Bios-3 Vol. 2 History of Knox County, IL, by Albert Perry

Andrew O Anderson, whose time is devoted to general farming and stock-raising in Sparta Township, his place adjoining the old family homestead, was born on the e20th of November, 1860, upon the farm which has long been in the possession of the Anderson Family. His father Ole Anderson, who was born in Christiansucd, Norway, February 18, 1820. His father Andrew Olson was born in Christiania, Norway. He followed farming throughout his entire life and both he and his wife, Mrs. Harriet Olson, remained residents of Norway until called their final rest. Ole Anderson, the father, spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native country and in 1849 started for America, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Mary Anderson, and their one child. Whole on shipboard on the was from the east to Ottawa the mother became ill and died when the family were between Chicago and Ottawa, her remains being interred at the latter place. For his second wife Mr. Anderson chose Betsy Anderson, who was born in Sweden, May 26, 1839, and was a daughter of Andrew Peterson, who was born in 1814 and came to America in early life, settling in Sparta township, Knox county, Illinois, where he became a prosperous farmer. He married Anna Hedlund, who was , who was born October 18, 1815, and was a daughter of Jold and Elsie Hedlund, the former a soldier of Sweden, in which country he spent his entire life. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Olson were Peter and Betsy Larson. Following his second marriage Ole Anderson made his home in ?Sparta township, becoming on e of the well known agriculturists of that community. He brought his land under a high state of cultivation and remained for many years on the old homestead, where he at length passed away. He was a Lutheran in his religious belief and was a republican in his political views. The party numbered him among its active and earnest workers for he did all that he could to advance its interest and secure its success. He was drafted for service in the Civil war but never went to the front.. His widow still survives and is now living on the old homestead at the age of seventy-two years.

Andrew O Anderson had the usual experiences that fall to the lot of the farm boy who is reared under the parental roof and divides his time between the duties of the school-room, the pleasures of the play-ground, and work of the home farm. When he had put aside his text-books he devoted his entire attention to farm work, remaining with his parents until he reached the age of twenty-three years. Later he engaged in farming on his own account in Sparta township for five years and in 1885 went to Texas, where he was engaged in stock-raising for eleven years. He was convince, however, that Illinois offered better opportunities to him and in 1896, h returned to Sparta township, where he resided until 1903. In that year he purchased his present farm adjoining the old homestead and is now engaged in general agricultural pursuits, cultivating the crops best adapted to soil and climate. By reason of his practical and progressive methods he secures good harvests and thus wins a substantial annual income. He also make stock-raising a feature of his business and this also adds to his success.

Mr. Anderson has been married twice. He first wedded, Emma Weedman, who was born in Victoria, this county, and is a daughter of Ole and Betsy Weedman. In 1896, Mr. Anderson was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away in that year, leaving two children: Esther, who was born in Texas, in 1891, and is now a student in Lombard University of Galesburg; and Rufus, who was born in 1895, and is now attending the public schools. For his second wife Mr. Anderson chose Miss Christine Norlum, who was born in Sweden, in 1883, and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Norlum both of whom are yet living in Sweden. The children of the second marriage are Helen and Lloyd, aged respectively six and five years.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Anderson is a Mason, belonging to Oneida Lodge, No 337, F. & A. M. which finds in him an exemplary representative, true to its teaching's concerning mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindliness. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and while he has never held political office he has served for two terms on the school board and its a warm friends of the cause of education.

William Bond-- In the death of William Bond the agricultural interests of Knox county lost an important representative. He was thoroughgoing and progressive in the management of his flourishing farm and was known throughout the county as one of the prosperous and substantial residents who won a comfortable competence by dint of his unremitting labors. A native of Ohio, he was born in Preble county, February 18, 1819, and continued to reside there during the first thirty-three years of his life. His father, Exumus Bond, was a native of South Carolina and removed to Ohio when a young man. He married Juda Bennett and number of years later removed to Randolph county, Illinois, where he passed the remainder of his life. Mr. Bond died in Preble county, Ohio.

In 1852 William Bond left Ohio and settled in Brimfield Township, Peoria county, Illinois. Two years later he purchased the farm in Elba township on which has widow now resides, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres of rich and productive land. This he cultivated with much success during the ensuing years of his life. He was married December 21, 1845, to Miss Eliza J. Peterson. She was born January 22, 1826, in Tennessee, a daughter of John and Sarah McCorcle Peterson, both of whom were natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Bond were the parents of six children, born in the following order: Sarah, deceased; Frances, the wife of William Pitman, by whom she has children; Alice E., the wife of Marion Pitman, by whom she has eight children; Ella C., the Wife of William Barrett, by who she has four children; Alice E., the wife of Marion Ellison, by whom she has five children; Augusta, living at home; and Edward C., of Sparta Township, who married Mary Stone and has five children.

Mr. Bond gave his political support to the republican party but was never eager for the honors and emoluments of public office. Mrs. Bond is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and therein a helpful and loyal worker. The death of William Bond occurred on the 10th of February, 1903, when he had reached the age of eighty-four years. One-half of the farm of one hundred an sixty acres which he bequeathed to his wife, she rents to a tenant. Honest and upright in all his relations in life, Mr. Bond enjoyed the high regard of all who knew him and in his death the community suffered the loss of one who represented the best type of American citizenship. He never shirked the duties which fell to his lot but performed his share in the world's work with willingness and pleasure.

James Armstrong---General farming and stock-raising engage the attention of James Armstrong, who is associated with his brother in the operation of a farm located six and half miles north of Williamsfield. His birth occurred in Scotland in 1858, and his a son of James and Mary Montgomery Armstrong, who resided in the land of hills and heather, where the father engaged in farming, until 1867. In the latter year with his wife and family James Armstrong emigrated to the United States, and Upon his arrival in this country made his was directly to Knox county. He first located on a farm on section 36, Victoria Township, but subsequently removed to Truro township, where he passed away at the age of eighty-three years. The mother is still living at the venerable age of eighty-three and makes her home with her sons James and Thomas. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong numbered nine, all of whom are deceased with the exception of four as follows; Mary, who is the wife of Charles Angus, of Peoria county; James, our subject; Jeannette, the wife of W. B. Elliot, an agriculturist of Truro township; and Thomas, who is associated with our subject in agricultural pursuits.

James Armstrong was only a lad of eleven years when he emigrated to America with his parents and has spent the greater part of his life in the immediate vicinity of his present farm. In common with other country lads while mastering the common branches of English learning in the district schools of the vicinity, he was laying the foundation of a future agricultural career by assisting with the plowing, sowing and harvesting of the crops and the care of the stock. By the time he had attained his maturity he was s killed, practical farmer, well qualified to successfully operate a place of his own. When he reached the age of twenty years he left the paternal home and began working for himself. The west had attracted him from earliest boyhood so leaving the scenes with which he had long been familiar, he began his independent career amid an entirely different environment in one of the more recently settled sections of the country. He remained in the west for three years, returning to Knox county in 1881, and has ever since been residing in Victoria township with the exception of two years spent Truro township.

In his political views Mr. Armstrong is a republican. He is a public-spirited man and takes a vital interest in all local affairs, particularly those pertaining to the government of the community. Recognized as a man of ability he has at various times been called to discharge the duties of the township offices, and has served with efficiency both as a road commissioner and school director. He is well known in Victoria township, having been actively identified with the agricultural interests there for the past seventeen years, and is accorded the respect and esteem of all with whom he has had transactions, being a man of upright principles and sound integrity.

J. L. Huber, who is residing six miles north of Williamsfield, where he engages in general farming and stock-raising, was born in this county July 08, 1872, being a son of Jacob and Catherine Armstrong Huber. The father is a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, but when a child of four years of age he accompanied his parents on their removal to Illinois. His boyhood and youth were spent in Peoria county, this state, but upon attaining his maturity he came to Knox county, and here he has ever since resided. He is one of the well Known and prosperous agriculturists of the county, owning two hundred and twenty-eight acres of land and two and a half miles from Williamsfield, that he is still operating.

After he had mastered the common branches J. L. Huber terminated his student days, and thereafter gave his entire attention to agricultural purists. He remained on his father's farm until he was qualified to begin working for himself, when he located on a place west of the homestead. From there he re------

Hugh McGaan, who is a resident farmer of Walnut Grove township, was born in Copley township, this county, January 13, 1858. After attending the public schools he engaged in farming on the old homestead until his marriage and he now lives on the Old McGaan farm, devoting his attention to cultivation of the fields and to stock-raising, both branches of his business proving profitable.

On the 12th of November, 1885, Mr. McGaan was united in marriage to Miss Lettie Arnold, who was born July 2, , 1859, and is a daughter of E. H. Arnold, now a retired carpenter of Galesburg who has reached the age of eighty-four years. He was born in the state of New York and in 1864 came to Knox county, settling in Galesburg, where he always followed carpentering. He married Sarah Davis who died in 1870. She was the daughter of Hull and Emeline Merriam Davis, the former a native of Delaware county, New York, and the latter of Harpersfield, that state. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold were four children, but only tow are now living: Mrs. McGaan and her sister, Emma who is the widow the wife of William McMaster, of Walnut Grove township, and has two children, Thomas and Evelyn; Sarah, a graduate of the Altona high school; Grace the wife of Ellsworth Heck, of Bardolph, Illinois; William at home; Susan who is attending the Altona high school; and Roy and Emory both at home.

The parents. are faithful and active members of the Presbyterian church of Altona and Mr. McGaan is a republican in politics. He has been particularly active in support of educational interests, serving for twenty-six years, or since 1886, as a member of the school board. He believes in progress and improvement along all lines which are of vital significance to the community and his influence has been a potent element for good.

Benjamin E. Frankenburger, assistant cashier of the Bank of Rio and also engaged in the insurance business, was born in Orion, Illinois, December 13, 1880, and was reared in Henry county. He attended the common schools and was graduated from the Alpha high school. Subsequently he was employed as a railroad billing clerk at Aurora, Illinois, and later was for one year in Chicago as inspector of local freight accounts for the Chicago Car Service Company. Subsequently he was rate clerk at Joliet for the Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern Belt line for two years and was then chief rate clerk for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad at that place for about a year. In 1907 he returned to Alpha and became manager of the Tri-County Light & Power Company, which position he held for one year, and afterward became connected with the Bank of Rio. He is now acting as assistant cashier of that institution and is extensively engaged in the insurance business, selling all kinds of insurance. Like his brother Claude E., he is a Knight Templar Mason, belonging to Rio Lodge, \No 685, A. F. & A. M. Chapter No. 4, R. A. M., and Commander No 42, K. T. He, too, is a member of the Order of Easter Star at Rio and is regarded as one of the leading young business men of the place.

Claude E. Frankenburger, who is the conscientious and efficient cashier of the Bank of Rio, was born near Alpha, Henry County, September 4, 1885. He is the son of Ira K. and Mar E. (Calkins) Frankenburger, the father a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and the mother of Illinois. IN 1878 the father came to Henry County, Illinois, where he bought one hundred and seventy-three acres of land, and he and his wife now reside on the same. In their family were four children, of whom Claude E., of this review was the third in order of birth. Foxie's Note: Brother Benjamin's bio above

Claude E. Frankenburger was reared and attended the common schools in Henry county and later completed a high-school education course at Alpha. He was then employed for four months by John M. Taze. in the Alpha Exchange Bank. In February, 1903, the Bank of Rio was established by John M. Taze and his son, William I. Taze, and in March of the same year Claude E. Frankenburger was appointed assistant cashier of the bank. In 1905, he was promoted to the position of cashier. in August, 1909, he and his brother Benjamin E. and Milton Deatherage purchased the bank stock and now are efficiently controlling the same.

Mr. Frankenburger is fraternally identified with Knight Templar Mason, belonging to Rio Lodge, No 685, A. F. & A. M. Chapter No. 4, R. A. M., and Commander No 42, K. T. He, too, is a member of the Order of Easter Star at Rio. He is energetic, progressive and capable and although a young man still, is rapidly gaining for himself a leading positioning the business world in his community.

Douglas Williamson, living on section 13, Indian Point township, is one of the representative farmers of Knox county. His methods are at all times practical, as well as progressive, and the results achieved have place him with the substantial and successful residents of his community. He was born in Cedar townships, January 29, 1856, a son of James and Sophronia (Bland) Williamson, both of whom were natives of Indiana. The grandfather , Thomas Williamson, was a native of Kentucky and with his family removed to Illinois, settling first in Sangamon county, where he remained for a short time. In 1832 he came to Knox county and entered land from the government. Not a furrow had been turned, nor an improvement made upon the place and the family experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life, while converting the raw prairie land into productive fields. Thomas Williamson had been a resident of Knox County for only a brief period when he was drafter for served in the Black Hawk war and aided in quelling the Indian uprising in this state. (Macaque) The farm upon which he settled in Cedar Township remained his place of residence until his death and his wife also died on the old homestead.

James Williamson, father of Douglas Williamson, accompanied his parents on their removal from Indiana to Illinois and was reared in this state. In boyhood he assisted in the arduous task of developing the home farm and later he purchase d land and began farming on his own account. For many years he was thus connected with agricultural interests in Knox county, but eventually sold his farm and removed to Abingdon, where he lived retired until his death in 1902. He was then seventy-eight years of age. He married Sophronia Bland, whose father, Joshua Bland, was also one of the early pioneers of Knox county, arriving here in 1832. She is still living in Abingdon at the advanced age of eighty-four years. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. James Williamson were nine sons and five daughters and twelve of these are still living. the eldest, Mrs. Mary Bateman is deceased. the oldest surviving member of the family is Stewart Williamson, now of Galesburg. He was born in an old log school-house of Cedar township, March 10, 1847, was educated in the Brush Creek school in that township, and then took up the occupation of farming. For fifteen years he resided in Abingdon, after which he settled on a farm near that town. Eventually, however, he took up his abode in Galesburg, where he now lives. He was married in Abingdon October 11, 1874, to Elizabeth Jones, a native of Monmouth and a daughter o John A. and Nancy Hart Jones, who came to Illinois from Virginia and were resident farmers of Knox County until their deaths. Unto Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Williamson were born eight children: Minnie; the wife of Harry Bloomfield of California; Guy, of this county; Clyde, of Cedar township; Myrtle, the wife of John Smith of Chicago; Lou, the wife of Allen Sweborg, living on a farm in Cedar township Cora, Ethel and James. all at home. Frank M., the third member of the family of Mr. and Mrs. James Williamson, is living in Cedar Township where he follows farming, Annie, the next of the family, is the wife of R. McGahey. Rachel is the widow of George Swartz and lives in Abingdon. James M., is a resident of Colorado. Douglas is the next of the family. William is a resident of Colorado. Ellen is married and live in Cedar Township, John, is a practitioner of osteopathy in Parsons, Kansas. Mary is the wife of Dwight Hunter of Cedar Township, Daniel who was killed in a runaway accident in April, 1911, was among the first to go to the Klondyke country, traveling with a company of men who walked over the Chilkoot paths. He remained there one season when his provisions gave out and he was compelled to leave the north. He then went to California where he remained one year and then made his way to Seattle, Washington. While there he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war and to the Philippines, taking part in the first battle. He participated altogether in thirty-seven engagements, remaining in the islands for three years. On his return to the United States he was mustered out at Seattle and was discharged at Washington, D. C. Later he drew a piece of land in Oklahoma remaining there for sometime, but subsequently sold his claim. He then engaged in breaking horses and was killed while following that business. Charles , the next of the family, is a farmer living in Cedar township, Edward is an electrician and sketch artist, residing in Denver, Colorado, and the youngest of the family.

In taking up the personal history of Douglas Williamson, we present to our readers the life record of one of the well known and representative agriculturists of Knox county., He pursued his education in Warren School and then took up the occupation to which he had been reared. For fourteen years he engaged in breaking horses and did a larger business of that kind than any other man in the county, breaking as many as one hundred and fifty horses in a year. Since then he has confined his attention entirely to general farming, including the cultivation of the cereals best adapted to soil and climate, and also to the raising of stock, making a specialty of though-bred Jersey cattle. For the past six years he has lived on his present farm on section 13, Indian Point township, and the neat and thrifty appearance of his place indicates his careful management and progressive methods.

On the 20th of March, 1894, in Galesburg, Mr. Williamson was married to Miss Cora Young, who was born in Fulton County, Illinois, February 24, 1872, a daughter of Asher and Susan (Parks) Young, both of whom were natives of New Jersey and on removing to Illinois settled near Fairview, Fulton county, Illinois, when that was a pioneer district. Both Mr. and Mrs. Young are now living with Mr. and Mrs. Williamson. The three children of the latter are: Gladys, Marie, and Otis, all at home. The parents are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are loyal to its teachings. Mr. Williamson belongs to Abingdon Lodge No 185, F. & A. M. and also to the Odd Fellows Lodge of Hermon and the Modern Woodmen Camp at Abingdon. His many sterling traits of character and his business enterprise and ability have gained him a place among the valued citizens of his township and his good qualities have won him many friends.

C. A. Zenor was among the gallant sons of Illinois, who donned the blue and went to the front in the1860's, a pioneer merchant of Williamsfield, now living retired. He was born in Putnam county, this state January 23, 1845, and is a son of Jacob and Elivira Skeel Zenor. The father was born in Kentucky, and there he resided until 1833, when he came to Illinois, settling on a farm in Putnam county that he cultivated until his death at the age of sixty-seven years. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Zenor.

The early years of C. A. Zenor were not unlike those of other farmer lads of the pioneer period. He attended the public schools at Hennepin, this state, until he had mastered the common branches and also assisted his father in the work on the farm. At the age of nineteen years he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, starting for the front on the 13th of May, 1864. He later served in the Fort-seventh Illinois and was member of the Sixteenth Corps. After the surrender of the Spanish Fort they started for Montgomery, Alabama, in the midst of driving storm. Before they began to march, General McArthur said, "Boys, you will be out of the rain soon," meaning that the war was almost over. On the 22d of April, near Greenville, Alabama, a staff officer mounted on a fleet horse came dashing along the line, shouting "Lee has surrendered!" The cheering was long and loud. The rain and mud that made marching almost impossible, their hunger and limited rations, and general physical discomfort was forgotten. The change in their appearance and movements was phenomenal, they were like new men. their vitality was restored and they had not thought save that the war was almost ended. The elation id not last long, however, for in the evening, at Montgomery, Alabama, word was received of the assassination of President Lincoln. Early in May they marched to Selma, one of the principal arsenals of the south and on the 8th of August, 1865, the Sixteenth Corps was disbanded and the mustering out of the troops began. As there was no civil authority that in existence in the south, the Forty-Seventh Illinois was retained to assist in the readjustment of the disorganized country and to protect government property, as well as to restrain the bands of marauders then prevalent. On the 21st of January, this regiment was also mustered out and took the train for the north. Just north of Corinth, "Mississippi, in the night, they had a head-on collision with a construction train loaded with negroes. Two of the soldiers were killed and a number were injured, while the other train was practically demolished the majority of the negroes killed outright or terribly mangled. They arrived at Springfield, Illinois, on the 2d of February, 1866, and on the following day were paid and discharged. Very soon after his return home. Mr. Zenor resumed the duties of civil life as clerk in a dry-goods store. He subsequently engaged in business for himself in Williamsfield, continuing in this line until 1886, when his health failed and he went west to Nebraska. There he purchased a farm that he cultivated for six years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Williamsfield, and again went into business. IN the early years of his mercantile life he was associated in business with a Mr. Ryan, under the firm name of Zenor & Ryan. They had purchased the establishment of Parker & Wilder, and later Mr. Zenor bought the interest of Mr. Ryan and took Mr. Elliot into partnership with, but during the latter years of his commercial career he was associated with Mr.. Nelson, the store being operated under the name of Zenor & Nelson. Soon after returning from the west Mr. Zenor sold his Nebraska farm and in 1908 he withdrew from business life and is now living retired. He still has property interests here, however, and also owns land in Canada.

For his wife and helpmate, Mr. Zenor chose Miss Alice Thomas, who was born July 28, 1849, a daughter of H. C. Thomas, a farmer of Putnam county. They were married March 25, 1869, and they became the parents of four children. Mildred, who is a graduate of music of Shenandoah, Iowa, married R. V. Field, of Galesburg, and they have two children, Lavonne and Zenor D. Mabel, the second in order of birth, has passed away. Maude , the third daughter, who is a graduate of Knox College of Galesburg, married A. W. Gale, a farmer of Truro Township, and they have one child, Alice. Zelda, the youngest in the family, died at the age of two years.

Mr. and Mrs. Zenor are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. His political allegiance he accords to the republican party and has served as township assessor and as a member of the local school board and also of the town board. Mr. Zenor has met with success in his various undertakings and is one of the prosperous and highly esteemed citizens of Williamsfield, where he has resided since the spring of 1892.

General F. C. Smith-- whose title came in recognition of the valiant services which he rendered to his country in the Civil war, made an equally creditable record in private life and, although all days were not equally bright when viewed from eh financial standpoint, he ever maintained a high position in the honor and regard of his fellowmen, and in fostering railroad building and other business enterprises contributed much to the substantial development of the districts in which he lived. He was born in Portageville, New York, July 14, 1824. His father, Cyrus Smith, was a soldier of the war of 1812 and his example of military service and valor inspired the son, who later gave equal youthful days in Portageville and pursued his early education there., He also studied fro a year in Hamilton University and afterward engaged in teaching school for a number of terms in his native town. He also added to his own knowledge by reading and study and therein laid the foundation of that broad general fund of information which always characterized him and which was ever ready at his command. He was only fourteen years of age when he lost his father so that from that time he was largely dependent upon his own resources. From the work of the schoolroom he turned his attention to contracting and gained prominence in that line in the state of New York. He was interested in the construction of the Geneseo canal and did extensive work on the Erie canal besides executing other large contracts. for this work he was splendidly qualified, possessing much natural mechanical ingenuity and talent in the line of civil engineering. He also studied law while a resident of New York although he did not at that time enter upon active practice, he later depended upon his knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and the success which he obtained in practice showed that he was well grounded in the fundamentals of the law.

In February, 1856, General Smith was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Gilbert, of Batavia, New York, and after residing for three years in the Empire state they came to the middle west in 1859, settling in Oneida, Knox County, Illinois. Some of the members of his family had preceded him and by reason of this he was induced to establish his home in the Mississippi Valley. He was residing in Oneida when the Civil war broke out and his patriotic spirit was fired by the attempt of the south to overthrow the Union. He was among the first of this district to respond to the call to arms and he was connected with some of the most brilliant achievements of the War. He took and active part in organizing Companies A, B, D, F, H, and I, of the One hundred and second Illinois Regiment, all of which were raised in this county while the other companies of the regiment were raised in Mercer, Warren, and Rock Island counties. The One Hundred and Second Illinois was mustered into service, September 02, 1862, with F. C. Smith as lieutenant colonel, and it is said that this command was never know to retreat. He was promoted to the rank of colonel, October 24, 1862, following the resignation of Colonel William McMurtry, and remained in command of his regiment until the close of the war. It was successively connected with Gordon's Reserve Corps, the Eleventh Army Corps and the Twentieth Army Corps, and during the Atlanta campaign was a part of General Sherman's army. On the 16th of March, 1864, an order came attaching the regiment to the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Twentieth Corps and in consequence thereof General Smith participated in the campaign against Atlanta, followed by the celebrated march under Sheridan to the sea. In this campaign he and his regiment made a record of which his country may well be proud. They participated in the battle of Resaca, May 15, 1864, and took part in the daring charge made across a ravine against a rebel fort which they captured, colonel Smith being one of the first to enter the fort. Subsequently the One Hundred and Second Illinois was in the engagement of New Hope Church and at Golgotha Church, and, on the 16th of June, 1864, at Pine Mountain, Georgia, their commander was severely wounded in the left leg above the knee. As soon as he was able to walk he returned to the command of his regiment, which was on the 19th of August, 1864. When General Benjamin Harrison was granted a furlough and returned home the command of the brigade fell upon General Smith and he led it on the great march through the wilderness to Savannah. After that he was granted a furlough and visited his family and home, but rejoined his regiment on the 13th of April, 1865, near Raleigh, and with the brigade under General Harrison marched on to Washington, participating in the grand review on the 24th of May, 1865, his regiment leading the brigade. They were mustered out in June and Colonel Smith was brevetted brigadier general on account of his long and efficient service. The president treated him with great respect and paid him a high compliment because of the valorous aid which he had rendered his country.

When the war was over General Smith returned to his home in Oneida and became prominently connected with the building of the Fort Scott & Western Railway. The failure of this road embarrassed him financially, for he had spent much of his private means to pay the men. About 1874, he removed to Galesburg. while living in New York he had studied law and was admitted to practice in the courts of Illinois about 1883. For ten or twelve years he occupied the same office as the Hon. J. C. Stewart and during 1877 and 1878u, when Mr. Stewart was mayor of the city, General Smith served as city attorney. He followed his profession continuously for a number of years and his opinions upon law matters were regarded as models of clearness and perspicuity. General Smith also became on of the builders of the Central Illinois Railroad. During President Cleveland's administration he was connected with the revenue office at Peoria and from 1883-1885 served as superintendent of the streets in Galesburg. He was ever loyal to the public trusts reposed in him and was equally faithful in the discharge of every private duty.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith there were born two children, but the younger, a daughter, Anna, is now deceased. The son, William, still resides in Galesburg as does his widowed mother, Mrs. Sarah Smith. the death of General Smith occurred in 1891. He belonged to Vester Lodge, No. 584, A. f. & A. A., and to the Royal Arch chapter, and his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the First Baptist Church. His was an upright and honorable life, in consistent harmony with his professions, and at all times he was actuated by the spirit of progress that prompted his hearty cooperation in many movements for the material, intellectual, political and moral progress of his community. pages 145-147.

George R. Byram- Among the successful enterprises which constitute the business activity of Abingdon is numbered the livery establishment of George R. Byram, a representative of a family which has long been established in this district. Mr. Byram was born on a farm southwest of Abingdon, in Indian Point township, Knox county, and is a son of Robert and Nancy (Nance) Byram, natives of Ohio and Knox County respectively. The maternal grandfather of George R. Byram saw military service in one of the early wars, while the paternal grandfather was numbered among the early settlers of this section of the state. At an early day he brought his family to Knox county, establishing his home on a farm which he purchased, consisting of one hundred and seventy-three acres of land located southwest of Abingdon. After his death his son, Robert Byram, purchased the interests of the other heirs to the property and continued in its ownership and cultivation for number of years. He is now living retired from active work and with his wife makes his home in Abingdon. Aside from his connection with agricultural pursuits he has also taken an active and helpful interest in public affairs, serving for a time as county supervisor and also as tax collector.

Opportunity for good mental training was afforded George R. Byram, his preliminary education being acquired in the schools of Abingdon, while later he had the benefit of study at Hedding College. His father's farm was the training ground upon which he received his early preparation for the practical duties of life, and after thoroughly mastering the various phases of agriculture he took up farming on his own account, being thus engaged for five years both in Indian Point and Cedar townships. In 1903 he took up his abode in Abingdon and in the following year purchased the livery business owned by the estate of L. S. Austin, to conduct of which he has since devoted his time and attention. He now carries on a general livery and feed business that is up-to-date and modern in all of its appointments, and in its management has been very prosperous, the gratifying degree of success which has attended his efforts. being the result of keen business sagacity, close application and sound judgment.

It was on the 23rd of February, 1897,. that Mr. Byram was united in marriage to Miss Ella M. Dingman, who was born in Iowa on the 6th of February, 1874. Her parents came to Abingdon at an early day and here the father engaged in bridge building, being accidentally killed while thus employed. His wife passed away during the early childhood of her daughter who, by her marriage to Mr. Byram, has become the mother of two children, Doren and Donald. Mr. and Mrs. Byram are members of the Christian church and occupy a prominent position in the social circles in which they move. Mr. Byram is keenly alive to the questions and issues of the day and his public spirit prompts his cooperation in all matters for the development and improvement of his home locality. pages #845_846

William Henry Gibbs – William Henry Gibbs, a well known citizen of Galva, Illinois, is a native of Knox County, his birth occurring in Lynn Township, January 27, 1843. He comes of a family of Quaker origin, which was founded in America at the time of William Penn and his colony settled in Pennsylvania. Our subject’s paternal grandfather, Martin Gibbs, was a native of Camden county, New Jersey, in which state he engaged in the sawmill business prior to coming to Illinois with the father of our subject in September, 1838. They located upon what became known as the old Gibbs homestead in Lynn township, Knox County. Here the grandfather erected a sawmill in 1849 and engaged in its operation. He and his son occupied a double log house during those pioneer days. He married Hannah Beck and they were prominently identified with the early development of this section of the state.

Jonathan Gibbs, the father of our subject, was born in Camden county, New Jersey, December 22, 1808, and remained with his parents until he had attained his majority, when he commenced learning the glass blower’s trade, following that occupation for nine years. As previously stated, he came to Knox county in September, 1838, and upon the home farm in Lynn township spent the remainder of his life. In connection with farming he assisted in the operation of the sawmill, which was the first erected in this part of the county. On coming to this state he was accompanied by his wife and one child, for he had previously married Tamar Norcross on the 14th of August, 1832. She was born May 11, 1812, and was a daughter of Joseph and Martha (Duvall) Norcross, being one of seven children. Her death occurred July 15, 1900. To Mrs. And Mrs. Jonathan Gibbs were born nine children, of whom four are still living: Phoebe, the wife of A. O. Bradley, of Lafayette, Illinois; Clayton A., who is connected with the Hayes Works at Galva; Richard F. of Lynn township; and William Henry, of this review. Jonathan Gibbs died September 15, 1889.
William H. Gibbs was reared and educated in much the same manner of farmer boys and remained under the parental roof until twenty-two years of age, assisting in the work of the farm. He then went to LaFayette, where he engaged in business as a contractor in mason work until 1888. He was next employed as fireman on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and later was promoted to engineer, in which capacity he served until 1901. For one year he had charge of the City Water Works of Galva and in 1909 entered the employ of the Hayes Manufacturing Company of that place, with which he is still connected.
On the 12th of May, 1864, Mr. Gibbs was united in marriage to Miss Julia Grant, who was born in Stark County, Illinois, August 30, 1844. Her father, Nelson Grant, who was a farmer by occupation and a native of New York sate, was born on the 16th of February, 1810, and died February 27, 1892, in Stark County, Illinois. Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Mary Chatfield, was born November 10, 1814, and died May 12, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs have become the parents of three children: Cora May, who is the wife of Herman R. Pelz, a traveling salesman living in Peoria; Clara Alice, the wife of Thomas E. Chilton, who is a native of England and a salesman for the Challenge Company of Batavia, living in Galva, Illinois; and Claude Irvin, a molder by trade, who married Alice Peterson, a daughter of John S. Peterson, of Galva, in which they make their home. Mr. Gibbs has one grandchild, Dorothy May Chilton, who was born April 4, 1903, and is now attending school. By his ballot, Mr. Gibbs supports the men and measures of the republican party and he has taken an active interest in local affairs. He served on the school board in Lynn township and his support is never withheld from any enterprise which he believes will prove of public benefit. pages 966- 967

Wilfred Arnold, lawyer and legislator, who as a member of the firm of Arnold & Arnold, is practicing in the courts of Illinois, makes his home in Galesburg, his native city, where he was born June 24, 1871. His parents were Benjamin F. and Ella Ferris Arnold, natives of New York, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume.

Wilfred Arnold spent his youthful days in this city and in the acquirement of his education attended the public schools until graduated from the high school with the class of 1889. He afterward entered Knox College, therein completing his course in 1894. His law studies were pursued at Harvard and after two years'; preparation he was admitted to the bar, on the 19th of November, 1896, and opened an office in Galesburg, where he has since followed his profession, practicing now as a member of the firm of Arnold & Arnold. to be continued....

John Howard Bryant, M. D. - Prominent among the representatives of the medical profession in Galesburg is Dr. John Howard Bryant, who has wisely and conscientiously used the talents that have been given him in his preparation for the onerous duties that devolve upon him in connection with his chosen life work. His extensive practice is the best evidence of his ability and his success that underlie his work together with careful diagnosis. Dr. Bryant was born in Princeton, Illinois, May 27, 1876, a son of Elijah and Laura (Smith) Bryant, both of whom were natives of Bureau County, Illinois. The Bryant ancestry in this country can be traced back to Sir Guy Bryant, who came from England in 1632, his ancestry also runs back eight generations to John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of the Mayflower. Elijah Bryant was a son of John Howard Bryant, who was born in Cummington, Massachusetts, and was the brother of William Cullen Bryant, the distinguished American poet. In the year 1831 John Howard Bryant came to Jacksonville, Illinois, with one of his brothers by way of the Erie Canal and Ohio River, and in the spring of 1832 he rode horseback to Bureau County, settling on the present site of Princeton, where he took up a section of land which he improved, bringing the farm under a high state of cultivation. He was followed in a few years by two other brothers, all four of whom made Princeton their permanent home, William Cullen being the only brother remaining in the east. He acquired other property in that district, becoming one of the large landowners. There he spent his remaining days and not only took an active part in the promotion of agricultural interests but likewise became an active factor in the public life of the community. He was closely associated with those who were instrumental in the creation of Bureau county out of Putnam County and throughout all of the active period of his life did much toward shaping its formative policy and guiding its destiny. Under appointment of President Lincoln he filled the office of internal revenue collector and for three or four different terms represented his district in the general assembly, his active support of various measures proving a potent element in guiding a legislative enactment during that period. He took the greatest pride in his work in financing and establishing the Princeton Township High School, which was the first high school of that character in the state. His influence was always on the side of progress and advancement and he was justly accounted one of the most prominent citizens of Bureau county. He regarded it the duty as well as the privilege of every man to exercise his right of franchise and support the political principles which he believed the most conducive to good government. During the greater part of his life he was a staunch advocate of the Republican Party and at no time was his position regarding any vital question an equivocal one. He married a Miss Wiswall in 1834 and to them were born two sons, Henry who died at the age of nineteen and Elijah. J. H. Bryant reached the venerable age of ninety-five years, while his wife passed away at the age of eighty-one. Elijah Bryant, the father of our subject, was born in Bureau County, Illinois during the pioneer epoch in the history of that district and was there reared and educated. As he grew to manhood he became his father's assistant and gradually more and more assumed the management of the estate, to which he devoted his entire life. He married Laura Smith, who was also born in Bureau County and was a daughter of Sydney P. Smith, who removed from New Hampshire to the state. He established his home just outside of Princeton, upon a farm which he carefully developed and improved. He married a Miss Doolittle, of Princeton, and both died in Bureau County when well advanced in years. The Smiths, like the Bryant's, where of English descent. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney P. Smith were five children who reached mature Years: Lucy, now the wife of A. C. Cutler; Emily, the wife of James Smart, of Chicago; Elizabeth, who married H. H. Curtis, of Chicago; Sydney P., living in Athol, Massachusetts; and Laura, who became Mrs. Bryant. The death of Elijah Bryant occurred in 1892, when he was fifty-six years of age. He had held a number of local offices and in a more quiet but nonetheless effective way had carried on the work which his father instituted for the development and up building of the county. His widow still survives him and is numbered among the faithful members of the Congregational Church, with which she has long been identified. Of their family of six children five are yet living: Frances, the wife of J. C. Bannister, of Kewanee, Illinois; Kate, the wife of W. E. McVay, of Los Angeles, California; William C., living in Princeton; Sue, the wife of A. H. Ferris, also of Princeton, Illinois; and John H., of this review.

Dr. Bryant spent his youthful days in his native city and the public and high schools afforded him his early educational privileges, his course being continued there until his graduation from the high school with the class of 1897, and spent the following summer traveling in Europe. During the two succeeding years he lived in Los Angeles, California, where he was employed as a bookkeeper in a bank. In the summer of 1899 he returned to Illinois and took up the study of medicine at the Northwestern University Medical School of Chicago, therein completing a four-years' course by graduation in 1903. To his theoretical training he added the broad practical experience of hospital practice as an intern, being thus engaged until July, 1904. In the fall of that year he was married and on the 1st of January, 1905, established his home in Galesburg, where he has since remained, gradually building up a practice which has now assumed extensive proportions. He keeps in touch with the progress of the medical fraternity through his perusal of the latest and most valued contributions to medical literature and his sound judgment enables him to select that which is best and most valuable and use such for the benefit of his patients. He is now serving on the Galesburg hospital staff and is a member of the city, county and state medical societies and the American Medical Association.

On the 26th of October, 1904, Dr. Bryant was married to Miss Lillian R. Warfield, a native of Princeton and a daughter of Jacob H. and Mary (Clark) Warfield. Her father was born in Uniontown, Ohio, and her mother's birth occurred near Princeton. Mr. Warfield passed away in 1890 but his wife is still living. They were parents of six children: George C.; Andrew A.; Lydia, the wife of W. C. Bryant; Charles W.; Lillian, the wife of J. H. Bryant; and John J. To Mr. Bryant and his wife have been born two daughters, Frances Warfield and Grace Adele. The parents are members of the Central Congregational Church and Dr. Bryant gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He manifests unfaltering devotion to his chosen life work and his success is based not alone upon broad scientific attainments but also upon humanitarianism, which is one of the salient elements in his character.

Charles S. Clark; one of the most extensive landowners and successful agriculturists of Victoria Township; who in addition to the duties connected with the operation of his extensive acreage is officially connected with a number of the leading banking institutions of Knox county. He is a native of New York, his birth occurring in Roxbury, Delaware county, on the 4th of June, 1835, and the eldest son of Job W. and Hepsey Woods Clark, while his paternal grandfather was Hazard Clark. the father was born in Berkshire, Massachusetts, on the 7th of July, 1812, while the mother was a native of Roxbury, her birth occurring in 1815. In his early manhood Job W. Clark came to New York, locating in Roxbury, where on the 13th of July, 1834, he was united in marriage to Miss Woods. There they spent the early years of their domestic life, but in 1855 they came west, and in December of that year settled in the village of Victoria. Mr. Clark subsequently purchased a quarter section of land west of there, known as the Mound farm. Later he and his wife removed to an eighty-acre tract in Victoria township, and there he passed away on the 24th of January, 1884, his wife surviving until the 13th of October, 1886, when her death occurred on the home farm. Both were laid to rest in the cemetery at Victoria. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Clark there were born six children the eldest being Charles S., of this sketch. William Perry, who was born on June 11, 1839, now residing in Talmage, Nebraska, married Adaline Hines, a native of Victoria, from whom he was subsequently divorced. Of this marriage there were born three children: Carrie Augusta, who is deceased; Charles Perry; and William Bird, who is also deceased. On the 12th of March, 1887, he was married to Mary Peterson, also of Victoria, and they have three children: Marion Caroline; Ella May; and Mary Louise. Marian A., whose birth occurred on February 14, 1846, married Charles D. Sornborger, who was born in Victoria on the 26th of October, 1843. Their marriage occurred on the 12th of April, 1870,. and on the 5th of March, seven years later, she passed away and was buried in the cemetery at Victoria. Unto them there were born three sons: Clifford Ford, whose natal day was the 12th of June 1871; Clyde Wilson, born on July 24, 1874, and Earl Charles, who was born on August 13, 1877, and died on the 8th of April, 1878. Judson E., the fourth in order of birth of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Job WE. Clark, was born in February, 1848, and died in 1850. Sarah Ella was born on Christmas day, 1850, and on the 29th of March, 1871, she was married to Elmer C. Powell, of Springfield, following children: Osborne Wayne, Augusta, Maurice Clark, Mabel Marion, Mildred Bell, Reed McKinley and Sybil Marie. Luman Reed was united in marriage on the 23rd day of May, 1884, to Matilda R. Cummings, who was born on the 14th of June, 1859, and she died in Kansas on the 20th of March, 1894. Of this marriage there were born five children, Arthur Wilcox, Nellie Belle, Charles, John Gilmore and Luman Reed, Jr.

     Charles S. Clark was educated in the common schools of his native state, where he spent the first twenty years of his life. After the family removed to Victoria he began his independent business career, and for two years thereafter clerked in Whitting & Copley's mercantile establishment. Must of his life having been spent on a farm, he was thoroughly familiar with agricultural pursuits, and as this vocation seemed to afford better opportunities of advancement that commercial lines he left the store and the succeeding two years devoted to farming. In 1860, he made a trip to the mining sections of Colorado, making the journey with a team and wagon. There he secured a gold claim and spent eight months in prospecting. At the expiration of that period he returned to Victoria and bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres a mile east of town. He subsequently disposed of this property and bought the place where he is now living, located on the east side of the north and south road in section 7 Victoria township, containing one hundred and thirty acres of fertile land, that is well improved and carefully kept up. In the operation of his fields Mr. Clark has always manifested the intelligence and capability that characterizes the successful business man in any line of activity, and as a result he has been unusually prosperous. Well tilled and carefully cultivated land, where all other conditions are favorable, invariably responds to the attention bestowed upon it by yielding abundant harvests, and such has been the experience of Mr. Clark, who annually realizes a handsome dividend from his fields. In connection with diversified farming he raises stock, and this branch of his business has also proven to be very remunerative. As his means have warranted he has added to his holdings until he now owns eleven hundred acres of land, all of which is under cultivation. With exception of two eighty-acre tracts that are located in Copley township, all of his land is in Victoria township. All of the buildings now standing on his homestead have been erected during the ownership of Mr. Clark, with the exception of the residence. He has large, substantially constructed barns and outbuildings for his stock, which is of a good grade, and ample provision is also made for the protection of his grains and farming implements.

     On the 21st of March, 1861, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Almina C. Hedstrom who was born at Farmington, Illinois, on the 12th of October, 1840, and passed away on the farm, where Mr. Clark now resides on November 05, 1887, of typhoid fever. She is buried in the cemetery at Victoria. Her father was a Swedish minister and her mother a sister of Anson Sornborger, formerly of Worcester, Oswego County, New York. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Clark there were born five children. Irwin J. who is she eldest, was born on the 23rd day of September, 1862, and died on October 05, 18888. Mary Lois, who was born on the 19th of May, 1864, married Newton C. Robbins, of Copley township, and they have nine children, Glenn, Maurine, Edith, Eva, Reuben, Stewart, Howard, Jean, and Lucille. Charles Delbert, who was born on November 14, 1866, and died in April, 1898, married Nettie Doak, this event occurring on the 5th of November, 1895. Unto them were born two sons, John Stewart and Charles Doak. On the 24th of April, 1900,. Mrs. Charles Delbert Clark passed away and was laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery at Victoria. She was a daughter of John and Janet Doak, Of Oneida, Illinois. both of Mr. Y& Mrs. Charles D. Clark were members of the Methodist /Episcopal church. He always took an active interest in all political affairs, his allegiance being given to the republican party, and he held a number of township offices. Jennie Becker was born on the 29th of September, 1869, and makes her home with her father. she is a member of the Congregational church. John Perry, whose natal day was the 17th of September, 1871, married Eva Gordon, a daughter of Harry and Mary Gordon, and is a resident of Victoria. Of this marriage there have been born five children, Gordon Wilder, Ralph Perry, Fred Richard, Helen Janet and Jean Almina. The Victoria cemetery, where so many members of the Clark family are buried, originally belonged to the farm now owned by our subject but was deeded away, for the purpose it is now used, before he bought the place..

      In matters of faith Mr. Clark is a Methodist, as was also his wife, while his political views accord with the principles of the republican party. Although he has for many years had extensive business interests, that claimed the greater part of his attention, Mr. Clark never neglects his civic duties. He takes an active and helpful interest in the political affairs of the township, and served for twelve years as school trustee and director and for three terms as township supervisor. In the administration of his official duties he manifested the same sagacity and discretion as characterizes his transactions in business life, his service being marked by Rare efficiency. Mr. Clark possess not only unusual business acumen but great versatility, as anything that he has undertaken has been so capably directed, that it has proven a success from every point of view and the methods used in its achievement have at all times been above question. He has the rare faculty of recognizing opportunities ignored by the man of less foresight, that he ably directs to his own advantage, and to this can be attributed his unusual success. In addition to his valuable realty holdings he is a stockholder and director of the State Bank of Victoria, and a stockholder of the Oneida State Bank of Oneida, and of the State Bank of Altona, while he is also as director and vice president of the latter institution. Through the entire period of his business career, Mr. Clark has at all times given evidence of possessing the qualities that would have won him recognition as a man of unusual mental powers and judicious discernment in any vocation he might have elected to follow. All of his transactions evidence the clear judgment, careful regard for details, keen discrimination and above all else the determination of purpose that characterize the successful man and give him the power where with he dominates conditions.    Photo also.....

George M. Clark, chief clerk of the election commissioners for the city of Galesburg and at one time treasurer of Knox county, was born in Orange township, this county, on the 24th of April, 1872. The ancestral history declares the family to be of German origin although representatives of the name have long been residents of America. Abraham Clark, the grandfather of George M. Clark, came from the state of New York and was a farmer by occupation. He married Anna Wise and at length removed westward, becoming one of the early farmers of this county. The land which he purchased he converted into rich and productive fields and he continued his residence upon the old homestead until his death, which occurred in Orange township when he had passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten. His wife reached the very remarkable old age of ninety-four years. Their family numbered three children, Nelson, Luther and Elizabeth, the last named becoming the wife of Cornelius King.
Luther Clark, the father of George M. Clark, was born in Tioga county, New York, July 1, 1829, and was fourteen years of age when the family came to Knox county, Illinois, in 1843, so that he attained his majority while living upon the old homestead in Orange township. He shared with the family in the hardships and experiences of pioneer life, early becoming familiar with the work of the fields from the time of early spring planting until after the crops were harvested in the late autumn. When he had attained man's estate he began farming on his own account, purchasing eighty acres of land. Not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made upon the property when it came into his possession but with characteristic energy he began to break the sod and till the fields and in due time his land returned to him abundant crops. As he prospered in his undertaking he extended the boundaries of his property until at one time he owned two hundred acres. On the 3d of February, 1859, he married Sarah Yeager, who was born in Miami county, Ohio, April 5, 1839, and traced her ancestry back to Germany. To them were born six children: Anna E., the wife of Arthur S. Randall, of Orange township; Curtis A., and Frank N., both residents of Orange township; John A., of Galesburg; George M., of this review; and Mary, who married J. W. Wise, of Knoxville. The death of the father occurred February 3, 1900, and the mother passed away May 25, 1903. She was a devoted member of the Congregational church and her kindly spirit and many good traits of character won her the love of all who knew her. In politics Mr. Clark was a republican and served in several local offices, acting as township assessor and also as supervisor for a number of years.
      George M. Clark spent his youthful days on his father's farm in Orange township, dividing his time between the work of the fields and the acquirement of an education in the district schools up to the time when he entered the Galesburg Business College. After completing his course in that institution he then returned to the farm and carried on general agricultural pursuits until 1907. He inherited a part of the old homestead and bought out the interests of the other heirs in that property, still owning the farm which comprises one hundred and forty acres of rich and productive land. A noted educator who has given much study to the sources of the country's wealth says that there is no better investment in all America than Illinois farm land and in his property Mr. Clark has a source of gratifying income. He left the farm and removed to Galesburg to assume the duties of county treasurer, having been appointed to the office in January, 1909, after which he was chosen for the position at a special election in June of that year. He served for about two years, filling out an unexpired term of O. N. Custer. He had formerly filled the office of supervisor for seven years and was township collector for three years. He has ever discharged his official duties with promptness and fidelity and the record he has made in this connection is a most creditable one. In his political views he has ever been a republican and for one term served as chairman of the republican county central committee. He was likewise chairman of the board of supervisors for two terms, and resigned to enter upon the duties of the office of county treasurer.
      The marriage of George M. Clark and Miss Elizabeth Krise was celebrated October 22, 1894. She was a daughter of George A. and Mary A. (Sheets) Krise, and by her marriage she became the mother of three children, Clare, Frances and Dorothy. Death called her March 18, 1900, and the family lost a devoted mother and the Congregational church a faithful member. Mr. Clark was married again, December 21, 1905, his second union being with Miss Susie D. Hartnell, who was born in England, of which country her parents, George and Mary (Dean) Hartnell, were also natives. They came to this country during the early girlhood of their daughter Susie. They now reside in Orange township, where Mr. Hartnell is yet following the occupation of farming. The children of the family are: Mary; Albert; Ethel and Edith, twins; John; Joseph; Susie; and a half-brother, William Aplin. Mr. and Mrs. Clark became parents of two children, Helen and Ruth Margaret, but the first born, Helen, died in infancy.
Mr. Clark belongs to the Modern Woodmen Camp of De Long, also the local lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He is supreme treasurer of the Fraternal Reserve Life Association of Peoria. Wherever known he is held in high esteem and most of all where he is best known. His life has been quietly passed and yet he has at all times been a faithful citizen and a reliable business man who is trustworthy in his friendships and true to every trust reposed in him.

James W. Cox, a prominent and respected resident of Abingdon, has for more than two decades served as president of the Glove Shirt & Overall Company, one of the leading manufacturing enterprises of Knox county. His birth occurred in Indian Point township, this county, on the 12th of May, 1855, his parents being John and Rebecca (Bellwood) Cox, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father came to Knox county, Illinois, in early manhood, about the year 1850, while the mother was brought here by her parents when a little maid of about six. Following his marriage John Cox located on a farm in Indian Point township, residing thereon until called to his final rest in 1893, when about sixty-five years of age. His widow still survives and makes her home with our subject. She has spent practically her entire life in Knox county and is well known and highly esteemed within its borders.
James W. Cox was reared under the parental roof and supplemented his preliminary education obtained in the district schools, by a course of study at Hedding College. Subsequently he followed the profession of teaching for five years, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. In 1880 he turned his attention to merchandising, first conducting an establishment at Albert Lea, Minnesota. A short time afterward he came to Abington, Illinois, and opened a store here, being one of the leading general merchants of the town for about five years. After abandoning mercantile pursuits he was not connected with business interests for about a year. In 1889, however, in association with S. T. Mosser, he established the Globe Shirt & Overall Company. Business was begun on a modest scale on the site now occupied by the Mercantile, but these quarters were soon found inadequate and a removal was made to the present location. The rapid growth of the business required frequent enlargements of the plant, which today is a modern structure of two stories and covers a quarter of a block. Employment is furnished to from one hundred and seventy-five to two hundred operatives. Mr. Cox is a man of excellent executive ability and sound judgment, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. In addition to his manufacturing interests he is also a factor in financial circles as a director of the First State & Savings Bank of Abingdon.
    In politics Mr. Cox is independent, supporting men and measures rather than party. A stanch friend of the cause of education, he has served as a member of the board of education for the past ten or twelve years and is now acting as its president. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Abingdon Lodge, No. 184. He has spent almost his entire life within the borders of Knox county and is widely recognized as one of its representative and esteemed citizens.Reuben Cox, an agriculturist of Walnut Grove township, Knox county, was born January 20, 1844, in Somersetshire, England, his parents being James and Emma (Pittard) Cox. He is a grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Davis) Cox, who came to America with their son James and settled in Knox county, Illinois, where Joseph Cox died in 1878 at the age of one hundred years and his wife in 1857 at the age of seventy-two. James Cox, whose birth occurred January 8, 1816, arrive in America in 1846, and located in Sparta township, this county. He later purchased forty acres of land in Ontario township on which place he resided for six years. Subsequently he acquired eighty acres of valuable farming land near Oneida, which he cultivated for some time before purchasing a quarter of a section in Sparta township, which is the old Cox homestead. Later he removed to Oneida, where he lived retired until his death which occurred in 1897 when he was but eighty-two years of age. His wife was born October 7, 1817, in Somersetshire, England, and was the daughter of James and Martha Pittard, also natives of England. Her death occurred September 24, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. James Cox were the parents of seven children, two of who survive: Mary M., a teacher residing in San Francisco, California; and Reuben, the subject of this sketch.
Until he was nine years of age Reuben Cox attended the district school, but at that early age made his start in farming which he as followed through his active career. At first he plowed corn on the home farm and later assisted in all the general work upon his father’s farm. He has never regretted his choice of work because he has met with unusual success, and since his marriage has been residing upon his present place, which is one of the most highly cultivated tracts in the township. In addition to general farming he also carries on stock-raising to a large extent.
      In 1865, Mr. Cox married Emma Pitney, a native of Somersetshire, England, and a daughter of William and Anna Pitney. Her parents who were born August 29, 1810, and April 29, 1810, respectively, came to America in 1845 and went directly to Albany, New York, where Mr. Pitney accepted employment as a mason, a trade he had learned in his native land. Subsequently they removed to Chicago, where the family remained for seven years and then went to Rockford, Illinois, where the father died December 18, 1880, and the mother ten years later. Mr. Cox’s paternal grandfather, John Pitney, was prominently known as a most successful gardener. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have become the parents of two children: Wallace W., whose birth occurred in 1867, and who is a carpenter living in Galesburg; and Asel A., who was born in 1874 and is residing at home.
Mr. Cox gives his political support to the prohibition party and is an ardent advocate of the temperance cause. He has never sought office but has done all in his power to interest others in the cause to which he devotes so much time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cox hold membership in the Methodist church of Altona, and she is an active worker in the Ladies Aid Society. Being one of the pioneers of his township Mr. Cox has been a witness to the greater part of its development and has done his share in improving the soil which is the county’s greatest resource. During his long residence there he has always interested himself in all measures pertaining to the welfare of the community and has won for himself a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances.

W. H Lehman, who has ably filled the office of postmaster of Yates City since October 01, 1897, is one of the spirited and ambitious business men of Knox County, having an active interest in a number of flourishing enterprises which advance the well-being and the commercial standing of the community. He is the proprietor of a general store carrying staple articles, school supplies and feed. In addition to this business he is one of the men who were chiefly instrumental in securing the installment of a local telephone exchange, operating under the name of Ideal Telephone, of which he is the director and manager. This company was organized September, 1901, beginning with sixty-five members. from the sixty-five telephones which they put in at that time they have expanded their territory until now they have one hundred and eighty-five telephones on their system and are connected with the Bell Telephone and the local exchange covering the surrounding country. Mr. Lehman was educated in the public schools and attended business college at Quincy, Illinois, but his real training he received under Mr. Garrison of Yates City, whose good judgment and progressive methods gave him his keen insight into the practical ways of conducting business. He has an up-to-date store that bespeaks prosperity and employs three clerks, his wife assisting also in the store and the post office.

Mr. Lehman was married to Miss Stella M. Boyes, a native of Yates City and a daughter of Robert Boyes. They are the parents of one child, Lloyd B. who lives at home. in his political sympathies Mr. Lehman is a republican and has been elected to the office of town clerk for two terms and has served as mayor for one term. He is a man of energetic temperament not afraid to take a hazard in a business venture and through the exercise of good judgment has made a success of whatever he undertook.

Simeon B. Davis. Death gives the perspective which enables one to judge of the real worth of an individual, placing him in proper relation with his contemporaries and those things which went to make up his life's contacts and experiences. Judged from the standpoint of success and of personal character, Simeon B. Davis measured up to the highest standard of manhood and of citizenship and was honored and respected by all who knew him. His life record covered the intervening period between the 7th of December, 1836, on which day his birth occurred in Ashland county, Ohio, and the first of March, 1909, when he passed away in Galesburg. His parents were Amos and Nancy (Crawford) Davis, both of whom were natives of Ohio, and the former was a daughter of Colonel Samuel Crawford, an officer of the war of 1812.

At the usual age Simeon B. Davis became a pupil in the public schools near his father's home and throughout his life he continued his reading and study, thus adding greatly to his knowledge and promoting his efficiency as a factor in the world's work. When eighteen years of age he became a resident of McDonough county, Illinois, where for eight years he followed the profession of teaching, being regarded as one of the most capable and successful educators in that part of the state. He then turned his attention to farming and stock-raising and in addition to the cultivation of his fields engaged in shipping stock to the Chicago market for a number of years. His farm constituted a fine tract of land in Hire township, McDonough county, and he brought his fields under a high state of cultivation and added many substantial improvements to the place in the way of good buildings, well kept fences and the latest improved machinery. At length he retired from the farm and removed to Macomb, the county seat of McDonough county, where he established a marble and granite business, developing one of the leading monument enterprises in this part of the state. There he carried on business until 1887, when he removed to Galesburg and opened a similar establishment, which he conducted with profit up to the time of his death. In all of his business life he was strictly honorable and upright, never taking advantage of the necessities of his fellowmen in any business transaction, and by reason of the excellent work which he did he won a very gratifying patronage.
In September, 1860, Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Artimesa Stambaugh, a daughter of the Rev. Adam and Margaret (Shields) Stambaugh. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania and her mother was born in Indiana but was reared in Canton, Illinois. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Davis were born nine children, Emma, Eva, Margaret, Elsie A., Stewart A., Alice J., Louie May, James E. and Stella, but the last named is now deceased. Mr. Davis was ever devoted to the welfare and happiness of his family and found his greatest joy in ministering to their pleasure. Following his demise Mrs. Davis carried on the business until July 1, 1910, when she was obliged to give it up in order to look after the realty interests of the estate. The business, however, is still continued by her son under the style of the S. B. Davis Granite Company.

In his political views Mr. Davis was a stalwart republican, recognized as one of the leaders of the party in the central section of Illinois. He was a pleasing public speaker and took prominent part in many of the presidential campaigns, speaking throughout the state and doing good service for the organization. In 1880 public honors were conferred upon him in his election to the office of representative from the district comprising Warren and McDonough counties. During the regular session of 1881 and the special session of 1882 he was a member of several important committees and rendered valuable and efficient service in those connections to the commonwealth. He was always much interested in local progress and improvement and while residing in Galesburg served for several terms as a member of the city council, in which connection he exercised his official prerogatives in support of various progressive and beneficial measures. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and was ever a most loyal and helpful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Following his demise the house of representatives of the Illinois legislature passed the follow-resolutions:

"Whereas, by reason of the promulgation of an unappeasable infinite decree, the Hon. Simeon B. Davis rests today in his last sleep at Galesburg, Illinois, and

"Whereas, the said Simeon B. Davis was an honored and respected member of this house, having served his people with distinction in the thirty-second and thirty-third general assemblies, and

'Whereas, in the departing of Mr. Davis to obey such divine decree, his and state have sacrificed an upright and patriotic citizen, his family a kind affectionate father and husband and his associates a friend. Therefore, be it resolved by the house of representatives of the state of Illinois, in regular session assembled that we deeply deplore the death of Mr. Davis and as a mark of respect to his memory, this house do now adjourn, and be it further

"Resolved, that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the journal of this house and an engrossed copy be forwarded to the family of the deceased."

Mr. Davis was one of the most widely and favorably known of the residents of Galesburg and his influence was always found on the side of those activities which uplift mankind and promote general progress. He was a most earnest arid helpful member of the church and the Methodist denomination in Galesburg owed much to his cooperation. In the funeral services, conducted the Rev. Dr. Blodgett, of Cincinnati, who had formerly been his pastor, the minister said: "The deathlessness of the friendship existing between the man whose body lies before us and myself is evidence to me of the immortality of man." Later he said: "Mr. Davis was a man of virile blood. He came of good ancestry of a class of men that make nations. He was drilled in the school of poverty and by an inherent force made himself felt in the state and in the city. He was not a trimmer, but had a broad charity in his judgments of others, although very positive in his own convictions of the right. As a churchman he believed thoroughly in the book, basing his beliefs more on a personal experience of God than on any critical analysis. He believed that the church is a means to an end and, therefore, utilized all of its forces not only as an tin lift for society but for his own personal benefit. As a citizen he believed in the highest integrity of the state. His home life was like a midsummer dream, to him his wife was the pearly gate always through which he entered into all of his joys. I tested his friendship at a time which was critical in the history of this church and he was one of the few men who through his belief in the right made it possible for the church to be rebuilt. It was well worth to know such a man and enter with him into the inner circle of his friendship." There was in all the life record of Simeon B. Davis only such qualities as won him honor and respect. While he gained success, it was not this which secured for him the regard of his fellowmen, but the sterling traits of character which he ever displayed, the honor, integrity, kindly spirit and the words of helpfulness and cheer which he spoke, and thus it is that those things which men learn to value more than gold and gems are the treasures of friendship and memory.

Michael J Daugherty, a prominent and successful attorney of Galesburg, has there practiced his profession continuously for the past third of a century. He is also a leading factor in the public life of his community, serving as a member of the forty-third and forty-fourth Illinois general Assemblies. His birth occurred in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, on the 18th of March, 1850, his parents being Thomas and Isabella Campbell Daughtery. The father came to Illinois by water, that is he made the trip by steamboat down the Ohio from Pittsburg to Cairo, thence up the Mississippi to Alton, and from that point up the Illinois river to Liverpool, which was then a flourishing river town but is now extinct. He thence drove overland to St. Augustine and settled on a farm.

On the 18th of May, 1882, Mr. Daugherty was united in marriage to Miss Jennie E. Brown, a daughter of James E. Brown and granddaughter of George Washington Brown. Unto them was born one son, Edwin M., who wedded Miss Mable Dunbar of Riverside, California. Mr. Daugherty is a valued member of the Galesburg Business Men's Club and also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and Knights of Columbus. He is a communicant of the ?Catholic Church and a member of the board of Hope Abbey. His has been an active and useful life, crowned with success and enriched by the kindly regard of many friends who recognize and appreciate his worth.

Mr. Daugherty has been an active member of the democratic party. He was nominated in 1884 for secretary of state on that ticket, Carter H. Harrison, Sr. then running for governor. The ticket made the best showing at any democratic ticket in the state up until that time. since the war. Mr. Daughtery, in 1885, was appointed postmaster on the 18th day of April and continued until May 01, 1889. IN 1892 and 1896 he took an active part in the campaigns, speaking throughout this and other states. He was elected a member of the forty-third general assembly of Illinois as minority representative for this district. H was again strongly urged to accept the third term without opposition, but refused to permit his name again to upon the ticket, desiring to return to the active practice of law. While in the legislature he introduced the first direct primary law doing away with conventions, and although there were but fifty-one democrats to support his bill and it took seventy-seven to pass it through the house, enough republicans rallied to his assistance to give his bill seventy-six votes, or only one vote short of enough to pass it through the house. Mr. Daugherty has always taken an active part in improvements in the public service. He took an advanced stand on questions of municipal regulation of public utilities and has steadfastly and persistently urged the necessity of the government controlling and directing all corporations using the public property for private purposes, such as running street cars and other franchises on the public highways. Mr. Daugherty, while on the committee of hard roads in the legislature, took a bold stand for the improvement of public highways, insisting that the public alone should have the dominant right to the use of public highways and that when a franchise was given to any person or private corporation upon the highways, that they should take a subservient right therein and that they should be regulated by public officers. As far back as 1900 Mr. Daughtery took the position in public affairs that the aggressiveness of those owning public utilities would control the community and the laws, unless the laws were made to curb their ambition to do this, and he has insisted that the great corporations would sooner or later become masters of the situation and grasp the reigns of government, or at least enough power to give them control in directing the trend of la making.

Mr. Daugherty has always sought advancement, progress and improvement. He has taken an advanced stand on question so municipal ownership and as showing his ability as a writer as well as his logical reasoning and his advanced position concerning one of the vital questions of the day, we quote an address which he delivered before the good roads committee, as follows:

The pride of the English people for centuries was "The King's Highway." It was the subject of bard, poet and patriot. On its course distinctions of rank melted away and the beggar stood equal to the nobleman--the chariot of the King turned out for the peasant's cart.

The very mention of the name suggests equality and justice. It is singular how popular the ancient laws of the road grew among the people.

The Unwritten laws were cherished as boons by the peasantry and respected by the nobility, even the crown.

The meat of this was the satisfaction that a people find in sacred precincts of a place, where the artificial barriers that "hedge about" classes, are broken down ad the people who generally feel, without admitting it, that they are underlings-----

"For one sacred moment touch Liberty's goal"

The highways are constructed for the general good, not for special accommodation. Their office is to facilitate travel and commerce. For that reason they should be free from private interference and jealously guarded by the laws for untrammeled public use.

This is the recognized law from the very earliest ages of national roads, and it is only of late years an emporiums in imperia has obtained where the word quasi was added to private corporations to give them advantages of public power--the power to condemn land for their use. Early governments found it necessary to establish baths, parks and highways that were open to all alike. The rights of commerce, not the rights of commercial corporations, and military movements had the dominant right on such roads. Bandits and robbers exercised dominion over these ancient ways, sometimes with the acquiescence of the government just as they do now. The construction of these highways was sometimes made at enormous cost. Sometimes they were maintained by tolls collected but oftener were free to the public.

The most wonderful of these highways that history records is what is known as the "Appian Way." This great thoroughfare was constructed over three hundred and fifty miles of country, considered theretofore impassable. Appius Claudius, knowing the delays of coast commerce from the east, that had to be carried hundreds of miles around the Italian peninsula, conceived the idea of cutting a road through the miasmatic marshes, from Rome to the Adriatic Sea. This shortened the travel from Rome to the east about one-third what it had been.

The work was begun three hundred and twelve years B. C. and not completed until thirty years, B. C. but it made Rome the mistress of the world in commerce and in war. We have no data informing us of any attempt by any syndicate to obtain a charter to the Appian Way.

The American idea of having the government build roads for private individuals, as the Pacific railways were built, had not occurred to the grand old heathen Appius or his fellow Politicians. This wonderful road gave Rome all the advantage over her neighbors in the movements of troops and enabled her citizens to travel about.....

Michael J. Daugherty acquired his early education in the common schools of St. Augustine. In 1862, when a boy of eleven years, he became an active factor into he work of the farm. It was hard to find men who wanted employment at farm labor in those days as the war of the Rebellion was then raging and as the brother rode one of the horses and drove the other while Michael J. Daugherty handled the plow. In 1865, he entered St. Vincent's College at Wheeling, West Virginia, from which institution he was graduated on the 18th of June, 1869. He then returned to the west for fifteen months, after which he left home to make his own way in the world. He was identified with the general agricultural pursuits for a period, and also followed the profession of teaching for a time and likewise engaged in he drug business. In 1876 he began the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1878, whereupon he opened an office at Avon, Illinois, where he remained until 1879, when he came to Galesburg, entering into a partnership relation with F. A. Willoughby. He has remained a legal practitioner of this city to the present time, enjoying an extensive and gratifying clientage.

Edward R. Drake, a member of the firm of Kellogg, Drake & Company, dealers in dry goods, cloaks and carpets, their large establishment extending from No. 227 to 235 East Main street, is one of the native sons of Galesburg, his birth having here occurred November 10, 1856. His great-grandfather in the paternal line was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, David Drake, was a native of New York and devoted his life to farming. When called to his final rest his remains were interred at Crown Point, that state. His family numbered several children, including: Lyman C., the father of Edward R. Drake; Amos, who remained a resident of the state of New York; Nathan B., who came to the middle west at an early day and took up his abode just across the street from his brother Lyman; Olive, the wife of Charles Needham, who removed from Galesburg to California in 1865, settling at Merced; and Mary, the wife of James Squire, of Galesburg.
     Lyman C. Drake, a native of New York, was reared in Essex county of that state and, having arrived at years of maturity wedded Lucy Ann Hyde, a native of Vermont, who spent her girlhood days in Middlebury of the "Green Mountain" state. She was a granddaughter of Russell B. Hyde, who served throughout the Revolutionary war, retiring with the rank of major. He received from the government in recognition of his services a land grant of a township in Northern Vermont, which was named Hyde Park in his honor. Lucy Ann Hyde was a daughter of Jabez Perkins and Martha Edgerton Hyde, who removed to the Mississippi valley with their children and spent their last days in Galesburg, where they passed away at an advanced age. They had a large family, namely: George J., a resident of Davenport, Iowa; Andrew J., who in 1828 went with his brother George to Davenport, the remainder of their lives being passed in Scott county, Iowa; Martha, who married George W. G. Ferris, the youngest son of Sylvanus Ferris, who with George W. Gale and others founded the city of Galesburg; Lydia E., who became the wife of Albert Cline and removed to Peoria county; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Edward Ray, a soldier of the Civil war, and both are now deceased; Diadama, the wife of Horace B. Weeks, who died in early manhood in Galesburg and was laid to rest in Hope cemetery; and others. His family included Lucy Ann Hyde, who became the wife of Lyman C. Drake, and in the year 1843 they removed westward, settling just within the edge of Warren county, Illinois. where Mr. Drake engaged in farming for a number of years. In 1854 he brought his family to Galesburg where he lived retired. Here he died in 1887, at the age of eighty years, while his wife passed away in 1888, when seventy-four years of age. Both were members of the Baptist church and Mr. Drake was at one time a member of the New York State Militia and held a captain's commission. Unto him and his wife were born nine children, but only two are now living, the younger being Frederick S., a resident of Detroit, Michigan.
     Edward R. Drake, born and reared in Galesburg, pursued his education in the public schools here and made his initial step in the business world as a clerk in a dry-goods store. Ambitious to enter business life on his own account, he availed himself of the opportunity which in 1888 came to him, of becoming a member of the firm of Kellogg, Drake & Company. This organization has since maintained a continuous existence and is regarded as one of the old reliable houses of the city, carrying a large and well selected line of dry goods, cloaks and carpets. The honorable business methods of the house and the unfaltering enterprise of the partners have enabled them to meet competition and win a fair share of the public patronage, so that the undertaking has been crowned with prosperity from the outset.
     On the 29th of June, 1894, Mr. Drake was married to Miss Harriet E. Stone, the youngest daughter of Lester T. and Sallie (Ferris) Stone, who died in 1895; the former was a native of Vermont and the latter of Galesburg. L. T. Stone was a soldier of the Civil war, serving for nearly four years as an officer and died November 12, 1911. He was the son of C. D. Stone, at one time a resident of Galesburg, his remains now resting in Hope cemetery. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Drake was S. W. Ferris, a son of Sylvanus Ferris, native of New York. He married Currance Ann Winniger. The death of Mrs. Drake occurred November 15, 1896, and was the occasion of deep and widespread regret to her many friends.
     The public interests of the community outside of business circles have benefited by the efforts of Mr. Drake who, never neglectful of the duties of citizenship and realizing the responsibility of the individual in community affairs, has done public work of a helpful nature. He has always given his political support to the republican party, but the offices he has filled have not been of a political character. For twenty-eight years, however, he has served on the library board and at this writing, in 1911, is its president. He was a charter member of the Galesburg Club and twice served as its president, and he holds membership in the Baptist church. Where the interests and welfare of the city are involved his influence and aid are always given on the side of progress and improvement.

Peter F. Brown has long been a prominent and leading factor in financial circles in Knox County, having for almost a quarter of a century served as president of the Galesburg National Bank. His birth occurred in Mercer County, Illinois, in the year 1851, his parents being Harrison and Martha Brown. They were both natives of Kentucky and came to Illinois in 1834.

Peter f. Brown supplemented his preliminary education by a course of study in Lombard College of Galesburg, Illinois. He made his initial venture in the business world as a clothing merchant of Galesburg but subsequently became identified with financial interests as the teller and cashier of the Farmer's & Mechanics Bank at that place. In 1889, he was chosen president of the Galesburg National Bank and in that important capacity has since guided the interests of the institution in such a manner as to insure its continued growth and success.

On the 24th of June, 1875, in Galesburg, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Clara Maud Tenney, a daughter of Hammond Marshall and Lorette Lowther Tenney. they became the parents of three children, as follows: Maurice Tenney, who wedded Mary E. Johnson; Mildred, who gave her hand in marriage to Edward E. Pearce; and Curtis Harvey Brown. In politics Mr. Brown is a republican, loyally supporting the men and measures of that party. He is a charter member of the Galesburg Club and was three times honored by election to the presidency of that organization. such a brief is the life history of Peter F. Brown, who is known as a dependable man in any relation and in any emergency. his right conception of things and his habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities are notable assets in his career. His frankness and cordiality of address have gained him many friends, while his genuine personal worth has won for him well merited confidence and trust.

Louis Becker, M. D. Dr. Louis Becker is not only rendering service of value to his fellow townsmen in the practice of medicine and surgery but is also filling the office of mayor of Knoxville. He was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, October 15, 1864, a son of Lothar and Mary (Smith) Becker. The father was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, and was a son of Franz Becker, who followed the milling business in the city of Hahnhofen, where he died when past middle life. Lothar Becker was one of a large family and was reared in his native country, until he participated in the war which sought to obtain greater liberties for the people of the fatherland. The revolutionists, as they were called, were not successful and, like Carl Schurz and many other eminent men of the country, he was obliged to leave Germany and accordingly sought the liberty of the new world. On coming to America he settled in the old town of Henderson, Knox county, Illinois, where he conducted a flouring mill in connection with Henry White under the firm name of White & Becker. There Mr. Becker continued until after the outbreak of the Civil war, when he offered his services to the government and commanded a company of Illinois artillery until the cessation of hostilities. He then returned to Knox county and for some years operated a flouring mill at Galesburg belonging to Judge Knowles. Subsequently he was owner and superintendent of the coal mines at Soperville and in 1876 he went to Galveston, Texas, where he conducted a flouring mill until his death. In early manhood he had wedded Mary Smith, a native of Vermont and a daughter of Loren and Eliza Bemis Smith. Her father was also born in the Green Mountain state, of English descent and a farmer by occupation. At an early day he came with his family to Galesburg, Illinois, where he died at the advanced age of eighty-five years, while his wife reached the age of eighty-four years. They had four daughters who grew to womanhood: Betsey, the wife of M. D. Cook; Laura, the wife of Henry White; Ursula, the wife of Charles Norton; and Mary, who became the wife of Lothar Becker. She has also departed this life. She was a member of the Universalist church, while her husband held membership in the Catholic church. In politics he was a republican and at one time served as alderman of Galesburg from the second ward.

Their children were four in number: Fred, deceased ; Frank, now living in Galveston, Texas; Louis; and Pauline, the widow of Louis Weber, of Knoxville. Dr. Becker, although born in Tennessee, has been a resident of Knox county since 1865, save for the period of three years spent in Galveston, Texas. He was only a year old when the family came to Knox county and was reared in Galesburg, pursuing his education in the public schools there and in Knox Academy and Knox College. A review of the various avenues of business to which an individual might direct his energies, led him to the determination to make the practice of medicine his life work and he at once began studying, spending a year in the medical department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor and two years in the medical department of the Northwestern University at Chicago. He then began practicing in Knoxville in 1888 and has remained here continuously since. He is now doing private practice and is also physician at the County House and at St. Mary's and St. Martha's schools.

Dr. Becker was married October 11, 1888, to Miss Addie Rearick, a native of Beardstown, Illinois, and a daughter of Frank H. and Helen (Shaw) Rearick. Her father was born in Germany and her mother in Massachusetts and they were married in Beardstown, Illinois. Mr. Rearick is now engaged in the hardware business in Galesburg but his wife is deceased. They had a family of six children: Harry F.; Walter S.; Fannie, the wife of W. B. Barnes, of Fort Madison, Iowa; Mrs. Becker; Allen C, of New York city, who is an attorney; and Herbert C, deceased.

Dr. and Mrs. Becker are the parents of four children, Harry F., Frances Marjorie, Louis Dunster and Edwin Shaw. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church, in which Dr. Becker is serving as an elder. He holds membership in Pacific Lodge, No. 66, A. F. & A. M.; Raboni Chapter, R. A. M.; and Illinois Council, No. 1, R. & S. M. In politics he is a republican and in the spring of 1911 was elected to the office of mayor, so that he is now officially directing the affairs of the city. He was for many years a member of the school board. In strictly professional lines he is connected with the county and state medical societies and the American Medical Association. The greater part of his time and attention have been given to his professional duties, and yet he has found some opportunity for cooperation in public work.

A. S. Potter, who is a cahier of the First National Bank, is a native son and a representative of one of Maquon's pioneer families. His birth occurred on May 31, 1862, his parents being Dr. Alvin H. and Eliza Moore Potter. They were the parents of two sons, of whom our subject is the elder, the other, A. G. now being a resident of Oklahoma. The latter married Miss Hattie Simpkins, a daughter of Dean and Harriet Simpkins, who at that time were residents of Knox county, but now make their home in Oklahoma. Mr. & Mrs. A. G. Potter also have two sons: Alvin, who married Miss Iva Simpkins, a daughter of G. L. and Jane Simpkins, and has two children; and Forrest. Dr. Potter came to Maquon in his early manhood and engaged in the practice of medicine, continuing to be actively identified with this profession for about forty years. His demise occurred in this town, where he had resided for many years, when he was about sixty-five.

     Reared at home, A. S. Potter spent his boyhood and youth in Maquon, obtaining his education in the public schools. In his sixteenth year he left the parental roof and went to Osceola, Nebraska, where he began his business career as a clerk in a mercantile house. He subsequently became the owner of this establishment, spending nineteen years in the business, as employee and proprietor. Mr. Potter took an active and helpful interest in the public life of the western town where he resided for so long, later spending four years as deputy in the office of the county clerk and tow in that of the county treasurer of Buffalo county, Nebraska, while for three years he was city assessor of Kearney, Nebraska. In 1895, he returned to Maquon and during the succeeding five years turned his energies to farming. In 1900, he again became identified with mercantile pursuits, when he took the position of cashier of the First National Bank, prior to which he had been on of the directors of this institution.

     For his wife, Mr. Potter chose Miss Mauda E. Housh, a daughter of James O and Ann Eliza Strong Housh, residents of Knox County. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Potter there have been born four children: Lydia Garnett, who married DeWitt DePue, of this county; Oliver Sheldon, who is living in southern Texas; Florence Ethyl; and Opal, both of whom are living at home.

     Mr. Potter has always been a stanch republican, considering that the policy of that party is best adapted to sub serve the interests of the majority. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order, Ancient Order of United Workmen and Modern Woodmen of America, while both he and his wife hold membership in the Central Congregational church, in the work of which they take an earnest interest.

Edwin F. Holmes who resides on his farm in Ontario township, is a member of a family which has been identified with the agricultural interests of the township for nearly forty years. His birth occurred October 3, 1884, his parents being John and Aledo (Olson) Holm, the former a native of Sweden, having been born in West Morland, July 18, 1850. The father was the son of Nels and Anna Holm, both lifelong residents of Sweden, where the former lived to be ninety-two years of age. John Holm received a common-school education in Sweden and emigrated to this country in 1869, coming direct to Galesburg, where he entered the employ of the Charles Johnson Brick Company for a short time and then accepted a position on a railroad at North Henderson before returning to Galesburg in 1870. Since that time he has resided in Knox county continuously. Coming to Ontario township in 1872 he purchased the land which was the nucleus of his present three hundred and twenty acre farm, upon which he has lived retired for the last fifteen years, his two sons, Fred L. and Edwin F., working the farm on shares and devoting it to raising cattle and hogs. Mr. Holm has been twice married. His first union was with Miss Olson, of Henry county, whose death occurred in 1892 and his second marriage was to Helen Erickson, the daughter of Eric Erickson, of Knox county. In politics Mr. Holm gives his support to the republican party, and in religious faith he is a Congregationalist, holding membership in the Congregational church of Oneida. He is also a school director.
Edwin F. Holmes acquired his education in the common schools of Ontario township and since laying aside his text-books has devoted his entire attention to agricultural pursuits on the home place. Until 1905 he assisted his father with the general farm duties but during the last six years has been farming on his own account, engaging in general farming and also in raising cattle and hogs for the western markets.
On May 2, 1906, Mr. Holmes was married to Ruth Sturgeon, the daughter of Sheldon and Rosa (Lowry) Sturgeon, of Henry county. The father was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until a few years prior to his death, in 1908, and the mother is residing at Woodhull, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Holmes two children, Willard V. and Harriet Ruth, have been born.
In politics Mr. Holmes gives his support to the men and measures of the republican party, and he is a member of the Congregational church of Oneida, and of Camp, No. 555, M. W. A. Although still a young man he has already won a creditable measure of success in the pursuit to which he has faithfully devoted his entire energy thus far, and because of his intelligent and industrious labor he is regarded as a man of sterling worth to the industrial development of the township.

Daniel Judson Griswold, D. D. S. Dentistry may be said to be almost unique among occupations, as it is at once a profession, a trade and a business. Such being the case, it follows that in order to attain the highest success in it one must be thoroughly conversant with the theory of the art, must be expert with the many tools and appliances incidental to the practice of modern dentistry and must possess business qualifications adequate to dealing with the financial side of the profession. In all of these particulars Dr. Griswold is well qualified and therefore has attained prestige among the able representatives of dentistry in Galesburg, where he has practiced for the past seventeen years. His birth occurred in Jasper county, Indiana, on the 29th of September, 1865, his parents being Ames A. and Elizabeth (Adams) Griswold, who are natives of Vermont and Indiana respectively. The paternal grandfather was also born in the Green Mountain state and was a gentleman of English descent. He died when past middle life, while his wife lived to attain the age of about seventy years. Their children were four in number, namely: Ames A.; Abner; Mrs. Letitia Hall; and Abbie, the wife of Charles Long. The maternal grandfather of our subject was an agriculturist by occupation and both he and his wife passed away in Jasper county, Indiana, at an old age. Their children were as follows: William, Joseph, Marion, Henry, Mrs. Ann Hoover, Mrs. Milton Beal and Mrs. Elizabeth Griswold.
     Ames A. Griswold, the father of Daniel J. Griswold, was successfully identified with farming interests throughout practically his entire business career. He became an early settler of Marshall county, Illinois, and there resided for many years or until the time of his retirement, when he removed to Washburn, Illinois, where he now makes his home. In 1852 he made an overland trip to California and engaged in mining for a short time. Both he and his wife are Baptists in religious faith. Unto them were born twelve children, eight of whom still survive, namely: Ida, who is the widow of Thomas Lee Goodell and resides in Washburn, Illinois; Marcia, the wife of J. W. Rains, of Minnesota; Lillie, the wife of A. L. Kulm, of Chicago; Daniel Judson, of this review; Florence, who gave her hand in marriage to L. L. Hester and now lives near Minonk, Illinois; Della, who is the wife of Basil Tustin and lives near Washburn, Illinois; Nora Bell, who is the wife of Byron Stitt, of El Paso, Illinois; and Cora Bell, twin sister of Nora Bell, who is the wife of George Stauter and lives near Washburn, Illinois.
     Dr. Daniel J. Griswold was reared on his father's farm in Marshall county, Illinois, and obtained his early education in the district schools. He was graduated from the Washburn high school in 1885 and subsequently spent almost four years in Knox College, while later he prepared for the practice of his chosen profession by a three-years' course in the Philadelphia Dental College, being graduated from that institution in 1894. On the 19th of March of that year he opened an office at Galesburg, which city has since remained the scene of his professional labors and where he has been accorded an extensive and remunerative practice. Dr. Griswold has extensive property holdings, owning one thousand acres of land in the province of Alberta, Canada; farm lands in Finney county, Kansas; and also property in Lee and Van Buren counties, Iowa; Meade county, South Dakota; Otsego county, Michigan; and Lola, Kansas, as well as a house and lot in Galesburg. He likewise owns fruit land in Colorado and has mining interests in Gilpin county, that state.
     On the 12th of September, 1899, Dr. Griswold was united in marriage to Miss Grace Agnes Ballard, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Dr. J. A. and Henrietta (Suttor) Ballard, who were born in Maine and Canada respectively. They became early settlers of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and are now residents of Galesburg. Dr. J. A. Ballard served as a soldier of the Civil war. Dr. and Mrs. Griswold had three children: John Ballard, who died in infancy; Frederick Anthony, who passed away at the age of two years; and William Ballard.
     In his political views Dr. Griswold is a republican, while fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to VERITAS Lodge, No. 478; he also holds membership in the Galesburg Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. Both he and his wife are devoted and consistent members of the Central Congregational church. His personal characteristics render him popular with many friends and he is much esteemed in social and professional circles of Galesburg.

Fred L. Holmes who resides on his father's farm in Ontario township, has been engaged in agricultural pursuits since he completed his high school education. He was born May 23, 1886, in Ontario township, his parents being John and Aledo (Olson) Holm, both natives of Sweden, and he is the grandson of Nels and Anna Holm. The grandmother died in Sweden when her son was very young, but the grandfather came to America after he gave up his farm in Sweden and lived retired with his son until he passed away at the advanced age of ninety-two years.
John Holm acquired his education in the common schools of his native country and emigrated to America in 1869, when he was eighteen years of age. He located at once in Galesburg, where he remained for a short time, being in the employ of the Charles Johnson Brick Company, but later he worked on a railroad for a few months and then returned to Galesburg in 1870. Since that time he has been a resident of Knox county and since 1872 he has resided upon his farm in Ontario township, which he cultivated until fifteen years ago. This farm consists of three hundred and twenty acres and has been devoted to general farming and stock-raising. Mr. Holm was twice married. His first marriage occurred September 12, 1873, to Miss Olson, of Henry county, who died in 1892, and his second marriage February 7, 1893, to Helen Erickson, a resident of Knox county, who is the daughter of Eric Erickson, a lifelong resident of Sweden. Mr. Holm is a republican and for several years served as school director. He also holds membership in the Congregational church.
       Fred L. Holmes began his independent career at the age of nineteen years, when he rented the one hundred and forty acres of land which he now cultivates. Although he is one of the youngest agriculturists in Ontario township, he has already met with success in his work and his large crops attest to his ability. His chief attention thus far has been given to general farming but he has specialized somewhat in hog-raising.
       On December 9, 1909, occurred the marriage of Mr. Holmes to Esther Olson, of Rio township. To this union one child, Karl Frederick, has been born. Mrs. Holmes is the daughter of Charles W. and Emma (Selberg) Olson, who have resided in Rio township for many years. Mr. Olson was born in Sweden, December 23, 1846, and is the son of Ole and Betty (Anderson) Person. They spent their entire lives in Sweden, Mr. Person being a carpenter by trade. The son, Charles W. Olson, received a common-school education and then engaged as carpenter until he came to America in 1871. After a three months' stay in Chicago he went to Wisconsin for a short time before coming to Knox county, where he accepted employment on farms in Ontario and Rio townships during the winter. He then removed to Clover township, Henry county, and for about twenty years rented a farm there before purchasing his present farm. This farm consisted of one hundred and sixty acres but at the present time Mr. Olson is cultivating four hundred acres of land in Knox county, engaging in general farming and cattle and hog-raising. In politics he is a republican and during his nine years' service as road commissioner did much to further the development of his township. He is a stockholder in the Oneida Elevator Company and is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church of Woodhull. On March 18, 1883, Mr. Olson was united in marriage to Miss Emma Selberg, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Selberg, who was a lifelong resident of Kansas, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. To Mr. and Mrs. Olson seven children were born, namely: Emil; Herman; Minnie; Esther, who is the wife of Fred L. Holmes; Hilmer; Hartwig; and Walter.
       In politics Mr. Holmes gives his support to the republican party in the firm belief that republican principles are most effective for good government. He is also a member of the Illinois Banker's Life Association. In all his relations he is conscientious and honorable and because of his unusual amount of energy and foresight he is meeting with success in his agricultural pursuits.

John Holahan who has been engaged in the real-estate business in Galesburg for the past six years, was born in Waukon, Iowa, on the 18th of September, 1871. He is a son of James and Catherine (Fenelon) Holahan, both natives of Ireland, whence they emigrated to the United States during childhood. The father was reared in Connecticut, where he later learned sign and carriage painting. In 1859 he came to Iowa, locating in Waukon, where he met the lady who subsequently became his wife. Here he engaged in the implement business with which he continued to be identified until his death on the 6th of March, 1902, at the age of sixty-four years. He was a communicant of the Roman Catholic church, as is also the mother who still resides in Waukon, and he voted the republican ticket. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Holahan numbered nine, our subject being the third in order of birth. The others are as follows: William J., who was born on June 12, 1868, residing at Mason City, Iowa; Nellie M., the wife of William S. Hart, of Waukon; Maurice F., who was born on the 3d of July, 1873, now residing at Atlanta, Georgia; Thomas J., born March 28, 1875, who is living at Dixon, Illinois; James, born October 11, 1880, who is a resident of Victoria; Anna, who was born June 16, 1884, still at home; Mayme, a Sister in St. Xavier's Convent, Chicago, born July 27, 1886, and Gretta, born March 20, 1894, who is also at home.
       Reared at home John Holahan attended the public and Presentation Convent Catholic schools at Waukon in the acquirement of an education. His school days were terminated at the age of sixteen years, when he laid aside his textbooks and entered his father's office, where during the succeeding five years he applied himself intelligently and industriously to acquiring a thorough business training under the capable supervision of his father. Upon attaining his majority it was considered that he was fully qualified to begin working for himself, so he went to Guttenberg, Iowa, and embarked in the implement business. He continued in this at that point for nine years, when he withdrew from commercial activities and went to Cuba, where he remained four years, traveling and dealing in lands. At the end of that time he returned to the United States and in April 1906, he came to Galesburg and engaged in the real-estate business. He was associated with his brother, Thomas J., until 1909, when the latter withdrew from the firm and Mr. Holahan has ever since been alone. In addition to local properties, both city and country, he has large tracts of land for sale in Cuba and also the northwest. Since locating here he has met with good success and now is well established and doing a gratifying amount of business.
       Bayfield, Wisconsin, was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Holahan and Miss Lucille Boutin, on the 4th of October, 1905. She was born in Bayfield, on the 25th of July, 1884, and is a daughter of Frank and Louise (Kintz) Boutin, who still reside there. Mrs. Holahan has four sisters and four brothers, and their names and birthdays are as follows: Allan, March 24, 1888; Francis, March 13, 1890; Meta, July 22, 1892; Anna, March 13, 1895; Hiller, November 15, 1898; Dorothy, November 20, 1899; Ruth, February 26, 1902; and Herbert, November 25, 1904. In the paternal line Mrs. Holahan is of French extraction. Her father, however, was born and reared in Montreal, Canada, while the mother was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He came to Bayfield during his early manhood and engaged in the lumber business and he also owned and operated a number of tugs on Lake Superior. He is a man of considerable prominence in his community, giving his political support to the republican party, and has served for two terms as treasurer of the county. Both he and his wife are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, and he also belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the Lumbermen's Association. Mrs. Holahan was reared in Bayfield. but completed her education at St. Mary's school in Prairie du Chien.
       The political views of Mr. Holahan coincide with the principles of the republican party, and in matters of faith both he and Mrs. Holahan are Roman Catholics and belong to Corpus Christi parish. He also holds membership in the Knights of Columbus of SS. Vincent and Paul, the Galesburg Club and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Holahan has won favorable recognition in both a business and social way during his residence in Galesburg, and now numbers among its citizens many stanch friends.

James Edward Hinchliff ~ For seventeen years James Edward Hinchliff was well known as a prominent, enterprising and reliable representative of commercial interests in Galesburg, where he conducted a retail lumber business. Moreover, he had a wide acquaintance throughout the county of which he was one of the native sons, his birth having occurred in Rio, July 17, 1853. He came of English ancestry, for both of his parents, James and Betsey Hinchliff, were natives of England, whence they emigrated to America in early life. They were married in the state of New York and in 1852 removed to Illinois, settling in Knox county.
The public schools of this county afforded James E. Hinchliff his early opportunities for acquiring an education and later he continued his studies in Lombard College. He was reared to the occupation of farming and continued to follow it during the early years of his manhood or until 1891, when, believing that he would find a commercial career more congenial and hoping also to find it more profitable, he removed to Galesburg, where the following year he opened a retail lumberyard, continuing that business to the time of his death, which occurred March 28, 1909. In that period he had built up a satisfactory business, his reliable methods, his enterprise and his unfaltering energy being the qualities which served as the foundation for his success.
On the 1st of January, 1880, in Rio, this county, Mr. Hinchliff was united in marriage to Miss Ida M. Woodman, a daughter of David B. and Lourena Woodman. The children born of this marriage are: Everett E., who married Nell Townsend on the 15th of October, 1907; Lulu M., who on the 2Oth of September, 1911, became the wife of Roy C. Ingersoll; and Ray W. and Grace F., both yet at home with their mother.
Mr. Hinchliff was devoted to his family, his interests centering in his own home, where he was a devoted husband and father and a genial and hospitable host. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and his study of the questions and issues of the day confirmed him in the belief that its principles contained the best elements of good government, but he neither sought nor desired public office as a reward for party fealty. His religious faith was evidenced by the fact that he was a member of the Central Congregational church, to the teachings of which he was ever loyal and devoted, making his a manhood that measured up to the highest standards and won for him the admiration, high regard and trust of all with whom he came in contact.

Ransom C. Hunt is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of the community and in the practice of law, where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability, he has made continuous progress, his careful preparation of his cases and his thorough knowledge of the law giving him a power in the courts that enables him to win many favorable verdicts.
Mr. Hunt was born on a farm two and a half miles southwest of Burlington, Iowa, January 24, 1844, his parents being John B. and Mary (Love) Hunt, natives of Illinois and Virginia respectively. The former was a son of John Beal Hunt, who was born in Maryland and made farming his life occupation. He married a Miss Bartlett and they removed from Tennessee to Illinois, establishing their home within the borders of this state ere it was admitted to the Union. For a time they were residents of Bond county and afterward removed to McDonough county. In 1833 they went to the territory of Iowa, where Mr. Hunt secured a tract of wild land in the central part of the state and his five sons, Charles W., Jesse, Samuel, Clayborn and John B., all had land around him so that the family took active and prominent part in the agricultural development of that section. There were six daughters in the family, Martha, Lydia, Mary Ann, Esther, Louisa and Sarah. The maternal grandfather of Ransom C. Hunt was David Love, a native of Virginia, who also made farming his life work. Removing westward with his family, they became pioneer residents of a district, southwest of Burlington, Iowa, where they spent their remaining days, Mr. Love passing away at the age of eighty-five and his wife when eighty-eight years of age. Their children were Wesley, Rodney, Joshua, James, Mary and Elizabeth.
     John B. Hunt, father of Ransom C. Hunt, was a young lad when he accompanied his parents to Iowa. He was reared to the occupation of farming and continued to engage in tilling the soil until 1849, when, attracted by the discovery of gold in California, he crossed the plains to the Pacific coast. Not winning the fortune which he had hoped to gain, he returned in 1851 and again took up his abode on the farm in Des Moines county, Iowa, which he had left when he started for the west. There he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1856, when he removed to Bushnell, Illinois, where he conducted a lumber business until 1863 and likewise filled the position of postmaster. He next removed to Macomb, Illinois, where he engaged in the grain business until June, 1865. At that time the family came to Galesburg, where he died November 14, 1904, at the age of eighty-four years and six months, while his wife's death occurred in 1887, when she was sixty-five years of age. She was a faithful member of the Methodist church. Their family numbered a son and two daughters: Ransom C.; Clara, the deceased wife of W. T. Jelliff; and Lois V., the deceased wife of Jesse Pickerell.
       Ransom C. Hunt is the only surviving member of the family. He was reared on his father's farm in Iowa and during that period attended the district schools and also the public schools of Burlington and the old Denmark Academy. He went with his father to Bushnell in 1856 and there worked in the lumberyard and also attended school. Subsequently he became a student in the Lombard University of Galesburg. He continued with his father in the lumber trade in Bushnell until the father removed to Macomb, when he became a student in the law office of Hon. J. C. Thompson. In the fall of 1863 the family removed to Galesburg but Ransom C. Hunt and his father remained in Macomb until 1865, when they joined the others in Galesburg, and the subject of this review entered the law office of the Hon. A. C. Mason, who directed his reading until his admission to the bar in June, 1866. In 1869 he formed a partnership with the latter preceptor but for the past twenty years has engaged in practice alone. He has ever been devotedly attached to his profession, systematic and methodical in habit, sober and discreet in judgment, diligent in research and conscientious in the discharge of every duty-qualities which have enabled him to take high rank among the representatives of the Galesburg bar.
       On the 1st of May, 1879, occurred the marriage of Mr. Hunt and Miss Irene Johnson, a native of St. Paul, Minnesota, and a daughter of S. F. and Hannah (Neeley) Johnson, who were originally from New York and became early residents of Galesburg. Later they removed to St. Paul, where the father conducted a shoe business, and for two years he was also a resident of Grinnell, Iowa. They then returned to Galesburg, where they still reside. In their family were seven children, Irene, Mary, Harry M., Guy B., Charles N., Mabel F. and Blanche. The daughter Mabel is now the widow of E. A. Davis. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hunt were James and Sabrina Neeley, who were among "the colony" that settled Galesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt have become the parents of two daughters and two sons: Beulah M., the wife of Harold M. Holland, of Galesburg; Albert V., who was educated in Lombard College; Harry C, who is in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company; and Florence I., who is attending school. The parents are members of the Central Congregational church and in its work take deep and helpful interest. Mr. Hunt gives his political allegiance to the democratic party but the only office that he has ever held was that of police magistrate, in which position he served from 1889 until 1896. He has always preferred to concentrate his energies upon his profession and few lawyers have made a more lasting impression upon the bar of the county both for legal ability of a high order and for the individuality of a personal character which impresses itself upon a community.

Joseph Gross, During the thirteen years of his residence in Galesburg, Joseph Gross has won recognition as a resourceful and enterprising business man and his manufacturing interests have constituted an important element in the commercial activity of the city. As a member of the firm of Gross Brothers he is now conducting a successful overall manufactory which was established in 1901.
       He has wisely used his time and opportunities and the splendid business concern which he has built up is a monument to his labors, his enterprise and his ability. He was born in Russia, March 16, 1866, a son of Isaac and Rachel Gross. As a boy he came to the United States, first settling in Omaha, Nebraska. He started in business by making a house to house canvass as a peddler in the sale of merchandise at Creston, Iowa, and in 1892 he opened a second-hand store in Creston. Four years later, in 1896, he established a branch business at Burlington and in 1898 sold out in Creston. In that year he removed from Burlington to Galesburg, disposing of his business in the former city to his brother, and in this city he established a retail general merchandise store, which he conducted successfully for about three years. In February, 1901, he began the manufacture of overalls on the second floor of the building on East Main street, where he continued for a year. Then in order to secure more commodious quarters he removed to the third floor of a building, where he continued for five years or until the 1st of June, 1906, when he came to his present location at the corner of Mulberry and Seminary streets. He erected the building here—a four-story structure, sixty-six by one hundred and twenty feet, having thirty-one thousand, six hundred and eighty square feet of floor space. Something of the rapid and gratifying growth of the business is indicated in the fact that while he at first employed only ten people, he now has one hundred and seventy-five names on the pay roll. The plant is thoroughly equipped with modern machinery and independent motors and the business is represented on the road by seven traveling salesmen who cover the territory of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Oklahoma and Kansas. The output is now very extensive, being shipped to nearly all of the middle west states, and the business has assumed proportions which make it one of the most important productive industries of the city.

       On the 2Oth of October, 1901, Mr. Gross was united in marriage to Miss Libby Oppenheim, a daughter of Max and Yetta Oppenheim, of Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Gross holds to the religious faith of the Jewish church and in politics is an independent voter. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and to the Galesburg Club and is well known in the city socially as well as in business circles, where he is regarded as a most enterprising, progressive man, who with resolute spirit carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.

Daniel Judson Griswold, D. D. S. Dentistry may be said to be almost unique among occupations, as it is at once a profession, a trade and a business. Such being the case, it follows that in order to attain the highest success in it one must be thoroughly conversant with the theory of the art, must be expert with the many tools and appliances incidental to the practice of modern dentistry and must possess business qualifications adequate to dealing with the financial side of the profession. In all of these particulars Dr. Griswold is well qualified and therefore has attained prestige among the able representatives of dentistry in Galesburg, where he has practiced for the past seventeen years. His birth occurred in Jasper county, Indiana, on the 29th of September, 1865, his parents being Ames A. and Elizabeth (Adams) Griswold, who are natives of Vermont and Indiana respectively. The paternal grandfather was also born in the Green Mountain state and was a gentleman of English descent. He died when past middle life, while his wife lived to attain the age of about seventy years. Their children were four in number, namely: Ames A.; Abner; Mrs. Letitia Hall; and Abbie, the wife of Charles Long. The maternal grandfather of our subject was an agriculturist by occupation and both he and his wife passed away in Jasper county, Indiana, at an old age. Their children were as follows: William, Joseph, Marion, Henry, Mrs. Ann Hoover, Mrs. Milton Beal and Mrs. Elizabeth Griswold.
Ames A. Griswold, the father of Daniel J. Griswold, was successfully identified with farming interests throughout practically his entire business career. He became an early settler of Marshall county, Illinois, and there resided for many years or until the time of his retirement, when he removed to Washburn, Illinois, where he now makes his home. In 1852 he made an overland trip to California and engaged in mining for a short time. Both he and his wife are Baptists in religious faith. Unto them were born twelve children, eight of whom still survive, namely: Ida, who is the widow of Thomas Lee Goodell and resides in Washburn, Illinois; Marcia, the wife of J. W. Rains, of Minnesota; Lillie, the wife of A. L. Kulm, of Chicago; Daniel Judson, of this review; Florence, who gave her hand in marriage to L. L. Hester and now lives near Minonk, Illinois; Della, who is the wife of Basil Tustin and lives near Washburn, Illinois; Nora Bell, who is the wife of Byron Stitt, of El Paso, Illinois; and Cora Bell, twin sister of Nora Bell, who is the wife of George Stauter and lives near Washburn, Illinois.
       Dr. Daniel J. Griswold was reared on his father's farm in Marshall county, Illinois, and obtained his early education in the district schools. He was graduated from the Washburn high school in 1885 and subsequently spent almost four years in Knox College, while later he prepared for the practice of his chosen profession by a three-years' course in the Philadelphia Dental College, being graduated from that institution in 1894. On the 19th of March of that year he opened an office at Galesburg, which city has since remained the scene of his professional labors and where he has been accorded an extensive and remunerative practice. Dr. Griswold has extensive property holdings, owning one thousand acres of land in the province of Alberta, Canada; farm lands in Finney county, Kansas; and also property in Lee and Van Buren counties, Iowa; Meade county, South Dakota; Otsego county, Michigan; and lola, Kansas, as well as a house and lot in Galesburg. He likewise owns fruit land in Colorado and has mining interests in Gilpin county, that state.
       On the 12th of September, 1899, Dr. Griswold was united in marriage to Miss Grace Agnes Ballard, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Dr. J. A. and Henrietta (Sutor) Ballard, who were born in Maine and Canada respectively. They became early settlers of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and are now residents of Galesburg. Dr. J. A. Ballard served as a soldier of the Civil war. Dr. and Mrs. Griswold had three children: John Ballard, who died in infancy; Frederick Anthony, who passed away at the age of two years; and William Ballard.
In his political views Dr. Griswold is a republican, while fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Veritas Lodge, No. 478; he also holds membership in the Galesburg Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. Both he and his wife are devoted and consistent members of the Central Congregational church. His personal characteristics render him popular with many friends and he is much esteemed in social and professional circles of Galesburg.

Ambrose L. King. One of Knox county's patriotic citizens who donned the blue and went to the front during those troublesome days in the '60's is Ambrose L. King. He is now and has been for a long period engaged in general farming and stock-raising in Victoria township, where he has resided for fifty-eight years. His birth occurred in Wyandotte county, Ohio, on the 27th of December, 1843, his parents being Ambrose and Harriet (Porter) King. The father was born in the state of New York, in 1798, and there he was reared and educated. In his early manhood he went to Pennsylvania, locating in the vicinity of Erie, where he met the lady who later became his wife. During the early years of their domestic life they removed to Ohio, residing there until 1853. In the latter year they crossed the prairies of Indiana to Illinois, settling in Victoria township, a mile east of our subject's farm, where the father acquired six hundred and forty acres of land. Here closed his active and useful life in its eightieth year, while the mother was only sixty-six years of age at the time of her death. They were both members of the Seventh Day Adventist church and he was a stanch advocate of the political principles of the republican party, but never held an office. The family of Mr. and Mrs. King numbered six, as follows: Nelson; Herman; Homer; Ambrose, our subject; Sarah and Corwin.

Ambrose L. King was only a lad of ten years when he removed with his parents to Knox county, where he was reared to manhood, completing his education in the common schools of Victoria township. He had early been impressed with a fine appreciation of patriotic duties and responsibilities toward one's country, so when the nation's chief sent out a call for volunteers in the early days of the war, it aroused his fervor and he responded by enlisting in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. During the period of his service he participated in several of the notable conflicts of the war but was never wounded or captured by the enemy. When mustered out he returned to Knox county and resumed the duties of civil life as an agriculturist and has always continued to be identified with this vocation. He now owns eighty acres of land located on section 5, Victoria township, where he has resided ever since. his marriage. Here he engages in general farming and stock raising and has met with lucrative returns from both. He is a man of practical ideas and progressive methods, who uses intelligence and discretion in the direction of his undertakings and is recognized as one of the capable agriculturists of the community.

The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. Ambrose L. King was known during her girlhood as Miss Sarah Collinson. She was born and reared in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, whence she removed with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collinson, to Lynn township, Knox county. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. King, as follows: Ivy, the wife of Charles Spencer, of Williamsfield; Ida, who married Fred Grant, of Victoria township; Kate, who became the wife of Homer Patty, of Riverside California; Sarah; Ora, who married Bert Thomas; and Avery, who is at home.

Mr. King votes with the republican party, considering its policy best adapted to sub serve the highest interests of the country. He takes a deep interest in the development of the community and its political activities, but he has never aspired to public office. During the long period of his residence in Knox county he has been an interested observer of its development and increasing prosperity, having witnessed the introduction of modern methods and inventions that in rapid evolution and on-march have completely revolutionized commercial, industrial and agricultural life. His early manhood covered that formative period in the state's agricultural progress when pioneer methods were being superseded by modern conditions, following the advent of a newer and higher form of civilization that developed after the war. page 578

Sheldon C. Ayres - Among the few soldier boys of '61 still regularly engaged in the discharge of active duties must be mentioned Sheldon C. Ayres, who for forty-two years has been running out of Galesburg as a passenger conductor on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. His birth occurred at Andover, Henry county, Illinois, on the 5th of July, 1843, his parents being John A. and Mary B. (Washburn) Ayres. The father was a native of Connecticut and the mother of Maine, but they were married in Andover. John A. Ayres was reared and educated in his native state and there he also received his agricultural training. In 1835 he came to Illinois, settling on a farm in Henry county that he industriously cultivated for twenty-two years. In 1857 he withdrew from the work of the fields and went to Galva where he engaged in business for four years. He disposed of this in 1861, removing to a farm three miles west of Kewanee and there resided for twelve years. At the expiration of that time he sold his property and together with his wife removed to David City, Nebraska. He invested his money in lands in that vicinity but lived in the town, continuing to make that his home, as did also the mother, until death. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, in which they both held membership, and in politics he was a republican, but never held any office save that of school director. Nine children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Ayres, as follows: Charlotte B., who is deceased; Sheldon C., our subject; William, who is also deceased; John, who is living in Nebraska; James, of Greenleaf, Kansas; Elizabeth, who is deceased; Edwin, a resident of Fairbury, Nebraska; Frank, who lives at David City, Nebraska; and Clifford, who is deceased.

The early years in the life of Sheldon C. Ayres were in no way unusual, but very similar in every respect to those of other lads of that period who were reared in the more sparsely settled communities. When old enough to begin his education he entered the public schools of Andover, completing his course in those of Galva. Thrilled with the patriotism that dominated so many of the youths at that time, when the call came for soldiers in the early days of the war he responded by enlisting as a private in Company D, Seventeenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He remained at the front for three years and one month, participating during that time in many of the most notable conflicts of the Rebellion. Among the battles in which he was engaged mention should be made of Fredericktown, Fort Donnellson, Shiloh, both sieges of Corinth, Iuka, Holly Springs, Old River near Lake Providence, Clinton, Mississippi, Jackson, Meridian, Canton, Yazoo City, and the siege and capture of Vicksburg. He was discharged at Springfield, and immediately resumed the duties of civil life as a farmer, following this occupation until he attained his majority. Subsequently he joined an engineer corps that was surveying for the American Central from Galva to New Boston, and in 1866 he entered the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company in the capacity of a freight brakeman. He was later promoted to the position of conductor and on the 21st of April, 1869, he was assigned a passenger train. For many years he has been passenger conductor on the Galesburg and Quincy division, and is well and favorably known to all of the company's employees on this section.

Atkinson, Henry county, Illinois, was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Ayres to Miss Ellen E. Nichols, a daughter of Ziba and Mathilda (Smith) Nichols, the event being celebrated on the 2d of September, 1869. Three daughters were born to them: Nellie, Elizabeth and Mary, all of whom are now deceased.

Fraternally Mr. Ayres is a Mason, having joined the order at Kewanee in 1865, where he took the degrees of the blue lodge, and in 1867 he affiliated with the commandeers at Galesburg. He is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, and both he and Mrs. Ayres belong to the Presbyterian church. His allegiance in political matters is accorded to the republican party, but he has never sought public honors, although he takes an active interest in all municipal questions and always goes to the poles on election day. On November 9, 1900, Mr. Ayres was appointed by Governor John R. Tanner of Illinois, one of the commissioners to ascertain and mark the position of the Illinois troops in the battle of Shiloh. Mr. Ayres is one of those who can be depended upon to meet the requirements of citizenship by giving his services and cooperation whenever needed, his efforts being characterized by the same fortitude and endurance as well as determination of purpose that distinguished him on the battlefields of the south.

Hugh King, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on one hundred and sixty acres of land in Victoria township, eighty of which, located on section 25, he owns, was born in Victoria township, Knox county, on the 20th of December, 1873. His parents were Corwin and Mary King, who removed from Victoria township to Kansas during the childhood of our subject, and there resided until 1886, when they returned to Knox county and engaged in farming.

The education of Hugh King was obtained in the common schools of Kansas where he resided with his parents from early childhood until he was a youth of thirteen years. After acquiring such knowledge as was deemed essential to enable him to pursue an agricultural career, he laid aside his studies and gave his entire attention to the work of the fields and care of the stock on the home place. Soon after his marriage he located on his present farm, which was known as the Andrew Anderson farm. Mr. King is industrious and practical in his ideas and gives his personal supervision to all the work about his place. He has brought his fields into a high state of productivity and in connection with his general farming he raises horses and hogs, and is meeting with lucrative returns from both.

Mr. King has been twice married, his first union being with Miss Mary Anderson, now deceased, a daughter of Andrew Anderson. The lady who know bears the name of Mrs. Hugh King was formerly Miss Emily Sandquist. She was born and reared in Knox county, a daughter of Andrew and Augusta (Burg) Sandquist. The father was born in Sweden on the 20th of May, 1841, and there he was reared and educated. When he attained the age of twenty-five years he determined to come to the United States, believing that he would find better opportunities for advancement here than in his native land. Upon his arrival in this country he came directly to Illinois, locating in Henry county, where he was foreman in a coal mine for four years. There he was married in 1870 to Miss Burg, also a native of Sweden, whence she immigrated when a child to America with her parents, Andrew and Mary Charlotte Burg. They settled on a farm in Henry county and there they both passed away and were buried in Dayton cemetery. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Sandquist settled on twenty acres of land south of their present place. The father industriously applied himself to the cultivation of this property, extending his holdings from time to time as he was able until he had eighty acres, that is now owned by Oscar Anderson. Later he bought eighty acres of land on section 21, Victoria township, where he is now living, but owing to his advance age, he found the cultivation of this tract to be too arduous, so sold forty acres to Lewis Ostrum. He still owns the remainder and there he and his wife now make their home. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Sandquist is as follows: William, who is a stock-dealer in Victoria; Esther, the wife of Eldon Hammond of Victoria township; Emily who married Hugh King of Victoria township; Hazel, who is keeping house for her brother at Victoria; Frances, who is clerk for a coal company at Galesburg; and Edna, who is still in school. In connection with general farming, Mr. Sandquist engages in stock-raising feeding all the grain he raises. He is a republican in his political views and served for nine years as school director and road commissioner for three. Mr. and Mrs. King have two children: Francis Willard and Hiram Andrew.

Both Mr. and Mrs. King are members of the Swedish Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they take an active interest, Mr. King having been treasurer of the Sunday school for the past year. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and in politics he is a republican. He was a school director for three years and now he is a member of the board of trustees. In addition to his property interests, Mr. King is a stockholder in the Mutual Telephone Company, of which he has been president for two years, and is connected with other local enterprises. He is energetic and progressive and is constantly increasing the value of his homestead by the addition of various modern conveniences and improvements, and now has one of the best equipped farms in the community, where he has erected a very comfortable and attractive country residence. Page #918

Stephen Wyman A well known agriculturist of Knox County, who is now living retired on his beautiful homestead located on section 20, Persifer Township, is Stephen Wyman, whose holdings in this country aggregate four hundred and sixty-five acres. He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, on the 21st of June, 1834, and is a son of Arthur and Annie (Soltz) Wyman. The father was born in the state of New York, but when a lad of eight years he came to Ohio with his people, who passed the remainder of their lives in the Buckeye state. Arthur Wyman was reared and educated in Vinton County, and there he met and subsequently married Miss Soltz, who was a native of Ohio. They began their domestic life on a farm in that state, where Mr. Wyman continued to engage in agricultural pursuits until 1852. In the latter year with his wife and family he came to Illinois, settling in Knox County. He subsequently acquired the title of two hundred and forty acres of land in Persifer Township, northeast of the farm of their son Stephen, and now the property of Harvey England. A man of much energy and determination of purpose, he industriously applied himself to the further improvement and cultivation of his property, erecting thereon a comfortable dwelling and good substantial barns and outbuildings. His farming was conducted along general lines, the greater part of his time and attention being devoted to stock-raising, which proved to be lucrative. He passed away on his homestead at the age of sixty-seven, and was buried at Westfall cemetery, as was also the mother, who was seventy-five at the time of her death. They were members of the United Brethren Church, and in his political views the father was a republican. He was always interested in all township affairs and served with efficiency in some of the minor offices. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Wyman numbered eleven, all of whom were born in Ohio. John, who passed away at the age of seventy years and was buried in Westfall cemetery in Persifer Township, became one of the prosperous farmers of this county, owning at the time of his death eight hundred acres of land in Persifer Township. He married twice, his first union being with Hannah Taylor, a daughter of Daniel Taylor, while for his second wife he chose Miss Katherine Mundwilder, who now resides in Knoxville. Minerva, the eldest daughter, married Noah Dawson, of Persifer Township, and they are now both deceased. Edward J., who died at the age of sixty-nine years and was buried in Westfall cemetery, married Elizabeth Bradford. The next in order of birth died in infancy, and the fifth is Stephen, our subject. Levi died in Missouri, while in the Union army. Mary married Charley Taylor of Persifer Township and they are now both deceased, as also are Eliza and Andrew, who were twins. Arthur, who was a volunteer in the Union service, died from yellow fever just after the battle of Vicksburg, and George, the youngest member of the family, when last heard from was living in Idaho.
     The first eighteen years of his life, Stephen Wyman passed in his native state in whose common schools he obtained his education. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Knox County in 1852, and remained at home until he had attained his majority, assisting with the operation of the farm. When he was twenty-one he began working for himself, so capably and intelligently directing his activities that he met with excellent success in his agricultural pursuits. He kept adding to his holdings as he was able until he now owns ninety-two acres of land in Knox Township, and three hundred and twenty on Section 20 of Persifer, where he had resided for many years and fifty-three in section 18, making in all four hundred and sixty-five acres. The dominant factors in the success of Mr. Wyman have unquestionably been his perseverance and energy, which have been utilized to most excellent advantage. He is most ambitious and applies himself conscientiously and painstakingly to whatever he undertakes, striving to excel in everything. No effort has been spared in the development of his farm, all of which is now under high cultivation and well improved. He has erected good substantial buildings on his place, to the value of which he has added at various times by installing many modern conveniences and improvements. Both his residence and grounds afford a most attractive and pleasing appearance from the public highway and he has built a fine private road on his grounds with cement bridges across the culverts. In connection with general farming, Mr. Wyman raised stock, making a specialty of hogs annually, making large shipments to the near-by markets.
     Mr. Wyman has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Katherine Miner, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Thomas Miner, who resided in Knox County only one year, and they became the parents of seven children. In order of their birth they are as follows: Richard, a resident in Knoxville, who married Annie Swanson; Marion, who was drowned in the state of Washington; Electra, the wife of Cornelius Ward; Thomas, who married Bessie Brandt and is residing in Abingdon, this state; George, who lives in the state of Washington; Sanford, who died in Oregon and is buried in Westfall cemetery; and Viola who died at the age of nine months.   The mother died on the farm where she had passed the period of her married life and was laid to rest in the family lot in Westfall.   She was a fine Christian character and held membership in the United Brethren Church.   Mr. Wyman subsequently married Miss Erma F. Rambo, who was born in Peoria, and is a daughter of George Rambo. They have five children: Jasper Newton, who is living in the northwestern part of Colorado; Walter Stephen, who is operating the home farm; Iva, the wife of Norman Arbogast, of Galesburg, Illinois; and Lewis, who married Mary Arthur and is living in Douglas, Illinois.
     Ever since granted the right of franchise upon attaining his majority, Mr. Wyman has given his political support to the men and measures of the republican party. He has never prominently figured in township affairs but he has given efficient service as a school director. #972-973

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