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land. The first trustees were V. Weintz, Fred Nickels, and John Klein, and the first deacons were Jacob Ashenbrenner, Charles Molloy, and Charles Hegert.
In 1854 the Catholics, thirty or forty in number, began holding service at the residence of Michael Egan. Father Anthony was the first to celebrate mass, but Fathers O'Hara and Fitzgerald also came temporarily. In 1857, while Father Edwards was here, some lots were purchased in the north part of the town, and material to be used in the erection of a church was hauled to the ground. But this priest remained only a brief time, and being followed by Father Bray, the first who settled here, and who disapproved of the location, the lots were sold to Patrick Murphy, and others bought where the Catholic church now stands, on the corner of Adams and Center streets. The house was built in 1857, but when the plastering was being done it acci- dentally caught fire and burned down. This misfortune occurred on the 2d of December. Father Bray remained until the following spring, and then Father Vahey came to the place. In the autumn of this year, 1858, rebuilding was begun, and the church finished in the spring of 1859. Father Clark was the next priest, and was here as early as 1862; Father Murphy was his successor in 1868, and during his charge, probably in 1871, the church was enlarged by an addition to its length. In 1869 a house and three lots in Wyman's addition were bought for the priest's occupancy, and the sum of $3,000 was paid for the property. The next and last change in priests was when Father Keenan came in 1873. The church is in a flourishing condition ; it is out of debt, and its membership embraces over 230 heads of families. The building in which they worship is 32×94 feet ; it begins to bear marks of age, and it is proposed to build another in the near future, and with this object in view a fund is being accumulated. It has reached $2,000.
The Catholic cemetery is located between Amboy and Rocky Ford. The ground was obtained by two purchases, both of which were made when Father Clark was over the church. The first piece of two and three-fourths acres was bought from Isadore Zwisler for $200, some time during the war. It was back from the road, and a few years after a tract of four aeres in front was obtained from F. R. Dutcher for $400. Michael Egan, Patrick Corcoran and Lawrence McGrath are the ceme- tery trustees. Before this burial lot was procured the Catholics gave their dead sepulture at Sandy Hill.
A Free Methodist Society was formed in Amboy about 1864 by the Rev. Mead. The first meetings were held in Fasoldt's Hall, and the original body did not consist of more than half-a-dozen members, but it eventually reached as high as forty or more. The first regular
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preacher was the Rev. Miller, who was followed in 1865 by the Rev. Levi Kelly, and he in turn was succeeded by the Rev. Charles Har- roun, sr. The Revs. Cain and Cooley preached subsequently, and the closing labors of the latter were coincident with the dissolution of the society. In 1866 the old Congregational church was bought, but four years after was sold to the German Lutherans. Dissensions having arisen among the Free Methodists in 1868, Stephen G. Virgil and H. S. Sweet joined the United Brethren church at La Moille, and then got Elder Dodson to come to Amboy and organize a society. This was done at Sweet's house, formerly the old Farwell Hall. The original members were Virgil, Sweet, P. A. Main, Rev. Miles Lewis, Rev. J. W. Lewis, Mrs. Sophia Lewis, and Ephraim Wheaton and his wife, John Sheffield and his wife, Mrs. S. G. Virgil, Alpheus Skinner and his wife, and Margaret Sheffield came into the society soon after. This church grew out of, and ultimately replaced, the Free Methodist. The Revs. John Dodson and J. W. Lewis were the first pastors, and in 1870 they gave place to the Rev. O. A. Phillips. During his charge the next year a meeting-house was built on the west side, on Division street, and dedicated December 31 by Bishop Edwards. The sum of $1,728 was pledged, clearing the church from debt. This house is 34×50 feet, and cost $4,500. Elders Snyder and Crowder came next in order as preachers after Phillips. The Lewises have been leading members, and Joseph Lewis was ordained in this church. The society is in a prosperous condition.
In 1859 the Adventists organized at Binghamton with thirteen members: D. S. Clark, S. E. Maybec, P. J. Main, Emerson Royce, Miss Maria Steadman and others, with Wm. McCulloch and wife, Lo- renzo Whitney and wife, and Lysander Whitney from abroad, constitut- ing the society. One says that Rev. Calkins was the first minister, another gives that distinction to S. E. Maybee. The earlier preachers were A. S. Calkins, P. B. Morgan, Moses Chandler and Maybee, and of the later ones D. S. Clark, Wm. MeCulloch, Harry McCulloch, O. D. Gibson, C. C. Marston, Frank Burr, Eldridge Burrington and S. B. Maybee have been the most prominent. The latter officiates at the present time. They have never built a church, but have worshiped in town halls in Amboy. At one time they had the use of the German Lutheran house, but their membership having fallen off from about forty to fifteen, they now hold services at the residences of Wm. Main and Rufus Hulbert. This denomination has held three largely at- tended camp-meetings at Amboy. It is known by the name of Advent Christian church.
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ORGANIZATIONS.
Illinois Central Lodge, No. 178, A.F. and A.M., was organized in July 1855, and worked under a dispensation until a charter was issued by the grand lodge, October 3 of the same year. The following were the charter members, and those designated the first officers: J. A. Jackson, W.M .; H. B. Judkins, S.W .; Warren Badger, J.W .; E. S. Reynolds, Treas .; Lemuel Bourne, Sec .; L. W. Borden, S.D .; P. G. Lyon, J.D .; John N. Brown, Tyler; David Bainter, John Stevens, Arthur Robbins and Henry Porter. This lodge has suffered from four fires; once or twice its property has been wholly destroyed, and in each of the other cases it received partial damage. For an account of these burnings the reader is referred to that subject on a previous page. Most, if not all, the masters have been Dr. J. A. Jackson, Dr. Harmon Wasson, E. P. Noyes, L. W. Borden, Francis Hudson, O. F. Warriner, A. H. Wooster, Robt. Richards, and Prof. P. M. James. Twenty-eight members have been removed by death. The lodge is in a flourishing condition, with a membership of about ninety. Present officers : P. M. James, W.M .; L. A. Hulbert, S.W .; V. B. Andrus, J.W .; W. B. Andrus, Treas .; C. P. Miller, See .; R. D. Badger, S.D .; P. E. Haines, J.D .; George Binns, T .; Charles Tait, S.S .; and I. S. Smith, J.S. Regular communications are on the first and third Mon- days of each month, in Masonic, formerly called Keeling's Hall, on East avenue.
Amboy Lodge, No. 179, I.O.O.F., was originally instituted by Dcp- uty Grand Master Eustice, under dispensation, July 2, 1855; and Oc- tober 12 of the same year a charter was issued to William E. Ives, Charles B. Farwell, J. J. Conderinan, Orange D. Reed, Harmon Was- son, James H. Preston, Simon Badger, Adam Roundenbush, Henry Roof, and Joel B. Strickland ; signed by J. E. Starr, grand master, and S. A. Carman, grand secretary. At the first meeting the officers elected for the term ending with the year were H. Wasson, N.G .; O. D. Reed, V .. G .; Alexander Martin, Sec .; and C. D. Vaughan, Treas. In addition to these J. J. Conderman, A. Roundenbush, C. B. Farwell, J. N. Davis, S. S. Reed, H. Roof and William E. Ives were present, and all except the latter received appointive offices. Applications for membership came from S. S. Reed, J. M. Davis, W. P. Roff, Tyler Hale, and Julius Hale, and these persons were elected. At the next meeting, on the 7th, A. Martin, H. Wasson, J. J. Conder- man, W. E. Ives and J. H. Preston were elected trustees. The lodge flourished until the war, when nearly half the members went into the army, and of the remaining ones many were train men, who could not attend the meetings with any certainty or regularity, and from these causes, the attendance having become deplorably reduced, in Jan-
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uary, 1864, the lodge suspended for a twelvemonth, and before the close of the year surrendered its charter and all its effects to the grand lodge. On August 23, 1873, the lodge was rechartered with the fol- lowing members : Robert Richards, P.G .; C. D. Vaughan, P.G .; Henry Beals, Joseph Sackett, Jacob J. Conderman, J. H. Preston, P.G .; Robert Geddes, P.G .; James Rosebrugh, P.G .; Julius Hale, P.G .; Jacob Klein, Amiza Shoemaker, P.G .; Aaron Goldstone, P.G .; Peter Stein, Fritz Krehl, Benedict Fessler, Frank Weise, and Herman Zolf. An informal meeting was held on the 25th, and the result of the bal- loting for elective officers was as follows: Aaron Goldstone, N.G .; Robert Richards, V.G .; C. D. Vaughan, Sec., and James Rose- brugh, Treas. On September 11 the lodge was instituted and these officers installed. The present elective officers are Charles Weis, N.G .; Dr. E. R. Travers, V.G .; G. W. Deming, Rec. Sec .; Aaron Gold- stone, Treas .; Jacob Ashenbrenner, Per. Sec. The lodge meets every Tuesday night in the spacions and beautiful hall over J. B. Graves' hardware store, where the walls are decorated with portraits of many of their members. During the past year $85 have been paid in funeral benefits, and $88 in sick benefits. The membership is about ninety.
Warren Encampment, No. 122, was instituted under dispensation at Franklin Grove, May 17, 1871, by James E. Ketchem, D.D.G.P. of Earl Encampment, with the aid of a number of assistants. For the term ending with the year the following were elected officers: D. H. Spickler, C.P .; H. A. Black, H.P .; S. W. Riegles, S.W .; John Blocher, J.W .; Josiah Graff, S .; Kincaid Runyon, Treas. At the first meeting nine received patriarchal and golden-rule degrees, and six of this number took the royal-purple degree. A charter was granted October 10, to D. H. Spickler, John Blocher, William H. Bassler, H. P. Black, S. W. Riegles, Kincaid Runyon, and Joseph Graff. The last meeting held by this encampment at Franklin Grove was on Aug- nst 5, 1879. A proposition to move it to Amboy was adopted, which measure was immediately carried into effect, and on the 7th the first meeting was held in the new location. Grand Patriarch Crocker was in the chair, and the other officers were filled by patriarchs from Paw Paw. Petitions were received from Daniel Bull, C. E. Arnold, Charles Randall, G. A. Deming, W. Bronson, Fay Strickland, and L. Hegert, and these persons were elected and initiated. There is now a membership of twenty-three. The place of meeting is in Odd- Fellows' Hall, on the first and third Fridays of each month. Present officers : G. A. Deming, C.P .; W. J. Moseley, H.P .; A. Shoemaker, S.W .; J. H. Preston, J.W .; Fay Strickland, S .; and B. Fassler, T.
Palestine Lodge, No. 122, A.O.U.W., was organized July 24, 1878, with thirty-four charter members, among whom were P. M. James, J.
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E. Lewis, E. R. Travers, V. B. Andruss, C. E. Arnold, J. B. Graves, W. H. Badger, and A. E. Merwine. First officers : J. E. Lewis, P.M. W .; P. M. James, M.W .; L. A. Hulbert, F .; V. B. Andruss, O .; A. E. Merwine, R .; J. M. Arnold, R .; C. P. Miller, F .; P. E. Haines, G .; A. Barth, I.W .; W. C. Smith, O.W. The first trustees were C. E. Arnold, C. Hegert, and J. B. Graves. Present officers : C. E. Arnold, M.W .; J. E. Lewis, F .; A. E. Merwine, O .; A. Hulbert, R .; D. W. Slanter, R .; C. P. Milier, F .; H. Masterman, G .; Charles Tait, I.W .; Jerome Hussey, O.W. Since the organization one member has been lost by death. Meetings are held every Wednesday evening in Masonie Hall. Membership sixty-three, condition very prosperons. One of the first objects of this order is mutual insurance, but sick benefits and the social features are also of prime importance.
Friendship Council, No. 567, A.L. of H., was instituted May 6, 1881, by R. R. Harding, of Rockford, with fifty members. The first and present officers are Robert Richards, P.C .; L. A. Hulbert, C .; C. A. Church, V.C .; A. E. Slanter, O .; W. H. Dean, Sec .; C. P. Miller, C .; F. R. Doty, T .; Rev. N. W. Heermans, C .; W. P. Barnes, G .; G. Binns, W .; A. H. Virgil, S. Dr. C. A. Wilcox is medical examiner, and Dr. E. Manning, alternate. Meetings are held in Odd-Fellows' Hall on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. This is prima- rily a life-insurance organization, and the aggregate amount for which the charter members are insured is $168,000. This order was instituted in Boston, Massachusetts, three years ago ; its objects being social and fraternal union for the purpose of extending material aid to its members, to eultivate their minds, morals and tastes, and to estab- lish a fund for beneficiary objects.
Lee County Post, No. 65, G.A.R., was organized September 8, 1879, by Gen. Chamberlain. First officers : Col. George Ryon, C .; C. K. Dixon, S.V.C .; Capt. Wm. Frost, J.V.C .; A. H. Merrifield, Q.M .; Dr. E. Manning, S .; J. H. Hazen, C .; J. H. Gray, O.D .; John S. Bitzer, O.G .; C. E. Arnold, Q.M.S .; C. Gordonier, S.M .; E. E. Chase, A. Present officers : C. H. Ingals, C .; G. E. Young, S.V.C .; R. Warriner, J.V.C .; C. K. Dixon, C .; E. Manning, S .; C. E. Arnold, Q.M .; J. Bitzer, O.D .; J. Carr, O.G .; L. A. Hulbert, A. Stated meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, in Masonic Hall. This post was organized with thirty-five ex-soldiers, and the present number is seventy-two. Interest in the meetings has greatly declined. The first post instituted in Amboy went down several years ago.
On the 14th February, 1879, an independent organization was formed in Amboy bearing the name of United States Pensioners' Aid Protective Association, composed of about ten veteran pensioners, with
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the following officers : C. K. Northrup, C .; P. Dunsmore, V.C .; C. A. Getty, Sec .; H. S. Merrow, Treas .; J. H. Hazen, C .; E. Tourtlott, S. at A .; Joseph Carr, S. The objects of this association were expressed in its name ; but after a short trial it was found that the pensioners were too few and the objects too limited to give it stability, and accordingly on the 17th of October a radical change was made in the organization, enlarging its scope and making its features more attract- ive and valuable. The names of the offices, but not the officers, were changed. Mr. Hazen and Mr. Getty, assisted somewhat by others, originated the secret work of the new order, which was called Our Country's Defenders, and also prepared the charter and the constitu- tion. The headquarters were removed to Chicago in November 1880. The order has extended into Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, and New Hampshire; and in some of these states there are state encampments. Generals Grant, Logan, Governor Beveridge, and others of repute, have given this organization their hearty indorsement. The subordinate camp at Amboy, designated as Wyman Encampment No. 1, has been in exist- ence since the creation of the order. Its regular meetings are on the second and fourth Fridays, and the gatherings were formerly in the reading room. There are about twenty-five members, and the condi- tion of the camp is not altogether flattering. The present officers are M. T. Spencer, C .; E. J. Post, L .; L. A. Hulbert, A .; Col. George Ryon, S .; J. H. Hazen, C .: R. Rose, O.D .; Thos. Meacham, O.G .; E. Dunsmore, C. of O.
In 1863 the Brotherhood of the Footboard, an association of locomotive engineers to elevate their standing as such and their char- acter as men, and for mutual insurance and assistance in sickness and distress, was instituted at Detroit. Its prosperity very soon waned throughout the country ; and then it was reorganized at Indianapolis, Angust 17, 1864, the anniversary of its establishment, under the style of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. A division was formed in Amboy subordinate to the Brotherhood of the Footboard, but it was short-lived. A charter was issued to I. R. Patterson, December 25, 1865, with power to organize Amboy division No. 1, and on January 8 following a meeting was convened, at which B. C. Howard, chief engineer of Centralia division, presided. S. L. Peters and others from Aurora division assisted. The initiates were J. W. Howe, S. Holsted, W. B. Trude, F. Westcott, S. C. Huff, C. Putnam, C. H. Marston, Pat Allen, and D. Reynolds. The following were also the first officers: C. H. Marston, C.E .; F. Westcott, F.E .; J. W. Howe, S.E .; I. R. Patterson, F.A.E .; C. Putnam, S.A.E .; and W. B. Trude, T.A.E. At the second meeting, on the 15th, J. Hath-
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away, A. McCall, C. Randall, and H. McGraw, old members, joined the division, and P. Battles was initiated. The present officers are J. Shaw, C.E .; (vacant) F.E .; F. Weise, S.E .; O. Comstock, F.A.E .; A. Armstrong, S.A.E .; Wm. Stine, T.A.E .; G. Bustick, G .; and C. II. Rosier, C. R. Rosier, chief engineer, a highly esteemed man, died February 17, 1881, and Mr. Shaw was elected to his place, leaving the office of first engineer vacant. The members number thirty-six, and the division is in a flourishing condition. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Sunday afternoons.
The charter of Amboy Lodge, No. 35, of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen, was granted January 19, 1879, to Titus Hincheliff, Henry Williams, Win. H. Dean, Thomas Hinchcliff, Harry Luscombe, W. M. Palmer, Henry Schermerhorn, I. M. Farris, Garrett H. King, Abe Schermerhorn, C. R. Rosier, and Wm. Linsea. This lodge was organized by John Walsh, of Capital Lodge, of Springfield, with eight members. The first elective officers were Titus Hinchcliff, M. ; Henry Williams, V.M .; W. H. Dean, R.S .; Win. Palmer, F.S .; Thomas Hinchcliff, T. Present officers: W. H. Dean, M .; C. R. Rosier, V. M .; F. H. Schermerhorn, R.S .; C. R. Rosier, F. S .; Thomas Hinchcliff, T. The lodge embraces twenty-six members, and is enjoy- ing a period of much prosperity. Stated meetings are on the first and third Sundays, in Engineers' Hall. The order is designed for social improvement, and provides a system of insurance, and organized mutual assistance to members and their families.
In 1867 the conductors formed a union, and in 1868 it was changed to division No. 1 of the Conductors' Brotherhood, a charter being granted August 4. In its last state it was a benevolent association, but its existence was of brief duration.
Division No. 1, A.O.H., was organized September 26, 1875, by John D. Neill, of La Salle, with a membership of thirty. It holds regular meetings and is in fair condition.
One of the most thoughtful sources of public intelligence is a good circulating library. The Illinois Central Railroad Company, with that interest in the welfare and improvement of its employés for which it is noted, early conceived the design of providing books for the use of such as would avail themselves of the privilege, and accord- ingly established in Chicago a library of nearly 2,000 volumes. In the winter of 1864-5 the books were divided and removed from that city, one-half being sent to Centralia and the other to Amboy. Here was formed the Illinois Central Library Association, composed at first exclusively of employés of the company, but to which others were afterward admitted ; not on equal terms, however, but by paying an annual fee double that of the railroad men, and being deprived, besides,
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of all voice in its management and in the choice of officers. As was sure to be the case, this discrimination, though not unsupported by very plausible reasons, bred, or rather at once made, two parties, a con- dition not calculated to deepen interest or increase harmony. Notwith- standing, the association flourished and the books were much used, while the company for a number of years paid the rents and the librarian. At length, funds and more books being wanted, an excur- sion to Dunleith and Dubuque, under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was planned, and was liberally en- couraged by the general superintendent, E. D. Jeffrey, who had been more instrumental, perhaps, than any other man in originating the library. The excursion took place in August 1869, and the net returns amounted to $613.45. Thus improved in condition, the association bought more books, which inspired fresh interest. But this did not last long, and when the apparent concern of the members, or a large majority of them, had disappeared, late in 1872 the company discon- tinued the allowance for rent. It languished until the early part of 1875, when Mr. J. C. Jacobs, division superintendent, who had not only taken from the start a leading personal interest in the success of the library, but because of his position was clothed with a certain responsibility for its care and use, proposed a reorganization under the laws of the state. This meeting with favor, it was incorporated, April 2, 1875, with the name of the Amboy Library Association, Mr. Jacobs being named in the charter as president, E. Hull as librarian and secretary, and Josiah Little as treasurer. Messrs. Jacobs, Little, Hull, L. T. Moore and Lemuel Bourne, upon the advice of the railroad em- ployés who were members of the old organization, were selected as
trustees. On March 18, 1876, the trustees adopted a constitution and by-laws, which put all members on an equality. On October 3, 1877, the association ran an excursion to Dubuque and cleared $963. Altogether there have been two hundred dollars' worth of books purchased and added to the original stock, besides the donation of a lot from New York; and now there are 755 volumes of standard works on history, biography, science and fiction. The library is kept in the reading room over W. B. Andruss & Son's store, and is open at stated times throughout the week. The membership numbers 93. The librarian, Mrs. M. L. Knowles, has been in charge about a year, and the present prosperity is due very largely to her exertions and her devo- tion to the interests of the association. Mr. L. T. Moore, too, has labored with especial zeal for its success. The board of trustees remains the same as at first, except that Mr. W. E. Ives has succeeded Mr. Hull. Mr. Jacobs is still president.
The Old Settlers' Association of Lee county organized and held
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its first gathering in 1873. W. H. Haskell, of " The Amboy Journal," in the issue of November 16, 1872, commenced agitating the subject, and continued it until a meeting was had on the 22d of February in the city council room at Amboy ; J. B. Tuttle presided, and Mr. Has- kell acted as secretary. Wednesday, June 4, 1873, was designated as the day for the old settlers' meeting to be held at this city, and a com- mittee of arrangements was appointed. At the time fixed about 200 gathered to greet old friends, renew acquaintance and exchange remi- niscences. Speeches were made, and otherwise the features were those of an ordinary pienic. A committee was appointed, composed of one member from each township, making a total of twenty-two, with C. F. Ingals as chairman and W. H. Haskell as secretary. The second an- nual reunion, held also at Amboy, on June 18, 1874, was a decided suc- cess, over 2,000 people being present. The venerable Father Dixon occupied a seat on the stand, where he received the congratulations of friends and the respects of the multitude. Col. John Dement delivered an address on this occasion, and was elected president for the ensuing year. Mr. Haskell was continued secretary of the executive commit- tee. The third annual meeting was held again at Amboy, June 19 of the following year, and Dr. Charles Gardner was chosen president. In 1876 the association met at Dixon, and Col. Dement was again chosen president and Mr. Haskell secretary. June 22 was the day of the gathering. At this time a cane made from Black Hawk's pirogue was presented to Col. Dement as an appropriate surprise. Removal of the files of " The Journal" from the office to be bound prevents a further connected account of this organization. The reunion this year (1881) was at Amboy, on the 1st of September. The grove belonging to the city is the meeting-place, and Dr. C. E. Loomis is present secretary.
At a meeting of the citizens of Amboy and vicinity, held Novem- ber 5, 1856, Prairie Repose Cemetery Association was organized, and the following persons were elected officers : Joseph Farwell, president; M. L. Arnold, secretary and treasurer, and J. F. Powers, C. A. Wall and Jacob Luce directors. This board was instructed to purchase from Harvey Barrel four acres in a square, in the northwest corner N.W. } of N.W. Į Sec. 15 in this township, for $600. This was done, and the ground laid out in lots, with three driveways from east to west, and alleys of four feet width from north to south between the lots. There are 442 of these lots 10×20 feet, besides 60 on the north end 10x26 feet, used for a Potter's field. The following soldiers, some of whom died on the battle-field and others after their return home, are buried in this cemetery : Wm. H. Arnold, Co. A, 111th N. Y. Vols .; Frank D. Brown, Co. F, 75th Ill. Vols .; Edward W. Bull, Co. I, 89th Ill. Vols .; C. E. Blanchard (regiment unknown), John Burrington, Co. D,
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