Peoria County, Illinois - Chapter 19, 1880 (part 2 of 13)

DAVIS KOBEKT S. druggist, 125 Main street, was born in Selbyville, Tenn., April 21, l844- and is the son of Thomas L. and Eliza Davis. Mis father was a native of Virginia and his mother of Ireland. In 1849 his parents removed to Peoria, where he grew up and was educated, and at fifteen years of age commenced to leain the drug business with his brother, with whom he remained till 1872, when he began business for himself at his present location. He married, in 1870, Miss Camilla A. Luther, a native of Peoria, whose parents were very old residents of the city, by whom he has three children - Nellie, born March I, 1872, Howard, bom November, 1875. and Vida, born November, 1877. He has a good business, and carries a stock of about $2,500. Makes a rat poison (phosphorus paste) which is remarkably effective in its results, and of which he has quite a large sale. He owns his residence and lot in the city.

DAWS LOUISA Mrs. re.s. 1601 N. Jefferson street, was born in London, England, July 25, 1831. Came to this country in 1S36 with her parents, who settled in Tazewell county, 111., where her father is still living on the same place where he located, at the age of eighty-four. Mrs. Daws was married to Frederick \V. Aubury, of London, Eng., on the 17th day of Fcbruar)-. 1854. Remained in Tazewell county until 1867 (Mr. Aubury being deceased). She married Edward Daws, of Kent, Eng., January 8. 1867. when they came to I'eoria and located. Mr. Dawes was a cabinet maker by trade and soon built up a lucrative business. By industry and close attention to business accumulated a fine property .ind home. Was a member of tile Episcopal Church and a consistent Christian, and loved and respected by all who knew him. Mr. Dawes came to Peoria in 1834; stayed a short lime, when he removeil to Tazewell county, and in 1854 returned to Peoria, where he remained until his death.

DAY ItUOTIIKRS, butchers. 1020 First sireei. are natives of New Koss, county Wexford. Ireland, and came to America and Peoria in 1872. Their mother died December 22, 1876, and their father March 24, 1880. Their parents had six children, two daughers, now deceased, and four sons - Nicholas, Kichard. William A. and Patrick F. The brothers' slore is on the corner of Fir>l and Elliott streets. They also trade largely in cattle. All are members of the Catholic Church.

DKANE CIIAS. H. hotel keeper, "The IngersoU," coner Hamilton and N. Jefferson streets, was born in Taunton, Mass., August 24, 1827, and is the son of Jesse Deane, whose ancestry reaches back to the oil! Plymouth Colony in 1626. and thence to Somersetshire. England. His life, to the age of ten years, was spent in his native town and there he received the advantages of the common schools. In 1837 he removed with his family to Peoria, and has resided there ever since, with the exception of about ten months, during the Mexican war and the time spent in the army during the rebellion. On the first occasion he went to New Orleans with recruits for the 3d 111. Regt., but as the war terminated about the lime he reached New Orleans he went no lurther than that city. Shortly after his return he ran a year or two as steward on a river steamboat and made several trips to New Orleans oft flat boats, afterwards engaging as clerk and book-keeper for various firms, until November. 1857. when he went into business for himself, dealing in clothing, furnishing, regalia and secret society goods, which he continued until 1861, when he sold out and went into the army, entering the service as Ist Lieut, in the 86 Regt. I. V. I. under cominand of Col. D. I). Irons of Peoria ; served with the army in Kentucky. Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, and was mustered out April 20, 1866 with the rank of Brevet. Lieut. -Colonel. On his return he opened the Metropolitan Hotel, then just completed, and ran il till March I, 1S67, when he sold o»it and bought the interest of A. Freeman in the Peoria House. He began to make improvements and alterations in it, and by his intense energy and application brought it to a high position among the hotels of the West.

I !-: X N 1; 11 V 1) \ X IK K, boot and shoe maker and dealer, 339 S. .\dams Miect, was born in county Cork, Ireland, in 1837, and is the son of Daniel and Bridget (Mc('arlhy) Dcnnehy, natives o( county Cork, lie came alone to .America when fourteen yeais of age, and landed at New Vork. Keinaincd in Boston for one year and then removed to Randolph, Mass., where he learned hit trade, and worked at il for five or six years. Removed to Oiiincy, Mass., and after rambling around a good deal finally came to Peoria in - the Summer of 1S74, and started for himself at custom work. He came to his present location in June, 1S77, and at that time laid in a stock of ready made goods. He married July 8, i860, in Randolph, Mass., Miss Mary Murphy, a native of county Limerick, Ireland, by whom he has had seven children, four now living, Ellen T., Mary A., Annie M., and Daniel. Mr. Dennehy and wife are members of the Catholic Church.

DETWEILEK HENRY, wholesale and retail ice dealer, 108 S. Adams street, was born in Lorraine, France, on the Igth of June, 1825 ; is the son of Christian and Catherine Detweiler ttee Schertz, the former a native of Bavaria, the latter of France. Mr. Detweiler, sr., was engaged in farming and milling, and also the transfer business, in which he amassed quite a large fortune, but meeting with reverses during the war ofl8l2and 1813, from which he never recovered, he died in 1832, in straightened circumstances. In the Spring of 1S37, Mr. D. immigrated to the United States with his mother and three sisters, landing at New York aftera voyage of sixty-eight days on the ocean. Through the instigation of an older brother, John, who had located in Peoria three years previously, only they came on to this city, consuming forty-two days on the route. The mother and one sister died the following year. The two first years after his arrival Mr. D. worked for his brother, and attended school at intervals ; then clerked in a shoe store for Charles McLellen on Main street; also in a clothing store a year ; and on April 15, 1S41, went on the steamboat " Frontier," to learn piloting, under Milton Hasbrock, where he remained until she collided with the Panama, at 3 A. M., on September 2, 1842. The following Spring the company built the new steamer, Chicago, on which he shipped as second pilot, under Mr. Hasbrock, till the Spring of 1844, when, that boat being drawn off the river, he went on to the Raritan in the same capacity ; and the next year took tlie position of first pilot on the new boat. Governor Briggs ; and after June, 1846, ran her from Galena to New Albany, on the upper Mississippi, as a mail and passenger boat. In the Spring of 1847 took her through a course of repairs at St. Louis, and put her into the trade between that city and Alton. For several years following Mr. D. officiated as pilot or captain on a number of steamboats ; became joint owner of the " Movaster" in 1856 ; in 1857 sold her, and in 185S, the sole proprietor of the Minnesota. In the Spring of 1862 he went into the government service as master of the "Jenny Lind"; and in July, 1863, changed to the " Yankee," which he had charge of till the close of the war. While running these government transports he performed a very important and often hazardous service. The Yankee sailed from St. Louis for New Orleans the latter part of October, 1863, with a cargo valued at more than $250,000, and landed her freight safely in the Crescent City in due time. So great was the danger to which his vessel was exposed during those perilous years, that Capt. D. practiced various schemes to evade the enemy. It was disguised as a gunboat, on some occasions, and run under the strict legime of one ; and while the other transport vessels were fired into frequently, and greatly damaged or destroyed, the Yankee never received but one shot. After the close of the war, Capt. Detweiler ran the Beaver until he abandoned the river, in 1874. In the Fall of 1870, he had embarked in the ice business in company with N. L. Woodruff, in which relation he continued until December, 1876, when the partnership was dissolved, since which time Mr. D. has carried on a large wholesale and retail ice trade in his own name. The traffic has steadily grown, until the present capacity of his houses is 10.500 tons. On November 5, 1848, Mr. D. married Magdalen Bachmann, also a native of France, who has borne him seven children ; five living, Amelia, Matilda, Thomas H., William H., and Mattie H. Henry, the oldest, died at the age of twenty-seven, and Emma at the age of three years. Besides the capital invested in his business, Mr. D. owns several pieces of property in the city. Devar E. M. grocer, 712 Main street.

DICKINSON EDWARD Dr. (deceased), res. of widow, 600 KnoxviUe road. Dr. Dickinson was born in Hadley, Mass., Feb. 15, 1801, and after receiving his primary education in his native town, entered Yale College, but on account of ill-health, did not comple e his classical education. He afterwards entered Pennsylvania Medical University, where he graduated with honor in the class of 1830. He .studied his profession with Dr. Twitchell of Keene, N. II., and entered into partnership with Dr. Flint, of Northampton, Mass., where he practiced until ill-health drove him to a warmer climate. He married in 1831 Miss Catherine Jones, daughter of the late Edward Jones of the Treasury Department of Washington, D. C. They came to Peoria in 1835, where he practiced his profession until his death, which occurred in his sixty-fifth year. He was president of the Peoria Medical Association, a year previous to his death. Dr. Dickinson was a true gentleman of the old school ; a man of sterling integrity and strong mind. No man was ever more strictly honest, or had a higher sense of honor. These qualities, with his url>ane manners, his dignity, his eminently acute sense of propriety under all circumstances, the conscientious discharge of all his duties, and his devotion to his profession, made him a typical physici.in, and won (or him the confidence and esteem of all who knew him.

DIRKSON FR.VXK, fresco and scenic artist, res. 305 Evans street, was boni in Germany in 1842, and reared on a farm until thirteen years of age, when, determining to devote his life to decorative art, and being strongly opposed by his father he left home and beg.in the business. A year later lie hired on board of a ship, to earn means to prosecute his studies, and made a tour of the world. He entered the .Academy of Design in Dusseldorf, Germany, and spent three seasons, working at intervals to payexpenses. Went thence to Hanover and studied scenic painting in the Theater Royal; from there went to London, and continued that branch of the art in Covent Garden, with Talbin, one of the most noted scenic painters of his time. Came to Canada on an engagement to the Theatre Royal, Montreal, in 1859; returned to Kurope in i860, spent a season in Paris in study, came to New V'ork in 1S62, remaining there until he entered the army in 1863 ; served until the close of the war, on board the sloop of war "Dale," as acting gunner. Returned to New York, spent a season painting, went to Buffalo, engaged three years on decorative work ; was one of the original designers of Black Crook, and helped to paint the scenery while there, went 10 Canada and produced Black Crook one season, realizing $6,000. In 1 867 Mr. D. married Mary Brandon, in Buffalo. In 1871 they crossed the lakes intending to locale in Chicago, but the great fire changed their purpose, and they settled down in I'eoria. Mr. Dirkson did the decorative work on the Peoria county court-house ; has gained a celebrity in his art, winning twenty-five medals and numerous other prizes in public contests. He receives extensive orders from other .Stales. Their family consists of two children, Katie and Krank.

DOBBINS WM. .!.. retired gr.i.n an.l ice dealer, res. 712 ILiinilton street, was horn in Allcnlown, Penn., in 1S18 ; is the second of three children, two sons and a daughter, of William Dubbins and Mary Wagner, natives of Penn. He was rearcil in his native town where he learned the trade ol cabinel-mnker ; but his health failing a few years later, went to clerking in a drug store and reading medicine : disliked that and soon abandoned it. In 1849, was elected > representative in the Legislature from .Schuylkill Co. ; was twice re-elected in 1S50 and 1S51. For four years engaged in the employ of the Pennsylvania R.R. Co., and in the Spring of 1856, came to Peoria, the following Fall, built a distillery in Wesley city ; ran it two years ; sold out and engaged in malting and dealing in giain eight years ; then in company with two other parties under the firm name of Dobbins & Co., erected the Central City elevator, which was burned two years later. After being out of business two years. Mr. D. spent four years in the ice trade, at the expiration of which he retired. In 1867 he married Eliia Gibons, also a native of Allentown, Pa., later of Princeton, 111. Mr. D. owns several pieces of property in the city.

OEWEIX V.\Li:XTINE, (of V. Dewein & Co.) dealer in leather and shoe findings, loS .S. Adams street, was bom in Bavaria, Germany. .Vpril 1st. 1817. and is the son of Valentine and Margaret (Gold) Dewein, both natives of Bavaria. He came to America with them in 182S, landing at Baltimore in September of that year. In the December following they settled on a firm in Bedford county. Pa., and resided on it till 1833. when they moved to Cincinnati. C, and resided there and in Maysville. Ky.. up to 1847, and then returned to Cincinnati. Mr. Dewein began to learn his trade of shoemaker in Pennsylvania, and finished it in Cincinn.-iti. He married in Maysville, Ky., August 10. 1844. Margaret Schaffer. a native of Baden, Germany, who came to America when five years old. In 1847 he left Cincinnati for Peoria, and came to it on March 17 ; began to make custom boots and shoes, and sell leather, and gave up the former branch of his business in 1854 ; is the oldest established leather house in Peoria, and for many years has done a very extensive trade ; carries a stock of about $10,000. Mr. Dewein has been an active, enterprising and pushing man, and has done much towards the development of the city of his adoption. He was for many years connected with the railroad interests of I'eoria county ; was the organizer of the P. & R. I. R. R.. and acted as secretary and treasurer of it until its completion ; has been a director of the T., P. & W. R. R. for seven or eight years, and director of Mechanics' National Bank for nine years. He owns his residence on Knoxville Road, corner Chambers street and Armstrong avenue, a block of valuable property on the bluff, besides other properties in the business portion of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Dewein are members of the First Presbyterian Church. OfxlKi' S. \V. Kr»ln naiiiiilrr. re» i<n F»)elle ilreel.

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DOXLIN BEllNARD, merchant, 123 N. Washington street, was born in Longford county, Ireland, in 1809, ,ind received his education in his native county; came to America in 1S28; landed in New York, remained there a short time, then went to New Orleans and en(;.iged as clerk, after which went into the wholesale and commission business and remained ihere about twenty years ; came to Peoria, where he followed farming and the grain business. Married Catherine Burn. She was born in Ireland. Has ten living children, three boys and seven girls. Donnelly Miles, machinist, BOO S. W.ater street.

DONNELLY KICHAKD, wholesale dealer in wines and liquors, 924 N. Adains street, was born on the 14th day of February, 1846, in county Wexford, Ireland ; emigrated to the United States in 1852, and after traveling over several of the New England States, finally pulled up in the city of Peoria, 111., and in 1S77 engaged in his present business, and by close attention to business has built up a good trade, and has accumulated some money. Married Miss M. J. Kreaps in October, 1S77. She was a native of Peoria. The fruit of this marriage is one son. In politics a Democrat.

Donohoc T. meal man foot LIsk street, res. 115 South street. Dood Henry, 008 l''-'-an stri'ft. Doran Dennis, res, 20:1 First street. Doty Wm. englneiT, res. 412 SIxlh street. Dougherty James, polu-e magistrate City Hall.

DOWDALL WILLIA3I T. editor and proprietor iVationa! Democrat ami Revie-u, printing and binding, 117 Main street, res. Richwoods. Downing D. boots .ind shoes, 2d7 Main street.

DOWNS JOHN, butcher, 722 First street, was born in county Clare, Ireland, June 24, 1846, and is the son of James and Ann (O'Donnell) Downs, natives of that county. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, and in 1864 came to America, landing at New York in May, of that year ; went first to St. Louis, and after a short slay came to Litchfield, Montgomery county, 111., where he worked in a machine shop for about three years, and in 1867 went to Chicago, remaining there for four years, and returning to Litchfield engaged in the boot and shoe business in partnership with his brother-in-law, until the Spring of 1875, when they were burnt out, and during the succeeding Summer engaged in the grocery business, afterwards selling out his interest to his partner, and coming to Peoria in October, 1876, started in business at his present location. He married in Litclifield, 111., May 14, 1867, Miss Martha McNamara, a native of his own county, born in 1S47, by whom he has had five children, three now alive, James, John and Agnes. .Mr. Downs was elected a member of the Board of Education from the

6th ward of Peoria in 1877, and has since been reelected to the office. He was also elected by the board to the post of secretary, January, 1879, and has since held the oflice. Mr. Downs is in politics a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Catholic Church.

DOYLE ANDREW, carpenter and contractro. 822 First street, was born in county Wicklow, Ireland, May 10, 1S35, son of George and Margaret (O'Rorke) Doyle ; emigrated to America, August 1851, and located in Cleveland, O., thence came to Peoria, in 1855. Was married December, 1855, to Jane Mooney. She was born in county Dublin, Ireland, in 1833. They have had eight children, seven living, George J., Janey K., John P., Margaret E., Anna M., Nellie E. and Mary S., one dead, James. Mr. D. has carried on his trade and accumulated property to the amount of $15,000; has held a number of offices in the city, never having sought for any ; was member of City Council and supervisor, which position was the cause of saving the county a good many dollars,

DovleC. carpenter. 822 First street. Ilovle Jas. carpenter R. I. ,t P. res, 101 White street. Doyle John, carpenter, res. 822 First street. Doyle Thos. res. 518 Hurlbut street.

DOUGLASS T. W. conductor T., P. & W. R. R., 701 First street, was born in West Chazee, Clinton county, N. Y., in 1847, and is the son of George and Pauline (Vanbuskirk) Douglass, natives of New York. He was raised in his native county until about fifteen years of age, when he removed to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and there entered the railroad business and has since followed it. He married there December 22, 1866, Miss Luthera Jannette Armstrong, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Rolfe) Armstrong, who was born December 13, 1849, by whom he has had three children, two now alive, Stella, born July 14, 1870, and Mabel, born October 14, 1872. In April, 1876, he removed with his family to Chicago, and was for some months in the employ of the Illinois Central R. R., .removing to Peoria in September of the same year and entering that of the T., P. & W. R. R., and has since remained with them. His father died in 1862 and his mother is still alive.

Draet Christ, grocer. IBIS S. Washington street. Drake John, grain buyer. 1210 N. Monroe street. Driscoll M. masher, distillery foot South street. Driscoli Tim. masher foot Msk street. Drirtge John (". furnllnre finisher, res. 320 Second street. Densorger M. cnntectloiiery. res. 812 N. Monroe street. Dndieylsaac. cooper shop, llli IJsk street. Duff James, lumber, res. JOl Fifth street. Dugdale Edward, laborer, res. 505 Hancock street.

DUKE JAMES, auctioneer, 122 S. W.ashington street, was born in the city of Indianapolis, Ind., on the 28th of September, 1828, where he remained until 1866, when he came to Peoria and engaged in the real estate business, and done a good business for about four years. Married Miss E.J.Mitchell, April 21, 1848. She wasa native of Kentucky. They have five children, three boys and two girls. The oldest son is an engifi44 neer (switch). Wm. n. ; secoml son is a cigar manufacturer in Chicago ; third son is chief clerk in Day Bro's. store. Elder (laughter is l>ookkee|>er in Irwin & Co., and the youngest daughter remains at home.

DUXLAP J. S. manager Peoria Plating Works, 402 S. Adams street, was born in kCnox county. III., August 30, 1844, and is the son of A. J. Dunlap and Mary S. Patterson. His father was a native of Kentucky. and was for fifteen years vice-president of Illinois .Stale Agricultural Association, and his mother was bom in Penn-ylvania. He was raised and educated at Galesburg. III., and on reaching man's estate traveled in the We-tern .States for the Chicago Scale Company for four years, and in 1873 engaged in business as grain commission merchant in Peoria, until the Spring of 1878, when he began his present business. The works are owned and controlled by himself and his younger brother, and he has the sole supervision of them. Are doing a business of $20,000 a year, and have about $6,000 invested. Mr. Dunlap m.irried, December 21, 1S75. .Miss Frances C. Willard, a native of Galesburg, by whom he has one child - Edna C. - born September 6. 1879. His mother is still alive, and resides on the old homestead in ICnox county.

DUllHAM JOHX, retired merchant and capitalist, residence 215 Liberty street, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1811 ; is the son of John Durham and Martha Guinn. He enjoyed goo<l educational opportunities in that city till fifteen years old ; then went to New York city, where he was employed as a clerk in a store from 1826 to 1835, about three years of the time for A. T. Stewart. Came to Illinois and settled in Washington, Taiewell county, engagin;; in the manufacture of luml>er ten years ; thence removed down on to Deer creek and spent twelve years on a farm ; came tu Peoria in 1857, and esiablishcil the first exclusively c.trpet house in the city, which he conducted until 1871, and sold out to J. .M. Hadley. retiring from active busine««. On the eve of coming We»t, in 1835, Mr. D. married Mary W. Gregory, a native of Virginia. They have four sons and fnur daughters. Politically he was an old line Whig, and later a staunch Republican.

both natives of that Snte. He was brought up on a farm, remaining there till twenty-four years of age; came to Peoria county in 1S48 ; remained in the city one Win. ter, then settled in Lancaster, Trivoli township, engag ing in the cooper business four years ; in August. 1862, enlisted in the 86th Illinois Infantry ; went out as sergeant ; participated in most of the battles in which the Army of the Cumberland f.iught ; was breveted lieutenant in April, t86s, and was mustered out in June fullowing. Upon returning home, settled in Peoria, and served as clerk in one of the c lunty offices three years, in the Winter season ; was elected constable ; held the olTicc three years ; then filled the office of justice >-( the peace four ye.irs. In 1851 Mr. E. married Rhoda Galbraith. a native of Pennsylvania. They have six children. Lewis C, Harriet E., Rufus K., Frank S.. Florence M.. and Edna L. Harriet E. is now undergoing vocal culture, with fla'tering prospects of attaining a national celebrity as a prima donna. Mr. E. is a member of the National Blues, and is a Republican in politics.

EATOX THOM.VS A. grocer, it 10', N. Adams street, was born in Sheldon, Mass., November 30, 1844. and is the son of Thomas and Lois K. (Loug- Icy) Eaton, natives of Massachusetts. He was raised, educated, a' d grew to manhood, in his native town. His parents came to Peoria in 1SC4. and a year later he followed them, and for over a year worked at his trade of carpenter there ; then worked on the Union Pacific raiKoid for two years, and returning to Peoria in 1S68, he began his present business in partnership with his father, and so continued until 1876. when he began on his own account. He married, November 30, 1863. Mis^ I-iicv Hallbrook. a native of Massachusetts, born November 25, 1 843, by whom he has had four children, three now alive - Nettie. .Sybil, and Walter. He enlisted in June, 1S63, in 23d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, an I w-is stationed for six months in Boston Harbor, and about twenty months in Washington, D. C. ; was mustered out at the close of the war. His father died in Peoria, Kcbtuars' 13th, 1876. and his mother still lives and resides with him. Mr. Eaton conducts a good iiu^ine-s, mo^lly with city customers, and is a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 21, I. O. O. K. Ebliel .lo». lalHiriT r It I .t 1' rra IRON N. ,\iUni> llreel.

KHKItl.i: (^IIKI.STIAX F. grocer and provision dealer, 625 N. Adams street, was born in Wurtemburg, ( jerinany, July 25. 1S36. and is the son of John Jacob and Krederika (Huinmel) Eberle, natives of that city. He came In America in 1S53. landing at New York in .September of that year, and headed straight for Peoria. He had learned the trade of baker in his na- tive country, and on cominq; to Peoria began to learn that of harness-maker, and worked at it for four years. He afterwards tended bar and sold groceries for about four years, and in iS6i made a visit to his home across the sea, extending over six months, and on December lO, i36i, after his return tu Peoria, started a grocery business for himself diagonally opposite his present location, and has since continued in that line. In 1867 he bought the corner he now occupies, and built his residence on the adjoining lot, and on August 10 of the same year, married Miss Emelia Schuler, a native of St. Louis, Mo., by whom ,he has had three children, two of whom are now living - William Charles and Emelia A. His wife died in February, 1873, and he married. May 15, of the same year, Miss Elizabeth Wurtemburger, a native of Hesse Darmstadt, who was born April 9, 1852. and came to America in April, 1S70. Mr. Eberle carries a large stock of general groceries, notions and queensware, and does a large and increasing trade, both with city and country customers. EberlyL. engineer, res. 1600 S. Washington street.

EBERLE FRAXZ, butcher, 417 S. Washing, ton street, was born in Germany, October 2, 1827 ; came to this country in 1857, and located in Peoria, where he has resided since. Married Miss Thessia Hilderbrand. She was born in Germany, September 27, 1S30. By this union there were nine children, four of whom are still living - Lena, Caroline, Peter, and I rank. Mr. E. keeps all kinds of meats on hand, and any one wanting any thing in his line would do well to call on him.

ECHHORN J. C saloon and boarding house, 1515 S. Washington street, was born in Baden, Germany, December 31, 1824 ; came to the United States in 1849, ^"d worked at the coopering business most of the time since ; has worked as high as fifty to sixty men per day. Married Magdalena Rapp. She was born in the same place, April 28, 1824. The fruit of this marriage were ten children, six of whom are still living - Sophia, Catherine and Mary (twins), Peter, Godfried L., and Lena, members of the Presbyterian Church.

ECKHARD JOHN, flour and feed, Soi N. Adams street, was born in Saxe Weimer, Germany, November 5, 1832, and is the son of Gottlieb Eckhard and Marie Schmidt, natives of Saxe Weimer ; was raised and went to school there, and learned his trade of blacksmith in Butstadt, where he worked at it for about six years, and came to America in 1S53, landing at New York in October of that year. During the next Winter he tended bar in New York, and in June went to Butler county. Pa., where he worked for three years, and from thence came to Peoria about 1856, where he has since resided. He married in his native land in 1852, Caroline Schwenemeyer, a native of Prussia, by whom he had four children, three now alive - Lena, Berthold, and William. Mrs. Eckhard died in July, 1874, and in January, 1876, he married Miss Catherine Hinds, a native of Illinois. He worked at his trade in Peoria for about thirteen years, and during part of that time at the tobacco trade ; started his feed store at above number about four years ago; owns house and lot at 715 N. Adams street, also house and lot on N. Washington street.

EHLiEN H. J. dealer in stoves, tin and hardware. 600 S. Adams street, was born in Germany, in April, 1838, and is the son of John Jacob and Annie Ehlen. He came to America alone in 1857, and landed in New York in August of that year; spent six years in Brooklyn, working at his trade, then came to Pekin, and after working for two years there, moved to Peoria in August, 1S65, \vhere he worked for four years as a journeyman and then started in business for himself. He married there, in October of that year, Sophia M. Thielbar, a native of Indiana, by whom he has six children, four now alive : Elizabeth, Matilda, John and Luther. He carries a stock of about $2,000, and makes a specialty of the manufacture of elevator buckets.

EISENHAUER ADAM, saloon, 216 N. Adams street, was born in Baden, Germany, September 9, 183S, and came to America with his father in 1843, landing at New Orleans, where he stayed for a short time, and then came to Peoria, where he was raised ; came up from St. Louis on the old Avalanche. Went to school in Peoria, and afterwards learned the trade of harness maker, and conducted a business in that line on his own account for seventeen years. He was burned out, with almost total loss, Nov. 6, 1874, but at once rebuilt and continued until his health forced him to give it up. He started his present business June i, 1876. He married June 16, 1862, Miss Julia Gauss, a native of Germany, born Feb. 15, 1844. by whom he has had two children : Mary, born Nov. 19, 1864, and Lottie, born .'^ug. 3, 1866. His wife died March 21, 1868, and he married Sept. 27, of the same year, Miss Annie Schwers, a native of New Orleans, born June 8, 1847, by whom he had three children, two now alive: Adam Henry, born Sept. 16, 1869 ; William, born July 10, 1871, died Aug. 8, 1872; and Otto, born July 7,

ELLIOTT P. F. retired grocer, res. 1 109 N. Adams street. Son of \Vm. W. and .Sarah (Mutchner) Klliolt, natives of Maryland, who emigrated to Ohio at an early day, where the subject of this sketch was born on the 14th day of January, 1828. Was reared on a farm and received a common school education. Married Miss Eliza Stephenson, daughter of Joshua Stephenson. She was born in ISutler county, C, in 1834 ; died in 1S53, leaving one child, \Vm. E. In the Spring of 1855 he came to Peoria county, where he embarked in the grocery business until 1861, when he enlisted in the llth Illinois Cavalry as private ; was commissioned as first lieutenant by a voice of the company. Their first engagement was at Shiloh. Thence, to Corinth and luka; thence, to Vicksburg. In the Spring of 1863 he was appointed quartermaster ; later, the same year, was promoted to captain ; and in 1864 was commissioned major. Was on the Grierson and Sherman raids, and was mustered out at Si>ringfield, 111., in the Kail of 1S65. Returned to Peoria, bought into the grocery business - style of firm, Elliott & Co. - which he followed until 1870 ; then went into the employ o( Tyng & Brotherson until 1877. Married for his second wife Hannah, daughter of Wm. A. Hall, one of the early settlers of Peoria county, (in which county she was bom,) on the 14th day of Dec, i860. Had one daugh. ter, Hannah May. For his third wife, married Mary E. Stillman. She was born in Kenssalaer county, N. Y., in 1843. The fruit of this marriage is one daughter, Mary L. Has five acres of land in the city, valued at $5,000.

Elliott M. K. Mks

ELLI.S O. 1*. mechanic, 8oq N. JelTerson street. Son of Amos anil Harriet Ellis, natives of Ohio. They came to Woodford county. III., in 1850. where they remained until 1875, when they came to Ford county, where they still reside.

The subject of this sketch was born in Hiowii county, Ohio, on the a6th day of April, 1832, where he received a common school education. Came with his parents to Woodford county, III., where he followed various occupations. In 1861, enlisted in the I7lh I. V. I.. Co. U, mustered in at Peoria, under command of Col. L. F. Kost. Participated in the liatllc of Fredericklown, .Mo., Pittsburgh Landing. Fort Donelson, luka. Siege of Vicksburg. After the battle of Fort Donelson, was put upon delachcil >rrvice under den. Ross, and reniained with liiiii until he ictigued, and then was assigned to duty under Col. Henry T. Noble, A. V. M.. District of Eastern Arkansas, where he remained the balance of his time. Mustered out at Springfield, III., in 1865. Was wounded at Batesville, Ark., through the shoulder, the ball lodging in his breast bone.

In 1866 he married Miss Josephine M. Powell, daughter of J. E. Powell. She was bom in Tazewell county, III., in 1S44. The fmit of this marriage was two children, one of which is still living.

E.MEKSOX GEORGE F. of Cummings & Kmersor.. harihtare. 416 A: 418 S. Washington street, was born April 4. 1847. in Tazewell county. 111., where he was reared on a farm and received what schooling the schools afforded. In March he came to Peoria and completed a course at the commercial college. In 1665 was assistant book-keeper at Farrell's distillery for two Winters. In the Spring of 1867 until 186S kept books for C. L. Bobb. Was then employed by D. .M. Cummings asbook-keeper. and remained with him until 187J, when he was admitted as partner in the concern and has continued in the business ever since. Married Miss Harriet Woodruff (daughter of the late N. L. Woodruff.) November 7, 1871. Two children bless this union.

ENGSTROM CH.VRLES V. boot and shoe maker, 205 N. Adams street, was born in Sweden, November 10, 1854. and is the son of John L. and Sophia Engstrom. He came to America with his parents in lS6g, landing at New York in July of that year. They settled in (lalesburg. III., where his parents still reside, and in 1S73 he came to Peoria and learned his trade, and in 1876 started at liis ]iresent location on his own account. He married December 31, 1879, Miss Bessie Anderson, a native of Sweden, who came to America with her parents in 186S. Mr. Engstrom does a good business, and by his faithful and pains-taking worL has drawn around him a good class of cusloiner>.

hardware, etc., 1400 Main street, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, July 13, l833- His father, Joseph Evans, was born in the same county, October 3, iSoi, and died in Crawford county. 111., August 23, 1867. His mother, Margaret Evans, was born in Dauphin county. Pa., August 22, 1799. and died in the same county as her husband, May 13. 1864 ; both were buried at Olney, 111. Their family consisted of six children - Malona, Rebecca, Philip, Isaac, Henry and Jairus, of whom only two (Reb.-cca and Jairus), besides the subject of this sketch, now survives, and they are all residents of Peoria. Mr. Evans settled with his parents in Crawford county. 111., in 1852; married Nov. 19, 1857, Miss Phebe A. Price, a native of Coshocton, Ohio, by whom he had three children - Oscar W., Clara E. and Julia B.; came with his family to Peoria in March, 1864, and in February of the succeeding year he had the great misfortune to lose his three children, by ctrebro-sfinalmemngitis, and his wife by congestive chills. He married again Feb. 7, 1867, Miss Phebe A. Waggoner, a native of his own county, who has borne him five children - Laura L., John T., Willis, Lona R. and Lucia B. The two eldest died of scarlet fever in the Summer of 1876. He commenced business at his present location December 1, 1870, and by close attention to business has built up a profitable trade; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of (Hale Chapel) M. E. Church.

FAGOTTE JOSEPH, saloon, corner Bridge and South Water streets, was born in Kaskaskia, 111., August 13, 1834, and is the son of Joseph and Ann (Spruden) Fagotte, natives of France, who came to America in 1833. He left his native county when very young, with his parents, and settled in St. Clair county, and in 1846 came to Tazewell county, where they resided till 1868, then removing to Peoria, where he has since resided. While in Tazewell county he was for eight years postmaster at Wesley City, and on coming to Peoria started a saloon at his present location. When ten years of age he was so unfortunate as to lose his right arm, in a threshing machine, and this has forced upon him a life of indoor employment. He owns 120 acres good farming land in Tazewell county, worth $25 an acre, and does a good business in his saloon; is a member of the Catholic Church, and in politics is on the fence.

Peoria on the 25th day of July, 1857. Parents natives of Worcester, England, and came to the United States in 1850, and settled on West Bluff, where they engaged in gardening. His father died in the Fall of 1877. mother still living. Mr. F. has been in business for the last five years.

PAY JOHN, maltster and saloon-keeper, 525 S. Adams street, was born in Germany in 1844 ; came to Pekin, Ills., in 1S71, and to Peoria in the following year, where he has since engaged in his present lines of business. He married in Germany Julia A. Shulz, a native of that country. Mr. Fay conducts a large business in his saloon, and turns out from his malthouse an average of 1S5 bushels barley malt per day. FelnholtzC. beer runner. 411 N. Water street. Feinholtz Vai. beer runner, res. 2200 S. Adams street.

FELRATH HUBERT, manufacturer of soda and mineral waters, corner Gay and N. Water streets, was born in Alsace, France, April 22, 1828, and is the son of Florence and Mary Ann Felrath, natives of Alsace. He grew to manhood in his native country, and there went to school, and learned something of the millwright's trade from his father, and in 1S4S he came alone to America, landing at New York in the Spring of that year. He stayed for about one year in Pennsylvania, and then removed to Ohio, from thence to Michigan, and finally settled in Illinois in 1853, coming to Peoria in that Fall, and has since made it his home. For the next six or seven years he worked as house and ship carpenter, and then started a saloon on the KnoxviUe road, which he conducted for nine years. While there he married in May, 1865, Miss Ida Bergholz,who was born in Holstein in 1S35, and came to America about 1861. By this union he has three children - Christian, Mary and Ida. He started in his present business in 1868, and then gave up his saloon ; manufactures soda water, ginger ale, and seltzer water, all of which is sold in the city. Does a very extensive business and sells during the Summer months from 600 to 700 boxes of soda weekly, besides seltzer, etc. He owns his manufactory and dwelling house opposite, with the lots on which they stand. He was elected alderman of the Fourth Ward by the Democratic vote in 1879, and at present fills the office. Mr. Felrath is a member of the Masonic Order, and of the Druids.

FISHER JOSEPH, undertaker, 406 Main street, was born in Columbus, C, April 5, 1837, and is the son of Jacob and Mary Kisher, natives of Ohio. He was raised and educated in his native city, and afterwards engaged in his present business, and carried it on there for ten years. He came 10 Peoria in March, 1S74, and began to build up the business he now conducts ; carries a large and line stock of coffins, caskets and general undertaker's supplies, and does a very extensive business. He was married April 8, 1858, in Columbus, O., to Miss Ellen Jane Henderson, a native of lh.it city, who bore him six children, four now living : - Martha, Hark-n, Margaret and Ellen. Mrs. Fisher died in Peoria, May 17, 1874.

FLAXAG.\X JOHN C. attorney at law. Bluff street, son of John and Jane (Pratt) Flanagan, natives of Philadelphia, Pa., where he was born June 17, 1S06. Alter beginning his education he went to Susquehanna county. Pa., and finished his studies. Read law with Col. James Paige, of Philadelphia, where he remained four years; was admitted to the bar in 1828, in Philadelphia ; and opened an office. In 1830, went to Potlsville, where he practiced, and dealt extensively in coal ; remained there three years, and in the Spring of 1834 came to Peoria county and entered land ; in the Fall went back to Philadelphia, and in company with David Maxwell and wife, his mother, James .V. Flanagan, .\da Ueere and his sister Susie, came back, when he settled on his claim near the Kickapoo, where he remained a couple of years. In 1S36 went to St. l.ouis and dealt in land, but not being satisfied returned to Peoria after one year. In 1837 bought lands adjoining the city and laid out an addition ; built his present house on the Hlufl (hauling lumber from Chicago), where he has resided since.

FLETCHER RIODON S. restaurant. 105 North Washington street. Was born in Wayne county, Kv., on the 2Ist day of November, 1825 ; moved to Mason county. III., in 1830; removed to Sangamon county ill 1834, thence to UeWitt county in 1851 ; married Miss Arminda Turner on the 16th day of March, 1851, and afterwards went to Missouri ; enlisted in Co. A, 3Sth Mo. Inf. in 1863, and served until the 38th of June, 1865; after the close of the war came back to DeWill county, and in 1876 came to Peoria city and has been engaged in the boarding-house business since.

FLORETH PHILIP, grocer, 513 W. Jeffersun street, was burn .March 25, 1629, in Germany. Emigrated to America in 1S60, and located in Pe»ria. Married .Miss Margaret Wcis on the 15th day of November, 1856. The fruit of this marriage was one boy and one girl - Elizabeth, born April 26, 1863, Jacob, born October 26, 1866. Are both members uf the German Methodist Church of Peoria. Embarked in the grocery business in 1867, and by fair dealing has built up a lucrative trade. Flyun D. laborer, res. 218 Ceslar street.

FOGELM.VRK ADA.M, (Fogelmark & Lofgren). coppersmiths and plumbers, 407 S. Washington street, was born in Sweden, in 1818. Emigrated to the United States in 1S56. Came to Peoria in April of that year, and worked some 14 years as a copper and blacksmith in machine shops. Spent two years in New Orleans, ten years ago ; then lived in Pekin seven years, where he formed a partnership with Mr. Lofgren and carried on business about five years. In June, 1879, they removed to Peoria. Mr. F. married in Knoxville, Illinois, soon after he arrived in this country, to Joana Colson, a native of Sweden. They have three children - Oscar, Charlie and Emma.

John Lofgren was born in Sweden, in 1843, February 21 ; crossed the Atlantic in 1S6S ; formed a partnership and conducted coppersinithing and plumbing business with Mr. Fogelmark in Pekin, Tazewell county, Illinois, nearly live years. Came to Peoria in June, 1S79. In 1870 he married Joana llaglund, a native of Sweden, by whom he has five children - John K., Charles, Amiel. I.illie and Henry. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Encampment. Their coppersmilhing and plumbing business is one of the heaviest in the city.

FOLEY M. J, butcher, 901 First street, was born in county Sligo, Ireland, March 23. 1833, and is the son of Michael Foley and Mary Killalee, natives of Sligo. He was raised and educated there, and learned the Irttde of ship caqienter, coming to America in 1847 and landing in New York in May of that year. Remained in llallimore, working at his Irade, for three yearn, and came to St. Louis in 185U, where he resided (or six ycais, and in 1856 came to Illinois, settling in Peoria, where he has since icsided. He wuikcd at his trade until 1865, during the most of which lime he supciinlendcd the yard of ilie Kingston Coal Company, and in the latter year commenced Ins present business, and has since continued it. He married, in the Fall of l8h7. Miss Eliza Phillips, a native of Wisconsin, by whom he has had two children - Mary and Kate. He had, for four years, charge of one of the city scales. He

FOSTER BENJAMIN, paper box manufacturer, iii Main street, was born in Deal, county of Kent, England, April 14, 1828, and is the son of Stephen and Sarah (Bullinger) Foster. His father was English and his mother of French decent. He was raised and educated in his native town, and also served an apprenticeship to the trade of printing and book binding, coming to America in 1848 and landing in New York in November of that year. After a short stay there, he ViJorked his way through Albany, Buffalo, Sandusky, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and up the river to Peoria, reaching it in November, 1849, and going to work on the day of his arrival for the late Samuel H. Davis, who was then carrying on a printing business in the same building which Mr. Foster now occupies. After the death of his employer he went as printer to Jubilee College and for some months printed The Motto. He then returned to Peoria and started a bindery opposite the First National Bank, occupying a part of the second floor, for which he paid a rent of S25 a month. There he remained for three years, when he started the Ben Franklin Printing Olifice, and continued it there until February, 1870, printing extensively both book and job work. At that date he bought the building he now occupies, and moved his printing establishment, steam presses, and all over to it, and continued the business until 1872, when he finally abandoned printing and took up the line he is now engaged in, to which he has given his exclusive attention during the last six or seven years. He is the only paper box maker in the city and manufactures his goods very largely for foreign as well as local trade. Mr. Foster married in London, England, April, 1856, while on a visit home. Miss Christiana Clark, a native of Norlhbourne, Kent, England, by whom he has had seven children, six now alive, Ben Franklin, Mary, Ziliah, Edgar, Lincoln, Amanda, and Belle. Has been for many years connected with the Congregational Church, and has served it in many capacities. Is at present a deacon of the Church, and superintendent of Plymouth Mission. He is also president of the Red Ribbon Club of Peoria, and secretary and treasurer of Peoria County Bible Society.

Illinois, where he worked on a farm and remained two years. Then went to Tazewell county, Illinois. Thence to Peoria. In 1S62 enlisted in the 8th Ills. Inf. co. I, mustered in at Springfield. Then to Memphis where he joined his regiment. Was at the siege and capture of Vicksburg, also at the charge at Ft. Blakesley, also at Spanish Fort. Thence to Mobile where they did guard duty. Thence to New Orleans. Thence to Texas. Mustered out at Baton Rouge. Was in the service three years and three months. Married Julia Borling. She was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1S40. There were eight children; three of whom are living, Henry, Mary, and Tillie. Has a good business and carries a stock of $4,000. Francis John H, (Zell F. A Co.) res. Ill High street.

FRAZIER DeWITT C, police magi,trate. res. 105 N. Monroe street, is the son of Charles M. and Frances H. Frazier. Father born in 1788, mother 1790. Family consisting of thirteen children, twelve of which lived to be men and women. In 1824 or '25 they moved from Philadelphia to Wooster, Ohio, remaining until 1827, when he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where DeWitt C. was born, July 25, 1829. In 1833 his father came to this State, with a shingle and lath cutting machine, the first ever introduced.

The subject of this sketch came to the State in 1840 and located in Tazewell Co. ; in 1844 came to Peoria Co. In 1846 was one of the first volunteers to go to Mexico. Enlisted in 4th I. V. I., Co. G.,Col. Ed. Baker, who was killed at Ball's Bluff, Their first principal marches were from Matamora to Carmago. where they remained a short time, Thence toVictoriaand Tampico, the command being mostly barefoot and three days without food or water. Thence to Vera Cruz by boats and participated in the siege, also was at Cerro Gordo. Thence up above Jalapa, where they encamped through the rainy season without tents or blankets ; from there w»s sent to New Orleans and discharged. Married Susan Bush ; she was born in Licking Co., Ohio, July 8, 1631 : nine children, live sons and four daughters, all of which are still living. Members of the Reformed Episcopal Church. In 1861 was in the Board of Supervisors, and has held several local othces. Mr. F. was well acquainted with Abraham Lincoln, has sit on jury betore his pleadings, and judge Davis presiding.

FKKUKICll HKU.MAN. billiard hall. 116 S. Jefferson street. Is a native of Germany; was born April 5, 1827. Emigrated to the United States in 1S53 and located in Sheboygan, Wis., and remained there five years. In iBsS came to Peoria and worked at his trade as millwright. In 1S65 enlisted in 47th I. V. I., Co. B.. and served until the close of the war. Came back to Peoria, and in 1S71, engaged in his present business. Has a large and neatly furnished room with five billiard tables, and is doing a lucrative business. Married Miss Augusta Franks in 1S52. She was a native of Germany and came to this country with her husband in 1S53. They have live children, three boys and two girls. Mr. F. is a member of the Masonic Order, Schiller Lodge, No. 335, of Peoria, and of Peoria Commandery No. 3, of Knight Templars.

FRI i:i>ltK'K GKOKGE, botanist and florist, 1502 Perry street. Was born in Piermont, Germany, in 1821 ; parents were, William and Caroline Friedrick. He learned ihe business of florist in his native country; came to America in 184S, via New Orleans and St. Louis, and settled in Peoria, and on present place in 1852. Mr. F. received an education in the general schools of Germany, and has since made a life study of holany. Has two large greenhouses, crowded with nearly 2,000 specimens of rare indigenous and exotic plants, making one of the finest collections in the West. In procuring and propagating he has spared neither pains nor money. It can be Irulhfully said he is wedded to his profession, Mr. F. married Anna M. .Slein in Si. I.ouis, a native of Holstcin, Germany, who has borne him three children, all deceased. Prenota Jobn 8. tallur, tr*. ItIS Perry streoi. FKK.SKMUS KD. res. 33t S. M«di$on sireel. Friitii. h K. «i..ri' (liier. m .V. Water street.

FltUKIIOFF JUMUS, Government store keeper; resides <)i8 S. Adams street; was iMirn in Germany, June 14. 1830. His parents died when he was very young, and he was raised, educated, and acquired his trade of machinist in his native country, and there married, November 13, 1856, Miss Mary Uankin, a native of Hanover, by whom he had one daughter -

Annie. In the year after marriage he came to America, landing at New Orleans May 9, 1857, and coming up the river, settled in Peoria, and there worked at his trade till September, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. K, 44th 111. Vol. Inf. Among the many engagements he participated in were those of Pea Ridge, Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Perryville, Ky., and Nashville. He was slightly wounded at the first named battle ; was mustered out .September 26, 1S64, at Atlanta, Ga., and returned to his home in Peoria. While in the South his wife died. May 2, 1864. and after some months he married in 1S65, Mrs. Johanna Frazer. a native of Hanover, who was born June 21, 1S25. In the year of his second marriage he engaged in the saloon business, and continued until October I, 1879. when he received his appointment to the position he now occupies. Himself and wife are members of the Lutheran Church.

FULLKK S. A. steam laundry, 106 Main street. Was born in Geneva, counly, Ohio, September, 1849, Son of David .K. and Susan M. Fuller. They now reside in Neopolis, Ohio. He located in Peoria June 6. 1 879. and started the steam laundry business, where he is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line on short notice, and the best of satisfaction guaranteed to all.

FURST -VLEXAXDER, Supt. House of Correction. Was born in Germany, June I, 1S41, and is the son of Ernest Frederick and Jane (Winter) Furst, natives of that country. He grew up upon his f.ither's farm, and when twenty-four years of age came with hi-i mother and the rest of the family to America, landing at New York, in Ocloher, 1865. They first went to Milw.iukee, where they resided together for about a year, and then Mr. Furst went to Cumming counly. Neb., where he farmed for five years, and in October, 1871. came to Peoria, where he has ever since resided. He married there in December, 1876, Miss Elizabeth .Schneider, a native of Germany, who came to with her parents when an infant, by whom he has h.id one child - Paul - born October 7, 1877. and who died on Christmas day, 1879. .\fter coming to Peoria he clerked, and kept books in various business places foi some years, until he received his appointment to his present position April 9, 1879. The appointment was for a term of four years. He owns a farm of 200 acres of fine farming land in Cummings counly. Neb. His mother is still alive and resiiles in Peoria, rear of 214 Main street, was born in Davenport, Iowa, July 5, 1S42, and is the son of Adam Gable, a native of Germany. When very young his parents came to Peoria, and here he was raised ; has been in business for himself at present location for twelve years, and does much the largest retail liquor business in the city. He married, November 30, 1862, in Decatur, Til., Mrs. Eva Tomlinson, a native of Tennessee, by whom he has had eleven children, three of whom are now alive - Cora Bell, George N., and John Oglesby. Besides his liquor business, Mr. Gable runs a large livery and sale stable, where vehicles of all kinds can be hired at moderate rates.

GABLER F. grocer, 1201 S. Adams street, was born in Berks county, Pa., in 1831, and is the son of John and Catherine (Rich) Gabler, natives of Pennsylvania. When eight years of age he came to Huntington county. Pa., with his parents, and resided there till nineteen years old, when, in 1850, he came to Peoria county, and has ever since been a resident of it. He farmed for three years in Limestone township, and married there in April, 1861, Miss Rosana Haller, a native of Germany, by whom he has had five children, four now living - George, Emma, Sarah, and Ida. He came to the city of Peoria in 1S65, and after about one year in the brewery business, sold out, and started in his present line, and has since continued it in the same block. He does a good business, and carries a stock of from $3,000 to $4,000 ; owns two stores and lots on the corner of S. Adams and Pecan streets. Mr. Gabler is a member of the Congregational Church.

GALE HON", JACOB, secretary of Peoria Gas Lighting Co., residence North street, blufl". is a native of Salsbury, N. H., where he was born in 1S14. -His parents, Benjamin and Achsah Gale, nee Bailey, were also natives of New Hampshire. Judge Gale was educated at Dartmouth College, and graduated with the class of 1833. He came to Peoria the year following, began the study of law, and was admitted to practice in 1837 ; continued an active member of Peoria bar until he was appointed clerk of the circuit court, in 1844, the clerkship being then an appointive office. Having served in that capacity for twelve years, he was appointed circuit judge in 1856, which office he resigned after filling it one year. Judge Gale has never resumed the lawpractice since his retirement from the bench, but has served two terms as mayor of Peoria, and was for a number of years superintendent of the city schools. He spent several years on a farm near the city, and has been secretary of the gas company nearly eight years. He married in Peoria, in the Spring of 1838, Charlotte Bartlelt, also a native of Salsbury. She died nine years ago, leaving two sons. Mr. G. is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church.

GAUSS WILLIAM, grocer, 209 S. Madison street. Is a native of Germany born in the city of Nuetingen, on the igth day of July, 1842. Emigrated to the United States in 1853, with his parents, who located in Amboy, N. J., where they remained two years, then came to Peoria county and engaged in cigar manufacturing, and continued in that until 1869, when the subject of this sketch embarked in the grocery business on his own account, and has carried on the business successfully since. Always keeps on hand the very best stock the market affords, and by fair dealing and close attention to business has built up a trade that bids fair to be remunerative. Married Miss Sophia Pottchoff, October 31, 1867. She was born in 1846, in Germany. Their family consists of four girls and one boy.

GIBHABDT THEODORE, meat market, 912 N. Adams, corner Spring street. Was born in Germany, November 27, 1830. Son of Jacob and Dorothy Gibhardt. Emigrated to America at the age of twenty-five, and settled in Peoria in 1S55. (In his native country he learned and pursued the trade of glass blower) ; worked at various places after coming to the county, after which he went into his present business. For his first wife, married Minnie Schilling, in Peoria. She was a native of Germany. She died nine 'years after their marriage, leaving one daughter, Minnie. For his second wife, married Miss Minnie Rammieg, October 4. 1877. She was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio ; by this marriage there is one child, Theodore, born July 12, 1878.

GIEXOW WILLIAM, saloon keeper, 700 S. Washington street. Was born in Prussia, Febiuary 5, 1840. Came to the United States in 1871, and settled in Peoria, where he worked as a laborer, and in 1875 commenced the saloon business, which he still follows. Married Miss Augusta Ferg. She was born in the same place, February 6, 1843. They had six children, four of whom are living - Louisa, Carl, Annie, Carrie (deceased), William and Louis.

GIFFORD GEORGE W. wholesale dealer in cider and vinegar, 128 S. Water St. Was born in Putnam Co., Ind., Feb 28, 1848. and resided there until

1 874, when he moved to Terre Haute, Ind., where he engaged as clerk in a boot and shoe house. Thence came to Peoria and engaged in his present business. Married .Mi*s Anna Reed. January 7, 1878. She was a native of Indiana, and a resident of Evansville. Mr. G., by energy and industry, has built up a lucrative business. Olllirrt AaroD K. r«. sw. cor. AmutroDgarenDe.

OILBi:UT GEORGK W. H., hatter and furrier, S. Adams Street ; was born in Peoria, February 12, 1837. His father, Henry Gilbert, was bom and brought up near Charing Cross, London, Eng.; left home for the New World with a good education, besides the mastership of the trade of architect and builder; arrived in Peoria in 1834: soon after made the acquaintance of and married Margaret A. Fash, daughter of a retired sea captain, who came from New York, and settled on lands previously bought in the county, where he died in July, 1S48 ; widow still lives as the wife of Dr. Harmon Couch. George H. received a liberal education in the city schools and at Wesleyan Seminary, in which he won distinction for scholarship. April I, 1852, he began the apprenticeship to the hat, cap and fur trade with .\lex. Bishop. In July, 1858, he became a one-thiid partner with Mr. liishop, in the best store of its class in the city. February I, 1865, Mr. Bishop withdrew to go to Chicago, leaving Mr. G. senior partner and manager of the growing business. An unfortunate partnership, the financial depression succeeding the war, and some other bad movements culminated in disaster, which brooded over him for sometime, but by hard struggling, with no loss of selfrespect or the confidence o( others, he is rapidly regaining his feet again. On the 22d of February. 1S58, Mr. G. married N. Josephine Speers, from Belle Vernon, Pa., who died January 12, 1865, leaving four sons and three cfaughtcrs ; only two sons and one daughter survive. August 30, 1876, Miss Alice 'Osborn from Kipley, O., became his second wife. Mr. G. early united with the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been active and a zealous worker in the Sunday-school cause. He cast his maiden vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has ever been a staunch Republican. He has been the efficient secretary uf the Old Settlers Union since its inception.

GILL SAMLIOL Ij. deputy sherifl, 310 Hamilton street, is the son of James (jill and Rebecca I. inch. Was born in 1833 in Bridgeport. New Jersey. His mother died in 1837; father removed to Cincinnati, O., in 1838, and soon after to KImwood, Peoria county, III. He married again to Sarah Jackson, of Farmington, Fulton county, and engaged in dealing in horses and mules. Having purchased eighty acres of raw prairie in Elmwood township, Peoria county, Samuel settled on and farmed it a number of years. He married Anna E. Hurff. of Elmwood, September 15, 1857 ; removed to Elmwood city in 1S65 ; was collector of the township that year. In 1 866 was chosen deputy sheriff, and has held the oftice continuously since, save two years - 1869 and '70 - when he was sheriff, and

1872 when he served as chief of the city police. His marriage with Miss Hurff has resulted in two children, Carrie M. and Wellington E. Mr. G. is a member of A. F. & A. M. Father died in Elmwood in 1859, and his stepmother in 1S70.

GILLIG JOSKPH, saloon keeper, 221 & 223 Fulton street, was born in Woerstadt, Germany, in 183S. Came to the United States in 1S55, and located directly in Peoria ; worked some time at his trade - baker ; traveled considerably'for several years and engaged in the butchering business for a time, and in

1873 opened a saloon. He married Margaret Pfeiffer, of Peoria, but born in Bavaria, Europe. They have one living child, Annetta. Mr. G. is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and several other societies ; in politics is a staunch Republican.

GLKASOX WILLIAM, grocer. 201 First street, was born in county Kilkenny, Ireland, in April, 1847, and is the son of Martin and Catharine (Kelly) Gleason, natives of that county. He came to America with his mother when about three years old, landing at New York, and settling upon a farm which they bought in Waukesha county. Wis. Here he was raised until about twenty-two years of age. when he went to St. Louis, and after attending school for some time there returned to Wisconsin, and from thence went to Min-' nesota, where he taught school for two years, and again returning to Wisconsin taught school in Chippeway Falls county for other two years. He then began the grocery business, and carried it on until he was taken down with a severe attack of typhoid fever. On his recovery he found his business so much run down, and the expenses consequent upon his illness so large that he was obliged to sell out in order to meet his liabilities. He then came to Peoria in .\pril. 1S77. ami started his present business at present location. He married in Milwaukee September 26. 187S, Miss Mary McMahon, a native of Wisconsin, by whom he has had one child - Thomas - bom September I. 1879. Himself and wife arc members of the Catholic Church.

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very wealthy family ; has a hrolher a member of Parliamciit and others in high official iiositions. lie graduated from Cambridge University in 1838, as a barrister, came to United States in 184S, located in Tazewell Co., 111., engaged in merchandising and farming ; closed out the former business in 1858 or '59 ; left the farm and came to the city in 1871, having become identified with the brewing business previously. The firm of Gipps & Co., now does the heaviest business in central Illinois, running from 1,200 to 1,400 barrels per month. Mr. G. married Ellen Davidson, in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1S52 ; she was born in England ; they have two children, Bessie W. and George H. Mr. G. is a member of I. O. O. F.

GODEL EBERHAKDT, packer of and de.iler in fresh and salt meats. Sale room 119 N. Washington street. Was born in Fenerback, Wuertenbach, in 1S36. Came to the United States in 1850. Was married to Elizabeth Rentz in 1857, and settled in Monmouth, Illinois, and in 1859 came to Peoria, and engaged in his present business in 1868, and has continued in the same since, and has built up a business which bids fair to make him in easy circumstances through life.

Gohlbeck M. Mrs., saloon, res. 319 S. Washington street. GoUIsboroiiKh Wni.. carpenter 2.35 N. Water street. Goldsboruugh N.. res. 1122 N. Monroe street. Goldstein John N., cooper, 333 Gallatin street.

GOOUHARDT JOHN, grocer, 739 Plank road. Was born on the 3rd day of March, 1S20, in Marenburg, Prussia, emigrated to the United States in 1854 ; landed at New Orleans and thence to Peoria, and remained a short time, then went to Washington where he worked at the carpentering trade about two years, then returned to Peoria. Married Miss Fisher in Nov. 1857. Has been engaged in the grocery trade for the past twelve years at his present stand. By close attention to business and fair dealing has built up an enviable trade. The firm at present is Goodhardt & Fisher.

him, and are members of the Catholic Church. He has worked for many years upon Ihe railroads, but in consequence of an injury received .some three years ago he hss not of late been able to do anything.

GRAGG JOHN S. engineer Monarch mills. Was born in Niagara Co., New York, July 4, 1831. Son of Levi and Ann Gragg, both of which are now deceased. The subject of this sketch was a soldier of the Mexican war of 1846. Served in Griffin's battery for eighteen months. Then came to Peoria where he entered machine shops until 1S52. Went to California where he worked as engineer in the Pony mines for nineteen months ; returned to Peoria where he again engaged in running an engine until the outbreak of the war. He enlisted in the 8th Mo. Infantry and served two years ; from there was promoted to Captain of a colored company, in which capacity he served for three years ; mustered out and returned again to Peoria, where he married Augusta Schenke in 1864. She was born in Germany in 1842 ; they have three children Alice, Henry, and Agnes. M the present time is one of the engineers in the Monarch mills.

Goncher Martha Mrs. res. 1700 N. Adams street. Graber Henry, miller, res. 2105 S. Adams street. Gratier R. res. 615 Second street. Graham Eliza Ellen, 209 Jackson street. Graham M. cabinet maker, 812 Fourth street. Grant J. lab. res. 409 Hurlbut street. Grant RoiuTt. bookkeeper, 1513 N. Adams street. Graii-cs William, grocer. 209 S. Madison street. Gray Mary Mrs. res. 105 N. Monroe street. Green Siuiou C. butcher, res. 517 .Second street.

(ireen Louis, wholesale grocer, 230 S. Washington street. Green G. M. boots and shoes. 412 Main street. Green William L. Jr. grain, res, 712 Hamilton street.

GREENLEAF C. W.. D.D.S., dentist, 301 Main street, was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. II, 1S35, and is the son of Charles Greenleaf and Caroline B. Wilson, natives of Connecticut. He was reared and educated in his natal city, and in 1848 removed with his parents to the city of Peoria, and afterwards completed his education by attending for three years the classes at Knox College, Galeshurg, Illinois. Dr. Greenlcaf comes of a family of dentists, his great grandfather, grandfather, .ind f.nher, having practiced as such, and he has imbibed a knowledge of the profession from his youth. His father »as the second dentist to settle in Teoria, and he practiced there for many years. Though now quite an old gentleman he is still able to attend to professional matters, but his son attends to the bulk of the practice, and does much the largest business in the city ; has kept same business location lor thirtytwo years. Dr. Grecnieaf married at Sing Sing. N. V., Sept. II, 1856, Miss Phcebe Quinby, a native of Westchester county, N. Y., and the daughter of Aaron Quinby, of Sing Sing, by whom he has three children, Adele, Ella, and Charles li. Greenlcaf. His parents are still alive and are at present residents of Farmington, Fulion county, Illinois.

ORKEXWOOIXJKOIKiE G. millwright, res. bluff, near Main street, was bom in Dublin, Cheshire county, N. H.. Nov. 13, 1808. Is the elder of two sons of William and Hetsey Greenwood n« Morse. Mr. G. is the eighth generation from England on his father's side, and his great grandfather, Eli Morse, was a native of Sherborn as was his grandfather, Thaddeus Morse, who was a relative of Prof Morse of telegraph fame. William Greenwood, of Sherborn, Mass., settled in Dublin in 1765, his son Joshua was the fifth of eight children. His son William and his son George G., were born on the homestead in Dublin, which is still in possession of the descendants. Their mother having died when Mr. G. was two years old, he and his brother remained with their grandparents till sixteen and eighteen respecti%'ely. He began working at millwrighting with his father in Orange county, N. Y., in l8i2, and remained there until 1835, when he came to Peoria county Illinois; soon after engaged with William ami Asahel Hale to build the Hale mill on Kickapoo creek. He removed to the city in Jan., 1S43; has devoted his life to his trade. Mr. Greenwood married Ellen B. Dunl.np, of Radnor, I'eoria county, Jan. I, 1843, by whom he had nine children, three living, George, Madora, and .Stephen D. He owns a fine homestead on the bluff and several other pieces of property.

GUIKIC .JOHN C. of Grier & Co. grain and commission merchants, res. 307 Perry street. Is the ion of Rev. Isaac Grier, a Presbyterian clergyman, and formerly president of Northumbciland College. I'enn. where he died in 1814, Hit son, John C, was born in Northumberland in i8o3; went to Danville in 1819. and engaged to work for a mercantile house, remaining there in that business until 1846, when he lemoved to Wilkesbarre, Pa., and spent five years in the same pursuit; removed to Peoria in 1851, and has since been engaged in packing pork and in the lumber and grain trade. His son. Gen. D. P. Grier, erected the first grain elevator in the city, and has been interested as a builder or owner of several others. The business of the firm is now chiefly under the management of the sons, who do the heaviest grain and commission traffic of any firm in Peoria. Mr. Grier married Elizabeth Perkins, in Penn., a native of that State by whom he had a family of three sons and three daughters. He has ever been active in advancing the financial and moral interests of the city, and being of a nervous temperament, manifests extraordinary real and earnestness in whatever he undertakes. He has served the city two terms as a member of the County Board of Supervisors, against his personal wish. He and family have for many years been active members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. G. has been a member of the lioard of Directors of the Northwestern Theological Seminary, Chicago, since the school was founded, in 1859.

GREY AXI>REW (deceased), residence 105 N. Monroe street. W.->s born in county Derry, Ireland. July, 1800; came to the United Stales in 1S27 and located in Pittsburg, Pa., where he remained three years, and thence to Nashville, Tenn.. where he engaged in the boot and shoe trade, and boating, where he remained until 1833 when became to Peoria county and engaged in the mercantile business afterward stcamboating, and wholesale grocery business. Married Miss Mary Stevenson, daughter of James Stevenson, in 1830. She was born in Ireland, November, l8l2. The fruit of this marriage was e ghl children, five sons and three daughters. Members of the Presbyterian Church. Held the office of City Treasurer. Mr. G. was among the earliest settlers, a consistent Christian, and respected by all who knew him. Mrs Grey is still living, honored and respecle<l by all who know her.

GUD.VT ADOI.I'H, butcher. i6ai S. Adams street, was born in Polaml, October. 1850, and is the son of John Gudat and Kate Zidat, both natives of Prussia ; was raised there until 1871, when he came to America landing at New York in Kail of that year ; came straight to Peoria; worked on farm in Tatewell county, for a few months, and then came to the city and after working for a few years as a butcher, slarleJ for himself in the Spring of 187$, and has since continued

GUTSCHE ERNEST, dyer, 122 N. Adams street; was born December 6. 1834, in Prussia, and emigrated to the United States in 1858, and located in Chicago, and engaged in the dyeing business, and remained there about a year, worked at various places until 1868, when he came to Peoria where he has remained since. Married Miss Anna Guinther, October 21, 1870. They have five children, one boy and four girls. Mr. G. is a member of the A. F. & A. M. of Peoria.

HALE ASAHEL (deceased), one of the early settlers in Peoria, and noted in his lifetime as a public benefactor and a philanthropist as well as a prominent anti-slavery man when it required courage to be one, was born in Pawlett, Vt., on December 10, 1791 ; left his native State, and after living a short time in New York, came to Illinois in 1830, and the following year settled in Peoria, which was his home until his death, on March 23, 1864. In 1838, Mr. Hale received the appointment of County Treasurer, by the Governor, and filled the office one term. He espoused the antislavery cause in the early years of its agitation, and was a radical and zealous advocate of its principles. He became associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1840, and was a prominent member during the rest of his life. He and Mark Aiken donated the lot on which the First M. E. Church was built in 1844; and prior to his death he provided for the erection of Hale Chapel for which he bequeathed $12,000. It was built by the executors of his will, and a committee of trustees designated therein, the corner stone being laid on June 23, 1868, and dedicated the following January. For generations this edifice will perpetuate the memory and noble philanthropy of him whose name it bears ; and grateful hearts will .ever mingle that name with their thanksgiving while bowing before its altar in worship. Mrs. Laura Hale, his widow, still survives, and occupies her comfortable residence on High street, near the church. Hale HannaU, 106 Perry street.

HALE WILLIAM HON. (deceased), residence of widow, 109 Perry street. One of the prominent benefactors of Peoria, now deceased, is the subject of this brief record. William Hale was born in Pawlett, Vermont, on the 7th of December, 1783. Hisearlylife was spent on a farm, where he received the advantage of a good common school education, and, like many young men of the Green Mountain State, spent a portion of his time in teaching. He settled on a farm in Oswego county, New York, and, while living there, became one of the leading men of the county. For many years he held the position of justice of the peace. He was then appointed to the associate judgeship, held the office of deputy sheriff, then sheriff, of the county. In 1S35 he came to Peoria, and in company with his brother, Asahel Hale, and George G. Greenwood, erected a saw and grist mill on the Kickapoo river. At the first town meeting after township organization was adopted, on the 2d of April, 1850, he was elected one of the first Board of Supervisors. He was also the first mayor of the city of Peoria, receiving his election at the adoption of the city charter, on the 2Sth of April, 1845. The business life of Mr. Hale, after leaving the mill, was mostly spent in dealing in real estate, in which he became quite wealthy. He bought at an early time eighty acres in the central portion of the east part of the city, including now some of the finest residences, and laid it out into streets and lots, from which he received a handsome income. We are informed that he purchased the whole eighty for $700, scarcely the price of one lot at the present time. Mr. Hale added Hale's first, second, and third additions to the city of Peoria. Mr. Hale was a prominent member of the order of Free Masons, and donated the ground for a Masonic cemetery. He also gave liberally to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a member. In politics he was a Democrat, and his first vote was cast for General Jackson, the second term of his election to the Presidency, He was married on the 27th of March, 1830, at the age of forty-two years, to Miss Hannah Twitchell, who is still living at her husband's late residence on Perry street. Mr. Hale died November 25, 1859.

HALEY JONATHAN, cooper, Sio Hamilton street. Born in Tennessee, April 20, 1823. Son of James and Sarah (Harris) Haley. Father settled in McDonough county, Illinois, in 1833, and died in 1S63; mother died in Peoria in 1872. Was married February 29, 1843. to Elizabeth Bowen. She was born in Ohio in 1827. They have had eleven children, seven deceased. Electa A., William T., John W., Charles F., Flora A., Harry and Hannah. The living are, James A., Ada, George E., and Minnie. Mr. Haley learned his trade at Rushville, Illinois, where he worked until 1S51 ; came back to Peoria, and worked until the out- break of ihr war, when he enlisted. August 20, 1S62, Co. H, 86th lit. Inf., ami serveti one and a half years ; discharged un account of deafness; returned to Peoria in 1864. where he has continued the manufacture of barrels. Mr. and Mrs. Haley are meml>ers of the M. E. Church. Mr. Haley is Republican in politics.

H.\LL C. S. (retired), S17 Fourth street, was bom in Cumberland county. New Jersey, August 30, 1808, and is the son of Levi Hall, a native of New Jersey, an old veteran of the Revolutionary war, and I'arthenia Stretch, also a native of the same State. His father died August 15, 1811, and his mother December '7> lS33- lie ^>s raised on the home farm, and resided there until forty years of age. and married there in 1 83 1, M.iy 5th, Ph<ebe Ayers. daughter of Clayton Ayers. who was horn in New Jersey, January 26. 181 1. They h.ive had five children, four now living. Mary, now Mrs. .Morris Sims, residing in Lawn Ridge. I'eoria county ; Levi, George, and James. In 1849. he came with his family to Illinois, and settled in Farmington, Fulton county, where he larmed for some years, and about 1857 came to Peoria county, and settled on section 6, of Hallock township, where he resided until November 4, 1879, when, feeling 'he hand of old age bearing heavily upon him, he moved into the city to take a much-needed rest after his years of toil. Mrs. Hall died in New Jersey in September, 1S45, and he married, August 24. 184S, Mrs. Matilda Dawson, a native of Missouri, by whom he has had ten children, five now living: Miriam, Agnes, Norman and Newton, (twins), and Martha. During his stay in Hallock township he was connected with the Union Haptist Church, .-aid his wife and he are now members of Peoria Baptist Church. He owns 128 acres of tine farming land in home farm, valuc<l at about $S,ooo, and the land is now worked by his two youngest sons.

HALL AVILLIASI A. (retired), residence 1121 North Monroe street. Was born 1st November, 1798, in Westfield, Middlesex county. Connecticut, and remained there until 1820, when he went to Ohio and spent the .Summer ; then returned to the place of his nativity, serve<l an apprenticeship at gunsmithing, military arms, with Col. Simpson Worth at Middletown, Conn. Married Miss Prudence T. Spaulding, May 5 1822, and on the 8th of the same month started for Chicago, where he remained one year in government employ ; left there on the 23d of June, 1823 ; went to a town called Chagrine ; remained there until 183$ thence to Akron, and in 1826 to Clinton, Uhio : from there to Pittsburg, Pa,, in government employ. In April,

1830, went to Cincinnati, O.. employed on steam engine works, where he remained three years, when he came to Peoria and located. Al that lime there were only about 250 inhabitants in the city. He engaged in steamboating, and was an engineer on the river until 1854, when he quit the business. .Mrs. Hall died December 32, l8;2. and was buried in what is now Springdale cemetery. Married for his second wife Mrs. Sarah Thomas, a native of Pennsylvania, and a sister of Jacob llepperly. By his first wife there were ten children, seven girls and three boys, five of whom are still living. They are both members of the church. Mr. Hall, by industry and hard labor, has accumulated a fine property.

H.VMILTOK .lOHN L. physician and surgeon, 229 South Adams St., was bom February 12, 1836, in Pennsylvania ; began the practice of medicine in 1850 in the city of Peoria, and has resided here since. Married Miss Fannie S. Denison in 1861. They have had five children, two girls and three boys. One boy and one girl deceased. Politically is Republican. Graduated at Sterling Medical College, Columbus, O.. in 1850. Hamilton Wm. R. coal. 331 .'«. Adams street.

HAMLIX JHOX. JOHN' (deceased), was bom in Hampden county. Mass.. October 25. iSoo; parents were John and Lucy Hamlin. .\t the age of nine years he was placed on a farm at work for small wages, and when older went to school, working mornings and evenings for his board. These were the only school advantages he enjoyed, save a Winter at Wallingford Academy, and by this means he obtained a meager English education. His father gave his sons their time from the .igc of sixteen years. At that age John entered the emjiloy of an older brother, to sell goods from a peddling wagon, at which he spent about three years, traveling through the Eastern and Middle States. In the Winter of 1818-19. he closed out the stock of goods in Zanesville. O., sold the wagon, and started on horseback for Richmond, Va.; there sold his horses, and took a schooner for New York ; spent the Winter in visiting friends in Massachusetts ; in the Spring of 1819 went overland to Cincinnati. O.; went thence to Louisville, Ky,; returned to Madison, Ind., in a few weeks; sprnt three months there; and then started for Missouri; but falling in with a party of emigrants bound lor the Sangamon country, concluded to go there, reaching there after 1,300 miles' travel ; landed at Judge Latham's, in Elkhart, where he remained about a year, improving a piece of land. In 1831 he became associated with the owner of a keel boat, running on the Sangamon river, in a little log store which they built, and put in a small stock of goods. In company with .several other gentlemen Mr. H. visited the site of Peoria early in May, rS2i, and found but two loij cabins. He was cliarmed with the natural beauty of the place, and in the Spring of 1S22 removed his effects with an ox team to Fort Clark, the inhabitants then being the families of .\bner Eads, a Mr. Mont and Mr. Bogardus. In the Spring of 1S22 Fulton county was organized, then including Peoria, and Mr. Hamlin was chosen justice of the peace. In 1823 William Hamilton took a contract to supply Fort Howard, at Green Bay, with beef cattle, and owing to his efficiency and knowledge of the Indians, Mr. Hamlin was engaged to accompany the expedition. Fort Dearborn - now Chicago - was the first stopping place. After many romantic experiences they reached Green Bay July 2 1S23, having performed the journey in thirty days. On the return trip Justice Hamlin performed his first marriage ceremony at Fort Dearborn - the first in the place - uniting in wedlock Dr. Alexander Wolcott to Miss Kinzie, the daughter of the first white settler on the site of Chicago. During his stay at Fort Dearborn Mr. H. contracted to enter the services of the American Fur Company, which he did after a brief trip home. In this business he had many novel experiences and learned much of Indian character. Mr. Hamlin at once won the esteem and confidence of his employers, and the next year was sent to establish a trading post at Fort Clark - his home. He erected suitable buildings and shipped goods, not only to the Indians, but to the white settlers. Besides the usual fur trade, he exchanged goods for pork, which he packed and shipped to the military post at Chicago, and for cattle for the same market. He conceived the idea of shipping his pork by keel boat, which was the first effort to navigate the uncertain waters between Lake Peoria and Chicago with any thing larger than a Mackinaw boat or Indian canoe. The whole experiment proved a success. Upon his return he gathered together his few hundred dollars capital, purchased a stock of goods in St. Louis and opened a store of his own in Peoria. During the Summer of 1825 he erected a small frame house, 18x24, the first built in the place, covered it with split clap-boards, and plastered it himself with white clay from the bluff. In the Spring of 1826 he bought a keel boat to run on the river between Peoria and St. Louis, and thus cheapen the transportation of his goods. In 1828 he established a branch store in Mackinaw town, Tazewell county, but the following year sold out his entire business and made a visit to his old New England home. Upon his return he built a cabin at the foot of the bluff and engaged in farming. The next year bought the stock of goods at his old stand and re-embarked in the mercantile business. In the .Spring Mr. Hamlin, in company with a young man named Sharp, began to build the first flouring mill in this part of the country. It was completed the next year, and they run it until 1834, when ihey sold it. He purchased a fourth interest in a steamboat being built at Pittsburg, called it Peoria, to run between that city .and St. Louis, and was the first Peorian to own an interest in a steamboat on the Illinois river. Mr. Hamlin was one of the first board of trustees of the young town of his adoption ; served later as alderman; and in 1834 was elected to the Illinois General Assembly. In 1836 was chosen to the State Senate, and re-elected in 1838. He was one of the directors of the Second National Bank from its organization, and one of the proprietors of the savings bank of Peoria. On March 29, 1876, he died, closing an active and useful life. Mr. Hamlin possessed a great versatility of talent, much above mediocre in quantity and quality. He was twice married. His second wife, who survives him, was the daughter of Levi and Sarah Johnson, of Springfield, 111., a native of Athens county, Ohio, born January 10, l8o8. whom he married April 10, 1827. Mr, H. left a comfortable estate for the widow and their adopted daughter, Mrs. Vanbuskirk.

HANNY RICHARD, blacksmith and wagon manufacturer, corner Main and Hale streets, was born in Baden, Europe, in 1830. John Hanny, his father, was a farmer in that country. Mr. H. immigrated to this country in 1850, learned his trade in Lancaster county, Penn., with Alexander Saunders. Came to Peoria county in 1853, and carried on business in Kickapoo six years ; settled in Peoria in 1859. He now does a blacksmithing, wagon making, and general repair business ; formerly for seven years was engaged in the manufacture of plows and cultivators, turning out from $go,ooo to $100,000 worth of goods per year. He married Frances Guger, in Peoria, in February, i860. They have two children, Anna and Richard. The family are members of the Catholic Church. Mr. H. owns a homestead at 408 Hale street, and the shop.

Hannilian John, teamster, res, 1507 First street. Hannlhan Thomas, teamster, 814 \Vel)ster street. Hanson M. vegetables. Central Market. Harbers Aaron, res. 705 W. Jefferson street.

HARDING A. C business manager Peoria Starch Manufactory, was born in Peoria Dec. 31, 1857, and is the son of George F. and Adelaide M. Harding, presently residing in Chicago. His father purchased from Tucker & Mansfield the site of the manufactory and began to make starch. The business has since grown to large proportions, upwards of 12,000,000 pounds are annually made, consuming 2,000 bushels of corn per day. Mr. Harding married, M.ay 7, 1879, Miss Addie Church, who was born March 20, i860, by

HARTTKR JOHN, cigar manufacturer, 1 14 N. Washington street, was born in Wuertenback, Germany, i''43. Emigrated to the United States in 1853. and settled at Newark, New Jersey, where he remained a short time, and in August, 1S54, came to Peoria. Married Anna Mary Johns, on the 17th day of June, 1870. The fruit of this marriage was four children, three trays and one girl. Mr. II. is an energetic business man, and is well calculated to succeed in his business. lUrtwlK C. F. K., uloon, 1313 8. Adams strceu

IIARTWICK IIKNRY, grocery, 1215 Main street, wa-. born in H.vlcn, (Jerniany, on the 29th day of August, 1S29. Emigrated to the United .States in 1849 (May 25), located in New York city, where he remained ten years, then moved to Niagara Falls, and remained here six years. In 1865 came to Peoria, and was engaged to the Peoria & Kock Island Railroad Company, as a civil engineer, and was with them five years, after which he engagcil in the grocery business. Married .Miss Elizabeth Trif/er. a native of Kaden, (lermany, and came to this country in 1849. Ily this marriage there were four children, two girls and two boys. It a member of the order of A. O. U. W.