Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 193

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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The Independent Order of Odd Fellows has a flourishing lodge, as also has the order of Modern American Woodmen. The former was instituted August 31, 1875, the charter mem- bers heing C. E. Edmonson, S. P. Moon, Daniel Landes, Charles Thomas and H. M. Reece. Of these only the last named is yet living. The first officers were: S. P. Moon, N. G .; Daniel Landis, V. G .; C. B. Edmonson, Secretary; and

H. M. Reece, Treasurer. The present officers are: David E. McMaster, N. G .; S. C. Patten- gill, V. G .; Charles Scaver and H. M. Reece, Secretaries; Samuel Pattengill, Treasurer. The lodge owns its own hall and has a surplus of nearly twelve hundred dollars in its treasury. The present membership is the smallest since the institution, numbering only twelve.

The Camp of the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica was organized July 23, 1896, with fifteen charter members, and the following officers: John Smith, V. C .; A. L. Browning, W. A .; W. D. T. Moon, Banker. There are now twenty- five members, with the following officers: John Smith, V. C .; Ira Rogers, W. A .; W. D. T. Moon, Banker; and A. L. Browning, Clerk.

BURNSIDE, MARK; Farmer; Chestnut Township; horn in Maquon, November 4, 1862; educated in the common schools. His parents were William and Julia (Terry), the former was born in Virginia. His maternal grand- father was John Terry, and his paternal grand- father was another William Burnside, also born in Virginia. February 13, 1884, in Chestnut Township, Mr. Burnside was married to Maud Cranston. They had three children: Robert Roy, born December 25, 1884; Lula Pearl, born October 18, 1886, and Orpha Kitt, born Janu- ary 31, 1889. Mrs. Burnside was born in Wood- stock, Ohio, December 20, 1862. She is the daughter of Charles and Keturah Cranston, who are living at Galesburg. She is a mem- ber of the Universalist Church. Mr. Burnside owns a farm of four hundred and eighty acres, located in Sections 9 and 10, and has a very fine residence. He is a large dealer in cattle, hogs, and sheep. In politics, Mr. Burnside is a republican.

CRAMER, BENJAMIN; Farmer; Chestnut Township; born in Ohio, January 10, 1839; edu- cated in the common schools. His parents, Wil- liam and Sarah (Shutes) Cramer, were natives of Ohio, and were born respectively January 25, 1804, and September 13, 1805, and died in 1875, and 1872. They were married September 1, 1824. His maternal grandmother was Sarah Shutes, and his paternal grandfather was Adams Cramer. Mr. Cramer was married to Louisa Haynes in November, 1860, in Chestnut Township. They had four children: H., born December 8, 1861; George E., born No- vemher 22, 1863; Grace C., born November 5, 1869; and Asa, born March 13, 1877. Mrs. Cra- mer was born in Orange Township, Knox County, Illinois, January 30, 1842. She was the daughter of Herman L. and Gerilla Haynes, who died in Orange Township. Mr. Cramer is a republican and has been Assessor for a num- ber of terms; Road Commissioner two terms, and School Director for twenty years. He has been a dealer in grain and live-stock as well as a farmer. His farm of two hundred and fifteen acres is situated two and one-half miles south- east of DeLong on Sections 1, 3, 4, 9, 10. Mr.

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Cramer and his wife belong to the Methodist Church.

DAVIS, JOHN E .; Farmer; Chestnut Town- ship; born December 7, 1866, in Indian Point Township; educated in the common schools. His father, Samuel Davis, was born in Somer- setshire, England, and died in 1892; his moth- er, Lucy J. (Bond), born in Clinton County, Ohio, is still living in Hermon. His maternal grandparents were Walter and Ellen (Moon) Bond; his paternal grandfather, James Davis, was born in England. August 25, 1889, Mr. Davis was married in Chestnut Township to Rosa D. Hopkins. They have had two chil- dren, Nell, born April 29, 1891, and Floy, born August 12, 1893. Mrs. Davis was born in Chest- nut Township August 25, 1868, and is the daughter of Thomas and Salile A. (Bootem) Hopkins. Mr. Hopkins was born January 4. 1831. He was a soldier in Company M, Four- teenth Illinois Cavalry, and after serving three years, was mustered out at the close of the war. He died Angust 23, 1895. Mr. Davis is a republican and has been Justice of the Peace and School Director in Chestnut Township. He has been Notary Public for five years, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 334, at London Mills. He has a cottage home on a farm of eighty acres in Section 21, which is abundantly supplied with stock.

HOPKINS, MRS. SALLY A .; Chestnut Township; born in Jackson County, Ohio, February 17, 1832; educated in the common schools. Her father, Laban Booton, was born in Cabell County, Virginia, February 17, 1809; her mother, Catharine (Shoemaker), was born in Ohio June 6, 1812, and died January 29, 1861. Her maternal grandparents were John Shoe- maker and Sally (Woulfberger), the latter a native of Pennsylvania. Her paternal grand- father was Laban Booton; he was of English descent; her paternal grandmother, Nancy (Davis), was born in Wales. Mrs. Hopkins taught school about seven years, and received her first certificate from Judge Sanford, of Knoxville. December 7. 1865, near Hermon, Illinois, she was married to Thomas Hopkins; they had four children: Willie G., born Sep- tember 3, 1866, died March 18, 1870; Rosa D., born August 25, 1868; Mary C., born November 24, 1870; and Frank L., born May 4, 1873. Rosa D., married John E. Davis. Mr. Hopkins was born in Glenmorganshire, Wales, January 4, 1831; his parents, Griffith and Mary Hopkins, died in Portage County, Ohio. Mrs. Hopkins came to Illinois in 1836, and lived in the town- ship of Chestnut, afterwards residing about ten years in Peoria, when she returned to Chestnut Township, where she and her hus- band resided nntil the time of his death, August 23, 1895. Mr. Hopkins was Supervisor of Chestnut Township, Road Commissioner, Assessor five years and School Director fifteen years. He belonged to the Odd Fellows in Her- mon and Peoria, and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted in Company M. Fourteenth Illinois Cavalry, and was mustered out in August, 1865. Mrs. Hop-

kins owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which she and her son are managing, on Section 4, Township of Chestnut.

LUCAS, G. M. LEE; Farmer and Harness- maker; Hermon, Chestnut Township; born April 16, 1847, near Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. His parents, George L. and Elizabeth Martha (McGuffin) Lucas, were born near Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. The father, who was born February 11, 1821, was a soldier in the Civil War, and was Fourth Sergeant of Company I, Seventy-seventh Illinois Volunteers. He died in a hospital ship on the Mississippi river, June 25, 1863. The mother was born February 28, 1821, and died September 25, 1848. His ma- ternal grandparents were William McGuffin, born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1796, and died November, 1847; and Mary (Graham), born in Washington County, Penn- sylvania, June, 1799. The paternal grandpa- rents were Benjamin and Mary (Lee) Lucas, born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, September 5, 1795, and January 20, 1799, re- spectively. The paternal great-grandfather, Isaac Lucas, was born January 6, 1759, served through the Revolution, and died April-8, 1848; he was the son of Benjamin Lucas of Ply- mouth, who was born in 1730, and died January 19, 1824; his father was William Lucas, the son of Samuel Lucas, who was the son of Thomas Lucas, who came from England and settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mr. G. M. Lee Lucas was married December 20, 1870, in Elmwood Township, Peoria County, to Catharine A. Schenck. They have had eight children: An- netta, born December 9, 1871; William L., born September 12, 1873; Mattie Anna, born No- vember 23, 1876; Henry Stewart, born January 13, 1879; Harlan Page, born November 29, 1881; Alvia May, born October 29, 1883; Ray Leone, born April 9, 1890; Ralph DeWitt, born July 11, 1892. Mrs. Lucas was born July 4, 1853, near Greenbush, Preble County, Ohio, and was the daughter of William L. and Catharine A. (Snyder) Schenck, She is a member of the Methodist Church. In the Spring of 1854, Mr. Lucas came to Brimfield, Peoria County, Illi- nois, and in 1894, came to Chestnut Township and settled on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Section 8. For fifteen years he had been a farmer in Elba Township. Mr. Lucas enlisted May 5, 1864, in Company D, One Hun- dred and Thirty-second Illinois Volunteers and was elected Corporal. He was Justice of the Peace in Elba Township and now holds the same office in Chestnut Township. He was on the Grand Jury one fall term of court (1898) at Galesburg. In religion Mr. Lucas is a Meth- odist. In politics, he is a republican.

MATHER, L. R .; Farmer; Chestnut Town- ship; born in Orange Township, November 30, 1862, where he was educated. His parents, R. L. and Mary (Allen) Mather, were born in Illinois; his paternal grandfather, Samuel

Mather, was native of New York. February 24, 1885, Mr. Mather was mar- ried, in Knoxville, to Alie Grim. They have

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four children: Stella M., born November 28, 1885; George E., born September 8, 1887; Ar- thur C., born February 11, 1891; Marie J., born June 19, 1894. Mrs. Mather was born January 21, 1861; her parents were J. S. and Elemina Grim, who are now living at Knoxville. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hermon. She was for seven years a teacher in the public schools. Mr. Mather is Road Com- missioner for Chestnut Township and has been School Director for two terms. He is a mem- ber of the Modern Woodmen of America, Mine Shaft, of Knoxville. In politics, he is a repub- lican. He has a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and raises considerable stock.

MEEKS, D. E .; Farmer; Chestnut Township; born in Knox County, May 23, 1861; educated in the common schools. His father, Abram W. Meeks, was a native of Virginia; his mother, Martha E. (Bonner), was born in Missouri. In Chestnut Township, September 1, 1886, Mr. Meeks was married to Netta Burnside. They have two children, William B., born in April, 1888, and Fay, born March 12, 1891. Mrs. Meeks was born in Chestnut Township, December 25, 1864, and is the daughter of William and Julian (Terry) Burnside, who are now living in Gales- burg. Mr. Meeks' father, Abraham W. Meeks, came from Ohio to Knox County about forty- nine years ago and is now living at Knoxville. Mr. Meeks' farm of two hundred and forty acres is located on Section 21. He is a dealer in horses, cattle, and hogs, and has a fine house and out-buildings. The house is heated by a furnace. · In politics, Mr. Meeks is a republican.

REECE, HENRY M .; Farmer; Chestnut Township; born August 2, 1837, in Highland County, Ohio; educated in the common schools and in Abingdon College. His parents, Aquilla L. and Susanna (Smith) Reece, were born in Randolph County, North Carolina. His pa- ternal grandfather was William Reece. Mr. H. M. Reece was married first to Nancy Car- ter; they had four children: Caroline, Clar- ence, William, and John. His second marriage was with Emma Owens; they had two children, Harriet, and Frank. Mr. Reece came to IllI- nois in 1850, and to Chestnut Township, Knox County, in 1854, and worked on his father's farm. In 1862, he enlisted in the Civil War, and was discharged from service July 3, 1865. After leaving the army he lived in Ohio for six months, and in Illinois for a year. In 1868, he went to Kansas, and at the end of five years returned to Chestnut Township. In politics, Mr. Reece is a republican, and has served as Commissioner of Highways, Supervisor, and Justice of the Peace. In 1898, he was elected Treasurer of Knox County.

ROUTH, CHARLES E .; Farmer; Chestnut Township: born in Fulton County, Ohio, De- cember 11, 1848; educated in Abingdon. His father, J. D. Routh, was horn in Clinton County, Ohio, May 6, 1819; his mother, Jane A. (Smith), in Frederick County, Virginia, January 28, 1816. His maternal grandparents, John S. and Susan (Crouse) Smith, were natives

of Virginia, the former of Loudoun County. His paternal grandparents were John and Jane Routh, the former from North Carolina, the latter from Tennessee. The paternal great- grandparents, Joseph and Molly (Redferson) Routh, were natives of North Carolina, while the great-great-grandparents were Edward and Hannah (Redferson); the husband was born in Wales in 1776, and was of Scotch-Irisb de- scent. January 25, 1876, in Hermon, Mr. Routh was married to Catharine J. Martin; they have had two children: Francis E., born August I, 1879; and John W., born July 3, 1888. Mrs. Routh was born in Ohio March 8, 1858, being the daughter of Francis and Eliza (Jones) Mar- tin. She is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Routh came to Knox County with his pa- rents in 1851, and settled on Section 22, Chest- nut Township, where he now lives. His mother died March 3, 1888, but his father, who has been Supervisor for five years, School Treas- urer twenty-eight years, School Trustee eight years, Commissioner of Highways, Assessor and Collector, is living with him. Mr. Routh enlisted in Company K, Seventh Illinois Cav- alry, in the Civil War. He is Supervisor for Chestnut Township, and has been Town Clerk and Collector. In politics, he is a republican. He is a member of the Christian Church. His farm is on Section 22, two and one-half miles east, and one-half mile south of Hermon.

SAMPSON, JOSIAH; Farmer; Chestnut Township; born October 21, 1829, near Rich- mond, Indiana; educated in log school house in Knox County. His parents were Richard H., and Jane M. (Heath) Sampson of Maryland; his paternal grandparents were Richard Samp- son of London, England, and Mary (Hamlin) Sampson of Maryland; his great-grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Sampson, died in England; his maternal grandfather was Josiah Heath. Mr. Sampson was married to Martha A. Street, in Fulton County, March 25, 1852. They have seven children living: Richard H., Martha E., Hulda I., Nicy Jane, Sir John Franklin, Elmer E., and Alpha L. Mildred W. Rist, Mary O. B. Lowden, William, and Josiah are deceased. The last two died in infancy. Mrs. Sampson was the daughter of William and Nancy (Combs) Street of Virginia. They were pioneers in Highland County, Ohio, and came to Fulton County, Illinois, in 1837. Richard H. Sampson came to Knox County, October, 1835, with his wife and six children: Mary, Margaret E., Martha J., Josiah, Rebecca, and Josephine. Benjamin F., Richard, Joseph C., and Tabitha were born in Knox County. He first bought and improved one hundred and sixty acres of land, where he lived for fifteen years; he had been a teacher in Maryland; he died in 1850. His wife died in 1862. After his marriage, Jo- siah Sampson, farmed in Fulton and McDon- ough Counties, remaining in each for five years; he then returned to Knox County, bought out the other heirs to his father's estate, and now owns eight hundred and sixty- five acres of land in Chestnut Township. He Is

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a successful farmer and stock-raiser. In poli- tics, Mr. Sampson is a democrat.

SHAFFER, GEORGE W .; Minister; Chest- nut Township; born November 16, 1824, in Ly- coming County, Pennsylvania; educated in the common schools. His father, James Shaffer, was a native of New Jersey; his mother, Margaret (Brooks), was born in Pennsylvania. His ma- ternal grandfather was Benjamin Brooks; his paternal grandfather, Henry Shaffer, was a na- tive of Germany. Mr. Shaffer's first wife was Amanda, daughter of Thomas Logue, and was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, where her parents died. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. There were three children: Alonzo G .; Thomas J., who enlisted in the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, during the Civil War, and died in the hospital at Mem- phis, Tennessee; and Emma Amanda, who married Warren England, a lawyer in Knox County. Mr. England died, and his widow married William Jones. March 7, 1888, Mr. Shaffer was married, in Chestnut Township, to Mrs. Sally Leigh, widow of Clark Leigh, who was born iu Ohio, September 15, 1831; she was the daughter of Archibald and Catharine Long, born respectively in Tennessee and Virginia. Mr. Shaffer was a circuit preacher in Potter County, Pennsylvania, in the Methodist Episco- pal Church. He served on the East Genesee Conference, and preached at the Westfield Pennsylvania charge. He came to Illinois in 1855, and preached at the Whitefield charge. After preaching seventeen years in the Central Illinois Conference, he went to Washington Territory and joined the Columbia River Con- ference, where he remained for ten years, and then returned to Chestnut Township. He is now a local preacher and preaches occasion- ally. Mr. Shaffer owns a farm in Washington, but lives on a beautiful place three-quarters of a mile south of Hermon, Illinois. In politics, he is a prohibitionist. He is a member of the Free Masons.

TOWNSEND, MAURICE JONES; Farmer; Chestnut Township; born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, January 23, 1859; educated in Hed- ding College, Abingdon, Illinois. His father was William Townsend, who was born in New York; his mother was Lodema (Jones). The father is still living in Chestnut Township; the mother is deceased. Mr. Townsend was mar- ried February 25, 1885, in Chestnut Township, to Ruth Grice; they have two children: Jessie Elvira, born March 17, 1889; and Estella Lo- dema, born February 7, 1892. Mrs. Townsend was born in Ohio March 17, 1858; she is the daughter of Joseph and Susan Grice. Her father is deceased. Mr. Townsend has been Collector of the township of Chestnut for two years, and is a School Trustee. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 334, Lon- don Mills. In politics, he is a republican.

WAINWRIGHT, DANIEL; Farmer; Chest- nut Township; born May 4, 1829, in Clermont County, Ohio; educated in the common schools of Ohio. His parents were Vincent Wain- wright of New Jersey, and Nancy (Hall) Wain-

wright, of Ohio; his grandfather was Daniel Wainwright of New Jersey; his maternal grandfather was Jeremiah Hall, of England. Mr. Wainwright was married to Eliza J. Cramer in Ohio, December 13, 1849. Their children are: Vincent; Maguire; Joseph; Benedict (de- ceased); Sarah E. Eiker, and Clara C. (de- ceased). Mr. Wainwright settled on the farm where he now resides in 1873, and has greatly improved his land. His oldest son is in Louis- iana, his second in Missouri, and one is at home. His great-grandfather and two brothers came to America from England, and were in the Revolutionary War; his great-grandfather was killed, and his grandfather was wounded; his father died in 1844. Mr. Wainwright is in- dependent in politics and has been Road Com- missioner; he has been Supervisor three terms. He is a member of the Methodist Church.

MAQUON TOWNSHIP. By Dr. G. L. Knowles.

In 1827, ten years subsequent to the original survey of this military tract, William Palmer and family, consisting of his wife and five chil- dren, located on the southwest quarter of Sec- tion 3, about forty rods southeast of the pres- ent limits of Maquon Village. This was doubt- less the first white family to settle in Knox County. Mr Palmer's cabin, made of black hickory poles, stood in the midst of Indian gar- dens, which were usually deserted by the sav- ages in early spring in favor of better hunting grounds farther west. They returned every fall to remain during the winter, until the year 1832, when, as a result of the Black Hawk War, they took a final leave and that neighborhood knew them no more. Mr. Palmer lived here five or six years, planted an orchard and cul- tivated the gardens, or patches, vacated by the Indians, and, as his cabin stood on the old Galena trail, it afforded a stopping place for the miners going to and from their homes in the southeastern part of the State. A few years later Palmer sold his cabin to Nelson Selby and removed to St. Louis.

The following year Simeon Dolph, the pio- neer ferryman of Spoon River, settled on Sec- tion 4, building his cabin of logs where the Rathbun house now stands. Owing, however, to a suspicion of his having been implicated in the death of an unknown traveler, he left the community a short time afterwards.

In 1829, Mark Thurman, with nis family, set- tled on Section 25, and one of his daughters, Mrs. Hughs Thurman, of Yates City, still sur- vives and is perhaps the oldest resident of the

THOMAS J. FOSTER.

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county. The next year the families of William Darnell, William Parmer, Thomas Thurman and James Milam settled on Sections 24 and 25. They all came from Highland County, Ohio. Subsequently a small, but regular and ever increasing, stream of settlers took up claims in the township, until, in 1837, it was thought a favorable opportunity had arrived for laying out a village, which was called Maquon. This is of Indian origin, sig- nifying spoon. Sapol means river, and as the stream bearing this name assumes somewhat the shape of a spoon from source to mouth, it was called Maquon Sepol, or Spoon River.

This township was one of the chief Indian settlements in the State, and here were congre- gated families of the Sacs and Foxes and Potta- watomies. Their principal village was located on the present site of Maquon Village as here the Indian trails centered from all directions in pioneer days. A vast number of Indian relics have been, and are still being unearthed in the vicinity, and there are a great many mounds scattered about the neighborhood, the most prominent being the Barbero mound, which is supposed to have been built by the aborigines and to contain human remains. Maquon is well drained by Spoon River and the many small tributaries that flow into it, fine timberland abounds throughout the township, and about one-half of the surface is underlaid with an ex- cellent quality of bituminous coal. The town- ship organization was completed in 1853 by the election of James M. Foster as Supervisor; Nathan Barbero, Assessor; and James L. Lo- man, Collector.

The first school house in the township was built of logs in 1834 on Section 23, or, to locate it more accurately, about ninety rods west of where James Young's dwelling now stands. The first teacher in that building was Benjamin Brock, the only living pupils of whom are Mrs. Hughs Thurman, of Yates City, and Thomas Milam. The next house to be devoted to edu- cational purposes was erected in 1836 or 1837, and was situated about fifty rods south of Ben- nington. The first school north of Spoon River was conducted by Miss Mary Fink in a shed adjoining the residence of Peter Jones, father of John Jones, the present postmaster. The only reading book at that time was the New Testament. It is claimed by some of Miss Fink's pupils that she "could read and write, but could not cipher." However, notwithstand- ing this defect in her education, it was

said that her labors were most commendable and satisfactory.

The township at first contained the three vil- lages of Maquon, Bennington and Rapatee. Bennington was originally laid out in the cen- ter of the precinct in 1836 by Ellsha Thurman, but it failed to develop sufficient importance to be called a village, although it was the town- ship's polling place until 1858, when the name was changed to Maquon.

RAPATEE.

Rapatee Village can date its inception from the time of the building of the Iowa Central Railroad in 1883. It was laid out by Benja- min Adams in the southeast quarter of Section 33, and its first resident merchant was A. B. Stewart. The village contains at present a Union Church, three stores, a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, two elevators, and about eighty inhabitants, and is located in the midst of a wealthy and prosperous community.

MAQUON.

The village of Maquon is situated on or near the site of the old Indian village at the north line of the township on the northeast quarter of Section 4, overlooking, toward the south, the valley of Spoon River. The survey, com- prising about sixty acres, was completed Octo- ber 24, 1836, by Parnach Owen, who also laid out the village, assisted by John G. Sanburn, William M. McGowan, R. L. Hannaman, Mr. Richmond and Mr. Beers. For several years Maquon had neither religious nor educational institutions, but was, on the contrary, the site of a distillery and a race track. The latter, however, have been supplanted by a church and school, which are well supported. The vil- lage was incorporated March 14, 1857, and its population, as shown by the United States cen- sus, has been as follows: 1880, five hundred

and forty-eight; 1890, five hundred and one; 1899, six hundred (estimated). Previous to 1880 the census returns do not give the population separate from the township. The first build- ing in the village was Cox's Tavern, which was built by Benjamin Cox and was located where Joshua Burnett's residence now stands; it was known as The Barracks. For twenty years it was used as barracks, kept by Nathan Bar- bero. The first store was conducted by John Hipple in a building erected by Matthew Mad- dox in 1839. Maquon has not supported a sa- loon since 1880, and the steady, industrious ris-

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 193

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