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and reached Camp Butler. Illinois, on the 230 of June, in that year. The officers of com- pany K were as follows: Captains, James Steele and Monzo Pierce, inth of Menard. and Philip Riley, of Springfield : first lieutenants, Sylvester M. Bailey, of Salisbury, Philip Riley and Samuel Alexander. of Menard : second lieu- tenant. Philip Riley. Of this company two were killed in action. three died in prison. six died of disease and six deserted.
The One Hundred and Thirty-third Ilinois Volunteer Infantry was mustered into the one hundred days" service on the 31-1 of May. 1861. It guarded prisoners during its time of service. Company I of this regiment had twenty-three Menard county men in its ranks. Ethan .1. Norton, of Petersburg, was first lieutenant in this company: the remainder of the twenty- three wore in the ranks. As they were never in an engagement. none of them were killed. of course, and none died from sickness. but all returned home when discharged from the service.
The One Hundred and Fifty-second Hlin's Infantry was mustered in for one year - service. on the 18th of February. 1865. They were ordered to Tullahoma. Tennessee, and went by way of Nashville, and reported to Major Gen- oral Miroy for duty February 28. 1865. They we're discharged at Memphis, Tennessee, on the 11th of September, 1865. Company A. of this regiment, was raised partly in Menard county. Two men from this county were chosen to office in the company: Merritt Hurst. first lieuten- ant : and James N. Barger. second lieutenant. None were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. the only reduction being from disease and do- sertion. Four died of disease and three de- sorted.
This closes the record of the part taken in the infantry service by men from this conn- ty. but the cavalry had several representatives from the county, a record of which we will now give as briefly as we can. The Tenth Cavalry Regiment was the only one which had any considerable number of men from here on its muster roll. The Tenth Cavalry was organized at Camp Butler on the 25th of November. 1861, and on the 15th of the fol- losing May Dudley Wickersham was appointed
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it- colonel. On the 20th of December. 1861. it was ordered to Quincy, Ilinois, and on the 13th of the following March it was sent to Benton Barracks, Missouri. From this time on till it was mustered out, this regiment saw hard service. It was made up of a fine lot of men, who were ready and anxious for the fray. It was finally mustered out of the sery- ice at San Antonio, Texas, on the 220 of No- wmber. 1865, and was ordered to Springliekl. Illinois, for pay and final discharge. None of the regimental officers were from this county. Two companies of this command were made up. at least partially. in this county: these were companies AA and E. There were, in all. thirty-four Menard county men in Company A, two of whom were officer .-- Captain Chris- topher H. Anderson. of Sweetwater, and See- ond Lieutenant Samuel F. Russell. of Athens. None of Company A were killed in battle. though Samuel Montgomery died of wounds received in action. Seven died of disease. Company E mustered sixty-seven men from Menard county, one of them being an officer; this was Sammel Garber. of Pet. rsburg. he being a first lieutenant. None of these were killed in action, though Simon P. Sampson died of wounds received in light. and only four died of disease. From some strange cause. which will never be known, the proportion of deserters was excessively large, there being no less than ten out of the sixty-seven who did not "Fight and run away.
To live to fight another day."
But they ran away before they had fought a single battle.
This brings us to the artillery, and only three men from Menard county were in this department of the service. so far as we can karn, and as the adjutant general's report shows James Ward, of Athens. Menard con- 1v. was mustered in as an unassigned recruit. into the First Artillery, on the 20th of March. 1861. Edward 1. Bingley, of Petersburg. on- listed. as a recruit, in Battery B. of the See- ond Artillery. on the 8th of March. 1861. and was mustered out on the 15th of July. IM5. Albert Albertson, of Petersburg, enlist- od in Battery K. of the Second Artillery. on the 221 of January, 1862. He re-enlisted as
a veteran and served till the close of the war. lle served most of the time, while in action. a- No. 1 or No. 2: that is, he either placed the cartridge in the mouth of the gun. or rammed it home. Albertson was in a number of battles, his battery being charged more than once, and many of the men ent down at the guns. Mr. Albertson lived here many Vcat- after the close of the war an honored citizen. It is believed that he went west and is. perhaps. dead.
It is impossible to give a reliable list of the men who belonged to this county and enlisted in commands that were credited to other places. We made a thorough search, spending many days in the effort to get every name, but we fear that the list is imperfect. Charles S. MeDougal was captain of company E in the Sixty-first Infantry. He enlisted in Groene county. James (. Tice, of this county. was first lieutenant in Company (, of the Seventy- first Infantry. Below we give a tabular view of the enlistments. officers, deaths from vari- ous causes, the wounded. deserters, etc. from this county. Had we the space we would be but too glad to give the deaths, date, place. cause, etc., of every soldier from Menard comty.
SI MIMARY OF WAR RECORD OF MENARD COUNTY.
No. Men
Wounded
Prisoners
Died of Di-
11th Reg .. Co. E ... SO 1
11th & 15th. Co. 1. 21 esth Reg. Co. F .... 10; 28th Reg .. Co. K ... 39 1 28th Reg .. Co. ( ... 16 1
1
1
1
28th Reg. Co D ... 21
Bsth Reg .. Co. G .. . . 12 Sist Reg. Co. F .. .. 11 Elst Reg .. Co. G .. .. BA 1Bd Reg .. Co. F ..... 30 106th Reg .. Co. K .. 102 Both Reg .. Co. E .... 15 B
3
1
. .
20 . .
6 10 10
111th Reg .. Co. ( ... 30
1
1
13
6
111th Reg .. Co. F ... 56 111th Reg. Co. K .. 92 1
3
115th Reg .. Co. K .. 13
5
1
1
12
11
3
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No. Men
Killed
Wounded
Prisoners. Died of Dis.
Deseried
133d Reg .. Co. 1 .... 23
152d Reg .. Co. ... 48
3
10th Cav .. Co. A .... 32
1 :
10th Cav .. Co. E .... 60
1 1 10
2d Artil .. Bat. K .... 1
2d Artil .. Bat. B ... 1
.
1×t Artil .. Bat. E .. 1
Total privates. .980
29
11 3> 111 50
Total officers 31
5 3
..
Other privates .
:3
3
-
-
-
Total . . . ..
1.084
34
22 38 129 50
The total of the deaths of officers and men. from all causes, one hundred and eighty-four. A great many have died since their return home so that veterans of the Civil war are rapidly passing away and it will not be long till the children will look with wonder and awe upon the feeble veteran that still lingers. waiting for taps to sound his discharge from earthly service. The record of the names of all who served in the time of the nation's peril should be preserved, that the coming genera- tions may know who it was, at their country's call. went forth to preserve the liberties of the land. The report of the adjutant general i- out of print and is very hard to get. and it will soon he gone. and then the names of many worthy soldiers will be forgotten forever. We only regret that we did not have the space to record every name.
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BIOGRAPHICAL
LEE KINCAID.
Among the most progressive, capable and successful citizens of Menard county is Lee Kincaid, who is engaged in the banking busi- ness in Athens and also has other investments which he is controlling with an ability that is indicated in the prosperity that attends his efforts. He is also intimately associated with the social and political life of Menard county and the history of this portion of the state would be incomplete without the record of his career.
Mr. Kincaid was born near Athens on the tth of February, 1859. and is a son of Thomas Kin- raid, whose sketch appear- elsewhere in this volume. In taking up the personal history of Ler Kincaid we present to our readers the life record of one whose place in Menard county is acknowledged to be among its foremost citizens. His early education was acquired in the public Schools and at the age of fifteen years he en- tered the university at Champaign, where he remained a student for two years. He then re- turned to the home farm, where he continued until twenty-eight years of age, when he became the owner of a half interest in the banking business of Scott & Kincaid. Not long after- ward he became sole proprietor of the Athen- Bank, which he has since conducted, making his a most reliable institution in which he has a large and growing banking business.
Mr. Kincaid is a man of resourceful ability and has extended his efforts into many other lines of activity. He is now prominently identi-
lied with coal mining interests and is president of the Athens Mining Company, In 1892 hte assumed charge of its business as general man- ager, secretary and treasurer and continued to serve in these capacities until 1900. when he was elected to the presidency. He is likewise interested in mining in Mexico, being the presi- dent of the Horseshoe Exploration & Mining Company, which is capitalized for one million dollars. He has extensive realty possessions and he manages his line farm of several hun- dred acres lying about two miles north of Athens. He also owns the home farm on which his grandfather. Andrew Kincaid. settled in 1831, and he has four hundred acres of land in Menard county, one hundred and thirty acres in Richland county, Illinois, and six hundred and forty aeres in Texas. He is the president of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Illinois, which is growing very rapidly, and from 1889 until 1891 he was a member of the firm of Kincaid & Scott, dealers in drugs and jewelry, while from 1889 until 1892 he was financially interested in a general mercantile enterprise under the firm name of T. B. Turner & Company. Although controlling extensive and important business interests. Mr. Kincaid has yet found time to devote to the public wel- fare and is interested in everything pertaining to municipal progress and the substantial up- building of his county. Three times his fellow townsmen have chosen him to the office of mayor of Athens, which position he has capably filled with credit and honor to himself and sat-
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isfaction to his constituents. He has also been elected president of the board of education for four terms and for three terms additional he served as one of its members. Aside from this he has been equally loyal to the welfare of his community. putting forth strong and effective effort in behalf of the general good.
On the 20th of February, 1883, Mr. Kincaid was united in marriage to Miss Sue B. Culver, and unto them were born five children. three sons and two daughters. namely: Elizabeth L .. Arthur T., Alice, Homer and Herbert, the last two being twins. In social circles the family occupy an enviable and prominent position and their own pleasant home is justly noted for its gracious hospitality and good cheer.
Mr. Kincaid is well known in fraternal cir- cles. being a thirty-second degree Mason and a past eminent commander of St. Aldemar com- mandery. No. 41. K. T. He was chosen to the office when he had been identified with the com- mandery for less than two years. He is also a member of Mahommed Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Peoria and is an honored and val- ued representative of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and past chancellor of Social lodge, No. 421. K. P. Politically he is an on- thusiastic Republican. being a firm believer in the principles of the party, for he thinks that its platform contains the best elements of good government. Ile is a student of the questions and issues of the day and is a conscientious worker in behalf of his party. while his at- tractive personality and power of argument have made him one of the most capable sup- porters of Republicanism in his county. His opinions carry weight in the councils of his party and in 1902 he was one of the leaders of the faction that successfully favored the selec- tion of Hopkins for I'nited States senator. Mr. Kincaid was by his many friends chosen chair- man of that memorable Menard county con- vention. In 1899 he was appointed by Gov- ernor Yates a member of the state mining board, a position which he creditably lills. He is a man of firm integrity, just in his relations with his fellow men, honorable in all business transactions and commands the respect of even those who differ from him politically. So im- portant a part has he taken in the work of
public progress along many lines in Menard county that he may well be called without in- vidious distinction one of the foremost citizens of central Illinois.
H. P. MOULTON, M. D.
Dr. 11. P. Moulton, of Petersburg. whose practice is very extensive, showing that his skill has won him the confidence of the public, was born in Maquoketa. lowa. on the ith of Docem- ber, 1823. lle is a son of Thomas J. and Lovina (Coleman) Moulton. the former a na- tive of New York and the latter of Ontario. His paternal grandfather. Thomas J. Moulton, Sr .. died when his son and namesake was only two years of age and the grandmother after- ward removed to lowa in the '10s. locating in Jackson county among its earlier frontier set- tlers. There the father of the Doctor was reared to the occupation of farming amid the scenes and environments of pioneer life and after attaining his majority he continued on the old family homestead, where he carried on general farming interests with success. At length his labors brought to him a handsome competence with which he retired from busi- ness life in 1898 and has since made his home in Maquoketa. the county seat. in the enjoy- ment of a well carned rest. He is recognized as a man of superior judgment and high moral character and is accorded a foremost position among Jackson county's most public-spirited and worthy citizens. He possessed strong na- tive talent and intellectual force, combined with breadth of mental vision, and his influence has been a potent factor for good in his com- munity.
Dr. Moulton, the third in order of birth in a family of six children, acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of Jackson county and afterward entered the University of Towa, as a student in the medical depart- ment, where he spent two years. He next matriculated in the Chicago Homeopathie Medical College, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1899, and follow- ing the completion of his course there he came to Petersburg, where he located for practice.
DR. HI. P. MOULTON.
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opening an office on the west side of court- house square. Almost from the beginning a profitable patronage has been accorded him. for he soon demonstrated his ability to successfully cope with the intricate problems which continu- ally confront the physician in his diagnosis and treatment of disease. He has high regard for the ethies of the profession and has won the respect and good will of his professional brethren as well as of the general public. He makes a specialty of the treatment of diseases of women and children, having devoted much time to those studies while in college. He is an up-to-date physician, keeping well posted on the latest discoveries known to the science by his perusal of the latest medical works and he has a fine library. He is a member of the Central Illinois Homeopathic Medical Society.
On the 18th of March. 1902. Dr. Moulton was united in marriage to Miss Mary Catherine Kreigh. daughter of E. M. and Helen ( Pyatt ) Kreigh, of Springtiekl. Illinois, and theirs is one of the pleasant and hospitable homes of Petersburg. The Doctor has one brother and one sister, both of whom are graduates of the lowa University, and the Former. Mark Moul- ton. is now practicing law in Storm Lake, lowa. Dr. Moulton was a member of the National Guard at Maquoketa when they were called out during the Spanish-American war and he gained considerable hospital experience at Dos Moines. lowa. He belongs to the Masonic fra- ternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree, and is now a member of St. Aldemar commandery. No. 1. of Petersburg. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen camp and the Odd Follows lodge, and in the latter has filled all the chairs and is now past grand. His courteous, genial manner, as well as his professional skill. has made him popular. and he is justly classed with the representative citizens of Petersburg.
ROBERT DON LEAVEY MILLER.
Robert D. Miller was born February 3. 1838. in Pettis county. Missouri, near where the city of Sedalia now stands. His Father. William .1. Miller, was a politician of some notoriety, serv-
ing in the legislature and constitutional roll- vention of Missouri and was a candidate for congress at the time of his death, which oc- curred March 20. 1842. when he was forty-one years of age. His mother was Agnes (. Mitchell, born in Tennessee, May 13. 1805. Her father. Captain Thomas Mitchell. removed to Missouri in 1814, when it was a territory. and the family lived for three years, in Coles Fort because of the hostility of the Indians. Her four brothers were the first white mon to ferry across the Osage river. Daniel Boone was. for some time. an inmate of that fort and lied in that vicinity. Mrs. Miller died in 1886. at the age of eighty-one years.
The subject of this sketch received his early education in the subscription schools in north- west Missouri, being reared within four miles of St. Joseph. Missouri. At the age of sixteen he entered Chapel Hill College, taking the full classical course but lacked one year of com- pleting it. He then began the study of medi- cine, but after eighteen months of hard study abandoned it and read law and was admitted to the bar. but never practiced but very little. Mr. Miller united with the Cumberland Pros- byterian church in 1858. In 1861 he was or- dained a minister of that church and has preached constantly ever since. At one time it was said that he said the ceremony for one- third of the people married in Menard county. He has attended more funerals than any other man perhaps in this part of the state. He taught school sixteen years and has been in all county superintendent of schools in Menard county for twenty-three years, twenty-two years consecutively. Menard county was the fifth county in the state to adopt a "Course of Study" and this was written and published by Mr. Miller. He organized the Cumberland Pres- Exterian church in Petersburg and built the house of worship for them and served as their pastor for over six years. He built the church house at Lebanon and also the new Cumberland Presbyterian church in Fancy Prairie. These are three of the best church edifices in the county. Mr. Miller is now ( 1901) pastor of the church in Faney Prairie.
Mr. Miller was married to Miss Charlotte .A. Riche. December 21. 1856. in Buchanan counts.
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Missouri. To them have been born seven children, five of whom are still living: Sarah M .. wife of Ed. C. Drake, now of Council Bluffs, lowa, was born December 6, 1852. and married November 21. 1883. Mary A., born August 15, 1863. is still at home, teaching school. Emma E. (Jube). born January 25. 1861. was married to Harmon J. Marbold. June 21. 1891. in Onray, Colorado. George Mitchell. born January 11. 1869. was killed by the cars March 26. 1879. Loyria A .. horn February 2. 1813, was married to Dillon L. Ross. attorney at law. October 3. 1894. They live in Council Bluffs. Iowa. R. Pauline, born September S. 1874. was married to Professor Frank T. Chap- man. December 26. 1899. He is instrumental and she vocal teacher .of music in Pacific Uni- versity. Forest Grove, Oregon. Robert D. F. born March 12. 1-19. died October 25. 1851. There are fourteen grandchildren living and one dend.
Mr. Miller has spent his life trying. in an humble way, to assist the young in the line of education. both intellectual and moral. le has been an ordained minister for over forty years and his salary has not averaged over two hundred and fifty dollars a year. At -ixty- six years of age, he is hale and hearty and can do as much work as at any period of life. Mrs. Miller is enjoying reasonably good health, and they hope to live to celebrate their golden wed- ding.
SAMITEL STONE KNOLES.
The ancestry of Mr. Knok- were English people. He traces the history of the family back to Richard Knolles of Northamptonshire and Norwich. England. He had a son Henry Knolles, who was the father of Edward Knolles. The latter's son. Daniel Knoles, cante to America with Lord Delaware and settled in Sussex county, Delaware. Daniel Knoles had a son Edmund Knoles, and he had a son Jame, who was the father of Richard Knoles. The last named was the father of James Knoles. and he the father of Prettyman Knoles, whose son Asa Knoles was the father of Sammel Stone Knoles, the subject of this sketch.
A-a Knoles was born in Gibson county. In- diana. November 15. 1818, and was the son of Prettyman and Patsy (Greer) Knoles. lle was educated in the common schools of the country. In 1816 he removed from Indiana to Illinois and settled in Menard county. where he continued to reside up to the time of his death, which occurred November 1 ;. 1863. Asa Knoles was a Democrat, his first vote being cast for Andrew Jackson and his last for Stephen A. Douglas. He was associated with no secret society: his religious views were lib- oral: and he lived and died a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was joined in marriage 10 Dorcas Stone. of Gibson county. Indiana, in June. 1838. She was the daughter of Thomas Stone, a nephew of Thomas Stone, who represented Maryland in congres in 1:26 and signed the Declaration of Independence. The children of Asa Knoles were Samuel S .. of San Diego, California : John 1 ... of San Bernardino, California; JJacob ,1 .. of Bartlesville, Indian Territory: Martin V .. of Linden. Oklahoma: Prettyman M .. of Green- view, Illinois: Thomas S .. of Los Angeles. California : Eli A., of Greenview, Illinois ; Sarah E .. deceased : Louisa Stone. of Ontario. California ; and Jane and Elizabeth, who died in infancy. Dorcas Knoles died in August. 1852. and Asa Knoles subsequently married Nancy Montgomery, a daughter of William Montgomery, who was a prominent citizen of Gibson county, Indiana. and a representative in the legislature of that state. To this union were born four daughters: Martha Ellen. Margaret Dorcas, Arminda and Arcinda.
Samuel Stone Knoles was born in Gibson county, Indiana. March 20. Isto, and is the son of Asa and Dorcas (Stone) Knoles. ITis father being a farmer and stock-raiser. Samuel enjoyed no better advantages for an educa- tion than the common country schools until when a young man he went one year to Bethel College at Melemoresville, Tennessee, taking a course in Latin. German and rhetoric. llis experience, habits and tastes in youth were those of the ordinary farm lad in Menard county. He early developed a taste for the law and politics. His first business after leav- ing school was to teach school in order to en-
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able him to acquire a better education prepara- tory to the study of his chosen profession.
In 1861, when the war cloud hung over the country, he was reading law in the office of General John A. MeClernand and Judge N. M. Broadwell in Springfield, Illinois. On August 4. 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company K. One Hundred aud Fourteenth Ilinois Volunteer Infantry and was mustered out Angust 10, 1865. He was first duty sergeant in his company. Besides many skirmishes he was in the battle of Jackson. Mississippi. May 14. 1863, and at the siege of Vicksburg, and was in the great charges against that strong- hold May 19 and 22. 1863. After the fall of Vicksburg he was in the siege and battle of Jackson From July 10 to July 16, 1863. He was in the expedition which left Memphis. Tennessee, June 1. 1861, under General Sturgis, which was disastrously defeated at Brices Crossroads, or Guntown, Mississippi, June 10, 1861. In this battle Mr. Knoles was severely wounded. left on the field and became a pris- oner of war. He was shot through the upper portion of the right lung and seriously injured by the concussion of a minic-ball over the heart. This deadly missile was prevented from pene- trating the heart by a bundle of letters from Miss Grace Isabelle Terhune, who afterward became his wife and the mother of his chil- dren. He was in prison nine months at Mo- bile. Alabama, Andersonville, Georgia, and Florence. South Carolina. He was sent to the Union lines at Wilmington, North Carolina. March 1. 1865.
At the close of the war Mr. Knoles resumed the study of law under lon. T. W. MeNeely. of Petersburg, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. In November after his return from the army he was elected assessor and treasurer of Menard county, defeating the late Captain S. H. Blane by a small majority. In 186; he defeated his cousin Jesse Knoles for the same ollice by a majority of two hundred votes. In 1870 he was elected to the house of representa- tives of Illinois from the district composed of Cas, and Menard counties, defeating Hon. William T. Beekman by a majority of over seven hundred votes. He also served as states
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