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One of the most vivid recollections of my own boyhood days is of the Fain Stone, C. D. Cook proprietor, on the north side of the square, second doon east of the l'am National Bank ... a most unusual business establishment which handled a little of almost everything in a most fascinating state of disorder and a mone unusual proprietor who was in even more of a state of disorder. George lebt told me a story a few years ago about how there was a ledge built into the front of his stone, and the village loafers insisted on sitting on said Ledge for hours at a time. This irritated lin. Cook no end, so he took samples of paint out of his stock and painted the Ledge every day to keep the visitors away. However, some one swore out a warrant for the old boy; and Judge Webb, who was city attorney at that time, tried and fined him. Then lin. Cook died, he had no known heins on relatives, but considerable money, was found hidden around the stone in jars and other receptacles, and Ladies of doubtful reputation showed up from all over the country to claim a shane of the estate.
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HAM'S GROVE SOUTHERN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Ham's Grove Southern Missionary Baptist Church met for the first time in March of 1862 in the Hamsgrove School building.
On lanch 7, 1867, they were organized into the Hamsgrove United Baptist Church by Elder Calvin Allen and Deacon Anderson Smith. The chanter members were as follows: William Richardson, liargaret Richardson, Hesten A. Richardson, John L. Richardson, Edward A. Richard- son, hoses Scrivener, Joel Scrivener, Samantha J. Scrivener, Benjamin "Willis, Newton J. Fuget, Catherine Hale, Jane Boyles and John A. Smith. Willian Richardson was chosen as clerk pro ten and Bro. Calvin Allen as moderator and pastor.
In July of 1867, the Hamsynove United Baptist Church joined the Fairfield association.
January 31, 1368, Brothers Willis Keller, William Allen and Owen D. Leach were chosen as the building committee to locate a place to build the church and to choose the material with which to build it. The church was to be located in a grove owned by Willis Keller. This committee was later dismissed and another was not appointed for several years.
In September of 1878, J. Atchison, J. H. Allen, A. J. Villis, S.l. Farlow, L. D. Smith and George Pucket were appointed as a committee to select a place and solicit funds for the building of a church. In November, 1873, they purchased one acre of Land where the present church stands from Ignatius and Lizzie Atchison, On Sunday, November 16, 1879, the church building was dedicated bu Bno. C. Killen.
The first trustees of the church, Silas Fanlow, Thomas At- chisson, and H. S. Smith, were elected November 15, 1879. These trus- tees were to take change of the church property and see that the notes due were paid. In April, 1883, the trustees purchased an additional 132 acres of land through the instruction of the church from Ignatius and Lizzie Atchison. In 1234, ten acres of this land was sold and the money received was applied to the note on the church. January 6, 1.86, the trustees reported that the note against the church had been paid in full.
In April, 1900, more land was purchased by the church and a part of it was to be used by and added to the cemetery.
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July, 1907, the church changed their membership from the Fairfield Association to the Salem South Association.
July, 1917, the church was incorporated as the ilam's Grove United Baptist Church.
September 28, 1918, H. C. Lovin was ordained for full work as a minister in the work of the Lond.
July 20, 1924, Paul Rich was ondained into the Lord's minis- try.
In August, 1924, T. J. Atchisson, L. J. Loving, Henry Pucket, ilona Roane, Rosa Atchison, Worth Wayland, and Nell Puckett were ap- pointed as the building and finance committee to nemodel the church building. This remodeling was completed by December, 1924. At that time another committee was appointed to remodel the seats. This com- mittee included Henny Puckett, T. J. Atchison, L. J. Logan, and Hell Puckett.
In December, 1924, the booster Class donated a piano to the church.
In February, 1926, the church authorized the trustees to sell forty- four feet of church ground for cemetery use.
June 6, 1948, the church authorized the trustees to set a price for the cemetery association on another strip of land forty-four Feet wide to be taken from the church yard to be used for cemetery. purposes.
On May 6, 1951, Jarvis Marshall was ordained into the ministry of the Lond.
The church decided to enlarge and nejinish their present basement and make it Larger. This work was completed late in 1956. In November, 1959, Lonan Bumpus was ordained into the ministry of the Lord.
The Ham's Grove Missionary Baptist Church purchased a new Baldwin piano in March of 1962. This was dedicated to the Lord's work at thein homecoming on June 17, 1962.
On June 3, 1962, Jimmy Fitzjerrells was ordained as a minister so he could act as a full time paston of the Cell Prairie Baptist Church. llames of pastons of Ham's Grove Church since its organization in 1867 ane: Calvin , Illen (1867-1870), ¿. W. Ovenstnut (1871-1876),
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William H. Hay (1876-1878), H. P. Cravens (1878-1880), J. D. Hooker (1981-1985), H. P. Cravens (185-1686), J. W. Lunda (1886-1237), C. y. Allen (1887-1820), William Richardson (1889-1892), William C. Pickard (1892-1893), Lewis Keele (1093-1396), J. J. Allen (1896-1297), Wilburn Standigen (1897-1903), Thomas Hunt (1904-1906), Arthur Bell (1906-1907), Charles Hunt (1907-1903), J. J. Allen (1908-1913), W. C. Lockand (1913- 1915), John Houlding (1915-1916), C. J. Hamilton (1917-1919), Frank Hooker (1919-1920), C. ). Mauling (1920-1922), Iven Willen (1922- 1923), C. .. Moulding (1923-1924), Cdd Cravens (1925-1927), Bert Denbo (1926-1927), Seba Marshall (1927-1928), B. E. Page (1928-1932), Bind Green (1932-1933), Ottis Atchison (1933-1936), Ross Partridge (1936- 1937), Everett Apgan (1937-1940), Paul Jolley (1940-1943), Roy Beal (1943-1947), Ethan Acuff (1947-1943), Orval Overturf (1940-1750), H.C. Lovin (1950-1952), Byfond King (1952-1953), Douglas Cox (1953-1958), Billie Strong (1953-1959), Roy Beal (1959- 1.
Following are names of persons who have served as church clerk: Thomas itchisson (1867-1868), William H. Allen (1969-1882), S. M. Farlow (1982-1900), George B. Marshal (1900-1901), 3. A. Smith (1901-1913), S. Iii. Farlow (1913-1914), ilenny Puckett (1914-1913), Well Puckett (1918-1921), Paul Rich (1921-1923), Richard L. ; Atchison (1923-1925), Dona Janglen (1925-1928), Nell Puckett (1928-1936), Ona Bumpus (1936-1940), Salesta Hughey (1940-1956), Cve Baltzell (1956- 1957), Velma Story (1957), Betty Bumpus (1957-1958), Alice Grothoff (1950'- 1.
The following have been ordained as deacons by this church: Anderson Smith (1867), Owen S. Leech (1868), L. D. Smith (1873), Silas Fanlow (1873), Thomas Atchison (1884), A. P. Bumpus (1804), Isaac Look (1884), Lewis Leach (1891), Pierce Phillips (1913), Judd Smith (1913), Dall Bumpus (1913), Lonen Rich (1919), Charles Richards (1923), North layland (1923), Frank Vanglen (1937), George Bumpus (1943), Ralph Lynn (1949), C. ). Buck (1949), Raymond Fitzjennells (1955), Samuel Story (1955), Roy Ham (1955), Charlie Whisenhunt (1955), and Gene Grothoff (1955).
Prepared by Historical Committee: C. V. Buck, Roy Ham, Roy Beal Typist: Sue Buck
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PIONEER MEDICINE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
By Andy Hall, M. D., Int. Vernon, Illinois (Delivered before the Jefferson County Historical Society held in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Manch 16, 1948)
The Importance of Medicine in the Welfare of a Nation
The most important function of every community, county, state and nation is to protect the health and lives of its people. Aside from the stability of the government, the honesty of its administration, and the intelligence of the people, the welfare of a nation depends more upon the quality of medical service it receives than any other one thing.
Since the advent of man he has held three different attitudes towards disease. The first period was the period of resignation. Di- sease was something that was inflicted upon man by an all wise Provi- dence, and to do anything to prevent on to cure it would be blasphemy. Therefore, when illness came, there was nothing to do but accept it and pray for relief. A representative of this period was Job. Having acquired a crop of boils there was nothing he could do but pray his way back into the good graces of his Deity.
The second period was the era of resistence. Some enlighten- ment came to man as a result of the heroic efforts of science. And it gradually became accepted that the cause of disease was not a super- natural visitation, but that it was due to certain de inite causes. Having found this to be true, it was logical that man began to resist disease instead of accepting it in a resigned spirit as he had formerly done. This change of attitude from the supernatural to the scientific gave the world such men as Lond Listen and Louis Pasteur who Bought disease and conquered it.
The third epoch, and the one in which we now live, is that of anticipation and prevention. Through the untiring efforts of the medical and the allied professions of dentistry, pharmacy, sanitary engineers and other research workers, we have discovered the causes of many diseases that formerly took thein toll by the thousands, the ways of transmission, ways to prevent and the ways to cure. The application of these scientific discoveries to our everyday life has
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prolonged a generation of this country to 67 years instead of 30 one hundred years ago. No people in the history of the world have ever received on are now receiving betten medical care than one the people of the United States.
Cepperson County has been most fortunate in always having as well qualified physicians as were available anywhere in the state. It is not possible for me to give a detailed biography of all the physicians who have lived and practiced here from time to time, so on this occasion I will limit my discourse to those early physicians who were here prion to 1890, the year I located here.
Many of the early physicians of Jefferson County were not graduates of any medical school. In fact, many of them had not seen a medical school, either inside on out, as there were none at that time in the United States except in the eastern states. The first medical school in Illinois was started in Rock Island in 1848.
The early physicians of Jefferson County were men who had studied under a precepton for a number of years and received such in- structions and information as their preceptors could import. This equipped them just about as well as if they had attended a medical school in those early days, because practically all the information they could receive at the schools was through Lecture courses. These schools had no laboratories, autopsies were not permitted to discover the causes of death, and subjects for disection could only be secured by robbing, the newly made graves.
There was no law in Illinois prion to 1077 to prevent any one from practicing medicine who so desined, as no license was required. In 1877, a low was passed in this state preventing anyone from prac- ticing medicine until they had secured a license from the State Board of Health. The requisite for this license was that they should be a graduate of an approved medical school, on should have been actively engaged in the practice of medicine for ten years prion to the passage of this law.
Then this law was passed in 1877, fifty-nine years after the admission of the state into the Union, there were 7, 400 physicians in active practice in the state. Of this number, 3, '00 had never graduated from a medical school, and 490 were practicing under fraudulent creden- tials and assumed names.
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Dr. John W. Watson
Dr. John "). Watson was a native of Maryland, born in 1771. He was removed by his parents to Virginia when a small boy and was there reaned. He studied medicine and was a graduate of jefferson medical College. He married in Virginia in 1811, moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky, and soon after to Pendleton County of the same state. J'en about ten years, he turned his face westward and arrived in litt. Vernon in 1321. His journey was overland with a two-horse wagon with his family and all his earthly possessions. He settled on a farm known as hulbenny Hill and spent his first winter in a connerib. The Following year, 1322, he bought land one-half mile north of lit. Vernon where he remained and managed his farm in connection with his duties of his profession until he died, which occurred June 3, 1845.
He was the first physician in Jefferson County, and his practice extended over a great portion of this part of the state. He often made trips of fifty to one hundred miles long, on horseback. In 18:28 he was called on a professional visit to Williamson County, and from the long nide his house became exhausted and died on his annival at the end of his journey, and he was obliged to bonnow a horse to get back to his home.
It is said that quinine used in treating, malaria at that time cost him $10. 50 an ounce.
is his professional duties did not require all of his time, he was called upon to assess the entire county, pon which he received $17.00.
He was the father of Joel F. Watson, the grandfather of juice ilbert, Dr. walter and flowand latson, and great-grandfather of Colonel joel latson of this city.
Dr. Carter Wilkey
Dr. Canter Jilkey, another one of the early physicians, came to Jefferson County in 1016 with a few emigrants and settled at noone's Prairie in the desented cabin of Andrew loone on the old goshen Road." On. Pilkey was a native of Georgia but removed from that state to Tennessee, where he enlisted in the Jan of 1812. Being under age, his mother succeeded in getting him out of the army after a few months. He and Robert Cook, who had come to Illinois with him, were connected
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with a surveying party, engaged in surveying the lands in this part of the state. Carter Wilkey was the "commissary" -- the huntsman who furnished the game for the use of the surveying party.
At this time many emigrants were passing over the Goshen Road, headed for the "Sangano country" and would stop at the settle- ment where the Wilkeys were living. Carter Wilkey engaged in the business of going to Carmi, a distance of forty on fifty miles, with two or three pack horses, and bringing back meal to sell to these "movers", which he sold at $2.00 a bushel. It was a lucrative busi- ness for that early day.
He and Ben Wood Learned the carpenter's trade, and they at once began to work at that business in partnership. They built many of the first houses in the county. They built the first house on Jordan's Prairie; they also built the Clerk's office in Mcleansbono, the first house erected in that town; they built on helped to build the first bridge over Casey's Fork of Muddy Creek.
Wilkey afterwards went to Burlington, Jowa, worked in a drug store, and studied medicine under Dr. Hasbrook of that city, Coming back to Jefferson County, he located in the southeast part of the county on the old Goshen Road near what is now the Sugar Camp Baptist Church house, where he practiced medicine for many years.
He also used to trade in horses and cattle and took many hundreds of them to southern markets.
He lived to a ripe old age. After his death his son, Dr. Henry Wilkey, who had been practicing in Macedonia in Hamilton County, moved to the old Wilkey homestead.
Dr. William M. A. Maxey
Dr. William M. A. Maxey, the son of William T. Maxey, was bonn in Tennessee and was six years of age when the family moved to Illinois in 1818. He was neared amid the stirring seenes of the pioneer period, and when a young man bought timber from which he split nails at fifty cents per hundred to pay for his tuition for a few months at a subscription school, in which the three fundamentals of "neadin', wnitin' and 'nithmetic" constituted the course of study. Despite this limited intellectual discipline, however, he subsequently became not only one of the best informed men of the community but in
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due time read medicine and for more than forty years was one of the most successful physicians in Jefferson County. Medical men being few in those days caused a wide demand for his services, and it is said that his patients were scattered over three counties. In waiting on them he rode many hundred miles and was not infrequently absent from home three weeks while making his professional calls. He also devoted considerable attention to agriculture, and his farm was one of the best improved and most productive of this county. For many years Captain S. T. Maxey, his son, had in his possession the old pain of saddle bags in which his father carried medicines to treat all diseases common to humanity in the early times, the Leather being still strong and the contents of the bags the same as when he discontinued his practice, after his long and arduous service.
Dr. Maxey was not only a physician, but was a local minister. He died in Jowa in 1890, at the age of 78.
Dr. William M. A. Maxey was the grandfather of Olen lilaxey and livs. Fred Upcraft of this city.
Dr. Willoughby Adams
Dr. Willoughby Adams has also been mentioned as one of the early excellent physicians to locate in Jefferson County. He came here in the early Twenties and located first in the small village of lit. Vennon where he followed his profession.
Later he located in Dodds Township on the old Goshen Road, southeast of lit. Vernon some four on five miles. His services were valuable, as the ague was a frequent visiton in every household. He was also reputed to be a good surgeon for those days. On one occasion, some men who had visited a grocery at Ham's Grove, where they sold intoxicating liquors, became embroiled in a general fight. One man who had an old hawk-billed knife naked his antagonist across the abdo- men cutting through his overcoat, all his clothing and through the abdominal walls until the intestines were protruding. He was carried up to Dr. Adams' home where the doctor dressed him, sewed up the wound and the patient recovered.
His popularity grew in the estimation of the people, and as early as 1841 he was chosen as one of the county commissioners, in which capacity he served with honor and was frequently reelected. In
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1849 he was chosen Associate Justice of the County Court. This position he filled for many years. He was the first practicing physician in Dodds Township and was also the first county surveyon. He erected a home on the old Goshen Road near what is now Arnold Cemetery. The chimney was built of stones, and one large stone had engraved on it "1333" which was probably the year it was erected.
Uncle John Mills, who died in Dodds Township a few years ago at the age of 103, married a daughter of Dr. Adams.
At his own request, he was buried a short distance from his residence, where more of his family are sleeping the sleep that knows no waking, in the Arnold Cemetery.
Dr. Lemuel B. Gregory
Dr. Lemuel B. Gregory, born in 1026, was another one of the pioneer physicians in Jefferson County. In im. Henry Perrin's History, written in 1223, he refers to Dr. Gregory as the Postmaster General of Loganville, which was a little post office situated northeast of Far- rington some two or three miles. Through the influence of Dr. Gregory and John A. Logan, he secured this post office and named it in honor of Senator Logan.
Not only was Dr. Gregory an active and successful physician in that community, but he was an extensive formen and stock raiser. Through his energy and economy he acquired from 1400 to 1500 acres of good land in Farrington Township. He began life without a dime, and what he acquired he was indebted to no one but hisself. He came to Jefferson County when but a mere lad and his busy life was extended through all the hand times, the trials and hardships to which the early settlers were subjected. While collector for his township, he told. with delight that he collected nearly the entire revenue of the county in coon skins and deer skins which were a legal tender at that time.
Dr. Gregory attended the first school taught in Farrington Township. The teacher was a lin. Joseph Price. The house was a pole cabin about sixteen feet square, with slab seats and without any floor except the cold ground. The fine was built in the middle of the room, and around this "council fine" the pioneer boys and girls attained the wisdom and inspiration to fit them for after life. Dr. Gregory wore buckskin breeches and buckskin hunting-shirt, and on his way to school
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through the morning rain and snow and dew, his breeches, which were not very well tanned, would get wet and stretch out until they would be down under his feet. But, sitting around the logcheap fine in that old school house, they would get dry and draw up nearly to his knees, thus displaying his "shapely shins," which had stood exposure to the ele- ments until they were about like young scaley-banked hickonies.
Farrington Township at that time was a great democratic stronghold but Dr. Gregory was a Republican, and he said that he hoped to make it a Republican township if he lived long enough. Dr. Gregory was quite active in public affairs. He served as supervisor from his township five terms and served as collecton one term.
Dr. J. C. Gray
Dr. J. C. Gray practiced in it. Vernon during the Thirties. lins. Johnson mentions him in her history as having treated one of her children who died. I also find an account of Dr. Gray being called to liarion to treat Rev. Ingersoll, the father of Bob Ingersoll, in his last illness.
Among the other early physicians in Jefferson County there were in. William H. Short, Dr. Grethem and Dr. Thomas Johnson, but as they Le't but few foot-prints on the sands of time, I am unable to give any detailed history of their activities,
In the early days of Jefferson County the physicians knew of no way to immunize against any disease except smallpox, and all were not vaccinated; hence, that disease prevailed from time to time, ilo houses were screened against flies and mosquitos; hence, typhoid, malaria and disenteries were prevalent diseases, Diptheria was also a frequent and fatal disease during those days. Hence, the early phy- sicians were very, very busy at times.
In 1848 there was an outbreak of cholrea in the county, and William Frizzel, his wife and two children died from that disease. They. lived where the old Spring Garden Road left the Goshen Road, southeast of lit. Vernon some three miles. There were several other cases of cholrea in litt. Vernon and surrounding parts of the county at the time, most of which were fatal.
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I also note in reading the accounts of these early physicians that practically all of them had to supplement their meagre earnings by farming, stock raising and other lines of business. These physicians also took an active interest in the civic affairs of the county and state, oft times serving in official positions in the county.
There were perhaps other physicians here from time to time of which no record is found. When I came to Jefferson County in 1390, there were thirty-two active physicians in this county. Of that number, all are dead except two: Dr. Fred Patton and myself. (ENSTORSAL I!CTC; Please remember that the original paper was written by Dr. Hall in 1943 ). Dr. Patton was one of the best qualified and most active physicians I met when I came to Int. Vernon. He was friendly, had a good personality and was one of the finest men I ever met. He has been retired for the past twelve on fifteen years, and now lives on Oakland Avenue of this city. He is more than ninety-two years of age, and his mind is as clean as a bell.
I had an opportunity to meet practically all of the physicians who were in active practice here in 1390, and all who have come and gone since. At some future period, I might decide to give a sketch and my estimate of thein valuable services to the community. -- Andy Hall, M. D.
MT. VERNON ICURIS DR. ANDY HALL (CASTORIAL NUTE: The following is taken almost verbatim from the files of the mt. Vernon Register-News of November 27, 1961) 1.2. Vernon's beloved Dr. Andy Hall is dead.
Un. Andy died at 8: 30 on Saturday night, November 25, 1961, at Good Samaritan Hospital, a week after he suffered a stroke. litt. Vernon's famous physician was 96 years, ten months and 17 days of age. Although Dr. Andy's death was expected, it left the people of the doctor's home town with a feeling of deep loss. In. Andy had become as much a part of it. Vernon as the public square and the court house. He was without doubt the best-known and most-loved man in the community he served as a doctor and booster for seventy-one jeans. Dr. Andy was many things to many people in his home town and country --- doctor, friend, philosophen, story teller and most enthusiastic booster.
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