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THE
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
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OF
WHITESIDE COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
ILLUSTRATED.
" A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations." -MACAULAY.
CHICAGO: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1900.
"Biography is the only true history." -- Emerson.
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FROM THE PRESS OF WILSON, HUMPHREYS & CO .. FUL XTH ST , LOGANSPORT, IND
PREFACE.
HIE greatest of English historians, MACAULAY, and one of the most brilliant writers of the present century, has said : " The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of its people." in con- f formity with this idea, the BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD has been prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appreciated by but few, our corps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their enterprise and industry, brought this county to a rank second to none among those comprising this great and noble State, and from their lips have the story of their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelligent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by industry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an influence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued the " even tenor of their way," content to have it said of them, as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy-" They have done what they could." It tells how many, in the pride and strength of young manhood, left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's call went forth valiantly " to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace once more feigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not be lost upon those who follow after.
Coming generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact that it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work, and every opportunity possible given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written ; and the publishers flatter themselves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of cousequence. In addition to biographical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given.
The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the information necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested one would be withheld. In a few instances men never could be found, though repeated calls were made at their residence or place of business.
January, 1900.
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO.
INDEX.
PAGE
Abbott, Alfred N. 114
Ackerman, Charles E 354
Albertson, Samuel 421
Allen, Edwin G 414
Butman, William .281
Edlund, Jonas
Allen, William E
Byam, Abel
.61I
Ege, C. P
Elliott, George T .237
Ellithorpe, Carl S.
Ely, George E.
Emmons, Lehman L 389
Austin, Dennis.
95
Case, Charles LeRoy
Entwhistle, John J
38
Eslinger, John. 459
Baer, Frank 482
Baird, James H 153
Baldwin, Joel M 322
Barber, Sidney
458
Bastian, Fred R.
208
Baum, Edgar G .296
Beardsworth, Herbert T .433
Beeler, John
436
Bell, James R.
250
Bent, Charles
Besse, John J 510
Beswick, William .\
Cox, Sylvester M 274
Bickert, John P 58
Crawford, David M. 301
Crosier, Edward L.
219
Curtis, William E.
442
Gage, Edward S .235
Galt, Edgar H
367
Garwick, Charles P 001
Gerdes, Henry E. 373
Bogart, Hiran. 282
Darling, Wilford L 310
Gibler, Isaac.
Goodenough, George E 66
Gray, John H
Green, John Gilbert
Green, John H.
Greene, Giles. 110
Greene, John J.
Gurtisen, Benjamin
Breed, Ralph Y. 506
Brewer, Fernando N
444
Dudley, William (). 56
Durward, Andrew S.
116
Durward, Peter T ..
100
PAGE
Burr, Caroline H 455
Eagan, Thomas. .
Eastin, Thomas L 192
Eddy. York. 469
Allen, William H
510
Anthony, Frank 248
Arnett, Lewis C. 202
Ashling, Edward. 458
Carney, Michael .3×4
Chamberlain, H. G.
.340
Clark, John
Cleaveland, Jay 267
Clendenen, George W 196
Farwell, Solomon
Finch, Oliver ] 163
First National Bank 69
Fitch, Frank E.
29
Fitzgerald, Frank 49
Forward, William
254
Collins, Sherman D). 436
Francis, Isaac 293
Frank, Theodore
Fraser, William
Frost, John
Fuller, John [' 492
Furry, John P'
Birt, George W
26
Bittinger, J. E.
264
Blackmer, William
Blagg, Samuel. .505
Dail, Robert 516
Daniels, Burrell V 55
Booth, Jason C ..
20
Danen, Louis. 345
Davis, Susanna R
148
Deets, Margaret W 462
Delp, Charles
Dillon, Lloyd H
292
Dillon, Most's 475
Donichy, Robert II 372
Drain, ThomasA .3300
Haberer, Andrew K
Hamilton, Charles A
Hamilton, George R.
Buell, Jewett C.
Burritt, Leverett S 60)
Bush, Loren T. 12
Cabot, Charles W' 242
Card, Martin V. 157
Coats, James
385
Cole, Caroline B 280
Cole, Horace B
498
Coleman, Martin
Collins, Palmer. .407
Cook, John Henry. 97
Cooney, John
Covell, Emery 1) 240
Blean, William W 383
Bowman, Edmund.
154
Boyd, Hugh A.
169
Boyd, John .214
Boyd, Peter R. .489
Boynton, Benjamin F .467
Boynton, Joseph H
Brooks, Benjamin F 206
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Austin, Isaac
86
Farley, Joel W' 305
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INDEX.
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
Olmsted, George W 151
Hansen, A. M. 268
LeFevre, John F 347
Hardy, Richard J 62
Limerick, John G. .442
Onken, John F. .358
Osborne, Andrew J .392
O'Neil, Francis
.394
Pace, John A. .508
Paddock, George E. 183
Paddock, Orrin 213
Pape, Noah E. 61
Parker, D. J. 38%
Parker, William 429
Parmenter, Allen E 518
Parnham, John C. 68
Parrish, Isam S. 174
Patrick, William M 104
Payne, Edwin W 27.
Payson, Charles H.
461
Peck, John 330
Peckham, E. M
Peterson, Christian P 317
Pittman, Elwood J. .370
Pollock, D. J 283
Pope, Aaron. .275
36%
Hubbard, Solomon 123
Mangan, Samuel T
168
Powell, Clark R. 487
Powers, Warren F 396
Hulett, John W 132
Marfleet, George T
.472
Pratt, James M .. .364
Hull, Harvey C. 490
Marvel, Earl E 199
Proctor, David G.
Hunter, John M. 318
Jackson, Edmund 184
James, Anthony A .329
James, Robert S. 18
James, Samuel N 79
Jenks, Hemy E. 521
Johnson, Bernard 450
Miller, Joseph
375
Reynolds, Charles F 51
Reynolds, J. T
Rice, Lucius E.
Richards, Daniel. 417
Richards, William 1) 13
Richmond, George P' 200
Riley, John 165
Riordan, William G 295
Rishell, Dyson. 208
Robertson, Christian C. 94
Robinson, Thomas, Sr. .891
Royer, C. F
339
Russell, Charles N
495
Lathe, Benjamin F. .403
Norrish, Robert S. .276
Leahy, James. 348
Northern Illinois College 265
Lee, Marshall T 135 Nowlen, James A. 46
Naniga, Garrett. 260
Needham, George T. 303
Neer, George .. .512
Nevitt, Edward H 474
Noon, Charles, Sr 208
Langdon, Buel A. 4%
Noon, Thomas. 194
Norrish, Robert A 25
Langdon, Samuel A. 75
346
Knight, Charles C. 142
Kohl, John M 230
Lancaster, Edward 204
Landis, Henry C. .457
Landis, Henry S .425
Lane, William. . 261
Merk, Nathan
Meighan, James A .513
Reed, Benjamin 321
Reed, John. . . 376
Reimers, John J
Renner, John K 406
Milroy, John E. 432
Mosier, John E. .395
Murphy, Samuel L 47
Mystic Workers of the World. . 185
Proctor, George R
Matznick, Frederick 430
Mead, Merd 64
Ramsay, Frank b.
Rapp, Andrew 506
Meins, Harm T 4×1
Mensch, John H .507
Middagh, William H 460
Kilmer, Elias H .243
Mangan, Erwin J. 203
Hubbard, James C 516
Mangan, Naomi J. 166
Huggins, Thomas 504
Marcellus, Fennimore E 131
Hollinshead, Joshua 501
McNeil, Robert 480
Holmquest, Oke.
Mc Whorter, Tyler
Hoofstitler, Jacob H
313
Mc Whorter, William L 470
Hoover, B. Franklin 85
Hoover, Henry 139
McGrady, Barney .224
Hodges, Frank .446
Mckenzie, Marlow C 412
Holbrook, Watson C.
McMahon, C. C. 121
Hollinshead, Daniel. 10
McNeil, Alexander J 449
McCarty, Jerry V 476
Helms, Henry E. 22
McCartney, David. 390
McCauley, James S 352
Hill, Ezra B. . 171
McEntire, Ejoe. 448
Hoak, Ira F. and Orion A
129
Longsdon, Charles Į 378
Lubliner, Joseph A .306
Harvey, Samuel C. .360
Ludens, Peter M. 33
Heath, Henry D. 32
Lum, Cyrrel A. 117
Heath, Wilbur 1). 494
Lyon, Marcus R 137
Hecker, John F 88
Hein, Henry 514
McCalmont, Samuel Mckean. . 211
Hein, William A 519
Hardy, Winfield J. 74
Lockheart, Mary R .286
Harrison, David G
Harrison, Joshua L. 427
Lehman, Jacob Y 426
Hanks, Stephen B. 342
Olson, Oliver D. 247
Schwab, John
140
Scofield, Hull.
431
Manahan, J. G 451
Pott, Henry
Matthews, L. E 484
Kirkland, John T
Hendricks, Wesley Y 50
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PAGE
PAGE
Scotchbrook, Edward 102
Thomas, Frank B 191
Warner, John H. 228
Scott, John E. 437
Thompson, Albert L .350
Wetzell, Henry. 231
Scott, Josiah S .377
Thompson, John R 466
Wheelock, Samuel L .366
White, Clarence E 262
White, Sarah M 23
Wilber, Thomas J. 450
Shannon, Hugh 470
Shuler, George F 356
Thompson, Reuben M
319
Simonson, J. H. 39
Thompson, Samuel. 424
Thomsen, Peter 245
Slaymaker, Leonard A 440
Thomson, William
Tilton, William B. 15
Timmerman, Frank P 287
Smedley, Ralph. 255
Smith, Adam
.181
Smith, Harlow
456
Smith, Leander
16
Smith, Ralph N
205
Smith, Richard.
258
Upton, Eli. 78
Wood, Frederick. 502
Snyder, John H 201
Spafford, Dwight S. 3H
V'an Demark, Jacob M 359
Woods, Rollin H .439
Stoeckle, Leopold. 447
Van Osdel, A. L. 232
Worman, Thomas J. 401
Sturtevant, Charles P 173
Van Osdol, William A .324
Wyatt, Edward. 141
Wyman, Viana .. 84
Taber, William P 350
Waite, Cyrus H. 150
Talbott, Oliver 478
Waite, De Witt C .496
Young, Adam B. 212
Thomas, Addison P 41
Ward, Henry C. 245
Thomas, Francis M. 92
Ward, David W
190
%.schiesche, August.
316
Scoville, James 340
Thompson, John L 446
Seger, Dana B 40
Thompson, Nathan 160
Thompson, R. A. 509
Wickens, James .297
Wilbur, Jacob D. 195
Williams, Frederick F 87
Williamson, A. C. 275
Willsey, Ira 158
Slaymaker, William D) . 520
Smack, James. 413
Titus, Abraham B 405
Tracy, George S 334
Tuttle, Lauren E 240
Winters, James M 486
Wolfersperger, Aaron A .257
Underhill, Emmett E 301
Wood, A. .407
Snyder, James .. 177
Upton, George Y. 65
Woodburn, Charles H 121
Woodburn, James 120
Sturtz, Charles 467
Wilson, O. A. .349
Wilson, Robert L. :124
Winchell, Jacob J. .218
Winters, Elhanan C.
Skinner, James W 31
F. D. RAMSAY.
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
H ON. FRANK D. RAMSAY. In the last half century especially, it is sel- dom that one wins prominence in several lines. It is the tendency of the age to de- vote one's entire energies to a special line, continually working upward and concen- trating his efforts toward accomplishing a desired end: yet in the case of Judge Ram- say it is demonstrated that an exalted posi- tion may be reached in more than one line of action. He is an eminent jurist, an able judge and a leader in political circles.
The Judge was born in Prophetstown, Whiteside county, September 27, 1846, a son of Luther B. and Caroline M. (Smith) Ramsay. The father was born in Deer- field, Oneida county, New York, and first came to Whiteside county with Leonard Woodworth as one of the engineers in the construction of the canal around the rapids above Rock Falls. During the six months spent here, he made a claim in what is now Hume township. At the end of that time he returned to New York, but in the fall of 1840 again came to this county and took up his residence upon his farm in Hume town- ship, where he remained for three years. He was next engaged in farming in Proph- etstown and also manufactured cheese on an extensive scale, and in 1853-54 con- ducted a store in the village of Prophets- town. He was one of the leading citizens of his township, and died in Prophetstown in November, 1886. 1
Judge Ramsay acquired his early educa- tion in the common schools, and later at- tended the college at Dixon. After leaving that institution he began the study of law in the office of Frederick Sackett, at Sterling, and remained with him until admitted to the bar by examination at Dixon, in 1868. He began practice immediately at Morrison, forming a partnership with O. F. Wood- ruff, under the firm name of Woodruff & Ramsay, and he was connected with him in business for two years. He then opened an office and was engaged in active practice alone until the summer of 1887, having charge of many of the most important cases that came up for trial in this county. He also took quite a prominent part in polit- ical affairs and served as a delegate to dif- ferent Republican conventions, including those of the state.
In the fall of 1887, Judge Ramsay re- moved to Kansas City, where as a member of the firm of Ramsay & Getman, he was successfully engaged in practice for two years, but as times began to change, he re- turned to Morrison in November, 1889, and was engaged in general practice here until his election as circuit judge in June, 1897. His circuit covers the counties of Whiteside, Rock Island, Henry and Mercer. He had previously served as master in chancery for Whiteside county for several years, and re- signed that position to accept his present office. He has also been mayor of Morrison
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and during his incumbency in that office was instrumental in establishing a good system of sewerage in the city. In connection with his law practice the Judge is also interested in farming to some extent.
On the first of February, 1872, Judge Ramsay married Miss Lovisa Mckenzie, of Prophetstown, a daughter of William R. and Harriet Mckenzie, old and honored res- idents of that place. They have two sons: Luther Richmond, born May 18, 1876, graduated from the Morrison high school, took an elective course of two years at Oberlin College, and is now practicing law in Morrison in partnership with S. M. McCal- mont under the firm name of McCalmont & Ramsay; and Robert M., born February 14, 1879, also graduated from the Morrison high school, and took a two years course of study at Exeter, New Hampshire, and Mt. Vernon, lowa, and is now serving as court reporter.
The Judge is a prominent member of the Morrison Club and is now serving on its ex- ecutive committee. After his return from Kansas City, he was chairman of the Re- publican executive committee of the county up to the time of his election as judge, and filled that position during the Harrison, Cleveland and Mckinley campaigns, being especially active in the last named. The county was well organized and the county committee did effective work under his lead- ership. He was made a Mason in Dunlap lodge, No. 321, and now belongs to Proph- etstown chapter and Sterling commandery, and is a member of Medinah temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. 4 He has proved himself in all the relations of life, an earnest, honest, upright man, and a citizen of whom any community might be justly proud.
D ANIEL HOLLINSHEAD, a leading farmer and stock raiser of Ustick town- ship, residing on section 8, was born on the 7th of February, 1834, in Kingston, Can- ada, about thirty miles from Toronto, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Rush) Hol- linshead. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania and a grandniece of Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Her mother, Mrs. Julia Ann Rush, belongs to a very patriotic fam- ily, and she heartily espoused the cause of the colonists. Frequently she would put on male attire and perform picket duty dur- ing the Revolutionary war. She accom- panied her son-in-law, John Hollinshead, to Canada, and later came with the family to Whiteside county, Illinois, where she died in 1842, being the first to be interred in the cemetery located on the Hollinshead farm.
John Hollinshead, father of our subject, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Jan- uary 6, 1798, and when a mere lad removed with his father, Jacob Hollinshead, to Can- ada, where the latter died. He was a na- tive of one of the eastern states, was a hat- ter by trade, and a Quaker in religious faith. John Hollinshead was married in Canada, where he continued to make his home until the spring of 1839, when he came to White- side county, Illinois, accompanied by his wife and five children. They made the journey by way of the Great Lakes to Chi- cago, and after spending a few hours in that little hamlet, they proceeded on their way across the country. They located in what is now Clyde township. The father was impressed with the idea that Chicago would one day become a large city on account of the facilities it possessed for trading and shipping, and he returned to it and verbally bargained for a farm in what is now the
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heart of the city, but as he was unable to collect money which he had loaned, he could not secure the land. He made his home in Clyde township for two years, dur- ing which time he hauled his grain twice to the Chicago market, where he received for the same sixty cents per bushel. At the time of his death, which occurred in 1845, he possessed a good farmi of four hundred and forty acres in Ustick township. His wife died in the spring of 1863. Of the nine children born to this worthy couple, four are still living: Joshua, a resident of Ustick township; Daniel, our subject; Mary, wife of Herman Worthington, of Fulton; and Emily, who married Nathaniel Hollins- head, a cousin, and resides in Fulton.
Our subject was but five years old when brought by his parents to Whiteside coun- ty, and he began his education in a little log school house under what is known as the Bluff. He continued his studies there for some years, and remained at home until he attained his majority, when he and his brother Jacob rented the place of their mother and operated it together for about four years. He still lives on the old home- stead, where he had two hundred and thirty acres of valuable land on sections 7, 8 and 17, Ustick township, besides seventy-one acres on section 1, Fulton township. He follows general farming and stock raising. and has met with most gratifying success. Of late years he has given considerable at- tention to the breeding of fine horses and has one fine stallion, a Morgan, and owns an interest in a Belgian draft horse, the lat- ter having cost twenty-five hundred dollars. He also feeds cattle and hogs for the market quite extensively.
On the 2nd of July, 1859, Mr. Hollins- head was united in marriage with Miss
Mary Knight, a native of Hancock county, Illinois, and a daughter of Wesley and Louisa (Cowles) Knight, who were of the Mormon faith and when the people of that denomination were driven from Nauvoo they came to Fulton. Later her father died while on his way to California. His wife was a daughter of Elder Cowles, one of the elders who was opposed to Brigham Young on the question of polygamy. Mrs. Hol linshead died April 8, 1867. Of the four children born of that union, three died in infancy, the only one living being Dora, now the wife of Quincy L. Slocum, of St. Louis, by whom she has three children, Leith H., Lloyd Q. and Liebling Mary.
Mr. Hollinshead was again married, September 16, 1868, his second union be- ing with Miss Rebecca M. Hubbell, who was born in Summit county, Ohio, July 31, 1837. Her parents were Matthew and Betsy (Foote) Hubbell, the former a native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the latter of western New York, and her paternal grand- father was Andrew Hubbell, a farmer by occupation. In New Berlin, New York, Matthew Hubbell learned the tailor's trade, which he continued to follow until forty- five years of age, when he turned his atten- tion to farming in St. Clair county, Michi- gan, whither he had removed from Ohio. There he died in November, 1886. In early life he was a Democrat, but prior to the Civil war was a strong Abo- litionist and took an active part inthe oper- ation of the underground railroad. Mrs. Hollinshead's mother had died January 19, 1840, and in 1842 he married her sister, Seraphina Foote, by whom he had one child, Matthew, who married Effie Denton, has one child and resides on the old home- stead in St. Clair county, Michigan. There
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were five children born of the first marriage, of whom one died in infancy; Lucy died at the age of twenty-two years; Lois is the wife of Harvey Coburn, of Sanilac coun- ty, Michigan, and they have six children; Angelina is the wife of John Allen, of St. Clair county, and they had four children, two now living; and Rebecca M., wife of our subject, completes the family. To Mr. and Mrs. Hollinshead have been born five children: (1) Delia married a cousin, Frank Hollinshead, who is engaged in the ice and coal business in Fulton and they have two children, Jeanette A. and Thayer. (2) Hubbell, a farmer of Ustick township, married Phernia Wilson and has two chil- dren, Bayard and Gareld. (3) Earle is en- gaged in business with his brother Hubbell. (4) Archie died at the age of five years. (5) Burton assists his father in the operation of the home place. (6) Clare is at home.
Mr. Hollinshead is identified with the Garden Plain Mutual Insurance Company. Politically, he affiliates with the Democrat- ic party, and he has been called upon to serve as road commissioner for six years and school director for a number of years, and is now serving as a justice of the peace. He is a progressive and enterprising man, who takes a deep and cominendable interest in public affairs and gives his support to every measure which he believes calculated to prove of public good. His estimable wife is a member of the Episcopal church.
REV. LOREN T. BUSH, who has been pastor of the Baptist church at Morri- son since May, 1895, was born at Busti, near Jamestown, Chautauqua county, New York, January 31, 1844, and is a son of Selden F. and Florina (Blackman) Bush.
The father was born in Herkimer county, New York, but when a young man moved with his father to Chautauqua county, the family becoming pioneers of that section of the state. The grandfather helped to cut the road through the woods to his home at Busti. He had thirteen children who lo- cated within twelve miles of the old home- stead, so that the Bushes are very numer- ous in that part of the county. In connec- tion with farming the father of our subject followed contracting at building at James- town, New York, until Loren T. was four- teen years old, and then removed to Straw- berry Point, Iowa, which at that time was a new country, there being no railroad west of Freeport. He purchased a large tract of land, which he transformed into a good farm. He was an ardent supporter of the Republican party, with which his sons also affiliated, and was a member of the Baptist church. Our subject, who is next to the youngest in a family of six children, lost his mother when only six years old, and the fa- ther subsequently married again and by the second union also had six children.
Loren T. Bush began his education in the schools of Busti, New York, and after the removal of the family to Iowa continued his studies there, preparing for college at the Burlington Collegiate Institute. In 1861, during the dark days of the Civil war, he enlisted on the first call for seventy-five thousand men, becoming a member of Com- pany C, First Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the engagement at Wilson Creek soon after the battle of Bull Run, and was with the western army until discharged on the expiration of his term of service. In January, 1864, he re-enlisted in the First Iowa Cavalry, which also belonged to the western army. Most of the time he was de-
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tailed for clerical duty with the quartermas- ter of the regiment, having been wounded at Little Rock and being unable to do regu- lar work. He remained in that position until the close of the war.
Before his second enlistment Mr. Bush finished preparing for college, and being finally discharged entered the University of Chicago, from which he was gradnated in 1868, receiving the degree of A. B. and three years later that of A. M. Immediately alterward he entered the Baptist Theolog- ical Seminary, a department of the same institution, and was graduated from the same in 1871. While in Chicago he was connected with the Shields Mission of the First Baptist church for four years, during which time he organized it into the Twenty- fifth Street Baptist church. He was con- nected with the city relief work the winter after the great fire, and was ordained pastor of the Twenty-fifth Street Baptist church in 1872, holding that position five years, dur- ing which time the church became self-sup- porting and had a membership of two hun- dred and twenty-five, with five hundred in the Sunday school.
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