History of Whiteside County, Illinois, from its earliest settlement to 1908, Vol. II, Part 80

Author: Davis, William W
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago : Pioneer Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 882


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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


PAGE


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


PAGE


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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