Quincy Township (part 37 of 74)

Rev. William Schlinkmann

Rev. William Schlinkmann, pastor of St. Peter's Evangelicl English Lutheran church at Quiney, was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1858, and has been a resident of America since 1879. His early education was acquired in his native countrj', and when about twenty-one years of age, thinking that he might enjoy better opportunities in the new world, he crossed the Atlantic and made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, where he secured employment as a draughtsman and bookkeeper with a inillwi-ight finn. He contini;ed in that employ for a year, and then, having determined to devote his life to the work of the ministry he entered the ^lissouri Evangelical Seminary, located near ilarthasville, Missonri. He devoted three years to preparation for the ministry and was graduated in 1883, being ordained on the 1st of July of the same year, at St. Charles, ^Missouri.

His first field of labor was at Fort IMadison, Iowa, where he was pastor of St. John's Evangelical church for four years and four months. In 1887 he came to Quiney, and entered upon the work as pastor of St. Peter's P^vangelieal Lutheran church, located at York and Ninth streets. Here he has since remained, giving his undivided attention to the Tijibuilding of the church and the promotion of its work along varioxis lines. This church was founded in 1857, by the Rev. Quehl, who remained as pastor for two and a half years. The ehureli was located at X". 11 Vermont street, and the services were held in both English and German. Later Rev. Simon Liese became ])astor. taking charge in March, 1860. and continuing as pastor until 1885. The present house of worshiji was erected in 1875, during his pastorate, and as the result of his untiring efforts for that end. lU' was also instrumental in securing the building of the parochial school at No. 318 South Ninth street. In 1885 Rev. George Eisele became pastor and so continued until his death, which occurred November 8, 1886. He was succeeded by Rev. William Schlinkmnnn. who took charge in November, 1887. The membership represents one hundred and twenty families and altogether includes between live and six lunidred ])eople. There is an attendance of tifty-seven jnipils at the school and the vai-i(ms branches of the church work are in flourishiuL!- condition. The church property is valued at twenty thdusaud dollars and is free from debt, all financial encumbrance having been removed during ttie pastorate of Rev Schlinkmann. During his jiastorate a fine brick parsonage has aiso been erected With imtiring zeal ]\Ir. Schlinkmann labors for llie develoiiment of the church and the extension of its iuHuence, and lie has 111" love and conlidencc of his people whom he has sei-ved fm- eigliteen years, enjoying as well the esteem nf tlmse wIkiui he has met outside the churcli.

Rev. Schlinkmann was married (October '23, 1883, to Miss Sophia Wehner. a daughter of Henry Wehner, of Westphalia, Germany, the marriage being celebrated in St. Charles, ]\Iissouri. Ten children have been born of this miion, of whom two died in infancy, the others being: Fred, who is studying for the ministry at Eden Colli'ge, in St. Louis, Missouri; Mary, at home; William, who is studving for the ministry in Elmhurst College, in Du Page county, Illinois; Reinhard, a student in the Franklin school ; Adele and John, who are in school ; and Theodoiv and Daniel at home. It mu.st be gratifying to the parents that their two eldest sons have announced their intention of becoming ministers of the gospel and thus carry forward the work of the father. The influence of the family has been a most potent one for good in the comnuniity where they reside, and under the guidance of Rev. Schlinkmann the church has made substantial progress, growing in healthful manner along many lines that have been a permeating influence in the reclamation of the world to righteousness.

St. Francis Solanus College

St. Francis Solanus College is one of the oldest l>rivate educational institutions of Quiney, having been founded in 1859 and opened in 1860, while in 1873 it was chartered. The school was first conducted on IMaine street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, but in 1860 was removed to No. 1800 Vine street. At that time a church and monastery were founded by the Franciscan Fathers of the German Province of the Holy Cross. The educational institution was first conducted as a conniion and high school and for a short time was taught in the monastery. In the meantime an orphan asylum was biiilt and was used as a school building iintil 186-1 or 1865. In the latter year a school building was erected next to the church, used both for- pai'oehial and high school purposes. In 1870 it was decided to open a boarding college and this was completed in September. 1871, what i.s now known as the eastern wing being used for college purposes. The woi'k of constructing the present building was begun in 1894. fii-st adding an annex to the east of the original buildinsi-. In 1895 the west wing was erected and in 1898 the center portion of the structure, thus ccmnecting both ends ; the entire building covering at present three hundred and fifty feet by a depth of one hundred and sixty feet, and containing four stories and a basement.

The organizers of the school came from Germany in 1859 and built the church and founded the school. The Vei-y Rev. P. Anselm Mueller, O. F. M., came fi-(im Germany in 1862 and the following \-ear took charge of the college, continuing at its head until January, 1893. 'I'lien after an interval of nine years, he returiu'd to the school in January, 1902, and has since r(^inained in charge. All of the additions to the college Imilding were made by Rev. Father Nicholas Leonai'd. who in 1901. was accidentally injured at Omaha, Nebraska, and died in St. Lonis, Missouri, in 1903. There are now twelve fathers connected with the college, three secular teachers and one assistant runsic teacher and there is an average attendance of two hundred pupils. Boys are not admitted under ten years of age. The purpose of the school is to give Catholic training to the young in addition to which the boys are educated for commercial or higher pursuits. The school is splendidly equipped, in fact is a model in many particulars, special attention being given to lighting and heating the building and to its sanitary conditions. The course of instruction is thorough and in addition to the common branches and scientific studies, instruction is given in various branches of music. The school has done most creditable work for the intellectual and moral development of its pupils and has been a strengthening influence to the chui'ch.

Walter Albert Bixbt

Walter Albei't Bixby, general manager of the Quiney Gas & Electric Company, was born in Ii'onton, Ohio, April 28, 1861. It is definitely known that the Bixby family is of Danish origin, but the more immediate ancestors lived in England, being residents of Bixford, Suffolk county. There they mingled with the English until the Danish element in the blood and also in the characteristics of the family was almost lost. The progenitor of the family in America was Joseph Bixby, who came from England to the new world iia 1636 and settled in Ispwich, Massachusetts, in leiT, while in 1660 he became a resident of what is now Bixford, that state. The Bixbys were remarkable for their piety and patriotism. The early members of the family had to stjniggle with the Indians for the possession of the forests and there were many difficult circumstances attendant upon the establishment of their homes in pioneer districts. It is a well known fact that not one criminal has ever been found in any one branch of the family and the name has ever been an untarnished one. There were ten commissioned officers in the late war from New England alone and many ])rivate soldiers who belonged to this family. The eighth son of Josei>h Bixby was Benjamin Bixby, who in turn was the father of Sanuiel Bixby, born in Hopsfteld, Massachusetts, January 2, 1689. The next in the line of descent was Solomon Bixby, also a native of Massachusetts and he was the father of Joel Bixby, who was born November 15. 1768, at Barr, Massachusetts, and died May 13, 1820, at Worcester, ilassachusetts. The line of de.seent to our .subject is traced down through Rnfus Bixby, who was born April 3, 1798, at Worcester, Massachusetts, and was married December 13, 1821, to Lucy Smith. He removed to Columbus, Ohio, and died October 2, 1865, while his wife died in that city July 28, 1835. They were the grandparents of Walter Albert Bixby. The parents Avere Edwin and Elizabeth (Wilson) Bixby. The father was born at St. Albans, Vermont, Julj' 11, 1829, and was married November 22, 1855. He left Vermont when a boy and removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he learnecl the trade of a silversmith at a time when silver spoons and other table utensils were hammered out. He continued to work at his trade for some time and in 1854 removed to Ironton. Ohio, where he opened up a business of his own in the jewelry trade.

Walter Albert Bixby was a student in the public schools of his native town and completed the high school course by graduation in 1878, when seventeen years of age. He entered upon his business career as a bookkeeper in connection Avith the pig iron furnace and was thus employed for five years. In 1883 he removed to Nebraska City, Nebraska, where he accepted the position of superintendent of the gas plant, but remained there for only three months, when on the 1st of July, 1883, he went to Galena, Illinois, as superintendent of the gas works there. In 1889 he removed to Little Rock. Arkansas, to accept the management of the water works and two years later he went to Wichita, Kansas, acting as manager of the water works there for two years. Fi-om 1S93 until 1894 he was manager of the gas works at Sherman, Texas, and in 1894 he removed to Lorain, Ohio, becoming siaperintendent of construction of the water department of the Johnson Comi^any rail mills, acting in that capacity iintil 1896. He next removed to Champaign, Illinois, where he served as superintendent of the gas company until 1900, when he went to Decatur as general manager of the Decatur Gas & Electric Company. On the 1st of January, 1904, he arrived in Quiney to accept the management for the gas and electric company of this city and is now occupying that responsible position.

Mr. Bixby is a member of the Masonic fraternity and also belongs to the lodge of Elks at Quiney. In his political views he is independent. He was married October 8, 1885. to Miss Eliza (LeCompte"^ Holmes at Galena, Illinois, a daughter of Daniel A. Holmes, who was a dry goods merchant and died in 1903. 'Sir. and Mrs. Bixby are the parents of two children : Isabella, who was born in Galena, Illinois. October 27, 1888, and is now a student in the high school of Quiney; and Walter Edwin, born August 20, 1896, and now attending the public schools. I\Ir.

Bixhy is a nienihcf of the Presbytei-ian cluircli, while his wife belougs to the Episcoxial church, and although their residence in Quiney has been of short duration tliey have already gained a number of warm friends.

Andrew Wetzel

Andrew Wetzel, whose birth occui'red in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Septeml:>er 23, 1831, was the second son of William and P]lizabeth Wetzel. The father, a native ot iircnicn, Germany, came to America in 1829 and located in Fredericksburg, while later he removed to Wheeling, West Virginia. Andrew Wetzel left the parental home at the age of twelve years and became a cabin boy on one of the packets then mmning on the Ohio river. Later he held the positions of steward and clerk on the boats running between St. Louis and New Orleans and also between St. Louis and Keokuk, aiul upon his retirement from the river in 1856 he went to Kankakee, Illinois, where he formed a partnership with Captain Stiles and entered the grocery business, remaining in Kankakee until 1861, when he came to Quiney and entered into partnership with John Wliitbread, Jr., his brother-in-law. They conducted a wholesale and retail grocery business on Hampshire sti-eet, between Fifth and Sixth streets, the former propei'ty of John Whitbread, Sr., who died in ISfil. Later Andrew Wetzel purchased the interest of his partner and removed the store to Hampshire street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, in the rooms under the Occidental Hotel, where he conducted a wholesale and retail business until 1873, when he sold out to William Osborn and removed to North Thirtieth street. After living there for two years, he returned to the city and was tirst in the store of B. L. Ayers and later of John Putnam. In 1880 he again went into business for himself, but on account of ill health, caused by a sunstroke, was obliged to retire in 188;"). His death occuri-ed December 8, 1894, and the eonnnmiity mourned the lo.ss of one whom it had respected as a business man and citizen.

At the Boatman 's church in St. Louis Andrew Wetzel was married, September 10, 1853, to Miss Lucy J. Whitbread, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Whitliread, natives of London, p]ngland. Mrs. Wetzel was born in that city, IMareh 9, 1835, and was brought to America by her parents in 1840 on a .sailing vessel, which was six weeks in cro.ssing the ocean. They located in New York, but a year later removed to Quiney, Illinois, where Mrs. Wetzel has since made her home, with the exception of the jx'riod from the time of her marriage in 185.3 until 1861. She is now living at No. 807 State street with her son Charles. Her father built one of the first brick houses of Quiney, in the year 1844, and it is still standing - a three-story building on the north side of Oak, between Fourth and Fifth streets, which at the time of its erection stood at the edge of the forest. Mrs. Wetzel has been a life-long member of the Episcopal church, having l)een baptized in her infancy in St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and confirmed in St. John Cathedral in Quiney in 1861.

Ten children were born unto Mv. and ^Irs. Wetzel, of whom four are living : Lucy, born November 5, 1856, in St. Louis, was married in Quiney in 1880 to Alfred N. Berry, M'ho is now city agent for the Monon Railroad at Frankfort, Indiana. Kate H., born November 11. 1863, in Quiney, was married in 18S6 to Clarence L. Bybee, who was killed in the railroad yards here November 13, 1903, after twenty-six years' service Math the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad Company. George B. Wetzel, born July 18, 1872, married Sarah Ilai-dman at Cameron, IMissouri, September 10, 1890, and now lives at Kansas City, ilissouri. He has been in the employ of the Adams Express Company for the past sixteen years as express messenger, running from St. Louis to Kansas City.

Charles E. Wetzel, the youngest membei- of the family, attended the public schools in Quiney until twelve years of age, and the following year attended the public schools at Cameron, Missouri. Returning to Quiney, he began working in the Dayton Tablet Factory and, after a year, was employed in the office of Taylor Brothers, flour manufacturers, with whom he remained for four months as office boy. He next attended the Gem City Business College for seven numths and at the same time was working for the Journal Printing Company as carrier. When fifteen years of age he entered the employ of Harrop & Hackman, druggists, at Fifth and Cherry streets, continuing in that service until twenty years of age, when he became a student in the Indiana School of Pharmacy at Valparaiso, being graduated there with the class of 1896. He then returned to Quiney and entei'ed the employ of P. II. Breer, at Eighth and Jefferson streets, remaining with that house until the death of the proprietor, when he entered the store of Byerly & Tubbesing, at 236 North Fifth street, continuing there as an employe from March 1, 1897, to May 10, 1900, when he purchased the drug stock of F. H. Tubbesing & Company, who were then projirietors. He has since been proprietor of the Courthouse Pharmacy and is now conducting a profitable business, having a well appointed store, favorably sittuded in the biisiness district, and enjoyintr a liberal ]iatronage. Mr. Wetzel is a member of St. John's Cathedral (Episcopal) church and was a member of its choii- between the ages of seven and fourteen years. In politics he is a republican, and he manifests a, public-spirited intei-est in the welfare and improvement of the city, whether it be along material, political or moral lines.

William K. Abbott, engaged in the manufacture of bi'ick in Quiucy and filling the position of alderman, in which capacity he has given tangible proof of his public-spirited citizenship and devotion to the general improvement and substantial upbuilding of the city, was born near London, Ontario, Canada, February 21, 1860. His father, William H. Abbott, emigrated from Barnstable. Devonshire, England, to America ^\-hen about twenty-five years of age but his grandfather, William Abbott, spent his entire life in England. The father first located in New York but af tenvard went to New Jersey, where he was married to iliss Annie Kennedy, who was born in Ireland, near Belfast, of Seotch-English- Irish parentage, and came to this country when nineteen years of age. In 1S60 they went to Canada, where William K. Abbott was born. The father had been associated with his father in wool carding business in England and in America he followed various pursuits, including the trade of bricklaying. He continued in Canada for about three years and then went to Buffalo, New York, where he remained for a short time. Subsequently he settled in Quincy, establishing his home in this city in the fall of 1864. Here he worked at the bricklayer's trade for .several years and then turned his attention to farming and fruit-raising, being thus engaged until 1888, when he returned to England, where he spent two or three years. He again came to the United States in 1891 and lived retired, making his home with his children. He was the father of ten children, of whom seven are yet living, two being residents of Adams county and the others of St. Louis. Jlissouri, with the exception of one daughter, who makes her home in Tiskilwa, Illinois. William II. Abbott is deceased, and his widow now resides in St. Louis with her clilrst daughter.

William K. Abbott, whose name introduces this record, was a public school student in Quincy, having been brought to this city when only four years of age. He also attended a parochial school on Eighth and Maine streets and when but fourteen years of age he put aside his text-books and entered the field of business activity. He worked with his father on a farm.

where he remained for several years and about 1877 he returned to Quincy, where he secured a ]>osition in the Comstock-Cassel foundry. There he learned the nickel-])lating business and was employed in that way for several years. Later he secured a position in the grocery house of C. R. Oliver, where he was employed for two years, after which he was taken ill and returned to the farm in order to recuperate his health. In 1891 he once more located in Quincy and entered the brick business in connection with Carl I'rante, whose daughter he married the same year and with whom he was associated for two years, after which he engaged in farming alone for three years. On the expiration of that period he accepted a position as .stationary engineer and in 1899 he bought out Gerhard Sanders, proprietor of the brickyard, and organized the firm of Ilmnmert & Abbott. The yard was originally opened by Carl Prante in 1872 and building, sidewalk and hand made brick are manufactured. Employment is furnished throughout the year to ten or twelve men and at times sixteen employes are required to meet the demand for the output. Mr. Abbott is now in control of a profitable business, which is steadily growing and his career is a successful one, for which he deserves miich credit, as he started out in life empty-handed and has gradually worked his way upward through persistent purpose, close application and straightforward dealing.

On the 18th day of April, 1891, Mi'. Abbott was united in marriage to Miss Ida Augusta Prante, a daughter of Carl Prante, one of the early brick manufacturers of Quincy, having engaged in the business here for forty-five years. He then retired from active industrial life and is still living at the ripe old age of seventy-nine years. Six children have been born unto I\Ii-. and Mrs. Abbott : Earl William, born June 20, 1892; Carl Louis, November 20, 1893; Charlotte, February 10, 1895 ; Lyman Eugene, November 7, 1899; Margaret. February 1, 1901; and Isabel, January 23, 1904. The elder children are attending school.

Mr. Abbott is a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and his wife belongs to the Bethel Met.hodi.st Episcopal chui-ch. In politics he is an earnest democrat, somewhat prominent in local political circles and on the 4th of April, 1903, he was elected to represent his ward for two years on the board of city aldermen, receiving a plurality of forty-two in a ward which u.sually gives a republican ma.iority of one hundred and sixty. Ilis election, therefore, was a personal tribute to his superior worth and popularity. He was also elected to the same office in 1898 by a ma.jority of fifty-seven. His public service has been characterized by all that stands for good citizenship and for devotion to the gen- eral welfare. He is now chairman of th(i city hall committee aucl a member of the tiro commissioners, the ordinance and the railroad committees. His public and private life are alike above reproach and in his business career as well as in official circles he has commanded the esteem and trust of those with whom he has been associated.

]\Iichael Steiner, one of the huiKircd pioneers and representative farmers of Adums county, was born in Gernuuiy, on the :30th of Janutiry, 1810, and spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native land. He served in the German army for a time, his captain lieing the father of Prince Albert. Desiring to avoid further military service he came to the new world in 1836, and on landing- in New York proceeded to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he found employment on a coal boat. He next went to Vicksburg, Mis.sissippi, and in 1837 landed in Quinc.>', Illinois. For some time he worked in Mr. Wliii)- ple's sawmill and while there sawed the asli tlooi'ing for 0. II. Browning's house.

Turning liis attention to agricultural pursuits, Mr. Steiner located on a farm on the northern line of Adams county in 1842 and as time passed he accumulated a fine property, becoming the owner of three hundred acres of good land and also gave his sons one hundred and sixty acres. In early days he raised and sold wlieat for tweiity-five cents per bushel and had to pay as high as four dollars per bushel for salt. In 18-45 he made his way aei-oss the country to Macomb before there were any roads in that part of the state and he experienced many of the hardships and privations of pioneer times.

In 1839 I\Ir. Steiner was united in marriage to Miss Ann Catherine Gable, who was also born in Germany, on the 20th of February, 1820, and they became the parents of nine children, of whom four sons and two daughters are still living. After a useful and well spent life Mr. Steiner died in May, 1892, and his wife passed away in May. 1898. Politically he was a .supporter of the democratic party and fraternally was connected with the Masonic order.

Patrick B. Hynes

outlook and greater oi^portunity for continued progress, is the founder of the Hynes Buggy Company and is now acting as superintendent and general manager. Persistency of purpose, enterprise and thorough understanding of the trade have formed the foundati(m upon which he has builded his success.

A native of Ireland, Mr. Hynes was born en the 13th of March, 1841, his parents being Bartholomew and Bridget (Flaherty) Hynes. The father came from Ireland in 1845, settling at Springfield, Ohio, and there he was in the railroad service until his death, which occurred in 1853. His wife, long surviving him, passed away in 1894. They were the parents of five children.

In his youth Patrick B. Hynes attended the parochial schools aiul at the age of twelve years became a student in the Wesleyan Seminary, where he continued his studies for four years. He left school at the age of sixteen and has since been a factor in business life, dependent upon his own resources, so that whatever success he has achieved is attributable entirely to his own labor. He first began clerking in a grocery store and afterward learned the trade of buggy and carriage making, turning his attention to that pursuit in 1858. In 1861 he went to Indiana but later returned to his old home and accepted the position of foreman for the E. & J. Driscoll Carriage Company, acting in that capacity for a year and a half. At the end of that time he purchased an interest in the business and was a partner for a similar period, but eventually sold out and in 1869 came to Quincy, where he founded the Hynes & iloore Carriage Works, on Sixth, lietween Hampshire and Vermont streets. This afterward became the Hynes Carriage Company and in 1892 was incorporated under the name of the Hynes Buggy Company. The factory is located at the southeast corner of Fifth and Jersey streets, where the business has been carried on for a quarter of a century. From a small beginning the trade has grown steadily until now in the conduct of the enterprise sixty workmen are employed and the product is shipped not only to many parts of this countiy but also to South Africa, Cuba and Mexico. Mr. Hynes, as superintendent and general manager, has oversight over the entire business, and under his capable control the business has been developed until it is now one of the leading industrial concerns of the city. In this enterprise Mr. Hynes is associated with H. F. J. Ricker, Jr., who is president of the company, and B. Awerkamp, who is treasurer.

Mr. And Mrs. Michael Steiner

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hyne.s have been born five children : Alice E., who is living in Los Angeles, California; Olive Frances, who is also in California ; Maude, a resident of Quincy ; Edith, of this city; and Herbert R., who makes his home in Quiney and travels for the Hynes Buggy Company. The family are members of St. Peter '.s Catholic church and in his political views Mr. Hynes is independent, nor has he ever sought office. In duties of citizenship, however, he is not remiss, and his aid can ever be counted upon to further public progress along practical lines, residting in general good to the city. In his business career, with a realization of the fact that "there is no excellence without labor," he carefully prepared himself for his trade by thorough preparation and has since by close attention to the details of his business, and capable control of all of its greater departments, made steady progress and gained a place among the substantial citizens of Quiney.

Benjamin G. Vasen, whose connection with business interests in Quiney ranks him with its representative citizens of marked enterprise and keen discernment, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of July, 1857. The first ten years of his life were spent in the city of his nativity, after which he accompanied his parents on their removal to the middle west, the family home being established in Quiney. His public school education was supplemented by a full course in bookkeeping and mathematics in a commercial college.

He has been dependent upon his own resources from the age of thirteen years, at which time he entered upon his active business career as an employe of the firm of Hirseh & Vasen. Later he was bookkeeper and cashier at St. Joseph, Missouri, for the branch house of J. Jonas & Company, but in January, 1875, returned to Quiney to accept a position with Morton & Nichols, taking charge of the building association and loan departments of their business, to which he succeeded. He has for thirty years been a leading representative of the building association interests of Quiney, and in this regard his labors have been of the utmost value to the city and its residents, being a direct factor in the material improvement and progress of Quiney. In 1881 he opened an insurance, real estate and loan office and soon succeeded in securing a large clientage, which has placed him among the promineiat representatives of this department of business activity in Quiney. In 1893 he removed to the corner of Fifth and Maine streets, occupying the rooms for many years constituting the quarters of the banking house of L. & C. H. Bull. In 1903 he erected a building at No. 517 Elaine street, in which he now maintains his office, having there a well equipped suite of rooms.

The history of Mr. Vasen in detail would show largely the record of building and loan operations in Quiney, and also of the state of Illinois. He was the organizer and the first secretary of the People's Savings Loan & Building Association, which was formed in November, 1883, and in December, 1885, he was chosen secretary of the Quiney Building & Homestead Association, occupying both positions to the present time. In the latter he had acted as assistant secretary from January, 1875. He has handled for the two associations of which he is secretary more than five million dollars without any loss and at a considerable profit to the stockholders. He is an expert accountant and an experienced insurance man, and while financing the afl:'airs of the companies with which he has been connected he has at the same time contributed to the city's welfare and material upbuilding by enabling many of the men of moderate means to secure homes through the loans obtained from the corporations with which he is connected. He possesses excellent business sagacity and keen discernment, his judgment being rarely if ever at fault. He is capable, prompt and reliable, and his energy has been one of the dominant characteristics in his successful career marked by consecutive advancement.

A man of resourceful business ability, he has not confined his efforts entirely to one line, for he was one of the promoters of the Modern Iron Works, is vice-president of the Sheridan Stove Manufacturing Company, and identified with a number of industrial corporations in Quiney; has for the past twenty years been secretary of the State Leagxie Building & Loan Associations and was one of the organizers of the United States League of Building & Loan Associations and its first secretary, also the Insurance Company of the State of Illinois and served in its directory. The welfare of the city aside from his business operations is a matter of deep concern and interest to him and he has co-operated in many improvements for the general good. He is now one of the members of the Blessing Hospital Association.

In January, 1883, occurred the marriage of Jlr. Vasen and ]\riss Julia Eshner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who died October 2, 1901, leaving four children : Freda J.. Maurice E,, George B., and Beulah. In his fraternal relations Mr. Vasen is connected with the I. 0. B. B.. the Miitual Aid, the Loyal Americans, the

Koyal Ai-caiuim, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Modern Woodmen of America. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance in the city where he has so long made his home and where he has so directed his labors as to win for himself an hondralile name and desirable competence.

Mrs. Dorothy E. K. Spindler

i\lrs. Dorothy E. K. Spindh'i-, who owns and conducts a l)ook store at No. till Hampshire street, deserves to be classed with the leading representatives of commercial interests in Quincy, for, in the management of her store, she displays excellent business and executive force and keen diseei'ument. She was born in Germany, December 12, 1853, and her parents, Henry F. and Elizabeth (Schultz) Ritz, were natives of the province of Hanovei-. The father was owner of a wagon factory, which he conducted up to the time of his death, on the 5th of December, 1853. He was a representative of a worthy and prominent family of that country, his ancestors being among the landed people.

Unto Mr. and Airs. Ritz were l)orn a large family. Heinrich. the eldest sou, was a tailor by trade and gave up his birthright to his younger brother because of ill health. Christian, the second of the family, served for some time as a soldier of the German army and afterward started for America, from which time no news was ever received from him. August came to Quincy aboiit 1850 and was married here. He was a fine wood carver, and for a number of years he carried on a carpenter shop in this city, "but is now living in Chicago. Frederick took charge of the home estate upon the death of his father and managed it until the younger children were grown, after which he came to America and was engaged in farming in Minnesota until his retirement from business life, being still a resident of that state. George, who was a member of the king of Hanover's staff for twenty-five years, or until the kingdom became a part of Prussia, died a few years ago. Ernst, named in honor of King Ernst of Hanover - a privilege granted to the eighth child of a family - assisted his brother George until he came to America about the time of President Gi'ant's election. He died in Quincy in 1902, leaving his widow and two daughters in very comfortable financial circumstances. Maria lived and died in Germany. Mrs. Spindler is the next of the family. William, coming to Quincy, spent three or four years here and then went to St. Louis. Ludwig cnme to Quincy in 1868 and died about 1895.

Dorothy Ritz attended the schools of Hanover and, when a young lady of sixteen years, came to America with lier brothers in 1869, their home being established in Quincy, where, in 1870, she gave her hand in marriage to ^Michael Spindler, who was well known in biTsiness circles here, being engaged in the shoe lousiness on Hampshire street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. He was also engaged in the manufacture of shoes for a number of years, but eventually withdrew from that department of his work. His death occurred in 1895, when he was sixty years of age. Pie was an enterprising merchant, progressive in his methods and straightforward in his dealings, and his business record enabled him to leave an untarnished name to his family.

By his first marriage ill'. Spindler had seven children, of whom two are yet living. The children born unto iMiehael and Dorothy Spindler are: Albert H., who has charge of a wholesale liquor business in Seattle, Washington; and Lewis, who is engaged in the grocery business in Chicago.

]\Irs. Spindler has been identified with commercial interests in Qiiincy for a number of years and ncnv owns and manages a book store at Xo. 611 Hampshire street, under the name of the Spindler News Company. She has been at this location for nine years and has a gratifying patronage, carrying a stock of goods that is pleasing to the general public and, therefore, wins a good trade. j\Irs. Spindler belongs to the Dai;ghters of Rebekali and Daughters of Pocahontas and is also a member of the Episcopal church. She certainly deserves much credit for the successful manner in which she has conducted her mercantile enterprise.

Henry Schnering

Henrj' Schnering, who carries on general farming on section 5, Melrose township, was born September 28, 1853, in the townsliip where he yet resides. His father, Anton Schnering, was born in Germany, September 21, 1823, and on the 1st of May, 1848, was united in marriage to Miss Christina Frinling. He learned the weaver's trade in his native country and followed that piirsuit in Germany until 1846, when he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, settling first in Quincy. Not long afterward he secured employment as a farm liand and later he rented land, continuing its cultivation until his labors had l)rought him capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm of his own. In 1856 he became the owner of forty-three and a half acres in Melrose township, on section 5, and with characteristic energy he began its develop- iiient and cultivation. Later he purchased another tract of eighteen acres on State street and twenty acres in Melrose township. Throutrhout the period of his residence in Adams county he to engage in agricultural pursuits. 1 1 e was one of the pioneer fanners of the comiiiunity and commanded the respect of his fellow men by reason of what he accomplished in the business world. He died January 1(1, 1SS3, and his wife passed away May 26, 1900. when .she had reached the advanced age of eighty years. They were members of the Catholic clnirch and in his political views Mr. Schnering was a democrat. In their family were the following named : Christina E., who became the wife of William Fessler of Missouri; Catherine S., who is living in Quincy; Mary A.; Henry, of this review ; Joseph, who resides in South Dakota-. Anton, deceased; Herman; Alomis and Frank, both deceased.

Henry Schnering and his sister IMary reside upon the home farm which he is now operating. He carries on general agricultural pursuits and in connection with the cultivation of the fields he raises some stock. He was reared to farm life and has always followed this occupation, being now recognized as one of the leading and jirogressive agriculturists of his community. He has likewise followed in his father's political footsteps, his judgment isanctioning the policy and principles of the democratic part.v. His religious faith is in harmony w'ith the teachings of Catholicism.

A. M. Lackey

A. M. Lackey, who is now living a retired life in Clayton, was for a number of years an active business man of the town. His birth occurred in Bond county, Illinois, April 10, 1834. His father, Thomas Lackey, was born in Ohio in 1800 and was there reared. After attaining his majority he married Bet.sy Merritt, a native of Ohio, and he followed farming in that state until his removal to Illinois in 1823. He was indeed one of its first settlers for only five years before had the state been admitted to the Union and there were great wections that had not yet been clainu^d by the white settlers. He lived near the Illinois river among the Indians until the fall of 1833. when he removed to Brown county and there opened up a farm, comprising one hundred and sixty acres of land. Upon that farm he reared his famil}' and he spent his last days in the home of his son, A. M. Lackey, in Clayton, passing away in 1884, at the ripe old age of eighty-three years and six montlis. His wife had died several years previous. A. M. Lackey was one of a family of four sons and three daughters, who reached manhood and womaidiood but onljtwo are now living, the sister being Ellen, the wife of John Hayes, of Boulder, Colorado.

;\Ir. Lackey of this review was reared upon the old family homestead in Brown county and is not only a self-educated luit also a self-made man for the school privileges of his youth were ver.v limited. His training at farm labor, however, was not meagre and the lessons of industry and integrity which were early impressed upon his mind have borne rich fruit in later years. He sought a companion and helpmate on life's journey and was married on the 17th of ilay, 1855, to Miss Rhoda E. Ausmus, a native of Brown county, her father's farm being five miles from the farm upon which her husband was reared. Her parents were Frederick and Margaret (Saddler) Ausmus, natives of Tennessee and early settlers of Brown count}', where they remained for many years and reared their family.

Following his marriage ^[r. Lackey began farming in Brown county, where he had a small house and a tract of land, his home being a log cabin. There he experienced many of the hardships and difficulties incident to frontier life but as the years passed he overcame many obstacles and later bought more land, which he improved and cultivated. He owned one hundred and forty acres, on which he placed good improvements, and in his farming operations lie eventually met with success. Later he sold that farm and purchased the old Lackey homestead, which he operated for three years. He then sold out and removed to Clayton, e.stablishing his home here on the 1st of February, 1876, in a good residence which he erected. He was engaged in business for ten or twelve years and then retired from commercial life and has since enjoyed a well merited rest.

Mr. Lackey responded to his country's call for aid in 1862, enlisting in the month of August in Brown county as a member of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois Infantry. With his command he went south and participated in many im|)ortant engagements that led to the preservation of th(» Union. He was in the Red river campaign, where they were within sound of battle for forty days. He was also in the engagement at Nashville and Yellow Bayou, receiving a gunshot wound at the latter place and also a sunstroke. He was then taken on board a hospital boat, and finally received an honorable discharge at Springfield, Illinois, in August, 1865. after which he re- turned to his home with a most creditable military record. He belongs to the (irand Army

His early political support was given to the whig party and his first presidential ballot was cast for liillard Fillmore. Since the organization of the republican party he has always voted that ticket. lie has never been an office seeker nor taken any active part in politics, preferring to coucenti-ate his energies upon his business affairs.

Unto jMr. and Mrs. Lackey were born six children : Susan jM. is the wife of Henry Bartlett, a baker of Clayton. John C. died at the age of thirty-three years, leaving a wife. Charles F. died in infancy. Grant is an engineer on the Wabash Railroad, living at Springfield, Illinois. Adelle N. is engaged in teaching music in Quincy. A. M. Lackey, Jr., died in infancy. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church and are highly esteemed in Clayton, where they have now lived for more than a quarter of a century.

Edmond Crawford

Edmond Crawford, manager for the North Star Egg Case Company, of Quincy, is a native of Adams county, his birth having occurred at La Prairie, May' 18, ISCiG. His paternal grandfather, William CraM-furd. a native of New York, removed from (iciicva. Iliat state, with his family about 18.58, ami si-tllcd upon a farm in Adams comity, Illiiinis. where he carried on agrieiiltural pTirsnits foi' iii;iii\' yi-ars. He had (me hundred and sixty ai-res of hind, whieh he placed under a high state of cultivation and was actively connected with farming interests imtil his removal to (Quincy, where he lived retired until his dealli, which occurred in Febniary, 1904, when he had reached the advanced age of ninety-one years. His wife died in 1880.

George B. Crawford, son of William Crawford, came with the family to the Avest and, leaving the old homestead, turned his attention to railroading in 18B7. malcing his home in Clayton. Illinois. The following year lie i-enioved to Springfield, Ihis state, and suhse(|uently he came to Quincy, where he was employed in the office of the Wabash Railroad Company until 1872. He then Avent to Labelle. ^Missouri, as agent for the Quincy. ^Fissouri & Pacific Railroad Company, continuing thei-e until 1876, when he accepted a position at Hannibal, in the office of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad. There he remained until 1897. when retiring from railroad service he returned to Quincy and is now employed by the North Star

Egg Case Company. He was married about 18ti4, at West Pembroke, New York, to Miss Emma Carroll, and they had two children, but Fred died at the age of two years.

Edmond Crawford, son of George Crawford, attended school in Labelle, Missouri, continuing his studies luitil he had mastered the branches of a high-school course. When about sixteen years of age he began working in a printing office, where he was employed for two years, subseciuent to which time he entered the service of the Wabash and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Companies, at Hannibal, Missouri, being retained in that service until September, 1892, when he became connected with the Hoosac Tunnel Line of Fast Freight, as line solicitor. He was with that company until 1894, when he resigned and began working for the North Star Egg Case Company as sliipping clerk. In 1896 he was made bookkecjier, and in 1899 was appointed manager, in which capacity he has since been retained, rendering most efficient service. The company has been incorporated under the present name for twelve years and manufactures egg case fillers, employing fifty men througliout the year.

Mv. Crawford was married in 1891 to Miss Jennie McBratney, of Griggsville, Illinois, and they now have one child, Charles F., born September 21, 1896. The parents are members of the Congregational church and Mr. Crawford gives his political support to the democracy. The improvement and mastery of his opportunity contains the secret of the business success that he has achieved, and he furthermore enjoys the full confidence of the business community.

Rev. Joseph Still

Rev. Joseph Still, pastor of St. John's Catholic church of Quincy, was born in Uerdingen, Germany, May 25, 1849. His primary education served as an excellent foundation for his college training, which was pursued at Munster, where he studied both philosophy and theology. Having carefully prepared for the holy calling which he determined to make his life work, he was ordained to the priesthood at Munster on the 22d of May, 1875. and soon afterward he completed his arrangements to make America the field of his labors in connection with the church and crossed the Atlantic, landing in New York on the 8th of September, 1875. He went to Germantown, Clinton county, Illinois, and remained in charge of the Catholic church at that place

Here Father Still established St. John's church on the 22d of May, 1880, becoming its first pastor, and under his guidance and as the result of his zeal and consecration the church has grown numerically and spiritually. The congregation now numbers more than three hundred families. Anna J. Cox gave the land on which the church was built and Father Still collected all the money for its erection, the first building being a large brick structi^re used both as a church and school house and dedicated on the 21st of November, 1880. In 1895 the new school house was built, and on the 13th day of October of the same year the corner stone of the new stone church was laid by Rt. Rev. Bishop Ryan, of Alton, who later dedicated the edifice on its completion, February 13, 1898. All of this work has been accomplished through the untiring efforts of Father Still, and there are now more than three hundred pupils in attendance at the school. In 1884 he established St. Vincent's Home for Aged People. In this as well as in the church and school work he has done great good for the community.

Father Still is tlie friend as well as the pastor of his people, all of whom feel for him genuine affection. He has the ability of .securing the active co-operation of the members of the various departments of the church's activities and in bringing harmony into the M'orking forces, so that the best results possible are attained. He is a most generous man, of benevolent and kindlj' spirit, and while he does not believe in the indiscriminate giving that fosters vagrancy, he is quick to respond to those who are truly needy and are worthy of assistance. As a speaker he is earnest and convincing, logical and impressive, and commands the attention of all. The work that he has done for the moral upbuilding of the community and his personal traits of character have won him the respect and good will of Protestants as well as Catholics.

Robert A. Varner

Robert A. Yarner. now deceased, was for a number of years engaged in general mei-cantile pursuits in Adams county. He was born December 12, 1825, in Boone county, Kentucky, and piirsued his education in the public schools of the state. He remained a resident there until thirty-five years of age, when he came to Adams county, Illinois, settling on section 4, McKee townsliip. where his widow now resides.

In 1863 'SLr. Varner was united in marriage to Rosa Corrigan, of Concord township, who was born in Ireland, in June, 1837, and came to this country with her jjarents when thirteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Varner had five children who are yet living : Anna May, the wife of George Wagend, who lives in Burlington, Kansas ; Mary Ellen, the wife of William Roy, of Concord towaiship ; Sarah, who is in a convent in Baltimore, Maryland ; Robert B., who married Emma Kendle and lives in ]\IcKee township ; and Daisy, the wife of Lewis F. Ciirry, living on the old homestead with Mrs. Varner.

Throughout his entire business career Robert A. Varner carried on general farming, and prosj)ering in his undertakings became the owner of an excellent tract of land in Adams county. To its further development and improvement he directed his energies until his death, which occurred September 21, 1895, when he was nearly seventy years of age. He served as supervisor of McKee township for several years and was always interested in everything that pertained to the progress and upbuilding of his locality. There were many traits of character in his life record which are worthy of emulation and which won him the respect and admiration of liis fellowmen. ilrs. Varner still resides upon the old homestead, where .she has one hundred and seventy acres of fine land on section 4, McKee towoiship, which is now operated by her son-in-law, R. F. Curry, who carries on general farming and stock-raising. She is a member of the Catholic church at Liberty.

Henry Jenter

Henry Jenter, the secretary of the Kiiittel Show Case Company, of Quincy, was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 24, 1859, his parents being Christian and Mary (Maier) Jenter. They both crossed the Atlantic from Wittenberg, Germany, in 1851, as passengers on the same vessel, and they were married in ^lichigan, where the father followed his trade of cabinet-making, his home being in Ann Arbor.

At the usual age Henry Jenter began his education as a public-school student and was advanced through successive grades until he had completed the high school course by graduation when seventeen years of age. He then learned the trade of cabinet-making, which ho followed in his native city for four or five yeai's, after which he removed to Chicago and was wath the Brunswick-Balke-Collander Company, continuing in the employ of that house from 1882 until 1894. While there he applied himself to the study of drawing and drafting of ottice furniture and fixtures and became very proficient in that line. Kemoviug to Quiuey in 18'J4, lie here entered the service of the Knittel Show Case Company as superintendent and thus hatl charge of the constructive work in the factory for four years, at the end of which time he purchased an interest in the business and was elected secretary of the company. This company was established in 1876 and was incorporated twenty years later. It was the first company iu the United States to conduct a wholesale trade in show cases and the business has steadily grown, not a little of the siaccess in the past decade being attributable to the practical skill and executive force of Mr. Jenter, who puts forth every energy for the expansion of the enterprise along lines of legitimate success. He now has general charge and supervision of the plant, which is located at Nos. 31!) to 339 North Third street, employment being' furnished to about one hundred and twenty-five workmen throughout the year.

Mr. -Tenter was married to Miss Ida M. Steingrede. of Quincy, a daughter of Charles Steingrede, who was at one time an employe of the Knittel Show Case Company, but diecl in 1896. The nuirriage was celebrated in June, 1897, and they now have one child, Emma Louise, who was born in July, 1902.

A republican in his political views, Mr. Jenter keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that he is able to support his position by intelligent argument, yet he has never been active in political circles as an office seeker. His business claims the major part of his attention, and in the shops he is an able superintendent because of his skill as an artisan and his practical knowledge of the work. Fair in his relations to his employes, he has worked his own way \;pward and is ever interested in the advancement of others.

Joitx W. Woodruff

John W. Woodruff, who is an agriculturist, financier and thorough-going business man, deserves mention among the representative citizens of Adams county, was born in Ursa, January 27. 1854, his parents being Captain Freeman and Frances (TIarrison) Woodruff. His paternal grandjiarents were Timothy and Aliigail (Seward) Woodruff, the former born in Uutler county, Ohio, February 12, 1783, and the latter in New Jersey, February 12, 1785. In 1838 they removed from Ohio to Adams county, Illinois, and after living on Bear creek until the following spring, settled in Ursa towiishi]) on what is now

Captain Freeman Woodruff, reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life, also became a farmer and as the years passed, through earnest and indefatigable labor and juducious investment, he became the owner of valuable property interests, real and personal, that ranked him with the wealthy citizens of Adams county. He was for three years a loyal defender of the Union cause in the Civil war and won promotion to the rank of captain in recognition of his bravery and fidelity. He was married, December 28, 1844, to Miss Frances Harrison, who was born December 29, 1825, a daughter of John and Frances (Butler) Harrison, who were natives of Ohio and at an early day became residents of Ursa township, Adams county. The history of Captain Woodruff and his wife is given at li'iigth on another l)age of this work.

John W. Woodruff pursued his education in the schools of Ursa until 1871, when he became a student in Carthage College, at Carthage, Illinois, there spending three years. His education completed, he returned home to take up farm work and always engaged in general agricultural pursuits upon the old homestead, more and more largely relieving his father of the active labor and management of the farm as the years passed by. In all of his farm work he has been methodical, systematic and progressive, keeping in touch with modern methods, whereby a mininumi effort produces a maxiuunn result. Following his father's death, in January, 1905, he was made administrator of the estate, which he is now managing. He has also been administrator of several other estates - a responsibility that has been entrusted to him because of his well known business ability and irreproachable integrity. He understands intricate business problems with marked readiness and is seldom, if ever, at fault in matters of business judgment, while his reliability has formed an important element in his successful career. In addition to his other interests he is a director and adjuster of the Ursa, Mendon and Lima Fire Insurance Company.

His trustworthiness and his public-spirited citizen.ship have led to his selection for public office and in 1895 he served as tax collector of ["rsa townshii). He has also been school director for twenty-foui- years, just completing his eighth ti'riii in that position. Further political honors would undoubtedly been given him had he desired, but his ambitions are not in the direction of ofifice holding, although he is deeply interested in his party and its success. He always votes the republican ticket and has been chairman of the republican township committee, holding the office for ten years ending in the fall of 1904.

Mr. And Mrs. I. W. Woodruff

On the 23d of October, 1877, Mr. Woodn;ff was married at the residence of Prank Stone, in Ur.sa, Illinois, to Miss Irene Castle, a daughter of Giles and Liicinda (Stone) Castle. Her father, a resident of Camp Point, was born June 10, 1828, and died February 22, 1904. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Woodi'uff were : Ada M., born Julv 29, 1879 : Arthur M., who was born ]March 26," 1881, and was married, August 25, 1904-, to Lillian B. Grimes, a daughter of William B. and Bell (Burrows) Grimes; and Ethel F., born February 11, 1896. The family residence is on the old Woodruff homestead, where Timothy Woodi'uff located at an early day. On this large farm are three residences, one occupied liy John W. Woodruff' and his family.

Since I8S0 ilr. Woodruff' has been a member (if :\Iairi.niiie lodge. No. lU, A. F. & A. i\l., in which he is a past master and he has also been representative to the grand lodge for several years. He likewise belongs to Ursa lodge. No. 127, I. O. 0. F., in which he is a past grand and now treasurer : the Modern Woodmen camp. No. 995, at Ursa; the Daughters of Rebekah at Ursa; and the Eastern Star chapter at Jlendon. The family are consistent members of the Christian church at Ursa and their social prominence gains them the entry into the best homes of the county. Mr. Woodruff' has never sought to figure jirominently in a public light, content to manage his business aft'airs with discretion and ability, and find in the respect and trust of his fellowmen the reward of an honorable and upright as well as siiccessful career.

Joseph A. Roy

Joseph A. Roy, successfully practicing law at the bar of Quiney, was born in Clayton, Adams county, Illinois, July 3, 1866. In the paternal line he is of Scotch descent and his grandfather, John Roy, spent his entire life in Scotland. John Sinclair Roy, his father, is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and first visited America In company with his father, when nine years of age. He then returned to his native land, but he carried back with him pleasant impressions of the new world, which were afterward strengthened by what he read and heard of this country. Accordingly when twenty years of age, he again crossed the Atlantic to New York, and located first in Freehold, New Jersey, where he was married November 30, 1849, to Miss Agnes Liggett, a daughter of John Liggett, a native of Ireland. In 1856 John Sinclair Roy came to Adams county and began farming in the vicinitv of Clavton, where for many years he successfully carried on agricultural pursuits. In 1893 he retired from the farm and removed to Quiney, enjoying the fruits of his former toil in a well earned rest. Unto him and his wife have been born eight children : John, a practicing physician of Omaha, Nebraska: Mary, who became the wife of Thaddeus T. Burke, of Golden, Illinois, and died October 19, 1904, at the age of fifty years; ^Margaret, the wife of John II. Lucas, of Timewell, Illinois; James L., who died May 13, 1903, at the age of forty-five years ; David P., of Jacksonville, Illinois; William T., who is living on the homestead farm near Clayton ; Joseph A. and Arthur R., practicing attorneys of Quiney. Joseph A. Roy pursued his early education in the public schools of his native town and his law '"ourse in Chaddock College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of May, 1893. He was then admitted to the Illinois bar and began practice in Quiney. in the same year. He has been a strong and successful lawyer from the start, seldom losing a case. which is due in large measure to his careful preparation. He is seldom, if ever, at fault in his application of a legal principle or precedent to the point at issue and his thorough understanding of the science of jurisprudence, combined with remarkable clearness of thought as manifest in his ready speech, cogent reasoning and logical deductions, makes him an able counselor and strong advoeate. He now occupies offices in the Stern Building.

Mr. Roy is a democrat in his political belief and served as city attorney of Quiney from 1895 until 1897, having been elected by a majority of thirteen hundred and fifty-one votes, which was a flattering testimonial of public confidence. He is a political Avorker, active and ready for duty, and his party has received substantial assistance from him. He is a forceful and effective campaign speaker, with excellent oratorical ability, and moreover his utterances always ring with the stamp of his firm persona! conviction. In July, 1898. he was nominated for congress, against Benjamin F. ]\lar.sh, a long time occupant of the office, and was defeated by the very small plurality of two hundred and twenty-eight. Mr. Roy put in nomination Judge Akers, the present circuit iudge, at the judicial convention in Pittsfield in 1903.

On the 19th of April, 1904, ^Mr. Roy was married to ^liss Louise, a daughter of Daniel and Clarissa (iMcDeed) Rosencrans, of Dewitt, Illinois, and they have gained uuiny warm friends during their residence in Quiney. Mr. Roy is a man of fine social qualifications, with a courteous nuTiuier and kindly deference for the opinions of others that renders him a favorioo8

Dr. Henry J. Smith, deceased, who was engaged in the practice of dentistry in Quiney from 1S65 luitil his death, in 1892, was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1840. His father was engaged in the conduct of a tannery in Pennsylvania and became very wealthy. He and his wife died in Altoona when their son Henry was only six years of age. He then went to make his homo with the family of his uncle, H. J. Swoope, wliii was engaged in the real estate business in .Mtodiui during the greater part of his life.

After attending the jmlilie scIkidIs of his native city Dr. Smith began preparation for a life work by entering upon the study of medicine but when the Civil war broke out he put aside all personal and liusiness considerations and responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting in 18G"2. He became a captain of the Sixty-third Pennsylvania Infantry and commanded his company throughout the war, participating in many battles of importance. He was wounded in the engagement of Fredericksburg and again in a hotly contested liattle at Gettysburg and was in the hospital at Washington for some time. The two bullets remained in his body throughout life. He was sent home to Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he remained until his wounds had partially healed. He then re.joined his company at Coliunbia, South Carolina. Not long afterward he was taken prisoner and was incarcerated for nine months but was treated well by the authorities of the southern prison. After obtaining his release he re.ioined his company and served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged in Washington in 1865. He was a brave and loyal soldier, never faltering in the performance of his duty, and his valor and courage often inspired his men who served under him.

Dr. Smith then came to Quiney. Here he gave up the study of medicine and took up the study of dentistry, entering into a partnership with an old and well known dentist. Dr. Lewis, with whom he continued in ]iractice for a number of years. He eontiiuied a representative of the dental fraternity in Quiney until his death and was at work in his office until the day prior to his demise, when he was taken ill with heai't trouble, dying the following day. May 12. 1892. He had a well appointed office and throughout the years of his practice ko]it in touch with the progress that was continually being nuide by the dental fraternity. He used the latest improved instruments and his skill and ability secured him a, very gratifying patronage.

In 1871 Dr. Smith was married in Quiney to Miss C<n'nelia K. Ke.yes, who was born in the liousi' where she now resides, and is a daughter of Willard and Mary (Folsom) Keyes, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New Hampshire. Her father was one of the first settlers of Quinc.y and became very prominent and very wealthy, engaging in the real estate business for many years and handling nnich valuable property. Further mention is made of him in both the biographical and historical sections of this work. Unto Dr. and Jlrs. Smith was born but one child, Harry K., who married Amy C. Castle, of Quiney. He is an electrical engineer but liecause of ill health he and his wife are now residing in Tacoma, Washington. They have two children, Gwendolen and Harold Seymoi;r.

Dr. Smith was a stanch republican but never an office seeker. He belonged to the Grand Army post at Qiiincy and was also a Knight Templar IMason. the commandery having charge of the fiuieral services when he was laid to rest. He long ranked with the leading citizens of Quiney, gaining a high reputation in his profession, was known as a public-spirited citizen and in social circles popular because of his genial manner, manly disposition and deference for the opinions of others. He held membership in the Episcopal church and in that faith passed to his long rest. Mrs. Smith is also a member of the Episcopal church. She now resides at the old Keyes homestead at No. 803 Broadway. This was one of the first houses erected in Quiney and was at the time the finest brick residence here.

David P. Lawless

David P. Lawless, who on the 5th of December, 1904, became county recorder of Adams county, to which position he was elected in the previous November, and who, prior to that time had been engaged in general farming, was born in Gilmer township, October 19, 1864, his parents being John Quiney and Lizzie (Pearce) Lawless. The paternal grandfather, John Lawless, came from Grant county, Kentucky, to Illinois in 1835, settling in Gilmer township, Adams county, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres, to which he added from time to time until he had valuable realty holdings at his death. In his family were five sons and four daughters. One son died in early manhood, while the others married and settled in this eountv.

Dr. Henry J. Smith

Johu Quiucy Lawless, the eldest sou and third child, was born in Grant county, Kentucky, December 2, 1826, and was therefore eight years of age at the time of his parents ' removal to Illinois. He attended the country schools and as his age and strength increased, he performed more and more largely the work of the farm and after attaining his majority began agricultural pursuits on his own account. He is a vei-y energetic, enterprising man, and realizing that earnest labor is the basis of all success he worked indefatigably for many years and accumulated much property. He is now the owner of two hundred acres of land in Honey Creek township, one hundred and five acres in Columbus township, one hundred and sixty acres in Burton township, two hundred and eighty acres in Gilmer township, making a total of seven hundred and forty-five acres of very rich, arable and valuable land in Adams county. He continued in active farming until 1901, when he put aside the more arduous duties of a business career and now makes his home in the village of Columbus. He engaged in general farming and also made a specialty of the raising and feeding of hogs.

John Q. Lawless was married to Miss Lizzie Pearce, a daughter of David Pearce, of Gilmer township. The wedding was celebrated in 1862. and they became the parents of seven children, but one died in infancy, John at the age of four years and Thomas when two years old. Of the surviving children David P. is the eldest. The others are: Margaret, the wife of W. C. Lytle, who is living in Burton township and has two sons ; William Benton, who resides in Honey Creek township and who married Miss Edna Aaron, of Kane township, by whom he has two children, a son deceased and one son living at the age of five years; and Anna Mary, wife of Fred Pfanschmidt, of Gilmer township, by whom she has a daughter, three years old. Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Lawless attend the Methodist Episcopal church and in his political views he is a republican. He stands to-day as one of the most successful and energetic agriculturists of the county, his advancement having been won through his own indefatigable efforts and earnest purpose, and he is also one of the honored pioneer settlers, for almost seventy years a resident of the county.

Following the acquirement of his more specifically literary education in the public schools near his home, David P. Lawless attended the Gem City Business College of Quincy, and when he put aside his school books in 1888 he began farming upon one of his father's farms, where he put to the practical test the knowledge that he had acquired in the schoolroom and upon the old homestead. Practical in his methods and fearing not that laborious attention to detail without which there is no success, he labored on persistently and with good results until 1904, when he reeeivcGl the nomination of the republican party for the office of recorder of Adams county. He was elected on the 8tli of November, 1901, by a plurality of between eleven and twelve hundred, and on the 5th of December he assumed the diities of the office. He is now capably serving in that position, bi-inging to his work the same businesslike dispatch which characterized his labors on the farm and the same fidelity which marked his discharge of his private interests.

On the 18th of November, 1891, Mr. Lawless was imited in marriage to Miss Marguerite, daughter of Barzillia Earel, who resided near Camp Point, in Columbus township. ]\Irs. Lawless is a member of the IMethodist Episcopal church, while fraternally Mr. Lawless is affiliated with Columbus lodge, No. 227, A. F. & A. M., and politically has alwa.ys been an earnest republican. He is a worthy representative of an honored poineer family and while his life has been passed in the quiet pursuits of the farm he has always commanded the respect and trust of his fellownien.

Dr. John K. Rotieker, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Quincy since 1895, was born in Rock Island, Illinois, November 13, 1872, his parents being Johu il. and Anna C. (Kiniel) Retieker. His grandparents were natives of Maryland, and his grandmother, 'Sirs. Mary Retieker, is now living in Quincy at the advanced age of eighty-five years. His maternal grandfather was a farmer of Viola, ]\Iercer county, Illinois, where both he and his wife died. John M. Retieker was one of a family of seven children: Sophia, the widow of Captain Withrow and a resident of Lagrange, Missouri ; John ]\I. ; Edward, who was drowned at Cincinnati, Ohio ; Howard ; Mary, wife of David Eldred, of Chicago ; Harry, of Rock Island, Illinois; and Ada, the wife of Spencer Jobes, of Quincy.

John ]\r. Retieker was born in Baltimore, :\raryland, and in early life engaged in merchandising in Rock Island county, Illinois. He was sheriff of Rock Island county from 1882 until 1886, when he removed to Iowa, where he entered into agricultural pursuits. He came to Quincy in 1898 and is now in the employ of the Quincy Grocery Company. He married Anna C. Kimel, a native of Mercer county, lUi- iiois, aiul they liccanie the parents of three ehildreu: Flora B., the wife of Alfred Blakesley, of Kansas City ; Catherine A., wife of Clarence Blakesley, of Rock Island, Illinois ; and John K.

In the common schools of Rock Island, Illinois, John K. Retieker began his education and continued his studies in the high school of Red Oak, Iowa. He was later a student in the Gem City Business College, at Quiney, and prepared for the practice of medicine and surgery in the State University of Iowa, from which he was graduated in 1895. He began practice in Quiney in June of the same year and was not long in demonstrating his ability in handling difficult eases. He is very careful in the matter of diagnosis and his judgment is seldom, if ever, at fault in anticipating the outcome of disease, while his use of remedial agencies has made his labors in the sick room so satisfactory that he is classed to-day among the leading physicians and surgeons of Quiney. He belongs to the Adams County Medical Society, the Illinois State Medical Society and American ^Medical Association.

In his political views Dr. Retieker is a democrat but is without political aspiration for himself. He was married October 14, 1897. to Miss ]\Iary E. Crew, of Wheeling, West Virginia, a daughter of Samuel and Euphemia (Barnes) Crew. Their children are Virginia A. and Helene. Dr. Retieker built a neat, modern residence in 1903 at No. 1235 Broadway, Quiney.

William Sciieid

William Sclieid, police magistrate of Quiney, was born in this city, May 20, 1859, his parents being Henry and Helena (Merker) Scheid. The father, a native of Germany, emigrated to America in 1855, settling in Sandusky, Ohio. After a brief residence there he came to Quiney, being married here. He \\as a cooper by trade, but in Quiney he served as clei'k and bookkeeper. He died in 1887, at the age of sixty-six years, and his wife passed away in 1882, at the age of fift>-- two years. In the family were eleven children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth. Those still living are William; Benjamin, a resident of St. Louis; Josie and Dora.

The now police magistrate of Quiney was educated in the public schools of this city and in a business college of Kansas City. Wlien a young man he learned the barber's trade and for some time was in business for himself. He was also for a few years connected Avith the Quiney police force. Later he was a candidate for judge of the police court but was defeated for the nomination by a small majority. Again the friends of Mr. Scheid. observing his cool and deliberate judgment, never allowing himself to be exercised or excited in any matter in which he was interested, conceived the idea that he woiild have an excellent disposition in the judicial channel and again placed him in nomination for judicial honors. At the democratic primary election he was victorious over three or four sti'ong opponents. At the election he was elected by a large majority. The judge is of an excellent temperament and in disposing of the thousand or more cases that have come before him up to the present time has demonstrated superior judgment. He ])Ossesses high ability in his obseiwation of human nature, thus making few errors in condemning or being lenient in administering justice. Therefore his record on the bench will go down in history, as a credit to himself and his children after him. No doubt when the pages of this publication have faded with age the name of Judge William Scheid will be remembered with honor for his excellent work in doing his duty without fear or favor while on the bench of the Quiney police court.

On 'the 25th of February, 18S(i, ilr. Scheid was married to Miss Amelia B. Tack, of La Grange, Missouri, and they have three children: Liilu L., Elmer W. and Gertrude. They also lost three in childhood : Harry, who died at the age of four years; George W and Henry, who died in infancy.

In fraternal relations the subject of this sketch is connected v/ith the Knights of Bythias, the Woodmen of the World and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. In the last-named he is now serving as chaplain and is past master in the Woodmen of the World. The Judge is of a quiet, unassuming nature: kind and as gentle as a woman when circumstances permit it, yet stern and unchanged when duty demands it, and the ablest law>-er-s and the best citizens of Quiney who have visited and observed the dignity and fairness that prevails in his court .speak in the highest praise. Instinct, inherited from a good father and mother, will only allow "justice" to lie the guiding star of Justice William Scheid.

John J. Wagner

John J. Wagner, who follows farming on section 5. ]\Ielrose townshi]). was born on this place, September 3, 1863. He is a son of Peter H. Wagner, whose birth occurred in Germany and who came to the United States in 1845. He had been a florist in the fatherland but believing that he might have better business opportunities in the new world he sailed for America, landing at New Orleans. He then made his way up the river by boat to St. Louis, where he resided for five years, being employed in a nursery during that time. In 1852 he crossed the plains to California and followed mining for a short time, after which he engaged ill gardening near Sacramento. He spent three years in the Golden state and returned to St. Louis by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Mr. Wagner was married in St. Louis to Miss Margaret Miller, now deceased, who was born in Germany. They removed to Quincy in 1858 and one year later Mr. Wagner purchased what is known as the old Wagner farm and which, having been divided, is now in possession of John J. and George H. Wagner. Here the father engaged in gardening and conducted a successful business up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1891, when he was sixty-nine years of age. He had eighty acres of land and the products which he raised were of excellent size and quality so that he was always able to command the highest market price for his vegetables. In politics he was a democrat but never sought or desired office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business interests. Unto him and his wife were born two children, the elder being George H. Wagner, who wedded Mary Pflueger, and follows farming in Melrose township.

John J. Wagner, the younger son, began his education in the public schools of his native township and when not occupied with his textbooks assisted in the work on the home farm. He and his brother became partners with their father in gardening and after the father's death they inherited the home property, each receiving forty-two acres of land. Mr. Wagner's farm is located at Forty-second and State streets and here he is successfully engaged in raising fruit. He also has good pasture land and keeps fifteen cows for dairy purposes. His business is well conducted and he has a liberal patronage so that he is meeting with desirable success in his undertakings.

Mr. Wagner was married to Miss Carrie Pflueger, who was born in Melrose township, Adams county, and is a daughter of William Pflueger, who came to this county about 1860 and carried on agricultural pursuits. Unto ^Ir. and Mrs. Wagner have been born six children : Bessie, Charles, Jacob, Albert, Marion and Oscar. The parents hold membership in the Lutheran church and Mr. Wagner votes with the democratic party. He served as constable of his township for eight years and he is a member of Quincy lodge, No! 365, I. 0. 0. F., and Herman lodge, A. F. & A. M. The fact that manv of his warmest friends are those who have

George William Osgood

George William Osgood, proprietor of a large livery stable of Quincy and well known as an enterprising business man and also in musical circles of the city, was born in Hancock county, Illinois, December 17, 1868, his parents being Samuel P. and Ellen (Bagby) Osgood. The father, a native of Pike county, Illinois, is a music teacher. His wife was born near Augusta, Illinois, and both are now living in Ewing, Jlissouri. This branch of the Osgood family was prominent at an early day in Boston, Massachusetts. The paternal grandfather of our subject was the first of the family to settle in Illinois. His wife was Sophia Hammond and they reared a family of three children : Samuel P. : Lucius ; and Lucy, who died soon after her graduation from the Bloomington (Illinois) Normal school. William and Eliza (Warren) Bagbj', the maternal grandparents of George W. Osgood, are now residing in Augusta, Illinois, and their married life covers sixty-five years. They had a family of eight children: Wallace, now deceased; Mary, the -widow of William Pickens; Margaret, the widow of Dr. Wade, of St. Joseph, Missouri; John, deceased ; Elian ; Charles C., of Brookfield, ^Missouri; Augustus, of Skidmore, Missouri; and Addie, the widow of James Burns, of Stirling, Illinois.

In the family of Samuel P. and Ellen (Bagby) Osgood were eleven children: George W. ; Charles F., a practicing physician of Morgan City, Utah : Harry 'SI., a music teacher of La Belle, ^Missouri; Edward P.. who is engaged in the real estate business in Perry, Missouri; Anna May. the wife of Fred Young, of Kansas City; Nellie, the wife of Edgar Robert, of Lewis county, IMissouri; Frank C. a dentist; James, of Morgan City, Utah; Earl and Pearl, twins, living in Ewing; and Gladys, also of Ewing.

George William Osgood was educated in the public schools and left home at the age of thirteen years in order to make his own way in the world. He began working in a printing office. Possessing a natural love of music and desiring instruction in the art and also realizing the need and value of other educational development along literary lines he matriculated in the Indiana State Normal school at Valjiaraiso. where he first pursued a literary course and afterward took uj) the study of music, being graduated with the class of 1890. He then accepted a position as instructor in the musical department in the "Western Academy at La Belle, Missouri, which position he filled with credit for three years, acting as teacher of both vocal and instrumental music. There were one hundred and fifty in his de partment and eighty pupils were enrolled under his tutorship. In 1893 he pur.sued a post-graduate course under Professor Frederick Root and Emiel Liebling, of Chicago. He then opened branch studios in Chicago and Quincy, continuing his teaching in both cities for three years, but in 1898 gave his undivided atteutitin to his classes in Quincy until he embarked in the present business.

During his earlier years ]\Ir. Osgood manifested a strong love for horses and was for a time under the training of E. K. Sweet. His interest in horses finally culminated in his purchase of the Newcomb livery on the 4th of November. 1902, and he has since conducted it. This is a large and splendidly equipped establishment and his patrons embrace many of the most prominent men of the city. He conducts the enterprise along sti'ietly business lines and has met with creditable and desirable success in the undertaking.

On the 15th of November, 1898. :Mr. Osgood was married to Miss Emma Heidrich, a daughter of Martin and Gertrude fSehlagg) Heidrich. He belongs to the ]Mas(Uiic fraternity and is recognized as a valued factor in the musical and social circles of Quincy.

Charles C. Pfanschmidt

Charles C. Pfanschmidt, for many years actively connected with agrictultural interests, is now enjoying a well earned rest in a comfortable home in Quincy, having i)ut aside further business cares save the supervision of his invested interests. He was ])orn in Pru.ssia, near Berlin, on the 31st of January, 1831, and is a son of Godfrey and Elizabeth (Kleinschmidt) Pfan.schmidt. His father was a tanner by trade and for three years (1813-1814-1815), was a member of General Blucher's body-guard, being in the battles at Leipsic and Watei'loo. In 1834 he brought his family to America, landing at Baltimore, whence he drove across the country to St. Louis and from the latter city he came to Qiiiney by boat, reaching his destination in the month of December. In 1835 he entered one huiulrcd and sixty acres of land in Ellington township, for which he paid the usual government jirice of one dollar and a quarter per acre. This was entirely wild and uncultivated and with characteristic energy he began clearing and In-eaking his land, ixsing ox-teams for this purpose. He lived upon this, however, until his death, which occurred in 1841.

Charles C. Pfanschmidt was a lad of three summers when brought to Adams county and was reared upon his father's farm here, sharing the arduoiTs labor of developing a frontier home. He first attended school in Gilmer township, the little "temple of learning" being a log building which was three miles from his home. He was afterward a student in a log house in Ellington township and tlie methods of instruction were almost as primitive as the school buildings, but reading and observation have broadened his knowledge in later years and he is to-day a wellinformed man. He has always followed the occupation to which he was reared and when twenty years of age he came into possession of eighty acres of his father's farm. Later he purchased more land ad.joining his farm on the south and west in Ellington township and continued the active ciiltivation of his farms until October, 1894. His home place comprised one hi;ndred and fifty-seven acres and he also had a quarter section of laud near Payson, while his wife owned eighty acres in Ellington township. Mr. Pfanschmidt has sold his farming land and since 1894 has lived a retired life in Quincy, where he has some good realty. In addition to his oato home he has three dwellings in this city. He lives at No. 522 South Twelfth street, where he has a nice two-story brick residence and also owns a brick house on Fifth and IMaiden Lane, a frame dwelling at the corner of Fifth and Payson avenue and another frame structure at the corner of Twenty-third and Washington streets.

Mr. Pfanschmidt was married to Miss Slaiy Liml). who was born in England, in 1833, and is a daughter of James and Anna (Todd) Limb, wlio were natives of England. Her father was a brick and pottery manufacti^rer in that country and he came with his family to Quincy when Mrs. Pfanschmidt was only six years of age. Here he turned his attention to farming, having three hundred acres of land in Ellington township, Adams county, which he continT;ed to cultivate up until the time of his death, being then seventysix years of age. T^nto Mr. and ^Irs. Pfanschmidt have been born ten children, but the second, Henry, is now deceased. The others are: Mrs. Louisa Knollenberg, Mi-s. Hannah Neikemp, Mrs. Clara Ebert, Jlrs. ilary Geisel, Jlrs. Elizabeth Petrie, Charles A., Mrs. Ida Cook, Fred, and ^linnie. at home.

The children are comfortably situated in life, most of them having liomes of their own. For over half a century Mr. and Mrs. Pfanschmidt have traveled life's journey together and on the

C. C. Pfanschmidt And Family

Mr. Pfanschmidt enjoys excellent health for one of his years and possesses the strength and vigor of a much yonnger man. He gives his supei-vision to his town property but otherwise is resting from active business cares. He owes his success entirely to his own labors, for when he started out in life he had little capital, but by perseverance and energy has worked his way steadily iipward, accinnulating a comfortable competence through his business ability and executive force. In politics he is a republican and served as school director of Ellington township for eighteen years, was also collector and road commissioner. He belongs to Burton lodge. No. 142. I. O. O. F., and has a wide and favorable acquaintance in Adams county, where he has lived for seventv-one vears.

John Bernard Strothopf

John Bernard Strothoff, now deceased, was for a number of years a representative farmer of Ellington township and was one of the worthy citizens Avhich Germany furnished to Adams county. He was born in Prussia, April 6, 1824, and came to America in 1848, being then a young man of twenty-four years. In 1851 he crossed the plains to California, attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific slope, thinking that he might rapidly realize a fortune in the far west. Making his way to the Sacramento valley he there engaged in mining until 18.55, in which year he rctiu'ned to the ^Mississippi valley and established his home in Adams county, purchasing the farm which is now the property of his widow.

^Ir. Strothoff was married on December 14, 185.5, to I\Iiss ilary Catherine Roth, who was born in Hesse, Germany, April 2, 1857, and is a daughter of Urban Roth. Her parents came to America when she was a little maiden of only five summers and located in Adams county, Illinois, where her father purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land lying west of Burton. There he carried on agricultural pursuits for many years and passed away at the age of seventy years. His wife, howev^er, reached the very advanced age of ninet.v-three years. Unto ilr. and Mrs. Strothoff were born ten children : Herbert, ]\rargaret. Marv and Henry, who are living in Quincy; Anna. Emma. Louisa and John B., all four deceased; Ida; and Stephen I. F. They also reared three adopted children.

After his marriage ]\Ir. Strothoff began farming on his own account and throughout his remaining days engaged in the improvement of his farm and the cultivation of his fields. In 1876, he erected a fine brick residence two stories in height and contained eleven rooms, it being one of the finest homes in the county. He also placed many substantial improvements upon his land and in fact equipped it with all modern accessories of a model farm. He lived a bu.sy, useful and active life, was thoroughly reliable in all his trade transactions and was respected for his devotion to duty, his faithfulness in friendship and his devotion to his family. He was a member of St. Francis Catholic church and died in that faith July 25, 1885.

^Irs. Strothoff still survives and is living upon the old homestead farm to which her husband took her as a bride in 1855 - a half century ago. This farm comprises four hundred acres of land just outside the city limits of Quincy. The home farm is seven miles east of the cit.v and is now managed and cultivated b.v her son Stephen, who has twenty acres planted to wheat and sixty-five acres to corn. Two hundred acres are covered with timber, both oak and hickory, and the remainder of the farm is devoted to pastiu'age, he keeping thirt.y-four cows and thirty hogs. He is a progressive agriculturist, carrying forward his work with determination and energy and is, therefore, meeting Avith success. Mrs. Strothoff and her children are communicants of St. Francis Catholic church and the family is a prominent one in Adams county, the members of the household occupying a favorable position in social circles.

It would seem trite to those familiar with the history of Frederick William Halbach to say that he has risen from an obscure position in the business world to rank with the representative and successful merchants of Quincy and yet it is but just to say in a history that will desecend to future generations that his has been a business career that any might be proud to possess. Starting out in life at an early age dependent upon his own resources he has advanced through determined effort and by consecutive steps until he is to-day in control of one of the leading mercantile enterprises of the middle Mississippi valley. Never making an engagement that lie has not kept or incurring an obligation that he has not discharged he has thus gained for himself an honorable name among his business associates and his life record should serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to others, showing what

Mr. Halbach was born in Westphalia, Prussia, in 1847, his parents being- T. and Sophia (Koenemann) Ilalbach. He acquired his education in the schools of his native land and at the age of eighteen years came to America, spending two years in New York city, where he served as clerk in a dry-goods store. The yonr 1866 witnessed his arrival in Quincy, wlici'c he secured a position as salesman in the dry-^oods store owned by Julius Kespohl. Thi'fc he remained until 1873, when Mr. Kespohl sold out to H. H. Schroeder and Mr. Halbach. For a year they continued at the old stand aud then removed to a business block next door, which they occupied for twentyseven years. In 1900 they removed to their present location on Sixth and Maine street, occupying here a fine building, fifty-five by one hundred and twenty-five feet, four stories in height and basement. They utilize the entire building in their display of dry-goods, cloaks and notions and since their removal to this place they have doubled their business. The Halbach, Schroeder Company was incorporated in 1899 with Mr. Halbach as president and treasurer, John Meyer as vice-president and Rudolph "Wilms as secretary. They now control an extensive patronage by reason of the excellent line of goods which they carry, their reasonable prices and straightforward business methods. Employment is furnished to seventy-five peo])le and it is tlie policy of the house to maintain strictly just relations with their em])liiyi's. i)aying good wages aud recognizing capable service liy promotion as opportunity ofi'ei's.