Lynn Township

Lynn Township

ARASMITH JOHX W. Farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Henry Co. 111. in 1835; Rep; owns 300 acres land, value $15,000; was School Director one year, and Collector one year; married Rosilla M. Derby, of Illinois, in 1862; seven children: Alvin J., Fred A., Ida M., Minnie M., Hattie O , Lillie P., and Fannie A.

BEXGrSTON B. F. Farmer and Slock Raiser, -Sec. 15; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1849; came to Henry Co. in 185:; Rep; Luth; owns 153 acres land, value $6,500; served as Collector one year; Constable two years; married Gustava Charlotte Anderson, of Sweden, in 1870; three children, names: Arved Ulysses, Gustava Klizabeth, and Adelia Gustina.

BEXGrSTOX Gr. Farmer and General Merchant, Sec. 14; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1837; came to Henry Co. in 1852; Rep; Luth; owns 160 acres land, store, merchandise, etc., value $14,000; has been Town Clerk eight years; Supervisor one year; School Trustee three years; married Anna L. Swanson, of Sweden, in 1860; seven children, named: Frans A., Anna M., Augusta E., Ida J., John W.. Johanna A., and Carl G.

BLACKMAX C. V. Mrs. Lynn; Postmistress; widow of Judge H. C.; born Pa. 1823; came to county 1872; he served in the 8th Kansas V. L. 2nd Lieut, three years, promoted to Major and Lieut. Colonel, and died at Holly Springs, Miss., while in the service; Mrs. Blackman has been Postmistress four years; two children, Theodore V. and Cornelia L.

BRIGGS JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden in 1830; came to Henry Co. 1852; Rep; Lutli; owns 165 acres, val. $8,000; married Sarah Lena Johnson, of Sweden,

$1,500; married Carrie Hallquist, of Sweden, in 1873; one girl, name Beda I'.cata. 15URNISON HALENA Mrs. Sec. 18; widow of Jonas Peter, farmer; born Sweden; 40 acres.

CLARK W3I. Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 10, P.O. Lynn Center; born in Ireland in 1819; came to Henry Co. in 1840; Dem; Pres; owns 350 acres land, val. $18,000; married Almira Pillsbury, of Grafton Co. N. H. in 1842; five children, names: Esther A., Louisa A., Amelia R., John P., and Edward P.

C. O., P.O. Lynn Center; laborer; Rep; Luth; born Sweden. -' ERICKSON E. A. Sec. 12; P.O. Lynn Center; farmer, rents of S. P. Johnson; Rep; Luth.

GTJSTAFSON A. >I. Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 29; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden in 1840; came to Henry Co. in 1851; Rep; owns 160 acres land, val. $8,000; was Private in H2th I.V.I., Co. D; promoted to Corporal; served three years; Town Clerk one year; Collector one year; married Johanna Sophia Charlson, of Sweden, in 1866; three children: Alme N., Ina Afiesene, and Allen Abraham.

GUSTUS NELSON, Farmer, Sec. 30; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden in 1836; came to Henry Co. in 1854; Rep; Luth; owns 265 acres land, val. $12,000; has been Assessor seven years; married Clara Matilda Magnusson, of Sweden, in 1862; three children: John Edwin, Oscar Theodore, and Hulda Redovina.

HENRY ANDREW, Farmer, Sec. 7; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1828; came to Henry Co. 1853; Kep; I.uth; owns 240 acres land, val. §12, ooo; married Caroline Matilda Johnson, of Sweden, in 1857; six children: John Alfred, Chas. August, Frans Albert, Hilda Christina, Emma Sophia, and Lydia Otelia.

JOHNSON JACOB A. Farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden in 1845; came to Henry Co. 1849; Rep; Luth; owns 80 acres, value $3.700; married Emma Jane Anderson, of Sweden, in 1870; three children, Henry Alfred, Verney Edward, and Fred. Almor.

JOHNSON PETER, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 28; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden, 1829; came to Henry Co. 1857; Rep; Luth; owns 160 acres land, value $8.000; has been Postmaster five years. School Director three years; married Fredricka Pearson, of Sweden, in 1851; four children, named Peter A., Anna Matilda, Ellen Adean, and Emma Louise.

JOHNSON SWAN P. Farmer, Sec. 12, P.O. Andover; born in Sweden, in 1832; came to Henry Co. in 1853; Rep; Luth; owns 466 acres land, value $25,000; was School Director six years; married Christine Peterson, of Sweden, in 1856; has five children, named George W. John A. Ida M. Frank L. and Hulbert J.

LARSON OL/EF, Farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1840; came to Henry Co. in 1862; Rep; Luth; owns 60 acres land, value $2,400; married Anna Sophia Hegg, of Sweden, in 1868; two children, named Frank Oscar, Esther Julia.

LINCOLN NELS. N. Gen'l Corns.; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden in 1842; came to Henry Co. in 1872; Rep; Luth; was :st Sergt. in the Illh U.S. Vts. Co. E, one year and a half; honorably discharged; married Caroline Charlson, of Illinois, in 1867; three children.

LINDSTRO3I C. J. Hardware Merchant and Dealer in Agricultural Implements Lynn; born in Sweden in 1846; came to Henry Co. in 1852; Rep; Luth; owns house, store, lot, mdse. etc., val. $3,500; was Town Clerk four years, now Justice of Peace, has been four years, School Trustee six years; married Louise G. Carlson, of Sweden, in 1872; two children, named: Mary Rosetta, Ida Charlotte.

LONG JOHX S. Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 16, P.O. Lynn Center; born in Pa. 1835; came to Henry Co. in 1854; Greenbacker; owns 550 acres land with brother, val. at $20,000; was School Director and Trustee ten years, Supervisor six years; married Nancy J. Fleming, of Ohio, in 1862; seven children, names : Wilson W., Fleming T.. Alice M., Julia, Birdie E. and Jessie L., Alice M.

1\ /f cKILLOP A. lives with father, Sec. 10, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer; Rep; born Canada. ^"* McKILLOP DAL. lives with father, Sec. 10, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer; Rep; Canada. McKILiLOP MALiCOLM, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 10, P.O. Lynn Center; born in

McKILLOP MALCOLM, lives with father, Sec. 10, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer; Rep; Canada. MAGNUSSON CHAS. J. Sec. 30, P.O. Opheim; farmer; Rep; Luth; born Sweden; owns 170 ac. MAGNUSSON MAGNUS, Sec. 2, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer; Rep; Luth; born in Sweden. MALM J. A. Sec. 36, P.O. Woodhull; farmer with father, S. J.; Rep; Luth; born in Sweden.. MALM S. J. Sec. 36, P.O. Woodhull; farmer; Rep; Luth; born in Sweden; owns 80 ac. $3,200. MATHSON OLOF, P.O. Opheim; farm laborer; Rep; Luth; born in Sweden. MATHSON THOMAS, Sec. 33, P.O. Opheim; farm laborer; Rep; Luth;' born Sweden. MELIN A. P. Sec. 5, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer; Rep; Luth; born in Sweden; owns 10 ac. $400. MELIN JOHN, Sec. 5, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer with father, A. P.; Rep; Luth; born Sweden. MOLEBERG C. P. fanner, rents of T. White; Rep; Luth; born Sweden.

XEUMANX V. Genl. Merchant, Lynn; born in Prussia in 1841; came to Henry Co. in 1858; owns store, house, lot, mdse. etc., val. $8,000; was in the I42cl I.V.I., Co. B, as Musician; married Anna Wickstrum, of Galva, III. in 1865; four children.

PETERSON ANDREW, Farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Orion; horn in Sweden in 1827; came to Henry Co. in 1852; Rep; Luth; - wns 256 acres land, value $10,240; married Ellen Anderson, of Sweden, in 1855; four children - Mary Ellen, Josephena, John Edward, and Frans Henry.

PETERSON ANDREW P.. Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 33; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden in 1827; came to Henry Co. in 1851; Rep; Luth; owns 320 acres land, value $16,000; married second wife, Sophia Johanna Shult, of Sweden, in 1866; four children - Charles T., Frank E., Melinda, and Anna.

PILLSBURY G-EO. B. Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 16; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Grafton Co. N.H. in 1816; came to Henry Co. in 1836; Dem; owns 933 acres land, value $50,000; has served as Trustee, Supervisor, Treasurer, and Justice of Peace; married Elizabeth J. Greely, of New Hampshire, in 1846; three children - Louisa A., George B., and Henry L.

RIDENOUR JOHN, Farmer, Sec. 26; P.O. Opheim; born in Pr>. in 1807; came to Henry Co. in 1854; Dem; owns 80 acres land, value $3,200; married Susanah Beightel, of Pa. in 1830; nine children - Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary, Hannah, Anna E., Amanda S., John B , Wm. B., David E.

ROSENSTONE JOHN G. Farmer, Sec. 13; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1832; came to Henry Co. in 1854; Rep; Luth; owns 300 acres land, value $15,000; has been School Director seven years; married Caroline Peterson, of Sweden, in 1857; five children- Nancy J., Nellie C., Edwin A., James N., and Reuben L.

SAMUELSON C. J. Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 33; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden, 1833; came to Henry Co. 1849; Rep; Luth; owns 880 acres of land, value $44,000; married Carolina Peterson of Sweden in 1840,; three children, names; John A.lbert, Almon Victor and Caroline Matilda.

SAMUELSON 'JOHN, Farmer and Stock Raiser; Sec. 33; P.O. Opheim; born in Sweden in 1815; came to Henry Co. in 1849; owns 840 acres, value $42.000; was Commissioner of Highways five y^ars; married Mary Charlotta Peterson of Sweden, in 1837; four children: John Leander, Solomon August, Mary Sophia and Johannes; Rep; Luth.

SAMUELSON LEANDER, Farmer, Sec. 32; works father's farm; P.O. Opheim; born in Henry Co. 111. in 1850; Rep; Luth; married Augusta C. Bergquist, of Sweden, in 1873; two children - Maria Matilda Lydia/and John August Amel.

SAMUELSON SOLOMON, Farmer, Sec. 28; works father's farm; P.O. Opheim; born in Henry Co. 111. in 1853; Rep; Luth; married Wilemene C. Vedergren, of Sweden, in 1876.

SHULT HOXS, Farmer, Sec. 3; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1834; came to Henry Co. in 1854; Rep; Luth; owns 335 acres land, value $12,000; was School Director eight years; married Mary Johnson, of Sweden, in 1862; five children, names: Albert T., Frank A., Oscar A., Anna Josephena, and Ida Emedia.

SNIGGS AUGUST T. Clerk for G. Bengston, Sec. n; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1846; came to Henry Co. in 1853; Rep; Luth; was Collector two years, Town Clerk one year, School Director one year; was in H2th I. V. I., Co. H, as private, three years; married Matilda L. Rosberg, of Sweden, in 1869; four children, names: Wm. A., Gilbert T., Anna M., and Almeda E.

SWAJfSON SWAN", Farmer, Sec. II; P.O. Lynn Center; born in Sweden in 1818; came to Henry Co. in 1854; Rep; Luth; owns 180 acres land, value $9,000; married Stina Cajsa Peterson, of Sweden, in 1846; ten children: Andrew Gustaf, Swan John, Peter August, Frans Theodore, Christina, Anna Lena, Inga Maria, Carolina, Emma Louisa, Josephina.

TRACY JOAB, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 32; P.O. Opheim; born in Indiana, 1831; came to Henry Co. 1851; Dem; owns 1,200 acres land, value $60,000; was School Director and Trustee eighteen years; married Mary Jane Coon, of Indiana, in 1850; ten children, names: Ellen, Catharine, Rachel, Minnie, Mary Jane, Wm. R., James A., Willis C., Jesse, and Joab.

A TIT ESTER LUND ANDREW, Sec. 14, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer; Rep; Luth; born Sweden. VV WESTERLAND JONAS, P.O. Lynn Center; farmer; Rep; Luth; Sweden; 390 ac. WEAVER W. W. Dealer in Grain and Stock, Opheim; born in N. Y. in 1838; came to Henry County in 1866; married Mary A. Rounds, of 111. in 1867; four children, Chas. Wallace, D. Wilmont, Myrtle and Mabel.

WESTRAN JOHN P. Sec. 6, P.O. Orion; farmer; Rep; born Sweden; owns 80 acres; $3,200. WHITE JAMES, Sec. 26, P.O. Opheim; famer; Rep; Meth; born England; owns 75 acres.

WHITE R. S. Farmer and Stock -Raiser, Sec. 26, P.O. Ophein,; born in England in 1832; came to Henry County in 1855; Rep; Pres; owns 256^ acres land, val. $12,800; was School Director twelve years; married Elizabeth Neal, of England, in 1852; nine children, viz: Wm. G. T., John R., Lesley A., Mary E., Sarah L., Maria, Angelina, Alice R. and Ethel I.

WRIGHT JOHN, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 23, P.O. Opheim; born in England in 1830; came to Henry County in 1857; Rep; owns 183 acres land, value $9,200; School Director two years; Road Commissioner two years; married Sarah White, of England, in 1851; seven children, viz : William, James, Rosan, Emaline, Elizabeth, Minnie, and Martha.

Business Directory Lynn Center

Broodeen Andrew, Dealer in Wagon and Buggy Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Halters, Collars, Whips. Blankets, etc. Carriage Trimming a specialty.

was laid out by Malcom McKillop, Nov. 25, 1870. It is a small town, situated on the St. Louis, Chicago and Rock Island railroad, and contains about one hundred inhabitants. There are three stores, two or three shops of various kinds, and one hotel.

The One Hundred ami Twelfth Regiment, Illinois Volunteers >\ as mustered into the service of the United Staio on the 2oth and 2 3d da\ s of September, !Hli2. at I'eoria, Illinois, and was ordered to report to Major General Wright, commanding the Department of the Ohio, at Cincinnati, Ohio. It moved from I'eoria on the 8th day of Ociober, 1862. by rail, and arri \ ed at Cincinnati, Ohio, by midnight on the 10th of October, when it was Immediately ordered over the Ohio River to report to Major General Gordon' (i ranger at Covington, Kentucky, Tin- regiment reported to General Granger on i he morning of the llth of October, and Immediately began to prepare for the field. Having been brigaded with the 33d I ndiana, 77 th. 971 h, and 108th Illinois, under command of Col. Cobiirn. of the :-t3d Indiana, and having obtained transportation and snpiilies.it marched from Covington. Ky., on the 18th day ot Ociober. 18(>2, for Kalnionth. Ky.; but on the 19lh day of October it \\ as del ac bed t mm the brigade and ordered to guard a large supply train to Uig Kagle, on the Lexington and Covington pike. ; . 1 1 jiig Kagle on the e\ cuing of the 21st of October, and under orders marched to Georgetown, Ky., on t he 23d, and to Lexington, Ky., on tlie 24ih. It remained in camp at .Lexington, Ky.. for about Bve months, performing various duttea, ana aided in driving Cluks' command out of Kentucky. On t he ^ 1st of March. 1SH3. t he regiment moved for Danville, Ky.. arriving there on tlie even ing of the -,'-;-!, and at miitniglit on the 23d it was ordered back to Dick's River Hridge, on the Lexington pike, with orders : the bridge ami hold the opposite side of the n \ er at all hazards. It remained at the bridge until the evening of the 24th, when it fell hack to II irk in an, at the mouth of the Kentucky River, with the rest of the army retreating before what was supposed to he a superior force of the enemy. From the Kentucky River it marched back to Nicholasvllle, and frorp thence moved by way of Cam]* Dick Robinson, Lancaster, and Crab On-hard, in tlie direction of Somerset, Ky., in pursuit of the enemy by to reed marches, it lit the cavalry and mounted infantry having overtaken and defeated tlie enemy at Dut ton's Hill, near Somei set, and driven him across the Cumberland River, the regiment moved back to Stanford. In October, 1862, ilie regiment, on its arrival at Lex Ing! -u, Ky., was brigaded with the 45th Ohio, and the 18th and 22d Michigan, under command ol General Green*- clay Smith, of Kentucky; he remained in command until .January, 18tJ3. when Col. Doolittle, of the 18th Michigan, took the com ma nd. At Stanford the regiment wa.s again detached from the brigade, anil ordered to Milleiig.-ville. K> ., where it w as mounted, and remained in camp until the 2tith of April, when the new brigade, consisting of the 45th Ohio, 8£d Kentucky, and the 1 1 2th Illinois, under command of ] Jen jam in IJ. Ruukle, of the 45th Ohio, marched for Somerset, Ky. At >omeis,i U joined other troops under the cuinmand of Brigadier General S. I*. Carter, of Tennes-ee. and moved to Monlicello, Ky., south of the Cumberland Ki\ er, and aided in driving a bo. ly of IJebel troops under com HIM nd oi Genei ai IVgram from the place ami out. of Kentucky into Tennessee. The re ihe regiment was under ti i e for tin- tii st time. 1- rom Monti cello the regiment returned to Somerset, Ky.. where ii remained until July, 18t>3, and where dctachmeMs fiom it were constantly engaged in aetive and ^-vere duty scouting up and down the Cumberland River, often at trreat distances, by night ftOll by da\ , and in guarding ford.s and ferries on the Cumberland River. "While a; Somerset, Ky., two hundred picked men from the regiment, nmler command of ('apt. Dunn, of Co. D, with similar detachments from other regiments at Somerset, all under command of -Major Dow, of the regiment, joined < 'oloiiel Sanders in his celebrated raid o\ i-r the mountains into Ma. -I Tennessee. J-'or rapidity of movement, marching over mountains, swimming rivers, by da\ :md night, and for successful execution, battling the enemy, doing him a trn-at am-nint of damage, and finally escaping from a vastly superior force, where every mountain gap was supposed to be securely guarded, this raid stands among the most brilliant of the war. It, severely tested the eminence of the men and Officers who participated in it; the detachment of the 112th lost deven men captured, and live men drowned in swimming Clinch Km-r at night, l-'rom Somerset. Ky., the regiment moved back to Danville, Ky.. and in the month of July assisted in driving about 1,500 Rebels under com ma nd of Scott, acro» t lie Cumberland. It was four days and nights engaged in the pursuit of Scott, with hut little or no re>t or sleep, and for more than one hundred miles was skirmishing with the enemy. After capturing about 500 prisoners, scattering main others in the woods, and recovering most of the prope 1 1 \ stolen by these raiders, Scott was finally driven over the Cumberland River and into the mountains, when the regime nl again returned to Danville, K\ ., ha vi ng had one man killed and six wounded in the pursuit, and begail the work of preparing for a campaign into Kast Tennessee. From Danville, moved to Stanford : from Stanford to Crabb Orchard, from which place, h.i ving completed the necessary preparations, the regiment marched for Kast Tennessee, with the army under General flnrnside. Kehrigadeu with the 1st Kast Tennessee, -Mounted Infantry, 8th Michigan Cavalry, and 151 ii Ohio Mounted Infantry, under command of Colon et Jt\ rd. of the 1st Kusl Tennessee, on the 21st of August, 18t>3, ami arrived at King's ion. Tennessee, on the 1st of Sept em In i . The numerous skirmishes and battles, and licing constantly in tlie pre.se nee nf the enemy. At Cleveland one Captain was killed and several men wounded, and about twenty men captured in a skirmish. At Calhonn the regiment, with the brigade, was driven back by an overpowering for. e under Wheeler and Forrest, and the 112th brought up the rear; ami for tlie manner hi which it was done, holding the enemy in cheek and saving all the stores, ii was complimented in an official order. It had. however, twentv men captured and one Captain. who were guarding a ford on the HteWMM, and were cut olf at Philadelphia; it made a handsome charge and

Rostek Of The Regiment

The One Hundred and Twenty -fourth I Hi inns Volunteer In fan! ry \v;is origin i/e<l at ramp Butler, Illinois. in September, ISti-j, by Col. Thomas .1. Shan. ;nnl was in nM erei I Sepl. 10. hy Lieut. 1). F,. t 'ow rre\ ; mm ed from Camp Butler Oet. (i, arriving at .lark sou. Tennessee, on the <Mh ; wa-. assigned to the ;id Brigade, 1 -i Division, 13th Army Corps. Moved i

-. .Vpril 18; moved to Milliken's 30th; <-ross«d the river, sixty miles below Vlcbsburg, andMay let was engage<l at Thomson's Hill.. The l-j4iii was engaged In the battlea of Raymond Mav 1'jtii : at Jackson, 14th; at Champion HULa 1 6th, and during the entire siejie of Vicksbnri?. including the charge on the f..rtilie;iti..n> May -j-^d. and as-ault on Fort II ill -hine ^tith. Dnriiif; the latter part of the sietfe Brigadier (Jeneral M. l>. I.e^-ett eoniiiiiUided the hrigade; on the 81st of August, went on campaign to io Brownsville and was in battle at that plaee, Oet. Kith and 17th ; «\\ Nov. ",', moved ramp to Black River; on i he -,»:»t h of November tin- regiments of the 1st l.rii,'ade. vi/,.: -jtith, -JHth. :ilsi. 451 h. and l-J4th Illinois, and ->3d Indiana, en^ai^ed in a prize drill, the Hist e \eHliu.ur in drill, and t In- 1-,' tth in picket duty. etc. But a! a snbsrqnent content for a pri/e banner, offered by Brigadier deneral Leggett, commaodlng the division, the 184th engaged al Benton on the 7th and Klih. and returned on the -'1st. From July 1 to !!. the regiment moved with General Slocnm on his Jackson campaign, and was engaged in the sharp tights at Jackson Cross Uojids. July 5 and 7. From Oct. 14 to -Jfi, \\ as in campaign to While Hi ver and Memphis. Remained at Virksbnrg on provost duty until Feb. -,'."i. IS'i.Y when the regiment moved to New Orleans and was assigned to 3d Brigade, Col. James \. ('leddis. Sth lou a, commanding, 3d Division. Brigadier General E. A. Carr commanding, ajldthelttth Corps, Major General A. J. Smith commanding. On March 12, em harked for Mobile; moved to Dauplnne Island and np Fish River, and commenced siege of Spanish Fort March 29. The regiment was the extreme left of the i i. vesting line. ;iud with one- half <iepli>\ ed as skirmishers, drove I he enemy within their f ort ideations. The brigade consisted of the 8th Iowa, 81st, IllSlh, and 124th Illinois; was engaged until the surrender of the fort. On the 13th of April, started for Montgomery; <m Juh 17. IHh'fi, started home for muster out. Arrived at Chicago, 111., August 3, and was mustered out Ang. 1."), lSfi5, by ('apt. George W. Hill, I'.S.A.

Source changes here: from Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Illinois : Containing Full-page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of All the Governors of Illinois, and of the Presidents of the United States; Also Containing a History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, published 1885; 2,322 words in this source stream.

Lynn Township

" Wabash Country," in Southern Illinois, in 1834, and halted in Warren County, just west of the Henry County line, in Richland Grove, which is divided by the county line. They reached their new home Sept. 1, 1834, having traveled many weary miles of the latter part of their journey without any trail or track of any kind. They came to the grove and were almost compelled to stop, as it was storming and raining furiously. The first day they built their house, of rails, and clapboards, and at early candle-light moved in. There were three persons in each family, and in this quickly-made pen they were safe to some extent from the pelting rain. Their fire was a log-heap near the front door, or rather the opening where some day a door might have been placed. They were busy at work the next day, and so continued, chopping; grubbing and preparing the ground for early crops the next season, and making hay and stacking it for their, kine. Fifty pounds pf flour to each family was the gujn total gf provisions for bread they brought with them. Their neighbors were at the distance of 13 miles to the south, 15 north, 32 west and 35 miles east. In Rock Island there was only the fort. It can readily be imagined how sparingly they used their flour, as it had to last them until a crop could be raised, the next year. They used mostly corn meal, which was made by pounding in a stump mortar, until a mill was built the next season, in Henderson's Grove, 15 miles away.

This was the way the Arrasmiths commenced keeping house in the desolate new country. It was the true pioneer fashion, and these people were real pioneers - brim full of pluck, industry and economy. Soon their rail house was a house of entertainment ; they had made a track - had blazed the way into the unknown land and the wilderness - and others seeing soon followed. These wandering nornads, it seemed, when they had passed the bounds of white settlements, generally followed wherever they could see that wagon-tracks had preceded them. In this way travelers in search of lands found their way to the Arrasmiths' hostelry, and were entertained, cared for, and often and- often paid their reckonings by telling these people the news from the civilized world. The Arrasmiths made the first road or trail from Richland Grove and vicinity to Rock Island. In the summer of 1836, 14 families had clustered around Richland Grove. J. W. Arrasmith was the first birth at the grove, born in 1835. Alvin says he had 25 cents in money when he landed at his new home, as there was nobody to sell to him and nothing to buy, it was too much money for one man to possess. He eventually discovered that it was a great mistake to bring so much solid cash with him, and he never did fully subscribe to Greeley's advice to all applicants for charity, "Take a half-dollar and go West, young man." The families had to do nearly entirely without groceries the first year. As a substitute for coffee, Alvin says, he often dug the red-root in the hard frozen ground. This decoction had something of the taste of chocolate.

In April, 1836, Alvin Jones sold his claim and moved a few rods east, and this brought him into Henry County. This was in April. His new hotel, log, 14 by 16, was, like his first place, a resort for travelers.

or, in other words, a settlement on township 15, range 1. Henry Peckenham was the next to follow Arrasmith into the county. Charles Norman came in June, Eben Townsend in July, Caleb Townsend in a few weeks after, and the next spring came William Smith.

Arrasmith planted some apple seed the first season. In six years afterwards one of his trees had 56 apples. This was an important event in the county's history. It was the first crop of apples ever gathered in Henry County.

Caleb Pillsbury put up the first frame house in this neighborhood, and, like the great apple-gathering this too was an event. The first school-house was not built until 1 85 1 . Mr. Jenks built a mill on Edwards River in 1846. This property passed into Guy Dailey's hands. In its earliest days it was a great institution, and deeply appreciated by the good people of the country for many miles in every direction. People of this age can have no appreciation of the old-time value of the first rude horse or water mills to crack the corn and send the unbolted coarse meal to the hungry families far and wide. In 1847 portions of the Andover Swede Colony settled in what afterwards became Lynn Township, and to this day there are many of the leading men in the township who came here in 1846-7 as portions of the Andover Colony.

George Henry Johnson came in 1849. George B. Pillsbury came in 1836. He married Elizabeth J. Greely, of New Hampshire, in 1846. He became one of the wealthiest farmers in the county. He held at one time and another nearly every official position in the township. John and C. J. Samuelson came in 1849. Joab Tracy came in 1851.

Henr Y 'County

HIS place never had quite ioo people in it, yet the rich country around it has furnished considerable business and trade for the railroad. One store, a grain elevator and lumber yard comprise the business interests. The Swedish Methodists have a Church so- : ciety here, and at stated times preaching. The I Lutherans have a Church organization here. It is a ' branch of the Andover Swedona Church, from which oint preachers hold services at stated times.

Opheim was first called Edwardsville, but when it was given a postoffice the name had to be changed, as there was already another postoffice of that name in the State.

ORAINE Township is a case of an attempt to give the place a French name, and a failure to spell it properly. Hence the -qg word is corrupted, and is neither English, f.*j French nor Choctaw. This style of naming townships has prevailed in nearly every county in the- State. The Commissioners who selected the names it seems generally went at it with a~hop-skipand-a-jump. Sometimes there was appropriateness, and often there was neither rhyme nor reason in the name chosen. If the counties of the State had taken

V would have been an appropriate chapter heading in ths county's history - a heading carrying a meaning and history of deep interest for posterity, there would have been some apparent comprehension of the fitness of things in such official action. B«t this corruption of names after foreign places, or the much worse corruption in Indian names, often afflicting otherwise beautiful localities with some unreadable, f unpronounceable name, has been much too freely in- '; dulged in all over the country. And everywhere % the stranger passing over the land encounters names ) that he does not attempt to pronounce lest he be laughed at, and when tripped off the tongue by some one who has learned by long application to give it the conventional sounds, it is without beauty and wholly meaningless. All translations from our language to another are simply corruptions - disfiguring the original, and deforming the translation. It is probably too late now to do much toward correcting this blunder, and posterity must endure the infliction as best it may.

The first settler in Loraine Township was Cornelius H. Kemmis who came in the early summer of T836. He was a typical pioneer of the times, a blunt, plain, honest and good citizen ; industrious and frugal, he soon was the contented possessor of a good farm and all the substantiate of life. He reared his family in habits of industry and sobriety. He died about 1876, on the place that he had improved, greatly respected by a wide- circle of friends. He was the father of a large family of children. His widow is now living on the place where he died, with her son Frank. There is a married daughter who some years ago went West.

The next in the order of coming was William T. Crozier, another good man and true. He died but a short time ago - the spring of 1 885 . He left quite a large family of children.

About the same time, possibly a little before Crozier, came David. Heller. He died in 1879, leaving a widow, who now is temporarily residing with a daughter in Sterling, 111. Mr. Heller was a man greatly respected by all who knew him. He was a very successful farmer, and an upright and ^worthy citizen.

Then came Rudolph Urich, who is. still among his old and many new friends, still watching with interest that wonderful tide of growth and improvements that have come about him since first he came here and selected his home. He has been a useful and good citizen, against whom no breath of evil has ever been breathed.

Then came Asa Blair, who died some years ago. He was a thrifty pioneer and a most excellent farmer. Three of his sons are living, two of whom reside on the old farm.

The next was the very numerous and important family of Arnetts. Phillip Arnett, the father, brought with him seven lusty boys , and . a daughter. This single family far exceeded in the number and value of its addition to the new settlements, some of the pretentious colonies that had been organized in the old States to populate the northwest territory. When the family came they were very poor, but their no-tire activity and shrewdness soon made amends for all this. And now the boys are all men in the prime of life, and more than the average financial success attends them. They are in the order of their ages: Jacob, William, George, Joseph, John, Anthony and Samuel.

Philip Sand is now one of the leading farmers in this part of the county. His farm improvements, and especially his elegant residence, is the best in the township. He is an old settler among old settlers. Has a large family of boys. No single individual was a more valuable acquisition to the county than was Mr. Sand. An estimable man in many respects, and reared a family universally respected.

Another early comer was Joseph Rink, who has now lived for more than forty years on the spot where he commenced his improvement. He is a plain, old-fashioned, honest farmer, making no pretensions, but has made a good farm.

Then there is Martin Roos, with his large and very much respected family, who have toiled together, and in their modest way, and have come to be among the best people in the township.

The first school-house was built on Mr. Heller's land, and for several years this was the church and the general meeting place on all public occasions. It was a modest, puncheon-floor log cabin, but fully served its intended purposes long and well.

HIS is the center township of the county, and very appropriately is she crowned ^ queen in beauty of landscape, deep, rich soil, splendid farms, and general agricultural wealth. When all are so good it might seem invidious to say any special one was the best ; possibly there can be no best among them, only in certain lines, and in this view of the case, certainly this township stands second to none. There is no town in it, yet on the assessor's books, but more especially to the traveler's eye in passing over this great, rich garden and viewing for the first time its broad, rich acres, well trimmed and better tilled farms, commodious and elegant farm houses and horses, and great barns, bursting with hay and grain, it presents an enchanting view of comfort, plenty, ease and content, that is one of the pleasant and wholesome sights in the wrangling, struggling world.

It was appropriately named after Merritt Munson, one of the county's prominent and most enterprising citizens, - an honor upon a worthy citizen of the county worthily bestowed. During the latter part of Mr. Munson's life he lived in Geneseo, and there, as we'll as in Munson Township, his memory will be kept green as long as history or tradition may recount the growth and glory of Henry County.

No railroad touches its boundries, but it finds easy market and shipping at Geneseo and Cambridge. It is well drained by Spring Creek, which rises in several branches in the southwest corner, and passes out at the northeast corner. It has no waste land and in a few years every quarter-section will be tile drained. There are seven commodious schoolhouses for the education of the young, and the pious and godly find convenient and comfortable places of worship in any part of the township. Here is located the County Farm, where the county's unfortunate find a welcome refuge, and a warm retreat from the bitter storms of a cold, and certainly to them a cheerless, world. A full account of this institution may be found in another chapter.

Many of the first settlers here moved to the line of the railroads when they began to build through the county. The majority of these going to Geneseo, of those who were content to remain, we note Elisha Atwater, who came in 1840 and improved section 19. He was a native of New Haven, Conn.; born Dec. 18, 1810. His farm contained 208 acres. He was in the service during the late war ; 2d Lieut. Co. H, 1 1 2th Reg. He was married to Miss Margaret Wright, at Harrisburg, Pa., May 18, 1838, where she was born, Feb. 28, 182 r. They had rr children.'