Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 167

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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Charles L. Hayden has been a member of the Christian Church for nearly half a cen- tury, joining it on his fifteenth birthday, at Hopedale, Harrison County, Ohio. He was one of the pioneers of the Grand Army of the Re- public, being mustered into the patriotic fra- ternity in 1868. His initiation into Masonry was with the Robt. Morris Lodge, No. 247, A. F. & A. M., and in 1891 he affiliated with Har- mony Lodge, No. 3, having held its secretary- ship since 1900.

HEIMLICH, David T., formerly the proprietor of a fine barber shop in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., but later widely known as a poul- try expert, was born in the village of Geimmel- dingen, Rhenish Bavaria, December 3, 1853, the son of Michael Heimlich and his wife Christina, both natives of Rhenish Bavaria. In May, 1860, David T. Heimlich came to the United States with his parents, landing at New Orleans. Thence the family went to St. Louis, where David obtained employment for one year in the Government Arsenal, and afterward in Dr. Coyle's patent medicine laboratory, where he remained until 1867. In that year he re- moved to Springfield, Ill., to learn the barber's trade with his only brother, John. While thus engaged he took advantage of the opportunity afforded by the German Lutheran Parochial

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School, and also at intervals attended a night school. In October, 1869, he removed to Jack- sonville, and after being employed at his trade by several persons, formed a partnership with H. Frank Strickling, which lasted three and one-half years. Mr. Heimlich .then carried on the business successfully until October 1, 1904, when he sold it to Cully & Ross.

In the fall of 1883, Mr. Heimlich became in- terested in poultry culture. He spent much time in investigating the matter and read all the publications devoted to the subject. The results of his research soon became manifest, and since 1890 he has enjoyed almost a national reputation as a poultry expert. His services have been in demand by associations in four- teen different States and in Canada, as a judge of their most important poultry exhibits, and he has often been recalled on like occasions. Requests for his services during the season are more numerous than he can accept. At the St. Louis exposition, in 1904, he was one of the twenty poultry judges selected out of 285 who had made application, and the only successful applicant of the eight candidates from Illinois. Mr. Heimlich is a regular and highly appreci- ated contributor to the several poultry maga- zincs and his articles on poultry topics are in great demand, widely copied and quoted. He is a member of the Executive Committee at Large in the national legislative body of the American Poultry Association, and also Vice- President and a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Barred and White Plymouth Rock Club, a national organization. He is a broad- minded and diligent religious student, and after attending a three years' course of lec- tures and sermons under Rev. D. F. Howe, was elected to the Board of Stewards at their first quarterly conference, and has since served in various capacities on the church board.

In 1875 Mr. Heimlich was one of the first sixteen, who, under Capt. William Harrison, organized the Morgan County Cadets, as Com- pany F, Fifth Regiment Illinois State Militia. Hc served three years as Corporal and his serv- ice covered the period of the memorable strike disturbances at St. Louis, in 1877.

On January 2, 1879, Mr. Heimlich was united in marriage with Jennie C. Richmond, a daugh- ter of James Madison and Sarah (Nixon) Rich- mond, and born near Canton. Ohio. Three children have resulted from this union, namely:

Laura L., born October 16, 1880; Ida F., born January 7, 1881; and Edgar C., born September 3, 1883.

In politics Mr. Heimlich is connected with the Socialistic Labor party. At first he was independent, leaning toward the Republicans. Party methods, however, became repugnant to him. In 1896 he voted the Democratic ticket, but his subsequent study of political, social and economic problems resulted in his present partisan attitude. In 1902 he was the Socialist Labor party candidate for Mayor of Jackson- ville, and received sufficient votes to give his party official recognition at the next election. Fraternally, Mr. Heimlich has been a member oť Urania Lodge, No. 243, I. O. O. F .. since 1874, and was twice honored with the office of Noble Grand. He is also a member of Ridgely Encampment, No. 9, I. O. O. F., in which he is a Past Grand officer.

HEINL, Frank J., who is engaged in the real- estate and loan business in Jacksonville, Mor- gan County, Ill., and is one of the most promi- nent and popular men in that city, was born in Terre Haute, . Ind., August 24, 1867, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Francois) Heinl, who lo- cated at Jacksonville in 1870, and are still resi- dents of that city. Joseph Heinl, the father, is a nurseryman and florist.

Frank J. Heinl received his mental training in the public and high schools, and was after- ward associated with his father in business until 1894, when he became connected with pub- lic affairs. He is a member of the Illinois State Historical Society, Secretary of the Morgan County Historical Society, a life member of the Illinois State Horticultural Society, and a mem- ber of the Literary Union. Politically, he is an active and influential Republican. In 1894 he was elected County Clerk of Morgan County, and was reelected in 1898. In 1904 he was elected to the Forty-fourth General Assembly of Illi- nois, of which he was an active and influential member.

Fraternally, Mr. Heinl is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., belonging to Harmony Lodge, No. 3; Jacksonville Chapter; Hospitaler Command- ery; Mohammed Temple, Peoria; and Peoria Consistory (thirty-second degree). He is iden- tified with Urania Lodge, No. 243, I. O. O. F., and Ridgely Encampment; and is now High Priest of the Grand Encampment of Illinois. He

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is also a member of Jacksonville Lodge, No. 152, K. of P. Mr. Heinl is unmarried. He is a man whose excellent qualities of head and heart have attracted to him hosts of friends, by whom he is held in cordial regard.

HELLENTHAL, Michael, who has long been engaged with successful results in the manu- facture of carriages in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., and is one of the most successful and highly esteemed members of the commu- nity, is a son of Adam and Persinthia (Cres- cent) Hellenthal. He was left fatherless at the age of three and, as his mother died when he was fifteen years old, he lived thereafter with an aunt until he reached maturity. In early life he learned the carriage maker's trade with A. Allison, of Peoria, Ill., with whom he spent three years. In 1866 he started in busi- ness for himself in Jacksonville, where he has since been located. His work includes all kinds of painting and trimming, and the manufac- ture of fine carriages. Until 1892 he made only wagons and buggies, and is now one of the oldest business men, actively engaged, in Jack- sonville.

In 1862 Mr. Hellenthal enlisted at Chicago in Company C, Eighty-second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was there mustered into service. He took part in the battle of Chancellorsville, was captured at Gettysburg, and confined for two months in Belle Isle Prison. After being exchanged and returned to his Company, he participated in the battles of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. His regiment was then sent to the relief of Rose- crans, and afterward marched to Knoxville, Tenn., to relieve Burnside. He fought at Re- saca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta; followed Sherman in the March to the Sea, his last battle being at Ben- tonville, N. C., and participated in the Grand Review, at Washington. He returned to Chi- cago, June 9, 1865, where he was mustered out of service. Proceeding directly to Jacksonville, he has since been identified with the city as one of its leading business men.

On November 14, 1867, Mr. Hellenthal was united in marriage with Magdalena Minter, by whom he has had nine children, namely: Charles; Annette (Mrs. T. E. Laurie) ; Marga- ret (Mrs. J. H. Coleman) ; Lucilla (Mrs. J. J. Schafer); Edward, a soldier in the Spanish-

American War; Catherine, who resides at home; William, who assists his father in the carriage business; Walter, who lives with his parents, and Roy, who is a student. Politically, Mr. Hellenthal is a Republican; religiously, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and fraternally, connected with the G. A. R. and I. O. O. F. of Jacksonville. The record of Michael Hellenthal, both in war and peace, is of the most commendable order, and will prove a source of perpetual pride to his posterity.

HENDERSON, Amos, who is one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., as he is also one of the worthiest, was born in that city, November 20, 1840, the son of Smiley H. and Elizabeth Hen- derson, natives of Ross County, Ohio, who came to Greene County, Ill., in 1824, before Morgan County was surveyed. Smiley Henderson passed through Jacksonville in 1826, when that city was being platted, on his return from the In- dian trading station of Beardstown. During the same year he made another trip to Jacksonville, and for $75 purchased the corner lot where the opera house now stands. There he engaged in the packing business, together with Col. Dunlap and Ira Davenport, and continued thus for sev- eral years. He then opened a general store, which he conducted for a number of years, or until he retired from active life.

Amos Henderson received his early mental training in the public schools, and subsequently graduated from Berean College, after which he read law for three years with Judge Berdan and Richard Yates. In 1861 he made a trip through the new Territory of Minnesota, which was then being opened. He visited St. Paul when that city was being laid out, and hunted throughout the Territory. On the site of Minneapolis stood only five slab shanties. He returned to Jack- sonville, and the day after his arrival, in July, 1862, enlisted in Company B of the One Hun- dred and First Regiment Illinois Volunteer In- fantry. In that regiment he was engaged mostly in skirmishing; was mustered out in 1864, and reenlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, in which he served until the end of the war. On December 20, 1862, he was captured at Holly Springs, Miss., and released by Grant's forces. After the war Mr. Henderson returned to Jacksonville, and for several years conducted

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a grocery and confectionery on the corner of West State Street and the Public Square, being afterward engaged in the real estate and insur- ance business.

On October 16, 1866, Mr. Henderson was united in marriage with Emeline Miller, a daughter of Henry Miller, who, at an early pe- riod, migrated from Kentucky to Morgan Coun- ty. Two children resulted from this union, namely: Herbert J., born in 1867, and engaged in the printing business in Jacksonville; and Ruth, born in 1870, now the wife of Clarence Depew, who is associated with his brother-in- law, Herbert Henderson, in the same line of business. Mr. Henderson is now serving his twenty-fifth year as Justice of the Peace. Fra- ternally he is a member of Illini Lodge, No. 4, I. O. O. F., and in 1876 was elected Grand Mas- ter of the order in the State. In 1878-79 he served with J. H. Oberly as Grand Representa- tive of the State. He is also a member of the G. A. R.

HENDERSON, Jackson, one of the most widely known and highly respected agriculturists of Morgan County, residing in Literberry, Mor- gan County, was born on his father's farm half a mile southeast of Arcadia (now owned by Mr. Henderson's younger brother, M. M. Hen- derson), July 24, 1827, and is a son of David G. and Mary (Henderson) Henderson. David ' G. Henderson was born in Hampshire County, Va., August 23, 1796, and was a son of John and Phæbe (Gano) Henderson, who were repre- sentatives of two of the oldest and most highly honored families of the Old Dominion. John Henderson was a tailor by trade, having chosen that vocation on account of his lameness. A few years after the birth of David G., the fam- ily removed to Pennsylvania, and thence to Ohio, finally locating in Pickaway County, that State. On that farm the son David was reared . to manhood, attending the early schools of the neighborhood. At the age of eight or nine years he had been bound out to Jacob Ersom, a farmer on the south branch of the Potomac. At the age of twenty-six he left his home in Pickaway County and was married to Mary Henderson, his cousin, the daughter of David Henderson, a pioneer of the county named. Having determined to remove to Illinois, of the wealth of whose prairies he had heard much, in 1824 he started with a four-horse

wagon for this State. Reaching Greene County, he located for the winter on the banks of Ap- ple Creek. There were no roads in Illinois at that time, the only paths across the country being narrow Indian trails, and the settlers along their route informed them that they could not travel in the daytime, on account of the great swarms of green-head flies, which would kill their horses. The groves, about fif- teen miles apart, were the resorts of all emi- grants. Upon approaching their first stopping place, Hickory Grove, their horses were cov- ered with blood as the result of the attack of these pests. At sundown they resumed their journey, after a short time arriving at Linn Grove. With the exception of the howling of the wolves which surrounded their camp, they suffered no further discomforts during their journey. On this trip they remained one night at the residence of the Rev. John Greene, a true friend to all emigrants and pioneers, and on August 25, 1824, they arrived at Apple Creek, near the present site of Whitehall. Here Mr. Henderson found three uncles who had preceded him. The cabin occupied by the fam- ily that winter was a rough structure such as few farmers now would offer shelter for their stock; but although it had neither floor nor loft, it served, in a measure, to protect them from the severe cold of the winter. For forty days and nights it did not thaw, and the suf- ferings of these pioneers may well be imag- incd. That fall Mr. Henderson occupied a portion of the North Prairie, and plantcd five acres in wheat, hoping to have white bread during the next season, instead of corn, which, for a long time, had been the only grain from which they had made flour. A pioneer settler named North, who had a small mill and still house, permitted the early settlers to grind their grain there, they paying him twelve and and a half cents per bushel for the privilege.

On April 1, 1826, Mr. Henderson started for Morgan County. passing through Rattlesnake Spring (now Winchester) and the prairie where Lynnville is now located, to Swinnerton's Point and to James Deaton's home, which was located in the timber. As a destructive storm of the preceding year had blown down many trecs along the route, Mr. Henderson was compelled to cut his way through with an ax much of the way. On the evening of Sunday, April 2d, he arrived at Jersey Prairie, and be-

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gan looking about for a permanent home. Moneyless and friendless, Mr. Henderson en- tered upon an era of hardship which the pres- ent generation cannot comprehend. As soon as possible he purchased of Augustus Smith a cabin, for which he gave a cow valued at $10. Mr. Henderson now possessed two cows and two ponies. Renting of Thomas Barston a tract of land, he planted some corn and cotton. The grain crop proving a failure, at harvest time he started for Greene County to look after the wheat crop, traveling afoot a distance of over forty miles, with his sickle in his hand. Threshing this grain in the old-fashioned way, by the trampling of horses, he carried it to Alton, where it was ground by a treadmill. This furnished the first white flour which the family had eaten since they had left Ohio. All the clothing worn by the family, after that which they brought with them was discarded, was made by hand from cloth spun from the crude flax and cotton; the coarse flax being used for trousers and the finer, for shirts. Night after night Mr. Henderson would sit and pick the seeds from the cotton by hand, while his wife would spin and weave to meet the re- quirements of her family. For coloring the cloth indigo was raised and prepared by hand, a dye-vat being made by hollowing a large log.

Mr. Henderson immediately took an active interest in public affairs in Morgan County. Soon after arriving in the precinct. he was elected to the office of Constable, serving in this capacity for eight years. His eminent fit- ness for official life having become evident to all, he was then elected Justice of the Peace, filling that position for over sixteen years. For over twenty-eight years he served as Township Treasurer, and in 1847 he was elected County Commissioner, holding that position for a long period.

"Squire Henderson," as he was popularly known throughout Morgan County, was one of the most striking figures of the pioneer period. A man of great integrity, strength of character and a disposition which prompted him to accomplish everything possible for the betterment of the condition of the whole peo- ple, he found many opportunities for assisting materially in the promotion of the public wel- fare. No citizen of his day was more highly honored than he; and this brief record of his life, preserved forever in the annals of the

county, forms no unimportant chapter in the history of the early development of Morgan County.

Reared amid typical pioneer surroundings, Jackson Henderson early became imbued with those principles of thrift and industry which were so characteristic of his father and his grandfather. The house in which he was born was a one-room cabin built of round, unhewn logs. It had a puncheon floor, one window, and one door, the latter of hand-split clapboards. The first school which he attended was taught by Jonathan Atherton, and was located about three-quarters of a mile from his home. Its architecture was very similar to that of his home-built of round, unhewn logs, with slab seats, puncheon floor, and plank desks run- ning along the walls. Here he received in- struction during the winter months, but the remainder of the year he assisted his father in the important work of clearing his land and developing a farm out of the wilderness prairie. He remained upon his father's farm until his marriage, which occurred December 24, 1847, and united him with Dianah Pete- fish, daughter of George Petefish, one of the pioneer farmers of Morgan County. (An ex- tended sketch of the Petefish family will be found on other pages of this volume.) In 1849 he purchased a small farm near that upon which he was raised, where he remained one year. He then purchased 33 acres in the same neighborhood, which he operated for three years. In 1852 he disposed of this property and removed to Louisa County, Iowa, where he pur- chased 160 acres of land at $5 per acre. Upon this he erected a log cabin, one of the first built in that part of Iowa, of which he was one of the earliest pioneers. Indians were numer- ous in the Territory in those days, and for several winters they hunted and fished in the vicinity of his home; but they were peaceably inclined and gave him no trouble. In 1862 he returned to Morgan County and purchased a farm of 120 acres, the nucleus of his present farm of 460 acres. Here he was successfully engaged in general farming and stock-raising, until his removal to Literberry March 7, 1905.

In politics Mr. Henderson was originally a Whig, casting his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison. Upon the organiza- tion of the Republican party, in 1856, he en- tered its ranks, being one of the first men in

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Morgan County to align himself with that or- ganization and east his vote for General John C. Fremont. Though a stanch supporter of the men and measures of that great party, he has never sought nor consented to fill political of- fiee. He became one of the charter members of Areadia Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F., which was organized in 1852, and has passed all the chairs and been Representative to the Grand Lodge.

Mr. Henderson's wife died in. 1863, leaving the following named children: Minerva, who died at the age of fourteen years; Commodore Perry, who resides upon a farm located near that of his father; Phæbe A., wife of Richard Gudgell, residing in Iowa; Mary E., who died at the age of twenty; and Ada M., wife of John Myers, residing near Literberry, Ill. On Octo- ber 24, 1865, Mr. Henderson was united in mar- riage with Mrs. Martha E. Ray, widow of James K. Ray, who was killed at the battle of Dallas, Ga., May 15, 1863, the day on which Mrs. Dianah P. Henderson, Mr. Henderson's first wife, died. Mrs. Henderson is a daughter of Ira Henderson, a native of Morgan County and a son of David W. Henderson, who migrated to Illinois from Ohio in 1824, taking up Govern- ment land in Morgan County. By her mar- riage to Mr. Ray she became the mother of one son, Charles T., now a resident of California. Four children have been born of her union with Mr. Henderson: Nora, wife of Lewis Maul, a farmer near Areadia; Fred J., a farmer near Arcadia; Allen, who died at the age of twelve years; and one son, who died in infaney, Mrs. Henderson is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Areadia.

The life of Jackson Henderson has been such as to entitle him to recognition as one of the conspicuous landmarks of Morgan County. In- heriting from his ancestors those strong and striking characteristics which were so notiee- able in the character of his father, he has made the most of the opportunities which have presented themselves to him, and has won an honorable suceess solely by reason of his own energy. industry and perseverance. Throughout his entire eareer he has been in- spired by the highest motives. He has never shirked his duty as a citizen, and has been a generous contributor of his' time and means for the advancement of all worthy enterprises

calculated to elevate the material, social, moral * and intellectual status of the community.

HENDERSON, Madison M., one of the oldest and most favorably known residents of Morgan County, Ill., where he is successfully engaged in farming near the village of Arcadia, was born August 24, 1838, on the homestead on which he now resides. He is a son of David G. and Mary Henderson, natives of the State of Vir- ginia. David G. Henderson was one of the earliest settlers in Greene County, Ill., and later he and his family removed to Morgan County, where he resided until his death.

In boyhood Mr. Henderson received his men- tal training in the subscription schools of his neighborhood, and remained with his father until the latter's death, on January 16, 1882. He diligently applied himself to farming until May 28, 1862, when he enlisted in Jacksonville, for three months in a company under the com- mand oť Capt. John W. King, of that city. The command was ordered to Camp Butler, near Springfield, Ill., where it was mustered in as Company A, Sixty-eighth Regiment Illinois Vol- unteer Infantry. It remained at that point, en- gaged in drilling and guard duty, until July 3, 1862, when the regiment was transported to Washington, D. C., and thenee, by boat, to Alex- andria, Va., where it went into camp on Ar- lington Heights, the site of the present National Soldiers' Cemetery. After remaining there for a time, the regiment marched baek to Alexan- dria, where its term of service expired. It then returned to Washington, and was again transported to Camp Butler, where it was mustered out of service about the last of Sep- tember, 1862. Mr. Henderson is the owner of 160 aeres of land on which he conducts gen- eral farming with satisfactory results.

On December 22, 1879, Mr. Henderson was united in marriage with Lodoska D. Robinson, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Robinson. Mrs. Henderson died fourteen months after her mar- riage. On November 23, 1887, Mr. Henderson wedded Margaret M. Deatherage, who was born near Waverly, Ill., and is a daughter of William and Naney Harrison (Gunwell) Deatherage. To this union one child, Lester C., was born Janu- ary 1, 1891.

In politics, Mr. Henderson is a supporter of the Republican party. He has served as Town-

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ship Trustee for twelve years. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. Mrs. Hender- son is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Henderson is a man of high character and correct life, and is re- spected by all who enjoy his acquaintance.

HENEGHAN, James, who is successfully en- gaged in business in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., as proprietor and operator of the Brook Mills, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, March 12, 1865. He is a son of Patrick and Mary (Riley) Heneghan, natives also of County Mayo, his father coming to the United States in 1870 and locating first in New York. One year afterward he moved to Greene County, Ill., · where he died in 1890. His widow is still living, and resides with her son, James, in Jackson- ville.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 167

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