History of Bureau County, Illinois, Part 56

Author: Bradsby, Henry C., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Chicago, World publishing company
Number of Pages: 776

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Knights and Ladies of Honor .- Friend- ship Lodge, No. 292. Elva A. Dean, Pro- tector; S. Bally, Sec. and F. S .; J. Miller, Treas. Meets at O. F. Hall, Depot, second and fourth Fridays each month.

I. O. M. A .- Princetou Lodge, No. No. 41. -T. O. Josephson, Pres .; J. Chritzman, V. P .; A. Johnson, T .; L. D. Romberger, Sec. Meets third Monday each month over Farm- ers National Bank.

I. O. G. T. - Princeton Lodge, No. 271 .- C. E. Shugart, P. W. C. T .; Dr. G. T. Smith, W. C. T .; Mrs. Mary Mercer, W. V. T .; Rev. W. D. Atchison, W. C .; F. W. Clark, Sec. ; Mrs. Frank Walker, Treas. Meets every Tuesday at O. F. Hall, over Winter & Cush- ing, 7:30 P. M.

K. of P .- Pleasant Lodge, No. 19 .- S. L. Smith, P. C .; W. Wagner, C. C .; John Trul- son, V. C .: G. Evans, P .; I. O. Brokaw, K. of R. S .; Dr. C. A. Palmer, M. of E. Ch .; P. J. Newell, M. of F .; D. J. Foster, M. of A. Meet every Thursday at O. F. Hall, 7:30 P.M.

K. of P .- Uniform Lodge .- Major C. A. Palmer, G. S. of Ist G. D. of the United States; Lieut .- Col. T. P. Streeter, Ist A. G. C .; D. J. Foster, S. K. C .; T. P. Streeter, Lieut. C .; S. L. Smith, Herald; P. J. New- ell, Treas .; W. Wagner, Rec. ; Johu Trulson, Guard; F. M. LaFrienier, Guide. Meets every first Thursday each month at 7:30 P. M. G. A. R .- Ferris Post, 309 .- T. P. Street- er. P. C .; W. C. Warren, Adjt .; P. T. Rich- ardson, Q. M. Fifty-five men. Meets sec- ond and fourth Wednesdays each in Odd Fellows' Hall.

I. O. O. F .- Tonnaluka Lodge, 89 .- J. J. Bamburg, P. T .; G. H. Sampson, N. G .; A. Goetz, G. O. T. Z .; W.C. Warren, R.S .; Chris Wiedrich, P. S .; E. R. Mathis, Treas. Meets Friday P. M., 7:30, at Odd Fellows' Hall.

I. O. O. F .- Bureau Lodge, 428 .- S. Ros- enstraus, Deft .; B. Grossman, N. G .; H. Stein, V. G .; S. Seelig, Sec .; William Kas- trop, Treas. Meets every Saturday, 8 P. M., at Odd Fellows' Hall, Depot.

I. O. O. F .- Bureau Encampment, 36 .- A. Goetz, C. P .; C. Barry, H. P .; S. Seelig, S. W .; J. Ross, J. W .; W. C. Warren, Scribe; William Ambrose, Treas. Meets first and third Wednesdays in each month, 7:30 P. M., at Odd Fellows' Hall.

K. of P .- Endowment Rank, No. 298 .- Pres. John Trulson; V. Pres., George Wood- ruff; Chap., P. J. Newell; Sec. and Treas., I. O. Brokaw; Guide, T. P. Streeter; Guard, C. A. Palmer; Sent., C. W. McMulleu.

Friends in Council .- Mrs. Rev. M. C. Williams. Pres. ; Mrs. George Phelps, Vice- Pres. ; Miss E. J. Warfield, Sec. and Treas. Meets Thursday A. M. at V. L. Scott's.

Societies-Literary. - Princeton Literary Club .- C. J. Richardson, Pres .; G. S. Skin- ner, Sec .; A. B. Reeve, Treas. Meets every other Friday evening at lecture room of Con- gregational Church.

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Chautauqua Circle. - E. E. Lesh, Pres. ; F. W. Clark, Sec. and Treas. Meets 1st and 4th Tuesdays of each month, at residences of members.

Sciences .- Princeton Academy of Sciences. -Incorporated January 23, 1882. Officers: Hon. Simon Elliott, Pres .; Charles Barrie, Vice-Pres. ; Lillian I. Davis, Recording Sec .; Jacob Miller, Corresponding Sec .; F. M. Her- rick, Treas. Meets every Monday evening at 8 P. M. at O. F. Hall, Depot.

Illinois Masons' Benevolent Society .- De- witt C. Cregier, Pres .; James A. Hawley, Vice-Pres .; George H. Sampson, Sec .; D. H. Smith, Treas .; A. H. Thompson, M. D., Medical Director; Jacob Krohn, Supervising Director of Agents; Harvey M. Trimble, Attorney.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

THE TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN THE COUNTY-A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS ABOUT THE SETTLERS AND OTHER FACTS GIVEN, ETC., ETC., ETC .- HALL TOWNSHIP.

E. C. HALL has made his township one of the most noted farming localities in the State. His farm is on Section 21, and as it has taken so many premiums at county and State fairs, it has earned the wide repu- tation of Illinois' model farm. Its grand avenues leading to it of stately pines are in- viting to the visitor. The orchard, the clean and smooth meadow, lawns and blue-grass pastures, and the elegant residence, standing nearly in the center of the tract of land, is truly a model of beauty, convenience and utility that is pleasant to the beholder, and leaves a picture upon the mind that will be slow to fade. This splendid property contains 200 acres, and now belongs to John Weber.

Edward C. Hall, son of Ransom Hall, like all that noted family, was one of our best citizens. A very full account of the Hall family may be found in another chapter.

The most prominent man of to-day in Hall Township is Henry J. Miller. He is known far and wide for his enterprise, thrift and energy, and as one of the few valuable men upon whose broad and strong shoulders are carried those large enterprises that build up and keep in the advance the prosperity of large communities. To Mr. Miller is due the organization, development and future great promise of the Spring Valley Coal Company of this township. He organized the company a few years ago, and, as its agent, contracted for 5,000 acres of coal lands. Most of the original parties failed when the time came to make the final payment on these lands, and after much negotiation Mr. Miller, in com- pany with Mr. A. Campbell, arranged and took the lands and paid for them. One splendid shaft, costing $30,000, is now in operation, and soon others will be opened. There is here the finest article of bituminous coal found in the West.

A railroad is contemplated in connection with these mines, called the Spring Valley & Northwestern Railroad. Its contemplated route is toward the northwest, and if Mr. Miller's life is spared a few years, he will be able to add one of the largest industries, not only to Bureau County, but to the great Northwest, yet given the country.

In the business life of Henry J. Miller are the evidences of the great value a single life may be to a people in bettering the condition of all, in advancing the general material in- terests, and at the same time so conducting his vast and generous enterprises that none are oppressed, none wronged, no one impov- erished, but all are aided, assisted and ad- vanced along the great struggling line of

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life. Always just, generous and liberal, there will come to those who have felt his good aets and impulses, no sting with his name or memory. Such a life is worth liv- ing. Its pathway here is, as will be its memory in the long future, lit up with the warm rays of sweetest sunshine.

Rufus Lumry, a noted early preacher, of whom much is said elsewhere, settled in this township. He was drowned in Colorado. In 1844 he was a candidate of the Abolitionists, for the Legislature. It was Lumry who found the body of J. Dunlap at Lost Grove, in 1837. The Methodist Episcopal preachers who came after Lumry were Steven R. Beggs, John Sinclair and J. J. Cole. It was this township that furnished ready-made, Judge William Hoskins, whose name figures so prominently in the general county history. Here also figured Curtis Williams, and Will- iam Hall and his two girls. He was killed, and his girls taken captive by the Indians. Reason Hall settled on Section 34, afterward owned by J. Wasson, as early as 1828. Then in 1833 Henry Miller settled on Section 33, and William Miller on 27, and in the fall of the same year Edward Hall settled on 29, afterward occupied by H. W. Munson; Will- iam Swan on 19, where J. Whitehead after- ward resided; Robert Scott, A. Wixam, Alex- ander Holbrook and Martin Thompson. The two last made improvements on Section 36. These farms were afterward owned by the great Daniel Webster. Isam Wilhite settled on Section 18. C. W. Combs, Samuel J. Williams and Moses Tichenor were among the settlers here prior to 1840. Also Noah Sapp, Dr. Whitehead and James G. Swan were among the prominent early settlers.

James Murray, the geologist, lives in Hall Township. He is a native of Perthshire, Scotland, born January 23, 1820. He was educated in his native country, and trained to

his father's business-flower gardening-and lived there with the Earls of Hopeton, Murray, and other distinguished families. He went from Scotland to England, and for six years lived with' Viscount Sidney, near London. He came to America in 1852, and married Sarah Olcott, September 11, 1864, of which union were five children.

Mr. Murray looked over the country and selected a place for a home that bad more interest for a landscape gardener and geolo- gist's eye than for a practical farmer, and for the past thirty years he has devoted himself to the study of the geology of northern Illi- nois, and the collection of rare and interest- ing geological specimens. As a consequence he is now the possessor of one of the rarest and most extensive collection of specimens in the [State. He has been much visited by scientific investigators of late years, and sev- eral attempts have been made to secure for the State his collection.

Lamoille .- Among the first settlers in the county were Aaron Gunn and Daniel Dim- mick, who settled in this township. In 1830 came William Hall, and located where the village of Lamoille now stands. In 1834 Leonard Roth and Dave Jones came; then Jonathan Holbrook and Moses A. Bowen - they purchased Gunn's claim. About the same time Enos Holbrook and R. and P. Ar- gier, Joseph Knox and Greenbury Hall came. Timothy Perkins lived here a short time. In 1835 Benjamin Townsend, Robert Masters and Joseph Frank came. In 1836 Wilson Dailey and Gilbert and Mitchell Clemens came and made farms west of the creek. The same year Zenas Church came. He built a saw- mill on Big Bureau, Section 22. In the spring of 1836 Tracy Reeve and Dr. John Kendall came. They bought the Bowen farm and laid off on it the village of Lamoille. Mr. Bowen had previously made a survey of

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the land, but never perfected and recorded his town plat. In the list of early settlers and long prominent men in the county are Isaac H. Norris, Henry Holbrook, A. Blodg- ett, Jonathan Holbrook, E. M. Eastman, Ziba Dimmick, Euoch Pratt, Samuel and Abner Edwards, Solomon Roth, and E. M. Eastman. Elisha W. Fassett came in 1835, John Hetzler in 1834. Dailey settled near the ford on Burean, and it was long known as Dailey's Ford. Zenas Church, O. M. East- man Gilbert Clemens, Sol Williams all came in 1836. Dave Perkins, an old bachelor, came in 1834. Dave Jones, we are informed by Matson, was a hard citizen. He went to Indiana and died an ignoble death. Joseph Search came from Kentucky, a native of Vir- ginia. He improved a farm on Section 6, and in 1844 sold out and went to Texas. He lost every member of his family here except three sons. They lie in the Lamoille Grave- yard. Rev.John Hetzler came from Indiana in 1834. He purchased Timothy Perkins' claim, and improved the place and died here. His son, John, lived on the old place until 1884, when he went to Iowa. Hetzler was of the persuasion of the Free- Will Baptists. Brown sold to George Hammer, and he in turn sold to Aaron Stevenson, who was an Englishman and immigrated to this county from New York in his peddler's wagon. He died here hav- ing no descendants. A man named Bevans had a cabin near the center of Perkins' Grove. He dressed like an Indian, and looked more like one than he did like a white man. He and his family went West- "or to the dem- nition bow-wows," and "I don't care which," was the remark of an old settler in his ac- count of the noble Bevans tribe. Robert and John Masters lived here as early as 1835. Robert went to Minnesota; John built a mill on Bureau Creek, Leepertown. A. N. Brown, or "Dogs-take it" Brown, was from New

Hampshire. He is mentioned above as hav- ing sold to George Hammer. Horace Bowen is remembered as a very odd character, more Indian than American in many of his char- acteristics. Timothy Edwards was of an old English family. He came to Bureau County in 1839, a harness-maker, but farmed here un- til he went to Wisconsin. He married Catha- rine Clapp. She died here August 24, 1850, the mother of five children. The most im- portant manufactory in Lamoille is W. & J. J. McNeill's creamery, spoken of elsewhere. The capacity of this establishment is about 3,000 lbs. per day. Dean's patent corn cut- ter is manufactured here.

Ohio .- This ranks among the best sections of the county. It is constantly growing in population and wealth, and the character of the improved farming now carried on be- speaks a bright future for its people. The town in the early times was noted for its large prairies, and as having less timber in it than any other township in the county. Dad Joe Grove was a noted spot, even before the early settlers began to come to the county. For years Dad Joe Smith kept a stage stand here when he only had one neighbor within twelve iniles. In 1836 he sold to T. S. Elston. For sixteen years this was the only house in the township. In 1846 William Cleveland built the second house on Section 20, and soon F. G. Buchan built on Section 3. Charles Falvey, the noted early country petifogger of the county, and a rare character generally, was an early settler. In 1847 John and Andrew Ross settled on Sections 22 and 27, and from these two families are the worthy and many descendants who now live in the township. No family in the county has commanded a greater respect than this one, and their descendants are "noble sons of noble sires" (see biographies). In 1847 William Garton settled on Section 36,

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Leonard Strong on 35, and Aaron Brokaw on 34. In 1848 John Kasbeer settled where he now lives. He was a most valuable man to the community. Intelligent and enter- prising, he led the way in many new enter- prises and great permanent improvements. His experiments in tree culture were the first to convince the people of the township that the wide prairies could thus be improved and beautified to an extraordinary degree, (see biography). Mitchell Shifflet and Isaac Brokaw settled on 33, in 1849, (see the biog- raphy of D. P. Smith). Among the early settlers were William Cowan and Stephen Wilson. The history of the early settlers and the civil history of this settlement is given fully in the general history.

Ohio Village-was laid out by Jacob Albrecht, in 1871, on his farm. He named at after himself, but prior to this there had been a postoffice near here, called Ohio, and everybody continued this name to the new village, and finally this became the legal name. J. T. Walter and William Wilson erected a building and opened the first store. The building of the branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad gave a tre- mendous impulse to the growth of the vil- lage, and in less than five years there were three hundred people, four dry goods stores, two grocery and two drug stores, one furni- ture store, two shoe shops, three blacksmiths, two wagon-shops, a hotel, two hardware stores, one agricultural store, barber shop, harness shop, two milliners, two physicians and three churches.

Macon. - This portion of the county was known in the early times as Walnut Grove. No settlement was made here until 1837, when William Bates built a hut at the east side of the Grove. July 4, 1838, Thomas Motherell settled on Section 20. In the same year James B. Aikin came here. There were

no other additions for some years and then Lewis Holmes, John and Charles Wood set tled on the west side of the grove, and T. I. Horton and Charles Lee on Section 16. These were soon followed by Benjamin Stev- ens, L. Aikin, W. H. Mason, John and George Zink and Allen Horton.

Matson says a Rev. Mr. Williams was mas- sacred by the Indians at this grove in 1812. He had been a missionary some years among the Indians. He says the reason the In- dians killed him was because Gov. Edwards had destroyed Black Partridge's town at Peoria. Many think the story apochryphal.

Motherwell, mentioned above, settled on Section 17. He moved away in 1857, going first to Iowa and then to Missouri. His wife was a sister of James B. Aikin. The latter was probably the first settler in Milo Town- ship. The two men were from the same place in Pennsylvania and came West together. Aikin went to Iowa and for two years was engaged in Iowa City on the public works, when he returned to the county and remained here a short time before his death, which oc- curred in Buda in January, 1884. His widow and three sons and three daughters live in the county.

The first school in Macon, it is now said, was taught by Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, in 1857, and among the pupils were the children of Charles Wood, Samuel Maycock, Thomas Motherell, John Zink, Allen Horton and Lendis Holmes. A log schoolhouse was built in the fall of this year, and the school district included the whole township. One of the first School Directors was Lewis Holmes, and he has served continuously since to the present. The first election ever held was in 1850, when there were thirteen votes poled, as follows: Cyrus Sweet, John and George Zink, Charles Wood, James Mother- ell, Samuel Zink, William Baker, Thomas

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Motherell, Henry Walker, William H. Mason, David Aikin, Allen Horton, Samuel Maycock. The candidates were: For Supervisor, Allen Horton (elected); Town Clerk, W. H. Mason; Assessor, Samuel Maycock; Highway Com- missioners, Thomas Motherell, Henry Walker, Samuel Motherell; Justices, Cyrus Sweet and Samuel Maycock; Collector, Samuel Maycock; Constables, John Zink and James Motherell; Overseer Highways, Samuel May- cock.

Indiantown. - Sampson Cole made the first settlement in 1833, on what was afterward the Simon Kinney farm. Cole afterward built the first house in what is now Tiskilwa. This was the first house of entertainment. Of course the next man was "Curt " Will iams. Peter Bloom afterward owned the Williams place. In 1835 Martin Tompkins located on Section 12. Then the Kinneys came, and about the same time S. Wimple and Mr. Burt.

The Providence Colony came in 1836. It was composed of members from Providence, R. I. There were seventy-two stockholders, and they sent a committee in advance to se- lect and purchase land. The committee con- sisted of Com. Morris; Col. C. Oakley, Asa Barney, L. Scott, S. G. Wilson, Edward Bailey and Caleb Cushing. They laid off the village, and named it Providence. Asa Barney and Caleb Cushing remained till fall to put up buildings. They built the Colony House, which was intended in the end for a hotel. In the spring of 1837 about fifty members of the colony came. A full account of this settlement is given elsewhere.

Indian Prairie is a rich and beautiful por- tion of the county. In journeying from Princeton to Tiskilwa a most lovely and ex- tended view is presented from the bluff hills this side of M. Kitterman's.

The ancient Indian village, after which

comes the name of Indiantown, was situated chiefly where Tiskilwa now stands. This is quite a properous town, is only six miles from Princeton, and an important point on the railroad. The town was founded by Dr. A. Langworthy iu 1836, and called Windsor. That portion of the town in Arispe belonged to Dr. Langworthy. In March, 1836, J. W. Kinney laid off West Windsor. This part of the town lies in Indiantown, and it was soou called Indiantown. A strong rivalry sprang up between the two towns. In 1840 the two towns were consolidated and became one, and were called Tiskilwa (meaning "Gem of the Valley ").

Tiskilwa was incorporated in 1856. The new Council were: Dr. William Kirkpatrick, President; Hon. B. N. Stevens, Clerk; Will- iam T. Swain, O. W. Battey and James T. Cook, Trustees. The officers in 1876 were: C. N. Stevens, President; J. H. Welsh, Clerk; Daniel Inhof, John Wytre and C. C. Slygh, Trustees. A good mill was put up here in 1845 by Mr. Simmons. The importance of this point is indicated by the fact that as early as 1876 it had fourteen stores, nine shops of different kinds, two elevators, one bank, and one of the best graded schools in the country.

The present Town Council is: E. H. Har- ris, President; William Rhodes, Clerk; M. Tebow, George Dexter, J. Wiley, Trustees; O. Wilkinson, Treasurer; J. R. Biddulph, Marshal.

Tiskilwa Library Association. - J. H. Welsh, President; H. W. Keigley, Treasurer; G. C. Kellogg, Secretary; J. F. Blake, Librarian. Nearly 500 volumes. Open from 2 to 9 P. M.

Board of Education. - O. W. Battey, Pres- ident; J. H. Welsh, Clerk, and G. E. Dexter. Enrollment, 250 scholars. A. W. Hussey, Principal.

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Morris Spalding came to Tiskilwa in 1836; commenced clerking for Col. Kinney. This was the first store in the town. Spalding clerked two years, then built a hotel, and ran it for sixteen years. He died in Tiskilwa, May 5, 1865, leaving two children-Adelaide D. (Cottell), and Isaac C., now in Princeton. T. K. Ferrell was from Massachusetts; came in 1838. (See Ferrell's biography.)

Westfield. - Mason Dimmick staked out a claim for the whole of Lost Grove, in 1830. He partly built a cabin, where Arlington now stands, but never occupied it. He abandoned his claim after two years, and for several years after this the township remained wild and unsettled, and deer and wolves in great num- bers were the only temptation for the chance visitors in the pursuit of game, and the de- structive wolves. In the fall of 1834 a man named Hough completed Dimmick's cabin, and moved into it. He lived in lonely con- tent for awbile, and then concluding he never would have any neighbors, tried to sell his claim, for which he asked $25. Col. Austin Bryant and Enoch Pratt examined the prop- erty, with a view of purchasing in the spring of 1835. After a careful examination they concluded that $25 was a goodly amount of money, and further, they thought there was not enough timber in the grove for two farms, and they did not buy. Hough then aban- doned the property, and his improvements went to decay. and for the next five years no adventurous soul lived in the township. In 1835 two young men were contending for the claim to the grove; while contending about it Benjamin Briggs entered the land, and in 1840 he sold it to Michael Kennedy, Sr., who made a large farm here. In 1840 David Roth, then a contractor on the Illinois Central Railroad, built a house on Section 10. The next year he sold to Martin Corby. In 1843 Daniel Cahill made a farm on 26,

and Daniel Lyon on 27. Afterward George W. Gilson built on Section 8, and sold to James Waugh. In 1847 Peter Cassaday made an improvement on Section 10, and Elijah Little on 17. In 1850 David Nichols and J. Aldrich settled on Section 4.

Arlington was laid out upon the build- ing of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 1853, by James Waugh. Nathan Linton kept the first store and was the first grain dealer in the place. J. C. Gibbons dealt in grain and lumber, on the south side of the track; he failed and went to Kansas. A. Linley bought out Linton and kept a gen- eral store in Gibbons' old stand, but he failed and went to Iowa. Luke Lawler and Charley Westcate were the first blacksmiths. Dr. Pyronet was the first physician; he went to Missouri. The next physicians were Dr. Tuttle and Dr. George. Van Law and Clint Robinson were among the first carpenters, and then Albert Morgan, who is yet hard at it. James Waugh was the first hotel keeper. An index to the libidinous capacity of some of the people in Arlington we give the fact that here no less than five different men have been killed by the trains, from either sitting on the track or walking on it. The first ac- cident was to a young man named Rowen; he had been out to a charivari and was cut to pieces. A tailor named Burnside, then John Bell, and a peddler next, and then a German.

Samuel Karney committed a shocking mur- der in the village, killing Mrs. Elizabeth Sheehan, nearly cutting her head off, after shooting her twice. He also shot her father through the thigh, and severely cut Mrs. Sheehan's mother. The wretch then cut his throat, and must have astonished the pit keeper by his early arrival at his permanent home. It is hardly necessary to explain that the wretch was desperately in love with Mrs. Sheehan.

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Arlington Lodge, No. 418, I. O. O. F., was organized April 20, 1870, with the fol- lowing charter members: J. T. Larkin, M. D. Palmer, Joseph Andrews, William Price and D. H. Hayner.

The following members were initiated the first night: Thomas McGann, T. A. Maul, James Waugh, Robert Barrett, J. B. Grimes, Rev. W. H. Haight, C. H. Betz, I. H. Booth, I. C. Black. Present number of members about fourteen.

First officers: J. T. Larkin, N. G .; M. G. Palmer, V. G .; Joseph Andrews, Sec. ; Will- iam Price, Treas.

Present officers: Fred Walters, N. G .; Jacob Doll, V. G .; A. Weibel, Sec .; George Hansel, Treas.

On the third day of January, 1878, per- mission was given by the Grand Lodge to work in the German language.

Peter Cassaday laid off an addition to the southwest of the town in 1854.

James Waugh was one of the liberal- minded, large-hearted men of the early set- tlers. He lived on a great thoroughfare for immigrants, and was compelled to keep a house of entertainment. And here many a weary traveler found a haven of rest. The first postoffice in this part of the county was at his house, and his daughter, Catharine, was Postmistress. She continued in the of- fice after the town of Arlington was laid off. Nathan Linton, son-in-law of Mr. Waugh, kept the first general store in the village.

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History of Bureau County, Illinois, Part 56

Author: Bradsby, Henry C., [from old catalog] ed Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Chicago, World publishing company Number of Pages: 776

Author: Bradsby, Henry C., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Chicago, World publishing company
Number of Pages: 776