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1876-R. S. Marshall
1877-1878-Jonathan Shafstal
1879-R. S. Marshall
1880-Jacob G. Miller
1881-1882-Jonathan Shafstal
1883-Jacob G. Miller
1884-Jonathan Shafstal
1885-R. S. Marshall
1886-Henry Stahlhut
1887-George V. Farwell
1888-R. S. Marshall
1889-Henry Stahlhut
1890-Christian Zumdahl
1891-1892-R. S. Marshall
1893-George V. Farwell 1894-R. S. Marshall
1895-Frank Muller
1836-George V. Farwell
1897-R. S. Marshall
1898-Edward Potter
LEWIS C. SPRECHER served as Super- visor of Mount Morris Township from 1907 to 1918. He was the son of Daniel and Barbara (Coffman) Sprecher, was born near Mount Morris, Jan. 20, 1849, and died May 27, 1928, aged 79 years. He lived his entire life in or near Mount Morris and for many years was active in political, church and business circles of the village. In 1879, he married Ann Lookabaugh, who died in 1907. They had one daughter, Mrs. Edith Rowe.
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THE MOUNT MORRIS TOWN HALL was erected by Mount Morris Township in 1917 at a cost of $10,000.00. It occupies the site of the old Startzman Building.
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JOHN H. MILLER served as Supervisor of Mount Morris Township from 1919 to 1936. He was the son of Abram and Bar- bara Miller, and was born on the Miller homestead, three miles northwest of Mount Morris, Dec. 24, 1865. He died in Mount Morris, Dec. 3, 1936, aged nearly 71 years. He engaged in farming for a number of years, operated a livery stable in Mount Morris for a time, and later became a traveling salesman for an im- plement house. He served one term as president of the village board of trustees and 16 years as Supervisor of Mount Mor- ris Township. In 1890, he married Miss Myrtle Rine, who passed away in August, 1922. There were two children, Mrs. Mabel Boydston and Harold. In 1927 he was unit- ed in marriage to Miss Catherine Sprech- er, present manager of the John Sprecher dry goods store.
1899-W. E. McCready 1900-Ira W. Marshall 1901-Eugene Wallace 1902-W. E. McCready 1903-I. W. Marshall 1904-E. E. Potter 1905-W. E. McCready 1906-Noble F. Thomas 1907-E. E. Potter 1908-W. E. McCready 1909-Joseph W. Mayer 1910-E. E. Potter 1911-W. E. McCready 1912-Joseph W. Mayer 1913-E. E. Potter 1914-1921-C. F. Tice 1922-1937-Chas. Swingley
Justices of the Peace
1850-1853-James M. Webb, Henry Little 1854-1857-Benjamin T. Hedrick, James M. Webb
1858-1859-James M. Webb, Charles M. Haller
1860-1861-Joel R. Carll
1862-1865-James M. Webb, Andrew Newcomer
1866-1869-James M. Webb, Andrew Newcomer
1870-Elijah Lott, Andrew Newcomer 1871-1873-Elijah Lott, Daniel Thomas 1874-William Rine
1875-1876-Andrew Newcomer
1877-1880-Peyton Skinner, John Weller 1881-1884-Andrew Newcomer, A.
Q. Allen
1885-1888-John Weller, Daniel Fager
1889-1892-John Weller, R. D. McClure 1893-1896-R. D. McClure, H. G. Kauff- man
1897-1900-R. D. McClure, Jonathan Hiestand
1901-1914-A. M. Newcomer, Jonathan Hiestand
1915-1917-H. C. Clark, Jonathan Hies- tand 1918-1920-J. I. Newcomer, Jonathan Hiestand
1921-1923-H. C. Clark, Amos N. Baker 1924-1923-Harvey Long, Calvin H.
Mishler
1930-1932-Harvey Long, E. W. Middour 1933-1937-Robert W. Hough, E. W. Middour
JESSE H. SMITH, supervisor for Mount Morris Township, is the son of Henry L. and Carrie (Knodle) Smith and was born April 6, 1897. He graduated from Mount Morris High School in 1913. He was tax assessor from 1928 to 1937 when he re- signed to succeed John H. Miller as su- pervisor. He enlisted July, 1917, with Company K, 129th Infantry, and was dis- charged because of physical disqualifica- tion. He is a member of the Business Men's League and the local Masonic Lodge. Mr. Smith was married in 1920 to Olive Middlekauff and they have two children, Jean and Donald.
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Constables
Note-Judging from the records, the office of constable was filled in a very erratic manner. Some years there were two officers elected; some years, only one, and frequently, none at all. The term of service also varied, being of dif- ferent lengths until 1881, when it was fixed at four years.
1850-Peter Knodle, Henry Little
1851-1854-Peter Knodle, James Fouke 1855-1856-Peter Knodle, Alex. A. Cook 1857-1858-Lewis Fletcher, William L. Coho
1859-1860-Peter Knodle, William L. Coho
1861-William Bull
1862-Peter Knodle
1863-1865-William Bull, Peter Knodle
1866-William Bull, Peter Knodle
1867-1870-William Bull, Peter Knodle 1871-1872-John Black, A. M. Doward
1873-1875-Franklin W. Black, William Bull
1876-A. W. Little
1877-1879-J. B. McCoy, Samuel Mumma 1880-James B. McCoy
1881-1884-Henry L. Smith, Benj. F. Tracy 1885-1888-Charles Smith, Daniel B. Keedy 1889-1892-Charles Smith, William Domer
1893-1896-Charles Rubsamen, William H. Keedy
1897-1900-George H. Myers, Fred. Long 1901-1904-O. E. Huff, Jonathan Hies- tand
1905-1907-A. M. Newcomer, Frank C. Keedy
1908-Wm. H. Domer, Frank C. Keedy 1909-Grant Unger, Frank C. Keedy 1910-1912-Grant Unger, I. N. Potter 1913-1914-William H. Domer, I. N. Potter
1916-1917-William H. Domer, John Rudy
1917-1924-I. N. Potter, C. C. Crowell
1925-1928-I. N. Potter, Wm. Ballard 1929-1932-I. N. Potter, James Rouse
1933-1936-I. N. Potter, W. E. Hill
1937-I. N. Potter, Abe Deacon
School Trustees
1870-Henry Sharer 1871-John E. McCoy 1872-Isaac Rice
1873-Henry Sharer
1874 John E. McCoy
1875-1876-Henry T. Moats
1877-John E. McCoy
1878-Levi Kerns
1879-Henry T. Moats
1880-John E. McCoy 1881-Levi Kerns
1882-John Weller
1883-John E. McCoy
1884-Levi Kerns
1885-W. S. Blake 1886-John E. Tice
1887-Jacob O. Thomas
1888-W. S. Blake
1889-William Stahlhut
1890-Josiah Avey
1891-1892-Jacob O. Thomas
1893-Andrew Gigous
1894-Jacob O. Thomas
1895-C. A. Zumdahl
1896-Andrew Gigous
1897-Oliver Gloss
1898-W. A. Newcomer
1899-Andrew Gigous
1900-William Stahlhut
1901-C. A. Zumdahl
1902-Andrew Gigous 1903-James H. Stevens 1904-C. A. Zumdahl
1905-Andrew Gigous
1906-James H. Stevens
1907-C. A. Zumdahl 1908-Andrew Gigous
1909-James H. Stevens 1910-C. A. Zumdahl 1911-Lewis Paul
1912-James H. Stevens
1913-C. A. Zumdahl 1914-George Appel
1915-Lewis Paul
1916-Joseph C. Muller
1917-George Appel 1918-Lewis Paul
1919-Joseph C. Muller
1920-George Appel
1921-Charles Stengel
1922-Joseph C. Muller 1923-Charles Stengel 1924-Charles Zumdahl 1925-Joseph C. Muller 1926-Charles Stengel
1927-Charles Zumdahl 1928-Joseph C. Muller
1929-Charles Stengel
1930-Joseph C. Muller 1931-Charles Stengel 1932-Charles Stengel
1933-1934-Joseph C. Muller
1935-1936-Charles Zumdahl 1937-Charles Stengel
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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW of Mount Morris, taken in 1900, looking southeast from College Hall.
Chapter 5 ROCK RIVER SEMINARY
T HE name Rock River Seminary is perhaps fading from the memory of the younger generation, but to the older citizens of Mount Morris, and to thousands scattered all over this broad land, the remembrances of that grand old institution of learning will live until they are effaced by the hand of Death. During the most palmy days of the seminary, Mount Morris enjoyed the distinction of being the great liter- ary center of the northwest, and was justly proud of "Old Sandstone," stand- ing so prominently in the center of the dignified little village. In reviewing the progress of this institution, it must be remembered that its pupils were gath- ered from a very wide extent of terri- tory. There are probably more young men and women now in one-half of Ogle County, who desire and need the advantages of such an institution, than there were then in all northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, and Rock River Seminary was the only institu- tion of the kind then in existence in all this great territory. For this reason, if for no other, the seminary exerted a commanding influence in all this re- gion. It is not strange, therefore, that, during the long term of its existence, the school played a very important part in moulding the destinies of the inhabi- tants of the comparatively unknown northwest-a part that cannot be told in words, but which is nevertheless written in characters ineffaceable upon the hearts of those who within the walls of "Old Sandstone" received their in- spiration to become noble men and women and to be of use in the world, the fruits of whose endeavor eternity alone can reveal.
Rock River Seminary was founded in the year 1839, chiefly by the exertions of a few public-spirited settlers living
in the vicinity. These gentlemen were strong advocates of liberal education and had previously instituted and sup- ported a school called the Pine Creek Grammar School, taught by A. Quinby Allen. They conceived the idea of de- veloping this school into an institution of learning of high character; and, after consultation, they decided that the Rev. Thomas S. Hitt should attend the Illinois Conference of the M. E. Church, in ses- sion at Jacksonville in 1838, for the pur- pose of inducing that body to take the Pine Creek Grammar School under its special charge and develop it into an institution of high standing.
Rev. Hitt laid the matter before the Conference, of which Rev. John Clark was Presiding Elder, and urged that body to become directly interested in the little school then just established by the Maryland colonists. The Confer- ence, however, while deeply interested in the cause of education, was inclined to consider such action of doubtful pro- priety; but, after mature deliberation, appointed a committee to select a suit- able location in Northern Illinois for a seminary. That committee was com- posed of Rev. John Clark, Rev. Leander S. Walker, Rev. Thomas S. Hitt and Rev. P. R. Borien, who were to receive propositions from various places desir- ing the seminary, and willing to con- tribute to its foundation and support. Propositions were received from Joliet, Chicago, Roscoe, Kishwaukee and the Maryland Colony. Roscoe and Kish- waukee, then prosperous cities, now nearly forgotten, were, with the Mary- land Colony, the principal competitors.
When Mr. Hitt returned with this proposition, a few large-hearted far- seeing and public-spirited settlers living in the vicinity-Samuel M. Hitt, John Wallace, Rev. Thomas S. Hitt, Capt.
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Nathaniel Swingley, Martin Reynolds, C. B. Artz, David Warden, and two or three others-determined to secure the location for the "Maryland Colony." Numerous consultations were held, a general line of action agreed upon, and each pledged a liberal contribution-so liberal that when the fact that they had hardly had time since their arrival to secure comfortable dwellings for their families, their enthusiasm appears in- deed astonishing. Eight thousand dol- lars and 480 acres of land were pledged, a heavy burden to be boldly assumed on behalf of the rising and future gen- erations by a little handful of men in a new country, where money was scarce and laborers few.
In the spring of 1839, the committee visited all the locations from which propositions had been received, closing their tour with the Maryland Colony, where they arrived about the 1st of May. May 3, 1839, the members visited Mr. Allen's school and after witnessing the exercises, requested the school to retire that they might have the room for consultation. It is needless to add that the teachers and pupils did not go far, but gathered in groups around the building where they could hear the dis- cussions within. Several of the citizens, in their anxiety for the result, also lin- gered near. The discussions were ani- mated. Some of the members favored Kishwaukee, others Roscoe, and the session was protracted far into the night. But at last the chairman threw his in- fluence in favor of the "Maryland Col- ony," and this settled the question. The anxious listeners outside gave vent to their feelings by throwing up their hats and making the "welkin ring" with their joyous hurrahs.
The next day, May 4, 1839, the com- mittee proceeded to select a site for the future seminary, which was destined to exercise such an important influence in Northern Illinois, and "drove the stake" on the summit into which the grandly rolling prairie crested, where the com- mittee had a commanding view of a large extent of country of almost mar- velous beauty, dotted on every side with near approaching groves.
No time was lost. The energetic founders of the institute held a meeting
at once, and selected a building com- mittee consisting of Messrs. Samuel M. Hitt, Nathaniel Swingley and C. B. Artz. This committee received plans and pro- posals from James B. McCoy and Elias Etnyre. That of Mr. McCoy was ac- cepted, and the contract was awarded to him for $18,000.00.
Work was commenced at once and pushed with such energy that arrange- ments were made to lay the corner- stone on the 4th day of July following, with appropriate ceremonies. On the day appointed, the basement walls were partly laid, and at the southwest angle the walls had been raised sufficiently high to support the corner-stone. The people collected from far and near, for it was an occasion of intense interest to them. It was estimated that there were over five hundred people present, which was an immense throng for such a thinly-populated country. For the pu- pils of that little pioneer "grammar" school, it was a glorious gala day, and "dress parade" is no adequate appella- tion to designate their appearance, mar- shaled in double file, in front of that old log schoolhouse, with their teacher at their head and provided with a banner, bearing upon one side the words "United We Stand, Divided We Fall," and upon the other "Science and Virtue." The wild delight of their young hearts leaped forth from their sparkling eyes, and their very feet kept willing time to the music of the hour, as they marched with proud and elastic step to the beautiful spot where the cornerstone of a mag- nificent temple of instruction for their benefit was to be laid.
In the receptacle prepared for the purpose were deposited copies of all the Methodist papers and periodicals of the day, a sample of the silver coin of the United States, a full history of the enterprise to that date, with the names of the building committee, enclosed in a glass bottle and hermetically sealed.
The cornerstone was laid and the ora- tion pronounced by Rev. Thomas S. Hitt. The half dozen families then re- siding within a radius of five or six miles had spread tables on the grounds east of the building, bountifully sup- plied, and here, at the close of the serv- ices, they fed the multitude. The occa-
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JAMES B. McCOY was the builder of the original "Old Sandstone." He was awarded the contract for $18,000, and started the work in the spring of 1839, when there was not a single building within the present limits of Mount Morris. Mr. McCoy was born Aug. 14, 1810, in Washington County, Md., and came here in 1838. Later he married Elizabeth Ankney, a widow lady who came with the first colony from Washington County, Md., in 1837. He was a large man and they raised a family of five sons, all of whom were more than six feet tall. Their names were John E., James B., Archi- bald S., William H. and Allen J. Mr. McCoy died Jan. 14, 1871, at the age of 62 years.
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THIS is the first house actually built within the present corporate limits of Mount Morris. It was erected in 1839 by James B. McCoy in which to house and feed his car- penters while building the first seminary building on what was selected as the site of Rock River Seminary. In 1841, this frame building was moved to the southeast part of town where it was used for many years as a residence by William Fouke. Later it was used as a barn and was torn down in 1921.
sion marked a new era in the history of the pioneer settlement of the North- west, and the day was long to be re- membered.
During the summer and fall of 1839, a portion of the prairie around the building in process of erection was sur- veyed and platted by D. Fletcher Hitt, and the embryo town was named Mount Morris. The Rock River Register, in 1842, stated that the town was named in honor of Bishop Robert Morris of the Methodist Church.
The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held Nov. 18, 1839, at which Rev. John Clark, Rev. B. Weed, Rev. Thomas S. Hitt, John Wallace, Horace Miller, C. B. Artz, Dr. J. J. Beatty, Capt. Nathaniel Swingley and S. M. Bowman were present. Rev. John Clark was elected president; Rev. B. Weed, vice-president; Rev. Samuel M. Hitt, treasurer; S. M. Bowman, secre- tary; and Grant Goodrich, George D. H. Wilcoxon and James Johnson were elected members of the board.
At this meeting, Rev. Thomas S. Hitt, who had been appointed agent of the institution, and who was its agent for a long time afterward, and to whom was largely entrusted the management of its affairs, reported the amount of con- tributions that had been pledged, and was authorized to raise money upon the sale of scholarships as follows: For one year, $25; for two years, $50; for four years, $100; perpetual, $500. In con- junction with the building committee, he was authorized to negotiate a loan of $4,000, and clothed with power to call future meetings of the trustees. In an historical sketch of this institution, written later by Robert R. Hitt, it was remarked, "The facility with which this institution glided into debt was a marked characteristic in its history."
At this November meeting, it was re- solved to apply to the next Legislature for an act of incorporation, and a com- mittee, consisting of Rev. John Clark, Hon. Thomas Ford and C. B. Artz, was appointed to draft a charter to be sub-
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mitted to the General Assembly of Illi- nois.
Another committee, consisting of Revs. John Clark, B. Weed, Thomas S. Hitt, James J. Beatty and Horace Mil- ler, was appointed to employ a princi- pal and teachers.
A special meeting of the Board of Trustees was held in Oregon, Jan. 27, 1840, at which John Clark, Thomas S. Hitt, C. B. Artz, Nathaniel Swingley, M. Reynolds, John Wallace, Thomas Ford and Horace Miller were present. At this meeting, the following resolution was adopted:
"Resolved, That a circular be drafted and addressed to the several presiding elders of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the northern part of Illinois, and the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, setting forth the present condition and ultimate design of the Rock River Seminary, and earnestly requesting them to use their influence with the several traveling and local preachers and others in their respective districts to take up, as soon as practicable, col- lections in small sums from all individ- uals who may be willing to contribute to the erection of said Seminary."
In anticipation of the opening of the school, it was ordered that the price of board of students under 15 years of age should be $1.50 per week; over that age $1.75. The rates of tuition were also established, and it was agreed that John Wallace should act as steward of the Seminary. The efforts to raise money were energetically continued through the winter of 1839-40, with considerable success, and the originators of this bold scheme to establish a seminary in the wilderness began to feel confident of success.
At an adjourned meeting of the board, May 30, 1840, the committee reported the engagement of Prof. Joseph N. Waggoner, of the Genesee (N.Y.) Wes- leyan Seminary, and an arrangement was made with him to allow him $30 for his traveling expenses to this coun- ty, and $20 per month for his services as teacher, for three months, from June 1.
The seminary building was not ready for occupation on the 1st of June, and Mr. Waggoner taught school during the
summer in the log school house, where Mr. A. Q. Allen had first wielded the birch.
The annual session of the Rockford Conference was appointed at Mount Morris, in the fall of 1840. It was ex- pected that the Seminary building would be so far completed that the meeting could be accommodated be- neath its roof. But in this the people were disappointed; the plastering was not done, and they held a camp-meeting in the grove, about two miles northwest of the unfinished edifice.
At the session of the Rock River Con- ference, at Mount Morris, Sept. 2, 1840, the following Board of Trustees for Rock River Seminary was appointed: John Clark, Samuel M. Hitt, John H. Rountree, J. B. Crist, Anthony Pitzer, Nathaniel Swingley, Leander S. Walker, James Mitchell, John Sinclair, C. Burr Artz, Thomas Ford, Bartholomew Weed, Thomas S. Hitt and James J. Beatty, and on the evening of the same day the new Board organized by the choice of John Clark, president, and Thomas S. Hitt, secretary.
October 2, 1840, Rev. John Sharp was appointed steward; T. S. Hitt, John Wallace, Anthony Pitzer and John Sharp were appointed an executive committee. Thomas S. Hitt was ap- pointed to make a final settlement with Mr. McCoy. Prof. Waggoner's wages were continued as first agreed upon until the commencement of the first term, when his salary was to be fixed at $300 a year.
The first term of the Rock River Sem- inary commenced on the first Friday in November, 1840, and continued twenty- two weeks, with a goodly number of students when the fact is remembered that the country was very sparsely settled. The first board of instruction consisted of Prof. Joseph N. Waggoner, principal and professor of languages; Rev. Lyman Catlin, professor of mathe- matics; and Miss Cornelia N. Russell, preceptress.
The second term commenced the first Friday in May, 1841, with the same board of instruction and a primary de- partment in charge of Mrs. Fanny Rus- sell. This was the town school, under the charge of the Seminary, and of
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course increased the number of stu- dents. The primary department was discontinued in 1843.
December 29, 1840, the following reso- lutions were adopted: "Resolved, That lots be donated to applicants applying until the 1st of June next, who shall build a house of stone, brick or frame not less than 16 x 24 feet, 11/2 stories high, to be fit for occupancy by the 1st of January, 1842, or sooner. Resolved, That all lots in the town of Mount Mor- ris be deeded with the proviso that houses of ill fame, gambling and retail- ing of ardent spirits be prohibited."
January 3, 1841, the Seminary was formally dedicated, the address on the interesting occasion being delivered by Samuel N. Samples, a lawyer of Oregon.
Rev. Luke Hitchcock was appointed as an additional special agent to assist Mr. Hitt, whose health had become impaired.
By act of the General Assembly of Illinois, approved Feb. 18, 1841, the Rock River Seminary was incorporated. The corporators named in the act were John Clark, Leander S. Walker, Thomas S. Hitt, Jacob B. Crist, C. Burr Artz, Sam- uel M. Hitt, John Wallace, Nathaniel Swingley, Anthony Pitzer and James J. Beatty. The number of trustees was not to exceed twelve, exclusive of the prin- cipal, or presiding officer of the Semin- ary, who was made, ex-officio, a mem- ber of the Board.
At a special meeting of the corpora- tion, April 29, 1841, the charter was un- animously accepted; and on the 6th of May, J. Clark was elected chairman; T. S. Hitt, secretary; and A. Pitzer, treasurer.
Mr. Catlin, who remained in the in- stitution several years, was a good teacher, Miss Cornelia N. Russell was an accomplished teacher, and a lady whose sweetness of character and skill as a teacher was never forgotten by the hundreds of students who attended dur- ing her term of service. Prof. Waggoner proved himself to be an able and faith- ful instructor. In later years he became a prosperous bookseller at Galena.
April 8, 1842, Rev. Daniel J. Pinckney was elected principal of the Seminary. He was, when elected, a professor in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary (N.Y.). Prof. Pinckney arrived at Chicago on
the 5th of August, 1842, where the Rock River Conference was in session, and at Mount Morris the Saturday night fol- lowing. The next day, Sabbath, he ad- dressed the people. Upon his arrival, he found the institution heavily bur- dened with debt (over $16,000), the building unfinished, and only sixteen students in attendance. From that time until the commencement of the fall and winter term in November, he traveled extensively and lectured in the princi-
pal towns of northern Illinois and Wis- consin in the interest of the institution and for securing students. The fall term opened with one hundred and fifty stu- dents, and from that time onward it was successful in its literary and scientific departments, but, for reasons already shown, was much embarrased finan-
PROF. DANIEL J. PINCKNEY came to Mount Morris in August, 1842, to assume the duties of principal of Rock River Sem- inary, which position he held for about thirteen years. Later on, Prof. Pinckney became the editor of the Mount Morris Gazette and also of the Mount Morris Independent, two early newspapers, and he was also connected with several mer- cantile enterprises. Prof. Pinckney, before coming to Mount Morris, was a teacher in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, a Methodist institution of Lima, N.Y. He established his home west of Mount Mor- ris on what was later known as the Lo- hafer farm. He married Margaret C. Hitt, daughter of Samuel M. Hitt. Prof. Pinck- ney died in 1888 and Mrs. Pinckney in 1905. They are buried in Oakwood Ceme- tery.
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