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town; and Bertha, who is with her mother. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster have been born six children, namely: Elmer R .; Curtis H .; Clifford F .; Anna F .; Edward H., deceased; and Glen L.
In his political views Mr. Lancaster is a republican and has served as school director for four years, the cause of education finding in him a stalwart friend. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church and are widely and favorably known throughout Whiteside county, having spent their entire lives within its confines. In his agricultural interests he has ever followed progressive and enterprising methods and is recognized as a prosper- ous and public-spirited citizen of the community.
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HISTORICAL INDEX
PAGE
Indian History in an Oil Portrait
7
Black Hawk and Keokuk 9
Organization of the State and County II
Difficulties of Early Travel
17
Hardships in Early Days. 20
First Meeting of Old Settlers 22 Latest Old Settlers' Meeting 27 Contest for the County Seat 29
Disasters by Wind and Water 32
Illinois Map of 1844
35
Whiteside in the Legislature 35
36
Banditti of the Prairies 42
Whiteside and Circuit Court
42
The Grange in Whiteside
43
Early Teachers and the Yearly Institutes
46
Jordan
Albany
62
Garden Plain
73
Newton®
77 81
Clyde
85
Hopkins
90 Galt
92
Emerson
92
Prophetstown
97
Leon
Woodlands of Whiteside 107
109
Some Early Lawyers. 121
126 Erie
Portland
133
Ustick
139
Fenton
145 Authors of Whiteside 148
163
Soil Fertility
Fulton
168
Missionaries of Whiteside 184
106
Lyndon
Botany of Whiteside 143
51
Genesee
Whiteside in Congress
HISTORICAL INDEX
PAGE
Hume
190
Our Three Railways
193
Montmorency
Whiteside Sunday School Association
199
Attorneys of the Whiteside County Bar in 1908 .2II
Hahnaman
.2II
Drainage in Whiteside
216
Coloma
217
Rapid City
18
Rock. Falls
.218
Germans and Hollands
. 229
Whiteside in the Wars
230
Civil War
230
Spanish-American War
268
Soldiers'. Reunions
275
Visit to the County .Almshouse
277
Hennepin Canal
28 I
The Milk Industry
290
Educational Progress in Whiteside.
.293
. Mount Pleasant
296
Morrison
298
Union Grove
329
Sterling
332
Whiteside in General 427
Officers of Whiteside 433
National and State Officers in 1908 435
School Districts of Whiteside County 437
Some of the Soldiers Buried in Whiteside 44I
196
Tampico
.202
LIBRARY
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Abbott, A. N. 894
Bradford, A. N. 715
Abbott, A. T. 852
Bressler, Henry 654
Ackerman, D. G. 676
Bressler, .I. S. .
Adair, G. M. 879
Brewer, A. S. 725
II45
·Adams, S. A. 1215
Brewer, F. A. I232
Aggen, John 881
Brewer, F. N. 956
Albertson, Samuel 810
Brewer, G. W. 668
Allen, E. L.
1276
Brewer, M. P.
I430
Allen, H. C.
1310
Bristle, J. J. 1438
Allen, G. A.
I233
Broderick, James 870
Allen, W. H. . 1349
Brookfield, L. E. 508
Anderson, David
890
Brooks, B. F.
. 1390
Anderson, J. R. II79
Annan, William 986
Anthony, Dr. Frank 594
Arey, John D. 774
Brown, J. S. .
1034
Brubaker, Henry 664
Bump, M. C. 807
Burch, T. J. 1455
Burchell, R. L. 512
Burke, P. E. . 1040
Burkhart, Abram 1053
Burkholder, H. E.
716
Burleigh, W. J. 687
Burns, Joseph
III8 · Burridge, B. W. .
I267
Burroughs, R. B.
834
Buyers, John
966
Bent, Charles
I376
Bent, O. M. I260
Besse, Bert 1392
Besse, George B. .1422
Bickert, J. P. I30I
Bickford, J. M. 574
Blean, W. W. 982
Blodgett, W. A.
. II32
Boyd, John
837
Boyd, P. F. 1081
Cassens, G. M.
1423
Castle, G. W. 1400
Chamberlain, E. H. II24
Chamberlain, G. W.
700
Chamberlin, J. H.
1448
Chester, J. K. 565
Clark, C. A. 945
Cocking, Mary J.
II88
Coe, Carl. S.
836
Coe, E. M.
661
Backer, Charles I424
Baer, Jonas H. 738
Baker, F. L. 912
Bastian, A. W.
872
Bauder, Ervin I200
Beeman, Elwood
Behrens, Edward 454
Bennett, W. H. 768
Benson, W. P. 704
Brown, Frank
I19I
Brown, Henry II30
Brown, Joseph 1002
Argraves, W. S. I45I
Arnett, L. C.
596
Atwood, C. H.
934
I445
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Coe, Marcus L.
860
Fee, Charles S. 1440
Conrady, H. C. 839
Feldman, Jacob 924
Courtright, John 1046
Covel, R. W.
913
Fenton, J. D. 623
Fleck, E. L. 1106
Fletcher, J. W. . 1070
Crawford, J. L.
929
Fletcher, William 1027
Crocker, T. H.
1298
Forth, J. T.
I205
Crohan, M. N.
998
Forward, George 1218
Frank, August I208
Culver, Truman
790
Cunniff, Michael
II41
Curtis, A. E.
I210
Frye, Dr. C. M.
591
Dail, John
I355
Davis, C. A. 688
Davis, W. W.
740
Deeming, Dr. C. O.
I343
Deets, J. M.
I337
DeGroff, J. A.
I284
Detra, Charles
563
Detweiler, Frank
745
Detweiler, H. M.
694
Detweiler, W. D.
III2
Digby, D. S.
496
Dillon, L. H. . II82
Dillon, W. M.
710
Dimond, Dr. S. B.
485
Drain, T. A.
757
Duncan, R. B.
I358
Eaton, J. M. I268
Ebersole, B. F. 493
Ebersole, D. D. 1015
Ebersole, E. M.
525
Eddy, York
628
Ege, C. Peter
538
Ellithorpe, E. S.
976
Emery, Cyrus
II56
Emmitt, C. A.
I299
Entwhistle, J. W.
736
Ewing, H. L.
1346
Facey, E. B.
IO25
Fadden, G. H.
533
Farrell, W. J.
I362
Hamilton, C. A.
914
Hamilton, F. F.
I412
Hamilton, G. R.
II26
Hand, H. R.
I216
Hardy, A. W.
656
Hardy, W. J.
739
483
Gould, W. F.
882
Graham, M. P.
955
Green, Henry
779
Green, H. S.
I249
Greene, B. T. .
795
Greenlee, A. W.
584
Greenough, G. D.
755
Greenough, J. S.
759
Gridley, John
1408
Grierson, John
I292
Grimes, F. A.
567
Griswold, Dr. C. A.
1008
Grove, M. C.
981
Grubb, E. R.
954
Galt, E. L. 1058
Galt, J. B.
618
Galt, John M.
648
Galt, T. A.
846
Galt, W. T.
747
Garwick, Jacob
820
Gaulrapp, Wendel
I266
Glass, B. M.
I402
Glassburn, A. T.
558
Gleason, M. H.
699
Goltman, J. M.
Frank, Theodore
1060
French, Harvey
1024
Curtis, C. G.
770
Feldman, J. W. 1065
Crandall, F. M.
I263
Crandall, Dr. J. B. 544
Crump, J. H.
571
MBRABY
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Harkness, Porter 828
Harms, Dr. A. H. 686
Harms, Conrad 876
Johnson, C. C. 478
Johnson, C. D. 1092
Johnson, C. E. 804
Johnson, J. W. 524
Johnston, R. E.
460
Kannaly, Michael 1059
Kauffman, D. F.
996
Kauffman, Tobias
I25I
Keefer, Dr. J. F
. 576
Kidder, R. A. I329
Kilgour, W. M. 750
Kirk, P. S. 809
Kleinschrodt, Michael
583
Knalsen, Dedrick
588
Kniskern, Bartholomew 756
Knox, Archibald
973
Knox, A. J. 568
Knox, John J. I36
Knox, Peter
I246
Kohl, H. G. 903
Hills, E. O. 877
Hinricks, Wilhelm 935
Hollinshead, Daniel 800
Hoover, E. S.
468
Hopkins, J. P.
816
Houch, Nicholas
1446
Hubbart, F. L.
I217
Hubbart, F. S.
I287
Hubbart, J. C.
930
Humphrey, P. J.
. 1332
Huntington, H. A.
. 1335
Hyde, David
90I
Ingwersen, M. W. 555
Jackson, A. J. . 678
Jackson, Edmund 472
Jackson, J. T. 788
Jacobs, J. M.
. II23
Jacobs, U. N. IO37
James, George
I209
James, W. H.
14II
Jamison, J. A. 1187
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John, Martha A. 824
Johnson, A. B. 766
Harpham, J. N.
. 1419
Harrison, C. G.
708
Harrison, J. E. .
II68
Harrison, W. H. I18I
Hartman, Christian 970
Hawk, H. S. IO67
Heaton, M. S. 760
Heflebower, Frank 632
Heiss, John
1050
Hellier, Mary C.
I382
Hellier, R. N. . 1305
Hendricks, A. R.
910
Hendricks, B. F.
696
Henwood, D. B.
746
Hershey, A. H.
1095
Hess, Eli C.
I354
Hicks, W. H., Jr. IO88
Hiddleson, W. P. 606
Hill, Mallory S.
II54
Hill, Millard F.
I361
Kratz, John I40I
Kreider, J. H. IOI3
Krohn, Henry
.1410
Kustes, G. H.
1064
La Due, F. M.
1405
Lancaster, F. E.
I457
Lancaster, H. C.
I 207
Landis, G. S.
I255
Landis, N. W.
1109
Lane, William
1189
Larish, Daniel
780
Lasher, R. S.
I324
LeFevre, J. F.
972
Leinbach, A. C.
919
Lewis, A. R. 964
Lewis, J. B.
553
Limond, Edwin
797
Lingel, D. H.
97I
Litzrodt, Therese 495
Lockhart, Elisha
I294
Loomis, J. B.
I 386
Loos, John G.
888
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Lorke, John
. 1057
Ludens, H. J. 552
Ludens, J. J. 651
Lytle, C. M.
684
Nance, J. S. 9c9
Neary, Thomas
598
Neer, George
I202
Nelson, Christian
975
Newcomer, J. W.
IIIO
Nicewonger, J. T.
1314
Niles, J. W.
727
McCue, J. J.
932
McCune, S. E.
523
McDowell, J. B.
98.4
Mckenzie, N. L.
I345
Mckenzie, R. H.
I22I
Mckinney, T. S.
613
McLane, Arthur
488
Pace, J. A.
I342
Packer, Harvey
783
Paddock, G. E.
830
Palmer, W. P.
875
McWhorter, Tyler
643
Pape, John
892
McWhorter, W. L.
447
Parker, W. V.
707
Manahan, J. G.
528
Parmenter, A. E.
471
Marine, Lewis
II51
Partridge, O. S.
II33
Martindale, Dr. K. J.
952
Peck, C. E.
I397
Mason, G. N.
548
Pennington, L. S.
456
Mathew, David
962
Pepper, John
850
Mathew, Dr. R.,A. 1389
Perry, G. P.
918
Mathew, Thomas
I 328
Person, John
940
Matthews, J. R.
II35
Peterson, E. O.
I245
Matthews, W. H.
I23I
Pettit, W. A.
1082
Mee, John
605
Pfundstein, J. L. 744
Pfundstein, Thomas
487
Mensch, E. E.
652
Pitney, O. D.
1178
Meyer, H. A.
1407
Plumley, J. G.
1453
Porter, A. P.
723
Mickle, Lorenzo
1 387
Powell, C. R.
1076
Powers, W. F.
546
Price, J. G.
818
Pritchard, R. H.
1291
Pritchard, William
1277
Proctor, Dr. G. R.
1447
Millhouse, Frank
778
Mishler, Jesse
I028
Mitchell, E. W. .
646
Mitchell, R. W. E. 1429
Mosher, Dr. J. H.
448
Myers, J. L.
II42
McCalmont, S. M.
593
McCartney, David
806
McCarty, J. V.
635
McCloy, Alexander
951
McCormick, Thomas
IO68
Oakley, O. S.
889
Odlin, J. D.
867
Olsen, John
II70
Osborne, C. F.
II39
McMahon, C. C.
923
McNeill, J. H.
II2I
McPherran, J. E.
614
Martin Brothers
69
Payne, E. W.
1319
Mellberg, C. J.
IOI6
Meyer, J. C.
I437
Middagh, W. H.
729
Miller, J. S.
445
Miller, Sarah J.
1316
Miller, S. T.
. 1176
Quade, Emma
I399
Quade, Frank
II7I
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
Quade, J. A. I244
Ramsay, F. D. 578
Ramsay, L. M. 959
Ramsdell, R. H. 936
Rector, H. L.
1172
Reecher Brothers
1336
Reed, Benjamin 1005
Reedy, Henry
518
Reitzel, Lewis
814
Renner, J. R.
I197
Reynolds, C. C.
1364
Shuler, G. F. 946
Reynolds, H. A.
695
Shuler, J. F. 862
Reynolds, R. A.
109I
Sibley, C. E. II22
Reynolds, W. D.
527
Simonson, J. H. I224
Ribordy, C. F.
718
Simpson, Dr. P. H. I282
Richards, C. G. .
604
Smith, E. A. 658
Richards, Daniel
IIO2
Smith, Harlow 840
Richmond, A. L.
492
Smith, James
514
Richmond, G. P.
720
Smith, J. F. 601
Smith, Leander
450
Smith, M. B: V 1442
Snyder, J. C. 673
Snyder, J. C. 857
Snyder, J. H. 1258
Sox, L. N. IO44
Spafford, D. S. 764
Spafford, R. R. 965
Sprinkle, W. H. II52
Stanley, A. C .. 868
Stauffer, Ripley 991
Stevens, Irwin I252
Stevens, T. W.
586
Stocking, L. T.
II62
Stoeckle, Leopold
476
Sturtevant, B. A. 767
Sturtevant, H. A. 464
Sturtz, Charles 1035
Sturtz, Herman 1047
Sullivan, Dr. E. P. 719
Swartley, J. A.
I435
Schryver, Daniel . 1427
Scott, J. E. I372
Seaber, A. N. . II77 Sears, F. W. I199
Seavey, J. F. 469
PAGE
Seger, Dr. D. B. 835 Seidel, C. F. 486
Seidel, Joshua
1087
Senior, C. F.
735
Senior, H. R. 6II
Sharer, J. H. 1018
Sharer, S. A. 904
Shaw, W. H.
697
Sheaffer, J. W. I278
Sheldon, C. L.
505
Sherwood, Steven 1283
Rick, Christian
1099
Riordon, George . 1443
Riordon, J. A. I196
Robertson, G. P.
1007
Robertson, Thomas 1306
Robinson, T. E. 920
Rosengren, C. A. 794
Rosengren, John
944
Ross, J. W.
773
Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt & Nut Co. 748
Russell, C. N. 498
Russell, C. T.
1049
Ryan, James
582
Ryerson, M. J. 1004
Sanborn, W. A. 798
Sauer, Henry 1039
Sawyer, G. E. 1367
Schiffmacher, Victor 865
Schmoeger, S. A. 942
Taylor, Dr. Samuel
I330
Thomas, F. M. II46
Thome, A. A.
617
Thome, G. W.
IO2I
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Weaver, W. E. I022
Wells, C. C. 627
Thompson, J. L. I236
Wells, G. W. 1418
Wells, Dr. H. K. I323
Wells, John 626
·Wetherbee, C. A. 556.
Wetherbee, C. E.
893
Wetzel, J. G. 961
Wetzell, Jacob, Jr. 880
Wheeler, F. W. 517
Wheelock, G. H.
. 1234
Wheelock, L. A. I416
White, C. E. 1077
White, Henry
953
White, John
II92
Wilger, J. E.
1370
Wilkinson, H. B.
907
Wilkinson, I. G.
I350
Williams, J. T.
665
Windom, C. E.
I322
Winkey, J. M.
657
Winkler, John
I421
Woessner, Frederick, Jr.
714
Wolber, John
II00
Wolber, Mathias
1385
Wolfersperger, A. A.
535
Ward, J. H.
776
Warner, H. S.
· I395
Warner, M. M. .1444
Woodburn, J. H.
608
Woods, R. G.
I264
Wormell, Thomas
515
Worthington, Alfred
1079
Worthington, C. M.
785
.
Trouth, Theodore
1097
Tucker, Henry
I288
Turney, J. C.
I434
Ulrich, F. W.
674
Upton, F. A. 890
Utley, J. F. 1085
Utley, W. P. 1368
Van Horne, P. T.
503
Van Petten, A. G. I357
Van Sant, N. G.
633
Vock, Nicholas
787
Vogt, F. J.
1425
Wallace, Hamilton
1055
Ward, Henry C.
462
Ward, John A. 603
Wonser, M. G.
1307
Wood, H. H. .
537
Woodburn, C. H.
I379
Warner, N. C.
705
Watt, Robert
I302
Weary, Edwin
1089
Weaver, I. L.
502
Thompson, A. L.
I242
Thompson, G. E. II53
Thompson, M. R.
I348
Thompson, Nathan
730
Thompson, Richard
572
Thummel, A. E.
I339
Timmerman, Dr. F. R. I37I
Timmerman, G. W.
II44
Toppert, Ernst
I214
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