Grand Detour Township (part 1 of 2)

Grand Detour Township

This village was one of the earliest in the county. It is situated in a sweeping curve of Rock River, opposite a green and fertile island, and in the midst of romantic, picturesque scenery. Having an excellent water power, it was sought by many for manufacturing purposes, and at one time bade fair to become a thriving city. Extensive manufacturies were begun, and Grand de Tour was well known, but the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company decided to pass through Dixon, nine miles south, placing the former village at a disadvantage from which it never recovered. In 1834 Leonard Andrus started from Dixon's Ferry up Rock River in a canoe. The present Lee County was then a portion of Jo Daviess, and Dixon was not laid off as a village until the following year. The inhabitants then were few in numbers, and it is probable that Mr. Andrus was the first white man to explore that beautiful portion of the Rock River Valley. The river is dotted with green islands, while the banks present an endless variety of towering cliffs and mystic caverns. About nine miles above the ferry Mr. Andrus landed and made claim to the beautiful vale which now forms the site of Grand de Tour. The next season he and W. A. House, with their families, took up their residence there and built a log cabin. Their kitchen was located out doors, and culinary operations were often watched by lounging Indians. They were soon joined by Amos Bosworth, Russell Green, Wm. G. Dana, Marcus and Dennis Warren and others. The first white women were Mrs. Sarah I. House and Sophronia Weatherby, who came July 4, 1835. Mrs. E. G. Sawyer, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Huston, came in the next year. Mrs. Esther G. S. Sawyer is still a resident of Grand de Tour, and is its earliest living settler. In November, 1835, the first child was born in Grand de Tour, a daughter, Gertrude, of W. A. and Sarah I. House. Mr. House established the ferry and was made postmaster.

Much general advancement was made in 1836. The village was laid out and a Hydraulic Company was organized for the improvememt of the water power and erection of mills. The company, which consisted of Amos Bosworth, Leonard Andrus, Russell Green, W. A. House, W. G. Dana and Marcus and Dennis Warren, built a saw mill the same year, three miles from the village, on Pine Creek, where the bridge now stands. The Fourth of July, 1836, was celebrated by digging the town well. When Mrz. Sawyer came in 1836 there was a tavern kept by Irad Hill and a store by House and Green. The only other house in the village was the residence of W. A. House, which consisted of one small room, and was used as a kitchen, dining and sleeping room. For a dressing room, a patch of tall grass near the river bank was cut down, and there they made their toilets, using the water of Rock River for a mirror. In 1837 the Hydraulic Company commenced to build the dam, race and saw-mill. The grist-mill was begun at this time, but was not completed until 1838-9, and was soon after purchased by Solon Cumins, who, indeed, purchased the greater portion of the village, and became postmaster and a prominent man. The first frame house, known as the "Red House," was erected by Mr. House in the Spring of 1837. In the following summer five other houses were built - one a large hotel, by the Hydraulic Company, and kept by Robert McKenney, and afterwards by Henry L. Merrill. It was taken down in 1864 and a store-house erected on the same site. The second frame house was a dwelling built by E. H. Shaw, and is now used as a barn. The third was built by Calvin Turner, now owned by Mrs. S. H. Wilson ; the fourth by Mr. Martin, afterwards bought by A. T. Stoneburner, and the fifth building was a store-house built by the Hydraulic Company, and now owned by James Rogers.

Charles Throop came to Grand de Tour in 1838. In 1843 he opened a general store with Mr. Dana, and has continued alone in business since 1848 to the present time.

The settlement, for a time, progressed very rapidly. The brick tavern, known as the Clinton House, was built and kept by Clifton C. Colburn in 1839. Mr. Cumins' purchases of goods in this year amounted to $40,000. Settlers came from Elkhorn, North, Washington, Brodies, and many other groves to do their trading. John Deere, now the noted plow manufacturer at Moline, Ills., opened a blacksmith shop in Grand de Tour, with a set of tools purchased on credit in 1837. In 1839 he made his first plow, and two years later Andrus and Deere started the Grand de Tour plow works on a small scale. This factory was moved to Dixon, where the business is extensively prosecuted by Cumins, Noble & Dodge. During the financial crisis of 1857 the factory was burned down, but was rebuilt in ninety days. The first wagon maker was S. E. Hathaway ; the first carpenter, George Gushing ; the first cabinet maker, Mr. Henry ; the first mill-wright, Ebenezer Day ; first shoemaker, O. F. Palmer ; G. Clements manufactured tinware, George L. Herrick doing the labor as first journeyman tinker; first Justice of the Peace, Erastus Hubbell; first constable, Calvin Turner. The first school was opened in the winter of 1838 by Mr. Goodrich, and in the summer of 1839 a school was taught by Sophronia Weatherby in a slab house. The first physician was William Bass ; the first wedding, that of Reuben Prichard with|Mary Rathburn in March, 1840 ; the second, that of John Cutshaw with Willmot Brown ; the third, George L. Herrick with Julia Muzzy. The first death was that of Mrs. Gardner. The first birth has been referred to ; the first boy born in Grand de Tour was Charles, son of John and D. Deere, in

Religious. - On the 8th day of July, 1837, a meeting was held at the residence of E. H. Shaw for the purpose of organizing a Congregational society. Revs. Colvin W. Babbitt and E. Hazzard were present at the organization, and the former became the first pastor. The society, as formed, consisted of twelve members, two only of whom are now living - Mrs. Esther G. Sawyer, of Grand de Tour, and Mrs. Susan Hamilton, of Moline. Five of the number rest in the village cemetery. E. E. Gardner was the first clerk, and Reuben Pritchard and Samuel Anthony, the first deacons.

The Congregational Church was the first to be erected in Grand de Tour, and cost nine hundred dollars. It was commenced April 18 and dedicated November 12, 1848. Rev. L. H. Loss, of Rockford, preached the dedication sermon. The first trustees, Ruel Peabody, N. C. Tyrrell and G. W. Southwick, were appointed April 12, 1848. On the 21st day of that month W. G. Dana and wife, members of the church, presented the lot on which the building stands. The building committee were F. W. Southwick, J. M. Gould and R. M. Pearson, the latter of whom was the first pastor. The lumber was bought in Chicago and hauled out by Ruel Peabody. The society is now disorganized and the church used as a society and town hall.

The fir $1 Rphcopal minister^ Bishop Chase, preached in the house of E. H. Shaw on an evening of June, 1837. The pulpit was a three-legged stool set upon the table and covered with a towel, while the light was reflected from tallow candles.

The Episcopal Church was commenced in April, 1849, and completed in the year following. The Ladies' Sewing Society paid the first one hundred dollars for lumber, which was bought in Chicago by E. W. Dutcher, who hauled the first load. In June, 1849, the corner-stone was laid in the presence of twelve ladies and fourteen gentlemen. In an excavation in that stone a tin box was placed containing the following articles : a Bible, prayer-book, a copy of the Constitution of the United States, of the Declaration of Independence, of the Constitution of Illinois ; the names of the resident minister - A. J. Warner ; Bishop of Illinois - Philander Chase ; church wardens - S. M. Harris and Carlton Bayley; vestrymen - S. C. Colton, Solon Cumins, Leonard Andrus, H. H. Paine and E. W. Dutcher; building committee - S. M. Harris, H. H. Paine, E. W. Dutcher, Leonard Andrus, Solon Cumins and George Cushing; the names of subscribers to the church fund, of communicants twelve in number, the names of the founders of the town, also gold and silver coin of the United States, from ten cents, silver, to |io, gold, in all, $19.35. The box was then hermetically sealed and placed in the stone, which was located at the southwest corner of the building. The house was consecrated by the name of St. Peter's Church, by Bishop Henry J. Whitehouse, October 22$ 1855. It cost $1,800, and was first occupied by Andrew J. Warner, pastor. Rev. Jones, of Dixon, now officiates. This church was the fifth of its denomination in Northern Illinois, the others being one at Galena, St. Paul, and two at Chicago, the St. James and Trinity.

The first Methodist minister was O. F. Ayres, who formed a class in 1839. The Methodist Episcopal Church edifice was built by Cyrus Chamberlin, who commenced it in April, 1857, and completed it that year. It was dedicated January 23, 1858, by Rev. P. M. Eddy, assisted by the presiding elder. Rev. Luke Hitchcock, and the circuit minister, Henry L. Martin. The church cost $2,500. The people of that vicinity paid Mr. Chamberlin $500 during the next year. Trustees - J. H. Winans, Joseph Cunningham, J. C. Boyd, Joseph Liney, John Cool, J. L. Brown and Jacob Myers. The present pastor is James L. Backus, of Dixon. Joseph Cunningham is Superintendent of the Sunday School. The first temperance society was organized February 25, 1839. The first officers were : President, Samuel Anthony ; Vice-President, Cyrus Chamberlain ; Secretary, Chester Harrington ; Treasurer, Moses Crombie ; Directors, Joseph Cunningham, N. C. Tyrrell, Hugh Moore and Edward Wright. Number of members - males, 42 ; females, 29 ; total, 71.

The Sons of Temperance now have a society there. They meet each Wednesday evening in their town hall. The first abolition society was organized February 8, 1839. The officers were : President, Hugh Moore; Vice-President, Joseph Cunningham ; Recordmg Secretary, Chester Harrington ; Corresponding Secretary, S. N. Anthony ; Treasurer, A. B. Atwood ; Directors, N. C. Tyrrell, Moses Crombie, Cyrus Chamberlain and Samuel Anthony. Number of members - males, 29 ; females, 23; total, 52.

Schools. - 1^\\Q first school-house of brick was built in 1839, and was used for school meetings, elections, etc. The present school-house was commenced in 1856, and finished in 1858 ; Directors, W. T. House, J. F. Legro and C. D. Sawyer; its cost was $4,200, and was at that time the best one in Ogle County. The present teacher is D. C. Sears.

The stage line between Dixon and Freeport and Grand de Tour was maintained for many years by Joseph Cunningham. Recently, however, he was superseded by Joseph Mumma.

The Press. - The first newspaper established in Grand de Tour was the Rock River Register, by Stephens & Knodle, in September, 1842. D. C. Dunbar was the editor. This paper had been located at Mt. Morris, where it was started in January of that year. It was a five-column folio. On October 7 the paper was dressed in mourning on account of the death of its editor, D, C. Dunbar, aged twenty-eight years. He was buried at Mt. Morris.

The first number of the second volume was dated January 27, 1843, showing that omissions had been made during the year previous. It was " published by the proprietors," but fails to state who the proprietors were. In February the commencement of the Winnebago Foru?n^ a new Whig paper at Rockford, was noticed. In the latter part of March an act was published in the .Register incorporating Solon Cumins, Wm. G. Dana and Williard A House, and their associates and successors, as the " Grand de Tour Manufacturing Company," with $100,000 (?) capital.

On the loth of May the names of Charles H. Lamb and A. G. Henderson appeared in the paper as proprietors. In July Mr. Henderson withdrew, leaving Mr. Lamb sole proprietor.

In the issue for October 14, 1842, an article appears regarding *' Our Village." After boasting of the healthfulness of the place and the energy of its citizens, it says :

" We have two stores, one of which has sold upwards of thirty thousand dollars' worth of goods the past season and furnished a market for a large quantity of wheat, pork and other produce, and a third to be filled within two weeks. One good hotel, two blacksmith shops, one plow factory, tin shop, cigar factory, one painter and glazier, two coopers and two carpenter shops, two shoemakers, cabinet shop, broom factory, one wheel-wright and wagonmaker's shop, one turning shop for wood and iron, one tailor, one physician, etc. ; one grist and flouring mill, which turns out for export from six to eight thousand barrels of flour per year ; one saw-mill and one printing press. Water wheels are now being put down for propelling a carding and cloth-dressing machine and the manufacture of cloth.

" In addition, our water power, which is already sufficient for present purposes, can be improved to any extent, and will be another season.

The Register was superseded for a short time by the Illinois Tribune^ November 14, 1844, with John W. Sweetland, publisher. Its publication was soon discontinued.

Township Organization. - The legal voters of the township of Grand de Tour held their first election April 3, 1850, at the village school-house. S. C. Cotton was chosen moderator and L. E. Hemenway, clerk. The following officers were elected : Supervisor - S. C. Cotton ; Town Clerk - S. M. Harris ; Assessor - Solon Cumins ; Collector - E. W. Dutcher ; Overseer of the Poor - S. C. Cotton; Commissioners of Highway - Samuel Bovey, G. L. Herrick and D. A. Brown; Justices of Peace - S. Cotton and Solon Cumins; Constables - J. T. Hunsdon and E. W. Dutcher; Overseers 0/ Highway - G. L. Herrick and James Weaver. The present township officers are : Supervisor - Samuel Young; Town Clerk - James Rogers; Assessor - C. D. Sawyer; Collector - G. S. Fox; Commissioners of Highway - A. A. Sheffield, John Bovey and C. T. Wordsworth ; Justices of Peace-^]2,xnif& Rogers and Charles Johnson; Constables - Samuel Young and A. A. Sheffield.

At one time Grand de Tour was the largest village on Rock River and had every indication of continued prosperity, but when the Chicago & Northwestern

Railroad was built through Dixon it drew the business to points on the line of the road and killed the growth of Grand de Tour. At present there are three general merchants, C. F. Throop, who established his business there in the Fall of 1837, and who has continued from that time ; W. M. Palmer and James Rogers. The latter is also postmaster. J. L. Fine now carries on a blacksmith shop. June i, 1877, a butter and cheese factory was incorporated with authority to issue certificates of stock to the amount of $3,000. It is managed by W. S. Crowley, and has the following officers : President - James Rogers ; Secretary - -YxdiXicis Hemenway; Treasurer - C. F. Throop; Directors - E. T. Gates, A. A. Sheffield, Francis Hemenway and Wm. Cox.

Daysville, once a thriving, prosperous village on the banks of the Rock River, is another of those of which the historian must write : " It was killed by a railroad."

The Township of Nashua was first settled about 1836, by Dr. John Roe, who moved to Lighthouse Point, and lived there with his family for many years. He died in Nebraska, and has several sons who sre practicing medicine in this and neighboring counties. The exact order in which the following settlers came, between that time and 1838, is not known. Ruel Peabody settled on section 28, where he still resides; Major Chamberlin, with family, who is yet living on his old farm, settled in section 13 ; John H. Stevenson settled southeast of him, but just across the line in Pine Rock Township ; Stephen Bemis also lives where he settled, on section 25. Besides these there were : John Carr, who died in the township, and family ; Levi Dort, who died at La Salle, and family; Henry Farwell, who died at Sterling, and family; John Carpenter, who died at Watertown ; James Hatch, who died at Dixon ; Alanson Bishop, who died in the township ; Joseph Williams, who lives now in Iowa ; Riley Paddock, who now lives at Ashton ; Seth H. Hills, who died in California ; Daniel McKinney, Richard McKinney and John McKinney, with their families ; Wm. J. Keyes, who now resides in Daysville. The elder McKinneys are now deceased, and the sons have moved west. Mrs. Wm. J. Mix is a daughter of Richard McKinney.

The Village. - Austin Williams first made claim to the land on which Daysville is situated, and built there a log house. This claim he soon sold out to Jehiel Day, Jonathan Rawson and James Moore, who laid it out as a village in 1837.

Soon after came John Taylor and family. Brown and family, Henry Stiles, Wm. Jackson, Lyman Reed and Daniel Day. Mr. Taylor died at St. Charles, Ills. Mr. Brown returned to the East soon after. Mr. Stiles now lives near Rochelle. Lyman Reed continued to reside in the village until the time of his death. Daniel Day died in DeKalb County. Jehiel Day, after whom the village was named, died there, where Mrs. Day still resides. Mr. Moore died in Dixon. Mr. Rawson, although a partner, lived in the East.

Daniel Day built, on the site of the house now belonging to heirs of John M. Hinckley, the first frame house, in i837-'38, for a store, which was kept by him for a short time, when he sold out and built the first hotel, in about 1839. This was cailed, for a time, " The New England House," and is the two and a half story building now owned by Mrs. Dr. Morton McKinney. A few years after the erection of this house, James Moore built the house standing just west of it, and now owned by Wm. Stevens. The title " New England House " was transferred to this hotel. These have been kept by many different persons, but at present there is no hotel in Daysville.

The second store was opened by Wm. J. Mix and son, and Henry A. Mix, who moved the storeroom of Mr. Day to the northeast side of Main Street.

This was afterwards torn down. This firm dissolved, and stores were continued by Wm. J. Mix, Sr., and by the two others, who built a storeroom on the west side of Main Street. This," also, has been torn down.

The only store at present is that of George M. Reed, which is a continuation of the store established by his father, Lyman. Mrs. Lyman Reed is still living in the village. George M. Reed is now postmaster. The office was first established with Daniel Day as postmaster, at the time he began keeping tavern. When the settlement of Watertown sprang up a few years later, the office was removed to that place, and James Mitchell made postmaster for about two years. It was then returned to Mr. Day's tavern.

Dr. Gregory was the first physician. Many years ago, Dr. Addison Newton resided in Daysville, but he removed to Watertown, where he now resides.

Henry Stiles ran a pole ferry boat in 1837 ; Aaron Baldwin, Wm. J. Mix and others continued it, but there has been no ferry since that of Simon Wilson, about a dozen years since.

Lyman Reed built the first school-house about 1846, and in this Miss Dusenberry first taught. School had been peviously held in private houses and taught by Miss Hue, Mr. Light and many others. The present school-house was built on the same lot on which the old one stood. Miss Agnes Bunker, of Oregon, is the present teacher.

As Daysville was one of the earliest of Ogle County villages, it was made one of the stations of the Methodist circuit soon after it was laid out. Leander S. Walker was among the first to hold regular service, and Barton H. Cartwright, was the last to preach regularly. For many years. Rev. Erastus Woodsworth has preached in the school-house on every fourth Sabbath.

At one time the prospects of Daysville were quite flattering, and an active trade was carried on by four stores, but, as stated, the business was taken away when the railroad came so near without passing through the village.

In the northeastern corner of the township. Honey Creek station, was established on the Chicago & Iowa Railroad, and a village plat laid off by Major Chamberlin in May, 1873. Wm. T. Wilson was made'postmaster and station agent. He was superseded, in the Fall of 1877, by Alonzo Wood, who has opened out a stock of groceries at that point.

Watertown, a mile and one half east of Daysville, is another settlement at which a village was attempted. It at one time had a saw mill, a carding mill and furniture shop, and, like the Village of Goldsmith, the future promised fair,

" But now the sounds of population fail ; No busy murmurs fluctuate the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But all the blooming flush of life is fled.

Other Villages

Flagg Station. - A post-office was established by this name, March 6, 1866, with George C. Steele, Postmaster, on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, near the south county line. The present Postmaster is Alfred Thorp.

A warehouse was built in the same year by Lauren and Alvin Chamberlin. It is now managed by A. A. Thorp, and the business, in 1877, amounted to nearly $33,000.

In the same year, also, a school-house was built, which was taught the first Summer by Miss Louisa Randall, and the next Winter by M. S. Moore.

A Methodist Episcopal Class was organized in 1862, by Rev. Jesse Penfield, although they had no building except private houses in which to hold meetings until the school-house was erected.

Taylor. - This post-office is in Taylor Township, at a settlement called Carthage. There are several residences, a blacksmith shop and a general store by Joseph Stevens, an old and esteemed resident.

Flagg Center is the station in Flagg Township, about three and a half miles northwest of Rochelle, at the junction of the Chicago & Iowa and the Chicago, Rockford & Northern railroads. The post-office there located is called Kyte River, and the station is building up into a village, though yet but little developed.

Kings. - This village was laid out in July, 1875, by William H. King, when the Chicago, Rockford & Northern Railroad was completed through that point. As recorded, the plat was made March 31, 1877. The first building to be erected was an elevator followed by an small hotel and store, all in 1875 and by William H. King. The store is operated by R. W. Schadle and Robert W. Oaks, the former being, also, postmaster. Mr. King soon after built a dwelling, which is rented to Charles Ringquest, shoemaker. The depot was next erected, in the Winter of 1875 and 1876.

In the following Spring, C. T. King, Patrick Malone and W. H. King, each put up small dwellings. Charles Hangland, carpenter, and William Sechler built dwellings in 1877. The latter carries on a neat market and hotel. A. B. Sechler and W. H. King are now building houses. John Doden is the only blacksmith. The elevator is run by West & Andrus, and a lumber and coal business is carried on by King, Kline & Co.

The Township officers at present are : Supervisor^ Geo. Stansbury ; Town Clerk, R. W. Schadle; Assessor^ Charles Eyster ; Collector, E. C. Hayes; Commissioners of Highways, Austin Noe, Julius Elliott and Jacob Gates ; Justices of the Peace, Samuel Doctor and D. H. Hayes ; Constable, J. Q. Bower.

White Rock Berg. - This post-office, situated about three miles northwest of Kings, is a much older settlement. It has a church which has been built about sixteen years, a school-house, wagon and blacksmith shops, and a general store by Hathaway Brothers.

HoLCOMB. - When the Chicago, Rockford and Northern Railroad was completed through Scott and White Rock Townships, a village was laid out on the line between these two townships, and named for an officer, the present receiver of the road, W. H. Holcomb. Joseph Sheafflaid out this village on July 15, 1875, and Jacob Goldenbaum established an Addition on the same day. Mr. Sheaff soon after made another Addition to the plat. This land had origmally been entered by Phineas Chaney, for John Sheaff in December, 1849.

It has a general store, by Peter Hastings, an elevator, which was built by David Sheaff, and is run by West & Bros., a German Lutheran Church, a tavern, by Perry France, two blacksmith shops and a number of dwellings.

This, as well as Kings Station, is in a healthful, growing condition. The railroad, the same power that killed the growth of many Ogle County villages by passing near but not through them, has brought forth these villages, and a great meed of their prosperity is due to it.

Lynnville, with Lindenwood post-office, three miles east, on the Killbuck Creek, is an older place than Holcomb. It has quite a little settlement, with a church, school-house, etc.

Maryland Station. - This station is an outgrowth of the Chicago & Iowa Railroad, and was established, between Forreston and Mount Morris, in i872-'73.

There is a depot, store, and several other buildings. It was laid out April 3 and 4, 1873, by A. Q. Allen, Surveyor, on the land of Samuel Long, David Plum and Emanuel^tover, and has sometimes been called " West Branch."

Adeline. - This village was laid out on the land of John Rummell, about 1846, although the exact date is not recorded. In 1837-38, Mr. Oliver erected a saw mill on Leaf River, about one mile below Adeline. In 1839, John C. Fosler purchased this mill, and in i84o-'4i he erected a grist mill with a stone basement. This mill afterwards burned down, and another was erected by Freadline and Samuel Fosler, sons of John C. Fosler. - This is still in operation under the management of Tilman Treisbaugh. The saw mill was moved to Mud Creek, and has since been torn away.

About the time the village was laid off, Mr. Rummell built a saw mill at the village site, which was purchased by Jacob Dovenbarger, and operated by him until within a few years, when it was discontinued.

The first general store was opened by M. H. Philbrick followed by that of George W. Mitchell. A grocery had previously been established by Mr. John Rummell, who was postmaster. Henry Ausherman, George W. Mitchell, Emanuel Morrison and others succeeded as postmasters. Mr. John Mumma has held that office for several years, but is about to resign. George W. Mitchell has continued there in business until the present time. Christian Fosler succeeded Mr. Philbrick, and is now in business there.

A general resurvey was made of Adeline, July 3, 1855, by A. Q. Allen. Blocks I and 2 formed the original plat ; block 3, with additional lots, formed Rummell's addition; blocks 4 and 5 form Baker's addition. At that date, the following were the recorded owners of Adeline : Jacob, Christian and Henry Dovenbarger, G. W. Black, Mrs. A. Turner, |. H. Potthost, C. Riglemier, S. I. Jacobs, M. and N. Kemble, M. H. and Charles Philbrick, S. Hicks, H. Urnhoist, H. and D. Byerly, J. Rummell, Joseph Newcomer, J. Schnieder, J. and D. Stover, D. Fry, M. and A. Welch, G. W. Mitchell, J. Beeler, S. ReedTC. Wihdholst, D. J. Baker, J. Mumma, Dr. Z. R. Millard, W. G. Strang, D. J. Lowman, F. Stugenberger, F Loheffer, J. Hoffman, J. A. Ettinger, E. Knock, I. Hamilton, C. Fosler, S. Nikirk, E. Morrison, George Dowell, J. Moffett and N. W. Beebe.

Adeline has three churches. The Methodist and Lutheran were built about i860, and the United Brethren about 1875. The pastor of the Methodist Church at present is Rev. Smith ; of the Lutheran, Rev. Wm. H. Schock, and of the United Brethren, Rev. Rieble.

There is one harness shop, bv J. N. Drury ; a blacksmith shop, by Jacob Piper ; a hotel, by John Cornell ; a two-story, brick, public school, Frank Cooper, Principal ; shoe shops, by Robert Brown and Mr. Corts ; a drug store, by Dr. Charles Reichenbach ; a butcher shop, by Joseph Fosler ; a barber shop, by William Reichenbach ; a cooper shop, by Fritz Mulnitz.

LiGHTSViLLE. - This placc, four and a half miles east of Adeline, having a post-office, called " Wales," was laid off about thirty years ago by A. Q. Allen, on the land of John Light.

It has a store by J. B. Bertolet, who is also postmaster ; three blacksmith shops ; a hotel, by Mr. Windhurst ; a wagon shop, church, school-house, and about one hundred and fifty inhabitants.

Brookville. - Before township organization, the entire territory of the township was called " Brookville," and the settlement of that name, on the western county line, was of much promise. It was settled by Samuel Herb, who built a grist mill on Elkhorn Creek, which is still continued by his son Isaac. Mr. Herb also opened an extensive country store ; this was continued for some years by his sons Samuel and Isaac. The post-office was established there before 1850, and is now continued at one of the Brookville stores.

Baileyville. - The site of this village was settled by Orville, Samuel and Ransom Bailey, about 1852. Until the advent of the railroad, it was only a farmers' settlement. At that time, Mr. Philbrick was made station agent, and soon opened a small store there, where he also kept post-office, with Orville Bailey as postmaster.

For several years this was the only store. At present it is a prosperous village of some two hundred inhabitants. It is situated on the northern county line, having a portion of its business houses in Stephenson County.

The store of Mr. Philbrick was followed by a general stock, opened by Miller & Co., under the charge of Charles Boadman. At the beginning of the year 1876, William J. Reitzell succeeded this firm, and continued until April, 1878. He is also postmaster, although, having disposed of his business, he is about to remove to his farm. On the next lot south of the location of this store, Samuel Druck has fitted up a store-room, and is about to establish a store. Aikens & Brother have carried on a general retail business there for several years. Grocery stores are operated by J. F. Rinders and C. W. Bergner ; Fred Kobo, blacksmith and agricultural implement dealer; George Conrad, blacksmith ; C. W. Prince, carpenter and builder; Peter Brand, shoemaker; P. Lyman, painter ; C. Dovenbarger, coal dealer ; Charles Arms, agent for J. B. Smith, grain buyer ; William Sluggett kept a saloon until last Fall, since when he has paid the penalty of confinement in the county jail. Across the line, in Stephenson County, a saloon is kept by John Geiger ; Dr. D. H. Carpenter also resides there, and a shoe store is operated by J. Roscom.

The Methodist Church is one of the early features of the village. Rev. H. J. Huston, of Forreston, fills the pulpit there at present. Sabbath-school is held regularly during the Summer. Of the German Baptist Church, Rev. Willis is pastor.

Monroe. - This village is situated in a fine agricultural township, bearing the same name, in the northeast corner of the county. Since the building of the Chicago & Iowa Railroad through that locality, quite a little place of business has built up there, with the usual store, etc., of a small village. The town house is located three quarters of a mile north of the station. Schools and churches are in the vicinity.

Stillman Valley. - This, also, is a station of the Chicago & Iowa Railroad, but more particularly noted as the location of the first tragedy in the Black Hawk War, "Stillman's Defeat." The village was laid out Oct. 27 and 28, 1874, by Joshua White, proprietor of the village site. Mr. White is one of the old residents of that vicinity, and one of its present business men. It is located on the western line of Marion Township, near Stillman 's Run, a small creek emptying into the Rock River, east of Byron,

Haldane. - This is a flourishing village situated near the centre of Lincoln Township, on the Illinois Central Railroad, four and one half miles south of Forreston, and one and a quarter miles west of Maryland Station, on the Chicago & Iowa Railroad. The village presents a thrifty and growing appearance. It has a general store, by H. J. Garman ; a billiard hall and saloon by Thomas Coggin ; a boot and shoeshop, school and many other buildings and residences. It has also a physician. Dr. Snyder.

Eagle Point is an old settlement on the western county line, in Eagle Township, four miles south of Brookville. It has the Eagle Mills, a church, school-house and store, though the latter is across the county line.

WoosuNG. - The founders of this village were Captains Harvey, Roundy, Samuel Brimblecorn and John H. Anderson, who had been sea captains on the coast of China and returning home, the two former in 1855 and the latter in the year following, they were advised by their old employer, J. N. A. Griswold, then president of the Illinois Central Railroad, to seek homes in the far western country - Illinois.

The Village of Woosung was laid out on the railroad above named, June 14, 1855, by Messrs. Roundy, Brimblecorn and Amos C. Stedman. It was surveyed by Miles B. Light.

Sept. 4, 1857, Francis Chase made a resurvey of the village ; Messrs. Roundy, Anderson and Putnam made additions, and the name was recorded in the Clerk's Office as " Juniata City." This change, however, was not permanently made.

The first house was built in 1855, and is still standing as a residence. In this the settlers lived together with eighteen employes. The captains purchased 2,480 acres of land in that vicinity, and began improvements.

In 1856, their farm house and barn were built on the southeast quarter of section 2. Captain Brimblecorn also built a house in this year, and in the year following, a wind mill, with a fifty-foot wheel, was built by this company. It, however, proved a failure.

A store was soon started, and with time others have been started, until now Woosung is quite a busy little village. Captain Anderson is now station agent.

A]K^DERSOX C. A. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Silver and Plated Ware and Jewelry; he is also agent for the celebrated Diamond Spectacles; Washington Street near Third ; born in Madison Co., N. Y., March 2, 1850; came to Illinois when about five years of age ; came to Oregon Nov. 18, 1875; he is a member of Oregon Lodge, No. 420, A. F. & A. M.

BABCOCK A. S. Attorney at Law and Abstractor, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Georgetown, Madison Co., N. Y., June 7, 1880; his parents moved to Unadilla Forks, Otsego Co., N. 1., in the year 1833; upon the death of his father the subject of this sketch started in life for himself, supporting his mother and sister, at the age of fourteen he commenced to learn the trade of carpenter and builder, and at the expiration of four years started in business for himself, and continued such in that Co. until the Summer of 1854, when he removed to Kane Co., 111., where he continued the same until the Summer of 1856 ; he commenced the study of law the same year, and was admitted to practice in 1866; in 1871 he moved to Sycamore, De Kalb Co., and continued the practice of law and abstract business until Dec, 1876, when he came to Oregon and purchased the Ogle Co. Abstract Office of M. W. Smith, and formed a copartnership with E. P. Piersol, who had been connected with the office for eight years ; he still continues the practice of the law ; has been Supervisor of Blackberry Tp., Kane Co. from 1862 to '66 ; married in Lodi, Kane Co., 111., Nov. 21, 1855, Stella A. Bundy, eldest daughter of P. E. Bundy, who settled in St. Charles, Kane Co., 111., in 1843 ; she was born in Bellows Falls, Vt, Nov. 23, 1835; they had six children: Ida M., who died in infancy; Lily v., born Dec. 23. 1858; Nettie I., Sept. 7,1860; LenaM., April 25, 1863; Albert M., Sept. 9, 1866; Stella J., Nov. 21, 1870.

BACON BOIVMAN TF. (deceased), whose portrait appears elsewhere, was born at Huntingdon, Luzerne Co., Penn., Oct. 5, 1823, and came to Lee Co., 111., in 1839, and entered the Rock River Seminary in the Fall of 1846 ; in 1850 he commenced the study of law with H. A. Mix, and was married Feb. 1, 1852, to Mrs. A. M. Fuller; Aug. 15, 1864, he enlisted, and being commissioned as Captain joined the Army of the Cumberland and entered hard service, where he evinced great bravery in many a hard-fought battle; a^ perfect tactician, always cool, he soon' became a great favorite with all his men as well as every one who came in contact with him ; Capt. Bacon never was granted a furlough but was continually at his post of duty until June 21, 1864, when he was severely wounded at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain ; in consequence of this his right arm was amputated near the shoulder July 12, and on the 19th the left arm was also amputated, after which he suffered no pain, conversed freely and was cheerful; his heroism in the hour of death was even greater, if possible, than while struggling with the enemies of his country, and on

July 21," with his wife by his side, his noble soul returned to its God, and the brave, magnanimous officer, the sympathizing friend, the kind husband and loving father was no more; he left a wife and one child, Francis Bacon, to mourn over his untimely end ; Mrs. Bacon was born Nov. 27, 1824; in Ripley, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. ; came to 111. in 1840 and entered the Rock River Seminary in Spring of 1841 and remained until elected preceptress; March 3, 1847, she married Wm. W. Fuller, but her quiet, married bliss was of short duration, as Mr. Fuller died Aug. 17, 1849, leaving his young wife to the mercy of a cold world ; under the pressure of surrounding circumstances her health soon failed, her spirits drooped and she found it necessary to put herself under the lash; she accordingly entered the Illinois Normal University in 1866 and graduated in 1870, the better prepared to superintend the education of her only child, Francis Bacon, who was born at Oregon, Ogle Co., III., Aug.

21, 1858, and graduated at the Highland Military Academy of Worcester, Mass., June 20, 1877; he entered the law school of the Columbian University in Washington, D. C, Oct. 10, 1877.

BAIL-EY CORIirEIilUS O. Proprietor of Sinnissippi Liverv Stable; Fourth St., north of Sinnissippi House; res. Fifth St. ; born at Elmore, Yt., April 24, 1836; came to Polo, Ogle Co., in June, 1867; Oregon in 1871; married Jane E. Hancock Nov. 4, 1863 ; she was born in Springfield, Mass. ; they have three children : Charles H. and Tim H. (twins), born Feb. 3, 1865 ; Iva M., Jan. 1, 1873.

22, 1867, to Mary, daughter of Benjamin Coddington, of same place; Mrs. B. was born in Pine Creek July 28, 1848; thev had two children (one, Hattie, died Nov.

23, 1868), and the one that is living is Willoughby, born May 11, 1870; Mr. B. is a Republican and has been living in Oregon Tp. since 1869.

Barnhizer Samuel, farmer ; Sec. 6. Beach Henry F. blacksmith. Beaman Charles, tinner. Beam an Dexter, laborer. Beck Antone, gardener. Bennett Fred. W. town collector. Bennett Walter, carpenter.

BEXXETT "WM. W. President First National Bank, Washington St.; res. cor. Third and Jefferson Sts.; born at Fall River, Mass., Sept. 19, 1835 ; came with parents to Ottawa, La Salle Co., in 1838 ; moved to Oregon in 1840; his father *

Philip R. Bennett, was one of the early merchants of Oregon ; he died in this place Sept. 10, 1873 ; he was one of the prominent men of this Co., having served as Probate Judge, Co. Treasurer from 1854 to 1856, Postmaster; in 1835, previous to leaving Mass., he served as a member of the Legislature from Bristol Co. ; Wm. W. Bennett commenced mercantile business here in 1855; sold out in 1870; in 1873 he engaged in the banking business, under the firm name of Wagner, Bennett & Artz ; in 1874 he was elected President of the First National Bank, and has held that position ever since; married Nov. 19, 1869 ; have three children : Wm. Wallace, Geo. M. and Mary K. ; Mrs. Bennett is a member of the Lutheran Church.

BliOMQUIST JOHX, Merchant Tailor, dealer in Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, etc., Washington St., near Third ; res. on Sixth St. ; born in Sweden Sept. 6, 1850; came to Geneva., 111., in 1869, and to this place in 1871 ; he has worked at tailoring about fifteen years.

BOTTIiEB JOHUr T. Marble Dealer; born in Ireland June 12, 1840; came to the United States in 1845 ; came to Oregon in Jan., 1870 ; has been engaged in marble cutting since 1854; married Mary Keating; they have had six children, two deceased ; those who are living are: Mary, Johanna, Nellie and Thos. Wm. ; Mr. B. is a member of the Catholic Church.

BBOOKE BEXJAMIX, Farmer; Sec. 6; owns 156 acres, probable valuation |7,800; Mr. Brooke was born Feb. 7, 1832, in Hamilton Co., O. ; his parents moved to Ogle Co. April 12, 1835, and settled in Pine Creek Tp., where he lived until 1863, when he moved to Oregon Tp. and purchased a farm; he was married Dec. 25, 1855, to Mary E., daughter of John Fields, of Pine Creek Tp.; they have four children : Martha O., born April 27, 1857; John F., Jan. 11. 1860; George E., July 1, 1866, and Effle M., July 15, 1870; Mr. Brooke is a Republican, and is now serving his second term as School Director; he is a member of the Society of United Brethren, of which denomination Mrs. Brooke is also a member.

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BUYM ASTER JOSEPH, Farmer ; Sec. 30; P. O. Grand de Tour; owns 106 acres, probable valuation $3,544; Mr. Buymaster was born Feb. 13, 1830, in Lancaster Co., Penn,, and was married June 23, 1853, to Mary, daughter of John Burke, of Elmira, N". Y. ; Mrs. Buymaster was born in Oct., 1838, in the State of New York; they have seven children, named: John C, born June 28, 1854; Ellen A., born Sept. 8,1856; Alice E., born March 22, 1858; Catharine E., born Sept. 6, 1860; Caroline, born April 12, 1866; Joseph V., born Aug. 18, 1868, and George F., born May 8, 1875; they lost two children, named : William, born July 24, 1871, and died Sept., 1871 ; May, born June 8, 1876, and died Aug. 27, 1876 ; Mr. B. came to Ogle Co. March 8, 1858, and lived in Grand de Tour for eleven years ; he then came to Oregon Tp., where he now resides ; he is a Republican, and enlisted in the War of the Rebellion with the 34th I. V. I., Sept. 7, 1861, and was engaged in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, where he received a slight wound in the face; he was mustered out of service July 17, 1865, at Chicago, and returned to his home in Grand de Tour Tp. ; Mrs. Buymaster is a member of the Free Methodist Church.

Retired Farmer ; born in Harrison Co., West Virginia, June 23,1814; moved to Bureau Co., 111., May 14, 1836; after remaining there only about one month, he went to Galena; in February, 1837, he went to Greene Co., Ohio, where he married Jane Berry March 9, 1837 ; he then went to Bureau Co. again, where he remained until March, 1838, when he came to White Rock, Ogle Co.; in 1852 he moved to Marion Tp., where he lived until his removal to Oregon in 1874; he now owns about 800 acres; his farms being located principally in Marion, Oregon and Pine Rock Tps. ; Mr. C. was justice of the peace one term in White Rock, and one term in Marion ; Mr. Chaney's children who are living are : Elizabeth Ann, now Mrs. Samuel Sheaff; Benjamin, Martha Jane, now Mrs. Hiram L. Woodburn; Phineas, Jr., and Samuel; eight children died in infancy; one daughter, Emma, died April 29, 1877, aged 21 years, ten months and fourteen days.

CHAISEY PHIIirEAS, Jr., Manufacturer of Wagons, Carriages, Buggies, Sleighs, Cutters, etc.. Trimming, Painting, and all kinds of repairing done on short notice and in the best manner; shops cor. Fourth and Franklin Sts.; Mr. Chaney was born in Marion Tp., Ogle Co., Jan. 8, 1854.

CHAPPEMi DR. WH. H. Homeopathic Physician and Surgeon, office on Washington St., opposite Public Square; res. cor. Sixth and Franklin Sts. ; was born Shoreham, Addison Co., Vt., Jan. 5, 1847; educated in Chicago, and at the State University at Madison, Wis. ; practiced medicine nine years in Wisconsin, previous to removal to Oregon, in 1875; married Josephine S. Dailey March 23, 1868; she was born at Pleasant Springs, Dane Co., Wis., March 4, 1850 ; they have one child : Clarence C, born May 27, 1872; Mrs C. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

CliEVEIiAlfD JOHUr C. Proprietor of Restaurant and Dealer in Confectionery, Fruits, Cigars, Tobacco, etc., Washington St.; born in St. Albans, Vt, Oct. 19, 1852; came to Oregon in 1856 ; married Sarah Sherer Dec. 25, 1872; she was born in Rockford, 111., Sept. 15, 1852; they have one child : Guy Mix, born Sept. 21, 1877.

CliOVER JOH:9r JAMES, Baker; born in London, Eng., May 21, 1836; remained there until he was eighteen years of age, and then emigrated to America ; settled in Philadelphia and engaged in the business of a baker, which he followed for two years, returning to London in July, 1856 ; he married Esther N. Greayer.of London, in October of that year; he remained in London until 1873, when he returned to America, first coming to Chicago, where he remained a short time, and then came to Oregon, arriving here in November, 1873, where he has since continued to reside, following the business of a baker; they have eight children : John William, Samuel, Esther N., Lizzie, Edward, Albert, Robert, William Henry; one deceased: Sarah Mary.

acres in Oregon Tp. ; probable valuation, $4,000 ; Mr. C. was born Aug. 14, 1806, in Alleghany Co., Md., and was married Aug. 1, 1832, to Catharine, daughter of J.oseph Bailey, of Hamilton Co., Ohio ; Mrs. C. was born Aug. 1, 1811, and died March 5, 1877; they had seven children, two of whom are dead, and named, James, born July 16, 1837, and Margaret, Nov. 5, 1839 ; the names of those living are: Elizabeth, born May 14, 1833. John, Dec. 5, 1834, Aaron P., Dec. 12, 1841, Harrison, May 26, 1844, and Mary, July 28. 1848; Mr. Coddington came to Ogle Co. in 1839, and settled in Pine Creek Tp. ; he is a Republican, and was Commissioner of Highways for one term.

COX HIRAM S. Farmer; Sec. 30; owns 148 acres of land; probable valuation, $4,440: Mr. Cox was born Oct. 25, 1836, in Washington Co., Md., and came to Ogle Co. May 15, 1848, and settled in Grand de Tour Tp., where he lived two years, and then moved to Pine Creek Tp., where he lived until 1862; he was married Oct. 8, 1860, to Amanda, daughter of Edward Wilson, of Pine Creek Tp.; ishe was born Nov. 18, 1838, in Penn.; they have three children : Florence J., born Aug. 12, 1865, Theodore B.. April 12, 1867, and George M., Oct. 19, 1872; Mr. Cox enlisted in the War of the Rebellion Aug. 15, 1862, with the 74th I. Y. I., and was engaged in the battles of Perryville and Stone River, and in all of the engagements that his regiment participated in, until he was transferred to the 2d Regular Reserve Corps, in 1864 ; he was sick in hospital for about four months, and was mustered out July 4, 1865, at Detroit, Mich., when he returned to Oregon Tp., where he now resides ; he is a Republican and a member of the Christian Church; Mrs. Cox is also a member of the same church.

CROI^S I:L.M£R J. of the firm of Swarts & Cross, Proprietors of Livery, Feed and Sale Stable; stable north of Sinnissippi House; born in Independence, Mich., Nov. 23, 1852; came to Oregon in 1876.

DAVEY WHililAM, Farmer; Sec. 9 ; owns seventy-three acres ; probable valuation, $3,650; Mr. Davey was born Dec. 11, 1821, in Cornwall, England; he was married March 1, 1851, to Jane, daughter of Walter Kendall, of Cornwall, England ; Mrs. Davey was born March 4, 1828; they have six children, whose names are: William H., born July 14, 1852, Marv J., Dec. 15, 1853, Charles, Nov. 20, 1855, Cephas, Nov. 21, 1859, Elizabeth, Nov. 14, 1861, and Minnie, Feb. 6, 1866; in 1869 Mr. Davey came to the United States, and arrived in Ogle Co. in Sept. of same year ; he settled in Nashua Tp., where he lived three years, and moved from there to Oregon Tp. in the Autumn of 1872.

E. F. Attorney at Law; oflBce on Etnyre Block; res. on Fourth St., cor. Franklin ; born in Canaan Tp., Pittsford Co., Conn., April 2, 1818; in 1836 moved to Lockport, N. Y. ; lived there until 1844, when he went to Orleans Co., N. Y. ; in 1846 he came to Oregon, has been engaged in the practice of law since 1843 ; Aug. 13, 1862, he enlisted as a private soldier; Sept. 2, 1862, Gov. Yates authorized him to raise a company, with rank of Second Lieutenant; he enlisted 101 men and went into camp at Rockford Sept. 14 ; was elected Major of the 74th L V. I., and the 27th of the same month left for Louisville, Ky. ; was in the battles of Chappel's Hills, Perryville, Lancaster, Knobs Gap, Overalls Creek, Stone River, and all the engagements participated in by the regiment to the time of his resignation ; he commanded the regiment 70 days after the battle of Stone River; married Elizabeth S. Van Yalken, of Kinderhook, N. Y., in 1849; she died May 18, 1876; they had six children; two daughters deceased; the living are: Edward S., William H., Ruluft E., and George A.

D^VIGHT FRANCIS E. Photograph Artist, Jones' Blk., Washington St. ; born in Marion Tp., Ogle Co., Sept. 9, 1846; came to Oregon in June, 1875; married Miss Jennie Farr Nov. 10, 1875; she was born at Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y.

DWIOHT GEORGE M. Black smith; Dealer in Wagons, Agricultural Implements, etc.. Third St., near Washington; res. on Fourth St.; was born in Poland, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., May 11, 1834; removed to Peoria Co., 111., in 1838; came to Ogle Co. in 1842; has been engaged in blacksmithing for twenty-five years ; he was supervisor four years ; married Mary J. Russell Dec. 10, 1857 ; she was born in Winnebago, Winnebago Co., 111., in Sept., 1836; they have three chil-

£ll£BISOI«f CHAJS. F., SU., Dealer in Fruits, Vegetables, etc., Fourth St., basement of Union Block; res. on Fifth St. ; was born in Keene, N. H., May 14, 1817; came to Daysville, Ogle Co., March 2, 1837; came with Jehiel Day, and clerked for him until he came to Oregon, in the Spring of 1840; in 1840 he was elected town constable, and served in that capacity eight years ; was deputy sherifl two years ; has been in hotel and mercantile business most of the time since he came to Oregon; his first wife was Henrietta Franklin, she died in 1848; his present wife was Sarah A. Norton, of Ohio ; they have had six children ; lost two sons, who died in infancy; those living are: Charles F., Jr., Frank, Harry and Blanche P. ; Mr. and Mrs. E. are members of the M. E. Church.

SOliOMOX J. Farmer; Sec. 1; was born in Northumberland Co., Penn., 1819; located in Niagara Co., N. Y., 1846; and in this Co. in 1850; married Sarah A. Lilly in 1846; she was born m Northumberland Co., Penn., 1827; are members of the M. E. Church ; have eleven children (one deceased) living: George L., born in 1847; Emma C, 1849; Alfred W., 1851; Walter 8., 1856; Aaron S., 1859; Willis N., 1861; Frank C, 1863; Cora Ellen, 1865; Martin Luther, 1867; John P., 1870; Mr. Eahbach has been commissioner of highways one term, school trustee six years, supervisor four years, assessor one year; he is commissioner now; he owns 127 acres of land, worth $8,000, and another farm worth $7,000.

ETHTYKE DANIEIi, Farmer; Sec. 4; was born near Smithsburg, Washington Co., Md., March 29, 1817 ; came to Oregon May 17, 1839; he has been engaged in farming ever since he came here, living on the same land where he first settled ; Mr. E. has been county treasurer, township road commissioner, and for a great many years was school director ; married Mary Rice (daughter of Jacob Rice, who came to Mt. Morris in 1837) Jan. 12, 1843; her father died in April, 1870, at the age of 84 vears; Mrs. E. was born near Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 5, 1823 ; they have had twelve children; the living are: Lauretta, now Mrs. Henrv Kauffmann; Sarah C, now Mrs. J. B. Mix; William A., John J., Lydia, Daniel E., Elizabetii, Emma, Samuel and George ; ' lost two daughters :

Mary died in infancy, and Augusta died May 5, 1860, aged 14 years ; Mr. Etnyre's father died Oct. 6, 1839, the same year he came to this place, aged 56 years.

ETXYRE ElilAS, Retired; res. cor. Fourth and Madison Sts. ; born in Washington Co., Md. March 15, 1815 ; came to Oregon May 16, 1839 ; engaged as carpenter and joiner, and farmer; his first wife was Sarah Gantz ; she was born in Washington Co., Md. ; died in 1863 ; they had three children ; one son living, and now attending school at Evanston; his present wife was Cecelia Hildebrand; was married Dec. 24, 1872 ; she was born in Washington Co., Md.; had one child by this marriage : Frank, who died March 8, 1874, aged 16 months.

ETXYRE JOI^IAH W. Proprietor of Billiard Hall, Washington St., east of Third ; was born in Washington Co., Md., Dec. 25, 1843 ; came to Rockvale, Ogle Co., in the Spring of 1864; he was engaged in farming until his removal to Oregon in 1867; engaged in present business ten years ; married Rachel Petty Oct. 17, 1873 ; she was born in Ogle Co., March 8, 1854; they have two children: Florence May, born Oct. 20, 1864, and Wm. Lawson, born Sept. 6, 1876.

firm of Ettinger & Artz, General Merchants; Washington St. corner Third; born in York Co., Pa., Sept. 23, 1840; came to Oregon in Oct., 1864; engaged in present busioess since 1867; served one year as Capt. Co. A., 166th Regt. Pa. V. I. ; Capt. Ettinger was Mayor of Oregon in 1875 and 1876 ; married E. Blanche Potter, daughter of Dr. E. S. Potter, one of the old settlers of Oregon, Jan. 20, 1874; she was born in Oregon; they have one child, Alice Ida, born Feb. 10, 1876 ; Capt. E. and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

FABREli DAiriEIi, Carpenter and Town Constable; res. on Fifth St. cor. Franklin; born in Greene Co., Indiana, Dec. 16, 1837; came to Rockvale, Ogle Co., in Nov., 1841; engaged in farming until 1874; enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, in Co. G., 74th Regt. I. V. I. ; mustered out June 29, 1865, having been in the service three years ; Dec. 24, 1865, he married Mary A. Patrick ; she was born in Marion Tp., this Co.; they have four children: Elizabeth J., Clark A., George W. and John J. ; Mr. Farrell was Collector of Rockvale Tp. in 1867 ; in 1869 he removed to Iowa, where he resided until he came to Oregon in the f^IISH ISAAC I. Farmer and Stone Mason; Sec. 30; P. O. Grand de Tour; owns 146 acres, probable valuation $3,000; Mr. F. was born April 2, 1833, in N. Y., and came to Ogle Co. in Feb., 1853 ; he lived four years in Pine Creek Tp., and then went to Missouri, where he lived three years and returned to Ogle Co. ; he was married March 22, 1855, to Helen M., daughter of Mrs. Eunice Paul, of Pine Creek Tp., this Co.; Mrs. Fish was born June 12, 1831 ; they have three children living: Katie E., Rene I. and Annes G.; they lost one child, George W., who died Oct. 22, 1868; Mr. Fish is a Republican; and during the War of the Rebellion enlisted in the 34th Regt. I. V. I. Sept. 7, 1861; he was engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Liberty Gap, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jouesboro and Savannah, Ga. ; he was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain by apiece of shell and at Black River he was struck by a ball, and again at Bentonville, N". C, he received a scalp wound ; he participated in all of the engagements that his regimenttook part in, and was mustered out as Sergeant July 17, 1865, at Chicago, and returned to Ogle Co., and settled in Oregon Tp. in 1867.

firm of A. Forrest & Co., Oat Meal Manufacturers; mills established in Oregon in 1873; capacity of mills 150 barrels per day; employ 30 men; their shipments are made to Europe principally; Mr. Forrest was born in Scotland in June, 1846; moved to Canada in 1866; came to Rockford in 1872, and to Oregon in 1873 ; he married Martha Montgomery of Canada ; they have one child, Margaret H.

FUIiIiERi;i^IIiT.IAlI "W. (deceased), whose portrait appears in this work, was born at Princeton, Mass., Aug. 14, 1792. and was one of five sons, all of whom were educated at home and fitted for college; William graduated at Harvard in 1813, and became a member of the legal profession in 1817, where he gained considerable prominence; in 1838 he visited Baltimore, Washington, and several western cities with a view to bettering his condition, and at the earnest solicitation of Judge Thomas Ford (since Governor) he came to Oregon, Ogle Co., where he took the government law practice in 1839 ; his fine mental endowments and genial manners soon gained for him fame and friends; Aug. 16, 1840, he married Miss Mary Fletcher, a lady of rare worth and loveliness ; but she was spared to him only a few short months, departing this life Dec. 5, 1841, and leaving a tiny helpless babe, who soon joined her angelic mother; March 3, 1847, Mr. Fuller was again married to Miss Almira M . Robertson, preceptress of Rock River Seminary; Aug. 17, 1849, after many months of extreme sufiering, he died in the faith of his fathers, rejoicing to join his loved ones gone before.

G-AIiE JAMES V. Retired Merchant; born in Concord, N. H., Nov. 2, 1806, and is a son of Benjamin and Prudence (Varnum) Gale; his father was a man of considerable prominence in his state and closely identified with its early history; he lived to the ripe age of eighty-seven years; James V. Gale received his preliminary education in the schools of his native town, and in 1824 entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he remained about a year; in 1827 he went to Boston, where he was engaged as clerk in a store on Rowes' Wharf, Boston ; in 1831 he commenced business for himself and was engaged in the mercantile business until 1835, when he disposed of his interest ; then removed to Illinois, and in the month of May, 1835, located in Ogle Co. and erected the firet log cabin near what is now the City of Oregon ; he followed the occupation of farming until 1848, when, the town having increased considerably, he embarked in mercantile business with a partner, which they carried on very successfully about four years, then sold out the establishment and erected a saw mill, retiring from active mercantile pursuits; he is the oldest living resident of Oregon, and has held many responsible positions; he was first Recorder of Ogle Co. and held the office eleven years ; he was also the first Justice of the Peace (elected in 1836), and the first Public Administrator; he was Supervisor for 1853 and 1854, and also from 1858 to 1868; he was the second Postmaster of Oregon, being appointed by President Harrison in 1841 ; held the office two years, when he was removed on account of politics, not being a "Tyler" man; in 1863 he was elected by the Republican party of his district to represent them in the State Legislature and acquitted himself in a creditable manner; in 1870 Oregon became an incorporated city and he was elected its first Mayor, and served in that capacity two years ; in the same year he was elected a Director of the Chicago and Iowa Railway Co. ; was subsequently elected Vice

President of the Co. ; he is a Director of the First National Bank of Oregon and Vice President of the same; it will be perceived that his has been a life of continual effort and toil, and although he is now the age of three score and ten years, he is still hale, hearty and energetic as many men who are a score of years his junior ; he is fully posted in the history of Oregon and Ogle Co., having for many years kept a journal wherein he has noted the important events transpiring during that time ; he was married in April, 1833, to Caroline Gribson, of N. H., and has two daughters living, the only survivors of several children : Mary Jane and Frances.

OAIiE JOHN V. Farmer; Sec. 4; P.O. Oregon; born in Concord, N. H., April 5, 1814; came to Oregon in March, 1836 ; helped to raise the first house in Oregon Village in the Sprinsr of 1836 ; sold to Jonathan W. Jenkins the logs to build the first public house in this place; In 1849 Mr. Gale went to California with two ox teams ; was accompanied by a party of five Ogle Co. men ; he was engaged in mining one year and in stock business two years ; returned to Oregon in the Fall of 1851 ; he has been Supervisor of this Tp. the last three years ; was Township Highway Commissioner three years; married Phila U., daughter of Caleb Marshall, who came to Mt. Morris in 1836 ; the ceremony was performed at Mt. Morris May 16, 1843; she was born in Plattsburg, N. Y., July 31, 1834 ; they have had seven children ; one son, Russell V., enlisted in Co. B, 55th I. V. I., in Nov., 1861 ; died at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Dec. 13, 1861; the living are: Scott, Charles M., Frank B., James V., Albert S. and Frederick.

OIOOUS OEOBOG B. Farmer ; Sec. 6; owns 193 acres, probable valuation $7,680 ; Mr. Gigous was born Nov. 4, 1845, in the place where he now resides, his father, George Gigous, having settled here in 1841 and died May 17, 1877, aged 69 years and 7 months; the subject of this sketch, however (George B. Gigous), was married Jan. 15, 1866, to Mary E., daughter of William Newcomer, of Oregon Tp.; she was born Dec. 3, 1848, in Washington Co., Md.; they have two children: Alice May, born Dec. 15, 1868, and George E., born Aug. 31, 1877; Mr. Gigous is a Republican, and is School Director, having been elected to that oflSce in the Spring of 1877, to serve three years.

Farmer; Sec. 17; owns 160 acres, pn»bable valuation $3,000; Mr. Goldschmit was born Nov. 38, 1881, in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; he was married April 11, 1858, to Margaret, daughter of John Post,

Hawthorute Joseph

Farmer ; Sec. 1 ; born in Washington Co., N. Y., in 1834; located in this Co. in 1840; married Fanny Rutledge Dec. 35, 1860; she was born in Waterloo Co., Upper Canada, in 1837 ; they are members of the M. E. Church; have three children: Willard F., born in 1861; Florence, 1863; Mabel, 1877; owns 30 acres of land well improved, worth $3,500.

firm of Herbert & Welty, Props, of Restaurant and dealers in Confectionery, Cigars, etc., Washington St., opp. Sinnissippi House ; born in Oregon, Ogle Co., April 16, 1854.

Hllili OEO. W. Capitalist; born in Charlotte, Chittenden Co., Vt., Oct. 33, 1815; came to Oregon in 1837; lived here two years, then returned to Vt., where he remained two years, then went to Cleveland, O., where he was engaged in hotel business; was in Cleveland eleven years, then came to Oregon again ; he was ift grain business five years, grain and lumber two years; he has a large amount of valuable land in Oregon; he owns the grain elevator at the depot; is extensively interested in stock raising; he married Mary E. Merwin, of Westfleld, Mass., Feb. 13, 1845; she was born in Brookfield, Conn.; they have had four children; Frederick Judd, died Sept. 37, 1855, aged six months; Georgianna. died April 15, 1857, aged eleven years; the names of the living are: Wm. Chittenden, born in Westfield, Mass., Nov. 37, 1856, and George Merwin, born here Jan. 20, 1859.

JACOBS OEOROE F. Attorney-at- Law ; was born in Fall River, Mass. ; he first resided in Galena, and moved from there with his parents to Oregon in 1852 ; he graduated at Beloit College in 1857 ; studied law in the office of the late Henry A. Mix, and was admitted to the bar in 1860 ; on Feb. 23, 1863 was commissioned Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and was after-

. wards made a Major by brevet, and continued in the service until the close of the war: was a member of the State Senate during the Twenty-eighth and Twentyninth General Assemblies ; upon expiration of his term of ofllce he resumed the practice of the law at Oregon.

Paper, etc. : Washington St. ; res. on Jackson St. cor. Fifth ; born in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, July 7, 1847 ; came to Oregon when about three years of age ; he served seven months in Co. I, 140th Regt. I. V. I. ; he is at present time Town Clerk ; married Nancy Petty March 31, 1870; she was born in Henry Co., 111., and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

JOHXSTON TIMOIiEOK OSCAR, son of Wesley and Sarah Johnston, was born at Franklin, Ionia Co., Wis., June 30, 1849, where he resided with his parents until 1851, when they removed to Peru, 111., remaining there about seven years ; in 1858 the family went to Austin, Texas, making this their abiding place for about twenty months, when they set out on their return to Ogle Co., and taking the overland route by team, ma the Indian Territory, Kansas and Missouri, and reached Polo after a tiresome journey of six weeks ; the Johnston family lived in Polo about eight or nine years, where the subject of this sketch attended district and select schools a portion of the time, but, in 1861 and 1862, went to school at Sinsinnawa, Mound College, Grant Co., Wis., a Roman Catholic institution, under the auspices of priests of the Order of St. Dominic ; while there, was awarded first premium in English orthography, and second premium in English reading ; for three years later he was a student at Rock River Seminary, at Mt. Morris, where he completed his studies and received a diploma, in the commercial course, and advanced to a high grade in the scientific and classical curriculum of the institution ; at the age of seventeen he prevailed on his father to give him his time, as, like most youths of that age, he believed himself fullv capable of taking care of himself, and after a six weeks' trial with, to say the least, very indifferent success, he returned to his paternal roof, a wiser man ; through the good offices of his uncle, G. W. Phelps, he secured a position in the printing office of the Oregon National Guard for one year at the enormous salary of |100, he to board himself and to draw no salary until expiration of the year. At the end of three months he quit, but was finally persuaded by his mother to return, and at the end of the year had become a first-class compositor. He then worked about three months in the office of the Ogle County Reporter for M. W. Smith, after which he attended school another term at Mt. Morris, when he went to Iowa and found employment in the office of The Vinton Eagle, Benton Co. Was married Dec. 30, 1869, to Miss Mary E. Shockley, of Vinton, by whom he has two children : May, aged seven years, and Johnny, aged five years. Feb. 16, 1872, he returned to Oregon and bought a half interest in the Ogle County Reporter of W. H. Gardner, and formed a copartnership with that gentleman, and in the November following bought out Gardner and assumed entire control of the paper, which he still retains. In 1874 he built a residence at a cost of 12,000, which, together with his printing office and building, is without incumbrance. In the Spring of 1877 was elected Alderman in the First Ward of Oregon ; is Chairman of the Committee on Police and Public Health, and is member of the Finance Committee of the city government. Is member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, having passed the chairs in the latter, and now being Representative and Deputy to the Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. of Illinois.

JOHlfSTO:!!(r ^TESIiEY, Capitalist; res. cor. Third and Jackson Sts. born in New York City April 1, 1817 ; went to St. Louis in 1837 ; was clerk on Mississippi River Steamboat a year and a half; bookkeeper at Sulphur Springs, near St .Louis, one year and a half; came to Oregon in 1841 ; from 1844 to 1860 was engaged in mercantile business extensively in partnership with James C. T. Phelps, thev having stores at Elizabeth, Jo Daviess Co., 111., Franklin, Iowa Co., Wis., Beetown, Grant Co., Wis., from 1845 to 1850; they also had a store at Weston, Mo., in 1849; in 1850 went to Peru, 111., carried on mercantile business there and at La Salle until 1857; had a store at Polo from 1855 to 1860; one at Milledgeville in 1857, and also one at Brookville same year; from 1857 to 1860 had three stores in Texas ; from 1860 to 1865 Mr. Johnston did business in Polo without a partner ; he was City Treasurer when he resided at Peru ; since 1865 he has devoted his time to real estate operations and money loaning for himself exclusively ; June 8, 1848 ; he married Sarah L., daughter of John Phelps, who came to Galena in 1827 with a stock of goods for the lead mines ; was in business there two or three years ; then went to farming on Gov. Carlin's farm near Alton, 111. ; he was Second Lieut, of 2d Co. during the Black Hawk War in 1832 ; he was also in the war of 1812 ; he located land in what is Mt. Morris and Rockvale in the Fall of 1833 ; died April 1, 1874; Mrs. Johnston was born in Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tenn., March 27, 1817; she named the Town of Oregon; her father having laid it out in 1835 ; Mr. Johnston's family consists of four children : T. Oscar, S. Alice (now Mrs. S. G. Jones), Eva E. and James W.

JONEI^ FRED. G. of the firm of Petrie & Jones, General Merchants, Washington St.; res. cor. Third and Madison; was born in Canada West, March 19, 1846; came to this Co. in 1865 ; has been engaged in mercantile business ever since he came here ; he was alderman of the third ward from 1873 to 1876; married Chloe A. Brockway Nov. 3, 1872; she was born m N. Y. State; they have two children: Edith Blanche, born Oct. 3, 1873, and George Henry, Oct. 1, 1875.

KAIIiEB EZRA J. Salesman for B. F. Sheets; res. on Fourth St., near Madison; was born in Bellsville, Frederick Co., Md., June 1, 1843 ; has been with B. F. Sheets since he came to Oregon, in 1869; married Emma, daughter of John Buel, Nov. 11, 1875; they have one child: Glenn Clinton, born Jan. 18, 1877.

KIIilMEER I>A:N'IEIi, Tenant Farmer ; Sec. 10; was born Jan. 11, 1845, in Berkeley Co., Va. ; when the war broke out he enlisted in the First Virginia Cavalry, of the C. S. A., in April, 1861, and was engaged in the battles of the 2d Bulls Run, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Antietam. Seven Pmes, Petersburg, and all of the battles his regiment took part in until the surrender of Richmond, when he returned to his home in Berkeley Co., Va. ; he came to Ogle Co. Dec. 1, 1866, and was married March 13, 1873, to Rose A., daughter of Thomas Clark, of Pine Rock Tp., Ogle Co. ; Mrs. K. was born in 1851, and died June 10, 1875 ; by this marriage he had one child : Charles, born May 23, 1875, and died Aug. 10, 1875 ; on the 31st of Aug., 1876, he married his second wife, Ann E., daughter of Wm. Clark, of Pine Rock Tp. ; she was born in Oct., 1854, in England; Mr. Kilmer is a Democrat, and was road master for two terms; Mrs. Kilmer is a member of the Adventist's Church.

ADAM, Proprietor of the Union Market, Washington St., opposite First National Bank ; res. on Third St., cor. Madison ; was born in Germany Oct. 7, 1843; came to Milwaukee, Wis. in 1857; lived there two years, and then went to Madison ; resided there four years, when he returned to Milwaukee and remained two years more; he then went to Rockford, 111., where he remained three years, and then came to Oregon in June, 1868; Mr. K. has been engaged in butch- ering eighteen years; Nov. 21, 1867, he married Margaret Hasenfass; she was born in New York City, Feb. 8, 1844 ; they have had four children; Willie died in Aug., 1870, aged two years; Annie died in May, 1876, aged four years; Mr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Catholic Church.

liASOK H. P. Attorney at Law; born in Cortland Co., N. Y.. March 33, 1844; until about 17 years of age he resided in Cortland Co. and attended school, except at such times as his services were required on the farm at home ; his father, who died in 1858, was known as a man of sterling worth, and was an abolitionist and a radical temperance man ; in this respect the son has been a true scion of the original stock, as his record amply shows ; Sept. 26, 1861, Mr. Lason enlisted in Co. F, 76th N. Y. Infantry, for three years, or during the war ; he was with his regiment in the battles of Rappahannock Station, Warrenton, Sulphur Springs, Gainesville, and at Second Bull Run, at which latter place he received a wound, Aug. 29, 1862, by which he lost an arm, and was discharged Oct. 9, following ; the next Winter he taught the district school, near the old homestead in Cortland Co., and attended school during the Summer ; the Winter of 1864-'5 he secured a position as assistant in the New York Juvenile Asylum ; in the Spring of 1867, he graduated at Starkey Seminary, Yates Co., N. Y., and soon after married Miss Maude A. Rapalee, a schoolmate, of Hancock Co., 111. ; coming West, he secured the school at Grand de Tour, which he taught for three years, after which he moved to Rochelle and studied law in the office of M. D. Hathaway, and was admitted to the Bar Sept. 2, 1871 ; he is at present owner and editor of the Oregon Courier, but most of his time is given to his profession.

liEE DA:SfIEi:i B. Surgeon Dentist, office cor. Washington & Third Sts. ; res. cor. Third and Jackson ; was born at Mt. Holly, Rutland Co., Vt, in 1818; moved to Pekin, 111., in 1838; resided there about three years; moved to Muscatine, Iowa, in 1841 ; engaged in Dentistry there for six years, then went to Providence, where he remained three years, and in 1858 came to Oregon; his first wife was Mary Underwood; they had two children, one now living: EmmaH; the Doctor's present wife was Lavioia Moore; they were married about eighteen years ago.

LrlGHT EZRA M. Physician and Surgeon; office in Mix's building over Guilford & Sheldon's store; res. Washington St. cor. Sixth; the Doctor is a son of John and Hannah Allen Light; his grandfather, Jonathan Allen, was all through the Revolutionary War, being one "of George Washington's Light Guards; the Doctor was born in Tioga, Tioga Co., N. Y., Dec. 9, 1823; came to Oregon in 1844; was engaged in farming until 1848; taught school winters; graduated from Rush Medical College Feb. 16, 1852; since which time he has been engaged in practice here; first wife was Mary Bennett; she died in July, 1864; they had three children, one now living: Wm. Wirt, born June 15, 1861 ; George P., died in Sept., 1874, aged eighteen years ; Mary Catharine died at the age of thirteen years; the Doctor's present wife was Alice Etnyre, born in Washington Co., Md., and daughter of Samuel Etnyre; married in Jan., 1867; they are both members of the Lutheran Church; the Doctor was a volunteer surgeon in Hospital at Quincy a short time during the late Rebellion.

lilTTI-E JESSE, Farmer; Sec. 6; owns 215 acres, probable valuation $9,675 ; Mr. Little was born Aug. 27, 1830, in Harrison Co., Ohio; he came to Ogle Co. April 6, 1853, and settled in Pine Creek Tp., where he lived for nine years; he was married Aug. 25, 1853, to Martha A. M. Fields, daughter of John Fields, of Pine Creek Tp.; she was born July 13, 1829; in 1862 they moved to Oregon Tp., where they now reside; they have four children: John W., born Aug. 23. 1854; Sarah C, April 17, 1857; George F. June 11, 1860; Wilber G., Oct. 13, 1865 ; Mr. Little is a Republican, and was Road Master for three years, and School Director for two terms; he is also a member of the Church of United Brethren; a Trustee of the U. B. Parsonage; Superintendent of the Sabbath School, and Class Leader at Mt. Zion Church of the U. B. Society; Mrs. Little is also a member of the same denomination.

llcKEEX SAIillOX, Dealer in Agricultural Implements; Third St. near Washington; res. on Third St.; born in Frieburg, Oxford Co., Maine, April 25, 1831; came to Nashua Tp. in 1852; has lived also in Pine Rock and Oregon Tps. ; he was engaged in farming until 1874; was School Director in Pine^Rockfor nine years; married Marilla M. Bickford Oct. 17, 1852; she was born in Porter, Oxford Co., Maine, Aug. 10, 1835; they have three children: Mary L., born Dec. 25, 1853; Melville I., Aug. 13, 1857 ; Nellie, Aug. 3, 1865.

McMURRAY CHAS. I. Marble Dealer; Washington St. between Third St. and Rock River Bridge; born in Hartland. Niagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 13, 1836 ; moved to Lyons, Iowa, in 1857 ; in 1860 went to Mich., where he enlisted as a private in Co. F., Second Mich. Cavalry; in a few months was promoted to Second Duty Sergeant; was wounded at the battle of New Madrid and promoted to Second Lieut.; after the battle of Piitsbura: Landing he was promoted to First Lieut.; served three years, and was mustered out as First. Lieut.; afterwards returned to Lyons, Iowa; came to Ogle Co. Aug. 6, 1877; engaged in marble business since 1870; he married Katie Cavanaugh April 3, 1868; she was born in Wolverhampton, England, Jan. 7, 1849; they have two children: Lottie, born June 14, 1870; Mary July 15, 1873.

MAR8H CHAS. T. Bookseller, Siaiiouer and Dealer in Wall Paper, Notions, etc; south side of Washington St.; res. on Madison St.; born in Dover, England, May 5, 1845; about the year 1855 came to Mt. Morris, in this Co.; engaged in farming pursuits until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. K (mounted), I. V. I.; dale of enlistment Aug. 12, 1862, discharged June 21, 1865; was in all battles his Co. wasengaired in; after the close of the war he was educated at the Mt. Morris Seminary, and was engaged in teaching until 1868: removed to Oregon in 1869 and commenced business with his brother, F. H. Marsh, under the firm name of Marsh Bros. ; in 1872 F. H. Marsh with- drew from the firm ; since then Chas. T. has conducted the business alone; Mr. M. was Assessor of Oregon Tp. in 1875 and 1876; he is now serving second term as School Trustee; he is also Alderman of Second Ward; married Lucinda Hinsel Dec. 13, 1867; she was born in New- Philadelphia, Ohio; thev have had four children; two sons deceased: one died in infancy; Bertie died Sept. 15, 1877, aged two years; the living cliildren are: Fred K. and Chas. Edgar; Mr. and Mrs. M. are members of the M. E. Church.

MARS^H FRED H. Agent American Express Co. ; residence Third St., between Jefferson and Madison ; born in England Sept. 7, 1843; came to Oregon in 1855; was for a time in the Book and Stationery business ; he has been express agent since April 22, 1871; April 10, 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, 15th I. V. I.; in Sept., 1861, he was discharged on account of sickness ; re-enlisted in Oct., 1861, in 46th I. V. I.; mustered out at Baton Rouge, La., Jan, 20, 1866, after having been in the service four years and eight months ; was mustered out as Captain ; Capt. Marsh was member of the Twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth General Assembly; Town Clerk of Oregon in 1870 and 1871 ; he married Kate E. Lehman Feb. 16, 1864 ; she was born in this town ; they have two children : George L. and Katie E. ; the captain and his wife are members of the M. E. Church.

MATMIIiliER JOHX, of the firm of Ruiledge & Matmiller, dealers in Hardware, Tinware, Stoves, etc., Washington St. ; res. on Franklin St., between Third and Fourth; born at Erie, Pa., Aug. 9, 1839 ; came to Mt. Morris in 1853 ; served three years in Co. G, 74th I. Y. I. ; enlisted Aug. 13, 1862; mustered out July 27, 1865; he was taken prisoner at Stone River Dec. 31, 1862; six months in Libby Prison; after his release, which was about June, 1863, Mr. M. was on detached service in Medical Department at Annapolis, Md.; was in Circuit Clerk's office in Oregon from the Spring of 1868 to 1872 ; was Aliierman of the First Ward from 1871 to 1873; member of the Library Board at the time of its organization ; married Mary J. Grim.

Dealer in Flour, Feed, Seeds, Vegetables, etc., Etnyre Block, Fourth St.; res. cor. Fourth and Jackson Sts. ; born in Erie, Pa., June 6, 1841 ; came to this Co. in 1853 ; enlisted in Co. H, 34th I. V. I., Aug., 1861 ; mustered out in July, 1865, having served about four years ; married Martha J. Householder Dec. 28, 1865 ; she was born in this Co. ; tliey have one son, Charles, born Nov. 24, 1866.

]|IIL.i.l$ THOMAIS IV. Proprietor of the Siimissippi House, aud Auctioneer; born in Hilton, Shropshire, England, Sept. 31, 1841 ; came with his parents to Monroe, this Co., in 1851 ; engaged in farming until 1864, when he went to Cincinnati, O., where he remained one year; in 1867 went to Rochelle; conducted the Rochelle House four years; engaged in auction business exclusively for two years ; he has been proprietor of the Sinnissippi House since Nov., 18*'5 ; married Harriet J. Butterfield, daughter of John Butterfield, of Rochelle, April 2, 1862; she was born in Berkhampsted, England, Sept. 14, 1839 ; Mrs. Mills is a member of the M. E. Church.

MIX GEORGE A. Dealer in Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, Groceries, etc., Sinnissippi Block; res. Washinojton St., cor. Seventh ; born in Galena Dec. 15, 1850 ; married Hattie A. Hovey Nov. 6, 1872; she was born in Racine, Wis., Feb. 28, 1851; they have two children, George H. and Arthur H. ; Mrs. Mix is a member of the Episcopal Church.

MIX HEI^RY A., M. D., (deceased) whose portrait appears in this work, was born in the year of our Lord 1816 ; his nativity was Grand Isle, Vt. ; he was the youngest of a family of eleven children ; he received his early education at Farmington, Conn., and completed his college studies at Moscow, C. E., in the years 1839 and '40, and graduated at Cambridge Law School in July, 1841. . He came to Oregon Dec. 20, 1841, and was admitted to the practice of law in the same month. He first married Miss Catherine J. Bennett, who died Oct. 4, 1846, by whom he had one son, John B., who resides in Oregon Township. August 1, 1849, he was married to Miss Mary Jacobs, by whom he had eight children, six of whom died in infancy ; the two living are : George A., one of the most enterprising young men in Oregon, and Mary J., now absent at school.

Mr. Mix was a leading attorney and prominently identified with the business and political interests of the Co. ; largely engaged in railway and other enterprises.

On the evening of the 2d of September, 1867, while crossing the bridge then in course of erection, over Rock River, at Oregon, he missed his footing and fell in the canal and locks below, and was instantly killed.

" Coming among us, or rather coming to the young and rapidly advancing State of Illinois, over a quarter of a century ago, he grew with our growth and strengthened with our strength. Added to a mind of far more than common power, and a genius brilliant and strong, he had an inflexible will. Energy and perseverance characterized all his undertakings. He considered no obstacle too great to be overcome in time. No difficulty could baffle his determination. He found no rugged steep that he could not surmount. Though so active and diligent that he found but little time for social conversation, yet how he will be missed from this community! We miss him from our streets, from his place of business, from our public gatherings. We miss that ever pushing, active, driving man. His ever studious, thoughtful countenance,^ his quick, energetic step, daily taught wherever he went the great and important lesson that

He has bequeathed to his children and to us and our children, my friends, his stirring example that should be claimed by us as a priceless boon. Truly he was a hero in life's momentous battle.

" He was never known to boast of what he had done, yet he aided every charitable object and gave assistance to every benevolent enterprise, and ever seemed to remember to be grateful for a favor done him. Yes, he will be missed by us here. There will be a want, a deficiency here and there, that would never be known or felt, were he still among the living.

" But not only by us, but by our glorious county will he be missed. At the late meeting of the Board of Supervisors the following resolution was adopted by that honorable body:" conspicuous identification for the last twenty-five years witii nearly all our important public enterprises, his superior business qualifications, constantly being exerted, not only for the material advancement of the community, but also for the peaceful adjustment of difiiculties among men, his untiring energy, his geuerous hospitality, his cordial friendship, his condescension to the poor, and above all, the true democracy of his life, all being lost in his untimely death, has left a void which can not be filled.

MIX. H. A., M. I>., whose portrait appears in this work, is the youngest son of Wm. J. Mix, Sr., M. D., deceased, one of the earliest settlers of Ogle Co. ; the subject of this sketch was born in Oregon, in this Co., July 12, 1838; at an early age he developed a natural taste for anatomy, having, when only ten years of age, put together the entire parts of a skeleton ; at the age of twelve he dissected a human body and exposed every muscle; after studying medicine for three years, with Dr. E. S. Potter, of Oregon, he attended Kush Medical College, graduating from that institution in February, 1864 ; he immediately entered the service as 2d Asst. Surgeon of the 64th I. V. I., and was made in Sept. following, 1st Asst. Surgeon ; during Sherman's campaign, was one of the operating staff of the first division of the 16th corps, being appointed to that position over many older surgeons, on account of his surgical skill ; in May following he was made Surgeon of the 64th I. V. I. ; in June, 1865, he was selected as one of the three surgeons in the Army of the Tennessee, to form a board of medical examiners and served as such until the close of the war. He then returned to Rush Medical College and took a course of lectures on diseases of women and children. He then commenced the practice of medicine in partnership with Dr. E. S. Potter, in Oregon, and continued as such until 1874, when he started for himself, and has continued so up to the present time, having a large and lucrative practice ; the same year he built his fine residence, which is an ornament to his native town ; he married Adeline A. Perry, in Lynnville, in this Co., July 11, 1868; have one son, Morion P., born July 19, 1873. mix JOHli B. Farmer; Sec. 3; born in Oregon ; age, 31 ; married Miss Sarah E. Etnyre, of the same place, in 1870 ; age, 29; they have three children: Catharine C, May and Henry A. ; ages respectively 6, 3 and 1; is a Republican; liberal in religion ; wife is a member of the Lutheran Church.