. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . y. iy//(J., (^//-.^/^/^£) GRieeSVILLC HISTORY OF PIKE COUJSTY. 389 of James Kalston, and continued iu the office until January, was subsequently appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ad-ams county, and served until 1852; he theti went to California andwas appointed Superintendent of the U. S. Mint in S
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . y. iy//(J., (^//-.^/^/^£) GRieeSVILLC HISTORY OF PIKE COUJSTY. 389 of James Kalston, and continued iu the office until January, was subsequently appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ad-ams county, and served until 1852; he theti went to California andwas appointed Superintendent of the U. S. Mint in San Franciscoby President Pierce, and was removed iu 1857 by PresidentBuchanan, and afterward moved to Kansas and lived in humblelife. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas was elected Jud^^e by the Legislaturein 1841. The life and career of this great man is so well and widelyknown as to render any extended notice of him useless. It is suf-ficient to say that the circumstances under which he entered uponthe duties of his office were such as to thoroughly try the scope ofhis ability. The Circuit was large; the previous incumbent of theoffice had left the docket loaded with unfinished cases, but hewas more than equal to the task. He cleaned out the docketwith that dispatch and ability which d
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