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ADAM GRIM, M.D., physician and surgeon, Franklin Grove, was born in Green county, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1850. His early youth was spent working on a farm and attending school, the latter occupying three or four months in the winter, till 1868. He then commenced teaching, which he followed in connection with working on the farm, handling coke, coal, mining, and attending school at every opportunity, till he graduated from Duft's College, at Pittsburgh,
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HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY.
Pennsylvania, in 1872. He came to Newman, Douglas county, Illi- nois, March 1, 1876, and there commenced the study of medicine under the instruction of J. M. Wagner, M.D. He soon, however, found him- self without means, and again resorted to teaching and working on a farm, keeping up his studies at night. He finally entered Rush Med- ical College, at Chicago, from which he graduated February 22, 1881, and the next day came to Lee county and engaged in the practice of his profession, which has been marked with signal success.
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FAMILY RECORDS.
FAMILY RECORDS.
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FAMILY RECORDS.
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Dave. Fairchilds .43
frank Milie 429 n nathaniel Petas022 429
INDEX.
Discovery and Early History. 9
Topography of Lee County
18
Lester D. Pitcher. . 209
Rivers and Navigation. 22
Natural History.
28
Frank W. Little, Elias Bovey. 211
To a Waterfowl .
Geological Formations
Early History
33
Josiah P. Dana, B. F. Shaw 215
The Black Hawk War
39
John Dement 217
The Black Hawk Canoes
After the Black Hawk War
Organization of Lee County 65
71
Progress and Development
Internal Improvements
Navigation 78
81
County Buildings
84
Crime . 92
City of Dixon 101
111
Dixon Papers 117
Dixon Schools 119
123
Bridges.
128
Other Societies
136
Fire Department
138
Disasters
140
Manufacturing Interests
143
Founder of Dixon
150
Lee County Volunteers
159
Patriotism at Home 172
Dixon Township. 173
Town Officers of Dixon Township
176
Old Settlers' Record of Dixon and Vicinity
177
Dixon Volunteers.
185
Biographical .
189
Nathan Moorhouse
189
William W. Bethea, James Goble
190
Mahlon P. Burket, John Courtwright 191
192
Lorenzo Wood
193
James C. Mead.
195
C. H. Ingalls. 262
Theron Cumins
196
Sherman L. Hatch 263
Joel Cook . 264
Jonathan N. Hills, James B. Charters
198
W. W. Ireland, E. W. Patten 265
A. L. Wilder. 266
Mrs. Harriet L. Gardner. 26G
Frank Thompson, Prescott Bartlett .. 267
Edward Fessenden. .. 268
Warren Clarke, J. D. Tourtillott 270
Newton Stanard ... 271
S. F. Baird, C. D. Hubbard 272
Sublette
Sol
Early Settlements
Township Organization 247
Masonic . 249
Churches and Schools. 250
War Record 253
Biographical 254
Jonathan Peterson 254
Charlotte (F.) Baird 255
Wm. Dexter. 256
Alpheus H. Clink .. 257
Alpheus Crawford, E. M. Lewis. 258
194
Sherwood Dixon
197
John D. Crabtree. . 199
Samuel C. Eells, Wm. H. Van Epps.
William Barge, Jason C. Ayres. 200
John V. Thomas 201
Eugene Pinckney, Henry P. Becker . 202
Abalino C. Bardwell. . 203
A. C. Warner, George Steel. 204
Isaac S. Boardman 207
30
Obadiah Downing 211
31
Henry T. Noble 213
55
William Uhl. 220
David Welty. 221
Township Organization
73
G. W. J. Brown, W. H. Godfrey 225
Oliver Everett. .. 226
W. McL. Wadsworth, J. B. Pomeroy 227 O. F. Ayres, M. Dornan, J. G. Fleck 228 W. W. Waters, O. B. Blackman 229 230
J. A. Hawley
W. W. Wynn, C. F. Emerson 231
C. A. Davis, Horace Preston. 232
Jacob Brubaker 233
S. K. Upham, Nicholas Plein. 234
Samuel Shaw, Henry D. Dement. 235
Thomas McCune, J. B. Brooks. 236 237
Ezra Emmert .
D. B. Ayres, E. C. Smith 238
C. A. Todd, Josiah Fry 239
Charles Dement ... 239
C. A. Dement, John Coffey 240
Wm. Plein 240
243
Geo. G. Rosbrook.
Sublette Township 243
244
City Organization
Dixon Hotels
125
City Churches
56
W. W. Heaton, Luke Hitchcock. 219
C. W. Latimer, T. P. Hodnett . 222
76
Religious Progress.
Joseph Utley, John V. Eustace . . 208
Daniel B. McKenney, John Dysart. . 210
N. F. Swart rout, A. L. Swartwout
.
261
Isaac Means, Walter Little
870
INDEX.
James Black, C. M. Miller 273
O. A. Wood, J. C. Spielman 274
Jacob Richert .
275·
C. Biester, J. H. Schwoub 276
F. Oberhelman. . 276
Elijah Austin, S. D. Reniff. 277
T. S. Angier 278
Philip Fauble 279
Amboy Township.
279
Squatters' Association
Banditti . 296
Organization
Public Improvements
Schools . 305
Religious
306
Binghamton 310
Rocky Ford and Shelburn 313
City of Amboy 314
Incorporation 321
Illinois Central Railroad Buildings. 324
Fires
329
Education 332
Churches 334
Organizations 343
Temperance
350
Journalism in Amboy 353
Tornado .
354
Biographical 359
Joseph B. Appleton
359
Samuel E. Appleton . 360
Elisha Manning, Charles A. Wilcox. 363
Alfred H. Egan, John B. Felker. . 364
Lyman C. Wheat. . 365
Calvin D. Vaughn, Henry E. Badger 366 Chester Badger. . 367
F. R. Dutcher, John C. Church 368
The Little Family, E. R. Travers 369
W. H. Badger 371
Isaac Edwards 371
R. H. Mellen, Lemuel Bourne 372
E. E. Chase. . 372
J. B. Graves, D. W. Slauter 373
C. M. Butler, W. B. Stuart. 374
A. W. Spafard .. 375
E. A. Wilcox, John Gunning 376
W. H. McGraw, I. S. Smith 377
H. T. Ford 378
Charles Tait, C. H. Marston 379
H. S. Wyman, C. C. Stone 380
William B. Andrus 381
Simon Badger. 382 Biographical 439.
O. A. Comstock, A. J. Poland. 383
Philip Flack, G. H. McFatrich 384
C. W. Bell, G. W. Freeman 385
J. E. Lewis .
386
C. W. Deming, J. Slauter, F. J. Mer- row 387
J. H. Long 388
B. Smith, G. F. Morgan. 389
A. E. Merwine, R. W. Rosier. 390
M. Egan, B. B. Howard .. 391
E. S. Reynolds, H. Chapin, F. F. Northway 392
John Trude . 393
H. A. Millard, A. H. Wooster 394
A. B. Searles. 397
Caroline[A. Bartlett.
398
D. S. Clark, W. N. Fasoldt. 399
M. Maus. . 400
W. H. Hale 400
J. M. Blocher 401
0. Spangler 402
J. H. Preston 402
George Ryon 403
Lewis Clapp. 404
W. E. Ives, C. D. Dixon. 405
John Hook.
406
C. M. Robbins, Jacob Luce 407
Jason Chamberlain 408
409 C. F. Bridgman S. W. Holmes, G. D. Baird. 410
N. Burnham, O. M. Clark 411
412
B. Treadwell, W. I. Fish, D. C. Badger
414
Carl Hegert. 415
415
Village of Lee Center 417
Churches 418
Robberies, Casualties 419
Biographical 420
C. F. Ingalls 420
< L. B. Rix, E. Morey, J. Derr, M. Crom- bie . . 421
T. Nicholson, O. M. Lewis, S. Trow- bridge, L. Compton, C. Wellman .. 422 L. C. Sawyer, W. Salsbury, E. Wood- bridge 423
V. Bliss.
423
J. Wedlock, W. D. Clink, J. W. Win- bolt, E. Whitney, J. A. Hodges .... 424 S. Shaw, J. W. D. Blake, C. E. Loomis, 425 Brooklyn Township. 426
Villages
427
War Record. 428
Biographical 428
J. P. Johnston. 428
D.Miller, H. H. Miller, S. P. Fairchilds 431 A. V. Christiance, A. Gilmore, O. P. Johnston 432
B. F. Holdren, J. F. Clapp 433
J. W. Dorn, J. P. Anglemier, S. W. Carnahan, T. D. Yocum. 434
S. Argraves, M. M. Avery .
435
A. J. Carnahan, L. Compton, H. Car- nahan, D. Holdren . 436
Nelson Township 437
A. Coggswell, W. Groover, W. Covert, 439
C. F. Hubbard, S. Stone ... 440 J. Harden, L. F. Long, A. Hubbard. . 441 Elijah Walker. 442
Harmon Township 443 Biographical 443
442
S. Ackert, G. W. Hill.
J. T. Swan, T. Sutton, A. C. Welch, W. E. Mechem, L. Hullinger
444
W. H. Allen. . 445
A. Berlin, A. B. Smith, J. Hetler 446 Bradford Township 447
Biographical
450
W. S. Frost.
450
W. S. Frost, Ira Brewer
451
L. T. Wellman
452
334
413
F. H. Chapin, H. C. Shaw.
D. Petticrew, W. H. Dresser
Lee Center Township
303
302
284
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INDEX.
H. A. Williamson, P. Runyan. 453
P. Eisenberg, L. Baldwin. 454
Catherine E. Aschenbrenner 454
R. Gross, O. Reinhart. . 455
B. Albrecht, E. W. Pomeroy 459
South Dixon Township 457
Schools 458
Literary and Debating Societies 459
Eldena Village
460
Biographical 460
Abram Brown 460
Daniel Brown 461
Jacob Groh, O. E. Fellows
462
W. J. Fritz, H. Uhl.
465
E. Fritz, D. W. Bailey, J. Mostoller, Isaac Seitz. . 466
F. Glessner, J. Senneff. 467
May Township. 468
Biographical . 470
John McGinn, Peter Lannen. 470
John Darcy, P. McCann 471
Andrew Kessler 472
J. G. Hall, G. Ash. 473
S. W. Avery, T. Boyd. 474
H. Fitzpatrick . . 475
P. McMahon, W. Cullen 476
M. Barron, W. Dolan. 477
Marion Township. 478
Biographical 479
Geo. Keith, A. McCrystal, B. Brooks, 479
C. E. Abell, J. R. Hawkins, F. H. Church 480
Palmyra Township. 480
Early History 482
Prairieville 488
Biographical
489
J. C. Jacobs. 489
John H. Page and family.
F. N. Parks ... 493
G. A. Tucker, W. A. Kintner, W. L. Rogers 494
M. D. Hubbard, C. F. Furley 495
T. Wilson, M. W. Brauer, W. Mc- Gaffey . 496
S. T. Martin, H. E. Johnson 499
C. Lawton, J. P. Goodrich, C. A. Guyot 500 S. R. Rutt, B. Stauffer. 501
H. S. Fischer, E. Hughes. 502
H. Decker, Diana Warn, J. H. Mc- Wethy 504
D. A. Holly 505
E. H. Johnson . 505
C. A. Martin, A. Goodwin. 506
J. Martin, M. Schick. . 507
J. L. Lord, C. A. Becker 508 W. Myers, E. B. Chase .. 509
J. L. Klostermann, G. Rickert.
510
J. F. Stager, J. T. Lawrence. 511
C. B. Thummel, A. E. Thummel, A. A. Beede . 512
F. Hutton, D. G. Book. 513 A. Harms, R. E. Johnson, H. Miller .. 514 B. Miller, A. R. Rutt. . 515
R. C. Peck, W. Seavey, T. A. Butler. 516
E. A. Hughes. .
517
Nachusa Township
517
Early Settlements 518
Village of Nachusa
Churches 523
Biographical . 523
Jonathan Depuy 523
J. A. Heaton . . 524
Z. T. Stover, D. Johnson . 525
W. W. Darker, S. Crawford. 526
W. H. Fiscel, J. P. Brubaker. 527
B. Kesler and family. 528
J. Hill . 530
A. P. Dysart .. 530
W. C. Dysart, W. Dysart. 533
John Leake 534
Thomas Leake 535
J. C. Leake, H. Wingert, J. W. Win- gert . 536
J. Wingert, J. Heckman, D. N. Strat- ton . 537
S. Miller, J. B. Eicholtz. 538
S. A. Bender, J. Atkinson, S. Boyer 539
C. Burkett, E. Hart. .
540
F. Miller, J. M. Allwood .. 541
J. M. Crawford, J. H. Abbott. 542
I. Brink, J. R. Merrill 543
William Garrison. 544
The Hausen family 544
G. Palmer, J. H. Burkett. 545
J. Wertman, T. J. Wertman, W.
Brandon . 546
J. Emmert, M McNeel 547
J. Eicholtz, J. Hittle. . . 548
C. Harrington, J. Garrison. 549
A. Depuy, G. J. Hitt, H. Bothe. 550
I. Slothower.
551
Alto Township 551
Organization
552
Creameries . 553
Schools, Churches, Lodges. 554
Steward
555
Biographical .
557
Wesley Steward.
557
Gardner W. Thompson
557
T. J. Lawton. .
558
W. H. Tibals, H. P. Bly, J. P. Bly. 559 V. W. Wells, M. L. Barnett .. 560
O. I. Selgelid, V. A. Billion, J. Sever- son, J. J. Patterson . 561
W. E. Hemenway, A. H. Todd, M. Miller 562
M. Cook, H. Southard, C. B. Davis .. 563 W. T. Preston, H. W. Dunning, Caro- line Hill 564
C. Osmundson, W. S. Herrick. 567
H. Van Patten, W. F. Carpenter. 568 G. F. Henning, H. A. Robinson 569
Reynolds Township.
569
Organization
570
Churches
571
Biographical .
572
Martha E. Sandbrock, M. Wagner 573
J. Trotter, G. Boley . . 574
C. Gooch, Margaret Vaupel. 575
J. Griese, E. Wiener, H. Speek. 576
J. A. Griese, Lydia A. Horton. 577
China Township
578
Tragedy, Schools
581
Organization
582
871
621 Machu
alto
491
872
INDEX.
Military 583
Franklin Grove. 584
Incorporation 586
Secret Societies 588
Religious
590
Schools .
593
Biographical 594
Nathan Whitney . 594
A. R. Whitney, W. Dysart. 595
S. Dysart, B. F. Dysart. 596
A. Hussey, G. H. Taylor 597
U. C. Roe. ..
598
C. Durkes, E. A. Wood. 601
H. A. Black, T. W. Scott. 602
W. C. Robinson, D. R. Minor 603
D. F. Lahman, I. Zug. 604
J. D. Sitts, D. B. Senger, J. Hughes. . 605
G. F. Fishback, J. L. Strock, J. Blocher 606
L. M. Blaisdell, O. G. Smith. 607
Joshua Lahman, Joseph Lahman. 608
G. W. Hewitt. 609
J. Leake, W. Graves 610
Viola Township 611
Schools
612
Officers 613
Biographical 613
M. W. Harrington 613
Catharine J. Gray . 614
W. W. Gilmore 614
Margaretta H. Barr 614
M. B. Van Campen, J. M. Abell 614
C. F. Van Patten 615
J. Merrill, B. F. Johnson, E. Adrian. . 616
H. B. Cobb, C. Noe 619
Ashton Township 620
Ashton Bank. 622
N. A. Petrie and S. F. Mills 623
S. Beach, J. King. 624
P. Plantz, M. Beach 625
Riley Paddock, E. Anderson 626
H. Saunders, A. A. Heckart, J. A. An-
drus . .. 627
Hamilton Township. 628
Schools 630
East Grove Township 631
Wyoming Township. 640
Incidents . 655
Patriotism 658
Tragedies 659
Schools 664
Pioneer Preachers, Postoffice 666
Organization and Statistics 667
Paw Paw 668
Newspapers 675
Churches 676
Sunday Schools. 678
Fraternal Organizations. 678
Physicians .. 681
An American Elephant 683
East Paw Paw
684
South Paw Paw 687
Biographical 692
John Colvill. 692
William McMahan 693
Israel F. Hallock 6944
J. Rosenberger, A. B. Clapp 695
O. W. Bryant 696
Daniel Pine 698
John Edwards. . 699
Almeron Potter, E. A. Stanton 700
J. Beemer, F. M. Case 701 W. M. Strader 702
J. Baker, F. E. Rogers. 704
A. Merriman, A. May 705
Lowren Sprague 706
I. E. Hunt . 709
J. H. Braffet 709
T. D. Palmer, A. H. Rosenkrans. 710
H. L. Roberts, W. P. Hampton 711
B. J. Agler
712
A Florence, C. Quackenbush 713
T. W. Marble . 714
O. Marble, H. D. Merwine. 715
A. R. Harp . 716
J. Little, G. S. Hunt. 717
Ira Baker. 718
J. B. Briggs 719
S. A. Abbott 720
M. R. Reams, A. Field, A. Siglin 721
S. C. Mitchell 722
J. Patrick, A. Prentice. . 723
G. W. Miller, A. C. Radley 724
N. Lane, F. H. Chaffe 727
L. Potter, J. Brittain . 728
W. J. Brittain, W. Mayor, L. Jones. W. A. Pratt . ₹30
729
J. Hendershot, S. Bunker 731
J. N. Jacoby, H. Lewis 732
G. W. Lindsey, W. M. Geddes 733
J. W. Mayor. . 734
W. C. Bryant, Pierce & Barringer 735
E. Swarthout, W. C. Runyan 736
William Merrell .. 737
H. H. Harrington, T. H. Stetler 738
G. T. Noe, B. J. Wheeler . 739
A. G. Fowler. 740
Jesse Brittain 741
C. Pierce, J. H. Thompson 742
John Allen. . . 745
Mrs. Susan P. Detamore 747
W. M. Sproul. 747
749 W. Moffatt & Bro., J. Buchanan. John Harding 750
E. G. Cass . 752
J. Fonda, J. Epla 753
Lester Harding 754
D. M. Harris 755
W. A. Conant, I. B. Berry 756
Willow Creek Township. 757
Germans, Norwegians 766
Pioneer Facts 768
Educational. 770
Post-offices, Pioneer Worship 7772
Political and War History. 773
Tornado 776
Country Churches 778
Village of Lee 783
Biographical 786
Robert Smith 786
David Smith 788
N. A. Nettleton. 789
L. M. Fairchild, L. E. Durin 790
E. W. Holton. ..
791
D. Davenport, A. Glasspoole 792
873
INDEX.
C. Vandeventer
793
J. C. Howlett 794
H. G. Howlett 795
S. W. Weeks, W. H. Bryant 797
O. G. Jelle, Edwin Edwards 798
William Grove, L. P. Boyd. 799
John Yetter. . 800
G. L. Erbes, George Erbes. 801
O. W. Oleson, Amund Hilleson 802
Henry Barnhard, R. J. Thompson 803
J. B. Fisher, W. Dunkelberger 804
L. P. Smith, H. L. Hilleson 805
J. E. Miller, Andrew Stubbs. 806
Nathaniel C. Allen 807
Noah W. Davenport .. 808
G. A. Brittain, S. Vosburgh. ·809
Thomas Nelson, C. B. Bacon. 810
Lars Larsen Risetter. 811
Henry Stevens . 813
Jacob Edwards, S. B. Miller 813
Ralph Kettley, James Thompson 814
Patrick H. Daugherty. 815
Adam Miller, O. J. Heng 816
George Mullins. 817
Charles Childs. 818
Additional Matter. 819
John W. Wodsworth 819
James Santee, D. R. Bowles. 820
B. B. Higgins, J. A. Wernick 821
E. B. Stiles 822
Richard B. Loveland. 823
J. M. Santee, The Hetlers. . 824
Jeremiah Hetler, T. J. Buckaloo 825
S. Fuller, W. Depuy 826
Joseph Crawford .. 837
N. A. Cortright, W. P. Cortright 828 Adam Grim. 865
J. B. Dille .
828
C. C. Hunt .. 829
D. W. McKenney, P. Atkins, J. Hess 833
G. M. Berkley. 834
H. C. Higgins, J. W. Reardon. 835
Harriet Garrison . 835
Alex. Charters, H. C. Brookner 836
E. H. & D. B. Raymond 837
H. E. Williams. 837
B. W. Harnish, R. J. Drynan 838
F. Seavey .. 838
W. W. Tilton 839
Abijah Powers 839
C. H. Hughes, John B. Wyman 841
P. H. S', ock 843
Daniel Jeichart, H. P. Parks. 844
James L. McGinnis . 845
P. L. Brecunier, T. Paddock. 846
J. C. Bowers, Kincaid Runyan. 847
848
H. E. Chadwick, D. Sanford, H. Bly, M. Hardesty, E. M. Blair 849
A. J. Tompkins, J. H. Ives. 850
A. P. Wasson, B. Wasson 851
T. Brown, S. A. Griswold 852
The Reinharts, The Hansens 853
S. C. Hansen .. 854
W. Forbes, H. W. Hillison 855
G. W. Martin .. 855
L. W. Hale, Thomas Gilbert. 856
A. Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert. 857
G. Gilbert, J. W. Pankhurst. 858
W. G. Bell. 858
L. F. Ramsdell, E. A. Bliss 859
Jacob Riddelsbarger, J. L. Miller 860
J. D. Lahman, Charles Brackett 861
Ezra Withey . 862
J. Seebach, S. W. Riegle 863
Josiah Hughes, Robert Hullah 864
Errata.
866
Family Records 866
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