Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 197

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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A Universalist church was organized Septem- ber 1, 1866, and an edifice built the same year, which was used conjointly by the other denom- inations until their own houses of worship were completed. The first and leading members of this denomination were: J. E. Knable, M. B.

Mason, Walter Bailey, James Clisson, James H. Nicholson, S. S. Buffum, T. L. Long and A. B. Taylor, with their families. Rev. Mr. Car- ney, of Knoxville, was their first pastor, fol- lowed irregularly until April 5, 1889, when, complications having arisen, the church was disbanded by petition and the property sold.

The following organized societies are found here:

Yates City Lodge, No. 448, A. F. and A. M., was chartered October 4, 1865, with eighteen members and the following officers: S. S. Buf- fum, W. M .; J. E. Knable, S. W .; and M. B. Mason, J. W. Its present officers are: C. D. North, W. M .; J. W. Wood, S. W .; S. E. Milam, J. W .; John McKinty, Treasurer; F. E. Wilson, Secretary. Its membership is forty-one.

Eureka Chapter, No. 98, R. A. M., was char- tered October 5, 1866, with twenty-five mem- bers. The first officers were: Benjamin Ker- sey, H. P .; M. B. Mason, K .; J. C. Riner, Scribe. The present officers are: J. M. Corey, H. P .; G. W. Johnson, E. K .; J. W. Wood, E. S .; M. W. Thomson, C. N .; William Anderson, Pr. S .; C. D. North, R. A. C .; S. E. Milam, Treasurer; F. E. Wilson, Secretary; W. H. Hauser, Tyler. The chapter has sixty-five members.

Yates City Lodge, No. 207, I. O. O. F., was chartered October 13, 1868, with Imri Dunn, Benjamin Hayes, B. Bevens, A. S. Murphey and Henry Soldwell as charter members. Its first officers were: Henry Soldwell, N. G .; B. S. Briggs, V. G .; Benjamin Hayes, Secretary; and B. Bevens, Treasurer. The present officers are: C. V. Bird, N. G .; S. W. Stone, V. G .; T. J. Kighttinger, Recording Secretary; J. W. Bird, Permanent Secretary; W. A. Goold, Warden; and J. W. Dixon, Treasurer. The present mem- bership is thirty-nine. The lodge owns a good hall, conjointly with the Masons.

Camp No. 3102, Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica, was chartered July 25, 1895, with twenty- three members and the following officers: S. P. Hassenbacher, V. C .; Charles T. White, W. A .; John U. Conver, E. B .; Samuel E. Knox, Clerk. At present the officers are: S. P. Hassenbacher, V. C .; M. Ellison, W. A .; Frank Christman, E. B .; S. W. Stone, Clerk. The camp has forty-five members, and meets in the same hall as the Masons and Odd Fellows.

Morgan L. Smith Post, No. 666, Department of Illinois, G. A. R., was instituted January 25, 1889, with twenty members and the following officers: J. N. Burch, Commander; W. S. Kleck- ner, Senior Vice Commander; B. F. Pittiman,

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Junior Vice Commander; J. O. Wren, Chaplain; F. W. Brown, Officer of the Day; J. B. Reed, Quartermaster; M. W. French, Adjutant. The present officers are: A. Schoenberger, Com- mander; G. W. Goiliday, Senior Vice Com- mander; T. C. Hand, Junior Vice Commander; J. O. Wren, Chaplain; O. P. Fetters, Quarter- master; L. A. Lawrence, Adjutant. The post has at present fifteen members.

LOUIS P. ARBOGAST.

Louis P. Arbogast, son of Jesse and Susan (Stoner) Arbogast, was born January 1, 1844, in Wabash County, Indiana. His father was born in Harris County, Virginia, to Peter and Christina Arbogast, and his mother was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Henry and Susan Stoner; his grandparents came from Germany.

Mr. Arbogast came with his parents from In- diana to Fulton County, in 1854, and to McDon- ough County, Illinois, in 1855, where his par- ents died. In 1865 he removed to Farmington, Illinois, and thence, in 1870, to Salem Town- ship, where he located on Section 19. His farm, three miles south of Douglas, contains three hundred and twenty acres of land, and is known as the "Lone Birch Stock Farm." He has been an extensive raiser of stock, prin- cipally "Short Horn" cattle and Poland China swine.

Mr. Arbogast was married in Galesburg, Illi- nois, February 18, 1875, to Esther E. Potter, who was born in Salem Township. Her par- ents were Norman Z. and Charlotte (Blakeslee) Potter, both of whom died at the old homestead in Salem Township. Mr. and Mrs. Arhogast have one son, Norman P., born June 18, 1882. In politics, Mr. Arbogast is a republican, and has heid the office of Road Commissioner two terms; he has been Assessor, School Director and School Trustee, holding the latter offices many years. He was a leader in the organiza- tion of the Cemetery Association, of Union- town, and served as Trustee twenty years. He is a dealer in all kinds of fruit, such as black- berries, strawberries, raspberries, prunes, apri- cots, peaches, pears and apples.

JAMES MADISON HUNTER.

James Madison Hunter was born December 31, 1811, in what was then known as Frankle- ton, now Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. His parents, Joseph and Deborah (McGowan) Hunter, married and settled in Ohio, while it was yet a territory. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, but his mother was from New- foundland, Canada. The Hunter family is of Scotch-Irish descent, and their ancestry were Protestants. Grandfather McGowan was a sol- dier in the Revolution.

Judge James M. Hunter was the third of five sons, left orphans when he was but four years old. At the age of five he left the home of the uncle with whom he was then living, and en- tered the service of a farmer by the name of

Cutler, whose land adjoined the city of Colum- bus, Ohio.

Judge Hunter was a self-made and self- educated man. All the educational advantages he enjoyed were those secured in the country and city schools, while he was living with Mr. Cutler. He was only seventeen years old when he went into the business of transporting freight from different lake ports to Dayton and Cincinnati. In this business he continued five years, and then, in 1833, sold out and rented a farm two and one-half miles from Columbus. It was March 6 of this year (1833) that he mar- ried Miss Eliza Hunter, of Madison County, Ohio. Mrs. Hunter was born October 12, 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter remained upon their rented farm only eighteen months, and then removed to Union County, Ohio, where they purchased eighty acres of land and where they resided for three years. They then removed to Madison County, Ohio, and bought a farm of two hundred and forty acres. In 1846 Mr. Hunter, with his wife and children, moved to Illinois and settled in Salem Township, where he bought three hundred and sixty acres of land and began to improve it. Here he lived the remainder of his life, an active, honorable and honored citizen of the county. For eight years he was Justice of the Peace, and was one of the last three Associate Justices of Knox County. He was known far and wide, and in the southeastern part of Knox County was one of the best known and most representative citi- zens.

Judge Hunter died on his farm November 15, 1894, at nearly eighty-three years of age. Mrs. Hunter died December 4, 1888, at the age of seventy-six. They had six children, ali of whom reached maturity: Deborah; Joseph; Charles R .; James M .; Eliza J., wife of H. C. Mann; and Mary A., wife of R. H. Harper.

The character that Judge Hunter builded was far more than financial success. It is something that will endure forever, a monu- ment to his memory and an honor to his county. In politics, he was a democrat, and it is an interesting fact, that General Andrew Jackson received his first vote for President.

WEBER ANDREW JAQUITH.

Weher Andrew Jaquith, son of Nathaniel and Prudence Jaquith, was born at Andover, Ver- mont, February 28, 1828. His parents were of French Protestant (Huguenot) descent, and were born at Windsor, Vermont. Mr. W. A. Jaquith located in Salem Township, Knox County, Illinois, in 1854 and began farming. He was married April 8, 1855, to Susan E. Mack- lin, daughter of William Macklin, an old set- tler of Bureau County, Illinois. She was born in Delaware in 1833.

Their daughter, Mrs. Nettie J. Corbin, was born in Salem Township, January 10. 1859. She was educated in the Farmington graded schools, and was married, August 30, 1892, to Charles Melvin Corbin, a grain merchant and owner of the Yates City Elevator. Mr. Corbin was born at Avon, Illinois, November 17, 1859, and edu-

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cated in the Yates city schools. His father was Richard Corbin, of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin live at Yates City, where they have a hand- some residence.

Mr. and Mrs. Jaquith accumulated a consider- able fortune by industry and hard labor. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for twenty-five years. Mr. Jaquith was always active in church work, having heen Steward, Trustee and Class-leader.

Mrs. Jaquith, who died February 1, 1891, was a good neighbor and friend, and a generous contributor to the church; she was the loving companion of her daughter, Nettie, who had the care of her parents in their declining years. Mr. Jaquith was a man of excellent character and led an exemplary life. He was a democrat for many years, but later became a prohibition- ist. He died May 11, 1891.

LUCIUS A. LAWRENCE.

Lucius A. Lawrence, son of Milton and Syl- via (Atwood) Lawrence, was horn at Hines- burg, Chittenden County, Vermont, June 26, 1840. His parents moved from their home in Hinesburg to Monkton, Addison County, Ver- mont, in 1841, and in 1861, came to Elba Town- ship, Knox County, Illinois. His father was a man of strong, decisive character, and unyield- ing disposition, combined with a very retentive memory. He is now eighty-three years old. His mother was a kind and gentle woman, who died March 25, 1857, in her thirty-ninth year.

The Lawrence family in this country is descended from three brothers, who came from England to the Colonies in 1666, and settled in Massachusetts. One brother went to Connecti- cut, and from him has sprung the present fam- ily. The Lawrences were prominent in the early history of New England, and representa- tives of the family still occupy the old home- stead at Lexington, Massachusetts, where their ancestors settled more than two hundred years ago.

Lucius A. Lawrence's opportunities for edu- cation were confined to the district schools, and to two terms in Hinesburg Academy, where he studied the common English branches, rhetoric, and algebra. He learned much, however, from observation and diligent after-study, and now has a critical facility in the use of the English language, as well as a wide range of general information. His childhood was spent on a sterile, unyielding farm in Vermont, and he was taught to till the soil and care for stock. He had few pastimes, his routine consisting of steady hard work, regular attendance at the common school, at church and Sabbath school, and to the observance of strict unswerving obedience to his parents. After leaving school, he' farmed and taught in the district schools of Salem and Elba townships. August 7, 1862, he volunteered for war service, and became a member of Company H, One Hundred and Sec- ond Illinois Infantry, which was mustered into service at Knoxville, Illinois, September 2, 1862. After preparatory drill, the regiment was or- dered to the field, and after crossing the Ohio

River at Louisville, Kentucky, October 1, 1862, was brigaded with the One Hundred and Fifth and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois In- fantry, and the Seventieth Indiana and Seventy- ninth Ohio Volunteers. The brigade immed- iately took the field, and helped to repel the in- vasion of Kentucky by the Confederate army under General Bragg, going to Frankfort, and thence to Bowling Green. The brigade was there made a part of the Army of the Cum- berland, commanded by General W. S. Rose- crans, in which organization he served until the close of the war. His regiment was engaged in garrison duty until the opening of the At- lanta campaign at Chattanooga. From May 2, 1864, he shared the fortunes of Sherman's army, that brought about the fall of Atlanta Septem- ber 1, 1864. He was in the hospital from October 30, 1864, to January, 1865, after which he rejoined his regiment in the Carolinas, and participated in the last campaign of the war, the surrender of the Confederate army under General J. E. Johnson, April 26, 1865. He marched to Washington, and was in the Grand Review May 24. He was mustered out of serv- ice at Washington June 6, and discharged at Chicago, June 15, 1865.

After the war, Mr. Lawrence again interested himself in farming, until failing health com- pelled a change, and, in March, 1877, he re- moved to Yates City, Illinois, which is his pres- ent home. In 1882, having regained his health, he purchased the lumber stock of W. T. Wells, to which he added a stock of farm implements, and managed the combined business until January, 1899. In 1893, he purchased an inter- est in the People's Bank, of Yates City, which he still owns.

Mr. Lawrence was married to Mrs. Charlotte M. Baird, March 21, 1869. She was the daughter of Moses and Cynthia Wheeler, who came from Pennsylvania and settled in Knox County in 1859. Mrs. Baird's first marriage occurred in 1861. She had one daughter, Nora, who is the wife of Hugh A. Sloan, the present Supervisor of Salem Township. Mr. Baird enlisted in Com- pany H, One Hundred and Second Illinois In- fantry, in September, 1862, and was killed in battle at Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Law- rence: Alma E., born March 4, 1870, and died March 20, 1891; Edwin P., born December 1, 1871; Arthur J., born September 13, 1873; Cynthia May and Sylvia June (twins), born March 1, 1878, and died August 16, and 21, 1878, respectively.

Mr. Lawrence was a member of the I. O. G. T. from 1867 to 1872. He became a member of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1886, since which time he has held the position of Com- mander or Adjutant, in Post No. 666, Depart- ment of Illinois, at Yates City. He was a mem- ber of the Baptist Church from 1857 to 1874, but is now a member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, he is a republican, and was elected Supervisor of Elba Township in the years 1867-68-69, and in Salem Township in 1894. He served as President of the City Council of Yates

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City during the years 1879-80-85-86-89, having been elected on the anti-license ticket. He has been a member of the Yates City School Board continuously since 1878, and, in 1880, he was elected Justice of the Peace for Salem Town- ship, and resigned in 1883.

Mr. Lawrence is one of the most prominent men of his township, and is possessed of more than ordinary erudition and breadth of mind, and holds advanced and clearly defined views regarding current events.

JAMES McKEIGHAN.

James McKeighan, son of John and Lillie (Gault) McKeighan, was born in Antrim County, Ireland, June 9, 1803. He was the second son, and had seven brothers and three sisters; those of the children who reached ma- turity, save one lost at sea, came to America and settled in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Mis- souri. James learned the trade of linen weav- ing, at which he worked till he was thirty-two years of age, when he emigrated to the United States, landing at Philadelphia in the year 1835. He brought with him but a small amount of property, but he had what was far better, the integrity, perseverance and strong faith so often seen in the descendants of the old Scotch Covenanters. This rich inheritance from his ancestors he brought to Pennsylvania and it was the solid foundation of all the work of his subsequent life. He arrived at Farmington, Fulton County, Illinois, in December, 1838, and in a few years was the owner of an eighty-acre farm.

Mr. McKeighan returned to Ireland in the Fall of 1847, and there, in 1848, married Eliza- beth, daughter of Robert and Rachel Cunning- ham. Soon after his marriage he returned to Farmington and built a Jog house on his farm, which he soon replaced with a comfortable frame dwelling. A few years later he sold his property in Fulton County for two thou- sand four hundred dollars, and removed to Salem Township, Knox County, Illi- nois, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of unbroken prairie land on Section 22. Here, with the canny skill of the Scotch-Irish- man, he made for himself and family a splendid farm. He endured all the trials of the pioneer; he "broke" prairie and built sod fences, and tried to hasten the good time by helping to grade the track for a railroad. Finally, as a result of labor well applied, special care in raising stock and in disposing of the products of his farm, he became wealthy, and was able to give good farms to his children.

Mr. McKeighan and his wife had six chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy; the names of the remaining four are Robert J., Rachel, Mary Elizabeth and Emma.

In politics, Mr. McKeighan was a whig, but when the republican party was organized he entered its ranks and stood for liberty and the union during the Civil War. He assisted in organizing, and was a member of the Presby- terian Church at Farmington, and gave twelve hundred dollars toward the erection of a church

edifice, and when he became a member of the church in Yates City, he was in a similar man- ner beneficent to that organization. Those who were in want found in him a friend; those who needed advice could rely upon his judgment, and, whether In public or private life, he was ever ready to assist those in need of help. He died November 15, 1885, mourned, not only by his own family, but by the whole community in which he lived.

JAMES HASBROUCK NICHOLSON.

James Hasbrouck Nicholson, son of Nicholas and Mary (Washburn) Nicholson, was born August 8, 1808, on the "Hasbrouck Farm," Mid- dletown, Delaware County, New York. The father was born in New York, the mother in Connecticut. They were married and settled in Middletown, and afterward removed to Alle- ghany County, on the Genesee River, where they died. Six children were born to them: Edward, Sarah, Elizabeth, James Hasbrouck, Hannah and Abel S. The father of J. H. Nichol- son was of Irish extraction, his great-great- grandfather having been stolen from Ireland by a sea captain and brought to Canada. His son, Robert, was a royalist during the Revolution, and, going to Canada, settled in Walford Town- ship, Leeds County, and died at Nicholson's Falls.

Mr. J. H. Nicholson was brought up on a farm, and attended the common schools. He removed to Illinois in 1842, and was a farmer by occupation; in politics, a democrat; in re- ligion, a Universalist. He married Catherine King. Their daughter, Mary S., was born in Knox County, December 22, 1852, and was mar- ried to Charles D. North in Knox County, De- cember 22, 1875.

Charles D. North was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, October 8, 1844; his father was Thomas Jefferson North, of Fairfax County, Virginia, and his mother was Eliza (Henkle) North, of Pendleton County, Virginia; his grandparents on the father's side were George North, of England, and Eliza (Keyes) North, and on the mother's side, Jesse and Mar- garet (Mosier) Henkle. The children of Mr. and Mrs. North are: Ada H., born September 15, 1877; Ralph M., born August 20, 1879; Earl J. H., born January 25, 1881; Carl C., born May 25, 1882; Harold E., born July 25, 1884; and Elsie L., born June 9, 1889. Mr. North came to Yates City in 1866, and followed carpentering for several years. He has also been a banker about twelve years. He is a member of Yates City Lodge, No. 448, F. and A. M .; Eureka Chap- ter No. 98 R. A. M .; O. E. S. No. 256; and Gales- burg Commandery No. 8. He was initiated Into Lodge No. 448 in 1868, and for three years filled the office of Worshipful Master, each year rep- resenting his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State. The Royal Arch degree he received at Eureka Chapter No. 98, in which, for fourteen years, he served as Royal Arch Captain. He is also a member of Council and Commandery, the former at Yates City, the latter at Galesburg, Illinois, having been made a Knight Templar

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at Galesburg Commandery, No. 8, in 1892. Both Mr. and Mrs. North are charter members of the Order of the Eastern Star at Yates City, insti- tuted in 1893, in which they have served in prominent positions. Mr. North has a home farm of four hundred acres, and has an orange grove in Florida. He was a soldier in the Con- federate Army under Fitz Hugh Lee, Company F, Sixty-second Virginia Cavalry. George North, grandfather of Charles D., was colonel in the Revolutionary War. He had a family of four sons and six daughters. Thomas Jefferson North, one of the sons, and father of Charles D., was born at Charleston, Virginia, and was a millwright by occupation. He came to Illinois in 1870, and settled in Yates City, where he died December 5, 1891, aged ninety-three years and five months. Mrs. Thomas Jefferson North is now living (1899), being ninety-four years of age.

James H. Nicholson was one of the prom- inent Free Masons of Yates City. He was initiated in Elmwood Lodge, and was a charter member of Yates City Lodge, No. 448; a mem- ber of Chapter No. 98, and also a member of the Scottish Rite, thirty-second degree, in Peoria, Illinois. He died May 31, 1893, and "over his remains were repeated the beautiful ceremony of the order he loved so well."

BIRD, WILLIAM BENJAMIN; Farmer; Salem Township; born in Canada, November 10, 1850; educated in the common schools. His parents, Stephen and Ann Bird, were born in Ireland, as was also his maternal grandfather, William Bird. Stephen Bird came to Canada when a young man, and thence to this country, August 16, 1864, and now lives in Yates City, at the age of eighty-two. Mr. W. B. Bird came to Elmwood, Illinois, in 1864. and has lived since then in that vicinity, except three years, when he was in the West. September 18, 1878, he was married in Salem Township, to Mary E. Bliss; she was born August 16, 1860, and is the daughter of C. and Angelina (Smith) Bliss, both of whom are now living in Yates City. There are three children: Arthur L., born May 5, 1881; Harlem W., born October 18, 1884; Forrest W., born June 1, 1892. In religious belief, the family are Methodists. In politics, Mr. Bird is a republican.

BLISS, CLARENCE M .; Farmer; Yates City; Salem Township; born in Peoria County, August 17, 1857; educated in Yates City. His father, Cyrus Bliss, was born in Chautauqua County, New York, May 23, 1834; his mother, Angeline (Smith) Bliss, was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1833. Cyrus Bliss' parents were Zenas Bliss, born in Ver- mont, in 1765, and Mabel (Gillt) Bliss. Mrs. Cyrus Bliss' parents were Elijah and Susan W. (Brown) Smith. February 8, 1883, Mr. Bliss married, in Salem Township, Ella B. Carroll; of this union there are three children: Walter C., born March 21, 1886; Herbert G., born August 12. 1888; and Angie May, born February 28, 1894. Mrs. Bliss was born in Knox County, October 25, 1861, daughter of William and Jane (Lucas) Carroll, both of whom are still living

at Middle Grove, Fulton County, Illinois. Mr. Bliss has a farm of two hundred and eighty acres, with fine buildings, on Section 13, Salem Township, one and one-half miles southeast of Yates City. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Bliss is an Elder and Trustee. He has held the office of School Director for a number of years. In politics, he is a republican.

BLISS, CYRUS; Retired Farmer; Yates City, Salem Township; born May 23, 1834, in Chautauqua County, New York; educated in the common schools. His father, Z. G. Bliss, was born May 12, 1793, in Shaftsbury, Vermont; his mother, Mabel (Gillett), was born in Hart- ford, Connecticut, July 3, 1798; they died at Princeville, the former, December 25, 1868, the latter, June, 1882. Z. G. Bliss' parents were Zenas and Sarah (Auton) Bliss, the former born in Vermont, in 1765. February 25, 1855, Mr. Cyrus Bliss married Angeline J. Smith in Knox County, Illinois; she was born July 18, 1833, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of Elijah and Susan M. (Brown) Smith, who came to Salem Township in 1851; her father died in April, 1878; her mother died June 17, 1899, in Farmington at the age of eighty-five. Mr. and Mrs. Bliss have six chil- dren: Luther A., born March 25, 1856; Clar- ence M., born August 17, 1857; Olive V., born May 9, 1859; Mary E., born August 16, 1860; William S., born April 30, 1864; and Lillie B., born March 14, 1867. Mrs. Bliss is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bliss came from New York to Illinois with his father, May 24, 1837, and settled in Hallick Township, Peoria County, in 1838. January, 1847, they re- moved to Stark County, near Lawn Ridge. In coming from Chautauqua County, New York, his father floated down the Alleghany and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati upon a raft of lumber which he had made with a house upon it; he sold the lumber and took a steamer to Peoria by the Ohio, Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Mr. Cyrus Bliss came to Salem Township in 1853, where he has since been a resident, ex- cepting three years, when he was in Peoria County. He owns a farm of seventy acres on Section 24, Salem Township; one in Peoria County of one hundred and forty-seven acres, and a house and lot in Yates City. In religion, he is a Presbyterian; in politics, a prohibi- tionist.

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, Part 197

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