Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 185

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913; Gale, W. Shelden
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1388

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ber 27, 1893; G. W. Bushong, August 7, 1897. It is a money order office, and has a large patronage.

Gilson Camp of the Modern Woodmen was organized August 31, 1895, with ten members. First officers: J. E. Scott, V. C .; J. F. Conner, W. A .; J. N. Woolsey, B .; J. H. Baird, Clerk. In November, 1898, there were fifty-two bene- ficiary and five social members. There has never been a death in the camp. Present offi- cers: J. F. Conner, V. C .; C. L. Dossett, W. A .; A. R. Holloway, E. B .; J. K. Newman, Clerk; E. H. McElwain, E .; W. S. Steepleton, S .; C. H. Upp, W .; J. B. Miller, Physician; C. H. Upp, Robert Sumner and D. A. Hughes, Managers.

SAMUEL BURNS ANDERSON.

Samuel Burns Anderson was born in 1801 in Greenbriar County, Virginia. His father, Archi- bald Anderson, was a native of the same State. In 1829, near Union, Ohio, he married Miss Irene F. Watts. Six children were born to them: Mrs. Elizabeth Huggins; Henry Clay (de- ceased); Daniel W., of Oregon; Mrs. Malinda A. Wright (deceased); Mrs. Mary E. Couse (de- ceased); and Samuel C. (deceased).

Both Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were brought up by the Shakers of Union Village, Ohio. Mr. Anderson went to them when he was only seven years old, and from them learned his trade, that of a blacksmith, which he followed many years. He was also a good machinist and turner, hav- ing served an apprenticeship of seven years in these trades. He was a giant in strength, one of his feats being to lift two anvils by the horns and strike them together.

After his marriage Mr. Anderson settled in Monroe, Butler County, Ohio. In 1835 he moved to Knox County, Illinois, and settled in Haw Creek and Orange townships, opening a shop and also farming one hundred and sixty acres of land. He brought with him from Ohio three short-horn cattle, among the first in the county, and from them raised a valuable herd. He was also for a long time the largest buyer of hogs in the county, driving them to Peoria and Galena.

Mr. Anderson was County Commissioner when there were but three in the county, which office he held for many years. At that time there was but one pauper in the entire county, and Mr. Anderson kept and cared for her. In politics, he was a republican.

Mr. Anderson died at the age of seventy-two, honored and respected by the community. His wife died at the age of eighty-six.

CHARLES HUBBARD HUGGINS.

Charles Hubbard Huggins, son of David and Cynthia (Bartlett) Huggins, was born in Or- leans County, Vermont, November 27, 1826. David Huggins was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, May 14, 1787. In 1834 he came, with his son Nathaniel, to Knoxville, Illinois, and purchased land in Knox Township, and town lots in Knoxville, and then returned to Ver- mont. In the Fall of the same year he removed with his family to Knox County, via Burlington, Vermont; Lake Champlain; Troy, New York;

Erie Canal to Buffalo, New York; by boat to Cleveland, Ohio; by canal to Portsmouth, Ohio; thence down the Ohio River, and up the Mis- sissippi and Illinois rivers to Beardstown, Illi- nois; thence by ox-team and horse-team to Knox Township. The Huggins family was the seventh that settled in Knoxville.

Mr. C. H. Huggins obtained his education in Knoxville, and learned the carpenter's trade with his half-brother, Edson. He followed that occupation five years; and then, for four years, very successfully operated a saw mill on Court Creek; he afterwards purchased a farm in Per- sifer Township, on which he worked till 1862. He was married in Galesburg, Illinois, April 5, 1849, to Elizabeth J., daughter of Samuel B. Anderson, an old settler in Knox Township. Mr. and Mrs. Huggins have had no children, but they brought up ten, two of whom they adopted: Alpha B., wife of Dr. L. A. Burr; and Hubbard Huggins, who was the son of James Anderson; one of the ien children reared hy them was Cora E. Anderson, daughter of Mrs. Huggins's youngest brother.

In April, 1862, Mr. and Mrs. Huggins started across the western plains with a team of horses, in a large company that, part of the way, had nine hundred wagons. Their special company had fifteen wagons, Anthony Colwell being its Captain; Edson Huggins, brother of Charles H., was also a member of the company; they arrived in Oregon in October. Mr. Huggins farmed a year near Salem, Oregon, and then removed to Boise City, Idaho, where he kept the Idaho Hotel for three years, afterwards conducting a dairy in which he had fifty cows. He made 6,000 pounds of butter, which was sold for one dollar and a quarter a pound in gold, when greenbacks were worth only fifty cents on the dollar. He carried a cooking stove into Boise City on horseback. He and his partner, George Russell, bought sixty pack horses in Salem, Oregon, and, loading them with pro- visions, went through to Boise City. Mr. Hug- gins managed the hotel while Mr. Russell "packed" back and forth between Boise City and Umatilla, on the Columbia River. The usual cost of packing goods on that line into Boise City was twenty-five cents a pound, and the price of provisions was something remark- ahle; live hogs brought a dollar a pound, and chickens, large or small, a dollar a piece. They had eighty regular boarders at the hotel, and were prepared for as many "transients," who paid a dollar for lodging, and furnished their own bedding. They finally sold out and went to San Francisco, where they took passage for New York City, via Panama. They started from Boise City, January 1, 1867, traveled three hun- dred miles by stage, then by water to New York, reaching Knoxville, Illinois, February 19.

After returning from Idaho, Mr. Huggins con- ducted a general store in Gilson, Haw Creek Township, for four years, when he sold out and turned his attention to farming. For his place of residence, he located in Haw Creek Town- ship on the old homestead of Samuel B. Ander- son, his wife's father, where he has a farm of two hundred and seventy-seven acres of choice

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land, and where he conducted a dairy till 1898. In addition to his farm, he owns three hundred acres of pasture land.

Mr. and Mrs. Huggins are members of the Presbyterian Church in Knoxville. They have always been influential members of society in Knox County and have been honored in many ways. For sixteen years he has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Knox County Agricultural Society. While in Gilson, he was Superintendent of the Sunday school.

Mr. Huggins is a republican. He has always taken a deep interest in whatever pertained to the welfare of Knox County, and the community in which he lived.

DAVID WOOLSEY.

David Woolsey was born in Ulster County, New York, January 3, 1828. His parents, Heze- kiah and Hannah (Cutler) Woolsey, were born in Dutchess County, New York. His father died in Ohio, and his mother in Elmwood, Illinois. The old Woolsey family came from England, and the grandmother and great-grandmother on the father's side were born in Holland. The paternal grandparents were William Woolsey, born in New York, and Hannah ( Wright) Wool- sey; his maternal grandparents were David and Patience (Sheldon) Cutler, born in New England.

Mr. Woolsey was educated in the common schools of Ohio. In 1849, he came alone to Knox County, where, at the age of twenty-one, he was the happy possessor of fifty dollars in cash. For several years he built fences, made rails, and did such work as he could get from the older settlers. He was first married August 25, 1850, to Elizabeth Fry, who was born in Ohio, May 25, 1828. She was fifth in a family of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. Woolsey had three children: Lefee A., Hezekiah, and Wil- liam Cyrus, all of whom died when young.

Mr. Woolsey married for his second wife Mil- dred, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Wright) Logan May 4, 1856. She was born in Virginia, April 27, 1837. The children of this union are: Alva, who married Flora Hall and lives in Elba Township; Alonzo, deceased; Louisa, deceased; William, married to Nora Taylor; Arzella, the wife of Frank E. Nelson; Deborah, deceased; Lenora M., married William Chase, and lives in Haw Creek Township; Julia A., the wife of Milton Sherman, of Oklahoma; Charles, living in Truro Township; Adelbert, deceased; and Clyde, now living in Haw Creek.

Mr. Woolsey farmed in Maquon, Chestnut, and Haw Creek Township, remaining for five years in the latter. He purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land in Haw Creek Township, and began his residence there in 1865. He greatly improved his farm and added to it, until, at the present time, he owns six hundred and thirty-one acres in Knox County. He is a very successful and progressive farmer, and is con- sidered one of the best stock men in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Woolsey are identified with the United Brethren Church, and contribute largely toward its support. They are noted in the com-

munity for their kindness of heart and unos- tentatious charity.

BENNETT, JOSEPH, deceased; Farmer; Haw Creek Township; born in Milton, Saratoga County, New York, November 22, 1818. His parents were William Bennett and Lydia (Hath- away). August 25, 1839, he was married to Lois C. Wilcox in Onandaga County, New York. Four of their children are living: Mrs. Hel- lenda L. Pearce, Chicago; Mrs. L. Adeline Foote, Kansas; Mrs. Lois A. Housh; and Jo- seph Bennett, Jr. Mrs. Bennett's father, Asel Wilcox, a native of Massachusetts, was a pioneer of Illinois, and bought several farms, one of them, on which his daughter settled, being lo- cated in Knox County; he was a Master Mason. His daughter, Lois C., was born November 6, 1813, in Manlius, Onandaga County, New York, His wife, Hellenda (Foster), was a native of New York. Lois C. (Wilcox) Bennett was edu- cated in New York and taught school there for ten years. At the age of thirteen she joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been a member for more than seventy-three years, and a Sunday school teacher for nearly seventy years. She is a remarkable woman and a good manager, and at the age of eighty-five her mind is bright and active. Joseph Bennett, senior, and family came to Illinois in 1855, and to Knox County in 1858. They settled in Haw Creek Township, where the family owned one hundred and sixty acres of land, to which Mrs. Bennett later added ninety acres. Mr. Ben- nett was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, he was a republican. He died in Haw Creek Township November 11, 1875.

CLARK, SALINA E .; Haw Creek Township; born in Maquon Township, Knox County, Illi- nois, June 4, 1848, on the old Selby homestead. Her parents were Philemon B. Selby of Lan- caster, Ohio, and Elizabeth (Gullett) Selby. Her first marriage was with Franklin Thurman. Two children were born to them, Mrs. Florence Odell, and Mrs. Mary Kromer. Her second marriage was with Thomas A. Clark, son of Rev. William Clark of Knox County. They have four children: Mrs. Jennie Burnside; William E .; Katie; Frederick. Mr. Clark was Road Commissioner, and has been School Di- rector for fifteen years. He is a successful farmer.

DICKERSON, JAMES T .; Farmer; Haw Creek Township, where he was born January 21, 1848. His father, William Wright Dicker- son, was born in White County, Illinois, August 3, 1820, and died August 11, 1885; his mother, Sarah (Housh) Dickerson, died in 1863; they were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom reached maturity: Mrs. Mary Morss, Mrs. Phebe Morss, James T., Mrs. Elizabeth Car- ter, William, Mrs. Eliza J. Woolsey, and Mrs. Martha Dennis. In 1865, his father married again, the second wife being Elizabeth (High- field) Dickerson; two children were born to them: John B., deceased; and Frank Wilson. His grandparents, Louis Dickerson, of Georgia, and Elizabeth (Beck) Dickerson, of South Caro-

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lina, were among the early settlers in the State. James T. Dickerson was married in Peoria County, March 27, 1876, to Melvina Connor. Mr. Dickerson is a practical farmer and owns three hundred and thirty-three acres of land in Haw Creek Township, besides timber land. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having joined Maquon Lodge, No. 530, when twenty-one years of age. Mr. Dickerson is a democrat.

. LACY, GEORGE LAMBKIN; Farmer; Haw Creek Township; born on the Lacy homestead in Haw Creek Township, February 21, 1858; educated in Knox County. His father is Peter Lacy of Knoxville. December 28, 1881, Mr. Lacy was married in Knox County to Olive L. Russell; they have four children: Rettie E., Clarence R., Thomas E., and Mary F. Mrs. Lacy is the daughter of David and Mary A. (Rambo) Russell, old settlers of Knox County. Mr. Lacy was reared on the farm, and has one hundred and sixty acres of land, comprising the old homestead. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. In religion, he is a Methodist. In politics, he is a democrat.

LOTTS, MILTON; Farmer; Haw Creek Township; born in Gallia County, Ohio, January 1, 1823. His father, Isaac Lotts, was born in Greenbrier County, West Virginia; his mother, Nancy (Knox), in Monroe County of the same State. His maternal grandparents, James and Sarah (Robinson) Knox, were natives of Vir- ginia; his paternal grandparents were Jacob Lotts, a native of Germany and a soldier in the Revolution, and Elizabeth (Wolf), a sister of General Wolf of Revolutionary fame. Mr. Lotts came to Knox County with his parents in

1837. His father died October 4, 1875, aged eighty-three years; his mother, September 26, 1875, aged seventy-six years. Mr. Lotts in- herited a part of the homestead on which he was reared, and later bought the remainder from the other heirs. To this he has added by pur- chase until he now owns seven hundred acres of good land. March 13, 1845, Mr. Lotts was mar- ried to Elizabeth Ward, near Gilson, Illinois. Eight children were born to them: Mrs. Larissa Caldwell; Mrs. Fidelia Scott; Jared W .; Mrs. Sarah S. Young, deceased; Arthur W .; Delesca, wife of L. E. McPherris; James Oscar; and Ella, who died in 1886. Mrs. Lotts died May 1, 1879, at the age of fifty-four years. In politics, Mr. Lotts is a democrat. He was Supervisor in 1861, 1862 and 1863, and has held other local offices.

McKOWN, CHARLES WESLEY; Apiarist; Haw Creek Township; born March 14, 1840, in Fulton County, Illinois; educated in the com- mon schools. His parents were William Mc- Kown of Ireland, who was born November 22, 1785, and died April 6, 1865, and Sarah Davis of Hamilton County, Ohio, born December 8, 1796, and died January 24, 1888. Mr. Mckown was married in Gilson March 11, 1866, to Sarah W. Ward. His second marriage was with Re- becca C. Traxler, March 24, 1885. Three of their children are living: Frank T., Henry C., and Daisy. Mr. Mckown came with his parents to

Knox County in the Fall of 1858, and settled in Haw Creek Township, where he farmed until 1862. He enlisted in Company F, Eighty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. L. Burkhalter. He fought in the following bat- tles: Perryville, Chickamaugua, Kenasaw Moun- tains, Mission Ridge, through the Atlanta cam- paign, at Jonesburg, and with Sherman in his famous "March to the Sea." He participated in the Grand Review at Washington at the close of the war, and was honorably discharged June 6, 1865. After his return to Knox County he taught school, and, after his marriage, set- tled on a farm for two years. He then became a merchant in Gilson, and in 1876, sold out and became an apiarist. In 1889, his ability and success was recognized by his appointment to the position of united States Gauger at Peoria, which he held for five years. He then returned to Gilson and continued his work as an apiarist, often producing as many as ten thousand pounds of honey in a season. Mr. Mckown is a Royal Arch Mason. He has also been Adjutant and Quartermaster of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Reunion Association since its organization in 1887. In politics, he is a republican.

MILLER, DR. JOHN B .; Gilson, Haw Creek Township; Physician; born in Delavan, Taze- well County, Illinois, October 22, 1852; educated in the High Schools of Illinois. Dr. Miller's pa- ternal grandfather, William Miller, was of Scotch descent. His son, George W. Miller, father of Dr. Miller, was born in New Albany, Indiana, and, soon after his birth, the family moved to Kentucky, and from there to Law- rence County, Illinois. He became a Methodist minister and married Elizabeth Westfall, a na- tive of Lawrence County, and the daughter of Isaac Westfall. Dr. Miller studied medicine one year with Drs. Wright and Laney in Canton, Illinois, and, after moving with his father to Gilson, he studied two years with Dr. D. W. Aldrich in that place, and then attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keo- kuk, Iowa, where he graduated in 1873. He settled immediately in Bonaparte, Iowa, but after nine months, returned to Gilson, where he married and then settled in Orion, Henry County, Illinois. After a short time he returned to Gilson, where he conducted a drug store for about a year and a half. After practicing three years in Eugene, he returned to Gilson, where he built up a good practice. Dr. Miller has been twice married. His first wife was Cordelia A. Ward, whom he married in Gilson, where she died, leaving two children: Pearl, wife of George Robertson; and Ward. His sec- ond wife was Virginia E., daughter of John D. Moore, an old settler of Orange Township. Of this union there are four children living: Settie May, Joy McC., Bettie, and Lucy Lavon. George B., a twin brother of Bettie, died at the age of eight months. Dr. Miller is a free re- ligionist. In politics, he is a republican. His official positions have been school offices. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a

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popular and intelligent physician, honored and loved by all who know him.

MURPHY, JOHN; Farmer; Haw Creek Town- ship; born August 20, 1820, in County Kilkenny, Ireland. His parents were Nicholas and Ellen (Hearn) Murphy, natives of Ireland, where they died. Mr. Murphy came to the United States at the age of twenty-eight, and was pioneer of the Murphy family in this country. He landed at New Orleans and from there came by boat to St. Louis, where he worked in a warehouse from March till September, 1849. He then came to Peoria, and afterwards, with some Knox County farmers, Joshua Davis, John Walter and son, Thomas, and Milo Preston, came to Knox County. For ten years he worked by the month for P. B. Selby, after which he bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he im- proved and upon which he now lives. Mr. Mur- phy was married to Catharine (Cullinane), of Ireland. They had a large family of children, seven of whom are living: Nellie; Molly; Julia, wife of Levi MeGirr; Dennis; James; Michael, and Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are mem- bers of the Roman Catholic Church. In poli- tics, Mr. Murphy is a democrat, and has been School Director for seven years.

RAMP, BENJAMIN; Farmer; Haw Creek Township; born in Cumberland County, Penn- sylvania, November 20, 1815. The family is of German descent. Mr. Ramp moved to Miami County, Ohio, in 1844, and thence to Knox County, Illinois, in 1848, and settled on Section 3, Haw Creek Township. October 26, 1837, Mr. Ramp was married to Sarab Mapps. They have had thirteen children: Elizabetn, wife of John W. Cook, died January 14, 1862; William; Mary Jane, wife of Henry Bell; John, died August 11, 1842; David; Aaron, died January 14, 1854; Benjamin, died June 5, 1850; Samuel; Jesse M., died October 31, 1853; Asa M .; Cephas A .: James W .; and Charles A. Mr. Ramp's second daughter was first married to Mr. Epperson; there was one son, William B. Epperson. Her second marriage was to Henry R. Bell. Six children were born to them: Milton; Lawrence; Estella, now Mrs. Evans; Arthur; Lillie; and Luetta Ella. Henry R. Bell's father was Henry Bell, an old settler, and ex-Sheriff of Knox County. Mr. Bell was born in Knox County, and is a farmer in Haw Creek Township. In politics, he is a democrat. Mr. Ramp owned two thousand acres of land in Haw Creek, Truro, and Persifer townships, all, except three hun- dred acres of pasture, being under cultivation. All this he accumulated in spite of successive accidents by which he lost first a leg and then an arm. After recovering from the first acci- dent, he had but little property, and was in debt for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Ramp were members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Ramp was a republican. He held several local offices, and was for four years Justice of the Peace.

REBSTOCK, JAMES; Farmer; Haw Creek Township; born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 14, 1839; educated in the county schools. His father, Emanuel Rebstock, was born in

Maryland, while his mother, Mary (Rolan- baugh), was a native of Germany, as were also her parents, John and Emily Rolanbaugh. Emanuel Rebstock died in Ohio at the age of thirty-five, when James was only nine years of age; the boy lived among strangers, who did not send him to school nor properly clothe him. When he was fifteen years old he was earning six dollars a month with a farmer in Pulaski County, Indiana; the following year he received eight dollars a month. At the age of sixteen he entered forty acres of land for fifty dollars. In the Winter of 1858, he came to Knox County, and at the age of nineteen, he was earning fourteen dollars a month. In 1861, he traded his forty acres, and in 1867, bought property in Haw Creek Township. In 1862, Mr. Rebstock enlisted in Company G, Eighty-third Illinois Volunteers, and after serving two years as a private, was commissioned by Abraham Lin- coln as First Lieutenant in the Eighth Colored Heavy Artillery. He was not mustered out until March, 1866, when he returned to Knox County and settled on a farm near Gilson. In Gilson, July 26, 1866, Mr. Rebstock was married to Mrs. Salinda Pickrel, daughter of Isaac Lotts. In religion, he is a Methodist. He is a republican. He has held many offices, and is now Super- visor, having been elected in 1880, holding the office continuously, with the exception of four years. In his official capacity he has rendered the county valuable service. Mr. Rebstock is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the A. F. and A. M. He has been prosperous in his business enterprises.

SCOTT, WILLIAM; Merchant; Gilson, Haw Creek Township; born in Highland County, Ohio, November 13, 1843. His father, Henry Scott, was a native of Virginia; his mother, Margaret (Burnett) Scott, was a native of Del- aware. ' At the age of seventeen years, Mr. Scott enlisted in Company D, Sixtieth Ohio Infantry, and served twelve months; after his discharge he re-enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, and served till June, 1865, having participated in important battles. He was captured by General Jackson and released on parole. After the close of the war, Mr. Scott came to Illinois, in September, 1865, and en- tered Hedding College, at Abingdon, teaching at times to pay his way. In 1868, he returned to Ohio, and the next year entered the Normal School at Lebanon, in that State. In 1869, he returned to Illinois and resumed teaching. In 1871, he removed to Adams County, Nebraska, where he taught school, but again became a citizen of Knox County in 1874, and for four years taught school in and about Gilson. In 1878, he opened a store for general merchan- dise at Gilson., He has prospered in business and owns two farms, one in Nebraska and one in Knox County. He is a member of the United Brethren, and a steward in the church. He is a republican. March 23, 1879, Mr. Scott was married to Amanda E. Lawrence, daughter of John and Abigail (Farlow) Lawrence, old set- tlers in this county. They have three children: Carl L., Floreth B., and Jewel E.

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STEVENSON, WILLIAM C .; Farmer; Haw Creek Township; born in Franklin County, Ohio, February 26, 1836; educated in Knox County. His father, Edward Stevenson, was born in Maryland; his mother, Mary (Keys), was born in Delaware. Mary Keys's father's name was James. Edward Stevenson's pa- rents, Zacharia and Sarah, were born in Mary- land, as was also Zacharia's father, John, who was of English descent. William C. Stevenson was married to Charlotte A. Ouderkirk, the daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Waffle) Ouder- kirk, at her home in Haw Creek Township, February 27, 1859. They have two children, Mrs. Elsie Reynolds and Ethmer V. Stevenson. Mr. Stevenson came to Knox County in 1841, with his parents. They spent three years in Jones County, Iowa, but later returned to Knox County. He has been a successful farm- er, and has three hundred and thirty-five acres of land in Maquon, Haw Creek, and Or- ange townships. In 1865, he moved to his own farm in Maquon Township and lived there till 1893, when he settled on the old Jacob Ouder- kirk place, in Haw Creek Township. In poli- tics, Mr. Stevenson is a populist, and holds the position of School Trustee.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 185

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913; Gale, W. Shelden Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1388

Author: Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897. cn; Selby, Paul, 1825-1913; Gale, W. Shelden
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chicago : Munsell Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1388