Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 1

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn; Short, William F., 1829- 4n
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286

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CHICAGO: MUNSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 1906.

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PREFACE.

Why publish this book? There should be many and strong reasons to warrant such an undertaking. Are there such reasons? What considerations are weighty enough to have induced the publishers to make this venture? and what special claims has Illinois to such a distinction? These are reasonable and inevitable inquiries, and it is fitting they should receive attention.

In the first place, good State Histories are of great importance and value, and there is abundant and cheering evidence of an increasing popular interest in them. This is true of all such works, whatever States may be their subjects; and it is conspicuously true of Illi- nois, for the following, among many other reasons : Because of its great prominence in the early history of the West as the seat of the first settlements of Europeans northwest of the Ohio River-the unique character of its early civilization, due to or resulting from its early French population brought in contact with the aborigines-its political, military, and educa- tional prominence-its steadfast loyalty and patriotism-the marvelous development of its vast resources-the number of distinguished statesmen, generals, and jurists whom it has furnished to the Government, and its grand record in the exciting and perilous conflicts on the Slavery question.

This is the magnificent Commonwealth, the setting forth of whose history, in all of its essential departments and features, seemed to warrant the bringing out of another volume devoted to that end. Its material has been gathered from every available source, and most carefully examined and sifted before acceptance. Especial care has been taken in collecting material of a biographical character ; facts and incidents in the personal history of men identi- fied with the life of the State in its Territorial and later periods. This material has been gathered from a great variety of sources widely scattered, and much of it quite inaccessible to the ordinary inquirer. The encyclopedic form of the work favors conciseness and com- pactness, and was adopted with a view to condensing the largest amount of information within the smallest practicable space.

And so the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois was conceived and planned in the belief that it was needed; that no other book filled the place it was designed to occupy, or fur- nished the amount, variety and scope of information touching the infancy and later life of Illinois, that would be found in its pages. In that belief, and in furtherance of those ends, the book has been constructed and its topics selected and written. Simplicity, perspicuity, conciseness and accuracy have been the dominant aims and rules of its editors and writers. The supreme mission of the book is to record, fairly and truthfully, historical facts; facts of the earlier and later history of the State, and drawn from the almost innumerable sources connected with that history; facts of interest to the great body of our people, as well as to scholars, officials, and other special classes; a book convenient for reference in the school, the office, and the home. Hence, no attempt at fine writing, no labored, irrelevant and

PREFACE.

long-drawn accounts of matters, persons or things, which really need but a few plain words for their adequate elucidation, will be found in its pages. On the other hand, perspicuity and fitting development are never intentionally sacrificed to mere conciseness and brevity. Whenever a subject, from its nature, demands a more elaborate treatment-and there are many of this character-it is handled accordingly.

As a rule, the method pursued is the separate and topical, rather than the chronological, as being more satisfactory and convenient for reference. That is, each topic is considered separately and exhaustively, instead of being blended, chronologically, with others. To pass from subject to subject, in the mere arbitrary order of time, is to sacrifice simplicity and order to complexity and confusion.

Absolute freedom from error or defect in all cases, in handling so many thousands of items, is not claimed, and could not reasonably be expected of any finite intelligence; since, in complicated cases, some element may possibly elude its sharpest scrutiny. But every statement of fact, made herein without qualification, is believed to be strictly correct, and the statistics of the volume, as a whole, are submitted to its readers with entire confidence.

Considerable space is also devoted to biographical sketches of persons deemed worthy of mention, for their close relations to the State in some of its varied interests, political, gov- ernmental, financial, social, religious, educational, industrial, commercial, economical, mili- tary, judicial or otherwise; or for their supposed personal deservings in other respects. It is believed that the extensive recognition of such individuals, by the publishers, will not be disapproved or regretted by the public; that personal biography has an honored, useful and legitimate place in such a history of Illinois as this volume aims to be, and that the omission of such a department would seriously detract from the completeness and value of the book. Perhaps no more delicate and difficult task has confronted the editors and publishers than the selection of names for this part of the work.

While it is believed that no unworthy name has a place in the list, it is freely admitted that there may be many others, equally or possibly even more worthy, whose names do not appear, partly for lack of definite and adequate information, and partly because it was not deemed best to materially increase the space devoted to this class of topics.

And so, with cordial thanks to the publishers for the risks they have so cheerfully assumed in this enterprise, for their business energy, integrity, and determination, and their uniform kindness and courtesy ; to the many who have so generously and helpfully promoted the success of the work, by their contributions of valuable information, interesting reminis- cences, and rare incidents; to Mr. Paul Selby, the very able associate editor, to whom especial honor and credit are due for his most efficient, intelligent and scholarly services; to Hon. Harvey B. Hurd, Walter B. Wines, and to all others who have, by word or act, encouraged us in this enterprise-with grateful recognition of all these friends and helpers, the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, with its thousands of topics and many thousands of details, items and incidents, is now respectfully submitted to the good people of the State, for whom it has been prepared, in the earnest hope and confident belief that it will be found instructive, convenient and useful for the purposes for which it was designed.

brutonBater man , Editor-in- chief.

Paul Kelly

PREFATORY STATEMENT.

Since the bulk of the matter contained in this volume was practically completed and ready for the press, Dr. Newton Bateman, who occupied the relation to it of editor-in-chief, has passed beyond the sphere of mortal existence. In placing the work before the public, it therefore devolves upon the undersigned to make this last prefatory statement.

As explained by Dr. Bateman in his preface, the object had in view in the preparation of a "Historieal Encyclopedia of Illinois" has been to present, in compact and concise form, the leading facts of Territorial and State history, from the arrival of the earliest French explorers in Illinois to the present time. This has included an outline history of the State, under the title, "Illinois," supplemented by special articles relating to various crises and eras in State history; changes in form of government and administration; the history of Consti- tutional Conventions and Legislative Assemblies ; the various wars in which Illinoisans have taken part, with a summary of the principal events in the history of individual military organizations engaged in the Civil War of 1861-65, and the War of 1898 with Spain; lists of State officers, United States Senators and Members of Congress, with the terms of each; tlie organization and development of political divisions; the establishment of charitable and educational institutions; the growth of public improvements and other enterprises which have marked the progress of the State; natural features and resources ; the history of early newspapers, and the growth of religious denominations, together with gencral statistical information and unusual or extraordinary occurrences of a local or general State character- all arranged under topical heads, and convenient for ready reference by all sceking informa- tion on these subjects, whether in the family, in the office of the professional or business man, in the teacher's study and the school-room, or in the public library.

While individual or collected biographies of the public men of Illinois have not been wholly laeking or few in number-and those already in existence have a present and con- stantly inercasing value-they have been limited, for the most part, to special localities and particular periods or classes. Rich as the annals of Illinois are in the records and character of its distinguished citizens who, by their services in the public councils, upon the judicial bench and in the executive chair, in the forum and in the field, have reflected honor upon the State and the Nation, there has been hitherto no comprehensive attempt to gather together, in one volume, sketches of those who have been conspicuous in the creation and upbuilding of the State. The collection of material of this sort has been a task requiring patient and laborious research ; and, while all may not have been achieved in this direction that was desirable, owing to the insufficiency or total absence of data relating to the lives of many men most prominent in public affairs during the period to which they belonged, it is still believed that what has been accomplished will be found of permanent valuc and be appreciated by those most deeply interested in this phase of State history.

The large number of topics treated has made brevity and conciseness an indispensable feature of the work; consequently there has been no attempt to indulge in graces of style or

PREFATORY STATEMENT.

elaboration of narrative. The object has been to present, in simple language and concise form, facts of history of interest or value to those who may choose to consult its pages. Absolute inerrancy is not claimed for every detail of the work, but no pains has been spared, and every available authority consulted, to arrive at complete accuracy of statement.

In view of the important bearing which railroad enterprises have had upon the extraor- dinary development of the State within the past fifty years, considerable space has been given to this department, especially with reference to the older lines of railroad whose history has been intimately interwoven with that of the State, and its progress in wealth and population.

In addition to the acknowledgments made by Dr. Bateman, it is but proper that I should express my personal obligations to the late Prof. Samuel M. Inglis, State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, and his assistant, Prof. J. H. Freeman; to ex-Senator John M. Palmer, of Springfield; to the late Hon. Joseph Medill, editor of "The Chicago Tribune"; to the Hon. James B. Bradwell, of "The Chicago Legal News"; to Gen. Green B. Raum, Dr. Samuel Willard, and Dr. Garrett Newkirk, of Chicago (the latter as author of the prin- cipal portions of the article on the "Underground Railroad") ; to the Librarians of the State Historical Library, the Chicago Historical Library, and the Chicago Public Library, for special and valuable aid rendered, as well as to a large circle of correspondents in different parts of the State who have courteously responded to requests for information on special topics, and have thereby materially aided in securing whatever success may have been attained in the work.

In conclusion, I cannot omit to pay this final tribute to the memory of my friend and associate, Dr. Bateman, whose death, at his home in Galesburg, on October 21, 1897, was deplored, not only by his associates in the Faculty of Knox College, his former pupils and immediate neighbors, but by a large circle of friends in all parts of the State.

Although his labors as editor of this volume had been substantially finished at the time of his death (and they included the reading and revision of every line of copy at that time prepared, comprising the larger proportion of the volume as it now goes into the hands of the public), the enthusiasm, zeal and kindly appreciation of the labor of others which he brought to the discharge of his duties, have been sadly missed in the last stages of prepara- tion of the work for the press. In the estimation of many who have held his scholarship and his splendid endowments of mind and character in the highest admiration, his con- nection with the work will be its strongest commendation and the surest evidence of its merit.

With myself, the most substantial satisfaction I have in dismissing the volume from my hands and submitting it to the judgment of the public, exists in the fact that, in its prepara- tion, I have been associated with such a co-laborer-one whose abilities commanded uni- versal respect, and whose genial, scholarly character and noble qualities of mind and heart won the love and confidence of all with whom he came in contact, and whom it had been my privilege to count as a friend from an early period in his long and useful career.

Paul Selly, Associate Editor

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

Abraham Lincoln (Frontispiece)

Annex Central Hospital for Insane, Jacksonville 84

Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, Lincoln 237

Asylum for Incurable Insane, Bartonville 85

Bateman, Newton (Portrait)

Board of Trade Building, Chicago

277

"Chenu Mansion," Kaskaskia (1898), where La Fayette was entertained in 1825 315

Chicago Academy of Sciences

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Chicago Drainage Canal

Chicago Historical Society Building.

394

Chicago Post Office (U. S. Gov. Building)

Chicago Publie Buildings

395

Chicago Thoroughfares

Chief Chicagou (Portrait)

246

Comparative Size of Great Canals

Day after Chicago Fire.

Early Historie Scenes, Chicago

170

Early Historie Scenes, Chicago (No. 2)

171

Engineering Hall, University of Illinois

280

Experiment Farm, University of Illinois.

Experiment Farm, University of Illinois-The Vineyard . . 13

Experiment Farm, University of Illinois-Orchard Cultivation 13

First Illinois State House, Kaskaskia (1818) 314

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Fort Dearborn from Southeast (1808)

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Fort Dearborn (1853)

247

General John Edgar's House, Kaskasia

315

Henry de Tonty (Portrait)

246

House of Governor Bond, Old Kaskaskia (1891)

315

House of Chief Dueoign, the last of the Kaskaskias (1893) 314

Home for Juvenile Female Offenders, Geneva 236

Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Quiney. 438

Illinois State Normal University, Normal 504

Illinois State Capitol (First), Kaskaskia

240

Illinois State Capitol (Second), Vandalia

240

Illinois State Capitol (Third), Springfield 240

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Illinois State Capitol (Present), Springfield

Illinois State Building, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 601

Illinois Stato Penitentiary, Joliet 306

Illinois State Penitentiary-Cell House and Women's Prison 307

Illinois State Reformatory, Pontiae 493

Fort Dearborn from the West (1808).

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Jacksonville. 300 Interior of Room, Kaskaskia Hotel (1893) where La Fayette Banquet was held in 1825 314 Institution for the Blind, Jacksonville. 301

Kaskaskia Hotel, where La Fayette was fêted in 1825 (as it appeared, 1893) 314

La Salle (Portrait) 246

Library Building, University of Illinois 334

Library Building-Main Floor-University of Illinois 335

Lincoln Park Vistas, Chicago 120

Map of Burned District, Chicago Fire, 1871 276

Map of Grounds, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 600

Map of Illinois Following Title Page

Map of Illinois River Valley

McCormick Seminary, Chicago 362

Monuments in Lincoln Park, Chicago 90

Monuments in Lincoln Park, Chicago 206

Monuments in Lincoln Park, Chicago 207

Natural History Hall, University of Illinois 151

Newberry Library, Chicago 394

Northern Hospital for the Insane, Elgin.

402

Old Kaskaskia, from Garrison Hill (as it appeared in 1893) 314

Old State House, Kaskaskia (1900) 315

Pierre Menard Mansion, Kaskaskia (1893) 314

Remnant of Old Kaskaskia (as it appeared in 1898) 315

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Sheridan Road and on the Boulevards, Chicago

121

Soldiers' Widows' Home, Wilmington 439

Southern Illinois Normal, Carbondale.

505

Southern Illinois Penitentiary and Asylum for Incurable Insane, Chester 492

University Hall, University of Illinois.

150

University of Chicago 363

University of Illinois, Urbana. (Group of Buildings) 540

University of Illinois, Urbana. (Group of Buildings)

541

View from Engineering Hall, University of Illinois

281

View on Principal Street, Old Kaskaskia (1891)

315

Views in Lincoln Park, Chicago

Views of Drainage Canal

War Eagle (Portrait)

246

Western Hospital for the Insane, Watertown 403

World's Fair Buildings 605

Scenes in South Park, Chicago

FOREWORD.

When the work of preparing the History of Morgan County, as a special department of this volume, was first entered upon, I took occasion to address to the citizens of Mor- gan County a letter from which I quote :

"The preparation of such a history is undertaken, not only in the belief that it is needed, but in the further belief that this generation is not only interested in the past as well as in the present, but is also under some obligation to the future, and that, at the beginning of this century, the progress of this county should be marked by a historical record to which future generations can refer with confidence.

. "Morgan County has a history of which its citizens may be justly proud, and it is to be regretted that the preparation of such a work could not have been undertaken while the chief actors were living, so that the facts could have been learned from their own lips. But the work should be deferred no longer. Many of you, like myself, have spent the whole, or many years, of your lives in this county, and have grown up with it and have become a part of its history."

In pursuance of the purpose and plan as above quoted, the work has been conscien- tiously carried to completion as best we could with the material now accessible. It is of greater length, and has involved much more labor and time in its preparation, than was at first contemplated; and, while it is believed to embody the essential facts and fea- tures of Morgan County history, the work of the finite mind and hand lacks perfec- tion, so we do not claim entire freedom from error or shortcoming. I desire to ac- knowledge valued assistance received from friends who have advised, suggested and in some instances contributed reminiscences of much interest. The data for an authen- tic account of many matters of historic interest and value are now so meager, and in many instances so conflicting, or in others wholly wanting, that it has been impossible to make a satisfactory statement concerning them. I have availed myself freely of all traditional, published and personal sources of information relating to the history of the county, and bespeak for the results the considerate attention of its readers.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 1

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn; Short, William F., 1829- 4n Publication date: 1906 Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1286

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn; Short, William F., 1829- 4n
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286