Quincy Township (part 25 of 74)

W. l'. Smith is iiidcbti'd to the imblic school system of Adams and Seluiyler counties for the educational privileges he eii.joyed in his youth, which fitted him for life's iiractical and responsible duties. He turned his attention to farming in Schuyler county and later took up his abode in Adams county, his home being now on section 36, Northeast township, where he is devoting his time and energies to agricultural pursuits. He was married in 1881 to Rebecca E. Burke, who was born March 6. 1832, a. daughter of ]\Ir. and IMrs. Harvey Burke. The father came from Virginia and settled in Clayton towiiship, Adams coimty. In that family were five children: Elizabeth, the wife of J. T. Alexander, of Northeast township: Mrs. Smith; G. W , of Northeast township: Jlinnie, the wife of R. M. Hackney, of Northeast township: and Olive, the wife of John R. Hackney, of Huutsville, Illinois.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one child, George W., who was born l\Iay 7, 1890. The parents are well known in Adams eounty and their circle of friends is extensive. Mr. Smith is a sujiporter of the democratic party and has held the offices of assessor and road commissioner, discharging his duties with pi-omptness and fidelity. Fraternally lu' is connected with the

August H. Achelpoul

Starting out in life for himself at a very early age. August H. Aehelpohl worked his way steadily upward and for many years controlled inil^ortant and profitable business interests in tliis city. Pie was first engaged in the grocery business and later in pork packing for a long period, and was afterward associated with the drug trade. When a yontli of only eleven years he came to America, accompanied by his sistei' and two brothers. He was boi'u in Germany, June li, 1843. and his parents died when he was but a child. His mother passed away wiien he was seven years of age, and three years afterward the father's death occurred. The children then decided to come to the United States, and three of the brothers and two sisters started for the new world, but one of the sisters died while on the voyage. After landing in this country the foiar children came direct to Quincy. and some of them are now living hei'e.

August H. Aehelpohl had attended the common schools of his native country and, after ai'- riving in Qiiincy, he became a college student, thus ac(iuiring a good education. After completing his education he started in the grocery biisiness, opening a small store on Jersey street near Fifth street. He was there engaged in the business for fifteen years and was very successful. Subsequently he entered into jiartnership with his father-in-law, C. Henry Behrensmeyer, and they began pork packing, their first location being at the corner of Tenth street and Hi'oadway. There they I'cmained for .several years, and their business began to increase until i1 (lemaudi'd larger facilities: so they removed to the present site of the old city hall, there conducting a, iiacking business for several years, during which time Mr. Aehelpohl also went into jiar'tner.ship with W. S. Knapheide, another relative. Eventually, the business was removed to the ]iacking-liouse district. Mr. Aehelpohl was at difiVrent times associated with other partners and Dwned and controlled a large plant, carrying on an extensive business. For many years he w'as a i-epresentative of this department of industrial and commercial activity, but eventually retired, and for a few years had no active business connections. He and his son Charles II. then embarked in the drug business together at No. 1201 State street, and this I'elation was maintained until the death of August H. Aehelpohl. who died November 20, 1902. '

On the 17th of October, 1851, ^Ir. Aehelpohl Avas united in marriage to Miss Fredericka Behrensmeyer, who was boi'n in Germany, October 17, 1851, and is a daughter of C. Henry and Fredericka (Dickmann) Behren.smeyer, who were likeW'ise natives of the same country and came to Quincy in 1862. The father engaged in the porkjjacking business here until his demise, and jlrs. Behrensmeyer now resides at No. 332i/o South Seventh street, near the home of her daughter, Mrs. Aehelpohl. The Behrensmeyer family has been prominent and influential in Qixincy for many years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Aehelpohl were born four children : Chai-les, who is now engaged in the drug business at No. 1201 State sti-eet; William J., who married Laura Hagen and resides in Galesburg, Illinois, where he is employed by the street car company; Anna, who died at the age of ten months; and Sebna F., who resides at home with her mother.

Mr. -Vchelpohl passed away November 20, 1902. Frate 'nally he was connected with the Knights of Columbus and other insurance orders. In politics he was a republican, and religiou.sly was connected with the German ilethodist Episcopal church, of which his wife is a member. He was prominent, active and successful in business, having earned the money with which to pay his passage to America when but eleven years of age. From that time forward he was dependent entirely upon his (nxn restnirces and, as the years advanced, he worked his way upward, achieving success through the detenninecl energy and earnest labor that brook no obstacles and are deterred by no difficulties that can be set aside through persistent, earnest purjjose. Mrs. Aehelpohl and her daughter reside at No. 330 South Seventh street and, in addition to this i)roperty, she owns other realty in Quincy and still retains her interest in the packing house.

John S. Fraser

John S. Eraser, who is engag(.'d in general farming and is also serving as clerk of Islington township, was born upon the old familv homestead on section 33, March 21, 1873. The family is of Scotch lineage and was founded in America by John 0. Eraser, a native of Scotland, who came to America in early life. He afterward married Margaret Dougherty, whose birth occurred in the same house in w^iich Robert C. Eraser, father of our sub.ject, was born. The grandfather engaged in the livery and groceiy business and he died when his son Robert was onlv five vears of age. The latter was born in

New York city, OetolxT 14. 1S12(), ami wlicn ten years of aue started witli liis innthei' and two sisters for (^niney. 'I'hey went liy \'.My of tlie canal from New York to Ijuttalo, thence to Cleveland. Ohio, by boat, on by staue to Cincinnati, and continued their join-ney to Quiney by boat. Aftei- locating in this county Mrs. Eraser married again, becoming the wife of John Sharj). who arrived here in INFay, 1837, while Mis. Eraser came in September of the same year. Mr. Sharp had erected a log cabin on section 38, Ellington township, and had begun the develoi)- ment of a fai-m. As the years passed he continued his labor.s until the fields wcn^ placed under a high state of cultivation and many substantial improvements were added to the place. In the course of time he became one of the wellto-do farmers of the county. His death occui-red in 1888. when lie was about eighty-ei.ght years of age, for he was born October 8. 1800.

Robert C. Eraser pursued his education in the early schools of Adams county and was i-eai-ed to farmins life, assisting in the ardiious task of developing a new farm. When lie hail attained man's estate he married iliss Reka Sjiilker. who was born in Germany and is now deceased. The children of this marriage ai-e : John S.. of this review, and ]\largaret. also living on tin.' old homesteail farm. Thniuuhoul his active business career Robert C. Eraser carried on general farming but is now living a retired life. He still lives on the old homestead, where he has remained for more than sixty-seven years, and is now enjoying a well-earned rest.

John S. Eraser is indebted to the public school sy.stem of the county for the educational privileges which he enjoyed in his youth and which fitted him for life's practical and respimsible duties. He was also early trained to the work of the fields and throughout his entire life he has carried on farming, assisting his father in the work of the fields in early life and in later years relieving him of the management and activi^ labor of the farm. The place comprises one hnndred and sixty acres of good land on section :'>3, Ellington township, northeast of Quiney. and is devoted to the raising of wheat and coi'n. sheep, cattle, horses and ho.gs. He has good grades of stock iipon the place and everything about the farm is kept in good condition, all tln' fences and buildings being in i-epair. The house is a good tvvo-story frame residence.

John S. Eraser was united in marriage to Miss Alice C. Smyth, a native of Melro.se township, Adams county, and a daughter of William Smyth. In his political views ilr. Eraser is an earnest republican, active in support of the party. He has sei'ved on the school board and is now clerk of Ellington township. He is a popular and enterprising agriculturist, M'ideawake and enterprising, and his activity is bringing to him business success, while his labors for the general good are resulting beneficially for the county.

Ered P. Taylor

In the jiromotion and conserv;ition of advancement in all the normal lines of human progress and civilization there is no factor which has exerted a more potent influenee than the press, wliieh is both the dii-ector and the mirror of ])ublic opinion. Qniucy has been signally favored in the character of its newspapers, which have been vital, enthiLsiastic and progressive, ever aiming to advance the interests of the city, to establish the fonndations of an enlightened ci)mmonwealth and to promote the welfare of the lieople at large. It has been .-ilong such lines that Ered P. Taylor has dii-edeil his efforts as a joTirnalist. He is well known in Quiney as an editor and founder of the Journal of Industi'v, a paper whose influenee is widely I'ecognized. His birth occurred in Louisville. Kentuckv. .March 15, 18.38.

His father, W. T. Taylor, was a soldiei' of the ]\lexican war aiid after the inauguration of the Civil war he enlisted, togethei- with his eldest son at Princeton, Caldwell county, Kentucky, for service in the Confedei-ate Anuy. Neithei' father nor son returned, the latter falling in battle at Shiloh, while the former died in camp from exposure and hardships. The widowed mother \vas left with seven children, with whom she removed from Princeton to Bowling Green, Kentucky, and in 1867 she came to Quiney to make her futuT'e home. The elder children began work and the mother through hei' carefid eeonom.\- and industry soon secured a home. She ])ut forth every ef^cn't possible to provide for her sons and daughters, counting no personal sacrifice on her part too great if it would pi'omote their welfare.

Ered P. Taylor was a youth of ;d)out ten years at the time of the removal of his mother and the children to Quiney. Here he began work in a restaurant as a waiter and was thus enqiloyed for four or five years. He afterward clerked in grocery stores and did every service that brought to him a good living and enabled him to make a start in life. Thinking, however, that he would prefer to follow the printer's trade, he entered upon an apprentiee.ship in the office of the Quiney Daily Herald in 1874 and there learned the business of setting tvpe, and in fact familiai-- izing himself with all dei)artments of the business. His apprenticeship was followed by a western trip, during which time he was emplo\'ed at newspaper work at Ihiiniiljal and was also coimected with newspai)ers in Biirliniiton. Iowa, for a year or more. Returnint;- to Quiney he was for some time counected -with the Quiney Wliig' and later his energies were concentrated npon political service in behalf of his trade and as an officeholder.

Deeply interested in politics fi'oni his youth Fred P. Taylor, havint;- thoroughly informed himself upon the questions of the day. besjan to exert a local influence in political circles, which, in addition to his effective service in behalf of his party, ultimately led to his selection to the office of supervisor of Adams county in 1885. Prior to the expiration of his term of service in that position he was elected on the democratic ticket to the Illinois legislature and was a participant in the memorable Logan senatorial eontest. His votes were always given on the democratic side and he was true to his constituents. He did everything in his power to promote legislation that he believed would prove of general benefit to the state and opposed that which he deemed would work to the detriment of the general welfare and was known as an active member of the house, being recognized as one of the leaders of the democracy.

Upon his i-etirement from the legislature Mv. Taylor became again an active factor in journalistic circles, beginning the publication of a small monthly pa]ier which was known as the Journal of Industry. His capital was small, but he possessed determination and would brook no obstacles that could be overcome by persistent effort and honorable dealing. He often delivered his own paper when subscribers were asleep. Gradually he progressed and won success and soon his paper appeared as a little weekly, but from time to time it ha.s been improved and enlarged and to-day the Journal of Industry is the leading weekly paper in the western part of Illinois, while few weekly papers in the state enjoy a bettei' patronage or are more largely circulated. At times it has been the champion of good men strongly opposed by other i)ress and papers and at times it has been effective in electing its candidate.

Mr. Taylor is also recognized as an active factor in othei' business circles and in connection «ith ]iublic affairs. He is a director of the Gem City Building & Loan Association, a stockholder in the State Savings, Loan & Trust Company and vice president of the Park & Boulevard Association. He has been supervisor for the past six years and is a member of the county democratic central executive committee. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of the World, the Fireiuen's Benevolent Association and the Fraternal Tribunes.

united in mari-iage to ]\liss .lennie Bloom, and they are now the parents of four children : Addison L., Louis W., Newton C. and George A. The per.sonal traits of Mr. Tayloi^'s character have given him a standing in jntblie regard that many men might well envy. His business career has been characterized by steady progress as the I'csult of his own industi'.v' and perseverance, and he is ever ready to extend a heli)ing hand to those less fortunate. He is one of the world's workers who accomplishes much, yet in disposition and manner he is quiet and i;nassuming. He holds friendship inviolable and his real friends can count upon him to any extent. In his writings and in speech he is the opposite of A'erbose, exl)ressing himself clearly yet concisely and his ]iositioii is never an eqiiivocal one. In his business he has accumulated a competence and placed the Journal of Industry upon a strong financial footing.

David Stern

David Stern, managing partner of the large clothing liovise and tailoring establishment of J. Stern & Sons, Quiney, and also one of the partners in the wholesale house of Stern, Wasserinan & Company, New York, is a man whose business career presents many striking and commendable qualities. It is true that he entered upon a business already established but in controlling and enlarging this many a man of less resolute purpose and keen discernment woiild have failed, but Mr. Stern's connection therewith has been marked by steady progress along business lines which are in strictest harmony with a high standard of commercial ethics.

Born in Richmond, Virginia, May 9, 1855, David Stern is a son of Joseph and Minnah (Rosenheim) Stern, who wei-e married in Richmond in 1849. The father, a native of Germany, emigrated from Wurteniberg in 1845 and for a time was employed as clerk in a clothing store of Richmond, but in 1847 embarked in business on a small scale on his own account. He prospered from the beginning and remained in business at Richmond until a short time before the close of the Civil war, when owing to the death of his wife he disposed of his interests there and removed to New York city. He was a private in the Confederate Army and an intimate friend of Jefferson Davis, being the only man who had a pass to cross the lines and this was given to him by the president of the Confederacy.

Haviug- lost his wife iu 1862, Mr. Stern removed to New York iu 1863 and there embarked in the manufacture of shirts, iu which he continued for three years, when the business was removed to Quiuey, Illinois, under the firm name of Rosenheim & Stern. After a brief period, however, the health of Mr. Rosenheim failed and ]\Ir. Stern purchased the business which was conducted under his own name until 1872, when he admitted his sou Charles to a partnership. The store in Quincy was then managed by the son, while the father made his home in New York city. Charles remained here from 1866 until 1901, when owing to the death of the father, on the 30th of January, 1901, returned to New Yory city to take charge of the wholesale house, while David Stern, who had become a partner in 1876, became active manager of the Quincy establishment. In the family were two sons and a daughter. Charles Stern was married February 10, 1851, to Miss Rosa Frank, of New York city, where they now make their home. The daughter, Henrietta, died in New York in 1902.

David Stern attended the public schools of Richmond, Virginia, imtil nine years of age and then continued his studies in the schools of New York imtil in his sixteenth year when he came to Quincy and entered his father's store as a clerk, acting in that capacity until 1876, when he was admitted to a partnership, and the firm style was changed to J. Stern & Sons. At that time he took an equal share in the management of the business, and has since concentrated his energies upon the building up of the trade and the enlargement of the biisine.ss, which is now one of the leading retail houses of the middle west. The New York house is situated at No. 458 Broadway, where a large wholesale business is conducted under the management of Charles Stern. In Quincy emplojTiient is furnished to twenty-two salesmen and twenty-five tailors, and both branches of the business are growing in volume and in profit. The firm owns a fine four story and basement building, fifty by two hundred feet. and with their stock they occupy the basement and first floor and one half of the remainder of the building. The house is one of the most important business enterprises of the city and David Stern occiipies a most prominent position in commercial circles here, displaying marked enterpi-ise, keen sagacity and a resolute will - qualities which are always indispensable in the acquirement of prosperity. He has long been accounted one of the representative and influential business men of Quincy and was one of the charter members of the Young Men's Business Association and its successor.

David Stern was married ]May 14, 1885, to Miss Miriam Weil, a daughter of E. A. Weil, a wholesale merchant of Savannah, Georgia, and they have two sons and a daughter: Elviu W., bom iu ]March, 1886, spent two years iu the University of Chicago and is now attending business college in Quincy ; Lester A., born August 19, 1890, is attending high school; Madelane, born in April, 1895, is attending the public schools.

Mr. Stern is one of the leading ilasons of Quincy, holding membership in Bodley Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M., while in Quincy Consistory he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish rite. He also belongs to the Independent Order of B'nai Brith and has been the local president for a number of years. He is likewise vice president of the Jewish synagogue, and in politics he is independent. H3 has taken a prominent part in the improvement of Quincy for a third of a cenutry, and his record as a business man and citizen ranks him with the best residents of the city. Throughout this entire time he has so conducted all affairs entrusted to him as to merit the confidence and esteem of the entire community and no word of censure has ever been uttered against him. His career is in keeping with the spirit of the times, when marked energy leads into large undertakings and when the utilization of opportunity results in the management of extensive and important commercial or industrial interests.

Henry F. Springer

Henry F. Springer, who owns and operates an excellent farm of one himdred aud sixty acres of fine land on section 15, Honey Creek township, was born in Gilmer township, Adams county, November 5, 1863. His father, Frederick S. Springer, was a native of Prussia, Germany, and came to .\raerica in 1858. landing at New Orleans. He thence made his way up the IMississippi river by boat to St. Louis and was eight days on this trip. For a short time he was a resident of Quincy and then took up his abode in Gilmer township, where he resided until 1862. In that year he became a resident of Honey ("reek township, where he was well known as a worthy and respectable farmer for many years. He died in February, 1897. His wife, who bore the name of Ida Pa^^nour, was born in Hanover,

Ileniy F. Springer pursued his edueation in the schools of IToney Creek townsliip and in the ({erman sehoo! at Coatshuru', Illinois. His youth was quietly passed and he gained practical kuowleduc of fai'iii woi-k, assisting in the operation of th.e ohl hoineslead through the suuinier months, while in the winter seasons he pursued his studies. He has always followed the occupation to wliieh he was reared and is now a successful and enterprising farmer, having a val- Tiable tract of land, covering a quarter section. This he has ]daeed nnder a high state of cultivation, th Holds ainiually yielding him u'ood crops and his products lind a i-cjidy sale on tlii" market.

Springer was married in \o\emlici' IS. IS96. to iliss Mai'y liinkerman. who was hoi'n in Ploney Creek township, where liei- parents, who are natives of (iermany. now I'esidi'. .Mi-. ;ind Mrs. S])i-ingcr hav<' one child, \Villi;nii Henry, at homi'. They .are memlicrs of the !>utheran church and .Mr. Sprinuvi- uives his political snppoi't to the ilemoci-alii' party.

Charles R. ]\IeNay, a stock dealei- of Crsa wlio is now conducting a husiness that lirinus to him very gratifying returns annually, was horn -laniiaiy 28, 1859, and is the son of John and Amanda "(James) ^McNay. The father was boiai in Kenton county, Kentucky, October 15, 181 S. and came to Illinois with his brothers at an early date, settling in Mendon township, Adams county. Here he was married to Jfiss Amanda James, who was liorn J.-muary IS, ls:i2, in Boone cimnty. :\lissouri, and came to Adams county in 18-17 with her jiarents, who settled in Ursa townshiji. After their marriage ilr. and Mrs. McNay purchased a farm two miles from Marcel line, whei-e they lived until the father's death. The mother still owns the farm, which comprises one hundred and sixty acres of rich and well cidtivated land. Mr. McNay continued to cultivate that property up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1895. In 189(1, his widow removed to the village of Ursa, where she now resides. Three of their children are still living, namely: Charles R. ; M. M. McNay, who lives in the village of Ursa; and 1). F. .McXa\-. who resides in St. Louis. ,Missoiu-i.

Charles R. McXay, liaving acquired his elementary education in the jiiiblic schools of Adams eottnty, continued his studies in the state normal school of Kii'ksville, ^Missouri. He left iiome at the age of twenty-one year.s and bought a fai'm in Lima township, comprising one hundred and sixteen acres of land, upon which lie resided for four years. He tlien embarked in merchandising at Mai'celliue, where he remained for four years, after which he returned to the farm and continued the cultivation of the land until October. US97. At that date he took up his abode in the village of Ursa, where he has since been enu-aged in stock business. For many years he has haiidlecl stock and now he gives his undivided attention to that business, making extensive shipments each year. He is an excellent .iudae of live stock and is thus enabled to make judiciou.s purchases and jirofitable sales.

Mr. McNay was married to ^liss Olive Miller, w ho was born February 7, 186.'?. and died Xovemlier 5. ISSS, leaving one son Avho is now in Kansas City. Missouri, and is employed by the Southern Pacific Railway Company. For his si'coiid w'ltr Air. AFcNTay chose Mary Welshons, their marriage lieiTig celebrated December 21, 1892. ,Mrs. AIcNay is the daughter of John and Alartha 'Thraup) Welshons, who were natives of Pennsylvania. The former was born Afav :3, 1818, and the latter October 20, 1822. Botli are now deeeajSed. By the second marriauc .Mr. ?iIcXay has two sons, Rne Wayne, horn Xovemher 5, 1894; and Carl F., born January 17. 1900. The family have a beautiful and pleasant home in T^rsa and in addition to this Mr. McNay owns other jiropertv here. He is an active member of the Alarceliine lodge. No. 127, I. 0. O. F. ; the j\Iodern Woodman camp of TTrsa. He has been assessor of his township for three years, filling that position at the ]iresent time as he was recently reelected for another term, and he was also eonstable for two years. His political .support is given to the democratic party and he is regarded as one of the representative men of Ursa. His entire life has been spent in .\dams county and he enjoys in a large measure the respect and confidence of those with whom he has been a.ssociated. His warmest friends arc among those who have laiown him longest.

Jesse E. Weems. dealer in ice. coal and wood in Quincy, was born in Prince William county, Virginia," August 21, 1831, a son of Jesse E. and Nancy (Otis) Weems, The Weems family is of

Jesse E. Weems

Scotch descent, and the grandfather, the Rev. Mason L. Weems, was one of the early friends of George Washing-ton and was the rector of the Episcopal church which Washington attended. He was the author of the first ' ' Life of Washington, ' ' and first told the story of the cherry tree. His son Jesse also became a minister of the gospel. The mother of our subject, a native of England, was brought to this country during her infancy.

Jesse E. Weems of this review pursued his education in the schools of Virginia and also of Baltimore, ]\Iaryland, continuing his studies until about sixteen years of age. xVfter putting aside his text-books he worked upon his father's farm until nineteen years of age, when he joined a government surveying expedition, engaged in making the survey of the boundai-y line between the United States and Mexico iii 1850. He later spent some time in Washington, D. C, and in 1853 came to Quincj'. That year he had charge of a division of the survey for the Northern Cross Railroad, the line extending from Quincy to Galesburg and now forming a part of the Chicago, Buiiington & Quincy Railroad. He made the original surveys with headquarters at Aiigusta, Illinois, and was tluis engaged from 1853 until 1855, when he abandoned surveying and turned his attention to farming at Augusta. He also operated a sawmill there and continued to reside at Augusta until 1859, when he removed to Carthage and served as deputy county surveyor of Hancock county for two years. He was next employed as a surveyor and built the branch of the Wabash Railroad from Clayton to Carthage, this occupying his time from 1861 until 1865. The I'oad was then consolidated with the Wabash, and from 1866 until 1869 he was conductor on the Keokuk branch. He then went upon the main line, running between Quincy and Danville. Illinois, until 1892.

In the latter year he went to Texas and operated an ice plant at Long View, but in 1894 sold out and organized the Purity Ice Company at Quincy, doing business at 1500 Front street, where they have a factory with a capacity of forty tons in twenty-four hours. In connection with this plant they conduct a cold storage, handling the goods of other houses, and they also deal in coal and wood, having a coalyard at Fourth and Delaware streets, while the main office is at 718 Jersey street. ]\Ir. Weems is manager of the business, which, under his capable guidance, has enjoyed a period of constant expansion and is now one of the leading maiuifacturing and eommei'cial enterprises of the city.

Mr. Weems was married in Augusta, Illinois, in 1856, to Miss Louisa Kimball, a daughter of the Rev. jMilton Kimball, the first minister of the Presbyterian church of that place, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Weems had four children, but the eldest and the youngest are deceased. The others are Milton K. and Prank H., proprietors of Weems' Laundry of this city. The wife and mother died in 1876, and in 1884 Jesse E. Weems inarried Mrs. Brawner, who is still living. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Odd Fellows' lodge, but is not active therein. He holds member.ship in the Congregational church. More than half a century has passed since he first came to Quincy and he has delighted in the changes which have since occurred, making substantial improvement and progress in the city. As a railroad builder he was a promoter of the development of this part of the state and is now an active factor in industrial and commercial interests of the city - upon which the development of eveiy community depends.

J. Monroe Rifenberick

J. Monroe Rifenberick, who has been a resident of Quincy for twenty -two years and is now living retired at No. 625 North Tenth street, is a representative of one of the old families of New Jersey, his great-grandfather, a native of Germany, having emigrated to the new world at an early period in its colonization. His son, William Rifenberick, was born in New Jersey and throughout his entire life carried on general agricultural pursuits, remaining a resident of the state of his nativity until his son, William, was fourteen years of age, when he removed with his family to Clarion, Pennsylvania, where he made his home until called to his final rest.

William Rifenberick, father of our subject, spent the first fourteen years of his life on the home farm in New Jersey and was afterwai'd identified with agricultural pursuits in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, until he had attained his majority, his education being acquired in the public schools, which he attended through the winter months v,'hen his services were not needed on the home farm. Later he embarked in merchandising at Greenville, Pennsylvania, and was very successful in his undertakings, continuing in the business for several years, after which he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres near Greenville, continuing its cultivation and making his home thereon until his death, on the 14th of May. 1863. In his political allegiance he was an unfaltering democrat and he filled a number of local offices in a creditable manner. His religious faith was that of the Methodist church. He married Miss Margaret Ralston, a native of Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pennsvlvania, a dansrhter of William Ralston, who was ijorn in IrclMiul iiiul after foiiiiiii:- tn Aiiu'riea cai-ried on farinino- on a tract of land about five miles from (ireensbni-g'. lie was an eldei- in the Presbyterian ohureh and w^as one of the most pi-ominent and intliiential residents of his community. I\Irs. Rifenberick died in Pennsylvania, December 1, 1869, leaving- two children : J. Monroe, and Louisa, the wife of William H. Lane, living- near Peoria. Illinois.

J. Monroe Rifenberick was boi-n in Clai-ion county. Pennsylvania, Ai)ril ;^0, 1S4"_'. Reai-ed in the usual m.-mucr of farniei- lads of the i)ei-io(l he heyan hi^ education in the district schools and later wa.s afforded the oppoi-1 unity of attending- Covode Academy of Pennsylvania, where he pursued his studies until August 12. 1864. No longer content to remain at his books while the stal)ility of the T^nion was .still endangered, he joined the "boys in blue" of ( 'oiii|iauy ( '. Two Ihuidrcd aiul Sixth Peniisylvaui;i Infantry and Avas sent to the front. He was on guai'd duty at Richmond, Virginia, until the fall of that year and was houoralily discharged June 25, 1865. He su.stained a (iesh wound in the right hand when before Ricluuond but was never oft' duty.

V.'hi-ii the war was ovci- and the coiuitry no lonu'ci- needed his services iu the tield, ilr". Rifenberick resumed his interrupted academic conrsi'. which he completed by graduation with the class of 1866. Later he was employed to teach the high school at Covode, Pennsylvania, and foi- two years was a teacher in Punxsutawney. Tie i-ead medicine foi- a year with Dr. W. A. i\leans. of that city, luit never practiced and in the fall of 1S7(I he came to Illinois, making his way fir.st to Bloomington. Pie engaged in teaching school in Peoria county, Illinoi.s, for two years and llien returned to Clarion county, Peinisylvauia. «here he studied law under David Lawson for eighteen mouths, aftei' which, in order to replenish his depleted exchequer, he began teachinu school in ^IcLeau county, Illinois. So aeci'ptalili' were his services that for three years he was iii-inci])al of the Selma schools. He was a capable edueatoi-. clear and enncise in imparting instruction, fii-in in niaiiitainine' discipline, and his ett'orts materially promoted the cause of public schools in whate^-er locality he Suffering from a thii-d sti-(i]<e 1SS8, :\Ir. Rifenbei-ick came to 1he of (^hiincy. and after beiiie unal thirteen months he i-iitered upon : Having bccoiiie I'amiliar with tli ness dui-ine- that time, he was i-i attorney in tin- d.epartment of the interioi- ajid on Jainiary 'AO ISSO, he o])eucd a ]icnsion oftice in the goverimient building. This is a very important work in Quincy from the fact that the Soldiers Iloirje is located here ami :\Ir. Rifenbei-ick was very successful, |ircsentine- nuniy claims, tic gi-eat uui.ioi-ity of which were granted. I!e became recognized as one of the most able pension attorneys of the west and continued the business until 1898. when on account of failing health he retired.

A\niile residing in I^loomington, Illinois, ^Ir. Rifenberick was married, February 12, 1883, to jMiss Eva p], Hayes, of Ijexington, Illinoi.s, the wedding laking place at Genoa, this state, but she died iu Bloomington a few months later, passing away Jiuie 16, 188:'.. On the 25th of July, 1890, he married ^Mrs. EHxabeth A. (Craig) Thompson, a daughter of John and Charlotte (GatlifPe) Craig. Her father was an ivirly settler of Quinc.v and follo-ived the blacksinith's trade hei-e until his death. I\Irs. Rifenberick was born in La rJrange. j\Iissouri, and was the widow of Prank C. Thomjison. traveling aL'cnt for the Singer SeAviiiu' M-ichine ('ompany. with oftice in Quincy. He died in .Mabama. The four children of that nuirriage were : Elmer, who is residing iu the Indian Territory: Ora L., of North Dakota : Clifford, an electrician residing with his mother: and Pansy E.. also with her mirther.

Mr. Rifenberick is a member of thi' Indi'in-nilent Order of Odd Fellows and of John Wood Post. No. 96, Ct. a. R. He has always been a stanch republican, deejdy interested iu the success of his party. He and all of his family are members of the Presbyterian church ami they occujiy a pleasant honu> at No. ()25 North Tenth street. Mr. Rifenberick owning this ]u-o])erty. He had a wide acquaintance, especially among the old soldiers, with whom h(:' is very popular. Throughout his entire life he has manifested the same loyalty in citizenship that he displayed in early manhood when he enlisted in defense of the stars and stripes.

With careful prelimii for the practice of med Knapp has now entere i-eer as a physician and «'as born in Kingston. < his par<'nts being James betli (.Murton) Knajip, i was born February 27. I'eter and Ann ((iui's; township, Ontario, whi February 18. 18:59, an and Ann P]. (Bcuuingt' from Loudon. England. Kingston, (Ontario. Hot descent and the Doctoi-" lai'y training fitting him iciiie Dr. David Murton il u|i(iii a successful casiu-geon of .Mendon. He )ii1ario. October 1, 1870, Fletcher and Ann Elizaif that place. His father , 18:^7, and is a son of -1 1 Knaj)]!. of Kingston le his mother was born 1 is a daughter of John on ) ^Inrton. the former and the latter from h |iar<'nts are of English s father is a representa- tive of an 'ili! New lOiiiihiiici loviilist family. For six yeans he served as aideniiaii of Reideau ward of Kiiig'ston and prior to ISIII) was county council for twelve consecutive years. In his family are five children, namely : Albert E., born November S, 1868, is a denti.st of Kingston : David il. is the next of the family; Luella A., born October 11. 1872, is connected with the Conservatory of IMusic of Toronto, Canada: Sarah E.. born November 9. 1875, is teaching at Anaheim, California ; and Rachel S.. born .May 2.S. 1880. is at home.

Dr. Knap;i. i-eared to manhood midi-r his parental roof. com])leted his more specifically literary education in the Sydenham (Ontario) high school and subsecpiently was graduated fi-oni the Kingston Business College on the IBth of JNfay. 1888. Almost immediately afterward he engaged in the real estate business at Desmet. Kingsbury county. South Dakota, wdiere he remained for a year and tlien left that place to become a teacher in the public schools at Lake Henry, South Dakota. He met with success in his work as an educator and was made i)i'incii)al of the public schools of Banci'oft, South Dakota. He was th\is engaged until September. 1901. when he abandoned the teacher's professicm in order to prepare for the practice of medicine. He took a preparatory medical ccmrse at Queen's Univei'- sity. in Kingston. Ontario, and afterward was graduated from the medical department of the University of Iowa on the 11th of ilarch. 1896. He did post-graduate work in the Chicago Polyclinic in May, 1897, and thus by his comprehensive study became well equipj^ed foi- his chosen life work. He entered upon practice in ;\lendou in 1896 and has gained a very enviable reputation here b\- reason of the slcill and ability which he has displayed in cari-yiug on his chosen woi'k. He has a thorough and accurate knowledge of the principles of medicine, is cai'eful in the diagnosis of a case and cori'ect in his use of the remedial agencies which tend to alleviate disease and restore healtli.

Dr. Knapp was nuirried at Mendoii on the 26th of September, 1900, to .Miss Olive Ely. a daughter of Jared and Sai-ah filcFarland) Ely, both members of pioneer families of this county. This union has been blessed with one child - Helen Knapp, boi'n September 17. 1901. Dr. Knapp is a member of Mendon Tjodge, No. A. F. & A. ]\r., and El Aksa eonnnandery. at Quincy. He likewise belongs to iMendon lodge. No. 877. I. O. O. F., and to the :\Iodern Woodmen of America, No. 7ol, of which he is local examiner. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Adams County Medical Society and with the Illinois State Medical Society and thus keeps in touch with the progress that is continuallv being made bv the medical fraternitv as research, investigation and exijerience constantly add to the sum total of medical knowledge and lu'oiiiote the efficiency of the practitioners.

Adam Rohrbough. deceased, was for six years a resident of Quincy, during whicli time he lived retired. Previously he had been an agriculturist of this part of the state, becoming one of the early settlers of Hancock county, Illinois, his home Ixnng near the Adams county line. He was a native of Weston. West Vii-ginia, born August 6, 1827, and his parents were Oeorge and Sarah Rohrb(nigh. The mother died in West Virginia and the fathci- afterward married .Miss Emily Curti.s, who was a sister of ilrs. Adam Rohrbough. After his second marriage he removed fi-om West Virginia to Elvestou, Hancock county, Illinois, wliere he engaged in general farming throughout the remainder of his life. Both he and his wife died <m that farm, the former December 7. 1876, and the latter .lainiary 2S. 1895. Four of the childivn of tht- tirst marriage are now living: Isaac. Aviio is a resident of West Virginia; Anthony, who is engaged in merchandising in ^Missouri : Jackson, who is now living a retired life in Omaha. Nebraska: and Edward, who is conducting a fei'd store in Omaha. There were four children by the second union, namely : ^Irs. Sarah Jane Cozad. a widow living in Altamont. Kansas, who is the mother of nineteen children; ^Frs. .Mahala Jloore, who resides in Brookfield, Washington; .AIi-s. Miriam Tweed, deceased: and Bland, a resident of Gregory. Missoui'i.

Adam Rohrbonuli is indebti^d to the connnon schools of his native state for the educational privileges which ho en.joyed in his youth. He remained at home up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated in West Virginia, ]\Iiss Susannah Curtis becoming his wife on the 8th of May. 1845. She. too. was a native of West Viru'inia, born I^.lay 24. 1822. her parents being Alexander and Jane (^litchelli Curtis, both of whom were Jiatives of the same state. The Curtis family, however, came origimdly from England. Both ]iarents of :\Irs. Rohrbough died in West Vii'ffinia, her mother dying January 26, 1881, and her father in the early "208.

After his marriage, IMr. Rohrbough removed to the west, settling in Hancock county. Illinois, near the Adams county line. Th(>re he purchased a farm and began stock-i-aisin^'. As he found opportunit-"'. he added to his farm until he became the ownei- of six hundred acres of vei-y rich and arable land. He made stock-i-aising and shipjiino- Ins t-luel;' hn.siness. eontinnally making piurhases and sales, and he also engaged in the tilling of the soil. He pro.spered in his business engagements, capably conducting his affairs so that he won very desirable success. He continued farming until ]\Iarch, 1892, when he sold his tract of land of six hundred acres and removed to Quinc.v, purchasing a residence (m North P^ighth street, whei-e he lived a retired life until his death. Unto Mr. and Llrs. Rohrboi;gh were born tive children : Benina, who is the wife of John Potter and resides in Quincy: G., who is president of the Commei-cial College in Omaha. Nebraska: Lee J., who is a teacher iu that college; George, who is secretary of the college: and Mary A., who is the wife of Louis IL ]\liller and resides with her mother, ]\trs. Rohrbough. The father died August 15, 1898, and his remains were interred in the eemeterj' at Carthage, Illinois. Li his political views he was a very stanch democrat, believing tirmly in the principles of his party and giving to it an unfaltering support. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal ehiirch in Hancock county and after removing to Quincy, placed their membership in a church of that denomination here. In his business affairs Mr. Rohrbough was very successful, was enterprising and energetic, and whatever he iindertook he carried forward to a successful completion, so that he was enabled to leave his widow in very comfortable circumstances. IMrs. Rohrbough has now reached the very advanced age of eighty-three years. She en.joys a mcc home at No. 1.120 North Eiglith street, wlii'i-e she lives Mith ;\fr. and Mi-s. .Miller.

Joseph N. McGinley. living two and a half miles southeast of Loraine. is the owner of ;i uood tract of land of eighty acres on section 2S, Keeno township, which he devotes to general fai'uiing and stock-raising. He is a native son of Adams county, his birth having occurred in Camp Point township. February 10, 1854, his parents being William and Margaret (Nevins'l JTcGinlev. His parents were boi-n in Ireland and in eai-ly life came to the United States. The father was employed in Pennsylvania for a number of years and then came to Adams county, establishing his home on a farm in Camp Point township.

Joseph N. McGinley was edvieated in the public schools of his native township and was reared to farm life, following a plow almost as soon as old enough to reach the plow handles. He bought a farm of his own in ISSl and has since lived on section 28, ICeene township. Avliere his land being rich and arable, responds readily to his cultivation and to the care which he bestows upon the fields. He is practical and progressive in his methods and his work has been carried forward in an enterprising manner.

On the 2Tth of November, 1895, Mr. ^IcGinley marri(^l to iliss Luella Sweikert, who was born November 13, 1876, and is a daughter of George and ]\lary L. T. (Booker) Sweikert, who were residents of Carthage, Illinois, but her father, who is still living, now makes his home in Mendon, Illinois. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McGinley have been born four children: Gracie F., born July 13, 1898; Joseph M., born March 5. 1900 ; Eli.zabeth E., born J\Iay 24, 1908 : and Wilber Chester, born November 30, 1904. Mr. and 'Sirs. McGinley are well known in the locality where they reside and enjoy the favorable regard of a large circle of friends. In politics he is a democrat and served as deputy sheriff for eight years. He was also collector for one year and has been fjchool trustee for several years, while at one time he acted as jailer in Quincy. He was formerly a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fello-\vs at Tjoraine.

Abram Benton

Abram Benton, now deceased, was one ot the prominent merchants and farmers of Adams county, yet rememliered by man^- of the early settlers and also the later arrivals in this part of the state. He was of English lineage, his ancestors coming to America from England and establishing their home in Connecticut during the colonial epoch iu the history of this country. His father. Lot Benton, was a native of Guilford, Connecticut, and was married to Miss Hannah Chittenden, whose birth occurred in Guilford in 1777, a daughter of Jared Chittenden. She traced her ancestry back to William Chittenden, who came to the new world from England in 1639 and settled in Guilford, where some of his descendants remained through various generations.

Abram Benton was born in North Guilford, Connecticut, November 9, 1814, and was reared upon the home farm, while his preliminary education, acciuired in the eonnnon schools, was supplemented by an academic course. He put aside his text-books when eighteen years of age and. in company with his mother and his two brothers, Daniel and Joel, and their wives, he came west to Illinois. They reached Mendon, then known as Fairfield, in 1834, and Abram Benton, in connection with his brother, opened up the first store at this place. They also biult a double log house, which was the second house within the town limits. Two years later Dauiel Benton died, and Abraiii Benton then became sole proprietor of the little mercantile establishment. Through many years he continued active in the management of the store, increasing his stock as the country became settled and his patron.s grew in niuuber. In later years he gave over the management of his store to his son-in-law, ilr. S. S. Arnold. Plis integrity in business affairs was proverbial, lie was always just, straightforward and honorable and enjoyed in the fullest degree the trust and respect of those with whom he was associated through either business or social relations.

^Ir. Benton was married in Guilford. Connecticut, in 1837. to Miss Sarah Dudley Chittenden, a daughter of David and Lucy (Fowler) Chittenden, returning to his native state for hi.s bride. They became the parents of two children : Sarah J., born July 17, 1838, who is now the widow of S. S. Arnold and yet i-esides in Mendon; and Ruth Frances, born February 16, 1841, the widow of A. -I. Leggat and a resident of St. Louis.

'Sir. Benton was long a devoted member of the Congregational church, contributed generously to its support and did all in his power for its upbuilding. lie was leader of the church choir for more than forty years and was also deeply interested in the educational progress of his community. His political allegiance was given to the abolition party in early life, he casting a vote for James G. Birney, the first abolition candidate. "When the republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery he joined its ranks and continued one of its stalwart advocates. He was a man of fine personal appearance, enjoying throughout the greater i)art of his life excellent health. His death occurred January 5. 1896, when he had reached the age of eighty-two years and was probably hastened by a severe fall which he sustained ten days previous to his demise. Like the day, with its morning of hope and promise, its noon-tide of activity, its evenina' of successful accomplishment, ending in the grateful rest and quiet of the night, so was the life of this honored man.

Dr. Grant Irwin, whose successful professional career is an indication of skill and ability without which prominence is never attained in the medical profession, has practiced continuously in Quincy since his twenty-first year, and by consecutive progress, resulting from close application and careful prepai'ation he has demonstrated his right to be classed among those who, following the latest ap])roved scientific methods, render the most ef¥ecti^'(; aid to their felloA\Tnen.

Dr. Irwin was born in Hancock county, Illinois. April 1. 186.'), his parents being Samuel H. and Louise Jane (Jackson) Irwin, who are also natives of this state and now reside in Quincy. For man\- years the father followed farming in Hancock county, but is now living retired. Having traveled life's journey as man and wife for a half century, IMr. and Mrs. Irwin celebrated their fiftieth Avedding anniversaiy in Mny. 1904. But little is Imown concerning the ancestry of the Irwin family, save that the mingled blood of the Scotch and Irish nations flowed in their veins, ilore definite information, however, is obtainable concerning the maternal line. Mrs. Irwin, who was born in Hancock county, Illinois, January 3, 1838, was a daughter of Bmsley and Martha Ann (Garrett) Jackson. The ancestors of the Jackson family, .suffering persecution in England on account of their religious faith, sought freedom to worship according to the dictates of their conscience in the new world, and the family home was established at London Grove, Chester countj', Penn.sjdvania. in 1725, where they were highly respected and valued members of the Society of Friends. The branch of the family from wliich Mrs. Irwin descended emigrated to Maryland, where her grandfather was born. Both her paternal and maternal grandparents, also her parents, were faithful and zealous members of the ilethodist Episcopal church, and in that faith she was reared. Her father was a man of superior education and intelligence and her mother was a woman of lovely character. They Avere very careful in the training of their children, inculcating in their minds jH-inciples that go to the upbuilding of an honorable character. Their house was the place of entertainment for all of the ministers who visited their locality, and indeed the religious services were often lield in their home, niost of the eminent pioneer traveling preachers, before churches were built in that part of the state, de- Ii\-ering their gospel message to the people of the community in the Jackson home. Mrs. Irwin united with the Jlethodist Episcopal church in her sixteenth year and has lived a most consistent Christian life, her faith being shown in her good works.

Dr. Irwin, having mastered the elementary branches of learning in the public schools of Moberly. jMis.souri, entered the Quincy Medical College and won the Doctor of ]\[edicine desree on the 1.5th of March. 1886. He has always'" been a close and discriminating student of everything l)earing upon the subject of medical science, and in 1902, in order to still further perfect himself in his chosen calling, he pursued a post-graduate course in the Chicago Polytechnic Institute. He entered upon the practice of his profession in Quiney on the day that he was twenty-one years of age-- April 1, 1886 - and has won success un- til, by the concensus of public opinion, he occupies a position among the leading practitioners of the city. He served for six years, from 1897 until 1903, as physician in charge of St. Mary's Hospital, at Quincy: was physician in St. Mary's Institute ; in Convent de Notre Dame and also in St. Vincent's Old Folks Home, but resigned these positions on account of the demands made upon him by his private practice, which has constantly grown until it leaves him little leisure time for outside interests. Ke is a student with a love of scientific -esearch that keeps him continually informed concerning the latest theories and discoveries of the medical fraternity, and while he is quick to adopt all new methods whose utility seems evident, he is nevertheless slow to reject the old and time tried principles, whose practical value has stood the test of years. He belongs to the Adams (bounty ^Medical Society, the State Medical Society, the Tri-State :\i(M'licMl Society and the American Medical A.ssociatidii.

On the 1st of January. 1887, Dr. Irwin was married to i\liss Ollie Herrick, a daiighter of Mrs. Susan Herrick. of Plainville, Adams county, Illinois. They have two daughtei's, Beulah and IMildred. Dr. Irwin belongs to the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities. Personally he is a mau of fine p]iysi((ue, of firm, decisive character with a practical view of life that prompts him to the ffiithful and conscientious performance of each (la>-'s duty and yet with ideals that enable him to sfrive for greater results and higher standards.

Among the citizens of worth that the fatherland lias furnished to Adams county, is nmnbered Louis C. Schroeder, who was hin-n in Prussia Germany, near ]\[ossburg, January 10, 1839. He was. therefore, a lad of eight years when he came to Amei'ica in 1847 with his parents. The father, Andrew C. Schroeder, sailed for the new world accompanied by his wife and children and ultimately reached the harbor of New Orleans. He then proceeded up the ilississippi river by boat to St. Louis, where he remained for a short time and then came to Quincy. He was a mill-wright by trade and followed that business for a number of yenrs, after which he began working for Gorvernor "Wood in Camp Point.

Louis G. Schroeder, the only son in the family, was educated in the schools of Quincy, receiving instiMiction in English from Professor Martin and in German from Rev. Smeeting. The schools conducted by these two gentlemen were the principal ones of Quincy in those days. Rev. Smeeting and Rev. Beckham being the teachers who conducted a school in connection with St. John's Lutheran church. After completing his education Mr. Schroeder worked at teaming and carpentering for a few years and then entered the employ of Governor Wood, assisting in the erection of the Governor's home. His entire life has been characterized by industry and energy and the success that he has attained has been the direct result of his own labors.

In 1861 Mr. Schroeder was married to Miss Josephine Bengert. a daughter of John and Elizabeth Bengert, of Melrose township. They came to America at an early day from Baden, Germany, and Mrs. Schroeder was born in Adams county, being the youngest of five children. The others are: John, who died in infancy, Fred, of Quincy : Chris., deceased : and Joseph, who is living on Seventh and Jefferson streets in Quincy. Mrs. Schroeder 's father was known all over the county as "Cooper John." He was a cooper by trade and made barrels for the early distilleries of Quincy. Unto ]\Ir. and Mrs. Schroeder have been born eight children : Louis, who is living in Camp Point township ; Loiiisa, the wife of Louis Ilapner, of Coatsburg, Illinois; Fred, deceased; Albert; Paul, who is living in Quincy: Henry, at home ; John, at Muskogee, Indian Territory ; and Walter, at home.

Few men have more intimate knowledge of the early history of Adams county and the events which constitute its annals than has Mr. Schroeder because of his long residence here and his activity in business. He was well acquainted with the Hon. John Tillson and was a neighbor and friend of Governor Wood. He lived with and worked for the Governor for a number of years. Tie was also a personal friend of Messrs. A^Hieat and Browning, Judge Skinner, Joseph Reeker, Samuel Holmes, John Fisher, Henry Misner, and many other early settlere who molded the policy of the county at an early day. He arrived hei'c with his father's family the year prior to the scourge of cholera in Quincy, in 1841. He has taken a very deep and active interest in whatever has tended to promote the public welfare and he has served as school clireetor, .as commissioner of highways, and was also alderman of Quincy during his residence there. He belongs to St. John's Lutheran church and is a republican in his political views. He now makes his home on section 5. Camp Point township, where he has one hundred and eighty-four acres of valuable land, and also owns forty acres on section 32, Houston township. His property has been acq aired entirely through his own labors and his life record proves conclusively that success may be gained through persistent and honorable purpose. He has ever been a man of strong purpose and high ideals and has so lived

Osmon Baker Gordon, financially interested in various business enterprises of Quincy and associated with the active management of the shoe business of Upham, Gordon & Companj' and also with the Gem City Building & Loan Association as its president, .stands to-day as a leading representative of trade interests here. He is equally well known because of his benevolent spirit that has prompted hearty co-operation in many movements for the amelioration of those conditions of life which work hardships for hmnanity. He has ever worked for higher ethical relations in business, for a more generous sjnnpathy and substantial aid for the unfortunate ones of the world and his unselfish devotion to the general good have led to a character development that commands i^niform respect and admiration.

Mr. Gordon was born in Fremont, New Hampshire, July 7, 1845, his ]iarents being the Rev. L. H. and Elizabeth Adams (Smilie) Gordon. The father was for fifty years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, connected with the New Hampshire conference. His wife belonged to the famous Adams family of Massachusetts, one of the oldest in the east, the ancestors coming from Holland in the ]\Iayflower. The Gordons are also of Old Ne^v England stock and earlier generations of the family resided in Scotland.

Osmon Baker Gordon pursued his education in New Hampshire and after leaving the high school came to Quincy, where he attended the old German and English College, now a part of the public school system of the city. He was induced to come to the west by a brother who was living in Quincy and he arrived here on the 15th of August, 1860. "When his education was completed he entered his brother's retail shoe store and thei'e learned the trade. In 1867 he became connected with the firm of C. Brown. Jr., & Company, of Quincy. going upon the road as traveling salesman and representing that hoiise for eleven years. When he had been associated therewith for four and a half years he w'as admitted to a partnership and was for six and a half years a member of the firm, when the business style was changed to TTpham, Gordon & Company, the change being made in 1879. Six men are now upon the road, representing this h(mse. At Springfield, ^Missouri, they have a branch house, which is represented by five traveling salesmen, this having been established in April, 1901. The firm controls a large wholesale trade in shoes and the output of the house is extensive. i\Ir. Gordon is also president of the Gem City Building & Loan Association, which was established in 1889, he being one of the original incorporators. He is also a stockholder in various other enterprises of the city and his business judgment and wise counsel have proved effective factors in the successful conduct of these.

On the 21st of June, 1883, Mr. Gordon was married in 3Iinneapolis. Minnesota, to Miss Harriet E. Adams, a claughter of the Rev. Sullivan Adams, a Baptist minister since deceased. Her mother now lives with her at the age of seventythree years. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have but one child, Osmon B., Jr., who was born December 16, 1885, and is now a student in the high school.

Mr. Gordon belongs to Quincy lodge. No. 12, I. O. 0. F. He takes a very active interest in the moral development of the community and charitable work and belongs to the First Congregational church, of which he is one of the trustees He is also president of the Woodland Home and has been vice president of the Anna Brown Home for the aged from its organization. He is greatly interested in all of the benevolent organizations of the city, having a most charitable spirit and bi'oacl humanitarian i^rinciples. He gives generously of his time, means and active co-operation toward the advancement of charitable measures and benevolent institutions and the poor and needy have reason to count him a stanch friend.

ilortimer Haley, who is operating a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, in Lima to^vnship, was born August 11, 1866, in Missouri and is a son of Elder and Angelina Haley, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of England. The father was a carpenter by trade and was engaged in buildiua- operations throughout his entire life. He made his home for many years near Canton, Jlissouri, and died in 1885, while his wife passed away l\Iay 10, 1903.

In the public schools of Missouri Mortimer Haley acquired his education and after plotting aside his text-books was employed as a farm hand for several years, but desiring that his labors should more directly benefit himself he began renting land. He came to Adams county in 1895 and has since lived in Lima township, where he laow rents and cultivates one hiindred and sixty acres of rich bottom land, the fields annually returning him golden harvests as a reward for the labor he bestows \;pon them. He has prospered in his work as the years have gone

On the 5tli of May, 1899. Mi-. Haley was married to Otie 51. Roberts, who was born January 12, 1872, and is a daughter of Isaac and Indie Roberts. Her father was born in Missouri and yet follows farming in that state. His wife is a native of Kentucky. Sirs. Haley was educated in the schools of ilissouri and remained a resident of that state until her marriage. Unto iMr. and Mrs. Haley have been born two children : Cleo, who was born Julv 3, 1891: and Beulah, born July 16, 1900.

Mr. Haley is independent in his political views, regarding the qualifications of the candidate rather than his political allegiance. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen camp at Jleyer, and he and his wife are communicants of the Episcopal church there. He had no pecuniary assistance or financial influence to aid him when he started oiit in life for himself, and whatever success he has achieved is due entirely to his own labors.

X'ampbell S. Hearn, who throughout his business career followed agricultural pursuits and is now living a retired life near Quincy, has for many years figured prominently in political circles in his district and is widely known among the leaders of democi'acy in Illinois. He has fostered many njeasures and movements for the growth and success of his part.y and in his career has ever manifested a public-spirited citizenship, which on many occasions has been of direct bene.lt to the county.

A native of Woodford count>', Kentucky, Campbell S. Hearn was born November 20, 1844, and is a representative of one of the olde.st families of that state, his paternal grandfather, Jacob Hearn, having emigrated from Maryland to Fayette county, whence he removed to Owen county, where he built one of the primitive mills operated by horse power. He possessed considerable ingenuity and business ability and was thus ^\ell qualified to cope with the hard conditions of pioneer life. He was a man of strong convictions, fearless in espousing his views upon either religious or political subjects. He was a soldier of the war of 1812.

His son, Warren Hearn, was the first white child Ijorn in Owen county and was therefore reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life. He remained a resident of Kentucky until 1867, when he came to Adams county, making his way to the home of his son Campbell, in Melrose township, whei'c he died in July, 1882, at the age of seventy-eight years. He, too, was fearless in his advocacy of whatever he believed to be right. He supported the democratic party and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church south. He married Jane Alexander, who was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, September 6, 1806, and was a daughter of Peter Alexander, a native of Virginia, who emigrated to Kentucky in 1792. He served all through the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Hearn died at the home of her son Campbell, ]\Iay 21, 1875. By her marriage she had become the mother of eight children, five sons and three daughters : John Harrison, a ranchman of Stanislaus coiuity, California; Robert S., a merchant of Georgetow^n, Kentucky, who is serving as a member of the state legislature: Margaret, of Stockton, California, the widow of John Llewellyn, wrho was a farmer; Mary K., wife of Ed AVliittington, a carpenter of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Jacob L.. who died in Oklahoma; Campbell S. ; Melvina E., who married William Gravart, but both are now deceased: and Alexander W., a ranchman of California.

Campbell S. Hearn is indebted to the public school system of Kentucky for the educational privileges he en.joyed. He -was not j^et eighteen years of age, when, on tlie 6th of I\Iay, 1862, he enlisted at Little Rock, Arkansas, in the Fifth ^Missouri Volunteer Infantry, C. S. A., with which he served for more than three years, parlicipating in many engagements under Generals Price, Joseph Johnston, Van Dorn, Hood and D, H. Mowry. When the snrender took place at Fort Blakeley, across the bay from Mobile, ]\Ir. Hearn was captui'ed and for two weeks was held as a prisoner on Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico.

Following the close of the war "Slv. Hearn spent two years in Kentucky, and then came to Adams county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming, endeavoring to recoup his lost fortunes, and until his retirement from active business life he followed agricultural pursuits, meeting with desirable success.

On the 10th of September, 1872, Mr. Hearn was married to Miss Elizabeth Hastings, who born in Adams countv. March 6, 1855, and died April 21, 1875, at "Stockton, California. They had two children: George R. L., who is now freight collector for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company at Monmouth, Illinois, and John C, deceased. In 1879 IMr. Hearn married Emma Felt, who was born in Hancock county, Illinois, February 15, 1858, a daughter of George Felt, a farmer. They have four children : Warren F., a lumberman of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; ~SIary K., at home; Nickerson, deceased : and T. C. Luke, at home. The parents hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal

Always a democrat in his political views. ^Iv. Hearn has been a very active worker in party ranks. He has served as supervisor of Melrose towushii:) for a quarter of a century, and has been chairman of the board ten years. In 1892 he was elected a member of the state board of equalization for a term of four years and then resigned to accept the position of commissioner for .so^^thern Illinois penitentiary, serving in that capacity for two years. He was chairman, of the democratic county central committee for twelve years, and has been one of its members for a third of a century. In 1904 he was elected to the state senate from the Thirty-sixth district. He has always taken an active interest in political matters, advocates the care of the insane in the almshouses by the state and has always championed the interests of the unfortunates who are in the state's care, his efforts being jirompted by a hiunanitarian spirit, worthy of much conmiendation. His interest in all matters of public concern is tliat of a iiublic-spiritcd, progressive citizen.

Philip Cain

Philip Cain, who follows farming and sto^kraising on section 2, Northeast township. Was born in Clayton, Adams county, Pebruaiy 9, 1850, his parents being Philip and Ruth (Jlead) Cain. The father was born in Ohio, in September, 1804, and the mother's birth occurred in Maryland, January 5, 1806. They were married March 8, 1837, and in 1839 they came to Illinois, settling in Clayton township, Adams county, easting in their lot with the pioneers of this portion of the state. They liecame the parents of twelve children : -John, who was born December 6, 1827, and died April 5, 1905, on the old homestead where his parents first settled on coming to this country: Abel, M'ho was born September 23, 1829, and died in Golden; Hannah, born February 2, 1833, who became the wife of Henry Muller, of Camp Point, and died November 10, 1SS2: Nelson, who was born October 29, 1833, and died February 8, 1863, while serving in the Union Army; William W., who was born October 8, 1835, and died August 8, 1837 : Samuel, who was born September 1], 1837, and is living in Clayton ; Lewis, born September 5, 1839 ; Laban, who was born Jime 27. 1841, and died in Carthage, Illinois, October 19, 1902 ; Margaret, who was born April 13, 1843, and is the wife of Henry Crawford of Galesburg, Illinois: Ellen, who was born May 24, 1845, and died October 8. 1853:

In the schools of Clayton township Philip Cain, of this review, gained his education and later he began farming on his own acct)unt. He had been reared to that occupation and therefore brovight to his work practical knowledge and experience. He is to-day the owner of one hundred and forty acres of land on section 2, Northeast town.ship, constituting a fine farm, for he has added many modern improvements and the place is now well ecpiipped with good machinery, substantial buildings, high grades of stock and in fact everything in keeping with modern ideas of a progressive agriculturist.

On the 7th of ilareh, 1872, J\Ir. Cain was married to Miss Cassanda Naylor, a daughter of C. J. and Elizabeth Naylor, who came from North Carolina to Illinois in 1861 and settled in Northeast town.ship. Adams coimty. They had the following children: J. C, now of Kansas; iM. J., the wife of J. B. Hackney, of Northeast township ; B. L., of Indian Territory ; and W. H., of Kansas. The father died in 1861, while the mother survived until IMarch 25, 1894. tfnto Mr. and J\Irs. Philiji Cain have been born seven children: Calvin, L., who was born July 25, 1873, and is now in Huntsville, Illinois; George E., who Avas boi'u January 11, 1876, and resides in Augusta, Illinois: Orpha, born February 3, 1878, and is the wife of W. E. Hillyer, of Hiintsville, Illinois; Clarence E., born November 27, 1879, and livine in Northeast township ; Bessie, born April 5, 1886: Elsie, born January 31, 1888; and Lulu, born February 5. 1891.

I\rr. Cain is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias fraternity, while his political allegiance is given the democratic party. He has spent his entire life in this county and the circle of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

Dr. Hem'y Hart, who is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Quincy and is making a specialty of gynecology, was born in Hancock county, Illinois, in 1863. Among his ancestors were those who followed the same profession and thus his life work may have been influenced by hereditary tendencies and environment as well as by personal choice. His grandfather, William Hart, was a physician and about 1850 came to Illinois, settling near Siloam Sju-ings, Adams comity. After a short time, however, lie removed to Hancock coiinty, Illinois,

His fatlier, Dr. John F. Hart, was a native of Clark county, Ohio, born in 1829. Becoming a member of the medical fraternity he practiced as a physician and surgeon throiTghout his entire life.

He accompanied his parents to Illinois about 1850. being at that time twenty-one years of age. Chosing as a life work a profession which had elaimeci his father's time and attention he began reading medicine and after completing his college eoi;rse resjjonded to his country's call for troops, enlisting on the 8th of ^Mareh, 1865, as a member of Company I. One Hundred and Eighteenth Kegiment of Illinois Volunteers. He continued with that command until the close of_ the war, when he was mustered out June 6, 1865, at Quincy. He was detailed for hospital work and thus added to his theoretical knowledge varied and valuable practical experience. Following his return home he at once entered upon the active pi-actice of his profession at West Point, where lie continued until his death in 1896. He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and was a man of upright life, whose ability in his profession and whose worth as a citizen were often times demonstrated. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, gave his political allegiance to the democracy and on one occasion sei'ved as supei'vism- nf liis township. He married Narcis.se Newcoiiib. who was born in Clark county, Ohio, and is now living at the age of sixty-five years. Her father. Joim Newcomb, was a farmer and on coming to Illinois located in the neighborhood in which tlie Ibirt family were living. Mi's. Hart still makes her home at "West Point and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. By her marriage she became the mother of six children : Mary, the wife of Dr. R. T. Madison, of Byron, (Oklahoma ; Julia ]May, the wife of Louis Sinnnons, a farmer living near "West Point; Willard "W., a dentist of Chicago : Henry, of this review. Flint W., a practicing phy.sieian at "West Point; and Harry V.. a dentist of Bowen. Illinois.

Following the acquirement ef his preliminary education in the public schools at West Point, Henry Hart entered Chaddock College and afterwardbecame a student in the Quincy College of Medicine. Later he pursued a post-graduate course in the Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital of Chicago. In 1887 he won the first diphmia and also won diplomas from the last mentioned institution in 1890 and 1894. Dr. Hai-t entered upon practice in Chili. Illinois, in 1887, and two years later came to Quincy, where he has been eminently siiccessful in the prosecution of his chosen calling. He now has offices in the Wells Building and a veiy extensive public pat-

I'onage is accorded him. Thoroughly informed concerning the various depai-tments of the medical science, he makes a specialty of gynecology and his skill in this regard has won him prominence. He i)ractiees along strictly scientific lines, keeping in touch with the marked development made by the profession, and he is continually adding to his knowledge through the interchange of thought and experience that he gains in his membership relations with the American Medical Association, the Illinois Medical Association, the Military Tract Medical Association and the Adams County Medical Society. He was consulting phj'sician to the board of health of Qviincy of 1900 and he has been gynecologist at St. Mary's Hospital for six years and is also serving on the surgical staff.

In 1886 Dr. Hart was married to ^liss Anna Agnes Corev, who was born in W^est Point in 1867, a daughter of Dr. V. B. and :\[ary 0. (Conyers) Corey. They have three children : John Franklin, born in 1887 ; Heni-y Floyd, in 1898 ; and Grace, who was born in 1893. and died in infancy. Mrs. Hart is a member of the Baptist church and the Doctor is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias lodge and the Country Club. His political views are in accord with democratic principles, but he has never sought or held office outside of the line of his profession. Gifted by nature with strong mentality he has developed his latent powers through close application, earnest study and scientific research and to-day he is classed among the more learned and reliable physicians representing the nudical fraternity in Quincy.

Ciiattxcey H. Castle

Among the men of marked enterprise and business achievement whose labors have resulted beneficially to the city of Quincy and who in the direction of private interests have won the success which is the merited reward of all pei'sistent and honorable endeavor, is numbered Chauncey H. Castle, the president of the Comstock- Castle Stove Company, one of the leading productive indu.stries of Quincy. To other fields of activity he has also directed his efforts, his wise counsel and opinions proving valued factors in the control of varied enterprises.

Mr. Castle was born in Columlius. Adams county, Jul J' 10, 1813, his parents being Timothy H. and Julia A. (Boyd) Castle, both of whom Avere natives of Brattleboro, Vermont. The father came to the west about 1832 and conducted a general store in Columlras until 1857, when he removed to Quincy and pui'chased an interest in the stove factory then i-ondiicted by A. Comstoek & Company. Tlie tirni .styh\ however, was changed at that time to Collins, Comstoek & Company, and Mr. Castle, was connected therewith until his death, which occurred in 1880. His wife, sur-\dving him about ten years, died in 1890. In politics he was a whig until the dissolution of that party, when he became a stanch republican. He was closely associated with mercantile and manufacturing interests of Quincy and Adams county and his labors were of nuich avail in promoting business activity, whereon the prosperity and gro\rth of every community dei)ends.

Chaimeey H. Castle was a stiident in the public schools of Columbus, also attended the "Webster school of Quincy and the Methodist College. He put aside his text-books at the age of eighteen yeare in order to enter the arm>'. enlisting in the Seventy-third Regiment of Illinois Volunteei's, known as the ilethodi.st Preachers Regiment, for all of the field officers and seven of the captains were ministers of the Methodist church, as well as a number of the minor officers. Mr. Castle enlisted as a private and went to the front, where he participated in a number of hotly contested angagements, including the battle of Chickamauga. He was five times wounded and in October, 186-1, he was honorably discharaed on account of the in.iuries which he had sustained at Chickamauga. He yet carries a rebel bullet in his left leg. He had enlisted in June, 1862, and had been mustered in at Springfield in August and during his connection with the army he was always a faithful soldier, ever loyally performing each daily duty.

Following his discharge from the army Mr. Castle entered a private school, in which he C(mtinued his studies until 1865, when he became connected witli the stove manufacturing business as a shijjping clerk, being thus employed for a few months, when he took general charge of the manufacturing department of his father's factory, at which time employment was furnished to eighty men. Mr. Ca.stle remained in charge for about a year and a half, when he was sent to Keokuk. Iowa, to take charge of a stove factory that the company had acquired at that place. He there continued for about a year, when he was recalled to Quincy to assume the management of the factory here and has been continuously connected with the business since that time. He had charge of the factory while S. H. Emery managed the office affaii-s of the business. Mr. Castle continued his supervision of the factory until 1884, when the Inisiness was incorporated under the name of the Comstock- Castle Stove Company, at which time ]Mr. Castle was elected president. He has since served in that capacity and is therefore the head of one of the great productive indiistries of Quincy, employing about two hundred and fifty men. Their business extends through the eastern and western states and also into Canada and Mexico and the house is represented on the road by ten traveling salesmen. A high grade of stoves is manufactured and the latest improvements are continually introduced so that the product of the house commends itself to public sale and the business is constantly growing.

Mr. Castle is also well known in Imsiness circles in Quincy because of his connection with other lines of activity. He is a director of the State Savings. Loan & Trust C(mipany. is vice president and director of the Xewcomb Hotel Company, is president of the j\Mliner Box & Planing Company, with factory at the corner of Second street and Bi-oadway, and for a good many years was a director of the American Strawboard Company. For nine years he has been the president of the Stove Founders National Defense Association with headquarters at Chicago, embracing in its membership the pi-ineipal stove manufae-- tiirers of the United States.

On the 18th of June. 1868. Mr. Castle was married to ^liss ^lary E. Parker, of Galesburg, Illinois, a daughter of the Rev. Lucius Parker, now deceased, but at one time the jiastor of the Congi-egationa! church and a pioneer evangelist in the state. Fnto Mr. and Mrs. Castle were born nine ehildi'en. of which two died in infancy. Julia A. is ]i^^ng at home. Ella G. is the wife of Dr. F. L. Recier, of St. Louis, and they have three children. Timothy P. married ^liss Edith Berry, a daughter of the late Colonel W. W. Berry, and is secretary and treasurer of the Comstoek-Castle Stove Company. Alfred L.. who is connected with the Comstock-Castle Stove Company as a traveling salesman on the Pacific coast, was a membm- of the Fifth Illinois Regiment in the Spanish-American war in Cuba and later was a first lieutenant of the Forty-fifth Regiment of Ignited States Volunteers in the Philippines. Elizabeth H. was married on the 5th of October, 1904. to Fred H. Williams. :\Iary E. is at home. Clara E. is attending .school in Andover, ^lassachusetts.

Mr. Castle is a member of Bodley lodge, Xo. 1. A. F. & A. M.. and of El Aksa commandery. with which he became identified on its organization. He attends the Congreaational chui-ch and in his political views he is a stanch republican and was elected a member of the board of supervisors about 1890. Becoming a resident of Quincy when but fourteen years of age, he has since made the city his home and has found in its splendid business conditions the opportunities which he sought for advancement and business progress. He is to-day one of the representative men of Quincy and his success excites the admiration and com- iiiands the respect of his contemporaries. He ha.s had the power to recognize and i;tilize opportunities and has placed his dependence upon the sTibstantial qualities of unremitting diligence and keen judtiinent.

Rev. Horatio Foote

Rev. Horatio Poote, deceased, was for many years one of the best known clergyman of Illinois. He was born in Bernardston, Massachusetts, Febi-uary 10, 1796, and in early life removetl with his parents to Burlington, New York. He was educated at Union College, New York, where he was graduated with high honors in 18l2(). and among his classmates were such distinguished men as William H. Seward; John Q. Quitman, of iTississippi ; Professor William C. Griswold; Mr. Breckenridge, the eminent divine and statesman of Kentucky: Professor Blatchford, at one time a resident of Quincy; and many others who afterward became distinguished. Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton fi-equently visited the college while IMr. Foote was a student there and lectured before the class of which he was a member. He completed both the classical and law courses at that institution, but after his graduation he became converted and decided to enter the ministry. For two years lie was then a student at Auburn Theological Seminary and immediately after his graduation he entered the ministry of the Congregational church. His first service was in Canada, where he organized churches of that denomination at Montreal and Kingston, and also at Champlain, Biitfalo and Rochester, New York, and Hartf(n-d, Connecticut. In those places and many others he coudurted some of the most noted revivals of that time.

On the Ifith of February, 1826, Mr. Foote was miited in marriage to Jliss Abigail Kirkland, of Bridgewater, New York, with whom he lived for more tlian fifty-seven years, she having passed away at the home of their son, Thomas W. Poote in Ellington township, Adams comity, Illinois, on the 5th of June, 1883. TTnto them were born five children, four sons and one daughter. Irat three of the .sons and only daughter died in childhood.

It was in 18^6 that :\Ir. Foote brought his family to Illinois and located in Rockford, when that city was a mere village. He assisted in organizing the town and organized the first Congregational church at that place, remaining as its pastor for two years. He next removed to

Galesburg and was soon elected one of the trustees of Knox College, which position he filled for many years and when he resigned named Colonel S. R. Chittenden, of Mendon, as his successor. Leaving Galesburg in 1840, he came to Quincy as pastor of the First Congregational church. Later he resigned and organized the Center church, of which he was pastor until the outbreak of the Civil war, at which time he resigned his pastorate to accept a ehajjlain's commission in the army, a position tendered him at the personal request of President Lincoln, who was a wai'm friend of ilr. Foote. From the commencement of the war he was chaplain of the hospitals in Quincy and was beloved by all the old soldiers whom he cheered in their hours of suffering from sickness and wounds.

At the close of the war ]\lr. Foote and his son bought a farm in Ellington township, known as The Pines, and there he spent his remaining .years in peace and quiet. His death occurred on the 18th of May, 1886. During his residence in Ouincy he was an intimate friend and associate of many of the noted men of Illinois, some of whom lived in the city and others who were often here in attendance at court. Among the number ^^-ere 0. H. Browning, S. A. Douglas, Governor Wood, Judge Archie Williams, Governor Carlin, Judge Skinner, Hon. N. Biislmell, Judge Snow, Mr. Lincoln and Judge Purple. In politics he was a republican after the formation of that party. He was a strong abolitionist and an active workei- for the cause, being a delegate to the national convention of the anti-slavery party in 1844 which nominated James G. Birney for president and also a delegate to the national convention of the Free Soil party which met in Buffalo in 1848. Aside from Peter Cartwright, Mr. Foote was a.s well known as any divine in the west. The pai-t which he took in polities made him acquainted with many men from all parts of the LTnited States and his service in the hospitals of Quincy during the war brought him in contact with thousands of others. During his early career as a minister he also became widely known throughout the east and he commanded the respect and confidence of all. Although over ninety years of age at the time of his death, he was .still a remarkably rugged man and retained his mental faculties to the last.

Thomas Whiteside Poote

Among the honored pioneers of Adams county was numbered the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. He was born in Bridgewater, New York, on the 23d of May, 1831, and was only five years old when hi'ought to Illinois by liis j);nvnts, Rev. Horatio and Abigail (Kirkland) Poote who are represented elsewhere in this volume. He grew to manhood in this state and made his home in Adams county from 1840 until called to the world beyond on the 6th of Jnne, 1900. For twenty-eight years he lived at The Pines on North Twenty-fourth street, where lie owned a good farm of forty acres, just a mile and a half north of the city limits. One-half of the tract Avas devoted to fruit and as a horticulturist he met with excellent success.

On the 25th of September, 1850, Mr. Foote married ]\Iiss Catherine Kahelenbrink, who was born in Prussia, Germany, April 15, 1830, and is a daughter of Frum and j\Iary (Whitbuilt) Kahelenbrink, also natives of Prussia. Her father, who was a pork merchant, came to the United .States with his family in 1847. Landing at New Orleans, he eame up the Mississippi to St. Louis, where he was engaged in the pork business until 1850, and then removed to Quincy, where he was similarly engaged for a time. Later he turned his attention to the grocery business and on disposing of that he purchased a farm in IMelrose toA\-nship. where he set out one of the first vineyards in Adams county. He died in this county in 1883. Those of his children who are still living are Mrs. Minnie Steigmill, of Belleville, Illinois: Mrs. Richard Janson, of Chicago ; and Mrs. Catherine Foote. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Foote were born eight children but Frank PI. and B. B. are now deceased. The surviving members of the family are Horatio K. : Paul K. ; Thomas M. -. ]\Irs. C. A. E. Gantert. of Quincy : Mrs. H. F. Weingartner, of Belleville; and May, at home. The sons now carrv on the farm.

John T. Taylor

John T. Taylor, who follows fai-ming and stock-raising on section 10, Hoiiston township, was born in Adams county, October 25, 1840, his parents being Joseph B. and Sarah (Hampton) Taylor. The father, who was born in Kentucky, in 1814. came to this county in 1835, about the time he attained his majority and was activelj' interested in the pioneer development of the county, especially along agricultural lines. The pioneer home, with its pleasures and privations, was similar to that usually found on the frontier. He owned a few acres in Adams county at one time but in 1850 moved to California, where in due course of time he was enabled to inaprove his home and farm, transforming the former into an attractive residence and the latter into productive fields. He died in 1864. while his wife passed away in 1840.

of his mother's death. He remained with his father until nine years of age and then went to live with his uncle, Albert Hughes, of Ursa, Illinois, with whom he remained until twenty-two years of age. He began his education in the common schools, continued his studies at Eureka, Illinois, and afterwai-d engaged in teaching for six years, when he began farming. He purchased his first tract of land in Adams county in 1867 and is to-day the owner of two hundi-ed acres of rich land on section 10, Houston township, seven miles northwest of Golden. This is the visible evidence of his life of thrift and enterprise, for he started out for himself empty-handed and has worked his way steadily upward, overcoming the difficulties and obstacles which have steadily to be met in the business world and thus eventually reaching the plane of affluence. He now eai-ries on general farming and stock-raising and is classed with the leading farmers in his tOAVuship.

On the 29th of December. 1870, Mr. Taylor was married to IMiss Celinda Woods, who was born July 21, 1848, in Houston towTiship and is a daughter of Samuel and Amanda (Morrow) Woods. Her parents were natives of Kentuclrv, her father born November 27, 1800, her mother December 9, 1812. Mr. Woods came to Adams county in 1835 and located within sight of his daughter's pi'csent residence, there rearing his family and spending the remainder of his life. He died Julv 24, 1885, while his wife passed away September 21, 1885.

l\Trs. Taylor has seven sisters and two brothers: Mariiaret J , the widow of Thomas Willard and a resident of Houston tm\Tiship : Martha A., the wife of John B. Tull. livins in Stronghur.st, Henderson county, Illinois: ^lary E.. the deceased wife of Augustus F. Pierce, of Quincy; Nancy S., wife of Turner Scott, who lives near Ferris, Illinois: America, wife of J. W. Sherrick, of Camp Point ; Caroline, the wife of Virgil Tull. of Houston township: Amanda, the wife of Charles Tipton, of Houston township ; Samuel, who is livine' in Quincy: and William J., who died Ausust 26, 1873. Mr. Taylor has a brother. Robert Tavlor, who when last heard from was living in Colorado. He also has a half brother, George W. Taylor, who is living in the Soldiers Home at Quincy.

]\Tr. and Mrs. Taylor have become the parents of two children. William Albert, born December 19, 1875. was married to Edda Moore, of Canton. ^Missouri, and they reside upon his father's place. Tliev have three children : Edith L., born Sentember 26, 1898: Glenn T.. born April 13. 1900: and Ruth M.. born August 14, 1904. The other son, Floyd Bonaparte, born June 1, 1886, is at hume. The elder son is a minister in tlie Christian church and is also encaged in teachins.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are members of the Christian church and he is a prohibitionist. Their influence is ever on the side of temperance, right, justice and truth, and they are interested in all that pertains to public progress along material, intellectual and moral lines.