DeKalb County, Illinois - The whole text, 1885 (part 12 of 28)

i illiam B. Low, Police Magistrate at Sandwich, was born in Hillier, Prince Edward Co., Ont., Jan. 30, 1827. He is a son of Charles and Laner (Richardson) Low, who were the parents of 10 children; five of the latter are yet living. Tamar A., second child, is the wife of R. B. Warner, an attorney in Orange, Los Angeles Co., Cal. Charles is a farmer in Sac Co., Johnson is a farmer on the family homestead at Shabbona Grove, where the mother is living in advanced age. Wolfred N. is a prominent attorney in Chicago. The father died at Shabbona Grove, Nov. 5, 1863.

Mr. Low is the oldest of his parents' children. He is a born and bred farmer, to which vocation he was trained in his native county, and in which he was there occupied until the date of his becoming a citizen of the United States. He emigrated to De Kalb Co., 111., in 1856, and became the proprietor by purchase of 40 acres of land at Shabbona Grove. In r866 he went thence to Piano, 111., in the capacity, of employee of the Marsh Harvester Company, then engaged in perfecting their machines in the shops of Lew Stewart. He operated there until January, 1869, when he came to Sandwich and completed the invention of the machine known as the Low, Adams and , French Harvester, whose utility has since acquired a wide popularity. He was interested in its manufacture until 1874, and in the autumn of that year he sold his claim in the patents and works to the Sandwich Manufacturing Company and T. L. French, for $25,000, after which he was in no active business until his election to the position of which he is now and has since been the incumbent, whose duties he assumed in the spring of 1882. He is still a landholder of De Kalb County, owning 120 acres of land near Shabbona Grove, also his residence with four lots adjoining, and four acres within the Southern part of the corporation of Sandwich.

The marriage of Mr. Low to Lydia Christy occurred Nov. 9, 1852, at Mariposa, Victoria Co., Ont., and to them five children have been born, all of whom survive but one - Charles H. Low - an account of whose short but busy and useful life may be found elsewhere in this volume. Emma A. Low, oldest daughter, born Sept. 28, 1853,13 the wife of Loren Brown, of Girard, Kan., where he is engaged in traffic in lumber. The deceased son was next in order of birth. He was born Oct. 4, 1855, and died Jan. 10, 1884. Cora was born March 14, 1858. George J., born Jan. 31, 1862, resides at Odebolt, Iowa, where he is engaged in banking. He was married Sept. 12, 1883,10 Rachel Bateman. Wolfred W. was born June 28, 1870.

Mr. Low entered the Army of the Union during the Civil War, enlisting Sept. 2, 1862, at Shabbona, De Kalb County, in Co. E, 1 051)1 Reg. 111. Vol. Inf. as a private. He accompanied the command to the seat of war, and was discharged early in the spring of 1863, without having seen active service, on account of ill health.

As a citizen, business man, and in his domestic relations Mr. Low is among the most respected residents of Sandwich. Born to a life of effort, reared in the prosecution of the duties of an agricultural career, and taught the value of self-respect by precept and circumstances, his accession to affluence proved no disturbing element in the course of his tranquil, honorable career. He has devoted his means and interest to giving his children solid, substantial education, and although by birth belonging to another nationality, he recognizes no sovereignty but manhood, and acknowledges no human supremacy save that acquired by culture and education.

ary N. Parker, farmer, Kingston Township, section 34, was born Oct. 26, 1814, in Ontario Co., N. Y., and is the third in order of birth of a family of seven children included in the family of his parents, James and Sarah (Hubbs) Parker. The former was a native of Connecticut, the latter of New York. They removed about 1815 to Kentucky, where the son was brought up to manhood and followed the calling of a farmer. When he was 24 years of age he decided on fixing his residence in the North, and he bought a farm in Spencer Co., Ind., on which he resided 14 years. At the end of that time he sold out and came in 1854 to De Kalb County. He purchased 80 acres of land in Kingston Township and there commenced his career as an Illinois farmer. He has since doubled his possessions and is the proprietor of 160 acres, all under excellent improvement.

The marriage of Mr. Parker to Mary A. Stillwell occurred July 22, 1834, in Campbell Co., Ky. She is a native of that county and is the daughter of Joseph and Martha (Barrickman) Stillwell, who were also born in that State. She was born Nov. 23, 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have had eight children, - Martha, Sarah A., Louisa, Joseph E., John R., Martha J., Mary A. and Fanny B. All are living but the oldest. Mr. Parker is a Republican in political belief and relations.

enjamin Scurr Estabrook, farmer, section 36, De Kalb Township, was born in Sackville, Westmoreland Co., New Brunswick, Aug. 10, 1835. His parents, James and Isabella (Buhner) Estabrook, were born in the same province and remained there during their entire lives. Their family comprised nine children.

Mr. Estabrook is the second son born to his parents and remained a resident of his native province until he was 17 years of age. In 1852 he went thence to Lowell, Mass., and passed about two years in a machine shop. In the spring of 1855 he decided on trying his chances in the opening West and came to Illinois, locating in Kane County, and continued a resident there three years. In 1858 he transferred his interests to De Kalb County, and in 1 86 1 settled on a farm of 80 acres in Pierce Township, of which he became proprietor by purchase. After an ownership of 12 years he sold out and came to De Kalb Township, where he bought 160 acres of land, now constituting a model farm, such as have founded the ,'unparalleled repute of the " Sucker " State. He resided on the property until the fall of 884, when he removed to the village of De Kalb.

Mr. Estabrook is, in political bias and connection, a Republican, and has been active in school and local matters in his township. He was married in Whitewater, Wis., April 5, 1865, to Orissa, daughter of Isaiah and Olive (Tyler) Hall. Her parents were J& born in the State of New York, of which she was also a native, and was born May 24, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Estabrook have two children. Walter G. was born Oct. 24, 1866, in Pierce Township; Cora B. was born June 5, 1868, in De Kalb Township, De Kalb County.

enry Kingsley, deceased, was a farmer, owning 80 acres on section 29 and 80 acres on section 30, Afton Township. He was O born June 22, 1831, in Crawford Co., Pa., and was a son of Ransom and Eliza A. (Cornell) Kingsley. His father was born Feb. ir, 1799, and died Sept. 23, 1877, in Du Page Co., 111. His mother was born at Fort Ann, Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, 1802, and is yet living. His parents were both of English extraction, and his father was a farmer by occupation.

Henry Kingsley was raised on his father's farm, alternating his labors thereon by attendance at the common schools. Soon after attaining his majority he came to this State and located with a sister in Du Page County. He worked "around " in Du Page and Kane Counties until March, 1863, when he purchased the present farm and in October following moved upon it. This is left to his family, and on it his widow at present resides. There were a small frame house and straw stable on the place, but he went to work with a firm determination to make a home for his family which would be a haven of rest in the days to come. He died Aug. 19, 1884, from the effect of paralysis. He received his first paralytic stroke some five years ago, which, though not proving fatal at the time, gradually worked to his brain and caused his death at the time stated.

He was married March 5, 1863, to Miss Mary, daughter of Rodney and Abigail (Lounsberry) Mc- Dole. Her father was born Jan. 31, 1809, in New Hampshire, is of Scotch extraction and a farmer by occupation. Her mother was born July 31, 1813, in Chemung Co., N. Y., and died Jan. 14, 1876, while

Mr. Kingsley, politically, was a Republican. He held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years, and was also Supervisor and Road Commissioner. i After his first stroke of paralysis he was unable to do X jj any work, and passed from this world mourned and beloved by a large circle of relatives and friends.

on. Luther Lowell, Judge of De Kalb County, resident at Sycamore, was born May 14, 1827, at Brookfield, Orange Co., Vt. Martin L. Lowell, his father, was born Dec. 14, 1792, at Lempster, N. H., and was the son of Peter and Ruth (Frink) Lowell, the former of whom was a native of Massachusetts and was a soldier of the Colonial war for independence. The senior Lowell married Melinda C. Laporte, who was born June 6, 1798, in New Jersey. Ten of their children reached mature life. One daughter is deceased.

Judge Lowell is of mixed English and Irish extraction in the paternal line of descent. His mother was French in her paternal line, her grandfather having been born in France. He was reared in the manner common to the place and period in the training of farmers' sons. This method comprised after earliest boyhood three months of school during the winter season and nine months of active life on the farm, in which routine young Lowell passed the years of his life from eight to eighteen years of age. He "began to teach in the winter of 1845-6, and passed a portion of every year in that occupation until he completed his educational course. He prepared for college at the academies at Hinesburg and Bakersfield, entering the college at Middlebury two years in advance. He graduated in 1851 with the degree of A. B., and in 1854 received that of A. M. He :aught a school in the village of Rutland, Vt., in the r of 1850-1, and during the year following pursued the same occupation at Ellicottville, N. Y. On the establishment of an academy at Rutland he was invited to take charge of it and was its Principal from 1852 to 1854. He went thence to Flushing Institute, Long Island, where he was teacher of Rhetoric and Ancient Languages.

In 1856 he came to Sycamore, and entered the law office of Mayo & James. He was admitted to practice in all the State Courts in April, 1857, and Aug. 27, that year, entered into partnership with his preceptors. Their dissolution occurred Jan. i, 1858, and each proffered to Mr. Lowell a copartnership. He accepted the overtures of Mr. Jamas, and in 1858 the firm became James, Lowell & Ellwood, for two years, when Mr. Ellwood withdrew. The firm of James & Lowell continued business until May i, 1864 when it was dissolved, and Mr. Lowell associated with himself J. Frank Meeker, now a man of wealth and prominence at Marshalltown, Iowa. Mr. Meeker's connection with the business of Mr. Lowell ceased after, one year's duration. In 1867 he admitted James H. Sedgwick to a partnership, which was terminated in 1869 by the election of Mr. Lowell to the position of County Judge, to which he was reelected in 1873. His second official term expired in 1877, and Jan. r, 1878, he formed a partnership with D. J. Carnes, which existed five years and three months, or until April 3, 1883. when Judge Lowell was elected to fill a vacancy in the position he had formerly held, made by the resignation of Hon. S. B. Stinson, of Sandwich.

Judge Lowell's marriage to Ann P. James occurred at Sycamore, Feb. 20, 1859. She was born May i, 1833, and is the daughter of Levi and Gyrene (Batchelder) James. Judge Lowell and his wife are childless, but have reared to mature years two children, of whom they assumed charge in their tender years, Lavina S. and Gilbert H. Denton, who bear the relation of brother and sister. The latter is a young gentleman of fine natural mental gifts, and under the care and instructions of Judge Lowell and Mr. Carnes he has become a lawyer of unusual promise, and is associated in legal practice with D. J. Games at Sycamore.

Judge Lowell is prominent in his character and abilities. In his official position his natural traits and disciplined mind render him peculiarly fit for the duties incumbent upon him. Cool, sagacious, methodical, upright, of sound judgment, and devoid of ulterior purpose and motives, to no safer hands could the interests with which he is intrusted by virtue of his office be committed. As a counselor, and chancery, probate and real-estate lawyer, Judge Ixjwell has no superior in De Kalb County. His knowledge of law is broad and comprehensive, and in the branches of jurisprudence to which he has given especial attention he has always controlled a large practice. His capacious memory and clear perception of the essential elements of the legal system, seconded by the quality of his judgment, make him a useful member of the legal fraternity of De Kalb County.

ohn D. Jones, fanner, owning the east half of the southwest quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 29, Afton Township, was born in Bracknockshire, South Wales, Aug. 8, 1818, and is a son of John and Margaret (Davis) Jones. His parents are both deceased, his father dying in South Wales in 1850, aged 60 years, and his mother in Pennsylvania, in 1872, aged about 88 years.

John D. Jones, subject of this notice, lived in his native country until 1848, when he emigrated to the United States. His early years were spent in a machine shop and attending school. No free-school system existing in his native country, he was compelled to pay for every month's instruction he received. At 14 years he entered a machine shop to learn the trade, and mastered the same only after seven years of laborious toil. At 2 r years he commenced running an engine for a blast furnace, and continued in that work until he emigrated to this country.

On arrival in the " States," he went to Carbondale, Lackawanna Co., Pa., and engaged in a machine shop. He was soon selected by the same company to take charge of a stationary engine engaged in pulling cars up an inclined plane, and held the position for 14 years.

In 1857 Mr. Jones came to this county, and, in company with another gentleman, purchased the land on which he at present resides. His partner moved on the land, which was in its natural condition, and Mr. Jones returned to Pennsylvania. In ' /-yxVp^AS-- >m>JMk«r^ rx V

1859 he again returned to this county and purchased his partner's interest in the property, together with the improvements thereon, and again returned to Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1863 he moved to this county with his family, and settled on his land, and has resided thereon ever since.

Mr. Jones was married in November, 1850, to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Wilcox) Kenyon, natives of New York. Her father was a shoemaker by trade, and also owned a farm and followed that vocation. Both parents are deceased, her father dying in 1870, and her mother in 1863. Mrs. Jones was born March 16, 1829, in Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y.

oseph M. Buckingham, farmer, section 15, P Somonauk Township, was born on the farm on which he is a resident, June 2, 1842, ind where his parents located in_the autumn of 1841. Nathan Buckingham, his father, was \ a farmer and was born July 3, 1799, in Essex, | Middlesex Co., Conn. He married Mary Pratt, f Following is the record of their children : Frederick E., born Oct. 19, 1830, died in 1864, in Nashville, Tenn. ; William F., twin brother, was killed in 1857, in a gold mine in California ; Almus W., born May 8, 1832, married Zelina Cheever; Mary J., born Aug. 24, 1835, married Levi Disbrow. (Q)

On removal to Illinois he bought 180 acres of land on section 15, Somonauk Township, this county, and « . was a resident thereon 31 years, dying Jan. 23, 1873. I The mother was a native of Connecticut and died on § the homestead in Somonauk, Nov. 14, 1855. Nathan Buckingham was again married in 1856, to Ann W. Stevens, of Piennont N. H. In the same year he c, HI

On setting out independently in life, Mr. Buckingham bought 90 acres adjoining his father's farm, and on the death of the latter he became the owner of the homestead where he was born, by purchase from the other heirs, and now owns a fine tract of land 1 80 acres in extent.

His marriage to Luella Evans occurred March 5, 1877. One daughter, Bertha, was born to them on the farm, April 4, 1878. Mrs. Buckingham was born Sept. 15, 1857, in Plainview, Wabasha Co., Minn., and she is the daughter of Herford and Catherine Evans.

lark Glidden, deceased, formerly a farmer occupying the southwest quarter of section 4, Afton Township, was born in Clarendon, Orleans Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 1823. His parents, Simeon and Lucy (Knowles) Glidden, were of New England stock, being from Vermont and New Hampshire. His father died in June, 1865, aged 8 1 years; and his mother died in 1880.

Mr. Glidden was reared to manhood on his father's farm, having much of the labor and responsibility devolving upon him, as his father was for 25 years preceding his death afflicted with inflammatory rheumatism. His education was received in the district school and at Brockford Academy. In February, 1854, he emigrated with his family to the West in search of a suitable locality for a home, determining finally to settle in this county, where Jos. F. Glidden a distant relative, had already located. He bought 160 acres, and he increased his estate until he at one time owned 420 acres, in this and De Kalb Townships; he sold too acres before his death. He was a Republican, and was honored by his fellow citizens with the offices of Collector, Assessor, School Director, Road Commissioner and Justice of the Peace. He died Feb. i, 187.1, in Afton Township, this county.

He was married Feb. 14, 1847, in Clarendon Township, Orleans Co., N. Y., to Miss Harriet, daughter of I. B. and Clarissa (Foley) Keeler. Her father was born May 18, 17 99, in Saratoga Co. N. Y., and died Jan. 16, 1851; and her mother was born Sept. 14, 7797, in the same county, and died Dec. 31, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Glidden had six children, four of whom are now living. The record stands : Willis C., born July 23, 1848, in Clarendon, N. Y., was married June i, 1881, to Mabel Seager, a successful physician in Beloit, Kan., who graduated in April, 1880, at the Homoeopathic Medical College of Chicago; Burtis R., born June 24, 1850, in Clarendon, N. Y., married Miss Emma Green, Dec. 15, 1880, and is now living in Scottville, Kan., where, in company with his uncle, he is a merchant ; Ira B., born Jan. 23, 1852, in Clarendon, N. Y., married Allie T. Rathbun, Sept. 22, 1880, and now has two children, - Vernon C., bom April 15, 1882, in Afton Township, and Jessie P., Dec. 22, 1883, in Afton Township; Arthur J., born Dec. 25, 1855, in Afton Township, married Miss Elva Lyon, March 10, 1880, and now resides in Altoona, Beadle Co., Dak.

It may be mentioned here that during the first summer of their residence in this county, one mile south of De Kalb, Mrs. Glidden was bitten by a rattlesnake, bul, apparently with the aid of the application of saleratus dissolved in whisky and the assistance of a physician, she fully recovered.

atthias Ault, farmer, section 5, May field Township, was born April 26, 1827, in Lycoming Co., Pa. His parents, Samuel and Catherine (Page) Ault, were born, reared and married in the same State and were there resident until 1850, when they came to Kane Co., 111. In the spring of 1854 they came to Kingston Township, where the mother died, March 28, 1866, and where also the decease of the father occurred, Nov. 17, 1868. They had 14 children and 13 of them reached mature life.

Mr. Ault is the third son and seventh child, and he obtained only the limited common-school education of the place and period. He was 23 years of age when he came to Kane Co., Ill, and he continued a resident of that county until 1854, coming with his parents to De Kalb County and operating as his father's assistant three years longer. In 1857 he became a land-holder by the purchase of 40 acres of land in Kingston Township and 61 acres additional in the township of Mayfield. The latter has since been his homestead. He is now the proprietor of 329 acres of land in De Kalb County, which is chiefly under cultivation.

He was married in Rock Co., Wis., Sept. 20, 1858, to Sarah, daughter of George and Mary (Keithline) Gross, natives respectively of Lehigh Co., Pa., and New Jersey. Her father died in Lycoming Co., Pa., and the mother died after her removal to Mayfield Township, Feb. 15, 1880. Mrs. Ault is the oldest of six children, and was born Jan. 2, 1831, in Luzerne Co., Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Ault have had five children, - William I., Amelia M., Mary C., Frank S. and George W. The second child died when two years old.

facob Haish, an extensive barbed-wire manufacturer of De Kalb, was born March 9, 1827, in Germany, and is a son of Christian and Christena Haish, natives of that country. The family emigrated to this country when the subject of this notice was nine years of age, and settled in Crawford Co., Ohio. He purchased a farm in the woods and entered on the task of clearing and improving it. On this farm the son lived, alternating his labors thereon by attending the common schools, until he attained the age of 20 years. Arriving at this age in life, he came West and located at Naperville, Du Page Co., this State, where he engaged as a farm laborer, which vocation he followed for several seasons.

While living in that county, Mr. Haish was united in marriage (in 1848) to Miss Sophie Brown. A year after that event he came to this county and located on a farm in Pierce Township. A few years later, he moved into the village of De Kalb, and for a time followed the carpenter's trade, which he had previously lean.ed. He next engaged in the lumber trade, at the same time taking building contracts. In 1873 Mr. Haish made his first attempt to attach a barb to a wire. He was successful, and in the following December made application for a patent. He received his patent Jan. 20, 1874. Since that time he has made some improvements and received other patents.

ames Edmund Ellwood, Treasurer of the f R. Ellwood Manufacturing Company at Sycamore, was born April 25, 1831, in the town of Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., N. Y. He grew to manhood under the care of his parents, Abraham and Sarah (Delong) Ellwood (see biography of Chauncey Ellwood, page 241 of this book, for sketch of parents), and cele- "brated his approaching majority by his marriage, Jan. 7, 1852, a little more than three months previous to its advent, when Lodeska H. Fellows became his wife. She is the daughter of Newton and Sarah Fellows, and was born in Middleville, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood, three of whom died in infancy. A daughter, Sarah A. (Mrs. B. W. Paine), and a son, James B., survive.

The earliest business venture of any importance in which Mr. Ellwood was interested was in raising 100 acres of broom-corn in the Mohawk Valley in the Empire State, which occupied his attention one year, after which, associated with his brother Hiram, he engaged in the sale of groceries and provisions in Frankfort, Herkimer Co., N. Y., which relation and business was in existence one year.

In 1855 he came to Sycamore and again entered upon the culture of broom-corn, in company with his brother Reuben. They had about i ,000 acres planted with that annual, and were engaged three years in the various avenues of business arising from their extensive operations. In 1858 the drug and grocery store of J. E. and Chauncey Ellwood was established at Sycamore, under the firm style of J. E. Ellwood & Bro. At the end of one year the former, in company with Daniel Dustin, purchased the interest of Chauncey. In 1861 the firm of Ellwood & Dustin terminated their relations, Mr. Dustin selling his interest to his partner, who prosecuted the busine singly about 13 years. In 1874 he associates with

X> himself his brother Alonzo, and they erected a niagnificent buildin«, comprising part of the Central , Block, for the accommodation of their business relations, and the style of the firm name became J. E.

operations seven years. The single and associated operations of Mr. Ellwood in the sale of drugs and groceries covered a period of 23 years, and ceased altogether in 1881. On the 1 6th of March of that year he was succeeded by George M. Sivwright, the

/ latter becoming a member of the present firm of Ellwood & Sivwright by purchase. Mr. Ellwood became a stockholder in the R. Ellwood Manufacturing Company at Sycamore in 1881, and has since officiated as Treasurer of that corporation. He is a member of the Order of Masonry and belongs to the Lodge at Sycamore.

ilbert H. Robertson, editor and proprietor of the Gazette at Sandwich, was born in South Argyle, Washington Co., N. Y., Nov. 28, i83T. His father's name was Archibald Robertson. His grandfather, William i Robertson, came from Ireland, but was himself of Scotch descent. His mother's maiden name was Anna Robinson, who came from the Highlands of Scotland when six years old. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, attending the common school quite steadily, until the age of 14 years, when he went to the Arygle Academy. He entered Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1848, and graduated in 1849. The college at this time was still under the presidency of the celebrated Dr. Nott. He was therefore several months in college with Chester A. Arthur, who was of the class of 1848.

Leaving college, he remained at home a year, during which period his father and mother both died. He went South in 1850 and remained there until 1853, when he returned and entered the Theological Seminary of the Associate Presbyterian Church of Canonsburg, Pa. He finished his course in 1855, and was licensed to preach at East Greenwich,

Washington Co., N. Y., the same autumn, by the Presbytery of Cambridge. The Associate' and Associate Presbyterian Churches having united a few days previously, he was ordained and installed Pastor of the United Presbyterian Church in North Hebron, in the summer of 1858, being the first minister ordained in the united Church. In the spring of i86a he accepted a call to the Park Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y., where he remained nearly five years. He resigned in 1864, because of failing health caused by a disease incurred while serving the Christian Commission during the famous battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania.

Resting a few months in the spring of 1865, he came West and accepted a call from the Presbyterian Church of Sandwich, 111., where he remained two years. In the spring of 1867 he accepted a unanimous call from the Second Presbyterian Church of Springfield, 111. Here he remained four years. During his pastorate the congregation built a large and commodious church, in which, before its entire completion, the State Legislature of the winter and spring of 1 870 held its sessions. In the summer of 1870 he received and accepted a unanimous call from the Chestnut Second Presbyterian Church of Louisville, Ky., one of the largest and wealthiest Churches in the State. During his pastorate in that city he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Danville College, Danville, Ky. In the winter of 1872-3 he became editor of the Louisville Daily acnA. Weekly Commercial, the leading Republican paper of the State, of which Gen. John M. Harlan, now one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, was the leading owner. In the spring of 1874 he returned to Sandwich and bought of James H. Furman the Sandwich Gazette, the oldest paper in the city, of which he has since been editor and proprietor.

In the spring of 1872 he was appointed Postmaster of Sandwich, which position he still holds. During his residence here he" was for several years Pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church of Somonauk.

In 1849, while Pastor of the Hebron Church, Mr. Robertson was married to Mary L. Beveridge, of Xenia, Ohio. Her father, Rev. Thomas Beveridge, D. D., was for many years the leading Professor of the Theological Seminary of the Associate and after- ward of the United Presbyterian Church. Her grandfather on her father's side, Rev. Thomas Beveridge, came from Scotland, and was one of the first ministers in Washington Co., N. Y. and until his death was Pastor of the Cambridge Church. Her mother belonged to the McKee family, many of whom were prominent citizens of the same county.

The eldest, William H. Robertson, born in Troy, N. Y., is in the office of the Enterprise Company of Sandwich. The second, Bessie, was also born in Troy, and is married to S. Parker Sedgwick, of the law firm of Sedgwick & Son, of Sandwich. The youngest, Harry K. Robertson, is clerk in the United States mail service on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.

H. Wiltberger, farmer, residing on and owner of the northeast quarter of section 33, Afton Township, was born in Munfordville, Hart Co., Ky., Dec. 8, 1835. His father, Joseph W. Wiltberger, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 7, 1794 (in which State his father was also born), and died on the old homestead in this county, Jan. 16, 1881. His mother, Amelia (Finley) Wiltberger, was born in Kentucky (native State of her father), about 1805, and died Sept. 12, 1854, in Lake Township, Cook County, this State.

The parents of W. H. left Kentucky when he was, about 1 1 years of age and came to this State, locating in Lake Township, Cook County. His mother died during their residence in that township, and in 1857 his father moved into the city of Chicago. Two years later (1859), W. H. came to this county, and located in Clinton Township. He worked land in Clinton and Afton Townships until 1862, when, Sept. 22, that year, he enlisted in Co. K, losth 111. Vol. Inf., Col. Dustin and Capt. Austin. His regiment was assigned to the 2oth Corps, 3d Division, and was with Gen. Sherman in his march from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to the sea, and witnessed the surrender of Johnston's army. Mr. W. participated in all the battles in which the 2oth Corps was engaged, was in the hospital only four days, and was mustered out June 14, 1865, at Chicago, 111.

After receiving his discharge, he came to Afton Township, and soon afterward purchased the homestead on which he is at present residing, from his father. His father had moved from Chicago in 1862, and settled on the farm of which he became owner and on which farm the son has since resided.

Mr. Wiltberger was married Jan. 17, 1866, to Miss Mary Antoinette, daughter of Norman and Sophronia (Buck) Fuller, natives respectively of Hamilton and Wyoming Counties, N. Y. Her parents were of English extraction, and both are deceased. Her father was born April 26, 1813, and died Sept. 9, 1854, at Aurora, 111. Her mother was born May 22, 1813, and died Aug. 12, 1872, at her daughter's. Mrs. Wiltberger was born April 7, 1839, and is the mother of three children, all born in Afton Township, as follows: Mary A., Dec. 18, 1867 ; Warren T., Jan. 4, 1870; and Joseph F., Jan. 12, 1876.

Mr. Wiltberger, in addition to his cereal productions, devotes a considerable portion of his time to the dairy business. During the summer seasons he purchases cream by the inch, and manufactures butter therefrom, his daily production being about 435 pounds. He also keeps 45 cows, and during the winter seasons he manufactures butter from the product of his own cream. His farm comprises 280 acres, and is in good tillable condition. He has a good frame house on the farm and substantial outbuildings.

j.uane J. Games, senior member of the law firm of Carnes & Denton, at Sycamore, was born May 27, 1848, in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vt. His father, John Carnes, was born in Claremont, N. H., May 30, 1823, and belongs by lineage to the distinctive class known as Scotch-Irish. He became an orphan at an early age with no heritage but the industry, thrift and frugality which characterize the race of which he is a member. He married Mary Paine, a lady of English ancestry, and they settled in Pomfret, where the father purchased a farm. His excellent charac- ter, integrity and sound judgment were recognized during his active life in Pomfret, and he officiated successively in the local offices of the township. The senior Carnes exercised his abilities to such good purpose that he secured a comfortable fortune on the hillsides and among the rocks of the eastern side of the Green Mountains, and in 1875 removed thence to Sycamore, where he and his wife are passing the sunset years of their lives in retirement. The mother of Mr. Carnes of this sketch was born July 4, 1825, in Pomfret, Vt. His brother, George D., is a successful medical practitioner at South Haven, Mich.

Mr. Carnes spent his boyhood on his father's farm in the Green Mountain State and acquired a thorough knowledge of the elementary branches of English at the public schools. At the age of 16 years he became a student in the State 'Normal School at Randolph, where he studied about four years in the aggregate. He came to Illinois in 1868 and taught school in Logan County a little less than four years, returning to Vermont to complete a course of Normal study, and was graduated in 1873. During the period of his educational course Mr. Carnes laid the sure foundation for the success he has achieved as an advocate. Gifjted by descent with fluent speech, he acquired a habit, in lyceum debate, of speaking to a pre-arranged purpose, and also of making thorough preparation for his efforts, a process which stored his mind with information and gave him complete sway over his memory. The qualifications, combined with his powers of application, have been invaluable in the career to which he has devoted himself.

In the same year in which he left the school at Randolph, he came to Sycamore, where he fulfilled a long-cherished purpose and entered the office of Hon. Charles Kellum as a student of law. His natural abilities and industry, united with the advantages accruing through the qffice relations, of Judge Kellum, whose value he was quick to perceive and avail himself of, advanced him rapidly in the acquisition of knowledge in legal affairs ; and in September, 1875, he was admitted to practice. On receiving his credentials as an attorney, he formed a business association with Judge Kellum, which was operative two years. On the termination of this relation, Mr. Carnes entered into a partnership with Hon. Luther Lowell, with whom he was associated between five and six years. In May, 1883, the firm of which he is now a member was established, the junior associate, Gilbert H. Denton, being the adopted son of Judge Lowell. The law firm of Games & Denton is one of the most promising ones in De Kalb County and probably in Northern Illinois, both its members possessing uncommon abilities and attainments. In industry and devotion to business they are unrivaled, and they are already in the enjoyment of a large practice in the Circuit Courts of DeKalb and adjoining counties, and in the Supreme and Apellate Courts of the State.

Mr. Carnes is already approaching a peerless position as a jurist and advocate. He has the discriminating judgment, the sturdy sense and the uncompromising straightforwardness of his progenitors - the Scotch-Irish - coupled with the penetration and clever shrewdness that characterize the genus Yankee. As a criminal lawyer the qualifications ofMr. Carnes are such as to insure his distinction in that branch of the profession. He wins by his powers as a logician, basing his arguments on the principle of humanity, and appealing to reason and common sense in a manner that rarely fails to convince a jury.

[- hilip ' Heckman, hardware merchant at it Kingston, has been a resident of De Kalb County since 1852. In that year he settled on a farm on section ro, Kingston Township, purchasing at first 147 acres of land, which has since constituted his homestead. To this he has added by later purchase and now owns 240 acres, forming a valuable country estate. He also owns 160 acres in Dakota. In 1879 lie formed an association with William Straub for the purpose of establishing a hardware business at Kingston, and they operated jointly in that line of trade about two years, when Mr. Straub sold his claim to M. W. Cole, and the firm of Heckman & Cole has since transacted the affaire of the business in a satisfactory and profitable manner.

parents, Jacob and Catherine (Koppel) Heckman. They were of German origin, and were residents of Pennsylvania and Morgan Co., Ohio, 32 years previous to their removal in 1853 to the township of Kingston. Both are deceased. The death of the mother occurred April 14, 1884. The brothers and sisters of Mr. Heckman are all younger than he, and are named Susanna, Michael, Catherine, Esther, John and Jacob. The older son lived in his native State until 1843, when he came to Wisconsin. He worked there by the month in the pineries two years. In 1845 he went to Ohio and there passed the intervening years until his removal to De Kalb County, engaged in farming.

He was married in Morgan Co., Ohio, to Sarah A. Farley. She was born in Morgan Co., Ohio, and is the daughter of James and Ellen (Taylor) Farley, natives respectively of West Virginia and England. Of this union nine children have been born, - William W., Catherine E., Francis, Ann E., Alfred R., Jacob I., Jessie, James and Frank. The latter died when a year and a half old.

In political connection Mr. Heckman is a Republican. He has been School Director several years, and has served two entire terms as Supervisor. He was re-elected for a third time in the latter position, but declined to serve. He and his wife are useful and efficient members of the Free-Will Baptist Church.

cholas Klemm, a farmer occupying the northeast quarter of section 22, and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 22, Afton Township, was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Oct. 10, 1839, the son of Peter and Elizabeth (Himmelhahn) Klemm, both of whom emigrated to this country and died here. They came in 1848, landing at Chicago, and resided upon a rented farm in Du Page County six years; then, coming to Pierce Township, this county, Mr. Klemm purchased a farm of 80 acres. He was finally killed, April 13, 1871, by a railroad accident at Winfield Station, Du Page County, when he was 75 years of age.

of legal age, when he married and took his father's farm for seven years, and then he purchased his present farm of 160 acres, to which he has since added by purchase 80 acres, making a total of 240 acres. When he first took possession of it in 1868, it was a wild prairie, but he has made of it a comfortable home. He has a new frame house, a good stock and hay barn, etc., and a well fenced orchard. He fattens for the market annually 20 hogs and several head of cattle, and raises and sells hay and corn in considerable quantity.

Mr. Klemm was married March 10, 1860, to Sophia, daughter of Matthew and Mary A. (Kehna) Schemer. Her father was born in 1803, in Germany, and died in his native country in 1851 ; and her mother, born March 25, 1807, also in Germany, is still living, now making her home with the subject of this sketch. She came with her family to this country in 1859, landing at Chicago and locating at Peru, La Salle County, this State. Mrs. Klemm was born in Baden, Germany, Jan. 23, 1840. The children born in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Klemm are nine in number, one of whom is deceased. The names and dates of birth are: Mary E., March 15, 1862; Nicholas, born March 7, 1863, died Feb. 9, 1883; Katherine M., April 9, 1864; Peter, Feb. 18, 1866; Barbara A., Dec. 15, 1868; Anna S., April 5, 1871 ; Frank J., July 18, 1874; Eugene P., Jan. 20, 1876 ; and Paul, Nov. 3, 1878. The first four were born Pierce Township, the rest in Afton Township.

iaron H. Clark, druggist, at Kingston, was born Nov. 26, 1828, in Charlotte, Maine, and he is the son of William D. O. and Anna (Hersey) Clark. His father was the first child born on the British island of Camp- * obello, off the east coast of Maine. His moth- $ er was born in Hingham, Mass. After their marriage * they settled at Charlotte, Washington Co., Maine, © where they both died after becoming the parents of

Mr. Clark is the youngest child, and he was brought up at home, receiving a very meager common-school education. He went to Machias Academy, Maine, the winter he was 21, to the Webster Academy in Salisbury, N. H., the fall and winter he was 24, and completed his academic studies at New Ipswich, N. H., the fall he was 31. He engaged in teaching, in which he was chiefly occupied 12 years after completing his educational course. He also taught during the period when he was obtaining his preliminary training for his business, and|his attendance at New Ipswich so late in life was for the purpose of obtaining the advantage of more modern methods. He began his career as a pedagogue when 22 years of age, and after his removal to Kingston he taught nine terms of school. He has been a resident of that place since 1861, with the exception of the time he spent in the military service of the United States and in Iowa. He enlisted in 1864, in the 3oth 111. Vol. Inf., and was in Sherman's march to the sea and in the field nearly a year when the war closed. In 1871 he went to Iowa, where he took up a soldier's claim. He removed his family there in 1872, and was resident there until 1874, when he returned to Kingston and resumed the business of a grocery and provision merchant, in which he had engaged after returning from the war. He was also engaged in the sale of drugs in addition, and in 1877 converted his entire store to the latter branch of business, and has continued to operate in that line of trade in which he is the only representative at Kingston. He was the pioneer grocer and provision merchant at that place in 1866. He was appointed Postmaster in 1868, and held the position until 1872, when he removed his family to Iowa. He is a Republican and has held various offices ; he has officiated two terms as Justice of the Peace, several years as Township Clerk, as Supervisor four years, and as School Director six years, and is a Notary Public. He is a member of the Christian Church, and very liberal in his religious theology.

The marriage of Mr. Clark to Sarah J. Hill took place Nov. i, 1863, at Kingston, of which place she is a native. She is a daughter of Judge Hill, whose biographical sketch appears on other pages. Two children have been born of their union, - Nellie N.,

Aug., 17, 1864, and Willie H. D. O., June 7, 1866. Mr. Clark began in life for himself at the age of 17 without a dollar to call his own ; received his education by his own exertion ; saved his odd pennies with which to purchase books, often going hungry and destitute for the purpose of obtaining a needed text-book when in school. He now has a larger and better selected family library than any other citizen of his town, if not in the county, consisting of medical, legal, theological- and miscellaneous works. He never read a novel in his life, or continued fictitious newspaper stories. Never used tobacco, or dissipated j! with liquors of any kind, and at his present age, 56, J claims to be a perfectly sound, healthy man.

haddeus W. Cooper, farmer, residing on and owner of the east half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the north- -ast quarter of section 29, Afton Township, was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., March n, 1834. He is a son of George and Sarah (Mc- Cauley) Cooper, both deceased. His father was born in Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y., in 1797. At 15 years he enlisted in the War of 1812, did service in the field, came home, and in 1846 moved to this State with his family, and died in La Salle County in 1871. His mother was a native of Washington Co., N. Y., lived at home until her marriage, and died in in La Salle Co., this State, in 1868, aged about 60 years.

Thaddeus W. Cooper, subject of this notice, was raised on his father's farm and remained thereon until 25 years of age. At 24 years of age he purchased 80 acres of land for himself, on which he lived from 1865 to 1884, then sold it and purchased the farm on which he is at present residing. He moved his family from La Salle County to his present farm the latter part of February, 1884, and has since lived on the place. He has a fine farm, with good frame residence and outbuildings, and all his land under cultivation.

Mr. Cooper was married in 1859. His wife died, leaving one child, Mary J., and in 1865 he married Melvina A. Covell. She died June 24, 1877. leaving two children, - Frank E., born June 25, 1867; and Charles E., born June i, 1870. He was again mar-

Jan. 6, 1827, and her mother in December, 1829. Mrs. Cooper was born in Northville, La Salle County, this State, Oct. 15, 1859, and is the mother, by Mr. C., of two .children living, - Bertie W., born Nov. 4, 1879, in La Salle County, and J. Ray, born Oct. 9, 1884, in this county. Alice M. and Lillie M., twins, were born July 7, 1881, in Adams Township, -La Salle County. The former died when five months old, Dec. 7, 1881, and the latter Aug. 26, 1884, and both are buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Sandwich, I 111. Mrs. Cooper's grandmother is living with her father, and is 82 years of age.

ahum Enon Ballou, M.D., Ph.D., F. R.M.S., physician, surgeon, scientist and essayist, is a son of Nahum and Anna (Phelps) Ballou, and was born at Plymouth, Chenango Co., N. Y., September 16, 1822. His father was born at Richmond, Cheshire Co., N. H., in 1800. His paternal grandfather was Daniel Ballou, who belonged to the New Hampshire branch of the Ballou family. His mother was born at Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., Sept. 16, 1801, and was a daughter of Enon and Mehitabel (Goldsmith) Phelps. The maternal grandfather was at the massacre of Wyoming, which occurred July 3, 1778, when that beautiful valley was desolated by fire and sword, the story of which Thomas Campbell depicts in his poem entitled "Gertrude of Wyoming." There were born to this family seven sons and five daughters. William W. Phelps, the oldest son, became an eminent scholar, poet and writer. He was a strong anti-Mason, and published at Canandaigua the Ontario Phcenix, and subsequently drifted westward to Utah. On the opening of the University of Deseret at Salt Lake City, he was appointed to the chair of Latin and Greek, and distinguished himself as an able writer and a brilliant linguist. He died several years ago, at the age of 74 years.

In 1830 Nahum Ballou moved with his family from Chenango to Orleans County, same State, and settled at Carlton, where our subject spent his youth. After the death of his father, which occurred Aug. 5, 1832, he went to live with an English gentleman, who was not only kind but a man of culture and education. Here our subject received his first solid instruction, which gave direction to his future course of life. Here, beneath this hospitable roof, he was treated with great kindness, for the family had no children. This gentleman taught the fatherless youth the elements of knowledge, and gave his mind such direction and inclination to study and reading that it strengthened with increasing years. About this time the school districts of New York were provided with Harper's series of " District Libraries," which contained most excellent works for youthful readers, and our youthful student devoured these with avidity and with profit. Having advanced as far as it was then possible in the district schools, he finished his literary education at Gaines and Yates Academies, in Orleans Co., N. Y. Meanwhile he had picked up the shoemaker's trade at home, for his father was a shoemaker, and for some time alternated between pounding the lapstone and the brandishing of the pedagogue's ferule, whichever for the time being paid the best. He kept a stock of books in his shoe-bench drawer, and when his day's work was done his -books were next in order, especially the study of the Latin and Greek languages, which to him was a delightful as well as a very profitable pastime. These studies later on in life were continued under competent tutors, who were paid for their services. Having long before decided upon medicine as a profession, he entered upon the study of it at Albion, N. Y., with Drs. Nichoson, Paine and Huff, and later studied with Dr. Alfred Babcock, of Gaines, in the same county, arid attended his first course of lectures at Geneva, N. Y., and his second course at the Berkshire Medical College at Pittsfield, Mass. (Dr. H. H. Childs, President), receiving the degree of M. D., in November, 1846. Dr. Ballou practiced 10 years in Carlton, and while there attended a third course of lectures at the ' Buffalo Medical College, which proved extremely profitable.

After several years of practice, and as soon as he had acquired a home, he chose a companion, Miss Catherine Maria Fuller, of Carlton, an acquaintance of his early youth, to whom he Was married, July 14, 1850, and who died April 14, 1877. She was a loving wife, an affectionate companion, whose life was adorned with all ot the Christian graces. His second marriage is dated Nov.

i879> his present wife having been Mrs. Calista (Clark) Byington, also of Carlton, another estimable lady in the circle of his youthful acquaintances. Both of these companions have made the Doctor's home delightful, and both have striven to make it a hallowed resting place after care and toil, truly a fitting abode for the Christian graces. His first wife was an active Christian worker, as is also his present wife.

In 1856, Doctor Ballou settled in Sandwich, and has been a successful physician and surgeon for nearly thirty years. He has always had a large business, and long ago attained a high standing in his profession and as a scientist. He has been a resident from almost the beginning of the city, witnessng its stable and rapid growth, and aided in every audable way to give an impulse to moral and educational schemes for the general good of the citizens.

The scientific labors of the Doctor in different fields of research have met with merited recognition. He is a member of the Ottawa (Illinois) and the Cleveland (Ohio) Academies of Science. His associates in the city, in the organization of the Sandwich Naturalists' Association, made him their President. He is a member of the "American Association for the Advancement of Science," and is a practical meteorologist. He has recently published the observations of 33 years, which are especially valuable on account of their having been taken from the first by the aid of the required physical instruments. He has written much on the subject of meteorology, that has been published in the State Reports of Illinois. His specialties in natural history are Ichthyology and the Arachnida, he having devoted much time to the study of fish and the spider. He spent several years with his pen in promulgating the methods of artificial production of fish, for the more rapid re-stocking of barren streams, exhausted by over-fishing and fishing out of season. He was made a member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at the meeting of that association in conjunction with the American Association in August, 1884, at Montreal. In November of 1884 he was made a member of the National Public Health Association, which met at St. Louis. But the crowning recognition was the conferring upon the Doctor, on November 19, 1884, of a Fellowship in the Royal Meteorological Society of Great Britain. The Doctor is in correspondence with several eminent scientists in Europe, as well as in this country, and is well known among the students of natural history on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. His essays on medical science and on other subjects which have been published at different times, have elicited high commendation. Some of them have brought him valuable prizes, - notably those on agricultural and horticultural subjects. One on " Dairy Husbandry" and one on " Agriculture" received not only high commendation, but prizes as well. He has been a statistical correspondent for more than 20 years, of the United States Department of Agriculture ; has managed a meteorological station at Sandwich for more than a quarter of a century, and for 1 8 years reported to the Smithsonian Institution, and for six years to the United States Signal Service. His station is now a " Voluntary Signal Service Station," and monthly reports are transmitted to the Chief Signal Officer at Washington, - the data collected by a complete equipment of physical instruments. His testimony is given that he has been benefited more by his connection with the Smithsonian Institution by means of publications and reports and miscellaneous collections than from all other sources ; that the able management of Prof. Henry, during his incumbency, and since his demise the wise direction of its affairs by Prof. Baird, have been the means of directing and educating more in the natural sciences than could have been accomplished in any other direction.

It would seem to be an act of supererogation to say that during all these 40 years, the Doctor had led a busy life. While in Western New York, during the administration of President Fillmore, in addition to his professional business, he held the responsible position of Custom-House Officer in Niagara District, and since 1863 he has been United States Pension Surgeon, being now one of the oldest appointees in Northern Illinois holding the office. He is also Health Officer and Chairman of the Board of Health of the city. He was also the originator and Secretary of the Sandwich Fair, a stock company, whose exhibitions were equal to those of any neighboring fairs. He held the office of Secretary 14 years. Meanwhile, the University of Florida, the first educational center in that land of flowers and semi-tropical fruits, conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) upon our busy Doctor, pro merito. He desires thus publicly to acknowledge the great kindness of his eminent friends who furnished the high testimonials required in such cases, namely : United States Senators Shelby M. Cullom, John A. Logan, Hon. Reuben Ellwood, ex-Congressman John F. Farnsworth, Judge Isaac N. Wilson, Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Illinois, Rev. William Goodfellow, A. M., D. D., Charles G. Faxon, LL.B., and O. B. Knickerbocker, Esq., of Aurora.

Dr. Ballou has probably one of the largest medical and miscellaneous libraries in De Kalb County, it being especially rich in medical science, theology, biography, natural history and belles-lettres. He is a rigid Calvinist, and stands high socially and morally, as well as professionally. He believes the Bible and its teachings are better guides to the formation of character and a well ordered Christian life than those who are commissioned as expositors and interpreters of the inspired volume and the loving words of the Master.

Dr. Ballou is remotely related to that eminent divine, the late Rev. Hosea Ballou, with whom the Garfields are also connected by marriage, the martyr President's mother being a Ballou and a cousin of Nahum Ballou, the Doctor's father. The Doctor's oldest surviving brother, Hosea M. Ballou, of Carlton, N. Y., is Custom-House Officer of the Rochester District, having served through two or more Republican administrations, evidently honoring his trust by a faithful performance of its duties. His youngest brother, Daniel R. Ballou, came to Illinois with the Doctor, in 1856, and settled finally in the town of Fox, Kendall County, where he became a wealthy farmer, owning about 400 acres of land in the Fox River valley near Millington; but in the prime of manhood he lost his life by a fall from an iron bridge which was being constructed at Millington, 111., on the TQth of February, 1884. He was a Captain in the War of the Rebellion, doing patriotic service. He was long a station agent at Sandwich, and served for a long time as Supervisor of the town of Fox. He was also a Trustee of the Jacksonville Asylum and President of the Board of Trustees at the time of his death.

The Doctor has found time to indulge in metrical composition, his elegies being tender and wholesome in tone and faultless in measure. His poem entitled " The Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln," has been repeated on various occasions, more especially on National Decoration days.

As a representative of the highest order of learning and mental culture, and a man in every sense worthy to be remembered by a grateful community, we place the portrait of Dr. Ballou in this volume.

ev. John C. Schweitzer, resident in the village of Malta, is engaged in general farming on sections 2 and 3 in the same township. He is the son of Jacob Schweitzer, who was a German by birth, and was born June 24, 1827, in the canton of Basel, Switzerland, near the city of the same name situated on the river Rhine. His mother, Barabara M. (Mangold) Schweitzer, was also a native of Switzerland. The family came to America when the son who is the subject of this sketch was six years old. They took up their residence on a farm in Seneca Co., Ohio, where the father died within the first year. Later the mother married again and John was an inmate of the new household until he was 20 years of age. In 1847 he came to Kane Co., 111., to engage in farming, and accordingly purchased a farm. He returned to Ohio for the members of his family and brought back with him his step-father and mother, and they were inmates of the same home several years in Kane County. In 1852 Mr. Schweitzer decided to settle in De Kalb County and bought a farm in Pierce Township, whither the family removed. His mother and step-father died there some years later. Mr. Schweitzer was one of the earliest settlers in Pierce Township, where he owned 160 acres of land, and he was also a pioneer of the portion of Kane County where he located.

While living in Pierce Township he spent eight years as an itinerant minister of the Evangelical Association, and his circuit embraced the entire States of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. At Kankakee, 111., he was seized with violent illness, which resulted in the permanent loss of his health. He began his career as a local preacher when he was 26 years of age, and he has pursued his ministerial labors ever since, with excellent results. In political views he is a Republican.

In 1882 Mr. Schweitzer came to the township of Malta and, associated with his sons, he bought 409 acres of land, where they have conducted joint operations in agriculture and are also interested in raising stock. '

He was married in De Kalb County, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Blow) Lesher. She was born in Lebanon Co., Pa., Sept. 23, 1832, and came with her parents in childhood to Ohio. In 1846 the family removed to Illinois and settled in De Kalb County. Of this union 1 1 children have been born : Amelia, Mary E., John H., Edward F., Joseph A. and Nora E. S. are the survivors; the others died in infancy.

bnerH. Calhoun, farmer, section 31, May- t field Township, was born Feb. 19, 1827, in £ Pittsford, N. Y. His father, Andrew Cal- i houn, was born in the State of New York and S married Eleanor Roweth, who was born in * England. About the year 1829 the family ( came to St. Joseph, Mich., and were there resident until 1845, in which year they fixed their abode in Hancock Co., 111. A year later they settled in De Kalb. In 1873 the father removed to Cortland, his present residence, the mother having died in De Kalb, July 9, 1873. Their children - n in number - grew to adult age.

'Mr. Calhoun is the fourth child of his parents, and J he was less than three years of age when they went to Michigan. He grew to manhood on a farm and at 19 entered upon an independent career, operating for some years as a farm laborer. In 1856 he rented a farm and continued to manage it for three years. In 1859 he bought 80 acres of land where he has f since carried on h*s agricultural interests, and on which he settled in 1860. On this his farm buildings are erected, and he has added to his estate until it includes 400 acres, all improved and in advanced cultivation. It is stocked with 60 head of cattle, 14 horses and a drove of 70 hogs.

Mrs. Calhoun was formerly Betsey Renwick. She was born in Scotland Aug. 26, 1830. Her parents, Walter and Mary (Weel) Renwick, were also born in the same country, and in 1835 emigrated thence to Canada, where the mother died, in 1842. Her father came to Illinois in 1845 and settled in Kane County. After a stay of three years, in 1848, he came to Pierce Township and died there April 9, 1871. Mrs. Calhoun is the i2th in order of a family of 16 children. She was five years of age when she came to the American continent. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun were married Sept. 20, 1852, and have had n children - Maggie M., Walter R., Ida M., Nathan C, Jennie M., Dudley S., Lizzie F., Delia I., Orlando, Mary and Annabel. The three last named are not living.

awrence Farley, general farmer, section 12, Malta Township, was born in County Meath, Ireland, about 1833. His parents, Patrick and Mary (McCan) Farley, were born in the same county and there passed their entire lives. The senior Farley died when his son was five years of age, and the mother survived but six years later, leaving him wholly orphaned when r i years old. He was made by the event the builder of his own fortunes, and he took advantage of every opportunity for remunerative labor that offered. When he reached the age of 17 years, in company with his youngest sister, Catherine, now married and resident at Springfield, Mo., he came to America. They landed at the port of New York and proceeded thence to Newark, N. J , where a brother and sister who had preceded his removal to the United States some years earlier, were then resident. Mr. Farley continued to remain in Newark four years, when he came to Rockford, 111., and became a farm laborer in the vicinity of that place. .He was married at Rockford, to Catherine Downey, who was a native of Ireland and is the daughter of John and Mary Downey, also born in Ireland. Mrs. Farley was born in County Louth, Ireland, Nov. 3, 1834. Her father died when she was about eight years old, and she was cared for by her mother as long as she lived. She was orphaned but a few years later and soon after came to the United States with acquaintances. She went to Newark, N. J., where she continued to lived until she was 23 years of age, when she came to Rockford and was married. Of this union eight children have been born, two of whom are deceased. Following is the record : John was born July 17, 1861 ; Mary J., Feb. 12, 1863; Lawrence L., April 14, 1865; James, July 28, 1867; Katie, Aug. 21, 1870; Anna A., Sept. 27, 1872. Thomas, oldest child, died Jan. 12, 1883, aged 23 years and nine months. William H., the youngest, died March 5, 1875, aged five months.

Mr Farley was engaged in farming some years after marriage at Rockford. In January, 1861, the family came to the township of Malta and settled on a rented farm, which the father conducted after the method of working on shares, until the autumn of 1865. At that date he purchased 80 acres of land, where he began independent farming, and he is nojv the owner of 491 acres of land, 171 acres of which is in De Kalb Township. Nearly the whole tract is under good improvement, and the farm buildings are of excellent type. He is also 'the owner of good graded cattle and hogs. He is a Democrat and the family are Roman Catholics.

enry O. Whitmore, Supervisor of Mayfield Township, has been a resident of the county and township where he now lives since 1845, having come hither when a child of three years with his parents. He was born Oct. 18, 1843, in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vt. The first 1 8 years of his life were passed on his father's farm and in attendance at school. During the winter following his attaining his igth year, he engaged in teaching ; but since that date he has operated exclusively as a farmer. He then came into possession of 120 acres of land, which is his homestead, and to which he has added 90 acres. The entire acreage is under excellent cultivation and forms an attractive and valuable home.

In political sentiment Mr. Whitmore adopts principles and issues of the Republican party. He has held various local offices at different times, a ^^£@

Feb. 26, 1862, Mr. Whitmore was married to Esther V. Andrews, and their two children were born as follows: Wallace W., Feb. ir, 1863, and Cora C., Oct. 20, 1867. Mrs. Whitmore was born Oct. 28, 1844, in Warren Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Luman and Sophronia (Collins) Andrews. Her parents were natives of Warren County, and there the mother died in 1850. Her father came to De Kalb lanson B. Puffer, farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section i, Malta Township, was born in Franklin Co., Mass., Sept. 30, 1841. His father, James Puffer, is a native of Cheshire Co., N. H., of New England ancestry, and is at present residing in his native county, aged 65 years. His mother, Harriet (Field) Puffer, was also a native of Cheshire Co., N. H., and died there in her 22d year.

Mr. Puffer was only two weeks old at the time of his mother's death, and was the only son by his father's first marriage. His father married again, and Alanson was reared under the fostering care of his stepmother. He remained with the family, assisting on the farm and attending the common schools, until he attained the age of 15 years, when he engaged as a farm hand.

The marriage of Mr. Puffer occurred Jan. u, 1872, in Rutland Co., Vt.,and the partner of his joys and sorrows whom he selected was Miss Emma S. Ramney. She was a daughter of Aretas and Cleopatra (Clark) Ramney, natives of Vermont. Her father was of New England parentage and of Scotch extraction. The Clark family (maiden name of her mother) were of the old " Puritan " stock, and from authentic genealogical records in Mrs. Puffer's possession she traces her ancestry back to Thomas Clark, an officer on the Mayflower. Cleopatra (Clark) Ramney, mother of Mrs. Puffer, was a descendant of Thomas Clark of the seventh generation, vas born Nov. 10, 1810, and died Aug. 14, 1880. '£%&& ^^ ^*

She was the second wife of Mr. Ramney, and by him had three children, two of whom are living and the oldest of whom is Mrs. Puffer, wife of the subject of this notice. She was born March 10, 1840, in Rutland Co., Vt. Her maiden life was spent at home, assisting her mother in the hojsehold duties and attending the common schools, also Castleton Seminary, at which institution she graduated. When 25 years of age Mrs. Puffer began teaching in the common schools of her native county and followed that vocation, in which she vigorously endeavored to excel, for some 16 years and until her marriage to Mr. Puffer.

Shortly after marriage Mr. Puffer came to this county and purchased 80 acres of land in Milan Township. He vigorously entered on the task of improving it and resided on it for nine years. He then, in 1880, exchanged it for 80 acres in Malta Township, upon which he moved. He has subsequently purchased 80 acres additional, and now has 1 60 acres. The entire tract is under a good state of cultivation and well stocked. His residence and farm buildings are of first-class order.

Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Puffer are members of the Congregational Church, of which Mr. Puffer is one of the Trustees. Politically, he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has held the minor offices of his township.

ames Carter, farmer, owning and residing on the east half of section 3, Afton Township, was born in Springfield, Hampden Co., Mass., Dec. 25, 1832. He is a son of James and Anna M. (Nye) Carter, deceased. His father was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, a native of New England and of English extraction. At his death, which occurred in 1845, when James was but 13 years old, he left his son a fortune aggregating $70,000. A guardian was appointed, and he squandered a portion of the fortune, James receiving the remainder. The grandfather of James, both on his father's and mother's side, were soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

James Carter, subject of this notice, lived under the parental roof-tree until the death of his father, receiving the advantages of a common-school edu- cation. Four years after his father's death, in 1849, having attained the age of 17 years, his desire to increase his worldly possessions was augmented by the discovery of gold in California, and he determined to go to that State. Six of his schoolmates agreed to accompany him providing he would advance sufficient to pay expenses, to which he generously consented. Their names were Lester Conklin, nephew of ex-Senator Conklin, John Hosmer, John Munger, Obadiah Burdette, Anson Nye and Jack Coby. They crossed the plains and safely arrived in the " land of gold." Soon three of the seven mates became homesick, and Mr. Carter- paid their expenses home. The other four remained and engaged in mining.

On one occasion Mr. Carter was out prospecting unaccompanied, and while in a gulch a fog came up and he , became lost. His mates commenced the search for him, but not until three days and three nights had passed did they succeed in finding him ! He had almost perished for want of food, but, after being taken to the camp and nursed a few days, recovered.

Four of the seven mates remained in California, mining, Lester Conklin being the only one to make a success. Mr. Carter remained there about 10 months and then returned, overland, and located in Cayuga Co., N. Y. He had spent his fortune and was compelled to go to work. Accordingly, he hired himself to a German, and the first day's work he ever did was chopping wood, and then drove team for the same gentleman two months aq,d two days, whereupon he received his discharge, accompanied by the magnificent sum of $150 for his services.

Mr. Carter then came to Illinois and engaged in a machine-shop, where he worked for 10 months, then purchased a threshing-machine and engaged in threshing grain. He followed the business for some 10 years, alternating it with buying horses in all parts of the country, and speculating wherever he could see a dollar to be made.

In 1862 he went to Afton Township, worked land on shares for some two years, then, in 1866, purchased 1 60 acres. He has since added 447 acres to his original purchase, and now owns 607 acres. He has on his farm one of the finest frame residences in the township, besides good frame out-buildings, and a greater portion of his land undei; cultivation.

Caty S. Avery, widow of Smith D., Avery, to whom she was married March 27, 1858, at Aurora, Kane County, 111. Mr. Avery was born Aug. 27, 1836, and died Jan. i, 1862, at Camp Raleigh, Mo., with a congestive chill, while in the service of his country in the late Civil War. He was a member of Co. A, 36th 111. Vol. Inf., denominated the "Aurora Dragoons. " Mr. and Mrs. Avery were the parents of three children : Anna D., born April 5, 1859; Anson A., Sept. 21, 1860; and Smith D., Jan. 7, 1862. Mrs. Carter's father, Harvey B. Densmore, was born Sept. 25, 1815, in Hartford, Windsor Co., Vt., and is at present residing with her. Her mother, Caty S. Densmore, was born March 25, 1817, and died July 21, 1841, after which her father married Mary J. Mather. Mrs. C. was born May 14, 1836, in Cortland, Cortland Co., N. Y. She was brought to this county by her parents in 1836, starting overland Dec. 19, and arriving here Nov. 29, of that year.

Mr. Carter, politically, is a Republican. He has been Assessor for three years, and was elected to the position again last spring. He has also been Road Commissioner three years.

Joseph Slade, farmer, section 19, De Kalb Township, was born Feb. 4, 1829, in Buckinghamshire, England. His parents, Simon and Ann (Jones) Slade. were natives of England, and there passed their entire lives. Their family included 1 1 children. At the age of 26 years Mr. Slade came to the United States. He passed a few months in the State of New York, and in the fall of the same year - 1855 - came to De Kalb County and to the township of the same name, where he passed 12 years in various occupations. In 1867 he bought the farm on which he has since resided and labored, which comprised 80 acres of land. He is now the owner of 91 acres, which is all under cultivation.

ship, to Jane, daughter of Henry and Harriet (Willis) Sarney. Her parents were of English birth and lived in that country all their lives. Mrs. Slade was born there March 22, 1843, and came to America in January, 1878. Her mother was born in 1810 and died in 1849; and her father, born in 1815, died in January, 1884. The children born of her marriage are as follows: Henry H., born Dec. 15, 1878; Mabel A., March i, 1881 ; Sarah I., May 2, 1883.

Among the list of portraits of representative men of De Kalb County which may be found in this ALBUM, we give that of Mr. Slade, which is engraved from a photograph taken in 1878.

lias Hartman was born in Northampton Co., Pa., Oct. 27, 1810. He is the son of John and Regina (Bear) Hartman. When eight years of age the family moved to Luzerne County, in the same State, where Elias remained until 22 years of age, when he went to Medina Co., Ohio, where he remained two years. For the next two years he roved about seeking the place where he should make a permanent home. In 1836 he visited De Kalb County and located a claim in Ohio Grove, Cortland Township, where he subsequently built a log house. On the first day of January, 1838, he was united in marriage with Almira Churchill and moved at once into his new house. Mr. and Mrs. Hartman are the parents of six children, five of whom are living - Philo De Witt, Mary O., Rosetta M., David W, Carrie D. Mr. Hartman is one of the oldest living settlers in De Kalb County and has lived almost a half century within five miles of where he located his claim in 1836. He has lived to see realized more than he could have dreamed of when, with his young bride, he lived a pioneer life in old De Kalb.

Joseph B. Greek, yeoman, section 13, Malta Township, was born Dec. 25, 1854, in Devonshire, England, where his parents, William and Mary (Judd) Greek, and their ancestors were torn. The father died there when 74 years of age, and the mother's demise occurred when she was 53 years old. They had eight children ; two died in England, two emigrated to Ne Zealand and three are still faithful to the home instinct, remaining in their native shire. >

Mr. Greek, of this sketch, yielded to impulse and came to the New World, when he was 20 years old, in 1874, accompanying some friends hither. He first located at St. Charles, Kane Co., 111., where his uncle had recently deceased, and where he had gone for the purpose of settling the estate, which was willed to the brother, the father of Mr. Greek. The legatee had arranged for the reversion of the property, which included 280 acres of land to the son who had crossed the ocean to conduct the necessary details of the business. The farm is situated on section 13, Malta Township. After adjusting matters, Mr. Greek returned to England and continued to reside there until 1879, when he came to America a second time to establish a permanent home on the farm in Malta Township, which is now in a finely improved condition, and is stocked with valuable cattle and swine. He is a Republican in his political views.

arry A. Joslyn, Cortland Township, was torn in Genesee Co., N. Y., Dec. 10, 1816, and is the son of Phineas and Lorinda (Woodworth) Joslyn, the former a native of New York, and the latter of Vermont. In the I fall of 1838 the family came to De Kalb County, Harry preceding them the previous spring, but returning and ctoming back with his parents. On arriving in the spring, Harry located a claim on section 9, Cortland Township, which he gave to his father on the latter's arrival. He then purchased a claim on section 4, Cortland Township, which he held for some years, obtaining his title from the Government when the land came into market. He subsequently sold this farm and purchased another on section 3, which he held until 1854, when he sold out, moved to Sycamore, and, in company with H. H. Rowe, commenced the mercantile business, carrying a general stock. In 1855, Kimball Dow became associated with the firm of Rowe & Joslyn, the partnership continuing until the hard times of 1857, when it was dissolved. In 1858 Mr. Joslyn was appointed Deputy Sheriff and served six years, when he was elected Sheriff and served one term. In May, 1867, he purr chased a. farm on section 16, Cortland, where he resided until May, 1883, when he sold out and purchased a few acres of land, together with a comfortable dwelling-house on section 5, Cortland, but immediately adjoining the city limits of Sycamore on the south. In addition to that of Sheriff, Mr. Joslyn has held other local offices in the county. He was Collector of taxes for Sycamore for six years. While only receiving a common-school education, Mr. Joslyn mastered his studies so well that for one year prior to his coming to De Kalb he taught school in Erie County, of his native State. On his arrival here he taught the winter term of the school four miles north of Sycamore. He also taught one winter in Tazewell Co , 111.

On the nth day of May, 1841, Mr. Joslyn was united in marriage with Lucy Ann Waterman, a native of Genesee, now Wyoming Co., N. Y., but who came to this county in company with her parents at an early day. Five children were born unto them, - Louisa A.; Franklin M., now Probate Judge of Atchison Co., Mo.; John P., deceased; William L. an attorney and real-estate agent at Algona, Iowa;, James C., now Assistant Postmaster at Sycamore.

arles P. Coy, farmer, section 13, Somonauk Township, was born June 30, 1820, n Middletown, Rutland Co., Vt. Reuben Coy, his father, was born in the same township in the Green Mountain State, and married Charity Woodruff, a native of Farmington, Conn. Two of their five children are now living. Mr, Coy has one brother - Martin H. - a farmer in Middletown, Vt.

Mr. Coy was reared on a farm and attended the common schools of his native place, and later was a student at the Troy Conference Academy at Poultney, one of the most popular and successful educational institutions of the East. He taught six terms of school, and also acted about 18 months as a clerk in a store in Middletown. Associated with his brother Martin, he bought 300 acres of land in his native township, where they made a specialty of breeding sheep and cattle. He was married Feb. 21, 1850, in Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vt., to Nancy R. Coleman. They have become the parents of six >»>JSXZL1I^' r> A children, whose record is as follows . Cornelia is the wife of John Scott, a farmer in Somonauk Township. Horace G. is a farmer in the same township. Charles D. is deceased. Hattie E. is at home. Jane C. is deceased. Royal C. is a student at the Jenning Seminary at Aurora, 111.

In 1869 Mr. Coy removed with his family to Illinois and settled where he now resides. At the outset he bought 160 acres of fine and valuable land, and has increased his estate until he has 272 acres where he is pursuing a prosperous course of agriculture.

While a resident of his native State, Mr. Coy was actively interested in politics, both local and general, and he held a number of township offices. He represented Middletown in the State Assembly in 1858-9, during which time the new State-House at Montpelier was constructed.

elson Hotchkiss, retired farmer, residing at Shabbona and a pioneer of 1836, was born in Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 19, 1820, and is a son of Simeon and Annie Hotchkiss. When 15 years of age, in June, 1836, his parents emigrated to this State and located at Naperville, Cook Co., 111. Two months later they moved to Kane County, where his father and family made a claim of 1,100 acres of land. This was prior to the Government survey, and claims were procured by plowing furrows and blazing trees. The land was all in its natural condition, and his father entered at once on the laborious task of improving his claim. The nearest postoffice was 10 miles distant, and postage 25 cents on each letter. His father had great faith in the future of the country and continued in his labors of improvement until the land was offered for sale by the Government, when he purchased 200 acres.

Nelson Hotchkiss remained with his father, assisting in the improvement of his claim, prior to the time it was offered for sale by the Government, and afterward on the land his father purchased until 1855. During that year he moved on section 26, Shabbona Township, where he at present owns 140 acres. Ht lived on the latter place engaged in cultivating it until the fall of 1883, when he removed with his j family to the village of Shabbona. ,-% Mr. Hotchkiss was married April 22, 1845, to Miss Harriet, daughter of Seth and Rachel (Davenport) Rice. She was born in Chemung Co., N. Y., and accompanied her parents to this State in 1843.

Mr. and Mrs. H. are the parents of two children, namely: F. Addie, wife of William Jackson, a merchant at Shabbona, and Lewis R., who married Elizabeth Vossburg and resides on the old homestead on 4 section 26.

ichael O'Brien, farmer, section 13, Milan Township, was born Sept. 9, 1836, in County Clare, Ireland. Martin O'Brien, his father, claims lineal descent from one of the Irish kings - Bryan - from whom he is in the 29th generation. The genealogy is still intact, although the posterity is widely diffused. The senior O'Brien died in Ireland in 1858.

The younger O'Brien came to America when he was 1 6 years of age, and located first at Boston, where he spent some time occupied in the capacity of a common laborer. In 1856 he came to Chicago, and soon after proceeded to the Southern States, where he spent three years in various localities. In the fall of 1860 he came to De Kalb County and purchased the farm upon which he has, since i878t prosecuted his agricultural interests, buying at first 80 acres in Milan Township. He placed it in care of a man to enter upon the work of improvement and in 1871 added 40 acres to the estate, the latter tract being situated on section 12. In 1878 he entered upon the work of cultivating his property in person, and in 1884 purchased an additional 80 acres on section 13. The large and valuable farm is all improved and supplied with good farm buildings. Mr. O'Brien's farm is stocked with all varieties of stock except sheep. He is a zealous Democrat and is one of the school officers of Milan Township.

His marriage to Mary A. Butler took place Jan. 29, 1878, in Clinton Township. Mrs. O'Brien was born Dec. 23, 1856, in County Tipperary, Ireland, and she is the daughter of William and Mary (Pollard) Butler, who are still living in their native land. She came to America when she was 18 years of age, and lived some time at Shabbona Grove. Mary E., Katie and Maggie are the names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien. The family are members of the Roman Catholic Church.

.amuel Archer, dealer in grain and coal at Shabbona, was born in Suffolk, England, ' April 21, 1850, the son of John and Elizabeth Archer. He came to America with his parents in 1864, and made his home on a farm in the township of Paw Paw, De Kalb Co., 111. He received a common-school education and was engaged in farming till he formed the existing partnership with Mr. George Levering, Jan. i, 1883. They dissolved partnership March 9, 1885, and Mr. Archer has leased the Bouslough Elevator for five years, and will carry on a trade in grain, seeds, hard and soft coal, and will commence business on May i, 1885. He has also purchased a fine residence in the village. He was married in Malugin Township, Lee Co., 111., July 5, 1872, to Miss Sarah Agler, daughter of John and Sarah Agler. They had two children, both daughters, named M. Allie and A. Pearl. Mrs. A. died Nov. 16, 1878, and Mr. Archer was married again Jan. 5, 1881, at Amboy, 111., to Miss Sarah E. Lacey, daughter of William and Margaret Lacey, and born in Chicago, 111.

rs. Olive A. Eggleston, widow of Clark A. Eggleston and daughter of Moses L. and Martha (Brown) Simpson, was born Feb. 7, 1811, in Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y. Her parents were farmers and lived all their lives in the State of New York. Her mother was a Quaker, and was a member of a settlement of that sect in New York. After her marriageshe settled with her husband near the State line of Massachusetts, going later to Ohio and locating at Cleveland. Mr. Eggleston was a mechanic and followed his trade until his removal to the West in 1858, when he became a farmer in the township of Milan. The place included 160 acres, and Mrs

Eggleston has recently sold 80 acres. She has managed her business affairs alone since 1862, conducting her farming and real-estate business herself. She has been the mother of five children, three of whom are deceased. George C. married Ella Duffy, and they reside in the township of De Kalb. Edgar H. married Clara Ranels, and they live with the mother ou the homestead. The latter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

eorge W. Crapser, dealer in general hardware, stoves, etc., and farm machinery, established his business at Shabbona, April 15, 1877, and carries a stock averaging from $5,500 to $6,000. He was born near Northville, La Salle Co., 111., Jan. 16, 1848, and is the son of William H. and Emeline (Seaman) Crapser. He was educated in the common schools, and was brought up on his father's farm. In 1875 he began traveling as a salesman of farm machinery, and continued that business about two years. He came to Shabbona in the spring of 1877, and on the isth of April, that year, entered upon his present business. He was married at Sandwich, this county, March 27, 1872, to Miss Emma J., daughter of John and Marian Linderman. She was born in Van Buren Co., Mich., Jan. 14, 1853. They have three children, - one son and two daughters. The eldest, Harry A., was born Dec. 6, 1873; the second, Hattie M.( was born Aug. 3, 1878, and Jessie E., Aug. 27, 1880. Mr. Crapser has served two years as President of the Board of Village Trustees of Shabbona. In politics he is a Republican.

iwin P. Smith, farmer, section 35, Mayfield Township, is a native citizen of De Kalb County. His parents, Spafford and Eliza (Sholes) Smith, came to De Kalb County in the fall of 1839, the father remaining in Sycamore about six months. While there, in company with a brother, Curtis Smith, he entered a claim of about 1,000 acres of land, which they afterward divided, and that portion allotted to Mr. S. Smith included 500 acres situated in what became

Mayfield Township after the organization. On this the original proprietor resided until 1870, when he located in Sycamore and i? now a resident there. A biographical sketch and portrait of Spafford Smith appears on other pages of this work. The only sister of Edwin P. Smith was named Eliza A.

The subject of this sketch was born Jan. 19, 1843, in the township of Mayfield, on the farm which he bought of his father in 1883, with whom he was a joint occupant of the place previous to that date. He obtained such education as the common schools afforded, and has devoted his life with vigorous effort to the pursuit of agriculture. He is a Republican in political faith and relations.

His marriage to Flora M. Joiner took place Jan. 6, 1870, in the township of Mayfield, where she was born Feb. 27, 1849. She is the daughter of Cyrus and Elmina Joiner, of Mayfield Township, of whom a biographical notice appears elsewhere in this ALBUM. One child, - Albert P., born Nov. 8, 1871, - is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Mr. S. has officiated three years as Highway Commissioner and seven years as School Director.

dmund Gathercoal, general farmer and stockman, located on section 13, Malta Township, was born in Norfolkshire, England, Dec. 4, 1812. His father, Thomas Gathercoal, was also born in England, and married Susan Johnson. She died where she had lived all her life, when her son Edmund was but 13 years old. The father, who in early life was a common laborer, became a butcher in later life in his native country ; and, having received a competence, he came to America to spend his declining years with his children, and he died in, Kingston Township, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Susan Clark, aged 82 years.

On the event of Kis marriage Mr. Gathercoal assumed independent relations with the world, and lived in Cambridgeshire, England, until 1863, the year in which he emigrated with his family to America. Their first location was at Belvidere, Boone Co., I\\. In February, 1865, they settled in Malta Township, where the father purchased 40 acres of land on section 1 3, and later bought 40 acres addi-