SIBLEY,  Joseph,  lawyer  and  jurist,  was  born
at  Westfield,  Mass.,  in  1818;  learned  the  trade  of
a  whip-maker  and  afterwards  engaged  in  mer-
chandising. In  1843  he  began  the  study  of  law
at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and,  upon  admission  to  the
bar,  came  west,  finally  settling  at  Nauvoo,  Han-
cock County.  He  maintained  a  neutral  attitude
during  the  Mormon  troubles,  thus  giving  offense
to  a  section  of  the  community.  In  1847  he  was
an  unsuccessful  candidate  for  the  Legislature,
but  was  elected  in  1850,  and  re-elected  in  1852.
In  1853  he  removed  to  Warsaw,  and,  in  1855,  was
elected  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  re-elected
in  1861,  '67  and  '73,  being  assigned  to  the  bench
of  the  Appellate  Court  of  the  Second  District,  in
1877.  His  residence,  after  1865,  was  at  Gjuincy,
where  he  died,  June  18,  1897.
SIDELL,  a  village  of  Vermillion  County,  on  the
Chicago  &  Eastern  Illinois  and  Cincinnati,  Hamil-
ton &  Dayton  Railroads;  has  a  bank,  electric
light  plant  and  a  newspaper.    Pop.  (1910),  741.
SIDNEY,  a  village  of  Champaign  County,  on  the
main  line  of  the  Wabash  Railway,  at  the  junction
of  a  branch  to  Champaign,  48  miles  east-northeast
of  Decatur.  It  is  in  a  farming  district;  has  a  bank
and  a  newspaper.    Pop.  (1900),  564;  (1910),  481.
SII.YIS,  a  village  of  Rock  Island  County,  three
miles  east  of  the  city  of  Rock  Island  and  north  of
Rock  River;  incorporated  1906;  adjacent  to  a  rich
coal  producing  district,  and  a  manufacturing  point.
Pop.  (1910),  1,163.
SIM,  (Dr.)  William,  pioneer  physician,  was
born   at   Aberdeen,    Scotland,    in    1795,    came    to


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