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CHARLES M. BRIDGES, real-estate broker, was born in Mattoon, Coles County, Ill., July 12, 1861. His parents were Dr. Vernon R. and Mary E. (Boyd) Bridges, the former born in Rockingham County, Va., and the latter in Ken- tucky. In 1861 he responded to President Lin- coln's call for 75,000 men, entered the service as Assistant Surgeon in an Illinois Regiment, and after six months was promoted to the rank of Surgeon in another regiment, with which he served until the close of the war. Returning to Mattoon he resumed his profes- sion which he practiced with distinction until
Grand Army of the Republic and Masonic Or- ยท der, in the circles of which he was a promi- nent and active member. He was deacon in the Christian Church, of which his wife was also a member. She died about forty years of age. Her parents were John and Rebecca (Maze) Boyd, natives, respectively, of Ken- tucky and Indiana, both being deceased.
Charles M. Bridges, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the common schools and later Lee's Academy in Coles County, Ill. After having taught school for one year he assumed charge of his father's farm for the same length of time, and in 1885 was appointed Voucher Clerk of the Big Four Railroad, at Mattoon, Ill .- a position he later exchanged for . that of general foreman of the Big Four shops at Urbana, acting in that capacity until 1902, when he engaged in his present business. He deals extensively in real estate, handling lands in Southern Illinois and the Mississippi Valley. Mr. Bridges was one of four of a family, who were as follows: Emma, a teacher of music who died at the age of twenty-seven years, Flora, who is filling the chair of English Lit- erature and Greek in the Oberlin College, Ohio; Charles M., and Edward who died in youth. Mr. Bridges was united in marriage in 1883 to Miss Eanta M. Gray, daughter of George and Ruth Gray, who are residents of Urbana. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and he and his wife belong to the Christian Church.
CHRISTOPHER BROADDUS (deceased) was born in Caroline County, Va., September 20, 1819, a son of Lunsford Broaddus, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a grandson of John Broaddus, a Revolutionary soldier. The subject of this sketch came from Virginia to Indiana and from there to Illinois in 1836. He was one of the early settlers in Marshall County, passing his entire life there and dying in that county. He grew up on a farm in his native State where he received his early educa- tion. Later he studied surveying in Indiana, and in early days practiced that profession to some extent in Illinois. He was an old-school Virginian in manners and in his methods of business, and very early took a prominent place
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among the pioneers of Marshall County. He became a large land-owner and was noted for his progressive methods as an agriculturist. He served as a member of the Board of Super- visors of his county, and held other local offices, but cared little for official preterment.
Mr. Broaddus married, in 1844, Minerva Hall, daughter of James Hall. Mr. Hall had come from Licking County, Ohio, in 1831, and set- tled in Marshall County, being the nearest neighbor of the Broaddus family. Mrs. Broad- dus, who was born in Licking County, Ohio, came to Illinois as a child. She has been a witness to a large proportion of the growth of Illinois and had her full share of pioneer ex- periences. She and her husband grew up on neighboring farms and spent a portion of their childhood together. They lived near their old homestead until the death of her husband, which occurred in 1870.
Both the Broaddus and Hall homesteads in Marshall County are still in possession of mem- bers of the family. Mrs. Broaddus removed to Urbana in 1888, and that city has since been her home. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Broad- dus living (in 1905) are: Mrs. Cynthia Cross- land, of Watseka, Ill .; Mrs. Jessica Farr, Miss Florence E., Mrs. Alice V. Clark, of Urbana, and Marshall H., living on the old homestead in Marshall County.
WILLIAM GAGE BROWN, Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court of Champaign County, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, March 29, 1840. His parents were John G. and Clorania (Howe) Brown, both of whom were natives of Massachusetts. The father was a contractor and brick manufacturer, and came with his family to Illinois in 1855, locating in Urbana where he continued manufacturing brick for three years and afterwards engaged in farm- ing, but died at Urbana, Ill., February 6, 1868, at the age of fifty-five years and eight months. He and his wife were life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Samuel W. Brown, father of William Gage Brown, was a native of Massachusetts who came to Ohio in the early part of the century, dying in that State at the age of eighty years. He married Lydia Warren, who also lived to a ripe old age. In religion both were of the old time Methodist faith. Their family con- sisted of five boys, two of whom are still liv- ing. The family is related to General Gage,
of Revolutionary fame and of the Colonial army, the name being handed down from gen- eration to generation. The mother of William G. died at Urbana February 5, 1880, aged sixty- eight years and ten months. Samuel W. served as collector of Urbana Township at one time, and was a trustee in the Methodist Church.
William G. Brown is the only surviving member of a family of six children, and was educated in the public schools of Ohio and Ur- bana. Later he worked on a farm and was also employed as a dry-goods clerk. After the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted on June 16, 1861, in the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged January 23, 1862. March 31, 1862, he re-en- listed in Battery L, Second Light Artillery, served until his time expired, and arrived at home on the day President Lincoln was shot by Booth. He received his final discharge April 14, 1865. He was never wounded nor taken prisoner during the war, but suffered a great deal from illness, and at the close of the conflict his friends did not think he would live five years. Since 1865 he has held office in the Urbana court house with the exception of one year, during which time he was in the grocery business at Bement, Ill., and one year in the County Clerk's office at Danville, Ill., where he was employed by John Short. In politics he is a Republican, and was elected Circuit Clerk twice, serving eight years. He began his duties as Deputy Clerk in June, 1867, holding that position until 1892, his first commission as Clerk being dated December 3, 1888, his second December 26, 1892, each term being four years. Since 1896 he has held the office of Deputy Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Champaign County, and as such has ren- dered most efficient service. He was also, for two years, a member of the Urbana City Council. In religious views he is allied with the Methodist Church, and socially is affiliated with Urbana Lodge, No. 157, A. F. & A. M .; Urbana Chapter, No. 80; Urbana Council, No. 19, R. & S. M .; and Urbana Commandery, No. 16, K. T. For twenty-one years he has held the office of Recorder in the Chapter, Commandery, and Council.
On September 7, 1866, Mr. Brown was mar- ried to Miss Harriet A. Wolfe, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of Rev. Joseph and Harriet Wolfe, the former of whom was a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Both parents
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lived to a ripe old age, the death of Rev. Joseph Wolfe occurring in Ohio and that of his wife in Urbana. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown the fol- lowing named children have been born: Mary A., who married Orville L. Davis, and who resides in Champaign, having borne her hus- band two children, Redmond B. and Robert O .; Frederick G., who is an architect, and married Miss Lelia A. Love, their place of residence be- ing Los Angeles, Cal .; Ina D., who married Clarence N. Riley, and resides in Urbana, hav- ing one child, Richard Girard; William Jay, an architect now residing in New York City; and Francis A., who died when one year old. Mrs. Brown, who was a member of the Methodist Church, died in Urbana, November 16, 1881, at, the age of forty years. Mr. Brown's second wife was Mrs. Harriet Kent, a native of New York. In her religious faith she was an Episcopalian. She died in 1902, about the age of forty-eight years.
FIELDING BROWNFIELD was born in Somers Township, Champaign County, at the head of Big Grove, March 21, 1841. His early education was acquired in the public schools and subsequently he engaged in farming, which branch of industry he has followed ever since, in connection with owning and operating a threshing machine, corn sheller and wood saw, all being operated by steam power. In poli- tics he is a stanch Democrat, and in his re- ligious views a Universalist.
Mr. Brownfield was married March 7, 1867, to Miss Mary Malvina, Calloway, a daughter of John and Lucinda (Rose) Calloway. Nine children have been born to them, namely: El- len (Mrs. J. B. Corsen) ; Lester P .; Clara, who lives in Decatur; Celia May (Mrs. Edward Kirby, of Stanton); Jessie Ann (Mrs. Walter Dillman), who also resides in Stanton; Ruth A. (Mrs. Hosea Kirby); Arthur D., who lives at home; Roy Roscoe, a resident of Stanton; and Lieu, who died at the age of six months.
JACOB BUCH (deceased), prominent citizen and Police Magistrate, Champaign, Ill., was born in Simmershausen-Cassel, Germany, Jan- uary 20, 1838. He obtained a common-school education, and during his youth worked in a stone-quarry for his father, who was a con- tractor and builder. When eighteen years of age, he came to America, landing in Balti- more, Md., June 25, 1856, and two days later
obtained employment in that city at $4 per month. On September 10, 1860, he enlisted in Company 'C, Fifth United States Cavalry, and served until the. close of the war, being honor- ably discharged as Cavalry Sergeant .Septem- ber 10, 1865. During his term (of service, he participated in fifty-one engagements, viz .: Falling Water, Hanover Court House, Old Church, White Oak Swamp, South Mountain, Winchester Gross Roads, Union, Upperville, Frankston Station, Barton's Cross Roads, Petersburg, Amosville, Waterloo, Fredericks-
JACOB BUCH.
burg, Hartwood Church, Kelly's Ford, Flem- ming's Cross Roads, Stoneman's Raid, Beverly Ford, Ardia, Manassa Gap, Brandy Hanch, Cap- pitt's Station, Custer's Raid to Charlotteville, Stanardsville, Todd Tavern, Beaver Dam Sta- tion, Yellow Tavern, Meadow Bridge, Mechan- icsville, Travillian Station, Deep Bottom, Smith- field, Berryville, Winchester, Milford, Fort Royal, Larcy, Port Republic, Woodstock, Edin- burg, Cedar Creek, South Anna, Dunwiddie Court House, Five Forks-all in Virginia; Aurootain, Williamsport and Boonesboro, Md., Gettysburg, Pa., Torbet's raid to Gordonville and Sheridan's raid to James River. He es- corted President Lincoln to Petersburg, Va.,
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eleven. days before his assassination, and was a member of Gen. Grant's body-guard at Falling Water. and Hanover Court House. After the close of the war he located in Baltimore, Md., but later removed to Chicago, remaining in the latter city until July 6, 1868, when he came to Champaign, where he passed the remainder of his life. Mr. Buch conducted a meat market in Champaign until 1876; in the fall of 1877 was elected Justice of the Peace to fill the un- expired term of Justice Jervis; in 1878 was elected Coroner, and held the combined offices of Justice and Coroner until 1892. In the lat- ter year he was elected Police Magistrate and served continuously in that capacity until his death, July 27, 1904. On June 3, 1867, Mr. Buch was married to Christina Miller of Chicago. Fraternally he was a member of Kaulbach Lodge, No. 549, I. O. O. F., and Col. Nodine Post, No. 140, G. A. R., and was buried with the highest honors by these two societies; his funeral being largely attended.
Mr. Buch, in his daily life and in the admin- istration of the office, which he so ably filled, exemplified, by his true Christian character, that a man can be a public official and yet be a strictly honest man. His careful accounting to the city of every cent which was its due, and his many acts of charity, was his idea of a true man and an earnest Christian. During his last six months in office, while his physical health and strength were fast failing him, he was more anxious to make a fine report to the city than he was for his own personal needs and his home. He served the city, which he loved so well, until his life was nearly gone, and passed away as peacefully as the sleep of a child.
Recounting, again, the many battles in which he served the Union, he received his last call "to arms." Death had claimed him and he passed from the service of his city here, to the service of his Maker, in a brighter land be- yond. Silently he passed adown the dale to that dim unknown, where
"The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The Sergeant's last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet The brave and daring few. On fame's eternal camping ground His silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead."
J. CHARLES BUHS was born September 11, 1847, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany. His father died while J. Charles was an infant and his mother came to America with her fam- ily in 1866, settling in Fairfield County, Ohio, where they lived nearly ten years. At the end of that period they came to Illinois, and rented a farm until 1894. The mother died in 1888 .- In the fall of 1893, Mr. Buhs purchased the farm where he now resides, on Section 33, Urbana 'Township, and at present owns 240 acres, cultivating corn, oats, and potatoes.
Mr. Buhs was married September 24, 1870, to Miss Frederika Albright, who was also a native of Germany. Four children have been born to them: Frank, Herman, Edward and Anna, all of whom are at home. Mrs. Buhs died January 9, 1897. The children received a good common-school education, and Mr. Buhs owes a large part of his prosperity to his boys, all of whom are energetic, wide-awake young men, and take a deep interest in the farm and home life. Their home grounds and buildings are equal to those of the best farms in the county. The family attend the German Lutheran Church. Politically, Mr. Buhs votes with the Democratic party.
CHRIST BURNETT was born in Yorkshire, England, June 17, 1840, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Kerby) Burnett, who were also na- tives of Yorkshire. His father was a stone and brick mason, and followed that trade in England, with the exception of fifteen years spent in the English army, eight years of which was in the service in India, where he was twice wounded. There were eleven children in the family: Elizabeth, Mary, James, Hannah, George, Ursula, Sarah, Christopher, Jane, Wil- liam and Nellie, all of whom came to America in three divisions; Hannah, who is now the wife of John Thornburn, came first, followed by James, George and Ursula, and the re- mainder of the family. The father settled first at Burr Oak Grove, Champaign County, remaining there one year, when he came to Urbana, and there followed his trade, though unable to do work to any considerable extent.
The family were members of the Methodist Church. The father and sons were Abolition- ists; but on first coming to America were so misinformed by the party, that they voted for James Buchanan, but all have since been Republicans. George Burnett was a volunteer
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in Company G, Seventy-sixth Illinois Volun- teer Infantry, during the Civil War, serving most of the time on detached duty. He was with Sherman's Army and spent two months in Andersonville Prison, being one of the fortu- nate "exchange" prisoners.
When the Burnetts first came to Illinois they purchased swamp land in Vermilion County, at twenty-five cents per acre, but were unable to purchase much, even at that price, and, for some time until the boys were of age, rented land. They first bought forty acres, and then 160 acres in St. Joseph Township, which they sold and then bought land in Section 21, Urbana Township, at $60 per acre, and reside there at the present time. Christ now owns 240 acres. All of these lands are worth at least $150 per acre, being under cultivation and having fine farm buildings with latest im- provements.
Christ Burnett was married December 25, 1879, to Mrs. Mary E. Jordin, a native of Ohio. Her parents were Isaac and Mary (Ware) Albright. Two children have been born to them, namely, William and Elizabeth, both liv- ing at home. William is a student at the University of Illinois.
The Burnett brothers gave their attention for the most part to the growing of corn, oats, and grass, and are very successful farm- ers.
WILLIAM BURNETT, farmer, Urbana Town. ship, was born in Yorkshire, England, May 28, 1846, the son of Thomas Burnett of the same country. Mr. Burnett came to America in 1853, and was educated in Urbana, Ill. Here, in partnership with his brother Christopher, he purchased 160 acres of land on Section 21, Urbana Township. In 1870, William took the south eighty acres, his brother retaining the north half. Recent purchases have increased Mr. Burnett's real-estate interests to 160 acres, all in Urbana Township. In his political views he is a Republican. He has never married. Mr. Burnett is an earnest member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church in the city of Urbana.
W. J. BURNETT, farmer and stock-raiser, residing on his farm in Section 36, Crittenden Township, Champaign County, was born in Londonderry County, Ireland, in December, 1847, a son of James and Margaret Burnett, whose ancestors were Scotch-Irish. They were of the Protestant faith and, for many genera-
tions, were residents of the North of Ireland. The subject of this sketch spent his youth on a farm and secured an education in the schools of his native land. He immigrated to America in 1872, and located in Massachusetts, where he remained for four years. Moving to Cham- paign County in December, 1876, he purchased forty acres of land, the nucleus of his present farm, to which he has since added until now he owns 240 acres upon which he has built a good residence, barn, etc., and, by the judi- cious arrangement of shade and fruit trees, has an ideal home.
Mr. Burnett was married in New York City in 1872, to Margaret Watterson, and they be- came the parents of eight children, all of whom are living, namely: Laura M .; Addie A., who is the wife of Walter Noe, a farmer; Alberta Louise, who married Harry Meadows, also a farmer; Mabel Viola; Walter James; Edith L .; Frederick William, and John W. S. Mr. Burnett and family affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he votes the Republican ticket, and for many years has served as a member of the School Board.
ALBERT C. BURNHAM (deceased), banker and philanthropist, was born in Deerfield, Mich., February 11, 1839, and was reared on a farm. He received an academic education, and, on coming to Illinois, taught school during the winters of 1860 and 1861, in Onarga, Iro. quois County. The following spring, he came to Champaign County and began reading law in the office of James B. Mckinley. He was ad- mitted to the bar in due time, and became associated with Mr. Mckinley as junior mem- ber of the firm of Mckinley & Burnham. The firm became largely interested in investments for Eastern capitalists in farm securities, and Mr. Burnham thus laid the foundation of his successful career as a financier. He was asso- ciated with Mr. Mckinley until his marriage, soon after which he established himself in the banking house of Burnham, Mckinley & Com- pany, and from 1876 until his death, was senior member of the banking house of Burnham, Trevett & Mattis, his associates being J. R. Trevett and R. R. Mattis-the two last named gentlemen succeeding Mr. Burnham's former partners. 'He was a successful banker, and an able financier in all departments of business.
Mr. Burnham died September 13, 1897, leav- ing an estate valued at $200,000. In the latter
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years of his life he gave much of his time and attention to charitable work, and his thoughts along these lines resulted in his making a gift of $10,000, (afterwards increased to $25,000), as an endowment of the Julia F. Burnham Hos- pital, a noble institution named in honor of
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his deceased wife. A sketch of this institu- tion will be found elsewhere in this work. In 1895, Mr. Burnham also donated to the city the site of a fine library building, accompanying it with a gift of $50,000 for the erection of the building and maintenance of the library. This institution stands as a monument to his mem- ory and is known as the "Burnham Athen- aeum."
In 1866, Mr. Burnham married Miss Julia F. Davidson, of Newark, N. J. Mrs. Burnham died in New York City October 28, 1894.
JULIA F. BURNHAM was born in New York City. April 16, 1839. Her childhood was spent in Newark, N. J., where she acquired her edu- cation in the public schools. In 1866 she married Albert C. Burnham, who was at that time a prominent man of affairs in Champaign, Ill., where she resided until her death, which occurred October 28, 1894, in New York City. During the early years of her residence in
Champaign Mrs. Burnham became prominently identified with church and charitable work, and her activities in these fields covered a broad scope in later years. At the time of her death, and for some years prior thereto, she was Secretary of the State Board of Chari- ties and her influence was felt throughout the State in humanitarian work. She interested herself especially in caring for the sick and suffering poor of Champaign and Urbana, and was the recognized leader of systematic work in this direction. In commemoration of the work which she had done, and as a memorial of her unselfish efforts in this behalf, the Julia F. Burnham Hospital was founded after her death by her husband,
who donated grounds and erected thereon the institution which bears her name. This hospital, prob- ably the most useful and widely known in Central Illinois, was endowed by Mr. Burnham, and has since been further endowed by his daughter, Mrs. Newton Harris, and others.
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Mrs. Burnham also took an active part in advancing the educational interests of Cham- paign, and was one of the first women in Illi- nois to serve on the Public School Board. As a member of the Champaign Art Club and vari- ous other organizations, she did much also to
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promote culture and intelligence in the com- munity in which she made her home for nearly thirty years.
WILLIAM F. BURRES, physician and sur- geon, Urbana, Champaign County, Ill., was born on a farm in Coles County, Ill., June 29, 1857, a son of George A. and Amanda (Woods) Burres, natives of Ohio and Virginia respec- tively. The qualities which have accomplished the success of Dr. Burres are the homely ones which have brought many a lad from the farm and placed him wherever ambition has beck- oned. Little opportunity not of his own mak- ing came his way while living with his family on farms in Coles and Douglas County. When he doffed the workman's garb and entered Asbury University at Greencastle, Ind., he still labored with his hands in a different field, for thus only could he avail himself of the courses of study so earnestly desired. At the Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill., also he worked his way, and the industry and econ- omy so faithfully practiced enabled him to study medicine with Dr. Wagner, of Newman, Ill., and later to enter Rush Medical College, of Chicago, from which he graduated in the class of 1882. He first engaged in practice in Sidney, Champaign County, Ill., but in 1900 came to Urbana, and since has been success- ful in this broader field of professional labor. His conscientious devotion to the best tenets of medical science have made him a deserved authority among his fellow practitioners. He has been President of the Champaign County Medical Society, and is a member of the Illi- nois State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Burres was married, in 1882, to Alice Cooley, daughter of Rev. C. P. Cooley, of Newman, Ill.
THOMAS JONATHAN BURRILL, LL. D .- No name connected with the Faculty of the University of Illinois is so well known locally, and few names are so well known abroad, in connection with the University, as that of Dr. Burrill. This condition is not due entirely to his long connection with the institution as a member of the Faculty, nor to the fact that for several years he was acting President, but locally to the fact that, before his connection with the University, he was for three years a popular local Principal of schools, and as such very near, socially, to the people-an intimacy
which has never been broken, for he has con- tinued to be a factor in all local affairs as before. Then, too, during all the years of his connection with the University, Dr. Burrill has been the servant of the whole people of the State, going from county to county in answer to the calls made for lectures and addresses. So, also, as a successful original investigator into the secrets of Nature, he has won a more than national reputation as a scientist. This mutual interest on the part of Dr. Burrill and his neighbors connects him with Champaign County as one long identified with the most im- portant events in its local history.
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