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, Volume I, Part 1

Author: Stewart, J. R
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 574


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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


vi


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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INDEX


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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