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In 1844 he went to Palestine, Illinois,
to spend his
remaining days with his daughter, Mrs.
Rachel L.
Kitchel. Here he was highly honored by the citizens
of the village. On July 4, 1845, he delivered his last
public address. "Appearing in his
continental uniform,
bowed with the infirmities of age, his
emotions almost
overcame him as he contrasted the
feeble beginnings of
the Republic with the splendid
destinies assured in the
future." In an obituary notice it is recorded that his
last words were, "My life has been
spared; I have tried
to be useful; God calls and I obey the
summons." Gov-
ernor Looker married Pamela Clark.
Their children
were B. F., James Harvey, Pamela and
Rachel L.
Rachel L. Looker married Joseph Kitchel
who was the
first receiver of the land office at
Palestine, Illinois.
Governor Looker had a large number of
grand-
children and many of his descendants
are still living.
A grandson, Thomas H. Looker, entered
the navy as
midshipman November 6, 1846. He served
through
the Mexican War and through the Civil
War. He was
promoted to the position of pay
director in the navy
March 3, 1871, and in 1890 was living
in Washington,
D. C.
CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF ULYSSES S.
GRANT.
We are under special obligations to
Honorable Hugh
L. Nichols, former Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court
of Ohio and at present Chairman of the
U. S. Grant
Memorial Centenary Association, for a
general program
of the exercises attending the one
hundredth anniver-
sary of the birth of Ohio's most
illustrious son. The
celebration will extend from the 27th
to the 29th of