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Chapin, Cresswell & Houlton, then Chapin, erton, 1878; H. H. Depperman, 1881. Mr. Dep- Houlton & Davis, and to Chapin, Houlton & Co. Mr. N. A. Chapin was identified with the firm until his death in 1899, and was also close- ly identified with the growth and prosperity of the village. After his death the firm quit business and was succeeded by the State Bank of Kirkwood.
The State Bank of Kirkwood was chartered April 18, 1899, and organized by the election of S. L. H. Gibson, President; C. A. Carmichael, Vice President; R. R. Davison, Cashier; and W. R. Chapin, bookkeeper. Mr. Chapin, after serving one year, resigned to accept a position with the McCormick Harvester Co., of Chi- cago, and R. W. Houston took the place vacated by him. In 1901 Mr. Houston was made Assist- ant Cashier and at the April (1902) meeting of the directors he was chosen Cashier to succeed R. R. Davison resigned. The present officers are: S. L. H. Gibson, President; C. A. Car- michael, Vice President; R. W. Houston, Cash- ier; R. R. Davison, Assistant Cashier. The board of directors is composed of C. A. Car- michael, W. H. Gridley, R. R. Davison, S. L. H. Gibson, T. J. Billings, J. T. Stinemates, Geo. W. Tinkham, L. E. Ohler, J. C. Ackerman, F. R. Houlton, Wm. McCoy. On July 11, 1902, the bank had a capital stock of $25,000; undivided profits, $4,976.01; deposits, $93,039.47; loans and discounts. $101,561.93; cash items, $21,- 453.55.
CHURCHES.
The Baptist church was organized August 12, 1855, by delegates from the First Baptist church, of Monmouth. Elder James Hovey was chairman of the council and C. R. Smith clerk. Ten persons were received as constituent mem- bers: Jacob, Eliza, Elisha and Mary McCormick, A. C. Martin, Margaret Martin, Asa Richard- son, Thos. and Mrs. Shoemaker, and Mrs. New- ell. Jacob McCormick was chosen clerk of the society, and Rev. James Hovey was called as pastor. In the fall of 1855 it was resolved to build a house of worship, 30x40 feet, and the building was completed and dedicated January 17, 1869. It cost a little less than $1,000. It stands in the north part of the village and is still in use. The pastors of the Baptist church were: S. Brimhall, 1862; B. F. Colwell, 1864; E. J. Lockwood, 1867; H. E. Norton, 1868; Har- ry Taylor, 1871; -. -. Seward, 1873; -. -. Leckman, 1873; J. B. Fuller, 1875; E. S. Chev-
perman gave up his charge in 1884, and soon afterward the society practically went out of existence. October 11, 1900, it was reorgan- ized by delegates from Monmouth, Rev. W. J. Sanborn, of the First Baptist church, of Mon- mouth, acting as moderator of the council, and J. D. Gunter clerk. Nine persons were re- ceived as charter members: W. J. Smith, Mrs. W. J. Smith, Miss Jane Irvine, R. W. Dennis, Mrs. E. M. Dennis, E. B. Hicks, T. W. Gunter, Mrs. L. A. Gunter, J. D. Gunter. J. D. Gunter was chosen clerk of the church. November 4, 1900, Rev. J. H. Delano, D. D., of Monmoutlı, was called as pastor and accepted, and is still serving in that capacity. The church has fifty- eight members.
The Methodist church of Kirkwood was or- ganized in 1857 by Rev. Morse, the original class consisting of twenty-two members. The first services were held in the public hall, then the congregation worshipped for several years in the Presbyterian church. In 1866, during the pastorate of Rev. James Tubbs, the present church edifice was erected at a cost of $8,500. By the untiring efforts of the pastor, the church was dedicated free of debt, Dr. Eddy, of Chicago, preaching the dedicatory sermon. In 1883 the building was remodeled at an expense of $3,100. The new parsonage was built in 1892, during the pastorate of Rev. J. D. Smith, the cost being $1,700. The property has one of the most desirable locations in Kirkwood, and is in good repair. Much of the success and prosperity of the congregation is due to the efforts of Rev. James Tubbs, who was its pastor for a number of years. Rev. J. A. Riason is the present pastor, and the membership is about 200.
The United Presbyterian church of Kirk- wood was organized at Center Grove school house November 4, 1858, by a commission from Presbytery, consisting of Rev. David A. Wal- lace, D. D., and Elders M. D. Campbell and J. W. Woods. About a year prior to this time the first services in the community had been held by Rev. Marion Morrison, who preached in a school house near the town. The first meeting looking toward the organization of the church was held at the home of J. S. Faris. March 1, 1856, Boon's hall was secured as a place for worship, and the people were provided with preaching by the Presbytery during the sum- mer and autumn. The church was organized
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with fifteen members, namely: Jonathan Bid- dle, Mary Jane Biddle, David Irvine, Jane W. Irvine, Matthew Wood, Mary Ann Wood, James H. Martin, Mary R. Martin, Leander Findley, Sarah Findley, Mark Campbell, Lucinda Campbell, John W. Woods, Nancy Woods and Janet Scott. Three elders were chosen, J. W. Woods, Leander Findley and Matthew Wood. The name of the congregation was the Young America United Presbyterian Church when first organized, but was changed to the Kirk- wood United Presbyterian church in 1874. For five years the church met in rented halls. In 1861 they took steps toward the erection of a house of worship, and had it ready for wor- ship on November 7, 1863. It was a frame building, with a capacity of about. three hun- dred, costing about $2,800. In 1896 the old building was removed and a more modern structure was built at a cost of $6,500. The fol- lowing named persons have served the con- gregation as pastors: Rev. S. R. Moore, 1863 to February, 1864, but never installed; Rev. J. B. Foster, June, 1864, to August, 1867; Rev. W. J. McSurely, October, 1867, to December, 1868; Rev. J. M. Waddell, April, 1869, to 1876; Rev. L. N. Lafferty, July 8, 1877, to December, 1883; Rev. W. T. McConnell, April, 1884, to March, 1890; Rev. H. P. Jackson, December, 1892, to August, 1894; and Rev. R. W. Nairn, who was installed in November, 1894, and is serving the congregation as pastor at this time. The present session of the congregation consists of J. F. Thomson, J. M. Hogue, J. M. Graham, and H. S. Sherman. The congregation has a mem- bership of 190.
The Presbyterian church of Kirkwood was organized as the Presbyterian church of South Henderson at a meeting held in a school house about two miles southwest of the town in the early part of 1856. Schuyler Presbytery had appointed as a committee to perfect the organi- zation Rev. J. H. Nevins, Dr. R. C. Matthews, Hiram Norcross, and James Boggs. The organ- ization was effected with twenty-six members, and with Jacob Ackerman, Nathan Carr and Alex. M. Hervey as ruling elders. Rev. J. H. Nevins was the first pastor, and was followed in turn by Rev. W. L. Lyons, Rev. G. W. Ash, Rev. J. W. Allen, Rev. G. N. Johnson, Rev. E. W. Thompson, Rev. E. J. Rice, Rev. J. G. Cun- ningham, Rev. J. M. Ross, and Rev. George J. E. Richards, the present pastor, who came in 1900. The first house of worship built by this
church was a small frame structure, 20 by 30 feet, in the south part of town, erected in 1858. For two or three years the building was occu- pied by the Methodists on alternate Sabbaths. It was finally sold to the Catholics and moved from the lot. The present edifice was erected in 1868 at a cost of about $8,000. It has since been remodeled, and is now a modern and con- venient building for the purposes intended. The membership of the congregation at pres- ent is about 200.
A Universalist church was organized in Kirk- wood in 1860 with thirteen members. For some time services were held in Ray's hall, but in 1866 a church building was erected at a cost of $4,000. It was rebuilt in 1869 at an additional cost of $3,000. Among the pastors of this church were Rev. C. L. Walsh, Rev. A. Clayton, Rev. A. Tibbitts, Rev. Hibbard, Rev. L. H. Tabor. For a number of years only occasional services were held, and in 1889 the building was sold and the organization was disbanded. The old building was remodeled and is now an opera house.
A Catholic church existed in Kirkwood for a number of years, but its history is now diffi- cult to obtain. In 1867 or 1868 the congrega- tion bought the old Presbyterian church and moved it to the north part of the village, near the school house, where it was used until late in the '80's. In 1889 the building was sold to Dr. Gilfillan and made a part of his hotel and sanitarium, now the Columbia hotel. The church had its resident priest for a number of years.
The Christian Scientists have a society here with about twenty members, and Mrs. G. W. Cave as reader. They have a neat little church in the southeast part of the village.
NEWSPAPERS.
The first newspaper venture in Kirkwood was a branch edition of The Monmouth Atlas, started in 1867, but which proved unprofitable and was soon abandoned. The next year The Kirkwood Plaindealer was launched by Judson Graves. It was a weekly, six column folio, Republican in politics; but failing to win the material support necessary it removed to Gales- burg, after three years, where it is still pub- lished, under the name The Galesburg Plain- dealer. In June, 1875, W. H. Leedham started The Kirkwood News, a six column folio, inde-
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pendent in politics. As soon as this paper was under way The Kirkwood Enterprise ap- peared, under the management of Everett & Bro. It was a small sheet at first, but was soon enlarged to a six column folio. The propri- etors bought out the News, but they were un- able to make things win, and the paper was dis- continued in the fall of 1880. The next ven- ture, and a successful one this time, was The Kirkwood Leader, established in March, 1880, by Barnes & Smalley. It was an eight column folio, independent in politics. Eight months later they sold out to Charles Bradshaw and R. S. Hook, who published the paper until New Years of 1885, under the firm name of Brad- shaw & Hook. Mr. Bradshaw then became sole proprietor and editor, but in 1886 he sold a half interest to R. S. Russell, who assumed full control in 1887. The Leader flourished under Mr. Russell's guiding hand for ten years, when the plant was sold by him, December 31, 1897, to W. D. Campbell, whose name still flies at the mast head.
THE MINERAL SPRING.
During the winter of 1882-83 medicinal prop- erties were discovered in the waters of Houl- ton's ice pond, about a half mile north of the corporate limits. The water was analyzed and found to contain carbonates, sulphates, chlor- ides and gasses essential to make it a curative agent. A few weeks later the Kirkwood Min- eral Spring Company was incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, and fifty sharehold- ers. The spring was put in proper shape, a bath house was erected, and steps were taken toward making the place a health and pleas- ure resort. For a few years the spring was popular for camping and picnic parties, but the grounds were not kept in an attractive shape, the buildings were allowed to run down, and the place is now deserted. The property is now owned by T. P. Groves, of Monmouth.
SECRET AND FRATERNAL ORDERS.
A. Lincoln Lodge No. 518, A. F. & A. M., was instituted October 1, 1867, with eighteen mem- bers, and the following officers: N. Pierpont, Worshipful Master; B. C. Davis, Senior War- den; L. M. Mitchell, Junior Warden. The lodge has made 196 Masons up to the present time, including the charter members, and has
a present membership of thirty-seven. The present officers are: J. W. Tinkham, Worship- ful Master; Robert Hull, Senior Warden; Os- car F. Norman, Junior Warden; R. W. Hous- ton, Treasurer; J. F. Kyler, Secretary.
Mt. Shasta Lodge No. 397, Knights of Pyth- ias, was organized January 17, 1893, by I. A. Ewing, of Monmouth, installing officer, and with twenty-two charter members. The officers were: C W. Howard, Chancellor Commander; A. S. Ackley, Vice Chancellor; C. H. Mundorff, Pre- late; W. O. Laws, Master of Finance; S. L. H. Gibson, Master of Exchequer; J. F. Hess, Keep- er of Records and Seal. One hundred and eleven knights have been initiated in the lodge, and the present membership is sixty- nine. The officers at this time are: J. H. Gil- more, Chancellor Commander; George W. Hem- minger, Vice Chancellor; Simon Shoaf, Pre- late; J. H. Laws, Master of Finance; J. M. Rezner, Master of Exchequer; J. F. Kyler, Keeper of Records and Seal. The Past Chan- cellor Commanders have been W. C. Tubbs, C. W. Howard, C. H. Mundorff, J. W. Houston, J. F. Kyler, G. A. Baxter, H. W. Barnes, R. S. Russell, Simon Shoaf, S. L. H. Gibson, F. T. Brooks, R. W. Moore, R. W. Houston, D. J. Walker.
Kirkwood Camp No. 4391, Modern Wood- men of America, was organized December 10, 1896, with twenty-eight charter members, and the following officers: J. O. F. Johnson, Ven- erable Consul; J. M. Rezner, Worthy Adviser; Jas. McMullen, Banker; L. D. Lord, Clerk. There are at the present time seventy-five bene- ficiary members, carrying $145,000 of insur- ance. The officers are: H. W. Barnes, Vener- able Consul; J. T. Davis, Worthy Adviser; Ernest Little, Banker; G. A. Baxter, Clerk.
Kirkwood Lodge No. 675, I. O. O. F., was in- stituted November 17, 1880, in the Masonic hall, with a membership of five, as follows: T. W. Beers, J. P. Marsh, Hugh Gilmore, J. B. Butler, Jacob J. Gayer. The lodge has initi- ated 142 members, forty-eight of whom are in good standing at the present time. The pres- ent officers are: J. D. Gunter, Noble Grand; S. M. Moore, Vice Grand; J. F. Hess, Record ing Secretary; J. F. White, Financial Secre- tary; W. O. Laws, Treasurer. The lodge owns the building which it occupies, the lower floor being rented as a store.
Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 429 was organ- ized January 21, 1896, by Mrs. Blanche Mont-
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gomery and a degree team from Monmouth. The officers installed that evening were: Noble Grand, Mrs. Cal Sterling; Vice Grand, Miss Enola Williams; Secretary, Miss Esther Cole; Treasurer, Mrs. Ida Davis; Warden, Miss Maude Norman; Conductor, Miss Minnie Ben- nett; Chaplain, Mrs. Bell Devor; R. S. N. G., Mrs. Julia Breckenmaker; L. S. N. G., Mrs. Della Gordon; R. S. V. G., Miss Edith Sterling; L. S. V. G., Mrs. Edna M. Woods; Guardian, D. E. Gordon. The lodge now has a membership of sixty-seven, and the officers are: Noble Grand, Miss Ada Green; Vice Grand, Mrs. Bird Pape; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Bell Devor; Financial Secretary, Mrs. Minnie Frank Edwards; Treasurer, J. F. Hess.
The Kirkwood Chapter of the Loyal Ameri- cans was organized by District Deputy C. T. Humeston August 12, 1901, with twenty-six charter members. The officers at organiza- tion were: President, J. M. Melburg; Vice President, Mrs. Florence Hunter; Past Presi- dent, Lyle V. Hall; Secretary, Miss Thirza Perkins; Treasurer, F. S. Ryner.
Concord Post No. 56, Fraternal Army of America, was organized at Kirkwood January 23, 1899, with forty charter members. The officers were: Simon Shoaf, Captain; Lilla B. Sweger, Lieutenant; Rev. W. L. Douglas, Chaplain; H. P. Holiday, Adjutant; J. F. Ky- ler, Quartermaster; J. I. Allen, Surgeon; H. P. Wettingel Corporal. The present member- ship of the camp is eighty-seven, carrying an insurance of $143,500. The present officers are: Simon Shoaf, Captain; Mary A. Suter, Lieu- tenant; J. Edwin Holliday, Adjutant; J. I. Allen, Surgeon; E. E. Devor, Corporal.
Kirkwood also had a branch of the Home Forum during the life of that order, but it has been disbanded for a couple of years.
OLD SOLDIERS' ORGANIZATIONS.
General George A. Crook Post No. 81, G. A. R., was organized and mustered at Galesburg, Illinois, August 4, 1880, being the first post organized in Warren or Henderson Counties, and all parts of both counties were represented in the charter membership. The following names appear on the charter: R. R. Davison, S. C. Glover, G. A. Barnum, J. O. Rockwell, W. C. Yeomans, C. A. Carmichael, J. I. Shau- man, J. S. Glover, J. H. Cummings, J. C. Hogue, C. L. Barnum, J. C. Berry, J. H. Gilmore, Jos-
eph Rankin, Ad Edwards, W. L. Edwards, Robert Everett, J. W. Tharp, S. C. Hogue, John Dalton, William Woods, Jas. M. Holliday, G. V. Johnson, John Holliday, John Dennis, W. W. Black, W. N. Paine, W. G. Latimer, J. J. Wor- den, J. W. Brook, M. H. Cochran, J. T. Gar- rett, John Callahan, A. B. Gilmore. The first officers were: C. A. Carmichael, Commander; R. R. Davison, Senior Vice Commander; G. V. Johnson, Junior Vice Commander; W. G. Latimer, Officer of the Day; John Holliday, Officer of the Guard; J. H. Gilmore, Quarter- master; S. C. Hogue, Chaplain; S. C. Glover, Adjutant. The roll book of the Post contains the names of two hundred and fifty men who have been mustered into the Grand Army of the Republic. Quite a number of them with- drew to form the Post at Oquawka, and others to organize at Monmouth. The present mem- bership is ninety-four, and the officers are: C. A. Carmichael, Post Commander; John Ed- wards, Senior Vice Commander; F. G. Daggett, Junior Vice Commander; W. T. Unckles, Chap- lain; J. H. Gilmore, Quartermaster; J. C. Ber- ry, Officer of the Day; J. H. Cummings, Offi- cer of the Guard; John Adair, Sergeant Major; 'J. F. Hess, Quartermaster Sergeant.
A camp of the Sons of Veterans was mus- tered by David E. Clark and others of Philo E. Reed Camp, of Monmouth, June 24, 1889. There were twenty-two members, with R. L. Everett as Captain, Claude Barnum as First Lieutenant, and E. B. Davis as Second Lieu- tenant. The organization still retains its charter, but has held no meetings since 1894 or 1895.
Gen. George Crook Woman's Relief Corps was organized and installed January 3, 1898, by Mrs. Emily R. Mccullough, of Corps No. 121, of Galesburg, Ill., assisted by other members of that corps and some from Corps No. 6, of Mon- mouth. There were thirty-three charter mem- bers, and the first officers were: President, Mrs. Nancy E. Edwards; Senior Vice Presi- dent, Mrs. Carrie Sterling; Junior Vice Presi- dent, Mrs. Lizzie Hess; Treasurer, Mrs. Flor- ence Hartwell; Secretary, Mrs. Delia Jami- son; Chaplain, Mrs. Lizzie Shaffer; Conductor, Miss Katharine M. Holliday; Assistant Con- ductor, Mrs. Nancy Unckles; Guard, Mrs. Eliz- abeth Hicks; Assistant Guard, Mrs. Mary Woods. Mrs. Edwards served two years as President, Mrs. Delia Jamison one, and Mrs. Jennie Carmichael is now serving her second
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year. Mrs. Mary E. Hess is the secretary, and Mrs. Nancy E. Edwards, treasurer. The corps has now thirty-four members in good standing.
W. C. T. U.
The Kirkwood Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union was organized by Mrs. L. S. Rounds, October 15, 1878, with ten members. Mrs. J. L. Findley was president; Mrs. Theo. Johnson, sec- retary; and Mrs. Wm. Wood, treasurer. Mrs. S F. Gibson is president; Mrs. Olive Jamison, secretary; and Mrs. Emma Hogue, treasurer. A Loyal Temperance Legion is carried on by the Union, with Mrs. Olive Jamison as super- intendent, and Miss Clare Kyler assistant.
BAND.
The Kirkwood band as present constituted was organized in March, 1898. It has twenty players, with Prof. P. W. Thompson, of Gales- burg, as leader. Charles Billings is president of the organization; D. J. Walker, manager; and J. Arthur Tubbs, secretary and treasurer.
PONEMAH.
Ponemah is a station on the Atchison, To- peka & Santa Fe railroad, on the northwest corner of Section 35. There is no platted town, and only the station, a general store kept by J. W. Liby, and a grain elevator. Mr. Liby is also postmaster. The postoffice was estab- lished early in 1888, with J. W. Hook as post- master. The other postmasters have been C. C. Hook, J. H. Miller, Mrs. D. D. Suydam, and E. Spicer. Mr. Liby's service dates from Octo- ber 6, 1900.
The Wednesday Club of Ponemah held meet- ings during the winter of 1900-1901, but was not formally organized until April 3, 1901, when Mrs. Guy B. Lanphere was chosen pres- ident; Mrs. J. C. McCaslin, vice president; Mrs. Roy Capron, secretary; and Mrs. Albert Ross, treasurer. There were eight members. The object of the club is social and literary culture, and the meetings are held weekly at the homes of the members.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
GAMBLE, W. K .- The well known citizen of Kirkwood, Warren County, whose name
heads this brief sketch, is the proprietor of the oldest business establishment of its kind in his home town, in point of continuous manage- ment, and is known in all the country round about as a successful and prosperous business man. Mr. Gamble was born in Alle- gheny County, Penn., September 12, 1840, a son of John C. and Martha (Marks) Gamble, nat- ives of Ireland. When little more than a year old, he was brought by his parents to Indiana, where his father located on a farm. There his boyhood was passed, and there he obtained the basis of a practical education in the common schools. In 1854 his family moved on to a farm in Hale Township, Warren County, Ill. He left the farm in the spring of 1861 and, lo- cating at Kirkwood, entered upon a career as a general merchant there, which has been un- broken down to the present time. As a busi- ness man he has been successful, and has ac- quired considerable property, notably a tract of land in Nebraska. Mr. Gamble married Miss Ellen E. Gilmore at Kirkwood, May 21, 1871, and has two daughters-Catharine M. and Martha E .- and one son-Robert E. The family are attendants upon the services of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which its head is an active and consistent member. In poli- tics Mr. Gamble is a Democrat, and his public spirit is so well developed that his fellow-citi- zens have come to know him as one of the fore- most in the promotion of measures tending to benefit Kirkwood and Warren County. His interest in public education impelled him to accept the office of School Director, which he filled with much credit.
HESS, JOSEPH F., real estate and insur- ance agent, Kirkwood, has long been prom- inent in his community and his success has been won by honorable methods which have commended him to the good opinion of a wide circle of acquaintances. Mr. Hess is a native of Ohio, born near Springfield, Clark County, May 17, 1844, a son of Christian Hess, who was born in Lancaster County, Penn., October 25, 1816. The son was educated in the common schools and, at the age of eighteen years en- listed in Company G, Eighty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served creditably from 1862 until the close of the war in 1865. His regiment was embraced in the Army of the Cumberland under com- mand of Gen. George H. Thomas. After the
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war he engaged i nfarming until 1872, when he located at Kirkwood, where for six years he was a boot and shoe merchant. After that he became a school teacher, and as such had a successful career covering twenty years, at the end of which he engaged in the real estate and insurance business, to which he has since devoted himself with satisfactory results. In politics he is a Republican, and, in religion, affiliates with the Presbyterian church. For eleven years he held the office of Justice of the Peace, to which he was again nominated by his own party and for which he was endorsed by the Democrats, but which he declined to accept again. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His first wife was Sarah M. Liggett, daughter of William and Mary Liggett, who live about forty miles from Co- lumbus, Ohio. She died January 27, 1889, and September 11, 1895, Mr. Hess was married in Hale Township, to Mary E. Pope, who was born in Adams County, Ill., August 30, 1849, a daughter of John J. and Louise Pape, natives of Germany. Her parents came to America while young and were married in Adams County. They died in Hale Township, where Mr. Pape was an extensive land-owner. In 1900, Mr. and Mrs. Hess built a fine residence costing about $3,000, besides which they own four houses in Kirkwood, which they rent. Christian Hess, father of the immediate sub- ject of this sketch, emigrated early from Penn- sylvania to Indiana, and, in 1850, came to Illi- nois, locating in Henderson County, where he became the owner of a farm, which he sold eventually in order to remove to Lenox Town- ship, Warren County, where he bought an- other farm, which he operated until 1863, when he became a merchant in Kirkwood. He con- tinued in trade there until 1888, when he sold his store in order to retire from active life. He has now attained the advanced age of eigh- ty-six years, and is well preserved mentally and physically. A man of much patriotism, he takes pride in the fact that he had three sons and one step-son who did gallant service as soldiers in the civil war.
STINEMATES, JOHN T., farmer and stock- raiser, Tompkins Township (postoffice, Pon- emah), is of that sturdy Pennsylvania blood which in all parts of the United States has been a valuable factor in our national pro-
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