History of Vermilion County, Illinois, Volume One, Part 20

Author: Williams, Jack Moore, 1886-
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Topeka, [Kan.] ; Indianapolis, [Ind.] : Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 552


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The officers of the association are : President, Louis Cle- ments; vice president, S. E. Brittingham ; secretary-treas- urer, Otto W. Berg; executive committee, W. R. Jewell, chairman; I. Ray Carter, H. F. Lindley, Charles Troup; grievance committee, J. H. Lewman, George F. Rearick, H. M. Steely, Senior.


The members of the Vermilion County Bar are:


Danville : W. M. Acton, R. D. Acton and B. H. Snyder, of Acton, Acton & Snyder; J. D. Allen, Lawrence T. Allen and E. L. Dalbey of Allen & Dalbey; David Allison, M. B. Bailey, R. B. Bookwalter and H. A. Swallow, of Swallow & Bookwalter; Probate Judge W. J. Bookwalter, Assistant State's Attorney Louis J. Bremer, S. E. Brittingham, Ed. L. Brown, Walter Brewer and W. J. Grant, of Brewer & Grant, H. E. Bouton and John Twomey, of Bouton & Two- mey; Otto W. Berg, J. M. Boyle, Leo Burk, I. Ray Carter and John H. Lewman, of Lewman & Carter; Circuit Judge S. Murray Clark, Louis Clements, Fletcher Coleman and Oliver D. Mann, of Mann & Coleman; John Clark and H. Ernest Hutton, of Hutton & Clark; Charles M. Crayton; J. R. Dean, A. B. Dennis, H. B. Downs, Park S. Duffin, Master in Chancery Walter V. Dysert, W. O. Edwards, Charles W. Fleming and County Judge W. T. Henderson, of Fleming & Henderson; State's Attorney Elmer O. Fur- row, W. T. Gunn, F. B. Penwell and Harold F. Lindley, of Gunn, Penwell & Lindley; A. R. Hall and Congressman William P. Holaday, of Hall & Holaday; W. R. Jewell and


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Assistant United States Attorney John W. Speakman, of Jewell & Speakman; Ralph M. Jinkins and Samuel Jinkins, of Jinkins & Jinkins; Public Administrator A. A. Johnson, Robert Johnson, O. M. Jones, Paul F. Jones and V. W. Mc- Intire, of Jones, McIntire & Jones; M. F. Keegan, L. M. Kent, E. R. E. Kimbrough, Walter C. Lindley, United States District Judge; Assistant State's Attorney O. W. Longenecker, I. A. Love, L. A. Lowenstein, J. N. Moore, Colfax T. Martin, E. L. McDuffee, E. L. Mclaughlin, Cor- poration Counsel James A. Meeks and George F. Rearick, of Rearick & Meeks; O. C. Maxwell, A. A. Partlow, City Attorney Casper Platt, Ralph Rouse, S. F. Schecter, H. M. Steely, Sr., and H. M. Steely, Jr., of Steely & Steely; Charles Troup, Wilbur R. Wicks, J. C. Woodbury.


Hoopeston: G. H. Couchman, James H. Dyer and Charles F. Dyer, of Dyer & Dyer; R. R. Rodman, Charles E. Russell, Miles Odle.


Rossville: Robert Braden, George A. Ray and Jesse Young, of Ray & Young.


Ridgefarm: R. W. Fisk.


Vermilion County is part of the fifth judicial circuit, which compromises Vermilion, Coles, Edgar, Clark and Cumberland counties. Court terms are convened here the third Monday in January, the third Monday in May and the first Monday in October of each year.


Judge S. Murray Clark, of Danville; Judge George W. Bristow, of Paris; and Judge Charles A. Shuey, of Charles- ton, are the judges in this district.


Elmer O. Furrow is state's attorney, his assistants be- ing Louis J. Bremer and O. W. Longenecker. Other county officials are: County Judge, W. T. Henderson ; sheriff, Col. M. B. Grimes; circuit clerk, C. E. Wellman; county clerk, John Moore; master in chancery, Walter V. Dysert; pro-


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bation officer, John Twomey; chief probation officer, F. M. Grimes; county superintendent of highways, W. S. Dillon; probate judge, W. J. Bookwalter ; county superintendent of schools, L. A. Tuggle; county recorder of deeds, W. H. Carter; county treasurer, Fred Endicott; court reporter, J. A. Gannon; county coroner, John Cole; deputy coroners, W. H. Hackman, Fay Feidler and Esther Balsley.


CHAPTER XVII


THE MEDICAL PROFESSION


PIONEER DOCTORS-MEDICINE IN 1824-VERMILION COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY - DOCTORS OF TODAY -SAINT ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL - LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL.


The medical profession of Vermilion County has to its credit over a hundred years of devotion to the most worthy cause known to mankind-the alleviation of suffering, com- batting disease and prolonging the span of human life. It has been well said by that eminent author, Robert Louis Stevenson : "There are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd-the soldier; the sailor; the shep- herd, not infrequently; the artist, rarely; rarelier still, the clergyman; the physician, almost as a rule. He is the flower of our civilization, and when that stage of man is done with, only to be marvelled at in history, he will be thought to have shared but little in the defects of the period and to have most notably exhibited the virtues of the race. Generosity he has, such as is possible only to those who practice an art, and never to those who drive a trade; discretion, tested by a hundred secrets; tact, tried in a thousand embarrassments; and what are more impor- tant, herculian cheerfulness and courage. So it is that he brings an air of cheer into the sick room, and often enough, though not so often as he desires, brings healing."


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The pioneer doctors of Vermilion County were not un- like the average medical men who followed closely the vanguard of civilization who laid the foundations of the West. Of course the standard of requirements were not high in those days; neither were there so many legal regu- lations governing the practice of medicine, yet, many of the early doctors here were graduates of medical colleges and the others had read medicine under the direction of competent and experienced practitioners which was a com- mon method of obtaining a medical education and training in those days.


The early doctor made his calls on horseback, riding long distances over the sparsely settled plains at all times of night and day and in all kinds of weather. He got lots of fresh air and exercise. He was not a golf enthusiast. There were no roads, in the modern sense of the term. He followed the trail, and carried his few surgical instru- ments and a small supply of medicine in his saddlebags. Included in the doctor's surgical kit was also a pair of forceps with which he "pulled" an occasional tooth if the patient was able to stand the operation without an anes- thetic or sympathy. The pioneer doctor was faithful to his patient and profession, but no doubt made mistakes.


The first physician to locate permanently in Vermilion County was Dr. Asa Palmer, who settled in Danville in 1824. He was a native of Connecticut, born at Coventry in 1786. He became a resident of Vermont in his boyhood days, and later lived in the Black River country of New York. Subsequently he became a resident of Moscow, where both his parents died. While living in New York State, Dr. Palmer studied medicine and practiced a little. He was married while living in New York State. He made a trip to the west in search of a location, and came here to


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live in 1824. His first trip was made on horseback, but when he came to locate, the journey was made by boat, going first to Pittsburg and then down the Ohio River and up the Wabash River. His destination was the Vermilion River country but at that time there was no Danville to attract him, not even so small a settlement at this place.


Dr. Palmer began his practice in this section and for many miles around the settlements from the Little Ver- milion to those north and west of the mouth of the North Fork of the Vermilion River, he rode in his practice. After Danville became the county seat, his home was there and his practice was over a broad territory from that point. Eventually he gave up the practice of medicine and lived retired. In connection with his son he established the first drug store in Danville. He was a leading and influential citizen of this section from the time he came in 1824 to his death in 1861. Doctor Palmer was married three times, his third wife being Adelia Hawkins and one of the honored pioneers of Vermilion County. Doctor Palmer was one of the original members of the Presbyterian Church in Dan- ville. He was the father of thirteen children by his first wife and two by his second wife.


Dr. William Fithian was a prominent physician of the early days. He not only attained distinction in his profes- sion but was prominent in public affairs and was very successful financially.


He came to Vermilion County in 1830, locating at Dan- ville in its infant days. He continued in active practice nearly sixty years and was one of the most widely known men in the state. He was a typical pioneer physician. As was the custom, he made his trips on horseback, and was often in the saddle for weeks at a time, with the exception


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of a few hours for sleep each day. He kept from six to ten horses for his work.


His practice extended over a large scope of territory. He often went as far west as Bloomington, in McLean County ; south into Edgar County; north into Iroquois and Kankakee Counties, and frequently as far as Chicago; and into Indiana.


Doctor Fithian also took an active part in politics and was a member of the State Legislature and won a reputa- tion as a safe and sane representative of the people at a time when wildcat railroad appropriation legislation was epidemic in the legislature of the state. He held other local offices in Danville.


When he came here most of the land was still owned by the government and for sale at one dollar and twenty- five cents per acre. He entered a great deal of land at an early day and acquired a fortune by the advance in land values. He was married four times and was the father of four children.


Georgetown was founded in 1827 and the first building in the new town was occupied by a physician-Dr. Isaac Smith. He was considered a well qualified physician. After remaining at Georgetown he went to Mackinaw where he died. Shortly after Georgetown was laid out, Dr. Thomas Heywood located there. After a few years he removed to Carroll Township, on his farm near Indianola, where he continued his practice. He was also prominent in politics and served in the Legislature.


Other early doctors in the county were Doctor Holmes, Doctor Blood, Dr. David Knight, Dr. W. P. Davis and Dr. A. M. C. Hawes, all of whom came here prior to 1840. Later arrivals were Dr. J. R. Hollaway, Dr. Samuel H.


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Vredenburg and W. D. Craig. Dr. S. W. Jones was prominent in the practice of medicine. He was graduated from Lind University, later the Chicago Medical College of Northwestern University prior to the Civil War. For two years during that conflict he was one of the surgeons in charge of the field hospitals of the Third Division of the Twenty-third Army Corps.


The physicians of Vermilion County have maintained a high standard since the first doctor made his appearance here over a century ago, and during that time many of them have written their names high on the roll of pro- fessional honor.


The Vermilion County Medical Society was organized at an early date, but the records of the original organiza- tion are not available. It almost ceased to function for a time. However, it was reorganized in 1897 and since that time the society has been active.


The following members are on record as being present at the reorganization on November 12, 1897: Doctor Brown, Doctor Fairhall, Dr. T. E. Walton, Dr. S. C. Clid- den, Dr. R. Gillet, Dr. P. H. Barton, Dr. W. H. Paul, Dr. M. L. Horn, Dr. M. A. Cochran, Dr. J. W. Moore, Dr. E. E. Clar and Dr. J. M. Wright.


In 1903 the Vermilion County Medical Society became affiliated with the Illinois State Medical Society and is also affiliated with the American Medical Association.


The present officers of the Vermilion County Medical Society are: Dr. J. G. Fisher, president, 504 First Na- tional Bank Building, Danville, and Dr. George T. Cass, secretary, 804 First National Bank Building, Danville.


The following is a list of the members with their pres- ent addresses :


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Allison, O. W. 704 First National Bank Building


Andrews, P. K. 53 Virginia Avenue


Babcock, H. S. 419 Temple Avenue


Baldwin, H. E.


405 Temple Avenue


Barton, F. W. 404 First National Bank Building


Baumgart, F. A. 904 First National Bank Building


Becker, H. F. 621 Temple Building


Bennett, C. L.


401 Baum Building


Black, S. M. Georgetown, Illinois


Brandt, E. H.


24 Pine Street


Brobeck, Alexander Hoopeston, Illinois


Brooksheir, M. L.


Georgetown, Illinois


Brown, C. E.


Rossville, Illinois


Brown, R. E.


Fairmount, Illinois


Caldwell, David


Danville, Illinois


Carmody, T. J.


408 Temple Building


Carrico, Leola


10 North Gilbert Street


Cass, G. T. 804 First National Bank Building


Clements, Robert


320 First National Bank Building


Cloyd, F. N.


504 First National Bank Building


Cook, C. M.


222 Adams Building


Cooley, E. B.


308 Temple Building Potomac, Illinois


Crispin, S. C.


873 East Fairchild


Crist, O. H.


206 Adams Building


Dale, A. E.


307 Temple Building


Dice, H. F.


Ridgefarm, Illinois


Dillon, C. C.


Sidell, Illinois


Dixon, W. C. 201 Dale Building


Downs, E. B.


222 North Logan Avenue


Dunham, L. H.


218 Adams Building


Dewhirst, E. M.


Catlin, Illinois Earel, A. M.


Hoopeston, Illinois


Cossairt, W. S.


SAINT ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, DANVILLE, ILL.


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LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL, DANVILLE, ILL.


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Earel, Fred E. Hoopeston, Illinois


Elvidge, R. E. Hoopeston, Illinois


Fairhall, Joseph


416 Baum Building


Fairhall, Leo. V. 201 I. O. O. F. Building


Fink, O. E. 9 West Madison Street


Fisher, J. G. 504 First National Bank Building


Fithian, P. H.


Fithian, Illinois


Flether, A. J.


10 North Gilbert Street


Fletcher, M. S.


Georgetown, Illinois


Funkhouser, J. L. 207 Baum Building


Funkhouser, T. W.


315 Temple Building


Guy, J. M. 305 West Seminary Street


Gundrum, M. D.


Westville, Illinois


Good, D. C. 406 First National Bank Building


Greenburg, L. M.


Hume, Illinois


Hartsook, F. M. 604 Temple Building


Hickman, J. M.


Westville, Illinois


Hinshaw, G. C. Ridgefarm, Illinois


Hole, M. L. 511 Temple Building


Holton, H. C.


Sidell, Illinois


Hooker, H. F.


508 First National Bank Building


Howard, M. L.


107 Franklin Street Ridgefarm, Illinois


Hubbard, S. M.


Hundley, J. B. 222 Adams Building


James, J. M.


Henning, Illinois


Jewell, B. M.


313 Temple Building


Jewell, E. B.


212 Adams Building Hoopeston, Illinois


Jones, Solomon 611 Temple Building


201 Daniel Building Johnson, R. E.


Kline, R. G. Hoopeston, Illinois


Kraft, Ernest Lake View Hospital, Danville Landauer, S. L.


503 Temple Building


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Jones, Leroy


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Lakin, A. N.


Leitzbach, A. J.


Liggett, F. I.


State Line, Illinois Fairmount, Illinois Rankin, Illinois


McCaughey, Robert


506 Temple Building


Mason, F. M.


501 Temple Building Muncie, Illinois


Micheals, O. W.


Michael, O. J.


400 Block S. Danville


Miller, A. M.


508 Temple Building


Montford, R. M.


312 Temple Building


Moore, J. W.


512 Temple Building


Moore, Joe C.


Hoopeston, Illinois


Nelms, C. O.


Hoopeston, Illinois


Odbert, F. N.


Indianola, Illinois


Ogle, H. E.


Armstrong, Illinois


Potter, George A. 516 Temple Building


Ross, H. E. 1008 First National Bank Building


Russell, I. B. Hoopeston, Illinois


Scott, I. J. 212 Dale Building Oakwood, Illinois


Snyder, W. F.


301 Temple Building


Steiner, L. L.


321 Temple Building


Sistler, A. O. Wellington, Illinois


Smith, Warren B.


Adams Building


Van Arsdell, E. P


401 Temple Building East Lynn, Illinois


Walton, T. E.


307 Daniels Building


Wilkinson, C. E.


621 Temple Building


Williams, E. G. C.


316 Temple Building


Williamson, J. H.


402 Temple Building


Williamson, C. S.


Fairmount, Illinois


Wellenreiter, O. F. 507 Temple Building


Wheatley, E. J. 710 First National Bank Building Winslow, E. I. 508 Baum Building


Worthington, R. R.


Indianola, Illinois


Steely, George


Vandoren, R. F.


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SAINT ELIZABETH HOSPITAL


Saint Elizabeth, the oldest and largest of Danville's two hospitals, was founded in 1883 and has grown until today it is one of the largest and most modern of institu- tions of its kind in this section of the middle west. In 1930, upon completion of a new addition, it had a maxi- mum bed capacity of one hundred and eighty-four beds.


The institution is operated by Sisters of the Franciscan Order, with the mother hospital in Joliet. It is on the list of approved hospitals of the American College of Sur- geons and maintains a fully-accredited nurses' training school.


The first hospital was located on Wayne Street, being founded as a Wabash Railway Hospital. It operated as a railway hospital but a short time, the company removing their hospital headquarters to Peru, Indiana, in 1883. The hospital was then converted into a general institution and moved to its present location at Green and Elizabeth Streets. The first building was a frame structure. In 1888 the first part of the present brick building was built.


In the spring of 1929 work of enlarging the hospital was begun. The fourth floor of the building was com- pleted and a unit of rooms added to make a fifth story. The interior of the building, including the X-ray depart- ment, basement, floors, kitchens, drug rooms, office and doctors' room, was remodelled and the exterior of the older portion of the building was remodelled to conform with the style of the newer part of the building. The obstetrical department was moved from the third floor to the new portion of the fourth floor.


Saint Elizabeth is the company hospital for most of the larger industries of this locality, including the United


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States Fuel Company, Peabody Mine, Hegeler Zinc Com- pany, Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway, Big Four Rail- way, Cornstalk Products Company, Illinois Power & Light Corporation, etc.


LAKE VIEW HOSPITAL


A bed, food, nursing of rather unskilled quality, and an operating room procedure a little safer than might have been had in the home was about all hospitals anywhere were offering their patients when Lake View Hospital was organized (1892-1896). It was all very simple and seem- ingly cheap. But sick people were just as sick, their needs were just as great then as now, only medical and hospital folk did not know how to meet them.


But a scientific spirit was brooding over the medical and nursing world. Within a half century hospitals have ceased to be mere boarding houses for the sick and have become true houses of healing, filled with multiplied diag- nostic and treating facilities under trained personnel.


Lake View has shared in this scientific knowledge and progress. Three times (1896, 1917, and 1929-30) has the hospital enlarged, increasing its capacity from twelve beds to one hundred and seventy. Its diagnostic and treating facilities, its high professional standards gave it national recognition, 1922, by the American College of Surgeons.


In 1920 the Lake View School of Nursing, state accred- ited, was adequately housed in a modern, fireproof, ninety- room residence located just south of the hospital.


For thirty-five years Lake View's doors have opened, day and night, to the sick of this community. More than seventy thousand patients, forty thousand bed and thirty thousand out-patients, have been treated; the poor as well


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as the rich. The second generation of babies is being born in the hospital. For thirty-five years its school has fur- nished nursing service to this community. For twenty- five years it was the only school of nursing education in this part of the state.


Board of Trustees is as follows: George S. Hoff, pres- ident; Carl K. Palmer, vice president; Otto Schultz, secre- tary; Charles P. Nelson, treasurer; Julius Hegeler; D. M. Fowler; Mike S. Plaut; O. D. Sandusky; C. F. Keiser; Harvey J. Sconce; A. F. Barker; George C. Mahle; H. F. Depke; Alphonse Meis; George M. Wright; W. C. Rankin; J. H. Harrison; F. E. Butcher ; W. R. Jewell; John Mann; John A. Cathcart; A. R. Samuel; Harold Lindley; A. V. McClenathan. Clarence H. Baum is superintendent, and Clara M. Swank, Registered Nurse, is superintendent of nurses.


The Lake View Hospital Auxiliary is a women's board organized (1894) to assist the Board of Trustees to main- tain the hospital. Membership is open to all women. The auxiliary maintains the patient's library, keeps a special nursing and blood transfusion fund for needy patients, buys furnishings and linens, sponsors the nurses' chorus, assists in social activities for the hospital and school, and seeks to build up endowment funds.


The officers are: Mrs. Lawrence M. Birch, president; Mrs. A. C. Church, vice president; Mrs. Esther Funk, recording secretary; Mrs. E. B. Collins, treasurer; and Miss Eleanor S. Moore, corresponding secretary.


CHAPTER XVIII


SCHOOLS OF VERMILION COUNTY (By Larkin A. Tuggle, County Superintendent of Schools)


FIRST TEACHER-OTHER EARLY TEACHERS-VERMILION ACADEMY- GEORGETOWN SEMINARY-DANVILLE SEMINARY-SCHOOL SUPERIN- TENDENTS-FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL-PRESENT SYSTEM OF EDUCA- TION - STATISTICS - PRIVATE SCHOOLS - PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS - BROWN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE-UTTERBACK'S BUSINESS COLLEGE- JOHN GREER HIGH SCHOOL.


For public school purposes, Vermilion County is divided into twenty-nine (29) school townships (six miles square) and these in turn are divided into two hundred and thirty- one school districts. There are one hundred and seventy- four old-time one-room country schools; fifteen two-room schools; fifteen village schools; seven city schools; twelve township high schools; four community high schools; three common high schools and one non-high school.


In June, 1929, there were eight thousand two hundred and thirty-three boys and seven thousand seven hundred and twenty-four girls enrolled in the elementary schools. There were one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight boys and one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine girls enrolled in the high schools. A total of nineteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-four pupils were enrolled in the public schools and four hundred and forty boys and four


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hundred and forty-seven girls were enrolled in the paroch- ial and private schools of the county. There were twenty- four thousand and sixty-seven children of school age in the county. Of the two thousand one hundred and ninety-five graduates, one thousand three hundred and ninety-seven were from the eighth grade and seven hundred and ninety- eight from the high schools.


Out of the total of seven hundred and sixty-five teach- ers required, one hundred and thirty-eight were men and six hundred and twenty-seven were women. There were fourteen men and twenty-seven women teaching in the private and parochial schools.


Salaries earned by the men were two hundred sixty thousand nine hundred and forty-three dollars and by the women six hundred ninety-four thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars. Add the salaries of the teachers of the private and parochial schools and it is easily seen that over a million dollars is spent each year for salaries of teachers.


The value of school buildings is five million, one hun- dred sixty-seven thousand, two hundred and ninety-five dollars and the value of school furniture and equipment is four hundred sixty-seven thousand and seventy-one dollars. The total bonded indebtededness of thirty-one school dis- tricts is one million, two hundred twenty-eight thousand, four hundred and twelve dollars. All the other districts of the county are free from debt.


The salaries of janitors and engineers cost ninety-eight thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars. Fuel, water, light, power and supplies cost eighty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. Repairs, replace- ments and insurance cost one hundred twenty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars. The total money


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spent for all school purposes at the close of school in 1929 was two million, sixty thousand, one hundred forty-four dollars and sixty-seven cents.


Unfortunately, many years ago, the sixteenth section of each school township was sold for a small sum, so that today some of the townships are very poor in township funds. However, a total amount of ninety-four thousand thirty-three dollars and ninety-five cents has been loaned out on real estate and thirteen thousand, three hundred ninety-six dollars and eighty-six cents cash is available for loaning. The townships own fifty-two thousand three hun- dred and forty-one dollars in real estate values. A total of six thousand eight hundred and six dollars and twenty- eight cents was received in interest on loans and rentals on land owned. A total of six hundred and sixty-one thou- sand two hundred and four dollars and eighteen cents lay idle in the banks of the county during the summer vaca- tion. What a pity the law does not permit this money to be loaned out at good interest during four months of the year.


The first school taught in Vermilion County was taught by Reuben Black in Elwood Township in the winter of 1824-25. He was a lad of eighteen years of age and came from Ohio. The school was held in a log house one mile west of Vermilion Grove depot. John Mills sent one daugh- ter and three sons: Rebecca, Ira, John and Milican. Joseph Jackson, an Englishman, sent Nathan and Mary Jackson. Ezekiel Hollingsworth sent Jeremiah, John, Miles and Ma- hundry Hollingsworth. John Canaday sent his son, Wil- liam. John Haworth sent his sons, David, Elvin and Thomas Haworth. These fourteen children were the first to go to school in Vermilion County. The branches taught were spelling, reading and writing, and some of the older




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