Quincy Township (part 22 of 74)

The family reached Quincy December 15. 1831, and spent the first night at the home of Governor Wood. This journey of eightyeight days was attended with many unfortunate incidents and hardships but was completed in safety. During the winter the family lived in a little log cabin at the corner of what is now Foiirth and Jersey streets in Quincy, and John Chittenden taught vocal music during the winter, being ])robably the first music teacher in the militarv trad. He also traveled over

Adams couuty duriug the winter, looking for a favorable location. He did not think it wise to locate near the river on account of malaria, and finally purchased the southwest quarter of section 11, township 1 north, and range 8 west. He moved with his family to this farm ]March 14, 1832, and in a few weeks a number of New England people, wdio had arrived about the same time, assembled at his cabin and organized the first Sunday-school and Congregational church located in the state of Illinois. The families thus interested in the religious meetings were the Bi-adley. Shuey, Harrington, Crow. Pierson, Bean, Cook, Fowler, Benton and Chittenden families. In the year 1833 the present site of Mendon w'as purchased and the town laid out by Benjamin Baldwin and John B. Chittenden, and in that year the citizens united in building a log church to be used by all denominations. The structure was built of round logs and the floor was made of split logs resting on the ground. The door was made of the same material, opened out, was hung with wooden hinges and had a wooden latch on the inside, while a buckskin string through a gimlet-hole in the door served to open it from the outside. There was one window on the east side of the building. The fireplace and chimney were made of prairie sod and the seats were built of logs resting on four legs, while the roof was made of clapboards. In the spring of 1837 the Congregational members decided to build a church of their own and did so, the building being used until 1852, when the present chuch edifice was built, bv^t in 1905 it was proposed to erect a more modern structure at a cost of thirteen thousand dollars.

John B. Chittenden left his buisiness entirely to the management of his sons, while he devoted his time to religious work, organizing a Sunday-school and doing other home missionary work. In 1836 he rode to Chicago on a threeyear-old colt, while engaged in religious services. Wild animals, including bears, panthers and wildcats, were common. There were also many deer, and turkeys and prair'ie chickens likewise furnished many a meal for the settlers. Mr. Chittenden of this review remembers of hearing his father speak of only two bears being killed on Mendon prairie. Panthers, however, were more dangeroiis than the bears, and wolves were fi-equently a menace to the farmyards.

Abraham Chittenden, father of Henry F. Chittenden, carried forward the pioneer -work, assisting more particidarly in the agricidturai development of this part of the state. He was married December 19, 1852, to Miss Lettitia S. Barclay, w^ho was born in Lyons. New York,

November 9, 1836, and was a daughter of Daniel W. and Phoebe (Prime) Barclay, who with their ten children, removed to Mendon, Illinois, in 1850. Abraham Chittenden was a ^lethodist in his religious belief and a democrat in his political affiliation. Throughout his entire life he followed the occupation of farming until well advanced in years and then lived retired until called to his final rest in his ninetysixth year. His wife passed away on her eighty-fifth birthday. They Avere people of the highest respectability, enjoying the unqualified confidence and good will of those with whom they were associated. Abraham Chittenden had three children, of whom Henry F. is the eldest. Sarah Elizabeth, born November 29, 1856, married George "W. Shupe, a son of Christopher and Mary (Shultz) Shupe, and they have two children : Pearl, born April 2. 1881. and George C., born November 16, 1885. They are now living in San Antonio, Texas. Abraham I., born November 9, 1864, lives in Peabody, Kansas. He married Laiira Eaton and has four children: Cora C, born April 15, 1891: Hazel F.. born July 26. 1894; Fred, born ilarch 1, 1896 ; and Olive, born about 1900.

Henry F. Chittenden, after attending the public schools completed the scientific course of study at Denmark Academy, in Denmark, Iowa, June 20, 1876. In his boyhood he greatly enjoyed hunting prairie chickens, clucks, quails and rabbits, using a muzzle-loading rifle and nearly always shooting his game in the head. He is yet fond of hunting and, as opportunity offers, indulges in the sport. He was born and reared on the farm and when but eight years of age he dropped nine acres of corn by hand in one day. He helped to cultivate this corn w'ith a one horse ploAV and was always regarded as one of the hands upon his father's farm from this time. When nineteen years of age he began teaching in the Prairie school, having sixty-seven scholars on the roll. He followed that profession for two years and then continued his own education in the Denmark Academy. After leaving there he again taught for six months in the year for five succeeding years. From this time on his farm required his entire attention and he has engaged in the raising of corn, wheat, oats, hay, hogs, cattle and horses. In each of these branches he has met with reasonable profit. He began handling cattle on his own accoamt when twenty years of age, using the money earned in teaching as capital. Having no way of wintering his stock, wiien the cold season approached he Avas compelled to dispose of his cattle. He could, however, get no bid for his two-vear-old steers and coming to ^lendon he rented .-i butclier-slin]) aiit-l (';ipt;iiii John Eo.seubi'uok to assist him in eouductiug it. After killing one beef James Corbin of West Point bought the cattle for two and a half cents per pound, but having rented the shop and hired his assistant, Mr. Chittenden continued in the business for three weeks, during which time he made a net profit of one hundred and twelve dollars. lie has always considered Illinois soil the best and safest investment and has used his surplus earnings in buying more land. In October, 1900, he organized the fii'st farmers' telephone company running into Mendon. This company had fifteen charter members, which number has lieen increased to thirty-seven and the Hues have been extended to Loraine, Illinois, and there is now free exchange Avith five hundred 'phoues.

Mr. Chittenden has ahvays been an admirer and supporter of the republican party but has never sought or held office. He beeaine a charter member of ^lendon camp. No. 751, M. W. A., October "20, 1888, and has been deeply interested in its work. In 1903 he attended the state camp at Bloomington and also the head camp at Indianapolis. He became a member of the Congregational chvirch about 1870 and fi"om his infancy has attended the Sundayschool and always expects to, being an active worker in its behalf and one who has done much good for the organization.

Mr. Chittenden was married ilareh 9, 1877, in Denmark, Iowa, to Ella S. Mills, a daughter of Harlow and Elizabeth (Arnold) Mills. The Mills family were New England people who came originally from Connecticut and migrated to Gustavus, Ohio, where Harlow Mills was born aboTit 1828. His wife was born in New York state, in 1830. In 1850 they removed to Denmark. Iowa, where they assisted in establishing one of the first Congregational churches in the state and in founding the best academy in the west. In their family were the following children: Charles F., born January 23, 1851, is now living in Ashland, Oregon. He was married March 26, 1873, to Ella Atkinson, who died in 1890, leaving two children, Eda and Harlow, and he subse(|uently married again, having two children by the second union, Eoss and Reginald. .\da T., Ixirn July 31, 1853. was married ]\Iarch 17. 1875, to Edwin James, of Denmark, Iowa, and to them were born five children, Chai'les, Fred, Otis, Nellie and one who died in infancy. The mother died April 19, 1889, and later "jlr. James married Ella Piatt, by whom he has one child, Lantie. Ella S., born" February 27, 1854, is the wife of our sub.ject. Mary E., born July 21, 1856, died October 11. 1873. Nettie S.. Ijorn December

2I». 185S, was married December 25, l.SSl, to (). 15. Kdgett. living at Moscow, Idaho, and I hey had six children: Clarence E., Nettie E., Harold, Kuth, Mamie and one who died in infancy. Ruth A., born September 21, 1860, married Edwin Langstatf, of Osage City, Kansas, and they had four children, Prank, Harry. Florence and ilamie, who died in infancy. Harry E., born October 30, 1866, lives in Seattle, Washington. He married Mary Tiljbetts and had four children : Florence, who died in infancy : Kenneth, Alden and an infant. John A., born October 16, 1868, lives at Salem, Oregon. He married Amie Barnes and has two children, Waldo and Harry.

Unto Mr. and ilrs. Chittenden have been born six children: Nellie E., boi'n November 28, 1877, was married Jidy 25, lltdO. to James Norris, a son of William and Hannah (York) Norris, and died May 2, 1901 ; Franklin B , born December 17, 1878, died of appendicitis September 24, 1890, when twelve years of age: Ada L., born February 7, 1880, Sadie, born September 24. 1882, Mary M., born November 1, 1887, and Ruth E., born November 14. 1901, are all at home. The family is one of prominence in the community and Mr. Chittenden is regarded as one of the representative agricultui-ists of Adams county. The work of development and improvement here which was lieuiin 1)y his grandfather and carried on by Ids father he yet follows in accordance with modern ideas of progress.

Dr. William E. Gilliland, for thirty-five years engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Coatsburg, was born in Morgan county, Illinois, January 1, 1833, and is a representative of one of the oldest fanulies of the state, his father, William P. Gilliland, having arrived here in 1827. He was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, in 1805, and died at a very advanced age, passing away in 1898. Upon his arrival in this state he established his home in Morgan county, where he followed the occupation of farming. He was a tanner by trade, but usually devoted his enei'gies to agricultural pursuit. He served in the Black Hawk war in 1832 and in other ways was actively associated with the early history of the state. He canu= to Adams county in 18-11, locating in ^Mendon tiiwnship, where he opened up and njKn-ated a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, upon whieh he spent his re- uiaiiiiiii;' days. In politics he was a deinocrat and held various township offiee.s. and he was a member and active worker in the llethodist Epi.seopal church. Hi.s intiuence on the public life of the eoraniuuity was beneficial and he is nimibered among the honored early pioneer residents of the state. He married Letitia Curry, a daii.shter of John Curry, who removed from Shelby county, Kentucky, to Illinois in 18"27. settling m Morgan county. ]\Irs. Gillilaud was born in Shelby county in 1808 and died in 1890. By her marriage she had become the mother of nine children, of whom five are livina-.

Dr. Gilliland was a public school student in his early boyhood days, but his literary education was largely acquired through self-culture. He worked upon the farm until after he had attained his majority and learned the value of industry and enterprise in all departments of business activity. Desiring to enter professional life, he read medicine in the office of Dr. Joel W. Bonne.y, of Columbus. Adams county, having removed to this county with his parents when a youth of nine years. In the fall of 1868 he entered the St. Louis Medical College and received a phj'sician's and siargeou's diploma in 1870. after which he entered upon practice in Coatsburg. where he has since i-emained, meeting with signal success in his professional labors. He is now the loved family physician in many a household, where he has ministei-ed to the sick and suffering for many years, his courage and cheery presence in the sick room well supplementing the remedial agencies he administers.

Di'. Gilliland was married, in 1854. to ]\Iiss Sarah E. iloyer, a daughter of Henry and Anna Moyer. of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. She was born in that count.y in 1836. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary ilareh 22. IDO-t. having for a half century traveled life's journey together as man and wife, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years have gone by. They have become the parents of five children : Annie L., wife of W. S. Gray, a clerk in the Chicago grain inspection department ; John 0. and Henry L.. both deceased: ^Minnie M.. wife of W. T. Elliott, a .salesman of IMadison, "Wisconsin; and William ^I.. a mechanical engineer of Hancock, Michigan.

Dr. Gillilaud is a member of the [Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his wife belongs to the ilethodist Episcopal church. In politics he is a democrat and was a member of the board of supervisors from Honey Creek township for one year. Professionally a member of the Adams County IMedical Society and of the State Medical Society, he has kept informed concerning the developments in medical science, thus rendering his labors of increased value to his fello\«nen.

John E. Wall

John E. Wall, a member of the law firm of Wilson & Wall of Quiucy, was born in this city, f^ebruary 21, 1864. His father, Edmund Wall, is a native of Cumberland county, Maryland, and is now living in Quincy at the age of seventy years, filling a position as bookkeeper. He came to Illinois in 1847. establishing his home in this cit\-. where he has now lived foi- fifty-seven years. He is a member of the Catholic church and was formerly a democrat in his political views. He twice represented the fifth ward on the city council and at one time was sergeant of the Quincy police force. He is always active in support of progressive public measures and is one of the honored pioneer residents of Quiucy, his memory forming a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present. His wife, who was born in Quincy, in 1838, bore the maiden name of Catherine Gaffuey. Her father, John Gaffney. was one of the victims of the memorable cholera epidemic of 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Wall were the parents of nine children, of whom seven are yet living : John E. ; James D., a mail carrier; Lenoi-e, a librarian; Joseph W.. secretary of the Gardner Governor Company: George A., cashier of the Gardner Govei-nor Company; Thomas H., a machinist; and Kate, wife of Neff Wells, an engineer in charge of the water works at Great Bend, Kansas.

At the usual age John E. Wall began his education in the public seliools of Quincy and after putting aside his text-books he worked at job printing, Irat he rei;arded this merely as an initial step in his career. Desirious of becoming a member of the bar he attended the night sessions of the law department of Chaddock College and after thorough preliminary preparation successfully passed the required examination which secured his admission to the bar in 1894. He then went to Salt Lake City, where he remained for about nine months. He afterward spent some time in the law office of Akers & Petri, and in the sunnner of 1895 he formed a partnership with Frank Penick. that relationship being maintained until the 1st of December, 1896, when he entered into partnership with (ieorge H. Wilson, with whom he has since been associated in practice. At that time Mr. Wilson was elected states attorney and ilr. Wall acted as his assi.stant. Before the formation of the partnei-ship both men were candidates for the office, but ilr. Wall was defeated. The acquaintance thus formed, however, resulted in their partnership. They have secured a desirable clientage, and their legal business has reached good proportions. Mr. Wall has won his position through earnest effort. He has a strong, logical mind, keen in its power of analysis, and he prepares himself with great thoroughness before he enters iTpon the trial of a case.

Mr. Wall was married October 10, 1899, to Isabel P. Conley a daughter of William and Jeannette (McLaughlin) Conley. She was born in Quincy, February 8, 1871, is a member of the Congregational church and is well known in social circles of the city. Mr. Wall belongs to the Masonic lodge, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. He is also a member of the Quiney Bar Association and in his political views is a stanch republican.

Mason C. Varnier

Mason C. Vaniier. a retired farmer living in Ursa, is a native of Illinois, his birth having occurred in Gallatin county on the 22d of June. 1828, his parents being Adin and Jane M. (Crawford) Varnier. The father was born in Virginia, while the mother was a native of Mercer county, Kentucky. His death occurred in Gallatin county, Illinois, in 1832, and Mrs. Varnier came to Adams county with her family of small children, the same year. In 1837 she married David Dunlap and they purchased a farm on section 7, Ursa township, making it their home from 1851 until 1855. They then removed to Clayton, Illinois, where they resided for about five years, after which they settled in Cass county, Missouri, whei'e they spent their remaining days.

Mason C. Varnier remained with his mother and step-father until he was twenty years of age and during that time he obtained a good common-school education and also received practical training in farm work. Between the age of twenty and twenty-three years, he was employed as a farm hand and at the time nf his marriage he purchased forty acres of land on section 12, Ursa township, to which he afterward added from time to time, as his financial resources increased, until he was the owner of one hundred and eighty-seven acres of I'ieh arable land. He continued to cultivate his farm, raising good crops, until August, 1895, when he sold his place and removed to Ursa, where he built a beautiful home. He has since sold all of his land and has invested in property in Ursa and also owns two residences in Boulder, Colorado.

In 1851 Mr. Varnier was married to Aehsah S. Robertson, a daughter of Cyrus Robertson, of Indiana, who was killed by the explosion of a thresher a short time before the marriage of his daughter. ]\[rs. Varnier was born ilay 14, 1833, and became the mother of two children. David E,. the elder, was born August 22, 1852, married Miss Elizabeth McLaughlin and they reside in Ursa with their family of five children, four sons and one daughter. The second child died in infancy on the 2t)th of September, 1854, and Mr. Varnier lost his wife on the same day. He was married again to Miss Emily Taylor, a daughter of Adam and Barbara Taylor, who, at the time of her marriage, were living on section 7, Ursa township. Mrs. Emily Varnier was born July 5, 1838, and by this marriage there were four i-hildren, namely: Martina, who was born July 21, 1859, and is the widow of John S. Wartield, residintr with her children in TTrsa ; Cyrus E., of Louisiana, Missouri, who was born November 14, 1863, and married Miss Paulina Campbell, of Pike countv, Missouri ; Vinnie, who was born September 30, 1870, and died April 12, 1895; and James B., who was borii November 14, 1876, and is living at home.

Mr. Varnier is a republican in his political views and has always been deeply interested in the success of the party, but he has never sought or desired office. He is a valued member of Marcelline lodge. No. 127, L O. O. F., and belongs to the Golden Leaf lodge. Daughters of Rebekah. He likewise holds membership with Ursa camp. No. 995, M. W. 2V. ; and Rosewood camp. No. 582, Royal Neighbors. He and his wife enjoy the unqualified respect and esteem of all who know them. He has now reached the seventy-seventh mile-stone on life's journey and his has been an honorable and upright career, characterized by activity in business, fidelity in citizenship and trustworthiness in his social relations.

Rt. Rev. I\I. Edward Fawcett, bishop of the diocese of Quiney, was born near Hartford, Iowa, November i, 1865. His father, William Fawcett, was born in Canada and coming to the Iinited States when seventeen years of age located in Iowa. He was of English descent. He became a minister of the Methodist Episco- ])al body and for many years labored earnestly fur the upbuilding of his denomination in the middle west. He married Sarah Houghton, who was a native of the state of New York and was descended from Puritan ancestry. Their only child who reached mature years is Bishop

Bishop M. E. Fawcett

Hishop Fawcett began his education in the public schools and continued his studies in the Northwestern University, which he entered in 1883. He was graduated from the Upper Iowa University, at Fayette, in 1886, and completinu a post-graduate course in 1893, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred upon him. Becoming identified with the ministry of the Methodist body, he remained an active representative of its clergy until 1896. in which year, being then a resident of Elgin, he joined the ecclesiatical body, known in law as the Episcopal church, wherein he was ordained deacon May 20, 1897, while on the 15th of December, of the same year he was ordained to the priesthood, both ordinations being conducted by the bishop of Chicago. On the 20th of May. 1903, while serving as rector at St. Bartholomew's church in Chicago, he was elected bish(i]i of Quincy. by the diocesan convention, then in session at Galesburg. and was consecrated in St. Bartholomew's church, in Chicago. January 20, 190-i. Immediately afterward he removed to Quincy and was enthroned in the cathederal ou the Feast of the Purification, Februray 2, 1904.

Bishop Fa.wcett was mai'ri(><l, November 3, 1887. to Esther L. Faul, of Chicago, and they have one child. Althea Suzanne. In his political views Bishop Fawcett is independent. He belongs to the Phi Delta Theta. is a Mason and also holds membership relations with the University Club of Chicago and the Columbia Yacht Chib. finding needed rest and recreation fi-om the ;i"du(Uis labor and responsibilities of his position, in the social companionship. It would be tautological in this connection to ei'tei' upon any series of statements as showing him to be a man of scholarly attainments and l>road general culture, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review in the account of his promotion in the '-hurch. His broad humanitarian spirit and ready sympathy have also made him a man of iiitlopticc and of effective labor, and have won for liim the resnect of all men.

-Tames R. Guthrie, living on section 22, Camp Point township, where he is enlaced in sreneral farming and stock-raising, owns and operates a well iniproved tract of land of th.-ee hundred acres. He is a native son of Adams counfv. his

|.]"th having here occurred .May S, 18-13. His fa'ilicr. Moses Guthrie, was born in Kentucky in 17;H and there spent the days of his 'i/oyiiood and yoiith. When a young man he came to Illinois, settling upon a farm near Coliurhus, in Adams county, about 1833. He entered the land fi'om the government and afterward bought other land until he owned over three hundred acres. He was married twice, his last w'fe being Miss Charity Reaugh, a native of Kentuek-y. Here Mr. Guthrie reared his family and spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1871, while his wife passed away in 1878. He served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812 and was always loyal in matters of citizenship.

James R. Guthrie is the only survivor of a family of four children. He was reared in Adams county and acquired his education in Columbus and also through reading, observation and experience after attaining his majority. He remained with his father until the latter 's death and then continued to carry on the home farm. He was married in Camp Point township September 2. 1882. to Miss Myra Bates, a native of this county and a daughter of William I. Bates, who was formerly sujierintendent of the county farm and was one of the early settlers of this part of the state.

After their marriage ^h: and Mrs. Guthrie located in Columbus township, where he continued to engage in aericultural pursuits for several years and then pt rchased his present property on section 22. Ca:Mp Point township, having at first one hiind-cd eighty acres oE land here. He built a l-.wv and substantial residence, also good barns and outbuildings and p'reatly improved the phu.i. He likewise extended the boundaries of his lai-m by additional purchases until the old I'ome place comprised two hundred and fifty aci-es and he owns altogether three hundred and ten acres of valuable kind. In connection with general farming he crirries on the raising and feeding of hogs and is a successful agriculturist and stockman. His principal cereal is corn and he annually harvests large crops.

]\Tr. Guthrie was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife in 1899, her death occurring on the 29th of August of that year. They were the parents of four children: Maud M.. Myrtle Irene, Ethel R.. and James Ralph. Politically j\Tr. Guthrie has been a life-long republican and his first presidential vote was cast for General Grant in 1872. He was elected and served for a number of years on the school board, and in 1902 he was elected supervisor and became a member of the honoi-ary county board, serving on the claims and judiciary connnittees. He was re-elected to same office in 1905 and takes an active part in local polities, doing all in his power to piT.mote the yrdwtli ami insure the success of his party. He beli)iiy;s to the Kuights of Pythias lodge of Camp Point. His entire life has been passed in Adams county, and he is classed with its active and progressive farmers, while his business dealings have been conducted with .such honor and fidelity that he commands the respect of all with whom he has been associated.

Walter W. Miller

Walter W. ^liller, business uiauager of the Quincy Whig, with which paper he became connected \vhen a young lad as carrier at a salary of two dollars per week, was born in Quincy, October 27, 1S80, a son of Henry and Emma (Eisenstein) Miller, the former a traveling salesmazi, now deceased. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and five years before he had completed his course he began carrying papers for two dollars per week. He was thus employed until the early part of 1898, when he was promoted to the position of superintendent of carriers of the Quincy Whig. In May, 1899, he was promoted to circulation manager of the Whig, and on the 1st of January, 1902, to advertising manager and assistant business manager. Following the death of J. B. Ellis, manager and president of the ^Vlug, on the 18th of March, 1903, he was made business manager, which is his present connection with the paper. His career is a commentary upon itself, indicating his fidelity, business capacity and unremitting diligence, whereby he has won promotion through consecutive steps until he is at the head of one of the chief departments of the paper, carefully superintending the multiform duties which arise in connection with the management of the business affairs of a leading journal.

Mr. Miller is a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd. On the 18th of May, 1903, he nuirried ]\riss Helen ilay Dewell, of Barry, Pike county. Illinois, at McLeansboro. this state.

John Herman Duker

John Herman Duker was one of the prominent and Avell-to-do business men of Quincy and for years was closely associated with its financial interests as president of the Quincy National Bank, while with its commercial life he was connected as a wholesale dealer in wine and liquor. He became one of the early settlers of this city and so directed his efforts during the years of his residence here that he won most gratifying success. Moreover he was active in

Mr. Duker was born in Aukum, Hanover, Germany, ;\Iarch 28, 1833, and was a son of Gerhard and Elizabeth Duker, who were also natives of llanovi'r, where the father learned the carpenter's trade, following that pursuit throughout his entire life. He died in Germany and in 1847 his widow, accompanied by her three sons. John Herman, Theodore and Henr.y, came to America. They landed at New Orleans, and after spending about six weeks in that city they came up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, remaining there about two months. At the end of that time they removed to Quincy, arriving here iu the latter part of the year 1847.

Prior to the emigration of the family John Merman Duker had acquired a limited education in the counnon schools of his native land and was only a boy of fourteen years when he reached Quincy, but he was ambitious, determined and lesolute. Here he began to learn the saddler's trade, which he followed for a few years in the employ of others, and then entered into partnership with John Kuhl. opening a harness and saddlery store in Quincy. ilr. Duker continued that business until 1859, when he sold out and in partnership with his In'other Theodore conducted a grocery store until 1871, when they turned their attention to the wholesale liquor trade. Thev carried on business under the firm name of J. "H. Duker & Bro. at No. 323 Hampshire street, and in this new venture prospered, securing an extensive patronage. The business is still conducted under that name, the brother having the active management, while ]\Irs. J. H. Duker is still financially interested. In 1887 J. H. Duker became one of the stockholders in the Quincy National Bank and was shortly afterward elected president, continuing at the head of that reliable financial concern until his death. He was a man of excellent business ability and executive force, capable of controlling extensive interests, for he possessed sound judgment and keen discrimination. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion and his laboi's were crowned with a high measure of success.

In 1856 J. II. Duker was married in Quincy to Miss Clara Elizabeth Glass, who was born in this city and is a daughter of Simon and Margaret (Liebig) (jlass, both of whom were natives of Germany, in which country they spent their entire lives. Her father was a blacksmith and bricklayer, and also followed other trades, and in his later life he engaged in the saloon business. There were ten children born unto Mr. and Mrs. Duker. of whom six are yet living: Simon, who now carries on the wholesale licpior business of the firm of J. H. Duker & Bro. Co., and who resides with liis mother and sister in Quincy ; Anna M., the wife of John C. Ordiiig. a resident of Qniney: Nina M., the wife of Dr. A. J. Blickhan, a prominent physician practicing in Quincy ; Helen 'SI., who is at home with her mother : John L., who is teller at the Quincy National Bank and resides with his mother; and Clara C, who is aLso at home. The members of the family are prominent in social circles in Quincy and the Duker home is .justly noted for its social functions. Mrs. Duker owns one of the finest residences of the city. It is a palatial home built of granite and located at No. (501 Spring street, at the corner of Sixth street.

Mr. Duker died Noveni))er 14. 1903. In polities he was independent, althongh he had some preference for- the democracy. He held a membership in St. Boniface Catholic church, of which his wife and children are also communicants. For twenty-five years he was a member of the board of education in Quincy and was deeply interested in the development of the public school sy.stem here. He was one of the leading business men of the city and also had a wide acquaintance througho^it this part of the state. His history is notable in that he arose from a hum])le financial position to one of affluence and his progress was clue entirely to his persistent and well directed effort, for reliable Inisiness methods and unfaltering purpose.

Among the representatives of the medical fraternity in Quincy is numbered Geoi'ge Wells Burcli. who in his professional career has displayed the diligence, energy and adaptability whicli have l)een the dominant cpialities in the upbuildins of the cities of the middle west. He was born in Warren county. Illinois. August 2, 1866. and is a son of Thomas J. and Louisa ( Shell enberger) Burch. Several generations of the family have been rejiresented in America, his great-grandfather having come to the LTnited States in 1704. at which time he settled in Virginia, and later he was governor surveyor of Virginia and West Virginia. The grandfather, who was a couti'actor and builder, came to the west in 1831. settled in Wan-en coiinty, Illinois, and was thus actively connected with building operations in that part of the state in pioneer times. Thomas J. Burch accompanied his parents to Warren county and under his father's instruction he learned the carpenter's trade and assisted in building many of the early structures in this section of Illinois.

He erected the first brick building in Keokuk, Iowa, but continued to make his home in Warren county, Illinois, where he remained until his death. He was a prominent and influential man of his day, ever active in his business life and at the same time gave hearty co-operation to many measures that tended to its public progress and improvement. He was married in Warren county to ^liss Louisa Shellenberger.

George Wells Burch entered the piiblic schools at the u.sual age and step by step passed through the consecutive grades imtil he had completed the high school course. He also attended ilonmoutli College, pursuing a preparatory course to the junior year. When twenty-one years of age he entered the Keokuk ^Medical College and was graduated with the class of 1887. He afterward went to New York city, where he pursued a three years' post-graduate course, making a specialty of the treatment of- skin and venereal diseases during the last year tli-'re s[)eiit. In 1889 he attended the Belle\nie Hospital Medical College and then, returning to the west, located for practice in Bui'lington, Iowa, where he remained for six years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Dakota, where for two years he suffered from ill health, and in 1892 he came to Quincy. Here he has since practiced with constantly growing success and makes a specialty of skin and venereal diseases. He keeps thoroughly informed concerning the latest developments in the medical science and thus is continiially promoting his efficiency and inerea.sing his ability to handle important cases intrusted to his care. He belongs to the American IMedical Association, the Illinois State Medical Society and the Adams County ^Medical Society.

Dr. Burch was married to IMiss Cora Blanche Pease, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Pease, her father being at one time a retired capitalist of Kirkwood. Illinois. They are now residing in Quiuc.v and have one son, Elmer J., born April 8. 1864. Dr. and Sirs. Burch were married December 23, 1890, and they have one child. Arthur Glenn, who was born in Burlington, Iowa. June 30, 1896, and is now attending the Webster ]iublic school of Quincy. The parents are members of the First Presb\-terian church and are prominent socially, the hospitality of many of the best homes of the city being cordially extended to them.

Dr. Burch is a republican in his political views. He has never had any aspiration for office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his professional duties, which are eonstantl.v increasing in volume and importance. He was particularly well qualified for practice bj' extensive study ere he entered upon the work of the jirofcssidii and has since kept in toueh with advanced thought through reading and investigation. He is never dilatory in the performance of any professional duty and has conseientions regard for the obligations which rest upon the members of the medical fraternity and the consensus of public opinion places him beyond the ranks of mediocrity and among the foremost ]iraetitioners in Quiney.

William Somerville, who in civic and military life has manifested a loyalty to his country that is above question and who as the superintendent of the Soldiers and Sailors Home of Qtiincy has become a popular resident of that city, was born in Pennsylvania, August 15. 1837. His ancestral histtory is one of long and close connection with American interests and thi'ough successive generations the .same spirit of loyalty and devotion to the general good has been shown. James Somerville. emigrating from Scotland to the new world in 1735, established his home at Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and became the progenitor of that braiich of the family in this country. He was accompanied to America by three brothers, his brother David also settling in Pennsylvania, while John and William Somerville became residents of Vii\ginia. His descendants resided in Pennsylvania until 1841. James Somerville, the grandfather of Captain Somerville, at the time of the Revolutionai'y War espoused the cause of the colonists and fought for independence until the rejjublic was "an established fact. He long lived to enjoy the fruits of his military service, reaching the venerable age of ninety years and passing away in

1840. His son, who also bore the name of James Sornerville, was born in Plolidaysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1800, and married Miss Susan Stover, a native of Maryland and of Dutch ancestry, her father, Michael Stover, being from Holland. They continued to reside in Pennsylvania until

1841, when removing westward they settled in Wayne county, Indiana, and in 1851 came to Hancock county, Illinois. At the time of the gold excitement in California Mr. Somerville made his way to the mines, but after a short time spent on the Pacific coast he returned to Carthage, Illinois. He died in 1871 at the age of seventy-one years, and his wife who was born in 1809, passed away in 1856.

Captain Somerville, reared under the parental roof, acquired a public school education. His birth had occurred at Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1837, and when twentv-three years of age he responded to President Lincoln's call for troops to aid in crushing out the rebellion in its ineipiency. Enlisting on the 9th of May, 1861, he became a private of Company D, Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, a regiment famous in its service with the Western Army and one which made a splendid record because of the valor and loyalty of its members. Captain Somerville participated in many important engagements, including the battle of New Madrid, the operations before Island No. 10, the siege of Corinth, the two engagements at Parmington and the many important contests of the Atlanta campaign. Brave and fearless in the discharge of every duty, his meritorious conduct won him successive promotions from time to time and also gained him the deserved commendation of superior officers. Gradually he arose until he attained the rank of captain. He was with Sherman on the march to the sea and through the Carolina campaign, his regiment constituting a part of the division under command of General James D. jMorgan, which was some distance from the main army at Bentonville, North Carolina, and was there attacked by a greatly superior force of the enemy. All day long the battle raged, and at length the Confederates were repulsed through the gallant efforts of the Union troops. It was in this battle, on the 19th of March, 1865, that Captain Somerville was wounded by a minie ball, and ere he had recovered from the injury the war was brought to a close.

No longer needed in the military service of his country. Captain Somerville then entered upon civic duties in connection with the government, being appointed on the 1st of May, 1865, to a position in the internal revenue service, Mith which he was identified for twenty-eight years. He attained national distinction in that connection and was in.strumental in the apprehension of many moonshine distillers and crooked employes of the government. An officer of tireless energy and utterly fearless, he penetrated the mountain fastnesses of the south, the favorite habitat of the moonshiners, and so successful was he in the punsuit of illicit distillers that the moonshiners placed a price upon his head and vowed to shoot him if they ever got the chance. But Captain Somerville only laughed at their threats, which, however, were in deadly earnest, and there is little doubt but that they would have sought vengeance in his death had he given them the opportunity.

Resigning his position in the internal revenue department in 1893, Captain Somerville was afterward engaged in various business pursuits, being for a time insurance agent and also a salesman. In 1897 he accepted the superintendency of the Soldiers & Sailors' Home at Quiney through appointment of Governor Tanner, and in 1901 was reappointed by Governor Yates, so that he is still the iueunibent in the ottiee. His administration of the affairs of the institution has been commendable, demonstrating executive ability of the highest order. His interest in the veterans of the war is deep and sincere, and capably managing the affairs of the home as a business man he is also contini:ally alert to the best interest of the ' ' boys in blue. ' '

Captain Somerville is himself identified with the Grand Army of the Republic and also with the Loyal Legion, and his membership relations extend to other fraternal organizations. He was made a Mason on the 4th of July, 1869, in Hancock lodge. No. 20, and afterwards became a member of Lambert lodge. No. 659. A. F. & A. j\L, and he has attained the Knight Templar degree.

In 1864 Captain Somerville was united in marriage to Miss Helen Alexander, who died in 1870, and in 1871 he married his present wife, Mary J. Thompson. They have a son and daughter, the former, James Somerville, being now freight terminal agent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad at Keokuk, Iowa, while the daughter, Carrie, is with her parents in Quiney, where the family home was established in 1870 and has since been maintained, the members of the household occupying an enviable position in social circles. As has been intimated. Captain Somerville has always been an inflexible adhei-ent of republican principles and has been three times chairman of the Adams county republican central committee. Inis county is regarded as one of the strongest democratic centers of the state, but in 1896, the year of his selection for the chairmanship, it gave a majority for the republican presidential candidate and elected the whole republican ticket for the first time in its history. Captain Somerville is a man of fine social traits and receives that warm personal regard which arises from geniality, a kindly spirit and deference for the opinions of others.

Joseph Knittel

Joseph Knittel, whose utilization and mastery of the opportunities of the business world have placed him at the head of one of the most unportant productive industries of Quiney, controlling an extensive business conducted under the name of the Joseph Knittel Show Case Company, was born in Colmar, Alsace, December 23, 1854, his parents being Jean and Elizabeth (]\Iantman) Knittel. The father, who was engaged in the wine business, lived retired for a mimber of years prior to his demise, which occurred in Colmar, Alsace, in 1902, when he was seventv-nine years of age. His widow, still living in Alsace, is now seventy-four years of age. Jean Knittel twice visited America but retained his permanent residence in his native country. In the family were four sons and three daughters, but two of the daughters died in infancy. One of the sons, Emil Knittel, came to America about 1874 and after spending about four years in New York removed to Quiney, since which time he has been connected with the Knittel Show Case Company. He was married about 1882 and has three daughters. Jean Knittel, the eldest son of the family, served in the French Army at the time of the Franco-Prussian war, and following the close of hostilities came to America in 1871. He resides in St. Louis, Missouri, is married and has two daughters. Louis Knittel came to America about 1882 and also resides in St. Louis.

Joseph Knittel pursued his education in parochial schools of his native country, completing his more specifically literary education when fourteen years of age. although later he attended the Conservators- of ^lusic at Colmar, Alsace. He was graduated therefrom and in earlier years was engaged in musical work. He is still a fine musician, especially skilled with the fiute, and he has deep interest in the musical development of the city in which he makes his home. After leaving school he learned the trade of wood and stone carving, gaining considerable ability in that line, and was thus engaged until he came to America.

Desirous of profiting by the superior business opportunities which he believed the new world offered and also opposed to living under CTcrman rule, which followed the Franco-Prussian war, he ran away from home at the age of eighteen years and on the 20th of September, 1872, landed at New York. He remained there for a long time and then went to Syracuse, New Yoi-k, where he worked in an organ factory, doing the designing for the ornamental woi-k on organs. He occupied that position for three years and at the age of twenty-one he went to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he Avas employed as a cai-ver for a year. In 1876 he went to Philadelphia, and the following year he came to Quiney. In the previous winter he had devoted his attention to musical interests, and subsequent to his removal to Quiney he embarked in his present business, the manufacture and sale of show eases with a shop on the third floor at No. 520 Hampshire street, under the firm style of Widolf & Knittel. The partners at first did all the work themselves but gradually as their trade increased they began to employ others. As the business became too larg-e for the original quarters it was removed, in 1878. to South Fourth street. About that time Mv. Widolf died and Mr. Knittel be- caiiu' sole owirt. lie was then eiuiilDviiii;' about ten men. In 1880 or 1881 he removed to Third street, adjoining the Aldo Sommers Drug Comjiany, and when three or four years had passed lie again found that his quarters were too liiiiiteil and ereeted a plant at Nos. 813 to 339 North Third street. One-third of this property only was then occupied by the business. At the time of the removal to the present location employment was furnished to from twenty-five to thirty men and later the force numbered almost seventy. On the 1st of February, 190-1, the entire plant was wiped out by fire, but undiscouraged by this catastrophe, the partners at once rebuilt upon the same site and now have a splendidly e([uipped plant, extending over two hundred feet on Third street, with a depth of one hundred feet, while the yard extends back to Second street. The building is four stories in height, including liasement. At the present time employment is furnished to one hundred and twenty-five men. The factory is one of the largest, if not the largest. .in the United States, and is one of the best equipped, having the most modern machinery and every facility for carrying on the work. In 1896 the Joseph Knittel Show Case Company was incorporated with Joseph Knittel as president; Henry Jenter, secretary and C. Knittel, treasurer. They manufacture show cases, wall cases, coimters, desks, drug, bank, store and office fixtures. Their goods are sold by catalog and Mr. Knittel freijuently goes upon the road introducing the product of the plant. The house has a wide and enviable reputation and its goods arc sold throughout the country.

Mr. Knittel was married on the 27th of August, 1878, to l\liss Emuui Steiugrebe, a daughter of Carl Steingrebe, of Syracuse, New York, who died in 1896. He came to Quincy in 188-4 and his last days were spent here. Mr. and i\Irs. Knittel have but one child, Carl, who was born in 1880, and is a graduate of the Quincy high school and the Gem City Business College. After leaving school he spent three years in Chicago and then, returning to Quinej', joined his father in business and is now treasurer of the company. He was married in 1904 to ]\Iiss Carrie Hallet, of Bloomington, Illinois.

In polities Mr. Knittel is a stanch republican, deeply interested in the growth and success of the party but without pei'sonal political aspirations. He behmgs to Lambert lodge, No. 659, A. F. & A. .M.. also to the chapter and consistory, and thus has a wide acquaintance in ilasonic circles in Quincy. His residence in the city covers more than a quarter of a century, during which time he has steadily advanced on the road to success. until, in control of one of the leading manufacturing and connnereial interests of Quincy, he is accounted to-day a foremost business man. Realizing that labor and efficiency constitute the key which t)pens the portals of prosperity, he has by consecutive effoi't and concentration of purpose made for himself an honorable name in trade circles and at the same time won the success which is the goal of all business endeavor.

Charles Tarr

Charles Tarr. who follows general farming on .section 33, Meiidon township, was born September '22, 1850, in Adams county. His father, William Tarr, was born in Bourbon, Kentucky, January 14, ISIO, and came to Adams county, in 1829, when a young man of nineteen years, living with his parents in Ursa township. On the 23d of April, 1832, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Adair, who was born in Kentucky, December 10, 1813. The young couple began their donu'stic life on a farm on section 33, Lima town.ship, their home being one of the pioneer cabins in that district. Mr. Tarr secured a tract of land, which was largely wild and unimproved, but he at once began its development and soon his i)low turned the furrows, later the seed was planted and eventually crops were harvested. Year by year he continued his farm work until he has a valuable property, his land being very productive. He continued to reside upon his farm until three years prior to his death, when he removed to Mendon, where he passed away December 10, 1878, his wife, surviving him for a number of years, died in October, 1892. They left six children : Charles, who resides on part of the old home place; James F., who resides at the Soldiers' Home in Quincy; Mrs. ^lartha E. Barnett, of Marcelline, Kansas; Mrs, Mary J. Shields, of Eldorado, Missouri; Mrs. Lucinda McGibbons, of Sioux City, Iowa, and 'SI. Alice Tarr, of Peoria, Illinois. They also lost five childi'en.

Charles Tarr supplemented his early education, which was secured in the common schools, by attending the Gem City Business College of Quincy, and afterward engaged in teaching school for a year. He then turned his attention to merchandising, which he followed for two years and since that time has carried on farming. Eventually he purchased a farm in Ursa township but later sold the property and bought his present farm on section 33, ilendon township. Here he owns eighty acres of land about four and a half miles northwest of the town of Mendon. His attention is devoted to general farming and the methods which he follows are in keeping -with the advanced ideas

On the 7th of December. 1871. .Mr. Tarr was married to Rosa Clark, daughter of Coiistantine and CjTithia (Fields) Clark, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Alabama. Her father was a farmer and for many years followed agricultni-al pursuits in Lima township, but he and his wife are now both deceased. 'Sir. and Mrs. Tarr have two children : Eleanora, who was born December 3, 1872, and is the wife of August Stoekeeke. a resident of ilendon township : and Alta May, who was bom November 17, 1879, and makes her home with her parents. She is engaged in teaching school.

Ml". Tarr belongs to ilendon camp. No. 7.")1. M. W. A., and gives his political support to the republican party, believing that its platform contains the best elements of good government. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal elnirch. They have a wide and favorable aecpiaintance in Adams county and en.ioy the friend.ship of many with whom they have iteen brought in contact.

Dr. Edmiuid B. Montgomery, physician, surgeon and author, whose skill in practice and ability as a writer of many valuable treatises on medical and surgical subjects have gained him national fame among the representatives of the profession, has practiced eontinuoush' in Quincy since 1878. He was born in St. Louis. Missoiu-i, May 11, 1858. His father. Robert ilontgomery, was a well known business man of that city. Soon after the birth of his son Edmund, however, he removed with his family to Shelbina. ^Missouri, becoming one of the foundei-s of the town and erecting thei'e its first brick building. He carried on a drug store there iTutil 1864, when he located permanently in Quincy, where he still resides. He married Elizabeth Wishart, who was a great-granddaughter of Dr. James Wishart, of Cromarth.v. Scotland, a prominent physician of his day. One of his daug^hters married the celebrated Dr. Abernethy, of Edinburg, Scotland. His son. Dr. David Wishart. and second in line of descent, was born in the pai'ish of Kincardine. Perthshire. Scotland, and came to America in 1796. locating first in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, later in Washington, that state, and finally in Bedford county. Ohio, where he died at an advanced age. He was a ver\' successful and prominent physician and he had four sons who became representatives of the profession, John. James, David and Thomas, while his daughter, Jeannette, married James Lane, and became the mother of Dr. Robert Lane, for many years a leading physician of Roekford, Illinois. Dr. John Wishart is deeea-sed, but his son Charles is still a prominent physician of Pittsburg, Pennsvlvania. Dr. James Wishart, grandfather of Dr. .Montgomery, gained a wide reputation as a most skillful medical practitioner of St. Louis. Missouri, where he died of Asiatic cholera, in 1849. It was his daughter. Elizabeth, who became the wife of Robert :Montgomery. She died November 10. 1894, leaving three sons : Echnund B. ; James P.. who for a time was paymaster in the United States Army and is now with tlie .Mever Brothers Drug Company of St. Louis; and Robert W.. a druggist of Quincy, who died in September,

In his early boyhood Dr. .Alontgomery was taken by his parents to Shelbina. Missouri, but the greater part of his youth was i)assed in Quincy, where he acipiired his literarv education and was graduated from the hiaii .school with the class of 18/3. He then attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1874. after which he entered Jefferson Med'ical College, of that city, in 1876, completing his course by graduation with the class of 1878. Descended from an ancestry di.stingnished in the medical profession. Dr. Montgomery in his professional career has added new laurels to the family record, developing an ability and knowledge which place him foremost among the practitioners of Quincy and which have won him the favorable attention of representatives of the medical fraternity throughout the country. He located for practice in Quincy in 1878. and alons oriainal lines he has carried his researches, while his practice has grown to proportions that stand in unmistakable evidence of the position which he holds in the public trust and regard. Careful m the diagnosis of a case, seldom, if ever, at fault, in determining the outcome of disea.se, and correct in his application of his understandmg of the principles of the medical science to the needs of the patient, his professional efforts have been attended by results certainly gratifying to any professional ambition.

In 1884 Dr. :\rontgomery was appointed by Dr. John H. Rouch a member of the sanitarv eoimcil of the aiississippi Valley, and attended meetings at aiemphLs and New Orleans, after which he prepared for the Illinois Board of Health a sanitary survey of the city of Quincy. From 1888 until 1893 he was physician in charge of Blessing Hospital, and from 1893 until 1897 surgeon-in-charge of the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home at Quincy, since which time he has been consulting physician on the medical staff of Blessing Hospital. In 1893, in preparation for the Pan-Amei"icau Medical Congress to be held in Washington, he organized the Adams county physicians and served as a delegate to that convention. He keeps in tonch with the advanced thonght of the profession through its membership in the Adams County Medical Society, the Illinois State ]\Iedical Society, the Mississippi Valley iledical Association, the American Medical Association, the Tri-state Medical Association and the Military Tract Medical Society and he was one of the organizers and afterward -vice president of the Quiney Medical Library Association. Dr. Montgomery has been active in medical society work, serving in various official capacities. He has been president and secretary in the local medical organizations, secretary of the Mississippi Valley Medical Society and secretary of the Medical Section of the Illinois State Medical Society.

His contributions to medical literature have been extensive and valuable, showing wide original research and investigation, resulting in the acquirement of knowledge that has promoted general efficiency among the representatives of the medical fraternity. His writings include a report on therapeutics, published in the Transactions of the Illinois State Medical Society in 1884, and one in the Transaction of the same society in 1894 on Diseases of Old Age. He has also furnished papers on Typhoid Fever in Young Children, read before the Mississippi Valley Medical Society in 1897 and published in the Medical News of the same year : a pajier on Preventive Medicine and The Higher Medical Education, read before the Illinois State Medical Society in 1898 and published in the Virginia Medical Monthly of the same year; a paper before the State Medical Society in 1902 on The General Practitioner in Relation to Early Surgical Operations, published in the iledical News in 1902 : Symphysiotomy in Persistent I\ lento-posterior Face Presentation, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics for September, 1904 a Report of a Case of Intestinal Obstruction, Treated by Annotomosis with Murphy Biitton, published in the Medical Standard for Ausust, 1904 ; and Report of a Case of Tetanus Treated with Anti-tetanic Serum - recovery, published in the Medical Standard for November, 1904.

On the 12th of October, 1881, Dr. Montgomery married Miss Agnes Cox. a daughter of the late Richard Cox, a hardware merchant, who died in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1897. Of their children Amelia, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Hosmer are living, while Edna died in September, 1898, at the age of ten years. Dr. and Mrs. IMontgomery are members of the I^nitarian church of Quiney. In polities he is independent, while fraternally he is connected with several organizations, including (t)iiiiicy lodge No. 296, A. F. & A. M.. and Quiney chapter, R. A. I\I. Interested in the social life of the city the demands of his profession, hoM'ever, leave him little time for social enjoyment and it is therefore well for him that he derives genuine pleasure from the conscientious performance of the duties of his ]u-ofession and from scientific investigation.

J. W. Cassidy, who in his extended business career has wrought along modern commercial lines, and who in each transition stage has found opportunity for greater activity and still other advance steps, stands to-day in a prominent position in the trade circles of Quiney, as president and manager of the Cassidy Coimnission Company. A western man by birth, training and preference, his birth occurred on a farm in Kankakee county, Illinois, January 20, 1865. His father was a native of New York, but came to the west to benefit by the rich agricultural resources of this great prairie state, and upon the homestead farm in his native county the son reared, being trained to the labors of the field and meadow when not occupied with the duties of the schoolroom. He did not enjoy the advantages of a collegiate education, and at the age of nineteen entered upon his business career by selling nursery stock. For three years he remained upon the road as a traveling salesman, securing many patrons and developing a large trade for the house, so that he was enabled to command an excellent salary, that enabled him within three years to purchase an interest in the business, with which he was continuously connected until his removal to Quiney to enter the commission field.

Organizing the Cassidy Commission Company, of which he became president and general manager, his marked energy, business discernment and unremitting diligence have conserved the interests of the enterprise until in the extent and importance of its operations it stands to-day second to none outside of the great commercial centers of the country. At the time of the establishment of the business the offices were equipped with direct private wires to the grain, provision and stock exchanges of Chicago, St. Louis and New York, and the business proved profitable from the start, so that the company was soon enabled to extend its field of activity through the establishment of branch houses in a number of other cities. In 1900 the Cassidy Commission Company was incorporated with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, some of the leading business men of the city being shareholders, while

J. W. Cassidy still remains at its head as the leading member and manager. He has studied closely the trade conditions of the country, is thoroughly informed concerning the markets of the world as affecting trade conditions, and at the same time his executive force enabled him to manage the financial interests of the house until it has developed into one of the profitable commercial enterprises of the city.

Mr. Cassidy is also a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and the St. Louis IMerchants' Exchange, and has an extensive interest in the great "Egg-0-See" Company, whose goods are knowTi and sold over the entire civilized world.

In matters of citizenship public-spirited and progressive, his .substantial aid, wise counsel and foresight have proven valued factors in the promotion of many public measures, and notably has he contributed to the successful establishment of the park and boulevard system of Quincy. His benefactions to charitable and benevolent institutions, although unostentatious, are frequent and liberal. He is pre-eminently a man of affairs and one who has wielded a wide influence : and, although he has hardly yet reached the prime of life, he is accorded a distinguished position in the business circles of one of the leading trade centers of the Mississippi valley. The palatial home of Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy is one of the attractive residences of central Illinois, while its gracious hospitality is en.joyed by a cultured society circle.

Rev. Lester Janes

Rev. Lester Janes, for many years a Methodist minister of Quincy, recognized as one of the leading divines of the city, settled here in 1861, at which time he took charge of the old Trinity Jlethodist Episcopal church. He was a native of Delaware, Ohio, born in December, 1812. His parents were natives of New York, whence they afterward removed to Delaware, Ohio, where the father engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife also died there.

Rev. Janes received no exceptional educational privileges. He attended the common schools in his early youth and when but a boy joined the Methodist Episcopal church and became imbued with a strong purpose of becoming a minister of the gospel. His reading and study was directed to that end and after a few years he went to Erie. Pennsylvania, where he took charge of a ^Fethodist Episcopal church, remainiuir at that point for some time. He afterward went to Lvnn. ^fassachusetts. where he occupied a pastorate for several years but the coast winds proved detrimental to his health and he returned to Delaware, Ohio. He was among the founders of the ^Methodist Episcopal institution of that city, which is now one of the large educational centers of the district. He remained there for about two years and in 1842 he went south, settling in St. Aiigustine, Texas, where he took charge of a ilethodist Episcopal educational institution, acting as its president for four years. He was afterward transferred to Aurora, Illinois, where he had charge of the Jlethodist Episcopal church for a year and later went to Champaign, Illinois, where he again became a teacher in the school conducted under the auspices of his denomination. Pie 7-emained at that point for three years and subsequently engaged in preaching for a short time in both Warsaw and ilendon, Illinois.

In 1S61 he came to Quincy. arriving here only a short time prior to the oiitbreak of the Civil war. After hostilities had begun he offered his services to his country, enlisting as a chaplain in the army and servinii' therewith for four years. He still made Quincy his home, but after the close of the Civil war he went to Abingdon, Illinois, afterward to Galva, later to Monmouth, Illinois, and subsequenth' to Kiioxville, serving as pastor of IMethodist Ei)iseopal churches in all of these places. Pie finally returned to his home in Quincy. remaining there a .short time, but as he had a daughter residing in California he made his way to the Pacific coast. He and his wife spent the seven yeai"s in the Golden state at Orange and at Pasadena. In 18fi4 he i-eturned to Quincy and retired from the active work of the ministiy. enterinc: superannuated relations with the church.

Rev. Janes was niai-ried in Danville, [Missouri, to Miss Sarah Hall Smith, a native of South Hadley, Massachusetts, and a daughter of Rodney and Sarah (Richardson) Smith, both natives of Massachusetts. They made their home in Northampton county throughout their entire lives, the father being there engaged in farming. He was a most prominent and influential factor in public aft'airs, holding all of the county offices, including that of sheriff. Both he and his wife died in Northampton coujity. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Janes were born ten children, of whom five are yet living, namely : George, who married Caroline Bennison and is a prominent attorney residing in Quincy: Pliny S., who wedded Caroline Yociun and resides in Quincy, where he is engaged in the book and stationery business at No. 635 Hampshire street; John Lester, who married ]\liss Connor and is a merchant residins in Fort Davis, Texas; Edmund, who married Harriet "Wilkins and is now attorney residing in Marys- ville, ^lissoiiri; iiiul Kobcrt Kemu'dy, who married Nona Wilkiiis ami is cn^'au'cd in the practice of dentistry in Pasadena, California. Those deceased are Sarali Martha, David Kodney. a second child named David Rodney, Willie and one who died nnnamed.

After his return from California Mr. Janes retired from the ministry and continued to make Quincy his home until his death, which occurred December IS, 1886. He gave his political allegiance to the republican party and was an ardent advocate of the cause of temperance, both he and his wife belougins: to the Good Templars Society of Quincy. He reared his family in the faith of the church and all of his children united with the iTethodist Episcopal denomination. His sons have become prominent in business circles and the family was well known and highly re.sjDeeted in Quincy. Rev. Janes' life was one of untiring activity, devoted to the intellectual and moral development of his fellow men and the extent of his inliuenee and labors cannot be ineasured b.y any known standard. His memor.y, however, remains as a blessed benediction to those who knew him and his life work yet bears fruit in the character and lives of many with whom he was associated.

Several years ago J. R. Smith, a brother of ]\Irs. Janes came to Adams county and purchased a fariu of one hundred and twenty acres three miles east of Quincy, whereon he resided for fourteen years or until his death when the farm was inherited by his sister, Miss Apphia H. Smith, who now resides in Quincy with her sister, Mrs. Janes, they makiTig their home together for several years. Mrs. Jam^s owns a large residence at No. 1310 North Sixth avenue. She also has other residence property on North Sixth avenue between Spruce and Sycamore streets, and still other realty on Spruce street near Sixth avenue. She always shared with hei- husband in his ambitions and efforts for the church, largely aiding him by hard work and inspiring him bv her council and encouragement

Henry Rornmann

I:Ienr^- Boriniiann the well known editor-inchief of the Germania, published at Quincy, has risen by consecutive steps and through close application and the development of his native talents from an ap]ircnticcshiii at the printer's trade to his prescnl position in connection with one of the leading journals of this city. He was born at Quincy, May 1, 1846. His father, John Bornniann, was a native of TIatzfeld, Grand Duchv of Hesse Darmstadt, born on the 14th oE July, 1816. His mother, who bore the maiden name of Catharine Bald, was born October 3, 1820, near Berleburg in the circuit of Wittgenstein, Prussia. They came to Amin-ica by way of New Orleans, arriving in Quinc.y on the 12th of November, 1845. The father engaged in the manufacture of soap for many years and was thus closely associated with the l)usiness development of the city. He died April 21, 1901, while his wife passed away ]\Iay 5, 1894. Daniel ilizz, a great-uncle of Henry Bornniann, was one of the five hundred thousand men who took part in the memoi'able march of Napoleon on the Moscow campaign and never returned. Another great-uncle, Henry Mizz, enlisted when eighteen years of age in the English army, serving for two years. He then joined the Holland army, with which he was connected for thirty-four years or until 182li. achieving the rank of general.

Henry Bornniann finished his education in a parochial school in Quincy in the year IS'iy. After putting aside his text-books he entered upon an apprenticeship in the office of the Quincy Ti-ibune. a German paper founded in 1852 by John Wood, the father of Quincy, who secured Gnstav Adolph Roesler as editor and manager, ]\rr. Roesler coming from New York to take charge of the paper. On the completion of his third year of indenture Mr. Bornmaim decided to relinquish his plan of devoting his energies to the printing business and was apprenticed to a tinner, with whom he learned the trade. Later he worked for a year as a journeyman tiunei', but in the meantime became convinced that the printing business was more congenial to him and resumed work at the case in February, 1868. He was employed for six years in the job jirinting office and he became foreman in the composing room of the Quincy Tribune. Subsequently he accepted a similar position in the office of the Quincy Germania and for tlie i)ast twenty yrars has been connected with the editoi'iai department of the latter paper, acting for a number of years as its editor-in-chief. For the past four years he has been engaged in writing the history of the Gernum Pioneers of (^)nincy and Adams County in the interest of the German American Historical Society of Illinois, which society has had an existence since 1900 with head(|uarters in Chicago and of which the Hon. William Vocke, of Chicago, is the president.

During the progress of the Civil war ilr. Bornniann enlisted on the 14th of February, lS(i."), as a member of Company H. Forty-third Illinois Infantry, and served as corporal until the 20tli of December, following, when he received an honorable discharge. He was a member of John Wood post, G. A. R., for about five vears and then withdrew from the organization.

Henry Bornmann

His political allegiauce was given to the republican party nntil the year 1892, when on accoimt of the Edwards school law, which he considered an infringement on personal rights and religious liberty, he became a democrat. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Lutheran church.

On the 16th of May, 1872, Mr. Bormnann was married to Jliss Katlierine Uebner, who was born in Fall Creek township, Adams county, her parents ha\ang come to this count>' from Germany in 1840. ilrs. Bornmann died March 20, 1881, and Mr. Bornmann was married again May 10, 1883, ]\riss Johanna Niehans becoming his wife. She was born in Quincy, where her parents are located, emigrating from Germany in 1852. Mr. Bornmann has eight children : Rosa, the wife of Hemumn Stork: Clara, the wife of Henry Budde : Ida -. Hilda : Henry ; Alma; Irene: and Ruth.

William H. Govert, holding distinctive precedence as a member of the Quincy bar, was born in Fort Madison, Iowa, September 10, 1844 Wlien very young he came to Illinois and spent his boyhood upon a farm, attending a country school for a few months each year imtil he entered Illinois College at Jacksonville, where he was graduated witii high honors in 1867. Preparing for the bar as a student in the law department in the ITniversity of ilicliigan at Ann Arbor, he was graduated with the class of 1870, and upon admission to the bar in that year immediately located for practice in Quincy. Here he entered into partnership with Joseph N. Carter, the firm name being Carter & Govert, and upon the admission of Judge Joseph Sibley, some years later, being changed to Sibley, Carter & Govert. Upon the retiring of Judge Sibley, Theodore B. Pape in 1888 became a member of the firm, aud as Carter, Govert & Pape they practiced until Judge Carter's elevation to the supreme bench of Illinois in 1894. The present name of the firm is Govert, Pape & Govert, a firm which enjoys a practice in extent and importance second to none in the city.

In 1872 ]\Ir. Govert was chosen by popular suffrage to the office of city attorney, occupying the position for two terms and was then elected states attorney, as the successor of Judge AY. G. Ewing, in 1876. He also acted in that capacity for two terms, but the ma.ior part of his attention has been devoted to his private practice of law. He is, indeed, regarded as one of the brilliant members of the Quincy bnr and ranks with

The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients, and an assiduous and vmrelaxing attention to all the details of his cases have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct. His argmnents have elicited warm commendation, not only from his associates at the bar, but also from the bench. He is a veiy able writer; his briefs always show wide research, careful thought, and the best and strongest reasons which can be urged for his contention, presented in cogent and logical form, and illustrated in a style unusually lucid and clear. In his careful preparation of cases he reaches the very root of the matter and is particularly noted as a counselor - this characteristic element in his practice being, therefore, of great value to those who seek legal advice upon matters of deep concern. When a legal decision is desired, his influence has often been the means of producing a settlement outside of the courts.

With keen business discerinnent he has made extensive investments in industrial and financial interests of Quincy and has been an important factor in the development and control of many of these. He is now the president of the Collins Plow Company, of the J. R. Little Metal Wheel Company and the Quincy Corn Planter Company, and a director of the Gem City Stove Company, the Quincy Engine Works and of the F. W. Menke Stone & Lime Company. He is also one of the proprietors of the State Street Bank and holds stock in the Ricker National and the Quincy National Banks.

On "the 2.5th of September. 1873. William H. Govert was married to Miss Rosa F. Wood, of Jacksonville, and their home at 1433 Vermont street, is one of the pleasantest in the city. They have one son and two daughters, George, Anna and Edith. The son, following his graduation with honors from Illinois College and Tale University, pursued the study of law in the T'niversity of Michigan and is now a partner in the firm of Govert, Pape & Govert.

Homer D. Dines

Homer D. Dines, engaged in the practice of law in Quincj' and also one of the active workers in democratic ranks in his district, was born in Shelby ville, ^Missouri, in 1877, a son of Henry B. Dines. In the public schools of his native city he began his education, which was continued in the schools of Quincj-, where he attended the high school and completed the literary course in

Chaddoek College. He next entered the law department of Chaddoek College and also read law in the offices of Homer M. Swope and McCarl & Feigenspan, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1900, at Springfield. He then entered the office of Akers & Swope, where he served as law clerk for three months, after which he formed a partuer.ship with Judge C. B. McCroiy, in January, 1901, this being maintained for two years or until Judge MeCrory was called to the bench, in December, 1902. Mr. Dines has since been alone in practice, and is continually advancing in his profession, having now a clientele which many an oldei- mau might well envy. Developing his latent powers through energy, close application and diligent study, he has, in the courtroom, demonstrated his ability to cope with intricate legal problems. He is now private secretary to Judge Scott of the supreme court.

On the 10th of October, 1901, Mr. Dines was married in Quinc\- to Miss May Dickson, a daughter of John T. and Agnes (Rash) Dickson. She was born in Lewistown, Missouri, in 1878, and they now have a little son, Ralph, born October 31, 1903. Fraternally Mr. Dines is a Mason and he belongs to the Quincy Bar Association. In his political views he is a democrat and for several years has taken an active and helpful part in politics, serving as secretary of the Adams county democratic executive and central committees. He has also been secretar^^ of the Park and Boulevard Association and is deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare and progress of the ci!y in Avhich he has resided ever since his boyhootl .lays, his aid in its behalf being of a practical and beneficial character. Personally he has the traits of character that win popularity, and he has a very large circle of friends in Quincy.

Frederick W. Jansen

Frederick W. Jansen, deceased, was numbered amoiig the men who have contributed to the development of Quincy, not along one biit along various lines, having been active in the promotion of political, material and moral interests in the city. He was, perhaps, best known in a business light as the president and founder of the F. W. Jansen Furniture Company. He arrived in Quincy in 1835, being at that time twenty j^ears of age, his birth having occurred in Prus.sia, CTCrmany, July 19, 1815. His parents were also natives of Germany and were farming people, spending their entire lives in the fatherland.

schools of his native country until fourteen years of age, when he began learning the cabinetmaker's trade, which he followed for about six years. He then embarked for America and going to St. Louis, Missouri, was for a brief period a resident of that city. The same year, however, he came to Quincy and in the winter of 1835 he went to Natchez, Tennessee, where he worked at his trade until the following spring. He then returned to Quincy and secured a position at cabinetmaking with a Mr. Wood, one of the pioneer furniture dealers of tlie city. He continued in his employ for several years and found that his diligence and enterprise had brought to him sufficient capital to enable him to embark in the 'urniture business on his own account. This was the besinnint!' of a prosperous career m?'ked by steady development. His trained efficiency in the line of his chosen calling proved one of the sti-ong basic elements of his success and he was a splendid representative of industrialism in Quincy. At the time he embarked in the retail furniture Inisiness he also built a large furniture factory on Jersey street betw'een Sixth and Seventh streets and employed a number of men in the niauTifaeture of furniture. He was a man of great industry and marked energy and his time was devoted between the factory and his st(»re at No. 434 Elaine street. He was thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business as well as its principal operations and owing to his careful supervision, thorough understanding of the trade and capable management he met with succ(>ss that numbered him among (.hiincy's substantial ritizens.

Mr. Jansen was twice married, lie first wedded Pauline Pfansehmidt, a native of Cermany and a daughter of Godfrey and Eva Elizabeth '^Kleinschmidtl Pfansehmidt, both of whom were natives of ililhousen, Germany. The father was a tanner by trade and in 1834 emigrated to America, settling in Adams county, where he liurchased a farm in Ellington township, there cai-ryins on agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife, surviving him, died at the Jansen residence in 1877. Mr. Jansen lost his first wife on the 9th of July, 1851. and afterAvard married her sister. Miss Johanna Matilda Pfansehmidt. also a native of Germany. There were six children born of the first marriage, of whom four are living: Frederick G., the eldest, is now president of the F. W. Jansen Furniture Company, controlling the largest I'ctail furniture trade in the city, and he married Amanda K. Elliott. Charles C, who wedded ^lary Livingston, is now living retired in Quincy at No. 2006 Prairie avemv\ Albert W., also retired, makes his home in Ijineoln. Nebraska. Amelia E. is the wife of Chi-is. Schultheis, a retired druggist, and they resiili> with ^Irs. Jansen. The decejised ehildi-en of the fli'st marriage were jMatikla and Henry. There were fonr children hiii-n of the second union: iMadora T.. the wife of (Jeorge Postel, a large mill owner at Maseoutah, Illinois : and George, Laura and Ella, who are deceased. The father died January 28, 1871.

In the eai'ly years of his residence in (^iiiiicy Mv. Jansen served as alderman, lie always took a very active interest in politics and his early political support was given to the whig party, while later he became a stanch republican. Socially he was coimected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Quincy He held membei'ship in the Methodist Episcojial church, being a devoted Christian gentleman, zealous and earnest in the church work. He served as a local preacher at an early day and subsequently filled the pulpit in various country churches. He was, moreover, one of the best known business men of Quincy and his success came as the direct result of his own efforts. As his financial resoui-ces incT-eased he made judicious investments in realty and became the owner of a large valuable property. His life stood in exemplification of the fact which many deny, that .i successful man may be an honest man. His widow now resides at 639 Jei'sey street. She has in her possession a niunber of boxes and other relics of her husband'.s early work as a cabinetmaker. Her home is a pleasant and attractive one and she has a wide and favorable acquaintance in Quincy, where she has so long resided. She, too. is a member of the Methodist church.

Isaac Grove

ISAAC GROVE. Isaac Grove, the owner of a valuable farming pro])erty on section 20, Payson township, was born January 8, 1839. in Licking county. Ohio, hi.s parents Ijeing Isaac and Rebecca (Lionberger"! Grove, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The mother, whose birth occurred March 8, 1804, went with her parents to Ohio in 1811, the family settling in Licking county, whei-e her father secured land and developed a farm. His paT'ents were natives of Germany and had settled in Virginia in colonial days, so that successive generations of the family have been closely identified with pioneer development in various localities. Isaac Grove and Rebecca Lionberger were married in Ohio and the father died there in 1838. In 1844 the mother, with her three children, came to Adams county, Illinois, and settled upon the farm which is now the home of Isaac Grove, of this review. No improvements had been made upon the land and for one summer the mother and her children lived in a ]>ole pen or hoi;se. There were many rattlesnakes in the district, and their was also much wild 2'ame including deer, and the wild fowls furnished many a meal for the I'arly settlers. 'Wliile living in the little pole pen Isaac (xrove became ill with the measles. He was the youngest of the three children. The mother obtained her land by buying two patents, one of course which was not authentic, so she had to pay foi- it twice, because a man by the name of Schofield. brought up a bogus patent, compelling her to pay five hundred dollars a second time. Many hardships and trials were borne by the little family in their attempt to establish a home and gain a living in the west. The mother continued to live upon her original farm until her death, which occurred in 1880, her remains being interred in Payson cemetery. Her elder son, Jesse Grove, who resided in Hancock county, Illinois, died in ^lay, 1903, leaving a daughter, who lives near Dallas City. Illinois. Nancy G?-ove makes her home with her brother Isaac.

In the Sodom school south of his present home. Isaac Grove acquired his education and from early boyhood worked on the farm, assisting in the arduous task of developing and cultivating the new land. From the time he was fifteen years of age he hired a hand to assist him and operated the farai for his mother. He has through his industry and careful management acf|uired three hundred acres, constituting a splendid property, in which he has erected the finest country home in the vicinity of Payson. He has added to the place all modern eqiiipments. Good barns and outbuildiiigs are kept in excellent repair and fences divide the place into fields of convenient size, in which are annually harvested rich crops, the owner being regarded as one of the leading farmers of the county.

Mr. Grove was married, November 24. 1861. to ;Miss Sarah Tull. a daughter of John R. and Nancy (Langford^i Tull. who were natives of Maryland, whence they removed to Ohio and thence to Hancock county, Illinois, settling four miles east of Fort ]\Iadison, this state. Her father entered his land there about 1830 and became closely identified with the pioneer development of that part of the .state For many years he carried on farming and died December 3, 1897, wliile his wife passed away in 1889, their remains being interred in the famil.v burial lot upon their fai"ni, in what is known as the Tull cemetery. Mr. Tull was in his ninetieth year and his wife about eighty-two years of age at the time of death. They, were the parents of five childi'en: Hester Ann, born February 26, 1827, is the wife of Lorenzo Little, a farmer of Hancock county, Illinois, and they have four children. Josiah Tull. boi-n September 26. 1829. married Sarah Priloy. by whom he had one child, and after her death he iiiari-ied

Hettie Rank, three children being- born of this union. The wife and mother died in 1900 and Josiah, March 21, 1870, and his children now live in Hancock county, Illinois, just across the river from Foi-t ^Madison, Iowa. Elizabeth, born March 21, 1833, is the wife of Daniel A. Little, who resides on a farm ad.ioining his brother Lorenzo's place, and they have four children, Jennie, born December 9, 1840. became the wife of Dr. J. M. Lionberger, of Dallas City, Illinois, and both are now deceased, while their only child died in infancy. Mrs. Grove is the next of the family.

Mrs. Grove, who was born June 7, 1843. was educated in Hancock county, Illinois, in a country school, and after reaching- womanhood gave her hand in marriage to Isaac Grove. They have one child. Maiid J., who was born August 22, 1865, and is the wife of W. H. Kay, a farmer in Salt river valley, Arizona. Mrs. Grove is a memlier of the ]\Tethodist church and her father was a local minister of the denomination. Mr. Grove is a democrat in his political views, and both enjoy the esteem of many who know them and to whom the hosiiitality of their beautiful home is freelv and genemiislv jieccu-ded.

Joel Kingsbury Scarborough

Joel Kingsbury Scarborough, who has attained the age of four score years and who during a long residence in Adams county has always been known as the champion of its material, intellectual and moral progress, was born November 12, 1824, in Brooklyn, Wyndham county, Connecticut, the sixth child of Joel and Lucretia (Smith) Scarborough. The father died before the birth of his son and he was left an orphan by his mother's death when twelve years of age. He early displayed a great love for books, reading Roliin's Ancient History at the age of eight years and studying Latin and geometry at the age of ten years. In 1838, when a boy of fourteen, he came to the west with his sister Mary A., afterward the wife of Rev. C. A. Leach, pastor of the Congregational church in Payson. The first part of the journey was made partly by rail, partly by steamboat or eanalboat, and partly by stage coach, and from Pittsburg he traveled by stage to Cincimiati, for the river was too low for the boats to run. At Cincinnati, however, he took passage on an Ohio river steamer and on reaching the Mississippi proceeded up that stream to Quincy. At Cairo, Illinois, it was necessary to change boats and he was thus delayed for some hours, thankful, however, to get away before night, owing to the reputation that the hotel at that place bore.

After reaching Payson, Joel K. Scarborough began working for his uncle. Deacon Albigence Scarborovigh, the founder of the town, who was then living in a log cabin on the site of the house now occupied by his daughter. When seventeen years of age Joel Scarborough went to Hudson, Ohio, where he remained for two years, a part of the time as a student in "Western Reserve College, and a part of the time studying at home, after which he returned to Payson and again worked for his uncle until twenty-one years of age. His evenings during this period were largely devoted to reading Latin and he reviewed his geometry as he followed the plow or drove the team. He was only fifteen years of age when he purchased land where he now lives, becoming the owner of a tract of raw prairie on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made. On attaining his majority he began the cultivation of this place and all of thfimprovements now found here - and this is one of the best equipped farms of the county - have been made by him or his son. Even the trees which adorn the lawn have been planted by him. In his business affairs he has displayed unremitting diligence, energy and keen discrimination. In his early years he devoted his attention to the raising of crops on which he realized a fair profit and as his financial resources increased he invested in land, which he now rents, while his attention is devoted largely to the feeding of stock. Many years ago, appreciating the advantages of having a good supply of timber, he drove to Pittsfield to attend a sale of swamp land and bid in a quarter section at ten cents per acre and another at fifteen cents. Since then he has acquii'cd several sections of land on the Mississippi bottom and on Sni Island. He has thus been actively interested in building and improving the Sni levee.

In November, 1849, he married Miss Julia SeymoTir, who died a few years later, leaving one child, who survived her for only a few months. In 185fi he married Miss Harriet Spencer, who was a loving, faithful wife and true helpmate. She died in 1903, leaving a son, Henry Plagg, their daughter Julia having died at the age of seven years.

Mr. Scarborough, when seventeen years of age, united with the Congregational church in Payson and has ever since been prominent in its affairs, giving it much of his thought and attention and co-operating largely in its efforts for upbuilding and the extension of its influence. He was elected clerk of the church in May. 1844, and has been re-elected every year since, so that the church records for more than sixty years have known no pen but his. He has been superintendent of the Sunday-school since January 1, 1868, with the exception of little more than a year, and has been greatly iuterested in all matters relating to the school and its improvement. For nearly forty years he has conducted a most interesting teachei's' meeting and has al.so been president of the township Sunday-school organization for more than thirty years, and he has also been president of the Adams County Association for maiij' years. He has twice been elected delegate to the National Triennial Council of Congregational churches and has long been a corporate member of the missionary society of that denomination.