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ever possible) a system of parochial schools. (See Lutherans.) There are twenty-six other religious bodies in the State, exclusive of the Jews, who have twelve synagogues and nine rabbis. Ac- cording to the census statistics of 1890, these twenty-six sects, with their numerical strength, number of buildings, ministers, etc., are as fol- lows: Anti-Mission Baptists, 2,800 members, 78 churches and 63 ministers; Church of God, 1,200 members, 39 churches, 34 ministers; Dunkards, 121,000 members, 155 churches, 83 ministers; Friends ("Quakers") 2,655 members, 25 churches; Free Methodists, 1,805 members, 38 churches, 84 ministers; Free-Will Baptists, 4,694 members, 107 churches, 72 ministers; Evangelical Association, 15,904 members, 143 churches, 152 ministers; Cumberland Presbyterians, 11,804 members, 198 churches, 149 ministers; Methodist Episcopal (South) 3,927 members, 34 churches, 33 minis- ters; Moravians, 720 members, 3 churches, 3 ministers; New Jerusalem Church (Swedenborgi- ans), 662 members, 14 churches, 8 ministers; Primitive Methodist, 230 members, 2 churches, 2 ministers; Protestant Methodist, 5,000 members, 91 churches, 106 ministers; Reformed Church in United States, 4,100 members, 34 churches, 19 ministers; Reformed Church of America, 2,200 members, 24 churches, 23 ministers; Reformed Episcopalians, 2,150 members, 13 churches, 11 ministers; Reformed Presbyterians, 1,400 mem- bers, 7 churches, 6 ministers; Salvation Army, 1,980 members; Second Adventists, 4,500 mem- bers, 64 churches, 35 ministers; Seventh Day Baptists, 320 members, 7 churches, 11 ministers; Universalists, 3,160 members, 45 churches, 37 ministers; Unitarians, 1,225 members, 19 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 McLean.
Shawneetown
State
1818-19.
Elected U. S. Senator, 1824 and '29.
Daniel P. Cook
Kaskaskla
State
1819-27
Joseph Duncan ..
Jacksonville
Third.
1833-34
Elected Governor; resigued.
William L. May, D
Springfield.
Third
1834-39
To succeed Duncan.
Charles Slade ...
Belleville.
First.
1833-34.
Died; term completed by Reynolds.
John Reynolds, D.
Belleville
First
1834-37
One and one-half terms.
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 Smith, D ...
Alton
First ..
1843-49
John A. McClernand, D
Shawneetown
Second
1843-51
John A. McClernand, D
Springfield
Sixth
1859-62
Resigned, Dec., '61 ; succeeded by A. L. Knapp.
Orlando B. Ficklin, D
Charleston
Third.
1843-49
Orlando B. Ficklin, D
Charleston
Third
1851-53
John Wentworth, D
Chicago. Chicago
Fourth
1843-51
John Wentworth, R.
Chicago
First.
1865-67
El'd U.S. Sen,, Apr.,'47 ; suc.by W.A.Richardson Res'd, Aug., '56; term filled by Jacob C. Davis.
Joseph P. Hoge, D.
Galena.
Sixth.
1843-45
John J. Hardin, W
Jacksonville
Seventh
1843-45.
Edward D. Baker, W
Springfield
Seventh
1845-46
Edward D. Baker, W
Galena.
Sixth.
1849-51
Thomas J. Turner, D
Freeport
Sixth.
1847-49
Abraham Lincoln, W
Springfield,
Seventh
1847-49
William H. Bissell, D.
Belleville.
First
1849-53
William H. Bissell, D.
Belleville
Eighth.
1853-55.
Timothy R. Young, D Thomas L. Harris, D.
Marshall
Third.
1849-51
Thomas L. Harris, D.
Petersburg
Sixth
1855-58
Willis Allen, D
Marion
Second.
1851-53
Willis Allen, D .
Marion
Ninth
1853-55
Richard S. Maloney, I).
Belvidere
Fourth.
1851-53
Thompson Campbell, D.
Galena ..
Sixth
1851-53.
Richard Yates, W
Jacksonville
Seventh.
1851-53
Richard Yates. W.
Jacksonville
Sixth
1853-55.
E. B. Washburne, R
Galena
First
1853-63.
E. B. Washburne, R
Galena
Third.
1863-69
Jesse O. Norton, R.
Joliet.
Third,
1853-57
Jesse O. Norton, R
Joliet
Sixth
1863-65.
James Knox, R.
Knoxville.
Fourtli
1853-57
James C. Allen, D.
Palestine
Seventh
1853-57
James C. Allen. D.
Palestine
State-at-large
1863-65
James H. Woodworth, R.
Chicago
Second
1855-57.
Jacob C. Davis, D
Quincy
Fifth
1856-57.
Lyman Trumbull, B.
Belleville.
Eighth .
1855.
J. L. D. Morrison, D.
Belleville.
Eighth
1855-57
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
John F. Farnsworth, R
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
William Kellogg, R.
Canton.
Fourth
1857-63
Isaac N. Morris, D.
Quincy
Fifth
1857-61.
Charles D. Hodges, D
Carrollton
Sixthi.
Jan. to Mar., 1859. .
Filled unexpired term of Thos. L. Harris.
Aaron Shaw, D.
Lawrenceville.
Seventh
1857-59
Chosen U. S. Senator; resigned. Filled Trumbull's unexpired term.
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
McLeansboro.
Ninth.
1855-59.
Samuel S. Marshall, D.
McLeansboro
Eleventh.
1865-73.
McLeansboro
Nineteenth
1873-75
Resigned, Dec., '46; succeeded by John Henry.
John Henry, W.
Jacksonville
Seventh
1853-55
Stephen A. Douglas, D
Quincy
Fifth
1843-47
William A. Richardson, D.
Rushville and Quincy Quincy
Fifth
1847-56
William A. Richardson, D.
Sixth
1861-63.
Feb. to Mar., 1847. Served Baker's unexpired term.
Seventh
1849-51
Died, Nov. 24, '58; suc. by Chas. D. Hodges.
John Wentworth, D
Second.
1827-33.
Joseph Duncan.
Jackson& Morgan Cos State
Petersburg
§ Resignd, March 9, '69 to accept French mis- sion; term filled by H. C. Burchard.
To fill unexpired term of Richardson.
Died, Mar., '64; term filed by E.C.Ingersoll.
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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.
John A. Logan, D
Carbondale
State-at-large.
1869-71
Res'd, Apr. '62; term filled by W. J. Allen. § 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
William J. Allen, D
Marion.
Ninth
1862-63.
Served Logan's unexpired term.
William J. Allen, D
Marion
Thirteenth. Fifth
1861-63
Served McClernand's unexpired term.
A. L. Knapp, D.
Jerseyville
Tenth
1863-65
Charles M. Harris, R
Oquawka
Fourth
1863-65
1864-'65 filled Lovejoy's unexpired term.
John R. Eden, D.
Sullivan.
Seventh.
Fifteenth
1873-79
John R. Eden, D.
Sullivan ..
Lewis W. Ross, D
Lewistown
William R. Morrison, D
Waterloo
Twelfth.
1863-65.
William R. Morrison, D
Waterloo.
Seventeenth .. Eighteenth. 1883-87.
S. W. Moulton, R.
Shelbyville
State-at-large. 1865-67
S. W. Moulton, D.
Shelbyville
Fifteenth
1881-83
g. W. Moulton, D.
Shelbyville
Seventeenth . 1883-85
Fourth
1865-69
Burton C. Cook, R
Ottawa
Sixth
1865-71
Re-elected, '70 but res'd before beg'ng of term.
H. P. H. Bromwell, R
Charleston
Seventh
1865-69
Shelby M. Cullom, R ..
Springfield
Eighth
1865-71 ..
Anthony Thornton, D.
Shelbyville
Tenth ..
Twelfth
Eighteenth ..
1887-89.
Twenty-first
1897-99.
A. J. Kuykendall, R.
Vienna.
Thirteentil. First
1867-71.
Albert G. Burr, D
Carrollton
Tenth.
1867-71.
Green B. Raum, R
Metropolis
Third
Fifth
1873-79
John B. Hawley, R
Rock Island
Fourth
1869-73.
Sixth
1873-75.
Seventh
1869-73
Thomas W. McNeeley, D ..
Petersburg.
Ninth
1869-73
John B. Hay, R.
Belleville.
Thirteenth.
1869-73
Charles B. Farwell, R
Chicago
Third
1881-83.
Brad. N. Stevens, R
Princeton
Fifth
1871-73.
Henry Snapp, R.
Joliet
Sixth.
1871-73
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
Fourth.
1873-77
Franklin Corwin, R.
Peru
Eighth
1873-81.
Ninth
1873-75.
Tenth
1873-75.
Willlam H. Ray, R.
Rushville
Eleventh.
1873-75.
Robert M. Knapp, D
Jerseyville
Thirteenth
1873-75
John McNulta, R ..
Bloomington
Fourteenth
1873-83
Joseph G. Cannon, R.
Danville
Fifteenth
1893-95
James S. Martin, R Isaac Clements, R.
Carbondale
Eighteenth
1873-75.
Carter H. Harrison, D.
Chicago
Second
1875-79.
John V. Le Moyne, D.
Chicago ..
Third
1876-77.
T. J. Henderson, R
T. J. Henderson, R
La Salle
Ninth
1875-77.
Jolın C. Bagby, D.
Rushville
Eleventh
1875-77
Scott Wike, D
Pittsfield
Twelfth.
1889-93.
Scott Wike, D
Springfield
Thirteenthi.
1883-95.
William M. Springer, D.
Springfield ..
Thirteenth.
1875-77.
Adlai E. Stevenson, D ..
Bloomington.
Thirteenth
1879-81.
Adlai E. Stevenson, D. William A. J. Sparks, D William Hartzell, D
Carlyle
Eighteentli
1875-79
William B. Anderson, D William Aldrich, R ...
Chicago
Second
1877-79
Carter H Harrison, D
Chicago
Third.
1877-79.
Lorenz Brentano, R ..
Chicago
Fourth
1877-79
William Lathrop, R. .
Rockford
Morris
Seventh
1877-81
Philip C. Hayes, R .. Thomas A. Boyd, R.
Lewiston
Ninth
1877-81
Tenth.
1877-83.
Benjamin F Marsh, R. ..
Carmi.
State-at-large. 1871-73
First.
1871-73.
May, '76, seat awarded to J. V. Le Moyne.
Filled unexpired term of B. C. Cook.
Died Dec., '74; succeeded by B. G. Caulfield. From 1874-75 served out Rice's term.
Second
1873-75 ..
Stephen A. Hurlbut, R
Belvidere
Seventh
1873-75.
Robert M. Knapp, D
Jerseyville
Eleventh
1877-79.
Joseph G. Cannon, R
Tuscola and Danville.
Fifteenth.
1883-91
Joseplı G. Cannon, R.
Danville
Joseph G. Cannon, R.
Danville
Twelfth 1895 ..
Sixteenth 1873-75.
Sixth 1875-83.
Seventh. 1883-95.
Seventh
1875-77.
Alexander Campbell, G.B. Richard H. Whiting, R
Peoria
Tenth
1875-77
Pittsfield.
Twelftli
1875-83
William M. Springer, D ..
Bloomington
Sixteenth
1875-83
Chester.
Nineteenth.
1875-77.
Mt. Vernon
First
1877-83
Served unexpired term of Logan.
John L. Beveridge, R.
Evanston
Charles B. Farwell, R
Chicago
Third
1873-76 ..
Charles B. Farwell, R
Belleville.
Jehu Baker, R
Belleville.
Jehu Baker, P .
Belleville
Norman B. Judd, R
Chicago
Thirteenth.
1867-69.
Horatio C. Burchard, R.
Freeport
Horalio C. Burchard, R.
Freeport
John B. Hawley, R
Rock Island
Jesse H. Moore, R
Decatur.
Twelfth.
1869-73
John M. Crebs, D.
Peoria
Fifth
1864-71 1863-65
1885-87
Seventeenth. Ninth.
1863-69
1873-83
William R. Morrison, D
Waterloo
Abner C. Harding, R.
Monmouth
1865-67.
1865-69
Jehu Baker, R.
1865-67.
1869-73.
Filled unexpired term of Washburne.
Greenbury L. Fort, R.
Lacon.
Granville Barriere, R.
Canton
Salem
Princeton & Geneseo. Princeton
Awarded seat, vice Farwell.
Warsaw
1863-65.
A. L. Knapp, D.
Jersey ville
Ebon C. Ingersoll, R
John R. Eden, D Sullivan.
Chicago
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NAME.
RESIDENCE.
DIST.
TERM.
REMARKS.
Benjamin F. Marsh, R ..
Warsaw
Eleventh
1893-95.
Benjamin F. Marsh, R.
Warsaw
Fifteenth
1895-
Thomas F. Tipton, R.
Bloomingtou.
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
Fourth
1879-83.
Died, '82; succeeded by R. R. Hitt.
James W. Singleton, D.
Quincy
Isabel.
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
Eighth
1881-83
Lewis E. Payson, R
Pontiac
Ninth
1883-91.
John H. Lewis, R
Knoxville
Ninth .
1881-83
Dietrich C. Smith, R
Pekin
Thirteenth
1881-83
R. W. Dunham, R
Chicago
First.
1883-89.
John F. Finerty, R.
Chicago
Second
1883-85.
George E. Adams, R
Chicago
Fourth
I883-91
Reuben Ellwood, R
Sycamore.
Fifth
1882-85.
Robert R. Hitt, R.
Mt. Morris
Sixth
1882-95
Succeeded R. M. A. Hawk, deceased.
Robert R. Hitt, R ..
Mt. Morris
Ninth
1895
N. E. Worthington, D.
Peoria
Tenth
1883-87
William H. Neece, D.
Macomb.
Eleventh
1883-87
James M. Riggs, D ..
Winchester
Twelfth
1883-87
Prank Lawler, D
Chicago
James H. Ward, D.
Chicago
Third
1885-87
Albert J. Hopkins, R.
Aurora .
Fifth
1885-95
Albert J. Hopkins, R
Aurora .
Eighth
1895
Ralph Plumb, R
Streator.
Eighth.
1885-89.
Silas G. Landes, D.
Mt. Carmel.
Sixteenth.
1885-99
William E. Mason, R.
Chicago
Third
1887-91
Philip Sidney Post, R
Galesburg
Rock Island.
Eleventh 1887-91
George A. Anderson, D.
Quincy
Twelfth
1887-89
Edward Lane, D.
Hillsboro
Seventeenth .. 1887-95.
Abner Taylor, R.
Chicago
First ..
1889-93.
Charles A. Hill, R.
Joliet.
Eighth 1889-91
Geo. W. Fithian, 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
Carmi
Nineteenth.
1899
George W. Smith, R
Murphysboro
Twentieth 1889-95.
George W. Smith, R.
Murphysboro
Twenty-sec' nd 1895-
Lawrence E. McGann, D.
Chicago
Second 1891-95
Allan C. Durborow, Jr., D ..
Chicago
Third
1891-95
Walter C. Newberry, D
Chicago
Fourth
1891-93
Lewis Steward, Ind Herman W. Snow. R.
Plano .
Eighth
1891-93.
Benjamin T. Cable, D.
Rock Island
Eleventh 1$91-93
Owen Scott, D.
Bloomington
Fourteenth
1891-93
Samuel T. Busey, D.
Urbana
Fifteenth
1891-93
John C. Black, D.
Chicago
State-at-large. 1893-95
Andrew J. Hunter, D
Paris.
Andrew J. Hunter. D.
J. Frank Aldrich, R
Chicago
First
1893-97
Julius Goldzicr, 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
Benjamin F. Funk. R.
William Lorimer, R.
Chicago
second.
1895
Third
1895-99
Awarded seat after con. with L. E. McGann.
Charles W. Woodman, R .. Geo. E. White. R ..
Chicago
Fifth
1895-99.
George W. Prince, R.
Galesburg
Tenth.
1895-
J. V. Graff, R.
Pekin.
Virginia
Seventeenth ..
1895-99
Wm. F. L. Hadley, R
Edwardsville
Eighteenth. 1895
Nineteenth ..
1895-97
Orlando Burrell, R
Carmi
Twentieth
1895-97
Everett J. Murphy, R
East St. Louis
Twenty-first
1895-97
1897-
Daniel W. Mills, R
Chicago
Hillsboro
Eighteenth
1897
James R. Campbell, D
McLeansboro
Twentieth
1897-99
George P. Foster, R
Chicago
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.
Nineteentli 1899
W. A. Rodenberg, R
East St. Louis
Twenty first ..
1899-
Died, June 4, '98; suc'd. by Henry S. Boutell.
George E. Foss, R ..
Chicago
Seventh
1895
Walter Reeves, R
Streator.
Eleveuth. 1895
Thirteenth. 1895-
Fourteenth 1895-
Sixteenth. 1895-97
James A. Connolly, R.
Springfield.
Frederick Remann, R
Vandalia
Eighteenth 1895
Died, July 14, '95; suc'd. by W. F. L. Hadley. Elected to fill vacancy.
James R. Mann, R
Chicago
First
Second 1897-
Thomas M. Jett, D.
Third
1899
Thomas Cusack, D
Chicago
Chicago
Fourth.
1895-97.
Edward D. Cooke, R
Chicago
Sixth
1805-98.
Vespasian Warner, R
Clinton
Bloomington ...
Fourteenth 1893-95.
Hugh R. Belknap, R.
Sheldon.
Ninth 1=91-93.
State-at-large. 1893-95
Paris.
Second
1885-91
Fourteenth.
1883-91
Jonathan H. Rowell, R.
Bloomington.
Fifth
1879-82
R. M. A. Hawk, R
Mt. Carroll
Eleventh
1879-83.
Fifteenth.
1879-81
A. P. Forsythe, G. B
John R. Thomas, R.
Tenth 1887-95
Died, Jan. 6, 1895.
William H. Gest, R
Finis E. Downing, D
Benson Wood, R.
Effingham.
Nineteenth 1897-99.
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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 partisanslip 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, March 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 he 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 was admitted to practice, in 1845, at Hillsboro; in 1847 was elected County Recorder
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