. History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774. and in making up my list I placed Judge Pattons nameamong the most prominent speakers of our party in the State. He was as-signed to speak in a large number of places, such as Tuscola, Lincoln, Aledo,Streator, Lexington, Bloomington, Riverside, Englewood, El Paso, Kewanee,Princeton, Ottawa, and in Chicago the entire last week of the campaign. Ireceived a
. History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774. and in making up my list I placed Judge Pattons nameamong the most prominent speakers of our party in the State. He was as-signed to speak in a large number of places, such as Tuscola, Lincoln, Aledo,Streator, Lexington, Bloomington, Riverside, Englewood, El Paso, Kewanee,Princeton, Ottawa, and in Chicago the entire last week of the campaign. Ireceived a report from all his meetings, and can say truthfully that we had nospeaker that gave better satisfaction, and did more, in my opinion, to promoteour success in that campaign that he did. The earnest, clear, logical and elo-quent way in which he set forth the principles of our party and the forciblemanner in which he showed up the fallacies of the heaven-born ratio of 16 to 1,did a great deal to enlighten, strengthen and encourage our Republican friendsas well as convince many Democratic voters of their error. The Republicanparty owes him much for his grand and successful work, and he did it withoutfee or reward from the committee. 554. 555 Judge Patton married Miss Flo Cook, of Fairbury, 111., Sept. 20, have two children, Marie, aged 16, and Proctor, aged 6. The social posi-tion of the family is of the highest. The Judge is a member of the Masonicand Odd Fellows societies, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rearedamid humble environments, he attributes his success to hard work in his pro-fession and the partiality shown him by the common people. ISAAC N. PEARSON. This eminent member of the Republican party of Illinois was born inCenterville, Butler County, Penn., July 27, 1842. His parents were Isaac Lydia (Painter) Pearson, both natives of Pennsylvania, whose ancestorscame from England in 1686, settling in Philadelphia, among the Society ofFriends. The fath
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