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HISTORY
of
McLEAN COUNTY ILLINOIS
By
JACOB L. HASBROUCK
IN TWO VOLUMES
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME TWO
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY TOPEKA-INDIANAPOLIS 1924
INDEX
Abbott, J. E.
598
Barton, R. W. 1012
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.
1
1280
Beck, John A. 1219 1
Alexander, W. D.
Beckwith, John Wesley 1
606
Allen, Mattie 1164 1 1
Beich, Paul F.
845
1
Allin, William P.
903
Beier, Olliver
1
1230
Allison, Frank 1 1
649
Belcher, Albert W. 1
434
Ambrose, Edward
665
Beller, Andrew 824 1 1
Anderson, James G. 1 I
772
Benedict, George 1229 1
Anderson, Millard F.
1044
Anderson, William
673
Benjamin, Frank W.
862
1
Arbogast, W. J. 565
Benjamin, Timothy I 1 571 1 1
1 Bent, Horatio G. 520 1 1
Armstrong, De Witt T. 1243
Armstrong, Russell 1
926
Bilbrey, Allen 817
Bingham, W. S.
1140
1
1
1
Arnold, Noah A.
833
1203
Bishop, D. D.
538
Arrowsmith, E. H. 1240
Blair, Moses 579 1 1
Blose, Frank H. 446 1 1 I I
Blue, William 1
1
1
1190
Augustine, Archie M. 448 1 1
Augustine, Henry 449
Bohrer, Jacob A.
483
I
1
1
Augstin, Daniel 881
Bracken, William K. 808
Brady, John 775
Brady, R. J. 739
Braley, Theodore A.
584
Brand, Edward Parrish
472
Ball, John S. 594
Bane, G. E. 1127
Britt, John C.
1116
Brock, Enoch
498
Barclay, John W. 867
Barker, Charley 826
BroLeen, David A. 1
462
Barley, Frank C.
974
Brown, Allen
542
1
1
1
Brown, C. C. 195 I I
Barnes, J. H. 129 1
Barnes, John L. 1234
Brown, G. H. 829 1
Brown, George E.
633
Barton, John 1191
Brown, J. T.
1098
1 1
1
1
Ashabran, J. W. 614
Atkinson, Charles
1 780
Ausmus, Jessie Ross 1 970
Bach, William R. 851
Backlund, Andrew O. 1009
Baillie, Charles Tuffer 436
1
Armstrong, Van 654
Bischoff, Albert
550
1
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
Argo, H. H. 865
Bevan, Harry H. 1003
Arnold, Scott 1 1
Bode, William H.
899
I
1
1
1
Branson, John
959
Bressie, Albert
J.
963
Bane, Russel W. 813 1
Brokaw, J. T. 1158
B
Barnard, Austin Y. 1059 1 1 1
Brown, Charles S.
755
1
1
Barniville, Robert 1253 1
1218
Benjamin, A. P. 067 1
1
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Broyhill, George C. 527
Bruce, W. H. 1014
Brucker, Charles 1238 1
Cox, Ernest E. 770 I 1
Coyle, A. L. 923
Craig, Ebenezer 1099
Creel, Charles 435
Builta, Fred C. 1254
Builta, George A. 1256
Builta, Mary E.
1255
Builta, Roselia Jane 1255 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. 661
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
Dawson, O. F. 680
Dawson, Thomas
A.
642
1 Deetz, Clarence 831 1
Deleno, William 814 1
Dement, Nettie Bills 1 621
DePew, Earl Russell 908
1 Diggle, H. E. 953 1
Dillon, Adolphus 938 1
Dooley, George E. 1184
Dooley, Lue 1103
Dooley, O. M. 1102
Dotson, Charles 1114 1
1 Douglass, E. B. 1172
Douglass, O. Vaughan 907
Downey, M. R. 776
Downey, Thomas M. 1004
Downs, Edward S. 582
Duncan, Charles M. 918
1 Coss, Leander 1115
1
Carson, N. B. 470 1 T
Cavins, Lester B. 1058
1 Chaddon, Roy 839 1
Champion, George 549
1 Champion, Thomas Ellis 424 1
Chapin, Charles E. 624
Chapman, P. A. 964
Chism, Perry
842
Chrisman, Edward W. 1
991
Claggett, R. T. 650
Cline, Noah W. 596
Claudon, David Nicholas 717
Claudon, J. H.
1215
Claudon, Jesse D.
719
Coale, Benjamin
1005
Colaw, William
I
I I
952
1 Cole, John C. 1027 1
Conery, James 1244 F I
1 Cooksley, Isaac 1087
Copenhaver, J. H. 1137 I
Costello, James J. 1173
Cowan, F. C. 1119
Brust, Pliney E. 1257
Buek, Thomas Lee
904
1
J
Buckles, Elizabeth M. 1
1090
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
1
Curtis, T.
735
I
Dahm, Louis 605
Dalton, John H.
913
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
1
I
1
t
Dunlap, M.
1189
1
1
I 1 1
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Dunlap, Oliver W. 496
Dunn, Richard F. 973
Eckhart, George 766
Edwards, Ralph (). 987
Edwards. William H. 672
Ehlers, Fred
822
Elbert, N. L. 806 1 I
Elson, Elmo 687 1
Engle, W. F. I 1
437
Enright, Thomas, Jr. 1
758
Erickson, A. G.
906
Erickson, Edwin 1007 1
Evans, Charles Thomas 1
1
1
Evans, E. M. 1063
Ewins, Chester R. 873
Eyestone, F. A. 525
Farlow, Lawrence Edgar 406
Farmers Bank of Chenoa 1
I
1221
Feicht, John 441
Felmley, David 488
1 Ferguson, Wilbert 947
1 Fever, William H. 762 1
1 1 Ficken, C. H. 796
Fielding, James 781 1
Fincham, Palmer 795
1 1 Finley, Stephen A. 653
I 1 Fischbach, Frank 950 1 1
1 1 Fisher, Frank Crist 1168 1
Fisher, Joseph
860
Fissel, August 548
Fitchhorn, Marshel 1
875
Fitzgerrell, D. G. 1
486
FitzHenry, Louis 1036
Fitzpatrick, John F. 1192
Flegel, Robert 1091
Fleming, Florence Sample 1062
Flesher, E. L. 864
Flcsher, Harry E. 613
Fletcher, Joscph A. 821
1 Flinspach, George 1129
1 1 Flinspach, Henry 812
1 Flint, Charles A. 1142 1 1
Foltz, Clarence 759 I I 1
1 1 Forman, Louie 1074 1
1 Forrest, John B. 1252 1 1
1 Foster, Harrison 805
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 1
Fulton, James 858
Funk, Deanc N. 898 1
Funk, Eugene D. 1069 1
Funk, Frank H.
1054
Funk, John
901
Gaddis, James 835
Garrison, Guy L. 1108 I
Garretson, W. P.
1
511
Gerbrick, Marcus 887 1 1
Gerken, William A. 752 I I 1
I 1 Gerling, L. C. 1125
Giermann, Paul F. 519 I
Gillespie, C. J.
1
710
1
Gillespie, Frank M. 936
Gillespie, James Frank 478
480
1 Gomien, Amos 787 1
Gooch, De Witt R. 1146
Goodwin, John A. 784
Gose, Charles William 1133
Graves, Arthur J. 578
Graves, Clinton E. 856
1 1 Gravett, Clarence M. 892
1 1 Gray, De Witt G. 939
Gray, George T. 940
Gray, John W.
1 986
Green, Benoni S.
1 Green, H. W. 978 I
Green, Tracy
1 524
Greenlcaf, Paul E. 1 1
421
1 Gregory, Ira 750 1 1
1 I Griesheim, Wolf 402
Griffin, F. C.
1 1122
1 1 Griffin, Wyett P. 933
1 Guard, Ed 1086 I
Guild, Cliff 492
Guingrich, J. P. 1010
Gummermann, John B. 051
Guthrie, Parmeno A.
1035
1
1
1 Gillespic, Park C. I 1 Goff, Fred W. 543 1 1 1 1
Golden, Mayo
1153
1
1
I I 744
1
I
I
1
1
1
1 1
1
1
1
1001
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.
500
Hanna, George Stipp
736
Hanson, Charles P.
468
Hanson, Frank O. I
942
Harris, Glenn C.
1233
Harris, John C. 872 1 1 1 1
Hart, Edson B.
625
1
Hart, Harlan H. 627
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
Hawthorne, William H.
678
Hay, Louis C. 632
Hayden, Thomas J.
562
Heafer, Edgar M. 1 I I
1 1 1080
Heagler, Francis H. 1237 1 I 1
Healy, Cornelius 685 I 1 1
Heberling, George C.
431
Heineman, A. F. 849
Heiple, J. R. 922 ₹ 1 1 1
Henderson, Albert F. 457 1 I 1 1
Henninger, E. L. 537 I
Hensley, Alexander 641 1 I 1
Herder, Charles 1
609
Herman, James M. 1258 I
Hersey, Lynn E.
1016
Higdon, Ernest Eugene
1050
Hill, William 592
Hilpert, John W. 1112 I 1 1
Hilton, Guy A. 877
Hilton, Jacob N. 576
Hoblit, H. K. 477
Hogben, Frederick D. 840
Holland, Edward 1053
Holton, Campbell 493
Holton, Thomas T. 50
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 1 1
House, C. M.
962
Houston, Louis 1265
Howell, Harry Lee 426 1 1 1
Howell, Vinton E.
439
I
I
1
Hudson, J. Heber
475
1
Huffington, Glenn
555
1
Hughes, C. R.
757
Hughes, Clinton B.
481
Humphreys & Company, J. H.
1270
Humphreys, Howard
1269
Humphreys, John F.
1268
Humphreys, Rogers
1270
Humphries, Paul A. 924
Humphries, William
1
1
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
Jefferies, John
581
I
1
1
Jenny, M. E. 651 1 1 1 t
Jenson, James 1154 1 1
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
Jones, F. E.
1095
1
1
Jones, R. G.
1024
I
Jones, Robert E.
644
1
1
Jontry, James E.
677
Kahle, Edward and Walter 937
Kauffman, Carey F.
891
Kaufman, Elmer
741
Keady, Alex
539
Keeran, Elmer
1214
1
1
I
1
1 1 F
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Keiser, Henry 705
Kelly, James S. 1221
Kelly, H. W. 1174
Lauritson, Louis 1122
Lausterer, William F.
830
I
Lawrence, C. B. 1264 1
Lawrence, Gilbert
786
Lawrence, N. P. 1111 1
Leary, Daniel D. 1282
Leech, Robert K.
443
Lehmann, Joseph A. 459
Lehr, Adam
1 773
Lighthart, Frederick 843
Lillard, John T. 469 1
Lindheimer, Horace G. 916
Lindsay, Calvin G. 1167 1
Lindsay, W. C., Jr. 621
4
Lindsay, W. C., Sr.
619
1
Livingston, Milton R. 491 1 1
Livingston, S. P. 1 660
Long, William G. 648 1 T
I Lord, Marcus M. 676 1
1 Lorig, John M. 789
T
Lundgren, Harlan O.
799
1
Lyons, E. S.
1
980
Lyons, U. S. 798
Mc Barnes, John 1026
McCann, B. H.
1040
McCarty, Francis A. 988
McClure, Marion L.
463
McClurg, Logan
591
Mc Connell, 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
Mc Knight, William W. 554
Mclean, Richard Warren 993
McNaught, Joseph B.
664
McNutt, James C. 920
LamBeau, V. E. J. 912
Lander, Robert W. 870 1
Langstaff, John L.
1
1
Lanter, Enos 1. 551
1 Lanier, E. B. 854
Larrison, G. B. 1019
Lasky, W. E. 1170
Kelso, George B. 1088
Kennedy, T. F.
788
I
1
Kennedy, Thomas
400
1
I
Kennedy, Walter
I 1117
1 Keogh, W. 595 1
Kerber, Edward 1246 1 1
Kerber, Fred
827
681
I
I I 1 I I Kerr, Charles Roy Kerrick, Thomas C. 394
1 1 I 1 Kilgore, Thomas B. 616 1
Killian, John C. 1015 1 I 1 1
Kimball, Caroline F. 515
Kimler, R. E.
977
King, Austin
927
King, J. H.
J I 1025
Kinnie, J. S.
972
1 1 Kinnie, Sage H. 971 1 1
1
Kinsella, C. W.
896
Kinsella, Michael 911
Kinsella, Thomas H. 965 1
Kinzinger, E. A.
866
1
Kirkpatrick, Jonathan H.
1211
1
Kitch, John A.
1020
Klassen, John H. 721
Klein, John
768
Klein, Phillip
943
Klemm, C. W.
467
Klemm, Julius P.
466
Koch, Caroline T.
1057
Koch, Christian F.
1 1056
Kollman, John
1202
Kranzusch, Frank A.
963
Krieg, Simon
1105
Krum, E. P.
1227
Krum, Guy S. 1226
1 Krum, R. S. 1224
Kruse, Albert
1 815
Kuhn, Bert Marley 547 1
Kummer, Harry C. 1006
Kyle, O. A. 487
I 1
I
1 1
1 J
1
1
1
1 631
Magill, L. M.
630
MaGirl, P. H.
127
Mahan, Edward Curtis 662
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Manahan, John W. 1126
Manchester, Orson L. 500
Mandel, Oscar 1096
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
1 Olander, Barney L. 1236 1
Oliver, Marion
1101
Olson, Ola 1120 1 1
1
O'Neil, Daniel M.
560
1
1
O'Neil, Daniel P.
561
Owens, John B. 540 I 1
Packard, Francis A. 611
Parham, Nellie E.
482
Parke, George W. 588
Parker, James William
422
Patton, Claud C.
1231
Patton, H. Bert
1
419
Patton, Tilden M. 628 1
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 1
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
Naylor, William 828
Neal, Rolla Basil 552
Neuhauser, Edwin V. 740
Maple, Frank
674
Marius, M. H.
1022
1
Markland, Lucien
711
Marquis, Du Bois 957 1 I 1
Marsh, John 1123 I
Martens, E. C. 533
Martens, E. W. 526 1 1 1
Martensen, John
1163
1
Martin, Lester H.
534
Masso, Charles 1
917
Masso, Emil 933
Maurice, Thomas W. 1272
Means, W. C.
429
Meeker, Edward B.
1165
Meiner, George H. 1049
Merritt, E. M. 1156 1 1
Messer, Frank
670
1
1
Messer, John L.
763
1
Meyer, Albert W.
1144
Meyer, Frederick
1145
Mikel, John
573
Miller, A. B.
869
Miller, Frank . 1131 1
413
Miller, Henry N.
885
Miller, Samuel
968
Miller, William R.
596
Moews, Andrew
961
Moncelle, Charles
667
Moon, John
I 1 1052
Moore, Eldo M. 1276 1
1 1 Moore, L. W. 634 I
Moore, Palmer Q. 440
Moore, William H. 1
1 1 804
Morrison, Jacob E.
536
I I Mortland, W. E. 1198
Murphy, Isaac 1110 1
Murray, Paul 1106
Murray, Peter E. 583
Murray, Thomas P. 1033
Musselman, Wallace J. 1171
Myers, Clarence 1107
Nafziger, August
1 1
1
1
I I
I
1
1
1
1
A
994
Minch, Frank P.
Miller, George H.
1
897
Prather, J. W.
589
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY.
Preston, George 1283
Price, C. N. 1135
Price, Scott
995
Priest, George W.
652
I
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
754
Reynolds, Elzy 782
Reynolds, Herman L. 1191
Reynolds, Shepard
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
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
Rodgers, John W. 497
Rodman, Oscar O.
428
Roeseler, Adolph
767
Rogers, Arthur E.
425
Rogers, Walter C. 1124
Rolofson, John J. 454
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 I 1
Sarver, Lloyd 683 J
Savidge, Asa M. 1 4 1 997
Saxton, J. F.
1 1248
1
Saxton, W. F.
1109
Schad, W. D. 1016
1
Schausten, Julius
490
1
1
1
Schmidt, Henry
861
Schmitt, John
1228
1
Schramm, William
1018
Schultz, L. J.
832
Scott, John T. 1151
Scott, Walter A.
1118
Seibel, Oscar E.
1213
1
I
I
I
Sellers, George M.
1200
1
1
1
1
Settle, W. H.
955
I
I Shade, C. W. 984
I
F
Sharp, Benjamin
725
1
Shaver, John
637
1
I
Shields, John P.
466
1
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.
Skaggs, O. P.
720
Slown, J. M.
Smith, Charles C. 777
Smith, Dudley Chase 556
618
Smith, Grace Sealey
1277
Smith, J. E. 1138
Smith, John R. 416
Smith, L. H.
643
Smith, Robert T.
823
1
1029
Sloan, Edwin P.
738
Smith, George J.
1267
Reeves, Gilbert
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Smith, William A. 639
Snoddy, David L. 1121
Snyder, D. W., Jr. 414
Sommer, J. C. 1149
Soper, Clinton P.
728
1
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. 753
Sticklen, H. W.
810
Stine, H. D. 1155
Stone, Hal Marot
484
Stoppenbeek, Fred
1066
Strange, Algy F.
989
Strayer, L. B.
615
Strimple, William O.
604
Strubhar, Valentine
459
Struebing, H. C. 1150
Stubblefield, David R. 1208
Stubblefield, Henry B. 996
Stubblefield, Joseph W.
570
Stuekey, Homer
756
Stutzman, David M. 951
Stutzman, U. G.
883
Summerland, Hannah MeBarnes 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
Teter, Ralph 859
Thielman, August 1171
Thiss, Charles 807
Thomas, Charles 1 442
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
Truekenbrod, J. C.
1169
Tyner, Arthur P.
911
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
Vansiekle, Charles C. 1147
Vaughan, Hugh 682
Vaughan, John G. 919
Vereler, Elmer A.
723
Vrooman, Carl S.
800
Wait, Guy F.
975
Wakefield, Cyrenius
408
Wakefield, F. L. 876
Walden, Wayne
1196
Walker, Frank Albert
575
Wallis, William 982
Walsh and Sons
447
Ward, J. F.
760
Ward, J. R.
1201
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Waslıburn, Frank L. 567
Watehinski, Joseph A. 948
Watt, Lawrenee
9,34
Webber, Raymond
1119
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Weeks, Alford 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 I 1 L
Welch, William Henry I
623
Wilson, James
666
Weldon, Lawrence 501 1
Wise, Frank C. 636
Wells, Matthew B. 1199 1
Wissmiller, Frank 1000
Wernsmann, Fred 778
Wochner, Adolph 1220
Wersch, A. W. 1257 1
Woodard, B. F. 838
Woodmancy, George W. 895
Westhoff, F. W. 55.3 1
Wheaton, Lewis C. I
645
Yarrington, Wesley 1141
Yolton, John L. 399
Youle, Frank B. 1161
Youle, George 1285 1
Whitmore, W. W. 506
Young, Edward V. 465 1 1
I Young, George K. 734
Young, H. L. 999 1 1
Williams, Arthur Rowland
453
Young, Miles K. 1278
Young, William B.
958
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Whitehouse, Carl E. 603 1 1 1 1
1 Whitesell, Ray 1188 1
Whitmer, Leroy G. 418
Whitney, W. H., Jr. 916
Wiley, J. J. 992
Williams, Chesler C. 976
Williams, E. C. 1002
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Adams Branch, Scene on
104
Adams, Ira D.
816
Anderson, Millard F.
1044
Arrowsmith, Mr. and Mrs. James A. 1240
Augustine, A. M.
449
Augustine, Henry
448
Beller, Andrew
824
Bellflower, High School at
176
Bent, Horatio G.
520
Blooming Grove Marker
81
Bloomington High School
169
Bracken, William K.
808
Braley, Theodore A.
584
Brand, Rev. and Mrs. E. P.
472
Britt, Mr. and Mrs. John C.
1116
Brokaw Hospital
321
Buck Memorial Library
185
Buck, Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
904
Builta, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
1256
Champion, Thomas E.
424
Chapin, Charles E.
624
1
Chenoa School Building
120
Harris, John C.
872
Colaw, William and Amos
952
Consistory Building
336
Country Club
104
Court House 65
Crumbaugh, Amanda M.
1077
Crumbaugh, J .H. L.
1077
Crumbaugh, Residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram H.
1077
Curry, A. Bernice
944
Davis, David
793
Davis, Judge David
257
Davis, George P.
792
Dawson, O. F. and Family
680
Dooley, George E.
1184
Dooley, Rose L. West
1184
Downey, M. R.
776
Dunlap, Oliver W.
496
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. William H ._ 672
Fairview Sanitorium
331
Fell Memorial Gateway
192
Felmlcy, David
488
Fisher, Frank C.
116-
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1
FitzHenry, Louis
1063
Fitzpatrick, John F.
1192
1
Flcsher, E. L.
861
Forrest, John
1252
L
Franklin, Noah 656 1 1 1 I
Gerken, William A.
752
1
Gillespic, Frank M.
93 -
I
Gillespie, Park C.
480
1
Goodwin, John A.
784
1
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Graves, Clinton E.
856
I
1
Grcen, Benoni S.
744
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Hall, C. S.
712
Hall, Rachel S.
713
Halsey, Mr. and Mrs. Alex.
1068
Hanna, George S.
736
1 1 Hart, Edson B. 624
Hart, Harley H.
624
Harwood, Thomas
F.
60)
Harwood, Thomas Fitch
600
Harwood, Willis S.
600
Hasbrouck, Jacob L.
Frontispiece
Hawks, Joseph K. P.
624
Hay, Louis C.
632
Heafer and Company, Edgar M.
1081
Heafer, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M.
1080
Hill, Dr. and Mrs. William
592
Hilpert, Mr. and Mrs. John W.
1112
Hilton, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob N.
576
Holton, Thomas T.
50%
Howell, Vinton E.
439
Illinois State Normal University
192
Illinois Wesleyan, North Building __
185
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Illinois Wesleyan, Main Building
185
Indignation Meeting-1865
152
Johnson, Dr. L. M. Hospital
1232
Jones, R. G.
1024
Keiser, Henry
705
Kelso, George B.
1088
Kennedy, Thomas
400
Kerrick, Thomas C.
394
Kickapoo Indian Fort Marker
96
Kilgore, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B.
616
Klein, John
768
Koch, Christian F.
1056
Krum, Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
1224
Lam Beau, V. E. J.
912
Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
1264
, eRoy, High School at
176
Lexington Public School
120
Long, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
648
McBarnes Memorial Building
373
McCann, B. H.
1040
McDowell, Samuel K. 528
McFee, Pulaski and Family
1128
McNemar, Sarah E.
664
McNutt, J. C.
920
Main Street, Bloomington
128
Mandel, Oscar
1096
Maurice, Thomas W.
1272
Meadows Manufacturing Company
1136
Meyer, A. W.
1144
Miller Park Views
368
Miller, Samuel
969
Moon, Mr. and Mrs. John
1052
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Q.
440
Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
536
Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Rolla B.
552
Normal High School
175
Oberkoetter, Frank
1176
Oberkoetter Frank, Sr.
1176
O'Donnell, James F.
1152
Olson, Ola and Family
1120
O'Neil, Mr. and Mrs. D. M.
560
Patton-Pierson House
72
Peasley, Granville and Family
1048
Peasley, Isaac N.
960
Peterson, Albert W.
1160
Pierson, Arthur Van Dyke
640
Porter, James and Rachel
544
Public Buildings, Bloomington
240
Punke, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave
848
Quinn, M. F.
1032
Rhodes, O. M.
1100
Richmond Family, Joseph E.
464
Rigby, Della H.
568
Riley, James F.
608
Risser, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
1104
Risser, Residence of Peter
1104
Robinson, James Edwin
512
Rocke, John
1136
Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley H
1124
Russum, C. H.
1060
Rust, Florinda Bishop
1008
Rust, Thomas J.
1008
Ryburn, Edward
1072
Sailor, Daniel D.
880
Saxton, J. F. and Family
1248
Schad, W. D.
1016
Schultz, Residence of L. J.
832
Sellers, George M.
1200
Service Flag, Dedication of
296
Shade, C. W.
984
Shorthose, Frank E.
432
Sloan, Edwin P.
720
Smith, John R.
416
Smith Library, Lexington 357
361
Soldiers Orphans Home Gymnasium
Soper, Clinton P.
728
Stanford Community High School.
180
Stevenson, Adlai E.
256
Stevenson, Letitia Green
928
Stevenson, Lewis Green
928
St. Joseph's Church, Chenoa
840
St. Joseph's Hospital
319
St. Patrick's Church
1193
Stubblefield, Mr. and Mrs. D. R.
1208
Sweeting, Frank E.
1064
Swinehart, Mr. and Mrs. George
888
Sylvester Family, Thomas
456.
HISTORY OF MCLEAN COUNTY
Thompson, O. M. 1092
Trotter Fountain
352
Uinstattd, Residence of Charles F ._ 1260
Vrooman, Carl
800
Wakefield, Cyrenius
408
Ward, J. F.
760
West, Martha O'Neal 1216
West, Simeon H. 1216
Wiley, J. J., and Residence 992
Williams, C. C. 976
Wissmiller, Jacob 1000
Withers Public Library 352
Y. M. C. A. Building
208
LIBRARY OF THE
Henry KEiser
VOLUME II.
History of McLean County
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY-CONTINUED
Henry Keiser, for 50 years a prominent business man of Blooming- ton, was born Nov. 14, 1846, in the old Keiser home on the banks of the beautiful Cheat River in Fayette County, Pa., the oldest son of John Keiser and Esther Gans. His great great grandfather, George Bal- zer Gans, a native of Neuremberg, Germany, and chamberlain to the king, was persecuted for his religious beliefs and his property confis- cated. He fled to Holland where was born Jacob Gans, the Pennsylvanian colonist who after his arrival married a pretty Irish lassie near Phila- delphia and with a large colony of settlers crossed the mountains in 1796 to western Pennsylvania and settled near Morris Cross Roads, where numerous Gans and Keisers still flourish.
John Keiser was born in 1802 and died in 1874. He was a native of Maryland and his ancestors came to this country before the Revo- lution; he was a skilled millwright and a contractor in western Penn- sylvania. He was married in 1845 to Esther Gans, an unusually well educated woman with advanced ideas and a strong personality. She was born in 1802 and died 1900. She was the daughter of Benjamin Gans and Margaret Schidler. She was one of the early school teachers in Pennsylvania, where subscription schools often had to supplement
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the scanty public schools. She was a strict disciplinarian and the front seat was always known as the "mourner's bench", over which unruly pupils were bent for the necessary chastisement. One of her old pupils, C. S. Hall, wrote in the Pantagraph of May 25, 1895: "It was my privi- lege last week to pay a visit to Aunt Hetty Keiser, my first school teacher. · Over 55 years ago one May morning I entered an old log school house with slab benches and found as my teacher Miss Esther Gans, who had the courage to break away from the theory that woman's sphere was in the home alone. Her influence has been an inspiration to me all through my life and in 27 years of teaching, whatever success I have attained is due in great part to her influence. Like Lincoln, she was in advance of her contemporaries in all questions of the day." In those days girls were not considered worthy of an education, but she was a careful reader and a keen observer and became better informed than many a college graduate. She had a great love for music and could play by ear the violin, flute, and melodeon; when past 80 she learned to play the piano.
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