Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. HERMAN H. UNLAND, merchant, Beardstown; was born in what is now Monroe Precinct, this county, May 12, 1848. At eighteen years of age he entered the Central Wesleyan University, of Warrenton, Mo., where he spent three years, 1867-70, then entered the Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill., from which he graduated in June, 1875. In the fall of that year he became principal of the High School at Pekin, Ill., which position he held for a year; and in the fall of 1876, became a member of the firm of H.G. Unland & Bros., which carried on business for a year under that name. He then engaged with C.H. Unland, and since 1880 has had charge of the dry goods department of his store. In 1876, he married Emma Smith, of Will County, Ill.; they have two children. Unland Smith = MO Will-IL