History of McLean County, Illinois, Volume I, Part 1

Author: Hasbrouck, Jacob Louis, b. 1867
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: Topeka : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 786


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LIBRARY OF THE


JACOB L. HASBROUCK.


HISTORY


of


McLEAN COUNTY ILLINOIS


By


JACOB L. HASBROUCK


IN TWO VOLUMES


ILLUSTRATED


VOLUME ONE


HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY TOPEKA-INDIANAPOLIS 1924


1


EDITOR'S PREFACE


McLean County has just rounded out its first century of civilized life. During the autumn of 1922 there were held certain ceremonies com- memorating the Centennial Anniversary of the first settlements of the county by white men. From that distant time to the present, stretches a period of years marked by the most momentous events in the world's his- tory at large, and the entire recorded history of this county. In the space of less than four generations, the territory now comprising McLean County, has changed from an unbounded wilderness, rich in potential greatness, but all undeveloped, into an e Atent and a kingdom in wealth, prosperity, and the influence of lus people.


The history of the pioneer times of this county has been written pretty fully in years gone by by able men who were personally acquainted with its conditions and the men and women who made it. To these historians I am indebted for most of the facts connected with the strictly formative period of the county. They include E. M. Prince, Capt. J. H. Burnham, Prof. Duis, publisher of "Good Old Times," Prof. John W. Cook and many others who have passed to their reward, and to E. Rhoads, custodian of the McLean County Historical society and its officers, and to Milo Custer of the Central Illinois Historical society. Especially have the records and relics of the McLean County Historical society museum been of value in this connection.


It is hoped in presenting this work to bring the history of the county down to date and to make note of many of the modern phases of life and its people. We put it forth and commend it to the charitable judgment of our contemporaries and of future generations.


JACOB L. HASBROUCK.


Bloomington, Ill., May 1, 1924.


891049


INDEX


Abbott, J. E. 598


Adams, Ira D.


816


Batterton, Roy W. 534


Agle, George


407


Bean, Sidney B. 580


Aldrich, Carlon Cook


1281


Beatty, Estell


1245


Aldrich, Frank W.


1280


Beck, John A. 1219


Alexander, W. D.


1218


Beckwith, John Wesley 606


Beich, Paul F.


845


Allin, William P. 903


Allison, Frank


649


Belcher, Albert


W.


434


Ambrose, Edward


665


Beller, Andrew


824


Anderson, James G.


772


Anderson, Millard F. 1 1


1044


Anderson, William


673


Benjamin, Frank W. 862


Benjamin, Timothy


571


Bent, Horatio G. 520


Bevan, Harry H. 1003


Bilbrey, Allen 817


Armstrong, Van


1


654


Bingham, W. S.


1140


1


I


Arnold, Noah A.


833


Bischoff, Albert


550


I


1


1


538


Blair, Moses 579


Blose, Frank H. 446


Blue, William 1190


Augustine, Archie M. 448


Augustine, Henry


449


Bohrer, Jacob A.


483


Bracken, William K. 808


Brady, John 775


Brady, R. J. 739


Braley, Theodore A.


584


Brand, Edward Parrish 1


472


Ball, John S. 594


Bane, G. E. 1127


Bane, Russel W. 813 1


Barclay, John W. 867


Barker, Charley


826


1


1


Barley, Frank C.


974


I


1 1 I Barnard, Austin Y. 1059


Barnes, J. H. 1295


Barnes, John L. 1234


Barniville, Robert 1253


Barton, John 1191


970


Bach, William R. 851


Backlund, Andrew O. 1009


Baillie, Charles Tuffer 436


Branson, John


959


Bressie, Albert J.


963


1116


Brock, Enoch


Brokaw, J. T.


1158


BroLeen, David A.


1


1


1


462


I


Brown, Allen


542


Brown, C. C. 1195


Brown, Charles S.


755


1


Brown, G. H.


829


Brown, George E.


633


Brown, J. T.


1098


I


Benedict, George 1229


Benjamin, A. P. 1067 1 1


1


Arbogast, W. J. 565


Argo, H. H. 865


Armstrong, DeWitt T. 1243


Armstrong, Russell 926


Arnold, Scott 1203


Bishop, D. D.


Arrowsmith, E. H. 1240


Ashabran, J. W. 614


Atkinson, Charles 780


Bode, William H. 899


Augstin, Daniel


881


Ausmus, Jessie Ross


1


Beier, Olliver


1230


Allen, Mattie 164


Barton, R. W. 1012


Britt, John C.


498


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


Broyhill, George C. 527


Bruce, W. H. 1014


Brucker, Charles 1238 1


Brust, Pliney E. 1257 1


Buck, Thomas Lee


904


Buckles, Elizabeth M.


1090


Creel, Charles 435


Crookshank, John A.


1194


Crowder, Herbert W.


1247


Crowley, James A.


834


Crumbaugh, Hiram H. 1076


Cunliffe, Arthur


599


Curley, Michael J.


998


Curry, Bernice


944


Curtis, T.


735


Dahm, Louis


605


Dalton, John H.


913


Danforth, Henry P.


1166


Darnall, Warren C.


1290


Dauel, Louis W. 460


Daugherty, Albert E. 1048


Davidson, George Allen


1249


Davidson, John B.


1250


Davis, David 793


Davis, George Perrin 792


Davis, Judge David


257-791


Davis, Leta C.


415


Davis, Mercer


794


Davis, Sam E.


1273


Davis, William Osborn 1179


ยท Dawson, O. F. 680


Dawson, Thomas A.


642


Deetz, Clarence


831


Deleno, William 814


Dement, Nettie Bills 621 1


DePew, Earl Russell


908


Diggle, H. E. 953


Dillon, Adolphus 938


Dooley, George E. 1184


Dooley, Lue


1103


1


I


1


Dooley, O. M.


1102


Dotson, Charles


1114


Coale, Benjamin 1005


Colaw, William 952


Cole, John C. 1027


1 Conery, James 1244


Cooksley, Isaac 1087


Copenhaver, J. H. 1137


Coss, Leander 1115


Costello, James J. 1173


Cowan, F. C.


1119


Cox, Ernest E.


770


Coyle, A. L.


923


I


Craig, Ebenezer 1099


Builta, Fred C. 1254


Builta, George A.


1256


Builta, Mary E.


1255


Builta, Roselia Jane 1255 I I 1


Bunney, J. T.


1259


Burdett, Arthur L.


1065


Burke, C. B. 1286


Burnham, John Howard


1261


Burns, Willard


1253


Burr, Hudson 732


Burbank, E. H. 818


Burtis, Willam T. C. 1


661


Busby, George W.


771


Butler, Harry


1209


Cantrell, Thomas D. 412


Capen, Charles L. 507


Carlock, Horace Burton 878


Carmody, Edward J. 910


Carnahan, A. G.


518


Carroll, Edward J.


1207


Carson, G. M. 1134 1


Carson, N. B.


470


1


Cavins, Lester B. 1058


Chaddon, Roy


839


Champion, George


549


Champion, Thomas Ellis 424


Chapin, Charles E. 624


Chapman, P. A.


964


Chism, Perry


842


Chrisman, Edward W. 991


Claggett, R. T. 650


Cline, Noah W. 596


Claudon, David Nicholas


717


Claudon, J. H. 1215


Claudon, Jesse D.


719


Douglass, E. B. 1172


Douglass, O. Vaughan 907


Downey, M. R. 776


Downey, Thomas M. 1004 1


Downs, Edward S.


582


Duncan, Charles M.


918


Dunlap, M.


1189


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


Dunlap, Oliver W.


496


Dunn, Richard F. 973


Eckhart, George


766


Edwards, Ralph O.


987


Edwards. William H. 672


Ehlers, Fred


822


Elbert, N. L.


806


Elson, Elmo


687


Engle, W. F.


437


Enright, Thomas, Jr.


758


Erickson, A. G.


906


Erickson, Edwin


1007


Evans, Charles Thomas


1001


Evans, E. M.


1063


Ewins, Chester R.


873


Eyestone, F. A.


525


Farlow, Lawrence Edgar 406


Farmers Bank of Chenoa 1221


Feicht, John


441


Felmley, David


488


Ferguson, Wilbert


947


Fever, William H. 762


Ficken, C. H. 796


Fielding, James


781


1


1


Fincham, Palmer


795


Finley, Stephen A.


653


Fischbach, Frank


950


1


I


Fisher, Frank Crist


1168


Fisher, Joseph


1 860


Fissel, August


548


Graves, Clinton E.


856


Gravett, Clarence M.


892


Gray, De Witt G. 939


Gray, George T. 940


Gray, John W.


986


I


Green, Benoni S.


744


I


1


Green, H. W. 978


Green, Tracy 524


421


Gregory, Ira


750


Griesheim, Wolf 402 1


Griffin, F. C. 1122


Griffin, Wyett P.


933


Guard, Ed


1086


Guild, Cliff


492


Guingrich, J. P.


1010


Gummermann, John B.


1051


Foulk, F. S. 574


Fox, Asa L.


398


Fox, Ralph D. 397


Franklin, Bertram Adolph


471


Franklin, Noah


656


Franklin, Wesley P.


638


Froehlich, W. E.


726


Fulton, Albert 1262 1


Fulton, James


858


Funk, Deane N.


898


Funk, Eugene D.


1069


1


Funk, Frank H.


1054


Funk, John


901


1


1


Gaddis, James


835


Garrison, Guy L.


1108


Garretson, W. P.


511


I


Gerbrick, Marcus


887


Gerken, William A. 752 I


Gerling, L. C. 1125


Giermann, Paul F.


519


Gillespie, C. J.


710


Gillespie, Frank M.


936


Gillespie, James Frank


478


Gillespie, Park C.


480


Goff, Fred W. 543


Golden, Mayo 1153


Gomien, Amos


787


Gooch, De Witt R.


1146


Goodwin, John A.


784


Gose, Charles William 1133


Fitchhorn, Marshel


875


Fitzgerrell, D. G. 486


FitzHenry, Louis 1036


Fitzpatrick, John F.


1192


Flegel, Robert


1091


Fleming, Florence Sample 1062


Flesher, E. L. 864


Flesher, Harry E. 613


Fletcher, Joseph A. 821


Flinspach, George


1129


Flinspach, Henry 812


Flint, Charles A. 1142


Foltz, Clarence 759


Forman, Louie 1074


Forrest, John B. 1252


Foster, Harrison


805


1


1


Graves, Arthur J.


578


Greenleaf, Paul E.


Guthrie, Parmeno A.


1035


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


Habecker, J. N. 871


Hall, Calvin Springer 712


Hall, Homer W. 847


Halsey, Alexander


1068


Hamilton, Clair O.


444


Hamilton, Franklin Young


444


Hamilton, O. C.


50


Hanna, George Stipp


736


Hanson, Charles P.


468


Hanson, Frank O.


942


I


1


Harris, Glenn C.


1233


Harris, John C.


872


1


Hart, Edson B.


625


Hart, Harlan H.


627


Humphreys, Howard


1269


Humphreys, John F.


1268


Humphreys, Rogers


1270


Humphries, Paul A.


924


Humphries, William


663


Hutson, Austin L.


900


Hyneman, L. F.


617


Iden, Joseph H.


1079


Ijams, W. M.


855


Illinois Feed and Elevator Co


530


Irwin, S. P.


563


Jacobs, J. H. 1130


Jacobs, John


715


1


1


1


Jefferies, John


581


I


Jenny, M. E.


651


Jenson, James


1154


Johnson, Charles 1245


Johnson Family, W. C.


1073


Johnson, Howard K.


1045


Johnson, Lyford McChesney


1232


Johnson, Robert R.


1046


Johnston, John S.


646


Joiner, C. E.


1093


Jones, Bennie


1275


T


1


Jones, F. E.


1095


Jones, R. G.


1024


Jones, Robert E.


644


Jontry, James E.


677


Holland, Edward 1053


Holton, Campbell


493


1


Holton, Thomas T.


504


Hoopes, Albert Harwood 1055


Hoose, Oscar G. 535


Hopt, Peter


967


Hoselton, J. C. 508


Hougham, F. B


1266


*Hougham, James A.


868


Hougham, R. L.


1203


I


House, C. M.


962


Houston, Louis 1265


Howell, Harry Lee


426


1


1


1


Howell, Vinton E.


439


Hudson, J. Heber


475


Huffington, Glenn


555


Hughes, C. R.


757


Hughes, Clinton B.


481


Humphreys & Company, J. H.


1270


Harwood, Thomas F.


601


Harwood, Thomas Fitch


602


Harwood, Willis S.


600


Hasbrouck, Jacob Louis


1185


Hatfield, John H.


954


Havens, Hiram 669


Hawks, Joseph, K. P. 626


678


Hay, Louis C.


Hayden, Thomas J.


562


Heafer, Edgar M.


1080


Heagler, Francis H.


1237


Healy, Cornelius


685


Heberling, George C. 1 I


431


Heineman, A. F.


849


1


1


Heiple, J. R.


922


Henderson, Albert F.


457


1


Henninger, E. L.


537


Hensley, Alexander


641


Herder, Charles 609 1


Herman, James M. 1258


Hersey, Lynn E.


1016


Higdon, Ernest Eugene 1050 1 I


Hill, William


592


Hilpert, John W. 1112


Hilton, Guy A. 877 1 E


1 Hilton, Jacob N. 576 1


1 I Hoblit, H. K. 477


Hogben, Frederick D. 840


Kahle, Edward and Walter


937


Kauffman, Carey F.


891


Kaufman, Elmer 741


Keady, Alex


539


Keeran, Elmer


1214


1


Hawthorne, William H.


632


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


Keiser, Henry 705


Kelly, James S. 1221


Kelly, H. W. 1174


Lauritson, Louis 1122


Lausterer, William F. 830


Lawrence, C. B. 1264 1 1 I


Lawrence, Gilbert


786


Lawrence, N. P.


1111


Leary, Daniel D. 1282


Leech, Robert K. 443


Lehmann, Joseph A. 459 1


Lehr, Adam 773 1 1 1 1


Lighthart, Frederick


843


Lillard, John T. 469


Lindheimer, Horace G.


916


Lindsay, Calvin G.


1167


Lindsay, W. C., Jr.


621


Lindsay, W. C., Sr.


619


Livingston, Milton R.


491


Livingston, S. P. 660


Long, William G.


648


Lord, Marcus M.


676


Lorig, John M. 789


Lundgren, Harlan


O.


799


1


Lyons, E. S.


980


Lyons, U. S.


798


McBarnes, John 1026


McCann, B. H.


1040


McCarty, Francis A. 988


McClure, Marion L.


463


Klemm, Julius P.


I I 466


McClurg, Logan


591


McConnell, William M. 1085


McCormick, Ferdinand C. 541


McCormick, Henry G.


564


McCormick, Nelson K.


983


McDowell, Samuel Kline


528


McElvaney, Robert B.


1204


McFee, Pulaski 1128


McIntosh, William 783


McIntyre, Allan 1148


McKinney, Alonzo


510


McKnight, William W.


554


McLean, Richard Warren


993


McNaught, Joseph B.


664


McNutt, James C.


920


LamBeau, V. E. J. 912


Lander, Robert W. 870


Langstaff, John L. 631


Lanter, Enos I. 551


1 Lanier, E. B. 854 1 I


Larrison, G. B. 1019


Lasky, W. E. 1170


Kelso, George B. 1088 1 I


Kennedy, T. F.


788


I


1


Kennedy, Thomas


400


Kennedy, Walter 1117


Keogh, W. 595


Kerber, Edward


1246


Kerber, Fred


827


Kerr, Charles Roy


681


Kerrick, Thomas C.


394


Kilgore, Thomas B.


616


Killian, John C.


1015


Kimball, Caroline F.


515


Kimler, R. E.


977


King, Austin


927


King, J. H.


1025


Kinnie, J. S.


972


I


Kinnie, Sage H.


971


896


Kinsella, Michael


911


Kinsella, Thomas H.


965


Kinzinger, E. A. 866


Kirkpatrick, Jonathan H.


1211


Kitch, John A.


1020


Klassen, John H.


721


Klein, John


768


Klein, Phillip 943 1


Klemm, C. W.


467


Koch, Caroline T.


1057


Koch, Christian F.


1 1 1056


Kollman, John


1202


Kranzusch, Frank A.


963


Krieg, Simon


1105


Krum, E. P.


1227


Krum, .Guy S. 1226


Krum, R. S.


1224


815


Kruse, Albert


1


1


Kuhn, Bert Marley 547


Kummer, Harry C.


1006


Kyle, O. A. 487


Magill, L. M.


630


MaGirl, P. H.


1279


Mahan, Edward Curtis


662


1 1


1


I


1


Kinsella, C. W.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


Manahan, John W. 1126


Manchester, Orson L. 500


Mandel, Oscar 1096


Maple, Frank


674


Marius, M. H.


1022


Markland, Lucien 711


Marquis, Du Bois


957


Marsh, John 1123


Martens, E. C.


533


1


Martens, E. W. 526 1 1 1


Martensen, John


1163


Martin, Lester H.


534


Masso, Charles


917


Masso, Emil


933


Maurice, Thomas W.


1272


Means, W. C.


429


Meeker, Edward B.


1165


1


Meiner, George H.


1049


Merritt, E. M. 1156


Messer, Frank


670


Messer, John L. 1 763


Meyer, Albert W.


1144


1


Meyer, Frederick


1145


1


Mikel, John 573


Miller, A. B. 869


Miller, Frank I. 1131


Miller, George H. 413 1


Miller, Henry N.


885


1


1 Miller, Samuel 968 1 1 1


Miller, William R. 596 1


Minch, Frank P.


994


1


Moews, Andrew


961


1


Moncelle, Charles


667


Moon, John 1052 1


1 1 Moore, Eldo M. 1276


Moore, L. W. 634 1


Moore, Palmer Q.


1 440


Moore, William H. 804


Morrison, Jacob E.


536


Mortland, W. E. 1198


Murphy, Isaac


1110


Murray, Paul


1106


Murray, Peter E. 583 1


Murray, Thomas P. 10.33


Musselman, Wallace J.


1171


Myers, Clarence 1107


Nafziger, August 897


Naylor, William


828


Neal, Rolla Basil


552


Neuhauser, Edwin V.


740


Newlin, Clayton J. 1023


Nickel, Victor L.


675


Oberkoetter, Frank


1176


Oberkoetter, Frank


1177


Oberkoetter, Henry


1178


O'Connell, Richard M.


1175


O'Donnell, James F.


1152


Ogden, Albert S.


659


Ogden, Frank


968


Olander, Barney L.


1236


Oliver, Marion


1101


Olson, Ola 1120


O'Neil, Daniel M.


560


O'Neil, Daniel P.


1


561


Owens, John B.


540


Packard, Francis A.


611


Parham, Nellie E.


482


Parke, George W. 588


Parker, James William


422


Patton, Claud C.


1231


Patton, H. Bert


419


Patton, Tilden M. 1 628


Paul, Lee P.


1251


Paullin, William Arthur 1


1271


Peasley, Granville


1048


Peasley, Isaac N.


960


Peck, Charles


921


Percy, John S.


1075


Pershina, Rudolph


684


Peters, Harry H.


417


Peterson, Albert Wilhelm


1160


Peterson, Paul


1222


Petrie, Frank H.


566


Pickering, Oscar


825


Pierson, Arthur Van Dyke


640


Pike, E. M. 946


Pike, Noah H. 679


Pitzer, S. J.


819


Platt, William E.


657


Poole, L. D.


966


Popejoy, Isaac


802


Porter, Families of James and Ra-


chel 544


Powell, Frank


797


Prather, J. W.


589


I


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


Preston, George


1283


Price, C. N. 1135


Price, Scott


995


Priest, George W.


652


1


1


F Pringle, Ralph W. 969


Punke, Gustave


848


Quinn, M. F. 1032


Ramage, M. F.


597


Ramseyer, M. L.


671


Ransom, Charles E.


658


Reece, John Stewart


909


Reeder, Samuel James


863


Reeves, Gilbert


754


Reynolds, Elzy


782


Reynolds, Herman


L.


1191


Reynolds, Shepard


1


1 607


Rhoades, Aaron P.


1101


Rhoades, Ora M.


1100


Rice, Frank M.


522


Rice, Joseph F. 461


Rich, Joseph S. 747


Rich, Silas


751


Richardson, Matthew 1021 1


Rike, W. W. 820


Richmond, Joseph E. 464


Rigby, Della H.


568


Riley, James F. 608


Rinkenberger, John F.


749


Rinkenberger, Samuel


748


Risser, Peter 1104


Ritchie, Robert 1157


Ritter, W. H. 1235


Robinson, James Edwin 512


Rocke, John


1136


Rocke, Jacob 716


Rodee, Hiram A. 1178 1


Rodgers, John W. I


497


Rodman, Oscar O. 428


Roeseler, Adolph


767


Rogers, Arthur E. 425 I I


Rogers, Walter C. 1124


Rolofson, John J. 454 1


Romans, John P. 935


Ropp, Walter A. 882


Ross, Oscar F.


836


Rowley, Charles Smith 742


Rupp, Andrew Oliver 745


Rusmisell, H. L. 1042


Rust, Thomas J.


1008


Russum, C. H. 1060


Ryburn, Edward


1072


Sager, Edgar 668


Sailor, Daniel D.


880


Salch, H. M.


1205


Sample, Alfred


1061


Sams, Le Roy R.


837


Sandham, Grant


949


Sargent, Alonzo


603


1


Sarver, Lloyd 683


Savidge, Asa M. 997 I


Saxton, J. F.


1248


Saxton, W. F.


1109


Schad, W. D.


1016


1


Schausten, Julius


I


1


1


490


Schmidt, Henry


861


Schmitt, John


1228


Schramm, William


1018


Schultz, L. J.


832


I


Scott, John T.


1151


Scott, Walter A.


1118


I


Seibel, Oscar E.


1213


1


1


1


Sellers, George M.


1200


Settle, W. H.


955


1


Shade, C. W.


984


1


1


Sharp, Benjamin


725


Shaver, John


637


I


Shields, John P. 466


I


Shiner, John D.


1174


Sholty, Jacob 1077


Sholtey, L. W. 1289


Shorthose, Frank E.


432


Sieberns, Walter H.


733


Simmons, Aaron Trabue


1043


Simpson, Ed F. 1267


Skaggs, O. P.


1029


Sloan, Edwin P. 720


Slown, J. M.


738


Smith, Charles C. 777


Smith, Dudley Chase 556


Smith, George J. 618


Smith, Grace Sealey 1277


Smith, J. E. 1138


Smith, John R. 416


Smith, L. H.


643


Smith, Robert T.


823


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Smith, William A.


639


Teter, Ralph


859


Snoddy, David L. 1121


Thielman, August 1171


Snyder, D. W., Jr. 414


Thiss, Charles 807


Sommer, J. C. 1149


Thomas, Charles


442


Soper, Clinton P.


728


I


Thomas, S. Edgar 1274 1


Thompson, A. B.


1159


Thompson, D. W. 1196


Thompson, Orris M. 1092


Tilden, William W. 433


Tobias, Arthur H. 458


Tobias, James F.


458


Townley, Wayne C.


514


Trautman, John A.


1206


Trimble, Charles Edwin 1287


Trimmer, D. F. 635


Trimmer, Manfred J.


655


Trimmer, Walter Havens


941


Trohler, Henry


746


Troyer, Emmanuel


886


Truckenbrod, J. C.


1169


Tyner, Arthur P.


914


Ulmer, George


1241


Ulmer, H. B.


1162


Umstattd, Charles F.


1260


Van Alstyne, H. C.


774


Vandervort, Franklin Cady


410


Van Dolah, James W.


765


Van Ness, Sidney B.


893


Vansickle, Charles C.


1147


Stubblefield, David R.


1208


Stubblefield, Henry


B.


996


Stubblefield, Joseph


W.


570


Stuckey, Homer


756


Stutzman, David M.


951


Stutzman, U. G.


883


Summerland, Hannah McBarnes


1210


Supple, Frank 844


Sutter, Joseph


915


Sweet, F. C.


1013


Sweeting, Frank E.


1064


Swinehart, George


888


Sylvester, Thomas


456


Talbert, John C.


990


Tanton, T. O. 761


Taylor, J. Earl


925


Tearney, James


1034


Wait, Guy F.


975


Wakefield, Cyrenius


408


Wakefield, F. L.


876


Walden, Wayne


196


Walker, Frank Albert


I


575


Wallis, William


982


Waish and Sons


447


Ward, J. F.


760


Ward, J. R.


1201


Washburn, Frank L.


567


Watchinski, Joseph A.


948


Watt, Lawrence


934


Webber, Raymond


1119


Soper, Horace A.


731


Soper, Willard Burr


729


Spafford, Ralph


499


Spaid, John W.


1197


Springer, David V.


1143


Springer, William H.


890


Stack, John J.


451


Stautz, William A.


610


Steele, B. W. 590


Steele, Hazel


724


Stephenson, C. A.


494


Stephenson, John H.


1028


Stevenson, Adlai E.


255


Stevenson, Letitia Green


930


Stevenson, Lewis Green


928


Stewart, John H.


979


Stewart, Walter R. E


810


Stine, H. D.


1155


I


Stone, Hal Marot


484


Stoppenbeck, Fred


1066


Strange, Algy F.


989


Strayer, L. B.


615


604


Strubhar, Valentine


459


Struebing, H. C.


1150


Vaughan, Hugh 682


Vaughan, John G.


919


Vercler, Elmer A.


723


Vrooman, Carl S.


800


1


Strimple, William O.


1 1


753


Sticklen, H. W.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


Weeks, Alferd S. 1277


Williams, Robert E. 529


Weeks, Vernon 1239


Wilson, C. T. 727


Welch, C. W. 1284


Wilson, David 1223


Welch, Henry A.


577


Wilson, Frank L. 1030


Welch, William Henry 623 I 1 1 1


Weldon, Lawrence


501


Wells, Matthew B. 1 1


1199


Wernsmann, Fred


778


Wersch, A. W.


1257


Woodard, B. F.


838


West, Simeon H. 1216 1 1


Westhoff, F. W. 553


Wheaton, Lewis C. 1


645


Whitehouse, Carl E.


603


Whitesell, Ray 1188


Whitmer, Leroy G. 418


Whitmore, W. W. 506


Whitney, W. H., Jr. 916


Wiley, J. J. 992


Williams, Arthur Rowland 453


Young, Miles K. 1278


Young, William B.


958


Williams, E. C. 1002


Yarrington, Wesley 1141


Yolton, John L. 399


Youle, Frank B. 1161


Youle, George 1285


1 I 1 Young, Edward V. 465


Young, George K. 734 1 1 1


Young, H. L. 999 1 1 1 1


Williams, Chesler C. 976


Wilson, James 666 1


Wise, Frank C. 1 1 1 636


Wissmiller, Frank 1000


Wochner, Adolph 1220


Woodmancy, George W. 895


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History of McLean County


CHAPTER I.


PRIMITIVE McLEAN COUNTY.


McLEAN COUNTY A CENTURY AGO AND NOW-SOIL, TOPOGRAPHY AND VEGETA- TION - ANIMAL LIFE - INDIANS -KICKAPOOS MOST NUMEROUS - CHIEF MACHINA-OTHER TRIBES-INDIAN SETTLEMENTS-REMOVAL OF INDIANS TO THE WEST.


CHAPTER II.


EARLY WHITE SETTLEMENTS.


FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1822-PIONEER FAMILIES-BLOOMING GROVE-NATURAL RESOURCES-DIGGING SALT-SETTLERS OF 1824-1825-EARLY CONDITIONS- BREAKING THE PRAIRIE-HAVENS GROVE-STERLING QUALITIES OF PIO- NEERS FIRST MINISTER AND ORGANIZED CHURCH-WEATHER AS A GOVERNING FACTOR-DEEP SNOW OF 1831-"BIG FREEZE" OF 1836-HARD- SHIPS OF PIONEERS-PASTIMES AND SPORTS.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


CHAPTER III.


COUNTY ORGANIZATION.


MOVEMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COUNTY-NAME-TERRITORY COM- PRISING MCLEAN COUNTY-FIRST ELECTION DISTRICT-MCLEAN COUNTY 1 CREATED DECEMBER 25, 1830-ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES-FORM OF GOVERN- MENT - EARLY ROADS - VALUATION -MERCANTILE METHODS-OFFICIAL ACTS-NEW TOWNS ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIPS.


CHAPTER IV.


TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS.


ALLIN-ANCHOR-ARROWSMITH-BELLFLOWER-BLOOMINGTON-BLUE MOUND- CHENEYS GROVE-CHENOA-CROPSEY-DALE-DANVERS-DAWSON-DOWNS DRY GROVE-EMPIRE.


CHAPTER V.


TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS, CONTINUED.


FUNK'S GROVE-GRIDLEY-HUDSON-LAWNDALE-LEXINGTON-MARTIN-MONEY CREEK -MOUNT HOPE -NORMAL-OLD TOWN -RANDOLPH - TOWANDA - WEST-WHITE OAK-YATES.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


CHAPTER VI.


CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.


COUNTY SEAT-LOCATED AND NAMED BY ACT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY-SALE OF LOTS-INCORPORATION OF TOWN-OFFICIALS-PARKS-FIRE DEPARTMENT -WATER WORKS-PAVEMENT-SEWERS-ELECTRIC LIGHT-FORMS OF GOV- ERNMENT. .


CHAPTER VII.


GREAT FIRE OF 1900.


ORIGIN IN B. S. GREEN BUILDING-RAPID SPREAD-SCOPE OF DESTRUCTION- COURTHOUSE-FIRE FIGHTERS FROM PEORIA AND SPRINGFIELD-BUILD- INGS BURNED-LOSS-REBUILDING.


CHAPTER VIII.


MODERN NORMAL.


BUILT AROUND UNIVERSITY-EARLY NURSERIES-HORSE BUSINESS-ERA OF IMPROVEMENT-CITY OFFICIALS-WOMEN'S IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE-COM- MERCIAL CLUB-STORES-COUNTRY CLUB.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


CHAPTER IX.


BLACK HAWK AND MEXICAN WARS.


CHIEF BLACK HAWK-McLEAN COUNTY FURNISHED TWO COMPANIES-BATTLE OF STILLMAN'S RUN-CLOSE OF WAR-BLOCK HOUSES-HOME GUARD- MEXICAN WAR: McLEAN COUNTY COMPANY-"BAKER'S BOYS"-ACTIVE SERVICE IN MEXICO-BATTLE OF CERRO GORDO-CASUALTIES.


CHAPTER X.


CIVIL AND SPANISH-AMERICAN WARS.


EVENTS LEADING UP TO CIVIL WAR-PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN McLEAN COUNTY- ANSWER TO FIRST CALL OF PRESIDENT-FIRST COMPANY-OTHER COM- PANIES AND REGIMENTS IN SERVICE-RELIEF WORK-SOLDIER'S MONU- MENT-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.


CHAPTER XI.


SCHOOLS.


PIONEER TEACHERS-FIRST SCHOOLS-FREE SCHOOL LAW-SCHOOL LANDS- PROMINENT EDUCATORS-PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS-OTHER SCHOOLS-ERA OF DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


CHAPTER XII.


ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.


ORGANIZED IN 1850-FIRST PROFESSORS-PRESENT LOCATION-EARLY STRUGGLES -ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS-PRESIDENTS-IN THE WORLD WAR-RESOURCES -DR. KEMP-DR. DAVIDSON-LATEST STATISTICS.


CHAPTER XIII.


ILLINOIS STATE NORMAL UNIVERSITY.


THE PIONEER NORMAL SCHOOL-QUESTION OF LOCATION-LAW CREATING NOR- MAL SCHOOL-SITE CHOSEN-CASH PLEDGES-CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST BUILDING-DIFFICULTIES-DEDICATION-EXPANSION-PRESIDENTS-BUILD- ING AND DEPARTMENTS-ATTENDANCE-SOCIETIES.


CHAPTER XIV.


CHURCHES.


FIRST MINISTER-OTHER PIONEER PREACHERS-FIRST EDIFICES-METHODIST EPISCOPAL-CATHOLIC-UNITED BRETHREN-PRESBYTERIAN-OTHER DE- NOMINATIONS AND PASTORS-BAPTISTS-CONGREGATIONALISTS-DISCIPLES OF CHRIST-GERMAN LUTHERAN-EVANGELICAL FRIENDS-UNITARIAN- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE-EPISCOPALIAN-ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


CHAPTER XV.


AGRICULTURE.


A PRE-EMINENTLY AGRICULTURAL COUNTY-PIONEER METHODS-CHEAP LANDS -CORN, A CHIEF PRODUCT-LIVE STOCK-NEW ERA WITH THE COMING OF RAILROADS-GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY-DRAINAGE-IMPROVED IMPLE- MENTS TRACTORS-LAND VALUES-LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN -OTHER PRODUCTS.


CHAPTER XVI.


PUBLIC UTILITIES.


DEVELOPMENT CO-EXTENSIVE WITH CITY AND COUNTY-CRUDE METHODS AT FIRST-ILLINOIS POWER AND LIGHT CORPORATION-DEVELOPMENT OF STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM-FORMER OPERATING COMPANIES-FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHTS-DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY-GAS COMPANIES-TELE- PHONE SYSTEMS.


CHAPTER XVII.


INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.


MANUFACTURING - RAILROAD SHOPS -TELEGRAPH COMPANY - EWING AND FLAGG-PLOW FACTORY-BRICK AND TILE-COAL MINE-PORK PACKING- MEADOWS MANUFACTURING COMPANY-AMERICAN FOUNDRY AND FURNACE COMPANY-PAUL F. BEICH COMPANY-MaGIRL FOUNDRY-BLOOMINGTON CANNING COMPANY-WHOLESALE GROCERS-NURSERIES.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


CHAPTER XVIII.


RAILROADS.


ILLINOIS CENTRAL OLDEST-FINANCES-BUILDING OF EAST AND WEST LINES- VOTING OF BONDS BUILDING ROAD NORTH AND SOUTH-C. & A. SHOPS- GROWTH OF RAILROADS VALUATION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY-ELECTRIC RAILROADS-TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.


CHAPTER XIX.


BANKS.


FIRST RECORDED LOAN IN COUNTY-PIONEER BANKS-PANICS-INCREASE IN NUMBER OF STATE BANKS-LIST OF PRESENT MCLEAN COUNTY BANKS- DEPOSITS.


CHAPTER XX.


McLEAN COUNTY BAR.


HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARD-LAW LIBRARY-ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRACTICED HERE-ADLAI E. STEVENSON-DAVID DAVIS-EARLY ATTORNEYS WHO PRATICED HERE-A LIST OF OTHER MCLEAN COUNTY LAWYERS-PRESENT DAY LAWYERS.


HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY


CHAPTER XXI.


MEDICAL PROFESSION.


TREATMENT OF PIONEER SICK-FIRST DOCTORS-MEDICAL SOCIETY ORGANIZED -EARLY MEMBERS-PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF FORMER YEARS- PRESENT MEMBERS OF COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-PHYSICIANS IN WORLD WAR.


CHAPTER XXII.


COUNTY DENTAL SOCIETY.


ORGANIZED IN 1902 - FIRST MEETINGS - FIRST OFFICERS - CONSTITUTION ADOPTED-LIST OF OFFICERS DEATHS-TWO STATE CONVENTIONS HELD HERE.




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