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by Frink & Walker, and was made by them a passenger as well as a mail line. Besides receiving mail from Fulton and Galena, a branch line connected with the route from the north, by the way of Argo, Carroll county. The Ustick Postoffice was kept in existence until Mr. Baker after repeated efforts to have it discontinued, forwarded the key to the Department at Washington, which put an end to it. The third Postoffice was established in 1857, and named Summit Hill from the high ground upon which it was located. Mr. Meril Mead, then a resident of Ustick, but for several years living in Morrison, was ap- pointed Postmaster, and kept the office at his house situated on the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 24, not far from the township line between Ustick and Clyde. The mail was brought from Morrison to Summit Hill, once a week. The office was continued four years, when it was abolished at the earnest solicitations of Mr. Mead, as the receipts were of a somewhat indefinite quantity. Ustick was left without a Postoffice when these three went out of existence.
The first ground broken on the railroad, then known as the Rock River & Mississippi Railroad, was on the sand hill in the bluffs, on section 30, in the town of Ustick. This was in February, 1853. In fact this was the first ground broken for a railroad between Fulton and the Junction, near Chicago. The event created a great sensation, and was really a "windfall" to the farmers of the sur- rounding country, as it opened up a ready market for all the grain, pork, beef and hay they had to sell. Money at once become plenty.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad enters the township near the south- east corner of section 33, and passing through the section in a northwesterly direc- tion, crosses the northwest corner of section 32, and thesouthwest corner of section 29,and then bearing to the southwest passes through section 30,leaving the town near the southwest corner of the section. When the road was first built, a station was located on section 30, called Clifton, and afterwards Bluff Station, at which con- siderable business was done for a time. It was finally abandoned, and nothing remains of it now excepting some ruins.
The Presbyterian church, at Spring Valley, was organized October 6, 1860, by Rev. A. HI. Lackey, a member of Rock River Presbytery. Twenty-two per- sons united together at the organization, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Miller, James Miller. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Durward, Mr. and Mrs. William McKie, Mrs. Mary Watt, Miss Margaret Watt, Mr. and Mrs. HI. J. Plank, Mrs. Eleanor Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas MeKie. The other names are illegible. The first elders were A. W. Ritchie, A. M. Miller, and H. J. Plank, and the trustees John Hutchinson, A. S. Ritchie, E. G. Martindale, Peter Durward, and A. M. Miller. The church edifice was erected in 1865, and fully completed in 1866, the whole cost amounting to something over twenty-two hundred dollars. The building is situated on an elevated piece of ground, and can be seen for a long distance. The pastors have been Rev. J. B. McClure, from 1862 to 1865; Rev. A. Keigwin for a portion of the time during 1865; Rev. A. H. Lackey from 1865 to 1868; Rev. A. W. Colver from 1868 to 1870; Rev. A. W. Hanna from 1870 to 1872; Rev. W. D. F. Lummis from 1872 to 1874, and Rev. F. J. Reichert, the present pastor, who commenced his labors in 1876. The present elders are, A. W. Ritchie, A. M. Miller, II. Halbert, and David Parkhill.
The Methodist Episcopal Society, at Spring Valley, was organized in 1855 by Rev. Mr. Falkenburgh, pastor of the M. E. Church, at Unionville. We have not been able to ascertain the names of the first members. Religious services were first held at the residences of the members. On the 30th of March, 1869, the Society met to elect Trustees, and appoint a building committee, prepara-
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tory to the erection of a church edifice. H. W. Gould, Hiram Skinner, and G. F. Stubbs, were elected Trustees. The construction of the church building was very soon afterwards commenced, and completed during the year at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars. The church is connected with the Thomson circuit of the Rock River Conference, and services are held once in two weeks. The fol- lowing are the present members: H. Hanson, Mrs. K. Hanson, Charles Cossel- man, Mrs. L. Cosselman, H. F. Stubbs, Mrs. M. B. Stubbs, John McLellen, Mrs. McLellen, E. Northrup, Mrs. O. Northrup, Mrs. M. Aikman, Miss Gussie Aik- man, Miss Rena Aikman, John Imlay, local preacher. The present trustees are, II. F. Stubbs, H. Hanson, and Charles Cosselman.
The church edifice at Cottonwood was erected in 1872, at a cost of about one thousand eight hundred dollars. It was built by contributions from all clas- ses of people, and was designed as a place of worship for all denominations. The M. E. Society, however, have had charge of it for some time past. This Society is connected with the Fulton circuit, and services are held on Sunday afternoons by the pastor of that charge. The first Trustees were, A. M. Abbott, Warren Bond, Cornelius Springer, Timothy Martin, and Henry Canfield. The three first named gentlemen are still trustees. Mr. Martin is dead, and Mr. Canfield has moved away.
There are quite a number of Mennonites residing in the town, and about six years ago they erected a church building on section 25. Services are held every Sunday in this building, and are faithfully attended by the mem- bers.
At the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, the people of Ustick en- tered heartily into the work of raising volunteers for the preservation of the Union, and many of her sons went promptly forth to the battle field. The 8th Illinois Cavalry, and the 42d, and 75th Infantry, received the greatest number of these gallant boys, probably because they could go together, but other regi- ments came in for a share. Many of them came back home veterans in the service, while others laid down their lives either in the hot contest of fiereely fought battles, or of disease incurred by exposure and hardship. Among those who died in the battle, or by disease, we have been able to gather the follow- ing: James Martin, 42d Infantry, died of disease at Pittsburg Landing; Austin Martin, Company C, 8th Cavalry, died of disease at Frederick City, Maryland; Jay Canfield, Company C, 8th Cavalry, died of disease at Alexandria, Virginia; James Canfield, 75th Infantry, also died of disease contracted in the service; Ephraim Weldon, 75th Infantry, killed in battle; John Williams, Company C, 8th Cavalry, killed in battle; Delos Goff, died of sun stroke in battle; Hiram Mead and Byron Weldon died after they came home, of disease contracted in the service; Robert Imlay, killed July 7, 1864, while in service; Robert Hale, Cap- tain of Company I, 75th Infantry, was killed in skirmish on picket line, July 4, 1864.
The first town meeting under the township organization in the town of Ustick, was held at the Franklin school house on the 6th of April, 1852. Hen- ry Ustick was chosen Moderator, and A. M. Abbott, Clerk. A committee of five, consisting of Benj. Abbott, S. W. Goff, Oliver Baker, Reuben Baker, and Joshua Hollinshead, was appointed to draft town laws. The committee re- ported the following: Article 1st, The town shall be known and designated by the name of Hemlo. Article 2d, A lawful fence shall be four and one-half feet high, and the rails not more than six inches apart. Article 3d, Ilogs shall not be permitted or allowed to run at large. The articles were adopted. It is proper, however, to say that the first article was never carried into effect, and the town retained the name originally given to it by the Commissioners.
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The following have been the principal officers of the town since its organi- zation:
Supervisors :- 1852-'53, John Mackenzie; 1854, A. W. Ives; 1855, A. M. Abbott; 1856, John A. Crouch; 1857-'59, Oliver Baker; 1860-'61, Warren Bond; 1862, Meril Mead; 1863-'66, Oliver Baker; 1867-'68, Warren Bond; 1869, G. W. Mackenzie; 1870, James G. Gridley; 1871-'73, Warren Bond; 1874-775, Alonzo E. Smith; 1876, Birney G. Baker; 1877, Warren Bond.
Town Clerks :- 1852-'54, A. M. Abbott; 1855-'56, A. C. Crouch; 1857-'58, Dennis J. Farwell; 1859-'60, Solomon Farwell; 1861-'63, Samuel F. Miller; 1864, George Elsey; 1865, Alex. S. Ritchie; 1866-67, Geo. W. Mackenzie; 1868, John C. Martindale; 1869-771, A. M. Miller; 1872-'77, Henry Hoover. Assessors :- 1852-'55, Henry Ustick; 1856-'58, Solomon Farwell; 1859, Isaac Goltrop; 1860, A. C. Crouch; 1861-'62, Wm. Watt; 1863-'66, Rufus K. Blodgett; 1867-'68, Wm. Probert; 1869, J. W. Fisk; 1870, R. K. Blodgett; 1871-'72, Joshua Hollinshead; 1873-775, R. K. Blodgett; 1876-'77, Joshua Hollinshead.
Collectors :- 1852, Ira E. Baker; 1853, Hiram Ingham; 1854-'55, Reuben Patrick; 1856, Jacob Hollinshead; 1857-'59, Reuben Baker; 1860, James Mar- tin; 1861, J. K. Robertson; 1862-'63, Harvey Welden; 1864, O. J. Buffington; 1865, Timothy Martin; 1866, Delos P. Martin; 1867, Augustin Johnson; 1868, J. W. Hollinshead; 1869, Daniel Hollinshead; 1870, Harrison Houghton; 1871, John Pape; 1872, James Melville; 1873, Peter Durward; 1874, James Imlay; 1875, E. H. Pierce; 1876, Timothy Martin; 1877, Moses A. Green.
Justices of the Peace :- 1852, Henry Ustick, Oliver Baker; 1857, A. M. Abbott, Meril Mead; 1860, Oliver Baker, Meril Mead; 1864, Oliver Baker, Clark Young; 1867, R. K. Blodgett; 1868, R. K. Blodgett, J. D. Farwell; 1869, A. S. Ritchie; 1872, A. S. Ritchie, R. K. Blodgett; 1876, A. M. Abbott; 1877, A. M. Abbott, A. S. Ritchie.
Ustick township contains 22,115 acres of improved land, and 320 acres of unimproved, ranking the third in the county for its proportion of improved to unimproved land. The towns ahead of it are Hume, which has no unimproved land, and Coloma, having only 130 acres. This proportion speaks well for its location, and the fertility of its soil. The number of horses in the township in 1877, as shown by the Assessor's books, is 480; number of cattle, 1,357; of mules and asses, 9; of sheep, 117; of hogs, 2,712; carriages and wagons, 185; watches and clocks, 145; sewing and knitting machines, 80; piano fortes, 2; melodeons and organs, 19. Total assessed value of lands, lots, and personal property, $321,268; value of railroad property, $12,100. Total assessed value of all property in 1877, $333,368.
The population of the township in 1870, as shown by the Federal census reports of that year, was 1,026, of which 776 were of native birth, and 250 of foreign birth. The population in 1860, was 647. The estimated population in 1877, is 1,150. Popular vote in November, 1876, 183.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
WOOSTER Y. IVES is a native of Wallingford, Connecticut, and was born July 8, 1810. He came to Whiteside county May 1, 1837, and together with Edward Corbin, made a claim under the bluffs on section 19, of Congressional township 22, now the town of Ustick. Mr. Corbin soon sold his share to Mr. Ives, and went to other parts. He was one of those peripatetic individuals, of whom there were quite a number throughout this section at quite an early day. Their principal business was to locate claims, make some improvements, and then sell at as high a price as they could get to actual settlers, and pass on to
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another locality. Mr. Ives built a small house, the first erected in the present township of Ustick, did some breaking, and then went back to Connecticut and brought on his wife. He was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Blake, January 1, 1837. There were no children by this marriage. Mrs. Ives died on the 1st of August, 1850, and on the 25th of August, 1853, Mr. Ives married Miss Eliza- beth Parrish, his present wife. Mr. Ives disposed of his farm in Ustick some years ago, and moved to the city of Fulton, where he has since continued to re- side. Ile was always a great hunter, and in the early days when game abound- ed, was accustomed to spend days at a time in the chase, and never failed to return during the proper season with a large supply of venison, and wild fowl. Now that game has become scarce in this section, he journeys every fall to the woods of Wisconsin and Minnesota to indulge in his favorite pursuit. He has twice crossed the plains to California, and returned, and at each time met with thrilling adventures. Mr. Ives is of a quiet, retiring disposition, and has never sought publie position. As a man and a citizen he is universally respected.
WILLIAM H. KNIGHT was born on the banks of Penobscot Bay, at the vil- lage of Northport, Waldo county, Maine, November 3, 1816. He came to Whiteside county and settled in Fulton in June, 1838, remaining there only a year, and then made a claim under the bluffs in the present township of Ustick, where he followed the occupation of farming until 1849. He then returned to Fulton, and has resided either in the eity or township since that time. Mr. Knight married Miss Sarah R. Johnson, a daughter of Jesse Johnson, in the town of Ustick, November 24, 1840. The children by this marriage were: George H., born October 28, 1841; Franklin, born October 28, 1842; Lydia A., born April 16, 1844; Bernice B., and Bernard, twins, born July 16, 1846; Sarah F., born October 14, 1849; William F., born September 19, 1855; Charles D., born December 1, 1858; and Charles D., 2d, born November 4, 1862. Of these, Franklin died February 16, 1844; Bernard, June 11, 1847; Sarah F., July 29, 1850; Charles D., Ist, October 20, 1859; and Lydia A., November 15, 1876. George H. married Miss Kate Connolly, and lives at Maquoketa, Iowa; Lydia A. married George Beuzeville, and died as above stated; and Bernice B. mar- ried George W. Duncan, and lives at La Crosse, Wisconsin. Mrs. Knight died January 12, 1864, and on the 2d of November, 1865, Mr. Knight married Mrs. Susan M. Thomas, his present wife. There has been one child by this marriage, Edward Everett, who was born April 29, 1871. Mr. Knight has been engaged since coming west, as a farmer, hotel keeper, lumber dealer, ferry owner, and grocer. He is at present the owner of a fine farm a short distance northeast of the city of Fulton. He has held several town offices, and was for four years School Director in Fulton.
JOHN HOLLINSHEAD was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, January 6, 1798. Hle went first to Canada from his native city, and came to Clyde, White- side county, in June, 1839. Soon afterwards he purchased land under the bluffs in Ustick township, and settled there, living upon his farm until he died, and on which he lies buried. During his residence in Canada he participated in the Patriot War, and true to the land of his birth, was an ardent patriot. At one time during that war he had charge of a large number of guns, and quite an amount of ammunition, which the Loyalists determined to capture, but owing to his shrewd management both were saved to the Patriot force. His wife was of the Rush family of Pennsylvania, her unele being the celebrated Richard Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The children of this marriage were, Joshua, born September 7, 1827; Julia Ann, May 19, 1829; Jacob W., August 22, 1831; Daniel, February 7, 1834; Lydia, January 21, 1837; Mary, July 21, 1839; Charles, January 27, 1842, and Emily,
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September 19, 1843. Charles died in infancy and Lydia in 1867, leaving a husband and three children. The remaining children are living, and reside in Whiteside county.
JOHN MAHENY is a native of Queens county, Ireland, and was born Feb- ruary 15, 1803. At the age of twenty-eight he came to the United States, and soon after went to Canada where he remained three years, and then return- ed to the States, working in New Hampshire and Vermont until the fall of 1840, when he came to Whiteside county, and settled upon his present farm in Ustick. Mr. Maheny was married to Martha Lothers in Londonderry, Ireland, on the 15th of October 1836. Their children were Margaret, Mary, James, John, Thomas, Sarah, Joseph, Anna, William and Martha, all of whom are living except Joseph, who died in infancy. Two are residing in Iowa, two in Colorado, and the rest in Whiteside county. Mr. Maheny's first wife died in February, 1864, and in January, 1867, he married his present wife, then Mrs. Ann Gardner. He has been a farmer all his life.
WARREN BOND is a native of Lewis county, New York, and came to Whiteside county on the 16th of April 1842, first settling in Fulton, and after- wards in Ustick, where he purchased a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres, located on the Morrison and Fulton road, which he has since continued to own and cultivate. Of late years he has turned his attention principally to stock raising, endeavoring always to have the best. His gross receipts from farm and stock average two thousand dollars per annum. In relating his early experience he states that in his native state he threshed wheat for five cents a bushel, and helped clean the grain, working from sunrise until sunset. When he first came to Whiteside county he worked for John Hollinshead, in Ustick, for twelve dollars a month. Mr. Bond married Miss Harriet N. Canfield, July 13, 1844. The children have been: Edna E., born November 5, 1847; Loretta H., born February 15, 1850; Viola E., born December 21, 1851; George E., born June 5, 1854; Vesta M., born July 10, 1856; Olive J., born August 28, 1858; Ada A. and Ida A., twins, born March 2, 1861; Isabel, born August 29, 1863; and Alva W., born September 26, 1865. Of these, Ada A. died Septem- ber 14, 1861; Ida A. September, 21, 1861; and Viola E. December 3, 1872. Edna E. married Delos P. Martin, October 18, 1865, and lives in Nebraska; Lor- etta H. married William J. Reed, December 31, 1868, and lives in Ustick; Viola E. married Austin Goff, March 18, 1872, and died as above stated-she lived in Ustick; Vesta married Wilson Springer, January 1, 1874, and lives in Ustick; Olive J. married Alonzo Springer, August 15, 1876, and lives in Union Grove; and George E. married Miss Sarah Bulkley, December 20, 1876, and lives in Ustick. Isabel, and Alva W., reside at home. While yet a resident of Fulton, Mr. Bond held several town offices, and since his residence in Ustick he has been elected Supervisor for nine different terms, and is the present Su- pervisor of the township. He is a good sample of the energetic, intelligent, and successful Whiteside county farmer.
HENRY BOND was born in Denmark, Lewis county, New York, December 7, 1818. Ile came to Whiteside county in the spring of 1838, with Lewis Graves, and settled at first with him on the farm now owned by Oliver Baker, in the present township of Ustick. He afterwards made a claim about one mile west, on section 7, and after remaining there some time sold it, and pur- chased his present farm ou sections 10 and 11, in Spring valley, Ustick town- ship. Mr. Bond married Miss Lucy A. Ingham, in August, 1841. Their children have been: Jennie E., born December 24, 1842; Martha A., born Au- gust 28, 1847; and Emma E., born March 21, 1854. Martha A. died February 2, 1852. Jennie E. married Richard Keeny, September 28, 1870, and lives in
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Spring Valley, Ustick township; and Emma A. married A. Hutchinson, Febru- ary 14, 1877, and also lives in Spring Valley.
HENRY USTICK, SR., for whom the town of Ustiek was named, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1789. Upon leaving his native State he lived for a time in Ohio, and from that State moved with his family to Whiteside county, and settled in Union Grove township, his claim embracing the farm now owned by Edward Vennum. In 1845 he went to Ustick, and set- tled on seetion 34, where he resided until his death, which occurred on the 16th of June, 1855. He was married April 14, 1812, to Miss Nancy Smiley, who died May 27, 1820. Mr. Ustick afterwards married Mrr. Abigail Bryant, whose death occurred November 19, 1862. Children: John, now residing at Eariville, Illinois; William, who died December 1, 1834; Jacob Y., who died in the army, August 30, 1863; N. M. Y., residing at Dallas Center, Iowa; Henry, a resident of Morrison, Whiteside county, Illinois; Elizabeth Y., wife of Fosket H. Loomis; Abner, who lives in Gowrie, Webster county, Iowa; Edward P., who died March 3, 1843; and Daniel B. Y., who died October 8, 1862.
STEPHEN W. GOFF was born in Granville, Hampshire county, Massachu- setts, in 1805, and first moved from his native State to Jefferson county, New York. In 1844 he came to Whiteside county, and settled upon his present farm on section 33, in Ustick township. Mr. Goff was married to Miss Almira Buell, in Watertown, Jefferson county, New York, in 1827. Their children have been: Franklin, Martin, Johnson B., Lorenzo, Sarah, Delos, Olive, James, and Austin. They are all married. Mr. Goff has now twenty-seven grand- children, and two great grand children. Ile has been Road Commissioner, School Director, etc., in Ustick, since his residence in the township.
OLIVER BAKER is a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, and was born Feb- ruary 23, 1822. He came to Whiteside county with his father, Mr. Jacob Baker, on the 12th of October, 1839, and settled at first in Fulton. During the time he was a resident of Fulton he worked occasionally for John Baker, the original settler, and had the honor of planting the first fruit trees in North- western Whiteside on Mr. Baker's place near the Cattail creek. In 1842 he went to Ustiek, and lived for a year with his father's family on the farm now owned by Stephen W. Goff, and in 1843 purchased the large farm now owned by him in that township. This farm contains four hundred and eighty acres, and is situated under the bluffs, on section 18. Immediately upon its purchase he commenced active work in bringing it under a proper state of cultivation, and in a few years had one of the finest and most productive farms in the county. He continued to live upon it until 1867, when he moved to Morrison and engaged in buying and shipping stock, leaving his two sons to till its fertile acres. His eldest son, Birney G., in a few years joined him in the stock busi- ness at Morrison, and the youngest son, Anson L., took charge of the farm, and still continues its management. Mr. Baker was married to Miss Elizabeth Graves, daughter of Lewis Graves, of Ustick, on the 22d day of June, 1843. The children by this marriage are: Birney G., born June 26, 1844; and Anson L., born May 13, 1850. Birney G. married Miss Deborah Sylvester, and lives in Morrison; Anson L. married Miss Anna Pierce, and lives in Ustick. Mrs. Baker died July 5, 1874, and in August, 1875, Mr. Baker married Miss Deborah Bedell. There have been no children by this marriage. During all the period Mr. Baker resided in Ustick, he took an active and prominent part in the affairs of the township and county. In 1857 he was elected Supervisor of the town- ship, and held the office for three successive terms. During his first term the Board of Supervisors met at Sterling. He also held the office of Justice of the Peace for quite a number of years. When the mail route from Fulton by the
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way of Thompson, Savanna, and other towns, to Galena, was established, it passed by his residence in Ustick, and a Postoffice was located there, for which he was appointed Postmaster, and retained the position until the office was abolished. He is at present Alderman from the Second Ward of the city of Morrison.
A. M. ABBOTT is a native of the Green Mountain State, and came to Ustick in 1847, where he purchased a farm on section 32, on which he has since con- tinned to reside. Mr. Abbott learned the gunsmith trade in his native State, and when he settled in Ustick nailed up his sign by the road side, and being a skillful workman soon had all the work he could do, many of his customers com- ing a distance of over twenty miles, and some of them over thirty miles. He has always been an active and influential man in the township, and has been fre- quently elected to town positions. He was the first Town Clerk, holding the office some years; was Supervisor in 1855-'56, and has been several terms Jus- tice of the Peace, occupying the latter position at present. Mrs. Dorcas Noyes Abbott, widow of the late Deacon Benjamin Abbott, and mother of Mr. Abbott, died at his residence February 27, 1877, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Mrs. Abbott was one of the old settlers of Ustick, having settled there with her husband in 1848. Deacon and Mrs. Abbott were among the original members of the Congregational church at Unionville, now the First Congregational church of Morrison, Deaeon Abbott also being one of the first trustees. At Mrs. Ab- bott's death the last of those original members had passed away. Mrs. Phoebe Drake, sister of Mrs. A. M. Abbott, who died in Ustick in 1843, was the second person interred in the burial ground in Union Grove, west of Unionville.
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