Charles R. Scofield

As printed in 1894

HARLES JOSIAH SCOFIELD is one of the I C most prominent attorneys in the State, and is now serving as Judge of the Sixth Judicial L strict of Illinois. Hancock County has no more highly-respected citizen, and that he has won a foremost place among his professional brethren is shown by the fact that when he was elected to his present office, he was the youngest Circuit Judge in the country. He was born in Carthage, Hancock County, on Christmas Day, 1853, and is a son of Charles R. and Elizabeth Scofield. His father was born in De Wittville, Chautauqua

County, N. Y., and was a son of Darius and Sallie (Glenny) Scofield, the former a native of Stamford, Conn., and the latter of the city of Newry, Ireland. The mother of our subject was born in Kentucky, was of Scotch-Irish lineage, and was the daughter of Harrison and Alice Crawford.

Charles R. Scofield died when his son Charles was only three years of age, being then in the prime of life. He had studied law, and about 1 85 1 began its practice. His ability and talent were rapidly winning for him prominence in his profession, but after five years of successful practice he was cut off by the hand of death. After losing her husband, Mrs. Scofield with her two children went to live with her father. The second son is Hon. T. J. Scofield, now Assistant Attorney-General of Illinois. He, too, has won success as a lawyer, and has a large practice in Quincy, where he lives with his wife and six children.

The Judge spent the greater part of his childhood and youth upon his grandfather's farm, about a mile from the city. His early education was acquired in the common schools, but he afterward pursued a three-years course in a college, from which he was graduated at the age of seventeen. When he was twenty years of age, the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him. Soon after his literary education was completed, he began teaching, and for three years had charge of the High School in Carthage. The profession to which his family had furnished several representatives attracted him, and during vacations he studied law in the office of his uncle, the Hon. Bryant T. Scofield, one of the ablest lawyers of the Bar of Hancock County. In the same office were William C. Hooker and George Edmunds. At the age of twenty-one, he was admitted to the Bar, and a few months thereafter was appointed Master in Chancery, which office he held for nearly ten years, or until his election to the Bench. When thirty-one years of age, he became one of the Judges of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and on the expiration of his first term of six years was elected his own successor. He has also held court at many points outside of his circuit, among them

Chicago, Galesburg and Morrison. In June, 1893, he was appointed by the Supreme Court as one of the Judges of the Appellate Court for the Fourth District.

On the 12th of September, 1876, Mr. Scofield was united in marriage with Miss Rose Spitler, an adopted daughter of Dr. Adam Spitler, of Carthage. Mrs. Scofield is a woman of more than ordinary intelligence, and is an active worker in the cause of Christ. As President of the District Christian Woman's Board of Missions, she has done very efficient and satisfactory work in arousing and developing an interest in the missionary field.

Judge Scofield is a member of the Christian Church, and in connection with his labors as lawyer and Judge, he has served as pastor of the church in Carthage for fifteen years, his labors being performed without remuneration. His time and talent he gives to the cause, and during his pastorate the church membership has been increased from fifty to three hundred. He has also engaged to some extent in literary work, and is the author of an able volume, which was written to show some of the evils arising directly and indirectly from the liquor traffic. It was published in November, 1891, under the title of "A Subtle Adversary," and has had a large sale. It is frequently spoken of as "the Uncle Tom's Cabin of temperance reform, " and has been classed with Dickens' ' 'David Copperfield ' and Wallace's ' 'Ben Hur," as among the greatest works of fiction in the English language.

As a jurist, the Judge ranks among the best in the entire country. Few decisions of his are ever reversed, and he has the entire confidence of the Bar, not only in his own district, but wherever known. As a minister of the Gospel, he is eloquent, forcible and logical. His legal studies have helped in the last direction. A firm believe in the Divine revelation, he does not hesitate to express his views fearlessly and intelligently upon disputed points among the higher and other critics. His Christianity none doubts, and he has the confidence and friendship of all of his religious neighbors without regard to creed. As a citizen, no one is held in higher esteem. His advice and counsel are sought by political friend and foe, by rich and poor, by the ignorant and learned, because they know their confidence will never be betrayed, and any advice given will come from an honest heart. Socially, Mr. Scofield is a member of the Independent Order of Mutual Aid, and of the Knights of Pythias. In his political views. he is a Democrat, and on that ticket was elected to the Bench, although he received the votes of many of other parties.

lILLIAM H. HAINLINE is one of the leading citizens of Macomb. He is now serving as its Mayor, and is the editor and proprietor of the Macomb Journal. He is also one of the honored veterans of the late war, and his loyalty to his country is as manifest in days of peace as it was when he followed the Old Flag on the field of battle. Born in Emmett Township, McDonough County, on the 29th of July, 1841, he is a son of John D. and Margaret A. (Douthitt) Hainline, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. The grandfather, George W. Hainline, was also born in that State, and the great-grandfather of our subject removed from North Carolina to Kentucky in company with Daniel Boone. He was of German descent. He fought in the Indian wars with Boone, and lived to the ripe old age of eighty-five years. In 1838 the grandfather came to Illinois, where his death occurred in 1867. The maternal grandfather of W. H. Hainline was Lewis Douthitt. He, too, was a native of Kentucky, but because he was a Union man, he was driven out of that State during the war, and came to McDonough County. Later, however, he returned to his old home, where his last days were passed. He was a farmer and tanner, and owned about twenty slaves, which were free through the emancipation proclamation. His death occurred when about ninety years of age.

John D. Hainline, father of our subject, came to Illinois in 1838, and located in what was then known as the Spring Creek settlement, where he has since made his home. Throughout life he has followed the occupation of farming, and thereby acquired a comfortable competence. During the time of the Mormon troubles he aided in driving them from Nauvoo. An honored pioneer of the county for more than fifty-five years, he has witnessed its growth and upbuilding, and has ever borne his part in its development. His wife died in November, 1869, at the age of fifty-one, in the faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. They had a family of eleven children, five sous and six daughters, but only six of the number are now living, namely: W. H., of this sketch; Flora A., wife of Marcellus Shryack, of Warrensburg, Mo.; Isabel, wife of Capt. B. A. Griffith, of Sciota; John Q., of Hire Township; Andrew J., of Macomb; and May, wife of William Stick - lenx, also of Hire Township, McDonough County. His eldest brother, George L. Hainline, fell dead by his side, shot through the head, at the battle of Bentonville, N. C, March 21, 1865.

In taking up the personal history of our subject, we present to our readers the life record of one of the native sons of McDonough County. He was reared to manhood under the parental roof, and the common schools afforded him his educational privileges. He continued at home until 1859, when, at the age of seventeen years, attracted by the discoveryof gold at Pike's Peak, he made a trip to that place, returning in the autumn. He then continued to engage in farm labor upon the old homestead until the beginning of the late war. Scarcely had the echo of Ft. Sumter's guns ceased to reverberate, when he offered his sen-ices to the Government, enlisting April 19, 1861, as a member of Company A, Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. After about three years he re-enlisted, January i, 1864, and continued in the service until after the close of the war. He participated in the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, the siege of Corinth, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Sherman's celebrated march to the sea, and the Carolina campaign, ending in the engagement at Bentonville, which was the last and most terrible battle in which his regiment participated. He was captured at Peach Tree Creek, and was in

Andersonville Prison for sixty days, but by a special exchange he was returned to his regiment. During the last three years of his service, he held the rank of Corporal. Always faithful to his duty, he was a valiant defender of the Old Flag and the cause it represented. On the 8th of July, 1865, he was mustered out.

When the country no longer needed his services, Mr. Hainline returned home, and was soon afterward elected County Treasurer. The office was entirely unsought by him, and he was the first Republican ever elected to that office in the county. On the expiration of his two-years term, he became interested in the drug business with P. H. Delaney, but after four years he sold out, and in June, 1870, purchased a half-interest in the Macomb Journal, owned by B. R. Hampton. This connection continued until 188 1, when he bought out Mr. Hampton's interest. He was then alone in business until 1884, when a stock company was formed, but Mr. Hainline has continued as its editor and publisher.

On the 1 6th of June, 1866, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Victoria, daughter of Jacob and Mary CMiller) Shleich, of Wurtemberg, Germany. Two children were born to them, Maud L. and Mildred D. The former is the wife of Wade W. Meloan, a lawyer of Macomb, and they have one child, William. Millie is the wife of E. T. Walker, Cashier of the Citizens' Bank of Macomb, and they have a daughter, Caroline. Mrs. Hainline, who was a member of the German Reformed Church, died on the 24th of February, 1874. Mr. Hainline was again married, January 24, 1879, his second union being with Miss Catherine L. Vorhees, daughter of Francis and Jane (Leslie) Vorhees, of Kingston, N. Y. They have two children, Jean L. and Andrew L.

Mr. Hainline takes considerable interest in civic societies, and belongs to Macomb Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; the Knights of Pythias fraternity; Mc- Donough Post No. 103, G. A. R.; the Independent Order of Mutual Aid; the Modern Woodmen of America; and the Home Forum. In politics, he is a stalwart supporter of the Republican party and its principles, is a member of the State Central Committee, and does all in his power to aid in the growth and insure the success of the Republican party. He has been honored with various offices. He served as Alderman of the First Ward in 1868 and 1869, was a member of the Board of Supervisors for three years, and in 1893 was elected Mayor of Macomb, which position he is now filling with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. The standing of the Nla-corah Journal is well known, it being recognized as one of the best papers in this part of the State. Its editor is also well known, and fewcitizens of McDonough County have more friends than Mr. Hainline, a popular and genial gentleman, who has gained the respect and good-will of all with whom business or social relations have brought him in contact.

(T E. LANE is one of Macomb's well-known I citizens. He is now serving as County Clerk O of McDonough County, a position which he has filled for some time. His life record is as follows: A native of Kentucky, he was born in Russell County, on the ist of October, 1834, and is a son of Gholson and Mary (Janes) Lane, both of whom were also natives of the same State. He was only one year old when, in 1836, his parents emigrated to Illinois, and took up their residence in Industry Township, McDonough County. The days of his boyhood and youth were quietly passed, and the public schools afforded him his educational privileges.

Mr. Lane watched with interest the course of events which threatened to culminate in war, and after Ft. Sumter had been fired upon and the dissolution of the Union was threatened, he responded to the call for troops, enlisting in April, 1 86 1, as a private of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. He served in the ranks until 1862, when he was appointed First Sergeant of Company A, and continued in that capacity until June 20, 1864, when, his three-years term having expired, he was honorably discharged and returned to Macomb. He was a faithful soldier, and for a long period did arduous service at the front. His first campaign was in Missouri, and included many skirmishes, and the siege of Bird's Point and battle at New Madrid. At the latter point, the Tenth and Sixteenth Illinois Regiments captured five thousand men, with their entire equipment and munitions. The Sixteenth was in the reserve forces at Ft. Donelson and Pittsburg Landing, and marched from the latter point to Nashville, Tenu., where it spent the winter of 1862-63; it continued as a part of the Fourteenth Army Corps, in the Army of the Cumberland, and Mr. Lane was mustered out at Rossville, Ga., June 20, 1864, having taken part in the battles of Buzzard's Roost and vicinity, embracing a week's fighting in northern Georgia.

Shortly after Mr. Lane's return, he was married, on the 20th of October, 1864, to Miss Josie A. Kendrick, daughter of W. H. Kendrick, of this city. Unto them has been born a son, Frank A., who is now engaged in the practice of dentistry in Macomb.

Mr. Lane has been honored with various official positions since his residence here. In May, 1865, he was appointed City Marshal, Assessor and Collector, and was re-appointed the next year, serving two years. In December, 1866, he received the appointment of Deputy Sheriff under Col. Sam. Wilson, and continued to fill that office two years, and in the fall of 1868 he was elected County Sheriff for a term of two years. When that term had expired, he left Illinois and, in the fall of 1870, purchased a farm in Carroll County, Mo., which he operated until 1872. On the 24th of December of that year, he returned to Macomb, and on the 16th of January following purchased the interest of S. L. Babcock in a grocery store. Having formed a partnership with Joseph Updegraff, the firm of Updegraff & Lane continued in the grocer)- business for about a year, when the senior partner retired. Mr. Lane was then alone for about a year, when he admitted G. W. Pace to partnership. The new firm successfully carried on operations until the fall of 1877, when they sold out.

In the spring of 1866 Mr. Lane was elected Constable, and was re-elected, holding the posi- 3i3 tion continuously until 1890, except during the two years he was Sheriff. In December, 1870, he was appointed Deputy Sheriff by Fred Newland, and was re-appointed in 1882 to serve four years. He is now holding the office of County Clerk, to which he was elected in November, 1890. Mr. Lane has a wide acquaintance throughout McDonough County, and has many friends in Macomb.

As printed in Portrait and biographical record of Hancock, McDonough and Henderson counties, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county (1894). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.