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Mr. Jenkins was an early immigrant from Kentucky to Galena, where he learned the printer's trade in the office of the Northwestern Gazette and Galena Advertiser. IIe afterwards entered Knox College, but was not able to complete his course. Working a while at his trade in Springfield, he studied law in the office of Abraham Lincoln, and was admitted to the bar, but he did not succeed as a lawyer, and finally returned to his occupa- tion of printing. During the Presidential Campaign of 1860, he assisted in editing the Daily Review, a Democratic paper, at Muscatine, Iowa. In 1861 he came to Rock Island, and worked in The Argus office. In 1865, he started the Moline Republican, selling it, in 1867, and going to Des Moines, Iowa, where, in connection with Clint Parkhurst, he purchased the Statesman, a daily and weekly paper. The enterprise was not a success, and he returned to his home in Moline much broken in health. He has ever since been an invalid, and resides at Ann Arbor, Michigan, though he owns a fine lot and two dwellings in Moline.
THE REVIEW.
From June, 1867, when Capt. Haverstick bought the Republican, and discontinued it, to November 26, 1870, Moline had no newspaper. On the date last named, Messis. Lowe & Gilson (having bought the printing mate-
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rial formerly used for the Republican) started the Moline Review. Febru- ary 17, 1871, the firm of Lowe & Gibson was dissolved, and the latter con- tinned the paper, but his editorial experience was brief. September 23, 1871, he wrote his valedictory. One week later Kennedy & Crichton assumed control of the paper. May 1, 1872, Mr. Crichton retired, and was succeeded July 1, 1872, by B. F. Tillinghast, the firm being Kennedy & Tillinghast till March 23, 1874, when Mr. Kennedy retired. Mr. Tilling- hast published the paper alone till July 1, 1875, when he was joined by J. H. Porter, the firm becoming Tillinghast & Porter, and so remaining till February 5, 1877, when the establishment was sold to R. H. Moore, the present proprietor.
Mr. John B. Lowe was born in Chicago, October 10, 1843. He com- menced setting type in Peoria in the office of the Daily Evening Inde- pendent, and afterwards worked on the Transcript, Union, and in one or two job offices in Peoria. He entered the army in the Ninth Illinois Cav- alry, and November 19, 1864, was captured and held a prisoner with Capt. Blackburn and others of Rock Island till the close of the rebellion. In 1866 he became connected with the Onargo (Iroquois County) Review; moved the office to Moline in 1870; sold out the following March; re-estab- lished the Onargo Review in 1872, which he still publishes in connection with the Buckley Inquirer, the Loda Register and the Ashcum Gazette, all printed in one office.
Mr. F. R. Gilson is a native of Charlestown, Mass., born December 30, 1848; came to Illinois in 1855; learned his trade in the office of the Onargo Review; came to Moline in company with Mr. Lowe and started the Re- view in 1870. Mr. Lowe sold out in the spring of 1871, and Mr. Gilson continued the paper till the latter part of September of that year, when Kennedy & Crichton became the proprietors, and Mr. Gilson became night editor of the Davenport Gazette. He left the Gazette in May, 1873, and has since been city editor of the Clinton (Iowa) Herald, a daily and weekly paper ;. Waldo M. Potter, formerly of the Davenport Gazette, editor and proprietor.
A few words respecting the other parties connected with the Review will close this sketch.
Mr. Sampson Kennedy came from Alabama, where he was born in Green County in 1839, to Chicago in 1846, where he commenced setting type with Scripps & Bross, and has followed it most of the time since; was three years in the artillery service during the late war, resuming the print- ing business in the office of the Monmouth Review from 1867 to 1869, when he went to Chicago, and returned to Monmouth in January, 1871. In September, in company with W. M. Crichton, he purchased the Moline Re- view of F. R. Gilson; bought Crichton's interest May 10, 1872, and sold it to B. F. Tillinghast July 1, 1872. and sold his entire interest in the Review to B. F. Tillinghast, March 23, 1874, and opened a job printing office in Moline, in which business he is still engaged.
Mr. Crichton was born in Dundee, Scotland, March 27, 1845. His parents emigrated to America in 1847. He graduated at Monmouth Col- lege, June 23, 1870. After working a while on the Monmonth Atlas, he became one of the proprietors of the Moline Review September 23, 1871; disposed of his interest May 10, 1872; went to Bond County, Ill., and en- gaged as teacher the following year. He is now Principal of the Vandalia Public Schools.
C. W. Spencer ROCK ISLAND
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Mr. B. F. Tillinghast was born in 1849 in Rhode Island, and resided in Providence from 1855 to 1860, where he attended the city schools regu- larly. Removing to Beloit, Wis., in 1863, he attended the preparatory de- partment of Beloit College two years, and entered Monmouth College in 1866, from which he graduated in 1870. He served as editor of the College Courier, a monthly, two years; was local and assistant editor of the Mon- mouth Atlas from November, 1870, to July 1, 1872, when he became con- nected with the Moline Review. He is a good scholar, an able writer, an industrious and indefatigable worker, and an agreeable and popular gentle- man. He gave to the Review its chief strength of character as a newspaper and as a staunch Republican journal. He is now Rock Island editor of the Davenport Gazette and special correspondent of the Chicago Times.
Mr. J. H. Porter was born at Jamesport, N. Y., July 11, 1847, and after attending at the Southold Institute entered upon an apprenticeship in the office of the Suffolk Weekly Times, at Greenport, N. Y .; removed to New York City in 1865, where he worked as printer till his marriage and removal West in 1868. At Lacon, Ill , in February, 1869, he became asso- ciated with Spencer Ellsworth in publishing the Lacon Home Journal. He came to Moline February 28, 1872, and was connected with the Review from July 1, 1875, as one of its proprietors, till its sale in February, 1877, and is still employed in that office.
Mr. R. H. Moore became sole proprietor of the Review February 5, 1877, and is now its editor. He was born in Altoona, Pa., June 15, 1845, and is a practical printer. He has been several years in the business, first as one of the publishers of the Home Visitor, Fairfield, Iowa, then as sole proprietor of The Pioneer, at Brighton, Iowa. He afterwards established the Safeguard, a paper published at Columbus Junction, Iowa, and of which he is still sole proprietor.
THE SCANDIA.
This is a large weekly newspaper printed in the Scandinavian language, Republican in politics, and started in Moline, January 1, 1877, by Melin & Swensson, office near the Swedish Lutheran Church in Moline. Mr. P. E. Melin, the editor, is one of the professors in Augustana College, Rock Island. He was born in Sweden, March 25, 1847; graduated at Westeras, Sweden, in 1868, and was assistant teacher of the Greek language and natu- ral history at his Alma Mater in 1868 and '69, and later held several other high positious in educational institutions in Sweden.
Mr. Gustav Swensson, the business manager of the Scandia was also born in Sweden, August 3, 1842, and was clerk of one of the courts there in 1860; sheriff from 1861 to 1864, and book-keeper and cashier of the In- mann Line of Steamers at Gothenberg, Sweden, from 1868 to 1871. He arrived in America October 3, 1871; was naturalized October 3, 1876; ap- pointed a notary public October 11, 1876, and elected a justice of the peace in Moline, April 3, 1877.
CHURCHES OF MOLINE.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Prior to the organization of any church in Moline, Rev. Mr. Woodruff, Congregational minister from Ohio, preached in the " old Boarding House,"
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which stood where the lumber yard of the Moline Plow Company's Works now stands. He was followed by Rev. Isaac Bliss, who came at the request of some of the citizens, to preach six months, and remained eight months, from November, 1843, to July, 1844. On the 5th of January, 1844, a num- ber of persons met at the house of Amos Gordon, in Moline, for the pur- pose of taking preliminary steps for organizing a Congregational Church and Society. Rev. Isaac Bliss and Rev. A. B. Hitchcock were present. A call being made for such as wished to unite in forming such a church. the following presented themselves and composed the original organization: Monroe C. Sherman, Charles Atkinson, Eliza Ann Atkinson, Thomas Mer- ryman, Mary E. Merryman, Emily C. Bliss, Huldah Edwards, DeWitt C. Dimock, Maria Dimock, Mrs. Lucretia Lynde, Sylvia Huntoon, Amy M. Gordon, Phoebe Gordon, Betsey Skinner, Lydia E. Chamberlain, Amos Gordon, Ann Gordon, Emma Gordon.
From its organization till 1851, the congregation met for worship in the " brick school house," which stood on the site of the present engine house. At that date they moved into their church, which had been completed, and stood on the corner of Lynde and Illinois streets. This edifice was subsequently enlarged and occupied till the completion of the present church, in 1869. The latter is a fine brick structure, and cost not less than $35,000.
The first regular pastor was Rev. A. B. Hitchcock, from 1844 to 1860; he was followed by Rev. Frederick Oxnard, who began his ministry Janu- uary 6, 1861, and continued till August, 1862. Rev. S. F. Millikan suc- ceeded him, remaining till the fall of 1864, when he was succeeded by Rev. A. B. Hitchcock, who again became pastor and served the church till March, 1865, at which date Rev. J. A. Mack was called and was "pastor till April, 1868, being succeeded by Rev. Henry E. Barnes, who remained till Oct. 1, 1874, and was succeeded by Rev. E. C. Barnard, present pastor.
The church now numbers about 250 members, with an attendance at the Sunday-school of 200.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHI.
The history of the beginning and formation of this church is given in a letter written by Mrs. Judge Gould, of Moline, to the Baptist church at Millington, Conn., dated Feb. 18, 1851. It is as follows :
"Rev. Joseph Elliot, a Baptist clergyman from Ohio, formerly from New England, came to this town in November (1850) to visit a son residing here. He was invited to preach, and did so ; curiosity drew a large con- gregation to hear the stranger. His sermon was striking, touching and eloquent in its simplicity, and few left the house without moistened eyes. From this, we date the interest which has so widely extended. He labored arduously, and we hope has been the instrument through whom much good has been accomplished.
"On the evening of Jan. 18, 1851, a Baptist church was formed in this town, consisting of twenty members. On the 19th the ordinance of bap- tism by immersion was administered for the first time."
The successor to Rev. Mr. Elliot. the founder of the church, was Rev. Mr. Ebenhart, who was succeeded by Rev. L. C. Carr, who was pastor at the time the church was built, in 1857. The church was begun early in the spring of that year and dedicated in June. An addition was built to it, for a conference room, in 1870. The succession of pastors from Rev.
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Mr. Carr has been as follows : Rev. F. D. Rickerson, Rev. Wm. Patterson, Rev. Isaac Newell, Rev. T. F. Borchers, Rev. G. F. Linfield, pastor at pres- ent in charge, who settled over the church in the fall of 1876.
The present membership is about 140, with an attendance of 200 in the Sunday-school.
SWEDISH BAPTIST CHURCHI.
The Swedish Baptist Church of Moline is a part of the old Baptist Church of Rock Island. Being anxious to have a separate organization, which would not entail upon the residents of Moline the necessity of being compelled to go to Rock Island to worship, the present church was organ- ized, May 3, 1876. They worship in a modest church building on Ann street. The church has 84 members. N. J. Rundquist, C. Johnson, John Anderson, C. Lofguist, August Carlson, C. J. Carlson, and A. P. Erickson, are prominent members. O. Okerson is the present pastor, who came in July, 1876. There are about 75 members in the Sunday-school, of which John Swanson is Superintendent.
SWEDISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHI.
This church was organized with fifty members, about 1850. Its pres- ent membership is 1,000, with 300 Sunday-school scholars.
Rev. L. P. Esbjorn, in charge at Andover, Henry Co., was pastor also of this church up to 1856, and under his ministry the first church was built. He was succeeded by Rev. O. C. T. Andreen, till 1860; Rev. G. Peters, till 1863 ; Rev. J. S. Benson, from 1866 to 1873. Rev. A. G. Setterdahl, present pastor, settled over the church in the spring of 1874
The first edifice of this church, erected in 1851, stood on the site of the present elegant structure, which is now approaching completion. The cor- ner stone of this new church was laid in the spring of 1876. When fin- ished, it will be the finest church building in the County. It is of brick, in the Gothic style of architecture, and its cost-between $25,000 and $30,000 -seems remarkably cheap, considering the size, substantial character and finish of the building,
SWEDISH M. E. CHURCH.
The first meetings were held in the American M. E. Church, in 1850. The society was organized the same year, by Rev. Jonas Headstrom, and among its first members were Olof Benson (died 1871) and his wife. The first church was built in 1860, on the corner of Park street and Boardman avenue. In the year 1871 it was sold, being then too small, and the society bought the American M. E. Church and removed it to the corner of Henry and Lynde streets, where the society had bought lots for that purpose, and where it yet remains.
Among the traveling ministers who visited the society from 1850 to 1866 (during that period it had no stationed pastor) were Jonas Headstrom, Victor Witting, A. J. Anderson, Peter Newberg, and N. O. Westergreen. From 1866, the society have had stationed pastors, as follows : O. Gunder- son, two years ; John Linn, three years ; John Wigren, two years ; O. C. Simpson, one year; and the present pastor, H. W. Eklund, was appointed to take this charge in 1874.
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Present membership (a few members at Geneseo included), 182; attendance at Sunday-school, 70.
The minister also preaches at Rock Island, where the society have a few members, but no church yet.
ST. ANTONY'S (ROMAN CATHOLIC) CHURCHI.
The first Catholic priest to officiate at Moline was Father Alemann, of the city of Rock Island, in 1857 or 1858. He held services around at differ- ent places outside of his regular parish, at Moline, Hampton and other points. In 1858 the church at Moline was built. The present pastor is Rev. H. Grive.
MOLINE LODGES AND SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.
Hall third story Post-Office Block.
Doric Lodge No. 319. William C. Bennett, W. M .; N. R. Zeigler, S. W .; I. N. Watts, J. W .; S. T. Walker, Secretary; J. S. Gillmore, Treasurer; James Rosborough, S. D .; L. L. McCoy, J. D .; John G. Beatty, S. S .; Charles Billington, J. S .; David Kelso, Tyler.
King Solomon Lodge, No. 20, A. Y. F. & A. M. Hall southeast corner Main and Bass streets. Willis Walker, W. M .; J. Busing, S. W .; Ed. Bond, J. W .; William Redding, Secretary; Thomas Robinson, Treas- urer.
ODD-FELLOWS.
Halls: Southeast corner Main street and Rodman avenue; Dunn's Hall, Wells street; and over Post-Office.
Moline Lodge No. 133. Officers: James McCord, N. G .; A. S. Quick, V. G .; Joseph Perry, R. S .; D. M. Mabie, P. S .; Job Tuffley, Treasurer.
Manufacturers' Lodge No. 485. Officers: S. Kennedy, N. G .; Fred. J. Savage, V. G .; Charles J. Frazier, R. S .; T. Everson, P. S .; C. C. Clendenin, Tyler.
Swedish Olive Lodge No. 583. Officers: Peter Nelson, N. G .; Frank Eklund, R. S .; August Lindgreen, Treasurer.
Tema Rebecca Degree Lodge No. 65. Officers: J. E. Mitchell, N. G .; Carrie Schillinger, V. G .; Mrs. S. A. Mabie, R. S .; D. M. Mabie, P. S .; Mrs. M. McBard, Treasurer.
Moline Encampment No. 156. Officers: W. Kunkle, C. P .; J. E. Taylor, H. P .; August Almgreen, S. W .; Charles Carlson, J. W .; Peter Nelson, S .; Job Tuffley, Treasurer.
DRUIDS.
Dunn's Hall, Wells street.
Moline Grove No. 26. Officers: J. Timmerman, N. A .; H. Schuck- loth, V. A .; C. Vitzthum, Recorder; W. Ehlers, Receiver; C. Mordhurst, I. G.
Mississippi Valley Grove No. 33. Officers: L. N. Eklund, N. A .; F. W. Stromer, V. A .; D. M. Mabie, R. S .; A. Bloom, Treasurer.
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ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.
Hall in Dunn's Block, Wells street.
Harmony Lodge No. 2. Officers: Reuben Davis, P. M. W .; Charles Zeigler, M. W .; John A. McDonald, G. F .; J. B. Kerns, Overseer; M. O. Miles, Receiver; H. P. Pierce, Recorder.
Schiller Lodge No. 11. Officers: August Meidke, M. W .; John Seifert, P. M. W .; Jurgen Bock, F .; James Plett, O .; David Witter, Re- corder; Michael Schulthers, Receiver.
Franklin Lodge No. 16. Hall, Post-Office Building. Officers: W. G. Morris, P. M. W .; Henry Coffeen, M. W .; H. H. Grover, G. F .; J. H. Porter, O .; W. J. Entrikin, Recorder; S. Kennedy, Receiver; D. O. Reid, F .; O. M. Gunnell, I. W .; F. Huntoon, O. W .; Lyman Gregory, G.
North Star Lodge No. 58. Officers: Dr. Charles E. Piper, P. M. W .; John Soderstrum, M. W .; Edward Kittleson, G. F .; O. F. Eklund, O .; John S. Smith, Recorder; Charles Peal, Receiver; John Peterson, I. W .; Isaac Nelson, O. W .; Henry Sandstrum, G.
SYLVAN BOAT CLUB.
Officers: W. J. Entrikin, Pres .; B. C. Keator, Vice Pres .; W. R. Moore, Sec .; F. H. Head, Treasurer; F. W. Gould, Commodore; W. H. Lewis, Vice Commodore; Board of Directors, F. W. Gould, J. W. Good, James Rosebrough.
CONCORDIA GERMANIA TURN-VEREIN.
Conrad F. Grant, President; Simon Hirsch, Vice President; Gustav Reins, Recording Secretary; A. Kiel, Corresponding Secretary; C. Vitz- thum, Treasurer; C. Vitzthum, W. Runge, E. Heunecke, Jacob Fromm, John Jasper, Trustees.
YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
L. Gregory, President; S. M. Hill, Vice President; H. S. Hubbard, Secretary; D. H. Robins, Treasurer; Executive Committee, L. Gregory, S. M. Hill, H. S. Hubbard.
FREJA SOCIETY.
This society has a large hall, with stage arrangements, for amusements and social intercourse, in the western part of the city. Its officers are: Erick Asp, President; Oscar Peal, Vice President; J. H. Peterson, Secre- tary; Swan Swanson, Treasurer.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS-1877.
Rock Island, John Aster; Moline, David O. Reid; Cordova, J. Cook, Jr .; Port Byron, R. J. Boil; Coe, J. S. Dailey; Canoe Creek, George Mc- Murphy; Zuma, George C. Wake; Hampton, William R. Webster; Rural, R. D. McCreary; Coal Valley, George Hiller; Black Hawk, Thomas Kerr; Bowling, J. P. Johnson; Edgington, James Taylor; Andalusia, John Buffum; Buffalo Prairie, John Kistler; Drury, Wm. H. Wamacks.
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ROCK RIVER WATER POWER.
The Rock River Water Power is located in Rock River, near its conflu- ence with the Mississippi, and some three miles from the city of Rock Island. It controls all the water of Rock River, which in volume is some three times that of the Merrimac at Lowell, according to measurement made by Mr. J. H. Harlow, of the latter place. The fall is twelve feet, and may be increased to fourteen feet. The bed and shores of the river are solid rock.
The river frontage, suitable for mill sites and use of water, is one and a half miles, and may be increased to any desirable extent. It is so planned . as to accommodate every mill or factory with side tracks, and many of them with boats. All railroad advantages are available here. It is crossed daily by through trains from Rock Island to St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and all eastern and intermediate points reached by the great system of Penn- sylvania railroads.
The arrangement for the accommodation of mills, with abundant yard room, is complete, and liberal inducements are offered to secure the location of mills and factories. Extensive coal mines are opened and worked in the river banks, at different points from one to twenty miles above the dams. By floating down in barges, the coal can be had in any quantity at from $1.50 to $3.00-the latter figure representing the highest probable cost under any circumstances. Some idea of the magnitude and permanency of this water power may be formed by considering the extent and character of the river. Rock River rises in Lake Horican, in the State of Wisconsin, and throughout its entire length (some three hundred and twenty-five miles) flows upon a rocky bed through a region of country abounding in lakes and living springs, which feed its tributaries and keep up a fair sup- ply of water through seasons of greatest drought. Its entire watershed has never been estimated except in approximation, but 10,000 square miles of area, with an average rainfall of thirty inches, is considered a safe estimate. Thus, while the amount of water received is very great, the flow throughout all its tributaries is so very gradual that sudden freshets are never produced, and one rainfall is seldom exhausted before another comes. The rise and fall upon the dams at Milan or Sears are scarcely ever more than three feet throughout the entire year, so that no damage from freshets need ever be feared. The improvement of the water power at this place is quite recent, although its magnitude and the beauty of its surroundings, together with its eligibility for a town site, attracted the attention of speculators as early as 1836. Here they erected one of the most magnificent "paper cities" of that era. Had the plan been developed by practical men instead of con- trolled by speculators, their anticipated wealth might have been more than realized. Some men of excellent practical judgment were connected with the scheme, but they had not the means to carry it out, nor could the necessary capital be attracted here at that early day.
But a new era is about to dawn on the lower falls of Rock River. The lands which have so long been held at forbidding prices, to the exclusion of enterprise, have been recently bought up from their owners; a liberal and comprehensive charter has been obtained; the water power improved, and the lock constructed for navigation, and the property is now offered entire or in part, on very attractive terms. A finer opportunity for investment and enterprise is not offered in any part of the world.
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This immense water power is almost entirely unused as yet, being occupied by three flouring mills, a saw-mill, a paper-mill, cotton-mill and the Rock Island watch factory. The latter, a fine new building, is not yet in use, the question being now mooted of using it for some other branch of manufacturing industry.
MILAN.
On the south shore of Rock River stands Milan, deriving a thrifty trade with her local industries and adjacent farming country, which stretches in a boundless area towards the south and east. Cheap coal and abundant water power make Milan essentially a manufacturing point. Her advant- ages in this respect are of such recent development that her population is not proportioned to the growth of Rock Island or Moline. But she is entering upon a career of prosperity, which makes her future bright with promise.
HISTORICAL.
Milan was originally called Camden, and was laid out by William Dick- son in 1843. In 1848 the name was changed to Camden Mills, on account of there being another Camden in Schuyler County. In 1870 the name was changed to Milan. The place was incorporated as a village in 1865. :
When white settlers first arrived here, the famous Sac village of Black Hawk stood on the opposite side of the river. A colony of Kickapoos oc- cupied the south shore below the town. Where the flouring mills are now standing were rows of red cedar posts extending a considerable distance from the water's edge up the bank to where the village is situated, which are supposed to have been sheds belonging to the trading post which once existed here. In 1828, Rinnah Wells came here and settled among the Indians, who did not leave their village till 1831. Joshua Vandruff came the year following. For two or three years these pioneers and the Indians lived together, and had their friendly intercourse and their disputes and quarrels. Part of Mr. Wells' old cabin is still standing on the north side of the river. Mr. Vandruff built near where Sears' Mill now is, and lived there till he built his house on the island which bears his name, where he died and was buried, about 1859. His remains were afterwards taken up and removed to Chippiannock Cemetery. Mr. Wells died suddenly in 1852, being found dead in his buggy on the road.
William Dickson, the founder of the town, was the father of Col. John Dickson, now and for many years Justice of the Peace in Milan. He was born in Newburg, N. Y., March 27, 1783. His father was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. His grandfather and grandmother were murdered by the Indians and Butler's Rangers in the famous Cherry Valley massacre. After the Revolution the father of William Dickson moved to Westmore- land County, Pennsylvania, where William was brought up till the age of eighteen, when he moved to a farm in Erie County, Pennsylvania, near the shore of Lake Erie. Here he was married and became quite a noted man of his time, being at one time a member of the Board of Canal Commis- sioners of the State of Pennsylvania. He raised a family of nine children, seven sons and two danghters. In the spring of 1834 he visited this por- tion of Illinois on horseback, and returned home in the fall. In 1836, he returned here, and was one of the proprietors of the famous "Rock Island
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