Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Warren County, Volume II, Part 37

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913; Church, Charles A., 1857-
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 620

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The different school buildings were given their present names at a meeting of the school board February 2, 1891. The North Ward school was named the Garfield school; une West Ward school the Willits school, in honor of Judge Elias Willits, a former member of the board; and the South Ward school was named Harding school in honor of Harry G. Harding, who was largely instrumental in se- curing the erection of the hrst school there. The small school on South Sixth street, called at first the Berwick street school, has since been given the name of the Lowell school.

The schools are now under the charge of Prof. B. F. Armitage as superintendent, with W. L. Hanson as principal of the High School. The members of the board of education are: Rev. Samuel Van Pelt, D. D., president; J. W. Sipher, F. W. Harding, O. S. French, D. W. Hare, Mrs. Anna Willits Pattee and Mrs. Mary Patterson. The teachers for the year 1902-03 are:

City Superintendent-B. F. Armitage.

High School-Principal, W. L. Hanson; As- sistant Principal, Miss Mary M. Findley; Sci- ence Department, R. S. Munford; Instructors, Mabel Aylsworth, Blanche Morrow, Ernest S. Dyer, Mrs. W. W. Brent, W. C. Mccullough.

Central Building-Mima Ferguson, Rosanna M. Findley, Etta Stansbury, Myrtle Simmons,

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Luella Peel, Bessie Clarke, Lena v. Rowe, Nellie Shields.

Garfield School-Principal, Anna reacock; Lydia Findley, Mynton L. Kerr, Harriet Har- vey, Olive Gordon, Katherine Sherrick.

Willits School-Principal, Mary K. Wallace, Pearl Pollard, Clara P. Meginnis, Maud Main, Maud Misener, Minerva Wallace.

Harding School-Principal, Eliza T. Moses, Kate C. Ray, Lillian Guilinger, Mary M. Hun- ter, Della Caldwell, Frances Blayney, Char- lotte Hunter, Louise Anderson, Marion O. West,

Lowell School-Principal, Viola Bender; Ma- belle Glenn.

Substitute Teachers-Mrs. Priscilla V. Brooks, Miss Mae Kerr.

Teacher of Drawing-Miss Jessie Buckner. Teacher of Music-Miss Edith Sykes.

Following is a list of all who have taught in the public schools of Monmouth to the pres- ent time, with the years of their service:

Acheson, Maria S., 1870-1; Alexander, John E., 1859-60; Alexander, M. Lou, 1867-68; Allen, Anna M., 1867; Allison, Mary E., 1873; Ander- son, Helen, 1898-1901; Anderson, Louise, 1901 -; Arnold, Seth C., 1857; Anjal, Edna, 1900-01; Babcock, Jessie, 1884-86; Bates, J. A., 1867; Bates, Henry H., 1866-70; Bailey, Mrs. Emily L., 1864; Batchelor, Mollie, 1865; Beach, Kate, 1863; Beach, Caroline, 1858-59; Beacn, Helen, 1888-92; Belleville, S. R., 1865; Bender, Viola, 1893 -; Biddle, Nancy J., 1872; Blayney, Fran- ces, 1898 -; Boyd, Margaret, 1874-75; Boyd, H. Jennie, 1874-87; Brim, William, 1861; Brown- lee, E. J., 1860; Brownlee, Sylva, 1884; Brooks, C. V. 1860; Browning, Mary J., 1857; Bruen, Fannie W., 1867-68; Bruen, Ada C., 1869-71; Bruner, Mary Ann Mitchell, 1856; Buckner, Jes- sie, 1895 -; Burns, James C., 1888-1901.

Caldwell, Della, 1868 -; Calkins, Eliza R., 1856; Campbell, N. C., 1868-72; Campbell, Rachel, S., 1867-69; Calvin, M. S. (music), 1883; Chalfant, Hallie, 1890-1902; Chalfant, May E., 1892-97; Christie, Kate, 1891-94; Chapin, Sarah E., 1877-81; Clark, Mary E., 1861-64; Clarke, Bessie, 1896 -; Clarke, Frances (music), 1891- 95: Clippinger, Grace, 1890; Cox, B. A., 1863- 64; Cox, S. Jennie, 1863; Cowan, Medora B., 1862; Collins, Elizabeth, 1866-67; Corwin, Har- riet, 1867-68; Corwin, Amanda E., 1856-59; Craig, Emma, 1890-96; Crawford, A. G., 1863; Crouch, Rachel P., 1901; Cunningham, Anna, 1880-84; Curtis, Martha, 1868-69, 1873.

Davidson, M. J., 1867-76; Davis, James A.,

1859-60; Davis, Josephine M., 1868-71; Davies, Helen, 1893-1901; Duer, Lucy B., 1865-70, 1883- 92; Duer, Margaret, 1880; Duer, Anna, 1891-95; Dunn, Sallie M., 1868.

Erskine, Ella J., 1878-87.

Ferrington, Lydia A., 1855; Findley, Mary M., 1896 -; Findley, Rosanna, 1899 -; Flem- ing, Ann R., 1860-63; Fleming, Alice, 1883- 91; Foster, Margaret, 1869; Foster, Mrs. E. J., 1879; Fordyce, Etta, 1895-97; Fowler, Emma, 1894; Funk, Sue E., 1872.

Galloway, Caspar, 18/3; Gillespie, Elizabeth R., 1890-93; Gilbert, Pearl, 1894-95; Gilmer, Frank, 1867; Gilmer, Nellie W., 1865-67; Gif- ford, Henrietta, 1857; Gordon, George I., 1871- 73; Gilchrist, M. M. -; Gowdy, Joseph K., 1874-75; Gowdy, Emma E., 1860; Gowdy, J. F., 1866; Gowdy, Sarah C., 1866; Gowdy, Belle; Gould, Lizzie, 1867; Graham, Margaret, 1866- 68; Griggs, Florence E., 1869-71; Guilinger, Lil- lian, 1895 -.

Hallam, A., 1860; Hamilton, Mrs. Sarah, 1874- 79; Hamilton, Jennie, 1892-97; Hanson, W. L., 1901 -; Harding, Nettie, 1875-76; Harvey, H. E., 1880; Harvey, Gertrude, 1890; Harvey, Har- riet, 1900 -; Harvey, Mary E., 1869; Harvey, Josephine M., 1866; Harvey, Sarah M., 1867-68; Harsh, Kate M., 1867; Harsh, Ira E., 1867; Har- rington, Mabel, 1895; Haynes, E. F., 1864; Hanchet, E. A. (music), 1871; Heltzell, Cora V., 1898-1900; Henderson, G. P., 1866; Hender- son, Charlotte, 1871; Herdman, Lizzie, 1865-66; Higgins, C. C., 1859; Higgins, Mrs. M. E., 1879; Higgins, Nellie, 1890-91; Holcomb, Amelia, 1867; Holt, Margaret, 1867-75; Holt, Carrie C., 1872-73; Hoge, Jane A., 1856-58; Hubbard, M. C., 1862; Hummer, Samuel A., 1861-65; Hum- mer, Mrs. Lizzie, 1863; Hunter, Charlotte, 1895 -; Hunter, Livonia, 1900-1902; Hunter, Mary M., 1900 -.

Jenks, W. B., 1850-58; Jewell, Charles, 1872; Johnson, Fredoin, 1860-62; Johnston, Helen, 1896-97.

Kellar, Mary A., 1876; Kendall, Mrs. C. S., 1861-64; Kerr, Mynton, 1900 -; Kingsbury. Mary, 1881-83; Kinkead, Dora, 1876-77; Kin- kead, Margaret, 1878-89; Kirkwood, T. C., 1861.

Lacey, Evalyn, 1892-98; Lander, Margaret C., 1864; Leighty, Elizabeth B., 1867-90; Lincoln, F. R., 1868-72; Lindley, Naomi, 1891; Littleton, D. J., 1859-60; Long, James, 1866-67; Long, Mrs. Mary G., 1866; Long, Vertner, 1892; Long, Birdie E., 1898-1901; Lucy, Mary A., 1892-93.

Madden, Maria S., 1854-60; Madden, Emma,

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legislature. N. A. Rankin, Dr. J. S. Spriggs and David Graham were elected. In August of the same year an election was held to vote for or against levying a tax of twenty-five cents on the hundred dollars to build a school house in the south part of the city. The vote being favorable, a four room structure was erected in 1865 on the grounds of the present Harding school building, and school opened therein in the autumn of 1866.

During the winter of 1866-67 the schools in the wards were crowded, and the school board purchased the old college building on North A street to be used for school purposes. A public meeting of citizens was called at the court house to remonstrate, and to induce the directors to rescind this action. A committee of mechanics reported the building unfit for public school purposes, and the meeting passed resolutions opposing the purchase. The action was rescinded, and the board purchased a lot in the Quinby & Lawrence addition, on the corner of North Second street and Euclid ave- nue, and immediately commenced the erection of the Garfield building now in use, but which is soon to give place to a handsome brick structure of six rooms, the contract for which was let March 4 of this year (1892) to Charles L. Barnes of Monmouth for $25,774.

The North Ward building was opened in the autumn of 1867 with six teachers. A high school was organized in room 1 and placed in charge of D. C. Templeton. Ample pro- vision had now been made for the accommo- dation of all the children in the rapidly grow- ing city; the depression of the war was over, and the schools entered upon a period of great prosperity. The teaching corps that year num- bered twenty-three, including the superintend- ent, T. C. Swafford, of Mercer county.

About 1869 four young men of ability, char- acter, education and experience were princi- pals in the ward schools. In ability and in equipment for teaching they overshadowed the superintendent, which without doubt led to the abolition of that office and the placing of the schools in the control of the principals- a policy followed for twenty years. They were W. C. Robinson in the North Ward, N. C. Campbell in the East Ward, H. H. Bates in the West Ward and W. J. Samson in the South Ward. They were young men of great enthu- siasm and lofty aspiration. A healthy rivalry sprang up among them-not for personal ag-

grandizement, but for superior excellence in his own school. This rivalry was seen in the County Teachers' association where their re- spective pupils were pitted against one another for public approval. Each was proud of his school and was ever pleased to bring it before the public. Whatever was new and valuable in teaching these young men seized upon and incorporated into their schools. A creditable high school was organized in the North Ward; music was placed in the course of study, with a competent teacher of vocal music, Mr. Han- chet, in charge. The schools were reorganized, classified, properly graded, and a course of study arranged and put in operation, well dapt- ed to a graded school. This course consisted of twelve grades and covered a period of twelve years. As each of the four buildings contained six rooms, it was convenient to place two grades in each room, an arrangement which lasted for twenty years, or until the erec- tion of the Central building. The course was the work of many teachers, but N. C. Campbell, principal of the East Ward, did more than any other one person to bring about the liappy re- sult. Mr. Campbell was an able teacher, and may be called the first professional teacher in the Monmouth schools. He understood the public 'school problem as no other teacher had, and brought to the schools a thorough knowl- edge of systems in other places. The grada- tion and organization of the schools that took place during his stay may be traced directly to his analytic mind. He put his methods into operation in the East Ward, and they soon found their way into other schools. In 1871 Monmouth College conferred on him the degree of A. M.

Of these four young men, Mr. Robinson was the ablest, and has been the most successful. When he came to the North Ward he found a diminutive high school. He left it well or- ganized and in a flourishing condition. After three years' service he abandoned teaching, and is today the president of a large banking institution in Winfield, Kansas. W. J. Samson went to Burlington, Iowa, and became princi- pal of one of the largest schools in the city, and has held the position for thirty years. Mr. Bates became a successful merchant in our city, but has never lost his interest in the welfare of the schools.

The financial panic of 1873 affected the schools disastrously. The high school was

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abandoned, the colored school discontinued, the school years was shortened, vocal music was dropped, the teachers' salaries were cut- thirty-six hundred dollars were taken from the salaries at one fell swoop, and a policy of re- trenchment was entered upon which today seems little short of parsimony. The people were unduly frightened. The expenses of the schools were made an issue in the election, and the retrenchers won by such a large majority that so able school directors as Elias Willits, Harry G. Harding and Almon Kidder were compelled to yield. G. I. Gordon, the able principal of the East Ward, resigned to accept a position in the high school of Burlington, Iowa. N. C. Campbell, perhaps the ablest pub- lic school man Monmouth has ever had, left because the high school over which he was principal was taken away, and in other ways the schools were crippled. The resident teach- ers, however, accepted the reduction and re- mained loyally at their posts of duty. From "the crime of '73" the schools did not recover for fifteen years, and then the recovery came slowly; for it was compelled to make head- way against ideas and customs that had been intrenched in the public mind for a half a gen- eration.

The closing years of the second period in the history of the schools of Monmouth may be truly called the "Woman's Era." While the teaching force has always been largely com- posed of women, the principals had all been men prior to 1873 with the exception of Mrs. Tucker; but now, to a large degree, women became the principals and assumed the re- sponsibility of public education. Among these noble women were Elizabeth Leighty in the East Ward; Margaret Wiley and Lucy Duer in the West Ward; Elizabeth Peacock and Mary Sterret in the North Ward, and Margaret Scott in the South Ward.

To Miss Della Caldwell belongs the honor of the longest term of service among the corps of teachers. Graduating from college in June, 1868, she began teaching in the South Ward in the following September, and has taught con- tinuously from that day to this (1902)-more than one third of a century. With the excep- tion of one year in the East Ward, her en- tire service has been in the second grade of the South Ward school. Among other teachers who have taught in the schools of this city for a period of time sufficient to give them men-

tion in this history, are: Mrs. M. D. Sterret, 25 years; Miss Mary A. Sterret, 25 years; Miss Margaret L. Wiley, 24 years; Miss Elizabeth Leighty, 23 years; Miss Margaret McDill, 23 years; and Miss Lucy B. Duer, 15 years.

The work and worth of Mrs. Margaret D. Sterret entitles her to more than a passing mention in this history. Her husband, John M. Sterret, was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil war, and was killed in the Hornets' Nest at the battle of Shiloh, April, 1862, leaving her a widow with three small children. In the fol- lowing September she sought and found em- ployment in the public schools of the city, where she remained until 1888, more than a quarter of a century. She taught in the West Ward and also in the East Ward. When the North Ward school was opened in 1868, she was transferred to the primary room in that building, where she remained until the end of her service. She was a devout woman, and few children who went to school to her will ever forget the impressive hour of devotions with which she always opened her school. Of the three hundred teachers who have taught in the public schools of Monmoutn, no one left such a deep religious impression upon the minds of the children.

THIRD PERIOD.

The third period in the history of the public schools of Monmouth begins with the erection of the Central School building, the abolition of the principals, the placing of the schools under a central management, the revision of the course of study, the establishment of the High School, and a reorganization and consolida- tion of the entire school system.

Fifty-six years had now passed since the first school was opened, and Monmouth was well ad- vanced in the third generation of its people. The school accommodations of the first genera- tion consisted of a single building-a small frame structure containing only one room. The second generation, in addition to a build- ing for the accommodation of colored children, had erected four ward buildings of plain but substantial architecture, each containing six rooms scantily but comfortably furnished. The third generation entered upon the task of erecting large, commodious buildings of mod- ern architecture, equipped with modern ar-

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rangements of heating and ventilation, and with modern apparatus and appliances.

The Central School building was erected in 1887-88 at a cost of $52,000, including grounds and furniture. William M. Allen of Peoria was the builder and T. O. Hamsher of Monmouth was superintendent of construction. The erec- tion of this building was the first step in that great forward movement which paved our streets, lighted, watered and sewered our city, built churches, court house and many elegant residences, as well as increased our population by more than one-half. School was opened in this building September 3, 1888, all children above the fourth grade being accommodated. It was a great day in the history of the schools of Monmouth. The building was dedicated with elaborate ceremonies. Dr. Richard Ed- wards, superintendent of public instruction in Illinois; Dr. J. B. McMichael, the president of Monmouth College, and other gentlemen deliv- ered able addresses, and the schools were fairly ushered into the third period of their existence.

In 1899 a large and commodious building, the Harding school, was erected in the south part of the city, on Ninth avenue between Third and Fourth streets. It is well lighted, heated and furnished, capable of accommodating 400 pu- pils, and is the pride of the people in that part of the city. The building is of brick, with stone trimmings and is a handsome structure. O. W. Marble of Chicago was the architect, and Caldwell & Drake of Indianapolis were the builders. The date stone was set June 13, 1899, and the building accepted and opened for school work in September following.

The Garfield school, another handsome and convenient building, modern in every respect, was erected in 1902 on the site of the old school of the same name. Reeves & Baillie of Peoria were the architects of the building, and C. L. Barnes of Monmouth the builder. The con- tract price was $25,774. The contract was awarded March 4, and the work of construction was begun at once so that the building will be ready for use by January 1, 1903.

The High School experiment begun under Miss Elizabeth Leighty with fifty pupils of an upper grammar grade had proved so successful that in 1890 nearly 100 pupils were enrolled. On her resignation the board determined to employ a male principal and an additional teacher. W. D. McDowell, now a practicing

physician in Chicago, was chosen principal, and the school continued to grow from year to year until the enrollment in 1901 had reached 307. To accommodate the work the district has authorized the erection of a High School build- ing, which will probably be placed on the block on which the Central School stands. The High School now embraces five lines of study, each four years in length-one in English, one in Latin, one in Mathematics, one in Science and one in History, with one year in German and one in Greek. The first class was graduated from the High School in 1900, and consisted of nine members. They were: Misses Fannie Weir, Mabel Coates, Mary B. Sampson, Mabel Harrington, Bella Torrance, Sarah Regnier and Pearl Gilbert, and Messrs. W. H. Torrance and Ralph Webster. The members of this class formed the High School Alumni Association December 26, 1890, at a meeting held at J. M. Torrance's. The officers elected were: Presi- dent, Miss Pearl Gilbert; vice president, Miss Fannie Weir; secretary, Will Torrance; treas- urer, Miss Mary Sampson.

The different school buildings were given their present names at a meeting of the school board February 2, 1891. The North Ward school was named the Garfield school; ine West Ward school the Willits school, in honor of Judge Elias Willits, a former member of the board; and the South Ward school was named Harding school in honor of Harry G. Harding, who was largely instrumental in se- curing the erection of the first school there. The small school on South Sixth street, called at first the Berwick street school, has since been given the name of the Lowell school.

City Superintendent-B. F. Armitage.

Central Building-Mima Ferguson, Rosanna M. Findley, Etta Stansbury, Myrtle Simmons,

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Luella Peel, Bessie Clarke, Lena v . Rowe, Nellie Shields.

Garfield School-Principal, Anna reacock; Lydia Findley, Mynton L. Kerr, Harriet Har- vey, Olive Gordon, Katherine Sherrick.

Willits School-Principal, Mary K. Wallace, Pearl Pollard, Clara P. Meginnis, Maud Main, Maud Misener, Minerva Wallace.

Harding School-Principal, Eliza T. Moses, Kate C, Ray, Lillian Guilinger, Mary M. Hun- ter, Della Caldwell, Frances Blayney, Char- lotte Hunter, Louise Anderson, Marion O. West,

Lowell School-Principal, Viola Bender; Ma- belle Glenn.

Substitute Teachers-Mrs. Priscilla V.

Brooks, Miss Mae Kerr.

Teacher of Drawing-Miss Jessie Buckner. Teacher of Music-Miss Edith Sykes.

Following is a list of all who have taught in the public schools of Monmouth to the pres- ent time, with the years of their service:

Caldwell, Della, 1868 -; Calkins, Eliza R., 1856; Campbell, N. C., 1868-72; Campbell, Rachel, S., 1867-69; Calvin, M. S. (music), 1883; Chalfant, Hallie, 1890-1902; Chaltant, May E., 1892-97; Christie, Kate, 1891-94; Chapin, Sarah E., 1877-81; Clark, Mary E., 1861-64; Clarke, Bessie, 1896 -; Clarke, Frances (music), 1891- 95; Clippinger, Grace, 1890; Cox, B. A., 1863- 64; Cox, S. Jennie, 1863; Cowan, Medora B., 1862; Collins, Elizabeth, 1866-67; Corwin, Har- riet, 1867-68; Corwin, Amanda E., 1856-59; Craig, Emma, 1890-96; Crawford, A. G., 1863; Crouch, Rachel P., 1901; Cunningham, Anna, 1880-84; Curtis, Martha, 1868-69, 1873.

Davidson, M. J., 1867-76; Davis, James A.,

1859-60; Davis, Josephine M., 1868-71; Davies, Helen, 1893-1901; Duer, Lucy B., 1865-70, 1883- 92; Duer, Margaret, 1880; Duer, Anna, 1891-95; Dunn, Sallie M., 1868.

Erskine, Ella J., 1878-87.

Galloway, Caspar, 1873; Gillespie, Elizabeth R., 1890-93; Gilbert, Pearl, 1894-95; Gilmer, Frank, 1867; Gilmer, Nellie W., 1865-67; Gif- ford, Henrietta, 1857; Gordon, George I., 1871- 73; Gilchrist, M. M. -; Gowdy, Joseph K., 1874-75; Gowdy, Emma E., 1860; Gowdy, J. F., 1866; Gowdy, Sarah C., 1866; Gowdy, Belle; Gould, Lizzie, 1867; Graham, Margaret, 1866- 68; Griggs, Florence E., 1869-71; Guilinger, Lil- lian, 1895 -.

Hallam, A., 1860: Hamilton, Mrs. Sarah, 1874- 79; Hamilton, Jennie, 1892-97; Hanson, W. L., 1901 -; Harding, Nettie, 1875-76; Harvey, H. E., 1880: Harvey, Gertrude, 1890; Harvey, Har- riet, 1900 -; Harvey, Mary E., 1869; Harvey, Josephine M., 1866; Harvey, Sarah M., 1867-68: Harsh, Kate M., 1867; Harsh, Ira E., 1867; Har- rington, Mabel, 1895; Haynes, E. F., 1864; Hanchet, E. A. (music), 1871; Heltzell, Cora V., 1898-1900; Henderson, G. P., 1866; Hender- son, Charlotte, 1871; Herdman, Lizzie, 1865-66; Higgins, C. C., 1859; Higgins, Mrs. M. E., 1879; Higgins, Nellie, 1890-91; Holcomb, Amelia, 1867; Holt, Margaret, 1867-75; Holt, Carrie C., 1872-73; Hoge, Jane A., 1856-58; Hubbard, M. C., 1862; Hummer, Samuel A., 1861-65; Hum- mer, Mrs. Lizzie, 1863; Hunter, Charlotte, 1895 -; Hunter, Livonia, 1900-1902; Hunter, Mary M., 1900 -.

Jenks, W. B., 1850-58; Jewell, Charles, 1872; Johnson, Fredoin, 1860-62; Johnston, Helen, 1896-97.

Kellar, Mary A., 1876; Kendall, Mrs. C. S., 1861-64; Kerr, Mynton, 1900 -; Kingsbury, Mary, 1881-83; Kinkead, Dora, 1876-77; Kin- kead, Margaret, 1878-89; Kirkwood, T. C., 1861.

Madden, Maria S., 1854-60; Madden, Emma,

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1873; Main, Maud, 1900 -; Manchester, Kate, 1885-90; Marshall, Elizabeth (music), 1884-85; Martin, John, 1859-60; Mason, Mary A., 1860; Matthews, Bessie L., 1869; Matthews, Ida, 1882- 87; McAllister, Mrs. Ada, 1871; McBroom, Jennie, 1884-91; McClymonds, Mima, 1878-90; (Mima McClymonds Ferguson) 1894 -; Mc- Clymonds, Etta, 1896-1900; McClellan, May, 1896-98; McClurken, Mary S., 1898-1900; Mc- Culloch, James H., 1879-81; McCulloch, Belle, 1873-83; McDill, A. T., 1866; McDill, Margaret, 1869-73, 1882-1902; McDowell, W. D., 1890-98; Mckown, E. Belle, 1888-92; McMillan, E. J., 1860; McQuiston, Miss, 1865; McQuiston, Mar- garet, 1884; Meginnis, Clara, 1900 -; Millen, William M., 1876-77; Miller, C. L., 1878; Miller, Margaret H., 1878; Miles, Sarah J., 1865; Mitch- ell, Susan A., 1855; Mitchell, Alice, 1866-67; Mitchell, Mrs. Adah L. F., 1876; Monhart, Sarah, 1868-69; Moffet, Jennie R., 1898-1900; Moore, Mrs. M. A. H., 1863; Morrow, Blanche, 1899 -; Morris, Mrs. Laura A., 1869; Moses, Eliza T., 1890 -; Munford, Samuel A., 1900-01; Munford, Roderick S., 1902; Musgrove, Carrie, 1896-1901.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Warren County, Volume II, Part 37

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913; Church, Charles A., 1857- Publication date: 1916 Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 620

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913; Church, Charles A., 1857-
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 620