OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES: 1879 1889 1903 1911 1930 BIOGRAPHIES Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois A Tale of its Evolution, Settlement and Progress for nearly a Century -         Vols. I & 2 By Lottie E. Jones - Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z   EDWIN RANDALL.  For sixteen years Edwin Randall has now been a resident of Danville and during that time has become prominently identified with the industrial interests of the city, being today president of the company operating the Eureka Lumber & Planing Mills. He is of English birth, born in London, February 8, 1874, and is a son of James and Eliza (Reed) Randall, who spent their entire lives in that country. The father was a brick and tile manufacturer at Bedford, where he died May 18, 1892, but the mother is still living and continues to reside in England.      Edwin Randall was principally reared and educated in Bedford and remained a resident of his native land during his minority. It was in 1896 that he crossed the ocean and came to the United States, making his home in Danville since that time. For the first eight years of his residence here he engaged in farming in Newell township, Vermilion county, but in 1904 began contracting along building lines in Danville and two years later established the Eureka Lumber & Planing Mills, which were incorporated with Mr. Randall as president and treasurer; E. M. Watson, vice president; and Mrs. Randall as secretary. They manufacture all kinds of building material and employ on an average from eight to ten men. Their business has doubled each year from the beginning and their trade extends throughout the surrounding country.       Danville, March 1, 1898, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Randall and Miss Kate M. Gritton, a native of this county, and to them has been born one son, Harold, whose birth occurred in Danville, May 7, 1900. In religious faith they are Methodists and in his social relations Mr. Randall is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the One Hundred Thousand Club. Since becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States he has affiliated with the republican party but has taken no active part in politics aside from voting. He is a progressive, wide-awake business man of known reliability, and the success that has come to him is but the just reward of his own industry and good management.  Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 295   JOHN L. RANDOLPH, the proprietor of a general mercantile establishment at Humrick, has built up an extensive and profitable trade in this connection.  His birth occurred in Kansas on the 13th of July, 1882, his parents being L. A. and Martha J. Randolph, who were born in Ross county, Ohio, and Vermilion county, Indiana, respectively. The father, who has now lived in this county for twenty-three years, is a well known and highly esteemed resident of his community.      John L. Randolph, who is the only surviving member of a family of three children, attended the common schools in the acquirement of an education. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-five years of age or until 1907, when he started out as an agriculturist on his own account, operating a rented farm for one year.   In 1908 he embarked in business as a merchant and has since conducted a well appointed general store at Humrick. He carries a large and carefully selected line of goods, is reasonable in his prices and untiring in his efforts to please his customers.      On the 31st of March, 1907, Mr. Randolph was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Olive Ross, who was born in Vermilion county in January, 1886, her parents being George W. and Abigal Ross. The father is a native of Indiana, while the mother's birth occurred in this county. Both still survive and make their home on a farm in Vermilion county. Mrs. Randolph was one of a family of eight children and enjoyed the advantages of a high school education. Our subject and his wife now have one child, Estelle A., whose natal day was November 11, 1909.      Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Randolph has supported the men and measures of the democracy and at the present time he holds the office of township collector. Fraternally he is identified with the Tribe of Ben Hur at Humrick. In all the relations of life—business, political or social— he has maintained such a high standard of honor and integrity that he has won the respect, good will and confidence of those who, through daily intercourse with him, have come to know him well. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 615   DANIEL RICE.  Among the honored residents of Vermilion county, now deceased, Daniel Rice long occupied a prominent place. For forty-five years he lived in this county, coming from Kentucky at the time of the Civil war in order to secure protection for his family and being himself a valiant soldier in defense of the flag of the Union, although a native of a southern state and many of his friends in the southern army. He is remembered as a brave and sincere man, who knew no higher motive than duty and who did not hesitate in the hour of danger to cast his lot with the cause he believed to be true.      He was born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, October 24, 1820, and was a son of Elijah and Sarah (Rife) Rice, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia and of English and Swiss descent. The paternal grandfather, William Rice, was born near Centerville, Ohio, and was a son of James Rice who came from England and was the founder of the family in this country. He was one of the early settlers of Centerville and it is remembered that upon his one hundredth birthday a family reunion was held at the old home and in the course of the celebration the venerable man ran a foot race with Daniel, the subject of this review, then a boy of twelve or thirteen years, and came out ahead in the race. He lived to an extraordinary age and, according to the records of the family, he did not depart this life until after he had passed the one hundred and thirtieth mile stone, being entirely blind during the last fourteen years of his life. William Rice was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and also a well known frontiersman, who fought many battles with the Indians in Ohio. He nobly performed his part before he was called to his reward and was known as one of the bravest among all the frontiersmen in his region.      The parents of our subject were married in Kentucky, Mrs. Rice having removed to that state with her parents when a young lady, the family first settling in Lawrence county and later locating in Carter county. Mr. Rice died in 1850, at the age of sixty-five years. His wife subsequently came to Vermilion County, Illinois, and lived upon a farm near Fairmount until her death, which occurred in 1866, when she was sixty-nine years of age. She was the mother of thirteen children, twelve of whom-nine sons and three daughters grew to maturity.      Daniel Rice was reared amid the environment of pioneer life. His early home was in the Cumberland Mountains, then a wilderness, with few settlements and abounding in wild game. As he grew up he became an expert with the rifle, killing as many as six deer in a day, and, as he related in giving the reminiscences of his earlier life, he one day killed a bear and four of her cubs without assistance from any other person. The opportunities for education were extremely limited and in his case consisted principally of attendance for three months at a log schoolhouse under a teacher whose accomplishments were limited to the ability of being able to read and write. In the frontier environment he gained a love for animals, which was one of his lifelong characteristics, especially for the horse, which he regarded as one of the most useful friends of man.      Mr. Rice remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-five years of age, when he was married and began independently as a farmer, in which he continued until after the outbreak of the Civil war. His sympathies being with the Union, he proffered his services to the federal government and became a member of Company D, Twenty-second Kentucky Infantry, and October 21, 1861. He was mustered into service at Camp Swygert on the Ohio River and participated in various engagements in the eastern part of Kentucky. At Ashland, that state, he had a severe attack of measles and lay for a time at the point of death, but was finally sent home on a furlough, returning to his regiment at Baton Rouge in February, 1864. His health continued poor, however, and he received his honorable discharge from the army May 10, 1864, his war experience bringing on nervous prostration, from which he never entirely recovered. At the time of his furlough Mr. Rice brought his family to Vermilion County, but after his final discharge he visited Arkansas with a view of making a permanent location in that state. Conditions not appearing favorable, he returned to this county and located in Vance Township. In 1884 he removed to Slidell Township, where he lived until his death, which occurred January 31, 1908. He was for many years afflicted with partial blindness and for some time before his death was totally blind, but, notwithstanding the condition of his health and many difficulties which he was obliged to face at different times in his career, he was always a man of cheerful disposition, looking upon the bright side even when the clouds were darkest, and he became one of the successful farmers of this county.      In August, 1845, Mr. Rice was united in marriage to Miss Flora Ann Jordan, a native of Greenup county, Kentucky, who was eighteen years of age at the time of her marriage. She was the mother of six children: William J., Mary E., deceased; Albert R. U.; James G., a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; Edward A.; and Lernuel, deceased. After her death Mr. Rice was married to Mrs. Eliza Jane Moore, a daughter of William J. and Susan (Rawlings) Robertson. To this union five children were born: Martha A., Eliza J., John W., Elijah R. and Catherine. Mrs. Rice was born in Parke County, Indiana, and at seventeen was married to William H. Moore. Five children were the result of that union: Mary E., Charles A., Millie S., Reuben H. and William W.      Mr. Rice was a member of the Baptist church and of the Grand Army of the Republic and from the time of reaching his majority he was a supporter of the Democratic Party. As will readily be seen, he was a man of decided views, fearless and self-reliant, and a worthy representative of a family that has left its impress on American life. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 575 & 576, 577   DAVID A. RICHARDSON.  There is no biographical history in this volume that perhaps indicates more clearly the value of persistent, earnest effort intelligently directed than does that of David A. Richardson, who from his boyhood days has resided in this section of the state and has been closely identified with business affairs that have not only contributed to his individual prosperity but have also been elements in the material growth and progress of the community.      He was born in Monroe county, Indiana, July 27, 1859, and his parents, Abraham and Elizabeth A. (Baultinghouse) Richardson, were also natives of the same county where they were reared and married. They began their domestic life upon a farm in that county, where they resided until 1868, and then came to Illinois, settling three miles south of Sidell, in Edgar county, where the father purchased a small farm, upon which he made his home until his death November 18, 1890. His widow is still living, in her seventy-sixth year and resides on the old homestead. Mr. Richardson was a democrat in his political views but never aspired to office, preferring to perform his public duties as a private citizen. He held membership in the Church of Christ, of which Mrs. Richardson is also a consistent member.      David A. Richardson was reared upon the home farm, coming with his parents to Illinois at the age of nine years. He acquired his education in the public schools and worked upon the farm for his father and also as a farm hand in the employ of others until his twenty-first year. In the spring prior to the attainment of his majority he secured a clerkship in a general store in the village of Palermo, Edgar county, occupying that position for five years,. after which he went to Danville and began clerking in a clothing store. A year later, the railroad having been built from Olney to Sidell, Mr. Richardson went to Hildreth, where he engaged in the grain business, meeting with success in the undertaking from the beginning. He remained at that place for seventeen years, his business steadily increasing throughout the entire period.      He then sold his business and after a residence in Danville of two years came to Sidell, where he organized the First National Bank, which three years later he sold to the private bank of Alexander & Cathcart. The new institution was incorporated under the name of the First National Bank. Since Mr. Richardson disposed of his banking interests he has devoted his time and attention to the supervision of his property. He is today the owner of one thousand acres of land in Edgar county, just across the Vermilion county line, having made extensive and judicious investments in farm lands as his financial resources have increased, so that he receives a splendid income therefrom.      Mr. Richardson was married in 1887 to Miss Clara Loftin of Indianapolis and unto them were born three children, of whom one is yet living, Benjamin F., who is attending the University of Illinois at Urbana.  Mrs. Richardson pursued an academic course in the Indianapolis high school and a classical course at the Sisters of Providence, graduating from the latter in 1886. She is a daughter of Dr. Sample and Margaret Jane (Patterson) Loftin, natives of North Carolina and Rush county, Indiana, respectively. The father was born June 19, 1823, and at a very early age removed to Indiana, where he was reared upon a farm and received a good common-school education. Later he entered Rush Medical College, Chicago, and after his graduation engaged in the practice of medicine in Marion county, Indiana. He was also interested in the pork-packing business and in that way made his fortune. In 1876 he was elected treasurer of Marion county but would never accept any other office as his business occupied his entire time. Mrs. Richardson is the youngest of his six children, the others being Mrs. Julia Hall, Melvin Loftin, Mrs. Martha Condemn, Mrs. Ada Jones and Mrs. Laura Mann.      In his political views Mr. Richardson is a stalwart republican but has never been an office seeker. He has served, however, as an alderman at various times and the duties of his position have been discharged with promptness and fidelity. He belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, and he and his wife are members of the Christian church—associations which indicate much of the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 519   WILLIAM F. RIEKER is one of Danville's representative citizens, now serving as captain of No. 4 Company of the fire department. He was born in this city on the 7th of February, 1878, and is a son of John C. and Katherine (Joh) Rieker, both natives of Germany. The father came to the new world in early life and in 1867 took up his residence in Danville, where for many years he was successfully engaged in business as a contractor. It was in Baltimore, Maryland, that he was married, his wife having come to the United States with her parents in 1855 when only three years old. Unto them were born four children who reached years of maturity, three sons and one daughter, namely: William F., of this review; Charles; Louis; and Katherine.      After completing his education in the public schools of Danville William F. Rieker worked for his father in the contracting business for some time. In 1901 he opened a grocery store on South Gilbert street, which he still owns but which is now managed by his brother Louis. In 1903 he was appointed a member of the fire department and served as fireman for two years, after which he retired and again turned his attention to the grocery business. In 1908 he was reappointed as captain of No. 4 company and has since filled that position in a most creditable and acceptable manner in politics he is an ardent democrat and is a recognized leader of the party in the second ward. In 1898 he enlisted as a member of Battery A and served throughout the Spanish-American war,. being stationed at Porto Rico and elsewhere. Although still a young man he has already gained for himself an enviable position in public affairs and is widely and favorably known throughout this his native city. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. I. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page  769 - Contributed by Mary Paulius   Newell Twp. - JACOB ROBERTSON, State Line, Indiana, farmer, was born in Newel1 township, Vermilion county, Illinois, on the 22d of September, 1848, and is a son of Zachariah and Abigal (Starr) Robertson.  He was married on the 6th of February, 1872, to Melissa Brittingham, who was born on the 24th of November; 1848.  He has one child, Hallie Gertrnde.  Mr. Robertson is an independent in politics, and in religion a Methodist. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. I. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 259   ROBERT R. RODMAN is serving for the second term as city attorney of Hoopeston, in which connection he is doing much to sustain the reputation which this enterprising little city has long borne for morality and strict enforcement of the law. He does not fear to risk his political possibilities by the faithful performance of duty in behalf of law and order and that he has the support of the best citizens is indicated in the fact of his reelection. Vermilion county may be proud to number him among her native sons. His birth occurred in Grant township, September 16, 1883.      His father, Samuel A. Rodman, was a resident farmer of Grant township, long numbered among the respected and valued citizens of the community. He married Josephine Nelson and unto them were born nine children, of whom seven are yet living. William, a native of this county and now railway mail clerk residing in St. Paul, is also a landowner in Canada and North Dakota. He served as a member of the Fifty-second Iowa Infantry during the Spanish-American war and married Miss Louise Davis; Hattie, also a native of this county, is at home with her parents; Harry, who married Delia Newbern, is a farmer residing at Luverne, Minnesota; Oscar is deceased; Frank, who wedded Mary Burnison, follows agricultural pursuits near Alpena, South Dakota; Nellie is at home; Walter follows farming on the old home place in Grant township. He attended the State University, from which he received a certificate, and is an expert judge of horses.      Robert R. Rodman, reared upon the old homestead farm, pursued his early education in the district schools of Grant township and afterward entered the Hoopeston high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903, when twenty years of age. Determining upon a professional career, he took up the study of law at the University of Illinois and was graduated with the class of 1906. Following his graduation he came to Hoopeston, where he entered upon active practice and in 1907 was elected city attorney. So capably did he fill the office that on the expiration of his two years' term he was reelected and is therefore the present incumbent. His work for the strict enforcement of the law has won the commendation of all those who have regard for the fair name of Hoopeston. He regards his oath of office as something sacred and obligatory. At a recent date he was concerned in an attempt to suppress lawlessness among those who do not regard the liquor laws as binding. It seems that J. Frank Snively and others had induced two boys to fix up a so-called "club room" and therein gambling and drinking were the principal features of entertainment. There was no light in the room from outside, this being furnished by electric bulbs, and entrance and exit to the rooms were by an outside stairway at the rear of the building. City authorities became suspicious of the place and the city marshal, two of the aldermen and City Attorney Rodman planned to suppress the evil that was there going on. A hole was drilled through the brick wall of the basement and this furnished evidence of the character of the place. Money was seen to change hands over the gambling table and liquors were in constant use. At length a raid was made upon the place with the results that arrests and fines followed. It is the intention of the authorities of Hoopeston to permit no such lawlessness being carried on and City Attorney Rodman will push matters to the limit if tangible evidence is furnished him. He is an earnest and discriminating student of the law and is making substantial progress in his chosen profession, so that there is no hesitancy in predicting for him a successful future. Aside from his law practice he is a stockholder in the Hoopeston National Bank.      On the 16th of June, 1910, Mr. Rodman was married in Wellington, Illinois, to Miss Lillia H. Mclntyre, a native of Canada, born at St. Johns, New Brunswick, July 26, 1884, and a daughter of James Mclntyre. The young couple are socially prominent in the city, where they have many friends. In politics Mr. Rodman is a republican and an earnest worker in the party. His military experience has been with Company B of the Third Regiment, Illinois National Guard, of which he served as corporal for one year and three months. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America, is in thorough sympathy with the projects of the Commercial Club for the upbuilding and improvement of Hoopeston and as a member takes an active part in the work of the organization. He also belongs to the Vermilion County Bar Association and is a member of the honorary law fraternity of the University of Illinois. He attends the Presbyterian church and as a young man has made a creditable record, showing that he is fearless and courageous in support of his honest convictions and in the performance of his duties. Such a man deserves to prosper and should receive the support of the public in this connection. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 608   SAMUEL A. RODMAN, a prosperous and esteemed resident of Grant township, owns and operates a well improved farm comprising a quarter section of land. His birth occurred in Muskingum county, Ohio, on the 4th of November, 1842, his parents being Scamon and Eliza (Wolfe) Rodman, who were natives of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and Virginia respectively. Their marriage was celebrated in the Buckeye state. The father removed to Ohio in the year 1820 and entered twelve hundred acres of timber land. He erected a log cabin with clapboard roof and puncheon floor and continued to reside on his farm there until 1851, when he journeyed westward to McLean county, Illinois. There he purchased a partly improved farm of two hundred acres, paying seventeen hundred and fifty dollars for the property. On that place he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Scamon Rodman was a republican in his political views and a native worker in the local ranks of the party. He was an admirer and friend of Abraham Lincoln. His religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Methodist Protestant church. Unto him and his wife were born ten children, nine of whom are yet living.      Samuel A. Rodman supplemented his preliminary education by a college course and remained at home until he joined the Union army in 1862, becoming a member of Company D, Ninety-fourth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for three years. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the Red River expedition and many other hotly contested engagements and also accompanied Sherman on a portion of his march to the sea. After being mustered out at Galveston, Texas, he returned to his home in McLean county, Illinois, remaining with his father until the time of his marriage in 1867. Subsequently he operated a rented farm for three years and then acted as a railroad agent for a similar period. In 1876 he came to Vermilion county, Illinois, purchasing and locating upon a farm of eighty acres in the southern part of Grant township, whereon he made his home for three years. On the expiration of that period he sold the property and bought the farm of one hundred and sixty acres which has remained his place of abode continuously since. The many substantial improvements which now adorn the property all stand as monuments to his industry, thrift and enterprise. He likewise owns a quarter section of land in Jerauld county, South Dakota, which is under a high state of cultivation. He also owns some city property in Hoopeston and has long been numbered among the prosperous and representative residents of the community. In the conduct of his agricultural interests he has met with excellent results by reason of his well directed energy and capable business management.      On the 13th of October, 1867, Mr. Rodman was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Nelson, who was born in Richland county, Ohio, in 1848, her parents being James E. and Mary Jane (Boslaw) Nelson, natives of New York and Wisconsin respectively. They reared a family of ten children and passed away in the state of Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rodman have been born nine children, namely: Hattie, who is still at home; William S., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who is in the mail service; Harry S., who follows farming in Minnesota; Nellie, likewise at home; Oscar O., who was born on the 9th of August, 1878, and died on the 4th of November, 1909, leaving a widow and one son, Donald; Frank L., living in South Dakota; Robert R., a practicing attorney of Hoopeston; Walter W., who is likewise yet under the parental roof; and one who died in infancy.      Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Rodman has loyally supported the men and measures of the republican party. He has held several township positions and has always proved a most capable and trustworthy public official. The period of his residence in Vermilion county covers a third of a century and he has a wide and favorable acquaintance within its borders, enjoying the confidence and trust of all with whom business or social relations have brought him in contact. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. II. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 504   DR. T. H. RUNYON      To no profession as much as to the medical does the health and happiness of a community owe its existence, and of this profession Dr. T. H. Runyon has been a successful and prominent representative for more than four decades. One of Kentucky's contributions to the citizenship of Illinois, he was born in Mason county on the 25th of April, 1831, a son of Daniel and Ruth (Robison) Runyon, both natives of that state, where their entire lives were spent. He was the youngest in a family of nine children, and has two sisters still surviving, the elder being now in her ninety-fourth year.      Reared in his native state, Dr. T. H. Runyon is indebted to the public schools of Kentucky for his early educational privileges, and after his graduation there from, when but eighteen years of age, he entered upon a medical course at Cincinnati, Ohio. Later he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he was graduated with the class of 1855, after which he located for practice at Mays Lick, Kentucky, where he remained for four years. At the expiration of that period he went to Louisiana and was there engaged in the practice of his profession until the opening of the Civil war, when, laying aside all personal interests, he joined the southern army, enlisting as a private in Company F., Louisiana Cavalry.  Later he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and participated in many of the important and hotly contested battles of the war, including Chickamauga, Mills Springs, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and many others.  He served throughout the entire period of hostilities and was mustered out at Holly Springs, Mississippi, with a most creditable military record.      After the close of the war Dr. Runyon returned to Kentucky and resumed the practice of his chosen calling, there remaining until 1869, in which year he came to Catlin, Illinois, and practiced here until 1875, when he went to Florida and there opened an office. Later he went to McLean County, Illinois, locating at Normal, and after spending four years in that city went to Perrysville, Indiana, where he remained a similar period, after which he again came to Catlin and has since practiced here. He has been accorded a good patronage, for his thorough preparatory training, supplemented by many years of practical experience, has made him a valuable member of the medical fraternity. He has ever recognized the responsibilities that devolve upon him in his chosen calling and has been most conscientious in the discharge of all duties connected therewith, so that he has won the trust and confidence of a large patronage. Although he has almost reached the eightieth milestone on life's journey he yet remains the loved family physician of many households and is recognized as one of the well known and able physicians of Catlin.      It was in 1868 that Dr. Runyon was united in marriage to Miss Cora L. Triplett, a native of Kentucky, who passed away in 1880. By her marriage she had become the mother of six children, namely: William H.; Kate L., the wife of Albert Olmsted, of Louisiana; Clay T., a resident of Kingfisher, Oklahoma; and three who have now passed away, the fourth and fifth in order of birth being twins. After the death of his first wife Dr. Runyon was again united in marriage, his second union being with Miss Tilly A. Onley, the ceremony being celebrated in 1883. She is a native of London, England, and a daughter of Richard Onley.      The Doctor and his wife hold membership in the Church of Christ, the teachings of which form the guiding influences in their lives and in the work of which they are deeply interested. In his fraternal relations Dr. Runyon is identified with the Masonic order, holding membership in the blue lodge, in which he has filled part of the chairs, and is also one of the charter members of the Odd Fellow lodge of Catlin. Politically he gives his support to the Democratic Party but has never desired nor sought office as a reward for party fealty, preferring to concentrate his time and energies upon his professional duties. Although he has long since passed the Psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten, he is still an active worker in the world's work. A man of high and pure ideals, he is well fitted to fill the intimate place which is naturally that of a family physician in any community, and in all relations of life, whether private, public or professional, he has been found a citizen of genuine worth. Source: The History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Vol. I. By Lottie E. Jones -Publ. Chicago - Pioneer Publishing Company  - 1911 - Page 174 - Submitted by Mary Paulius NOTES:

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