The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . t his interest. Hedeterminetl that he, too, would know some-thing of those wonderful studies. So thenext fall he was enrolled as a scholar. Heworked nights and mornings and Saturdaysto pay expenses. Some times he was outof school several weeks while he earnedmoney to pay his bills. In this way work-ing, going to school and teaching he at-tended the seminary in Danville, then As-bury Lniversity of Indiana, and finally theOhio Wesleyan LTniversity, where he grad-uated in the classical course in 1859. Hebegan teaching school before
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . t his interest. Hedeterminetl that he, too, would know some-thing of those wonderful studies. So thenext fall he was enrolled as a scholar. Heworked nights and mornings and Saturdaysto pay expenses. Some times he was outof school several weeks while he earnedmoney to pay his bills. In this way work-ing, going to school and teaching he at-tended the seminary in Danville, then As-bury Lniversity of Indiana, and finally theOhio Wesleyan LTniversity, where he grad-uated in the classical course in 1859. Hebegan teaching school before he was eigh-teen years of age. His first school was atwhat was called the Rickart schoolhouse,about eight miles northwest of afterwartl taught where Potomac isnow located and at Kygers Mill, now GrapeCreek, Manns Chapel and other places andin Shelbyville Seminan,. He joined theMethodist church at a camp meeting heldnear Danville. He was licensed as a localpreacher while teaching at Shelbyville. Af-ter teaching during the week he often rode. REV. W. H. WEBSTER. LV UM\; 0^ ^ii\m^ THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 937 miles into tlie country to lill liis Sunday ap-pointments. In the winter of 1858-9 hewas appointed as assistant preacher on thecircuit that embraced tlie nortli half of \er-niilion county. He traveled over this cir-cuit on horseback, preaching an average ofonce a day. He preached in private houses,schoolhouses. barns, groves and in the fewchurches, and wherever a small congrega-tion could be gathered. Besides preaching-he furnished Bibles and rehgious books totlie people and kept up his college times in crossing the sloughs andstre;uus his jaded horse would refuse to pro-ceed and he was compelled to alight andlead the horse and wade through the mudand water. Becoming a member of the Illinois con-ference at its session in Danville in 1859 hiswork since that time has been connected withthat body. For his first years work in theconference he was
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