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Ernest Schurman .- Conrad and Emely Sehurman, the parents of Ernest, were of German birth, where he, too, was born, at Buer, Hanover, June 25, 1843, where he received a fine German ednea- tion, at Norden, Ostfriestland. In 1864, while just ready to sail for America, he met at Norden, Mr. Teis Smith, who was then in Europe on a visit, and who offered him a situation as book-keeper, which he excepted, and sailed at once for America, arriving at Pekin, Aug. 25, 1864. He was married to Onnoline Looschen, by Rev. Julius Seidel, Sept. 29, 1867, this being the twenty-fifth anniversary of the wedding of his parents, who were then celebrating their silver wedding in the fatherland. Mr. S. has been called by his fellow townsmen to fill many offices of trust, among which was Alderman of Pekin, during which time he was made chairman of the Finance Committee; Supervisor of Pekin township, also Supervisor of city of Pekin, etc. The family of Mr. and Mrs. S. consist of five children.
C. H. L. Schurman, a son of C. H. and Emily (Voigt) Schur- man, was born in Buer, near Osnabruek Province, Hanover, Ger- many, Feb. 20, 1848, where he grew to manhood and received a good education, and graduated at the Gymnasium in Norden, Ost- friesland. Coming to Pekin in 1864, he engaged as book-keeper with Smith, Hippen & Co. He was married to Miss Hermine Hippen, a native of Anrich, Ostfriesland, Germany, from which union were born four children -Carl, May 27, '71 ; William, July 28, '73; Minnie, Nov. 20, '75; Henry, Aug. 14, '78. He was elected by his fellow citizens to fill the office of City Treasurer, serving with satisfaction.
Louis Stapper, piano tuner and music teacher.
Peter Steinmetz was born at Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, Septem- ber, 1839. His parents were Adam and Barbara (Schantz) Stein- metz, natives of Germany. He came to this country in 1857, entirely penniless, and by frugality of habit, personal integrity, and business ability, has accumulated a fine property, and established himself in a large and growing dry goods and clothing trade. He was married in the fall of 1862, to Fredrica Ross, and they have
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seven children, born as follows: Peter, March 23, '63; George, Sept. 30, '64; Lena, May 23, '66; Henry, June 12, '69; Louisa, Sept. 30, '71; and Emma, April 6, '78. Mr. Steinmetz has held the offices of Supervisor, School Director, and Inspector of Pekin, the latter office he now holds, and has filled it acceptably for many terms. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, of Pekin.
William T. Thompson, whose parents, John C. and Celia J. (Col- lins) Thompson, were natives, the former of New York and the latter of Kentucky, was himself born in Peoria Ill., where he spent his early life and received his education. Mr. T. spent many years in frontier life engaged in the live stock trade throughout the wilds of the far West, which at times was full of thrilling adventures so often met with in a life beyond the borders of civilization. Desir- ing a more quiet occupation Mr. Thompson returned to Peoria and engaged in the mercantile business, and has since settled in Pekin, where he now is engaged in like pursuits. He has been a member, since its organization, of Co. G, I. N. G., of Pekin.
William A. Tinney was born in Petersburg, Va., March 31, 1806. His parents were Nathaniel and Caroline (Marshall) Tinney. Nathaniel served in the Revolutionary war and participated in many hard fought battles. William A. learned the saddler's trade, which trade he followed for some fifteen years. He was united in marriage April 6, 1830, to Miss Sarah Jane Yager, a native of Ky. Mr. T. arrived in Tazewell Co. in Nov., 1832. He was Second Lieutenant of Co. G, 4th Regt. Ill. Vol. during the Mexican war, and participated in the battles of Vera Cruz and Cero Gordo. He was by the side of Gen. Shields when he was wounded at the latter battle. He caught the falling Gen. in his arms and bore him out of danger. In 1848, he settled permanently in Pekin, where he still resides, respected by all. Mr. T. has been honored by his fel- low citizens with various elective offices, which he has always filled with honor. He was appointed to take the United States cencus in 1840 and 1860. He is at present Police Magistrate for the city of Pekin. In politics is Democratic to the core, having cast his first vote for Jackson.
Gen. Charles Turner, the son of Rev. Charles A. and Mary (Bailey) Turner, who lived in Connecticut, where the General was born in the county of New London, March 15, 1825. He inherited a determination to make a mark in the world and chose the law for his field of conflict with the great problem of life, in which he has shown himself the equal of any in the Bar of Tazewell county, and where he attained the eminence of Judge. He was married on the 20th of Oct., 1853, to Miss Sarah E. Henry, the cultured and accomplished daughter of R. I. Henry, of Ohio. In the war for the Union Gen. Turner took rank among the bravest and ablest, whose names have been written on the scroll of imperishable fame, from the great State of Illinois.
Joshua Wagenseller is in the truest sense, one of Tazewell county's
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pioneers, having arrived here as far back as Jan. 3, 1837. He points with pride to the Key-stone State as the land of his birth. He first saw the light July 5, 1813, in Norris county, Pa. Peter and Susanna (Longaere) Wagenseller, his parents, were honest in- dustrious people. Three years after he came here he was married to Miss Mary Rupert, five children being the issue of the union. Mr. W. is now engaged in the mercantile business, which is far the oldest established house in Central Illinois, having been opened 42 years ago and continued without intermission during all these years. Although not a politician, Mr. Wagenseller has numbered among his personal friends some of the greatest statesmen of our time, and among the number was Abraham Lincoln, who, previous to his election to the Presidency, frequently visited him at his home here. Lincoln was, in former years, Mr. Wagenseller's attorney and after his elevation to the high position of President, he did not forget his friend of former years, but offered him an appointment to a Federal office, which Mr. Wagenseller chose to decline and time has proven that he chose wisely, for no country has a greater honor to bestow on any man than that of a successful, honest private citizen.
William Weiss, whose name heads this sketch, has been a resident of Pekin since 1855, where, by his native ability and personal in- tegrity, he has built up one of the largest trades in the sale of lum- ber and manufacture of sash and blinds, in the central part of Illinois. His parents, Daniel and Christiana (Henkel) Weiss, were natives of Germany, where William was born Sept. 9, 1829. Per- haps no man in Tazewell county is better or more favorably known in business circles than Mr. Weiss. He has been elected Alderman of his ward, and filled the office of Chief of Fire Department at the age of twenty-eight. When he had been two years in Pekin he wedded Miss Eva Lahnes. Providence has dealt kindly with then, for their eight children, Elizabeth,born Sept. 5, '57; John, Jan. 10, '59; William, Sept. 25, '63; Gretchen, Aug. 27, '68; Emma, Sept. 5, '68; Anna, May 19, '71; Lonisa, May 19, '71; and Ida, March 23, '75, have all been spared, and all give promise of living lives of usefulness.
H. P. Westerman was born, Aug. 25, 1836, in St. Louis, Mo., and is the son of Conrad and Margaretha (Lang) Westerman. His father and his family came to Pekin in 1846, and old Father West- erman died here in 1873. H. P. attended the common schools of Pekin, and then entered Bell's Commercial College, from where he graduated. In 1848 he embarked in the dry goods business as clerk, and from that time his active business career began. He was united in marriage with Mary L. Gregg, Oct. 13, 1856. Three children were born to them, two of whom are living.
Mary L. Westerman, daughter of John Gregg and Susan Leslie, was born in Wayne Co., Mich., but at an early age removed to Ill. Her father is a direct descendant of the McGregor clan. Her mother was a woman of fine natural abilities, to which were added
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the gifts of a forcible and observing writer. Mrs. W. received a thorough English education. Her natural abilities are superior and are carefully cultured by study and extensive travel. She is a woman of great energy and a firmness of purpose that has assured success in all undertakings. On the 13th of October, 1856, she was married to Henry P. Westerman, Esq., at the old Reformed Church, being the first marriage ever solemnized there. Their union was blest with three children, the eldest of whom died some years since. At the breaking out of the Civil war, although young in years, Mrs. W. proved a woman of great foresight and executive ability, being a leader of what may well be denominated the "home guards," that noble army of women of whom history is silent, but from whose courage and generous aid the soldiers drew much of the inspiration which brought success to their arms. She was connected with the Soldier's Aid Society four years, two as president and two as secre- tary. The Sanitary Fair was held in this city in the fall of 1863. Mrs. W. was appointed to solicit subscriptions from Eastern mer- chants, and to visit hospitals to learn the most urgent needs of the soldiers. Her efforts were unusually successful, receiving, among other things, six autographie photographs from President Lincoln. The Fair netted the Aid Society $3,163. A dispute arose as to the proper disposition of the funds, Mrs. W. and several of the Demo- cratie ladies of the committee desiring that it might go for clothing, medicine, and the comforts so necessary to the siek room. An equal', strong faction voted the entire sum, by a majority of one, to Tyng & Reynolds, of Peoria, to be used to buy traets and Testa- m( s, thinking, in their way, that the presentation of a tract defin- ing the status of the doctrine of eternal punisment would be more consoling to the dying soldiers than a soft bed and healing medicine. Mrs. W., having a practical experience as to the needs of our boys, feeling their woes with a woman's tenderness and sympathy, plead as only a woman can that it might not be devoted from its proper object, but backed by feelings as barren of practical results as the doctrines that bred them, the money was voted away. The meet- ing took place late Saturday night. Before breakfast Monday Mrs. W. and Mrs. James Wilson sought legal advice of Hon. B. S. Pret- tyman, and got out an injunction restraining the payment to Tyng & Reynolds, and the latter, hearing of the dispute, came to Pekin and insisted on the money being spent for hospital comforts and necessaries. The papers denounced Mrs. W. "for striking hands with the Copperheads." But knowing the righteousness of her cause she persevered with that true courage which rises superior to taunts and scoffs, and the end was her complete vindication, and the following letter exhibits the feeling engendered by work of the Aid Society :
BIRD'S POINT, MISSOURI, January 1st, 1862.
To Mrs. H. P. Westerman and Mrs. F. L. Rhoads :
Your kind note of December 21st, informing us that to the ladies of Pekin we are indebted for the splendid Christmas gift, in the shape of "bed
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comforts," as also the comforts themselves, were duly received. You may be assured that we are all deeply touched by this evidence of your kindness and good will towards us, and that we are grateful to and proud of the fair donors. Accept from us all our heartfelt thanks and best wishes for your future peace and prosperity; and may the land of the free long be the home of such gen- erous sympathy. We have the honor to be yours, most respectfully,
Co. F, Sth Regt. Illinois Volunteers.
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And so strongly did the tide turn in the lady's favor, that on all occasions she was sought as the one most worthy to do honor to the soldiers on their return, and one time the following toast was paid her: " Our Lady Speaker. May she live to address our soldiers when they return from the war; when our spears have been beaten into pruning-hooks and our swords into plow-shares." Responded to by D. C. Smith.
In 1866 she united with the English M. E. Church. A little later she commenced as a teacher in the Sabbath-school, with a class of 11 little ones. Being a conscientious and interesting teacher, and a woman of peculiar sympathy and knowledge of the child-heart, her class grew with rapidity and soon demanded a larger room, number- ing, at one time, 400 active pupils, and it is said that in 13 years half the children in this city have passed through her hands as Sun- day-school children, and the incidents of her teacher-work alone would fill a volume. In this limited record of faets we have no space to speak of those qualities which have ever won for her honor and respect. Her daughters, Misses Alice and Susie, have enjoyed unusual educational advantages ; have also made two trips to Europe in company with their mother. Mrs. W. is a ready, pleasing speaker, a vigorous, forcible writer, and has filled with ability every position to which she has been called. Like all persons of progressive ind liberal ideas and fixedness of purpose, she has been the subject of many bitter animadversions, but through all trials she has borne herself with characteristic dignity, and, as time has developed, her opponents have acknowledged that she was right. No one, whether mendicant or business man, in distress (and many have gone to her), has appealed to her charity in vain, and were the little "heart histo- ries," the tears that she has dried, the wants that she has relieved, made known, it would add a lustre to her name that time could not dim. It is the penalty of such lives to meet untold opposition, and it is only when the tenderness is of no avail, and the kind words can no longer be heard, that such lives are truly estimated. But they are a legacy that make the inheritors richer than seas with sands of gold.
Charles Young, a Justice of the Peace at Pekin, was born at Athol, Mass., Dec. 4, 1818. His ancestors were natives of the same State, and, like most of the loyal sons of that grand old common- wealth, fought in the Revolution. Both of his grandfathers, elee- trified by the burning words and matchless eloquence of the immortal Patrick Henry, sprang to arms at the first call for troops, and fought tell the close of the war. Charles was sent to Brattle-
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boro, Vt., where he received an academic education. We next find him in New York, where, in 1841, he united his destiny with the accomplished Miss Read, who, however, lived but a few years. About 1840, Mr. Young joined the New York Malitia, where, for his commanding presence and military bearing, he was commis- sioned, by Wm. H. Seward, a Lieutenant in the Light Artillery. Leaving New York, he went South, where he traveled extensively, and at the beginning of the war in 1860, he left New Orleans and came to Pekin. He was married in 1852 to Henrietta Hanaghan, who died in 1872, and who was the mother of his six children.
Louis Zinger, whose portrait appears in our Pekin group, was born at Alsace, France, June 7, 1846. His parents, Barnabas and Stephania .Zinger, were also natives of Alsace, where Louis passed his childhood and received his early education, which he completed at Peoria, where he came at an early age. He came to Pekin Feb. 27, 1874, where he engaged in the monumental business, in which he has had good success, having, in the short space of five years, es- tablished a fine trade. Mr. Zinger was married to Miss Catherine Stalter, and three children gladden their household, who are all liv- ing, and promise lives of usefulness. Mr. Zinger has held the office of Supervisor and is at present Treasurer of the City of Pekin. In politics he acts and votes with the Democratic party, having been elected to his present office by that party.
OFFICIALS OF PEKIN CITY.
1849. Mayor-Bernard Bailey. Aldermen-1st Ward, John Atkinson; 2nd, David P. Kenyon ; 3rd, Wm. S. Maus; 4th, Jacob Riblet. Clerk-Benj. Kellogg. Treasurer-John Gridley. City Attorney-Benjamin S. Pret- tyman. City Marshal-Thomas Cloudas.
1850. Mayor-Bernard Bailey *; A. Woolstein. Aldermen-1st Ward, Peter Weyhrich: 2nd, David P. Kenyon; 3rd, Wm. S. Maus; 4th, Jacob Rib- let; 5th, John Turner, Treasurer-John Gridley. City Attorney-B. S. Prettyman. City Marshal-Wm. Snider.
1851. Mayor-Jas. Harriott. Aldermen-2nd Ward, William Wilkey; 3rd, Stephen Robinson; 5th, Jacob Clauser. City Attorney-John S. Me- Intire. City Marshal-T. M. Cloudas.
1852. Mayor-James Harriott. Alderman-1st Ward, Thomas N. Gill, 2nd, David P. Kenyon; 3rd, James A. McGrew. Clerk-T. D. Vincent.
1853. Mayor-Middleton Tackaberry. Aldermen-1st Ward, Thos. N. Gill; 2nd, David P. Kenyon; 3rd, R. Buck; 4th, Peter Weyhrich; 5th, Jacob Clauser. City Marshal-Wm. A. Tinney. Clerk-W. B. Parker.
1854. Mayor-M. C. Young. Aldermen-1st Ward, Thos. N. Gill; 2nd, Jno. W. Glass; 3rd, R. Buck," A. Brown; 4th, Peter Weyhrich; 5th, Jacob Clauser. Attorney-C. H. Goodrich; Marshal-S. P. Higginson.
1855. Mayor-M. C. Young. Aldermen-1st Ward, Thos. N. Gill; 2nd, Jno. WV. Glass; 3rd, A. Brown,* G. L. Thomas; 4th, Robert Gibson. City Attorney-Wm. B. Parker. Clerk-Wm. B. Parker.
1856. Mayor-L. H. Wilkey. Aldermen-1st Ward, Joshua Wagenseller and James S. McIntire; 2nd, Peter Devore and Conrad Westerman ; 3rd, Reuben Bergstresser; 4th, Benj. S. Prettyman. Clerk-Wm. B. Parker ; Treasurer-John Gridley, City Attorney-James Roberts.
* Resigned.
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1857. Mayor-M. Tackaberry. Aldermen-1st Ward, J. Wagenseller ; 2nd, S. D. Puterbaugh; 3rd, A. Haas; 4th, David Mark; Clerk-William B. Parker. City Attorney-James Roberts. Treasurer-John Gridley.
185S. Mayor-Peter Weyhrich. Aldermen-1st Ward, S. P. Higginson; 2d, Peter Devore and Win. Devinny; 3rd, N. Davis and T. J. Pickett; 4th, B. S. Prettyman. Clerk-Wm. B. Parker. Attorney-James Roberts. Treasurer-John Gridley.
IS59. Mayor-Peter Weyhrich. Aldermen, 1st Ward, Joshua Wagenseller; 2nd, John Sandusky; 3rd, Teis Smith ; 4th, Thos. C. Reeves. Clerk- Wm. B. Parker. City Attorney-Jas. Roberts. Treasurer-J. Gridley.
1860. Mayor-I. E. Leonard. Aldermen-1st Ward-Daniel S. Reisinger; 2nd, John Lucas; 3rd, W. T. Edds; 4th, Samuel Rhoads; Clerk-A. P. Griswold. Attorney-James Roberts. Treasurer-John Gridley.
1861. Mayor-I. E. Leonard. Aldermen-1st Ward, Henry P. Westerman; 2nd, Henry Zuckweiler; 3rd, Teis Smith; 4th, Geo. H. Harlow. Clerk- A. P. Griswold. Attorney-J. M. Hanna and C. A. Roberts.
1862. Mayor-B. S. Prettyman. Aldermen-1st Ward, Stephen Roney and Daniel Reisinger; 2nd, John Lucas; 3rd, Reuben Bergstresser; 4th, I. E. Leonard. Clerk-A. P. Griswold. Attorney-Jno. B. Cohrs. Treas- urer-John Gridley.
1863. Mayor-Samuel E. Barber. Aldermen-1st Ward, Jacob Clauser ; 2d, George Kennedy; 3rd Teis Smith; 4th, Thos. N. Gill. Clerk-A. P. Griswold. Attorney-A. Bergen. Treasurer-John W. Glassgow.
1864. Mayor-Thomas C. Reeves. Aldermen-1st Ward, Stephen Roney ; 2nd, John Lucas; 3rd, John Herget; 4th, John D. McIntire. Clerk-H. Vandervoort. Attorney-A. Bergen. Treasurer-J. W. Glassgow.
1865. Mayor-Wm. W. Sellers. Aldermen-1st Ward, Peter Schaumleffel; 2nd, J. F. Tucker; 3rd, Teis Smith; 4th, W. Don Maus. Clerk-Wm. M. Olinstead. Attorney-N. W. Green, Wm. E. Parker. Treasurer-B. F. Blossom.
1866. Mayor-Wm. W. Sellers. Aldermen-Ist Ward, John Cohenour; 2nd, John Berry ; 3rd, John Herget; 4th, James F. Peyton. Clerk-Wm. Olmstead. Attorney-C. J. Elliott. Treasurer-J. M. Gill.
1867. Mayor-C. J. D. Rupert. Aldermen-1st Ward, Peter Schaumleffel ; 2nd, Wm. Schlagg; 3rd, Teis Smith; 4th, Chas. Turner. Clerk-Wilbur F. Henry. Attorney-Richard Williams. Treasurer-John M. Gill.
186S. Mayor-C. J. D. Rupert. Aldermen-1st Ward, Stephen Roney ; 2nd, August Winkle; 2rd Benjamin Michael; 4th, George S. Smith. Clerk- Felix G. Knott. Attorney-Richard Williams. Treasurer-George R. Babcock.
1869. Mayor-William T. Edds. Aldermen-1st Ward, Herman Kickler; 2nd, Jacob Klein; 3rd, Teis Smith; 4th, Reuben Bergstresser; 5th, Lott Bergstresser, James Haines; 6th, Jonathan H. Myers, John G. Eyrse. Clerk-William H. Wallingford. Attorney-Collins J. Elliott. Treas- urer-Charles Young.
IS70. Mayor-David T. Thompson. Aldermen-1st Ward-Joshua Wagen- seller; 2nd, W. Weiss; 3rd, D. W. Umdenstock; 4th, I. E. Leonard; 5th, James F. Peyton; 6th, Charles Young. Clerk-William Docker. At- torney-A. B. Sawyer. Treasurer-Thomas J. Roney.
1871. Mayor-David T. Thompson. Aldermen -1st Ward, John M. Gill ; 2nd, E. Schurman; 3rd, D. C. Smith; 4th, H. P. Westerman; 5th, Wm. Blenkiron; 6th, Fred Christopher. Clerk-Wm. Docker. Attorney-E. C. Brearley. Treasurer-Thomas J. Roney.
1872. Mayor-John Stoltz. Aldermen-1st Ward, Chas. J. Hulbig; 2nd, D. W. Umdenstock; 3rd, George J. Webber; 4th, W. T. Patterson; 5th, C. R. Johnson; 6th, Phillip Weber. Clerk-Wm. Docker. Attorney-T. N. Mehan. Treasurer-J. G. Rupert.
1873. Mayor-John Herget. Aldermen-1st Ward, John Hallinan ; 2nd, Ja- cob Klein; 3rd, Habbe Velde; 4th, G. F. Saltonstall; 5th, W. Blenkiron;
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6th, W. L. Prettyman. Clerk-Wm. Docker. Attorney-Geo. Rider. Treasurer-J. G. Rupert.
1874. Mayor-John Herget. Aldermen-1st Ward, E. A. Hall ; 2nd, I. C. Frederick ; 3rd, John Bonk ; 4th, W. F. Henry; 5th, A. B. Sawyer; 6th, C. K. Myers. Clerk-Wm. Docker. Attorney-W. R. Hall. Treasurer -Jay G. Rupert.
1875.
Mayor-C. R. Cummings. Aldermen-1st Ward, John M. Gill, E. A. Hall, T. R. Skelly; 2nd, E. Schurmann, H. A. Bruns, Habbe Velde; 3d, U. G. Albertson, W. D. Oswald, John Scheidel; 4th, G. R. Cobleigh, Jas. Haines, John Roos. Clerk-J. M. Moloney. Attorney-W. R. Hall. Treasurer-Oscar Hofer.
1876.
Mayor-C. R. Cummings. Aldermen-1st Ward, H. W. Hippen, T. R. Skelly, Henry Lautz; 3rd, W. J. Albertson, J. P. Scheidel, Thomas Schneider. Clerk-J. M. Moloney. Attorney-Geo C. Rider. Treas- urer-Oscar Hofer.
1877.
Mayor-A. B. Sawyer. Aldermen-2nd Ward, H. A. Burns, Geo. S. De Vries, John Velde; 4th, J. F. Peyton, G. R. Cobleigh, J. G. Ledter- man. Clerk, J. M. Moloney. Attorney-G. C. Rider. Treasurer-Louis Schurman.
1878.
Mayor-A. B. Sawyer. Aldermen-1st Ward, E. M. Mulvey, John Kelch, I. F. Schipper; 3rd, H. Vork, O. Wieburg, Adam Saae. Clerk- J. M. Moloney. Attorney-G. C. Rider. Treasurer-Louis Schureman.
1879. Mayor-H. W. Hippen. Aldermen-2nd Ward, Aug. Winkel, Ahrend Behrens, E. Schurman; 4th, G. R. Cobleigh, Erastus Rhoads, William Rundle. Clerk-John W. Hoffman. Attorney-G. C. Rider. Treas- urer-Louis Zinger.
SUPERVISORS.
William S. Maus 1850
H. Naylor 1874
James Haines.
1851-52
Peter Steinmetz.
1875
William S. Maus
1854-61
Henry Lautz 1865
William S. Maus, asst.
1863-65
Ernest Schurman
1876
Joshua Wagenseller
1860
Wm. Don Maus
1876-77
Peter Weyhrich, asst
1861-65
C. B. Cummings
1876
Martin Stover, asst
1866
Fred Smith
1876
Wm. Don Mans.
1866
J. G. Weber.
1876
George Greigg
1867-68
Henry Didcock
1877
Teis Smith, asst.
1867-70
John C. Aydelott
1878
Joshua Wagenseller.
1870
Thomas R. Skelly
1878-79
John Stoltz
1871-72
C. B. Cummings
1878-79
John Herget, asst.
1871-72
E. Schurman
1878-79
George Greigg.
1873-74
H. W. Hippen
1878
W. Don Maus, asst.
1873-74
J. M. Gill .. 1879
John Herget.
1874
J. Lederer.
1879
D. C. Smith
1874
TOWN-CLERKS.
John Gridley
1854-55
Wm. H. Teibert. 1866
Charles Turner
1857-59
Julius Mayerhoff.
1867
A. P. Griswold
1860-61
Charles F. Vatterline. 1868
Geo. R. Babcock
1863
Myron Cory.
1870-76
David W. Umdenstock
1864
Erastus Rhoads 1877-78
Harmon Kickler
1865
Charles Young.
1879
ASSESSORS.
M. Tackaberry
1854
Henry Riblet 1867
S. P. Higginson.
1855
Jacob Lucas
1868-70
Thomas C. Reeves
1857
Fred Schaefer.
1871-72
Charles Turner.
1858-59
H. Lautz
1873
Robert W. Briggs
1860
John Wildhack
1874
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Richard Shaw.
1861
Jacob Stout
1875-76
James Haines.
1863
Michael Gallow
1877
Thomas C. Reeves.
1864
Jacob Lucas
1878
Jacob Stout
1865-66
David Wandschneider. 1879
COLLECTORS.
Henry Riblet
1854-58
Ibe Look 1873
Joseph Stewart.
1859
John G. Kuhl
1874
David T. Thompson
1860
John Cohenour
1875
John B. Whitefoot
1861
Phillip Webber.
1876
Hugh K. Alexander
1863-66
Thomas B. Dorsey
1877
Hezekiah Naylor
1867-68
Hezekiah Naylor.
1878
August Riese
1870-72
U. J. Albertson
1879
SAND PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP.
The Mackinaw river courses eastwardly through this township, dividing it near its center. The groves on the north side of the river were settled at a very early day. Elisha and Major Isaac Perkins settled on sec. 1, about 1824. Both of these gentlemen were active, enterprising pioneers, and were prominent in the early history of the county. Major Perkins was killed in the famous battle of Stillman's Run, during the Black Hawk war. Isaac moved to Iowa about twenty-five years ago. They came here from near Shawneetown, Ill. Gideon Hawley came from the East and settled on the section with the Perkins'. He died on the farm where Jas. Hamson now lives. Thomas Lander located on section 7; he was from Virginia. Jno. Sommers was from North Carolina ; he erected his cabin on section 1. Daniel Rankin came from Pennsylvanin in 1828, and located on 7. John Shelton came the following year from Virginia, and made himself a home on 8. James Reese came the same year, and located on section 9. John Vaneil was among the first to come; he settled on section 9, and is the only one of the earliest pioneers of this township now living. He resides in the town of Circleville. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1798. When he was but two years of age, his parents moved to Kentucky. Here he remained until he was nineteen years old, when he was married to Miss Naney Tuley, who was born in North Carolina, Jan. 20, 1800. Her parents also moved to Kentucky when she was a child. Shortly after their marriage they came to Illinois, and to Tazewell county.
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