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• Hij is geboren op 19 februari 1790 in Moylarg, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland.
• Hij is overleden op 20 maart 1872 in Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, hij was toen 82 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in Caledonia Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois.
• Een kind van Andrew Wylie en Elizabeth Gaston
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 21 juli 2015.

Gezin van Rev. Samuel Wylie [A 56 Bio]

Hij is getrouwd met Margaret Mary Milliken.

Zij zijn getrouwd na 1820.

Kind(eren):

1. William Theodore Wylie  ± 1829-???? 

Notities over Rev. Samuel Wylie [A 56 Bio]

History of the Presbyterian Church in the state of Illinois
By Augustus Theodore Norton
p52
Illinois occupied by whites, were the American bottom from Kaskaskia to Cahokia inclusive, and some settlements on and near the bluff bordering that bottom for the same distance. The whole number, including French and Americans, was something above two thousand. Of these about twelve hundred were French. The negroes numbered about two hundred, the greatest part of whom were slaves.
Kaskaskia had then about five hundred inhabitants. Of these only six or eight families were Americans.
Across the river from Kaskaskia, and directly east of that village, was a neighborhood which is now the territory of Pleasant Ridge Church, in which, in 1800, were a few American families, among them the family of Robert Reynolds, the father of Governor John Reynolds. The family of Joseph Heard, from Virginia, came in iSoi. They crossed the Ohio from Kentucky and traveled overland from river to river, finding neither house, bridge nor ferry for the whole distance, upwards of one hundred miles. They settled in that neighborhood because it was near Kaskaskia, at that time the largest and best known place in the Valley of the Mississippi. Joseph Heard was the grand-father of the present Mrs. Wm. H. Mann, of Pleasant Ridge Church.
This is Governor Reynolds' account of his first view of Kaskaskia. It was in the spring of 1800, when he was a little past twelve years of age: " When we approached the high bluffs east of Kaskaskia, we halted our traveling caravan and surveyed with wonder and-delight the prospect before us. The eye ranged up and down the American bottom for many miles, and the whole landscape lay, as it were, at our feet. The river bluff rose two hundred feet or more
; above the bottom, and the prairie lay extended before our
view, covered with horses and cattle grazing on it. The Mississippi could be seen in places through the forest of cottonwood trees skirting its banks, and the ancient village of Kaskaskia presented its singular form and antique construction to our sight. The ancient cathedral stood a venerable edifice in the heart of the village, with its lofty steeple and large bell. Around the village were numerous camps and lodges of the Kaskaskia Indians, still retaining much of their original savage independence.
" The large common field, with a fence stretched across from the Kaskaskia river to the Mississippi, extended on one side of the village; and the commons, covered with cattle, KASKASKIA. 51
on the other. Near the bluff, on which we stood, the Kaskaskia river wended its way south, and entered the Mississippi six miles below the village of Kaskaskia.
"This %vas our first sight of civilization in Illinois; and it was so strange and uncouth to us, that if we had been landed on another planet we would not have been more surprised. The Kaskaskia Indians were numerous and still retained some of their savage customs. Many of the young warriors were painted and decorated with their gaudy and fantastic attire. Feathers of birds were tied in their hair, and sometimes the horns of animals were attached to their heads. They galloped in this fantastic dress around our encampment."
In that year—1800—the Territory of Indiana was organized from the Northwestern Territory, and included the present States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. William Henry Harrison was appointed Governor, and Vincennes was made the capital.
In 1809, Illinois Territory was organized, and included the country now constituting the States of Illinois and Wisconsin. Ninian Edwards was made Governor, and Kaskaskia was the seat of government.
The first Legislative Assembly of Illinois Territory convened at Kaskaskia, Nov. 25, 1812. It consisted of twelve members, five Senators and seven Representatives. They all boarded at one hotel and lodged, it is said, in the same room.
Illinois became a State December 3, 1818. The first State Legislature convened at Kaskaskia soon after. About its last act was the law removing the seat of government to Vandalia.
We will now trace, so far as possible, the religious history of Kaskaskia. From the beginning and down until about 1800 the only religion known there was that of Rome. Robert Morrison and John Edgar were in Kaskaskia in 1800. Their wives subsequently became members of the Presbyterian Church of the place.
Samuel J. Mills and John F. Schermerhorn were sent out by the Massachusetts Missionary Society in 1812 to explore, preach and look after the interests of the Bible cause in the West and Southwest. They touched Illinois Territory only at Fort Massac.
In 1814 the same Samuel J. Mills and his associate, Daniel Smith, were sent out by the same society, as related in chapter I.
Rev. Timothy Flint was sent West by the Connecticut Missionary Society in 1815. He started with his family from New England Oct. 4, of that year. The next winter they passed in Cincinnati. April 12, 1816, they started on a keel-boat, between eighty and ninety feet long, for St. Louis. On the 28th they reached the mouth of the Ohio. From thence up the Mississippi to St. Louis, where they arrived May 24, occupied twenty-six days. They did not stop at Kaskaskia, but in relating the events of the voyage, Mr. Flint made these remarks: " We noticed the Kaskaskia, a river which runs through the central and best parts of Illinois. It passes by a town of its own name, one of the oldest French establishments out of Canada, in North America. It is said to be older than Philadelphia. It is a pleasant village, was then the seat of government and issued a weekly paper." Mr. Flint and Salmon Giddings reached St. Louis near the same time—Mr. Giddings April 6, Mr. Flint May 24, 1816.
On Sabbath, Oct. 27, 1816, Mr. Giddings preached in Kaskaskia. Here he met Rev. Samuel Thornton Scott, of Vincennes, or Indiana Church, near Vincennes.
Rev. Benjamin Low appears to have been in Kaskaskia in the latter part of 1817. He says of the place : " Of the five hundred inhabitants of Kaskaskia, one-half [doubtless four-fifths.—N.] were French and Roman Catholics. Among the other half were six professors of religion—two Presbyterians, two Methodists, one Congregationalist, and one Seceder. The Sabbath was scarcely recognized; yet many families in the town were anxious for the gospel."
Rev. David Tenney began his labors in the region of Kaskaskia early in the summer of 1819, and connected with the Presbytery of Missouri. In the latter part of October of the same year his course was brought to a close. He died and was buried in the bounds of Shoal Creek Church, Bond county.
There was another ministerial laborer about this time at Kaskaskia, viz: Rev. Samuel Wylie, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. His labors will best be described by an extract of a letter from himself to Mrs. S. J. Leavenworth, of Dongola, 111. It is dated Eden, Randolph county, June II, 1871:
" I was sent a missionary to Illinois, to Randolph county

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and vicinity, in 1818. The same year* your parents (Chauncy T. and Mrs. Permelia Burr) removed from Connecticut to Kaskaskia. I was partially acquainted with your father, but more particularly with Mrs. Burr. She was one of God's children— one of God's precious ones. At that time there were few in Kaskaskia to favor religion. The professed religion was mostly that of the Church of Rome. The Catholics had their antiquated chapel and priest, and Sabbath morning services until eleven or twelve. After that the rest of the day was spent in business or fun. The population was mostly French. The first two winters of my residence in this county I spent in Robert Morrison's family in Kaskaskia. I preached about once a month at Kaskaskia. But my chief preaching place for the first two years was in what was known as Irish Settlement. At that time there were but few professing Christians in Kaskaskia or its vicinity. Judge Baker and family, Mrs. Guthrie and family, and Dr. Symington and family, together with a few females, were all that I now recall as professing adherence to the order of the Presbyterian Church.
"I have been raised a Presbyterian, but not in immediate connection with the assembly body. I was and still am connected with the Reformed Presbyterian Church—holding the principles of the Scottish Presbyterians. Many of the churches of the Presbyterian order in Randolph county and portions of Perry, Washington and St. Clair counties have been formed, some in whole and some in part from members of our old homestead in Eden.
"samuel Wyl1e."
Mrs. Permelia Burr, wife of Chauncy T. Burr, kept a diary which is now in possession of her daughter, Mrs. S. J. Leavenworth, of Dongola, Ill. This diary I have perused in part and gleaned some facts of interest. She left her home in Farmington, Conn., Sept. 13 or 14, 1817, and arrived in Kaskaskia the 2d of November following. Dec. 4, same year, she writes: " Dreadful to view the numbers going to mass and returning, frolicking although it is the Sabbath. Some are dancing, some gaming, some breaking wild horses, some visiting. Children running through the street singing lewd songs." Dec. 14, 1817—"Only one man in the place belonging to the Protestant Church, good old Col. Thomas. [I suppose this was Col. John Thomas, the first State treasurer.]
• This is a mistake; it was the year before.
A few females profess to have been with Jesus." Dec. 21, 1817—"The few pious females organized a prayer-meeting.' Col. Thomas requested permission to join with them." This prayer-meeting continued through 1818. There was occasional preaching by different denominations. In 1819 she changed her occupation to that of keeping public house. In 1820 sne became the owner of a colored woman. But she was illy satisfied with the relation, and often plead for her freedom, but could not prevail. At length they parted with her. After being owned by another for a time the poor colored slave-woman was murdered. Mrs. B. says she could never think of it but with horror. Her son, Augustus Martin, was born Sept. 6, 1819, and baptized by Rev. Daniel Gould, Dec. 25,1820. Mrs. B. left her public occupation in 1821. Aug. 4, 1821, she became the mother of twins, Julius C. and Juliett P. July 6, 1821, she received a letter from Rev. Dr. Noah Porter (father of the present president of Yale College) her pastor in Connecticut, informing her of a great revival in his parish. In 1821 she mentions a Rev. David Ten/tee, who had procured for her a Christian Herald, and whom she often visited in his sickness in Kaskaskia. This was undoubtedly the David Tenney mentioned above.
This brings us to the period in which the Presbyterian Church was organized at Kaskaskia. Rev. Thomas Lippincott, in his historical sermon preached at Collinsville before the Alton Presbytery, April 2, 1846, says: "Kaskaskia Church was constituted May 27, 1821, with nine members, sometimes flourishing under a minister, then famishing for want of one, it lived and was moved to Chester." It is known to have been organized by Rev. Salmon Giddings. The first volume of the records of this church, extending from the organization to 1840, cannot be found.
By the comparison of lists in my hands, furnished by several different persons, I am inclined to think the original nine are these: Mr. and Mrs. David J. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie, Mrs. Permelia Burr, Mrs. Dr. Symington, Mrs. Robert Morrison, Mrs. Martha Heard (not Hurd), and Mrs. Eliza Conn. Mrs. Conn still (1879) survives and resides at Chester. She is French; was born in San Domingo Sept. 13, 1792, and educated in Philadelphia. Mrs. Conn says that Mr. Baker and Mr. Guthrie were elected Elders, but refused to be ordained. Whereupon tradition says that Mrs. Permelia Burr was elected and regularly ordained
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1850
(1850 U.S. Census) ILLINOIS , RANDOLPH, SPARTASeries: M432 Roll: 125 Page: 1
Clergyman

i. SAMUEL3 WYLIE, b. February 19, 1790, Antrim, Moylarg, Ireland; d. March 20, 1872, Sparta, Illinois; m. MARGARET MILLIKEN; b. 1804, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Notes for SAMUEL WYLIE:1817, moved to Kaskaskia"was the first man in Illinois to give form and stability to the Reformed Presbyterian Church."1837, moved to where Eden is now and started a churchIt has been noted that Rev. Samuel Wylie was cousin of Mrs. John Pillars.1850 Census, Randolph County, IL--Samuel Wilie, Margaret, and two children

EdenThe Rev. Samuel Wylie purchased the land and located on the site of Eden in 1822-3. Sometimeafterwards, Adam WYLIE and James FORD located here also. At that time there were few settlers in the adjacent country, and the idea of making a town probably had not entered into the minds of these men.
Rev. WYLIE had collected together a congregation of his church, and held public services in a house near the cemetery. As more immigrants came into the county, they were induced to settle around this place in order to enjoy the privileges of the church. His congregation therefore, increased rapidly. Around 1833 Rev. WYLIE and the congregation built the new brick church, and this was the beginning of the little town.
About this same time, the congregation suffered a division, and the seceding portion erected another large church three years later. Two large churches and a few dwellings now stood upon the beautiful little mound in the prairie, and suggested to the proprietor, who appreciated the beautiful, the idea of building a town, which should be called EDEN. It was then the closest type of Eden of any spot in Illinois.
In 1837, a portion of the land was surveyed into town lots. Not long afterwards the community contained a store, oil mill, carding machine, foundry and machine shop, along with the other town fixtures. The first wagon shop in Eden was established in 1839 by W. R. BROWN. For many years, the shops of Eden supplied a large portion of the southern part of Illinois with wagons, carriages and plows.
The founder of this little town, Rev. Samuel WYLIE, first came to Kaskaskia in 1817 and was the first man in Illinois to give form and stability to the Reformed Presbyterian Church. For more than 40 years he proclaimed the words of truth and life to the people of his church.
Eden in 1859, contained a population of about 300, had one dry good store, four wagon shops, one carriage and plow manufactory, one school house, one literary society, a large library, a saddlery shop and some other town appendages.
Unfortunately, after the Civil War, people began moving to the town of Sparta and other areas, and the little town of Eden has become a ghost-town. There are about 10-15 homes there now, one of them being a home that played a major part in the underground railroad.

Biographies
Rev. Samuel Wylie
Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sparta, IL
The history of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Randolph County goes back to the year 1818. To the Rev. Samuel Wylie belongs the credit of the planting of the church. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, February 19, 1790; came to the United States in 1807; entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in the class of 1811; prepared for the ministry in the Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, under the care of his uncle, Dr. S.B. Wylie <http://www.wileygenealogy.com/library/bios/SBWylie/index.phtml>, and was licensed to preach in May, 1815, at Philadelphia, by the Middle Presbytery.
In the summer of 1817 he visited various places in the West, passing through Illinois and continuing his travels as far as Boonville, Missouri. One his return he again passed through Illinois and spent the winter in supplying the vacancies in Tennessee and South Carolina.
At the meeting of the Synod in Pittsburgh in the latter part of May, 1818, he reported his travels and the prospect for church extension in the West. Synod ordered the Middle Presbytery to take him on trial for ordination, and he was accordingly ordained in Pittsburgh, PA, on the 2nd of June, 1818, and sent as a missionary to Southern Illinois. Mr. Wylie reached Kaskaskia the last day of July following and immediately entered upon his work.
Sources:
University of Pennsylvania Archives.
PCA Historical Center: Bethel's Early History, by Rev. W.J. Smiley.
Related Articles:
Samuel Brown Wylie <http://www.wileygenealogy.com/library/bios/SBWylie/index.phtml>
Reformed Presbyterian Church (Eden/Sparta) <http://www.randolphcountyillinois.net/sub87.htm>
Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sparta, IL <http://www.pcanet.org/history/churches/bethelearly.html>

SCHEDULE 1. Free Inhabitants in __T5SR5W Eden Village_in the County of _RANDOLPH, STATE of ILLINOIS enumerated by me, on the _25_day of_JUNE_1860. J. R. Shannen, Agent Post Office: _SPARTA__________. Page#41/627/OF 1023
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4287288PEARLElizabeth50FTennessee
5288289STEVENSONAllan24MBlacksmithScotland
6Robert28MWagon Maker“
7NEALJames19M“ “Illinois
8STEVENSONElizabeth51FScotland
9289290WYLIESamuel70MClergymanIreland
10Margaret56FPennsylvania
11WRIGHTGeorge25MLaborerUnknown
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13BENSONHarriet09F“
14290291McMILLANJane H.55FSouth Carolina
15Hessy23FTeacherIllinois
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18Adam H.08M“
19Margaret05F“
20Messy03F“
21Theodore2/12M“
22DOBBINSMary18FDomestic“
23ANDERSONJames21MLaborer“
24292293ROSSWilliam D.38MShoemakerScotland
25Margaret37F“
26James10M“
27Margaret06F“
28Arthur R.03MIllinois
29293294CALVINJohn 35MBlacksmithIreland
30Nancy38F“
31Jane12F“
32Thomas10M“
33Rachel08FConnecticut
34Margaret05FNew York
35Agness01FIllinois
36294295ARMOUREliza45FPennsylvania
37Samuel18MPainter“
38Joseph14M“
39295296DOBBINST. A.29MFarmerIllinois
40Barbara25FScotland
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Reynolds' History of Illinois: My own times: embracing also the history of ...
By John Reynolds, Chicago Historical Society
Page127

All these churches were organized in St. Clair County, and flourished for many years.
It is a remarkable fact, that most of the large family of the celebrated pioneer and patriarch, the Rev. James Lemen, are members of the Baptist Church, and Joseph, James, Moses, Josiah, and perhaps some more, are respectable preachers of the gospel. Also, David Robinson Chance, the son of the Rev. Joseph Chance, is a preacher of the gospel, and a worthy and excellent character.
Dr. John M. Peck, a descendant of the New-England Pilgrims, and a native of Connecticut, immigrated to the West in the year 1817, and has been, from that time to the present, a shining light in the Baptist Church, as well as a conspicuous and distinguished character in the literary community. Dr. Peck located in St. Clair County in the year 1821, and has extended his clerical and literary labors, with great efficiency, all over the West from that time to the present. Nature bestowed on her favorite son, Dr. Peck, a strong and comprehensive mind, and great energy and perseverance. His mind possesses that strength, activity, and compass which enables him to triumph over almost every difficulty. His person is formed on the NewEng-land model, large, athletic, and robust, made for utility as well as for a manly and majestic bearing. With these rare and distinguished traits of character, Dr. Peck was placed in a new State, where the character of the country was at the time forming itself for weal or woe, and had the opportunity, which he admirably improved, to do much good in the proper formation of the character of the people. As he progressed in his good offices, he labored assiduously in the temples of science and literature, until he is at this day one of the most-learned men in the State, and perhaps the first. With all these rare qualities combined in a single individual, he became an efficient and useful character in his sphere, and has exerted his utmost abilities to promote the best interest of the country. His sermons were always replete with sound, logical argument, irrefutable and powerful on his congregation. His exertions to prevent the introduction of slavery into the State in 1824, were efficient, and with others, successful.
The Sunday schools found, in the hands of Dr. Peck, their most efficient and powerful friend in Illinois. In the distribution of the bible, both 'in Missouri and Illinois, Dr. Peck has labored incessantly, and has performed valuable service in this department as well as in many others. Temperance has had, from his pen and discourse, an able and efficient advocate. And literature and science have been much advanced in Illinois by his talented and efficient labors. He established a seminary of learning at Rock Spring, St. Clair County, which shown out conspicuous and efficient for many years. At last it was removed to Alton, and assumed the name of the Shurtliff College. As an author and literary man, Dr. Peck's character will be handed down to posterity with much fame and reputation. His writings, which are numerous, show great research, depth of judgment, and utility, and have done much good to the public. And to close this hasty sketch of the character of Dr. Peck, it may be said in truth, that he has as much, and perhaps more, than any other man in the State, made that lasting and solid impression of morality, religion, and order on the people of the State that Illinois so eminently enjoys at this day. He is now in health enjoying the fruit of a long and well-spent life, and is writing a large work, known as the "Moral Progress of the Valley of the Mississippi."
The Rev. William Kinney became a church-member, and preached for many years. He was a man of great mind and much energy, who figured in Illinois in various conspicuous and distinguished situations.
The Rev. Deacon Smith immigrated from Maine to Illinois in 1818, and settled in St. Clair County. He preached for many years.
In early times, a church was organized in Union County, composed mostly of Dunkards and Universalians, and at the head of which was a great and powerful natural man, the Rev. George Wolff. Mr. Wolff was gifted by nature with a strong mind, and although he had not received a liberal education in his youth, yet he became a wise and efficient clergyman in his maturer years. I have heard him preach, and his strong, common-sense sermons, founded on the Scriptures, sustaining his peculiar doctrine, were powerful, and seemed to me to be irrefutable. He is now an aged and living monument of worth, enjoying the prosperity of our common country, for which he labored much.
An association of the Baptist churches was formed in 1807, containing five churches. The New Design, Mississippi Bottom, Richland, Wood River, and Silver Creek. There were three ordained preachers and sixty-two members in these churches. In 1809, six preachers were ordained, and in all four hundred communicants in Missouri and Illinois. The Baptist churches grew in proportion to other religious congregations, and the population of the country, until at this day they are established in almost every section of the country, and are the second religious denomination in the State. The census of 1850 states that the Baptist churches number 265—accommodate 91,620 persons, and property they own is $204,095.
CHAPTER XL.
The Early Presbyterian Churches in Illinois.—The Rev. Samuel Wylie. —His Church Refused to Vote.—Presbyterian Church in Bond County.—One at Galena.—The Rev. Mr. Kent—Cumberland Presbyterians in White County.—Presbyterian Statistics.
IN the summer of 1817, thirty-eight years ago, a delicate, slender lad, a descendant of the ancient Celtic race, just from the theological seminary, wended his way on horsback from Vincennes across the State of Illinois to St. Louis, and there remained a stranger in a strange land for sometime. This youth had been educated in Philadelphia, and had travelled to the West to propagate the gospel in a new country. After making inquiry, he found a few families in Randolph County, Illinois, whose religious persuasions were of the Presbyterian order, and accorded substantially with his own. Here in this neighborhood, on the east side of the Kaskaskia River, he gathered together a flock, and preached to them. This small society had been settled in Illinois for twelve years or more, and had only two clergymen to visit them before the arrival of the young stranger. This energetic and fearless youth remained in the same settlement ever since, and has at this day, by his merit, acquired a distinguished character and reputation as a divine and scholar, and is known all over the State as the Reverend Samuel Wylie, of Randolph County. Mr. Wylie is the first Presbyterian clergyman who settled permanently in Illinois. This gentleman was at the head of a seminary of learning in Randolph County, as well as attending to his clerical duties, and has moved on with the country to character and respectability. In a few years after Mr. Wylie had planted his standard of religion in the new settlements of Randolph County, members of his church, known as "Covenanters," flocked to him from various parts of the Union, until he soon had a large congregation. The society has increased and prospered, until at this day they are quite numerous. At the formation of the State Constitution in 1818, they urged on the convention to recognize the holy scriptures in the constitution as "the word of God;" and because it was not affirmed, the members of the church declined to serve on a jury, or to vote, for many years —yet they would defend the country by bearing arms, paying taxes, and the like. Some years since, Mr. Wylie and a section of the society decided to vote and serve on the juries, which caused a schism in the church that continues to this day. This denomination is generally very decided against negro slavery, which frequently regulates their votes at the ballot-box.
The next Presbyterian Church established was in Greenville, Bond County, in the year 1821, or thereabouts. This society has existed ever since, and is at this day a happy and prosperous community.
In 1829, the Rev. Mr. Kent established a small society of Presbyterians at Galena, Illinois, who also have prospered and done well.
In 1816, or thereabouts, in the county of White, was established a large congregation of Cumberland Presbyterians, which exists and flourishes there to this day.
As the country progressed, these religious societies also advanced, until at this time the Presbyterian denomination is numerous in many sections of this State, and can number, as reported by the census of 1850, 198 churches; accommodation in churches for 81,529 persons, and property worth $395,130.
At this day, in Illinois, almost all the religions of the earth exist, and are as liberal toward each other as is generally practised in any section of the Union. The census of 1850 report in all 1167 churches in the State, having an accommodation for 636,478 persons, and property valued at $1,476,385.
CHAPTER XLI. Professional Men in Illinois Territory.—Lawyers and Physicians.
DURING the territorial government, many distinguished and intelligent professional characters settled in Illinois.
The Hon. John Rice Jones located in Kaskaskia as early as 1789, and remained in the West during his life. He was a distinguished lawyer and judge, and sustained his professional, official, and private character and standing, as a gentleman and scholar, during his long and eventful life in the Valley of the Mississippi.
Isaac Darneille, Esq., was the next lawyer; he located in Cahokia in the year 1796, and attended to land speculation and gallantry. He practised as much gallantry as law. He was also a man of excellent talents, but he made such leeway in the voyage of life that he run afoul of some of the precepts of the commandments.
James Haggin, Esq., settled in Kaskaskia about the year 1804, and resided in the vicinity. He returned to Kentucky and became a conspicuous judge in the State.
About this time, two very talented and efficient young lawyers, Nathaniel Pope and John Scott, although residing in Missouri, made their appearance generally in the courts of Illinois. These two young gentlemen were the choice fruits of nature, possessing great strength of intellect and much energy. They rose fast in the profession, and stood deservedly at the head ot the bar in their day in Missouri and Illinois. Mr. Pope was appointed a judge of the United States Court, and died a few years since, while the other, the Hon. John Scott, remains in the full enjoyment of his intellectual vigor and health to this day, and is one of the most ancient and respectable patriarchs of the law that lives at this time in either of the States of Missouri or Illinois.
About the same time, and some years after, Edward Hempstead, Rufus Easton, Robert Wash, and David Barton, Esquires, residents of St. Louis, Missouri, practised in the courts of Illinois.
In 1804, Benjamin H. Doyle and John Rector, Esquires, located in Kaskaskia, and practised law.
In 1808, William Mears, Esq., arrived in Cahokia, and practised the profession in Illinois during his life.
The Hon. Elias K. Kane commenced the practice of the law in Kaskaskia in the year 1814, and greatly distinguished himself as a lawyer and statesman. Not long after, the Hon. Daniel P. Cook also commenced the practice of law in Kaskaskia, and also became a distinguished and conspicuous character on the public stage. Charles Dunn, Esq., also became a distinguished character and judge in Wisconsin. Many eminent and talented lawyers, from St. Louis, practised in Illinois— Messrs. Thomas H. Benton, David and Joshua Barton, Mr. McGurk, Mr. Lucas, and others.
About this time, Hon. John McLean located in Shawneetown. This gentleman became a distinguished lawyer and statesman, and died while he was in the Senate of the United States.
James Hall and Henry Eddy commenced their professional career in Shawneetown. Both of these gentlemen soon became, by their talents and merit, distinguished and conspicuous characters. Mr. Eddy was the editor, also, of an excellent paper, while Mr. Hall was afterwards elected judge of the Circuit Court, and State treasurer. He turned his attention more to science and literature than to the law, and is at this time a prominent literary character of the city of Cincinnati. Also appeared as lawyers: A. P. Field, R. K. McLaughlin, P. H. Winchester, Thomas Reynolds, Thomas C. Browne, A. F. Hubbard, James W. Whitney, Charles S. Hempstead, Ralph P. Day, my humble self, and perhaps some others, were practising attorneys in the Territory of Illinois.
The Hon. John J. Crittenden was appointed attorney-general of the territory, but did not remain long in the country.
It will be seen by a reference to the history of the members of the bar in territorial times, that many of the bar in after-life obtained high and respectable standing and characters as statesmen, judges, and civilians—in fact, I believe that the bar of Illinois, at that day, possessed more talented lawyers, to the
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SAMUEL WYLIE, D. D.:
Son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Wylie) Wylie, was born in Moylarg, County Antrim, Ireland, February 19, 1790.* He was brought up under the pastoral care of the Rev. Simon Cameron, and received his early education in the best schools of his native land. He came to America in 1807, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he resumed his studies in the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1811. He studied theology in the Philadelphia Seminary, and was licensed by the Middle Presbytery, May 23, 1815. He visited many of the vacancies the following year, and spent some time in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1817, he went to the then " wilderness West," and explored new fields for missionary operations in the West and South. He was ordained sine titulo at the meeting of Synod, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1818, and was sent as a Missionary to Southern Illinois. He began labor in Randolph, and parts of St. Clair and Washington Counties, and organized several societies, which soon became flourishing congregations. He was installed pastor of the Bethel congregation, Eden, Randolph County, Illinois, June 19, 1821, where he spent the rest of his life in the self-sacrificing duties of a pastor and missionary. At the division of the Church in August, 1833, he became identified with the New School branch of the Covenanter Church, and many of his former flock remained with him, over whom he exercised pastoral charge until his resignation, on account of the infirmities of age, February 20, 1870. He died
* Items principally from the family. Church Records.
at his home in Sparta, Illinois, March 20, 1872. He married twice. First to Miss Margaret Millikin, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; second, to Mrs. 'Margaret (Black) Ewing, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a faithful soldier of the Cross, and did much service for k his Master in establishing His kingdom upon earth. He was a very acceptable preacher, and, in early times, large audiences of people waited upon his ministrations. He was not a bitter partisan, but always recognized the step which the body had taken with which he was connected. He was a fearless advocate for the cause of the slave, and enlisted the powers of his voice and pen in their emancipation. He served his Church in many important relations, and was recognized as a man of influence, and an able divine. He published a " History of the Reformed Presbyterian Churches in Southern Illinois," in the Presbyterian Historical Almanac, 1859. He was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Washington and Jefferson College in 1868. He was Moderator of the Synod of 1830, and the General Synod of 1850.
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