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Since the township organization in 1852 the following have been officers of Mt. Pleasant :
Supervisors :- 1852-'56, Aaron C. Jackson; 1857-58, Ward P. Lewis; 1859-'63, S. H. MeCrea; 1864-'70, Henry R. Sampson; 1871-73, Addison Farrington; April 7, 1874, Winfield S. Wilkinson was elected, and resigned September 3, 1874; DeWitt C. McAllister was appointed to fill the vacancy; 1875-777, Dwight S. Spafford.
Town Clerks :- 1852-'56, Ward P. Lewis; 1857, William W. Houseman; 1858-'60, II. P. Roberts; 1861-'63, Henry R. Sampson; 1864-'65, E. L. Worth- ington; 1866-'71, Frank Clendenin; 1872-77, J. M. Burtch.
Assessors :- 1852, Alfred Haines; 1853, John W. Stakes; 1854, Gilbert
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H. Dimick; 1855, V. V. Vedder; 1856, Cyrus P. Emery; 1857, Wm. Knox; 1858, A. C. Jackson; 1859, William Knox; 1860, Ezra Finch; 1861, D. K. Lincoln; 1862-'64, Thomas Steere; 1865, George D. Brown; 1866-'68, De Witt C. McAllister; 1869-72, Ward P. Lewis; 1873, Meril Mead; 1874-776, Ward P. Lewis; 1877, DeWitt C. McAllister.
Collectors : - 1852-'55, Cyrus P. Emery; 1856-'57, Alfred Haines; 1858-'60, Bela C. Bailey; 1861-'62, John E. Duffin; 1863, John S. Gillett; 1864-'65, Erastus B. Humphrey; 1866, William H. Judd; 1867-68, Thomas Allen; 1869, M. Y. Lewis; 1870-71, William H. McInroy; 1872, Edwin J. Congar; 1873-774, A. P. Young; 1875-'77, John N. Baird.
Justices of the Peace :- 1852, Gilbert HI. Dimick, R. K. Hiddleson; 1856, Simon Fellows, Henry S. Vroom; 1857, Hiram Olmstead, H. S. Vroom; 1860, James Cobleigh (County Seat Justice), Hiram Olmstead, Simon Fellows; 1864, William Lane, Simon Fellows, Sewel Smith; 1868, Addison Farrington, Geo. H. Fay, James Cobleigh; 1872-'77, George HI. Fay, John N. Baird.
The following is the assessed value of the different kinds of property in Mt. Pleasant township, including Morrison, as shown by the Assessor's book for 1877. The assessed value is about two-fifths of the actual value : No. acres improved land, 21,723; aeres unimproved land, 588; valuation of improved land, $417,773; value of unimproved land, $6,903; improved lots, 431; unimproved lots, 68; value of improved lots, $197,045; value of unimproved lots, $2,112; number of horses, 581; cattle, 1,474; mules and asses, 19; sheep, 390; hogs, 1,999; fire and burglar proof safes, 28; billiard and similar tables, 11; carriages and wagons, 278; watches and clocks, 485; sewing and knitting machines, 291; piano fortes, 28; melodeons and organs, 73; value of merchandise, $36,865; value of material and manufactured articles, $1,975; value of manufacturing tools, $550,00; value of agricultural tools, $1,575; value of jewelry, $128,00; value of credits other than banks, $47,250; value of household and office furniture, $11,- 023; value of shares of national bank stock, $40,000; value of all personal prop- erty, $203,368; value of railroad property, $28,000; assessed value of all prop- erty, $855,698.
The population of Mt. Pleasant township, including Morrison, according to the census report was, in 1870, 2,553 persons. In November, 1876, the town- ship polled 624 votes, which at the usual estimate would show the population of the township to be 3,120. The census of School district No. 1, which em- braces Morrison, showed a population of 2,031. The inhabitants of the town- ship and city of Morrison are' principally Americans, the census of 1870 enumerating only 378 persons of foreign birth and ten negroes. The popula- tion of the township in 1877 is about 3,200.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
WILLIAM H. PASCHAL was born in North Carolina, May 8, 1804, and spent his boyhood near Lebanon, Wilson county. He emigrated to Morgan county, Illinois, in 1826, where he resided until 1835. when he removed to Union Grove, then in Jo Daviess county, and built the first cabin in the present township of Mt. Pleasant. With him in the cabin resided during the winter of 1835'-36, J. D. Paschal, James J. Thomas, Felix French, and their families, in all nine- teen persons. The cabin was not provided with a chimney, and cook stoves not being introduced, a log fire on the outside served for cooking and heating pur- poses. Mr. Paschal secured a considerable amount of land and property by industry, and was engaged in farming for many years in the immediate vicinity of Morrison. He was a good citizen, and before his death, which occurred in Morrison, March 12, 1875, he saw the wild prairie and forests he assisted to
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subdue from nature's wilderness, the home of a teeming population. He was married to Grizzy Thomas, daughter of Anthony M. Thomas, October 17, 1833; she died June 26, 1875. Their children are: Agnes J., born May 4, 1835- died July 12, 1874; Parlee S., born February 11, 1838; Thomas J., born Novem- ber 26, 1850-died October 3, 1850; Robert M., born June 27, 1843.
JOHN D. PASCHAL was born in 1805 in North Carolina. When a child was taken to Tennessee; thence moved to Morgan county, Illinois. In 1835 he emigrated to the township now Mt. Pleasant, and made his first claim on Section 16, it being a school section. A law of Congress provided that all persons who should settle upon school sections in the townships of Illinois should be entitled to "floating pre-emption," therefore Mr. Paschal "floated" over on to section 15. On the farm thus secured he resided until about nine years ago, when, having disposed of his property, he removed to Morrison where he still resides. December 20, 1827, he married Miss Naney Short, who is yet alive. Children: William B., born October 26, 1828; Daniel B., born March 20, 1831; Elizabeth Jane, born May 15, 1833; James A., born May 28, 1835; Isaiah F., born March 1, 1838; Sarah A., born April 19, 1840; Maria A., born Novem- ber 18, 1843; John G., born July 26, 1846. The first four were born in Morgan county. All are now living.
ANTHONY M. THOMAS was born in South Carolina, near Charleston, in 1782. He emigrated to Illinois in 1804. During the War of 1812 he served as a private soldier in the United Rangers. In 1837 Mr. Thomas settled in the territory now Mt. Pleasant. Ile married Miss Jane Jordan, of North Carolina, in 1805. His children are : Mary, born in 1805; Margaret, born in 1807; Grizzy, born in 1809; James J., born in 1811; Julia, born in 18 -; Elizabeth, born in 1815; George W., born in 1820; John R., born in 1822; William C., born in 1828. Five children died in infancy. Mary married F. French; Mar- garet married George O. James; Grizzy married W. H. Paschal; Julia married Samuel Currie; Elizabeth married William French. Mr. Thomas died Septem- ber 8, 1850, and his wife September 12, 1858.
JAMES J. THOMAS was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, April 2, 1811. He was married November 14, 1833, to Miss Lucy Paschal. Mrs. P. died Au- gust 13, 1840, and he was married July 25, 1841, to Miss Louisa A. Iligley. Being separated by a bill of divorce, Mr. Thomas married Miss Sarah M. Platt, November 20, 1860. Mr. Thomas settled in the grove near Morrison, Novem- ber 5, 1835, and passed through the vicissitudes of pioncer life. He has been engaged as a farmer during his life, except an interval of about fifteen months spent in California in 1852-'53. At present he is a resident of Morrison. In 1831 and 1832 he served as a volunteer against the Sacs and Foxes, who were under Blackhawk. His neighbors, J. D. and W. Il. Paschal, served in the same war in 1831, and Felix French during the Winnebago troubles in 1828.
GEORGE W. THOMAS was born in St. Clair county, Illinois, January 10, 1820, and October 2, 1842, was married in Cass county to Miss Mary Paschal. He resided in Morgan county until 1837, when he came north and made a claim on sections 8 and 9 in the present town of Mt. Pleasant. He still resides upon the same farm. Children : Francis Marion, born December 27. 1843; Addi- son Paschal, born June 1, 1845; Samuel Taylor, born April 2, 1847; John Rob- erts, born June 12, 1849; Nathan James, born May 28, 1851: Elizabeth Jane, born May 17, 1853; William Henry, born March 23, 1856; Robert Mil- ton, born April 12, 1862; George Eddy, born October 17, 1866; Minnie Eve- line, born April 20, 1869. John Roberts died December 18, 1854. and William H., June 12, 1865. Francis Marion served during the war in the 93d Illinois regiment.
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WILLIAM C. THOMAS was born in Morgan county, Illinois, April 28, 1828; settled in Mt. Pleasant in the autumn of 1837. He now resides upon his fath- er's homestead. In 1852 he went to California, where he remained seventeen years. August 3, 1870, he married Miss Mary E. Hodge.
GEORGE O. JAMES was born in Ash county, North Carolina, April 14, 1806. When a child, he, with his father's family, removed to Kentucky, and from that State to Morgan county, Illinois. Mr. James traveled from the lat- ter county to Whiteside in 1835, on horseback, first stopping at Elkhorn, where he remained about six months. At the expiration of that time he made a claim on section 9 in the north part of Mt. Pleasant, where he still lives. For the first two years of his residence in the township, he lived in a cabin in the timber on section 5. Mr. James has been a hard-working farmer all his life, and assisted much in the development of the country. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Fatherkill, November 1, 1830, who died in 1831, about one year after marriage. On February 9, 1836, Mr. James married Miss Margaret Thomas, who died January 6, 1866. On January 6, 1870, he was united 'in marriage to Mrs. Jane S. Mecem, of Pennsylvania. Mr. James is the father of William S., born September 14, 1831; Anthony A., born August 26, 1837; Elizabeth J., born April 15, 1840; Adam C., born March 27, 1842; Anna L., born December 11, 1845. William S. married Miss Rosanna Shepler, and lives in Fenton; Anthony A. married Miss Anna Norrish, and lives in Clyde; Elizabeth J. mar- ried Hiram Smith, and lives in Story county, Iowa; Adam C. married Miss Ma- bel Robertson, and lives in New York; Anna L. married John Little, and lives in Iowa.
AARON C. JACKSON was born in Morristown, Morris county, New Jersey, October 29,1800. When five years of age, he, with his father's family, removed to Fort Pitt, Pa., and some years after to Knox county, Ohio, locating near where the City of Mt. Vernon now is, then a place consisting of two houses. From boyhood to manhood Mr. Jackson was engaged in the usual avocations of pioneers in wooded country-felling trees, grubbing, and opening farms from the primeval forests. His educational advantages were acquired in the log school houses from imperfect text books, and still more imperfect teachers, whose chief requisites were ability to wield the birch and control the hardy pioneer boys. January 16, 1823, Mr. Jackson married Charity Ann Young, daughter of Judge Young, of Ohio, she being a sister of D. B. Young, now of Morrison. In 1837 he emigrated to Illinois, and settled in what is now Mt. Pleasant township, his claim being about one half mile east of the present City of Morrison. The claim of 160 acres, 40 of which was timber, he purchased for $900,00 from Pardon Dodge. Some of the land had been broken, and a rude log cabin erected. Mr. Jackson experienced all the vicissitudes and pleasures of pioneer life, such as hauling dressed hogs to Savannah and Galena, where they were sold for one cent a pound "in trade," the "trade" being calico remnants, no single piece of which was sufficient to make his wife a dress. Mr. Jackson was President of a Society of Settlers to prevent Claim Jumping; in 1839 was commissioned a Justice of the Peace. In 1842 he was elected a representative on the Whig ticket to the State Legislature from Whiteside and Lee counties, serving two years. He was facetiously dubbed "The Log Cabin Candidate," from the style of architecture of his residence. His opponent was known as the leader of the "Dixon Stage Party." Mr. Jackson triumphed by a majority of sixteen votes. Whiteside county was largely Whig, while Lee county was Democratic. In 1847 he was clected a member of the Constitutional Convention, receiving 322 votes. His opponent, Jonathan Haines, received 304 votes, and D. B. Young, 53. From 1852 to '57 he was Supervisor of Mt. Pleasant township, and during President
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Lincoln's administration Postmaster of Morrison. Mr. Jackson is still a resi- dent of Morrison, quietly spending his days near the scenes of his pioneer life. Mrs. Jackson died September 5, 1855, and on November 26, 1856, Mr. Jackson married Sophronia Gibbs, widow of Alonzo Gibbs. Mrs. Gibbs was mother of Edward Gibbs, of Lyndon, and Mrs. S. W. Robinson and Mrs. Alpheus Clark, of Morrison. The children of A. C. Jackson were : Daniel B., born October 31, 1823-drowned July 8, 1837; Flavius J., born August 22, 1826; Susan L., born February 13, 1828; John Y., born September 14, 1829; Tryphene, born June 15, 1831; Elizabeth, May 27, 1833; Phebe L., born September 2, 1835; Silas M., October 22, 1837; Amanda, born December 8, 1840; Lafayette J., born February 23, 1843-died at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 22, 1875.
JAMES KNOX, SR., was born January 8, 1791, in Dutchess county, New York. He remained in New York until 1816, when he removed to Canada, where he lived a number of years. In 1825 he moved to Erie county, New York, where he lived until October, 1835, when with his family he emigrated to the West and settled in the " Ox Bow Bend," across the river north of Proph- etstown, where he engaged in farming and running a ferry across Rock river, first using the common oared boat and poles, then the rope and pulleys. He resided at this place about two years, and in 1837 located on land where Morrison now is, near the present corner of Wall and Orange streets. Not being successful in securing water, he changed his location to near where the present Library Hall stands; there he found water by digging the well now on the property of F. C. Woodruff. The site of Morrison was then covered with hazel brush and trees. Mr. Knox was a successful farmer, good citizen, and reared a substantial and highly respected family. He married Miss Ann Martin, of Vermont, Jan- uary 9, 1816. Children: William, born June 2, 1817; Martin, born February 9, 1819; Alson, born March 3, 1821; Peter, born April 4, 1823-died May 2, 1875; James, born July 30, 1825-died September 11, 1873; Archibald, born September 11, 1827; Henry, born December 27, 1828; Lydia, born September 25, 1831; John J., born September 23, 1833; Mary, born March 6, 1837; Allen, born May 3, 1840; Louis, November 8, 1842. Of the twelve children, all are living with the exception of Peter and James. Martin is a resident of Califor- nia; Mary (Mrs. McIntyre) resides in Yankton, Dakota, and Lydia (Mrs. Lathe), in Lyndon; the remainder of the family live in Mt. Pleasant township. James Knox, Sr., died September 24, 1860, and his wife February 9, 1866.
WILLIAM KNOX was born in Paris, Canada, June 2, 1817; was married Au- gust 21, 1842, to Miss Jane Emery, at Prophetstown, Illinois. Mr. Knox came to Whiteside county with his father, and settled near Prophetstown, in 1835, having previously lived in New York. In 1837, upon his father moving to what is now Mt. Pleasant township, he purchased the ferry at Prophetstown, and did a large business for several years. He closed out his business in that part of the county and came to the vicinity of Morrison in 1842, settling on section 16. Subsequently he located on section 14, where he has since resided. Mr. Knox is largely engaged in farming, owning a number of valuable tracts of land. His children are Sarah Jane, born April 17, 1845; Harriet Ellen, born March, 1847; Walter E., born May 25, 1851; Martin W., born March 19, 1854; William H., born October 8, 1856; Andrew J., born September 27, 1858; Clarence and Clar- etta, born June 5, 1866. The first-mentioned died at the age of five years.
ALSON KNOX was born in Dumfries, Upper Canada, March 3, 1821. In 1825 he moved with his father's family to Erie county, New York, and in Oe- tober, 1835, came with them to Whiteside county. The family first settled in Prophetstown, and about three months afterwards at the ox bow bend in Lyn- don township. In 1837 they came to Mt. Pleasant, and settled on section 18.
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Mr. Knox, in company with his brother Martin, made a claim of three hundred and twenty acres on sections 15 and 22, in Mt. Pleasant township, and now owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres on the same sections. On the 22d of February, 1848, he married Miss Julia Ann Weaver, a native of Lan- caster county, Pennsylvania, at Empire. They have several children.
JAMES KNOX, JR., was born July 30, 1825, in the township of Dumfries, District of Gore, Canada. He moved with his father to Whiteside county in 1835, first settling near Prophetstown. Soon after the family located on land where Morrison now stands. Mr. Knox subsequently acquired a farm a few miles east of Morrison, where he resided until his death, September 11, 1873. He was the first of a family of twelve to dic. He left a widow and several children.
PETER KNOX was born in Dumfries, Canada, April 4, 1823. Came with his father to this county in 1835. After arriving at man's estate Mr. Knox se- cured a fine farm near Morrison. He was an industrious and competent busi- ness man, and amassed prior to his death a large property. For a number of years previous to his death he suffered from pulmonary disease, and in the hope that change of climate would be beneficial, made several trips to the Pacific coast. He died at Brownsville, California, May 2, 1875, leaving a wife, but no children.
CYRUS P. EMORY was born at Moriah, Essex county, New York, March 31, 1820, and came West in 1839, stopping at Lyons, Iowa, a short time, and then settling on his present farm on section 21, Mt. Pleasant township. Mr. Emory married Miss Frances Dimick, and has several children. He has served several terms both as Assessor, and as Collector, of Mt. Pleasant township, and has also been Constable for the township, and School Director in his district. His farm comprises over two hundred acres of choice land, which he has brought under a good state of cultivation, and is what can be truthfully termed a fore- handed farmer. As a man, citizen, and neighbor, Mr. Emory stands high in the community.
WM. HEATON, SR., was born in Massachusetts in 1782, and died in 1843. He married Miss Martha Bailey in 1804. Mrs. Heaton died June 21, 1872. Mr. Heaton settled with his family in Mt. Pleasant township, in 1837. Chil- dren: Freedom, born in 1805; Maria V., born in 1808; James, born in 1812; Horace, born in 1814; Susan, born in 1816; George, born in 1818; Alfred, born in 1820; Lydia, born in 1822; Orson, born in 1824; Roana, born in 1826; Wil- liam, Jr., born in 1829. Freedom married Thomas L. Jackson (see biography). Maria V. married Van Vleck Vedder, and removed from the county. James came to Mt. Pleasant in 1835, being the pioneer of the family; he died in 1837, unmarried; his funeral was the first in the present township. Horace (see bi- ography). Susan married Ward P. Lewis, and is now living; her husband died in 1876. George now lives in Kansas. Alfred (see biography). Lydia mar- ried Harley Derby. Orson is now a resident of Iowa. Roana married Jas. K. Robertson. William, Jr., married Miss Elizabeth Hiddleson; they have four children; he served during the war in the 8th Wisconsin Artillery.
HORACE HEATON was born in Washington county, Vermont, May 23, 1814. Went to Jefferson county, New York, when five years of age, and resided there until the fall of 1836, when he settled in Mt. Pleasant, and made a claim on section 4, he and George O. James being the first settlers in the northeast part of the township. He resided upon his farin until 1864, when he removed to Morrison, and now has charge of the stage route from Morrison to Spring Hill. He was married March 21, 1839, to Sarah Chamberlain, who was born February 28, 1814. Mrs. Heaton died September 18, 1867. Children: Gideon C., Mar-
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tha Jane, Ward P., Miranda, Nancy, Malissa and Clarissa-twins, and Judson. All the children are dead but Gideon and Nancy. Mr. Ileaton was married De- cember 13, 1868, to Mrs. Lucy A. Thomas.
ALFRED HEATON was born April 28, 1820, in Jefferson county, New York. In 1837 he came to Mt. Pleasant with his father and the family. Hle made his claim on Section 3, where he still resides. May 11, 1845, he married Miss Eliza Jane Robertson. Children: James W., died in the army; Ellen R., wife of W. P. Hiddleson; Olive A., wife of Oliver King; Alfarata, wife of Frank Babcock; Emily E., wife of N. J. Thomas; Ada J .; Susan Kate, who died in 1862. Mr. Heaton has made a successful growth with the country and has been well rewarded for the trials of pioneer life. He served during the war in the 8th Illinois Cavalry, the same regiment to which his son James W. belonged.
THOMAS L. JACKSON was born in New Lisbon, New London county, Connecticut, October 23, 1787. At thirteen years of age he removed to New York State where he resided until 1835, being engaged in farming during the whole time. During his residence in Jefferson county, New York, he was mar- ried in December, 1824, to Miss Freedom Heaton, daughter of William Heaton, who then resided in St. Lawrence county, New York. About the year 1835 he moved with his family to Portage county, Ohio, where he lived for several years. In April, 1841, he left Ohio for Illinois, arriving in Whiteside county in May of that year, and settling on section 4 in the present township of Mt. Pleasant. He has resided on the same farm continously since that date. Children: Floyd H., born October 20, 1825-married Miss Ellen J. Carlton, and lives in Story county, Iowa; Mary, now Mrs. J. W. Wells, of Chicago, born July 25, 1827; Sullivan, born December 3, 1830-married Miss E. C. Baxter, and lives with his parents. Mr. Jackson was 90 years of age October 23, 1877, and is the oldest person in the township.
JOHN B. DODGE, a prominent character among the early settlers of this county, was born in Tioga county, New York, April 6, 1808. Removed to Lick- ing county, Ohio, where, November 6, 1828, he was united in the bonds of mat- rimony to Miss Lydia B. Smith. He removed to Stark county, Illinois, August, 1829, where he remained about seven years, when he removed once more to what is now Mt. Pleasant township, Whiteside county, arriving in August, 1836, and settling on section 20. He was the Captain of a Militia Company in 1830, and volunteered during the Blackhawk War, and was present at the battle of Bloody Run. He was a man of much energy, and was frequently called upon by his fellow citizens to bear the burdens of office, not less onerous then than now, and less remunerative. In those days of Auld Lang Syne honor and a desire for the public good were the only inducements to office seeking. Fat salaries and well-furnished, comfortable offices existed only in ex- tremely vigorous and daringimaginations. In May, 1839, Mr. Dodge was one of the three County Commissioners who held the first Commissioners" Court of White- side county. He is reported to have announced the opening of the session in the following characteristic words: "Fellow Citizens, the County Commission- ers' Court of Whiteside is about to set, and will be ready to hatch in two or three days." He was at different times Constable, and Justice of the Peace. He died January 24, 1843, at the early age of 35. His widow re-married, her second husband being James Magby, who died several years since leaving her a second time a widow. She at present resides with her son-in-law, George P. Garlick, of Fenton township. Mr. Dodge was buried on his farm. In 1860 his remains were removed to the Morrison Cemetery, where they now repose. The children were Eber B., born November 27, 1829, who is married and now
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resides in this county; Matilda S., born September 1, 1832, married R. M. Thompson, of Fenton, December 25, 1849; Abiel Mc., born October 1, 1834, died December 28, 1835; Eli M., born January 20, 1837, is now a resident of Mar- shall county, Iowa; Henrietta, born November 4, 1839, married to James Garlick, and resides in Marshall county, Iowa. There were children of the second mar- riage, one of whom married George P. Garlick, of Fenton.
JONATHAN HAINES was a native of Butler county, Ohio, and came to Illi- mois in 1826, first settling in Tazewell county. In 1835 he came to Whiteside county on his way to Galena, and being so well pleased with the location of what is now known as Jacobstown, and the water privileges there, made a claim and erected a cabin. His purpose in going to Galena was to use his steam ice boat, which he had recently patented, in navigating the Upper Mississippi during the winter, feeling sanguine of carrying the United States mail, and keeping up trade with St. Paul, and the upper forts. He made a few trips to Dubuque. In the winter of 1835, Felix French lived in the cabin, and took care of the mill claim, Mr. J. T. Atkinson boarding with him during the time while he was making rails and cutting logs on his claim near by. Mr. Haines returned in 1836, and built a saw mill on his claim, on the opposite side of the creek from the present mill. This mill, however, was washed away by a freshet after one log had been sawed, and in 1837 he erected another one on the same site, to which he after- wards added a pair of burrs for grinding grain. In 1847 he invented the "Illinois Harvester," and put up machine shops at Unionville, where he manufactured them until his removal to Tazewell county, in 1849. These Harvesters have since been somewhat improved, and are now extensively used in all the West- ern States. Union Grove Precinct was named by Mr. Haines, J. T. Atkinson, and Henry Boyer, in the spring of 1836. Mr. Haines was quite a prominent man in Whiteside county at an early day, and held several positions of public trust. He was a useful citizen, a kind and generous neighbor, and endeared himself to all who became acquainted with his many excellent traits of char- acter. He died in Pekin, Tazewell county, February 22, 1868, of apoplexy.
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