St. Clair County, Illinois - Chapter 2 (2 of 2 so headed), 1928 (part 1 of 3)

Chapter 2

In 1910, Mr. Hankamer was united in marriage with Miss Marie Brengard. Of the union there are seven children : Erwin, Lorine, Edward, Norman, Louise, Walmer, and Rose-Mane.

At present, Mr. Hankamer is the president of the board of education of District 193. He also holds the office of village clerk, notary public and local registrar. Mr. Hankamer is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal Order of Moose, and the Brotherhood of Evangelical Church.

Charles Reinhardt

CHARLES REINHARDT, one of Lebanon's senior business men, the proprietor of a clothing store, and a tailor by trade. His father, Chas. Reinhardt, Sr., came to Lebanon in 1856, and operated a tailor shop here for many years. He died in February, 1902. The mother, Mary Blass Reinhardt, died in September, two years earlier. Chas. Reinhardt, Jr., was born in Lebanon, June 11, 1857, and here received a public school education and two terms of instruction in McKendree, before beginning his life's work in 1872 as a tailor and clothier in Lebanon.

On Oct. 7, 1879, he married Ellen W. Williams, who was born near Lebanon on Nov. 15, i8'i2, daughter of Hampton and Indiana Bradsby Williams, long since deceased. Mrs. Reinhardt attended McKendree College for a time and was an early member of the CUonian Literary Society. She is the mother of three children: Fred W., graduated from McKendree as an honor student, and from the law school of Washington University, now practicing law in Chicago; Florence A. was graduated from McKendree's school of music and the Perry School of Expression, and is married to Mr. C. W, Nichols, insurance executive; and Miss Retta M. Reinhardt received a musical training in McKendree and now resides with her parents.

Mr. Reinhardt served on the school board for about twenty-four years, and was city alderman. He is an Odd Fellow, a Woodman, and a member of the Evangelical Church. In business he is accommodating, cordial, and courteous.

XN Binghampton, New York, on Oct. i, 1864, was born J. B. Williamson, a prominent real estate dealer of East St. Louis. He attended the public schools of his home city, and, upon being graduated from them, he continued his education by enrolling in the Cortland Normal University, of Cortland, New York. After leaving the normal school, he taught for several years, and it was during this time that he was married to Miss Eunice Harton, of Oswego, New York, the date cf their wedding being Nov. 28, 1884.

Mr. Williamson then established himself in the bakery business, in which he continued for eight years with marked success. In 1898 he entered the grocery business, first as a successful salesman for two wholesale houses, and later, in 191 5, as proprietor of a thriving store at 40th and Waverly Place, in East St. Louis. In October of 192^ he sold his grocery establishment and entered into the real estate business, in which he is now engaged.

Mr. Williamson is especially active in church work, being one of the organizers of the St. Paul M. E. Church, having been a trustee of it since its founding, and acting as superintendent of its Sunday School.

Mrs. Williamson was born in Oswego, New York, May i, 1868. Music has always been her hobby, and upon completing her education, she taught in the public schools and as a private teacher, prior to her marriage to Mr. Williamson. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Williamson - three daughters: Eunice N., Mary L., and Ruth, all of whom are teachers; and two sons: Lewis H., and James J. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson provided all of their children with a good education, each one having attended college.

Lewis, after completing high school, studied under the best voice teachers in America. At the present time, he is a well known concert and church soloist in New York City. Eunice IS a successful teacher in the department of music of the Jefferson School.

Mrs. J. B. Williamson is a member of the Shubert Club, president of the Bay view Literary Club, and IS a member of the Daughters of the Revolution. She was the organizer of the Cahokia Mound Chapter, and is president of the Home Missionary Society of St. Paul's M. E. Church.

Thomas J. Hayes, Jr

CHOS- J. HAYES, Jr., at the time of this writing (June, 1928), is traffic manager for Renard Linoleum is' Rug Company, of St. Louis, which position he has filled since May, 1918. He is son of Thos. J. Hayes, St., veteran engineer on the Chicago 6? Alton Railroad. His mother, Anastasia (Doyle) Hayes, has been dead since Oct. 15, 1921- Mr- Hayes, Jr., born Nov. 22, 1885, in East St. Louis. Mrs. Hayes was formerly Ada L. Hendricks, daughter of Samuel A. and Jane (Tansey) Hendricks, and was born in East St. Louis, Aug. 15, 1886, and was married on Sept. 17, 1912. Her son, Thos. J. Hayes (the third), was born Jan. 18, 1911; the daughter, Mary Ada, on her mother's birthday, in 1917.

Mr. Hayes, after a good education in the parochial, grade, and high schools of East St. Louis, secured employment in the L. 6? N. Railroad office, worked up to higher positions, and in 1912 was made contracting freight agent. He resigned in 1918 to take his present position. In 191 2 and 191 3 he was a supervisor of St. Clair County, and in 1923 was elected a member of the East St. Louis board of education. At the present he is a member of the East St. Louis Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. He was Grand Knight of the East St. Louis council of the Knights of Columbus in 191 1- Mr. Hayes is greatly interested in boys, as was shown by his organization of a Boy Scout troop at the Morrison School in 1926.

Rev. J. B. Cummins

REV. J. B. CUMMINS -f^EV. J. B. CUMMINS, pastor of Jersey- Igr ville M. E. Church, of East St. Louis, Illinois, has served as president of District Conference for two years, president of Departmental League, of Vandalia District, for five years, and for two years was secretary of Carbondale District.

Rev. Cummins was born in Johnson County, Illinois. July 12, 1868; attended public schools and enrolled in Southern Illinois Normal University. Later he entered McKendree College. After leaving McKendree, Rev. Cummins taught school and then entered ministry.

Mr, And Mrs. Adolph Baer

|JL| Jucts two very closely allied businesseslumber and furniture. He began this business in 1906, when he moved to town from the farm, and he and his brother bought out the Vogt and the Pfeffer Lumber Companies, and operated as a lumber company alone until igog, when they added furniture, and had built a suitable structure for the enlarged business. Mr. Baer was born near Summerlield, Sept. 30, 187";, the son of Daniel and Catherine Bergdolt Baer, both ot whom are dead. He finished the country school and spent one year in the schools ofSummerfield, after which he began working on his father's farm, continuing this occupation until he went into business in 1906.

He was married to Miss Ida Apple, on June 18, 1909, and by her has two children. Faith and Hope, born on June 21, 1912 and Aug. g, igifi, respectively. Mrs. Baer was born in Summerfield on Oct. 7. 187J, received her education in the Summerfield schools, and remained at home helping with the housework until her marriage. Both of the daughters are students of music in Mc- Kendree College.

Mr. Baer has been a member of his school board for four years, and the clerk of the board for three years. He and his family worship in the Mennonite Church ofSummerfield.

ffiR. L. B. BUSCHER. proprietor of the Bertram Hotel, in Lebanon, 111,, and a building contractor, was born in Lebanon, Aug. JO, 1886, the son of Edward J. Buscher and Bertha Meyer, and the oldest of four children - L. B. Buscher, Ora L., now Mrs. W. P. Breuning, Francis, deceased, and Edward. His father died in 1904; his mother is still living at Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Mr. Buscher secured his education in the Lebanon public schools, and took up carpentry, working first in Springfield, 111. for about four years, returned to Lebanon, and worked under Mr. J. S. Gedney five or six years, entered the dairy business, later the express business, in which he was engaged for about ten years, and then became agent for the Interurban Express Company, kept this position for four years, until 1925, and returned to his old trade as a carpenter and contractor. On Oct. 25, igij, he was married to Miss Leonora Schmale, a Lebanon girl, born Nov. 27, 1886, and a product of the Lebanon High School. For a short time she attended the public schools in St. Louis. Her parents, Balser and Carrie (Rittenhouse) Schmale, are living in Beloit, Wis. When in Lebanon, Mr. Schmale was the street commissioner. He also engaged in concrete work. Mr. and Mrs. Buscher have no children.

The hotel which Mr. Buscher manages was forty-five years ago, operated by his grandmother for twenty years, later by his father and aunt, and then by his mother until 1924, when Mr. Buscher took charge of it. Under his management it has steadily improved. He is a member of the East St. Louis Consistory, Ainad Temple, and 1.0. OF.

Jacob W. Frantz

ffL the New Athens Bakery, was born in New Athens Township on the loth of November, 1888. His father, Fred Frantz, a retired farmer who lives in New Athens, is the son of Louis Frantj and Katherine Wilhelm, and was born in New Athens Township on Nov. ^, 1862. Fred worked for his father on the farm until 1881, when he started farming for himself, continuing this occupation until iq20, when he left the farm, bought property in New Athens, and moved into town. His wife was Miss Lizette C. Held, the daughter of Jacob Held, a wellknown farmer of Fayetteville, 111., the place of Lizette's birth, on December 21, 1861. She came from a family of three children, and was married to Mr. Frantz on Sept. 10, 1881. To Fred ,ind Mrs. Frantz were born nine children - four are Uving and five are dead; Kate, Oct. 14, 1882; Charley, June 14, 1884, died April 27, 1888; August, Aug. 16, 1886, died Aug. 17, 1886; Jacob Wm., Nov. 10, 1887; Ida, Feb. 27, iSgo,

Mr. Frantz still owns 108 acres of land, which IS under the management of his son, Albert. The former served for three years as a member of the New Athens School Board.

His son, Jacob, received his education in the public school, and then worked for his father until he was eighteen, when he went to St. Louis, secured employment in a bakery, and worked there for five years. In 191 1 he returned to New Athens, bought the baker shop of Christ Loesche, and continued running this bakery up to the present time. He has built a new building since, and now has an up-to-date plant and store-room.

On April 23, 1916, he was married to Amelia C. Stemheimer, w-ho has borne him two children: Harold, on May 13, 1917; and Dorothy Mae, on March 2, 1927. The mother is the daughter of Oscar Steinheimer and Susanna Schreiber. The former died in 1916, but the latter is still living. Mrs. Frantz was born the 4th of February, 1899, in New Athens, where she received a public school education.

Mr. Frantz is a member of the Evangelical Church, is an Odd Fellow and a Modern Woodman, and also a member of the Volunteer Fire Department of New Athens.

Martha L. Connole, Lawyer Xn The Metropolitan Building

XN THE METROPOLITAN BUILDING of East St. Louis, Miss Martha L.Connole conducts her law office. Miss Connole is a native of Greene County, was horn at Carrollton, III, Sept. 21, 1883. the daughter of Anthony Connole and Mary Ann Markham. Her parents had eight children. The father, well-known as a squire and real estate man in Greene County, died Feb. 22, 1919; the mother is one of the senior members of the Carrollton M. E. Church. Miss Connole, after completing a high school course, attended the Illinois State Normal, and at the age of nineteen began teaching, first in the country schools of Greene County, then in the seventh and eighth grades at White Hall, 111., and finally in the White Hall High School, staying four years at each place. In 1914, she resigned her position as teacher, took a position with her brother, Henry Connole, a real estate and insurance agent at Madison, 111., and during this period of four years, studied law at nights and as a student in St. Louis University. She was graduated from the law school in igi?, and in 1918 came to East St. Louis, took charge of the Governmerit Fuel Administrator's office for one year. and in 1919 began her law practice.

In 1921 Miss Connole was elected on the city school board, and in 1924, appointed public administrator for St. Clair County. She is a member of the Y. W. C. A. Board, and holds a membership in a number of other organizations - the Eastern Star, Rebeccas, Royal Neighbors, Women's Relief Corps, Protestant Women's Welfare League, and the Methodist Church. Miss Connole enjoys working with women's organizations, is now National Legislative Chairman of the business and professional Women's clubs of the United States.

OR, FRED A. RENNER was born on Feb. 23, 1878, in Lebanon, 111. His father, Fred Renner, was born in Germany in 1845, came to America in 1848, followed farming for many years, and is now retired and lives in Lebanon. Dr. Renner's mother, Mary Jane Ross Renner, was born in St. Clair County in 1846, and IS the daughter of the Reverend William Ross, one of the early pioneer Baptist preachers of the middle west. She, too, is still Uving.

Dr. Renner was graduated from the local high school in 1897, after which he studied in Mc- Kendree College for one term, and in 1899 and 1900 took teacher training courses at the Western Normal, Bushnell, 111., and at the Illinois State Normal, Normal, 111. He then taught for tour years in St. Clair County. In 1906 he was graduated from the medical school of St. Louis University, and the next year was spent in the U. S. Marine Hospital, St. Louis. Locating in Benld, 111., he remained there until 1920, the year he came to Lebanon. In this same year he completed a post graduate course at Washington University.

Mrs. Renner, formerly Delia M. Midgley, is a native of Lebanon, was born May 23,, 1880, and was married on Aug. 4, 1906. She is the daughter of William Midgley and Mary Jane Ezard; the former, who conducted a butcher shop in Lebanon over forty years, died in 1908, and the latter in 1921. Both were born in England. Dr. and Mrs. Renner have one daughter, Delia Grace, who is an honor student in McKendree College, and an active member of the Clionian Literary Society.

Dr. Renner is a member of the Lebanon Community High School board, which position he has held since 1921. He owns one of the best homes in Lebanon, located on Belleville Avenue. He likes to fish, and is particularly interested in fruits and bees.

Arthur Schubert

ARMER, coal miner, carpenter, helper, foreman, and finally, an independent contractor - this has been the route over which Mr. Arthur Schubert has gone. He was born in Mascoutah Township, March 10, 1880, the son of Robert Schubert and Anna Schmidt, to whom reference is made on another page of this history. After leaving the Mascoutah High School, Arthur Schubert worked for a time on the farm and in the mines, and then took up carpentry, working for his brother, Robert, until 1923, when he started contracting for himself.

Mrs. Schubert is a product of the high school of Mascoutah, in which city she was born on May 28, 1889, the daughter of John Boos and Mary Karch, both of whom were born here. The father is a retired merchant, lives in Mascoutah, and is one of her well-to-do citizens. Mrs. Schubert, nee Alma M. Boos, is the mother of a daughter, Carine M., who was born on the 23rd of November, 1908, and who has been graduated from the Mascoutah High School.

Mr. Schubert is well known here, and is the owner of a nice residence, and of other property in the city, as well as a stockholder and director in a co-operative store. He does a great amount of work as a building contractor in and around Mascoutah. In 1926 he was elected a member of the board of education. Mr. Schubert is an Odd Fellow and also a member of the Moose Fraternity.

VERY COMMUNITY needs a competent veterinarian, and New Athens has such a one in Dr. Schlesinger. Born m the city where he is now located, on April 13, 1886, he is one of the four sons of Michael Schlesinger and Friedericka Oldenorph. Henry J. Schlesinger obtained his early education in the New Athens schools, and after leaving school, worked for a time at different vocations. In 1910, he was graduated from the Chicago Veterinary College. Soon after finishing this course, he returned to his native town, began his practice, and has kept up this practice until now. The year after his return from Chicago he married, on June 6, 191 1, Bertha A. Bertholdt, the daughter of Frederick Bertholdt and Elizabeth Kirchhoelfer. Mrs. Schlesinger was born in FayetteviUe on June 20, 1890. She came from a family of five children, and received a public school education. She has borne to her husband four children: Howard F., on Feb. 15, 1914;

Mr. Schlesinger not only treats diseases of all domestic animals and poultry, but he carries a full line of medicines for these animals. His practice and trade extends into four counties - St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph and Washington. He owns his home, as well as other property here, has served as alderman of New Athens for two terms and as a member of the school board for three terms. Mr. Schlesinger has a love for music, and all the members of his family are musically inclined. He belongs to the Masonic Fraternity.

Sylvan E. Williams

/^YLVAN E. WILLIAMS, printer and pub- J*jl lisher, was born in Douglas County, Illinois, December 17, 1899. Both of his parents, Silas and Rosezella Williams, are living at Lebanon, Indiana.

In 1918 Sylvan was graduated from the high school of Lebanon, Indiana, and the two years following he spent in the U. S Navy. Upon his discharge from the service, he entered a printing office, and at the same time took a course in printing and journalism, at Lebanon, Indiana. He worked at his trade for five years in Indiana before coming to Illinois in 192"! to take charge of the Advertiser, Lebanon's first class weekly publication. This paper had previously been published by Gerking in 1911, Allen in 1917, and

Bartlett in 1920. Soon after Mr. Williams took charge, he moved the printing plant to the place where it is now located, improved his equipment, and built an up-to-date establishment, from which he not only turns out a good weekly of from eight to fourteen pages, but also prints the McKendree Review and the Bulletin. He also does an excellent grade of job printing.

Mrs. Wilhams assists in the newspaper office, and her efforts have made the social news of the publication one of the leading pages in Southern Illinois newspapers. Mrs. Williams was formerly Miss Myrtle Smith, a native of the Hoosier state.

Mr. Williams is a capable newspaper editor, attends dihgently to his business, and is a booster for civic and industrial improvement in his community.

He. VICKREY, M. D., prominent physician and surgeon of St. Louis, was born in Louisville, Illinois January 50, 1886. He attended the public schools of Louisville and from 1903 to 1907 was a student in McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois. After leaving Mc- Kendree, he entered the School of Medicine in Washington University and was graduated from it in 191 1. Dr. Vickrey was then employed in the St. Louis City Hospital Department for six years. On September i, 191';, he was married

Dr. Vickrey has served as Assistant Superintendent of the St. Louis city sanitarium and is superintendent of the Missouri State Hospital No. 2 at St. Joseph, Missouri. In his practise from 191^ to 1917 he was the business associate of Dr. Max Starkloff, city health commissioner. From 1918 to 1922, he served as surgeon in the U. S. pubhc health service.

Dr. Vickrey, in addition to filhng all of the above listed important offices, has built up a large medical practice in St. Louis. He specializes in neuro-psychiatry and is a keen student of all pha'^s of medical science. His office in St. Louis is in the Paul Brown Building at Ninth and Olive Streets.

Dr. Vickrey is well-liked by every one who knows him and is prominent both in the medical circles of St. Louis and of the state of Missouri, and in all civic activities of his community. He is a member of the St. Louis Medical Society and of the American Medical Association and is, also, a Mason and an Elk.

Rev. Frank E. Harris

^R. FRANK HARRIS, Methodist minister, Ashley, Illinois, born in Sangamon County, IMinois, June 18, 1890, received public school education Springfield, graduated McKendree Academy, 1921, and McKendree College, A. B. degree, I92<;. Worked as clerk for Wabash R. R. until marriage to Gladys V. Morgan on March i, 1909. From 1909 to 1919 followed farming, then entered Methodist ministry. Was ordained Deacon, 1923; Elder, 1927. His father, P. S. Harris, died m 1917; the mother, Dora Valentine Harris, is at Springfield, Illinois.

Mrs. Harris was born at Mechanicsburg, Illinois, August 29, 1891, daughter of C. W. Morgan and Elizabeth Turley Morgan. Received high school education. She and Mr. Harris have four children - Joseph, Elizabeth, Frank, Jr., and Dora Jean.

Mr. Harris has held the following pastoral charges: Bunker Hill and Dorchester (1920), Dorchester (1922), OTallon (1923 to 1926), Ashley (1926 to the present). He is a member of the Odd Fellows, of the A. F. ii A. M. of the Royal Arch of the Masonic Order, and of the Platonian Literary Society.

Charles H. Barts

QROFESSOR CHARLES BARTS, the principal of the Freeburg High School, has been an active educator now for more than thirty-seven years. He is a native of Indiana, was born at Misha waka, on the 23rd of February, 1870. His education included a high school training, a preparatory and normal training in the University of Valparaiso, from which institution he was graduated with a B. S. degree in 1901, and a course in the Indiana University, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1920.

On Oct. 18, 1892, Mr. Barts was married to Miss Zoula M. Brown, to whom has been born six children - Ethyl M., Ada B , Clarice M., Valeria A., Ellwood E., and Irma E. Five of these children have graduated from high school, and Ethyl and Ada attended the Indiana University; Clarice, the Indiana Teachers" College; Valeria, the college of Butler, Indiana; Ellwood, the Y. M. C. A. Automobile School, of St. Louis; Irma, the youngest, is a Junior in the Freeburg High School. The two oldest daughters taught five years, before their marriage.

Mr. Barts is a member of the Methodist Church and a Mason. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Eastern Star Fraternity. Mr. Barts is an exponent of Manual Training in the high school, and an advocate of Industrial Education; this seems to be his hobby. He has been located at Freeburg for the past three years, where he has taken an active hand in the planning and erection of a fine new building.

eRACE LUELLA HARMON, daughter of Dr. John F. Harmon, noted minister and former President of McKendree College, whose biographical sketch appears in this history, holds the unique distinction of being the only woman ever elected to active membership in Plato. After completing her academic course, Mrs. McGary was graduated from Mc- Kendree College, attended the Chicago Training School, and did post-graduate work in piano, in St. Louis. At McKendree, she was president of Clio and of the Y. W. C. A. several times.

A specialist in child training, Mrs. McGary is connected with the American Educational Society, of St. Louis. In 191 1. her work called her as a missionary to Korea, Seoul, where for

RICHARD H. MUSKOFF J^HIS POPULAR and highly respected IJ principal of the East Carondelet School, District 54, was born at Prairie Dupo, on Nov. 12, 1894, a son of Fred and Lena (Mittelstatter) Muskoft, who were parents of eight other children. He attended the public schools at Prairie Dupo, the East St. Louis High School, State Normal, at Normal, and the Southern Illinois Normal University, at Carbondale, from which he was graduated in 1926; for the next nine years he taught school. Mr. Muskoff was married to Gertrude C. Arnold, on April 11,1918. She was born in St. Louis on Aug. 16, 1894, a daughter of John and Sophia (Peterson) Arnold. This family, in which there were three children, moved from St. Louis to their homestead near MiUstadt, where they are now living. Mrs. MuskofF attended the public schools in St. Louis and lived with her parents until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Muskotf are parents of two children. These are: Richard, Jr., born on July 26, 1920; and Gladis M., Feb. 25, 1925. During the war Mr. Muskoif served as a private in France, where he did his full duty. He was honorably discharged on Sept. 25, 1919. He was made principal of the East Carondelet School, and has held that position since then. He is a member of the American Legion; in religion he is a member of the Evangelical Church. During the past years, in his spare time, Mr. Muskoff has studied the science of agriculture. His ability and love for work, mixed with a pleasant personality, has placed him in a position of high esteem among all his friends.

Charles W. Marks

B CLOSE FRIEND and former class-mate of Dr. Cameron Harmon, now President of McKendree College, is Mr. Charles W. Marks, a successful undertaker of Edwardsville. 111. After receiving his elementary schooling in Bunker Hill, 111., Mr. Marks attended McKendree College in 1901. He finished his professional training in the Embalming School of St. Louis, and is now connected with the Marks and Weber Company. Harry F. Marksand Bernard H. Weber are also members of the firm. Mr. Marks is a member of Plato, is an Odd Fellow and a Mason. He started in the Furniture and Undertaking business in 1904. From 1920 to 192'; he was in the same Une of business at White Hall, 111. He was married to Miss Edna Kriege in 1910. Their children are: Arlyn who will enter McKendree College m 1929, Robert L., and Ray C.

The mother of Mr. Marks, and her folks, have hved in America for generations. His father, Mr. Peter Marks, was born in St. Louis. Most of his childhood days were spent in the vicinity of Alton.

W. M. K. LYONS M. K. LYONS was born in Marissa Township, St. Clair County, lUinois, in the year 1847 and has resided there ever since. His father, John R. Lyons, was born in South Carolina and came to Illinois in 1835 and resided in St. Clair County for more than eighty years; his mother, Mary A. McKee, was a native of Kentucky and came to Illinois in her early life.

At the age of fifteen years, Mr. Lyons entered high school at the Union Academy, in Sparta. The following year, i86j, he entered McKendree College. Dr. AUyn was president at this time. Professors Blair and Jones were leading instructors. Fairly good progress was made here until near the close of the second year, when eye trouble developed, causing a halt in school work for a time. Later, he pursued his studies in Monmouth College, and entered business in Marissa, IlUnois, in 187J, and continued to operate this successfully for a period of forty -five years.

He has always taken an active interest in advancing the welfare of the community, and gave of his time and talents in fostering the highest aims of life. He has repeatedly served as trustee of the village board, and also as president of same. He was a member of the board of education at the time the first large public school building was erected. Has been for several years president of the township board of school trustees. He is a member and an official director of the United Presbyterian Church.

In the year iSvs he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah J. Patton, a resident of near Sparta, Randolph County. To this union were born four children, one dying in infancy. The youngest son died at the age of twenty-four years - a short time after graduating from the St. Louis School of Pharmacy. One son and daughter are living; both are happily married.

Reverend Melvin Loar

BREAL PREACHER, an optomist, and a student who spends over five hours a day in study, is Reverend Melvin Loar, pastor of the Centralia First M. E. Church. As a preacher, he appeals to all classes; has always been perfectly natural, spiritual, evangelistic, practical and unemotional. When Reverend Loar was Superintendent of the Carbondale District, the First M. E. Church of Carbondale, one of the finest in the Conference, was built. Many other churches and parsonages were built under his efficient superintendency. It was he who organized and built the church in Alta Sita, remodeled the church in Cairo, and built the parsonage in Robinson.

In July, 1891, Reverend Loar was united in marriage to Miss Olie Riley. The happy couple, who have a great love for children, adopted four orphans - Lottie Gibford, now assistant to a surgeon in Detroit; Maud Gibford, who is treasurer of Warren and Hardy, a great law office in the same city; Opal Riley, a student at McKendree Conservatory of Music ; another child was adopted, but died in infancy.

Reverend Loar is a Royal Arch Mason, a loving pastor and an energetic worker wherever men need help. He was a student in McKendree in 189} and '94, and entered the Southern Illinois Conference in 1894.

REV. O. L. MARKMAN, D. D. <f^EV. O. L. MARKMAN, pastor of the I^f First M. E. Church, of East St. Louis, "^ lUinois. For years he has been one of prominent ministers in Southern IlUnois Conference. Comes from family of six children, five of whom are living. His brother, Frank Markman, is superintendent of schools at Jerseyville, Illinois. Mr. Markman was born November 20, 1876, at West Salem, Illinois, where he received public school education. Afterwards he attended Northwestern (now North Central) College, at Naperville, Illinois, for one year, Valparaiso University for two years, and Moody Bible Institute one year. In June, 192 1, he was honored with the title of Doctor of Divinity conferred by Taylor Unu-ersity, of Upland, Indiana.

On October 11, 1898, he was married to Miss Hulda K. Busefink, who, like her husband, was born and educated in West Salem, her birth occurring on December 18, 1877. After finishing a high school course at home, she studied music in Chicago. They have two children - Esther, now Mrs. J. A. McCreery, who was born in July, 1900, and Paul, who was born in December, 1902. Their daughter attended McKendree College in 1919, and later was graduated from the Southern Illinois Normal, at Carbondale. Mrs. McCreery is the mother of two children. Paul was graduated from the University of Illinois in 1924, and is now a student of music in New York City.

Rev. Markham has always been an active member of the Southern Illinois Conference. His record is as follows: two years pastor of First M. E. Church at Mt. Vernon, Illinois; 1917- 1919, superintendent of Olney District; 1920 and 1924, delegate to Methodist General Conferences; and at present he is president of the Conference Deaconess Board, a member of the board of directors for the Old Folks" Home, at Lawrenceville, IMinois, a member of the Conference Board of Examiners, president of the

He is a member of the Benton Lodge, No. 64, of the Masonic Order, of the Richland Chapter Royal Arch Masons, Olney, lUinois, of the consistory of East St. Louis, Illinois, and of the Odd Fellows. He has served one term as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Illinois. Rev. Markman now resides at 666 North Thirteenth Street, East St. Louis.

Walter Luckner

WALTER LUCKNER iy^ALTER LUCKNER, a farmer living near fly Lebanon, 111., on Rural Route No. 2, was born on the farm where he is now located, on August 2, 1875. His father, before him, was a farmer, Edward Luckner, by name, and died on Jan. ji, 1908. His mother, Mrs. Kratch Luckner, died April 28, 1916.

Mr. Luckner received a fair education in the Rock Springs public school near Lebanon, and early took up the vocation of farming as his life's work. Most of his career as a farmer has been spent on the old home farm, where he was reared. He was thirty-one years of age when he married Miss Hilda Kasel, on April 12, 1904. To this union has been born one daughter, Ella A. Luckner, on April 20, 1905. She is now the wife of Mr. Gustave Koderhardt, and hves with her parents. Mrs. Kasel Luckner was born at Campbellton, Mo., on March 16, 1880, and received her education in the public schools of her community. Mr. Luckner is one of St. Clair County's efficient farmers.

REV. CHARLES B. WHITESIDE, D. D. (f^VEV. C. B. WHITESIDE, Superintendent ^J^ of Centralia District, is a man of sterling worth - a man who has earned the way to his position of honor and responsibility by hard, conscientious efforts.

After taking normal training. Rev. Whiteside spent six years teaching. In 189^ he entered the Southern Illinois Conference. He served seven charges as pastor, an average of four years to the charge, and is now in his fifth year as Superintendent. He served two years as Conference Treasurer, and several years as First Assistant Conference Secretary. He has been honored with a membership on nearly every board of our conference institutions, and is now secretary of the Conference Board of Hospitals and Homes. At the last session of the conference. Rev. Whiteside was elected a delegate to the General Conference on the first ballot, receiving 10} of the 182 votes cast. During the World

In 1890 he was united in marriage to Miss Alice Hart, of Pope County, Illinois. From this union there are six children: Eula, Mabel, Ada, Merrill (now deceased), Charles and Anna Faye.

REV. WALTER H. WHITLOCK, D. D. y|>|R. WHITLOCK, prominent Methodist ^MJ minister and superintendent, was born in Dickinson Countv, Kansas, on August II, 1874, the son of F. S. and Sarah Clink Whitlock. Walter H. attended the Kinmundy High School and the Carbondale Normal (four years) and was graduated from the Garrett Biblical Institute in 1906. From 1900 to 1906, he held student pastorates, and since his graduation he has had the following appointments: Herrin, Johnson City, Altamont, Centralia, Olney, Lebanon (while here, he organized and was head of the department of religious education in McKendree College), executive secretary of the Methodist Missionary Society, of East St. Louis, pastor of St. Paul's, of which he was the founder, Belleville. Harrisburg, and at the present, superintendent of East St. Louis district. In 1924, Mr. Whitlock received the D. D. degree from McKendree.

Mrs. Whitlock, the daughter of Rev. T. G. and Mary Jane Seay Peterson, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was born near Vienna, 111., on June 22. 1875. She attended the Creal Springs High School and Carbondale Normal, and taught for ten years before her marriage to Mr. Whitlock, on July 27, 1904. They have four children - Walter P., Cora E., Vera E., and Harold T.

Mrs. Whitlock is an active member of the Women's Foreign, and the Home Missionary Societies. Mr. Whitlock is a Mason, a member of the McKendree Board since 1909, and a member of numerous boards and associations of the Southern Illinois Conference and of state-wide Methodism.

Albert Webb

His father, Emanuel Webb, forty-three years ago established the general merchandise business which his son, the subject of this sketch, now' manages.

Albert Webb was born in Caseyville, Illinois,. March 7, 1878. He attended the pubUc schools of Caseyville, and, upon graduating from them, he spent two years of study in McKendree

He then took employment in the office of the Republican Iron and Steel Company, of St. Louis. He remained associated with this company for nine years and then for one year Mr. Webb worked for Swift and Company.

In 1910, Albert returned to Casey viUe to go into the grocery business with his father. Since that time Albert Webb has lived in Caseyville. He resides with and takes loving care of his father and mother, both of whom are growing old, but still enjoying good health. Mr. Webb's mother was Sarah L. Mowe, prior to her marriage to his father.

The elder Mr. Webb, in addition to establishing his grocery business in Caseyville, has acquired through a long life-time of conscientious labor, much personal property and farm land.

Rev. George H. Billings

R. BILLINGS, minister of the M, E Church, Lakewood, 111., born in Centralia, Kans., July 4, 1896, educated in Kansas public schools, graduated from the Downs, Kansas, High School, attended McKendree one year and one summer, and Lincoln College one term, received an LL. B. degree from La Salle Extension University. Preached one year, before War, at Goodland, Kans., served seventeen months in army, twelve months overseas, was pastor at Blue Hill, Kans., 1919-20; student pastor. Signal Hill, near Belleville, 1910-11; at Hamburg, 111., r 92 1 -22; traveling salesman, in Colorado, for Brecht Candy Co., one year; returned to Illinois in 1925, and preached at West Salem two years. Married Sarah A. Root, Dec. 21, 1921, daughter of J. E. and Mary Root, and born at Centralia, 111., March 7, 1899; attended McKendree Summer School, 1921. One son, Joseph H., was born Nov. 30. 1923,.

Mr. Billings' parents were R. F. and Lucy R. Billings; father died in 1922; mother still lives in Kansas. He was a member of the Philosophian Literary Society in McKendree.

Samuel J. Woodward

Samuel Woodward received his early education in the New Athens public school, and afterwards attended the business college at Dixon, Illinois for two years (1896-97). Here he learned telegraphy. In 1898 he took his first position with the Illinois Central as telegraph operator at New Athens; from here he went to Belleville, and thence to Carbondale in the employ of this same railroad company. On February 20, 1911, he returned to New Athens, where he has remained since.

Mrs. Woodward is Matilda, the daughter of B. Haentzschel. She was born at New Athens on October 16, 1879, and was married to Mr. Woodward on the i6th of October, 1900. They have a fine family of six boys and two girls - Roy, Clarence, Lyle, Daniel, Earl, James, Mildred and Mane. The interest of Mr. Woodward in the welfare of his community is shown by the tact that he served as mayor of New Athens for two years (1917-18), was a city alderman for four years, has been a member of the School Board since 191 1, and was made president of the same in igi6. He is also a member of the Community High School Board. Mr. Woodward is a Methodist (Sunday School Superintendent,', a Mason, a Knight Templar and a Shnner.

Herman G. Wangelin

HERMAN G. WANGELIN ERMAN G. WANGELIN, automobile dealer and owner of the Ford agency, in Belleville, III, was born in this city on the 5th of August, 1890. His father and a brother were formerly also interested in this agency, which was established in 1908. In igii Herman bought out their interests and reincorporated the business under the name of the Herman G. Wangelin, Inc.

Mr. Wangehn received his common school education and also his high school training in Belleville. After graduating from the high school, he studied for a time in the University of Illinois. He was married on March 14, 1914, to Magdalena Heidinger. who is the mother of two boys - Dan J. Wangelin, and Jack J. Wangelin. Both are attending the public schools here.

In addition to his interest in his own business, Mr. Wangelin takes a practical interest in the schools of his city, and has served for two years as president of the board of education. He has been for some time prominent in the commercial and fraternal organizations of Belleville. He was the first president of the local Chamber of Commerce, and is one of the directors of the State Chamber. He is a director of the Illinois Automobile Dealers' Ass'n, and also a member of

Mr. Wangehn is a property owner here, both of residential property and of business property. His business location occupies 'ij.ooo square feet of floor space.

J^:^H1S physician, educator, and musician of V J recognized ability was horn near Marissa, on November 5, 1877, the son of A. Wyllie and Emily Coulter Wyllie. Dr. Wyllie attended the public schools of Marissa and Lebanon, studied in the Marissa Academy two years, in McKendree two years (1893-1895), in Illinois College, at Jacksonville, from the fall of "95 to December of '96, returned to McKendree for the remainder of school year, and then went to Shurtleff College one year. In 1900 he entered Marion-Simms Medical School and was graduated in 1904. He practiced medicine at Union, Mo. and in St. Louis until 1910, when he was appointed to his present position as director of health education for the St. Louis public schools. On September 29, 1909, he married Emma Hein, of Union, Mo., born November 12, 1884, the daughter of J. W. and Emma Neiermeier Hein. After she was graduated from Union Mo., High School, she taught for six years, and was principal

George Wirth. Jr

Dr. Wyllie is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, the St. Louis Medical Society, the Lambda Chapter of the Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity, and of the Kingshighway Presbyterian Church. During the World War, he enlisted in the Volunteer Medical Reser%-e Corps. He is an old Plato, and a talented song writer and composer, having had many of his productions pubhshed; he plays a number of instruments well. the piano and violin in particular. His residence s at 1389 Hamilton Ave., St. Louis.

Val Hirth

^R. VAL HIRTH, a Belleville printer, li%'es at 219 S. Jackson Street, and conducts his business at 7 South High Street. He was born in Belleville, Sept. 7, 1882, secured a high school education, obtained employment in a printing shop, and worked at this trade until Sept. I, 1912, when he went into business for himself under the name of the Val Hirth Printing Service. Mrs. Hirth, formerly Augusta Bender, was married to our subject on Feb. i^, iQii,and is the mother of two boys. Elmer F. was born in 191 1, the day after Christmas, and Carl E., on August 29, 1916. Both are attending the public schools; the older boy is in the high school.

and a director in the Rotary Club. He is a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Church, and for several years has taught a Sunday School class, and has been a director in Boy Scout work. He is now serving his second term on the Belleville school board, and is treasurer of the Belleville Turners. Mr. Hirth owns his business and residence property, besides other property in the city. The Printing Service is an up-to-date establishment, handles a good stock of office supplies, and turns out printing work of high quality.

eEORGE WIRTH, Jr., who is secretary and treasurer of the Auto Stove Works at New Athens, Illinois is the son of George Wirth, Sr., the president and general manager of the same firm. A sketch of the father appears on another page of this volume. The son was born in St. Louis, Mo. on December i, 1891, and was educated in the public schools, through the high school, and in the Belleville Commercial College. Upon finishing his studies he began working for the above-named firm, and performed duties, at one time or another, in all of its departments, until he became thoroughly acquainted with the business, and in 192'i was made the secretary and treasurer of the firm.

He married Ada A. Hessick, October i, 1914. She is the daughter of Henry Hessick, a prosperous farmer in this part of the county, and of Mary (Huth) Hessick. Mrs. Wirth is a high school graduate. The one son who was born to them on August 18th, 192J, has been named George H.

Mr. Wirth was city treasurer for nine years, and has been a member of the Community High School Board since its organization, and furthermore, he is the secretary of the Village School Board. In addition to these practical interests, Mr. Wirth is particularly interested in baseball. For five years he has been the manager of the New Athens Baseball Team, and plays the positions of pitcher and catcher of this team. His fraternal associations are with the Masonic Order.

Theodore E. Reuss

©ORN on the farm which he now occupies, on Nov. 14, 188';. one of the four children of Juhus Reuss and Sophia Engelmann, Mr. Theodore Reuss is now one of St. Clair County's leading farmers. His 104 acres of land are situated near Belleville, on Rural Route No. 4 As a boy, Theodore attended the Cherry Grove country school, completed its course, and studied in McKendree Academy four years

(1901-1905), during the last year of which he was ranked as a college freshman. He later took a correspondence course in surveying, received a diploma, but never followed this vocation.

Mrs. Reuss, formerly Meta Luckner, the daughter of Chas. Luckner and Emily Runkwitz, was born in O'Fallon Township, Dec. 31, 1886, and was married to Mr. Reuss on Sept. 18, 1909. Her parents are both living on a farm near Lebanon. She received her education in the Summerfield schools, and remained at home with her parents until her marriage. Their one daughter, Anita M., was born Jan 5, 191 1.

Mr. Reuss has been an active participant in farm organizations. He was a member of the executive board of the Farm Bureau for three years (1921-1924), was president of the Farmers' Union for three years, and president of the Farmers' Institute when it was held in Belleville in 1925. He was the first Master of the Shiloh Valley Grange, served one term on the Board of Supervisors, and has been sixteen years a member of the school board, and clerk of the board all this time.

Charles W. Robinson

^R. CHARLES ROBINSON is one of Lebanon's efficient contractors, a careful and painstaking carpenter. He was but three years old when his parents moved to Lebanon from near Ashley, 111., where Charles was born July 22, 1870. His father, C. L. Robinson, was also a contractor; his mother's name was Matilda Mason. Both parents were horn and reared in Virginia.

Charles Robinson received his education in the Lebanon schools, and in 1896 took up contracting work, in which he has since engaged. Mr. Robinson is city clerk of Lebanon, which position he has held for a number of years. He was a member of the school board which supervised the erection of the new Community High School, and remained on the hoard four years.

Clara E. Pesold, to whom Mr. Robinson was married July 19, 190^, came from St. Louis, was born on Aug. 17, 1879, the daughter of H. and Clara Pesold . Both parents are hving in St. Louis, where the father is engaged in the real estate business. Mrs. Robinson attended the St. Louis schools; also took a full course in a business college.

Margaret Jean Robinson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, was born in Lebanon, Dec. 12, 1906. She expects to graduate with the Centennial Class (1928) of McKendree College.

August M. Eggmann

fri HEN only a youth, nineteen years of age' \^/ the subject of this sketch showed his pa' triotism by serving in the Spanish-Amer' ican War. He was born in East St. Louis, on Feb. 4, 1880, a son of Emil J. Eggman, who died in 1924. His education consists of training in the public school and the East St. Louis High School, from which he was graduated in 1899. After leaving school he took employment with his brothers in the real estate business, but, in 1898, when the war broke out, he enlisted and gave faithful service. When the war ended he returned and accepted a position in the ofEce of the Republic Iron and Steel Works, where he was employed for a year. In 1910 Mr. Eggman started in the real estate line in a partnership, under the title of Eggman and King. This was dissolved in 1921, when Mr. Eggman entered business on his own accord. He himself is owner of much property - especially residence.

On April 27, 190J, Mr. Eggman was married to Frieda E. Summa, a daughter of Virginia (Wurmb) and Dr. Henry H. Summa. She attended high school and the Lachman Private School. The subject of this sketch and his wife have two children: Theodora A., born on June 8, 1904; and Virginia M., born on Nov. i";, 1909. Mr. Eggman was elected treasurer of the Centerville Township in 1916, and still holds this position. He is a Shriner in the Masonic Order, a member of the Kiwanis Club and the St. Clair Country Club. His hobby is golf.

Grover E. Feurer

yrVR. G. E. FEURER, the authorized Ford ^JL^ dealer in New Athens, bought in 1923 the New Athens Motor Co. from Mr. Wangehn, of Belleville. Before this time he had been the manager of the New Athens branch of the Modern Auto and Garage Co. Mr. Feurer was born in this county, at Point Lookout, on Jan. 17, 1885, the son of Martin Feurer and Frieda Forcade, the parents of five children. After attending the public school near his home he helped his father on the farm until the latter's retirement in 191 1, when he began farming in partnership with his brother. George M. In 191J he sold his portion of the farm to his brother, moved to New Athens, and secured employment with the Geiger Store Co., with whom he stayed two years, and then took over the management of the automobile business mentioned above.

1888. She received a public school and normal school training, and taught school for five years before her marriage to Mr. Feurer, Sept. 14, 191 1. Two children have come from this marriage - Ruth S., May 2, 1913; and Alice K., Feb. 7, 1920.

Mr. Feurer owns, besides his business property, a residence in New Athens and some farm land. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' State Bank; president of the New Athens Commercia Club; served as township assessor for one term, and for a term as alderman; and was a member of the school board for six years. He is a Mason, a Modern Woodman, and a baseball fan.

Edward A. Classen

-g^INCE 190J, Mr. E. A. Classen has been V^J the owner of a large lumber yard at Freehurg. 111. His father, C. A. Classen, a native of Germany, established this business in 1876. His mother, Virginia M. Wilderman. a member of one of the old families in this part of the county, is now deceased.

Edward Classen was born at Freeburg, August 7, 1870, and was educated in the public schools of his city. Afterwards he secured a business training in the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College of St. Louis, and returned to Freeburg to work for his father. He acquired so thorough a knowledge of the business that when his father retired he was able to manage it as successfully as his father had done. His plant covers a wide area of 26,000 square feet. He sells his goods over a wide territory.

Mr. Classen has been twice married, first to Margaret D. Helms, on December 19, 1900, and after her death, to Lydia Ripley, on January 22, 191 3. He is the father of two children - Russell and Alice - the former born on December 20, 1903, and the latter on January 31, 1906. Both have been given a good education.

Thos. W. Gregory

XN THE QUAINT LITTLE TOWN of Pomona, Jackson County, Illinois, the subject of tins sketch was born, September 30, 1872. He attended the public schools until he was fourteen, and began his working career as a telegraph operator for the Mobile and Ohio Raikoad Co. In 1890 Mr. Gregory came to East St. Louis, and continued working for the M. 6? O. until 1902, when he resigned to take a posi- tion as accountant with the East St. Louis &? Suburban Railway Company. The November following, he was elected assistant secretary and treasurer for the company, and in 1926, its vice-president.

He was married to Miss Gertrude A. Hardy on October 30, 1895, and has one daughter, Helen J., born November 24, 1905. Helen completed the high school course in East St. Louis, graduated from Stephens College, of Columbia, Missouri, in 1924, and since, has taken extension courses in History, Public Speaking, and Physical Education from Washington University. She is now attending the University of Illinois.

Mr. Gregory belongs to that commendable class of self-made men. He has reached the prominent position which he now holds through sheer merit and hard labor. He has always taken a keen interest in the affairs of his city and county , has long been a friend of McKendree, and has served on the East St. Louis school board since 1924. He is also the treasurer of the Industrial Building 6? Loan Assn. of his city. In fraternity circles he is a 32nd degree Mason and an Elk.

William H. Ebert

HOCATED two and one-half miles northeast of OTallon is the 107 acres of wellcultivated land owned by Mr. Wm. H. Ebert. In Caseyville Township, where he was born on Feb. 11, 1869, William received a common school education, and then began working for his father on the farm. The latter, Albert Ebert, died March 17, 1892; and the mother, Chalista Rittenhouse Ebert, on April 7, nineteen years later. Mr. Ebert farmed on the home place with his brother for three years, and after his marriage to Ella J. Badgley, on Dec. i, 189a, moved to another farm in Caseyville Township, cultivated this for ten years, and then moved to the farm he now owns. Hi.s wife was the daughter of Alton Badgley and Lucy Sisson, both of whom died in recent years, and was born on a farm at Ridge Prairie, Caseyville Township, on Aug. 1, 1869. She received a common school education in her community schools, and a very practical education in the home, assisting with the domestic duties. She and Mr. Ebert have two children - Cynthia E., born Sept. 8, 189}, now Mrs. Walter Bridges, of Lebanon; and William Russell, born Nov. 2j, igo^.

Mr. Ebert has taken an active interest in the Masonic Lodge, of which he is a member; although his education in schools was limited, he has shown himself anxious in the furtherance of education, and during the past three years has been a trustee on the school board. Mr. and Mrs. Ebert are hard workers and have won the respect of their friends by their earnestness and sincerity. ..... :

William J. Brown

CHE ANCESTORS of William J. Brown, a stock dealer of Marissa, came from northern Ireland, his grandfather, David Brown, having brought his family to our shores in 1847. He was the father of ten children, the youngest ot whom, Alexander Brown, was the only son and the only one of the ten born in America. Alexander, the father of William J. Brown, was born in Philadelphia, April 20, 1848; married Grace Allen, at Clinton, III, Dec. 22, 1869, and became the father of twelve children. His son, William James, was born on a farm in Randolph County, Illinois, Nov. 4, i88v; rec;ived his education in the public schools of Randolph County and in the Marissa High School, where he spent three years; worked on his father's farm until 1897, when he began farming for himself; organized the lirm "Brown and McHatton, Dealers in Live Stock," in 190";, with headquarters on the farm near Marissa, and in 1910, bought the 150 acres where the stock is now kept, and which is one of the great stock show farms in the county. He also owns 180 acres in Randolph County.

Mr. Brown married, Oct. jo, 1912, Miss May E. Hamilton, the daughter of Peter B. Hamilton. She was horn at Marissa, Sept. jo, 1889; is a graduate of Marissa High School and of the Koeger School of Music, St. Louis (1910). She has been the organist in the Marissa Presbyterian Church since 1918. The one son, William H., was born April 7, 1915.

Mr. Brown is a member of the Marissa Country Club, and a director in the same; has been on the Marissa Community High School board nine years, and besides his live stock interests, is a dealer in real estate.

Rev. Clark Yost

SEV. CLARK R. YOST, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Lebanon, Illinois, better know-n as the "College Church," was born near Alma, Illinois, on August 27, 1889. His father, John H. Yost, was also horn at Alma and has lived there all of his life, as a farmer and fruit-grower. Rev. Yost's mother (1869-1897), nee Lynda Hard, was also a native of Marion County.

Rev. C. R. Yost enrolled as a ministerial student in McKendree College, from which he received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 191 3. He joined the Southern Illinois Conference in 191 }, and has been pastor of the College Church in Lebanon for three years.

Mrs. Yost, formerly Madeleine Foulk, also was graduated from McKendree College (B. S. degree in 1912). She was born in Belle City, Hamilton Cqunty, Illinois, on April 19, 1886. Her father, who died in July of 1926, was the well-known contractor and builder of McLeansboro; her mother still lives in McLeansboro. Mrs. Yost, after graduating from McKendree taught for several years in the McLeansboro

High School, and on June 8, ign, she and Rev. Yost were married. Three children have been horn to Rev. and Mrs. Yost - Gwendolyn Josephine, Madeleine Dorothea, and Paul Wesley.

While in college, Mr. Yost was a Philo., and won the Bryan medal for an essay on civil government. In 1923, he made a tour through Europe, visiting all of the western countries except Spain and Portugal. In 192^ he was made a state trustee of the Anti-Saloon League.

Ferdinand L. Reuss

ON A FARM near Shiloh, where Dr. Adolphus Reuss lived and labored until his death, in 1878, his son, Ferdinand L. Reuss is now living. He w^as lx)rn here, Oct. 28th, 1862, and has spent practically all his life on the old home place. His father was both a doctor and a farmer; his wife, Caroline Raith, was the mother of ten children, of whom Ferdinand is the youngest. Two of his sisters are now living with him.

Mr. Reuss completed a common school course m the Cherry Grove School, and attended, for a short time, the Toensfeldt Institute in St. Louis, then returned to the farm and worked for his father until the latter's death. On June i^th, 1S99, he married Minnie Runkwitz, a sister of Erwin H. Runkwitz, whose biography is recorded in this history. Mrs. Reuss was born near Lebanon, Sept. 27th, 1869, and was educated in the Rock Springs School. She and Mr. Reuss have one daughter, Agnes, w^ho is now Mrs. Walter F. Cox, of Troy, 111. She was born on Oct. 22nd, 1901, attended the Shiloh public schools, graduated from the O'Fallon High School in 1920, and studied in the Browns Business College of East St. Louis for one year, after which she was employed as a stenographer in St. Louis until her marriage.

Since April 17th, 1905, Mr. Reuss has been a member of the School Board, and Clerk of this board for seventeen years. He served on the Non-High School Board many years. Both he and Mrs. Reuss are members of the Shiloh Valley Grange. Their home on their 140 acre farm IS one of the most modern of farm homes.

Arthur I. Germain

ARTHUR I. GERMAIN J^ HE SUBJECT of this sketch is the popular IJ principal of one of St. Clair County's up-to-date township schools. He was born in St. Clair County on July 3, 1885, a son of Louis Germain, who was born in this county and is still living. Arthur J. Germain was one of a family of ten children, but by his ambition and love for learning he forged his way through school. After receiving his early education in the public and high schools of Belleville, he entered McKendree College. He then studied in the Southern Illinois Normal University, in Carbondale, and, later on, in the University of Wisconsin. When not attending school, Mr. Germain contributed no small amount of work on his father's farm.

On April J, 1918, Mr. Germain was united in matrimony with Miss Alma C. Meyer. She, too, was born on a farm in this county, a daughter of John N. Meyer. Her mother is still living.

In 1919, Mr. Germain was made principal of the Dewey School, a position that he still holds. His hobby is fishing - a sport in which he thrills when not engaged in his position of responsibihty.

Rev. Thomas H. Kelly

©HARRY KELLY was born on the 24th of Sept., 1887, in Peel, one of the principal cities of the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea. His parents were Thomas Kelly and Jane Quilliam Kelly. In 1910, Mr. Kelly entered the ministry, and three years later, on the last day of December, he was married to Augusta A. Moholt. To this couple two children have been born - Mona Marsile and Patricia Jane.

Rev. Kelly is a member of the board of e.xaminers of the West Wisconsin Conference and of the faculty of the Epworth League Summer Institute. He is also the assistant secretary ot the West Wisconsin Conference.

Fred W. Grolle

FRED W. GROLLE RED W. GROLLE. born m Lebanon Township, Dec. 14, 1878. Attended school, and then worked on farm for mother. After marriage to Louisa O. Kraemer, in 1909, of which union there are two children (two having died), Roy John and Eileen M., rented a two hundred and thirty acre farm from B. and A. Barr. Mr. GroUe is president of North Grove District No. 6 School Board. Besides farming, he is also connected with New York Life Insurance Company.

Richard Schaeffer

gDJOINlNG OTallon on the south is the seventy acre farm of Richard Schaelfer. which land he purchased in 1924 from the J. H. Atkinson estate. He moved to the Atkinson farm in 1914, from Shiloh Valley, where he had been a fruit grower for over twenty years, for the first twelve years as manager of the Flora Vista Farm, then owned by Mr. L. F. Fischer. He was born in Lebanon, July 7, 1877, the son of Dr. Hugo and Agata Schaeffer. His father practiced in Lebanon forty-six years ago, and afterwards moved to Belleville, where he continued his practice until his death. Mrs. Schaeffer, now eighty -eight years old, still lives in Belleville, and enjoys good health. Richard attended the grades, and two years of high school in Shiloh Valley, and then began his career as a fruit farmer. After his marriage to Bertha Monken, on Jan. 12, 190';, he became an independent farmer. His wife is the daughter of George Monken and Christina Pannier Monken, and was born in St. Clair Township, east of Belleville, Dec. 12, i88j. She has four children - Richard, Robert G., H. Eugene, and Harold - born Jan. 21, 1909; May }, 191 1 ; August 5, 1912; and Feb. 8, 1917. Richard attended McKendree College in 1926 and 1927.

Mr. Schaefl^er was a member of the city school board for five years, and is serving his third term on the Township High School board. He was town clerk in Shiloh Valley Township for two years, and in 19 10 took the census for the township. He IS a member of the Shiloh Valley Grange.

D. Morris Hardy

OAVID MORRIS HARDY, counts among his ancestors seme of the early pioneers cf Monroe County and of the state cf Illinois. His father, David Mitchell Hardy, is descended from the well-known Moore family who settled in Monroe County in an early day. His mother, Nancy Drury Hardy, is a daughter of Joseph W. Drury, long a prominent citiien of Waterloo, who graduated from McKendree in 1849 3nd was one of the founders of the Platonian Society. David Morris was born and reared in Waterloo where his parents still reside. He received his elementary and high school education in the schools of his native town and entered McKendree in 1912. By attending summer sessions he finished the college course in 191'i, receiving the degree of A. B. He was a member of Plato and for some time was instructor in violin, having previously received training in violin in St. Louis. After finishing his work at McKendree he went to Ames, Iowa, where he spent two years in the State Agricultural College and in 1917, received the degree of B. S. in Agriculture. He IS a member of the social fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon, the scholastic fraternity Phi Kappa Phi, and the honor society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta. In 1917 he was employed in the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, as appraiser of farm lands. In 1918 he was granted leave of absence for military service. He was enrolled at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, and later in the Officers Training Camp at Camp Hancock, in Georgia, where he remained until honorably discharged from the service. In 1919 he returned to his former position with the Land Bank. In 1922 he became identified with the St. Louis Joint Stock Land Bank at the time of its organization. He is a member of the Board of Directors and is now Vice-president and Secretary of the institution.

Frank P. Meyer

FRANK P. MEYER /t^R. frank MEYER is a native of Mis- \IM souri, born m St. Louis, March 23, 1879. His father, Edward Meyer, owned a farm in Jefferson County, Missouri, and the son, Frank, worked on this farm, after finishing his education, until he was twenty-one, and then went to St. Louis, where he was employed as a cabinet maker, carpenter, and operator of woodworking machines until iq2i, when he came to New Athens and opened a furniture store, which he now manages. In 1903, on Aug. 9, he was married to Kate Frantz, and to them one daughter, Viola, was born, on June 10, 190';. who is now the wife of Henry Bertholdt. In 1921 Mr.

Meyer's parents came to New Athens to live with the son, and here the mother died on Jan. 7, 1926; the father is Uving and is in good health.

Mr. Meyer purchased the store shortly after coming to New Athens, and in 1926, built a nice home near the store. He has a complete stock of furniture and sells his goods over a large territory. Also, he does all kinds of furniture repair work.

John Molles

JOHN MOLLES ^gSflNCE 1879 Mr. John Molles has been en- J^y gaged in educational work in this county, from 1921 to the present time (1927) he has been principal of the Lenzburg schools. Born near New Athens in Prairie Du Long Township on August 12, 1878, he is the son of Ambrose Molles and Dorothea A. Molles, nee Schwebel. The father was born in Switzerland in 1842, and the mother in Germany in 1845. Ambrose Molles was five years of age when his parents left the old country and came to America; Mrs. Molles came here in 1868 at the age of twenty-three. After serving his adopted country in the Civil War, Mr. Molles married and settled on a farm in Prairie Du Long Township, where he remained until his death in 1918 (August 12). The wife died several years earlier, on March 21, 1909.

John Molles, whose birth was mentioned above, was one of the three children of Ambrose Molles. After going through the public schools, John was sent to the Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri where he studied until 1897, and at the same time he worked to pay for his education. Then followed a long period of teaching in St. Clair County, after which he again took up his studies, this time at Harris Teachers" College at St. Louis and later in the State Normal University at Normal, Illinois from which institution he was graduated in 1924. He had been a teacher for six years when he married Miss Eleonora Lindauer. Their only child. Minora M. Molles, who was born on January 4, 1906, is a graduate of the New Athens High School, and is now completing the junior year of her studies (May 1927) in the State University at Champaign, Illinois.

Now for more than forty years Mr. John Molles has been associated with school work either as a teacher or as a student. The last six years of his teaching career have been spent in Lenzburg, where he holds the principalship of the Community Consolidated Schools. He has worked hard to attain his present position. It would seem that he is to remain in Lenzburg for many years more; here he has bought residence property, and here he is aligned with the Masonic Fraternity and with the Modern Woodmen of America.

Charles Alfred Franklin

CHOSE WHO have studied in McKendree's Classic Halls are found in every occupation. Mr. Charles Franklin, a successful farmer of Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois, was born on February 21, 1888, in Renault, Illinois. Having acquired his grammar school education in the Renault Public School, he then attended McKendree College from 1903 to 1905.

Leaving school, he taught for three years, and then devoted two years to a General Merchandise business. In 1916, he was married to Miss Matha L. Sale. The children are Wanda G., George A., and Leona M. Mr. Franklin is a Mason.

John A. Taylor

JOHN A. TAYLOR ^^=^HIS gentleman, who was born in Kentucky L J in 1852, and who attended McKendree College from 1876 to 1879, is now the pastor of the Methodist Church at Opdyke, Illinois. Mr. Taylor has held various charges, and throughout the years he has been a consistent, earnest minister. He was appointed by Bishop Spellmeyer to the superintendency of the Mt. Vernon District, where he served for six years, and by Bishop Thirkield to the superintendency of the Mt. Carmel District, where he likewise served the full term.

On October 17, 1879, he was married to Miss Mary Agnes Lindly, of Lebanon, a graduate of McKendree College in 1880. Mr. Taylor's faithful and talented wife passed out of this life Sept. 26, 191J.

1912; he is a member of the M. W. C. A.; he is a Mason of the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite, belongs to the Mississippi Valley Consistory of East St. Louis, and for several years has been a member of the joint board of McKendree College; was received into the Southern Illinois Conference on trial, in 1900, and into full membership in 1902. Served the following places: New Douglas, i year; Kane, 5 years; Brighton, J years; Carmi, 4 years; Mt. Vernon, First Church, 5 years; Vandalia, 2 years; Superintendent Mt. Vernon District, 6 years: Superintendent Mt. Carmel District, 6 years. At own request too\ the retired relation m 1921. Was appointed to supply Tilden charge in 1925, and at the close of that year was appointed to supply the Opdyke charge. He is now in the second year on this charge.

Blumenstein Brothers

XN LEBANON a first class, up-to-date meat market, is that operated by the Blumenstein Brothers - Carl W. Blumenstein and his brother, Robert. Both were born at St. Jacobs, 111., Carl on the first of May, 1891, and Robert on Sept. j, 189'i Their father, Rudolph Blumenstein, who died June 2j, 1918, was for many years the proprietor of an excellent meat market here, in the same building where his sons are now located. Their mother, Louise Beckmann Blumenstein, is still living in Lebanon.

Carl received his first year of schooling in St. Jacobs, and the rest of his grade school training in the Lebanon schools. He entered McKendree Academy in 1913, and graduated in 1917. For fourteen months thereafter he was in the U. S. Army. After leaving the armv, he worked for a short time at his trade in East St Louis, and then returned to Lebanon to help manage the business his father had left. He is an active member of the Masonic Lodge, and takes an important part in such organizations as the Odd Fellows, the Rotary Club and the American Legion. Carl is a member of the Evangelical Church.

Robert Blumenstein secured a public school education in Lebanon, and early began working in his father's market. Beginning in 1917, he served for twelve months in the army, five months overseas. He, likewise, is an active member of the Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. Robert is, furthermore, affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Evangelical Church.

Frank A. Behymer

. great booster of the institution, fine instructor, and a prominent newspaper man, m Mr. Frank A. Behymer. For the past fifteen years he has been teacher of the college Sunday School classes, and if the students have their way, he has a hfe task to perform there. All McKendreans remember the happy social hours spent at the Behymer home where Mrs. Behymer is often their hostess.

Mr. Behymer taught the Junior Bible Class of the First M. E. Church of Belleville for years before moving to Lebanon. At the twenty-third anniversary of this class some time ago, there were eighty present.

For the past forty years, Mr. Behymer has been with the St. Louis Post -Dispatch, where he has held nearly every position from reporter to editor. But by McKendreans he is most admired as the writer of many True Life feature articles in the Sunday Post-Dispatch.

John S. Faulkner

gMONG LEBANON'S citizens no one is more actively interested in converting old houses into desirable homes and in beautifying unsightly spots than is John S. Faulkner, He is a teacher in active service but carpentering

Mr. Faulkner came to Lebanon in 1907 and has resided here since, except six years spent in grade and high school in the southern part of this county (Lenzburg, Mascoutah and Baldwin). He was the fourth child of Samuel H. and Amanda Varner Faulkner and was born in Johnson County, Illinois, September 14, 1867. His parents were Alabamaians who soon after their marriage came to Johnson County, Illinois in 1 86 1. Here they hved and died - the father in 1900 and the mother in 191^.

Our subject obtained a country school education and later went to Chattanooga, Tennessee to visit an uncle. Here he entered the high school from which he was graduated in 1887 with second honors. The following five years he taught at Mission Ridge, Georgia after which he returned to Illinois on account of the ill health of his mother. He entered the Illinois Normal at Carbondale in the fall of 1892 and studied here for one year.

He was engaged in various lines at Golconda, Cypress and West Frankfort until 1907 when he came to Lebanon. In the summer of 1908 he attended the Normal University at Normal, Illinois and in the spring of igo8 and in the summer of 1910 he studied at McKendree College.

On July 9, 1907, Mr. Faulkner was married to Miss Nelhe Lehman of Lebanon, the second child of John H. Lehman (died July 21, 1904) and Mary Burton Lehman, who is still living in Lebanon and who is one of the most respected residents of this city. Mrs. Faulkner was born and reared in Lebanon and here she received her education, first in the public schools, afterwards in McKendree Academy and in the college, from which institution she received a Bachelor of

Science degree in i8go and a Master of Science three years later. Before her marriage, she taught in the Lebanon Public Schools for fourteen consecutive years and was reputed an efficient teacher. She resumed her teaching again in 1920 and IS still engaged in this work.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner are members of the Methodist Church and its various organizations. Mrs. Faulkner is a worker in the Sunday School, having had supervision of the Junior Department for a number of years. She is also a member of the Woman's Club.

Mr. Faulkner is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. lodges. He has served as Church Treasurer, OiEcial Board member of the Church and as a member of the City Council from 1917 to 1920.

Fred C. Daab

a MONO the prominent and influential residents of Smithton belong Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Daab. Mr. Daab was born in Smithton Township on Jan. 2, 1876. He secured a public school education, and labored on his father's farm until he was twenty-four years old. His father was George Daab, one of the early settlers in this community, and his mother, Louisa EtHng Daab. Fred C. married, on August 6, 1900, Miss Ella Woods, who was born in Smithton, June 28, 1878, the daughter of Enos J. Woods, a flour mill engineer, and of Cordelia Phillips, both deceased. Ella received a good education, and before her marriage, was employed as a saleslady in St. Louis. She and Mr. Daab have no children of their own, but have taken into their home a foster child, Goldie Metzger. In April, 1917, Mr. Daab moved into Smithton, and began working as a salesman tor the Belleville Implement and Motor Co., where he is still employed. He is a director in the St. Clair County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and in the First State Bank, is president of the Smithton Turner Society, one of the oldest in the county, and is a member of the Broad Hollow Grange. He was alderman of Smithton three terms, and is serving his third term on the school board. Fruit farming and poultry raising are his hobbies. He is a member of the Evangelical Church. Mrs. Daab is a member of the Grange, and president of the Ladies' Section of Smithton Turners, also member of the Royal Neighbors, and of the M. E. Church.

William E, Darrow

CHE DARROW FAMILY is well known in and about O'Fallon. William E. Darrow was born two miles east of this town, January 21, i860. He attended the country school between O'Fallon and Lebanon, and McKendree Academy for two years, and then began to study telegraphy; worked as a telegraph operator for two years, and in 1886, moved to a farm which his father had just purchased. His parents, now deceased, were William M. and Lavina Darrow. He remained on the farm until 1925, when he retired from active farm labor, and moved into O'Fallon, where he now resides.

Mr. Darrow has, by his wife, Martha Green Darrow, two children - Mary Irene, born on Sept. 29. 1900; George G., born on Aug. 25, 1904. Mrs. Darrow was born in Nashville, III, Nov. 26, 1867, and received her education in the Nashville public schools, including three and a half years in the high school, and in Valparaiso University and Carbondale Normal (summer terms). Before her marriage to Mr. Darrow, she had taught school for eight years. Her parents were Hugh Green (deceased) and Mary Troutt; the latter is now living with her children in Nashville.

Their son, George, was graduated from O'Fallon High School, and McKendree College (1926). The last year he has been a teacher and coach in the O'Fallon High School. Mary Irene also graduated from high school and received a Bachelor of Science degree from McKendree in 1921. Since then she has taught in the Marissa Township High School. She is now studying Dietetics at Barnes Hospital, in St. Louis.

nIVING IN a home where his parents resided for sixty-five years. Dr. Harry Sylvester Church is a successful physician of Renault, Illinois. In completing his education. Dr. Church attended the Waterloo High School for two years, Bushnell College for one year, McKendree College for three years, and then was graduated from the Medical Department of St. Louis University, after four more years, in 1906. His son, Harmon Deare, is now a student at McKendree and in 18^9, his father, Harmon, was also a McKendree student.

Sam D. Barber

SAM D. BARBER }^HE SUBJECT of this sketch was born lion Dec. ji, 187S, in Bond County, 111., a son of D. K. Barber, a Baptist minister, who served in religious work from youth until his death in April, 1908. After attending the public schools, the subject entered Austin College, of Effingham, Illinois. Following this, he taught school for four years in Bond County, resigned and was employed by Swift and Company as assistant time-keeper. In 190'; he abandoned this to accept a position as bookkeeper. He worked energetically, learned the banking business thoroughly, and in 1922 was appointed assistant cashier.

He was married on June 29, 1910, to Catherine Franklin. The couple are the parents of four children: S. Lloyd, Stanley D., Hugh W,, and Mary Winnefred. Mr. Barber is a Shrmer in the Masonic Order, a Master of Finance of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Kiwanis Club. He was elected president of the Grant School, District 106; and in 1927, the clerk of his board. A Bantist, Mr. Barber is a trustee of the Landsdown Baptist Church, in East St. Louis. He is the chairman of the building board, and has been the treasurer of the building fund.

William H. Bassett

iir^ILLIAM BASSETT was born at Paris, \^J Monroe County, Missouri, on Sept. 2, i86j, the son of Samuel S. Bassett and Fannie T. Giddings. His father died - 192J - at the age of ninety. His mother, however, was taken from him three years previous to this time, in February, 1920.

William H. Bassett was one of their nine children. He is a graduate of the Paris, Missouri, High School, and of Missouri University. For eleven years he was deputy county clerk of Monroe County, and during this period served several terms as mayor of Paris. In 189^ he resigned his clerkship to assume new duties as assistant state treasurer, which position he filled until 190J, when he resigned and became auditor and traffic manager for the Kinloch Long Distance Telephone Company. In 1922, when the company consolidated with the Bell Telephone System, Mr. Bassett was made connecting company agent for Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas, for Southwestern Bell System, which position he now holds.

He has served as a director of the O'Fallon school board, served as president of this board, and as director of Township High board. His religious affiliation is with the Christian Church, of which he is an active member, and two fraternities count him among their members - the Masonic Order and the Odd Fellows. In the former he is a Shriner, and has held high offices in this lodge; in the latter, he is also a past officer. He is also a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity in his college.

Mrs. Bassett, to whom he was married on July 22, 1896, was formerly Miss Abbie Mc- Daniel, the daughter of a minister of the Christian Church, Samuel McDaniel and of Elenore Wood. Her father, who died October 8, 1926, at the age of 82, attended McKendree College for several terms. Mrs. Bassett is the mother of four children - Howard, Jean, Keith, and Mildred, born on July 16, 1897; July ij, 1899; February 8, 1902; and June 8, 1906, respectively. All were given a high school and a college training, Jean having been a student of McKendree College two years. All of the children are now married, with the exception of Keith, who is now secretary-manager of a corporation in San Salvador, Central America.

Edward S. Helms

HOND of baseball and horse-racing, keenly interested in literary societies, Mr. Edward S. Helms, of Belleville, is one of a few farmers who have such a wide range of varied activities. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Helms, he was born in Turkey Hill, lUinois, on February 2,

1868. Mr. Helms attended several public schools, and later on studied at the S. 1. N. U.. Northern Normal University, and the University of Illinois. On January 21, 1922, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Marie Herman, the mother of a son, Floyd Herman. The couple adopted another child, Edna Mav.

For many years Mr. Helms has been a director of the Belleville Savings Bank. He is also the president of the Grange Hall School Board. A great many offices were held by Mr. Helms as a member of the Turkey Hill Grange, an organization in which he has gained the respect of all.

In politics, Mr. Helms is a Democrat. He takes pride in the fact that throughout his entire life he has always kept in close touch with all sorts of activities and events of the day - from baseball and horse-racing to deep political problems.

During the World War, Mr. Helms rendered a great deal of valuable service to his country as a four-minute man. In this capacity, he gave a great number of inspiring speeches, informing and encouraging his fellow-men.

James Daniels

XT IS A WELL-KNOWN FACT that mining is one of the most important industries in the state of Illinois - so important that a hundred thousand miners depend on it for their means to earn a living. James Daniels has devoted the greater part of his life to this occupation, and an investigation into his life record will indicate clearly that his efforts have brought not only fine results to himself, but also to others. He was born on Oct. 12, 1867, in the city of Belleville, Illinois, St. Clair County, a son of Samuel and Mary Daniels. After graduation from the elementary schools of Belleville, he attended Jones Commercial College. On Oct. 18, 1890, Mr. Daniels was married to Miss Georgia Daniels, a fine woman who proved to be a splendid mother to three healthy children : Mary, Dorothy, and Walter. The subject of this sketch is a member of the Redmen and Knights of Pythias. The fact that he has been a school director for six years proves that he has much interest in educational work.

Mr. Daniels has been in the coal-mining business for forty years. During this long period he has worked conscientiously and energetically, thus learning every phase of this business and becoming a real cog in all mining enterprises. His efforts enthusiastically applied towards the expansion and development of the Prairie Coal Company, and his wide knowledge of coal mining gained thru four decades of experience, have won for him first the superintendency, and later, the offices of secretary and of director of this company.

Robert V. Gustin

gT ANDERSONVILLE, ILL., on Nov., 1874, the subject of this sketch was born. He obtained his early education in the public schools of his neighborhood, and afterwards entered McKendree College, as a student of law, and was graduated from this school in 1895. From 1896 to 1900 he followed the profession of a teacher, and was located in Summerheld, 111. His career as a lawyer began in East St. Louis in 1900. Sixteen years later he was appointed assistant to the State's Attorney of St. Clair County, held this position for a year and then enlisted as a private in the U. S. Army, was placed in charge of a camp library, and when discharged in 1919, had been promoted to the rank of a major of infantry. He resumed his law practice in East St. Louis and in 1923 was appointed corporation counsel for the city, which position he still holds.

Mr. Gustin was married, on July 18, 1898, to Anna Lewis, of Lebanon, the city of her birth, and where she had attended the public schools and McKendree College. She died Dec. 17, 1917, and sis. years later, Mr. Gustin married Estelle Bernard, by whom he has one girl, Mary Helen, born in 192';.

in September of igi"!, Mr. Gustin effected the organization of the News Review Publishing Company, and became the president, and later the secretary and treasurer of this company. He is an able editorial writer, and contributes most of the editorials to this company's publication. He also continues his practice of law, in which he has been successful, and through which he has become well known in the city. In poUtics he is a Democrat, and for many years served as chairman of the County Democratic Committee, to which position he was chosen in 1916. He is a jind degree Mason, a member of the K. of P. Lodge, and of the I. O. O. F. The American Army affairs greatly interested him, and he is still a member of this great organization - a Reserve Lieutenant and a Colonel of the army.

David W. Shipp

QMAN with a broad training, considerable natural abiUty, and an educator with a promising future is David W. Shipp, Superintendent of Schools of Sea Bright, New Jersey. Mrs. Agnes Shipp, his talented wife, formerly an instructor of Expression at McKendree College, is always in great demand as a private teacher wherever her husband is located. Professor Shipp received his high school training in the Olney High School. After completing some work at McKendree College from 1915- 1917, he returned a few years later and received his A. B. degree in 1924. In 1918 Mr. Shipp entered the Drew Theological Seminary and completed his three year course in 1920. In 1925 he received his B. D. degree. Mr. Shipp studied at the University of Illinois in the summer of 1926. He spent the year of 1927 in study of English and American Literature at Boston University. From 192} to 192'; he was an English teacher in McKendree College, and in 1925 he taught in Albion High School.

Mrs. Shipp studied at McKendree College under Miss Helen Horner, and is at present studying in the Emerson College or Oratory, in Boston, the only school of its kind that gives a degree that is chartered by the state. She will receive her degree in another year.

Louis F. Dintelman

HOUIS F. DINTELMAN is another man who has made the nursery business pay him well. He was born in St. Clair County on Nov. }o, 1861, a son of Henry and Anna Elizabeth (Keller) Dintelman, who were natives of Germany. The subject of this sketch received his early education in the pubUc schools, but some years later he started working on a farm. In 1891, he began in the nursery line, planting apples, peaches, pears, and other products. With his father he cultivated about fifteen acres, but has added many more since. He ships his products to countries all over the world, has met with amazing success and is building up an extensive business. His apples, which were exhibited at the World's Exposition in Paris, France, secured first prizes in the Winesap variety. He also exhibited several kinds of fruit at the St. Louis Exposition, all of which were grown in his orchard. In poUtics, Mr. Dintelman leans toward the principles of the Repubhcan party; he served as clerk of the St. Clair Township from 1891 to 1901, inclusive. He IS a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Church, has been a trustee of the St. Clair County school board for sixteen years. He holds membership in the Turkey Hill Grange, the National Association of Nursery Men, and has been a member of the State Association for thirty years. Mr. Dintelman's hobby is reading. He has travelled a great deal and has attended many conventions. When not at work, this genial man finds time to indulge in his hobby of reading.

OR. PHIL GRIESBAUM was born near New Baden on Dec. 31, 1883, the son of Xavier Griesbaum and Mary Ripplinger Griesbaum. His father was one of the early set- tiers of this county, and Uved until Dec . 3 1 , 1923 . Mrs. Griesbaum died on May 15, 1915. Their son, Phil, received his grade school education in the New Baden schools, and then attended Mc- Kendree College for a while. He was graduated from the School of Pharmacy of Valparaiso University, in Indiana, in 1906. The following four years he studied medicine in Washington University, of St. Louis, and soon after his graduation in 1910, began his practice in Lebanon.

On Jan. 2, 1913, he was married to Elizabeth Glanzer, the daughter of Joseph Glanzer and Louisa Dick Glanzer; her father was a furniture dealer and undertaker at Trenton, 111., and here Mrs. Griesbaum was born on Feb. 4, iSS"!, and here she was reared and educated. Both of her parents are dead.

Dr. Griesbaum has been a member of the Lebanon High School board for over fifteen years, and has served as president of this board for six years. He holds memberships in the St. Clair County Medical Society, in the Illinois State Medical Society, and in the American Medical Association. He is an Odd Fellow, a Mason, a Rotarian, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He has distinct musical abihty, and plays the piano and slide trombone well; he also conducts a boys' orchestra.

^R. GUSTAVIUS G. BOCK, M. D, a successful physician and surgeon of Smithton, St. Clair County, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, May 27, i8'j8, son of Dr. Gustavius C. and Henrietta (Rindt) Bock, the mother also being a native of that city and the father, of

Mr. And Mrs. David W. Shipp

Germany. After attending the public schools, Gustavius decided to study medicine, and entered the St. Louis Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1882, March 8. He then began the practice of his profession at Smithton, in partnership with his father. At that time they were the only physicians of the place and their partnership continued for two years. The death of the father occurred July 12, igo2. With the exception of the association mentioned. Dr. G. G. Bock has continued his practice alone, and by his industry and faithful devotion to his work he has built up a large clientele.

Generally speaking. Dr. Bock has been a Progressive Republican, although he is an Independent to a large extent in political and public affairs, giving his support to the man who is best qualified to fill the ofEce under consideration He has served his village six years as alderman, treasurer four years, and mayor twenty-four years. He has also served as highway commissioner three years, school director and other minor offices.

He has always held that every man, irrespective of his calling, should identify himself with some local problems, especially rural problems, and work unselfishly for their solution. Believing that good roads are the greatest blessing or boon to rural communities, he has labored and agitated incessantly twenty-five years for good or better roads.