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State Senator.
203
Hugh L. Sutphin, dem .... 1601
Thos. Worthington, whig .. 1398
Representatives.
Thomas Hull, whig.
1358
Jon. Frye, whig.
1374
B. B. Metz, whig.
1416
Alfred Grubb, dem.
1563
James M. Higgins, dem.
..
1567
Wm. P. Harpole, dem.
1559
County Commissioner.
Joshua Woosley, dem.
1539
142
Wm. Dustin, whig.
1397
Sheriff.
D. D. Hicks, dem.
1540
164
Robert F. Naylor, whig ... 1376
Coroner.
Cyrus B. Hull, dem.
..
1564
189
Hazen Pressy, whig ..
....
1375
ELECTION APRIL 19, 1847. Constitutional Convention.
Montgomery Blair, dem ...
999
Wm. R. Archer, dem.
958
Harvey Dunn, dem.
924
Wm. A. Grimshaw, whig ..
887
H. N. V. Holmes, dem. ...
John Barney, whig.
786
812
Charles Harrington, whig. 741
Parvin Paullin, dem ...
680
N. E. Quinby, dem.
208
D. B. Bush, dem.
243
The first four were elected.
ELECTION AUG. 2, 1847.
Congress. Win. A. Richardson, dem. 1582 N. G. Wilcox, whig .. .... 234
1348
74
62
881
HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY.
Probate Judge.
James Ward, dem
..
1317
94
D. H. Gilmer, whig.
. ..
..
1223
County Commissioner.
Henry R. Ramsey, dem ... 2520
County Clerk.
John J. Collard, dem.
. ...
1332
37
O. M. Hatch, whig ..
1295
Recorder.
P. N. O. Thomson, dem ... 1379
161
Marshall W. Barney, whig. 1218
Treasurer and Assessor.
Samuel L. Crane, dem ..
. 1649
768
James F. Hyde, whig .. ...
881
Surveyor.
David Johnston, whig ..
1414
1329
Philip Stoner, dem.
85
School Commissioner.
T. G. Trumbull, dem ..
1295
77
Michael J. Noyes, whig ... 1218
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1848. President.
Zachary Taylor, whig ..
1401
Lewis Cass, dem.
..
1633
232
Martin Van Buren, free-soil
186
ELECTION NOV. 6, 1849. County Judge.
James Ward, dem.
1392
68
Richard Kerr, whig.
1324
Associate Justices.
Joshua Woosley, dem.
1380
Wm. P. Harpole, dem ..
..
1370
B. B. Metz, whig.
1327
John Barney, whig.
1354
Treasurer and Assessor.
Charles Mason, dem.
1439
184
Wm. Kinman, whig.
1255
County Clerk.
Peter V. Shankland, dem .. 1407
69
Austin Barber, whig ...... 1338
Surveyor.
James H. Ferguson, dem .. 1383 47
David Johnston, whig ..... 1336
School Commissioner.
James F. Hyde, whig .. . .
.. 1430
176
John L. Ball, dem.
1254
Township Organization.
For ..
1563
1246
Against
317
ELECTION NOV. 5, 1850.
Congress.
O. H. Browning, whig ..... 1064 Wm. A. Richardson, dem .. 1131 67
State Senator.
John Wood, whig ..
1029
Calvin Warren, dem ..
1126
97
Representatives.
Ozias M. Hatch, whig ...
...
1109
Wm. D. Hamilton, whig ...
1086
James Shinn, dem
983
Daniel B. Bush, dem
866
Sheriff.
Stephen R. Gray, ind. dem. 1237
383
Cyrus B. Hull, dem.
....
854
Coroner.
Edward Connet, ind. dem .. 1298
500
Samuel L. Crane, dem .....
798
ELECTION NOV. 4, 1851. Treasurer.
Wm. F. Hooper, dem.
827
153
James F. Hyde, whig.
674
Jones Clark, dem ..
234
Surveyor.
James H. Ferguson, dem ..
836
33
David Johnston, whig ....
803
A. G. Chamberlain, whig ..
121
School Commissioner.
Milton H. Abbott, dem .... 875
10
Reuben H. Scanland, whig 865
ELECTION NOV. 2, 1852.
President.
Franklin Pierce, dem.
1676
101
Winfield Scott, whig.
..
1575
Congress.
O. H. Browning, whig .... 1680
75
Wm. A. Richardson, dem .. 1605
Governor.
Edwin B. Webb, whig ..
1690
4
Joel A. Matteson, dem ..
1686
Representatives.
O. M. Hatch, whig.
1606
Wm. B. Hamilton, whig.
1585
H. L. Sutphin, dem.
1601
H. P. Buchanan
1588
State's Attorney.
Daniel H. Gilmer. whig .:. 2421
948
John S. Bailey, dem ...... 1473
Circuit Clerk.
James A. Kenney, whig .... 1627
Joseph M. Bush, dem ... . ..
1568
County Clerk.
59
John J. Collard, dem.
1622
61
Austin Barber, whig .. ...
1561
Coroner.
Samuel G. Sitton, whig.
..
1611
R. S. Underwood, dem ...
1675
64
882
HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY.
Sheriff.
Elisha Hurt, whig. .. 1496 Harvy W. McClintock, dem 1583 87
ELECTION NOV. 8, 1853. County Judge. 41
Charles Harrington, whig. 1922
Richard M. Atkinson, dem 1181 County Clerk. 31
Austin Barber, whig.
1317
John J. CollarJ, dem ..
1286
County Treasurer.
Strother Grigsby, whig .... 1289 7
Wm. F. Hooper, dem ...... 1282
School Commissioner.
Milton H. Abbott, dem .... 1237 John D. Thomson, whig ... 1295 Surveyor. 58
James H. Ferguson, dem .. 1151 A. G. Chamberlain, whig .. 1369 218
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1854. Congress.
A. Williams, rep ... ... 1714
100
W. A. Richardson, dem.
. .
1614
Senator.
N. M. Knapp, rep.
1724
H. L. Sutphin, dem.
1725
1
Representatives.
B. L. Matthews, rep
1708
D. H. Gilmer, rep.
1739
C. L. Higbee, dem ..
1677
Jonathan Dearborn, dem .. 1692
Sheriff.
George T. Edwards, rep .. 1779 110
Wm. Hooper, dem ...
1669
Coroner.
Samuel Sitton, rep ........ 1664 1664
ELECTION NOV. 6, 1855. Treasurer.
S. Grigsby, rep. 1065
432
Tyre Jennings, dem ..
633
School Commissioner.
J. D. Thomson.
832
209
James F. Hyde
623
Surveyor.
A. G. Chamberlain ..
..
1098
1098
ELECTION NOV. 4, 1856. President.
James Buchanan, dem .. . . 2163
1110
Isaac N. Morris, dem ... . . 2233
296
docernor.
W. A. Richardson, dem.
2221
283
Wmn. H. Bissell, rep.
1938
State Senator.
Jacob C. Davis.
2200
236
Thomas C. Sharp.
1964
Representatives.
Jolın L. Grimes, dem.
2194
King Kerley, dem.
2210
B. F. Westlake, rep.
1993
Benj. H. Irwin, rep.
1974
State's Attorney.
223
John S. Bailey, dem.
2191
Charles C. Warren, rep.
1968
Sheriff.
Wilson S. Dennis, dem
2190
187
John S. Brewer, rep.
2003
Circuit Clerk.
199
Wm. R. Archer, dem.
2204
James A. Kenney, rep.
2005
Coroner.
Wm. Benn, dem.
2214
233
E. W. Hickerson, rep.
1981
ELECTION NOV. 3, 1857. County Judge.
Alfred Grubb, dem ..
1785
169
C. Harrington, rep.
1616
County Clerk.
J. S. Roberts, dem.
1711
S. Grigsby, rep. . ...
1717
Treasurer.
358
D. D. Hicks, dem.
1884
E. Wooley, rep.
1526
Surveyor.
218
H. P. Buchanan, dem. .
1816
A. G. Chamberlain, rep. .
. 1598
School Commissioner.
Joseph J. Topliff, dem .. ..
..
207
J. N. Griffin, rep.
1613
H. St. John, dem
1756
143
ELECTION NOV. 2, 1858.
Congress.
Isaac N. Morris, dem ..
. 2471
480
C. L. Higbee, dem
1000
John Moses, rep.
653
Representatives.
Gilbert J. Shaw
2478
King Kerley .
2472
Benj. D. Brown.
1995
James S. Irwin.
1993
6
1811
John D. Thomson, rep. ..
1604
Coroner.
Jackson Grimshaw, rep ... 1991
State Senator.
347
John C. Fremont, rep. . 1053
Millard Filmore, Amer.
..
1010
Congress.
Jackson Grimshaw, rep ... 1937
883
HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY.
Sheriff.
John Houston ..
2387
289
George T. Edwards.
2098
Coroner.
1963
Lewis E. Hayden, rep ...
1963
ELECTION NOV. 8, 1859.
Treasurer.
D. D. Hicks, dem.
. ... 2225
752
George T. Edwards, rep .. . 1473
School Commissioner.
J. J. Topliff, dem.
2592
1466
F. A. Benton.
1126
Surveyor.
John A. Harvey. .
....
... . ..
3664
3664
ELECTION NOV. 8, 1860. President.
Abraham Lincoln, rep ...
2553
S. A. Douglas, dem.
..
. 3016
463
Congress.
W. A. Richardson, dem
.. 3021
426
B. M. Prentiss, rep. .
2595
Governor.
Richard Yates, rep.
...
445
B. B. Metz, rep.
2629
--- Vandeventer, rep ..
2583
Wm. R. Archer, dem
2947
Benj. F. DeWitt, dem.
3007
Circuit Clerk.
Mace, rep ..
2621
George W. Jones, dem ..
2991
370
Sheriff.
- Bonnell, rep ....
....
..
2635
Joshua Woosley, dem ...
... 2945
State's Attorney.
310
Thomas E. Morgan, dem .. 2959
Coroner.
-- York, rep. .
2582
G. W. Mollinix, dem .
2890
308
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1861. County Judge.
John W. Allen, dem ...
2300
427
Wm. E. Smith, rep.
1873
County Clerk.
Wm. Steers, dem.
2320
451
Harvey Dunn, rep.
1869
County Treasurer.
402
974
County Surveyor.
James H. Ferguson, dem .. 2318
655
George E. Harvey, rep ..
1363
Against the Bank ..
4129
Constitutional Convention.
4129
Alex. Starne, dem
2332
Archibald A. Glenn, dem .. 2350
Wm. Turnbull, rep.
1839
David K. Watson, rep.
1655
ELECTION NOV. 4, 1862. Congress.
State at Largo:
James C. Allen, dem.
2600
1105
E. C. Ingersoll, rep.
1495
Ninth District:
Lewis W. Ross
2597
2521
Wm. Ross.
76
State Senator.
L. E. Worcester
2597
1095
N. M. Knapp.
1502
Representatives.
Scott Wike, dem
2614
A. G. Burr, dem .. .
2599
B. F. Westlake, rep
1464
R. E. Haggard, rep.
1500
Sheriff.
Perry H. Davis, dem.
2654
1413
W. H. Johnston.
1241
G. W. Mullinix
253
Coroner.
Eli Farris
2574 1085
J. B. Johnston.
1489
ELECTION NOV. 3, 1863.
Treasurer.
R. A. McClintock, rep .... 1992
47
R. F. Frazier, dem ..
..
1945
School Commissioner.
J. G. Pettingill, dem
2035
79
John K. Bashforth.
1956
Surveyor.
Hiram Harris, dem
2024
58
Nathan Kifler
1966
ELECTION NOV. 8, 1864.
President.
George B. McClellan, dem. 2857
Abraham Lincoln, rep .... 2335
Congress.
At large :
J. C. Allen, dem.
2859
503
L. W. Moulton
2356
Ninth District :
L. W. Ross, dem
2857
501
H. Fullerton, rep.
2356
522
M. H. Abbott, dem
2281
James L. Adams, rep.
..
1879
School Commissioner.
J. G. Pettingill, dem.
2829
D. L. Freeman, rep ..
1855
2959
2576
James C. Allen, dem. ..
.. 3021
Representatives.
884
HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY.
Governor.
James C. Robinson, dem ... 2864 Richard J. Oglesby, rep. .. . 2347 Representatives.
S. Wike, dem.
.2854
J. F. Curtis, dem
2858
A. E. Neall, rep.
2353
S. R. Powell, rep.
2354
Circuit Clerk.
J. H. Crane, dem.
.2833
L. F. Williams, rep. .
2363
Sheriff.
J. B. Landrum, dem.
2859
514
W. W. Burchard, rep.
2345
State's Attorney.
T. E. Morgan, dem.
2859
505
P. C. Stearnes, rep
2354
Coroner.
Eli Farris, dem ..
.2854
L. E. Hayden, rep.
.2356
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1865. County Judge.
R. M. Atkinson, dem ..
.2227
142
-. -. Sever, rep.
.2085
County Clerk.
Wm. Steers, dem.
2210
94
-. -. Clark, rep.
2116
Treasurer.
David S. Hill, dem.
2222
Erastus Foreman, rep.
2095
Superintendent of Schools.
J. G. Pettingill, dem ..
.2232
136
-. -. Goodrich, rep ..
.2096
Surveyor.
Hiram J. Harris, dem. .
.. 2227
A. G. Chamberlain, rep .... . 2055
ELECTION NOV. 6, 1866.
Congress.
172
At Large :
T. Lyle Dickey, dem
.2963
250
John A. Logan, rep.
.2713
Ninth District :
Lewis W. Ross, dem
.3971
: 1260
C. Lippincott, rep
.2711
State Senator.
Wm. Shepard, dem.
.2973
262
-. -. Miner, rep.
.2711
Representatives.
James H. Dennis, dem.
.. 2973
Thomas Hollowbush, dem . . 2972
-. -. Dunn, rep.
.2695
-. -. Sears, rep.
2715
Sheriff
W. G. Hubbard, dem
2955
-. -. Jones, rep.
2707
248
Coroner.
G. W. Mullinix, dem ..
.2954
245
-. --. Chapman, rep ... . . . 2709
ELECTION NOV. 5, 1867. Treasurer.
L. J. Smitherman, dem .... . 2181
853
R. L. Underwood, rep. .... . 1328
Surveyor.
Hiram J. Harris. dem ...
... 2191
2029
A. G. Chamberlain, rep ..... 162
ELECTION NOV. 3, 1868.
President.
H. Seymour, dem.
.3319
544
U. S. Grant, rep ..
2775
Governor.
John M. Palmer, rep.
.2778
John R. Eden, dem ...
.3331
553
Congress.
At large :
W. W. O'Brien, dem.
.3330
553
John A. Logan, rep ...
.2777
Ninth District :
T. W. McNeeley, dem ..
.3334
Lewis W. Ross, dem.
.2775
559
State's Attorney.
L. W. James, dem
.3336
561
127
-. -. Sweeney ..
.2775
Representative.
A. Mittower, dem
.3324
532
S. Grigsby, rep
2792.
Circuit Clerk.
J. J. Topliff, dem ..
.3395
1586
-. -. Lawton, rep ..
.2809
Sheriff.
J. J. Manker, dem.
3335
572
R. A. Mcclintock, rep.
2763
Coroner.
Sherman Brown, dem.
.3328
560
-
-. Sanderson, rep .....
.2768
Constitution.
For
820
Against
2524
1704
ELECTION NOV. 2, 1869.
County Judge.
R. M. Atkinson, dem ...... 2081
R. H. Griffin, rep .. .
.. 1536
County Clerk.
545
Wm. B. Grimes, dem ..
.2098
549
-. -. Gray, rep ..
1549
Treasurer.
553
L. J. Smitherman, dem ..
.2089
Chas. Philbrick, rep .. .
.1536
517
470
498
885
HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY.
School Superintendent.
John M. Dewell, dem ... .. 2145
Jon Shastid, rep. .. 1496
Surveyor.
Hiram J. Harris.
2094
2094
..
ELECTION NOV. 8, 1870.
Ninth District : Congress.
T. W. McNeeley, dem.
.2181
542
B. F. Westlake, rep ..
.1639
State Senators.
Joseph M. Bush, dem
2151
Wm. Shepard, dem ..
2223
George E. Warren, rep.
1625
Thomas E. Flinn, rep ...
.1626
Representatives.
Albert Landrum, dem ..
2081
Charles Kenney, rep .
...
.2175
John A. Thomas, dem.
1718
Thomas H. Dimmitt, rep. . . 1658
Sheriff.
Joseph McFarland, dem .... 2056 283 Aaron F.Hemphill, ind. dem.1773 Treasurer.
Sherman Brown, dem
2230
E. W. Hickerson, rep.
1625
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1871. Congress.
At large :
S. S. Hayes, dem
.1872
275
John L. Beveridge, rep .. ..
.1597
State Senator.
Wm. H. Allen, dem ..
1847
227
Wm. A. Grimshaw, rep ..
.1620
Treasurer.
Thomas Gray, dem ..
1914
312
Hamilton Wills, rep ...
1602
Surveyor.
Hiram J. Harris, dem ...
.1927
1859
A. G. Chamberlain, rep .....
68
ELECTION NOV. 5, 1872. President.
Horace Greeley, lib. rep. .. . 2827
193
U. S. Grant, rep .. ..
.2634
Charles O'Conor, ind. dem .. 116
Congress.
Eleventh District :
Robert M. Knapp, dem ..
.2849
120
A. C. Matthews, rep.
2729
Darrah .. ..
105
State Senator.
Wm. R. Archer, dem ..
2941
Frost, rep.
2653
Governor.
G. A. Koerner, dem ..
.2929
291
R. J. Oglesby, rep ....
....
.2638
Representatives.
Henry Dresser, dem
4319
S. G. Lewis, dem ..
43861/2
M. D. Massie, rep.
.7963
Circuit Clerk.
George W. Jones, dem ... . .. 3005
455
P. M. Parker, rep. . . .
. .. 2550
John C. Hesley, ind. dem ... 160
Sheriff.
Joseph McFarland, dem ..
.. 2919
261
J. A. Brown, rep. ..
.2658
110
J. A. Melton, ind. dem ..
. .
State's Attorney.
Jefferson Orr, dem ..
2891
178
James S. Irwin, rep.
2713
Coroner.
Martin Camp, dem
.2949
319
Jean, rep ..
.2630
Williams ..
111
Animals at Large.
For ..:
3775
1309
Against.
1466
ELECTION NOV. 4, 1873.
County Judge.
J. G. Pettingill, dem
.1676
S. Grigsby, rep.
.1890
214
County Clerk.
J. L. Frye, dem
1936
291
J. H. Allen, rep.
1645
Treasurer.
D. Hollis, dem
2074
557
Wm. Grammer, rep.
1517
School Superintendent.
J. W. Johnson, dem.
.1822
140
J. Pike, rep. . .
.1682
In this election the townships of
Derry and Barry were thrown out.
ELECTION NOV. 3, 1874. Congress.
Scott Wike, dem.
2089
669
David E. Beatty, rep.
1420
Representatives.
Joseph T. Harvey, dem ...
... 305412
James Collans, dem.
.3235
John Moses, rep. :
.3951
Thomas H. Dimmitt, rep ... 78612
Sheriff.
Augustus Simpkins, dem .. . 2035
547
Theodore Kellogg, rep ..... 1488
Thomas H. Wheeling, ind .. 93
288
649
605
886
HISTORY OF PIKE COUNTY.
Coroner.
Martin V. Shive, dem. .2112
584
B. H. Rowand, rep. .1528
ELECTION NOV. 2, 1875. Treasurer.
Thomas Reynolds, dem ..
... 1469
130
Henry Hall, rep ..... .
1339
Surveyor.
Isaac A. Clare, dem ..
1525
266
R. H. Griffin, rep. ..
1259
ELECTION NOV. 7, 1876. President.
R. B. Hayes, rep.
...
.... 3055
S. J. Tilden, dem. .
4040
985
Peter Cooper, greenback ..
35
Governor.
S. M. Cullom, rep ...
....
... 3065
Lewis Steward, dem.
...
4074
1009
State Senator.
John Moses, rep.
. 3055
Wm. R. Archer, dem.
.. 4052
997
Representatives.
A. C. Matthews, rep
895612
S. R. Powell, dem. .
6018
B. J. Hall, dem.
602212
State's Attorney.
Joseph Dobbin, rep.
.3038
Jeff. Orr, dem.
4088
1050
Circuit Clerk.
Philip Donahoe, rep.
.3338
J. A. Rider, dem.
.3766
428
Sheriff.
O. S. Campbell, rep.
.3197
E. W. Blades, dem.
3903
Coroner.
706
George Barker, rep ...
.3075
A. C. Peebles, dem ..
.4050
975
ELECTION NOV. 6, 1877.
County Judge.
R. M. Atkinson, dem. ..
.2441
8. Grigsby, rep.
.2519
78
County Clerk.
E. F. Binns. dem ..
.2815
Wm. H. Raftery, gr. & rep. . 2149
Treasurer.
R. M. Murray, dem.
.2623
234
O. H. Barney, gr.
2389
School Superintendent.
Wm. H. Crow, dem.
2534
Belle Moore, rep.
2393
141
ELECTION NOV. 5, 1878. Congress.
James P. Dimmitt, rep .. . . . 1972 James W. Singleton, dem. . 2685 Wm. H. Pogue, gr. 886
713
Representatives.
A. C. Matthews, rep.
.556316
S. R. Powell, dem
411515
James H. Pleasants, dem.
425819
John Kelley, gr.
. .
305212
Clerk of Appellate Court.
George W. Jones, dem.
.3051
1222
M. M. Duncan, rep.
.1829
Charles E. Schoff, gr.
761
Sheriff.
Theodore Kellogg, rep. & gr.2940
John Colyer, dem.
.2713
Allen C. Peebles, dem.
2885
Lewis Farrington, gr ..
.. 1081
ELECTION NOV. 4, 1879. Treasurer.
B. W. Flinn, dem
2423
323
Henry Hall, rep.
2100
Lewis Farrington, gr.
600
Surveyor.
Isaac A. Clare, dem.
.2836
Nathan Kibler, greenback. 827
Coroner.
2009
575
1
Frederick Ottowa, dem ..
.2445
John C. Burger, rep ....... 1870
B. F. Jones, greenback .. .
690
666
227
Coroner. 1804
A. D. Walls
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CHAPTER XIX.
THE PRESS.
In this chapter we give brief historical sketches of the various newspaper enterprises of Pike county.
THE OLD FLAG.
In 1842 Mr. Michael J. Noyes started in Pittsfield The Sucker and Farmer's Record, the first paper in the county. It was a weekly, and was edited by a very able man. In 1846 it was suc- ceeded by The Free Press, which was established by Z. N. Gar- butt, who had, most of the time as partner, Mr. M. H. Abbott. This was a good paper, having had at its head as much talent prob- ably as any paper in this county has ever had. It was a Whig paper, with strong anti-slavery and temperance inclinations. Mr. Garbutt retired from it in 1849 and went into other business. A sketch of his life will be found on pages 397-8 of this volume. Some time afterward John G. Nicolay and Mr. Parks had the pa- per for a time, and then Nicolay alone.
The successor of The Free Press was. The Pike County Journal, established by Daniel B. Bush, jr. (the second), and edited by him until a short time after the war broke out, when it was sold to Rob- ert McKee, a cousin of the eminent Wm. McKee, of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat, who recently died. In 1868 Messrs. McKee and Wm. A. Grimshaw gave the paper its present name, The Old Flag, which is indeed a very appropriate one for an organ which so boldly stands up for the flag of our country. The material of the office was subsequently owned for a time by the County Republican Cen- tral Committee, and in turn was run by Win. H. Patterson and Mr. Hatch, by Patterson alone, by Bailey & Reynolds, by Reynolds alone, by Maj. T. W. Jones, and finally it was purchased by James Criswell in 1868, since which time its circulation has been won- derfully increased, and the paper made a grand success. He changed it from a seven to an eight-column paper. It was edited for a time by Robert Criswell, a spicy writer, who is now in the West; since 1874 the gentlemanly Mr. Gallaher has led in the editorial columns. The Old Flag is a home paper, none of it being printed abroad. He has brought to bear a high order of journalism and the wisdom of
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long experience as a journalist, and as a natural consequence, has made of The Old Flag one of the leading Republican papers in Central Illinois. The influence for Republican doctrine and prin- ciples of this paper has been felt in this county. The party has been rallied and is gaining over its common enemy, the Democratic party, new victories here. Mr. Gallaher's locals are crisp and fresh, and in these columns may be found all the happenings of not only Pittsfield and immediate vicinity, but in all parts of the country. A good job office is run in connection with the establishment.
Michael J. Noyes, founder of The Sucker, was born at Landaff, Grafton county, N. H., March 30, 1791; graduated at college; read law for some time; removed to St. Charles county, Mo .; then to Pike county, in that State, where he held several responsible posi- tions as County and Circuit Clerks, etc. He was a remarkable man, of frank manners, industrious, honest, shrewd, of fair ednca- tion, and had an extraordinary memory of names and faces of per- sons. As a land surveyor, in early life he laid off land for the United States Government under contract when large surveys were made. After quitting the paper he retired to a nice large farm, near Pittsfield. He died in May, 1868, a leading officer in the Ma- sonic fraternity, leaving a widow and several children. Those of the latter now living are: Henry J., in the insurance business in Pittsfield; John, at Grimshaw's drug store, in the same place; Mrs. Emeline Mills, also in Pittsfield; W. H. D., at Carthage; Mrs. Harriet Talcott, Olympia, W. T .; and Mrs. Annie T. Hodgen, Roodhouse, Ill. Ten have died.
James Gallaher, the present editor of The Old Flag, was born in Castlebar, Connty Mayo, Ireland, July 23, 1835; came to the United States in 1851, landing at New York city, where, Aug. 1, 1856, he married Miss Lizzie MeHugh, daughter of Capt. M. A. T. McHugh, of the 60th Royal Rifle Brigade, British army; she was born at Gibraltar. Their children are: Margaret C., now Mrs. Williams, of New York city, born in 1857; Harry M., born in 1860; Lizzie M., in 1863; and Charles J., in 1868; the last three were born in Springfield, Ill. Soon after landing in America Mr. Gallaher located at Bridgeport. Conn., where he learned "the art preservative " in the office of The Standard, at that time a staunch organ of the " silver-gray Whigs." He shortly afterward returned. to New York, where he remained until the financial panic of 1857, when he came to Illinois, obtaining employment in the State Jour- nal office, at Springfield, and was subsequently promoted to the position of associate editor, with Ed. L. Baker as chief, and had this position for ten years. Here he had the good fortune to be- come acquainted with Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Yates, Dr. Wallace and other prominent leaders, and had his Republicanism strengthened. Later he became connected with the Quincy Whig, and in 1874 as- sumed editorial charge of The Old Flag, where he gives entire sat- isfaction to all his patrons. He has had a large and varied experi- ence in travel and journalism. He has visited Europe several
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times, and in his profession has been within the inner circles of the political and journalistic headquarters of State and nation.
James Criswell, proprietor of the Old Flag, was born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish parents, May 7, 1810. His parents, Robert and Mary (Hamilton) Criswell, brought him to America at the early age of seven years. They located at Shippensburg, Pa., but soon moved to Butler county, of the same State, and began farming. His father, who was a great deal in public life, died in 1867 at the advanced age of 89 years. Our subject remained in Pennsylvania until a few years before the war; he moved to St. Louis, Mo., where he ran a rolling mill. His mill burned in 1860, when he went South. At the outbreak of the war he started for the North and experienced great difficulty in making the trip. He brought his children to Pittsfield, that they might be wholly out of danger, and receive the benefit of good schools, and then entered the Union army, where he took an active and prominent part in suppressing the monster Rebellion. He served as Chief Engineer of the Ma- chinery Department of the army of the Southwest, with rank as Colonel. In 1864 he returned to Pittsfield and then went South to Louisiana and opened up a plantation. . He met Gen. Sheridan, with whom he was personally acquainted, who told him that he was heartily glad such men as he had come to settle in the South and aid in developing its resources. Mr. C. soon was appointed Com- missioner of Elections. At this, however, he was ordered to leave the country, merely on political grounds, of course. Having in- fluence in the Legislature he had his parish divided, some of his neighbors not being antagonistic to him. He was then appointed Sheriff of the new parish by Gov. Warmouth, but only accepted the position at the urgent request of the Governor and many of the citizens of the parish. He appointed two deputies and came to Pittsfield after his family, intending to remove them to his new home. While here, however, he received word that both his depu- ties had been killed. This was not encouraging to his family, and they would not go South. He returned, however, but was driven away by armed and masked Ku Klux, who came to his house to kill him. He was compelled to leave to save his life, for they had killed others around him, and he too well knew he would meet with the same fate.
Mr. C. returned to Pittsfield, bought out The Old Flag in 1868, and has since owned it and conducted it with success. His present wife, Hepsie D. Criswell, nee Reed, is a native of Kentucky.
THE PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
In tracing the ancestry of this staunch organ of the Democratic party in this county we find that the first paper was The Pike County Sentinel, which was started in the year 1845 by T. G. Trumbull and G. W. Smith, the former as editor. Under their regime it flourished until April, 1849, when it was purchased by John S. Roberts, who changed its name to The Pike County Union,
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the first number by this name being issued April 25, that year. In size it was six columns by 24 inches, and published at $1.50 a year. In 1851 Mr. Roberts sold it to M. H. Abbott, who on the 30th of May, 1857, changed its name to The Pike County Democrat, since which time it has retained that name. For a short time it was in the hands of Brown & Frazier, then of Frazier & McGinnis, then of Frazier (Robert F.) alone. Aug. 10, 1865, is the date of the first issue of the paper under the control of the present proprietor, J. M. Bush, when its circulation was only 350. Mr. Bush by his en- ergy and ability has made of it one of the leading political organs of the State, and has increased its circulation largely. It is now an 8 column paper, 27 by 41 inches in size. In 1862 it was a 6-column paper, 24 inches to the column; in 1863, probably owing to the hard times produced by the war, it was somewhat reduced in size. This paper has always been issued weekly, and has ever been a firm advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, the very first number of The Union declaring itself in favor of "State rights and sovereignty."
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