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$15,900.00"
On September 12, 1861, on motion of Mr. Newcomb, the sum of $800 was appropriated by the board of supervisors to pay for building a house for the custody of insane paupers, and the building committee was authorized to ac- cept any proposal for building the same, which they should consider the most economical and for the best interests of the county. This build- ing was to be erected on the county farm. On November 11th of the same year the build- ing committee reported that the contract had been let to Boyd Braden and that the work was well under way. This building committee was composed of Dennis Smith, Thomas Mc- Lellan and Daniel Prentis. The total cost of
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the building is stated in this connection as $850. It is designated as the "mad house" in the records of the board. At the present day, a less offensive term is ordinarily used.
It seems that this "mad house" became in- sufficient, within a few years, for county pur- poses, and the erection of another building was planned in 1874, the committee on plans and specifications being John A. Ross, D. S. Lion- berger, William R. Hamilton and Charles C. Hoppe, and the building committee being David Hanson, William R. Hamilton, and Wellington Jenney. The contract was let on October 6, 1874 for $6,900, to Charles A. Gilchrist with J. M. Randolph surety. The building was to consist of three stories, the dimensions forty- three feet in length by thirty-two feet nine inches in width, and the foundation to be of stone and the walls of brick. The sum of $100 was added to the contract price for furnace.
As the county increased in population, addi- tions to the accommodations at the county farm became necessary from time to time, and, in 1881, it was proposed to build an addition to the county house. Douglas Aleshire and James A. Anderson were appointed a committee to let the contract and superintend the work, and reported to tlie board on March 29, 1882, that the contract had been let to McColm & Payne for the sum of $2,290. The committee further reported that they had found it inexpedient to erect the building as an addition to the existing brick building on the farm, as that would seriously impair the ventilation of both buildings, and had taken the responsibility of having the new building entirely detached from the other building. The committee further re- ported that the building had been completed to the satisfaction of the committee and re- ceived by the committee on February 14, 1882, at which time the committee and contractors had made settlement, the contractors deduct- ing $57 because of change in the location of the building and the consequent lessening of the cost of construction. This report was received and recorded and the committee was discharged.
It seems that the board of supervisors, at its December meeting, 1881, had appointed Douglas Aleshire and Dr. W. H. D. Noyes a committee to purchase and have placed in position a heat- ing furnace in the new building on the county farm. On March 30, 1882, this committee re- ported that they had employed Cherry & Cor- wine, of Keokuk, to furnish the furnace and
place the same in position, with all necessary attachments, for the sum of $215, and that the furnace, after installment, had been ac- cepted and approved by the committee on Feb- ruary 14, 1882, and an order issued for $215 to the contractors in satisfaction of the con- tract. This report was received, adopted and recorded.
In the meantime additions had been made to the county farm, increasing the land where the county buildings were located to 200 acres. On February 9, 1867, the county had purchased of Mrs. Elizabeth Scofield, for the considera- tion of $2,070, forty-six acres off the east side of the northwest quarter of section 25, in town- ship 5 North, range 7 West, which, in connec- tion with the tract of 114 acres purchased at the beginning, gave the county the entire quar- ter for county purposes. Afterwards, on April 4, 1884, the county purchased of Joseph W. Hawley, for the consideration of $2,000, the west half of the south eighty acres of the north- east quarter of section 25, which lay east of and adjacent to the south half of the quarter at that time owned by the county. On June 12, 1907, the county purchased of C. Catharine Marsh and Charles Carroll Marsh, her husband, the south half of the southwest quarter of sec- tion 25, in township 5 North, range 7 West, for the consideration of $4,400. This eighty-acre tract is separated from the main body of the county farm by an intervening eighty acres of land not owned by the county. On July 5, 1907, the county sold to Farman N. Whitcomb and Thomas Ellison the tract of fifty-six acres off of the west side of the southwest quarter of section 7, in Township 5 North, Range 6 West, for the consideration of $2,800. And so, at the present time, the county farm consists of about 280 acres of land.
The "poor house" was burned on July 23, 1884, and on the same day a notice was pre- pared and signed by twelve supervisors, directed to John R. Newton, county clerk, requesting him to call a special meeting of the board, to be held at the courthouse on Monday, July 28th, "for the purpose of making provision for the building of a poor house on the county farm in place of the one this day burned.". The building which had been burned was insured in the North American Insurance Company and the Royal Insurance Company, and the records of the board of July 29th show that the county was to receive $2,800 from each of these com-
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panies. The board passed a resolution of thanks to William M. Whittlesey, superintendent of the poor farm, for his heroic efforts at the fire, by which the lives of nineteen inmates were saved, all of them being either invalids or insane persons, ten of tliem being confined in cells, and also by which efforts much property belonging to the county, in and about the burn- ing building, was saved from destruction.
It was proposed at first to erect a new build- ing at a cost of $25,000. In August, 1884, the board passed a resolution to erect a new build- ing at an amount not exceeding $20,000. This building was to be three stories above the base- ment, and to be fire-proof throughout, excepting floors, doors and windows.
The building committee appointed by the board consisted of Enoch Ramsey, Henry C. Hanson, George W. Garard, William P. Dam- ron and George W. Thompson.
On September 9, 1884, it was ordered by the board "that the committee on poor house and pauper claims be instructed to place the papers taken out of the corner stone of the alms-house recently burned, in the cornerstone of the new building shortly to be erected, with an account of the date and burning of the old building, copies of county papers, copy of estimates, plans and cost of new building, with such other papers or things as they should think proper."
In September, 1884, a contract was made with Isaac C. Coleman of Jacksonville to draw plans and specifications for the new building and superintend the erection thereof, at a com- pensation of $450, and on December 12, 1884, a contract was made with parties at Peoria to erect the new building at a cost of $19,800, "all complete including the heating plant." The building was to be inclosed by January 1, 1885, and completed as soon afterwards as possible. The building was completed in July, 1885.
During the years which have followed, im- provements in the buildings and in the culti- vation of the farmn have been made from time to time, and the county farm at the present time is in good condition, well-kept and well- cultivated, reflecting credit upon the county and the present management.
The terms "poor house," "mad house," and "alms house," lave a harsh sound in these days when such unfortunates are treated with the consideration due them, and therefore the board of supervisors, on September 11, 1912, passed the following resolution :
"Whereas, The terms poor house and alms- house naturally create in our minds such re- pulsive feelings and have such an unpleasant sound to the ear of the unfortunate persons, who, by force of circumstances, are obliged to avail themselves of the bounty offered by the county authorities, and
"Whereas, Such terms are recalled with hor- ror and dislike and a much more suitable name can be applied; Therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Hancock County, Illinois, now in session, That the charitable institution of this county be hereafter known as the 'County Home' and that the committee of this board having in charge the same be known as the County Home Committee, and that the said name 'County Home' be used in writing all records pertaining to this institu- tion in this county, and that the name be used where necessary on all printed supplies."
List of superintendents of the county farm. 1850-1852-Warren Miller.
1852-1856-Daniel Prentis.
1856-1858-Orlan Abbott.
1858-1860-M. B. Thompson.
1860-1862-Orlan Abbott.
1862-1866-Ebenezer S. Rand. 1866-1873-Samuel C. Smith (died in office, and Mrs. Eliza Smith finished term).
1873-1876-D. B. C. Bayless (died in office, and Mrs. Mary A. Bayless finished term). 1876-1890-William M. Whittlesey.
1890-1897-Charles N. Martin.
1897-1899-Frank C. Sinele. 1899-1905-John Gault.
1905-1921-Stephen Douglas Weiser. (Mr. Weiser is the present efficient superintendent.)
CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS
EARLY-DAY INCIDENTS-EARLY JUDGES-FIRST LI- CENSED ATTORNEY-EARLY FERRIES-FIRST TAV- ERNS-COURT SEALS-REMOVAL OF STATUTES- -MARRIAGE LICENSES-ORIGINAL VILLAGE PLATS -INCORPORATED CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES- STATISTICS 1840-MARKET QUOTATIONS, 1856,
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1865-75-85-STATISTICS, 1919-20-MEMBERS OF 1820-PIONEER'S 'ASSOCIATION-THOMAS GREGG LETTER, 1890 - DOUGLAS AND LINCOLN - ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S VISIT
TO CARTHAGE, 1856 - RELIC OF SLAVERY
DAYS - UNDER- GROUND RAILROAD-DAYS OF MOURNING-TOTAL ECLIPSE OF TIIE SUN-THE WOOD PROCESSION- CULTURE OF SILK-POPULATION.
Under the above caption are given numerous items of interest, none of which are of suffi- cient length to require a full chapter, and no effort has been made at chronological arrange- ment.
EARLY-DAY INCIDENTS
The early sessions of the Circuit Court in this county were held at the house of James White, at the head of the lower, or Des Moines Rapids in the Mississippi River, at which place there was a postoffice known as Venus, the first in the county. After Carthage became the county seat, courts were held there in a log cabin on the south side of the public square. The building was also used for re- ligious services, and as a schoolroom.
The first judge was Richard M. Young, and in the year 1846 the judges were: James H. Ralston, Peter Lott, Stephen A. Douglas, Jesse B. Thomas and Norman H. Purple.
The first licensed attorney was Robert R. Williams, about 1830.
Peter Williams was appointed a constable in 1826, and that same year Peter Williams, Jerry Hill and Luther Whitney were appointed as judges of election for the Fort Edwards pre- cinct. On December 5, 1826, Hezekiah Spillman, Peter Williams, James White, Russell Farn- ham, Morrill Morston, Lewis Kinney, Luther Whitney, Benjamin McNitt, John Waggoner, and Curtis Caldwell were on the jury lists. On March 31, 1827, Wesley Williams was appointed treas- urer of Adams County, and in 1828 James White was elected a county commissioner. Dur- ing that same year John Harding, John Gregg, John Clark, Hugh White, Henry Nichols, John R. Wilcox, Robert Wallace, Edson Whitney, Daniel Crenshaw, William Flint and Andrew Vance, all of whom belonged in Hancock County, served as jurors.
In the records of the first session of the Adams County Circuit Court are found the following names: Willard Keyes, Peter Journey, Levi Wells, and Henry H. Snow, under date of July
4, 1825. In the list of the September grand jurors for that same year appear the following names : Morrill Marston, Lewis Kinney, Luther Whitney and Benjamin McNitt, and Hezekiah Spillman and Peter Williams served during that month on the petit jury. Other early settlers found on the records of the Adams County books are Jeremiah Rose, John Wood and Tru- man Streeter.
EARLY FERRIES
On March 7, 1825, a ferry license was granted to Peter Williams to operate a ferry across the Mississippi River at Fort Edwards, after he had paid a tax of $5 and the fees of the clerk; and a regular schedule of charges was established. This was the first legal ferry in the county.
A ferry was established by Luther Whitney and William Vance, in Montebello Township, December 7, 1829.
On September 6, 1830, Richard Chaney was licensed to establish a ferry across the river near his house, but not less than two miles below a ferry theretofore established by Luther Whit- ney and William Vance.
(James White must have operated a ferry across the river before 1830 for there is a record of the renewal of his license in 1830.)
On December 6, 1830, Andrew Vance was licensed to keep a ferry across the Mississippi River at his farm on Section 18 in township 6 north, range S west. This was about two miles north of the present city of Hamilton.
September 5, 1831, John R. Wilcox was au- thorized to establish a ferry near Ft. Edwards.
December 18, 1832, Edward White and Amzi Doolittle were authorized to establish a ferry at Appanoose.
The first ferry rates were: "Ordered that the following rates shall be allowed them for ferrying across the river at said ferry, to-wit: Crossing a man and horse the sum of $1; crossing a footman fifty cents ; crossing a wagon and team $3; crossing a cart and team $2.50; crossing a single horse twenty-five cents; each head of cattle twenty-five cents; crossing hogs, sheep or goats twelve and a half cents each head."
FIRST TAVERNS AND RATES
During 1826 the following rates were estab- lished for taverns in Adams County, which of course included Hancock County : twenty-five
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cents for each meal, twelve and one-half cents for lodging per night, and same price for the feed of a single horse, and double the amount for a team of horses. Regular rates were es- tablished on whisky, French brandy, rum, wine and gin.
December 8, 1829, the first tavern license in the county was issued to Alexander White, said tavern to be kept at his storehouse.
December 6, 1830, Russell Farnham was li- censed to conduct a tavern at Ft. Edwards.
On the same day James White was licensed to conduct a tavern at his residence at the head of the Des Moines Rapids.
Other licenses, authorizing citizens to keep or conduct a tavern at their respective resi- dences were as follows: George Y. Cutler, March 8, 1831; Hazen Bedel, March 6, 1832; Luther Whitney, June 6, 1832; William Ash, March 5, 1833; John Mann, June 6, 1833. The taverns of Bedel and Whitney were in Monte- bello, and that of Mann in Venus.
The first tavern license at Carthage was is- sued on October 28, 1833. The order was as follows: "Ordered that said Lewis Masquerier have a license to keep a tavern at his house in Carthage, and that the said Masquerier have a license to sell goods by paying five dollars there- for and that said license commence from the first day of June last."
COURT SEALS
March 2, 1830-"Ordered that the device of the official seal of this Court be as follows, On the circle the words 'Hancock County Com- missioners Court,' with the word 'Illinois' through the middle, and on one side said word engraved a plough, and on the other a steam boat, and that the following be the device for the official seal of the Circuit Court towit, 'Hancock Circuit Court, Illinois,' engraved on the circle and in the middle the rising sun with the figures '1829'."
April 4, 1831-"It is ordered by the Court, that the official seal of this Court be of the following device towit: on the outer circle the words, 'Hancock Court of Probate,' the word 'Illinois' engraved strait (sic) through the mid- dle part of the plate-immediately above which word, there shall be engraved the likeness of two Orplans embracing each other, and under- neath a loaf of bread."
September 6, 1837-"Ordered that the official seal of this County Commissioners Court, be of the following device: On the circle of said seal, the words 'Hancock County Commissioners Court,' to be engraved, in the middle thereof a spread eagle, with the word 'Illinois' en- graved immediately below ; and that the official seal of the Circuit Court of said county be of the following device : The words 'Hancock Cir- cuit Court,' to be engraved on the circle thereof and a sheaf of wheat to be engraved on the middle of the same and the word 'Illinois' thereunder and that the sum of twenty-five dollars be appropriated to the purchase of the same to be paid to the order of the clerk of this court."
June 9, 1841-"Ordered that the Clerk of the Circuit Court be authorized to procure a new seal for his office; the device to be Jus- tice with her Sword and Scales, and the words 'Circuit Court, Hancock County, Illinois'."
January 1, 1850-An official seal was adopted with the device as follows: On the circle the words "Hancock County Court"; in the center a spread eagle, with the date "January 1, 1850," underneath. In the lower portion of the circle is engraved the word "Illinois."
REMOVAL OF STATUTES TO THIS COUNTY
The records of the County Commissioners' Court show an order entered by that court on March 2, 1830, as follows :
"Ordered that Wesley Williams be employed to convey the statutes of this state from Van- dalia to this county that may belong to the county and that (he) be allowed he sum of fif- teen dollars as compensation therefor, payable when the service is performed."
It would be interesting to know how this order was obeyed-what "statutes" were con- veyed, by what route and under what difficulties the transfer was made, and how much of the fifteen dollars remained after the expenses of the journey had been paid.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Not counting the Mormon marriages at Nau- voo, where no license was required, and return was only made to the city recorder's office, the subjoined is a record of some of the county's marriages :
First issued September 25, 1829, James Miller
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to Verdilia Harper ; ceremony performed Sep- tember 28, by Rev. Charles Robison.
Second issued October 17, 1829, Benjamin T. Tungate to Deborah Flint ; October 19, united by Rev. Charles Robison.
Sixtlı issued July 13, 1830, Thomas Brewer to Nancy Smith ; July 22, 1830, united by James Miller, Esq.
Ninth issued March 7, 1831, Isaac R. Camp- bell, first county treasurer, to Emily Davis ; March 8, 1831, united by Luther Whitney, Esq.
Eleventhi issued June 9, 1831, Wesley Wil- liams, county clerk, to Ruth Scobey ; June 9, 1831, by James Miller, Esq.
Thirteenth issued August 23, 1831, Baptista Blundeau to Spawsey Grandbois; August 23, 1831, united by Hazen Bedel, Esq.
Nineteenth issued July 19, 1832, Joshua Palen to Archange St. Jean Laperchere, united by Wesley Williams, Judge of Probate, July 19, 1832.
Twenty-seventh issued April 1, 1833, Amos Varnoisdall to Louisa Muir, daughter of Dr. Muir of Ft. Edwards, whose wife was a half- breed; April 4, 1833, united by Leonard L. Abney.
Number of marriage licenses issued to Janu- ary, 1830, 3; to January, 1835, 56; to January, 1840, 342; to January, 1850, 1,519; to January, 1860, 3,625; to January, 1870, 6,521; to Janu- ary, 1880, 9,681; to January, 1890, 12,554; to January, 1900, 15,208; to January, 1910, 17,402 ; total to January, 1920, 20,580.
ORIGINAL VILLAGE PLATS
The subjoined is a list of the various village plats executed in Hancock County since its or- ganization. These are simply the original vil- lage plats or town-sites, and to these there have been made numerous additions.
AUGUSTA was platted February 22, 23, 24 and 27, 1836, in sections 22 and 23, township 3, range 5, for Joel Catlin, Samuel B. Mead and William D. Abernethy, by James W. Brattle, county sur- veyor.
ADRIAN was platted in section 14, township 6, range 7, September 22, 1873, for G. W. Jacks and W. Yaple by John J. Worley, county sur- veyor.
APPANOOSE was platted in fractional section 2, township 7, range 8, July 6, 1836, for Edward White and Nancy, his wife, and Amzi Doolittle
and Phebe, his wife, by James W. Brattle, county surveyor.
BURNSIDE was platted for J. B. McMillan, in the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 17, township 6, range 6, December 29, 1868, by Henry D. Fonda, county surveyor, by Charles A. Gilchrist, deputy.
BASCO was platted for William S. Woods, Jan- uary 5, 1871, in the northwest quarter of section 22, and southwest section 15, township 4, range 7, by Henry D. Fonda, county surveyor.
BUANO (sic) VISTA was platted in sections 18 and 19, township 3, range 9, March 29, 1850, for Frederick Speese, by John G. Fonda, county surveyor.
BOWEN was platted April 11, 1863, in the southwest corner of the northwest quarter, sec- tion 23, township 3, range 6, for Peter C. Bowen and Sarah A. Bowen, his wife, by Jacob Rich, county surveyor.
BRECKENRIDGE was platted for Cyrus P. Smith and C. N. Gentry, March 18 and 19, 1857, in section 14, township 3, range 8, by James S. Miller, deputy surveyor.
BENTLEY was platted under the name of "Sutton," in the southwest quarter of section 8, township 4, range 6, August 19 and 20, 1863, for John Sutton, Jr., by Jacob Rich, county surveyor.
CHILI was platted in the west half of section 30, township 3, range 6, April 6, 7, 8 and 11, 1836, for Elisha Worrell, by James W. Brattle, county surveyor.
COLUSA was platted for Mrs. Eleanor Bailey, August 21 and 22, 1894, in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26, township 7, range 7, by J. H. Horney, county surveyor,
COMMERCE was platted for Joseph B. Teas and Alexander White, May 20, 1834, by John Johnston, county surveyor. This, later, became part of Nauvoo,
COMMERCE CITY was platted in the south half of fractional section 35, township 7, range 9, April 28, 1837, for Horace R. Hotchkiss and John Gillet, later embraced within Nauvoo, by James W. Brattle, county surveyor.
CARTHAGE was platted December 17, 1838, for John McAuley and David Greenleaf, County Commissioners, from government land at center of county, by James W. Brattle, county sur- veyor. (A plat had been made in 1833, but was vacated by act of the Legislature.)
*Disco was platted in the southwest quarter of section 6, township 7, range 5, for John Shut-
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well, January 19 and February 24, 1876, by S. A. Stearns, county surveyor.
DES MOINES was platted in part in the south- west quarter of section 31, township 6, range 8, and also in part on the northwest quarter of section 6, township 5, range 8, May 10, 1837, for Adolphus Allen by James W. Brattle. This was legally vacated December 20, 1846.
JO DUNCAN was platted by Guy Kathben, deputy surveyor, October 14, 1836, for Robert Miller, J. N. Morris, David W. Matthews, in the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 35, township 6, range 5. This was va- cated May 6, 1844.
DALLAS CITY was platted in section 2, town- ship 7, range 7, for John M. Finch, October 18, 1848, by J. Wilson Williams, county surveyor.
DENVER was platted in parts of section 32, township 4, range 6, November 12, 1863, for S. C. Seybold and Susanah, his wife, and W. George Bush and Nancy M., his wife, by Jacob Rich, county surveyor.
ELVASTON was platted September 16, 1857, in section 25, township 5, range 8, and section 30, township 5, range 7, for Albert L. Conable, George B. Smyth, Emulous C. A. Cushman and William L. Judson, by Charles F. Ely, special- deputy surveyor.
EAST MADISON was platted in section 10, town- ship 7, range 8, February 29, and March 1, 5 and 8, 1888, for Albert Person and Henrietta Person, by M. L. Treacy, C. E. and Surveyor.
FERRIS was platted for Charles A. Gilchrist and Hiram G. Ferris, in section 35, township 6, range 7, June 12, 1869, by Henry D. Fonda, county surveyor.
FOUNTAIN GREEN was platted May 27, 1835, for Jabes A. Beebe and Stephen G. Ferris, in section 28, township 6, range 5, by John John- ston, county surveyor.
HARTFORD was platted in the northeast frac- tional quarter of section 5, township 7, range 7, November 24, 1836, for James M. Campbell by James W. Brattle, county surveyor.
HAMILTON was platted November 3 to 9, 1852, for Messrs. Bryant Bartlett, William R. Hamil- ton, Powers Ritchey, H. R. Dickinson, Sanford Faught, Henry Davis and George Edmunds, Jr. It is situated in the south half of the southeast quarter of section 30, township 5, range 8, and was surveyed by John G. Fonda, county sur- veyor.
HOPKINSVILLE was platted November 19, 1859, in the southeast corner of the southwest quarter
of section 30, township 6, range 6, for John W. Cherry, by James S. Miller, deputy surveyor.
LA HIARPE was platted in the southeast of sec- tion 21, township 7, range 5, May 27, 1835, for William Smith and Marvin Tryon, by John Johnston, county surveyor.
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