set to work to improve. He put up a very good log cabin, with the usual dirt and stick chimney, and then turned his attention to farming. In this home our subject was born. Mr. Mahan continued to work at his trade in addition to his farm work, until old age compelled him to desist, and in 1885 he also sold his farm. During his residence there he had seen the primitive forest give place to broad fields and fertile farm lands; had seen the village spring up and grow until it became quite a town, with its business blocks, handsome residences, and other interesting and incidental details. The maiden name of his wife, the mother of our subject, was Ferraby Browning, a native of Kentucky. She died in 1841.
   The early years of James C. were spent in his native county, Sullivan, and after schooling was completed he learned the trade of carpenter and builder. He was just finishing and preparing to start in life when the bugle sounded for men to go to the front to protect the Union. He enlisted Feb. 11, 1862, in Company C, 59th Indiana Infantry, with which he marched and fought for two years, and after having veteranized received a short furlough, then returned and served until the close of the war. He was an active participant in the battles of New Madrid, Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson (Miss.), Champion Hills, siege and capture of Vicksburg, and Missionary Ridge. After furlough he rejoined the regiment at Huntsville, Ala., in April, and on the 24th of that month he received a wound which laid him up for nine months, and on recovery, about four months thereafter, he was detailed as clerk in the general hospital, at Huntsville, for twelve months, after which he rejoined his regiment at Washington, D. C., in 1865, and was promoted to Sergeant Major, and was ordered to join the Army of the Tennessee, with which he remained until he was mustered out July 17; he received his final discharge and pay in Indianapolis, July 21, 1865.
   From 1865 our subject continued in Indianapolis for five years as agent for a transfer company, and then went back to Sullivan County, and gave his attention to farming until 1882, when he came to this State. Coming to Lincoln he engaged in business, but a visit to this precinct led him to buy a tract of wild prairie land upon section 17, town 11, range 5. In 1883 he located thereon, and commenced in the lumber business in 1884 as manager for S. A. Brown & Co. He continued the management of this business until 1888, when he bought the yard and started for himself, and still continues in the same. The farm he also owns, but rents to the person working it. He is also still engaged in the hardware business. which he bought at the time indicated above.
   In September, 1857, our subject was married to Mary E. Hughes, of Nelson County, Ky., daughter of Hampton and Nancy (Patton) Hughes, both natives of the same State. Mrs. Mahan's parents moved to Sullivan County, Ind., from their Kentucky home in the year 1844, and engaged in farming. The first fall and winter of his residence in Indiana, he killed in hunting thirty-four deer, besides numerous other animals and small game. This union has been fruitful in the birth of four children, whose names are as follows: Winfield S., Dora, Fanny F. and Dilla. There were four other children, who died in infancy. Our subject is a very active member of Farragut Post No. 25, G. A. R. He has been appointed and still continues a Notary Public. In political matters he is actively in sympathy with the Republican party, and has given careful study to the questions before the nation. In campaigns he is energetic in behalf of his party, and is very efficient in its service. Among his comrades and fellow-citizens he is esteemed as a man and citizen, as is due to one who has so heartily the interests and advancement of his village and State before him.

ILLIAM H. WOODWARD, the well-known and successful lawyer of Lincoln, whose portrait is given on the opposite page, is one of the leading members of his profession in Nebraska, and a member of the law firm of Billingsby & Woodward, Office No. 210 South Eleventh street, Rooms from 1 to 4, inclusive. He is a native of Pulaski County, Ill., born Dec. 27, 1816, and is a

son of Capt. William C. Woodward, a native of Tennessee, and one of the heroes of the Mexican War. Our subject is the sole survivor of the Woodward family, the other members having fallen on the battlefield while bravely defending the stars and stripes that now wave over a free and undivided country.
   The father of our subject enlisted in the Mexican War as a private in Company A, 2d Illinois Infantry, which formed part of Gen. Wool's division, and on the arrival of his company in Mexico, by the unanimous vote of his comrades, who readily recognized his ability and trustworthiness, he was elected to be their Captain. His brilliant service was brought to a close Sept. 15, 1847, at the battle of Buena Vista, as while he was leading his company to the charge, he was killed by the ferocious Mexican lancers, and his body was cut to pieces. He was a gallant soldier and a good officer, and his premature death was greatly mourned by his fellow-soldiers and superior officers.
   Being thus left fatherless when he was too young to realize the great loss that he had sustained, our subject was still further bereaved in his childhood, when he was ten years of age, of the tender care of the best of mothers, her death occurring in 1857. Her maiden name was Tabitha A. Metcalf, and she was a native of Tennessee. To her and her husband had been born one other son besides our subject, Richard M., who, in life's morn, when the prospects of a glorious and honorable career were the brightest, gladly yielded up his young being to his country. In the early part of the late war he had enlisted for a period of three months, and at the expiration of that term had again enrolled himself as a soldier for a term of three years. Just before going into the battle of Ft. Donelson he was promoted to be Captain of Company G, 11th Illinois, Regiment, and bravely did he meet the foe. Three times he was wounded, the last time unto death, first in the fleshy part of the thigh, the second time through the lungs, and the third time in the groin. The last night of the battle, the 14th of February, 1862, was bitterly cold, and the wounded lay on the battlefield slowly stiffening and freezing as the life current ebbed away. He lay thus unprotected all night at the mercy of the rebels, and when he was found in the morning lifeless, his body was frozen to the ground, and had to be cut away before it could be buried. His frank and noble qualities made him the idol of his comrades; he was an exemplary young man, and a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he was but twenty-one years of age at the time of his death.
   William H. Woodward, of whom we write, being early deprived of his parents, as we have before noted, was placed in charge of a guardian. The same patriotic spirit that had animated the breast of his sire and only brother characterized him, and he ran away from his guardian to enter the army. He took part in the battles of Corinth and Iuka before he enlisted, and he was then allowed to enter the service as a drummer. But it was found that he had more fight in him than music, and he was permitted to exchange the drum for the rifle, and to take his place in the ranks as a soldier, becoming in 1863 a member of Company D, 56th Illlinois (sic) Infantry, and subsequently took part in all the general engagements of the Western Army, including Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea, and thence to Washington.
   After the war our subject set himself earnestly about the task of completing his education, and in 1868, while teaching school, began to read law.
   He attended the Southern Illinois College, at Carbondale, from which he was graduated, after pursuing a thorough course, in 1869, with honors. He afterward entered the excellent law school at the University of Indiana, at Bloomington, from which he was also graduated at the head of the class. He was admitted to the bar March 26, 1873, at Mt. Vernon, Ill., before the Supreme Court. He immediately established himself in practice at Carbondale, Ill., where he remained until 1885. He soon began to be regarded as a young lawyer of great promise, and in a few years his talents and attainments had placed him among the foremost of the legal luminaries of Southern Illinois, and had gained him prominence in public affairs. He was first elected to the thirtieth session of the Illinois Legislature in 1876, and for five years ably and satisfactorily represented his constituency in that body, having been elected on

the Republican ticket in a strongly Democratic county. He was for several years City Clerk, and also held the office of attorney for the city of Carbondale. In his public life he became intimate with that illustrious citizen, soldier and statesman, Gen. Logan, and assisted him in all his political campaigns. In 1880 our subject received a sunstroke, and was for some time incapacitated for his public or private duties. In 1884 he went to Chicago to take the civil service examination, and was the first appointee of those then examined in the classified service, Mr. Lyman giving him the position of special examiner in the pension office, at a salary of $1,600 a year and $3 a day additional while in the field, which was the largest salary in the classified service. His record is examiner was of the very best, as he was assured by Gen. Dudley, Commissioner of Pensions, in a letter. Our subject was discharged without cause from his office as examiner by Commissioner Black, with no reason assigned, though it is supposed on account of "offensive partisanship," that is for being loyal to the Republican party, under whose banner he had fought in the late Civil War, and of whose principles he has been a stanch supporter ever since. In October, 1885, Mr. Woodward removed to Lincoln with his family, formed a partnership with Capt. Billingsby, an eminent lawyer of this place, which has proved of mutual advantage, and they enjoy a large practice in this State.
   Mr. Woodward was married, Dec. 25, 1870, to Miss Melissa J. Hindman, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Silas G. Hindman, a native of Illinois. Her father was formerly a prominent merchant of Carbondale, Ill., of which town he was a pioneer. He has made a success of his life, and is now living retirement at Augusta, Kan. He was for many years a companion of Gen. Logan. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and does much toward supporting it. The marriage of our subject and his wife has been blessed to them by the birth of four children, namely: Frank, Fred, Dollie and William R. Dollie is deceased; the others are at home.
   Mr. and Mrs. Woodward are prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and socially, our subject belongs to the following-named organizations: The I. O. O. F., the G. A. R. and the A. O. U. W. He is an orator of recognized ability, and his eloquent voice is often heard from the platform at social meetings, or political gatherings, urging on his party to new victories.

ILLIAM H. STUBBLEFIELD, formerly one of the most prosperous farmers of Denton Precinct, is now retired from active labor and occupies a well-appointed home in Lincoln. During all the years of his working life he employed himself in farm pursuits, and is essentially a self-made man, one who started out dependent upon his own resources, and who owes his accumulations simply to his own industry and perseverance. He has been prominent among the business men as well as the agriculturists of Southern Nebraska since the time of his coming here, when he was at once recognized as a valued addition to the community.
   Fifty-six years ago, Jan. 11, 1832, our subject was born near the little village of White Hall, Greene Co., Ill., under the modest rooftree of his parents, Fielding L. and Martha (Lorton) Stubblefield, natives respectively of Tennessee and Kentucky. The father was born in Gallatin, Sumner County, Aug. 3, 1809, and left his native State prior to his marriage, settling in Randolph County, Ill., as early as 1827, not far from Kaskaskia. Here the two children of the family were born, and survived to mature years, our subject and his sister Frances, who died in 1862 at the age of twenty-five. She married A. M. Eckes, and left one child.
   John Lorton, a maternal uncle of our subject, was prominent in the early settlement of Nebraska, and was the first agent of the Otoe Reservation. Thomas Lorton, his maternal grandfather, spent his last years in Greene County, on Lorton's Prairie, east of White Hall, Ill., where he died at an advanced age. The Lorton family was noted for longevity. The mother of our subject is still living, having now reached the advanced age of seventy-seven years, and makes her home at the old place in Greenfield, Ill. She traces her ancestry back to England, and the family history as far as is known indicates that

it was represented in America during the Colonial days. Fielding Stubblefield departed this life at his home in Greene County, Oct. 1, 1875.
   The maiden name of the grandmother on the father's side was Henry, and she was a lineal descendant of Patrick Henry, of Revolutionary fame. The subject of this sketch attended first the district schools in his neighborhood and later received instruction in a select school, and lived with his parents until reaching his majority. He then engaged in farming on his own account, and soon after reaching his twenty-first birthday was married, Oct. 25, 1853, to Miss Harriet C. Bright, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and who was born near the city of Wheeling, Va., March 3, 1837. Her parents, John H. and Louisa (Rector) Bright, were natives of Virginia. The father spent his last years in Ohio, and the mother in California.
   Mr. and Mrs. Stubblefield after their marriage settled on the old homestead in Greene County, Ill., where they lived until coming to Nebraska in 1867, soon after the Territory had been transformed into a State. Their residence during the first year was in the embryo town of Lincoln, where our subject engaged in dairying on land now occupied by the Home of the Friendless. The soil here underwent its first cultivation at his hands, and he continued upon this farm until 1876, when he removed to a point three and one-half miles west of the present Insane Asylum, where he purchased land and carried on farming until 1884. He had in the meantime accumulated 320 acres, and now sold two of his farms and took up his residence in Lincoln. In 1882 he invested a part of his capital in the Stubblefield Block, which now comprises one of the architectural ornaments of the city. He has since been considerably engaged in the real-estate business.
   To our subject and his worthy partner there have been born three children: Alice, who lives at home; Minnie W. is the wife of William Brigman, a large ranchman in Texas and Mexico; and Louis resides with his parents. Mr. Stubblefield while farming also officiated as Justice of the Peace in Denton Precinct, which office he held two terms in succession. He was also Assessor. Politically, he gives his support usually to the Democratic party. Socially, he has been considerably interested in the I. O. O. F., being a charter member of Capita Lodge No. 11, and is now Secretary. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of this lodge, which is one of the wealthiest in the State. Mr. S. is one of the solid men of Lincoln, whose judgment is frequently appealed to in important matters, and who invariably obtains a respectful hearing.

ON. GEORGE W. EGGLESTON, Vice President of the Citizens' Bank, at Bennet, and dealer in grain and coal, is numbered among the energetic business men of this part of the county, of which he became a resident in 1873. A native of Lincolnshire, England, he was born Feb. 23, 1850, and is the son of William and Sarah (Bavan) Eggleston, who were natives of the same county as their son, and of pure English descent.
   A few months after the birth of our subject his parents crossed the Atlantic, and settled first in Summit County, Ohio, whence they removed later to Peoria, Ill. There the mother died in 1863, The father followed the occupation of a mason and plasterer, and is still living, being now a resident of Elk Precinct, in the northwestern part of this county. Their family included three children, two besides our subject, viz: A sister who resides in Cedar County, Iowa, and a brother who lives in this county.
    Mr. Eggleston spent his boyhood and youth, mostly upon the farm, and acquired his education in the common schools. He also worked for a time in a pottery, and was a bright and industrious lad, who kept his eyes open to what was going on around him in the world, and at an early age gave promise of being a man among men. He left the parental roof when twenty years of age, and for the first two years after coming to this county carried on farming, and subsequently engaged in general merchandising about six months.
   Mr. Eggleston about 1876 became interested in grain and coal, and in 1881 erected the elevator at Bennet, which has a capacity of 10,000 bushels, and does a thriving business. His natural energy