Warren County, Illinois - The whole text, 1886 (part 15 of 25)

Jan. i, 1868, he was married, at Monmouth, to Miss Maria Crawford, native of Warren County, and daughter of James C. and Esther (Sloan) Crawford, Esq., now of Henry Co., Mo. Their two sons are named respectively Charles N. and Clifford C

In politics, Dr. W. is a Democrat, in whom there is no guile, and that his friends, regardless of party, appreciate him as a citizen, is attested by the record. He has represented his ward in the city council four consecutive years and has served the city one year as its Treasurer. He has been several times the delegate of his party to State conventions, and has been prominently identified with the Warren County Central Committee for years.

He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, is an active member of the Fire Company, and holds an official position in the County Agricultural Society.

Holliday, M. D., physician and sur- \ geon, at Monmouth, son of Alexander and Nancy (Mitchell) Holliday, natives of j County Antrim, Ireland, was born in Lucasville, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1850. His parents were married in the Green Isle, in 1838, came to America two years later, resided five years in Pittsburgh, Pa., removed thence to Lucasville, Ohio, where the senior Mr. Holliday died in 1855, at the age of 46 years. The widow, and children consisting of seven sons (a daughter having died in infancy), remained in Ohio several years, William S. coming to Monmouth in 1867, where his two brothers, Mathew and John had preceded him, the first arriving here in 1861, and the latter in 1865. (John, James and Daniel were soldiers in the late war. The first and the latter were members of Co. C, gist Regt. Ohio Vol. Inf., and James enlisted in Co. F, 56th Ohio Vol. Inf. James and Daniel enlisted when they were but 13 years of age.) The balance of the family came in 1875.

The subject of this sketch was pretty thoroughly trained in the common schools of Ohio ; pursued his studies after coming to Monmouth ; entered the academic department of Monmouth College and spent one year in the College proper ; began reading medicine with Doctors Webster and Crawford when about 21 years of age, and, in 1872, entered Louisville, (Ky.) Medical College, from which institution he graduated in February, 1874, with the degree of M. D., taking two prizes, and the clinics, surgery and anatomy medal. He began practice in May following at Monmouth, and though among the very youngest of his profession in the place, he has long enjoyed a reputation that might be justly envied by many mucli older.

Dr. Holliday was some time associated with Dr. Crawford, six years with Doctors Hamilton and Marshall, and since 1884 with Dr. Linn. Dr. Holliday has held the offices of Alderman, County Physician and Coroner, his choice for the latter office devolving finally upon the unusual method of "drawing straws" with his opponent. It was in 1882, the opposing candidate was a physician in the city, and when the votes were counted they were found to be evenly divided. This led to the drawing of straws and resulted in favor of Dr. Holliday.

I Society, Military Tract Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is also a member of the Order of Modern Woodmen of America; a Mason of high rank ; a Democrat politically, and prominently identified with the Baptist Church. He is a member of Galesburg Commandery, No. 8, K.T., and has been for the last two years a member of the City Council, representing the First Ward.

On April 29, 1875, the Doctor was married, at Monmouth, to Miss Emma Jewell, a native of Warren County, daughter of Jacob Jewell, Esq., and his three children are named respectively, Jessie Mabel, Alexander Gaillard and Charles Jewell.

imothy P. Perry, Junior, retired farmer at Monmouth, son of Timothy P. and Mary (Clark) Perry, natives of Connecticut, and of English descent, was born in Windham Co., Conn., Jan. 19, 1826. T. P. Perry, senior, reared three sons and five daughters, viz. : Oliver H., who lives in South Windham, Conn. ; Mary Ann, who married Asa Burgess, and is now deceased ; Elizabeth L. married Joseph Lillie and now resides in Lebanon, Conn. ; Susan -married Henry Loomis and is deceased ; Timothy P. is our subject ; Silas C. now lives in Almakee Co., Iowa ; Eunice married William Huntington, and she is now numbered with the dead ; and one child died in infancy. Mr. Pevry, Sr., was in the war of 1812, and related to Commodore Perry.

Mr. Perry of this sketch was the second son and fifth child. The old gentleman was a farmer in his native State, where he died, in 1839, aged 48 years. His widow survived him until 1884, and to the 8gth year of her age.

The subject of this notice was brought up a farmer and in youth acquired at the common schools a fair education. At the age of 19 years he began the machinist's trade at South Windham, and followed it about 14 years. The year 1856 brought him to Warren County, and he lived awhile in Tompkins Township, removing thence to Lenox Township, where he secured a fine farm, upon which he resided until 1878. By this time he had accumulated sufficient property to enable him to retire to a life of ease, and he forthwith came to Monmouth. Such is the compass in outline of one of Warren County's most solid and respected citizens. Not a soldier, not a statesman ; not great in the eyes of the hero and mammon-worshiping people of the world, but as a factor in the substructure of a republic that makes it possible to be great. They subdue the forest, till the soil, build the homes, and around their unpretentious hearthstones kindle not only a love of home, but a love of country that warms and develops into patriotism, and in the multiplicity of its increase becomes so great that the superstructure is wholly dependent upon it in times of imminent danger. When a nation becomes imperiled, then the common people are great, and the Shylocks and the money king and the railroad princes flee from the presence of those that have served as lackeys, and cry out to the factors of the substructure, the yeomanry, to arise and save the country. Thus it is, of a citizen, plain and unpretentious, that we write.

Mr. Perry was married in Connecticut, May 13, 1856, to Miss Ellen A. Armstrong, daughter of John and Lucinda (Tenney) Armstrong. She was the I2th in order of birth of a family of 13 children. The father was of English descent and the mother Scotch. The father was born in Franklin, New London Co.,

Conn , in the year 1775, and died in 1839. The mother was born in the above place in the year 1793 and died in South Windham, Conn., in 1876. Out of the family of thirteen, seven are now living and the balance are deceased. The names of those living are Wolcott, and he lives in Milford, Oakland Co., Mich.; Zacheus lives in Franklin, Conn. ; Jackson lives in the same place; Martin lives in Petaluma, Cal. ; Alma married Jonathan Hutch and resides in South Windham, Conn. ; Cornelia married Charles Smith and resides at Ellington, Conn.; Ellen is the wife of Mr. Perry, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Armstrong served in the war of 1812. They have one child, Kate.

Mr. Perry is a Republican, but such for " revenue only. ' He is one from principle, and asks no fat office to preserve his loyalty. The only office he ever held was that of Township Assessor of Lenox Township.

[ifred Lewey is a settler of 1857, in the county of which he is still a resident. He is an agriculturist on section 25, Kelly Township. He was born Aug. 9, 1826, in Guilford Co., N. C. John Lewey, his father, was a native of the same State and was born in Orange County, of German parentage. He married Phebe Clap, of the same county and nativity ; they had 12 children, all of whom lived to rear families. They located after their marriage in Guilford County, on a farm situated eight miles east of Green sborough, which was their home as long as they survived.

Mr. Lewey was reared to manhood on the home estate,_and was educated in the subscription school, which was the only means of education then available. In the fall of 1846, he came from his native State to Illinois. He found a place to locate in Montgomery County, where he operated as a farm assistant four years. He then returned to North Carolina and fulfilled a long cherished purpose to connect himself in marriage with Sarah Forbis. She was born in the county where her husband was brought up, July 20, 1829. Mr. Lewey had invested his earnings in land in Montgomery County, and he returned to it and with his bride prepared to enter upon life in earnest. He built a house and proceeded with the work of improvement, breaking the soil and enclosing his fields with suitable fences. In January, 1855, his wife died, and Mr. Lewey put an end to housekeeping temporarily. He then went back to North Carolina and passed the ensuing summer. In the autumn he returned to Montgomery Co., 111., and was there a resident until 1857, when he came to Warren County as has been stated.

In March of that year he was married to Janiza (Brown) McDavid. She was the widow of Jesse McDavid and is the daughter of James Brown, a pioneer of Warren County. She was born in Indiana. In the fall of 1857 Mr. and Mrs. Lewey settled on the homstead farm of her father, on section 25 of Kelly Township, which is now their property and which they still occupy.

William R. and Elizabeth, the children of the first marriage of Mr. Lewey, are both deceased. They died in infancy. The children of the second marriage are two in number. Eva E. is the wife of " George Gregg, of Knox County. Florence L. is the younger. Mr. Lewey is a Republican in political belief and connections.

Mrs. Lewey had one child by her former marriage, named James T. McDavid, who ;narried Ella Pugh ; they have three children. He is a resident of Galesburg.

Mrs. Lewey was born Jan. 7, 1830. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania and her mother of Kentucky. They were married in Kentucky, moved to Indiana and then to Illinois. They came to this point at an early date and were among the first settlers here. Isaac, the third son, was a soldier in the Mexican War ; William A., the youngest brother, served for three years in the late war.

amuel Diffenbaugh, retired citizen of Monmouth, where for many years he was engaged in active business, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa.. March 12, 1828, and was the second in order of birth of a family of six sons and one daughter, the progeny of Christian and Nancy (Doner) Diffenbaugh, who were also natives of Lancaster County and descended from the

German. The senior Mr. Diffenbaugh was a farmer, distiller and tanner, and brought his sons up to a thorough acquaintance with these various industries.

Mr. Diffenbaugh of this notice received a fair English education through the common schools, and when about 18 years of age began clerking in a store at New Providence, Lancaster Co., Pa., and followed the same for eight years. He then removed to York Furnace and there farmed, kept hotel and carried on a foundry, and was general manager at iron works and all kinds of business for about 20 years. In 1863 he came to Monmouth and engaged in the restaurant, confectionary and notions business, which received his attention up to the year 1881. In 1882 he built the Diffenbaugh Block, corner of Main and We t Streets, now occupied by the Monmouth Daily Gazette, a restaurant and the Hayden gun store. Mr. Diffenbaugh inherited probably $1,500. The rest of his valuable property has been acquired by his individual efforts and industry. He is a stockholder in the Monmouth National Bank and owns land in the West.

Mr. Diffenbaugh has long been a consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church. Two of his brothers were in the Union Army and one of them was killed at Gettysburg.

oseph, B. Malony, manufacturer of harness and dealer in harness and saddlery goods at Roseville, is a son of James and Margaret (Cairnes) Malony, and was born in Cumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 16, 1818. His parents were natives of Ireland and came to America about the year 1810, locating in the Keystone State where the father was engaged as contractor for stone work. In 1824 he removed into Ohio and there engaged in farming, also following his trade at stone work, and laid the foundation for the first flouring mill on the Maumee River. He made the Buckeye State his permanent home and died there about 1826-7, n's wife's demise occurring in 1846.

Joseph B., the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this biographical notice, went to learn the trade of saddle-maker at the age of 16, at which he served an apprenticeship of three and a half years, and again ten months under the instruction of another firm. He followed the same in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and finally settled down in Canton, Fulton County, this State, and opened a shop, which he carred on for 12 years. At the expiration of that time he removed to Vermont, same county, but remained only a year, when he again returned to Canton and embarked in the same business for four years. His next move was to Prairie City, McDonough Co., 111., where he engaged in business and remained until the year 1861.

In the latter year the call was made for brave hearts and strong arms to defend the Union flag, and Joseph B., a very patriotic gentleman, enlisted in the Seventh Regt. of 111. Vol. Cav., and served two years and four months, having held the position of Sergeant Saddler, but was discharged on account of disability. He then returned to Prairie City and again embarked in business, which he continued until the year 187 2, then coming to Roseville and interesting himself in his present enterprise, in which he has met with remarkable success and is doing a constantly increasing business. He has gotten up many new improvements in harness that have come into general use. He invented the first pad for a saddle, padding for a saddletree and the roller attachment to the ''Sensible Combination Buckle." He is also the inventor of a combination halter, which is not only the best in use but cheap and durable.

In 1841:, one of the most important events in the life of Mr. Joseph B. Malony occurred, it being his marriage to Miss -Jane Anderson, and of their union were born four children - Richard A., Joseph C., Willia.n N. and James M. Mrs. Malony 's demise occurred in 1850, and Mr. M. formed a second matrimonial alliance with a sister of his first wife, Miss Catherine Anderson, and they have become the parents of five children, only four of whom survive, as follows: Mary E., Nathaniel L., Margaret J. and Emma. Mrs. Malony died in 1872. Mr. Malony is a Greenbacker in politics. He is a member of the United Brethren Church at Roseville.

eorge F. Bruner, a thrifty and well-to-do farmer of Kelly Township, is a resident on section 32. The family from which he is a descendant in the paternal line belongs to two ancestral stocks, that located in the early history of this country in the States of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The grandfather of John Bruner, the father of the subject of this personal narrative, was the son of parents who emigrated from Maryland to Breckenridge Co., Ky., where he was born. (The great-grandfather of John Bnmer came from Germany). On the maternal side the family is of Scotch origin. He grew up under the influence that prevailed in the days of Daniel Boone, and left a notable record as a hunter. In one year the account of his exploits relates that he shot 300 deer. John Bruner was born in Breckenridge County, in the Blue Grass country, March 1804. He was reared in the same county, and married Susan Prance. She was born near the capital of Virginia. The elder Bruner remained with his family in Kentucky for a long time and in 1846 removed to Warren County. When they made their journey they came by the river route, traveling on the Ohio and Mississippi to Oquawka, whence they came to Monmouth. Mr. Bruner rented land in what is now Cold Brook Township, on which he operated a few years and then bought a place in the same township. He remained there about 30 years and in 1884 located in Kelly Township. The wife and mother was removed by death in 1879, her demise taking place on the old homestead in Cold Brook Township. Three only of their eight children are now living. Anzeler, now deceased, was married to Amon S. Gilbert, and two children mourn her loss. John H. resides in the native county of his parents, in Kentucky; he married Sally Frymire and has one child. Frank is a resident of Salem, Oregon ; he married Mary E. Parker and has five children. Mr. Bruner of this sketch is the youngest of the survivors. He was born in Breckenridge Co., Ky., Oct. 14, 1844. He was a child of tender years when the family came to Warren County, and he has known no other home, as his acquaintance with this county began with his existence. He grew up in Cold Brook Township and was educated in the common schools. He resided on the homestead, which he sold in 1863 and removed to section 4, in the same township. He was the owner of his property there until 1884, when he placed the farm in the hands of a renter and came to Kelly Township. In that he owns a farm of 126 acres, which, like the farm in Cold Brook Township, is all in good agricultural condition.

The marriageof Mr. Bruner to Miss Mary A. Clayton, took place Dec. 24, 1895. She was born in Warren Co., Ky., Oct. 29, 1845, and is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pedigo) Clayton. She was the eldest of two children. Her mother died about 1849. Her father was again married lo Miss Ceny Mitchell and by the last marriage six children were born. Five - children are now living of both marriages. Mrs. B. j came to this county with her parents in the fall of 1855. The names of the children of G. F. Bruner « are Harden F., born March 28, 1871; and Clara, born Sept. r4, 1882.

D. Day, farmer, residing on section 34, Berwick Township, was born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Sept. 25, 1819, and is a son of Stephen Day, born in 1785, and who died in Huron Co., Ohio, in 1825. The father of the subject of this sketch was united in marriage with Miss Annie Ransom, about 1808, in the State of New York. She was born in 1790, in Vermont, and they moved to Ohio in 1821, where she died in 1860. Of their union eight children were born - Lucinda, Alzina, Ransom, David R., Electa, Coridon, Hiram and Sarah.

Coridon D. Day married Miss Lorena Louk, in January, [845, in Fulton County. She was born in New York in 1823, and died in 1852. By their union four children were born - David R., Clara A.

(twin sister of David R.), Hannah M. and Jefferson. The wife and mother died and Mr. Day was again married to Mrs. . Lucinda Griffin, nee Bante. She was born July 23, 1839, in Indiana, and bore her husband seven children, namely : Mary S., Lucinda E., Jason, Silas and Sarah (twins), Stephen and Sophronia. The father of Mrs. Day, Jacob Bante, was born in 1802, and died in Kansas in 1880. He was married to Salida Wilder, in 1826. She was born in 1806 and is still living. Of their union 14 children were born - David H., Lucinda, Isaac Jackson, Daniel Jefferson, John B., Mary J., Benoni S., Lurana, Sally Ann, Jacob, Jessie, Minerva, Amelia and Cylinda.

Mr. Day and his family are pleasantly situated on his fine farm of 240 acres on section 24, Berwick Township, and is there actively engaged in the vocation of an agriculturist. He has a good residence upon his place, 40 x 40 feet in dimensions; and two stories in height, also a good barn, 24 x 30 feet, of brick. In addition to the cultivation of his land, he is to a considerable extent turning his attention to the raising of high grade Short-horn cattle and Norman horses, having of the former about 35 head. He also has some 25 sheep upon his place. In politics, he is a Jacksonian Democrat. His father and grandfather were in the Revolutionary War, and his father was also a soldier in the War of 1812.

i ilson Sheldon, deceased. The Sheldon family are among the pioneer settlers of Warren County. It is of English ancestry, and the founder of the family in this country settled in Dutchess County, N. Y., where George Sheldon, the paternal grandfather of Wilson, was born, Of his offspring was Wilson Sheldon, the father of the present family. He was born in New York, Feb. 3, 1808, and died in the city of Monmouth, Sept. 13, 1873. He came to VVarren Co., in 1837, and settled in Floyd Tp. When Wilson Sheldon came to Warren County, in the year stated, it was almost a wilderness; but little had been done in any part of the county towards its settlement. Here and there, however, on some points of timber, might be seen the beginning of the labors of some venturesome pioneer. He finally found a suitable location on the northwest quarter of section 32, in what is now Floyd Township. This he immediately began to improve, and ere long was known far and wide as one of the most prosperous and enterprising farmers in all that section.

Mr. Sheldon was the pioneer cattle-feeder of Warren County, embarking in this department of farming as early as 1840. In the early part of 1846, he took his eldest son, Hiram, and went to where Fairfield, Iowa, now stands, and bought a drove of two-yearold steers, at $7 per head, which they drove to their farm in Warren County, where they were fattened with others. This was the first drove of cattle ever brought east over the Burlington Ferry. After having put them in a proper condition for the market, he sold them to be driven across the Alleghanies to the Philadelphia or Baltimore market. After Chicago had become a market for stock, which was prior to the building of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, he drove his cattle there. His enterprise was again displayed on the opening of that road, for we find him, in company with D. C. Gale of Newburg, N. Y., the first to build loading-pens and also the first to ship stock from Monmouth over the new railroad. The arrangement then constructed for loading was but temporary. He and Mr. Gale continued shipping together until the death of the latter, which occurred several years after their first shipment. Mr. Sheldon worked energetically and used all of his influence to have the Quincy division of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad built through Berwick, but was defeated by the Bushnell Land Company.

The subject of this sketch married Sarah Matteson, Feb. 14, 1830. She was a native of New York, and the daughter of Captain Peleg Matteson, a native of Vermont, where he was born, April i, 1778. Capt. Matteson married Martha Downer, Jan. 17, 1802, the latter being born March 19, 1779. Peleg Matteson was a Captain in the war of 1812, and commanded a company at the defense of Sackett's Harbor. In 1838 he came with his family to Illinois and settled in Floyd Township, where he died, Feb. 7, 1860. His wife, the mother of Mrs. Sheldon, died Aug. 27, 1857. They were the parents of six children, of whom Mrs. Sheldon is the only survivor of the original family. She was born Feb. 26, 181 1, and

There were nine children born to Wilson and Sarah Sheldon, six of whom are living. The sketches of Hiram and Burr will be found in another place in this volume. Martha married W. Wisvvell, and is the mother of three children. George married Mary Dolph, and they have five children. Seneca M. married Mary Williams, and they have one child. He was remarried April 6, 1885, to M. E. Balcolm. Alma married David Van Winkle; they have two sons.

It will be seen from the brief, outlined history of the life of Mr. Sheldon, that he was a very important figure in the history and settlement of Warren County. His enterprising spirit was felt in almost every undertaking that had for its tendency the development or progress of the county. He acquired considerable property, owning as much as 1,100 acres of excellent land, which he divided among his children. In his religious belief, he was a Baptist, and politically, a Democrat. In presenting his portrait in connection with this sketch, we know that it will be welcomed by our readers and that his memory will be cherished as one of Warren County's most reputable and enterprising citizens.

of Deeds, was born at Monmouth, Aug. 29, 1850, and is the son of N. A. Rankin, whose biography will be found in another part of this volume. He was about 22 years of age when he graduated from Monmouth College, receiving the A. B. degree, and in due course of time the degree of A. M. He was the poet of his class; editor of the College Courier from 1870 to 1872; editor of the Beta Theta P. monthly during 1877-8 ; city editor of the Council Bluffs (Iowa) Daily 'J ribune, in 1873; and city editor of the Monmouth Atlas from 1873 to 1880. In the meantime he held twice (1876-77 and 1879-80) the office of City Clerk of Monmouth. In June, 1880, he was appointed Circuit Cleik of Warren County, to fill out the unexpired term of J. L. Dryden, resigned; was elected Circuit Clerk in November following, and re-elected in 1884, receiving a larger majority than any other candidate on the ticket. Capt. Rankin is Secretary of the Association of Circuit Clerks of Illinois, and Secretary of the Warren County Agricultural Society, having been elected in 1877 and unanimously reelected annually ever since.

ames Galbraith. a prominent banker and ^ merchant of Warren County, located at Kirkwood, was born in Washington Co., Pa., in 1838. His parents, Robert and Jane (McCrea) Galbraith, were natives of Ireland and Pennsylvania respectively, the latter having been born in Washington County, where their marriage occurred. In 1840 the elder Galbraith of the family moved to Ohio, where he remained until 1870. He was by occupation a farmer and owned 1 60 acres of land in Ohio. For some years after his marriage, however, he was engaged in teaching. In 1870, he moved to Johnson Co., Kan., where he purchased land and made his home until his death, which event occurred Dec. 2, 1882, in the 75th year of his age. His widow still resides on the farm, in company with a son and daughter.

At the early age of 13 years, James evinced that love for business life that has since characterized him, for at that period we find him engaged in clerking in a dry-goods store at New Concord, Ohio. Here he remained five years. He had, however, received a liberal education, and was well fitted for business life. At the end of his five years' engagement, he enlisted, in 1862, in Co. E, 88tli Ohio Inf., and did faithful service until the close of the war. Most of the time he acted as clerk for Regimental and Brigade officers. He was honorably discharged in 1865 and returned to his home. He soon came West to visit a brother who had located in Kirkwood, 111., and who at that time was Postmaster. James accepted a position as assistant Postmaster, from which position he was ousted by Andy John- son, and has since that time, 1865, been a resident of Kirkwood. During these years he has grown into prominence and influence, until he has long been recognized as one of the leading business men of the place, and, in fact, of the county. After leaving the postoffice, which he did in 1866, he accepted a position as clerk in the lumber-yard at Kirkwood, where he remained until March, 1875. Afterwards he engaged with the firm of Chapin, Houlton & Davis, as clerk in their establishment. He remained in this capacity until 1883, when he and Mr. Carmichael bought out Mr. Davis' interest, and, with Mr. Carmichael, in February, 1885, bought out the interest of Mr. Houlton. The firm is at present known as Chapin, Houlton & Co., and does a general banking and mercantile business.

Mr. Galbraith was married in May, 1869, to Miss Jennie S. Speer, a native of New Concord, Ohio. Mamie J., who was born Feb. 3, 1879, is their only child. Mr. Galbraith is a Republican in his political belief, and, with his wife, belongs to the United Presbyterian Church.

i illiam Gallaugher is one of the leading citizens of the township of Spring Grove, yet he came to Warren County with no outfit in life save his manhood's strength and a laudable purpose to carve out a home from the resources that had proved so available in many well-tested instances. He is of foreign birth, and brought from Scotland, his native land, the hardy endurance, perseverance and energy that has made his country the representative of all that is noble and good in the scale of humanity, notwithstanding her political status. The pure, bright record of the Scots gives to all the emigrants from her shores a passport to respectability and position. Mr. Gallaugher was born in Ayershire, Western Scotland, Jan. 7, 1824. His father, Charles Gallaugher, died when William was but two years old, and before he was nine he was obliged to earn his own living. His mother, Janet (Good) Gallaugher, died in 1855. Young William, at that tender age, was placed in the mines where there is a variety of work that can only be done by small children, and he became a "pusher." That labor is performed by persons of under size because the coal-veins are so narrow in extent that in some localities mules or horses cannot pass through to do the necessary work. Consequently the small cars conveying the coal must be pushed over the "trams" by children. As soon as Mr. Gallaugher was sufficiently grown he became a miner in the full sense of the term and wielded a " pick." He followed the same vocation in his native shire until 1852.

In April, 1852, he started from Scotland for America. He took passage on "Zion's Hope," a sail vessel from the river Clyde and crossed the ocean, landing at Philadelphia. He was on the water six weeks and two days, and after landing at the City of Brotherly Love he proceeded to Alleghany Co., Md., to enter upon a situation as a miner. He passed three years in the same locality and went thence to Virginia. He operated as a coal miner there until - 18^7, when he came to Warren County. He remained at that time but a few months and went to Mercer County, where he became a coal miner in the town-i ship of Greene^ He continued in that employ there until 1864, when he invested the money he had saved in 80 acres of land situated half a mile from Nor-, wood. There was a vein of coal running through the farm, and he employed laborers to perform the agricultural work while he gave his attention to the business of developing the treasures of the mine. In 1871 he sold the place and removed to the property he now holds. He is the owner of 280 acres of excellent land, which is located on sections 15 and 22. The farm buildings are all of good style and the entire place is in splendid condition, with a substantial and handsome frame residence. He has sp;nt about 4: years of his life in making a living at coal-mining, but is new prepared to enjoy the fruits of an energetic life.

Mr. Gallaugher was united in marriage with Margaret Muir, in Ayershire, Scotland, O< t. 22, 1848, where she was born May r, 1825. She was the daughter of Michael and Janet (Montgomery) Muir. The name Muir was of the oldest in the county of Ayrshire. They have had ten children. Margaret married Robert Henderson and they settled in Ringgold, Iowa. Janet is the wife of Francis Hogue, who is a citizen of the same place, as is Charles, who married Alice Palmer, the next child and eldest son. Agnes is married to Stewart Leonard, of Monmouth. Michael married Minnie Thompson and is farming in Spring Grove Township. Mary and her husband, Car Harper, live in Ringgold County, Iowa. Isabella, William, James and Anna are the children at home. Besides their own circumstances of comfort the parents have given their children a thorough training in the common schools and now have the satisfaction of seeing their children who are settled in life, in the enjoyment of a reasonable share of the goods of this world.

"ohn C. Blayney is a prosperous and prominent merchant at Alexis. He has been connected with the business of the place since 1872. He is the son of John and Fannie (Alcorn) Blayney. He is a native of Ireland and was born Oct. 14, 1834, in County Tyrone. He was brought up to the business of a farmer in his native island, as his parents belonged to the agricultural class. He also attended the common schools while he remained there, and was but 14 when the family emigrated to America, in 1848. They settled in Wheeling, W. Va., and there young Blayney pursued the same routine of life - attending the public schools and operating as his father's assistant. He also became clerk in a store, where he obtained familiarity with the details of business. The family remained in Wheeling four years.

In 1853, the son came West, determined to establish himself in a congenial and profitable business. He first stopped in Peoria and there operated as a farm assistant for a year. He then returned to Wheeling and remained there the same length of time. He revisited Illinois and was interested in farming until 1860. In the fall of that year he went to Washington Co., Pa., and opened a store in West

Alexandria. After conducting a general store there a year, he sold his interest and came to Mercer County in this State. He engaged in the purchase of stock for the Chicago market about the space of a year. At the end of that time, associated with G. M. Evans, he went to Norwood in Mercer County and embarked in trade under the style of Evans & Blayney.

The branch establishment at Alexis was instituted in 1872. Mr. Blayney took charge of the new enterprise and Mr. Evans remained to conduct that at Norwood. Their relations were maintained until 1882, when Mr. Blayney sold his interest at Norwood to his son, Edward D. Blayney, and Mr. J. E. Lafferty purchased that of Mr. Evans in the store at Alexis. The firm name is now Blayney & Lafferty. However, the individual partnership has been changed by the substitution of the son of the first Mr. Lafferty, Mr. W. A. Lafferty. The house carry a large and well assorted stock of all lines of merchandise suited to the demands of their patronage, and are doing a thriving business.

The marriage of Mr. Blayney to Catherine Brownlee, of Washington Co., Pa, took place in the fall of 1860. bhe was the daughter of William Hutchison Brownlee. They came to Norwood, Mercer County, in 1851, and Mr. Blayney married his wife there. She is of Scotch descent. They have four children : Edward D. is a merchant at Norwood. Charles C. was born in Mercer County; he received his elementary education in the common schools and later entered the college at Monmouth as a student. He lost his health and died after an illness of 12 months, in his zoth year. Lizzie L. and Fred H. are the names of the younger children.

Mr. Blayney is a Democrat. He has taken a prominent part in local political matters and has served as a member of the Village Board. He acted as the President of that body during the time of his membership. He has also been active in the matter of education and has served as a member of the School Board several years. He has been Supervisor of his town one year.

John Blayney, father of the present family, married Fannie Alcorn, daughter of William and Janet (Fatten) Alcorn, all of the County Tyrone, Ireland. They emigrated to America in 1848, and settled in

Wheeling, West Virginia. He came West about 1857, and remained here until the death of his wife, in 1882. She died in Washington Co., Pa., while on a visit there. Mr. Blayney has since that time made his residence with his daughter, who is the wife of Cadwallerder Blayney. He is now in the 86th year of his age and is yet hale and vigorous and bids fair to live for many years.

ohn S. Spriggs, Jr., pharmacist at Monmouth, is a son of James H. and Eleanor J. (McCune) Spriggs, and was born in Cumberland Co, Pa., April 3, 1850. (See biography of J. H. Spriggs, this volume). He was educated at Monmouth College, and when about 1 8 years of age began the drug business as rclerk in the drug house of his father and uncle, Dr. John S. Spriggs, at Monmouth. At the end of an apprenticeship of four .years here, he attended the ^Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and graduated in

,Miss Annie L. Thome, the accomplished daughter of Stephen and Lydia Thorne, and a native of St. Johns, N. B. Mrs. Spriggs is a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Spriggs is a Republican.

lohn C. Wallace, proprietor of a fashionable restaurant and fancy grocer, also wholesale and retail dealer in fruits, vegetables, oils, etc., of Monmouth, was born in Guernsey Co., Ohio, July 4, 1848, and was the fifth child in the order of birth of six sons and two daughters of Thomas and Jane (Hutchinson) Wallace, natives of the Buckeye State, and descended respectively from Scotch and Irish ancestry. The senior Mr. Wallace was by occupation a farmer; emigrated from Ohio to Iowa in 1867, and there died in 1878 or '79, aged 61 or 62 years, surviving his wife probably about three years.

and at the common schools, supplemented by two years' attendance at Monmouth College, acquired a fair English education. After clerking awhile in a grocery house, he, in 1871, bought the interest of Hurdman, of the firm of Wallace & Hurdman, and for three years, or thereabouts, the house existed under the style and firm name of Wallace Bros. Since the retirement of his brother, Mr. Wallace has been alone in the business, and that he has been more than ordinarily successful is fully attested by the brief record here published of him. In 1875, after sustaining a severe loss by fire, he built the brick block now occupied by him. He owns one of the finest residences in the city, is a large stock-holder in a banking house at Greely, Colo., and an extensive ranch owner in both Texas and Kansas. All this, and more, and yet it is but the product of his individual effort and industry.

F. Lowther, of Kirkwood, was born in Columbus, Ohio, April 14, 1826. His father, Thompson F , and his mother, Sarah Lowther (nee Black)', were natives of Pennsylvania. They were married and came to Illinois in 1835, locating in Schuyler County, where they resided until 1841. During the latter year he came to Warren County and settled in Hale Township, where he purchased 96 acres of land on which he lived, following his vocation until April, 1869. At that date he purchased a house and lot in Kirkwood, and in company with J. H. Gilmore engaged in the grocery business, which he continued for about ten years. About three years prior to his death he retired from active business, his death occurring in 1885, and that of his wife in 1876.

The gentleman whose name we place at the head of this notice, lived with his parents until he was 23 years old, having received a fair education in the common schools. After leaving home Mr. Lowther purchased 80 acres of la id in Hale Township, on which he resided for one and a half years, when he sold it and removed to Lenox Township, and there purchased another 80 acre tract, and for two years was engaged in its cultivation. He then returned to Hale Township, and lived until 1869, when he came to Kirkwood and purchased property, since which time he has continued to reside there.

The marriage of Mr. Lowther took place July 19, 1849, at which time Miss Julia A. M. Robinson, a native of Virginia, became his wife. There were seven children of this union, all dead, but they took an orphan boy, J. H. Sterling^ at the age of 18 months, whom they reared to manhood, and since he has attained his majority have assisted him in obtaining a foothold, whereby he may acquire in this busy world of strife a competency.

Politically, Mr. Lowther affiliates with the Democratic party, and he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has also been a member of the Town Board in Kirkwood.

T. Hole-hard, the leading dry-goods merchant at Monmouth, was born in Washington Co. Md., Nov. i, r842. His parents, ¥ Daniel and Maria (Brewer) Reichard, natives respectively of the States of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and dating their ancestry back to Germany, reared six sons, and they were all brought up to the occupation of the father, farming, but, judging from the memorandum before us, while they inherited any quantity of industry and native ability, the love of labor in the fields was one characteristic the old gentleman failed to transmit. Two of the sons became prominent physicians, one a druggist and three dealers in merchandise.

The father removed to Warren County, in 1863, and located on a farm in Coldbrook Township, where he lived and labored until his death, in 1866, aged 55 years. His widow survived him until 1873, when she died in Monmouth, at the age of 63 years. John T. Reichard was educated in Maryland, and was at Hagerstown College when his patriotism overcame his desire for classics, and August i, 1862, saw him " right dress " as a private in Co. A, 7th Maryland Vol. Infantry. There is no reason in the world to believe that he asked for the change, but the writer knows a great many reasons why he should have been very glad of the transfer from the ranks to clerk in the Quartermaster's department. He had been out only about two months when this occurred, and the fact that he was retained in the position until the close of the war, proves that he was as efficient as clerk as it is known he would have been as a soldier.

Leaving the service at Baltimore. Md., he came at once to Monmouth and engaged in farming with his father, and at the death of the latter administered upon the estate and closed it up. In February, 1868, he embarked in mercantile business, and the story of his success was told us by his rivals. Mr. Reichard is a man who would succeed in anything, except that of being ungentlemanly. This no sort of training could induct him into.

When the Monmouth National Bank changed hands, in 18 - , Mr. Reichard became one of its Directors, and subsequently Vice-President, a position he filled up to January r, 1885. He is largely interested in agriculture and stock-breeding, and has been for some years President of the Warren County Agricultural Society. He is a popular Mason, and member of the largest Consistory in the world, that of the Oriental, of Chicago. July 15, 1875, Mr. Reichard was married at Newcastle. Ind., to Miss Jeane Elliott, daughter of Hon. J. T. Elliott, late Judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana, and his children are named Lillian, George, Marie and Elliott.

yfiram Baldwin, proprietor of the Baldwin House and one of the pioneers of Monmouth, was born in Chester Co., Pa., Dec. 9, 1808. His parents, Wathel and Catherine

I(Barr) Baldwin, were married, reared their six sons and four daughters, and died in Chester County. Hiram Baldwin was brought up on his father's farm and fairly educated at the subscription schools.

March 28, r832, he was married in his native county to Miss Mariah Mackey, a native of Lancaster Co., Pa., and of Irish and Dutch parentage. Their two sons, James W. and George W., were born in Lancaster County, the first in 1833 and the latter in 1835. They are both connected with the man- agement and direction of the hotel and have been for many years. The Baldwins originally came from England, probably in 1645, and settled in Massachusetts The Barrs came from Germany, in 1683, and settled at Germantown, Pa.

The family came to Monmouth in the spring of 1840, and here Mr. B. began the manufacture of wagons and plows, and followed it about 15 years. In 1846 he moved upon the spot now, and since 1855, known as the Baldwin Hotel. It was originally a two-story, 20 room building; in 1876 it was remodeled and converted into a three-story, 40 room house. Mr. B. learned the trade of carriage maker in Lancaster Co., Pa. He farmed some since coming to Illinois, but for 20 years has devoted his time to hotel business. His house, for many years the best in Monmouth, was for many years the rendezvous of the famous Lincoln and his friends. The room the great man occupied is now No. 17, and contains the furniture he so often used. Mr. Douglass, when at Monmouth, stopped at the old Warren House, when not with his friend, Hon. J. W. Davidson. Mr. B. is a member of no church ; has never sought office, but the history of Warren County must in truth print his name upon its pages as one of the best men the county has ever claimed as a citizen.

(jenry H. Pattee, secretary and treasurer of the Pattee Plow Company, of Monmouth, was born at Canaan, Grafton Co., N. H., April 17, 1840, and was the youngest son living of Daniel and Judith (Burleigh) Pattee. natives of New Hampshire, and descended from the French. The senior Mr. Pattee was by occupation a farmer, and brought his four sons up to that vocation, though none of them followed it any great length of time. The father and mother both died in New Hampshire, he in 1875, aged 76 years, and she in 1883, aged 83 years.

Henry H. Pattee was educated at the common schools of his native State, and after learning the art of telegraphy repaired to Canada, in 1862, as manager of the Vermont and Boston Telegraph Co. He left Canada in 1866, and came to Galesburg, 111., where for threeyears he was engaged in millingbusiness. In 1869 he came to Monmouth, and in company with his brother ran the Star Flouring Mill four years. In 1873, he engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements. (See Pattee Plow Company.) The stock company was organized in 1881, and Mr. Pattee has since been its secretary and treasurer.

He was first married at Canaan, N. H., in 1867. His wife, nee Miss Lizzie R. Morgan, daughter of Dr. Arnold Morgan, now deceased, died in her native town (Canaan) in 1879.

Aug. 25, i88r, Mr. Pattee married Miss Anna E. Willets^ daughter of the late Hon. Elias Willets. (See biography of Judge Willets, this volume.)

ohn W. Matthews, State's attorney for Warren County, resident at Monmouth, is a son of the late Rev. Robert C. and Louisa Matilda (Martin) Matthews, and was born at Macon,Noxubee Co., Miss., July 7, 1848. (See [ biography of Rev. Robert Matthews, D.D., this volume.) John W. Matthews was educated at J Monmouth College, graduated and in the class of 1871, with the degree of A.B. Immediately after leaving college he began reading law with John J. Glenn, and two years later in the office of Harding, McCoy & Pratt, Chicago. He was admitted to the Bar at Ottawa, in September, 1874, and returned to Monmouth, where he became the junior member of the firm of Glenn & Matthews, for a year, .which then became the firm of Glenn, Kirkpatrick & Matthews. At the end of one year Mr. M. withdrew from the firm, and was one year alone in practice, and having satisfied himself that he was able to hold his own at the Warren County forum, he formed, in 1880, the -ixisting partnership, Matthews & Peacock, Mr. T. G. Peacock being a talented young attorney, and the junior member of the firm.

In the fall of 1880, Mr. Matthews was elected State's Attorney, which office he filled with such satisfaction to the people, that four years later they placed him again at the helm as a pilot of the pleas of the commonwealth.

bellion had gone on long enough, so offered his country his service as a " backbone breaker " and high private in Co. A, 1381!! III. Vol. Inf., for the term of 100 days. Serving out his term in the 138111, he was discharged Oct. 14, 1864, at Springfield, 111., and on the 1 8th of February following enrolled as a musician in Co. H, 47th 111. Vol. Inf., and served until August 17, 1865. With the 47th he penetrated well into "Dixie," and his experience in that country will be remembered by him for many a long year. He left the service to accept a scholarship at Annapolis Naval Academy, but ill health forced him to abandon it.

He was married at Monmouth, in 1876, to Miss Mary G. Stevens, a native of New York, an8 his son is named Robert C. A daughter, Anna Louisa, died in infancy.

A. Carmiehael, banker and merchant at Kirkwood. Among the early pioneers who came into Warren County in 1836, were Arthur P. Carmiehael and Jane Henderson, both natives of South Carolina. Two years after their arrival they were united in marriage, which was a prominent event among the pioneers of that day. The newly married couple " settled down" in Warren County, but shortly afterward moved into Henry County, where they lived for 15 years. They at present reside at Red Oak, Iowa. The elder Carmiehael was for many years engaged in the mercantile business, but since 1877 has been a grain dealer. They had a family of six children - C. A. being their eldest, who was born in 1840 while his parents were living in Henderson Count.-. When he was a young man of 21 years of age, the late war had just broken out, and with his brave heart and love for his country he enlisted in Co. F, i7th 111. Vol. Infantry, and for three years and three months did valiant service in behalf of the Union. He was twice wounded, but slightly, however. His first battle was at Frederickstown, Mo ; then he was at the terrible conflict at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth,

Vicksburg, and many of the other desperate engagements of the war. He held the position of Sergeant and at the end of a long service was honorably discharged.

After the war had closed and Mr. C. had returned home, he found a situation as clerk in a mercantile house at St. Louis. Here he remained only one year, however, when he came to Kirkwood and secured a position as clerk for Carr & Beers. At the end of a year they sold out to A. P. Brown, with whom he remained for a year and a half. He then engaged with Chapin, Houlton & Davis, with whom he remained for 15 years. At the end of this long service, in 1882, he bought an interest in the firm, since which time the firm name has been Chapin, Houlton & Co. He is an enterprising, pushing business man, and has long held the confidence and esteem of a large circle of friends. Politically he is a Republican, and with his wife belongs to the United Presbyterian Church, of which denomination he is a Trustee. He is also a member of the Villagei Council, and of the Masonic Lodge, and of the G. A.I R., in fact is an active worker in everything which| has for its tendency the building up of the commu-^ nity and doing good.

Mr. Carmiehael was married to Miss Jennie, the daughter of Nelson and Sarah J. Carr, of Kirkwood both natives of New York, Jan. 21, 1869. Nellie, their only child, was born Dec. 17, 1869.

,ilton C. Robison, general farmer and stock raiser, residing on section 6, Cold. Brook Township, was born in Kelly Township, this county, on section 32, Oct. 2S> '835- His father, Andrew Rcbison, a farmer by occupation, and a native of North Carolina, came thence to Ohio, where he was married to Miss Nancy Stitt, a native of Pennsylvania, who was reared in Kentucky, and of Irish parentage. She came to Ohio when a young woman. In that State three children were born to them : Isabella, Mary and Robert G., the latter being the only survivor. They afterward settled in Warren Co., Ind., and while residing there three more children

In the year 1829, the family came to Illinois, a«d settled in Wairen County, while it was unsettled, and there the father secured a tract of wild land. His demise occurred in Cold Brook Township, where the son, our subject, now resides The mother died at the same place in 1875.

Of the three children born in Illinois, our subject, Milton C. L., was the youngest, and also youngest of a family of nine children. He resided at home until he reached his majority, in the meantime assisting his father in the duties of the farm, and alternating his labors thereon by attendance at the common schools, at which he acquired a fair English education. When he reached man's estate his father died, and he began fanning on his own account.

The m;irnage of Mr. Milton C. L. Robison and Miss Dru&illa Hennen was celebrated on the 22d of February, 1860, in Momnouth Township, the latter being a native of Ohio. She came to Illinois with her parents when a young woman, and they engaged in agricultural pursuits to a small extent. Mrs. Robison died at her home in this township, March i, i86r, after having borne to her husband one child, Drusilla, who lived only 17 days, and whose death occurred the same day as that of the mother.

Mr. Robison is the possessor of 122 acres of improved land, on which he now resides ; in his chosen vocation, agriculture, he has met with decided success.

wjKSft en- Abner C. Harding, deceased, was born I ISat at East Hampton, Conn., Feb. 10,1807. He removed with his parents to Plainfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1815, and soon after that date he engaged in working at a carding machine, but did not continue at that long. He began teaching at 15 years of age. The education of Mr. Harding was acquired at the schools of Hamilton, N. Y.

ot proper stature. The next year, in i^f?, he engaged in peddling tin ware and also taught school. In 1823 he followed the vocation of a drover and was also engaged in teaching school. In 18^4-5 his occupation was that of a school teacher. In 1826-7 he read law at Bridgewater, N. Y., and the following year, 1828, removed to Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the Bar, at Lewisburg, that State. Jan. 30, 1829, Mr. Harding was united in marriage with Mrs. Rebecca L. Byers, nee Leibricks, who died at Bloomfield, Pa., in 1833, leaving two children - George F., born in 1830, and Mary R., born in 1833. The former lives in Chicago, and the latter is the wife of George Snyder, a resident of Momnouth. In 1835 Mr. Harding was elected to the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania. Also, during that year, he formed a second matrimonial alliance, at Bloomfield, that place, with Miss Susan A. Ickes, a native of Perry Co., Pa., where she was born, July 28, 1815. Their marriage took place June 30. During the year 1837 Mr Harding served in the Constitutional Conven- .tion of Pennsylvania, where he became acquainted with Thad. Stevens, and in 1837 followed his profession, the law. Miss Ickes, to whom Mr. Harding was married, was a daughter of Dr. Jonas Ickes, who at present resides with Mrs. Harding, near Monmouth. He was born in Montgomery Co., Pa., Feb. 3> '793. and ls therefore, at this writing (November, 1885), nearly 93 years of age. He has lived in Illinois since 1856. His wife, nee Mary Duncan, to whom he was married in Perry Co., .Pa., June 24, 1814, bore him four sons and five daughters, and lived to be 76 years of age, departing this life in July, 1868.

In June, 1838, Gen. Harding removed to Monmouth and at once engaged in the practice of his profession. He was a good lawyer and a better business man. He became interested in politics, acting with the Whigs in all matters of interest in his county and State. In 1847-48 and '49, Gen. Harding continued to follow the practice of his profession at Monmouth. During this time he also became interested in railroading and built and supervised the building of the road running between Peoria and Burlington, now a part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. In 1848 he was chosen delegate to the Constitutional Convention ; was a member of the Illinois Legislature in 1848-49 and '50. In 1851, while Gen. Harding was actively engaged in railroad matters, his eyesight began to fail him, and from that time he ceased to practice law. From 1852 to 1860, he spent a portion of his time traveling for his health and when not engaged in traveling he was occupied in railroad matters.

In 1851, Gen. Harding, in partnership with Chancy Hardin and Judge Ivory Quinby, under the style of C. Hardin & Co., engaged in the construction of what was then known as the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad. Gen. Harding having procured the charter some time previous to the above date, the right of way was procured by the above named gentlemen and they changed somewhat the original route and built the road from Burlington to Knoxville and from the latter place it was to be continued by Kelly, Moss & Co. The latter firm proved unable to complete the road, and Gen. Harding bought out their contract and completed the same in 1856, and for a short time the road was operated by the above company, they subsequently selling the same to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.

Gen. Harding enlisted as private of the 83d 111. Vol. Inf., in 1862. He was elected Colonel, and mustered into service Aug. 21, of that year. As in civil life, so he was in war, bound to rise. In shoit, he was one of the few men born to command. On March 23, 1863, he was promoted to Brigadier General of volunteers. Another writer has said that this promotion was a reward for his gallant conduct in defending Fort Donelson so successfully after it fell into Federal hands, and against an attack of the Confederate Generals, Wheeler, Forrest and Wharton, with a command of over 8,000, while Harding had only 800. For the truth of history, it might be well to say that Gen. Harding was at that time already in the line of promotion, though his conduct on the occasion mentioned may have hastened his commission. The true history of that, lo Harding, most important engagement shows that on Feb. 3, 1863, a portion of Gen. Forrest's command, under Gen. Wheeler, left Palmyra and advanced on Fort Donelson, then garrisoned by Col. Harding, in command of some nine companies of the 83d 111. Vol. Inf., a battalion of the Fifth Iowa Cav., and Flood's Battery, consisting of four rifled guns and one 32 pounder siege gun, mounted on a pivot on the northwest corner of the fort. Gen. Harding, learning that the enemy was approaching, telegraphed to Colonel Lowe, at Fort Henry, asking for reinforcements.

That officer sent word back for Harding to send out scouts and learn the exact course of the rebels, which was done. Lowe could send no aid, but telegraphed the gun-boats, then pushing up the river, that Donelson was in a tight place, and at the same time telegraphed to Col. Harding to "hold the place at all hazards until dark, when help would arrive. " At 2 o'clock p. m., the fort was attacked from the eastward, and an effort made to carry the works. The ammunition of the garrison was low, but it was skillfully and economically handled. Col. Harding was everywhere encouraging his men. Wherever the fight was most severe or the danger most imminent, there he was, swowd in hand, advising and commanding his men. Night came on, the enemy had surrounded the three sides of the fort, and Gen. Wheeler under a flag of truce demanded a surrender of the garrison or to take the consequences. Gen. Harding sent back word that they "would take the consequences." The fight was renewed; a second demand to surrender made, and again refused. It was 8 o'clock, and Capt. Fitch's fleet astounded the eneiry with well directed broadsides from his several gun- ) boats, and in 20 minutes not a healthy rebel was in sight. Col. Harding had obeyed orders unnecessary to be given. With the information that help was assured any time within a week, Harding would have held the fort against all such generalship as that manifested by Wheeler in that attack. Why a General, with a superior force would hang around a small garrison 6 hours, and in just such position as to have 250 of his men killed, 600 wounded and 105 taken prisoner, might be explained by Wheeler, but by no one else. Col. Harding lost 13 killed, 51 wounded and 20 taken prisoners. It was certainly a successful defense.

In r864 Gen. Harding was elected as the candidate of the Republican party to represent his district in. the United States Congress, and served in the ^gth and 4oth Congresses, being re-elected in 1866. While in Congress, Gen. Harding served on the Committees on Manufactories and Militia in the 39th, and on the Committees on Union Prisoners' Claims and Militia in the 4oth Congress. While in Congress, he secured the charter, in his own name, to build the railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Burlington, Iowa. The ownership of the charter proved to be very valuable property, which he afterward sold to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, who built the bridge.

In 1869 the health of Gen. Harding began to fail, and in May, 1871, he went to Europe, where he remained until the October following, when he again returned to his home at Monmouth. Here he continued to reside an invalid during the years 1872-3, and July 19, 1874, at nine oclock p. m., he passed away. The foundation of Gen. Harding's fortune may be said to have been laid in his judicious investment in real estate and the consequent rise of the same in value. As 3 lawyer he ranked high, especially in the branch pertaining to the laws relating to titles and real estate. As a pleader, his papers were prepared with consummate skill, resulting from a broad and comprehensive knowledge and application of the law bearing on the case in hand. As an advocate, he was a clear, terse and powerful reasoner, and frequently very eloquent. He participated during his extended practice in some of the most important cause celebra which have shed lustre upon the jurisprudence of Illinois.

I He began life a poor boy, but as an accumulator of wealth he certainly proved the greatest success known to Warren County. He died leaving a very large fortune. As a gentleman, worthy to be recognized in this work as one of the leading citizens of Warren County, in the'days that are past and gone, we take pleasure in being enabled to present to the reader a true likeness of one of the County's selfmade, respected and honored citizens.

evi Maley, now deceased, was one of the pioneers of 1837, in the township ofSumner. He was born March 22, 1822, in Ritchie Co., West Virginia. His father, William Maley, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., Aug. r, 1780. The family is of Irish origin, the father of Mr. Maley last named having been born in that country, whence he came to America about the time of the War of the Revolution. He entered the Colonial military service, and after his enrollment, while on his way to join his command, in company with the organization to which he belonged, was surprised by a detachment of British dragoons, taken prisoner and confined for some time on board a prison ship, in the harbor of New York. After the close of the war, about 1796, he went to West Virginia. He had become the possessor of a tract of land in that part of the Old Dominion which was located in Wood County, and by a subsequent municipal division was set off to Ritchie County. The condition of the route thither from the then limited bounds of civilization can better be imagined than described. The way was literally trackless from the county of Rockbridge, in Virginia, where he was warned of the insecurity of the place where he purposed to settle, on account of the Indians there. He heeded the advice and located in Rockbridge County, among the mountains. Their stay continued four or five years and then three of the sons, one of whom was the subject of this personal narration, pushed their way to Wood County. They took possession of their father's claim, erected a log cabin and proceeded to clear the land from the heavy growth of timber. As soon as the work of improvement was fairly under way they were joined by their parents and the remaining members of the family. The grandparents were included in the household, and their lives came to a close in Wood County, on the frontier farm.

William Maley married Nancy Wells. She was a native of Pennsylvania, and her father was one of the pioneers of Wood County. From him she received a tract of land which comprised 320 acres. Her husband cleared it and placed it in profitable condition for agricultural purposes. It was their home for many years and was the birthplace of their 13 children. In 1837 the household, including 15 persons, started for an overland trip to Illinois ; the party made quite a little procession with their eight horses, two wagons and a carriage. They cooked and ate, and slept on the way in their wagons, and after a journey of four weeks arrived in Warren County. In the vicinity of Little York they found a vacant cabin, which they took possession of, and which was their home through the first winter. Meanwhile the father bought land in the Township of Summer, on Section 31. It had no house and the family found shelter in a log house which stood on another farm in the immediate vicinity, of which they were the occupants until August of that summer, when their own house was in readiness for them. With the assistance of his sons the senior Maley improved a farm, and on it he passed the remainder of his life. He died in 1858. His wife's

Lev! Maley came to Warren County with his father, and was an inmate of the parental home until his marriage, Dec. 6, 1841, to Margaret F. Paxton. She was the daughter of William and Margaret Paxton, and was born May i, 1829, in Greene Co., Ohio. Her parents were pioneers of Warren County. Her husband, associated with two brothers, bought land on section 20 in Sumner Township, on which they located at the time^f their marriage. Their home was at first the pioneer log cabin, but this in time gave way to a laree frame house, and soon after the other buildings on the place were made to correspond in value and appearance. Mr. Maley died July 15, 1866. His five children were born in the following order: William, born Junes, 1852; died Dec. 23, 1876, leaving a wife and three children. Margaret A. is the wife of William Berry. They live at Little York. Clarissa married B. S. Dodson, and they are residents of the same place, as is John P. Elizabeth married J. Alison. Mr. Maley united with the United Presbyterian church, to which his wife belonged before her marriage. Mrs. Maley is a resident of Little York, with her son John P., who is a stock dealer.

rus Bute, resident of Kirkwood,at which place he is the Police Magistrate, was born in Fayette Co., Pa., Sept. 26, 1929, his parents being John and Mary (Morrison) Bute, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania respectively. His father was a farmer in his native State, and continued to reside there with his wife until his death, which occurred in 1855, that of his wife occurring two years later, in 1857.

Cyrus Bute, a sketch of whose life we give in this volume, remained under the family roof-tree until he attained the age of manhood. He received a common school education in his native county, and assisted his father on the farm up to the time he left the old homestead. After leaving home he was engaged in running his father's flour mill, and continued in that vocation until 1850. He then came to this State and located in the neighborhood of Monmouth, where for four years he was engaged in cultivating a rented farm. At the expiration of this time he purchased 75 acres of good farm land, located on section 9, Tompkins Township, where he has since resided.

In 1862, Mr. Bute enlisted in the S^d 111. Vol. Inf., Co. A, and served in the Union army until the close of the war. He was appointed 3d Sergeant of the company, and served in that capacity until Feb. 3, 1863, when, after the battle of Fort Donelson, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, continuing to hold that position until he was honorably discharged at the close of the war, in July, 1865. He was engaged in many battles and skirmishes, and received but one wound, although he had his clothes pierced with the enemies' bullets in many places. His company gave him the control of a large amount of property to deliver at Fort Henry, and while on the way he was attacked by guerillas and had two of his men shot, but by killing the leader of the band they succeeded in safely delivering the property at Fort Henry.

After the war was over, Mr. Bute returned to Warren County and was elected Sheriff in 1868, and served a term of three years. In 1873 he was elected to the position that he at present occupies, Police Magistrate.

His marriage took place in 1841, at which time Miss Margaret Gibson, a native of Pennsylvania, became his wife. Of their union four children were born, all of whom are living, and named as follows: Mary E., Achsa J., Margaret E. and John M. The last named enlisted in the war for the union at the age of 13 years, having joined Co. L. i2th Cav. He participated in quite a number of skirmishes and engagements, never receiving any wounds. After the war was over he continued in the service over a year (being under the command of the late lamented Gen. Custer) doing service in Texas. He was mustered out of the service at Houston, Tex. Mr. Bute had one son killed in the army, M. DeLafayette. He enlisted in Co. C, 36th 111. Vol. Inf., and was killed at the battle of Chicamauga, Sept. 20, 1863.

The children of Mr. Bute are settled as follows: Mary E., married Dr. E. Hicks, of Greenfield, Iowa ; Achsa J., married L. D. Earp, and resides in Monmouth, and has two children, Effie and George ; Margaret E. married Mulford Sewell, and now resides in Huntington, Indiana; John M. married Carrie Hall, and has one child, Thadeus.

iram Sheldon, one of the successful and prominent agriculturists of Warren County, residing upon section 33, Floyd Township, is a native of Oneida Co., N. Y., at which place, on the zoth of November, 1831, he was born, being a son of Wilson Sheldon, who was born in New York city, Feb. 3, 181 1. He died Sept. r3i '873, in the city of Monmouth.

In 1837, Wilson Sheldon, the father of our subject, came to Illinois and located in Floyd Township. He married Miss Sarah Matteson, a native of New York, Feb. 14, 1830. She was born Feb. 26, 1817, and still survives, residing in Monmouth, enjoying good health. Of this union nine children were born, namely : Hiram, Martha, George, Seneca, Burr, Alma, Aurilla, Mary and Jerome. With the exception of Jerome and Aurilla, all of the above are living. Martha is the wife of Wyram Wiswell ; they reside in Galesburg. Alma married David Van Winkle, and lives in Chicago. Mary resides with her mother at Monmouth. George is married and lives in Nebraska. The balance reside in this county.

Hiram Sheldon married Miss Emma J. Aylsworth, Jan. 29, 1862. She is a native of Warren County, and was born in Berwick Township, April 6, 1841. She was a daughter of Hiram Aylsworth, a native of Connecticut, born in the year 1816, and about the year 1836 came to Illinois, and two years later married Miss Harriet Roberts. She was born on July 1 6, 1817. They became the parents of two children, viz. : Norman and Emma J., who is the wife of our'subject. Mr. Aylsworth came from Otsego Co., N. Y., to this State, his demise occurring in 1846, and that of his widow Sept. 4, 1885. Afterthe death

Mr. Hiram Sheldon is the proprietor of 800 acres of good land in this county. His home dwelling is a substantial residence, two stories in height. His barn is 36 x 48 feet, with 2O-foot posts.

Mr. Sheldon is largely engaged in shipping and feeding stock, and has made this business a very profitable one. Besides this he is one of the Directors of the Monmouth National Bank, having been connected therewith for about 12 years. He has served in the capacity of School Director and Road Commissioner. Mr. Sheldon is considered one of Warren County's solid and substantial citizens, besides being a well-to-do and well known agriculturist of Floyd Township.

It;" ames Henry Spriggs, of the firm of Spriggs & Bro., prominent druggists and pharma- 'cists at Monmouth, was born in the city of Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1822, and was the eldest son of his parents. (See biography of James S. Spriggs, this volume.) After the death of his father, James H. had largely the care and support of his mother and the younger children, a trust ever discharged by him with the utmost degree of good faith and filial devotion. As with the boy, so with the man, true to the instinct of that high order of humanity that springs naturally fron. a heart unincumbered by any of the passions that mark and mar the lower class.

James H. Spriggs, in his dealing with people has been purposely the cause of no pang of pain or sorrow to any one. With this small tribute the comment of the historian ends, and by a brief recital of minor events will conclude the biography of jne of Monmouth's best citizens. He was educated as op- portunity offered at the common schools and academies of his neighborhood, and from the age of 22 to 35 was conducting a farm in Cumberland Co., Pa. He came to Monmouth in 1857, and in partnership with his brother, engaged at once in the drug business. This has since received his attention, varying its duties somewhat occasionally by outside ventures. For instance, he was one of the organizers of the Monmouth Mining & Manufacturing Co., and was for two years its President. He was also a stockholder and director of the First National Bank of Monmouth, but when the limitation of the charter expired he sold his stock and severed his connection therewith. He also represented his Ward three or four times in the common Council. Politically he is identified with a preference for the time-honored principles that made the old Republican party. His first vote was cast for Henry Clay.

. Mr. Spriggs was married in Cumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 23d, 1845, to Miss Eleanor J. McCune, native of that county, and has had borne to him five children, as follows : Mary E , born January, 1847, died 1851 ; Ellen M., born Sept., 1848, died 185 i ; John S. was born April, 1850; Albert, formerly Secretary of the Mining & Manufacturing Co., was born in April, 1852, and William Henry, born March 16, 1854, died April, 1866. Since 1854 Mr. Spriggs and wife have been members of the Presbyterian church.

C. Twitchell, one of the most prominent young business men of Roseville, where he is engaged quite extensively in the business of a merchant, was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., April 22, 1856, his parents being Perry and Belarma (Woodmansee) Twitchell, natives of the Empire State. Mr. Perry Twitchell, the father, was a soldier in the late civil war, having enlisted in r86z, and served within two months of its close. He was a member of Co. C, i2th Conn. Vol. The 1 2th was a part of the army of the Potomac, subsequently transferred to Butler's command at New Orleans. He is at present a resident of Wallingford, Conn. His wife died April 25, 1878.

J. C., our subject, remained companion to his parents until he had attained the age of 22 years, having worked in the meantime with his father at the carpenter's trade, and attended the public schools, receiving a fair education.

He arrived in Roseville Dec. 8, 1877, and began clerking for J. L. Woodmansee, his uncle, remaining with him until 1881. He then bought out the business, and has continued to conduct the dry goods, grocery and boot and shoe business, in which he has met with splendid success, with a trade constantly increasing.

rank J. Pine is the senior member of the firm of Pine & Porter, hardware merchants of Alexis. HL- was born in Kelly Township, Warren County, Sept. 14, 1855. He is the son of Joseph and Letitia (Watson) Pine, and the parents were pioneers of the township where the son was born. They were farmers, and reared their children to the same calling. Mr. Pine was educated in the common schools of the pioneer period of Warren County, and obtained a fair degree of knowledge of books, although the facilities of the schools of thai day were in no sense like those of the present. It is an open question whether the latter, with their attendant ease, are of greater benefit as a means of mental discipline. At a later date Mr. Pine passed 18 months at Knox College, where he took advantage of all that institution afforded in the way of advancement, for the limited time that he was within its reach.

In 1877 he entered the employ of Messrs. Gibson, Postlewaite & Co., as a clerk, and continued in their service one year. The next year he passed in Galesburg, and he returned from there to the township where he was born, and interested himself in farm- ing. He indulged in that calling until he had raised two crops. In 1880, in company with R. T. Wray, he opened a hardware store at Alexis, and established a popular and profitable business. The firm was known in business circles as R. T. Wray & Co. In addition to the lines of goods common to the trade, they were agents for agricultural implements, in which line of traffic they did a prosperous business.

In the spring of 1881 Mr. Wray was killed on the railroad, and the father of Mr. Pine bought the interest of the deceased man in the business, which father and son managed together until 1884. In that year the change was effected by which the firm became as now. The business is the same as when the firm was first established, and is operated with satisfactory results to all concerned.

R. Gilliland, of the mercantile firm of F. S. Talbot & Co., at Alexis, has been a resident of the county in which he is a prominent business man, since 1852. He is a citizen who has made a creditable record in point of manly worth and probity, and has the satisfaction of realizing that he has advanced in exact proportion to his merits and abilities.

He was born Oct. 22, 1828, in Barre Township, Huntington Co., Pa., and is the oldest son of John and Margaret Gilliland. His parents were worthy people, bat for good and honorable reasons had not been successful in storing an abundance of the world's surplus. This was not the worst condition in which the oldest son of a family might be placed, as riches do not always exert the best influence on the young, and whatever might have been the result to Mr. Gilliland of a different state of affairs, it is quite certain that he had little opportunity of speculation about possibilities, as necessity compelled him to take a practical view of the situation at an early date in his life. He was 16 when the privilege of providing for his own wants was accorded to him, and he went to Mifflin County in his native State to accept a situation on a farm, where he earned $4 per month. He passed eight months in the same employ at the same wages. His pay increased until he could command nine dollars a month, which was the largest amount he received until after he was 21. The discontents and strikers of the present day have forgotten, those times when the consideration was to obtain work without much reference to the remuneration, and when the quality of service a man could render was also considered. The winter succeeding his arrival at the age of manhood he taught school in his native county, and received $18 a month and boarded himself. He officiated as pedagogue in the same school-house where he first attended school.

He remained in Huntington County two years and then came to Warren County, as has been stated. He passed the first season in Hale Township as a farm assistant. In the ensuing fall he went to Spring Grove Township, where he passed the winter and labored at 50 cents a day, husking corn, taking his pay in corn at ten cents a bushel.

His marriage to Rebecca E. Campbell occurred March i, 1853. This event, transpiring at this period in the history and fortunes of Mr. Gilliland, proves the material of which he is made, as he is not a man to assume a responsibility to which the test would be likely to prove him inadequate. The young couple took possession of a rented farm, managed on shares. It was situated in Suez Township in Mercer County. They rented land in the same township in the following year, and were its occupants until the fall of 1854, when they took possession of a tract of 40 acres which had been located by Mr. Gilliland in 1853. The land was on section 4 in Spring Grove Township, and was in unimproved condition. The proprietor built a house on his property and lived there until 1872. In the meantime he bought additional land, until he was the owner of 120 acres. He put the place in tillable condition and in the year named rented it, and removed to Alexis. He bought a lot and built a house. In January, 1874, he bought a drug business and managed it until the spring of 1876. He closed his affairs in that line and went to the Centennial at Philadelphia, and also visited his old home and friends in Mifflin County, where his father still lived. He returned to Alexis in the fall and formed a part- nership in the mercantile business under the name of Gibson, Postlewait & Co. At the end of six years the firm dissolved, and Mr. Gilliland bought an interest in the general store of F. S. Talbot & Co., which is still in existence.

Politically, Mr. Gilliland was formerly a Democrat, but has latterly cast his fortunes with the prohibition element. While a resident of Spring Grove Township, he officiated as Assessor several terms, and as Collector.

Mrs. Gilliland was born in Huntington Co., Pa., and is the daughter of Matthew and Hannah Campbell. She is the mother of two daughters. Maggie H. is the wife of F. S. Talbot, her father's business associate. The younger is named Mary E.

eorge W. Claycomb, Supervisor of Monmouth, and a retired farmer living there, is a son of Frederick and Mary Ann Claycomb. (See biography of Andrew Claycomb in this volume of family history). He was born in Breckenridge Co., Ky., Feb. 4, 1828, and came with his parents to this State in 1836. He was brought up on his brother's farm and educated at the common schools.

At the age of 21 years Mr. Claycomb began business for himself. He bought an 8o-acre tract of land in Cold Brook Township and improved it. He then traded it for a I2o-acre tract in the same township, which he now owns and which is occupied by his son ; and from this comparatively small beginning he owns at this writing (Oct. 18, 1885) one of the best farms in the county. It contains about 415 acres and lies about eight miles northeast from Monmouth Court House.

He was united in marriage in Floyd Township, Dec. 17, 1851, with Miss Sarah A. Godard, a native of Indiana, and daughter of Francis Godard, one of the pioneers of Warren County, whither he removed from Indiana at an early day. He was a native of Kentucky and died at the age of 84 years. Mr. Claycomb retired from active farming in 1882, and in April, 1885, was elected Supervisor.

four children - Laura E. (Mrs. P. H. Shelton), Albert R., born Nov. 7, 1853, died aged seven years; Frank E. and Alta M. The family belongs to the Christian Church, and Mr. Claycomb, socially, is a member of the Order of Masonry.

ohn Salter who, in his 7oth year, is resting - from the labors of the past, enjoying the comforts which a life of toil, energy and economy have brought him, at his residence, one-half mile from the village of Kirkwood, was born in New Jersey, Aug. 24, 1815.

The parents of Mr. Salter, Paul and Elizabeth (Culberly) Salter, were natives of New Jersey. They came to this State in 1845, his father settling in Henderson County, where he purchased 800 acres of land, which he subsequently supplemented by 400 acres more, and on which he resided until a few years prior to his death, when he purchased a residence and lot in Kirkwood village. He continued to reside at the latter place until his death.

The gentleman whose name we place at the head of this notice remained with his parents until he attained his majority, receiving a good common-school education. Prior to the age named, when 18 years old, he engaged in the oyster and fish trade, and, after leaving home, he continued in the same business until 1855. During that year he came to this State and located in Henderson County, on 160 acres of land, which he had purchased. He perchased ten acres one-half mile from the village of Kirkwood, which he sold and bought another house and lot, where he is at present living. He remained on his farm until 1883, following the vocation at which he passed the major portion of his life and meeting with success, when he moved to his present residence, as stated.

The marriage of Mr. Salter was solemnized in 1839, at which time Miss Jane Vreeland, a native of New Jersey, became his wife. She was born Oct. 17, 1821, and has borne her husband eight children seven of whom survive - Eliza J., Henry V., Lucinda, Mary A., John, Sarah T. and Emma. Rachel,

In politics, Mr. Salter affiliates with the Republican party, and he and his wife attend the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Salter is one of the representative citizens of Warren County, and although his hair is silvered by the lapse of time, he is yet in comparatively good health, and taking a retrospective view of the past, he can call to memory no acts of injustice to his fellow-man, and lives in the knowledge that his accumulation of this world's goods is the outgrowth of no legacy, but of his own energy and perseverance, coupled with the active co-operation of his good helpmeet and children.

ohn P. McClanahan, M. D., is a well known j? and highly respected physician of Warren County, his reputation extending far beyond the bounds of Alexis, where he resides, or of the northern part of the county. John P. McClanahan is the sixth son of John McClanahan, whose sketch is given in this volume and to which we refer for the record of the family of Dr. John P. The latter was born Nov. 5, 1831, in Adams Co., Ohio. He was six years of age when his parents with their family removed to Brown County of the same State, and there the remaining years of his minority were passed, not only in acquiring a knowledge of books, but in learning to successfully labor in business and agricultural pursuits. He at first attended the schools in his immediate neighborhood, taught mainly by his father or one of the older members of the family. He next had the advantages of the high school at Ripley, which was the adjoining town, and later attended a select school at North Liberty, Ohio. In 1851 he began the study of his profession, in the office and under the preceptorship of Dr. Alexander Dunlap of Ripley.

The Doctor attended his first course of medical lectures at the Western Reserve Medical College, of Cleveland, Ohio, and his second course at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He graduated from the latter institution in the spring of 1854. Soon thereafter he located at Ashland, Ky., where he practiced for two years. In the spring of 1856, he determined on making a move, and having heard favorable reports from Illinois, he made this State his objective point. He located at Norwood, Mercer County, where he remained practicing his profession until 1862, when he entered the army, as First Assistant burgeon of the 83d 111. Vol. Inf. Upon his return from the service of his country, he resumed his practice at Norwood.

In 1872, the Doctor decided to change his location from Norwood to Alexis, on account of better railroad facilities, and with this aim in view, purchased a building site adjoining Alexis on the Mercer County side. Here he erected a dwelling, with the necessary accompanying structures. To the original site he subsequently added several acres adjoining, thus combining with his village property that of the farm.

During the trying times of the late Rebellion, inspired with like patriotism of many of his friends and neighbors, he responded to his country's call, and was commissioned First Assistant Surgeon of the S^d 111. Vol. Inf., which was organized at Monmouth in 1862. He served faithfullyMn this capacity for two years, when, in 1864, on account of failing health, he resigned and returned to his Illinois home, where, t even before his health had been no more than slightly improved, he took up his old line of practice, in j Warren and Mercer Counties. This arduous labor he has faithfully performed to the utmost extent of his limited physical ability to the present time (January, 1886), though never equal to the call for his services.

Dr. McClanahan was married Nov. 14, 1854, to Margaret J. Jones, daughter of Richard Jones, of Ashland, Ky. Mrs. McClanahan is a lady of refined taste and culture, and a prominent figure in the social circles of the community. She had not, however, the advantages of either a collegiate or academical course during her school days, but improved such early opportunities as she enjoyed in such a way as to have made of herself an excellent scholar. She has, also, daily added to the accumulations of earlier years by constant, careful reading, when leisure from household cares permitted. Mr. and Mrs. McC. have three children - the eldest, H. M. McClanahan; the second, A. A. McClanahan; the third, Alice M., sole daughter of the home, is a graduate of the Morgan Park Female College in the class of 1884. Dr. H. M. McClanahan, who is prac- ticingliis profession at Woodhull, 111., received his collegiate education at Monmouth College, and graduated in his profession from the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, in 1878. The second son, also a Monmouth College student, is a practicing attorney located at Omaha, Neb. He attended the law school at Chicago the first year, and the second at Bloomington, 111 , and was admitted to the Bar at Springfield, 111., in May, 1885.

As orie of the leading professional men of this portion of the State, as well as an esteemed and enterprising citizen, the publishers take pleasure in presenting to their patrons the portrait of Dr. Mc- Clanahan, which is done in connection with this sketch.