Warren County, Illinois - The whole text, 1886 (part 19 of 25)

The name of Phelps is very old, being found at Gloucestershire, England, as far back as the compilation of the Dooms Day Book of William the Conquerer. Porter Phelps traces his ancestry back in an unbroken and honorable chain to James Phelps, who was born in Tewksbury, England, about 1530. His grandson, William Phelps, was born at that place in August, 1599, and came to America, landing at South Boston, then Hull, May 30, 1630, but soon after settled at Dorchester. He moved to Windsor, Conn., in 1635, and was conspicuous in the settlement of that State, filling many influential positions. Capt. Timothy Phelps, his son, was born at Windsor, Sept. i, 1639, and married Mary Griswold, May 19, 1661. He had a son, Timothy, born also at Windsor, Nov. i, 1662. He married Martha Crow, Nov. 4, 1686, and removed to Hebron, Conn., in 1690. He also had a son Timothy, who was born at Hebron, June 29, 1692, who was married to Hannah Calkins, July 29, 1714. They, too, had a son named Timothy, also bom at Hebron, June 29, 1718. He was married to Hannah Northam, Sept. 16, 1742. To them was born a son, at Hebron, whom they named Samuel; the date of his birth was Sept. 2, 1759. He was married to Lydia Porter, Dec. 18, 1785. They were the parents of Porter Phelps, the subject of this sketch, and had moved to Madison Co., N. Y., previous to his birth. Samuel Phelps, and also two of his brothers, were soldiers in the Revolutionary War and the former, while prostrated with fever, was held upon his horse to enable him to escape when New York was evacuated by the Americans.

Lydia Porter, the mother of Porter Phelps, and for whom he was named, was descended from John Porter, who was born in 1590, in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, at Wraxhall Abbey, the ancient seat of the family, where many of the name are interred. He was descended, in the izth generation, from William De LaPorte, a Norman knight, < who came over in the train of William the Conquerer, | at the time of the Norman Conquest, in 1066, as can still be seen upon the rolls of Battle Abbey, his J name being transformed to Porter. John Porter, with his wife and children, were among the first to penetrate the wilderness of Connecticut, settling at Windsor, Conn., in 1635, the very year William Phelps arrived there. There he died. April 22, 1648. Their son, John Porter, was born in 1618. About 1650, he married Mary Stanley, daughter of Thomas Stanley, who came from London in 1635 and was one of the original proprietors of Hartford, Conn. They had a son, John, born Jan. 3, 1651; he married Joanna Gaylord, and settled in Windsor, Conn. Of their 12 children, David was bora Oct. 3, 1685, and on Jan. 3, 1707, married Anna Phelps, daughter of Captain Timothy Phelps, above mentioned. They had seven children. Their youngest son, Increase Porter, born Feb. 26,1722, married Mary Niles, May 15, 1750. Their youngest daughter, Lydia Porter, born about 1765, married Samuel Phelps Dec. 18, 1785, as above stated. She was a sister of Rev. David Porter, D. D., a celebrated Presbyterian Divine, of New York, and grandfather of Prof. Porter, of Yale College.

came to America, was a man of distinction and possessed of large property for those times. He was a man of fine appearance and intrusted with positions of importance. A long list of names may be traced among his descendants, as well as among those of William Phelps, who came over abdut the same time, who were distinguished in the various learned professions and walks of life, throughout the country. The ancestors of Mary Ellen (Rees) Plielps came from Glamorganshire, South Wales, tracing their descent from old and distinguished stock.

In 1835 Porter Phelps, with his family, started West, traveling the entire distance to this point in a wagon drawn by horses. They were 69 days in reaching Eugene, Tnd., where they spent the winter. The following spring they came to Knoxville, 111., where Mr. Phelps was taken sick and was carried in a wagon to Monmouth to be doctored, there being no desirable physician, if any at all, in Knoxville. His wife, with heroism born of devotion, remained at Knoxville to care for their little ones, and from time to time rode on horseback to Monmouth to see her husband. He stopped while sick at the house of Daniel McNeil, which was situated on East Broadway, about where the residence of Rev. Dr. McDill now stands. This was then almost the only residence in Monmouth. There was an old log house where court was held. The judge and attorneys who traveled in those times almost, if not quite, from Springfield to Galena on horseback or by stages, stopped at the McNeil hostelry. Those were the days when Douglas, Browning, Richardson, Baker, McDougall, Lincoln, Walker, Butterfield and other great men of that day rode the circuit. There were mighty men in this wilderness, even then, whose ability has never been surpassed.

In the spring of 1837 Mr Phelps, with his family, moved to Roseville Township, where he improved a small farm. In 1844 he moved to the vicinity of Berwick, and in the spring of the following year took possession of the place where himself and wife both died. They reared a family of eight children, one daughter, Mary Gertrude, a lovely girl, dying in 1847. She was greatly beloved and is still remembered by those who knew her. Their youngest son, Kenneth Graham, died in 1876, a few years after graduating from Monmouth College in the classical department, and when nearly ready to be ordained a minister of the United Presbyterian Church. He was a young man of great promise and most lovable character, whom to have known was but to love. We cannot forbear cop)ing from the beautiful tribute to him of his class-mate, Miss Mary J. Howard : "Six years ago there left this port a sailor lad, whom to know was to love, to name was to praise. Just as he pulled away from the shore, his strength began to fail; the little bark rocked on the waves awhile, and then the angel came down the sunbeam-stairs and carried him upward and away. To day you may go out on the wharves of a village, that lieth cold aad still and there you may trace in the rolling grass iheform of an upturned boat. Six years ago he left this dear, old college-port, the subject of his farewell speech, 'A King." One thing he said we will not forget - ' For all bright things there is a resurrection.' One year ago, on the same day on which a group of boys and gitls were starting out to sea, he was mounting the steps on the other shore, to stand forever in the presence of A King. ' Of the soft, brown hair, the large gray eyes, so full of truth ; the warm, firm hand, we can only say, ' For all bright things there is a Resurrection. "

Samuel David Phelps, eldest son of Porter Phelps, lives upon the old homestead, with his three children - Gertrude, Garrett Kirk and Rees. His wife was Jane E. Lockwood, now deceased, and the daughter of Sheldon and Parthenia Lockwood, who were among the earliest pioneers of Warren County. They came from New York and settled about ten miles south of Monmouth, prior to the Black Hawk War. DeWitt Phelps, the second son, lives southeast of Kirkwood, in this county, and Delos P. Phelps at Monmouth, sketches of whom appear elsewhere in this volume. Ralph Gurley Phelps is a prominent lawyer at Atlantic, Iowa. Ellen Porter and Annie E. reside with their brother upon the old homestead. They are cultured and intelligent women, with great love of literature and poetry and both write more or less for the press.

It is impossible for the present generation to realize the hardships and privations endured by the pioneers. Porter Phelps was always an influential man in his neighborhood and was the Supervisor of his township from the date of township organization until the year r864. He was retiring in his disposition and put forward others rather than himself. In politics, he was always a consistent Democrat, and his five sons were of the same faith. Perhaps there is no better way to close this brief mention of the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Phelps than by copying from the notices of their deaths, as published in the county papers.

"Mary Ellen Phelps, daughter of David and Ann (Smith) Rees, being a woman of intellectual and refined tastes, it required strong effort to make her home in the then new country. The decision once made, her unusual intellectual and physical strength was exerted that the new abode might be a success, and especially that her children might be deprived as little as possible ol the superior educational advantages of an older country. To the very last she retained her interest in public events, literature, history and poetry, keeping a daily record, and laying down her pen only with her life. A consistent Christian, she made a profession of faith at the age of 14, uniting with the First Presbyterian Church (Dr. - Aiken's), of Utica, New York. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church of this place almost from its organization until 1858, and at the time of her death, and for many years previously, a member of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Monmouth. The mother of eight children, six, with her husband, survive her. Although her health had been very precarious for some time, she was not confined to her room, and was sitting at the breakfast table when the summons came. Without a struggle or a word, in a moment's time, she departed.

"Porter Phelps at his death had attained to more than eleven years beyond the three score and ten allotted as the life of man. He was descended in direct line, by both paternal and maternal ancestry, from those stern, hardy, conscientious, liberty-loving pioneers, who settled New England in the early part of the iyth century, when America was a wilderness. He, himself, was a pioneer, coming West from New York in 1835. Reaching Knox County, 111., in 1836, he came to Warren County in 1837, where he has since continuously resided, and for more than 40 of the last years at his home, four miles east of Monmouth. Since his residence here lie has witnessed this country change from uninhabited prairie and woodland to cultivated fields and cities enriched with a superior civilization.

Mrs. Mary Ellen Phelps. a noble help-meet, worthy such a husband, with whom he lived for more than 58 years, died July 26, 1884, and for her he grieved constantly to the day of his death. They reared a family of eight children, six of whom survive them.

" Porter Phelps inherited the characteristics of his ancestors. He possessed a keen sense of justice, a discriminating judgment that suffered few errors, a passionate love of liberty, home and country, and a conscientiousness which was the mainspring of all his actions. Although physically weak, he was a man of great personal courage. A look of his eye, when aroused, not unfrequently quelled opposition and overawed su; erior strength. His will was indomitable. His firmness and tenacity of purpose, - when satisfied he was right, knew no such thing as change. His reading, intelligence, love of books, learning, poetry and eloquence, were remarkable ; I and, had he chosen such a career, there had been no position in civil life he would not have adorned. To these stronger characteristics he added feelings ten- . der and true, friendships warm, sincere and enduring. His soul was full of pathos. Many a time, in reading a touching poem or narration, the tears would start, the lip tremble, and the voice break with emotion.

"The spirituality of his nature was very great. From early life he had been a sincere and devoted Christian. His faith looked up to Calvary, undimmed by doubt or fear. He joined the Presbyterian Church when 21 years old, and from 22 was ruling elder at Stockbridge and Addison, N. Y., and Knoxville, III. He was one of the earliest members of the Presbyterian Church of Monmouth, an elder therein for many years, and when he died was a member of the Second United Presbyterian Church of this city. But a few weeks before his death, he was noticed reading in his Bible, the tears streaming down his cheeks. The page showed it was of the agony of our Saviour in the garden of Gethsemane. Still later and but a few days before his death, from near the window beside which he sat, he took his bible, found.

the 23d Psalm and read aloud in feeble yet confident voice : ' The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. ' Here he stopped, and after turning his book from side to side, said he could not see. His sight had failed him. This was the last verse he ever read.

" He had been a great sufferer through the last months of his life from progressive paralysis, and inability to help himself was a great trial to his selfreliant and determined spirit. Yet, through all his sufferings he was ever patient and thoughtful of those who cared for him. His last hours were peaceful and comparatively painless.

" In death his face was calm and beautiful. Faith and hope still sat upon his brow, though the light of his eye was quenched. His life had drawn to a close like the ending of that bright and _beautiful autumn Sabbath. "

^.amuel W. Eodgers, one of the pioneers of Warren County, and at present (October, 1885), of the firm of Glendening & Rodgers, dealers in wood, coal, hay, feed, etc., at Monmouth, was born near Hannibal, Mo., Oct. 12, 1832. His parents, Aleri and Mary (Davidson) Rodgers, were natives of Virginia, and of Scotch descent. They reared a family of five sons and three daughters, and buried two children in youth.

The senior Mr. Rodgers was a farmer by occupation ; removed from Virginia to Missouri, probably in 1821; from there to Hale Township, in 1836,

S. W. Rodgers was reared on the farm and educated at the common schools. In 1882, he abandoned agricultural pursuits, removed into town, and the following year entered into his present business arrangements. His first wife, to whom he was married in Hale Township, in 1854, died in 1874, leaving five children - Ida E. (Mrs. Horace Parsons), Jasper F., James A., deceased, John S. and Anna Mary.

February 28, 1878, Mr. Rodgers was again married in Mercer County, this State, to Mrs. Mary A. Finley, nee Cabeen, and their only child is named Isabella C.

.on. John J. Glenn, the subject of the following sketch, is one of the prominent jurists, not only of the Tenth Judicial District, but of the State of Illinois. He is a descendj ant from the hardy and vigorous Scotch-Irish I stock, his ancestors being natives of the North of Ireland. They emigrated to America and settled in Maryland, where John Glenn, the father of Judge Glenn, was born in the year 1794. He was reared there, and in 1818 went to Ohio, and settled in Ashland County, where he followed the vocation of a farmer the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1868. He had married Miss Anna Johnson, a native of New Jersey, who died in May, 1841. Of this union, five children were born, three sons and two daughters. John J., one of the number, was born in Ashland Co., Ohio, March 2, 1831. The days of his youth, like those of most farmers' sons, were spent upon the farm, assisting his father during the summer months and in the winters attending the district schools. In the latter he received the rudiments of a good English education, and was thus prepared for an academic course, which he received in the Vennillion Institute, Haysville, Ohio. He was then fitted for college and accordingly entered

After leaving college, our subject accepted a position as teacher in the academy at Logansport, Ind. He l.ad, however, no intention of making teaching the profession of his life, for soon after his arrival at that city he commenced the study of law, in the office and under the direction of Hon. Daniel D. Pratt, then one of the leading lawyers and prominent in the counsels of the State and nation. Young Glenn labored diligently in the acquisition of legal lore, and two years later, at New Castle, that State, was admitted to the Bar. Immediately after his admission, lie went to Forl Wayne, opened an office and commenced the practice of his profession. He remained there until 1860, when, believing that success would sooner crown his efforts in newer and more western fields, he came to Illinois and located at Aledo. Here he remained for one year, whence he removed to Monmouth, which has since been his

Judge Glenn was justly recognized as standing in the front rank of attorneys in his Judicial Circuit. He possessed that kind of patient industry and care in the arrangement and preparation of his cases that made him intimately acquainted with their strong points, and these he was equally careful to impress upon Court or jury. In addition to the clearness and logic of his statements, they were always carefully supported by decisions of the higher courts bearing upon the case. The natural result of such efforts was usually a verdict for his client. He soon earned for himself the reputation of being a careful, conscientious and painstaking lawyer, one who looked after the interests of his client and used all honorble means to secure him exact and equal justice. As an advocate, his appeals to the jury and to the Court were made to the reason and judgment rather than to the passions; and were not an endeavor to so becloud the intellect of his auditors, by sophistical reasoning, that the rightousness of the verdict was left in doubt when rendered.

In 1877, Mr. Glenn's ability as an attorney and his probity of character and worth as a man, received honorable and suitable recognition by his election to the Judgeship of the Tenth Judicial District, under the new law that originated in the Appellate Court. In 1879, he was elected for the full term, and in 1885 was re-elected, without opposition, for a second full term.

The same characteristics that marked Mr. Glenn as a lawyer are equally prominent in him as a Judge upon the Bench. Painstaking and careful attention to the evidence, and an intelligent application of the law to the case, renders his decisions impregnable, and he has had but few reversals from the higher courts. Politically Judge Glenn has always been a staunch Republican.

On the-i2th of August, 1856, Judge Glenn was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Magaw, daughter of William and Rachel (Paxton) Magaw, of Preble Co., Ohio. Five children have been born to them, who bear the following names: Anna R., J. McG., William M., Minnie E. and Addie M. The family are all members of the Presbyterian Church, of which Judge Glenn has been an Elder for many years.

rs. Mary E. Freeman, widow of B. F. Freeman, residing at Kirkwood, was born at Washington, Tazewell Co., this State, Feb. 5, 1842. She was united in marriage to B. F. Freeman, Jan. i, 1865. B. F. Freeman, husband of the subject of this notice, was in Mercer Co., this State, Nov. 29, 1835, and died June 15, 1876. His parents, Fauntleroy and Margaret E. (Brown) Freeman, were natives of Kentucky. They came to this State in r834, and settled in Mercer County, where they remained a number of years, and where his father was engaged in the occupation of a farmer. Leaving the latter county they moved to Knox County, where they resided until their deaths, which occurred in 1844 and 1878, respectively.

B. F. Freeman remained an inmate of the parental household until November, 1868, having previous to attaining his majority acquired a good education in the district schools. After leaving home, he purchased a farm in Greenville Township, Henderson Co., of 160 acres, on which he located, with his family, and entered actively and energetically upon the task of its cultivation and improvement, and by a subsequent purchase increased the same about 160 acres, making his total landed interests some 320 acres, on which he Jived and labored until his death.

He was married Jan. i, 1865, to Miss Mary E. Riddle, and of their union four children are living, viz. : Fauritleroy, Alta M., Lloyd H. and Mary C. Mrs. Freeman has purchased a residence and lot in Kirkwood Village, and is residing there at present with her three children.

Her husband in political matters voted with the Republican party. He was a stockholder in the First National Bank at Kirkwood, and was a warmhearted, generous, whole-souled gentleman, who was always ready to assist any good enterprise that was calculated to benefit the community in which he resided.

eorge W. Brent is a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 18, Ellison Township, where he was born on March the 4th, 1840. He is the youngest son of Kenner Brent, Sr., who was one of the first settlers in Ellison Township. (See sketch of Paul Brent.)

Our subject was reared on a farm and attended the schools in his township until he attained his majority. On becoming of age he set out as a workman on his father's farm for some time. His first purchase of land was 80 acres in Walnut Grove Township, Henderson Co., which was partly improved at the time of purchase. After making further improvements he added to his possessions a tract of 53 acres in Warren County, where he now resides with his sisters, Virginia and Sarah, the former born in Virginia three months before her parents came to Illinois; Sarah was born in this county.

Mr. Brent enlisted in the War of the Rebellion Feb. r4, 1865, in Company H, 491)1 Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and fought in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged. He was promoted to Corporal December 21, 1865. He was discharged at Selma, Ala., January 21, 1866, and returned home immediately. He has since continued to reside upon his farm, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits, and meeting with success in his chosen vocation.

I" ames H Burke, a. pushing, energetic farmer, residing on section 19, Hale Township, where he rents an A, No. i farm, is a son of Thomas and Rebecca (Morgan) Burke, natives of. Virginia and Ohio respectively. His parents were married and settled in Indiana, and in 1837 did not take the ndvice of Horace Greeley, but came West without it, and settled in Monmouth Township. From the date of their settlement we see they were early pioneers, and they no doubt experienced all the trials and privations which the old sturdy pioneers were compelled to pass through in the early settlement of the county. - In 1850, af-«p, ter a residence in the county of some 13 years, the parents removed to Henderson County, where the mother died. After her doath the father removed to Iowa, in which state his demise occurred. The issue of their union was nine children, of whom James H. was second in order of birth.

James H. Burke was born in Hancock Co., Ind., May 6, 1833, and at the time his parents emigrated to this county was but four years of age, consequently may be classified as a pioneer himself. He lived at home uniil he was 19 years old, receiving such advantages as were at that time afforded by the common schools. In the spring of 1853 he crossed the plains to Northern Oregon, and becoming imbued with the spirit of gain, he engaged in mining. From Northern Oregon he went to Southern Oregon and was there occupied in mining until the summer of 1856, when he returned to this county and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has resided in Warren and Henderson Counties since that time. In r 87 6 he moved into Hale Township, and is at present following the vocation of farming on section i 9, of that township.

Sumner Township, Feb. 12, 1857, at which time Miss Mary A. Swain became his wife. She was born in Ohio Feb. 23, 1830, and has borne her husband six children, whose names are Harvey H., Kate I., Rachel E., Mary A.. Benjamin S. and Harry E. Kate I. is dead.

Mr. Burke has held the office of Collector for three years, and at present is Assessor of the township. In politics he is a staunch and active Republican.

rury B. Boyd, a pioneer settler of Point Pleasant Township, was born in the State of Virginia, May 10, 1780. He was the son of George and Jemima (Birge) Boyd, and was early orphaned by their death. He was made an apprentice to a trade, and when still young went to the State cf Georgia. There he was married, Feb. 18, 1805, to Elizabeth, the daughter of George and Nancy (Dean) Hurd. She was born in Georgia, Sept. n, 1867, and soon after their marriage they went to Kentucky, where they located in Bath County, and the husband utilized his good education in teaching, and in the alternate seasons he worked at his trade. They lived there until 1822, when they went to Pulaski County, in the same Slate, and remained there until 1825. They removed thence to Greene Co., Ind., where they were among the earliest of the pioneer element. They located on land which was covered with heavy timber, and their sons were occupied with the work of clearing the farm, while the father worked at his trade. After a time he purchased a saw-mill. His wife died Aug. 13, 1835, and he was again married, about 12 years later, to Elizabeth Kelshaw.

The children of George and Nancy (Dean) Hurd were Mary, George, Elizabeth and Nancy. Mary was married to Joseph Dixson, and died in Greene Co., Ind. George was married and lived in Georgia. Elizabeth was the wife of Drury B. Boyd, subject of this sketch. Nancy became the wife of Sanford Raimy, and they lived in Preble Co., Ohio.

While living in Indiana he was twice elected to represent his District, and served two terms in the Legislature of that State. After his removal to Warren County, he located at Ellison, and a few years later he settled on section 2, of Point Pleasant Township, where he died, Sept. 7, r8s6. His wife was killed in the tornado at Ellison in 1858. Two of their children are still living. Mrs. Dixson is represented elsewhere in this work, and it is through her interest in the preservation of the records of her family circle that these sketches of the members of the family have been obtained. Her only sister was the wife of Elisha Hughen, of Point Pleasant Township, of whom a sketch is given in this work.

Since this sketch was written, and since Mr. Hughen's sketch was printed in this volume, his wife died. Her demise occurred Dec. 14, 1885, at her home in Point Pleasant Township.

Mr. Boyd and his family made the trip from Kentucky to Greene County with horse-teams. They settled in a small log house, of the most unpretentious style, until the father could clear a place, upon which he erected a double-hewed log house.

octor William E. Pittman, practicing physician at Swan Creek Village, was born in this county, Feb. 22, 1859, and is a son of James B. Piltman, a native of Indiana, where he was born in 1 830. His father is a farmer by occupation, and resides in Pt. Pleasant Township. He was married to Miss Eliza

A. Simmons, in 1841. She was born in 1839, in this county, and bore her husband 1 1 children, Oscar, deceased at 18 years; William E., S. M., J. B., George, Joseph, Charlie, Carrie May, Harry, Emma, and one who died in infancy.

Dr. Pittman formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Zoa Huston, Oct. 15, 1885. She was born in April, 1868, and is a daughter of William H. and Eliza (Crabb) Huston. Dr. Pittman commenced reading medicine preparatory to attending college, with Doctor William Randall, of Greenbush, and was with him for some three months. He then went to Nodaway Co,, Mo., where he read medicine under the instruction of Doctor M. R. Hackedorn, of Maryville, Mo., for about 18 months. He then matriculated at Rush Medical College, March 13, 1882, and after following the entire curriculum of that institution, graduated therefrom Feb. 17, 1885. He also graduated in Dental Pathology and Surgery at the Dental College, Chicago. He holds a certificate

He at present has a large and lucrative practice in Swan Creek and the surrounding country. He is a thorough practitioner, and by careful diagnosis of

Ib^riarles H. Pierce, of Berwick Township, is engaged in fanning on section 31, where he is the proprietor of 160 acres of good land. He was born in Warren County, Feb. i, 1840. His father, William H. Pierce, is a native of Vermont and came to this State in 1835, locating at the village of Greenbush, where he taught school for about a year. He then purchased the tract which is now in possession of his son and at once engaged in its improvement and cultivation. ' He was united in marriage with Miss Angelina Waidin, who was born in Ohio, about 1817. They both came to this State prior to their marriage. Trie mother of Mr. Pierce died July 14, 1842, and the father Feb. 23, 1880. Of their union two children were born - Almiron G. and Charles H.

Charles H. Pierce, subject of this notice, was united in marriage with Elizabeth Long, Feb. r, 1862. She was born June 16, 1838, in Jackson Co., Ohio, and they have four children living - Maud Z., Blanche M., William H. and Harriet G. Mr. Pierce is engaged in general farming, and is meeting with success in his chosen vocation. In politics he is a believer in and a supporter of the principles advocated by the Republican party.

the oldest son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mc- Murtry) Adcock, was born in the year 1850, in the township where he is and always has been a resU dent, of a family that has been largely identified with the first settlement and subsequent development of the country. His grandfather, Edmund Adcock, was among the very first, if not the first, white man that settled in this section of country, having been located with his family in Henderson Grove, near the Knox and Warren County line, in the year 1829 or '30, two or three years before the Black Hawk War. William McMurtry, his grandfather on his mother's side, was for 30 years a member of the State Government, having held the offices of Lieutenant-Governor, State Senator, Representative and Penitentiary Commissioner during the building of the State Penitentiary at Joliet, 111. ; also Colonel of the io2d Reg't of 111. Vols. in the late war. His father, Joseph, is a noted land surveyor and for several years was County Commissioner. His brothers are Edmund, a prominent lawyer in Chicago, 111., and Robert, a practicing attorney at Monmouth. Mr. Adcock was brought up to a full understanding of the business of a fanner, and after receiving such education as the common schools afforded, became a student at Abingdon College, whence he was graduated with the degree of A. B., in 1871. For some years he operated as a teacher through the winter seasons and gave his attention to farming the re- mainder of the year. Of late he has devoted his time exclusively to agriculture. He is a Democrat in political belief and connections and has been a delegate to several County, State and Congressional Conventions that have been held since he reached his majority. He purchased the farm of which he is the owner in 1877. It comprises 250 acres of good land, in first class condition, and the proprietor is occupied in the business of mixed husbandry.

The union in marriage of Mr. Adcock with Mary J. Henderson, occurred July 13, 1876. Their children are Edmund, David and Mary S. Mrs. Adcock was born in the year 1858, in the town of Henderson, Knox Co., 111. Her parents, David Henderson, a prominent citizen and recently member of the Board of Supervisors of Knox Co., 111., and Sophia (Davis) Henderson, were pioneers of Knox County, whither they came soon after the termination of the Black Hawk War. They were natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Indiana, and are still living in Knox County.

,,on. Isaac L. Pratt, banker and farmer at Roseville, is one of the well known and highly respected citizens of Warren County. We are glad to be able to give the following very interesting record of the family, of which Isaac L. is a member : The Pratt family are of English ancestry, and date back to Mathew and Elizabeth Pratt, who emigrated to America prior to the year of 1625. They settled in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Mass. Their offspring were Thomas, Matthew, John, Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary Pratt. Matthews' son Thomas is the next in line of these descendants. He and his wife lived in Weymouth until he was killed by the Indians in 1676. Their children were William, Sarah, Abigail, Hepzibah and Thomas. Thomas and his wife moved to Easton, Mass., and their children were Thomas, Abigail, James, Mary, Hepzibah, Deborah and Jane. The father died in December, 1745. James Pratt, son of Thomas, lived in Easton, Mass., at which place he died Oct. 29,1774, aged 76 years. His wife died Feb. 17, 1762. Seth Pratt, son of

Thomas, was the only one of the children who attained to manhood. He married Mindwell Stone, of Easton, Mass. By this union there were four children, viz. : Jonas, Mehitabel, Seth, Jr., and Seaver. Seth, Sr., died Aug. 22, 1802, his wife surviving him until May 23, 1828. Seaver, son of Seth, was born April 27, 1782, and died Dec. n, 1843, in the sixtysecond year of his age. He married Charity Lothrop in 1806. She was born in Easton, Mass., Aug. 14, 1790, and died Jan. 3, 1850, aged sixty years.

Isaac L. Pratt, the subject of this sketch, was, as j will be seen from the foregoing, the third in the fam- I ily of Seaver and Charity Pratt. He married Miss j Harriet W. Drake, a native of Easton, Mass., and a daughter of Joel and Lusannah Drake, whose ancestors were the first settlers of Easton, Mass., on the mother's side. Their children were Betsey, born Nov. i, 1813; Harriet W., born March 29, 1816; Sarah Ann, born Dec. - , 1817 ; Nahum, born Sept. 28, 1820; Joel S., born June 8, 1823, and Bethnal F., born July 13, 1825.

Mr. and Mrs. Pratt were married May 16, 1844. They have had born to them four children, as follows : Isaac F. born June 24, 1846, died July 27 of same year; Isaac Seaver, born Aug. 13, 1848, died, July 14, 1865; Joel Drake, born Oct. 2, 1851, died Jan. 13,1852; Seth Franklin was born April 20, -853 i he is cashier of the Roseville Bank.

Mr. Pratt, whose biography we write, was born and reared in Easton, Mass. He remained beneath the parental roof until he was a young man. During this time he attended the district schools, and therein received the rudimentary part of an English education. His education was further advanced by attendance at the Holliston School, Holliston,

Massachusetts, and at the Teachers' Seminary at Andover for three years. After leaving the school the subject of this sketch was engaged in teaching, and continued in that profession for eleven sessions, eight of which were taught in his native State, and three in this State. His attention was early attracted to the importance and future greatness of the West, which was then rapidly filling up with the best young and energetic blood of the Eastern States. In 1841 he joined the great throng that had for its watchword," Westward, ho .'" and came to Illinois, arriving here in Warren County April 24 of that year. He remained here one year and a half. During that time he, in connection with E. Mitchell, purchased an unimproved tract of land in Ellison Township in this county. Soon after he returned East to his native town and was there variously engaged for two years and a half. During his sojourn there he married as stated above. In June, 1845, he and his wife returned to Illinois and settled in Swan Township, on section 6, where he purchased sixty acres of land. He at once erected a house, and went to work industriously to cultivate and improve his purchase. He continued to reside there until 1852, when he moved to Roseville Township, where he had purchased land on section 31. There he erected a substantial building, and there he still continues to reside.

Mr. Pratt has been more than ordinarily a successful man. His landed interests consist of 2,000 acres of good land in Illinois, 775 acres in Arkansas, and 300 acres in Easton, Mass. The latter acreage is a part of the land handed down through five generations of the past. This land and wealth has been the accumulation of years of toil, energy, and the practice of economical habits. It also is the result of wise and judicious investments, backed by good hard common sense and the utmost confidence in the future of the great State of Illinois.

Religiously, Mr. Pratt subscribes to none of the formulated creeds, but believes in doing unto others as you would have others do unto you, and that in the careful observance of that rule therein is contained the genuine essence of true religion.

Politically, Mr. Pratt is a stanch Democrat. He cast his first vote for Martin VanBuren for the Presidency, in 1840, and from that time to the present, through good as well as evil report, he has remained firm and true to his first political love.

In 1883, his worth and standing as a man, and character as a citizen, received suitable and honorable recognition by his election to represent his district in the General Assembly of the State. While a member of that body he proved himself a valuable .legislator, one who was careful and always present at the sessions of the Legislature. He was a member of the committees on Finance, Drainage and Retrenchment. He has been frequently honored with offices of trust in the township in which he resides, and has been Justice of the Peace for fifteen years.

This in short is a brief biography of Isaac L. Pratt. He is truly a representative Western man. During his long residence here he has become thoroughly identified with and understands the interests of the West. His success stamps him as a man of indomitable energy that brooks no defeat. He started in life poor, and whatever he has attained is the result of his industry, energy and great good common sense. With these virtues, aided by a strong constitution, he has carved out for himself and those de-> pending upon him, a comfortable competency, at the same time making and retaining for himself a name for strict honor and integrity - which, after all, is the<i best inheritance to leave to his posterity.

As one of the leading and truly representative men of the county, and a gentleman who is an honor tothe community in which he has so long resided, we take pleasure in presenting the portrait of Mr. Pratt in connection with this sketch.

.dward D. Alexander, druggist at Alexis, is a native of Warren County. He is the only son of John E. and Mary C. (Reich- !?S. ard) Alexander, who are residents of Monmouth. Mr. Alexander was born in that city, j May 10, 1860. He attended the city schools until he had finished the branches of primary study, and he subsequently was a student for a year at the college in his native place, where he made good progress. When he decided on his profession he went to Chicago and passed a year at the School of Pharmacy in order to be thoroughly prepared for the responsible duties of his chosen vocation.

patronage and support of the community in which he resides and his trade is one of the most prominent in the place in its comparative relations. We present an interior view in this volume of Mr. Alexander's neat and tasteful drug house. He is a young man of ability and perseverance, and in the event of his conducting his affairs in the same way in which he has made his initiatory, he has an assured future of usefulness and activity. His business principles are excellent and he is amply fitted for the discharge of the duties of his vocation. In manner and address he is courteous and affable and is always observant of his obligations as a gentleman. In his political principles and affiliations, he is a Democrat.

Oct. 16, 1883, he formed a matrimonial alliance with Miss Mina Kobler, and one child has been born to them. The latter is named Theo Marie. Mrs. Alexander was born in Monmouth and is the daughter of G. J. and Anna M. Kobler.

ichael S. Rees, a farmer in the township of Kelly, located on section 32, is the son of a pioneer of Warren County, and was born in the township in which he is now a citizen of prominence. Martin Rees, his father, came to Warren County in 1836. He was born on Pine Creek, near the center of Pennsylvania, in 1781, of German parentage. At the age of 19 he moved with his parents to Warren Co., Pa., where he divided his time in rafting logs and lumber and in farming. He succeeded in accumulating considerable property. He married Miss Jane Davis, at that place and continued to reside there until 1836. He then sold his farm and personal property, and put his family, which consisted of himself, wife and eight children, on board a raft, with three other families, and moved out upon the waters of the Allegheny River, on the loth of May of that year. They floated to Pittsburg, where he sold his raft and purchased a keel boat, which he run to Rising Sun, Ind., a small town on the Ohio River. In the meantime they were visited with that terrible disease, the small l>ox, from which, however, all recovered. They landed, and the elder Rees purchased three yoke of oxen and two span of horses, five wagons, some young horses and other necessary articles, and started for Monmouth, where he arrived Sept. 10, 1836. Here he remained five days, when he moved to a house located about one mile south of where Gerlaw now stands. He bought the northwest quarter of section 36, Spring Grove Township, and also the north half of section 32, in Kelly Township. The latter had a log house, stables and crib upon it, and 30 acres had been broken and fenced. Here Mr. Rees lived for four years, and during the time improved the farm in Spring Grove Township, to which he removed, but after remaining two years he returned to the Kelly Township farm, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1861. He owned considerable land in this and adjoining counties, which he divided among his children.

Mr. Rees was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over 50 years, and was highly respected for his strict morality and the firmness of his faith. He was noted for strength, energy and industry. Politically, he was formerly a Whig, but became a Republican when that party 'was organized. He served for many years as Justice of the Peace. He was a captain of Pennsylvania volunteers in the War of 1812, and his wife was pensioned as widow of a soldier of that war. Her death occurred Dec. 17, 1882.

By the three marriages of Mr. Rees, he became the father of nine children, seven by the first and two by the second wife. Seven of them are still living. The maiden name of the second wife of Mr. Rees was Sarah Smith and she was born in Indiana. The third wife was Catherine Struthers.

Michael S. Rees, of this sketch, is the oldest child of the second marriage. His birth took place in Kelly Township, Nov. 18, 1838. He passed the years of his minority in labor on the farm and in obtaining a limited education in the pioneer schools. He was under the home roof-tree until the death of his father, and he managed the farm for a year after that event. He became a soldier in 1862, and enlisted in August of that year in Co. B, io2d 111. Vol. Inf., 20th corps, remaining in the service until the war ended. His regiment joined the army in the field at Chattanooga, and he was in the action at Resaca, also at Burnt Hickory, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, and at the siege and capture of Atlanta, and served in other lesser engagements.

Savannah and thence through North Carolina to Washington to the Grand Review, which constituted the closing scene of the most remarkable war on record. In June, 1865, the regiment was discharged and Mr. Rees returned to his native county and township, and took possession of the homestead which is now his property. The estate of which he is the proprietor contains 325 acres and is all in an advanced agricultural condition. Mr. Rees has put up good buildings of a character suited to the purposes to which the farm is devoted, namely, mixed husbandry. We present a view of the homestead in this volume, on page 474.

January 16, 1868, Mr. Rees was married to Margaret Low, and they are the parents of five children - Eva, who died at the age of six months, Elsie R., Effie E., Daisy F., and Bertha A. Mrs. Rees was born in the township of Spring Grove, Aug. 3, 1844, and is the daughter of John and Margaret (Reynolds) Low. Her parents came to this county the Iyear previous, from Pennsylvania. Her father was a native of England and came to this country at the age of 1 6 years. Her mother was a native of the * Keystone State, as were her maternal grandparents. Mr. Low married the second time, the lady of his choice being Mrs. Lenora Stewart. By the previous marriage he had 12 children and by the last, one. Of this number, six are now living. Mrs. Rees is the fifth in order of birth of the above family. She resided with her family on their farm in Spring Grove Township until her marriage. Her mother died in 1866, and the father in 1878. Mr. Low's second wife is living in Iowa. Her oldest brother, William Low, died in the service of his country, at Paducah, Ky., in 1862.

\ illiam H. Dawdy, owning 260 acres of land in Berwick Township, 80 acres of which is under an advanced state of cultivation, and residing upon section n, of the township named, was born in Knox Co., this State, Oct. 2, r845, and is a son of John Dawdy, a native of Kentucky, where he was born in

1798. The father was one of the pioneer settlers of Illinois, coming to this State in 1828, and locating in Knox County; he died in 1874. His marriage occurred in 1834, in this State, at which time Miss Tobitha Boydson became his wife. She was born in 1809, in Kentucky, and is still a resident of Knox County, this State. Of her union with Mr. Dawdy, ten children were born, named Benjamin M., Eliza, Emily, Malinda, William H., Jacob W., Alexander C. and Sarah E.

The gentleman whose name stands at the head of this notice was married to Miss Amanda J. Howard, Jan. 3, 1871. She was born Oct. 28, 1852, and is a daughter of Nathan Howard, who was born in 1826, in Kentucky, and came to this State in 1855, locating in Warren County. Her father married Miss Martha Hood, and they had nine children, viz. : Lucinda E., Isaac S., Amanda J., Mary C., Sarah A., Joseph, Cora A., Rosa B. and John E., twins.

Mr. and Mrs. Dawdy, of this sketch, are the parents of six children: Delia M., born in 1873; Jessie V. in 1874; Daisy D., in 1875 ; George W., in 1877; Perley E., in i88r, and Bertha R., in 1883. Mr. Dawdy is pleasantly located and has a good residence. He is turning his attention to the raising of cattle, his specialty being the Short-horns. He is also dealing in Poland-China hogs, and is meeting with success in both his farming and breeding interests.

i illiam M. Pinkerton, of the firm of Page & Pinkerton, hardware and furniture dealers, at Monmouth, was born in Preble Co., 5> Ohio, near the village of Fair Haven, April 18, 1837. His parents, Ebenezer and Mary (McCrary) Pinkerton, natives respectively of the States of South Carolina and Ohio, and of Scotch-Irish extraction, reared three sons and three daughters, William M. being the eldest son and third child in order of birth. The senior Mr. Pinkerton was by occupation a farmer ; came to Illinois in 1854, and spent the balance of his days in Peoria County,

The subject of our sketch was brought up to farming, and followed it in Peoria, McLean and Mercer counties, up to 1876, when he removed to Monmouth and entered into the present business arrangement.

Aug. 18, 1862, at Peoria, he enlisted in Co. C, 77th 111. Vol. Inf., and served three years, participating in 13 battles : Haines Bluff, Arkansas Post, Magnolia Hills, Raymond, Champion Hills, Black River, Siege of Vicksburg, Bank's Expedition in Western Louisiana, Ft. Morgan, on the Texas Coast, Bank's Red River Expedition, Sabine, Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill and the siege and final taking of Mobile. In all these battles he was wounded once, and that so light he never left his command. It must not be supposed, however, that the army life did him no injury. As with nearly every other man who saw service, his

He was married in Peoria County, December, 1868, to Miss Martha A. Finley, who died at Monmouth, April 17, 1877. The children she bore were Grace, Fannie and Martha, and two that died in infancy.

illiam P. Brent, deceased, was one of the early settlers of this county, coming 'n here in 1835, with his parents, and previous to his demise resided on section 17, Ellison Township. Mr. Brent was born in Lancaster Co., Va., and came to this State and county with his parents when he was 15 years of age. He continued to reside with his parents, enduring with them all the privations incident to the settlement of a new country.

His years prior to attaining the age of majority were passed on the parental homestead. Oct. 3, 1850, Miss Margaret E., daughter of James and

Mary Jamison, became his wife. She was born July !> 18331 in the county in which she was married. Her father was a farmer, and was married in Kentucky, afterwards removing, in 1829, to this State, and settling in Henderson County. She bore her husband n children, three of whom are deceased: Bathania is the wife of John H. Warfield, who resides in Montgomery Co., Iowa, and is there engaged in the occupation of farming ; Velma became the wife of M. B. Jamison, who resides on a farm in Ellison Township, and is its Supervisor; Arthur J., Scruiyler L., Charles E., William W. and Ellen, all reside at home with their mother.

After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Brent settled on a farm of 80 acres, where the family lived for some time. By energetic labor and economy, coupled with good judgment and perseverance, he succeeded in adding to his original purchases, until at the time of his demise, April 22, 1880, he was the owner of 160 acres of good farm land.

Religiously, Mrs. B. is a member of the Methododist Episcopal Church, and has been for several years. In politics, Mr. B. was, during his lifetime, a strong supporter of the principles of the Republican party.

i.ornelius McNeil, was born in Philadelphia, July 17, 1 8 10, and was the son of Cornelius and Mary (Allison) McNeil, natives respectively of counties Antrim and Kerry, Ireland, but their ancestors were originally from Scotland. The senior Cornelius came to America, in 1792, and Mary Allison came in 1800. They were married in Philadelphia where Mr. McNeil died, in 1826, and his widow in 1847.

Cornelius McNeil, Jr., was educated at the common schools of the city of "Brotherly Love," and when 1 6 years of age was indentured "five years eleven months and two weeks to the trade and mystery of Weavers' Machine Making." Mastering the "mysteries" he embarked in business upon his own, hook, and followed it 17 years, in Kensington, where he built a shop with the $169 inherited from his father.

Gloucester Ferry House, an old building standing yet near the Walnut Street Ferry, Philadelphia, and run it with great success about four years.

He left Philadelphia in 1855, having been swindled out of his property by some descendents of the patriarch, Abraham, and spent a year at South Bend, Ind. The year following he came to Monmouth, where he has since been known as a first-class mechanic. We should not forget to say, however, that he was in the employ of the United States Government awhile during the war as a carpenter, and as such was at Nashville, Tenn., during the last battle at that place. His specialty for some years past has been the manufacture of washing machines, a patent upon which he controls.

July 4, 1836, Mr. McNeil was married, in Philadelphia, to Miss Elizabeth Young, and has had born to him n children, seven of whom are deceased. The living are James, Isabella (Mrs. Henry Duer), Letitia (Mrs. J. A. Chafee) and Miss Ida. ' Mr. McNeil belongs to no Church, but his heart is jtrue to Masonry, which means, in the enlightened (world, the highest order of religion.

li Dixson. From an early history of Greene County, Ind., we get the following facts of the Dixson family: Eli Dixson, who is the father of Mrs. Jemima Dixson's husband, referred to elsewhere in this work, was a son of Solo- J mon and Sarah Dixson and was born in 1769, in Virginia, near the Blue Ridge Mountains. He emigrated to Georgia, where, near the city of Augusta, he married Rebecca Hart, in 1799, and moved to Preble County, Ohio, in 1806, settling in what is now called Dixson Township, being the first settler in that township. He remained there about twelve years, during which time he cleared a farm and exercised a prominent influence in the settling of the neighborhood. He removed to Greene Co., Ind., in 1818, and settled in Smith Township, where he improved a farm. He was noted for his liberality and benevolence in helping such as were not able to help themselves. He served two terms in the State Legislature, from Greene, Owen and Putnam Counties. He died respected by all who knew him, March 9, 1836. He had six brothers and three sisters, viz. : Samuel, John, Joseph, Henry, Solomon Stephen Ruth, Sarah and Elizabeth. Sam'l Dixson died in Greene Co., Ind., Aug. 30, 1850, aged 53 years. John Dixson was drowned in the Ohio River, near Shawneetown. Joseph Dixson died at his residence, in Greene Co., Ind. Henry Dixson died in Tennessee. Solomon Dixson was born Oct. 4, 1771, died Oct. 8, 1824, in Greene Co., Ind. Stephen Dixson was killed by the Indians, near Terre Haute, Ind., during the war of 1812.

Rebecca, the wife of Eli Dixson, was the daughter of Isaac and Hester Hart, and was born near Augusta, Ga., Sept. 2, 1779, and died Oct. i, 1852. She had four brothers, viz.: William, Isaac, Thomas and Phineas ; and two half-brothers, viz. : Amos and Jerry Greene; and one half-sister, who married a Mr. Jones. Her brother, William, died in Georgia ; Isaac and Thomas died in Preble Co., Ohio, and Phineas in Peoria Co., 111. Her half-brothers, sister and mother emigrated to Michigan at an early day.

Eli and Rebecca Dixson's family consisted of eight sons and three daughters, viz. : Samuel, Sarah, Solomon, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Eli, Stephen, John, Phineas, William and Prior. Samuel was born June 22, 1800, died Dec. 17, 1844; Sarah (Johnston) born Aug. 27, 1801, died April 29, 1839 ; Solomon, born June 21, 1803, died June 20, 1851 ; Elizabeth, died in infancy; Rebecca (Johnston), born Oct. 24, 1807, died June 27, 1834; Prior, born Nov. 15, 1809, died Sept. 10, 1850; Eli, born Mays, 1811, died Oct. 27, 1857; Stephen, born Dec. 21, 1814, died March i, 1879; William, born 1822, died Feb. 9, 1870. John Dixson was born in 1816. He, being the only survivor of the family, still resides in Greene Co., Ind.; Samuel, Solomon, Eli and Rebecca (seniors), Samuel, Solomon, Sarah, Rebecca Prior, Phineas, Eli, and William all being buried in the Dixson graveyard, in Greene Co., Ind.

Mrs. Jemima Dixson, of Point Pleasant Township, is a settler of Warren County of 1858. She came here after the death of her husband with her four children, and located in the same township in which she is still living. She was born in Bath Co., Ky., Jan. 28. 1817, and is the daughaer of Drury B. and Elizabeth (Hurd) Boyd, of whom an account is given on another page in this volume. The latter removed to Pulaski Co., Ky., when his daughter, Mrs. Dixson, was a child of five years. The family was transferred to Greene Co., Ind., in 1825, when she was eight years of age. There she passed the remaining years of her youth, and was married, March 12, 1840, to Eli Dixson. He was born in Preble Co., Ohio, and was the son of Eli and Rebecca (Hart) Dixson, mentioned above. At the time of their marriage, they settled on a farm, which he had purchased in Smith Township, in White River Bottom, in Greene Co., in the State of Indiana.

Mr. Dixson was a man of excellent character and a successful farmer. He improved and added to his acreage to a considerable extent. He resided on the same place until 1850, when he came to Illinois to prospect. In 1855, he came again, and at that time to Warren County. He decided to make an investment here, and he accordingly bought unimproved land in Point Pleasant Township. He returned to the farm in Indiana with every intention of removing his family to Illinois and of settling on the land he had bought. In 1857 he was engaged in making the necessary arrangements for a transfer of his interests, and in the midst of his operations, with that end in view, he was taken sick and died, Oct. 27, of that year. His widow rented the Indiana farm the following year and removed to Illinois. Her father and other relatives had located in Warren County, and she joined them, settling on section 12, in Point Pleasant Township. The farm on which she took up her residence was at the time unimproved, but that has all been changed, and the place is in a splendid condition for prosperous management. Mrs. Dixson and her children are still the owners of the property in Indiana.

To her and her husband five children were born. The oldest, Samuel B., was born Jan. 10, 1841. He married Jennie C. Davis, April 14, 1870, and they had one child, Bertha. He died Aug. 14, 1874, in Point Pleasant Township, where he had lived and managed the family farm up to that time. His widow and daughter reside in Burlington, Iowa. Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Mrs. Dixson, was born Aug. 1 6, 1842, and died in her infancy. Rebecca was born May i, 1845, and died March 30, 1862. Mary E., the only daughter now living, was born April 13, 1849, and is the wife of Lambert Lester, of this township. Eli is the youngest child and is the only surviving son. He was born in Jefferson Township,

Greene County, Ind., Jan. 8, 1853, and was five years old when he accompanied his mother to Illinois, where he has since lived. He was educated in the common schools primarily, and afterwards attended Abidngon College (Knox County) two years. Later, he went to the Commercial College, at Monmouth. He is a farmer and a citizen of prominence, and is one of the Directors in the Roseville Union Bank. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge at Roseville. The farm of which he and his mother are the joint owners contains 560 acres and is one of the finest and most valuable places in the township. He is also part owner of the Indiana homestead.

| obert Moore, owning an excellent farm, located on section 15, Tompkins Township, where he follows the vocation of an agriculturist, is a native of Ohio, having been born in that State in 1818. His father, Abraham Moore, and his mother, Margaret Moore, whose maiden name was Wolverton, were natives of Pennsylvania. After their marriage, in 1829, they came from their native State to Hancock Co., 111., and there resided until the father's death, which occurred in 1834.

Robert Moore, whose name stands at the head of this biographical notice, was an inmate of the parental household for 20 years, receiving during that time a good education in the common schools. At the age named he left the parental roof-tree and engaged in farming, which occupation he had followed, more or less, up to the time of his leaving home. He first farmed in Iowa for one year, and was one of the first to run a steam ferry across the Mississippi at Flint Hills, now Burlington, at which he was engaged for two years. In 1837 he came to this county and bought land, on which he located and again engaged in farming. He married, Feb. 20, 1 846, Jane Adams, who bore him two children - -Ellen S. and Wilson M. She died Feb. 22. 1848, and in 1852 Mr. Moore married Delilah Stone. In 1849, when the gold fever was at its height, he crossed the plains to California and Oregon and for three years prospected in those States for gold, meeting with signal success. He then returned to Illinois and purchased 240 acres of land in Ellison Township, which he successfully cultivated until 1855, when he sold it and purchased the

160 acres on which he is at present residing. He has lived on the latter tract of land for 20 years, continuously engaged in its cultivation and improvement, and has been amply rewarded for his labors. Mr. Moore was a soldier in the Black Hawk War of 1832, but received no injuries from the engagements in which he took part. He has a wife and seven children living, the names of the children being - Ellen S., Marion E., William A., John S., Willis C., Grace B. and Fred A.

In his political views, Mr. Moore coincides with the principles of the Republican party, and is one of the leading representatives of his vocation in Warren County.

eorge Bruington, engaged as a general farmer and stock raiser on section 1 6, Cold Brook_Township,was born in Knox County, near the Warren County line, on the 4th of October, 1840. His father, Thomas Bruington, a fai mer by occupation and a native of Breckenridge Co. Ky.. was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was married in the county of his nativity to Jane McLaughlin, who was also a native of Breckenridge Co. Ky., and of the same parentage and descent. Before their emigration West in 1833, when they came to the State of Illinois and located in Knox County, they had a family of three children. Mr. Thomas Bruington came into the new western country and found it an improved, unbroken prairie, and made a trade of his horse and a gun for his first farm of 160 acres. After improving that farm and when George, of whom we write, was but a small child, they removed into Cold Brook Township and here purchased 160 acres, where the son now resides, and entered actively and energetically on its improvement. While residing at this place the mother's demise occurred, in the year 1849. She was the mother of nine children, of whom our subject was the sixth in order of birth. The father then married again in Kelly Township, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1883. His second wife was Mrs. Anna Goff, nee Ingersol.

When 18 years of age, George Bruington, of whom we write, set out to battle for himself, going in 1858 to Missouri, and the following year to Pike's Peak,

Col. To this latter place he went in view of mining, but having no success, in the spring of i86r, he returned to his township and began to farm on his own account.

The marriage of Mr. Bruington with Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas Wallace, one of the old settlers in this county, occurred June 7, 1863. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride, who was born Sept. 1839, in Cold Brook Township, and resided at home with her parents until her marriage. Her mother's maiden name was Margaret Murphy. She now resides with her son, John Wallace, a resident of this township, at the venerable age of 85 years. Mr. Wallace, her husband, and father of Mrs. Bruington of this notice, died in this township, April 9, 1861.

Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bruington five children have been born. Margaret J., teacher; Jessie L., Arnold, Elmer and Alma. Margaret and Jessie have been educated in Lombard University, Galesburg, 111. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. B. settled on the farm where they now live. Mr. B. is the owner of 440 acres of well-improved land, supplied with all the necessary outbuildings, and a fine"< residence.

.dward R. Houlton, who resides at Kirkwood, and is extensively engaged as a dealer in thoroughbred cattle, and in agriculture, was born at Houlton, Maine, August 31, 1838. His parents, Joseph and Almira (Ray) Houlton, were New Englanders, the former having been born in New Salem, Mass., and the latter at Concord, New Hampshire. They came from Maine to Illinois in 1851, and found a desirable location in Ellison Township, at the head of Ellison Creek. Here the senior Houlton purchased 1,000 acres of land. At that time, that section of the county was all new and the fertile prairie land had never been turned by the plow. He was among the first settlers in that section of the State, and until his death, which occurred in 1883, was one of the most influential, widely known and highly respected citizens of that section of the county. They reared a family of six children, five sons and one daughter, viz. , Joseph, Frederick, Edward, Charles, Frances and Frank.

Edward accompanied his parents to Illinois, and remained with them until he was 19 years of age, when he started out to labor for himself. His first work after leaving home was in the capacity of a clerk for Knowles, Ray & Chapin, of the well known mercantile firm of that day, located at Kirkwood. In 1858, young Houlton bought out the interest of Mr. Knowles, and the firm name was changed to Chapin, Creswell & Houlton. Mr. Houlton was connected with the firm until 1885, when he sold out his interest and turned his attention to stock raising and farming. He is also connected with the Kirkwood Mineral Springs Company and besides his interests here, which are quite extensive, he owns 4,000 acres of land, adjoining Yankton, Dakota, which is stocked with Short-horn and Durham cattle. He divides his time and attention between his farm in Dakota and his interests here, giving considerable attention to the Mineral Spring Company, of which he is the President. Mr. Houlton is an excellent business man, received a good common school education, and attended the Commercial Colleee at Chicago in -1858, from which he received a diploma.

The above record tells of his success, and his high standing in the community tells of the esteem in which he is held by those who have known him ever since he began as a clerk in the store at Kirkwood.

obert H. Nance. It is only occasionally that we come across in our travels a wellto-do and active farmer, who is a native of this county. We have in the person of Mr. Nance, however, such a gentleman. He was born Jan. 20, r856, and is the son of John W. Nance, a well known and early pioneer of this section, and a native of North Carolina, where he was born May 15, 1814. He came to Illinois about r844, and for about fifteen years lived in Greenbush, when he located upon a farm on section

26, of Berwick Township, where Robert H. now resides. The elder Nance at present lives at Abingdon, 111. His wife, Nancy Simmons, is a native of Tennessee where she was born Feb. 2, 1815. She was a daughter of Charles Simmons, and became Mrs. Nance May 24, 1826, in Tennessee. To them were born the following u children, Rufus D., Francis M., Susan A., Sarah E., Mary J., William C.. Nancy C., Martha W., John A., Harriet E. and Robert H.

Robert H. married Miss Malinda J. Shirley, Aug. 16, 1875. She became the mother of two children, when, Sept. 10, 1879, her demise occurred. Walter E. their only living child, was born Dec. 26, 1878. Their first, who died in infancy, was born Feb. 22, 1877, and died on the 3rd of the following March.

Mr. Nance is conducting a general farming business, and is an active enterprising young man, highly respected in the community. Politically he is a Democrat.

?. William Randall, a member of the reg-^ ||* ular school of medicine, practicing at Greenbush, graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, at the head of his class, March 9, 1858. He soon afterward 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 Dearborn Co., Ind., 25 miles from Cincinnati, in the town of Aurora, May 27, 1834, and is a son of George Randall, born in Canterbury, Kent Co., Eng., in 1796. His father emigrated to the United States in 1819, and located in Shawneetown, 111. 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 Rhoda Ewbank, 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.

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 diagnosis 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 War- «i ren 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.

Lamuel Knox Crawford, M. D., prominent physician and surgeon at Monmouth, and Professor of Surgical Anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, is a native of Fredericksburg, Ohio, where he was born, Jan. 22, 1835. His parents, Hugh B. and Rebecca (Knox) Crawford, were born in the Ligonier Valley, Pa., and traced their ancestry back to the North of Ireland, Protestant, and in the female line, to a direct kindred with the famous John Knox. They reared to men and women three sons and five daughters, and buried in youth and childhood, two sons and a daughter.

The subject of this notice, who was the youngest of the family, spent the first 20 years of his life, when not in school, upon his father's farm. He graduated from Fredericksburg (Ohio) Academy, when about 21 years of age, and three years later entered the Medical Department of the Ann Arbor (Mich.) University, having in the interim completed a full course of the study of medicine with Doctor Timothy H. Baker, of Wooster, Ohio. His first course of lectures was attended at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Michigan, in March, 1861, and from Ann Arbor went direct to Bellevue, (N. Y.) Hospital, and there spent the summer under clinical instruction from the distinguished doctors, Flint and Clark, and passed the following winter at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.

In May, 1862, Dr. Crawford entered the United States service as Surgeon, or Medical Director of the Hospital Steamer, "Sunny Side," and made several trips between Pittsburgh Landing and Cincinnati. July following, he became Assistant Surgeon of the 5oth Ohio Vol. Inf., and was promoted to Surgeon of that regiment during the succeeding autumn. He served in this position until March, 1864, when he was detailed as chief of the Operating Board for the Second Division, 23d Army Corps. This duty placed him in charge of the Field Hospital, where we find, him in December, 1864, when the 5oth and ggth Regiments were consolidated, and he was by special order made Staff Surgeon to Brigadier General J. T. Cooper. This charge in nowise relieved him from his responsibility as chief of the Operating Board, and he discharged double duty up to April 26, 1865. Remembering the facts that Dr. Crawford was never absent from duty, but at his post while his command fought the desperate battles of Perryville, Resaca, Goldsboro, the Atlanta Campaign with its 100 days' fighting, Franklin and Nashville, and even an ordinary mind can imagine something approximating his experience, and the intelligent can know that in placing him in the chair of Surgical Anatomy, the managers and directors of the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons understood what they were doing.

July 20, 1865, Dr. Crawford first landed at Monmouth. He is a member of the Warren County Military Tract, American and State Medical Societies. For 10 or 12 years he lectured regularly to Monmouth College classes upon anatomy, physiology, and hygiene. He has for several years held commissions from various life insurance companies as Medical Referee of the State, and, in 1884, he was made Professor of Obstetrics in the Medical Department of the University of Wooster, at Cleveland, Ohio, a position he was unable to fill by reason of the multiplicity of duties already claiming his time and attention. The Doctor is also a writer of repute, as attested by the popularity of his "Letters to a Young Physician," in the Obstetrical Gazette (Cincinnati), 1879 and 1882; an article on "Typhoid Fever," Transactions Illinois Medical Society, 1874, and also an elaborate paper on Obstetrics.

Nov. 2, 1865, Dr. Crawford was united in marriage at Fredericksburg, Ohio, with Miss Maria Irvine, daughter of the late Samuel Irvine, D. D., of that place, who has borne him eight children - Ada L., born Oct. 8, 1866, died Dec. 7, 1874; Charles, a student; Mary I., Samuel K., Hugh B., who died in infancy ; Fannie C., Grace May and John Jay.

|i; obert A. Elliott, owning 160 acres of good farm land under an advanced state of improvement in Lenox Township and resjding on section 34, of the same, is one of the energetic and successful farmers of Warren County. The parents of Mr. Elliott, Thomas H., and Ellen A. (Helvestine) Elliott, were natives of England and Virginia respectively. They were married in the latter State and removed from there to Jackson Co. O., where the father still resides. His wife died May 5, 1880, leaving to the care of her husband n children, whose names were William H., Margaret, Mary J., Eliza, John Q., George, Charles, Sophia, Thomas, Ellen, James and Robert A.

Robert A. Elliott of whom we write, was a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in Jackson County, Jan. 8, 1849. He lived with his parents, attending the common schools and assisting in the labors on the farm until he attained the age of 1 7 years, in 1865, when he came to this county and since that time has continued to reside here. His life to the present has been passed in agricultural pursuits in which he has met with success. In 1869, four years after arriving in this county, he had accumulated sufficient to enable him to purchase 80 acres of land on section 34 Lenox Township. On this farm he settled with his bride and they unitedly entered upon their separate tasks of improving and beautifying their home and cultivating their land. As the years rolled by, their savings enabled them to purchase an additional 80 acres, making their total landed interests in Lenox Township 160 acres, all of which is under an advanced state of cultivation, and is supplied with a good residence, and all necessary farm buildings.

The marriage of Mr. Elliott took place March 14, 1869, in Lenox Township, at which time Miss Sarah, the accomplished daughter of John and Clarinda J. (Ray) Shirley, became his wife. Her parents were born in Kentucky and their children were four in number, Sarah being'the eldest, after whom Hiram, Malinda and Annie were born. Sarah, Mrs. Elliott, was born in Lenox Township, this county, and resided with her parents until her marriage with Mr. E. They have become the parents of seven children, Nettie A., Sophronia J., Nora M., Annie H., Eletha S., William E. and Ethael P. Mr. Elliott has been School Trustee and Treasurer in his township and he and his wife belong to 'the Baptist Church. In politics he votes with and is a supporter of the principles advocated by the Democratic party.

ames C. Morris, a farmer and stock-raiser, resides on section 9, Ellison Township. He was born in Gloucester County, the name it bore at that time, but now known as Atlantic Co., N. J., on the I4th of March, 1827. His father, Amos, was a native of New Jersey and married Phcebe Campbell, who was also born in that State. Both were of English and Scottish extraction. The parents of Mr. Morris had seven children, he being the fifth child of the family. He lived at home and attended the common schools up to the date of his marriage, when he resolved upon removing to Madison Co., Ohio.

Our subject was only three years old when his parents first arrived in Madison County. In the same place his marriage was celebrated on the 26th of March, 1851, the lady's name being Miss Mary C. Moore, a native of Madison County, born March 26, 1832. She was the daughter of John and Catherine (Coon) Moore, of Virginia. The father was born near Harper's Ferry, Va., the latter in Ross Co., Ohio. Mrs. Morris was a baby of 18 months at the date of her father's death. The mother and daughter always lived together up to the date of the latter's death. Mrs. Moore's demise took place at her residence July 28, 1884, at the advanced age of 78 years. Mrs. M. was the younger daughter of five children, herself being the mother of 1 2 children, six of whom are now deceased. There are at present still living - Alice, Emery F., George B., A. R., Jesse E. and Walter T. Mrs. M. received a good common school education, and before her marriage was a great favorite with her companions and schoolmates.

After the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Moore, they took up their residence in Madison County, and commenced to farm, which occupation they continued until 1856, when they came West to Mercer County, where they resided for four years, thence to Warren Co., 111., where the parents had first arrived

I in 1854. In 1863, when Mr. Morris purchased 80 acres of land, he decided to settle his residence where he at present lives. Besides this, he owns 160 " acres of prime land, which from time to time has

I been considerably improved. For more than ten years our subject has filled the office of Township Assessor, a position in which he has shown himself well fitted not only for this office, but any other ordinarily falling within the scope of men in his position. He is a consistent Democrat in politics, and a warm advocate of right, no matter what cause or in whatever form appearing.

.apt. Eichard A. Howk, farmer, ice dealer and general speculator, residing at Monmouth, is a son of Horace and Fanny (Crouch) Howk, natives of the State of New York, and of German descent. Richard was born in Washington Co., N. Y.,Feb. 22, 1834, and was the eldest of three sons of his parents' family. His mother died in 1838, and his father in r 88 1, both in Washington County.

The father of Capt. Howk was born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1817; the mother in the same county, in the year 1820. The brothers of Capt. Howk were John, who died in infancy; and the third brother was also named John, and now resides in Wayne Co., N. Y. He was married to Catharine Whitcomb, a native of New York State.and to them have been born five boys, viz. : Leon, Edward, Judson, Horace and Jay.

The subject of this notice was brought up to manhood upon his father's farm, and educated at the common schools of Granville, N. Y.; came to Monmouth in iS$8; began work as train baggageman for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (then Peoria & Oquawka Railroad) and was directly appointed Freight Conductor, and followed the business altogether for about two and a-half years. He then turned stock shipper for a few months from Peoria and Quincy,111. In April, 1 86 1, he enrolled as a private in Co. G, ist 111. Vol. Cav., and with that command fell into the hands of the enemy at Lexington, Mo. Being at once retired, he joined the nth 111. Vol. Cav. as First Lieutenant of Co. K, and followed the fortunes of Col. "Bob," Ingersoll's regiment about a year and a half. Leaving the nth at Memphis, Tenn., he returned to Illinois and raised Co. L for the 1 2th Cavalry, and went out as its Captain, and in 1862-63 was a member of Gen. Wallace's staff.

From first to last while connected with his regiment, Mr. Howk had participated in all its engagements. With the ist Cavalry his term was brief; with the nth he was in Tennessee at Ft. Donelson, Donelsonville, Shiloh, Corinth, Stone Ridge, etc. ; with the 1 2th he was in the far South and up the Red River, that stream which the poet says "Damned poor Banks forever." The Captain was about a year and a half upon detached service as a Quarter Master at New Orleans, and left the army in August, r865_

At the battle of Shiloh the Captain received a bullet in his leg, which still remains there, through a period of 24 years, and continues to annoy him. He received another wound by his horse running away at Baton Rogue, which almost disabled his right arm.

Returning to Monmouth after the war closed, Mr. Howk engaged in business, and has since been one of the most active and enterprising men in the county. He is an ardent Republican and a member of the I. O. O. F. and G. A. R.

Parker B. Harper. Her parents were natives of Ohio. She was the third in order of birth of a family of nine children, viz. : Harvey, who was killed at the battle of Stone Ridge, Mo. ; Eliza J., Sarah, James, Thomas, Walter, Charley, and one deceased. Mrs. Howk was born in Greene Co., Ohio, in 1848. The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Howk are mentioned as follows : Albert, a graduate of Monmouth College, is now connected with the engineering department of the Union Pacific Railroad ; Edward is engaged in the grocery business at Monmouth, and Mamie resides at home.

Capt. Howk is purely a self-made man ; what he has of this world's goods, and his fortune is ample, he has acquired by his individual effort and industry.

McClanahan. To the present generation of Warren County, the statement that the name which leads this biographical notice was one of the most honored in the records of the county, will be acknowledged by all, so identified with the best interests of the people was he who is represented in this sketch. He was a native of Virginia, where he was born in 1794. His parents went, in his youth, from the Old Dominion to Highland Co., Ohio. They were pioneers there and there they reared their family.

John McClanahan passed the years of his minority in Highland County, and when the period arrived for him to take up in his own behalf the weapons of warfare with the elements of fame and fortune, he went to Adams County, in the same State, and there became identified with the development of the county by connecting himself with its agricultural interests. He located " in the timber," where he bought a large tract of land, cleared a patch for a house, and settled himself to carve out a home and fortune as so many had already done in portions of the country now far advanced in improvement. He was connected with the history of Adams County until 1837, when he sold his possessions there and went to Brown County, also in Ohio, and, in company with another party, bought an extensive tract of land. It was a valuable piece of property from the fact that it contained a water-power, grist and saw-mill. The owners managed their business together about three years, when they divided the proceeds and acreage, and Mr. McClanahan took his share in land. Much of it was under partial cultivation, and he devoted himself with vigorous energy to the pursuit of agriculture until 1855. He had already made a considerable distribution of his land among his children, and, in the year named, sold all he had remaining and came to Illinois, locating in Monmouth.

Mr. McClanahan took possession of the property known as the Thompson farm, which is situated about one mile west from the seat of Warren County, in the capacity of a renter. He continued to manage the estate two years and at the expiration of that time he removed to Spring Grove Township, where he had bought a farm and on which he had made some improvements. He operated there as a farmer until 1862, when he could no longer resist the element that attracted and overwhelmed every patriotic citizen, and cast his fate in with the contending elements of the Civil War. In July of that year he raised a company of soldiers, and, on the organization of the command, was made its Captain. It was attached to the 83d Regt. 111. Vol. Inf., and was designated Co. B. The regiment joined the forces in the field and participated in the engagement at Fort Donelson. Capt. McClanahan, while gallantly leading his men in a charge, fell at the head of his command, mortally wounded. He was taken into the hospital and tenderly cared for during a severe suffering of 19 days, when, on the 22d of February, 1863, he yielded up his life for his country's cause. His remains were brought back to the home he had given his life to defend. He sleeps the sleep of the just and fearless man who saw more than life in the defense of a principle, and more than the reward of the patriot who valued above all else an unsullied flag and a country intact, as the heritage from those who had erected the most glorious national structure in the history of all the ages.

John McClanahan was known all his life as possessing the elements of true courage and chivalry. He was always the foremost in any enterprise that bore even the smallest promises of permanent benefit to the general well-being. While living in Ohio he was one of the most prominent of the business men of the Buckeye State, and he was for a long lime the moving spirit in the Ripley & Hillsborough Stone Pike Co.npany. He also, while in Ohio, held

Mr. McClanahan married Miss Margaret B. Wright, of Fall Creek, Highland Co., Ohio, and of their union 17 children were born. The race is of Scotch-Irish origin and is tenacious of life. Of the sons and daughters of John McClanahan, 14 yet survive, and worthily represent the honored name of their sire. The mother died in October, 1874, aged 74 years. Of her husband it may further be added that he was wholly self-educated, and that means a far more liberal cultivation than that afforded by the restricted curriculum of the schools. But he was a thorough student of books in a general way, and was a most successful teacher for many winter seasons in Ohio. In political connection he was by inheritance a Democrat, but when the Republican party was organized, its tenets harmonized with his views and he enrolled under its banners. His brave and honored life terminated in defense of its fundamental principles, and " O'er his sacred dust shall wave the tree of liberty."

D. Birdsall. This gentleman is a farmer and blacksmith, and resides in Tompkins Township. He was born Jan. 31 , 1816, in Westchester Co., N. Y. His parents were John and Letitia (Fowler) Birdsall, both natives of New York. They went to Canada in 1820, where '.hey continued to live until 1838, engaging for the time in farming. On coming to Warren County, they settled in Ellison Township, and purchased 320 acres of land. On this they remained 15 years, when they sold the estate and moved into Henderson County, where they purchased 160 acres, on which the family lived until the death of our subject's father in 1863. The death of the mother took place in 1838, an incident that had a saddening effect on the whole household, and more especially to the boy, P. IX Birdsall.

Up to his twenty-fifth year Mr Birdsall remained at home, receiving in the interim a common school education, and assisting his father on the farm. Afi cr leaving home he engaged in the flouring mill business at Biggsvilk, and soon after removed to Oquawka, where in the capacity of blacksmith he worked for nine years, then returning to Warren County he settled in Tompkins Township, and purchased 120 acres, upon which he still lives, carrying on general farming and the blacksmith trade.

He was married, in 1842, to Miss Fannie Ryder, a native of New York, by which union 12 children are living: Charles E., Alexander, Mary, Nancy, John, George, Jacob, William, Flora, Fannie, Clara and Frank. Of these, seven are married, and altogether he has 15 grandchildren.

In politics, Mr. Birdsall is a prominent Greenbacker, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the representative men of Warren County, and considered a consistent member of his Church, and steadfast politician in principle.

harles Albert Hebbard, Editor of the Roseville Times, is a native of this State having been born at Oquawka, Hender- - son County, September i, 1844. His boyhood was spent in this section and when a lad of 1 6, he was apprenticed to learn the machinist trade in the C. B. & Q. R. R. shop at Galesburg. Here he remained industriously engaged at the employment he had so early in life selected, from 1860 to 1863. He only then left the work-shop to go to the front in defense of his country's flag. He enlisted on Nov. 18, 1863, at Springfield, 111., in Co. F, r 1 3th 111. Vol. Inf. He was sent to the front and did valiant service in the cause he esteemed so dear, and on the lothof June, 1864, afGuntown; Miss, received a gun-shot wound in the left side. He continued in the service, however, until September of the following year, when he was mustered out at Springfield, 111.

Mr. Hebbard, like many other enterprising men of the North, felt that there were good openings for various enterprises in the States that were recently in rebellion. He was therefore persuaded to return to Arkansas and for the next two years was engaged running a gang of choppers in getting out wood for steamboats. This not proving satisfactory, he once more returned to Galesburg, and for a time engaged at his trade. Being ambitious and longing for a bet- ter education he made his arrangements for again entering the school-room. He entered the Grand River Institute, at Austinburg, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, a year later. From this institution he was graduated with the degree of B. S. Shortly after leaving the school-room as a student we find him in charge of the Jefferson High School, of Jefferson, Ohio. For two years he successfully, and to the satisfaction of the general public, managed that school. We next find him at the head of the Madison Seminary, at Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, where he remained for four years. He then returned to Ashtabula County and went into the service of the Western Lock Manufacturing Company, taking charge of the manufacturing department. This position he held for four years, his education as a machinist proving invaluable to him.