Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

708 CONCLUSION.
108 Canaclinns, 7 French, 151 S~vedes and Norwegians, and 4 Swiss.
The native population comprises Ci, 11, Illinois ; 16'7, Indiana ; 531,
New Yorli; 868, Ohio: 628, Pennsyl\.ania ; 40, Xentucliy ; 63, Missouri
; 23, Tennessee ; 116, Virginia ; and 29, Wisconsin. In ISSO the
population of the county seat ant1 to\rnship was only 377.
The population of the to\\-us in IS To \r;ts ;\s Follo~\~s : Toulon, 004 ;
Wvoming, 640 ; L;rR~\.ette, 284; IImtifor(l, OSO. In 1855, To111011 had
355, a.nd 1,;rfayette $50. In ISSO the pol)nl;ltion of Wvoming mas
1086 ; of Toolon, !)(ii ; of I:r;~,d forcl, 506 ; of TA;ifilyette, 26; ; of Castleton,
149 ; of Loml)nrtl\rille, I( )4; of West J ersey, 94 ; of Elnlirw , 84, of
Moclena, 76, ancl of Osceola, 69. Tlre l)ol)ul~rtion of 1880 as macle
up of 5,854 ~nales ancl 5353 females ; 17.51 males ancl 1645 females
being between the ages of 5 nntl 15 years inclusive. :
ET,i\.IIRA.
A son of Itev. Mr. McDe~lnott, of the ICuos Presbyterian chtwch,
E11nir:i. was acciclent;rll v sliot by anotl~er bov, Walter. Stevenson, in
April, 1SS5. There w\.as no coroner's jwy, :IS Dr. I:oarclman, the
examining physician, clitl not (leein tlre c;ko as one requiring official
examination. ' The matter \ras subsec-uently broughtl before the grand
jury, that body tliscllarged the case, c~aetiitin~ the death of young
McDitirinicl to bovisl~ ~*eclilessness rather tllikn to intent. In 21, statement
made before :Judge Wrigllt August 12,1885, by Mrs. Mary MoDairmicl,
the Pollo\ving esplnn:~t~on of this sac1 affair is given : ' When
John &ilcWilliams first sajr Nelson (BTcL)airniid) and Walter Stevenson)
they were sl~ooting in the po~icl, then they lay down on the grass,
Walter having Nelson's gull; he gnve it to ~olin '~c~jlliams, s~~ying,
&' Tliere are three balls in ~t." Jolin sa\jT the balls hilnsell. IIe shot; once
at the fence, w\\.llen Walter tool< the gun and pointetl it at Nelson, when
Nelson said, Lb Don't you point tllat gun at me; I tlon't want any one
to point a g11n i~t me like tllat." Wi~ltela snapped, the cl~amb& was
empty. Walter continuetl pointing the gun a.t Nelson, when the latter
moved i)nclr, bent his 1ie;itl near1 r to tllle ground, heltl up his arm over
llis lleatl. Walter follo\red, pin ting, snappetl the secancl time, the
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0-un was t~iscliatgecl, the ball entering Nelson's head. John 8IcWilllams
went for \v:~ter, b*ol~yl~t some in ;L hat and bathed Nelson's head,
when Nelson saitl, bL 'l'llat is nice." Bringing ~~~ater tr second time, he
asked Walter if ha s!lo~~ltl go and tell t11;at Xelson jras sl~t. Walter
said, "Yes." .Jolrnnv s;ritl that on(' of the Arnlstrongs dated it IV~S
a
play the boys \relae i;~;~Jvjng out of a hook ; but as he saw no booli, he
did not believe it m;~; pl:t,y." As st;lJted in the history of the
township, tlie g,.ener:~l I 1elic.f was tl-~:l,t 116 aff aila 11~;~s nccitlentd.