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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
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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
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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
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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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