History of Sangamon County, Illinois, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 92

Author: Interstate publishing co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Inter-state publishing company
Number of Pages: 1084

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Sangamon county boasts of another civilizing influence in her newspapers-ten weekly and four daily; all of them well and ably edited, a credit to their publishers and to their patrons.

In manufactures, Sangamon county of to-day is making rapid strides. The rolling mills, the watch factory, the railroad machine shops, the iron foundries and other industries, are a credit to the county. Thousands of men and women find employment in these various factories, and many thousands of dollars worth of material are annually turned out.

In agriculture and horticulture, Sangamon county stands in the front rank of all the coun- ties in the State of Illinois. Little vacant land is to be found in any part of the county, and almost every acre is under cultivation. The corn crop never fails, wheat seldom, and all other kinds of grain and fruit do well.

Sangamon county of to-day has reason to be proud of the position it occupies, politically, ed- ucationally, religiously and morally. Its chief city, the Capital of the State, its people educated and refined; evidences of wealth and prosperity upon every hand, its people are and have a right to be happy.

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CHAPTER XXVII.

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Springfield ! What historical associations cluster around that name ! Springfield, the home of Lincoln, Douglas, Shields, Baker, Logan, and a host of others, whose names have been immortalized, and who "now rest from their labors." But three score years ago and the beautiful plain upon which stands this thriving city, was an uninhabited wilderness. To-day, the busy hum of industry is heard upon every hand, and walking its streets are representatives of nearly every nation under Heaven, all enjoy- ing the sweets of liberty, all pursuing the even tenor of their way, worshipping God according to the dictates of their own conscience, "with no one to molest or make them afraid." What a change has been wrought by the hand of Time! The pen of the historian can not do it justice.

About the year 1818, an old bachelor emi- grated from North Carolina to this State, remaining for a time in Macoupin county, and from there he came on to what is now Sanga- mon county. He was so charmed with the country in the neighborhood, he determined to make it his future home. Returning to North Carolina, he induced his father, Henry Kelly, and four brothers to join him in forming a new settlement. John Kelly, one of the brothers, built a cabin, near which is now the northwest corner of Jefferson and Second streets. In this cabin the first court of Sangamon county was held.

Several other families were pursuaded by the Kellys to settle in the neighborhood, and in the spring of 1821 quite a flourishing settlement existed -- in fact, there were a greater number in the vicinity of what now const.tutes the city of Springfield than any other settlement in the county. To this fact was due the selection of Springfield as the temporary county seat of Sangamon county, when organized.

Springfield is situated uopn a beautiful prairie stretching from the Sangamon river on the

north, to the timber land which line its tributa- ries on the south. It is one hundred and eighty- five miles southwest of Chicago, and ninety- seven, miles distant from St. Louis, by the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad.

As already stated, the Kelly family were the first to settle in the neighborhood. Another family of emigrants, named Doggett, arrived in the year 1820. They settled a little south and east of the old Hutchinson's cemetery. No other settlements were made in the immediate locality until the spring of 1821, when several families were added to the infant colony, which was then known as Newsonville.

Prominent among the emigrants of 1821, were Charles R. Matheny aud Elijah Iles. Mr. Iles was a Kentuckian by birth, but had emi- grated to Missouri some years previous, but becoming dissatisfied with that country, he con- cluded to locate in the "country of the San- gamo." Ascending the Illinois river on a flat boat, he disembarked at Beardstown, which then consisted of a single log cabin, and that unoc- cupied. Striking boldly across the country, he made his way to the new settlement, and found . a welcome in the family of the elder Kelly. " Better living," said he, "I never enjoyed. Kel- ly's cabin was a home indeed. Johnny cake, venison and wild honey every day, with roast pig on Sundays. Ah!" sighed the old man, as he concluded, "those happy days are over."

The population of Springfield gradually in- creased, it being the most important town in the county.

The first plat of the town was made in 1823, by Pascal P. Enos, Elijah Iles and

under the name of "Calhoun," the proprietors of the town not being favorable to the name given it by the commissioners, selected to locate the county seat. But the name of Calhoun was not more favorably received by the people who had located here than Springfield was by the

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owners of the plat, and as a post office had been established under the name of Springfield, it never really became known by the name under which it was platted.

In 1825, the permanent seat of justice of the county was to be selected, and the claim of Cal- houn, or Springfield, was stoutly contested by the town of Sangamo, located on the river in what is now section two, Gardner township. The contest was a warm one, and it still contended that Sangamo would have been selected by the Commissioners had not Andrew Elliott played a little trick upon them. He was employed to pilot the Commissioners to Sangamo, there being then no road located, and, instead of taking them a direct route, he took them a roundabout way, through swamps and over fallen timber. The Commissioners thought the difficulty in reaching Sangamo would not compensate for its more favorable location, and therefore named Springfield as the permanent county seat.

When Springfield was selected as the tempo- rary seat of justice of the county in 1821, where the site was marked was upon an open prairie. The closing portion of the certificate of location reads as follows:

"Therefore, we, the undersigned, County Com- missioners, do certify that we, after full exami- nation of the situation of the present popula- tion of said county, have fixed and designated a certain point in the prairie, near John Kelly's field, on the waters of Spring creek, at a stake set marked Z D., as the temporary seat of jus- tice for said county, and do further agree that said county seat be called and known by the name of SPRINGFIELD."

The point so selected was near what is now the northeast corner of Jefferson and Second streets. Here the first court house and county jail were built, in the latter month of 1821. Some idea may be formed of the price of build- ing material then, and the style of building, from the fact that the jail was contracted for and actually built for eighty-four dollars.

The town of Calhoun was surveyed and plat- ted by James C. Stevenson. He is said to have received a deed to block twenty-one for his ser- vices. Four lots, however, could not have been very valuable, for there is a tradition that he proposed to give Dr. Merryman one-fourth of the block for a pointer dog to which he had taken a fancy. The offer was rejected. The plat made by Stevenson was recorded December 5, 1823. It was probably made about the time of the

opening of the land office at Springfield, and as shortly after the lands came into market.

The name of Calhoun was selected in compli- ment to the Hon. John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. The admiration appears not to have lasted long. In 1826, while in the Senate, he voted against a bill which was intended to grant to the States a donation of lands to aid in the construction of canals. At that time this was a favorite measure in several of the northern and western States. This, no doubt, is the reason the name of Calhoun was never formally adop- ted by the people, or having adopted it, they gradually ceased to speak of it by the name, and returned to the one assigned it by the commis- sioners. But it was not until 1833, ten years af- ter its origin, that the town of Calhoun was fi- nally blotted out of existence. At that time there was a re-survey of the town, under act of the legislature, in which the town of Calhoun was formally made a part of Springfield.

On March 18, 1825, the final and permanent location of the county seat was made by the special commissioners. In consideration of this location, Elijah Iles and Pascal P. Enos at once donated to the county some forty-two acres of what is now the most valuable part of the city. The County Commissioners' Court held a spe- cial term and confirmed the location on the very day it was made. By this order the donation, with the exception of the public square, which was to remain as then laid out, was surveyed into blocks and lots having streets and alleys corresponding with the original town plot of Calhoun. The donation embraced blocks 1, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of the old town plat. The first lots in the donation were sold early in May.

The first State law in relation to the town was approved February 9, 1827. By its provisions the County Commissioners' Court was empow- ered and required to appoint a street commis- sioner for the town, whose duties are prescribed in the act. They were also empowered to levy a tax upon the citizens for improving the streets. Justices of the peace of the town were required upon a petition of a majority of the legal voters, to enter an order upon their dockets in relation to the subject matter petitioned for; such order constituted a sort of ordinance, and penalties were prescribed in the law for the violation of such orders. They were repealed by a petition of legal voters in like manner as they had been passed. Such were the first specimens of legis- lation at a place where legislation of all sorts afterwards became very common.

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INCORPORATION.

Continuing to increase in population, and losing none of its original ambition, Springfield became incorporated as a town, April 2, 1832, under the general law of 1831. This town gov- ernment remained for nearly ten years, and for much of that time was administered in a wise and acceptable manner. Charles R. Matheny was the first President of the Board of Trus- tees, while among the members were Abraham Lincoln, Samuel H. Treat, and Stephen T. Logan -names which need no eulogy here. During these years-from 1830 to 1840-both town and county increased in population very rapidly. By this time, the settlements in the northern part of the State had grown to be of considerable size and importance. The northern part of Illinois was principally settled by men from New York and New England. They were farmers, mer- chants, mechanics, millers, manufacturers. They made farms, built mills, churches, school houses, towns, and cities. Here, in Central Illinois, was where the Kentuckians who had settled Southern Illinois, first met and learned to know the men whom they called Yankees. They had a most despicable opinion of their Northern neighbors. The genuine Yankee they had never seen. They had seen a tricky, trafficking race of peddlers from New England, who much infested the West and South with tinware, small lots of merchan- dize, and wooden clocks. From these speci- mens, the whole of New England had been judged. Hence, the natural conclusion that a Yankee was a close, miserly, dishonest getter of money, void of generosity or any of the kind- lier feelings of human nature. On the other

hand, the people of Northern Illinois (chiefly from New England) formed an equally unfavor- able opinion of their Southern neighbors. The Northern man believed the Southerner to be a long, lank, lazy, ignorant animal, little better than a savage-one content to squat on land not his own, and spend his days in a log cabin, with a large family of idle, hungry, ill-elothed, nn- taught children. It was only by daily contact, actual intercourse, that prejudices and errors could be removed. Here, in Central Illinois, and, most of all, in Springfield, after it became the capital, were these two classes of men brought to know each other better, and finally to abandon their erroneous notions of each other. Then they found both parties were wrong. In liber- ality and hospitality they were about equal, though these virtues show themselves in each people in a different way. The Southerner was, perhaps, the most hospitable and liberal to indi-

viduals; but the Northern man was the most liberal in contributing for the public benefit. Here, in Springfield, in later years, were the best specimen of both classes-Lincoln, Douglas, Baker, Hardin, Bissell, Trumbull, Logan, Shields, Dubois, and many others, who gradu- ally came to consider that Springfield was home.

As already stated Springfield was incorporated under town government in 1832. The following constitutes the Board of Trustees from 1832 to 1840 inclusive:

1832 .- Charles R. Matheny, President; Cyrus Anderson, John Taylor, Elisha Tabor, Mordecai Mobley, William Carpenter, Trustees.

1833 .- Charles R. Matheny, President; Cyrus Anderson. John M. Cabanis, William Carpenter, Samuel Morris, Stephen T. Logan, Trustees.

1834 .- James R. Gray, President; William Carpenter, Edmund Roberts, Nicholas A. Gar- land, John Owens, Trustees.

1835 .- Charles R. Matheny, President; James L. Lamb, James W. Keyes, William Alvery, William Carpenter, Philip C. Latham, Peleg C. Canedy, Trustees.

1836 .- Charles R. Matheny, President; Peleg C. Canedy, Philip C. Latham, James W. Keyes, John F. Rague, George Passfield, Trustees.

1837 .- Charles R. Matheny, President; Peleg C. Canedy, Philip C. Latham, William Butler, George Pasfield, Joseph Klein, Trustees.

1838 .- Charles R. Matheny, President; Peleg C. Canedy, P. C. Latham, Joseph Klein, Wil- liam Butler, Samuel H. Treat, Trustees.

1839 .- Charles R. Matheny, President; Peleg C. Canedy, Philip C. Latham, Joseph Klein, Samuel H. Treat, Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Whitney, Trustees.

1840 .- Peleg C. Canedy, President; Joseph Klein, Jonas Whitney, Philip C. Latham, Abra- ham Lincoln, Trustees.

CITY CHARTER.

In 1840 a charter was obtained from the legis- lature for the formation of a city government. Its first election was held in the spring of that year. This charter was amended several times and in 1852 an act was passed entitled "An act to reduce the act incorporating the city of Springfield, and the several acts amendatory thereof into one act, and to amend the same." This act was approved March 2, 1852. By it the municipal government was to consist of a City Council, to be composed of a Mayor and three Aldermen from each ward. Under the old char- ter there was only one Alderman for each ward. The other officers for the city were to be a City Clerk, City Marshal, City Treasurer, City Attor-

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ney, City Assessor and Collector, City Surveyor and Engineer, and a City Supervisor.

The city remained as originally divided, into four Wards. As thus constituted, the following named officers were elected:

1840 .- Mayor-Benjamin S. Clements; Alder- men-First Ward, James R. Gray; Second, Joseph Klein; Third, Washington Iles; Fourth, William Prentiss.

1841 .- Mayor-William L. May; Aldermen -- First Ward, James R. Gray; Second, Joseph Klein; Third, Harrison A. Hongh; Fourth, Stacey B. Opdycke.

1842 .- Mayor-David B. Campbell; Aldermen -First Ward, John Williams; Second, William Carpenter; Third, Harrison A. Hough; Fourth, Stacey B. Opdycke.

1843 .- Mayor-Daniel B. Hill ;* Aldermen- First Ward, John Williams; Second, William Carpenter; Third, Enos M. Henkle; Fourth, Pressley A Saunders.

1844 .- Mayor-Andrew McCormack; Alder- men-First Ward, Jacob Divelbiss; Second, Wil- liam Carpenter; Third, Enos M. Henkle; Fourth, Pressley A. Saunders.

1845 .-- Mayor-James C. Conkling; Aldermen -First Ward, Jacob Divelbiss; Second, William Carpenter; Third, Sullivan Conant; Fourth, Thomas P. Lauschbaugh.

1846 .- Mayor -- Eli Cook; Aldermen -First Ward, John A. Keedy; Second, William Car- penter; Third, Sullivan Conant; Fourth, Thomas P. Lauschbaugh.

1847 .-- Mayor -- Eli Cook; Aldermen -First Ward, John A. Keedy; Second, William Car- penter; Third, John Fenner; Fourth, John W. Priest.

1848 .-- Mayor-Eli Cook; Aldermen - First Ward, Jonathan S. Rodgers; Second, Pascal P. Enos; Third, John Fenner; Fourth, John W. Priest.

1849 .-- Mayor-John Calhoun; Aldermen - First Ward, Jonathan S. Rodgers; Second, Oliver W. Browning; Third, David Sherman; Fourth, John W. Priest.

1850 .- Same as in 1849.

1851 .- Mayor-John Calhoun; Aldermen - First Ward, Jothan S. Rodgers, John Wil- liams; Second, Oliver W. Browning; Third, Enos M. Henkle; Fourth, John W. Priest.

1852 .- Mayor-William Lavely; Aldermen -- First Ward, Franklin Priest; Second, Edward Joyce; Third, Enos M. Henkle: Fourth, John W. Priest.

1853 .-- Mayor-Josiah Francis; Aldermen - First Ward, Franklin Priest; Second, Edward Joyce; Third, Samuel Grubb; Fourth, John W. Priest.

In 1854, the amendment to the charter, already spoken of, went into effect, and each Ward now elected three Aldermen.

1854 .- Mayor-William H. Herndon; Alder- men-First Ward, Thomas Lewis, Morris Lind- say, Allen Francis; Second, William Butler, Charles R. Hurst, and to fill vacancy, Benjamin McIntyre; Third, Samnel Grubb, Thomas Rags- dale, Henry Vanhoff, and to fill vacancy, Ed- mund G. Johns; Fourth, John W. Priest, Reuben F. Ruth, Orson N. Stafford.

1855 .- Mayor-John Cook; Aldermen, First Ward, Allen Francis, Morris Lindsay, Thomas Lewis; Second, John Connelly, Charles II. Lan- phier, Benjamin McIntyre; Third, Henry B. Grubb, Thomas Ragsdale, E. G Johns; Fourth, Henry P. Cone, Julius H. Currier, Orson N. Stafford.

1856 .- Mayor-John W. Priest; Aldermen- First Ward, A. Francis, M. Lindsay, M. M. Van Dausen, Consul Sampson; Second, Charles H. Lanphier, Charles R. Hurst, John Connelly, Jr .; Third, George L. Huntington, Edmund G. Johns, Thomas J. Dennis; Fourth, Henry P. Cone, Julius H. Currier, William Harrower.

1857 .- Mayor-John W. Priest; Aldermen, First Ward, Allen Francis, R. J. Coats, Consul Sampson; Second, Charle. H. Lanphier, Charles R. Hurst, John Connelly, Jr .; Third, Seth M. Tinsley, Thomas J. Dennis, George L. Hun- tington; Fourth, William Harrower, Abner J. Allen, Julius H. Currier.

1858 .- Mayor -- John W. Priest; Aldermen -. First Ward, Allen Francis, Ralph J. Coats, Con- sul Sampson; Second, John Connelly, Jr., Charles R. Hurst, Charles H. Lanphier; Third, Thomas J. Dennis, George L. Huntington, Seth M. Tins- ley; Fourth, Dudley Wickersham, Abner J. Allen, William Harrower.

1859 .- Mayor-William Jayne; Aldermen- First Ward, Harrison G. Fitzhugh, Ralph J. Coats, Allen Francis; Second, Zimri A. Enos, John Connelly, Jr .; John J. Clarkson, John Keefner; Third, Henry Grubb, Thomas J. Den- nis, Seth M. Tinsley; Fourth, G. B. Simonds, Dudley Wickersbam, William W. Pease, Samuel Long.

1860-Mayor-Goyn A. Sutton; Aldermen- First Ward, Ralph J. Coats, Charles Fisher, Harrison G. Fitzhugh; Second, John W. Chen- ery, John Connelly, Jr., Zimri A. Enos; Third, Daniel Morse, Thomas J. Dennis, Henry Grubb;

*Resigned, and Andrew McCormack selected to fill vacancy.

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Fourth, Richard Young, G. B. Simonds, Dudley Wickersham.

1861 .-- Mayor-George L. Huntington; Alder- men-First Ward, John S. Vredenburg, Ralph J. Coats, Charles Fisher, Harrison G. Fitzhugh; Second, Cornelius Ivers, John W. Chenery, John Connelly, Jr., Zimri A. Enos; Third, Christo- pher C Brown, Thomas, J. Dennis, Henry Grubb, Daniel Morse; Fourth, A. J. French, G. B. Simonds, Dudley Wickersham, Richard Young.

1862 .- Mayor-George L. Huntington; Al. dermen-First Ward, Oliver M. Sheldon, Ralph J. Coats, John S. Vredenburg; Second, Charles H. Lanphier, John W. Chenery, Cornelius Ivers; Third, Henry Grubb, Daniel Morse, Christopher C. Brown; Fourth, Obed Lewis, A. J. French, Richard Young.

1863 .- Mayor-John W. Smith; Aldermen - First Ward, Henry Wohlgemuth, Oliver M. Sheldon, John S. Vredenburg; Second, Charles H. Lauphier. Moses K. Anderson, Cornelius Ivers; Third, William J. Conkling, Henry Grubb, Daniel Morse; Fourth, Obed Lewis, A. J. French, Henry C. Myers.

1864 .- Mayor-John S. Vrendenburg; Alder- men-First Ward, Ralph J. Coats, Oliver M. Sheldon, Henry Wohlgemuth; Second, William Bishop, Moses K. Anderson, Charles II. Lanphier; Third, William S. Curry, Daniel Morse, Henry Grubb, Robert Officer, William M. Lee; Fourth, Henry C. Myers, Obed Lewis, Peter Berriman, Charles Dallman.

1865 .- Mayor-Thomas J. Dennis; Alder- men-First Ward, Ralph J. Coats, Henry Wohl- gemuth, Daniel P. Broadwell; Second, William Bishop, Moses K. Anderson, Thomas Rippon; Third, Daniel Morse, William S. Curry, James D. Brown; Fourth, Henry C. Myers, Charles R. Post, Charles Dallman.

1866 .- Mayor-John S. Bradford; Aldermen -- First Ward, Ralph J. Coats, Daniel P. Broad- well, James M. Logan, John O Rames ; Second, William Bishop, Thomas M. Rippon, M. K. Anderson; Third, William J. Conkling, James D. Brown, J. H. Hough; Fourth, Isaac A. Hawley, Charles R. Post, Charles Dallman.

1867 .- Mayor-N. M. Broad well; Aldermen- First Ward, James M. Logan, John O. Rames, A. Schwartz; Second, M. K. Anderson, Thomas M. Rippon, John S. Vredenburg; Third, William J. Conkling, James D. Brown. Nicholas Strott; Fourth, Isaac A. Hawley, Charles R. Post, W. Whitney.

1868 .- Mayor-William E. Shutt; Alder men-First Ward, James M. Logan, A. Schwartz,

John Carmody; Second, M. K. Anderson, John S. Vredenburg, Edward J. Rafter; Third, Wil- liam J. Conkling, Nicholas Strott, James A. Lott; Fourth, Isaac A. Hawley, W. Whitney, Henry Loosley.

1869 .- Mayor-N. M. Broadwell; Aldermen- First Ward, Frank Hudson, Jr., John Carmody, William Clark; Second, John S. Vredenburg, Edward J. Rafter, George M. Brown; Third, Nicholas Strott, James A. Lott, John S. Brad- ford; Fourth, W. Whitney, Henry Loosely, Reddick M. Ridgely, Obed Lewis.

1870 .- Mayor-John W. Priest; Aldermen- First Ward, John Carmody, Frank Hudson, Jr., Frank W. Tracy; Second, Edward J. Raf- ter, George W. Brown, Hobert Bradford, H. N. Alden; Fourth, Reddick M. Ridgely, Obed Lewis, August Linegar.

1871 .- Mayor-John W. Smith: Aldermen - First Ward, Frank Hudson, Jr., Frank W. Tra- cy, R. J. Coats; Second, Hobert T. Ives, Charles A. IIelmle, Maurice Fitzgerald; Third, John S. Bradford, H. N. Alden, H. S. Dick- erman; Fourth, Obed Lewis, Reddick, M. Ridge- ly, Lyman Sherwood.

1872 .- Mavor-John W. Smith; Aldermen- First Ward, Ralph J. Coats, Louis Rosette, John W. Stultz; Second, Hobert T. Ives, Charles A. Helmle, Maurice Fitzgerald; Third, H. N. Alden, + H. S. Dickerman, L. H. Bradley; Fourth, Obed Lewis, Lyman Sherwood, William G. Parker.

1873 .- Mayor-Charles E. Hay; Aldermen- First Ward, Lewis Rosette, Ralph J. Coats, Rich- ard Roderick; Second, Charles J. Helmle, Maurice Fitzgerald, Zimri A. Enos; Third, H. S. Dicker- man, L. H. Bradley, Tingley S. Wood; Fourth, Willian G. Parker, Joseph W. Lane, W. H. Hummell.

In 1874, the city was divided into six wards, the representation in each ward remaining as heretofore-three Aldermen.

1874. - Mayor - Obed Lewis; Aldermen - First Ward, Manuel DeSouza, Thomas Howey, William Hunter, H. O. Bolles; Second, Zimri A. Enos, Maurice Fitzgerald, Frank Reisch, Jr .; Third, L. H. Bradley, Tingley S. Wood, Thomas G. Prickett, N. W. Edwards; Fourth, W. J. Par- ker, Edwin J. Scanlan, Michael Reifler; Fifth Richard Roderick, Frank Hudson, Jr., Lonis Rosette; Sixth, Joseph W. Lane, H. S. Dicker. man, John T. Rhodes.

1875 .- Mayor-Charles E. Hay; Aldermen- First Ward, H. O. Bolles, Manuel DeSouza, George W. Krodell; Second, Zimri A. Enos, Frank Reisch, Jr., William Flynn; Third, Ting-

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ley S. Wood, Thomas G. Prickett, Thomas S. Mather; Fourth, Michael Reifler, Edwin J. Sean- lan, George Mccutcheon; Fifth, Richard Roder- ick, Frank Hudson, Jr., William H. Staley; Sixth, Joseph W. Lane, John T. Rhodes, John Mayo Palmer.

1876 .- Mayor-William Jayne; Aldermen- First Ward, Manuel DeSouza, George W. Kro- dell, John O. Piper; Second, Frank Reisch, Jr., William J. Flynn, Frederick Walther; Third, Thomas G. Prickett, Thomas S. Mather, William Sands; Fourth, Edwin J. Scanlon, George R. Hough, William White; Fifth, Frank Hudson, Jr., William H. Staley, Charles Fisher; Sixth, John T. Rhodes, John Mayo Palmer, James C. Conkling.

1877 .- Mayor- William Jayne; Aldermen - First Ward, George W. Krodell, John O. Piper, Manuel Affonso; Second, William J. Flynn, Frederick Walther, "Alfred Orendorff; Third, Thomas S. Mather, William Sands, James Smith; Fourth, George Hough, William White, Edwin J. Scanlon; Fifth, William H. Staley, Charles Fisher, John O. Rames; Sixth, John Mayo Palmer, James C. Conkling, John T. Rhodes.

1878 .- Mayor-J. A. Vincent; Aldermen - First Ward, John O. Piper, M. Affonso, J. E. Rosette; Second, Joseph Trutter, A. Orendorff, Dennis O'Brien; Third, William Sands, J. W. Smith, B. W. Ayres; Fourth, William White, Edward J. Scanlon, Fred MeCarthy; Fifth, Charles Fisher, John O. Rames, William H. Sta- ley; Sixth, J. C. Conkling, J. T. Rhodes, Chris. Wolf.

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History of Sangamon County, Illinois, together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens, Part 92

Author: Interstate publishing co., Chicago. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago, Inter-state publishing company Number of Pages: 1084

Author: Interstate publishing co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Inter-state publishing company
Number of Pages: 1084