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The building of inills was commenced in 1855, when the first one was erected near the railroad. In a few years after another was added, and again a few years later, a third. All are in successful operation at present.
The number of fine business houses and palatial residences show wealth and taste, and cvince that Geneseo will keep pace in the march of improvement with the beautiful and well tilled country around her.
VILLAGE CORPORATION.
Geneseo was incorporated as a village under a board of trustees, by special act of the General Assembly, approved February 14, 1855. The following were the charter members of the board: Merritt Munson, Enos Pomeroy, Robert Getty, John Willshire, Alfred W. Perry.
The election boards were as follows: First election, April 2, 1855 ; seventy-six votes polled-Merritt Munson, President, O. A. Turner, A. W. Curtis, J. F. Dresser, Luther C. Sleight.
Second election, April 7, 1856. James M. Allan, President, H. Mc Arthur, T. D. Crook, O. P. Beebc, O. A. Turner.
Third election, April 6, 1857. F. P. Brown, President, Robert Getty, H. A. Ainsworth, J. B. Hagin, J. D. K. Sleight.
Fourth Election, April 5, 1858. Robert Getty, President, F. P. Brown, Solon Fleming, J. M. Hosford, Liberty Crosset.
Fifth election, April 4, 1859. Joshua Harper, President, J. P. Long, Joseph Hammond, Cyrus Kinsey, Enos Pomeroy.
Sixth election, April 2, 1860. Joseph Hammond, President, Cyrus Kinsey, J. P. Long, Elisha M. Stewart, W. P. Blackiston.
Seventh election, April 1, 1861. George Richards, President, David L. Perry, P. H. Sniff, Albert McCurdy, J. B. Byers.
Eighth election, April 7, 1862. James McBroom, President, A. B. Kinsey, E. M. Stewart, J. F. Dresser, Solon Kendall.
Ninth election, April 6, 1863. James McBroom, President, Solon Kendall, E. A. Wood, J. J. Town, P. H. Beveridge.
Tenth election, April 4, 1864. I. N. Wilson, President, P. H. Bev- eridge, E. A. Wood, Albert McCurdy, Peter Worrall.
Village Clerks. William T. Allan, 1855 to 1859. R. F. Steelc, 1859 to 1862. J. F. Dresser, 1862 to 1863. Solon Kendall, 1863 to 1864. James McBroom, 1864 to 1865.
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CITY CORPORATION.
The act of the Legislature incorporating Geneseo as a city was approved February 16, 1865. It provides for a city government consisting of a Mayor, elected annually, and a Board of Aldermen, two of whom are elected from each ward, and hold their office two years. The city is at present divided into two wards. The names of the original incorpor- ators are : Isaac N. Wilson, Andrew Crawford and Joseph A. Sawyer. The following is a list of the Mayors of the city since the adoption of the charter of 1865.
Mayors. George E. Wait, 1865 to 1867. Joseph Hammond, 1867 to 1870. John D. Grant, 1870 to 1871. Warren P. Cook, 1871 to 1874. Robert F. Steele, 1874 to 1877.
Aldermen. 1865. - James Bradley, I. N. Stewart, Joseph Ham- mond, E. A. Wood.
1866 .- I. N. Stewart, Joseph Hammond, E. M. Stewart, Alexander White.
1867 .- E. M. Stewart, S. S. Throop, Isaac N. Wilson, Alexander White.
1868 .- Wright L. Kidder, Robert D. Boice, S. S. Throop, Isaac N. Wilson.
1869 .- Warren P. Cook, Daniel Jones, Robert D. Boice, Wright L. Kidder.
1870 .- Albert H. Wood, William Leach, Daniel Jones, Warren P .. Cook.
1871 .- Isaac N. Wilson, George A. Brown, A. Perry Fisk, William Leaclı.
1872 .- George A. Brown, George Turner, Isaac N. Wilson, A. Perry Fisk.
1873 .- George A. Brown, George Turner, James Morton, Simon Ott. 1874 .- James Morton, Simon Ott, Lorenzo Hitchcock, William Smith.
1875 .- William Smith, Lorenzo Hitchcock, H. V. Fisher, Philip S. Schnabele.
1876 .- J. N. Green, George G. Mowry, H. V. Fisher, Philip S. Schnabele.
City Clerks. William T. Allan, 1865 to 1866. R. F. Steele, 1866 to 1872. Thomas R. Harker, 1872 to 1873. L. C. Campbell, 1873 to 1874. Charles Morton, 1874 to 1875. William H. Owen, 1875 to 1877. Police Magistrates. J. A. McConnell, 1865 to L. C. Camp- bell, 1868 to 1873. F. H. McArthur, 1873 to 1877.
THE PRESS.
In August, 1855, James Bowie commenced the publication of the Geneseo Democratic Standard, which was the first newspaper started here. It was established in the interests of large land-holders on the North Side, and to build up that part of the town. At the end of about a year and a half the enterprise was abandoned, and the proprietor went to New Orleans. He returned in 1857, revived the Standard as a Democratic party paper, published it about a year, when its light went out forever. It was, the last time, printed in the building now owned and occupied by McBroom & Wilson as a grain warehouse. Bowie died here in 1859.
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In June, 1856; I. S. Ilyatt issued the first number of the Geneseo Republic from the building on Main Street, oceupied by I. S. Hutchins as a furniture store, and now by Charles Sweney. Ill fortune attending the publication of it, Hyatt failed, and the paper passed into the hands of assignees-J. M. Allan and O. A. Turner-in February, 1858. of whom it was purchased within a month, by Merritt Munson. In December, 1858, the paper was bought by Hobbs & Lewis, of Mr. Munson. In November, 1863, Hobbs acquired the interest of Lewis; at the same time Adam Lieberknecht purchased the Advocate of James M. Hosford, and on the 18th of that month the Republic and Advocate were consolidated, and for more than thirteen ycars have been published under the name of The Geneseo Republic, of which the senior partner has been the editor for nearly nineteen years. It is Republican in politics.
In Angust, 1858, Merritt Munson began the publication of a monthly. called The Christian Philosopher, and continued it one year. The name fairly indieated its aims and objeets. It was ably condueted, and well sustained.
Early in the campaign of 1860 an association of Republicans started a paper ealled the Journal. It was printed at the Republic office. Its editors were, in their order, James Ireland, George W. Shaw, William Smith, and lastly, George A. Hobbs. It died with the close of the cam- paign, too many cooks having hastened its demise.
In early Summer, 1862, Major James M. Hosford, of the old " Henry County Regiment," commeneed the publication of the Union Advocate, in rooms in the bank building, on Main Street, and continued the same until November, 1863. Being at the front during these years, fighting the battles of his country, the paper suffered for want of his personal atten- tion, and on his return, finding better business, he sold out to Mr. Lieber- kneeht, who disposed of it as before mentioned. It was a first-class Republican journal.
On January 16, 1874, Belvel & Fisher issued the first number of The Henry County News, and published it four weeks, when Mr. Fisher sold his interest to Henry L. Kiner. The firm was Belvel & Kiner until June 5, 1874, when Belvel sold to John Christian, and since that date the paper has been published by John Christian and Henry L. Kiner, under the firm name of Christian & Kiner. It is neutral in polities. By reason of its thorough attention to the interests of the county, it has acquired a good and influential circulation. It maintains local reporters, and correspon- dents in nearly all the villages and towns of the county. Its editor is Henry L. Kiner.
THE SCHOOLS.
The present excellent publie schools of Geneseo have grown up gradually from a very small beginning in a rude eabin erected on the publie square in 1837. Hence the first educational efforts are eoeval with the existence of the place, and have grown as it has advanced in population and importanee.
To Miss Susannalı Stewart, now Mrs. James M. Allan, of Geneseo, belongs the honor of having first taught the young idea how to shoot within the precinets of this city. She taught in the cabin aforesaid, on the publie square, in 1837. For the interest some of the "old settlers " will take in the matter, we here introduce the roll of her pupils, sixteen
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in number : Emily Ward, now Mrs. Olmstead, of Galesburg, Ill. ; Orlo Manville, now living in Kansas ; Roderick S. Manville, deceased ; New- ton Manville, residing in Iowa ; Harriet Cone, now Mrs. Wm. Miller, of Geneseo ; Clara Cone, now Mrs. E. M. Stewart, of Geneseo ; Alonzo Cone, deceased ; LaFayette Stewart, removed to Wichita, Kansas ; Jo- siah T. Stewart, deceased ; Geo. W. Stewart, Wichita, Kansas ; Mary Bartlett, at present Mrs. Hiram Cady, of Genesco ; George Bartlett, deceased ; Amanda Bartlett, now Mrs. Taylor, residing in California ; Orin Bartlett, Mercer Co., Ill .; Augustus Bartlett, deceased ; and Sarah Ann Bartlett, at present residing in Mercer Co., III.
It will be seen that only three of the above are now living in Gen- eseo, and that five of the number are dead.
While Miss Susannah Stewart was managing the first school in the canvas-covered cabin in Genesco in 1837, two of her sisters were teach- ing elsewhere in the county, viz. : Narcissa, afterwards Mrs. Wells, taught in the vicinity of George Brandenburgh's, probably at the house of P. K. Hanna ; and Parmelia, now Mrs. Dr. Hume, of Geneseo, taught at Wethersfield. The Stewarts were therefore the pioneer teach- ers in Henry County.
In the Summer of 1838 a frame building was erected on the site of the present Congregational Church, which was used both for school and church purposes, till the seminary was built, in 1846. Narcissa Stewart taught here in 1838. During 1839, a young Mr. Holmes, who had been sent by Rev. Jason Chapin, taught. In the Spring of 1840 Mr. Chapin came, with his family, and in June he commenced teaching, and contin- ued as teacher till he was removed by death, in September, 1846.
One of the earliest provisions in the sale of town lots was, that the proceeds of a certain number should be applied to the erection of a semi -. nary of higher learning.
Rarely has a more noteworthy self-denial been exhibited than that which prosecuted the building of the brick seminary. In the poverty of the people they subscribed labor. They worked in the brick-yard ; they worked upon the building, tending masons. Some young men, just com- ing of age, subscribed two hundred dollars, to be worked out. Then, just as the walls were up, a storm blew down the sides, which were immediately rebuilt. The building was opened for school in the Autumn of 1846.
The institution was chartered by the Legislature of Illinois as the Geneseo Manual Labor High School ; this name was afterward, by the same authority, changed to Geneseo Seminary. Rufus Hubbard, the first president of the board of trustees, E. Cone and Jairus Wilcox were the incorporators.
Following Mr. Chapin, for seven years, the seminary was under the care of Rev. A. Lyman, who by teaching. by persistent efforts, at home and abroad, to raise funds for the completion of the seminary, getting three thousand dollars from the East, and by preaching a part of the time for the church, performed a prodigious amount of laborious and self-denying service. Miss Pomcroy (now Mrs. F. Bascom), Miss Hook- er, Miss Foster and Miss Earl were his accomplished assistants. .
Rev. S. H. Waldo was for a few months in temporary charge of the institution. Then Mr. M. S. Crosvell, just from Amherst College, fol-
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lowed, for a short time. He enlisted in the army, and came out from a four years' service as lieutenant colonel, and is now in the ministry in California. He was succeeded by a Mr. Bartlett, who was assisted by Miss Sarah Andrews and Miss Hume. After accomplishing a great deal of good, the seminary found itself competing with the increasingly popular system of graded schools, and the place too small to sustain both. Hav- ing a considerable amount of aceumulated indebtedness, the trustees at last sold the briek seminary building and grounds to the eity, to be used as the Higli Sehool of the public system ; and so in a new form it is serv- ing the cause of higher education.
The present system of graded schools was instituted in 1856. At that time the Central Sehool-house was built. This was one year pre- vious to the purchase of the Seminary building by the school authorities ; and this latter, together with the former building, then containing four rooms, gave ample accommodations to all who desired the advantages afforded for an education. Prof. Abbott was Superintendent. A few changes in this office brought it down to the administration of Prof. G. G. Alvord, now in charge of the public schools of the city of Cairo, Ill. ; after whom Prof. E. P. Burlingham was Superintendent.
By the year 1866 the increase in the growth of the city demanded more room, and the building on the north side of the railroad was erected. It at first contained but four rooms, but two more were added in 1871. The basement of the Unitarian Church, also, has been procured, at a rental of $200 a year, and fitted up for a sehool-room.
At present there are three school-houses in the district, and the value of the school property is about $20,000. The amount expended for school purposes during the year 1876 was $8,191.03. Fifteen teach- ers were employed, as follows : three in the High School, three in the Grammar Schools, four in the Intermediate and five in the Primary Departments. The number of pupils enrolled during the year was 1,021; average attendance, 711. The district is out of debt, and the sehools are all in a prosperous condition. The number in attendance at the High School was 121 ; in the Grammar Schools 136; Intermediate De- partments, 346 ; Primary Departments, 418.
THE CHURCHES.
The eity contains thirteen regularly organized churches, the oldest of which is the Congregationalist. It was organized by an ecclesiastical council in Bergen, Genesee County, New York, September 13, 1836. Rev. Messrs. Wileox, Hull and Bridgman aeted in the eouneil. The two Messrs. Cone, C. K. Bartlett, J. C. Ward, and Harry Manville, with their wives and the three children, Mary E. and Amanda E. Bartlett, and Harriet Cone, constituted the ehureh of thirteen members. Elisha Cone and J. C. Ward were eliosen and ordained as deaeons. A sermon was preached from that beautifully appropriate text : "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."
The little church was now ready to go forth to the place assigned it by the colony, whither it arrived in due time. At first religious services were held in the cabins of the settlers ; but as soon as the rude sehool-
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house was erected on the public square, it was used also as a house of worship.
.The first communion was held in the house of Deacon Ward, April 18, 1838. It was a day well remembercd, by a hail storm, which broke nearly all the windows in the settlement. The officiating minister was Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury, of Andover. The noted edifice on the square was used by the congregation but one Summer. In 1838 another school building was erected, which was subsequently removed to the site of the present Congregational Church. This was used for church purposes till 1848, when the seminary building was completed, and was thenceforward used as a house of worship till the erection of the church, in 1855. The church was dedicated on the 28th of May, 1856, the sermon being preached by the pastor, Rev. S. H. Waldo. The occasion was one of great rejoic- ing by the people. The church was the one still occupied by the Con- gregational body of this city. At the time it was built it was considered the finest church building west of Chicago. For a while lay services were conducted. The first regular pastor was Rev. Jairus Wilcox, who in May, 1838, came to the colony with his family, and in June was elected pastor, upon a salary of four hundred dollars. In the seminary at Yale he had promised Flavel Bascom that he would go West. It was in response to Mr. Bascom's continued solicitations that he came. Arrived at Chicago, after ten days upon the lakes, his family was met by C. K. Bartlett and Anson M. Hubbard, who moved them in. Having been drawn through many sloughs with chains, they came to Green River, where there was neither bridge, nor ferry, nor ford. Finding Mrs. Gor- don at her home, upon the bank, it took but a word to interest her in the new family. She said she would set them over ; and so, instructing them to swim the horses over by the side of the canoe, she had the wheels of each wagon set into two canoes, and so ferried them over.
Going first into Deacon Ward's cabin, Mr. Wilcox built a log shanty on his place, north of the village, and covered it with hay. There they lived nine months. A traveling clergyman, upon being invited to spend the night with them, declined, saying that his health and life were too valuable to be thus cxposed. Mr. Wilcox had a business tact, which made him useful to the secularities of the place. It has been said that the community is not a little indebted to his taste and enterprise for the ornamenting of the public square and the streets of the town with trees. He was also greatly interested in the seminary, making two trips to the East in its behalf, and looking up the first two principals of the institu- tion - Revs. Jason Chapin and Addison Lyman. Indeed he took up the entire interest of the colony into his aspiration, and accomplished great good as the pioncer missionary. In 1845 he closed his labors herc and removed to Chicago, to take charge of the Seamen's Bethel, in which ser- vice he was engaged until called to his reward, leaving his family to grow up in that city into a sphere of influence and usefulness. After him Rev. William T. Allan supplied the pulpit six or eight months.
The next minister was Rev. Addison Lyman, from Torringford, Con- necticut, who began his services here on the 6th of October, 1845. In this capacity he served for two years, until he entered upon the princi- palship of the seminary, continuing, however, to supply the desk for some months, till a pastor was secured. Rev. C. S. Cady served the churchi
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one year from the 1st of October, 1848. Rev. A. J. Copeland then served the church, from the 1st of December, 1849, to February, 1852. The church then called Rev. H. Ward ; but having already accepted a call at Lyndon, he declined. His most acceptable ministry there was soon eut short by a casualty that ended his life. Rev. J. W. North occupied the pulpit for one year, from November, 1852. The next pastor was Rev. S. H. Waldo, who labored three years, from January, 1855, to January, 1858. Under his pastorate this house of worship was crected, forming a new era in the history of the church. Next comes the pastorate of Rev. Milo N. Miles, during the two years of 1858 and 1859. Then that of Rev. B. C. Ward for one year and a half. Rev. J. T. Cook, now a resi- dent physician, two years, those of 1862 and 1863. During the year 1864, Rev. M. N. Miles served as supply. In May, 1865, Rev. Harry Brickett began his labors and remained seven years. Hc resigned in 1872, and was succeeded by H. G. McArthur, who occupied the pulpit two years, and was followed by Rev. T. C. Jerome one year. At the expiration of that time the present pastor, Rev. O. W. Fay, was called. There are now 275 members.
The Sabbath-school was commenced in the rude tabernacle upon the square, in 1837, and has been continued through Summer and Winter. Its first superintendent was Deacon Ward, who continucd in this office until his removal from the place, in 1855, except that Rev. John T. Pierce held this office during 1852 and 1853. After him Mr. John G. Walker served as superintendent two or three years; then Deacon Huntington, and then Mr. A. M. Hubbard. Mr. H. Thomas, in 1856, was installed in this office, and remained in it till 1871, with the exception of the year and a half of the efficient service of J. T. K. Sleight, himself a child of the Sabbath-school. Under Mr. Thomas the monthly Sabbath-school con- cert was introduced, and has been continued with increasing interest and profit. During the last ten years the number of scholars has increased from eighty-five to two hundred and fifty.
Baptist Church. In March, 1860, Rev. W. G. Johnson visited this place on his way from Rock Island to Princeton, Bureau Co. On the 20th of that month a meeting was held at the Seminary Hall, which was the initial movement to the organization of the Baptist Church of Gene- seo. April 14, the organization was effected by the union in church covenant of twenty-three persons, whose names are as follows:
Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Topping, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McCartney, Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Like, Mr. H. Like, Mr. R. V. Amsden, Miss Laura Ann Amsden, John and Matilda Vernon, Delia Frank, Emclinc Goss, Sarah Lynch, F. Mc- Hose, C. L. Ainsworth, W. B. Johnson, Emma Taylor and Sarah Caulkins.
The pastor, Rev. W. G. Johnson, remaincd some time, and was suc- ceeded by Rev. E. D. Dickerson. Others who have filled the pulpit are Rev. W. P. Pattison, Rev. A. R. Newton and Rev. Mr. Sharpe. Rev. L. J. Langridge is the present pastor.
The meeting for organization was held in the M. E. Church ; after- wards they occupied the Seminary Hall till the present church was com- pleted in 1864. The building cost $4,000. The present membership is about 120, and the average attendance at the Sunday-school, 75.
The Presbyterian Church. This congregation, which now numbers
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seventy-five members, and one hundred Sunday scholars, was organized Nov. 3, 1863, with fifteen members. They were : A. McClain and wife, G. W. Goshorn and wife, M. S. Boice and wife, J. W. McCracken and wife, Charles W. Long and wife, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Bracken, Mrs. Craw- ford, F. W. Gale and George Richards. The committee to organize, Rev. S. T. Wilson and Rev. David Kelley, of Rock Island, were appointed by the Rock River Presbytery. The earliest inectings of this congregation were held in a small frame building on North Street, now occupied by the Swede Methodists. In 1866, they erected their present commodious house of worsliip which they now occupy. It cost the church $9,000. October 20, 1864, Rev. J. C. Barr was called to the pastorate, and remained until Sept. 2, 1871. Nov. 1 of that year, Rev. E. H. Curtis was called, and occupied the pulpit until April, 1873. The present pas- tor, Rev. A. J. Stead, commenced his labors Sept. 1, 1874.
Protestant Episcopal (Trinity) Church. About the year 1856, meet- ings were held by persons embracing this faith, and in the following year the parish was organized. The first wardens were: Perry Ransom and George Condish, and the vestrymen, John T. Young, Benj. Graham, William Saunders and John Huestes. Divine services were held in vari- ous places until the year 1863, when the present house of worship was constructed, after the English style of architecture, costing $2,500.
The names of the successive clergymen are as follows: Rev. Alanson Welton, Rev. Samuel Goodale, Rev. William Greene, Rev. P. B. Morri- son, Rev. Geo. C. Griswold, Rev. Dr. Walker, and Rev. F. B. Nash. The present rector, Rev. T. N. Benedict, took charge of the parish, Nov. 25, 1873. The membership is now about 45, and the attendance at Sun- day-school 40.
The Unitarian Church. The members comprising this religious society, met at first for divine worship in Sawyer's Hall, where in the month of November, 1868, they were organized into a church. They continued to meet in this hall until 1874, when they erected their present house of worship, costing about $6,000.
Rev. M. J. Miller, who is still pastor, presided at the organization, when eightcen members werc admitted. There are now nearly 100, and a Sunday-school which enrolls 125 pupils.
German M. E. Church. In 1860, in January, the first meetings of the Germans belonging to the M. E. Church, were held in private houses. Shortly after they were organized into an ecclesiastical body by Rev. William Kammermcyer, and twenty-three persons united. The same year the church and parsonage were erected. The church was used until 1874, when the present comfortable structure was finished and occupied. The parsonage is yet uscd. Rev. Kammerincyer remained two years, when Rev. Charles Schneider was called, who preached thirce years. Since then the succession of pastors has been as follows: Rev. Henry Withorn, two years; Rev. William Winter, three years; Rev. W. Zap- pen, one year ; Rev. Gustav Zolman, one year ; Rev. Frederick Arensper- ger, two years ; Rev. William Bulke, three years ; Rev. William Schoerig, one year ; when the present pastor, Rev. Louis Kunz was called. The number of members is now forty-two, and the number of Sunday-school scholars forty.
The Catholic Church. Movements to organize a Catholic Church in
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Geneseo were begun by laymen, prominent among whom were James- Bradley and Patrick O'Connell. Meetings were held in private houses and in a room over Mr. Bradley's store, when, in 1863, the church was organized. At that date it comprised about forty families, and for some time was ministered to by priests from Rock Island. The congregation is in the Diocese of Chicago, of which the Rt. Rev. Thomas Folcy is Bishop. In the Spring of the same year they were organized ; they crected their church at a cost of nearly $8,000. The Rev. Thomas Ackley, preached to them during the years 1866-7. Rev. Frederick Smith followed him in 1867. Rev. H. O'Gara McShane commenced his labors in 1874, and continues in charge. The number of families is now about 400. The attendance at Sunday-school is about 50.
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