History of Galesburg, (Knox County) Illinois United States of America

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Newton Bateman, educator, was born in Fairfield, N.J., July 27, 1822. He was graduated from Illinois college in 1843; was principal of a select school in St. Louis, Mo., in 1845-'46; professor of mathematics in St. Charles college, Mo., from 1847 to 1851; superintendent of public schools in Jacksonville, Ill., from 1851 to 1857, and during three years of that time was county superintendent of schools of Morgan county; in 1858 was principal of Jacksonville female academy, and in the fall of that year was elected state superintendent of public instruction, holding that office for fourteen years. He was a member of the Illinois state board of health from 1877 to 1891, and a part of the time president of the board. He acted as president of Knox college from 1875 to 1893, and on his retirement was made president emeritus and professor of moral science. He died at Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 21, 1897.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Frederic Bancroft, librarian, was born in Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 30, 1860. He was graduated from Amherst college in 1882, studied law and political science at Columbia college, and went to Europe, where he spent a semester in G?ttingen university. After taking his degree he occupied two and a half years in the study of history, political economy and diplomacy at Berlin, Freiburg (Baden) and in the ?cole des Sciences Politiques at Paris. In Freiburg he was a special student in United States history of the historian Von Holst. In the spring of 1888 he was lecturing at Amherst college on the political history of the civil war and reconstruction, when he was appointed by Secretary Bayard the chief of the bureau of rolls and library in the department of state. In 1885 he printed for private circulation "The Negro in Politics, Especially in South Carolina and Mississippi." While in Berlin and Paris, he was the occasional correspondent of the New York Evening Post and the Epoch. In 1889 he won a prize lectureship in the Columbia school of political science, and lectured on the diplomatic history of the United States. Dr. Bancroft contributed to Harper's Weekly and to the Political Science Quarterly, and wrote a "Life of William H. Seward." He received the degrees of A.B., and A.M., from Amherst, that of Ph.D., from Columbia, in 1885, and LL.D., from Knox in 1900.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

William Livingston, educator, was born in Unity, N.H., Oct. 12, 1815; son of James and Hannah (Clifford) Livingston. His early life was spent on a farm and he was graduated from Norwich university in 1839 and taught school in Carendish and Unity Center. He received the fellowship of the Green Mountain association of Universalists in June, 1843; was ordained in Hartford, Vt., Jan. 8, 1846, and preached in various places in New Hampshire and Vermont. In 1855 he became professor of natural science at Lombard university, Galesburg, Ill.; was chosen provisional president in 1872 and financial secretary of the university in 1875. He was twice married, first in 1842 to Eliza A. Pierce, who died in 1855 and secondly in 1858 to Lucinda A. Stillman of Chillicothe, I11., who died in 1887. Mr. Livingston died at Galesburg, Ill., Dec. 29, 1879.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Charles A. Blanchard, educator, was born at Galesburg, Knox county, Ill., Nov. 8, 1848. He was educated at Wheaton (Ill.) college, of which his father was at that time president, graduating in 1870. For the two subsequent years he was general agent and secretary of the national Christian association, opposed to secret societies, and in this service lectured in nineteen different states and in Canada. He studied at the Chicago theological seminary, and was ordained pastor of the College church, Wheaton, in 1878, occupying the pulpit of this church for five years. He also preached statedly in the First Presbyterian church, Paxton, Ill., the Bridge street Congregational church, Streator, Ill., and for more than a year preached at the Chicago avenue church, Chicago, Ill. In 1872 he was made principal of the preparatory department of Wheaton college, and occupied the position until 1874, when he was appointed professor of English language and literature. In 1878 he was elected vice-president, and in 1882 president of the college. He received the degree of D.D. from Monmouth college, June, 1896.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor