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MOUSER & DOERR'S STORE, Chamness, Ill. The Partners and Mrs. Zack Durham and her Daughter and Miss Mer- tie Turnage in Front.
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
11, 1860, but was taken by his pa- rents to Van Wort, Ohio, when but three years old and from thence to El Paso, Ill., when nine. After the death of his father at El Paso in 1×81, at the age of 67, the family moved to Berrin Springs, Mich., where they remained for 13 years. The mother lived to be 71 and died while on a visit in Mobile, Alabama.
After the death of his father, Bolinger quit the farm and went in- to the grocery business. lle fol- lowed this for tive years and then took up carpenter contracting and building, which he followed for four- teen years. At this time he became interested in the Electric Light busi- ness and became a part owner with Fred W. Richart and Chas. E. In- graham, Richart having a half in- terest and the others each a quarter. He is the Superintendent and de- votes his entire time to the business. In politics he is a Republican and was City Treasurer of Herrin in 1900, serving one year. He is a member of the Mt. Vernon, la., Lodge, No. 112, A. F. & A. M., and Herrin Lodge 430 1. O. O. F. He has never married.
HERRIN ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CO.
This promising industry was in- corporated in 1900 with a capital of $20,000. Fred W. Richart is the President and General Manager, Chas. E. Ingraham Secretary and Treasurer and B. Bolinger, Vice President and Superintendent. These three gentlemen originated the busi- ness at Herrin, secured a broad fran- chise, incorporated the company, fur- nished the necessary capital to put the business on its feet, own all the stock and do all the work. They are, in fact, "the whole thing," and Herrin would find it troublesome to get along without them.
They furnish arc and incandescent lamps by night and fans and motors by day. The officers are a wide- awake set of men, and fully alive to the importance of being up-to-date in everything. "Improvement all along the line" is their motto.
The building of the plant is 18x28 feet, of brick with metal roof, with a wooden extension for boilers and other machinery and coal bins, 28x 50 feet. They use two boilers of 50 horse-power each; two engines; two dynamos of 30 kilowats each: 20 are lights of the enclosed type, 1200 candle-power each: 500 incandes- cent lamps. The whole system is operated on 220 volts direct current on six miles of wire. They employ only two men besides Mr. Bolinger. The industry is being extended as rapidly. as the growing city requires it, and improvements are projected which will double the power in the near future.
HERRIN BOARD OF EDUCATION.
F. Applegath, President; John Herrin, Clerk; Geo. J. White, Attor- ney; Dr. H. A. Berry, Board of Health; Herman Pardons, Edward Summers, R. T. Copeland.
Herrin is fortunate in its choice of a school board, securing the active oversight and control In the important matter of its public schools of a board who are quick to perceive its needs and prompt and liberal to the legal limit of taxation in supplying them. The late, rapid and almost unparalelled growth of the city no sooner demanded addi- tional school privileges than the Board set about the erection of a new school building. They bought block No. 1 of Herrin's fifth addition in the second ward in the northwest part of the city, for which they paid $1600. On this ideal site they erect- ed the past season a substantial brick structure of two stories with four rooms in each floor, capable of accommodating 600 pupils.
The construction was begun in May, 1904, but by reason of delay in securing brick they were unable to finish it until November 1st. 1905. The contractor was Edward Mullins. It is heated with steam, with the boilers in a sub-basement under the north half of the building. It has slate roof and is finished in Georgia Pine, hard oil finish. The plastering is the Acme, with a white coat finish.
The last school census shows 1100 children of school age and 1834 un- der it, showing that the board must immediately provide another school building. The old school building is filled to overflowing, having two teachers in its primary and the new school has 210 pupils in one room.
The following is the present rostel of its professors anl teachers in both schools:
South Side School-Prof. F. G. Ferrill, Supt .; Principal of High School, A. T. Mckinney; 8th grade, Roscoe Mifflin; 6th grade. Dora Cly- more: 4th grade, Maggie Winning: ard grade, Lettie Ozment; 2nd grade, Mable Dunaway; primary, Gertrude Simmons.
North Side School-Principal, W. G. Ferges: 5th grade. Mr. Whit- taker: 4th grade, Mrs. Jennie Law- son : 3rd grade. Mr. Fleming; 2nd grade, Phoebe Smith: 2nd primary, Nannie Kendall; 1st primary, Mattie Stocks and Ethel Wilson.
As indicating the devotedness and efficiency of the present board of education, it may be noted that its members, led by its president, whose enthusiasm in school affairs is un- bounded, already have well in hand location and plans for another school house, which will be pushed to com- pletion as soon as a tax levy for that purpose can be legally laid. And in addition to that the president
of the Board is not only committed but enthusiastically devoted to erect- ing a High School, an up-to-date building, in the near future, which will give ample accommodations to that class of pupils for some years to come. He will doubtless find in the other members hearty support, and the city can confidently count on it as soon as it can legally be reached.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERRIN.
This bank was the pioneer bank of the city. It was run as a private bank by D. R. Harrison from 1895 to 1899, and on April 1, 1900, in- corporated under its present char- ter with $25,000 capital stock, which has since been increased to $50,- 000, Its officers are D. R. Harrison, president ; Ephraim Herrin, vice president ; John Herrin, cashier; Henry LaMaster, assistant cashier: Cota Herrin, bookkeeper: D. R. Har- rison, Eph. Herrin, Geo. H. Harri- son, Ed Elles and J. D. Peters, di- rectors.
The following is its last state- ment:
Report of the condition of The First National Bank of Herrin, at Herrin, in the State of Illinois, at the close of business March 11. 1905:
Resources.
Loans and discounts .. . $249106 87 Overdrafts, secured and
unsecured 525 68
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation 50000 00
Premiums on U S Bonds 2475 00 Stocks, securities, etc ... 13725.00
Banking house, furniture and fixtures 9000 00
Due from Nat'l. Banks ( not Reserve Agents) 14 12
Due from approved re- served agents 93758 92
Checks and other cash items 144 73
Notes on other National banks 145 00
Fractional paper cur-
rency, nickels and cents 126 27
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz
Specie .. . . $11003 15 Lgl. T. Notes 8890 00 19893 15
Redemption fund with U S Treas. (5 per cent of circulation ) 2500 00
Total $441415 28
Liabilities,
Capital stock paid in . . $ 50000 00
Surplus fund 10000 00
Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 2768 79
National Bank notes ont-
standing 50000 00
Dividends unpaid
300 00
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Individual deposits sub-
jeet to check 208210 31
Time certificates of de-
. posit 120136 18
Total $441415 28 STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of Williamson.
I, John Herrin, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. JOHN HERRIN,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of March, 1905. W. A. STOTLAR, Notary Public. Correct -- Attest :
EPHRAIM HERRIN, ED A. ELLES, GEO. H. HARRISON,
Directors.
DANIEL PERRINE
Was born August 2, 1831, in Mer- cer County, Pa., where he remained on a farm with his parents until 24 years old. He comes of a vigorous and long-lived family, his father, Enoch Perrine, dying at the age of 86, and his mother at $5. He came to this County April 1, 1856, and the year following. on December 10, married Susan Reeves, daughter of James Reeves, by whom he had three children. of whom two are now living.
He enlisted August, IN62, in the 81st Illinois, served at the Siege of Vicksburg, was taken prisoner at the battle of Gemtown, Miss., and was taken to the infamous prison-pen of Andersonville. where he languished for six months, until the victorious Sherman released them. He was mustered out after three years of service at Vicksburg, Miss., in Aug- ust, 1865. In politics he has always been a Republican, and voted that ticket when there were but 75 votes of that party cast in the County.
He was a member of the first Re- publican convention ever held in the County. It was called in 1860 and convened in the basement of the old Presbyterian church erected by the pastor, N. C. Hunt.
G. B. RUSSELL, Photographer.
G. B. Russell was born May 9. 1870, in Johnson County, Mo. He was brought up a farmer's boy and received only a common school edu- cation. About ten years ago he took np the photographic business, first at Creal Springs, but in October, 1899, he came to Herrin and opened a studio, where he still remains, the leading photographer of the district. His wife was Maggie Eaton, of the Tygett settlement, to whom he was married September 4, 1892. Three children are the fruits of this union,
Ira, Benjamin Warder and Wildie Fern.
GEORGE H. HARRISON.
George H. Harrison, proprietor of Mulberry Hill Stock Farm, dealer in jacks and mules, shorthorned cat- tle aud Poland China hogs, is the son of D. R. Harrison, president of the First National Bank and a na- tive product of the town. He was born on Herrin's Prairie December 14, 1861. At the age of 18 he left school and spent two and one-half years at Shurtleff College, when he returned home and has since turned his attention to the rearing and sale of choice stock. When 21 his father gave him 120 acres of land just out of town, known as the Bradley es- tate. He has since added 160 acres more, making 280 of the best land in the County.
On November 27, 1892, he was united in marriage with Miss Laura Blankenship, of Marion. They have four children, three boys and one girl. Both himself and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church of Herrin. He is a Democrat politically, and a member of the A. F. & A. M.
D. R. HARRISON.
D. R. Harrison, president of the First National Bank of Herrin, was born October 15th, 1834, on the old David Herrin homestead, and has lived there almost continuously ever since. His father was George H. Harrison and his mother Delilah P. Herrin. His father died January 12, 1848, but his mother survived until March 28, 1899, dying at the age of 84. His only sister, Mrs. Louisa Williams, died lately at the age of 69 years.
He was a farmer by occupation, training, and preference, and fol- lowed it until about 1860, when he opened a general merchandise store at Herrin, in company with his un- cle, Oliver Herrin. In 1895 he add- ed the business of private banking to his farms and merchandise, and kept up the combination until 1899. The private bank was continued until it was merged into the First National Bank of Herrin in April, 1900, when he became its president.
He was a merchant for 11 years, and when the Postoffice was estab- lished at Herrin, he furnished it room free gratis, and was appointed the first postmaster, holding the of- fice continuously for 33 years and ten months, until Mr. Stotlar took it. He was Township and School Treasurer for 14 years and Notary Public for 36.
When fifteen years old he united with the Missionary Baptist Church and has been active and useful in its ranks ever since. He was ap-
pointed first clerk at its organiza- tion, and has served in that capacity up to the present time, for abont 40 years. His church records do not show a single entry except in his own hand-writing.
His first wife was Miss Julia A. Walker, the daughter of Matthew Walker and Hester More, his wife. They were married January 10, 1×61, and have had five children, of whom one died in infancy. Their names are George H., the eldest; Annabel, wife of E. E. Mitchell, cashier of the First National Bank of Carbondale: Albert M., a dentist in Rockford, Illinois, and Luella, wife of J. C. Hundley, of Carbondale. His wife died July 9, 1874, at the age of 38, and on the 18th day of November, five years later, he mar- ried Elizabeth H. Backus, the widow of Andrew Backus. Her maiden name was Fellows. She was born March 28, 1839, and died March 10, 1899.
Mr. Harrison hasn't a grey hair in his head. is straight as an arrow, prompt and sprightly in action. blood pure and head clear. Al- though he has already passed the al- lotted three score and ten, he bids fair to abide many years longer. He is a Democrat in politics, and a 32- degree Mason.
EPHRAIM HERRIN.
The father of the subject of this sketch was Jackson Herrin, son of David Herrin, one of the first set- tlers on the prairie to which he af- terwards gave his name. He en- tered a tract of 600 acres from the government and laid the foundation for the prosperity of his family and later for the town which bears his name. Jackson died in July, 1901. at the age of $5. His wife, who was Olive Spiller, died in 1845, after giving birth to four children. After her death he married Narcissa Reed, by whom he also had four children. She lived to the age of 75.
The subject of this sketch was the son of the first wife, and was born on Herrin's Prairie Oct. 18, 1×43. He was always a farmer and stock raiser, and is so yet, interspersed with real estate and banking. He has been prominent and active in the establishment and development of his town of which we speak more particularly in giving a history of the town itself. When the Civil War broke out he responded by enlisting in the 128th Ill., Co. D, August 10. 1862. Upon the dissolution of that unfortunate regiment he was with many others transferred to the 9th, of which Sam Hughes was Colonel when it was organized. His first smell of powder was at Snake Creek, below Chattanooga. He afterwards accompanied Sherman in his famous march "from Atlanta to the Sea."
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SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PHILIP N. LEWIS, Cashier Herrin State Savings Bank, Herrin, Illinois.
and was mustered ont at Springfield July 9th, 1865. He returned to his home and four years later, May 6, 1869. married Fatima Brown, the daughter of John Brown, by whom he has had six children, three boys and three girls. The three sons and one daughter are living. Their names are John, the eldest, cashier of the First National Bank of Her- rin: Mark H., engaged in stock rais- ing and dealing at Herrin: Jefferson, a butcher at Herrin, and Cora, the bookkeeper for the bank.
THOMAS STOTLAR,
President of Herrin's State and Sav- ings Bank.
The Stotlar family, one of the old- est and most substantial families of the County, are of German origin and date back in this country to Jacob Stotlar, who in an early day came from Germany to Pennsylvania and was killed by the Indians. His son, Joseph Stotlar, who was a scout in the war of 1812 and was present at the surrender of Gen. Hull. settled near Winchester, Adams County, Ohio. is son, Sam- nel, was born in Adams Co. in 1813 and died in 1876 at the age of 62. His wife, and the mother of Thomas, was born in 1818 and died in 1893 at the age of 77, on the old Samuel Stotlar homestead in Herrin.
The subject of 'this sketch was born near Branfort, Highland Co., Ohio. March 9. 1840. He moved with his father's family to Herrin,
where he drove his stakes and spread his tent November 27, 1856. His schooling was limited to the common schools of the town, supple. mented with three terms at the old college at Carbondale, under the tuition of Clark Braden. He began teaching in 1860, but after teach- ing one term the Civil War broke out and he enlisted in the 9th Ill., Co. G, being sworn in at Cairo Aug- ust 11, 1861. His first commander was Col. Payne, with Mercer as Lieut .- Col., who became Colonel on the promotion of Payne to Brigadier General, and when Mercer became in turn Brigadier, Jesse J. Philips be- came Colonel and afterwards Brig- adier, to be followed by Col. Hughes. the last of the list of fighting col- onels, and before the war closed, all but Hughes became generals, and he would have been but for the close of the war.
The brave 9th served at Forts Henry and Donaldson, going with Grant to Shiloh, where Thomas had his left arm shot in two and went to the hospital at Mound City for a while. His father came for him at the hospital and took him home, where he staid till the last of Aug- ust, 1862. He then returned to Mound City and remained up to September 16, when he started back to his regiment. He only got as far as Cairo when he was discharged on account of his wound, which was still troubling him. He then re- turned to his home at Herrin and the cornfield.
On the 14th day of July, 1869, he
was married to Miss Louisa Cox, daughter of George and Sarah Jane Cox, of German parentage, and na- tives of North Carolina and Mis- sissippi. She died February 15, 1901, having given birth to three children, Edwin N., manager of the lumber business in Marion, Norah, the wife of Dr. Ford at Herrin and Leroy A., who died at home in April, 1905. After a little more than two years from his wife's death, Decem- ber 15. 1903, Mr. Stotlar married his present wife, who was Florence Brown, the daughter of John Brown, of near Herrin.
In 1903 Mr. Stotlar helped to or- ganize the present Stotiar -- Herrin Lumber Company, and became its first vice president. A year later he assisted in the organization of the State-Savings Bank and was elected its president. He also owns stock in the First National Bank of Ma- rion and is a director and a stock- holder in the Williamson County Bank of Marion. He has been a member of the Christian Church of Herrin for 36 years, and an elder for about 10. He is a Republican in politics.
P. N. LEWIS.
Cashier of the Herrin State-Savings Bank.
Philip N. Lewis, the subject of this sketch, was born on a farm sev- en miles south of Marion, William- son, County, Illinois, January 29. 1870. On this farm was what was known to most of the early settlers as the Ward Flat or Race Track, a level tract of land a half mile long. lying one mile south of Wards Mill. the old water mill on the Saline
J. A. LAUDER. P. M. Carterville, Illinois.
SOUVENIR OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Creek owned by old Dick Ward, and at which all the settlers for a radius of forty miles got their corn ground into meal.
Philip is the second son of D. M. and Harriet Lewis, and one of thir- teen children, twelve of whom lived to be grown, and ten of whom are still living. His father, commonly known as "Dan" Lewis. was one of the oldest citizens, he himself being born and raised in this same neigh- borhood, and living there until his death, which occurred a few years ago at the age of 73. He kept the Wards Mill Post Office for fifteen or twenty years for the accommodation of his neighbors, and was always known as a man of strictest integrity and honest dealings with his fellow- men. He was never a party to any litigation, and was never accused of violating the laws of the country.
Harriet Lewis was the eldest child of William C. Cash and Finney Cash, who came to Illinois in an early day from Kentucky. She was a woman of extraordinary intelligence, strong religious convictions, gentle and pa- tient disposition, and that beautiful womanly character that won the hearts of all she met and attached them to herself as lifelong friends. From parents such as these innip inherited those traits of character that have enabled him to achieve success in all he has undertaken, and command the esteem and confi- dence of all good men.
He helped his father on the farm until the age of seventeen, when he started out into the world to fight life's battles for himself. His pa- rents were always great readers, and from this Philip early acquired a love for newspapers and good books, so that while the other men where he worked spent their noon hours and other spare time at cards, mar- bles and other sports, he invariably occupied himself with a good paper or a good book. Having acquired a very fair common school education, at nineteen he found himself en- ployed to teach a country school. By teaching and going to school al- ternately he was soon able to hold the principalship of the Carterville schools, 1894-95. Leaving the Car- terville schools he again entered col- lege, graduating in the fall of '96. After graduation he went to West- ern Jowa, where in company with Barney Ferrell he was employed as principal of the Castana (Iowa) Normal School, which was just he- ing organized at that place. He con- ducted this school for five years, when failing health necessitated his taking up some out-door occupation. Resigning his position in the Nor- mal, he took up real estate work, handling farm lands in Jowa, Ne- braska and the Dakotas He had long been desirous of engaging in the banking business, but was com-
pelled to wait until he could earn
the necessary inoney through his own efforts. Two years of success- fnl real estate work, however, not only restored his health, but gave him sufficient funds to take np his cherished work. After looking over several cities in Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington, he decided to come back to williamson Connty. Illinois, and start a bank at Herrin. Ile was one of the organizers of the Herrin State-Savings Bank, of which he is now Cashier. He first superintended the erection of the new bank building, which is admit- ted to be the finest brick structure in the County.
Mr. Lewis was married on Octo- ber 26, 1903, to Miss Ethel G. Put- nam, the daughter of a wealthy farmer and stockraiser of Western Iowa. She is a very successful teacher, a talented musician, and possesses many rare traits of noble womanhood.
Mr. Lewis is a Democrat political- ly, but is not a member of any church. He is an earnest advocate of justice and right living, and the highest standard of morals among men and women. With "conserva- tismi and courteousness" as his watchword, the Herrin State-Savings Bank promises to be one of the fore- most financial institutions of the County.
W. N. STOTLAR,
President of the Stotlar-Herrin Lumber Company and Vice Presi- dent of the Herrin State-Savings Bank, was born June 12, 1857, in Dayton, Ohio. He is the fifth child of Sammel Stotlar, and was reared on the Stotlar Homestead at Herrin. Like the most of farm boys his edu- cation was only such as can be ac- quired at our common schools, and he very early began to devote his at- tention to the rearing and buying an'l selling of live stock, mostly horned cattle. He was a success at this, and followed it until he went into the lumber business about the time the town was laid out. For the first four years he ran the business alone, when the present Stotlar- Herrin Company was incorporated. and he became its president. He
was made Vice President of the Her- rin State-Savings Bank at its organ- ization. His wife was Miss Sarah Cox, the daughter of George Cox, of Williamson County. and Jane Cox, his wife. They were married Oct. 14, 1876, and have one child, Ruby, the wife of Paul Herrin.
E. N. DILLARD.
Vice President Herrin State-Savings Bank. Herrin, Ill.
E. N. Dillard was born on Pope's Prairie, Franklin Co., Ill .. October
17, 1846. His life has been spent in farming and stock raising and dealing until in February, 1904, when he moved into Herrin. Since then he took an interest in the new State-Savings Bank and has been busy building and renting honses and general management of his
property interests. His father, J. J. Dillard, lived to the advanced age of 83, but his mother, whose maiden name was Lydia Roberts, died in 1862, at the age of 42.
He was married October 1, 1867, to Elizabeth Mannering, by whom he has had seven children. The names of the living are James J., Marshall, George, Monte, Clarence N., and Raleigh. He is not a politician, but has been a member of the Christian Church since 1862.
ROBERT R. STOTLAR.
Assistant Cashier of the Herrin State-Savings Bank, is the son of H. M. Stotlar and Miss E. C. Spiller, his wife. He was born and reared in Herrin. He was a member of the first class in Herrin High School, at- lended the Southern Illinois Normal at Carbondale in 1892, where he took a special course in mathematics and the sciences. He was with the Standard Oil Co. from March to September, 1904, and took his pres- ent position in the Herrin State- Savings Bank April 17. 1905.
DR. W. H. FORD
Was born March 10, 1878, about five miles southeast of Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois. He is the oldest son of W. N. and Amanda Jane For, both of whom are still living and reside in Herrin, his father being one of the most promi- nent real estate men of the County. lle moved to Herrin in the Fall of 1898, when the now beautiful city of Herrin was but a small village of three or four hundred people, and has since been identified as one of the most earnest workers for the up-building of Herrin and the Coun- ty in general.
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