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country and its institutions. He reached his home Jan. 30, 1885.
Mr. Adams was married June 26, 1861, to Mary B. Phelps, and of their union five children were born. Following is their record : Eleanor Louise was born March 24, 1863, and died Dec. 31 of the same year. Fred Augustus, born June 24, 1865, died Sept. 2, 1866. Henry Ethelbert was born May 29, 1868, and is attending school at Evanston, Ill. William Morse was born Aug. 8, 1870, and died March 22, 1884. Florence Bradley was born Jan. 27, 1877. Mrs. Adams was born Feb. 26, 1839, and is the daughter of Dr. A. E. and Juliet B. Phelps, of Kirkland, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Darius, the oldest brother of Mr. Adams of this sketch, and his wife both died, leaving two daughters and a son wholly orphaned. The daughters, Hattie L. and Lue O., were brought up by their uncle, and are married. The former is the wife of J. F. Hun- toon, an employee in the office of the Sandwich Manufacturing Company; the latter married Frank L. Waite, secretary of the Pictorial Printing Company, of Chicago.
savid Tower, farmer, section II, Mayfield Township, is a son of Abel and Mary (Moore) Tower, natives of New England and of English and Welsh descent, who were the parents of six children,-George, John, Mark, Charles, Mary and David. The former was born in 1770, and died Aug. 29, 1846; the latter died in September, 1839.
The subject whose name heads this sketch was born in Wilmington, Windham Co., Vt., Feb. 13, 1818, lived at home until 20 years of age, engaged in farming, and in 1838 came to Illinois. After spend- ing a year in the southern part of the State, he came to this county and settled in Mayfield Township, where he has since lived. He is now the owner of 480 acres of land, half of which is in cultivation. Politically he is a Democrat, and locally he has held the offices of Overseer of the Poor and Highway Overseer.
He was married in Beloit, Wis., June 6, 1847, to Miss Mary A. Daily, daughter of Jonathan and Betsey (Fitch) Daily, who were natives of Pennsyl- vania. Jonathan Daily was born April 24, 1802,
and died Feb. 8, 1842. Betsey (Fitch) Daily was born May 23, 1803, and died Oct. 5, 1877. They were married May 9, 1824. Mr. and Mrs. Daily had a family of 11 children,-Lydia, William J., Elmira C., Francis, Andrew J., Mary A., Mahala D., Joseph E., Elizabeth A., Clarissa S. and Jane R. Elmira C., Mary A., Joseph E., Elizabeth A., Clar- issa S. and Jane R. are living. Mrs. Tower was born in Luzerne Co., Pa., June 6, 1831. The chil- dren in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Tower now are: George W., who was born Sept. 22, 1853, and was married April 11, 1876, to Miss Caroline Lanan ; Harriet B., who was born April 2, 1856, is the wife of Joseph Lanan; David J., who was born Dec. 30, 1868.
illiam Bennet Barnes, senior member of the firm of Barnes & Douglas, proprietors of the Sandwich Free Press, was born Feb. 27, 1855, in Ithaca; Tompkins Co., N. Y., and is the son of Gen. M. S. and Char- lotte A. Barnes. He entered first upon the duties of a journalist in 1869, in the office of the Dubuque Daily Times, at Dubuque, Iowa, where he learned the printer's trade. From Dubuque he re- moved to Aurora, Ill., and was associated with his father in the publication of the Aurora Herald. He next went to Galesburg, Ill., and published the Daily and Weekly Press in that city for a period of about 10 years. Disposing of the establishment in March, 1883, he accepted a position on the Peoria Daily National Democrat, as assistant business manager, which he relinquished to come to Sandwich. In the month of October, 1883, he came to Sandwich and purchased a half interest in the Free Press. The paper is a popular and well conducted journal, and has attained a position of high rank among the local papers of De Kalb County, having a large cir- culation both in Sandwich and the surrounding country. The Free Press is also engaged in a gen- eral job and book printing business, for the satis- factory prosecution of which the office is fitted with steam presses and all modern appliances.
Mr. Barnes was united in marriage, at Galesburg, Sept. 13, 1882, to Fannie G. Rearick. Mrs. Barnes was born in Beardstown, Ill., Aug. 16, 1859, and is
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the daughter of Judge Francis H. and Helen M. Rearick. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes have one daughter, Florence A., born at Sandwich, Oct. 1, 1884. They are members of the Congregational Church.
Mr. Barnes comes of journalistic stock dating back several ·generations. His father has been actively engaged in the newspaper business for the past 40 years, but is now living in retirement at Galesburg, Ill., his health having been broken down by arduous literary work and the exposure and results of being engaged in two wars, the Mexican War and that of the late Rebellion.
eorge A. Gillis, farmer, section 32, South Grove Township, was born June 7, 1824, in Argyle Township, Washington Co., N. Y. Alexander A. Gillis, his father, is a native of the State of New York and was born in the same county, of Scotch descent. He was a farmer by calling and died in April, 1832, in Wash- ington County. The mother, Jane. C. (Gilchrist) Gillis, was born in New York, of mixed Scotch and New York parentage. After the death of her hus- band she came to South Grove, where she died in 1864.
Mr. Gillis is the second child of his parents, and lived with his mother after the death of his father, which occurred when he was eight years old, remain- ing with her until he was of age. His first inde- pendent employment was in a grist-mill, where he jabored some years, and in 1851 came to De Kalb County and purchased a farm in Franklin Township, his mother living with him four years. Nov. 13, 1855, he was married to Amy T. Irvin, in Washing- ton Co., N. Y. Her parents, David and Nancy (Histcox) Irvin, were born respectively in Ireland and New York. They were married in Washington County, where they resided until the death of the former, Sept. 29, 1858, at the age of 58 years. The mother joined her daughter in Illinois after becoming a widow, and is still living, aged 85 years. Consid- ering her accumulation of years, she is in remark- able possession of her faculties of body and mind, particularly the latter, as she takes a keen interest in the current moral questions of the day; and from her reading, which is, even now, extensive and diversi-
fied, and her rare memory, she is an agreeable com- panion and a zealous advocate of temperance and religion. Mrs. Gillis was born June 7, 1831, in Washington Co., N. Y., where she was reared and educated. Previous to her marriage she was en- gaged some time as a teacher. She is the mother of six children, to whose mental, moral and spiritual interests she is wholly devoted. One child is de- ceased : David, the eldest child, was married Dec. 22, 1880, to Maud Karr, a native of McLean Co., Ill .; Elizabeth was married April 7, 1881, to Chester Swan, a dentist of Walworth Co., Wis .; Jennie was married May 9, 1877, to Adelbert J. Cobb, a farmer of Sac Co., Iowa; Amy was married Sept. 13, 1883, to Clarence Culver, a dentist in Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis .; George was born June 30, 1863; Irvin was born March 31, 1870.
Mr. and Mrs. Gillis lived on the farm in Franklin Township three years subsequent to their marriage. In 1858 Mr. Gillis bought 240 acres of land in the township of South Grove, and later became the owner of 40 acres additional situated on section 6, in Malta Township. The farm of Mr. Gillis is a model of good management, and he is rated as one of the progressive agriculturists of his township. He is a Republican in political opinion. Mrs. Gillis is a member of the Congregational Church.
eter C. Mcclellan, a farmer of Somonauk Township, is the owner of the northwest quarter of section 29. He was born Oct. 26, 1829, in the township of Hebron, Wash- ington Co., N. Y., and is the son of Robert G. and Nancy (Cruikshank) Mcclellan. The former was born Sept. 17, 1799, in the same town- ship The latter was born in Salem, in the same county, Aug. 12, 1804. Mr. McClellan of this sketch is their first-born child. Rev. David M., third son, is a graduate of Jefferson College, in Pennsylvania, and has been for 20 years an ordained minister of the United Presbyterian Church, and for the past 10 years has been a settled Pastor at Kansas City. He prepared for the ministry at the Theological Semina- ry at Xenia, Ohio. Maggie, only surviving sister, lives with her brother, Peter.
The latter received a substantial education, finish- ing his course of study at Cambridge Academy,
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Washington Co., N. Y. He taught nine terms of school in New York and Iowa, and afterwards be- came a farmer. He was married in his native town- ship Sept. 7, 1864, to Isabella Beveridge. They have one child, Mary E., who was born on the farm in Somonauk Township, Nov. 7, 1869. Mrs. Mc- Clellan was born in Hebron Township, Oct. 5, 1830, and is the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Bev- eridge.
In June, 1866, Mr. McClellan came to DeKalb County and bought the farm which he now owns, and of which he took possession in 1867. He has been Assistant Supervisor of Somonauk two years.
Robert McClellan, from whom Mr. Mcclellan is a descendant in the fourth generation, was a citizen of Micklenax, in the parish of Buttle, Scotland. In 1769 he went to Newtown in the parish of Twenho- len in the stewartry of Galloway, on the River Dee near Kirkcudbright, where the family lived five years on the estates of Lord Selkirk. In June, 1774, with his wife, Nicolas (Gordon) McClellan, and children, -William, John, Grise, Robert, Mary and Nancy, ---- set sail from the Mass at the mouth of the river Dee, for America. The ship "Golden Rule," on which they took passage, proved unseaworthy and put into Dublin Bay for repairs, where she was detained three days. Three guineas was paid for the passage of each member of the family. They landed at New York and proceeded up the Hudson River to Albany and thence to Manchester, Vt. From there they went across the Green Mountains to Springfield on the Connecticut River. The route they pursued across the mountains had never before been trav- ersed by a carriage, and a part of the journey, in- cluding a distance of 14 miles, consumed 14 hours. They resided at Springfield 10 years, and on account of religious considerations they removed to Hebron, Washington Co., N. Y., then called Black Creek. The parents afterwards removed to Salem in the same county. The father died there in 1789, aged 73 years. He was,also buried there. The mother died in Cambridge in 1799, at the age of 69 years, and was buried in the place where she died.
Robert McClellan (2d) was born in 1766, in Mick- lenax, Scotland, and came to America with his fath- er's family, as stated. He was married Dec. 5, 1793, to Mary Thompson, who was born in 1768, in Salem. Their children were named Sarah, William, Robert Gordon, Nancy, John and Phebe. Sarah is still liv-
ing and is over 90 years of age. She is the widow of Alexander Beveridge, of Hebron. Phebe is the widow of William Armstrong, of Somonauk. Four of them died on the farm where they were born and reared. Robert McClellan died in Hebron Jan. 6, 1829. His wife died there also, June 20, 1839. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Mcclellan were born, reared and died in the Associate Presbyterian Church and its outgrowth, the United Presbyterian Church.
enry H. Little, farmer, section 10, Kingston Township, has been a resident of De Kalb County since 1845, in which year he ac- companied his parents hither. He was born May 1, 1824, in Erie Co., N. Y., and is the son - of Henry and Amy (Bingham) Little. The former was born in the State of New York, April 22, 1799; the latter in Vermont, July 23, 1804. They were married in Erie Co., N. Y., May 11, 1823, which was their place of' abode until 1845, when they set out for Wisconsin with the purpose of establishing a home; but with little delay proceeded to De Kalb County, and located in Kingston Township, where the father died, Aug. 18, 1858. The mother survives and has reached advanced age.
Mr. Little is the oldest of nine children. He ac- 'quired as good an education as the common schools of his native county afforded, and was trained in farm labor. He was 21 years of age when he came to Illinois, and he entered a land claim of 80 acres of prairie, afterwards buying 40 acres of timber land, all situated in Kingston Township, and which has since been his field of operation. He has made a later purchase of land, which increased his real estate to 169 acres, of which 120 acres are tillable. The place is stocked with 41 head of cattle and 10 horses.
Mr. Little is a member of Kishwaukee Lodge, No. 402, F. & A. M., and in political faith is a Re- publican. He was elected Supervisor of his town- ship in 1882, and has been successively re-elected since to the same position, in which he is serving his third term.
He was first united in marriage in Erie Co., N. Y., to Elvira Boies. She was born Jan. 22, 1831, in Erie Co., N. Y., and was the daughter of Eber and
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Esther (Henshaw) Boies. She died in Kingston Township Sept. 28, 1872. The second marriage of Mr. Little, to Esther Heckman, occurred Oct. 1, 1873. The parents of Mrs. Little, Jacob and Catherine (Kepple) Heckman, were natives of Westmoreland Co., Pa. They came thence to De Kalb County in 1855, where they located and were among the agri- cultural class the remainder of their lives. The father died July 23, 1872, the mother April 17, 1884. Mrs. Little is the third of five children and was born in Morgan Co., Ohio, July 13, 1831. Mr. L. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
ohn Uplinger, a citizen of the village of Kingston, has been for nearly a score of years a prominent agriculturist and bnsi- ness man of De Kalb County, whither he came in 1866, settling in the spring of that year in the township of Kingston on a fine farm of 240 acres of land. He pursued there his agricultural operations until 1882, when he removed to his pres- ent place of abode and where he has been engaged some time in the grain, coal, lumber and furniture business, in which his relations are important and ex- tensive. His real estate in De Kalb County com- prises 245 acres, all of which is in tillable condition except 45 acres.
Mr. Uplinger was born Nov. 12, 1819, in Luzerne Co., Pa., and he is the son of Henry and Elizabeth Uplinger. He lived in his native State until his re- moval to De Kalb County in 1866. He was married in the county where he was born, July 31, 1840, to Elizabeth, also a Pennsylvanian by birth. Their children are Mary, Jacob, Susan, Charles, Sarah, John, Elmina, Amelia, Frank, Margaret, Lizzie, Amanda and Martha.
orris H. Westlake, a farmer on section 12, Mayfield Township, was born in Or- ange Co., N. Y., Nov. 8, 1845. His par- ents, Benjamin and Eliza (Bond) Westlake, were also natives of the Empire State. His father died in Orange County, and his mother afterward married Mr. H. Mackey (see sketch), and now resides in Mayfield Township.
Morris H. lived in his native county until the fall of 1860, when he came to De Kalb County, and at the age of 21 he married and settled upon his farm in Mayfield Township, on section 1, which he car- ried on for eight years. He then exchanged this for a farm in Orange Co., N. Y., but did not return there. Instead, he followed railroading four years in Indiana, and in the spring of 1879 returned to May- field Township and settled upon section 12, where he 'now resides and owns 166 acres, having 146 acres in cultivation.
Officially, Mr. Westlake has served as School Di- rector; politically, he acts with the Republican par- ty; and religiously, he, as well as Mrs. W., is a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He was married in Sycamore, Dec. 13, 1866, to Emma E., daughter of Norman and Rosette (Wills) Beckley, natives of Vermont, who came and settled in Sycamore Township, this county, in 1861 ; he is a resident of Elkhart, Ind. Their three children are, -Emma E., Edgar H. and Edward E. Mrs. W. was born in Littleton, Mass., July 26, 1849. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Westlake are,-Lulu M., who was born Nov. 29, 1867, in Mayfield; Norman B., born May 21, 1869, in Mayfield ; and Rosette, Nov. 11, 1878, in Elkhart, Ind. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Westlake-all elder than he-are David B., Hannah E., Milton, Charlotte and John.
ames Henry, farmer, section 28, Somonauk Township, was born Jan. 22, 1812, in Wash- ington Co., N. Y. John Henry, his father, was a native of Scotland and married Pamelia Johnson, by whom he had 12 children : seven of these,-four sons and three daughters,-are now living. The mother was a native of Vermont.
Mr. Henry was brought up on a farm, and on at- taining to the estate of manhood he became a farmer on 140 acres of land in his native State. He was married in Greenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., Oct. 26, 1837, to Jeannette, sister of ex-Governor John L. Beveridge, and daughter of George and Ann (Hoy) Beveridge. She was born May 5, 1813, in Washing- ton County. Of this union 10 children were born and are all living with a single exception. Anna M. was born Dec. 20, 1838; Parmelia, July . 31, 1840
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(died May 30, 1841); Isabella B., May 10, 1842 ; John V., July 27, 1844; George B., Sept. 26, 1846; Sarah T. L., Sept. 15, 1848; Philomelia, Nov. 13, 1850; Agnes R., Jan. 25, 1853 ; Margaret E., April II, 1857; Minnie J., Aug. 17, 1859. John V. Henry, the oldest son, enlisted in the service of the United States in 1862 and served in various capacities until the close of the war. He is a resident of Quincy, Ill., and is chief clerk in the postal service at the headquarters of the mail agency in that place.
Mr. Henry removed to Somonauk Township in 1854, where he purchased upwards of 300 acres of land. His farm now includes 210 acres, and he is the owner of a fine herd of graded Durham cat- tle, and is conducting a valuable dairy business.
rof. Andrew J. Blanchard, Principal of the Public Schools of Sycamore, from April, 1862, to July, 1867, and Superintendent from 1877 to the current year (1885), was born Aug. 11, 1827, in Cabot, Washington Co., Vt. His father, James Blanchard, was born in Con- cord, N. H., May 9, 1793; and his mother, Abigail (Hoyt) Blanchard, was born in Cabot, Vt., Sept. 2, 1799. The latter died March 5, 1837; the former, Nov. 24, 1869.
Mr. Blanchard left the home farm at the age of 20 years and entered upon a course of study preparatory for college. In the winter of 1848-9 he taught his first school in Plainfield, Vt., " boarding round," as that was considered the correct thing to do at that time. In the spring of 1849, he resumed his studies at the People's Academy, Morrisville, Vt. During the summer of 1849, he caught the gold fever that was sweeping over the land and carrying all before it, and in September engaged passage for California by way of Cape Horn, on the good ship " Argonaut,". Capt. William Knott, commander. The " Argonaut" sailed from Boston Harbor on the 19th of October, in company with two other ships, the " Henry Ware" and the "Richmond." On the 89th day out, having successfully braved the perilous storms of Cape Horn, the " Argonaut " dropped anchor in the harbor of Valparaiso, Chili, and on the 134th day, after a
voyage of 18,000 miles, she was safely moored in San Francisco Bay. In California Mr. Blanchard was soon stricken down by disease and brought near death's door; but an iron constitution carried him through. After long sickness, and still suffering from a complication of diseases, and, leaving his gold in the "banks " of the Yuba and Feather Rivers, he em- barked by way of Panama for home, which he reached in September, 185 1, with broken health and a shat- tered constitution. Having partially regained his former health and vigor, he again assumed the pedagogical baton, at the same time resuming his studies.
March 30, 1853, he married Abbie A. Beckley, daughter of Horace and Abigail (Wellington) Beck- ley. His wife was a fine singer and an excellent performer on the piano and organ, and for many years after her marriage, taught instrumental and vocal music with marked success. In March, 1855, Mr. Blanchard became Assistant Principal of the People's Academy, which institution he, as a student, had attended years before. He was invited to take charge of the school in 1858, and did so, his wife having charge of the musical department, which she had assumed in 1855. He remained here till April, 1861.
The echoes from the assaulting guns in Charleston harbor reverberated among the Green Mountains and awoke the spirit of the "Boys of '76" in the breasts of their descendants, and Mr. Blanchard, yielding to the influence of the hour, relinquished his position to take active part in the work of preparing to defend the standard of the Union. He raised a company of volunteers in Lamoille Co., Vt., which was assigned to the Third Vt. Inf. as Co. E, with himself as Cap- tain. The command was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. In November, 1861, Capt. Blanchard, on account of disability, was honorably discharged from the army.
Returning to Vermont, he /remained there until April, 1862, the date of his removal to De. Kalb County, to take charge of the public schools of Syca- more. He found school matters in a desperate con- dition, but with a firm hand and resolute will he inaugurated reform. Under his vigorous manage- ment, educational affairs soon assumed a prosperous aspect. In January, 1863, the school edifice was burned. The fine building now devoted to the same
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purpose was erected the summer following. It con- tains eight school-rooms, a large hall and several recitation rooms. In 1867, Mr. Blanchard severed his connection with the schools of Sycamore, and en- gaged in the same capacity at Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Ill., where he remained one year. He next be- came Principal of the Rochelle schools in Ogle Co., Ill , where he taught four years with decided success. He then succeeded to the management of the Galva schools, Henry Co., Ill., and at the end of two years was elected Superintendent of the schools of Lyons, Iowa. At the close of the year, he resigned his position and returned to the home of his earlier years, Morrisville, Vt., and again took his old place at the head of the People's Academy. But he soon dis- covered that he had been West too long to be con- tented there. He was again invited to take charge of the schools of Sycamore, and in 1877 accepted, where he may be found, an earnest, enthusiastic worker.
Prof. Blanchard is a member of Sycamore Com- mandery, Knights Templars, and Commander of Potter Post, No. 12, G. A. R., of Sycamore. Frank W. Blanchard, his son, was born June 16, 1861, in Morrisville, Vt., and is now book-keeper in the R. Ellwood Manufacturing Company at Sycamore. Fanny M. was born Sept. 8, 1863, at Sycamore. Claribel was born June 14, 1867, and died in Litch- field, Ill., October 4, following.
Prof. Blanchard takes foremost rank as a teacher and disciplinarian. Few men possess the power of control to such a degree as he does. Sincerity is his characteristic. He is always guided by a sense of strict justice and impartiality. No sham finds the least favor in his eyes. His long period of service, as well as his natural abilities, has fitted him thor- oughly for his place in the profession, in which he has few peers and no superiors. He has devoted many of the best years of his life to the interest of the schools of Sycamore. He has worked physically as well as mentally. Whatever needs doing, he does. He has been mainly instrumental in securing the best High-School library and the finest philosophical apparatus in the county. He has presented the High School with a fine collection of birds and small mammals; the Senior Grammar School with a library of 100 volumes; the Middle Grammar School with a library of 80 volumes. His absorptiion in his work
is complete. He has no other interest than that of his' school. The present high standing and pro- ficiency of Sycamore's schools are the best evidence of his faithful work.
We have the pleasure of presenting portraits of both Mr. Blanchard and his wife in this volume. They are engraved from photographs taken in 1882.
scar Schmoldt, farmer, section 24, Mayfield Township, is a son of John and Wilhelmina (Sturm) Schmoldt, natives of Germany who emigrated to America in 1830, settling in Pennsylvania, where they lived until the death of the former, in Louisville, Ky. Mrs. S. went to Kane County in 1845, and came to De Kalb County in 1862, and made her residence in Mayfield Township, where she finally died, Feb. 5, 1870. They had II children, seven of whom grew to years of maturity, namely, Augusta, Rudolph, Amandus, Aniel, Adolph, Wilhelmina and Oscar.
The youngest above mentioned, who is the sub- ject of this biographical sketch, was born in Schuyl- kill Co., Pa., April 13, 1833, and lived at home until 19 years of age, learning the carpenter's trade. He then went to California, remaining six years. Next he came to Geneva, Kane Co., where he remained about a year, and in the spring of 1862 came to De Kalb County and settled on 100 acres of land in Mayfield Township, which he had purchased the year previous. Here he has since made his home, and is now the owner of 270 acres of land, 200 of which is in cultivation. He keeps about 40 head of cattle, 13 head of horses, and fattens about 75 head of hogs yearly.
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