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Sheriffs-Cheney Thomas, 1832-34; Martin Scott, 1834-40; Green B. Larison, 1840-42; Richard Edwards, 1842-44; William McCullough, 1844- 48; Jonathan Glimpse, 1848-54; John J. Price, 1854-56; Joseph H. Moore, 1856-58; William P. Withers, John L. Routt, 1860-62; Norvel Dixon, 1862- 64; Henry A. Ewing, 1864-66; Edward M. Pike, 1866-68; Gustave Lange, 1868-70; Richard Osborn, 1870-72; Henry Houscherdt, 1872-74; James Goodheart, 1874-78; Joseph Ator, 1878-82; Henry H. Swaim, 1882-86; Vinton E. Howell, 1886-90; William J. Bishop, 1890-94; James Stone, 1894- 98; George Johnson, 1898-1902; Frank Edwards, 1902-06; A. L. Moore, 1906-10; James Reeder, 1910-14; George R. Flesher, 1914-18; Ralph Spaf- ford, 1918-22; J. E. Morrison, 1922. Sheriff Spafford resigned in the sum- mer of 1922 to become superintendent of the Soldiers Orphans' Home at Normal, and the board of supervisors appointed J. E. Morrison, a deputy, to the position of sheriff. In the election of November, 1922, Morrison was elected for a full term.
School Superintendents-The head of the school system of the county was first called school commissioner. Those who served in that capacity were: William Durley, 1834; Jesse W. Fell, 1836; Cheney Thomas, 1841; William H. Hodge, 1841; James B. Price, 1849; John M. Scott, 1852; C. P. Merriman, 1857; Daniel Wilkin, 1858; C. P. Merriman, 1863. The posi- tion was changed to superintendent of schools about 1865 and the incum- bent elected. Those who have been elected as superintendent of schools were: Daniel Wilkin, 1863-69; John Hull, 1869-75; William Hawley Smith, 1875-81; John A. Miller, 1881-94; John S. Wren, 1894-06; Benjamin C. Moore, 1906-1922; Mrs. Nettie B. Dement, 1922.
State's Attorneys .- Until 1870, the state's attorney was elected for the judicial district. The records of the circuit court with few exceptions
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do not show the name of the state's attorney until 1850. They show: Thomas Moffitt, May term, 1833; Charles E. Emerson, April term, 1836; Jesse B. Thomas, April term, 1837; A. Campbell, September term, 1838; A. Campbell, 1849-53; A. McWilliams, 1854-56; Ward H. Lamon, 1856-60; Harvey Hogg, March term, 1861; W. H. Young, 1861-62; Robert E. Wood- son, March term, 1863; Henry S. Green, 1863-66; Thomas F. Tipton, 1866- 68; Jonathan H. Rowell, 1868-72; Joseph W. Fifer, 1872-80; Robert P. Porter, 1880-84; Edwin H. Miner, 1884-92; John A. Sterling, 1892-96; R. L. Fleming, 1896-1904; William R. Bach, 1904-12; Miles K. Young, 1912- 20; Lester H. Martin, 1920-24.
County Judges .- Amasa J. Merriman from date of township organi- zation in 1858 to 1873; Reuben M. Benjamin from 1873 to 1886; Colos- tin D. Myers, 1886; Roland A. Russell, 1897-1902; 1897-1910; Homer W. Hall, 1910-1914; James C. Riley, 1914-1921; William C. Radliff, 1921-24. Judge Radliff was appointed by the governor to succeed Judge Riley in 1921 when the latter was appointed master in chancery, and Radliff was elected to the position for a full term in 1922.
Probate Judge .- Under the census of 1920, McLean County had more than 70,000 population, permitting the election of a probate judge in ad- dition to a county judge. The first election for this office was in 1922, when Jesse E. Hoffman was elected to the position.
Probate Clerk .- When the probate court was established, the first election for a probate clerk in 1922 resulted in the election of W. Scott Rodman to that position.
County Clerks .- Isaac Baker was appointed in 1831 as clerk of the county commissioners' court and served to September, 1839, when Bai- ley H. Coffey succeded him, serving to 1849. In 1849 the county court was organized with Coffey as clerk, serving to 1853. E. H. Rood elected in November, 1853, served to 1857, when township organization was ef- fected. The clerks of the county since that time were: William C. Hobbs, to 1860; R. L. Davis, to 1864; R. S. McIntyre to 1869; J. W. Straight, to 1873; R. L. Davis, to 1878; Charles W. Atkinson, to 1886; Robert Maxton, to 1894; M. H. Newton, to 1898; R. L. Carlock, to 1902; C. C. Hassler, to 1910; Parmeno A. Guthrie, to 1924.
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County Treasurers .- Under the county commissioners the treasurers were as follows: Thomas Orendorff, 1831-33; David Wheeler, 1836; James Rains, 1837; Richard Edwards, 1838; G. B. Larison, 1839; Asahel Gridley, 1839-41; Welcome P. Brown, 1842; William H. Temple, 1842-52; William Thomas, 1851-58. Under township organization the county treas- urers from 1858 to the present time are as follows: William Thomas, 1858-60; Thomas Fell, 1860-64; John L. Routt, 1864-68; Lewis E. Ijams, 1868-72; Joseph Denison, 1872-74; Isaac W. Stroud, 1874-76 ; Joseph Den- ison, 1876-86; Lewis E. Ijams, 1886-90; J. L. Douglass, 1890-94; W. J. Baldridge, 1894-98; Joseph C. Means, 1898-1902; James Smith, 1902-06; William A. Stautz, 1906-10; Phineas Stubblefield, 1910-14; Joseph F. Rice, 1914-18; William C. Means, 1918-22; C. C. Baldwin, 1922.
County Recorder .- Samuel Durley, 1832-33; Isaac Baker, 1833-49; William H. Allin, 1849-51; James Allin, Jr., 1851-52; William McUllough, 1852-62; Luman Burr, 1862-63; Edward R. Roe, 1863-68; Robert E. Guth- rie, 1868-73; Samuel Dolloff, 1873-77; James C. McFarland, 1877-80; Mar- tin H. Newton, 1880-88; Stacy Tantum, 1888-96; Matthew R. Cunning- ham, 1896-1904; N. B. Carson, 1904-24.
County Surveyor-Isaac Baker, 1832-35; Elbert Dickason, 1835-40; M. R. Bullock, 1840-41; H. Noble, 1841-47; Nelson Buck, 1847-50; James T. Swartz, 1850-51; Peter Folsom, 1851-57; William L. Horr, 1857-60; John P. Healea, 1860-62; J. L. Spaulding, 1862-66; George P. Ela, 1866- 70; W. P. Anderson, 1870-76; George P. Ela, 1876-84; A. J. McComb, 1884- 92; Arthur H. Bell, 1892-1924.
Coroners-Elijah Watt, 1831-35; John Kimler, 1835-36; Elijah Rock- hold, 1836-42; William McCullough, 1842-46; Thomas Fell, 1846-51; John Thrasher, 1851-54; William M. Smith, 1854-55; Angus Elder, 1855-56; William Matthews, 1856-64; H. S. Herr, 1864-65; Mark Ross, 1865-67; Luke Nevin, 1867-70; William B. Hendryx, 1870-78; D. M. Foster, 1878- 80; William Matthews, 1880-83; Ben W. Riser, 1883-92; James F. Hare, 1892-96; N. B. Carson, 1896-1900; J. M. Rugless, 1900-08; James F. Hare, 1908-20; Lee McReynolds, 1920-24.
State Senators-James Allin, Whig, 1836-40; John Moore, Democrat, 1840-42; Robert F. Burkett, Whig, 1842-44; George W. Powers, Whig, 1844-48; Asahel Gridley, Whig, 1848-50-54; Isaac Funk, Republican (died
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in office), 1862-65; William H. Cheney, Republican, 1866-68; John McNulta, Republican, 1868-72; John Cusey, Republican, 1872-76; John M. Hamilton, Republican, 1876-80; Joseph W. Fifer, Republican, 1880-84; Lafayette Funk, Republican, 1884-88; Thomas C. Kerrick, Republican, 1888-92; Vin- ton E. Howell, Republican, 1892-96; George W. Stubblefield, Republican, 1896-1908; Frank H. Funk, Republican, 1908-12; N. Elmo Franklin, Re- publican, 1912-16; William H. Wright, Republican, 1916-20; Frank O. Han- son, Republican, 1920-24.
State Representatives-Welcome P. Brown, Democrat, 1834-36; George Henshaw, Democrat, 1836-38; John Moore, Democrat, 1838-40; Asahel Gridley, Whig, 1840-42; Isaac Funk, Whig, 1840-42; Mahlon Bishop, Dem- ocrat, 1842-44; Andrew McMillan, Democrat, 1842-44; David Davis, Whig, 1844-46; Matthew Robb, Whig, 1846-48; James B. Price, Democrat, 1848- 50; John E. McClun, Whig, 1852-56; John H. Wickizer, Republican, 1852- 56; Leonard Swett, Republican, 1858-60; Harvey Hogg, Republican, 1860- 62; Harrison Noble, Republican, 1862-66; William M. Smith (elected speaker in 1871), 1866-72; Edward R. Roe, Republican, 1870-72; Warren C. Watkins, Republican, 1870-72; George W. Funk, Republican, 1870-72; Leonidas H. Kerrick, Republican, 1870-72; Archibald E. Stewart, Repub- lican, 1872-76; Thomas P. Rogers, Democrat, 1872-80; John Cassedy, Re- publican, 1872-74; John F. Winter, Republican, 1874-78; Thomas F. Mit- chell, Republican, 1876-84; Henry A. Ewing, Republican, 1878-80; Will- iam Hill, Democrat, 1880-82; George B. Okeson, Republican, 1880-82; La- fayette Funk, Republican, 1882-84; Samuel B. Kinsey, Republican, 1882- 86; Ivory H. Pike, Republican, 1884-86; Frank Y. Hamilton, Republican, 1886-88; John Eddy, Democrat, 1886-92; Ivory H. Pike, Republican, 1888- 90; Henry L. Tarpenning, Republican, 1888-92; Edmund O'Connell, Re- publican, 1890-94; Bernard J. Claggett, Democrat, 1892-94; Edward Stub- blefield, Republican, 1892-96; James F. O'Donnell, Democrat, 1894-98; John L. White, Republican, 1894-96; Duncan M. Funk, Republican, 1896- 1902; Arthur J. Scrogin, Republican, 1896-1902; Miles Brooks, Democrat, 1898-1900; John F. Heffernan, Democrat, 1900-94; Wesley M. Owem, Re- publican, 1902-04; Cassius M. Coyle, Republican, 1904-08; Paul Finnan, Democrat, 1904-08; W. H. Wright, Republican, 1908-12; Daniel D. Dona- hue, Democrat, 1908-12; Frank Gillespie, Democrat, 1912-14; William Rowe, Republican, 1912-22; Daniel D. Donahue, Democrat, 1914-18; J. C.
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Harvey, Republican, 1914-16; George E. Dooley, Democrat, 1918-20; Mar- tin A. Brennan, Democrat, 1920-24.
The following is the list of citizens of McLean County who have held offices of more or less importance in the national and state governments:
United States Senate-Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat, vice-president of the United States and presiding officer of the senate, 1892-96.
David Davis, Independent, United States Senator, 1877-83; also act- ing president of the senate during the last two years of his term.
Representatives in Congress-John McNulta, Republican, 1873-75; Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat, 1875-77; Thomas F. Tipton, Republican, 1877-79; Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat, 1879-81; Jonathan H. Rowell, Republican, 1881-91; Owen Scott, Democrat, 1891-93; Benjamin F. Funk, Republican, 1893-95; John A. Sterling, 1903-13; Louis FitzHenry, Demo- crat, 1913-15; John A. Sterling, Republican, 1915-18; Frank H. Funk, 1921-25. John A. Sterling met accidental death in October, 1918, and Frank L. Smith of Dwight was appointed to succeed him, serving until 1921.
Diplomatic Service-James S. Ewing, Democrat, United States min- ister to Belgium, 1894-97.
United States Judiciary-David Davis, Republican, justice Supreme Court, 1861-77; Lawrence Welson, Republican, judge of U. S. Court of Claims, 1883-1905; district judge of Southern Illinois Federal District, Louis FitzHenry, 1918 to the present time.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture-Carl Schurz Vrooman, 1914-19. Paymaster in Navy-Lewis G. Stevenson, 1917-18.
U. S. Navy-Julius Freeman, lieutenant, 1871-84.
U. S. Regular Army-Brig .- Gen. Harry Gore Bishop, 1905 to present time; Major Ralph B. Bates, 1903-23; now retired; Brig .- Gen. James G. Harbord, 1889-1923; now retired.
U. S. Consul-John F. Winter, served at several different stations in Europe, 1880-90.
United States Marshal-John L. Routt, Republican, 1869-71; Edward R. Roe, Republican, 1871-80.
Assistant Postmaster General-Adlai E. Stevenson, Democrat, 1885- 89; Giles A. Smith, Republican, 1869-72.
John L. Routt, Republican, second assistant, 1871-75.
State Officers-John Moore, Democrat, lieutenant governor, 1842-46; John M. Hamilton, Republican, lieutenant governor, 1881-83; John M.
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Hamilton, governor, 1883-85; Joseph W. Fifer, governor, 1888-92; John Moore, Democrat, state treasurer, 1848-57; James Miller, Republican, state treasurer, 1857-59; Richard Edwards, state superintendent public instruction, 1887-91; John M. Scott, judge Supreme Court, 1870-88; Owen T. Reeves, judge appellate court, 1888-91; Colostin D. Myers, judge ap- pellate court, 1903-07; Lewis G. Stevenson, secretary of state, 1914-17.
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners-Richard P. Morgan, Demo- crat, July 1, 1871, to March 13, 1873; William M. Smith, Republican, Feb. 21, 1877, to March 8, 1883; Isaac N. Phillips, Republican, Feb. 27, 1889, to Jan. 18, 1893; James S. Neville, June 20, 1901-08.
Supreme Court Reporter-Isaac N. Phillips, Republican, October 24, 1894, to his death in 1910; Samuel P. Irwin, from Oct. 21, 1910, to the present time.
Judge State Court of Claims-Martin A. Brennan, 1916-20.
State Penitentiary Commission-H. H. Green, 1892-94.
State Board of Pardons-Lewis G. Stevenson, 1913-14.
CHAPTER XXV.
WORLD WAR.
UNITED STATES ENTERS WAR-SOME OF THE THINGS MCLEAN COUNTY DID- THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES-DRAFT BOARDS RED CROSS-RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS - LOAN CAMPAIGNS-FOOD CONSERVATION - WOMEN IN SERVICE-COUNCIL OF DEFENSE-FOOD ADMINISTRATION-FUEL ADMINIS- TRATION-GENERAL HARBARD-FOUR-MINUTE MEN.
When the cataclysm of war which had flooded Europe from the time of its outbreak in 1914 had finally overrun its bounds and swept across the Atlantic to the shores of America, in 1917, some of its waves broke into the farthest corners of our country.
The awakening to the awful fact of war was somewhat slow; the people rubbed their eyes and for a time thought that it must be some horrible dream-that it could not be true. But when once aroused to the truth that they, too, along with the peoples of all America and the sorely oppressed population of Europe, were to taste the terror and suffer- ing, if not the actual devastation of war, they arose in spirit to the height of energy and sacrifice that must for many years, and even many generations, remain a page of their history which is glorious and unfor- gettable.
Here are some of the things which McLean County people did toward the overthrow of the world menace:
Offered some 2,500 young men as volunteers for service in the army and navy.
Sent more than 2,500 more young men into service through the opera- tion of the draft law.
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Offered the very lives of more than 150 men from this county or former residents here, who died on battlefields, in camps and on the seas.
Raised more than $11,000,000 in the five different liberty loan drives to lend to their government to prosecute the war.
Gave some fifty or more of the leading physicians and surgeons to the service of the government during the war, on battle fields and camps.
Gave a score or more of nurses to succor the wounded and sick on the field and in hospitals.
Sent a half hundred men and women to the service in the work of the Y. M. C. A. and its allied humanitarian fields.
Raised more than $140,000 for the work of the Red Cross in the two great drives of the war.
Enlisted 14,000 men, women and children in the active membership of the Red Cross in this county.
Raised some $50,000 for the work of the Y. M. C. A. in war in the different drives for that purpose.
Contributed the sum of over $170,000 in the United War Work drive.
Donated thousands of dollars for the work of the Salvation Army, the Jewish Welfare campaign, the Armenian Relief campaign and other humanitarian projects connected with the war.
Contributed to the use and comfort of the men in the service more than 441,114 articles valued at $123,000 through the work of the women of the Red Cross in McLean County.
Organized the women and girls of the county into bands of tireless, unselfish working people whose time and strength was given without stint to the business of furnishing war-needed materials.
Subscribed for more than a million dollars' worth of War Saving Stamps by which the thrift of the people of smaller means was promoted.
The List of Dead.
The list of those from McLean County who gave up their lives in the World War is a notable one.
Clyde Lorranie Allison, of Lexington, died of influenza at Camp Mills on Oct. 24, 1918, the day after his division, the 31st, sailed for France.
Frederick Allen, of Bloomington, died of influenza at Camp Mills, Oct. 18, 1918.
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George Herman Anna, Wesleyan student in the law school, was fa- tally wounded in battle on Nov. 10, 1918.
Jesse S. Anderson, son of City Commissioner John F. Anderson, died of pneumonia in a hospital at Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 2, 1918.
Harry and George Abrama, formerly of Hudson, both lost their lives. George died of influenza at Camp Lewis, Wash., shortly after he entered. Harry was killed in battle Aug. 2, 1918. Both enlisted from Montana.
Lyle Best, Wesleyan student, died of influenza at Great Lakes naval station on Aug. 27, 1918.
Corporal Ernest Benedict, of McLean, was fatally wounded at Cha- teau Thierry and he died July 7, 1918.
Orville Bechtel, of near Holder, died in a hospital at Augusta, Ga., in October, 1918.
Sergt. EIdie Bailey, formerly of Hudson, was killed in battle Oct. 9, 1918.
Howard A. Bolin, son of J. F. Bolin, of Bloomington, was killed in battle in France, July 20, 1918.
Dewey Burger, of McLean, fell in action on July 19, 1918. He was one of four brothers who enlisted in May, 1917.
Lieut. Hugh Bromfield, formerly of Hudson, was shot down by the enemy when flying over their lines near Verdun in October, 1918.
Melvin Bossingham, of Stanford, died of influenza at Camp Mills, Oct. 19, 1918.
Thomas Backhouse, of Bloomington, was killed in action on Oct. 19, 1918.
William Frank Barnes, of Cropsey, died in a military hospital at La- fayette, Ind., on Dec. 9, 1918.
Earl Brown, of Lexington, died of pneumonia at Havre, France, Oct. 11, 1918.
John Betton, of Gridley, died in Camp Mills, from influenza.
G. Dooley Blue, of Bloomington, was killed in action while serving with a Canadian regiment.
Lieut. Richard Boydston, of Bloomington, died on board ship while en route to France.
Roy E. Crotinger, of Saybrook, died of wounds received in battle on Nov. 3, 1918.
DEDICATION OF McLEAN COUNTY SERVICE FLAG OF 3,000 STARS, AT BLOOMINGTON, JUNE, 1918.
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Charles A. Clarke, of Bloomington, died of influenza at Great Lakes in October, 1918.
Eugene Conley, of Bloomington, was shot down in action Oct. 4, 1918.
William H. Campbell, of Bloomington, lost his life in battle Oct. 9, .1918.
Henry Campbell, of McLean, was killed in action Aug. 6, 1918.
Roy Crutchley, of McLean, was killed in battle at St. Mihiel, Sept. 13, 1918.
George Carlock, formerly of Carlock, died of influenza in a Paris hos- pital on Oct. 22, 1918.
Milo R. Chaney died of wounds in battle on Aug. 13, 1918.
Thomas Cooney, of Bloomington, died of pneumonia in France in November, 1918.
James Carroll, of Arrowsmith, died at Camp Grant of pneumonia, Sept. 27, 1918.
David Humphrey Daniel, of Saybrook, died on shipboard on October 21, following an attack of pneumonia.
Lieut. Louis Eddy Davis, of Bloomington, was killed when his air- plane fell at Ellington field, Texas, on May 10, 1918.
Isaiah Deckard, of Carlock, died of wounds in action in October, 1918.
Lieut. Elmer Doocey, Wesleyan student, was killed in action on Aug. 13, 1918.
Bernard Davis, of Colfax, met his death in battle Sept. 28, 1918.
Corp. John L. Dorrell, of Heyworth, lost his life in the battle of the Argonne, October 3.
Chester Daniel, died of pneumonia, in France, August 10.
William Dunlap, of Bloomington, died in a naval hospital in Brook- lyn, Oct. 16.
Edward Dwyer, of Cooksville, was killed in action in August, 1918.
Pearl Dickerson, of Leroy, was drowned in the sinking of the steamer Otranto, off the coast of Scotland.
Joseph A. Erbe, of Normal, was killed in action in Aug. 7, 1918.
William H. Eckhart, of Weston, died of pneumonia at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Oct. 11, 1918.
Lieut. George H. Edwards died at Trieste, in February, 1919, after he had been sent there on military duty.
Warren H. Fletcher, of Heyworth, was killed in battle Sept. 29, 1918.
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Corp. Lyle Fike, of Bloomington, lost his life in battle Oct. 20.
Sergt. Charles E. Gunter, of Bloomington, died in a hospital at de Meucon, France, on Feb. 24, 1919.
Earl Grant, of Bellflower, died of influenza at Jefferson Barracks on Oct. 18. His brother, Ervin Grant, died while with the army of occupa- tion in Germany, in January, 1919.
William S. Golliday, of Lexington, died of pneumonia at Brunswick, N. J., Sept. 20.
Vergne Greiner, officer in the Wesleyan student corps, died of influ- enza in this city, Oct. 22, 1918.
Harry Oscar Grail, of Bloomington, was killed in the Argonne drive on Sept. 29.
Joseph Hauptman, of Bloomington, was killed in action on June 6, 1918.
Elmo Franklin Hill, of Lexington, died of pneumonia in a hospital in France, on Sept. 23.
J. W. Hartley, of Normal, died of wounds in battle in France in October.
Robert Hoffman, former Normal student, died of wounds in France, Oct. 1.
Herbert H. Holman, of Bloomington, was accidentally killed while ashore at Queenstown, Ireland, on leave from his ship, in January, 1919.
William Roy Hinthorn, of Normal, died at Jefferson Barracks, in January, 1918.
Charles E. Harrison, of Chenoa, died of pneumonia in a New Jersey hospital.
Sergt. Ralph Hoover, of Bloomington, died of pneumonia at Fort Ste- vent, Ore.
William G. Haynes, of Leroy, died of pneumonia in a hospital in France.
William Hensley, of near Colfax, died of wounds in battle in June, 1918.
Matthew Holman, of McLean, died in a military hospital at Syracuse, Oct. 10.
Thomas R. Helmick, of Leroy, died while serving in the regular army in the Philippines, Feb. 7, 1919.
Edwin Iehl, formerly of Normal, died at Camp Mills, Oct. 14.
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Auda A. Humble, of McLean, died of pneumonia in France Oct. 2, 1918.
Frank M. Jordan, of Bloomington, died of wounds in France, Nov. 11, 1918.
Loring F. Jones was a victim of influenza at Camp Grant, Oct. 13.
Lieut. Allington Jolly, of Cropsey, was killed in an accident while fly- ing an army plane at Freeport, N. Y., April 27, 1919.
John Oscar Jenkins, of Lexington, was killed in battle in France.
Ransom Johnson, of Bloomington, died of pneumonia at Gloversville, N. Y., Oct. 1.
Lemuel Jones, Wesleyan law student, was killed in action Oct. 4.
Louis Karl Koch, of Bloomington, was killed in battle Sept. 12.
Ben Kaplan, of Chenoa, died of pneumonia at Jefferson Barracks, Oct. 7.
Wilbur Killion was killed by a fall from a train while returning home to Bloomington from a southern camp.
Albert Louis Kerber, of Colfax, died of measles in a hospital in France, Dec. 7, 1918.
Ernest G. Knecht, of Bloomington, died in service at Charlestown, W. Va., Oct. 19.
Clyde Kind, of Covell, died in a hospital at Great Lakes, Oct. 1.
Leonard J. Kilgore, died of pneumonia at Gates Hospital, Chatta- nooga.
John H. Kraus, of Danvers, was killed in battle July 18, 1918.
Edwin C. Kitterman, of Bloomington, was killed in battle Sept. 28.
Kline Alfred Lantz, of Downs, died of influenza at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Fridolin C. Lanzer, of Chenoa, died at Camp Dodge, April 18.
Leslie O. Lash, of Bloomington, died at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.
Jennings Bryan Maxwell, of McLean, died at Norfolk, Va., of influ- enza, Oct. 2.
Owen Gilbert Means, of Bloomington, was a victum of pneumonia at Great Lakes.
Corp. Carl E. Miller, of Heyworth, was killed in battle May 18, 1918.
Harry C. Myers, of McLean, lost his life in battle in June, 1918.
Roy F. Mitchell, of Lexington, died at Jefferson barracks in Feb- ruary, 1917.
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Harvey C. Mishler, of Covell, died at Great Lakes in March, 1919.
Thomas L. McVey, of Bloomington, died of pneumonia in France.
Homer W. Mitchell, of Twin Grove, died on the hospital ship Mercy off coast of Virginia, Oct. 21.
David Thomas Morgan, of Bloomington, was killed at Chateau Thierry in June, 1918.
Erwin P. Mertenson, of Anchor, was killed at Belleau Woods, June 21. Glen Martin, of Heyworth, died in a hospital in France, in October. Eugene McCarthy, of Bloomington, died of influenza at Great Lakes. Clyde Robert Miller, of Danvers, died at Camp Grant, Oct. 9.
Edward Maddock, of Bloomington, died of pneumonia in a hospital in France.
Grant E. Metcalf, of near Bloomington, died of wounds in action Sept. 20.
Ulysses Miller, of Holder, was killed in battle Oct. 20.
Arthur Niedmeyer, formerly of Bloomington, died at the San An- tonio aviation field from disease in January, 1918.
Corp. Charles E. Nelson, of Leroy, was accidentally killed while on duty in France, Sept. 13.
Ruel Neal, of Leroy, was killed in action in France in September, 1918.
Wayne Newcomb, of Saybrook, died of pneumonia with the army of occupation in Germany in January, 1919.
John Lincoln North, of Gridley, died of pneumonia at Camp Mills in October.
Fred O'Connor, of Bloomington, died at Camp Grant, Oct. 8, of in- fluenza.
Henry Peckmann died at Camp Funston while serving with the army Y. M. C. A.
Clarence Earl Patterson, of Bloomington, died at Camp Grant Oct. 2. Sergt. Leslie G. Pfiffner, of Normal, lost his life in battle Sept. 26. William Robert Patton, of Lawndale, was killed in battle in October. Bud Peterson, of Bloomington, died at Camp Grant, Oct. 9, 1918.
Capt. Hugh Mitchell Price, formerly of Bloomington, died of acci- dental injury at Newport News, Nov. 4.
Henry Pietsch, of Bloomington, died at Camp Grant from influenza, Oct. 2.
Willard Pierson of Bloomington died in a military hospital in France, Oct. 12.
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