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Mr. Brust is a Democrat and he and his family are members of the Christian Church. He has made a successful record in his work and is a thoroughly capable man.
James M. Herman, conductor on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, is a substantial citizen of Bloomington. He was born in South Carolina, April 15, 1876, and is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Thorne) Herman.
Daniel Herman and his wife were born in North Carolina and shortly after their marriage removed to South Carolina where Mr. Herman en- gaged in farming. He served throughout the Civil War and is now de- ceased. His wife died in 1901. There were four children in the Herman family : Mary, deceased ; Margaret, married John Lilly, lives in Arkansas ; George, lives in North Carolina, and James M., the subject of this sketch.
James M. Herman was reared and educated in North Carolina and started life on a truck farm which was owned by George W. Vanderbilt. In 1902 he began railroading in the South, and in 1910 entered the employ of the Chicago & Alton Railroad as conductor.
On Aug. 27, 1895, Mr. Herman was married to Miss Susan Brady, a native of North Carolina, born Jan. 22, 1878. To this union four children were born; Lucy, born June 5, 1897, married C. McNutt, lives in Blooming- ton ; Iola, born Oct. 11, 1898, died July 10, 1906; James F., born April 18, 1900, died Nov. 14, 1901; and Eugenia, born Jan. 4, 1902, married M. Bev-
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ans, lives in Bloomington. Mrs. Herman died March 10, 1904. Mr. Her- man has three grandchildren: James and Betty McNutt, and Martha Jane Bevans.
Mr. Herman is a member of the Christian Church and belongs to the Masonic lodge. He is a capable and industrious man, who is highly esteemed in his community.
J. T. Bunney, a prominent farmer of Bellflower Township, now living retired at Bellflower, Ill., is a native of Illinois. He was born at Heyworth, Sept. 17, 1857, the son of George and Sarah (Tomblin) Bunney.
George Bunney and his wife were natives of England and came to this country shortly after their marriage. They settled at Heyworth, Ill., where Mr. Bunney was employed by Campbell Wakefield, grandfather of Dr. Wakefield, of Heyworth. Later Mr. Bunney moved to a farm in Bellflower Township, where he died. Mrs. Bunney is also deceased. They were the parents of the following children: Sarah, Elizabeth, and Anne, deceased; George W., lives at Shelbyville, Mo .; J. T., the subject of this sketch; John Bunney, Windsor, Mo .; Mary Osborne, lives at Fisher, Ill .; Winfield, lives in Missouri; Wakefield, twin brother of Winfield, lives in Minnesota ; and Emma Barr, lives at Gibson City, Ill.
J. T. Bunney spent his boyhood on his father's farm and was edu- cated in the district schools of McLean County. He engaged in farming at the age of 21 years and owns 360 acres of land in Bellflower Town- ship. He was successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising until he retired from active farm work in 1913, when he moved to Bell- flower.
In 1882 Mr. Bunney was married to Miss Melissa Knox, a native of Iowa, born Feb. 23, 1860, and the daughter of John and Rachael (Keeler) Knox. Mr. and Mrs. Knox were the parents of eight children, as follows: Marion, deceased; Eliza, lives with Mr. and Mrs. Bunney; John; George; Joseph, lives in Michigan; Jennie Howard, lives at LeRoy, Ill .; Lewis Henry; and Mrs. Bunney.
To J. T. and Melissa (Knox) Bunney four children have been born, as follows: Porter W., was killed in a railroad accident, Nov. 6, 1922, leaving a widow and four children, James, Dale, Merl and Boule; Frank E., at home; George Elmer, lives in Bellflower Township; and Mary Ellen
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Nelson, lives near Gibson, Ill. Frank Bunney has one child, Orvin, and George Elmer Bunney has two daughters, Juinata and Eunice.
J. T. Bunney is a Republican and has served as school director for 15 years. He is a member of the Methodist Church at Bellflower, and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Bunney is one of the substantial men of his community.
Charles F. Umstattd, who has lived on the same farm in West Town- ship since 1892, is a successful farmer of McLean County. He was born at Bloomington, Ind., July 22, 1855, and came to Illinois with his parents in 1860. Mr. Umstattd is a son of James A. and S. F. (Berry) Umstattd, the former a native of Bloomington, Ind., and the latter of Kentucky.
James A. Umstattd was born in 1828 and was an early settler of Mc- Lean County, where he engaged in general farming and stock raising in Arrowsmith Township. He retired in 1898 and now lives with his daugh- ter, Anna Robertson, in Rockyford, Colo. Mrs. James A. Umstattd was born Oct. 19, 1831, and died in 1912. She was a daughter of William and Nancy (Musgrave) Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Umstattd had seven chil- dren, as follows: Milton, deceased; Charles F., the subject of this sketch ; Emma J. and Sarah Eliza, deceased; Anna Robertson, lives in Colorado; John, deceased; and C. L., lives retired in Colorado.
Charles F. Umstattd was educated in the schools of Arrowsmith and attended Eureka preparatory school. He then taught school for five years in McLean County, after which he engaged in general farming and stock raising on his present farm in West Township. Mr. Umstattd owns 205 acres of good farm land and specializes in the breeding of registered Chester White hogs. He has made substantial improvements on his place and has a good residence, barns, and the place is otherwise improved.
On Sept. 11, 1880, Mr. Umstattd was married to Miss Alice Oneal, a native of Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, born July 19, 1860, and the daughter of Samuel and Mary Oneal. She died Dec. 2, 1884. To this union one child was born, Arthur, who lives in Michigan. On March 11, 1889, Charles F. Umstattd was married to Miss Winnie Hill, the daugh- ter of George and Elmira Hill, and to this union one child was born, Frank, born July 2, 1905, and he lives at Pompeii, Mich. Winnie (Hill) Umstattd
RESIDENCE OF CHARLES F. UMSTATTD
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died Aug. 25, 1906. Mr. Umstattd was married the third time to Miss Sallie Whisman, a native of Arrowsmith, Ill., born April 9, 1876, and the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Eliza (Fry) Whisman. Mr. and Mrs. Umstattd have two children, James A. and Joseph M., both at home.
Mr. Umstattd is a Democrat and has served as school director 25 years. He is a member of the Christian Church and belongs to the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is one of the highly respected and dependable pioneer citizens of McLean County.
John Howard Burnham, of Bloomington, Illinois, was born at Essex, Mass., a little town which was taken off from Old Ipswich in 1819. His father was John Burnham, who inherited the home of John Burnham who emigrated from Norwich, England, to Ipswich in 1634. His mother was Sarah Choate Perkins, who was a first cousin to Rufus Choate, the great New England lawyer and orator. His paternal grandmother was a Good- hue. His maternal grandmother was a Choate, and Mr. Burnham possesses genealogies of the families of Burnham, Perkins, Choate and Goodhue, carrying his history back to the old English homes.
Mr. Burnham emigrated to Barrington, Cook County, Ill., in 1855. In 1858 he entered the State Normal University at Bloomington, from which he graduated in 1861, being the first Cook County graduate at that institu- tion. The young men at Normal enlisted Aug. 20, 1861, in Company A of the Thirty-third Illinois Infantry. Mr. Burnham became First Lieutenant of this splendid student company, and by the later elevation of its com- mander he was promoted to be its captain, Sept. 5, 1862, serving until obliged from ill health to leave the service in 1863. For one year he was superintendent of schools in Bloomington, when he resigned to become editor of the Bloomington Pantagraph, then in its tenth year, where he remained almost three years.
In 1867 he commenced contracting for county and township iron high- way bridges and other structures, a line of business in which during over forty years he pioneered the introduction of improved bridges in one- half the counties of this state and in many of the counties of Wisconsin. He thus acquired a very extensive and initmate acquaintance with the geography of the state and with very many of its leading citizens, as well as with much of the state's local and other history.
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Mr. Burnham had antiquarian and historic tastes. In the intervals 'between business cares he wrote in 1879 and 1880 a history of Blooming- ton and Normal, and thus placed on record a great amount of historical information relating to these two important municipalities and concerning the early history of McLean County. In 1892 he was one of the most active citizens to organize the McLean County Historical Society. This society has published three important volumes of its transactions, all of which were benefited by Mr. Burnham's careful foresight during their publication. He has continued to be chairman of its executive committee for 22 years.
He became corresponding member of the Chicago Historical Society in 1882, and in 1900 he was one of the organizers of the Illinois State His- torical Society. He was one of its most active directors during the 15 years of the Society's history. Through his extensive acquaintance in Illinois, during the early days of the Society his assistance was of consid- erable importance. His paper on the Destruction of Kaskaskia by the Mis- sissippi River is his most important historical contribution to the society's publications, though his enthusiastic paper at the society's first annual meeting on "Local Historical Societies ; Their Field of Work and Their Re- lation to the State Society," may possibly have been of more real import- ance to the society's welfare.
Jan. 23, 1866, Mr. Burnham married Miss Almira S. Ives, daughter of A. B. Ives, of Bloomington, who was one of its best known citizens. He was a son of Almon Ives, a pioneer of Kendall County, Ill. Mrs. Burnham was born in the same county and came to Bloomington with her father in 1853. They have no children. She is an artist of more than local reputation. Mr. Burnham passed away Jan. 20, 1917.
Albert Fulton, a well known retired farmer of McLean County, now living in Heyworth in Randolph Township, is a member of one of the pioneer families of the county. He was born at Bloomington, Ill., April 6, 1855, the son of James and Mary (Boyd) Fulton.
James Fulton was born in Harrison County, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1826. He was a son of William Fulton Sr., who was born in Westmorland County, Pa., Dec. 24, 1792, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. He settled near Bloomington, Ill., in 1852, and died Feb. 18, 1871, and is buried in Bloom- ington. He was a full cousin of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steam-
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boat. William Fulton Sr., was twice married, his first wife being Leah Thompson of Harrison County, Ohio, and one child, Samuel T., was born to that marriage. His second marriage was to Mary Moore, also of Har- rison County, Ohio, and to that marriage the following children were born : William, Jr .; James ; Robert and Sarah.
James Fulton came to Illinois in 1852 and settled on a farm. one and one-half miles east of court house at Bloomington and with his father and brothers purchased 160 acres of land at $30 per acre. Mr. Fulton en- tered the mercantile business in Old Town Township, in 1854, later in Ran- dolph Township in 1868, he located on a farm in Downs Township. He died Sept. 6, 1892. To James and Mary (Boyd) Fulton two children were born, as follows: Eliza A. Black, lives in Harrison County, Ohio; and Albert, the subject of this sketch. After the death of his first wife, Aug. 1, 1856, Mr. Fulton was later married to Miss Mary Emma Bishop, a native of Randolph Township, McLean County, the daughter of Jacob and Mary Bishop. She was born in 1836 and died July 7, 1908. To this second union, the following children were born: Belle, married A. J. Welch, lives at Bloomington ; John and Elizabeth, died in infancy; Mattie, married Joseph Brown, lives at Heyworth, Ill .; and James F., a farmer, lives on the home place.
Albert Fulton received his education in the schools of Bloomington and was reared by his grandparents. He engaged in farming in 1880 in Downs Township, McLean County, where he owns a well improved farm of 100 acres.
On Oct. 13, 1880, Mr. Fulton was united in marriage with Miss Mattie Morrow, a native of Clinton County, Ohio, born March 1, 1858, and the daughter of Almon and Ruth (Templin) Morrow.
Almon Morrow was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1829, and came to Illinois in 1860. He enlisted at Bloomington during the Civil War with Company B, 94th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served throughout the war. Mr. Morrow died April 9, 1903, and his wife died June 11, 1902. They were the parents of three children, as follows: Mrs. Fulton; Alice and Owen C., deceased.
To Albert Fulton and Mattie (Morrow) Fulton five children have been born, as follows: Maud, born Aug. 2, 1881, deceased; Elmer, born Oct. 9, 1884, a farmer, lives on mother's farm in Randolph Township, near Heyworth, Ill .; Mary M. Collier, living on the home farm in Downs Town- ship, who by a former marriage to Fred Marker, has one child, Charles
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A. Marker, Mary M. Collier was born Jan. 22, 1888; Ruth A. Thomas, born July 31, 1892, lives on a farm near Heyworth; and Ada Ruby Morin, born June 10, 1895, lives at Waynesville, Ill.
In politics Albert Fulton is identified with the Republican party and he has been a member of the school board for 13 years, and has served as supervisor and commissioner of Randolph township. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and belongs to the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Fulton is a director of the Farmers Bank at Heyworth. He is a reliable citizen, and was able to build up a successful farming business by his in- tegrity and progressive methods.
C. B. Lawrence, now deceased, was prominently identified with the agricultural interests of McLean County for many years, and was also a veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Piatt County, Ill., in October, 1845, the son of Daniel and Magdalene (Bergen) Lawrence.
The Lawrence family came to Illinois from Pennsylvania during the early days and settled in Piatt County.
C. B. Lawrence spent his boyhood on his father's farm and came to McLean County in 1860. He enlisted for service during the Civil War, and served the last two years of the war. He then returned to McLean County and engaged in farming on 80 acres of land in Bellflower Town- ship. Mr. Lawrence lived on this farm for 49 years, and during that time took an active part in the progress of the community and the develop- ment of his county. He died Sept. 11, 1916.
On Oct. 28, 1869, Mr. Lawrence was united in marriage with Miss Sarah N. Wilson, a native of Illinois, born March 2, 1853, and the daugh- ter of John and Clara Jane (Abel) Wilson, the former a native of Ten- nessee and the latter of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were married in 1841, came to Illinois in 1849, and were the parents of five children, as follows: Nancy, lives at Colfax, Ill .; Eliza Hall, lives at Ellsworth, Ill .; John and Frank, live at Bloomington, Ill .; and Mrs. Lawrence.
To C. B. and Sarah N. (Wilson) Lawrence twelve children were born, as follows: James H., deceased ; Willard D., lives at East Lynn, Ill .; Clara M., Dewey, Ill .; Louisa Forest, Luverne, Minn .; Frank, Dewey, Ill .; Cor- delia, Foosland, Ill .; Isabel Whitlock, lives at Bellflower, Ill .; Lillian, de- ceased; Sarah, lives with her mother on the home place; Charles B., further
MR. AND MRS. C. B. LAWRENCE
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mention of whom is made below; Nellie A. and Walter, both at home. Mrs. Lawrence has thirty-one grandchildren.
Charles B. Lawrence enlisted for service in the World War on Dec. 13, 1917, and was stationed at Camp Logan, in Texas, with the 130th In- fantry. On May 3, 1918, he sailed for overseas and returned May 20, 1919. He was in Supply Company 130th Infantry. He saw service at the front in the Meuse, Argonne Forrest-was in three major engage- ments. He was married Jan. 26, 1921, to Winnetta Coats, of White Cloud, Mich. He is now engaged in farming.
C. B. Lawrence was a Republican and the Lawrence family is one of the prominent families in Bellflower Township.
Louis Houston, one of the dependable and loyal young engineers con- nected with the Chicago & Alton Railroad in Bloomington, was born at Richfield, Ill., Oct. 28, 1885, and is a son of Albert and Emma (Martin) Houston.
Albert Houston, a native of Illinois, is among the early business men of LeRoy, where he conducted a livery business for 34 years. He is a Re- publican and a member of the Methodist Church. There are nine children in the Houston family: Ada, Ethel, and Gussie, deceased; Louis, the sub- ject of this sketch; Nellie, married Edward Rainey, lives at Monroe, Ill .; Fred, who suffered the loss of an eye at the age of nine, is a graduate of a school for the blind; now engaged in the piano business at LeRoy; Lillie, married Floyd Williams, lives at LeRoy ; and Herman, lives at LeRoy.
Louis Houston was reared and educated at LeRoy and in 1910 entered the employ of the Chicago & Alton Railroad as fireman. He has been an engineer on this road since 1920.
On April 15, 1909, Mr. Houston was married to Miss Olga Mielke, who was born in Germany, Jan. 15, 1890, the daughter of William Mielke. The Mielke family came to this country in 1893 and settled at Bloomington, where Mr. Mielke died July 20, 1898. His wife lives with Mr. and Mrs. Houston. To Louis and Olga (Mielke) Houston four children have been born : LeRoy, born Jan. 31, 1910; Lillian, born March 8, 1912; Louis, Jr., born May 12, 1917; and Viola, born July 15, 1920.
Mr. Houston and his family are members of the Methodist Church. He belongs to the Masonic lodge and is well and favorably known in Bloomington.
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F. B. Hougham has lived on the same farm in Bellflower Township during his entire life and is a member of one of McLean County's promi- nent pioneer families. He was born Jan. 30, 1874, the son of William and Mary (Biggs) Hougham.
William Hougham was born in Funks Grove Township, McLean Coun- ty, March 28, 1843, and was the son of John and Eliza Ann (Brock) Hougham, natives of Ohio and early settlers of Illinois. They were the parents of the following children: Casander Wells; William, father of the subject of this sketch; Sarah Biggs; John; Carrie; and Kate Shearer.
William Hougham came to Bellflower Township, McLean County, one year before his marriage to Miss Mary Biggs, a native of Tremont, Ill., born Sept. 26, 1847. She was the daughter of James and Lucinda (Stephens) Biggs, natives of Tennessee and pioneer settlers of Illinois. Mr. Biggs was born Oct. 25, 1814, and died Nov. 13, 1889, and his wife was born March 15, 1826, and died April 2, 1909. They were the parents of the following children: Mary Hougham; Seth, born Dec. 14, 1848; Byron, born Sept. 7, 1852; Stephen A., born July 22, 1855; Augusta, born July 21, 1857 ; and Levi, born Feb. 14, 1861. To William and Mary (Biggs) Hougham two children were born, as follows: F. B., the subject of this sketch ; and Harry H., born August 11, 1877, died March 20, 1879. William Hougham died June 28, 1916.
F. B. Hougham was reared on the home place in Bellflower Township and received his education in the district schools and also attended the University of Illinois. He operates 160 acres of land and is an extensive grain farmer.
On Dec. 24, 1896, Mr. Hougham was married to Miss Effie E. Smith, a native of Bellflower Township, McLean County, born March 21, 1878, and the daughter of Jeremiah William and Lucy Florence (Payne) Smith. Mr. Smith was born in Ohio, Aug. 26, 1853, and died May 7, 1895, and his wife was born Feb. 9, 1855. They were the parents of the following children: Layton; Mrs. Hougham; Myrtle Giertz; Emery ; Bessie Foster ; Lee W .; and William Glenn. To F. B. and Effie E. (Smith) Hougham two children were born, as folows: Ethel B., born Jan. 25, 1898, attended the University of Illinois and is now supervisor of music; and William H., born March 30, 1907, attends Bellflower High School.
In politics Mr. Hougham is identified with the Republican party and he is a member of the school board. He is a member of the Christian
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Church and belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Hougham is a good farmer and an excellent citizen of McLean County.
Ed F. Simpson, an enterprising farmer and stockman of Cheney Grove Township, was born in Anchor Township, McLean County, Aug. 13, 1877, and is the son of Henry S. and Anna (Rohde) Simpson.
. Henry S. Simpson was born in Germany, as also was his wife. They are pioneers of Anchor Township, McLean County, where they own a well improved farm. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson now live retired at Sibley, Ill. They are the parents of six children, as follows: John, lives in Cheney Grove Township, McLean County ; Ed F., the subject of this sketch; Hen- rietta Beecher, lives in Anchor Township, McLean County; Anna, lives at Sibley, Ill .; Nellie, lives at Forrest, Ill .; and Henry L., works in lumber yard, lives in Anchor Township, McLean County.
Ed F. Simpson grew up on his father's farm and received his educa- tion in the district schools of Anchor Township. After engaging in farm- ing with his father and later with his brother, John, he purchased his present farm in Cheney Grove Township, where he does general farming and stock raising. Mr. Simpson raises Hampshire hogs and other graded stock.
On Feb. 28, 1905, Mr. Simpson was married to Miss Luella Brading, a native of Ford County, Ill., born Dec. 19, 1881, and the daughter of John and Margaret Brading. Mr. and Mrs. Brading are the parents of eight children, as follows: Lena Frohm, lives in Cheney Grove Town- ship, McLean County; Mary Clausen, lives in Anchor Township, Mc- Lean County; Emma Schroeder, lives in Anchor Township; Lizzie Schroeder, deceased ; Mrs. Simpson; Gusta Mott, lives in Anchor Township; Henry, lives in Gibson City, Ill .; and Alex S., lives in Cheney Grove Town- ship. To Mr. and Mrs. Simpson three children have been born: Marion J., born Dec. 24, 1908 ; Rollin E., born Sept. 26, 1912; and Arline A., born May 20th, 1918.
Mr. Simpson is a Republican and has served as school director for three years. He is treasurer of the local telephone company. Mr. Simp- son and his family are members of the Lutheran Church and he is among the substantial and highly respected citizens of McLean County.
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John F. Humphreys was one of the notable figures in the early com- mercial life of Bloomington. He was born Jan. 1, 1832, in Todd County, Ky., and died in Los Angeles, Calif., Oct. 8, 1920. His father died when John was but a few years of age. His mother remarried in 1839 and the family then removed to Peoria County, Ill. The step-father operated a cooper shop and the first money that the boy earned was in the construction of a keg. It was the work of a week and he received fifteen cents for his labor. He grew to manhood in the environment of the pioneer with few comforts and no luxuries but the rugged life contributed to the qual- ities which brought such notable success in the succeeding years.
Dr. Rogers of Washington, Tazewell County, induced the boy to live with him and study medicine. The natural bent of the lad led elsewhere, however, and, when Sampson & Rogers, two friends of Dr. Rogers, decided to open a store in the then village of Bloomington, Dr. Rogers purchased a third interest and sent young Humphreys along. He was then 18 years of age. The store was opened in January, 1849, on what is now the site of the Homuth Jewelry Store, on the south side of the square. Shortly afterward Sampson died of cholera contracted in Chicago and Linus Graves, then of Waynesville, succeeded him. The firm was burned out in 1853, the entire block being destroyed.
At that period young Humphreys ventured in real estate deals, acting upon the advice of Franklin Price, who was Bloomington's first mayor. The Chicago & Alton Railroad was being constructed and Central Illinois commenced to boom. The investments were successful and on May 8, 1854, Humphreys was married to Laura M. Burnhans, who was the step- daughter of his benefactor, Dr. Rogers.
After his marriage young Humphreys founded the first bus and dray line in Bloomington and then opened a grocery at the corner of Wash- ington and Center Streets. His clerks included H. M. Sensenery, T. J. Bunn and A. T. Lawrence, men who afterwards became prominent in the affairs of the budding city.
In 1855 Humphrey's store was destroyed by fire. It was reopened on the south side of the square. Shortly afterwards he erected the buildings at 111-113 West Front Street and opened a wholesale grocery house in partnership with a Mr. Gustin. They sold the business to Samuel Waddle and Benjamin Watson, Humphreys and his partner going to Chicago. They remained there until after the great fire when Hum- phreys returned to Bloomington and entered into partnership with J. S.
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