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From there Mr. Rusk came to Adams County in the spring of 1915, and is the first and so far the only farm adviser in the county. A Farm Bureau of 350 farmers had been perfected before IMr. Rusk was engaged, and each mem- ^ber pledged to contribute for a period of three years to finance the organization and pay for the services of an expert adviser. There are now 450 members in the Adams County Association or Farm Bureai:, and every township has its committee and every branch of farming, horticulture, live stock husbandry, dairying, etc., has its committeemen to represent the respective projects or interests. The various township chairmen constitute the Agi'icultural Council, and there is an executive committee of nine men entrusted with the practical business details of running the Bureau.

The Farm Bureau publishes a circular letter sent out at intervals to the members each month in which subjects of timely interest are discussed and numerous articles also appear in the local press. Demonstration meetings are held to suit local convenience, and the Farmers Institutes are a co-ordinate part of the general program. "Farmer" Rusk lias lield many demonstrations of all kinds. Much has been done to introduce and advertise the value of alfalfa, soy beans and other field crops which the farmers of a preceding generation know nothing of. Several practical demonstrations were held in 1916 to promote the cultivation of alfalfa in the county. In 1910 there were but seventy-five acres of this great forage crop in all the county. Now a great many of the leading farmers set aside some portion of their acreage for alfalfa. Many demonstrations have also been held for the benefit of the horticultural element, including pruning and spraying tests, with special emphasis upon the elimination of the San Jose scale. At Clayton there is a Soil Experiment Field, operated by the State Experiment Station. In 1918 three interesting demonstration meetings were held there to prove the value of ditferent methods for soil improvement. Some four or five years ago the average farmer in Adams County would have indicated no special intei-est in the terms limestone and rock phosphate, but these are now household words, and there is an increasing use of these materials for soil improvement. Another source of benefit that has followed in the train of the new agricultural movement, and considerable credit for which is due Mr. Rusk, is the use of tankage for feeding hogs. The co-operative handling of this

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The Daily Committee of the Bureau is now organizing a Cow Testing Association, the object of w-hicli will be to determine what cows in the various herds are not proifitable producers. Likewise the Live Stock Committee is laying plans for a Pure Bred Live Stock Breeders' Association, which will be organized soon for the purpose of boosting better live stock in Adams County.

All this and much more than could be told in this brief article comprises a new chapter in Adams County agricultural history, with incidental great credit to "Farmer" Rusk.

The Adams County Farm Bureau is a member of the State Agricultural Association. The Farm Bureau is not a political institution, and Mr. Rusk, therefore, is not in politics in any sense. In October, 1909, at Windsor, ]\Iissoui'i, he married Miss Selma 0. DeWees. Their three children are Rowena, William DeWees and Frederick Earl.

Herman H. Stormee. A worthy representative, not only of the energetic and prosperous business men of Quincj', but of the self-made men of Adams County, Herman H. Stormer is numbered among the leading undertakers of this .section of the 'state, an honored position which he has achieved through his ow^l unaided eiforts. A son of Frederick W. and Anna Margaret (Lueninghouer) Stormer, he was born on a farm in Adams County, Illinois, May 16, 1870.

Coming from Germany, his native land, to Illinois in 1857, Frederick W. Stormer was variously employed for awhile, a part of the time W'orking as a farm hand. When ready to settle permanently he purchased a tract of land in Ellington Town.ship, and was there engaged in general farming until his death, in March, 1903. He married Anna M. Lueninghouer, who was born in Germany, and died in Adams County, September 14, 1909. They were the parents of eight children, as follows: Henry, deceased; William, of Quincy; Theodore, of Quincy ; Anna died in infancy ; Louis, of Quincy ; Edward, deceased ; August F., of Quincy. and Herman H., of this sketch.

Educated in the public and parochial schools, Herman H. Stormer received a practical training in agriculture on the home farm. After attaining his majority he found emplo.yment in Quincy, being for awhile associated with different industries. Preparing himself for his present business, Mr. Stormer gained his first knowledge of the embalming process at the Chicago Embalming School, and later was graduated from the Champion Embalming School of Quincy, and from the Cincinnati School of Embalming. For a number of years thereafter, ilr. Stormer was in the employ of the Dougherty Undertaking Company of Quincy, entering the establishment June 1, 1897. He was later with the Wells-Fargo Express Company for a short time, and after that was with F. Decker & Son, furniture dealers, for four yeai-s. In 1906, in company with his brother, August F. Stormer, he embarked in the undertaking business at No. 918 State Street, Quinc.v. Three years later, 'Mr. Stormer bought his brother's interests in the firm, and since 1909 has conducted it alone, and has met with eminent success. In 1916 he purcha.sed the property at No. 422 South Eighth Street, and liaving entirely remodeled it, it is now one of the best and most up-to-date undertaking establishments in this section of the country. He has a large two-story building, furnished with all modern improvements and conveniences, and has his residence in the upper apartment,

Mr. Stormer married, January 2, 1900, Ida ^I. ]\Iarque, a native of Quincy, and they have one child, Aaron ]\L, born February 24, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Stormer are members of the Salem Evangelical Church, and liberal contributors towards its support. Frateruall.v Mr. Stormer is prominent in Ma.sonic circles, belonging to Lodge. Chapter, Council, Temple and Consistory, and likewise to the Eastern Star. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of the Daughters of Rebekah : of the Improved Order of Red Men ; and of the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically he is a republican.

George Louis Loos. Keference is made elsewhere to several members of the Loos family. They are a people who have been identified with Adams County since early days, and the name is one that carries weight and influence in agricultural circles in several of the townships. Mr. George Louis Loos is a native of Adams County, and has one of the fine farms of Melrose Township, located ten miles southeast of the courthouse, on the township line between Melrose and Fall Creek.

He was born on an adjoining farm December 30, 1858, and is a son of John Michael and Mary Margaret (Walthous) Loos. Further particulars regarding the career of John Michael Loos will be found on other pages. The old homestead is now owned by "William Loos, of Quiney.

On that farm George L. Loos grew to manhood and was fourteen years old when his father died. He worked on the farm by the month and got his start in that way.

October 29, 1885, at the age of twenty-eight, Mr. Loos married Miss Caro- * line Wilhelmina Niekamp, daughter of Frederick and Louisa Niekamp. Of the Niekamp family a sketch appears elsewhere. Mrs. Loos grew up in the same neighborhood as her husband and wa.s seventeen years of age when she married.

Soon afterwards ]\Ir. Loos bought eighty acres of his present farm. This was the old H. Watson place. Mr. Watson built the old house which is still .standing there. Mr. Loos paid -+75 an acre for this fine body of land, and went $4,200 in debt. He had received a share of his father's estate, but assumed a heavy burden in buying the fai-m. It took him twenty years to get clear of debt, but at the same time he made a number of improvements, building his present home in 1904 and a large barn throe years later. His farm is divided into suitable fields, separated by substantial fences. Mr. Loos could doubtless tell an interesting story about the trials and struggles he went through in getting his property. He sold wheat at 48 cents a bushel, corn at 23 cents, dressed hogs at 3i/o cents a pound, and with these low prices for his products he paid interest rates at an average of 7 per cent on the principal of his debt. He started in with the intention of paying off .$1,000 of the principal a year. Occasionally he failed to do so, and because of the delinquency 2 per 'cent additional was added to the interest rate. For a number of years he has managed his property on the general farming plan, growing" wheat, corn and potatoes, and has prospered in every sense of the term. Mr. Loos would be classed a democrat, but he does not participate in political affairs beyond the extent of voting. He is a member of the Salem Evangelical Church at Quincv.

He and his wife have three children : Louise Mary, at home ; Michael Frederick, who now operates the farm for his father ; and August, who was in the artillery branch of the United States Army, located at Camp Kearney, California, and is now discharged and employed near by.

Fredehick Niekamp was one of the constructive factors in the improvement of land m :\Ielrose Town.ship for many years, and developed the fine farm which IS now owned by his son, August F. Niekamp, nine miles southeast of Quiney on Mill Creek.

Frederick Niekamp was born in Germany and came to the United States when a young man with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Niekamp They landed at^ New Orleans, and came up the Mississippi Eiver to Adams Countv. Gottlieb Niekamp died soon after arriving. Frederick Niekamp had a half brother, Henry, who died in Fall Creek Township about fifteen years ago leaving his widow, Christine Osmeyer, who is still living there. "Frederick Niekamp after coming to Adams County worked two years at wages, part of the time at $8 a month. He also farmed a year in eomp'anv with his brother Henry m Melrose Town.ship. After that he rented for two vears and then bought fttty acres ot the present farm. It was practically a new place, with only an acre or two cleared, and with a log house that has since been incorporated in the present residence. He afterwards bought forty acres, then a second forty, paying about $1,400 for each. He cleared up most of this land out of the timber, and still later bought 126 acres in Fall Creek Township li/o miles away, but rented that land. He was a general farmer, raising what, corn and hogs, and in the early days he sold corn as low as 15 cents a bushel. He was no office seeker, merely a democratic voter, and was a member of the Salem Evangelical Church at Quincy.

At the age of twenty-nine Frederick Niekamp married Louisa Ippenson. She was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to America as a servant girl with a family of emigrants. She worked out until her marriage. Frederick Niekamp died February 28, 1915, and his wife February 12, 1895, practically twenty years apart.

They had five children, one of them dying in infancy. Four are still living : Lena, wife of George Louis Loos, of Melrose Township ; Anna and Christine, both at the old homestead ; and August Frederick.

August Frederick Niekamp was born in this county November 25, 1864, and has always lived at the old home. For the pa.st twentj--tive years he ha.s managed the farm, and now owns it, his sisters acting as his housekeepers. They are all active in the Salem Church, and he is a democrat.

J.\iiES iL\DisoN GoLLiHER, uow living retired at Barry, was one of the young men of Adams County who went away to serve the Union cause in the Civil war. That service is noteworthy in itself, biit it also had consequences that have affected the entire subsequent career of Mr. Golliher, since it imposed infirmities that have alMa.ys been more or less of a handicap, and the success he ha.s gained as a farmer stands out the more conspicuous on account of the obstacles overcome.

Mr. Golliher was born near Athens, Tennessee, May 30, 1844. The family name was originally spelled Galliher. His parents, i\Iathew and Almira (Sparks) Golliher, were both natives of Tennessee. When James M. wa.s only thi-ee years old. in 1847, and yet old enough to have some recollection of the circumstances, the family came to Adams County, making the joui'ney overland from Tennessee. Their fir.st location was at Kingston, then a crossroads village. For a time his father rented the Morris Kelley farm in Liberty Township, but soon bought eighty acres of wild land in the same township, and went industriously to work clearing it up and making a farm. It was on that place that his years were spent, and he died there in 1865, at the age of forty-five. His widow survived him nearly forty years. She was well preserved almost to the last and for many years lived in Quincy, but spent her last yeai"s with her son James M. She died April 22, 1902. Both parents are now at rest at Pleasantview, three miles east of Liberty and not far from their old home. Mathew Golliher was a M-ell known character in the early days of Adams County. He had much ability as a singer, and used that art frequently for entertaining a crowd. He was deeply interested in current political discussions, could talk ably and forcibly on the leading questions, and was one of the dependable campaign workers in some of the early elections in which the republican party was represented. He was never affiliated with any church. He was also kno^^^l as an expert rifle shot, .shooting offliand and without rest and seldom competing in any local match without getting some of the prizes. He and his wife had eight children who grew up : Joann, who married William Craig and spent her life in Liberty Township; John H., now of Wood River, Illinois; James M. ; Steven Reed, who lives in the southwestern country ; Catherine, who married James Reed and lives in Liberty Township; Philip, "better known as Doc," who died at Quincy in middle life ; Clay, who was killed in a runaway accident at Quincy September 14. 1899; and Abraham, who died in young manhood.

James Madison Golliher is now the only member of the family left in this section of the state. He had such educational advantages as were afl:"orded by the loeal schools near his old home, and early bore a part in the work of the home farm. It was in February, 1865, at the last call for troops, that he volunteered his services and was recruited in Company C of the Fourteenth Illinois, known as "Old Bloody Fourteenth." As a recruit he joined the regiment at Morehead City in North Carolina and was with Sherman's army on the march to Goldsboro and to Newbern, and participated in the last important battle of the war at Bentonville. After that he marched up the streets of Washington in the Grand Review and soon afterwards returned to the iliddle West and was paid off at Louisville, Kentucky. However, he was not discharged and was sent to Fort Leavenworth and from there was with a body of troops that marched across the plains six hundred miles toward Fort Kearney. They were engaged in that western campaign throughout the summer and had come within sight of Fort Kearney when orders reached the troops to return. Mr. Golliher received his final discharge at Springfield, Illinois. Exposure and hardship of army life brought on rheumatism, from which he has always been a more or less acute sufferer.

When he got back home he found that his father had died and he immediately took upon himself the responsibilities of looking after the farm and for seven years gave his labors and time to the family and to the support of the younger chiklren. He also worked out as a farm hand by the month for several years both in Adams and in Pike counties.

October 17, 1869, Mr. Golliher married Miss Susan Crook. She was born near Columbus in Adams County February 29, 1848, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Edwards) Crook.'iNtliitftfied at the respective ages of seventy-nine and seventy-five. Mrs. Gollil:^71ie$self early became acquainted with toil as a means of self supporti^^ifiiJiiS Ji ^bl,6fV4}|tJfen worked out, spending four years in the family of George W. Pierce in Liberty Township. At the time of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Golliher went in debt for a farm of eighty acres in McKee Township. A year later they bought eighty acres adjoining the old home farm, wliere Mr. Golliher had spent his youth. They were there ten years, cleared up the land, and added another twenty acres. He also built a new house, and converted the land into a good farm. On selling that he bought the Andy Hendricks farm of two hundred six acres in Richfield Township. The price was sixty-five hundred dollars and he assumed a debt of more than half of that. During the ten years he lived there he rebuilt the house and made other improvements, but altogether that was the least fortunate period of his life. He met with a number of losses and in one winter ninety-six head of his hogs died, only one surviving. That was about the worst setback he ever had as a farmer. At the end of ten yeai-s he sold the farm and in 1905 bought the Lewton farm of sixty acres. Since then he has bought another forty acres. This place is two and a quarter miles from the old Hendricks farm and six miles from Barry. Here again he undertook the work of improvement, constructing new buildings and remodeling the old ones, and practically doubled the vahie of the farm while there. He followed a com-se of mixed farming and fed many cattle and hogs, buying stock animals and fattening for the market. In 1916 ilr. Gollilier left the farm in charge of a tenant and moved to Barry. He is an intelligent landlord, looks after the repaii-s of the farm and does all that is required to maintain its fertility. Practically ever since he left the anny he has had to use his judgment and intelligence in running his farm and depending upon other labor for much of the work. Mr. Golliher served twelve years as a road commissioner, both in Liberty and Richfield townships, was a constable in McKee Township, and has always been a stanch republican in politics, though his party affiliations have not prevented him from occasionally supporting what he considered a better man. He and his family are members of the Mount Zion Baptist Cliurch not far from the old ]i(ft*ne in Richfield Township, and he is a charter member of the Samuel Ilcaton Post of the Grand Army of the Repnlilic at Kingston.

Mr. and ^Irs. Golliher had eight children. A brief record of them individually is as follows : Mathew, who lives two miles north of Barrv ; Calvin, near the old home iu Richfield Township; Minnie, wife of John Schwank, superintendent of the Adams County Farm; Iva. wife of George W. Hendricks, a banker a Beverly; Charles, who lives near the old farm in Richfield Township; Alfred, in the draying business at Barry; Edwin, near Paloma in Adams County ; and Otis, whose home is near Barry.

Gex. Moses Milton Bane. Of the citizens who made a strong impress upon the life of Adams County in the decade prior to and the decade of the Civil war. Gen. Moses Milton Bane was among the most noteworthy, and deserves a prominent record in the community where now only the older residents remember kindly his ability and his service.

General Bane was born in Athens, Ohio, on November 30, 1827. Ten years later his parents removed to a farm in Miami County in the same state. A thoughtful boy, ambitious for learning, at an early age he became a school teacher. During the time of his teaching he studied medicine under the instruction of Dr. G. Yolney Dorsey of Miami County, until he entered Starling Medical College from which he was graduated in 184S.

He was married to Miss Marina Phoebe Howard, the gifted daughter of Dr. Richard L. Howard, professor of surgery in Starling Medical College, in 1849.

The newly married couple came immediately to Payson, Adams County, Illinois, where Doctor Bane began the active practice of his profession. He was one of the capable physicians in southern Adams County for more than ten years.

A close observer of public and national afifairs he soon became interested in politics. A clear thinker, ready in debate, having a pleasant delivery and an attractive personality able to command attention, the doctor was a popular and successful platform speaker in several political campaigns. As a Douglas democrat he was twice elected a member of the State Legislature.

Broad minded, of generous impulses, a strong supporter of the Union, in connection with others he raised the Fiftieth Regiment of Illinois Infantry in August, 1861, at Quincy, and was mustered into the United States service as colonel of the regiment on September 2, 1861, receiving his commission from Governor Richard Yates. This regiment, known as the "Blind Half Hundred," was actively engaged in the battles of Fort Donelsou, February 12-16, 1862; Shiloh, April 6-7; Siege of Corinth in May, and the Battle of Corinth, Octolier 3 and 4, 1862: in the skirmish at Bear Creek, Alabama, April 16, 1863; and at Town Creek, April 28th. Colonel Bane, who proved an efficient and brave officer, was severely wounded in the Battle of Shiloh and lost his right arm at that time.

When sufficiently recovered he .ioined his regiment in August, 1862. On . October 11, 1862, he was assigned to the command of the Third Brigade of the Sixteenth Army Corps, which he led during the remainder of his service.

The Fiftieth Illinois Regiment veteranized in January, 1864, returning in the meantime to Quincy, where General Bane re.joined them and assumed active command until they returned to Lynnville, Tennessee. He then again took command of his brigade, which during the summer of 1864 participated in the Atlanta campaign.

The general's health was so impaired from his maimed condition and the continuing effects of his wounds that he was compelled to offer his resignation which was ai-cepted June 11, 1864. His army record was altogether admirable, and at the time of his resignation he received the distinction of special commendation from Maj.-Gen. Granville M. Dodge, commander of the left wing of the Sixteenth Army Corps.

Any account of General Bane's military career would be incomplete with no mention of the service of his devoted wife, w^ho accompanied him in the army whenever regulations would permit, assisting him by her comprehension, her judgment, her fortitude.

After the Battle of Shiloh, this heroic woman, attended by an aid, rode on horseback iu the nislit, through the carnage of the field, searching for the fallen bodv of her husband of whom she found no trace until three o'clock in the morn- ing. Her assiduous c-are was one of the main factors in preserving his life. The needs of her husband, great as they wei'e, could not wholly absorb her generous syrapatliy and attention. iSoldiei's of whatever rank found in this wise, warmhearted woman, a friend ever ready to cheer, to counsel, to console in the shifting events of camp, or march, or hospital.

In 1865 General Bane attended the Law School of Harvard University. In 1866 he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue in Quincy, Illinois. In the practice of law in that city he was associated with a former Payson friend, Capt. Thoma.s W. Macfall, of the Third Illinois Cavalry, and who afterwards, for many years, was superintendent of the public schools of Quincy.

The strain of army experience had so over-taxed the endurance of Mrs. Bane that her health slowly declined until in April, 1870, she left the many, loving friends whose lives were better for having kno\^m her presence.

The second wife of General Bane was Miss Harriet K. Parrish of Quincy, to whom he was married June 25, 1872. This lady, beautiful, brilliant and accomplished, became the mother of two interesting boys. The family circle was broken all too soon by the untimely death of the fair young wife and mother in 1891. _

In 1876 General Bane was appointed commissioner of lands in Utah, with headquarters at Salt Lake City. During the Harrison administration he was assigned a Government position in Washington, D. C, where he continued to reside until the drama of his helpful, brave and busy life was ended.

The mortal remains of this valiant soldier, whose strong right arm is buried on the battle ground of Shiloh, was laid in the National Cemetery at Arlington.

The immediate relatives to cherish and revere his memory were his two sons, Edgar jMilton and Howard, an adopted son. Dr. Harry Hutton Bane, and his estimable widow, Mrs. Lucy Bane, whose present home is in Falls Church, Virginia.

Edward J. Bartii. While Mr. Barth is now quietly devoting his time to a small farm a mile east of Quincy on Thirty -sixth Street in ]\Ielrose Township, his early interests were with the meat and butcher business, and it is that Inisiness which has been longest associated with the Barth family in Adams County. Three generations of the name were butchers, and one of the first retail meat shops in Quincy w^as established by his grandfather.

His grandfather was Henry Barth, who came from Germany and was in Quinev as early as 1835. He "died in 1876, at the age of seventy-six, and all his active life was spent in the butcher business. He was also a great reader and a student.

John Barth, father of Edward J., learned the business from his father, and was active in it until his death. He man-ied Augusta Otto, a native of Quincy, and daughter of Tons Otto, who was a German wagonmaker on Eleventh Street between Broadway and Spring. During the Civil war Tons Otto made wagons for the Government. Augusta Barth is still living at the old home, 1114 Main Street, which has been the Barth residence since 1861, when the house was built, and she also lived in the house which previously stood there. Edward J. Barth, w-ho was bom in Quincy October 8, 1861, is the oldest of three children. His sister Matilda is unmarried and still lives at the old home. His sister Bertha married Will RufF, and died several years ago.

Edward J. Barth leai'ned the butcher trade from his father and later sold his interests in the home establishment. About 1889 he established a shop at Twelfth and State streets, and was in business there until 1908. He bad his own slaughter house and he knew- every phase of the industry. For the past eleven years he has lived on the farm.

In 1888 Mr. Barth married Miss Anna Hoffmeister, daughter of Heni-y and Dena Hoffmeister. Mrs. Barth was born in Quincy. Her father was a carpenter by trade but the greater part of his life was spent on his farm. Mr. Barth is still interested iu the familj- estate, much of which is income and rental property. He does general farming and is a specialist in poultry, having some of the finest specimens of the Barred, Partridge and "White Rocks in this part of Illinois. His birds have carried off honors at many poultry exhibits. Mr. Barth is a republican, and has served as election judge in Melrose Township. He and his wife are Lutheran Evangelics.

They have a family of three children: Oren E. graduated from the Chicago Veterinary College in 1910, and since 1913 has been in the Government service and is now inspector of the veterinary department, with headquarters in the laboratoiy at St. Louis. Irma Emma is the wife of Roy Holford. of Quincy. Bertha married George Knoblock, a well known Adams County citizen.

Henry Hoffmeister, father of Mrs. Edward J. Barth, mentioned above, was for many years a prosperous and successful farmer of Adams County. His death occurred July .5, 1906.

Henry Bockhold. Of the familes that have been longest and most industriously identified with the agrieidtural welfare and enterprise of ]Melrose Township that represented by Henry Bockhold is especially noteworthy. Mr. Bockhold is one of the leading farmers of Melrose Towmship, his well improved farm and home being seven miles southeast of Quincy.

He was born near Antony's Church in this county December 22, 1860. son of Bernard and Catherine (Dicker) Bockliold. His father, a native of Germany, came to the United States at the age of twenty-two. In Germany he had become an expert in the manufacture of the wooden shoes w^hich were the regular article of footwear in the low countries of Germany. After coming to Adams County he manufactured many pairs of these shoes for his neighbors. His chief employment, however, was cutting wood in the distilleries at Quincy.

He married here at the age of twenty-eight. Catherine Dicker had come to Adams County with her brother, Herman H. Dicker, who afterward went to Missouri and died in that state iu May, 1918. Before her marriage Catherine Dieker worked out. At the time of their maiTiage they bought a team and began farming where their son Henry was born. Bernard Bockhold ran a farm in partnership with his brother-in-law, Herman Dieker. About six years later he bought forty acres of timber land, going in debt for the entire purchase. There he built a small house, cleared up the land, and sold the wood in Quincy. White oak cordwood he sold for $8 and hickory at $10 a cord, after hauling it six miles to town. He made the trip every other day, hauling two loads, and his sale of wood wa.s an important factor in paying the family expenses during those years. About 1875 Bernard Bockhold bought the present homestead owned by his son Henry. This comprised nine-one acres and is two and a half miles distant from the former residence of Bernard Bockhold. He went in debt about $5,000 when he bought it. It was the old Odo Bishop farm, at that time belonging to David Bishop. In 1884 Bernard Bockhold returned to his former homestead. His wife had died about ten years after their marriage, leaving four children. For his second wife he married Christina Vogeding. She died at the old homestead, and her husband then spent his last years among his children, pa-ssing away in 1895, at the age of seventj'-five. He was a democrat and an active member of St. Anthony's Catholic Church. By his first wife he had the following children : Henry ; Herman, who left Adams County when a young man and died in Marion County, Missouri, at the age of fifty-two ; Bernard, a farmer in British Columbia ; Frank, who died in boyhood. By his second wife he had five children : Joseph E., of Melrose Township ; Anton, who lives in the State of Washington ; John, connected with the Gardner Governor Works at Quincy ; George, who lives in the West ; and Jlarj-, Mi-s. Oliver Means, of Quincy.

On the.se various farms mentioned Henry Bockhold spent his j-outh. attended the local schools, and was w'ell prepared by experience and training for the work of farming, which he has followed for over thirty-five years.

in Quiney, daughter of Bemhard Blaesing, who was bom in Germany February 14, 1828, and came to this country with his parents in 1845. In 1854 Bernhard Blaesing married Mary G. Kroner, who was born in Germany in 1837. Bernhard Blaesing had an intensive farm and garden and fruit orchard just outside Quiney. He died there at the age of sixty-three in 1891 and his widow three years later. Mi-s. Boekhold was born November 27, 1857.

At the time of his marriage Henry Boekhold took the farm of his father, renting it until 1896. He then bought the ninety-one acre homestead for $7,000, and has since made many improvements, including the erection of a barn in 1897 and the substantial home in which he and his family reside in 1907. Since then he has added still more lands, seventy-two acres, and has it all well improved and under a high degree of cidtivation. One source of revenue to the Boekliold family has been butter making.

The beginning of this home industry was with one cow, but for a number of years he has kept from eight to ten good milk producers, converting the cream into butter at his home. The quality of the butter is well known and appreciated by some of the best families of Quiney who are among his patrons, and to whom he delivers once a week. Mr. Boekhold went in debt for his land, but his progressiveness and energ\' enabled him to pay for it in a few years, and he has increased its value a great deal by his investments and improvements. He is a democrat in politics but has always refused any tenders of office. His wife and children are members of St. Anthony's Catholic Church.

A brief record of his children is as follows : Rosina, Mrs. Oscar Seheeke, of Melrose township ; William H., who farms in Melrose Township and married Cresa Benz ; Frank S. and Frances, twins, the former marrying Laura Hoover and the latter the wife of George Benz; Clara, ilrs. Anselm Bliekhan of Ellington Township ; Rome B., who was with the United States Army in the automobile department at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, and died there January 7, 1919; and Alfred, at home.

Mrs. George C.\rson, a well known resident of Quiney, with home at 1640 Hampshire street, came to Quiney some years ago from Monroe, I\Iissouri, where she and her husband lived for many years.

Her husband, the late George Carson, was a man of prominence in the tobacco industry in Mi.ssouri for a number of years. He was born at St. Louis July 10, 1840, and died at Monroe, Missouri, October 24, 1906. At one time he was superintendent of a large tobacco warehouse at St. Louis. In the paternal line he was descended from a fine old Presbyterian Irish family, with connections at one time with the Irish nobility. Through his mother he represented people who came from Alsace, probably of French stock. His father William Carson was the oldest of a large family and was born in Maryland. He grew up with an uncle who brought him to Missouri, and he lived in Fayette, Missouri, until his marriage to a lady of Virginia stock. William Carson after his marriage located in St. Louis, and at one time was manager of a large tobacco warehouse there. He also owned several Mississippi .steamboats. One of them was Alonzo Childs, captured at New Orleans during the Civil war, and brought him heavy financial loss. He spent his last years in St. Louis.

The late George Carson, the only child of his parents, was reared amid wealthy and aristocratic surroundings, and was a born aristocrat. He was a very handsome man, possessed a very happy disposition, and made and kept a host of friends. After the Civil war he entered business at ]\Ionroe, ilissouri, and became a well known figure in the commercial life of that city and state.

October 10, 1867, at Palmyra, Missouri, he married Miss Martha B. Sutur. JMrs. Carson was born at Palmyra in 1845, and was well educated, attending the Baptist College at Palmyra. Her parents were Verdner and ]\Iatilda (Basket) Sutur, both natives of Kentucky, where they married. Her father and mother moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, and prior to the Civil war settled at Palmyra, Missouri. Her father was a farmer and stock man in Marion County and subsequently at Palmyra oi-frauized the ]\Iarioii County Savings Hank. In 1879 he was elected president of this institution and continued its directing liead until his death. He was born June 2, 1806, and died January 21, 1894. Mrs. Carson's mother was born February 27, 1814, and died August 28, 1905. Her parents were both active members of the Baptist Church.

Mi-s. Carson is the mother of three children: Ada is the widow of Henry Eckle, and her son Carson Eckle is now in tlie army military establishment at Kansas City; Mary Carson lives at home with her mother and gives her most devoted attention to her; the only son, W. Verdner, is unmarried and is a commercial salesman with headquarters in New York City.

Fred Kiem represents the third generation of an industrious and progressive family that has been identified with Adams County from pioneer days. The earlier generations were chiefly farmers, stalwart men who helped to clear up and develop the wilderness. Fred Kiem for a number of years has been in the groeeiy business, and was formerly associated with his brothers under the firm name of Kiem Brothers. He is now sole proprietor of the well known establishment at 439 South Eighteenth Street, which was originally established in 1903 as Kiem Brothers. The store is in fact even older, having been established in the early "90s by W. H. Herlymann. Fred Kiem has done much on his individual account to extend his trade and popularize his methods and service with his patrons. He carried a big stock, is a very able buyer, and keeps his goods constantly moving.

He was born in Melrose Township in 1876 and grew up on his father's farm there with an education supplied by the country schools. When he first came to Quincy he went to work in the Acme Mills, and was employed in the milling department for ten years. From that he entered the grocery business under the name of Kiem Brothers. The original firm of Kiem Brothers consisted of Fred Kiem, William J. Kiem and Arthur E. Kiem. William J. is now in business for himself at 121 North Fifth Street, while Arthur has a store at the corner of Sixth and Elm Streets.

The Kiem familj- was established in Adams County b.y Valentine Kiem, grandfather of the Kiem Brothers. Valentine was born in Germany Mai'ch 6, 1828, was educated in the schools of his native country and in 1847 came to America and soon afterwards settled in Melrose Township of Adams County. There on February 23, 1851, he married iMiss Mary Ulrich, who was born October 6, 1833, in the same locality as her husband. They were thrifty and hard working people, and in section 9 of ^Melrose Township accumulated and improved a fine farm of a quarter of a section. Valentine Kiem was a democrat in politics, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and he and his wife had five children. He died at the age of fifty-seven and his widow passed away at eighty-four.

]Mr. Fred Kiem is a son of Christian and Ella (Pape) Kiem. His mother is a sister of William H. Pape of a well known Adams County family. Christian Kiem and his wife were both born in Adams County. The latter died at the old home in Jlelrose Township in 1888 when onlj' about thirty-three years of age. Christian Kiem is now living retired at Quincy at the age of sixty-seven. He lias two brothers still living, William G. and Valentine J., both married and living in Adams Count.v, and a sister Mary, wife of Lambert Fredericks of Adams County.

Fred Kiem married in Quincy in 1908 Miss Edith Petrie. She was born in Adams County in 1890 and was educated in the city schools. Her parents were William H. and Elizabeth J. (Pfanschmidt ) Petrie, both natives of Gernumy. They were farming people in Adams County and spent their lives here, where they died at the age of seventy, ilr. and Mrs. Kiem have one daughter Marian Elizabeth, born August 25, 1916.

Joseph H. Beckmax, William Beckman, Jonx Schnell. Some of the most valuable tracts of farm land in Fall Creek Township represent the labors and enterprise of the Beckmau and Schnell families. The purpose of this record is to trace briefly the individual names of these families, and indicate the labors and influences which emanated from them as Adams County citizens.

The late Joseph H. Beekman was born in Westphalia, Germany, November 12, 1835, and died at his home in Adams County June 19, 1895, at the age of sixty j'ears. He came to the United States when sixteen years of age. The head of the family at that time was his widowed mother. His two sisters Minnie and Hannah also accompanied him and another brother "William. Henry Beekman, an older brother, had arrived in Adams County the previous year, and spent most of his life near Tioga in Hancock County. William Beekman took up the trade of cooper, later was a farmer in Fall Creek Township, .served with credit in the Civil war, and died in the Soldiers' Home at Quincy.

Joseph H. Beekman was one of the many German immigrants who responded to the call for troops to put down the rebellion. He served three years three months with the Tliird Illinois Cavalry. He was first in the three mouths' service under General Wood, and then re-enlisted for three years. He was slightly wounded once b3- a piece of shell.

On November 30, 1864, after getting his honorable discharge from the armj% Joseph H. Beckmau married ^Minnie Stieghorst. She was eight years of age when she came from her birthplace near Bielfeldt, Germany, with her parents, Bernard and Minnie (Niebauer) Stieghorst. Her father was a linen weaver and the Stieghorst family lived at Quincy for many years. Minnie Stieghorst was eighteen years of age at the time of her marriage.

In the meantime Joseph Stieghorst had acquired a span of mules and that was his chief capital when he started life for himself. Prior to the war he had worked for Mr. Seranton near Mendon. He used is team of mules to haul lumber five or six years, and then for nine years lived on the Tibbetts farm in Fall Creek Township. After that he bought the present Beekman farm in that township, which was formerly owned by the Rude family. This contained about 100 acres, and on that land Joseph H. Beekman labored and toiled for the last thirty-five years of his life, making all the substantial improvements and adding much of value to the productiveness and comfort of the home. His death was the result of an accident. He had been in Quincy on business, and on leaving the citv in the midst of a terrific storm his team ran off the Eighth Street hill over" the hank, upsetting the vehicle, and he was so severely injured that lie died three days later at the home of a neighbor to which he' had been taken. Joseph H. Beekman was a very strong republican in politics and he and liis wife were verv active members of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church at Quincy. The Beekman farm at present has a very valuable orchard and that was set out by Mrs. Beckman three years after her husband's death. Joseph H. Beekman and wife had four sons and two daughters: William; Emma, wife of John Carr of Fall Creek Township ; Amelia, Mrs. Ed Hatcher of Melrose Township ; Joseph II., still at the old home: Edward, at home; and Walter, who helps his mother operate the old homestead.

William Beekman, whose home is in Melrose Township eight miles southeast of Quincy, was Ixjrn at Quincy February 5, 1866, son of Jo.seph and Minnie (Stieghorst) Beekman. He grew up on the farm, was educated in the local schools, and lived at home with his parents until his marriage on April 11, 1894 to Miss Ehzabetli Schnell, daughter of John and Magdalena (Struck) Schnell. John and Henry Schnell, brothers, came with their parents from Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and located on the farm in Melrose Township now owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. William Beckmau. The farm was all timber, but the labors of the Schnell family converted it into productive fields. The Schnells lived in a log house for several years. The substantial brick house on the farm at present was erected in 1878. Elizabeth Schnell was about twelve years of age wlien her mother died. Henrv and John Schnell divided the old homestead of 160 acres between them, and John started a new set of buildings while Henry received the older improvements. Henry Schnell married Miss

Sabina Williams, and they finally retired to Quiney where he died about 1914. His widow is still living at Quiney with two daughters, Elizabeth and Lizetta.

Mr. Williani Beckman had bought the Schnell farm in 1907 and for several years prior to that had operated another Schnell place near Marblehead.

Magdalena Struck, wife of John Schnell, was a native of Germany and came with her parents Osmus Struck and wife to Warsaw, Illinois. Osmus Struck died there, and his widow spent her last years in Liberty Township. John Schnell 's son August now owns and occupies the Schnell property near Marblehead, consisting of about 170 acres. John Schnell died September 5, 1911. His family consisted of two daughters and one son : Elizabeth ; Anna, wife of Henry Keasel of Fall Creek Township ; and August, who married MoUie Drawe, and has two children Virginia and Robert.

Mr. and Mrs. William Beckman have six children : Ebner, Adele, Anna, Mercedes, Frieda and Wilmer. All are at home except Elmer, who is now in the United States army with a Machine Gun Company at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Mr. William Beckman is a republican, and he and his wife attend worship in the Congregational Church.

Anton Wiebmer. A highly respected resident of Quiney, noteworthy for his intelligence and integrity, Anton Wiebmer has for many years been actively identified with the industrial interests of the city, and as an expert machinist has built up an extensive and flourishing bu.siness. A native of Germany, he was born December 15, 1863.

Wilheim Wiebmer, his father, was born, lived and died in Germany. He married Theresa Beck, who, in April, 1888, came with her family to the United States, locating in Quiney. She was the mother of six children, as follows: Anton, the special subject of this sketch ; Henry, of St. Paul, Minnesota : Frieda, wife of Rudolph Wich, of Quiney; Pauline, deceased; Matilda, wife of Robert Goldman, of Fort Wayne, Indiana ; and Mrs. Elsa Edwards, of Toledo, Ohio.

Brought up and educated in Germany, Anton Wiebmer served an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade when young, and after coming to Quiney with his widowed mother worked as a journeyman machinist until 1897. Starting then in business for himself, he has since made a specialty of machine repairing of all kinds, his shop, at No. 301 South Seventh Street, being one of the busiest places to be found in Quiney.

Ml-. Wiebmer married, October 22, 1887, Matilda Klenk. Four children have been born to Mr. and ilrs. Wiebmer, namely : Matilda, wife of C. A. Ryniker, of Quiney ; Anton, Jr., a machinist, is in business with his father, having charge of the shop.s; Frederick, with his father; and Frieda, wife of H. G. Krietemeyer, of Quiney. In his political affiliations, Mr. Wiebmer is a republican. Fraternally he and both of his sons are members of the Ancient Free and Accepted Order of ilasons. His son-in-law, Mr. Krietemeyer, is also a Mason, and both he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star.

E. B. Potter is president of Potter- Vaughn Company, a business with an interesting history and recognized as the largest house furnishing goods supply store on the installment plan in this section of Illinois. The business was established here under the firm name of Potter & Vaughn in 1890. "Wlien the Potter famih' came to Quiney in that year all the capital they could muster was $280. E. B. Potter used this money to rent a small room on North Fifth Street and there made the beginning of a house furnishing store. He states that his stock of rugs, lace curtains and other wares might have been hauled in a large wheel barrow. It was a most modest beginning and it required courage and faith, work and sacrifice on his part to keep it going and growing, but he exhibited all these qualities, and is now head of a business of which any merchant might be proud.

The present firm has its home at 222-224 North Fifth Street, and the business has been incorporated since 1905. Mr. Potter is president and treasurer,

John J. Fisher is vice president, and C. G. Edgar is secretary. The original partner, Mr. Vaughn, a native of Terre Haute, Indiana, came to Quincy and was associated with Mr. Potter in the business for one year, wlien the firm dissolved partnership, but the name Vaughn has ever since been carried in the business title.

At the present time the company has in addition to its store extensive warehouses, with a capacity for holding many carloads of goods. The goods are all classified and arranged so as to expedite the handling and prompt shipment and delivery. Besides tlie Quincy business the company operates a similar store at Louisiana, Missouri, and also a store at Brooktield, Illinois. At Quincy fourteen people are emplo.yed in the different departments of the business, and the company also has a traveling salesman covering territory 100 miles around Quincy and reaching into Western Missouri. The substantial character of the business is further testified to by the fact that some of the employes have been with the firm for periods ranging from ten to twenty years. Mr. Potter is also owner of much improved real estate on North Fifth and Vennont streets, and has a large sales stable used by buyers who purchase horses and mules for Government purposes.

Mr. Potter was born in Basco, Hancock County, Illinois, December 6, 1869, and grew up on a farm. He also spent eleven years in Kansas during the period of hard times when drought and grasshoppers afflicted the settlers and during those eleven years the famil.y succeeded in raising only two real crops. From Kansas the Potters returned to Basco, Illinois, and it was from that locality that Mr. Potter came to Quiney.

His father Robert J. Potter was a son of R. John Potter Avho lived and died on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Robert J. Potter was born in Westmoreland County in 1843, grew up there as a farm boj' and during the Civil war served three years eleven months in the One Hundred and Forty-Second Pennsylvania Infantry. He was in many hard fought battles, and at Gettysburg the drum of one ear was biu'st and he lost his hearing in that organ the rest of his life. He had many narrow escapes from danger and spent his last years in the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, where he died in 1910. Robert J. Potter married in Hancock County, Illinois, Benna E. Rohrbaugh, who was born in that county seventy-three years ago and is now living in California, still retaining her vigor of mind and body. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church as was her husband, and he was a strong republican.

At Quincy in 1902 Mr. E. B. Potter married Miss L. Edith Bunting. Mrs. Potter was born in the house where she now resides at the corner of Twelfth and Kentucky streets and has spent all her life in this city. She is a daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Tilton) Bunting. Her father was born in New Jersey and was directly descended from Jarvis Bunting, a prominent Quaker colonist, and .she is also related to the William Penn lineage. The Buntings have an interesting history of many generations in England and America, and at one time the family had its coat of arms. Mrs. Potter's mother was a native of Kentucky, and her parents married at Quincy, where her father died at the age of sixty-eight and her mother at sixty. She was active in the Methodist Church while Mr. Bunting was a Quaker and a republican. The old Bunting home was con.strueted just after the Civil war and was the first residence in that part of the city, which was then known as a cow pasture. The house adjoins the old: Historical Society Home. Mr. and Mrs. Potter have one daughter, Winifred May, fifteen years of age and a student in high school. Mr. and Mrs. Potter are membei-s of the Methodist Episcopal Church and he is affiliated with the local lodge of Masons.

Fred Frike. Someone has described success in the following words : " He has achieved success who has lived well ; laughed often and loved much ; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's duty or failed to express it ; has always looked for the best in others and gave the best he had ; whose life was an inspiration, whose memory is a benediction."

A great many people in Adams County came to know and appreciate these qualities in the late Fred Frike. He did much to make his name respected in business circles, but even more to earn the love and admiration of the people around him. Mr. Frike was born at Barry in Pike County, Illinois, December 21, 1856, son of Fred G. and Anna (Bradshaw) Frike. His father was born, reared and educated in Germauj-, and just before becoming sub.ject to military duty left for the United States, accompanied by his parents and a sister and joined his brother Christ, a cooper by trade, at Barry, Illinois, who spent his last years there and died at the age of sixty. Christ's children were: Evaline, wife of William Grubb, who lives at Barry and has a family of children ; and Mrs. Dora Mclntyre, widow of John Mclntyre, also living at Barry, and of her two sons Harry Frike Mclntyre is married and has children, while J. Christ died at the age of twenty-one. Fred G. Frike after reaching Barry spent several years in the cooper's occupation. He married there Miss Anna Bradshaw, and thirteen or fourteen years later moved to Beverly in Adams County, locating on a farm. Four years later he transferred his residence to Fowler, where he continued in business until his death. His wife was a Baptist, and both were highly respected people.

Fred Frike gi-ew up in the different places above mentioned and lived with his parents to the age of sixteen. He finished his education at Fowler, and later paid his own way through the Gem City Business College. At Coatsburg Mr. Frike entered the dry goods business, and from the day he started was well on the wa.y to success. He sold goods there to an enlarging circle of friends and patrons for over thirty years. He finally retired in 1914 and moved to Quincy, where he bought the fine brick home known as the Judge Marsh Estate at 818 North Fifth Street. He lived there until his death two years later. Mr. Frike was a democrat.

His outstanding characteristic was his generosity. This' was shown in behalf of the poor and needy, and also in many ways and forms of helpfulness to his friends and family. He was a most devoted hiisband and father, and his essential nobility expressed itself in thousands of acts of kindness.

ilr. Frike married at St. Louis in 1911, after a romantic courtship of a few days. Miss Emily J. Crane. Mrs. Frike, who still resides at the old home, 818 North Fifth Street, was born at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1869. She is in the seventh generation of the Crane family in America. The Cranes came out of England and were pioneers in New England and the State of Connecticut (Weatherfield). Her grandfather, Elihu Crane, and two brothers were among the first settlers in Northwestern Pennsylvania in Erie County. Elihu Crane settled there about 1798 and in 1800 he and his brother Fowler laid out the townsite of Cranes^ille, where they had a tavern, store and some other local industries. James E. Crane, father of Mrs. Frike, was born in Erie County ninety j-ears ago, and became prominent in business affairs in Western Pennsylvania as a lumber manufacturer. In 1876 he transferred his enterprise to Western Kansas, buying a large tract of several hundred acres at Kinsley on the old Santa Fe trail. He occupied it during the two years of almost continuous drought, when not a drop of rain fell for twenty-two months, and also endured the devastating gra.sshopper plague. His wa.s one of the very few families in that county which did not have to resort to some sort of public or state aid during that calamitous period. From Kansas James E. Crane moved to Siloam Springs in Northwestern Arkansa,s, and there his wife died in 1890, at the age of fifty-five. Mrs. Frike was one of ten children. James E. Crane married a second wife, and resided at Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where he died January 26, 1919, at the ago of ninety years, twelve days.

Mrs. Frike at the age of twenty-nine graduated from the St. Luke's Training School for Nurses, class of 1897, in St. Louis, Missouri, and for some years before her marriage was active as a nurse in St. Luke 's Hospital under Surgeon Mudd. Her skill was called into service to handle cases for many of the best known people in the Middle West.

Mr. and Mrs. Frike had two children: Emily Ann, who was born in the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium at St. Louis November 14, 1912, and Helen Julia, born at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis July 20, 1914.

The late Fred Frike was a man of exceptional energy and of varied talents. In business he was quick, ready in decision and prompt in action, and was well known all over the southeastern part of Adams County in a business way. He was very congenial with his friends, and it was only in his acts of generosity and helpfulness that he sought to cover up his actions, and that not through any lack of frankness but through the true spirit of charity. He was a man of strong likes and dislikes, was very temperate in his habits, and was devoted to his home, loving his wife and family as few men did. He died very suddenly and unexpectedly. He was in the Burlington Railway Station with his arms loaded with bundles and presents for his wife and babies when he dropped dead at Coatsburg, Illinois.

One of his chief characteristics was a love for old things, especially those of artistic value and with some individual associations. The first toy cannon given him when he was five years of age and when the Civil war was in progress he kept to the end of his life. He also had many other similar trinkets, including a pocket mirror, a baseball he had made when a boy, and several articles of old furniture. He also carefully planned and preserved the hides of some favorite animals he had owned, and used them as rugs or mats. Mrs. Frike has very similar tastes and sympathies, and their marriage was one based on extreme congeniality as well as complete affection and confidence. Mrs. Frike has a number of heirlooms handed down through her old American and New England family. These include a pair of old candle snuffers which go back to colonial days. She and her husband had also gathered many articles of interest in their travels, and these she carefully preserves. Mrs. Frike has one of the most interesting homes in Quincj^

David N. Markillie is one of the older business men and public spirited citizens of Quincy, and for over ten years has served as superintendent of public works in the city government. He was first appointed to that ofSce in 1906 under Mayor John H. Best, and in 1917 Mayor Thompson reappointed him. His work has given satisfaction to the citizens of Quincy interested in an efficient administration of the local utilities and his term of service has been characterized by many progressive ideas. Mr. Markillie introduced the first street sweeper into Quincy, and also the first macadam streets were built under his direction. He had considerable difficulty in convincing a considerable number of citizens of the wisdom of this program, but most of those who were at one time opposed are now strongly in favor of his ideas and practices.

Mr. Markillie has been a resident of Quincy for eighteen years. Before entering upon his public duties he was in the feed business at 416-420 North Fifth Street. He has always been active in local affairs and local politics.

Mr. Markillie was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1853. He grew up there, and was one of the first students in Whipley Academy at Jacksonville. In 1889 he moved to Hancock County, Illinois, and was a farmer in that locality until he removed to Quincy in 1901. Mr. Markillie 's grandfather was a native of England and on coming to the United States located in Kentucky, where he married a German girl. Their son Abraham was born in Kentucky in 1827, and three years later the family moved to Scott County, near the line of Morgan County, Illinois. Here the Markillies cleared up a good farm.

Abraham Markillie grew up in Scott County, followed the life of a farmer, and in Morgan County married ilargaret Funk, member of the old and prominent Funk family of Illinois. She wa.s born in Morgan County, in Lynnville, her parents, Nimrod and Eva Funk, were pioneer settlers and early farm- ei-s. Abraham Markillie and wife after their marriage lived on the Markillie homestead in Scott County, but finally retired and spent their last years in Winchester. Abraham Markillie died on his seventy-fii-st birthday and his wife passed away a few months after she was seventy-one years of age. They were members of the Christian Church and he was a republican. During his youth he en.joyed the acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln, while his older brother, Thomas ]\Iarkillic, was a particularly good friend of that Illinois statesman and they sometimes hunted together. David N. Markillie has one living sister, Ada, widow of Heniy Langford of "Winchester.

In Morgan County 'Mr. ^larkillie married Sarah J. Angelo. She was a native jf that county and grew up in the same neighborhood with Mr. Markillie. She fuiished her education at Jacksonville. Mr. and Mrs. ^Markillie had six children. The daughter Maud is now deceased. Alpha lives in Carthage, Illinois, and is married and ha.s a son, Ellis, and a daughter. Catherine. Edgar B. is married and lives in California. Dennis, a resident of Basco, Illinois, has a sou, Abj-aham, and a daughter, ;\Iartha. Guy T. is a merchant at Quincy, and by his first marriage has a son, Clyde, and by his present wife a daughter, Marjorie May. Earl A. is in business at Detroit, Michigan, and is married but has no children.

John C. Ording. A man of liberal views, energetic and enterprising, John C. Ording, of Quincy, has long been identified with the industrial and commercial interests of the city, at the present time being secretary, treasurer and office manager for the firm of J. H. Duker & Brother Company. A son of Henry Ording, he was born in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, October 24, 1865.

A native of Hanover, Germany, Henry Ording immigrated to America in 1856, and immediately took up his residence in Quincy, Illinois. Learning the trade of a cabinet maker, he followed it for about twenty years, and then embarked in the grocery business. Being elected sheriff of Adams County in 1878, he served acceptably for two years, after which he was for two years prosperously engaged in the feed business. In 1882 he was appointed chief of police, and served the city in that capacity for six years, performing the duties devolving upon him faithfullj' and efficiently. He subsequently lived retired from the activities of business until his death, February 25, 1912. His wife, whose maiden name was Caroline Glass, was born and educated in Quincy, where she is still a resident. They were the parents of ten children, as follows : Henry, of Quincy ; Mary, widow of H. Tossick ; John C, with whom this sketch is chiefly concerned ; Charles J., of Chicago ; Carrie, wife of Lyle Beers, of Chicago ; Joseph B.. deceased ; Antoinette, a Sister in the Notre Dame Order in Saint Louis ; August B.. of Quincy ; August C, and a daughter, Clara, who both died in infancj-.

Laying a good foundation for his future education when a boj', John C. Ording entered his father's office in the Court Building when fifteen years of age, and while there employed gained e.xperienee and knowledge of value. Desirous, however, of continuing his studies, he subsequently attended Saint Boniface and Saint Francis colleges, and the Gem City Business College. Thus fitted for a business career, Mr. Ording was for three years clerk in a steamboat office. For seven years thereafter he was clerk for George Fischer, who was engaged in the hardware business. Retiring from that. Mr. Ording became associated with the George H. Stahl Incubator Works as bookkeeper and German correspondent, a position of importance which he filled for thirteen years. In 1904 he accepted his present position as secretary, treasurer and office manager for the J. H. Duker & Brother Company, which was incorporated in that year, and has since been officially identified with the wholesale liquor trade of the city.

Mr. Ording married, October 25, 1895, Anna IM. Duker, a daughter of John H. and Clara Elizabeth (Glass) Duker. Of their union three children have been born, namely : Sylvia :\I., Adelia 'SI., and Elvira M. Politically Mr. Ording invariably casts "his ballot in favor of the democratic party. Religiously Mr. and Mrs." Ording are members of the Saint Boniface Catholic Church.

Albert Bernard Jansex is a progressive and enterprising Quincy merchant, and the work and achievement of the few years he has spent in business are a definite promise as to large and continued success in the future.

Mr. JaiLsen represents an honored old family name of Quincy and was born in this city December 28, 1890, son of Frederick and Mary (Meiner). Jansen. His father was a native of Hanover, Germany, and his mother of Quincy. Frederick Jansen came to America as a young man, having Jearned the tr'ade of carriage maker in the old country. At Quincy he went into partnership with Mr. Triplet in a wagon shop on Tenth and Maine streets, and this business he continued practically until his death, which occurred on August 7, 1904. The mother is still living in Quincy. In the family are eight children: Fred, of Quincy; Henry J., Rudolph, Albert and Otto, all decea.sed; Angelina, wife of George Welton, of Quincy; Albert B.; and Gustave, who is associated in business with his brother Albert.

Albert B. Jansen secured his education in Quincy at the parochial schools. When only fourteen years of age he went to work in a drug store, and two years later began helping his brother Henry J. in a butcher shop and grocery store. At the death of his brother he took over the business and has carried it forward with increasing results and prosperity, having one of the best patronized establishments on Eighth Street. He is a member of St. John Catholic Church, is a democrat in politics, and is affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Eagles and other local societies. He was married on November 11, 1914.

Henry H. Heidbreder. Conspicuous among the homes of Ellington Township is that of Henry H. Heidbreder, who owns one farm of 120 acres in section 16 and another of forty acres in section 20. Both are well improved. The homestead has a fine set of farm buildings, all of them erected by Mr. Heidbreder. The barn is 24 by 42 feet, and he has a good eight-room house. The other farm has a barn 40 by 42 feet and a nine-room house. The farm is productive of fine crops and also good live stock. Mr. Heidbreder is manager of the imported Percheron stallion Piston, and a fine Missouri bred jack called William H. Mr. Heidbreder has been a resident of Ellington Township since early childhood. He was born in Quiiicy February 12, 1868, and six weeks later his parents moved to Ellington Township and he grew up on the farm which he now owns. His father, John P. Heidbreder, was born in Hanover of Lutheran ancestry. About 18.50 the family came to the United States, crossing the ocean by sailing vessel, and from New Orleans journeying lip the Mississippi River to Quincy. John Heidbreder 's parents died a year or two after settling in Adams County, and two of their children also died about the same time. The other five sons all grew up and married and died in Adams County except one son, William, who passed away in Missouri. All these sons left children. Their names were Henr.y, William, John P., Herman and Captain Casper. The last served through the Civil war and was captain of his company.

John P. Heidbreder was quite young when his parents died, and he gi-ew up among strangers in Adams County. He learned the trade of cooper and was thus employed during the early years of the Civil war. He was deeply interested in the success of the Union cause, and when his brother raised Company H at Quincy in 1864 John enlisted in the company and served until the close of the war. After the war he followed the cooper's trade three years and then bought his homestead in section 16 of Ellington Township. He lived on it and prospered there for twenty-five years, when he retired to Quincy and died in that city in 1902, at the age of sixty-five. He held a number of local positions and trusts and was a well known man both in Ellington Township and Quincy. John P. Heidbreder married Frederiea Stoekhecker. She was born in Germany about 1845 and came to the United States with her mother. Her mother lived to be nearly 100 years old. Frederiea Stoekhecker was a good wife and mother for over thirty years and died in Quincy in 1898. She and her husband were both members of St. James Lutheran Church.

Henry H. Heidbreder was the third of eight children, all still living and all married but one. Mr. Heidbreder married in Ellington Township Sophia Beckman. She was born in Adams County, was educated in the Franklin School and was employed in Quincy up to the time of her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Heidbreder 's oldest child, Harvey, born January 25, 1894, was educated in the home township and is now occupying one of his father's farms. He married in Quincy Miss Ada Althiede, who was born and reared in Quincy. Harvey Heidbreder and wife have one son, Virgil H., born October 7, 1916. Otis J. Heidbreder, the second son, was born August 31, 1896. He attended the Central Kural School and in September, 1918, enlisted in Company B of the First B. N. Infantry, being trained at Camp Grant, but now at Waco, Texas. Ruth, born April 28, 1898, is a graduate of the grammar schools, and is one of the youthful widows made so on account of the war. Her husband, James E. Dui-st, who was a limited service soldier, died at Camp Grant October 3, 1918. at the age of twenty-four.

The Heidbreder family are all members of the Lutheran Memorial Church. Mr. Heidbreder is township coUecter and has served as asses.sor and in other local offices.

Charles W. Johnson is senior partner of the firm of Johnson & Plank, who have some unusual distinctions among the automobile men of Quincy. For a number of years they have handled some of the leading makes of automobiles and tractors and trucks. It is to their credit that they established the first garage in the City of Quincy. That was fourteen years ago, when auomobiles as pa.ssenger cars were first coming into use and when the word garage was on few people's tongues. From time to time they have handled the different makes of the best ears on the market, and have occupied several locations as garages. In 19] 7 they came to their present home on Jersey Street near Herald Square and Masonic Building, and here have a splendidly equipped garaore 50 by 150 feet. They specialize in the Studebaker passenger ears, and also are local agents for the well known Baring tractor, and also represent the Scripps-Booth small car and the Sandow and G. M. C. trucks.

Mr. .Johnson was born in Quincy July 14, 1888. He was reared and educated here, attending the public schools, and early went out to make his own way in the world. He was a small boy when his father White Johnson died. His widowed mother is still living at Quincy. Mr. Johnson has three sisters. Catherine, who wa.s born in ^lissouri, came to Quincy with her parents and was well educated. TVhen a young gii-1, she took up clerical work, was employed for a time by the Weems Laundry in Quincy, later by the Sterns Clothing Company, and for the past three years has been in the office of her brother in the firm of Johnson & Plank. Laura is the wife of A. H. Weaver, who is associated with his father in the Weaver ^lachine Shops of Quincy. Miss Elizabeth A. is a stenographer with the Reliable Poultry Journal of Quincy. These sisters are all members of the Christian Church.

Mr. Johnson married at Clayton, Illinois, Augusta Jefferson, daughter of T. E. and Elizabeth fHursong") .Tefferson. Her father is one of the most widely known farmers and stock raisers in this part of Illinois. He is a feeder of cattle, raises some high grade Belgian horses and conducts a flourishing business under the name T. E. Jefferson & Son. Mr. and IMrs. .Johnson have no children. He is senior warden of Lodge No. 1, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Quincy and his wife is active in the musical affairs of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

at "Wooster, Ohio, was well educated and from early life followed mechanical trades. He developed expert ability as an automobile mechanic, and was the first man to come to Quincy who thoroughly understood the mechanical construction and all phases of automobile machinery' repairs. He is married and has two sons, Browning and Richard. i\Ii". Plank is also affiliated with the iIa.sonic Order.

David P. Wilcox. In the Court of Last Eesort. where the All Wise will apply the test for true success to human life, the finite mind can conceive of no fairer gauge than would be implied by the question, Did you gather good friends and keep them through balm and storm ? In the judgment of thoughtful and well-meaning persons the nature of the answer spells the degree of that success which is only worthwhile at the last. And the man or woman who has reached that viewpoint of life has commenced to take on a calm and a dignity which nothing can deeply disturb.

Forty-four years in one community makes a long period in which to apply this simple yet conclusive test, and David F. Wilcox, as much as any citizen of Quincy, has withstood it, and each year and hoiir that he lives his success in making good friends and keeping them becomes more pronounced. It simply means that there is no pretense about him and that friends worth having have become firmly convinced of it by years of experience.

Mr. Wilcox comes of a sturdy Rhode Island family and was born in Harford Mills, Courtland County, New York, on the 27th of October, 18.51. His parents were Daniel and Angeline Wilcox, and the father, who came West in 1858, was for many years one of the owners and publishers of the Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette. In 1867, with A. M. Thomson and W. G. Roberts, he organized a stock "ompany that took over the Milwaukee Sentinel, Daniel Wilcox being the business manager. In 1874 the father purchased the Quincy (Illinois) Whig, his two sons, Chester A. and David F., being associated with him in the business. Daniel Wilcox, the father, died in 1878, the mother in 1904 and the brother in 1899.

David F. Wilcox was first educated in the public schools of Janesville and at the University of Wisconsin. But his practical intellectual training commenced with his work as a reporter on the ^Milwaukee Sentinel. He was one of the publishers of the Quincy Whig from January 1, 1874, to July 1, 1898. After the father's death in 1878 the two brothel's carried on the business for twenty years, or until it was sold to a stock company made up of representative business men of Quincy. In the following year (1899) ]\Ir. Wilcox was appointed postmaster of the city, serving thus until 1914. During that long period of service the postal accommodations of Quincy were largely extended and thoroughly organized, and the Government Building was enlarged and remodeled. The postmastership is the only public office which he has ever held, although since his young manhood he has been active in promoting the interests of the republican party, and his father was one of its founders in the State of Wisconsin.

Outside of his official and newspaper relationships Mr. Wilcox has been persistently and continuously identified with the higher activities of his home city. He has been well known as a Mason for a period of more than forty years, having been identified with Lambert Lodge since 1876 and Quincy Chapter and El Aksa and Quincy commanderies. Knights Templar, since ISSl. For many years he has also been a trustee of Woodland Orphan Home, the Associated Charities and the Young Men's Christian Association. As one of the reorganizers of the last named, he served as its first vice president for five years and was chairman of the furnishing committee for the new building of the Young Men's Christian Association, which was completed in 1911 at a cost of $11.5,000. He has also served for many years as a trustee of the Vermont Street Baptist Church, with which he has been prominently identified.

long term of years oue of the most widely known men in the Baptist denomination. During his pastorate the Hanson Place Baptist Church was built at Brooklyn, New York, but his health requiring a change of climate from that prevailing on the Atlantic Coast Dr. Hodge filled pastorates at Janesville, Wisconsin, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Milwaukee. Since coming to Quincy IMrs. Wilcox has been active and prominent in its church and social life. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox, as follows : Myra, wife of Dr. Kirk Shawgo; Harriet, wife of Charles L. Bartlett, who passed away in 1908; and Chester H., treasurer of the Quincy Casket Companj', who married Helen Guinan, daughter of John Guinan, of Quincy, and they have one son, John Guinan Wilcox.

Index

Adams County, location of, 1: area, 1; drainage, 1: elevation. 2; geological formation, 2; soils, 9; climate. 10; birds, 11; geographical center of great corn belt, 18; first orchard in the county, 18; farm adviser, 22; lack of railroad facilities, 26; archaelogical remains in, 32; first physician in. 95; creation of. 96: first coroner in, 100; created, 103; naming of. 104;, census, 108; pioneer legislation, 112; first permanent lawyer, 113; first teacher and first preacher, 114; divided into townships, 121; officers, 128, 129, 130. 131; senators and representatives, 132; population, 1890. 1900. 1910, 134; first execution in, 153; pioneer members of the bar, 157; number of Civil war soldiers, 213; population in 1860, 213; regiment. 224; school system. 243; school system, strong points of. 253 ; pioneer schools and teacliers, 255; Red Cross Chapter. 530; geographical center of. 636; first white man, 640; celebrations. 643; World war, 689; World war personnel, 689

Burton township, 122, 637, 652; land values and personal property, 133; population. 134; school, 255; value of school property, 262; centennial celebration, 644; oldest church in, 653; oldest school in, 656; first log schoolhouse, 656; military history, 659; soldiers of the Spanish-American war. 660; soldiers of World war, 661

Catliolie Church. 544; first resident German priest, 325 Cavalry company organized, Civil war, 223 Celebrations in the county, 643 Cemeteries, 500

Civil war, 211; (Fiftieth Illinois Infantry), (portraits), 212; colored regiment, 213; soldiers from Adams County, 213; hospitals for sick and wounded, 214; women of Quincy in, 215; Tenth Infantry of Illinois Volunteers, 216; Quincy a great center of military activity, 221; One Hundred and Fourth Illinois Infantry, 221; Cavalry company organized, 223; Marine Corps, 223; Quincy Cadets. 223; Quincy National Zouaves, 223; Union Rifle Company. 223; Sixteenth Regiment of Illinois Infantry, 224; Fiftieth Regiment, 225; Seventh Illinois Cavalry, 225; activities at Quincy,

226; Captain Delano's company of dragoons. 226; Tenth, Sixteenth. Twentyseventh, Fiftieth regiments, 226; Seventyeighth Infantry, 226; Eighty-fourth Infantrj', 226; One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, 226; One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, 226; Seventy-third Infantry. 227; One Hundred and Thirtyseventh Illinois Infantry; 227; One Hundred and: Thirty-eighth Regiment, 227; Twenty-ninth Colored Regiment. 227; One Hundred and Forty-eighth Regiment, 227; One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment, 227; draft law, 227; military leaders, 228; Sixteenth Infantry, 228; 'Fiftieth Regiment, 229; Twenty-seventh Infantry, 229; Eighty-fourth Infantry, 230; One Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, 230; One Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, 231

Clayton, 601; precinct, 118, 123; population, 134; high schooL 254; first schoolhouse, 257; founded, 601; first store, 602; first hotel, 602; village today, 602; banks, 603; business street (illustration), 603; Experiment Station of the Illinois University, 603; churches and fraternal organizations, 604

Coatsburg, old coal shaft at, 4; population, 135; high school, 254; newspaper, 631; bank. 631; churches, 631, 671: competitor of Quincy for county seat, 672

Columbus township. 122 ; land values, personal property, 133; population. 134; value of school property, 262; geograjihical center of county, 636; Centennial celebration,

Concord township. 122, 638; land values, 133; personal property, 133; population, 134; value of school property, 263; Centennial celebration, 047

County seat, opposition to Quincy, 115; Columbus fights for. 118; remains at Quincy, 119; contest. 636; Coatsburg the competitor of Quincy for, 672

Courthouse, first, 94; first log. 111; (illustration), 112; second (illustration), 116; burned, 124; building of present, 135; cost of, 127; laying of comer stone of new, 127; first, marked with bronze tablets, 687 and personal property, 133; population, 134; schools, 257; value of school propertv, 262; Centennial celebration, 644 Elliott. Thomas S.. 1126 Elliott, W. K., 627 Ellis. Perry C. 514, 515 Emerson school. 477 Emery, Emily A., 785 Emery, Walter F., 784 Emminga, Harm H., 607, 1168 Emminga, Henry R., 404, 607 Emminga, John J.. 1167 Emminga's Old Mill (illustration), 608 Emmons, Lawrence E., 171 Empire Light & Power Company, 507 Enabling Act. 74 English Court of Law in Illinois Country,

Fall Creek township, 92, 108, 122, 255, 632; population, 134; land values and personal property, 134: first schoolhouse in, 255; value of school property, 362; Centennial celebration, 647

First schoolhouse in Fall Creek township. 255; in Camp Point. 592; in Northeast township, 605; in Keene township, 616; in Mill Creek township, 639; in Liberty township, 648; in Richfield township, 662

Fraternal organizations, in Camp Point, 598; in Clayton, 604; in Jlendon, 614; in Loraine, 619; in Payson, 628; in Plainville, 629; in Libert}-, 634; in Liberty township, 651; in Burton. 656; in Honey Creek township, 678

Golden. 242, fiOl. 605: population, 135; hotel, 606; Keokuk Junction, 607; industries, 608; bank, school and newspaper, 608; churches, 609; street scene (illustration), 610; Centennial celebration, 645; Centennial pageant at. 683

Houston township, 121, 637; land values, 133; personal property, 133; population, 135; value of school property, 263; Centennial celebration, 646

Illustrations: Exhibit of Adams County Corn, 18; Tractor at Work on Adams County Farm, 21; Demonstration Meeting of County Farm Improvement Association,

23; Automatic Alfalfa Feeder for Hogs. 26; Pure Bred Shorthorns. 29: Arrow Heads from the Mississippi Valley, 32; Marquette in the Illinois Countrv, 40; The. Piasa Bird, 42; LaSalle Starts for the Illinois Country, 47 ; Bronze Statue of George Rogers Clark, Quincy, 66; Pioneer Home in old Pike County, 89; Wood Cabin of 1822, 93 ; Pioneer Implements used bv Old Settlers, 101; A Water Wheel of Old Adams County. 104: First Log Courthouse, 112; The Second Adams County Courthouse. 116; Courthouse of Today, 125: Tlie Quincy House, 142: Old-time Mail Coach. 181; Railroad Yards from Riverview Park, Quincy, 190: On the Quincy Side of the River, 190; Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, near Quincy, 234; The Regimental Armory, 241; F'ield Day among Public School Pupils of the Present, 250; Keeping the Pupils Bright, 256: The Girls Have the Stage Here. 260: A Pioneer German Couple, 264: The City Hall, 438; A Pioneer Quincy Home. 447: First Fire Engine Brought to Illinois, 454 : Old Mississippi River Steamer. 462; Fifth Street in 1858, 466: Quincy Survivors of the Lincoln- Douglas Debate. 469: The Lincoln School (colored), 472; Franklin School of the Present, 474; Present High School. Quincy, 476; The New Jackson School. 478; Old Irving School and Addition, 481; Indian Mounds Park, 496; Parker Heights Memorial Park, 498; Wabash Tract, once known as "Slab Hollow," 499: Fifth Infantry Arraorv. Free I*ublic Librarv, Y. M. C." A.. 503;" First Wonian's Club House in America, 518: Home of the Quincy Historical Society, 522; St. Aloysius Orphans Home, 526; Woodland Home for Orphans, 526; Cheerful Home Settlement and Day Nursery, 526; St. Mary's Hospital. 534'; The Blessing Hospital. 536: Knights of Columbus Building. 569; Masonic Temple, 599: Business Street in Clayton, 603; Company Works. 580: Home of the Chamber of Commerce, 582: Quincy Looking Southeast from the Courthouse, 585; Maine Street East from Fourth. Quincy, 585; Residences at Camp Point, 591; Maplewood High School, 596: Fraternity Temple, 599: Business Street in Clayto'n, 603; Emminga's Old Mill, 60S; Front Street, Golden, 610; Pioneer Blacksmith Shop, Mendon. 613: Mendon High School. 614; Mendon City Park, 615; Pretty Street in Loraine. 618: Charles W. Seymour High School Building, 625

Quincy, 462 Indians,' Illinois, at Beginning of the Nintteentli Century (map), 35 Industries, Quincy, 579 Inglirani. John T., 815 Interurban lines, 192 Ireland, Joseph W., 988 Irish company, 310 Irving school. 475 Irving School and Addition (illustration), 481

Laclede, Pierre, 62 Lafayette township, 121 Lagemann, Herman L., 384 Lamb, Charles A., 1265 Lamb, Harrv E., 1266 Lamb, Martha A., 1265 Lambert, John R., 1144 Lambert Lodge No. 659, 567 Lambur, Louis, 347 Lancaster, W. Emery, 882 Land grant, first in district, 55 Land Office Hotel, 449 Land office, Quincy, 449 Land values, by townships, 133 Lands, first auction sale of, 450 Lanza. Anthony, 1344 Lanza, Bruno, 1344

IjaPrairie, population, 135; high school, 254 Larimore, Albert H., 1374 Larimore, Edward N., 1047 Larimore, Humphrey 0., 1410 Larimore, William 0., 1140 LaSalle. 45 ; consolidates French Empire in America, 45 ; starts for the Illinois Country (illustration), 47; meets the Kaskaskia Indians, 49; second voyage, 52; death of, 53 Lasley, James, 590 Laughlin, John R., 742 Lauter, Charles H., 932 Lawless, Ann M., 1369 Lawless, Charles C, 1137 Lawless, James S.. 1136 Lawless, Steven G., 1300 Lawless, Thomas T., 1368 Lawyers, first permanent. 112; pioneer, 157; in 1869 and after. 167; oldest living, 169

Libert'y township. f22, 123, 634; land values and personal property, 133; population, 135; value of school property, 262; Centennial picnic. 643 ; Centennial history of, 648; first postoffice, 648; first store, 648; first schoolhouse, 648; first horsemill, 648; first marriage, 648; first birth and death, 648; first supervisor, 648; pioneer families, 648; lodges, 651; schools, 651; soldiers, 652 Library Association, Quincy, 458 Library, Camp Point, 595 Library, Quincv, 458, 502; at present time,

Lima township, 122, 633; land values, 133; personal property, 133; population, 135; value of school property, 262 Limestone, 2, 8 Lincoln, Abraham, 467 Lincoln Birthday Celebration, 642 Lincoln-Douglas debates, 467, 683; survivors of (illustration), 469; fiftieth anniversary of, 470 Lincoln-Douglas festivities, 467 Lincoln School, 471, 475 Lincoln School (colored), (illustration), 472 Lindsay Church Home, 535 Linz, George, 367 Lionberger, Charles, 1090 Lippincott Hall, 235 Lisle, Daniel, 93, 100, 194, 443, 648 Little, J. R., 926 Little Missouri Creek, 601 Live stock, 29

Maps: Illinois Indians at Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, 35; American Bottom and old French Villages, 57; The Northwest Territory, 1787, 72; Illinois in 1818,

Melrose township, 94, 122, 638 ; precinct, 123 ; land values and personal property, 133; population, 135; value of school property, 262; Centennial celebration, 647

Mendon. 242: population. 135; platted. 612 early political center, 613; first school, 613 Pioneer Blacksmith Shop (illustration) 613; High School (illustration), 614 churches and lodges, 614; village incor porated, 615; City Park (illustration), 615 newspaper, 616; banks, 616; Centennial eel ebration. 644; Centennial pageant at. 682

Mendon township, land values, 133; personal property. 133; population. 135; High School. 254; value of school property, 262; founded, 612; pioneers, 612

Methodist Episcopal Church of Camp Point. 597; of Loraine, 610; of Mendon. 614; of Melrose township, 639; of Pleasant Grove, 654: at Richfield, 665; Paloma, 674; Coatsburg, 676

Xorth East township, 121; land values, 133; personal property, 133; population, 135; -schools, 255; first schoolhouse, 255; value of school property, 262; first native white men, 605 ; first marriage ceremony, 605 ; first schoolhouse, 605; township officers,

598; Burton, 656 Ode to the German Pioneers, 437 Oehlmann. Henry. 402 Oenning, Elizabeth, 1001 Oenning Glass & Book Company, 403 Oenning. Henry A., 1000 Oertle. Joseph, 935 Oesterle, Sebastian, 313 Official standard of teaching qualifications,

Civil war, 227 One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Illinois Infantry, Civil war, 227 Opera House Block, 595 Opera House. J^iberty, 649 Orchard, first in the county, 18 Orchards, apple, 19 Order of the Eastern Star, 567 Ordinance of 1787, 71 Ording, Henry, 418 Drding, John C, 1473 Original election precincts, 118 Origin of the prairies, 6 Ormond, John J., 1070 Orphanage, first in Quincj-, 531 Orr, Grayson. 122, 633 Orr, Joseph. 633 Orr, William, 633 Orton, Vandeleur, 1409 Osborn, Charles C, 960 Osgood, Edwin P., 836

Payson township, 122; land values and personal property, 133; population, 135; value of school property, 363, 631; pioneer horticulturists, 621; Centennial celebration, 646

Quincy, Indian village on the site of, 36; mounds in neighborhood of, 36; unbroken wild, 91; first man and first woman, 92; first white woman settler, 94; first settler, 95; second house, 95; early mayors of (portraits), 97; named, 105; platted. 109; first sale of town lots, 110; opposition to as county seat, 115; precinct, 118; county seat remains at, 119; population, 135; Board of Health created, 179; first postmaster. 181; railroad connection with Chicago complete, 184; (illustration), 190; Indian village at site of, 194; first streets, 195; population in 1832, 301; state capital, 203; peace-maker in Mormon troubles, 204; women in Civil war, 215; center of military activity. Civil war, 221; Civil war activities at, 226; high schools, 254; schools, 258; first school in, 258; school tax levied in, 258; foundation of school system, 261; value of school property, 262; first German family, 286; solving waterworks problem, 388; natural features of site, 440; drainage of the city, 443; natural features of city's site, 443; original town platted, 445; first sale of lots, 445; pioneer home (illustration), 447; hotels, 448; first newspaper, 449; first frame building, 449; land office, 449; becomes a town corporation, 452; part of township system, 452; birth of fire department. 453; street improvements, 453; boundaries of original city, 455; wards, 455; first city election and oflScials, 456; council meetings, 457; public square fenced, 457; first public schools, 457; city seal, 457; free librarv, 458; street grades established, 458; population in 1842, 459; flood of 1844, 459; population in 1845, 459; worst fire. 488 ; telegraphic communication, 460; first real city directory, 460; geographical position, 461 ; growth up to 1848, 461; Indians numerous, 462; schools, 463; first church, 463; exodus of gold hunters, 464; first daily mail and daily newspaper, 465; made a port of entry, 465; illuminating gas. 465; houses numbered. 467; mayors, 470; commission form of government rejected, 470; schools, 471; Board of Education created, 473; members of Board of Education, 477; school savings system. 479: .Junior High School. 479; present status of schools, 482: fire department, 483; water main, 484; losses by fire, 484; water works, 485; worst fire. 488: park and boulevard system, 488; sources of park revenue, 492; City Hospital, 498; cemeteries, 500; police, 501; work house and house of correction. 501; library. 502, 506; lighting and heating, 507; transportation, 508; horse railways, 508; street cars.

508; newspapers, 510; charities of, 525; first orphanage, 531; churches, 541; oldest existing industries, 579; tnanufactories, 580; banks, 582; bank failures, 583; looking southeast from the courthouse (illustration), 585; Centennial pageant at, 682; bonds burned, 686; first white child born in, 686; in World war, 689

Railroad facilities, lack of, 26 Railroad Park, 595 Railroad properties, value of, 193 Railroad train, first to Chicago, 185 Railroad Yards from Riverview Park, Quincy

Richardson, William A., 125, 162. 833 Richfield, 638; Centennial celebration, 645 Richfield Church. 629 Richdeld precinct, 123 Richfield township, 122. 638: land values and

Schoolhouses. first in Fall Creek township. 255; first in Northeast township, 255: first in Clayton, 257; second in Camp Point township. 257

Schools, free school law. 80; rural schools standardized, 249; high schools, 249; free high schools. 251: course of study. 253; perfect attendance system, 254; better trained teachers. 254; high schools, 254; pioneer, 255; at Quincy, 258, 463, 471; first town, 259; commissioners and superintendents, 261: foundation of Quincy system, 261; enrollment. 262; value of property, 262; first city public, 457; Board of Education created. 473: savings system, 479; official standard of teaching qualifications, 480; present status, 482; statistics, 483; early, at Camp Point. 592; at Golden, 608; first at Jlendon, 613; first schoolhouse in Keene township. 616; at Payson, 622; at Liberty, 634; in Mill Creek township, 639; in Liberty township. 651; in Burton township, 656; in Richfield township, 662; in Honey Creek township, 676