Quincy Township (part 32 of 74)

The eldest, Harry 0. Channon, attended the public schools until he had completed the high school course in Quincy by graduation with the class of 1888. He aftei'ward entered the University of j\Iichigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in 1893, having made a specialty of the study of electrical engineering. Following his return to Quincy he connected himself with the Empire Light & Power Conapany, which was later absorbed by the Quincy Gas & Electric Company. Plis connection Avith the former covered three years and he was superintendent and secretary of that company. He afterward became connected with the Quincy Gas & Electric Company, with which he continued until June. 1902, when he went to Alton, Illinois, and was there superintendent of the Gas & Electric Light Comitany for a year and a half. Retui'uing to Quincy he assumed his present position as superintendent of the electric light department of the Quincy Gas & Electric Company, which position he now holds. He has devotecl all his time and attention to the study of electric engineering and his trained efficiency enables him to fill a responsible position. Mr. Channon was married, June 20, 1895, to Miss Lydia M. Collins, a daughter of B. T. Col- lins, of Quincy, whose father was one of the early settlers of Adams eonnty, where he is now liviui;' retired. His wife also survives. Unto Mr. and ilr.s. Channon have been born five children, of whom foiXY are livins-; W. II., born ]\Iareh 13, 1S97: Frances Elizabeth, June 2, 1898; H. 0., December 16, 1900 ; and James Allen, born Aiigu.st 27. 1903. One danghter. Dorothy, died at the age of two years and nine months.

Mr. Channon is a member of the First Baptist church and in his political affiliations is a republican, but aside from casting his ballot in support of the party in which he believes, he takes no active interest in polities, concentrating his energies upon the profession he has chosen as a life work and in which, being well li-ained. he has alreadv made a creditable record.

Philo Ellswoktii Thompson

Philo E. Thompson, deceased, was for many years one of the honored and highly esteemed citizens of Payson township. His early home, however, was in the east, for he was born in Ellington, Tolland county, Connecticut, January 26, 1811, his parents being Samuel and Mary (Ellsworth) Thompson, also natives of Connecticut and large property holders in Ellington. In their family were eight children, of whom Philo was the eldest, but only three of the number are living at the present time, these being Joseph Abbott Thompson, who resides at the old homestead in Connecticut ; ilrs. Daniel Kimball, of Ellington, and ^Irs. Dr. H. }j. Whitman, of Des iloines, Iowa. Philo Thomjjson's paternal grandparents were Samuel and Elizabeth Thompson, who settled on the jilace now occupied by Joseph Abbott Thompson. His great-grandmother, Margaret Thompson, was of Scotch-Irish lineage and emigrated to America about the year 1718, her husband having died after their plans were made for coming to New England. She, with her seven sons and two daughters, fulfilled a promise she made to her dying husband, to come as they had planned. His mother was a descendant in the maternal line of Rev John McKinstry, the first preacher in Ellington, Connecticut, and on the paternal side was relaying particular attention to mathematics and iated to Governor Ellsworth, of that state.

During his boyhood and youth ;\Ir. Thompson attended the schools of his native town, penmanship, becoming very proficient in the latter branch. After completing his education he taught school for several terms and then for a few years remained with his father upon the home farm until the western fever seized him. It was in the early spring of 1836 that he first came to Adams count.y. Illinois, locating in Payson, but in the following June he returned to Connecticut, and it was not until the next year that he located permanently here. He purchased a tract of land in Payson township, and after working for a time with an uncle he began farming on his own account, continuing to make his home in Payson throughout the remainder of his life. As time passed he prospered in his undertakings and accumulated considerable property.

ilr. Thompson was married on the 13th of September. 1838, in his own house which he had built in the village of Payson, the lady of his choice being ]Miss Ellen Campbell Wallace, who had come west with friends a year previously. She was the ninth in order of birth in a family of thirteen children born to ;\Ioses and Anna (Campbell) AVallace. who were of Scotch descent and natives of Pennsylvania. Wiien Mrs. Thompson was twelve years of age she accompanied her parents on their removal to Sonthport, New York, w'here she compieted her .school work. Her father died in 1843 and her mother passed away in 1864. Mr. Wallace was a gentleman of great piety and an elder in the Presbj'terian church in the places where he resided for over thirty years, being energetic and influential in promoting good works. His home was alwa,ys open to visiting ministers. Joseph W^allace, the grandfather of Mrs. Thompson, emigrated to America previoiis to the Revolutionary war and served in the continental army until independence was achieved. Unto ilr. and Mrs. Thompson were born tight children, of whom six are still living. David W.. the eldest, now residing in Chicago, married Isabella Faxon and they have three daughters. ^Mary C. is the wife of Joseph P. Elliott, of Payson. Ellen lives in the old home. Anna C. married Daniel Robbins and died in 1904, leaving five children, one son and four daughters. Samuel married Laura Wheelock and died in 1889. Henry W. married May Wisdom, who died in 1891, leaving four children, three sons and one daughter, but one died in 1897. George L. married Helen Burney, of Chicago, and they have three daughters. Their home is now in Los Angeles, California. Jennie first married George Robbins, who died in 1884, leaving one son, and in January, 1903, she married Henry F. Scarborough, who has one son bj' a former marriage.

Mr. Thompson clied on the 15th of April. 1893, from injuries received by a fall while riding a young horse, and his death was deeply deplored not only 1iy his immediate family but by many friends as well. He was a man of quiet, modest tastes, teiiiijerate, industrious and frugal in his habits, and never used intoxicants or tobacco in any form. When a young man he served as captain of a militia company in Connecticut biit was never a member of any secret society. He was always opposed to slavery and in politics was first a whig' and later a republican. Religiously he was a member of the Congregational ehiirch and was a generous hearted Christian. His motto was "Live and let live," and no one in actual need of help ever appealed to him in vain. His wife departed this life in 1895.

Henry P. Walton

lleni-y P. Walton, whose generous, kindly spii-it luid sympatlietic nature has prompted active, lii-eless and etfeetive effort in behalf of the amelioration of conditions effecting unfortunate classes of humanity and also of the hardships which men woi'k upon the animal creation, is now serving his eleventh year as president of the Humane Society of Quiney. He is likewise connected with the administration of municipal affairs as superintendent of streets, which office he has held for ten years.

]\rr. Walton was born in Massachusetts, xVi)ril 25, 1832, and is a son of Jonathan and Eliza (Locke) Walton, natives of the old Bay state. He belongs to a family noted for courage and patriotism and is .iustly ]iroud of the fact that ten members of the Walton family served in the Revolutionary war. The fii'st representative of the family in America, the Rev. William Walton, emigrated hither from Exeter, England, as early as l(i32 and settled in Reading, ^Massachusetts. Previous to that, however, members of the Locke family had sought a home in New England, having made a settlement in Arlington. Massachusetts, in 1028. The Locke homestead, which is the oldest house in Arlington, having been built in 1636, is still owned by this family, its ancient roof having sheltered six generations of the Lockes. Our snliject's great-grandfather Locke was a soldier of the war of the Revolution, as was also the grandfather, Benjamin Walton, who lived to the advanced age of one hnndi-ed and three years.

Edmond ]\Ionroe. the great-grandfather of our subject on his mother's side, was a great-grandson of William Monroe, a native of Scotland, who emigrated to America in 1652, and settled in Lexington, Massachusetts. He was the father of fourteen children. Edmond Monroe enlisted in the king's army at the age of twenty-one years and served in the French and Indian war, being present at the capture of Quebec, and a partici- ]iant in other important battles of the war. Twelve ;\-ears later he was fighting against the British at Lexington and Bunker Hill. He was present at the capture of Burgoyne's army at Saratoga and later enlisted under General Washington for three years. With the army he passed the winter at Valley Forge, where he suffered untold horrors from cold and hunger. Among the treasured possessions of the Walton family is a letter written by him to his wife during that time. In the June following he marched out as captain to fight in the battle of ^Monmouth, where he served with distinguished valor until he was killed by a cannon ball. He had been a successful business man and left his family in comfortable circumstances.

The boyhood days of our subject were passed in Arlington, Massachusetts, where he received a ])ractical education in the common schools. In 1869 he removed to Kentland, Newton county, Indiana, and there engaged in the grocery, bakery, restaurant and hotel business, which he conducted with much energy and ability and therefore successfully. In 1873 he came to Quiney, of which city he has since been an honored resident. However, he retained his business interests in Indiana until 1886, when he sold out and retired. Since he was twenty-five years old he has engaged in the real estate business and has met with unvarying success in his operations in that line. He has also been president of the Sheridan Stove Manufacturing Company for three years.

The political views of Mr. Walton are embodied in the principles of the republican party, and since casting his ballot for Fremont he has always voted with the party of his choice. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and ]\Iasonic fraternity, in which he is prominent and has attained the thirty-second degree in the latter order. He is an untiring promoter of humane worljandforanumberof years has stood at the head of the Quiney Humane Society as its president and doing everything in his power to alleviate the needless sufferings of the brute creation. He is also president of the Woodlawn Cemetery- Asssociation and as a member of the board of local impi'ovements and superintendent of streets of Quiney he has done much to benefit tlic I'ity and along other lines has been instrumental in the inauguration of much important pnlilic woi'k.

'Mr. Walton was married November 13. 1873, to ^liss Sarah E. Jackson, and they occupy an atti-active residence at No. 215 South Third street. Mrs. Walton was born in Boston. Massachusetts. August 4, 1834, a daughter of Sanmel and Eliza H. Jackson. Her father was born ]\Iay 8, 1803, in Boston, ^Massachusetts, and died Feb- ruary 3, 1890, while her mother, who was born January 2, 1809, in Bo,ston, llassachnsetts, died July 2, 1874. Her ancestors were of English origin and early settlers of New England. When nine months old she was brought by her parents to Quincy, where her education was carried on in the public schools. Later she went to Waltham, Massachusetts, where she pursued her studies until graduating, and i-eturiicd thence to her home in Quincy.

Soon after locating in this city Samuel Jackson erected a hou.se and store on the south side of Hamp.shire street, between Fifth and Sixth sti-eets, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for a number of years. In the progress and development of the Gem City, he was quite prominent and erected a number of tine biiildings which stand as monuments to his energy. He also built the west half of the New Tremont House. He was one of those men whom it is a privilege to know, for his influence was beneficial in aiding those Avho struggled along the pathway of life, and his sympathy was ever ready for all who found that pathway a weary one. A straightforward, unassuming man, the good that was said of him during his life was said by others rather than by himself, and now there are many friends and relatives who are ready to speak for the lips that could not if they would, and that, were they able to do so. would be very modest in their claims for the noble man to wIuhii avc desire to give due honoi- in these pages. His wife was a lady of well known benevolence, and her kindness in caring for the sick and relieving the destitute won for her a host of friends among all cla.sses of people. She was a prominent member of the Unitarian eliTirch, to which ]Mrs. Walton also belongs. The latter is in full sympathy with her husband in his work and her encouragement has inspired him even to renewed effort. If one were called to svunmarize his life and its leading characteristics in a single word he might be called a friend - having the .spirit of friendship not only for his social acquaintances, but for the luiforfunate in every class of society, for those who bear the burdens or sufif'er hardships, and he commands the most thorough admiration and respect because of his untiring efforts in connection with the work of the Humane Societv.

Charles W. Rust, who died at his home on section 21, Keene township, ilarch 31, 1905, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, January 30, 1833, and Avas numbered among the pioneer settlers of Adams county, having been brought to this locality by his parents in 1835. His father, George W. Rust, vras a native of Germany, born January 29, 1792, and after residing for a time in the Buckeye state came to Illinois in 1835, settling in Keene township, Adams county, where he followed the occupation of farming. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. By his first marriage he had five children : Jlichael, George, Dorothy, the wife of i\Ir. Tixford ; Jlargaret and Elizabeth. For his second wife Mr. Rust chose ]Mary McChesney and they had two children : Charles W. and Samuel, who was born Decemher 31. 1835. and is now living in Kirksville, ]\Iissoiu'i. After losing his second wife Mr. Rust wedded Mrs. William Forum, a widow, who by her first marriage had five children : William, Avho was born in 1818: Mary J., in 1821; Elizabeth, in 1823; Benjamin, in 1824; and Eliza, in 1827.

Charles W. Rust pursued his education in one of the old-time log school houses of Adams county. Thei'e were only ten children in the district wiio were of school age at that time. The method of instruction was primitive and his educational advantages, therefore, w^ere somewhat limited, but in later years he has added largely to his knowledge. He was trained to the active work of the farm, being employed in the fields through the summer months, and after he left school he gave his entire attention to farm work and blacksmithing, having learned the trade with his father. At an early day he conducted a blacksmith shop in Loraine. When he came to Keene towTiship there were only ionv hovises within its borders and everything was wild and uncultivated, giving little promise of rapid development and improvement, but as years passed he kept in touch with the progress that was made along agricultural lines and became the ov-^ner of a w^ell improved farm situated on section 21, Keene township. Here he had seventy acres of land, on which he raised grain and stock.

Mr. Ru.st was united in marriage to Miss Eliza A. Benson, who was born in Indiana, January 28, 1832. Her parents were among the early settlers of Adams county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ru.st were born five children: John and George, both at home ; Charles, who is living in Bowen. Illinois: Sarah E., the wife of Thomas Hudson, of Oklahoma ; and Josephine, the wife of Elmer Smith, of Tacoma, Washington. The mother of these children departed this life on the 24tli of March, 1905, .jiist one week prior to her husband's death.

At the time of the Civil war Mr. Rust responded to the country's call for aid and served for three years and three months as a member of Company K, One hundred and eighteenth

Illinois Infantry. With his command he wont to the front and participated in many important engagements, biit he returned home without a wound. He continued to aid his country, however, until the close of hostilities and received an honorable discharge at Baton Rouge. His political allegiance was given to the republican pai'ty and in all matters of citizenship he was as true and loyal to his country as when he followed the old tiag upon the battle-fields of the south. Great changes occurred in Adams county during the years of his residence here and few resided so long in this section of the state, for during seventy years he lived here, witnessing the growth and development of the county, which today bears little resemblance to the locality in which his parents settled,. Few roads had been laid out, the streams were unbridged, the prairies uncultivated and the forests uncut, but men of resolute purpose and endurance made their way to this portion of the state and as years have pa.ssed their ial)ors have resulted in the building of a great city, in the establishment of thriving towns and villages, and in the development of one of the richest agricultural sections of the country, and in this work ]\Ir. Rust bore his full share, especially in the line of agricultural iirijirovement.

James Harvey Richardson

James Harvey Richardson, secretary and treasurer of the Richardson Lubricating Company, has in his business career displayed the enterprising spirit so characteristic of the middle west, a spirit that has wrought the wonderful development in this section of the country. The ready recognition and utilization of opportunity, his unfaltering energy and keen business discernment have been important factors in expanding a business which at first of small dimensions has now reached extensive proportions.

Mr. Richardson was born in Eureka, Illinois, February 12, 1862, his parents being James H. and Olive D. (Torrence) Richardson. The paternal grandfather removed from Kentucky to Indiana and in New Albany, that state, James H. Richardson, Sr., M'as born on the 25th of March. 1834. In early boyhood he accompanied his parents to Illinois, his father establishing rhe first lumberyard in Bloomington. There the son attended school until fifteen years of age when his parents removed to Adams county in 1849, settling in Columbus, where the grandfather engaged in merchandising, conducting a general store. Later he returned to Bloomington, where he died of cholera in the early part of 1853.

James H. Richardson, Sr., reared under the parental roof, attended the public schools of Bloomington, of Columbus and of Quincy. In the last named place he entered upon the study of law under the direction of the firm of Edmunds & Warren, and after careful and thorough preparation was admitted to the bar and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession in Quincy, remaining one of the well known lawyers of this city for thirty-five years. He formed a partnershiji with Judge Henry A. Warren and Colonel Thoroughman and remained an active representative of the legal fraternity in Quincy until the early '80s when he turned his attention to newspaper work in connection with the Quincy Journal and the Herald. He was last associated with the St. Jjciuis Ki'pulilic. He was also associated with the late Senator Bernard Arntzen in the practice of law and in 1870 and 1872 he served as a state senator. Having made careful study of the political situation and interests of the country he was well qualified for the office to which he was chosen. He became a recognized leader in public thought and action in his community and his loyalty to the general good was ever above question. By appointment of President Cleveland he became postmaster of Quincy, and during his administration of the office Quincy was made a night office, all mails having formerly closed at 9 P. M. Following the expiration of his term in the postoffice he joined his sons in a business enterprise, organizing the Richardson Lubricating Company, and up to within a year of his death he traveled in the interests of the business, visiting the larger cities of the Union.

James II. Richardson, Sr., was married in Colundras, Illinois, September 8, 1857, to Miss Olive D. Torrence and is survived by his wife, five sons and a daughter, namely: Albert, John T., James H. Jr.. E. Dean, William and Mrs. Carrie Hoxsey, all of Quincy. Mr. Richardson displayed many sterling traits of character that won him success in business, prominence in political circles and honor and esteem in all relations of life. He was for many years a member of the Christian church and he attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry, while in his political views he was a democrat. After a year's illness he passed away September 18, 1901, when .sixty-seven years of age, leaving behind him an honorable name and the memory of an upright life. Whatever success he achieved was due entirely to his own efforts, yet he valued his own self-respect and the esteem of his fellowmen more than wealth or jjosition. He was prompt and reliable in action, true to every duty reposed in him and his interest in community affairs was that of a public-spirited citizen, who desired the greatest good to the greatest number. It was in his own home, however, that his best ((ualities were most often seen, for he was a kind and loving husband and father, devoted to his family and to his friends. He held friendship inviolable and home ties sacred, and his loss therefore was the occasion of deep regret throughout Adams county.

James Harvey Richardson. Jr., attended the pul)lie sc-hools of Quincy and the university at ('oluiiiliia, ^Missouri, being thus provided with excellent educational privileges. He left college at the age of eighteen years and accepted the position of cashier to the firm of J. Sterns & Sons, with whom he remained for two years. As bookkeeper he was with the house of Tripp & Manson, wholesale grocers, for three years, after which he went upon the road as traveling representative for that firm for a period of three years. Desirous of entering upon an independent business career he began the manufacture of woodenware in Quincy under the firm name of Rothgeb & Richardson. This relation was maintained for about two years, at the end of which time his firm was frozen out by the trust. Since 1889 ]\Ir. Richardson has been connected with the oil trade. He entered into partnership with his brother, John T., under the firm style of Richardson Brothers in the manufacture of axle grease. A year later the business was incorporated and the Richardson Lubricating Company was formed with John T. Richardson as president; E. D. Richardson. vice-]iresident, and James H. Richardson, Jr.. secretary and treasurer. In 18lt!) they extended the field of their operations by engaging in the coal oil and gasoline trade, doing a wholesale business exclusively. In 1903 the Richardson-Gay Oil Company was organized in Texas for the purpose of refining oils and manufacturing all kinds of burning and lubricating oils, gasoline and grease of all kinds. They have oil stations in all the principal cities of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, the Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Mr. Richardson is vice-president of the Richardson-Uay Comi)any with T. J. Gay as president and "W. 1). i\ichardson as secretary of the company. '1 he Inisiness of the Quincy house is the manufacture and sale of axle greases and refined oils and they operate with their own tank cars. Mostly the axle grease is made in Quincy and the Corsicana refinery turns out four hundred barrels of refined oil per day, the greater part of the work being done through the use of improved machinery. In Texas the.y employ thirty men outside of their office force and in Quincy fifteen men outside their office force, the total number of their employes in both places being seventy-five.

Mr. Richardson was married to IMiss ilary E. Grove, of Maryland, a daiighter of Dr. F. A. Grove, the wedding being celebrated June 28, 1887. They have two children : Harvey Grove, thirteen years of age, who is attending the public schools, and Virginia, five years old.

In his political views Mr. Richardson is a stanch democrat, thoroughly well informed concerning the ((uestions and issues of the day, yet without jiolitical aspiration, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business interests. From a small beginning he and his partners have developed an extensive enterprise. To him there has come the attainment of a distinguished position in connection with the great material industries of Quincy and his efforts have been so discerningly directed along well defined lines that he seems to have realized at anj- one point of progress the full measure of his possibilities for accomplishment at that point. A man of distinct and forceful individuality, of broad mentality and mature .iuclgnient he has left and is leaving his impress upon the industrial world. For a number of years he has been an important factor in the t'evelopment of the natural resources of Texas and in Quincy has been active in the promotion of an enterprise that has grown to large proportions, but while thus promoting his individual l)rosperity he has also been a co-operant factor ni manj^ measures that have advanced the general welfare and pi-osperity of the city in which he makes his home.

Charles W. Pfieffer. Ai. D.

Dr. Charles William Pfieffer, who although one of the more recent acquisitions to the medical fraternity of Quincy, has made for himself a creditable position as one of its representatives, is a native of Hanover, Germany, his parents being C. Andrew and Fredericka (Stecher) Pfieffer. The father, arriving in Quincy in 1880, soon afterward secured a position as pattern fitter in the foundry. He is still a resident of this city and he has two children, Charles W. and Attilia, the later at home.

In the public schools Dr. Pfieffer began his education, pursuing his studies in that manner until fifteen years of age, when he put aside his text-books and began earning his own living. After being employed in various ways he entered the works of the Quincy Show Case

Company and there learned the trade of cabinet-making, being employed in that manner for six years. Desirous, however, of entering other fields of labor and recognizing the value of education in the advanced walks of business life, he became a student in the Central "VVesleyan College at Worcester, Missouri, in 189(i, entering upon a prejjaratory course. At the end of the second year he had decided to malvc till' practice of medicine his life work, ami to this end he became a student in the Keokuk .Medical College, at Keokuk. Iowa, in ISKS. (iimpleting a four years' course b.y gradual ion as a member of the chxss of 1902. He spent the last two years with Dr. C. E. Ruth, assisting him in his private practice and hospital Mcirk ill his surgical cases, and thus greatly augmenting his theoretical knowledge by j)ractical exp"rienee. He then ojiened an office at l.'i(l8 State street, Quincy, where he is now cn.joyiiig a x-ery good practice.

Dr. I'liclVci- was married, on the 30th of Sept('ml)er. l!lo:5. to Miss Theresa r4olm. Her motlicr died in Ma.y. 1902. Her father came to (,)uinc>- at an early day and worked for a time foi' others, after which he opened a gen- (I'al stoiH' on Seventh and Elaine streets. Later he sold thai ]iroperty and devoted his entire attention to tlie conduct of a shoe store. He died about 1S84.

In addition to his private practice Dr. Pfieffer is serving as assistant physician to St. Mary's Hospital. He belongs to the Adams County ]\Iedical Society, the Illinois State Medical Societj^ and the Western Illinois District Medical Society. He attends the St. Jacobi Lutheran church and is independent in his political views, finding, too, that he has little leisure for political work. He gives earnest attention to his professional woi-k, discharging his duties with a sense of conscientious obligation, an<l by further reading and investigation he is continually broadening his knowledge and enhancing his efficieuc,v.

John P. Cadogan

Among those who for a number of years were active in the business life of Quincy and have since passed from the scene of this world's activities is numbered John P. Cadogan, who for many years was connected with journalistic interests and with the printing and paper business here. He was well known as the president of the Herald Printing Company and afterward became the founder and head of the business now conducted under the name of the Cadogan-IIatcher j\Ianufacturing Company. In public affairs he was also prominent in his community, serving as deputy sherilf and as sheriff and thus his life's labors had a direct and beneficial infiuenee upon the cit.y in which he made his home. His parents removed to Adams county in 1836, when he was but eleven years of age. He was born in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1825, his parents being William Perry and Christine (Lindenmyer) Cadogan, the former a native of England and the latter of Germany, In 1820 William Perrj' Cadogan came to America and settled in ]\Iauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, where he was a contractor in the coal mines for several years. He then came with his family to Adams county, Illinois, in 1836, and took up his abode near Cliola, where he purchased a farm, carrying on general agricultural ])ursuits there until his death in 1853. His wife also died there in 1876.

John P. Cadogan received but limited educational privileges. He attended the country schools in his youth and making good use of his opportunities he was enabled in early manhood to engage in teaching, which profession he followed in the country schools near Cliola in the winter months, while in the sunnner seasons he assisted his father in the operation of the farm. He was thus engaged up to the time of his marriage, which occurred on the 5th of April, 1854, in Hannibal, Missouri, ]\Iiss Fannie H. Moore becoming his wife. She was born in Clinton county, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1826, and was a daughter of George C. and Charlotte B. (Herr) ]Moore, who removed from Pennsylvania to Missouri, settling in Hannibal. The father was a farmer and resided in the vicinity of Hannibal \mtil his death, after which his widow retTirned to Pennsylvania, but four years later she again went to Hannibal, remaining there until coming to Quincy in 1862 to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Cadogan, with whom she remained until her death in 1890.

Following his marriage Mr. Cadogan was in 1854 appointed deputy sheriff of Adams county and removed to the city of Quincy. He filled that position for two years and in 1856 wa.i elected sheriff, in which capacity he served for two years. He then entered into partnership with William Avise and they purchased the business of the Herald Printing Company and began the publication of the Quincy Herald. About 1875 the Herald Printing Company was dissolved and Mr. Cadogan and H. J. Gardner purchased the business, continuing the publication of the paper under the firm name of Cadogan & Gardner. For twenty-one years Mr. Cadogan was connected with .iournalistic interests as one of the proprietors of the Her- aid, continuing as president of the company lintil 1881. Cadogan & Gardner continued to engage in the printing and book manufacturing business until a short time prior to Mr. Cadogan 's death, when they sold out to W. H. Cadogan and C. B. Hatcher, who carried on the business under the firm name of Cadogan & Hatcher until 1892. when The Cadogan-Hateher Manufacturing Company was formed. They now occupy their new building at the corner of Spring and Third .streets, the widow of liarrj' Cadogan and ]\Irs. Ida Hatcher still owning an interest therein.

Unto Jlr. and 'Sirs. John I'. Cadogan were born seven children, of whoni four arr living. Fannie is bookkeeper in the employ of the Cadogan-Hateher Manufacturing Company and resides with her mother. Ida, now Mrs. Hatcher, resides at 1536 Broadway, Quinc.y. George MeClellan married Georgia Nolan and resides in ^lacon, ilissouri, but is now president of the Cadogan-IIatcher Manufacturing Company of (^uincy. Katherine, a teacher in the Madisoii school, makes her home with her mother. 'I'hose deceased are Harry, ^Irs. William Hatcher and Lillian.

The father. John P. Cadogan, died .May S, 1887, and his loss Avas deeply regretted by many friends, for he was a valued representative of business interests, was loyal in citizenship, reliable in friendship and most d(!Voted to his family. He and all his family were members of the Episcopal church of Quiney. Mr. Cadogan was a stahvart supporter of democratic principles, yet was never a politician in the sense of office seeking and only consented to accept the position of sheriff on the earnest !-olicitation of those who knew him and recognized that he pos.sessed those qualities that would make a good officer. He was one of the best known men of Adams county, modest and quiet in demeanor, imassuming in deportment, and yet he had the sterling characteristics which everywhere command respect, awaken admiration and gain true and lasting friendships.

Edward C. Grammer

Edward C. Grammer, who follows farming on section 35, Beverly township, was born on the old homestead in that townsliip, August 8, 1868. and is a worthy representative of an old and highly respected family of Adams county. His father, C. M. Grammer, was a native of Massachusetts, born in 1827, and attended school in that state prior to coming to Illinois with his parents, Seth and Lydia (Marshall)

Grammer, at the age of thirteen years, at which time the family located in Pike^ county. He came of good old Rev-olutionary stock. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Grammer, fought with the colonial troops for the independence of the nation and being taken prisoner by the British was sent to England, being confined in Dartmoor prison for two years. The maternal grandfather, Joseph Marshall, was also a Revolutionary soldier and particijiated in the battle of Brandywine.

In the family of Seth and Lydia Olarshall) ( Jrannner were nine sons and one daughter, but only the daughter is now living. One son, Seth W., served for three years in the Civil war and was with Sherman on the Atlanta campaign. C. M. Grannner grew to manhood in this state and became one of the leading agriculturists of Adams county. He first purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 35, Beverly township, but as he prospered in his farming operations he added to his property until he had two hundred and eighty acres of valuable and well improved land. In 1891 he erected a nice two-story residence of seven rooms at a cost of seventeen hundred dollars.

In early manhood C. M. Grammer married iliss ^Martha E. Harvey, who Avas born in Rush county, Indiana, in 1834, a daughter of Joseph and Martha Harvey, who died in Keokuk, Iowa. She had five brothers and sisters but is the only one now living in Adams county. The family came to Illinois in 1847 with her uncle, Thomas Harvey, who took charge of the children after the death of her parents. One of her brothers. Dr. Thomas Harvey, is now a resident of St. Louis.

The children born to C. ^I. and Martha E. (Harvey) Grannner were as follows : Lydia, horn December 19. 1853, is the wife of Joseph A. Phillips, of Aurora. Nebraska; i\Iartha, born January 15, 1855, is the wife of Jesse Hareldson, of Harwood, Missouri ; Alice C, born May 27, 1856, is the wife of P. M. Gray, of Hannibal, Missouri; Joseph, born February 2, 1858, is a resident of Pleasanton, Nebraska; Angeline, born January 15, 1859, is the wife of R. G. Parker, of Kearney, Nebraska; Prank L., born January 23, 1860, is living in Pleasanton, Nebraska; Anna M., born August 9, 1861, is at home with her mother; William, born September 3, 1862, died August 17, 1863 ; Andrew H., born December 29, 1864, is a resident of Pleasanton, Nebraska ; Morris, born January 2, 1867, and Edward C, born Augu.st 8, 1868, are both at home : Marshall, born IMarch 19, 1871. is a resident of San Francisco, California; Rufus E., born December 26, 1872, lives in Baylis, Illinois ; Florence, born January 23, 1875, married A. P. Cummings, of Hannibal, Missouri,

The father of these children died on the 20th of Novendjer, 1901. honored and respected by all who knew him. lie was one of the most prominent members of Kingston lodge, No. 266, A. F. & A. ]M., in which he served as worshipful master for the long period of eighteen years. Politically he was identified with the republican party, and his fellow citizens recognizing his worth and ability called upon him to fill a number of offices. In 1851 he was elected township assessor, also served as collector of his township, and for almost thirty years filled the i:>osition of supervisor with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.

Edward C. Grammer, whose name introduces this sketch, has spent his entire life in Beverly township and he is indebted to its public schools for the greater part of his education, though he attended school for one year in Baylis. lie has made farming his life work and is now the ov\aier of a good tract of one hundred and sixty acres of highly cultivated land. Politically he follows in the footsteps of his father, supporting the men and measures of the republican party, and socially is a member of the Ind(>pendent Order of Odd Fellows.

Iiexry It. Oober

Vov many years Henry II. Cobei- was well known in (,>uincy as a business man whose record would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny and whose life demonstrated the [lossibilities for accomplishment to men of energy, determination and straightforward purpose. He arrived in Quincy in 1866, being at that time a man of about thirty-two years of age. He was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1833. His father, John C'obei-, also a native of the Keystone .state, died there when his son Henry was a young lad of twelve years. The latter, accpiiring a common school education in the county of his nativity and at an early age starting out upon an independent business career, secured a position as clerk in a store, where he was employed for a few years. He afterward came to the west, for he believed that he woTild have better business opportunities in this new but rapidly developing section of the country. IMaking his way to Illinois, he settled first in La Prairie, where he obtained a position as station agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. He was married thei'C and later he removed to Camp

That year witnessed his arrival in Quincy, where he accepted a position as salesman in a dr.y goods store, serving in that capacity for a few years. He then entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Jlr. Crawford, and they established a coal yard, which they conducted for years, when the firm became Cober & Sellock. Later the firm was Cober & JNIayo, and this relationshi]> was maintained for a number of years, when Mr. Mayo sold his interest to Mr. Cober, w'ho continued alone in the business for a few years. His next partnei- was William T. Sprague, and the firm name of Cober & Sprague was then assumed. They dealt in coal and grain, with their office and yards at No. 321 and 323 Broadway. As the years passed Mr. Cober secured a good trade and thus annually added to his income, having a business which, because of its extent, brought to him a very gratifying financial return. About the 1st of June, 1904, he was taken ill and confined to his bed for two months and a few days. Prior to his death he sold his interest in the coal business.

Wliile living in La Prairie, Illinois, Mr. Cober Avas married to ]\Iiss Carrie P. Crawford, a native of Ontario county. New York, a daughter of William and Abigail (]\Iareh) Crawford. Her father was born Se|itemlier 6. 1812. and was a son of Thomas Crawford, who was likewise a native of the Empire state and died there. When a boy William Crawford left the county of his nativity and went to Ontario coimty. New York, where he learned the builder's trade and eventually became a contracfoi-, conducting the business along that line until 1858, when he removed lo the west, settling at La Prairie, Illinois. There retiring from building pursuits, he turned his attention to farming and wa.s engaged in the tilling of the soil until 1868, when he removed to Quincy and entered into partnership with his son-in-law, ]\Ir. Cober. They established a coal yiivd. \\\m-]\ the.v conducted together for a few years, and ilr. Crawford then retired, not again being actively concerned with business affairs. He lived in retirement for twenty-five years, enioying a rest which he had well earned and richly deserved. He died at the home of his daughter. IMrs. Cober, January 27, 1904. at the very advanced age of ninety-two years, having long survived his wife, who passecl away I\Iay 2, 1878, in Quincy. He was well known in Quincy, enjoying the favorable regard and friendshiji of all with whom he came in contact, and he left at his death many warm friends who had known, esteemed and honored him. He was a supporter of the rei)ublican ]iarty, and .Mr. Cober was also one of its stanch advocates, never faltering in his allegiance to the party prineijjles. Both were very prominent and influential in business circles, and thei-e were connnendable elements in their commercial records, each being true to the strict ethics which govern man's honorable dealings with his fellowmen.

In early life Mv. Cober affiliated with the ]\lasonic fraternity, but never joined the lodge in Quincy. He was vice president of the Qnincy Humane Society, and his kindly spirit pi-ompted active etfort in behalf of humane treatment of the animal creation. The suifei-ing of dumb animals was uttei-ly abhorrent to his nature and, fully realizing the fact that they are largely amenable to the same physical conditions as an individual, he exerted strong and effective effort in their behalf. A gentleman of broad humanitarian principles, he was the champion of every cause which he believed would uplift humanity, improve the surrotindings of the poor and needy and woi-k for the ultimate good of all mankind. He died August 4, 1904. and his memory is cherished in the hearts of his many friends. j\[rs. Cober is a member of the Episcopal church of Quincy and occupies an enviable position in the social circles of the city. She owns a beautiful brick residence at No. 1300 North Fifth street, at the corner of Spruce street, which was built by her husband in 1878 and which she occupied with him for twenty-six years, or until his death.

Oscar P. Huck

Oscar P. Huck, whose labors have brought him success and made him a leading manufacturer of Quincy. was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, January 2.'), 1863, a sou of :\Iatt and ]Mary Ann (Tetard) Huck. The father was born in Alsace, France. March 4, 1831. and came to America in 1849, locating for a time in the state of New York, whence he removed to Wisconsin. He is a shoemaker by trade and on locating in Kenosha he embarked in the shoe business and soon built up a good trade, so that he has long had control of the leading shoe .store of the city and is now the oldest merchant, in any line, in Kenosha. He has, too, the entire confidence of the business community and general public and is accounted one of the valued and honored citizens of Kenosha. His wife was born in the state of New Jersey in 1835 and was of French lineage, her people having come to America from Lorraine, France. Mrs. Huck died January 7, 1898.

Hammond, of Denver, Colorado, by whom she has four children; George, who is connected with the shipping department of the Simmons Manufacturing Company, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and married ilargaret Berry, by whom he has three children : ;Matt, who is engaged in the shoe trade in California ; Oscar P.. of this review; Frances, the wife of Matt Schmitz, a clothing merchant of Kenosha, Wisconsin, by whom she has two children ; Eugene, who is engaged in the shoe trade in Chicago and married Margaret Smith; Albert, who is employed by the Simmons ^Manufacturing Compan.v of Kenosha, and is married and has one child; Ida, the wife of Charles Johnson; who is emplo.ved in her father's store in Kenosha, and Laura, the wife of Walter Johnson, who is with an automobile factory in Kenosha.

Oscar F. Huck attended the public and parocial school of Kenosha, Wisconsin, until thirteen years of age. when he became a student in the Catholic Normal School at St. Francis, Wisconsin, spending four years in that institution and graduating in June, 1880. He arrived in Quincy, August 16, 1880, and engaged in teaching in St. Boniface school and was also organist in St. Boniface church. He continued teaching until September, 1888. when he accepted a situation as bookkeeper for the J. Knittel Show Case Company, acting in that capacity until 1890, when he formed a partnership with G. Burge, his father-in-law, under the firm name of Burge-IIuck .Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of show cases and general store fixtures, the business being located at Nos. 418-420 Vermont street. On the loth of July, 1903, the plant was destroyed by fire. Owing to the death of Mr. Burge, the partnership had been dissolved October 3, 1902, and Mr. Huck became sole proprietor. After the fire he removed to 1000-1004 Vermont street, and now employs fifty men. He sells through catalog and circular advertising and his trade covers the entire country from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Canada to the gulf. Mr. Huck learned the business himself and has built up a splendid manufacturing enterprise, which in its scope is constantly growing.

On the 2.5th of :\Iay. 1885. :\Ir. Huck Avas united in marriage to ;\Iiss Edith Burge, a daughter of Gottlieb Burge, one of the old and prominent business men of Quincy, for a number of years her Inisband's partner. They became the parents of seven children, but Alvina died in infancy and Edith died in 1901 at the age of fourteen years. The others are Jlargaret. thirteen years of age, attending St. Mary's Academy; Oscar Paul and Richard Felix, twins, ten years of age, attending St. Boni-

In polities Mr. Huck is independent, lie and his family are communicants of St, Boniface Catholic church. He was orjsjanist in St. Francis church from 1889 until 1I)(I8. He served for two years, from 1899 to 1901. as a member of the board of education of Quincy and has always l)een deeply interested in the city's welfare and sul)st;n!tial uiibuilding alonu' all the lines tliat work for permanent benefit to the city and its ]i(ipuiation.

Frederick Speckihvrt

Frederick Speckhart, who is one of the prominent and wealthy farmers of Riverside town- .ship, residing- on section 23, about one mile north of the city linuts of Quincy, was born in Fall Creek township, Adams countv, May 24, 1847. His father, John Speckhart, who was a pioneer of this county, was bori^ June 14, 1814, in PTcsse-Darmstadt, Germany. In his native country he learned the trade of brickmaking and in 1839, when twenty-five years of age, he crossed the Atlantic to the United States, taking pas.sage on a sailing vessel, which after seventy-two days dropped anchor in the harbor of New Orleans. He then took a boat up the Mississippi river to Quincy and soon afterward located in Fall Creek township, where he purchased a tract of land and carried on farming until his death. He was very successful in his business affairs, owing to his capable management and unfaltering energy. He married Miss Lizzie Farnum, also a native of Germany, who crossed the ocean in the same vessel in which her husband made the voyage, and they were married in Adams county. They became the parents of ten children : John, who is a farmer of Fall Creek township : William and Adam, who are also living in that town.ship ; Frederick, Lena, Elizabeth, ilargaret and three who are now deceased. The father died at the age of eightytwo years. He was a democrat in his political views and was a member of the Lutheran church. His life was well spent and while conducting a successful business career he at the same time adhered closely to the principles which govern honorable and upright manhood.

Frederick Speckhart is indebted to the public schools of his native township for the educational privileges he enjoyed in his youth. He worked in the field through the summer months and remained at home until twenty-two yeai-s of age. He was married first to Miss Lena Schaffer, now deeea.sed. and unto this union there were born three children: John, Fred and George, all of whom are prominent farmers of Fall Creek township. For his second wife Mr. Speckhart chose Jliss Anna Frederick, also now deceased, and by this union there were three children : Hannah, the wife of P. Apple; Henry and Frank. For his third wife Mr. Speckhart chose Miss Lena Harms, a native of Quincy and a daughter of Jidius Harms, who was an early settler of this city, locating here in August, 1848. He was a carpenter and became identified with building interests, assisting in the erection of many of the early structures of Qtiiney.

Mr. Speckhart continued to engage in farming in Fall Creek township until 1895, when he removed to his present home in Riverside township. He is to-day the owner of three valuable farms, aggregating six hundred and thirty-seven acres of land in Fall Creek township, and those are operated by his sons. There are one hundred and six acres in the home farm in Riverside township and this is a splendidly improved property. lie has forty acres planted to fruit, two acres being in blackberries, four in strawberries, and four in raspberries. The remainder of his farm is devoted to gardening, and his animal products find a ready sale on the market and command the highest price. He has been very sticcessfid in his business career and well merits the prosperity that has come to him because he has ever lieen straightforward in his dealings, never taking advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen. He has worked earnestly and per.severingly and his life record proves that labor is the basis of all prosperity. In politics he is independent and his religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. He stands to-day as one of the representative agriculturists and fruit raisers of Adams county, having a wide acquaintance with its borders and commanding the esteem and good will of all by reason of a life that contains many elements worthy of emulation.

Walter R. Spink

With the agi'ii'ultural interests of this region Walter R. Spiidv has bi'cn identified for over half a century and he is today regarded as one of the leading and representative farmers of Richfield township, his home being on section 34. His early life was passed in New York, his birth occurring in Dernyter, iMadison county, that state, February 12, 1823. His father, Penner Spink, was a native of Rhode Island and at an early day removed to the Em- ]iire state, where he died when our snb.iect was oidy five years old. In the family were seven children : Henrietta, the wife of Nathan Walk er, who came to Barry, Illinois, iu 1838, and is now a resident of Harvard, Illinois; Samuel, who died in New York, IMarch 1, 1905 ; AValter R., who is next in order of birth ; Jane, who married Willard Gifit'ord and died in Illinois, in 1868 ; Lavina, wife of Joseph Green, the oldest resident of Barry, Pike county, Illinois; Mary A., wife of Merritt Gift'ord, of Mc- Lean, Illinois ; and Laben. who died in New York in February. 1904.

Walter R. Spink acquired a limited education in the public schools of his native state and on stai'ting out in life for himself worked as a farm hand by the month for six years. Before leaving New York he was married on the 17th of August, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth Hosmer, who was born March 14. 1823, and is a daughter of Walter and Phila Ilosmer, also natives of New York, though their respective parents were from ]Maiue. 'Sirs. Spink is the only one of her family to come to Illinois, though she had one sister living in Iowa.

In September following their marriage Mr. and ]Mrs. Spink came to this state and first located in Barry, Pike county, but have been residents of Adams county since 1854 and here our subject has successfully engaged in general farming and stock-raising. Success has attended his efforts and he is now the owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and ninetyeight acres on sections 33 and 34, Richfield township, which he has improved and placed under a high state of cultivation. His crops are Iirineipally corn and wheat and he gives considerable attention to stock-raising.

Mr. and ilrs. Spink have no children of their own but have adopted two, both of whom have taken their name. The daughter, ]\Iillie, came from the Woodland Home and is now the wife of David Hastings, of Richfield township, while the son, Harvey, is still on the home farm. During the Civil war Mr. Spink was drafted for service but was discharged on account of poor health and disability. He casts his vote for the men and measures of the republican party and takes a deep interest in ever.ything tending to advance the moral or material welfare of his adopted county and state. Both he and his wife are earnest and consistent members of the Baptist church and are held in high regard by all who know them.

James S. Inghram had a very wide and favorable acquaintance in Quincy and was known to his many friends as "TTncle Jimmy." He was engaged in the grocery business here for many years and was classed with the pioneer residents of the city, having located here about 1851. He was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1835, his parents being William and Mary (Seaton) Inghram. The mother was a daughter of Janu's Seaton, proprietor of the Seaton House, a hotel in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. William Inghram was a saddler by trade and for many years followed that business and also engaged in the dry-goods business in Waynesburg, where he made his home until his death. His widow afterward removed to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, -where she resided until 1865, when she came to Quincy and made her home with her son James until her demise.

Mr. Inghram acquired a common school education in his native state. He was only eight years of age when his father died and he afterward went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to live with his uncle. He obtained a position as clerk in a shoe store there and resided with his uncle luitil 1851, when he came to the west, settling in Quincy, where he secured a position as clerk in the store of James Fisher. He occupied a position as salesman until 1865, at which time he was joined by his mother in Quincy. He then began business for himself, establishing a grocery store in Hampshire street between Sixth and Seventh streets. He afterward admitted Charles G. Osborn to a partnership and they were connected in business for a year. Mr. Inghram was later in business alone for a .short period, after which he was joined by his brother John Thomas Inghram in a partnership under the firm name of Inghram Brothers. They engaged in the grocery trade thus for many years, conducting a very prosperous business. Their trade gradually increased proportionately with the growth of the city, their honorable methods commending them to the patronage of all who once gave them their support. Mr. Inghram contimied in the grocery business for seventeen years, when finally on account of ill health he sold out and removed to the west, settling at Canyon City, Colorado, purchasing land near there. He had a large vineyard. On one occasion, while driving from his home to the mountains, his team ran away and he was thrown from the wagon and badly injured. This made him an invalid and as it seemed impossible to recover his health in Colorado he finally returned to Quincy, where he lived retired until his death in the home now occupied bv his widow. Here he passed away ilarch 29, 1901.

ilr. Inghram was married in Quincy to Miss Josephine Greenleaf, a native of Columbus, Adams county, born in 1845, and a daughter of Miller T. and Mary (Felix) Greenleaf, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of

Kentucky. Her father came to Adams (-(iiip.ty in 18-10 with his father and settled in the village of Cohimbus, where they woi-ked toni'ther in a wagon shoj). Mr. (Ireenleaf. father of ^Irs. Inghraiii. afterward removed to Quiney, where he was engaged in the machine shop and foundry business for many years or until he retired from active business life. He is now living at 314 Elm street at the advanced age of eighty-four years, being one of the oldest citizens of Quincy. His wife is also living and has reached the age of seventy-eight year.'i. Mr. and Airs, (ireenleaf were the parents of seven children, all of whom are yet living - a remarkable family recoi'd - and most of them are residents of Quincy. ^Irs. Iiighram is the eldest of the family.

In the early days Mv. lughram served as city treasurei' of Quincy and Avas active and intliieiitial in public atii'airs, taking a deep and helpful interest in everything that tended towaril general progress and improvement. He was a charter member of the (iem City liuilding it Loan Association of Quincy, was an early member of the JMasonic lodge here and also belonged to the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Druids. His political allegiance was given to the democracy. He was well known among the ])ioneer business men of Quincy and was very successful in the conduct of his mercantile interests. Moreover, he maintained a business place that always commanded respect and confidence and those who knew him esteemed him for his genuine worth, his ]olaee in the affections of his friends being indicated by the title which they gave him of "Uncle Jimmy " Mrs. Inghram owns a nice residence at No. 223 North Eighth street, which has been occupied by herself and husband for thirty years.

Charles Dewey Center. M. D.

Dr. ('harlcs Dewey Center, pliysieiaii and surgeon of (Quincy, whose writings are consitlered a valuable contribution to medical literature, was born in Ottawa, Illinois, in 1869. His father. Dorr Center, was born in Washington county, New York, and is now living in Ottawa at the age of sixty-seven years. F(n' a long period he carried on general farming and stock-raising and was very successful, so that he is now the possessor of a handsome competence. lie has long been an active worker in the INIethodist Episcopal church, interested in all that pertains to the moral development of the race, and his efforts have not been without result in his communitv.

Li his political views he is a republican and has served as supervisor and in other township offices. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Harriet Allen, was born in Wayne county, New Yt)rk, and is now sixty-five years of age. Dorr Center came to Hlinois in 1857, locating in Ottawa, but later he returned to New York state, where he was married in 1865. He then brought his bride to his new home in the west. She, too, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and they are people of the highest respectability. They have four children : (ienevieve, the wife of Stephen R. Wilson, a manufacturer of Chicago; Charles D. ; O. D.. a teacher in the State University at Champaign, Illinois: and Ralph A., who is engaged in the grain business in Grand Ridge, Illinois.

Dr Center attended the country schools of Fall River township. La Salle county, and afterwai-d continued his education in Knox College at (Jalesburg, Illinois. He began preparation for the jiractiee of medicine in the office and \xnder the direction of Dr. John S. Reyburn, at Ottawa, in 18110, and read medicine for a year. He then matriculated in Rush iledical College, Chicago, in 1891, and was graduated with the cla.ss of 189-t, being awarded the Freer prize for the best thesis. He began his professional service as company physician on the Geogebi range in Iron Belt, Wisconsin, where he remained for six months, and was afterward house surgeon in the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago for a year and a half, thus puttinu' to the practical test his theoretical knowledge in jirofessional service of a most varied and important character. In April, 1896, hecametoQuincy, where he has since followed his profession a.s a general practitioner, winning success as his skill has become recognized in the able handling of important ca.ses. Under the late James II. Etheredge, ^I. D., he fitted himself for specializing his in'actiee and gives particular attention to the surgical diseases of women and the diseases of children. He is a member of the staff of Blessing Hospital and also a lecturer in the Blessing Hosi)ital Training School for Nurses.

A close and discriminating student. Dr. Center carries his investigations and researches far and wide into the realms of scientific knowledge bearing upon his profession and he is the author of Ihe following monographs: Acute Hemorrhagic Encephalitis, Abdominal Pregnancy, History of ^I(>dicine, Malai'ia, Rational Treatment of Injui'ies by Fomentation, and Treatment of Cutaneous Diseases by X-Ray Therapy. He was one of the earliest investigators in this line to wai'ii the ]irofession against too great confidence in curing dis.'ases by the use of the X-ray. In the in-actiee ol' both medicine and surgery he has dis|ilayed siiperioi- slsill that entitles him to rank

Dr. C. D. Center

^vit!l the leading members of the profession in the west. He belongs to the American jMedieal Association, the Illinois State ]\Iedical Society and the Adams County IMedical Society, and has been section secretary, section chairman, and assistant secretary of the state organization.

In September, 1896, Dr. Center was married to ]\Iiss Edith Campbell, a daiighter of James and Rose (Buxton) Campbell, who was born on Prince Edward Island in 1869. Her father was a ship owner, having a fleet of merchant vessels. Dr. and ^Irs. Center have two children: Donald, born ilarch 17, 1898 ; and Archibald, born September 28, 1900. Mrs. Center is a member of the Episcopal church. The Doctor belongs to the ilasonic fraternity, to the Beta Theta Pi and the Phi Rho Sigma. His political views accord with the principles of the republican party, but he has neither time nor inclination for office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his professional duties, which con.scientiously and ably performed have won him an honorable jiosition in the ranks of the medical fraternity in Qnincy.

Hon. G. W. ilontgomery, who for a period of fort.y years has been engaged in the drug business in Clayton, has also been an influential factor in political circles and in his community, has aided largely in molding public thought and action. He dates his residence in Adams county from 1865. His birth occurred in Brooke county. West Vii-ginia, February 24, 1841. His father, Daniel ^Montgomery, was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, in 1805. and was a son of Humphrey ]\Iontgomer.y, who died when his son Daniel was only six years old. Humphrey ^Montgomery was of Irish descent, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of ^lary Litzenburg, was of German lineage and was related to General ]Morgan. who was killed in the battle of Bull Run.

Daniel Montgomery was reared in the Keystone state and from there removed to West Virginia, where he followed various piirsuits as a farmer, merchant and trader, doing business along the Ohio river for many years. Later he engaged in farming in Brooke county. West Virginia, spending his last days there. He served as justice of the peace for a long period and was always fair and impartial in his rulings. In West Virginia he married ]Miss Julia ^lahan, a daughter of William IMahan, who was a native of Baltimore and was of English lineage. He was a soldier of the war of 1812 and was present at the battle of Baltimore. In the family of Daniel and Julia (]\Iahan) Montgomery were five children, of whom three are still living : G. W., of this review, and James H. and Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, who are both residents of Brooke county. West Virginia. They visited our subject in the fall of 1904 and likewise attended the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, ^Missouri.

G. W. Montgomer.y was reared in the county of his nativity and acquired his education in the common schools. He came west in 1865, locating first at Clayton, Adams county, and for one winter engaged in teaching school. He spent the succeeding year and a half in clerking and in 1867 purchased a drug store, which lie has since conducted, carrying on a successful business. He erected a good brick business block and has a well equipped store, supplied with a fine line of drugs and similar merchandise. He receives from the public a liberal patronage, for throughout the years he has demonstrated his honorable business methods in his just and courteous treatment of his patrons. He has also dealt some in real estate and has bought and sold property in Wichita, Kansas, and in Kansas City. He has erected i-esidences in Claj'ton, which have greatly improved the town, and in 1879 he established the Clayton Bank, which he conducted as a private banking institution for ten years and then sold.

Politically Mr. ilontgomery is identified with the democratic part.y and his first presidential ballot was cast for George B. IMcClellan in 1864. He has taken quite an active part in politics, both local and state, and was elected and served for five terms as a member of the board of supervisors. He was a member of a number of important committees, and was chairman of the committee on the building and grounds of the court house and of the jioor farm. During his incumbency in that office improvements were made on the court house and the court room was decorated. In 1896 he was elected to the state legislature and as a member of the fortieth general assembly made for himself an honorable record, being connected with much progressive legislation. -He was a member of the committees on banking, education, fish and game, and was also on the committee to visit educational institutions. Through a long period he has been officially connected with the school board and has acted as its secretary for fifteen years. He has also served as chairman of the county democratic central committee.

In 187ll in Rushville, Illinois, Mr. Montgomery was married to ]Miss Laura A. Nance, a native of Kentucky, who was reared and educated in Illinois. To them was born one son, F. A. ^Montgomery. Jlrs. died November 16, 1896, and Mr. Montgomery was married in Browu county, Illinois, November 14, 1899, to Miss E. Florence Lonsr, who was born, reared and educated in tliis state. Mr. Montjjoniery belongs to the Masonic fraternit.v, holding membership with the blue lodge, chapter and commandery at Clayton. He has filled some of the chairs in the chapter and is past eminent commander of the commandery, having filled its highest office for four terms. He likewise belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has been honoi-ed with all of the offices in the local lodge and has also been representative to the grand lodge for four terms. He is a member of the encampment and has filled its offices. 'Sir. ^lontgomery possesses to a full measure many fine and ennobling qualities and his integrity and strength of purpose should serve to prove the value of character in the active affairs of life. He has been found reliable in business and citizenship. He is broad in his views and liberal in his .iudgments, strong in his convictions and earnest in hi.s beliefs, self-wdlled but not obstinate, a strong character, whose life record will bear the closest investigation without suffering criticism. Such men leave a lasting impress for good and the spirit of their lives cannot fail to exercise a benefieial influence on the youth of succeeding generations.

Rev. Ceoroe Kidder

Rev. George Kidder, now deceased, was for many years an active factor in the moral development of Adams county and his memory is yet cherished by those who knew him. Tie was born July 1, ISifi, in Kennebec county, Elaine, and died July 2."'>, liMH, near Plainvillc at tli.' venerable age of ('iulit>'-live years. His i).iternal grandfather was a Ri'volutioiiary soldier who aided the colonies throughdut thr entire struggle for independence and was never wound<'d nor captured. Ilis mafei'iial grandfather \v,-is one of Washington's bodvguards and was with that great commander from tin- beuinninu' to the I'ud of the war. The Kidder family now have in their possession an interesting relic in the sha]ie of an old knee buckle that fielonged to William Ensign, the brother of the maternal grandmother. It has been in the family for one hundi-ed and thirty years and is much ]irized by them.

George Kidder ae(|uired his education in tlie common schools of ifaine and was i-eared upnn the home farm. Tie was the fifth in ordei' of birth in a family of twelve children, of whom one is yet living, John, who residi's at Stillwater, Maine. He is a briclda\-er an<l plasferei' and has

In 1889 Rev. Kidder came to Adams county, Illinois, and for a year remained in Fall Creek fownshi]) with his relative, Charles Stratton. He then took up his abode on what is probably now the Joui'ney farm, and there he remained for a time. It was while there that he was married to Miss Mary Hull, who died after tw'o years, leaving a son, Lewis Kidder, who is a resident of Pittsburg, Kansas. In 1845 Mr. Kidder was again married, his second union being with Martha E. Bushnell, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ensign) Bnshnell. She was born in Ashtabula county, Ohio, June 2, 1822, and died Feb- I'uary 16, 1901. She came to Fulton county, Illinois, with her parents when only four years old, and about 1832 was brought to Adams county, the family settling on the Plainville road about two miles south of the village. There Mi'S. Kidder lived for more than sixty-eight years. She -was converted at the old Pike county camp meeting house and joined Akers Chapel ^lethodist Episcopal church, of which she was a member for sixty-one years. After the death of Mr. Bushnell his land was inherited by Rev. and Mrs. Kidder, and he added to his property from time to time until, at his death, his landed possessions aggregated two hundi'ed and ninety-two acres, now owned by his children.

In the family of Mr. Kidder were ten children: Lewi.s, a merchant of I'ittsbui'g, Kansas, mari'ied Matilda ]\Ioore and they have two children : George, who is married ; and Charley, at home. Mary, the second member of the Kidder family, is the wife of Rev. John Smiley, a member of the ^lissouri conference of the Methodist Episcopal chui'ch, and their children are: flattie, Frank and Paul, all at home. John Kiddi'r married Addie Mathers, and has a general store in Monica. Illinois, and a farm of six hundred and forty acres in Peoria county. He has two sons: Thomas, who executes orders for Donnelly & Company on the Chicago Board of Trade : and Franklin, who is in a store at home. Helen Kidder died at the age of three years. Watson died at the age nf eleven months. Almira is living on the homi- fai-m. Caroline died at the age of one and a half years. Sarah become the wife of p]mery Lease and died September 12, 1893, at the age of thirty-six years, leaving five chilili'cn, four of whom have made their home on the old homestead farm since with their aunts. Oscar died at the age of (me year. Carrie is living on the old homestead.

Rev. Kidder began the active work of the gosjiel in 1845, in which year he was licensed to preach, continuing his work until disqualified bv age and infirmitv. He was a man of fair edu- cation, possessins' a natural taste for litci-ature, and he was a thorouuh Bil)le student. He assisted with his own hands in the buildini;- of Akers Chapel, the oldest church in that part of the coiinty. His devotion to the work of the chnrch never faltered and his preaching and labors led many to the cause of Christ. His ])olitieal allegiance was given to the democratic ])ai-ty early in life and later he supported the i-epuhlican party and then again became a democrat. His labors, with their ever widening circle of intiueuce. are yet a factor for good in the c(mimunity, and the memory of Rev. Kidder remains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him.

Dr. Joseph Futter Durant, whose bi-oad humanitarian spirit, as well as his professional skill, was many times manife.st when he was engaged in the active practice of medicine and surgery, is now living retired at his pleasant home in (juincy. He was born in Columbia, .Maury county. Tennessee, November 28, 1831, a, son of Thomas and Sarah (Cowden) Dui-ant. THs ancestors came from England to America but were of French Huguenot extraction. The founding of the family in New England dates back to 1640 and since that time representatives of the name have resided in the northeastern section of the country although the grandfather of Dr. Durant was among the emigrants from that state. He was a cabinet-maker by trade and after his removal to Tennessee he purchased one thousand acres of land and engaged in agricultural pursuits, in connection with tlic conduct of a cabinet-making shop.

Thomas Durant, born in 1793. was maiTied in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, to Miss Sarah Cowden and when about twenty-two year.s of age removed from that state. It was in 1835 that he came to Illinois, .settling first at Carrollton, ( Jreene county, whei-e he lived for two years, and then came to Adams county in 1837. ITer(> he |)urchased land and began farming, continuing the cultivation of the soil there until 1848, when he sold the property'. Losing his first wife, he afterward returned to Tennessee, where he again married. He then returned to Hancock county, this state, and was engaged in the real-estate business in Cartha<re. He traveled for the firm with which he was connected throughout the .southern states, and maintained that business a.ssociation for about eight years, when he retired to private life. He died about 1879 at the age of eighty-six years. In his family were seven children, of whom three died in infancv.

Dr. Joseph F. Durant acc^uired his education in the conunon schools of Columbus, Illinois, and when twenty-one years of age he began preparation for the practice of medicine by entering upon a course of study in the Eclectic Institute, at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 18.54, when twenty-two years of age. He then went to Blandinsville, ilcDonough county, Illinois, where he engaged in practice from June, 1853, until April, 1875, when he came to (^uincy. Here he erected a fine house at No. 319 Elm street and has since lived retired, enjoying a richly merited re.st.

At the time of the Civil war Dr. Durant assisted in raising the Eleventh Cavalry Regiment of Illinois, but owing to unforeseen circumstances, he could not take part in active service. He did much for his country at home, however, by freely giving his professional services to the families of soldiers. He was always most helpful as a practitioner, responding as quickly to the call of the poor as to the rich, and many have reason to bless him for his timely assistance. He was a capable physician and was honored with the presidency of the ]\IcDonough County Jledical Society, acting in that capacity up to the time of his removal to Quiney. when he resigned.

On the loth of January, 1856, Dr. Durant was married to I\Iiss Ottilia Maertz, of Quiney. daughter of Charles JIaertz. Her father died in 1893, at the age of eighty-six years, and her mother's death occurred in 1903, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Dr. and ^Irs. Durant became the parents of nine children, of whom two died in infancy. Carrie L. and Charles Thomas, while (ieorgia died in Quiney. in 1877, at the age of eighteen years, and Ennnett H., at the age of three years. The living are as follows: Edward, born in 1864, is now engaged in the ice business in Blair, Nebraska : Augustus, born in 1870, and now a traveling salesman for Charles Oehlun & Company, dealers in dental supplies of Quiney. married Jliss ^linnie blotter, of Lagrange. Missoui-i. and has two children ; Nellie Ottilia, born in 1868. is a kindergarten teacher of St. Louis; Bi'ssie. living at home, was for four years a student in and then graduated from the Art In.stitute of Chicago, after which she taught there and now she is conducting a studio and is engaged in teaching in Quiney, having gained an enviable reputation because of her artistic talents: Carl, born in 1878. is engaged in railroading.

the chapter at Macomb and is now affiliated with Qiiincy Lodge, No. 296, A. F. & A. .M. lie is likewise au honorary member of the Adams County Medical Society, and in his political views is a republican. His life has been of signal usefulness to his fellowmen, and wherever he has lived he has commanded the confidence and good will of all by reason of his personal attributi's as well as professional skill.

Jeremiah A. Felt

Jei-emiah A. Felt, the oldest resident of Melrose township, having reached the eighty-eighth milestone on life's journey, and one of the honored and valued pioneers of Adams county, was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, ]\Iay 2, 1817, his parents being Peter and Mary (Fletcher) Felt. The father was born at Temple, New ITami)sliire, December 1, 1874. and was descended from an old New England family. After arriving at years of nuiturity he wedded ^liss Mary Fletcher, who was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, August 21, 1785, and was a daughter of Ebenezer Fletclier, who did valiant service for his country in the Revolutionary war. Peter Felt became a farmer and merchant of the old Granite state and resided tliere until 1830. when he came with his family to the west. He traveled first to Troy, New Ifork, thence by the Erie canal to Buffalo, overland to the Ohio river and then by boat to Quincy. The party consisted of the father, mother and children : Albert, Adeline, Jeremiah A., inid Charlie Edward. They landed at Quincy in June. 1830, and that year the father built thi> first frauu:' liouse in the city at what is now the corner of P^oui'th and iMaine streets. They resided in Quincy for two years and Mr. Felt Hien |)urchased one hundred and sixty aei'es of land about a mile from the present farm of Jeremiah A. Felt, while his son Albert purchased a quarter section of land ad.ioining the father's one lumdred and sixty acres. Petei- Felt continued to cultivate that farm foi- ten years, after which he sold his property and returned to Quincy, where he died in 186(i at the advanced age of eighty-two years.

Jeremiah A. Felt attended school in New Hampshire and also in Qiiincv and for n period of ten years during his youth he resided upon his father's farm. He then removed to a farm owned by his father in Warren county. Illinois, where he continued to make his lioiiie for seven years. He married ]\Iiss Adriana Leach, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 8. 1819. and died August 27, 1896. They traveled life's journey together for a long period.

sharing with each other its joys and sorrows, its adversity and prosperity. Eleven children came to bless their union of whom six are yet living, namely: Mary, who is the wife of William Perkins of Melrose township ; Ella, the wife of Ira Coe, also of IMelrose township-, William and Charles, who are residents of Missouri ; George of Michigan, and Adriana at home. The oldest son of the family, Peter Felt, enlisted in defense of his counti-y during the Civil war, becoming a member of the Seventy-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Quincy. He was wounded at Chattanooga, Tennessee, laid on the battlefield all night and the next morning was taken prisoner by the rebels and died while still in the army.

A few A'ears after his marriage Jeremiah A. Felt purchased his present -farm, comprising the west half of the southeast quarter of section 18, Melrose township. He continued to engage actively in its improvement and cultivation until 1891, since which time he has lived a refired life, renting his land. He is to-day the oldest resident of ]\lelrose township, having reached the age of eighty-eight years. Looking back over the past he has little to regret for his has been an honorable and useftd career. In politics he has lonu' been an earnest republican. He cast his first ^(residential ballot for General William Henry Harrison and upon the organization of tlie republican party he joined its ranks and has voted for each nominee at the head of the ticket to the present time, including flie chief executive of the nation at the time of this writing. For thirty years he was a school director and has been school trustee and commissioner of highways. He lives a quiet life at the old home, his daughter Adriana acting as his liousekeeper. He is well preserved for a man of his years and he receives the respect and veneration which should ever be accorded those who have traveled far on life's journey and who have always followed honorable, manly principles.

Honored as an educator from whose wise and capable teaching for a genei-ation some fifteen thousand students have received the benefit of applied knowledge and invaluable inspiration : distinguished as an author of valued and popular text-books of wide fame: admired for his varied l(>aruing and ripe scholarshi]> and eorilially esteeiiii'd for his high characfei- and excellent personal (jualities - such nuist be an

Professor McKenna is a native of Prince Edward county, Ontario, where he was born April 18, 1844. He received his preliminary education in the grammar school at Stirling, Ontario, took a course in the Illinois State Normal TTniversity, at Normal. Illinois, and was graduated with high honors at the German and English College, at Quincy, in June, 1871. Six years later he received the degree of Master of Arts from Johnson College, the successor to the German and Engli.sh College, and in 1891 tlie degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred ujion him by Chaddoek College.

Dr. McKenna began his work as an educator in the Gem City Business College in 1874, that institution then being conducted by Howe & Musselman. Professor ^IcKenna's position was that of head of the department of mathematics and law, which he conducted with uninterrupted success for more than twenty years or until August, 1897.

The text-books of which Dr. JIcKenna is the author include: "Practical Business Arithmetic," first published in 1889, which has gone through numerous editions and is in general use in business colleges and high schools ; ' ' Principles of Commercial Law," published in 1893, a distinct favorite in commercial colleges and normal schools; a "Manual for Business Letter Writing," a standard authority among business men and much used in normal schools: "Ideal Arithmetic," a most valuable work sold from Elaine to California, and one of his latest books is "Correct English and Its Essentials," a work that should be in every home.

In the National Business College of which Professor ]MeKenna is the honored head, he teaches commercial arithmetic, commercial law and letter-writing, and the unfailing success of his excellent work and his wide reputation are notable factors in the high standard and constantly increasing prosperity of that fine institTition of practical learning which has such an attraction for students from all ]iarts of the nation.

David Bolt

David Bolt, who has passed the seventy-fifth mile-stone on life's journey, was born December 17, 1829, his parents being David and Mary (Funk) Bolt, natives of Crawford county, Pennsylvania. The subject of this review was also born in the Keystone state and with his parents came to Adams county, Illinois, in 1844. They made their way westward down the Ohio and up the i\Iississippi rivers to Quincy and soon afterward removed to Bloomfleld, Illinois, which was the place of abode of the family for six years. They then located in Hancock county, Illinois, where they renuiined until 1859, and on the expiration of that period the.y settled near Lima in Adams county. The father was a blacksmith by trade and followed that occupation until he retired from active business life. His death occurred at Lima in 1869, and his wife died in AVichita, Kansas, in 1893.

In their family wei'e the following children, namely : Jacob, born in 1822, married Elizabeth McNutt. Jane, born in 1824, married Alexander Clark, who died in 1899, and her death occurred in 1901. William, born in 1826, died about 1849. John, born in 1828, married Flora Hughes, who died in 1904, and his death occurred in 1892. David is the next in order of birth. Joseph, born in 1831, married Lucy Ames and died in 1905. Ann, born in 1833, married Lewis Selby, who died in 1905, and her death occurred about 1876. Eliza, born in 1835, married George Fletcher and died in 1872. Emma, born in 1837, married Livingston Dennis. Bennett, born in 1840, married Laura Ames. Columbus, born in 1842, was killed in battle in 1863 during the Civil war. Jefferson, born in 1845, married Marv Archer, who died in 1904.

David Bolt is indebted to the public-school system of Pennsylvania for the early educational privileges he enjoyed. He afterward worked upon the home farm imtil the time of his marriage, removing at that time from Hancock to Adams county, locating one mile west of Lima, where he purchased a farm. For many years he remained thereon, it being liis home continuously until 1895. witli exception of a brief period of fourteen months that was spent by him and his wife in Bozeman, Montana, where they were visiting. In 1899 they went to Kansas but after a year returned to Adams county. Settling in Lima, Mr. Bolt has since made his home in this coxuity and is now enjoying a well earned rest. For many years he was an active, energetic and practical farmer, working earnestly year after year in order to provide for his family and acquire a competence for his declining days. He gained the success that is the reward of honest, untiring effort and is now the owner of a valuble farm of t^vo hundred and eighty acres, which he rents to his children, and the income from which supplies him with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.

(EUett) Howes. Her father, wlio was born iu 1818, came from Kentucky to Illinois. His wife was killed by lightning during the infancy of JMrs. Bolt, and Mr. Howes afterward removed to Adams couut,v, where he spent his remaining days, passing away at the home of his granddaughter, February 24, 1901. He was married a second time, the children of his first union being Mrs. Bolt and James, who was boi-n in 1842 and died in infancy.

Unto ]Mr. and Mrs. Bolt were boi-n six children, namely: John W., who was born October 5. 1860, married Carrie Jacobs and resides west of Lima. Mary E., born February 14. 1863, married Henry B. Kendrick, who died February 26, 1902, leaving two children who reside with her parents. Effle A., horn March 14, 1870, is the wife of Edward Jacobs and resides in Adams county. Virgil A., born December 18, 1874. married Edna Hiuiter and lives west of Lima. Harry IL. born October 29, 1876, is a practicing physician of Independence, Kansas. Neva A., born April 18, 1884, is at home.

Mr. Bolt owns a fine residence in Lima, which, in connection with his other property, stands as a monument to his enterprise and labor of former years. In politics he is a republican, always giving a stalwart support to the party, yet never seeking office. Both he and his wife arc iiii']iibei-s of the Methodist Episcopal church (if Lima. He came to this county more than sixt.v years ago and has been an interested wntness in what has been accomplished as the work of improvement and iipbuilding has been carried steadily forward. He may well be numbered among the jiioneer settlers and also among the most respecti'd ritizcns. foi- those who know him speak of him only in terms of commendation.

George Bond, deceased, numbered among the pioneer settlers of (^uincy, foi' many years occupied a place among the leading business men of this city, and his life of determination, of enter- ])rise and strong and honoralili' i)urpose gained him the unqualified i-egard of his fellowmen. He tiKilc u|) his abode here in 1835, when Quincy was a small town. He was born near Boston, iMassachusetts, September 6, 1814. His parents always lived in the east, mostly in ^rassachusetts.

]Mr. Bond acquired a gdud edneation in the schools of his native edunty and i-emained with his parents until twenty-one years of age, when, in 1835, he eam(> to the west in company with two friends. Captain Pease and General Jlorgan, who were also well known in Quinc.v, as both became [)rominent business men h<'re. They left

[Massachusetts in 1835 and journeyed toward the middle states, establishing their home in Quincy. IMr. Bond renaained for only a short time and then decided to return to Massachusetts, and told the peojile in the east of the new country here and its jiossibilities. He made the return trip on horseback, thus covering a distance of twelve hundred miles. He came again, however, to Quincy, and here he formed a partnership with ]\rr. Perkins, and they engaged in the dairy business for a short time. Mi'. Bond then entered into i)artnership with his old friend. General ilorgan. under the firm iiami' of Bond, ^Morgan & Company, and they established a grocery and confectionery store, conducting this with success until 1842, when the firm dissolved partnership and ^Ir. Bond embarked in the pork packing business, becoming a partner of C. ^l. l^omeroy and General Morgan under the firm name of C. I\I. Pomeroy & Company. They were engaged in the pork packing business in Quincy for more than twenty-four years, shipping their meats to all parts of the eountry.

During this time, about 18G7, iMr. Bond, believing that a large profit might accrue from the packing of ice, made arrangements to engage in that business. As he had an uncle in Massachusetts who was an old experienced man in that line, Mr. Bond sent for him to come to Quinc.v and assist him in an ice packing enterprise. Our sub.ject thus became the first representative of this line of business in Quincy and continued therein for several years, finding it a profitable source of income. He was a man of resourceful business abilit.v, sound .judgment and keen discernment. He became one of the stockholders in the First National Bank of Quinc.v and was also associated with railroad building as one of the organizers and a director of the Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Eailroad Company. After being associated therewith for some years, he retired, and for three .vears prior to his death was in poor health and engaged in no business enterprises.

On the 15th of March, 1841, Mr. Bond was married to ^liss Elizabeth ^F. Collier, of Quincy, who died in this cit.v on the 5th of September, 1847. They were the parents of three children : Hannah C. and ]\Tary C., who are deceased; and George, who was killed while serving his countrv in the Civil war, August 24, 1864. Mr. Bond again married May 6, 1849, in Warsaw, Illinois, Miss Catherine Kimball, a native of New Hampshire, born Pebruarv 5, 1820, and a daughter of James Kimball, a farmer of the old Granite state, who came to the west, settling on a farm near Warsaw, Illinois. There he engaged in the tilling of the soil for several years, after which he joined the ^lormons and went to Salt Lake Citv, Utah, where both he and his wife resided until called to their final home. By the second marriage of Mr. Bond there were also three children : Catherine IT., who was born January 31, 1851, and is the wife of William C. Powers, their home being at No. 805 North Fifth street : James K., who was boi'n November 25, 1852. and died at the age of nine months: and John B. K., who was born November 18, 185-1, and was also engaged in the ice business in Quincy for several years, but is now living retired. Tie resides with his aged mother, caring fm- licr and managing their property interests.