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Lenzburg: Baptist-Jacob E. Patton, Super- intendent, 38-24; German Methodist Episco- pal-Rev. Duloris, Superintendent.
New Athens: Union Methodist Episcopal- George R. Hedge, Superintendent, 80-44; Ger- man Lutheran-Rev. Kleinau, Superintendent.
Shiloh Valley: Shiloh Methodist Episcopal- Fred Groden, Superintendent, 140-69.
Sugar Loaf: Free Baptist-John Gray, Su- perintendent, 30-20.
Centerville Station (unorganized) : Cahokia Afro-Methodist Episcopal (colored)-George Roberts, Superintendent; Edgemont Baptist- Mr. Higginbochan, Superintendent, 50-30.
Stites Township (unorganized) : Lovejoy Afro-Methodist Episcopal (colored)-M. V. Lu- cas, Superintendent; Corinthian Baptist (col- ored)-Samuel Williams, Superintendent.
The sixty-three reported Sunday schools, above referred to, had 823 officers and teach- ers; their combined membership was 9,087, and their combined average attendance 5,492; they had within a year given 407 members to churches; they had contributed, in collections, $1,033.59 to the missionary cause, and $57.60 to State and county Sunday school work. The sixteen unreported schools are estimated to have had one hundred officers and teachers, 1,000 members and an average of 600 in attend- ance, bringing the number of Sunday school teachers in the county up to 923, the total Sun- day school membership up to 10,087, and the total average attendance up to 6,092.
UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK IN EAST ST. LOUIS TOWNSHIP .- The City Sunday School Union of East St. Louis comprises all the Sunday schools of the Protestant churches of the city. It was organized in November, 1902, largely through the efforts of W. P. White, and J. B. Sikking, Jr., was unanimously elected President. The object of the City Union, which
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is thoroughly democratic in government, each member having a voice in determining the course to be pursued, is to better acquaint teachers in the several Sunday schools with the most modern methods in Sunday school work, to establish a closer relation between the teachers and officers of the city churches, and to create a growing desire on the part of Sun- day school attendants to engage in extending Christ's kingdom on earth.
A committee of five, representing the dif- ferent churches, was appointed to prepare suit- able programs and to select speakers for meet- ings, which were to be held on the second Mon- day evening of each month in one church after another. The Sunday school superintendents, Sunday school teachers and pastors of the city entered enthusiastically upon the work and inspiring meetings were held. At the close of 1903, Mr. Sikking was re-elected to the Pres- idency. In 1904, the general ' meetings were held as in the preceding year, except that they were made more effective by the instruction of several Sunday school experts, among whom were State workers C. E. Schenck, H. Moser and A. T. Arnold, and Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, Mrs. Zillah Foster Stevens and Dr. H. M. Hamill. At the end of the year, Mr. Sikking having declined a re-election, D. Walter Potts was elected to the Presidency of the Union. At a meeting of the City Superintendents, held early in February, 1905, plans for subsequent general meetings were improved. Theretofore, the program committee, composed of members from various churches, had prepared programs and selected speakers. Now the different churches were asked to provide programs and places for holding meetings in some regular or- der. This plan was adopted and interesting and effective meetings followed at Plymouth Congregational church, May 8; at the First Methodist church, June 12; at the First Pres- byterian church, July 10; at the First Chris- tian church, August 14; at the Washington Place United Presbyterian church, September 11; at the Century Methodist church, October 9; at the Second Baptist church, November 13; at the Winstanley Methodist church, December 11. The churches furnishing the programs is- sued a general invitation to the people of East St. Louis to attend these meetings. The good work already accomplished by the Union justi- fies an expectation that the people of the va-
rious religious organizations will assist in sim- ilar work in time to come. The momentum given to the Union by the indefatigable labors of its first President has never suffered a re- lapse, but has steadily gained until the power of the organization is recognized by all ac- quainted with its purpose. Teachers in all the Protestant Sunday schools have become ac- quainted with one another, modern methods have been introduced in all the schools, teach- ing power has been greatly augmented, the co- operative spirit has been strengthened, Sun- day school attendance has been quadrupled in some schools and doubled in others, parents have been interestd in the work and the mis- sionary spirit in the town has been wonder- fully awakened.
WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION .- The Lebanon Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized in 1874. Mrs. Lock was the first President; Miss Franc Whitney, the first Secretary, and Mrs. Mary Deneen, the first Treasurer. Of the five persons present at the organization, two are living-Mrs. Deneen and Miss Whitney. Sometime later, Mrs. Blair was President, and the membership was between thirty and forty. Now the organization is very weak in members, if it can be said to exist at all.
A Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized at Belleville by Frances E. Willard, May 23, 1879, with twenty members. No record can be found of the oficers, except the Treas- urer, Mrs. Sarah B. Davis. Regular meetings were held and some of the best speakers were obtained, who gave public lectures, but, for some reason, the Union disbanded in 1881. On March 16, 1882, it was reorganized by Mrs. Skel- ton, a national organizer, with the following named officers: President, Mrs. Kate L. B. Thompson; First Vice-President, Mrs. Mary A. Kane; Second Vice-President, Mrs. Angie Weir; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Olive Pieper; Recording Secretary, Mrs: Carrie Thomas; Treasurer, Mrs. Emma Halbert. Some time after this, a Young Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union was formed; also a Band of Hope, a children's organization. The meetings of the latter were held on Sunday afternoons, and much good work was done. The workers were Mrs. Emma Halbert, Mrs. Jane Patrick, Mrs. Maria Poor and Mrs. Amanda Wilderman. In
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1887, the following officers were elected: Pres- ident, Mrs. Angie Weir; First Vice-President, Mrs. Sarah B. Davis; Second Vice-President, Mrs. Annie Brenner; Third Vice-President, Mrs. Mary Evans; Fourth Vice-President, Mrs. Eliz- abeth Underwood; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Olive C. Pieper; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Amanda Wilderman; Treasurer, Mrs. Emma Halbert. In 1889, Mrs. Maria Poor was elected President; Mrs. Annie Brenner, Vice-President; Mrs. D. S. Elliott, Corresponding Secretary. In 1891, Mrs. Maria Poor was elected President; Mrs. Cora Grantz, Recording Secretary. The other officers were re-elected. During all these years, this organization has been a power for good in the community. Conventions and in- stitutes have been held; literature has been distributed; the press has been supplied with information regarding the work. When the struggle for the passage of the Scientific Tem- perance Instruction bill was going on in Spring- field, this Union responded to the call of those having the matter on hand. Petitions have been circulated in favor of important bills in Congress relating to the liquor traffic repre- sentatives.
In 1883 and 1884, the great temperance wave that struck this part of the country left its influence in Marissa. That place was especially favored with some of the best 'lecturers, both men and women, in the field. A Prohibition League was organized in March, 1884, of the temperance men and women of Marissa. Their work was to get the people thoroughly ac- quainted with the condition of things. The women's work consisted chiefly in having so- cial meetings and in furnishing lunches to get the people together, to arouse the temperance sentiment. In this they succeeded to a marked extent. Mrs. Blair, of Lebanon, then President of the district, feeling a great interest in the work going on in Marissa, wrote, urging that a Woman's Christian Temperance Union be or- ganized. She and Mrs. Morrison, of Alton Dis- trict, came to Marissa and requested a meeting of the Leagues in order to form a local organ- ization. There was a general consent to this proposition; the organization was effected, May 5, 1884, embracing about twenty-eight members and a full set of officers. Mrs. Isabel Fulton was elected President. Ten of the leading de- partments of the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union work were taken up; and in all
of these departments steady work has been carried on, and regular meetings have been held. Especially good work has been done in the following lines: evangelistic literature, Sun- day school, Sabbath observance, scientific tem- perance instruction, and flower mission. One of the greatest achievements was in getting the scientific temperance instruction introduced into the schools. Mrs. E. E. Little, who was chiefly instrumental in this, introduced the text-books and circulated Mrs. Hunt's petition for signatures. After the bill was passed, in 1891, making it obligatory for schools to give the desired instruction, she succeeded, with the help of Mr. Elliott, of Belleville, in getting the system permanently established. Now it is very satisfactorily carried on with gratifying results. The present officers are: Mrs. Anna Matthews, President; Mrs. Ava Forsyth, Secretary; Mrs. Margaret Nixon, Treasurer. There are now about thirty-six members.
Miss May Fisher, of East St. Louis, was the first person to take steps toward organizing a Woman's Christian Temperance Union in that city. In the spring of 1888, being impressed with the needs of a temperance organization, in association with others, she secured the Summit Avenue Methodist Episcopal church for an evening meeting, at which a Young Wo- man's Christian Union was formed, with nine members and four nonorary members. Mrs. Dr. Wiggins was elected President, and Miss May Fisher Secretary. They did some good work in the Flower Mission department, in the medal contest work and press work.
There have been other local branches of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Organ- izations of the Catholic Father Mathews soci- eties are referred to in another chapter. The temperance work of the Salvation Army and Volunteers of America cannot be overlooked. In its day the Sons of Temperance Order did good work in St. Clair County. The same may be said of the Independent Order of Good Tem- plars. Other agencies have been at work in the cause of temperance and total abstinence. The latest development in this direction has had its rise in politics, but by many is believed to be a move in the right direction. Whether it is to be permanent, or only temporary, is yet to be seen. The enforcement of the law against liq- uor-selling on Sunday has changed the aspect of many things in many ways, and seems likely
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to change the map of the county very materi- ally. This is especially true respecting the boundaries of Belleville and the possible crea- tion of new independent municipalities in the stretch of country between that city and East St. Louis.
CHAPTER XXXII.
PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS.
HOSPITALS AND HOMES-ST. AGNES' INFIRMARY FOR OLD PEOPLE-ST. VINCENT'S AND ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITALS-ST. JOHN'S ORPHANAGE OF GLEN ADDIE - BELLEVILLE CONTAGION HOSPITAL - ST. MARY'S AND HENRIETTA HOSPITALS-CONTAGION HOSPITAL AND STOCK VETERINARY INSTITUTION AT EAST ST. LOUIS.
ST. AGNES' INFIRMARY .- This building, in Belleville, is used as a home for old people. A few orphans are still kept there. Originally it was built to accommodate the orphans of St. Peter's congregation, the classes of boys of the parochial school, and meetings of the societies of the congregation. When the larger needs of the diocese demanded it, Glen Addie was bought for an orphans' home, and the children from other congregations were taken to that place. This old building is in charge of the Poor Hand- maids of Christ.
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, also in Belleville, was erected in 1903. It is a handsome three-story building, and is under the management of the same Sisters, who care for the aged in St. · Agnes' Infirmary, to which it is a sort of an- nex. It has thirty well-furnished rooms. Sis- ter M. Lydia is Superioress of the institution. In the first year, 178 patients were received in the hospital.
ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL, Belleville, is under the management of the Sisters of St. Francis, whose provincial motherhouse for the United States is St. John's Hospital, at Springfield, Ill. The order has spread throughout several countries, and the American province has 266 Sisters, and the management of fifteen hospitals. Twenty Sisters, with Mother Angelica as Supe- rioress, left Muenster, Germany (where the or-
der was founded), October 15, 1875, and came to New York. Four of these sisters were sent to Belleville, and for one month lived in a small private house. Meanwhile, the old school- house on the lot where the hospital now stands, was prepared for their residence and a hospital. It was barely large enough to accommodate six patients. These first Sisters had many tribu- lations, and sometimes even lacked the neces- saries of life. In 1880, the new St. Elizabeth's Hospital was built; in 1892, two large wings were added, and in 1903 another addition was erected. An average of seventy patients are cared for at all times; and, during the past winter, the average was eighty.
ST. JOHN'S ORPHANAGE OF GLEN ADDIE, about three miles from Belleville, on the Lebanon road, is beautifully situated in a large grove, and surrounded by forty acres of land. The house is the mansion built and once occupied by James L. D. Morrison, and has always been known as Glen Addie. In 1902, Bishop Janssen bought the place from the Schmisseur estate for an orphan asylum for the diocese. St. John's Orphanage is under the management of the Poor Handmaids of Christ. There are now 100 orphan children in the home. Rev. J. Eckerle is the resident chaplain of the house.
BELLEVILLE CONTAGION HOSPITAL .- The epi- demic of smallpox, which prevailed in Belleville in the winter of 1903-04, demonstrated to the city its crying need for a contagion hospital. On December 2, 1904, the City Council author- ized, by ordinance, the purchase of the The- ophilus Harrison house, on the Georgetown road, a mile and a half south of Belleville, for the sum of $14,000, to be used by the city as a contagion hospital, and the purchase was con- cluded very soon after. The purchasing com- mittee was made up of Mayor F. J. Kern and the finance committee-John A. Bedel, A. C. Dieckmann and William R. Merker. The con- tagion hospital was in constant use until the 20th of February, 1905.
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, 810 Missouri Avenue, East St. Louis, was dedicated in 1890. It is managed under the auspices of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
HENRIETTA HOSPITAL, Illinois Avenue and Fif- teenth Street, East St. Louis, was begun in 1897 and opened as soon as completed. It is one of the noteworthy institutions of that city.
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East St. Louis also has a contagion hospital. It is located on Illinois Avenue, beyond the city limits.
The Stock Yards Veterinary Hospital is an institution of great usefulness in its particular sphere
CHAPTER XXXIII.
MILITARY HISTORY.
WAR OF 1812-ILLINOIS PIONEERS PREPARE FOR THE STRUGGLE - GOVERNOR EDWARDS' EXPEDITION AGAINST PEORIA-LIST OF EARLY MILITIAMEN- WINNEBAGO AND BLACK HAWK WARS-ST. CLAIR COUNTY CITIZENS WHO TOOK PART IN TIIOSE EVENTS - THE LINCOLN-THOMPSON WRESTLING MATCH - MEXICAN WAR AND THE PROMINENT PART BORNE BY ST. CLAIR COUNTY SOLDIERS- COL. WILLIAM II. RISSELL, THE WHITESIDES, MOORES AND OTHERS-THE CIVIL WAR-NUMER- OUS ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH ST. CLAIR COUNTY FORMED A PROMINENT PART-LONG LIST OF IM- PORTANT BATTLES-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
June 28, 1809, Nicholas Jarrot, of Cahokia, a French patriot loyal to America, complained that the British agents and traders at Prairie du Chien were arming the Indians and rousing them to violence against the people in the bor- der country. Murders and breaches of faith were common.
In 1810, Illinois Territory, with a scattering population of 12,282, was divided into but two counties, St. Clair and Randolph. It does not appear that the Territory had any recorded militia laws until June, 1811, but as early as May 1, 1809, Nathaniel Pope, then Territorial Secretary, acting as Governor, prepared for the organization of a military department by ap- pointing Abram Clark "Captain of a militia company in the regiment of militia in St. Clair County, during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being." After that companies were formed in the little settlement, and for them the Governor appointed officers, conspicuous among whom were William Whiteside, William B. Whiteside, Shadrach Bond, James Moore, Enoch Moore, John Moredock and Baptiste Sau- cier. To cover such a breadth of country under
such conditions and circumstances as prevailed was a hopeless task, yet these pioneers man- aged it as well as was possible, restraining the Indians from considerable engagements, the Fort Dearborn massacre excepted, because it was beyond their jurisdiction. However, mur- ders became so frequent and the victims were so frightfully mutilated, that "a numerous meeting of militia officers and other inhabitants of St. Clair County, Illinois Territory," was held at the court-house in 1811, to consider the state of the country, demand protection by the Government and meantime prepare to protect themselves as well as their means and num- bers would permit. Col. William Whiteside was President and Samuel D. Davidson secretary of this meeting. Resolutions passed at that time, with letters, were forwarded by Governor Edwards to the President of the United States February 15, 1812.
An act of Congress authorized the enlistment of ten companies of mounted rangers, to be styled the Seventeenth Regiment, of which Col. William Russell, of Kentucky, was given com- mand. Each company elected its own Captain, and four of them recruited from Illinois were assigned to the defense of the Territory. These four were the companies of Captain William B. Whiteside, Samuel Whiteside, James B. Moore and Jacob Short. The Americans gathered their women and children together in block-houses for protection and went about their work in the fields, armed, to raise corn to feed them- selves and their families. There were block- houses at Lebanon, Alma, Mascoutah and New Athens, which constituted a part of the fron- tier line of twenty-two forts extending from a point opposite the mouth of the Missouri River, sixty miles to Kaskaskia. Spies were stationed between the forts. Cabins were erected within the block-houses or palisades and some of them were very comfortable. Wells were dug to pro- vide water and nothing needed to resist a long siege was omitted. The most important of these forts, called Camp Russell, in honor of Colonel Russell, was located a mile and a half north- west of Edwardsville. In 1812 it was provided with a single piece of artillery. It was made the depot for military stores and at times, when Governor Edwards and his suite were sheltered within it, it was virtually the seat of govern- ment of Illinois Territory.
In April, 1812, Gomo, an Indian chief, with
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tor and Robert Morrison; aide to Adjutant- General, Thomas T. Crittenden.
The First and Third Regiments were from Randolph County, and the Second Regiment from St. Clair County. The latter consisted of three battalions, one of which was called "The Light Infantry," and its officers appear to have been as follows: Colonel-William Whiteside; Majors-John Moredock, William Pruitt, Sam- uel Judy; Adjutants-James Smith, William B. . Whiteside (resigned), Samuel Judy; Surgeon- 'Trueman Tuttle; Provost Marshal-Simon Van- osdal; Judge Advocate-Russell E. Heacock, Bu- gler-Simon Wheelock; Captains-Amos Scott (Squire), Jean Beaulieu, Etienne Pincenneau, John Scott, William Pruitt, Samuel Judy, Tol- iver Wright, Abram Clark, Jacob Short, Abra- ham Stallings, John Lowtin, William Edes, Val- entine Brazil, Samuel Whiteside, Edward Ebert, Jean Baptiste Duford, Solomon Pruitt, Isaac Griffin, William Savage, James D. Thomas, Na- thaniel Journey (vice William Edes, resigned), Isaac Ferguson, Henry Cook (vice Judy, pro- moted) ; Nicholas Churzo (Jourange?). Lieu- tenants-Joseph Manegle, Pierre Lizje, William McDaniel, William Gilham, Valentine Brazil, Henry Cook, Solomon Pruitt, Abraham Stal- lings, Moses Quick, Jacob Ogle, John Vaughn, Andrew Bankson, Daniel Primm, John Lind- ley, Jacob Bradsby, Josiah Roberts, Pierre Mar- tan, John Goings, Titus Gregg, Samuel Allen, Isaac Gilham (vice Cook, promoted), Hypolite Mailette. Ensigns-John B. Saucier, Nicholas Fargeon, Philip Rader, James Duett, James Bradsby, Samuel Whiteside, Thomas Rotter, James Thomas, William Griffin, Christopher Barnhart, Thomas Greene, Titus Gregg, Augus- tus Pincenneau, George Mitchell, Isaac Gilham, Peter Waggoner, Marshal Hawkins, John Scott (vice Barnhart), Samuel Gilham (vice Isaac Gillham, promoted), Samuel Swagert, Elijah Talbot, William Bradshaw.
Second Regiment .- First Battalion; Major John Moredock. Captain Jacob Short, eighty men; Captain John Scott, seventy-five men; Captain Abraham Stallings, fifty-five men; Cap- tain Edward Ebart, ninety-one men; Captain James B. Moore, seventy-one men; total, 372. Second Battalion, Major Samuel Judy. Captain Amos Squires, 64; Captain Samuel Whiteside, 56; Captain · Solomon Pruitt, sixty men; Cap- tain Cale Jourange, seventy-one men-total, 259 men.
In November, 1811, the Fourth Regiment was organized of volunteers from the Wabash coun- try. September 14, 1812, Governor Edwards set off Madison, Gallatin and Johnson counties by proclamation. After the declaration of war, as changes were needed in either of the four regiments they were made by the Governor. Changes in the staff roster of the Second Regi- ment to December 6, 1815, are here indicated: Colonel-Samuel Judy; Majors-John Scott, Amos Squire; Captains-William Jones, Eph- raim Woods, Augustus Trotier, August Pincen- neau, Samuel Judy (independent company), Enoch Moore, William Arundell, John Stuntz, John D. Thomas, Thomas Pullum, Robert Gill; Lieutenants-Hugh Walker, John Springer, Louison Parois, John Giger, Thomas Cox, R. C. Gilham, William M. Going, Eli Savage, J. Pru- itt, Jacob Clarke, John Jarvis, Jr., Joseph Dun- can; Ensigns-William Crownsur, Thomas Fin- ley, Baptiste Shamberger, Thomas Cox, Thomas Nicholson, Etienne Douza, James Chambers, Henry Carr; Surgeon-James R. Eustis; Judge Advocate-John Reynolds.
By reason of frequent enlistments, discharges and re-enlistments, it has been found almost impossible to place before the reader systemat- ic statements of the services or complete ros- ters of the various companies, but such records of officers as were obtainable have been repro- duced here. Among St. Clair County men who did service in this war were: John Brigham, David McKinney, Isaac Griffen, Elijah Hook, B. Bennett, Samuel Ward, William Phillips, Daniel and Jeremiah Phillips, John Stout, Rob- ert and James C. Davis, John Wood, Moses Stout, Samuel Shook, Jacob Carr, John and Alex- ander Scott, Robert W. Hughes, Edmund and William Randle, Thomas and Josiah Shelton, David Everett, John and Thomas Reynolds, Reuben Lively, Nathaniel Hill, Moses Short, William McNail, Ira Manville, Joseph Scott, Peter Wright, William Moore, John Journey, Maxey Nichols, William Lemen, Aaron Shuck, John Mace, Abram Clark, David Hill, James Lively, Benjamin Allen, Thomas Brewer, James Lord, David Phillips, Michael Phelps, James W. Davidson, George W. Moore, Stephen White- side, John Rutherford, Jacob Short, Christopher Stout, Jacob Stout, William Wright, Bennett Million, William Whiteside, Nicholas Jarrot, Dr. W. H. and James Bradsby, Samuel B. Da- vidson, Joseph Conway, Thomas Higgins and
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others. In December, 1814, fifty Americans got into a skirmish with the Indians, in which Capt. James B. Moore, William Hewitt and John Moredock were prominent. In this skirmish William Hewitt was killed, being one of the last victims of the War of 1812.
These citizen-soldiers fought with remarkable bravery, standing as they did between their homes and savage thirst for blood. St. Clair County furnished soldiers for the fight at New Orleans, all the more enthusiastically as the settlers had suffered through the agency of the British in arousing their Indian neighbors, with whom they would gladly have lived in peace.
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THE WINNEBAGO WAR.
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