A Free Will Baptist Church was organized at Prairie City in September, 1857, by ELDER JOHN B. FAST, assisted by ELDERS SHAW and CHRISTIAN, with the following named members: ELDER J. B. FAST and wife, JOHN J. FAST, SAMUEL NESTLEROAD and wife, WILLIAM NESTLEROAD, WILLIAM BOLIN, ADALINE TAINTER, BELCHY MARY WHITE and DAVID S. JOHNSON. A church edifice was erected in 1866-67, costing $5,000. Maple Hill Free Will Baptist Church was organized by REV. T. J. DODGE with tweove members, and for a time held its meetings in the Maple Hill school-house in the southeastern part of Bushnell Township.

At a later date than that mentioned in the opening part of this chapter, a number of Baptist churches of different branches from those mentioned in connection with the pioneer church history, were organized. One of the earliest of these was the Hillsboro Church, organized in 1849, and which erected a church building in the western part of Blandinsville Township. Prairie City Baptist Church was organized in that city November 9, 1856, by ELDER E. J. LOCKWOOD, with fourteen members. Services were held in the school-house for a time, when a frame church building was erected at a cost of $2,000. The First Baptist Church of Macomb was organized by REV. D. D. GREGORY in 1857, with J. PENNINGTON, T. AXFORD, J. W. BLOUNT, M. T. WINSLOW, MRS. RICE, MRS. MCCABE, MRS. SUMMERS, and ALEXANDER MCLEAN as the first members. The congregation purchased the Macomb Female Seminary building, which was occupied for church purposes until a new edifice was erected in 1869. Those who have served as pastors since the organization of the church include REVS. L. M. WHITMAN, J. C. METCALF, C. W. PALMER, J. L. BENEDICT, C. B. ROBERTS, J. L. M. YOUNG and REV. MR. WEBB, the present pastor. HON. ALEXANDER MCLEAN was superintendent of the Sabbath School for some twenty years. The present church building is of handsome design, and erected at a cost of $16,000, on East Carroll Street. Tennessee Baptist Church was organized February 8, 1860, by ELDERS FARRIS and GARNETT, and held its services in a school-house until 1863, when a church building was erected costing $2,000. Bushnell Baptist Church was organized March 1, 1862, and a church building erected in 1867, valued at $2700. Sciota Church, organized in the spring of 1870, held meetings for a time in the Christian Church and in 1871 erected a building of its own costing $1,950. Blandinsville Church was organized June 24, 1870, by ELDERS SAMUEL PICKARD and WILLIAM HOBBS. The original twelve members were: J. C. FEIGLEY, MRS. J. R. HARMON, EDITH PORTER, MARY A. WARD, HELEN GRUBER, ELIZA FEIGLEY, JANE RAY, ELESEPH RAY, MATILDA SEYBOLD, PAULINA LOGAN, HENRY HARMON and ISAAC H. BOGARTH. The Second Baptist Church (colored) of Macomb was organized May 9, 1875, with eight original members. Baptist churches also existed about the middle of the last century in Emmet and Walnut Grove Townships - the former known as the Independent Church, organized July 4, 1847, and the latter as Cedar Creek Church.

The Cumberland Presbyterians, now a part of the regular Presbyterian denomination, took a prominent part at an early day in church development in McDonough County. A flourishing congregation existed for a time at Macomb, but this was disbanded for a time, but has since been reorganized and has a church at 515 East Jackson Street, with REV. R. B. FISHER, pastor. The Beersheba (or Argyle) congregation of this denomination was the first to be organized in the county - its organization taking place with a membership of nine, at the residence of JOHN MCCORD, in the southwestern part of Emmet Township, January 13, 1834, REV. P. C. JEWEL officiating. This church remained at its original location until 1854, when it moved to Argyle Church, in the southeastern part of Hire Township. Other churches of this denomination - some of which have since gone out of existence by consolidation with neighboring church organizations - include: Sugar Creek Church, organized at the residence of A. J. FOSTER early in 1836, by REV. WILLIAM C. MCKAMY; Walnut Grove Church, organized with twelve regular members, April 28, 1838, by REV. PETER DOWNEY, CYRUS HAYNES and ELDER JOHN MCCORD, under the auspices of the Rushville Presbytery - was finally removed to Good Hope; Industry Church, organized at the home of THOMAS ADKISSON, November 3, 1843, under the name of "grindstone Church", with twenty members; and West Prairie congregation, in Eldorado Township, which had one of the best rural church buildings in the county, erected in 1867 at a cost of $3,300. REV. JAMES RUSSELL who had been a chaplain during the Civil War, presided over the last named church as pastor for a time.

The Congregationalists, whose articles of faith were similar to those of the Presbyterian Church, have not been numerically strong in McDonough County. The first church of the denomination in this vicinity was first organized at Virgil, Fulton County, October 1, 1842, by REV. LEVI SPENCER , but removed to Prairie City October 9, 1858, a substantial church building being erected there in 1865, at a cost of $3,000. In 1858 a church of this denomination was organized at Macomb, which had a church building for a time on Carroll Street east of Randolph.

The Presbyterians were the third Christian denomination to establish themselves in McDonough County, the First Presbyterian Church of Macomb being organized on June 9, 1832, by REV. WILLIAM J. FRAZER, of Morgan County, services taking place in the old log court house, near the northeast corner of the Public Square on the site of the present Union National Bank. The original members were: THOMAS GRANT and wife, ALEXANDER HARRIS and wife, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL and wife, JOHN HARRIS and wife, (the latter afterward MRS. JOHN CLARK), MRS. PATSEY NAYLOR, THOMAS PICKETT, ELIZABETH M. ANDERSON, MISS RUTH WILSON, MISS JANE CAMPBELL, and MISS MAHALA CAMP, afterward MRS. QUINTUS WALKER. Mr. Frazer continued to preach for this congregation, and occasionally in other parts of the county, for a number of years. Other prominent ministers of this denomination, who officiated as pastors of supplies for a number of years, were: REVS. WILLIAM K. STEWART, JAMES CHASE, RALPH HARRIS, I. PILLSBURY, JOSEPH WARREN and J. H. NESBITT. Services were held in the old court house until 1834, when the first brick court house was erected. This was used for church purposes until 1835 or '36, when a church building of brick wad erected, which gave place to a larger frame structure first occupied in January, 1853. The present handsome church edifice erected a few years ago, at a cost (including interior fixtures) of 420,000, is located on West Carroll Street. The present pastor is the REV. A.F. ERNST. Camp Creek Presbyterian Church, in Scotland Township, was organized May 22, 1839, in JOSEPH MCCROSKY's barn on Camp Creek, with thirty original members. REV. J. M. HOGE became the first regular pastor in 1843, and was succeeded, previous to 1878, by REVS. JAMES CHASE, WILLIAM K. STEWART, WILLIAM F. FERGUSON, J. C. KING, JAMES CAMERON, JOHN STEEL, C. LEAVENWORTH, JOSEPH PLATT, J. G. BLISS, JOHN GRIFFIN, W. H. GOODESON, P. W. THOMPSON AND J. G. CONDIT. A handsome church building has been erected in the center of the township in connection with a neat parsonage. Shiloh Presbyterian Church was organized in 1839 at the residence of ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, in Walnut Grove Township, by REV. JAMES CHASE, with twenty-three members. The members being widely scattered, no church building was erected, but a school-house was finally purchased for church purposes. Prairie City presbyterian Church, organized September 19, 1841, with twelve members, held its services for several years at the residence of GEORGE KREIDER, five miles northeast of Prairie City, being known at that time as the Pleasant Prairie Church. It was reorganized October 25, 1851, and in 1855, the church was moved to Virgil, three and a half miles east of Prairie City, the final removal to Prairie City taking place in 1856, where a frame church building was erected and dedicated the latter part of that year. This building was enlarged and repaired in 1868, and now houses one of the most prosperous church organizations in McDonough County. Doddsville Presbyterian Church had its origin on July 29, 1843, when REV. WILLIAM K. STEWART, JAMES M. CHASE AND ELDER BRISCOE, acting by authority of the Schuyler Presbytery, held services at the house of ANDREW WALKER and proceeded to organize a church with seventeen members. The first church, built in 1851, was vacated in the 'seventies for a new structure. A number of prominent missionaries and other ministers officiated in connection with this church, and several notable revivals were held, adding to the church membership, though this has been reduced from time to time by deaths and removals. About 1856 a Presbyterian Church was organized at Bushnell, under the auspices of the Schuyler Presbytery, which two or three years later was dissolved, the members generally uniting with the Reformed Church. In 1868 a petition, signed by thirty persons, was presented to to Warren Presbytery - in session at Monmouth, asking the organization of a Presbyterian Church at Bushnell. As a result a committee visited Bushnell, and on April 25, 1868, an organization was effected, twenty-one one persons presenting a certificate in a body from the reformed Church, and seven from other Presbyterian churches making a total of twenty-eight members. The growth o this church is indicated by the fact that, in 1876, its membership had increased to 110, and has since kept pace with the growth of the city. A Sabbath School in connection with this church was organized in 1869. Good hope Presbyterian Church was organized January 30, 1869, a the result of a visit by a committee appointed by the Warren Presbytery in the fall of 1868. The membership at the time of organization amounted to eighteen, of whom nine were from the Shiloh Presbyterian Church, seven from the church at Macomb, and three from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Walnut Grove. Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, in Scotland Township, was organized in 1861, from a part of the Camp Creek Church, and a frame church building erected at a cost of $2,000 the same year, a parsonage being added in 1866. The membership at the date of organization was forty-four, but in the next fifteen years had increased to about one hundred.

As usual in most other rural districts of the State, the Methodist Episcopal Church obtained a foothold in McDonough County at an early date and now leads both as to membership and to number of church organizations. The noted PETER CARTWRIGHT is reputed in 1832 to have preached the first sermon in McDonough County by any representative of that denomination, and organized the first church there during the same year. Meetings were held in the old court house until 1835, when a brick building was erected on a site donated by HON. JAMES M. CAMPBELL. This building was demolished by a cyclone in 1847, but was rebuilt the following year, the congregation in the meantime holding services conjointly with the Presbyterians. The second church building was blown down in 1854, and was replaced by a new structure which was dedicated in 1857, services being held during the interval in the Christian church and in the court house. This church was rebuild and refitted, the dedicatory sermon on its reopening being preached by BISHOP SIMPSON. Not long after the dedication of this building the spire was blown down by a violent storm, its place being later supplied by a less pretentious cupola. The Macomb Methodist Church has been a regular station since 1858, and during its history has been presided over by some of the most noted ministers of that denomination in the capacity of pastors or Presiding Elders. Tennessee Methodist Episcopal Church dates its origin from the holding of missionary meetings in the home of JAMES FULKERSON, near Hillsgrove, in 1832, the locality being popularly known as the "Old Methodist Stamping Grounds". In 1851 a society was organized south of Tennessee at what was called the "brick school-house". A church structure was erected in that vicinity in 1864. Friendship Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the older religious organizations in the county, was organized in 1833 by REV. MR. CORD, a Methodist missionary. Meetings were held for a time at the residence of JOHN HUNT, later known as the KIRK Place, and for many years at the school-house near the present site of the church. The first camp meeting in the Military Tract was held in this locality in 1833, and is said to have attracted visitors from a wide extent of country, including Quincy, Jacksonville, Beardstown and other points equally distant. One of the oldest Methodist organizations in McDonough County, known as Pennington Point Methodist Episcopal Church, was organized at Pennington Point, New Salem Township, in 1835 or 1836, and a commodious edifice was erected there in the "sixties" or "seventies", (My note: this book was written in 1907, so the author means 1860's or 1870's) a good frame parsonage also being erected in connection with the church. What is known as Bardolph Methodist Episcopal Church wad organized in 1836 at the residence of JOSEPH KEPPLE, about a mile south of the present village of Bardolph, the first members being WILLIAM H. and ANN JACKSON, MRS. JACOB KEPPLE and MRS. CULP. Meetings were held for a time at Mr. Kepple's house, later at the residence of Mr. Jackson, and in a union church erected jointly by the Methodists and Cumberland Presbyterians. Some of the early pastors were REVS. B. E. KAUFMAN, D.S. MAIN, A.P. HULL, J. FERGUSON, JACOB MATTHEWS and J.E. TAYLOR. The present pastor is REV. MR. DYE. Other Methodist organizations which came into existence in the county previous to, or during, 1876, include the following: Stickle Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in Emmet Township, with twelve members and named in honor of ABRAHAM STICKLE. A church edifice was erected in 1854 at a cost of $1,700. Blandinsville Methodist Episcopal Church, organized by REV. BARTON CARTWRIGHT about 1848. Rock Creek Methodist Episcopal Church, organized in Hire Township in 1850, with twenty-two members; met in school-houses until 1875, when a church building was erected at a cost of $2,000. Maple Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, in Emmet Township, organized about 1850, held meetings in groves and school-houses until 1865, when it took possession of a house of worship costing $2,500. Mound Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, organized at the residence of E. DYER in 1854, with eight or ten members. Its church building was erected in 1868 at a cost of $3,200. Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, Industry Township, occupied a church building erected in 1857 costing $1,200. Liberty Methodist Episcopal Church, Blandinsville Township, in the early 'seventies, had one of the best rural churches in the county, costing about $2,500. Prairie City Methodist Episcopal Church, established in the 'fifties; had a church edifice erected in 1858; also had a parsonage connected with the church. REVS. JAMES HANEY, R. BERRYMAN, RICHARD HANEY, BENJAMIN APPLEBEE, JOHN MOREY, A. E. PHELPS, THOMAS KIRKPATRICK and C. HOBART were among the early preachers in this vicinity. Industry Methodist Episcopal Church, organized at the village of Industry by REV. E. MONTGOMERY in 1855, with JOHN REED and wife, HENRY ROBELY and wife, M. MERRICK and wife, MRS. VANCE, FANNY BRIDGES and POLLY SHANNON, as its first members; had a church building erected in 1866 at a cost of about $2,000. Colchester Methodist Episcopal Church, organized February 1, 1858 by REVS. H. PRESSON and B.E. KAUFMAN, with twenty-one members; held service in a school-house until 1861, when it erected a church building costing $1,200. Mound Methodist Episcopal Church, in the northwestern corner of Prairie City Township, erected a building in 1858, costing $1,400; also had a parsonage. Linn Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, Walnut Grove Township, had a church building erected in 1870 at an outlay of $2,400. Willow Grove Methodist Episcopal Church for a time held its meetings in Prosperity Hall, Emmet Township, and later in Willow Grove Church of the United Brethren. New Hope Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1866, and had a church edifice, erected during the following year, costing $1,600. Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the same vicinity twenty-five or thirty years earlier, where a church building was erected in 1845, but was burned in 1863, having been set on fire by an incendiary. Centennial Methodist Episcopal Church, located in New Salem Township, was organized in 1871, held its meetings in a school-house for five years, and in 1876 dedicated its first church building, REV. WILLIAM J. RUTLEDGE officiating. Greenwood Methodist Episcopal Church held its meetings for several years in school-houses. In August, 1873, it was reorganized and in December, 1875, dedicated a church building erected in the northeastern part of Macomb Township, and costing $2,000. Adair Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1875, a church structure erected costing about $2,000, and dedicated in October of the same year. The Second (African) Methodist Episcopal Church, Macomb, Ill., was organized in september, 1876, with five members, but in proportion to the colored population of that city, has had a reasonable growth. For some time meetings were held in the old Baptist church, but the present location of the church is at 320 North Mechanic Street.

The second denomination to effect an organization in McDonough County was the "Christian" or "Disciples of Christ", whose first representatives to make their appearance in the county were ELDER BRISTOW and ELDER LONG in 1831. The oldest church of this creed was organized under the name of the Liberty Church, a few miles from Blandinsville in 1832, but in 1849 it removed to Blandinsville and took the name of Blandinsville Christian Church. Macomb Christian Church was organized in that city, September 16, 1845, with seventeen members, which, added to twenty-nine who had enrolled a few months previous under the preaching of Evangelist ELDER A. J. KANE, made a total of 46. This church has had an extensive growth, and it is now one of the strongest church organizations in the county. Its church building is located at 202 West Jackson Street. A church edifice erected in 1880 has been in use ever since, and is the oldest church building in Macomb. A Christian Endeavor Chapel is situated in West Woodbury Street, in which Sunday School and prayer meetings are held. Bedford Christian Church, located in the northwestern part of Blandinsville Township, was organized on April 7 1850, by ELDER MILTON DODGE, with a strong force of members. Other church organizations of this denomination include Mound Christian Church, organized in 1857 by ELDER J. B. ROYAL, of Vermont, Ill.; The Christian Church of Industry, organized January 27, 1858, by REV. JOHN MCMILLIN with eight members, holding its meetings in schoolhouses and in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church until 1869, when it erected a building of its own; the New Salem Church, organized April 8, 1859, by Mr. Royal; Colchester Christian Church, at Colchester, organized by Elders J.C. REYNOLDS and C. ADES, April 1, 1867, with 116 members; Sciota Christian Church re-organized after a period of depression in January, 1876; New Bedford Church, organized by ELDER J. H. BREEDEN, in November 1871, and Bushnell Church, which erected a church building in 1867, though the exact date of its organization has not been ascertained. In 1878 there were nine congregations of this denomination in the county, with a membership, at that time, of 1,121, which has grown greatly since that period.

In accordance with the general rule in the rural districts of Illinois, religious organization and development have been a leading factor in local history. ELDER JOHN LOGAN, a Baptist minister, is reputed to have preached the first Christian sermon ever delivered in McDonough County, though the exact date is not given. Elder Logan came to that locality in May, 1828, and settled in the vicinity of the present village of Industry, in what was known as the "Carter Settlement", which had been established during the previous year. Mr. Logan had the reputation of being the first missionary appointed by the Home Missionary Society of Boston, Mass., and for some months lived in the old block-house situated on the farm of WILLIAM CARTER, from whom the settlement took its name, and here he is said to have preached the first sermon in the county during the year of his arrival. During the month of November, 1831, Elder Logan, assisted by ELDER STEPHEN STRICKLAND, established a Baptist Church in Bethel Township. It was known as the "Union Church", at the time of its organization consisting of ten members--four males and six females--viz.: JOHN and NANCY GIBSON, WILLIAM and SARAH STEPHENS, JAMES and POLLY EDMONSTON, RICHARD and CASSANDRA MORRIS, ABIGAIL FERGUSON and SARAH C. PALMER. The denomination was known at that time ad the "united Baptist"; which afterwards became the "Regular Baptist". Thus it was that the Baptist denomination gained the reputation of becoming the first church organization in McDonough County. THOMAS H. OWEN, a licentiate who preached to this congregation for a time, afterward removed to Hancock County, and was later a member of the State Legislature, serving two terms in the House and one session in the Senate. John Gibson, who was one of the first members of this church, was a prominent citizen, on two occasions the annual association being held near him, when he fed and lodged a large number of its members. In 1832 ELDER WILLIAM BRADLEY was called to the pastorate of this church, and in the fall of the same year messengers were sent to the Spoon River Association, and it was received into correspondence and fellowship. In 1833, ELDER MICAJAH B. ROWLAND joined the Union Church and soon after became its pastor, from which he was released in 1835, being succeeded during the latter year by SAMUEL L. DARK, a licentiate, who was ordained in 1840. Others who held pastoral relations with this church were ELDER ROBERT MAYS (1838), ELDER JOHN DRISKILL (1838-57), ELDER GEORGE TRACY (for a few months in 1858) but whose pastorate was terminated by his sudden death. Elder Tracy was succeeded by ELDER ISAAC N. VAN METER, whose pastorate continued for over twenty years, being assisted at times by ELDER JACOB CASTLEBURY and T. N. FRAZEE. This church met at Middletown (now Fandon) for many years, where a new house of worship was erected about 1877. Antioch Church, also of the Regular Baptist denomination, was organized at Middletown in February, 1841, by Elders Owen and Frazee--the Union Church then holding its meetings a few miles distant. But four persons entered the organization at that time,--viz.:JOHN and PARTHENIA MCCORMICK, WILLIAM D. STEVENS and HOLLY EDMONSTON--though others soon after were added. Elder Owen served as pastor for a time, and the church was connected with the Salem Association. A house of worship was built in Middletown in 1843, but the church was finally dissolved in 1849, most of its members uniting with the Union Church. Besides the two churches already named, there were one or two others accepting the same articles of faith, but these generally united with the "New School" organization, leaving but one "Regular Baptist" church in the county in 1878.

who was formerly a successful farmer in Mound Township, McDonough County, Ill., and is now a retired citizen of Macomb, that county, was born in Pulaski County, KY., July 23, 1841, and there attended public school. His father, RUFUS T. ALLEN, was born in the same county, and his mother RHODA (ADAMS) ALLEN was a native of the same state. His paternal grandparents, DAVID AND PATSIE (HARRIS) ALLEN, were born, respectively, in South Carolina and Virginia, and his grandfather on the maternal side, JAMES ADAMS, was a Kentuckian. The maternal grandmother was originally a MISS CARR. Rufus T. Allen and his wife had three children, of whom their son John was the eldest. In 1854 the family went to Missouri and in 1863, they came to Walnut Grove Township, McDonough County, Ill., where the father purchased a farm. John Allen remained with his parents until he was thirty-two years old, when he bought the Mound Township farm. There he was engaged in general farming and stock raising until the spring of 1901, when he retired from active business and removed to Macomb. Here he built a find residence on East Carroll Street, where he enjoys ample leisure. On February 12, 1874, Mr. Allen was united in marriage with MARY L. DERBY, who was born in Brimfield, Ill., where she attended the district school. The children resulting from this union are: ROSA BELLE (MRS. O. G. THOMPSON), DAISY MAY (MRS. E. H. MCCULLOUGH), and BESSIE IRENE, formerly a teacher in the Macomb Preparatory Normal School, now the wife of PROF. O. B. READ, who holds the Chair of Sciences in Winnebago College, Minn., in which institution both will hereafter continue their educational work. Politically, the subject of this sketch is a Democrat and served for six years as Treasurer of Mound Township. His religious connection is with the Free Will Baptist Church. As a farmer he pursued intelligent and thrifty methods, as a public official he was faithful to his trust, and as a citizen, he is highly esteemed.

Although I am trying to post these biographies for you alphabetically, someone has asked about this name, so it's coming in, out of order. George M. Wear, a successful farmer and stock-raiser, located on his fine farm of 153 1/2 acres just southwest of Macomb, McDonough County, Ill., was born in Lamoine Township, McDonough County, December 29, 1870, and received a thorough education in the public and Normal schools. He is a son of HUGH and CAROLINE (HOLSTINE) WEAR, who were born in McDonough County, the father in Lamoine Township. The paternal grandparents were JOSEPH and MARY (DOWNS) WEAR, the former a native either of Virginia or of Tennessee. On the maternal side, the grandparents were GEORGE and MATILDA (?) HOLSTINE, the latter born in 1812. Great-grandfather Wear came to McDonough County in 1832 with his family of three sons and three daughters. Here he pre-empted land, which he cleared and cultivated until 1870, when he died. Grandfather Wear died November 20, 1894 at the age of eight years. His son, Hugh, one of six children, lives in Lamoine Township on land which the great-grandfather obtained from the Government. George M. Wear, who is the third of five children born on the original homestead, lived there until 1894. He then moved to a farm about half a mile away, where he remained two years, and then moved to grandfather Wear's farm in the same township. There he lived until March 1, 1904, when he bought and occupied his present farm. His main crops are corn and grass, and he raises horses, hogs and cattle. He is an intelligent, energetic and progressive farmer, and his diligent application to the tasks before him, together with systematic methods, is producing most satisfactory results. Mr. Wear was married December 16, 1894, to GLONA FUGATE, who was born and schooled in McDonough County. Five children have resulted from this union: FAY, FERN, MIRIAM, PAULINE and HELEN. Politically, the subject of this sketch if a Republican, and fraternally is a member of the I. O. O. F. and M. W. A.

Found this in the book "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McDonough County, Illinois". Although it doesn't mention that these soldiers were from McDonough Co., they surely were, as they were in this book! Perhaps some of these names will be familiar to you folks on this list. Joanne JACOB RUTISHAMER died at Columbus, KY., Apr 4, 1862 JAMES E. SADDLER died July 4, 1863 THOMAS L. HOLLIDAY was killed at the battle of Shiloh, Apr 6, 1862 HENRY C. CALVIN was mortally wounde Nov. 11, 1863 GEORGE DAVIS died at Trenton, Tenn. Aug. 16, 1862 JACOB OERTEL was killed at Holly Springs, Dec. 20, 1862 EDWARD CURTIS wads killed at Sabine, LA., Apr 8, 1864 JOHN HL KINKADE died at Carrollton, LA., Aug. 22, 1863 AARON MARKHAM, a veteran, died at Baton Rouge, LA. ENOCH NELSON died at Louisville, KY., Sept. 29, 1865 ALEXANDER L. CORPORAL was killed at Bird's Point, MO., January 10, 1862. DANIEL LAIR was killed at Bird's Point, Mo., Jan 10, 1862 CHRISTIAN MYERS was killed at Bird's Point, MO., Jan 10, 1862 SAMUEL S. SCHALL died of wounds at Oxford, Miss., Dec. 7, 1862 WILLIAM B. PARK died at Baton Rouge, LA., July 14, 1863 BENJAMIN F. PYLE died at LaGrange, Ten., Feb. 15, 1863 HENRY THOMPSON died at Memphis, Tenn., May 5, 1864 GEORGE C. CALKINS was drowned at Clear Creek while scouting GEORGE C. GATES was killed Jan 18, 1862 at Bethel, Tenn EPHRAIM MCKINNEY died in the service at Memphis, Tenn. PUILLIP SCHENECK died at St. Louis, MO. Aug. 1, 1862 JOHN JACKSON died at St. Louis, MO., June 18, 1862 COMMISSARY-SERGEANT JAMES C. CANFIELD died at Richmond, VA Mar 5, 1864 while a prisoner of war THOMAS ABLE died at Andersonville prison July 1, 1864; number of grave, 2,415 HENRY H. BELLEW died while a prisone of war, Mar 1, 1864 at Richmond, VA CAPTAIN EBEN WHITE died of wounds May 18, 1865 GEORGE L. HAINLINE, a veteran, was killed at Bentonville, Mar 20, 1865 CHARLES MERRICH was killed at Bentonville. HENRY HART died June 2, 1862 EDWIN D. KELLY, a veteran, was killed at Jonesboro, GA., Sept. 7, 1864 CYRUS LANE, a veteran, missing since the battle of Bentonville ORREN SPERRY, a veteran, died May 31, 1864 CHARLES WATERS, a veteran, died of wounds, Apr 24, 1865 JOHN H. CROWL was killed at Bentonville, Mar. 20, 1865 GEORGE F. HASTINGS died from wounds, Apr 21, 1865 CAPTAIN DAVID P. WELLS died Apr 7, 1862 CORPORAL WILLIAM POWERS died Oct. 15, 1862 CORPORAL JAMES M. EYRE died Sept. 19, 1862 SYLVESTER YOCUM died Mar 7, 1862 WILLIAM C. GREEN, a veteran, was kiilled at Resaca, GA., May 15, 1864 ISAAC TOLAND, a veteran, died Apr 12, 1865 FIRST-LIEUTENANT JAMES DONALDSON was kiilled July 16, 1864 BENJAMIN HENDRICKS died Mar 1, 1862 JOHN SMITHWALT died Jan 7, 1862 JACOB NEWELL died Mar 7, 1864 WILLIAM MURRY died Oct. 31, 1861 JAMES D. ERVIN died at Little Rock, May 9, 1865 DAVID H MESSICK died at Memphis, Apr 10, 1865 WILLIAM H. WOODS died at Camp Butler, Mar 24, 1865 WILLIAM P. BROWN died at Colmar, Ill SECOND-LIEUTENANT ANDREW W. MCGOUGHY was killed July 10, 1864 SERGEANT ROBERT PEARSON was killed at Shiloh, Tenn., apr 6, 1862 CORPORAL JOSEPH GILL was kiilled at Shiloh, Tenn., apr 6, 1862 THOMAS FAULKNER was killed at Jackson, Miss. July 12, 1862 JOSIAH GILL died at Natchez, Miss., Sept. 1, 1863 WILLIAM H. MATHENY, a veteran, died at Natchez, Miss., Mar 10, 1864 ALBERT MILLIGAN was killed at the battle of Shiloh, apr 6, 1862 SEYMORE NICHOLS died of wounds received at Hatchie, Oct. 15, 1863 HENRY W. PENROSE died at Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1862 SOLOMON R. SHEPHERD was killed at Shiloh, Tenn., Apr 6, 1862 GEORGE TEAS was killed at Shiloh, Tenn. Apr 6, 1862 WILLIAM TWITCHELL has been missing since the battle of Shiloh, Tenn. CORPORAL JAMES H. WELCH was kiilled at Shiloh, Tenn, Apr 6, 1862 FRANCIS L. WARREN died at Pittsburg Landing, Apr 15, 1862 JAMES L. CARTER died at Brownesville, Texas, Nov. 22, 1865 JOSEPH C. PLOTTS died at Fort Holt, KY., Nov. 22, 1862 JAMES R. DAVIS died at Brownesville, Texas, Aug 30, 1865 MARTIN PHILLIPS died at Brownesville, Texas, Nov. 6, 1862 FIRST-SERGEANT JAMES M. SHREEVES died at Vicksburg, Aug. 19, 1863 CORPORAL DAVID M. CRANBAUGH, a veteran, died of wounds, Apr 19, 1863 GEORGE BANE was killed while on picket duty, July 14, 1863 GEORGE W. FOWRAKER died at Walnut Hill, Miss., June 28, 1863 ROBERT M. FUGATE died at Memphis, Tenn., Jan 14, 1864 OLIVER J. HOYT was killed at Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863 JESSE N. INMAN died at Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 27, 1862 JOSEPH B. MEDARIS died at Bushnell, Ill, May 2, 1864 MATTHEW MCCOMB died at Bridgeport, Ill., Ded. 25, 1865 JOSEPH P. PUTNAM, a veteran, was mortally wounded at Kenesaw Mountain and left on the field June 27, 1864 WILLIAM SNAPP died at Camp Sherman, Miss., Aug 29, 1863 SERGEANT H. H. WEAVER died at St. louis, Apr 8, 1863 CORPORAL JAMES B. MURPHY was killed at Walnut hills, June 25, 1863 CORPORAL WILLIAM J. ECKLEY, a veteran, died of wounds, Aug, 15, 1864 GEORGE W. ECKLEY died at Camp Sherman, Miss. JOHN SEXTON died at Camp Sherman, Miss., Aug. 31, 1863 GEORGE HANKS died at Corinth, Tenn., Dec. 24, 1862 CORPORAL WILLIAM A. BLUME was killed at Perryville, KY., Oct. 8, 1862 CHRIST BRINAY died of wounds July 29, 1864 JAMES COCHRAN, a veteran, was killed at Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 16, 1864 ABRAHAM G. CHUTE died at Springfield, MO. Nov. 6, 1861 WILLIAM H. EMEIL was killed at Perryville, KY., Oct. 8, 1862 WILLIAM H. JARVIS was killed at Perryville, KY., Oct. 8, 1862 NATHAN LOGE died at Iuka, Miss., Aug 9, 1862 THOMAS LAWYER was killed at Perryville, KY., Oct 8, 1862 WILLIAM LOFTUS died at Mound City, Ill. Aug. 6, 1863 JOHN M. MOURNONG died at Lebanon, Miss. Feb. 10, 1863 JAMES MURPHY died of wounds Mar 18, 1862 GEORGE E. NORMAN was killed at Rocky Face Ridge, May 11, 1864 JOHN W. SEWARD died Oct. 22, 1863 SERGEANT WILLIAM NELSON died of wounds Dec. 1, 1863 JAMES H. SHEETS was killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862 HENRY TORHOUSE, a veteran, died Dec. 16, 1864 GEORGE W. RAMSEY died at Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 8, 1862 CORPORAL ANDREW KELLOUGH was killed near corinth, May 8, 1863 WILLIAM R. JACOBS died at Glendale, Miss., Oct. 1, 1863 JAMES LYONS died at hs home in Bardolph, July 28, 1862 SAMUEL H. STOKES died at Decatur, Ala. May 15, 1864 CHARLES F. WINSLOW was killed near Atlanta, July 22, 1864 JONATHAN HAYNES died at St. louis, MO., July 3, 1862 WILLIAM FAIR died at Roanoke, S.C. Mar 31, 1865 WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK died while in the service LIEUTENANT GARRETT J. D. JARVIS was killed at Fort Blakeley, Apr 9, 1865 HARMON F. MORRIS died at Paducah, Oct. 9, 1862 JOHN MYERS died at Yazoo Pass, Mar 16, 1863 PETER W. ROYCE died at Columbus, KY., Oct. 21, 1863 PATRICK BRANNAN wasx killed at Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864 COLONEL CARTER VAN VLECK died Aug 23, 1864 of wounds received at Atlanta, GA., MAJOR WILLIAM L. BROADDUS was killed Sept., 20, 1863 MARTIN V. FUGATE was killed at Chickamauga, Sept 20, 1863 SAMUEL H. FUGATE died at Resaca, Ga., May 17, 1864 from wounds LEBEUS ALLHOUSE died at Richmond, VA., Feb. 14, 1864 while a prisoner of war SOLOMON TOLAND eas killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20 1863 RICHARD W. SCOTT died of wouds Sept 2, 1864 SECOND-LIEUTENANT JOHN E. JAMES was killed i battle June 27, 1864 MARSHALL C. KLINE was killed at Atlanta, GA., Aug 7, 1864 GEORGE W. DOWELL died at nashville, TN., Oct. 29, 1863 JOHN FORREST was killed at Jonesboro, GA., Sept. 1, 1864 WILLIAM W. HARMON died at Savannah, Feb. 21, 1865 JOHN W. JAMES was killed at Jonesboro, GA., Sept 1, 1864 THOMAS LINDSEY died at Chattanooga, June 25, 1864 JACOB H. MICHAEL was killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27 1864 SERGEANT MICHAEL MEALEY was killed at Atlanta, Ga., Sept, 4, 1864 CHARLES H. MAGIE died at Nashville, Tenn., Aug 19, 1863 JOHN MONAHAN died at Chattanooga, Apr 3, 1864 CHARLES L. NORRIS died Nov. 6, 1864, at Chattanooga JOHN W. RUSH was killed at Jonesboro, GA, Sept, 1, 1864 SYLVESTER RIDDELL died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 30, 1863 CYRIL TYFT was killed at Jonesboro, GA., Sept. 1, 1864 RICHARD L. TERRY died of wouds in the service RICHARD L. ALLEN died at Andersonville Prison, May 28, 1864 ALBERT C. BENNETT died at Boston, KY., Nov. 12, 1862 WILLIAM H. BOWMAN died Nov. 26, 1863 of wounds CHRISTOPHER BROWN died at Richmond, VA., Jan 23, 1864 while a prisoner of war SIMEON CRAIG died at Andersonville Prison, Sept 22, 1864: number of grave, 9,307. FIRST-SERGEANT JEROME J. CLARK died of wounds Apr 30, 1865 GEORGE H DAVIS died of wounds Oct. 2, 1863 HUGH H. DORAN died in Andersonville Prison, May 28 1864 BENJAMIN F. LANE was killed at Chickamauga Sept 20, 1863 PARMENIUM HAMILTON died of wounds Oct. 15, 1863 MOSES A. MCCANDLESS was killed near Griggsville, Tenn., Nov 26, 1864 FRANCIS M. STEWART died at Andersonville Prison Aug 20, 1864; number of grave, 6,292 THOMAS J. VAIL died at Nashville, Tenn., July 3, 1863 WIILLIAM WEAVER died of wounds Sept. 6, 1864 JOHN R. CARROLL died in Andersonville Pison, Aug 24, 1862 SAMUEL F. GIBSON died in Andersonville Prison, Juloy 29, 1864 SERGEANT THOMAS M. WHITEHEAD died at Gallatin, Tenn., Dec, 11, 1862 CORPORAL QUINCY A. ROBERTS was killed at Rocky Face Ridge, May 9, 1863 CORPORAL THOMAS J. STEARNS died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1863 SILAS E. BROTHERTON died at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., Aug 7l 1864 SAMUEL BLAIR died at Louisville, KY., Oct. 26, 1863 JOHN BAKER died of wounds Sept, 21, 1863 MILTON CLARK died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 25, 1862 GEORGE W. CASO died at Chickamauga, Sept. 21, 1863 JOHN DRISCIOLL died at Somerset, KY., Nov, 27, 1862 FRANK GADD died of wounds Jan 20, 1865 at Nashville, Tenn. FRANCIS M. HOLLIDAY was killed near Dallas, Ga., May 30, 1864 EDWARD O'BRYAN was killed at Rocky Face Ridge, May 9, 1864 GERORGE PARKS died of wounds at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13, 1863 GEORGE R. VOORHEES died Apr 13, 1862 ABEL H. WILLIS died at Andersonville Prison, Mar 15, 1865 JAMES P. MCCAMENOUT died Sept. 1, 1862 GEORGE W. WILLIS died at Chattanooga, Oct. 13, 1863 CORPORAL RICHARD H.L MCCLINTOCK was killed at Chickamauga, Sept, 20, 1863 CORPORAL DAVID G. HARLAND died of wounds, Jan 3, 1863 AUGUSTUS MILES was killed at Chickamauga, Sept, 19, 1863 COLEMAN MITCHELL died of wounds Apr 3, 1863 SAMUEL WALKER died of wounds Oct. 24, 1863 JOHN A. GREER died June 9, 1865 SERGEANT GEORGE T. YOCUM was illed at Stone River, Dec, 31, 1862 SERGEANT, JOHN A. EYRE died at Macomb, Jan 16, 1864 CORPORAL WILLIAM J. HENSLEY died at Bowling Green, KY, Dec. 29, 1862 CORPORAL EDWARD S. PIPER died at Manchester, July 18, 1863 CORPORAL NATHAN A. MILLER died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 22, 1864 JOSEPH T. ADCOCK died at Murfreesboro., Tenn., Jan 6, 1863 FRANCIS BROOKS died at Louisville, KY., Nov. 23, 1862 DAVID BROWN died at Danville, Ky., Dec., 10, 1862 JACKSON V. FERGUSON died at Benton Barracks, MO., Feb. 10, 1863 ALLEN A. HERNDON died at Nashville, Feb. 20, 1862 ALEX. MCQUESTION died at Nashville, Feb. 7, 1863 ABRAHAM PURDAM died of wounds at Nashville, Feb. 15, 1863 RICHARD W. PENNINGTON was killed at Stone River Dec. 31, 1862 JOHN H. ROLLINS died at Nashille, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1863 JOSIAH SWIGART died at McDonough County, Ill., June 9, 1864 WILLIAM H. SIMMONS died at Bowling Green, KY., Nov. 23, 1862 EDWARD SMITH died of wounds Sept. 22, 1863 HENRY VANMETER died at Dallas, GA., June 1, 1864 ABRAHAM W. WILLIS died at Louisville, KY, Dec. 6, 1862 WILLIAM H. WINSLOW died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862 CORPORAL ELI ELWELL was killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862 CORPORAL JAMES H. KENNIE died of wounds at Chattanooga, Oct. 20, 1863 VACHEL BENSON was killed at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862 CHRISTOPHER ENDERS was killed at Stone River Jan 23, 1863 ALLEN GRAVES died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan 23, 1863 GEORGE W. KERR died at Quincy, Ill, Feb. 11, 1864 SERGEANT THOMAS CAMPBELL died at Cowan Station, Tenn., July 27, 1863 DAVID P. PETERMAN died of wounds at Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1864 ARTEMUS MYERS was killed at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864 HENRY C. MARTIN died on steamer Di. Vernon, Jan 18, 1863 JAMES T. BURHAM died Aug 20, 1865 SERGEAMT ROBERT T. CARTER died at Vicksburg, Miss., Aug 13, 1864 JOHN COVERT died at Jefferson Barrack, MO., Aug 24, 1864 BENJAMIN DUNCAN died at Memphis, enn., Aug 5, 1864 FREDERICK FALCH died at Mound Ci8ty, Ill., Dec. 30, 1862 BENJAMIN FRANKENBURG died of wounds at Jefferson Barracks, MO., Dec, 13, 1864 ALPHEUS M. GIBSON died at Quincy, Ill., Dec. 14, 1864 WILSON L. MCKENNELLY died at Memphis, Tenn., July 20, 1864 WILLIAM H. COUCH died of wounds Mar 30, 1863 JOHN ITTLE died in the insane asylum at Washington, DC Oct. 1, 1863 SERGEANT JOHN BECHTEL died at Lake Providence, La., Mar 21, 1863 THOMAS BROADBENT died of wounds, May 16, 1863 ABNER BARRETT died at Keokuk, Iowa, Oct. 24, 1863 JOHN BAINBRIDGE died at Memphis, Tenn., Jan 28, 1863 WILLIAM H. BOYD died at Jackson, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1862 SIMON CALBERT died at Memphis, Tenn July 24, 1863 JOB GARTSIDE died at St. Louis, MO. Nov 1, 1864 GEORGE HALL died at Jackson, Tenn, Oct 30, 1862 BENJAMIN BUGG died at Memphis, Tenn, Feb 17. 1863 HENRY T. FOREST was killed at Champion Hills, Miss, May 15, 1863 NATHANIEL M. GUY died at Vicksburg, Miss, Juloy 8, 1863 JASPER KENNETT died at Memphis, Tenn, Feb 11, 1863 WILLIAM C. MORRIS died at Oxford, Miss., Dec 16, 1862 FLAVIUS J. SYPHERD died at home, Dec, 27, 1864 ISAAC N. STODGILL died after having been discharged on account of disability GEORGE P. HEZLIP died of wounds, Jyly 13, 1863 AMOS B. JOHNSON died at Quincy, Ill, Apr 27, 1865 SURGEON WILLIAM A. HUSTON died at Memphis, Tenn., June 25, 1864 EDWARD S. BROOKING was killed while a prisoner near Memphis, Tenn. HENRY P. NICHOLS died at home, Dec, 2, 1864 SAMUEL SHELEY died at Memphis, Sept 1, 1864 CHRISTOPHER P. STANTIAL was killed at Memphis, Tenn., Aug, 21, 1864 JOHN H. LOWELL died at home May 26, 1865 HENRY H. HARRIS died at Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 1, 1864 LIEUTENANT LESTER W. PORTER was killed at Memphis, Tenn., Aug 21, 1864 CORPORAL THOMAS R. RITENOUR died at Columbus, GA., Sept, 16, 1865 JOSEPH JOHNSON died at Dalton, GA., May 18, 1865 AVERY HALL died at Nashville, Mar 7, 1865 DAVID STOLCUP died of wounds at Chattanooga JOHN CLARREY died at St. Louis MATTHEW BEGG, United States veteran, died at Cairo, Ill., Oct. 13, 1863

Among the positive and vigorous characters that have made their impress on the business and social life of Bushnell, Ill., and upon the agricultural conditions of McDonough County, not the least in point of example and influence is Samuel J. Alexander. In his composition are notably manifest those qualities of rugged manhood, strict probity, tenacious persistence and intelligent discrimination, which constitute a potent force in advancing the development of any community which is fortunate in being the sphere of their activity. Mr. Alexander was born in Wayne County, Ind., July 10, 1821, a son of JAMES and PERMELIA (ADAMS) ALEXANDER, grew up to manhood on the paternal farm, and in early youth received a good common-school education. When twenty-three years old he went to Ohio, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits in the village of New Westville. After remaining there one year, he returned to Indiana, and there followed the same business in Boston, Wayne County. Two years later he was engaged in a similar enterprise in Darke County, Ohio, in which he continued until his removal to the vicinity of Bardolph, McDonough County, Ill., where he devoted his attention to farming on rented land. After being thus engaged for one year, he bought a farm in Macomb Township, which he cultivated until 1868, when he took up his residence in Bushnell and there established a grocery. In 1869 he entered into partnership with E.D.C. HAINES in the lumber trade, building up a large and profitable business. He sold his interest in this concern to his partner in 1880 and withdrew from active business, and has since spent his time looking after his property interests and negotiating loans of his surplus funds. Mr. Alexander did his full share in the pioneer work of the early days in McDonough County, clearing and breaking up the wild land, and with his worthy spouse, enduring the discomforts, privations and hazards incident to that period. His resolute, persevering, resourceful and discerning qualities as well as his indomitable energy, gradually led to merited prosperity. He is a man of attractive appearance and genial deportment, simple in manner and speech, never assuming an aggressive attitude, but winning the good will, respect and confidence of every one with whom he has business or social relations. He has always been inspired by a high public spirit, and has advocated, and supported with substantial contributions, all measures designed for the general welfare, generously aiding many worthy and beneficent institutions, especially churches, schools and charitable institutions. In politics he is a firm Republican, but is always discriminating and conscientious in scrutinizing the merits of civic policies and of candidates for political preferment. In fraternal circles he is identified with the Masonic Order. His busy, useful and exemplary career is a strong incentive to all who are entering upon the threshold of active life. At the age of nearly fourscore and ten years, he is still clear in mind and sound in body. The marriage of Mr. Alexander occurred in New Westville, Preble County, Ohio, August 24, 1845, when he wedded HANNAH COWGILL, who was born in Fremont, Ohio, August 7, 1828. Thrice fortunate was Mr. alexander in selecting a life-companion to share is domestic joys and sorrows, and to supplement his arduous exertions in acquiring a competency of this world's goods and developing the character which had dignified his later career. Together with her husband, her parents and only brother, Mrs. Alexander made her home in McDonough County, Ill., where, in Bushnell and in its vicinity, all of their married life was passed, with the exception of four years' residence in Richmond, Ind., during the period intervening between 1886 and 1890. Her union with Mr. Alexander resulted in five sons, all of whom were overtaken by death when quite young. Mrs. Alexander was in most respects a remarkable woman, and one who with the favoring aid of more thorough educational facilities in early youth, and with less of unobtrusiveness and attachment for the quietude and matronly duties of the home circle, would naturally have been a conspicuous figure in that line of unselfish public endeavor, graced by many of her sex, who thereby attained wide and enduring reputation. She possessed exceptional strength of character, and was animated by deep convictions in matters of right and wrong, which no considerations or surroundings could induce her to disregard or suppress. In the conduct of household work, she was a model of order, tidiness and thrift. Her downright honesty in forming, maintaining and expressing opinions on radically important subjects was recognized with sincere respect throughout a wide circle of acquaintances, and the fidelity with which she fulfilled the obligations of friendship won her the respect of all who knew her. To her, evasion, prevarication, disingenuousness and every form of hypocrisy, were an abomination and utterly repulsive. The final sickness of Mrs. Alexander was protracted and painful, but through all the agony of slowly approaching dissolution, she manifested an unswerving faith in her Savior, awaiting her in the heavenly mansions prepared for the people of God. She was a zealous, devout and active member of the Presbyterian Church, and her self-denying exertions in church work are gratefully remembered as a shining example by the surviving membership. After lingering upon the bed of sickness nearly two years, in a condition of suffering beyond any (except temporary) relief from medical skill, and unmitigated by even a faint hope of recovery, Mrs. Alexander passed peacefully away on December 1, 1902, and the memory of her life of self-sacrifice and benevolence will long be cherished by those who knew her in the intimacies of daily companship.

Who is successfully engaged in the livery business in the village of Industry, McDonough County, was born in Schuyler County, Ill., February 4, 1858, the son of JAMES and DELILAH (HUDSON) AGNEW -- the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Indiana. In early youth, Mr. Agnew attended the common school in his neighborhood, and at the age of seventeen years left home to work on a farm. He continued thus until he reached his majority, then worked at home one year, after which he was employed for six years on a farm north of Industry. After spending a year in Schuyler county, he worked two years in Industry, and then was employed two years on his father's farm. In 1878, Mr. Agnew moved to Industry, and was engaged in various occupations for two years. In 1899, he started in the manufacture of soft drinks but sold out in 1902. In that year he went into horse dealing and trading, in which he continued until August 8, 1904, when he bought the livery business of A. S. ELLIS, which he now conducts and which is the only extensive business of this kind in Industry. Mr. Agnew is very energetic, attends closely to hs stable and stock and enjoys a profitable patronage. On February 14, 1881, Mr. Agnew was united in marriage with HENRIETTA LEWIS, who was born and schooled in Schuyler County, Illinois. She died June 24, 1892, leaving one child, CLINTON D. AGNEW. Mr. Agnew married as his second wife, ELIZA SULLIVAN, who was born and educated in Industry. The political opinions of Mr. Agnew are in accordance with the principles of the Republican party.

Formerly a prominent lawyer of Macomb, Ill., was born in Bethel Township, McDonough County, October 4 1852, a son of SAMUEL and MARY (WILSON) AGNEW, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Columbiana County, Ohio. His maternal grandparents were SAMUEL and SARAH (CROW) WILSON. Mr. Agnew received his early education in the public schools of McDonough and Warren Counties and at the old Normal College, Macomb. From 1870 to 1876 he was engaged in teaching school in McDonough, Warren and Tazewell Counties. In 1876 he entered the law department of the Iowa State University at Iowa City, and was graduated from that institution in June, 1877. Until 1879 he taught school, and then commenced the practice of law in Macomb. Politically, Mr. Agnew was a Republican and was influential in the councils of his party. In 1882 Mr. Agnew was elected City Attorney of Macomb and in 1884 was elected to the office of State's Attorney of McDonough County. He served as a member of the Macomb School Board and City Council, and at the time of his death, was serving as Master in Chancery. On July 18, 1894, Mr. Agnew was united in marriage with JOSEPHINE CLEVELAND. Two children resulted from their union, namely: NELLIE J. AGNEW and HENRY CLAY AGNEW, JR. Fraternally, the subject of this sketch was a member of the A. O. U. W., M. W. A., I. O. O. F., and K. of P. Mr. Agnew died September 28, 1902 leaving a stainless record behind him. As a lawyer, his standing was high; in his public career he was faithful to duty; in domestic life he was a model husband and father; socially, he was greatly esteemed, and his death was deeply lamented.

Formerly a well-known and popular grocer of Macomb, McDonough County, Ill., was born in Washington County, KY June 25, 1836, a son of ELIJAH and JEMIMAH (CLARK) ADCOCK, natives of Kentucky. The subject of this sketch attended public school in his boyhood and enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, serving in the Tenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, being promoted to the second lieutenancy and taking part in all the battles participated in by his regiment. He received a gun-shot wound which disabled him for further service, was honorably discharged, and on recovering from this injury, came to Macomb in 1865. In that year he established himself in the grocery trade, in which he continued until his death. He died of pneumonia April 7, 1891, and he was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. On September 13, 1866, Mr. Adcock was united in marriage with NANCY A. PACE, who was born in McDonough County, IL, where in her youth she attended public school in her neighborhood. Two children, WINNIE R. ADCOCK and ARDIE M. ADCOCK were the offspring of this union. The parents of Mrs. Adcock, WILLIAM J. and SARAH VAWTER PACE, were born in Kentucky. In political affairs, Mr. Adcock gave his support to the Democratic party. His term of service as President of the School Board covered eight years in the aggregate. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Macomb, in which he officiated as steward. His fraternal affiliation was with the Masonic order. The life of Mr. Adcock was beyond reproach. In business affairs he was diligent, upright and courteous. As a citizen he was public-spirited and useful, and the high esteem in which he was held by all who knew him attested the pure traits of his character.

Samuel Bland b. abt 1828 Ky, believed to be the s/o Samuel Bland and Rachel J. Shuttlesworth/Shecklesworth of Washington Co, KY. I found Samuel on the 1850 McDonough Co. Census. On the 1850 census, Samuel's wife's name is Venetia. I also found a marriage of Samuel Bland to Bernette Ferguson, on 13 May 1847 in McDonough County, Illinois. I would like to find info on Samuel b. 1828 Ky. and his children. Can anyone tell me if there are death records or wills for McDonough County, Illinois; and where I could send for this early info. 1850 McDonough Co. Census pg. 50 Fam. 344 Samuel Bland 22 m KY Vermetia 19 f KY

In order to give what would be termed Personal Experience in pioneering, the following account (with some slight changes in verbiage) is presented as related by IRA C. BRIDGES, of Industry, one of the oldest settlers in the county: "I (Mr. Bridges) was born in Morgan County, Ill., August 20, 1825, my parents coming hither from the state of Tennessee in 1823. There (in Morgan County) they resided until November, 1829 when they located in McDonough County, at that time composing a part of Schuyler County. With my maternal grandfather, JAMES VANCE, the Bridges family located in the south part of the county, Mr. Vance having removed to that locality in 1823. Mr. Vance was a Justice of the Peace from 1825 until the county was organized in 1830. He was one of the first County Commissioners, was the first Postmaster in his section of the county and assisted in naming and laying out the city of Macomb. Mrs. Bridges' father had located on eighty acres of prairie land adjoining the timber, and there built a small log house. In its construction not a nail was used; half of the floor was laid with linn-wood puncheons--that is, split logs; mother earth furnished the other half, and contributed to the construction of the hearth, fire-place back and jambs, surmounted by a stick chimney--that s, made up of small sticks plastered over with mortar made of common clay. The door was made of clapboards (split timber), with wooden latch and hinges. Bedsteads were made by boring two-inch auger holes in the logs, constituting the walls, erecting posts at a suitable distance for the width of a bed, and then stretching poles between them and the wall. Clapboards were laid on the poles for a bottom and on top of this was placed a tick filled with prairie hay, surmounted finally by a feather bed, stuffed with the soft down which the mother had plucked from her geese. A most excellent bed was the result. We had two such in our small room and the family enjoyed themselves and came out all right in the spring of 1830. Grandfather Vance erected a small horse-mill, which ground the corn-meal for the entire county. My parents had fifteen children, and all were raised on corn bread and bacon. The father broke up ten acres of prairie, and cutting the overturned sod with an ax, planted the first crop of corn therein (sod corn). Watermelons and pumpkins were produced abundantly; and altogether, the family lived on the fat of the land. In the summer it was necessary to add another room to out palace; and we felt quite comfortable and were no longer crowded. "The plow used for breaking prairie was called the barshare; its mold-board was of wood, the bar and shoe (or point) of steel, and with six yoke of oxen attached, it cut a furrow from sixteen to eighteen inches in width. It took a stout man to hold the plow, while the bare-footed boy did the driving. Often, on finishing a land, there would be a snake-killing, as the reptiles were very numerous in the early days. "The winter of 1830-31 proved to be very severe, on account of an unusually heavy fall of snow which continued on the ground for several months, causing much suffering. The little corn that was raised could be reached only after much digging and great labor, and both the deer and turkeys died for want of food. As we could not go to mill, we made graters for the manufacture of meal and for the supply of our daily bread, mush and hominy. The cold was intense, to add to our sufferings. We would cut down a tree, haul it to the house door, roll on big backlogs and fill in along the front; and then the family would sit around the roaring fire and sing all day long--there were no pianos then. In 1831-32 the Indians were quite numerous and troublesome. The Governor called out troops and, after some parleying, the Black Hawk War ended by the Indians agreeing to leave the state. Only a few remained to steal stock and otherwise make nuisances of themselves. Among those caught in thefts was Black Hawk himself, and THOMAS BRIDGES, a cousin of mine, had the honor of giving him a cow-hiding--after which all the Indians left. (The Black Hawk War occurred in 1832, though there had been much disturbance during the previous year). "Our churches were few and far between. There were a few Hard-Shell Baptists, but the missionary Baptists, under ELDER JOHN LOGAN, organized a church among the neighbors and preached from house to house. although the preacher stood behind a chair for a pulpit the people showed themselves eager to hear the Gospel--much more, it seems to me, than they do now. This church organization continued for some years. Mr. Logan then removed to Macomb, and the congregation recognized that place as their church home. "In the pioneer days we were much pestered with wolves, as they made sad havoc with our calves, pigs and sheep. Father made a wolf trap, and caught quite a number. He received $5 for each scalp, which proved quite useful to pay taxes with, money being then very scarce. We continued to beak a few acres of land each year. In 1832 emigration became quite extensive. "There being many ponds throughout the county, and the vegetation dense, malaria, with chills and fever, became quite prevalent; in fact, hardly any person was exempt. the few doctors in the county did what they could with calomel, and quinine and bleeding, when the case became serious. the fever would leave the patient very weak and listless, with skin of yellowish hue, and with an anxious, far-away look, which would cling to him for years, or until the disease was completely worn out by time and better sanitary conditions by way of drainage. "Crops of all kinds were abundant, the soil producing luxuriantly, but the prices obtained on account of distance from market and imperfect means of transportation, were at a low ebb compared wit those of today. Pork sold at $1.25 per hundred pounds, dressed; corn, to emigrants going west, at 8 to 10 cents pe bushel; and wheat (which had to e hauled to Beardstown) at 25 to 30 cents per bushel. Sales of produce were made on the principle o barter or exchange--that is, exchanged for store goods. Cattle were very cheap, buyers coming from Jacksonville and elsewhere south of McDonough, getting them at their own prices. "Our wheat was threshed on the ground by horses trampling on the sheaves. The separating was done with wooden forks; there was not a steal fork, or an iron shovel or scoop in the county. The first threshing separator machine was built and introduced into the county by DALLAMAND & IMES, the builders, in 1852. This changed our entire method of preparing grain for the market, and to us it was a most wonderful improvement. "In 1850 the California fever struck our neighborhood, and, with many others, I started for the Golden West. We left McDonough County on the 20th of March, of that year, and arrived at Hangtown, in California, on the 12th of August, after five months of weary pilgrimage spent in crossing the great plains and deserts f the West. We saw numerous bands of Indians, large herds of buffaloes, deer, prairie dogs, antelopes, rattlesnakes and many other animals--not a few of which were welcomed to our camp kettles. Our route was by way of Fort Kearney, up the South Platte river to Ash Hollow, where it was crossed, thence by way of the Black Hills to Fort Laramie, Sweet Water and Devil's Gate, and through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains and down the Humboldt River to "the Sink," where it enters the ground; then across a grassless, waterless desert of fifty miles to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and over the mountains to Hangtown. This was an old mining town, which received its name from the hanging there of two notorious thieves. There I remained and worked over two years. I had the usual success of these early miners--made little money, but gained great experience and saw much of the world. I returned by way of Panama, by steamer, to New York, and thence home." Mr. Bridges furnishes much more of his valuable and interesting history, but as this covers the early period of his life in connection with the first settling of McDonough County, other portions of his narrative will be reserved for later pages. (This account is from a book called The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McDonough Co. It was written in 1907 and is out of print.)

Then followed the escape from jail by Ed, the first escape in the county in which there was a fight. It occurred August 28, 1876, and while no one was injured, it was only because the Maxwell boys were unable to procure weapons. Captain Venard was Sheriff at the time, and on the night in question he went to lock up the prisoners in their cells, James Blazer standing as door guard. As the sheriff stepped inside the corridor, Ed Maxwell, who was standing back some distance from the door to deceive the sheriff as to his intentions, started to walk away, throwing him off his guard. Maxwell suddenly turned with a spring like a cat and jumped on the sheriff. Lon Maxwell at the same time sprang at him and Charles Robert jumped for Blazer. An exciting tussle followed, but Ed Maxwell and Roberts succeeded in getting away, Lon being held. The chase that followed for Maxwell is one well remembered by every old citizen. Alexander McLean was Mayor at that time, and it so happened he was just passing as Maxwell darted out the door. Instantly surmising what had occurred, he gave chase after the fleeing outlaw and the race, while it lasted, was an exciting one. However, Maxwell was the fleetest and was soon lost sight of. Instantly, almost, the town was aroused and gave chase. Captain Farwell, Marshal Karr McClintock (both now deceased) and George Kink mounted horses and rode through the country notifying the farmers to be on their guard, as Maxwell would more than likely steal a horse, one of his old tricks, and endeavor to escape. Notwithstanding the warning he succeed in stealing one of Elijah Welch's and made his escape. Lon was sent to the penitentiary and Ed was afterward recaptured at Stillwater, Minn., his dare deviltry attracting attention up there, an investigation was made as to where he was wanted, there being a reward of $350 offered for his arrest. He was decoyed into a stable and arrested, brought back to Macomb, taken from the train to the court house, pleaded guilty and was off for Joliet in less than twenty-four hours to serve a six years' sentence. After serving their time they were released and came back to this county, but except for one short trip of robbery through this part, they did not remain long, being too well known. On their last trip, they stole a horse, then a horse and buggy, and drove from here through to Fulton County and disappeared. Their description was sent all over the country by this time, and an effort was made to capture them for horse-stealing they having stolen a horse in Henderson County which they drove through here. At Durand, Wisconsin, two men named Coleman attempted to arrest them on suspicion of their being the men wanted here for horse stealing, and both were killed. This was the first murder directly traceable to them, although they were accused of killing a sheriff in another county in this state. A posse was called to arrest them for this double murder, but they whipped the posse off. The militia were ordered out to arrest them and they too were beaten back by the two outlaws. By boat, foot and stealing horses they at last eluded all their pursuers and disappeared for months. So daring were their deeds that they gained a national reputation and were the subject of stories in the dime novel trash. They were known in Wisconsin as the Williams brothers, and under this name were the heroes in the novels. The capture of Ed was affected at Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 9, 1881, and was the result of more of an accident than anything else. The boys were representing themselves as hunters and were both heavily armed. Their actions aroused suspicion and the officers being notified, visited the house where they were staying and approaching them unawares, grabbed Ed and overpowered him. Lon was alarmed and got one shot at the officers, but notwithstanding his wonderful skill, missed his man. The officers then ran for him but he turned and ran and was never afterward seen alive. Ed wad fully identified as the man wanted, although he denied his identity. Brothers of the murdered men in Wisconsin accompanied the officers and positively identified him as the man who killed their brothers. He was taken back to Wisconsin, November 19, 1881, and taken to the court house for trial. The work was short and swift, however, and justice speedily meted out. He was surrounded by a mob of men who threw a rope around his neck and started down stairs supposedly to hang him to a tree. This was done but he was dead long before he reached the tree, as he was dragged down stairs at the end of the rope. The coroner's jury viewed the body, examined the necessary witnesses and returned a verdict that he came to his death by falling down the court house stairs, with which verdict the courts were well satisfied. Lon's death was not so sensational but well did he pay for his misdeeds. He died in a box car in a western city, alone, unattended, with a black past to view and a blacker future to contemplate. Both of these boys were remarkably fine shots with gun and revolver. Lon was particularly skilled, and stories of their remarkable powers are told. Ed feared nothing, was more like a panther than a human. He was small and swarthy and as treacherous as the animals whose actions he imitated. He was an inveterate liar and naturally mean and vicious. Sometimes he expressed a claim of intended reformation on account of the love he bore some woman, but he never gave evidence that he had adopted a better life. Lon was an arrant coward when not with Ed and gave evidence of it when Ed was captured. Had it been Ed who got away instead of Lon, the officers making the capture would never have reached the jail with their prisoner, Lon was big and strong, and effeminate in his actions. Much space has been given to the notorious Maxwell boys, for the reason they were the most prominent examples of the worst element of this section of the county. There were great readers of the yellow-covered literature, and became fully possessed with the idea that they were Dick Turpins, James Boys, and all the other list of degenerates. This account is given at length to show the natural end of such violent, reckless lives.

THE MAXWELL OUTLAWS--Two of the most noted outlaws this county ever produced, and who at one time attained a national reputation by their murderous deeds, were the Maxwell brothers who were raised in this county and who here commenced their career which ended in the lynching of one, but not until after he had killed many men and defied an entire company of militia. Along in 1869 or 1870, a mover with two boys and a girl stopped near the residence of Elijah Hicks in Macomb, and wanted to occupy an unused house near their place for awhile, as he wanted to find work. The privilege was given him and he remained, not only for a time, but for years. This mover's name was Maxwell, the father of Ed and Lon. The boys as youths did not attract any particular attention unless it was the adaptability of the younger in learning scripture, he having won a prize for having committed 3,000 verses of Scripture. The teaching of the verses he committed did not seem to have much effect on him, however, as at an early age the boys would steal chickens for cooking while out on a lark and commit petty depredations. On February 10, 1874, Ed Maxwell first commenced his career of crime which ended only when he was lynched by an infuriated people, and most of his subsequent years were spent in the penitentiary. On the day mentioned the clothing store of Dines & Co., of which Charles Dines, for years County Clerk here, was one of the proprietors, was robbed. Maxwell was suspected of the robbery, just why it was not learned, and a day or two later Dines and another man went to the farm where Maxwell was employed, to investigate. Maxwell was evidently looking for them, or at least recognized them, for he disappeared as they rode up and tied their horses, both being on horseback. They entered the house and there found the missing articles. Then Maxwell gave the first evidence of that spirit of deviltry and bravado that afterward earned him a national reputation. He slipped up to the horses, while the men were in the house, mounted the best one and with a whoop and yell was off on the full run. Then followed a chase that was the talk of that section of the county for some weeks. The other rider hurried to Blandinsville and organized a posse and gave chase. Through Blandinsville, Sciota and Emmet Township went the fugitive and the pursuers, there being some twenty armed men in the hunt. At last Maxwell struck for Spring Creek and followed it to where it empties into Crooked Creek. Here he found the creek too high to ford and turned north again, but the pursuers thought he had forded. The horse was later found at Good Hope and from that place he was traced to Roseville, where he was arrested, brought back to Macomb and sent to the penitentiary for three years. Up to this time the Maxwells were unknown, so to speak, being quiet and never having done anything to particularly attract attention except the one escapade of Ed's, and as he had offered no resistance at that time, his desperate character was unknown. After he had served his time, being released in 1876, he returned to this county and then commenced the worst reign of terror as to thievery this section as ever undergone. He had for a pal, a man supposedly named Post, but who, in fact, was his brother Lon. The two would steal a couple of horses and strike out through the county robbing houses. They scoured Emmet, Sciota, Blandinsville and Hire Townships, and continued their depredations on into Henderson and Hancock Counties. They would make a trip like Santa Claus, starting in the night, visiting nearly every house on their road, steal what they could and then disappear, selling the horses or turning them loose. They visited La Crosse in daylight, defied arrest, subdued the officer with their revolvers and left at their pleasure. On one of their last trips they stole two horses from E. S. Smith, a farmer of Sciota Township, the animals being found some time later near Hamilton, Ill., badly used up. They raided the houses of a John Isom, F. Ferris, S. B. Davis, L. English, James D. Griffith, and others, receiving a considerable amount, taking money from under the pillow at one place while a man was asleep. This last raid, however, awoke the community to a state of action and a man hunt was started, a reward of $500 being offered for their capture. The hunt was unsuccessful, however, but it served to keep them away until they were brought back in irons by an officer. For some time the outlaws eluded the officers but they heard from them occasionally. The Maxwells supposed the officers did not know Lon was the big man of the two, but thought they were looking for a man named Post. At last the officers received a tip that they were going down the Illinois River in a boat, so they waited for them at Beardstown. The boys landed there and Ed went uptown to buy some supplies, Lon remaining in the boat. The officers waited until Ed entered a store and they stepped in after him. They grabbed him when he was off his guard, but at that he put up a desperate fight, kicking, biting and cursing and it required the combined strength of three officers to hold him. At last he was ironed, however, and the others went after Lon. Lon was still in the boat and seeing the men, asked them if they did not want to buy the skiff they had attached to the other boat. They said that they did and came down to look at it, that giving them the desired opportunity. They jumped on Lon when he was not looking, but he grabbed a revolver and fired one shot but was disarmed before he could do any harm. An examination showed both boys to be heavily armed with revolvers and knives and they had rifles in the boat. At Bushnell they were ironed together but quietly slipping off their boots they made a dash for liberty while chained together, and it required about a seventy-five yard sprint by the officer to bring them back. They were then landed in jail without further trouble.

JARVIS, EDWARD TAYLOR, M.D., who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Macomb, Ill. was born just south of Tennessee, McDonough County, March 22, 1877, a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Royce) Jarvis. The mother of the subject of this sketch died when her son was only one year old. During his early youth he attended the district schools of his neighborhood, and then became a pupil in the high school, from which he was graduated in 1896. After teaching two years, he pursued a teacher's course in the Normal School at Macomb, receiving a first-grade certificate. Following this, he took a preparatory literary course in Chicago, and subsequently entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Illinois State University from which he was graduated with honors in 1904. After practicing his profession one year in Plymouth, Ill., he opened an office in Macomb in 1905, and considering the brevity of his professional career, has attained notable success. Dr. Jarvis is a member of the McDonough County, The Military Tract, and the Illinois State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. On September 21, 1804, Dr. Jarvis was united in marriage with Martha Esther Sapp, who was born in Birmingham, Schuyler County, Ill., and is the daughter of D. M. Sapp, a resident of Plymouth, Ill. On political issues, Dr. Jarvis maintains an independent position, using his best judgment in the exercise of the elective franchise. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Plymouth Lodge No. 888, I. O. O. F., and with the A. F. & A. M. JARVIS, JOHN F., who is successfully engaged in farming and fruit-raising in Chalmers Township, McDonough County, Ill., was born in Lamoine Township, this county, February 5, 1859, and there received an education in the public schools. He is a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Royce) Jarvis, the former a native of Indiana. John Jarvis, the paternal grandfather, was a Virginian, and Frank Royce, the grandfather on the mother's side, was born in Tennessee. John Jarvis located in Hancock County, Ill., in 1834. In 1842 he moved to McDonough County and entered seventy acres of Government land in Lamoine Township which ultimately came into the possession of Edward Jarvis. John F. Jarvis is the third of eight children, five of whom were boys. At the age of twenty-three years he left home and traveled about two years. On returning to McDonough County he applied himself to farming. In the fall of 1890 he bought 195 acres of land in Sections 29 and 32, Chalmers Township, where he carries on general farming. In 1897 he went into the fruit business, and has the largest apple orchard in the county, covering seventy-five acres. He also raises plums, peaches, pears, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. On September 20, 1883, Mr. Jarvis was married to Josephine Newell, who was born in McDonough County, and received her early education in the common school and the Macomb Normal School. Five children resulted from this union, namely: Robert, Mary, Arthur, Ora and Chester. Politically, Mr. Jarvis advocates the principles of the Prohibition party. His fraternal connection is with the M. W. A. PAMowinkel@aol.com wrote: > > Thanks, > I am researching the JARVIS family and various McDonough County people have > referred to information from that book. > > Pris