Typed pages”Time Was” article from Illinois Central College Newspaper. Volume 29 June 23, 1968. The work of the Presbyterian minister, The Rev. Flavel Bascom, Galesburg, Pekin, Peoria, Princeton from 1833 until retirement 1887. A graduate of Yale College, he was the first Presbyterian Congregational worker in this area. He was one of those who founded Illinois College. He retired at Princeton, Died in 1890. 3 pp.