The History of Livingston County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 69

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J. W. REMICK, Pontiac ; was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Jan. 1, 1823 ; when he was about 11 years of age, he en- tered the Mont Alto Iron Works and was employed in manufacturing cut nails ; in 1841, he removed to Perry Co., and fol- lowed the same business in that county and

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Cumberland Co. until he removed to Liv- ingston Co. in July, 1850 ; he followed the milling business until the Fall of 1856, when he was elected Sheriff, serving two years; after farming two years, he was elected in 1860, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Livingston Co. ; he held that office two terms of four years each ; since which time he has followed various kinds of business, residing three years in Chicago ; during his term as Circuit Clerk, he read law and was admitted to the bar in June, 1868, but has never engaged in practice to any extent. He was married in July, 1844, to Miss Sarah 'DeNormandie, of Cumberland Co., Penn .; they have two children living- Abbie J. ( now Mrs. D. M. Lyon, of Pon- tiae), and Lida E., (wife of Edgar Cook, of Pontiac) ; one son, Noah P., lost his life by drowning in the Vermilion River, in 1857, at the age of 4 years. Mr. Remick has also served one term as Town Col- lector.

J. S. STUFF, of the firm of Johnson & Stuff, publishers of the Pontiac Free Trader, Pontiac; was born in Blair Co., Penn., Nov. 28, 1853; he is the son of Adam Stuff; in 1855, the family removed to Tipton, Ind., where his father died, and the following year the family came to MeLean Co., Ill., and after living there three years, removed to Fairbury in this county ; he learned the printing business in the office of the Fairbury Journal ; in 1873, he came to Pontiac and entered the office of the Free Trader, and in July. 1877, be- came one of the proprietors.

MRS. F. A. SOULE, farmer, Sec. 10; P. O. Pontiac ; was born in Newport, Penobscot Co., Me., Jan. 23, 1830; she is a daughter of Matthew and Mary Patten, of Newport. She was married on the 12th of Aug., 1850, to the late Wm. K. Soule, who was born in Waterville, Me., in Aug., 1820 ; they came West the same year of their marriage, and settled in Decatur, Ill. ; several years later, they removed to Alton, Ill., returning after a year to Decatur ; about 1863, they removed to Ullin, Ill., and in 1865 to Pontiac, in Oct., 1867, they settled on the farm owned and occu- picd by Mrs. Soule. where she owns 160 acres of land, valued at 845 per acre ; Mr. Soule was, by trade, a millwright, and fol- lowed that business almost to the time of his death, which occurred in April, 1868 ;

he left one son-William S., and an adopted daughter, Lilla V.

JACOB STREAMER, drug and variety store, Pontiac ; familiarly known as "Uncle Jake Streamer ;" he is one of the early settlers of Pontiac, having resided here since 1852; he was born on the 8th of Feb., 1818, in Williamsburg, Blair Co., Penn. ; he was raised to the business of a tailor, and came to Illinois in 1844, settling in Putnam Co., and opening a grocery store ; he established the first Sunday school in Putnam Co .; in 1850, he came to Read- ing, in this county, where he remained two years, and then removed to Pontiac, when there were but six houses in the place, and opened a tailor shop; he acted as Post- master two years, although the regular ap- pointee was J. P. Garner; he has been Justice of the Peace twelve years. He was married April 14, 1853, to Miss Salina Sturman, who was born in Virginia, Oct. 3, 1831 ; they have three children-Mary E., Hattie E. and Francis M.

JAMES SINER, retired, Pontiac; was born in Worcestershire, Eng., Dec. 6, 1804; his father was a soldier in the British army for seventeen years, and served under Wellington ; when he was 15 years old he left home, went to London and shipped on board a school ship; he made five voy- ages to the East Indies, in the East India Company's service, and came from China to the United States in 1829; he spent four years longer in following the sea, mak- ing thirteen years in all, and, in 1833, set- tled in Lowell, Mass., and engaged in carpet manufacturing; he followed that business twenty-two years, in New England, having resided in all of the New England States, excepting Rhode Island; in 1855, he removed to New Orleans, where he engaged in the wholesale and retail hardware business, dealing largely in machinery and mechanics' supplies, which he shipped from the Eastern cities ; he came to Pontiac in 1868, and employed a portion of his means in the erection of dwelling houses ; he has built as many as nine dwellings in the city; he has also quite an amount of property in Iowa and Texas. He was married Dec. 8, 1833, in Lowell, Mass., to Miss Eliza Bradford, of that city ; she died on the 31st of Decem- ber, 1859, leaving six children, four of whom are living-James B. (superintend-

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ent of the Washington mills, Lawrence, Mass.), George H. and William H. (both of whom are now residing in California) and Eliza (now Mrs. Henry J. Colburn, of Fitchburg, Mass.) ; Mr. Siner was mar- ried again July 26, 1868, to Miss Rachel Averill, who was born in York Co., Maine, Feb. 8, 1810.

W. H. STORY, photographer, Pontiac; was born in Sheffield, Eng., Dec. 21, 1839; when he was 5 years of age, his parents came to the United States, coming at once to Illinois and settling in Peoria; he re- ceived his education in the Peoria Graded and High Schools, and, in 1858, learned the art of photography, beginning business for himself in 1860; after following his busi- ness in various places, he removed to Pon- tiac in May, 1876 ; by constant study of his art he has made important improve- ments, and as an artist ranks second to none in the State. He was married Dec. 28, 1875, to Miss Wilhelmina F. Elliot, of Farmington, Fulton Co., Ill .; she was born in Lewistown, Ill., April 5, 1848.

C. C. STRAWN, attorney at law, Pon- tiac ; is a native of this State ; he was born in Ottawa, La Salle Co., Aug. 22, 1841 ; his father, Eli Strawn, is one of the early settlers of Illinois, having come to the State previous to the Black Hawk war ; Mr. Strawn received his education at the Northwestern University at Evanston, en- tering the preparatory department in 1857; the following year he entered the Freshman class, leaving college at the end of his second year, in 1860; he then entered the Albany Law School the same Fall, and on the breaking out of the war in 1861, he enlisted in Co. I, 11th I. V. I., for three months ; on his return he read law in the office of Arrington & Dent in Chicago, and was admitted to the bar in 1863; he practiced two years in Chicago, removing thence to Omaha, Neb., where he remained until the Fall of 1867 ; he then located in Pontiac, where he is still engaged in the practice of law. In the Fall of 1870, he was appointed State's Attorney for the 23d Judicial Circuit of Illinois, by Gov. Palmer, and performed the duties of the office in a very creditable manner. He was married in 1863, to Miss Clara F. Bouvrain, of Chicago; she is a daughter of John Bouvrain, who was a Major in 1

Napoleon's Body Guard, and served with him at the battle of Waterloo and during the retreat from Moscow; Mr. Strawn has four children-Virginia B., Louis F., Ros- coe B. and Christopher C. He voted for Gen. Grant, at both elections, and, in 1876, for Cooper and Cary, when he was the candidate for State Senator on the Inde- pendent Greenback ticket.

FRANK SMITH, jeweler, Pontiac; is a native of the State of New York ; he was born in the city of Utica on the 5th of November, 1846 ; his parents removed to Illinois, when he was about 3 years of age, and settled in Peoria ; he was educated at the public schools of that city. In May, 1864, he entered the Union army as a member of Co. E, 139th I. V. I., serving until November of the same year, when the regiment was discharged by reason of the expiration of term of service ; he re- enlisted in January, 1865, in the 151st I. V. I., Co. C, serving in Georgia, and was mustered out at the close of the war. Re- turning to Peoria, he began the business of a jeweler, and continued it until 1872, when he removed to Pontiac and engaged in business for himself. He was married Jan. 1, 1871, to Miss Mary Story, of Pe- oria ; they have three children-Maud, Bonnie and Harry.

JOHN F. STAFFORD, propr. Phoenix Hotel, Pontiac ; born in Essex Co., N. Y., April 3, 1832 ; he received an academic education in his native village, and at the age of about 15 years engaged as cabin boy on a steamboat on Lake Champlain, and was promoted successively to clerk and pilot ; he followed steamboating until 1859, when he came with his father, Capt. John Staf- ford (now of Dwight ), to Joliet, Ill., where they engaged in the hotel business ; about five years later, they removed to Rock Island, and kept the Island City Hotel about four years ; his father then removed to Ottawa, and he went to Chenoa, and became poprietor of the Exchange Hotel, where he remained two years ; he came to Pontiac in 1873 and opened the Phoenix Hotel, which was burned, with the balance of Union Block, on the 4th of July, 1874 ; it was at once rebuilt and opened about June 1, 1875 ; since then he has spent three years in the Phoenix Hotel in Bloomington, the rest of the time residing in Pontiac. He was married in March, 1864, to Miss

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Mary Buffam, of Plainfield, Ill., and has one child-Fred. B.

E. F. SCHULZ, saloon and billiard hall, Pontiac ; was born in Brandenburg, Prus- sia, Feb. 28, 1844; came to the United States when he was 10 years old, with his father's family, and lived in Richmond, Va., eleven years, and in 1866, went to Chicago, where he made his home until 1872, when he settled in Pontiae and engaged in his present business. He was married Nov. 11, 1873, to Miss Kate Proessel, of Pon- tiac Tp. ; who was born in Evanston, Ill., April 29, 1854.

J. J. STITES, M. D., physician and surgeon, Pontiac ; was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1826 ; he was educated at the public schools of his native city, and at Woodward College, where he graduated in 1847 ; among his classmates were George H. Pendleton and George E. Pugh ; he attended medical lectures in Cincinnati, graduating March 7, 1850; practiced in that city until 1854, and then removed to Fayette Co., West Va., remaining until Dec., 1861 ; he graduated at the Virginia Medical College, in Feb., 1860 ; on the breaking out of the war, he returned to Cincinnati, and resumed his practice there ; in 1864, he removed to Pontiac, where he has resided ever since, engaged in the prac- tice of medicine; he is consulting physician of the State Reform School. He was mar- ried Nov. 16, 1851, in Covington, Ky., to Miss L. Virginia Manser, of New Haven, West Va .; they have four children living -Kate M. (now Mrs. Wmn. H. Orr, of Covington, Ky.), Margaret A., H. Virginia, and Angie E.

J. D. SCOULLER, M. D., Superintend- ent of the Illinois State Reform School, of Pontiac; was born in Ayrshire, Scot- land, Jan. 16, 1836 ; he came to the United States in 1863, and graduated in medicine at the Buffalo University, in 1865 ; practiced medicine in Washington, St. Clair and Randolph Counties ; was ap- pointed Assistant Superintendent of the St. Louis House of Refuge, and while there was appointed to the Superin- tendency of the Illinois State Reform School at Pontiac, in May, 1872. He was married Jan. 1, 1870, at St. Louis, to Miss Louisa Detharding, of Belleville, Ill., and has three children living.

E. SCHLOSSER, farmer ; P. O. Rowe ; one of the early settlers in the county ; was born in Preble Co., Ohio, Feb. 13, 1840 ; came to this State in 1840, and was mar- ried Nov. 12, 1873, to Miss Julia Luglan, who was born in Norway, April 17, 1853 ; they have had three children-Della, May, Alta and Unis Hursey. Mr. Schlosser was a soldier in the late war, having en- listed in the 129th I. V. I. ; he served nearly three years, during which time he was engaged in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain and Peachtree ; in the latter, he received a very severe wound, fracturing his skull and causing a partial deafness ; he was in fourteen battles ; was discharged with honor at the close of the war, by general order 77, and A. G. O., 1865.

GEO. C. TAYLOR, farmer and stock raiser ; P. O. Pontiac; was born on the Island of St. Bartholomew, West Indies, Jan. 30, 1817 ; he was raised in Saratoga Co., N. Y., where he resided until 1858; when he removed to Livingston Co., and settled in Pontiac Tp., on his present home ; he was raised to farming pursuits, which he has followed principally to the present time ; he owns a farm of fifty acres, finely improved, on See. 36, valued at $100 per acre ; he also owns business and residence property in Pontiac, valued at $6,000. He was married Sept. 13, 1837, to Miss Uretta T. Bentley, who was born in Sara- toga Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1817, and died March 8, 1877, leaving one son-John C. ; one son, Otis B., died at Buek's Lodge, Tenn., Dee. 30, 1862 ; he was a member of Co. A, 129th I. V. I. ; another son, Geo. W., a jeweler of Pontiac, died in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1871. Mr. Taylor was married again Aug. 16, 1877, to Miss Minerva E. North, of Pontiac Tp.

JOSEPH P. TURNER, capitalist, Pontiac ; was born in Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Dec. 20, 1825; at the age of 11 years, he entered the store as clerk, and when he was 15, began business for himself, which he continued until 1845 ; he then came to La Salle, Ill., and engaged in clerking ; in 1850, he made the overland trip to Cali- fornia, and after following various kinds of business with good success for a while, he located on Mare Island, twenty-five miles from San Francisco, comprising 700 acres, and engaged in stock raising; after re- siding there four years, he was dispos-

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sessed of his claim by the government, by whom it was converted into a navy yard ; after remaining two years longer and dis- posing of his stoek, he returned to Illinois in 1856, with the view of purchasing stock and going again to California ; but after visiting his native country, business called him to Pontiac. where he located and en- gaged in real estate operations, loaning money, etc ; he owned at one time as many as ten farms in Livingston Co., and still has considerable real estate interest in the county, and in the city of Pontiac; after the close of the war, he spent nearly three years in merchandising. He was married Feb. 1. 1865, to Miss Susan R. Dupuy, of Chicago; they have three children -- Lorena. Josephine and Albert E.

ISAAC UMPHENOUR, of the firm of Lee & Umphenour, blacksmiths, Pontiac ; was born in Jefferson Co., Va., July 15, 1830 ; his father's family removed to Illi- nois in 1841, and settled in Edwards Co., in the southern part of the State; when he was 19 years of age, he came to Ver- milion Co., and his father's family followed a few years later; he lived there about three years, coming to Livingston Co., in 1853 ; spent a year and a half in Avoca Tp., removing thence to Eppard's Point, and to Pontiac in 1856 ; he followed black- smithing at each of these places, and has continued it to the present time. He was married on the 29th of May. 1851, to Miss Sarah F. Morton, of Vermilion Co .; she was born near Xenia, in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Nov. 14, 1832 ; they have six chil- dren living-Martha J. (now Mrs. W. H. Robinson, of Pontiac), Elizabeth E. (wife of J. W. Loftus, of Pontiac), Savannah, Theodore B., Upton C. and William. Mr. Umphenour has served one term on the Board of Aldermen.

LEANDER UTLEY, JR., farmer and stock raiser ; P. O. Pontiac ; was born in Providence, R. I., May 29, 1828 ; he is a son of Dr. Leander and Hannah (Harris) Utley, and a descendant of Wm. Harris. who came to Massachusetts with Roger Williams about the year 1632, and when he was banished from Massachusetts, ac- companied him to Rhode Island, and with him founded the city of Providence ; his mother is a sister of the late Hon. Elisha Harris, at one time Governor of Rhode Island ; Mr. Utley received an academic

education, and in 1853, came to Illinois, and in 1856, located in Pontiac. He was married Jan. 7, 1861, to Miss Margaret A. Murphy, daughter of George A. Murphy, of Pontiac ; she was born in Antrim Co., Ireland, on the 14th of Feb., 1837, and came to New York when less than a year old. and to Pontiac in 1858; they have had six children, three of whom are living -Albert A., Nannie C. and Amy H. Mr. Utley settled on his present farm in 1861 ; he owns 270 acres of land on Secs. 10 and 15 ; he makes a specialty of stock raising, devoting his attention to the im- provement of stock, especially of horses.

JOHN S. VOGHT, of the firm of Legg & Voght, dealers in boots and shoes ; Pontiac ; was born in Freeport, Ill., Sept. 6, 1848; his father was a farmer near Freeport, and he was employed on the farm up to the age of nearly 16 years, attending school a portion of the year. when he entered the Union army in Sep- tember, 1864, as a member of Co. È, 146th Ill. Vols., for one year, and served till the close of the war, and was mustered out of the service on the 8th of August, 1865; returning to Freeport at the close of the war, he learned the trade of a painter, which he followed exclusively up to 1877 ; he then engaged in the boot and shoe trade with C. E. Legg ; he came to Pontiac in October, 1873, and has since resided here ; he owns a dwelling and sev- eral lots in the city.

C. R. WATERS, Pontiac, Ill. ; was born at Williamsburg, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1828, and resided there until he was 12 years of age, when he went to Cincinnati to live; at the age of 15, he entered a store as clerk, in which business he continued until 1849 ; at this time he was 21 years old ; the gold fever of California was just then breaking out, and Mr. Waters went with one of the first parties ; he stayed in the gold region three years, when, having ac- cumulated a considerable amount of money, he returned to Cincinnati and embarked in the mercantile trade with Alfred Swing, brother of Rev. David Swing. of Chicago, and continued in the business until 1855. In the year last named, he went Atlanta, Ill., where, three years later, he was mar- ried to D. A. Downey, of Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Waters was born Aug. 12, 1840; after their marriage they removed to

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Bloomington. where they resided for five years : Mr. Waters, in the meantime, con- tinuing in the mercantile trade ; in 1865, they removed to their present residence, Pontiac, and have remained here ever since ; they have had three children-Willie D., born Nov. 6, 1859, died the next year; May C., born April 6, 1864 ; Frank A., born July 26, 1867. Mr. Waters is at present engaged in the grain trade at Blackstone.

THOMAS WHEELER, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 18; P. O. Pontiac; was born in Kings Co., Ireland, in December, 1824; he was raised a farmer; in 1850; he came to America and spent one year in Troy, N. Y. ; he then went to Columbia Co .. N. Y., and engaged in paper making. On the 18th of October, 1854, he was married to Miss Bridget Duffy, of Colum- bia Co .; she was born in Kings Co .. Ire- land, Feb. 1, 1824; they have four chil- dren-Mary A., Ellen J., Hugh P. and Catherine M. Mr. Wheeler came to Ottawa, Ill., in 1854, and resided in La Salle Co. until his removal to Pontiac in 1861 ; he owns 200 acres of land, valued at $9,000; he was School Director for nine years.

JOHN WALLACE, farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Pontiac; was born in Dublin. Tre- land, Aug. 14. 1842; when he was 6 years old his parents came to this country, and, after spending one year in Philadel- phia, came to Ottawa, Ill., in 1849; at the age of 15 years, young Wallace returned to Philadelphia, where he spent two years at school; in July, 1862, he enlisted in Co. E. 104th Ill. Vols .. and served in the 1st Brig., 2d Div., 14th Army Corps. At his first battle, that of Hartsville, Tenn., he was captured by the rebels, but exchanged at the end of fourteen days; at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, he was again taken prisoner, together with fifty- nine others from his regiment, and taken to Libby Prison, Danville, Va., and Ander- sonville, Ga .; he was a prisoner fourteen months, six months being spent in Ander- sonville Prison, from which he made his escape, he and one other being the only two out of the sixty captured from his regiment who survived the privations and hardships of prison life; on reaching Sa- vannah for the purpose of joining Sher- man's army, he found it had left three days previously ; capturing the first horse at hand, he overtook the army at Lexing-

ton, N. C .; he was present at the battle of Bentonville, and all the skirmishes through the Carolinas ; returning in June, 1865, he engaged in contraet work on roads and railroads : in 1871, he came to Livingston Co. He was married April 10, 1872, to Miss Isabella Hicks, of Ottawa, Ill. He has been for the past two years School Director and Commissioner of Highways.

J. W. WOODROW, of the firm of Woodrow & Fursman, abstract and loan agents, Pontiac; has resided in Livings- ton Co. since 1868; he was born in Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio, December 27, 1826; when he was about 12 years old he went to Greenup Co., Ky., where he lived until 1851, and then removed to Grundy Co., Ill. After receiving an English education he read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He served four terms as City Clerk of Morris. He was married Oct. 24, 1858, to Miss Peorah Underwood, of Henry. Ill., and has two children. After his removal to Pontiac in 1868, he spent three years in Duff & Cowan's bank, and then engaged in the abstract business. He was elected Justice of the Peace in April, 1872, and still holds the office. He has been Notary Public since 1863.

ALVIN WAIT, County Clerk, Pon- tiac; is a native of Muskingum Co., Ohio, and was born Oct. 30, 1843; in 1849 his parents removed to Kane Co., Ill., where they resided until 1852, when they re- moved to Grundy Co .; they now reside in Dwight, to which place they removed about four years ago. In Aug., 1862. Mr. Wait entered the army as a corporal in Co. D, 127th I. V. I., serving until March, 1865; he participated in the bat- tles of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, and was with Sherman's army from Chatta- nooga to Atlanta ; he lost his left leg on the 28th of July, at the battle of Atlanta : after his return he attended the common schools about a year and then entered the Soldiers' College, at Fulton, Ill., remaining a year and a half, after which he followed teaching for about three years. He was married Dec. 31, 1868, to Miss Alice A. Maxwell. of La Salle Co., who was born in Taunton. Mass., April 4, 1849; they have two children-Burton C. and Carrie E. He was elected to his present office in Nov., 1877.

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R. R. WALLACE, attorney at law (firm of Wallace & Terry), Pontiac; was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, March 13, 1835, and resided there until 1858; he received an academic education in Ohio, came to Illinois and graduated at Mon- mouth College in 1861. In 1862, he en- tered the Union army as a private in Co. K, - O. V. I .; was promoted to Captain and served four years; after his return he completed the study of law at Ottawa, Ill., and was admitted to practice in 1867 ; he then located at Chatsworth, in this county, remaining there until his removal to Pontiac, in the Spring of 1874. He was married on the 3d of June, 1867, to Miss C. L. Strawn, daughter of Isaiah Strawn, Esq., of Ottawa. They have four children. Mr. Wallace was elected Judge of the County Court in 1873, and re- elected in 1877.

EDWARD L. WILSON, blacksmith, Pontiac ; was born in Oxfordshire, Eng- land, July 14, 1836; came to the United States at the age of 12 years with his uncle, and lived in Schenectady, N. Y., until 1856 ; he began his trade of a black- smith in 1853, and has followed it to the present time; he settled in Pontiac in 1856, and in Dee., 1863, he enlisted in the 17th I. V. C., Co. A, serving in Mis- souri and Kansas, and was mustered out with his regiment at the elose of the war. Returning in 1865, he resumed his busi- ness in Pontiae ; he was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen in April, 1877. He was married Jan. 28, 1863, to Miss Madora H. Downing, daughter of Harri- son Downing, of Pontiae; she was born in Ohio, Feb. 7, 1845; they have one child-Harry F.

R. B. WELCH, Principal publie schools, Pontiac ; was born in De Kalb Co., Ind., July 23, 1850; in 1864, his parents re- moved to De Witt Co., Ill., where they now reside; Mr. Welch was educated at the Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom- ington, which he entered in 1870; in the Fall of 1871, he published a mathematical work entitled "Common Sense Applied to Numbers, or The Word System in Read- ing Columns of Figures Explained and Ex- emplified," being a classification of the nine digits into arithmetical letters, sylla- bles and words, by means of which a col- umn or columns of figures may be read as

easily, rapidly and accurately as a line of letters in our written language; this sys- tem has been generally introduced into the colleges of the country and into all the departments of the Government at Wash- ington, and has reached a sale of some 50,000 copies; after traveling with his work a year, he took charge of the Higlı School in Abingdon, Ill., and the next year, 1873, he accepted the position, at an increased salary, of Principal of public schools in Washington, Ill., where he re- mained two years, returning in 1875, to the University, where he graduated in June, 1877 ; in Oct., 1876, he was chosen to represent his college in the Inter-Colle- giate Oratorical Contest, held at Evanston, Ill., and although not obtaining the prize, so acquitted himself that the press and the public were unanimous in praise of his effort, and many thought a prize should have been awarded him ; in 1877 he became Principal of public schools at Pontiae. He was married July 31, 1870, to Miss Maggie Hamand, of Le Roy, McLean Co., Ill., and has two children-Charles D. and Lena B. In 1875, Mr. Welch served as Vice President of the Illinois State Teachers' Association.

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The History of Livingston County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 69

Author: Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Chicago : W. Le Baron Number of Pages: 884

Author:
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago : W. Le Baron
Number of Pages: 884