History of Lee County, together with biographical matter, statistics, etc., Part 59

Author: Hill, H.H. (Chicago) pbl
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, H.H. Hill
Number of Pages: 910

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contests, losing only four first premiums. These and other similar vic- tories have made the "Pines Stock Farm" one of the most noted in the northwest. In the fall of 1873 Mr. Hausen took premiums at Rochelle, Illinois, on everything he had on exhibition from the "Grove Stock Farin." Mr. Hausen has recently sold his entire herd. The breeding of choice swine and sheep has been pursued by several stock- men and farmers. In 1870 Sam. Dysart introduced the first pure-bred Berkshire swine. The varieties of sheep include Cotswolds, Merinos, and Lesters. Horses for speed were bred by Dr. Hewitt and George Gilbert. The Norman and Clydesdale blood is now being introduced. From these and other sources the improvement of stock has been nnich advanced. The assessment value of stock in China township in 1875 was $70,0.00.

Tree culture had here an early history. In 1843 Father Whitney established the Franklin Grove nursery, and began grafting on stock raised from seed that was brought from Ohio in 1838. In 1846 he sent forth his first advertisement. From that time until the present his nursery has had a steady growth, until now he has an orchard cov- ering more than a hundred acres. He also added other fruits, and ornamental shrubs and trees. This, at present, is an attractive spot. To this nursery, and the thrift and enterprise of residents in this vicinity, must be attributed the beauty of shade and ornamental trees for miles around. In September of 1872 W. H. Hausen shipped to the Iowa state fair ninety-seven varieties of apples and fifteen varieties of pears.

MILITARY.

Of the noble war record of Lee county China claims a full share. Two companies were organized at Franklin Grove. Besides these, several men went from China in other regiments. Co. G, 75th Ill. Inf., enlisted at the grove, and organized by choosing Joseph Williams captain ; David Sanford first lieutenant, and Robert L. Irwin second lieutenant. They were mustered into the United States service Angust 22, 1862, with the legal number of non-commissioned officers and seventy privates. We do not know how many of these were from China, as it then existed ; but probably much the greater part, if not nearly all, were from this township. At Perryville, Kentucky, the 75th suffered terribly. Here, in their first fight, twenty-two of Co. G fell. Co. C, 35th Ill. Vol. Inf., was organized at Springfield, Illinois ; mus- tered into the United States service for three years September 7, 1861 ; reënlisted as veterans December 23, 1863. The original officers were : captain, Alexander P. Dysart, promoted major April 18, 1862, colonel 1863, resigned July 1863; first lieutenant, Benson Wood, promoted captain May 1, 1862, resigned January 29, 1863; second lieutenant,

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Daniel Riley, promoted first lieutenant May 1, 1862, wounded 1863; sergeants : first, Peter F. Walker, promoted second lieutenant May 1, 1862, captain January 26, 1863, major October 5, 1864; Adaniram Keen, discharged August 5, 1862; Lindsey Black, veteran, promoted first sergeant July 20, 1863, first lieutenant October 5, 1864; David A. Glenn, discharged January 15, 1862; Wesley J. Williams, promoted first sergeant May 1, 1862, second lieutenant January 20, 1863, first lieutenant January 30, 1863, resigned October 5, 1864 ; corporals : B. F. Dysart, promoted quartermaster-sergeant September 9, 1862, second lieutenant Co. C, January 29, 1863, resigned October 5, 1864; John C. Lahman, promoted sergeant February 1862; Samuel S. Worley, veteran, reduced per request ; William Seitz, promoted sergeant Janu- ary 1, 1863, wounded at Stone River; Sidney Davis, transferred to the regular service December 10, 1862; George E. Crumb, Thomas Flynn, and Samuel Fish. Of this company the following deaths are noticed : Daniel Riley, first lieutenant, January 20, 1863, from wounds ; J. Lindsley Black, first lieutenant, March 19, 1863; Charles Santee, killed November 31, 1862; Jacob C. Sunday, July 20, 1864; Henry Hoffmaster, May 17, 1862; John Fahey, killed April 7, 1862; John Adams, December 19, 1861 ; Charles H. Evans, June 1862; Jeremiah H. Stevens, killed December 31, 1862; George W. Schmucker, June 17, 1864; Joseph Lascert, killed June 27, 1864; John Rousch, 1863; George W. Conrad, killed May 19, 1865; Luther D. Wood, April 28, 1865; Aurelius Gaslin, 1864. Of the 115 about 30 did not live in China township when they enlisted. The larger part of these came from Ashton ; a few from Ogle county. During their service the com- pany were in more than twenty engagements, beginning with " bloody Shiloh" and ending with Goldsboro and Raleigh, North Carolina, in- cluding the siege of Corinth, Mississippi, Stone River, Tennessee, Kenesaw Mountain and Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, siege of Atlanta, march through Georgia, and the Carolina campaign.

The village of Franklin Grove is situated in the N.E. ¿ Sec. 1, T. 21, R. 10. The first movement toward making a town here was in 1848 or 1849, when Christian Lahman, who owned the southern part of what is now Franklin, laid out in lots about ten acres in the south- western part of the village. The only building then in this vicinity was the Minor House, which was used by various parties as a hotel until the new one was built on the same site.

In 1851 George W. Pense came to this place, and built a blacksmith shop near the corner south of the hotel. At the same time Webster came, who succeeded Thomas in the hotel. Davis also came, and moved into the Minor log house. In the fall of 1851, or the following spring, Webster built a stone building for a store on the corner west of where

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George Engel is living. In this building Charles Ambrose opened a dry-goods store, and L. Yale clerked for him. In 1852 Charles Bill put up the first shoe shop, and Dr. Clark put up a barn where Charles Hausen is living. In May of 1854 H. I. Lincoln brought a stock of goods from Kendall county, and bought from L. Yale the store occu- pied by Ambrose. Ambrose then built for a store the present residence of F. A. Zoeller ; sold out to Lahman & Bill ; went to Texas in 1855, and soon died of consumption. All who knew him speak highly of the pioneer merchant. In 1856 Lahman sold out his interest to Bill, and built a large store on the corner, now occupied by the residence of G. Miller. He failed the same fall, and was closed out at auction. He is now a successful farmer in one of the western states.

The first post-office was established about 1848. A. Brown was the first postmaster, A. R. Whitney mail carrier. The route then was from Rockford to Pern. Whitney brought the mail once a week from Dixon on horseback ; for this he received half the emoluments of the office, which amounted the first quarter to thirty-seven cents. Dr. Clark was the second incumbent, and during his terin the name of the office was changed to Chaplain. A. R. Whitney received the next ap- pointment. His deputies were Ambrose, Bill and Merritt. Whitney's gross receipts for the first quarter amounted to only $4.75. In May of 1854 Dr. George W. Hewitt located here, and sold drugs on a small scale. A. L. Merritt soon succeeded him in this line of business, and in the fall of 1855 John C. Black located here and bought in with Mer- ritt. The next year Black was made postmaster.

Franklin Grove had now fully attained the dignity of a country village. But in the meantime the new town had begun to develop. This was laid out in 1853, by A. W. Tolman, C. Lahman, and F. D. Robertson. The land in the northern part was owned by Tolman, the other by Lahman. In 1854 the Dixon Air Line of the Chicago & Galena Union railroad was completed through here, and the first reg- ular train run to Dixon December 3, 1854. The same day A. B. Fitch came and began as agent for the railroad company. This position he has held nearly ever since. This fall Reuel Thorp built one of the first houses in the new town, and began in the grain business. Joseph Williams built on Spring street where Thomas lives. L. M. Blaisdell built on next lot south. At this time Simmons was living in a little house where Gilbert now lives. W. J. Leake started a harness shop in the small building now occupied by U. C. Roe for an office and medicine room. The building was then owned by John D. Chambers, who worked for Leake. In 1854 Williams put up the first building on Elm street south of the railroad. This was an elevator on the site of Smith's new elevator. In the rear of this building he kept a small

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grocery store. S. J. Smith & Co. and L. M. Blaisdell began in the lumber business. In the winter of 1854-5 Rufus Covell came from Rochelle and started a small furniture store just south of William's elevator. The following spring Robert Scott built on Spring street, where Dr. Roe, jr., now lives, and also the warehouse now owned by H. I. Lincoln ; Conrad Durkes built on Elm street, and in the fall brought a stock of dry goods from Oregon, Ogle county, the first sold in the new town. Mix & Losey built the store on the corner of Whit- ney and Elm streets, and a few weeks later began selling dry goods. Lagerquist opened the first shoe shop; Jonas Clisbee built, for a hotel, the house in which Dr. U. C. Roe lives, and this year Josiah Hughes put up his three-story stone hotel building in the old town of Chaplain. The work on this building was done by George Engel, who came to the town in 1855. The men who settled the village of Franklin Grove were young or in the prime of life. They had small means, but were energetic. The changes that have occurred here in business circles are too numerons to mention. Rufus Covell went to Iowa in the spring of 1864, and died there near his home at Nevada the following August. Mix is living in Oregon, Ogle county, a retired merchant. Losey returned to Ohio, and died of consumption soon after he settled here. When the town was incorporated the streets had received but little attention. The names of those running north and south, naming from the west, are State, Spring, Elm, Walnut, and Sycamore; from the north, North, Middle, Whitney, Franklin, South, and Lahman.

INCORPORATION.

In 1857 the town of Franklin Grove was incorporated under a general law in force at that date. On May 11, 1857, the citizens of the incorporated district met to vote on the question of incorporation ; and after a president and clerk were sworn, 36 votes were cast for and 17 against incorporation. Josiah Hughes, Jonas Clisbee, L. M. Blais- dell, S. J. Smith and A. W. Tolman were elected trustees, with L. M. Blaisdell president; S. J. Smith was chosen clerk, and Jonas Clisbee was appointed street commissioner for the ensuing year. The bounda- ries of the corporation corresponded to those of the N.E. } of Sec. 1, T. 21. At a meeting on October 6, 1857, a petition signed by fifteen citizens was presented, calling for sidewalks on some of the principal streets. October 8 it was ordered that a tax of fifty cents on the hun dred dollars be levied on all real estate for building sidewalks, cross- walks, etc. December 28 C. Durkes was appointed treasurer of the corporation. At a meeting May 12, 1858, the following financial re- port was adopted: bills allowed and ordered paid, $161.17; moneys received, $124.97 ; dues unpaid, $34.05. In 1864 alleys were opened and about two miles of sidewalk was laid.

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A special charter for the town of Franklin Grove was approved by the state legislature in February 1865. It provided for the election of six councilmen and a president, a police magistrate and a town con- stable, each for four years; and fixed the date for the first election under the same March 1, 1865. The limits of the town were but slightly changed, a small strip south of the railroad on the east side being omitted. Small additions have since been made on the southern side.

The first election under the new charter resulted in the choice of C. Durkes for president ; Josiah Hughes, J. J. Lichty, Joseph Will- iams, Jonas Clisbee, Geo. W. Brayton and Geo. H. Taylor were elected councilmen. On motion, Oscar Hughes was elected clerk and W. C. Robinson treasurer for the ensuing year.

In 1872 the town was chartered under the state law of incorpora- tion. The issue at the municipal elections has generally been the license question. Of those who have most strongly opposed the license system may be named Geo. H. Taylor, C. Durkes, Charles Hausen, Ezra Wood, and Thomas Scott. With the railroad came a demand for liquor. E. McGuire, a noted character in the annals of this town, set up a rum-shop in 1854 on State street near the railroad. A year or two later it was torn down by a body of citizens and his liquors emptied in the street. This act led to considerable litigation. The irrepressible McGuire again located near the Hughes hotel and for many years after waged war with the anti-license element, claiming that if he had been let alone he would have converted the people to the cold-water plan, so much was he given to watering his stock. In 1861 a license was granted, and for a few years a bad state of things seemed to have prevailed. To use the language of a prominent citizen acquainted with the facts, " The legality of the town board was soon after questioned ; its ordinances were obeyed or not as suited the indi- viduals ; lawlessness and drunkenness were rampant; gambling was carried on day and night in low places." Elections for town boards were not regularly held, nor were the proceedings of meetings al- ways recorded. "The board ordered walks repaired and road labor performed ; scarcely anyone would obey. The walks became unsafe ; drunken men staggered in the streets until the thing became intoler- able." The new charter of 1864 made strict provision for the regula- tion of the liquor question. In July of that year three roughs with drawn revolvers tried to intimidate the president of the board, C. Durkes, for the purpose of obtaining permission to gamble in one of the saloons. In a mêlée that ensued Samuel Simmons, an inoffen- sive citizen, was severely injured. These were the dark days in the history of Franklin Grove. No licenses were issued from 1867 till

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1877, when after an exciting canvass the license party prevailed. There are now three saloons in the village, each paying a license of $200.

According to the census of 1880 the town has a population of 730. It has never contracted a bonded indebtedness. In 1860 H. I. Lincoln built the first substantial store building in the new town. In 1864 Frast and Hanger put up a large elevator, now owned by D. F. Lah- man. In 1867 P. C. Rooney built his store. In 1871 Black and Twombly put up the block now owned and occupied by Black and Durkes. Canterbury built in 1872. The Band Hall was built in 1874, the wind grist-mill in 1875, and the Franklin Hotel in 1876.

The only paper here that has survived its infancy is the Franklin Grove "Reporter." Its short-lived precursor was the Franklin Grove " Gazette," printed in Dixon ; it lived only a few months. The " Re- porter " was started by John Blocher, editor and proprietor, and dates from August 1869. At the close of its second year D. H. Spickler bought the paper. He ran it till May 1875, when T. W. Scott be- came the manager.

Dr. D. H. Spickler was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1830. He came west in 1853, and in 1857 graduated from Rush Medical College, Chicago. For several years he was associated with Dr. G. W. Hewitt, of this place. After his connection with the " Reporter " he edited the Mendota " News " two years. He then set- tled to the practice of his profession at Ashton, where he died October 28, 1879. He was buried in the Franklin Grove cemetery. Scott sold out to D. B. Senger, the present editor and manager, August 5, 1876. The "Enterprise " was edited by P. O. Sproul from June, 1879, till November, 1880, the limits of its existence. The " Electric Light " was commenced in June of 1881, by A. D. Webb and W. G. Blocher.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

Franklin Grove Lodge, No. 264, A.F. and A.M., was chartered October 6, 1858. The charter members were L. M. Blaisdell, Daniel B. Mckinney, Nathan Whitney, A. R. Whitney, William Forbes, Reuel Thorpe, C. Durkes, J. C. Black, George W. Hewitt, A. B. Fitch, P. C. Rooney, M. Decker, Isaac F. Forbes, Thomas L. Wood. The first officers were L. M. Blaisdell, W.M .; D. B. Mckinney, S. W .; William Forbes, J.W .; Renel Thorpe, Treas .; C. Durkes, Sec .; A. B. Fitch, S.D .; P. C. Rooney, J.D., and J. C. Black, Tyler. The present officers are Samuel Dysart, W.M .; B. L. Spence, S.W .; E. E. Faunce, J.W .; A. R. Whitney, Treas .; P. Runyan, Sec .; Jacob Gall, S.D .; S. Mong, J.D .; T. W. Scott, Chap .; A. D. Morrison, S.S .; Edward Drummond, J.S .; J. B. Spafford, Tyler. For eighteen years

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A. R. Whitney has been treasurer of the lodge, and P. Runyan has been secretary for twelve years. In the winter of 1867-8 the lodge met in the new hall over Rooney's store. This hall they purchased in the following year for $3,000. Previously meetings were held in the Hughes House, where the lodge was organized. Its membership is now fifty-five, only two of whom are out of the State of Illinois. Since the last return to the Grand Lodge, August 1880, the Franklin Grove Lodge has sustained the loss of three members, Dr. G. W. Hew- itt, Thomas L. Wood, and L. C. Fish.

Nathan Whitney Chapter, No. 129, Royal Arch Masons, was char- tered October 9, 1868. Charter members were P. C. Rooney, Nathan Whitney (in honor of whom the chapter was named), A. R. Whitney, A. B. Fitch, Geo. W. Hewitt, Reuel Thorpe, William Forbes, J. M. Forbes, M. Flint, Samuel Dysart, H. H. Glenn, W. H. Emerson, J. L. Strock. The first officers were P. C. Rooney, H.P .; A. B. Fitch, E. K .; Nathan Whitney, E.S .; W. H. Emerson, C.H .; Wm. Forbes, P.S .; Reuel Thorpe, R.A.C .; A. R. Whitney, Treas .; H. H. Glenn, Sec .; Geo. W. Hewitt, M.3d V .; J. M. Forbes, M.2dV .; Samuel Dysart, M. 1st V., and M. Flint, Tyler. The present officers are P. C. Rooney, H.P .; H. A. Black, E.K .; James Crombie, E.S .; H. Bły, C.H .; Samuel Dysart, P.S .; E. E. Faunce, R.A.C .; A. R. Whitney, Treas .; P. Run- yan, Sec .; J. R. Whitney, M.3dV .; Win. F. Clark, M.2d V .; Wm. Stewart, M.1stV .; T. W. Scott, Chap. (G. W. Hewitt, deceased); Will- iam Flint, Steward, and J. B. Spafford, Tyler. The present member- ship is forty-five. A. R. Whitney has been treasurer since the organ- ization of the chapter. For eleven years Philip Runyan has acted in the capacity of secretary.

Lady Franklin Chapter, No. 22, O.E.S., was organized June 13, 1872. The first officers were P. C. Rooney, Worthy Patron; Mrs. C. K. Black, Worthy Matron ; Mrs. M. J. Whitney, A.M .; Mrs. O. K. Griswold, Treas .; Mrs. C. A. Black, Sec .; Miss A. M. Runyan, Cond .; Mrs. S. E. Spickler, A.C .; Mr. G. D. Black, Warder; Mrs. Julia Hau- sen, Adah ; Mrs. Lydia Faunce, Ruth ; Mrs. Madeline Dysart, Esther ; Mrs. Mary Durkes, Martha ; Miss Mollie Forbes, Electa; Mr. N. C. Roe, Sentinel. The present officers are Mr. Samuel Dysart, W.P .; Mrs. Jennie Dysart, W.M .; Mrs. M. J. Whitney, A.M. (pro tem); Mrs. R. M. Blaisdell, Treas .; Miss A. M. Runyan, Sec .; Mrs. S. E. Spickler, Cond .; Mrs. Belle Thompson, A.C .; Mr. J. Forbes, Warden ; Miss E. H. Runyan, Adah ; Mrs. M. J. Forbes, Ruth ; Miss L. J. Run- yan, Esther; Miss C. E. Fitch, Martha; Mrs. Mary Durkes, Electa ; Mr. J. B. Spafford, Sentinel. The membership numbers sixty-six.

Lodge No. 409, I.O.O.F., Franklin Grove, was organized October 11, 1870. The charter was issued to S. W. Reigle, George Fishback,

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George Engel, W. H. Bassler, and Nelson Strong. At the first meet- ing fourteen were admitted by card and initiation. In 1871 the lodge had forty-five active members. In 1880 eighteen names were reported to the Grand Lodge. The present officers are John Blocher, N.G .; Solomon Sunday, V.G .; Kincaid Runyan, Treas .; S. W. Reigle, Sec .; Geo. Engel, P.G .; S. W. Reigle, D.D.G.M.

March, 1874, the Daughters of Rebecca, Astoria Lodge, No. 67, re- ceived their charter, and S. W. Reigle instituted the lodge.

Warren Encampment, No. 122, was organized at Franklin Grove in 1870. In February, 1880, it was removed to Amboy.

RELIGIOUS.

At quite an early date religious meetings were held by the Method- ists, Germanj Baptists. and the Universalists, of the Franklin Grove settlement. Log cabins and log school-houses served for temples of worship. Even the saw-mill on the creek was sometimes brought into requisition ; and when in a busy time it was considered necessary to run it Sundays, the water would be shut off only long enough for the assembled worshipers to go through with their praises and devo- tions. The writer did not learn the denomination, if denominational they were, by which these " saw-mill " meetings were conducted. We doubt not, however, that they were of the genuine stamp. The first class of the Methodist church was formed by Father McKane, the Rock river missionary, probably before 1840, and Cyrus Minor was leader. The class met at his house and at Morgan's, and perhaps elsewhere. " In 1853 and 1854 R. R. Bibbins, of Light House Point (Ogle county) circuit, preached here once in four weeks Sabbath evening. In the fall of 1854 Brother Henry Martin, then stationed at Light House Point, came here and made an effort to raise the scattered membership; he reorganized the class with James Welsh leader." . The class then met in the log school-house at the head of the grove. Brother Welsh Sister Rogers and Joseph Williams were often the only members present ; occasionally old Sister Morgan would attend class. In 1854 Docter Roe and his wife were members of this class. In the fall of 1855 M. Decker was sent to Lee Center, and Franklin Grove became a part of his charge. This year the first quarterly meeting was held in the new school-house, Luke Hitchcock, the presiding elder, being present. A. D. Field, H. Richardson and Brother Penfield followed M. Decker as pastors of the society. In the fall of 1860 W. T. Harlow, principal of the Rock River Seminary at Mt. Morris, came twenty miles to fill his appointments here. "Garrison's " and Grand Detour were then the other points on the circuit. In the fall of 1861 Rev. Brookins came and remained two years. In 1862 the Universalist

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church was used for worship. During this year many were added to the church ; three classes were formed. In 1863, during the pastorate of C. W. Wright, the church building was begun on the corner of what are now known as State and Middle streets, in the western part of the village, very near where the Tolmans settled. In the same year a board of trustees was chosen, among whom were James H. Welsh, A. R. Whitney, and Joseph Williams. In the fall of 1866 H. J. Husted organized the Sabbath-school, with twenty-five scholars. The same year twenty were added to the church. The school now has an enrollment of seventy-eight, E. A. Wood, superintendent. The pastors not mentioned have been C. Webster, " Brother Penfield," L. M. Anderson, H. T. Giles, John Williamson, A. P. Hatch, S. T. Snow, James Bush, A. J. Scott, J. Wardle, J. C. Cooper, and A. H. Schoon- maker. The present officiary of the church are: trustees, George H. Taylor, A. S. Jacobs, E. A. Wood, George Newcomer, John D: Sitts, and M. L. Gaver; stewards, George Newcomer, John Welsh, H. L. Gaver, H. Street, E. A. Wood, Mrs. Durkes, and Mrs. Forbes ; pastor, A. H. Schoonmaker. The church is clear of debt and has a member- ship of about fifty.

On July 12, 1881, the Dixon District Camp-meeting Association was organized at Franklin Grove. The officers of the association are : president, Rev. L. Hitchcock, D.D .; vice-president, Hon. Isaac Rice ; secretary, Rev. I. E. Springer ; treasurer, Rev. A. H. Schoonmaker ; executive committee, Rev. A. H. Schoonmaker, Rev. F. P. Cleveland, Rev. R. M. Smith, Rev. G. W. Carr, Hon. F. G. Petrie, R. B. Sproul, and James Brown. Ten acres of ground just outside of the village corporation, west of the Methodist Episcopal church, was bought from I. Zug for $1,000. This is being fitted up, and is to be used for a permanent camp-meeting ground. The first meeting opened August 31, 1881.

The Revs. W. W. Harsha and E. Erskine, and Elder Charles Cros- by, were a committee appointed by the Rock River (O. S.) presbytery for the organization of a Presbyterian church at Franklin Grove. Ac- cordingly the committee met in the public school room January 1, 1861. The following persons presented themselves, and were duly organized under the name of the Franklin Grove Presbyterian church : Thomas Scott and his wife, Elizabeth; George H. Brewer and Mrs. Abbie D. Brewer, James Leidy, Mary A. Girton, Mrs. A. Twiss, Mrs. C. D. and Mrs. S. Loomis, Jeremiah Ketchum and Mrs. Phoebe Ketch- um; George W. Brayton and Lucy A. Brayton by letter ; and on pro- fession of faith, Mr. P. Y. Van Vrankin, Richard Pollock, Miss Mary A. Pollock, Mr. J. Gilbert and Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert, Silas P. Tol- man and his wife, Clarinda. Mr. C. D. Loomis and Jeremiah Ketchum

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History of Lee County, together with biographical matter, statistics, etc., Part 59

Author: Hill, H.H. (Chicago) pbl Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago, H.H. Hill Number of Pages: 910

Author: Hill, H.H. (Chicago) pbl
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, H.H. Hill
Number of Pages: 910