Cook County, Illinois - The whole text, 1884 (part 33 of 61)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AVKK was b-rn April 22, 1S25. in Kingston. Kockinglum Co.. N. II. He is descended in the eighth generation from John Aver, who left Kngland in 1637. and settled in Haverhill, Mass., in 1645. After receiving an academic education in Albany, N. V., young Aycr entered Dartmouth Col. lege, where he graduated in the class of 1S46. He then studied law tor three years, during the la-st of which he attended the I lan.i Law School of I farvard, and was admitted to the liar in lulv, IS40,. He began to practice in Manchester, N". IL, whence he was elected to the 1-cgislalure in 1S53, and in IS{4 was appointed Prosecuting Attorney of Hillsboro County, N. IL. which he held until his removal to Chicago in 1857. He was admitted 10 the liar in Illinois, May Is. 1857. and was corporation counsel of Chicago from tsbi to 1865, in which capacity he prepared the revised charter of the city in 1803. He was afterward of the law firm of lleikwith, Aver ft Kales, and in 1875 of Ayer Jk Kales. Since I lev-ember, he has Iwm general solicitor of the Illinois Central. In I SOS he married Miss Jennie A., a daughter of Judge Hopkins, of Madison, Wis., and has had by her - Waller, April 16, 1870; Mary Loaht, in 1:172. and Janet, in 1577. The family arc attendants of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde I'ark, where they have resided since May l, 1*73. and Mr. Aycr is a vestryman of that church.

CORNELIUS BAKER, contractor arid builder, mm born in Kerry County. I'cnn., in 1S40. where he received a good education, and after leaving school learned the trade of carpenter and builder. In September, l86t, he enlisted in the lale war. and served four years in the Army of the Cumlx-rland. I le was engaged in the battles of Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. In the spring of tsdo, lie came to Chicago and worked for four vears at his trade as a journeyman. He then embarked in business Nader the firm style of Baker Itros.. contractors and builders, but after a few years he withdrew, and has since carried on the business alone. He is quite a large contractor, and employs from twelve to twenty hands. Mr. Itaker has accumulated a nice property, and has a comfortable home on State Street.

MINARD I.AFF.VF.R BEERS was torn March t3, 1S47. I« Callamer, Cuyahoga Co.. Ohio, of Daniel Alexander and Lucy- Emma (Minor) licers. The father, who was a builder, named ihe son in honor of a French arclvtcvl. He was educated in the coin, mon schools and academy of Collamer, Ohio, and learned the trade of carpenter from his father. At the age of twenty-one became a student of Joseph Ireland, architect, of Cleveland, t Ihio. He came to Chicago in 1871. and lor a time worked as draughtsman for Architect Wheelock. From 1*74 «» 'S7S be was of the hrni of Cobb Beers, architects, and since then alune in the same business. May 4, 1871, Mr. Ilccrs was married to Miss Harriet Mabel Page, of Collamer, Ohio, by whom he has had thrre children - Herbert l'age. October |S, 1S73: Hailey Maynnrd. December 22. iStso: ! eslie Minor, February 21, 1883. lie went to reside in llvdc I'ark in 1S77.

LARS ilEKti, of lohn Berg & firo., manufacturers of ladders, wootien ware, etc., was born in Sweden in 183(1 and reared on a farm, lie immigrated to Chicago in 1S70, and was employed in the manufacture of ladders, wooden ware. etc. In I S77 he became associated with his bmlhcr, lohn Ucrg. under the lirm name of John llerg Jv llro. They do a heavy business in ihe manufacture of ladders, etc., and give employment to some twenlv men, and have extensive manufacturing premises in Chicago. The subject of this sketch resided in the town of l_akc for ten years, and in October, 1 8S3. changed his plate of residence to Hyde I'ark. lie was married in Chicago. January 13, lS7?. to Bclci Swanson. They have three children - Sophia. Amelia and Leonard.

GEORGE MARQUIS l!Ot i t' F. was born January II. 1842, son of Warren S. and Sally fUtlonOOd) liogue. The father was Ixirn in Vermont and the mother in New York. The family came to Chicago in lS,f>, and in 1S57 young liogue went to work in the f night office of the Merchant's I lispalch.with whom he remained until 1851J. He then look a course of study in Cayuga l-ake Academy. Aurora, N. V. Returning in lt6t, he again entered the office of the same company, where he remained until 18113. In June, 1S63. he entered the service of the land department of the Illinois Cell- tral, continuing therein until October. 1H67. Since then he has been in the- real estate business on his own account. He went to reside in Hyde Park in 1858, where he occupied the position of Village Clerk from 18(14 to |W>7, anil Treasurer from i8(h)|o 1872. He was elected a member of the Hoard of County Commissioners for Cook County in IS72. and served until 1874, when he was elected a member of the Legislature, serving one term. He was appointed by the Governor of the State of Illinois railroad and warehouse commissioner in February, 1877, which position he occupied until his resignation in February. 1883. when he was chosen arbitrator of the western railroad pools. January. 1871. Mr. liogue w is married to Miss Catharine M . Van I lorin, by whom he has two children surviving - Franklin Ackerman, born January 31, 1871): and Kulh Van Doren, born October 14, 1882. 'lie is a member of the Hyde Park. Presbyterian Church, and has been one of its trusters since 1864.

OSWKLI.AMOS HOC. I' E was born May 3, 1S32, in Louisville. St. I jwrence Co., N. V., son of Warren S, and Sally I Cndcrwoodl Rogue. The father was a native of Vermont. In- 1S54 young liogue came to Chicago, but left the same year fur the mines of Ontonagon district, on Lake Superior, where he remained until I-.11' II then '- 1 1;.; ' I :n 1 rati. - ' 1 1 - 1 - - 1 1 I isiness in Chicago until 1S6S. when he went into real estate, in which he has since remained. He is now president of the Dakota company, organised under the territorial laws of Dakota, to deal in lands, insurance, funking and general business in that territory, with principal onicr in Chicago. In 1*57, Mr. liogue married Miss Mary S., daughter of Luman Moody, of Cantun. N. V.. and niece of Governor Silas Wright, of New York. She died in 1873. leaving three sons - Luman M.. Warren C. and John 1 1., nil residing in Denver, Col. In 1S74, Mr. liogue married Mrs. Grace C. Helden. a daughter of Abner Cutler, of Buffalo. Their only child, Roswell, was born in May, 1S7S. in Hyde Park, where Mr. liogue took up his residence in 1871. He is a member of the South Congregational Church, and has liecn from its organization one of its deacons and trustees and also its treasurer. He was Comptroller of the village fioin 1871; to 1882, and is a Republican in politics. He joined the Masonic Order in the winter of 1853, at Canton, N. V., and the Apollo Commandery of Chicago in 1S5S. II is a member of Oricntnl l-odgcand I -afavctte Chapter,

CHARLES LANSING ROYDWM liorn in 1843 In Albany. N. V.. of Jesse C. and Elsie (Noble) lioyd. His family came West in 1S40 and settled in Chicago. In' the year 1 800 Charles went to clerk for his brother James, banker and broker, at Chicago. AbOUl tS<)3 he was admitted into the lirm of James Itoyd & Itros. ; and after the removal of lames to New York City in t8f>5 he and Robert cuntinued as Boyd llros.; then Kolx-rt going to Aurora in 1867. he carried on the business as Charles I.. Boyd until the lire. After that event he used the style of the Exchange Bank, and made a specialty of purchasing mutilated and charred currency, being about the "only large buyer. L'pon the failure of the First National Bank of Washington, in 1873, Mr. Rovd organized, in co-operation with the Nalional Bank of Commerce of Chicago, a bureau of redemption of mutilated currency. Hut when Ihe Government organiied it* department for the same purpose about 1S74. he went into building at Grand Crossing. He became a deputy to Collector Kimball in 187b, arid to Treasurer lluck in 1877. From Srptcmlicr, 1877, to January I, 1884. be was employed as an expert in winding up the affairs of the " Uce-hive " Bank, under Receiver Ward, and is now a mortgage and investment banker, 154 l-ake Street. In l8b^Mr. Iloyd was married to Mclvina F., a daughter of the late William Lock, a merchant tailor of Chicago since 1838. They are the parents of four children - lames, born in. 1 366; Emma I... in tSdn; Elsie N..in 1875; Hannah 1... in 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Bovd are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Hyde Park, and Mr. lined is secretary of its board of deacons.

ROBERT BOY I) was born lulv 15. 1841, in Allxany, N. Y.. «on of Jesse C. and Elsie (Noble) Boyd. His grandfather. James lioyd, was a member of the New York Legislature, and an ardent supporter of William L. Marry. The Boyds were early settlers in the Mohawk Valley. Robert came West with his parents in 1S49. At Ihe age of twenty he became a clerk in a general store in Dixon, but after six months rejoined his brothers in Chicago, later obtaining an interest in the 'firm of James Boyd A Pros,, bankers and brokers. James removed to New York in 18b;, when Robert and Charles I. continued as Boyd Brothers. In 1867, with some others. Robert started in Aurora. III., a bank, which aflrrward !*-- came ils Second National, but sold out his interest nftcr about six months, and look the position of confidential eh-rfc for a large woolen house; and upon its reorganisation after the lire bMMM a member under the style of lliddlc ft Boyd. Early in 1S77. as a result of the long-continued financial pressure, that lirm was dissolved; and, after being two years out of business, in January, 1S71). Mr. Iloyd became the manager o( the Fidelity Safe Deposit Company, of Chicago, where he has since remained. In 18(14 he was married tu Miss Celia Stone, who died of consumption in 1S60.. leaving two children ; Robert. Jr.. bom in 1906. and William, born in lSt.9. In 1S74 he married Miss Helen Pitcher, of Lewis County, N. V., by whom he has h ad one child. Alexander, in 137(1. lie moved to llvde Park in 1875. He joined the Masonic Urder in 1H13. and is a mc-mlx-r of the Apollo ( ommandcry. He is a Republican in politics.

ALEXANDER STUART BRADLEY, lawver, was bom at T'rychiirg. Maim , in 1*1$. His father. Alcxa MkfR.. was also a lawyer, and practiced for many years, until his death in 1862. I hrv arc descendants of Captain Samuel A. Ilradlcv. who with Ins brother, Lieutenant Jonathan, was killed in battle with the Indians at Concord. X II.. about 172a, the subject of this sketch licing of the fourth generation. Ills earlier education was revived at the common school and academy of l-'rvcbiirg. after which he entered Hnwdoin College, where he graduated in iSi.t lie -ludied law under the well-known statesman, William Pill Fesscndcn, of Portland, a cousin on the maternal side, and was admitted to the liar m 1S..3. lie married Miss Harriet A lowle. daughter of Dr. Ira Towle, in 1 SC>4. and removed to Nashville. Tenn., in 1865. Hepracticed law al Nashville from 1865 to 1872. and was register in bankruptcy from 1S07 to 11*73, Kncn ile C1l)lc Io i( ^ |Hadmitted to thcltar of Illinois, and has since practiced in the court* of t Imago. Mr and Mrs. Ilradlev are the parents of four children - Alexander Smart. Jr., born in 1S6S; Mary in isjo- llir rict, in 1875: and Annie.' in 1877.

JOHN JAMES CLARK was born September 6, 1S37 in .loiicester, Mass., son of ticorgc and Mars Hturnham) Clark.' " He learned the business of heavy iron-worker at the age of sixteen, and followed It lor twenty years engaging then >n a slock compan>, the Cape Ann Anchor Works, of which he was president and nuuuifer for some years In 187. he came to Chicago as managing part ner ,n the West of Clark. Son.es .V Co.. vessel owners, and wholesale dealers in fish. They suffered some |,««., jn llle tZi'^JT '*7J -Mr. « lark sold out hi. shippmg interest and became sole owner of the western business of the house. In 1876. having closed his relations with Somes, he formed the firm of Clark i.ove<lay, hsh dealers. In September. 1**1, he v.ld out his

,sco M .-, rmplo>'.Ui,,'ra>- Hun & Kingman, of Chicago. In S59 Mr Clark married Elizabeth A. Gould, a native ol N..va Scotia, by whom he lias had seven children - Kli/abclh Olive Iter ha and < .race ; Frank, born in 1863; odcll. in ,gM Iu.n] ami,,. ,n .87, I hough over thirty years in business Mr. Clark has never failed compromised with hi, creditors

JOHN ADAMS COI.K wa, born December 16 1818 in Westmoreland. N. II.. of Join and KliataMsEw C ole * The am.ly moved to Mcdway, Mass.. in ,84,. where young Cole received his earlier education, supplemented later on by higher studies in Kimball Union Academe! at Mcridan X II SS em.me?.r 'm. "f * ^ * distmguished civil

HON IRI S COV. attorney al law. was born in Che-nro County. M July 25, IS33. and received h:s prinurv r-luc:.!, r, m the sc.ho.dH of .hat place, afterwards entered Untral ( Cortland County. N. \ .. graduating from thjt institution in tssc lie attended the New Vork State and Nat.orul la. I oughkecpsie. N . \ . , and was admitted In ihc Bar at Albany into Hprmg of 1S57. During that same year he removed to fcenddl 1 «""-»)-; lU > J"u «"f«l the succcWtil practice «f ihc U d.-.nc a large business. He at once Ucame the leadinf. Uw ver in fit m. tion ol the Mate, ami was engaged in every trial of imiwruntein the Circuit Court that was tried in Kendall Count, dab hi, residence there. Mr. Coy represented Kendall County 'in the Su« Legislature in I Hi*, and 1870. and in that bo.lv attained to a h«h rank. His counsel was sought by his associates in all mar.c^% importance, and he sotin advanced to the position ol a ie.iJer and was considered by many as the ablest debater in either hranch'ifer. ing those sessions. I le guarded faithfully the interestsof the Stat, and some ..I his speeches were the most el.Hjuent of any evtr drlivere.1 in the Illinois Legislature. Mr. Coy removed to Chicago in 1S71 and has been attorney for the C nion Slock Yanl. 4 Transit Company since tlut time. He lias the entire marujemen of the legal business of the concern, and sin,:e his connection uith the company it has not had to pay a single judgment. A number have licen obtained against ihem. hoi Mr. Coy has always been successful in having them set a»ide by the higher court!.. He La. resided al Ihde Park since 1S74. In 1H76 he was elecied a memlicrol the Hoard of Trustees of llvde Park, and in 1877 wis tlrclrd a member of ihc Hoard of Kducati'on of District No. 2. of the towns of Hyde Park and Lake, for a term of three years, and rr-elertrJ in iMa During one year ol this period he was president oi the board, and resigned on account of the pressure ol legal Ijo.iksn in his practice.

GEORGE WALTER CUSHING was burn October o. in Abington, Plymouth Co.. Mass., son of Crecnwood and Miry llobart (Keed) Cushing. He is a memtier ol the original Gulling family of Massachusetts. The Reed family are also old «lt!er> uf New Kngland. and many historic associations duster aruund ihc names of some of his aiicesjors on both sides (i. VV. Ctrcshing came West in 1865, taking the position of cashier in a mcn.inrilt house, and in iSf.Q went into ihe service of the Illinois Central, in which he has since remained, tilling al present the office of assblau freight agent. Mr. Cushing was married in August. t»7J, to Mts. Kllen Seeds, nee Dnlan, a native of New Vork City. They are attendants at the services of the Cnilarian Church, and Mr. dishing is a member ol the Masonic Order. He i» a resijmi ,d llvde Park since 1873.

GEORGE W. DEXTER, of the firm ol Harmon. Bottom i Co., wholesale grocers, Chicago, was born in Chicago November to, l8j6., where his parents located in 1S3S. His father was a native of New Hampshire and his motoer of New Vork Nate. The subject of this sJcctch attended the common school until IS}7, when his parents moved to Mc Henry County. 111., where be remained until the breaking out of Ihc' war. In lS«i tic .ijam »- cateel in Chicago, having served some three year, in the ciw.rr.rv sary department of the Federal army, with the commands of A J. Smith and J. II. Hawkins, nearly all the time in activetield twice, being loo voung to join the ranks. On Ins rclurn to the c*y he went lo work as a clerk in the wholesale boo*- "I \\ httaker, Harmon A Co.. and became a member o( the present hrtn m He married Miss L A. Sawyer in 1873, who was birn in llcnn County, III. They have three children.

NATHAN UK AC 1 1 DODSON was born OttOOW 1J. H* in Lu/crnc County, Penn., of Nathan and lluldah (Ilownunl IV.i- »on. Tile fat Iter was a farmer and miller, anil removed to llliatu* in 1 837, settling in McDcmough County. He removed t» Kane Ceunly in 1543, and in 1S45 10 CLK.k County, dving on his f>rm '« 1874. agcxl eighlv-nine. Having received' his education in tlw common schools 'Mr. Dodson worked with his father until thexp of twenty, when he came lo Chicago and served as clerk ,inJ !?- prentice at Ihc tinner's trade from IrM" H 's5°. l* 1 'V; Dodson crossed the plains to California, and relurnexl MM close of 1851, He begun mercantile business in the hne c « Ms ' .'' M.irr:-. "'I . ir ,-. mi um- r ."ni. lK M i

I le then returned to Chicago ami went to work for W i»W "» iV Co.. where he remained until the spring of 1S71. »hcn by rra^ of enfeebled heallh he was out of business for nearly a vr.ir. January 1, 1S72, he became a member of the Iirm of "1"<J1" Peirce, dealers in groceries and provisions, liour and feed. 10 "> Park, where he had come to reside in March, 1861. He still ecu tinucs at the old stand. Mr. IK>lson has surFcred miici Hume* bcreav-ement. having successively lost five children and three ««- He is the father of two children by his last wife, Caroline D«Wi who died in 1S74. The daughters arc Maud and Mabel, aged respectively seventeen and fifteen. Mr. Dodson is I member of the Baptist Church, and is a Republican in politics.

GOODRICH QUIGC. DOW was born in 1 848 In Chester. N. II.. son of Dr. Darius A. ami Mary Goodrich (Quiggl Dow. The father served through the Civil War, and in the later part of the conflict as Surgeon of Division. The Dows. t ioodriche* and '.'uiggs are old familirs in New Hampshire, and are of English and Scotch origin. Mr. Dow's great-grandfather. ljuigg, a Cap- Lain in the army of the KcvoJution. was the first to drop the pre. fix '* Mc. ' which is still retained by some branches of the family. Coming West in i860., Mr. Dow settled in llvdc Park, as a ilruggi-t. and toward the end of 1S73 was appointed Postmaster, in both of which avocations he is still engaged.

GKORGK A. EMERY, real estate dcalei. was born in Hampden, Me.. Novembers. 1831. While a mere boy he was a pioneer to California, going around Cape Horn in 1*50. He was engaged in active business mos1 of the time while in California, being a partner lor several years with the Hon. P. K. Low. late Governor of California, in the banking business. At one time he was treasurer for twenty-two different corporations, among which was the Union Cape Mining Company, which at that lime was the largcst mining operation ever undertaken in the Slate. He -.hipped to the United States mint over 300,000 ounces, or about five tons in weight, of gold dust during the last two years of his stay in California. Having been very successful, anil having acquired what he considered a competency , he retired from business in California anil returned to his old home in Maine, in i860, where he soon alter married Miss Frances Snow, his present wife. His restless spirit would not long allow him to remain down East, and visiting Chicago in the summer of 1867. it seemed so much like Caliortlia to him that lie went back East, gold out his entire homestead, which he had previously improved and beautified at great cost to himself, and with his family came to Chicago in July. t868. In looking around for business he came to the conclusion that a great city wa< sure to spring up here, and shrewdly invested largely in real estate on the avenues smith in the town of Hyde Park, lie built an elegant home on Prairie Avenue, near Forty-fifth Street, anil removed to llvile Park, where his interests were. He is ime of a verv few who went through the funic ol 1873 unscathed; has never licen suwl nor had a judgment entered against him; is honorable and upright in his dealings; and is now in the front rank ol our first-class men. He is remarkable for his energy, and we predict lor fiim a brilliant future.

MARTIN FARKF.LL was born in Kilkenny County, Ireland, in 1S32, and there received his education. In October. 1851, he came to Chicago, whence he went about a year later, in the fall of 1882, to St. Louis, Mo., where he was employed in a wholesale grocery house. Returning to Chicago early in 1855. he opened a retail grocery establishment, where he carried on busincis up to 1S76. Early in 1874 Mr. Earrcll erected a large brick building, containing two stores, and in October of that year engaged in gen. eral merchandise business, which he carried on until abuut 1870. when he closed out all his goods but his grocery slock. His son Thomas now carries on a grocery business in one of the stores. Mr. Farrcll gives some attention to the business, but devotes must of his time to his real estate interests. He was in 1876 elected a member of the Board ol Trustees of Hyde Park and re-elected in : ---

JOHN FARREN. superintendent of blacksmith shop ( '.. R. I & P. R. R. shops, was born in Boston, Mas*.. December 14. 1S33. When young hr moved to Schenectady. N. V., where he was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade in the " Queen I.ocomo. live Works.'" I le came to Chicago in 186.1; was superintendent ol the blacksmith department in the shops of the Chicago \ Galena Union Railroad four years; then with theC P. Jv F. W. R. R. for six years, and in 1S70 took his present position. Mr. r'arrcn located in Hyde Park in 1S7", and became identified with the local politics. He took an active part in building the water works and other public improvements. In 1R78 he was elected a mcmher ol the Hoard ol Education of District No. I, towns of Hyde Park ami laikc, serving three years, and was re-elected in 1881. Through his efforts the line school building, corner of Fiftydirst Street and Wabash Avenue wasercitcd and named after him. The year ful. lowing he was elected a member of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County from District No. 5.

OTIS SKINNER FAVOR, merchant, was burn July 24 1840. in Boston. Mass., son ol Zebulon Carr and Harriet Hitch, born (Savage! F'avor. Soon after his birth the family removed to New York City, where they remained until 1855, when they came to Chicago. The father went into the manufacture of furniture and the sun acted as his clerk, but they had scarcely well begun before the panic of 1857 swept away their business. In 1359. young Favor tilled the position of night clerk in the Richmond House, Chicago, and when Tabor. Hawk a; Co opened the Hyde

Park Hotel, he became its clerk. In July, 1S62, he organized Company K. 104th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. at Ottawa, and was elected its First Lieutenant. At the close of the war he engaged in the paint and oil business, and has been in mercantile business ever since. Novcmlier b. 1806, he married Miss Allie, a daughter cd M«w*s Thompson anil Mary E. Miles ; and they are the parents of four children. He has resided in Hvde Park since 1870.

JOSIAII MITCHELL FLEMING was born August 18. iBjQi in New Paris, i'reble Co.. Ohio, eldest son of James and Mary I Hopkins) Fleming. The lather, a native ol Kentucky, of Scotch- Irish origin, with his father, Mitchell Fleming, and other relatives, was among the early settlers of that county. The mother, by birth a Marylandvr. but of English descent, was a daughter of Josiah Hopkins, a sea captain. At the age of thirteen, J. M. F leming was entered as an apprentice in a general sioie in New Madison. Darke Co.. Ohio, for three years From 1855 to 1S57 he served as salesman in the «mr line, at Union City, in the nine county. He then removed to I "avion, Ohio, where he was employed lor seven years in a dry g<x»ls house, whence he went to Cincinnati in ISot. to take the position of manager of the retail business of John Shillito \ Co. In 1868 he came to Chicago to till a position of responsibility with Field. I.eitcr Jc Co.. being, since 1877. the general manager of the retail house of that firm, and the present one. Marshall Field .V Co. In tune. 1863. Mr. Fleming married Addie W., a daughter of the Rev. Dr. tieorge C. Crum. ol the M. K. Church, ol Springfield. Ohio. Their only child living. Carey Kennedy Fleming, was burn October 19, 1804, in Dayton. Ohio.' The family are members of the M. E. Church, and have resided in llvde Park since 18R1.

JAMES RAMSAY FLOOD, physician, was born in 1838 in Hamilton, Canada . and in I85S began to leach school. His father, James Flood, was a large dealer in limlier for ship-building purposes, and senior partner ol the well-known lumber firm of Flood. Cook A: Co., of Hamilton and liinbrook. About 1803 young Flood came to the United States and entered the University 1)1 Michigan, afterward graduating at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, in 1800. Altera brief interval in Detroit and Huron City, he settled in Hyde Park in 1807, in the practice of his profession. From 1871 to 1S81 he gave his services to the Woman's llo.pilal free of charge. About 1871 he was appointed the first health officer of the newly-created municipality. In i88t he established the South Chicago Bank, which, when sold bv him in 1S83. was merged in theCalnmct National Bank. He also founded the South Chicago Building anil Loan Association. He resumed the practice of his profession early in 18S4, at his home in llvdc Park. April to IS67, Dr. Hood married Sarah C, a daughter of 1 Ion. Samuel Douglass, of EvanstoB, late County Judge of Penton, Iowa. Tl.ey are the parents of four children - Samnc! Douglass. Ikwn in |368 ; Robert Douglass, in 1S71 : F^lcnoca Douglass, in 1871 ; and [amo William Douglass, in 1881.

SYLVESTER DANA FOSS was bom April 12, 1S34, in Thornton. N. II., being the second ol three children of Jacob lloyt and LavMa (Elliott! Foss. The father was a fanner: the grandfather. F.bcne/er. was a vildicr of the Revolution and one of the guards at the execution ol Major Andre ; and the family is of early New England origin. The maternal grandfather ol S. D. Foss also fought in the war of the Revolution, was taken prisoner and carried to England. The Elliotts, too, are of early New England origin. At the age of twenty-one Mr. Foss went to Boston and served in a wholesale grocery siore over three years. liTFcb. niary, 1R511. he came West, and tried his fortune al Pike's Peak, where l.cadville now stands, and where he had about the average luck of the adventurers of that dav - much hardship, sonic valuable experience, and little gain. In INO he returned to Chicago in time to vole for Abraham Lincoln, and has ever since voted the Republican ticket, lie went to work for the Board of Trail* as inspector of grain, and held the position about seven years. F".arly in 1S6.S he engages] in hi* present business of grain commission, and almut six months afterward formed a partnership with his only brother. Martin II., under the style of S. D. Foss * Co., which remained unbroken until the death of the btter in 1881. Meanwhile, 011 the accession ol E. B. Strong and Joseph Reynolds in 187.}, the namewas changed to Foss, struug A Co., which still continues, doing a constantly increasing and eminently successful business, and has never failed to pay dollar for dollar, Mr. Foss was elected a director of the Board of Trade in 1874 and 1875, and is now again a director. He represents the Fourth Ward of Chicago in the Common Council, having returned to the city in 1878, after a residence ol seven rears in Hyde Park. He is chairman of the committee on printing and a member of the committee on finance and police. March 5. 18(13. Mr. Fos» married Susan Morgan, a daughter of Lansing Morgan, a lumber merchant ol Elgin and Chicago. Thcr are the parents of three daughters and one son. the latter named Willis |udso« Foss. Mr. and Mrs. Foss are members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Foss belongs to

WILLIAM S. C.EE, physician, was Ixirn AngUfl 5, il>5». >" fUmmH Mo., whence his parents, tleorge and Nancy tram) Ccc. removed to Madison Counlv. Ind.. in lijS. The father is a nalivcof LtkwlMiallii. England, who PUM 10 America about rJj6, and now resides al Andcison. Ind. 'Ihc mol her was an American o( Scotch ntfftllUmii W. S. dec grew up nn a farm, receiving the usual public sch<x>l education, supplemented by a high-schewl course, after which he taught the common ibstrict schools for about live yearn. He received Mil professional education at Hahnemann College, graduating wiih high honors in the class of iSSt. He then became resident physician of the Hahnemann Hospital for a lime, and in the spring at 1**2 settled at Hyde Park in the practice of his UiuVenJmt, where he has already attained a degree of success far bcyuud his expectations. IV. lice is much interested in benevolent urganiV-ilions. (wing a member of the Koyal Arcanum, and of the United llrder of llonoe.of the (MM Fellow-., and of the American Legion oi Honor, of which list he is the medical examiner foe his council. December 31. 1**3, Df. lice married Katharine Iktle. a daughlcr of I". K James of Hyde Park, anil Marshall Field's oldest salesmen. She is a graduate of the village high school of the class of 1**3. Mr. and Mrs. dee are member* of the F'irst Presbyterian Church of Hyde Park.

O. W. dlET'ORI). wholesale gloie manufacturer. Chicago, was born in Waterluwn, \. V., in 1S30. He moved to Chicago in t S47 and entered a wholesale hat. cap and fur house as boik.kccpcr. In 1S57 he commenced the manufacturing business on his ownaccount, which he has followed successfully since, notwithstanding he was burned out 1hree different limes. His wife was a Miss Emma Onion, a native of New York City, whom he married in 1S53. They have six children. Mrs. difford. although in her lifly-lhird year, is as nimble and active as many women at thirty. She lost her mother in the cholera epidemic of 1S52 in Chicago, after but a few hours sickness, S..e has nursed when sick, and prepared for the last journey perhaps more than any woman in private life in Chicago

IKVINd I.. dOCLl), importer of lace goods, Chicago, was born in MinneajMilis, Minn., in l*sij. He nioeedtu lloslon, Mass., with his mother when quite yuuug. and attended school there. His first business was book selling, after which he engaged in the insurance business, and after being about four years rngaged in the two branches above named, he engaged in the lace business in that city, where he thoroughly fMtUbnMd himself with il. Moving to t Chicago in 1^7*). he established himself in the business uf imixrrtiiig lace grxxls, and although unite a young man he lias succeeded in his business beyond precedent, lie married Miss dracv Maiiderville. a native of Indiana, in February, ]83a. She died January 1$. i«; leaking au infant.

ZACHAKIAS HAM. EN. manufacturer and - dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Sweden 1'ecember S, 1843. and on attaining the age nf eleven years was apprenticed to the trade of shoemaker; and followed that occupation for a livelihood. He was for four years a volunteer and two years a regular soldier in the Swedish Army. Mr. Hallen immigrated to C<x;k County in the spring uf 1S71, located in the town uf Lake, and was employed at his trade as a journeyman until August, 1S72. when he embarked in business for himself. He moved to his present location in Hyde- Park in September, where he has a large brick business establishment, and has built an extensive trade, carrying a slock of some $4,000. He is a member of the 1. O. O. V., Hyde Park Lodge, No. 722, and has been treasurer of it for the past year, and the A. O. F., Court denerat Washington.

JAMES dRAIlAM HAMILTON was born in in Prcmcn. Cook Co.. 111., being the fourth child o( William and Mary A, Idraham) Hamilton. The father, by birth a Scotchman, came to America in 1835 al the age of seventeen, and is still living near Bremen on the farm purchased by him Seplcmlwr J, The mother is of Scotch-Irish descent, and a native of Ireland, where she was born in till, February 22, 1803, voting Hamilton, then in his eighteenth year, enlisted in the 30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until October 13. 1S64. when he lost a leg in a skirmish with the kel els on the I larbvtown road, before Richmond. Va. . on account of which he was honorably discharged soon after. Keturning disabled for farm work he secured a commercial education, and has since filled several [Kwtion« of a clerical character in the oltuxs cl Cook Cir.inlv. Hi has served a* depute to the Reorder anil County Clcik. lit IS76 he was elected as Town Clerk of Hvde Park, and in ie^*, iSSoand [BfH, was k» Cutlector of Taxes. Since 1:177 he has been I leputy Clerk of the 1 riminal Court of Cook Counlv. January id. 1S7S. Ml. Hamilton married Miss ilatiie R. Clark, of Chicago, and their (ml) child, WnJey Allen, was born October lb, 1S71). Mr. llainiliou has resided in Hyde Park since U70, and has usually voted the Republican ticket,

ROBERT HAWKINS, chief engineer and superintendent nf Hyde I'atk water works, was appointed 10 his present position April, 1SS3 He was born in Wexford County. Ireland, January 8, I *a.i. His parents stilled in Chicago in 1 364, where, afler leaving school, he entereil the N. W. R. R. shops, where he remained about live years, learning the trade of machinist, which he fulkiwcd afterward in various places, In tr-74 he wrs appointed to the eater works of Hyde Park anil Ijike, On the dissolution of this combination be was appointed Assistant Superintendent ol Public Works, a |xisilioi) he retained until appointed In the present one.

CYRUS MAIHSON" 1L\WLE\ was bMtt January WL 1615, in Solon, Cortland Co., N. of Lewis and Sarah (Tanneri I I n* lev. of New-port, R. I. Educated at Homer Academy under Professor Woolwurtli, Mr. Hawley studied law under Joshua A. Spencer (mm about 1S36 to 18.40: his health being pr«», in early manhood he embraced no career until he was admitted li> Hie lur of III ill 1S4"). He had. however, been m. initialed for Congress in his district by the Lilierty party in 11)46. and rccciicd neai Iv three thousand votes; lx;ing somewhat more than were c*d for llic ln.-mocr.Hic candidate, but lacked about three hundred nf the number cast for the successful Whig candidate, who pledged himself to anti-slavery principles before election, but time in Cun. gress, gave in his adhesion to the "silver gray"' factum of Picsidoil Eillmorr, In 1*47 Mr. Hawley came West, and after a period of travel for the benefit of his health, and a short residence al Winkegan, he settled iif Chicago and lxrgan lo practice law, In liji he was of the linn of Iturgess R Hawley. and during IheCiyil W« wa» aclivc through Press and platform in support of the Enlist - especially as a member of the Republican campaign eoiptnillccs. In i!-t<6 hc was of the firm of Trumhulls I Lyman and (leorgej* ll.cn lev. which continued until his elevation to die llench nf Ihe SupTCmC t. «>urt of Utah Terntoiy. in tSfiij. His judicial career forms a conspicuous chapter in the history of the attempt of ihe I '.i.vcrnmenl to make United Slates laws paramount in that fjc linnal commnnilv. At the close of his official term in 1S73 he removed in Washington, where he formed the firm ol llaulr) .V Kiddle, which continued until his retirement M |S]6 from the KHM duties of his profession. He returned M Chicago in 1879 anil took up his residence ill Hyde Park in 18S0. In recent years bt has utilired hi^ leisure in wTiting various papers - political, ontosophical and religious - on the ijuestiuns of the <lay, as he felt that he bad a message to his fellow-citizens. Mrs. Hawley, who before her marriage 10 the ludge in I B62 was Sophia Eelloms. « a daughter of II. .11. Hehrv I'ellows, of Penheld. N. » . a griinldaughter of C.eneral Fellows, of the Kevolutiotwry Army. »ud a cousin nf l>rcsident ISarnard. of Columlna College. N. \- Tlw I iidge traces descent from Francis Hawley. who landed in 1 llostno in the second quarter of ihc seventeenth century, and afltrrrard seltksl in Crinneciicul. He wa> one of four or live broilicrs *M left I'arwich. Derbyshire, for New F:iigl.ind; and from nhnen are descended all the American llawlrw

IIO.MKK NASH II I Kit A RH* was born November 7. in IVtlul, WfmkW Co., Vt., of Samuel and Edith (N»shl iubard. Mr. Hibbard is descended from Knbcrt and Joan (Hubert," who were members of the Congregational Church aisi em Mass.. in.1635. He is of the sixth generation thus: Kobcrt iwu Nathaniel. Zebulon. Zebnlou I2dl. Samuel and limner N- 1 hniugn his mother, a daughter of Phinehas Nash, he is in the same cxv« remoyed from Thomas Nash, a mcinlwr of Rev. John IMuMfina colony of <tuinnipiac. now New Haven, Conn. In IMU »_ Hibbard entered the Cnivcrsilv of Vermont, and graduated in ne class of 18511. He then became principal of ihc llurlington men school for two years, when he enicrcd the Dane Law a***" Harvard University, remaining nnlil ibe spring of 1853- ,UI ' tinuesl his law studies for six months longer at Burling o he was admitted to ihc liar. Coming to Chicago, he KrM to the liar in Illinois, Novemlnr 7, 1S53, and foniyrsl a parlnrr.i , w ith John A. larmrson. with whom he removed lo r reepmi |HH In 18sv.be formed a partnership with Martin I. **'7'. " ' Ctty, and look an active pari in its educational Interests, ucinu idem of the Hoard of Education. He was appointed m«to . - chancery, and elected C.ilv Attorney; and in this kilter capa^ drafted its charter and codified its ordinances. In mho m '"J ( to Chicago to rejoin his former partner in the firm * c» - lumeson .v llibllard. which was dissolved m la^b, ;,f Mr lanWWM 10 i!,e flench; he nftrrward formesl the ana« hbbarxf. Kich.x Noble, which was dissolitxl in 1871. }ttJ'^r

JOHN W. H1CKBY, o( llickcy\ Edwards, house, sign ami decorative painters, was born in Providence, K. I., in 1853. and tunic to Chicago in IS57 with hi* father. Jmm lliikcy. who for some years carried on an extensive business in the manufacture o( wagons. The subject of thU sketch Ix-g.in at Ihe age of fifteen to learn the trade of sign anil decorative painter under I-. Regan, and since then Has perfected himself in all branches of painting. Fur the past eight years tie has* been engaged nearly all the lime in business for himself. In KS.su he moved to Hyde Park, was two years, employed by the Chicago, Kock Islam! \ 1'acUte Railroad Company, and in January. 1S83, opened business in company with \V. (i. Edwards, an old anil experienced man in this line. The linn do a large business, employing about twenty men. They do considerable decorative work, '(of which they are building up quite I reputation.

HORACE K. HORAKT, editor of ihe. Railway Age 'and vicepresident of the Railway Age I'ubhshiiig Company. Chicago, was born in W isconsin in 1S39. He became identified with the Press immediately after gradualing frnni Beloit C'ollege in i860. lie enlisteil in the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Cavaliy in lB6l, and served as Battalion Ouartermasler until wountleil near Helena. Ark., in 1862, Irom Ihe effects of which he was obliged to quit active service to a soldier, but received the appointment of Deputy Provost Marshal for the Second Congressional District of Wisconsin, with office at Jancsville, Wis., holding that position for four years, until tlie close of the war. lie moved to Chicago in 1806, and was Connected with the city department of the Tribune unlil appointed city editor of the Kvcning l'ost, in 1807. He held this position two years, when he resigned to lake the Western management of the American Press Association, which position he occupied four) ears. In the meantime, in 1870, he started the Evening Mail, of which he was managing editor, being also president of the Evening Mail Company, lie sold out his interest in the Evening Mail in 1873, and visited Europe with his family. Returning in 1874. he purchased a half-interest in the Jacksonville till. I Daily Journal, of which he became editor. In 1875 lie returned to Chicago and became editor of the Chicago Morning Courier, which he managed until it became a Democratic organ. In 187b he joined with Mr. K. II. Talbott in slarting the Railway Age. with which he has ever since been actively connected, holding the position above noted, lie was a Trustee of Hyde I'ark for three years, and for two years its President. I Miring his presidency the new and excellent water works were built, lie married, ill 1872, Miss Emma M. Hastings, n daughter of lion. Samuel D. Hastings, for many years State- Treasurer of Wisconsin. They have one child, a son. Mrs. 1 1. was born in Philadelphia, Penn.

HASSAN ART EZ HOPKINS was bom February 25. 1S14. in White Creek. Washington Co., N. V., of 1 1 email and Hannah (Robinson) Hopkins. At the age of fourteen he went into mercantile business as clerk, first in Swanton, and afterward in St. Albans. In 1832 he accompanied two older brothers to New lersev. where they opened a general st.wc at Drakcvillc. In the winter of 1830-37, in (urtnership wilh Leonard Wheeler, he went to North Carolina wilh a slock of roods, on a trading venture : anil at the close of the season returned N'oelli and opened a general store in Colchester, Conn., which they closed out in 1838. After a brief experience in quarrying marble at Glens Kalis, N. V.. with Julius II. Rice, Mr. Hopkins, with an elder brother, formed the firm of Hopkins Bros., general traders, with she oversight, management anil control of the products of Mr. Rice's quarries, which Hassan A. Hopkins sold in the Boston and New Vork Ml kill About 1842 he formed the lirm of Hopkins, l»ix \ Co., with a son of Mr. Rice as the third parlncr. Afterward, on relinquishing the marhle business he and Mr. I >ix (James I.. I operated a lurnace and machine shop, as well as general store, as Hopkins \ Dig. In Novemlwr. 1 855, he came to Chicago, and was at once employed by his nephew." Paul Cornell, in hi* new enterprise of laying out what is now Hvde Park, where he settled permanently in 1857, having meanwhile spent eighteen months introducing a new roofing material in Philadelphia and Baltimore. In Ihe spring of 1858 he was chosen Trustee ol Ihe original Hyde Park Company, and as such has hail occasion to sign a large number of transfers of Hyde Park realty. In I til he married .diss Sara!' M. Mastcn. a daughter of an old settler of Ulster County. N. V. Their only child, l-eonard Wheeler, born in 1844. died in 1 865. while in the United States volunteer service. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are members of the Kirst Presbyterian Church of Hyde Park, of which he was une of the first elders.

(. HOPKINS, merchant, Chicago, was born in Rhode Island I 1S15. He moved to Connecticut wilh his parents in iShj. and 10 Boston, Mass., in 1S47. He located in May. IS57. in Kcwa. nee. III., where he remained until ;t8«7. when he decided to make the Garden City his business home. I le commenced business there as a grocer, changing location twice, until now he is established in his extensive double store. He married Miss Margaret A. Ilollis in I850 in Boston. 'Thev have no children. Mr. Hopkins visited Savannah, lia., in 1 837-38; Baltimore, 1839 - 40; and Dcmcrara. South America, ill 1842. and recites many interesting incidents of his earlv travels.

DANIEL HAINES IIORNE was born November 24. 1817, in Pittsburgh. Penn.. of John S, ami Sarah I Reynolds) Hornc. The family removed to Cincinnati in 1R1S, and thence in 182710 Xenia, tthio, where voung Home received a classical education at the Academy of the Rev. Hugh McMillan. In 1S34 lie entered the law office of Hon. William ElUbitry, but the next year look a position in the wholesale dr> goods house of Itlachl) * Simpson, in Cincinnati. In 1838 he went from them to Menken \ Co., in the same line, to wind up their affairs as assignee, which occupied most of the year. He was in the employ of lloytan «V Co. from November, 183S, where he remained until 1845, having an interest for the last eighteen mnnlhs. I le then established the wholesale dry g<yxls lirm of Home & Co.. which he wound up in l8fo, having wearied of buying for cash and selling on credit. He then, in connection with John I.. Scott ami Alex. McKcnzic, established the Western Bank of Cincinnati, which was wound up in 1851. and the capital transferred to the wholesale grocery business of McKen/ie, Reed \ Co., from which, in a short time. Mr. Reed retired, and llorne \ McKcn/ie built the Cincinnati Steam Sugar Refinery, in 1S51. The business was greatly enlarged in i8<3. and Keys. Mallby A; Co. were added to the firm. From 185010 1855 Mr. Home occupied his leisure time in leading law in the office of Scott \ Sullivan, and in editing a daily afternoon newspaper. In 1855 he sold out his interest in the sugar refinery to Dr. John M. McKenjic, and purchased the interests and property of Ihe Blue lack Springs Water Company, in Nicholas County, Ky. He had raised the sales from 500 to 5.000 barrels in 1861, when his trade, mostly Southern, was broken up by the war blockade at Cairo under lienera I Prentiss. He acted as agent for the Portsmouth Packet Company one year, ran the rebel blockade at Vanccburg, Ky., with the steamer " Moderator." driving the rebels out of tint town, and helped lo prevent the rebels from crossing the Ohio in lSb2, as a part of the crew of Ihe patrol boat. " Monitor No. I." In Decernber of that \car he came loChicago, and went into Ihe auction businessas Hornc fc < iihlsms, which he continued until 1865. when he went into real estate business. He removed to Hyde Park February 20,, 1 W14, where he was Justice of the Peace for five years. 1S73- 1.877, and special assessment commissioner from 1S60. lo 1S83. In 1807 he commenced reporting Ac proceeding* of [lie Hyde Park Board (oral! ihe ( hicagn pipers, which he continued until the establishment of ihe Hvde Park Sun in 1875. September 21, 18S2. the Smtlh Chicago Independent was established, and Mr. llorne became its editor. A few years since, he brushed up his early knowledge of law and was admitted to the Bar. lie lias sold a number of places, and has caused many persons to become residents of Hvde Park, and is thus a combination of merchant, banker, nianufacturer. real estate dealer, editor and lawyer. February 13, 1S30, he was married to Miss Anna it., a tLaughler of Moses Cofhn. who had been wharf-master in Cincinnati for aliout thirty years. They are the parents of four daughters, still living, and two sons who died in infancy: Mary C. born October 4, 1840. married to William II. Lodge, November 28, I Sua. who died in 1SS1. leaving three children; Mrs. William Moore and Mrs Wil'/am H. Hatch, who. with their husbands. are elsewhere mentioned; >nd Miss Carriella. who slid resides under the parental roof.

MARSHALL IIORNE was born February 4. 1840. in Salisbury, England, whence he immigrated to the United Stales in l8f«j. After the great fire he came to Chicago and went to reside with his brother in Hyde Park, where he has since remained. For four months in ihc'scrvicc of Rcvnoki* .V Ball, grocers, he next learned the trade of plumbci with Wilks At Collins, which was afterward changed lo F. D. Collins & Co., lo whom he succeeded by purchasing in 1875. He has since continued in ihe business of plumber and gas litter, at Hyde Park. Mr. llorne is in favor of DM license. April II, 1882! he was married 10 Miss Maria llanlon, of New Viwk City, by whom he has had MM child, who died in infancy. He is a Republican in politics

WILLIAM WILKINSON HUNTER was born in September. 184.1. in Pittsburgh, of James and Hannah I Wilkinson I lltinler. After receiving a common school education, young Hunter became a clerk about 1865 wilh White. Orr If Co.. dry goods dealers. In lanuary, 1 869, he came West, first settling in St. l.ouis. when he went into general commission business; and in 187J established a commission, grain and feed business on his own account. In January, 1S70., he came lo Chicago, where he established a similar house, without relinquishing the one in St. Louis; which in January, 18S1. was merged into that of Hunter Bros., of which he is the senior partner. Mr Hunter was married in Scplemlier, 1873. tu Lillie E., a daughter of W. C Hunt, a merchant of St. Louis,

L, F. HL'N TSM A N . assistant engineer of the WtW work* o[ the tnwn al Lake, was born n Oskaloosa. Iowa, July Id. 1^57- IU was cducat c<l in hi* native town: afterward engaged in operating stationary Wtfan' '» Indiana. In 1*77 he ln-came OOMCtiWd with the Chicago. Koch l-lan.l S I'aciiic rUttroaU Shops in Chicago, where he nmaincd until appointed In hi* present position.

laud County. I'cnn , in 1S46. Jmtf received hi- rdocatloa at Wash, ingtnn and Jeflerton I itcr.iry College; graduating in iM«i. After this he began to Brad medicine al Ottawa. Ill , with ( hater llurd, M, 1». A vear UtCI he attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; from tchich he graduated, after a three years' course, in iSjl. The Doctor then practiced hi* profession at Sircalor, 111. In May. 1*7(1, he came to Chicago, and has since made his home in the town of Hyde Paris. The - "-iclur lias a large and lucrative practice; Ik ha- held tile position of surgeon to tin- (". . K. I. & I'. K. K. Co. since 1S70, ami is also surgeon in chief of the Accident Insurance Company of KortN America. He is a mcml>cr of the Chicago Medical Society, and the Illinois Slate Medical Society.

IIF.N'JA.MIN PETERS 1 1 1.1 ICIIINSON was born February 24. I52i), in Middlelon. Mi«., being a son of Ira and Hannah Hallfclawm In early life he had no special cdiiialiou.il advantages, and M arriving at man's estate he first engaged in the manllfarture of shoe* at l.ynn. and later al Itoston. In SeuMBtbrr, I Pes, he came to Chicago, where he ha* remained since, engaging lirst in the grata business and afterward in pork-packing, to which he has added, f«>r the last do/en years or more, a kinking business, under the style of the t orn Eaehanga (tank. In Mr. Hutchinson rarrfatl Sarah M. Ingals, of l.ynn. .1 menilicr of the weli-knnwn family ol that name: whose earliest New England representative was among the lirst settlers of that city more than two hundred and lift) wars ago. Their children are t har.es 1... Helen M.. Kate, and Williams lng.dk, Mr. Hutchinson has Otmed a summer residence in Hyde I'ark for several year-, where he resides most of the vear,

|< IMS ALEXANDER JAM F.Sl IN was lx>rn January 25. 1H24, in Iradiurg, Orleans Co., Vt. The father, I'homa*, was Sheriff for many tears, a nicmttcr of the constitutional convention, and a prominent resident of that county. Young Jameson graduated at the- University of Vcrmom in thccl.i*sof 1646, and has since been honored by that institution with the degree ol I.I.. D. A teacher (or four years in Canada, and a tutor in his .r/<«.i m.i/.ifor two years, he then cnteml the l>ane Law School of Harvard l.'olk'ge. ami afterward read taw for a time at llurlinglofi, Yt,, where he wu* admitted to the liar, lateral Chicago, NovcmlxT 12. iSfJ, where lie formed a partnership with Homer N. Ilihhard. In l?54 the)' removed to Kfccputl, but in ISfb Mr. Jameson returned to C hicago and became a member of the linn of Cornell. Jameson iV Mass. In 1869 he was elected to Ihe Pencil of the Superior Court of Chicago, and twice re-elected Judge of that court and its successor, the Superior Conrl of Cook County, making a continuous occupancy of eighteen year*, which closed December t. lS9}4 lie has been a writer of valuable wor'ss on legal topic* for many years, sonic of wjiith have bain recognircd by the profession as standard in their respective lines. Octnlier II. 1*55, he marricsl Mis* Flira, daughtct and grand-daughter of l)rs. Joseph A, Pcnison. of Koyaltnn, Vl.. and in 13*7 built a hoiat in llyde I'ark, where he removed his family in 1S58. Their children arc- Mary, born ltvccmlicr 20. 1*57; John A.. Jr.. born September 12. |S4,i», anil Rebecca, bom in 1*70,

WILLIAM SKYMOUK JOHNSON, physician, was born January 13, l*Jt. in l.c\inglon Heights, (ireerie Co.. N. Y.. son of William anil Mary I Sikinncrl Johnson, t he father was a graduate of Hamilton College. .Hid of the Auburn Thcohigical Seminar)1, and became a Congregational minister. In September. IS34. M removed with his family- In Sharon, Molina Co., Ohio, and died Mav ,t, 1S76, within twenty days of his sc vents -eighth binhibv. I lis widow survived until January 25, My and was nearly eightyfour years old at her death. Young Johnson was of infirm health in early life, but with the help of his father he succeeded in obtaining a good common school and academic education, and taught school at intervals from young manhood to the age of thirty. In 1^53 he had moved into Illinois, and in the fall of iHl he enlisted in the nth Illinois Volunteer Infantrv. serving four 5-e.m. Knlisting as a private, he was made First Sergeant after a few months, and in the fall of fWa was commissioned First Lieutenant, and bad l<ecn a Captain for about a year when mustered out in lSfj5, He then came lo Chicago and studied medicine in Hahnemann Medical College, graduating in March, iS(jS. whei, he settled in Hyde I'ark. He was married lunc - 1870, lo F.mma Mason, of

I'nln, 111., a daughter of an old settler of Ogle Coumy. by irltfai he has had two children - tiracie, in 1S75, and May, in tS^j, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Presbyterian Church, and the Doctor is a mcmUr of the Masoui Order and a Republican in politics.

FREDERICK KANST, superintendent uf Aural and nursendepartment. South I'ark l<rccn. houses, was appnintnl 10 hit present p<»sitii>ii in 1S73. and has held it uninterruptedly sincc. Ile was horn al Magdeburg, C.ermany. in 1647. He mas engaged in gardening while pursuing his studies. In I»(i5 his parents came lo the United Stales and settled near Momcncc, In. Mr. Kanst has since coming In this country lieen engaged prinilpallv in lloriiulturc and horticulture in different places.

KKK\. prufirietor Hyde I'ark Steam llakery. wai Urfu in t'.ermany in I 4 4 . and al the early age of thirteen uas apprenticed to learn the t.'.ikcry business, and has follimed that business since. In 1S70 he came lo Chicago and for three years worked a* a inurncyman liakcr. after which he opened a bakery and built up a nice trade. In November, l9fla he <Kiened his prrsrnt steam Ixakery al llyde I'ark. anil is doing a very large business He is an ex|>cricnc*-d man in all brandies of hi» Hade, anil hu business i> continiiallv increasing.

MRS. KI.1ZA KLINtiKR is tlie widow td" the late WillUm kliiigcr, Chicago, who died in t--j. Mr. Klingcr was a successful business man up lo the time of his last illness. I le and his wife were- native* of 1'rusi.ia. He came to thi* country in 1S46, and was one of Hyde Talk's oldest ciliren*. Mrs. K linger wis left .it her husliaiid's death with live children, but, by ihe lurcstghl and energy of her late husband she is in aimfortaUlecircunrstancc*. In-ing nwiier uf a line residence cm >outh I'ark lloulevard. Her children are four girls, one of whom is married, and one hov,

1 1 1 Alt I ICS ALUNZU KNOKK was born January 30. |S}J. in 1'hiladelpbia. Pcnn.. of Ceorge Thonlai and leannetle (Pafict Km>n. TarJ father ha* been for many years connecleil with thr Ktwalng Telegraph of that cits-, and in middle life was a simjer ol some local eminence, as was his mother, a native of Glasgow, who died in IS75. Young Knorr early manifested musical ability, anil was a niCWDCf of the choir of St. Sfark's Church at llie age "I nine. About 1*70 he began to take lessons in the Conservatory ri Musk, and afterward in oratorio and general concert work from I'rufrssnr K. <iik-s. In 1*73 he left Philadelphia with the Richings-llemanl old Folk*' Concert Company, being a membel ol Ihe < linker Uty OanrMttC of that combination, which located in Chicago in l»;f. and was highly appreciated. In lASo he took a leading part .n organiring tlie Chickering tjuartetle of Chicago, in which ht *v sumed the role of lirst lenor. and which still holds the hist rank among kindred organi/alions in the city. Hesides his work M a singer, Mr. Knorr is assni iatcil » ith the Chicago Music Lororuny at 152 State Street. He has bcCS connected all hi* life with }** choirs of the more prominent churches in lliilndelphia and Chicago, and is tWV engaged in the Plymouth Congregational Lhiinli. In 1*70 Mr. Knorr was married to Fugenie Siiliday. of rhili'lelphia, who ha* come of a musical family, and I* enikiwed »n» marked ability in that direction. They are the parents oi three hov* - Carl Wnlfsohn. born in 1S7S; Kdward Newrfl. 111 i5»o. 3« l.iHii* Sollidav. in tS*V Mr. and Mrs. Kmirr are meinbrn. ut tnc I 1 1 -.i 1 -( i Church. In May. I&82. they took up their rcuhncc .n

Frederick begani his Imsiness career at the age of fourteen a* in a mom store, and was also for several years emphwed in tw packing business. He moved to Hyde I'ark in lfib<>. and a> iMi lime embarked in the retail grocery business, lie na* : now . . establishment*, groceries and Hour and feed, and is the uWesi m« chant in hi* line in this locality.

Ilutlin, of Hyde Turk. He was elected .1 rocmlier of Hit Hoard of Education in 1881, and has been president of the board the past year. In April. I Ml, he was elected a Trustee (or the village, and has l>een President of the I hoard since April. 18S3.

WILLIAM LEWIS, violinist, was burn in 1837 in Devonshire. England. He early manifested an aptitude for music, inherited from and cultivated by his father, a violoncello player of sonic .1 hi lily. At the age of eight, young Lewis was considered a prodigy, and appeared in concerts in several cities as a violinist. At ten he was one of the choristers in Exeter cathedral, where he had the advantage °' a thorough drill by Ihe leader of the choir. He also took lessons from a Mr Wonacult, a violinist of no small reputation. In iStothe family came 10 America, and settled in Itellevue, HuronCo., Ohio, where young Lewis besides occasional farm work after a time learned the trade of carpenter. In 185 1 he attracted the attention of M. C. Cady. afterward of the well-known linn of Rool \ Cady, of Chicago, by coming unexpectedly to his relief as a volunteer violinist at his " musical convention " in Monrocvillc, Ohio. The first considerable amount earned by Mr. Lewis at a single performance was the 835 anil expenses paid him. in Cleveland, in IS53, for playing at a concert given by the "Ulack Swan," uniler the management of Colonel J. II. Wood, afterward nf Wood's Mii-eum, in Chicago. L'pon the death of his father in 1854. he burned with the " Continental Vocalists." a company of an engagement which lasted seven year*, while, in 1858, during a vacation of the troupe, he took lessons from Theodore Thomas in New York City. In lW>2 he embarked in business in Chicago, in the prosaic grocery trade, quickly losing hi* small accumulations. I le then found employment as .1 salesman in the music house of Kont * Cady. beside* attending to his professional calls as a violinist of recognised ability and .1 popular member of the Philharmonic Society, under the leadership of Hans Halatka. In 1S70 he made a trip to Europe as a representative of Knot St Cady. and in 1871 was. promised an interest in the firm Irom January I, 1S72, which «as duly fulfilled. Hut the house lost almost everything by the great lire and the ambitious attempt "to pay dollar for dollar." The panic of 1S73 aggravated the financial difficulty, and upon the dissolution of the lirm, Mr. Lewis formed with K. T. Koot the firm of Root & l>cwis. in the same line, and resumed his public entertainments, after a retirement of two or three years. About 1875 a new combination was formed, the three houses, George F. Root Si Sons, Knot & Lewis, and ChanJIcr ft Curtis*, being merged in the corporation known a* the Koot & Sons Music Company. In 1878 Mr. Lewis withdrew, and with K. G. Newell formed the Chicago Music Company, in which were also interested William A. Pond and C. A. Zoel'iisch, of New York Clt.'. In 1*3.3 Messrs. L*wh and Newell Canned a partnership with I'. P Cihbs, the firm of Lewis. Newell Jk Gibbs. who add the sale of pianos to the general tradein musk and musical merchandise of the Chicago Music Company. Mr. Ltwfei has been characterized by a muvca) expert as " The possessor of natural genius for the violin, which patiently and laboriously cultivated has made him an acknowledged artist in 'ibt line : he is modest, amiable and generous, ever willing to give hi* services in the interest of his art, and endowed with a wholesome contempt for all charlatanism and pretense in the profession." In i36o he married Klixabeth G.. a daughter of Edward Gibbs, a merchant of Milan. Ohio, where he hail gone to school some years before. They have two children : Mary Elizabeth, born in iSbj. who after studying for live vears under Miss Agnes Ingetsoll. of Hvde Park. Is now a pupil of Kuliak. of Iterlin. evincing marked ability a* a pianist : and Frederick C. born in 1875. Mr. Lewi* has resided in Hvde Park since 1807.

WILLIAM "II. DENSLOW LEWIS, physician, was born in April. I?56, in Brooklvn, N. Y.. nf William G. and Carrie M. (Owen) Lewis. The family removed to Chicago in 1857. where the elder Lewis went into the paint and oil business, buying out Alex- ..rider White. Young lx:wis went to Paris, where he commenced hi* academic and professional education. In 1873 he matriculated at Ihe University of Marburg. Germany, where he remained a year. Returning home, he went into the I'niversity of Nebraska, perilling mainly chemical investigations. In 1S75 he entered Ihe I'niversity of Michigan, graduating from the School of ITiarmacy as pharmaceutical chemist in IS77, and from the medical departmc-iit in I »7*. While here he prepared an exhaustive article oil

" 1-obelia Inflata; its Proximate Principles " (v. , Pharmaceutical journal of Great llritain. January KL l&li). which has Attracted international recognition. Locating 1:1 Hyde Park, he was appointed Health Officer and Village Physician in 1S70 and 18*0 Since then he has continued in the active practice of medicine ami surgery. Dr. Lewi* wa* married in September. 1 88.3, to Annie Oossjge llcmpstcd. of Kenwood. They arc both members of the Episcopal Church of the village: and the Doctor is Senior Past Regent and Medical Examiner of Hyde Park Council. No. 58s. of the koyal Arcanum of Illinois, filimg also the office of chairman of

PROFESSOR LESLIE LEWIS. M A , Superintendent of Schools. District No. 1, town of Hyde Park, was appointed to his present position January, 1870. He was born in Otsego County, N, V. In 1841), when lie* was alioul ten years of age. hi* parents moved to Erccport. 111., where he attended the high xchool. In iStio he entered Phillip*' Acailemy, Andover. Mas*., in preparation for college. Graduating, he entered Yale College the same year, where he took a full classical course, antl graduated in 18C16, with the degree II. A., the degree M, A. being conferred in 1S69. In lW/> he locates! in Waukcgan a* principal of the Wankegan Academy ; in I $(17 removed to Chicago to take the position of Principals! Dearborn school. In October, 1868, he took charge of the Hayden school, Chicago, a position he retained until January. 187b. Professor Lewi* is prominent in Masonic circles, being secretary of South Park Lodge. No. 663 ; ha* held all the chairs in Eair'View Chapter. No. 161, of Chicago, and K a member of Apollo Commanderv, No. 1. of the same city. He is also a member of Ihe Legion of Honor of Hyde Park, Regent of the Royal Arcanum, and a member of the Chicago Lilcrary Club.

CAPTAIN NELSON L. I.UTZ was born in Clrclcville. Ohio, in 1838. He enlisted in Company II, 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a* First Lieutenant, for three months, and at its expiration organized and re-enlisted in Company A, 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which command he had until 1*63. when, from physical disability, lie was obliged to resign. He was engaged withhisreglmenl in both the siege and battle of Corinth, also in the battles at New Madrid. Ittka, and in several other engagements in Missouri under General Stiirges, and along the Mississippi, including the taking of Island No. to. and the defeat of Forrest. On his return to Circleville. he was employed in the l*rovost Marshal's office for I vcar. He removed to Geneseo. 111., in 1S65. where he opened a drug store, but sold out and located in Chicago in IS68, when he again entered the drug business, soon selling out and taking a position as tiook- keeper, which position he still occupies. He married Miss Carrie Howard, also a native ol Circleville, Ohio, in 1863. Thev have had three children : two are living.

CIIARI l'S W. MERRIAM.of Harmon, MerriannVCo .wholesale grocers. Chicago, was born in Lamoille County. Vl., in 1845. He moved to Cedar Rapids. Iowa, when seventeen yean of age, and remained there two years. He located in Chicago in 1S66, entering the employment of the wholesale grocery house of Whitaker, Harmon S; Co., the firm consisting of J. A. Whitaker, |«MC N. Harmon. Franklin McVeagh, and John Mcsscr. In 1870 the two house* of Franklin McVeagh & Co. and Harmon Messer <v Co. were formed, from Ihe old firm. In 1*74 John Messer died, and the lirm of Harmon. Messer \ Co. became the firm of Harmon, Merriam A: Co.. consisting of Isaac N. Harmon. C. W. Merriam' Isaac S. Collins, and Ircorgc W. Dexter. Mr. Merriam married Miss Alice Harmon, daughter of Mr. Isaac N. Harmon. September. 1877.

ALFRED MILLS was born near I.undon, England, in 155,4; and after receiving a good education became employed in the railway service. In 1872 he immigrated to Hamilton. Ontario, and a year later removed to Detroit. Mich., where he learned the Hade of upholsterer, and followed that occupation for several years. Mr. Mills came to Chicago in 1877, and for live years carried on an upholstering establishment, in December, 18S1, moving to this locality, where lie opened business as an undertaker, having studied and perfected himself in this line of trade. The subject of llns sketch is Past Chief Ranger of Court General Washington, No. 6,282, A. O. F.; is Noble Grand of Hyde Park Ixxlge, No. 732. i' O. 0. F.l a member of Mystic Star Lodge. No. 753. A. I'. & A. M.; Chicago Chapter. No. 127. R- A- »-! Chevalier Bayard Commandcry. No. 52, K. T.. and Worthy Past P.esident of Mistletoe Lodge. No. 142. Sons of St. < k-orge.

WILLIAM MOORE was born in 1844 in Cambridge, England, of Reuben and Anna (Sheldonl Moore, and came to this country in tW>5, I le was brought up to the fancy dry goods business and for eighteen years ha* lieen employed here as salesman in lha: line or in wholesale millinery. April 20. 1871. he was married to Miss Nettie Reynolds, a daughter of Daniel H. Home, of Hyde Park, where he lias since rc*ided; they are the parcnls of two children - iota W illoughby. born June 6. 1876. and Berth* Sheldon, born une 7, 18S2. , IAMES MORGAN came from England in 1S44. at the age of sixteen, and settled at Blue Island in the fall ol that year. In 184S he commenced studying law in the office- of Arnold vV Ugden, in the city of Chicago. In iSs'i he created the firm ol Hannah. 1 .ay ft Co., lumber merchants, of which lie is one of the partner*: and commenced purchasing real estate in Chicago. Ill 1*63 Mr. Morgan married Miss Rebecca Allison, a native of Maryland, residing in Chicago. They have one daughter; and attend St. Paul's Episcopal Chuich. Hvde Park; having moved from Chicago in

187.V in which vcnr lie was. elected .1 member ol the Hoard of t*riisiccs of the village of Hyde Park. M». Morgan was nrie* appointed a South Park commissioner, anil was chosen president <>f the board for two terms. He is n Republican in politics.

CHAKl.ES LEVEREtT NORTON mm bom August 13. 13511. in Chicago, son of Charles Augustus Norton, a member of the CUOM Har, ami LucvlHnnd) Norton. The family rami- la reside in Hvde I'arlc in 1S64; and young Nonon was educated in the common and high schools of the village. Mr entered the classical mm at the I'nivcrsily of Vermont, in the class vt ttWo, but discontinued after one vear In go into business. He bctattK assistant to the comptroller nil HJfWe Pw* in October, 1*78, ami was himself appointeil comptroller April 24, iSisJ. He is a member of tlvc KIM Presbyterian Church; also member of South Em Lodge. No. 66*, A. I*' & A. M.i Collector of the Hyelc I'ark Council of the Uoval Arcanum: anil is a Kepublican in politic* jOIIK MORRISON PAksllAI.L wa« born I Mulier <», 1S4O. in Lebanon, Ohio, of \V. F. I'arshall. a Itankcr, ami Henrietta (Dey) I'arshall; he was IxllH llliltl at the common school anil academy of la-banon. ami spent two years at Miami Cniversity. at Oxfr.nl, < Mini. He entered the house nf ( iiles Uroi. ft Co.. jewelers, at Chicago, with whom he has ever -fate* remained; tilling since IS"ij tlic responsible position of inaiuigei of the wholesale de|iartment. lie married Miss May Lester, of I'eotone, III, August 5, 1SS2; at which time thrv went to reside in Huh' I'ark.

ROBERT PAULEY, ilorisl. The business was established here in 1 S77. There arc four green-houses ami one propagating house. 1 Mlicr improvements will greatly enlarge this, the hi-jl. ing apparatus being sufficient to warm an acre of gla«s. Mr. Pauley was horn in Nottinghamshire. Kngland. July l'>. l^j!?- "c was brought up a HurM and horticulturist, hi* parent* being engaged in that business. In 1S62 he came* to the United Stales ami settled in Chicagu. and has since engaged as gardener in various places, lie has bexn in business for himself since i«6ij.

DANIEL APPI.ETON PKIRCE was horn in April, Iftjy, in Watcrboro, Vork Co.. Me. son of James II. and Lucy (Apple- Ion) Pcircc. The father was a native of the same place and a practicing physician then' lor over forty years ; his maternal grandlather, lor whom he was r.amt-il, served as Captain in the War of 1312. Mr. I'eirce received all the educational advantages the plaec afforded, anil which were such as to have qualilicd bint for u teacher in his seventeenth year. In he came West, settling in Kaciue, Wis., for five years, where lie studied law and MM admitted to practice in :->.., and continued in the office of a law firm almul three years. He then removed to Washington, where he obtained a position in the treasury department, which he tilled until the ch«xe of 1S71. In December ol thai year he came In Hyde Park, where he has since resided, lie-coming a menilsi-r ot the lirm of Ifcxlson vV. Peirte, dealers 111 groceries, proiismns. Hour and feed, lie was nurrieil November yu. 1^64, to Lizzie M. idle, by whom he has two children, Ida and Alice. They are attendant" at the Fin) Haptist Church. Mr. I'eirce is a Kcpublic.in in politics, wax a Village Trustee in 1SS1 and 1881. and is now Treasurer of the same.

GEORGE N. I'll Kl. PS, grain inspector, is a native nf Halion. IScrkshirc Co., Mass. After leaving school he learned the trade of practical tinner, and followed that nrciijvalion *i»mr years. In Novcmlier, 1872, Ih: came to Chicago and in |une follow ing moicd to the town of Lake. He was foreiiuin of the tin ilepartment, at the shops o| the Chicago, kock Island ft Pacific Kuilroad lor nine years, alter which he was appointee] grain in-pector. and located fur duly nt these shops. Mr. Pliclps lias made hi- home at Hyde Park since November. t3;i>. He is a number of kuyal Arcanum. lutcr-Occan Council, No, Oic|, and was dec led Ucgcnl ol that council in Decemlicr, 1.SS2.

WILLIAM L. PIERCE was Ix.rn in 1*43 in Albany. N. V., the oldest son nf William l!. and Kbralieth E, (Peek! Pierce. The father, now a retiree' lawyer, came West in l.ljiianil settled in t incinnali. w hence he removed to Chicago in lS«7. I he grandfather. Kev. Ur. John Pierce, a I'nitariau clergyman of lioston. was for some years the Stale Historian of Massachusetts ami xctTrinry ol llnrvard College. Tin mother, a member of an old Albany family, was q daughter of Captain Henry Peck, of the firm of Pert iv Newton I Isaac), celebrated ship-owners of the first half of this century, and the first to run a regular line of steamers on the I lud- «>n. Mr. Pierce trace* direct descent on thi- lather's title front Lucy, the sister of llenjamin l-'rankltu. In 1 862 he mftstcil in tile IJ4lh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, selling alsinl Iwo jears, and on his return resumed his studies in the Chicago I'niversitv. graduating in the class of nifif. He wax honored with the presidency "I the alnmni association of his tttma mater, in 1- to ami isSi. After graduating he purchased a half-iutctc-xl in the mercantile agcn.v of Tap|un, McKil'op .v. Co., in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, Washing, ton and Baltimore, taking up his residence in the t.rst mimed city. In 11*70 be sold out his interest in the four branches, and returned

{0HEPH PL'LLM AN, assistant engineer llvile Park water *, was horn in Yorkshire, Kngland. in 1S22. 'lie learned Iht trade of machinist as a boy. ami followed it there until l»5(>. when he came to the I'nilcd states. In 1S57 he located in Clncar/o » shorl line, then moved In Aurora, where he entered the ciuploy nf the C. It. »V O. k. It., with whom he remained Iweutv-fneir vean. the lavt vearx lieing foreman of his department. In 1SS2 he .1 posihoii as engineer in the water works of the town nf I jkr. Cook County, where he remained until he receiied liispreseni appoint men I.

SAMUEL PULLMAN, general foreman of the car-buililiai depaiinieiit of the Chicago, kock Island ft I'acilic kailrextel Compun, was born in Lnglanel in tSjo, where he learned live trade of wood-Worker and was employed in car.lmilding sho|ix. In M.irra. tS5b, he came to New Vork City, subsequently going to llranlford, t tntario. where for three and a half year* he had charge of the shops of the II. ,\ I.. II. K. K. From there he moved to Aurcra. Ill . and entered the employ uf the C, II. ft *}. k. K. as Icirrmin in the car-building shops, where he remained about eighl wan. While residing there lie was elected a memlier ol the Aurnra Ifccwl of Aldermen in 1867. He resigned bis position with the C, II. A t,t. K, It. to accept that of foreman of the shops of the ("real Eastern U.iilroad Company, and left their empluy to accept his pre-ent m>sitioii September. 1*909. **"r. Pullman leas been a resident of Hyde Park for the past fourteen years. In April. he cai elected a member of the Hand of liducatiun of Ihstrin No. 1. towns of ilydk Park and Lake, and re-elected in l9;a> serving in all six years", and as a compliment for his services the Pullman was named after him. He was. in April, l58t, elected a membtrol the Hoard of Trustees of Hyde I'ark, ami served two years, and during his membership the present water works were con strutted, of which enterprise he was an active supporter. I le is a chjittr mcmlic-r ol the Mesne Mar Lodge. A. K. A; A. M.

I.. K. KICK.' dealer in drugs, jewelry, chemicals, ett, was born in Oswego. K. V.. in 1S43, and when very young mewed to Minnesota with bis people. Alter leaving school he began at the age of fuurteen to study and team the drug business ul Mantumillc. Mioa., and followed' it some seven years. Then hewent to IT irJMl and was engaged in the grain business there and in Chicago, bus ing milling grain in all parts of the Northwest J»J shipping to Chicago and mills east of there; wax also on the llnard of Trade in Chicago. In l»7<> he went In Kairmont. Ncb.aad <»|H-ned a drug and jewelry establishment. A year Inter lie remoicel to I'eabodv, Kan., and in December. 1S7*, to Coot t eninty, locating in Hyde Park and opened there a small elrug store. He has built up a large and extensive business, and has now two fSU->- IMimentx, drugs, jewelry and stationery. Mr. kiee is a mcmbtr ol the A. K \ A. M., Mystic Star LrKlgc, Chicago Chapter. K. .\. and Chevalier liavard Commandery of K. T.

WILLIAM HKNKY KlCHAkHSON was l»im June II. 1S40, in Wvoming Counlv, K, V.. son of Charles and AnnOtratlam) kichardson. He is of the MrmmchwetH family of thai turnc, bis father having been born in Lowell. Max*. He settled in mth falo about iSlu. and afterward rcmoveel to Wywineg trmnty where he died in 1S67. Having received a preparar.»y edurati.^ at Andover, young Kichardvort entered llarvanl, where he P*j* ated in the class of iSdt. He enlisted in ihe 4J<" \ ork VolnWl Infanlrv. but was refund the privilege ol hgimiiK fur the Lnion liecauxe of enfeebled health, lie came to C htcaffj the xame \-ear and entered the law office of Kno*. Kuslace i\ W. and was admitted to the Har in 1S63. He still remained linn, and when Mr. Reed was elected Stated Allorncr in isOJ l« became his assistant, and served in that capacity fi* "vr"' ' . . lie was elected Alderman of the Lirst Ward in Ito ***** ' ollicc (out vcars. He was married in l» MM '

It irnar.l. .in'd on his retirement from the Comrrwn ttwncu r r»j look up their residence in Hede Park. Thev are the paretm one child. Hattie A.. February 20, 1877. ''n<1 n**"11*^ Ihe episcopal Church. Mr. KicliardseMi » Kepublicau.

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ami added ti> his purchase in 18K0. Somt (vro years later he built a large building on the lead, filled it up handsomely, and moved his business, lo thK place. He ha* a large garden attached to hi* luisiness establishment, and is the proprietor <»( Broadway Hall. Mr. Ringc while residing in the city was widely known in the Third Ward, and took an active interest in polities, lie is a member of A. F. & A. M.. Waldick Lodge. No. 7C4, Wiley M. Chapter, K. A. M.. and the Oriental Consistory; and is also connected with the A. O. If. W. and the A. O. K.

COLIN KOHINSON was horn in iSi; in Argylcshirc. Scotland, and immigrated to Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. V., in 1837, where he remained twenty-live years, engaged mainly, alter amv. ing at man's estate, in tiuying'grain as well as transporting it. on his own and others' account, to the New York market by canal and river. In 1S62 he came West, and in 1803 settled ill llloomington, as a member of the firm of Krurn cV Robinson, dealers in coal, lumber and grain. In 1S74 he sold out to his partner, and came to Hyde I'ark, where he bought improved real estate, and where he has since resided, occupying himself mainly with the care of his property. In 1865 Mr. Robinson was married lo Ann K. Egglcstot). of Wyoming County, N. V.. by whom he has hail two living children - William C March 17. IS63. and Argyle E., May 1$, 1872. Mr. and Mrs, Kohinvon arc memtiers of the First Presbyterian Church of Hyde I'ark, of which Mr. Robinson is the treasurer and one of the trustees. He is a Republican in politics, and an advocate of " high license."

KOHINSON \- MINI iR, contractors on Hyde I'ark tunnel. This partnership was formed in May, tsSo, and they have since been engaged in general contracting in Chicago and vicinity. Anderson Minor, ol the above lirm. was born in Cleveland, Ohio. January 31, 1840. lie was partially educated in his native city, his linishing studies being taken at I liram College. Ohio, under live tuition of the late President (iartield. At the age of sixteen he began the mason's trade, and afterward moved to Toledo. Ohio, where he engaged in contracting and building. During his residence in this city of some thirteen years, he put up all the most prominent buildings in the city. In 1*71 he removed to Chicago, where he organized the tirm Of Minor A. Trimble, this lirm rxisting about two years, and building during that ti ne the Hamlin .V Hale building and many Others. In 1*73 he entered into partnership with I'. J. Sexlcm. The lirm ol Sexton .V Mimir existed about two years, engaged in general building; it was then dissolved. Mr. Minor afterward acted as superintendent for 1'. J. Sexton, receiving a salary and interest in the business. In this position hehad entire charge o( the erection of the Cook County Hospital and the Cook County Court-I louse. Mr. Minor is a member of the I. O. I). K., of Toledo. Lodge and Encampment, and also a member ol the Master Masons and lijilders' Association of Chicago

BBENEZER TOW NEK KOOTwasborn in Sheffield. Mass , August 5, 18*2, being the second of the three sons anil eight children of hredcriek Ferdinand and Sarah (Hint) Root, He is descended in the seventh generation from John Root ol Farmington, turn in England in 1<«>S, one of the first ami most prominent ' settlers ol larmington. Conn., in 1640. The intermediate names in the direct line from him to E. T. Root arc - Thomas Koole, of I armington. Conn., and afterward of Wcstficld, Mass.; Knsign Joseph Root, of Wcstficld; Colonel Azariah, of Wesllield, and afterward of I'oontoosick. now Shetlield. Mass.; Major Azariah, of Shcffield. Frederick Ferdinand, of Shetlield until isjfi, and of North Reading. Mass., until his death In 1S66. E. T. Root left home in fiy(>, and spent three years in Buenos Ayrcs. Returning home in 1839 he joined his older brother, the well-known \merican composer, tieorgc- Fred. Root, in Boston, and devoted himself to the study of music. From 184610 184.; he taught music in New Vork City, nnd from 1849 to 1851 in Alabama, whither he moved for the benctit of his health Returning to New Vork he look the position of salesman in the music store of Hall & Sons. Leaving that lirm in t8;8 he came to Chicago and established the lirm of Root ft Lady, in the same line. In 1 802 the firm which had Irom the first taken a leading position in its line in Chicago, was re-cnlorced by the accession of Ocorge F. Root, and was soon recognized as one of live chief music houses in the country The great lire of 1871 swept away their place of business, with -dock ami plates, and their ambition to pay dollar for dollar took most of what remained, leaving the consciousness and reputation of integrity as the basis of new enterprise. Mr, E. T, Root formed the firm of Root ft Lewis, music dealers, in 1S73, and January 1, 1S75. the Root .V.- Snns Music Company was established, embracing Root c\ l ewis, (ieorge F. Root & Sons, and Chandler \ Curtis*. In 1880, Mr. E. T. Root dissolved his connection with the company, and with his sons, Frank K. and Waller R.. aged respectively, twenty-eight and twenty-four years, formed the new lirm of Root ft Sons, general music dealers. April 30. 1855, Mr. Root married Alnura K. Kimball, of Jersey City. N. J., and they arc the parents of three sons and three daughters. The family are mcmlxrs of the Sueilrnborgian, or New Jerusalem. Church, and have resided in Hvde I'ark since July. 1867.

' MARTIN JAMES RUSSELL was born December in. 1845. in Chicago, of Martin and Jane (Mulligan) Russell. Having received Ivs education in the common schools, supplemented by a short period of study at the I'niversitv ol the Lake, he enlisted in the regiment of his uncle. Colonel Mulligan, the 23d Illinois Volunteers, in 1S61, and was soon made a Lieutenant of hi* company, and Adjutant of the regiment. He afterward acted as Assistant Adjmant-i iener-d ol his uncle's division, and was mustered out in Sepiemtier. 1864. He went into journalism in 1870. as city editor ol the Evening I'osl, and in 1873 became one of the editorial writers on live Times, continuing in that relation until August, 1883, when he look charge of the Chicago Herald, - In I'ebruary. 1873, Mr. Kus>ell was married lo Miss Cclia Walsh, and went to reside in Hyde I'ark. In 1876, and for four successive years, he was elected Clerk of the vilhige: and in 1&80 he *cas appointed a South I'ark Commissioner. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are the parents of live children - lames t lavton. born I Jcccmber 28. 1S73; Martin Cecil. March 30. 1878; l-e'wis. Scplc-mhcr, [tto; Kilty, in 167b, and [anc, in 1889.

HENRY SC 1 1 U E N E MANN, of Sehuenemanii A llclmkamp. grocers, was born in Ccrmaiiy July 15, 1S5S, and immigrated lo Illinois in 1S74, locating at Klmhurst. I In Page Countv, where he followed agricultural pursuits, and was also (or while employed in mercantile business. In 1878 he came to Chicago and was employed in the groeerv business, and in the spring of 18H2 opened a grocery establishment in Hyde I'ark In company with II. Hanliaucr. who did not. however, remain in the business long, and in the [all of 18S2 Mr. Scliucnemann became associated with his present partner, John Helmkanip. Both are active young men, and are building up a good trade; they have a nice store and carry a good stock. Mr. Scliuenemann was married May I, 1SS3, lo Lizzie, daughter of Anton Hannaucr, who runic to Chicago some thirty-live years ago,

COLIN SHANKS was bom at Aberdeen. Scotland. January 3. l83<). and received his education at the Robert Cordon Hospital lie came to America in 1854, and was employed with Celleral I'ricc. contractor on ihe M. I'. R. R., and located at Jefferson City, Mo., for sixteen months, alter which, at St. Louis, Mo., he served an apprenticeship ol lour years to the trade of locomotive machinist in the shops ol that company. Subsce|ucnllv he entered the employ of the ft. cV M. R. R., and remained wiih that road some five years, first as machinist, then as gang foreman. After this he was foreman in the shops of the Iron Mountain Railroad, al Carondclet. Mo., for several years. Mr. Shanks has filled many prominent potitions with various railroad companies. For two and a half years with the Illinois cx St. Louis Railroad he had charge of the machinery department in Iheir shops at East St. l-ouis; then with the K. 1'. R. R. Co., in the locomotive depart, merit, three months, after which he went to Holden. Mo., and look charge of the machinery department in the shorts of M. I'. R. R. for three years, when lie was removed to Scdalia, Mo., where he held the position ol general foreman in the shops of ihe same company for eighteen months. In 1 874 he became connected with I he Wabash, St. Louis A; I'aritic Railroad, at Decatur, HI. For live vcars be tilled the position of general foreman in the company's shops, and for two years was assistant master mechanic of the St. Louis 4c Chicago Division. Mr. Shanks came In Chicago in October, 1881. and had charge of the Chicago Division of the \V., St. L Ac I'. R. R. up to February I, 1882, when he was appointed to his present position, lh.it of general foreman of the company's shops in 1 Ik- low 11 of l ake. He is a thorough mechanic, and has had a long ex|ierierice in the building and repairing of locomotives, cars, etc. He has been a resident ol Hyde Park for over a year.

OWEN RHERIDAN, ftrd sergeant Kensington police force, was born in Ireland Itcccmbrr 17. 1849. He came alone to Ame rica in tS68, and has resided in Hyde Patk ever since. He first worked for H. C A*ny, attorney, and was night watchman for a vear. until he hrramc a memlier of the police force in 1S72. being promoted first sergeant In 1SS3 He is a memlier of the Ancient Order of Hibernian*. In April, 187;, he married Miss Mary Jane Carrigg. of New Vork Stale. They have four children - James, Hrssie, Mamie anil Margaret

LESTER AS A 1 1 KL TALCOTT was born in 1828 in Verona, Oneida Co., N. V.. of Jonathan II. and Sophia (Dewey) Talcolt. |ohn Talcolt, the founder of the family in this Country, arrived in "Boston Septeeabei 16, lf>.12. with the Rev. Mr. Hooker'* company, and settled at Newtown, noev Cambridge, whence Ihev removed to the number of about one hundred lo Connecticut in 1030, and founded Hartford " The Worshipful '' John Talcolt was one- of the committee of May I. 11137. who advised that war should be declared against ihe Pccpiods, and was for many year* a member of Ihe general court, as well as one ol ihe chief magistrates of the colony. Lester Asahcl is in the sixth tUBUlw fri»in John lalcotl, through Samuel. Nathaniel. Joseph, Jonathan, all.) Jonathan II. His father and grandfather WWWtril from Connecticut to Rome. N. V.. in 1803; anil the lather, with his immediate family, lu Kenosha. Wis., in l»37- Oa his mother* side, also. Mr. Tab eaU is of early New England Mock, anil his grandfather Dewey was a native of New Hampshire. Alter some brief preliminaiy ventures in Kenosha and Milwaukee. I.. A. Taloitt began business in Chicago ill 1S51. where he has since continued in the same line, foreign and dnmesile fruit and fancy groceries, without other change than growth in tohime. DM responding to that oi the city, lie has l«een a Mason since I.Sue, being a inemU-r ol Garden Cily Lodge, of I.afavcttc Chapter and Apollo I omnuindcry, and is a Republican in politics. He hits resided in Hyde I'ark since 1*72. His only son, Charles Lester. was horn in Chicago in 1S54; and Julia Alice, the daughter of Charles Lester, was born in Chicago in 1879.