Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Morgan County, Part 2

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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The biographical part of the work was assigned to several other gentlemen who have been active and diligent in its preparation. Besides those of whom brief sketches have been written, there have been many other citizens of Morgan County who, in pub- lic, professional, business and private life, became justly distinguished by reason of their rare abilities, splendid services, and great excellence of character and life, and who deserve to be enrolled in a complete roster of that illustrious galaxy of intelligent, public spirited and useful men and women. A brief epitome alone of the life of each of them would form a massive volume that would far transcend the space contemplated or deemed practicable in accordance with the aim and scope of this historic work. Credit is due to the publishers for the pecuniary outlay which they necessarily have borne, and for the great care which they have taken in the preparation of the work as a whole, and in placing it before its patrons and the public in so satisfactory and attrac- tive a forni.


William t. Schich


MORGAN COUNTY.


INDEX.


PART I. GENERAL COUNTY HISTORY.


CHAPTER I. EXORDIUM.


Geologic Conditions and Characteristics-Agriculture the Leading Industry in Morgan County - The Pre-Historic Period - Primitive Dwellers and Their Remains - Discovery and Settlement Periods - First Comers of the White Race to Illinois - Period of French Domination - Results of the George Rogers Clark Expedition - Territory Northwest of the Ohio becomes a Part of Virginia - Illinois County Created in 1778 - Cession of Territory to the General Government-Ordinance of 1787 - Territorial Government Instituted - Illinois Successively a Part of the Northwest Territory and Indiana Territory - Illinois Territory Established in 1809 - Passage of Enabling Act and Organization of State Government in 1818 - Government Transitions of Forty Years 617-623


CHAPTER II. COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS.


Illinois County Organized by Act of Virginia House of Delegates in 1778 -Form of Government Instituted - St. Clair County Created in 1790- Subsequent County Changes - Morgan County Part of Madison County, 1812-21 - The New County Established in 1823 - Act of Organization - First County Officers-County-Seat Located in 1825 and Named Jackson- ville - Courts Held in the Woods - A Court Row - First County Court House - Present County Buildings - Address of Gen. Murray McConnel - Court Officials - Some Notable Members of the Bar - County Jail and Poor House 623-630


CHAPTER III. GEOGRAPHY - NATURAL PROPERTIES.


General Topography - Boundaries and Streams - Soils and Timber Lands - Natural and Artificial Drainage - Geological Formations - Natural Build- ing Materials - Water Courses - Fauna and Flora - Introduction of Osage Orange Hedge Plant - Agriculture - Soil Products - "A Modern Garden of Eden" - Morgan County Agricultural Society - County Fairs. . 631-637


CHAPTER IV.


CLIMATOLOGICAL.


Meteorological Phenomena - The Dry Season of 1820 - Wind Storm of 1821 - Cyclone of 1825 - The Deep Snow of 1830-31 - Shooting Stars of 1833 - The Sudden Freeze of 1836 - Little Indian Cyclone of 1845 - Snow Storm of 1855 -- Cyclones of 1855, '56 and '59 - The Warm Winter of 1877 - Cyclone of 1880 - The Great Sleet Storm of 1883 - Greasy Prairie and Literberry Cyclones of 1883 - The Coldest Day, 1884 - Memorable Hail Storm of 1884 - The Hottest Day, 1869 637-645


CHAPTER V. EARLY SETTLERS.


First Settler in Morgan County Arrives in 1816 - Other Early Comers - Ad- vance in Immigration Begins in 1819 - Arrivals Previous to 1830-Notable Array of Historic Names - The Kelloggs, Deatons, Wyatts, Dr. Cadwell, Joseph Morton, Newton Cloud ; the Matthews, Rockwell, Pitner, Massey, Davenport, Stevenson and Holmes Families - Gov. Joseph Duncan, Wil- liam Thomas, Judge S. D. Lockwood, Rev. Julian M. Sturtevant, Jacob Strawn and Others Who Have Left Their Impress on the County's History -Old Settlers' Association 645-649


CHAPTER VI. GOVERNMENTAL.


Morgan County in Political History - Delegates to State Constitutional Conven- tions - United States Senators and Representatives in Congress - State Officers - Governors, Secretaries of State, Attorneys-General and State Superintendent of Public Instruction-State Boards-Judges of Supreme Court - County Judiciary and Other County Officers - County Commis- sioners - Circuit Courts - Citizens of Morgan County Who Have Held Federal Offices 649-655


CHAPTER VII. MILITARY HISTORY.


Early Military Organizations - Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars - The Mormon Disturbance - The Mexican War - Col. John J. Hardin - His Death at Buena Vista - War of the Rebellion - Illinois Regiments Re- cruited from Morgan County - Spanish-American War - Colored Infan- try - Railroad Strike at East St. Louis - Jacksonville Colored Company in the Spanish-American War


655-659


CHAPTER VIII.


CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES.


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Individual History - Alexander - Arcadia - Arnold - Appalona - Bethel - Chapin - Concord - Franklin - Jacksonville - Literberry - Lynn- ville - Markham - Meredosia - Morgan City - Murrayville - Neely- ville - Nortonville - Orleans - Pisgah - Prentice - Rohrer - Sin- clair - Waverly - Woodlyn - Woodson - Yatesville 659-665


CHAPTER IX. RURAL CHURCHES.


Early Church Organizations in Country Districts - Methodist, Baptist, Con- gregational and Christian Societies - Some Disbanded Churches - Changes Due to Deaths of Early Members, Removals and the Creation of New Centers of Population 665-670


CHAPTER X. MISCELLANEOUS.


The Regulators and Their War Against Crime - Public Flogging of Criminals - Sale of Paupers to Secure Their Support - Story of a Counterfeiter- Daniel Webster and Martin Van Buren Visit Jacksonville - Gen. Grant's Two Memorable Visits - Cotton Growing - Bringing of the First Slaves to Illinois - Attempt to Override the Ordinance of 1787 - The Slav- ery Contest of 1824 - Morgan County Opponents of the Institution - Or- ganization of the Republican Party - The Portuguese Colony - Jackson- ville in 1834 670-678


PART II. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE.


CHAPTER XI. MUNICIPAL HISTORY.


Site of the Future City an Unoccupied Prairie - Morgan County Created- Temporary County Seat Established - Permanent Seat of Justice Is Lo- cated and Named Jacksonville - First Officers - The First Store - Early Buildings - Illinois College Founded in 1829-First Town Incorporation- Cholera Epidemic of 1833 - Morgan & Sangamon Railroad - Change in Village Incorporation - City Government Established in 1867 - Public Utilities - Gas and Electric Lighting - City Water-Works-Artesian Wells - New Water System in Course of Construction - Street Railway - Li- brary Building - Federal Postoffice Building


679-689


CHAPTER XII.


RAILROADS, BANKS, ETC.


Railway History - The Internal Improvement Scheme of 1837 - The First Illinois Railroad a Part of the Present Wabash System - Later Railway Enterprises - Morgan County Now Traversed by Six Independent Lines -Financial Institutions - Early Banking History - Branches of the Shawneetown and State Banks Established in Jacksonville Have a Brief Ex- istence - Banking Enterprises of the Present Day - Other Financial Asso- ciations - Early Methods of Manufacturing Grain Products - Mills and Their Founders


689-694


CHAPTER XIII. MANUFACTURES.


Jacksonville Woolen Mills - Home Manufacturing Company - Jacksonville Car-Works - Railroad Shops - Illinois Steel Bridge Company - Wagon, Buggy and Carriage Manufacturers - Knitting Works - Cigar and Cigar Box Factories - Sulky-Plow Works - Columbia Manufacturing Company - Broom Factory - Planing Mills - Sand-Cement Company - Jackson- ville Brick Works and Brick Manufacturers - Monuments - Artificial Stone - Miscellaneous Industries - Board of Local Improvement - Busi- ness Men's Association - Telephone System 694-698


CHAPTER XIV. EDUCATIONAL.


Early Schools and Public School System-Some Early Teachers - Coming of Stephen A. Douglas - Primitive and Present Conditions Compared- Founding of Illinois College and Jacksonville Female Academy - Their History -- The Woman's College - Athenaeum and Conservatory of Music - Business College -- Routt's College - Waverly Seminary - Ebenezer Manual Labor School -- Berean College - Harvard Academy -Some Private Schools-Ladies' Education Society . 699-710


CHAPTER XV. NEWSPAPERS.


General History - James G. Edwards, Afterward of the "Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye," Establishes the "Illinois Patriot" in 1831 - Other Newspaper Ventures - The "Patriot" Becomes "The Illinoian" in 1838-The "Mor- gan Journal" founded in 1843 - Its Part in the Founding of the Repub- lican Party - Long List of Newspaper Men Who Have Been Connected With It - Other Early Publications-Newspapers of a Later Period- Jacksonville "Sentinel" and "Courier" Leading Democratic Organs-Re- ligious and College Periodicals.


710-717


CHAPTER XVI. JACKSONVILLE CHURCHES.


Early Churches and Their Founders - Present Church Organizations and Their History - Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Prot- estant Episcopal and Christian Science Organizations - Catholic Church of Our Savior - Colored Methodist, Baptist and Christian Churches - Young Mens' Christian Association. 717-732


CHAPTER XVII. ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS.


State Benevolent Institutions - School for Deaf and Dumb - School for Blind -. Central Hospital for Insane - School for Feeble-Minded Chil- dren - Private Institutions - Passavant Memorial Hospital - Owes Its Origin to Munificence of Mrs. Eliza Ayers - The Prince Sanitarium - Oak Lawn Retreat for Insane - Christian Old People's Home - Rescue


732-738 Home for Women - Colored Old People's Home


CHAPTER XVIII. SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.


Professional Associations - Jacksonville Medical Club - Scientific, Histori- cal and Literary Societies - Literary Union and Plato Club - Sorosis and Woman's Clubs - Art and Music Organizations - Fraternal and Secret Orders - Beneficiary and Charitable Associations - Patriotic Organiza- tions - Labor Unions and Industrial Societies 738-746


CHAPTER XIX. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.


List of Officers of the City of Jacksonville from 1867 to 1905 - City Elections Held Bienially - Date of Same 747-749


PART III. CHAPTER XX. BIOGRAPHICAL.


The personal sketches in the following chapter having been arranged in al- phabetical order, no index by names of subjects is deemed necessary. .. .751-984


Sketches of George Orear and Dr. Charles Henry Rammelkamp, having been re- ceived too late for insertion in regular alphabetical order, will be found on the last two pages.


MORGAN COUNTY TOPICS TREATED IN HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA.


In the preceding pages of this volume, under the title of the "Historical En- cyclopedia of Illinois," will be found sketches of the following named persons, now or in the past, residents of Morgan County, of only a few of whom it has been deemed necessary to give more extended sketches in this supplemental history :


Adams, John, LL. D., Adams, Dr. Samuel,


Akers, Rev. Peter, D. D., Alexander, John T.


Arenz, Francis A., Ayers, Marshall P.,


Lockwood, Samuel D.,


Baldwin, Theron,


McClernand, John A., McConnel, Murray,


Bateman, Newton, A. M., LL. D.,


McFarland, Andrew, M. D.,


Milburn, Rev. William H., D. D.,


Morrison, Isaac L.,


Berdan James, Branson, Nathaniel W., Broadwell, Norman M.,


Morton, Joseph, Post, Rev. Truman M., D. D.,


Prince, David, M. D.,


Bryan, William Jennings,


Caldwell (or Cadwell), Dr. George, Carriel, Dr. Henry F.,


Roe, Edward Reynolds,


Clay, Rev. Porter, Cloud, Rev. Newton,


Rutledge, Rev. William J., Selby Paul,


Douglas, Stephen A.,


Short, Rev. William F., D. D.,


Dummer, Henry E., Duncan, Gov. Joseph,


Smith, David A., Springer, William M.,


Ellis, Rev. John M., Epler, Hon. Cyrus,


Strawn, Jacob, Sturtevant, Rev. Julian M., D. D.,


Gest, William H.,


Tanner, Rev. Edward A., D. D., Thomas, William,


Gillett, Philip Goode, Goudy, Calvin, Goudy, William C.,


Grierson, Gen. Benjamin H., Hardin, Col. John J., Hinrichsen, William H.,


Turner, Jonathan B., Wilkinson, Ira O., Wilkinson, John P., Willard, Samuel, A. M., M. D., LL. D., Yates, Richard, Sr.


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James, Rev. Calvin D., James, Edmund Janes, Kirby, Edward P., Lamborn, Josiah,


Beecher, Edward, D. D.,


Rhoades, Joshua, M. D.,


The following general topics, among others especially connected with Morgan County history, have also been treated in the Encyclopedia portion of the work:


Central Illinois Hospital for the Insane, Chapin (village),


Illinois Female College, Illinois State School for Blind,


Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Jacksonville (city),


Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, Jacksonville & St. Louis Railway,


Chicago & Alton Railroad,


Meredosia (village), Morgan County,


Congregationalists, The,


Deaf and Dumb, Institution for Educa-"Underground Railroad," The, tion of, Wabash Railroad, War, The Black Hawk, War of the Rebellion, War, The Spanish-American, Waverly (city). Deep Snow, Feeble-Minded, Institute for, Franklin (village), Illinois College, Illinois County,


Portraits and Illustrations.


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Askew, Joseph R. (Biography 757)


Ayers, Marshall P. (Biography 757)


622 626 628


Ayers, John A. (Biography 758)


Barnes, Charles A. (Biography 764)


Barnes, Mrs. S. E. F. (Biography 762)


632 636 640 642


Baxter, Hiram B. (Biography 766)


Baxter, Mrs. Hiram B.


Beesley, Benjamin F. (Biography 768)


646 650


Bull, Solomon (Biography 775)


938 654 656


Carriel, Henry F. (Biography 784)


660 662


Carriel, Henry B. (Biography 785)


Chambers, George M. (Biography 790)


934 930 926


Clary, John W. (Biography 792)


Cleary, William C. (Biography 793)


930 666


Crabtree, Edgar E. (Biography 797)


Crum, Abram A. (Family Biography 798)


670 672 674 676


Crum, Mrs. Sallie B. (Family Biography 798)


678


Davis, John R. (Biography 801)


Deitrick, Daniel (Biography 804)


Diggins, Robert (Biography 809)


Dinwiddie, James (Biography 809)


Doying, George E. (Biography 811} -.


Dunlap, Irvin (Biography 814)


Dunlap, Millard F. (Biography 816)


Farrell, Felix G. (Biography 822)


Farrell, Felix E. (Biography 821)


Fellows, Richard (Biography 824)


714 718


Gillett, Philip G. (Biography 829)


Gordon, John ( Biography 834)


722 926


Graff, Charles B. (Biography 835)


726


Grierson, Benjamin H. (Biography 838).


730


Hall, Henry H. (Biography 842)


734


Henderson, David G. (Family Biography 849)


738


Henderson, Mary H. (Family Biography 849)


738


Crum, Sarah C. (Family Biography 798)


Crum, Albert (Biography 798)


Crum, John W. (Biography 799)


682


Freeman, Joseph H. (Biography 825)


686 690 694 698 702 704 708 710 934


Clampit, William H. (Biography 792)


Carter, John (Biography 786)


Carter, William C. (Biography 786)


Black, Greene V. (Biography 770)


Hackett, James H. (Biography 841)


PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS-Continued


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Henderson, Jackson (Biography 849)


740


Henderson, Martha E. (Family Biography (849)


742


Henderson, Madison M. (Biography 851)


744


Henderson, Mrs. M. M. (Biography 851)


746


Hinrichsen, William H. (Biography 853)


748


Jones, Hiram K. (Biography 859)


754 758


Keplinger, Samuel (Biography 866)


Kirby, Edward P. (Biography 871)


934 762 930


Larimore, Samuel H. (Biography 878)


Larimore, Mrs. Samuel H.


930 766


Leach, John, Sr. (Biography 879)


Loar, John R. (Biography 881)


Luttrell, William T. (Biography 882)


Masters, James M. (Biography 883)


Masters, Squire D. (Biography 884)


Mattingly, Shelton J. (Biography 887)


Mattingly, Mrs. S. J ..


Milligan, Harvey W. (Biography 893)


Moore, George W. (Biography 896)


Morgan County, Township Map


Morrisey, William M. (Biography 897)


Morrison, Isaac L. (Biography 897)


Newton, Samuel (Biography 899)


Nichols, Samuel W. (Biography 900)


Norbury, Frank P. (Biography 902)


Orear, Thomas B. (Biography 904)


Patterson, William (Biography 907)


Petefish, George (Biography 911)


Petefish, Aaron W. (Biography 911)


816 820


Rawlings, James (Biography 918)


Rexroat, James M. (Biography 921)


Reynolds, Ralph (Biography 923)


Robertson, John (Biography 927)


Robertson, John R. (Biography 928), View of Residence


838 840


Sanders, Charles J. (Biography 934)


844


Sanders, Mrs. Charles J.


846


Sewall, Eliza Ward (Middleton) (Biography 939)


850


Seymour, Robert (Biography 940)


938


Short, William F. (Biography 943)


617


Smith, Alexander (Biography 944) 854


Smith, Alexander (View of Residence)


856


926 790 794 798 802 806 810 814


Pratt, Julius F. (Biography 915)


934 824 828 832 834


Routt, Charles L. (Biography 931)


Routt, William R. (Biography 931)


926 938 770 772 776 778 782 786 616


Joy, Lyman F. (Biography 863)


PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS-Continued


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Smith, Richard (Biography 945)


938


Springer, Francis M. (Biography 949)


Standley, Richard (Biography 949)


860 864 866


Standley, Mrs. Richard


Stevenson, Septimus C. (Biography 951)


870


Strawn, Jacob (Biography 954)


874


Strawn, G. Phebe .


Strawn, Julius E. (Biography 957)


876 878 892


Thompson, Owen P. (Biography 960)


Thornley, Hugo (Biography 962). 896 898


Thornley, Mary W.


Weir, Miller (Biography 967)


902 906


Wolcott, Elizur (Biography 974)


910


Worthington, Thomas (Biography 978)


914


Wyatt, William J. (Biography 980) 918


Yates, Richard, Sr. (Biography 982) 922


Widenham, John C. (Biography 969)


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ABBOTT, (Lieut .- Gov.) Edward, a British officer, who was commandant at Post Vincennes (called by the British, Fort Sackville) at the time Col. George Rogers Clark captured Kaskas- kia in 1778. Abbott's jurisdiction extended, at least nominally. over a part of the "Illinois Country." Ten days after the occupation of Kas- kaskia, Colonel Clark, having learned that Abbott had gone to the British headquarters at Detroit, leaving the Post without any guard except that furnished by the inhabitants of the village, took advantage of his absence to send Pierre Gibault. the Catholic Vicar-General of Illi- nois, to win over the people to the American cause, which he did so successfully that they at once took the oath of allegiance, and the Ameri- can flag was run up over the fort. Although Fort Sackville afterwards fell into the hands of the British for a time, the manner of its occupa- tion was as much of a surprise to the British as that of Kaskaskia itself, and contributed to the completeness of Clark's triumph. (See Clark, Col. George Rogers, also, Gibault, Pierre.) Gov- ernor Abbott seems to have been of a more humane character than the mass of Britishi officers of his day, as he wrote a letter to General Carleton about this time, protesting strongly against the employment of Indians in carrying on warfare against the colonists on the frontier, on the ground of humanity, claiming that it was a detriment to the British cause, although he was overruled by his superior officer, Colonel Hamilton, in the steps soon after taken to recap- ture Vincennes.


ABINGDON, second city in size in Knox County, at the junction of the Iowa Central and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads; 10 miles south of Galesburg, with which it is con- nected by electric car line; has city waterworks, electric light plant, wagon works, brick and tile works, sash, blind and swing factories, two banks,


three weekly papers, public library, fine high school building and two ward schools. Hedding College, a flourishing institution, under auspices of the M. E. Church, is located here. Population (1900), 2,022; (est. 1904), 3,000.


ACCAULT, Michael (Ak-ko), French explorer and companion of La Salle, who came to the "Illinois Country" in 1780, and accompanied Hennepin when the latter descended the Illinois River to its mouth and then ascended the Mis- sissippi to the vicinity of the present city of St. Paul, where they were captured by Sioux. They were rescued by Greysolon Dulhut (for whom the city of Duluth was named), and having dis- covered the Falls of St. Anthony, returned to Green Bay. (See Hennepin.)


ACKERMAN, William K., Railway President and financier, was born in New York City, Jan. 29, 1832, of Knickerbocker and Revolutionary ancestry, his grandfather, Abraham D. Acker- man, having served as Captain of a company of the famous "Jersey Blues," participating with "Mad" Anthony Wayne in the storming of Stony Point during the Revolutionary War, while his father served as Lieutenant of Artillery in the War of 1812. After receiving a high school edu- cation in New York, Mr. Ackerman engaged in inercantile business, but in 1852 became a clerk in the financial department of the Illinois Central Railroad. Coming to Chicago in the service of the Company in 1860, he successively filled tlie positions of Secretary, Auditor and Treasurer. until July, 1876, when he was elected Vice-Presi- dent and a year later promoted to the Presidency. voluntarily retiring from this position in August, 1893, though serving some time longer in the capacity of Vice-President. During the progress of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago (1992-93) Mr. Ackerman served as Auditor of the Exposition, and was City Comptroller of Chicago under the administration of Mayor Hopkins


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(1893-95). He is an active member of the Chicago Historical Society, and has rendered valuable service to railroad history by the issue of two bro- chures on the "Early History of Illinois Rail- roads," and a "Historical Sketch of the Illinois Central Railroad."


ADAMS, John, LL.D., educator and philan- thropist, was born at Canterbury, Conn., Sept. 18, 1772; graduated at Yale College in 1795; taught for several years in his native place, in Plain- field, N. J., and at Colchester, Conn. In 1810 he became Principal of Phillips Academy at An- dover, Mass., remaining there twenty-three years. In addition to his educational duties he participated in the organization of several great charitable associations which attained national importance. On retiring from Phillips Academy in 1833, he removed to Jacksonville, Ill., where, four years afterward, he became the third Prin- cipal of Jacksonville Female Academy, remaining six years. He then became Agent of the Ameri- can Sunday School Union, in the course of the next few years founding several hundred Sunday Schools in different parts of the State. He re- ceived the degree of LL.D. from Yale College in 1854. Died in Jacksonville, April 24, 1863. The subject of this sketch was father of Dr. William Adams, for forty years a prominent Presbyterian clergyman of New York and for seven years (1873- 80) President of Union Theological Seminary.


ADAMS, John McGregor, manufacturer, was born at Londonderry, N. H., March 11, 1834, the son of Rev. John R. Adams, who served as Chap- lain of the Fifth Maine and One Hundred and Twenty-first New York Volunteers during the Civil War. Mr. Adams was educated at Gorham, Me., and Andover, Mass., after which, going to New York City, he engaged as clerk in a dry- goods house at $150 a year. He next entered the office of Clark & Jessup, hardware manufacturers, and in 1858 came to Chicago to represent the house of Morris K. Jessup & Co. He thus became associated with the late John Crerar, the firm of Jessup & Co. being finally merged into that of Crerar, Adams & Co., which, with the Adams & Westlake Co., have done a large business in the manufacture of railway supplies. Since the death of Mr. Crerar, Mr. Adams has been princi- pal manager of the concern's vast manufacturing business.


ADAMS, (Dr.) Samuel, physician and edu- cator, was born at Brunswick, Me., Dec. 19, 1806, and educated at Bowdoin College, where he graduated in both the departments of literature and of medicine. Then, having practiced as a


physician several years, in 1838 he assumed the chair of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Natural History in Illinois College at Jackson- ville, Ill. From 1843 to 1845 he was also Pro- fessor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Medical Department of the same institution, and, during his connection with the College, gave instruction at different times in nearly every branch embraced in the college curriculum, including the French and German languages. Of uncompromising firmness and invincible cour- age in his adherence to principle, he was a man of singular modesty, refinement and amiability in private life, winning the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact, especially the students who came under his instruction. A profound and thorough scholar, he possessed a refined and exalted literary taste, which was illustrated in occasional contributions to scien- tific and literary periodicals. Among productions of his pen on philosophic topics may be enumer- ated articles on "The Natural History of Man in his Scriptural Relations;" contributions to the "Biblical Repository" (1844); "Auguste Comte and Positivism" ("New Englander," 1873), and "Herbert Spencer's Proposed Reconciliation be- tween Religion and Science" ("New Englander," 1875). His connection with Illinois College con- tinued until his death, April, 1877-a period of more than thirty-eight years. A monument to his memory has been erected through the grate- ful donations of his former pupils.


ADAMS, George Everett, lawyer and ex-Con- gressman, born at Keene, N. H., June 18, 1840; was educated at Harvard College, and at Dane Law School, Cambridge, Mass., graduating at the former in 1860. Early in life he settled in Chi- cago, where, after some time spent as a teacher in the Chicago High School, he engaged in the practice of his profession. His first post of pub- lic responsibility was that of State Senator, to which he was elected in 1880. In 1882 he was chosen, as a Republican, to represent the Fourth Illinois District in Congress, and re-elected in 1884, '86 and '88. In 1890 he was again a candi- date, but was defeated by Walter C. Newberry. He is one of the Trustees of the Newberry Library.




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