History of Madison County, Illinois With biographical sketches, Part 28

Author: Brink, W.R. & Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Edwardsville, Ill. : W. R. Brink & co.
Number of Pages: 698

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improved, an efficient fire-department maintained, and a funded debt of some thirty thousand dollars paid and dis- charged.

Cotemporary with the Swiss colony of Highland, the nucleus of a German settlement was formed in township six-eight, near the present village of Prairie city, where F. Meyer, a North German, entered a tract of land-1831- and subsequently opened a farm, which in time became the center of a prosperous settlement of Germans, many of whom now rauk among the most successful farmers of the county. The Meyer farm is to this day owned by descendants of the family. The Germans are known to be less inclined than any other people to dispose of the homestead-the rura paterna of Horace-and start out in search of another The following German families clustered around the Meyer set- tlement ; Adam Hoch in 1842; Mr. Hoeh has befriended many new-comers, by disinterested advice, as well as ready and material help. H. Heyer arrived in 1843, Daniel Schmidt in 1847, Hermau Wirsemann, Ludwig Pape, Carl Engelke, Henry and Christian Knoche, Christian Kurthe, John Schoeneweiss, H. Thurmann, H. Dustmann, J. A. Scherf, Albert Kaiser, Fred. Dustmann, Henry Dorr, for years member of the board of supervisors of Madison county, Henry Rurnhold, Adam Mueller, Klein J. Schumacher, John Schaefer, the Helmkamp brothers and others fol- lowed in the course of a few years. Prairie City and vicinity is at this day an almost entirely German settlement, and can boast of one of the prettiest German church build- ings in the county.

Besides this, or joining it, is found a prosperous settle- ment of East Frieslanders, started about the year 1846, by Hiam H. Kaiser, and E. C. Balster, Elke Eden, Martin Aljets and others.

A very large foreign-born population is to be met in the western part of the county, principally at Alton. Some, we may say many Europeans have so closely identified them- selves with the growth and developement of this city from the very days of infancy, that personal mention is made of some of them in the historical sketch of Alton. Among the first foreign born citizens of Alton we find G. T Brown and Joseph Brown, Scotchmen, who were in Alton in 1836; the former rose from a printer's boy to the position of editor and proprietor of an influential newspaper, the Courier, was a lawyer of great merit and held for years a much coveted office at Washington City. He was a man found worthy of the intimate friendship of the public men at the head of our national affairs and died loved and respceted by a large circle of friends-1881. His library contained the most valuable political works, and his collections of curiosities, many the presents of native and foreign explorers and tou- rists, arc gems of treasure. Joseph Brown was mayor of Alton and subsequently of St. Louis. D. D. Ryrie, the banker, aud J. A. Ryrie merchant, also Scotchmen, arrived in 1837, about the same time when their countryman Andrew Mather came to Alton, followed by John and David Mellen about the year 1840. James l'atrick James Mitchell and l'eter Robertson are also Scotchmen.

Charles Holden, Jr., the present postmaster of Alton,

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is a native of England, arriving with his father in Alton about the year 1841. Andrew Maley, an Irishman, came to Alton about the year 1845. He had been for years previ- ously, in the service of the United States, " wintering " sev- eral seasons in Florida. The comforts enjoyed there, while fighting the Seminole Indians, are by no means pleasant recollections. Mr. Maley commenced his career in Alton as laborer. Diligence and economy, as practiced by him, secured him the friendship and assistance of influential men, and he is soon seen a successful contractor in the very town, where he had toiled as laborer.

John E. Coppinger, from Galway, Ireland, arrived in 1849. Mr. C. has occupied a prominent position in his chosen home for over a quarter century, and is now a mem- ber of the State-Board of Equalization of Illinois, for this, the 18th Congressional District. James Bannon arrived about the same time. He too has in a high measure, enjoyed the confidence of his fellow citizens, who time and again have elected him to responsible positions, which positions he filled to the satisfaction of the people aud to the credit of himself. Thomas Biggins, a native of Mayo County, Ireland, has been au honored and influential citizen of Alton since 1849. R. C. Causley, deputy postmaster of Alton, arrived about the same time. Thomas Richardson, the blacksmith, arrived in 1848, and John Redmond has been a resident of the county since 1838.

The immigration of subsequent years brought large addi- tions to the pioneer ranks. The historical sketches of city and township make mention of them, as far as they have participated in public life and business pursuits.

A few Pennsylvania Germans are found among the early settlers of Alton, as for instance a tavern keeper named Fleischmann. Jacob Schmeer was probably the first Ger- man to settle in Alton. He had a small baker shop which he sold to Charles Ubert in 1833. Ubert added a store to the business and was very successful. He died. quite young, iu 1840. Von Stein, a tailor, Holl and Poetgen, masons, J. Herman, J. Landenberger and C. Walter arrived with Ubert. C. Heitzig, A. Ulrich and J. Wiedfeld, Germans, were then living in Upper Alton, operating a pottery. Paul Walter, Th. Bauer and Johann Forster arrived in 1832, and the latter started a German boarding house soon after. Mathias Schaub, Martin Fischbach and several of those mentioned above went to farming on Coal Brauch as early as 1833. Fred. Hoffmeister, who had operated the former bakery of Ubert and connected it with a confectioner shop, erected the first German Hotel, now known as the Empire House, and it was here, the few Germans of Alton Feb. 18, 1849, held an enthusiastic public meeting to express their sympa- thies with the revolutionists of Europe and to raise funds to aid the political refugees in their flight to the United States. J. W. Schweppe presided, Dr. Humbert made motions, after motions, and Hornan kept the records. Dr. F. Humbert's native city is Frankfort one of the four small republics of the confederacy of Germany until 1866. The Dr. bad em- igrated iu 1833, at the time of the celebrated Frankfort "Attentate," an insurrection undertaken by intellectual youthis against the existing order of things. The Dr. came

to Upper Alton in 1836, was successful in his vocation and became an influential citizen. He identified himself most zealously with one of the political parties, was a prominent and leading man in their councils and is said to have secured the nomination of Robert Smith, the only Madison county man that ever represented this county in the House of Repre- sentatives in Washington City. The Dr. resides now at Altou. Many incidents related here are taken from a cen- tennial speech delivered and afterwards published by him.

J. W. Schweppe, now one of the leading merchants and a respected citizen of Alton commenced his Alton career in a baker-shop erected by George Fuls in 1836. Later, in 1841 when Fuls died, this shop was bought by F. W. Joes- ting and William Schweppe.

Hornan, a pedagogue by education, kept a saloon.

G. H. Weigler, also a pioneer among the Germans, came to Alton in 1838. llis labors, hard and scarcely remunera- tive at first, his prudence and his energy have given him a . most prominent position among the foreign population not alone of Alton, but in the county and state. He has been a member of the city council or city offices since 1854, occu- pies now the chair of the financial and judiciary committees, and was justice of the peace time out of mind. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the 29th As- sembly of Illinois-1874 to 1876.

Hon. J. H. Yeager was born in Saxe-Weimar, in 1833, and came with his parents to St Louis in 1834. He subsequently came to Madison county, studied law, graduated at Chicago, and commenced to practice at Altou in 1857. He was as member of the Legislature from 1866 to 1868, and of the senate from 1872 to 1874. In 1880 he was elected county Attorney of Madison county. Mr. Yeager is an excellent lawyer and an exemplary citizen. He has retained full knowledge of the German language, though he came to this country in the 1st year of his life, and is fully conversant with the classics of Germany. Rt. Rev. Bishop H. Damain Juncker, late Bishop of Alton, was born at Finsingen, Lor- raine, France in 1810, came with his parents to Cincinnati in 1824, where he studied theology, was parish priest at Chillicothe, and Columbus, Ohio, and was made bishop of Alton in 1857. He died there October 24, 1868. II. Brueg- geman, mayor of the city from 1879 to 1881, is a German by birth and a resident of Alton since 1856. John M. Tousor has represented the township in the Board of Super- visors since adoption of township organization in 1876.

V. Walter, Henry A. Summers, Louis Bickel, Henry Fisch, J. H. Koehne, Lorenz Fahrig, J. J. Kopp, Germans, and J. W. Brain, Jonathan Quarton, John Curdie, Britons, are members of the earlier immigration.

The immigration from 1849 to 1864 brought thousands of people to the county, and Alton received a full share of it. The various nationalities are now represented in all the va- rious vocations of life. Mechanics, farmers, laborers, con- tractors, city-township-and county-officials, merchants, arti- sans, attorneys, physicians, even " bloated bond-holders " and coupon clippers, of foreign birth, are successfully com- peting with their native born neighbors.

The Germans of Alton found themselves numerous enough

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in 1851 to organize their social Vereine. The celebration of the 4th of July, 1851, was the first public festival arranged by the Germans, who flocked to Alton in great numbers. The festival was held in a beautiful grove on the Coalbranch road. Rev. De Therding and G. H. Weigler were the orators. Elble's clarinet and Lehman's fiddle furnished the music for young and old. A militia company of St. Louis participated in the frolic, and our Altonians immediately went to work to organize a military company, naming it : Alton Jaeger company, 106 men, rank and file. It was officered by G. H. Weigler, L. Haagen and B. Ruenzi. In 1861 the company, commanded by Capt. John H Kuhn, en- tered into the federal service, as Company A-9th III. Vol. The chapter on patriotism relates the brave deeds of the men and officers, and gives a list of the fearful losses the company suffered at Shiloh. Capt. Kuhn was promoted Major, and Emil Adams brought the surviving veterans home as their captain, at the end of the war. The " Turn-Verein, "organ- ized in 1853, erected a beautiful building in 1868, and purchased a library of over 1000 volumes to furnish the means of mental culture to all members and friends. Another Verein-Mutual Aid Association, has been a bless- ing to its members ever since its organization in 1856. The founders of this society are G. H. Weigler, F. Fels, Charles Seybold, P'. Schlauder, Julius Wilhelms and Oberbeck. The finnneial condition of the association is solid, and all claims have from the beginning been promptly paid. Erwin Lodge No. 315 F. & A. M., with G. H. Weigler, Leonard Stutz, B. Elble, Henry Basse and J. J. Koenig as charter members was opened 1859, working in German. There are two Ger- man Odd-Fellow Lodges in Alton, to wit : Germania Lodge No. 299 and Pestalozzi Lodge No. 367, opened respectively in 1862 and 1867. A German Encampment, Concordia No. 99, was founded in 1869. A "Maenner-Chor" (singing society) was organized in 1>67 and soon after consolidated with the old Turn-Verein.

A "Reform-Verein" was organized by the Germans of Alton in 1873 for the purpose of confronting and defeating the threatening prohibitionists.

The German Protestants of Alton organized in 1849. The congregation erected a church edifice in 1851 and also built the first German school in Alton, corner Henry and 8th streets. The first German Catholic church was built in 1859. It was destroyed by the tornado of 1860, but immediately rebuilt, together with parsonage and school-house.

The first attempt at publishing a German newspaper, the " Vorwaerts " (Advance), was made in 1853, the second, Dic Freie Presse (Free Press) in 1854, by Schneider and Can- isius, neither of which was a success. Reiss and Weigler commenced the publication of the " Beobachter " ( Observer) in 1854, and continued it until 1865. The " Banner " has been published since 1866, (see article on press.)

In township 6-10 we find but few foreign born citizens of the earlier immigration. R. J. Ingham, who died in 1881, settled there in 1835, Henry Ebbler, in 1841, Louis Ma- sulli an Italian in 1845, and Julius F. Schneider in 1846.

James MeKenzie, an Irishman, came to Wood river in 1847. Ebenezer Rodgers, an Englishman, arrived in 1834 and

died there in 1854. William Badley, another Englishman, settled there in 1840 ; he died in 1865.

In township 6-9 we mention Christ. Freark, 1848, William Bierbaum, 1849, and J. D. Heisel, a foreign born citizen of distinction, at one time elerk of the circuit court of Madison county-1872 to 1880-and at present one of the members of the bar of this county.

In the American Bottom we find but few immigrants of a very early period, among them Caspar Varnhold, August Rnwisch, August Brandos, Joseph Froehly, and R. J. Brown. ' Theod. Selb has represented his township in the board of supervisors for 5 terms in succession.

From the naturalization of the records of the county, 1840 to 1849, we take the following names : F. A. Wolf, Val. Bickelhaupt, F. Pottgen, John Suppiger, Joseph Miller, Louis Krutli, John Schlup, Jacob Eggen, William Hag- mauer, John Leder, Christian Walter, G. J. Staffelbach, Joseph Koepfli, Nic. Heintz, Martin Fischbach, Henry Bernius, Christ. Draper, Christian Branger, Matth. Sehu ffer- koetter, J. Leon Scherer, Anton Schmidt, Charles Pabst, C. A. Kluge, Christian Waage, G. M. Suppiger, Carl Mueller, David Suppiger, Carl Dandermann, Jacob Durer, Theodore Miller, F. H Kieeleman, Fred. Deterding, Conrad Leseman, William Stein, Bernhard Suppiger, Charles Kinne, Lorenz Wickenhauser, Jacob Kircher, Henry Ludwig, M. Huegy, Xavier Suppiger, Anton Buchmann, Will Lange, G II. Weigler, Mathias Leonhardt, Ludwig Nagal, John Eschen- burg, Andrew Rienzi, J. R. Blattner, Joseph Buchman, Anton Ulrich, M. W. Wackerle, John Guggenbuehler, Louis Hess, John Iberg, Martin Schmidt, Charles Schocek, Peter Grass, John Blattner, Sebastian Ruedy, Nic Mueller, Jacob Krueker, Melchior Weber, Anton Fisher, Fred Weber, J. G. Spengel, Jacob Spiess, Bartholomew Ruenzi, John Weitffeld, Bernhard Koeptli, J. F. Lohmann, William Blumer, Henry Altag, D. Warenburg, John Leutwiler, John Marti, Andrew Guntley, Joseph Wildhaber, Joseph Leutenberger, F. R. Birtsch, John Dotterweich, J. F. Hoffmeister, J. H. Kinne, P. A. Schiedhering, Christian Kaufmann, Paul Ambuehl, Christian Brase, Henry Schmidt, German and German-speaking Swiss; T. C. Clifford, John Mulady, John Glass, Sam. MeKittrick, Thomas Carr, W. Booth, Hugh Black, John Hogan, Malichy Holland, James Shannon, John Jeffrey, Martin Holland, John Forster, Pat Dunn, George Thorp, Dr. John Lee, Hugh Rice, John Loek, W. Peel, Andrew Rosberry, John Rowe, James Heslap, Day. MeNcil, Pat Welch, Thomas Brown, Will Vall and Harrison Perrin, Great Britain and Ireland, J. George Kaindel, Austrian, Fred. L. Duranec, Frenchman, and St. A. Wyszomirski, Prussian.

Further naturalization of foreigners 1849 to 1864 :- Henry Scheer, F. J. Springer, Nich. Bickelhaupt, Gregor Hirsch, Rudolf Bircher, Adolf David, George Ruegger, political refugee of Switzerland, subsequently sheriff of the county, Charles Steiner, Jonis Birdill, J. B. Kirri, John Schumacher, Jacob Iberg, Henry Kuhlmann, Christ. Wedman, Paul Walter, Fred Buehler, D. Weisemann, Caspar Britt, Peter Britt, John Reisser, Christian Ilirni, shipwrecked and drowned on the coast of England in May,

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1876. Peter Frutiger, W. Gerkemeier, Michael Lambert, Stephen Marguth, Anton Cueler, Conrad Ort, Beatus Mueller, Wolfgang Lautner, Jacob Kolb, Leonard Flachen- ecker, Henry and John Epping, Henry Westenhoff, F. W. Joesting, A. G. Schroeder, Henry Kramer, A. H. Blas, Conrad Hille, William Hoppe, H. C. Brasse, C. Meyer, Louis Stock, Jacob Weber, Jerome Pfaff, Jacob Simon, John Dauwalter, Landolin Walter, H. J. Hendrich, Ernst Erbe, Anton Ulrich, Adam Nagel, John Sommerfield, Henry Brandes, Julius Voigt, John Ilagemann, Peter Dorr, T. Bruckner, Henry Hermanu, Christ. Bleisch, John Zobrist, Adam Hoeh, J. A. Goot, John Senn, Henry Weitkamp, William Rinne, Oswald Rothe, J. G. Billner, J. A. Schreppel, Charles Strassen, M. Ambrosius, Fred Bonn, Joseph Gottlob, Dan Roniger, Joseph Winter, John Heister, John Meier, Anton Weissenriether, Sylvan Utiger, Philip Fischer, Christian Schneider, Andrew Bauer, Caspar Goet- ten, Edwin Weitmeier, Constant Rilliet, (Associate Justice of Madison county 1861 and 1862 ;. John Balsiger, Her- inan Giesse, Arnold Rietman, Ferdinand Balsiger, Jacob Zobrist, Anton Gruenfelder, J V. Metzger, Henry Bender, Christian Wurrker, George Gertle, Stephen Knaus, Joseph Zillman, Jacob Bauer, Fred Werker, Sol Bauer, William Maehler, Gabriel Ostrich, Daniel Wild and John Utiger, from Germany or Switzerland, W. Bendle, Rob. Hobson, Charles Eardly, Andrew Mills, David Summs, William Nixon, Thomas Locke, William Watts, Edw. Rutledge, Charles Morley, James Farrell, James Patrick, John John- ston, Thomas Riley, Pat Collins, John Mullern, Thomas, Magher, James Mahoney, Pat McErlean, Peter Dimond, Will Squire, Joseph Purcell, F. C. Beall, Pat Carroll, John Harman, John Browell, Rob. Mitchell, and Edw. Coppinger from Great Britain and Ireland. C. L. Bernays, republic of France.

This closes the list of pioneer immigrants from Europe. There were undoubtedly many more immigrants than are mentioned here. The Constitution of 1848 granted the right of suffrage to all bona fide residents of the state, whether naturalized or not, and as the right of voting was with many the only coveted boon of citizenship, they never applied for naturalization papers.

We introduce a tabular statement of the number of foreign-born citizen naturalized since 1854.

Germany and

Switzerland.

Great Britain

and Ireland.

Austria.

Italy.

France.

Denmark.

Sweden and

Norway

Holland and Belgium.

1×54

1.55

110

1856

189

18.37

200

1858

184

1859

196

1×62

5₺

1863

ING4*

313

116

1865

1.860

102

247

109

·2

1870

Germany and

Switzerland.

Great Britain

aud Ireland.

Austria.

Italy.

France,

Denmark.

Sweden

Norway.

Holland and

Belgium.

1×71

1872*

1873

1874

1875

1876*

1×77

1878

1879

1880

1881

Total since 1854.

2.983

971

137

Pioneer

Immigrat'n

199

1812 10 1854.

Grand total

3.182

1.033

138

Or 4451 in the aggregate.

* Presidential years when votes were in demand.

The survivors of these together with their descendants make up about one half of the population of the county.

These people have contributed their full share to develop the county to what it now is; they have helped to build your churches and school-houses, to open and cultivate the countless farms of a county, peer to all sister counties ; they have entered into the bowels of the earth to hoist up the treasures of the mines, and they have built your railroads ; and not that alone. When the government called for men to carry the flag of the republic against foreign enemies or insurgents and revolutionists at home, the foreign-born citizens responded readily and patriotically to rival with the native boru in defending the republic and maintaining its integrity. There was a time when the native American thought the sacred institutions of his land endangered by a too numerous revolutionary element, filled with Utopian ideas, wholly foreign to the sober and stalwart American. The wild and confused utterances and doctrines of the French socialists and revolutionists, as for instance : " Prop- erty is theft," and many others of similar bearing, were calculated to create alarm. This feeling, together with a degree of envy harbored by indolent people, made itself most plainly felt when the revolutionists of 1849 were being naturalized in 1854 and 1855.

The hostility of the Know Nothing party against the for- eign element, which led to serious difficulties in various parts of the country, was scarcely felt in Madison county, and the triumphs of that party here were of short duration.

The foreign born citizens have also shared to a most liberal extent, the honors of public life, bestowed upon them by the votes of their native neighbors and fellow citizens, Among the officers entrusted with the government of the county we find George Barnsback in 1819 as commissioner, Constant Rilliet,* in 1861-1862 as associate justice, Xavier Suter, his

* Rilliet was born in Geneva, January 28, 1820, son of Col. Rilliet, who while serving under Napoleon I was decorated on the battle-field with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Rilliet was a man of splendid education, master of nearly all modern languages; emigrated in 1848 and settled at Highland, where he succeeded Adolph Glock, E-q., in the consulate of Switzerland. The public schools of Highland are in- debted to Rilliet for his successful efforts in that direction. Rilliet died on the 10th of October, 1862.

1×10*

560

169

]

and

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successor, was also a native of Switzerland, to which he returned in 1869, Anthony Suppiger of Saline township was associate justice from 1865 to 1869. Henry C. Gerke, a native born citizen of Madison county, but of German de- scent, was associate justice from 1869 to 1874. R. W. Crawford and John Bardill were members of the board of county commissioners in 1874 and 1875. Fred T. Kratlt, a German, was sheriff from 1850 to 1852 Mr. Krafft belonged to the pioneer Germans of 1831. His first American home had been St. Clair county. He was a man of excellent qualities, popular, and loved by all who knew him. We have mentioned above the Barnshacks as typical North Germans, and Krafft may be considered the typical South German. C. A. Murray, was sheriff from 1852 to 1854; George Reugger, a Swiss, from 1864 to 1866, and R. W. Crawford, an Irishman, from 1870 to 1872. Among the coroners we find P. F. Regan, an Irishman, from 1864 to 1866, Jonathan Quarton, an Englishman 1868 to 1870 and W. H. Greipenberg, a German 1872 to 1874. Walton Rut- ledge, also of foreign descent has been county surveyor since 1875. A. A. Suppiger, son of Anthony Suppiger the only survivor of the pioneers of the Swiss Colony at Helvetia, was superintendent of public schools from 1873 to 1877. B E. Hoffmann, was county clerk from 1869 to 1877. H. H. Kuhlenbeck, clerk of the circuit court from 1868 to 1872, J. D. Heisel from 1872 to 1880, when he was succeeded by William Daech, the present incumbent. Thomas Kennedy was treasurer from 1867 to 1875, and Adolph Ruegger since 1877.

In the legislative council of 1812 and 1814 we find Samuel Judy-Swiss extraction, representing Madison county ; in the House of Representatives, 1832 to 1838. James Semple a Scotchman, John Hogan from 1836 to 1838, John Bailhache 1842 to 1844, George Barnsback 1844 to 1846, Wm. F. De Wolf from 1846 to 1848, J. H. Yager 1866 to 1868, Theodor Miller 1870 to 1872. In the Senate J. H. Yager from 1872 to 1874 and W. H. Krome from 1874 to 1878, in the House of Representatives. Henry Weinheimer 1872 to 1874, G. H. Weigler 1874 to 1876, and Jones Tontz from 1880 to 1882.

John E. Coppinger, an Irishman, is at present a member of the State Board of Equalization.

The number of foreign born local and municipal officers is legion. Madison county has of course seen many of her citizens, native as well as foreign born, called to hold federal offices. A foreigner- Mr. Canisius of Alton was appointed by Lincoln to the consulate at Vienna, the gay capital on the beautiful blue Danube, where he remained until 1865, when he was recalled .- Later, after a lapse of years, during which he officiated as penitentiary commissioner, his consular star rose again, though with splendor lessened. The former consul general of Austria had to content himself with the simple- consulate at Bristol, England. After a time he was trans- ferred from the banks of the famous Avon to those of the obscure Geeste, at Geestemuende. His stay there was but brief, for others, ready to accept consular positions, looked with longing eyes in the very direction of Geestemuende, on account of its proximity to Bremen and the pleasures of the 15

Bremen Rrathskeller. The doctor hastened to Washington to save his official head, but came too late. Pres. Arthur, though Geestemuenda was dispose.l of, concluded to retain the services of Canisius, sent him as consul to our very an- tipodes, on the Islands of the South Sea. There he resides now at a village called Apia, the capital of the Samoa Islands. While a resident of the county, Canisius was con- nected with a German newspaper, published in Alton.

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History of Madison County, Illinois With biographical sketches, Part 28

Author: Brink, W.R. & Co Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Edwardsville, Ill. : W. R. Brink & co. Number of Pages: 698

Author: Brink, W.R. & Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Edwardsville, Ill. : W. R. Brink & co.
Number of Pages: 698