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chandise, kept by C. S. Richey, and the first drug store by John Moss. The first blacksmith to locate here was Joseph Hughes. The first religious meetings in the town were held by the Presbyterians, Metho- dists, and Later Day Saints, in the school-house. The population of the town is about 150. It has two stores : one kept by J. H. Crane ; · the other by J. T. Galloway; both have a good trade. One wagon shop is run by Joseph Hughes, and one blacksmith shop by G. W. Cook. The hotel is kept by J. W. Wood. The first hotel ever kept in the village was by O. F. Green.
The village is quite a shipping point. The railroad established a station here the same year the village was laid out. For some time the business of the station was almost nothing; the people had become so accustomed to take their produce to the river that it seemed hard to get out of the old ruts. The first station agent was H. N. McNeil. The present agent is Hiram Standish; he came here in 1870, and took hold of the business for both the company and the farmers ; his object was to bring to this point the shipping both of grain and live stock that properly belonged here. In 1881 there were loaded at this place 196 cars of stock and 74 of grain ; the number of cattle shipped was 1,338; of hogs, 7,678. To bring the business of the surrounding country here the agent received the produce from the producer and shipped it. At that time there were no buyers here. J. H. Crane is the present grain merchant.
The post-office now at Joy was first established in 1847, and named High Point. George Scott was the first postmaster, and kept the office at his home, where Edward Griffith now resides. The next appointed postmaster was Samuel Eayle, who kept the office one year, when it was given again to George Scott. In 1865 Peter Spangler was appointed postmaster and held the office till 1870, when it was moved to Joy, and the name changed from High Point to that of Joy, and the office given to O. F. Green. In 1871 J. T. McGinnis was made postmaster. The present postmaster is J. H. Crane, appointed in 1878, but has kept the office since 1873.
Joy has one church, the Methodist Episcopal. It was organized in 1874 by Rev. Head. Previous to this time they had irregular preaching at the school-house at Joy and at the brick church two miles southeast of the village. The society was organized with the follow- ing named members : J. W. Wood and wife, W. P. Zentmire and wife, William Kiddoo and wife, Richard Edgar and wife, Eliza Kiddoo, K. HI. Day and wife, Frank More and wife, and Augusta Mays. The society now numbers forty members. In 1877 it built its first and present church edifice, a frame, at an outlay of $1,800. The trustees
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at present are : William Kiddoo, P. P. Zentmire and J. M. Shingle- decker. The stewards are : J. M. Shingledecker and Mrs. Mays, The class-leader is W. P. Zentmire. The ministers who have labored here are : J. J. Walters, instrumental in bringing about the building of the church ; M. Morey, and W. B. Frizell, present pastor in charge. The society has lost by removals several of its valuable members.
A Sunday-school was organized shortly after the church organiza- tion was effected, which has since been in operation, and now numbers forty scholars. W. P. Zentmire is the present superintendent. Both the church and Sunday-school are in a prosperous condition.
In addition to those church societies in the town of Millersburg and the village of Joy, there are the Seventh Day Adventists church at the Marsh school-house in the southeast part of the township ; the Peniel church, four miles south of Millersburg, and the free Presby- terian church, familiarly known as the old brick church a half mile south of the Peniel church.
The Seventh Day Adventists are of recent date in Millersburg township, being as late as 1871 ; though there was a society of this belief much earlier in Aledo, with Elder Andrews as pastor, who came to the Marsh school-house previous to 1871, and preached for the benefit of the members of the church living in that community, at irregular intervals. The society was organized with about thirty com- municants, and at this time numbers twenty members. The society has been very much affected by the unsettled condition of the popu- lation. The first officers were : J. R. Witham, elder : C. Dreyden, deacon ; J. C. Middaugh, clerk. The present officers are : elder, same as the first ; clerk, Mary Miller. The society is flourishing, and proposes to erect a church-house for worship at the earliest possible period.
The Presbyterian congregation, known as the Peniel class, was organized into a distinct society in 1871. From the early settlement of the township there were several of this faith in this community, but not sufficient for sometime to support an independent society ; hence they held their membership at Millersburg. For several years they had preaching at the Pleasant Hill school-house, two miles east of Joy, and occasionally held meetings in the brick church one mile south. In 1871 the organization was effected by forty-five members, who were dismissed from the Millersburg society for that purpose. They met at the brick church and proceeded to form themselves into- a society, and forthwith adopted measures for the erection of a church editice, which was completed in 1872, at an outlay of $4,500. This is
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by far the finest church in the township. It is a frame structure 40×60, with a seating capacity for 300 persons. J. Downing donated the ground for the church and cemetery. In addition to this a par- sonage was built at an outlay of $1,600, Edwin Gilmore donating the ground on which it stands, one-fourth mile north of the church. This society and the one at Millersburg employ the same pastor ; hence it is not necessary to repeat the names of the ministers who have labored here since the organization was effected ; nor before, as they will be found in the list of ministers in connection with the society at Millers- burg. The first elders of the society were : J. Downing, William Miller, J. T. McGinnis and John Love. A few years after there were two more added to this number: Richard Kiddoo (deceased) and Henry Dool. The present eldership is the same. The largest mem- bership the society has had at any one time was 125 members, which has been reduced to 84 by removals. The society dedicated its building out of debt. Many of the friends of the church came on dedication day with their pocketbooks, and went away surprised to think that no collection was taken. The Presbyterian element is largely predominant in the section surrounding this church. The society has kept, in connection with the church work, an interesting Sabbath-school. Until quite recently it was discontinued during the winter months, but now continues throughout the year. The present superintendent is William Jewel. The average attendance is 100.
The brick church one and a half miles north of the south line of the township, and directly south of Millersburg, was the first church building erected in the township. It was built in 1847. It is in size 40×60, and is still standing. It was built not so much by subseription as by contributions in work. The society was that of the Free Presby- terian faith. The leading members, and those who were instrumental in building the church, were the Kiddoo brothers, James, Richard, William and John, and others of the neighbors whose names we failed to get, as the records are either lost or have been carried away. The brick were burned by Richard Kiddoo. The men who did the work were kept by the people who were interested in its erection. Rev. James Pogue was the first minister in charge. The first elder was James Kiddoo, who moved west a few years since. This society was an advocate of freedom, not at that time inherent with the other branches of Presbyterianism. The organization was kept up till sometime during the war, when the principles of the denomina- tion, whose mission it was to demonstrate, became impressed upon the community ; and the society having become reduced in its mem- bership by frequent removals of its members, it united with the
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Methodist Episcopal church society now located at Joy. as the prin- ciples of freedom advocated by the two societies were one and the same. The society was reincorporated under the name of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, which held its meeting here regularly till the present church building was erected in Joy.
Connected with the church is the first established cemetery in the .township, south of the Edwards. Here reposes the dust of several of the early settlers of the surrounding country.
The first Sunday-school in this part of the township was organized at this church, about the time of its dedication, under the auspices of the American Sunday School Union, which was kept up till the Methodist Episcopal society ceased to hold meetings here. The only use now made of the church building, is for funeral services at the cemetery. The erection of this church, at the time it was effected, if we consider the financial circumstances of the community, and the durability of the building itself, clearly illustrates the character of the people of the surrounding community.
Among the societies of the township, held at Millersburg, which clearly illustrates the progress of agriculture and stock raising is the county fair. It was the first association of the kind in the county. The fair grounds were located southwest of Millersburg, adjoining the town, and originally consisted of three acres, and enlarged to nine, at the time of its removal to Aledo. The expenses were kept within the annual income. The labor necessary to make the needed improvements was donated by the members of the association. Any one could become a member of the society by paying the fee of one dollar at each annual meeting. The sole interest of the society was manifested in behalf of the products of the county, and was con- dueted on strictly moral principles. Very little racing was permitted, and no gambling within the enclosure. Those who attended its annual show of stock, agricultural products and woman's wares, say that a marked progress in each department was perceptible, and ît is not unfrequently the remark is made of the good social times enjoyed at the Millersburg fair. The ladies of the county are equally entitled to their share of the praise for the success of the institution while at Millersburg. The officers of the association gave free of charge their services, without even charging up their expenses while conducting the business of the association. When the place of its annual meeting was moved to Aledo, the society was out of debt and had a surplus of twelve or fifteen hundred dollars in the bank. We now leave the history of the society to be continued in the history of Mercer township.
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TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION.
In 1854 the people of Millersburg township met at the school-house near Edward Brady's corner, with Ephraim Gilmore, chairman, ap- pointed by L. B. Howe, and L. B. Howe, secretary. These temporary officers became the permanent officers for the year. The township was divided into three road districts : No. 1, north of the Edwards; No. 2, embraced the east half of the township, south of the Edwards; No. 3, the west half of township, south of the Edwards.
The following list of township officers, taken from the records, will prove of great interest as being a list of gentlemen, who at various. times, were considered worthy of the votes of their constituents and well fitted for the offices to which they elected them :
Date of Election.
SUPERVISORS.
CLERKS.
ASSESSORS.
COLLECTORS.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.
1854
David Lloyd.
J. E. Bay
Benijah Lloyd, Jr.
J. R. Lemon.
1855
M. L. Marsh
J. O. Allen
R. W. Bay
W. A. Bridgford.
1856
James Haverfield.
J. O. Allen
W. A. Bridgford.
1857
James Haverfield.
S. J. Strattan
J. T. McGinnis.
W. L. Crane ..
1858
J. T. McGinnis.
Wm. A. Crane
O. A. Bridgford
W. A. Bridgford ...
Wm. L. Greene ..
1860
J. T. MeGinnis.
J. M. Nevius .
James Kiddoo, Jr.
W'm. L. Greenc ..
1862
A. P. Taylor.
J. E. Bay.
W'm. M. Brown ...
W. A. Bridgford.
1863
A. P. Taylor. .
J. E. Bay
W'm. M. Brown ..
W. A. Bridgford.
1864
J. T. McGinnis
J. E. Bay
W'm. M. Brown.
W. A. Bridgford.
1865
J. T. McGinnis
J. E. Bay.
L. B. Howe.
J. E. Bay.
1866
J. T. MeGinnis.
J. E. Bay
Johnson E. Beaty
M. L. Detuler
1867
J. T. McGinnis.
J. E. Bay
J. E. Beaty
J. H. Grady
1868
Thos. Merriman ..
J. E. Bay
R. H. Day
J. H. Grady
W. O. Dungau.
1869
J. T. McGinnis.
J. E. Bay ..
R. H. Day
John Brady
J. W. Close.
1870
J. T. McGinnis
J. E. Bay
O. A. Bridgford.
A. W. McClain.
W. A. Marsh.
1871
R. H. Day
J. E. Bay.
E. L. Emerson
W. A. Bridgford.
1872
R. H. Day
J. E. Bay
E. L. Emerson.
W. A. Bridgford.
1873
R. H. Day
J. E. Bay
Ed. Griffith
John Love
Richard Kiddoo.
1874
J. T. McGinnis
John Brady
Ed. Griffith.
L. B. Childs.
J. W. Close.
1875
J. E. Bay.
John Brady.
J. G. McCarnahan. J. A. Gilmore ..
Jahn Brady
R. Kiddoo.
1877
J. T. McGinnis
John Brady
J. E. Bay
J. R. Wartwick ..
J. W. Close.
1878
J. T. McGinnis
John Brady.
J. E. Bay
J. R. Wartwick ..
Ed. Brady.
1879
J. W. Close
John Brady
J. E. Bay
John Harvey ..
R. Kiddoo.
1880
J. W. Close.
John Brady.
J. E. Bay
W. R. Lemon
Taylor Gilmore.
1881
J. W. Close
John Brady
J. E. Bay
W. R. Lemon.
Ed. Brady.
1882
S. H. Riddell
J. G. Haverfield.|
J. E. Bay
W. C. Irwin
S. A. Steele.
1859
J. T. McGinnis.
Wm. Greene
1861
Ephraim Gilmore.
Win. L. Greene,.
James Haverfield.
Wm. L. Greene ..
( Ed. Brady,
J. W. Close. Ed. Brady.
1876
J. E. Bay
John Brady
John Brady
Edward Brady.
J. R. Lemon ..
Previous to 1868 there were elected each year three commissioners of highways, whose names are as follows : 1854, J. Falls, S. Carnahan and Charles Griffith ; 1855. J. Falls, C. Criffith and O. A. Bridgford ; 1856, C. Griffith, J. P. Boyd and H. L. Marsh ; 1857, C. Griffith, J. P. Boyd and James Kiddoo; 1858, C. Griffith, A. Eddy and J. P. Marsh ; 1859, A. Eddy, Charles Griffith and William Brown ; 1860, William Brown, Ed. Brady and A. Eddy ; 1861 and 1862, same as in 1860; 1863, Ed. Brady. A. Eddy and D. Thatcher; 1864 and 1865, same as 1863; 1867, J. M. and R. H. Gilmore.
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In 1855 the vote as to whether or not the township organization should be adopted. the result was 21 votes for and 19 against the organization.
The following is a list of the justices of the township since 1835 : Ebenezer Creswell. appointed May 3, 1835 ; Abraham Miller, Octo- ber 5, 1835 : Isaac Beson, April 30, 1838, refused to accept ; Christian Routzong, 1838 ; Frank Miller, probate justice, 1838; Abraham Thorp, 1839; E. Gilmore, 1839; John Carnahan, 1839 ; Daniel Pink- ley, 1840; Joseph W. Lloyd, 1841; William J. Phelps, 1842; Isaac McDaniel, 1848; Daniel Pinkley, 1843; Hiram Hardy, 1843; Charles Sullivan, 1845; J. W. Wood, 1845; W. A. Bridgford, 1847 ; Charles Sullivan, 1847 : J. W. Wood, 1847 ; W. A. Bridgford, 1847; Lucian B. Ilowe, 1849 ; W. A. Bridgford, 1849 ; Ephraim Gilmore, Jr., 1849 ; W. A. Bridgford, 1851; W. A. Bridgford, 1858; W. L. Green, 1858 ; W. A. Bridgford, 1862; S. W. Gailey, 1862 ; S. H. Riddell, 1866; B. F. Brock, 1866 ; Lucien B. How, 1869; W. A. Bridgford, 1870; O. F. Green, 1870 ; S. H. Riddell, 1870; Joseph Lyle, 1873 ; W. A. Bridgford, 1873; J. W. Wood, 1877; S. H. Riddell, 1877; W. A. Bridgford, 1881; I. W. Huckins, 1881.
SCHOOLS.
The free schools of Millersburg have kept pace with the progress of the township. In 1841 the money paid out for teaching was $124.86, that being the available school fund. At that time there were only three districts, one north of the Edwards and two south.
The treasurer's report in 1863 shows seven districts ; 503 persons of school age in the township, with an attendance of 320. The amount paid out for teaching, $1,134.42 ; highest wages paid per month was $30; lowest, $14. School fund, $1,600. The report of 1881 shows the same number of districts ; 580 children of school age. with an enrollment of 360 pupils ; total days' attendance, 33,340; the school fund, $2,322.38 ; teachers' wages for the year, $2,259.80 ; incidental expenses of the schools, $382.82. Highest wages paid, $60 per month.
The improvements in roads have been no less rapid since 1835. The amount of road in the township is sixty miles, with an average width of three rods. In 1854 the road tax was ten cents on the one hundred dollars of taxable property ; in 1856, twenty cents ; from 1856 to 1865. ten cents ; from 1865 to 1877. the levy was twenty cents on the one hundred dollars, when the roads passed under the commis sioners' law. In 1881 the levy was twenty cents on the one hundred dollars ; in 1882, twenty cents.
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The township elections were first held at the school-house near Ed- ward Brady's corner, but continued to be changed from here to Millers- burg, and then from Millersburg back to Brady's corner, as it is called, till 1879, then by vote the place of holding elections was settled perma- nently at Brady's corner, and a town-hall built over the school-house for town and public purposes, except for dances, shows and such things that are considered to be detrimental to morality. The cost of the hall was $387, a part of which was made up by private subscription to secure the use of the building from entertainments of the character mentioned.
The census report of 1880 gives the population as 1,071. The taxable property in the township in 1881 was valued at $461,618. The real estate was valued at $328,410, town lots at $16,060, personal property at $117,148. The equalized value was $425,127.
The tax money collected on the above assessment, for general state purposes and schools, $2,255.45 ; county purposes, $1,065.25 ; road tax $661.35 ; district school tax, $2,391 ; dog tax, $166.
The township has one railroad, the Keithsburg & Galva division of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy. For voting a tax of $13,400 to the American Railroad Company, which built the road, a meeting was called in 1868, which carried by 114 votes for, to 27 against such donations. The bonds were issued in 1869, on ten years time. They . have all been paid, the last in 1881, and the township feels wise enough not to vote any more such taxes, as the following call-meetings show.
In 1870 a meeting was called with the expectations that the town- ship would vote an appropriation to the Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad Company, and for the donation there were 107 votes against 126. A second attempt was made to get the township to vote the tax, but with no better result this time; the votes when counted showed 106 for taxation and 117 against.
In conclusion let us add, the present population of the township are a thrifty, energetic, well-to-do, and hospitable people. In agriculture and stock raising they are up with the times, and few laggards exist among them. For a more extensive history of the prominent business men, farmers and stock raisers of the township, reference may be had to the biographical department of Millersburg township, where the personal and family history of almost all of them may be found.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Among the pioneer settlers yet living is WILLIAM H. RIGGS, a farmer and stock raiser, a native of Kentucky, born in 1828, son of Thomas M. and Rebecca B. (Jenkins) Riggs, both of Kentucky. The
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Riggs family came from Virginia to Kentucky, but are of Scotch descent, as also is the Jenkins family. Both families emigrated to- America at an early period in the history of the colonies. William H. Riggs' grandfather, Richard Jenkins, came to Mercer county in 1836, and was constable before the township organization. . He died in Aledo. After his death his wife returned to Kentucky. William H. located in Mercer county, where he now resides, in 1836, where he has been engaged in farming and stock dealing. His early educa- tion was limited, as the advantages at that early period for education were few. When a young man he went one year to an academy at Galesburg. In 1851, he was married to Elizabeth Dungan, native of Indiana, born 1830, daughter of Benjamin and DeLabor Dungan, by occupation farmers. The former was a carpenter by trade. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and came to Mercer county with the early settlers. By this marriage William H. Riggs has one child, Thomas B., educated at Abingdon. He was married in 1872 to Loretta D. McClanahan, native of Mercer county, born in 1851, and daughter of James McClanahan, who came in 1837 and located in Mercer county, and now resides in Henderson. Thomas R. Riggs has, by this marriage, four children : Guy H., Robert A., Lillian (deceased), and James H. Thomas B. lives on the farm of his · father, and helps to carry on the business. Among the fine stock men of Millersburg township William H. Riggs has been known for many years. He imports the best of cattle from the noted fine stock locali- ties. While he makes cattle a specialty, both as to fine stock and feed cattle, he by no means keeps a poor grade of hogs and horses. His farm of 330 acres of plow land and seventy acres of timber is second to none, as a stock farm, in the township. Mr. Riggs is a genius, doing almost all' his own work whether it be smithing, car- penter work or otherwise. While he has raised but one child of his own, several orphans have found under his roof a pleasant home, . where they were the recipients of motherly and fatherly kindness.
The subject of this sketch, J. F. HARVEY, is a native of Indiana, born in 1833, son of Beauchamp and Margaret Harvey, both of Mary- land. They emigrated to Indiana and settled on White river about 1825. They were both members of the Christian church. The former died in 1874, aged sixty-three years, the latter now makes her home with her children. Mr. Harvey was married in 1866 to E. J. McClure, of Indiana, daughter of John and Sarah McClure. They came to Mercer county about 1847, and now live in Abingdon town- ship. J. F. Harvey has, by this marriage, two children : Charley B. and George F. Mr. Harvey came to Illinois in 1838 and located in
RICHARD KIDDOO.
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Champaign county. He then emigrated to Missouri, and afterward came to Mercer county and located where he now resides. Ile and wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He has a farm of 125 acres, fairly improved and stocked with good grades. He served in the army, during the late war, from 1861 to 1865, a period of three years and ten months, in the 18th Ill. Vol. He was in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Britton's Lane ; went down the Mississippi with Grant to Watervalley and back to Memphis; was in the siege of Vicksburg; was with Sherman on his march to the sea, then on the ocean, through the Carolinas, then to Richmond, Wash- ington and Louisville, where he was mustered out. During his term of service in the army he passed through ten of the southern states.
Among the several old settlers and prominent gentlemen of Mercer county who have taken an active part in its development, we mention the name of EDWARD GRIFFITH, who was born November 13, 1834, in Hancock county, Indiana, and is the oldest child .of Charles and Martha (Scott) Griffith. He came with his parents to Mercer county in 1839. As he was the oldest child he was so much needed at home that his education was limited to a common school. He remained at home until twenty-four years of age, when he started ont in life for himself as a tiller of the soil. He purchased the S. } of the N. W. }, Sec. 14, in Millersburg township. He remained on this place for seven years, when he sold out and bought the N. E. }, of Sec. 12, where he . remained for eight years, when he sold out and bought the S. W. ¿ of Sec. 18, Millersburg township, where he resides at present. He has been very successful in accumulating considerable property. March 24, 1859, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Church, daughter of Thomas and Rachel Church. She was born March .25, 1838. Mr. Griffith has been a member of the order of Masons since 1869.
WILLIAM KIDDOO, farmer and stock raiser, is a native of Pennsylva- nia. His parents are Richard and Eliza Kiddoo. He came to Mercer county with his parents when a child, and was reared on the farm, re- ceiving only such educational training as the pioneer school of his neighborhood could furnish. He has always pursued the occupation of · his father. Ile takes great pride in keeping a good grade of stock of all kinds. He is introducing on his farm shorthorn cattle. He was married in 1864 to Mary Edgar, daughter of R. S. and Elizabeth Edgar. She is a native of Pennsylvania and came with her parents to Mercer county when a girl. By this union William Kiddoo has eight children : Henry G., Harry (de), Francis (de), Maggie M., Alvin A., Nettie B., Nora B., Mary V. He and wife are members of the Metho-
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