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Cyrus Hemphill, born in Jackson township, March 14, 1837, son of James Hemphill, a pioneer of the county; was married March 14, 1861, to Miss Eliza Linebarger, also born in this township, October 7, 1840.
James Hemphill, born in Adams county, Ohio, January 24, 1803; settled in Jackson in 1831, died September 6, 1863. His wife, Mrs. Rachel (Porter) Hemphill, died October 11, 1872, aged 64 years.
David C. Hemphill ownes 152 acres in section 25, Channahon township; 100 acres under cultivation. Was born in Adams county, Ohio, in 1830 and came to Will county in 1834. Was married in Joliet in 1856 to Miss Hannah Russell, daughter of Ezra Russell of this county. Has a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters.
Alonzo Hemphill, son of James P. Hemphill, was born in Will county in 1862; was married in Joliet in January, 1883 to Miss Anne Lichtenwalter, daughter of William Lichtenwalter of this county.
James P. Hemphill ownes 183 acres in sections 19 and 20; about 117 acres are under cultivation. Was born in Adams county, Ohio in 1830 and came to Will county in 1834. Was married in Joliet in 1855 to Miss Nancy Nott, daughter of
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Roswell Nott. Has a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, all living.
Chauncy Hess controls 80 acres in section 30, all under cul- tivation; was born in Channahon, this county, in 1853 and removed to his present homstead in the spring of 1884; was married in Joliet in January, 1884 to Miss Allie Hemphill, daughter of James P. Hemphill of this county.
Michael Hurlburt, born in Ireland in 1832; came to the United States in 1856, to Illinois in 1858; and settled in Jackson township about four years ago, where he owns a farm on section 34. His marriage with Miss Bridget Casey of Grundy county took place in 1859.
Henry M. Johnston owns 164 acres on section 17; he came to Cook county (now Will county), in 1834 with his father Smith C. H. Johnston, now deceased, and rest of family, from Onon- daga, New York. His mother was Harriet Palmer Johnston, also deceased. Henry M. Johnston was married to Miss Salome Petteys, daughter of Valentine Petteys and Eliza Young Petteys; they have nine children living, two being dead; there are four boys, viz: Julius S., farming in Jackson; Frank, Ernest and Elvis. The daughters are Eliza, now Mrs. Hiram McAllister of Jackson; Alice L. who has charge of District School No. 2, Jackson; and Hattie, Ella and Maud.
John Keigher controls 60 acres in section 19, Jackson town- ship, about 40 acres under cultivation; is the son of the late John Keigher, and was born in Wilmington, Will county in 1861.
George Kelly, farmer and stock raiser, controls 150 acres on section 16, Jackson, and has under cultivation 55 acres; the remainder he uses for pasture and meadow, less some extent of timber land. He was born in Ohio, August 13, 1855, and came to Will county in September, 1869, with his parents, David Kelly, now living in Kankakee county, and Sarah Paulhamus Kelly. He was married January 1, 1884, to Miss Clara J. Grove, daughter of Solomon Grove of Jackson, and Catherine Long Grove.
W. F. Keith, born in Lewis county, New York, August 11, 1827; settled at Naperville in 1855; came to Joliet in 1857; en- listed in the 19th Illinois Infantry, from Lockport, in 1861; was discharged for disability in 1862, and returning, opened a general store at Elwood, the only store there for four years succeeding its establishment. He was first clerk of the village, a member of the Board for almost a decade, and supervisor of Jackson. Mr. Keith was married to Mrs Hannah Leverich of Naperville, July 17, 1866.
James Klingler controls 100 acres in section 25, nearly all under cultivation; was born in Centre county, Pennsylvania in 1848 and came to Will county in 1867; was married in Jackson township in 1873 to Miss Mary Pohlman, daughter of William
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Pohlman of this county; has one child living, Coy, born June 6, 1884, and Miss Vernie, born January 27, 1824, died March 30, 1884.
William Kreimeier, a native of Prussia, came to the United States in 1849; settled in Will county in 1856, and located his farm in Jackson in 1869. He was married at Little York, Pennsylvania, to Miss Mary Pohlman, a native of Prussia, March, 26, 1854.
Cicero Kyrk, son of Edward and Mary Kyrk of Orange county, New York, was born in Jackson, December 1, 1847; married Miss Artha A., daughter of Andrew Houghton, De- cember 25, 1873, and is now a resident of Kansas (see Pioneer History). Denis Kyrk, present clerk of Elwood village is the only male representative of this pioneer family now in the county.
George Linebarger, born at Lincoln, North Carolina, June 6, 1810; settled at Jackson in 1832 as shown in the Pioneer History. He was married to Miss Susannah Beard, of Park county, Indiana, February 9, 1832 (a few months previous to his settlement here), who died in 1854. Mr. Linebarger re- turned to Indiana in May, but after the Black Hawk scare subsided resumed possession of his original claim here in Sep- tember, 1832.
John Linebarger, born at Lincoln, North Carolina, November 4, 1812; visited Jackson Grove in 1832 and came to settle in the county in 1850, where he remained until 1868, when he established his grain trade at Elwood. He was married February 12, 1835, to Miss Nancy Stone, of Ohio, who died near Wilmington, July 2, 1847. His marriage with Miss S. C. Linton took place Feb- ruary 27, 1848.
A. J. Linebarger, born in Jackson, January 7, 1834, son of George Linebarger; purchased his farm on section 20, in 1856, and was married to Miss Eliza Phillips, April 30, that year. This lady was born in Germany, January 1, 1834. (See County and Local History).
J. J. Lichtenwalter, born in Stark county, Ohio, August 27, 1829, settled at Elwood in 1868, where he opened a grocery and drug store; in 1871 he was appointed agent for the Canton Iron Bridge Company, and dealt extensively throughout the Western States; subsequently he established his lumber trade at Elwood, and in 1877 established his grain warehouse.
John Mead, born in Saratoga county, New York, August 15, 1798; settled in Will county in 1855; sold his farm twenty years later, and located in Elwood village. He was married to Mrs. Betsy (Luce) Cagwell, who died here April 11, 1866. In April, 1867, he married Mrs. Nancy Cox.
Henry C. Miller, farmer and stock-raiser; owns one hundred and sixty acres of land on Section 15, about one hundred
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acres of which is under cultivation, and the balance pasture and timber land. His father was John N. Miller, of Plattsburg, New York, who came to Will county in 1836, and his mother was Phoebe Brown Miller. On March 20, 1873, Mr. M. married Miss Mary Roland, daughter of Edward Roland and Mary Maher Roland. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have a family of six chil- dren.
William F. More, born in Channahen township March 6, 1841; settled on Section 34, Jackson, March 29, 1864. He was married November 20, 1862, to Miss Mary Schoemaker, of Rochester, New York, who died July 29, 1866. In May, 1872, he married Miss Almira Spencer, a native of Troy township.
William. R. Morgan, son of Moses and Eliza Ann (Storrs) Morgan, a native of St. Lawrence county, New York; settled in Kendall county with parents in 1849; came to Will county in 1853, and located near Elwood (on Section 31) in 1855. He was married to Miss M. Ellenwood, of St. Lawrence county, New York, December 27, 1876.
Michael Moyer, born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1803; settled on section 22, Jackson, in 1855. He was married in April, 1828, to Miss Sarah Erb, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Henry, George L., and Michael are his sons.
Moses Morgan, born in Vermont, August 11, 1815; was married to Miss Eliza Ann Storrs, of Quebec, Canada, January 9, 1840; settled in Kendall county with his family 1849, and moved to Jackson township in 1855. His death occurred August 20, 1877. Sidney Moyer, now of Jackson, is a son of the late Moses Morgan.
William Morse, born in Vermont in 1826; came to Will county in 1855. He served in the One Hundredth Illinois Infantry during the war; was wounded and honorably dis- charged. He was justice of the peace for a period of ten years in Jackson township, where he owns a small farm on section 18.
William Nicholson, born at Cambridge, N. Y., March 26, 1838, was educated at the University of Troy, Y. Y., came to Jackson township in 1865, where he was engaged in farming until 1868, when, with George A. Pearson, he established the first hardware store in Elwood. He purchased Pearson's interest; his store and stock were destroyed in the fire of May, 1874; but resumed business in June following, and in October of that year opened his brick store, which he conducted until March, 1884, when he visited Kansas. He married Miss C. E. Benedict, of Dalton, Mass., October 12, 1863.
Ervin R. Noel, was born in Jackson, Will county, September 25, 1857, and is the son of Gabriel Noel. His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Zarley, sister of Calneh Zarley, of Joliet. He controls 1603 acres on section 16, owned by Mrs. Kyrk, of Elwood, about fifty-five acres of which is under cultivation, the
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remainder being pasture meadow and timber land. On February 18, 1880, Mr. Noel married Miss Addie Gonter, daughter of Michael Gonter, and Mary Comstock Gonter, formerly of Jack- son, but now residing in Kansas.
Albert E. Noel, is a son of Gabriel Noel, who settled in Jackson township in 1855, and Elizabeth Zarley Noel. He was married to Miss Nellie Boylan, August 29, 1877, daughter of R. J. Boylan, who settled in Will county in 1834, and Margaret Frier Boylan. He cultivates 110 acres on section 14.
Gabriel Noel, section 9, was born in Ohio in 1821 and settled in Will county on his present homestead in 1855. He has 220 acres of land, about 190 of which are under cultivation. In 1854 Mr. Noel married Miss Elizabeth Zarley, sister of Calneh Zarley, Esq., of Joliet. He has a family of seven children. Two of his sons are married. He has served as road commis- sioner nine years, and as school trustee about six years.
Jacob Palmer, born in Virginia, February 10, 1792, settled on section 11, Jackson, in 1871. Jacob Palmer, Jr., born in Stark county, Ohio, August 13, 1824, settled on section 12, Jackson township, in 1857. Miss Eliza Bucher, to whom he was married March 11, 1847, was born in Stark county, Ohio, May 3, 1830.
Andrew P. Peterson controls 240 acres in section 24, all under cultivation. Was born in Sweden in 1841, and came to Will county in 1872. Was married in this county in 1877, to Miss Amanda Gockley, daughter of Abraham Gockley, of this county. Has a family of one son and three daughters, living in this county.
William Pohlman, born in Prussia, May 16, 1828, came to America in 1844, settled in Jackson township in 1855, and on his farm in section 36, in 1868. Miss A. Harming, to whom he was married February 3, 1853, was born in Prussia, in 1836.
Daniel Richards, born in Herkimer county, N. Y., August 4, 1826, settled at Joliet in 1853, and on section 1, Jackson town- ship, in 1857. Miss Elmira Cooley, to whom he was married December 10, 1848, was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., June 22, 1828.
Philip Shaafer is a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born February, 28, 1862, and located in Will county with his mother and two sisters in 1874. He controls forty acres on section 22. When he first came to Will county he settled in Manhattan township, and in 1882 moved to Jackson township. His father was George Shaafer, who died January 11, 1868. His mother, with whom he now resides, was Miss Kate Mersinger, daughter of John Mersinger, born in Germany, November 3, 1798, and who came to this country in 1836, and settled in Potter town- ship, Centre county, Penn. Mrs. Shaafer's mother was Miss
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Jeanette Weidman, born in Germany, December 10, 1799. Another two daughters are Mary E. and Jeanette E. Shaafer.
Henry Snoad, born in Kent county, England, September 26, 1819, settled in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, in 1841; at Plain- field, Will county, Illinois, in 1845; at Joliet in 1848; in Kan- kakee county in 1849, and in Jackson township in 1853, where he was engaged in agriculture until 1867, when he entered the general merchandise trade at Elwood. He has held the posi- tions of agent for the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, post-master, justice of the peace and town clerk.
Robert Spafford, born in Ontario, Canada, September 30, 1822, settled on his farm in Jackson township in 1848. In 1860 he was appointed railroad agent at Elwood, which position he held until 1868, when he took the position of clerk in a general store. In 1872 he was appointed post-master, which office he now fills.
William Speese has under cultivation on section 15, one hundred and ten acres. He was born in Union county, Penn- sylvania, in 1859, and is the son of Henry R. Speese, who died in Pennsylvania in 1868, and Sarah Hoover Speese, now living in Mifflinburg, Union county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Speese was married in Pennsylvania in 1880 to Miss Minnie Beichler, of Union county in that state, daughter of William Beichler, de- ceased, and Elizabeth Yohn Beichler. In 1882 he located in Will county, and has two children, a boy and a girl.
Wm. Stoner controls 160 acres in section 33. About 153 under cultivation. Was born in Centre county, Pennsylvania, in 1857, and came to Will county in 1877. Was married in Joliet in 1881 to Miss Julia Lingle, daughter of Henry Lingle of Joliet. Has a family of one son and one daughter, living in this county.
William H. Smith ownes 200 acres in sections 33 and 34, Jackson township; was born in Jefferson county, New York in 1842 and removed to Grundy county, Illinois in 1854; came to this county in 1882; was married in Grundy county Illinois in 1870 to Miss Libby Van Dolsan, daughter of John T. Van Dol- san of Grundy county.
Henry Spangler .- Sce Joliet city.
Thomas Tait, born in the Shetland Islands, September 23, 1830, came to the United States in July, 1838; to Will county in 1841; visited Canada; returned in 1846 and located in Homer township. In 1848 he settled with his father at Joliet; pur- chased his farm on section 2, Jackson, in 1851 and has resided there since 1858. Miss Catharine A. Shutts, to whom he was married in 1858, was born in Columbia county, New York, Sep- tember 19, 1840.
John Welsh controls 420 acres in section 24; 130 acres under cultivation. Mr. Welsh was born in Ireland and came to Will
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county, 1878; was married in Joliet in 1862 to Miss Mary Mc- Cauley, daughter of John D. McCauley of this county; he has a family of four sons and one daughter.
W. R. Winter owns 103 acres in section 18, Jackson town- ship; about 60 acres under cultivation; was born in Louisana county, Pennsylvania, in 1839 and came to Will county in 1858; was married in Jackson township in 1859 to Miss Ellen R. Morse, daughter of Ira F. Morse of this county. Mr. Winter enlisted in the 100th Illinois Volunteer Regiment in 1862 and served three years.
William W. Wood, born in St. Lawrence county, New York, July 11, 1835; settled in Will county in 1865. Miss E. C. Edgerton to whom he was married October, 1861, was born in the same county, April 16, 1837.
Peter Yorgenson controls 80 acres in section 23, Jackson township; 75 acres under cultivation; was born in Denmark in 1855 and came to Will county in 1871; was married in Jackson township in 1882 to Miss Christina Krustenson.
George Yorgenson controls 100 acres in section 28, all under cultivation; was born in Denmark in 1848 and came to Will county in 1869; was married in Chicago in 1873 to Miss Maria K. Bendictson; has a family of six children, all living in this county.
Sheldon Young, farmer and stock raiser, owns 112 acres of land, of which 26} acres are on section 8, 79} acres on section 9 and 64 acres on section 17; about 80 acres are under cultivation, the balance is meadow, pasture and timber land. He came to Will county with his brother John Young, from Montgomery county, New York in 1838 and is the son of Philip Young. John Young died in Missouri. Sheldon Young was born in 1820, and married in 1842 to Miss Eliza Hougham, daughter of Jonathan Hougham, of Port county, Indiana. They have a family of eight children living, three sons and five daughters; two of the sons are married, one living in Iowa and the other in Washington Territory. The daughters are all married; two of them, Mrs. Levi H. Eib and Mrs. Frank Pierce, residing in Nebraska; Mrs. E. D. Williams lives in Iowa and Mrs Robert Eaton and Mrs. Marion Palmer reside in this township.
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP.
Plainfield Precinct laid off in 1836 included Troy township. In April, 1850, Plainfield was set apart under the old name and a township government organized. The supervisors of the town since 1850 are named as follows: L. Hamlin, 1850; J. Ballard, 1851; A. Culver, 1852; L. Hamlin, 1853; Cyrus Ashley, 1854; Winthrop Wright, 1855-56; A. Culver, 1857; D. Vandersoll, 1858; A. Culver, 1859; Winthrop Wright, 1860; W. P. Caton, 1861-68; A. McCloskey, 1869-76; Hervey Stratton, 1877-83;
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Alexander McCloskey, 1883. The officers for 1884 are Alexan- der McCloskey, supervisor; W. P. Hall, township clerk; W. D. Pike, assessor; J. E. Bishop, collector; J. S. Smith, highway commissioner. The population of the township in 1880 was 1,713, of which number 686 were residents of Plainfield village. In the list of settlers at the time of the Sac. War the names of all who were then in the vicinity of Fort Beggs are given. Here a list of all the early settlers is given: Vetel Vermette, 1825; Rev. Stephen R. Beggs, 1831; Rev. Jesse Walker, 1829; John Fish and Weed, 1829; James Walker, 1829; Timothy B. Clark, 1830; Thomas R. Covell, 1830; Reuben Flagg, 1830; John Cooper, 1830; Jedediah Wooley, Sr., 1830; B. B. Clark, 1830; James Gibson, 1830; J. E. Matthews, 1831. Watkins, the school-teacher, located here in 1831 previous to his removal to Hickory Creek settlement or New Lenox. The arrivals in 1832 included David Smith, Chester Smith, Ralph Smith, John Shutliff, Paul Kingston, John Bill, John Wilson. In 1833-4 the following named settlers came in: Alva Culver, Chester Ingersoll, Oliver Goss, Benjamin Richardson, Sereno Culver, Miles Royce, Leonard Moore, Edmund Reed, Ezra Goodline, Hardy Metcalf, Robert W. Chapman, Jason Flanders, Thomas Rickey, Benjamin Shutliff, Louis Lauson, W. W. Wattles, William Bradford, John Kellogg, Squire Arnold, Rev. Alfred Greenwood, Thomas J. Lang, Alfred B. Hubbard, William Sanborn, James Mather, Benjamin Highland, Andrew Carrier, N. C. Clarke, preacher, Dudley Beckworth. Between 1835 and 1837 many, whose names follow, made permanent settle- ments in the township, while others sought out other districts of the county for their homes: James R. Ashley, R. B. Ashley, Cyrus Ashley, Fenner Aldrich, Levi C. Aldrich, George Wightman, William E. Morgan, Morgan Ashley, Dr. Charles N. Dyer, J. E. Ambrose, Myron Pearsons, Bela Luce, Isaac Foster, preacher, Alonzo Ray, S. S. Pratt, Winthrop Wright, A. J. Corbin, doctor, David Rositter, A. J. and R. D. Hatch, Samuel Goodspeed, George Burrell, Dudley Beckwith, Hugh Alexander, S. B. Tyler, Lorin Burdick. In addition to the pioneers whose names appear above, the following list of pioneers and old settlers is given. It contains a few names of men who made only a short stay here, pending the selection of lands in other towns as well as many of those who made the township their homes and aided in its progress:
Bennett, George . . 1855
Corbin, Elihu. .1852
Caswell, Wallace B1844
Burdick, Lorin ... 1836
Dranden, John. . .1858
Foster, Lyman .... 1844
Cropsey, Dan. W.1846
Evans family .. 1835 Ingerson, A. A .... 1839
Conant, A. E ..... 1854
Evans, M. H . .1835 Flanders, Jason ... 1833
Culver, Daniel. ... 1834
Flagg, Reuben. .. 1830
Hamlin, N. S ... .. 1841
Culver, Sereno .... 1834
·Flagg, Wm. H .... 1841
Hahn, J. D .. .1847
Miller, Horace .... 1834
Fraser, -. , Sr .... 1846
Hemstreet, Alonzo1837
Chittenden, G. N .. 1853
Fraser, H. R ..... 1846
Sargent, Sam'l. . .. 1834
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Hagar, Jonathan. . 1834
Bates, E. S. .1853
Webb, R. D .. .1851
Bell, John .. ... 1834 Sennitt, John .. .1857 Wood, E. J . ... . . 1845
Jordan, Allen .... . 1847
Frazier, John A .. . 1849
Wright, R. B .. ... 1837
Frazier, S. B ..... 1847
Corbin, O J. .1836
Cotton, Aug. B ... 1841
McCreery. L. W .. 1857
Searles, D. C. .. . . 1850
Cotton, Wm ... .. 1841
Tonner, Wm ....: 1846
Goss, -. 1833
Frasier, Rob't .. . . . 1847
Amend, Andrew .. 1850
Keen, Wm. S ..... 1841
Mottinger, John .
Sunderland, Noah. 1850
Norton, H. S .. . .. 1839
Pratt, S. S . .1835
Van Horn, C. G. . 1840
Robinson, Stephen 1832
Van Horn, John. . 1843
Royce, Miles .. . . .. 1834
Searles, Amos ... . 1861
Wight, Dr. E. G. (Naperville 1831)1847
McCreery, Jos. . .. 1845
Smith, Geo. Y .... 1851
Corwin, Nathan. . . 1848
Tyler, S. B ....... 1835
Metcalf, S. W .... 1835
Metcalf, Hardy. .. 1835
The part taken by Plainfield in the Sac War is fully told in the military history. Samantha E. Flagg, daughter of Reuben Flagg, was born September 9, 1830. Albert Clark died in 1831. Miss Watkins and James Turner were married in 1832. In the winter of 1833-4 school was taught in the first school-house, built the previous fall. Reverend Jesse Walker and Captain James Walker erected the first dwellings in 1829. The Walker Mills were built soon after, and in 1833 a post-office was estab- lished with James Walker, postmaster. Chester Ingersoll and 'Squire Arnold platted the village in 1834. In 1836 the first house of worship was erected by the Methodists, and their example was followed by the Baptist the same year. In 1833 Blacksmith Shutliff opened his shops. Doctor E. G. Wight, of Naperville, was physician in 1831, and Doctor C. V. Dyer, resident physician in 1835. Matthews built a mill north of Plainfield village shortly after his arrival. John Bill was a wagon-maker, and built a shop here in 1834. In 1835 J. E. Matthews built his mill in the township, locating it at Walker's grove, just then named Plainfield. On June 22, 1884, Post- master Pennit completed his twenty-fourth year as incumbent of the Plainfield office.
Plainfield Village was laid out in 1834 by Chester Ingersoll, while North Plainfield was platted the same year by 'Squire Arnold. Twenty years later Elihu Corbin platted one hundred acres. At that time the Walker log house was the only build- ing on the plat. Chester Ingersoll added his dwelling in 1834. Arnold added a tavern; Fenner Aldrich opened another, and these, with the Walker tavern, contributed to render Plainfield a most agreeable stopping place. Bill's wagon-shop was well occupied: on the second floor Samuel Sargent and Jonathan Hagar opened their pioneer store, waiting until 1835 to build their business house. In 1837 the second school building of the township was erected in North Plainfield. This was used until its destruction by fire in 1847, when the present house was erected. In 1851 the school-house of South Plainfield was built. The same year the Northwestern Evangelical College buildings were erected, at a cost of $10,000. Bishop Esher
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was the founder of this educational institution; A. A. Smith was president. The importance of the college is established by the fact that an average attendance of 108 students marked its progress up to 1869, when the classes were moved to Naperville. In 1871 it was reopened by the Congregationalists, as the Fox River Union college, but was not continued beyond a few months. In 1872 Mrs. J. D. Field opened it as the Plainfield Academy, and carried on a good school there until 1873, when the buildings were burned.
The village was incorporated February 23, 1861. In 1869 the act was so amended as to embrace North and South Plain- field. Under these acts the local government was carried on until 1877, when the village was organized under the general organic. law. The first board of trustees were J. McAlister, George N. Chittenden, Robert Webb, Jonathan Hagar, and John D. Shreffler. The public affairs of the village are con- ducted on very honorable principles, the trustees being men who have the interests of the people fully at heart. The Plainfield Advertiser is the present journal of the township.
Methodist Episcopal Church, was founded by Rev. J. Walker in 1830, when a class was formed with the following named members:
Jesse Walker and Susannah, his wife, James Walker and wife, - Fish and wife, T. B. Clark and wife, - Weed and wife and Mrs. Gilson. As the fruit of a camp-meeting five or six more names were added to the list before the close of the year.
The following men have been pastors at Plainfield, though previous to 1848 they had other appointments in connection with it:
Rev. Jesse Walker, Rev. S. R. Beggs, who organized the first Methodist class in Chicago, and who is still living in the township, M. Turner, David Blackwell, W. S. Crissey and A. Chenoweth, Elihu Springer and S. K. Lemon, Rufus Lumery and H. Had- ley, Wesley Bachelor and R. R. Wood, Henry Minard, S. F. Denning, S. R. Beggs and John Hunter, Levi Jenks and J. W. Burton, John Agard and W. B. Atkinson, A. Wolliscraft and James Leconby, J. C. Stoughton, S. Stover, David Cassidy, O. A. Walker and M. L. Reed, S. A. W. Jewett, Robert Beatty, A. W. Paige, R. K. Bibbins, Macreading, I. Linebarger, M. C. Smith, G. R. Vanhorne, E. W. Adams, S. Washburne, J. W. Phelps, J. B. McGuffin, S. Earngey, and the present incumbent E. C. Arnold.
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