Cook County, Illinois - The whole text, 1884 (part 58 of 61)

REV E RA UN, clergyman, was Is.rn m < -i rm-utiy in «"-".'- son of C. and Mary Rutin. He came to America with his parents at the age of fourteen, and located in Chicago, lie was educated at the Pro Seminary at Elmhiirst, and si t» Missouri College, near Washington. Mo from wy.h graduated in 187U. He was ordained 111 Imago iti the s. n ,. vear. and accepted the pastorate of the i hurc . of WHCObel. Wis.on.in. where he remained fortwo years He then lja^uu at Ontarioville, Cook Co.. 111., where be remained until ll»l. when he removed to Harrington, to accept the pastorate of ., (icrtnan Evangelical Church. He was married in l**l " > ' s Emily Stueky, daughter of Henry and Eva Stuckv. He t» » member of the QafflMO EvsJUjeliliaJ Synod of America.

D. II. RICH All DSt»N, M. I)., physician utid surg.>on. was bornin Cook County in I8"»3, the son of I). R. and Hlioda A. Richanlson. lie graduated from the Conk County Normal School in the class of 1*7."». He was engaged ill teaching until l*.*»l, when he is gan the study of medicine, and graduated from the ItUkfa Medical College in the cluss of 1**',', and from the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College in l.*H3. Ho practiced in the Central Kn-e Dispensary for five months, after which he emoved to Barrington. where he has built upa large practice . He isan a.tendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church and leader of the choir.

WILLIAM P. ROBERTS, M. P.. physician and surgeon. was born in Waldo County. Maine, in l838.son of Jacob and Huldah Roberts, II- was educated at Oak Qrore Semlnatr* and the Friends Hoarding School. Providence, It. 1. In 1*85 he moved to Iowa, where he engaged in farming. In IHii.* he commenced the studv of medicine, and engaged in practice in connection with his'farming. In 1874 he rntered the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, in which institution he graduated in the class of 1*7.1. lie then located in New Ago, Mich., where he practiced his profession with marked success. In the following war he removed to Harrington, Cook Co., III. He subsequent I r spent one year at Olean. N. V., after which he accepted n i*wition of house physician at the Hahnemann Hospital. After six months he engaged in general practice in Chicago. In 1N71 he returned to Harrington by speciul request of the leading c itizens of that plate, where he has since resided. He was married in 1*60 to Miss Susan A. Weeks, daughter of Captain R uben and Lydia Weeks. Mrs. Roberts is also a practicing physician. She graduated at the Hahnemann College in class of 1879. They are members of the Christum Church. . , _

EDWIN <i. SAHIN P. o. Elgin, was born in Uke ( ounty. Ohio, in l*:l.\ son of Sylvester and Paths Sabiii. He came to C,.,.k County in 1*41 with his parents, who located <>n a farm in Section lit. Township 42. Range U, containing 100 in r.-s. when' they resided until their death, the mother in 18W). at t he age of 'lift v wars t be father in 187<l, at the age of seventyeight They luid* ten children, six now living -Julia E.. Martha A" Edwiu'll. (married Anna M. Covey., Fidelia I... Caroline h. and Clark l!. He was married in l**>» to Miss Anna M. C.wev. daughter of Klanezcr and MarvCo.ey. They have had three children, two now living -Willis E. and Eugene S. Mrs Sabin is a member of the Mctlualist Episcopal Church. Mr Sabin was engaged ill farming until 1*81. when he removed to Elgin. In 1874 he laaiglit the old homestead m llarrim'ton, which he now owns; also n residence on I rospecl Str.ct."n-ar Seneca. He has run a threshing machine for thirty suci-cssive years. .

H C P. SANDMAN, fanner and grain dealer, was born in Hanover, Ucrmanv. in PW. son of II. C. and Dora Sandman. He came to America in 1*11. and located in Illinois when, altera short lime s|a-nt in Chicago, he removed to Outage Countv. when- he remained one > car, then removed to l/ing Grove" where he n niained five years engnged in farming. He then spent three years in Chicago, then bought a farm near Uke Zurich, in Like County, where he lived .until 18»>1. when he removed to Harrington, lie now owns 1(18 acres, is large I) engaged in dairying, owns ISO cows a warehouse in ton and is engaged in buying gram; he also owns a half-mterin n fl .urit* mill. H< was married in 1*53 to Miss Anna Hamming. have had eight children, six now hnng- W lliain it , Fre.1. Henry, Anna. Caroline and Urns. Ho has been Highway Commissioner, Collector and member of the sch.KTbo.ird. He is a member H» Oarinnn Evangelical

8V1 the of this sketch went to California, where he remained t wo rears engaged in farming and mining. He then re r ed to Cook Count/ and engaged m farming until WW, Kne moved to Harrington, and engaged in the inwantile lul nZ hen moved to Elgin and engaged in farming and s ,ck nil's g He owns 375 acres of land, an. makes a apee t v f s t s k-raising. I le deals in thoroughbred horses, the of thoroughbreds. He was miurieil in 1867 to Miss Wood daughter of George L. and Phebe 1J. w ood, and rb children-William II. and KMMl A., and are members of the Methodist Episcojial Church.

CHAKI,KS F. SLADE. I', 0. Elgin, was born in Herkshirc County Mass.. in 1831, son of Sardis W. and Maria Slade. Ho came to Cook County with hi* parents in 1843, and located on a farm in Harrington Township, where his parents now reside - hi* father cightv-two. and his mother eighty years of age. H« was married In 18311 to Mi--s Minerva Hibiwrd. Her parents, John and Adalinc llibhard. were natives of Connecticut, and came to Cook County in 1840, locating mi a farm, where they resided for fourteen years : her mother died in 18."i?, at the age of fiftv-sis years, and her fattier is now living, nt the age of eighty-seven; lii 183? he sold his farm and resided in I>undee about fifteen years, and has since resided in Harrington and Elgin with his daughter. Her parents were married in 1821. and had nine children: three are now living - .Mm L, Elvira W. and Minerva 11. Mr. Made in early life was engaged in farming arid dairying, which he followed until 18ij3, when he moved to Elgin, and bus since been engaged as a carpenter and builder, ami owns a residence. They have two children- Harry 0. and Susie Ij. Mrs. Slade is a member of the < 'ongregatioiial Church. Mr. Slade is a member of the Masonic f raternity, A. P. k A. M. He was the first Mason raised (o the third degree in the Dundee I.odge, No. ISO, has been a member twenty-nine years, and occupied every chair.

UEOKGK K. SLADE, farmer, P. i». Pumice, was born in Cheshire. Mass . in 1827. His parents, Sardil W. and Maria, were natives of Massachusetts, his father being born in 1801. his mother in 1803. They were married in 1825, came to Cook County in 184:1, and located on a farm in Section 4. Township 42. Range 9, where they now reside. They had three children - George E., Charles F. and Ellen E. tieorge K. was married in 18ol to Miss Elvira Hitibard. Her parents, John and Adaline Hibbard, were natives of Woodstock, Conn., and came to Cook County in 1*40, the mother dying at the age of fifty-six, and the futher still living, at the ag-' of eighty-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Slade have had three children - Emily P., Charles W. and Aildie. He lives on the old homestead of 1SKI acres, and makes a specialty of dairying. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, A. F. A: A. M,, Dundee I.odge. No. Hill.

3. W. WATEliM AN, farmer. Sections 22 and 27. Township 42, Range !», was born in North Adams, Mass., in 182G. son of George T. and Eunice Waterman. In 1842 he came with his parents to Illinois, and located on a farm in Harrington Township. He now owns a farm of 889 acres, is engaged in stockraising and dairying, and has some fine Norman horses. He was married in 18.12 to Miss Alvira Applebee, daughter of Gilbert and Betsey Applebee They have three children - Susan E. Church, Jay W. and Frank E. He is a member of the Baptist. Church, and has served on the school board for seven years. He has been Supervisor of Harrington Township, and is president of the Harrington Mutual Insurance Coiiijxwy, -ml member of the Illinois Dairymen's Association, lie has been for several years a member of the Elgin Hoard of Tra le. George T. Waterman the father of the subject of the above sketch, was borvi at Cheshire, Mass , in 17!Wi, son of John Waterman, lie wa< married in 1823 to Miss Eunice Husking. Thev had seven children: five are now living - Wnitv, Charles, George W., Anna and J. Monroe. He came to Harrington in

1842, where he lived until his death, in 1880, at the age of eighty-five years. He was Captain in the War of 1812, stationed at Boston. He w«* for inanv tears Justice of the Peace in Harrington. Mrs. Waterman dud in I860, at the age ol

WILLIAM 0. WATERMAN, farmer, Sections 22, 86 and 27, Township 42, Range 0. was born in North Adams, Mow., in 18KS, son of William and Surah Waterman. At the age of eighteen he engaged in school teaching, and for a number of years taught during the winter ami worked on the farm in the summer. In 1838 lie came to Illinois, where he remained a year and a half, returning in the fullof 1839 to Massachusetts, and engaging in the mercantile business at Cheshire. Here he remained until 1885, when he returned to Illinois and located in Harrington Township, on the farm where he now resides He had been extensively engaged in sheep-raising until 1881, since which time he lias made a specialty of dairying. He owns fifty cows and has some fine blooded cattle. 1 1 olstein and Jersey breeds. He was married in 1844 loMiss Phebe A. Fob ter. ilaughterof Lieutenant Edmund and Sarah Poster They have hud three children, one of whom is now living. John A., born in 18.TO. Mr. Waterman is Republican in politics, and has ever taken an active interest in the political issues of his country lie was representative in the Massachusetts Legislature in 18.V.. lie was Supervisor of Cook County for two terms, mid membcrof the county school board, and also school examiner for three terms. Mr. Waterman is s member of the Universalis! Church. ,

11 G WIEI.MARTn, merchant, was born in North Adams. Berkshire Conntv. Mass.. in 1831. He is the son of Homer and Marv A. (Wells) 'Willmarth. Homer Willmurth was one of the prominent citizens of Barrington. He was Isirn in North Adams. Mass., March 5. 18H7. At the age of twenty-one he commenced business in partnership with his father as a cotton manufacturer, and afterward Iwcamc a hotel keeper in -North Adams. Mass.. continuing in this business until his removal M Cook Countv, 111., in 1838. Here he settles! on farm and lived upon it'untll 1801. when he moved into the village of Harrington He was a verv energetic and successful business man, Md acquired a large property. In politics he was a Kepublican, and took an active part in the political issues ol the country. He was Justice of the Peace thirty years, and Conntv Commissioner of Cook County three terms. "J"*0 serve.! in the Illinois legislature two terms, and on the Boar. 1 of Equalization three terms. He died March 21). 1882. II. G. Willmurth came with his parents to Illinois at the age ol six years. On attaining his majority he engaged in farming for four years, after which he was engaged in various pursuits until lsi'U, when he engaged in the merchantile business until 18St, during fourteen years of which time he was i associated with L Powers, under the firm name of W >> »'«"" * Powers. He enlisted in 18IJI in Company I, 62d Illinois Volunteers, being commissioned Second Lieutenant at (lie tune of his enlistment, and in 1802 promoted to First Lieutenant. He participated in the battle of Shiloh and other engagements of Ms command, being mustered out m the tan of 18(12 Mr. W ill mart h was married in 1853 to Miss hlml>cth S Junks. Thev have had six children, two of whom survive - Alfred and Prank 0. Mrs. Willmurth died in 18 He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. A. r & A. M. tie is now engaged in settling the estate of his father.

The first white settlor to locate permanently within the present limits <>f this township was .leroniiilb Luther, who iu the full of 1*33 settled on a claim in Section 34. ubout three miles southeast of where in now the village of Ijemont. On thin farm Mr. Luther built a house, and the following spring returned to the East for his family, who at once accompanied him to the new home he had chosen for them in the then wild and undeveloped West. In ls.'si Mr. Luther, with others, caught what was p.pularlv known at the time as "the goKl fever," and started to make the overland trip to California. The hardship* of the journey, however, proved to \<c greater than he could stand, for l,t< si.-kem i and died before it wai wore than half accomplished. His son. Job S. I.uther. is now living on the oi l place. Folies H. Miner was also a settler of 1*33. In that year be located on a farm in the township, where he live. I until his removal t<. Will County, some years ago. His son, Fred d. Miner, still lives on the oM homester I. William R. Derby, the oldest living settler in the township, came from Vermont in Mav. 1834. and with Orange Chatincey and Joohlia Smith, who hud also accompanied him. thcv settled on the same section on which Mr. Luther had located the preceding >oar. The four men divide I this section equally, giving to each as far as possible, like pro|N>rtinns of prairie and timber laud as his shun'. At that time Mr. Derby says then- were hut one or two houses between Chicago and Joliet llvlon Martin, now the well-known merchant of the village of U-niont. came to C.s.k County in 1834 and located on lands which are situated in Cook. Du Cage .,!, , Will c i inties. In Mr. M irtin move I into the village and opened a general store, in which business he. in company with his son. is still engaged. Nathaniel J. Brown/in 1835, brought the tirst cargo of lumber from (irund Haven, Mich., to Chicago, arriving at the latter port on the -tth or April of that tear, to 1837 he took a contract ou the canal, and imbse«pienilv excavated a mile of it in front of the present site "of the village of U'limut. In 1*4 S. after the canal was completed, he Iwiighl lands here ana has since made thi> plan- his home, lie is now very wealthy, being the owner of three .marries, two of which lie lea-es on rental, an.l which, during the busy season, afford him an income of MOO per day.

Augustus Dolan located in Ijemont. on Section Id, in 1*37, and worked on the canal until 1*40. H* substipicntlv. in 184">. purchased the farm near Sag Bridge, where he still lives. William C Bell came with his father. Joshua W. Bell, to Ijemont Township in 1S3S, and located on Section 2.'>; the latter kept a hotel at what is now Sag Bridge, at an early day, hut ill 1*41 moved to Chicago, where he became the proprietor of the Vermont House, which he conducted for nearly eighteen years, Mr. Bell. Sr.. continued to reside in Chicago" until his death, which occurred m Richard Cleveland came to Cook County in 1888. and the following year began work on the canal. He subsequently located on a farm in Section 31,. near the village, where he lived uutil his death, which occurred in 1S?4. Hie two sons. Isaac and Milton W. Cleveland, who also came to Cook County with their father in l*3»i. still live in the township on small farms not far from the village. Among those who came at a later day. and who are still living hen', are the following: Joel A. Wells, the present superintendent of the Illinois Stone Company, came to Ijemont in IS4.~i. and was employed as an engineer on the canal. Nearly ten years later, when the above company was organized, he was made its master mechanic", ami later its superintendent, which position lie still holds. In 1846 came Alexander Uie I. who also worked on the canal until IK.-.l; three years later he opened a store at Sag Bridge, which he still conducts, aud is also Postmaster ai that place.

James M. Tripp located ill Lemonl m the same year with Mr. Hied, and worked at lii< trade, that of a 'carpenter. A few years later he purchased a farm near the village, where he still resides. Daniel C. Shell v came to I linois in the fall of l*3«.i. Inl84* he purchased considerable quarry property in Lomotil Township, and ten years later he located permanently in the village and" began developing his .marries. Horace M. Singer, now president of the Singer iV Talcott Stone Company, came with his parents to Illinois in October, is3u. " Iii 1881 he became interested in the stone business at Ijemont. and the company organized bv himself and Mr. Talcott.. in 1S..4 has long lawn known as the largest institution of its kind in the West _ ... ,. . ,

'Sown Urgmdmtk*- - Letnont lownship is situated almost in the angle formed by tho junction of Will County with the county or Cook, and is therefore bounded as follows: on the north by the township of Downer's drove, in Du Page County, on the east, by the town of Palos.audon the south and west by the townships of Homer and I hi Page, of Will County. Until its organization in lS-W. Utiiout, or Palmyra, as it was then called, was located in ^ ork precinct. Concerning this namo Palmyra, inquiries failed to discover when it was bestowed on the township, or at just what time it was discarded and the present one Substituted in its stead. The tirst entry on the town rec ords shows incidentally, however, that m l*->0 it had only recently been done. This entry reads as fd«P?rsoant to a notice issued by the Clerk of the County of Cook, issued pursuant to the provisions of an act to provide for township organization, the in - habitants of the town of Palmyra [now Lemon.], convened at the house of l/miuel Brown, in Athene, on the second day of April, "etc.

This would indicate that at that date " Mmyra" was, in a certain sense, still in use, though evidentl) not the legal namo of the township At the first election, at which William R Derby acted as moderator"^ Jo'"' clerk, the following ofheers were elected : John Kitteriug, Supervisor; L. Brown,

Clerk; Augustus Dolan, Assessor ; Thomas Brackin, Collector ; L Brown and O. Ghauneey. Justices. In the following roster will lie found the principal officers chosen at the annual elcetious held from 1851 to llie present time:

Jut/ice*. - Alexander Ried, J. Russell, John R. Bush, and John Barrows were chosen during the years from 1853 to 1858; John Barrows and William R, Derby, 1858-02 ; Alexander Ried and John Barrows. 1802-06 : D C. Skellerv and A. Ried, 1*60-73; J. T Derby and W. H. Skellerv, 1873-77 ; John G, Bolton John Gannon and W. H. Skellerv, 1*77-8] ; D. C. Skcllery, George Weimer and John G. Bolton, 1881-85.

Lemont Village

Lcmont's earliest existence as a village, if indeed it then rose to that dignity, was Mween the yean 1*43 to 1*48, and during the construction of the Illinois ft

Michigan Canal, a full history of which is elsewhere given ID this volume. On the" spot where now stands a thriving and populous town of over three thousand inhabitants, there were then only a few shanties, the homes of the lalwrers on the canal. It was at that lime, too, that the discover)' was made of the existence of the stone In-real k>uK the working of which has sine* become the leading industry of the place, and made it famous us producing the finest building material taken from any quarries in the West. Of these quarries, however, more will be said hereafter.

On the completion of the canal, in 1*48. many of the men who bad aided in its construction located at various points along its line lietween Chicago and La Salle. Of these a few - attracted, doubtless, by visions of future wealth to In- realized when the demands of the country would open up and develop the inexhaustible supply of stone which was already know u u> exist - stopped at Leniout or in its immediate vicinity. Here they purchased lauds and lots, and as time passed have Intel DO occasion to regret the step then taken. Mention has been made of these pioneer settlers in the preceding pages, dental to the general history of the tow nship.

In 1*54 began the development of the quarries here, though for ten years the business grew but slowly, owing inainlv to the fact that at llrst there were some doubts as to the durable character of the stone for building purposes. When it was fairly demonstrated, however, that the stone found at Ixmiont was equal in all respects to that taken from the celebrated quarries at Rutland. Vt.. and at LockpoK, N. Y.. capitalists were not slow in invest ing money in a field which promised such sure and satisfactory returns. From that time there may 1* said to have liegun the growth of the village froni thai of a men- hamlet to a busy and prosperous town. It should also Is? stated that in the earlier history of the place it was known as Athens, a name which clung to it until after the township organization, in 1850.

The first plat of Lemon t, and which now embraces U considerable portion «.f the village lying east of the railroad, was made certainly us early as 1850. and wits named Keei»otnw. in honor of an Indian chief, formerly of that locality. The streets of this subdivision were laid off due north and south, which, when the railroad was completed through the place, running diagonally, was the occasion of those queer-shaped lots now secn'iu the lower part of the town. In the subsequent additions the streets have been laid out with the railroad. The second subdivision was made a few years later, by S. J. Truesdell. ' On the 9th' dav of June. 1873. us appears from tut village records, an election was held by the electorresiding within the following described area of territory, to wit : Commencing at the southeast corner ol Section 20, running thence cast eighty mils, thence north to the south bank or the Desplaines Mner. thence in a westerly direction along the south hank ot the sail river to the west line of Section 20, thence south on sui 1 section Hue to the southwest corner ot said Section ao, thence sout i eighty rods, thence eas-t 240 rods, thence north eighty ro Is, thence east to the place of beginning ; a 1 of the above described territory being situated in Township 37 north, Range l cast. The object of this election was to decide whether or not the < itizens residing withm the alxm described territory should organize as a village uinier an act of the legislature of April 10. 1*72- A omn - ing of the votes polled showed 243 for, and none against, tin' promised organization. The first election of village ollicers wax held Oil tin- 5tl) of AugUnt, ol ili.it year, and on the '.nli of the month the lir-t Hireling of tlif Board >if Trustees was held. The officer* chosen at th first eleetioti were: Joel A. W'ettfi, President; Stephen Kcotigh, Xico as Xew. I>r. William It. Peine, h uiiel H. Murphv ami John 11. Trdcus, Trustees; Ceorgc I>. Plant. Clerk ; S. W. Norton. Treasurer: John '1. I> rbv, ( i.r|K.ration Counsel; A. ('. Underwood, Constable: ami James Barrett. Street Commissioner. The following is the rosier of officers to the |ir sent time :

The First School taught in the \icinilv of U'liioiit was organized in 1 s;}<>. and was located ahout half way between the village aiKl lite old Luther farm. A few years later a public school was established in Ixnuont, which was conducted until the erection of the present graded school building in l*0'.». Ahout that tune Horace M. Singer, feeling Unit the town needed lietter educational facilities than were afforded by the little public school, built, at his own exjicnse. a handsome frame structure, designed for a private school, to be supported by tuition. As the new graded public school, which was opened in l>0>, fully met the needs of the |.eop!e for better educational advantages, the subscription school was never but poorly sustained. In 1*74 Mr. Singer, with his accustomed liberality, sold the house to the German Lutheran congregation, by whom it is still used, having in the meantime I ecu enlarged and remodeled as a house of worship. The present handsome graded school building which, as lias already been stated, was erected in 1*0'.», and opened in 1*7*0, is built of stone, two stories and a basement in height, with a clock and tower crowning its roof. Situated as it is, on t he bluff, it presents a commanding view from the valley below, and in connection with the various churches and the new St. James Acadeinv. also similarly located, adds much to the picturesque lieautv of the town. Ceorge [). Blank was the first principal of the school. It is now under the management of John Met arty, with the follow ing assistants: Mary Harrington, Mary II ark nigs, Sabina Madden and Miss Honne

8t .lame* Academy, an iiu|>osiug stone edifice, in size. 50x00 feet, was begun in the summer of 1**3 by Hev. Father llogail, of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and as an educational institution will, when completed, be under the charge of the Sisters of Providencc. The building is two stories in height, with an addition 80x30 feet in size, designed for the use of the Sisters, while the estimated cost of the entire structure is placed at Si 4,« 00 There are also private day schools connected with the Catholic and Lutheran societies, and which are under the immediate charge of the pastors of these Chinches.

*.s (too. Luther families were its lirst members, even beforea Church organization was effected, anil are still among its leading adherents. It is to be regretted that the Church -records, containing much UUi would be of interest concerning its curly history, have been destroyed; with this fact in view, however, no other apology is needed for what would otherwise seem an inexcusable omission of data in tiiis sketch. He v. B. T. Vincent was the lirst regular pastor, and Bin. S. T. Show is the present minister in charge. The Church now has nearly forty members, a well attended and interesting Sunday-school, and is in a growing and pros- |ierous condition. The present stewards of the society arc H. W. Martin. S. W. Norton, Mrs. I). U. Norton", Mrs. M. W. Martin, Mrs. James Clifford and Mm. Job Luther.

SI. Patrick's Catholic Church, situated almost in the center of the town, was ereeteil in 1*«<>, and until 1**0, was under the pastorate charge of the priest of St. Dennis's Church, at l^ckport. At the last mentioned date. Hev. J. K. Ilogan became its pastor, since which he has done much toward improving and strengthening its financial as well us moral condition. He has built a handsome parsonage in addition to the St. James* Ac'dcniv. already mentioned. Iiesides by his untiring labors has great! v increased the Church membership,

The Utnnan iWisi Catholic Church was founded in 1888 by Rev. Leopold B. M. Moczvgemba, who came to limont during that year. In the summer of 1**3 he purchased twenty acres of land adjoining the villa'1!', on the weit. platted it into lots, reserving in the center of the tract a square on which he has erected a handsome and imposing church edifice at a cost of This addition he has named ' Jasnagoria." The lot-s. he sells to the iwople of his denomination at prices and terms enabling them to secure homes of their own. Father Moezygemba has. it is almost needless to add, succeeded in building up a strong and nourishing Church organization within the past two years, besides doing so much for his people in the way of encouraging tneni to habits of thrift and economy in the daily affairs of life. lie has now over two hundred families under his pastorale

The Herman Catholic Church of St. Alpha®** was instituted in 1*01». Tlie same year a house of worship was erected at a cost of tM.UUo! Since that, time the building has been enlarged and repaired, making the total expenditures, including the original cost, over (71100. Itov. Father Bosenbower, of Chicago, performed the dut ies of pastor until in 1*74 Hev. Francis Hutlrwas place .1 in charge, being the first, regular pastor of the Church The congregation is now without a priest, but are temporarily served by lather Uaezvamba. of the Polish Catholic Church.

The Herman Luthmm Church was organised in 1873-?:' but had no house of worship until, in 1>i4, the congregation purchased from II. M. Singer the huildhi" he had erected for a private school. I his house, which cost Mr. Singer «,500. was easily converted into a neat and commodious church. In that year Hev Wr. rffeubeek, who had just graduated at ihe Lutheran Concordia Seminary at Ft. Wayne, was made the pastor of this Church, which at that tunc was named as St Matthew's Lutheran Church of I/Mitont. The Church has grown rapidly during the ten years of Uev. I'ffenheck's pastorate, having great ly years, before the village be-an that Sowth wlrich ^^JWSf Government far testing various spedlias since characterized it as one of the th ri v 'in" ,"ons of ,,"i,Ji,'S "'aU-rial for tho Cap.tnl extension at

UN place. property of tho Illinois Stone Company, which hitter title the organization assumed in 1S5S. Josl A. Wells, tho present superintendent of this company,

The next company to Lie established was the Singer & Taleott Stone Company, founded in 1834 by Horace M. Singer ami Maucel Talcott,* nmler tho linn name of Singer & TalcntL Tliis partnership eontinued until 1*7'.', when tho company w;i< chartered, under it* present title. TIlU company is now ami lias been for years the largest of any doing business at these quarries, employing daring the busiest season of the year, iu iiiaiiutaetuniig. quarrying and transporting "stone, fully 4"><» men. Tnoy have a cut stone department, witli mills both at their quarries at Lemont and iu Chicago In the mill at Lemont they hnvc three lathes, of the latest improved make, for turning stone into almost any shu|>ed article desired, two sets of planers for dressing lough stone, a header, and three gangs of saws. In this department from thirty to forty men arc employed in dressing, tin ning and carving stone, converting it into blocks, pillars, cornices, wall faces and the various other forms in which it is used for building ptir|»>ses. This company was the first to introduce the uso of steam del ricks for handling the Me no in tho quarries, and also built the first steam canal boat used in transporting the stone to

In addition to the companies already mentioned, thero are the following operating quarries at or near Ixmiout. Beginning on the north sue the quarries Of the Chicago and Lemonl Stone Company started hi 1870; Uodoneehatsc & Ernsliaar, in operation s m e lS'i; Boycr & UtM'llCaU, established in 1870, operating two quarries. The Eviclsior and Uioidan Stono companies also operate three quarries here, which however extend o\cr the line into Will County. Including these, thero are in o|ieration at L'imuit during tho working season, thirteen quarries, from which the total output of stono \kt annum has l>ee n estimated to ho worth nearly t$,5U0,000 ; while in tho aggregate the number of men employed in the quarries alone reaches 0,000. The s*tone*us taken from the inarrics is divided into thrco chute*, known respect i veil M "dimension stone,''" rabble" and " lip-rap.** '1 lie first is used for pavements, cornices, pillars, vault covers, etc., the second for walls, and the l.i-t named, being simply coarse broken pieces, is utilized for filling iu piers and for building roads. As to tho supply of stone iu those quarries. opinion differs ; some assert it is practically inexhaustible, while others ui'O equally confident that should the present demand continue, tho next ten years will make serious inroads into what would now "seem to be their almost limitless resources. The prevalent idea however seems to lie, that as the present quarries are exhausted, new deposits will be discovered, back from tho canal, which though not so convenient for transjKirtatiou by water to Chicago, will yet yield stone of such excellence as to warrant their being worked.

Sag Station

conl 1 boast of a store, post-office and hotel, the two latter being kept by Joshua Bell, subsequently of tho Vermont l!ousc,of Chicago, until 18-11. Hut "Sag has never grown ; under tho shadow of I-einont's prosperity it has been kept " at a stand-still," down to the present timo. It was iu early days the nucleus of the little settlement round-about it, and it is nothing more to day. It has a store, post-office and church, the former being kept by Alexander Hied, who has been the merchant and Postmaster of the [dace continuously since 1S5-J. The church, St. James' Catholic, is a handsome frame building, erected some five years Until iu lSttt the congregation here were under the pastorate care of Father llogan, at Lemont, but in July of that year Hov. Joseph Bollmann was assigned to this parish, since which time he has been the regular minister in charge. Since Father Bollmaun" came, ho has enlarged the church edifice to mimodate its iiu r. :<-.< - men Whip, in ! has also built a neat and commodious parsonage, at a cost of about i«:j,(J00.

WILLIAM a BELL, farmer. P. 0. Lemont. was born in Montreal in 1823, flr»t son of Joshua Bell and draco (Clark) Bell, I lie latter nf whom died when he was eight years old. Ili- came to Conk County in IKIHand located in the I'recinet of I'.dmyra. now low n-lup of Ix-mont His fat lie r kept hotel at (iu f Iritliro f>r alioiit thn-c year*, when lie moved to Chicago ninl was engaged in merchandising for utx>ut live years. He was afterward proprietor of i lie Vermont House for al«out eight years, lie rc-ided in Chicago until his deal h. which occurred in 1*73, nl the iige of eight y-l hive years. The subject nf this sketch was engaged ill merchandising, at Sag Bridge, fur uliuiit three years, lie was married, in IH1U, to Miss Theresa K. Bliss, daughter of Pcrrv and Amanda lilis-. Tln-v have nine children - William A., Rosa II., Alfonso A., Grace A., Itiehard Y.. Oaorn S., Kalie P., Kvlyn A. and Joshua II, Mr. Bell has held tho office of Supervisor. Constable and Collector fur the town of Ix-mont. lie is engaged in gNMtal furiniiu; ami stock-raising. His farm contains 200 acres nnd i« fiuir miles from Lemont. He located on this place in an early day, and has made all (he improvement*. He !uis a flue residence, surrounded nr fruit and ornamental trees.

.ioiix i;i:<iunK Iti > 1 >K NSCIIATZ, druggist. Lemont, was Imrn in Bavaria, licrmany. August 211. 183.8. He came to the United States wiih a sister, arriving in Chicago in July. lSri. ami after a JTCar'a residence there, rame to Lemont. He entered the drug st ue of hi« cousin, Hustav A. Bodcnschiilz. for whom he winked until November 13, 1880. He then purchased lie- dm; bn-in --s formerly ciunliicted by Mr. B. I . Jacobs, whu-li he ha* since continued to operate His store is situated jit the center of the business part of the city, on thecornerof Sievciis mi 1 Ijiwrenec streets, lie carries a large and well selected slock of drugs and medicines, paints and oils, wall paper, stationer* and tchool book*, watches, cluck* and jewelry, notions, etc. Though « young man, Mr. Bodcnschati baa had a large csp<ricnce in his business, is a competent druggist and registered pharmacist, and enjoys the confidence anil good wdl of the people of Lemont and tho surrounding country. _ _,

ItKV .IOSKPH BOLLMANN. Catholic clergyman, P. O. So" Bridge, was born iu Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1 83-1. son of Frederick and Catharine Bollmann. lie was educated at Mount. .Saint Marie Seminary, from which he graduated in HJ78, and from Saint Viators College. Kankakee. 111., in issn, in which holer vcur he was ordained. His first work in the mbllatrr WiU at Saint Stephen's Church. Chicagn. as assistant to Futl'ier Barrett. In the fall of that year he came to Lcmi nt, ns assistant to Father llogan. In July of 1882 he was appoint"! bv the Archbishop as pastor of St. James's Church at Sal Bridge, since which time he has enlarged the church and built a parsonage, at u cost of about fS.OilO.

NATlIANlKL J. BKOWN. capitalist and land owner, Lemont, was burn in Windsor County, Vt., January 27, 1812. When he was three vears old his parents removed to Owego, N. Y. They afterward resided in Kochester, and near Lockport.'and remained in the State of New York uulil 1820, when thev removed to Ann Arbor, Mich, (then a Territory). Hi. ,,l,|,.-t bn | hi r "Win i the first stage lw - rami' mil »i Detroit to Saint Joe. lie was agent for liU brother mi tins line. and while so engaged, the Michigan Legislature pelted a bill to locate the county scat-, of Clinton, Inim anil Kent counties. Mr. Brown accompanied tin' ooniinlasiouere apiHiinled to locate the* cnuntv seal*, and became largely interested in the rial estate in each «*sM.nas located, lie located WiO acres in Kent.Cnuiity, built a saw-mill and engaged extensively in hindering on the Grand River. He shipped the first cargo of lumber from tirand Haven to Chicago, and accompanied llie same, on lmard ilic schooner "White Pigeon," arriving in Chicago April 4. 1835. He sold his lumber for enough to pay for his land and mill, ami leave a handsome surplus. Locating in Chicago, he formed " jmrtnership witli Augustus Garrett and his brother, Daniel It- Brown, under the firm mil f Garrett. Brown it Brother.

They became largely interested in real estate wit Inn the Chicago land district, including much in Chicago, They also opened a Urge commission office for the junvhase and sale of real estate. When the capital of Wisconsin win located at Madison, in aiiln ipation of the passage and signature of the bill. Mr. Brown had agents st Belmont, with reluv* of horses on the road between there ami Milwaukee. Hint he mik-lit l>e notified at the earl ii^t moment, and Ik- first at the United Slates, Land-Office, at the latter place, to locate, land in the vicinity of the new capital. In this he «»< successful, and located large tracts in the immediate vicinity of Madison, including a large part of the city. In 1837 Mr. Brown look a contract for rock work on the Illinois & Michigan Canal, and excavated a mile of the canal, in front of the present site of the village of LeBlOnt, He was engiiged upon this work until 1841, when the Stale defaulted payment on its bond*. He MB) pitted his contract under the Board of Trustees for the landholders, from 1813 to 1848. He then became largely interested in real estate and stone quarrying in Lemont, and has since made this his residence. His home farm is a beautiful ploet, about a mile from town. Most of his rent estate is leased for a term of years to builders, and his quarries are Worked for a percentage. Mr. Brown is not only one of our -artiest settlers, but one of the largest real estate holders in this vicinity. Heisa Democrat in politics, but has never been an active politician, or sought for office. He is still vigorous and active, retains a good memory, and relates many interesting events in the e.irlv hist on' of Cook Conntv.

W. S. BROWS. I'. 6. Lemont. was burn in' Lyons, X. Y., and came to Chicago in early life. His parents were natives of Massachusetts, tint moved to Vermont, where his father was a member of the Vermont Legislature for thirteen years. They subsequently moved to New York, and then to Michigan ami Illinois. The subject of this sketch studied law with the firm of Butterlicld & Collins, in Chicago, and was admitted to the Bar at the age of nineteen, at the term of court held by Judge Stephen A. Douglas. Mr. Brown was City Clerk of Chicago in 184fi. H«r was appoinb.Nl Captain Commissary by President Polk, during the Mexican War. to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of .1. P. Hardy. lie was educated at the Genesee College, of New York, where he received the degree of A. M., and subsequently of LL. D.

ISAAC CLEVELAND, farmer, P. 0 Lemont. was born in Oneida County, N. Y., in 1 82.*i. son of llichardand Betsey Cleveland. His father came to Cook County in 18:J0. and engaged in funning. In lH:iH he was engaged oil the Illinois & Michigan Canal, in which he continued until thev suspended work, in 184''. In 18311 he returned to Xew York, and brought his family to Lemont. He was engaged in fanning until his death, which occurred in 1874, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. His wife died in 1N5,'!. in the age of' fifty-seven Isaac Cleveland was engaged fishing at Green Bay ami Ijike Michigan, during the summers for eight years. In 18-TJ he engaged in general farming, on his present farm of 120 acres, lie was married, in 1852, to Sophia M. Mulinex, daughter of Jesse and Permelia Mulinex, They have five children - Milton R.. Adalbert and Sophia (twiusj, Emaline A. and Clinton Mrs. Cleveland's parents were natives of Pennsylvania. Her mother died when she was young; her father is living, at the age of eighty-three, Sho is a memtier of the Free-Will Baptist Church". Mr. Cleveland has been Commissioner of Highways and school director for a number of year*.

MILTON W. CLEVELAND, farmer, P. O. Lemont. was bom in Oneida County, X. Y., in 1SI!», son of Richard and Betsey Cleveland. His father came to Cook County in 1830, and engaged in the construct ion of the Illinois & 'Michigan Canal, and. later, in farming. He resided in the town of Lemont until his death, which occurred in 1874. at the age of seventy-eight year*. His mother died in 1853, at the age of flftv-seven years." Milton W. came to Chicago in 1844. He followed his trudi - -that of harness-maker - for about ten venrs, six vcars of which he carried on the business in Chicago. About 1850 he settled on his present farm, which contains '.'N) acres, and has been engaged in general farming and storkraising since. He was married, in 18.54. to Mils Until K. Kiisscii. daughter of Ira anil Betsey Russell. They have 6r* children - Isaac. Allen. Walter. Arthur and Alson. Mm. Cleveland's parents were from Xew Hampshire. Her mother died in 18u2. at the age of forty-two; her father is still living, eighty-one vcars of age Mrs. Cleveland is a member of the free-Will Baptist- Church. Mr. Cleveland has been Commissioner of Highways, and school trustee of the town of Lemont,

WILLIAM R. DERBY, retired. Lemont. is probably the oldest settler now living in this township, having settled en Sections 34, 37 and 11, about three miles southeast of the present village of Lemont, in May, 1*34. There was at tlujl lime but one or two houses between Juliet und Chicago lie hud as neighbors n brother-in-law, Jeremiah Luther. Orange Chnuriccy and Joshua Smith, all natives of Vermont except Mr Luther, who was from New York. These four took n claim of a section of hind, dividing it so as to give to each an equal share of prairie and timlicr land. Mr. Derby had, when he came into the county, a team of horses, wagon ami harness, some household goods, and forty dollars in ca«h. This comprised bis worldh |s.-*---ions. He sold the team for money to puv for his land when it came into the market, receiving sufficient to pay for 140 acres. He afterward bought two fortyacre tracts and sold twenty acres of timber land at *12.50 pcr acre after having cut off the timlicr. which brought hmi #3,00.1. lie built a log cabin, which lie lived in about I weiitv-five years. He I hen buili a good brick house, two stones high.' He continued to operate his farm of 200 aires until November. 187I>. when he sold it. and removed to Lemont to enjov in his declining vc«r« that rest to which he is so well entitled by a long life of labor and care Mr. Derby relates iiimiiv interesting events cunneetid with his early settleroejit in Cook Countv, of the hardships and privutions enduied. *wl many anecdotes of an amusing nature. He is a member ol tl,., Christ uui Church He it Damn nl In p Jttta often been called to ..ffi.-e by his fellow townsmen, though lie has n«v. r sought office, and h is accepted only at the urgent request of his friends, lie hus held the office of Justice of Hie Peace five veurs. Township Treasurer sixteen ycais, Supervisor one or two vein's, and TownshipClerk several years. Nr. Derby was borii March 17. 180.). at Dorset, Bennington County, Vt When als.ut ek-ven vcars old he removed wen bis parents to Gcncscv County, N. Y. At tho age of sixteen he went to learn the lr.de of a wool canter and dresser, wlnrn he followed for nine years. He then kept a hotel for a year and a half, und was 'afterward encaged in various pursuits until he came to Illinois in 1834. He married Miss Mi» Luther, of Castile. X. Y., June 2S, 1830. by which rnarrtag* be bus had four children, or whom Sylvester L. and John lan- now living. Mrs. Derbv died April 5. 1880, after anapp} companionship of nearly half a .ewury with the subject oi this sketch, bv whom she is deeply mourned.

then engaged in stock-raising until 184-1, when he purchased ut the land sale of canal lands his present farm, containing iw acres, and engaged in general farming and sUifk-niiMiill' was married, in 1831, to Miss Bridget Kelly, who died in itch. ami in 1855 he was again married, to Miss Ann Smolon. 1 nev have two children- Mary Aon and Augustus. They are ramiliers of the Catholic Church. He was the first Town and was Commissioner of Lemont the same year. He new tne office of school director for twenty-four years, and three year* trustee of the school lands of Lemont. . , .

JOHX DOOL1X, teacher. Lemont. was born in Irelana m 1857, son of Patrick and Ellen Doolln. He came to too* County with his parents in 1SG3, who located in Leinont.wnere thev hare since resided. The subject of this sketch was \tmr Bitted in the public school of Lemont, under I W W « w McCariv. He commenced teaching in the public school oi =j»k. Bridge in the spring of 18751. where he has taught suae. » is a member of the Catholic Church. His marriage tocK p»" in 1882 to Miss Rose Ann llarkins. daughter of t orneuu and Ann llarkins. Thev have one child. John Doolln.

brought up. He received his classical education at tin- Xotre Dame University, <if Indiana, mid at the Mount Saint Marie Seminary, of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he graduated in assistant of the Rev. 1'. Farrelly. II.' remained in that capacity twenty-one months, mid in IHSi» t..ok the [wtstorate in St. Patrick's Catholic Church nf Lemont. In S. jtember, he commenced the erection <>f the Saint

James' Academy. The building is SUxtt't fe t. two stories, with addition KOxdO, < >i the Si«i r. I'r leu . 'I*h I nil.! ng is of stone, with raised |w>im infr«. cost bI»>iiI $1 4.0(10, and will be completed September I, 1S"M. The church building is OOxlK) feet, centrally located: it was erected in lNijO. St. Patrick's Church was cut off from St. Dennis's Church of Lockport in IS1*", when Key. .Mr. Ilogaii l.s.k the pastorate, and the result of hi- labors is already plainly evident in the improved condition of the church, and a Hue parsonage has been provided, and other necessarv and suitable additions.

CHHISToPHKK JnllXSOX, farmer, P. 0. Lemont. was born in Denmark in 1818, son ol Christopher and Ellen Johngon. He came to Cook County in Inland located in Chicago. He was engaged in sailing on the lakes for seven years, was master of the " Manitowauk " and the schooner " Helena." and was siib-eipiciilly lumlwr ins|a-otor for seventeen years. Ten years previous to hi- coming to Cook County he wis sailing on the ocean, mid during this time he vi-itcd all the since been engaged in general fanning: his farm contains 165*? acres. He was married, in |M|». to Miss Kmily Itaymniid, daughter of John an 1 Ivoiiisa Karmond. They have seven children - Henry. Maria, Helena. Itennie anil Charlie, George W. and Kvclvn." He i- a member of tli- Masonic fraternity, A. F. & A. M., Cleveland Lodge. No. 211. Chicago. Mr. Johnson was Tax Colla tor of the North I»iv isi.»t». Chicago. f,.r one term, in the year lH»t2. In 1*U he (.ought and is still the owner of property on the corner of Market and Ohio streets, add lie ha.- also ten tenement houses in the RUM Im-slity.

JAM KS LISTKK. termer, P. o. (folding's drove, Will Countv, was h-.ni In Scotland in l*sl. s..M ,,f William and Mary Lister. He came to Cook County, with his parents, in 18->8, and located in Chicago, where he' remained alxuit three years. In is«2 the family located in I'al-s Township, where th.'v resided fourteen years, in ImT'i removing to then preeenl residence Ia mioiiI Township. Janu s Lister has been engaged in farming, and owns eighty acres adjoining his father's farm lie was married, ill l*7<i. to Mi- Martha Buttenhottee, daughter of Adam ami Savinah llottenhouee. They have twoehiSdren - Willism and Mariha. They are atteiidnutsof the Methodist Episcupal Church. Mr. Li-ter has Wn scl I director. Mr«. Lister's

Jolt S. LlTTHKlt. Iuml»-r dealer. Ix-mont, was bom at < a*- tile. N.Y. Ilis father, Jeremiah Luther, was OIKS ot theearliest settlers of Cook County, coining here in the fall of ls-et, lie located on Section *L Township :I7. Kange 1 1, built a boose, and the following spring returned to New York for hi« family. The subject of thi« »kefh remained upon tin- farm, which is about three miles from Union! Village, until about ten year- ago. Three years after their settlement enough neighbor-' had settled around them to organize a school. alsnil a mile and a half from their farm, and in thi- Klwol Mr. I.utlier recciM'd his education. His father and two brothers started for California during the gold excitement of 1N."HI, going overland by team. His father died on the journey, and his younger brother died in California. The elder brother. Seth, remained there, engaged in mining, two years. After his return UW home farm Wax divided between the two brother- added to his share by purchase, so I hat he now has 1 II acres. Thi* he continued to operate until 188%. Novemlwr. 1874, he engaged in the lumber business, in addition to fanning, but for the past year has rented his farm, and pays his attention exclusively to his lumlier business in Leimmt. The business is conducted' under the firm name of .1. S. Luther* Son hfason, J. S.. Jr., having an interest. They cam a full <!.«'t Ot all kinds of lumber, lath, shingles, doors, sa-h and blinds, builders' hardware, coal, lime and cement Mr. Luther married Hire Lovina B. Teeple, of this county, in 1851, bj which

I. MACAl LF.Y, farmer, P. ". Lemont, was born in Inland in 18211, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Macauley. lie came to Cook C.mntv in 1*17, and located at Lockport. where he remained for threo years, after which he was engaged in mining in California until 1S-M. when he returned and located iu Ix'inont Township, where he him since resided, lie owns 2(10 acres of land three miles south of Union!, and is largely engaged ill the dairy business. He keep, about fifty cows, and ship- the milk to Chicago. He was married, in !*.i7, to Miss Ann It.i.I, daughter of John and Li/.z.ie Iteid. They have nine children - William, Klliaheth, Margaret, SoMIl, Julius. Charlotte Joseph, Alice ami John. They are attendants of the MethihfL.t Lpiscopal Church. He has la-en Commissioner of Highways six years, and sehool director fifteen years. Mrs. Ma. iiuie'y's parents were natives of In land. Her father died in l*i.!, at the age of seventy years, and her mother in lSVi, at tile age of fifty-seven years. '

HYLON MABTIN, general merchant, liemont, was liorn in Orange County, Yt., October 15, t-SOH. When he was only three yean, old his falher died, and he was dependent upon his own resources from an early age, and for eight years worked upon a farm in (Senesee County, X. Y.. where he received a common school education. Afler some years spent in various pursuits, he engaged in brick-making at China (now Java). X. Y., following that business until he came to Illinois in ISi-t. In July of that year he located in Cook County, and engaged in farming, which he continued upon quite an extensive scale for thirty-four years, lie owns two farms, Isith ill this township, though since the illusion of Cook County, one, containing a. si acres, is in DuPnge County, and one, containing eighty-tl ye acres, is in Will County, 'lie now rents both his farms, and pays his attention exclusively to hi* business in Ia-iuoiiI. which he started in ISiis. Als.ut ten years ago his son. Henry W, took au Interest in the business, whieh is now conducted iiinler the firm name r.f II Martin \ Son. They carry a large -:ock of dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, groceries, Hour, provisions, crockery and glassware, and also handle real and VOOtl. The firm is well and favorably known, carries the bi-st class of goods, ami does a large and prosperous budlWSS. Mr. Mart n is one of the oldest settlers in this township, and is closely identified with both its agricultural anil business interest.,! He ha. la-en a stanch Republican ever -ince the organization of the party. He married Miss Caroline llawlev, formerly from Amherst, Muss., June 5, is.14, by which marriage h- has had seven childien, of whom Henry V., Hiram X. and Kva N. are now living, the latter married In Mr James p. Clifford, <>f Lemont.

I'lIKU. (i. MIXKIi, farmer. P. 0. Lemont, was born in Lemont, Cook Count y. in 1800. aon or Forbes II. and Man Miner. His father was burn in Oneida County. Xew York Slate, in 1M10. He came to Cook County iu ls-!4, and located in liemont Township onu farm, which is now occupied by the subject of this sketch. His father was very successful in his farming pursuits, accumulating a large rtfoperty in Lemont Township, and also .ix farms in Iroquois County, where he now re-ides, engaged extensively in fruit-growing and bee culture. The management of tlie Lemont farm was given to hi- MM, Fred. tJ. Miner His father married in early life Miss Louisa Larowav. who died, leaving three children - Julius I.., Augustus F. and Seth F. In IS-V he was married to Miss Ana-tnsia Chuipietle, daughter of Charles and Prudence Chuouette. They have six children - Fred. (5.. Clara. Henry, Charles II.. F.mma L. and l/ewis O. Mr. Fred. li. Miner on attaining his majority engaged in farming, and now has the management of the old homestead, which contains 210 ai res. He is extensive!; engaged in sheep-raising. His father has an extensive knowledge of farming and bee culture, and has been a prominent writer on thesi- snbjecK

BI'.V. LEOPOLD B. M. MOCZYOEMBA, Catholic clergyman Lemont. w.is horn in Silesia, Poli-h province, in IK2o, son of U-opold and Kva Moczygemha. He r-ccivcl his classical education in Prussian Poland, ami hi- theological at Home. He received the degree of Doctor of Theology in IHoH from the pope n"d was appointed apostolic confessor for the Englishsneaking Catholi.-s of the Catholic world in the \ at lean Basilica of St Peter's i i Koine, which office he held for rour venrs In IK. I he came to Texas and founded a Poli-h colony, which is known Pan i M arm 1 " nv. locati I in K irne- County, I", v. He si.bs. queii ly labored "many venr? in the diocese of Albany, X Y and at Syracuse. X. Y- ami in the States of Indiana and Illinois. During his ministry he lias raised alsmt WW- (ilHl which lUM been investelin churches, schools and other denominational buildings. In ISC-2 ho came to Lemont, and tookthe pastorate of thetierinunaii'l Polish Cat holict hurch. Ill 1MK1 he cmmeiiced the erection of a Polish Catholic church. He purchas.-d twenty acres of land adjoining the Tillage ol lxmont, and laid out an addition to the town known is -- Jasnagom " He has erected in the center of the addition a line chun h structure, at a cost of $9,000. He is selling the lots to laboring men of his denominations, ami assisting them to se ure homes. There are about 410 Polish families who are members of his Church. In lHo'I he was called to the I'r .vincial Council at New Orleans, ami in ISnii to the National Council of Baltimore, under Archbishop Spuutding. 11c -peak- fluent i.e li-: i. in. ll .1..IM, S|..i;.;-!.. IT. a. I'.ngli-h and Polish.

DL WITT CLIN I ON NORTON, superintendent Singer K Taleott Stone Co. npany, Lemonl, was born October 2"i, 1820. at Denmark, Lew is Couiuy, N. V.. where he revived a eoinuion school education, and passed his boyhood and early youth. At the ape of seventeen years he reinove<l with his parents to I.ockp .rt, Will County, where, in 1847. after atlaining hi* majority, he engaged in general merehatulising, in which bu-iness lie isintinucd lor ten lear*. lie then engaged in stone quarrying at Loekport, and has been almost constantly engaged in stone business since that time, except an interval of a lew years when he was superintendent for Messrs. Norton & Co.. miller-, ut Loekport. lie MIIK (0 Letnont in lHilfi, and entered the service of the Singer & Taleott Stone Company as foreman, which he tiehl until he Wtt made s.ipc'rint-lideiit. lie al-o superintended the Work of deepening the llliiois & Michigan Canal, which WOlk was done in the winter time betweco 1S0IJ and 1870. He bcgo-i as superintendent lor I j. I*. Sanger & Co. ; tlien was a meiiiljcr or the linn of C.

he took an interest in the firm of Norton, tit (JlefM & Co. The work in which he was interested comprised two sections of the canal in the vicinity of Lenient. During the la-t eight yours. Mr. Norton has held the position of superintendent of i ho Singer & Taleott Slone Compuny at Lernoiit. This i.s one of the largest st ne companies iu ttie country. He has on an average about 830 men under his charge. ' Mr. Norton is n mail of sterling qualities, a good cili«m, who w< rks for the Welfare and prosperity of the village. He is an active Republican in politics, and cxeits a leading influence in local eartv affair,. ![,- I,.,- U-en a member of the Hoard of Village Tmst es three years ami for I he last two vears has been ['resident of the hounl. He in.nricd Miss Maria L. Singer, of Lockporl Novembers, 1817 by whom he has sis children - Isaac C ' Frederick I).. Clinton S., Libbic M , Horace S. and Mamie I,

ALEX RE ID, merchant and Postmaster, Sag Hridge was was bom in Scotland iu 1824, sou of John ami Margaret Itoid He came to Cook County in 1812 and for four vears was enginccr on the lakes, lie was seiorid engineer siib<enuentlv on the "James Madnou, ' and subsequently lirst engineer on' the "(.roat Wi-slern - with hettdnuarlcr* at Chicago and Hufruln. ->. In 184(1 he loeatcd ,n Lomotil, ami was engaged from then until Outing which time he lni.lt two steam dredges, which, weiv worked on I he Calumet feeder. After completing the canal work, in I Ml, he was engaged in cnirit.eer.t.g until 1854. when he 'negu,, merchandising M Sag Bridge .which lie has since followed. He has been Postmaster of bag Undge since 187J. He owns a farm of 1M) and a *t one quarry of about -evci.tv-flvc acres, in which he employs aho.it luO hundred men, and is vice-president and BcneraJ

.0, 1814. in UNilleCojJBljr, HI- His father. Lev, \\. Rood. Esq was one, ;f the earl jc-t set tiers of La Salle County, an, a P eminent citizen o that part of the Stale until his H ath Itew"'!'8^ The of this sketch remained \Ts » Sf"rm ""tlJ enlVTed ,t,loit Allege. Wis.

Kendall County, who was renlly his preceptor. In 1807 he entered the Medical Department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, attending a full term of six months, lie then entered Hush Medical College, Chicago, from which he graduated in r'cbruarv, 1SIJS. In .March of the same year lie began the practice of his profession at Lerootit, where Iu has ever since remained iu active practice. I)r. Hood is an able pbyaiefcin kail surgeon, ami by his skill find success in practice bus won the eonliilenee. and esteem of the community, ami 4 large and remunerative practice, extending into live or six townships, lie is a in -inber of the Illinois Slate Medical Sf*icty, and ill l87ii w.is a delegate to the American Medical Society, lie Witt elected in September, 18Si. a member of the Medical Hoard of Cook County Ho-pital. which position lie at present holds. Though not an active pattilon. Dr. Hood is a Republican in politics and has held local ofliccs. He was a member of the Illinois State Republican Conventional Spnnglield in 1H80 He married Mi s Amelia A Wells, of Lemonl, July 2.*i. 1H72. by which marriage he hus had four childicn, of whom t'huilla and tieorgie O. are now lining.

IIOHAt T: M. SINUElt, picsidentof the Singer & Taleott Stone Company, Lemout and ('tiicago, was born October 1, 18J-I, at S. h ne'ciit iv, N. Y. When lie wa.- about a wm old his parents removed' to Ohio, settling on the Western Ueservr, iu Ash tabula County. In O.tober, 1SJ0. they cametu Illinois, his fattier having a contract for the construction of a portion uf the Illinois & Michigan Canal, then l» ing built ny the Slate. Hi- work wai near Lockport, where hesettkd his fanny. The subject oft lii-> sketch helped li a father uniil the su-prnsion of thi- work, iu 1810, when t lie Stale defaulted, linn, buying Meani he was ngagcdm rrcighl ing let ween Chicago and points alt bin a radius uf one bundled and tweniydive milis. in Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. Work was resumed upon the cniniliy the trustees for the bondholders in 184o, and Mr. Singer entered their employ, in the engineering department. He uro-e from the |*.-ui >n of nxinaii to that of snperiut n hnt o! repuiia, andcoiiiiuued his connection with the canal until th« 0|«ning at nnvUution in 18o2, when he engaged in >he stone business, which he hn> since followed. His firs1, work was the construction < f the brcak»iiler, from Park Ifownorli, iu Chicago, iu which he used the waste slone laken from the canal. In |.s">4 he liecaine associated with the late Manecl Taleott. trader firm name of Singer & Taleott. This partnership continued until 1872, when the company was organized under ch art er from the State, with its present title. The bustlies- n-s. cation established in 18.i4, bet vein Me-srs. S nge: and Ta c .it, con inu' d uninterrupted i.ntil about a »c»r l«- fe e the death of the latbr. which occurred Jnn* 5, lt?«f Mr. Singer is to-dav the oldest qnarrvnian in the s^uae distriit along the Illinois & Michigan Canal, and probably the ohlest in the S ate. The Singer & Taleott Slone Company is One Of the largc-t stone con.panic- in the country, empl' ving iu qtiarryiup. msiltpulalingand tran-poiting about llue'la*- dre linen. Probably no man hasd' ne more than Ml Singer to promote the bu-ihess interests an I tie- n aterial aelfare ot the town of Lcmnnt. Helms held several Iwal cffi<es, was n member of the General Assembly of Illinois in 18156. and was elected a mcinhrr of the Ronrdof Coiinlv Commissioners in 1872 or 187:1, mid wnsChairmnn 0( the Unit. ling Committee, having eharg-of the c msl ruction of the North Side courthouse .mil tail. He is n mi ml f r of t he I. O. 0. F. He worried Miss A. Rob-erts. of Lwkport (a native of Niagara CoURiV, N. Y.i April C, 1847, bv whom he l>as tl.reu children - Edward T. mow secretary of ihe Singer ftTafcotl Stone Compunv), Charles d. (residing in New V"rk Ciiyl and Walter II. tiii the employ of the Singer A; Taleott Stone Company at Chicago), Mr. Singer's mother is still living, at tie- rlpo nee of eighty-four, and will not yet acknowledge that she i« g i ting old.

DANIEL C. S KELLY, Justice of the Peace and real estate agent, Lemonl, was horn in the count v of West Menln, Ireland. November 0, 1814. At the age of seven he came to the United Slates with his parents, locating at New York Citvwhere he received his education nnd n inaiiicd until the full »I 1"-«>. when he came to Illinois. He located at Uatavni. hilt tt year later removed lo (l|iieag«, nnd engaged in stone-cidling. In 1848 he l>otight extensive qnarrv properly in l^mont Township, but continued lo reside iu Chicago until 1858, when ho came to Lemonl and developed his quarries. Having been Captain of the Emmet Cuards of Chicago, for several venrs. at the outbreak the War of the Rebellion he enteral Hie volunteer service, enlisting as n private in Company It - " Regiment Illinois Infantry, lie was soon after comnussinneu a First Lieutenant, and as-igned to Company C of Ids reR'- ment. lie was in several engugemcnls nnd skirmishes witn the enemy in Missouri, and participated in the battle of

Lexington, Mo., with the gallant and lamented Colonel Mulligan, litre he was taken prisoner, with t he remainder ol hi* command, mid paroled by the Rebel Print Soon after the re-organization of the regiment, Lieutenant Skclly's health began to fail, and he resigned and returned to his home in U'lnont. where he has ever since resided. He continued in the »i»ui-<]uarryiiig business until 18<i'>, when he sold his quarry, which t* now known as the Walker Quarry. Mr. Skclly i* one of the best known of the "idd settlers," and has always held a leading position ill the affairs of the county and town. - He is Democratic in politic, ami has been frequently called to i 'fflei . I le has held the, ofllee of J list ice >f the i'eace lift eeii years, has been a member of the Hoard of County Commissioners of this county, and bus been treasurer of the township school hoard twelve years. He married Mi-s Susan Cosgrove, of Ctica, N. Y.. November 2:1, 1*41. by which marriage he has had seven children, of whom William 11., John C, Tlmmas F. and Roger K. are now living.

MAN'CEL TAIX'oTI' was born in Uome, Oneida Co., N. Y., October 12, 1*417. und was the son of Muncel and Betsey Talcolt. His early childhooil whs pwcd in the county when he was horn and where he revived such educational instruction us (he common schools of those days could afford In IW4, and when vet in years a mere youth, he came to Chicago to la-gin in life' for himself. Locating on a farm near Park Kidge, he followed the quiet pursuits of ft farmer until in 18".l , attracted by the excitement following Km discovery of gold in < alifornia, he went to thai State. He returned nt the end of two years, with a con i.h rable sum as tics result of his laborsitl the gold Ilelds, and (wo years later he formed a partnership with lloraiv M. Singer, and (ogelherlhey founded the Singer & Talcott Stono Coiniwmy. As is well known this enterprise dcvclo|>cd into one of iarg.-diiii.iisioiis, and in which Mr. Tideoll retained his lubKtst until the time of his death. In addition to (Ins he was one of the foiind-rs of the First National Hank of Chicago, and one of its directors as Ion- as he lived. IbWBJtkn at one time president of the L moil Stock Yords National Hank, and of the Excelsior Stone Companv, besides being prominently connected with other Important local enterprises. In politics Mr. Talcott was a ltepublican, and as such was chosen an Alderman of Chicago m HUM, serving one war. Ill NovcmlK-r, 1871. when the old Board of Supervisors went out of exi-tencc and the hr-l Hoard of County Commissioners was chosen in their stead, he was also selected as a member of that Ualy Soot} after this, 1 . B. Brown, then Police Commissioner. resigned his oflice, mid after much pcr»ua-i->n. Mr. Talcolt wils imiiiced to accept the place. He was elected by the County Hoard, December _ M, 1871, and continued a meinU-r of the Police Hoard until in Dcceiulier, 1872, ilnring all of which time he acted as its presiding officer, itposilinuto which he had Is-en chosen immediately on his becoming a ineinlwr. Mr. Talcott die l .lutie -., 187*, leaving aw blow, wh so maiden name waa Mary 11. on*, and to whom he was united in marriage at Park Ridge October 3S, 1*11. Their union was never blessed with children, although they adopted several and reared them to maturity. Mr. Talcolt as a husband was gentle and devoted; *t a friend, kind and steadfast; in business, energetic ami honorable, and as a citizen was ever found prominently identihed with ii.l movements looking lo the interests of the community in which he lived. _ , . _ ,

JOHN II. T EDEN'S, firm of .1. H. Tedens ft fo., general merchants, Lcmont. was born in Germany February 517, IBM. He came to the lnited Stat. in 1*-V. locating in \\ ill I oiinty, 111., when- he workcl as a farm laborer, « *10 per month. With the exception of eight months he remained in the cmp'ovof one man until I Sot), when he entered mercantile life as clerk in a store at Mokeita, Will County. In the spring of I8«i he removed to Leranut and formed a partnership wun Mr. John Tiionnahlcti, which has COM limed ever l nice, IbeT first started u small business in a small frame building south of the railroad track. In isus they built the store building at present occupied, a large st-me building. OO Stevens St I vet. Thev use two floors und It basement, each UixM reel in the main store building, besides rooms for harness and u.*.t ana shoo manufactory in un adjoining building. 1 hey carry a well select, d MM* of drv goods, clolliiiig. furnishing goo,!-, bonis mid shoes, crockery, glassware, groceries, provisions, shoe shop. Thev have sold morog.*H]slhaiiunyothci;eslaMisnment iu the village since they have been m business here; carry the largest, stock and employ by far the largest force of salesmen and clerks Thev have always had the confluence M the community, and have' .lone a prosperous and constantly increasing business. Mr. Tedcns is an attendant and contri - uting member ol the Lulhcniu Church. He is u member of

Lejnont Lodge. No. 708, A. F. & A. M., and a member of Marble City Lodge, No. 4.'!>, I. 0. 0. F. He has been twice married; first, in" April, 1*00, to Mi-s Mary Kick, of Mokena, Will County. She died in 1H(kI, leaving three children, of whom Eliza S. and John H., dr., are now living. He married Miss Mary M. Hli-h, of Palos, this county, in October, 18GS, and by this marriage has had six children, of whom George W . Frank H., Edward F. and Walter 11. are now living.

JAMBS M. TBI IT, farmer and builder. P. O. Lemont, was bom in Monroe County, N. Y.. in 1823, son of Benjamin and Sarah Tripp. He came to Cook County in 1840 and located in Lemont on a farm, and has followed farming in connection with his trade of a carpenter ever since. Ho was married, in HI.'., to Miss Jane Mulliunix, daughter of .Jesse and Pertuelia Mulliunix. Thiy have nine children - Frances, Jenett, Theodore, Lora, Ella. Nina. Zaccheus, Washington and Ernest. Mr. Tripp was drafted in the fall of 1H0-1, ill Company H. :!thh Illinois VolantCCI Infantry. He was with General Sherman on his march to the sea. In December of that yeur lie was taken sick at Savannah, (ia.. where he remained in hosp.lal until May. 18U5. He >« us mustered out at the close of the war. After his army service he returned to lx-mont. where he has since rv-ided. Mr. and Mrs. Tripp are members of the Free-Will Baptist Church, lie is a member of the Masonic fraternity. A. F. &. A. M.. Ix-mont L*lge, No. 708.

REV. W. UFFENBECK, Lutheran clergyman, Lemont, was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1831, son of Henry and Carruliue L'lTenlK-ck. He was educated lit Fort Wayne, Ind., and at the Lutheran Conconlia Seminary, from which ho graduated in ls7l. and commenced the work of the ministry the same year. His first pastorate was his present charge, St Matthew's Lutheran Church, Lemont. The church has increased during the ten years of his pastorate. He is ulso pastor of the St Paul's Lutheran Church, of Lo.kport. He was married in 1*7"> to Mi-s Minnie It .kk. r. daughter of H. W. and Matilda liokker. Tliey have three children - Martin, Otto and Clara. He i- a meinh.r of the Missouri Synod.

LOKENZ 0. VAbBNTIBN. barber, Lemont, vai born in Germany in 181">, son of Rudolph and Alike Valcntieii. lie came to'l'nok County in 1*00 and located with his brother ill Lem .;it Town-hip, one and ft half miles from the village, lie enlisted in lH.il in Company C, loth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and took part in the engagements at Pocahoiitas, Utile Rock, Shreveport and other engagements of the command during the three years' service. Ik- was mustered out at Little Rock lXe-cmberHI, lstil. On leaving the army he returned to Lemont, where he remained one year Willi bis parent*, who had come from the old country during his service in the armv. He then went to Chicago and engaged in I he tonsorial busincv,. which he learned in early life. After two year- he established the business in Lemont. lie was married in 1*07 lo Mi-s Sophia lb.ssenhr.rst. daughter of \\ i I n, n an I KiUhrena Bassenhorst. They have six children -U>uisu, Annie, Laura, ll. nnuii. Sophia aud Josephine.

M Vl'llEW WARNER, firm of Webs & Warner, druggists, Lemont. was bom in Germany .lauuary 7, 1*17, and came to the lnited States in l«L with his p. rents, who locale, .h Um -nt Township. At. 1 he early age of eight years t he subject of this sketch entered the drugstore or lieorge II. llall.al Lcuont but continued his attendance in the public scho | in w hich he received hi- education. He r-mamcd with Mr. lift until September 1803. when he enlisted CI a private in the t hieagO for the post two years. He married Miss Maggie New of Aurora. Kane County, Dec ruber HI. lWiU. bv which marriage he has hail two children, a daughter, t arm-, now living, anil a win, since deceased.

JOKL A. W'BljbS. superintendent of Illinois Stone t oinnanv, Unnont, was horn April 14, 1HH. at Munson. M»«». When he wa» alunit two vears old his parents removed tol'onmttieit, wlicuee, live *ears niter, they removed lo Cooperstown, N. V.. where tliev resided another five Yeats. They tlicii removed toSauquoit, Oneida Co., N. Y-, where the sublet of ttiU sketch r.iuaiued until 1r' attained his majority, lie received an academic education. In 1*MJ he removed to Mobile, Al t . and engaged in mechanical pursuits. Ills journey to Alabama wa* attended with quiie an a Iwntnrc and no little dange-. lie look passage from New York on the brig -- Natchez," Captain Titer, and was wrecked mi the Florida Keefs. A wrecking cr.-w transferred the cargo to their vessels and landed the |*««cngcrs on the Hand of Indian Key. -hem the? remained over night. They wen- then taken to Key West', where they were compelled to remain three weeks before an opportunity to procee I on the journey presented it-elf. The schooner -'William E. Jester" then calling at that port for water, il« commander. Captain Fontress. was induced to take tiiem on hoaid. though short of provisii ns, and eventually landed litem in Mobile, lie remained in the south about two yeirs, lit Mobile, IVnsacola. New Orleans and other points, lie I hen engaged in public works, having a contract on the macadam road iwtwecn Wheeling and Cincinnati. His work lav tvtwren Chillicolhe und Ba in bridge, Ohio, and he settled at the la'ler place, was married, and resided there about Eve years. He came to Illinois in the spring of

1N4.", locating ul Lemont, where he was engaged us an enjineer and machinist for Mr. N. J. Brown, contractor on the Illinois & Michigan CanaJ, remaining two years. Altera year s|>ciit in the East he located at llridgiqiort. in this county, and started a machine shop. He remained here about four years, doing work lor contractors and for the State. The next two years he was with the firm of A. S. & 0. Sherman, and upoii the orcaninalioii of the Illinois Stone i. Lime Companv, engaged with it as master mecl anin, The r.aiur of the companv was ehuliged to the Illinois Stone Company two or three years later. Mr. Wells has been wilh this company a period of thirt v years, twenty-five of which he has held hfc. present position as'su|arinten<l"ent. W hen he first came here there was not in operation a foot of railroad at canal i>i II iihiis. He was engaged in the construction of the first canal, ami has lived to see thousands of miles of railroad in op.ratiou in the Slate. The .marry business was in il* infamy when he came to Lemont: it is now the principal Industry of the town, furnishing employment for hundreds of men, hb company alone employing 175 men on an average tbromrh the season. Mr. Wells is one of the best known cilimis, and enjovs the respect and esteem of his fellow townsmen to a high degree. He is u Kepubli in in politics, imd ;i:i- hrh; '." office of Supervisor two years and President of the Board of Trustees two years, lie isa man of strong temperance principles, and was for two vears president <if a teni|>erance society. He married Mis^ Elizabeth Crooks, of Bainbrtdge, Ohio, September 1. 1«W», bv which marriage he lias had eight children, of whom Rebecca J'.. Amelia A., Fannie M.arid William II. are now living. The daughters are all married: Amelia A. is living in Lenmnt, the wife of Dr. J. B. Rood, a leading physician of the town.

This town is in the northwestern part of the comity, and is bounded as follows : North by Palatine and Wheeling, east by Maine, Bouth by Addison in l)u Page County, and west by Scliauiiiburg. It is somewhat nilling prairie, and is watered by Salt Creek in its western portion, and by two small branches of the Desplaines Him, one of them in the northeastern, the other in the southeastern portion. The soil ig a rich prairie loam. The name of the town was derived bom the name of the largest prove within its limits, Elk Grove, so named, il is- said, by the Indians. This grove is mainly east of Salt Creek' on Sections 10. 17. 20 and 21, the creek serving as a check or barrier to prairie fires from the West. It contained about thirteen hundred acres of very fine timber, the varieties being white, red and burr oak. maple hickory, and Boine basswood, The largest tree measured bv anv of the early settlers was four and a half feet in 'diameter. At the present titno this area is rather more thickly timbered thau at first, but the largest tree now standing is not over two feet in diameter.

So far ai ascertainable no white men settled in this town previous to 1S34, during which year (|ttite a numbor appeared npou the scene. Dr. Frederick T. Miner in the spring of that year built the first house in the town, on Section 16. J, A. Panics also built a house that spring on the same section. Leander Col litis built the third on Secli.m 81, and Caleb Umh the fourth also on Section 21. Thomas Smith settled on Section 20 early in this year, John Whiting, Sr., settled on Section 21. George A. Kuowleaou the same section, Aaron Miner probably on the same section, and F. W. Page on the southwest quarter of Section J, all in 1834. These mav fairlv bo named the pioneer settlers of the town, although perhaps not named i" the onler of their arrival. In 183"> Mark Morse set tied on Section 21, Ashbcl Miner on Section 10. and Silas Wheeler on Section !»;iu 183i". Joseph Converse settled on Section IS. John Allen on Section », Asa Davis on Section 18 or 19, and Ichabod, David and Joel Draper on Section 15; in 183* John Bowe and Horace Hicc settled on Section lit. Thus the township was gradually settled up. In 18.'i0, when the town was organized under the law, it had probably about three hundred and fifty inhabitants, as indicated by the vote cast at the first election. The organization was effected April 2, 1*"*>. at Miner's tavern. Ihe meeting was called to order hv Ira Coojcr, who was elected Moderator, and H. K. Clotigh was elected Clerk. The oath of office was administered by B »- Lincoln, Esq. The town was, at that meeting, divided into six road districts, and Overseers of Ilighwoja elected as follows: John Nawm for District No. l - F. T. Miner, No. 2 : Mace Gay. No. 3 ; John Allen. No. 4; IL F Clough, No. 5, and E. N. Skinner, No. k For general officers of the town this first election malted ur follows, each officer receiving the «umbf,r of votes appended to his name: Supervisor, It *-

Clough, 54; Clerk, L. T. Skinucr, 6n ; Assessor, Mark Morse. 48; Collector, 1$. R. B. Miner, 40; Overseer of the Poor, F, T. Miner, 25; < 'ommtssjouera of Highways, John Allen, Mace Guv and G. II. Fruit, each 4!»; Justices of the Peace, J. W. Jones 53, anil R. F. Clough, 52; Constables, 1. M. Cooper, 4',, and B. H. B. Miner, 39. On the Ut of June *15U was raised for road purposes. Subsequent elections have resnlteti as fi>ll<i*Ts : Siiperrisnrx. - H. F. Clough. 1*51 ; .1. \V. Jones,

The post-ollice was established in Elk Grove lirobahlv in 1887, with F. T. Miner for Postmaster. F. W. Page then succeeded him, and F. T. Miner then suceccded Mr Page, who the second time succeeded Mr. Miner. F. T. Miner then heeame Postmaster for the third time, and was nest succeeded by Caleb Lamb. Matlu'W L Curtis succeeded Mr Lamb, and was himself succeeded by Mrs. Dewey. John Henry Curtis then became Postmaster and was the lust Postmaster in the township, there being now no post-office there. F. T. Miner kept the office on Section 21 and on Section 15, F. W. Page on Section 9, and John Henry Curtis on Section 2*. The population of Klk Grove in l**ii was 1,301.

Mount I'rOS peel is a small station on the Wisconsin Division of the Chicago & North- Wester n Railway, twenty miles from Chicago. There is a station here and a few houses, and but two trains each way stop each day.

Public Schools. - No public school existed in this town for some years after its first settlement. Private schools were taught in private houses. Some of the first, touchers were a Miss Dow. Mrs. Morse. R. F. Clough. Mrs. Warner, and Mr. Pennovor. In November, l*4o. a school-house was erected, in which school was kept Muring the succeeding winter, the summer of 1841, and a part of the next winter, when it was burned. The first record of a meeting of the Board of Tiusteesls dated March. 1*42. In the following July the town was divided into three school districts ; in 1*42 No. I was added, in 1*40 No. 5, in 1*52 No. 6, in !*-;? No. 7. At the time of its organization each district contained the following number of school children : No. L 12 : No. 2, 43 ; No. 3, 43 ; No. 4. 13 : No 5. 28 ; No. 0, 77, and No. 7. 62. The census of 1883 tllOWS the number in each district is as follows: No. 1, 5? : No. 2, 0*: No. 3. Ill ; No. 4, 88; No. 5, 131 ; Xo. 0. 171. and No. 7. 61, making a total of 057 School children in the township.

The present school fund is 11,133. The first treasurer of the school fund was Caleb Lamb, the second Ira Coo|*>r, the third R. F. Clough, and the fourth and present one, Lucius Skinner.

JKSSK M. ALLEN, farmer. P. O. Ilusca. was born in swkhridge. Windsor Co.. Vt.. hi J nl v, 1828, son of John and KluioVlh Allen, lb' came to (Vok IVtuitv with his patent! in 1(05, Who located in Klk Grove Township. There they resided until the drnth of the father, in 1*0(1. at the age of sixty-six years: the mother if living at the age of eight v years. Mr Allen has made farming his principal business, winch he has followed for over thirtv vears. He was mitrried in l*.">4to Miss Veronica Dilib, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth DiMi. Tla-V have six cliildren - William B.. Mary K, Charles II., Fannie K.. Walter 8. and Veioaiea. Mr. Allen ha* helrl the office of Town Clerk. Collector and Supervisor of Elk Grove for n niunlwr Of vears. He was e'celcd Treasurer of Cook Comity in W>, and held that office for two years. His mother, who i« now livinc with him. wax a native of New Hampshire, moving to Vermont with her parents when three rears aid where she murried John Allen in 1821. They r»ls#d HfrnWot four children-Mr*. I»r. J .11. Cooper, of Burfintrl n/Wis.. John, Jesse mid Mr,. James Frako, of h; S Mti Allen came from Vermont to Chicago in IMS with three children, her husband h»viii« C"M'" W "t and Incled in St. Joseph. M.cb. In I!*, h* came ... CI K where he met Ml family after their wn.rr journey one month on the roa.l. They soon after made the location for their future home in Elk Urine, and in after ye»r* enjoyejl tin- fruits <.f their veins of industry ami toil, ami the IiarUships incident to pi«a«r settlement in Cook County lolly years ago.

CLARK A. COOLEY, farmer, P. Q. Arlington Heights, WU born in Klk Orove Township in 1847. son of Charles and Carrie (J. Ciiolev. He was married in 1*70 to Mirf ltosa Cregn. daughter' of (iibson and l-aura CregO, They h»ve oneuhild. Frank A. Mr. C<».ley. on attaininR his majority onpagvd in fanning, which pursuit he has unit, followed, lie farms 188 acres, and keeps nlmut twenty-five cows. His father came to Cook County in 1*4-1, and located in Elk OWI Township, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 187* at the age of Dftv seven. Mrs. Cwley's parent* were natives or rfew Vork. iler father died at the age of forty-one; her mother U living at the ago of sixty-one.

This township, rituated almost in the southeast corner of the count v. is Iwunded on the north by Hyde Park and Calumet, on the east by Lake County. Illd., on the south hv Bloom Township, and on the west by the township "at Bremen. It contains neurlv fifly Square miles and has within its limits the villages of South Lawn, Dolton, South Holland, Homcwool, Thornton, Lansing, and a portion of the town of llammotid, of Like Countv, Iml. It was organized tis a township in 1850; the officers chosen at different elections held since that time and to the present are given as follows :

Lott Chiipnian and Benjamin P. Ross ; 1855, B. F Baker; ls.*>fS, Henrv Zimmer and A. C. Fassctt; 1WMP, Lilt Chapman ; 1802. Alfred Robinson and Lott Chapman ; 1800. Junie.* Hart and A. J. Hcwes; 1870, Henrv Lmsiug and Lett Chapman; 1873, James N. Shannon and Andrew H. Dolton; 1877, James N. Shannon and Andrew II. Dolton. The present Justices are James X. Sltaunon, A. U. Dolton and John M. Stewart.

Thornton is one among the oldest villages iti the county, its first settlement dating back to 1834. It is situated on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois ltuilroad, twenty-livo miles'" distant from the city, and in the midst of a rich agricultural district, whose thrifty inhabitants glean from its fertile soil all that honest toil can bung. The first settler wit im the present limits of the village was William Woodwngt who in 7834 located and built u house half way between Thornton and the Calumet on the east side of Thorn Creek. Not liking the spot he had chosen. Mr. Wood bridge in tho following year removed tea farm of 100 acres just adjoining Thornton on tho west. Subsequently he sold this farm to John BlatKEtono, who in later years conveved it to (,urdon &. Hubbard, by whom it is still owned. Mr. \\ oodbriuge on gritting tl» farm moved into Thornton, where lie buik and kept tho first store in the village.

Stephen Crary. now a resident of Chicago mid to whom the publisher is indebted for many of the WW pertaiuiu-r to the earlv histery of Thornton, WtWd Ml the village in July, 1835. His father, Joseph S. lam, also came in the 'same year and located on Section >, in the town of Bloom, near where is now the vil ago or Homewood. Joseph and Sandford Case settled lieio in the spring of 1835, and in August of that year James Farwell purchased and settled on tho ioutbeust quarter of Section 27, nearly one mile east or the village. Owing to oorlaiii reservations made in the Ttpiiecanuc treaty of 1832, by which certain lauds here aud there were reserved from sale, tho title to the farm purchased by Mr. Farwcll was foiui<l to Ixj defective, lie sohl the plate, subject to this cloud, to Noah Warren, and it was many yearn before he suemded in establishing a perfect tide to the place. Stephen Spoor, the Berry family, Christian Uaudall, James liartou (who removed to Michigan in 1SB>|, David Ciamlal and John Blae kstono are among those not vet mentioned, wiio camo to Thornton prior to IS.iij. Hon Carlos Berry built and kept the first tavern here, in 18HJ; in the same year also a post-ofltce was established, and, Mr. Berry being appointed Postmaster, became in his dual petition! a man of considerable prominence. Up to that tmio the people had obtained their mail either at Chicago or at a place culled lludlcy, near Mokena, in Will County- Jowpl^Cose was tho second Postmaster, succeeding' Mr. Berry in 1837.