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THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
With the coming of the Illinois Central and Wabash Railways in the early fifties, the population of Champaign County increased rap- idly. And with the increase of population came more doctors, enough in fact, to a little later jus- tify the formation of a Medical Society.
At this late day it is not possi- ble to give the names of all the doctors in attendance upon its first meeting. But among those present were Drs. H. C. Howard and C. H. Mills of Champaign and Dr. J. T. Miller of Urbana. It is a matter for congratulation that two of these men are yet with us. and well preserved in hearty old age.
In 1865, the year following its organization, the Society pub- lished in pamphlet form its con- stitution, together with the Code of Ethics of the American Medi- cal Association. A copy of this publication, the property of Dr. E. A. Kratz, dim, faded and yellow with age, is before the writer of these pages.
Quoting from this old pamph- let we find that Article II of the Constitution declares: "The ob- jects contemplated by this Associ- ation are: 1, The establishment and maintenance of union, har- mony and good government
among its members, thereby pro- moting the character, interest. honor and usefulness of the pro- fession. II. The cultivation and advancement of medical science and literature by the collection, diffusion, interchange, preserva- tion and general circulation of medical knowledge among its members."
Article VI, Section I, of the constitution declares that, "Any member who shall be guilty of gross misconduct, either as a mem- ber of this association or citizen of the community, and shall be palpably derelict in duty, either as a member or officer shall be liable to expulsion, or such other cen- sure as the society may direct."
Following is the published list of members in 1860:
S. L. Bearse.
Robert H. Brown.
A. Jackson Crane.
Wm. M. Goodwin.
H. C. Howard.
John F. Isom.
S. W. Kincaid.
J. T. Miller.
C. H. Mills.
Samuel K. Page.
Winston Somers. John Swain.
M. B. Thompson.
C. A. Thompson.
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Thus the Champaign County Medical Society entered on its ca- reer of usefulness fifty years ago; and earnestly sought to bring about "The establishment of un- ion, harmony and good govern- ment among its members," and "the cultivation and advancement of medical science and literature by the collection, diffusion, inter- change, preservation and general circulation of medical knowledge among its members."
That these most desirable ob- jects have, at least to a degree, been attained, no one familiar with the workings of this society will question.
With the history of the Cham- paign County Medical Society during the first fifteen years of its existence, the writer knows noth- ing only what he has gleaned from its records and conversation with the pioneer members. But of its work since, he can speak with some authority: for more than a third of a century he has had the privilege of being one of its mem- bers, and for about ten years served as its secretary. Some one has said that the secretary of a medical society is the society. This is strong language, neverthe- less a secretary has very much to do in making a medical society a success, or the reverse.
In 1874, Dr. M. S. Brown was secretary of the society and did his work especially well. In a
year or two he was succeeded by Dr. L. S. Wilcox, who filled the place acceptably for several years. The last half of the seventies was a most prosperous period for the society and the men who at that time might be referred to as its pillars were Drs. Wm. M. Good- win. M. S. Brown and S. H. Bir- ney of Urbana; Drs. H. C. How- ard and J. T. Pearman of Cham- paign: Dr. A. T. Darrah of Tolo- no: Drs. Jas. Core and T. M. Hess of Homer: Dr. G. W. Hartman of Sidney and Dr. David Jennings of St. Joseph. The meetings oc- curred monthly and the society was "on wheels," as one of the members expressed it: That is, meetings were held at various towns in the County. Besides Champaign and Urbana it met in. Tolono, Philo, Sidney, Homer, Rantoul, etc. At most of these meetings some hospitable member threw open his doors, especially the one that led to the dining room, where would be found a table . literally groaning under its weight of good things from which every doctor was expected to feast heartily. The social features of these meetings added not a little to the attendance and interest. Frequently three sessions were held, namely, a forenoon, an af- ternoon and an evening session. The papers read were carefully prepared and never failed to call out full and animated discussions.
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Almost to a man the older mem- and entered upon the highly pros- bers of the society were at this time good off hand talkers and what the younger members may have lacked in this direction they sought to, in a measure, make up by preparing carefully written pa- pers.
An edition of the constitution and by-laws published at this per- iod shows a list of twenty-three members. And as an illustration of the mutations of time it is in- teresting to note that of these twenty-three doctors thirteen are dead, three have moved out of the County, and one, strange to say, has grown rich, but not in the practice of medicine, as many years ago he changed his calling He is to-day a farmer and stock raiser on an extensive scale and can count his cattle on a thousand hills-corn hills. And only six of the above named twenty-three members are left in Champaign County to practice medicine.
With the advent of the eighties the society passed into a period when not much interest was taken in its meetings. Several causes conduced to this state of relative apathy. One was the fact that several of the old "wheel horses" so to speak, were lost to the soci- ety by death or removal from the county. But the organization was faithfully kept up and not long af- ter the advent of the nineties the society received a new impetus
perous career that for about twen- ty years past it has been enjoying. One reason for this renewed life is the fact that a great many bright, active, new men have come into the County. The meetings of the Champaign County Medical Soci- ety occur near the middle of each month, are well attended and much interest is manifested in them by those in attendance. Two or three papers are presented at each session and these unfailing- ly draw out free discussions.
FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
In May, 1899, the Champaign County Medical Society celebrat- ed its fortieth Anniversary by a Banquet at the Beardsley in Champaign. Drs. C. H. Mills and H. C. Howard (Dr. J. T. Miller unable to attend,) representatives of the founders of the society, were the guests of honor. Thirty- six sat down to the table.
Following is a copy of the toasts on this occasion:
Our Society: Its Home and Its Founders.
Dr. Chas. B. Johnson.
"They builded better than they knew."
Our Society: Its Beginning.
Dr. C. H. Mills. (One of the founders.)
"There were giants in those days.'
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Our Society: Its Beginning and The Country Doctor. the Pioneer.
Physicians of Champaign Coun- tv.
Dr. H. C. Howard.
"In ancient days they used to praise,
The God-like art of healing -. An art that then engaged all men
Possessed of sense and feeling."
Our Society: In Days Gone By. Dr. M. S. Brown.
"There are no days like the good old days-
The days when we were youth- ful:
When human-kind were pure mind,
And speech and deeds were truthful."
Our Dead. Dr. J. D. Mandeville.
"Out yonder in the moonlight, wherein God's acre lies,
Go Angels walking to and fro, singing their lullabies.
Sleep, oh sleep! The shepherd guardeth his sheep:
Fast speedeth the night away,
Soon cometh the glorious day:
Sleep, weary ones, while ye may- Sleep, oh sleep."
Dr. D. R. Brower.
"But though he sees death and disease .
Run riot all around him,
Patient and true and valorous too, Such have I always found him."
The City Doctor.
Dr. W. H. Graham.
How blest is he who knows no cleaner strife
Than art's long battle with the foes of life!
No doubt assails him, doing still his best
And trusting kindly nature for the rest.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Doctor in Literature.
Dr. O. B. Will.
"A heap, indeed of what we read By doctors is provided
For to those groves Apollo loves His learning is decided." The Medical Man as Seen Through the Eyes of a Lawyer. Col. J. S. Wolfe.
"Upon an average twice a week, When anguish clouds my brow, My good physician friend I seek To know what ails me now."
When the toasts had all been given, certificates of life member- ship were conferred upon the fol-
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lowing gentlemen, who had be- longed to the Champaign County Medical Society twenty-five years or more:
Dr. M. S. Brown, Dr. H. C. Howard, Dr. C. B. Johnson, Dr. E. A. Kratz, Dr. J. D. Mandeville, Dr. D. R. Mckinney, Dr. C. H. Mills, Dr. J. T. Miller.
"So we dream and dream of the good old times,
And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder,
As those dear old dreams bring soothing gleams Of Heaven away off yonder."
Following is a list of members in 1899: James M. Bartholow, W. F. Bures, T. J. Burrill (hono- rary), W. B. Dillon, J. T. Miller, H. W. Miller, C. N. White, and J. E. White, Urbana; C. M. Craig, H. E. Cushing, J. C. Dodds, J. H. Finch, J. A. Fullenwider, W. L. Gray, H. C. Howard, C. B. John- son, E. A. Kratz, J. D. Mande- ville, C. H. Mills, Ellen Miner, W. K. Newcomb, J. O. Pearman, F .. H. Powers, Charles Spears, R. D. Shurtz, S. W. Shurtz, W. L. Schowengerdt and A. S. Wall, Champaign; J. C. Harmon, John Laughlin and J. S. Mason, Ran- toul; H. E. Dunlap, John Marten, and S. S. Salisbury, Tolono; J. M.
Hadden, Seymour ; J. A. Hoffman and Z. E. Matheny, Pesotum; T. E. Walker and T. J. Mckinney, Gifford; J. T. Purcell, St. Joseph; John H. Gardiner, Mahomet; J. W. Turner and G. L. Williamson, Homer; S. J. Hicks, Ivesdale; L. O. Sale and R. P. Dowd, Fisher ; E. H. Kinchelow, Sidney; J. V. Champion, Mansfield; W. F. Mat- son, Monticello; D. R. Mckinney, Oaksville, Ind .: M. S. Brown. Danville: L. S. Wilcox, Hankow. China.
Of the above. Dr. T. J. Burrill is an honorary member. And Drs. Brown, Howard, Johnson, Kratz. Mandeville, D. R. Mckinney. Mills and J. T. Miller are life mem- bers in consequence of twenty-five years or longer membership in the society.
LIST OF MEMBERS IN 1909
Alpers, J. H., Rantoul
Baker, H. W.
Baker, Nellie M., Urbana
Burres, W. F., Urbana
Bartholow, J. M., Urbana
Brayshaw, Jos., Homer
Brewer, E. M., Rantoul
Bundy, H. W., Pesotum
Craig, C. M., Champaign
Davis, C. S., Champaign
Diller, F. S., Rantoul Dicks, T. A., Broadland Dillon, Wm., Urbana Dodds, J. C., Champaign
Dowd, R. P., Fisher
Exton, Lucy A., Thomasboro
Exton, T. J., Thomasboro
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Finch, J. H., Champaign Gray, W. L. Champaign Gulick, C. D., Urbana Hadden, J. M., Seymour Hanmore, J. J., Urbana Hoffman, J. A., Pesotum
Howard, H. C., Champaign Hough, C. F., Champaign Hicks, S. J., Ivesdale Honn, W. M., Champaign
Rudy, F. T., Champaign
Rice, G. W., Champaign
Ranes, J. L. Sidney
Hilgenberg, J. F., Pesotum
Johnson, C. B., Champaign Jesse, R. L., Philo Kariher, H. C., Champaign
Kratz, E. A., Champaign
Kinchloe, E. W., Glenn Ferry Idaho
Spears, C. H., Champaign
Kelso, C. E., Champaign
Scheurich, Jos., Philo Smith, E. S., Urbana Stanley, O. O., Urbana
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Lindley, A. M., Urbana
Lawson, J. M., Sidney
Vollborn, C. L., Homer
Mandeville, J. D., Champaign
Walker, T. E., Gifford
Marten, John, Tolono Mckinney, T. J., Gifford Mason, J. S., Urbana
Wall, A. S., Champaign Wilson, H. V., Champaign Yantis, D. E., Urbana
Miner, Ellen, Champaign Munsell, W. W., Urbana Morlan, H. J., Ludlow
Zorger, A. L., Champaign
Zorger, W. H., Champaign
Zorger, C. H., Rantoul
Following are honorary members:
C. F. Brisco, M. D., Urbana
J. T. Burrill, Ph. D., LL. D., Urbana S. A. Forbes, Ph. D., LL. D., Urbana George T. Kemp, Ph. D., M. D., Cham- paign
FIFTY YEARS IN PRACTICE
February 27, 1900 the citizens the Champaign County Medical Society gave a banquet at the Beardsley when Drs. C. H. Mills and S. S. Sallisbury were the guests of honor in consequence and physicians of Champaign gave Dr. H. C. Howard a banquet in commemoration of his having been engaged in the practice of medi- cine fifty years. April JI, 1901, of each of them having practiced
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Powers, F. H., Champaign Potter, G. A., Royal Polk, J. L., Champaign
Rees, Wm., St. Joseph
Purcell, J. T., St. Joseph Rees, Omar H., Ogden Renfrew, F. C., Sadorus
Salisbury, S. S., Tolono Sale, L. O., Fisher Shurtz, R. E., Champaign
Shurtz, S. W., Champaign
Schowengerdt, W. E., Champaign
Lyons, Jennie, Champaign Lowery, J. E., Homer Lamb, J. G., Fisher
Smith, H. L., Ivesdale
Van Doren, C. L., Urbana
Matheny, Z. E. Des Moines, Iowa
Miller, L. C., Rantoul Morland, W. J., Penfield
Newcomb, W. K., Champaign
Newcomb, C. F., Champaign
Osborne, J. W., Champaign Pearman, J. O., Mahomet
medicine fifty years. Upon this E. I. Birdsell, S. H. Birney, M. occasion Drs. Bartholow, Harmon. Salisbury and Wilcox were made life members.
The Champaign County Medical Society is one of the best medical organizations of its kind in the state. There are many County Medical societies in Illinois, but only two societies of these have a larger membership than has the Champaign County, and none are more instrumental for good.
JOINED THE SILENT MA- JORITY.
Many Champaign County doc- tors have crossed to the other shore, and the following though not an absolutely complete list of our deceased brothers, is neverthe- less measurably so.
N. H. Adams, E. C. Bartholow,
S. Brown, Herman Chaffee, Job S. Coggeshall, Naomi Collins, Chas. P. Cooper, W. A. Conkey, James Core, C. G. Crane, Jacob Culver, H. E. Cushing, A. T. Darrah, R. C. Fullenweider, John H. Gardin- er, M. Garst, A. D. Gillum, Goodman, William Goodwin, Ab- bie G. Hall, Lyman Hall, Harmon, J. E. Harmon, G. W. Hartman, C. C. Hawes, T. M. Hess, William H. Hess, David Jennings, S. D. Jerauld, B. D. Keator, James H. Lyons, D. R. McKinney, C. B. McClelland, J. M. McClure, C. H. Mills, J. M. Minturn, Benjamin C. Morris, P. C. Mosier. John North, S. K. Page, J. T. Pearman, Winston Somers, S .W. Shumaker. Harman Stevens, Smith, C. A. Thompson, Z. T. Whitmire.
FIFTIETH ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE CHAMPAIGN
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
1859-1909
Dr. J. T. Purcell, Toastmaster.
Our Society and Its Earliest Morning. Dr. Charles B. Johnson.
"The voices of morning how sweet is their trill
When the shadows have turned and the evening is still. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Our Society and Some of its Yes- terdays.
Dr. Jacob G. Chambers,
Dr. William Dillon,
Dr. Hartwell C. Howard,
Dr. Joseph T. Miller,
Dr. John D. Mandeville,
Dr. Samuel Scott Salisbury.
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"And ye the honor'd sires to whom we owe
The better share of all the best we . know,-
Speak from the past, and say what prize was sent
To crown the toiling years so free- ly spent." Holmes.
Our Society Today
Dr. William K. Newcomb
"Yes, sharp the trials, stern the daily tasks
That suffering Nature from her servant asks." Holmes.
Our Society Tomorrow
- Dr. John Marten. Dr. William F. Burres.
"Our tardy art shall wear an an- gel's wings And life shall lengthen with the joy it brings." Holmes.
Our Society and Our Brothers Gone Before.
Dr. James M. Bartholow
"Nay! count not our numbers some hundreds we know
But these are above and those un- . der the snow And thoughts are still mingled wherever we meet
For those we remember and these that we greet." Holmes.
Our Society as Seen by Other Eyes.
Hon. W. B. Mckinley. Hon. Oliver B. Dobbins.
"Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays
The pleasant game of interchang- ing praise." Holmes.
Our Society and its Nearest Neighbor-The University of Illinois.
DR. JONATHAN T. BURRELL ; You'd know he's DR. STEPHEN A. FORBES ca genius; he's ) so modest.
"The True Knight of Learning !- the world holds him dear,- Lord bless him, Joy crown him, God speed his career!"
Holmes.
THE JULIA F. BURNHAM HOSPITAL.
"The idea of the establishment of a general hospital in Champaign had its origin in the Social Science Club of that city about the time of the World's Fair in 1893. A. C. Burnham, whose wife was a promi- nent member of the club, gave at
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first $10,000 for a building, which sum he afterwards increased to $19,000. J. C. Kirkpatrick of- fered a site on easy terms amount- ing to a gift of $1,000, and Mr. Burnham applied $1,500 of his gift to secure the site. The Hospital Board of Directors was chosen from the Club, and in due time secured a charter from the state, and made Mrs. Burnham its first president. It was the wish of her husband, the principal benefac- tor of the hospital, that it should become a memorial to Mrs. Burn- ham, established during her life- time.
Later an auxiliary organization was formed, called the Hospital association, with power to elect members yearly to fill vacancies on the Board, and with this Associa- tion rests the final responsibility of the maintenance of the Hos- pital. Mrs. Burnham died before the building was completed, but it was opened March 5, 1895, and has been constantly occupied since that time."
Board of Directors.
Mrs. E. S. Clark,
Mrs. J. J. Dallenbach,
Mrs. S. A. Forbes, Mrs. Isaac Fielding,
Mrs. N. M. Harris,
Mrs. B. McCormick,
Mrs. J. L. Polk,
Mrs. F. D. Rugg,
Mrs. A. W. Spalding. Officers.
Mrs. J. L. Polk, President.
Mrs. N. M. Harris and Mrs. F. D. Rugg, Vice-Presidents.
Mrs. B. McCormick, Secretary. Mrs. A. W. Spalding, Treasurer. Medical Staff.
Dr. W. F. Burres,
Dr. C. M. Craig,
Dr. W. L. Gray,
Dr. C. D. Gulick,
Dr. W. M. Honn,
Dr. J. S. Mason,
Dr. W. K. Newcomb,
Dr. F. H. Powers,
Dr. W. E. Schowengerdt,
Dr. C. H. Spears,
Dr. A. S. Wall.
Miss Frances North, Superin- tendent.
Miss Mary Uglow, Superintend- ent of Nurses.
For the Julia F. Burnham Hos- pital no words of commendation are necessary. Since its establish- ment it is the wonder of all who give the matter consideration, how the people of this locality managed to get along all these years with- out a first-class hospital.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY DOC- TORS IN POLITICS.
Under this heading may be in- cluded the names of Drs. E. C. Bartholow, James Core, James H. Lyons, J. W. Scroggs and L. S. Wilcox.
Dr. Bartholow was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1876
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and had the honor of assisting in John Hardin, U. F. Linder and placing on the Statute books the other men of marked ability. See Pioneer doctors in Champaign County. first Illinois Medical Practice Act which went into effect in 1877. He was a resident and practitioner of medicine at Mahomet where his death occurred in the last decade of the Nineteenth Century. See biographical sketches.
Dr. James Core of Homer, Illi- nois, was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1878 and during his term rendered faithful and efficient service. His death occurred in 1888. See biographical sketches.
Dr. James H. Lyons, one of the first physicians in Champaign County and the first to locate at Sidney, was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1836 and had the honor of serving with Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, E. D. Baker, General Shields, Col.
Dr. J. W. Scroggs was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1868. He did his part in securing the lo- cation of the University of Illinois in Champaign County. Governor Oglesby appointed him one of its first trustees. He died in 1874. See biographical sketches.
Dr. L. S. Wilcox in addition to holding a number of local offices, was appointed Revenue Collector of the Springfield District by Pres- ident Harrison in 1889 and served four years. In 1897 President Mc- Kinley appointed him Consul at Hankow, China, a position he filled acceptably for a number of years. He is now living in retire- ment at Los Angeles, California. See biographical sketches.
ILLINOIS MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT
Had its inception in Champaign County in 1786, centennial year, the Illinois State Medical Socie- ty met in the Twin Cities May 16, 17 and 18. The sessions of the So- ciety were held in the Chapel of the Main University Building.
The propriety of a medical prac- tice act regulating the practice of medicine and the organization of a State Board of Health came up for consideration the last day of the meeting. And after being fully
discussed, Dr. S. H. Birney of Ur- bana, moved that a committee consisting of a medical man from each congressional district be ap- pointed to memorialize the Illinois Legislature upon the urgent need of the proposed medical legislation.
Dr. William M. Chambers of Charleston, offered a substitute that after receiving some modifi- cations read as follows:
"Resolved, That a committee be appointed to memorialize the next
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legislature on the subject of the appointment of a State Board of Health; and that with proper modifications the act by which the Board of Health of Massachusetts was inaugurated be submitted to the same as a basis for the Illinois State Board.
"Resolved, That as members Or the State Medical Society, each one shall consider himself bound to urge the propriety of a State Board of Health upon the repre- sentatives from his district."
The Memorializing Committee was appointed and consisted of the following physicians: E. W. Gray of Bloomington; Wm. M. Cham- bers of Charleston; S. H. Birney of Urbana; Wm. Massey of Paris; F. B. Haller of Vandalia.
The committee did its work well and at the session of the legislature of 1876-7 the original Illinois Medi- cal Practice Act passed both hous-
es, was signed by Governor Cullom and speedily became the law of the commonwealth.
Champaign County was fortun- ate in having in the legislature at that time Dr. E. C. Bartholow of Mahomet and the Hon. R. A. Bower of Tolono, both of whom worked assiduously for the bill. In due time Governor Cullom ap- pointed the members of the first Board of Health and upon this Champaign County was represent- ed by J. M. Gregory, LL. D .* regent of the university, and one of the recognized leading educators of the west. Dr. Gregory did most excellent work in organizing and putting the new Board on its feet, so to speak. With his well known versatility, he prepared several excellent papers on medi- cal education and sanitation. Dur- ing his term of service he was hon- ored with the presidency of the board for two years.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY DOCTORS AND THEIR SEVERAL LOCATIONS
Bondville-This village had its origin about 1870 and was named in honor of L. J. Bond of Monti- cello, an officer in the early history of the railway that goes through the town. The first physician to locate in Bondville was Dr. O. B. Simmons, who came there in the seventies and remained till 1896,
when he was soon after succeeded by Dr. Homer A. Seymour, who remained till about 1902, when he was followed by Dr. A. J. Foelsch who practiced there till 1908, when he removed to Chicago. Dr. R. P. Donovan is the present Bondville physician.
Broadlands-This village was
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laid out in 1883, but in 1881 Dr. till 1860, when by act of legislature W. F. Burres practiced medicine in that locality and had his office at the Old Head Quarters House. Dr. Burres removed to Sidney in 1882 and was succeeded at his first location by Dr. George T. Rowland, who was there during 1882-3. Dr. Lon Roberts located at Broadlands in 1883, but did not remain long. In 1883 Dr. C. A. Coffman came and practiced for about three years when he re- moved elsewhere. Dr. T. E. Walker was at Broadlands late in the nineties for a short time only. Dr. T .A. Dicks came in 1892 and at this writing is the only physician there.
Champaign-The original part of what is now Champaign City. was platted in 1853, but the plat was not recorded until 1855. There seems to have been much discussion over the choice of a name for the proposed town. Clarksfield, Rantoul and Urbana City were in turn con- sidered. The first was abandoned, Rantoul was given to the now well- known village fourteen miles north and the new town was finally in- corporated as West Urbana, but the plats were recorded as addi- tions to Urbana. The station for a time was called Urbana and the residents of Urbana proper for a number of years referred to the place as "the Depot." West Ur- bana continued to be the name
it was changed to Champaign, at which time it may be said the new city entered on its career proper. The first physician to locate in Champaign was Dr. R. W. Slit :- maker, brother-in-law to Judge Calvin C. Staley. November 9, 1854, Dr. Schumacher published a card in the Urbana Union all- nouncing his new location. Dr. H. C. Howard came in 1855; also Dr. S. W. Kincaid, who remained but a few years. A little later came Drs. J. Hollister, S. K. Page, Joseph Hagar, C. L. Swain and A. J. Crane. Dr. Page con- tinued in practice till advancing years compelled his retirement late in the seventies. Dr. C. H. Mills came in 1856 and remained till his death in 1907. Dr. J. T. Pearman located in Champaign in 1864 and remained in active practice till about a year and a half before his cleath in May, 1896.
Dr. R. H. Huddlestone located in Champaign in the early seven- ties and remained in active prac- tice till about 1878, when he re- moved to Florida. Dr. L. S. Wil- cox came in 1875 and was in active professional work till 1889, when he became the district revenue col- lector. Dr. Lyman Hall removed from Savoy to Champaign in 1887 where he continued to reside till his death in 1892. Dr. D. A. Cheever located in Champaign in 1870, continued in active practice
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