. Notable men of Illinois & their state. » • . • - oj - •^ -.^ *- O +^ r QjWE I • ?^ • ^«-~ -^ c ? - ? -S^^uS^SS .mS iS7:^>.-2^ci) - 3£~_ii — .22 o ,^ C aj S ri +^ aj goSgs og .ojO-So a^SsgS -go ^^afe^^ —*i-^ oj oj o ;:giESo o«2^s§io J 2£^ ^ , >? •P- 111. EN. SMITH D. ATKINS, postmaster of the city of Freeport,111., for more than forty years, and editor of the FreeportJournal for many years, was born near Elmira, N. Y., June 9,1836. He was a lad of ten years when he came to Illinoiswith his fathers family, their home being established on afarm, where he continued
. Notable men of Illinois & their state. » • . • - oj - •^ -.^ *- O +^ r QjWE I • ?^ • ^«-~ -^ c ? - ? -S^^uS^SS .mS iS7:^>.-2^ci) - 3£~_ii — .22 o ,^ C aj S ri +^ aj goSgs og .ojO-So a^SsgS -go ^^afe^^ —*i-^ oj oj o ;:giESo o«2^s§io J 2£^ ^ , >? •P- 111. EN. SMITH D. ATKINS, postmaster of the city of Freeport,111., for more than forty years, and editor of the FreeportJournal for many years, was born near Elmira, N. Y., June 9,1836. He was a lad of ten years when he came to Illinoiswith his fathers family, their home being established on afarm, where he continued until 1850. He then determined to learn theprinters trade, and to this end entered the office of the Prairie Democrat,the first newspaper of Freeport. Realizing the value of and ambitious tosecure an education, he pursued a course of study in the Rock River Sem-inary at Mt. Morris, 111., working in the printing office and studying duringhis leisure hours. In 1852, while yet a student, he was appointed foremanof the Mt. Morris Gazette, and in June, 1853, in connection with C. C. Allen,he purchased the paper and also established the Register at Savannah,Carroll countv. In the fall of the same vear he became a law student underthe direction of Hiram Bright, of Freeport, and was a
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