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Rebecca Lodge No. 331, Wheeling. The Rebecca Lodge of Wheeling was instituted March 2, 1903. The object of this order is the elevation of the race, the promotion of peace and harmony, the practice of that fraternity which teaches us to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice. The first officers of this lodge were: Mrs. C. O. Wilson, N. G .; Mrs. Maggie Theioff, V. G .; Miss Lena Buckner, re- cording secretary; Miss Amanda Taylor, financial secretary ; Miss Maude Albertson, treasurer; Miss Laura Bird, chap- lain. Present officers : Mrs. Josie Buster, N. G .; Miss Ida Littrell, V. G .; Miss Emma Dimmitt, recording secretary ; Miss Ruth Lowe, financial secretary; Miss Carrie Glore, treasurer; Mrs. Nancy Fort, chaplain; Mrs. Maggie Smiley, Con .; Mrs. Hattie Castle, warden. This lodge has thirty-six members. Date of meetings, second and fourth Tuesday nights of each month.
A. F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 434, Wheeling, was organized October 17, 1873, with the following officers : S. W. Haynes, master ; W. W. Edgerton, senior warden; T. C. Hayden, junior warden. The present officers are F. E. Snow, master; J. M. Gallatin, senior warden; R. A. Tharp, treasurer; Charles Hawker, secretary; C. H. Byler, chaplain; H. W. Shiflet, senior deacon; B. A. Swope, junior deacon; Monford Tom-
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kins, senior steward; B. F. Forte, junior steward; P. M. Rus- sell, tyler. Number of members, sixty. Date of meeting, sec- ond and fourth Saturdays in each month.
M. W. A. Camp No. 4499, Wheeling. This camp was originally organized on the 30th day of January in 1877 and reorganized ten years later. The first officers of the camp were J. H. Collins, venerable consul and J. G. Littrell, clerk. The present officers are W. L. Warren, venerable consul and J. H. Robinson, clerk. The present membership of the camp is ninety. Date of meeting, the first and third Thursdays in each month. The camp owns its own hall and is now in a thrifty condition.
Subordinate Order No. 63, A. H. T. A., Wheeling, was organized in 1888. The first officers chosen were W. J. Lit- trell, president and P. Pugh, secretary. The present officers are W. L. Warren, president and H. J. Warren, secretary. Number of members, fifty-six. Date of meeting, Tuesday night on or before the full moon in each month. The object of the order is for the better protection of ourselves against the depredations of thieves, robbers, counterfeiters, incen- diaries, tramps and all criminals and to cooperate with and assist the civil authorities in the capture and prosecution of all such offenders, and to aid each other in the recovery of stolen property.
RICH HILL TOWNSHIP
Rich Hill township contains the richest and best farm lands in the county, having less waste land than many of the other townships. It is Congressional township 58-23. The land in this township commands the highest market price on account of its fertility and excellent market facilities. The farms are generally owned by progressive and intelligent agri- culturists and breeders of fine stock who have made a study along these lines. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway traverses the western section of this township from north to south. It was not until the 30th day of November, 1872, that this township was organized on the petition of John M. Grant and others. For a time after its organization it was
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known as Grant township in honor of the petitioner. In less than a fortnight, however, the name was changed to Rich Hill on account of the great fertility of the soil. Land entries were made in this township as early as 1839, although many "squatters" were there before this date. Some of the pioneers who made entries of land in this township prior to 1840 were John Cox, J. B. Leeper, Thomas Dobbins, James White, Eli Hobbs, Charles Achley, E. D. Murphy, William Garwood, Stephen Cox, T. B. Bryan, W. E. Pearl, David Carlyle, An- drew Culbertson, Archibald Ward and others. November 3, 1840, a town site was platted by John Cox and was named Coxville, but there never was a house built there. Judge Joseph Slagle erected a mill on Medicine creek in a very early day, which was patronized by the early settlers in Grundy, Linn and Sullivan counties and the pioneers of the north and eastern part of Livingston county. Slagle's mill now exists only in memory but it will go down in history as one of the old landmarks of the county. The Adams' creamery, at one time located in this township, was a great success in its day, but it too is only referred to in pointing out locations.
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, STURGES
On September 12, 1840, Isaiah Austin, Francis Preston, James Pennington and Elizabeth Pennington, delegates from Indian Creek Baptist church, and Elijah Merrill and James Merrill, delegates from Washington Baptist church, met at the home of Thomas Williams about five miles northeast of Chillicothe and constituted the following named persons : Wm. Garwood, Thomas Williams, Nancy Williams and Zerah Williams into a church to be known as the United Baptist Church of Christ. At the next regular meeting, the second Saturday in October, the following persons were re- ceived into the church by letter : Isaiah Austin, Francis Pres- ton, James Pennington and Elizabeth Pennington, Elizabeth Moberly and Nancy Wilson being received by experience and baptism. Elijah Merrill, a pioneer Baptist minister of North Missouri, was chosen their pastor and Thomas Williams was chosen church clerk. The church continued to hold their
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monthly meetings in private houses until June, 1844, when they began to hold meetings six miles north of Chillicothe in a newly erected log house known as the Macedonia meeting house. This house had been built by the whole neighborhood to be used as a house of worship by all the different denomina- tions and also for a schoolhouse. There was enough of people of all creeds in the surrounding country to make a fair-sized congregation and enough children to establish a school. At the regular church meeting in July, 1859, the name of the church was changed from the United Baptist church to that of the Union Baptist church. About the beginning of the Civil war the church moved its place of worship two miles further north to the White schoolhouse. In the years 1872-73 the church erected a frame house of worship eight miles north of Chillicothe in Cream Ridge township. The church continued to worship in this house until 1898-99, when it was taken down and a neat modern house erected. In June, 1900, the new house of worship was dedicated, Rev. M. P. Hunt, of St. Joseph preaching the dedicatory sermon. This church has had the services of a number of the pioneer preach- ers, Elijah Merrill was the first, then came Wm. Henderson, Edward Benson, Ira Blakely, W. W. Walden, Kemp Scott, James Turner, Henry Turner and G. A. Crouch. In later years the following ministers have occupied the pulpit: I. R. M. Beeson, J. K. Steen, C. M. Williams, J. B. Harris, E. R. Dowell and G. W. Moss, while others have ministered to the church. The present pastor is Rev. W. D. Cave of Chilli- cothe; church clerk, T. C. Wilhite; deacons, J. E. Wilhite, R. L. Fifer and C. F. Boyd; Sunday school superintendent, F. L. Kriner. Union church has had a continuous history from its organization to the present time and in no time has it been in a more prosperous condition than at the present time. It has had since its organization some of the best and most substantial citizens of the community in its membership.
M. E. CHURCH, CHULA
The church was dedicated in 1890. The first year Rev. Chivington had charge and it was a part of the Chillicothe
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charge. The next year, there was organized what is now known as the Chula charge which with Chula has several country churches. The following is a list of the preachers as shown by the record: Revs. Chivington, G. F. Harmon, Fennell, J. Cobbe, J. D. Cain, J. W. Brown, Fields, Wm. McAlfresh, D. W. Sligar, W. D. Cater, Porter, W. F. Null, Wm. Vermont, W. J. Hamilton, White, J. T. Hoover, J. H. Fanning, F. V. Felt, E. V. Campbell and Clarence Fish, the present pastor. First officers recorded are A. Manso, Tru- man Stowell and J. H. Marshall. Present officers, (stew- ards), A. L. Jenkins, E. L. Tredway, Mrs. E. P. Ogan, Mrs. W. K. Thompson and W. D. Wright. The location of the church edifice is corner of Leavell and Harrison streets, Waite's addition. The church is in its original location.
BAPTIST CHURCH, CHULA
organized in 1895, with the following charter members: Isaac Baker and wife, J. W. Ballman, wife and daughter, Hattie Holding, R. J. Green and wife, E. A. Exceen and wife, W. H. Moore and wife, Sarah Owen, Henry Johnson, J. F. Davis and Saunders Russell and wife. The council consisted of Rev. J. K. Steen as moderator and C. E. Mulford, clerk, sermon by Rev. J. B. Harris. The organization was ef- fected in the Cumberland Presbyterian church edifice, where the congregation held services until September, 1896, at which time a house of worship had been erected and was dedicated by Rev. S. M. Brown, of Kansas City. Rev. J. B. Harris was the first pastor, who has been succeeded by Revs. G. T. Hopson, J. R. Wright, O. E. Newman, Ray York, W. H. Tol- liver, E. A. Campbell, T. M. Rice, J. L. Leonard, J. D. Willis, R. M. Waddell, J. B. Richards, G. W. Mass, and Rev. B. Venable. The membership of the church numbers one hun- dred and fifteen. The present trustees of the church are M. D. Booth, F. V. Ross and T. J. Woods. The Sunday school is said to be the banner school of the county. The church edifice is situated on the main street near the business section of the town.
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I. O. O. F. Chula. Chula Lodge No. 524, I. O. O. F., was instituted February 12, 1896 and the following officers elected : M. Melbourne, N. G .; F. C. Veserat, V. G .; E. F. Ogan, recording secretary; George A. Gardner, financial secretary; and Thomas Roberts, treasurer. The officers elected for 1913 are as follows: C. M. Darr, N. G .; J. E. May, V. G .; W. E. Gift, recording secretary; J. W. Jenkins, financial secretary; and F. V. Ross, treasurer. The lodge is in a prosperous condition with a membership of eighty-eight.
Rebecca Lodge, Chula. The Rebecca Lodge, No. 265, of Chula was organized on the 16th day of June, 1899, at which time the following officers were elected : Mrs. C. O. Wilson, N. G .; Miss Frances Gardner, V. G .; Miss Ida B. Scarlott, recording secretary ; Miss Anna Selby, financial secretary, and Mrs. Belle Alexander, treasurer. The officers elected for the year 1913 are as follows: Miss Laura Prewett, N. G .; Mrs. Mamie Graham, V. G .; Miss Fern Payton, recording secre- tary; Mr. W. E. Gift, financial secretary and Mr. J. W. McLoney, treasurer.
OLIVE BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH
was organized March 1, 1909 by Rev. W. B. Alsbury, with the following members: W. A. Cox, Eliza Cox, J. C. Gallatin, Martha J. Gallatin, Gladys Gallatin, Cora Ander- son, Flora M. Thompson, Malinda C. Thompson, W. B. Linville, Samuel Linville, Daisy Linville, Alice S. Adams, W. C. Anderson, I. B. Cox, Bessie Cox, C. E. Cox, E. A. Cox, C. B. Gallatin, Elva V. Anderson, Maud M. Thomp- son, Mary C. Linville, Effie Anderson, Bessie W. Adams, F. M. Steen, Elizabeth Steen, Alta M. Steen, Lena F. Steen, Lu- cian Steen, Elsie Burns, J. F. Summerville, C. L. Spaulding, E. P. Spaulding and Mabel Cox. The church held its first meeting April 1I, 1909. The sermon was preached by Rev. Lee Hunt of Utica, after which Rev. W. B. Alsbury was chosen chairman and the following officers elected : Earl Cox, clerk; J. C. Gallatin, F. M. Steen, C. E. Cox and W. B. Lin- ville, deacons. April 20, 1909, it was decided to build a
WEBSTER STREET. CHILLICOTHE. LOOKING WEST
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church, which was dedicated free of debt January 31, 1910. The dedication sermon was delivered by Rev. F. P. Davidson of the Baptist church of Chillicothe. The present member- ship is fifty. The officers at the present time are : J. C. Galla- tin, F. M. Steen, C. E. Cox, W. B. Linville, Wiley C. Ander- son and W. A. Cox, deacons; and C. B. Smith, church clerk.
A. F. & A. M. Lodge Chula. This lodge was first known as the Farmersville Lodge No. 388, being organized on the 13th day of October, 1831, with Samuel Wilson, W. M .; Alexander McGregor, Sr. W .; George A. Blivens, Jr. W. On the 20th day of January, 1894, a specific grand lodge of the state was convened at the hall in the village of Chula and the lodge was removed to the latter place under the old charter and number. The present officers are O. B. McCoy, W. M .; F. V. Ross, S. W .; Roy Tribble, Jr. W .; W. R. Edrington, treasurer; J. F. Harris, secretary ; L. P. Carlyle, S. D .; Dick Robinson, Jr. D .; J. N. Ballinger, chaplain.
Order of Eastern Star, Chula. This order was instituted January 27, 1910, at which time the following officers were elected : Minnie L. Carlyle, W. M .; O. B. McCoy, W. P .; Elizabeth Gardner, Ass. M .; F. V. Ross, secretary; L. L. Lauderdale, treasurer; Beulah Lauderdale, Con. The order worked under a special dispensation until the annual meeting of the grand chapter, at which time a charter was granted on the 30th day of September, 1910. Chula Chapter was insti- tuted by Emma Dale Scott, P. G. W. M., and Ida Hudson, acting grand marshal, on October 29, 1910. The present of- ficers are Beulah Lauderdale, W. M .; O. B. McCoy, W. P .; Marie Ross, Ass. M .; F. V. Ross, secretary; L. L. Lauder- dale, treasurer; Minnie Lee Carlyle, Con .; Missouri Robin- son, chaplain.
GRAND RIVER TOWNSHIP
This township comprises all of Congressional township 56-22, together with that portion of 56-21 in this county and that portion 57-22, south of the center of the H. & St. Joe railroad. It is the second largest township in the county, but
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somewhat illy shaped. The most of the land is rolling, while some is bluffy along the river brakes. The geology of the township is given fully elsewhere in this volume. Much of the low lands in the township have been drained and other- wise improved to such an extent that thousands of acres have been reclaimed. There is much fine upland in this township and the residents as a class are successful farmers. The town of Grandville or Coonville came into existence in about 1840, and at one time had two stores, owned by Smith, Fielding and Hurd. There was also a tobacco factory operated by Fielding and Holtzclaw; also a grocery run by two brothers named Parkinson. Astoria was another "dream," its founder being Henry Mitchell, of St. Louis. The town was laid out and platted in 1837, but no house was ever built. The town of Bedford, on the south bank of Grand river, is one of the oldest in the county. It was originally platted and named "Laborn" in 1837, although the land was not entered until 1838 by a Frenchman named William LeBarron and it was given the name of Bedford in 1839. The town has never reached a place of much importance, although quite pros- perous until the call to arms in 1861, when it suffered from the depredations of the bushwhackers and the soldiers of both north and south. In 1880 a cyclone almost destroyed the town. The mill and nearly a score of the other buildings were badly damaged and the center span of the bridge over Grand river was swept away. The Wabash railroad station is a mile and a quarter north of the town. Formerly a horse railroad con- nected the town with the Wabash but it was abandoned in 1882.
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, BEDFORD
The Bedford Methodist Episcopal Church South was or- ganized in 1842, charter members having been received in that year by Rev. Wm. Redmond. The roll of charter mem- bers included S. A. Alexander and Mary C. Alexander, Dr. Wolfskill and wife, Cyrus Ballew and wife, James A. Hix and wife, George Wolfskill and wife, Daniel Singleton and wife, Henry Duncan and wife, John and Mary Bailey, Harriett
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Hoffman, Juda Ballew, Laura Saunders and George Munroe and wife. The oldest living members are J. H. Baugh, who joined in 1861, and Mrs. Eliza Browning. This church had the ministry of some of the pioneer preachers of Methodism, such as Wm. Redmond, Joseph Develin, Wm. G. Caples, B. F. Johnson and W. G. Miller. Other pastors have been Rev. Gregory, R. G. Keeran, Wm. Sarter, H. T. Leeper, T. M. Rucker, Elmore Carlyle, Wm. Warren, H. L. Davis, W. A. Smith, L. P. Siceloff, S. H. Renfro, J. H. Hubbard, J. B. Rice, C. A. Burns, Wm. Pope, E. M. Capp, and H. Neigh- bors. The present pastor is Rev. E. F. Cooley, with Rev. J. M. Boone as presiding elder. The present church building was erected in 1895 and is still in good repair. Recent re- vivals have strengthened the membership, which is now 133. A thriving Sunday school and Epworth League are con- ducted regularly.
M. W. A. Lodge No. 7471, Bedford, was organized Jan- uary 12, 1900. The first officers were : J. P. Alexander, con- sul; E. H. Wolfskill, clerk ; J. M. Perry, banker. The officers of the lodge for 1913 are: J. E. Mitchell, consul; E. H. Wolfskill, clerk; George Akerson, banker.
The R. N. A. No. 3209, Bedford, was organized on the 20th of March, 1907, at which time the following officers were elected : Bessie Boyd, oracle; Annie M. Wolfskill, re- corder; Tilly Akerson, receiver. The officers for 1913 are: Pearl Alexander, oracle; Annie M. Wolfskill, recorder; Pearl Dye, receiver.
Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Bedford. Homestead No. 1831 was organized May 14, 1908. The first officers were : Charles Young, foreman; Maude Alexander, master of ceremonies ; Mac. D. Singleton, correspondent; O. K. Frame, master of accounts; Dr. C. W. Allen, physician; John Long- well, overseer; Harley Wells, watchman; D. F. Singleton, sentinel; Alfred Renn, guard; Ida Alexander, Lady Ro- wena; Ethel Frame, Lady Rebecca; Henry Hughes, past foreman; Lillie Young, courier. Present officers: O. K. Frame, foreman; Ida Alexander, master of ceremonies ; Mac. D. Singleton, correspondent ; Alfred Renn, master of accounts,
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and Frank Myers, physician. The object of the order is beneficial and social. This homestead has nineteen members in good standing.
THE CITY OF CHILLICOTHE
On the 7th of August, 1837, the county court, then in ses- sion at Joseph Cox's, took the first steps toward laying out and establishing the town of Chillicothe. On this day John Graves was appointed to "lay off into lots the county seat, where the commissioners appointed by the State Legislature shall locate it." It was also ordered that the county seat "shall be denominated and known by the name of Chillicothe." The town was named for Chillicothe, Ohio, the county seat of Ross county.
John Graves was appointed trustee for the county to lay off and sell lots in the town, which was ordered to be surveyed into twenty blocks before September 4, 1837; but on that day Graves resigned, and Nathan H. Gregory was appointed com- missioner and trustee in his stead, giving bond for $5,000. The work of surveying and platting was done by Mr. Gregory himself, as he was a practical surveyor.
The first sale of lots came off October 16 and 17, 1837. Previous notice had been given by posting five written notices in different portions of the country and by advertisements in- serted three times in the Missouri Republican, of St. Louis, and the Boone's Lick Democrat, of Franklin, Howard county. Every third lot in each block was sold, except in the block surveyed for the public square. The amount of all the sales was $1,082.621/2, on six, twelve and eighteen months credit. The second sale of lots came off May 4 and 5, 1838, when the aggregate sales amounted to $1,807.
Commissioner Gregory was at this time ordered to enter the land, the quarter section, on which the town was situated, but did not do so; and notwithstanding lots were sold and titles made by the county from October, 1837, the town site belonged to the United States and was not entered until Au-
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gust, 1839, when it was entered by Wm. E. Pearl, county seat commissioner.
Not until July 15, 1839, was Chillicothe selected and des- ignated as the county seat of Livingston county, although it had been virtually the county's capital for some time. On the day named, however, the commissioners, who were E. W. Warren, Samuel Williams and Geo. W. Folger, all of Carroll county, selected the southwest quarter of section 36, township 58, range 24, as the county seat, as being "the most eligible location for said county seat," and its site according with the provisions of the organizing act, in lying "within three miles of the center of said county."
On August 13, 1851, Chillicothe was first incorporated by petition of two-thirds of the inhabitants and the first board of trustees were W. Y. Slack, John T. Green, John Graves, J. H. B. Manning and W. C. Samuel. By an act of the legis- lature, approved March 1, 1855, the town was then incorpo- rated as a city. February 26, 1869, by an act of the legisla- ture the town was constituted a corporation by the name and style of the city of Chillicothe and declaring the original char- ter and all subsequent amendatory acts thereto amended.
With the certainty of the building of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad by way of Chillicothe its trade and prospects increased, and its condition was largely improved. From 1852 to 1856 there were flush times. In 1855 the business directory of the place was about as follows :
Lansing & Yager, dealers in dry goods, groceries, hard- ware, etc.
Jesse Hoge, dry goods, boots, shoes, etc.
L. & W. Humphrey, drugs.
R. R. Mills, stoves and tinware.
T. J. Winn and J. J. Eberly, tailors.
A. & B. Small, shoemakers.
Carpenter & Clark, plowmakers.
John Garr, plowmaker.
Clark & Turner, livery stable.
J. Fitzmorris, Grand River Hotel.
G. W. Clarno, eating house.
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Lawyers, W. Y. Slack, J. H. B. Manning, W. C. Samuel, E. Bell.
Physician, Dr. W. W. Woodward.
Grand River Chronicle, E. S. Darlington.
In 1858 the Livingston County Agricultural and Mechani- cal Association was organized and held an exhibition on its grounds, near Chillicothe, the first Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in October. The officers of the association were R. C. Carr, president; Jere Hutchinson, vice-president; L. T. Collier, secretary ; Benjamin Berry, treasurer. Directors : R. E. Holland, B. B. Gill, James Hutchinson, George H. Lig- gett, Jere Hutchinson, Asa T. Kirtley, John Barnes, Spence A. Alexander, and Benjamin Edrington. Marshal, E. S. Dar- lington. Musicians, Chillicothe brass band.
In March, 1841, the citizens were allowed to use the old log courthouse, the first one built, for a public schoolhouse, and the first school in the town was taught here.
From 1,200 in January, 1859, the population increased to 1,800 or 2,000 by January, 1861. Schools and churches were established, business enterprises were inaugurated, and a full tide of prosperity set in and was fast bearing the town on to permanent fortune. In 1858 a branch of the State Bank of Missouri was established, with John B. Leeper as president and Jas. A. Shirley cashier. This institution continued until 1866, when in November of that year it was succeeded by the People's Savings Bank.
Immediately after the Civil war a tide of prosperity set in. The population was greatly increased, business interests were advanced, industrial enterprises were established, and the city flourished. It became the center of a large trade. Peo- ple came from off the Iowa line to buy goods. The public square was thronged with teams. Additions to the city were laid out and rapidly settled. In 1870 the population was nearly 4,000, while in 1865 it had been only about 1,500. But now a sort of paralysis struck the business affairs of the city and for years it stood still.
At the close of the war a system of graded schools was es- tablished under a special charter from the state, and in 1875
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the present magnificent building was erected at a cost of $35,- 000. This was not effected without opposition, however, which all public enterprises expect to meet. The bonds is- sued to build the school finally came into the hands of one Mr. Hazelton of New York, who generously gave, in the settlement of a compromise, a considerable sum for the estab- lishment of a library, which now comprises several thousand volumes. Many of these have been donated by citizens. Two of the most efficient friends of the school and library have been the late Hon. Chas. H. Mansur and A. McVey. The architect was C. B. Clarke, of St. Louis; J. A. McGonigle, contractor, and the board of education was T. R. May, president; J. S. Funk, secretary; R. F. Dunn, A. McVey, M. H. Smith and C. H. Mansur.
The city hall, a two-story brick structure, erected in 1869, at a cost of $20,000, was destroyed by fire in March, 1876. On the site of the ruins the present city hall was erected the fol- lowing year at a cost of $25,000.
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