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attorney for Menard county and city attorney for l'etersburg.
Mr. Knoles was married to Miss Grace Isa- belle Terhune. December 22, 1865. She was a daughter of William Terhune of Menard coun- ty. To this union three children were born, namely: Carrie L. Hoyt. of Foster, Cali- fornia : E. Eflie K. Fouche, of Petersburg, Illinois ; and Fred T .. of San Francisco, Cali- fornia. They are all married, and there are eleven grandchildren. Mrs. Knoles died May 29, 1872, and her remains repose in Rose Hill cemetery. In November, 1822. Mr. Knoles re- moved to Chante. Kansas, where he met and married Miss Lois Barrett. a daughter of Wil- liam D. Barrett, of Wooster. Ohio, and a sister of Dr. Joseph Barrett, who was a surgeon in the Twenty-third Ohio Regiment during the Civil war. the only regiment in the history of the country that ever furnished two presidents Hayes and MeKinley. To this union were born two sons and one daughter: Asa B., of San Diego, California: William D .. of San Francisco, California : and Mila M. Schulen- burg, of San Francisco. Each of them now has a son.
Mr. Knoles is now located at San Diego. California, and is engaged in the practice of law. He is also United States commissioner for the southern district of California. He was reared a Cumberland Presbyterian. but is broad and liberal in his religions views, hold- ing that that which a person conscientiously believes and practices is the true religion for that person. He belongs to the Masons, the Eastern Star and the Grand Army of the Re- public. In politics he is a Democrat, his first vote being cast for Hon. T. W. MeNeely for the constitutional convention of 1820. His first vote for president was a white bean for General George B. Mcclellan in Andersonville prison.
CHARLES II. LOCKHART.
Charles Il. Lockhart, who is interested in general farming in township 19. was born in Menard county. on the 12th of October. 1868, his parents being John H. and Mary (MeDonald) Lockhart. The father was born
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in Kentucky. October 20, 1821. and after ar- each, which he improved. tran-forming his land riving at years of maturity was married in that into a productive and valuable farm and in addition to this at the time of his death he was also the owner of ten aerts at Irish Grove and one hundred and sixty acres in Nebraska. He departed this life April 15. 1901. and his wife died March 10, 1896. They were the parents of twelve children. of whom four are now living: Tack. born August 13. 1851. in Norway: Augusta, horn May 12. 1851: John 11 .. born February 26. 1869: and Emma J .. horn January 31. 1811. State to Miss MeDonald, whose birth had there occurred in July. 1827. In Isol they came to Illinois and for sixteen years John 11. Lock- hart was engaged in farming in Menard county. on land which he purchased and improved. Subsequently he removed to Scotland county. Missouri, where in 1861 be purchased one hun- dred and fifty acres of timber land. There he built him a home and resided there until his death. which occurred in 1894. A number of years previous to that time he had been called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died in November. 1880. They were both church members the former identified with the Baptist denomination and the latter with the Christian church. In their family were eight children. who are vet living: Mrs. Henrietta Knowles. Mr -. Elizabeth Dunlap. Mrs. Mary MeRey- nolds. William, Mrs. Malinda Mitchell. Thomas E .. George R. and Charles 11.
The last named was reared upon the old home farm in Menard county and throughout his entire life he has carried on agricultural pur- suits. After attaining his majority he resided in St. Joseph, Missouri, for a year, but later returned to the old homestead farm in this county. He lived with his wife's parents for one year. during which time he engaged in farming on the William Claypool place. Sub- -quently he rented a part of the old home- -trad belonging to his father-in-law and has been farming here continuously since.
On the 15th of September. 1590. Mr. Lock- hart wa- united in marriage to Miss Emma .J. Tackelson, who was born January 31. 1811. and is a daughter of Her and Enna (Jenson) Tackelson, both of whom were natives of Nor- way. the former born January 20, 1520, and the latter on the 13th of August. 1527. They were married in Norway and in 1853 they came in the United States. settling in Springfield. Illinois, where they remained for about a year. They then removed to Indian Point, Menard county, and in IsSS when Mr. Tackelson had saved a sufficient sum of money a- the result of his work as a carpenter and house builder he purchased eighty acres of land. Subsequently he bought two additional tract- of eighty acre-
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart has been blessed with two children : Ralph. born May 15, 1895; and Howard W .. October 11. 1899. Interested in the cause of education Mr. Lockhart desires that his children shall have good opportunities in that direction. For the past six years he has been a member of the school board of his district and is still serving in that capacity. He and his wife attended the Presbyterian church. of which Mrs. Lockhart is a member, and in his political view- Mr. Lockhart is a Republican. The greater part of his life has been passed in Menard county where he has a wide acquaintance and enjoys the favorable regard of many friends.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL HARRISON BLANE.
Captain S. H. Blane was a native of Menard county. born January 12. 1810. His parents were George and Mary (Alkire) Blanc, who re- sided upon a farm near Greenview. George Blane, with his three brothers, came from Ire- land and located at what is known as Irish Grove about the year 1830. On the old family homestead in the vicinity of Greenview Samuel 11. Blane was reared to manhood and the dis- triet schools provided him his early aluca- tional privileges, which were supplemented by study in the North Sangamon Academy. 10 was but twenty-one years of age when the country icame involved in civil war. In the meantime he had taken up the study of law. Int on August 15. 1862, he enlisted as a pri- vate in Company A. One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry: on June 26. 1863. he was promoted to second lieutenant of Com- pan K: on March 30, 1861. he was again pro-
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moted to first lieutenant : on May 19. 1865, he was promoted to captain of said company, and he was mustered out July 12. 1865.
When his military service wa- ended Captain Blane resumed his interrupted study of law. which he pursued as opportunity afforded until he was admitted to the bar, on January 9. 1811. Almost immediately he secured a good elientage, which constantly grew in extent. connecting him with much of the important lit- igation tried in the courts of his district. His mind was analytical and logical and he pre- wanted his case in the clear light of cogent reasoning. The Petersburg Observer said of him: "That he never persuaded a man into litigation when he did not see the justice of his claims to such an extent that he should win. He seemed to care less for less than in- dividual or neighborhood harmony. In his decisions he was not only deliberate, but care- fully weighed justice. He had no use for mis- representation and deception for the purpose of gaining a point. What he sought was the truth and on this he built the foundations for the many important trials in which he was on- gaged. He was always fair In the opposing side in litigation and thus made friends of the men against whom he obtained verdicts." Captain Blane remained an active member of the bar up to the time of his demise and for some years was associated in practice with his son Frank E. Blane. and the firm maintained a foremost place in the ranks of the legal Tra- ternity, their clientage being of a distinctively representative character. In 1881 Captain Blane was elected state's attorney of Menard county, having the distinction of being the only member of his political party to hold the office in this county.
On the 4th of January. 1866, occurred the marriage of Captain Blane and Mis- Mary .. Spear, and as the years passed five children were added to the houscholl. namely: Frank E .. Mrs. Nora A. Brahm, Mrs. Iona L. Shop- herd and Mrs. Myrtle Whipp. all of whom are now living: and Eva Maria, who died in Ise. at the age of two and a half years.
Captain Blane wa- prominent in Masonry. being a valued representative of Clinton lodge, No. 1. A. P. S. A. M. He also belonged to
Estill Post. G. A. R. of Petersburg, and in the line of his profession was connected with the Bar Association of Menard county. When twenty years of age he became a member of the Christian church and continued his active and helpful identification therewith up to the time of his death, which occurred on the Eth of June, 1901. Resolutions of respect were passed by Clinton lodge, by the bar and county officials of Menard county and by the church with which he was so long connected. His funeral services were held at his late home on the Sun- day succeeding his demise. His entire life was permeated by his religious faith and his pastor at the funeral services said: "His religious convictions were deep, unfaltering and abiding ; no one ever questioned the sincerity of reality of his Christian character. He believed and he lived by his belief : and yet his tolerance toward all opinions and shades of honest belief transcended all bounds of creed and won for him the confidence and love of people of widely divergent standards of thought. His humil- ity was profound, and yet it was of that noble type that served to exalt him in the eyes of all who ever knew him. Self-assertion had no part in his mental make-up: but a serene self-knowl- edge, dignity and calmness of purpose, as native to him as the air he breathed. secured for him the respect of all with whom he had dealings. and gave him an influence far beyond the con- fines of his immediate sphere of life. Of his loyalty as a friend, his public-spiritedness as a citizen. his nobility. devotion and unselfish- De>> as a husband and father. as his grandeur as a man. it would take a volume to speak. Well might it be said that we have had low such men as he, and his life and memory will be a lasting benediction upon all who knew him."
FRANKLIN P. ELDRIDGE. M. D.
Dr. F. P. Eldridge, well known as a capable physician and surgeon of Greenview and also interested in business affairs in the county as a dealer in coal. was born in Menard county. September 15. 18.53. His father. William Eldridge, was a native of England. whener he
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was brought to America by his parents when three years of age. the family home being es- tablished in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1840 he made his way westward. settling in Menard county, which was then largely a frontier dis- trict, bearing little resemblance to this highly improved portion of the state. He turned his attention to farming about six miles east of Greenview and continued to make his home mpon that place until 1890, when he removed to Greenview, where his death occurred May 6. 1902, when he was seventy-six years of age. His widow still survives him and now makes her home with her son Dr. Eldridge at the age of seventy-seven years.
Dr. Eldridge acquired his preliminary edu- cation in the common schools of his native county and his more specifically literary in- -truction was obtained in Lincoln University. where he spent three years as a student. Hav- ing formed the determination to make the practice of medicine his life work he then matriculated in Rush Medical College, where he was graduated with the class of 1828. Local- ing for practice in Greenview. he remained here for six months and subsequently removed to Kilbourne. Ilinois, where he spent seven years. On the expiration of that period. how- ever. he returned to Greenview. where he has since made his home and a large and important patronage has been extended him. He is now examining physician for several insurance com- panies. He carries all of his own drugs and by constant reading and study he keeps in touch with the progress of the medical fra- ternity. He belongs to the Brainard Distriet Medical Society. the Menard County Medical Society and the State Medical Society, and in tlw practice of his profession he displays care- ful preparation and conscientious service in the performance of his professional duties. Dr. Eldridge has considerable valuable property, in- (Inding a farm of one hundred and seventy- five acres which he rente. also town realty. is one of the five owners of a coal mine which is being developed under the name of the Green- view Coal & Mining Company, and he also owns five hundred acres of cotton land in St. Franei- valley in eastern Arkansas, which he purchased in 1903 and which is very fertile.
bidding fair to become a very valuable prop- orty.
On the 31st of July. 1829. Dr. Eldridge was married to Miss Emma Whitney, a daughter of Alonzo Whitney, of Indian Point. They have five children : William Roy, who died Febru- ary 28, 1902, at the age of twenty-two years; Lucia, who was born June 21. 1882. and died May 28. 1900; llomer, who was born Angust 28. 1884. and is at home; Arstella. who was horn December 22. 1886: and Earl, born August 3. 1896. Dr. and Mrs. Eldridge hold membership in the Cumberland Presbyterian church and he is a Knight Templar Mason. belonging to the lodge. chapter and command- ery. He is also connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and in fraternal circles has the warm regard which is extended him socially and professionally.
TION. HOMER J. TICE.
Homer Jenison Tice. an agriculturii living within ten miles of his birthplace, was born February 5. 1862. in Athens, Menard county. Itis entire life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits and a review of his career brings to mind the remark of George Washington that "Agriculture is the most useful as well as the most honorable calling of man." That Mr. Tice has enjoyed the fullest confidence and re- spect of his fellow citizens is indicated by the fact that he has three times been elected to represent his district in the state legislature and on other occasions, both by appointment and election, he has been called to positions of publie trust.
Mr. Tice is a son of Jerman and Mary (Jeni- son) Tice, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. Epon the home farm he was reared. developing a love for agricultural life that has been one of the strong elements in his character. A sincere attachment for na- ture in all its phases has led him to continue in the walk of life in which his carly youth was passed and his farm represents one of the most attractive features of the landscape with its well tilled fields, modern buildings and good equip- ments. Ile is progressive in all of his methods.
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also extremely practical. and while quick to He was a delegate to the National Corn Con- adopt new methods his judgment is rarely at fault in determining their usefulness as ro- sultant factors in making his labor a success. His prosent home is near Greenview, within ton miles of his birthplace, and his entire life has been passed in this community.
Another salient element in the character of Mr. Tive is his love of books. From boyhood his books have been his constant companions and he claims as his best friends some of the master minds in literature. His interest in po- litical questions is that of the public-spirited citizen who recognizes the obligation as well a- the privilege that comes with the right of franchise. He has made a close and thorough study of the many issues which divide the two great parties and has been unfaltering in his advocacy of Republican principles, while at the same time earnestly opposing any misrule in municipal or state affairs and the modern moth- ods too often practiced by the politician who places self-aggrandizement before the general good. Three times he has been the candidate of his party for the general assembly and rep- resented his district in the house in the thirty- seventh. thirty-eighth and forty-third legisla- tive sessions of Illinois, where he became recog- nized as an able and active working member. concerned largely with constructive legislation. He was appointed a member of the Illinois and Michigan canal board by Governor John R. Tanner. He has a wide acquaintance among the leaders in politics in Illinois and no one receives more favorable regard. He managed the campaign of Lawrence Y. Sherman for gov- ernor in the spring of 1901 and made many warm friends in his manly course. While doing everything possible for his candidate he did not antagonize party leaders. The same year he was elected by the Republican state comen- tion as a member of the state central commit- ter at large, and was chairman of the commit- tor which framed the primary election laws of illinois.
In community interests Mr. Tive also lig- ure- prominently and is the champion of many measures that have proven of marked value. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Old Salem Chautauqua of Petersburg. Illinois.
gress held in Chicago for the purpose of de- vising plans for introducing corn products as food in the different countries of Europe, and as a delegate represented Minois in the Trust Conference, composed of delegates from every state in the Union, held in Chicago in Septem- ber. 1899, for the purpose of considering and discussing the problem of trusts, both the above delegateships being by appointment of the chief executive of the state. In Masonry Mr. Tico has attained high rank. belonging to the bhie lodge. chapter, commandery, consistory and shrine, and of the first named he is a past master. He also affiliates with the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
On the 23d of May, 1883, Mr. Tice was married to Miss C. M. Emilie Warnsing. They have two sons living: Evert Homer and Karl Jerman, and have lost one son. Herman Warn- sing. Mr. Tice 'stands as a representative of our best type of American manhood. He is widely and favorably known throughout the community, his ability well fitting him for leadership in political, business and social life. In political thought and action he has always been independent, carrying out his honest views without fear or favor. He commands the ro- spect, confidence and good will of men promi- Dent in the state, but in his home comumity where he is best known he has the love and un- qualified esteem of those with whom he is con- stantly associated, and who have broadest knowledge of his personal worth,
JOIN IL. KINCAID.
John H. Kincaid, who carries ou general farming and is also engaged in the breeding and raising of fine horses, was born July 9. [818, on the old family homestead where he now resides. his father being John Kennedy Kincaid, who is represented on another page of this volume. Our subject supplemented his educational privileges by study in the North Sangamon Academy, which is located about a quarter of a mile west of his present home. Ile continued upon the old homestead farm with his parents until twenty-eight years of age.
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when he was married and went to a home of his own. removing to a farm near Irish Grove. where he continued his residence for seven years. On the expiration of that period he bought the old home place. built a new resi- dence thercon, also a good barn and, in fact, has added many other modern structures and equipments, so that the farm is supplied with all of the accessories found upon a model farm of the twentieth century. He is engaged in the raising of standard bred trotting horses and has bred the following: Twillmo, with a record of 2:143; : Rodney Corbitt. 2:2911: Frances Corbitt. 2:29: Carol Ahmar, 2:30: and Lina Prue. 2 :19 : and he also owns Gny Corbitt. No. 11:26. Ile held a sale of thirty-two head of his fine horses on the 14th of September. 1904.
On the 20th of February. 1838. Mr. Kincaid was married to Miss Ella Culver, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Culver, who were natives of Menard county and are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kincaid have two children: James Earle, born October 9, 1880; and John Kon- nedy, born December 29, 1885.
Mr. Kincaid was made a Mason at Green- view. July 4, 1811, and still affiliates with the blue lodge at that place, and with the chapter and commandery at Petersburg and the con- History and Mystic Shrine at Peoria. In his life he exemplifies the tenets and teachings of the order. conforming his relations with his fellow men to the principles of the craft. In politics he is a Republican but has always re- fused oflice. Himself and family are mem- bers of the Presbyterian church and he has for a number of years been a ruling elder. Mr. Kincaid is now comfortably situated on a very fine larm of six hundred acres. well improved. and his property is the visible evidence of his life of enterprise, diligence and perseverance.
DAVID S. FRAACKELTON.
Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the enterprising city of Peter-burg than David S. Frackelton. He has been an important factor in business circles and his popularity is well deserved. as in him are em- braced the characteristics of an unbending in-
tegrity. unabating energy and industry that never flags. He is public-spirited and thor- oughly interested in whatever tends to pro- mote the moral, intellectual and material wel- fare of Menard county. He has for almost forty years stood at the head of a leading banking institution of the county and his ca- reer is notable from the fact that without any special advantages to aid him in early man- hood he has steadily progressed, winning his way to the foremost position among the suc- cess'ul business men of his county and at the same time gaining an untarnished name.
Mr. Frackelton was born in Dromore County Down, Ireland, on the 14th of Feb- ruary, 182 :. His father. William Frackelton, was a native of the same locality and there wedded Elizabeth Waddell. He died when his son David was but six years of age. The lad remained a resident of his native land until 1843. when with a brother he eame to the new world. crossing the Atlantic on a sailing vessel, which was thirty-five days in making the New York harbor after leaving the European port. Four years later his mother came to America. Mr. Frackelton, of this review, went to Ireland for her, but the letter stating that he would be there was lost in the mail and ore he reached his destination she started for New York and when he arrived he was greeted with the news that his mother had already sailed to America. He hurried back and found her with friends in New York and afterward brought her and his sister to Menard county. Mrs. Frackelton was a member of the Presbyterian church, strict in her religious faith and living a life of absolute conformity with her belief. Her father had been a min- ister of the Presbyterian church in Dromore. Ireland. for more than thirty years. Mrs. Frackelton continued a resident of Menard county until her death, which occurred in 1822. when she was cighty-four years of age.
Landing in America Mr. Frackelton and his brother remained in New York only a few days and then made their way to Illinois, and going out about eight miles from Springfield they established a subscription school in which Mr. Frackelton taught for six months, while his brother continued teaching for nine months.
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At the end of the half year the subject of this review was offered a situation by W. M. Cow- gill and came to Petersburg in 1844 to be- come a clerk in a general store, receiving fifty dollars per year in addition to his board and washing. Le occupied that position for two years and his salary was increased to one hun- dred and fifty dollars per year. His business aptitude and capability being fully demon- strated in that time, he was then admitted to a partnership under the firm style of William M. Cowgill & Company and this relation was maintained for eleven years. His brother Robert also became a partner at the same time and when they severed their business relations with Mr. Cowgill they continued merchandising together under the style of R. & D. Frackelton, continuing to conduct their enterprise until 1824. In connection with that business they began banking in 1865. Robert Frackelton died in 18at very suddenly and David S. Frackelton was then alone in business for about two years. On the expiration of that period he admitted his son Charles to a partnership and the firm name was changed to D. S. Frackelton & Company, the mercantile enterprise being conducted with success until 1899, when they disposed of the store in order to give their en- tire attention to the banking business. in 1898 his son David became a partner in the bank. The Frackelton Bank was organized in 1865 and has had a continuous and prosperous existence for forty years. The present bank building was erected in 1889 and is a model structure. splendidly equipped. A general banking business is carried on and from the beginning the firm has enjoyed a prosperous ca- reer as representatives of the financial inter- ests of Petersburg. condneting their business along safe, conservative and yet progressive lines. Mr. Frackelton owns both city and coun- try property, including a valuable farm of three hundred and twenty acres.
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