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Springfield City Directory
1857-58
Sangamon County, Illinois
1990
The Sangamon County Genealogical Society
Gc 977.302 Sp84p 1857-58
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02224 9723 Gc 977.302 Sp84p 1857-58 Springfield, Illinois, city directory
SPRINGFIELD CITY DIRECTORY
1857-58
Reproduced from the original by the SANGAMON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 1829 Springfield, Illinois 62705
1990
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
PREFACE
This publication, Springfield City Directory 1857-58, has been reproduced from one of Springfield's earliest City Directories. These photocopied pages of the original book have been enlarged for easier reading. We are confident the Springfield City Directory 1857-58 will be beneficial to those researching early Springfield ancestors.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Sangamon County Genealogical Society wishes to thank Edward Russo of the Sangamon Valley Collection at Lincoln Library, Shirley Fuhrmann, Norma Wilkinson, and the SCGS print committee who have given so generously of their time and talents to make this reprint of the Springfield City Directory 1857-58 possible.
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SPRINGFIELD 1857-8
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SPRINGFIELD
CITY DIRECTORY
FOR
1857-'58.
COMPILED BY B. WINTERS, & CO. Springfield city directory (San ã County, Decimais )
PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY B. WINTERS & CO.
FIRST PUBLICATION.
SPRINGFIELD : 8. H. JAMESON & CO., PRINTERS, REPUBLICAN OFFICE, 1857.
Entered, accon ng to act of Congress, in the year 1857, BY B. WINTERS & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of Illinois.
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PREFACE.
SPRINGFIELD CITY DIRECTORY for 1857-'8 is at length completed. Its compilation has demanded an arduous labor, and great pains have been taken to insure its correctness. If any errors or omissions have occurred it has been through inadvertance or misin- formation. We neither invite nor repel criticism. At the outset of our enterprise we made a proposition to the city council to have the names of the streets put up in conspicuous letters, and the houses numbered. But our worthy City Fathers, for some reason or other, did not favorably entertain our proposition. This defect in our work -if it is a defect-will doubtless be remedied before our next annual publication. Of course the utility-the necessity-of numbered houses must be palpable to all, more especially to those familiar with the wants and requirements of metropolitan life-and, surely, Spring- field is not a village in its swaddling clothes.
To those business and professional men who have so liberally con- tributed the "sinews of war"-in the shape of advertisements-to en- able us to prosccute this enterprise to a successful termination we re- turn our thanks, in the hope that the benefits arising from this publi- cation may not only prove reciprocal between us ; but that the larger share may inure to them. It will scarcely appear invidious in us to say that our advertisers are leading men in their various pursuits ; our list comprises nearly all the business men in the city who can fairly lay claim to the appellation.
Those city editors who have from time to time helped on our enter- prise, by complimentary notices, will please accept our grateful ac- knowledgments.
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For the interesting history of Springfield, embodied in these pages, we are indebted to a gentleman of this city whose life-from boyhood to manhood-has been passed among the scenes he so graphicly de- scribes. We are well aware, in giving publicity to the name of the author, that we are trenching upon dangerous ground. We know, if he were consulted in the matter, that he would not tolerate the liberty we are now taking. We have felt under obligations to him, however, for the pleasure derived in its perusal-and we now feel that the obli- gation will be enhanced when our readers know that its author is our popular and talented fellow-citizen-JAMES H. MATHENY.
The rapid increase of the population and growth of our city require that the inhabitants should be in possession of the means of observa- tion respecting the names, location and business of the city, and other matters of general interest. . We have labored to produce a work which would answer these requirements.
In conclusion, we send forth the "Springfield City Directory" without distrust in its favorable reception by the public.
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LIST OF ADVERTISERS.
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Duboce A., ambrotype artist.
Duhamel E., saloon-keeper, Dorwin P. & Co., tinners, &c. Doul E., restaurant. Dennis T. J., builder.
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Ellis A. Y., merchant. Ellis Henry, barber.
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French & Lloyd, dentists. Fox B. F., hardware merchant.
Fairthorne W. C., engraver.
Force James H., hatter. French A. W., dentist.
Fountain Prof., barber, removed opposite post office.
Fosselman J. B., druggist.
Brown D. A., lawyer. Broadwell N. M., lawyer.
Brown & Dana, propriet's Brown's Hartmann G., tobacconist. Hotel. Butler P., daguerrian artist. Burkhardt J. M., merchant. Boynton & Bros., livery stable.
Campbell & Cullom, lawyers. Clark and Henkle, clothiers. Camp Amos, saddler. Camp C. L., wagon and plough- maker. Chamberlin W. J., physician. Canedy & Johnston, druggists. Coe & Van Duyn, leather dealers. Curran I. B., jeweler. Conant L. J., furniture dealer .. Coon & Bro., leather dealura, de.
Hart & Chatterton, bowling sa- loon.
Hirschfeld Moses, clothier. Hough J. A., furniture dealer. Hunt N. V., merchant. Huntington Geo. L., lumber dealer. Hammerslough & Bro., clothiers. Hutchinson J., furniture dealer. Hendricks & Conner, painters. Hughson A., wood-turner. Harper J. D., physician. Hannon & Ragsdale, builders.
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Ingles J. J, saddler.
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J Jameson S. H. & Co., Spring- field Republican. Jameson Elisha, builder. Johnston Adam, marble-engraver. Johnson & Vanderen, merchants. Johns E. J., painter.
Koch Dr. C. J., Democratic Union Flag, (German.)
Koch Frank, grocer. Kreigh Eli, tinner & stove dealer.
Kain & Finley, painters.
Kavanagh John, baker.
Kavanaugh Jno., city supervisor, King, Berryman & Rippon, iron and brass foundry. Kuechler C. F., homopathic phy- sician.
Lanphier & Walker, Illinois State Register. Lamb John C., Atna Foundry.
Little T. S., clothier.
Logan James M., miller.
Lull & Co., lumber dealers.
Lutz & Bro., butchers.
Long Samuel, physician.
Loch C., shoemaker.
Lemon J. C. & Son, seed store. Lavely Wm., grocer.
M Morris & Smith, Loon Lake Sa- loon.
Mason J. A., furniture dealer. McWilliams A., lawyer.
McCabe & Van Ness, queens- Weiss J. W., builder. ware merchants. McCandless A. J., grocer. Magee H., eclectric physician. Manning G. S., carriage-maker. Maxcy John C., auctioneer, Matheny James H., lawyer. Myers H. C. & Co., confectioners. Mattlen S., gunsmith. Morse & Brown, butchers.
Owen & Bro., druggists.
Primm & Gibson, lawyers. Pheasant D., auctioneer. Pierik & Bro., blacksmiths.
Phelps O. C., furniture dealer, Pease & Webb. painters. Peasc & Bro., hardware dealers.
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Richards & Smith, Excelsior Job Printing Office.
Raps & Shoemaker, bakers and confectioners.
Rick & Hahn, dining-saloon. Reinbold & Mareschutz, tinners. Reeves & Ayres, merchants. Ruckel & Little, upholsters.
Smith, Edwards & Co., merchants. Stuart & Edwards, lawyers.
Sears C. D., upholster. Snelling John, hotel. Smith W. T., tabacconist.
Sangamon Insurance Company. St. Louis, A. & C. RR. Sheldon O. M., liquor dealer.
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Thorpe F., patent agent. Thompson & Zane. lawyers. Tinsley S. M., lumber dealer. Todd G. W., tavern-keeper.
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Ulrich & Co., lumber dealers.
Wickersham T. D., St. Nicholas Hotel.
Wohlgemuth H., physician. White & Shutt, lawyers. Williams & Link, furniture dealers. Wiedeman & Schriefer, saloon. Warner L. S., commission mer- chant. Ward W. D., jeweler. Withey & Bros .. carriage-makers. Willard & Zimmerman, painters. Watson & Son, confectioners.
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Adams J. H., hatter, removed ws square. Allen A. J., cooper. Ames & Bro., book-sellers, &c. Atteberry W. M. H., blacksmith. Armstrong H. M. & Co., woolen- factors.
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Bailhache & Baker, Illinois State Journal.
Babcock & Cooper, coppersmiths. Bell Sanford, physician. Bishop Wm., gunsmith, .
Beach R. H., clothier.
Brady Thos., saloon-keeper. Busher James, hide dealer. Busher James & Co., dealers in malt liquors. Busher John, hide and leather dealer.
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ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY.
INCORPORATED A. D. 1852.
FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS .- Rev. S. W. Harkey, D. D., President pro tom., and Professor of Theology, Mental and Moral Science, and the German language.
Rev. Edmund Miller, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and of the Natural Sciences.
Rev. Benj. C. Suesserott, A. M., Professor of the Latin and Greek Language and Literature.
Mr. Alexander Pollock, Professor of History and Principal of the English and Business Department.
J. G. Walcher, Steward.
This institution is situated in the north-eastern part of the city, about one mile from the square. Its design is to furnish as complete and thorough a course of instruction as can be found in any of the literary institutions of the land.
The course of instruction in the Preparatory Department embraces a solid and thorough English education ;- whilst those who desire to prepare for business, or for the regular College course, have every ad- vantage for the acquisition of the elements of Mathematics and the Latin and Greek Languages.
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH.
(Organized 1854.)
Rev. B. C. SUESSEROTT -- Pastor.
OFFICERS :
Jacob Divelbiss, Elie Kreigh, H. F. Fitzhugh, A. Eilson, C. Loch, J. Anderson, A. J. Sell, O. Neilson.
The house of worship (in progress of construction) is on the cor- ner of Sixth and Madison streets.
The Sunday School embraces eighty scholars, with ten teachers.
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HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD.
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It is well that the history of the past should be written, for the past speaks to us with an earnest voice-a voice of encouragement as well as of warning; and its teachings, when heeded, will guide us aright, in the struggles incident to life. This is as true of cities as it is of men; for cities, though racked by countless varied interests, convulsed by a thousand conflicting thoughts and feelings, illustrates in its en- tire comprehensiveness the motto, "one of many." The prosperity of one is the prosperity of all, and the general prosperity of the whole includes the individual prosperity of each. All are alike bound to contribute their portion to the common welfare. All are required, either by the labor of the hand, or the toil of the brain to add some- thing to the aggregate wealth of the community in which they live.
Again, it is true of cities, as it is of men, that success is the result of constant and unwearied toil. Every good thing of earth is but the result of labor. It was labor that built the blue arch of Heaven above us. It was labor that fashioned the eternal stars in their changeless beauty, It was labor that piled hill upon hill and mountain upon mountain. It was labor that spread earth's green carpet beneath our feet. It was labor that bedecked it with all its teeming flowers. It is labor that has built the gorgeous temples and the towering dome,. "to gather and roll back the sound of anthems." It is labor that has whitened the ocean with its commerce. It is labor that has caused the almost thinking machine to leap from the brain of the mechanic, like Minerva from the head of Jove, full armed to do battle, as man's servant, in life's great contest. These, and all things else glorious in life, are but the result of labor.
There is a magic power in unwearied labor that almost makes it partake of the characteristics of omnipotence.
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Labor has made the lightnings of heaven its amenuensis; has chained the turbulent spirit of fire to the iron car and makes him toil as a very glave. Has made all the varied and onee uncontrolled elements of na- ture "but hewers of wood and drawers of water" -- mcre panderers to its necessities or its pleasures. Labor is the world's physical god, that is fast bringing the wilderness and desolations of earth back to the glories of Paradise.
All that we need as a city is the moving influence of this powerful principle in our midst. We have the energy and the nerve; the brain and the muscle ; the gold and the silver. We have, indeed, all the elements of a wondrous prosperity, yet how very little has ever been done to aid Springfield in her rivalry with surrounding cities-noth- ing, litterly nothing !.
Springfield has grown, thus far, mainly by her own unaided ener- gies-in spite of the thousand drawbacks that have impeded her pro- gress, and the wonder is that Springfield has ever attained the posi- tion she now occupies.
With a vast majority of our good citizens there has ever seemed a strange apathy as to all things calculated to advance our interests. They have ever appeared to rely upon the fancied truth that destiny would work out the problem of our success. They seem to have for- gotten the fact that "Jove helps those who help themselves." They have simply folded their arms and gazed with a listless and an idle gaze upon prize after prize won from us by our less favored, but more deserving, because more energetic, sister cities. Like Samson of old we have gone to sleep in the syren lap of the Delilah of inactivity, and, upon awakening, find ourselves well-nigh shorn of our strength, and it will be well for us if we arouse in time to guard ourselves from the fate he suffered, otherwise we may be placed in the tread-mill of ad- versity and become the scoff and derision of every rival.
Nature has blessed us with a beautiful and healthy locality, accessi- ble from each and every part of the State, and we ought, and will by
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reasonable effort, become the point from which all the great interests of the State will radiate.
We are, unquestionably, the centre of the greatest agricultural country in the world, and, year after year, the carth is pouring into the lap of the farmer her magic treasures.
The grent political interests of the State naturally concentrate here, giving us a position and importance not realized elsewhere.'
All these, and numberless other advantages, are ours, to aid us in our onward progress. Indeed, there is but one thing lacking to make Springfield the leading inland city of the State, and that is-the WILL to have it so.
We have all struggled too much for individual interests-lived too much for self alone-felt too little of that disposition that prompts to aid in every enterprise that tends to a general prosperity, without stopping to inquire whether it will, or will not, bring a dollar or two more to our own pockets.
The man who lives for himself alone, who encases himself entirely in a cold hearted selfishness, is a miserable failure-a poor, pitiful abortion, that came into the world unfinished, bringing with him all the worst part of humanity, with none of its better, redeeming quali- ties, and such monsters, wherever found, are but the scorn of angels and the contempt of men, and angels and men alike smile when the earth reclaims them to remould them into something more congenial with Nature's general harmony. But how different with the man of the large heart and the generous soul. No shadows darken around his pathway. He makes his own sunshine wherever he goes ;- prosperity and gladness attends his footsteps, and communities bless his presence. Of this last character of men our city is full; they have acquired more than enough of means for all life's useful pur- poses ;-- may we not now hope to see them struggling in concert to
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infuse into our city a renewed vitality-one that will lead it on to the fulfillment of a glorious destiny.
ITS JUDICIARY.
The first Circuit Court, after the organization of Sangamon county, was held at the house of John Kelly, on the first day of May, 1821. Hon. John Reynolds, judge ; Charles R. Matheny, clerk ; John Tay- lor, sheriff ; Henry Starr, prosecuting attorney.
The Court continued in session very nearly all of one day, and ad- journed until Court in course, which was on the second Monday in the month of October following.
John Reynolds (more generally known as the Old Ranger) pre- sided as judge of the Sangamon circuit, until the April term, A. D. 1823, when he was superseded by the Hon. Thomas Reynolds.
At the next term, however, which was in the month of October, A. D. 1823, we again find the Old Ranger on the bench, who continued to preside until the May term, 1825, when we find John York Saw- yer upon the bench as judge.
Nothing extraordinary seems to have disturbed the usual routine of Circuit Court business until the 27th day of September, A. D. 1826, when there was a special term called to try Nathaniel Vannoy for the murder of his wife-Peggy Vannoy. It appears that he was indicted upon the 27th, tried and found guilty on the 28th, and sentenced on the 29th to be " hanged by the neck until he was dead." Nathaniel Vannoy was hung on the 20th day of November, A. D. 1826. This is the only murder conviction which has ever taken place in this county since its organization, being a period of more than thirty-seven years. Our limits will not permit us to pursue any farther this portion of our history.
ITS EXTENSION.
It may not be known to many of our citizens that the original name of Springfield was Calhoun, nevertheless this is true.
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The plat of the town of Calhoun was recorded December 5, 1823. Who made the survey, or for whom the survey was made, or what was the date of the survey, the record does not show.
We simply find the plat of record, without note or comment. How little did they then dream of the brilliant future that was awaiting the little town that they were forming into shape and giving to it a " local habitation and a name."
The town of Calhoun embraced all that portion of the present city in the following boundaries : Beginning at the north-east corner of lot number one (1), in block number one (1), on Madison and Seventh streets, thence running west to First street, thence south to Monroe street, thence east to Seventh street, and thence north to the beginning, containing twenty-three blocks.
The next plat of record that we find purports to be a survey of " that part of the town of Springfield given to the county by the pro- prietors." Here, for some reason unexplained, the name of Calhoun was abandoned, and from that time on, by common consent, our pre- sent city bore. the name of Springfield. This plat was recorded on the 19th day of December, A. D. 1825. This survey was made by Tom M. Neale, surveyor, by order of the Sangamon County Commis- sioner's Court.
For the purpose of greater certainty, it appears that the County Commissioners of Sangamon county, together with the original pro- prictors and their legal representatives of Springfield, procured T. M. Neale to re-survey the town, which was done on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1833, and the plat of such survey recorded on the 9th day of November, A. p. 1836.
The first addition to Springfield was laid off by John Taylor, and recorded January 22, A. D. 1827, as John Taylor's West Addition, and the various subsequent additions were recorded in the following order :
P. P. Enos' addition to Springfield. .. October 29, 1881
James Mason's. .November 9, 1831
Ninian Edwards' .May 11, 1833
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John Taylor's north-west addition to Springfield. . August 15, 1833
James Adata Soptember 6, 1833
E. Mitchell's
-March 3, 1834
E. Roberts'. .. April 4, 1836
E. Iles'. .Jannary 6, 1836, and June 22, 1836
Lamme & Hirtinau's. .September 6, 1836
Welles & Peck's
.Decomber 2, 1836
E. Iles' addition out lots.
.December 16, 1836 Jonas Whitney's .April 17, 1837
Darling & Taylor's. .May 2, 1837
Edwards & Mather's. .May 10, 1837
M. L. Knapp's .May 30, 1837
I. R. Gray's. August 21, 1837
E. L. Edwards' . August 10, 1838
Wash. Iles'.
April 16, 1839
E. Ilos' second addition of out lots. July 20, 1839
Herndon & Edwards' .November 18, 1839
James Mitchell's.
.Juno 4, 1840
John Taylor's north addition .July 15, 1840
July 3, 1841
E. Iles' third addition of out lots.
.September 16, 1841
Crosby's first addition ..
.November 16, 1841
B. S. Edward's north addition.
.November 19, 1841
E. Iles' fourth addition of out lots.
. December 15, 1841
Crosby's secoit addition.
.May 24, 1842
Allen's addition,
I. R. Saunders' -June 13, 1842
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Enos West's- .September 23, 1851
Lewis & Adams'. -October 10, 1851
Mather & Welles' July 3, 1852
W. lles' secomal addition. .July 12, 1862
Enos' second aklition. .September 3, 1852
Thomas Doyle's. .June 19, 1854
Thomas Lewis' socond addition.
.July 14, 1854
Hoirs of P. P. Enos
.July 26, 1854
Thomas Lewis'. - August 1, 1854
Barrett's. .August 3, 1854
M. B. Lane's. . October 9, 1854
Thomas Lewis' third addition.
November 11, 1854
P. P. Enos' sql-division, No. 1 .July 4, 1855
M. L. Bullock's. September 10, 1855
Cottage Garden addition .. July 29, 1856
P. P. Enos' suxlivision, No. 2. .November 28, 1856
Constant's addition. . November 28, 1856
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. May 30, 1842
John Cook's.
July 15, 1851
B. S. Edwards' ..
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TOWN AND CITY GOVERNMENT.
Up to eighteen hundred and thirty-two, no disposition had been evinced by the inhabitants of our then little town to throw around it any of the restraints attendant upon police regulations, it had been permitted to grow and spread in untrammeled freedom, in the spring of that year, however, a different spirit developed itself, and on the second day of April, A. D. 1832, our first organization as a town was effected. We subjoin a list of our first town officers :
TRUSTEES :
CHARLES R. MATHENY, CYRUS ANDERSON,
JOHN TAYLOR, ELISHA TABER,
WILLIAM CARPENTER.
SIMEON FRANCIS, Clerk.
ERASTUS WRIGHT, Assessor and Collector.
WASHINGTON ILES, Treasurer and Register.
WM. ALVEY, Strect Commissioner of Eastern Division. REUBEN RADFORD, Street Commissioner of Western Division.
Under the fatherly care of these, and their successors in office, Springfield continued to grow and prosper until 1840, when a more ambitious disposition illustrated itself, and the humble garb of a town organization was cast aside for the more stately habiliments of a city government.
In the legislative session of 1839 and '40, a bill to charter the City of Springfield was passed, which was submitted to the inhabitants of the proposed city on the 6th day of April, 1840, and by them adopted. The first election for city officers under the charter was held on the 20th day of April, following the adoption of the charter.
The election resulted in the choice of the following
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BENJAMIN S. CLEMENT, Mayor. JAMES R. GRAY, Alderman Firat Ward,
JOSEPH KLEIN, Second «
WASHINGTON ILES, "
Third
WM. PRENTISS,
Fourth
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At the organization of the City Council they made the following
APPOINTMENTS.
SCHUYLER STRONG, Clerk.
JACOB R. DE REIMES, Register and Treasurer.
JACOB C. PLANOK, Assessor and Collector.
JAMES MAXOY, Marshal.
JOHN B. WATSON, Engineer.
CHARLES R. WELLS, Attorney.
W. W. WATSON, Market-master.
P. C. CANEDY, City-weigher.
MOSES COFFMAN, Street Commissioner. JOHN BREWER, Sexton.
Since that first election there has been thirteen gentlemen who have occupied the honorable position of Mayor of Springfield. We give the names and the years in which they held the office :
William L. May, 1841
David B. Campbell, 1842
D. B. Hill, 1843
Andrew MoCormack, 1844
James C. Conkling, 1845
Eli Cook,
1846
Eli Cook,
1847
Eli Cook,
1848
John Calhoun,
1849
John Calhoun,
1850
John Calhoun,
1851
William Lavely,
1852
Josiah Francis, . 1853
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William H. Herndon, 1854
John Cook, 1855
John Priest,
1856
John Priest,
1857
ITS POPULATION.
There are no records, within our knowledge, by which we can dis- cover the population of Springfield, definitely, at any time prior to the year 1840. The population then, as shown by the United States
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Marshal, numbered two thousand five hundred and seventy-nine. In 1845 the population exhibited a small advance over 1840.
In 1848 it had increased to three thousand nine hundred and twelve.
In 1850 the population numbered five thousand one hundred and six.
1854 the population was six thousand two hundred and eighteen ; And in 1855 we had reached the number of seven thousand two hundred and fifty.
Our present population, we have every reason to believe, largely exceeds ten thousand, with every indication of a steady advance, at an increased rapid rate, for many years to come.
The character of our population is extremely varied. We have representatives of almost every nationality beneath the sun; yet, varied as it may be, it meets and mingles in the struggles incident to existence, with perhaps as little discord as any people throughout the world. Every man in our midst who has evinced a reasonable in- dustry, coupled with care and prudence, has a home of his own, and humble though it be, yet, nevertheless, it is a "home" -- and what costly palace is more than that.
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