Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 194

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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ing generation speaks well for the cause of temperance. The present business interests are represented by two hanks, six grocery stores, two dry goods stores, one drug store, one newspaper, one harness shop, one hutcher shop, one wagon shop, two barber shops, three hardware stores, three restaurants, two milli- nery stores, four dressmaking establishments, four blacksmith shops, one rolling mill, one ele- vator, one undertaking establishment, two liv- ery and feed stables, two physicians and two ministers. The private bank of William Swi- gart was organized hy that gentleman in 1881, with a capital stock of $100,000, the officers he- ing: William Swigart, President; and F. C. Bearmore, Cashier. The deposits are about $40,000. A. C. Housh incorporated his private hank in 1882, with a capital stock of $50,000. The deposits are ahout $30,000. The officers consist of A. C. Housh, President; and E. L. Housh, Cashier. The Maquon Chronicle was established in May, 1899, and is owned and edited by Charles Benfield. The Breeze, an in- dependent weekly paper, was started about the middle of March, 1896, hy Gorge H. C. Palmer, and was discontinued in 1898. The business portion of Maquon has experienced six disas- trous fires, all of them of doubtful origin, one of the greatest sufferers from this cause being J. W. Briggs. The oldest merchant in the vil- lage is A. M. Maple, who, in 1848, opened a grocery store, which he conducted until May, 1896, when he retired, leaving the business in the hands of his son, C. F. Maple. It is but a matter of justice to mention that, during his entire residence in Maquon, Mr. A. M. Maple has set an example of morality, integrity and honesty that the youths of the village would do well to follow.

Maquon schools, prior to 1848, were held in rooms furnished by Nathan and Calista Bar- bero. The first school house erected was a substantial brick structure, thirty hy forty feet, built by William Purcell in 1848. It is still standing and is now used as an implement house. The principal teachers in that building were: Levi McGirr, Dr. A. H. Potter, Profes- sors Fishback, Agnen, Helderman, Brecken- ridge, Olmstead, Cram, Miller, Bickford, Griggs, Grove, and Mccullough. The present school building was erected in 1866 by J. L. Wallick, of Knoxville, at a cost of $7,000. It is a two-story frame edifice, with four commo- dious rooms, and gives employment to four teachers. The first principal, Robert Proseus,

was one of the most successful educators the town has ever had, and was engaged at a salary of fifty dollars per month. The successors to Mr. Proseus were: Henry F. King, William Beeson, Robert Hill, John French, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Axeline, D. G. Hopkins, A. W. Ryan, Robert Hill, James Rischell and C. F. Hurburg, the last named being the present incumbent and who, at this writing, has held the position for three years. The initial attendance in the new school house numbered one hundred and sev- enty-five pupils, and at the close of the term, . which expired in September, there were one hundred and thirty .pupils enrolled, the average age of these being ten years. The whole num- her of days taught was 7,406, the average daily attendance was 92 46-80, and the actual cost of tuition per day was 6 1-2 cents a pupil. In 1899 the enrollment was one hundred and fifty-eight pupils. There are three grades and the school is considered one of the best in the county. The school houses in the townsnip are eight in number, their value being estimated at $9,800; each has a library, with an aggregate value of seven hundred dollars, and out of the five hundred and thirteen persons under twenty- one years of age three hundred and forty-five are pupils.

Maquon Village was forty years old before Christian influence was sufficient to establish a church, although during that time many fruitless efforts were made by different faiths in that direction, the most prominent worker in the movement being Elder Scott, of Farm- ington, who was a member of the Campbell, or Christian Church. In 1841 the Presbyterians made an effort to establish themselves, and in 1842 the Methodists made a similar attempt, but neither met with any degree of success. In 1850 Spiritualism was introduced and affected the community to an alarming extent, the ad- herents of that faith holding full sway for ten or twelve years. In 1862 a United Brethren minister, the Rev. Wimsette, held a series of revival meetings in the old brick school house, which gave Spiritualism a serious hlow, and as a result the church revived and prospered. About 1892 Christian Science obtained a firm hold on the community and a large number of the most devout Christians embraced that faith, and again the orthodox church was crip- pled. There are now two religious institutions in the township, namely: Maquon Church and Rapatee Union Church. The former was built in 1876 and dedicated September 11, 1877, by

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Bishop Jesse F. Peck, its first pastor being the Rev. Swartz, who served two years. H. S. Humes was the next to occupy the pulpit and he remained one year, his successor being L. B. Dennis, who stayed two years and then re- tired, having exerted in that time a strong Christian influence throughout the commun- ity. He was followed in the order named by E. H. Williams, William Merriam, A. P. Beal, R. B. Seaman, the latter of whom was a most worthy Christian and gentleman, through whose earnest efforts the present par- sonage was built; Rev. Joseph Bell, whom Ma- quon people have every reason to long cherish in their memories; Rev. R. D. Russell, Rev. N. G. Clark, Rev. A. M. Bowlin, Rev. J. P. Mc- Cormick, Rev. R. G. Hazzard, Dr. Evans, Rev. Winters, and Rev. W. H. Young, the last named being the present pastor.

Rapatee Universalist Church was organized May 27, 1894, by the Rev. J. L. Everton and Rev. E. E. Hammond, with the following offi- cers: A. B. Stewart, Moderator; Miss Nora Rapatee, Clerk; Mrs. F. P. Hurd, Treasurer. Meetings are held on alternate Sundays in the church building owned jointly by the Metho- dists and Universalists.

Rapatee Union Church was built in 1891 and was dedicated by Dr. J. G. Evans.

Maquon has been well represented by the medical fraternity, as will be seen by the fol- lowing list of physicians who have practiced here since its organization: Doctors Emery, Hand, Allen, Williamson, Walters, Dunn, Al- len, Dunlap, Cunningham, Stratton, Fidler, Tallman, Potter, Thomas, Townsend, Miller, Shaw, Niles, Hess, Southard, Morse, Knowles, Dickerson, Truitt and Long.

The township is justly proud of its unbound- ed patriotism some of its residents having taken part in three of the nation's most im- portant wars. Among the early pioneers of the township were Philip Rhodes, John W. Walters and John M. Combs, who were soldiers in the War of 1812. Avery Dalton, residing near Elmwood, Illinois, who, at the ripe age of eighty-six years, is hale and hearty and who has furnished much information of the early history of Maquon township, and Madison Fos- ter, deceased, were members of the Fulton County Rangers in the Black Hawk War. The rifle carried by Mr. Foster while in service is now owned by his son, Albert, and is in a good state of preservation, the old flint lock having been replaced by one of more modern manu-

facture. A full quota of two hundred and fifty soldiers was furnished during the Civil War, many of whom died on the field of battle fighting for the Union, while others still sur- vive and occasionally live over again one of the most exciting epochs in the history of the country.

The fraternal societies are well represented in the township and a brief resume of the local branches is herewith presented.

Maquon Lodge, No. 256, I. O. O. F., was in- stituted April 29, 1858, and received its charter October 15, in the same year. The first offi- cers were: L. W. Pennworth, N. G .; Allen Hanwrick, V. G .; William Davis, Warden; James L. Burkhalter, C. During the month of August, 1858, the lodge room was destroyed hy fire and the lodge became disorganized until after the Civil War, when, on January 4, 1868, it was re-instituted with the following officers: Captain James L. Burkhalter, N. G .; R. D. Thompson, V. G .; J. M. Groves, Secretary; William Swigart, Treasurer. The present offi- cers are: Orsin Swan, N. G .; George Tasker, V. G .; W. W. Harler, Treasurer. At present the local body has sixty-four members and the lodge hall is owned in conjunction with the Masons.

Maquon Lodge, No. 530, A. F. and A. M., was organized October 1, 1867, and worked under dispensation for nine months before receiving its charter. The first officers were: Robert Proseus, W. M .; William Swigart, S. W .; L. J. Dawdy, J. W. The present officers are: C. F. Herburg, W. M .; C. F. Maple, S. W .; G. G. Shearer, J. W. The membership numbers about fifty devoted brethren.

The Degree of Rebecca was organized April 8, 1883, with thirty-nine members, and meet- ings are held in the I. O. O. F. Hall. The first officers of this order were: Salome Wilkin, N. G .; Hannah Holoway, V. G. The present in- cumbents are: Roxy Donason, N. G .; Lydia Holoway, V. G.

Hancock Post, No. 552, G. A. R., was organ- ized January 26, 1886, with twenty-three mem- bers. The present officers are: Albert Smith, Commander; John Jones, Adjutant.

Maquon Lodge, No. 171, K. of P., was or- ganized by George Jones, deceased, and was instituted September 29, 1887. The first offi- cers were D. G. Hopkins, C. C .; C. E. Golliday, V. C .; S. W. Love, Prelate; E. L. Housh, K. of R. and S .; C. S. Burnsides, M. of E .; E. D. Rambo, M. of F .; J. W. Davis, M. at A .; F.

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P. Hurd, Representative. The present officers are: A. A. Gifford, C. C .; John Simpkins, V. C .; C. F. McKenny, Prelate; E. L. Housh, M. of F. and K. of R. S .; Wilson Holoway, M. of E .; Samuel McWilliams, M. at A .; N. Dona- son, M. of W .; J. L. Liholt, Representative. The Knights of Pythias Lodge has always been in a prosperous condition, both financially and socially. There are twenty-two charter mem- bers, the total membership being thirty-eight.

The O. E. S. was organized May 9, 1891, by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, of Washington, Illinois, with fourteen charter members, the total num- ber of members today being thirty. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall. The first officers of this order were: Mrs. Emma Hurd, W. M .; G. G. Shearer, W. P .; C. F. Maple, Secretary. The present officers are: Miss Abbie Dixon, W. M .; G. G. Shearer, W. P .; Miss Mattie Hob- kirk, Secretary.

Bertie Lenore Temple, No. 10, Rathbone Sis- ters, was organized December 28, 1893, by Grand Chief Mrs. Jennie Haws, of Decatur, Illinois, assisted by Mrs. Belle Quinlan, G. M., with fif- teen charter members and thirteen Knights. There are now forty-one members. The first officers were: Leona Housh, M. E. C .; Minnie Woods, E. S .; Lizzie Briggs, E. J .; Emma Hurd, M. of T. The present officers are: Belle Libolt, M. E. C .; Alice Wasson, E. S .; Maggie Housh, E. J. Minnie Woods, M .; Florence Thurman, P. C. This temple was named in honor of Ber- tie Lenore Thurman, deceased. Meetings are held semi-monthly in the K. of P. Hall.

The first birth and the first death to occur in the township was that of Rebecca, a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman, in 1831. The first marriage took place in 1835, the contracting parties being Elisha Thurman and Anna Hall. Mrs. Thurman is still living, at an advanced age. The first Justice of the Peace was Mark Thurman, and the first Postmaster was William McGown, who held that position in 1837. The first bridge across Spoon River was built in 1839 by Jacob Conser, but it subsequently col- lapsed by its own weight and was re-built by Mr. Conser the following year. It was located almost directly south of the village of Ma- quon. The second bridge was erected by Be- noni Simpkins in 1851, a few rods below the site of the present structure, which was built in 1873. The stone work was done by J. L. Burkhalter and John Hall, the wood work by Andy Johnson, and the iron work by Mr. Blakesly, of Ohio. The first distillery in Knox

County was situated in Maquon and it fur- nished the cargo for the first shipment from Galesburg over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.

Maquon township has been remarkably free from criminality and has always possessed a high standard of morality, only two crimes of any importance having occurred in its history, of which a brief mention is here given. On March 17, 1883, Loren Thurman became en- gaged in a dispute with Jack Washabaugh and struck the latter with an ax, inflicting a mortal wound. Thurman was not punished. During the night of November 4, 1894, two masked burglars entered the house of Thomas Walter, located about two miles southwest of Maquon, and, with drawn revolvers, demanded his money. A desperate battle ensued, Mr. Wal- ter using stove wood and chairs as weapons of defense. One of the burglars emptied his revolver during the struggle, one bullet strik- ing Mr. Walter in the breast, but with the assistance of the latter's wife and daughter the men were finally driven from the house. One of the thieves was afterwards caught and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

The following record of the township popul- lation has been made by the United States Census Bureau: 1860, one thousand, nine hun- dred and twenty; 1870, one thousand, four hun- dred and twenty-six; 1880, one thousand, four hundred and forty-eight; 1890, one thousand, three hundred and thirty.

THOMAS J. FOSTER.

Thomas J. Foster was horn in Indiana, April 3, 1822, and was educated in the schools of Madison County, Ohio. His parents, Joshua and Sarah (Silver) Foster, were natives of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Foster was married in Knox County, Illi- nois, July 13, 1851, to Sarah Harriet Blakeslee, daughter of Sala and Lydia B. (Pierce) Blakes- lee. Mr. Blakeslee came from Connecticut, and Mrs. Blakeslee from New Hampshire. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Foster: Mary (deceased), Lydia, Rebecca Ann, James D. (deceased), Elizabeth, Lucy L. (deceased), Martha, Benjamin F., Joshua C., Ollie and Sala B.

After residing three and a half years in Ful- ton County, Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Foster re- moved to Knox County, and bought one hun- dred and sixty acres of land in Maquon Town- ship, where Mr. Foster died May 28, 1882, and where Mrs. Foster still resides. Politically, Mr. Foster was a democrat. He was an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he was also a master Mason, and member of the Masonic lodge at Maquon, Illinois.

G. L. Knowles U.D.

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Mrs. Foster came with her parents to Illinois in 1835, when she was one year of age. They came by way of the Mississippi River, landing at Oquawka in Henderson County, and settled on a farm half a mile from Uniontown.

ANDREW CLINTON HOUSH.

Andrew Clinton Housh, son of David and Elizabeth (Thornbrough) Housh, was born October 16, 1834, near Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana. The progenitor of the Housh family settled in Virginia, where grandfather Adam Housh resided till he removed to Ken- tucky and located near Louisville. Farming was his vocation, and politically, he was a dem- ocrat. There were born to him and his wife seven sons and four daughters: The sons were John, Andrew, Adam, George, Jacob, Thomas and David. Both Adam Housh and his wife lived to be very aged; she died in Kentucky.

David Housh, father of Andrew C., was horn in Kentucky and removed to Putnam County, Indiana. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Gibson) Thornbrough of the same State. The father of Joseph Thorn- brough was a Quaker; Rebecca Gibson was of Welsh descent. David Housh came to Haw Creek Township, passing through the place where Maquon now stands, July 3, 1836. He was a prosperous farmer, and one of the lead- ing men of his township. In politics he was a democrat, and held various township offices. He died at the old homestead in May, 1879, at the age of eighty years. He owned at the time of his death about two thousand six hundred acres of land. In religious belief he was a Uni- versalist. He served in the War of 1812, though only twelve years of age, doing guard duty in one of the frontier forts in Indiana. Later he participated in many Indian skirmishes in his vicinity. He came to Illinois when Knox County was mostly a wilderness. Mrs. David Housh yet lives at the age of eighty-nine years, having been born near Greencastle, Indiana, March 1, 1810. David and Elizabeth Housh had thirteen children, seven of whom are now liv- ing: Mary, Rebecca, James O., Andrew Clin- ton, Elizabeth, Daniel M. and Eveline; all of them have been devoted to agricultural pur- suits.

Mr. A. C. Housh was educated in the common schools of Knox County, and was brought up on the farm. In the year 1858, with his father and three brothers, James O., Jacob C. and Daniel M., he entered upon a mercantile career in Maquon. They also engaged in the stock busi- ness and farming on a large scale. They had a general store, the largest in Maquon. A few years later he bought out his partners and con- ducted the mercantile business alone for sev- eral years, selling out in 1896. He opened a bank in 1884 called the "A. C. Housh Bank of Maquon," which he has conducted to the present time. He also owns and manages about fifteen hundred acres of farming land in Knox County, and also owns two farms containing three hun- dred and twenty acres in Nebraska. In poli- tics he is a democrat. He has been Township

Clerk, Commissioner of Highways, School Di- rector and member of the Town Council. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, A. F. and A. M., Lodge No. 530, in Maquon. He is liberal minded in all things, and is worthy the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens.

Mr. Housh was married at Knoxville, Novem- ber 11, 1857, to Adeline, daughter of Peter F. and Elizabeth (Fink) Ouderkirk. Mr. and Mrs. Housh have two children: Emma F. and E. La Fayette.

DR. GILBERT L. KNOWLES.

Dr. Gilbert L. Knowles, son of William and Lucinda (Robinson) Knowles, was born August 13, 1846, in Macomb, McDonough County, Illi- nois. The genealogy of the family has its ori- gin in England, and has included among its members many who were prominent in the world of art and letters. David Knowles, the grandfather of Gilbert L., was born and edu- cated in Maryland, and moved to Washington, D. C., where he was a contractor and builder. He was married to Jane Roby. Four children were born to them: William, Robert, Mary, and Hamilton. Mr. Knowles was a whig. He died in Washington at the age of sixty-five. The sons of this family were all mechanics. Wil- liam, the oldest, moved with his family to Ma- comb, Illinois, in 1839, where he worked at his trade of contractor and builder. He built the first substantial dwelling in McDonough County. He died in 1873, aged seventy-three years; his wife died in 1877, at the age of sixty-seven. They had six children: Charles, James, Robin- son, Jane, Gilbert L., and Mary. James was drowned in the Sheridan River, Missouri, in 1858.

Gilbert L. Knowles was educated in the schools of Macomb, and at Hedding College, Abingdon, which institution he entered at the age of twenty-four, and from which he grad- uated with the degree of B. S. While at Abing- don he read medicine with Dr. Reece, who was one of the most prominent physicians in the Military Tract. Mr. Knowles entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, in 1878, and grad- uated in 1881. In the Spring of 1881, he located in Knoxville, and moved to Maquon in the Fall of the same year.

Dr. Knowles is indebted to his own untiring efforts for his success in life, having earned, unaided, the expenses for his literary and pro- fessional education. He has an extensive and lucrative practice, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow townspeople.

Dr. Knowles is a republican, and held the office of Coroner in Knox County for six years, his term of service ending in the Fall of 1892.

PHILEMON B. SELBY.

Philemon B. Selby, son of George and Ruth (Allen) Selby, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1809. His father was born in Virginia, and, being in the employ of the Government, re- moved to Mackinaw where he married a second time, and died when on a visit to his children in Ohio. Mr. Selby's mother was the grand-

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daughter of Dr. Silas Allen who served in the Revolutionary War; his early life was passed in the State of New York, but he removed to Ohio and died at Royalton in that State.

Mr. Selby came to Knox County in 1834. Mr. Elisha Barrett, who married Mr. Selby's sister Clista, had selected a mill site on Spoon River. Mr. Selby bought the land on which the mill was built, and, assisted by his brother Nelson, operated it for many years. He was also a farmer, on rather an extensive scale, and owned nine quarter sections of land at the time of his death in 1868.

Mr. Selby was married at the home of David Housh in Haw Creek Township, November 12, 1837, to Elizabeth Gullett, daughter of Joshua and Barbara (Housh) Gullett. Joshua Gullett was born in Delaware and brought up in North Carolina. He was a farmer by occupation, and settled in Washington County, Indiana, where he was married in a block house which served as a fort. His wife, Barbara, was a daughter of Adam Housh of Kentucky. They came to Maquon Township about 1840.

Five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Selby are now living: Elisha, Mrs. Amanda Sum- mers, Mrs. Salina Clark, Henry, and Mrs. Ruth Bigelow.

Mr. Selby was a dealer in stock, buying and selling cattle, taking at one time a drove of three hundred and sixty to Ohio and swimming them across the Illinois River below Peoria Lake. He was a democrat politically, and was a friendly, broadminded man of many good qualities, both mental and moral, and highly re- spected by the community in which he lived.

Mrs. Elizabeth Selby, who survives him, is a woman of sterling character. In early life in Indiana she learned to weave cloth, coverlets and carpets, and followed the same vocation after coming to Knox County with her Uncle David Housh. After her marriage to Mr. Selby she lived in a double shanty made of slabs, and later lived for two years in a frame house, and then moved into a log cabin, at the old Selby homestead, where she lived eight years. When her husband went to Ohio with a large drove of cattle, Mrs. Selby accompanied him with their two children, and cooked for the cattle drivers. They returned with three loads of cloth which they sold in Knox County, and with the proceeds bought more cattle to forward to the same market. After the death of her hus- band she managed her estate wisely, having a large stock of horses, sheep and swine on her numerous broad acres.

THOMAS R. WALTER.

Thomas R. Walter, son of John W. and Han- nah (Sumner) Walter, was born September 30, 1817, in Highland County, Ohio. His father, born in Virginia, was a soldier in the War of 1812; his mother was from South Carolina. He was third in a family of ten children: Betsey, William J., Thomas R., Jincy, Lettice, James, Bowater, John W., Cynthia and Richeson C.

Thomas R. was educated in the common schools of Ohio, and came to Illinois at the age

of nineteen. He was married in Maquon Town- ship, August 8, 1854, to Sarah J. Stephenson, daughter of Edward and Mary (Keys) Stephen- son, the former of whom was born in Mary- land, the latter in Delaware. Sarah J. was born in Franklin County, Ohio, September 24, 1835, and was the first of a family of six chil- dren: Sarah J., William, John, James K., Lewis N. and Edward O. The Stephenson family set- tled first in Haw Creek Township and after- ward in Maquon Township where the parents died.

Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter: Vianna, Mary E. (deceased), Ethzelda, two who died in infancy, Lyman, Elnora, Thomas Ulysses, Laura B. and Bert E. Vianna was married to B. F. Adams of Peoria; Eth- zelda was married to Frank Pickrel and died in Haw Creek Township, June 2, 1881. Lyman is a farmer in Maquon Township. Thomas Ulys- ses lives in Maquon Township, and the other three live with their mother on the old home- stead.

Mr. Walter first purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land which he improved with good buildings and other fixtures, subsequently adding to his possessions till he owned nearly fifteen hundred acres of well cultivated land in Knox County, besides property in Maquon. He was Road Commissioner, and also a School Di- rector many years. In politics, he was a repub- lican. He died May 28, 1897.

Mr. Walter was a good farmer and a skillful business man; a hard worker, but an easy task- master; a supporter of the church, though not a church member; a friend of education; a good neighbor; a firm friend; a kind husband and father; a man of integrity and honor, "whose word was as good as his bond;" a man respected by all who knew him for his good qualities of head and heart.

ADAMS, WILLIAM HENRY;

Farmer; Maquon Township; born in Rome, New York, January 22, 1844, educated in Knox County. His father, Andrew Adams, was a native of Ireland; his mother, Sarah (Coonradt), was born in Rome, New York. His maternal grandparents were Stephen and Jane Coonradt; his paternal grandparents were born in Ireland. January 29, 1880, Mr. Adams was married, in Maquon Township to Mary E. Jacobs; they have one child, Lottie. In religion, Mr. Adams is Ortho- dox. In politics, he is a democrat.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 194

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