Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 168

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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When he was a child, James Heneghan ac- companied his parents to the United States, and after receiving his mental training in the dis- trict schools of Greene County, Ill., engaged for some time in office work. In 1881, he was em- ployed by Henry C. Yaeger, a miller at Kane, Ill., with whom he remained for five years. Af- ter a year spent at Anna, Ill., in the same occu- pation, in 1887 he came to Jacksonville and for five years was employed with Scott & Cham- bers, at the "Old Morgan Mills." In April, 1892, Mr. Heneghan entered into partnership in the milling line with William Watson, under the firm name of Watson & Heneghan, who erected the Brook Mills, at the corner of South Main and Anna Streets, Jacksonville. The firm con- ducted a rapidly growing business in the manu- facture of the best brands of flour. Mr. Watson died April 6, 1903, and Mr. Heneghan purchased the widow's interest in the concern and has since conducted it alone, with marked success. The "White Lily" is his leading and best known brand of flour. He also has a large trade in grain and feed. His business capacity is recog- nized by all who know him, and he enjoys the confidence and respect of all his patrons.

On April 28, 1897, Mr. Heneghan was joined in wedlock with Leah J. Schmalz, a daughter of F. F. Schmalz, a prominent grocer of Jack- sonville. To their union have been born four children, namely: Mildred Mary, born Febru- ary 20, 1898; George Philip, born April 26, 1899; Frederick James, born October 23, 1901; and Walter Watson, born June 22, 1903.

In politics, Mr. Heneghan is an unswerving supporter of the Democratic party. Fraternally, he is identified with Lodge No. 912, M. W. A .; Jacksonville Council, No. 868, K. of C .; Jackson- ville Council, No. 182, United Commercial Trav- elers; Lodge No. 237, B. P. O. E .; and Post "O" of the T. P. A.

HIERMAN, Theodore E., farmer and stockman, actively engaged in the operation of his fine farm of 274 acres near the bluffs northeast of Meredosia village, was born on his father's farm in Cass County, Ill., July 1, 1862, the son of Bernard and Mary (Seigemeyer) Hierman, both natives of Germany. The father was a painter by trade and first settled in Beards- town, where he followed that occupation, but subsequently engaged in farming.

Theodore Hierman received his education in the schools of Cass County, and was married March 16, 1887, to Lucinda Hackman, daughter of William and Elizabeth Hackman, farmers in Cass County. Of this marriage two children were born, viz .: Aldo and Laverna. After his marriage Theodore Hierman moved to the farm where he now lives. It was at that time the property of his wife's father, who died January 31, 1905, his wife following a few days later, February 16, 1905-the couple having lived to- gether for sixty years. At their death the farm was inherited by Mrs. Hierman. Mr. and Mrs. Heirman are members of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, and attend the Mckendree Chapel near their home, of which Mr. Hierman was Sunday-school Superintendent. In politics he is a Republican and for two terms was a Di- rector on the School Board. Fraternally, he is a member of the Court of Honor.

HINE, Frank, one of the oldest and most worthy citizens of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., now living in retirement, was born in New Haven, Conn., July 2, 1832. He is a son of Thomas and Harriet (Cole) Hine, na- tives respectively of Seymour and New Haven, both in Connecticut. Thomas Hine was born April 21, 1801, and followed the occupation of a carriage maker until 1852, when he located in Morgan County. His wife was born June 6, 1803, her father having served as a musician in the Revolutionary War. On arriving in Morgan County, Thomas Hine bought a farm three miles west of Jacksonville. Some years

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before his death he relinquished active work, spending his winters in Jacksonville, and his summers in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where he died in September, 1884. His wife passed away at New Haven, in 1876.

In boyhood, Frank Hine received his early mental training in the public schools of Ohio, to which State his parents had taken him in 1838. At the age of fifteen years he became a salcsman at Akron, Ohio, and was thus em- ployed for two years. His parents then moved to LaFayette, Ind., where he continued for three years in the same occupation. In 1852 the family located in Morgan County, the young man working on the home farm until the fall of 1862. At that period he was ap- poined Chief Clerk in the Illinois Institution for the Deaf, and served ably and faithfully in that capacity until 1893. During this long pe- riod of thirty-one years Mr. Hine discharged the duties of this important position with zeal, en- ergy and fidelity. After leaving the institution he traveled for two years, and then retired to live with his son, Frank, on a small farm east of Jacksonville.

On December 18, 1860, Mr. Hine was united in matrimony with Jane Bradshaw, of Han- cock County, Ill., a daughter of Joel and Cath- erine (Dixon) Bradshaw. Three children were the issue of this union, namely: Harry Clin- ton, who was born October 20, 1861, and dicd April 22, 1872; Hattie Catherine, born January 14, 1863, died December 13, 1894; and Frank, before mentioned, who was born June 1, 1865.

Politically, Mr. Hine is a supporter of the Republican party. In fraternal circles, he is identified with the A. O. U. W. Religiously he is a member of the State Street Presbyte- rian Church of Jacksonville, in which he has been a Ruling Elder for fifteen years, and was Sunday-school teacher and Superintendent for a considerable period. Such lives as that of Mr. Hine are wellsprings of salutary influ- ence in the community which is so fortunate as to harbor and honor thein.

HINRICHSEN, (Hon.) William Henry, retired editor and ex-member of Congress, residing at Alexander, was born at Franklin, Morgan County, Ill., May 27, 1850, a son of Edward S. and Nancy Ann (Wyatt) Hinrichsen. His fa- ther was born in the Grand Duchy of Mecklen- burg, Germany, of Norwegian descent. In youth

he became involved in some revolutionary move- ment among the younger generation, many of whom were executed for treason. He had fled to Hamburg to escape the punishment for his escapade, the importance of which from a po- litical standpoint hitherto had not impressed him, and an attempt was made by the Mecklen- burg government to secure his extradition. But his employers, sympathizing with him and real- izing the innocence of his intentions, placed him aboard a ship in the capacity of supercargo, and he embarked for a long voyage. After vis- iting various points on the Mediterranean, he sailed for New Orleans, La. His vesscl was wrecked on the Unhappy Island, off the south coast of Florida, and after reaching the main- land he went to Philadelphia, Pa., from which point he communicated with his family in the fatherland. This was in 1835 or 1836. He after- ward became court interpreter in that city, hav- ing become known as the master of several languages. While in Pennsylvania he assisted in building the Harrisburg & Gettysburg Rail- road, and afterward was employed for awhile in Pittsburg, Pa. About 1839 he came to Illi- nois and, settling at Franklin, soon became identified with the Wabash Railroad, then known as the Northern Cross. Forty years of his life were spent in the service of this com- pany. In 1853 he removed to a farm south of Alexander which he had purchased, and in 1857 erected the residence in Alexander which is now occupied by his son, living there until his death in 1891. His wife died in 1900. Mr. Hinrich- sen was well informed on all subjects of general interest, and was a man of public spirit. He and his wife became the parents of the following children: Mary Elizabeth, wife of Frederick George, of Los Angeles, Cal .; William H., of Alexander; Savillah T., of Lincoln, Ill .; Eugenia, wife of Dr. Harold W. Johnston, of Bloomington, Ind .; Edward S., Jr., of Alexander, who is con- nected with the U. S. Mail Service, and Mark F., who is engaged in mining in Mexico.

William H. Hinrichsen was educated in the public schools of Morgan County and the State University at Champaign, Ill., where he com- pleted his studies in 1870. For some time after leaving college he was employed in various capacities at Alexander, principally as station agent for the Wabash Railroad and as a grain dealer. In 1871, at the age of twenty-one years, he was elected Justice of the Peace at

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Alexander. In the winter of 1874 he received an appointment as Deputy Sheriff under Irvin Dunlap and removed to Jacksonville to fulfill the duties of that office. For three terms of two years each he served in this capacity under Mr. Dunlap, and then, in 1880, was elected to the Shrievalty, holding the office for one term. In 1882, the last year of his incumbency, in company with George E. Doying, who was al- ready a partner in the concern, he purchased the "Illinois Courier," a weekly newspaper published at Jacksonville. In the spring of 1883 they established a daily edition. In 1887, with Warren Case as a partner, they also pur- chased the "Quincy (Ill.) Herald," and founded the "Index," a legal publication issued from the office of the "Courier." In the meantime Mr. Hinrichsen removed to Quincy and edited the "Herald" of that city until 1890, when the part- ners sold the paper, and he returned to Jack- sonville, intending to resume editorial charge of the "Courier." Just prior to his return, on the convening of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly (1891) he was elected Clerk of the Illinois House of Representatives, discharging the duties of the office for that term, about this time, having heen chosen a member of the Dem- ocratic State Central Committee. In this capa- city he actively participated in the campaign of 1892. During this period he visited every county in the State, engaged in the work of re- organizing the Democratic County Committees. In 1892 he was unanimously nominated hy the Democratic State Convention for the office of Secretary of State, was elected, and served four years. After the election he disposed of his interest in the "Courier" to George E. Doy- ing, who also hought the interest of Mr. Case. On January 1, 1895, Mr. Hinrichsen was chosen Chairman of the Democratic State Central Com- mittee, of which he had been a member since 1888, and was at the head of the committee at the time when the Democracy of Illinois com- mitted itself to free silver. It was Mr. Hin- richsen who invited William Jennings Bryan to Springfield for the purpose of addressing the convention of that year; and it was the speech that Mr. Bryan made on that occasion which resulted in the formulation of free silver prin- ciples hy the Democracy of the State.

In 1896 Mr. Hinrichsen was elected a Dele- gate-at-Large to the National Democratic Con- vention at Chicago. The same year he re-

ceived the nomination for Congress by the Democrats of the Sixteenth (now Twentieth) District, and he was elected by a majority of more than 6,000-about double the normal ma- jority. Upon the expiration of his term in the House of Representatives he returned to his home in Alexander, where he has since devoted himself almost exclusively to literary work. In the meantime, however, he has had charge of the press bureau of the Democratic State organization nearly every year, having hegun this work in 1888. In 1899, when John R. Mc- Lean was the Democratic candidate for Gov- ernor of Ohio, Mr. Hinrichsen was asked by Mr. McLean to assume editorial charge of the "Cincinnati Enquirer" during the campaign, which he did. In 1900 he acted as Traveling Manager of the National Democratic Commit- tee, and in this capacity raised much of the funds for the conduct of the national cam- paign of that year.

Mr. Hinrichsen's literary work has attracted widespread attention in late years, especially throughout the East and Middle West. He has written a very large number of short stories, which have appeared in several of the magazines and leading city dailies. For four years he has contributed one short story to every Sunday issue of the "Chicago Inter- Ocean." He has also heen a frequent con- tributor to the "Ten Story Book," "Wayside Tales," the "Red Book," the "Farmers' Maga- zine" of Springfield, Ill., the "Democratic Maga- zine," the "Chicago Chronicle," the "Chicago Tribune," and to various newspaper syndicates. He has also published a hook of short stories, a compilation of what he regards as' the hest that have appeared of late years in the "Chi- cago Inter-Ocean"; a treatise on "Practical Poli- tics," prepared for the "Globe Syndicate"; and a digest of the Australian ballot law (1891), the only publication of the kind in Illinois, which is now recognized as an authority hy the courts of this State. Fraternally he is a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He was reared in the M. E. Church, hut his family are now identified with the Episcopal Church, in the work of which his wife is deeply interested.

On July 13, 1873, Mr. Hinrichsen was united in marriage with Louise Sparks, a daughter of John Sparks, one of the early settlers of Mor- gan County. Her mother was, in maidenhood,

Alexander Smith.

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Elizabeth Bradshaw, a member of a prominent pioneer family of Morgan County. They are the parents of three children, as follows: Ed- ward E., an engincer in the employ of the Inter-State Telephone Company, at Springfield, Ill .; Annie, residing at home, and Ernest in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company at Jacksonville. Miss Annie Hinrichsen possesscs marked literary ability, and is the author of a large number of short stories which have appeared in leading magazines devoted to fic- tion. She is a member of the regular staff of writers for "Wayside Tales," and a regular contributor to the "Chicago Red Book."

HITT, Henry W., one of the oldest, most highly esteemed residents of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., was born on his father's farm, a few miles west of Jacksonville, in that part of Morgan County now included in Scott County, July 4, 1836. He is a son of Elisha B. and Sarah (Parker) Hitt, natives of Bourbon County, Ky., where the father was born in 1808, and the mother in 1818. Elisha B. Hitt, who through his mother was descended from a very prominent family, was a farmer by occu- pation. He settled in Morgan County in 1835. The place where he located is ten miles west of Jacksonville, and is now a part of Scott County. During the '50s he served two terms in the Legislature of Illinois. In 1865 he located on a farm a mile and a half west of Jacksonville, and for a few years was interested in the liv- ery business in that city. He died in 1881.

In boyhood Henry W. Hitt attended the country schools, after which he spent two years in Illinois College, two years in McKendree College, and completed his education in Millers- burg, Ky. In 1858 he engaged in the mercan- tile business at Exeter, Ill., in which he con- tinued for a few years, and then conducted a store at Merritt, Ill., moving thence to Jackson- ville in 1887. Since that period he has spent a portion of his time in the livery business, and during the last cight years, from 1896 to Jan- uary 1, 1905, was a deputy in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. At the beginning of the Civil War, Mr. Hitt raised a company, of which he was elected Captain, it being mus- tered into the service as Company B, Twenty- seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

Mr. Hitt has been twice married-first, on November 7, 1861, to Belle Stevenson, a native of Newark, N. J., and a daughter of William

and Ann Stevenson. Three children have been born to them, namely: Elisha B., who was born on July 26, 1862, and is engaged in the livery business in Springfield, Ill .; Sallie, born No- vember 29, 1866, who married Rev. Charles A. Cranc, of Boston, Mass .; and Anna Lou, born January 4, 1869, who died at the age of twenty- two years. The mother of this family died in 1870. On January 28, 1874, Mr. Hitt was wed- ded to Lizzie Stevenson, who was born in New- ark, N. J., a sister of his first wife.

In politics, Mr. Hitt is an Independent Demo- crat. Fraternally, he became a member of the Exeter Lodge, No. 424, A. F. & A. M., in 1865. He is also a member of the Jacksonville Chap- ter, R. A. M., and of Hospitaler Commandery, No. 3, K. T. From 1858 to 1887 he was affili- ated with the I. O. O. F. Few men in Jack- sonville are more widely known than Henry W. Hitt, and none more cordially regarded or more highly esteemed.

HODGES, Levi T., living on his farmi near Meredosia, Morgan County, Ill., was born in the vicinity where he now resides, November 12, 1853, the son of Thomas and Susan ( Bur- rus) Hodges, the mother being a native of Ten- nessee and the father of Ohio. Mrs. Hodges' father moved from Tennessee to Morgan County, becoming one of the earliest settlers in that locality. The elder Hodges bought land soon after coming to Morgan County, which by industry he developed into a valuable farm. He was married twice and had a family of ten children, but only two of the second marriage survive, viz .: Levi T. and his sister Emma, wife of Henry Eller. Mr. and Mrs. Eller are residents of New Mexico. Thomas Hodges, when he died in 1886, left a landed cstate of 1,000 acres. Mrs. Hodges died in 1893.

Levi T. Hodges has been identified with farming all his life, his present real estate ag- gregating 235 acres. He has a pleasant home and a profitable farm. He was married Janu- ary 17, 1875, to Samantha Perkins, daughter of Absalom Perkins, who was one of the early settlers of Morgan County. He and his wife have five children, viz .: Wilmer, who is engaged in the railroad business; George A., also a rail- road man, who married Effie Stultz, with thelr three daughters residing in Decatur, Ill .; Anscl, who assists his father on the farm, where Olive Mabel, the only daughter, also resides, and Merle.

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In order the better to educate his children, Levi T. Hodges took up his residence in the town of Meredosia in 1888, but returned to his farm in 1900. During his residence in Mere- dosia he was twice elected President of the Village Board, serving two full terms. He owns several pieces of town property. The family is affiliated with the Methodist Episco- pal Church. Mr. Hodges is a Republican in political principles.

HOLKENBRINK, Ben. J., who is a successful dealer in bicycles, and conducts a general re- pair shop for bicycles, guns, etc., in Jackson- ville, Morgan County, Ill., was born in Effing- ham County, Ill., October 28, 1875, a son of Anton and Anna (Sanders) Holkenbrink.

Mr. Holkenbrink started in this line in Jack- sonville in 1901, together with George Wolke, under the firm name of George Wolke & Co., but later sold his interest to his partner, and became associated with his brother-in-law in the same business. He subsequently pur- chased the latter's interest and has since con- ducted the concern alone. He does all kinds of bicycle work, and repairs steam, gasoline and electric auto-machines and motorcycles.

In 1900, Mr. Holkenbrink was united in mar- riage with Rosetta Summers. Two children have resulted from this union, namely: Marion Grace, born in June, 1901, and Benjamin, born November 30, 1903.

In politics, Mr. Holkenbrink follows the for- tunes of the Democratc partiy. Religiously, he was born and reared in the Catholic faith, and is a member of that church. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the M. W. A., and the Royal Arcanum. He is industrious, energetic and honest in the conduct of his business, and is favorably regarded by all who know him.

HOLMES, J. Stewart, (deceased), formerly an extensive farmer and stock-raiser in the vicin- ity of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., was born on his farm there August 26, 1836. He was a son of J. T. and Jane V. Holmes, na- tives of Kentucky. In boyhood our subject as- sisted his father on the homestead farm and attended the district school in his neighbor- hood, afterward pursuing a course of study in Illinois College. He then applied himself to farming on the family homestead, on which he made many fine improvements. Besides gen-

eral farming he devoted his attention to stock- raising on an extensive scale. He was very successful in all his undertakings, and at the time of his death, June 14, 1880, was the owner of 444 acres of land, comprising the home farm.

On February 10, 1864, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage with Julia Hitt, a daughter of Jesse and Julia (Parker) Hitt, natives of Lex- ington, Ky. Five children resulted from this union, namely: Sallie H., who was educated in the Jacksonville Female Academy; James T., who lives on the home farm; Jessie; Louisa Bernice; and Clarence, who died at the age of eighteen months. The parents of Mrs. Holmes came to Illinois by wagon in 1836, and settled on the place where Mrs. Holmes was born. Afterward her father made a trip to New Or- leans with horses and mules, and there he died of typhoid fever. Her mother died when Mrs. Holmes was three years of age, and the latter was reared to maturity by her uncle, Elisha B. Hitt. After her husband's death, Mrs. Holmes remained on the home farm, ten miles east of Jacksonville until 1897, when she moved to Jacksonville, where she has since resided. She is a very estimable woman, possessing many graces of mind and heart and is the center of a most interesting family circle.

In politics, Mr. Holmes was a supporter of the Republican party. His religious connec- tions were with the Presbyterian Church, to which Mrs. Holmes also belongs. Fraternally, he was affiliated with the A. F. & A. M. As be- fore mentioned, he was a successful man, and possessed those qualities which merit and in- sure substantial progress, notably, energy, per- severance and strict integrity.

HUGHES, Nathan J., M. D., physician and sur- geon, Waverly, Ill., was born in New Columbus, Owen County, Ky., April 30, 1854, the son of William and Anna Eliza (Guill) Hughes, na- tives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively. William Hughes was a farmer, and, like all agriculturists, would have preferred that his son should have followed the same avocation, but, after attending the schools near his home, the lad determined to enter the field of medi- cine. With this end in view he went to Cincin- nati and entered the Cincinnati College of Medi- cine and Surgery, in 1879 securing his coveted degree of M. D.

RESIDENCE OF CAPT. ALEX SMITH, 1153 WEST STATE ST., JACKSONVILLE. BUILT IN 1894.

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Dr. Hughes began to practice his profession in Corinth, Ky., and for seven years remained to aid those who required his services, but at length he decided to remove to Illinois, and in 1886 located at Franklin, Morgan County, where he practiced until the fall of 1889. De- siring to take a post-graduate course, he then went to New York, where tor twelve months he studied in the medical department of the Uni- versity of the City of New York, receiving his degree from that college in 1890. For two years following this date he practiced his pro- fession in the city of Chicago, but in 1892 lo- cated at Waverly, Ill., in which town he has since remained to attend to the large patronage which he has established and where his lead- ing position is secure.

On December 18, 1890, Dr. Hughes was mar- ried to Nellie S. Sharp, of Cincinnati, and of this union five children have been born-those living being: Corinne Lillie Sharp, Lowell Na- thaniel, Alfred Webb, and Donald L. Harold died at the age of fifteen months, in August, 1895.

In his political affiliations Dr. Hughes is a Prohibitionist. He is a Director in the First National Bank of Waverly. Among the or- ganizations to which he belongs may be men- tioned the American Medical Association; State and County Medical Associations; fraternally, to the K. of P. and A. F. & A. M. orders, and religiously, to the Methodist Church, of which latter body he has been a member since boy- hood.

JAMESON, John Richardson, a prosperous and skillful blacksmith in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., was born in Lynnville, Ill., October 21, 1865, the son of George and Mary Jane (Coultas) Jameson, of whom the father was born in Northumberlandshire, England, in 1836. He came to Morgan County when twenty years old, after working on a railroad in Can- ada, and was the father of nine children, namely: Grace, Jennie, William, Jolın R., George. Frank, lda, Kate, and Fred. The fa- ther died in 1892, the mother having passed away in 1879.

In boyhood Mr. Jameson received his mental training in the public schools and after finish- ing his schooling learned the blacksmith's trade, becoming a capable workman at the age of twen- ty-two years. In 1886 his father gave the black-

smith shop to him and his brother, William, and they conducted it jointly for about ten years. In 1874 the father moved to Jackson- ville, where he established a shop which has since been operated by members of the family continuously, with the exception of a period of about six years. In 1899 Mr. Jameson opened his present shop. He does all kinds of expert horseshoeing and general blacksmithing, and the place is equipped with modern machinery operated by an electric motor. Mr. Jameson makes a specialty of fine horseshoeing, and his patrons are the best horsemen in the city and surrounding country.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 168

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