History of Logan County, Illinois, Part 44

Author: Inter-State Publishing Co.
Publication date: 1886
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Number of Pages: 989

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William Grauer, proprietor of Grauer's sample room, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Germany, born in Wurtemberg, July 2, 1842. He was reared a farmer, and was given a good education in the schools of Germany, remaining there till manhood. In January, 1865, he came to the United States, landing in New York City, and thence coming to Logan County, Illinois, arriving at Lincoln, February 4. He first found employment in the brickyard of Xavier Gaus, remaining with him till 1872, in the meantime tending bar two winters. From 1872 till 1880 he was employed as a bar- tender, and in the latter year opened a saloon of his own on Pulaski street, where he has built up a good trade. February 26, 1868, Mr. Grauer was married by Rev. Galster to Miss Christina Stanger, of Pana, Illinois. They have four children-Jacob, Will- iam, John and Carrie. Mr. and Mrs. Grauer are members of the Lutheran church. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of Mozart Lodge, No. 345, I. O. O. F., and has held several offices in the order.

Meyer Griesheim, merchant at Lincoln, was born near Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, January 8, 1848. His father was a merchant, who died in 1856. In his youth he was employed at home, and also worked in a bakery a short time. When eighteen years of age he came to the United States, coming direct to Illinois from New York, and after visiting his brother, Wolfe Griesheim, of Bloomington, in October, 1866, he came to Lincoln, where he obtained employment as clerk in the store of L. Livingston. In June, 1869, he became associated with Mr. Livingston in busi- ness, under the firm name of Livingston & Griesheim. In 1877 this partnerhip was dissolved, and Mr. Griesheim became asso- ciated with his brother Wolfe and Mr. Livingston, of Blooming- ton, and established a branch of their business in Lincoln, of which he had charge till 1883, and since then has been in business alone. Mr. Griesheim was married October 11, 1874, to Miss Gertie Livingston. They have one child-Cora. He and his wife are members of the Hebrew Congregation at Lincoln. In politics he is a liberal Democrat.

Samuel Millikin Guttery, Superintendent of Schools of Logan County, was born in Clinton County, Indiana, near Frankfort, April 15, 1846, a son of Millikin and Rebecca (Stephenson) Guttery, both natives of Ohio. When he was an infant his parents moved to Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, and there he was reared, and, in 1865, when nineteen years of age, accompanied them to Logan

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County, Illinois. He attended the conmon schools and academy at Lebanon, completing his education at the Lincoln University, and in 1869 began teaching in the district schools of Logan County. He taught till 1874, and then engaged in the grocery business till 1877, when he again began teaching. In the fall of 1881 he was appointed by the Board of Supervisors county super- intendent of schools, to fill a vacancy, and in the fall of 1882 was elected to the same office for a term of four years. April 26, 1874, Mr. Guttery was married to Miss Lizzie J., daughter of Mrs. Louisa Brown, of Lincoln, and the late Patrick Brown, of Pike County, Illinois. They have five children-Agnes May, Bertha B., Mary F., Florence C. and Louisa J. Mr. and Mrs. Guttery are members of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, and he is super- intendent of the Sunday-school. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge and chapter, and of the Modern Woodmen of America.

James Hill, agent for the United States and Pacific Express Company, at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ohio, born at Seneca- ville, Guernsey County, November 30, 1834, a son of Charles Bruff and Laura (Heacocks) Hill, natives of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, of English descent. When he was fourteen years of age his parents moved to Cassopolis, Michigan, and there he grew to manhood. He learned the fanning-mill maker's trade of his brother Charles, and worked at it until 1861, when he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company A, Twelfth Michigan In- fantry, and served till the summer of 1864, when he was discharged on account of disability, three months before his term of enlist- ment had expired. The greater part of the time he was Third Sergeant, and as such was discharged. Nine months he was on detached service with Captain J. S. Mcclintock, on General Kim- ball's staff, stationed at Little Rock and Helena, in the commis- sary department. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Hatchie Bridge, Middleburg, Vicksburg, and others of less im- portance. After his discharge he returned to Cassopolis, and soon after removed to Chicago, Illinois, and for nine months worked at the carpenter's trade. He then entered the employ of the United States Express Company, serving eight years in the capacity of messenger on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, when, in 1873, he came to Lincoln, and has since had charge of their office here. He was married November 26, 1857, to Sarah A. Little, of Cassopo- lis, Michigan. They have two sons-Franklin T. and Elmer J.,

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both in the employ of the United States Express Company, Frank- lin, a clerk in the general superintendent's office, at Chicago, and Elmer, a messenger on the Chicago & Alton Railroad. Mr. Hill is a member of the Leo W. Myers Post, No. 182, G. A. R., of which he is past commander. In politics he is a Republican.

Frank Hoblit, Cashier of the First National Bank, of Lincoln, is a native of Logan County, Illinois, born near Atlanta, No- vember 1, 1839. His parents were Samuel and Abigail (Downey) Hoblit, natives of Ohio. The former died in 1866. He was reared on a farm, but was given a good common-school education, gradu- ating from Sloan's Commercial College, Chicago, Illinois. When eighteen years of age he began clerking in a clothing and book store in Atlanta, and a year later was employed as bookkeeper in the bank of David Kern & Co. In 1860 he became associated with David Kern and J. P. Joseph, in general merchandising, under the firm name of Kern, Joseph & Hoblit. In 1865 he retired from the firm, and in March, 1866, engaged in private banking at Atlanta, under the firm name of Frank Hoblit & Co. In 1875 they were succeeded by the First National Bank, of Atlanta, of which he was cashier. In 1879 the First National Bank was succeeded by the Atlanta Bank, he still retaining the position of cashier. In 1878 he, with others, incorporated the National State Bank .of Bloomington, Illinois, of which he was president till March, 1882, when he resigned, still retaining, however, his stock and director- ship. On resigning the presidency of the bank at Bloomington, he purchased a controlling interest in the First National Bank of Lincoln, and became its cashier. In politics Mr. Hoblit is a Re- publican, and was a delegate to the National Republican Conven- tion, held at Philadelphia in June, 1872, at the renomination of General (President) Grant, and Henry Wilson, Vice-President. At present he casts his suffrage with the Prohibition party. June 4, 1864, he was married at Atlanta to Miss Mellie A., daughter of Dr. J. S. Allen. They have two adopted children-Walter B. and Mary E.

Rev. Thomas Tilghman Holton, pastor of the Christian church, at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ohio, born in Aberdeen, Brown County, November 17, 1839. He was educated at the Na- tional Normal School, and at Bethany College, Virginia, from which he graduated with the class of 1862. His preceptor was Rev. Alex- ander Campbell, the great author, and organizer of the Christian church. Since his graduation he has engaged in teaching and

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preaching. He held the position of professor of Latin, Greek and natural science, in Jefferson College, Jeffersonville, Kentucky, two years, from 1862 to 1864. He then went to Falmouth, Ken- tucky, and took charge of the academy at that place till 1866, when he began the regular pastoral work at Vincennes, Indiana, remain- ing there till 1868, when he accepted a call from the church at Springfield, Illinois. From 1870 till 1873, he had charge of the church at Berlin, Illinois, where he was also for two years principal of the public schools. In September, 1873, he came to Lincoln, where he has since lived. He also has had charge of the church at Union, De Witt County, since 1871, half of his time being spent there. In 1876 he was elected circuit clerk of Logan County for a term of four years, and was re-elected in 1880. He was married November 18, 1862, to Ellen M., daughter of Archi- bald Campbell, of Bethany. They have six children-Helen King, wife of C. Lucas, of Mt. Pulaski; Campbell, a clerk in the store of C. E. Ross; Pauline, Mary, Anna O. and Bettie. His family, except the two youngest, are members of the Christian church.

Edward G. Hudson, attorney at law, of Lincoln, was born in Car- michaels, Greene County, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1848. His par- ents, Rev. Samuel E. and Matilda (McGrew) Hudson, were also natives of Pennsylvania, and were of Scotch-Irish descent. His father being a minister, he was reared in various places in Pennsyl- vania and Illinois, coming to this State with his parents about 1854. He was educated at the University of Lincoln, from which institution he graduated in the class of 1871. He began the study of law in the office of Hon. S. A. Foley, and in 1875 was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court at Springfield, after which he engaged in the practice of his profession at Lincoln. He has served as city attorney of Lincoln two terms. In 1877 he was one of the in- corporators of the Lincoln Savings, Loan and Trust Bank, of which he is a director. He is also a director of the Lincoln National Bank, which he helped to incorporate in 1885. In connection with his law practice he has been operating largely in the sale of West- ern lands in Nebraska, Kansas and Texas. He was married at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1879, to Virginia W. Hack- ney, of that place. Both he and his wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. Hudson, in politics, casts his suffrage with the Republican party. He is a member of Lin- coln Lodge, No. 210, A. F. & A. M .; Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, R. A. M., and Constantine Commandery, No. 51, K. T.

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George B. Hudson, dealer in Western lands, with headquarters at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Pennsylvania, born in Carmichaels, Fayette County, March 22, 1848, a son of Rev. Samuel E. and Matilda G. (McGrew) Hudson. He remained with his parents until manhood, attending school in the various places in which his father preached. He was eighteen years of age when his parents came to Lincoln and then entered the university, from which he graduated in the class of 1871. He then taught school at Green- view, Illinois, and subsequently at Dallas, Texas, after which he began dealing in Western lands, during 1876 and 1877, selecting and locating large tracts of land in Northwest Texas. The country at that time was inhabited by roving tribes of Indians, and large herds of buffalo roamed over the plains. He traveled over 900 miles in the saddle with surveying parties, living on buffalo and other game shot by themselves. Mr. Hudson also deals exten- sively in lands in Missouri and Kansas. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

James Alexander Hudson, Vice-President of the Lincoln Na- tional Bank, and Cashier of the Lincoln Loan and Trust Company, was born in Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1841, a son of Rev. Samuel E. and Matilda (McGrew) Hudson, his father being a Cumberland Presbyterian minister. His parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, his father being of Welsh and his mother of Scotch-Irish descent. James A. received his education at Waynesburg College, Pennsyl- vania, and Lincoln University, graduating from the latter in the first-class of 1867. After his graduation he began the study of law at Lincoln and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He then began the practice of law at this place which he followed till 1877 when he was chosen cashier of the Lincoln Savings Loan and Trust Company, of which he was one of the incorporators. He was chosen treasurer of the Lincoln University in 1873, holding the position for six years. In 1874 he became one of its trustees, and was chosen president of the board, which position he still holds. He has been vice-president of the Lincoln National Bank since its organization. He was one of the incorporators of the Lincoln Gas Company in 1884, and is one of its directors. He is also a stock-holder in the Citizens' Coal Mining Com- pany of Lincoln. In 1875 he was elected a member of the city council which position he has since filled with the exception of two years when he was traveling for his health. He was

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married at St. Louis on November 2, 1872, to Dora L. Miller, daughter of Rev. Barnett Miller, of Dallas, Texas. They have four children-May, Cara B., Louise and Roberta A. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church at Lincoln. He is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 480, A. F. & A. M .; Lincoln Chapter, No. 147, R. A. M., and Constantine Commandery, No. 51, K. T., and has served as treasurer of his commandery. He is also a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 204, I. O. O. F., of which he has served as treasurer.

Joseph Beauchamp Hudson, agent of the Chicago & Alton Rail- road at Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Ireland, born at Dublin, March 25, 1850, a son Thomas and Mary (Evans) Hudson. His father died in 1862, and in 1864 his mother came, with her family, to the United States, locating in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the schools of Dublin, but after coming to America was obliged to work, and had no advantages of the schools of this country, although he made good use of his leisure time, and acquired a good business education. Soon after coming to America he found employment as a clerk in the freight office of the Chicago & Alton Railroad at East St. Louis, and in 1868 was transferred to Spring- field, Illinois, and was there employed in the same capacity till 1871, when he was promoted to the agency at Chenoa and remained there four years. In 1875 he was transferred to Lincoln; where he has since had charge of the offices of the road. Mr. Hudson was married at Chatham, Illinois, to Miss Dolly Thayer. They have one child-Ray. In politics Mr. Hudson is a Republican. He and his wife are members of Trinity Episcopal Church, Lincoln, of which he is a vestryman. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, lodge, chapter, and commandery. He is eminent com- mander of Constantine Commandery, No. 51.

Rev. Samuel Evans Hudson was born August 20, 1810, near Perryopolis, Pennsylvania. His parents, James and Sarah (Quail) Hudson, both died before he was twelve years of age. Being thus early thrown upon his own resources, he began to educate himself with a view to the law as his profession, but, having pro- fessed religion in his twenty-first year, he felt it his duty to become a minister. He supported himself for several years and attended Madison College at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Having been ordained to preach he united with Union Presbytery, of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and preached at Uniontown, Hopewell, and other places. On account of a disease of his throat,

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which had been overworked during his active labors, he moved to a farm in Illinois in 1854. As soon as his health permitted he accepted a call to the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained until, on account of his health again failing, his physician advised him to return to his native State. There he preached two years at Waynesburg, when he returned to his farm in Illinois, and while residing on it he built up what is now Hudson Congregation of the Cumberland Presby- terian church, in La Salle County. In 1867 he moved to Lincoln, Illinois, for the purpose of educating his children, who all subse- quently graduated from the university at that place. He died June 14, 1881. He was married August 1, 1839, to Matilda Mc- Grew, of Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, who is still living at Lincoln, Illinois.

David Hummell, hardware merchant, Lincoln, Illinois, was born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1832, the youngest of three sons of Henry and Rachel (Garver) Hum- mell, his father a native of Germany, and his mother of Pennsyl- vania, of German descent. In 1839 he accompanied his parents to Illinois, and was reared and educated in Macon County. He served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, at which he worked irregularly till 1872. From 1873 to 1878 he was em- ployed as a clerk in the hardware store of M. Reinhardt, and in the latter year became established in his present business. He has served as constable and marshal four terms, street commis- sioner three terms, village collector three terms, city collector one term, and as a member of the Lincoln Board of Education three terms. November 3, 1852, Mr. Hummel was married at Decatur, Illinois, to Mary Ellen, daughter of Thomas and Polly Stanfield. To them were born twelve children-Mrs. J. E. Miller, of Hartsburg; Effie M .; Mrs. Charles King, of Lincoln; Charles F., William T., Julia Ellen, John H., David Edwin, Fannie Lil- lius, and three who died in infancy. Mrs. Hummell died Feb- ruary 15, 1883. March 29, 1885, Mr. Hummell married again to Miss Mary McCrary, of Lincoln. In politics, David Hummell was formerly a Democrat, but later became a Prohibitionist, voted that ticket from the organization of said party, and has since been the chairman of the County Central Committee. He is the chair- man of the Congressional Committee of the Fourteenth District, and a member of the State Central Committee; also the president of the Logan County Temperance Union.

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Rev. Zebulon R. Humphrey was born near West Liberty, Champaign County, Ohio, August 24, 1829. In 1837 he emi- grated with his parents to the northern part of Macon County, which now forms a part of De Witt County, Illinois. Here he resided until the age of twenty-one years. During his minority his educational advantages were so meagre that at the age of man- hood he found himself unqualified for the duties of life, and decided to avail himself of the best facilities offered for a liberal education. He attended McKendree College one year, it being the oldest college in the West, located twenty-five miles east of St. Louis at Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois. During the fol- lowing vacation he taught a subscription school in the town, now city, of Clinton, De Witt County, Illinois. The following year he attended the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, but the following year, on account of failing health, gave up the idea of completing his education and settled on a farm in Barnett Town- ship, De Witt County, farming in the summer and teaching school in the winter, until the year 1869, with the exception of two years that he traveled as agent for the American Bible Society, when he settled on a farm near Chestnut, Atna Township, Logan County. Here he farmed during the summer and worked at the carpenter's trade in the fall and winter, where, by overwork and exposure in improving a new farm, his health gave way, and in March, 1874, he left the farm and settled in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. In September, 1852, he was united in marriage to Miss Maggie R. Wolfe, of Tunbridge Township, De Witt County. He has two children living-Clara A., wife of R. `M. Wildman, of Lincoln, and John Franklin, a student of Lincoln University. He has buried three sons-Joseph H., aged sixteen years ; Thomas C., aged one year, and William F., at the age of fifteen years, all three now resting in one grave in the McClimans Cemetery in De Witt County. Being of a retiring nature, he never sought office, but has had the various minor offices where he resided thrust upon him by his neighbors. He has been a local minister in the Method- ist Episcopal church for thirty-six years, but has been retired for the past thirteen years from the effects of chronic bronchitis. His ancestors were remarkable for long life. His grandfather, Thomas C. Humphrey, lived to the extreme age of 112 years, having never been ill a single day, and quietly fell asleep, from which he never awoke. His father, John Humphrey. was a man of remarkable constitution and died at the advanced age of

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eighty-six years, and sleeps in the McClimans Cemetery with eight of his children, while the mother still lingers upon the shore at the good old age of eighty-four years. A remarkable fact strangely contrasts with the longevity of his ancestors, when it is known that of six brothers and three sisters he alone survives, and still inore strange that, with a single exception, all were cut down in the prime of life by that relentless foe of mankind, con- sumption.

William Hungerford, proprietor of the Lincoln Planing Mills, contractor and builder, and manufacturer of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, etc., was born in Bridgewater, Connecticut, May 31, 1832. When in his sixteenth year he went to Poughkeepsie, New York, and there learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade, which he followed in that city till 1858, after which he came to Lincoln, Illinois, and at once engaged in contracting and building. In 1868 he and E. L. Beach erected a planing mill at Lincoln which was burned in May, 1871. In about seventy days the mill was rebuilt and the machinery was again in running order. Mr. Beach having retired from the firm in 1873, Mr. Hungerford has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Hungerford was mar- ried at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1855, to Sarah M. Beach, of that place. They have three children-Adeline, wife of F. E. Bell, of Palmyra, Illinois; Phineas B., of Hastings, Nebraska, and Martha E., living at home. Mr. Hungerford and his wife are members of the First Presbyterian Church at Lincoln, of which he is a ruling elder.

Frank Hutter, proprietor of the West Broadway Meat Market, Lincoln, Illinois, is a native of Germany, born in Hochdorf, Bavaria, September 28, 1841. When fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the butcher's trade, at Ludwigshafen, and served two years. He then worked two years as a journeyman for his master and subsequently in various places in France and Switzerland till 1861, when, in conformity with the laws of Bavaria, he went into the German army and served three years and four months in the artillery service. He then went to Strasburg, France, and remained till September, 1865, when he came to the United States, first locating in New York City. In October, 1866, he came West and lived at Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, till September, 1867, when he removed to Lincoln, and until August, 1868, was employed by Simon Rock. He then became associated with Henry Brening and they conducted a market

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together till July, 1869, since which time Mr. Hutter has been alone. His place of business was on Sangamon street till 1872, when he moved to West Broadway, where in 1883 he erected a substantial brick building, having become well established in a permanent trade. Mr. Hutter has by his many years of fair deal- ing won the confidence of his patrons. He has been twice mar- ried-first, January 1, 1868, in Mascoutah, Illinois, to Philipena Walker, who died at Lincoln, August 7, 1875, leaving four children-Frank, an employe of his father; Nicholas, Katie and Fritz. September 14, 1875, Mr. Hutter married Miss Margaret Buttell, of Lincoln. They have five children-William, Lena, Francisca, Emma and Grover Cleveland. Politically Mr. Hutter is a Democrat. He and his family are members of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, of which for several years he has served as trustee.

James Johnston, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Ireland, but of Scottish parentage. He was born in County Fermanagh, December 25, 1839. His opportunities for obtaining an education were very limited, he being obliged to work at an early age, and his education was such as could be obtained at night school. When nine years old he went with his parents, John and Catherine (Brien) Johnston, to Glasgow, Scotland, and at the age of ten years he was employed as errand boy in a warehouse in that city. He worked for the same house in various capacities till his sixteenth year, when he accompanied his parents to Canada, they settling on a farm in Prescott County. He left Canada in September, 1859, and came to Logan County, Illinois, where he worked on a farm for his brother William. In the fall of 1860 he bought eighty acres of Iand in Ætua Township where he resided until 1880, adding to his first purchase till he now has a farm of 640 acres located seven miles southeast of Lincoln. In 1881 he purchased a stock farm of 1,240 acres in Missouri, where he engaged in farming and raising stock, feeding yearly 300 head of cattle, and at the same time car- ried on his farm in Logan County. In politics Mr. Johnston is a Republican. He has served as school director of Atna Township for five years. He was married at Riceville, Canada, February 6, 1866, to Margaret Ann Moffatt, daughter of James and Martha (Caldwell) Moffatt, the former born in Dublin, Ireland, and the latter a native of Canada, Mrs. Johnston being born and reared in Canada. To Mr. and Johnston have been born seven children, five still living-Sarah Evangeline, Catharine Ida, Percy Brien,

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History of Logan County, Illinois, Part 44

Author: Inter-State Publishing Co. Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Number of Pages: 989

Author: Inter-State Publishing Co.
Publication date: 1886
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 989