Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Hancock County, Volume II, Part 155

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn; Currey, J. Seymour (Josiah Seymour), 1844-1928. 4n; Scofield, Charles J. (Charles Josiah), 1853- 4n
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1174


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Mar. 19, 1917-Court house in Carthage; Harry M. Waggoner, judge; John F. Scott, clerk ; Marion R. Mosley, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


June 4, 1917-Court house in Carthage ; Harry M. Waggoner, judge; John F. Scott, clerk ; Marion R. Mosley, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


Oct. 15, 1917-Court house in Carthage; Harry M. Waggoner, judge; John F. Scott, clerk ; Marion R. Mosley, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


Mar. 18, 1918-Court house in Carthage; Harry M. Waggoner, judge; John F. Scott,


clerk ; Marion R. Mosley, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


June 3, 1918-Court house in Carthage; Harry M. Waggoner, judge; John F. Scott, clerk ; Marion R. Mosley, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


Oct. 21, 1918-Court house in Carthage ; Rob- ert J. Grier, judge ; John F. Scott, clerk ; Marion R. Mosley, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's at- torney.


Mar. 17, 1919-Court house in Carthage ; Rob- ert J. Grier, judge; John F. Scott, clerk ; J. Norman Bennett, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


June 2, 1919-Court house in Carthage ; Rob- ert J. Grier, judge; John F. Scott, clerk ; J. Norman Bennett, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


Oct. 20, 1919-Court house in Carthage; Rob- ert J. Grier, judge; J. Frank Scott, clerk pro tem .; J. Norman Bennett, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


Mar. 15, 1920-Court house in Carthage; Harry M. Waggoner, judge; J. Frank Scott, clerk ; J. Norman Bennett, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


June 7, 1920-Court house in Carthage ; Harry M. Waggoner, judge; J. Frank Scott, clerk ; J. Norman Bennett, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


Oct. 18, 1920-Court house in Carthage ; Rob- ert J. Grier, judge; J. Frank Scott, clerk ; J. Norman Bennett, sheriff ; Earl W. Wood, state's attorney.


Mar. 21, 1921-Court house in Carthage ; Harry M. Waggoner, judge ; T. Bluford Stewart, clerk; J. Norman Bennett, sheriff ; Lee Sieben- born state's attorney.


PRESIDENTIAL VOTE OF HANCOCK COUNTY FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT TIME


1832


Andrew Jackson, Dem., 39.


Henry Clay, Nat. Rep., 42.


(Martin Van Buren was elected vice-president. Associated with Henry Clay was John Sergeant, candidate for vice-president. Other tickets were John Floyd and Henry Lee, Ind. ticket, and William Wirt and Amos Ellmaker, Anti-Mason or Know-Nothing ticket. )


1836


Martin Van Buren, Dem. 260. William Henry Harrison, Whig, 340.


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(No. vice-president having been chosen by the people, Col. Richard M. Johnson was elected by the Senate. Gen. Harrison's running-mate was Francis Granger. Votes were cast for White and Tyler, and Webster and Smith, and the electoral vote of North Carolina was cast for W. P. Mangum.)


1840


William Henry Harrison, Whig, 1352. Martin Van Buren, Dem., 624.


(John Tyler was elected vice-president. Rich- ard M. Johnson was the candidate for vice-presi- dent with Martin Van Buren. Another ticket, Lib., was composed of James G. Birney and L. W. Tazewell.)


1844


James K. Polk, Dem., 2,399.


Henry Clay, Whig, 747.


(Large vote due to the Mormon population. George M. Dallas was elected vice-president. The candidate for vice-president with Henry Clay was T. Frelinghuysen. Another ticket, Lib., was James G. Birney and Thomas Morris.)


1848


Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore, Whig, 1,087.


Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, Dem., 1,074.


Martin Van Buren and Charles F. Adams, Free Soil, 67.


1852


Franklin Pierce and William R. King, Dem., 1,466.


Winfield Scott and William A. Graham, Whig, 1,286.


John P. Hale and George W. Julian, Fed. Dem. or Free Soil, 34.


(Some votes were cast for Daniel Webster, but none in Hancock County.)


1856


James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge, Dem., 2,011.


John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton, Rep., 1,120.


Millard Fillmore and A. J. Donelson, Amer., 998.


1860


Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, Rep., 2,674.


Stephen A. Douglas and H. V. Johnson, Union or Northern Dem., 3,063.


Jolın Bell and Edward Everett, Amer. or Whig, 121.


John C. Breckenridge and Joseph Lane, South- ern Dem., 31.


1864


Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, Rep., 2,654.


George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, Dem., 2,929.


1868


Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, Rep., 3,596.


Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair, Dem., 3,687.


1872


Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson, Rep., 3,141.


Horace Greely and B. Gratz Brown, Lib. Dem., 3,328.


Charles O'Conor and John Q. Adams, Dem. or Ind., 59.


(There were other tickets in the field, among them the temperance or prohibition ticket com- posed of James Black and John Russell.)


1876


Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler, Rep., 3,496.


Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, Dem., 4,207.


(There were other tickets as Peter Cooper and Samuel F. Cary, Greenback; Green Clay Smith and G. T. Stewart, Pro., and James B. Walker and D. Kirkpatrick, Amer.)


1880


James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, Rep., 3,609.


Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English, Dem., 3,957.


(Other tickets were James B. Weaver and B. J. Chambers, Greenback, Neal Dow and H. A. Thompson, Pro., and John W. Phelps and S. C. Pomeroy, Amer.) -


1884


Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks, Dem., 3,875.


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James G. Blaine and John A. Logan, Rep., 3,272.


John P. St. John and William Daniel, Pro., 94.


Benjamin F. Butler and A. M. West, People's, 147.


1888


Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton, Rep., 3,569.


Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman, Dem., 3,911.


(Other tickets were Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks, Pro., Alson J. Streeter and C. E. Cunningham, U. L., R. H. Cowdry and W. H. Wakefield, N'd. L., and James L. Curtis and James B. Greer, Amer.)


1892


Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson, Dem., 4,132.


Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid, Rep., 3,393.


(Among other tickets in the field were James B. Weaver and James G. Field, People's, and John Bidwell and James R. Cranfill, Pro.)


1896


William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart, Rep., 4,250.


(William J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall, Dem., and


(William J. Bryan and Thomas E. Watson, People's, Bryan's total vote, 4,575.


(Other tickets were John M. Palmer and Sim. B. Buckner, Nat. Dem., Joshua Levering and Hale Johnson, Pro., Charles H. Matchett and Matthew McGuire, So. L., and Charles E. Bent- ley and J. H. Southgate, Nat.)


1900


William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, Rep., 3,907.


William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson, Dem. 4,657.


(There were numerous other tickets in the field, among them James G. Woolley and Henry B. Metcalf, Pro.)


1904


Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fair- banks, Rep., 3,887.


Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis, Dem., 3,456.


(Other tickets in the field were Eugene V ... Debs and Benjamin Hanford, Soc., and Silas C. Swallow and George W. Carroll, Pro.)


1908


William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, Rep., 3,781.


William J. Bryan and John W. Kern, Dem., 4,260.


Eugene W. Chafin and Aaron S. Watkins, Pro., 225.


Eugene V. Debs and Benjamin Hanford, Soc., 38.


(There were 10 votes cast for other candi- dates.)


1912


Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall, Dem., 3,692.


William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, Rep., 1,577.


Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W. Johnson, Prog., 1,937.


(There were other tickets in the field, among them the prohibition ticket. The La Follette ticket received 186 votes.


1916


Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall, Dem., 7,711.


Charles E. Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks, Rep., 6,472.


(There were votes cast in Hancock County for other tickets.)


1920


Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, Rep., 7,579.


James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dem., 5,125.


Eugene V. Debs and Seymour Stedman, Soc., 64.


Aaron S. Watkins and D. Leigh Colvin, Pro., 173.


Parley P. Christensen and Max S. Hays, Farmer-Labor, 32.


Robert C. Macauley and Richard C. Barnum, Single Tax, 1.


William W. Cox and August Gillhaus, Soc. Labor, 4.


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FIRST CARTHAGE CEMETERY


The First Carthage Cemetery, purchased for the town by the County Commissioners' Court.


Carthage was laid out and platted in 1833. A new survey was made at a later date, and this survey was sanctioned by legislative act in 1838. But the existence of the town, now city, as the county-seat, dates from 1833. Promptly thereafter, the County Commission- ers' Court purchased land for a "public bury- ing ground" for the county-seat.


On December 5, 1834, the County Commis- sioners' Court passed the following order:


December 5, 1834-Ordered that the sum of $20.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay Michael Record for two acres of land for a burying ground as selected by E. S. Free- man and Wesley Williams, and the treasurer will pay the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated as soon as the said Michael Record shall execute a deed for said tract of land.


On April 25, 1835, the purchase of the "bury- ing ground" was perfected by deed now of record in the Recorder's Office, which deed is as follows :-


"This Indenture made and entered into this twenty-fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five, between Michael Rickard of Hancock County in the State of Illinois of the one part and Wesley Williams and Elam S. Freeman trustees for and on behalf of the citizens of the town of Carthage in said County of Han- cock in the aforesaid State of Illinois Wit- nesseth that the said Michael Rickard for and in consideration of the sum of twenty dol- lars to him in hand paid by the County Com- missioners' Court of said County hereby sells, conveys and confirms unto thé said town of Carthage for the use of the citizens thereof or such and all such as may at any time here- after become citizens of said town, two acres of land being a part of the south west quarter of section No. Thirteen in township No. five north of Range seven west and beginning at a stake a little south west of the grave of Col. Freeman's infant from which a white oak marked W. bears South 61/2 degrees east a- little upwards of eleven feet, thence east to the east line of said Quarter section and lying north for quantity so as to include two acres and no more. And it is expressly un-


derstood by these presents that the said Williams and Freeman are to acquire no in- dividual interest in the aforesaid premises, and are to hold the same in trust for the use of the citizens of said town as a public burying ground, and so soon as the said town of Carthage becomes incorporated and trustees are elected then the title to the aforesaid tract of land to vest in them and their suc- cessors forever for the use above specified and no other. In testimony hereof the said Michael Rickard hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year herein first written. Michael Rickard (Seal)."


An interesting article concerning this ceme- tery was published in The Carthage Republican in the issue dated December 4, 1918. We take the liberty of preserving this article in this volume:


"The earliest Carthage cemetery is little known to the average citizen and we have not been able to ascertain how or by what name this old 'burying ground' was designated.


"It is located in W. O. Kunkel's feed lot or pasture just north of the fair grounds and would be difficult to locate as there remain now but two grave stones bearing inscriptions. Carthage was surveyed for a county seat in the thirties and the dates of death on the two stones are 1841, so one will realize that very likely this high knoll in what was then a heavy timber was selected by the earliest residents of this town and vicinity for the burial of their dead.


"Citizens have stated that in their childhood when they were wont to roam the heavy woods which then came within a block of the public square, they came onto this little city of the dead and found twelve or fourteen graves, two with elaborate stones setting forth the virtues of the deceased, the others having but rough- hewn sand stones to mark them.


"The location of this cemetery has given rise to much speculation, for in relation to our present system of roads it is remote from any beaten path. It will be remembered that in that early period of our local history no system of roads had been established over the county, and trails led directly from any town in the county to the county seat. The old road to Nauvoo ran directly northwest from Car- thage. The first house on the outskirts of Carthage on the Nauvoo-Carthage road was the Louis Stevenson cabin on the site of the pres-


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ent residence on the fair ground, so that the old Nauvoo road did not run by this ceme- tery. But from a topographical standpoint it lies of easy access from the Nauvoo road on the west, as it curves into Carthage from the old camp meeting ground, and could be approached over level ground from the east from Carthage.


"One of the two stones remaining, is that of Ellis Hughes. The stone is a broad flat marble slab, very handsomely carved, and had been originally supported by six short pillars and probably a coping. This stone is said to have been shipped from Virginia and that fact and the inscription on the stone would lead one to consider that the deceased was of some consequence in his family and very pos- sibly in the community. The inscription is as follows:


Sacred to the memory of Ellis Hughes who departed this life March 23, 1841 aged 33 years, and two months He was a most devoted son, and an affectionate brother and a faith- ful friend.


Ye weep, and it is well; For tears hold earth's partings. Yesterday


Song was upon the lips of this pale clay And sunshine seemed to dwell Where'er he moved-the welcome and the blest.


" 'Hic transit gloria mundi.' With all this elaboration of effort to make a perpetual shrine and memorial of this grave we have found no one who can tell us of this Hughes family, a number of whom are buried here, or any- thing of this young man who went to his grave so mourned and honored.


"The other stone marked the grave of Nancy Pool, wife of the first Methodist minister lo- cated in Carthage. The inscription reads:


Nancy Pool Consort of Rev. Isaac Pool Born near Lynchburg, Va., June 3, 1806 Died in Carthage, Illinois, May 16, 1841, aged 35 years, 1 month and 13 days.


Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. From henceforth, yea, saith the spirit, they rest from their labors and their works do follow them.


"Elliott Conklin and family lived on the small five acre plot of ground now operated by Asa Paris as a truck garden.


"The children of Mr. and Mrs. Conklin roamed the timber on the surrounding hills and this old cemetery was a favorite haunt. They studied the inscriptions on the old tombstones and knew them by heart.


"But there in uncherished desolation lies this old cemetery marked only by two dis- lodged and broken stones, about which lie a number of sunken unmarked graves. It rests on a close cropped knoll where cattle wander at will and visited only by the roaming small boy or the curious hunter."


FIRST CARTHAGE MEAT SHOP


A letter on this subject, written by a former resident of this county, was published in The Carthage Republican, on March 9, 1921. The letter follows:


Our first butcher shop was a round pole cabin about 12x14 feet square and located about half way between the square and the H. G. Ferris home, long before James Wins- ton built the Ferris house. A man named Lobb operated it. His meat block was an oak board about twelve inches wide, which rested on two nail kegs and his meat saw was a rather coarse-toothed wood saw.


Once upon a time when in a hurry, he turned his block over while sawing up a large hindquarter of beef. It was before we had floors covered with sawdust, but often covered with mud, as we had no walks at all. So that day the floor was almost sloppy with mud. I can almost see how Mr. Lobb looked, but he soon thought of his ever-ready help- mate, Adeline, his wife. He yelled "Adeline," who occupied another cabin nearby. She asked what he wanted, and he said, "A broom, rag and a bucket of water," and soon Adeline was present with the things asked for and a lovely smile on her face, saying, "Dear, how did this happen?" He told the story of the accident, and she said, "It is too bad, dear, but I'll fix it all right," which she did without a harsh word.


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Sixty years ago the corner lot across the street northwest from the Winston or Ferris house above mentioned was used for slaughter- ing purposes. There was a barn on the lot where the butchering was done. The yard outside was decorated with the skulls and horns and some of the other bones of the superannuated cows, retired from the milk business, which furnished meat in that day for the Carthaginians.


A NARROW ESCAPE


In 1869-70 the Board of Supervisors of Hancock County, in connection with some agitation of the question of the removal of the National Capital to the Mississippi Valley, announced by resolution that Barkis was will- in'. Nauvoo and Warsaw each announced its willingness to receive the National Capital and cede the necessary territory for that purpose.


On December 13, 1869, the Board of Super- visors of Hancock County passed a resolution on this subject, and this resolution was duly certified by Robert W. McClaughry, then clerk of the County Court and of the Board of Supervisors, to the Hon. David Ellis, repre- sentative from Hancock County in the Con- stitutional Convention. This resolution was as followš:


"Whereas, The people of the Mississippi val- ley, and of the west generally, are of the opinion that the National Capital ought to be, and soon will be, removed from its present location to the banks of the Mississippi river; "Whereas, also, in the judgment of the Board of Supervisors of Hancock county, Illinois, Nauvoo, in said county, is the most central, healthy and beautiful place for the location of the National Capital within the United States, and,


"Whereas, It is believed that before such removal will be made, jurisdiction must be ceded by the State in which such Capital shall be located to the United States, over a suf- ficient district of country, for the use of such Capital; therefore


"Resolved, That our Representative in the convention to amend the Constitution of the State of Illinois, be and is hereby requested to use all honorable means to secure the passage of an Ordinance by said Convention to be submitted to a vote of the people of the State


of Illinois, ceding to the United States of America, jurisdiction over fractional town- ships 6 and 7 north, in ranges 8 and 9, west of the fourth principal meridian, and so much thereof as may be desired by the United States, upon the condition that the National Capital of the United States shall be removed from its present locality at Washington in the Dis- trict of Columbia to Nauvoo, in the district so to be ceded to the United States.


"Resolved, That this order be certified by the clerk of this county to Hon. David Ellis, Representative in said Convention from said County of Hancock."


The Convention was asked to adopt the fol- lowing:


"Be it ordained by the people of the state of Illinois, in convention assembled, the juris- diction be, and hereby is, ceded by the state of Illinois to the United States of America over fractional townships 6 and 7 north, in ranges 8 and 9 west of the 4th principal meridian, and situated in Hancock county, or so much thereof as the United States may desire, to be used by the United States as and for the location of the capital of the United States. This cession of jurisdiction to take effect and be in force from and after the passage of an act of Congress providing for the removal of the said national capital to the district hereby ceded."


On the same day the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Supervisors:


"Whereas, measures are about being taken to remove our National Capital, and it being understood that the same will be located at some point in the Mississippi Valley, and Nauvoo and its vicinity possessing all the Nat- ural advantages necessary ; and whereas, Nau- voo being prominent in the place proposed as our future Capital-Be it resolved, that a Committee of five, viz., Messrs. M. M. Morrill and John Bauer of Nauvoo, G. Edmunds, Jr., Esq., of Sonora, and Messrs. W. H. Manier and W. C. Hooker of Carthage, are hereby appointed to present and urge the claims of Hancock County in the premises, and to confer with the com- mittee appointed by Congress in the matter ;- that said Committee report to this Board their action, and also such recommendations as shall be deemed advisable for consideration. It is ordered that said committee shall serve with- out charge as against the County."


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Thereupon Warsaw, by its city clerk, John R. Simmons, wired the following message to the Hon. David Ellis:


"The city council today adopted resolutions requesting the constitutional convention to cede jurisdiction over the city of Warsaw and four townships to the United States, for the na- tional capital. Particulars will be forwarded at the earliest hour. Please present this to the convention."


Afterwards the Warsaw resolutions were filed, and the Convention was requested to submit to the people of the state an ordinance "ceding jurisdiction to the United States of the territory embracing the city of Warsaw and the townships of Wilcox, Wythe, Walker and Rocky Run, in the county of Hancock, upon condition that the national capital of the United States be located in said territory."


Benjamin F. Marsh, afterwards congressman from the district including Hancock County for many terms, Dr. Charles Hay, father of John Hay, J. E. Johnson, L. Mussetter, L. K. Wilcox, William English, and E. E. Lane, all prominent citizens of Hancock County, where appointed a committee to present the memo- rial.


The Convention adopted the report of the committee on federal relations, requesting the representatives of Illinois in Congress to labor to secure the removal of the National Capital to some point in the Mississippi Valley.


Sad to relate, the capital remained at Wash- ington.


WOODMEN OF THE WORLD, NO. 210, BOWEN


Woodmen of the World, Camp No. 210, was organized August 15, 1911, at Bowen, Illinois, with 15 charter members.


The first officers were W. B. Cecil, Past Coun- cil Commander ; Louis Ridgeway, Council Com- mander ; R. T. Owen, Advisor Lieutenant; A. E. Randall, Banker; H. R. Farwell, Clerk; Harry Martin, Escort; C. F. Owen, Watchman; R. J. Stamback, Sentry ; D. W. Humphrey, Physician ; W. B. Cecil, W. C. Rowland, and H. B. Wade, Managers.


The present membership is 22. The present officers are John T. Cox, Council Commander; Frank H. Worrell, Advisor Lieutenant; Max Crossland, Banker; W. C. Rowland, Clerk; E. P. Horney, Escort; Bruce Wells, Sentry.


COLUSA CAMP, NO. 3601, MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA, COLUSA


Colusa Camp, No. 3601, Modern Woodmen of America, was organized in Colusa on Feb. 19, 1896 with twelve charter members. C. F. Bross was the first Consul, Frank Byers the first Sec- retary and Eugene Lincoln the first Banker.


Since the organization of this camp three members have died, Thos. J. Rhea, John E. Baily and D. I. Riley.


The present membership is twenty-five, with the following officers : A. D. Zern, Consul; C. E. Peck, Banker; Robert A. Barr, Secretary; A. H. Gardner, Escort. Robert A. Barr has held the office of clerk since 1904.


UNCLE MAC CHAPTER, NO. 81, 0. E. S., BOWEN


Uncle Mac Chapter, O. E. S., No. 81, was or- ganized at Bowen, Illinois, Oct. 7, 1885, with thirteen charter members. The first officers, were Emma Crossland, W. M .; Chas. Brown- ing, W. P .; S. M. Irwin, A. M.


The present membership is 84, with the fol- lowing officers : Mrs. Leafie Owen, W. M .; Sid- ney A. McGill, W. P .; Mrs. Clara Neal, A. M .; Mrs. Bernice Thompson, Cond .; Mrs. Lula Nash, Asst. Cond .; Mrs. Geneva . Reid, Sec; Mrs. Anna Nelson, Treas.


The chapter meets on the first Tuesday of each month.


REBEKAH LODGE, NO. 731, DALLAS CITY


Lake City Rebekah Lodge, No. 731, was in- stituted at Dallas City, Illinois, on March 7, 1912, with fourteen charter members, by Miss E. M. Coulson of La Harpe, assisted by Clara Law and Laura Sellers.


The first officers were Sudie Maynard, Noble Grand; Lena Bennington, Vice Grand; Ola Douch, Rec. Sec .; Mary Marlatt, Financial Secy .; Mary Pennock, Treas.


The present membership is 46. The present officers are Lena Kirkpatrick, Noble Grand; Celia Turner, Vice Grand; Loda Lionberger, Rec. & Fin. Sec .; Hattie Bennington, Treas.


Meetings are held in the I. O. O. F. Hall.


I. O. O. F. LODGE, NO. 989, DALLAS CITY


Dallas City I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 989, was organized Feb. 6. 1911, degrees being conferred by Carman Lodge, Carman, Illinois.


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The charter members were A. L. Benning- ton, O. C. Kirkpatrick, C. A. Kurle, W. D. Win- ter, C. A. Knappenberger, Charles Benning- ton, W. A. Feldhausen, B. H. Paul, D. H. Northup. C. E. Rosencrans, H. Oldhaus, E. A. Gebhardt, Ivo Gittings. J. S. Bennington, W. G. Koll.




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