, 1869-08-10

THE Hon. David ). Iknkcr, OF Iui-
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1ae Hon. David ). 1knkcr, OF Hi
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49,, ~ rnsats detpatch from Alton annonnces III
kcr, The father Of the ciiior oi tnis paper. II II
alta o. O'Clock sesserdaJ mornpgt nf drorq
hhu GENERA! Debility. Thus Ia gone tp his last EC
| ou!y few uore rcr0nin.
5aaGs Maksr was born IN the torn Of East Had
a nsn q 1n se , Seseah aay q ssrss
vas q years au', ii months. liz wss tho oAi,.s
son Of l,Ayze nnd Johanna l.akcr, md on bUtt
father on his fathers side, wa = soldier IN n,
WIZ Of Independence, and died from thu elects d
cruel treat1nent u British rtlsoprr At ~hp. W.
( Known rs tho "HsacE Hole Cf New ynrr III,
grandmother, on the same hide. wal Martha .Je u,
| rtt, Il natnt which !s familiar ID The grnra,0gir
ty a:A tEistoEy o. connes1!cuL His mother WIS .
naval officer, who commanded vessel during tht
Revolutionary war. ~-s~' = "'' ''''' '~l'
tier! In what IL now lnuw s Ess, Hppintjci.I. u,
that time a!rneft IN un',roktn wilderness. Tie
early ycaIA Of his life weT srtnt upo.i h!s fathers
fartn. large PARTON OF the ucd anrk beng done
NJ himself. Dul his hrasth becoming impaired! he
cnuccsed tho idea, n1atnst the retlonsttancc Ut
bR, however, TO the farf that tfetc were vcrJ II
common schools In Western New York, anu itnsc
nndcr the charge of Incompetent nachers and
that tfrrG waS nut 4 FtnKte acMtcInY In aI( ttHt
CountryWEfch afforded thu iac!ttcs for preparation
requisite 10 admission intn college he undertook
the f8Rk OF eeif-rrcpnrati0n, al the same tfne
that he taught q echoul to ie1ray fhr er
peuscs OF his proposed college coufNe. il.
~ ado1fttctj a. d 1uruI,sr Of lhe Sunf1nnTr cass
or Hamilton College in 1Si1 ana rraiinatrf in III
lie waa me flrsf nrrxon rni.,f m ali that lnt1n
;fics Of New Yort wrist 81 Genera. shmt fcrStnc s
mrr,lrr ~ an, ,.tl1.ns, MI, III. sun 4 th rst ..U.
,iian fioss ,nni cnt"r,.i iInmIj1nn t.nl,rur Frnn
during t,ts acat5cIatcaf cor.e. Jusire lSarcr VA.
a.Irndy pur1u!ng the study Of he law, having, ns
stT n str 7Hrnn .xch ;s1xa. ~ Ttrta.i,
Cnunts- anIi ufttrwnu,s n rnnntrT n, f.enrrnss
II tir rxurntion nf four TraF, tf s,,t1r th,. IL.
rrtrnc Cnrt Having rrnlttid flIrct nn ar4.nuut n
Tin COLLEGIATE rdncsttti f,r rerriyt.i Hcrnsn ~
practice his rrottrrltu, e1u h,. nj o1ce made un
L!s E,!aJ 10 tn bis ft{tu ae III the N+..i
I1l.u01s pA1 tatt lwc,, aIE;Ittc1j ~ :o,c ID tho
Cn!ptl. and he determined to make It his future
homc. lie married surah Trnncry Falrchi1i. at
t1enevn, on the 17th Of Uctotn.r fst9, and arrived
ii kaaEnsk.n IN Sustnber u lhc safI:c year, hay-
lnU 1tnltr the jpnr1,ry duHn the Dll.p ErGr q
IN. bout ut tar IA stu" ncesown. aid puraurti tho
"trnlt from there Rcru-4 the Stutc III hnrse,,art.
At tint time kasla4kia. wlnsc settlement dnscA
tatrk nutc tuHu u Ccuturr anu half.
Hux int ohly the cap1tal Of tho Stalo a. Ii
Ind trr, IF the 1,rr1tury 1nlt II way tt llTgrst
iuHu t,l thc 6tatc II MT III The West Thu greater
nart Of thr tnahitauts were the descendants Of
thr hn,.ty Errnrh nncets undrr !uSa1ip [trr.
xr E,,trrs HIrarcz I;r.,,er Iipct ami otflrrH
,rhn huH nlant,si sriftnuis Il, ttr Illinois colin
frl kI,i ntnont. ff1rsc uItaInt rr0p1c there had
rtmc ,e;t,n nv yenr, 1nnny ati5 cnturpus sp.fi,s
fr,m Erntnrky tirunin Trnnc.ut. mil Srw
rrr T7,,r r.s. nF,t t1,ns. n IL, Mi wfn nj - fa
n,,lHr w,;h ~. ht.,sry ri inr s,ut,.
T,o n,ef t.,n,,rr onrn. liz J.,.1rr I,nlrr In Ens-
ar,, ~ ,,s 10. nrs ~ a., a;,c,,nm.cr ~ nt r,n.,nu
n,t sn,,t 1,f r.ninnnf 1tJIl,nn, Mnr1son Hht, had