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THOMAS R. LEAL, educator and School Su- perintendent, was born in Delaware County, N. Y., July 4, 1829, and received his education at Hobart Seminary, Harpersfield, N. Y. Fol- lowing the lead of his uncle, Thomas A. Mc- Laurie, he came to Champaign County in the autumn of 1852. From that time until the year 1857 he was engaged in teaching in Piatt, Coles and Champaign counties. At the Novem- ber election of the latter year he was elected to the office of School Commissioner (now call- ed County Superintendent of Schools) of Cham- paign County, in which office he served until 1873. He was the first educator by profession to be chosen to that office. Shortly before that date the free school system had been adopted in Illinois, and it devolved upon him to set in motion the new and untried system in this county.
The work could not have fallen into better hands. With great enthusiasm and love for his task, he set about it with little upon which to build, aside from the abundant supply of young minds awaiting the work of the teacher. When this work was commenced by him he found but forty-three school-houses in the county; when he left the office there were two hundred and fourteen. He dealt wisely and kindly with all adverse influences and always conquered preju-
dice, everywhere encountered, by the use of patience and reason. He may well be called the "Father of Champaign County's school sys- tem," now so conspicuous an object to the ob- server. Many citizens and teachers of the pres- ent day refer to the encouraging words of Su- perintendent Leal, as the initial of careers that have become useful to the public in this and in other States.
During his official life, both as Superintend- ent of Schools and as Drainage Commissioner for Champaign County-which office he held by appointment of the County Board,-large sums
THOMAS R. LEAL.
of public money each year passed through his hands. His accounts, now a part of the county's recorded history, show the care and rigid hon- esty with which this part of his duty was per- formed.
Mr. Leal was conspicuous in the work of se- curing for this county the location of the State University, and from the time of the first reci- tation within its walls to the date of his death, he was the friend of the institution and all its officials. He was a life-long member of the Presbyterian Church.
ISAAC LE FEVRE, retired farmer, Urbana, Ill., and ex-member of the Board of Supervisors
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of Champaign County, was born September 8, 1852, in Cumberland County, Pa., and was reared and educated in Clinton County, Ind. Mr. Le Fevre settled on a farm in Piatt County, Ill., in 1861, and in 1866 purchased a farm in Stanton Township, Champaign County, where he conducted general farming and stock-raising. In 1890 he retired from active life in Urbana, and since has made that town his home. Mr. Le Fevre is a Republican in politics, and served two years on the Board of Supervisors of Cham- paign County. In 1861 he married Ann Peck, of Piatt County, Ill., who, like himself, is a mem- ber of the Christian Church.
SAMUEL G. LEHMAN, ex-postmaster, Sid- ney, Champaign County, Ill., and extensive cattle dealer, was born in the State of Mary- land, March 24, 1855, the son of William and Rebecca (Haak) Lehman. His parents were married in Pennsylvania and seven children were born to them, as follows: Frank W., Henry M. (deceased), Daniel D., David I., Cy- rus P., Amanda R. and Samuel G. Mrs. Leh- man died in 1866, and nine years later, Mr. Lehman married Isabelle Xerve, by whom he had five children, namely: Emma, Elizabeth, John (deceased), Minnie and Edward L. The father moved with his family to Indiana, in 1867, and two years later took up his resi- dence in Sidney, Ill. He was a millwright and carpenter by trade, and many of the stores and best residences in Sidney and the sur- rounding country were erected by him. In the later years of his life he was proprietor of the Sidney Hotel, which has since been destroyed by fire. He died in 1899, and is survived by his wife, who occupies a pleasant home in Sidney.
The subject of this sketch was reared to farming, and in youth obtained his mental training in the public schools. He has been engaged in the cattle business, in connection with farming, for the past fifteen years, and owns forty acres of land, besides a comfortable home and valuable real estate in the village. Politically he is a Republican, and was ap- pointed postmaster of Sidney in 1882, and dur- ing the Cleveland administration, was deputy postmaster. Later, he was again appointed postmaster, serving, in all, thirteen years. For two years, he was supervisor, and has been constable, assessor, school director, treasurer
and trustee of the village of Sidney, for twelve years. He has served as president of the Village Board for the past three years, being the present incumbent in that office.
Mr. Lehman belongs to the Methodist Episco- pal Church, in which he is a trustee, and of which his wife is also a member. Socially, he is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, and the I. O. O. F. On August 1, 1882, he was married to Inez, a daughter of Joel and Jose- phine Jakeway, early settlers of Champaign County, and they have one son, Ruel F., who is a graduate of the Sidney high school.
AUGUST LEITZ was born in 1864, in Ger- many, where he was educated. He came to the United States in 1882, and located in Pesotum Township, Champaign County, Ill., and in 1893 purchased a farm of 120 acres, on which he still resides. His parents were Johnl and Henrietta (Wagner) Leitz, both natives of Germany. In religion Mr. Leitz is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was united in marriage, in 1891, to Grace Schlorff, who was born and educated in Urbana, Ill. They are the parents of three children, namely: `Lulu, Ida and Floyd.
MRS. MARY CATHERINE (PRICE) LEMEN was born at Harper's Ferry, Va., December 13, 1830, the eldest daughter of Rev. John F. and Eliza Jane (Laley) Price. The father was a native of Carroll County, Md., where he was born in 1800, and the mother born in Shepherds- town, Jefferson County, Va., in 1808. Mr. Price was first a Methodist Episcopal, and later a Methodist Protestant, minister. During his lat- ter years he was employed in the postoffice at Washington City, until his death, which oc- curred when he was fifty-six years old. His father was a native of Wales. Mrs. Price was a cousin of Commodore Barney, who served in the Revolutionary War. Her father, Michael Laley, came to America from Germany in his youth, and later, married Miss Catherine Fit- ten, who was born in Lancaster, Pa. She was also of German parentage.
The early mental training of Mrs. Lemen was obtained in a private school at Harper's Ferry. When but eight years of age, she united with the Methodist Church, in which she has con- tinued to be an earnest Christian worker. On January 29, 1852, she was united in marriage
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to Joseph R. Lemen, at Harper's Ferry. They resided in that city three years and then moved to Pittsburg, where Mr. Lemen held a position as overseer of forging in the Allegheny Arsenal. In October, 1866, they removed to Champaign, and there Mr. Lemen entered the service of the Illinois Central Railroad Com- pany, in the employ of which he remained until 1900, when he was retired with a pension. In 1902, the couple celebrated their golden wed- ding in Champaign. Mr. Lemen was born in Berkeley County, Va., January 13, 1823.
Shortly after coming to Champaign, Mrs.
MRS. MARY CATHERINE (PRICE) LEMEN.
Lemen began active work in the Dorcas So- ciety, and continued this labor of love until her death, which occurred August 10, 1904. As a charity worker she stood side by side with the late Mrs. Lawhead, having been Secretary of the Dorcas Society during most of the period when Mrs. Lawhead was President. Her home was the headquarters of the society's work, and frequently, when funds were lacking, she opened her own purse to supply the needs of applicants, sometimes at great personal cost and self-sacrifice. Mrs. Lemen was one of those noble women whom God sends to lighten the
heart, cheer the mind, and enrich the life and character of all with whom they come in con- tact. Forgetting self, she labored in her desire to be a help to others until her life was replete with noble deeds.
JOHN B. LESTER .- Champaign County peo- ple will recognize in this name a prominent farmer, of the northwestern part of the county. Mr. Lester is descended from a long line of ancestors in the State of New York. His birth occurred in Switzerland County, Ind., on February 2, 1836. His father, Benjamin Les- ter, was a well-known early settler in Cham- paign County, having come here from Indiana in 1853. The family settled upon land in what is now the town of Newcomb, where the sub- ject of this sketch grew to manhood, getting his early mental training in the schools of the county, as they then were.
In 1862 Mr. Lester volunteered as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was soon pro- moted to a lieutenancy. Within a year he became captain of his company, in which capacity he served until the muster-out of the regiment in 1865. The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth regiment was a fighting force from first to last, and Captain Lester was always at his post of duty, participating in its many hard-fought battles, campaigns and marches.
On October 12, 1865, Captain Lester was married to Elizabeth Trotter, a member of a prominent family of his township. He at once settled down upon his farm where he became successful, and has added to his holdings until he is now the owner of over 300 acres of land in Champaign County.
In 1896 Captain Lester retired from active farming, and has since then lived a retired life at the Village of Fisher. During several terms he represented the town of Newcomb upon the Board of Supervisors, where he was prominent and influential. He is a member of the Grand Army Post of his town, and also of the Ma- sonic Lodge.
JAMES WOLF LINDLEY (deceased) was born in Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, January 31, 1823, and died at his home, No. 811 West Main Street, Urbana, Champaign County, Ill., January 26, 1899. His early life
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was spent in Ohio, engaged in farming in the summer and teaching school in the winter.
In 1855 Mr. Lindley was married to Miss Sarah Ann Watson, of Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, and in 1862, with his small family, he moved to Champaign County, Ill., where he owned 300 acres of prairie land. He first located on forty acres of improved land near the timber; but sold this the next year and removed to his prairie farm, six miles south of Urbana, where he had a larger field for farming operations. Here, by industry and close application, he developed what is now one of the finest farms in Champaign County. He also acquired a large orange grove at De Land, Fla., where he spent most of his win- ters, until his death.
Mr. Lindley was a member of the Presby- terian Church, and was noted for his broad religious views. The "Outlook" was his favor- ite magazine, which he had taken for twenty years. He was not an office-seeker, and al- though solicited many times to become a candidate, he invariably refused.
ANDREW J. LINDSTRUM, Superintendent of Champaign County Poor Farm, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, April 10, 1868, the son of Axel and Caroline (Amrot) Lindstrum. He attended the public schools of his native city until he was fourteen years old, at which age he came to America. He located in Gibson City, Ill., where he completed his education in the public and high schools. Later he followed farming in Champaign County, one mile east of Urbana, and continued in this employment for three years, when he removed to Anderson, Ind. There he served as an apprentice in the plumbing trade, in the employ of a Mr. Stone- bricker. Subsequently, he worked for Jones and Fleming for sometime, and then returned to Urbana, where he was engaged in the plumbing business until he was elected Super- intendent of the poor farm, in March, 1896. This office he has held continuously ever since.
Mr. Lindstrum is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having joined the Urbana Lodge in 1896. He is also affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he has always voted the straight Republican ticket. Religiously, he is a member of the Unitarian Church. On April 15, 1884, Mr. Lindstrum was
united in marriage to Miss Christine Bangtson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Faer Bangtson.
CLARENCE A. LLOYDE, electrical engineer and organist of the First Baptist Church, Cham- paign, Ill., was born in Bureau County, Ill., in 1866, the son of David H. Lloyde. After graduating from the Champaign high school, Mr. Lloyde pursued a course in mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois, from which he was duly graduated in 1887. In Chi- cago, Ill., he entered the employ of the United States Electric Light Company, and later was employed as expert electrician for the Thomp- son-Houston Company, for two years. For a like period, he was superintendent for the Cicero Water, Gas & Electric Light Company, and for a year, was general manager of the Western Light & Power Company. He then be- came Assistant Superintendent of Installation in the department of machinery at the World's Columbian Exposition, in Chicago, in 1893. At the close of the fair he came to Champaign, where, with S. D. Gresham, he formed the Twin City Electric Company. This company, equipped for all manner of electrical construc- tion, has wired many of the main buildings at the University, the Public Library building, and the majority of the Champaign churches. Since the dissolution of the company in 1899, Mr. Lloyde has conducted the business alone.
In April, 1890, Mr. Lloyde married Ida May Kellogg, of Fort Wayne, Ind., a daughter of John and Margaret Kellogg, natives of New York State and Canada, respectively. Two children are the offspring of this union, name- ly: Robert Kellogg, aged fourteen years, and Mildred Lygia, an infant. Mrs. Lloyde was born in Valparaiso, Ind., May 17, 1867, and is one of the noted musicians of Champaign. In early youth she evidenced the marked ability in this direction, which, under different condi- tions, brought fame to her second cousin, Clara Louise Kellogg. She was a pupil in the schools at Fort Wayne, and afterward entered the American School of Opera in New York City, where she studied for one year. She also took a year's course of study at the Peter Scilia Academy of Music, in Boston and at the Zieg- field College of Music in Chicago. During the sojourn of her husband in Chicago, Mrs. Lloyde was leading soloist for some of the large churches there, and upon locating in
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Champaign, she at once stepped into a leading place in musical circles. She has been identi- fied, as soloist, with the Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches during the entire time of her residence in Champaign, and she is now soloist of the First Baptist Church. Her voice is of sufficient compass and strength to render her a leader in oratorio work, in which ca- pacity she has been heard in various parts of the State, and more especially in the Choral Society and at the University.
Mr. Lloyde has a strong liking for good music, and is proficient on the pipe organ, hav- ing been organist at the First Baptist Church ever since the installation of the new organ, in 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyde are members of this church, and the former is Superintendent of the Sunday school.
Mr. Lloyde is well known fraternally, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Maccabees, and the Independent Order of Foresters. In politics he is a stanch Repub- lican.
DAVID HAYDEN LLOYDE, an old-time resi-
Eliza (Luther) Lloyde, of whom the former was born August 23, 1810, in Springfield, Mass., and the latter in Munson, Mass., June 6, 1810. The paternal grandparents, William and Jeru- sha Lloyde, were natives respectively of Eng- land, and the State of Massachusetts. The maternal grandparents, John and Mary Seaver, were both natives of Massachusetts. John and Elizabeth (Druey) Lloyde, the great-grandpar- ents, were natives of Wales.
Capt. David Lloyde, the father, came to Illi- nois in 1838. At the time of the Civil War he organized Company K, Ninety-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which he led to the field. He was killed at Champion Hill, Miss., May 16, 1863. He held various public offices in early days. He designed and con- structed several public buildings in Princeton, Ill., and also taught in the public schools. The mother, Eliza Lloyde, died at Attica, Kans., in July, 1903; at the age of ninety-three years.
Five children were born to Mr. and David Lloyde: David H., Jennie (Mrs. Lees), James H., Lucy A. and George O.
The subject of this sketch received his edu-
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D. H. LLOYDE AND SONS, FRANK H., CLARENCE A., CLIFFORD L.
dent of Champaign, Champaign County, Ill., who has been successively a contractor and builder and a stock and grain farmer, and is now a merchant, was born in Springfield. Mass., June 11, 1835. He is a son of David and
cation at La Moille and Jacksonville, Ill., and at Judson College, Mt. Palatine, Ill. In Bu- reau County, Ill., he was a contractor and builder. He was also a stock and grain grower from an early period until 1874, when he moved
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to Champaign, Ill., and engaged in the book, music and stationery business, with E. V. Peterson, under the firm name of Peterson & Lloyde. In 1884, he bought the Peterson in- terest and the firm became D. H. Lloyde & Son. On October 1, 1904, F. H. Lloyde, the son, retired from the business and went to California. The store is located in the Lloyde Building, a three-story structure at No. 7 Main Street. Mr. Lloyde is a very competent man in this line, and by careful attention has built up a large business, employing about ten sales-people and controlling several outside agencies. The experience of Mr. Lloyde covers the pioneer days of Illinois. He first came to Champaign in order to educate his sons, and has done his full share in developing the city. He has composed the words and music of many pieces for Sunday School use, and from 1870 to 1874, conducted musical institutes and conventions in Illinois and elsewhere. He has prospered in his undertakings, and besides his holdings here, owns residence property in Chi- cago and land in Nebraska.
On February 25, 1857, Mr. Lloyde was mar- ried to Ellen Persis Angier, daughter of Aaron and Eliza (Luther) Angier. Mr. Angier was a Baptist minister from Vermont, who preached several years at La Moille, Ill. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyde: Frank Hay- den, Clarence Angier and Clifford Luther, all of whom were educated at the University of Illinois, and are all musicians. The two lat- ter sons are assistants in the management of the business. All the sons are married; the grandchildren are Robert K., Helene C., Cathe- rine E., and Mildred L.
Mr. Lloyde is a member of the First Baptist Church, in which he has officiated as deacon, Sunday School Superintendent and chorister. Politically, he was first a Free-Soiler, next a Republican and is now a Prohibitionist. Fra- ternally, he belonged to the Temple of Honor and Union League early in life.
MICHAEL LOFTUS was born in Ireland Oc- tober 4, 1847, and was educated in the public schools of his native land. His paternal grand- parents were James and Mary (Manion) Lof- tus, and his maternal grandparents Michael and Mary (Noon) Costello. All of these an- cestors were natives of the Emerald Isle. The parents of the subject of this sketch were
Malachy and Mary (Costello) Loftus. At the age of eighteen he emigrated to the United States and subsequently located in Champaign County, Ill., where he has since followed the industry of farming. In politics he is a Demo- crat, and in religion a communicant of the Cath- olic Church. Socially he is affiliated with the Order of the A. O. H., and the Court of Honor at Ivesdale. In January, 1871, he was married to Sarah McNamee, who was born in New York, and was there educated in the public schools. The following children have been born of this union: John, Malachy, Charles, Michael, Mary Carolina and Matilda.
ERNST LORENZ, druggist, of Dewey, Cham- paign County, Ill., was born March 7, 1844, in Saxony, Germany, and is a son of Got- lieb and Dora (Deary) Lorenz, natives of Saxony. The subject of this sketch came with his parents to the United States when he was six years of age, and located in Kentucky, where he received his mental training, and resided until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Sixth Ohio Infantry. In this regiment he served for three years and four months, and then joined the Seventy- first Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war.
In 1865 Mr. Lorenz came to Champaign County, where he was engaged in farming until 1871. He then moved to East Bend Town- ship, and there started a general store. He was the first to build in Dewey, where he started in business, and now owns the only drug store in the town. In politics, Mr. Lorenz is a Republican, and has served as constable; as Justice of the Peace, for thirty years; and Assessor, for twenty-six years. He was elected Sheriff of Champaign County in 1898, serving four years, and was elected Supervisor in 1904. He was the first postmaster in Dewey, and held that office for twenty-one years; was also express agent for nineteen years.
In religious views Mr. Lorenz is a Lutheran, fraternally, belongs to the I. O. O. F., and the G. A. R. He was married in July, 1866, to Catherine Bowman, a native of Darke County, Ohio, where she obtained her education. To Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz have been born the following named children: Ida (Mrs. Chatm), Emma (Mrs. Schrader), Dora (Mrs. Wart), Minnie
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(Mrs. Glenn), Ernst and Annie. Mrs. Lorenz died in March, 1902.
JOHN M. LOVE was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, July 11, 1843, son of Samuel and Deborah (Mitchell) Love, the former being a native of Ireland, whence he came to America in 1819, the latter's birthplace being in the State of Maryland. The family removed to Champaign County in 1852 and there the father entered a section of land on Section 19, Sidney Township, during the time when Franklin Pierce was President. He continued farming until his death, February 17, 1872, be- ing survived by his wife until February 28, 1893. The elder Mr. Love was extensively engaged in cattle-raising and feeding for the market. In politics he was a very outspoken Abolitionist. To him and his wife were born five children, namely: John M., James M., Elizabeth, Joseph K. and S. S.
The subject of this sketch spent all his life on a farm and meanwhile was educated in the public schools of Urbana, remaining with his father until the latter's death. In 1862 lie enlisted in Company F, Seventy-first Illinois Infantry, a three months' regiment, which served out its period of enlistment chiefiy on guard duty in Illinois and Kentucky.
Mr. Love is now interested in the grain busi- ness, being connected with Sidney Grain Com- pany, besides which he owns 320 acres of land, on which are all the latest improvements. He has been School Trustee for twenty years, has held the office of trustee in the Presby- terian Church, and is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was married No- vember 15, 1882, to Mary Adams, daughter of F. F. and Nancy (Dean) Adams, both of whom were old settlers, and to them four children have been born, of whom three survive: Clara, Howard and Clifford.
SAMUEL W. LOVE, President of The Farm- ers' Savings and Loan Bank, of Urbana, was born in Russell County, Va., October 21, 1859, and in March, 1873, came to Illinois with his parents, who settled first in Pike County, and in September, 1874, came to Champaign Coun- ty, where they established their home on a farm near Tolono. The son grew up on the farm, receiving his education in the public schools and at the Normal School at Valpa-
raiso, Ind. For several years after leaving school he was engaged in teaching in Cham- paign County. In 1885 he went to Kansas and later to Colorado, where, in company with P. Byrnes, of Champaign County, he purchased the "Bessemer Indicator," a weekly newspaper at Pueblo, Colo. He was one of the editors and publishers of this paper until 1892, when he sold his interest to his partner and re- turned to Illinois. For two years thereafter he was associated with his brother, John L., in the mercantile business at Villa Grove, Douglas County, Ill., and then came to Urbana. In company with T. M. Morgan he founded
SAMUEL W. LOVE.
. the "Weekly Courier," in Urbana, in 1894. At the expiration of a year he became sole pro- prietor of the paper and, in 1897, established the "Daily Courier," which developed into one of the leading newspapers in this part of the State, both in influence and circulation.
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