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Taylor, a native of Indiana, and they have four children.
FRED HEIMLICHER was born in Switzer- land, in 1872, and at an early age came to the United States, where his mental training was obtained in the public schools. In 1881 he located in Pennsylvania, where he remained one year and then removed to Ohio. In 1892 he came to Champaign, Ill., and was here em- ployed as engineer in the Urbana & Champaign Power Plant, which supplies electricity for lighting the city, and power for running the interurban car line between Champaign and Danville. The plant has fourteen dynamos, ranging from 40 to 1,000 horse-power, and eight boilers. Mr. Heimlicher had charge of about twenty men at the power house. This position he resigned in May, 1905, and is now employed in connection with the heating plant of the University of Illinois.
Socially, the subject of this sketch is a mem- ber of the K. O. T. M. In 1897, Mr. Heimlicher was married to Lena Schlorff, of Champaign, and they are the parents of three children, namely: Ruth, Leslie and Marguerite.
JOHN HEINZ was born in 1850, in Peoria County, Ill., where he received a public school education. He was reared on a farm until 1884, when he moved to Champaign County, and located on a farm of 320 acres, near Peso- tum. In 1902 he sold his farm and moved to Pesotum village, where he lives retired from active life. In religion, he is a Catholic.
Mr. Heinz was married in 1874, to Mary Leibel, who was born in Lancaster, Pa., where she was educated. Four children have been born to them, the two surviving being Albert and Lukie T.
The parents of Mr. Heinz were George and Katherine (Handlin) Heinz, both natives of Germany.
LUKIE HEINZ was born in 1878, in Stark County, Ill., where he received his education in the public schools. His parents were John and Mary (Leibel) Heinz, the former having been born in Illinois, and the latter, in Penn- sylvania. The subject of this sketch spent the first 24 years of his life on a farm. In 1902, he moved to Pesotum, Champaign County, Ill .. and there engaged in the agricultural imple-
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ment and lumber business, under the firm name of Heinz & Heinz. The firm was organ- ized in 1892, with a capital of $14,000, which has been increased to $18,000. It handles everything in the line of farm implements, bug- gies, lumber, etc., and also carries on an un- dertaking and embalming business.
In politics Mr. Heinz is a Democrat, and in religious views a Catholic. In 1898 he was married to Annie M. Reinhart, who was born and educated in Champaign County, Ill. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Heinz, -Odelia, Edith and one who died in infancy.
E. M. HELM, railway mail clerk, Sidney, Ill., was born in Grant County, Ind., in 1849, and is a son of James M., and Agnes Helm. In 1853 he accompanied his parents to Champaign County, where his father bought land in Crit- tenden Township, and successfully followed farming there for many years. The father served as township treasurer, and owned 320 acres of land at the time of his death, which occurred in 1881. Mrs. Helm died in 1892. Of the children born to them six survive, the subject of this sketch being the fifth in order of birth.
E. M. Helm was reared on his father's farm, and received his early education in the public schools. This was supplemented by an aca- demic course in Indiana. Mr. Helm followed farming until the spring of 1881. In response to the last call for volunteers during the Civil War, he enlisted in Company A, one Hundred and Fifty-fourth Illinois Infantry, and served until the close of hostilities. In 1881 he was appointed to a position in the railway mail service, in the Fifth Division, running between St. Louis and Toledo, a position in which he has continued ever since. His home is in Sid- ney, Ill., where he has a pleasant house, and is the owner of five lots.
In politics Mr. Helm is a Republican, and is serving as a member of the School Board. In 1869 he was married to Beulah Stanley, and they are the parents of the following named children: A. Franklin, Rose E., Elmer F., Charles S., C. W., Eva, Ray, Hazel and Agnes. As a veteran of the Civil War, Mr. Helm is identified with the G. A. R.
PETER SHAW HENSLEY was born in Rip- ley, Ohio, January 1, 1833, a son of Archibald
P. and Wealthy (Shaw) Hensley, the former a native of Eastern Kentucky, and the latter of Brown County, Ohio. He received his edu- cation in Ripley, Ohio, and moved to Cham- paign County in the spring of 1855, since which time he has made his home in Hensley Town- ship. At the out-break of the Civil War he enlisted in Company I, Second Illinois Cavalry, in which he served three years. He now fol- lows the industry of farming. In politics he is a Republican, and socially belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic.
On November 5, 1868, Mr. Hensley was united in marriage to Miss Ellen M. Herrick, who was born February 10, 1842, in Cleveland, ¿Ohio, where she received her education in the public schools. The following named children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hensley: Lor- in P. and Flora B. (both deceased), Archie A., Gordon, Lee G., and Olive M.
MRS. NANCY HICKLE was born in Ross County, Ohio, July 9, 1847, and there attended the public schools. Her husband, Amos Hickle, was also a native of Ross County, Ohio, where he was born April 23, 1842. In the spring of 1879, he moved to Piatt County, Ill., and pur- chased a farm of 320 acres, which he sold in February, 1890. He then came to Hensley Township, Champaign County. and rented a 320-acre farm, which he conducted until April 11, 1899, at which date his death occurred. In 1892 Mr. Hickle bought a farm comprising 160 acres in Nebraska, which the family still re- tains. In 1862 he enlisted in Company M, First Ohio Cavalry, and served for three years, during which time he participated in several of the most important battles of the war.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Hickle, with the assistance of two of her sons, has been carrying on the farm work. In religion she is a Methodist. To her and her husband were born the following named children: Samuel; Ella Hall; Alice Clevenger; Charles; Earl, who purchased a farm of 620 acres in Louisiana; Wilbur; Bertie and Bertha D.
CALVIN HIGGINS (deceased) was born in Genesee County, N. Y., January 13, 1805, of Scotch antecedents. He was reared in New York State, where, in his youth, he learned the shipbuilder's trade. At this he worked in different ports on the lakes until 1837, when he
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came with his wife and children to Illinois, settling first in Clark County. Some time later, he removed to Champaign County, and established his home in Urbana. He was elected one of the pioneer Justices of the Peace of Urbana, and served continuously in that office and as Police Magistrate, until his death, on February 15, 1876. He was Postmaster of Urbana during the administration of President Buchanan.
Mr. Higgins married Miss Amanda Gere, who was born in Vermont, June 15, 1802, was reared in New York State and received a thorough education, subsequently being a teacher in Buffalo, N. Y., for a number of years. She later came to Urbana, Ill., where she established a private school, which she con- ducted with notable success until she was sixty years of age. Mrs. Higgins was one of the earliest teachers in Urbana, as well as one of the most prominent, and contributed much to the cause of popular education. Her death oc- curred March 20, 1874. Her only living chil- dren are Mrs. Jennie Tobias and Thomas J., both of Urbana.
WINFIELD SCOTT HINTON, farmer and stock dealer, was born in Newcomb Township, Champaign County, Ill., October 29, 1861, the son of Daniel F. D. and Francis (Rowe) Hinton, natives of Ross County, Ohio. His paternal grandfather was Michael Hinton, a native of Virginia, while on the maternal side, his grand- father was William Rowe, who was born in Maryland. Winfield Scott Hinton was reared on his father's farm in Newcomb Township, where he attended the public schools, and re- mained under the paternal roof until he was twenty-nine years of age. He then bought a 240-acre farm in Brown Township, which he has improved, and has erected new buildings on the place.
In politics Mr. Hinton is a Democrat, and has served two terms as Town Clerk of New- comb Township. Socially he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in religion, is con- nected with the M. P. Church.
On January 8, 1891, Mr. Hinton was married to Emma M. Pollock, who was born near Bloom- ington, Ill., and received her education at the Onarga Seminary. To Mr. and Mrs. Hinton have been born three children: Stanley W., Virgil H. and Vivian Francis.
ARTHUR ORR HOWELL (deceased), former farmer and manufacturer of Champaign, County, Ill., was born at North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 15, 1819, a son of Daniel G. and Jean (Lyall) Howell. Authentic records trace the Howell family to William Howell, gentleman, of Wedon, Buckingham- shire, England, who died in November, 1557. He was supposed to be a lineal descendant of Prince Hoel, of Wales. His grandson, Edward Howell, sold the grandfather's estate, and came to America in 1639. Major John Howell, the son of Edward, was born in 1625, and died in 1696. His tombstone, at Southampton on Long Island, bears the inscription "Tenax prop- ositi" ("tenacious of purpose.")
Representing the eighth generation from William Howell, Gideon Howell, the great- great-grandson of Major John Howell, was born in 1728, and died in 1803. He married Sarah Gordon, lived in Morris County, N. J., and had a son, Daniel Gideon Howell, the next in line of succession, who was born in 1765 and died in 1790. Daniel married Eunice, a daughter of Captain James Keen, and in 1790 moved to North Bend, Ohio, with the Cleves Symmes party, Cleves Symmes being one of the founders of Cincinnati. Daniel Gideon Howell died in July, 1790, and was buried in the block house at North Bend, for fear of desecraton of his remains by the Indians. A month later, his son, Daniel G., was born, the first white male child born in the Miami country, a fact in- scribed on his tombstone at North Bend, after his death in 1866.
Daniel G. Howell represented the tenth gen- eration, and married Jean Lyall, daughter of David Lyall, a Scotch sea captain, and Cather- ine (Mungall) Lyall, whose father came from Edinburgh to teach law in Princeton Univer- sity. Jean Lyall was born in Charleston, S. C., in 1801, and died in North Bend, Ohio, in 1880. Her son, Arthur Orr, the founder of the family in Champaign County, Ill., represents the eleventh generation from William, of Wedon, Buckinghamshire.
In early life, Arthur Orr Howell learned the tanner's trade. At Lisbon, Conn., in 1846, he married Lemira Hastings, a New England wo- man of culture and refinement, and in 1853 came to Champaign County, purchasing a quar- ter-section of land north of Urbana. In 1854 his wife returned to Ohio and died there, leaving a
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son, Walter Stanton Howell. In the fall of 1854 Mr. Howell, together with John Rankin and James Wiley, invested in several hundred acres of land, the titles to some of the tracts being signed by Franklin Pierce and Abraham Lin- coln. On February 26, 1856, Mr. Howell mar- ried Rebecca Weeks Barnes, who was born in Essex County, N. Y., in 1818, and died in 1896.
Mrs. Howell was of New England parentage and English ancestry, and is recalled as a woman of noble and generous impulse. She left two daughters, Lemira Hastings and Carrie Barnes Howell.
In the spring of 1862, Mr. Howell enlisted as a private in Company G, Seventy-second Volun- teer Infantry, and soon after was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He participated in the following engagements and battles: Padu- cah, Memphis, Holly Springs, Clarksville, Rich- mond, Champion Hill, Grand Gulf, Big Black. Raymond, the two charges at Vicksburg and the subsequent forty-seven days' siege of that place. On November 25, 1863, he was appointed Superintendent of the Freedmen's Camp at Natchez, Miss., which, at one time, contained 3,000 refugees. On March 23, 1864, he was made Captain of Company H, Sixty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, and during the following sum- mer participated in three engagements around Fort Marengo, Concordia Parish. La. He was mustered out August 4, 1865.
Returning to his farm in Champaign County, Mr. Howell subsequently operated a saw-mill. Later he engaged in the brick and tile manu- facturing business, and was the first to demon- strate the fact that tile could be made of prairie clay, thus bringing the product within the reach of the farmers of Illinois.
In September, 1887, Mr. Howell married Mrs. Anna Wiswall, who survives, his death occur- ring January 8, 1900. Mrs. Howell was born near Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of Richard and Sarah Pennington. Her father was a farmer by occupation, in religious views was a Methodist, and politically a Democrat. Mr. Howell was a stanch churchman. and one of the early members of the First Congregational Church in West Urbana, now Champaign.
JONATHAN C. HOWSER (deceased) was born near Felicity, Clermont County, Ohio, October 16, 1821. His grandfather, Abraham H., came from Germany to this country and
settled in Maryland, removing from there to Kentucky. His father, Christopher H., was reared in Kentucky and moved from there to Clermont County, Ohio, where he became a wealthy farmer, owning 1,000 acres of land. Mr. Howser was educated in the common schools and came to Illinois in 1856, settling in Champaign County. He returned to Ohio a year later, remaining there until 1860, and then came to Illinois, settling on a farm in St. Joseph Township which he developed into a fine estate. He was prominent among his contemporaries as a stock-raiser. He was a Republican in politics, and held the offices of Commissioner of Highways and School Director. Both he and his wife were members of the Universalist Church. Mr. Howser married, in 1843, Mar- garet J. Dillman, who was born in Brown County, Ohio. She died at the homestead in St. Joseph Township, in 1891, and there Mr. Howser died in 1892. Their living children are Mrs. John H. Hudson and L. H., of Urbana; Robert C., of Indianola, Iowa; Mrs. J. D. Laugh- lin, of Zillah, Wash .; and Christopher L., of Urbana.
LEONIDAS H. HOWSER, a retired farmer, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, June 29, 1846, the eldest son of Jonathan C. and Mar- garet (Dillman) Howser. When he was ten years of age his parents removed to Illinois and settled on a farm of 240 acres, which the elder Howser purchased in St. Joseph Town- ship, Champaign County, in 1853. The son grew to manhood on this farm, and received his education in the public schools. Mr. How- ser was trained to farming as a boy, and when he began business for himself he purchased a farm adjoining that of his father, and was successfully engaged in grain and stock-raising there until 1899, when he removed to Urbana. He was especially prominent among the farm- ers of this region for many years as a cattle and hog raiser and a breeder of Belgian draft horses.
Mr. Howser's original farm consisted of 200 acres, and to this he has since added 220 acres, making in all 420 acres of the finest farming land in a region noted for its splendid lands. Since he came to Urbana he has not been actively engaged in business other than iook- ing after his own interests and exercising gen- eral supervision over his large farming opera-
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tions. During his residence in the county both Mr. and Mrs. Howser were active members of the Christian Church in Philo Township. Upon coming to Urbana they united with the First Methodist Church of this city, and Mr. Howser is now one of the Stewards of this church.
In 1867 Mr. Howser married Miss Isabel Hud- son, a daughter of John Hudson, of St. Joseph Township. Mrs. Howser died in 1874 leaving one son and one daughter. The son, William R. Howser, is a resident of Urbana; the daugh-
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ter, now Mrs. E. R. Havard, lives in Holdrege, Neb. In 1880 Mr. Howser married as his sec- ond wife, Miss Emma C. Sampson, a daughter of Nelson Sampson, of Sidney Township, Cham- paign County. The only child born of this union is Miss Edith B., a student at the Uni- versity of Illinois.
GEORGE W. HUBBARD was born in Dur- ham, Conn., June 25, 1853, a son of Thomas S. and Jane (Woodruff) Hubbard. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Urbana and at the University of Illinois, having been one of the first students enrolled at the now famous institution just named. After completing his education he became a clerk in his father's
hardware store and was admitted as a member of the firm of Hubbard & Sons in 1874. He succeeded the elder Hubbard as head of the firm at the latter's death, and for many years before that time had been the active manager of the business.
From 1885 to 1887 Mr. Hubbard was City Treasurer of Urbana, and from 1890 to 1895 was a member of the Board of Aldermen. In 1895 he was elected Mayor of the city and filled that position for two terms, thereafter inaugu- rating an era of progress in the city's adminis- tration, bringing all his influence to bear in favor of various public improvements. He was especially active, both as a public official and as a citizen, in securing the location of the Big Four railway shops at Urbana, thus bringing to this city the most important manufacturing enterprise in the county. Mr. Hubbard's politi- cal affiliations are with the Republican party and he has been prominent in its councils and active in the conducting of its campaigns.
In 1874 Mr. Hubbard was married to Miss Edna P. Post, of Cromwell, Conn. Their living children are: G. Wallace, of Chicago; May W .; Mrs. Jennie Kamp; Julia, and Ernest T., of Urbana.
HARRY T. HUBBARD, a prominent mer- chant of Urbana, Ill., and the son of Thomas S. and Jane E. Hubbard, was born January 4, 1866. He was educated in the public schools of Urbana and in the University of Illinois, graduating from the latter institution with the Class of '86, receiving the degree of B. A. He became associated with the firm of Hubbard & Sons in 1887, and still continues as one of its enterprising members. Mr. Hubbard was married, May 12, 1887, to Miss Margaret Riley, a daughter of Ninian A. Riley, and they have one son, Frank Wylls, who was born May 12, 1888.
In political affiliations Mr. Hubbard is a Republican. He is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of Urbana Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Urbana Chapter, R. A. M., Urbana Council, R. & S. M., Urbana Commandery, K. T., and Mahommed Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of Peoria, Ill. He has thrice held the position of High Priest in Urbana Chapter, R. A. M., also Thrice Illustrious Master of Urbana Council, R. & S. M., and is at present commander of Ur- bana Commandery, Knights Templar.
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THOMAS S. HUBBARD (deceased), pioneer merchant, was born in Cromwell, Conn., August 25, 1825, and was the descendant of an old New England family. He was fitted for college in the schools of his native town and then en- tered Yale College, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of A. B. in the Class of 49, President Dwight, the head of the college for many years, being one of his class- mates.
After leaving college Mr. Hubbard turned his attention to business pursuits and was engaged in the manufacture of Japanned tin-ware and
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general hardware business at Durham, Conn., until 1854, when he left that State to come to Illinois. He established his home in Urbana, where lie at once became prominent as a man of affairs and a leader of enterprises calculated to build up and improve the town. He started the first bank in Champaign County at Urbana, and later was cashier of the Grand Prairie Bank, which had a branch in Champaign. He founded the hardware house now operated by his sons, under the name of Hubbard & Sons, and was at the head of this business until his death, which occurred May 28, 1902.
The firm of Hubbard & Sons is one of the
oldest business houses in Champaign County, and none has had a more honorable record or higher standing in the community. During the later years of his life Mr. Hubbard gave a share of his attention to real estate interests in Urbana, and laid out and inaugurated the improvement of "Hubbard's Addition," which promises to become one of the finest residence portions of the city. Hubbard Avenue, one of the streets in this subdivision, perpetuates his name also in this connection. He was a scholarly and accomplished man, as well as a successful man of affairs, and the educational, moral, and religious betterment of the com- munity always appealed to him strongly. Movements in this behalf received his aid and encouragement under all circumstances. Mr. Hubbard was one of the founders of the First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, and before the church could maintain a regular pastor he was instrumental in filling the pulpit almost continually with ministers from Chicago and elsewhere. The visiting ministers were enter- tained at his home to such an extent that it became known among the pioneers as "The Preacher's Hotel." He was an elder of this church from the time it was founded until his death, and filled many other positions of trust and responsibility. In 1888 he was one of the representatives of the Bloomington Presbytery in the General Assembly, which met that year in Philadelphia. Before the war Mr. Hubbard was one of the strong anti-slavery men of Ur- bana, and became a member of the Republican party when it came into existence. He adhered to this political faith to the end of his life, but held no offices other than as a member of the Board of Aldermen of Urbana.
In 1849 Mr. Hubbard married Miss Jane E. Woodruff, a daughter of Dr. Wyllis Woodruff, who was a prominent physician of Meriden, Conn. Mrs. Hubbard survives her husband and lives at the old family homestead in Ur- bana. Their living children are: George W., Harry T., Mrs. Minnie Lindley, of Urbana, and Mrs. Insley, of Albuquerque, N. M.
EDWARD HUCKIN (deceased) was born in England, December 5, 1847, the son of Thomas and Eliza (Higgins) Huckin. Thomas Huckin was born at Bhampton, England, November 30, 1820, and on December 12, 1842, was married to Eliza Higgins, who was born June 23, 1821.
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They came to America in 1855, and were the parents of six children, of whom Edward was the third. Edward Huckin, the immediate subject of this sketch, was first married to Miss Anna Colman in 1868, who died three months after her marriage. On September 31, 1872, he married Mary Jane Hayes, daughter of William and Mary (Bennett) Hayes, and two children were born of this union: Mary Jane (Mrs. William J. Hiller, of Ogden, Ill.) and Joseph H., who died at the age of seven months. Mrs. Huckin died in November, 1876, and on February 4, 1878, Mr. Huckin married his third wife, Caroline J. Hayes, born October 4, 1854, the daughter of Richard and Lizzie (Pierson) Hayes, and a cousin of his second wife, Mary J. Hayes. Of his third marriage there were six children, namely: Margaret A., born February 1, 1879, and is now a sales-lady in one of the leading drygoods stores in Champaign; Roxie P., born January 26, 1881, and is a teacher in the public schools; Eliza A., born February 14, 1883, died September 26, 1896; Franklin R., born July 31, 1885, and is now engaged in teach- ing; Edward Ray, born May 10, 1888; and Rich- ard P., born January 15, 1891. (Edward Ray and Richard P. are in school). Mr. Huckin died March 22, 1893, aged forty-six years.
CHRISTOPHER HUDSON was born in Dear- born County, Ind., July 18, 1841, and in 1857 came to Champaign County, settling on a farm near Mayview. On August 6, 1862, he enlisted from Champaign County, as a private under Captain Joseph Park, Company G, Seventy- sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry (a three years' regiment), Colonel A. W. Mack commanding. The regiment was organized at Kankakee, Ill., mustered into the service August 22, 1862, and was immediately ordered to Columbus, Ky., ar- riving there on the 29th. There the regiment was supplied with arms and performed fatigue and picket duty until October 4. It was then ordered to Bolivar, Tenn., and assigned to the Fourth Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, later to the Seventeenth Corps, Army of the Cumber- land, and participated in the following en- gagements: Holly Springs, Miss .; Waterford, Miss .; embarked on steamer "Fort Wayne" at Memphis, Tenn., moved down the river and was fired upon by guerrillas from the opposite shore, several men being wounded and the ves- sel disabled; the siege of Vicksburg; the siege
of Jackson; the Yazoo City expedition, which included engagements at Benton, Vaughn, Dea- sonville, and Yazoo City; the siege of Mobile and capture of Spanish Fort. At Fort Blake- ley, Ala., Mr. Hudson took part in the final charge and was the first to plant the colors on the enemy's works. He suffered from ill-health, and late in October, 1863, was granted a thirty days' furlough, which was extended to sixty days, at the end of which time he re-joined his regiment and served faithfully until he re- ceived his honorable discharge at Galveston,
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