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It seems to have been the aim of the county commissioners, business man- agers of the county, to make the court house in a measure pay for itself, for there are entries showing that several rooms were rented to parties who had no official relation to the county. As has been stated, Horace P. Johnson was granted leave to occupy room No. 2 on the ground floor of the building, for which he was assessed as rent $50 per year. Others to whom rooms were rented were Charles Kettelle, who secured room No. 3, and E. N. Powell, room No. 5, all at the same rent. The grand jury room given over to A. M. Hunt at $45 the year, with liberty of the grand jury to occupy it during the sitting of the circuit court. At the July term, 1837, No. 4 was rented to Onslow Peters until the December term, for $12.50. At the December term there was a re-letting as follows: No. 2, to Horace P. Johnson and Jacob Gale; No. 3, to Charles Kettelle; No. 4, to Onslow Peters; and No. 5 to E. N. Powell, at $50. There was a re-letting of the rooms the next year. Horace P. Johnson retained No. 2; Charles Kettelle was given No. 3; Peters & Gale, No. 4; George B. Parker, who had recently been elected probate justice of the peace, No. 5; and Frizby & Metcalfe, No. 6, at $50 a year. The jury room was let to Lincoln B. Knowl- ton at the June term, 1839, with the condition that the jury should use it when needed. Later some of the partitions were removed and the enlarged rooms Vol. I-8
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occupied by the sheriff and circuit clerk. On the left of the hall was the county clerk's office, which was afterwards used by the board of supervisors. Next to the county clerk's room was a small one occupied by the county judge, who also shared it with a firm of attorneys.
The court room was in the second story, on each side of which was a jury room, but some years later a balcony was constructed in the portico, which was ap- proached by thin stairways, one on each side of the main entrance. From that time onward the court room occupied the entire second floor.
THE SECOND COURT HOUSE
By the year 1858 the court house became insufficient for the needs of the county and a more secure place for the records became a matter of prime neces- sity. It was therefore determined to erect a new temple of justice, which was begun on an elaborate plan that year, but only the first story of the northeast wing was erected. It was divided lengthwise into two rooms, which were occu- pied by the circuit and county clerks. It was thoroughly fireproof and although not pleasing to the eye served the purposes for a period of nearly twenty years. The present court house is the second and last completed building of the kind erected in the county. The plans for the one contemplated in 1858 had been abandoned after part of the building had been completed, but it was not until the December session of the board of supervisors that concrete action was taken toward the erection of a new and adequate court house. On the 10th of De- cember. 1874. Horace G. Anderson, chairman of the committee on public build- ings submitted a report to the board of supervisors in favor of the building of a new court house. The report concluded with the following resolutions :
"Resolved. I. That the county of Peoria needs a new court house and that in order to build the same it is necessary to issue county bonds.
"2. That the question of issuing county bonds to the amount of $250,000, to run not to exceed ten years and to draw not to exceed 8 per cent interest, be submitted to the legal voters at the next April election.
"3. That the county clerk be instructed to give the proper notice that the question will be submitted to be voted upon at that election and that he cause to be printed on the ballots to be used at that election 'for county bonds' and 'against county bonds' as provided by law."
After amending the resolutions so as to change the time of voting from April to the next November election, they were adopted by a vote of 16 to 9.
The vote on the question of issuing bonds was submitted to the electors of the county at the November election of 1875 and the proposition was carried by a majority of 1,516. There were 6,910 votes cast. Plans were at once adver- tised for and after many had been submitted for examination, those of the firm of Wilcox & Miller, architects of Chicago, were adopted March 31, 1876. The contract for the building was let to Philip H. Decker, of Chicago, May 12, 1876, his bid being $206,071.31. Work at once began on the new building and on Saturday, September 30. 1876, the corner stone was laid, with very simple ceremonies. Addresses were made on that occasion by Jonathan K. Cooper, one of the pioneer members of the bar, and Hon. Joseph W. Cochran, judge of the circuit court. After the speeches. Thomas Cratty, member of the bar, and Mark M. Aiken, one of the oldest settlers of the county, placed within the stone a number of documents and articles of historical value.
Early in the month of November, 1878, the building was completed, and on the 18th the event was celebrated by a grand reception to the public, which ter- minated with a banquet, at which time a number of speeches were delivered. being preceded, however, with prayer by Rev. J. D. Wilson, rector of Christ English Reformed church. The orators of the occasion were Judges David McCulloch, Joseph W. Cochran and Sabin D. Puterbaugh, and Messrs. Law- rence W. James, Washington Cockle, Thomas Cratty, McCoy, Tipton, Cremer
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and Fuller. The day was spent by a vast throng of visitors to the building and by night time their numbers had increased amazingly. The banquet was pre- pared by Charles H. Deanc, proprietor of the Peoria House, which was dis- cussed by about 250 persons. The total cost of the building, to which, as a matter of course, various additions and changes have been made after the plans had been adopted, was $248,968.70. The clock in the tower was manufactured by the Seth Thomas Clock Company, of New York; the bell, which weighs four thousand pounds, was made at the McNeely & Kimberly bell works, Troy, New York, both bell and clock furnished by the American Clock Company of New York, cost $2,495.
The architects' description of this beautiful building is as follows: "Style, Venetian Italian; plan, cruciform, with grand colonnade entrance or porticoes, 42 feet wide on the two fronts; at Main and Hamilton street fronts, two story colonnades and arcades ; size, 177 feet front by 90 feet on Main and Hamilton ; height to cornices, 90 feet, and to top of lantern, 166 feet from the base line. Material of exterior walls Amherst stone from the Clough quarry near Cleve- land, Ohio."
"The old court house was sold to David Burns for $250 to be removed within ten days. On Saturday, the 13th of May, the members of the Peoria bar, many of whom had grown old in the practice of their profession beneath its shadow, assembled in the court room of the condemned structure for a formal leave-taking before the work of demolition should commence. Jonathan K. Cooper presided, speeches were made by Judge Gale, E. G. Johnson, E. P. Sloan, D. McCulloch, Judge Loucks and John Holmes. The speeches were full of reminiscences incident to the court houses, lawyers and judges of early times. Some of them were historical, some humorous, but all appropriate to the occasion."
THE COUNTY INFIRMARY
Every community has its helpless and indigent individuals who through stress of circumstances, disease or shiftlessness become a care and oft times a burden upon the community at large. Provision for supplying them with food and shelter are incumbent upon the taxpayers, and in consequence of this fact the county commissioners' court on the 11th day of December, 1847, purchased of William Mitchell the south half of the northeast quarter of section 9, town- ship 8 north, 7 east, to be used as a county farm, for the sum of $1,000. There were buildings on the place at the time which were considered sufficient for the needs of the county, and provisions were made to prepare them for occu- pancy by the ist of February, ensuing. Furniture and provisions were secured and the commissioners in person made all necessary arrangements for the sup- port and accommodation of those who should come under their care. From a number of applicants, Hiram Partridge was selected as superintendent of the infirmary, and on the 2d day of February, 1848, he was appointed to the posi- tion, at a salary of $275, after giving bond to the county in the sum of $1,000. On the 9th of March notice was published in the newspapers requiring all per- sons chargeable to the county to be conveyed to the new home for the indigent. On the 7th of February, 1849, Hiram Partridge was reappointed superintendent for another year, and for his wife's services and that of his three boys, also the use of a cow and a yoke of oxen, he was to receive $375 for the ensuing year. This was Partridge's last appointment by the commissioners' court, but he was kept in the position for several years by the board of supervisors.
In 1865 the board of supervisors bought a tract of land, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, known as the Herron farm, adjoining the land already secured, for which was paid $9,000. This increased the county farm to two hundred and forty acres. In February, 1869, the building committee of the board reported, among others, a bid for the construction of an infirmary build-
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ing according to plans and specifications already adopted, by G. L. Royce for $50,000. The report also set forth that the committee had prepared a bill to be presented to the legislature, authorizing the board to issue bonds to the amount of $60,000, to pay for the erection of the building, but the board determined to only spend $30,000 for that purpose and accordingly let the contract to Charles Ulrichson. In the month of February, 1870, the building was com- pleted and turned over to the county by the contractor. The total cost, including heating apparatus and outhouses, amounted to $37.950. To this should be added $500, voted by the board to be paid Contractor Ulrichson, in recognition of the faithful and honest performance of his work.
COUNTY HOME FOR THE INSANE
.At the December ( 1880) session of the board of supervisors a committee was appointed to secure plans for a building to be used in caring for the insane of the county. Plans were adopted by the committee and so reported at the following March term, but no action was taken thereon, as legislation pertinent to the subject was at that time progressing in the general assembly. The matter again came up before the board at the March session of 1882, Charles Ulrichson submitting plans for a building to cost $28,390, which were adopted, and no further action was taken until at the September session, when the proposition to issue $50,000 in bonds was carried by the board and ratified by the electors of the county at the November election.
In April, 1883, the board of supervisors awarded to A. F. Miller the con- tract for the erection of the main building for the insane, which was completed the following December at a cost of about $37.000. The structure is of brick and three stories in height. It was built contiguous to the main building of the infirmary and when the latter was destroyed by fire in March, 1886, it was not touched by the flames.
The main building of the county farm, the walls of which were standing after the fire, was rebuilt by Contractor Fred Meintz, and completed in De- cember, 1886, the total cost of which was $17.021. The insurance money re- ceived on the old building, $14,030.43, went a long way toward meeting this unanticipated expense. The last extension improvement made here was the erection of a hospital building. This building was started late in 1896 and com- pleted in the early fall of 1897, at a total cost of $11,419. It has a capacity of sixty patients and is modern in its conveniences. There are now two hundred inmates at this home for the infirm and indigent of the county, who are well provided for. The present superintendent is D. J. Davis.
ILLINOIS ASYLUM FOR THE INCURABLE INSANE
One of the great eleemosynary institutions of the state, the Illinois Asylum for the incurable insane, is located at the suburban town of Bartonville, in Lime- stone township, and to certain energetic, charitably disposed women of Peoria, may be given credit for the selection of Peoria as the location for this great home for the state's unfortunates. In his report to the governor in 1904, Dr. George A. Zeller, superintendent, among other things, had the following to say :
"As local federations of charities multiplied and county supervision of alms- houses became more strict. the necessity of state care for incurables became more and more apparent, and finally culminated in the formation of an organization of Peoria women, headed by that able, energetic and public-spirited woman, Clara Parsons Bourland, then, as now. president of the Women's Club.
"These women agitated the question through the local and state press be- fore meetings of men and women in many localities, they besieged the conven- tions of both parties and secured endorsement of their views and finally sent a lobby to Springfield to present the matter to the legislature, where, in the ses-
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sion of 1895, they finally succeeded in securing an appropriation of $65,000 for the erection of a main building, so constructed as to permit of extensive additions.
"In the meantime an organization of Peoria citizens became active in secur- ing desirable sites and a commission naned by Governor Altgeld, consisting of Hon. John Finley, of Peoria, Hon. J. J. McAndrews, of Chicago, and Hon. Henry W. Alexander, of Joliet, selected the site offered by the people of Bartonville-a clean donation of three hundred and eighteen acres of land, paid for out of voluntary subscriptions secured by a commission headed by Joseph P. Barton, and others.
"The fact that the first building was found defective and unsafe, owing to the discovery that it was located over abandoned coal drifts, perhaps proved a blessing rather than a misfortune, since it enabled the succeeding governor, John R. Tanner, through his able adviser, Dr. Frederick H. Wines, secretary of the State Board of Charities, to re-plan and re-construct it upon the present magnificent and modern lines. Its construction occupied the whole of Governor Tanner's term and he left no greater monument than the splendidly equipped in- stitution. It came into the hands of Governor Yates as the unfinished task of two previous governors, and he made it the object of his special solicitude, succeeding not only in securing for it the necessary funds to permit of its opening on February 10, 1902, for the reception of seven hundred inmates, but in the legislature of 1903 he again urged measures which doubled its ca- pacity."
The original plan was for one large building with wings, the building of which was practically completed when the scheme was changed to the cottage system, and in all probability that was the real reason for discarding the struc- ture already erected at a large expenditure of money, for as a matter of fact, while the building was located upon an abandoned coal mine, the roof of the mine was one hundred and fifty feet from the outer surface of the ground. The change of plans, however, was a most desirable one. The cottage system was selected and now, in addition to the administration building and nurses home, there are some thirty or forty cottages.
In 1910 a beautiful octagonal building, the circle being composed prac- tically all of glass and capable of seating one thousand patients, was con- structed as a dining hall, and offers a most pleasing contrast to the numerous cottages of uniform design.
In 1912 the construction of a new administration building was commenced, which, when finished, will cost about $75,000. The last biennial report, pub- lished in June, 1910, showed the actual daily average population present at this institution during the entire two years of 1909 and 1910 was 2,089.
Dr. George A. Zeller is the present superintendent and has been in charge of the institution since it was first opened in 1902.
COUNTY FAIRS
The Peoria Agricultural Society was formed in the year 1841. Smith Dunlap was the first president ; John C. Flanagan, recording secretary ; Amos Stevens, corresponding secretary; and Peter Sweat, treasurer. There were fifteen members in all. From this time on it held its annual meets at various places, the third one in the town of Kickapoo. That year new officers were elected. William J. Phelps was chosen president ; John Armstrong and Samuel T. McKean, vice presidents; John C. Flanagan, recording secretary ; Thomas N. Wells, corresponding secretary. The records were kept in so indifferent a manner as to make it impossible to give any account of subsequent meetings of the association up to the year 1855. However, that year twenty acres of land, now known as the Taole Grove Addition to the city of Peoria, was pur- chased, and in 1856 a fraction over two acres more were added. Buildings were erected and fairs were held there for several years.
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The society was reorganized in 1855 under the name of Peoria County Agricultural and Mechanical Society, and fairs were held under that name until 1872. The board of supervisors who had purchased the ground, leased it to the society May 4, 1871, for a period of ninety-nine years, upon a nominal rental of one dollar per year, and upon condition that the county fairs should be held there annually. At this time it was thought probable that state fairs would at times be held here but the grounds were so remote from railroad stations and difficult of access that they were found unsuitable and the Peoria Fair Association was organized early in the year 1873, with a capital stock of $50,000. This new society purchased a tract of land lying on the east side of the Rock Island & Peoria railroad, containing about thirty-five acres, and fitted the grounds for the accommodation of the state fair, as well as for county fairs. State fairs were held there in the years 1873 and 1874, with a fair measure of success. In the 'gos the state fair was permanently located at Spring- field, and the capital being within such easy distance for the people of Peoria county to reach with a small expenditure of time and money, the local meet- ings were superseded and have ceased to be held.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Nathan Dillon, 1825-27; Joseph Smith, 1825-26; William Holland, 1825-27; John Hamlin, 1826-28; George Sharp, 1827-31; Ilenry Thomas, 1827-28; Isaac Egman, 1828-30; Francis Thomas, 1828-30; Stephen French, 1830-32; John Hamlin, 1830-31; Resolved Cleveland, 1831-32; John Coyle, 1831-36; Aquilla Wren, 1832-34: Edwin S. Jones, 1832-34.
CLERKS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY CLERKS
Norman Hyde, March to June, 1825; John Dixon, 1825-30: Stephen Still- man. (resigned) 1830-31 ; Isaac Waters, 1831-35; William Mitchell (died in office ) 1835-49; Ralph llamlin, (to fill vacancy ) 1849: Charles Kettelle, 1849- 65; John D. McClure, 1865-82; James T. Pillsbury, 1882-90; James E. Walsh, 1890-94; Charles A. Rudel, ( resigned) 1894-1900; John A. West, June 16, (to fill vacancy ) 1900; Lucas 1. Butts, 1900-06; Oscar Heinrich, 1906 -.
JUDGES OF PROBATE COURT AND PROBATE JUSTICES OF PEACE
Norman Hyde (died in office ), 1825-32; Andrew M. Hunt, 1832-37; George B. Parker, 1837-39; Edward Dickinson, 1839-43; William H. Fessenden, 1843- 47 ; Thomas Bryant, 1847-49.
At this point the office of probate justice of the peace was abolished and juris- diction in probate matters was conferred upon the county courts created by the new constitution. The constitution of 1870 provided for the reorganization of probate courts in counties having 70,000 population. Peoria county having in 1890 attained the requisite population, the office of judge of the probate court was revived, the following being the list of incumbents since that period :
Leslie D. Puterbaugh ( resigned), 1890-97 : Joseph W. Maple (to fill vacancy ), 1897-98; Mark M. Bassett, 1898-1906: Leander O. Eagleton, 1906-10; A. M. Otman, 1910 -.
PROBATE CLERKS
George M. Gibbons, 1890-94; Fitch C. Cook, 1894-98; Charles A. Roberts, 1898 -.
COUNTY JUDGES
Thomas Bryant (with two assistants for county business until 1850), 1849- 57 ; Wellington Loucks, 1857-61 ; John C. Folliott, 1861-65; John C. Yates, 1865-
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82; Lawrence W. James, (resigned), 1882-1890; Israel C. Pinkney, 1890; Samuel D. Wead, 1890-94; Robert H. Lovett, 1894-1902; W. I. Stemmons, 1902-10; Clyde E. Stone, 1910 -.
COUNTY TREASURERS
Aaron Hawley, March 8, 1825; George Sharp, March 14, 1827: Norman Hyde, April, 1827 ; Simon Crozier, June, 1827-28; John Hamlin, 1828-29; Henry P. Stillman. 1829-30; Isaac Waters, 1830-32; Asahel Hale, 1832-37; Rudolphus Rouse, 1837-38; Ralph Hamlin, 1838-39; Joseph C. Fuller, 1839; Allen L. Fahnestock, 1865-67: Thomas A. Shaver, 1867-69; Edward C. Silliman, 1869- 71 ; Isaac Taylor, 1871-82; Frederick D. Weinette, 1882-86; Henry H. Forsythe, 1886-90; Charles Jaeger, 1890-94; Adolph H. Barnewolt, 1894-98; Jacob F. Knupp, 1898-1902; Frederick Ofander, 1902-06; William P. Gauss, 1906-10; Lewis M. Hines, 1910; Amos Stevens, 1839-41 ; Charles Kettelle, 1841-43: Wil- liam M. Dodge, 1843-45; Ralph Hamilin, 1845-51; John A. McCoy, 1851-55; Joseph Ladd, 1855-59: Isaac Brown, 1859-65.
CIRCUIT CLERKS
John Dixon, 1825-30; Stephen Stillman, 1830-31 ; Isaac Waters, 1831-35; Lewis Bigelow, 1835-39; William Mitchell, 1839-45; Jacob Gale, 1845-56; Enoch P. Sloan, 1856-64; Thomas Mooney, 1864-68; George A. Wilson, 1868-76; John A. West, 1876-80; James E. Walsh, 1880-88; Francis G. Minor, 1888-92; James E. Pillsbury, 1892-96; Thaddeus S. Simpson, 1896-1908; Richard A. Kellogg. 1908 -.
STATE'S ATTORNEYS
Prior to the year 1853, it does not appear that Peoria had any resident state's attorney. After the formation of the sixteenth circuit, and until 1870, the state's attorney was elected for the entire circuit. Since the adoption of the new con- stitution of that year, each county has elected its own. The following is the list of state's attorneys from 1853 until the present time, all of whom have resided in Peoria.
Elbridge G. Johnson, 1853-56; Alexander McCoy, 1856-64; Charles P. Tag- gart, 1864-67; George Puterbaugh, 1867-72; William Kellogg, 1872-80; Alva Loucks, 1880-83 ; John M. Niehaus, 1883-92; Richard J. Cooney, 1892-96; John Dailey, 1896-1900; William V. Teft, 1900-1904 : Robert Scholes, 1904 -.
SHERIFFS
Samuel Fulton, 1825-28; Orin Hamlin, 1828-30; Henry B. Stillman, 1830- 32; John W. Caldwell, 1832-34; William Compher, (resigned), 1834-35; Thomas Bryant, 1835-40; Christopher Orr, 1840-42; Smith Frye, 1842-46; William Compher (vacated office-left deputy in charge), 1846-50; Clark Cleveland, ( depty ), 1850; James L. Riggs, 1850-52; Leonard B. Cornwell, 1852-54; David D. Irons, 1854-56; Francis W. Smith, 1856-58; John Bryner, 1858-60; James Stewart, 1860-62; J. A. J. Murray, 1862-64 ; George C. McFadden, 1864-66 : Frank Hitchcock. 1866-68; Samuel L. Gill, 1868-70; Frank Hitchcock, 1870-80; Samuel L. Gill, 1880-82; Cyrus L. Berry. 1882-86; Warren Noel, 1886-90; Cyrus L. Berry, 1890-94; Charles E. Johnston, 1894-98; John W. Kimsey, 1898-1902; Daniel E. Potter, 1902-06; Lewis M. Hines, 1906-10; Francis G. Minor, 1910 -.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCIIOOLS
Jeriel Root, 1831-33; Andrew M. Hunt, 1833-37; Charles Kettelle, 1837-45 ; Ezra G. Sanger, 1845-47; Clark B. Stebbins, 1847-51 ; Ephraim Hinman, 1851- 55 ; David McCulloch, 1855-61 ; Charles P. Taggart, 1861-63 : William G. Randall,
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1863-65; N. E. Worthington, 1865-73; Mary E. Whitesides, 1873-77; James E. Pillsbury, 1877-82; Mary Whitesides Emery, 1882-90; Mollie O'Brien, 1890-94; Joseph L. Robertson, 1894-1902 ; Claude U. Stone, 1902-10; John Arleigh Hayes, 1910 -.
COUNTY SURVEYORS
Norman Hyde, 1832; Charles Ballance, 1832; Thomas Phillips, 1835-39; George C. McFadden, 1839-49; Henry W. McFadden, 1849-53 ; Daniel B. Allen, 1853-57 ; Samttel Farmer, 1857-59; Richard Russell, 1859-61; Daniel B. Allen, 1861-65 : Luther F. Nash, 1865-67 ; Charles Spaulding, 1867-69; Arthur T. Birkett, 1869-75 : Robert Will, 1875-76; Daniel B. Allen, 1876-96 : Leander King, 1896-97; Charles H. Dunn, 1897 -.
CORONERS
William E. Phillips, 1825-26; Henry Neeley, 1826-28; Resolved Cleveland, 1828-32; William A. Stewart, 1832-36; John Caldwell, 1836-37 ; Edward F. Now- land. 1837-38; Jesse Miles, 1838-40; James Mossman, 1840-42; Chester Hamlin, 1842-44: Jeremiah Williams, 1844-48; John C. Heyle, 1848-50; Charles Kimbel, 1850-52; Ephraim Hinman, 1852-56; Milton McCormick, 1856-58; John N. Nig- las, 1858-60; Charles Feinse, 1860-62; Thomas H. Antcliff, 1862-64; Willis B. Goodwin, 1864-68; Philip Eichorn, 1868-70 ; Willis B. Goodwin, 1870-76; Michael M. Powell, 1876-82: John Thompson, 1882-84; James Bennett, 1884-92; Henry Hoeffer, 1892-96; Samuel Harper, 1896-1904; R. Leslie Baker, 1904-08; William B. Elliott, 1908 -.
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