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JAMES SKILES MCCULLOUGH, State Audi- tor of Public Accounts, was born in Mercers- burg, Franklin County, Pa., May 4, 1845. In 1854, his father removed with his family to Cham- paign County, Ill., settling on a farm near Ur- bana, where the son grew up, receiving his pri- mary education in the public schools. In 1862,
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at the age of nineteen years, he enlisted as a soldier in Company G, Seventy-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and for the next three years served in the Departments of the Missis- sippi and the Gulf, participating in some of the most memorable battles and campaigns of that region, including the campaign against Vicksburg. While taking part in the assault on Fort Blakeley, near Mobile, Ala., on April 9, 1865, Mr. Mccullough received a severe wound, his left arm being torn to pieces by a grapeshot, compelling its amputation near the shoulder. This occurred on the day of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox, and was followed three days later by the fall of Mobile, of which the capture of Fort Blakeley was sim- ply the forerunner, constituting one of the im- portant events in the closing days of the Civil War. The Seventy-sixth, after doing service for a time in Texas, Was mustered out at Gal- veston on July 22, 1865, and finally discharged at Chicago, August 11th following.
After returning home and partially recover- JOHN MCCULLOUGH was born in December, 1862, in Champaign County, and acquired his education in the common schools. His parents were Alexander W. and Elizabeth (Seylar) Mc- Cullough, the first of whom was born in Frank- lin County, Pa., February 19, 1810, of Scotch- Irish extraction, the mother's birth occurring July 9, 1824. Alexander's grandfather, John Mccullough, was captured by Indians in Dela- ware, when eight years old, and held a pris- oner for more than eight years. Alexander Mccullough was an early settler in Champaign County, coming here in April, 1854. He pur- chased eighty acres on Section 29, Urbana Township, where he resided until his death in ing from the effects of his wound, Mr. McCul- lough spent a year in school at Urbana, and later was a student for two years in the Soldiers' College at Fulton, Ill. In 1868, he entered the office of the County Clerk of Cham- paign County as Deputy, a position which he continued to fill for a period of five years, when in 1873, he was elected County Clerk, serving by successive re-elections a period of nearly twenty-four years. In 1896 he was nom- inated by the Republican State Convention for the office of State Auditor, and at the election in November following, was successful over his Democratic opponent by the unprecedented plu- rality of 138,000. Being honored with a renomi-, 1888. There were eight children in his family, nation in 1900, he was again elected by a large as follows: James S .; Adelia, Mrs. Nelson Raney, of Sumner County, Kans .; Anna E., now Mrs. John Bond, of Tolono, Ill .; F. F., who lives in California; Margaret, Mrs. Samuel Burwash, Ayers Township; Benjamin, also in California; Albert and John. The family were members of the Methodist Church. majority. In 1904 he was again the nominee of his party for the same office, receiving at the succeeding election a plurality over his Democratic opponent of 291,233 votes, and a majority over all of 183,527. Mr. Mccullough enjoys the distinction of being the only man who has been elected to the office of State Auditor for a third term in the history of the State, while his majority at the time of his last election surpassed all precedents. The only incumbent to hold the office for a longer period than Mr. Mccullough, when he shall have completed his third term (twelve years), was Elijah C. Berry, the first State Auditor
who received the office by appointment of the Governor, retaining it for less than thirteen years, while Thomas H. Campbell, first by ap- pointment by the Governor, and then by elec- tion by the Legislature, held the position less than eleven years. Since then no other Audi- tor has been in office more than eight years or two terms. Besides the ordinary duties of Auditor, Mr. Mccullough under State laws is ex-officio member of the State Board of Equali. zation and Secretary of the State Commission of Claims, also having supervision of State Banks and Building and Loan Associations or- ganized under the State laws.
Self-poised and of quiet, unobtrusive man- ners, Mr. Mccullough commands respect by the efficiency and integrity with which he has uni- formly discharged the duties of his office. He was married in 1869 to Miss Celinda Harvey, of Urbana, Ill., and they have two children, a son and a daughter.
Politically, Mr. Mccullough was first a Jack- sonian Democrat, then an old-time Whig, and finally a Republican. John McCullough re- mained with his father until the latter's death. Two years later, January 22, 1890, he was mar- ried to Anna Clark, daughter of Joshua and Margaret (Edelsizer) Clark, who came to Illi- nois from Ohio, when Anna was two years old,
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settling in Philo Township. Her mother died early in life and the father's death occurred in January, 1900. They were farmers and members of the Christian Church. Six chil- dren have been born of this union: James Clark, Helen, Mary Elizabeth, Fred B., Mar- garet and Joseph. Since his marriage Mr. Mc- Cullough has resided on the old homestead and managed the farm.
MARTIN J. MCDERMOTT was born in Ford County, Ill., October 5, 1870, the son of John and Catherine (Christy) McDermott, His early youth was spent on the home place and his education was acquired in the district schools and at Valparaiso, Ind. In 1892 he engaged in farming for himself in Ford County, and in 1899 bought 120 acres of land on Section 33, in Philo Township, Champaign County, where he conducts "mixed" farming. In 1903, in partnership with his brother Peter, he built a new elevator at Black Station, Sidney Town- ship, where, under the firm name of McDer- mott Brothers, he is engaged in the grain and coal business, of which he is the active man- ager. The elevator has a capacity of 40,000 bushels and business is steadily increasing. Mr. McDermott was married January 6, 1896, to Mary A., daughter of Bartholomew Barry, of Philo, Ill., and they have four children, namely: Mary C., Agnes T., Margaret C. and John A. In politics Mr. McDermott is a Demo- crat and in religion is a consistent member of the Catholic Church. Socially he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus.
E. R. McELROY, a successful farmer resid- ing on Section 10, Sidney Township, Cham- paign County, Ill., was born at Morristown, Belmont County, Ohio, December 16, 1841, the son of John and Margaret (King) McElroy. His- parents followed farming, and came to Cham- paign County, Ill., in 1862. In 1861 E. R. Mc- Elroy enlisted, at Marietta, Ohio, in Company E, Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served three years in the Civil War. He was honorably discharged September 4, 1864, but continued to serve with his regiment for some time longer. While in service he was wounded five times, once at Chickamauga, twice at Mis- sionary Ridge, Ga., and once each at Kerriton and Cedar Creek, Va. He participated in the battles of Antietam and South Mountain, and
many other important engagements, and was promoted to the rank of Corporal. In partner- ship with his father-in-law, Mr. McElroy bought seventy-four acres of land, and at present owns eighty acres. In addition to this, he farms forty acres more. His farm is highly im- proved, and has all modern conveniences.
In politics, Mr. McElroy is an active Re- publican, and has held the office of Pathmaster. He is a member of the Methodist Church.
On October 3, 1866, Mr. McElroy was married to Miss Jane Bloxsam, a daughter of Richard and Louisa (Van Brunt) Bloxsam, and three children have been born to them; Lola Montez, who died at the age of six months; Fanny May, who died when twenty-two months old; and Serena Bell, who is the wife of Albert Palmer, of Danville, Illinois.
The mother of Mr. McElroy died in Ohio in 1852, and the death of his father occurred in Kansas, in 1893.
G. F. McGEE, an early settler of Champaign County, and a well-to-do farmer, was born in Sheridan County, Mo., April 25, 1826, the son of James C. and Rebecca (Kennedy) McGee, natives of Tennessee and Ohio, respectively. They were the parents of a large family, four of whom are now living, the oldest of these being the subject of this sketch. Brought by his parents to Vermilion County, Ill., in 1827. G. F. McGee was reared on a farm, and, in boy- hood, attended a subscription school. In 1853, he located on Section 1, Philo Township, Champaign County, where he purchased land to the extent of 800 acres. He now has a finely improved farm of 320 acres, besides which he owns land in other parts of Illinois, also 160 acres in Colorado, and a section in- Gray County, Kan.
In politics Mr. McGee is a Republican, and has served as School Director for many years. He is a member of the Christian Church, and fraternally is affiliated with the Masonic order. In October, 1846, he married Amanda Francis, who bore him one child. Both mother and child died. On October 23, 1853, Mr. McGee was united in marriage to Elizabeth Smoot, a native of Ohio, and they became the parents of ten children. Of these the following are now living: William F .; J. H .; Walter S .; N. R .; E. D .; C. H .; Mary, the wife of Andy Longbrake; and Ida, who married Charles
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Penny. All of these children were born in Philo Township.
THOMAS WILLIAM McHUGH, Justice of the Peace, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, May 21, 1838, and was educated in the public schools of Adams County, Ind. His parents were William and Catherine (Stansberry) Mc- Hugh. At the age of seven he was obliged to leave school on account of an accident, and when fifteen years old he fell from a horse, injuring his spine, as a result of which he lost the use of both legs, and for over fifty-one years has been unable to walk. He began the study of law in the office of William D. Som- ers, late of Urbana, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1865. For a few years previ- ous to that time he taught school in Indiana, Missouri and .Illinois, in the meantime devot- ing his attention to law. In the spring of 1868 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and has held that office continuously ever since, having been re-elected in April, 1905. He was also Township Collector for thirteen years, and was elected City Attorney, holding that position for one term.
On April 4, 1867, Mr. McHugh was married to Lydia Mckinney, daughter of John and Betsy (Hogel) Mckinney, and two children have been born of this union, namely: George B., born June 15, 1868, was educated at Illi- nois College, admitted to the bar and is now a resident of Houston, Tex .; Edith, born April 23, 1870, in Urbana, and is the wife of Oloff Atkinson, a brick manufacturer of Rock Island, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson have two children: Lillian Fay, born in September, 1904, and Marian Lydia, born November 24, 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh are members of the Universal- ist Church of Urbana. John Whitaker, an an- cestor on the maternal side of the family, was a soldier in the British service and fought in the war of the American Revolution.
WILLIAM McINNES was born in 1828, at Dunblane, Scotland. His parents were Robert and Margaret (Stirling) McInnes, natives of that country. They were successful farmers there and emigrated to Canada, settling near Hamilton, Ontario, where the father died in 1849, at the age of fifty-six years. The mother's death occurred two years later, at the same age as that of her husband. Both were faitlı-
ful members of the Scotch Presbyterian Church.
After the death of his parents, William Mc- Innes moved further west, settling near Lon- don, Canada, where he remained for thirteen years. In 1862, he came to Illinois and set- tled in Scott Township, Champaign County, where he lived until 1888, when he came to Ur- bana Township. Here he purchased a farm on Section 27, which he sold two years later to H. M. Sewall. He then purchased his pres- ent home farm comprising 140 acres, and lo- cated on Sections 1 and 2 of the same town- ship. His residence is one of the finest in the vicinity.
In politics Mr. McInnes votes the Democratic ticket, and has served as Justice of the Peace for ten or twelve years. He is a good citizen and an enterprising farmer.
In 1856 Mr. McInnes was united in marriage to Miss Ann Shannon, and they became the parents of two children, namely: Ellen and William, both of whom reside at home. Mrs. McInnes died in 1866. In 1869, Mr. McInnes married Mrs. Renner, and two children were born of this union, one of whom is deceased. The. survivor, Oliver A., married Miss Hannah Hadfield, and four children were born to them, namely: Lillis, Stirling, Jesse and John. Oliver A., resides on the home farm and assists his father. Mr. McInnes' second wife died in 1888.
DANIEL P. MCINTYRE, banker and County Treasurer of Champaign County, was born near London, Province of Ontario, Canada, June 3, 1858. When he was six years of age, his pa- rents removed to Illinois, settling in Douglas County in 1864. He was reared in that county, attending the public school and finishing his education at Lincoln University, Lincoln, Ill. After leaving school he was engaged in teach- ing for several years, at the same time giving attention to farming pursuits. In 1886 he em- barked in the mercantile business at Newman, Ill., and was thus engaged two years. From that time until 1892 he was interested in farm- ing and in the grain trade in Edgar County, Ill., his home being at Brocton during this time. In 1892 he became a resident of Broad- lands, Champaign County, where he founded the Bank of Broadlands, a private banking house of which he has since been the head. He is still identified with the agricultural
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interests of the State as a land-owner in Edgar County, giving practical directions to the con- duct of a large farm. In 1898 he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors of Champaign County, serving in that capacity four years, during which period the present court house was erected. In 1902 he was elected County Treasurer, an evidence of his popularity in his home township being the fact that he received all but ten of the votes cast in the township at that election.
Affiliating with the Republican party, he has taken an active interest in the advancement of its principles and policies. For several years
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he has been a member of the Hamilton Club, Chicago's most famous Republican organiza- tion. He is a 32d degree Mason and is well known to members of the Order throughout the State. Since 1900 he has been Master of the subordinate lodge of Masons at Broadlands. He is also a member of the Order of Elks.
Mr. McIntyre was married in 1887 to Miss Nettie Cooley, a daughter of John A. Cooley, a prominent pioneer farmer of Douglas County.
REV. GEORGE MCKINLEY (deceased) was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, December 18, 1814, the son of 'Thomas and Alice Mckinley.
He was reared on a farm and was trained to that calling while obtaining his education in the public schools of Ohio. He was received into the Presbyterian Church when he was nineteen years of age, and began his prepara- tion for the ministry by a course of study in the Ohio University, at Athens, Ohio. Later he studied under the private tutorship of Rev. Andrew Woodrow and Dr. R. G. Wilson, at Chillicothe, Ohio. He finished his studies at the New Albany Theological Seminary, and was licensed to preach by the New Albany Presbytery.
Mr. Mckinley began his ministry in 1846, and for eleven years, was pastor of the church at Petersburg, Ill. In 1857 he went to Middle- town, Ill., and in 1858, was called to Cham- paign. He served this church until 1870, when failing health caused him to retire from the ministry. After a season of travel he estab -~ lished his home on his farm, seven miles south- ' west of Urbana, where he lived several years, organizing the Prairie View church, and serv- ing as its pastor five years. During the later period of his life he resided in Champaign, dying there May 21, 1887.
Mr. Mckinley married Hannah S. Finley, a daughter of Rev. Dr. Robert Finley, a noted Presbyterian divine of New Jersey. She died in 1892. Their surviving children are Thomas, of Pomona, Cal., and Mrs. Mattis and W. B. Mckinley, of Champaign.
JAMES B. MCKINLEY was born near Chilli- cothe, Ross County, Ohio, February 10, 1821, the son of Thomas Mckinley, who was a native of County Derry, Ireland, being a descendant of the famous Scottish clan Mckinley. The elder Mckinley came to the United States in early manhood and established his home in Pennsylvania, where he married Alice Barkley, also a native of Ireland. They removed to Ross County, Ohio, and were among the pio- neer settlers of that region, where they passed their lives upon a farm.
James B. Mckinley was reared on the farm of his parents, acquiring his education in the public schools, and at the South Haven Acad- emy, Ohio. His earliest business experience was obtained in a dry-goods store at Chilli- cothe, Ohio, and later he came to Illinois, where he taught school in the neighborhood of Hennepin. While teaching he began reading
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law, and later finished his law studies at Petersburg, Ill., where Abraham Lincoln was at that time well known. He practiced at Clinton for several years, and during his earlier life frequently met, and was associ- ated with, Lincoln, Davis, and other noted members of the State bar. He was for some years a partner of the late Judge Lawrence Weldon, who was afterwards a member of the United States Court of Claims in Washington. Mr. Mckinley located in Champaign in 1857, and was there engaged in general practice until 1860. In the meantime he had become
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interested in loaning money on Illinois farms in connection with Dr. D. K. Pearsons, the well known philanthropist of Chicago, being pioneers in the systematic conduct of this line of business. This was the foundation of the brokerage business, which assumed such large proportions, and to which Mr. Mckinley de- voted himself during the remainder of his busi- ness career. He later became associated with W. B. Mckinley, and the concern is still con- ducted under the latter's management.
Mr. Mckinley was one of the founders of the Champaign National Bank, of which, for some years, he was First Vice President and
a Director. He was at one time Mayor of Champaign, but, with this exception, preferred to give his time to private interests rather than to hold public office. As a man of affairs he was exceptionally able, not only as a financier, but for his remarkable executive ability. A natural strength of character made him a power in the community, and at different times, notably in the establishment of the State Uni- versity and the advancement of that institu- tion, he did much for the general good of this portion of the State during the formative period of its existence. After his death it was said of him by one who knew him well,- "Quiet and dignified, he was a conspicuous figure in any walk of life, private as well as public."
The greater part of Mr. Mckinley's life was spent in a new county, and he always kept himself in advance of the times. No one was ever able justly to speak ill of him, which is only another way of saying that he enjoyed the universal respect of all with whom he came in contact. He left behind him what all men prize and which not all men retain,-a clean record and an unsullied name. He died October 23, 1903, at his home in Champaign. The surviving members of his family, in 1904, are Mrs. McKinley; Mrs. Belle (Mckinley) Harris and Mrs. Harry (Mckinley) Scudder, of St. Louis, Missouri; Mrs. Agnes (McKinley) Miller, of Chicago; and Mrs. Jane (Mckinley) Tolman, of Peoria.
Mrs. McKinley, who was a Miss Jane Sand- ford, before her marriage, was born in Falk- stone, England, in 1829, and came to the United States in early childhood, growing to womanhood in Central New York. She came to Racine, Wisconsin, in 1855, and married Mr. Mckinley in 1860. She has taken an active part in educational and other public matters in Champaign, and was one of the first ladies in Illinois to be elected a member of the Public School Board, having served as a mem- ber of the Champaign Board of Education. Mrs. McKinley has been associated with the Art Club of Champaign for more than twenty years, and has contributed to the development of artistic tastes in the city.
WILLIAM B. MCKINLEY, banker and Member of Congress, was born in Petersburg, Ill., September 5, 1856, the son of Rev. George
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Mckinley, was educated at the University of Illinois, and after leaving college, was em- ployed as clerk in various drug stores in Champaign and Springfield, Ill., for two or three years. In 1875 he was installed as clerk in the brokerage and banking house of his uncle, James B. Mckinley, in Champaign. In 1877 he was admitted to the partnership in the house, and in time became the active member of the firm. This business has since been conducted by Mr. Mckinley, in conjunc- tion with other enterprises. In 1885 Mr. Mc- Kinley built the Champaign and Urbana water works and electric lighting systems, and in 1890, he constructed the Champaign & Urbana Electric Railway. ,
Between that time and 1900 he built or recon- structed electric roads in Springfield and De- fiance, Ohio; Bay City, Mich., and Joliet, La- Salle, Galesburg, Quincy, Danville, and De- catur, Illinois. He also reorganized and con- solidated the gas and electric light companies in the above named places. Since then he has given his attention largely to the building up of interurban systems in Illinois and Indiana, having constructed and put into operation, in all, about 3,000 miles of interurban lines, in- cluding a number of lines in the central por- tion of the State. . ,
Since 1902, Mr. Mckinley has been a mem- ber of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and has been one of the chief benefactors of the Julia F. Burnham Hospital, of Champaign. In November, 1904, Mr. Mc- Kinley was elected, by a large majority, Repre- sentative in Congress from the Nineteenth Dis- trict as successor to Hon. Vespasian Warner.
LEWIS A. McLEAN, journalist and real- estate operator, Urbana, Champaign County, Ill., was born in Grafton, Ill., May 4, 1843, the son of Dr. John H. and Mary (Anderson) Mc. Lean. He received his mental training in the public schools of Urbana, where his parents located in 1853, and in the high school in New Orleans, La. From 1862 to 1869, he was Deputy Clerk in the office of the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Champaign County, and during the next eight years was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Urbana. He then became associ- ate editor of the "Champaign County Gazette," at Champaign, and held that position until 1882, when he resigned it to become associate
editor of the "Urbana Herald." After the death of Senator M. W. Mathews, who had pre- viously been the editor and proprietor of that paper, Mr. McLean became editor and man- ager of the paper, occupying this position until the summer of 1901, when he severed his con- nection in order to engage in the real estate, loan and insurance business in Urbana. By reason of having a large acquaintance, and having kept in close touch with the general business interests of the county, he has been unusually successful in this line of work.
Valuable service has been rendered by Mr. McLean to the people of Champaign County as Secretary of the Old Settlers' Association of the county, and in collecting and publish- ing, some years since, 200 portraits and biog- raphies of the pioneer residents. For many years he has also been one of the leading Sunday-school workers of Champaign County, and for more than twenty years has served as an official of the Sunday School Union. Since 1863, Mr. McLean has been a member of the Baptist Church. He has been active in ad- vancing the interests of the church in various ways and in preserving its history.
Politically, Mr. McLean is an earnest Re- publican, and cast his first vote for Lincoln in 1864. Since then he has served at differ- ent times on campaign committees, and par. ticipated in the conduct of many campaigns. Fraternally, he has been a member of the Ma- sonic Order since 1864. He has served as Eminent Commander of the Urbana Command- ery, No. 16, Knights Templar, and held other official positions in this connection.
Mr. McLean was married in 1864 to Jennie Russell, a daughter of Dr. Elias Russell, for many years a prominent physician of Des Moines, Iowa. Their children are: Mrs. Net- tie Lumley, wife of Dr. C. E. Luniley, of Chi- cago; Albert M. McLean, of Urbana; and Claire F. McLean, also of Chicago.
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