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Mr. Harrington was united in marriage in 18 :: to Miss Hattie M. Lysinger, who was born of. the farm which her husband now owns in Buteri township. her father being Isaac Lysinger, who came from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and settlel in this county in pioneer times. Both in and his wife are now deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have been born six chillrer : Mollie, the wife of B. J. Movers, a resident of De Kalb county, Ilinois: N. Earl. who marro !! Blanche Spratt and lives upon his father's farty : Verna, who married Virgil White and resides in Manlius township, this county: Chif, deces- Rait and Mpared R .. both at home.
Mr. Harrington vetes with the republican party His Fellow townsmeu, recognizing bi- worth, an ! ability. have frequently called him to public det .
CLEMENT HARRINGTON.
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He has served as school director, as trustee, as supervisor, as township treasurer three terms and for some time as justice of the peace and in the discharge of his official duties has always been found prompt, accurate and reliable. Because of his wife's ill health he left the farm, removing to Princeton. He rents his land to his son, but still gives personal supervision to its improve- ment. He has in Princeton a beautiful two-story residence at No. 224 South Church street, where he and his family are now pleasantly located.
JOHN HERBERT FRANKLIN, M. D.
Dr. John Herbert Franklin, who has studied under the most eminent surgeons of the country and is a learned and able representative of the medical profession in Burean county, now prac- tieing in Spring Valley, was born in Lexington, Illinois, October 25, 1868. His father, James Nelson Franklin, was a banker of Lexington and also a farmer of that section of the state. His birth occurred in Indiana and in 183; he came to Illinois, settling in Mclean county, where he still resides. He married Miss Sarah P. Chase, a na- tive of this state and a daughter of Rev. Samuel P. Chase, a prominent minister of the Methodist church. Her father was a native of New Or- leans and before the war was an extensive slave owner, but becoming convinced of the unright- eousness of this practice, he removed to the north! to make his home in a state where the influences of slavery were unknown. He therefore estab- lished his home in Illinois and he became a lead- ing member of the Methodist clergy.
Dr. Frankliu, educated in the country schools of MeLean county, afterward became a student in a high school at Lexington and subsequently at- tended the Illinois Wesleyan University of Bloom- ington and the University of Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1888. With broad general knowledge to serve as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning, he matriculated in Rush Medical College and after a thorough course was graduated in the class of 1892. He ther added to theoretical training the broad practical experience gained hy a year's ser- vice in the Presbyterian Hospital of Chicago, where he came under the direct instruction of Dr. Nicholas Senn, one of the most renowned sur- geons of America. In 1891 he removed to Wich- ita, Kansas, where he engaged in practice for two years and while there acted as surgeon for the Santa Fe Railroad Company. He afterward lo- cated for practice at Peoria, Illinois, where he re- mained until 1899, when he came to Spring Val- ley. Hle makes a specialty of surgery in his prae- tice and operates in all the neighboring hospitals. his ability in this line being widely recognized by the profession as well as the general public.
Dr. Franklin was married to Miss Florenc . For
Pizter, of Pratt, Kansas, who died in 18%, and the following year he wedded Florence Edna Cam- eron, of Farmington, Illinois, by whom he has two children, Donald and Ruth. Socially he is con- nected with the Masonic fraternity and th . Elks, and his religious faith is indicated by hie mem- bership in the Congregational church. Everything that tends to bring to man the key to that com- plex mystery which we call life is of interest to him and his reading and investigation along the line of his profession have been constant and varied, bringing him broad and comprehensive knowledge. Ile is furthermore a member of the American Medical Association, the Illinois State Medical Association, the North Central, the Tri- State. the Mississippi Valley and the Bureau County Malical Societies. He has received the benefit of instruction from some of the most emi- nent surgeons of America and, ambitious for ad- vancement, he combines a true love of scientific research with broad humanitarian principles and in his chosen field of labor has gained more than local distinction.
JOHN A. GUSTAVSON.
John A. Gustavson, of Princeton, why since 1904 has been interested in coal lands in Willian- son county, Illinois, the mines being now operated extensively and successfully, is a native of Swe- den, in which country his birth occurrel in the year 1863. The days of his boyhood anl youth were there passed and in 1881, when a young man of twenty-one years, he came to America, making his way at once to Princeton. For some time he engaged in farming and in 1899 made his first purchase of land, comprising on . hundrel and forty-eight acres. He devoted his energies to gen- eral agricultural pursuits until 1901, when he sold the farm and removed to Princeton, building a beautiful home on South First street. which he now occupies, it being one of the fine resil- tres of the city. He also owns another dwelling adjoining his home place and since 1904 he has been inter- ested in the development of coal lands in Wil- liaison county, being one of a company formed of six men. They own four hundred an fifteen acres of coal lands. The mines are being profit- ably worked, turning out one thousand tons of coal per day, and Mr. Gustavson handles both an- thracite and bituminous coal at the depot in Princeton. Ile is a man of good business ability, sagacious and far-sight .1, who has turnel his op- portunities to the best account and has worked his way steadily upward from a humble finan fal posi- tion to one of affluence.
Mr. Gustavson was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Spake, a native of Bureau couroy and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Spake, with sot- tlers of this county, who arrived bere in 1551, but both are now deceased. In his political in iation
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Mr. Gustavson is a republican and fraternally is connected with the blue lodge of Masons, while re- ligiously he is identified with the Swedish Lu- theran church. He came to America with limited capital and for years devoted his entire time and concentrated ali his energies toward the super- vision of the active details of his business, having the heart to resolve, the understanding to direct and the hand to execute all of its various transac- tions. A man of keen perception, of business sa- gacity and unbounded enterprise, he has become a factor in agricultural and industrial eireles in his adopted county and is today enjoying the fruits of well directed labor.
WILLIAM C. BROKAW.
William C. Brokaw, conducting a grain business at Kasbeer, Bureau county, where he is also inter- ested in a general store, besides having landed pos- sessions in South Dakota, is a native son of this county, his birth having occurred on the 5th of February, 1852. His parents are George D. and Diana (Smith) Brokaw, the former born in Bel- mont county, Ohio, the latter in Deerfield, Massa- chusetts. The father removed from Ohio to Bureau county, Illinois, settling near Princeton, the year of his arrival being 1840, while the mother had come to this county from her native state with her parents in 1833. In their family were ten chil- dren, of whom our subject is the second in order of birth.
William C. Brokaw was reared in Bureau county and received his education in the district schools of Ohio township. After putting aside his text- books he started out in life on his own account by following the occupation of farming. He contin- ued in farming pursuits until about seventeen years ago, when he engaged in the busines of buy- ing and selling grain at Kasbeer. He has been very successful in this venture, and by the careful management of his business interests, his straight- forward dealing and practical methods has built up a large and lucrative trade, until he is now numbered among the substantial merchants of his village. Year by year he has prospered and he is not only adding to his individual prosperity but is aiding in the development of his community by furnishing a market for the farmers who have products for sale, for he always pays the highest market price for the grain which he buys. He confines his attention not alone to the grain trade, for he is also interested in the live-stock business and sells gasoline engines, in which line he has been very successful. IIe is interested in a general store at Kasbeer, which, however, is managed by his sons, and they also own the building in which the business is carried on. Beside his mercantile interests in Kasbeer Mr. Brokaw also owns four hundred and eighty aeres of land situated in South Dakota.
On the 12th of September, 1877, Mr. Brefus was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Neff, who was born in Schuyler county, Illinois, November 12. 1851, a daughter of John J. and Savannah (Bimm) Neff, the former born in Pennsylvania, and the latter in Indiana. In their family were ten children, of whom Mrs. Brokaw is the third in order of birth. She received her education in the schools of Bureau county. Unto our subject and his wife have been born three children: Edgar L., born May 28, 1818: Charles D., October 1, 1883: and Eugene N., December 19, 1889, and the last named was the first child born in the village of Kasbeer.
Mr. Brokaw gives his political allegiance to the republican party, and in his religious faith is lib- eral being identified with no particular denomi- nation. He has taken an active interest in loca! affairs and has been called by his fellow towns- men to a number of offices. serving as township collector for one year and as school director for six years, while for eight years he acted as postmaster at Kasbeer, and in all these positions he has proven himself loyal and trustworthy, filling each po-i- tion in a very creditable manner. He is truly a self-made man, having attained to his present financial position through his own well directed efforts. Though starting out on his own account with little or no capital he has through his in- dustry and determination acemulated extensive interests. He has through his own personal efforts as well as his mercantile interests helped to make the village what it is today and is numbered among its most substantial and influential citizens. He and his wife are prominent socially and have a host of warm friends both in Kasbeer and Bureau county.
THOMAS J. LOCKWOOD.
Thomas J. Lockwood, deceased, whose well spent life made his example worthy of emulation. was born in Olean, Cattaraugus county, New York. April 16, 1821. In early life he engaged in lui- bering. and the year 1855 witnessed his arrival in Bureau county, Illinois, where he resided until the outbreak of the Civil war. He watched with interest the progress of events in the south. and feeling that his first duty was to his country he enlisted in 1862 and served as second lieutenant of Company C, Ninety-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Cham- pion Hills, Mississippi, and lost the sight of both eyes, which occasioned his discharge in 1861. He received a pension of seventy-two dollars per month, which, however, was only a slight compen- sation for the great loss which he sustained. Though totally blind he was very successful in his business affairs and he created one of the best busi- nes blocks in Buda. He always had the interest of his town uppermost and it was largely owing to
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his determination, progressive spirit and unfalter- ing perseverance that Buda now has its excellent waterworks and electric light plants. In his death, which occurred September 18, 1900, the city and Bureau county lost one of its most progressive and valuable residents.
Mr. Lockwood was married at New Bedford, Illinois, on the 3d of January, 1873, to Mrs. Ann Eliza Gibson, a daughter of E. Il. and Mary Ann Baxter. She is still living in Buda and is an active member of the First Baptist church, in the work of which she takes an active and helpful part, serving as president of the Ladies' Aid Society. She has also been president of the Woman's Club at Buda and takes an active interest in all that pertains to the good of the town. She still owns a clothing store in Buda and hires a man to run it.
In his religious faith Mr. Lockwood was a Uni- tarian. His life was actuated by honorable prin- ciples and characterized by manly conduct. He was always loyal and progressive in his citizenship, manifesting the same spirit of fidelity which he dis- played, when on southern battle-fields he followed the old flag. In his relations with his fellowmen he was straightforward and in all life's relations he made a record which won for him the unquali- fied esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. His death was the occasion of deep and wide-spread re- gret to all with whom he had come in contact and his memory is yet cherished by those who knew him.
EPIRAMI ATKINSON.
No history of Walnut would be complete with- out mention of Ephraim Atkinson, who for many years figured prominently in business circles here. He was for more than two decades a leading mer- chant of the town but is now practically living re- tired. Throughout his long connection with the business interests he gained the respect and re- tained the confidence of all with whom he was as- sociated and it would be difficult to find in Walnut one who is held in more genuine regard than he whose name introduces this review.
A native of Ohio, his birth occurred near the city of Chillicothe on the 16th of December, 1839, his parents being John M. and Olive ( Palmater) Atkinson, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Maine. Their son Ephraim was a lad of thirteen years when he accompanied his parents on their removal from the Buckeye state to Illinois, the family home being established in Limerick. A year later they removed to the An- drew Ross farin and subsequently took up their abode at Dad Joe Grove. When four years had passed Ephraim Atkinson became a resident of Red Oak, where he lived for several years and then removed to Walnut, where he has since resided. His education was largely acquired in the district schools and for many years his was an active busi-
ness career, in which he contributed to the com- inercial prosperity and upbuilding of Walnut as well as to his individual success. Establishing a store in the town, he was there engaged in mer- chandising for twenty-two years and his business was one of the well known features in the commer- cial life of the village. He always carried a large and carefully selected line of goods, his prices were reasonable and in his dealings he was strictly fair and honest, basing his business principles upon the rules which govern industry, economy and strict and unswerving integrity. Thus he made an un- assailable reputation in business circles. On ac- count of ill health he has retired from merchan- dising and is now enjoying a well-earned rest and the fruits of his former toil.
On the 2d of February, 1862, Mr. Atkinson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Whitver, who was born June 20, 1831. They traveled life's journey together for more than forty years and were then separated by the death of the wife, who passed away on the 29th of May, 1903. She was a lady of many good traits of heart and mind and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her, the circle of her friends being co-extensive with the circle of hier acquaintances. The four children born of this marriage are also deceased.
In his political affiliation Mr. Atkinson is a stal- wart republican, thoroughly in sympathy with the principles of the party. He has served as township collector for sixteen years and has filled other po- sitions of public trust, the duties of which have been promptly and faithfully discharged. He be- longs to the Church of Christ in Walnut and is also a member of Walnut lodge, No. 722, A. F. & A. M., exemplifying in his life the teachings of the former and the tenets of the latter. ITe has helped to make the history of Walnut, leaving the impress of his individuality upon its commercial activity, its material progress and its moral advancement. He has always stood in support of those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and of civic pride, has given his influence on the side of right, justice and truth, and in all life's relations has manifested a fidelity to high principles which have made him worthy the esteem which is uniformly accorded him.
WILLIAM ZENE GRAY.
William Zene Gray, who owns and operates a farm of seventy-five acres in Mineral township, has been a resident of this county for more than a half century, coming from Peoria, Illinois, in 1854. IIe had gone to Peoria in 1850 from Harrison county, Ohio, in company with his parents, William Henry and Susanna (Van Bibber) Gray. The father was a farmer by occupation and followed that pur- suit both in the Buckeye state and in Illinois. The son. W. Z. Gray, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, February 24, 1843, and was therefore only
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about seven years of age at the time of the re- of their father, Thomas Dale, and they also have other land which they have purchased.
moval of the family to this state, and was a youth of eleven years when they came to Bureau county. He acquired a common-school education and through the summer months worked at farm labor, assisting his father in the improvement of the old home property. He came to Mineral township in 1866, when a young man of about twenty-three years, and started out life on his own account by renting land, which he cultivated until his labors had brought him sufficient capital to justify his purchase of a farm on Green river about twenty- two years ago. There he carried on general agri- cultural pursuits for some time, but subsequently sold that property and bought his present farm of seventy-five aeres in Mineral township. Here he hạ- since resided and has placed his land under a high state of cultivation, also adding many modern equipments in the way of good buildings and the latest improved farin machinery to facilitate the work of the fields.
Mr. Gray was married on the 1st of January, 1865, to Miss Susan Martin, of Mineral, Illinois, a daughter of Rev. William E. and Susan Martin, the father a minister of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Gray lost one child in infancy. A daughter, Nellie, survives and is the wife of Thomas E. Truedson, a farmer residing at Gold township. The wife and mother passed away April 28, 1904, and her death was deeply regret- ted by many friends as well as by her immediate family, for she possessed many good traits of char- acter and her kindly spirit, generous disposition and innate culture won her the esteem of all with whom she was brought in contact.
Mr. Gray is a republican in his political views and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that he is able to support his position by intelligent argument. He has served as township road commissioner and proved a capa- ble officer, but has never been active in the sense of office seeking, his business affairs making full demand upon his time and energies. He has for a long period been an interested witness of the growth and development of the county as modern civilization has wrought its changes, replacing the conditions of pioneer life with all of the evidences of progress and improvement known in agricul- tural and commercial eireles at the present day.
KING J. AND J. II. DALE.
King J. and J. H. Dale. constituting the firm of Dale Brothers, are well known farmers and stockmen of Fairfield township, making a spe- cialty of the breeding of shorthorn cattle. They also raise good horses, favoring Englishshire. These brothers operate three hundred and seventy- four aeres of rich and productive land, of which three hundred acres constituted the home place
King J. Dale was born in Whiteside county, Illinois, in 1862, and is a son of Thomas and Eliza (Spargo) Dale. The mother still resides upon the old homestead in Fairfield township, but the father passed away in 1899 in his seventy-seventh year. A native of East Kent, England, he came to America in 1850 and spent some time in New York. He also traveled in the central west before choosing a permanent location. He was one of the early residents of the county and for a long period a successful farmer and stockman. Ile came to Princeton in 1854 and assisted in getting out the ties for the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Rail- road. Later he located on seetion 36, Fairfield township, where he carried on farming until his death. In his farming operations he prospered, being watchful of his business opportunities, care- ful in management and displaying keen sagacity in the control of his interests. In all of his busi- ness affairs he was straightforward and reliable and he was elassed with the representative agri- culturists of his community. His wife was born in Cornwall, England, and in her maidenhood came to Bureau county, giving her hand in mar- riage to Mr. Dale in Princeton. They lived on a farin near Princeton a few years, and then in 1861 removed to Whiteside county, where they lived for seven years, their home being near Tampico, and on the expiration of that period they located on what is now the old home property in Fairfield township. Mr. Dale owned about seven hundred acres of land in Manlius and Fairfield townships. Mrs. Dale favors the Methodist Episcopal church. She was one of the fifteen children of Stephen and Elizabeth (Richards) Spargo. To her husband she was a faithful companion and helpmate on life's journey and since his death she has lived upon the old homestead, being highly esteeined throughout the entire community.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dale were born the following named: Elizabeth, the wife of James A. Nicholas, a resident of Manlius township; Thomas II. and John R., who are living in the same township : William C., of Fairfield township : King J., of the firm of Dale Brothers : Emma, the wife of Newton Cole, a resident of Princeton; James IT .. of the firm of Dale Brothers; Jennie L., the wife of Charles Mccullough, of Manlius township; Carrie L., the wife of E. A. Fisher of Manlius township; Mary K., at home; and Pris- cilla S., the wife of G. F. Hartz, of Manlius township.
The Dale Brothers are men of excellent business capacity and enterprise. They were educated in the district schools and reared to farm work and now have charge of the estate left by their father, comprising three hundred and seventy-four aeres of valuable and productive land in Fairfield town- ship. They till the soil, which brings forth good crops, and they are prominently known as breed-
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ers and raisers of stock, especially shorthorn cat- tle, while their horses are largely of the English- shire breed. Their business has reached extensive proportions and the intense and well directed ef- forts of the brothers are bringing to them a very gratifying measure of success.
SAMUEL B. CARPER.
The name of Carper has long figured conspicu- ously and honorably in connection with farming interests in Macon township, and he whose name introduees this review is one of the leading agri- eulturists of this community, where he has lived from boyhood days. lle was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1844, and is a son of Philip and Elizabeth ( Bassler) Carper, mention of whom is made on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of Andrew Carper, a brother of our subjeet.
Samuel B. Carper attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and of Illinois, and was also a student in Iron City College at Pittsburg. He was a young man of only twenty years when on the Sth of September, 1864, he responded to his country's eall for aid and joined Company H of the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Vol- unteers at Bunker Hill. He was mustered in at Peoria and thence went to Springfield and after- ward to Quincy, Illinois, where he was engaged in provost duty until the assassination of President Lincoln, when the regiment was ordered to Spring- field for military duty at the time of the funeral. He was then mustered out at SpringGeld, July 8. 1865.
Mr. Carper returned to his home and aided in the work upon his father's farm, being thus en- gaged up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated on the 1st of February, 1870, Miss Catherine Zink becoming his wife. She was born in Princeton, July 10. 1848, a daughter of Henry and Jane (Chaney) Zink. Her father, a native of Stonerstown, Bedford county, Pennsylvania, died in October. 1848, at the early age of thirty- three years. His widow, who was born in the same county near Huntington, in the year 1822, was of German descent and died at the ripe old age of seventy-nine years. They were married in Pennsylvania in 1844, and had two children. the elder being William D. Zink, who was born June 11. 1846, and died January 24, 1880. He was married to Elizabeth Wooding, of Kansas, and they had three children, two sons and a daughter, but the parents are both now deceased. Their children are: Buritt II., who is living in Idaho ; Frances, a stenographer in St. Louis, Missouri: and William L., who is living in Kansas. Mrs. Zink, the father of Mrs. Carper, was of Scotch lineage and was a wagonmaker by trade. His political allegiance was given to the whig party. In 1845 he came with his family to Illinois,
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