CHISM, Jesse and Artimza (wife) – Lived in Kansas Twp. in 1856, possibly before. They buried a son in the East White Oak Cemetery, who died July 14, 1856.

CHLOPICKI, Major Ludwik Baron (1788-1869) – See Chapter 5 of this same title. He was an early El Paso restaurant operator. He came to El Paso in 1856 when the P. & O. Railroad was completed to this point. He had been a Major in the Polish Army; took part in a losing Revolution, was imprisoned, finally exiled. His Uncle was a General under Napoleon and a Dictator of Poland.

COGSWELL, James – Came to Woodford County from England in 1842 and sometime later settled on the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 19 in Palestine Twp. His home being on Meridian Road, 1/4 mile south of the intersection with Route 24.

COLBURN, John and Elizabeth – John was born in Grafton, N. H. and came to Palestine Twp. in 1842. He purchased the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 in Section 25. His son, Richard Colburn, a boy of five, made the trip with his parents to Illinois. Richard became the father of five sons, William, John, Cecil, Cory and Byron Colburn.

COLLINS, Moore – Came from England about 1858 and settled on Section 4 in Palestine Twp. near where the railroad crosses Panther Creek. He was a brickmaker, as well as farmer, and in his Secor brickyard was aided by his sons William and James.

COLLINS, William – Came from England as a boy with his father, Moore Collins, and became a brickmaker in Secor about 1858.

COLLINS, James – Came from England with his father, Moore Collins, about 1858, when they settled on Section 4 in Palestine Twp. and with brother, William, the family operated a Secor brickyard. James was the final one of the family to operate the plant.

COOK, Harry Dewitt – Originally from Oneida, New York, he came into the Hudson neighborhood in 1851. When the Illinois Central opened lands for sale, he tried to promote the town site three miles north of Hudson to be called Oneida, but failed to get the railroad crossing he hoped for. He purchased the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 32 in El Paso Twp. from Sylvester Pearl August 30, 1854, and accumulated much land thereafter in both Woodford and McLean Counties. He moved to Kappa when it was founded and served as station agent from 1853 to August, 1861, and dealt in grain. That month he organized Company G. of the 4th Illinois Cavalry with all local men in it, resigning as a Republican member of the State Legislature to do so. He had been elected November 6, 1860 in the Lincoln election from a local area heavily Democratic. After advancing to Major, he returned home after three years service and was again elected to his old seat in the Legislature. Governor Oglesby then appointed him Colonel of Illinois Militia and sent him to New York City to look after the needs of Illinois soldiers in hospitals. Later he went to Washington, D. C. and served with distinction in this rehabilitation work at a time when there were no veteran's organizations to assist him. This work kept him from ever returning to Kappa, where his wife and daughter remained until 1869, when they too moved to Washington, D. C. A son, John Williston Cook, was president of Illinois State Normal University from 1890 to 1899, and of Northern Illinois State Teachers College at DeKalb from 1899 to 1919. (See: Robert D. Ochs: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society for December, 1938.)

COOPER, E. (Mrs.) – Was Secretary of 1st Methodist Conference in Panola, November 7-8, 1857. She is believed to have been the same Mrs. Cooper who was El Paso's first school teacher in the private school at E. Handley King's residence. She was a sister of Handley King's mother.

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