Will County, Illinois - The whole text, 1878 (part 18 of 29)

Mr. Miller came to this place in 1852, and located land, preparatory to embarking in the gigantic enterprise in which he is now engaged. He did not, however, begin operations until 1861, in the mean time engaging in other business in Chicago. In the year last named, he removed to this place, and from that time till 1870 engaged in the cattle business in a small way, and with no definite idea of future plans or prospects. During all this time, however, he carried on an extensive correspondence, and conducted a thorough course of investigation and experiment, so that, in 1870, his mind was fully made up, and his future plans fully mapped out. Then began the great work that has not only proved to be one of the most extensive in the United States, but which has also already led to a grand success. After careful study and minute consideration, he decided, much against the then popular opinion of the leading cattle men of this country, to adopt the Hereford breed. The Durham cattle had for years been accorded, by breeders of this country and the landed gentry of England, the first place as beef-producing cattle. For nearly a century the short-horn breeds had held the prestige, though the Herefords were accredited with being good stock. A few feeble attempts had been made in this country, prior to the inauguration of Mr. Miller's enterprise, to introduce the stock ; but the great character of the competing herds already attained so overshadowed them that their efforts in this direction were almost lost sight of When, therefore, Mr. Miller announced his intention of breeding the Hereford stock, he was not looked upon as a competitor, but was regarded with feelings akin to pity. Even his warmest friends could not but feel apprehensive of his ultimate failure ; and, perhaps, no one but himself discerned the grand success with which his efforts have been crowned. After awhile, however, he began to be recognized as a competitor ; and since that time, he has fought his way, foot by foot, until, if his cattle do not stand pre-eminent, they at least bear the reputation of equal merit with any herd or breed in the world. When it is considered that all of this change in sentiment, in the face of such gigantic opposition, during a time of such severe financial depression, has been wrought almost by one man, we come either to one or the other of two conclusions : that the of stock which Mr. Miller handles must be of a superior quality, or that he is a man of much more than ordinary courage, good management and pluck. Perhaps it would not be incorrect to credit the enterprise with both of these advantages.

The farm devoted to the purpose indicated lies alongside the eastern part of the village of Beecher, and consists of 1,000 acres of the finest land in the township, divided into fields of convenient size for the purpose of pasturage and raising the crops necessary for feeding the stock. On the west side of the farm, a half-mile from the railroad station, are the barns, together with dwellings for the family and employes. The principal barn is an immense structure, capable of sheltering, on its first floor, 200 head of cattle, and of holding, on the second floor, 600 tons of hay and other feed, reserving space in the center of the floor for cutting and otherwise preparing feed. On the third floor, is the mill for grinding corn, oats and other grain for the use of the stock. Surmounting the building, is one of Nichol's double-fanned wind-mills, of twenty horse-power, used for driving the feed-mills, cutting hay and drawing water. The whole structure is built in the most substantial, convenient and tasty manner, so that it is not only finely adapted to the purpose for which it was designed, but is an attractive object, and, from its high elevation, can be seen for many miles. Beside the great barn, there are also the hay -barns, the toolhouse, barns for pigs, sheep and colts, and all built in the same substantial and convenient manner.

The fine stock of the establishment consists of 250 thorough-bred heifers, of the Hereford species ; 300 Cotswold Sheep, and 200 Berkshire hogs. The estimated value of lands and improvements is $25,000, and of stock, $100,000 ; the sales last year amounted to $30,000. Mr. Miller's trade is largely with stock-raisers of the plains of Colorado, Wyoming and Texas, to which this breed of cattle is found to be peculiarly adapted. There are employed in the care of the farm and stock fifteen hands, some of whom have been brought from the county of Hereford, England, for the express purpose of taking care of the stock with which they had been familiar for many years.

Wanhington Center , prior to the location of the C, D. & V. R. R. was the central point, not only as regards location, but as to business. From about 1860 till 1870, a large amount of business was transacted here, and fortunes were made in iiierchandise and other trade. About 1860, Miles Johnson, who had previously been in the business at Monee, opened a store at this place. Lewis Jessen started a blacksmith-shop, and Charles Holtz opened a hotel. Johnson was appointed Postmaster, and carried the mail to and from Monee for $15 per year and the proceeds of the ofiice. He continued in business several years, and then removed further south. Jessen, by hard hammering and blowing has accumulated a little fortune. He still resides here.

Charles Holtz has got rich keeping a hotel and dealing in stock. After Johnson retired from the business of selling goods, Messrs. Flint & Miller put in a stock of goods and carried on the business for two years, when they sold out to Lewis Metterhausen, who immediately moved the goods to the station, into a house which he had just built. In the meantime the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, or Danville & Vincennes Railroad, had been completed, a station established, and the town of laid out. T. L. Miller had begun his fine stock enterprise, secured the location of a station here, and laid out and named the new town. Thenceforward the growth of the Center was checked, and the station became the point, from which improvements have widened until the village of Beecher has not only over- shadowed the Center, but by building out toward it, has nearly enveloped it in itself. Beecher was laid out in 1870 by George Dolton, for T. L. Miller, and commenced at once to build up, and develop a trade which compares favorably, at this time, with towns three times as old. As we have seen, Metterhausen opened the first store in the village, in what proves to have been the second building erected, and which also proves to have been the first store-building. Metter-hausen had been a teacher in the Lutheran school. He sold goods here for a time and then went into the liquor trade, in which he is still engaged.

Shortly after this, Henry Bielfeldt built and opened a hotel. Carl Melow moved his blacksmith-shop from the Corners in 1871, and Rudolph Pecht opened a furniture store. Fred Schmidt built a second hotel, and John R. Miller moved the old dancing hall from the Corners and put in a second stock of goods. William Struve, formerly of Monee, followed Burns in the lumber and coal business. By and by the post office was removed from the Corners to Metterhausen's, and he was appointed Postmaster. Elliot Miller, son of T. L. Miller and now partner in the firm of L. Grould & Co., of Chicago, was appointed first station agent. About this time, T. L. Miller built the first warehouse, and Henry Block commenced buying grain, eventually buying the warehouse and continuing the business until the present. The period extending from 1870 to 1873, was a lively one for this vicinity. The sounds of the ax, hammer and saw were heard in all directions, new-comers were arriving almost daily, and, by the end of the period named, the village had grown in size and importance to proportions hardly expected by its most enthusiastic friends. Though its growth has not ueen rapid, within the last few years, it continues to show signs of animation and prosperity. There are now three warehouses, five general stores, and other stores, shops and dwellings in proportion.

A wind-mill, a short distance north of town, built by Henry Ditmers' is worthy of mention. The mill is now owned and operated by Herman Ehlers. It is built on the Holland plan, runs two sets of buhrs and is used for grinding flour and feed, most of which is custom work.

Eagle Lake is a little village in the northeast part of the township, on the margin of the little body of water of the same name. It is not a regularly laid out town, but the lots have been sold by the description of "corners and. bounds." It contains about two dozen houses, a store, saloon and shops. It is simply an improved or concentrated settlement, whose establishing dates back to the location of its early settlers. Herman Lepien brought a stock of goods here about fifteen years ago, a post office was obtained, and gradually the place has assumed the style of a village. Its location is quite pleasant, and for a country place without railroad communications, does a brisk business.

One of the most remarkable facts in connection with the history of the- West is its rapid development. Eastern people compare the census of a quarter of a century ago with that of to-day, and remark, with astonishment, the wonderful increase in population and resources in this part of the country. It is true, the West has had some advantages over the East in its development. Improved machinery, a better system of communication and travel, and improved means of transportation, doubtless, partially account for it; but is hard to conceive that all these results could have been brought about, without bringing to mind that the parties concerned in the opening-up of the country were men of more than ordinary pluck and intelligence. Twenty-five years have scarcely passed since the first blow was struck, since the first shovelful of earth was moved, since the first furrow was turned and since the first shanty was erected in the township of Will, now alive with population, and teeming with herds of stock and dotted all over with the habitations of its owners. That "truth is stranger than fiction " is well illustrated in the growth of some of our Western towns and cities, which bud and blossom, as it were, in a single night. Irving's hero of Sleepy Hollow would not have been less surprised had he taken his twenty-years nap on the prairie of Will Township. His feelings upon awaking must, indeed, have been quite similar. Twenty years agO;. where is now a succession of well-cultivated fields, with orchards and gardens,, was nothing but an unbroken expanse of wild prairie ; where were then less than a hundred inhabitants, are now almost a thousand.

In 1852, the first actual settler made his appearance in this locality. All of the adjoining townships had already received some population ; and two years previous, the township organization act, which gave a corps of ofiicers to each six miles square containing enough inhabitants for organization, had been passed, while this section contained not a single inhabitant - white, black or red.

John McKenzie, who is generally accredited with being the first settler, was a Scotchman, but had lived in the country some time before removing to this locality. He lived here six or seven years and then removed to Missouri. He -was in that State at the breaking-out of the war, and engaged in the service of the Government as a spy. On one occasion he was captured by the enemy and put in prison, to await trial by a court martial ; and had his case ever come to trial, he would doubtless have suffered the penalty of death, as the evidence against him was sufiiciently conclusive.

James M. Gridley had been living in Crete and other places in this part of the State, since 1840. He came to this township in 1853, and built the second house. He has been one of the prominent men of the township, and one of its most solid citizens. Gridley was a native of New York. Joseph Baldwin was^ a native of Massachusetts, but had been to California and brought back a few hundred dollars of the " yellow metal." He remained here but a few years, when he removed to Missouri with the aforementioned McKenzie. James Maxwell came out here in 1853, from New Jersey, and bought some land, but returned to his home in the East and lived until 1861. He says that when he came first, in 1853, there was but one little shanty in the whole township, and is not certain that it was occupied.

In 1853, Henry Lyon came from Chicago, or rather from tl\e Michigan & Illinois Canal, where he had been working, and settled on the land now owned and occupied by F. P. Lilley, to whom he sold out a year later, and returned to the more congenial pursuit of working on the Canal.

The next year, 1854, brought several good and enterprising families to this vicinity, among* whom were H. N. Ingersoll, F. P. Lilley, Patrick McMahon and John B. SoUitt. The first of these, H. N. Ingersoll, had really been here the year before, and had purchased the land to which he moved in the Spring of 1854. Mr. Ingersoll was one of the substantial citizens of the township, and one of its most prominent men. He continued to reside here until about three years ago, when he sold out and removed to Iowa. F. P. Lilley is still a resident of the township, and has been one of its most reliable citizens. He had been, previous to his coming here from Chicago, his former home, a workman on the canal and railroad. McMahon is a native of Ireland ; he still resides here. John B. Sollitt, now a resident of Peotone, was formerly a resident of Chicago, where he was engaged in butchering for the Chicago market.

In 1855, William Constable, James Pickard, Robert Patterson and R. 0. Hutchins came, the first three from New York and the last from Vermont. William Constable has been a most successful man in business. When he came to this place he was as poor as the poorest ; but by industry, economy and good management he has made quite a fortune. His property is estimated at about $25,000. Robert Patterson, the present Supervisor, and one of our most substantial business men, also came poor and is now wealthy. R. 0. Hutchins resided here but a few years. He had been a gunmaker, and on the breaking-out of the war, in 1861, he returned to his native State and engaged in his old trade of making fire-arms for the Government. Mr. Hutchins was the first School Treasurer of Will Township, having been appointed to the oiEce in 1856. Samuel Storer and Lorenzo Tobias, the former from New Hampshire and the latter from New York, came in 1856. Storer was one of the most important citizens that ever lived in the township. He was son-in-law of Gov. Windsor, of New Hampshire, having married his daughter. He was elected first Supervisor of the township, in 1859, and, the year following, was sent, as Representative of this district, to the Legislature of the State. The township lost one of its most promising citizens when he removed to California, which he did in

1862. Lorenzo Tobias was one of the two first Justices of the Peace elected in 1859. He died here about ten years ago. None of the family now reside here, all having removed to other parts. George W. Smith also came in 1856. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace, and also one of the first Highway Commissioners, being elected to both offices in 1859.

During the period of the three years ending 1857, there were a few others who settled in this township, but whose stay was so short that it is not thought worth while to consume space with their mention. The same may be said with Tespect to the following year. The years 1857 and 1858 were almost a repetition of the hard times experienced in 1837, and emigration to this vicinity received a check. From 1859, however, the rush of settlers to this part of the county was very rapid, and in a short time the whole township was fully occupied.

The townships of Will and Monee, previous to 1859, were embraced in a single precinct, which was called Carey. In the year last named, the two sections agreed to a separation, and petitions to that effect were accordingly presented to the Board of Supervisors, who ordered a division, with boundaries and names as indicated.

On the 5th of April, 1859, in accordance with the order of the Supervisors, the voters, inhabitants of the new township of Will, met at the schoolhouse in District No. 1, and organized by the election of township officers. H. N. Ingersoll was elected Moderator, and Robert Patterson was chosen Clerk pro tem. Nineteen votes were cast, of which a majority were polled for the following persons :

Samuel Storer, Supervisor ; R. 0. Hutchins, Clerk ; H. P. Tobias, Assessor ; ~F. P. Lilley, Collector ; H. N. Ingersoll, Poormaster ; John B. SoUitt, James M. Gridley and George W. Sinith, Commissioners of Highways; L. D. Tobias and George W. Smith, Justices of the Peace ; and H. P. Wright and Robert Patterson, Constables.

The township has from its first settlement been noted for its good schools. The first settlers took a deep interest in whatever tended toward the education and enlightenment of the youth, and when there were only a half dozen families within its bounds, steps were taken to establish a school. In the Winter of 1855-56, it began to be talked over that a school was not only a possibility but a real necessity.

On the 18th of February, notice having been given, the legal voters met at the house of F. P. Lilley, and proceeded to organize Congressional Town 33, Range 13, into a school township by electing a Board of Trustees and a Treasurer. F. P. Lilley, James M. Gridley and H. N. Ingersoll were chosen Judges, and R. 0. Hutchins, Clerk of the election. H. N. Ingersoll, James M. Gridley and John McKenzie were elected Trustees, and by them R. 0. Hutchins was appointed Treasurer and ex- officio Clerk. A Board of School Directors was appointed, and forthwith preparations were made for the erection of a school- building, which was completed and ready for occupation by Fall. The first school was taught by Sarah M. Wolcott, and the Treasurer's books, which are still in existence, show that she received in the following April $6.30 of her salary.

The whole township remained in one district till 1859, when it was divided into three. A few items taken from the- Township Treasurer's report to the School Commissioner for the year 1858, will doubtless prove interesting as compared with similar statistics of the present year :

In 1866, there were yet only 3 schools, but the number of scholars had increased to 99, and the number of persons under 21 had increased to 224, of whom 133 were between the ages of 6 and 21. The average monthly wages of male teachers was $50, and of female teachers $25.47.

The township school fund had been increased by the sale of the school section to $8,157, being at that time the fifth in amount in the county.

While there is nothing of wonderful nature in the above comparisons, the increase being simply the natural effect of the rapid settlement of the township, there is sufficient to indicate that the growth of the public-school system has been equal to the other interests of the township, and the condition of the schools is in a high degree satisfactory.

While the township is not "dotted all over" with church edifices as it is with schoolhouses, we are led to believe, from our short intercourse with its people, that the moral and religious natures have not been left uncultivated. It is true, there is but one church-building or church organization in its whole bounds but, being adjacent to towns on all sides where these accommodations abound, the township seems to need only the one already erected and standing near the center. The Presbyterian Church of Will Township was organized and the - building erected about the same time, 1865. There had been some preaching, by both Presbyterians and Methodists, and both denominations had some claims on the field ; but it was agreed on all hands that more than one church could scarcely live, and that a union of forces was the better plan. Neither party was very tenacious ; but when a party, who was not a member of either denomination, came forward and proposed that if the society to be formed should be Presbyterian, he would donate ten acres of land and $1,000 toward the erection of a church edifice, it was decided to organize a Presbyterian Church. George W. Smith was the liberal donor, and not only did he fulfill his obliga- , tion, but added to it $500 more. The original members of the society were D. J. Board, H. N. Ingersoll, George W. Smith, Thomas F. Clark, Henry Neal and James Maxwell, with their families. Most of these afterward became members of the Church. The building was erected at a cost of $7,500, and is a credit to the society, the Church and the township. The first Pastor of the Church was Rev. E. J. Hill ; the present Pastor is Rev. George Dunlap. The present membership of the Church is forty-seven, and of the Sunday school, about eighty members.

This township took a most lively interest in the late war, nearly all the ablebodied men enlisting and entering the service. At one time, there more -of the citizens of this township in the army than there were legal voters. Of course, the township was not drafted, nearly all of its able-bodied men having volunteered. Several who thus left their homes friends and firesides to battle for the country which our fathers had done so much to establish, gave up their lives in its protection. Among such are remembered Benjamin F. Gridley, James H. Ingersoll, William Pickard and J. S. Cotton, the last of whom died in Andersonville prison, where so many of our brave boys suffered a double death, that of starvation.

The present ofiicers of the township are : Robert Patterson, Superivsor ; 0. P. Lilley, Clerk; Robert Bayne, Assessor ; John Shultz, Collector ; Charles O'Neil and F. H. Steinberge, Commissioners of Highways ; James Maxwell and Robert Patterson, Justices of the Peace; William Chamberlain, F. H. Steinberge and I. Dubridge, School Trustees, and 0. P. Lilley, School Treasurer. The present voting population of the township is about one hundred.

Will Township is in the southeastern part of the county, and is bounded as follows : on the north, by Monee ; on the east, by Washington ; on the south, by Kankakee County, and on the west, by Peotone Township. It is a full Congressional town, containing thirty-six whole sections, and is described in the survey as Town 33 north, Range 13 east of the Third Principal Meridian. The land is somewhat rolling, though not what is usually termed broken. The soil is rich and productive, and, in most parts, deep and is well adapted to the production of corn, oats, rye and hay, large quantities of which are raised. About one-half of the land formerly belonged to the Illinois Central Railroad, and was bought of that Company for $2.50 to $5.00 per acre. Th« Illinois Central Railroad passes through the northwest corner of the township, cutting ofi" about one and a half sections, though no station has ever been established in its limits. Black Walnut Creek furnishes stock-water to the farms lying adjacent, in the northwestern portion. Along this little stream the first settlements were made.

The township is entirely devoid of natural timber, though numerous little groves and thrifty orchards give it the appearance of one of the older settled Eastern places, where the absence of timber is due to the industry of the early wood-chopper and lumberman.

For some years, it was thought that the climate of Northern Illinois was too severe for apples and other fruits, but later years have proved that this section is well adapted for such purpose ; and at this writing the ground, in the orchards of this and adjacent townships, is literally covered with the product.

Biographical Sketches

E. H. AKIN, dealer in real estate, Joliet ; was born in Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y., July 3, 1815 ; at the age of lY, he went to Onondaga Co., and in 1847, to Berrien Co., Mich. ; followed the mercantile business there one year ; removing thence to Chicago; in 1849, he came to Lockport, and shortly afterward went to California, where he followed mining until 1851 ; returning, he engaged in farming near Lockport, and, in 1854, removed to Joliet ; here he followed his trade of a cooper, for a short time, and then engaged in manufacturing staves, which he continued until 1860 ; in 1861, he removed to Hennepin, Putnam Co., 111., where he engaged in flour manufacturing and dealing in grain, which he shipped to Chicago and St. Louis. He did a very successful business during the war, and, in 1867, returned to Joliet, since which time he has been engaged in the grain trade, woolen manufacturing and real estate transactions. In 1872 he laid out Akin's Addition to Joilet, comprising forty acres, lying near the Fair Grounds, and accessible to business by the street railway ; most of these lots have since been sold and improved. He also owns considerable other property in diff'erent parts of the city ; in 1877, he built the Akin Building on Jeiferson st. He is a Director of Oakwood Cemetery, and one of the originators and a Director of the People's Loan and Homestead Association, which was organized in 1874. He was married June 10, 1840, to Miss Sophronia C. Merrill, of Cortland Co., N. Y., and has four children - Charlotte C, Libraran of the Joliet Public Library ; Lucy H., John J., a banker in Roodhouse, 111., and Edward C, a law student in Joliet.

W. J. ADAM, Secretary of the Adam Manufacturing Co., Joliet; is a native of Joliet; he was born Sept. 18, 1851. He is a son of William Adam, who came to Joliet in 1849, and has been a prominent business man here ever since. Mr. Adam was educated in the public schools of Joliet, and at Jennings Seminary in Aurora, 111., graduating from the scientific department of the latter institution in 1870; the following year, he entered the employ of Adam & Wilcox, and two years later became a member and the managing partner of the firm of William Adam & Co. While in the milling business, he served two years as Vice President of the Illinois State Millers' Association, and was also a Delegate to the National Millers' Association three successive years. He was a member of the first Board of Directors of the National Millers' Insurance Company. On Jan. 22, 1877, their mill burned down, and soon afterward the Adam Manufacturing Company was formed, and Mr. Adam became Secretary and Business Manager, which position he now holds.

PETEE ADELMANN, dealer ia general merchandise, Joliet ; was born in Lockport, Will Co., 111., Jan. 5, 1852. He is the son of Christopher Adelmann, who coming from Bomberich Biern, Germany, settled in Lockport in 1846, and is still a respected and substantial citizen of that city. The son, Peter Adelmann, received his education in the Lockport public schools, and in Biyant & Stratton's Business College in Chicago ; he then went to Iowa and engaged in clerking in a leather and shoe-finding house in Council Bluffs, from which city, at the age of 18 years, he came to Joliet, and started in the dry goods business with Anthony Schall ; in February, 1877, he purchased his partner's interest, and has since continued the business alone. He was married on the 21st of October, 1873, to Miss Louisa Soheidt, daughter of Hon. Anton Scheidt, of this city ; they have three children - Anthony C, Frederick P. and Cora. L.

E. D. AVERY, attorney at law, Joliet (firm of Fithian & Avery) ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 2, 1846 ; the following year, 1847, his parents removed to Illinois, settling on a farm in Lisbon, Kendall Co. ; his father is a well-known fruit-grower and nurseryman and to this business the son was raised ; he attended the Newark Seminary, in his native county, several terms, and, on becoming of age, he with his brother started a nursery near Dwight, Livingston Co.; two years later, he sold his interest to his brother and engaged in dealing in stock ; in 1871, he removed to Chebanse, Kankakee Co., and there added a general merchandise business to his stock in trade ; he remained there until 1874, when he came to Joliet and began reading law in the office of Messrs. Hill & Dibell ; he was admitted to the bar in January, 1877, and in the following September, entered into partnership with John B. Fithian in the practice of the law. He was married Dec. 25, 1871, to Miss Mary Sidlow, of Grundy Co., 111., and has one child - Hubert C.

ALEXANDER ANDREWS, grocery merchant, Joliet ; was born in Meriden, New Haven Co., Conn., Oct. 29, 1824; in early life he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner ; he came West to Illinois in 1852, and settled in Peoria Co., where he engaged in carpentering for a number of years ; in 1858, he purchased a farm in Knox Co., and followed agricultural pursuits till 1870 ; he then spent one or two years in traveling, and, in 1872, located in Joliet ; here he worked at his trade until November, 1876, when he engaged in his present occupation. He was married in 1843, to Lucia S. Lewis, a native of Connecticut ; has two children - Frank and Fred. Mr. Andrews has a fine trade and is deservedly popular as a business man.

America when 2 years of age, landing in New York, coming directly West and remaining in Chicago for a few months, then a short time in Indiana, then a short time at Sag Bridge, Will Co., when he removed to New Lenox, where he went to school one year, then to Joliet in 1843, where he attended school in the old log schoolhouse, the first school house in the township ; he remained with his father upon the farm until 22 years of age, when he engaged in the grocery and provision business about one year, then selling out, he went to Pike's Peak and traveled over a large part of the Western Territories; returning to Joliet in 1861, he engaged in the butchering and stock business, which he has since successfully followed ; he has been largely engaged in farming, and raising, buying and shipping stock to the Chicago and Eastern markets. He married Jan. 11, 1866, to Emily Erhard, daughter of George Erhard, one of the pioneers of Will Co. ; they are the parents of six children now living, viz., Louisa M., Jacob C," Lawrence J., Emily F. V., Michael L. and Angeline A.

P. P. ADLBR, dealer in live stock and proprietor of Adler's wholesale and retail market, Joliet ; was born in Joliet Oct. 7, 1842 ; he is a son of Michael Adler, who came to Will Co. over forty years ago and is now living in Joliet at the age of 75 years; Mr. Adler received an English education in the Joliet public and then learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for four years ; at the age of 21, he began business for himself and has followed various kinds of business to the present time. He was married in 1865, to Miss Mary A Flick, of Joliet and has four children - Angeline J., Lizzie L., Peter J. and Frederick J.

OREN W. ARNOLD, groceries and provisions, Joliet ; firm ot Arnold & Bowen ; born in Orleans Co., N. Y., July 12, 1835, where he attended school until 10 years of age ; he emigrated with his parents to Joliet in the winter of 1845 ; in the spring following, he removed with his parents to Iroquois Co., and engaged in farming for a period of seventeen years, when he removed to Troy Tp., Will Co., where he lived six years, being engaged in learning the trade of carpenter, and farming ; he then went to Minnesota for his health, taking with him two droves of horses ; after disposing of them he engaged at his trade for two years ; returning from there to his farm in Troy Tp. in 1874, where he lived until 1877, when he engaged in the above business in Joliet, cor. Bluff and Exchange sts. He marriedin 1859, HelenSammons ; they had one child, which died in infancy. Mrs. Arnold died Jan. 30, 1862. Mr. Arnold again married, Dec. 25, 1868, to Minnie Clark ; she was born in Plainfield, Will Co. Her parents were among the early settlers of Will Co. Four children were the fruit of this union, viz., Hellen, May, Lillian E., Burt C. and Francis W.

F. ALFRICK, blacksmith, Joliet ; born in G-ermany Feb. 20, 1837, where he lived and attended school constantly until 15 years of age, when he engaged in farming three years ; he emigrated to America when 18 years of age, landing in New York Nov. 27, 1854; from there he went to Picton, C. W., where he learned the blacksmith trade, working at the same for a period of ten years ; he emigrated to Joliei, lU.i in November, 1865, and engaged at his trade, which business he has since successfully followed ; he owns his place of business and other real estate upon Bluff St., and has a fine residence upon Broadway, which he erected in 1875 ; all of the above he has accumulated by his own hard labor, strict integrity and industry. He married March, 1860, Jane Storm ; she was a native of Scotland ; they had five children by this union, viz., Robert L., Isabella R., Emma, Maggie and Frederick. Mrs. Alfrick died. Mr. Alfrick again married to Susan Kluth ; she was born in Chicago Oct. 6, 1849.

Benjamin Franklin Allen

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN, physician, Joliet ; was born of New England parentage, in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Deo. 12, 1815; when about 4 years of age, his parents removed to St. Lawrence Co., where he passed his early years on a farm situated on the banks of the river St. Lawrence, attending the district school during the winter seasons; soon after attaining his majority, he went back to Watertown, his native place, and there spent six years, first as a student at the Black River Literary and Religious Institute, a part of the time teaching school, and later pursuing his medical reading, under the direction of Drs. Hannibal S. Diokerson, of Watertown, and M. K. Bates, of Brownsville; he completed his full term of medical study, attending courses of medical lectures ac Geneva College in 1841-42, and, in the summer of 1844, came West, prepared to engage in the practice of medicine ; he followed this practice for a few months in Kane Co., and the following winter engaged in teaching in New Lenox Tp., in Will Co., where he made the acquaintance of Mrs. Priscilla W. Davison, a young widow lady, relict of Judge John J. Davison, to whom he was married April 17, 1845 ; he continued to reside in that township, performing satisfactorily the duties of administrator of the Davison estate, and, jointly with his wife, that of guardian to her infant daughters, and was also engaged in farming, till, in the summer of 1860, he built a residence in the city of Joliet, into which, with his family, he removed in the spring following, and has here since continued to reside. He has four children living - Helen A., now the wife of C. W. Cross, attorney-at-lawin Nevada City, Cal. ; Florence M., wife of H. C. Plimpton, now a resident of Joliet, 111 ; Frank E. and Mortimer A., the last-named in the employ of Field, Leiter & Co., in their wholesale house, in Chicago. Mrs. Allen has two daughters of her former marriage - M. Jennie, wife of Maj. John M. Thompson, of New Lenox, and Rachel D., wife of H. N. Higinbotham, general manager for Field, Leiter & Co., Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. Allen are both earnest and consistent members of the Ottawa Street M. B. Church, and also zealous and earnest advocates of the cause of temperance. Dr. Allen is in no sense of the term an oflfice-seeker, yet has held various ofiices much of the time during his residence in Will Co. ; for several years he served the township of New Lenox as Supervisor or Town Clerk; in 1857 and 1858, held the ofiioe of County School Commissioner, and has been most of the time a member of the Board of School Inspectors during his residence in the city of Joliet. Having considerable leisure time, he has devoted a portion of it to literary pursuits, being a frequent contributor, both in prose and verse, to the city papers, and occasionally furnishing an article to various leading periodicals; among the prose articles from his pen which have been well received by the public, may be mentioned,

" How I Was Once Robbed," "A Visit to tbe Mammoth Cave;" "The Short Papers," a series of twenty-two articles; " Notes and Opinions on California ; " "A Trip to Florida - Notes by the Way," eight papers; and "The Uncle's Legacy," a serial tale, running through six months of -^ the Will County Courier, and many briefer articles ; among the articles in verse, which have been read with approval, were "Women Sufifrage ; " " Carrier's Address ; " "The Wonderful Pamphlet;" "Bring Flowers," a song for Decoration Day ; "The Two Fishers of Men;" "Ode for the Fourth of July;" "The Secret Cave," a legend of the Cumberland ; and several articles partaking somewhat of the humorous, entitled, " Experiences, Advice, Comments and Suggestions of Barney O'Toole," etc. ; he has in course of publication, " Irene, or the Life and Fortunes of a Yankee Girl," a tale, in eight short cantos, comprising a neatly executed volume of 160 pages, 16mo, which may be obtained at the book stores, or by addressing the author, at Joliet, 111.

GEORGE ABBOTT, proprietor of the New England Restaurant, Joliet ; was born in Keene, N. H., Dec. 1, 1829; there he resided until 1853, when he went to Missouri, and remained two years, returning to Keene. He shortly afterward came to Illinois, and after spending one year in Rockford, settled in Joliet, in October, 1857 ; in 1858, he engaged in the restaurant business, keeping the Rock Island Railroad Restaurant for eight years. He is the oldest restaurant man in the city; in March, 1866, he started the New England Restaurant. He was married in February, 1855, to Miss Eunice A. Foster, of Keene, N. B., who died in June, 1861. He was married again on the 12th of December, 1866, to Miss Abbie A. Cutting, of Joliet ; they have six children - Isabel, John M., Lawrence D., George, Lulu M. and Lydia Belle.

JAMES R. ASHLEY, Secretary Joliet Wire Fence Co., Joliet; was born in Lewis Co., N. Y., in February, 1825 ; in 1837, his father came West with his family and settled in Plainfield, Will Co., 111.; he was a minister in the Baptist Church, and labored many years for the churches in Plainfield, Naperville, Downer's Grove, and organized the church in Joliet ; he till resides in Plainfield, having almost completed his fourscore years. James enjoyed a good common-school education, and was at an early age introduced to business life ; after his majority he began mercantile life in Plainfield, which he followed twenty years ; in 1871, he sold out his store, and in the spring of 1874, began business in Joliet in company with A. B. Sharp, in the manufacture and sale of the Excelsior Axle Grease ; this he continued till January, 1876, when he formed a copartnership with Scutt & Watkins, under the firm name of H. P. Scutt & Co., and engaged in the manufacture of barbed fence ; in October, 1876, he purchased the interest of Mr. Watkins in the firm, and a stock company was formed under the name of the Joliet Wire Fence Company, of which he was chosen Secretary, a position he still holds. He was married Oct. 27, 1850, to Julia F. Tyler, a native of Troy, JN. Y.; has one child living - Ellie M.; three deceased - Alice E., Christina and Nellie.

H. E. BALDWIN, Joliet, of the firm of Nelson, Ferriss & Co., proprietors of the Joliet Morning News, and the Greenback News, was born Sept. 25, 1853, in Lacon, Marshall Co., 111., but during the first year of his existence his parents removed to a farm on the bank of the VermUion River, opposite Streator ; two years afterward they removed to the vicinity of Ottawa, and, in 1862, made that city their residence ; his father engaged in business, and continued until 1869 ; Horace E. attended the high school, under the management of Professor Thomas H. Clark, until January, 1870, a period of nearly eight years ; the following June, he, in company with his mother and three sisters, went to Woodson Co., Kan., where his father had already gone ; he farmed there about two years, and, on St. Patrick's Day, 1873, began to learn the printing business at La Cygne, Linn Co., in that State ; in May, 1875, he went to Chicago and completed his apprenticeship with the Metropolitan Printing Company; his parents having removed to Kansas City, Mo., he spent the fall and winter of 1876 with them, taking a six-months course of study in the Kansas City High School ; at the request of friends in the Joliet Phoenix office he became an em- ploye of tlie firm of McDonald, Perriss & Co., Feb. 4, 1811, and in July following, became connected with the Morning News, while under the proprietorship of Charles F. Dutcher ; on the 1st of October, 18*77, he became a member of the firm of Nelson, Feriiss & Co.

CAPT. WILLIAM W. BISHOP, of the firm of King & Bishop, dealers in lumber, lath, shingles, etc., Joliet ; was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., Feb. 26, 1837 ; he remained on the farm until 1859, when he came to Chicago, and engaged in the lumber business, in the employ of Eeed & Bushnell, with whom he remained until the beginning of the rebellion. In 1862,^ he entered the Union army as a member of the 103d 111. V. I.; was elected First Lieutenant of Co. A, and soon afterward promoted to Captain, serving as such during the war. As showing the character of the services he rendered his country we copy the following :

The General commanding the First DiTision, takes this means of bringing to the notice of the entire command, the meritorious conduct of a detachment of the 103d 111., under command of Capt. Wm. W. Bishop, stationed at Porter's Creek. On the night of the 22d inst. , information reached Capt. Bishop that the notorious guerrilla band, under the command of Sol. Street, was encamped within three miles of his station. He started immediately with his little command at a double-quick through the brush, and succeeded in completely surprising the guerrillas : killing three, wounding six and capturing six prisoners. Loss on our side, in the captain's own language, " Not a scratch." This is to be regarded as an earnest of the glory that awaits the 103d, and it is held up for imitation by our troops, whenever opportunities like this may present themselves to any of them. A copy of this order will be sent to each officer, non-commissioned officer and private, who participated in the surprise.

He was present during the siege of Vicksburg and battle of Mission Ridge ; accompanied Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and on his famous march " from Atlanta to the. sea," through the Carolinas to Washington, where with his regiment, he participated in the grand review of the army at the close of the war ; he was mustered out of the service in Louisville, Ky., in 1865 ; returned to Chicago and engaged in the lumber business ; in 1869, he came to Joliet and entered into partnership with John P. King in the lumber business. He was married in September, 1 865, to Miss Julia A. King, of Chicago, and has two children - Minnie D. L. and Grace.

Rev. Gerardus Becher

REV. GERARDUS BECHER, Pastor of St. John the Baptist's Church and Superior of the Franciscan Fathers, of the Strict Observance, Joliet ; was born in Rhineland, Germany, April 27, 1834; he received his preparatory education in the parish schools of his native country, and then entered Warendorf College in Westphalia; in 1862, he came to this country, and completed his education in St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, 111., where is located the mother-house of the Order in this country ; he was ordained a priest of the Franciscan Order about five years later by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Yunker of Alton ; remained about a year longer, and was then transferred to Quincy, where he became a Professor in the College of St. Francis Solanus. and at the same time attended the congregation at Warsaw, 111., and another in Gilman Tp.; from Quincy he returned to Teutopolis, and spent two years as Prefect of St. Joseph's College, and then became Superior of the Convent of St. Francis, and Pastor of the congregation ; after the death of the late Father Nolte, he was sent to Joliet in December, 1876. Father Gerardus' Chief Assistant, Father Symphorinus Forstmann, is one of the many victims of persecution under the present dynasty in Germany, having been expelled by Bismarck, together with eightyfour others of his brethren from Westphalia, in 1875; after completing his studies in the convent in St. Louis, he was assigned to Joliet in 1877. It was a desideratum of the Bi.shop in calling the Fathers to Joliet, that they might administer to the spiritual wants of the Catholie prisoners in the State Penitentiary, which, through the politeness of Warden Mc- Claughry, they have been enabled to do. This duty is performed by Father Augustine MoClory, who is a native of Pittsburgh, Peon., and came to Joliet in 1877. There are here four fathers and three lay brothers, who, besides attending the congregation, are the spiritual advisors of the Sisters of the Franciscan Convent and.

Rev. Maurice Francis

REV. MAURICE FRANCIS BURKE, Pastor of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Joliet ; was born in County Limerick, Ireland, May 5, 1845; when but a child, he accompanied his parents to this country ; they came directly to Chicago ; when about 18 years old, he entered the old University of St. Mary's of the Lake in Chicago ; previously to this, he had taken a commercial course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Chicago ; in 1866, he went to Rome and spent nine years as a student in the American College ; he was ordained a priest on the 22d of May, 1BY5, by Cardinal Patrizi, Vicar General of Rome, under Pope Pius IX, after which he returned to Chicago, previously, however, spending a few months in traveling in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England and Ireland ; soon after his return, he was appointed Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's Church in Chicago, and remained as such until his appointment as Pastor of St. Mary's Church, Joliet, April 27, 1878.

JOHN BROWN, of the firm of Houck & Brown, tanners and curriers, wholesale and retail dealers in sole leather, shoe findings, etc., Joliet; has for twenty-three years been a citizen of Will County ; he is a native of the Isle of Man ; was born on the 25th of November, 1826 ; served his apprenticeship at the tanner's trade in Douglas, Isle of Man, and followed the business there for ten years ; he came to the United States in 1853 ; spent two years in New York City, and in 1855, came to Lockport, Will Co.; the following year he came to Joliet, and entered, upon his present business, which he has continued through the several changes in the firm that have taken place since that time ; in 1863, the Joliet Tannery was built by Mack, Cleghorn & Co., of which firm Mr. Brown was a partner ; he has attended strictly to his business, never taking any active part in political afiairs, nor seeking office of any kind. He was married in the Spring of 1850, to Miss Catharine Kissack, of Douglas, Isle of Man ; they have had ten children, six of whom are living - Richard J. (now in business in Chicago), Prank E., Eliza J., Charles H., George W., and William H.

JOSEPH BRAUN, proprietor of the Apollo Hall, Joliet; was born in Erbach, Wurtemberg, Germany, May 27, 1 837 ; when he was 14 years old, he was apprenticed to a tailor to learn the business; in April, 1855, he came to this country; spent a short time in Buffalo and in Canada West, coming to Joliet the same year, and starting in his present business, in which he has been very successful ; in 1856, he went to Minnesota and remained till 1859, with the exception of a short time spent ia St. Louis and Quincy ; he then went to Naperville, 111., and remained till 1861 as clerk in Stenger's brewery ; in 1865, in company with Joseph Braun (another gentleman of the same name, since deceased) he built the Columbia brewery, and followed the brewery business till February, 1868, when he disposed of his interest to Mr. F. Sehring, the present proprietor ; in 1874, he revisited his native country in company with Mr. John Reicherdt, and spent about four months in travel in all parts of Germany. He was married March 2, 1862, to Miss Frances C. Braun, of Joliet ; she is a native of Soulnt, France, and came to this country at the same time with Mr. Braun; they have two children - Mary M. and Willie K. Mr. Braun served as Street Commissioner in 1872.

J. E. BUSH, dealer in grain, Joliet; is a son of Stephen N. Bush, who came to Joliet from Washington Co., N. Y., in 1861 ; he was born in Washington Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1835; he prepared for college at Whitehall Academy in his native county, and in 1856, entered Williams College, Mass., graduating in 1860; he came to Joliet the same year; spent two years in a grocery store ; one year as teller of the First National Bank, and, in 1864, purchased the elevator built by Abijah Cagwin (which was the first elevator built in Will Co.), and engaged in the grain business ; this elevator has a capacity of 30,000 bushels; in 1872, he erected the elevator near the Michigan Central Depot with a capacity of 20,000 bushels ; he handles upward of half a million bushels of grain per annum. He was married in 1863 to Miss Marian C. Woodruff, daughter of George Woodruff, of Joliet ; she died in 1876, leaving two children - George W. and Jennie C. Mr. Bush was married again in 1877 to Miss

J. D. BROWN, druggist and chemist, Joliet ; born in Raymertown, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., March 12, 1826 ; he received his academical education in Lyman Cross Academy, Troy, N. Y., completing the course in 1842 at the age of 16 ; he then engaged in the drug business with his uncle at Lansingburg, N. Y., where he remained three years. He emigrated West and located in the drug trade in Joliet in 1846, since which time he has been successfiilly engaged in the above business during a period of upward of thirty-two years ; he is the senior member of the firm of J. H. Brown & Co., his brother, J. H., being the junior partner for the past nine years. He married in New York Sept. 10, 1846, to Adelia Brown; four children were the fruit of this union, two of whom are now living, viz., George and Mary M. Mrs. Brown died in September, 1855. His second marriage, to Emily Gr. Bartle, was celebrated in September, 1858 ; three children have been born to them - Eugene, Helen and Horace.

JOSEPH BARTHELME, farmer ; P. O. Joliet ; born in Alsace, Germany, Feb. 17, 1828, where he lived until 18 years of age, and engaged in farming ; he emigrated to America at the above age, landing in New York April 27, 1846, going directly t(j Pennsylvania ; he engaged in the canal business until October, 1848, when he emigrated to Joliet and worked in the quarries and lime-kilns for a period of twelve years ; in 1860, he engaged in farming, renting sixty acres two miles from Joliet, which he worked for seven years, when he purchased eighty acres on Sec. 6, Joliet Tp., which he has since continued to work ; he owns besides his farm of eighty acres, which is located one mile from Joliet, his present residence on Bluff street, which he has owned since 1851. He married June 11, 1851, to Mary Wiles; she was born in Alsace, Germany, March 22, 1833 ; they have by this union ten children now living, viz., Mary Ann, Helen, Frank, Joseph, Michael, Antonette, Edward C, George, William and Alexander. Mr. B. has h«ld the ofiice of Alderman for two years in the ward in which he lives.

T. BURKE, livery, feed and sale stable, Joliet; born in Lowell, Mass., May 11, 1840, removing when quite young to Joliet, 111., where he has since lived, being engaged in various pursuits in his youth when not attending school ; his first business enterprise was in trucking, to which he has added the livery, feed and sale stable, carrying on the only business of the kind west of the river, and keeping a good stock of horses and carriages for rent which receive his personal attention, and are always found in first-class order. He married July 11, 1856, in Joliet, to Mary Hennesy ; she was a native of Ireland ; they have by this union eleven children now living, viz., Mary A., John R., Bernard, Helen, Katie, Anna, Thomas F., William, Sarah, Hattie and Alice.

R. S. BROWN, of the firm of Zarley & Co., publishers of the Joliet Signal; is a native of Joliet ; he was born Aug. 30, 1845 ; he is a son of R. D. Brown, who who came to Joliet from Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1845, and still resides here ; Mr. Brown was educated in the public schools of the city, and at the age of 17 entered the Signal office as an apprentice ; this was in 1862; he became familiar with every branch of the business, afterward becoming foreman, and in 1873, became a partner in the firm.

ALEXANDER BURDEN, merchant tailor, Joliet ; born in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, on the 8th of April, 1832 ; he learned the trade of a tailor in his native country, and, when about 17 years of age, left Scotland and came to America ; the first five years he worked at his trade in Lowell, Mass., Oneida Co., N. Y., Ottawa, Can. and Cincinnati, Ohio ; in March, 1853, he came to Joliet and has continued in the merchant tailoring business here ever since. He was married March 3, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Jamieson of New York Mills, Oneida Co., N. Y, ; she was a native of Loch Winnock, Scotland, and came to this country, in 1849 ; she died Aug. 29, 1877, leaving four children - David, Jennie, Maggie and Willie.

NATHANIEL BARNS, farmer and stock -raiser. Sec. 34; P. 0. Joliet; born in Rockland Co., N. Y., June 18, 1818, where he lived until 40 years of age, being engaged in farming and dealing in stock until he emigrated to Joliet Tp., Will Co.,

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111., in 1858, upon his present place, since which he has been (ixtensively engaged in farming and has expended a great deal of time and money making improvements, such as draining, etc; he owns 160 acres under a high state of cultivation, three and one-half miles from Joliet. He married Oct. 1, 1849, to Mary E. Thiell ;' she was from the same place as Mr. Barnes ; she was born June 21, 1829 ; they are the parents of ten children - Emily A., Isaac and Edward, deceased; the living are George J., Rosalia, Grace, Nathaniel, Eliza, John Henry and Blanche. Mr. Barnes has held the office of School Director for more than ten years and has always taken a deep interest in the cause of education in the district where he lives. LEWIS BROWN, farmer. Sec. 24; P. 0. Joliet ; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 2, 182Y, where he attended school in winter and worked upon his father's farm in summer until 13 years of age, when in 1840, he removed with his father's family to Will Co., 111.; he settled upon his present farm in 1863 ; owns 160 acres of well-improved land, valued at $60 per acre. He married Miss Christy Smithley, Oct. 19, 1871 ; she was born Oct. 13, 1839, in Westmoreland Co., Penn.; they are the parents of three children - Jennie Luella, born Oct. 21, 1872 ; Lydia May, born Feb. 17, 1875, died Feb. 19, 1876; Katie Bell, born June 2, 1877. ^ WALLACE B.CASWELL, proprietor St. Nicholas Hotel, Joliet; was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., in 1831 ; his father was a farmer of moderate circumstances, possessing a small piece of land which he tilled with his own hands ; he recognized the value of an education and made every effort to secure for his children that mental culture which is imperishable ; but Wallace was not a studious youth ; the glorious fun of fishing, hunting, "I spy," -' two-old-cat " and other athletic sports, had for him a far greater charm than the problems of his arithmetic, the puzzling intricacies of his grammar, the comprehensive knowledge contained within l;he pasteboard lids of his geography, or even the polysyllables of his spelling-book ; all told, his schooling amounted to less than three years of constant attendance ; to this day he acknowledges, that it was his own fault that not even a common-school education accompanied him when he embarked for himself in the struggles of life ; it was in the vocation of an apple-peddler that pennies first poured into the capacious pockets of his "flap" trowsers ; with a basket well-laden with pippins, greenings, Spitzenbergs, gillyflowers and rusty-coats, gathered from his father's orchard, he daily plodded to the village of Albion for several years and returned at night jubilant with success, or dejected by failure, according as good or ill luck had attended his labors among the fruit-loving denizens of the village; in those days (a matter which will be a surprise to the fruit-venders of this generation) a "square meal" could be obtained for 3 cents, and to indulge in the extras of the season 5 cents was considered an exorbitant demand ; in 1844, his father came West, purchased a small farm and grist-mill at Plainfield, nine miles northwest of Joliet ; from that date till the present, the subject of this sketch has been a resident of this State ; in 1845, he entered the village store as clerk, owned by a Mr. Goddard, at the munificent salary of $4 per month, without board ; Mr. G. also operated stores in Elgin and St. Charles ; he continued with him at intervals, until 1858, vibrating from one point to another, as occasion and the interests of his employer might require ; in 1849, he was employed in the dry goods and carpet store of H. W. Bigelow, of Chicago; his positions and employments have been various, and fortune and mis-fortune have not been strangers to him. He was married in 1854, to Esther J. Eurn, of Plainfield. At one time we find him a prosperous business man, amassing wealth rapidly ; again we see him penniless, with a great debt upon his shoulders ; at the breaking-out of the war, he was doing a thriving grocery trade in Joliet. He entered the army as sutler, and, at first, money "rolled in by the bushel," and indicated that bis fortune was made ; but these were uncertani days ; when about thirty-five miles south of Louisville, on his way to Bardstown, John Morgan, the daring, dashing cavalryman of Southern fame, despoiled his train of six loads of sutler's goods, "cabbaged" his horses and left him with a whole skin, but not money enough to get back to Joliet ; again he replenished his stock and the same result followed ; after having once more purchased a full stock, he sold out, took notes in payment, never realized a cent from them, and returned to Joliet as poor as he was five years before. In 1864, he began operating the old National Hotel on the west side of the city ; here he remained almost ten years accumulating money as if by magic ; in 18*73, he furnished the Kobertson House at an expense of $20,000 ; in one year he lost half of the amount accumulated in the preceding ten years ; he next purchased one-half interest in the Gait House, Chicago, and in one year shelved the balance ; he opened the St. Nicholas as a hotel June 17, 1875.

GEORGE M.CAMPBELL, Secretary and Treasurer of the Joliet Stone Co., Joliet ; was born in Unity, Waldo Co., Me., Jan. 5, 1848 ; in early childhood, he removed with his parents to Springfield, Mass., and lived there and in that vicinity until he was 9 years of age ; the family then removed to Linn Co., Iowa, and five years later, in April, 1862, came to Joliet ; his parents resided here four years, and then returned to Massachusetts ; he was educated in the public schools of Joliet and at the Springfield, Mass., English and Classical Institute ; he followed the business of clerking and book-keeping until May, 1875, when the Joliet Stone Co. was organized, he being one of the three equal partners, and on its incorporation, Dec. 1, 1877, he became Secretary and Treasurer of the company. He was married Dec. 25, 1873, to MissLibbie R. Snapp, daughter of Hon. Henry Snapp, of Joliet, and has two children - Jessie M. and Ida A.

M. B. CAMPBELL, M. D.; physician and surgeon, Joliet, was born in Williston, Vt., Nov. 29, 1843; he received his preparatory education at the Williston Academy, after which he studied medicine in the office of Dr. E. A. Pond, of Rutland, Vt., who has since become famous as the inventor of the American Sphygmograph, for measuring and tracing the pulsations of the heart ; from his office he entered the medical department of Harvard University, where he graduated and received his degree, March 7, 1866 ; during his course of studies he served one year as medical cadet in the regular army ; after graduating, he spent one year in practice with Dr. Pond, in Rutland, and then came West, and located in Wilmington, 111.; he

I practiced medicine there until 1874, when 1 he removed to Joliet; Dr. Campbell was thoroughly educated as an allopathic physician, but, in 1872, having become fully convinced of the superiority of the law of " Similia similibus curantur," or so-called homeopathy, after thorough'preparation he joined the Illinois State Homeopathic Medical Association, and, in 1874, was elected a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy.

ROMAINB J. CURTISS, M. D., physician and surgeon, Joliet; was born in Richland Co., Ohio, Oct. 1, 1840 ; at the age of 16 years, he entered Hillsdale College, Mich., and after leaving there attended one course of medical lectures at Bufialo Medical College ; in 1862, he entered the Union army as Hospital Steward of the 123d Ohio Vols., and in April, 1863, was appointed a Medical Cadet in the regular army ; served on the hospital-boat which, during the siege of Vicksburg, conveyed the wounded up the river to Memphis and St. Louis, and was afterward transferred to the General Hospital at Cincinnati ; in 1864, he graduated and received his degree of M. D. from the Ohio Medical College, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the U. S. Navy, serving till the close of the war ; he then located in Erie Co., N. Y., where he practiced medicine seven years, during which time he pursued a medical course at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, graduating from that institution in March, 1868 ; from Erie Co. he came to Joliet in 1873 ; he is a member of the Erie County Medical Society, of the Will County Medical Society, and also a corresponding member of the Boston Gynecological Society. He was married Nov. 29, 1870, to Miss Sarah A. Beal, of Erie Co., N. Y.

H. S. CARPENTER, of the firm of Carpenter & Marsh, grain merchants and proprietors of the Union Transfer Elevator, Joliet; was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., Nov. 25, 1826 ; he resided there until he was nearly 20 years of age ; he received an academic education in Rochester and Albion, N. Y., and in 1846, came to Joliet ; he taught school nine quarters in Troy Tp.,and then engaged in speculating, buying and selling property, etc.; about twenty -five years ago,he engaged in the grain business, being now the oldest grain mer- chant in JoKet ; in the Spring of 1874, the firm of Carpenter & Marsh was established and the Union Transfer Elevator erected, at a cost, including the mill and dock in connection therewith, of some $15,000 ; they now do a yearly business of $1,500,000, and handle about five millions of bushels of grain per annum. Mr. Carpenter was married Jan. 22, 1850, to Miss Henrietta Spencer, of Troy Tp., and has three children - Charles H,, George and Sarah P.

CHARLES CLEMENT, retired, Joliet ; has been a permanent resident of Joliet since 1834, and is the oldest living inhabitant of the city ; he was born in Windsor, Vt., Jan. 13, ] 810 ; after receiving a common-school education, he spent some time in an academy at Atkinson, N. H.; in 1833, he came West, and passed through Joliet (then containing but two log cabins), on his way to Peoria ; the following spring, he returned and made his home here, where he has continued to reside ever since ; he soon afterward engaged in mercantile business, which he continued most of the time until his retirement from active business, about 1865 ; in the spring of 1839, he, with others, established the first newspaper in Will Co., the Joliet Courier, which afterward became the Joliet Signal ; he has served three years as a member of the Board of Supervisors, being the first Supervisor upon the organization of the township ; he has held the offices of Alderman, School Inspector, etc. He was married Aug. 5, 1844, to Miss Cordelia Wilcox, of Elbridge, N. Y., and has two children.

J. J. CULVER, JoHet ; dealer in live stock, and proprietor of Bluff Street Market ; was born in Montgomery County, N. r., Dec. 5, 1828 ; at the age of 14 years, he entered a store as clerk, and at the age of 20, engaged in general merchandising for himself^ which he continued till 1857 ; when, being in poor health he came West, bringing with him a stock of goods, which he traded oif for a farm in Channahon Tp ; he followed farming there seven years, and then removed to Joliet and engaged in his present business, which is quite extensive, as he retails an average of forty cattle per month. During the war he did a large and successful business in buying and shipping stock. He has a farm of nearly 200 acres south of the city, and also rents some 300 acres more, on which he usually feeds 100 head of cattle, or 1,000 sheep. For the past four years, has confined his attention mainly to sheep- raising, shipping stock, and attending to his business in town. He was married Oct. 21, 1853, to Miss Lydia A. Knox, df Montgomery Co., N. Y., and has four children - Willie K., Aggie C., Edward E. and Charles S.

ABIJAH CAGWIN, dealer in grain ; Joliet ; was born in Oneida Co. N. Y., May 19, 1807 ; in 1824, he removed with his parents to Brockport, Monroe Co., and there began business as a tanner and currier, owning an extensive tannery which burned down in 1834 ; he was also engaged in shoe manufacturing. He came to Will Co., in 1835, and settled about two miles from Joliet - then Juliet - where he built a saw-mill, in which he sawed the lumber used in building the first grain warehouse in Will Co., which Mr. Cagwin erected a few years later. Here he was elected Justice of the Peace, serving eight years; in 1839, he was elected County Judge, and moved into the city ; at the expiration of his four years' service as County Judge, he engaged in merchandising, afterward associating with him hia brother, Francis L. Cagwin ; in 1856, he with others, established the Will County Bank, the firm being Cagwin, Higinbotham & Co. ; a few years afterward, he engaged in the grain and produce business, which he has continued to the present time. He has served three terms as City Treasurer ; one term on the Board of Supervisors, and four years as Supt. of the Will County Alms-house and Poor Farm. He was married in 1827, to Miss Hannah Scriber, of Brockport, N. Y., but formerly from Rutland Co., Vt., and has eight children - Merritt 0., of Elwood, 111., Helen A. (Mrs. Elvis Harwood, of Joliet), Sarah A. (Mrs. Barritt, of Joliet), Thomas P., of Joliet, Hamden A., of Joliet, Nancy A., of Joliet, Rose L. (Mrs. A. R. Briggs, of Joliet), and Abijah S., of Joliet.

GEORGE N. CHAMBERLIN, of the firm of S. S. Chamberiin & Son, undertakers and dealers in furniture; Joliet; was born in Lockport, Will Co., 111., Dec. 20, 1851 ; he is a son of S. S. Chamberiin, who came to Will Co. at an early day, frequent reference to whom will be found in other parts of this work. Mr. Chamberlin was educated in the High School in his native town, and when about 20 years of age, entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R. Co., in Chicago, in the telegTaph department, remaining with them two years ; he then spent some three years in the office of Norton & Co., of Lockport, and in 1876, engaged in his present business with his father, who is the oldest undertaker and furniture dealer in Will Co. He was married Dec. 5, 1876, to Miss Ella E. Munger, daughter of Charles E. Munger, of Chicago, for twenty -five years a resident of Joliet ; they have one child - Fred M.

JOHN R. CASEY, M. D., physician and surgeon, Joliet ; has been a resident and a practicing physician of Joliet, since 1858 ; he is a native of Illinois, and was born in Jeiferson Co. Jan. 28, 1835 ; at 16 years of age, he entered McKendree College, Lebanon, 111., where he remained three years ; leaving College, he entered upon the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. Charles A. Pope, at that time one of the most prominent surgeons in the West. He attended medical lectures in the St. Louis Medical College where he graduated and received his degree in 1857. After practicing medicine one year in 01- ney, Richland Co., 111., he located in Joliet, as above stated. In May of the same year (1858), he was appointed physician in charge of the State Penitentiary Hospital in this city, occupying that position ten years. He is at present President of the Will County Medical Society, and also holds the office of City and County Physician, to which he was elected several years ago ; he has also served one year on the Board of Aldermen. He was married in June, 1863, to Miss Ada Vanderpool, of Joliet ; a native of New York City, and has four children - Florida, Willis W. Dwight and Laura.

CHARLES W. CLEGHORN, proprietor Joliet Soap Works, Joilet ; was born in the Province of Ontario Aug. 16, 1853. He is a son of Rev. Thomas, a Methodist clergyman, and who wag a brother of Edward Cleghorn, of this city. His father was a native of New York State, but lived in Canada from the age of 5 years until 1870, when he removed to Michigan, and resided there until his death, which occurred in

February, 1878. After his father's death, his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth (Williams) Cleghorn, removed with her family to Joliet, where they now reside. Charles W. came to Joliet in 1870, and learned the tanner's trade with Messrs. Mack, Cleghorn & Co., and continued till July, 1876, when he engaged in his present business. He manufactures three brands of soap; the "Granite," he considers his finest soap ; is of his own invention, and unexcelled for either toilet or laundry purposes ; his two other brands, the " Standard " and " Boss," are both excellent articles, and are furnished at prices which should induce the people of Will Co. to patronize home industries, and ask their grocers for Cleghorn's soaps.

WILLIAM P. CATON, retired, Joliet; one of the pioneers of Will Co. ; was born in Orange Co., N. Y., March 28, 1815 ; he lived in Oneida Co., N. Y., until 18 years of age, being engaged in mercantile pursuits and attending school ; at the above age, he removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he remained three years, clerking in a general store ; he then came to Chicago in 1836, clerking for a short time; then to Milwaukee, clerking until the following year ; he then returned to Illinois and took up 2,000 acres of Government land in Cook Co., sixteen miles northwest of Chicago ; here he lived until 1848, when he removed to Chicago, being engaged in mercantile pursuits and inspector of canal-boats until 1856, when he removed to Plainfield, Will Co., and engaged in farming until 1871, when on account of ill health he was obliged to give up farming, since which time he has lived in Joliet, but not engaged in active business. He owns his residence and the one adjoining on Oneida St., Joliet. He married Nov. 28, 1844, to Elizabeth Steele ; they are the parents of five children now living - William E., Hannah E., Charles A., Albert R. and Minnie E.

JOHN CLARKSON, retired millwright, Joliet ; born in Lancashire, England, Oct. 25, 1809, where he learned and worked at the millwright trade until 28 years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York July 3, 1837 ; remaining there three months, then to llochester four months ; then to Black Rock Dam during the winter of 1837-38, returning to Rochester for the summer following ; then to Rome, Mich., for eighteen months ; from there to Chicago, and to Joliet by stage, where he located May 20, 1840 ; he first engaged here in building Jones' Steam Flour- Mill, the first of the kind in Joliet ; upon its completion, he with Thomas Keegan, went to Marseilles and built the first flour mill at that place ; from there he went to Chicago and built the first elevator erected in that city. His reputation as a workman of superior skill at his trade having become generally established, he has been extensively employed in building mills and elevators in all the neighboring towns around Joliet up to the time of his retiring from active labor. He owns a fine residence on the west side of the river, where he resides. He married in England April

12, 1837, to Alice Hodson ; she was born in Lancashire, England, May 1, 1816 ; they are the parents of three children now living, viz., Ellen J., Margaret A. and Mary Ann. Mr. C.'s mother emigrated to America and Joliet in 1844, being then upward of 80 years of age, where she lived until her death in 1848. Mr. C. has filled difierent offices of trust, among them School Trustee for eight years and School Director for three years.

CARSON BROS., groceries and provisions, Joliet. Hugh H. Carson, the senior member of the above firm, was born Jan. 1, 1852, in Rhode Island, where he attended school and worked in a cotton-factory until 10 years of age, when he emigrated with his parents to Joliet, locating at this point Aug. 1, 1862 ; at the above date, his father, James Carson, purchased the grocery and provision business of W. B. Caswell, which business he successfully continued until succeeded by his sons May 10, 1875. Robert Carson, the junior member of the above firm, was born in Rhode Island Sept. 18, 1855 ; emigrating West with his parents to Joliet ; he, with his brother, was employed in the store of their father when not attending school, until they succeeded in the business. The above firm carry a full and complete stock in their line, and have a good trade which is rapidly increasing ; their success may be attributed to their thorough knowledge, close personal attention and honest dealing in business.

13, 1843, where he lived and attended school until 14 years of age, when he immigrated with his parents to Joliet, where he lived two years ; in 1859, he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lived two years and commenced to learn his trade - from there he removed to Newark, N. J. where he lived two years ,when he returned to Joliet and finished his trade ; he purchased the interest of his father in July 1868 ; he confines business exclusively to the manufacture and jobbing of horse collars, supplying the wholesale trade largely in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana; he employs four hands and such machinery as can be made practical. He married in Joliet July 6, 1865, to Lottie V. Cook ; she was born Nov. 23, 1843, in New York ; they are the parents of two children now living, viz., Lottie A. and Henry L.

BARBARA CAMPBELL, farmer. Sec. 28 ; P. 0. Joliet ; widow of Joseph Campbell ; her maiden name was Barbara Kelly ; she was born in Scotland Dec. 13, 1807. She married Mr. Campbell in Scotland July 12, 1833 ;- Mr. Campbell was born in Scotland Sept. 30, 1807, where he lived until 28 years of age, when he immigrated to America and settled in Joliet Tp., Will Co., 111., in 1839, and engaged in quarrying ; he was for several years in partnership with ex-Gov. Matteson in quarrying and contracting, and had some contracts building the Canal. He died June 23, 1858 ; his widow, who survives him, continues to live at the old home, which contains 195 acres of well-improved land. They were the parents oi five children now living, viz., Joseph, Robert, John, Annie and Barbara.

THOMAS CULBERTSON, retired miller, Joliet ; the subject of this sketch was born in New Castle Co., Del., Aug. 23, 1814, where he learned the trade of milling; he removed to Joliet in 1836, and engaged at his trade for two years, when the dam was destroyed for the benefit of the Canal ; afterward worked at Norman's Island and Wilmington ; returned to Joliet in 1839, and settled where he now resides, purchasing what is known as the Red Mill in 1849, which he continued to run until 1867. He married Miss Martha M. Kercheval in Joliet Nov. 19, 1856 ; her parents settled in Will Co., in 1829 ; they are parents of three children - Thomas Edwin, born July 16, 1858 ; May Evelyn, born Oct. 23, 1861 ; Emma Elizabeth, born

Jan. 13, 1864, died Aug. 28, 1865. Mr. C. lias filled the offices of School Trustee and Director in the town where 'he lives for several terms.

N. H. CUTTEK, farmer ; P. O. Joliet ; whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Jaffrey, Cheshire Co., N. H., March 12, 1805; up to the age of 21, he was engaged in farming with his parents, after which he learned the trade of joiner and carpenter; in 1828, he moved to Lowell, Mass., and after being engaged at his trade for a short time, was employed in machine shops up to the fall of 1829 ; he then went to Oneida Co., N. Y., and worked in Rogers' Machine Shops up to 1834 ; in the fall of the same year he came to Joliet, where he has resided ever since, engaged mostly in farming. Has been Alderman, Justice of the Peace, Assessor and School Director. He married Rebecca R. Bailey, of East Hampton, Mass., Feb. 15, 1838 ; she was born April 14, 1805. Mr. Cutter, while living in the East spent his winters in school teaching.

GEORGE W. CASSEDAY, deceased, formerly of Joliet, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Bedford Co., Va., Dec. 1, 1803. His father dying when he was 6 months old, his mother moved to St. Anne, Ky., where they lived until he was 14 years of age, when they moved to Troy, Ohio ; at this place he learned the trade of carpenter. On January 13, 1824, he married Miss Delilah Murphy, and in the fall of 1825 moved to Vermilion Co., 111., where he engaged in farming up to the spring of _ 1827, when he moved to Edgar Co., 111., working at his trade of carpenter, and also farming ; in 1829, he moved to Paris, of the same county, and remained there up to 1834, when he returned to Vermilion county ; in 1851, he came to Joliet, where he lived up to his decease, July 23, 1863. When he came to Joliet, having purchased a large tract of land, he laid out an addition to the city known as " Casseday's Addition." He had five children; three living - Maria L. (now Mrs. Joseph G. English, of Danville, 111.), Mary C. (now Mrs. John Durham, of Danville, 111.), and Henry Clay; two deceased - David, and Harriet M.

of John Murray, who was formerly from Bennington, Vt.; her mother, Cynthia Weaver, was a native of Rhode Island ; Mrs. Demmond's parents removed to near Auburn, N. Y., when she was a child; and after five years to Sharon, in the same State, where they resided till their death. Her marriage with the late Martin H. Demmond, occurred in Frankfort, Herkimer Co., N. Y., April 10, 1831. Mr. Demmond was a native of Massachusetts, and was born March 4, 1803 ; he went with his parents to Sangerfield, N. Y., where he was apprenticed to the tanner and currier's trade ; he, however, did not find this business congenial, and having a taste for mercantile pursuits, he soon afterward engaged in merchandising in various places, in which he was quite successful ; he first married, soon after becoming of age, Miss Adelia Woodrufi^, a daughter of Theodore Woodruff, of Clinton, N. Y.. and a sister of George H. Woodruff, of this city ; she, however, died during thei first year of their marriage. While in business in Frankfort, he married Miss Murray, as above stated, and, in 1834, removed to Joliet ; he was so intimately identified with the early history and growth of this city, and his connection therewith is so fully recorded in the historical portion of this work, that any farther allusion here is unnecessary. He was a man of pure morals and sterling integrity; "his word was as good as his bond." He died of cholera July 18, 1854, leaving a wife, but no children. A niece of Mrs. Demmond's, Miss Catherine Murray, was a member of the family, from the age of 10 years until her marriage with Frederick Bartelson, an attorney at law in Joliet, who afterward raised a company for the 100th Regiment, I. V. I., was commissioned Captain, afterward promoted to Colonel, and killed at Kenesaw Mountain. She is now the wife of J. R. Casselberry, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Demmond continues to reside in the old homestead erected by her husband soon after his arrival here.

R. DOOLITTLE, Justice of the Peace, Joliet; was born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 15, 1809, where he resided until his removal to Joliet in the spring of 1837 ; after following the grocery business two years, he was elected

Justice of the Peace, and held the office twelve years, and was also Assignee in Bankruptcy during the existence of the old United States bankrupt law ; in 1838, he was elected County Judge, but declined to qualify, and Geo. H. Woodruff was elected in his place; in 1852, he resumed business, the firm being Doolittle & Stone, who erected the three-story brick building on the south side of Jeiferson street, the second building west of Ottawa street ; the same year, 1852, he, with six other citizens of Joliet, was appointed by the Legislature to divide the city into wards, and call an election for city officers. In 1840, previous to the organization of the city, he had served on the Board of Trustees, of which he was the Treasurer ; he remained in the grocery business until 1862, when he sold out to Mr. Stone, and for a number of years was engaged in railroad contracting, merchandising, etc. ; he served as Alderman from 1862 to 1866 ; in 1871, was again elected Justice of the Peace. He was married April 5, 1838, to Miss Sarah A. Boss, a native of Canada, and has five children living - Theresa C, Eben B., George H. of Port Huron, Mich., Georgeana and Jesse A.

FRANK DEVINE, contractor and builder, Joliet ; is a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; he was born at Fishkill Landing, on the Hudson River, July 3, 1849 ; when he was about 18 years old he went to New York City and worked at his trade of a carpenter until after the great fire in Chicago in 1871 ; he then went to that city and took part in its rebuilding during the next two years ; in 1873, he came to Joliet and began business as a contractor and builder ; he is acknowledged to be one of the most skillful and reliable workmen in his line of business ; he has built some of the best residences in the city, besides other buildings, among which may be mentioned St. Mary's Church, on which he did the carpenter work. He was married June 5, 1876, to Miss Nellie O'Reilly, daughter of James O'Reilly, of Joliet ; they have one child - James.

EUGENE DALY, undertaker and dealer in furniture, Joliet; is a native of the county of Longford, Ireland ; he was born on the 13th of May, 1826; in 1844, he came to this country and spent three years in Sag Harbor, L. I., where he learned the trade of a cabinet-maker; coming to Chicago, he worked at his trade there until the fall of 1850, when he came to Joliet and started in business for himself; he is the oldest undertaker and furniture man in Joliet ; he has- held several public offices, among which may be mentioned those of Coroner of the county, Supervisor and member of the Board of Aldermen. He was married in 1852 to Miss Bridget Thompson, of Joliet; she is also a native of the county of Longford, Ireland; they have eight children living - Margaret, Mary A., John, Catherine, Joseph J., Ellen, Charlie and "Willie.

JOHN T. DON AHOE, Joliet; Treasurer of Will Co. ; was born in Joliet Oct. 16, 1855; he is a son of Timothy Donahoe, who came to Joliet from Ireland in 1853, and is now a resident of Wilmington. John T. left school at the age of 13, and entered the grocery store of his brother in Wilmington as clerk, remaining with him until he was 17 years old ; they then engaged in business in partnership in Braidwood, and, on attaining his majority, he purchased the interest of his brother and continued the business alone until his election as County Treasurer in November, 1877 ; he is the youngest Treasurer Will Co. has ever had, and probably the youngest man ever elected to that office in this country.

J. C. DILLMAN, proprietor of the Mansion House, Joliet ; was born in Summit Co., Ohio, Sept. 7, 1824; his early years were passed upon the farm, his father and grandfather being farmers ; in the fall of 1849, he came to Will Co., his father, Michael Dillman, having come with the other members of the family the spring before ; the family settled in Plainfield, where the father died in 1861, leaving ten children, five of whom now live in Will Co. ; Mr. Dillman followed farming until 1871, when he removed to Joliet; in 1875, he became proprietor of the Mansion House, where the traveler is always sure of courteous treatment and good accommodations, at a reasonable price ; being a strictly temperance house, it is a desirable family hotel. Mr. Dillman was married Feb. 19, 1846, to Miss Sarah A. Steese, of Summit Co., Ohio, and has five children living - Lavina C, Amanda J., Michael S., Edward L. and Charles S. ; one daughter, Alice J., died Feb. 12, 1861.

WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Joliet; born in county of Cumberland, England, Oct. 28, 1851, where he lived until 22 years of age, when he came to America ; he first located in Connecticut, and from there to Kankakee, 111., in 1850, where he resided four years ; then to Joliet in 1854, where he engaged in the quarry business, which ho has continued to the present time ; he owns what is known as Davidson's Quarry, located one mile southwest of Joliet, on the C, R. I. & P. R. R.

WILLIAM DOUGALL, M. D., physician and surgeon, Joliet ; was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, March 1, 1842 ; his father, John Dougall, was a leading cotton-spinner in the west of Scotland, and, in 1858, came with his family to this country, settling near New Haven, Ind., where he died in 1874 at the age of 75 years ; his mother was Margaret Houstoun, a descendant of the ancient Renfrewshire family of that name ; she was born in the town of Houstoun, Renfrewshire, and" still survives; the son, William, was educated in the high school of Glasgow. On the breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. C, 15th Ind. V. I., June 1, 1861, and participated in all the engagements of his regiment until Oct. 1, 1863, being severely wounded at the battle of Stone River ; on the above-mentioned date he was commissioned Captain in the 13th U. S. Colored Regiment, and served as such until April, 1865, when the war, having closed, he resigned, and, returning home, resumed the study of medicine ; he attended a course of medical lectures in the University of Michigan, and afterward in the Chicago Medical College, from which institution he graduated, and received his degree March 4, 1868, and soon afterward began practice in Lemont, Cook Co., 111. ; in 1872, he located in Joliet, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married Oct. 1, 1872, to Miss Cassie Walker, daughter of Edwin Walker, of Lemont, and has one child - Mamie C. Dr. Dougall is a member of the Will County Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association, and was Secretary of the former two years.