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E. M. PIKE, of the firm of Pike Brothers, dealers in lumber and building material, hard and soft coal, ice, etc., Chenoa; was born in Casco, Me., July 1, 1838; in 1854, his father, Harrison W. Pike, came to Illinois with his family, consisting of a wife and seven children, and located in Bloomington, where he resided until his death, which occurred June 2, 1877; he was a prominent stock-dealer and real-estate owner, a man of unusual energy, a successful financier, and acquired a comfortable fortune; in 1859, the subject of this sketch entered the State Normal School, where he spent two years, and, in August, 1861, he recruited a portion of the 334 I. V. I., known as the Normal Regiment, and was made Orderly Sergeant of Co. A.; he was in twelve engagements, including the battles of Fredericktown, Mo., Cotton Plant, Ark., Driscol & Plantation, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Big River Bridge, siege of Vicksburg, etc. On his return, at the close of the war, he was appointed on the police force in Bloomington, and, in 1866, was elected Sheriff of McLean Co., serving two years, after which he served during the winter as assistant to Revenue Collector Pierce; in 1869, he came to Chenoa, and, with his brothers, N. H. and A. H. Pike, engaged in the lumber business. He has been a member of the Board of Supervisors for the past three years, besides other public offices. He was married July 28, 1869, to Miss Eunice Fugate, of Bloomington, and has two children — Edward Scott and Eunice Augusta. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pike are earnest and active workers in the cause of temperance.