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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00877 8810
J.P. Stewart
A STANDARD HISTORY
OF
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Civic and Social Development. A Chronicle of the People, with Family Lineage and Memoirs
J. R. STEWART Supervising Editor
Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1918
1219034
PREFACE
Champaign County is representative of all that is best in American life. To the state and the country at large it is chiefly known for its extraordinary agricultural capacity and for the great University which has been planted in its midst, and which has drawn to its territory thousands of able and inspiring men and women. Many have remained to become a part of its higher life, both in intellectual and moral en- deavors. Those who know Champaign County more intimately, natives or old-time residents, also appreciate the solidity of its material wealth and the sturdy fiber of its sons and daughters. There is no county in the United States which has been more faithfully cultivated and the richness of whose soil has been conserved in a more intelligent and scientific manner. The grains, the fruits and the live stock of the county, the artificial drainage, and the various auxiliaries to wholesome and prosperous living, are of the same high grade as its men and women.
All that is best in American life, as we find it illustrated in Cham- paign County, has been set forth in this work, as far as the strength, the industry and the ability of the editor, with the invaluable assistance of his associates, could realize the high and broad aim of the history. In this connection we cannot but refer in sorrow to the death of Judge J. O. Cunningham, who, though feeble in health as the work progressed, freely gave of his time and advice. Had he not been called away, he would have made several special contributions to this history. It has been thought both wise and expedient, therefore, to make generous extracts from the history which he had already published.
In taking farewell of Judge Cunningham and this history of Cham- paign County, it is appropriate to call special attention to the prospectus which was issued by the company of publication, a paper which was a promise to those interested in the progress of the county, to cover a multitude of topics relating to its past and present activities ; and, as the history goes forth, to assert that all the promises therein contained have been fulfilled, as far as is humanly possible.
J. R. STEWART.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
1
CHAPTER II
HISTORIC RULE OF THE WHITES
35
CHAPTER III
FLEETING GLIMPSES OF THE RED MAN
86
CHAPTER IV
PIONEER SETTLERS AND EVENTS
96
CHAPTER V
COUNTY MATTERS AND INSTITUTIONS.
135
CHAPTER VI
LEGAL AND MEDICAL
172
CHAPTER VII
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
212
CHAPTER VIII
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
239
CHAPTER IX
THE RAILROADS.
329
CHAPTER
X
COUNTY'S MILITARY RECORD
351
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HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
PAGE
CHAPTER XI
365
TOWNSHIP AND CITY OF CHAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XII
URBANA TOWNSHIP AND CITY
422
CHAPTER XIII
RANTOUL TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE 457
CHAPTER XIV
HOMER VILLAGE AND SOUTH HOMER TOWNSHIP 469
CHAPTER XV
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND FISHER
477
CHAPTER XVI
ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE 482
CHAPTER XVII
MAHOMET TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE
489
CHAPTER XVIII
TOLONO AND SIDNEY TOWNSHIPS 496
CHAPTER
XIX
AYERS AND RAYMOND TOWNSHIPS 505
CHAPTER
XX
SADORUS AND PESOTUM TOWNSHIPS 510
CHAPTER XXI
PHILO AND OGDEN TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES
514
CHAPTER XXII
OTHER TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES AND STATIONS
518
INDEX
Abbott, S. C., 491 Abbott, W. G., 410 Accredited high schools, 316 Adams, Charles R., 394 Adams, E. F., 385
Adams, G. H., 396
Adams, N. H., 207
Adams, Noble, 492 Adkins, Lewis, 120 Adkins Point, 5, 120 Agricultural and Industrial University, 242
Agricultural Experiment Station, 265, 312 Agricultural societies, 26
Agricultural university extension serv- ice, 320
Akers, George, 139, 163
Alblinger, A. F., 513 Albright, A. C., 206 Alexander, J. O., 585
Algonquins, 86 Allen, A. A., 487 Allen, F. M., 430
Allen, Henry, 507
Allender, John, 395
Allison, Harvey, 1022
Allison, W. H., 481
Altitudes, 6 Ambraw settlement, 3 American civil government northwest of the Ohio, 66 Amsbary, F. C., 383, 391, 412, 632
Amsler, Arthur C., 509
Amsler, Clyde C., 509 Andel, Casimer, 361
Anders, Elijah J., 876 Anderson, A. G., 509
Anderson, David, 96, 99
Anderson, W. B., 445 Andrews, E. N., 395
Angel, J. H., 382
Appellate courts, 182 Apple growers, 22 Apples, 22 Archdeacon, William, 355
Argo, M. H., 920. Armentrout, A. C., 396 Armory and Aviation Corps (view), 361 Arms, A. A. 983 Arnold, I. B., 388
Artificial drainage, 13
Asher, Levi, 218 Aspern, Henry F., 389
Ater, Edward, 159, 164, 187, 431
Atherton, George W., 387, 388
Atkinson, Samuel P., 383, 410, 552 Atkinson, W. E., 432
Atwood, Green, 145, 164, 471
Austin, John H., 355
Avey, Francis M., 628
Ayers, Alexander M., 187, 359
Ayers, Homer W., 359
Ayers township, 505-509
Babb, Charles, 646
Babb, Charles D., 957
Babb, Edwin P., 608
Babb, George J., 373, 757
Babb, Milton, 608
Babcock, Kendric C., 303, 305, 306
Bacon, Mrs. Jonathan, 382, 407
Baddeley, Charles, 382
Baddeley, C. H., 419
Baddeley, John C., 344, 368
Baddeley, T. J., 420 Bagley, William C., 306
Bailey, David, 414, 589
Bailey, Edward, 359, 414, 591
Bailey, Fred S., 667
Bailey, John, 516
Bainum, J. H., 410 Baird, Harriet, 947 Baird, L. W., 947
Baker, Charles E., 420
Baker, Edward C., 971
Baker, Garrett H., 454
Baker, I. A., 475
Baker, James C., 447
Ball, R. G., 478
Ballantine, Henry W., 303, 305
Banes, R., 221 Bank founded in West Urbana, 370
Bank of Broadlands, 508
Bank of Tolono, 498
Banking legislation, 81
Bar (see Lawyers)
Barber, James, 975 Barnes, N. O., 476
Bartholomew, James M., 202
Bartholow, E. C., 210, 211
Bartholow, J. M., 205
Bartley, Benjamin, 483
Bartley, George, 483
Bartley, Jacob, 139, 163, 483, 486
Bartley, Sarah, 484 Bartling, Henry, 360
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Barton, R. S. 385 Barton, W. F., 476 Bartow, Edward, 314
Bassett, Rollo S., 576 Batchlor, S. W., 401
Bauman, C. P., 493 Baxter, Noah, 129 Beach, B. C., 373, 388, 389, 520
Beach, H. C., 388
Bear, Henry C., 732
Bear, Lou N., 164
Beard, Joseph H., 304
Beardsley, George F., 382, 383, 393, 410 Beardsley, H., 388 Beardsley park, 393
Bearse, S. L., 203
Beasley, A. W., 420
Beasley, J. S., 382
Bower, R. A., Jr., 498
Beasley, Nat C., 419, 420
Bower, S. M., 498
Beck, J. N., 410
Bower, William T., 498
Beck, William C., 430
Bowermaster, James A., 420
Beckley, Isaac G., 119
Bowman, Ray L., 389
Beers, John N., 383, 391, 419
Bowsher, C. A., 385
Behrens, Herman H., 858
Bowse's Grove, 3
Beidler, Aaron, 387, 388
Boyd, James, 124
Beidler, Annie M., 389
Boyd, James W., 92
Beiser, Frederick, 367
Bench (see Courts and Judges)
Benedict, J. A., 223
Bengtson, Engward, 745
Bennett, J., 473
Bensyl, J. B., 1045
Bensyl, J. W., 901
Bercher, Theodore, 431
Berger, A. J., 394
Berkley, T. F., 918
Berks, Henry W., 383, 389, 413, 419, 420
Besore, C. A., 431
Betzer, I. L., 387
Bevier, Isabel, 323
Bialeschke, Herman J., 1030
Biekley, Samuel G., 131
Big Elm, Where Lincoln made Famous Speech (view), 153
Brown, Anderson, 463
Brown, F. M., 420
Brown, George C., 1028
Brown, James N., 299
Brown, John W., 1023
Brown, Myron S., 202, 203, 356, 431
Brown, Robert H., 203, 356
Brown, Seely, 420
Birds as insect destroyers, 14
Birdsell, E. I., 207 Bireline, Leo H., 619
Birney, S. H., 203, 205, 211, 355 Bishop, Thomas, 431 Black Hawk War, 352, 353 Black, John C., 192
Blaine, Boyd S., 420, 586 Blaine, Scott W., 953 Blaine, Shields A., 373, 414 Blanchard, W. W., 369, 394 Blasberg, D., 508 Block, 348
Block, Theodore L., 639
Blue, Anthony H., 696 Blue, J. H., 640 Blue, L. H., 715
Board of examiners in accountancy, 315 Bocock, John W., 924 Boggs, Franklin H., 183, 403, 431
Bois, J. J., 464
Boland, J. T., 373
Bondville, 206, 347, 521
Bongard, 348
Bongart, M., 410
Bowen, E. L., 473
Bowen, H. F., 394
Bowen, William, 388
Bower, H. S., 498
Bower, Robert A., 211, 497
Boyden, Ezekiel, 356, 431
Boys, Charles, 851
Bradley, Benjamin C., 6, 463
Bradley, Daniel, 355
Bradshaw, Arthur, 147, 151, 444, 445, 473
Bradshaw, Jacob, 164
Brand, Alonzo S., 1030
Brauer, Asahel, 177
Brayshaw, Joseph, 945
Breese, Sidney, 334, 340
Brennon, Cornelia, 1065 Brennon, Patrick, 1065
Bridges, 145 Broadlands, 206, 348, 505, 507
Broadlands Grain and Coal Company, 507
Bronson, Howard G., 330
Browder, Olin L., 431, 672
Big Four (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad), 348
Big Grove, 2, 120, 136, 141 Bigelow, Edward, 385, 410 Bill, A. J., 479 Birch, Charles, 722
Brown, Steven, 478 Brown township, 477, 478
Brown, William B., 888 Brownell, Chester D., 412, 786 Brownfield, Henry M., 926
Brownfield, John, 120, 163, 185, 218, 351 Brownfield Road, 129
Brownfield, Robert, 124, 351
Brownlee, Jas. H., 431
Bruer, Asahel, 147, 223 Bruner, F. C., 445 Bryan, John, 5, 489
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Bryan's Ford, 5 Bryant, Martin S., 446 Buch, Jacob, 165, 410 Buchan, Jay G., 808 Buck, Catherine, 758 Buck, Eli, 758 Buck Grove, 521 Buck, Thomas, 663 Buhs, Herman H., 989
Buhs, John C., 990
Building and Loan Associations, 84
Bullock, H. E., 465
Bundy, Herman W., 1029 Bunn, D. P., 447
Burbee, Charles L., 454
Burke, A. M., 414
Burke, E. I., 414
Burke, P. B., 164
Burkhardt, C. B., 474
Burnham, Albert C., 387, 388, 405, 408, 412, 626
Burnham Athaeneum, Champaign, 387; (view), 386
Burnham, Mrs. A. C., 383, 407
Burnham Hospital (view), 404
Burnham, Julia F., 405, 408
Burnham, Julia F., Endowment Fund, 388
Burnham, Robert D., 389, 409, 627 Burning of the High School, Mahomet (view), 492
Burr, Ellis M., 164, 412
Burr, George W., 165
Burr Oak Grove, 4, 516
Burres, W. F., 205, 206
Burrill, Mrs. T. J., 407
Burrill, Thomas J., 268, 271, 307, 433 Burrows, A. T., 439
Burt, Benjamin, 359 Burt, Thomas A., 164, 454
Burton, E. V., 165
Burton, William D., 561
Burwash, Margaret, 691
Burwash, Samuel L., 690
Burwash, Thomas N., 202
Busch, Louis A., 165, 530
Busey, Clyde L., 970
Busey, George W., 118, 414, 454
Busey, Isaac, 119, 120, 122, 133, 139, 163, 428, 429, 489
Busey, James S., 423
Busey, Martin K., 922
Busey, Mary E., 558
Busey, Matthew, 141, 143
Busey, Matthew W., 118, 145, 164, 404, 409, 414, 452, 454, 558
Bnsey, Matthew W. (Colonel), 117, 118, 119, 122, 146, 147, 161, 185, 366, 429 Busey, Mrs. M. W., 409 Busey, Mrs. S. T., 408, 437, 456
Busey Memorial Library (see Urbana Free Library) Busey, Paul G., 454
Busey, Samuel T., 119, 354, 357, 431, 452, 556 Busey, Simeon H., 117, 452 Busey's State Bank, 452, 454 Butler, M., 445
Butler, N., 383
Butler, Thomas L., 119, 353, 499
Butterfield, James, 360 Butzow, Edward, 1058
Butzow, Jennie, 1060
Byerly, A. C., 445
Byers, Mijamin, 136, 144
Cain, Patrick H., 873
Cairo City & Canal Company, 336
Cadet Brigade, University of Illinois, 363
Caldwell, C. Maxwell, 609
Campbell, Alexander, 498
Campbell, Archa, 164, 185, 186, 346, 430, 431, 459
Campbell, Archibald B., 498, 1021
Campbell, Felix G., 742
Campbell, John, 345
Campbell, J. M., 410
Campbell, Lewis, 499
Campbell, Peter S., 647
Campbell, T. H., 164
Canning Club in Action (view), 30
Cannon, Daniel D., 164
Cannon, Joseph G., 164, 181
Cannon, J. H., 448
Capital moved to Springfield, 78
Capron, Hazen S., 389, 414, 547
Capron, Mrs. H. S., 407
Carle, A. G., 430
Carley, Mark, 368, 370, 569
Carman, I. N., 401 Carman, Mrs. A. P., 407
Carnahan, Mrs. D. F., 407
Carnes, Columbus, 463
Carpenter, J. C., 503
Carroll, P. D., 445
Carrothers, John, 439 Carter, Florence E., 389
Carter, Joseph, 385
Carter, Mrs. Joseph, 409
Cartwright, Peter, 444
Catron, A., 208
Cavalry Companies in the Civil War, 360 Central Illinois counties, early isolation of, 330 Central Illinois Gazette, 415
Central School, Champaign, 380
Ceramic engineering, 322
Cereals, 13, 21
Chaffee, D. H., 497
Chaffee, Herman, 201, 209
Chamberlin, T. C., 314 Chambers, William M., 211
Champaign and Urbana Gas, Light & Coke Company, 349 Champaign and Urbana Water Com- pany, 350, 390
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Champaign and Urbana Water Works (view), 390
Champaign and Urbana Woman's Club, 409
Champaign Art Club, 406
Champaign (township and city), 206, 349, 365-421; first buildings erected in, 368; name adopted, 369; commis- sion form of government, 371; mayors, 373; public school buildings, 377-382; West High School, 379; newspapers, 415.
Champaign Chamber of Commerce, 410 Champaign Chapter No. 50, R. A. M., 420
Champaign Commandery No. 68, K. T., 420
Champaign County Agricultural, Horti- cultural and Mechanical Association, 28 Champaign County Fair and Driving Association, 29, 432
Champaign County Farmers' Institute, 29, 32
Champaign County Country Club, 409
Champaign County Herald, 439
Champaign County Medical Society, 203
Champaign County News, 416, 685
Champaign Gazette, 415
Champaign High School, 376, 382
Champaign High School (view), 374
Champaign High School (1893), (view), 384
Champaign High School (1913), (view), 384
Champaign Lodge No. 333, I. O. O. F., 420
Champaign Masonry (by Edwin A. Kratz), 416
Champaign National Bank, 414
Champaign Social Science Club, 408
Chandler, Guy B., 459
Chanute Aviation Field, Rantoul, 467 Chase, S. W. D., 441, 444
Chapin, Dennis, 514
Chapin, E. B., 416, 498
Chapin, E. J., 498
Chapman, Bert L., 973
Cheever, D. A., 388
Chenoweth, Charles, 814 Cherry Grove, 4
Cherry, Henry, 824
Chester, Elias, 366
Chester, E. E., 366, 373
Chester, E. O., 366, 409
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, 348, 509, 516
Chicago & Indiana Coal Company, 348 Childs, I. C., 387
Choate, Sidney G., 361
Cholera epidemic of 1834, 194
Cholera epidemic of 1854, 199, 200
Church, John W., 892
Churchill, E. Clarence, 509, 1004 Churchill, Jason E., 908
Christian, A. M., 497 Christian Church, Fisher, 481
Circular hunt, 128
Circuit Court, 159, 173, 175, 178, 180, 181, 183, 429; first term, 150 Cities, population (1833-1917), 169 City of Champaign, 370
City Park (see White Park), Champaign
Citizens Bank of Tolono, 498
Citizens State Bank, Champaign, 414 Civil War, 354-360
Clark, Cyrus S., 164
Clark, Florence W., 404
Clark, Henry B., 1033
Clark, Jessie, 1034
Clark, John, 614
Clark, John A., 616
Clark, Nathan M., 164, 344, 354, 359, 368
Clark, Thomas A., 303, 304, 387
Clark, William G., 516
Cleghorn, A., 401
Clements, James, 163, 164
Clennon, Martin J., 874
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, 348
Cline, Roy R., 814
Clippinger, E. W., 394
Coe, C. S., 512
Coffeen, M. D., 470, 472
Coffman, David H., 750
Coffman, Harry A., 751
Coffman, William H., 360, 410, 599
Coggeshall, Fielding A., 165
Coggeshall, Job S., 207
Cogswell, George E., 420
Cohen, Sidney, 361
Cole, George, 503
Cole, Morris F., 885
Cole, W. R., 550
Coler, William N., 189, 354, 356, 366, 430, 438 Collan, B. A., 420
College of Agriculture, 284, 320
College of Dentistry organized, 274
College of Engineering founded, 256
College yell adopted, 297
Collison, Fred, 414
Collison, Louis G., 666
Colonel Nodine Post No. 140, G. A. R., 409 Columbia, C. F., 382, 420
Colvin, Thomas J., 561
Commercial Bank, Champaign, 414
Commercial Bank, Philo, 515
Commission form of government in Cham- paign, 371
Company A, Twentieth Illinois Infan- try, 355
Company M, Fourth Regiment, I. N. G., 360
Compromise Township, 521
Concrete Wallows for Swine (view), 27 Conger, Josiah, 120, 500
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Conkey, A. J., 476 Conkey, Frank M., 951 Conkey, Lillian, 475 Conkey, William A., 110, 197, 207, 473 Conklin, J. C., 388
Conner, Wilson, 605
Connor, Patrick, 654
Clark, Anna S., 407
Constitution of 1848, 80
Constitution of 1870, 84
Coogler, F. S., 420 Cook, John, 496 Cook, Isham, 123, 130 Cook, Orie- A., 906 Coolley, L. H., 508
Coolley, William A., 508, 1034
Coons, Emma, 940 Coons, Jacob S., 939
Cooper, Albert R., 1005
Cooper, Charles, 218
Cooper, George, 491
Cooter, David, 478
Corbett, J. A., 498 Corbly, Lindsey, 703
Cord, Truman O., 946
Core, Henry C., 164
Core, James, 203, 207, 210
Corn, 13, (view) 24
Current, Fay R., 473, 476
Current, James M., 1014
Curtis, George W., 454 Cushing, H. E., 205
Cushing, Mrs. H. E., 407
Custer, Benjamin M., 1039
Custer, James, 520
Cutcheon, L. M., 227
Dairy products, 14
Dale, Charles W., 487, 1047
Dale, F. L., 487
Dale, William O., 790
Dallenbach, J. J., 417, 419
Dallenbach, John C., 677
Daly, Charles A., 515, 860
Danville, Urbana & Champaign Railway Company, 35
Danville, Urbana, Bloomington & Pekin Railroad, 426 Darrah, A. T., 203, 204
Davenport, Eugene, 303, 305, 312, 322
Davidsou, George W., 391 Davidson, James W., 164, 419
Davidson, Mrs. J. T., 408
Davies, James M., 164, 431
Davis, David, 180
Davis, George W., 164
Davis, Henry E., 1049
Davis, Henry K., 438 Davis, Jehu E., 1015
Davis, Joseph, 500
Davis, Josiah, 447
Davis, Maud, 1049
Davis, Oliver L., 181 Davis, W. A., 449
Courtney, William R., 361 Courts, 173-188 Cow (view), 108 Cowden, James, 484 Cox, David, 164 Coyle, Anthony, 1053 Craig, C. M., 205 Craigmile, Alexander, 555 Crandall, Charles E., 439 Crandall, David S., 438 Crane, A. Jackson, 203 Crane, F., 445
Crane, Lauzarah V., 785 Craven, Ben. J., 410 Crawford, Augustus, 223
Crawford, Augustus S., 520 Creamer, James A., 498, 1023
Creative Act of Champaign County, 137 Cromer, John C., 475
Cross, Abraham, 465
Cross, F. R., 465
"Crusher," noted cavalry horse, 1054 Crystal Lake Park, Urbana (view), 432 Culver, J. D., 207
Cummings, J. W., 448
Cunningham, A. P., 343, 410, 431
448, Cunningham Children's Home, (view) 449 Cunningham Deaconess Home and Or- phanage (see Cunningham Children's Home) Cunningham, George N., 389, 754
Cunningham, J. O., 134, 146, 152, 187, 227, 344, 415, 427, 432, 438, 448, 527 Cunningham, Mary M., 528
Cuppernell, Della, 1017
Cuppernell, Mary M., 1016
Cuppernell, Mayme, 1017
Cuppernell, Merit V., 1016
Corray's Grove, 4 Cotton, Charlie N., 957
Coughlin, William, 373
and Grounds
Country Club House (view), 410 County Court, 159, 186 County divided into election districts, 140
County finances, 167, (1846) 148
County Jail, First (view), 146 County judges, 186 County of Illinois, 64, 66 County poor farm, 163
County seat contest, 140
County seat fixed, 132
County superintendents of schools, 228 County teachers' institutes, 227
Court of county commissioners created, 159
Courthouse, Jail and Sheriff's Residence (1901) (view), 160 Courthouses, 144, 149, 152, 158, 159, 177, 219
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Day, Jeremiah, 520
Day, W. A., 373
Day, William, 391 Day, William B., 306 Dead Man's Grove, 4 Dean, James, 131
Dean of Women's Department created, 274
DeBurn, Eugene, 387
Decker, Charles G., 1009
Decker, T. H., 480
Delaney, Frank, 846
DeLong Brothers, 1027
DeLong, Edward B., 1027
DeLong, William H., 1027
Denhart, Louis, 972
Denhart, Sophia, 972
Denton, F. D., 503
Department of Domestic Science estab- lished, 297
Department of Forestry and Landscape Gardening established, 298
Dewey, 347, 523
Dewey Bank, 523
Dewey, M. A., 32
De Wolf, Frank W., 315
Dick, Jesse N., 1063
Dickerson, J., 373
Diller, F. S., 205
Dilley, Charles, 349
Dillon, William, 205
Dillsburg, 520
Dillsburg Township, 520
Diseases, 123
Divan, Isaac, 928
Dobbins, Oliver B., 373, 578
Dobson, Carl, 478
Dobson, Franklin, 459, 523
Dodds, J. C., 205
Dodds, Joseph, 807
Dodge, John W., 459, 463, 519
Dodson, Ira H., 1050
Dodson, Levi, 373
Dollinger, F., 388
Donaldson, Tiffin, 222
Dorcas Society, Champaign, 406
Doty, George E., 361 Downing, William J., 778
Downs, Nancy I., 896
Draper, Andrew S., 271, 275, 279
Draper, Mrs. A. A., 447 Dresser, D. W., 402
Drift, 8
Driskell, George, 648
Duncan, Joseph, 77
Duncan school law, 215
Dundas, J. W., 481
Dunham, John, 126, 440
Dunlap, H. J., 21, 29, 367, 415, 420
Dunlap, H. M., 367 Dunlap, Mrs. H. M., 408
Dunlap, M. L., 21, 23, 157, 366, 417
Dunlap Orchards, Savoy (view), 367 Dunn, J. B., 884
Dunn, Matison F., 905
Dutch Flats, 6 Dyer, C., 32
Eads, Frank, 463
Eads, Luther, 462
Eads, L. T., 165
Eagleton, Charles M., 760
Ealey, W. M., 714
Earhart, W. R., 452
Early deaths, 123
Early tax payers, 132
Early, Thomas J., 983
Earnest, William W., 385, 529
East Bend Township, 522
East High School, Champaign, 379
Eaton, David, 514 Eaton, Lucius, 514
Eaton, T. C., 447
Edens, Henry J. F., 989
Edgar, J. P., 473
Educational (see Schools and Teachers)
Edwards, James L., 908
Ekblaw, Andrew, 775
Elder, James G, 206
Elliott, Amos, 857
Elliott, Mrs. W. J., 475
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Cham- paign, 401
Emmanuel Memorial Church (see Em- manuel Episcopal Church, Cham- paign)
Engineering Experiment Station, 312, 316
English Brothers, 593
English, Edward C., Jr., 593
English, Richard C., 593
Episcopal Church, Rantoul, 465
Erb, John L., 306
Ernst, Ferdinand, 75
Esworthy, J. R., 597
Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church, Broadlands, 508
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cham- paign, 396
Evans, Augustus M., 164, 691
Evans, Joseph, 366
Evans, William F., 763
Exton, George W., 431
Exton, T. J., 205
Eyeleshymer, Albert C., 303
Fagaly, F. M., 819
Fair Association, 29
Fairelo, George C., 693
Fairfield, Charles, 833
Farlow, Lawrence E., 883
Farm Bureau, 34
Farmers' Club, 29
Farmers' Elevator Company, Rantoul, 464
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Farnam, Jeffrey A., 344, 368 Farr, A. L., 400 Faulkner, L. W., 420 Fay, A. F., 454 Fenimore, Alice, 1068
Fenimore, George W., 1067
Fenwick, M., 909
Ferguson, William, 480
Fernald, W. J., 205
Ficklin, O. B., 178
Fielder, Charles, 124
Fielder, Runnel, 101, 121, 122, 136, 428 Filbey, Edward J., 303 .
Filson, J. E., 420
Finch, J. H., 205
Finfrock, Chaney L., 710 Fiock, John, 582
Fiock, Mary E., 583
Fire of 1866 (Champaign), 371
First assessment in county (1833), 165
First Baptist Church, Champaign, 400
First Baptist Church, Urbana, 445
First Brick House in Urbana (1841) (view), 453
First bridge in the county, 486
First Champaign High School (West Side) (view), 381
First Christian Church, Urbana, 447
First Church of Christ Scientist, Cham- paign, 403
First Congregational Church, Cham- paign, 369, 394
First counties of Illinois state, 73 First county jail, 146 First criminal indictment, 176
First East Side High School (view), 381 First Henry Sadorus Home (1824) (view), 511
First land entries, 122
First Methodist
Episcopal
Church,
Champaign, 395
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Ur- bana Mill, 442 First murder trial, 179
First National Bank of Champaign, 413, 545
First National Bank, Ogden, 517
First National Bank, Urbana, 454 First organized drainage district, 486 First poor farm in the county, 486
First Presbyterian Church, Champaign, 368, 393
First Presbyterian Church, Urbana, 446 First publie park in county, 344
First public school in Champagin, 369 First railroad enters Urbana, 343 First School in Champaign (view), 378 First Schoolhouse Built near Urbana (1832) (view), 217
First school on the Sangamon River, 218
First state constitutional convention, 71 First state officers, 72
First State Trust and Savings Bank, Urbana, 454 First University Bank, Urbana, 455
First voting precincts, 136
Fisher, 206, 478
Fisher, David G., 624
Fisher electric light plant, 479
Fisher, Luther, 503
Fisher Reporter, 479
Fisher, R. T., 165 Fisher Times, 479
Flannigan, A. S., 445
Flannigan, Joseph, 499
Flatt, Alba J., 520, 777
Flatt, Ross A., 520, 1045
Flatville, 522
Fleming, S. L., 420
Fletcher, Mary A., 222, 385
Flower, Lncy L., 265
Fluck, M. J. A., 420
Flynn, B. F., 399
Flynn, George W., 356, 415, 438
Foos farm, 478
Foos, F. W., 478
Foosland, 206, 348, 478
Foos, William, 478
Foote, W. J., 165
Forbes, Mrs. S. A., 408, 409
Forbes, Stephen A., 313
Ford, Caswell P., 356
Ford, John, 484
Fords, 5
Fort Chartres, 51, 57, 60; passes into British hands, 58 Fort Clark, 101
Fort Crevecoeur, 47, 48
Foster, William P., 174
Fowler, Leland S., 634
Fowler, W. B., 417
Fowler, Xenophon M., 449
Fox, J., 445 Fox, Samuel C., 164, 431 Frame, John S., 394
Frame, Robert A., 359
Frampton, Mrs. M. M., 389
Francis, W. G., 504
Franks, George B., 373, 734
Franks, Richard M., 936
Frawley, W. E., 400 Frederick, Eugene P., 360 Free School Law of 1825, 77
Freeman, Elias, 828
Freeman, James J., 1038 Freeman, John T., 1012
Freeman, Roy C., 188, 716
Freer, Louise, 304
Freese, A. H., 517
Fremont campaign, 152, 154 French, Augustus C., 177
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French-English contests for the Ohio Valley, 56 French-Illinois settlements, 53 French rule, 36 Frison, Adam, 410 Fruits, 21 Fnlkerson, T., 194 Fuller, J. E., 692 Fulton, William G., 1031 Fnltz, Joseph, 551
Funkhonser, Alexander, 656 Funston, John H., 897
Gabbert, David, 122, 127
Gage, W. D., 443, 445
Gallagher, Arthur J., 182
Gallion, C. H., 485
Gallion, V. J., 487
Great Northern Cross Railroad, 79
Gallivan, John E., 604
Gardner, D., 373
Gardner, E. A., 420
Gardner, Harry, 454
Gardner, John D., 207
Gardner, John H., 207
Gregg, Samnel M., 684
Gregory, John M., 250, 251, 260, 292, 407
Grein, Chris, 410
Gridley, Asahel, 179
Griggs, Clark R., 426, 431, 514
Grimes, Annie R., 835
Grimes, L. P., 834
Groenendyke, Samuel, 470
Groves, 2 Groves, John I., 635
Gehrke, Robert C., 802
Gehrt, John E., 607
Groves, Robert, 760
Groves, William H., 478
Gulick, C. D., 205
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