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Electric Lighting .- Mascoutah has excellent light service. The local electric light company has an equipment comprising new dynamos of 1,200 incandescent light capacity, new boil- ers and engine. The present service consists of 6,255 16-candle power incandescent burners, and eighty-seven 32-candle power burners for street illumination. The company owns the Mascoutah Telephone plant, which is operated in connection with the Bell Telephone Com- pany.
Mascoutah is a distributing point of the Standard Oil Company.
The city has two fire companies, composed of volunteers, furnished with engines and hook and ladder wagons. Large cisterns in every block in the business district supply water. Between the companies a good-natured rivalry exists.
The City Hall was formerly a Methodist church, built in 1847. The Turner Hall is the largest building in the town and the largest Turner hall in Southern Illinois. It is surround- ed by a fine park, containing bowling alleys and a gymnasium. With a large stage and new scenery, it serves as the town opera house.
Maple Park is a beautiful pleasure ground, which was donated to Mascoutah by the late Philip H. Eisenmayer, who was once Mayor. This park is near the City Hall, and is much frequently by pleasure seekers in the summer.
Churches and societies of Mascoutah receive attention in another chapter.
LEBANON, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, twenty-two miles east of St. Louis, is situated on a hill overlooking the surrounding country, and is nicely laid out, with broad streets and good sidewalks. The southeast quarter of Sec- tion 19, Township 1 North, Range 6 West, upon which the original town was platted, was en- tered by Henry White, September 24, 1814. The first house, a log cabin, built by Gillis Maddeaux in southwestern Lebanon, long ago disappeared. Then houses were built by the
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following-named persons in the order men- tioned: £ Joseph Akin, southeast of public square; Joseph Hathaway, a two-story log cabin on West Main Street; Thomas Ray, west of the last named; Nathan Horner, on the same street and opposite these; and Adam Vinyard, in the eastern part of the town.
In 1818 William Kinney (afterward Lieuten- ant-Governor) established the first store, which was kept by his nephew, Abraham Kin- ney. Later Thomas Ray, Nathan Horner, Mul- ligan & Sublett, Samuel and Andrew Christy, and James Riggin opened stores. These, with a few other log structures, were about all the buildings on the site of Lebanon before 1820. In 1820 Governor Kinney built the hotel "Ve- randa," which later formed part of the Bishop House. This was of brick and, in those days, was considered a handsome building. It was a stage stand on the Vincennes and St. Louis stage-route. There was a postoffice, and two mails arrived each day by stage. Governor Kinney also built an ox-mill for grinding flour. In 1821, Col. E. B. Clempson built the first frame house, which was afterward includ- ed in the residence of H. H. Horner. Dr. Addison Filleo and a Mr. Morse erected a building in which the former kept a drug store which was the first there.
Governor Kinney and Thomas Ray laid out the town; Aaron Reed, Jr., surveyed it and filed the plat in the office of the County Re- corder, July 27, 1825. Twenty-one additions were made to the original plat between 1825 and 1880.
The first school in Lebanon was taught in 1818 in an 18x20 foot log cabin, southwest of the public square. In the summer of 1821, the Rev. John M. Peck organized in this building the first Sunday school. About 1825, a small frame school-house was erected by the people, to be used also for religious meetings of all de- nominations. After that schools were taught in churches and rented halls until 1866, when a brick school-house was built at a cost of more than $40,000. In 1873 this building was burned, and later in the year it was replaced by one of equal pretensions, a three-story brick structure containing ten rooms with up-to-date improvements.
Benjamin Hypes, a Virginian, born in 1810, came here from Ohio about 1828. Joseph Hypes, his brother, born in Virginia in 1798,
came in 1821, and took up milling first, then later the manufacture of carriages and wag- ons. Other prominent inhabitants were: James Riggin, a merchant, from Tennesee, who died in 1858; Thomas Williams, who built a tannery and put it in operation in 1828; Lyman Adams, an ex-sea-captain, who became a merchant, in 1830 built a hotel, the "Mermaid House," and who died about 1850; and Theodore Gray, a tailor, who came from Maryland in 1824. In 1828, there were only about thirty cabins and houses in the place; two stores, kept by Na- than Horner and James Riggin, respectively; a grocery and saloon kept by Josiah Crocker; and a log school-house, with oiled paper for windows, used for school and religious meet- ings. A Lebanon Seminary (now McKendree College) building was partly completed, and the school was established. In the fall of 1832, a large store-house was erected and a complete general stock of goods was displayed by Horner & Hypes. Elbridge Potter & Sons that year built and put in operation the first steam flouring mill, with which a distillery was connected.
' From the "Illinois Gazetteer," published by Rev. John M. Peck in 1837, we learn that Leb- anon had, at that time, "a steam-mill for manu- facturing grain, and an ox-mill for flouring, on an inclined plane; a postoffice, two public houses, seven stores, one grocery, three phy- sicians, mechanics' shops of various kinds, and about sixty families. The Methodist College is located in the immediate vicinity."
In 1856, the Veranda Flouring Mill was erected. It was built of brick, fifty by sixty feet on the ground, four stories high, with six runs of burrs and a capacity of 200 barrels per day. In 1880, it was owned by Joseph Mueller & Company, was valued at $50,000, and em- ployed thirteen men.
The Lebanon Brewery was bought, in 1860, by J. Hammel, who was also engaged in the ice business.
In 1861 the carriage, wagon and agricultural implement manufactory of J. H. Lehman was established, with large buildings, steam power and modern improvements.
In 1880, the St. Clair Flouring Mill was built by W. V. Keese & Son at a cost of about $10,- 000. This was a frame building, three stories high, with three runs of burrs and a capacity of fifty barrels a day. Hoyt's steam, saw and
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grist-mill was running also, with one set of burrs and a circular saw.
Besides these, there were at that time the following business concerns:
The Lebanon soda and mineral water fac- tory; the Great American cigar manufactory; two brick-yards; a newspaper ("The Lebanon Journal"); the banking-house of Baker
& Schaeffer; two general stores; five dry-goods and grocery stores; one grocery; two hard- ware stores; three drug stores; four clothing stores; two jewelry stores; three confectionery and bakery stores; four shoe stores; two fur- niture stores; one book-store; two harness stores; two cigar stores; three millinery and dress-making establishments; four hotels; two livery stables; four blacksmith and wagon shops; four barber shops; one lumber yard; one marble works; nine saloons and billiard halls; and a photograph gallery. Six physi- cians and two dentists were practicing their professions in Lebanon. There were eight churches-Presbyterian, Methodist, Free Meth- odist, German Methodist, Colored Methodist, German Lutheran, Baptist and Roman Catholic.
Lebanon was incorporated as a town, under special charter, in 1857. The first municipal officers were: President-Joseph Hypes; Reg- ister - Charles Blanck; Treasurer - Samuel Hypes; Assessor-H. H. Horner; Constable- Adam H. Wise; Street Inspector-J. L. Sar- gent; Town Trustees-Hugo Wangelin, R. F. Cunningham, James Radon and Thomas Jor- dan. August 18, 1874, a city organization was effected under the general law. The first city officers were: Mayor-H. H. Horner; Clerk- Louis Zerweck; Treasurer-D. L. Lasley; At- torney-J. F. Webb; Street Commissioner and City Marshal-A. Pyle.
Prominent among Lebanon lawyers of 1880. were: Henry Horner, Dean of the law depart- ment of Mckendree College; John Eckert, from Waterloo, who was then City Attorney; M. W. Schaeffer, admitted to the bar in 1879; M. M. Lindly, a graduate of McKendree, admitted to the bar in 1880; Louis Zerweck, a native of Ohio. The latter and C. E. Chamberlin are now practicing their profession there.
The present day physicians and dentists are: E. L. Waggoner, M. D .; J. H. Fulgam, D. D. S .; E. C. Hammen, D. D. S .; George Upchurch Ma- son, D. D. S .; J. Stoey, M. D.
The Eisenmayer Bank, of which J. C. Eisen-
mayer is President, and Herman Eisenmayer Cashier, is doing its part in the upbuilding of the community. The nearest coal mine is the Bennett Mine, two and a half miles away, but this is nearly worked out. There is a move- ment on foot to open a mine at Lebanon, the chief promoter of which is J. C. Eisenmayer.
The Pfeffer Milling Company is conducted by Pfeffer Brothers, with Hon. Chris. Pfeffer as President. The capacity of this mill is 800 barrels daily, with an adequate elevator capac- ity.
The Western Union Telegraph Company and the Bell & Kinloch Telephone systems main- tain facilities in the city.
Local churches and societies are noticed elsewhere.
The library of McKendree College was found- ed in 1828, and contains 10,000 volumes. This is the only library in Lebanon, except one or- ganized by the public school, which has be- tween 200 and 400 volumes, but it is propor- tionately much greater than the town.
"The Lebanon Journal" was founded in 1881. It is Republican in sentiment. W. L. Jones is editor and publisher.
"The Leader" was founded in 1896; H. T. Tadeky is editor and publisher.
O'FALLON, a village and railway station on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad, with railway connection with Belleville, de- rived its name from John O'Fallon, an Ohio & Mississippi Railway official. It is located on Sections 29 and 30, in Township 2 North, Range 7 West. Men having Ohio & Mississippi Rail- road interests made the initial improvements there in 1854, constructing a depot and a water tank. In May of that year, lots were sold at public auction to Fred A. Carpenter, Hugo Sheerbarth and a few others. In 1855, Ander- son Umbarger erected the first dwelling house, a small frame building on the corner of Main and Cherry Streets. In 1855 the postoffice was established and William Unbarger was the first Postmaster, as well as the railroad com- pany's local agent. In 1856, Henry Gordon erected the second building, a one-story frame residence and store room, eighteen by thirty feet, with a kitchen in the rear. Later, S. Mace, a son-in-law of Mr. Gordon, bought his busi- ness. The following, in the order mentioned,
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erected other buildings: Walter Westfield, a residence, near the depot; William Peach, a residence north of the depot; Peach & Sim- mons, a brick building, which was destroyed by fire in 1863 and replaced by another brick building in which they kept a general store; John & Robert R. Salter, a store and residence in which they lived and sold merchandise. In 1859, Hermån J. Blanck kept store in a build- ing that later was occupied by Fischer's sa- loon.
In 1859, Henry Stocker, Philip Schildknecht and John Distler, the first German settlers, came to this community. Twenty years later two-thirds of the population was German. In January, 1860, the only families resident at O'Fallon were those of Anderson Unbarger, William Peach, Mrs. C. Knowlton, John Daily, John Salter, Dr. C. Hixson, Henry Stocker, Philip Schildknecht, Cornelius Neville, Henry Farr, John Distler, C. Powell, Benjamin Orcutt, Henry Mace and G. W. Pawson. About that time Dr. Colum became a resident physician. In 1861 the first school-house was built. It was later improved, and in time two houses for German parochial schools were built.
In 1865, the Baptists organized a congrega- tion and built a church. The Methodists built in 1866; the Catholics, in 1867; and the Ger- man Lutherans, In 1879.
In 1861, the Richland Mills were erected by Tiedemann and Raith. Later they were owned by Charles Tiedemann, who enlarged the building, improved the machinery and built an elevator with a capacity of 60,000 bushels storage.
January 24, 1874, O'Fallon was incorporated as a village under the general law. In April following, at the first municipal election, the following officers were chosen: President, Frank Poignee; Trustees, Charles Tiedemann, Daniel Schafer, Thomas Macklin, John Feder and John Powell.
In 1880, the business interests of O'Fallon embraced two brick-yards, seven physicians, a dentist, three general stores, a grocery, two drug-stores, two hardware stores, a millinery store, two bakeries, a furniture store, a lumber yard, a cement works, five blacksmith shops, two shoe-shops, two harness-shops, two livery stables, two wagon-shops, three butcher-shops, three hotels and eleven saloons.
Time has wrought changes in O'Fallon. Old
firms and individuals have given place to new ones, and the number has gradually increased as the town has grown and prospered. Follow- ing is a summary of the most noteworthy busi- ness concerns of the O'Fallon of today:
International Coal and Mining Company; Sil- ver Creek Coal Mining Company; Pollock Lum- ber and Coal Company; Gunstan Budina, lum- ber; F. O. Tiedeman & Co., lumber; Charles Tiedeman Milling Company; C. H. Darrow, hardware and implements; B. Joseph, hard- ware; Ohlendorff & Thomas, implements; Ro- melius Bros., hardware and implements; S. E. McGeehon, groceries and hardware; O. C. Dake, grocer; A. S. Dougherty, grocer; Louis E. Tiedeman, groceries and notions; John Law- rence, dry goods and groceries; Jacob Cohen, dry goods and shoes; Distler & Schrebel, dry goods; A. Klipper, dry goods; Eureka Steel Range Company; Marcel Frederich, manufac- turer of soda water; William Fischer, cigar manufacturer; D. Buckley, tin and queens- ware: W. A. Koenigstein, books and station- ery; Louis Landecker, wagon-maker; A. Mol- lis, wagon-maker; Mrs. Charles Neville, con- fectionery; Michael Wachter, baker and con- C. fectioner; William Pappworth, hotel; Sprey, hotel; Henry A. Schildnecht, harness; Nicholas Thomas, harness; O'Fallon Electric Light, Power, Heat and Water Company: John Schneider, jeweler; Charles Schentz, baker; Mathias Schwartz, furniture dealer and under- taker; E. H. Smiley, druggist; Henry Bern- hardt, livery; George C. McCommons, livery and building materials; £
Brice McGeehon, shoes; August Behrus, blacksmith; O'Fallon Creamery, John Munier manager; Smiley Bros., Telephone Company. O'Fallon has a stanch bank. "The O'Fallon Progress," a week- ly newspaper, established in 1895, is edited and published by A. H. Doran.
CASEYVILLE, village and railway station, re- ceived its name from the Hon. Zadock Casey, former State Legislator, Lieutenant Governor and Congressman. (See "Casey, Zadoc," Vol. 1.) Before the town was laid out Charles Harbour, a wealthy Frenchman, built a large brick dwelling-house, and in 1845 erected a steam saw-mill on its site. Later this mill was converted into a grist-mill by John Roy. It was blown up two years afterward, and in 1866 Mr.
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Roy rebuilt, enlarged and modernized it. Event- ually it passed to the ownership of Jerome Win- stanley.
In 1849, the village was platted by the Illi- nois Coal Company. This concern was made up of Lieutenant Governor Casey, Judge Wal- ter B. Scates, Charles Harbour, Malcom Robin- son, Dr. Charles Barrett and John Roy. About that time, the company began to operate coal mines on a large scale. In those days, the mines were worked by drifts instead of by shafts. Two drifts were made in the side of the bluff at this point. As late as 1850, coal was hauled across the bottoms to St. Louis by ox and mule teams. In February, 1851, the company completed a railroad from Caseyville to Brooklyn, and on this placed a locomotive and rolling stock, and daily carried large amounts of coal to St. Louis.
In 1849, Jameson Robinson built the first house erected there after the laying out of the village. Then others began to build. Dr. Bar- rett built four houses, John Roy eight, and Lieutenant Governor Casey two. In that year other houses were built by Belshazar Warner, Ralph Whitehead, Edward Bone, William Grice and Mr. Bumesaw. The latter, a Frenchman, was killed in the mines in 1850. John Roy built, in 1849, a two-story frame building, which he used for hotel, store and saloon. Richard Goff had the first blacksmith shop in the village, and B. Warner kept a saloon there in 1849. In 1850 the population-men, women and chil- dren, all told-numbered about forty; in 1851, when the railroad was finished, it had grown to 190; in 1880, to 800; in 1900 it was 449. In 1856 a postoffice was established, with Major E. M. Mallory as the first Postmaster, who was also the first Justice of the Peace.
In April, 1869, Caseyville was incorporated by special charter. The first Village Board was thus constituted: President-C. L. Muel- berger; Trustees-I. L. Hoeltmann, Frederick Ruemler, John Roy and J. W. Owens. In 1875 Caseyville came under the general law for villages.
In 1872 a two-story brick school building, with a belfry, was erected in the southeast part of the village at a cost of $5,000.
In 1879 a Union chapel was erected by pri- vate subscription at a cost of $1,800. It was a frame building thirty by forty-six feet. Its control was in the hands of a Board of Di-
rectors, and the building was used by Chris- tians of all denominations.
In 1880, Savitz Bros., of St. Louis, were op- erating two coal mines-the Union and the St. Clair-on the Ohio & Mississippi (Baltimore & Ohio) track, employing about one hundred miners. These mines were one hundred and sixty feet deep, with veins averaging six feet. The Union shaft was sunk by Walter Williams in 1858, and the St. Clair shaft, by Thomas Mayer & Bro. in 1862. In 1864 the Black Dia- mond mine was sunk by Smith & Winnemeier; but in 1880 this mine was no longer operated. Later coal mining operations in St. Clair County are elsewhere referred to. A quarter of a century ago the village contained four general stores; two grocery stores; one flour and feed store; two blacksmith shops; one wagon shop; one carpenter shop; one butcher shop; one hotel (the Brown House); six sa- loons; and a mill. Drs. J. L. Wiggins and L. T. Miller were resident medical practitioners.
Caseyville is a station on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad, the Vandalia Line (St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Rail- road), and the East St. Louis & Suburban Elec- tric Railway. Following are the names of some of its principal business men and firms: Patrick Gavin, general store; M. Jenkins, gen- eral store; E. Webb, general store; William H. Hueckel, general merchandise and imple- ments; E. T. Edwards, groceries and meat; Wasser Bros., meat; John B. Huddle, jeweler; H. Kobeitz, tinner and painter; Maser Bros., wagon-makers and machinists; John Barn- scheuer, blacksmith.
MILLSTADT, village and railway station, is situ- ated on a branch of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the western part of St. Clair County and is connected with the main line at Millstadt Junc- tion in Monroe County. In 1836, Simon Stookey was building a barn on Section 4, T. 1 S., R. 9 W., and among those helping him were sev- eral friends, including Joseph Abend, a bach- elor saddler, and Henry Randleman. The thought occurred to one of them that some point near there would be a very desirable site for a town. The place selected was seven miles from Belleville, seven from Columbia, and seven from Pittsburg (the lake); so that it appeared to be a happy thought to call it
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Centerville. March 13, 1837, Centerville was platted, forty lots being set apart in Section 9, T. 1 S., R. 9 W. To the original site were added sixty lots July 15, 1837; eleven lots, October 27, 1842; fifty lots, October 28, 1842; 200 lots, October 15, 1845; seventy-nine lots, August 27, 1847, by George Henckler; sixty- nine lots, November 25, 1848; forty lots, Au- gust 1, 1850, north of town, by Cornelius Good- ing; thirty-six lots, August 1, 1850, by James Glass; twenty lots, March 25, 1852, by James Glass and others; an addition on Section 16 by George Henckler; and thirty lots, by Joseph Kopp. So, from time to time, additions were made in proportion to the growth of the town. In 1880, the Village Board of Trustees, after thirty days' notice, changed the name of the town from Centerville to Millstadt. Oc- tober 26, 1867, the village was incorporated by the unanimous vote of the citizens. The first Board of Trustees elected November 2, 1867, consisted of George W. Sieber, Adamı Hoffmann, John Olinger, Henry Schultheis and Nicholas Theobald. In 1880, the population was 1,274; according to the census of 1900 it was 1,172.
In 1837, Henry Randleman and William Da- vis opened the first grocery store in a log building sixteen by eighteen feet. In 1841, George Kuntz was appointed first Postmaster. Mail was brought in on horseback once a week.
In 1842, Conrad Schmidt built a brewery on Section 16, which was abandoned in 1849, and soon after that date all traces of it disap- peared. In 1843 was opened the first house for public accommodation in a two-story frame building. It was known as "Cummings' Tav- ern." In 1845, Dr. W. S. Van Cleve, the first physician, settled here, and soon gained a large practice. In 1846, Leonard Daub built a brew- ery, which was operated until 1874. In 1849, Loyat Brater opened the first general store. In the year last mentioned, Valentine Bren- fleck built a brewery, and operated it until 1878, then left it idle. At first, he stored his beer in a coal bank west of the town.
The first Lutheran Church was built in 1844. Another was built later. St. Jacob's Catholic Church was built in 1847.
In 1857-58 Franz Baur built a mill, which was later sold to Becker & Sterns. They added to it by putting in a new Corliss engine and building an elevator with a storage capacity
of 40,000 bushels. The mill was also provided with five runs of stone, turning out 325 barrels of flour a day. Mr. Baur built another mill in 1876, at a cost of $50,000, which he equipped with the most improved machinery, six runs of stone, with a capacity for the production of 450 barrels of flour a day.
Millstadt, practically a German village, has a modern and well equipped school building.
The Millstadt Milling Company has in oper- ation there a flour-mill, with all modern im- provements in machinery. It has a capacity of 500 barrels per day, and is furnished with an electric plant. The village owns its light plant.
The Millstadt Bank is a newly incorporated institution.
The Millstadt Creamery has a high reputa- tion, as its products are procured from excep- tionally good milk, due to the fact that the farmers in the neighborhood keep only fine stock. The creamery, needless to say, does a thriving business.
The village has one brewery, several general stores, an undertaking establishment and vari- ous mechanics' shops.
The country around is a farming community of rare facilities and richness. The chief prod- uct is wheat; but oats, corn and other crops attain to a remarkable degree of excellence. Northwest of the town are several coal mines.
Millstadt has a Catholic, an Evangelical Lutheran and Protestant Church.
"The Millstadt Enterprise," a weekly news- paper, was established in 1897, and is edited and published by E. & J. Cross.
MARISSA was laid out by James Stewart, De- cember 12, 1867, in Section 22, T. 3 S., R. 6 W., now in Marissa Township. To the original plats have since been made the following additions: John W. Hesker, twenty-one lots, to the east, in 1869; W. E. C. Lyons, fifty-four lots, to the south, in 1870.
The population in 1880 was sixty; now it is estimated at 2,000. In 1880 the village con- tained a general store, kept by Henry Stras- singer & Co .; a blacksmith shop, by Henry Hackett; two saloons; and Coulter's Mills, built by Henry Coulter in 1852, at a cost of $15,000.
Marissa Station was laid out by M. E. and J. C. Hamilton, January 5, 1871, on the "Cairo Short Line" Railroad. It contained originally
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ninety-nine lots, fifty north and forty-nine south of the railroad, to which additions have been made from time to time. In 1880 the popula- tion was 300. It was called Marissa by James Wilson, the Postmaster, in honor of a historic town, which, according to Latin records, was destroyed by Gabinius.
Hamilton & Hayes opened the first store there in 1871. J. C. Hamilton, one of the founders of the town, came here from South Carolina in 1834 and settled on Section 28. M. E. Ham- ilton built the first house there, for storing grain, and later it came to be used for a depot. In September, 1879, a bank was established by Hamilton, Kunze & Co. A. H. Wells was Cashier. In 1877, an elevator with a capacity of 32,000 busnels and a mill with four runs of stone that turned out sixty-five barrels of flour a day, were built by F. A. Reuss & Co., and an elevator with a capacity of 4,500 bushels was erected by A. J. Meek.
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