Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 166

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn; Short, William F., 1829- 4n
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286

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James H. Hackett attended the public schools of his neighborhood in Vermont, and later Ca- naan (N. H.) Union Academy, after which he was engaged in teaching at various points in Vermont and New Hampshire. At the conclu- sion of his work as a teacher, he secured an offi- cial position in the State Penitentiary, at Con- cord, N. H., and later became connected with the Insane Asylum at that place, where he re- mained three years. In 1863 he was appointed Clerk of the Hospital for the Insane at Jack- sonville, Ill., and at once entered upon the du- ties of his position. The task was a very im- portant one, and involved much responsibility, as he was required to keep all the books and purchase all the goods and materials used in the institution On the termination of this connection, Mr. Hackett became connected with the clothing business, in which he continued

for eighteen years. He was also engaged in other business enterprises in Jacksonville, being a partner in a flour mill under the firm name of Scott & Hackett, which was afterward changed to the Morgan Roller Mills Company.

Mr. Hackett is of a literary turn of mind, and, in addition to supervising his business inter- ests, finds time to write largely for "The Farm," of which he is editor(Mr. and Mrs. Hackett live on the handsome suburban residence property, where they commenced housekeeping more than forty years ago. Mr. Hackett has a farm in Greene County, Ill., of about 700 acres. He also has lands in Texas and Kansas, and has for many years devoted his time largely to farming and live stock.

On September 11, 1865, Mr. Hackett was mar- ried to Mary Bailey, a daughter of James R. and Ann (Henderson) Bailey. For several years previous to her marriage Mrs. Hackett performed the duties of Matron of the Hospital for the Insane here. She was born November 21, 1841. Her father was a native of Bucks County, Pa., and her mother of New Jersey. James R. Bailey learned the printer's trade in the old Benjamin Franklin office, in Philadel- phia; for many years after coming to Mor- gan County used an old Franklin press, which he had shipped here, and was for many years editor of the Jacksonville "Sentinel," the first Democratic organ established in Morgan Coun- ty, now known as the "Courier." (See sketch of James R. Bailey in this volume.)

Mr. and Mrs. Hackett have five children: Eva May, wife of William A. Patterson, of Chi- cago; James Dutton, of New York City, man- ager of a branch of the Colonial Bank; George Arthur, of Decatur, Ill., general manager of the Central Malleable Iron Company, of that city; Charles H., Superintendent of the Jackson- ville Electric Railway; and John S., of the firm of Johnson & Hackett, house furnishers, of Jack- sonville, Ill.

Mr. Hackett has been prominent in politics, having been a candidate on the Republican ticket for the State Senate, and for membership on the State Board of Equalization, Frater- nally, he was made a Mason of Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of New Hampshire; after- ward a charter member of the Jacksonville Lodge (of which he was one of the organizers and Master for one term), as well as a inember of the B. P. O. Elks, Jacksonville Lodge, No. 682, '

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In 1899, he became a Mystic Shriner in the Pe- oria Lodge. He is also a Knight Templar. Re- ligiously, he is a member of the State Street Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville, of which he was Stated Clerk for twenty years. He is a life member of the American Board of For- eign Missions.

HAIRGROVE, (Dr.) John Whitlock, was born in Jacksonville, Ill., August 21, 1856. On both sides he comes from American stock, his ancestors having settled in this country before the Revo- lution. His father, Columbus Hairgrove, was born in Troup County, Ga., April 29, 1828, and in 1850 came to Morgan County. Here he met Rose Ann Whitlock, daughter of John Whitlock, an old settler and prominent farmer of Mor- gan County, whom he soon after married. Dur- ing the Civil War he served three years in the One Hundred and First Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

A great portion of Dr. Hairgrove's boyhood was spent on his father's farm six miles from Jacksonville. He attended the country schools and later Illinois College. After teaching a country school for one term Dr. Hairgrove be- gan the study of medicine and surgery at the Prince Sanitarium, under the celebrated Dr. David Prince, who instilled in him a profound appreciation of the possibilities of surgery, bending his inclination to that as the supreme outlet of his life ambition. For four years he remained with Dr. Prince as student and as- sistant, and then attended the Missouri Medical College, where he was graduated. The first four years of his medical practice were spent in Waverly, Ill. He then went to Germany and spent over a year in study in Vienna, Berlin and Dresden. On his return he came to Jackson- ville, where he began the practice of surgery, having since spent six months in study in Paris.

In June, 1903, Dr. Hairgrove was married to Mabel Marvin, of Madison, Wis., who, on the paternal side, traces her descent to forefathers who settled in New England early in the eighteenth century, several having served in the War of Independence. In politics Dr. Hair- grove is a Republican. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and many medical and surgical societies.

HALL, Henry Hammond, retired capitalist and farmer, residing in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., was born in Accomac County, Va.,

August 17, 1827, the son of Henry H. and Ann Hack Pitt (Beard) Hall, who came with their family to Illinois in the spring of 1835. They located on open prairie land, now the town site of Virginia, Cass County, which the senior Henry Hall founded about 1837, and where he spent considerable money in developing the place and in bringing about the changes which made it the geographical center of Cass County in 1847, and ultimately the county seat. The parents spent here the remainder of their lives, the father, who was a physician and surgeon, becoming interested in general business, and therefore devoting little time to practice.

Henry H. Hall, after finishing his studies in the public schools, occupied himself in various ways, and, in early manhood, purchased an in- terest in the "Cass County Times," an inde- pendent paper published in the town of Vir- ginia. While editing the paper, he assisted in setting the type and operating the hand-press on a four-page sheet. Meanwhile he had com- menced to read law, but changing his plans turned his attention to medicine. About the time he was ready to enter upon the practice of the latter profession, his plans were again disarranged in consequence of the death of his brother, John P. Hall, a merchant of Virginia. Having been appointed administrator of his · brother's estate, it became necessary for him to devote the following three years to the settle- ment of its affairs. By this time, on account of impaired health, he found it necessary to permanently abandon his intention of entering the law, and applied himself to farming, still later becoming identified with banking inter- ests. He assisted in organizing the Farmers' National Bank, of which he was President while he remained in Cass County. He is still Vice-President of that institution, and owns farms there, the operation of which he super- vises. In 1870 he located at Jacksonville, where he has since lived in retirement from active business. He was one of the organizers of the Jacksonville Public Library, of which he was Manager for twelve years. He is a member of the Literary Union, the Art Association, the State Historical Society and the Morgan County Historical Society.

In 1850 Mr. Hall was married to Elizabeth E. Epler (sister of Judge Cyrus Epler), who died in 1870, leaving five children, four of whom are living, namely: Charles H., of Chicago; Marion I., of Jacksonville; Mrs. Mary H.

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Cormick, of Centralia, Ill .; and Mrs. A. L. Kim- ber, of Chicago. In 1872, Mr. Hall was married to Anna E. Savage, and they have one child- Helen H., living in Jacksonville.

Politically, Mr. Hall is a Democrat, but has sought no political honors. He became affili- ated with the Masonic order while a resident of Virginia, Ill., and became a Knight Tem- plar in Jacksonville. He is a member of the Congregational Church.

HALL, John S., a well known and prosperous farmer who follows his vocation in the vicinity of Literberry, Morgan County, Ill., was born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., February 10, 1832. He is a son of Nelson J. and Cath- erine (Grow) Hall, also natives of that State. Nelson J. Hall came to Morgan County in 1857, and died at the home of his son, John S. He was hurt in a cyclone, which caused much dam- age in Morgan County, and succumbed to his injuries twelve days later. He and his wife were the parents of thirteen children, all of whom reached maturity. Of this family, eight were girls.

John S. Hall was reared on a farm. In boy- hood lie received his mental training in the common schools, and, on reaching mature years, applied himself to farming. At the beginning of the Civil War, he enlisted in Company G, Fifty-second Regiment Virginia Volunteer In- fantry, in which he served about a year. In 1864 he located in Morgan County, and engaged in farming on rented land. Shortly afterward he purchased the farm where he has since re- sided, which now consists of 200 acres, situated a mile and a half from Literberry.

On August 3, 1865, Mr. Hall was united in marriage with Elizabeth A. Henderson, and soon afterward commenced housekeeping in his present home. He and his wife became the parents of three children, namely: Hattie B., who is married and lives on the home farm; Lula, the wife of J. R. C. Bateman; and Annie, who lives with her father. The mother of this family died March 2, 1898. In political cam- paigns, Mr. Hall maintains an independent at- titude, using his judgment as to the best man on whom to bestow his suffrage. Religiously he is a member of the Christian Church, in which he has served as Trustee for many years. He is a man of high character, and as a farmer has secured most praiseworthy results from his many years of toil.

HAMEL, Peter E., retired from active farming and living at 912 South East Street, was born in Knox County, Ohio, April 10, 1833, son of William and Rosanna (Ely) Hamel, the father being a native of Somerset County, Pa., born November 21, 1807, and the mother, of Wash- ington County, the same State. They moved to Ohio in 1814, and in October, 1850, the family located in Morgan County and purchased a farm of 240 acres eight miles southwest of Jackson- ville. The father was engaged in farming un- til within a few years of his death, which oc- curred at Lynnville (whither he had retired) in 1877.

Peter E. Hamel was raised on his father's farm; attended the school near his home; re- mained with his parents until 1873, and then farmed on his own account. He is now the owner of 170 acres of the old homestead and an additional 80 acres three miles east of Woodson. He retired from active work on the farm in 1898, bought his present comfortable home in Jacksonville, and has since resided there. He was married September 6, 1866, to Sarah Green, daughter of Thomas Green, a farmer who set- tled in Morgan County, in 1836. Mr. Hamel has had four children: Ellen O. L., who died at sixteen years; Margaret, wife of Henry Reece; Joseph L. and Charles E. Mr. Hamel has served as School Director, Road Supervi- sor and Township Trustee; in politics is a Republican, and is connected with the I. O. O. F.

HAMMAN, George H., farmer, residing in the village of Meredosia, Morgan County, Ill., was born in Pike County, Ohio, September 12, 1840, the son of Henry and Barbara (Keberth) Ham- man, the father being a farmer. The family came to Morgan County, Ill., in 1867, and occu- pied a rented farm for two or three years, when George H. Hamman moved to Cass County, Ill., and farmed there four years. He tlien returned to Morgan County, and for thirty-one years, with his son, Edward, operated the splendid farm of the late George Graham, situated near the bluffs east of Meredosia. In 1894 Mr. Ham- man moved to Kansas and three years later re- turned to Meredosia, where, with his wife, he now resides in a pleasant home. He has been a successful business man and is classed among the well-to-do residents of the community.

Mr. Hamman was married, in 1864, to Lena Fry, and of this union two sons and two daugh- ters survive. The wife and mother died in Oc-

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tober, 1885. In 1897 Mr. Hamman was married in Coffee County, Kans., to Margaret Quelch, who owns some valuable town property in Mere- dosia. Mr. Hamman and his family are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Be- sides Edward, mentioned above, the other chil- dren are: Lizzie, wife of D. E. Curry; Mary, wife of George Butcher, and Amos, a practicing physician at Longbeach, Cal. In politics Mr. Hamman is a stanch Republican.

HARKER, Joseph Ralph, President of the Illi- nois Woman's College, Jacksonville, Ill., was born in the County of Durham, England, June 30, 1853, a son of Ralph D. and Mary (Young) Harker. The mother died in 1889, the father being still alive (1905). There were eight chil- dren in his father's family, the male members of which found occupation in coal mining. The entire family came to America in 1871 and set- tled in Duquoin, Ill., where they continued the occupation of coal mining. The subject of this sketch at that time was eighteen years of age, and, having left school at the age of ten years, had had no opportunity for study in the mean- time. He continued to work in the mines until 1874, studying during the summer months when the mines were closed. He obtained good books and set to work in earnest to secure an education. Later he took up Latin and Greek, being assisted in his work by a school friend, and three years of hard work in the winter and study in the summer qualified him, by 1874, to teach a colored school in Duquoin. He then determined to become a teacher by profession, and abandon altogether the life of a miner. In the fall of 1874 he secured the principalship of a school at De Soto, Ill., where he remained two years. He then moved to Beardstown, where he taught one year; then in Meredosia, Morgan County, for four years. His next school was in Waverly, where he taught until 1884, when he was called by President Tanner of Illinois College to take charge of Whipple Academy, where his success was such as to in- crease the number of pupils from 40 to 138. He taught as Institute Instructor of Teachers for nine years in Perry County, and for several years in Sangamon and Morgan Counties, and his services have been in constant demand for the past twenty-five years. His first connection with college was as a member of the college faculty, taking up his work at the Whipple

Academy. Here he continued his studies pri- vately, with the result that he graduated from Illinois College in the class of '88 with the de- gree of A. B. In 1891 he secured the Master's degree, and that of Doctor of Philosophy in 1893.

In 1893 Doctor Harker assumed his present position as President of the Illinois Female College, now known as the Woman's College. Here he has been very successful and the num- ber of pupils and the efficiency of administra- tion have increased the patronage marvelously. During the past five years large additions to the college buildings have been made in conse- quence, and in 1900 three acres of ground were added to the college property, and improve- ments both to the buildings and grounds have been made to the extent of $80,000 within the past five years. The college has now a total enrollment of over 300 students; and the peo- ple of Jacksonville certainly owe much to Dr. Harker for the development of their institu- tion.

On September 6, 1876, Joseph Ralph Harker was married to Miss Susan Amass, a native of England, who came to America with her brother. She died January 7, 1880, leaving one daughter named Maude, now the wife of Albert C. Metcalf, of Kewanee, Ill. In December, 1882, Dr. Harker married Fannie E. Wackerle, of Meredosia, daughter of Dr. W. J. Wackerle. Six children were born of this union, namely: Bes- sie, Jennie, Ralph, Louis, Albert and Ruth.

Dr. Harker is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1904 was a delegate from the Illinois Conference to the General Conference, which met in Los Angeles, Cal. Politically he is a Republican.

HARNEY, George Hiram, who is successfully engaged in the harness business in Jackson- ville, Morgan County, Ill., was born in that county, February 6, 1871. He is a son of Mil- ton Miller and Margaret Ann (Wyatt) Harney, natives of Alabama. Milton Harney's parents migrated from Kentucky to Ohio in 1830, and settled in Morgan County in 1832. His wife's parents came from Morgan County. In boyhood Mr. Harney received his mental training in the district schools. Hesubsequently learned the trade of a harnessmaker, and in 1894 engaged in that business at Woodson, Ill., where he was located for four and a half years. He then passed three

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years in Waverly, Ill., and thence moved to Jacksonville, where he has since been engaged in the harness business, with profitable results.

On February 17, 1892, Mr. Harney was united in marriage with Mary E. McCurley, a daugh- ter ot James and Sarah Jane ( Edwards) Mc- Curley, by whom he has had one child-Paul Denham, who was born August 23, 1899.

Politically, Mr. Harney takes an independ- ent stand, and easts his vote irrespective of partisan considerations. His religious faith is that of the Christian Church, in which he holds the office of Deacon; he served in 1901-'04 as Assistant Superintendent of the South Side Mission Sunday-school. He is a man of high character, diligent in business, and enjoys the confidence of all who have made his ac- quaintance.

HASTINGS, Lambert, farmer and stock-raiser, residing in Jacksonville, Ill., was born at St. Johnsbury, Vt., March 23, 1842, a son of Joel and Emily (Knapp) Hastings. Both his par- ents were descended from ancient and promi- nent families of English ancestry, who located in New England. Joel Hastings, who was born November 8, 1811, was for several years the owner of an extensive foundry and machine shop in Vermont, which he conducted until the failure of the business. The extent of his opera- tions may be judged by the fact that he em- ployed 100 men in the industry. The decline in his prosperity impelled him to seek a home in the West, where he might recoup his fallen for- tunes. In 1855 he thercfore left Vermont for Illinois, and, locating in Madison County, en- gaged in farming. In 1862 he brought his fam- ily to Morgan County, with which it has since been identified. The last five years of his active life were devoted to the insurance business. He attained the age of eighty-two years, and throughout his long life retained the confidenee and respect of all with whom he was asso- ciated. He married in his native State, Septem- ber 20, 1837, and raised a family of four chil- dren, namely: Charles L., Eleanor (wife of Charles Fowler), Harriet and Lambert.

Lambert Hastings attended the public schools of Vermont until he had reached the age of thirteen years, when he accompanied his par- ents and their family to Illinois. His youth in this State was devoted to the assistance of his father upon the farm in Madison County.

Upon arriving at maturity he eontinued this vocation on his own responsibility, and has since devoted all his energies to agricultural pursuits, combined with stock-raising and kin- dred enterprises, with the exception of a brief period when he was employed in a sales stable in Jacksonville. He has made a specialty, in late years, of dealing in hay, buying and selling large quantities annually. He now rents 240 acres of fine farming land in Morgan County, located in Township 15, Range 10, for two or three years renting about 1,300 aeres. An idea of the mag- nitude of his stock operations may be gleaned from the faet that at one time he had upward of 700 head of stock on his land. He has also dealt extensively in horses.

In politics, Mr. Hastings is a stanch Re- publican, aetively interested in the welfare of the party measures which he believes to be promulgated for the best interests of the whole people; but he has never sought public office, though in 1898, at the request of his friends, he was a candidate for the nomina- tion for Sheriff. In religion he is an attend- ant upon the services of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his parents were members. On October 6, 1897, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Eliza A. Self, daughter of Robert and Catharine (Kennedy) MeAllister. She was born in Morgan County, December 13, 1853. In 1840 her parents eame from Mercer County, Ky., to Morgan County, her father dy- ing there in 1863, and her mother, in 1898. By her marriage with George P. Self, son of Har- vey and Sarah ( Abraham) Self, Mrs. Hastings became the mother of five children, namely: Claude O., India I., Harry P., Harvey H. and James F. Harry died at the age of two years, and James at the age of nineteen.

Mr. Hastings has recently erected a modern residence in the southern suburbs of Jackson- ville, but still personally superintends the op- eration of his farm. He is highly regarded as a type of the best citizenship of Morgan County, and ean always be depended upon to assist in the advancement of those movements inspired by a desire to promote the welfare of the community.

HAYDEN, Charles Leslie, Cireuit Clerk and Reeorder of Morgan County, Jacksonville, Ill., is well educated, popular and able, and has been tried and never found wanting by the

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public for a period of over a decade. He was born in East. Cleveland, Ohio, May 1, 1844, the son of Amos Sutton and Sarah Merrick (Ely) Hayden. Alfred Ely, the maternal grandfather, served in the War of 1812, and migrated from Massachusetts to Ohio in 1820. The father was a native of Youngstown, Ohio-date of birth September 17, 1813-and the mother of Springfield, Mass., born November 29, 1816. Amos Sutton Hayden, a clergyman of the Christian Church, was President of the West- ern Reserve Eclectic Institute for seven years from 1850. From East Cleveland the family had removed to Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, and in 1858, they located at Hopedale, Harrison County, that State, where for two years Prof. Hayden served as President of the McNeely Normal Institute. In 1860 he returned to East Cleveland.

Charles L. Hayden was therefore reared in an atmosphere of culture and higher educa- tion. He received his early mental training at Hiram, Ohio, while his father was at the head of the Western Reserve Eclectic Insti- tute. But the boy was naturally active and practical, rather than scholarly, and after tak- ing a business course at Bryant & Stratton's College, Cleveland, he indulged in a short per- iod of good physical training on a farm. Like other youth of full blood and patriotic instincts, at the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion it was with the greatest difficulty that he could be held in check. Finally, after he had passed his eighteenth year, in August, 1862, he en- listed in Company B, First Regiment Ohio Vol- unteer Light Artillery, and served with manly credit in the Army of the Cumberland, until his honorable discharge June 20, 1865. .

After the war Mr. Hayden returned to his home in East Cleveland, and resumed his farm- ing operations, which he continued after his removal to Minonk, Woodford County, Ill., in February, 1867. Here he was married Decem- ber 22, 1869, to Leanah M., the second daughter of Rev. Charles O. and Mary (Eades) Rowe, her father also being a minister of the Chris- tian denomination. Mr. Hayden engaged in agriculture in the vicinity of Minonk until 1884, when he located at Washburn, Ill., and conducted a hotel until September, 1890. The latter date marks his removal to Jacksonville.

Mr. Hayden's record as a public official com- mences with his election as Constable in 1894,

his political constituents being Republicans. But it was soon discovered that his mental caliber and his broad business education, both in college and in the world of practice, fitted him for higher and more responsible official duties. In November, 1896, he was therefore elected to the office of Circuit Clerk and Re- corder of Morgan County, and filled the posi- tion with such general satisfaction that he was reelected in November, 1900, and Novem- ber, 1904.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Hayden have been the parents of four children: Ethel D., born November 29, 1871; Edith, May 23, 1873 (died in infancy); Edna, October 25, 1874 (died in in- fancy); Frank Leslie, May 3, 1894 (also died an infant) and Lois R., March 22, 1894, and adopted June 10, 1897. Amos S. Hayden, the father of the subject, died in September, 1880; his mother, in January, 1903. Mrs. Hayden's father, Rev. Charles O. Rowe, passed away at Laramie, Wyo., in 1894, his wife having pre- ceded him in 1851, dying in Morgan County. .

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 166

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn; Short, William F., 1829- 4n Publication date: 1906 Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1286

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. cn; Short, William F., 1829- 4n
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1286