel S. and Jane (Gordon) Stilwell. Her father was a soldier in the Union Army, was a carpenter and builder by trade, though he lived for the last years of his life on the farm. Mr. Stilwell died in 1921 and his wife died in 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have seven children: Ruth, now Mrs. Wm. T. Douglas of Mobile, Alabama; Mary, now Mrs. Frank Jones of Cairo, Illinois; Wynne Weir, who m April, 1917 enhsted in the U. S. Coast Artillery, was overseas near Metz when the Armistice was signed and returned to the United States in January, 1919; he is now in the merchant marine; Milton McNinch, a student of civil engineering at Gary, Indiana; Ella, now Mrs. A. I. Madeira of Hollywood, Florida; Maurice Seton, who served in the U. S. Navy during 1925 and 1926, is now in Manssa; Kenneth Reed, a junior in high school.

Mr. Thompson is a member of the Methodist Church, of the Masonic Order, of the I O. O. F., and of Rotary International. He holds memberships in the National Education Association, the Illinois State Teachers' Association, and of the High School Principals' Association of Illinois.

Conrad Reeb

eROMINENT among the men in the business life of the city of East St. Louis and the surrounding district who have worked their way in the strength of personal merit and sheer ability, from stations of comparative obscurity to positions of influence is Conrad Reeb, who is president of the Southern Illinois National Bank and of the Southern Illinois Trust Company, both of East St. Louis. Mr. Reeb is a native of East St. Louis. He was born November 25, 1868, and attended the parochial schools of that city, and, later, the Mound City Commercial College, of St. Louis. Upon being graduated from the latter, he entered the field of banking by accepting the humble position of messenger boy in the Workingmen's Bank of his native city. When the Southern Illinois Bank opened its doors for the first time, Mr. Reeb occupied the position at the teller's window, giving such satisfaction that he was promoted to assistant cashier, and later, to cashier. At this post he remained fully ten years. But his next step, in 1912, led him to the vice-presidency of his bank, and two years later, to the most responsible position which the hoard of directors could bestow upon him - that of president. So marked is his ability m the field of finance, that the board has constantly re-elected him to that most important position.

The history of the growth and development of the Southern Illinois National Bank is inseparably interwoven with the biography of Conrad Reeb. No banking establishment anywhere enjoys a higher reputation for solidity and strict integrity. It was President Reeb's reputation as a safe and reliable financier that caused his bank to finance more momentous business enterprises in East St. Louis than possibly any other institution; it was President Reeb's foresight and active interest in even the most minute details of business that has contributed so much towards the development of one of the most important banking institutions m the middle west. The success which has attended this enterprise and his close connection therewith is the best evidence of his ability as a banker, and his high standing in the world of business is the strongest testimonial to his upright character and unsullied business methods.

Mr. Reeb was married to Miss Ida Theresa Wilds, April 25, 1900. She was born in Columbia, III., September 13, 1874, and attended the parochial school of her native town. Mr. and Mrs. Reeb have two sons and three daughters, namely: Carl H., born December 5, 1907; Roy W., bom March 9, 1910; Ruth E., born October 6, 1903; Esther L., born March, 1905; and Wilda E., born July 7, 1913. All of the children are receiving a very excellent education. Mr. Reeb is very proud of his family and, in spite of his business interests, is ever attentive to his family obligations. Neither is he neglectful of his role m society, for he is a member of the following organizations : Elks, Knights of Columbus, Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants' Association, East St. Louis Country Club, Eagles, Business Men's League, Bankers' Club, and the Missouri Athletic Association. Furthermore he has been a trustee of St. Henry's parish for four years and president of the Western Catholic Union for eight years. Mr. Reeb certainly holds an enviable position among his fellow men. Beginning humbly as a messenger boy and rising to the presidency of a large and powerful financial institution has certainly required strict honesty and fidelity, untiring energy and unwavering perseverance on the part of Mr. Reeb.

DR, CARL L. GLENN, DENTIST «.y^\ R. C. L. Glenn was born at Manssa, 111., on Novem- JLF tier 29th, 1882. His father, A. C. Glenn, was also born in Illinois, at Preston (August 9th, 1858), and was married to Rachel L. Borders the 7th of October, 1880. Of their three children, Carl is the oldest, and the only son. The two girls were Edna L. and Irma L. Glenn, the latter now Mrs. Arthur Webster of Manssa, 111. The grandfather of the dentist, James Wilson Glenn was born in Saratoga County, New York in 1821, came to Southern Illinois in 1840, studied theology preparatory to entering the Presbyterian ministry, and was licensed on April nth, i8<;';. On the December following he was ordained and installed as pastor of the Springfield Congregation (now Preston).

Dr. Glenn received his public school education in Marissa, graduated from the high school and then entered the Dental School of St. Louis University. Soon after graduating, m 1904, he began his practice at Pawnee, 111., from which place, after two years, he moved to Marissa. A year later - December jist, 1907 - Dr. Glenn was married to Anna C. Wagner, and on November 12th of the following year their first child, Robert W., was born; their other boy, Myron James, was born March 2nd, 191 1. Robert has graduated from the Marissa High School, and is now a student at the University of Illinois; Myron is still a pupil in the Township High School. Mrs. Glenn is one of the three children of J. A. Wagner and Sophia Heimann, and was born m Evansville, 111., on October 23rd, 1885. She received her high school training at Marissa. Her father was engaged in the general merchandise business until he retired in 1906, and IS still living m Evansville, but Mrs. Wagner died many years ago (March 19, 1895).

Philip Herman

Not all of Dr. Glenn's time is taken up with his dental practice, though he has a very large clientele here. He finds time for social and business interests other than those directly connected with his profession. He is a Mason, a member of the Rotary Club, and one of the directors of the Marissa Country Club, as well as a stock holder in the Building &' Loan Association and m the State Bank of Marissa. Besides his residence he owns other property here. PHILIP HERMAN eHiLir Herman, a retired farmer, living on R. F. D. No. 2, near New Athens, 111., was born in New Athens Township, on Dec. 22, 1844. He secured his education in the public school of his neighborhood, and then assisted his father with the farm work until he was twenty-three years of age, when he rented some land from his father, and thereafter worked for himself. Later he bought the eighty acres upon which he now lives, and cultivated this until he was ready to retire m 1902, and rented the land to one of his sons. On August 18, when he was nearing his twenty-third birthday, Philip Herman married Catherine Darmstatter, a New Athens Township girl, born on Oct. i, 1847, the daughter of Louis Darmstatter. Of the six children born of this union, but three are now living. Elizabeth, the oldest, born on Jan. 11, 1868, married Edward Joseph; Amanda was born on April 14, 1869, and was married, first to Philip Rush, and after his death, to George Schieferdecker; Charles, born in 1870, on August 19, died on March 28, 1909; WiUiam Theodore was born March 8, 1876, and died on July 15 of the following year; Leonora L., later Mrs. Commodore Carr, born Jan. 25, 1879, died in 1902, on Feb. 22; and Clarence, a biography of w.hom will be briefly given in the latter part of this article, was born Sept. 18, 1880.

The parents of our subject, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Herm.mn, reared a family of twelve children, of which Philip was the oldest. The father was born in a village of Saxony, in Germany, August I, 1820, attended school until he was fourteen years of age, and then worked in his father's water power mill until he was eighteen, when he decided to come to America. Here, after many hardships, working at different jobs to make a living, he finally located in Belleville, and followed the turner's trade for nearly two years. In the meantime his father had left the old country, and reached Belleville in 184J, and soon thereafter purchased five hundred acres of land on Twelve Mile Prairie.

The father died the following year, but Peter reimined on this farm the rest of his life. Before his death, which occurred on July 9, 1904, he had retired from active farm life. His good wife had passed away long before this time - on Dec. 14, 1876.

Philip Herman retired from the farm in 1902, and rented out his land to his son, Clarence, but soon after retiring, he began operating, in partnership with his son, Clarence, a saw mill and threshing machine. The father still runs the saw mill, and is able to work every day. He is well known throughout his community, and belongs to the Masonic Order, which he entered in 188 j.

His son, Clarence, secured a common school education and began farming, first for his father until about 1901, and then rented from his father and did independent farming. It was in 1905 that he and his father became owners of the saw mill and threshing machine, and they are both still engaged in running these. Clarence was married, on Feb. 20, 1912, to M;itilda Barthel, the daughter of Adam Barthel. She was born in Prairie du Long Township, on Jan. j, 1885.

Mr. Herman has served as a director of the school board of New Athens, District No. 64. He is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Freeburg, and has been a member of the Masonic Order since 1919. He is an advocate of hard, honest labor, of which his own activities are a good example. When he has leisure time he enjoys driving his .lutomobile.

QR. L. A. ScHAFER, Superintendent of Schools at Mascoutah. 111., has been engaged in educational work since 1902. He has supervised the schools in Creal Springs, Carterville, O'Fallon, Christopher, Marissa, and for nine years in Mascoutah, Illinois. Mr. Schafer received his grade school, as well as his high school education, in the schools of Creal Springs, Illinois, the place where he was born on September 24, 1881.

His mother, Caroline McGowan Schafer, was also born here on the 23rd of July, 1852, and his father, William Schafer, was born at Munden, Germany, on February 12, 18 ji. The latter came to the States in 1852, settled in Illinois, and during the Civil War, joined the forces of the North, and took part in the battles of Vicksburg, Forts Henry and Donaldson. He accompanied General Sherman in his famous march to the sea, and passed in review at Washington. Both Mr. and Mrs. William Schafer have recently passed away - the father in 1921, on the 2jrd of March; the mother on the i2th day of October, 1924. There were born into their home fourteen children.

Soon after his graduation from high school, Mr. Schafer began his teaching career, and at the same time he continued to study during the summers. For one year he was a student in the University at Valparaiso, Indiana, and later he enrolled as a student in McKendree College, from which institution he received his A. B. degree in June, 1926.

The position which Superintendent Schafer now occupies in the field of education has been achieved through hard work and continuous study. Ever a student and a great reader, he did not cease to study upon his graduation from McKendree. During the summers of 1926 and 1927, he pursued graduate work in the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, where he expects to take a Master's Degree in 1928. When not engaged m the duties of a school supervisor, he is pretty sure to be found studying or attending classes. He established the O'Fallon Township High School in 1920 and had it accredited by the University of Illinois. He also established the Community High School at Mascoutah, Illinois, in 1921.

Mr. Schafer is a married man, and has two daughters - Caroline R., born on September 15, 191 1, and Ilda Jean, on June 2'), 1914. Mrs. Schafer was Marian A. Hinchcliff, of Cambria, Illinois, the daughter of William H. Hinchcliff and Lou Mitchell Hinchcliff. She comes from ,1 family of SIX children, was born on the jrd of September, 1888, and was married to Mr. Schafer on August 10, 1910.

Prof. L, A. Schafer Judge S. B. Hodgdon

In politics Mr. Schafer is a Republican; fraternally he is a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of the Mississippi Valley Consistory at East St. Louis, Illinois. He has been appointed Secretary of the Board of Education, has been successful as a supervisor of education here, and is considered a good school man.

Judge Hodgdon

fiROBATE Judge Samuel D. Hodgdon of Webster Groves, St. Louis County, was born on a farm near Summerfield in 1868. His father, Charles O. Hodgdon' was a teacher and an advocate of public schools m St. Louis County. At the age of eighteen Judge Hodgdon was graduated from the Manual Training Dept. of Washington University, earning his livelihood by clerical work for the Mutual Life Insurance Co., and by cleaning ofEces. For some years Mr. Hodgdon worked in St. Louis and studied law at Washington University, from which school he was graduated in 1895.

In 1896 he was elected Assistant Circuit Attorney in St. Louis and held that position for ten years. In igia Mr. Hodgdon was elected to the Legislature, and two years later to the position of Probate Judge of St. Louis County. This last position he now holds, and in 1926 he had no opponent either in the primary or general elections.

Judge Hodgdon has been especially active m civic matters. For ten years he has been president of the Ozark Trail Association, the organization responsible for the building of an all-weather road from St. Louis to Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1924 he was chairman of a campaign division, working in twelve counties for the passage of Proposition No. 5, providing state gasoline and license taxes in order to save the Good Roads program.

Judge Hodgdon was Chairman of a committee which brought about the St. Charles toll bridge over the Missouri River. Within four years, b.ised upon the present m come, the bridge will become the property of the state without one cent having been expended and with no increase in tolls.

Judge Hodgdon has always shown an enthusiastic interest m the public schools. For many years he has been chairman of a committee working for a constitutional amendment, making it possible for every child in the state to secure a high school education. He has been identified with several successful movements for the improvement of rural schools. In 191 5 he was one of the organizers of the Probate Judges' Association, and served as president and chairman of the Legislative Committee.

Herman A. Kanzler

Recently Judge Hodgdon has announced his intention to run for the governorship and his platform is evidence of his sincere desire to make some changes for the better. HERMAN A. KANZLER

H SCHOOLMAN of hberal education secured in the universities of America and Europe, and a linguist of unusual ability, is Herman A. Kanzler, principal of the East St. Louis High School. Professor Kanzler was born in Belleville, April 29th, 1880, the son of George F. Kanzler and Minna Keil, both of whom were born and reared in Belleville. George Kanzler died on May 2nd, 1912 and his wife on July 19th, 1919. The grandparents of Herman Kan;- ler came from Germany to America in 1850, and went almost directly to St. Clair County to settle.

Herman Kanzler studied in the Belleville public schools, through the high school, and received the Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1900 from the Christian Brothers College of St. Louis. Then he went abroad to continue his studies, spent one year at the University in Toulouse, France and at Sarbone University (now the University of Paris), receiving from the latter a degree equivalent to our Bachelor of Education, studied one year in Spain and a year in Italy. During the summers he has pursued graduate studies in the University of Illinois, Chicago University, and in Columbia University. He also holds his A. M. degree. From 1904 to 1908 he was head of the Modern Language Department in Christian Brothers College, and since 1908, has been teaching in East St. Louis, as an instructor in German, French and Spanish until 1917, when he was chosen assistant principal of the High School, and as principal since 1922.

Mr. Kanzler married, on Sept. 9th, 1904, a prominent and cultured young lady of St. Louis, Miss Clara E. Hassenduebel, the daughter of Phillip Hassenduebel, the owner of a grocery establishment in St. Louis. Her mother, Liza Goettler Hassenduebel, died in 1914. Mrs. Kanzler is a graduate of the former Victoria Institute of St. Louis, and received, also, a musical education before her marriage.

Professor Kanzler is a Republican, a member of the German Evangelical Church, and a Mason. He has passed through all the degrees in the latter, is Past Master of his lodge, Past High Priest of Chapter 1 56, Past Illustrious Master of Council 161 , Past Patron of the Rob Morris Chapter of the Eastern Star, and Past Watchman of the Sheppard Calvary White Shrine. Mrs. Kanzler is a member of the Eastern Star, of the White Shrine, and Past Queen of the Daughters of the Nile. Both enjoy traveling, and Mr. Kanzler is especially addicted to books and languages.

Robert F. White

H YOUNG MAN of ability and promise came to McKendree in the fall of 1917 who was destined to make his personality quite vividly felt on the old campus which is the arena in which so many youths have started to play the great game of life. His parents were Frank and Etta L. White of Murphysboro. There Robert Fulton White was born September 8, 1899. In that city he grew up and received his elementary education. His older brother Ralph was a student in McKendree for a while but did not finish. However,

Robert was determined not to allow any ordinary cause to turn him aside from his lofty purpose to secure a thorough education. For some time he hesitated m the choice of his profession between the law and the ministry. He finally decided for the law, but that did not indicate any relaxation of religious principle or practice. He was an active member of the Y. M. C. A. and for one year president of that organization. During his presidency the Y. M. C. A. was a real power on the campus. That statement would not apply to every year of its history. He was a member of Plato Society, and showed the same progressive spirit in that field also. He was interested in dramatics and was the leading spirit in a play known as the Minstrel Show, which was staged under the direction of Miss Cheeseman, and proved a great success as far as the patronage of the public was concerned. Mr. White was business manager of the College Annual for that year, and he saw in the Minstrel Show a means of providing for the deficit which usually occurred in the publication of the Annual. He himself had a part in the play and impressed the other members of the cast with its importance. It "went over" in fine style. The next evening they took it to O'Fallon and presented it to a full house there. Needless to say the deficit in the "Annual" budget was met. He also took part in other plays that were presented during the year, for example, he played the part of Stephen Brewster, which is the leading part, in "Suppressed Desires". He was also a reader of ability and sometimes went out as a member of a picked up quartette to give an entertainment in some near by church, perhaps for the benefit of the Epworth League, or sometimes because the pastor wanted to arouse a little fresh interest in his people by giving them something out of the ordinary. When Mr. White had completed his junior year at McKendree, he went to the University of Illinois to take his law course taking advantage of an arrangement then exist' ing whereby a student could use credits earned in the law school to meet the requirements of his senior year. He re ceived his A. B. at McKendree in 1922 and LL. B. from the University of Illinois in 1925. At Illinois, he belonged to the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and the Acacia social fraternity. After his graduation in 1925 he was admitted to the bar and then located in Granite City, Illinois, for the practice of his profession. He has already handled several important cases in such a masterly way as to give him a favorable repu' tation in legal circles this early in his career. He has a younger brother, Frank, who spent a year at McKendree. In the meantime his parents have moved to California and now reside in Los Angeles.

Henry Schwartz, the owner of a general merchandise business in Dupo, Hhnois, has attained his success through persistent hard labor. His stock of goods includes hardware, paints, oils, dry-goods, shoes, and notions. The owner is the son of John F. and Hannah (Pfeffer) Schwartz, and was born in Twelve Mile Prairie, St. Clair County, Nov. 15th, 1872. His father is the owner and operator of the Schwartz Bros. Express Co., in East St. Louis.

Henry finished the public school, and then attended the Carbondale Normal for six terms, after which he taught in Prairie du Lang and Stookey Townships for seven years. In 1900 he went to Belleville, worked at life insurance for eighteen months, and then managed a hotel for two years, until 190J, when he moved to East St. Louis, and here he contracted for carrying mail between East St. Louis and the Stock Yards. He sold this contract to his father in 1904, and for a year was engaged in the parcel delivery business at his present location. In 191 1 his store burned and in 1912 he built the present structure - a modern, up-to-date business house.

On Feb. 4, 1895, Mr. Schwartz married Emma Kochmann, by whom he has two children - Sylvester W. Schwartz, at present working in his father's store, born June 28, 1889; Mamie Schwartz, now Mrs. Earl Kent, born Dec. 3, iqoi.

Emma Kochmann Schwartz died in 1904, on Jan. 18, and on Oct. 15, 1906, Mr. Schwartz married Anna Breuer. The latter lived until Nov. 23rd, 1926.

Henry Schwartz was the first mayor of Dupo and later served as city alderman. From 1917 to 1920 he was supervisor of Sugar Loaf Township. He was one of the organizers and chairman of a league to improve the roads between East St. Louis and Waterloo. For six years he served on the Dupo Board of Education, was chosen the first president of the community high school board. Since 1923 he has been postmaster in Dupo; he is a stockholder and a director m the Dupo Savings Bank, as well as m the Dupo Building and Loan Association. Mr. Schwartz is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Evangelical Church.

William A. Hough

BOR MORE than forty years Mr. William A. Hough, of Belleville, now secretary and treasurer of the Belleville Finance Corporation, was a notable figure in the educational development of this county. He entered the teaching ranks in 1877, and labored continuously as a teacher and supervisor until 1926, when he withdrew from the field of education, and after the organization of the finance corporation (Oct. I, 1926), took up the duties of his new office. Mr. Hough was born in Mascoutah, on March 16, 1857, one of the two sons of William Hough, a farmer. Since the age of nine, William A. Hough has made his own way in life. He received his early education in the Mascoutah schools, and later attended McKendree College and Washington University, receiving from the former a degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1910. Mr. Hough has taught in New Memphis, 111. (5 years), rural schools (5 years), Mascoutah High School (3 years), and Belleville (19 years). In 1910 Mr. Hough was elected superintendent of schools for St. Clair County, and served in this capacity for almost thirteen years.

It IS interesting to note that he was elected to this office on the Democratic ticket in a county overwhelmingly Republican. Upon the termination of this service he was made superintendent of the city schools of Belleville, and served in this capacity until 1926 when he retired from active school work.

Mr. Hough was married in November, 1878, to Di,xie Fike, the daughter of Anderson and Sarah Jane Fike, of Mascoutah, m which city Mrs. Hough was born on April 6, 1862, and where she was reared and educated. To this congenial couple were born three children - Estella D., Dr. Charles R., and Arthur Newton (deceased).

To the cause of education Mr. Hough has rendered, in his city and county, much unselfish service. For fifteen years he was a member of the Belleville Library Board, and for three years the president of this board. He served on the Carnegie Library Committee and for ten years on the Teachers' Reading Circle Board. He has been president of the Southern Illinois Teachers' Association and was a member of the committee for the revision of the course of study for the public schools of Illinois.

Mr. Hough is a Mason and a Shriner; he has held every office in the Blue Lodge, for four years its Master; he has been High Priest of the Royal Arch, and Eminent Commander of the Tancred Commandery; and, for six years he has acted as "Dad" of the DeMolay organization in his city. Mr. Hough is also a member of the Modern Woodmen, of the Elks, and of the Rotary Club. He has ever been a student and greatly enjoys reading.

William R. Reiss

HFTER having been, during the greater part of his life, a farmer, William R. Reiss, of Trenton, Illinois, is almost ready to retire. His entire life is marked with hard, conscientious work, and the long rest that he will soon take will be well-earned. He was born in St. Clair County, on November 15, 1867, a son of Charles J. Reiss and Eva Dintelmann. The former was born in Floraville, St. Clair County, on February 17, i8jj. The latter was born in Germany, but immigrated to this country at an early age. This couple were parents of seven children. The subject of this sketch did not have a very good opportunity to attend schools other than the public school, but he overcame this handicap by his willingness to learn what he could when not engaged in labor. He contributed much work on his father's farm, which is situated near O'Fallon. For several years he was busily engaged as a hand on farms all over the county, but in 1893, after having acquired all the important facts regarding the science of agriculture, he started fiirming for himself. He rented a farm near O'Fallon, on which he produced fine crops, but in 1907, he moved to the Nies farm, near Trenton. He rented land on this farm until 1904, when he was able, by means of his thrift and perseverance, to buy the farm. This fertile, verdant land, which covers an area of two hundred and five acres, produces good crops year after year.

Mr. Reiss was united in matrimony with Louisa B. Nies, on January 10, 1894. She was born on July 10, 1866, on her father's farm near O'Fallon. Her father, now deceased, was Daniel Nies; her mother, who was born in Germany, on January 3, 183 1, came to this country in 1844. Mrs. Reiss was truly a "home-girl" before her marriage, with the exception of the term that she spent in the Catholic convent in Belleville. Her hobby, Hke the true wife of a farmer, is the raising of chickens. This happy couple have proved to be careful parents of three children. These are: Edgar D., born on January 25, 1895; RoUand C, October -,, 1898, now married to Edna Townsend; and Lucille, July 21, 1908, now a high school graduate.

The subject of this sketch is a character of no mean importance in Trenton. He holds the office of director of the First National Bank; is the secretary of the Farmer's Cooperative Elevator at Summerfield; and the president of the North Grove Telephone Association. All of his work has not been in his own interest by any means. He has contributed to the welfare of his town - O'Fallon, as a member of the board of education, and has been a school director ever since. Mr. Reiss is not only interested in the raising of crops on his farm, but he also makes a specialty of dairying. He is a member of the Blue Wing Hunting and Fishing Club.

Herman E. 2Ierath

EARD WORK is the key to success in a great many cases, and such may be said to be true in the case of Herman E. Zierath. Always forging ahead, never relaxing, this gentleman has finally reached his present position of secretary of the Oswald and Riechmann Motor Company. His mind and body had a love for mechanical things even in early childhood, and many of his dreams have been fulfilled. He was born on September 7, 1882, in New Athens, Illinois. His education was acquired in the public schools, and in the Bryant and Stratton College. After school he was employed by the firm of the Star Brewery, in Belleville, where he worked his way up to the position of a salesman. His ability and sagacity won for him the office of manager, in 1906, of the

Herman Zierath

East St. Louis plant and tn-city branch of this company. He resigned in igii and started in the automobile business as a member of the firm of Oswald and Reichmann Motor Company.

On September 7, 1904, Mr. Zierath was married to Miss Anna Roach, by which union the couple are parents of three children: Margareth L., Murnel E., and Hermann E., Junior.

Mr. Zierath is a Catholic m faith, a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Elks, the Moose, and the Modern Woodmen. He takes a great interest in the well-loved sports of hunting and fishing. Along these lines he holds membership in the East St. Louis Fishing and Hunting Club, and is a member of the board of directors of the Illinois Sportsmen's League. Mr. Zierath is the president of the East St. Louis Automobile Dealers' Association. His interest in civic affair?, his all-around popularity, and genial personaHty have won for him the important offi;e of commissioner of public safety.

I old Kunze homestead, March 11, 1875, one of the six sons of G. William Kunze and Dorothea Schneidewind, who had, m all, eight children. The father, born in Betterfeld, Germany, on July 30, 1839, came to America at the age ot fifteen, first went to Canada, then came to Pope County, Illinois, and finally settled in St. Clair County, on a farm, where he lived until his death, which occurred on July 18, igii. Mrs. Kunze died September 24, 1926.

Their son, J. C. F., received his education in the public school and in the Academy of Marissa, and helped his father run the farm until 1901, when he started farming for himself. And Mr. Kunze is one of those very few men who have been able to make farming pay m the last two decades when conditions have been so adverse. His fine residence, built in 1911, and his two hundred acre farm both speak of such a success that is not the gift of fortune but the lust reward of hard work, and skill in farming.

Although he has always been busy in his daily occupation, Mr. Kunze has taken time to participate in the finer things of life and to serve his fellow men. He is a member of the Evangelical Church; was for fourteen years a school board trustee, and served on the Marissa Township School Board. He has traveled extensively.

Harold V. Calhoun

HAROLD V. CALHOUN 'HE PERPETUATION and stimulation of learning IS one of the most important of all tasks which confront the human race. The future growth or downfall of civilization, the very destiny of nations, depends upon the training which the children of today receive. In view of these truths, the city of Belleville, with H. V. Calhoun as a type of its educators, is destined to enjoy a future of prosperity and intellectual progress.

Harold V. Calhoun, Superintendent of Schools in Belleville, won his way to the position which he now holds, by means of hard work, consistent achievement, and real merit. He was born in Pekin, Illinois, July 7, 1891. His father was Rev. J. D. Calhoun, and his mother, Mrs. Vina (Robinson)

Calhoun. Rev. Calhoun was for fifty years a Methodist Episcopal minister in the Central Illinois Conference. He died April ii, 1924. Mr. Calhoun's mother is still living and continuing in excellent health.

In order to complete his education, Mr. Calhoun was compelled to work his way through college chiefly by doing farm work and by remaining out of school to teach. He was graduated from the Wenona, Illinois, High School, and then was enrolled in Bradley Polytechnic Institute, in Illinois State Normal, and in McKendree College. He was grad' uated from McKendree in 1925 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

His teaching career has been remarkably successful. He has taught and supervised schools in Marshall County, in LaRose, in Bureau, and in Mackinaw - all in this state. In 1922 he became Principal of the Junior High School in Belleville and in 1926 was made Superintendent of the Public Schools of Belleville, which position he holds at the present time.

He was married on October 3,0, 191 J. His wife was formerly Miss Gertrude M. Judd, the daughter of Alfred and Anna Judd, of Wenona, Illinois. She was born March 5, 1890 and was given a musical education at Wesleyan University, of Bloomington.

Mr. Calhoun is an efficient and practical worker in his chosen field; is popular with the Belleville school authorities, well-liked by all whom he serves, and trusted, honored, and respected by everyone who knows him. He is a Mason, a member of the lodge of Modern Woodmen, and an active worker in the Belleville Rotary Club.

Edward N. Joseph

OF ALL the occupations that one may choose from, there is none that can take the place of farming - an occupation in which the farmer enjoys the bounties of Mother Nature, with her beautiful contributions of crops and trees, two mighty factors on which this land of ours depends. Such, then, is the very good reason why Edward N. Joseph chose farming, by which he aimed to contribute his share to humanity. Mr. Joseph was born on a farm, and such, then, may be the cause of his love for it. The date of his birth is October 7, 1861, while the place is the old Joseph homestead, near New Athens, Illinois. He was a son of John Joseph, a successful farmer, who owned a piece land of five hundred and sixty-one acres, all of which he kept in a good state of cultivation. His principal crop was wheat, which yielded wonderfully. He held the position of school director in several districts. Among people of the township, he and his wife held a high position of esteem. The couple were crowned with success in a worldly sense, also. They were all devoted members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

The education of the subject of this sketch was received in the public schools near his home. He devoted his spare time to work on his father's farm. Immediately after his school training was completed, he worked for many years on the farm of his father. In 1886, his spirit of independence being stirred, he decided to shift for himself. He took up farming, and by 1903, was cultivating two hundred acres. At this time he became interested in the city of Belleville, to which he moved after renting his farm. Here he built a fine residence, then one of the finest in the city. Chiefly because of his business ability, he organized the Joseph Clothing Company, a firm that met with success.

The subject of this sketch was married to Elizabeth A. Hermann, on October 27, 1886. This lady, who was born on January 11, 1868, near the New Athens Township, was the daughter of Philip Hermann and Catherina Darmstatter. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, were blessed with one child. Alma Margareta, who was born on January 10, 1890. She was married, on September 16, 1908, to Elmer Needles. A son was born, but after the death of Mrs. Needles, he was adopted by his grandparents.

After the death of his daughter, in April, 1918, Mr. Joseph sold his residence and business in Belleville, and then, feeling the call of the farm, he moved back to his old, beloved homestead. The land around his home consists of three hundred and fifty acres. It is considered to be the most fertile and best in St. Clair County, producing an abundance of crops each year. The enormous size of the farm does not permit Mr. Joseph to handle it alone; therefore, he has two renters on it. The residence on the farm is a thing of beauty. With its graceful lines, blending with the surrounding of the fruits of Mother Nature, and its strictly modern improvements, it indeed marks a place to be envied.

Mr. Joseph is one of the most devoted members of the Evangelical Church. He was one of the directors of the school board, an office that he has held for many years. In 1926, at the urgent request of the St. Clair Democratic Central Committee, he made a run for county clerk on their ticket, and in spite of the fact that this is normally a Republican county, he made an excellent showing - one of the best ever made. As becomes a true farmer, the recreation th.it Mr. Joseph indulges in most is hunting. He and his wife are very highly respected and well-loved by all who have come in contact with their hospitality and friendship.

THE C^ C. REV. CLAUDE C. HALL - D. D. 'HE POWERFUL personality, keen intellect, and vigorous service of Dr. C. C. Hall, one of the outstanding Methodist clergymen of Southern Illinois, has won the respect and confidence of all who know him. The faith that his conference has in his ability was expressed when, in 1916, 1920, 1924, and again in 1928, he was elected delegate to the General Conference, three times heading his delegation. At the General Conferences of 1920 and 1924, Dr. Hall was elected a member of the Book Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

While District Superintendent, Dr. Hall was a representative of the Centenary Missionary Campaign of the M. E. Church. Under his leadership, the East St. Louis District carried its full quota, the lone achievement of its kind in Southern Illinois. In recognition of his ability, he was made Special Representative of the Centenary Campaign for the state of Arkansas, which also responded to his inspiration and met its full quota.

Dr. Hall has been treasurer of the Mutual Preachers' Benefit Association since its organization in 1911, as well as chairman of the Orphanage Board for eleven years. He is chairman of the Publishing Committee of the Southern Illinois Conference, and chairman of the Conference Board of Trustees.

As superintendent of the orphanage in Mt. Vernon, Dr. Hall has rendered incalculable service. All indebtedness on the new unit erected during his administration has been erased. He has also been superintendent of the Mt. Carmel District.

Hall Family

time and energy to McKendree College. At present, he is President of the Joint Board of Trustees and Visitors, which position he has held since 1923. He has been a member of the Executive Committee since 1916, and he served on the special committee for the building of the college dormitories. In his time he has been connected with the building or remodeling of all the buildings on the campus.

Dr. Hall was born m Hopkins County, Kentucky, on April 20, 1871. He was licensed to preach at the age of twenty-three. Two years later he was married to Miss Katherine Elizabeth Young. The union was blessed with two sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Benjamin Henry, was graduated from McKendree in 1920. He successfully coached football, basketball, and track at Momence, and Zeigler, Illinois, and Owatonna, Minnesota. The other son, John Crow, is now the baseball coach and assistant football and basketball coach of McKendree College. He received his A. B. degree in 1927. The daughter, Ruth Lucille, a Washington University graduate, is the wife of Dr. Clyde McNeill, who is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, a physician who did post graduate work in Berlin, Germany, and who, at present, is an expert diagnostician of Louisville, Kentucky.

Mrs. Hall has always been very active in the missionary society and church work. She has been Superintendent of the Standard Bearers for five years at Mt. Vernon, and was Superintendent of the same organization for several years at East St. Louis when Dr. Hall was District Superintendent there.

Fred G. Fischer

QR. Fred G. Fischer is one of the leading merchants in Dupo, and has been engaged in the general merchandise business here for fourteen years. Before that time he was a teacher in St. Clair County for eight years until he moved into Dupo and began dealing in real estate and insurance. Mr. Fischer, the son of a farmer, was born on a farm in Stookey Township on March 21st, 1885, and received his early education in a public school of this township. After completing the grade school course, he attended Illinois State Normal University, at Normal, Illinois, for four terms and prepared himself for the teaching profession, which he followed until 1912.

His father, Fred N. Fischer, was born on Feb. 24th, 1858, and spent all of his active life on a farm in Stookey Township. Since his retirement he has been living with his son, Fred, in Dupo. His wife, Catherine Plugmacher Fischer, bore to him three children, and died on June 5th, 1890.

While still teaching, Mr. Fischer married, on June i6th, 1907, Miss Carrie D. Doerr, who is now the mother of four children - Harold, Mable, Raymond, and Warren - born March 13th, 1908, March 10, 1914, November 24th, 1916, and Sept. 5th, 1925, respectively. Mrs. Fischer was born in Sugar Loaf Township on April 20th, 1886, and was one of six children of George Doerr and Caroline Kraus, both of whom have been dead for many years; the mother passed away March 15th, 1903, and the father on June 4th, 1916. Before her marriage to Mr. Fischer, Miss Doerr was given a fair education in the public schools of her township.

The year after he located in Dupo, 111., Mr. Fischer made his venture into the general merchandise business; this was in 191 3. He met with encouraging success in this business, and in 1917 bought property and had an up-to-date building constructed, in which he now operates. In this modern store building is to be found <i complete stock of general merchandise - dry goods, shoes, notions, gents' furnishings, etc. Besides this investment, he owns other property in Dupo, as well as a citrus orchard in the lower Rio Grande Valley. He is one of the stock holders in the local Building and Loan Association. He served as a member of the Village Board of Trustees for a number of years. For five years he was president of the Dupo School Board, and is now the president of the new Community High School Board, of which he was also the secretary for one year. His interest in education is clearly seen by the above record, and by the further fact that he has been a member of the Board of

Mr. Fischer is more than a business man - he is an active proponent of education and a fraternity man as well. He is a member both of the Odd Fellows and the Masonic Order, in the latter of which he has advanced to the degree of Shriner. For the past twenty years, in connection with his other business, he has dealt in real estate and insurance, which experience has developed in him qualities of a competent real estate and insurance salesman. He is considered one of Dupo's most prominent citizens.

Mr. Fischer finds time from his many interests to enjoy his particularly preferred sports, which are fishing and hunting. If he has a special hobby, it is participating in those sports. He is greatly interested in the welfare of Dupo - m its schools, in its business, in its material growth, and in its general prosperity. Perhaps no one has worked harder for his particular community than has Mr. Fischer for the city of Dupo. And it is naturally to be expected that one who has contributed so generously his interest and his time to this community, and who is still in early middle life, will live many years more to render useful service to the

Mrs. Fannie E. Jolly

QCKENDREE College is very fortunate in having for her friend Mrs. Fannie E. Jolly, a noble woman with such a love for humanity and with a heart so generous that not only McKendree, but also Wesley Foundation has substantially felt the effect of her philanthropy. Mrs. Jolly was born on January 25, 1857, in Grayville, Illinois. She received her elementary education in the public school of Grayville, and in the term of '75-'76 attended Southern Illinois Normal University, at Carbondale. The following five years were spent in teaching school. In 1890 she was married to Mr. John B. Jolly. Two years later, a son. Mayo, was born to them. After a few years of supreme happiness, little Mayo, who was a brilliant, lovely lad, full of sunshine and joy, passed into the Great Beyond. His loss was a terrible blow to his mother, his father, and to his friends who loved him so well. President Cameron Harmon preached the funeral sermon, in which he expressed beautifully the actions of Mayo during his brief life. It was Reverend Harmon's first sermon, for Grayville was his first pastorate after leaving college. A memorial, known as the Mayo Jolly Memorial, at the Wesley Foundation, in Urbana, has been erected in loving memory to the lad who died so soon.