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ever possible) a system of parochial schools. (See Lutherans.) There are twenty-six other religious bodies in the State, exclusive of the Jews, who have twelve synagogues and nine rabbis. Ac- cording to the census statistics of 1890, these twenty-six sects, with their numerical strength, number of buildings, ministers, etc., are as fol- lows: Anti-Mission Baptists, 2,800 members, 78 churches and 63 ministers; Church of God, 1,200 members, 39 churches, 34 ministers; Dunkards, 121,000 members, 155 churches, 83 ministers; Friends ("Quakers") 2, 655 members, 25 churches; Free Methodists, 1,805 members, 38 churches, 84 ministers; Free-Will Baptists, 4,694 members, 107 churches, 73 ministers; Evangelical Association, 15,904 members, 143 churches, 152 ministers; Cumberland Presbyterians, 11,804 members, 198 churches, 149 ministers; Methodist Episcopal (South) 3,927 members, 34 churches, 33 minis- ters; Moravians, 720 members, 3 churches, 3 ministers; New Jerusalem Church (Swedenborgi- ans), 662 members, 14 churches, 8 ministers; Primitive Methodist, 230 members, 2 churches, 2 ministers; Protestant Methodist, 5,000 members, 91 churches, 106 ministers; Reformed Church in United States, 4,100 members, 34 churches, 19 ministers; Reformed Church of America, 2,200 members, 24 churches, 23 ministers; Reformed Episcopalians, 2,150 members, 13 churches, 11 ministers; Reformed Presbyterians, 1,400 mem- bers, 7 churches, 6 ministers; Salvation Army, 1,980 members; Second Adventists, 4,500 mem- bers, 64 churches, 33 ministers; Seventh Day Baptists, 320 members, 7 churches, 11 ministers; Universalists, 3,160 members, 45 churches, 37 ministers; Unitarians, 1,225 members, 19 churches, 14 ministers; United Evangelical, 30,000 members, 129 churches, 108 ministers; United Brethren, 16,500 members, 275 churches, 260 ministers; United Presbyterians, 11,250 mem- bers, 203 churches, 199 ministers; Wesleyan Methodists, 1,100 members, 16 churches, 33 min- isters. (See various Churches under their proper names; also Roman Catholic Church.)
REND, William Patrick, soldier, capitalist, and coal-operator, was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, Feb. 10, 1840, brought to Lowell, Mass., in boyhood, and graduated from the high school there at 17; taught for a time near New York City and later in Maryland, where he began a course of classical study. The Civil War coming on, he enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment New York Volunteers, serving most of the time as a non-commissioned officer, and participating in the battles of the second Bull Run, Malvern Hill,
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Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. After the war he came to Chicago and secured employment in a railway surveyor's office, later acting as foreman of the Northwestern freight depot, and finally embarking in the coal business, which was conducted with such success that he became the owner of some of the most valuable mining properties in the country. Meanwhile he has taken a deep interest in the welfare of miners and other classes of laborers, and has
sought to promote arbitration and conciliation between employers and employed, as a means of averting disastrous strikes. He was especially active during the long strike of 1897, in efforts to bring about an understanding between the miners and the operators. For several years he held a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Illinois National Guard until compelled, by the demands of his private business, to tender his resignation.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
The following table presents the names, residence, Districts represented, politics (except as to earlier ones), and length of term or terms of service of Illinois Representatives in the lower House of Congress, from the organization of Illinois as a Territory down to the present time; (D, Democrat; W, Whig; R, Republican; G-B, Greenback; P, Populist).
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
DIST.
TERM.
REMARKS.
Shadrach Bond ..
Kaskaskia.
Territory.
1812-14
Made Rec'r of Pub. Moneys.
Benjamin Stephenson
Edwardsville.
Territory
1814-16.
Made Rec'r of Pub. Moneys.
Nathaniel Pope
Kaskaskia
Territory
1816-18
John McLean.
Shawneetown
State
1818-19
Elected U. S. Senator, 1824 and *29.
Daniel P. Cook
Kaskaskia
State
1819-27
Joseph Duncan.
Jackson& Morgan Cos State
1827-33.
Joseph Duncan ..
Jacksonville
Third
1833-34
Elected Governor; resigned.
William L. May, D.
Springfield
Third
1834-39
To succeed Duncan.
Charles Slade ...
Belleville.
First ...
1833-34
Died; term completed by Reynolds.
John Reynolds, D.
Belleville
First.
1834-37
One and one-half terms.
John Reynolds, D
Belleville.
First.
1839-43
Zadoc Casey, D.
Mt. Vernon
Second
1833-43
Adam W. Snyder, D
Belleville
First.
1837-39
John T. Stuart, W
Springfield
Third
1839-43
John T. Stuart, O.P.
Springfield
Eighth
1863-65
Robert Smith, D ..
Alton
Shawneetown
Second
1843-51
John A. McClernand, D.
Springheld
Sixth ..
1859-62
Resigned, Dec.,'61 ; succeeded by A. L. Knapp.
Orlando B. Ficklin, D).
Charleston
Third
1843-49
John Wentworth, D.
Chicago ...
Chicago
Chicago ..
First.
1865-67
El'd U.S. Sen,, Apr.,'47 ; suc.by W.A.Richardson Res'd, Aug., '56; term tilled by Jacob C. Davis.
William A. Richardson, D.
Quincy
Sixth
1861-63.
Joseph P. Hoge, D ..
Galena.
Sixth.
1843-45
John J. Hardin, W.
Jacksonville
Seventh
1843-45
Edward D. Baker, W
Springfield
Seventh
1845-46
Edward D. Baker, W.
Galena ..
Sixthi.
1849-51
John Henry, W.
Jacksonville
Seventh
Feb. to Mar., Is-17. Served Baker's unexpired term.
Thomas J. Turner, D.
Freeport.
Sixth ...
1847-49
Abraham Lincoln, W
Springfield ..
Seventh
1847-49
William H. Bissell, D.
Belleville.
First.
1849-53
William 11. Bissell, D.
Belleville.
Eighth.
1853-55.
Timothy R. Young, D.
Marshall .
Third.
1849-51.
Thomas L. Ilarris, D.
Petersburg
Seventh
1849-51
Thomas L. Harris, D.
Petersburg
Sixth
1855-58.
Willis Allen, D
Marion
Second.
1851-53
Willis Allen, D
Marion
Ninth
1853-55
Richard S. Maloney, D).
Belvidere.
Fourth
1851-53
Thompson Campbell, D.
Galena.
Sixth
1851-53
Richard Yates, W
Jacksonville
Seventh
1851-53
Richard Yates. W
Jacksonville
Sixth.
1853-55
E. B. Washburne, R ....
Galena
First
1853-63
E. B. Washburne, R.
Galena
Third
1863-69
Jesse O. Norton, R.
Joliet.
Third.
1853-57
Jesse O. Norton, R.
Joliet
Sixth
1863-65
James C. Allen, D.
Palestine .
Seventli
1853-57
James C. Allen, D ...
Palestine
State-at-large
1863-65
James HI. Woodworth, R .. Chicago
Second
1855-57.
Jacob C. Davis, D.
Quincy
Fifth
1856-57
Lyman Trumbull, B.
Belleville
Eightlı .
1855
J. L. D. Morrison, D.
Belleville
Eighth
1855-57
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
Mc Leansooro.
Ninth
1855-59
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
John F. Farnsworth, R
Chicago.
Second.
1857-61
John F. Farnsworth, R
St. Charles
Second
1863-73
Owen Lovejoy, R
Princeton
Third
1857-63
Owen Lovejoy, R
Princeton
Fifth.
1863-65
Died, Mar., '64; term filled by E.C. Ingersoll.
William Kellogg, R.
Canton
Fourth.
1857-63
Isaac N. Morris, D.
Quincy
Fifth
1857-61
Charles D. Hodges, D
Carrollton
Sixth.
Jan. to Mar., 1859. . Filled unexpired term of Thos. L. Harris.
Aaron Sbaw, D
Lawrenceville.
Seventh
1857-59.
1843-51
Second.
1853-55
Stephen A. Douglas, D ..
Quincy
Fifth
1843-47
William A. Richardson, D.
Rushville and Quincy
Fifth
1847-56,
( Resignd, March 9, '69 to accept French mis- sion; term filled by H. C. Burchard.
James Knox, R.
Knoxville
Fourthi .
1853-57.
1865-73
Samuel S. Marshall, D).
McLeansboro
Eleventh ..
McLeansboro
Nineteenth
1873-75.
To fill unexpired term of Richardson. Chosen U. S. Senator; resigned. Filled Trumbull's unexpired term.
Orlando B. Ficklin, D.
Charleston
Third
1851-53
Fourth
John Wentworth, D.
John Wentwortb, R.
First.
1843-49
John A. McClernand, D
Resigned, Dec., '46; succeeded by John Henry.
Died, Nov. 24, '58; suc, hy Chas. D. Hodges.
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NAME.
RESIDENCE.
DIST.
TERM.
REMARKS.
Aaron Shaw, D
Lawrenceville
Sixteenth
1883-85.
James C. Robinson, D.
Marshall.
Seventh
1859-63
James C. Robinson, D.
Marshall
Eleventh ..
1863-65.
James C. Robinson, D. .
Springfield
Eighth
1871-73.
James C. Robinson, D
Springfield
Twelfth.
1873-75
Phillp B. Fouke, D
Belleville.
Eighth
1859-63
John A. Logan, R
Benton
Ninth
1859-62
John A. Logan, D
Carbondale
State-at-large.
1869-71.
Res'd, Apr. '62; term filled by W. J. Allen. § Chosen U. S. Senator, 1871; resigned; term filled by John L. Beveridge.
Isaac N. Arnold, R
Chicago.
Second
1861-63
Isaac N. Arnold, R.
Chicago.
First.
1863-65.
William J. Allen, D.
Marion
Ninth
1862-63
Served Logan's unexpired term.
William J. Allen, D.
Marion.
Thirteenth .. .
1863-65.
A. L. Knapp, D).
Jerseyville.
Fifth
1861-63
Served McClernand's unexpired term.
A. L. Knapp, D ..
Jersey ville
Tenth
1863-65
Charles M. Harris, R
Oquawka.
Fourth
1863-65
Ebon C. Ingersoll, R
Peoria.
Fifth.
186-1-71
1864-'65 filled Lovejoy's unexpired term .
John R. Eden, D ..
Sullivan
Seventh ..
1863-65
John R. Eden, D.
Sullivan
Fifteenth.
1873-79.
John R. Eden, D.
Sullivan ..
Seventeenth ...
1885-87.
Lewis W. Ross, D
Lewistowu
Ninth.
1863-69
William R. Morrison, I).
Waterloo
Twelfth ..
1863-65
William R. Morrison, D
Waterloo.
Seventeenth.
1873-83
William R. Morrison, D.
Waterloo
S. W. Moulton, R
Shelbyville.
S. W. Moulton, D ..
Shelby ville
S. W. Moulton, D.
Shelbyville
Abner C. Harding, R
Monmouth.
Ottawa
H. P. H. Bromwell. R
Charleston
Shelby M. Cullom, R.
Springfield.
Eighth
1865-71.
Anthony Thornton, D.
Shelbyville.
Jehu Baker, R.
Belleville.
Jehu Baker, R
Belleville.
Jehu Baker, P
Belleville
Vienna
Chicago
1867-71.
Albert G. Burr, D
Carrollton
Tenth
1867-71.
Green B. Raum, R.
Metropolis
Thirteenth.
1867-69
Horatio C. Burchard, R.
Freeport
Third
Horalio C. Burchard, R.
Freeport .
Fifth
John B. Hawley, R.
Rock Island
Fourth ..
1869-73.
John B. Hawley, R
Rock Island
Sixth.
1873-75 ..
Jesse H. Moore, R ..
Decatur.
Seventh
1869-73.
Thomas W. McNeeley, D .. John B. Hay, R ..
Belleville
Twelfth ..
1869-73
John M. Crebs, D ..
Carmi.
State-at-large. 1871-73
Served unexpired term of Logan.
Charles B. Farwell, R.
Chicago
Third
1873-76
May, '76, seat awarded to J. V. Le Moyne.
Charles B. Farwell, R.
Chicago
Third
1881-83.
Brad. N. Stevens, R Henry Snapp, R ....
Joliet
Sixth.
1871-73.
Filled unexpired term of B. C. Cook.
Edward Y. Rice, D.
Hillsboro
Tenth.
1871 -73
John B. Rice, R. .
Chicago
First
1873-74
B. G. Caulfield, D.
Chicago
First.
1874-77
Jasper D. Ward, R.
Chicago
Belvidere
Fourth
1873-77
Franklin Corwin, R.
Peru .
Seventh
1873-75.
Eighth
1873-81
Ninth
1873-75
Tenth
1873-75.
Robert M. Knapp, D.
Jerseyville
Eleventh
1873-75.
Robert M. Knapp, D ..
Jerseyville
Thirteenth.
1873-75.
Joseph G. Cannon, R Joseph G. Cannon, R.
Danville
Twelfth 1895. ..
James S. Martin, R. Isaac Clements, R ..
Carbondale
Eighteenth
1873-75.
Carter H. Harrison, D.
Chicago
Second
1875-79
John V. Le Moyne, D.
Chicago
Third
1876-77.
T. J. Henderson, R
Princeton
Seventh
1875-77.
Richard H. Whiting, R ..... John C. Bagby, D.
Rushville.
Tenth
1875-77.
Scott Wike, D
Pittsfield.
Eleventh
1875-77.
Scott Wike, D ...
Pittsfield ..
Twelfth
1889-93.
William M. Springer, D.
Springfield
Thirteenth.
1883-95
Adlai E. Stevenson, D.
Bloomington.
Thirteenth ...
1875-77-
Adlai E. Stevenson, D. .. William A. J Sparks, D .. William Hartzell, D ..
Bloomington
Carlyle
Chester.
Eighteenth 1875-79.
Nineteenth ... 1875-77.
William B. Anderson, D William Aldrich, R ...
Chicago
First 1877-83.
Carter H Harrison, D
Chicago
Second
1877-79.
Lorenz Brentano, R
Chicago
Third ..
1877-79.
William Lathrop, R.
Rockford.
Fourth
1877-79.
Philip C Hayes, R.
Morris.
Seventh 1877-81.
Thomas A. Boyd, R ..
Lewiston
Ninth
1877-81.
Benjamin F Marsh, R.
Warsaw
Tenth
1877-83.
Awarded seat, vice Farwell.
T. J. Henderson, R
Princeton & Geneseo .. Sixth
Seventhi.
1883-95.
Alexander Campbell, G.B., La Salle.
Ninth
1875-77
John McNulta, R.
Bloomington
Fourteenth
1873-83.
Joseph G. Cannon, R
Tuscola and Danville.
Fifteenth 1883-91
Joseph G. Cannon, R.
Danville
Danville
Fifteenth 1893-95
Salem
Sixteenth
1873-75.
Died Dec., "74; succeeded by B. G. Caulfield. From 1874-75 served out Rice's term.
Second
1873-75.
Greenbury L. Fort, R. Granville Barriere, R William H. Ray, R.
Lacon.
Canton .
Rushville.
Eleventh.
1877-79.
John L. Beveridge, R
Evanston
First.
1871-73.
Charles B. Farwell, R Chicago
Eighteenth ..
1883-87
State-at-large. 1865-67
Fifteenth.
1881-83
Seventeenth
1883-85
Fourth
1865-69
Sixth
1865-71.
Seventh
1865-69.
Tenth ..
1865-67
Twelfth
1865-69.
1887-89
1897-99
A. J. Kuykendall, R.
Eighteenth ... Twenty-first .. Thirteenth. First
1865-67
Norman B. Judd, R.
Petersburg ...
Ninth
1869-73
Thirteenth .. 1869-73
Princeton
Fifth ..
1871-73
William M. Springer, D.
Springfield
Thirteenth. 1879-81
Sixteenth 1875-83.
Filled unexpired term of Washburne.
1869-73
1873-79
Re-elected, '70 but res'd before beg'ng of term.
Burton C. Cook, R.
..
..
Peoria
Mt. Vernon.
Twelfth ... 1875-83.
1875-83.
Stephen A. Hurlbut, R.
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NAME.
RESIDENCE.
DIST.
TERM.
REMARKS.
Benjamin F. Marsh, R
Warsaw
Eleventh
1893-95
Benjamin F. Marsh. R.
Warsaw
Fifteenth
1895-
Thomas F. Tipton, R ...
Bloomington.
Thirteenth
1877-79.
R. W. Townshend, D ...
Shawneetown
Nineteenth
1877-89.
Goorge R. Davis, R.
Chicago
Second
1879-83.
George R. Davis, R.
Chicago
Third
1883-85
Hiram Barber, R ..
Chicago
Third
1879-81
John C. Sherwin, R.
Geueva and Elgin.
Fourth
1879-83.
R. M. A. Hawk, R.
Mt. Carroll
Fifth
1879-82.
Died, '82; succeeded by R. R. Hitt.
A. P. Forsythe, G. B.
Isabel.
John R. Thomas, R
Metropolis
Twentieth
1883-89
William Cullen, R.
Ottawa
Seventh.
1881-83
William Cullen, R.
Ottawa ..
Eighth
1883-85.
Lewis E. Payson, R.
Pontiac
Eighth
1881-83
Lewis E. Payson, R
Pontiac
Ninth
1883-91
John H. Lewis, R
Knoxville.
Ninth
1881-83.
Dietrich C. Smith, R
Pekin ..
Thirteenth
1881-83
R. W. Dunham, R.
Chicago .
First.
1883-89.
John F. Finerty, R
Chicago
Second.
1883-85
George E. Adams. R.
Chicago
Fourth
1883-91
Reubeu Ellwood, R
Sycamore.
Fifth
1882-85
Robert R. Hitt, R.
Mit. Morris.
Sixth
1882-95.
Succeeded R. M. A. Hawk, deceased.
Robert R. Hitt, R.
Mt. Morris
Ninth
1895-
N. E. Worthington, D. William H. Neece, D.
Peoria
Tenth
Eleventh
James M. Riggs, D.
Winchester
Twelfth
1883-87 ..
Jonathan H. Rowell, R
Bloomington
Fourteenth.
1883-91
Prank Lawler, D ..
Chicago
Second ..
1885-91.
James H. Ward, D ..
Chicago
Third
Albert J. Hopkins, R
Aurora .
Aurora.
Eighth
Eightlı.
1885-89.
Silas G. Landes, D.
Mt. Carmel.
Sixteenth.
1885-89.
Tbird.
1887-91
Philip Sidney Post, R
Tenth ..
1887-95
William H. Gest, R
Eleventh 1897-91
George A. Anderson, D.
Quincy
Twelfth 1887-89
Edward Lane, D ..
Hillsboro
Seventeenth. 1887-95
Abner Taylor, R.
Chicago
First ...
1869-93.
Charles A. Hill, R.
Joliet.
Eighth . 1889-91
Geo. W. Fithian, D.
Newton
Sixteenth ..
1889-95
William S. Forman, D.
Nashville
Eighteenth .. 1889-95
James R. Williams, D.
Carmi
Eighteenth .. 1889-95
James R. Williams, D
Carmi
Murphysboro
Twentieth.
1889-95.
George W. Smith, R
Murphysboro
Twenty-sec'nd 1895-
Lawrence E. McGann, D.
Chicago
Second .
1891-95.
Allan C. Durborow, Jr., D ..
Chicago
Third,
1891-95
Walter C. Newberry, D
Chicago
Fourth
1891-93
Lewis Steward, Ind
Plano
Eighth
1891-93
Herman W. Snow. R
Sheldon.
Ninth
I =91-93.
Benjamin T. Cable, D.
Rock Island
Eleventh
1:91-93.
Owen Scott, D
Bloomington
Fourteenth
1891-93
Samuel T. Busey, D.
Urbana
Fifteentli
1891-93
John C. Black, D.
Chicago
State-at-large
193-95.
Andrew J. Hunter. D.
Paris ..
J. Frank Aldrich, R.
Chicago
Julius Goldzier, D
Chicago
Fourth
1893-95
Robert A. Childs, R
Hinsdale.
Eighth
1893-95
Hamilton K. Wheeler, R.
Kankakee
Ninth
1893-95
William Lorimer, R ..
Chicago Chicago
Third
1895-99
.Awarded seat after con. with L. E. McGann.
Charles W. Woodman, R.
Chicago
Fourth ..
1895-97
Geo. E. White, R ...
Chicago
Fifth
1895-99,
Walter Reeves, R.
Streator.
Eleventh.
1895-
Vespasian Warner, R
Clinton
Thirteenth .
1895-
J. V. Graff. R
Pekin.
Fourteenth
1895-
Finis E. Downing, D
Virginia
Seventeenth.
1895-99
Frederick Remann, R
Vandalia.
Eighteenth
1895-
Wm. F. L. Hadley, R
Edwardsville
Eighteenth ... 1.95
Benson Wood, R.
Effingham.
Nineteenth.
1895-97
Orlando Burrell, R
Carmi
Twentietli
1895-97.
Everett J. Murphy, R
East St. Louis
Twenty-first
1895-97
James R. Mann, R
Chicago
First
1897-
Daniel W. Mills, R
Chicago
Second
1897-
Thomas M. Jett, D
Hillsboro.
Eighteenth
1897-
James R. Campbell, D ... George P. Foster, R
Chicago.
Third
1899
Thomas Cusack, D ..
Chicago
Fourth
1899-
Edgar T. Noonan, D.
Chicago
Fifth
1899-
Henry S. Boutell, R
Chicago
Sixth
1898
W. E. Williams, D ..
Pittsfield.
Sixteenth
1899-
B. F. Caldwell, D.
Chathanı.
Seventeenth
1899-
Joseph B. Crowley, D.
Robinson.
Nineteenth
1899-
W. A. Rodenberg, R.
East St. Lonis
Twenty first ...
1899-
Died, June 4, '98; suc'd. by Henry S. Boutell.
. Edward D. Cooke, R
Chicago
Sixth
1805-98
George E. Foss, R.
Chicago
Seventh
1895-
George W. Prince, R.
Galesburg.
Tenth.
1895-
Andrew J. Hunter, D.
Paris.
State-at-large.
1893-95
Nineteenth
1897-99
First
1893-97.
John J. McDannold, D .... Benjamin F. Funk. R.
Mt. Sterling
Twelfth
1893-95.
Bloomington
Fourteenth
1893-95 ..
Second.
1895-
Ifugh R. Belknap, R
Fifth
1885-95
1895-
Ralph Plumb, R.
Streator.
William E. Mason, R
Chicago ..
Galesburg.
Rock Island.
Fifteenth.
1879-81
John R. Thomas, R
Metropolis
Eighteenth
1879-83
James W. Singleton, D.
Quincy
Eleventh
1879-83
1883-87
1883-87
1885-87
Albert J. Hopkins, R
Died, Jan. 6, 1895.
Nineteenth .... 1899 -.
George W. Smith, R
James A. Connolly, R
Springfield.
Sixteenth, 1895-97
Died, July 14, '95; suc'd. hy W. F. L. Hadley. Elected to fill vacancy.
1897-99.
McLeanshoro
Twentieth
Succeeded E. D. Cooke, deceased.
Macomb,
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REYNOLDS, John, Justice of Supreme Court and fourth Governor of Illinois, was born of Irish ancestry, in Montgomery County, Pa., Feb. 26, 1789, and brought by his parents to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1800, spending the first nine years of his life in Illinois on a farm. After receiving a com- mon school education, and a two years' course of study in a college at Knoxville, Tenn., he studied law and began practice. In 1812-13 he served as a scout in the campaigns against the Indians, winning for himself the title, in after life, of "The Old Ranger." Afterwards he removed to Cahokia, where he began the practice of law, and, in 1818, became Associate Justice of the first Supreme Court of the new State. Retiring from the bench in 1825, he served two terins in the Legislature, and was elected Governor in 1830, in 1832 personally commanding the State volunteers called for service in the Black Hawk War. Two weeks before the expiration of his term (1834), he resigned to accept a seat in Con- gress, to which he had been elected as the suc- cessor of Charles Slade, who had died in office, and was again elected in 1838, always as a Demo- crat. He also served as Representative in the Fifteenth General Assembly, and again in the Eighteenth (1852-54), being chosen Speaker of the latter. In 1858 he was the administration (or Buchanan) Democratic candidate for State Su- perintendent of Public Instruction, as opposed to the Republican and regular (or Douglas) Demo- cratic candidates. For some years he edited a daily paper called "The Eagle," which was pub- lished at Belleville. While Governor Reynolds acquired some reputation as a "classical scholar," from the time spent in a Tennessee College at that early day, this was not sustained by either his colloquial or written style. He was an ardent champion of slavery, and, in the early days of the Rebellion, gained unfavorable notori- ety in consequence of a letter written to Jefferson Davis expressing sympathy with the cause of "secession." Nevertheless, in spite of intense prejudice and bitter partisanship on some ques- tions, he possessed many amiable qualities, as shown by his devotion to temperance, and his popularity among persons of opposite political opinions. Although at times crude in style, and not always reliable in his statement of historical facts and events, Governor Reynolds has rendered a valuable service to posterity by his writings relating to the early history of the State, espe- cially those connected with his own times. His best known works are: "Pioneer History of Illi- nois" (Belleville, 1848) ; "A Glance at the Crystal
Palace, and Sketches of Travel" (1854); and "My Life and Times" (1855). His death occurred at Belleville, May 8, 1865.
REYNOLDS, John Parker, Secretary and President of State Board of Agriculture, was born at Lebanon, Ohio, March 1, 1820, and graduated from the Miami University at the age of 18. In 1840 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School, and soon afterward began practice. He removed to Illinois in 1854, settling first in Win- nebago County, later, successively in Marion County, in Springfield and in Chicago. From 1860 to 1870 he was Secretary of the State Agri- cultural Society, and, upon the creation of the State Board of Agriculture in 1871, was elected its President, filling that position until 1888, when he resigned. He has also occupied numer- ous other posts of honor and of trust of a public or semi-public character, having been President of the Illinois State Sanitary Commission during the War of the Rebellion, a Commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1867, Chief Grain Inspector from 1878 to 1882, and Secretary of the Inter- State Industrial Exposition Company of Chicago, from the date of its organization (1873) until its final dissolution. His most important public service, in recent years, was rendered as Director- in-Chief of the Illinois exhibit in the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
REYNOLDS, Joseph Smith, soldier and legis- lator, was born at New Lenox, Ill., Dec. 3, 1839; at 17 years of age went to Chicago, was educated in the high school there, within a month after graduation enlisting as a private in the Sixty- fourth Illinois Volunteers. From the ranks he rose to a colonelcy through the gradations of Second-Lieutenant and Captain, and, in July, 1865, was brevetted Brigadier-General. He was a gallant soldier, and was thrice wounded. On his return home after nearly four years' service, he entered the law department of the Chicago University, graduating therefrom and beginning practice in 1866. General Reynolds has been prominent in public life, having served as a member of both branches of the General Assem- bly, and having been a State Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition of 1873. He is a member of the G. A. R., and, in 1875, was elected Senior Vice-Commander of the order for the United States.
REYNOLDS, William Morton, clergyman, was born in Fayette County, Pa., March 4, 1812; after graduating at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1832, was connected with various institutions in that State, as well as President of Capital University at
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Columbus, Ohio, ; then, coming to Illinois, was President of the Illinois State University at Springfield, 1857-60, after which he became Prin- cipal of a female seminary in Chicago. Previ- ously a Lutheran, he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1864, and served several parishes until his death. In his early life he founded, and, for a time, conducted several reli- gious publications at Gettysburg, Pa., besides issuing a number of printed addresses and other published works. Died at Oak Park, near Chi- cago, Sept. 5, 1876.
RHOADS, (Col.) Franklin Lawrence, soldier and steamboat captain, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1824; brought to Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., in 1836, where he learned the print- er's trade, and, on the breaking out of the Mexican War, enlisted, serving to the close. Returning home he engaged in the river trade, and, for fifteen years, commanded steamboats on the Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. In April, 1861, he was commissioned Captain of a company of three months' men attached to the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and, on the reorganization of the regiment for the three- years' service, was commissioned Lieutenant- Colonel, soon after being promoted to the colo- nelcy, as successor to Col. Richard J. Oglesby, who had been promoted Brigadier-General. After serving through the spring campaign of 1862 in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, he was com- pelled by rapidly declining health to resign, when he located in Shawneetown, retiring in 1874 to his farm near that city. During the latter years of his life he was a confirmed invalid, dying at Shawneetown, Jan. 6, 1879.
RHOADS, Joshua, M.D., A.M., physician and educator, was born in Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1806; studied medicine and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania with the degree of M.D., also receiving the degree of A.M., from Princeton; after several years spent in practice as a physician, and as Principal in some of the public schools of Philadelphia, in 1839 he was elected Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, and, in 1850, took charge of the State Institution for the Blind at Jacksonville, Ill., then in its infancy. Here he remained until 1874, when he retired. Died, February 1, 1876.
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