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p]arly in 1857 Colonel Richardson's name was pi-ominently mentioned as a member of President Buchanan's cabinet, but never with his consent or sanction, and when the appointment of the governorship of Nebraska was tendei-ed him he promptly declined it, telling the president that he did not ' agree with him as to some of his policy. ' ' The offer being again made in December, 1857, and the appointment being confirmed by the senate, he accepted and took uji the duties of the office of the governoi' of the tiM-ritory of Nebraska on the 10th day of .lanuary, 1S58. In September, 1858, after the administration made its open war on Douglas, Colonel Richardson asked to be relieved and left Omaha, the then capital of Nebraska, on the (ith day of December, 1858.

Colonel Richardst)n was one of the most conspicuous leaders of the northern democi'ats in the memorable Charleston convention of 1860, and, according to Hon. S. S. Cox, "lie made a strong iiiiju'ession there and endeavin'cd to reconcile the party with a view to avert disunion and war. ' ' In a letter to the Quincy Herald. May 31, 1860, Colonel Richardson most emphatically declined to allow his naiiie to be considei'ed as a candidate for governor at the approaching democi-atic state convention, after the Chicago Times and many other pronnnent democratic papers throughout the state had urged his nomination. In June,

1860, Colonel Richardson as the leader of the northern forces at the Baltimore convention refused to read Douglas's letter, wherein he had asked that his name might be \vitlnlrawii for the sake of peace and harmony. He refused to treat Avith the seceders from the Charleston convention and forced the nomination of Douglas, after which he read the letter. In July of the same year he was forced, again, to accept the congressional nomination, owing to some disagreement among the candidates befoi-e the ronvention. In August he attended a deiiHu-i'atic mass meeting in Boston and spoke in Faiieuil Ihdl. In the ensuing election he defeated (ieneral B. M. Prentiss by a majoi'ity of nearly three thousand votes.

sa\s that Colonel Richardson was the most conspicuous democrat in the lower house. At the request of President Lincoln he was named by the Illinois delegation as one of the four who were to lie nuide brigadier generals - the list standing (irant. McClernand, Richardson, Prentiss. After the other three had been appoiuted and after his name had been passed over, he asked the president not to consider his name in connection with the subject. After the adjournment of congress, he returned to Illinois and addressed a meeting in his congressional district upon the subject of the war and the duty of patriotic citizens. In October, 1861, he received an appointment as bi-igatlier general in the army, dated September 3, 1861. In a letter to the president, dated :\Iarch 1, 1862, he said:

"Some time since, M'ithout solicitation on my part, you did me the honor to tender me the appointment of brigadier general in the anny. I signified then m\' determination to accept the same as soon ;is my health woidd pernut. Not having accepted the position before I deem it improper to do so now."" Etc.

In 18()2, as the time for the election of congressmen approached, the republican papei's thi-oughout the country advocated the dissolution of the democratic iiarty on the ground that all op- ])osition to the administration was disloyal. In May of that year. Colonel Richardson drafted an address to the people, which was signed by all the democratic members of congress. The address began by asserting that party oi'ganization was essentia] to the jireservation of public liberty. It recited that the administration hadbeen chosen by a party, and that in all its civil acts and appointments it had recognized its fealty and obligations to that party. It asserted that the public good and safety demanded an opposition. It reviewed the duty as patriots to support the government in all constitutional, necessary and proper efforts to uuiintain its safety and authority." It called attention to the fact that after the rebellion had been jint down the woi-k of restoration nuist be done through a |iolitiea] organization, which nuist be watched carefully and jealously lest it be done oppressively and malignantly; and that no i)lea of "embai-rassiiiii' the admini.sti'atiou" should lii-e\('iil tile opposition from exercising "the ancient and nndiMihted prei'ogative of Americans to c-anvass |inlilic measures and public men" - a eonstitiilional ])rivilege which Daniel Webster declared he would "defend within the house and out of the house and in all places, in time of war and in time of peace and in all times."

In this same year, in committee of the whole on the tax bill, he proposed that two per cent derived fi-cim the bill be set apart to buy or obtain

"We owe it as a duty to our country, duty to the memories of the past, duty of those now in the field, duty to the future, to send at once the quota asked. The sons of Illinois need no draft to make them discharjiC their duty. Let Illinois respond promptly ancl at once to the call. L(>t her be the first that presents her ranks filled to maintain constitutional liberty."

In the fall elections of 18G2 the democrats were .successful in many of the northern states, Illinois among the rest. On the oth day of January, 1863, the twenty-third general assembly met at Springfield, on the 10th Colonel Richardson was chosen by the democratic caucus as its candidate for the United States senate, and on the 12th was duly chosen by the assembly for the imexpired term ending ]March 1, 1865. lie immediately resigned his seat in the lower house, but, owing to the death of a little daughter and sickness in his family, was not able to leave home for his new duties in Washington \intil January 27.

After the death of Judge Douglas Colonel Richardson was looked upon by his party as its leader, and in 1863 most of the prominent democratic papers Avere urging his nomination as the democratic candidate for the presidency in 1864. After the ad.journmeut of congress in the sjiriug of 1863, Colonel Richardson, at the rei|uest of the democratic leaders, visited New England and spoke in the principal cities. June 17th, 1863, he was made the chairman of the famous democratic mass convention in Springfield - the much abused and much traduced "peace meeting." Colonel Richardson was not a candidate before the democratic national convention of 1864.

In 1868 Colonel Richardson was iirged to allow his name to be used as a candidate for congress from his district, but he positively refused to be considered. In April of this same year he attended the state democratic convention at Springfield and was instrumental in having it instruct its delegates to the national convention in favor of the candidacy of George II. Pendleton. Later on he attended the national convention in New York city, was made ehainiian of the Illinois delegation, and made a hard tight for Pendleton.

In 1869 Colonel Richardson ileclined to be considered as a delegate to the convention called to amend the constitution of Illinois. In 1870 he opposed the adoption of the new constitution because it extended the suffrage to the negroes; abandoned the state rights feature; and contained other featiires which compromised democratic principles.

In ilay. 1873, Colonel Richardson took charge of the editorial columns of the Quincy Herald in the interest of Judge Joseph Sibley's candidacy for the judge of the Fifteen judicial district of Illinois. On the 9th day of November of this same year he was made the assignee of the proprietors of this paper and conducted the editorial department from that time until May 5, 1874, when he turned over the paper to its old owners with its business affairs all straightened out.

In 1874 he was urged as a candidate for congress on the "greenback" issue, but he declined to run. In the fall of 1875 he was appointed a member of the board of supervisors of Adams county in the interest of the new courthouse site and building in Quincy.

On the 18th day of January, 1838, Colonel Richai'dson was married to iliss Cornelia H. Sullivan, of Quincy, the ceremony being performed at the house of the bride's mother, ilrs. Helen LeRoy. situated on a lot at the southeast corner of Sixth and Hampshire streets. On the 24th clay of January, 1849, Colonel Richardson bought a house and lot at the southwest corner of Fourth and Broadway, and in the following summer he moved his family from Rushville to Quincy. This city and this house continued to be the family home until his wife died on the 22d day of April, 1864. Here Colonel Richardson died from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy on the 27th day of December, 1875. He left surviving him the following named children : Helen Richardson Dwight. (ieorge J. Richardson, William A. Richardson, Jr., and John S. Richardson.

At a memorial meeting of the members of the Quincy bar held December 29, 1879, Hon. 0. H. Browning - that old-time opponent - made this estimate of Colonel Richardson as a public man :

"He became highly distinguishecl as a politician, and at the time the great democracy lost control there was no man, excepting Senator Douglas, who was more powerful with his party or who wielded so great an influence as Colonel Richardson. No man unless he possessed great ability and powers could have attained such distinction in a party famous for its able men. His position in his party was such that had Senator Doiiglas been elected president he would have occupied a prominent place in the cabinet and would have gone there with the enthusiastic approval of his party and the confidence of his opponent. ' '

No one who ever knew Colonel Richardson intimately ever doubted his con.scientious sincerity, and few had more devoted friends and political followers. At the sam.e time, owing to his bold and aggressive way of fighting, few have ever had more bitter political enemies - enemies who found no terms of reproach too bitter to hurl at him.

He was frequently called a traitor and a "eopperhead. " Colonel Richardson had no synii)athy or patience with that wave of sentimentalisiu that swept over the workl in the middle of the 19th century and fiuiud in the negro the "new brother." He helped to repeal the Missouri Compromise. He would have left shivery a matter of local option. He would have tried to avert the by adopting the Crittenden compromise, wdiieh would have divided the territories between the two sections. Pie was for keeping the democracy intact as a needful and necessary opposition" party during the war. He measured the right of emancipation by the powers of the constitution. In the latter part of the war he advocated peace upon the "basis of a restoration of the union as it was:" and "the securing, by constitutional amendments, such rights to the several states and the jienplc thereof, as honor and .justice demand." lie would have colonized the freed slaves. He opposed the extension of the franchise to the lilncks. lie lliought the war was fought to say that the south had no right to go out of the union: that the victory meant that it was not out of the union : and he could not approve of the policy that nuide the southern states so much acquired territory. He lost heart and almost his faith in human nature and in a democratic form of government when that welter of col-ruption and vindictive knavery came with the "carpetbag rule" during the reconstruction period. This was the record he made, and, of course, all these things can .justly be charged against him : and yet, he never took a position or advocated or opposed a measure that he did not think lie was doing so under the authority of the constitution - the constitution was the warrant and authority for eveiy act and every thought of his whole political life. If loyalty to the "constitution as our fathers made it and for the union born of that constitution" was treason then was ( 'olonel Richardson a traitor, for there never was a man that w-as more devoted to that ciinstitution. If critising the acts and policy of an administration is treason then was Colonel Richardson a traitor, for he frankly and fearlessly compared the acts and policies of administration with the powers of that constitution. But if treason consists in giving aid and comfort and sympathy to the enemy - but even Colonel Rielinrdson's most implacable enemy never charged him with this. The ideals to which he gave his life have been submerged. The "higher law" than the old constitution has prevailed. The moral sense of mankind will never again sustain slavery. And yet, we are hearing many acknowledge that ' ' the negro is not merely a white man with a colored skin": that "there are mil- Iciuiiums of natural dtn-elopmeut between the

The man back of this record of offices, acts, uie;isui-es, positions and opinions - the man that his eiinlemporaries saw and knew - stood six feet ,-ind two inches in height, with broad shoulders mill n large angular liody. lie had a large head llial was covered with a wealth of unkept dark brown hair. His countenance was open and frank, and expressive of his every feeling. His features were large but regular. His eyes, uiuhn" shaggy eyebrows, w-ere dark gray in repose, black when he was excited, and all kinds of colors when he smiled. His voice was low and its Kentucky modulations most musical. It was a strong and flexible voice and could be heard by large bodies of men on the hustings, wrhether it was used to express some tender feeling, to playfully repeat some amusing incident or anecdote, to drolly or aptly answer some pert inquiry, to weave the threads of his argument about his sub.ject, or to challenge opposition and send forth the note of defiance. He was a combative and aggressive fighter, yet he had a saving grace of conniion .sense and humor that kept him from fanaticism. He was honest, honorable and upright, and despised anything that was mean. He was a man of ^Yarm and generous impulses, of a large and ready sympathy and a generous heart, lie was cheerful, uncomplaining, kind and tolerant. He had a genial interest in jieople and a racy humor which made him a delightful compaiiiiui. "He was always ready to appreciate a good story and always able to tell one as good or better." He was a democrat to the core and eminently social, peculiarly careless about his personal appearance, with manners, though simlile. that had a certain courtlin(\ss about them. The keynote of his character was loyalt\'. He was loyal to his friends : loyal to Douglas : loyal to his party ; loyal to his principles : loyal to the traditions of patriotism that came down from his revolitionary sires: loyal to the constitution; loyal to the union : loyal to his country.

Robert J. Christie, Jr.. M. D.

Dr. Robert J. Christie, Jr., who is actively engaged in the practice of medicine and is accorded a position of prominence by the members <if the medical fraternity of Adams county, was liorii in Loudoun county, Virginia, February 22, 1864. Plis parents, Robert J. and Sarah (Nixon) Christie,, were also natives of Virginia and the former was a son of James Christie, who was born in the same state and belonged to a family that settled there shortly after the Revolutionary war. Our subject's maternal grand-

Dr. R. J. Christie

During his infancy Dr. Chri.stie of this review accompanied his parents on their removal to Lewis county, Missouri, and there he acquired his elementary education. Latin- he took a scientific course at the State University of ]\Iissouri. When he was eighteen years of age the familj' removed to Quiuey. His pi-eliminary professional reading was directed by his father and after his arrival in Quincy he matriculated in the medical department of Chaddoek College, where he spent two years, graduating in 1888, and then entered the medical depai'tment of the University of Pennsylvania, from which his father was graduated in 1858. There our subject completed a two years' course and was graduated in the class of 1890.

Returning to Quincy Dr. Chri.stie .joined his father in practice and they have since been a.ssociated in business, though he has subsecpiently attended polyclinics in New "^"ork. Success came soon because his equipmriit was unusually good and because of his earnest devotion and conscientious regai'd for the duties that devolve upon him in this connection. For four years he was surgeon in charge of Blessing Hospital and is still a member of the medical board of that institution and one of its consulting surgeons. In his practice he has made a study of surgery, in which he is pai'tieularly skilled and he now holds the position of local surgeon at Quincy of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Eaih'oad, and also the St. I;Ouis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Companies. He is likewise surgeon of the Old People's Home of the German ISIethodist Episcopal church and physician and .surgeon of the Travelers' Protective Association and for the United Commercial Travelers of America.

Dr. Christie's standing in professional circles in Adams county is indicated that he was hcmored with the presidency of the Adams County Medical Society. He is also a member of the American IMedical Association and was secretary of the Quincy board of pension examiners during President Cleveland's second administration and the first half of President ]\IcKinley's administration. Evcr\i;hing that tends to bring to man the key of that complex mystery which we call life is of deep interest to him and by zealous study, investigation and upright professional conduct he has sought to be worthy of the honor conferred on him bv his alma mater.

On the 26th of 'October, 1903. Dr. Christie was luiited in marriage to i\Iis.s E. E. (Leila) Txirner, a daughter of Otis and Mary (PaiUlin) Turner, the former a son of Avery Turner and one of the pioneers of Adams county. Her

R. B. Echols, who is residing in Loraine. figures prominently in political circles of his district and is now representing Adams county in the state legislature. He was born December 5. 1854, near Washburn, in Washington county, Illinois, and throughout his entire life has manifested the enterprising spirit so characteristic of the west, this being evident in his political as well as business activity. He has been a resident of Adams county since June, 1892, and is accorded a place among prominent and representative men. His early education was .supplemented by a course of study in a business college in Colorado. He spent fifteen years in that .state and then returned to Illinois, while for thirteen years he has b(>en a resident of Adams county.

On the nth of December, 1893, ilr. Echols was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie M. Paramore, who was born :May 25. 1867, and is a dautrhter of Je.sse and Susan E. (Burr) Paramore. The father was born June 28, 1824, in Richland county, Ohio, and his wife's birth occurred in New Orleans, November 19, 1834. ^Ir. Pararaore became a resident of Adams county, Illinois, in 1870. and established his home in Keene township, where he resided until his death, which occurred May 30. 1889. His widow is now making her home with Mr. and 'Sirs. Echols. She is especially interested in bee culture and has a fine apiary containing thirtyone hives, which produces a large amount of honev annuallv. :\Ir. and Mva. Echols have two children: Anna A., born :\Iarch 12. 1895: and Charles R., born February 27, 1900.

Mr. Echols owns a nice home in Loraine. where he has five and one-quarter acres of good land. The grounds around his house are well kept and it is one of the attractive residences of the town. Jlrs. Echols is now teaching in the primarj' school in Loraine. She is a member of the :Methodist Church, while ilr. Echols belongs to the Christian church. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and :\Iodern Woodmen of America. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and his fellow citizens recognizing in him the value of his labors in promoting public interests, have called him to office. For four years he occupied a position under the appointment of Governor Tanner, and is now representing his district in the state legi.slature, having been elected in November, 1904. lie has a l)i'(iad and eompz-ehensive knowledge of the political questions and issues of the day and his course in the legislature has been marked by unswering fidelity to the best interests of his constituents and of the commonwealth at large.

Egbert W. Gardner

Robert W. Gardner, the well known founder and proprietor of the Gardner Governor AVorks, of Quincy, is numbered among the leading American inventors. No country on the face of the globe has made such rapid progress along inventive lines or has given the world as many useful devices as has the United States. In fact, the machinery and mechanical devices which she has placed upon the market have revolutionized the world of trade, and her pre-eminence in this regard is acknowledged in all countries. Among those whose inventive genius has been a factor in bringing about this condition is Robert W. Gardner, of Quiney.

A native son of London, England, Mr. Gardner was born February 18, 1832, a son of James Gardner, of Edinburgh, Scotland, who for many years was prominent and influential in the government service of Great Britain and was the associate of many of the leading scientific men of his time, including such eminent personages as Robert Stevenson, Colonel Cubit, Sir Roderic Murchison and also Lieutenant Maury, of America. He had charge of the first complete trignometrieal survey of Great Britain, and later was agent of the ordnance department of the government, with headquarters in the Tower of London. He was also employed on scientific work by the French government during the reigu of Louis XIX., and was universally acknowledged one of the greatest scientists of his day.

Robert W. Gardner, although born in Loudon, largely spent his youth in Scotland, and his preliminary education was supplemented by two years' study in the University of Edinburgh, his attention being given to scientific branches. During that period he was also a student in the Royal School of Design. In 18-49, having been disappointed in receiving an expected appointment, he came to this country, hoping that the new world would afford better bvisiness opportunities. Advised to go west, he made his way to the vicinity of Rushville, Illinois, where he secured a position as teacher in a district school, and thus he began life in America. In 1851 he returned to Scotland, but soon came again to the United States, bringing with him little money and but one recommendation, this having been given him by the professor of mathematics in the University of Edinburgh. It was dated May 13, 1849, and read as follows: "Edinburgh, May 13, 1849. - I hereby certify that Mr. Robert Gardner attended my mathematical classes from IMay, 1847, until August, 1848, during which period he prosecuted his studies very diligently and successfully. He is well acquainted with the elements of geometry and algebra and with their more important application to mensuration, surveying and euaineering. His abilities as draughtsman are of the highest order, and consequently his plans of surveys are executed with great accuracy and elegance. It is also consistent with my knowledge that he has shown promise of becoming an able landscape painter, from the specimen I have seen in the exhibition of jiainting in the Royal Institute hcn-e. He therefore in my opinion cannot fail to be successful in any profession where a knowledge of Buch branches of a finished education are required. I can only add tliat I have every reason to be satisfied with his general good conduct while he was under my tuition, and wish him that sueci'ss in the world to which his abilities justly entitle him.

Mr. Gardner has resided continuously in Quincy since September 1, 1852, but was, on reaching the city, unsuccessful in his eft'orts to obtain a position as draughtsman or teacher of art, and necessity demanding that he find immediate employment, he determined to master the practical side of mechanics mikI entered upon an apprenticeship to Edward G. Turner, who was conducting a small machine shop in Sixth street. Thus it is that fate seems to play at cross purposes with what nature seems to have intended, and yet, in almost every instance, as in the case of Mr. Gardner, what appeared to work a hard- .ship at first, has turned out advantageously, and latent powers were developed whereby he has won both fame and fortune.

In 1854 Mr. Gardner secured an excellent position with an engine-building firm in Alton, but soon returned to Quincy and with Henry Mitchell purchased the Turner shops. His second partner, following the death of Mr. Mitchell, was John Robertson, and eventually Mr. Gardner became sole proprietor of the business, which formed the nucleus of the present extensive governor works. His love of scientific research and experimenting were continually alert for opportunities of improvement, and in 1859 he concentrated his attention upon the task of improving the governor of th.e steam engine, securing his first patent August 14, 1860. He continued his labors in this direction, each experiment bringing him nearer perfection, and since 1870 he has made a specialty of the manufacture of steam engine governors. In 1883 the Gardner Governor Company was incorporated, and there is in the company's offices a complete record of every governor sold, with full details of particulars. These governors have been introduced and sold in nearly' every country in the world, and even some of the less civilized districts of the globe, while large agencies are maintained in the leading cities of Europe. The plant in Quiney is the largest of the kind in the world, is fully equipped with the latest improved machinery and a large force of workmen is employed.

In many directions has Mr. Gardner's ability as an inventor been demonstrated, while each machine that leaves his shop is a proof of his skill and his mechanical and business ability. Plis position as one of the foremost American inventors is widely recognized, and because of this he has been elected to membership in some of the leading mechanical societies of Europe.

Important as have been the life work and business interests of Mr. Gardner he has yet found time to devote to public interests and those ameliorating the conditions under which many unfortunate classes labor. He has been president of the Blessing Hospital, a trustee of the "Woodland Orphan Home and the Associated Charities, and has also been connected with other charitable societies and organizations, to the support of which he has contributed unostentatiously but liberally. He aided in founding the Free Public Library of Quiney. and has been particularly active in encouraging and aiding all movements having for their object the welfare, substantial improvement and material, intellectual and moral progress of the city. An earnest church worker, his membership is with the Vermont Street Baptist church, of which he has long been an officer, while in its Sunday-school he has served as superintendent for almost forty years. His life has been an important element in the industrial and commercial development of Quiney. but no less important in those departments of activity which uplift mankind and work for the upbuilding of character.

Mrs. Nellie Seals

ilrs. Nellie Seals, who is the owner of a fine farm comprising fifty-two acres on section 22, Keene township, was born September 26, 1865, in Lincoln county, Missouri. She is a daughter of Joseph L. and Julina (Pollard) Woodson. Her father was born in Virginia, June 11, 1818, and her mother's birth occurred in the Old Dominion. June 14, 1823. Mr.

Woodson was a farmer by occupation and removed to Missouri at an early period in the development of that state, spending his remaining days there. He died December 24, 1900, while his wife's death occurred August 13, 1898.

Jlrs. Seals spent her girlhood days under the parental roof and obtained her education in the public schools of Lincoln county, Missouri. On the 19th of February, 1885, she gave her hand in marriage to James N. Seals and with him came to Adams county, Illinois, where she has since lived. Mr. Seals was born April 1, 1856, and was a son of Joseph and Catherine (Cecil) Seals, the former born March 27, 1819, and the latter "March 4, 1830. Both were natives of Ohio. They came to Adams county, however, at an early day, settling in Keene township among the pioneer residents of this portion of the state and the father bore an active and useful part in the early development of what was then a frontier region. In 1849, attracted by the discovery of gold in California, he made the overland trip to the Pacific coast, where he spent some time. He was very successful while in the far west and with a goodly sum of money he returned to Illinois. He afterward worked in Quiney at the stonemason's trade, which he had learned in his early manhood and he erected several of the stone houses that are still standing in Quiney. Later, however, he returned to Keene township, purchasing a large tract of land and continued to engage in farining throughout his remaining days. He died September 5, 1902, but his widow is yet living and makes her home with her daughter in Quiney.

James N. Seals was indebted to the public schools of Adams county for the educational privileges he enjoyed in his youth and when he had put aside his text-books he turned his attention to the tilling of the soil, gaining practical knowledge of the bpst methods of carrying on a farm so that when he began business on his own account he was well qualified for the work which he undertook. He was the owner of a farm in section 22, and made it a valuable property, placing the fields under a very high state of cultivation and added all modern equipments to his farm. He was also prominent in local political circles and he served for several years as collector, while for a long period he filled the office of school director, the cause of education finding in him a warm friend, who was the champion of all progressive measures for intelleetiial development. His fellow townsmen were endeavoring to get his consent to nominate him for supervisor at the time when he was thrown from his horse and killed. His death occurred April 7, 1892. and the community mourned the loss of a valued citizen, his neigh- -

Unto Mr. and Mr.s. Seals wcfc Ixn-n four children: Joseph C, the eldest, born JMareh 27, 1881, was the fir-st grandchild in the Seals family in Adams county and was born on the anniversity of the birth of his parental grandfather. He is now engaged in teaching school. Glenn W., born November 21, 1883, is at home and assists in the operation of the farm. Lillian D., born May 23, 188-4, died April 11. 1904. Julina ]\I.. born January 29, 1891, is at home.

George W. Smilh, wiio owns and operates a farm of forty acres on section 19. Keene township, where he is engaged in the raising of tine blooded hoi-ses and good stock, Avas born in Hancock county. Illinois, in lS4fi, and became a resident of Adams county in 18().">, settling in Keene t(iwnship. His father. Dennis Smith, was a native of Clermont coiuity, (Miio, whence he came in an early day to Illinois. He married Miss Mary A. Gillham, a native of this state. They settled near Warsaw, in Hancock county, being among the early settlers of western Illinois. There were only a few white settlers in this part of the state when they located here and the greater number of the now thriving towns and villages had not yet sprung into existence, and the district was almost an unbroken wilderness and uncultivated prairie. Unto Mr. and !Mrs. Smith were born nine children; Annilla, the wife of G. W. Ewiiig. of Hancock county; George W. : Sarah, the wifi' of John Riley, of Keokuk, Iowa; Gertrutle, the wife of Mr. Bird, of Keokuk, Iowa: Ennna, deceased; Jane, the wife of Mr. Parsons, a native of Minnesota; R. D., resident of Loraine; and Delia, wife of John Moore, of Warsaw, Illinois: and one who died in infancy.

George W. Smith was edu<-ated in the pul)lic schools of Hancock conntx- and after putting aside his text-bool<s began farnjing on his own account at the age of sixteen years. He has always carried on agricultural pursuits and his practical methods and business activity have resulted in making him one of the substantial agriculturists of his connnunity. As before stated, he became a resident of Adams county in 1865 when nineteen years of age and has since made his home in Keene township, where he today owns a farm of forty acres on section 19. His fields are well tilled and he gives much of his attention to stock-raising, having some fine blooded horses and also sonic high grades of cattle.

.Mr. Smith was married to .Miss Charity H. .McClung, who was born in Warren coimty, Ohio, in 1847, and came to Illinois with her parents in 1851, the family settling in INIendou townshiii. Her parents had a family of six childivn: Samuel H., now living in Mendon, Illinois: Mrs. Smith; Clara B., the wife of Henry Zei-u. of Colusa, Illinois; and three sons who have departed this life. The father died in 189(i, and the mother passed away in 1904.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born nine childi'cn : AVilliam, who was born in 1869 and li\-cs in this county; Mary C, was born in 1871 and is the wife of John Lee, of Hancock county; Etta B., who was born in 1875 and is the wife of H. J. Chant, of Burlington, Iowa ; Cassie L., who was born in 1873 and died in 1874; (Gertie E., who was born in 1879 and died in 1880; Charity Florence, who was born in 1882; George Francis, in 1884; Clarence M., in 1887; and Orville R., who was born in 1890 and died in 1894. The younger living members of the family are at home. The parents are members of tlie iMethodist E|)iscopal churc'h and are highly esteemed in the locality whei-e the\- rcsidi\

Charles B.lMcCrory, present .judge of the Adams county court, was boi'n February 7, 1874, on a farm near the village of Payson in this county. The ancestry of the IMcCrory family in America is traceable to three brothers, who being in sympathy with the American colonists, emigrated from the northern part of Ireland to Charleston, South Carolina, and engaged with the American army until the close of the Revolution. The Judge's parents, Brice and Amy McCrory, came to this county from the east, the former being a native of Penns.ylvania and the latter a native of New York. The father was an extensive and successful farmer and his son had the good fortune to be reared in the pure and wholesome atmosphere of country life, where like most farmer boys, he learned the value of labor and perseverance, a lesson so essential to success and development in professional life.

His early educational advantages were such as were furnished by the local public schools. After graduating from the Payson high school in ]\Iay 1894, he entered college, in preparation for his study of law. His professional education was obtained in the Chaddock Law School of Quincy and as a student in the law offices of Judge John C. Broady. He was admitted to the bar of the state of Illinois, June 16, 1897, and subsequently to practice in the United States courts.

Mr. McCrory, at the age of twenty -three years, began the practice of law as a member of the firm of Coffield & ileCrory. Two years later he became associated with Homer D. Dines, under the firm name of JlcCrory & Dines, which firm continued successfully ;intil Mr. ileCrory was elected to the bench of the county court, November 4, 1902, and Mr. Dines was appointed secretary to Judge Guy C. Scott, of the Illinois supreme court. It was while a member of this latter firm that Judge McCrory was married. April 22, 1901, to JMiss Lena C. Johns, of Quincy.

Judge McCrory is a good citizen, a successful lawyer, and an able .judge. As a lawyer he is studious and industrious, and his success in the courts has proven him an attorney of ability. He is loyal to his clients' interests and honest and frank in his counsel. In politics he is a democrat and has always been loyal to his party. As a judge he displays a thoroiigh knowledge of the principles of law and such qualities of honor and fairness that he commands the respect aud confidence both of the public and the profession.

Charles H. Achelpohl

Charles H. Achelpohl is proprietor of a drug store in Quincy and in the conduct of this enterprise his business capacity and energy are constantly manifest. While he thus figures prominently in commercial circles he is akso a valued citizen of Quincy because of his activity in public aft'airs along lines of practical improvement and progress. Especially as a member of the council Ills energies have so constantly lieen exerted in behalf of the genei-al good that his fellow citizens have come to regard him as a faithful ciistodian of the public interests and one in Avhom they may place pxplicit trust and confidence, knowing that his labors are characterized by public spirit and unfaltering devotion to the general good.

He was born August 13, 1872. in Quincy and is a son of August H. and Fredei'irk-;i ( Behi'enslueyer) Achelpohl, the latter tlir daughter of H. P. Behreiismeyer. August 11. Achelpohl, a native of Germany, came to America with his l)arents when thii'teeu years of age, arriving about 1855, at which time he became a resident of Quincy. In early life he learned the wagonmaker's trade and after completing his apprenticeship he turned his attention to the grocery business, which he conducted on Jersey street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. At length retiring from that field of laboi- he formed a packing company, of which he was president and treasurer, his partners being Chris Tuffli and H. P. Behrensmeyer. ^Ir. Achelpohl was engaged in that business for about eight years and then disposed of his interests on account of ill health. About two yeai-s later he joined his son Charles 11. in the establishment of a drug stoi-e at No. 1005 State street under the fii-m style of A. H. Achelpohl & Son. They opened the store in 1893 and continued its management up to the time of the father's death, which occiirred November 20, 1902. His long connection with business affairs in Quincy had gained him a wide acquaintance in trade circles and his sti-aightforward dealing had commanded for him the unqualified confidence of all with whom he was associated. His wife came to America with her parents at an earlj^ day and is now living in Quincy.

Charles H. Achelpohl was a public-school student in his early boyhood days and put aside his text-books when fifteen years of age, after which he served an apprenticeship in a drug .store of H. Germann, there remaining for four years. He received a certificate from the Chicago College of Pharmacy at the age of twenty years, after which he went to Chicago and when twenty-one years of age he purchased a drug store on the north side of that city, continuing its conduct from 1891 until 1893. In that year he sold out and returned to Quincy to enter into partnership with his father under the firm style of A. H. Achelpohl & Son, with headquarters at 1005 State street. Following the father's death the son became sole proprietor of the store, which is now conducted tinder his name. The business is carried on in a handsoiue two story pres.sed brick building at No. 1201 State street, where he located October 25, 1903. He has a well equipped store, tastefully arranged aiul the large stock of goods which he carries is indicative of the liberal patronage which is accorded him. In addition to his other business interests Mr. Achelpohl, who is a man of marked enterprise and resourceful ability, is now serving as vice president of the Quincy Regalia Company and is president and manager of the Lahan Stove Company, which has recently been organized for the purpose of manufacturing a soft coal base heating stove. The business has already been placed upon a good basis aud the factory is on Payson avenue between Third and Fourth streets. He likewise conducts the Physicians & Surgeons Supply Hcmse at No. 1201 State street and has three salesmen on the road. He is also interested in the International

Lcathfi- Coiijpauy nf St. Louis and several other ''uterprises which have profited by his wise eoiin- .sel and sound .iudgnient in Ijusiness matters.

Mr. Achelpohl is active in political circles in his native city and in 1902-3 represented the fourth ward in the city council, being elected on the repuljlicari ticket. He was elected by the largest republican majority ever given in the fourth ward, having a plui-ality of over three Inuidred. While in the eitv council, on February 15, 1904, Ml'. Achelp'ohl inti'odueed the following resolution :

Whereas, the modern and most impi'oved methods for conducting electrical currents in cities from place to place have demonstrated that the underground service is the liest and safest means by which electricity can be delivered to the citizens ; and

Wliereas, The electrical wires stretched overhead along and in the .streets and alleys of the city of Quiney and the large poles along and over which said wires are attached, mar the beauty of the city and greatly annoy the ])nblic and often interfei-e ^vitll the convenience of pedestrians and siu'li wires greatly inci'ease the danger of fii'e. and very often hinder the firemen while trying to perform their duty at a fire; and, whereas, such overhead electrical wires increase the danger of communicating the electrical power and force cimtained in live wires to persons passing along or near such wires and poles ; therefore, l)e it

Resolved by the city council of the city of (^niney that the ordinance connnittee be and the same is hereby instructed to draft an oi'dinance compelling any company or companies, person or persons owning or controlling an overhead light, telephone, or telegraph Avires in the city of Quiney to remove them all and any wire ot' wires, pole or poles, that are now iu and along and over the streets and alleys of this eity, within the fire limits, within one year from April 1, 1904 ; and also providing that no company or companies, per.son or persons shall hereafter be permitted to stretch electrical wire or wires overhead in and along the streets and alleys of the city, nor be permitted to erect any such poles in and along such .sti-eets and alleys within the fire limits; and that all such electrical wires be laid underground, and that said ordinance contain a proper and sufficient penalty for its violation to insure its observance.

Alderman Achelpohl moved that the ordinance committee be instructed to prepare and present an ordinance in conformity with the resolution by the second meeting in March.

lodge. No. 549, A. F. & A. .M., while in the Scottish rite he has attained the thii'ty-second degree, belonging to Quiney consistory. He also belongs to Pruexblioiler lodge, K. P., to Minnewawa chapter. No. 159. I. O. R. i\L, the Court of Honor and the Knights of the IMaccabees. His religions fiiitli is indicated by his membership in the (ierman ^Methodist church.

On the L'dlh of May, 1897, Mr. Achelpohl was united in man-iage to Miss Medora Miller, a daughter of Christopher IMiller, one of the oldest .settlers of Quiney. Her mother is still living and she has two brothers and one sister. The children of 'Sh: and ^Mrs. Achelpohl are ; W^alter J., who is cashier for the Galesburg Gas & p]lectric Light Company, of Galesburg, Illinois, and married Laura Hagen, a daughter of William Hagen, of Quiney; and Selnia, at home.

!Mr. Achelpohl is a man of marked business enterpri.se and in the commercial and industrial circles of Qnincy has found a wide field in which to give full scope to his ambition and industry - his dominant qualities. He possesses the resolution, perseverenee and reliability so charaetei-istic of his German ancestry and through his activity in business has not only contributed to his individual prosperity but has also been a jiromoter of the city's development and material uplmilding. As a citizen his loyalty to the public good is above ciuestiou and his political integrity stands as an unrfuestioned fact in his career. His work in behalf of the ordinance quoted above is certainly worthy of the highest commendation and along other lines, too, his labors have iiroved far-reaching and beneficial.

Theodore Benedict Pape

Theodore Benedict Pape, corporation counsel for the city of Quiney and a memlier of the law firm of rjovert, Pape & Govert, was born in (,>uincy, September 17, 1860, his parents being .1. II. Nicolaus and Mary A. (Duker) Pape. They Avere natives of Germany and became residents of Quiney in 1846. Here the father, following his ti-ade established a cooper shop, which he conducted for many years, but lioth he and his wife are now deceased.

SuppletnentiiiL; his early educational privileges by an ad\aneeil course of study, Theodore B. Pape mastered the classical branches and was uradiiated from St. Francis College, of Quiney, and then, desirous of becoming a member of the legal profession, matriculated iu the law department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated with the class of 1883. Thus qualified for the bar he has

]ii';iclic('d in Qiiiiicy since 1884, .nul has long ranked with the leading attorney's of the city, the extent and importance of the legal interests intrusted to his care bearing evidence of his ability and the position which he holds as a lawyer in the public regard. He was first a law partner of the late Judge Joseph Sibley and in 1889 he became a member of the law firm of Carter & Govert. which relation was maintained until the elevation of Josejih N. Carter to the supreme bench of the state. The firm of Gofvert & Pape then continued and later became Govert, Pape & Govert.

The official honors which have been conferred upon ^Ir. Pape have also been in the line of his jirofession. He was city attorney of Quincy in the years 1887 and 1888 and he is now cori^iration counsel of the city, having held the position continuou.sly .since -May 1, 1895. In this position he has carefully guarded the legal intere.sts of the city and in his official capacity he originated the plan under which the city is now paying its debt, and also the plan under which the Quincy waterworks have been transferred to the ("itizens' AVaterworks Company ujion conditions which insure the ultimate city owncrshii) of the plant.

In religious faith IMr. Pape is a Roman Catholic. He has pleasant .social relations in his native city, and his professional prominence is the deserved recognition of ability that has l)een fostered through close application, earnest eft'ort and the exercise of strong meiitalitv.

Joseph "W. Caldwell, one of the substantial citizens of Adams county, living in ]\Ieyer. a tiiwii which he platted and surveyed in the fall (if 1905. Embraced in the territory surrounding Meyer are fifty thousand acres of reclaimed land, considered the most fei'tile area in the state, and which never fails to produce the finest wheat and corn on the market. Meyer is located three and one-half miles south of the noi-thwest corner of Adams county, Illinois.

Joseph W. Caldwell was born in Canton, ]\Iissouri, October i. 1855. He is a son of John C. and Harriett Caldwell, the former a native of AVilliamsport, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Liverpool, P^ngland. In the spring of 1861, they came to Adams county. Illinois, settling on a farm near what is now the town of Clever, where they spent their remaining clays. Jlr. Caldwell died in 1882, at the age of seventy-nine years, while his wife died in 1873, at the age of forty-five years. They left three daughters, namely: ^Irs. Lizzie Leeper. who resides in

Joseph W. Caldwell is an energetic business man, having been engaged in the real estate business for about twenty years, and has negotiated many important real estate transfers. He is the owner of three farms in the ilississippi bottom and a large portion of the town of ileyer. As a real estate agent he has done nnieh to improve that part of the county, and as a business man he has gained the success which is the goal of all endeavor. He is enterprising and progressive, possessing keen sagacity and strong determination, and whatever he undertakes he carries forward to a successful completion if it can be accomplished with diligent, honorable effort.

On December ti, 1882, in Cleveland, Ohio, :\Ir. Caldwell was married to Miss jMettie Hughes, who was born November 24, 1864, and was a graduate of Canton College, of Canton, Missouri. She died December 6. 1892, leaving four children: ]\Iamie, Nellie, Fred and Earl. In Quincy, Illinois, on the 17th of iMarch, 1902, ;\[r. Caldwell was again married, his second union being with Ella Jenkins, a school teacher of Loraine, Illinois. She was a popular, energetic teacher, having taiight in the public schools near her home for seven years previous to her marriage. She was born September 25, 1877, and is a daughter of James B. and Jane A. Jenkins, ilr. and Mrs. Caldwell are members of the Episcopal church at l\Ieyer. They have one child, Alice Lillian, born July 6, 1903.

'Sir. Caldwell has .served as levee commissioner for three years and during the high water of 1903 made a trip to New Orleans with a view to gaining information in regard to levees and pumping plants. On this trip he traveled more than seven thousand miles over the southern states. This trip was partly made in connection with his real estate business. He gives his political support to the republican party. His genial manner, kindly disposition and deference for the opinion of others, as well as his sterling worth, have made him jiopular with a large number of the citizens of Adams county.

Dr. Alois J. Blickhan, physician and surgeon of Quincy, was born in this city, June 25, 1866, his parents being John and Louise (Lambood) Blickhan, whose mai'riage was celebrated in Quincy. The father was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and in the early '40s came westward to Quincy, where he engaged in business as a carriagemaker inuler the name of the Blick-

Dr. Blichhan was a jiuhlie school student and afterward entered th<' tiein City Business College, where he completed a course at tlie age of twenty-two. On leaving the public schools he learned the printer's trade in the office of the Job Printing Coni])any and later spent several years upon the road, working in various states. While in St. Joseph, Missouri, about 1887, being there engaged in work at his trade, he became intei'ested in some medical works and while reading these formed the deternunation to lieeome a mendier of the medical fraternity. Accordingly he Went to Chicago and mal riculated in the Rush Meilical College, working in a i)rinting office in ordei- to pay his ex[)i'nses there foi' two years. In ISIIO he entered the Keiikuk ]\Iedical College at Keokuk. Iowa, -uid was graduated from the latter institution in the spring of 1S91. For a time, pj'ioi- to goinu' to Keokuk, he \\as clci-k in Hotel Duncan at Burlington, Iowa, and tlius as a,^])rinter and hnte] clerk he earned the funds necessaiy to meet the expenses of his college course and ]ii-epai'e him foi' the practice of his <'hosen jii-ofession. Cmniliu' to (^)uincy he opeiiecl .'ill ol'lice ,i]id h:is since been engaged in general pi':ii-t ii-i\ liaviii'.; a large business. lie manifests in the discharge of his daily duties a conscientious i)nrposi' and a devotion to his work which have been stilient featui'cs in his prosperity and have won hiin a ])Iace among the leading meiidiers (d' the medical fraternity in this city.

Dr. Blickhan is independent in his ])olitical views, although he rather favors the democratic ))arty. He is interested in various enterprises of the city, particularly in tho.sc measures and movements which have for their object the ireneral good. His entire life has been pa.ssed here and that his has been an upright career is indicated by the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his .vouth to the present time.

that prove of much benefit to the county, has been a resident of Illinois since March 20, 1840. He has now passed the eight.y-seventh milestone on life's journey, and his cai-eer has been one of usefulness and honor. He was born in Poland, Cumberland county, ilaine, on the 8th of (October, 1S17, and is a son of Levi Bailey, whose birth occurred in the same locality, in April, 1791. He I'epresents one of the old New England families of English ancestry that was founded in America in August, 1635. Thomas Bailey, his grandfather, was born in Newlinry, ^Massachusetts, Feliruary 14. 174(i, and removed from that state to l\Iaine. He was married to Elizabeth Kindjall. Levi Baile.v was drafted as a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a farmer by occupation and established his home in Cumberland county, ]\Iaine. He was there married to ]\Iiss Naliby Haskell, who was born in the Pine Ti-ee state in 1794. There they reared their family and sjient their entire lives.

Thomas Bjdley is one of a family of eleven chiliii'cn, ten of whom reached mature years, while three are yet living. His youth was passed in Maine, where he was afforded good connnon- ^ehool advantages and after he ceased to be a student he became a teacher in the public schools there. Attracted by the business opportunities of the growing west, he left New England on the lltli of March, 1839, and went to Boston, where he worked on a market farm for three months and also worked four months in a lirickyard to get money to go west. He then went to Parkman, Ohio, and later to Troy, that state, where he taught one ti-rm of school. In JIarch, 1840, he continued on his westward journey until he reached Adams comity, Illinois, where he followed the profession of teaching for five years. Later he was engaged in teaching at intervals, although his time was largely devoted to farming interests, iniiiroving two quarter sections of land wiici'e he now lives. In 1843 he luirchased one hundi'cd and sixty acres of land here and began the develo]iment of a fai'm. The tract was villi and nnim|iroved Init he soon placed it »uitler a high state of cultivation and carried forward the work of improvement, adding all modei'ii ei|uipnients and accessories as the.v were inti'oiluccd. He erected a residence and contributed in a suiistantial measure to the growth iind upbuilding of Camji Point l).v laying out several additions to the town, which has benefited materially by his etforts. Prom time to time he has purchased land and has been the owner of several hundi-ed acres. His attention, however, has not been confined entirely to agricultural pursuits, for he engaged in merchandizing and nulling in Camp Point for a nundier of years. He has also figured in'ominently in financial circle -i and in 1867 was the founder of the

Bailey Pank, a private banking institution which he conducted with success for thirteen years. Throughout his entire life he has been a very active and enterprising business man, quick to note and utilize opportunities. He has made the most of the advantages which have surrounded iiim and as the years have passed has become one of the capitalists of Adams county through his judicious investments and his careful management of his business affairs. About 1873, in company with George W. Cyrus, he established the Camp Point Journal and continued its operation for three years, when he sold out to Jlr. Cyrus, present editor.

Public interests have received the co-operation and Mippoi't I if ;\lr. Bailey, who in office has l>riivrd his lnyalty to the general good. He was I'lected, in LS.jO, as the first supervisor of his township and served for five years. In 1858 he was elected for a term of three years, and about 1S75 was once more chosen for that office. F'or two years he served as chairman of the })oard of supervisors and altogether acted as chairman for about five years. He is now the only survivor of the first county board. For forty years he filled the office of justice of the peace in Camp I'oint township and his decisions were strictly fair and impartial, being based upon the ecjuity of the case and the law applicable thereto. He has been a delegate to county, state and national conventions and has ever been luifaltering in his support for the principles of his party.

ilr. Bailey was married in Camp Point, March ]3, 1845. to iliss Rebecca Seaton, who was born in Kentucky but was reared mostly in Illinois. Her father was Richard Seaton, who came from Kentucky in 1835. Unto 'Sh: and "Sirs. Bailey was born a daughter, Eleanor, who became the wife of A. B. Kelley, a jeweler of Camp Point. She died in December, 1881, and ^Ir. Kelley has also passed away. In the spring of 1894 ^Ir. Bailey was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife. He was married again in 1895 to Pamelia' J. Johnson, the widow- of George R. Johnson. She was born in Kentucky but was reared in Illinois, coming to this state in 1831. By her fii-st marriage she had ten children, eight of whom are yet living.

]\Ir. Bailey is a member of the lodge and chapter of the ^Masonic fraternity at Camp Point. He has served as master of his lodge and has also been its representative to the grand lodge. He was made an Odd Fellow in 1858 and a ^lason shortly afterward. He has likewise filled all of the chairs in the Odd Fellows lodge, is past grand and is a member of the encampment. He has started a number of lodges and he gave most liberally toward the building of the Odd Fellows lodge hall in Camp Point. His fellow members showed their appreciation of his services and personal worth, in 1892, by presenting him with a fine star medal, indicating a membership of a quarter of a century. In his political views Mr. Bailey was an old line whig and cast his first presidential ballot for William Henry Harrison in 1840. In 1856 he supported John C. Fremont, the first candidate of the new republican pai'ty, and has since voted for each of its presidential nominees with the exception of the years 1872 and 1876, when he voted for Horace Greeley and Samuel J. Tilden respectively.

Mr. Bailey gave to the town of Camp Point a tract of land of twenty acres adjoining the corporation linnts on the north, which is known as Bailey Park. He also built and gave to the town its opera hovise and the income derived therefrom is given to the woi-thy poor of the town. He is a man of benevolent and kindly spirit, generous to the poor, and indeed he cannot listen to a tale of distress unmoved. His sympathy is manifested in substantial assistance and many i:ave reason to bless him for what he has done for them in their hour of need. As a pioneer settler he is familiar with the history of the county from the period when it was just emerging from its primitive condition and taking on the evidences and changes of civilization. In 1844 he broke prairie here with four yoke of o.xen, commencing this work with teams of wild steers which he continued driving until they were well broken to the work. He has seen great cliang(^s along agricultural lines, and in fact all dejiartnients of activity in Adams county, and has always favored progress and improvement. His name has been a synonym of integrity in business affairs, and he is to-day one of the most honored and respected residents of this portion of the state.

Theodore C. Poling

Theodore C. Poling, for a ninnber of years a general practitioner of law in Quiucy and since i885 engaged in the conduct of a savings and loan office and mortgage banking business, was born in ^Middletown, New Jersey, January 10, 1840. his parents being Charles W. and Ann (^Kelsey) Poling. In the paternal line he comes of English, "Welsh and Holland ancestry and in the maternal line is of English and Irish descent. The Poling family dates its origin in America back to the middle of the eighteenth century, when representatives of the name settled in New Jersey, Richard Poling, greatgrandfather of Theodore C. Poling, was born at I\Iiddletown Point, New Jersey, as was his son, Richard Poling, Jr., and his grandson, Charles W. Poling. The last named was there reared and educated and in his native state wedded Ann Kelsey, also a native of New Jei'sey. He was a farmer by oeeux)ation and upon his removal to Illinois in 1856 he seeured a tract of land near ^Tendon, where he earried on general agricultural pursuits up to the time of his death, which occurred about 1858, when he was forty-two years of age. His wife died in 1863 at the age of forty-nine years. They were the parents of eight children, of whom Theodore C. Poling was the second in order of birth. Three of the sons, George W., Theodore C. and James K. P. Poling, were soldiers of the Civil war and the first named died of disease contracted in the army, while the last was killed when participating in the battle at jMemphis, Tennessee.

Theodore C. Poling spent the first sixteen years of his life in New^ Jersey, Ohio and Iowa, and during that pei-iod acquired a good conmionschool education, which was afterward supplemented by study in Knox College at Galesburg, Illinois. His course there, however, was interrupted by his service in the Civil war, for, aroused by a spirit of patriotism, he enlisted on the 30th of August, 1862, as a member of the Seventy-first Illinois Regiment, with which he remained for three months. At the conclusion of that term he re-enlisted for one hundred days' service in the One flundred and Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, .ioining Comi)any C, and received an honorable discharge on the 24th of Septembei-. ]S(i4. He was corpoi-al in both reginieiils ;ind was always true to his duty, .so that he rcturui'd to his home with a creditable military record.

Following his military .service ilr. Poling engaged in teaching in the district schools near Mendon, Adams county, for some time and was also principal of the graded schools at Payson, Illinois, his labors as an educator covering nine yca]'s. During his leisure hours he entered uiion the reading of law and in 1870 he came to Quincy, where he entered the law ofifiee of Goodwin & Davis, well known attorneys of this city. The following year he was admitted to practice at the Adams county bar and joined his former preceptors in a partnership under the firm style of Goodwnn, Davis & Poling. After the death of ilr. Goodwin, two years later, the surviving members of the firm continued in practice together under the firm style of Davis & Poling until 1885, when their business relations were discontinued in order that Mr. Poling might give undivided attention to the mortgage banking business and to the conduct of a savings and loan office. He had only one predecessor in this line of activity and has been the pioneer in inaugurating and building up a business which has long since grown to extensive and profitable proportions. His clientage is large and he has done nuicli service in the settlement of important estates and in holding positions of honor and trust. In the business of loans whicli he has placed he has never had a client w'ho has been obliged to take a jiiece of pi'operty on a loan of his nmking and not one of his customers has lost a dollar in principal or interest on his loans. This exceptional i-ecord, in itself a guarantee of the greatest security, has not been a matter of accident. It has been brought about through the utmost care exercised by Mr. Poling in the coiuluct of his business affairs. He carefully examines all titles and investigates the value <if every piece of property on which a loan is to be made and by assuring himself of every condition affecting the loan protects all of his patrons. He lias been interested in several of the more important improvements projected in (Quincy in the last tw-o decades and has himself made judicious and extensive investments in property. In connection with Joseph N. Carter, William PI. Govert and G. A. Bauman, he built the Plackstone building in 1889 and in this buildinu' ln' maintains his offices. He has also assisted in the erection of other buildings and has recently completed the third residence in which he has successively made his home and has also erected three additional residences, one for each of his children. With others he was a pi'omoter of the addition to Quincy known as Lawndale, where his comfortable home is situated and with others he laid out and promoted the interests of the industrial addition k'nown as Walton Heights in East Quincy.

Public enterprises in no way associated with his business affairs and resulting in no personal benefit to him have received his support, aid and allegiance. He has been especially active in this direction, now connected with worthy charities of the city, and is a director and treasurer of the Anna Brown Home for the Aged. He drew the will by means of which this institution was founded and in many ways he has figured among those who have fostered it. He is also one of the trustees of the Blessing Hospital and is a director of the Graceland Cemetery Association of Quincy, of which he is treasurer.

In June, 1867, ;\lr. Poling was married to iliss Ella A. Wharton, a daughter of Benjamin and Amy Wharton, of Payson, Illinois, and they . have three children: Florence P.. the wife of James G. Nielson, of St. Paul, ]\Iinnesota ; Otho C, associated with his father in business; and Theodore Chester, attending Colorado College at Colorado Springs. They also lo.st two children. The beautiful family home in Lawndale is one of the most pleasing and attractive residences of Quincy.

and tile Aueieut Order of United Workmen. In politics, while his sympathies are more strongly with the principles of the repiiblican party, he often votes independently of part.y ties. Plis attention has been largely given to business affairs and liis advancement has been secured entirely througli his own efforts, through strict attention to the duties that daily have devolved upon him and tlirough honoi'able business methods and dealings. To some he seems reserved, yet those who know him best speak of a kindly nature and social disposition that form the basis of strong and enduring friendship.

Henry F. Lummis. whose intense and well directed activity has made him one of the foremost representatives of trade interests in Quincy, stands to-day at the head of the Lummis Implement Company, controlling a business of large and profitable proportions that owes its development in a great measure to his discernment, enterprise and business sagacity. At the same time he has never been unmindful of the duties of citizenship and has contributed to publie progress along many lines but notably in educational circles.

Henry F. Lummis was boi'n October 25, 1856, upon a farm in Adams county, which was the property of his father, Joseph Lummis, then a resident of Gilmer township and one of the honored early settlers of this part of the state. Previously a resident of Ohio he had come to Illinois in 1844 and east in his lot with the early settlers of Adams county, where he successfully conducted agricultural interests and where he also became known for his activity and helpfulness in public life. His efforts in this direction found recognition in his election to the office of county treasurer in 1868 for a term of two years. He married a IMiss Lawless, a daughter of John Lawless, one of the pioneer residents of Adams county of 1835.

Henry F. Lummis. reared to the (iccnpatioii of farming, was also provided with excellent educational privileges and after completing a course in the graded schools he attended Chaddock College, later became a student in a commercial college and afterward matriculated in the Illinois Normal University. Thus qiialified for educational work, he entered the schoolroom as a teacher and for seven years followed the profession. Deciding, however, to enter the field of commercial activity, he resigned his position as teacher in 1885 and became connected with mercantile interests in Quincy as a member of the firm of Schafer, Lunnnis & Company, dealers in agricultural implements. Subse- (juently changes occurred in the ownership of the business, the original firm being succeeded by Lummis, Rump & Company and later by Lummis, Earhart & Company. The business was incorporated in 1895 under the name of the Lummis Implement Company and Heni-y F. Lmnmis was chosen secretary and treasurer, which has been his connection with the business to the present time. lu 1896 the company removed to their present quarters on Sixth aven\ie, where they have the largest and best arranged agricultural implement house in the city. Under careful management and in accordance with modern progressive ideas the business has been developed to extensive proportions and is today one of the leading commercial concerns of Quincy. The policy of the house has always been such as would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and the company sustains an unassailable reputation in commercial circles. ]\Ir. Lummis is also manager of the mercantile department of the Collins Plow Company of Quincy and thus occupies a prominent place in connection with the trade interests of his native county. As a citizen Jlr. Lummis has ever displayed a most public-spirited interest in the welfare and progress of Quincy, lending active co-operation and aid to many measures which have been of direct benefit in promoting the substantial upbuilding and improvement of the city. Retaining a deep interest in the public schools he was appointed a member of the board of education in 1897 and was made chairman of the committee on buildings and grounds, and a member of the committee on rules and on teachers. His previous experience as an educator well qualified him for the active work which he undertook and which made him one of the most valuable members of the citv .school board.

Edgar C. Sivei-tsoii, a well known farmer of Honev Creek township, was born on his present farm." April 8, 1853. His father. Christian F. Sivertson. now deceased, was for many years a prominent farmer of Adams county, living for a long period in Honey Creek township. He was a native of Denmark, born in 1809, and when a young man he came to the United States, attracted by the business opportunities of the new world. Locating first in Cincinnati, Ohio, he removed in 1840 to Quincy and soon afterward located in Honey Creek township, where he secured a tract of land and successfully car- ried on famiiiiii- for a luunbcr of years. His death occurred in Paloiua. August 26, 1891. He was married, October 22, 1840, to ^Marcia Lakins, a native of Ohio, and they became the parents of four chiklren, of whom two are living: William F.. a resident farmer of H.)ney Creek township: and Edgar C.

In the schools of tliis township Edgar I. Sivertson was educated and throughout his entire life he has followed farming, gaining practical experience in the best methods of cultivatiiio- the fields during his early boyhood days, thnumh the assistance which he rendered his father in the suimiier months. He is now the owner of eighty acres of land on section 22, Honey Creek township, and forty acres of timber land on section 21. The place is devoted to general farming and to the raising of cattle, hoo-s and horses. His crops are mostly corn, oats and hay, and the well tilled fields give promise of good harvests, while his stock-raising business is also a profitable source of income. ^

In 1889 occurred the marriage of Mr. Sivertson and IMiss llary Lumiiiis, a native of Gilmer, Illinois, and a daughter of Joseph Lmnmis, now deceased, who for many years was a prominent farmer of Gilmer township. Mr. and Mrs. Sivertson have one child, Ruby :M. The hospitality of many of the best homes of this locality is cordially extended to them. Mr. Sivertson "is a republican in his political views, but the honors and emoluments of office have little attraction for him and he pi-efers to devote his energies to his business affairs.

Willard Keyes

Willard Keyes, the eldest son of Ashley Keyes and Anna (Willard) Keyes, was born in Newfane. Windham county, Vermont. October 28, 1792". His father was a farmer who removed from Shrewsbury, :Massacluisetts, where the family had long lived, to Vermont about 1790. Willard, having received the usual practical school education of New England, worked on the farm, also learned the business of woolen dyeing, and taught school for several winters, until, at the age Of twenty-five years (quoting his own words from the commencement page of his diary), "On the second day of June, A. D. 1817, being impelled by curiosity and a desire to see other places than those in the vicinity of my native town, I, Willard Keyes, started from Newfane, Vermont, intending to travel into the western parts of the United States." Traveling by various means through Canada and by the northern lakes, he reached Prairie du Chien on the 30th of August, 1817. There he remained, engaged in teaching, milling and other jmrsuits, until the spring of 1819, when, with one companion, he started on a raft for St. Louis, fioating by the site of Quincy, ilay 10, 1819.

In March, 1820, to quote again from his diary : "John Wood and myself formed a partnership to go on the frontiers and commence farming together: accordingly, prepared ourselves with provisions, farming utensils, etc., as well as our slender means would permit; two small yoke of steers, a young cow, and a small though promising- lot (if swine; our whole amount of property did not iii-olial)ly exceed two hundred and fifty dollars. Paid fifty dollars and sixty dollars per yoke for small four-year-old steers, seventeen dollars for a small lieifer, six and a C[uarter cents jier pound for fresh pork, seventy-five cents per bushel for corn, eight dollars per barrel for flour, four dollars per bushel for salt, and other things in proportion." At this place, in Pike county, thirty miles southeast of Quincy, he remained until the si>ring of 182-1, wlien he removed up to (Quincy and liuilt the second cabin of the city - sixteen by sixteen feet in size - which was afterward used as the first courtroom. On the formation of the county, in 1825, he was chosen one of the county commissioners and acted earnestly and usefully for the interests of the infant settlement for many years. He was one of the first iiiemliers of the first church association formed in Quincy, in 1830, of which he was made deacon, a position faithfully maintained for forty-two years. He died on the 7th of February, 1872. He was married December 22, 1825, to Miss Laura Ilarkness, who died I\Iay 8, 1832: and again to ]Mi.ss Mary C. Folsom, who died November 1, 1864.

In the latter part of a Quincv directory for 1864-5, published by S. B. Wyekott', is aOrief "History of Quincy," written by Willard Keyes, The important historical facts stated by Mr. Keyes are given in Colonel Tillson's History of Quincy, but the following account by Mr. Keyes of Quincy 's fir.st pioneer festival is worth preserving :

"We sometimes hear nowadays of splendid parties in Quincy; but, surely, we think they cannot (to use a homely expression) 'hold a candle' to some that are chronicled in the primitive times in Quincy. Take one that came off in the month of May, 1825, All the elite of the county were present: some eight or ten pair of unmai-- ried and enough married ones to preserve decorum. The day was beautiful, and the most ample feast was provided by the liostess, Mrs. Jeremiah Rose. John Wood was Master of Ceremonies - the 'Feast of Reason and the Flow of Soul' presided over the festive board. After dinner a pleasure excursion up ' Boston Bay ' was the order of the exercises. Two large canoes were firmly secured, side by side Avith transverse timbers, and the whole party embarked. The way they enjoyed the excursion can only be realized by those who M'ere participants. Landing at a famous spring and rambling through the verdant groves, the first consciousness they seemed to realize was the low-descending sun and a black, ascending cloud in the west. It was .some time before all could be rallied and aboard, and then more frolic than fear ju'evailed, until the sky was overspread with darkness, the thunder rolled, and the winds roared in the distance. The boys then began to pull the oars in right good earnest.

"But the wind, the rain and the darkness all came on their devoted heads at once. The waves began to intrude: 'To shore' was the word; the bo^v strikes land, and the boys jump OA^erboard to hold the craft, while the girls (we mean the ladies) were helped ashore. They had about a mile to run, following a deer path, made visible only by vivid flashes of lightning : the rain poured in torrents, and the white dresses fluttered in the wind. The cabin which at last sheltered them had two rooms and a loft in the peak of the roof. Mrs. Rose and the other ladies residing with her brought forth their ample wardrobes, and the saturated ladies ascended to the loft and were soon arrayed in dry clothing, some perhaps not so nice a fit as fastidious milliners of the present day might desire. It was feared that serious eon.sequenees might result from such a drenching and the tea kettle was placed over the fire to prepare some 'herb drink' to counteract the 'malaria,' and report says that the blaster of Ceremonies (whether by mistake we cannot say) filled the tea kettle mostly with aqua vitae; but, to make amends, he put in an ample supply of sugar. This beverage was dealt out to the ladies in the loft to keep them from 'cotehin' cold.' And the 'ilajor' says their chattering soon resembled a flock of blackbirds in a cornfield. Suffice it to say that none took cold, and some that had the ague were completely eui'ed.

"The next morning they formed a cavalcade with buggies, horses and such conveyances as were at hand, and took a grand excursion about two and a half miles northeast to the 'big spring' on the prairie, from which point, in the course of the forenoon, the party diverged to their respective homes. But the end is not yet ; 'tall oaks from little acorns grow. ' So here observe : ' Great events from little causes flow ! ' This Pioneer Festival did not end in smoke. Twice six congenial minds here found their mates, and most of them tied the hymeneal knot within the j^ear. After the lapse of thirty years, we trust to be pardoned for the liberty we take of enrolling their names in the order of 'events' as near as recollected :

"There were three or four misses as the festival whose 'mates' we presume were unfledged at that time or, in plain prose, were schoolboys, but, as they have since married, we give their names in order 'seriatim':

"The question has been asked and may be asked again : ' What did you do for a minister to solemnize the nuptial ceremony?' Well, necessity is said to be th.e mother of invention, and the civil magistrate 'yclept' justice of the peace (of which we had a small sprinkling) was put in requisition, and, so far as we knoAv, made a tolerable substitute: we shall briefly recount but one as a specimen of weddings in those days: it was the second in the foregoing catalogue; the first had already been quietly eon.summated. It Avas but a few short weeks after the festival before signs and indications were manifested that a wedding was in the wind and likely to come off, near what is now the village of 'Chili,' in Hancock county, which, recollect, was attached to Adams county for judicial purposes. Aceordingl\', aboiit two o'clock in the morning of the appointed day, some of the 'larks' about Quincy were ready mounted at the dormitory of the more staid 'Justice,' rallying him for not rising earlier. However, he was soon in the saddle, and the way they skylarked over the prairies was a caution to horseflesh. The distance was about thirty miles. The.y arrived about nine A. M., to the no snuill annoyance of the 'Chilians,' who did not expect or desire their presence until the aftei'- noon : and the good landlady, Mrs. Whipple, gave them a severe reprimand for their premature intrusion. She was in the very midst of her pies and puddings, and now she need expect no further aid from the girls. However, to propitiate, the young men jiroffered their services in any way they might be serviceable.

' ' In due course the wedding was consummated with all the solemnity the occasion would command, 'invoking God and the assembly present to witness their mutual obligation to love, honor, cherish, sustain and comfort each other through life : to this you each solemnly assent, and now, by the authority invested in me by the state of Illinois, I pronounce you hu.sband aiul wife.

"What God hatli jt)ined togetlu-r let no iiiaii put asunder, " closing' by thi' tuiie-lKinorrd custom oi kissing the bride and wishing her iiiueh felieity and happiness in her new condition of life. The feast that followed wa.s worthy the hostess and the occasion. Fort Edwards (now Warsaw) was the nearest point of settlement, about twenty miles. A garrison was stationed there at that time for the protection of the frontier, commanded by iIa.jor Marston. And the 'infair, ' or bridal tour, took that direction. The oflieers were \i>ry courteous, said they had especial instructions to hospitably entertain travelers and extend aid to those who wei'e in need, and they were ever ready to greet visitors with great cordiality, as it served to diversify the monotony of a garrison life; and on an occasion like this the IMajor, Captain Stowe and lady and Lieutenant Wilcox gave a suitable entertainment, and the close of the week brouglit the progress of events around into their accustomed channi'l."

Professor D. L. Musselman

The position which Harvard and Yale occupy in connection with the professions, the Gem City l-5usiness College of Quincy occupies in relation to commercial circles. It is an institution which is a credit alike to the city and to its president, Professor D. L. Musselman, who for thirty-five years has been owner of the institution and has stood at its head, molding its policy and shaping its progress. Long has it maintained a foremost place among the institutions which prepare the young for entrance into business life and in this direction Professor Musselman has had direct bearing upon the development and control of important business enterprises.

Without favorable environment in his youth and unaided by inheritance or the influence of friends, he started out to make his own way in the world at an early age. He was born in a log cabin in Fulton county, Illinois, April 21, 1842, of humble parentage. The opportunities of a district-school education were largely denied him and instead of spending the days of his youth with his text-books, he labored in the fields upon his father's farm or at the carpenter's bench, thus assisting his father in the support of a large family. He early manifested a love of books, however, and eagerly embraced every opportunity for reading and study, often poring over such books as he could secure through the evening hours, sitting by a lard lamp or by the blazing open fire. He attended the district schools when it was possible for him to do so.

and later he enjoyed the advantages of several winters of instruction in the Fulton County Seminary, meeting the expenses of his education with funds saved from his meager earnings in the summer months.

Thus toiling on year after year, he continuously broadened his knowledge until his mental equipment equalled that of many a college-bred young man. His great ambition seems to have been to gain a thorough knowledge of penmanship and business and he made rapid advance along the former line, so that his skill in this direction caused him to be chosen orderly sergeant of the company after his enlistment, in 1862, as a member of the Eighty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was twenty years of age when he joined the army. He soon won promotion to the rank of lieutenant and at the battle of Kenesaw ]\Iountain, he commanded the company and, later in the service, receiving a captain's commission, served until after the cessation of hostilities in 1865, when he received an honorable discharge.

The money which Captain Musselman saved during his military service enabled him to carry out his long-cherished ambition of pursuing a course of study in a business college, and going to Chicago he entered such an institution and [lursued his studies with such assiduity that he finished the course in less than the jirescribed time.

For a year thereafter Professor Musselman engaged in teaching in Eastman's Business College and then accepted a position as teacher of penmanship in the schools of Messrs. Bryant, Stratton and Bell, who sent him first to Springfield, Illinois, and then to Quincy. After the death of Mr. Stratton and the consequent change in the management of tlie school. Professor Musselman engaged to teach penmanship and bookkeeping in the old "Quincy English and German College," with which he was connected until 1870, when he purchased the Gem City Business College, of Quincy, of which he has since been proprietor and president. His undivided time and attention have since been given to the development and upbuilding of the school with the result that it has hardly a peer in the country in regards to attendance and efficiency. In writing of Professor Musselman, Rev. David Gay said: "What he desired and determined to do he has accomplished. He has so arranged his studies, improved methods and devised plans that now, without question, he has the most successful school of the kind in the western states, if not in the Union. The people of Quincy are justly proud of a college that has no peer in the land. A school which numbers twelve hundred students yearly, representing no less than thirty-three states and territories, is an honor to the man whose energy and genius built it up and a credit to the city where it is located. In everything pertaining to a business ediieation he is xuiequaled. For superior penmanship he has received the silver medal from the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, medal and diploma from the Omaha Exposition, 1898, and from the Illinois and Iowa State Fairs, from the St. Louis Fair and at the World's Exposition in New Orleans in 1885.

The Gem City Business College owns its own building, which is constructed in the Romanesque style of architecture, is fifty-one by one hundred and eighty-eight feet and five stories in height. It is the largest and most elegant edifice erected in the United States for business college work, with splendid equipments of every character for the convenience and comfort of the students and for facilitating their work. There are three distinct courses of instruction : that of the business department, the shorthand and typewriting department and the normal penmanship department. There is a faculty of experienced teachers, and with their assistance Professor IMusselman has compiled and published all the commercial text-books for the business department, and these have been adopted and used in hundreds of other business colleges, as well as in his own.

Professor I\russelman has succeeded in his w(u-k beyond his most sanguine expectation. He has not only made a financial success of his enterprise and succeeded in thoroughly equipping thousands of students for the responsibilities of a business career, but has also left iipon them the impress of his own individuality and high moral character. He is a member of the Vermont Street ilethodist Episcopal church, of Quincy, and was chosen a lay delegate to the general conference of the church which met in New York city, in :May, 1888.

Hon. William Schlageniiauf

Hon. William Schlagenhauf, for three consecutive terms a member of the general assembly of Illinois with a strong constituency expressive I if his high standing in public regard and his unfailing devotion to the general welfare of his conununit\- and of the commonwealth, was born in Belleville, Illinois. :\Iarch 8, 1867. His father, the Rev. John Schlagenhauf, of the German ^lethodist Episcopal conference of St. Louis, was for over a quarter of a century actively engaged in the work of the ministry, but now holds supernumerary relations with the church. He filled many important charges, exerting strong influence in the building up of the various church oi-gauizations with which he was connected and he now makes his home in Quincy. He married ilargaret Rohn and in their family were four sons : Henry, a practicing physician of St. Louis; William; Edward, a denti.st of St. Louis; and Philip, who is engaged in the practice of law in Quincy.

Owing to his father's removals in connection with his ministerial work William Schlagenhauf spent his youth at various places, pursuing his studies as oppoi-tunity offered in the public schools and eventually entered the German College at ]\Iount Pleasant, Iowa, from which institution he was graduated. Becoming imbued with a desire to enter upon the practice of law he prepared for the profession as a student in the law department of the ^Michigan State University and after the completion of his course there was admitted to the liar and in June. 1890, entered upon practice in Quincy. Here he opened a law office in connection with Colonel Berry, now deceased, and soon made for himself an enviable reputation as a legal pi-actitioner. His preparation of cases is most thorough and exhaustive : he seems almost intuitively to grasp the strong points of law and fact, while in his brief and arguments the authorities are cited so extensively and the facts and reasoning thereon are presented so cogently and unanswerably as to leave no doubt as to the correctness of his views or of his conclusion. No detail seems to escape him : every case is given its due prominence and the case is argued with such skill, ability and power that he rarely fails to gain the verdict desired.

Wliile well known as a lawyer of Adams county ]Mr. Schlagenhauf has perhaps formed a wider acquaintance in the state through his political service- His first office was in connection with his profession, he acting as assistant city attorney under Homer Swope. Deeply interested in the issues and questions of the day and taking an active part in the work of the republican party he was in 1892 chosen president of the Southside Republican Club, the largest political organization ever formed in Quincy, while in 1896 he became secretary of the organization. In 1899 he was elected to the state legislature, where he served so capably that in 1901 he was re-elected, and again in 1903. In 1901 he received the popular democratic vote and had no opiiosition when his name was presented for the third term, thus being elected by a constantly iucreasing ma.jority. He soon became recognized as a leader of the house, winning prominence first through the defeat of the Jewell bill. He gained further fame by his opposititm to over thirty iiseless bills, among them being the lew tax bills. He instituted and secured the passage of a bill providing for the selection by the people oi (^iiincy of its board of education; also a bill -whereby the inmates of the Soldiei's & Sailors Home were entitled to vote without leaving the grounds. This bill went before the .supreme court but ;i mandamus was served under which eonditiotis the soldiers and sailors enjoyed the voting privilege. He has had the liouor of voting for two I'nited States senators, Shelby if. Culiom and Albert J. Hopkins, both now holding office. In the house he has been a member of the connnittee on claims, elections, judiciary, revenue, municipal corporations, state institutions and fish and game and was chairman of the connnittee on Soldiers' Home and Soldiers' Orphans Home. He was invited as a guest of Governor Tanner to attend the dedication of the soldiers' monument at Chattanooga, Tennessee. He oppos(>d the nomination of Governor Vates in l!)l)4 and is recognized as one of the influential nirii of tin- republican party. ^Ir. Schlaaenhauf was married in Quincv in 18H12 to .Miss Lillie ]\I. I.Tecke. of this city. 'and they had three children : William J. ; j\Iargaret. who died October 1, 1901, in her eighth year ; and Lily E. 'Sir. Schlagenhauf was made a ila- .son in 1901, holding membership with Herman lodge at Quiney. In conununity affairs he is deeply interested and is now serving his fourth year as assistant secretary of Blessing Hospital, lie is a man atf'able in dcmeanoi', of strong determination and winning iiianni'i-, and he usually accomiilishcs all 1liat he iiiidei'takes. At the bar lie has a dislincl i\ely I'cpi-csentative clientage and he is now ably and capably serving in the state legislature, liikint;' an active part in tlie business that is transacted in the conncil chaiiiliers of the commonwealth. His course has ever lieen above suspicion, the good of the state he places before partisanship and the welfare of his con.stitueney before personal aggrandizement. He commands the respect of his fellow members of the house and at home - in the city of his residence - where he is best known, he inspires personal friendships of unusual strength and all who know him have the highest admii'ation for his good qualities of heai't and mind.