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ISAAC MERRELL settled south of the river from Sterling in 1837, on the claim where L. H. Woodworth now lives, which he sold to him in 1840. Hle then purchased Wright Murphy's claim, where he resided until 1849, when he sold out to James L. Crawford and went to California. He was a shoemaker, which occupation he pursued in connection with farming.
DANIEL BROOKS was born and reared in Conneaut, Ohio. Settled in the territory now Coloma in 1837. He was one of the first Justices of Rapids Pre- cinct. A hardy pioneer, honest and manly, and esteemed by all who knew him. He went to California in 1849, and died in San Francisco, after a few hours' illness, of Asiatie cholera.
IRA SILLAMAN was born in Pennsylvania, married Miss Melissa Brooks in Ohio, and settled in Coloma in 1838. He was a whole-hearted man, and es- teemed by all old and modern settlers alike. At the time of their deaths, he and his wife resided in Como. Children: Homer, Rothmer, and Luna. Homer died of disease contracted in the army. Rothmer married a daughter of Mr. Numan's, of Genesce Grove, and resides in Nebraska. Luna is married, and lives in Wisconsin. W. W. Hawkins married Miss Sillaman's sister, went to California, and was with Daniel Brooks when he died. He now, with his fam- ily, resides in Aurora, Illinois.
EDWARD ATKINS was born and reared in Ireland. He emigrated to Cana- da, where he settled and was known by his family name of " Watson." He was
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a miller by occupation, and engaged in the business. He left the province of Canada in the year 1836, and came to the United States, leaving his wife and children. In 1837 he settled where Rock Falls now stands. In company with Isaac Merrill and Dan. Brooks he laid off the town of Rapids City, The plat was vacated, and Rock Falls now occupies the site. In 1837 he built a large frame house to be used for a hotel. Mr. Richard Arey has occupied the house since 1843. Mr. Atkins, sometime after his arrival in the county, again mar- ried. When the gold discoveries were made in California, he went thither, and engaged in trade and mining for about ten years. During his absence from Whiteside, Mrs. Atkins secured a bill of divorce and married again. Mr. At- kins returned in 1860, and a reconciliation being brought about between himself and first wife, they were married again, and lived happily until he left her. In the meantime, his second wife was divorced, and, soon after the death of his first wife, Mr. Atkins was married to her for the second time. He was engaged in business in Sterling, and had an interest in a distillery in Fulton county. The family that went by the name of "Watson" numbered seven children, and the " Atkins" family also numbered seven children. These last were born and brought up in Coloma, where many of them still live, and are worthy citizens. The Watson family never resided in Whiteside, but are reputed worthy and en- terprising citizens of Wisconsin.
JAMES HAWLEY was born in Oneida county, New York, March 8, 1809. He learned the carpenter's trade. In 1830 he came west, and engaged in teach- ing school. After marrying he returned to New York, and in 1835, with his family, again returned to the west via the lakes. He visited the lands along Rock river from Dixon to Prophetstown, and across the country to Union Grove, but found the lands all claimed. January 1, 1836, having compromised with certain parties who claimed the land, he made a claim at Hawley's point, just east of the limits of Coloma. He was so closely identified with the early inter- ests of Coloma that we present this sketch. Mr. Hawley's father and family settled in 1838. At this time all the lands between Dixon and Prophetstown were claimed by actual settlers or non-resident speculators, who held the lands at a high price. Sometimes the claimant's titles were disregarded, which usually caused trouble. A gentleman who resided in Harrisburgh had a claim in Mr. Hawley's neighborhood, upon which an emigrant settled, erected a cabin, and broke several acres of land. He was promptly notified from the north side of the river to vacate, else upon a certain day a force would call on him and throw his cabin into the river. The man gathered his available friends, from twenty- five to fifty, and prepared to defend what he considered his rights. At the specified time an armed force of from one to two hundred men appeared. The weaker force were made prisoners for a short time, but not roughly treated, and the cabin consigned to the river.
ARTEMUS W. WORTHINGTON was born in Colchester, Connecticut, in 1813; married October 9, 1837. Removed to the west, and settled in Harrisburgh, July 3, 1839. About one year afterwards settled upon the south side of the river. While picking up wheat sheaves Mr. Worthington was bitten by a rat- tlesnake, from the effects of which he died. Children: Isabella, born in 1839; Robert, born in 1845; Alfred, born in 1846; Alice, born in 1848; Robert Eman- uel, born in 1853. Robert died in infancy; Isabella married E. B. Trowe; Al- fred married Miss F. E. Sherley.
DANIEL F. BATCHELLER was born in Bethel, Vermont, September 8, 1803. January 4, 1826, he married Miss Caroline Maynard. In 1831 he moved to Medina county, Ohio, where he pursued the trade of a carpenter. In May, 1840, he settled in Sterling, Illinois, making a claim in Coloma, to which he re-
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moved in a short time. Mrs. Batcheller died in March, 1838, and he was married to Elizabeth A. Warner. Children: Mary, born in 1826; Henry F., in 1834; and Caroline. Mary married Wm. Lashell, January 19, 1847, and resides in Carroll county. Henry F. married Mary McNeil, July 1, 1852; children. Addison M., born August 6, 1855; Imogene, born May 5, 1861, and Carrie F., born March 22, 1868; Addison M. married Ella Price, October, 18, 1877. Caroline married Andrew Sherwood August 30, 1869, who died in California in 1873; in 1876 she married Charles Best. Mrs. Elizabeth Batcheller died November 5, 1855, and in 1857 Mr. Batcheller married Mrs. Jane McNeil. In 1858 Henry F. Batch- eller invented and secured a patent upon a hand corn planter, and with his father immediately began its manufacture in a small way. Twelve were man- ufactured and sold the first year. Mr. Batcheller, Sr., retired in 1870, and in 1876 A. M. Batcheller became a partner, the firm name being H. F. Batcheller & Son.
MRS. SUSAN JARVIS CUSHING was born in Boston, Mass., in 1788. She married Daniel C. Cushing, of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1809. In company with the following children she settled in Coloma in the spring of 1839: Samuel B., who died in Providence, R. I .. in 1873; Daniel C., who died in Col- oma in February, 1843; Charles J., who died in Kentucky in 1867; Frank, now living in Portland, Whiteside county; Dr. John J., who married Harriet Bar- low, and is now residing in San Francisco, Cal .; Edward J., who married Mary Wild, and is now living in Providence, R. I .; Susan J., who married Frank Cheney, and resides in South Manchester, Conn. Mrs. Cushing died in 1861.
FRANK CUSHING was born in Providence, R. I., in 1819. He came with his mother to Coloma in the spring of 1839, and settled on section 30. No- vember 10, 1841, he married Miss Mary D. Breed, at Como, in Hopkins town- ship. Mr. Cushing has been an active citizen of the township. He was Justice of the Peace for twelve years, and Supervisor of Coloma in 1858-'59. In 1868 he removed to Portland township, Whiteside county, where he has since resided. Children: Benjamin F., who married Miss Addie Allen, and resides in Iowa; Mary Ann, dead; Frank, now in California; Edmund J., who married Miss Mary Pfulb, and resides in California; Duna F., John J., Henry S., William L. B., Susan C., and Emma L. The latter six reside with their parents in Portland.
HISTORY OF ROCK FALLS.
The town of Rock Falls is situated on the south side of Rock river, in the north part of Coloma township; it stands on a sandy plain-sufficiently elevated to be out of the reach of floods-rising toward the south into low sand ridges. The location is free from surface water, and well calculated for the site of a city. It embraces an area of about 300 acres. The original plat covered the northwest fractional quarter of section twenty-seven and the northeast frac- tional quarter of section twenty-eight, in township twenty-one north, range seven east of the fourth Principal Meridian. Several additions have since been made, giving it the area stated above.
As has been mentioned in our sketch of Coloma, the great advantages of this site were early noticed, and a town called Rapids City was laid out. But the financial disasters of 1837-'41, the unsettled state of business, the want of capital, and the difficulty of obtaining money with which to make improve- ments, as well as the trouble in communicating with other parts of the coun- try, rendered the progress of the locality slow, and years passed by before another effort was made to call attention to the vast capabilities of this locality. The Rock river flowed as free and bridgeless as when the Indians were lords of its banks and the forests rang with the war-whoop of the savage Winnebagoes.
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In 1857 the plat of Rapids City was entirely vacated, and a town was almost unthought of. In 1854 the Sterling Hydraulic Company built a dam, and the water power became available. In 1867 A. P. Smith, a native of New York- a man of energy and sagacity-moved to this neighborhood from Sterling, bought a tract of land, and laid out a town, to which he gave the name of Rock Falls. Mr. Smith possessed the capital necessary to improve the property, and at once began the construction of a race, connecting with the dam of the Ster- ling Hydraulic Company. This work was completed at a cost of $12,000, and the work of building up a town began. A. C. Hapgood removed a store from Como to Rock Falls, and began business this year. Messrs. Galt & Tracy erected a machine shop, the nucleus of the Keystone works. Gideon Reynolds. and Mary Arey were married in December, the first wedding in the place. The first death occurred in 1868, Byron C. Hunt being summoned to the world of spirits in October of that year. A daughter was born to J. Barker about this time, the first birth in the new town. A postoffice was established and opened for business March 15, 1868, with Truman Culver as Postmaster. January 26th, at a public meeting held for the purpose, it was resolved to incorporate the town under the general law of the State. Ffteen votes were polled, all in favor of the step. An election for Trustees was held February 4th, and 48 votes were cast. The town government was immediately organized. The first ordinance, entitled "An ordinance to prohibit the sale of malt liquors in the town of Rock Falls in quantities of less than one gallon," bears date February 26, 1869. It was resolved that no licenses for saloons should be granted, and Rock Falls started out on her onward and upward career as a temperance town. In 1870 the license party carried the day, 83 votes being cast at the election. The license party again prevailed at the annual election in 1871, at which only 60 votes were polled. During this year the Chicago and Rock River Rrailroad, extending from Shabbona on the Chicago and Iowa Railroad to this place, forty- seven miles, was built, passing through a rich agricultural district offering few obstacles to the construction of such a work. Before its completion it passed into the hands of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, who now operate it. In 1872 the license party again prevailed at the polls, 150 votes being cast. The Chicago and Rock River Railroad was formally opened for business January 4th of this year. In 1873 the no-license party won the election, 140 votes being polled. The town grew in population and wealth, and was much benefitted by the increased facilities afforded for business by the railroad. In 1874-75-'76 and '77 'a no-license Board was elected, the vote polled being as follows: 1874, 155 votes; 1875, 171 votes; 1876, 230 votes; 1877, 171 votes. Manufacturing establishments have multiplied, the popula- tion increased, and from a town of 471 inhabitants in 1870 it has grown to be a place of 1,200. The Trustees of the town have been as follows, the name of the President appearing in italics:
1869 :- W. L. Smith, J. A. Bickford, Elias Geiger, Henry P. Price, W. H. Shepard.
1870 :- A. C. Hapgood, Joel Burdick, C. H. Payson, H. W. Johnson, E. G. W. Parks.
1871 :- E. G. W. Parks, A. C. Hapgood, C. II. Payson, C. Stewart, C. E. Doty.
1872 :- C. Stewart, C. E. Doty, J. D. Davis, F. E. Palmer, W. B. Brown, J. McDonald, Clerk.
1873 :- Almon Wheeler, J. D. Davis, Adam Kadle, E. L. Wilson, A. L. Hemstrect, W. II. Shepard. W. H. Tuttle, Clerk.
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1874 :- Almon Wheeler, J. D. Davis, Alpheus Fox, W. H. Shepard, A. Kadle, T. P. Lukens. W. H. Tuttle, Clerk.
1875 :- Almon Wheeler, J. D. Davis, F. E. Montenie, W. H. Shepard, T. P. Lukens, George M. Titus. W. Il. Tuttle, Clerk.
1876 :- J. D. Davis, J. L. Newton, E. H. Kingery, James Pettigrew, H. W. Johnson, T. P. Lukens. George W. Nance, Clerk.
1877 :- F. E. Montenie, A. C. Stanley, Sidney Barber, S. F. Oliver, J. E. Phillips, T. P. Lukens. Henry P. Price, Clerk.
Rock Falls has one dry goods store, four groceries, two millinery stores, one tailor shop, two drug stores, one jeweler, two boot and shoe stores, one harness shop, two butcher shops, three hardware stores, three blacksmith shops, one barber shop, one lumber yard, one elevator, two coal dealers, one ice dealer, one bank, one news depot, one real estate and surveyor's office, one real estate office, one real estate and insurance office, four hotels, six physicians, two print- ing offices, one restaurant, two livery stables, the works of the Keystone Man- ufacturing Company, Eureka Manufacturing Company, E. C. Palmer, H. F. Batcheller & Son, Phelps & Dyer, Utility Works, A. S. Todd, manufacturer of pruning shears, a manufactory of barbed fenee wire, Union Manufacturing Company, Rock Falls Manufacturing Company, a mitten factory, one merchant flouring mill, one feed and meal mill. There are three churches, a lodge of I. O. O. F., two lodges A. O. U. W., one hose company. The town has two school houses, and a well-managed graded school is maintained nine months in the year. The railroad company has a depot building, round-house, water-tank, and turn-table here. Rock Falls is connected with Sterling by a bridge, and a small steamer-the White Swan-runs between the two places above the dam. Measures have been taken to creet a free bridge above the dam, and it will probably be completed during the coming year; its estimated cost is about $40,000; it will be of iron, connecting Mulberry street, Sterling, with Bridge street, Rock Falls, passing over the Chicago and Northwestern Railway track.
NURSERIES.
Mrs. M. C. Lukens has twenty acres in a nursery. She has under cultivation about 20,000 apple trees and 200,000 evergreens, of all sizes; also one acre of raspberries and one acre of grapes.
Warren Lukens has three acres of strawberries and four acres of raspberries; also 4,000 evergreens.
Grove Wright.commenced a nursery a short distance east of Rock Falls ten years ago, and has made a specialty of fruit, and ornamental trees, small fruit, and greenhouse plants. Hle has about $10,000 invested in his property and business.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
First among these in capacity and extent of business is the Keystone Man- ufacturing Company. It was organized in 1870 with a capital of $150,000, Thos. A. Galt, President. The works now occupy ten buildings having an area of over 42,000 square feet, and a total floor area of over 125,000 square feet, or nearly three aeres. It employs 150 men in its different departments, and the capital invested is at present about $300,000. It is engaged in the manufac- ture of corn planters, sulky rakes, cider mills, corn shellers, stalk cutters and broadcast seed sowers. Twelve thousand machines were turned out in 1876. It used in their construction 40 tons of bolts, 7000 gross of screws, 1200 tons of pig iron, 200 tons of bar iron, 100 tons of steel, 40 barrels of varnish, 50 barrels vil, and 750,000 feet of lumber. It has branch houses at Columbus, Ohio, and
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Philadelphia, Pa. Its manufactures are sold all over the United States and in Central and South America, and sustain an enviable character for excellence. Its present officers are : President, Thomas A. Galt; Vice President and Super- intendent. G. S. Tracy; Secretary, J. B. Patterson.
The Eureka Manufacturing Company was organized in 1871 with a capital of $50,000. It occupies five buildings with a floor area of over 13,000 square feet, and a total floor area of about 35,000 square feet. It is engaged in the manufacture of Eureka school seats, church and office furniture, chairs, Eureka stalk cutter, check rower, road grader and the Becker brush grain cleaner. Forty-five persons are employed. President, John M. Galt; Secretary, J. G. Crawford.
The Rock Falls Mitten Factory building was erected in 1869, by A. P. Smith, at a cost of $4,000. The business has grown year by year until at pres- ent 80 persons, mostly women, are employed about eight months in the year, and goods to the value of $100,000 are manufactured. Mr. H. P. Price has for eight years cut out the work. Messrs. Hubbard, Ward & Clark are the present proprietors.
The Industrial Building, 300x60 feet, basement and two stories high, was built by a stock company in 1872. It cost about $50,000. It is intended to be let to parties desiring to engage in manufacturing, and is divided into six sec- tions, each 60x50 feet. It is in part occupied.
The Enterprise Works, H. F. Batcheller & Son, proprietors, manufacture the Eureka wind mill, hand corn planters, harrows, cheese-boxes. Twenty-two hands are employed, and about 12,000 hand planters are produced, besides other goods. Capital, $25.000. The building is of stone, 60x40 feet, two stories high.
The Utility Works, J. A. Patterson, proprietor, occupy section six of In- dustrial building, and manufacture the Sterling corn planter, portable tables, iron- ing boards, and other articles.
The Keystone Burial Case Company was established in 1874. It gave em- ployment to 20 persons. In 1876 it made an assignment. A reorganization has taken place and the factory is now in running order under the name of the Rock Falls Manufacturing Company, who turn out the same class of goods. They oc- eupy a section of the Industrial building.
The Union Manufacturing Company manufacture the Rock Falls wagon. These works have a capacity of ten finished wagons per day, and have given em- ployment to about 80 men. The officers are : John Wood, President; Fred. Sheldon, Secretary; R. B. Witmer, Treasurer.
E. C. Palmer manufactures hand corn planters, harrows, vegetable washers, mouldings, brackets, etc. The works are in the Industrial building.
Phelps & Dyer manufacture three styles of corn planters, called the Cham- pion, Quadrant and Star. They also manufacture the Champion harrow and Upham's reversible smoothing harrow, both very superior implements. They made over 5,000 planters for the trade this season.
The Globe Mill, Jacob Zollinger, proprietor, is run as a grist and merchant mill and has a capacity of about 30,000 barrels per year. About 30 tons of flour, meal and feed are shipped weekly. Capital, $35,000.
NEWSPAPERS.
Rock Falls Progress :- The Progress was established by Messrs. W. H. C'adwell and W. H. Tuttle in 1870, the first number being issued on Thursday, August 4th, of that year, when Rock Falls could boast of only a few hundred inhabitants, It is a five column quarto, published weekly, and has been from
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its commencement a staunch Republican paper, and ever devoted to the inter- ests of Rock Falls. In 1873 it became the official paper of the town. The office is located in the upper story of No. 5, Industrial building, to which place it was removed in 1873. The paper enjoys a fair patronage, and has an increas- ing subscription list.
Whiteside Times :- The Times is the lineal descendent of the Morrison Independent which came into existence in August, 1872. It was edited by J. W. Huett and Lewis Ward until 1873, when Elmer Searle, formerly of the Reform Investigator of Morrison, assumed editorial charge. Genius could not save the Independent and it was sold to A. J. Booth & Co., who changed its name to the Morrison Times and published it at Morrison until July, 1876, when they removed the office and paper to Rock Falls, and named the paper the Whiteside Times. It is a six-column folio, well filled with reading matter, and has a liberal support. The office occupies the third floor of No. 1, Indus- trial building.
CHURCHES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Methodist Episcopal Church :- This is the oldest religious society of Rock Falls. It was organized in 1868 and its pulpit supplied by Rev. J. H. Alling, pastor of the Fourth Street Sterling charge, with which it was connected. During the winter of 1868-'69 a revival was held by which many were added to its numbers, and the permanency and prosperity of the church assured. A lot was purchased, and in July, 1869, the foundation of the present church was laid; in April, 1871, it was finished and dedicated. The first trustees were J. L. Morrill, M. L. Coe, C. K. Brown, J. A. Bickford and R. H. Jenkins. Rev. J. A. Stayt was sent to the charge in the fall of 1870, as the first resident pastor. It was largely owing to his zeal and energy that the church was com- pleted and a parsonage erected. He was returned to this field in 1871. In 1872 Rev. Thomas Chipperfield came to the charge, then embracing Coloma, Hume and Montmorency. About the 1st of December, 1872, it was decided by the proper authority to make Rock Falls a station, and Rev. T. Chipperfield was assigned to the charge. A revival occurred during this winter as the result of which sixty persons united with the church. The conference of 1873 returned Mr. Chipperfield to this station. During his pastorate the number of members was more than quadrupled and the church prospered greatly. In 1874-'75 Rev. Lewis Curts was pastor, and in 1875-'76 Rev. C. R. Ford. The annual conference of 1876 assigned Rev. A. H. Miller to the charge, and he is now the pastor. The church has a membership of over 200; one local preacher -J. H. Backus; one exhorter-J. H. Boughman; eleven class leaders, and an efficient corps of Sabbath School officers and teachers. The Sabbath School numbers about 250 members. The church is 40x60 feet on the ground --- a neat, comfortable building. In 1876 it was tastefully frescoed and carpeted, through the efforts of the ladies. The present board of trustees are Dr. J. L. Morrill, M. L. Coe, J. A. Bickford, J. H. Phelps and O. A. Oliver.
Congregational Church :- The Congregational society was organized De- cember 28, 1875, with fifteen members. The trustees were A. M. Phelps, E. C. Palmer, Almon Wheeler, Freeman Coleman, and J. D. Davis. The same gen- tlemen constitute the present Board, except Almon Wheeler, whose place is filled by Enoch Long. The deacons are Richard Arey, H. R. Hand, and Charles Saxton. The membership at this time-September, 1877-is 80. A church building 40x55 feet in size was erected in 1876 and dedicated the latter part of that year. It is not finished, but services are regularly held in it. The Rev. S. D. Belt is pastor, under whose care the church has greatly prospered.
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There is connected with the church a flourishing Sabbath School of about 150 members.
German Lutheran Church :- The German Lutheran Society was organized in 1877, being the youngest religious association in Rock Falls. It is engaged in building a church 40x50 feet in size.
Public Schools :- The Schools of Rock Falls being an outgrowth of those of Coloma, we shall treat of both in one article. The early settlers were most of them men of some education, men who felt that knowledge is power, and that to their children mental culture was almost as important as food. Henc e schools were early founded and the school house and the teacher were almost as necessary in the pioneer settlements as in the prosperous villages of to-day. In 1845, Miss Anastatia Sturtevant, eldest daughter of Josiah Sturtevant, taught the first school in an old store building in Rapids City. The next year, 1846, a small building-12x12-constructed for a corn house was bought from L. H. Woodworth for the sum of $20, to be paid in produce, the amount being raised by subscription. It was moved to where the brick school house now stands, and a Miss MeLaughlin was installed as teacher. The number of pupils increased and in 1854 the erection of a brick school house-the present structure-was begun, the old house having been sold to Thomas Robinson, of whose residence it now forms a part. The new house was completed in 1856. In 1858 there were two school districts in Coloma, one in the east part, the other in the west part with the school house located on the east part of section 31. At present district No. two contains Rock Falls and all west of the town to the west line of the township, district No. one east of the town with a school house located in the south-east part of section 26. The Rock Falls school has since the organization of the town been under the care of the following teachers: Mr. Harris, C. Parks, C. G. Glenn, A. D. Tyson, Fayette Johnson, Miss M. Howland, Mr. Woodbridge and Harry A. Smith who is still in the en- ploy of the district. A second school house has been built and five teachers are employed, school being sustained nine months in the year. The number of pupils enrolled is 235. Number in attendance about 175.
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