Cook County, Illinois - The whole text, 1884 (part 50 of 61)

The township when organized corresponded in territory to Congressional Township 40 north, Range 13 east, of the third principal meridian. Under Ihe general organization act three commissioners were appointed to divide the county into townships. These commissioners were : W. I,. Church, 1'hilo Winched and Stephen Rexford. After traveling through the countv anil conversing with the inhabitants with reference to boundary lines and names preferred for the townships, a meeting was called at Chester Dickinson's house. At this meeting the name Monroe Township was selected and sent to Springfield as the choice of the people, but it was found that this name had already been granted to another township, hence another meeting was called to select another name. At this meeting there were present about twelve of the citizens - among them : M. N. Kimbell, William P. Gray, Edward Simons, Chester Dickinson, David L. Roberts, Zina Bvington, S. S. Abbott and Major Noble. M. N. Kimbeil proposed the name Jefferson, which was unanimously adopted, and forwarded to Springfield. Hence " Jefferson " became the name of the township.

The first election after the organization of the township was held at the house of Chester Dickinson April 2, 1850. The first vote was for Moderator of the meeting. For this office George Merrill had ten votes, Martin N. Kimbell four and D. L Roberts one. For Clerk of the meeting D. L. Roberts had seventeen votes, and was elected. A vote was then taken for Overseers of Highways and pound masters. It was then voted that cattle and horses, except stallions, should be permitted to run at large between April 1 and Novemlier 1 of each year. Hogs and sheep were nut permitted to run at large, under a penally of $1.00 per head for hogs and twenty-five cents per head for sheep, the penalties to go into the general fund. It was also voted that a rail fence four and a half feet high should be considered a Sufficient fence, and that a ditch and bank, or a ditch, bank and sod, which was equivalent to a rail fence four and a half feel high, should be deemed a sufficient fence. The result of the election for officers was, that Martin N. Kimbell was elected Supervisor by fifty-two votes, to eighteen for David I.. Roberts. Robert J. Edbrooke was elected Town Clerk by sixtv-seven vote's, to one for John H. Butterlield. Russell Morton was elected Assessor by forty-eight votes, to twenty for William E. Sayre. Alexander Clark was elected Collector by thirtyfive votes, to twenty-nine for C yrus M. Allen and five for John H. Butterlield. George Merrill was elected Overseer of the Poor by forty votes, to eight for F.llis Smalleyand one for Chester Dickinson. The following gentlemen were elected Commissioners of Highways : Daniel Booth by sixty-nine votes, Major Noble by sixtyeight and Chester Dickinson bv thirty-seven', while Charles R. Ball had twenty-seven votes, Russell Morton four and David Edwards one. For Constable, John H. Hutterficld had forty-seven votes and was elected. Alexander Clark and Cyrus M. Allen had each thirty-five, .dexander McMlUen had seven, Charles S. Perry two and hllis Smalley one. The board, consisting of George Merrill Moderator, and David L. Roberts, clerk, decided that, in the case of Alexander Clark and Cyrus M Allen, each of whom had the same number of votes for Constable, they had no power to act. For Justices of the Peace, Israel G. Smith had forty-two vote's and Willtarn P. Gray thirty-seven, both being elected, while

George Merrill had twenty-three votes, Niram Sanford twenty-three and George N. Powell four. On the isi of May, 1850, at a special meeting held for the purpose the legal voters elected by acclamation Overseers n( Highways, as follows : SamOel S. Stickney for Disthci No. 1 ; Major Noble for No. 2 ; John II Butterlield, No. 3 ; James Daniels, No. 4; David L Roberts, No. 5; James M. Washburn, No. 6 ; Alexander McMillcn, No. 7 ; John Rutherford, No. 8 ; Russell Morton, No. 9. It was then voted to raise by taxation $150, to be ex- |iended on bridges and plank roads, and that §jco be similarly raised, to meet any other expenses that might be required. Cyrus M. Allen then received fifteen votes for Constable to one vote for Ellis Smalley. and thus the election of town officers was made complete.

The first meeting of the Commissioners of Highways was held April 16, 1850. at the house of Chester Dickinson, the object being to divide the township up into road districts, but having no plat of the township they were unable to carry out their design. Their second meeting was held at the house of Major Noble, at which the township was divided into nine districts/as follows: District No. 1, embraced Sections 1.2 and 3 . No. 2, Sections No. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, *4. J5-tne east half of 22, and the cast half of 26; No. 3-Sections No. 4, s. the north half of Sections 8 and 9; No. 4 - »" of the Caldwell Reservation in Jefferson ; No. 5-Sections 16, 17, 18, the south half of Sections 7, 8, 9: No. 6 - Sections 35, 36, and west half of 26; No. 7 - Sec tions J 1, 27, 28, 33, 34, and the west half of 21 : No. J - Sections 19, 20, 29, 30, 31 and 32 ; No. 9 - Section 6 and the west half of Section 7.

The first road laid out by the Commissioners of Highways was on May 10, 1850. It was four rods wide, ami began at southwest corner of Section 20, and ran east on the section line between Sections 20 and 19, n and 28, 22 and 27, and thence between Sections 23 m 26, 13.44 links to the center of the plank road, "which bears S. 50" E. with a variation of 7" 30' east." And on the same day a road was directed to be bid commencing at the southwest corner of Section io. and running north along the west line of Section 10 to the quarter comer, thence east 50-100 chains; thence north parallel with the west line of said Section 10, 3o,l.-rhain> to a black oak five inches in diameter; thence north ]i west s chains to a black oak six inches in diameter, bearing north is1.-0 east, distant 53 links - this Wt on the Indian boundary line ; thence north 3* *,e5t 1S.40 chains to the corner of S. S. Abbott's land: thenonorth 60° west along S. S. Abbott's line 14.3* the southwest corner of said Abbott's Wj** north 32 ' ,° east along the west line of Abbott * tod 18.37 chains ; thence north 250 west along a cart rm 5.75 chains ; thence north 60° west 43-1° ° * center of the road running from Carpenters bndgtto Gross Point, variation 50 30' east. This mad to « four rods wide. Other roads were authored tube WO out on May 10 and 11, July 2, 3, 8. 9 and *\ tor ber 16 and December 17 in this year. °" 7s' "*i date the Commissioners of Highways of botk jw^" and^^ided it so that north half of said line belonged to the town of L den, and the south half to the town of JC"C!?",J' nJJ* on this same day. Supervisors N. H. Bolles, M. - lap and Samuel E. Ferris made a decision aSa'n*jon. laying out of a road, as authorized by the t om!n'^tDe er's of Highways, running from the plank road I corner of Sections 1 5 and 20 cast along the line btt» said sections to the east corner thereof, thence east along the line between Sections 14 and 13, 88 chains to the center of the east Milwaukee road.

The result of the first election in the township is given in full, the names oT. and number of votes cast for the defeated candidates being given, as well as those of and for the successful candidates. Hereafter only the names of and votes for the officers elected will be given, and the classification will be based on the officers elected, instead of on the time of election.

Drainage Commissioners. - - For some years the Commissioners of Highways were also Drainage Commissioners, but in 1859 separate officers were elected upon whom devolved the duty of keeping the drainage of the township in good shape Those first elected to this office were: In 1S59, D. M. Woodward (53), Edward Dymond 53 ; William P. Gray .53 ; 1862, B. Hopkins f68), William E. Sayre (41), D. L. Roberts 142); 1863, E- Simons 861, Orton Huhlwrd (88), Augustus Bvington 187 ; 1864. M. N. Kimbell (150), Clark Roberts 1,150 , I. G. Smith 127 ;: 1865, Herman Legelker (103), A. J. Snell I021, C. Dickinson (99); 1866, D. S. Dunning 106), H. Vanatta 1108', E. G. Merrill 1 108).

The town organization has been continued since the organization of the village. The officers have been as follows: Supenisors - William P. Gray, from 1870 to 1875; Brockman Hopkins, from 1875 to 1879; and Theodore Schultz from 1879 to the present time. Assessor! - -S, S. Abbott, 1870; F. D. Wulff, from 1871 to his death in 1882; William Johnson, from 1882 to the present time. Colleetors - Frank D. Wulff, 1870; L. A. Budlong, 1871; Brockman Hopkins, from 1871 to 1874; William Johnson, from 1874 to 1880; M N Kimbell, 1881; Daniel Booth, Jr., .882. Clerk - D. N. Kelscy, 1870; Nicholas B. Hansen, from 187 1 to the present lime.

ThkTown Hook. - Early in the history of this township the necessity was felt for some place in which to hold elections and to conduct the public business. Up to 1S56 private houses were used for these purposes. At the annual meeting kild April 1, 18^6, on motion of M. N. Kimbell, it was resolved that $2,^00 Ik- raised for the purpose of building a town house-. The vote for the resolution was fifty to forty-six against it. On the 13th of the following December a special meeting was held for the purpose of selecting a town house site, but it was voted to postpone the selection until the next annual meeting. Town house trustees were, however, elected to secure plans and specifications for a town house of lumber, and also to procure an act by the Legislature to supply any lack of power in the town to ai t legally in the premises. The trustees elected were as follows, by the appended vote : M. N. Kimbell by twentyeight votes, Robert J. Edbrooke twenty-five and David L. Roberts thirty-one. At the annual meeting of April 7, 1857, two locations for the proposed town house - one to be designated the "Center," was proposed by John Gray, the other to Ik designated the " Ridge," proposed by David I.. Roberts - the land needed to be donated by Mr. Gray or Mr. Roberts, upon the selection of the legal voters of the township. At this meeting the question was voted upon and carried in the affirmative that the town house should be of brick anil two stories high. Seven hundred dollars additional was also voted for the purpose of building this house. At the annual meeting of April 6, 1858, $1,000 was appropriated "to complete the Town House. Thus the total cost of the Town House was $4,200. It is a two-story brick structure, 20x35 fr*1 S'7C- anfl 's located at " the Center of the Town," on Milwaukee Avenue, one and a quarter miles southeast of the village of Jefferson. A safe was put in it in 1870, "to accommodate the clerk."

It is interesting to note the gradual increase of the annual appropriations for road and bridge purposes, as it may indicate the increase of the amount of labor performed on them. In 1850 at the first annual meeting. $150 was appropriated. In 1851. $274 was the sum voted upon, but this amount failed by a vote of thirteen for, to seventeen against it, and the records do not show that any amount was appropriated that year, nor in 1852. In 1853 $100 was voted to be expended on roads In 1 S54 no amount appears. In 1 85 5 $375 was agreed upon as the amount to be expended on roads, etc.. $too on the telegraph road, $100 from Carpenter's bridge to the plank road, $100 from Whisky Point to Lovelts Ridge, and §75 on the Slough Bridge near S. S. Stickney's. In 1856 the sum appropriated was $400, in 1857, $600; in 1858,811,275; in 1859. $<. 100; in i860, §1.155; in 1861, $275, but little being done this year except to keep the roads in repair; in 1862 and 1863 no monev appears to have been raised for road purposes; in 1864, $4,500 was voted to reimburse those who subscribed toward the war fund for filling the quota of the town, which probably prevented any action with reference to the improvement of roads and bridges that year. There is no data on this subject now until 186S, when $8,000 was the sum agreed upon. In 1869 it was voted to levy a tax of $1,500 to build a bridge across the North Branch at Albert Street, and that $6,000 should be expended on roads and bridges. It was also voted at the meeting, which was held November 2. that horses and cattle should not run at large without a permit from the Board of Trustees. In 1870 $5,000 was appropriated to build a new bridge to take the place of the old one known as Finney's bridge, and $3,000 voted for general road and bridge purposes.

were authorize*! to he laid out bv the Commissioner of Highways. On June 7. 1870, Huntington Street was Opened, and Jefferson Avenue improved by grading from Huntington Street to the bluff, near the Chicago River, at an estimated t ost of §2,000. On June 17 Clark Street was opened from Cheney to Lewis ; Jackson, from Milwaukee Avenue to East Street ; Cray, from Lewis to East ; Stone, from Hollowell to Fast: Dwight, from Danforth to Fast; Weld, from Everett to East ; Williams, from Clark to Lawrence ; Fast, from Cotcs's south line to Lawrence Street ; Everett, from Clark to the N. IV. R. R.; Hollowell, from Clark to Danforth ; Lewis, from Clark to the railroad; Jones, from Clark to Elderkin ; Devire, from Elderkiii to northeast corner of Mock ,5. The estimated cost of opening these streets was St. 650. On August 6, 1S70, Allien Street was authorized to be improved by grading to the width ol 66 feet from Jefferson Avenue to the center of Western Avenue, which is the east line of the town, at an estimated cost of §7,000. On May 23. 1871. it was voted that a bridge be built across the North Branch where Jefferson Avenue, if extended in a straight line, would intersect the s;mie, and that the avenue be extended north from the bluff on the south side of the river, in a straight line to the center of the Stincr road. On June 3, 1871, Jefferson Avenue was extended north 1,632 feet, commencing 300 feet south of the Indian boundary line. On October 3, 1871, California Avenue was extended to the north line of Section 25. and Humboldt Boulevard was ordered to be improved by planting 10.000 elm trees on each side of the street. 30 feet apart, at an estimated cost of $10,000. On December 30. 1871, Irving Park Boulevard was authorized to be improved by graveling from Milwaukee Avenue to the east line of the township, at an estimated cost of §10,000. January 6, 1 S72, Clybourne Avenue was improved at an expense of §7.000, and Peterson Avenue at an expense of §4,000. On the 12th of this month Huntington Street was improved at a cost of §845, and Jefferson Avenue at an equal expense. These particulars will be sufficient to give an idea of the expense of improvements of these kinds in this township. And the following tables, compiled from the annual reports of the Clerk of the village of Jefferson, show the aggregate receipts and disbursement for all purposes, except for schools, from 187710 1S82 inclusive ; the year closing with March 1 ; the year 1882, closing March 1, 1SS3 :

The amount paid out for street work, culverts, crossings, etc., during the year ending March 1, 1883, was §26,767.70. The total valuation of the property of this township at this time was as follows:

Village Of Jefferson

The change from the township organization to the village organization took place on Tuesday, August 6, 1872. This change was effected in accordance with the general law of the Legislature of that year The petition for the election was signed by thirty of the voters of the town. The judges of election were as follows. Clark Roberts, John Cray, S. S. Abbott and Charles Peters The whole number of votes cast was eightytwo, of which number seventy-two were in favor of the village organization, and teii against it. It was then declared that the village of Jefferson was organized according to law.

The Board of Trustees then proceeded to elect as President William P. Cray. On August 24 twenty-five voters of Norwood Park petitioned for the appointment of James Wmship as a member of the Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy. And on this day the corporate seal was changed to conform to the new village organization. The ordinances were revised by a committee appointed for the pur|>osc, consisting of W. P. Cray, James Winship, and S. M. Davis; and the ordinances as revised were adopted September 28, 1872.

Tht Village Treasurers have been as follows, elected by the Hoard of Trustees; 1872-73, William V Cray; 1874-75. Richard F. Race; 1876-77, Edwin Dymond ; 1878, Theodore Schtiltii, who has been Treasurer ever since.

Up tt) 1S75 the village had no regular attorney. In April of this year it was resolved that a village attorney should be appointed annually by the president and Hoard of Trustees. Under authority of this resolution S. M. Davis was appointed. May 8, 1876, S. J. Hanna was appointed, and served from 1876 to 18S0. William Robinson nerved one year, commencing 111 1S80. Francis l)c Pfuhl was then appointed, and has served as attorney ever since.

Up to 1876 the salaries of the town officers were not definitely fixed, but on May 8, of this year, they were determined by ordinance, as follows : Captain of police, §500 per annum ; first and second sergeants, §400 each. The attorney's salary was fixed at $720, and the village engineer was allowed §5 per day for the time actually employed. On May 1, 1877, the salaries were reduced to the following sums: Attorney's, $700 ; engineer, $300 per annum ; captain of police, $3°° I the two sergeants, $200 each ; the Clerk's salary was fixed at $350 ; the Village Treasurer was allowed one and a half per cent on all disbursements, and the Street Commissioner was allowed $3 per day with team, and $1.50 per day without team. On the 4th of June, 1881, the salaries were changed to the following sums: Attorney's, $500; Clerk's, $500 ; engineer. $600 ; captain of police, §600 ; sergeants', §250 j night watchman, 8350, and the Treasurer was allowed two per cent on all disbursements.

The Artesian Wells of this township are a noticeable feature in its improvements. The first one bored was that on the farm of M. N. Kimbell, in 1869. A depth of 653 feet was reached, at a cost of $4,000, and there was originally a flow of two hundred gallons per minute, the quantity being ascertained by related and careful measurement. That in Maplewood, on Section 25, was Iwred in 1H69, to a depth of 720 feet. John Gray's was liorcd in 1870, to a depth of 1,600 feet at a cost of $5,- 000, and a flow of about fifty gallons obtained. That of William F. Gray was bored in 1871, originally to a depth of 750 feet, and subsequently to a depth of 1,676 feet, at a total cost of about §7,000. From this well there was originally a flow of about two hundred gallons per minute. Joseph Bic'<erdike's well on Section 25 was bored in 1S74, to a depth nf 740 feet at a cost of $.5,000, and a How of about 200 gallons obtained. The deepest well in the township is that bored by the Trustees of Jefferson, being 2,200 feet deep, costing $4,500, and flowing 200 gallons per minute. The total nurnlwr of thsse wells is nine. The quantity of water given as the flo.v of the wells is in most cases estimated, and in nearly every case it has very greatly diminished since the water began to flow. From that of Mr. Kimbell the flow is now intermittent, and only very light. Only a small stream flows from each of the others, with the exception, perhaps, of Mr. Ilickerdike's, which has maintained its flow more nearly than any other. The reason for the decrease is, in some cases at least, the gradual filling in of the boring, especially in that part of it passing through shale. While the 'water is excellent, and a great boon to those who can not have water from the city water works or good well water, yet the reason for the existence of artesian wells on this level prairie is as yet somewhat enshrouded in mystery.

Schools. - Tin: first school district was organized in 1836. It included the whole township. Reese Katon was the first teacher and his salary was month, out of which he paid for his board. L. H, Smith was the second teacher. His salary was $15 per month and "board around." Soon after this M. N. Kimliell organized a school which was taught in his own house for two consecutive seasons, during which he boarded the teacher. To this school the pupils came a distance of from one to four miles, and when the weather was severe they remained at his house all night. At this time there were four school-houses in the town, and the long winter evenings were devoted to spelling schools, held in turn at each of the houses. In addition to the spelling exercises, which are said to have been positively liad, there were declamations, vocal and instrumental music, and occasionally a tableaux entertainment. The day schools arc described as having been practical ones, in which the principal branches taught were reading, writing and arithmetic, the time not l>eing devoted mainly to map drawing "at the expense of a dead failure in all other departments of knowledge."

The first school district was organized in 1842. In April of that year. Gustavus Y. Smith, F.dward Simons. Niram Sanford, Philip Townsend and William K. Say re were elected a board of school trustees. Andrew Fleming was appointed treasurer. In June it was voted "that this township shall ffor the present) constitute one school district." On the nth of this mouth the secretary of the h<»ard of school trustees was instructed to call a meeting of the inhabitants of this township, to be held at the house of E. B. Sutherland, "for the purpose of taking measures to erect a school -house." The meeting, however, does not appear to have been called, nor the school-house built. The board of trustees encountered some financial difficulties. Andrew Fleming, the treasurer of the school fund, had made a loan of nearly the whole fund, $48 in amount being loaned, and had left the State. The loan was a proper one, but the money was not available, and the treasurer's accounts, upon examination, showed him to be indebted to the fund to the amount of fifty-five cents. This discovery is said to have been discouraging to the board of trustees. Edward Simons was appointed treasurer to succeed Mr. Fleming. He made a discovery which was still more discouraging to the board than the indebtedness of their former treasurer. This was the finding of $20 of wildcat currency in the treasury. These notes were on the State Bank of Illinois. The newly appointed treasurer was instructed to dispose of them to the best advantage, provided he should not sell them for less than fifty cents on the dollar. The first entry on record in this township of money paid for teaching, shows that in October, 1S43, this money was paid to L. H. Smith, on a certified schedule for teaching, at fifty cents on the dollar. What Mr. Smith did with the money does not appear. On December 5, 1843, Rees Eaton was paid §24 for teaching. In June. 1844, Russell Morton. Luman Kibbcr and M. N. Kimbell were elected to fill vacancies in the board of school trustees.

On the 221I of July, 1844, District No. 2 was formed, at a meeting of the board held at M. N. KimbcU's tavern. It was voted that so much of this township as is included m the southeast quarter thereof be set off as a school district, to be known as District No. 1. Before this, District No. 1 included thirty-six sections. It was, bv this resolution, reduced to twentv-seven sections, District No. 2 including nine sections. In 1845. two more districts were formed, and thus the township was divided into four districts, each containing nine sections. By this time the school fund had increased to several hundred dollars, and was loaned at an annual interest paid, though not always, as appears from the following entry : To interest received from .Samuel Coe, which ought to have been paid long ago, $5.10.

In 1846 Marcellus H. Smith was appointed treasurer of the school fund, and in 1847 he was succeeded by Gustavus V. Smith. In 1S49 G. V, Smith first recorded the enumeration of the school children in the township, which was as follows: District No. t, 30; No. 2, 56; No. 3. 37; No. 4. 104; No. 5, Oo; No. 6, 43; No. 7, \>i'; total number, 351. Robert J. Edbrooke became treasurer in 1850. and held the office nearlv twenty years. In 1S54 the school fund had increased to $4,827.50. New school-hotisus continued to be built, and more and more money was expended for school pubises from year to year. In 1866 the principal of the school fund amounted to $7, 234.58. In 1869, when Treasurer EdbfOOke retired from his office, there were ten si hool districts in the township, each of which had a school-house. Nine of them were frame structures and one, in District No. 7, a neat brick building which cost when erected about $t,oco. In 1871 two sections were taken from District No. 2 ami organized into a separate district, No. 11, known as the Maplewood district In this district in 1874 there was erected the first of those costlv and commodious school-houses of which there arc now no less than nine in the township. This building is a two and a half story and basement brick structure. Originally it had four rooms and cost $20 ,000. In 18.S2 one room was fitted up in the basement, and in the same year a wing containing three rooms was added.

The district school buildings in this township arc so exceptionally elegant and commodious that a brief description of the principal ones is introduced: That at Bowtnanville, in District No. 1, was erected in 1874 and cost $6,000. It has a seating capacity of 150 pupils. The school building at Avondale, in District No. 2. was completed in 1879 at a cost of $7,000. This building will accommodate 250 pupils. It is located at the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Diveisey Street. That at kelvyn Grove, in District No. 6, occupies a large lot at the corner of Pulletton and Jefferson avenues. It is a substantial brick building, with seats for 100 pupils, and cost $9,000. Thai at Jefferson Village is one of the best constructed school-houses in the county. It was opened in 1875 and cost over $10,000. It has a seating capacity of 200 pupils.

District No. 11 comprises the two rapidly growing villages of Maplewood and Humboldt. The large building on Hoffman Avenue lias already been mentioned. Besides this, there is a building at Humboldt erected in 1882. This is a two-story and basement building and cost $11,000. There is also in this district a new twostory and basement brick building at Maplewood, erected in the fall of tSS 3 for primary pupils, costing with the ground $10,000. Besides these, two buildings containing two rooms each are rented for the accommodation of scholars.

The first Board of Education for this district was elected in 18S2, and consisted of (",. M. D. Libbv, S. IV. Riderburg, A. D. Michaud, Francis Dc Pfuhl, j. I'. W. Peterson and I'. W. Bandow. G. M. D. I.ibby was made ident of the board and Francis De Pfuhl secretary, present board is the same except Mr. Peterson and Mr. Bandow, whose places are supplied by James Russell and J. J. Rumpf. The first superintendent of these schools was J. H. Farnsworth. who was assisted by fourteen teachers. According to the reports for April 1, 188 5, the number of males in this district under twenty-one years of age was 2,150, the number of females 1,220, and the number of pupils enrolled 959, while the average daily attendance was 747. The total estimated value of the school property was $46,400, and the bonded indebtedness $25,000. R. W. Graham is the present superintendent.

Irving Park is in District No. 13. The school building in this district was first occupied in 1876. It will accommodate 250 pupils, and cost $30,000. It is surmounted by a huge dome.

In 1857 the Legislature of Illinois enacted a law under which townships of an area six miles square were empowered to estaolish one centrally located high school with facilities for advanced scholars. Jefferson Township did not avail itself of the provisions of this law Until 1869. At the annual town meeting of that year, held November a, the first steps were taken toward the establishment of a high school in this township. At that meeting John Gray offered a resolution that $3,000 be raised for the purpose of establishing a high school in the Town House, to be under the control of the board of school trustees. John Gray was elected school trustee at this meeting. For three years after this an Appropriation for the high school was voted u|w>n and carried with but little if any opposition. In 1S71 the tax for this purpose was two and one-half mills on the valuation. The school was first opened in the upper story of the Town House in May, 1870, under the principalship of Professor J. B. Farnsworth. In 1873 the Legislature passed a law for the establishment of township high Schools, and the school was organized in accordance with its provisions. Professor Farnsworth remaining principal of the high school until 1877, when he resigned and was succeeded by a new principal. Soon after this, on account of the erection of expensive and commodious district school-houses, and the better educational facilities afforded in consequence in the districts, the attendance upon the high school became so limited that the trustees determined to suspend, at least temporarily, its operations, and the school was closed. The friends of the school were, however, not willing to lose it altogether, and its properly' and funds were held intact. The latter was increased by accumulating interest, and on June 6, 1882, a motion was made by Henry Esdohr, one of the board of school trustees, to submit certain propositions to the voters of the township. These propositions were as follows: First, to erect a new building for the high school. Second, to issue bonds to meet the expense of the erection of this proposed building; and Third, to select a site for it. The first two propositions were ratified almost unanimously; the selection of a site was not clearly determined upon. Proposals were thereupon solicited for site to be donated, and the board of trustees selected the site proffered by George C. Thomas, of Montrose. This site is alniut forty rods north of the Montrose station, and upon it a line three-story brick building was erected in the summer of 1883. This building cost $30,000, including full sets of philosophical, chemical, and physiological apparatus, zoological charts, and all appointments necessary to a school of this character. The building was dedicated October 5, 1S83, the address being delivered by Dr. D. B. Fonda, from whose address, as well as from the financial report of YV. C. Haaelton, many items of information respecting the high school, as well as the district schools, have been obtained. Professor C. A. Cook was the first principal of this school, which opened in the fall of 1883. He is assisted by two teachers, and there are on the average seventy-live scholars in attendance. Following is a list of the treasurers of the school fund from 1840 to 1883: Edward B. Simons, 1840; Marcellus B. Smith,

(UUCIOUS Historv - As has been recorded above, the early settlers of the southwestern portion of the township at least were accustomed to attend religious services at :he house of David Everett, in I.cydcn Township. This was in 18.?.? and a few years later. It is not definitely ascertained w ho was the first preacher to address a Jefferson congregation, but soon after the erec tion of the first school-house the Rev. Mr. Payne, a Congregational minister, preached therein. The first Methodist quarterly meeting was held at W hisky Point, but in what year can not be ascertained. Since this time, however, clergymen of all denominations have frequently visited the township. Historians of the township record the observed indifference of the generality of the people in earlier times to the Church, but at the same time express the opinion that this indifference sprang from opposition to the contribution box. This opposition seems now to have for the most part disappeared, and it would be difficult now for a visitor to the excellent churches in this township to distinguish in this regard, at least any material difference between them and many of the city churches. According to some authorities. Mark Nolile, Sr., was the first to preach to a Jefferson congregation. A Mr. Warner was also among the first.

The Jefferson Congregational Church was organized in April, 1861. with seven members, who united by letter. Among theffl were Mr. ami Mrs. David I.. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Orton Hubbard, ami Reuben Hailey. Two or three week< alterward nine members joined on profession of faith, among them Miss Ellen ( ). Robertsand Miss l.ydia Main. Previously to the organization there had been religious service held by Uev. Lemuel Jones, in the school-house and in the Town i louse, in which latter building the organization was effected. Rev. Mr. Jones remained until the last of August, 1863. During his pastorale, in the summer and fall of 1861, ihcchurch building was erected, a frame structure costing about $1,500. It was dedicated soon after its completion. Prof. S. C. Harriett preaching the sermon. A parsonage was built in 1S63, on a lot donated to the Church by David L Roberts, as was also the church. The society received no aid during Rev. Mr. Jones's pastorate, and the seats were free until the pastorate of Rev. J. St. Williams. The Church was re-organized February 14, 18O6, when a constitution and by-laws were adopted. The deacons elected at this time were V.. S. Dunning and Orton Hubbard, and the trustees in 1869 were D. S. Dunning, J. H. Wright and W.C. Ha/.lcton. In tK66 the Church received three hundred dollars from the Home Missionary Society. In 1S07 the support of the pastor was again assumed ; and in 1S68 the pastor was engaged at S-Soo per year. Rev, M. Smith succeeded Mr. Jones, and remained until 1S66, when the Rev. 1%. C. Barnard was engaged, and remained until 1871. He was succeeded by Rev. M. N. Hall, who remained until 1873, when Rev. Mr. Harnard became pastor of the Church, at a salary of Si, 000 per year. He remained until 1879, when Rev. I. M. Williams succeeded and remained until 18S2. In this latter year Rev. W, D. Simons, the present pastor, succeeded Rev. Mr. Williams. Late in the year 1883 repairs to the extent of about $400 were made to the church, and the building was re-dedicated on Sunday. December 3 of that year.

St. Johannes* German Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1876. by the Rev. Augustus Reinke, present pastor of the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran

Church in Chicago. The present building, located at Montrose, was dedicated by him October 15. 1876. Then the membership of the Church was about twenty. From this time to 1881 the pastor was Rev. Frederick Urunn. In 1881 the present pastor, Rev. Henry Hycr, look charge of the Church. A school has been in existence since the organization of the Church, the minister being the teacher. The average attendance is about eighty scholars, the basement of the church building licing' used for the school. The total cost of the church was about §4,000.

The Union Congregational Church of Bowmanville was originally started as a Union Protestant Church in 1878. Mrs. 'Mary A. Peterson was the leading spirit in the enterprise. The immediate object was to counteract, in some measure at least, the influence of the numerous saloons in the place. A subscription paper was circulated to raise funds to sustain the movement. In 1S78 about thirteen hundred dollars was sul>scribed, and in 1879 about twenty-four hundred dollars. A onestory brick church was erected, at a cost of about §3,000, on a lot donated to the society by the estate of Dr. |ohn H. Foster, who, previous to his death, owned considerable land in the vicinity. The design at first was to eschew sectarianism, with the view of interesting equally members of all denominations in the common cause, no one sect being strong enough in Bowmanville to sustain a Church. Experience here, as so often before and elsewhere, proved the futility of such hopes, and at length it was decided to organize under the auspices of Congregationalism. This decision was arrived at in i88j. The society was organized May 1, 1883, with twenty-nine members. Lyman A. Budlong, P. S. Peterson and Robert G. Bennett were elected trustees, and Osc;.r F. Gear clerk. At this time Charles M. W'helzel, of Michigan City, Ind., was preaching to the society. The preliminary meeting looking toward the organization of a Church was held at his house May 30, 188:. Mr. Whetzcl was chosen moderator and scribe, and Mrs. Mary A. Peterson deaconess of the propped organization. The ladies who took part in this meeting were, liesides Mrs. Peterson. Mrs. Mary M. Jackson, Mrs. Mary B. Davidson and Mrs. Mary E. Whetzel. Mrs. L .V Budlong and Mrs. Peterson were chosen a finance committee, and Mrs. Peterson clerk. On June 4. 1882, candidates presented themselves for examination in the persons of Mrs. Elizabeth dimes and her daughter, Miss Minnie Maud Glines, and William ftStCTj gon. On the Oth of June the following were examined as to their Christian experience : Mrs. Louisa L. Budlong, Mis. Ann Wall. Miss Elizabeth R. Hagan, Miss Charlotte R. Wall and Miss Charlotte L. Shoup. On the 7th of June the following: Miss Clara Portman, Miss Sarah Jane Long, Miss Nellie Long, Miss Ida Forrest Gear ami Mis. Barbara Portman. Mrs. Man' M. Jackson was chosen chorister, Mrs. J. A. Budlong and Mrs. M. E. Whetzel organists, and Mrs Klizahetn Glines deaconess. On the 1st of June letters missive were sent out, calling a council of Congregational churches, for the pui|H>se of organizing this Church. On the 8th of June the council convened in the church, and the Union Congregational Church of Bowmanville was organized with eighteen members - seventeen ladies and one young man, William Peterson, Five were received by letter and thirteen by confession, and six of the whole number were baptized - Mrs. Barbara I oilman, Miss Clara Portman. Miss Sarah Jane Long. Mi-s Nellie Long, Ida F. Gear and Miss Minnie MatW Cilines. Rev. Charles M. Whetzel came in lebruary. 1881, and remained until May, 1883. since whicn time there ha* been no regular pastor of this Church, supplies being the only dependence. Among these have been J. K. Harris and Samuel Eveland. the latter of whom preached his last sermon December 16. i8S?. This church movement has been pre-eminently a Lubes- movement, and it is still carried on by them. No number has been added to the Church since its organisation.

A Congregational Church was organized at Cragin Sunday, November iR, 1883, by Rev. J. M.Williams, who was elected pastor. David Edwards was elected deacon, Mrs. I). M. Fuller treasurer, and H. II Drake, scribe. A Sunday-school was organized here in 1879 by A. J Nowlen. The superintendents have been George W. Jones, J. R Madison, Stephen Edwards and Rev. J. M. Williams. Tins, school now has a line organ, a good choir and a fair library.

The American Reformed' Church of living Park was organized April 2, 1S74. with sixteen members, five of whom only still retain their connection with the Church. Charles T. Race gave three lots to the organization, upon which a neat church edifice was erected, with brick basement and frame superstructure The first minister was Rev. Mr. Uuliek, who remained about si months. A bram ('.. Lansing followed and remained until 1S77, when he was succeeded by Rev. Howard H. Van Branken, who remained until December, 1883, The Church was then without a pastor until October, 188.?, when the present pastor, Rev. William H. I'hraner. was engaged. He preached his first sermon Sunday, (). toiler 14, 1 88 3. The society now is in a flourishing condition.

The Haptist Church was organized in 1870 by J. F. Merchant. Israel 0. Smith, Stephen and James Pennoyer. E. S. Fox, George Dunlap and a few others. For some time services were held in the railway station, and afterward in the school-house. A church building was construction about §5,000. It is a two-story frame building with a spire over the entrance. The pulpit was supplied for some years by students from the Haptist Theological Seminary at Chicago. At length in 1876 the first regular pastor. Rev. Mr. Jackson, took charge of the Church, and was soon followed by the Rev. Charles Marst on. I!ut on account of a mortgage on the property which the society could not cancel, and which was foreclosed, the building and grounds passed into the hands of the widow of Henry D. I.ovett, the mortgagee, and it now belongs to her. Religious services have not been held in it for some two years.

The American Reformed Church was organized in 1871. A lot had been offered to any denomination that would establish a Church in the place, anil this denomination took advantage of the offer. The Church Extension Society erected a one-story frame building, with steeple at one corner and gallery across one end facing the pulpit The building is 40x60 feet in size and cost $7,181.15. For the first two years the Board of Domestic Missions supported the minister, paying him §1,500 per year. This sum has been gradually reduced until at the present time the board pays only $500 toward the minister's salary, the Church making up the balance. The first minister was Kev. U. D. Gulick, who remained one year. He was succeeded by Rev. A. V. Gulick, who remained one year, and was succeeded in May, 18S1, by the present pastor. Rev. De Witt G. Rockefeller. There are now sixty members in the Church, who hope at the expiration of another year to be able to entirely support their minister. A portion of the time during this Church's history it suffered from lack of wisdom in its minister. Men and women were driven away and kept away from it by the "unruly member." It is not enough for a minister to possess a large degree of knowledge, the most fervent zeal and the purest motives, besides all these he must be prudent and harmless, and he does not always realize the importance of the principle that the man who is unjust in word or deed to another always loses immensely with the one toward whom he has been unjust. It is of the highest moment that the ministers be " wise as serpents and harmless as doves." The Sunday- school was organized early in the history of the Church. Its first superintendent was Newton H. Hates. There are in the school seventy-live scholars and eight teachers.

Jefferson Village is situated on the Chicago & North -Western Railroad, Wisconsin Division, eight and eight-tenths miles from Chicago, and at the intersection of this railroad with Milwaukee Avenue. I). E. Roberts laid out and recorded the map of the village in 1855. The original plat included the west half of the southeast quarter of the southwest fractional quarter of Section 9, part of the southeast fractional quarter of Section 8, also a subdivision of Lot 3, sc hool treasurer's subdivision of Section 16. It was filed March :cj, 1855. Additions have been made since to the plat - Murray's, Frees and Silverman's, the last filed December 22', 1873. D. L. Roberts died, and his heirs held the property until 1S68, when D. W. Eld red bought interest lying east of railroad amounting to one hundred and' fifty-four acres. Within two years this tract was subdivided into lots. At the piesent time Jefferson is a prosperous village containing two schools, a Congregational church, two hotels, hardware store, blacksmith shops, general store, post-office and a [Herniation of about five hundred. It is the market town for the surrounding agricultural population,

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WILLIAM C. UK1NK was born in .Schleswig-lloUtcin. tiermany, November 5. 1S51. I lis parents settled in New York City ahout iSfio, when: he began his business life clerking in stores. In 1S70 he removed to C hicago and followed the same occupation there some three years. He then settled in the village of Jefferson and engaged in slorr-kreping. and also for .1 time was in the employ of the torporat ion of Jefferson. In 1SS1 he was appcinted ).inilor of Cook County Court- 1 louse, and held that position until the fall of 1SS3, since which time he has engaged in general occunations. He married in Jefferson. April. 1S75. Miss Charlotte S., daughter of E. Coodman. Thev have four children - lulu. ml \V.. William. Fred J. and Albert.

in lumber, lime, etc., was born in Mecklenburg, (iermany, in 1S45. lie began the carpenter's trade at the age of fourteen years. In 1S66 he came lo the I'nited States, locating in Chicago' where he followed his trade until the Chicago lire, in which he lost his home. Mr then removed to Jefferson and established his present business. I le has erected some- of the most prominent business houses and private residences in the ullage, and is now doing a large business. Mr. Krucshabcr was married in Chicago to Miss Sophia Suker, a native of Mecklenburg. Thev have six children - William, Lena. Ma, F'red. Charles and. an intuit. Mr. lirucshabcr is a member of the Volunteer Fire I lepartmenl of Jefferson.

I. II. CORTES, proprietor of the Avenue House. This hotel is a handsome frame building erected in 1S75. The main building is three stories high and contains twenty-four rooms; attached to it is a line billiard hall, txiwling alley ami dancing hall. There is livery also for the guests of the house. J. H. Cortes was horn in Bremen, Ccrniany. in 1SJ3. He was educated in his native city and brought up to HWWMBtB> life. In he came to the I'nited Stales and settled in Philadelphia, l'enn., where he engaged in clerking four or five years. He then opened a hotel, which he Operated until l86l. At the breaking out of the war he raised a company of men. w ho wen- mustered into the service as Company l\. ;;ih Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned Captain. I le served until the close of the war, then returned to Philadelphia, where he opened a Turkish and Russian liath establishment. Four or live years later he removed to Baltimore. Md., where he engaged in hotel keeping until 1S73, when he settled in Chicago, opening there a saloon. In 1878 he sold out and took the Avenue House. He was Married bl Philadelphia. I'cnn.. about 1S53. to Miss Johanna Traerking. a native of Bremen. There are six ehildren surviving, two sons and four daughters, all settled in the Baft

ANDREW DUNNING, engaged ir. the rral c-.late and nursery busmev», was burn in Uul'agc County. 111., in 1*39, son of I). S. and Hannah Dunning. Mi. Dunning established the fruit nnd nursery business, which he followed until 1 86 1. when he enlisted in Company D, Sth Illinois Cavalry, as a private. In 18(12 he was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and in 1M14 received commission as First Lieutenant. I le participated in the battles of Williams, burg. Fair Oaks, the sevcn-ilays battle following, the second Hull Run. South Mountain, Antictam, Fredericksburg, battle of the Wilderness, Gettysburg, \\ illiantspoit. ami in other engagements o{ his command sixty-thrce in all. lie was wounded at Madison Court- House by a gunshot in the right ami, at the battle of Fail Uaks he received a certificate of commendation from General Kcycs, commander of the 4th Army Corps, for nicriinriou ; conduct. He was mustered out at the close of the war. In 1805 he located in Jefferson Township, and again engaged in the nursery business. He owns sixty acres in >eclion 19, Township 40. Range 13. forty acres of which he lias platted and laid nut into the village of Dunning, the location for a town bentaj a baMttfol one: it i£ on an elevation of about twelve feet nliovc the surrounding country, giving the most complete drainage and healthful location. His fruit orchard contains about seven hundred cherry, four hundred apple, and one hundred pear trees, with a variety of small fruit. His nursery contains principally shade and ornamental trees, Mr. Dunning was married in 1867 to Miss Mary II. Waters, daughter of benjamin and Mary Waters. They have three children, David It., Gcraldinc and Willie A. He is a member of the Masonic fralernity. A. V. & A. M., a Royal Arch Mason anda Sir Knight, Silomc Commandcry, Xo. 54. He owns an interest in a stock ranch in Nebraska, 15x30 miles, on which they have about 4,000 head of cattle.

D. S. DUNNING, an old settler, came to Cook County in 183O and laid claim to land eighteen milra west of Chicago, in what is now Dul'age County, and after preparing some timber for a log cabin, returned to Canada, where he resumed his former occupation of school teaching, at which he continued until July, 1S3S. when he, with his wife, bade adieu to Canada, and reached their new homo after a tedious trip of over a week around the lakes. He was the head of the Government surveyors, and resided on his claim two years before there were any boundaries to distinguish it from the great open prairies king around, except a furrvw. which among settlers was sacred. In 1844 he sold mil (as was the cuv Iron I to a German, and reinvested in a small farm near by, adding In the usual branches of farming vegetable gardening for the Chicago market, anil a few years later commenced propagating the now noted early Richmond cherry trees, nnd became the most extensive grower of that fruit in the Northwest. In 1865 he bought a farm of eighty acres near the village of Jefferson, Cook County, and left a son in charge of the old place. The same year he sold a half-interest in the farm at Jefferson to his oldest son! A. Dunning, which partnership continues till the present time. Thev subsequently sn'd the first purchase in Jefferson to a Boston cam' tali*, and purchased one hundred and twentv acres, which they Hill own, and on which is located the new town of Dunning. Since his residence here he has devoted his altcntion to horticulture principally. Mr. Dunning was born in Clinton County. N. V.. May 19, 1812. tic was brought up on a farm in his n.-uivc county. Fmm 1833 to 1S3S he resided near Hamilton, in Canada, where fie was married to Mix* Hannah I. Nash, of the same place. June is ISJ.|. They have seven children now to hies* them- Andrew, Mary A. (now the widow of John Miner). Samuel N., Freeman II. Russell O., James Mc. and Albert. Mr. Dunning is deacon iti the Congregational Church, and has resided in the village of tcfferson since November, iS6h. *

EDWIN DYMOND, old settler, is a son of John Dymond. who was born in Devonshire, Fngland. in 1794, and was engaged in farming there until 1848. when he settled in I.ake County, 111. In 1S51 he settled in Jefferson. Cook County, where for many vears he was engaged ,:i farming and dealing in cattle, Iking the first 10 engage in wholesale dealing in this section, In dressed beef. He was married in Devonshire, England, and again in lefferson the latter wife being Mrs, Swcclscr. He had bv his fir* wife eight children, of whom survive - Elicabcth (now Mrs, Austin). William Edwin and James D. Edwin was born in Devonshire, England September 5, 1S2S, and was associated with his father in business up to 185S, since which time he has devoted his attention to farmmg and dealing in cattle. He was married in IcfiYrson October it, lis 1, . to Miss Mary A. Osborne, a native of 'Devonshire, England. I hey have two children. Charles E. and John II. Mr. Dymond has been a member of the school board eight or nine years, and was for three years Treasurer of the village

HENRY ESDOHR, treasurer of the ached board, was born in Hanover, Germany, February 13, iSja, where he received his education. In I SOS he came to the United States and settled in Jefferson Township, where he engaged in clerking some three years. After an interval of one year, in which he engaged in ilic retail liquor business, he resumed clerking, two vears later buying out the business, which he operated until iSSo.'at the same 'time holding the position of Postmaster, For a year following this he held the position of Village Clerk. In iBBl he entered into partncrship with Henry WultT. in the sale of agricultural implements and sewing machines. The firm dissolved in January. 1SS4, and he has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Esdnhr was married in Jefferson. February 28. 15/8, to Miss Kate l.auer, of Wheeling, Cook County. T hey have two children. W illiam ami Alice II. Mr. Fsdohr is a member of Providence Lodge, No. 711. A. F. Jv A. M.

ANDREW P. ESTERQUIST. of the firm of Schulti & Esterquist; wagon. makers, was l>orn in Sweden in 1835. He there Commenced the trade ol blacksmith in l8s8. and was employed in a large manufacturing establishment. His father was a farmer. In 1S69 he came to the United States, and the same year settled in Jefferson, where he entered the employ of E. Goodman, with whom he remained until 1881, when the prcieril firm was organised, lie was married in Sweden in 1S5S, to Miss Carrie Johnson, who died in 1S73, leaving three children - Albert, born in Sweden April 17. iSfto; Antone F.. born in Sweden January 17. 1865; llilnia K.. burn in Jefferson May 17, 1S70. His second marriage was in 1874, to Miss Johanna Rani, of Jefferson, born in Sweden in iSjJ. by whom he has three children - all born in Jefferson - A. J. William. January 2ft, 1S76: Frank A.. January 31. 187*. and Annie M.,

J. M. FLETCHER, architect and buildcr.was bnrn in Windsor, Hants Co.. Nova Scotia, December q, 1S46. He commenced the carpenter's trade in his native country, and at tile age of nineteen removed to Huston, Mass., where lie finished his trade and studied drawing and architecture. He afterward billowed his trade vmt fivt years in Halifax. Nova Scotia, as foreman for Hodge & Hudd, anil subsequently in lloston. From there he moved to Chicago in 1874, and settled the same year in Jefferson Examples of his work may be found all over the township: among others the Jefferson graded and high schools, Norwood Park school. Pacific Junction school, Scultz lllock, etc. Mr. Fletcher was married in Chicago, March 22, 1 83 J . to Miss Amelia Weber, daughter of Fredericic Weber, one of the settlers of 184s. Thev have two children - Edith M. and Marshall J. Mr. Fletcher is .i member of Providence Lodge. No. 711, A.'F. & A. M.

D. B. FONDA, M. physician and surgeon, was born in Watervliet, Albany Co., N. Y. He took a full classical coutse at the Lisha's Kill Academy, and after graduating removed to central New York, where he engaged in teaching sonic four years, at the same time pursuing advanced *udics in mental and moral philosophy under Professor F. D. Peircc. In 1855 he removed to Cook County. III., where he engaged in railroading for a time, his health necessitating out-door employment. He subsequently took the agency in Chicago of the Writ Elgin Hour Company, a position he retained until the stoppage of the mills in the spring of 1S58. lie then engaged in teaching at Rose Hill until l8tj2. when he enlisted in Company C. Sqth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry. After the battle of Pcrrv ville he was placed in charge of an ambulance train and shortly afterward appointed to one of the hospitals at llanlstown, Ky. In July, 1S03, he was honorably discharged nnd, returning to Ui>*e HID, shortly afterward entered Rush Medical College, attending lectures in 1 8<V)-<>4-ft5 and 1S66. The breaking out of the cholera nnd consequent death of |)t. llrainard and other members of the faculty caused him to quit the college. In 1S07 he engaged in practice, at the same time being appointed county physician, a position he retained until 1S71. During ihi* lime he attended one course ol lectures at the Bennett Medical College, from which he graduated. He was elected a member of the Board of Trustees, lefferson T ownship, in 1874. a position he retained until 1S77. being president of the lx>ard during the entire period. He was elected health officer when the ordinance passed in 1SS0, and elected B member of the school board in the spring Ol 18S3, still filling both of these latter offices.

E. GOODMAN, blacksmith and wagon-maker, established his business in l8jS, which he has since increased. He was born in Devonshire. Kngland. June 27, 183ft. His parents settled in Marietta. Washington Co.. Ohio, in 1840, where, alter leaving school, he learned his trade and followed it until 1858. when he remove" to Chicago. Mr. Goodman was married three times. By his first w-ife, to whom he was married in Marietta, Ohio, in 1S56, lie lias two children - William E. and Charlotte S., now Mrs. William Brink, of Chicago. Bv has second wife he also has two children, Edward E. and Albert M. He was married to his present wife m Jefferson, August 5. 1883. She was Mrs. Alice McCammon. of

Indiana. Mr. Goodman is I member of Providence Lodge. No. 711. A. F. & A. M., and Home Lodge. No 4C. I. O. (). F. Since Mis residence here he has been a member of the school board, sergeant of the police several years, and is now chief of the local Fire I 'cpartment.

HANS GROTII, manufacturer of cigars, established his business in 1S77. He employs two hands ami turns out about 1 25.000 cigars annually, all of which are sold in the vicinity. Mr. Groth was horn in Schle*wig-I lolstcin. Germany, May 3. 1S51. His parents came to the I'nitcd Mates in 1866, and settled ill Northneld, Cook Co.. III. I le commenced his trade as cigar maker in 1S72. in Chicago, and has been in business continuously since. Mr. Groth was married in Jcflcrvjn June 2, 1SS3, to Miss Lena Scttteffer, of I.cvden. Cook County,

BKOCKM AN HOPKINS. ..id settler, was born in Kasl Kent. F'.ngland. May to, isie. I le engaged in farming in F.ngl.ind until I?36. when he located in New York City for a short time. The same year he went to Chicago, in the summer coming hv Likes from St. Joseph, Mich. The same year he anil his brothcr-in law, A. Bremen, built in Jefferson a blacksmith shop (or Mr. Kobcrts. the firs! erected in town. After spending some sis months at Brush Hill, now Du I'age County, where he was employed in a hotel, he removed to Rock River, I.ee Coimtv. where he remained alniul two vcars, most of the time at Dixon's Kerry. He then went back to New York State, two years later returning West ami locating at Big Woods, near Aurora. IB. In 1S45 he bought a farm in Jefferson Township of one hundred and thirty-four acres, and engaged actively in (arming, principally dairy, until ts3i. Since that time he has rented his farm. He was married in 1*411 in Oneida County. X. V.. to Miss Sarah Bremen, of Dutchess County, N. V. They have had four children - Albert (killed at the siege of Vii kshurgi. George, Charles and Lafayette. The three oldest sous all enlisted in the 72d Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Hopkins has held many offices in the town. He has been Supervisor four or live years,. Constable alxmt the same time, Justice ol the I'eace live vcars, and Collector four years.

' NKAVTON LI NsCOTT, Justice of the I'eace. was born in Franklin County, Me.. February 3*1. and was brought up on a farm, and after coming of age engaged in farming on his own account In 1*40 he removed to Laurence. Ma-*., where he engaged in carpentering until when he settled in Chicago, where he engaged in business in the South Market. In 1*57 he tonight a farm in Jefferson which he operated some four years. Since then he has resided with a son in K.v.insion, Confe County, and with his daughter, Mrs. Roberts. lie was elected Justice of the Peace first in 1*73, and re-elected in 1SS1. Mr. I.inscott was married in Cumberland < ountv. Me., 1S31. to Miss Susan F. Uniterm M. who died leaving four children - Samuel K., John F., Elizabeth, now- Mrs. C. Kobcrts. and Charles M,

I.. I). I.OWKI.L. Postmaster and dealer in groceries, drugs, etc.. was appointed Postmaster in February, i*s't. and has since retained the office, lie was toirn in Schoharie t ounty. N. V., in 1*47. He was partially educated in his native county, hnishing his studies at the Cazcm'.via Academy, in Madison County, N. graduating in IIWmj, He engaged in teaching one term, then moved to l ook County, settling in Jefferson in 1 1 70, where he engaged in teaching until the following spring, when he opened a drugstore. Afterward he bought out the business of Henry Ksdohr. to which he added his drug stcck. lie was married in leflerson in I '75. to Miss Clara, only daughter of Chester Dickinson. Thev have two children - Chester K. and Mildred A, Mr. Lowell is a member of Providence Lodge, No. 71 1. A. F. X A.M.

! ik. lOIsF.I'H H. MARTIN, practicing dentist, was |M.rn in Brnckvilie, Canada. August So. 1*4*. lie was educated in his native town, and removed to Chicago in I St.*. where he engaged in various occupations until the time of the lire in October, 1*71, when he returned to Canada and entered upon the study of dentistry, under his brother's training, at Ottawa, Canada. In 1*75 he returned to Chicago, and became associated with Dr. II. R. Phillips, with whom he still remains. He married in Norwood Park, Cook County, 111.. July 10, lS3o. Miss I.illie I., daughter of W. W'. Smith, and one of the pioneers of Chicago.

J. D. MURRAY, Justice of the Peace, was elected to his present office in lSSo. Mr. Murray was born in Comville, Somerset Co., Me., February aS, 1844. lie was educated in his native county, and engaged in farming until 1S62, when he enlisted in Cowpnilf F, jut Maine Volunteer Infantry. He was attached to the Seventh Army Corps, Army of Potomac, and took part in battles of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, and other engagements of that campaign. The regiment returned North and was mustered out. In 1S64 he settled in Chicago, and engaged in the produce commission business. In 1^67 he received an appointment to transfer patients from the city to the county and Slate asylums. He retained this position some seven years, and lias since been connected with D. S, Dunning & Sons, nurserymen. Mr. Murray was married in

Chicago June 2r>. 11*68, to Miss Sarah Goodrue, whodicd in 1S7S. leaving three children - John, Fred and Clarinda. He again married November 4. I* So. 'Mrs. Anna (Laflin) Goodwin, whose parents settled in Watertown, Wis., in 1S56, Mr. Murray is a member of the Lodge and F-ncampmcnt of the I. O. O. E..'and of the Independent Order of F'orcslcrs.

CLARK ROBERTS, retired. In 1S37 David l_ Roberts, father of Clark, settled in Joliet, 111., where he became connected with the canal company, taking contracts from the State, and afterward engaged in merchandising. In 1342 or 1S43 he took charge of the Chicago Temperance House, on LaSaile Street, which he operated until I S44, when he bought a farm from Klijati Wentworth. in the village of Jefferson, Cook County. In IS51 herentcd his (arm and returned to the city and took possession of the I n ted States Hotel, operating it Until its destruction by lire. He then bought back the lease of his (arm. on which he remained until his death. He was toirn in Itenbigh, Wales, in 1S9L left home at the age of sixteen years, and settled in New York State, where he married. Two children survive him, one son ami one daughter. Clark Rolierts was born in L'tica. N. V., November 12. l32i), lie was educated partially in Joliet. III., and partially in Jefferson. While his father was alive he assisted him in his farming operations and other enterprises. He was married in |cfferson * ktnlicr 30, |Sbo, to Miss l.i/zic I.., a daughter of Newton I.inscott. They have six children, four sons and two daughters, Mr. Kolicrts has at different periods been a member of the Board of Trustees. Village School Board, and Commissioner of Highways.

JACOB S< HMOOK. dealer in wines, liquors and cigars. The business was established in l'*73 by Mr. Schmook. He was Ih irn in S< hleswig-llolstein, ( Germany. June 4. 1S44, and after leaving school was engaged in general occupations. In IS70 he immigrated to the I'uilcd States and settled in Jefferson, where he engaged in teaming until 1S72. He was married in 1S77 to Miss Matilda Peters, of Jefferson. 'I hey have three children - Etta. Charles and Robert.

KRKDslTiri.TZ. senior member of t he firm of Schultz s\ Estcrquist, wagon-makers, was born in Mecklenburg, Germany. April 25, 1*4*. He learned his Iradc at an early age and worked at it in Berlin, Brandenburg, and other cities in Germany until 1S72, when he settled in Chicago. Here he worked at carpentering until I "74, w hen he entered the employ of K. Goodman at Jefferson, with whom he remained until tin- present linn was organized, in tSbt. Mr. Schullz was married. March to, 1S73, to Miss Matilda llussbe, of leffcrson. They have two children - l'.mil and Fred.

"THEoltoRE SlTIULTZ. dealer in hardware, stoves, etc., was born in Prussia May 2t. 1S30. After leaving school he was apprenticed to the shiie-makcr's trade, which he followed as journeyman and foreman until 1S55, when he came to the United States anil settled in leffcrson, then a village of two or three log houses. Here he opened a shoemaker's shop, afterward adding to to the business until he was engaged in dealing generally in boots and shoes, following the business same seventeen years. He then engaged in the manufacture of brick, ojierating at onetime three yards. After an interval of some two years, he established his present business in 1*7*- 79. During his residence he put up a gToal many buildings in the village, some of which he has sold, though he still owns some of the handsomest buildings in town. Mr. ScaWtf was married in Chicago in I S57 to Miss Mary Schoantedt. a native of Prussia. They have one son. Frederick, who is associated with his father in business. Mr. Schntt/ is treasurer of the Village Board, and is Township Supervisor, being elected to the latter in 1S7'. and re-elected each subsequent year.

IIF1RMAN N SECELKEN. old settler, was born near the city of Bremen, Germany, August l*. 1S1S. After leaving school lie went into a hardware store in Bremen as clerk. In 1340 he settled in London. England, where he was employed in a sugar refinery until 1S45, when he received an appoint MCtf as second engineer on the steamer " Enlerprfsc." making trips from l-ondon to St. Petersburg. Russia. Falling sick, he was obliged to resign his position, and on his recovery sailed from Cronstadt to the United Stales. He engaged in store-keeping in New York City two years, then removed to Brooklyn and continued the same business until 1S50, when he moved West and bought a farm in Jefferson Township, Cook Cinintv. and engaged actively in farming until 1871. Since that lime he' has not Men engaged in active business. He was married in Bergen Co.. N. J., September 22, tS4Q, to Miss Catherine Micrhoff, a native of Germany. They have three children living - Annie, now Mrs. Thorson, of Niles, Conk County; Hermann, (r. : and Adelaide C, now Mrs. Pfiefer, of Jefferson.

FRANK W. SMI TH, eldest son of Waldo Smith, was born in Chicago. Cook Co., Ill , in 1349. He was educated in the city schools, and commenced his business life in 1M16, in his father's store, and remained with the Smith Bros until 1S7L when the business was destroved in the great lire. The following spring he was given a position as clerk in the Third National Hank, and remained in that hank until it* close. In 1*77 he became con. meted with the Merchants' l.oan A; Trust Company, with whom he still remains, lie married in Chicago April 9, 1S73, Mis, iMira A. Madden, of that city. They have twu thildrcn - Fannie 1!. and Frank O.

MIl.TOX I. SMITH, third son of Waldo W. Smith, one of the pioneer* of Chicagn. was born in Chicago April 30. 1S55 whi rr he received his education. After leaving school lie engaged in farming. In tSSu he received a position with the I lama St « Ing Machine Companv. and at the prc-sciit time he is head book-keeper nd c.ishicj-. and has charge of the iiliicc department, lie was married in leficrson. Cook County. I>ccemhcr 15. l53l. tn Miss Ida li. l>ymnnd. daughter of James I). Hymund, one of the early settlers. They have one child. Olive.

ItCtSIl 11. SW'EK T3JER, enptainof police, was ap|»iinled to his present position in I S74, and has retained it uninterruptedly since, except one year. Mr. Sw^cctser was born in WovUMOck, Vt.. January It, l&tl, 1 lis parent* sett led in Lake County. III., in IS42. lit learned the butchering business at an early age. and followed it in Jefferson from l8)$toaboM tsoo. I le subsc>|Ucmly learned the trade of bricklayer, which he followed in Chicago bw many >ears, acting as foreman a Lirge part of the time. I aplain Swet'lscr has lieen inartied twite, losing his lirsl wife and four children by death. In I st<2 he married in Chicago. Mis- Catherine J. Cutler, a native of Vermont. Mr. Sweclscr is a mcmlH-r of llcxpef Lodge. 4(1, A. F. .v. A. M.. Evans Chapter. |4, Koyal Arch Mason-, and of Home l.udgc, 410, 1- U. O. F.

MKS. I-', t). ft'CUKF. proprietress Jcflcrsuu House. This house was tmill in iSjb by 11. Ilox. It is a handsome frame building, three stories in height, containing fifteen rooms, in addition to a large hall room. Mrs. Wulff is also engaged in operating a large boot and shoe store, which was established in 1*77. being under the charge of her son, K. I). Wulff. Frank I) Wulff fdeccascdl was born in Schleswig-llolstein, Cermany, Notember It. 1*37. I le learned the wagon-maker's trade, and followed it there until 1*49. when he immigrated to the I'nitcd Mates. He located a short time in Michigan, afterward removing to Chicago. In 1S54 he nettled in Jefferson, where he operated a wagon-uuking shop s«me ten or twelve ycjrs. Subsequently lie engages! in the vale of agricultural implements until his deatii, December Hi. rSSt. He was married in Chicago in iHjj, to Mix r.Ii/abeth l'agan, daughter of James Kagjaa, one of the earlv settlers. Thee have four children - Frank I)., Annie M., Henry and Mary. Mr. Wulff occupied many official p«>-i1 ions during his life. He w as Township Assessor some sixteen tears. Collector for three or four years, and at the lime of his death was 1 'resident of the Hoard of Trustees.

HENRY WC I. FF. president of the V illage lloard of Trustees, and Deputy Sheriff of Cook County, was elected a member of the board in lSs2. ami elected to the presiding chair in 1SS3. He has been I leputy Sheriff since 1S7S. lie was lorn in Schlrswig-llnlslciu, l.ermany. in 1*54. His parents settled in Cook Comity in IStij. where he linisticd his education in the Dvhrcnflirth t'ollege. Afterward he started a store in companv wilh his father in Chicago, vt hich they operated about four > cars, afterward movin« the business to JrnVrson After selling Hut his business, lie engaged in the sale of agricultural implements in company with 11. I'sduhr. Mr. Wulff was married in Jefferson, in 1*74. to Miss Cntherine Fnglehardl, of Chicago. Thev have two children- Nellie and l.illie. Mr. Wulff is a member of I'rot idence Lodge No. 711. A. F. ft A. M.

ROBERT WCI.FF. proprietor WalB Hall. This is a doublebrick building, two stories in height. In 1*03 his parents settled in Cook County, Ibd there he complete I his education. His business life was commenced jn 1S75. in company with his brother, afterward being connected with the County Recorder's office some years. He established his present business in May. ISS2. Hewas married in 1^76 to Mis.. Kaic Versenia, of ItfTcrson. Thev have two children - Lharlcs and Hanicl.

Mah.Ewood

This village- lies in the sout1tea.si corner tif the township. »n the Wisconsin Division of the Chicago & North- Western Railroad, four miles from Chicago. Ccorge Adams pre-empted the Claim upon which the village stantls, ami afterward sold eighty acres for money enough to pay for the other eiglitv acres. The first house in the town was bllilt by Mr. Hoffman in 1H70 - the house standing on the corner of Hoffman Avenue ami Humboldt Boulevard. The next house built was by Daniel Reynolds, in 1871, on the corner of Manlewood and Evergreen avenues, then three tenement houses by Crony & Farlin, the responsible owners of the limp factory built that year by Mr. Reynolds. The next building was a store erected by a Mr. Khoads, now occupied as a residence by Asa K. Kradley, engineer of the village of Jefferson Then came the residence built by L Welch, now owned ami occupied by R. S. Dickey The next were the residences of C M D l.ibby, Air Whitman. David A Cashman. lames Lee, ami T W Taylor Mr Taylor and Mr l.ibby are the two oldest permanent residents in Maplewootl, and the only ones of the early inhabitants of the town still living there. The first chiltl horn in Maplewoml was Frank K. l.ibby, son of Benjamin T anil Mary K, l.ibby, who was born February iS. 1871. The station was built, here in 1870, and the post-office was established in 1871, with Mr. Reynolds first Postmaster: John Mi Kcon was the second, and Jerome Dawes the third and present Postmaster, appointed in 1882.

Maplewood originally comprised the southeast t|uarter of Section 15. On June 13, 1872. Carter's addition was made to it, which is a subdivision of ihe south half of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of lite same section. Other additions were made on the same day and since, until at present nearly the whole section is embraced in the plat. On the east it is bounded by Western Avenue, and on the south by Fullertun Avenue. The number of stores now in Maplcarood is eight, the number of churches three, and the number of inhabitants six thousand.

AUSTIN & CAI.F.V, proprietors, of meat market, cstablishrd business in I*;?. I'.. Austin, senior member of the firm, was born in Devonshire, England. May 11. I$4S*. His parents allied in (.look County in 1S49. where after leaving school he learned his present business, which 11c has since followed on his own account, w ith the exception of one year, since the age of nineteen years. He was married in Chicago in 1S76 to Miss Lena Hach. Jolts Cai.kv was liorn on Ihe Isle of Man, F.ngland, October 28, l5wx He learned his present business in England, engaging in it at the age of sixteen. He came to the United Stales in 1S70 and located in Chicago, later in Lake County, until the present litm was organized, lie was married in Chicago in 187* u> Mis* Agnes Lew is, a native of New York City. They have two children - John T. and Kli/abethC.

GEORGE N. 1UCKEKPIKF., retires]. The father. Oeorge H. Cickerdikc. settled on the Aux I'laines Kiver in l5jo. w here he operated a saw mill some years: then sold out and bougHi what is now known as Hk kerdike's Addition to the City of Chicago, lie was born in Yorkshire, F.ngland, in 1S07, and was married in Chicago by Judge Goodrich November 30, 1833. to Miss Mary Noble, of that ciiy. They had a family of two sons and three daughters, of which there survive - Oeorge N.. Margaret J. (now Mrs. W, l .esicr. of Chicago*, and Joseph K. Oi-orgc N. was born in Cook County October a, 1834. and has made for his business ihe improvement of the family property in the city. He was mar. ried in Chicago October 16,' 1S07. to Miss Mary Y. Iloulsby, a daughter of William T, Iloulsbv. of that citv.

FI>\YAR]> IIII.STFIN. milk diamnam The business was established in 1*76, anil has since steadily increased. He has at times as high as 41X1 head of cows, and 1.000 head of bogs, employing in their care fifteen men. The milk product is disposed of at wholesatc in the citv. Attached to his bams is an artesian well 1,100 fret deep, constructed at a cost of $2,000. Mr. Ililstcin was born in Westphalia, liermany. February. 1S5O. After leaving school he engaged in traveling lor his father in mercantile business. In 1 871 he came to ihe I'nitcd States and settled in Jefferson 1 ownship, where be engaged in gardening until 1*711. lie was married in Jefferson Township lantiarv 15. 1871. to Miss Elirahelh. daughter of A. S. Itichow. Thev Kavciwochildrcn - Frank and Mamie.

ASA F. BRADLEY was born at Concord. N. II., February »8. (til. His father was Timothv Uradley. and his mother Anna ( Morrill) Bradley. His education was received at the district school and at Ihe Concord high school. From the age of seventeen to twenty he studied under private tutors, taught district schools through the svinters, and kept bonks for a wholesale house. H" studies were chosen with a view to the study of medicine. After pursuing this study one year he became dissatisfied with and abandoned the profession for" the study of civil engineering and ruviga- tion In June, 1836, he came to Chicago and commenced surveying for Ihe county under ,\mm Hailcy. County Surveyor at llie time. When Mr.' Bailey's term of office hail expired, in 1S37, special election was hrlil. at which Mr. Itraillcy was chosen successor to Mr. Uailcy. From this time to 1*41) he was COWtfatMOWly Count) Survey ir. anil a |»>ci uhi of the time was, by appointment. Surveyor of the city of Chicago. In 1S40, he went to Catifumi 1. where he remained four years. In IS54 he returned to Chicago, engineer to locate the Chicago. St. Charles \ Mis-.i--.ippi road. Hespent two year* in that enterprise, when it was Wd to the Chicago i North-Wcstcrn Railway. In 1S62 he entered the ten ice of the postal department as ro.nl agent, on the railroad to Clinton and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was the hrst clerk to distribute mail on the cars under the present system. In 1^70 he wa-» employed by the town, now village, of Jefferson as engineer, which position hehas held for the past thirteen years. Mr lir.idley is now living with hi- fourth wife, lie has had ten children, seven of whom are now living.

C. A. CLYBOL'RV proprietor of the GarlicM Haw*. This house was erected in 1*71. on the site of the Towel! House , one of the landmarks of Chicago from 1S35. It is still owned by the Powell family. C. A. Clybourn is a son of - Clylxnirn, a settler of 1821. He was born in Chicago October 22. 1S47. and was educated at private schools in the city, finishing his studies at academics in Warrcnville. III., and Crown 1'oint. Ind. Ilc-gan his life in his father's business projects - pork-packing, etc Afterward he engaged in contracting and in mercantile business. He was married in Chicago October 16, 1*75, to Miss Kllen lCiines, ot Waukcgan. a native of Cambridgeshire, Kngland. They have four children - Charles A., Henry C. John E. and Mabel.

JAMES A. CI.VItOl RN'. proprietor of a meat market, Chicago, is the eldest son of Archibald Clybourn. and was l-.rn in the city of Chicago October 14, 1S35. He commence I business life in' 185s. in company with his father, in the old State s|n-,-t market, in 1S50 moved to South Water Street, and from there to the North Side. Since that time Mr. Clybourn has continued in the same business, with the exception of some three years, during which time he was engaged in furnishing gravel for city u-c. Mr. Clybourn married in Chicago February 20, |sb2. Miss Martha, daughter of Dr. William Soden, a prominent physician in the city from the early days. They have two children. Kdilh V. and Minnie M. Mr. Clvbourn is .1 memU-r of the Ellsworth Zouaves.

JOSEPH Al'Gt'sT IIOEIIN. baker and confectioner, e-l.ihlishe<l business in Chicago, removing 10 his present place in is* 3. Mr.lloehn does all his own fancy luking. and manufacture' 'lis plain candies. He was born in Rudcsheum. Nassau, (iermany. Julv 31, |33<>. His father being a baker, he from a boy was bfl light up to the same business. In i*t<$ he immigrated to the Cnilcd Slates, and after a short interval spent in New York City he settled in Chicago. whi-re he worked as a journeyman baker. A few years later h<- started in businc-s for himself, which continued until the lire of 1S71. in which he lost all his property. He then removed to Milwaukee. Wisconsin, where he operated a liakcry until t S77. lie then returned to Chicago and establishes! his present business, lie was married in Kudcshcuin, t iermany, in iStVj to Miss Mary Ekhnrn. They have live children - August. Joseph, Phillip, Elualielh and Henry.

KEKN .V NF.TZI.Y. dealers in groceries, provisions, etc., established business in Chicago in 1870, and removed to their present location in iMfl. G. H. Kern, senior member of the linn, was born in Lehigh County, Pcnn.. in IS36. After leaving scln.nl he learned the tailor's trade, which he followed in Galesburg. Illinois, from 1S5* i,, In the latter year he pursued Ihe same busj.

ness in Chicago, in li->) exchanging this for the grocery business. He was married near Galesburg. Illinois, in tSsS to Miss Ellen Mollet They have one child living. Agnes, now Mrs. U N'ct/ly. Lilians Nct/lv was born in DuPagc < ounty. Illinois. March II, 1S53. He came to Chicago in tH72, and engaged in teaming until he entered on his present business. He married in Chicago, Decenilier 13. 1S77. Miss Agnes Kern. They have thre. children - Leonand, M.ihlc anil Adelaide.

GEORGE K LI N E, old settler, was born in Lycoming County. Pcnn., February 13, 1S35. His parents settled in la.-yden. Cook Co.. III., in 1S44. George was brought up on a farm, and at the age of nineteen years engaged in farming on his own account, and continued until 1I7I. lie then removed to Jefferson and has since engaged in contracting and budding roads anil streets in the new subdivisions, an. I in general teaming. He was married in l.cvdcn. Conk.Co., 111., in 1S56. to Miss Mary A. Shaw, a native of Yorkshire, Kngland. They have had se'ven children, of which there survive - Elta I... Allien II. and Archie M. Mr. Kline is a mem bcr of the M. E. Church of Maplewood.

THEOI.OKE KREMF.R, proprietor of the Jefferson Exchange. The business was established here in l3*2. when Mr. Kremer erected the building he now occupies. Mr. Kremer was born in Luxemburg, Germany. May 13, 1847. His father having died whi n Ik- was an infant, in iSjb he came to the I'nited States with his step-lather, Mr. P. Snyder, who settled in Cflicago. Theodore was educated in Chicago, and after leaving school learned the trade ol cigar-making, which he followed until 1S7S. He then opened a saloon in the city und has since continued in this business. He was married in Niles Centre, Cook County, August 20. I «73. to Miss Carolina Fischer, daughter of Joseph Fischer, one of the old settlers. I hey have one son. Matthew II. Mr. Kremer is a member of the Cigar-makers' I'nion and the Sons of llctmann, also of the Volunteer Hire Department of Maplewood.

JoHN KKCEGEK. dealer in groceries provisions and meats. The business was established in iSSn in Chicago and removed to its present site in iBSl. Mr. Kruegcr was born in Stettin. Punicrania, (Iermany. After leaving school he learned the trade of stone mason, lie came to the I'nited Stales in 1 Sbo,, and engaged in mining in Pennsylvania for a time, and in 1S70 settled in Chicago, where he worked at the mason's trade up to 1S7S. From that time until t Sso he was employed as fireman at the ( .rami Pacific Hotel. He was married in Stettin to 1 harlotte \\ ichman. They have three sons - Kmil, Paul and John, all associated with their father in the business.

E. »V F. KITIN" established their real estate and insurance business in 1S80, the former making a specialty of Maplewood property. I A Kuhn was horn in l ook County in 1850.. and was educated in his native county, graduating from the Northwestern I'niversity in 1871; with the degree of II. L. I le is a member of l!:c I. O. O. F.. the Teutonia Singing Society. Orpheus Singing Society, and of the Maplewood and Humboldt Improvement C lub.

Dk. NELS J. LUND, physician and surgeon, was born in the city of Fredcricia. Ihrnmark, in 1835. Ilcrcccived his classical education in Denmark, and studicxi medicine in a German college. He conimenceil practice in Chicago in tShj, afterward look lectures in Philadelphia, and graduated m 1870 from the Eclectic College, aril receive.! a gold medal for merit, and a diploma of honor with the honorary degree of 1. 1.. I>. lie has remained in practice in Chicago, with the exception of an interval that he engaged in practice in the Lake Superior region, from 1881 to 1883. Dr. Lund is a member of the N.-ithwestern Institute ol Midwifery, lie was married in the city of Aallxirg. Denmark, to Miss Oline Kin-tine Winther. who died leaving one son. Charles D. Lund, now a practicing dentist in Chicago. His present wile was Miss Lena Cathrina lohnsnn, a native ol Iceland. They have one child - Clara Rcgina.

A. D MICHAl'D. dealer in paint-, mis, glass and wall paper, established business in July. 1S83. Mr. Michaud is a native of Switzerland. He was brought up in the city of l.cnoa, and after leaving school engaged in book-keeping for a lime, then as a s;,lesman in a dry goods house, lie came to the I'nilnl Stales in 18O6 and settled in Chicago the following year he enlc-red the house of |. V. Farwell \ Co., with whom he remained until 1871. He then took a position in the post-office" l.wo years later he was promoted to dispatcher, a position he retained alwnit ten years, when poliliial changes required his resignation. He returned to I. V. Farwell & Go's lor a time, but shortly afterward put in a stock of goods in the building he now occupies, and which he erected in 1870, being the pioneer of improvement in this section of the villagc. Mr. Michaud was married in Chicago in October, l.sdS. to Miss Man I. Fontaine, a native of Geneva. Switzerland. They have two children - George A. and Grace. Mr. Michaud is a member of the school board; is a member of the 1. O. O. F . and K. ft L. of II. He wa» a delegate to the last Congressional convention and to the city convention which nominated Heath for Mavor. He is the president of the Volunteer Fire Company.

THEODORE MISMER was born in Alsace. Germany, September 54. 1S32. After leaving school he learned the trade of blacksmith and wagon-maker under his father. In 1S54 he came to the I'nited States and settled in Chicago, the following year removing to llolstein. now Wc-t Chicago. In 1S58 he opened a wagon-making and wood-working shi»p in lcffcrson Township, where he remained inactive business until l38f. since engaging in improving his real estate and other matters, lie was married in IctTcrson Township in |Ml, to Mrs. 1. Jenkins, formerly Mrs. Powell, of Chicago. Thcv have nnc daughter, Clara Mr. Mis. mcr was a member of I icarburn's llatlery under Captain Smith.

Gl'STAYK SAEDELEN", dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware, etc., established business in 1S.S2. He has attached to his store- building a tinware shop, in which he manufactures and repairs. Mr Naedclen was bom in Stuttgart, Wurumbcrg, Germany, May 23. l<54. In iSOohecamc to the I'riiied States, and settled 10 Chicago. After working at linsmithing and carpentering for a time, he entered a type foundry, where lie remained Until 1SS2. the last seven years as foreman of the brass rule department. He was nurricd in Chicago February 1. rt577, to Miss Saturn Hurtcr. a native uf Alsace, Germany. They have four chililren - Gustavo E. llertha, benjamin and Willinm. Mr. Naedek-n is a member of the tterman Evangelical Church, being superintendent of the Sundavsehnol. lie is also a member of the tier man Aid Society, Methodist Episcopal Aid Society, and (he Methodist Episcopal and Evangelical Insurance Society.

E. W. ORTII. druggist and chemist, was born in 1S53 in llcssc-Casscl, and was e<lucatcd in Ccrmaiiv. Immigrating to the United State* in 1S69, he settled in Milwaukee, Wis., when; he took the 1 1. - i 1 of rirst assistant cheniisi and druggist of the State Chemist of Wisconsin, Prof. <1. Mode. After being actively engaged in the drug business and chemi'trv for twelve years, he opened and conducted the business of Milieman & llatzfcld. ol which he became the owner in Janunry. 18S4. Mr. Orth is president of the German American Institute, is a member of the Jefferson Volunteer Eire Company. No. I. the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, and the Chicago Turn.Gemeimlc.

J. M. I'KTTEKSEN, dealer in drugs fnncvgoiHls, etc , established the business in May. 1SS2. and removed to his present location the same year. Mr. 1'eltersen was bom in Denmark in l.sjj, After leaving college he engaged as drug clerk, pacing an examination at Kosktlde. He continued as clerk until 1 ><Vo, when he came to the United Slates. He first located al Jamestown. N. V.. then afirr an interval in Pennsylvania, removed to Chicago in 1S73 Here he clerked until I S$2, when he started on his own account. Mr. l'cltersen is a registered pharmacist.

l'ETEk C. PETERS, dealer in groceries, flour, feed etc I he business was established in Chicago in 1*76. and rrniovril its present »ite in 1SS1. Mr. Peters was born in Schlcswig-llolstein, (.eriuany, in December. 1S3.). A Iter leaving school he en. paged in clerking in mercantile business there until 1S66 Ha then came to the United States and settled in Chicago, where he engaged in clerking until the time of the fire. Krom 1S71 until il*7S he was engaged in the retail liquor business in the rfcv HK was married in Chicago in 1S72 to Miss Ella Smith. Thev have

WILLIAM H. I'OWEI.I, established his real estate business in ISO.,. He is engaged in general real estate, though making a specialty * northwest Chicago an.) lefferson properly. Me was born m Jefferson < Ictober 0. tSjo. lie was educated in JefleJ.n and after Icav.ng school engaged in general occupatinns-niercan- ^TSSSS*,1*, ?? MmM in PfcMOa March, chitt. Geo!^ H.'" J- °' "iU'UkK- WiS- ' he>- ~

4. i860. In '1S72 his parents settled in Chicago, where hc employed himself until |332 in the business of currier and tanner, then engaged for a lime in keeping a saloon. In 18*3 hc settled in his present place, where he is operating about seven acres, devoted to the raising . ,t vegetables. Me was married in Icffersoii September 2», l»Ss. to Miss Sophia, daughter of A. LllOK Thev have one child, Marv.

IIEK MANN WOLFGRAM, gardener, was born in ihe vicinity of Hclgard, Prussia, in 1S47. After leaving school he was employed in gardening, both floral and vegetable. In iMj he settled in Chicago, where hc was employed in green-houses until he settled on his present place, where hc is now operating some ten acres, devoted to vegetables chiefly. He was married in Chicago in 1S6S. to Miss Mary, daughter of A. L kichon. Tliey have rive children -Charles, William, George. Alfred and Emma.' Mr, Wolfgram is a member of the 1. O. O. K. and IJ. U. II, and U. O. R. M.