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The First Board of Trustees

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at the meetings of the board for the first time at the November session 1867. Samuel Edwards (1819-1898) of Bureau county, a trustee from 1867 to 1873, was also a practical farmer and horticulturist, and an efficient member of the state horticultural society. Mr. Edwards served upon the committee on horticulture and upon the auditing committee. He was a most conscientious and devoted friend of the university.. Willard Cutting Flagg (1829-1878) served as trustee from 1867-1878. He was a valuable member of the first board for he was a graduate of Yale and a successful horticulturist and practical fanner. In 1856 and 1858 Flagg wrote campaign literature for the republican party and was, in 1860, a member of the republican state and county committees. President Lincoln appointed him internal revenue collector of the twelfth Illinois district in 1862 which position he held until 1869 when he was elected to the state senate for a four-year term. He rendered valuable service to the university for several years as director of experiments and superintendent of the farms. As trustee of the university he served upon the committee on the agricultural department and the committee on library and cabinets. Moore C. Goltra (1810-1881) was a trustee from 1867-1873. He was the contractor and builder of the first institution for the insane and school for the deaf in Jacksonville. He did much of the work of locating lands for the university; making long, wearisome journeys into Minnesota and Nebraska for this purpose. He was a member of the state board of agriculture and as trustee served on the committee on mechanical department and the building and grounds committee. Orson Bingham Galusha (1819-1898), who served as trustee from 1868 to 1873, was likewise by occupation a horticulturist A life-long friend of J. B. Turner he worked earnestly with him to secure the university of Illinois. He was one of the organizers of the state horticultural society and a frequent contributor to horticultural journals. He was a member of the auditing and finance committees of the board of trustees.