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H. C. Struebing came to the United States with his parents in 1882, locating at Bloomington, Ill. His father was a wagon maker by trade and followed that occupation until the time of his death in 1903. H. C. Struebing has the following brothers and sisters: Corl, lives at Saybrook, Ill .; Rika Mueller, lives at Bloomington, Ill .; Hannah, deceased; Herman, lives in Kansas; William, lives in Kansas; Lena Kreitzer, lives at Wichita, Kan .; and Bertha, deceased.
Mr. Struebing has been engaged in general farming and stock raising ever since coming to Illinois and he is widely known as a breeder of Percheron horses and Poland-China hogs. The farm in Bellflower Town- ship is improved with a fine residence and good farm buildings, known as the McNulta land now owned by Laura McNulta.
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On Feb. 18, 1891, Mr. Struebing was united in marriage with Miss Nora A. Millay, a native of Ellsworth, Ill., and the daughter of H. H. and Martha Millay. Mr. Millay now makes his home with Mr. and Mrs. Strue- bing and his wife died several years ago. They had five children, as fol- lows : Cora, lives at Watseka, Ill .; Mrs. Strubing ; Burt, lives at Bellflower, Ill .; Earl, deceased; and Harry, lives at Ellsworth, Ill. To H. C. and Nora A. (Millay) Struebing four children have been born, as follows: Jessie Luebers, lives in Porto Rico, further mention of whom is made below; Crystal, graduated from music at Wesleyan University, Bloomington, and taught music since 1914, married Dec. 30, 1914, to W. H. Kitts, lives at Bellflower, Ill .; Ricka, now wife of S. W. Ashworth, lives at Bellflower, Ill .; and Harry, lives at home. He was married May 31, 1923, to Miss Beulah Wilson, daughter of James Wilson of West Township.
Jessie Luebers studied theology at Eureka College and was graduated from there in 1910. She was appointed pastor of the Christian Church at Bellflower and was later assistant pastor of the First Christian Church at Springfield, Ill., for two years. She also taught school for a number of years. On Sept. 20, 1923, she was married to Mr. R. E. Luebers, who is an instructor at the University of Porto Rico.
H. C. Struebing is a Republican, has served as school director for 15 years, and as a member of the township high school board for 18 years. He is a member of the Christian Church at Bellflower.
Dr. John T. Scott, a well known and successful dentist of Saybrook, was born at St. Mary, Canada, May 24, 1857, and is the son of Richard L. and Elizabeth (Butcher) Scott.
Richard L. Scott and his wife were natives of England. They came to the United States shortly after their marriage and located in Pennsylvania, where Mr. Scott was employed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as con- struction contractor. He was later sent to Canada by his company and upon his return to this country was located at Peoria, Ill., later he had the contract to build the railroad from Saybrook to Gibson City, Ill. Mr. Scott also built the road from Bellflower to Gibson City, Ill. He died in 1890 and his wife died Feb. 21, 1923. She was born March 20, 1831, and was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Butcher, natives of England. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott five children were born, as follows: Sydney E., born
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Aug. 3, 1850, died Feb. 21, 1921; William L., born April 4, 1853, lived in West Virginia, and died Sept. 9, 1880; Thomas, born Oct. 9, 1855, died in infancy; John Thomas, the subject of this sketch; and Harry B., born March 3, 1859, lives at Champaign, Ill.
Dr. John T. Scott was reared and educated at Saybrook, and began the practice of his profession in 1878 at Saybrook, where he has lived for many years. From 1915 until 1923 he served as postmaster and with the exception of those eight years has practiced continually at Saybrook. Dr. Scott has built up a fine practice throughout the township during his long years of service and is widely and favorably known.
On Nov. 26, 1890, Dr. Scott was married to Miss Almiretta Vonscyoc, a native of Cheney Grove Township, born Aug. 1, 1857, and the daughter of James and Margaret Vonscyoc. Mrs. Scott died Oct. 9, 1923. There are no children in the Scott family.
Dr. Scott is a Democrat, a member of the Methodist Church, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
James F. O'Donnell, newspaper publisher and former member of the · legislature from McLean County, is an example of the man who by his own efforts has made his own way in the world. Mr. O'Donnell grew to boyhood in Bloomington, and early began to earn his own living. When he was still a youth, he became connected with the Daily Bulletin as a cub reporter. He continued for a few years while the paper was under the management of John H. Oberly, Matthew T. Scott, and Owen Scott, in succession. In the year 1891, Mr. O'Donnell formed a partnership with Theodore A. Braley, who had been in charge of the editorial end of the paper, and they bought the plant and good will of the newspaper from Owen Scott, who had been elected to congress. From that time to this, Mr. O'Donnell has been continuously active in the management and pub- lication of the Daily Bulletin. The partnership between himself and Mr. Braley continued until the death of the latter, and since that time Mrs. Braley, the former editor's widow, retains an interest in the business of the paper, but Mr. O'Donnell is the sole manager of the property. The Bulletin during these years has grown from a struggling publication to one of commanding circulation and influence, both from the standpoint
JAMES F. O'DONNELL.
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of a general newspaper and because of its consistent democratic course in politics. It has absorbed two of its former rivals, the Daily Leader and the Sunday Eye, and is now the only paper published in Bloomington · each evening and on Sunday.
While always active in discussion of political matters, Mr. O'Donnell has never but once aspired to public office, that being in the year 1895, when he was elected to the legislature. He served two terms in the house, and took part in all the constructive legislation of that session. Since that time he has contented himself, so far as politics is concerned, in advocating through his editorial columns such measures in state and national affairs as he considers best for the general interest of the peo- ple. His paper has always been fair minded in every political discussion.
Mr. O'Donnell's parents are both now deceased. He has three sisters, Mrs. W. M. Lillis, of Davenport; Margaret, who has been a teacher for several years in the Bloomington schools; Mrs. George Wynes, of Minne- apolis; and three brothers, T. V. O'Donnell, a lawyer in Chicago; J. J. O'Donnell, in newspaper work in Philadelphia, and Hugh A. O'Donnell, associate business manager of the New York Times.
Mayo Golden is a successful farmer and stockman of Bellflower Town- ship. He was born in Kentucky, April 14, 1874, and is the son of G. W. and Elizabeth Golden.
G. W. Golden was a native of Kentucky and served throughout the Civil War. He moved his family to McLean County in 1883, locating on a farm in Bellflower Township, near Bellflower. He died Oct. 27, 1895, and his wife died March 6, 1897. They were the parents of seven childrn : Frank, lives at Arrowsmith, Ill .; George, lives in Iowa; Amanda Gathman, lives at Arrowsmith; Mayo, the subject of this sketch; Fred, lives in Bell- flower Township; John, deceased; and Albert lives in Bellflower Township.
After receiving his education in the schools of Bellflower Township, Mayo Golden farmed on the home place until the time of his marriage in 1895. He lived on his farm for 18 years and is a successful breeder of Chester White hogs. He belongs to the Breeders' Association. In January, 1924, Mr. Golden moved to Bellflower.
On May 15, 1895, Mr. Golden was united in marriage with Miss Mary Foster, a native of Illinois, born May 2, 1879, and the daughter of John (71)
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and Jemima (Ritchie) Foster, both natives of Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Foster came to the United States in 1858 and settled in Bellflower Town- ship. They were the parents of nine children: Christopher, deceased ; Margaret McCandish, Oakland, Cal .; Helen McInerney; David, deceased ; Frank, Fisher, Ill .; Belle, Bellflower, Ill .; Mrs. Golden; John J., Bellflower Township, and Walter, deceased.
To Mr. and Mrs. Golden have been born four children: Edna M. Crooks, born Aug. 3, 1896, lives at Fisher, Ill .; Doris, born Jan. 13, 1898, died Sept. 23, 1904; Mayo Lyle, born Feb. 2, 1903; and John Russell, born May 24, 1905, a student at Illinois Wesleyan University.
In politics Mr. Golden is identified with the Democratic party. He has served as road commissioner for 23 years and as school director for several terms. He is a director of the State Bank of Bellflower. Mr. Golden is a member of the Masonic lodge. He is an energetic citizen who stands well in the esteem of his neighbors and fellow citizens.
Dr. James Jenson, a prominent and successful physician and surgeon of Saybrook, was born at Albert Lee, Minn., April 20, 1878, the son of Nels and Mary Magdalene (Christenson) Jenson. The Jenson family came to this country from Denmark, where Nels Jenson was born in 1849. His wife was born May 9, 1851.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Jenson were married in 1867 and the following spring came to Minnesota, where Mr. Jenson purchased 40 acres of timber- land near Alberta. He died Dec. 31, 1901, and his wife died Oct. 30, 1922. They were the parents of five children, as follows: Sena Dayton, born Oct. 14, 1869, lives at Gilmore, Iowa; Edward, born in 1871, lives at Gil- more, Iowa; Christina Miller, born in 1873, lives in Wisconsin; Dr. James, the subject of this sketch; and Dr. William Andrew, born March 5, 1881, practicing medicine at Chicago.
Dr. James Jenson attended the public schools at Gilmore, Iowa, where his family had moved in 1880. He spent two years at the Sac City Institute in Iowa, and also two years at Morgan Park, Iowa. In 1906, Dr. Jenson entered Chicago University, where he took a general course for one term. In 1911 Dr. Jenson received his degree of M. D. from the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery. His brother, Dr. William An- drew Jenson, received his degree in medicine the following year, and they
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practiced together in Chicago until 1917, at which time Dr. Jenson located at Saybrook. He has built up an extensive practice and is a capable and progressive man in his profession. Dr. Jenson has taken post graduate work at the Polytechnic school in Chicago. He is a member of the McLean County Medical Association, the Illinois State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association.
On April 6, 1914, Dr. Jenson was married to Miss Bertha C. Peterson, a native of Iowa, born Sept. 12, 1888, and the daughter of Lue and Mary (Hanson) Peterson, the former a native of Denmark, and the latter of Cedar Falls, Iowa. To Dr. James and Bertha C. (Peterson) Jenson two children have been born: Marie Catherine, born Nov. 5, 1916; and Paul James, born Jan. 5, 1920.
Dr. Jenson is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Elks lodge, and the Modern Wood- men of America.
H. D. Stine, well known mayor and business man of Saybrook, is a native of McLean County. He was born at LeRoy, March 28, 1875, and is a son of James M. and Margaret J. (Lemon) Stine.
James M. Stine was born at Stinesville, Ind., May 15, 1847, and came to Illinois in 1874, locating on a farm near LeRoy. Three years later he moved to Arrowsmith and later removed to a farm near Saybrook, where he lived until 1899. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Stine moved to Saybrook, where he lived until the time of his death, Aug. 13, 1922. His wife, also a native of Indiana, was born March 12, 1852. To this union seven children were born: Mallie, died in infancy; H. D., the sub- ject of this sketch; William R., resides at Saybrook; John B., lives at Clinton, Ind .; Ila Means, Harrison, Ohio; Daisy E. Means, lives at Cleve- land, Ohio; and James T., lives at Wildwood, N. J.
H. D. Stine was educated in the public and high schools of Saybrook and attended the Illinois State Normal University. He has been engaged in the hardware and implement business at Saybrook since 1896 and is among the enterprising merchants of the county. In 1909, Mr. Stine was elected mayor and has served in that capacity since. During the World War he was chairman of the Liberty Loan campaign and acted as fuel administrator.
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On Sept. 20, 1899, Mr. Stine was married to Miss Effie Matchett, a native of Salem, Ind., born Feb. 20, 1876, and the daughter of Luther L. and Eva (Walters) Matchett. Mrs. Stine had one brother, Clifford W. Matchett, now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Stine have been born two chil- dren: Loren M., born Oct. 31, 1902; and Eva Margaret, born March 17, 1905, a graduate of Saybrook High School in the class of 1923, and now a student at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Loren M. Stine was graduated from Saybrook High School in 1920 and attended the University of Illinois. After teaching school two years he went to Chicago where he was associated in business with the Hibbard- Spencer-Bartlett & Co., until Jan. 1, 1924, when he became a clerk in his father's hardware store at Saybrook.
Mr. Stine is a Democrat, a member of the Christian Church at Say- brook, and belongs to the Masonic lodge, the Knights of Pythias, the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Modern Woodmen of America. He has served as president of the board of education for ten years and as alderman for four years. Mr. Stine is vice-president of the Building and Loan Association of Saybrook. He is a representative and dependable citizen of McLean County.
E. M. Merritt, a retired farmer of Saybrook and the owner of 480 acres of well improved land in Cheney Grove and Bellflower Townships, is a native of Illinois. He was born in LaSalle County, Jan. 2, 1862, and is the son of H. M. and Anna E. (Freeland) Merritt.
The Merritt family were of Holland-Dutch descent. Henry Merritt, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of New Jersey. H. M. Merritt was born in New York in 1828 and came to Illinois at an early date. He was a successful farmer of Bellflower Township, McLean County, where he owned 440 acres of land. He died in 1897. His wife, a native of Indiana, was born in 1839 and died Jan. 4, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt were the parents of nine children, as follows: E. M., the subject of this sketch ; Mary, deceased ; W. E., lives retired in Nebraska ; Georgiana, lives in Washington State; Eden E., lives at Saybrook, Ill .; John H., lives at Medford, Okla .; Linnie Moore, lives in Illinois; Della Akers, lives in Champaign County, Ill. ; and Nellie, deceased.
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E. M. Merritt spent his boyhood on his father's farm and attended the district schools. He has always followed farming and stockraising and has met with success. For 20 years he was a well known breeder of Percheron horses. Mr. Merritt has lived retired in Saybrook since 1908.
On Oct. 18, 1882, Mr. Merritt was married to Miss Elizabeth Mc- Barnes, a native of McLean County, and a daughter of Dennis and Mary J. McBarnes. Mrs. Merritt died March 13, 1900, leaving two children, as follows: Elisha D., born May 16, 1884, lives on his father's farm; and Nellie H. Clark, born May 8, 1885, lives on the old home place. On Feb. 14, 1901, Mr. Merritt was married to Miss Amanda Price, a native of Bloom- ington, born April 6, 1859, and a daughter of George and Catherine Ambruster, natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Ambruster were the par- ents of eight children, as follows: Margaret, deceased; Mrs. Merritt; George, lives in Bloomington; Kate, deceased; William, deceased; Lizzie, lives in Chicago; Walter, lives in Bloomington ; and Frank, deceased.
Mr. Merritt is a Republican and has served as road commissioner and as township supervisor. He is a member of the Methodist Church and belongs to the Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Merritt served as township supervisor of Cheney Grove Township for 14 years.
Robert Ritchie, now living retired at Saybrook, has been a leading farmer of Bellflower Township for many years. He was born in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1850, the son of John and Mary Ritchie.
The Ritchie family came to the United States from Scotland in 1869, locating in Champlain County, Ill. John Ritchie was a farmer and died at the age of 73 years. His wife died at 83 years of age. They were the parents of nine children as follows: James, Walter, John, David, William Andrew, all deceased; Robert, the subject of this sketch; Agnes Powell, Bellflower, Ill .; and one child died in infancy.
Robert Ritchie was 17 years old when his parents came to the United States. After his arrival he learned the harness making trade and worked in Saybrook, Ill., for several years. He then engaged in farming in Bell- flower Township and remained on the farm until the time of his retirement in 1912.
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In 1873, Mr. Ritchie was married to Miss Helen Belle Carlyle, a native of Scotland and a daughter of John and Mary Carlyle. To this union six children were born, as follows: J. C., lives in Iowa; Walter, lives in Bloomington ; Margaret Copenhaver, lives in Bellflower; Jeanette Kimzey, lives in Colorado Springs, Colo .; and two children died in infancy. Mrs. Ritchie died at the age of 35 years and on June 23, 1897, Mr. Ritchie was married to Mrs. Flora Brown, a daughter of Roderick and Mary Rawlins, natives of Indiana. Mr. Rawlins came to Illinois in 1882, locating at Mansfield, where he worked at his trade of carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins were the parents of six children, as follows: Mrs. Ritchie; Leroy, lives in Arkansas; Lemuel, lives in Eureka Springs, Ark .; Ida Johnston, lives in San Francisco, Cal .; Frances E., deceased; Annie E. Evans, born April 29, 1875, died March 22, 1919. By her former marriage Mrs. Ritchie had one son, Carl R. Brown, who was born Aug. 12, 1879, and died Aug. 12, 1913.
Mr. Ritchie is a Republican and belongs to the Methodist Church. He is one of the reliable and substantial members of his community.
J. T. Brokaw, deceased, was a prominent farmer and stockman of Cheney Grove Township, and was identified with McLean County for many years. He was born in New Jersey, Jan. 4, 1836, and died Feb. 25, 1906. There were four children in the Brokaw family, as follows: Peter, ives in New Jersey; Kate Ramsey, deceased; J. T., the subject of this sketch ; and Eliza Ditmars.
In 1861, Mr. Brokaw came to Illinois and located on a farm near Bloomington. He lived on the same farm in Cheney Grove Township for 34 years and was an extensive grain farmer as well as stockman. He owned 362 acres of well improved land which is now owned by his widow. Mr. Brokaw lived retired for seven years before his death. He is buried at Bellflower.
On Nov. 27, 1873, Mr. Brokaw was married to Miss Ada L. Easter- brook, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Joseph and Anna J. (Middleton) Easterbrook. The Easterbrook family came to Illinois from Ohio in 1865, locating near Saybrook. Mr. and Mrs. Easterbrook were the parents of five children, as follows : Mrs. Brokaw; Harry; Carrie; George W .; and
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Jacob. To J. T. and Ada L. (Easterbrook) Brokaw two children were born, as follows: Adelaide, born Jan. 15, 1875, lives with her mother; and Beatrice, born Jan. 11, 1882, died in infancy.
Mr. Brokaw was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. The Brokaw family is well known and highly respected in McLean County.
A. B. Thompson, postmaster of Saybrook, is a prominent citizen of Saybrook, Ill., and a member of a well known pioneer family of McLean County. He was born at Saybrook, Sept. 5, 1865, the son of James and Charlotte (Cliver) Thompson.
James Thompson was a native of Massilon, Ohio, born Jan. 2, 1840, the son of Bowman Thompson, a native of England. He came to Illinois with his parents in 1860 and settled in Tazewell County. The following year Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Charlotte Cliver and removed to Cheney Grove Township, where he operated a farm until 1888, when he moved to Saybrook. He served as postmaster there for five years. Mr. Thompson was a Republican, a member of the Christian Church and be- longed to the Masonic lodge. In 1903 he and his wife went to Kansas, where he died May 23, 1912. His wife died Sept. 18, 1913. They were the parents of six children: R. J., born Jan. 13, 1862, lives in Blooming- ton; A. B., the subject of this sketch; Lucy C. Robertson, born March 23, 1867, lives in Kansas; Elizabeth C. Kensell, born Dec. 4, 1868, lives near Saybrook; John R., born Sept. 19, 1870, lives in Kansas; and H. G., born April 27, 1872, also lives in Kansas. James Thompson enlisted during the Civil War from Bloomington and served throughout the war.
A. B. Thompson spent his boyhood on his father's farm and was educated in the schools at Saybrok. In 1889, after being engaged in farm- ing for several years, he came to Saybrook and became a building con- tractor. In 1923, Mr. Thompson was appointed postmaster.
On Jan. 3, 1888, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Adeline Stiles, a native of Livingston County, Ill., born June 15, 1866, and the daughter of John and Isabel Stiles. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson seven children have been born, as follows: Mabel C. Short, born July 10, 1889, lives at Bell- flower, Ill .; Lee E., born April 7, 1892, a graduate of Illinois State Normal University, now teaching at Johnson City, Ill .; Charles A., born Feb. 8,
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1894, a graduate of Illinois State Normal University, and a veteran of the World War, now teaching at Roanoke, Ill .; Susie A. Hazen, born April 14, 1897, lives at Fisher, Ill .; Pauline E. Horner, born Nov. 10, 1899, lives at Saybrook, Ill .; Charlotte I., born Oct. 4, 1903, a graduate of Saybrook High School, now assistant in the postoffice with her father; and Mildred E., born Feb. 17, 1906, a student in high school.
Mr. Thompson is a Republican, a member of the Christian Church and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. He and his family are substantial citizens of their community and are favorably known.
Dr. Albert Wilhelm Peterson is among the leading and successful dentists of Bloomington. He was born in Bloomington, Aug. 7, 1883, and is the son of Gus J. and Lottie M. (Anderson) Peterson.
Gus J. Peterson and his wife were natives of Grenna, Smoland, Swe- den, and are both now deceased. He was born Nov. 20, 1857, and left his native country on March 1, 1880, arriving at Paxton, Ill. April 1, 1880, where he worked as a farm hand the first year. On August 1, 1881, he came to Bloomington and entered the employ of the Chicago & Alton Rail- road car shops, working there continuously for 36 years. Oct. 21, 1882, he was united in marriage to Miss Lottie M. Anderson, of Bloomington, Ill., a daughter of Andrew R. Anderson, of Paxton, Ill. Mr. Peterson was promoted to foreman of the coach shops, which position he held for over 20 years, until the time of his death on Christmas eve, 1917. He was struck by a taxicab and killed as he was crossing the street near his home. Mrs. Peterson died Aug. 31, 1918, and they are buried in Bloom- ington, Evergreen Cemetery. There were two children in the Peterson family: Dr. Albert Wilhelm, the subject of this sketch; and Bernice Jo- sephine, born Oct. 8, 1889, and died May 31, 1910.
Dr. Albert Wilhelm Peterson was educated and graduated from the Bloomington schools and was graduated from the Chicago College of Dental Surgery on June 1, 1915. He worked his way through Blooming- ton schools, also through college, being employed as newsboy clerk, and on the elevated railway in Chicago. After receiving his degree, Dr. Peter- son returned to Bloomington and began the practice of his profession in an office over Miller's drug store at 115 West Front Street. He has estab- lished an excellent practice and is a capable man in his profession.
DR. ALBERT W. PETERSON.
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On Dec. 8, 1915, Dr. Peterson was married to Miss Esperence M. Shelby, a. native of Fairview, Utah, and the daughter of Charles and Frederica (Harloff) Shelby, natives of Ontario, Canada, and now resi- dents of Paxton, Ill.
Dr. Peterson is a Republican and is affiliated with the following lodges and societies: Masonic, Wade Barney No. 512, Bloomington Chap- ter, Royal-Arch Bloomington Council, DeMolay Commandery Blooming- ton Consistory, Mohammed Shrine at Peoria, Eastern Star, White Shrine, Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 110, Elks Lodge, the Delta Sigma fraternity, Bloomington Club, McLean County Dental So- ciety, and State and American Dental Associations. He and his wife hold membership in the First Methodist Episcopal Church and have a host of friends and acquaintances in Bloomington and McLean County.
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