Warren County, Illinois - The whole text, 1886 (part 17 of 25)

The children of the household of Mr. Bellinger are as follows : Ben. was born Aug. 10, 1879; Judd, April 8, 1878; Jessie, Jan. i, 1880; Maggie, July 8, 1882 ; Ethel, July 29, 1885. Their first child was born Sept. 4, 1870, and died Jan. 17, 1885. John, the second child, was born Nov. 30, 1873, and died Aug. 31, 1876. The father of Mrs. Bellinger was born in Lorain Co., Ohio, and her mother was a native of Broome Co., N. Y. The former is still living, in LaBette Co., Kas.

; ealy Gordon, Postmaster at Kirkwood village, is a native of Georgia, having been born in Covington, Newton County, that State, March 31, 1836. The parents of Mr. Gordon, Cornelius and Agnes (McKenzie) Gordon, were natives of North Carolina. They emigrated to this state in 1855, locating in Henderson County, where they resided until 1862, and where the father followed the occupation of a farmer. During the year named, they came to this county, and settled in Kirkwood village, where they lived until their deaths, which took place in January, 1869, and in April, 1870, respectively.

Mr. Gordon, whose name we place at the head of this biographical notice, lived with his parents until their death. He received a good common-school education, and after he attained his majority rented a farm and was engaged as an agriculturist until 1862. At this period the nation became imperiled by the Southern States seceding, and the call having gone forth for brave hearts and strong hands to battle for its perpetuity. Mr. Gordon enlisted in Co. K, 8-tth 111. Vol. Inf. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Chicamauga, Atlanta, Franklin and Nashville, and many smaller battles and skirmishes, receiving an honorable discharge in June, 1865.

Returning from the war, Mr. Gordon engaged in the nursery business at Kirkwood and was thus occupied until he received his commission as Postmaster at that place, and has held the office until the present time. April 21, 1874, Miss Mary Wood, a native of Henderson County, this State, became the wife of the subject of this notice, and to him she has borne two children - Frank W. and Fred C. Socially, Mr. Gordon is a member of the G. A. R., be-' longing to Post No. 81, at Kirkwood. Religiously, he and his wife are both members of the United Presbyterian Church.

<avid E. Morse, a well-to-do and highly respected farmer, located on 180 acres of good land, on section 35, Berwick Township, was born in Sangainon Co., 111., Dec. 2, 1832, and is a son of Samuel G. Morse, a native of Windham Co., Conn., where he was born, in April, 1786. The father came to Illinois in i8ri,and located in Vandalia, where he remained some years, then moved to Bond County. While a resident of the latter county he was elected to the Constitutional Convention in 1 8 1 8, that met at Springfield. He was also Sheriff of Bond County, and a nran of considerable political influence at the time in the county in which he resided. He married Miss Jane M. Kirkpatrick, about 1820. She was born in Tennessee, in 1801, and survives her husband, who died in 1863, in Greenbush Township. He came to this country in 1835 and located at Berwick. Of their union 10 children were born, five daughters and five sons, namely : Adeline, Harriet, Roswell, Margaret A., John, William, Samuel, David, Mary J., Asenath and Emeline, all of whom are living except Harriet and Samuel. The mother is rending in Anderson Co., Kas.

David E. Morse, of whom we write, was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Davis, May 5, 1857. She was born in Henderson Co., 111., July, 1840, and is the daughter of William F. Davis, who was born in Ohio, in 1815, and at present resides in Mills Co., Iowa. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Jamison, in 1839. She was born in Kentucky, in 1809, and is still living. Their union has been blessed with the birth of five children - Margaret Ann, James, Minerva, Thomas and Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Morse by their union have become the parents of three children - Ann, born May 26, 1860; Samuel,

Sept. 26, 1862 ; and Mary, March 19, 1872. They also have three grandchildren - Edwin McQueen, born in November, 1882 ; and David and Lotta Mc- Queen, twins, born Dec. 25, 1884.

Mr. and Mrs. Morse are pleasantly situated on their fine farm of 180 acres, on section 35, Berwick Township, all of which is under an advanced state of cultivation. On the place there is a good residence and barn 28 x 34 feet in dimensions, and the place presents an appearance to the passer-by indicative of that push and perseverance characteristic of its proprietor. In addition to the cultivation of his land, he is engaged in raising fine horses. In politics, Mr. Morse is a believer in and a supporter of the principles of the Republican party.

"acob Jewell, retired farmer, residing at Monmoulh, was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 18 14, and was the second son of Lemuel and Jane (Cole) Jewell, of Connecticut and New York respectively, and of English and German extraction respectively. They were the parents of seven children, six brothers and one sister, viz. : Abel, Jacob, Ira, Halsey, Harriet, Henry and John. Three are now deceased. Jacob left home when ten years of age and began to labor for his living. The district schools, with a few months at an academy, afforded him such education as allowed him to teach school a few years while yet a young man. He came to Will County, this State, in 1837, removed thence to DuPage County, in 1838, and to Berwick, in Warren County, in 1839. From the time he arrived in Warren County, he advanced steadily in the accumulation of property up to the time of his retirement. He moved into Lenox Township, in 1843, and from there to Monmouth, in 1867. Of his immense farm property he gave to his children until he now has only about 270 acres. Strictly speaking, he did not retire from active business until 1882, when he turned matters over to his sons.

Mr. Jewell was married in Roseville Township, April 10, 1843, to Mrs. Julia Harrison, nee Brooks, native of Richmond, Ky., and daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Lee) Brooks. Mr. Brooks enlisted in the Union army and served until he was honorably discharged. While in the service he received injuries, for which he now draws a pension. The children of Mr. Jewell are mentioned as follows : William, a farmer in Nebraska, born April 12, 1844; Charles B., born Dec. 17, 1844, and accidentally shot and killed April i, 1882, leaving a wife and five children; this son, Charles Jewell, was the inventor of the famous twine binder, which he sold to the Mc- Cormick Reaper Company for $1.500 ; Henry, farmer, born May ig, 1847 ; Olive (Mrs. Chas. Blackburn of Monmouth), was born April 29, 1849; Dudley, farmer in Kansas, born Sept. 7, 1850; Decatur, born March 25, 1852, died aged six months; and Emily (Mrs. Dr. W. S. Holliday), born July 9, ^53. The parents of Mrs. Jewell were natives of Kentucky, and her grandparents of Virginia. On her mother's side she is related to Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mr. J. had two brothers and three sisters. The brothers are now deceased. Two of the sisters live in Warren County and one in Decatur Co., Kas.

Mr. Jewell began life a poor boy, but by untiring perseverance and labor he amassed a handsome for-1 tune and has the good sense in his ripe old age to enjoy it. He has never been a speculator and has not grown rich at the expense of his neighbors, but his accumulation of wealth is stridtly the product of honest toil.

.ugene J. Clarke, City Clerk of Monmoulh, is the eldest son of the late Thaddeus S. and Octavia (Shaw) Clarke, and was born at Macomb, III, June 22, 1855. Here he was reared and educated, and under the eye of his father brought up and trained in the printer's art, in which, even when a very small lad, he became proficient. He has held all the various positions on a newspaper, or in the office, with the exception of the editor-in-chief He came to Monmouth with his parents in 1868, where he assisted his father in his newspaper enterprise, as well as worked in the offices of the other leading papers.

On the 5th of May, 1879, Mr. Clarke wa? married in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Miss Ella M. Killian. They subsequently moved to Cincinnati, where they re- mained for three years, when they[returned to Monmouth. While living in Cincinnati, their only living child, Elizabeth June, was born to them. A son, Clarence Dave, born Sept. 3, 1884, died March 26, 1885, being a sufferer the few moftths 'of his life After lingering and suffering for many months from that insidious, though fatal disease, the consumption, Mrs. Clarke was relieved by death from further pain, on Sept. 4, 1885.

Upon Mr. Clarke's return to Monmouth, he was city editor from the starting of the Evening Gazette, until the fall of 1884. In April, 1885, while a reporter on the Daily Atlas, he was elected City Clerk of Monmouth, which office he now holds. He is Vice Grand of Warren Lodge No. 160 I. O. O. F., and Captain of Philo E. Reed Camp, No. 31, Sons of Veterans. Politically, he^is'a Republican.

ichard Haney, D. D. Prominent among those who have contributed to the spread of the gospel in this portion of Illinois, stands the name of Richard Haney, whose tf unceasing labors for many long years past in the Master's vineyard, and whose humble piety and Christian walk in life have endeared him to the thousands who have from time to time listened to his eloquent discourses and fervent prayers, as he told the story of the Cross and po.inted their wayward feet to the realm of eternal bliss. Mr. Haney is a native of Cross Creek, Washington Co., Penn., born April 15, 1812. He is the ninth child and sixth son of Rev. James and Hannah (Freeborn) Haney, both of whom were natives of County Donegal, Ireland. They emigrated with their parents to this county soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, in the year r792. They first settled in Lancaster Co., Pa.,where they were married, and three of their children were born in that county. They were both of Scotch-Irish parentage. James Haney was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over 60 years.

From Lancaster the family removed to Washington County, where Mr. Haney was for many years instructor in an academy. He was a fine scholar and was recognized as an able educator. He served his adopted country as a soldier in the war of 1812, under the command of General Thomas Patterson, of Washington County, who figured conspicuously and did signal service on the frontier in that memorable struggle, driving the combined forces of English and Indians back across the border into Canada. After the surrender of Detroit, peace being declared, he returned to the bosom of his family, and shortly thereafter removed to Richland County, Ohio. His wife, the mother of Richard Haney, our subject, died there in the year r82i, at the birth of her i2th child. Rev. Haney subsequently married Miss Mary Bevans, who was a native of Wayne Co., Ohio, by whom he had two sons - the Rev. Milton L. and Henry. The latter died Jan. 26, 1848. Four of the sons of Rev. Haney became Methodist ministers ; two are dead and two survive.

Hr. Haney was a remarkable man in many respects, a mathematician of ability and a powerful, eloquent and graceful speaker. He ranked for the period in which he lived among the able pulpit orators of the country. [n the year 1834 he removed from Richland Co., Ohio, to Fulton Co., 111., where he died, on the 5th day of June, 1855.

Rev. Richard Haney received his rudimentary education at the district schools and under the private instruction of his father. He subsequently became a student at Norwalk (Ohio) Seminary ; and here it may be interesting to state, Mr. Haney was enrolled as the first student of that school, which was the first institution of learning west of the Ohio River owned by the Methodist Episcopal Church. He prosecuted his studies there about two years ; a part of the time he served as tutor. He left the seminary when about the age of 21 years and joined the Ohio Conference. He was transferred the same year (1834) to the Illinois Conference, and stationed at Rushville, Schuyler County. The county being new and sparsely settled, the young preacher had to endure many of the privations and hardships which were incident to those early times. Preaching was frequently held in the log house of the settler, and oftimes the congregations would gather in the groves to worship together and listen to the fervid eloquence of the young pastor, who, even at that early day, was regarded as a strong and earnest worker in the cause of Zion. His first presiding elder was the celebrated Peter Cartwright, who was the most noted of the early Methodist preachers of the West and a man who is still revered for his piety and great force of character. To him probably more than to any other man the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Missis- sippi Valley owes its present prominence and great influence in the West. During the long period of his ministry, Mr. Haney has held the office of presiding elder for 25 years. This of itself will attest more than anything we can say the strong appreciation in which he has been held by his coadjutors in the cause of Christ. In all positions to which he has been called by the church, his piety, unremitting labor and pronounced individuality of character have been the means of drawing multitudes of sinners from the error of their way. It was the pleasure of the writer of this brief sketch to have listened to the recital, by a gentleman well known to the people of Warren County, of how he, while listening to Brother Haney "s eloquent and masterly presentation of the plan of salvation, as laid down by Holy Writ, was enabled to see cle_rly the road which led from sin's dark chaos into the effulgent light of Christian peace and happiness.

'presiding elder was at Winona, on the east side of the Illinois River. He has been continuously in the ministry for over 5 i years, having traveled four circuits, and the balance of the time filling stations, prominent among which were the Methodist Episcopal Church on Clark Street, Chicago ; at Quincy, Bloomington, Rock Island and Peoria. During his pastorate at the Clark Street Church, Chicago, from 1848 to 1850, he called the meeting which projected and brought about the establishment of the Northwestern University, at Evanston, 111. His name stands first as one of the incorporators, and he has been identified as one of the trustees ever since. By his wise counsel, he has contributed largely to the growth and development of that noted institution of learning, which, by the liberality of its many friends, has been handsomely endowed to the extent of about $2,000,000. It is the leading institution in the West, under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and, as one of its founders, Mr. Haney will ever be remembered.

During the dark days of the late slaveholders' rebellion, when our nation's life seemed in danger, Mr. Haney came forward early, and laid his services and life, if need be, upon the altar of his beloved country. He enlisted May 24, 1861, and was made Chaplain of the 1 6th III. Vol. Inf., commanded by Col. R. F. Smith. Their first service was in Missouri. From thence they moved to Kentucky, and participated in the breaking of the blockade of Island No. 10. Mr. Haney remained with the regiment until the last of June, 1862, when he resigned, his health having failed, and which he has never fully recovered. Shortly after his return home, he resumed active service in the ministry, being stationed at Bushnell.

In the years 1879-80, at the request of Gov. Cullom, of Illinois, and Gov. St. John, of Kansas, Mr. Haney traveled extensively over several Western States, collecting supplies and funds for the relief of the negro refugees from the South to the State of Kansas. He sent to them large quantities of lumber, agricultural implements, breadstuffs, clothing and household utensils, besides 'considerable money. The managers of railroads exhibited commendable liberality in .furnishing free transportation of the goods to the destitute colored people. The efforts of Mr. Haney were crowned with success. The good people of the Mississippi Valley came forward with their accustomed generosity and aided the worthy cause which he represented. It may here be mentioned that the extensive establishment of John Deere, at Moline, gave 14 plows, and the Moline Plow Co., through its president, gave an equal number.

At the session of the Central Illinois Conference, held at Galesburg, in 1862, Mr. Haney, as chairman of the committee on the state of the country, drafted the resolutions praying President Lincoln to proclaim the freedom of every slave in the United States. The resolution received wide circulation in the press and was forwarded to the President by Bishop Baker and the secretary of the Conference. This was the first ecclesiastical body that ever passed such a resolution. The patriotic efforts of the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church did much to inspire confidence in the great President and the soldiers in the field.

In 1834 Mr. Haney became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, and voted for him both times that he was a candidate for the presidency. For many years before he became prominent, Mr. Haney had learned to admire the sterling qualities and marked ability of him, who, in after years, was the most illustrious of our Presidents.

On the 17 th of July, 1838, Mr. Haney was married, near Quincy, Adams Co., Ill , to Adaline Murphy. She was a native of New Brunswick, New Jersey She came to Adams County with her parents in 1835. Her father was a native of Ireland ; her mother, Mary (Allen) Murphy, was descended from the French Hugenots, who had been Protestants a hundred years before the revocation of the Edict of Nance.

Mr. Haney and his wife were the parents of ten children, three sons and seven daughters, three of whom are deceased. Their eldest son, Rev. James W. Haney, is a member of the Central Illinois Conference, now stationed in Blandinsville; Adaline is the wife of Rev. George Palmer, D. D., of the Central Illinois Conference; Emily the wife of George Baker, a merchant in Dwight, 111. ; Luella, wife of Prof. Robbins, who has charge of the high school at Joliet ; Mary and Elizabeth are unmarried ; Charles is married and a resident of Minneapolis, Minn. Mrs. Haney died on the 151!} of January, 1865, in the city of Peoria, where they were residing.

Mr. Haney's second marriage occurred May i, 1877, when he wedded Mrs. Mary E. Quinby. widow of the late Judge Ivory Quinby (see sketch of Judge Quinby). They now reside at their elegant home in Monmouth. Mrs. Haney is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been for nearly half a century.

In politics, Mr. H. was first a Whig, then a Republican, and was an active supporter of that party until the question of prohibition became prominent, when he became a promoter and advocate of that movement. While absent attending Conference he was nominated for Congress as the candidate of that party in this district, and received a flattering vote, many of them being cast by his old time friends of both parties. An excellent portrait of Mr. Haney is shown on page 580 i illiam E. Hall, of the firm of MundorrT & Hall, hardware merchants at Kirkwood, this county, was born in the State of New >j> York, Lewis County, in 1846. The parents of Mr. Hall, of this sketch, Gaylord N. and Hannah M. (Slocum) Hall, were also natives of York State. They came to this State in 1865 and located on section 32, Tompkins Township, where his father purchased no acres of land and followed the occupation of an agriculturist until 1878.

this notice remained with his parents, receiving at the common schools a good education and assisting his father on the farm until he became of age. On becoming his own man, he worked out by the month until he accumulated some means, when he rented a farm and cultivated the same for a few years. In r875, his accumulations and savings increasing, he purchased 79 a .res on section 16, Tompkins Township, and remained on the same for eight years, engaged in energetic and continuous labor as an agriculturist. He then sold his land and came to Kirkwood and, in company with Mr. Mundorff, engaged in the hardware business, which he has continued to the present time. He is the owner of a residence and lot in the village, and his firm, by strict attention to business and fair and honest dealings with their customers, have established a good and paying trade.

In 1869 Mr. Hall formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Delilah Mundorff, a native of Pennsylvania, and of their union have been born two children - Myra E. and Leo M. In politics, Mr. H. votes with the Republican party, and in religion, he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. As a business man, Mr. Hall stands prominent among the foremost of Kirkwood village.

illiam Cowan, blacksmith and an early settler of Monmouth, was born in Chester Co., Pa., Feb. 10, 1815, and was the second son of David and Margaret (Keyl) Cowan, natives of the Keystone State. The senior Mr. Cowan was a tanner and currier in Chester County, where he spent the last years of his life. His widow survived him a few years and died in Washington County, that State.

William Cowan was fairly taught in the common schools of his neighborhood when a boy, and at the age of 17 years began an apprenticeship with a blacksmith, named Hamilton Roney. After completing his trade, he " joured "over the country, working at various places, finally returning to Pennsylvania, and at Lancaster worked some months for Hiram Baldwin, now and for the past 40 years proprietor of the Baldwin House. He afterward worked in Philadelphia, for the Gas Company and locomotive shops, and from there jumped into the then Western

State of Missouri. From Palmyra, that State, he made a short sojourn at Quincy, 111., then back to Missouri and enlisted in the only Missouri regiment in the Seminole War. He was in the battle of Okeechobe and served throughout that Indian war under Gen. Taylor. He returned to Palmyra, and in the year 1839 landed at Monmouth. In 1839 he settled down to blacksmithing in this place, and has since stuck to it. His shop is now (October, 1885) in the building erected as the first hotel in Monmonth. It is an old log structure, originally one and one-half stories high, now so decayed away at the bottom, a log at a time, that it is scarcely one story from the ground to the roof.

Mr. Cowan served the people of Monmouth five years as Alderman from his ward, two terms as Mayor and one term as Marshall. He used to be an old time Whig, but drifted into the Republican party, and finally, as he is growing wiser, he is strictly independent. He is a member of no secret order, nor is he connected with any Church.

i.eth P. Stem, is a farmer, presiding in Roseville, and a gentleman of more than ordinary business ability, with an abundance of practical knowledge obtained by actual experience. He is a native of Mercer Co., Pa., where he was born July 29, 1833, of parents by name Frederick and Sarah (Harris) Stem, natives of Westmoreland and Fayette Co.s, Pa., respectively. His parents came to this state in 1850 and located one and a-half miles east of Roseville on Section 28, of that township. His father was engaged in farming and stock-raising, and followed that vocation in this county until his death, which took place June 8, 1875, his wife having preceded him to the other world in January, 1868.

Seth P., the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, remained with his parents until he was 33 years old. He then rented land from his father, on shares, which he engaged in cultivating. Having received a good English education he taught school for several years, also buying and selling land,

The marriage of Mr. Seth P. Stem and Mrs. Mary Stem, nee McDermot, occurred Oct. 9, 1866. Mrs. Stem was a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., and of this union have been born two children, Elsie L., and Nellie B. After marriage Mr. Stem went to farming on a i6o-acre tract of good land, on Section 17, adding 61 acres more by subsequent purchases, and where he farmed for about eight years, when he came to Roseville and purchased the property upon which he has since resided. Mr. Stem was a stockholder of the Roseville Union Bank for five years and one of its originators,. Having sold out his interest in the Bank he now lives a retired life, with the exception of overseeing his farm and stock. He resided in Dakota one year, where he has 320 acres of land.

Mr. Stem enlisted in Company H, 2d 111. Cavalry, on the 6th of August, 1862, and served his country until the close of the war, having participated in the battle at Bolivar, Tenn., and in all the battles fought by Gen. Grant up to the fall of Vicksburg. He then went to the Gulf under Gen. Banks, whose army was several times surrounded by the enemy, and had to cut its way out. At Holly Springs the 2d 111. Cavalry was surrounded by the Rebel forces of Gen. Van Dorn, and all the Infantry captured, but the Cavalry succeeded in escaping. Companies G, H, I, and K, of the 2d 111. Regt. of Cavalry, were separated during the early part of the war, and were not again together during the term of enlistment of Mr. Stem. His regiment first went to LaGrange, then Holly Springs and then Coffeeville, af'.er which it fell back to Memphis.; went down the river to Young's Point and was in several engagements between there and Grand Gulf, and participated in the battle of Champion Hills. It struck camp at Black River, destroying railroads and lying in wait for Johnson and foraging for supplies for the army. After the surrender of Vicksburg his regiment followed Johnson, and after its return went to Natchez, where it raided the country. It then went to Carlton and bivouacked for a time. The next move of the regiment was to Morganza, where the command was under fire every day for some time. Gen. Green commanded the Rebel forces, and Maj. Montgomery the 6th Missouri Cavalry, and at that place Gen. Green captured the Infantry. After this Mr. Stem was at New Orleans, where he spent the winter, and then accompanied an expedition up the Red River. Returning from the latter expedition to New Orleans, he participated in the Mobile campaign, after which he went by way of the Gulf to Pensacola, from there back to Vicksburg, and was finally mustered out at Springfield, 111., June i, 1865.

Mr. Stem, with his wife, is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he belongs to the G. A. R. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. Mr. Stem is regarded as a solid and substantial citizen as well as a representative man, of Warren County.

prdelia A. Tinkham, residing at Kirkwood, is the widow of Ransom Tinkham, a native of Vermont, he having been born the Green Mountain State, July 23, 1815,

21, 1878. The parents of Mr. Tinkham, Benjamin and Anna (Gray) Tinkham, were natives of Vermont and the Pine Tree State respectively. Ransom Tinkham, husband of the subject of this biographical notice, remained with his parents until he attained the age of 21 years, receiving at their hands a good common-school education. In 1836 he came to Illinois and located at Monmoulh, and while residing there was elected Constable, which position he filled with credit to himself and his constituents. He afterward moved to Tompkins Township and located on section 19, where he purchased 80 acres of land, which he at once began to cultivate and improve. Subsequently he added another 8o-acre tract, making his landed interests 160 acres, and continued to reside there until 1876. During that year he moved to Kirkwood and purchased a residence and lot on the corner of Kellogg and Plum Streets, where he lived in retirement from the active labors of life, enjoying the peace, comfort and quiet which his accumulations permitted, until his death. In politics, he was a staunch Democrat, and his life pursuit was that of an agriculturist, in which he met with financial success. He also gave considerable attention to music, and was leader of the first brass band organized in Warren County. The marriage of Mr. Tinkham to Miss Cordelia

A. Forwood took place April 23, 1842. She was a native of Maryland and bore her husband six children, five of whom survive, namely: Sarah A. A., Ophelia C. H., Ransom O. B , Cordelia C. A. and George W. P. Erastus W. D., the second child in order of birth, was born Dec. 17, 1845, and died Sept. 5, 1846. Mrs. Tinkham is residing in Kirkwood with her two daughters and »wo granddaughters. Sarah A. A. became the wife of Charles R. Barnett, and to them five children have been born - George W., Cora A., Addie O., Charles E. and Florence A. Ophelia C. H. was united in marriage to Peter Barnett, and of their union two children, Constance O. A. and Ina C. A. were born. Mr. Barnett died in 1870. Ransom O. B. married Sarah F. Ackerman, and they have four children - Lester L., Wilfred C., Daisy M. and Guy R. are the names of their family. George W. P. chose for his life partner Adah L. Oaks, and they have become the parents of two children, who have been named Forrest G. and Ralph D.

Gilliland, of the firm of Foster &Gilliland, druggists, at Kirkwood, was born in Huntington Co., Pa., July t, 1830, his parents being Mathew and Elizabeth (Rogers) Gillljland, natives of Pennsylvania. His father came to .this state and settled at Sugar Tree Grove, Hale Township, Warren County, in 1850, and there resided following the peaceful pursuit of an agriculturist until the date of his death, which took place in 1851.

Mr. Gilliland, whose name appears at the head of this biographical notice, remained under the care and instruction of his parents, receiving a good education in the common schools until he attained the age of majority. On becoming his own man in life he left the parental homestead and went forth to fight his battles single-handed and alone, and to acquire, if possible, a competency. He first worked out by the month, and continued to receive remuneration for his services as a laborer, until 1855. During that year he engaged with W. F. Smith, at Monmouth, as clerk in a drug store, and followed that occupation for three years. In 1859 he crossed the plains to California, and on arrival in the Golden State prospected for gold, and was thus occupied for one year. He then went to Nevada, where he worked in the silver mines, and there remained until 1865, when he returned to Monmouth. His trip across the plains, in a financial sense was of but little benefit to him, and on returning to Monmouth he again engaged as a clerk and followed the same for two years.

Leaving Monmouth Mr. Gilliland came to Kirkwood, and in partnership with Mr. S. C. Foster, engaged in the drug business, which they have continued until the present time, meeting with that success which fair dealing and strict attention to business generally bring. The. marriage of Mr.Gilliland to Miss Margaret A. Ebert, a native of Pennsylvania, took place in 1869, and two children have been born to the family circle, namely, William and Lewis.

In politics Mr. Gilliland is a believer in and a supporter of the Republican party. Religiously, he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Socially Mr. Gilliland is a member of the Order of Masonry, and is regarded as one of the energetic and foremost business men of Kirkwood.

}rs. S. E. Wray, residing at Kirkwood, is the widow of John Wray, who died in 1874. He was born in Kentucky in 1816, his parents being Isaac and Mary (Carleton) Wray, natives of Ireland. He landed on American shores in 1835, and determined to follow the occupation of a fanner. Following in the train whose watchword was "Westward Ho!" he reached the Prairie State and located one mile west of the present village of Kirkwood, where his father and mother died.

John Wray was united in marriage with Sarah E. Davis, a native of Virginia, Aug. 14, 1843, in Henderson County. She came to Illinois with her parents in 1833. They settled on a farm of 80 acres, and there her father followed the occupation of farming and the daughter continued to reside until her marriage with Mr. Wray. Of their union ten children have been born, namely : William W.. Mary, Frances M., Andrew E., Caroline C., Eliza J., Samuel D., Elizabeth E., John P. and Charles E.

Republican party. He took an interest in political matters and was an active worker for the success of his party. In religion, he was a believer in the tenets of the United Presbyterian Church, as is likewise Mrs. Wray.

Mr. Wray was a hard working man, generous to a fault, and never knowh to refuse aid in any cause that was calculated to benefit the community in which he resided. He lived on his farm and was there engaged actively and energetically in its improvement until his death in 1874. Three years after the death of her husband, Mrs. Wray moved to the village of Kirkwood and there purchased a residence and two lots, where she is at present living with her two sons and a daughter.

ohn S. Spriggs, M. D., of the pioneer drug house of Spriggs & Brother, at Monmouth, was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., Nov. 4, 1824. His parents, James S. and Elizabeth (Leaman) Spriggs, natives respectively of the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, traced their ancestry back to England and Germany. They were married in Lancaster Co., Pa., from whence they removed to Philadelphia, where the senior Mr. S. was for many years a merchant. He died in that city in 1838. His widow survived him about 26 years, and came West with her son John S. in 1857, and died at Monmouth in 1864, in the 7oth year of her life.

John S. Spriggs graduated from New London (Pa.) Academy, when about 18 years of age, and began directly the study of medicine with Dr. John Leaman, an uncie, of Williamstown, Pa., who was his preceptor. From Dr. Leaman's office he entered the Jefferson College, in 1842, and graduated two years later as M. D. He began to practice in Cumberland Co., Pa., immediately upon leaving college, and was there 13 years. He came from Cumberland County to Monmouth in 1857, and soon after engaged in the drug business. He began business in a building that stood upon the site of the present Second National Bank. The building was burned in 1871, and he next opened up on the south side of the public square, where the firm (for the brothers have been together all the time) have since carried on an extensive and lucrative business. As skillful druggists they undoubtedly stand at the head of the trade in Monmouth. Dr. Spriggs was one of the organizers of the Monmouth Mining and Manufacturing Co., in 1872, his interests wherein he parted with in 1884.

Dr. Spriggs was married in Cumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 1 6, 1852, to Miss Emily E. Williamson, who died at Castile, N. Y., whither she had gone for her health, leaving four children, having buried two. The living are John W., of Monmouth ; Margaret A. (Mrs. W. W. Yeates), of Chicago; Florence E. (Mrs. E. J. Robinson), of Iowa City, Iowa; and Laura Belle (Mrs. W. R. Smith), of Kansas. Their first child, Mary Elizabeth, was born Sept. 17, 1853, and died Dec. 23, 1868; William Francis, was born Oct. 24, 1858, and died Dec. 6, of the same year.

Ten years after burying his first wife, the Doctor found a second in the person of Miss Rachel Dysart, a native of Belmont Co., Ohio. They were married at Monmouth, May 6, 1885. The Doctor and family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a Republican.

H. Gilmore, who is engaged in the grocery business at Kirkwood, this county, was born in Butler Co., Pa., June 16, 1846, his parents being Hugh and Catherine (Dorothy) Gilmore, natives of Pennsylvania. The father moved with his family to New London, Iowa, in 1855, and was there resident for 10 years, coming thence to Kirkwood, where he is yet living.

J. H. Gilmore, the gentleman whose name we place as the subject of this biographical notice, was an inmate of the parental household until he attained his 23d year. His years prior to majority were passed in acquiring an education in the common schools and assisting in the maintenance of the family. Two years after becoming his own man, in 1872, he engaged with T. F. Lowther in the grocery business at Kirkwood, where he continued for seven years, afier which, in 1879, Mr. Gilmore purchased his partner's interest, and since then has conducted the business for his own individual profit. By strict attention to business, quick sales and fair dealing with his customers, he has established a good and constantly increasing business.

The marriage of Mr. Gilmore to Miss Louisa Brown, daughter of John Brown and a native of this State, took place in 1869. Their union has been blessed by the birth of two children, Carrie and Hugh.

In politics Mr. Gilmore is a staunch Republican. He has held the different offices in his township and is one of the foremost business men of Kirkwood.

ortimer S. Baldwin, at the head of the firm of Baldwin & Putnam, dealers in flour, feed, pumps, lime, cement, etc., at Monmouth, is a son of George and Mary L. (Stewart) Baldwin, natives of Pensylvania, and of English and Irish extraction, respectively. He was born in Chester Co., Pa., Oct. 27, 1846. The senior Mr. Baldwin was by occupation a farmer during his life and brought his six sons up to that honorable calling. His life was ended in the place where it began, and the hand of Time marked for him 66 years, A. D. 1869.

Mortimer S. Baldwin had the benefit of a common-school education in Pennsylvania, and when about 20 years of age was employed as a clerk in a general .merchandise establishment at Cochranville, that State. He remained here about three years and then in a similar cap-icily at Penningtonville for about one year. In 1869, we find him farming near Virden, 111., and in 1871 he landed at Monmouth, where he learned telegraphy. He followed " brass pounding " only a short time and engaged in the grocery business in partnership with a Mr. Hawkins. In 1 88 1, he sold out his grocery and went to Blackfoot, Idaho Territory, and there engaged in the butchering business, under contract to furnish meat to the United States Government. A few months of this life satisfied him, and Monmouth again became his home. He was connected with the Monmouth Merchant Milline Company, as their Secretary, about 18 months, and in 1883 embarked in his present business, taking in a partner in 1884.

Mr. Baldwin began life subject to all the difficulties incident to a young man wholly devoid of means, and has had his full share of the ups and downs, and, in fact, he has had occasion to feel that there were more downs than ups to his allotment, but notwithstanding it all, he has made a success of life so far, and has outstripped many who had much the advantage of him at the beginning. He owns the Joel Clothing-House Block at Monmouth, a large tract of land in Nebraska, is a stockholder and director in the Monmouth Merchant Milling Company, at Mitchell, D. T., and has a half interest in the celebrated Portable Hay and Grain Cover, the newest and most useful invention that has been introduced to the agricultural people for ten years.

He is a Republican in politics, and, religiously, attends the Presbyterian Church. Mr. B. is a member of the Odd Fellows Order. Mrs. Baldwin's maiden name was Laura W. Williams ; she is a native of Chester Co., Pa., where Mr. Baldwin made her his wife Feb. 15, 1872.

rSWscar N. Kellogg, a gentleman who has met yBA with more than ordinary success in life, a good farmer and respected citizen of Warren County, residing on section 1 1, Cold Brook Township, was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Jan. 4, 1846. Josiah Kellogg, father of the gentleman whose name heads this biographical notice, followed the trade of a harness maker until 1851, when he came West, and located in Kelly Township. He continued to reside there, following the vocation of a farmer, until the call was made by President Lincoln for soldiers to defend the cause of the union, when he enlisted, Sept. 2, 1862, as First Corporal .in the iO2d 111. Vol. Inf., Co. B, under Capt. Elisha C. Atchison. The regiment in which his company belonged was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr. Kellogg participated in all the battles in which it was engaged until March 13, 1863, when he was promoted to Third Sergeant. He held that rank until the battle of Resaca, when he received a shot from the enemy that caused his death.

Oscar N. Kellogg, whose life history we write, was but six years of age when his parents came to this county and located in Kelly Township. After the death of his father, he resided with his mother on the old homestead, where he was engaged in its cultivation and improvement. Oct. 31, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret, the accomplished daughter of Alex, and Martha (Richie) Armstrong, natives of the North of Ireland and of Scotch-Irish descent. Her parents were married in their native country and resided in Fermanagh County, where eight children were born to them. Mrs. Kellogg, wife of the subject of this notice, was next to the youngest in order of birth of her parents' family and was bora in Fermanagh County, Ireland, July 2, 1849. Her parents emigrated to the United States and settled in Kelly Township, this county, where her father died, in May, 1876, aged 70 years. Her mother survives and is residing with her oldest son, James, in Kelly Township, aged 73 years.

After the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, they located on the old homestead belonging to the father of Mrs. K., on section 28, Kelly Township. Mr. Kellogg subsequently sold his possessions in Kelly Township, and, in February, 1884, purchased 120 . acres of good farm land in Cold Brook Township, the same being the farm on which they at present reside. It is under an advanced state of cultivation and presents an appearance indicative of the push and energy of its proprietor. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, . of which denomination Mr. K. is Steward and also Sunday-school Superintendent. In politics, he always casts his vote with the Republican party. He has held the office of Road Commissioner for six years and School Trustee for the same length of time. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg, two children have been born - Bertha, Dec. 17, 1873, and Estella, Jan. 24, 1877.

ames W. Standley, M. D., a practicing physician in Alexis, established his relations with the citizens of that place in 1880. He is a practitioner of the allopathic school and is thoroughly well read in his profession. He has had a valuable experience and is steadily growing in the confidence of the community where he has thrown his glove of challenge to fame and fortune.

18, 1846. His father, Thomas Standley, is responsible for the letter " d " which appears in the family name, as it was inserted by him to change its original name of " Stanley." The latter was a native of South Carolina and married Lydia Moss, a lady who was born in Indiana. The senior Standley removed his family to Wapello Co., Iowa, when his son was a child of nine years.

The days of the youth of Dr. Standley were passed in Iowa, and he was educated primarily in the public schools of the county whither his parents removed. He went to Putnam Co., Mo., for the purpose of commencing his studies preparatory to entering the medical profession, with his uncle, Thomas H. Moss, who was a physician of repute and influence, and under whose preceptorship he made satisfactory progress. On leaving his office, Dr. Standley matriculated at Rush Medical College in the city of Chicago and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1872. In 1869, he went fto Plattville, Taylor Co., Iowa, to enter upon his professional career, and remained there six months. He operated in Adair Co., Mo., after that period until 1871, when he abandoned practice to give his entire attention to his collegiate course. After taking his degree, he went to Greencastle, Sullivan Co., Mo., and practiced as a physician until he came to Alexis in the year named.

Dr. Standley was joined in marriage with Emma Bartlett Sept. 9, 1875. She is the daughter of Charles and Emeline Bartlett and was born in Newark, Kendall Co., III. The Doctor and his svife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

n. Delos Porter Phelps, of Monmouth, Asst. Supt. of the Central Iowa Railway Company, is a son of Porter and Mary Ellen Phelps, notices of whom appear in this work. He was born about ten miles south of Monmouth, in Roseville Township, Warren Co., Nov. 1 6, 1837. In the sketch of his parents, in this volume, will be found an account of his ancestry. His father moved from Knoxville, 111., in the spring of that year, and there began the improvement of a small farm. He erected upon it a rude log house, covered with hand-riven boards, kept in place by

The whole country was then substantially a wilderness; only here and there along the timber could be found the rude beginning of some adventurous pioneer. He lived there until the spring of 1844, and many a time, as he has told the writer, has he seen the wolves come up to within hailing distance of the house, and the deer play like sheep within gunshot of the dwelling. For several directions, as far as the eye could reach, there was not then an improvement, or the smoke of a chimney in view. He saw the prairie fires in the autumn sweep across the broad expanse of waving grass swifter than the speed of the fastest horse, and with a roar that could be heard a considerable distance, leaving blackness and desolation behind. During one winter, while residing there, two of his father's neighbors caught 46 wolves in one steel trap, and finally a large black wolf was caught that broke the chain and went off with the trap, and was killed the following spring 10 miles away, almost starved to death, with the trap still clinging to his foot.

At that time cooking stoves were substantially unknown, kettles were used in fire places instead, and each cabin, though rude without and within, had one of those great cheerful fire-places with its back log and fore log, andirons, and great chimneys, so beautifully described in Whittier's "Snow Bound." Mills were scarce and distant, and not unfrequently had he seen meal manufactured by grating ears of new corn upon the bottom of a tin pan punched full of holes with an awl.

He was taught at home a great deal by his parents, as no neighborhood had school to exceed three months in the year. School houses as described by him were made of logs generally about 1 6 ft. square, and seats were formed of hewn puncheons ; or, if a saw mill was near or a whip-saw available, seats were made of slabs converted into benches by having four holes bored and rude legs placed therein. These legs generally protruded through the top far enough for a wedge to be driven into them to prevent them from falling out, and unfortunate was the unlucky urchin who, in that small and usually crowded room happened to be assigned his seat over that uncomfortable spot.

rented a farm. There, he said, he remembered well with what pleasure and childish wonder he saw the iron thumb latches with which the doors were furnished. Usually at that time there was used a large wooden latch, to which there was fastened a string that passed through a hole in the door above it, and by pulling the string the latch was raised. At that time thieves were almost unknown, and this latch string hung out with a welcoming hospitality to every lost or belated traveler.

This year, 1844, was known as the rainy season. The windows of heaven seemed to be opened, and the storm king to rule with unrestrained power. More than once with his brothers and sisters he was put into the cellar, while his father and mother stayed above to hold the doors and windows. Often, too, with a common dipper, has he seen them dip water from the well, so saturated was the earth. In 1845, his father having bought the place four miles east of Monmouth, where he lived until his death, ' moving upon it in the spring of that year.

From Berwick there was the wide prairie that lies south and east of Monmouth. It was then supposed to be too wet to ever be valuable, and rash indeed was considered the man who would leave a point of timber and venture to make his home thereon.

The course thence to Monmouth was a straight line, and, in fact, to almost any other point, if one could cross the sloughs and streams which were generally unbridged. The prairie spoken of was covered with an immense growth of rank weeds, but a few feet apart, that grew to a height of from 10 to 15 feet, and were covered on top and sides with yellow flowers. Many a time after he was large enough to hunt the cows, he had to stand up on his horse's back to see over the tops of these weeds, and would find them lying down not 100 steps away, when he could not see them while sitting on the horse. A great bunch of resinous leaves several feet in diameter grew at the foot of these tall weeds, and after frost were as inflammable as tinder. In the event of a prairie fire the wind would sweep them in a fiery cloud away in front of the bursting flames, and kindle the fire far in advance, which greatly accelerated the speed of the conflagration. Upon this prairie, when he was large enough to ride on horseback with safely, he attended two grand circular wolf hunts with his father and two older brothers, where the lines had been formed upon the borders of the county, and the deer and wolves driven before until late in the day they were found in the circle or square that the encroaching horses formed around the prairie.

The first year of residence upon this place, there was killed thereon almost 100 rattlesnakes, and over 400 other snakes. Often, in riding across that prairie several years later, he has encountered a wolf or deer, or heard therattle of the disturbed rattlesnake, which horses seemed to avoid with instinctive fear. Here young Delos also attended school for a few months in the year in the primitive log school house. The privileges of school were valued, because scarce in those days. There he first studied Latin under the tuition of his sister Ellen, and also under that of Rev. J. W. Butler, who afterward became President of Abingdon College. President Butler was at that time a student at either Knox College, 111., or Bethany College in Virginia. His father, Major Peter Butler, was almost, if not quite, the first County Surveyor of Warren County, and lived about four miles east of Monmouth. A block house stood upon his farm that had been built there for protection against the Indians. But Mr. Phelps was indebted to home instruction for much of his learning, especially for his love of poetry and eloquence. Extracts from Scott and other standard authors were taught him by his mother, who brought them stored in her memory from New York, and taught them to him years before he ever saw them in a book. She taught him so early that he has no recollection of learning to read. He always had a desire to go through College, and in 1856 the establishment of Monmouth College gave him an opportunity, and he told his father that if he would let htm go he would relinquish all interest in his estate, and in September, 1857, he started. The father did not intend that such should be the price of his son's education, but justly considered that those things desired and obtained with difficulty, were the most prized. The young student pursued his studies at home and rode on horseback to Monmouth to recite, staying out occasionally to teach a term in order to get money to aid in the expenses; and thus he really earned more money than he spent while attending College.

Mr. Phelps graduated in the classical department in 1862, having been in college five years. His was the last class that graduated from the old college building. He studied French under the instruction of his cousin, Miss Annie Stevens, afterwards the wife of A. G. Kirkpatrick, as an extra study. He also studied law during vacations, and at all spare moments, getting the books from A. G. Kirkpatrick, then a leading lawyer of Monmouth.

In February, 1862, however, four months before he graduated, he was attacked with acute opthalmia. For weeks he was confined to a darkened room. At one time the sight of one eye was pronounced by his physician as lost, but fortunately he was mistaken. Mr. Phelps was determined to graduate with his class, however, and his sister Annie read his lessons to him, and when he got able to endure the light, with a heavy shade over his eyes, he rode to the college and recited them. He dictated his commencement oration to the same sister, who wrote it down and read it to him until he had learned it. He was chosen by his class to deliver the valedictory address, and delivered that and his oration while so nearly blind he could not recognize his friends half way across the Church, where the commencement exercises were held.

He always had a great love for oratory, and many eloquent passages of great orators and statesmen were familiar and delightful to him, and while in college he rarely missed the Friday night meeting of the Philadelphia Literary Society, of which he was a member. Their debates, orations and essays were continued, often, to the "wee sma' hours," and were to him a source of great pleasure and improvement. For three successive years, during his college course, he was chosen by his society to represent it in its annual literary contest with the Eccrittean Society, its rival in college. The writer of this has heard him say that to the discipline there received in that society, he attributed much of whatever success he may have attained afterwards at the bar. For two years after he graduated he vainly tried, by the help of divers physicians, to recover his sight, so as to go on with the study of his chosen profession, until almost in despair; and though usually cheerful under the disappointment thus suffered, he was wont to attribute to it whatever of a sombre hue there might be in his character.

In the spring of 1864, Mr. Phelps, despairing of being able to go on with his studies, being still unable to read for ten consecutive minutes, or even look upward, and hoping to make a little money to aid him in his studies when able to prosecute them, went across the plains to Idaho Territory, where he

.began digging gold, with, however, indifferent success, except as to health. The change of climate, exercise and being in the open air invigorated his health, and did much to strengthen his sight, and having lost, in purchasing a mine, what money he had, he concluded to go to Idaho City and teach school. At that place in the winter of 1864-5 ne rented a small house, bought some lumber, borrowed tools, made seats and desks and opened a school, at one dollar per week per scholar. His school swelled to 55 in number, and finding his quarters too small, he raised, by subscription, nearly $1,000, and built the first school-house erected in that Territory outside of Lewiston, and possibly in advance of any built there. This school-house he afterward gave to the school authorities there, and it was one of the few buildings that escaped the fire which destroyed the city.

While teaching, Mr. Phelps spent his spare hours in the law office of Hon. Chas. B. Waite, of Chicago, before then Chief Justice of Utah Territory, and he and other legal friends examined him in the law and wrote a letter in his favor, which he sent to Lewiston, with the accustomed fee therefor, and a license was issued him to practice law. On May 18, 1865, Idaho City was destroyed by fire, and his law license and almost everything else he possessed was burned. That fall he returned East on horseback across the plains. His sight was then restored so that he could read a considerable portion of the time by daylight, and he continued to study law and was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme Court of this State in the Spring of 1866, at Ottawa, upon examination in open court, not being able to produce the license granted him in Idaho Territory. Thus, aside from the improvement of his general health, he had lost about four years of his life, and very important ones, too, coining as they did just at the close of his college life.

On the 8th day of May, 1866, Mr. Phelps came to Monmouth and began the practice of law, his earthly possessions at that time consisting of a horse, blind in one eye, wcrth about $125. He formed a law partnership with Hon. C. M. Harris, of Oquawka, which was nominal, rather than otherwise, as he continued to reside in Oquawka. In the fall of that year he formed a law partnership with Hon. J. H. Stewart, which continued until he retired fiom practice, in 1880.

In 1868, Mr. Phelps was nominated by the State Democratic Convention for Presidential Elector, and challenged Hon. Henry W. Draper, of Carthage, 111., Republican Elector, to a joint discussion of the questions at issue, at three points in each county in the District, which then extended from Quincy to Rock Island. Mr. Draper accepted for two points in each county, and the debates were held, usually before large audiences. While at Rock Island, holding one of these joint discussions, he was nominated also for District Attorney. Both Districts were largely Republican and he was defeated ; but these debates established his reputation as a brilliant and able speaker, and his name was frequently mentioned thereafter as a candidate for Congress, and in 1876 he came within two or three votes of being nominated. In 1878 he was nominated by acclamation. Col. Frank B. Marsh, of Warsaw, Hancock County, was the Republican candidate, while Hon. A. B. Streeter, of Mercer County, formerly a Democrat, ran on the Greenback ticket. His candidacy divided the Democratic vote and defeated Mr. Phelps. In Mercer County Mr. Streeter succeeded in convincing his old neighbors that there was no chance for Mr. Phelps' election, but that there was for his own on the then Greenback tidal wave, and he secured in that county 868 votes, while Mr. Phelps secured 898. The Democratic vote of that county two years before had been nearly equal to both these numbers. Col. Marsli retained his party strength and Mr. Phelps was defeated by 576 votes. In Warren County he was beaten by but 298 votes, while the usual Republican majority was from 700 to 800. In this campaign he had to contend against two other candidates. Had Mr. Streeter not been in the field Mr. Phelps would have been elected easily by 1,500 majority. In that campaign he probably delivered more public addresses than were ever made by any candidate in Illinois during the same length of time, making 38 speeches of from two and a half to three hours each in the last 23 days, or almost two daily, yet such was their character that a prominent gentleman declared to the writer that he "went to hear him nine times during that campaign and that the last speech was the best of all."

Mr. Phelps is an ardent and uncompromising Democrat, and takes an active part in almost every political campaign, and had his lot been cast where his party was in the ascendancy there is no position to which he might not have aspired. He was ever interested in the welfare of his city and neighborhood.

In 1875, the citizens of Monmouth, desiring to obtain some railroad competition, organized the Burlington, Monmouth & Illinois River Railway Company for that purpose. Mr. Phelps was among the first subscribers, to the extent of $r,ooo. He was made a director of the company, and in 1879, when the enterprise seemed likely to fall, Mr. Phelps and Mr. William Hanna assumed control and acquired the ownership of it, and, as will be seen in the notice of the Central Iowa Railway Company, pushed it to completion, until now it is growing to be one of the most important roads of the West.

There is, perhaps, no more remarkable case upon record of as important a railway as this developing from so humble a beginning by force of judicious management. In this company and in the Peoria & Farmington Railway Company, which was its successor, the name of which was afterwards changed to the Central Iowa, Mr. Phelps held almost every position of responsibility and trust; being its Vice-Pres- - ident, General Manager, Secretary and Legal Counselor. He made the contracts, supervised the construction and directed its operations ; was instrumental in consolidating it with the Central Iowa, of Iowa, of which company he became a director and assistant Superintendant, which latter position he now holds. He organized the Keithsburg Bridge Company, now building an iron bridge over the Mississippi River at Keithsburg, 111., and was until recently a director and secretary thereof. In addition to his interests in these railways, which are large, he is a stockholder and director in the Weir Plow Company of Monmouth, and is a large landowner in Warren County and in Iowa. What he has, he has made by his own efforts. While at the Bar, he was recognized as standing in its front ranks. As a trial lawyer, he perhaps had no superior, and as an advocate before a jury he was in a high degree eloquent and persuasive, while an indomitable will made him never despair of winning the most desperate cases. The practice of his firm is seen by reference to the reports of the Supreme Court, and was both lucrative and extensive. He abandoned it in 1880, because his time and energies were en- grossed in his railway enterprise. As a business man, he possesses good judgment and great executive ability, as will be seen from his industrious and successful career.

On April 13, 1870, Mr. Phelps was married to Sarah Jeannette, daughter of Rev. Anson Tucker, of whom and of her mother and their ancestry sketches appear in this volume. Mrs. Phelps is a lady of rare accomplishments and virtues. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps occupy a delightful home, beautified by many works of art and brightened by two lovely daughters - Eleanor Randolph, 12 years old and Claire Marguerite, eight years old. With a father's partiality, Mr. P. has given the names of Eleanor and Claire to two stations upon the line of the Central Iowa Railway in Illinois. Mrs. Phelps is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, of Monmouth. She is beloved by the poor and needy of that city as their active and earnest friend and assistant.

^phraim S. Swinney, one of the pioneers of Monmouth, was born at Bridgeton, N. J., June 23, 1817, and was the second in order of birth of a family of three sons of Daniel J. and Elizabeth (Seeley) Swinney, natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and of Irish and Welsh extraction respectively.

Ephraim S. Swinney was educated at Mansfield, Ohio, where his father removed in 1822, and where Daniel J. Swinney, who was a physician and also a preacher in the Baptist Church, died in 1858, at the age of 76 years. His widow died at the same place, surviving him only one month, aged 72 years.

Mr. Swinney of this notice came to Monmouth in 1837, and here he has since lived, and what he does not know of the early history of this now proud, little city will never be told. He began life here as a laborer, worked at anything or everything, quarried the rock that laid the foundation of the present County Court House, and in 1839 went into Daniel McNeil's store and Postoffice as a clerk. In 1843 he was elected Recorder of the county, and held the office eight years, or up to the day that office was abolished. In 1853 he was elected County Clerk, and held that office eight years, and since 1861 has lived a life of peaceful retirement.

On Dec. 21, 1843, he was united in marriage at Monmouth with Miss Mary Berry, whose father, B. Berry, of Flemingsburg, Ky., was killed in the War of 1812. The ten children bom to Mr. and Mrs. Swinney are Mary E. (Mrs. William G. Hutchinson), Miletus L., Ann M. (Mrs. W. D. Tresham), Daniel J., John Milton, Lucy J., Catherine B. (Mrs. C. E. Cornell), Henrietta, Octavia G. and Richard Lee, and all living at the date of this publication (February, 1886).

tavid Dunbar Dunkle, Commander G. A. R. Post, No. 330, and at the head of the firm of Dunkle & Bristol, grocers at Monmouth, was born at Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. n, 1840. His parents, David and Margaret A. (Henry) Dunkle, were also Pennsylvanians. They were the parents of an only daughter, who grew to womanhood, married a Mr. Stewart, and died soon afterward in Pennsylvania. David was born a few weeks after his father's death, but his mother supplied him with a step-father in the course of time, who taught David how to farm, and the neighborhood pedagogue took advantage of such odd times as the farm could not monopolize, and taught him the rudiments of an English education. When about 20 years of age he went to Bedford Co., Pa., and learned the moulder's trade, and on the 27th of August, i86r, enlisted as a private in Co. F, tooth Pa. Reg., known as the "Round Heads," and served three years. He was with his regiment in the secret expedition against Hilton Head, in November, 1861; participated in the engagements at Bufort, S. C. ; James Island, near Charleston ; joined the Eastern army in July, 1862, and fought the enemy at Bull Run, Chantilla, South Mountain, Antietam, and through Gen. Burnside's winter campaign. The spring of 1863 found the regiment in the army of the Mississippi. After occupying Vicksburg, young David was taken sick, returned to Kentucky and left at

Camp Nelson hospital. After his recovery he returned to the army of the Potomac, and participated in the early part of the Grant campaign, in the battle of the Wilderness, and on to Spottsylvania. During the whole service he was absent from duty only about four months.

After the war D. D. Dunkle made a flying trip to Colorado via Monmouth, where, after returning East, he settled down in the spring of 1866, since which time, up to engaging in his present business, he has alternated between farming and working at his trade. From 1880 to 1885 lie was employed as foreman for the Pattee Plow Company, and in June, 1885, he embarked in the grocery trade.

In 1883. he was elected Senior Vice-Commander of the G. A. R. Post, and, in 1885, promoted to Post Commander. He has been appointed Aid-de-Camp on the staff" of the present Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. He is a Past Master in Masonry, High Priest in the Chapter (No. 30), and member of the Oriental Consistory of Chicago. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., and in all the Orders to which he belongs is counted among the brightest and most active members. For the last three years he has also been special correspondent of this county for the Chicago Herald.

May 22, 1867, he was married at Viola, 111., to Miss Jennie N. Ayles, who died Aug. 31, 1879, leaving three children - Harry, Maggie and Willie. On the 2oth of December, 1882, at Monmouth, he married his present wife, Mrs. Amanda Vine, nee Rodgers.

. harles E. Blackburn, of the firm of Blackburn & Turnbull, undertakers and dealers in undertaking and embalming goods, also proprietors of extensive livery, sale and feed stables at Monmouth, was born in LaPorte County, Ind., Sept. 19, r847. His parents, Alexander and Delilah (Polk) Blackburn, natives of the States of Virginia and Kentucky respectively, came to Illinois in 1853, and lived there several years, in McDonough Count) , where, and in

In 1872, he came to Monmouth, clerked awhile in a hardware store, embarked in the saddle and harness business, and drifted into the livery business, in 1880. (See sketch of David Turnbull, in this volume.)

Mr. Blackburn was married at Monmouth, Nov. 2, 1871, to Miss Olive Jewell, daughter of Jacob Jewell, and of this union three children were born - Bessie, Anna, and an infant son who is dead.

:« rof. Thomas H. Rogers, Professor of Mathematics of Monmouth College, was born at Banares, India, Sept. 2, 1836. His parents, Rev. William and Julia Ann (Riley) Rogers, natives respectively of the States of Ohio and New York, were married at Crawfordsville, Indiana, and the children born of their union were one son and two daughters.

The Rev. Mr. Rogers, distinguished ministerof the Presbyterian Church, was a graduate of Miami (Ohio) University, and in 1836, sent as a missionary to India, where he remained Light years. Returning to this country in 1844, he settled down at Oxford, Ohio, and spent the rest of his life.

Thomas H. Rogers, of whom we write, also a graduate of Miami (Ohio) University, from which institution he took first honors in Philosophy, class of 1856, has spent his life as student and teacher. Immediately upon leaving College he accepted a Professorship at Logansport (Ind.) Academy; going thence at the end of a year to Monroe (Ohio) Academy, where he taught the three succeeding years. From Monroe he took charge of Paris (111.) Academy, coming to Monmouth in 1864. Here he had charge of the Academy for some years before accepting the chair of Mathematics in the College. (See history of Monmouth College )

From 1868 he has been officially connected as Secretary and Superintendei.t, with the Public Library; first in connection with the Monmouth Free Reading Room, and since with the permanent organization of the Library, founded by the large and wise liberality of William P. Pressley. Much credit is due to Prof

Rogers, as to every one of the Directors of this, Monmouth's greatest public institution, for its unusual success, and its almost unparalleled and highly deserved popularity.

Speaking thus of a Library at so small a city as Monmouth, may sound extravagant; but the unbiased stranger who visits such places from time to time in all parts of the Union and patronizes them, though only for selfish purposes, will never spend a week at this city and one hour each day thereof in its reading rooms, without comprehending fully the force of the language here used, and what is of more importance, appreciating its truthfulness. (See history of Warren County Library.)

Prof. Rogers was married at Lincoln, 111., Oc{. 24, 1862, to Miss Lucinda R. Brainard, a native of Ohio, and daughter of Rev. E. Brainard, of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rogers died Oct. 29, 1878, leaving two daughters - Amy and Ella, the first a graduate of, and the second a student at Monmouth College.

illiam D. Johnson, whose entrance into life was coeval with that of the igth Century, and whose silvered hair is strongly indicative of a life that has been replete with usefulness and honorable actions, was born in Sussex Co., N. J., Dec. 19, 1800. He is to-day venerated by all who know him as one of the worthiest citizens of Kirkwood, where he has been a resident for nearly 15 years.

The parents of Mr. Johnson, Samuel and Mary (Hall) Johnson, were natives of New Jersey and there resided until their deaths. William D. remained an inmate of his father's household until he was 20 years of age, having in the meantime received a good common-school education in the district schools. At the age named he settled on a portion of his father's farm, which he cultivated until 1834. On the 1 2th day of May, 1834, Mr. Johnson started for the undeveloped West with two teams, containing his family (which at that time consisted of his wife and six children) and such household effects as were portable under the circumstances. They came by way of Pittsburgh, through Pennsylvania and through the Ohio Valley to Indianapolis, Ind. From the latter city they came to this State, crossing the Illinois River at Havana, and going thence to Canton, Fulton County. Arriving at the latter place Mr. Johnson concluded it was a good agricultural country and determined to make it his abiding place. He consequently purchased 80 acres of Government land and cultivated the same until 1836, when he sold it and purchased a 24o-acre tract, moved his family, and at once engaged actively and energetically upon its cultivation and improvement, with the determination at that time of making it a permanent home. He lived on that farm for some 21 years, erecting thereon a fine residence and a substantial barn and other necessary outbuildings, set out fruit and ornamental trees and otheiwise improved the land, and by a subsequent purchase increased his landed interests in that county to 400 acres. In 18157 he purchased 320 acres in Henderson County, and during that year came to Kirkwood, purchased ground and erected the fine residence upon it which has been his home ever since.

The marriage of Mr. Johnson took place in 1821, at which time Miss Martha Shackleton, a native of New Jersey, became his wife. They have seven children living, namely: Pamelia, born Jan. n, 1822; Samuel J., Aug. 27, 1823; Richard S., April 20, 1825; Theodore F., March 26, 1827; Oakley, Feb. 4, 1830; Mary J., Dec. 21, 1832; John H., Nov. 9, 1834: Andrew R., July 2, 1838; he was killed in the late Civil War. Pamelia married Samuel Brimhall and resides at Kirkwood; Samuel married Hester A. Rapalee ; six children are now living, the result of his marriage - William L., Elsena, Clayton, Perry J., Andrew and Marilda. Of his second marriage one child has been born ; he now lives in Kansas. Richard was married to Lucretia Bruce, and Kansas is now his home ; Theodore married Elizabeth Martin; John W. and Luella are the names of their children ; Oakley is married and living in Clay Co., Neb. ; Frank and Waldo, besides two deceased, are the children born to him ; Mary became the wife of James Johnson ; one child was born to them - Mattie L. ; Mr. J. died Sept. 4, 1866; John H. married Kate Zook, and resides at Bushnell.

Mrs. Johnson died April 14, 187 r, mourned by her family and a host of relatives and friends as a faithful, loving wife, a gentle and devoted mother and a generous, warm-hearted neighbor. In politics, Mr. J. is an earnest supporter of the principles advocated by the Republican party. In his religious views, he coincides with the tenets of the Baptist Church, to which denomination he belongs. He has held many offices of trust within the gift of the people of his township, and now, as he lingers in the shadows of life, he can look back over the history of the past with satisfaction, and live in the enjoyment of that peace and plenty which a life of active industry has brought him.

illiam Wood, in mercantile business at Kirkwood, on Main Street, was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, March 7, 1833, his parents being Martin H. and Sally (Nettleton) Wood. Martin H. Wood, father of the gentleman whose biography we write, came to Illinois from Ohio in 1837. His terminus in this State was Warren County, and on arrival here he purchased a farm on which he located with his family, and engaged in that pursuit which he has followed all his life, agriculture. He was one of the early settlers in this county, and has witnessed its development to the magnificent agricultural condition it occupies to-day, and is yet living, at the advanced age of 87 years, in Henderson County.

William Wood, subject of this notice, remained with his parents until he was ten years old, when he engaged as clerk in a store at Oquawka, where he remained a year. He then changed his position to another store, and followed the same occupation for four years longer, and then worked on the river during the summers, and clerked in the winter, for six years more. In 1856 he purchased 40 acres of land, which he subsequently added to by the purchase of 40 acres in Henderson County, and on which he resided, occupied in its cultivation and improvement for three years. At the expiration of this time he once more engaged in the mercantile pursuits as clerk at Oquawka, and followed the same for four years, until 1868, when he came to Kirkwood, this county, and engaged in the grocery and provision trade. In company with a Mr. Thompson he bought out a Mr. Morris at that place, and after carrying on their business jointly four days, they were burned out. The partners were not disheartened and immediately purchased another building and under the firm name of Wood & Thompson again engaged in business, which co-partnership lasted for one and a half years, when Mr. Wood bought out the interest of his partner, and continued the business two years longer. He also during that time was "mine host" of the Tremont House at Kirkwood for 18 months, and for a time followed the nursery business, which he merged into the green-house business, and was thus occupied for eight years. Disposing of the latter business, he engaged in a variety store at Kirkwood Village in 1880, and has since continued the same. He keeps a general stock of almost everything that is necessary to supply the wants of his customers, and is meeting with success.

The business qualities of Mr. Wood are such as to entitle him to be classified as one of the leading business men of Kirkwood, and his dealings are such as to entitle him to the respect of the citizens of the community in which he resides.

ames Watson, the only gentleman engaged I" in business at Ellison, where he is conducting a dry goods, grocery and general mercantile store, and is also Postmaster and School Trustee, was born in this county, Nov. 10, 1855. The father of Mr. Watson of this sketch, Lucius Watson, was born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., and came with his parents when eight years of age to this county. They settled near Roseville, and live in Point Pleasant Township. Lucius was a farmer by occupation and married Georgia A. Forte, a native of Kentucky. After marriage he settled in Point Pleasant Township, where he has continued to follow his chosen profession until the present time. He is the proprietor of 280 acres of good farm land

James Watson, whose name stands at the head of this notice, was educated in the township of his nativity and there resided until he attained the age of 17 years, when he went to Abingdon and remained for three years. He afterward taught school four terms in the common schools of the county.

He was married to Miss Augusta, the accomplished daughter of David and Jane (Brown) Brent, Oct. 30, 1877. Her parents reside in the county and her father is following the vocation of a farmer in Ellison Township. Mrs. Watson was born on the parental homestead in Ellison Township, Feb. 22, 1856, and was reared and educated in the township of her nativity, having also attended college at Abingdon two years prior to her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Watson have become the parents of one child Amy, born Jan. 27, 1885.

After marriage, Mr. Watson located on a farm in Ellison Township, and continued to reside thereon until December, 1881, when he moved to the village of Ellison. He purchased the stock of goods owned by Amos Pierce at that place, and since that time has continued to carry on the mercantile business. By fair and honest dealing with his patrons, he has established a good and paying business«and is meeting with financial success. Soon after engaging in business at that place, Mr. Watson was appointed Postmaster, which office he continues to hold until the present time. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Ellison, of which denomination Mr. Watson is Steward and Trustee. He has held the office of School Trustee for two years, and, in his political opinions, he affiliates with the Republican party, taking an active interest in local politics.

/.ugh Marshall, M. D., a prominent physician and surgeon of Monmouth, 111., was born In Fairfield District, South Carolina, Dec. 15, 1830. His grandparents were born in Ireland, and his parents, Alexander and Mary (McMillan) Marshall were natives of South Carolina. They reared six sons and one daughter, Hugh being the sixth child in order of birth. Alexander Marshall was a 'farmer by occupation, came into Henderson Co., 111., in 1838, or 1839, and there spent the rest of his life, dying in 1869 or 1870 at the age of about 70 years.

Hugh Marshall received his primary and literary training at the common schools of Illinois and taught therefrom the age of 20 to 22 or 23. In 1848-9 he began reading medicine with Dr. McMillan of Henderson ; entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1849, and graduated in 1851. He began practice at once after leaving college at Coldbrook, and there remained until 1872 at which time he removed into Monmouth. Here he has devoted his time to his profession, and with such success as he may well be proud. He is prominently identified with the State Medical Society, American Medical Association, Military Tract Society and Monmouth Medical Club. He is no politician, and the only offices he has ever held in the county has been a term or two as Collector of Coldbrook Township, and one term as Coroner.

He was married at Monmouth some time in 1873 to Miss Matilda C. Brewer, native of Pennsylvania,^ and daughter of the late John T. Brewer, of Monmouth. TJie Doctor is a member of no Church. He ranks high as a Mason, and votes the Democratic ticket with Christian regularity.

William Randall, a member of the regular school of medicine, practicing at Greenbush, graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, at the head of his class, March 9, 1858. He soon after- | ward located in Greenbush, this county, where he has built up a good practice and has been very successful. The Doctor is also a graduate of surgery, and his library is complete.

Dr. Randall was born in Dearbon Co., Ind., ,25 miles from Cincinnati, in the town of Aurora, May 27, 1834, and is a son of George Randall, born in Kent Co., England, in 1796. His father emigrated to the United States in r82i, and located near New Haven, Ind. He was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and followed his sacred calling in this county some ten years, and died in .1866. He had located in Indiana, where his marriage to Miss

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Rhoda Eubank, which took place in 1826, was blessed by the birth of eight children, namely : John E., George F., William, Mary, Thomas E. and Richard R., twins, Rebecca J. and Elizabeth V. Two are deceased, - Mary and Richard. The wife and mother was born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1806, and died in Indiana in 1859.

Dr. Randall, of this sketch, was first married to Miss Caroline, daughter of F. and Adeline Snapp, who bore him two children - George S. born Dec. 27, 1863, and Clyde W. Oct. 6, 1872. The Doctor married Miss Edwina C. Bond, Feb. 28, 1879, and by this union there is one child, William B., born April 3, 1882.

In politics, the Doctor is a believer in the principles advocated by the Democratic party. His success as a practitioner is due to his careful diagnosing of the diseases of his patients, and his constant attention to his cases.

Dr. Randall is a gentleman who not only reflects honor upon his profession, but is a credit to the community in which he lives. His large and extended experience, his deep and abiding interest in his profession and the general welfare of the community, make him both a valuable physician and citizen. He is as widely known and as highly esteemed as any practitioner in the county, and numbers among his patrons and friends many of the best people in Warren county. As both a representative of his chosen profession and a citizen of the county, the publishers take pleasure in placing Dr. Randall's portrait in this ALBUM in connection with this sketch.

ames L. Glasgow, whose accumulations during the years of the past have enabled him to retire from the active labors of life, is residing upon Section 28, Monmouth Township. He was born in Londonderry, Guernsey Co., Ohio, Jan. 24, 1843. The father of Mr. Glasgow, Arthur Glasgow, was a native of County Antrim, the son of a farmer, of Irish birth. When 18 years old, Arthur's parents emigrated to the United States, and soon after landing at an Eastern seaport, located in Guernsey Co.,

Ohio. There the father and mother both died, and there Arthur, father of the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this notice, is at present residing, with his wife, he having purchased the old homestead on which his father first located after coming to the State. Arthur, before the death of his father, was married to Jane Neal, a native of County Antrim, Ireland, and they became the parents of ten children. Jane (Neal) Glasgow, the mother, came to the United States, with her parents, when she was young, locating with them at Wheeling, W. Va., and remaining there until her marriage. J. L. Glasgow, whose name stands at the head of this notice, remained with his parents on the parental homestead in Guernsey County until October 16, 1861, when the call for brave hearts and strong arms to battle for the perpetuity of the Union aroused in him a sense of duty, and he enlisted in Co. H. 65th Ohio Vol., Inf., his regiment being assigned to the Army of the Cumberland and under the command of Gens. Buell and Rosekranz. It participated in the second days' battle of Shiloh and the seven days' battle at Stone river, also the battle of Murfreesboro, and Chicamauga. On the second days' fight at the latter place, James L. was taken prisoner, and after passing 13 days as captive of the Confederates, was exchanged and on account of disability never more joined his regiment, but was honorably discharged at Camp Denison, Ohio, Oct. 26,

After his term of enlistment had expired, he returned home, doffed his uniform, cast aside the accoutrements of war and intended to enter again upon the peaceful pursuits of life, but his indisposition was such that it required medical attention, and he went to Madison, Ind., where for six months he was under medical treatment. From Madison, he went home, and from there to Nebraska where, after remaining for a time, he went to Eastern Iowa, and 1 6 months later took a trip over Kansas and Missouri looking for land. In the spring of 1868 he started across the plains for the Rocky Mountains, working his way on the Union Pacific railroad to Humboldt. From there he accompanied another party to the White Pines of Nevada Territory. He passed seven years in that Territory, during which time he was engaged in mining, meeting with fair success. He afterward spent one year in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Cal., and in 1877 returned to this county, where he formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Maggie McAdam, at the residence of the bride's parents near Monmouth, Jan. i, 1877. Mrs. Glasgow was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, and was educated in her native State. Her mother died there when Maggie was an infant, and her father afterward moved to Iowa, where he died at West Point. Mrs. Glasgow came to this county in 1867 with her relatives, and graduated from Monmouth College in June, 1870. She has borne her husband two children - Robert A., born Sept. i, 1879, and Margaret J., born Jan. 23, 1884.

After the marriage Mr. G. returned to Nevada Territory for about ten months, where he was engaged in settling up his affairs. In 1878 he purchased 80 acres of land on Section i, Hale Township. On that place, he with his young bride, located, and there resided for four years, when they moved to Monmouth Township and purchased 13 acres approximate to the city of Monmouth, on which they moved and are at present residing. They have a good residence on their Monmouth Township property, and their farm of 80 acres in Hale Township is under an advanced state of cultivation, and has good improvements upon it. They are both members of the United Presbyterian Church at Monmouth, of which denomination Mr. G. is one of the Trustees. In politics he is a supporter of the Prohibition party, and a strong advocate of the cause of temperance. Mr. Glasgow is next to the eldest in order of birth of a family of ten children, and what is remarkable is, that not a death has occurred, and to them 20 grand-children have been born.

tavid Turnbull, of the firm of Blackburn & Turnbull, livery, sale and feed stables, undertakers and dealers in undertaking and embalming goods, at Monmouth, was born in Greene County, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1857. His parents, John and Margaret J. (Allen) Turnbull, spent their lives in Greene County, the old gentleman dying in 1880, aged So years, and the old lady in 1881, aged 63 years. They reared three

He was brought up to farming and taught in the public schools. Abandoning farming in 1883, he went into the undertaking business at Cedarville, Ohio, and came to Monmouth a year later, and soon afterwards formed his present business relations.

Nov. 26, 1884, he was married, near Xenia, Ohio, to Miss Ada Stevenson, the accomplished daughter of Col. Robert Stevenson, Esq., of Greene County, and both he and his wife are consistent members of the United Presbyterian Church. Mr. Turnbull also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, and is an active member of Capt. Rankin's Military Company.

ev. W. T. McConnell. residing at Kirkwood, was born in Washington Co., Pa., April 13, 1847. The parents of Rev. Mc- Connel were Lemuel and Jane (Lawrence) McConnell, natives of Washington Co., Pa. His father was a farmer in that State and there continued to follow his occupation until his death, in July, 1879. His mother still survives and resides with her son, D. S. McConnell, who is engaged in the mercantile business.

Rev. W. T. McConnell, the gentleman whose name heads this biographical notice, remained in the parental household for five years after attaining his majority. He obtained a rudimentary education in the common schools of his native county, and at the age of r6 years supplemented the same by a thorough course of study at the Normal School at Millsborough, Pa., and followed the curriculum of that institution for one year. He then taught school for two years, and in 1865 still further supplemented his education by matriculating at the Washington and Jefferson College and followed the curriculum of that institution for four years, after which he attended the New Wilmington College one year and graduated from the same with honors in 1871. After graduating from the latter institution, the Rev. Mc- Connell attended the Theological Seminary at Allegheny, and graduated from the same in 1874. He was licensed to preach, April 15, 1873, by the United

Presbyterian Church at Chartiers, Pa., and was ordained by the United Presbyterian Church, at Beaver Valley, Nov. 18, 1873. He then became Pastor of the Churches at Mahoning and Poland, the former being located in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ohio, and served them in that capacity for nine years, after which he was Pastor of the Mahoning Church for one year.