Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of St. Clair County, Volume I, Part 90

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. ed. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913. jt. ed. cn; Wilderman, Alonzo St. Clair, 1839-1904, ed; Wilderman, Augusta A., jt. ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 698


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churches, 14 ministers; United Evangelical, 30,000 members, 129 churches, 108 ministers; United Brethren, 16,500 members, 275 churches, 260 ministers; United Presbyterians, 11,250 mem- bers, 203 churches, 199 ministers; Wesleyan Methodists, 1,100 members, 16 churches. 33 min- isters. (See various Churches under their proper names; also Roman Catholic Church.)


REND, William Patrick, soldier, capitalist, and coal-operator, was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, Feb. 10, 1840, brought to Lowell, Mass., in boyhood, and graduated from the high school there at 17; taught for a time near New York City and later in Maryland, where he began a course of classical study. The Civil War coming on, he enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment New York Volunteers, serving most of the time as a non-commissioned officer, and participating in the battles of the second Bull Run, Malvern Hill,


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Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. After the war he came to Chicago and secured employment in a railway surveyor's office, later acting as foreman of the Northwestern freight depot, and finally embarking in the coal business, which was conducted with such success that he became the owner of some of the most valuable mining properties in the country. Meanwhile he has taken a deep interest in the welfare of miners and other classes of laborers, and has


sought to promote arbitration and conciliation between employers and employed, as a means of averting disastrous strikes. He was especially active during the long strike of 1897, in efforts to bring about an understanding between the miners and the operators. For several years he held a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Illinois National Guard until compelled, by the demands of his private business, to tender his resignation.


REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.


The following table presents the names, residence, Districts represented, politics (except as to earlier ones), and length of term or terms of service of Illinois Representatives in the lower House of Congress, from the organization of Illinois as a Territory down to the present time; (D, Democrat; W, Whig; R, Republican; G-B, Greenback; P, Populist).


NAME.


RESIDENCE.


DIST.


TERM.


REMARKS.


Shadrach Bond ..


Kaskaskia.


Territory


1812-14


Made Rec'r of Pub. Moneys.


Benjamin Stephenson


Edwardsville


Territory.


1814-16


Made Rec'r of Pub. Moneys.


Nathaniel Pope.


Kaskaskia


Territory.


1816-18


John McLeall.


Shawneetown


State


1818-19


Elected U. S: Senator, 1824 and '29.


Daniel P. Cook


Kaskaskia


State


1819-27


Joseph Duncan


Jackson& Morgan Cos State


1827-33


Joseph Duncan .


Jacksonville


Third


1833-34


Elected Governor; resigned.


William L. May, D


Springfield


Third


1834-39


To succeed Duncan.


Charles Stade ...


Belleville.


First


1833-34.


Died; term completed by Reynolds.


John Reynolds, D


Belleville


First


1834-37


One and Que-half ternis.


John Reynolds, D.


Belleville


First


1839-43


Zadoc Casey, D.


Mt. Vernon


Second


1833-43


Adam W. Snyder, D.


Belleville


First ..


1837-39


John T. Stuart, W.


Springfield


Third


1839-43


John T. Stuart, O. P.


Springfield


Eighth


1863-65


Robert Smitlı, D ...


Alton


First.


1843-49


John A. McClernand, D


Shawneetown


Second


1843-51.


Resigned, Dec., '61 ; succeeded by A. L. Knapp.


Orlando B. Ficklin, D.


Charleston


Third.


1843-49


Orlando B. Ficklin, D.


Charlestoll


Third


1851-53


John Wentworth, D


Chicago


Fourth


1843-51


John Wentworth, D.


Chicago


Second


1853-55


John Wentworth, R.


Chicago.


First ..


1865-67.


Steplien A. Douglas, D ..


Quincy


Fifth


1843-47


El'd U.S. Sen,.Apr.,'47;suc.byW.A.Richardson Res'd, Aug., '56; term filled by Jacoh C. Davis.


William A. Richardson, D.


Rushville and Quincy


Fırth


1847-56.


William A. Richardson, D.


Quincy


Sixth


1861-63


Jolın J. Hardin, W.


Jacksonville


Seventh


1843-45.


Edward D. Baker, W


Springfield


Seventh


1845-46


Edward D. Baker, W


Galena.


Sixth.


1849-51


John Henry, W.


Jacksonville


Seventh


Feb. to Mar., 1847. Served Baker's anexpired term.


Thomas J. Turner, D.


Freeport.


Sixth ..


1847-49


Abraham Lincoln, W


Springfield.


Seventh. 1847-49.


William H. Bisseli, D.


Belleville.


First


1849-53


William H. Bissell, D.


Belleville.


Eighth.


1853-55.


Timothy R. Young, D.


Marshall


Third.


1849-51.


Thomas L. Harris, D.


Petersburg


Seventh


1849-51


Thomas I. Harris, D.


Petersburg


Sixth


1855-58


Willis Allen, D


Marion


Second.


1851-53


Willis Allen, D.


Marion


Niuth.


1853-55


Richard S. Maloney, I)


Belvidere


Fourth


1851-53.


Thompsou Campbell, D


Galena.


Sixth


1851-53.


Richard Yates, W


Jacksonville


Seventhi.


1851-53


Richard Yates. W


Jacksonville


Sixth


1853-55


E. B. Washburne, R.


Galena


First


1853-63.


E. B. Washburne, R


Galeua .


Third


1863-69.


Jesse O. Norton, R.


Joliet


Third


1853-57


Jesse O. Norton, R


Joliet


Sixth


1863-65


James Knox, R.


Knoxville


Fourth


1853-57


James C. Allen, D.


Palestine


Seveuth


1853-57


James C. Allen, D ..


Palestine


State-at-large


1863-65


James H. Woodworth, R ..


Chicago


Second


1855-57.


Jacoh C. Davis, D.


Quincy


Fifth


1856-57


To fill unexpired term of Richardson.


Lyman Trumhull, B.


Belleville


Eighth .


1855.


Chosen U. S. Senator; resigned. Filled Trumbull's unexpired term.


Samuel S. Marshall, D.


McLeanshoro


McLeanshoro


Chicago ..


Second.


1857-61


John F. Farnsworth, R


St. Charles


Second.


1863-73


Owen Lovejoy, R


Princeton


Third


1857-63


Owen Lovejoy, R.


Princeton


Fifth.


1863-65.


Died, Mar., '64; term filled by E.C.Ingersoll.


William Kellogg, R.


Canton.


Fourth.


1857-63


Isaac N. Morris, D.


Quincy


Fifth.


1857-61 ..


Charles D. Hodges, D


Carrollton.


Sixtlı.


Jan. to Mar., 1859 .. .


Filled unexpired term of Thos. L. Harris.


Aaron Shaw, D


Lawrenceville


Seventh


1857-59


J. L. D. Morrison, D.


Belleville


Eighth


1855-57.


Samuel S. Marshali, D.


Mc Leansboro


Ninth


1855-59


1865-73


Samuel S. Marshall, D.


Nineteenth


1873-75


John F. Farnsworth. R


Galena.


Sixth


1843-45


Resigned, Dec., '46; succeeded hy John Henry.


John A. McClernand, D


Springfield


Sixth ..


1859-62


Joseph P. Hoge, D


Died, Nov. 24, 58; suc. by Chas. D. Hodges.


Resignd. March 9, '69 to accept French mis- sion; term filled by H. C. Burchard.


Eleventh.


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NAME.


RESIDENCE.


DIST.


TERM.


REMARKS.


Aaron Shaw. D


Lawrenceville


Sixteenth


1883-85.


James C. Robinson, D.


Marshall.


Seventh


1859-63.


James C. Robinson, D.


Marshall.


Eleventh.


1863-65.


James C. Robinson, D.


Springfield


Eighth


1871-73


James C. Robinson, D.


Springfield


Twelfth.


1873-75


Philip B. Fouke. D


Belleville.


Eighth


1859-63


John A. Logan, R


Benton


Ninth


1859-62


Res'd, Apr. '62; term filled by W. J. Allen.


John A. Logan, D


Carbondale


State-at-large.


1869-71


§ Chosen U. S. Senator, 1871; resigned; term filled by John L. Beveridge.


Isaac N. Arnold. R


Chicago ..


Second


1861-63


Isaac N. Arnold. R


Chicago


First


1863-65


Willian J. Allen, D.


Marion


Ninth


1862-63


Served Logan's unexpired term.


William J. Allen, D.


Mariou.


Thirteenth ..


1863-65


A. L. Knapp, 1)


Jerseyville


Fifth.


1861-63


Served McClernand's unexpired term.


A. L. Knapp. D.


Jerseyville


Tenth


1863-65


Charles M. Harris, R


Oquawka.


Fourth


1863-65


Ehon C. Ingersoll, R


Peoria.


Fifth ..


1864-71.


1864-'65 filled Lovejoy's unexpired term.


John R. Eden, D ..


Sullivan


Seventh.


1863-65.


John R. Eden, D.


Sullivan


Fifteenth ..


1873-79.


John R. Eden, D ..


Sullivan.


Seventeenth.


1885-87


Lewis W. Ross, D


Lewistowu


Ninth.


1863-69.


Willlam R. Morrison, J).


Waterloo


Twelfth.


1863-65


William R. Morrison, ₺


Waterloo.


Seventeenth.


1873-83


William R. Morrison, D


Waterloo


Eighteenth ... 1SS3-87


S. W. Moulton, R


Shelbyville.


State-at-large.


1965-67


S. W. Moulton, D.


Shelbyville


Fifteenth.


1881-83


S. W. Montton, D ..


Shelbyville


Seventeenth ..


1883-S5


Abner C. Harding, R.


Monmouth


Fourth


1865-69


Sixth


1865-71


H. P. H. Bromwell. R


Charleston


Seveuth


1865-69


Shelby M. Cullom, R


Springfield


Eighth


1865-71.


Anthony Thornton, D


Shelbyville.


Tenth.


1865-67.


Jehu Baker, R


Belleville.


Twelfth


1865-69.


Jehu Baker, R


Belleville.


1887-89


Jelu Baker, P


Belleville


Vienna


Chicago ..


Carrollton


Tenth ..


1867-71


Green B. Raum, R.


Metropolis


Thirteenth.


Third


Fifth


1873-79.


John B. Hawley, R.


Rock Island


John B. Hawley, R


Rock Island


Sixth


1873-75 ..


Jesse H. Moore, R ..


Decatur.


Seventh


1869-73.


Thomas W. McNeeley, D .. John B. Hay, R.


Belleville


Twelfth.


1869-73.


John M. Crebs. D ..


Carmi.


State-at-large.


1871-73


Served unexpired term of Logan.


Charles B. Farwell, R.


Chicago


Third


1873-76.


May, "76, seat awarded to J. V. Le Moyue.


Charles B. Farwell, R


Chicago


Third


1881-83


Brad. N. Stevens, R Henry Snapp, R ...


Joliet


Sixth.


1871-73


Filled unexpired term of B. C. Cook.


Edward Y. Rice, D


Hillsboro


Tenth.


1871 -73.


John B. Rice, R.


Chicago


First


1873-74


B. G. Caulfield, D.


Chicago


First


1874-77.


Jasper D. Ward. R


Chicago


Second


1873-75.


Stephen A. Hurlbut, R


Belvidere


Fourth.


1873-77.


Franklin Corwin, R.


Peru


Eighth


1873-S1


Granville Barriere, R


Canton


Ninth


1873-75


William H. Ray, R


Rushville


Tenth


1873-75.


Robert M. Knapp, D. Robert M. Knapp, D John McNulta, R


Bloomingtou


Thirteenth


1873-75.


Joseph G. Cannon, R


Tuscola and Danville.


Fourteenth


1873-83


Joseph G. Cannon, R.


Danville


Fifteenth ..


1SS3-91


Fifteenth


1893-95.


1895.


Salem


Sixteenth .


1873-75


1873-75


Carter H. Harrison, D.


Chicago


Third


1876-77.


Awarded seat, vice Farwell.


T. J. Henderson, R


Princeton & Geneseo ..


Sixth


1875-83.


T. J. Henderson, R


Princeton


Seventh


1875-77.


Richard H. Whiting, R


Peoria


Tenth


1875-77


Scott Wike, D


Pittsfield.


Pittsfield.


Twelfth. 1SS9-93


William M. Springer, D.


Springfield


Twelfth 1875-83


William M. Springer, D.


Springfield


Thirteenth. 1SS3-95


Adlai E. Stevenson, D.


Bloomington.


Thirteenth ..


1875-77^


Bloomington


Thirteenth


1879-81


Sixteenth


1875-83


Eighteenth


1875-79


Nineteenth.


1875-77 1877-83.


Carter H Harrison, D


Chicago


Second


1877-79.


Lorenz Brentano. R.


Chicago


Third.


1877-79


William Lathrop. R.


Rockford


Fourth ..


1877-79.


Philip C. Hayes. R.


Morris.


Seventh ..


1877-81.


Thomas A. Boyd, R.


Lewiston


Ninth


1877-81.


Benjamin F Marsh, R. ..


Warsaw


Tenth.


1877-83


Filled unexpired term of Washburne.


Horalio C. Burchard, P.


Freeport


Fourth


1869-73.


1869-73.


1869-73


John L. Beveridge, R.


Evanston


First ...


1871-73.


Charles B. Farwell, R.


Chicago


Princeton.


Fifth


1871-73.


Died Dec., "74: succeeded by B. G. Caulfield. From 1874-75 served out Rice's term.


1873-75


Greenbury L. Fort, R.


Lacon.


Jerseyville


Eleventlı


1873-75.


Jerseyville


Eleventh ..


1877-79.


Joseph G. Cannon, R. Joseph G. Cannon, R. James S. Martin, R. Isaac Clements, R.


Carbondale


Eighteenth Second


1875- 79


Johu V. Le Moyne. D.


Chicago


Seventh


1883-95


Alexander Campbell, G.B ..


La Salle


Niuth


1875-77.


John C. Bagby, D.


Rushville


Eleventh 1875-77


Scott Wike, D.


Danville .


Danville


Twelfth


1897-99


A. J. Kuykendall, R


Norman B. Judd, R


Albert G. Burr, D.


Horatio C. Burchard, R.


Freeport


Eighteenth ... Twenty-first Thirteenth .. First


1865-67


1867-71


1867-69.


1869-73


Re-elected, '70 but res'd before beg'ng of term.


Birton C. Cook, R


Ottawa


Petersburg


Ninth


Thirteenth.


Seventh.


Adlai E. Stevenson, D. William A. J. Sparks, D .. Carlyle William Hartzell, D .. Chester. William B. Anderson, D William Aldrich, R .. Chicago


Mt. Vernon.


First


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NAME.


RESIDENCE.


DIST.


TERM.


REMARKS.


Benjamin F. Marsh, R ....


Warsaw


Eleventlı


1893 95.


Benjamin F. Marsh, R


Warsaw


Fifteenth


1895-


Thomas F. Tipton, R.


Bloomington.


Thirteenth


1877-79.


R. W. Townshend, D ..


Shawneetown.


Nineteenth


1877-89.


Goorge R. Davis. R


Chicago


Second


1879-83


George R. Davis, R ..


Chicago


Third


1883-85.


Hiram Barber, R ..


Chicago


Third


1879-81.


John C. Sherwin, R


Geneva and Elgin Mt. Carroll


Fifth


1879-82.


Died, '82; succeeded hy R. R. Hitt.


James W. Singleton, D.


Quincy


EleventII


1879-83


A. P. Forsythe, G. B.


Isabel.


Fifteenth.


1879-81


John R. Thomas, R.


Metropolis


Eighteenth


1879 83.


John R. Thomas, R.


Metropolis


Twentieth


1883-89.


William Cullen, R.


Ottawa.


Seventh


1881- 83.


William Cullen, R.


Ottawa.


Eighth


1883-85.


Lewis E. Payson, R.


Pontiac


Ninth


1883-91.


Dietrich C. Smith. R


Pekin .


Thirteenth


1881-83


R. W. Dunham, R


Chicago


First.


1883-89


John F. Finerty, R.


Chicago


Second.


1883-85.


Reuben Ellwood, R.


Sycamore.


Fifth


1882-85.


Robert R. Hitt, R ... N. E. Worthington, I).


Peoria


Tenth


1883-87


William H. Neece, D.


Macomb


Eleventh


1883-87


James M. Riggs, D.


Winchester


Twelfth


1883-87 ..


Jonathan H. Rowell, R


Bloomington.


Fourteentli.


1883-91


Prank Lawler, D


Chicago


Second


1885-91.


James H. Ward, D.


Chicago


Third.


1885-87


Albert J. Hopkins, R.


Aurora


Fifth.


1 885-95.


Albert J. Hopkins, R


Aurora


Eighth


1895-


Ralph Plumb, R


Streator ..


Eighth


1885-89.


Silas G. Landes, D.


Mt. Carmel


Sixteenth.


1885-89.


William E. Mason, R


Chicago


Third. 1887-91


Tenth ...


1887-95


Died, Jan. 6, 1895.


George A. Anderson, D.


Quincy .


Twelfth


1887-89


Abner Taylor, R


Chicago


First. 1859-93.


Charles A. Hill, R


Joliet.


Eighth 1889-91


Geo. W. Fitliian, D.


Newton


Sixteenth.


1889-95.


William S. Forman, D


Nashville


Eighteenth 1889-95.


James R. Williams, D.


Carmi


Eighteenth 1889-95.


James R. Willlams, D. George W. Smith, R.


Carmi


Nineteentli


1899 -.


George W. Smith, R.


Murphysboro Chicago


Second


1891-95


Allan C. Durborow, Jr., D ..


Chicago


Third.


1891-95


Walter C. Newherry, D.


Chicago


Fourth


1891-93


Lewis Steward, Ind


Plano .


Eighth


1891-93.


Herman W. Snow. R


Sheldon.


Ninth


1=91-93.


Benjamin T. Cable, D. Owen Scott. D


Bloomington


Fourteenth


1891-93


Samuel T. Busey, D.


Urbana


Fifteenth


1891-93.


Jolin C. Black, D.


Chicago


State-at-large.


1¿93-95


Andrew J. Hunter. D


Paris.


Nineteenth 1897-99


J. Frank Aldrich, R


Chicago


First


1893-97


Julius Goldzier, D


Chicago


Fourth


1893-95


Robert A. Childs, R


Hinsdale.


Eighth


1893-95.


Hamilton K. Wheeler, R ..


Kankakee


Ninth


1893-95


John J. McDannold, D


Mt. Sterling


Twelfth


1893-95 ..


William Lorimer, R.


Chicago


Second.


1895 -.


Awarded seat after con. with L. E. McGann.


Charles W. Woodman, R .. Geo. E. White, R.


Chicago


Fifth


1895-99


Edward D. Cooke, R.


Chicago


Sixth


1805-98


Died, June 4, '98; suc'd. by Henry S. Boutell.


George F. Foss, R ...


Chicago


Seventh


1895-


Walter Reeves, R.


Streator


Eleventh.


1895-


Vespasian Warner, R


Clinton


Thirteenth


1895-


J. V. Graff, R


Pekin.


Fourteenth


1895-


Finis E. Downing, D


Virginia.


Sixteenth


1895-97


James A. Connolly, R


Springfield


Seventeenth


1895-99


Frederick Remann, R


Vandalia.


Eighteenth


1895


Wm. F. L. Hadley, R


Edwardsville


Eighteenth.


1895-


Benson Wood, R.


Effingham


Nineteenth.


1895-97.


Orlando Burrell, R


Carmi


Twentieth


1895-97


Everett J. Murphy, R


East St. Louis


Twenty-first . 1895-97.


James R. Mann, R.


Chicago


First


1897-


Daniel W. Mills, R


Chicago


Second.


1897-


Thomas M. Jett, D.


Hillsboro.


Eighteenth


1897 -.


James R. Campbell, D


McLeansboro


Twentieth


1897-99


George P. Foster, R


Chicago


Third


1899-


Thomas Cusack, D.


Chicago


Fourth


1899-


Edgar T. Noonan, D.


Chicago


Fifth


1899-


Henry S. Boutell, R


Chicago


Sixth


1898-


Succeeded E. D. Cooke, deceased.


W. E. Williams, D.


Pittsfield.


Sixteenth


1699-


B. F. Caldwell, D.


Chatham.


Seventeenth 1899-


Joseph B. Crowley, D


Robinson


Nineteenth


1899


W. A. Rodenberg, R


East St. Louis


¡Twenty first ... 1899-


1881-83.


Jolın H. Lewis, R.


Knoxville.


Ninth


1881-83


George E. Adams, R


Chicago


Fourth


1883-91.


Robert R. Hitt, R.


Mt. Morris


Sixtli


1882-95.


Succeeded R. M. A. Hawk, deceased.


Mt. Morris.


Nintlı


1895-


Philip Sidney Post, R.


Galesburg.


William H. Gest, R


Rock Island.


Eleventh 1887-91


Edward Lane, D.


1Iillsboro


Seventeenth .. 1887-95.


Murphysboro


Twentiethi. 1889-95.


Twenty-sec' nd 1895-


Lawrence E. McGann, D.


Rock Island


Eleventh.


1:91-93.


Andrew J. Hunter, D.


Paris


State-at-large. 1893-95


Benjamin F. Funk. R.


Bloomington


Fourteenth


1893-95 ..


Hugh R. Belknap, R.


Chicago


Third


1895-99.


Chicago


Fourth.


1895-97.


George W. Prince, R


Galesburg.


Tenth


1895-


Died, July 14, '95; suc'd. by W. F. L. Hadley. Elected to fill vacancy.


Lewis E. Payson, R


Pontiac


Eighth


Fourth


1879-83


R. M. A. Hawk, R


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REYNOLDS, John, Justice of Supreme Court and fourth Governor of Illinois, was born of Irish ancestry, in Montgomery County, Pa., Feb. 26, 1789, and brought by his parents to Kaskaskia, Ill., in 1800, spending the first nine years of his life in Illinois on a farm. After receiving a com- mon school education, and a two years' course of study in a college at Knoxville, Tenn., he studied law and began practice. In 1812-13 he served as a scout in the campaigns against the Indians, winning for himself the title, in after life, of "The Old Ranger." Afterwards he removed to Cahokia, where he began the practice of law, and, in 1818, became Associate Justice of the first Supreme Court of the new State. Retiring from the bench in 1825, he served two terms in the Legislature, and was elected Governor in 1830, in 1832 personally commanding the State volunteers called for service in the Black Hawk War. Two weeks before the expiration of his term (1834), he resigned to accept a seat in Con- gress, to which he had been elected as the suc- cessor of Charles Slade, who had died in office, and was again elected in 1838, always as a Demo- crat. He also served as Representative in the Fifteenth General Assembly, and again in the Eighteenth (1852-54), being chosen Speaker of the latter. In 1858 he was the administration (or Buchanan) Democratic candidate for State Su- perintendent of Public Instruction, as opposed to the Republican and regular (or Douglas) Demo- cratic candidates. For some years he edited a daily paper called "The Eagle," which was pub- lished at Belleville. While Governor Reynolds acquired some reputation as a "classical scholar," from the time spent in a Tennessee College at that early day, this was not sustained by either his colloquial or written style. He was an ardent champion of slavery, and, in the early days of the Rebellion, gained unfavorable notori- ety in consequence of a letter written to Jefferson Davis expressing sympathy with the cause of "secession." Nevertheless, in spite of intense prejudice and bitter partisanship on some ques- tions, he possessed many amiable qualities, as shown by his devotion to temperance, and his popularity among persons of opposite political opinions. Although at times crude in style, and not always reliable in his statement of historical facts and events, Governor Reynolds has rendered a valuable service to posterity by his writings relating to the early history of the State, espe- cially those connected with his own times. His best known works are: "Pioneer History of Illi- nois" (Belleville, 1848) ; "A Glance at the Crystal


Palace, and Sketches of Travel" (1854); and "My Life and Times" (1855). His death occurred at Belleville, May 8, 1865.


REYNOLDS, John Parker, Secretary and President of State Board of Agriculture, was born at Lebanon, Ohio, Marchi 1, 1820, and graduated from the Miami University at the age of 18. In 1840 he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School, and soon afterward began practice. He removed to Illinois in 1854, settling first in Win- nebago County, later, successively in Marion County, in Springfield and in Chicago. From 1860 to 1870 lie was Secretary of the State Agri- cultural Society, and, upon the creation of the State Board of Agriculture in 1871, was elected its President, filling that position until 1888, when he resigned. He has also occupied numer- ous other posts of honor and of trust of a public or semi-public character, having been President of the Illinois State Sanitary Commission during the War of the Rebellion, a Commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1867, Chief Grain Inspector from 1878 to 1882, and Secretary of the Inter- State Industrial Exposition Company of Chicago, from the date of its organization (1873) until its final dissolution. His most important public service, in recent years, was rendered as Director- in-Chief of the Illinois exhibit in the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.


REYNOLDS, Joseph Smith, soldier and legis- lator, was born at New Lenox, Ill., Dec. 3, 1839; at 17 years of age went to Chicago, was educated in the high school there, within a month after graduation enlisting as a private in the Sixty- fourth Illinois Volunteers. From the ranks he rose to a colonelcy through the gradations of Second-Lieutenant and Captain, and, in July, 1865, was brevetted Brigadier-General. He was a gallant soldier, and was thrice wounded. On his return home after nearly four years' service, he entered the law department of the Chicago University, graduating therefrom and beginning practice in 1866. General Reynolds has been prominent in public life, having served as a member of both branches of the General Assem- bly, and having been a State Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition of 1873. He is a member of the G. A. R., and, in 1875, was elected Senior Vice-Commander of the order for the United States.


REYNOLDS, William Morton, clergyman, was born in Fayette County, Pa., March 4, 1812; after graduating at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1832, was connected with various institutions in that State, as well as President of Capital University at


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Columbus, Ohio, ; then, coming to Illinois, was President of the Illinois State University at Springfield, 1857-60, after which he became Prin- cipal of a female seminary in Chicago. Previ- ously a Lutheran, he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1864, and served several parishes until his death. In his early life he founded, and, for a time, conducted several reli- gious publications at Gettysburg, Pa., besides issuing a number of printed addresses and other published works. Died at Oak Park, near Chi- cago, Sept. 5, 1876.


RHOADS, (Col.) Franklin Lawrence, soldier and steamboat captain, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1824; brought to Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., in 1836, where he learned the print- er's trade, and, on the breaking out of the Mexican War, enlisted, serving to the close. Returning home he engaged in the river trade, and, for fifteen years, commanded steamboats on the Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. In April, 1861, he was commissioned Captain of a company of three months' men attached to the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and, on the reorganization of the regiment for the three- years' service, was commissioned Lieutenant- Colonel, soon after being promoted to the colo- nelcy, as successor to Col. Richard J. Oglesby, who had been promoted Brigadier-General. After serving through the spring campaign of 1862 in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, he was com- pelled by rapidly declining health to resign, when he located in Shawneetown, retiring in 1874 to his farm near that city. During the latter years of his life he was a confirmed invalid, dying at Shawneetown, Jan. 6, 1879.


RHOADS, Joshua, M.D., A.M., physician and educator, was born in Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1806; studied medicine and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania with the degree of M.D., also receiving the degree of A.M., from Princeton; after several years spent in practice as a physician, and as Principal in some of the public schools of Philadelphia, in 1839 he was elected Principal of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, and, in 1850, took charge of the State Institution for the Blind at Jacksonville, Ill., then in its infancy. Here he remained until 1874, when he retired. Died, February 1, 1876.


RICE, Edward Y., lawyer and jurist, born in Logan County, Ky., Feb. 8, 1820, was educated in the common schools and at Shurtleff College, after which he read law with John M. Palmer at Carlinville, and wasadmitted to practice, in 1845, at Hillsboro; in 1847 was elected County Recorder


of Montgomery County, and, in 1848, to the Six- teenth General Assembly, serving one term. Later he was elected County Judge of Montgoni- ery County, was Master in Chancery from 1853 to 1857, and the latter year was elected Judge of the Eighteenth Circuit, being re-elected in 1861 and again in 1867. He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1869-70, and, at the election of the latter year, was chosen Repre- sentative in the Forty-second Congress as a Democrat. Died, April 16, 1883.


RICE, John B., theatrical manager, Mayor of Chicago, and Congressman, was born at Easton, Md., in 1809. By profession he was an actor, and, coming to Chicago in 1847, built and opened there the first theater. In 1857 he retired from the stage, and, in 1865, was elected Mayor of Chicago, the city of his adoption, and re-elected in 1867. He was also prominent in the early stages of the Civil War in the measures taken to raise troops in Chicago. In 1872 he was elected to the Forty-third Congress as a Republican, but, before the expiration of his term, died, at Nor- folk, Va., on Dec. 6, 1874. At a special election to fill the vacancy, Bernard G. Caulfield was chosen to succeed him.


RICHARDSON, William A., lawyer and poli- tician, born in Fayette County, Ky., Oct. 11, 1811, was educated at Transylvania University, came to the bar at 19, and settled in Schuyler County, Ill., becoming State's Attorney in 1835; was elected to the lower branch of the Legislature in 1836, to the Senate in 1838, and to the House again in 1844, from Adams County-the latter year being also chosen Presidential Elector on the Polk and Dallas ticket, and, at the succeeding session of the General Assembly, serving as Speaker of the House. He entered the Mexican War as Captain, and won a Majority through gallantry at Buena Vista. From 1847 to 1856 (when he resigned to become a candidate for Governor), he was a Democratic Representative in Congress from the Quincy District; re-entered Congress in 1861, and, in 1863, was chosen United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of Stephen A. Douglas. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention of 1868, but after that retired to private life, acting, for a short time, as editor of "The Quincy Herald." Died, at Quincy, Dec. 27, 1875.




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