Will County, Illinois - The whole text, 1878 (part 20 of 29)

T. A. MASON, dealer in lumber, man- Tifacturer of sash, doors and blinds, pro prietor of the Stone City Planing-Mill, Joliet; was born in New Hartford, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 14, 1846 ; he is a son of Daniel C. Mason, an eztensive railroad contractor ; his grandfather, Arnold Mason, was one of the original contractors of the Croton Water Works in New York City ; Mr. Mason first came to Illinois in the spring of 1867 ; after spending a few months in Chicago, he returned East, and engaged in the blank-book and stationery business in Utica ; in 1870, he came to Joliet, and, with F. W. and H. B. Plant, erected the Stone City Planing-Mill, and engaged in the lumber business ; he was educated at the Utica High School and at Whitestown Seminary, N. Y. He was married Sept. 25, 1872, to Miss Elizabeth E. Caton, of Joliet, and has three children - Cornelia Louise, William Caton and Kittie Marie. Mr. Mason is at present a member of the Board of Aldermen from the Fourth Ward, being elected in April, 1877.

B. B. MASON, real estate and loans, Ji/liet; was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Nov. 20, 1826 ; in 1834, his father. Hale ^. Mason, came with hid family to Will

Co., and settled in Gooding's Grove, in what is now Homer Tp. ; he was for a good many years Canal Collector of Lockport ; for a number of years Justice of the Peace, and is now an honored resident of the town of Lockport. Mr. Mason continued farming until the spring of 1854,; in the fall of that year, he came to Joliet and spent the winter, removing the following spring to La Salle, 111., where he resided for fourteen years, during eight of which he served as Postmaster of that city; returning to Joliet in 1870, he entered the abstract office of George H. Ward, and, in 1875, engaged in his present business ; he is Secretary of the Peoples' Loan and Homestead Association of Joliet, which was organized in 1874, having a capital stock of 5,000 shares of $100 each. He was married in the spring of 1850 to Miss Elizabeth C. Olney, daughter of Hiram Olney, an early settler of Homer Tp. ; she died in 1858, leaving two children, one of whom, Ella B., wife of Leonard G. Wilson, is now living. Mr. Mason was married again in 1864 to Miss Lizzie L. Miner, of Aurora, 111.

MAJ. ROBERT W. McCLAUGHRY, Warden of t/he Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet ; was born in Fountain Green, Hancock Co., 111., July 22, 1839 ; he remained at home on the faim until 1856, when he entered Monmouth College, graduating in 1860, after which he remained in the college one year as Professor of Latin ; returning to Hancock Co. in 1861, he settled at Carthage, and engaged in editing the Carthage Republican. In response to President Lincoln's call for 300,000 men, he enlisted in August, 1862, as a private in the 118th 111. V. I. ; was chosen Captain of Co. B, and in November following, was elected Major of the regiment ; he participated in all the campaigns which resulted in the capture of Vioksburg in the Gulf Department in the fall of 1863, and in all the campaigns in Western Louisiana until June, 1864, when he was transferred to the Pay Department as Paymaster, and assigned to duty at Springfield, 111. ; he remained there until Oct. 13, 1865, when he was mustered out to accept the office of County Clerk of Hancock Co., to which he had been elected ; he held this office until 1869 ; the next two years he was engaged in the stone-quarry busi- ness in Sonora, Hancock Co., and furnished the stone for the railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Keokuk, and for the foundations of the new State Capitol at Springfield; in 1871, he went to St. Louis in charge of the St. Genevieve quarries, but the following year, his health failing, he returned to Monmouth, 111-, and entered the ofiice of Judge Glenn to attend to a portion of bis business, where he remained till Aug. 1, 1874, when he was appointed to his present important and responsible position. He was married in 1862 to Miss Elizabeth C. Madden, of Monmouth, 111., and has five children living.

THOMAS F. MORAN, assistant superintendent of the Joliet Gas Works ; born in the county of Roscommon, Ireland, in 1832, where he lived until 18 years of age, when he emigrated to A.merica, landing in New York Jan. 9, 1851, going directly to Frostburg, Md. ; he was engaged in the mining business for two years ; from there he went to Philadelphia, where he was engaged in the Northern Liberty Gas Works for eight years, when, in 1861, he was called to fill the ofiice of Assistant Superintendent of the Joliet Gas Works, which position he has since held during a period of seventeen years. He married in Philadelphia in 1853 to Mary Brannan ; she was born in Philadelphia ; they have six children now living, viz. : Edward V., Mary, Michael J., Agnes, Catharine and Joseph L. Mr. Moran has held the ofiice of Alderman in the ward in which he lives in Joliet.

JAMES H. McFARLIN, butcher and general stock dealer, Joliet ; born in Troy, Will Co., Ill, July 25, 1854, living there seven years, when he removed with his parents to Manhattan Tp., where, after obtaining a common-school education, he engaged in farming until he removed to Joliet, in May, 1869, when he commenced work with J. Adler at butchering, remaining in his employ until October, 1878, a period of nine years ; at the above date he engaged in the above business upon his own account on Chicago st., corner of Wallace st. ; he is also engaged in the stock business, buying and selling largely ; having had an experience of upward of ten years in the business, his judgment in stock is considered sound and reliable.

I PETER MACKIN, groceries and provisions, flour and feed, Joliet; born in Armagh Co., Ireland, June 24, 1849, where he lived until 22 years of age, attending school in his youth ; then engaged in farming until the above age, when he emigrated to America, landing in New York March 17, 1871 ; coming directly West, he visited his brother at Peoria, 111., for a short time, when he came to Will Co. and engaged with Patrick Fitzpatrick in Lockport Tp. for one year, when he came to Joliet and engaged in business with Thomas Delaney, purchasing the lot and erecting a store at No. 33 South Chioaga St., where they engaged in the groceries and provisions, fiour and feed business for three years, when their store was destroyed by fire ; Mr. Mackin then purchased hia partner's interest and rebuilt his present store in 1876, since which time he has been doing a very successful and profitable business, which may be attributed to his strict integrity and honest dealing.

BENJAMIN L. MAYHEW, Deputy Warden of Illinois State Prison, Joliet; born in Dennysville, Wash. Co., Me., June 16, 1822 ; his ancestors came from England in 1642, landing at Martha's Vineyard, Mass. ; Mr. M. came to Boston in 1842, where he lived and worked at the trade of machinist until 1845, making one voyage at sea during this period, when he went to Cambridge, Mass, and was connected with the Cambridge Prison as guard for two years; in 1847, he was appoioted Deputy Keeper, which position he held for eleven years. On Dec. 15, 1856, Deputy Warden Galen C. Walker, of the Charlestown State Prison, was murdered in the chapel by convict James Magee, and upon the 29th inst. of the same month, Warden Solon H. Tenny was murdered by convict Charles D. Decatur ; the two chief officers having been murdered, Mr. Mayhew Was selected to take full charge of the Charlestown State Prison, which he did with great credit for twenty-one days, till new officers were appointed, Mr. Mayhew meanwhile retaining his old position at Cambridge; in 1 858, he was appointed Deputy Warden of the Charlestown, Mass., State Prison, which office he held for ten years ; he then emigrated to Illinois, and in the year 1870, was appointed Deputy Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, which position he has since held, with the exception of four yeare' absence. Mr. Mayhew married Oct. 31, 1847, to Miss Frances J. Nickerson ; she was born in Westminster, Vt., May 23, 1821 ; they are the parents of two children now living, viz. : William B., born in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1, 1848, now serving his fifth year as Engineer in the U. S. Navy; Maria ¥., born in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 11, 1857; Edmund L., born in Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 8, 1860, deceased.

GALLUS MULLER, chief clerk of the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet; born in Switzerland, Canton of St. Gall (Wyl), June 12, 1841 ; after a collegiate education in St. Gall and Lucerne, he entered the University of Munich", Bavaria, in 1860, and attended here one year ; the Qext two years were passed in Turin, Italy, when he emigrated to America in 1863, landing in New York upon the 20th of December ; coming directly to Chicago, he soon thereafter engaged in the music business, which he followed until 1870, when he came to Joliet as book-keeper for the Illinois State Penitentiary ; after working a short time in this capacity, he was appointed chief clerk, and has held this office since that date, during a period of eight . years, and under five difierent administrations. He was married in Chicago, in 1866, to Miss Marie De Hez ; they are the parents of four children, viz., Alice, M. Pia, Walter and Ida.

CAPT. JAMES MILLER, chief engineer of Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet; born in Glasgow, Scotland, March 11, 1826, where he learned and worked at the trade of machinist until 25 years of age, when he emigrated to America, landing in Quebec in 1852, coming directly to Morris, Grundy Co., 111., where he engaged in the foundry and machinist business during a period of ten years ; in 1862, he raised a full company of 102 men for the war, which he took to Chicago, and after remaining in Camp Douglas three months, the regiment was mustered out of service, the several companies joining other regiments ; Mr. Miller then enlisted in the U. S. navy as fireman, which position he held for three days, when he was promoted to Asst. Engineer, which oflice he held seven months, when he received his commission as Chief Engineer, and held this position for three years until the close of the war ; Mr. M. then returned to Morris, and again engaged in the foundry and machinist business for a period of two years, when he was appointed, in 1867, as chief engineer of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, which office he still holds. He married in Scotland in 1852, to Miss Elizabeth A. Miller ; she was born in Scotland in 1825 j they are the parents of five children - James W., John Edwin, Frank, Margaret and Lillie.

D. McCANN, deceased, farmer ; P. 0. Joliet ; born in Fayette Co., Ind., Nov. 3, 1823, where he lived and followed farming until 1864, when he removed to Will Co., and purchased the farm where the family now live, consisting of 250 acres of land, now valued at upward of $50 per acre ; he died here Oct. 2, 1873. He married Miss Elizabeth Honnymon, of Union Co., Ind., Sept. 13,1850 ; they were the parents of six children - William W., Lycurgus C, Charlie W., Irene (died Feb. 28, 1862), Ada and Lillie B.

R. H. MAPPS, farmer and auctioneer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Joliet ; born in Cumberland Co., Penn., July 12, 1819, where he worked at the cooper's trade for several years, when he moved to Ohio, and worked at his trade until he moved to Joliet in 1846, where he followed his trade until he purchased the farm where he now resides v owns 136 acres of land, valued at |55 to $60 per acre. He married Miss Susanna Shofi'ner, a native of Ohio ; they havs six children - -Albert, born March 1, 1849 ; Levi, June 16, 1852 ; Jesse, Sept. 9, 1856, died Nov. 5, 1857 ; John W., born March 16, 1859; Armina, Oct. 2, 1863; Lillie A., Feb. 11, 1867. Mr. Mapps has filled the offices of School Director and Trustee in his township several terms.

HON. JESSE 0. NORTON, deceased, whose portrait appears in this work, was born at Bennington, Vt, Dec. 25, 1812; he entered Williams College in 1831, and graduated with honor in 1835 ; he came West after graduating, and first taught school at Wheeling, Va., and afterward in Missouri; in 1839, he came to Joliet and opened a law office ; he was first elected City Attorney ; his genial manners made him popular, and the people of his county gave him all the honors and distinction in their power; in 1846, he was elected

County Judge, and re-elected in 1848 ; he was also elected to the State Constitutional Convention in 1848 ; in 1850, he was elected to the State Legislature, and in 1852, he was elected to represent this district in the Congress of the United States ; during that session, he took an active part in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, resisting that measure with all his eloquence and power ; his course was approved by the people of his district, and he was re-elected in 1854; in 1857, he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court ; he was again elected to Congress in 1862, and served with honor until March 5, 1865 ; in 1866, he was appointed by President Johnson District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and removed to Chicago. He subsequently resumed the practice of law in company with Judge J. R. Doolittle. He died Aug. 3, 1875, and his remains were interred in Oakwood. He married Miss Phoebe Ann Sheldon Dec. 25, 1837, at the residence of Gov. Dunklin, Potosi, Mo. ; they had seven children, four living - Martin, Libbie (now Mrs. Gen. J. T. Torrance), Annie and Jessie (now Mrs. Wallace C. Barker), and three who died in infancy. Mr. Norton in youth was sober, industrious, studious and ambitious, and when he came to man's estate, in every office he was called to fill by his fellowcitizens, he performed its duties with industry, promptness, ability and courtesy. There was in him a genial, aifectionate and loving nature, refined, high-toned and exalted by a true Christian life, which those who knew him can fully appreciate. It was in his home that these virtues of the soul shone forth and made a beauty of character which no wealth can purchase and no intellectual greatness can supply.

ROBERT W. NELSON, Joliet ; born in Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1851 ; at the age of 15, he moved to Schenectady, N. Y., and entered the Union School, where he remained for two years ; he then entered the dry goods store of H. Ostrom & Co., and, after a few months' stay there, obtained a situation in the drug store of A. Truax & Co., where he remained for two years ; by that time he was taken with the Western fever, and followed the advice of that astute philosopher, Horace Greeley, went West, and located in Chicago in the spring of 1871 ; here, in conjunction with his brother, he started in the coal trade, and afterward added that of clothing; the clothing store was moved to Braidwood in 1875 ; in 1876, he withdrew from the firm of Nelson Brothers & Barhgdt, they continuing in the coal trade in Chicago, while he continued the clothing business at Braidwood until the fall of 1877, when he closed up that business, and commenced the publication of the Joliet News.

M. B. OGDBN, M. D., homeopatUc physician and surgeon, Joliet; has practiced medicine in Joliet for the past thirteen years; he is a son of Dr. S. G. Ogden, late of Cherry Valley, 111., and who died in 1874, at the age of 75 years ; he belongs to a family of physicians, his greatgrandfather, grandfather, father, two brothers and some ten cousins being members of the medical profession. Dr. Ogden was born in Toronto, Province of Ontario, Oct. 24, 1834; he received his general education at the University of Toronto, and then pursued a medical course of three years at Ralph's Medical School in that city. In 1858, he went to Wisconsin and practiced nearly five years in Pond du Lac, where he was largely interested in flour manufacturing ; thence he removed to Rockford, 111., and during the winter of 1863-64, attended the Hahnemann (Homeopathic) Medical College in Chicago ; in 1865, he located in Joliet, where he still remains ; in the winter of 1 867-8, he pursued his second course of lectures at the Hahnemann Medical College, graduating in February, 1868. Associated with him in practice is his brother, E. J. Ogden, of Chicago, who visits Joliet once a week. Dr. Ogden was married in August, 1859, to Miss S. M. Pitcher, of Pond du Lac, Wis., and has one son - Edward C, now a student in the Hahnemann Medical College, in Chicago.

HON. BENJAMIN OLIN, attorney at law, Joliet ; was born in Allegany Co., N. Y., Aug. 12, 1838; when he was quite young, his parents came West, and settled in La Salle Co., afterward removing into Kendall Co. ; after receiving an English education, he spent awhile in Beloit College, and then entered the law office of Messrs. Gray & Bushnell in Ottawa, 111., afterward continuing his studies with John Cruthers, Esq., of Oswego, Kendall Co. On the breaking-out of the war in April, 1861, he assisted in enrolling Co. K, 20th

I. V. I. ; was elected First Lieutenant, and served about a year, when he was obliged to resign owing to ill health ; returning, he spent some time in Colorado recruiting his health, after which he reviewed his law studies in the office of Mather, Taft & Bates in Chicago. He was admitted to the bar in the winter of 1862-63, and began the active practice of his profession in Morris, 111.; he afterward formed a partnership with Hon. Perry A. Armstrong, of that place, which continued until the removal of Judge Olin to Joliet in 18Y0. While in Morris, he served as Alderman and School Inspector. About a year after coming to Joliet, he entered into copartnership with Capt. Egbert Phelps, which lasted until 1873, when he was elected County Judge, and in 1877, was reelected for another term of four years. He has held the office of School Inspector in this city, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Joliet Public Library since its organization in 1875. He was married in September, 1865, to Miss Julia A. Schauber, of Schenectady, N. Y.

C. C. OLNEY, manufacturer and dealer in marble and granite monuments, tombstones, etc., Joliet ; was born in Perry, Genesee Co., N. Y., June 15, 1833 ; he is a son of Hiram Olney, who came to Will Co. in the fall of 1835, and settled in what is now Homer Tp., and who afterward removed to Manhattan Tp., where he now resides at the age of 78 years. Mr. Olney remained at home until he was 19 years of age, and then came to Joliet and began working at the marble-cutter's trade, which has been his business ever since ; he is therefore, the oldest marble dealer now in Joliet, having followed the business either for himself or in the employ of others for the past twenty-six years. His business is not confined to Will Co., but extends into Cook, Iroquois, Livingston, Grundy, Kendall, Kankakee and Du Page Cos., III., and Ijake Co., Ind. He was married in January, 1868.

J. L. O'DONNELL. of the firm of Haley & Donnell, attorneys at law, Joliet ; is a native of the State gf Illinois ; he was born in La Salle Co. Aug. 10, 1849; he was educated in St. Mary's College, Niagara Falls, N. Y. ; after which he read law in the office of Glover, Cook & Campbell, of " Ottawa, 111., and with Mayo & Widmer, of the same place. He was admitted to the bar in Springfield, 111., in January, 1874, and the 1st of August following, formed a law partnership with P. C. Haley, Esq., which still continues. He was married on the 19th of September, 1877, to Miss M. C. Edgerly, of Putnam Co., 111.

A. A. OSGOOD, real estate and loans, Joliet ; is a native of Joliet ; he was born Sept. 29, 1839. His father, Hon. Uri Osgood, came to Joliet in 1836, from Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., where he was born Dec. 22, 1809 ; he studied law with Hon. Henry R. Mygatt, of his native town, taking a seven-years course, and at once came West, stopping in Chicago long enough to obtain his license to practice in this State, and then settled in Joliet, where he was a prominent and wealthy citizen and a leading attorney for thirty -five years. He at one time purchased all of Jeiferson St., from Ottawa st. to the river for two black horses and $50 in money. He established the first bank in Joliet about 1850, which he continued until 1861 ; in 1852, he was elected to the State Senate, serving two years, and in 1856, was a candidate for Congress against the Hon. Owen Lovejoy. He also held various offices of trust and responsibility in this city and county, among them that of District Attorney. He died in 1871, leaving a wife and five children, of whom Augustus A. is the oldest. He was educated at Russell's Military Institute, and at Yale College. In 1861, he enlisted in the 100th 111. V. I., and was elected First Lieutenant of Co. B. ; served as Aide-de-camp on Gen. Haskell's staiF, and after the battle of Stone River, he resigned owing to ill health. After spending a few weeks at home he entered the Quartermaster's Department under Capt J. M. Huntington, and three months later was made Chief Clerk under Capt. G. M. Smith, Chief Quartermaster of the Cavalry Corps of East Tennessee ; he afterward held the same position with Capt. Thos. D. Fitch, Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Kentucky, remaining till the close of the war. He afterward read law in his father's office ; was admitted to the bar Oct. 29, 1868, and practiced with his father until the death of the latter in 1871. In 1873, he purchased the insurance business ot W. W. Stevens, which he continued till September, 1877,

F. W. PLANT, of the firm of Mason & Plant, lumber dealers, manufaourers of sash, doors and blinds, and proprietors of the Stone City Planing-Mill, Joliet ; was born in Utica, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1843. His father, James Plant, was one of the earliest settlers of that city, and, at his death, in 1859, left but two older settlers than himself; he was from Brandford, Conn.; he left two children - one daughter, now living in Ottawa, 111., and one son, Francis W. He prepared for college in the Utica Academy, and, in 1860, entered Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., graduating in 1864 ; he then entered the employ of the Oneida Bank, in his native town, and shortly afterward engaged in the book and stationery business; in 1871, he came to Joliet, and with F. A. Mason and H. B. Plant, established the lumber firm of Mason & Plant ; they erected their storehouse on Des Plaines street, and the Stone .City Planing-Mill, a twostory building, on Joliet street, and are undoubtedly the heaviest lumber dealers in the city; Mr. Plant is a Director and Treasurer of the People's Loan and Homestead Association of Joliet. He was ^married Oct. 16, 1867, to Miss Lizzie Merle, of Brooklyn, L. I., and has four children - Helen M., Laura M., Grace M. and James M.

JOHN PETTIGREW, foreman of the molding department, Joliet ; was born in New Lanark, Scotland, March 2, 1842 ; at the age of 17 years, he went to his trade, in Glasgow, working under instructions seven years ; Sept. 12, 1866, he emigrated to America, first settling in Chicago, where he labored for Carlisle, Mason & Co., for a period of five years; in May, 1871, he came to Joliet, and entered the employ of the Joliet Iron and Steel Co.; during the latter part of 1873 and the first part of 1874, he worked at Marseilles and Rockford, and, on the reopening of the Joliet works, in October, 1874, he returned, and was employed as foreman -in the molding department - his present position. He was married in 1864 to Agnes Robertson, a native of New Lanark, Scotland ; has six children - John, Jane, Thomas, Charles, Agnes and William.

CHARLES PBTTIGKEW, master mechanic, Joliet ; was born in New Lanark, Scotland, Feb. 4, 1844; in 1862, he went to his trade, in the Scotland Street Iron Works, at Glasgow ; here he served an apprenticeship of five years ; in May, 1867, he emigrated to America, first settling in Chicago, where he was employed as machinist in the Excelsior Iron Works ; in 1870, he came to Joliet, and was employed as machinist two years ; next, he was foreman in the machine-shops eighteen months ; in August, 1873, he took his present position, that of master mechanic in the Joliet Steel and Iron Works. He was married in 1868, to Agnes Cameron, a native of New Lanark, Scotland ; they have three daughters - Edith S., Agnes M., and Clara B.

J. F. PERRY, County Superintendent of Schools, Joliet ; is a son of Dr. Joseph, of Crete ; he was born in Fairfield, Conn., June 21, 1846 ; his father was a teacher in the public schools of New York City, and the family resided, a portion of the time, on the old homestead . in Fairfield, and the balance in New York ; in 1854, the family removed to Will Co., settling in Crete ; Mr. Perry prepared for college principally in a classical institution in Bridgeport, Conn., and, in 1866, entered Yale College, where he graduated in 1870 ; after graduating, he taught a year in the East, and then returned to Illinois ; he taught, one year, as Principal of the public school in Madison, Cook, Co., and two years, in the same capacity, at Dalton ; in 1874 he came to Joliet as Superintendent of the East Side Schools, continuing as such until Jan. 1, 1878; in November, 1877, he was elected County Superintendent of Schools, which position he now holds.

CAPT. ANSON PATTERSON, mail agent and express messenger of the Joliet branch Michigan Central Railroad, Joliet ; was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., April 14, 1830 ; when he was about 4 years old, his parents removed to Seneca Co., N. Y., in. 1845 to Seneca Co., Ohio, and, in 1847,to Will Co., 111. ; his father, Joseph Patterson, still resides in Joliet Tp. Until the breaking-out of the war, Capt. Patterson followed farming, being engaged for nine years, during the winters, teaching, eight of which he taught in one district. In 1862, he entered the 100th 111. V. I. as First Lieutenant of Co. E, and, after the battle of Chickamauga, was promoted to the rank of Captain, serving till June, 1865 ; among the principal engagements in which he participated were the battle of Chickamauga, siege of Atlanta, battles of Jonesboro', Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville, besides several minor engagements ; he was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga Sept. 20, 1863. Keturning to Joliet, he was engaged in various kinds of business until 1869, when he was appointed Postmaster at Joliet, holding the office two years, at the end of which time he entered upon his present position. He was married in 1851 to Miss Helen M. McClure, of Joliet ; they have had ten children, seven of whom are now living.

JAMES G. PATTERSON, of the firm of James G-. Patterson & Son, grocers and news-dealers, Joliet ; was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1831, and came to the United States in 1851, settling in Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y. ; three years years later he went to Newburg, thence to New York City, coming to Joliet in the spring of 1855 ; he was enf'aged in manufacturing wagons and carriages, and followed that business until 1862, when he engaged in his present business. He was married April 23, 1855, to Miss Mary A. Harris, of New York City, also a native of County Tyrone, Ireland ; they have seven children - William A., Margaret J., Lillie M., James C, Eliza E., Emma K. and John H.

J. D. PAIGE, proprietor of Paige's Bottling House, Joliet ; was born in Oneida Co., N. Y., March 27, 1837 ; in 1844, he accompanied his parents to Jefierson Co., Wis. ; in 1857, he left home and came on foot to Joliet, with $1 in his pocket ; he went at once to work, and has been at work ever since ; he has now one of the largest and best-appointed houses in his line of business in the West ; besides which he has established branches of his business in Grand Rapids, Mich., Marshalltown, Iowa., and Braidwood, 111. ; he was appointed Fire Marshal of Joliet in May, 1877, and has given much study and his best efforts to the Department ; during his administration the Department has been changed from a voluntary to a paid organization, the Gamewell fire-alarm telegraph has been introduced, the horses are now owned by the Department (instead of being hired wherever opportunity occurred, as was previously done), and are kept at all times in the engine-houses, with harness on, ready to be hitched up at ten seconds' notice ; many other improvements have been added, and the , proficiency to which the Joliet Fire Department has attained under the administration of Mr. Paige is evident from the fact that at the National Firemen's Tournament in Chicago, in September, 1878, the Joliet Steamer Company No. 1 carried off first honors in extinguishing burning buildings, with a priee of $350 cash and an elegant silver set, and also took two other prizes, one of $100 and the other $75 ; Mr. Paige is at present Township Assessor, to which office he was elected in April, 1878.

CHRISTIAN FERDINAND PASOLD, manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes, Joliet ; this gentleman is a native of Fleiszen, Bohemia, and was born July 10, 1830 ; he began learning his trade with his father when about 12 years old ; in 1852, he came to this country, spending one year in New York City, and locating in Joliet in 1853 ; the first eight years he was employed as foreman for Firman Mack, and in the fall of 1860, started in business for himself He was married April 13, 1857, to Mrs. Catherine Sesser, of Joliet; she was born in Baireuth, Kingdom of Bavaria, June 5, 1837, and came to Joliet with her parents in 1854; they have eight children - Rosetta, Christian Ferdinand, Jr., Charles Wilhelm, Joseph Friederich, Henry Herman, Oliver George, Flora Elvira and Martin Julius. Mr. Pasold has served two terms in the City Council, from the Third Ward (now the Fourth) ; in 1869, he was elected City Collector, and, the same year, Town Collector, holding those offices one year.

HON. EDWIN POUTER, proprietor of the Eagle Brewery, and manufacturer of Porter's Joliet Ale and Lager Beer, Joliet; was born in Granger, Medina Co., Ohio, April 19, 1828 ; went to Cleveland when quite young, and there received an academic education ; in 1856, he came to Joliet, and engaged for two years in manufacturing malt; in 1858, he erected his first brewery, which was burned down in 1868, and, the same year, he erected his present extensive buildings. He was Chief Engineer of the Fire Department for five years, beginning in March, 1861 ; he has served three years as member of the City Council, and, in 1863, was elected Mayor, re-elected in 1864, and again in 1871.

Rev. Walter Henry Power

REV. WALTER HENRY POWER, Pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Joliet ; was born in Waterford, Ireland, in May, 1830 ; he received his classical education at Tramore, a celebrated wateringplace near Waterford ; in March, 1849, he came to America, and entered the Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, on Logan Square, Philadelphia, where he spent five years, and completed his theological studies ; he was ordained a clergyman of the Catholic Churcb in December, 1853, by Bishop Neumann, of Philadelphia, and was appointed Assistant Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, of that city, and was shortly afterward transferred to St. Philip's Church, Southwark, Philadelphia ; he afterward spent a year as assistant to the Foreign Vicar General of the Diocese of Philadelphia ; from there he went to Hamilton, C. W., as assistant to the Bishop, where he remained two years ; in March,

1859, he came to ,Illinois, and located at Lacon, Marshall Co., where his jurisdiction extended over five counties, embracing some half a dozen churches ; in June,

1860, he was transferred to Aurora, and in May, 1861, became Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, in Chicago ; in November, the same year, he assumed the pastoral charge of St. Michael's Church, in Galena, where he remained eight years, coming to Joliet, as Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, in September, 1869.

J. W. PATTERSON, of the firm of Patterson & Longley, dealers in coal, wood and coke, Joliet ; is a native of Newburg, N. Y.; he was born Sept. 12, 1853 ; he is a son of Thomas H. Patterson, of this city ; in early childhood he moved with parents to Haverstraw, N. Y., near the battle ground of Stony Point, and there lived until the spring of 1865, when the family came to Joliet ; he was educated in the public schools and at Russell's Business College in Joliet; he also attended the Chicago University for a time ; in 1875, he began keeping books for his father and the firm of Lyons & Patterson, and continued at this until 1877, when be engaged in the coal business for himself He was married Oct. 18, 1876, to Miss Hattie A. Strickland, daughter of the late Henry Strickland, an early settler of Joliet ; they have one child - Claire.

JUDSON C. PORTER, local editor of the Joliet Republican, Joliet ; was born in Fairfield Co., Conn., July 27, 1846 ; when he was 3 years old, his parents removed to Litchfield Co., in the same State; at the age of 15, he left home, and went to New Britain, Hartford Co., where he spent two years in the Connecticut State Normal School, after which he engaged in clerking ; in 1868, he came West, and taught one year in Kankakee ; in 1869, he removed to Aurora ; thence, in 1872, to Joliet, and in 1875, became local editor of the Joliet Republican. He was married in New Britain, Conn., Oct. 8, 1867, to Miss Martha J. Holmes, of Hartford Co. ; they have two children - Edith May and George E.

FRANK ROBESSON, dealer in groceries, liquors, fiour, feed, etc., and proprietor of Robesson's Hall, Joliet ; was born on the 24th of June, 1828, in that portion of Italy then adjoining and now a part of France ; at the age of 18 years he was apprenticed to learn the shoemaker's trade, and two years later (1848), he became a cavalry soldier in Victor Emanuel's Italian aripy, where he served eight years; after this, he spent one year in Lyons, and, in 1857, came to America ; in 1858, he came to Will Co., and worked three months for Thomas Mappu for his board; after this, he built a small shanty in Joliet and began working at his trade ; he was so poor then that for two days he had nothing to eat ; he followed shoemaking about a year, in the mean time selling a little confectionery, etc., when, having accumulated a little money, he started in a small way selling liquors, groceries, etc.; he now owns four buildings in Joliet, besides other property; in 1875, he built Robesson's Hall, at a cost, including lot, of $31,000. He was married in 1862 to Miss Josephine St. Angle, of Oswego, N. Y., and has one child - Josephine.

DAVID ROSENHEIM, dealerin clothing, hats, caps, gents' furnishing goods, trunks, valises, etc., Joliet; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 11, 1847 ; he was educated in the public schools of his native country ; on arriving at the age of 15 years, be left home and came to this country ; his father had died but a short time before ; his mother followed her son about twelve years ago, and now resides in Chicago ; on arriving in Joliet, young Rosenheim entered the employ of Morris Einstein, with whom he remained until 1869, when he became a partner in the firm ; in 1875, he purchased his partner's interest in the business, which he has since continued alone ; he carries a well-selected stock of about $12,000 - the largest in his line in the county - consisting of all grades of men's, youths', boys' and children's clothing, furnishing goods, hats, caps, trunks, valises, etc., at prices to suit the times ; he is courteous in manner and honorable in his dealings, and it is these qualities that have contributed largely to his success. He was married June 18, 1878, to Miss Augusta Lindaur, of Chicago. Mr. Rosenheim is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken all the Consistory degrees of Scottish Rite Masonry, and for the past year has held the office of High Priest of Johet Chapter, No. 27. R. A. M.

F. J. RAPPLE, dealer in live stock and proprietor of Joliet Street Market, Joliet ; was born near Strasbourg, Alsace, France, Dec. 19, 1837 ; in 1845, he came with his parents to this country, coming direct to Joliet, where he has lived for thirtythree years. His father, Simon Rapple, a highly-respected farmer of Will Co., died in 1877, leaving five children, the subject of this sketch being the third in age ; for the past fifteen years, Mr. Rapple's business has been farming, dealing in stock, etc. He was married Nov. 13, 1856, to Miss Margaret Adler, daughter of Michael Adler, one of the early settlers of Joliet ; they have ten children living - Lawrence L., Fred J., Jr., Veronica, John M., Louise B., Simon P., Angle -M., Theresa, Ella and Frankie C; one daughter, Louise, died in 1862. Mr. Rapple was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1877, and re-elected in 1878.

Barber, Randall & Fuller

BARBER, RANDALL & FULLER, attorneys at law, Joliet; this firm, although existing as a firm only since January, 1877, is composed of some of the oldest and most prominent members of the Will County bar. Hon. R. E. Barber was born in Rutland Co., Vt., in 1822 ; at the age of 10 years, he came with his father's family to Will Co.; he read law in Joliet, and was admitted to the bar in 1847 ; in 1852, he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, holding the office until 1856 ; he has been a member of the Board of School Inspectors some ten years ; in 1876, he was chosen Mayor of Joliet, and served one term. Hon. S. W. Randall is a native of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.; he was born March 23, 1808, butremovedtoFredonia,Chautau qua Co., when about 9 years of age ; he was educated at the public schools and at Fredonia Academy ; at the age of 16, he began as an apprentice to learn the printer's trade, and worked two years on the Fredonia Censor ; he afterward removed to Franklin, Venango Co., Penn., and began reading law in the office of Judge Galbraith,. and afterward with the late Chief Justice Thompson, in the mean time teaching school and working at the printer's trade ; he was admitted to the bar in 1834, and, in 1835, removed to Erie, Penn., and engaged in practicing law and in editing the Erie Ohserver; in 1843, he came to Joliet, and engaged in the practice of his profession ;. he was elected Judge of the Circuit Court he was elected to the State Legislature, and has held other offices of trust and responsibility. Buel A. Fuller was born in Coles Co., 111., Aug. 8, 1833 ; his parents removed to Danville, 111., in 1835, and about five years later to Perryville, Ind.^ there he entered a printing office, working during the day, and attending school evenings ; about 1848, at the age of 15, he engaged in publishing the Temperance Journal and Sons Companion in Danville, 111., the first temperance paper in the State ; he afterward went to Louisville, Ky., and thence to Madison, Ind., as foreman on the Madison Courier; in 1852, he came to Joliet, and became joint-owner and publisher of the True Democrat with Alexander Mcintosh ; after awhile, his health failing, he retired from the newspaper business, but resumed it again in 1856 as publisher of the Kankakee Democrat; in the mean time he had been pursuing the study of law, and, in 1857, was admitted to the bar in Joliet ; the next year he was elected City Attorney, serving two terms. The integrity, affability and modesty of all

CHARLES RICHARDS, M. D., physician and surgeon, Joliet ; was born in Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y., July 26, 1832 ; at the age of 10 years, he removed with his parents to New Haven, Huron Co., Ohio ; after receiving an English education, he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. F. Gr. Armstrong, of New Haven, Ohio ; he attended medical lectures at the Albany Medical College, where he graduated in' 1855; he then located in New Haven, Ohio, and practiced medicine there until 1868, when he came to Joliet, and has been a practicing physician here ever since. He is a member of the Will County Medical Society, of which he was formerly Secretary ; he held the office of Coroner of Will County from 1870 to 18*74. He was married on the 25th of March, 1858, to Miss Harriet Mulford, of New Haven, Ohio.

DAVID RICHARDS, farmer and stock-raiser, P. 0. Joliet ; was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., March 27, 1813; he was raised to the dairying business, which he followed until he came West in 1837, making the journey with a team, and settling in Joliet ; the first three years he spent in handling stock through the West, buying principally in Illinois and driving to Wisconsin and selling to the settlers ; he then engaged in the meat business in Joliet, handling stock at the same time ; in 1842, the State became bankrupt and all internal improvements ceasing, Mr. Richards being engaged in supplying the contractors on the Canal, became involved in the financial wreck, and although he paid in full, lost the accumulation of years ; "'*' _|4, he engaged in farming and rais- Sm dealing in stock, in which he has ci^tinued with good success to the present time ; he was one of the parties engaged in the Joliet Woolen-Mill enterprise which was started in 1866 ; he had the management of the feeding department of the Michigan Central Stock-Yards, for seventeen years, and received the first car-load of stock which was shipped into Joliet by rail ; he subdivided and sold the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 15, known as the Canal Trustees' Subdivision, and embracing a part of the best-settled portion of the city at the present time ; he still owns a large amount of real estate in the city, besides about seven hundred acres of farm lands in the county ; he erected his fine residence on the corner of Washington and Richards streets in 1860. He has been too much engaged in his own business to seek or accept public office of any kind. Mr. Richards was married Jan. 16, 1840, to Miss Mary A. Larraway, of Herkimer Co., N. Y.; they have six children living - Mary, now Mrs. T. H. Ingersoll, of Joliet ; Nancy Jeanette, wife of J. D. Smith, of Omaha, Neb.; John, Newton, William M. and Anson.

JOSEPH REICHMAN, of the firm of J. and J. Reiohman, proprietors of the Joliet Meat Market, No. 4, Chicago street, Joliet ; was born in Baden, Germany, Feb. 13, 1836 ; in that country it is necessary for every boy or young man to serve an apprenticeship to whatever business he intends to follow through life ; Mr. Reichman remained on the farm until he was about 16 years of age, and then began learning his present business ; in 1855, he came to this country, and after spending a few months in Brie, Penn., came to Chicago ; in 1857, he settled in Joliet and engaged in his present business, being the oldest in the business in the city ; he has attended strictly to business and enjoys the results of his labors in a fine home adjoining the city. He was married in July, 1869, to Miss Annie Koch, of Joliet; they have had five children, three of whom are living - Anton, Mary and Albert.

JOSEPH J. REICHMAN, of theabove firm was born in Baden, Germany, March 17, 1851, and lived there until he was 17 years old; in 1868, he came to the United States, coming direct to Joliet, where he entered the employ of his uncle, Joseph Reichman, in the market business, and, in 1874, became a partner in the firm. He was married Jan. 14, 18^2, to Miss Christina Wucherpfening, of Mokena, Will Co., and has three children living - Regina, Julius and Amalia ; his oldest child, Josephina, died in infancy.

JOHN H. RAPPLE, dealer in livestock and proprietor of Rapple's meat market, No. 3, North Bluff street, Joliet; is a native of this county ; he was born in Joliet Township, on the 20th of January, 1848 ; he is a son of Simon Rapple, who came to Will County from Alsace, in 1845; lie was educated in the parish schools of Joliet; he followed farming until 1870, when he engaged in business for himself in the confectionery trade; in July, 1874, he went to Southwestern Kansas and opened a farm and remained there until the summer of 1877, when he returned to Joliet and engaged in his present business. HOPKINS ROWBLL, contractor, Joliet; was born in Hopkinton, N. H.. May 16, 1810 ; removed, in infanoy, with his parents, to Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y. (then part of Genesee Co.), and there lived until he first came West, in 1834 ; he followed the business of brickmaking and farming, receiving an academic educa tion in the Clarkson Academy ; he came West, as an explorer, in 1834 and 1835, and on his latter visit purchased from the Government 80 acres of land, containing the gravel-pit adjoining the city on the east, first buying the claim of John Cook, an old Revolutionary soldier, who had settled there in 1832 ; he also purchased another tract, of 160 acres, near by ; he still retains his original purchases, on one of which he began about twelve years ago to develop the extensive gravel-pit above alluded to ; in 1847, Mr. Rowell again came West, as the General Agent for C. H. McCormick for this region of country, including Wisconsin, Northern Indiana and Northern Illinois ; he was the first to introduce the McCormick Reaper in Joliet, selling it to Robert Stevens, Henry D. Higinbotham and Mansfield Wheeler ; this reaper was in existence until a few years ago, when it was allowed to be destroyed, much to Mr. Rowell's regret; in 1857, Mr. Rowell located here, with his family, and has since been a permanent resident ; he is the author of a pamphlet entitled, " The Great Resources and Superior Advantages of Joliet," published in 1871, of which 20,000 copies were circulated, and did much toward bringing the natural resources of Joliet to the attention of capitalists and others, in the East ; he also furnished numerous articles on the subject to the Eastern papers, besides personally visiting, on the part of the city, several of the Eastern cities. He was married in 1848, in Watertown, N. Y., to Miss Mary E. Blood, of that city, and has five children - Jacob H., of Minneapolis, Minn., Annie J., Nathaniel J., Laura J.

R. ROBERTSON, proprietor of the Robertson House, Joliet ; was born in Fifeshire, on the Firth of Forth, Scotland, within a few miles of the City of Edinburgh, May 16, 1822 ; he was raised to the business of flour-milling, and, at the age of 20 years, came to America, and settled in New York City ; there he engaged in the distillery business, which he continued until 1864, and then came to Joliet and purchased the Joliet Distillery, which he run for two years ; in 1872, he built the Robertson House, which burned down in 1874 ; the following year, he erected the present elegant four-story-andbasement building, containing seventy-two sleeping-rooms above the ofiice floor, commodious and spacious parlors, etc. ; this is the largest hotel within a circuit of forty miles. Mr. Robertson was married, previously to coming to this country, to Miss Margaret Duncan, of AUoway, Scotland, and has six children living.

ERNEST RUDD, farmer. Sec. 23, P. 0. Joliet; born in Will Co., 111., Aug. 24, 1854, where he has always lived, and followed the occupation of farming upon the place where he now resides; he owns 50 acres of land, two and one-half miles from Joliet, valued at $60 per acre. Married Martha M. Miller, May 21, 1875 ; she she was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., March 20, 1853 ; they have two children - George Sanford, born Dec. 12, 1876 ; David Clarence, born Aug. 11, 1878.

MRS. PH(EBE RUSSELL; P. O. Joliet ; one of the early settlers of Will County ; was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1812. She is a daughter of Benjamin and Phoebe Weaver, and came to Homer Tp. with them in 1833. Her father was familiarly known as " Uncle Ben Weaver," and was a prominent citizen of Homer till his death in March, 1872, at the age of 91 years. Her mother had died ten years previously. Miss Weaver was first married Deo. 12, 1833, to Chester Ingersoll, a native of Vermont, who settled in Will County in 1828, and took an active part in the Black Hawk war. After their marriage, they removed to Chicago and kept the first hotel kept by an American in that city ; returning after two years, they settled in Plainfield ; and, seven years later, removed to Lockport, thenee to Wheatland, and, in 1847, removed to California ; Mr. Ingersoll died in San Francisco in Sept. 1850, and Mrs. Ingersoll returned with her family in Will County ; the family consisted of four children - C^hester, now of Kansas ; Benjamin F., who served through the war, and now resides in Joliet ; Josiah, who also served through the war, and died in January, 1871, from disea.se contracted in the service of his country ; and James K. P., now of this city. In July, 1851, Mrs. Ingersoll married the late Benjamin F. Russell, of Steuben Co., N. Y., a native of New Hampshire ; they lesided in Homer until Mr. Russell's election as Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Will County, in 1859, and then they removed to Joliet ; Mr. Russell held the office two terms of four years each, making one of the most efficient officers the county ever had ; he also held the office of Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue two terms ; he died Sept. 12, 1874, and in his death Will County lost one of her most honored citizens. He left three daughters - Emily J., Ida M. and Mary W.; but one of whom is now living - Ida May, now Mrs. J. J. La Fontaine, of Joliet ; he also left one son of a former marriage - Francis A., now of Michigan. Mrs. Russell was on the first stage ever run from Chicago to Plainfield, when there was but one house between the two places.

ROSITER RUDD, farmer. Sec. 24 ; P. 0. Joliet ; was born in Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 3, 1840 ; removed with his father's family to Joliet Township, Will Co., 111., when 1 year old ; he worked upon his father's farm until 24 years of age, when his father died and Mr. Rudd became the possessor of his present farm, which consists of sixty acres of well-improved land, valued at $50 per acre. Married Aug. 15, 1860, Miss Jane Gregg; she was a native of Canada ; they are the parents of five children - Luly, Fayty, Harriet, Freeman and Mansfield, all living ; Mr. Rudd has filled the office of School Director for six years with entire satisfaction.

MOTHER M. FRANCIS SHANAHAN, Joliet ; Superior of the Convent of the Sisters of St. Francis ; is a native of County Limerick, Ireland ; when quite young, she came to this country with her parents, who settled in New York State, residing in Cold Spring and Hudson, and afterward removed to Chicago ; she was educated in St. Patrick's School, in Chicago, completing her studies there when about 17 years of age ; she remained with her parents until she entered into religion at the age of 24 ; after completing her novitiate, she was made Directress of the school of St. Boniface in Chicago ; one year later, she was transferred to Freeport, III., returning thence to Chicago, from which city she went to Mansfield, Ohio, as Directress of St. Peter's School, and in June, 1877, came to Joliet as Superior of the Convent here ; this is the mother house of the order in this portion of the country, having twenty-one missions in Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Missouri ; there are eight teachers in the home institution, five of whom are engaged in teaching in the academy, and three in Father Gerardus' Parochial School.

W. W. STEVENS, attorney at law, Joliet ; was born in Oxford Co., Maine, July 14, 1832 ; when he was but two years of age, his parents removed tO' Dover, thence to Sullivan Co., N. H., where he made his home until 1855. He received an academic education at the Andover Academy, N. H., where he graduated in July, 1854; the following year he came to Will Co., and engaged in teaching, soon afterward settling in Joliet, where he studied law in the office of Parks & Elwood; he was admitted to the bar in March, 1859, and has continued the practice of his profession ever since ; he formerly did an extensive insurance business, having the largest agency in the city; but in 1873, he disposed of that branch of his business to A. A. Osgood ; he was elected City Attorney in 1863, and has been several times reelected to the same office ; he has, also, served three years on the Board of School Inspectors. He was married Sept. 6, 1859, to Miss Althea H. Hawley, daughter of Oscar L. Hawley, one of the earliest settlers of Will Co., and has seven children.

HON. HENRY SNAPP, attorney at law, of the firm of Snapp & Snapp, Joliet ; was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., June 30, 1822 ; when he was but 3 year* old, his father's family removed to Rochester, N. Y., and, in 1833, came to Will Co. and settled in what is known as " Yankee Settlement," in Homer Tp.; his father, Abram Snapp, was a farnjer, a man of inflexible will, of sterling and uncompromising integrity, of commanding presence, and, though of unassuming manners, a man of great talent, and a highly respected citizen; he died in 1865, leaving four children - three daughters and one son, Henry, who inherited, to a large extent, the characteristics of his father ; he remained at home, on the farm, until he became of age, when he came to Joliet and read law in the oflSces of E. C. Fellows, Esq., and Hon. S. W. Randall ; he was admitted to the bar in 1843, but did not begin practice until 1850 ; he started out in his profession with a determination to make an able lawyer ; he relied not upon natural ability, but applied himself to study, and has been a close student ever since ; being a ready speaker, and a man of brilliant imagination, and of pronounced opinions on all moral and political questions, it is not strange that he should be selected by his fellow-citizens to represent them in the councils of state ; he was elected to the State Senate in the fall of 1868, and in 1872 resigned the office to accept the nomination as Representative in Congress, from the Sixth Congressional District (now the Seventh); he was elected for the unexpired term of Hon. B. C. Cook, who had resigned, and having served out his term, declining a renomination, he returned to Joliet and resumed the practice of his profession ; it may be mentioned that in 1854 he held the office of City Attorney ; was for eight years a partner of Hon. Francis Goodspeed, now Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Illinois. He was married in January, 1847, to Miss Adeline Broadie, of Joliet, and has five children - Sarah, wife of Dorrance Dibell, of Joliet ; Elizabeth (now Mrs. George M. Campbell, of Joliet), Henry D., (engaged in practice with his father), Howard M. (attorney at law in Joliet), and Charles D. C. W. STAEHLE, bookbinder, Joliet ; was born in Tubingen, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, March 13, 1825; he was educated at the University of Tubingen, and afterward learned the bookbinder's trade, which he followed until he was 26 years of age, when he came to the United States; this was in 1851 ; he spent four years in New York City, working at diiferent trades, the last year as draughtsman for Blias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine ; from New York, he came directly to Joliet, and for eight years was engaged as pattern-maker in Jones' agricultural foundry ; in 1 859, he established his present business in a small way, having no capital, afterward combining the picture-frame business ; by attention to business and the wants of his customers, his business has steadily increased, until now his house is the leading one in his line in the city. Mr. Staehle has been Notary Public for the past nine years ; in 1868, he was elected City Collector, serving one year ; he has been a member of the Board of School Inspectors constantly since 1868, the past six years being Clerk of the Board. He waf married in 1849 to Miss Mary Bertsoh, os Wurtemberg, Germany, and has seven children living - Christian, Louise, Otto, Albert, Edwin, Fred and Martha.

COL. LORENZO P. SANGER (deceased), Joliet; was born in Littleton, N.. H,, March 2, 1809. When but a small boy, he accompanied his father's family to Livingston Co., N. Y., at that time a vast wilderness in the then Far West, and, like other pioneers, could only obtain the common log schoolhouse education in the winter, and in summer worked on a farm or in a saw-mill. When the Erie Canal (termed at that time, in derision, " Clinton's Ditch") was begun, his father, David Sanger, took a contract on the Canal, at Rochester, and afterward at Black Rock, about 1824, where he remained until the Erie Canal was completed. At this time but three steamboats were running on Lake Erie, and Lorenzo P. Sanger went on the Pioneer as steward. In the fall of 1826, his fatherremoved to Pittsburgh, Penn., and engaged in heavy contracts on the Pennsylvania Canal, and continued until completed, finishing near Johnstown, Lorenzo having charge of a part of the work. When about 20, he took a contract to build a lock near Livermore, Penn., and was known as the " boy contractor." When this was finished, he went into the mercantile business at Blairsville, Penn. He married Rachel Mary Denniston, of Den- niston's Town, Westmoreland Co., Penn., Feb. 3, 1830, and, the same year, removed his store to that place. About 1831, he joined J. Noble Nesbit at Freeport, Penn., in sinking a salt-well. After drilling several hundred feet, they struck a large flow of salt water, and with it what the salt men termed "that infernal American or Seneca oil," since known as petroleum ; and as the value of the oil was not then known, the well was abandoned and he lost all. From Freeport he went on the Beaver Canal and built a lock and dam twelve miles above Beaver, at the mouth of Kanakanessing Creek. When this was completed, he removed to Miamisport, Ind., and engaged in heavy contracts on the Indiana Canal. His work was on the Indian Reservation, and was completed amid many discouragements, the country being almost a wilderness and very unhealthy. In 1835, he started in the then fashionable way of traveling, viz., on horseback, to St. Joseph, Mich., and joined Gen. Hart L. Stewart, now of Chicago, in merchandising and warehouse business, and steamboating on the St. Joseph River. At the letting of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, in June, 1836, Stewart, Sanger & Wallace contracted to dig Sections 156 and 157, on the heavy rock excavation, above Lockport, 111. The next season, he removed permanently to Illinois, and followed the Canal to La Salle, where he built lock No. 15. He next formed a company and took the contract to improve the rapids of Rook River at Sterling, 111. In March, 1843, he joined Smith Galbraith in a line of stages from Chicago to Galena, via Dixon, and the next year purchased Galbraith's interest. While at Galena, he was elected State Senator. In 1847, Frink & Walker, Sanger & Co., Davis & Moore, and Neil, Moore & Co. united and formed the Northwestern Stage Co., embracing Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri, Mr. Sanger removing to St. Louis and taking charge of the western division until 1851, at which time the firm of Sanger, Camp & Co. contracted to build the western division of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, after completing which, Sanger, Stewart & Truesdail took the contract for building the North Missouri Railroad from St. Louis to Macon, Mo. Both of these roads were heavy enterprises, through comparatively new countries, and involved the engaging of hundreds of subcontractors. Both have become important trunk lines. In 1857, the State of Illinois let to Lorenzo P. Sanger and Samuel K. Casey, under the firm name of Sanger & Casey, the contract to build the State Penitentiary at Joliet, and in June, 1858, leased to them the convict labor of the State, the convicts being then confined in the Penitentiary at Alton, the commerce and discipline of the latter being in charge of W. A. Steel until July, 1860, when the last of the convicts were removed by him to the new Penitentiary at Joliet. During the last named year, he removed to Joliet, and, in 1862, to a farm one mile northwest of the city. Having, during his busy life, been the employer of tens of thousands of men, and the nation at this time being in the midst of the war of the rebellion. President Lincoln-wrote to Gov. Yates to send Mr. Sanger a commission as Colonel and request him to join the army in Tennessee and Kentucky for staff duty or whatever his health would enable him to do. This was done, and Col. Sanger immediately threw up his business and joined the army in Kentucky, where he remained until his health was almost entirely gone, when he was compelled to return home in a prostrated condition, from which he never fully recovered. In 1865, Col. Sanger and W. A. Steel, under the firm name of Sanger & Steel, opened quarries north of and adjacent to Joliet, which proved to be the best limestone yet found in America, and which they developed into a very large business, employing from three to four hundred men and a hundred horses, the canal and railroad also passing through their works. Though Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois patronized their works largely, the United States Government was their heaviest customer for material to build the Rock Island Arsenal, Marine Hospital in Chicago, Custom Houses at Des Moines, Iowa, and Madison, Wis., etc. The same year, 1865, Sanger, Steel & Co. took the contract to deepen the twenty-one rock sections of the Illinois & Michigan Canal. This was to lemove solid limestone sixty feet wide and ten feet deep, the object being to remove permanently the lift-lock in Chicago and Jack's lock near Lockport. Col. Sanger died in

Oakland, Cal., where he had gone for the benefit of his health, on March 23, 1875, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Joliet. He had three children - Maj. W. D. Sanger, who served as an aid on Gen. Sherman's staff in the late war, and died in St. Louis in November, 1873; Frances Louise, wife of Hon. W. A. Steel, of Joliet, and Henry A. Sanger, now of Florence, Ala. Col. Sanger, although a man of unyielding purpose and rugged character, was kind-hearted in his public dealings, and exceedingly tender in the private and domestic relations of life.

HON. W. A. STEEL, proprietor of the Joliet Stone Quarries, Joliet ; was born in Blairsville, Penn., Oct. 11, 1836; his father, Hon. Stewart Steel, was a lawyer of eminence in that State ; Mr. Steel, when about 1 7 years of age, spent a short time in mercantile business in Cumberland, Md., and Pittsburgh, Penn. ; in 1855, he came West and spent a short time in Joliet on his way to Missouri, where he built si x miles of the North Missouri Railroad, and there made his first start in a business career which has been so eminently successful; in 1857, he returned to Joliet, which since that time has been his permanent home. He became cashier for Messrs. Sanger & Casey, who had just obtained the contract for building the State Penitentiary. In 1858, he went to Alton as Deputy Warden of the State Penitentiary ; then located in that city, the Warden being Samuel K. Casey, who resided in Joliet, and remained in the sole charge of the commerce and discipline of that institution until July, 1860, at which time he removed the last of the convicts to the new institution at Joliet ; he then entered the law office of Judge Newton D. Strong, of St. Louis, having previously pursued his law studies in private ; he was admitted to the bar in St. Louis on the 4th of April, 1861. On the breaking-out of the rebellion, he engaged in the construction of four monitors for the Government, viz. : the Tuscumbia, Indianola, Chillicothe and the Etlah, the last being a full-blooded monitor ; he afterward enrolled a battalion of 450 men, called the National Iron Works Battalion ; was commissioned Major and placed in command of the battalion, and stationed in St. Louis for tbe defense of that city, where he remained until after the close of the war. In July, 1865, Mr. Steel engaged with his father-in-law. Col. Lorenzo P. Sanger, in opening his present extensive quarries, the largest in the country, the firm being Sanger & Steel, and so continued till March 1, 1871, when he purchased Mr. Sanger's interest, and is now the sole proprietor. Among the prominent buildings for which Mr. Steel has furnished the stone may be mentioned the Custom-houses at Madison, Wis. and Des Moines, Iowa, about sixty Court Houses and Jails in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, among them the new Court House at Rockford, 111., the finest in the State outside of Chicago, and the St. Louis Four Courts ; the Government buildings at Rock Island, for which he furnished fully 30,000 car-loads of stone ; the railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Dubuque, the United States Marine Hospital at Chicago, and a portion of the stone for new State Capitols of Illinois and Michigan, besides which are churches and private buildings without number. Stone from his quarries is to be found in the cemeteries throughout all of the Northwestern States. Besides his quarry interests, he sank and worked the first shafts in the Wilmington coal region. In March, 1870, Mr. Steel was licensed to practice in the Supreme Court of the State, and on the 22d of April following, in the Supreme Court of the United States, and in the United States Court of Claims, Jan. 10, 1871 ; he has not followed the practice of the law except in the United States Courts at Washington, and then only attending the oases of himself and friends. He led the movement which procured the passage of an act of the Legislature empowering the city of Joliet to make an appropriation for the building of the Joliet Iron and Steel Works, the largest in this country, and with two exceptions, the largest in the world ; this was accomplished in the face of the most violent opposition, not the least being the Governor's veto. He was married Jan. 16, 1862, to Miss Frances Louise Sanger, daughter of the late Col. Lorenzo P. Sanger, of Joliet, and has three children - Sanger (now a student in Racine College), Louise and Frances. Mr. Steel has collected a very valuable library of 6,000 volumes, including works on law, medicine, theology, science arid general literature, among which are many old and rare volumes, some of which were printed as long ago as 1537 ; a further notice of this library may be found in the history of the city, in another part of t;his work ; he also iaaugurated the first public library in Joliet, in 1867. Mr. Steel was first elected Mayor of Joliet in 1869, and has three times since been elected to the same office.

HENRY SCHIBK, dealer in wines and liquors, Joliet ; was born in Carlsruhe, Baden Baden, Germany, Oct. 25, 1842 ; in 1848, the family came to America and located in Frankfort Tp., Will Co. ; here he grew to manhood, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits for about twenty-six years; in 1874, he moved to Joliet and engaged in his present occupation. He was married March 12, 1866, to Henrietta Mueller, a native of Germany; has three children - Matilda, Emma, Edward. Owns 120 acres in Frankfort Tp.

ROBERTL. SEWARD, retired farmer; P. 0. Joliet; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., in 1828 ; his early life was that of a farmer's son ; he enjoyed the advantages of the common schools of his native State ; in 1847, he began the trade of wagon-makiug | in Portlandville, on the Susquehanna River, and worked under instructions three years; in August, 1850, he came West to Illinois, ; and first engaged in working for Rodney ' House, and continued with him two years ; i he then engaged in carpentering about one ' year, and, in 1854, purchased a farm in New Lenox Tp., and followed agricultural ' pursuits about eleven years ; in 1865, having sold out, he moved to Jackson Tp., where he farmed six years; in 1871, he moved to Joliet, and has since not been actively engaged in business, except some transactions in real estate and loaning money. He was married in April, 1853, to Sarah M. Moore, a native of Otsego Co., N. Y. ; she died in January, 1859. His second marriage, to Mrs. Elizabeth German, was celebrated in June, 1861 ; her maiden name was Brown, a daughter of one of the early settlers of Will Co. From : the first wedlock two children were born - Eugene W., of Russell Co., Kan. ; Cora S. His father came with him to Illinois, and died at the advanced age of 89 years.

father, Gilbert Sutphen, was a native of New Jersey, and was of Dutch and Irish descent, his father, John Sutphen, having come from Holland some time before the Revolutionary war, and his mother being of one of the first families of Dublin, and came with her parents to America and settled in New Jersey about the same time. Shortly after the Revolutionary war the family removed to Cherry Valley, N. Y., and settled on a farm about four miles south of the village ; on this farm Gilbert Sutphen, the father of Charles H., grew to manhood, and married Mary Higinbotham in Worcester, Otsego Co. ; she was of English descent, born in Rhode Island, and removed to Worcester, N. Y. with her parents when quite young. After their marriage, Mr. Sutphen's parents continued to reside in Cherry Valley until the breaking-out of the war of 1812 ; his father was called upon to help defend his couDtry, and joining the army, fell at the battle of Lundy's Lane ; his family consisted of five children - Julia Ann, Mary Ann, Charles H., Sarah and Jane, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only one now living. After his father's death, Charles H., then 8 years of age, was sent to live with his grandfather, Higinbotham, in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., and remained two years, attending school a portion of the time ; he afterward lived three years with one James Cagwin in the same county ; his mother then marrying Thomas South worth, of Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y., he lived on the farm with them until the age of 21, with the exception of one year spent in attending an academy ; his health being impaired, he, on the advice of a physician, went to Boston, and took a voyage on a cod-fishing vessel up the Straits ; returning with his health somewhat improved, he shipped as Captain's clerk with Capt. Law on board the ship Concordia in the merchant service, making one voyage, and on his return to Boston, Capt. Law obtained him a situation in the Custom-house as messenger to the Surveyor of Customs - Elbridge Gerry, son of the late Elbridge Gerry, Governor of Massachusetts and late Vice President ot the United States ; in this office he remained two years, spending his evenings in the acquisition of useful knowledge. Mr. Gerry then secured him a situation in the

Pay Department of the U. S. Army, where he remained eight years, or until Sept. 1, 1834. He was married in 1831 to Ehzabeth H. Dow, of Boston, and, in April, 1834:, came to Illinois and selected a claim at the head of Indian Creek (timber), in La Salle Co. ; on a portion of his claim now stands the village of Earlville ; he returned for his family in May ; left the army office Sept. 1, and started for Illinois, arriving safely with his family in his new home in October, 1834 ; he built a double log house on the site of the present village of Earlville aud went to farming; in 1835, the land came into market, and, in 1839, he purchased 1,000 acres, and occupied it as a stock farm for over twenty years; in 1853, he built a large brick house near where the log one stood ; he was one of the first Justices of the Peace in Indian Precinct, Earl Tp., and held the office continuously for fifteen years, when he resigned ; he was also Postmaster of Earlville for seven years ; he held many other prominent offices, including that of Supervisor from that town. He had a family of six sons and three daughters. Charles T. Sutphen was the first white male child born in the township ; he and Albert are in California ; George is in Aurora, 111., Frederick in Missouri, and Gilbert and William are in Iowa. Sarah married S. Cook, of Earl, now deceased. Carrie T. was the first white female child born in the township, and married W. H. Graham, of St. Louis. Mary married O. S. Gray, of Ottawa. They are now both deceased. Mr. Sutphen's wife died April 6, 1870, and, in 1871, he removed to Joliet, where he still resides, and married the widow of the late H. D. Higinbotham.

DR. GEORGE B. SALTER, dentist, Joliet; came to Joliet in 1860; he was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Oct. 6, 1837 ; in 1845, his parents removed to Monroe, Mich., and there he lived until 1857, when hie went to Freeport, 111., and there learned dentistry ; in 1859, he removed to Whitewater, Wis., and one year later came to Joliet, as above stated, and has practiced dentistry here ever since ; he has been a member of the State Dental Association since 1867, and in 1877, was a delegate to the American Dental Association. He served one term as Vice President of the

Joliet Library and Historical Society. He was married Jan. 13, 1864, to Miss Mattie Ellis, of Whitewater, Wis., and has one daughter, Viola B.

HON. ANTON SCHEIDT, dealer in hardware, tinware, stoves and house-furnishing goods (Scheldt & Smith), Joliet ; was born in Schoenenburg, Alsace, France, Jan. 30, 1827 ; in 1849, he came to the United States ; spent one year in the State of New York, and then came West, remaining a short time in Chicago, and coming to Joliet in 1850 ; the first two years he worked in a wagon and plow shop in Homer Tp., and in April, 1852, was married to Elizabeth Palmer, of Joliet, who was born in Harthaem, in the Kingdom of Baden, Germany, in 1824, by whom he has four children ; the same year (1852), he built the Chicago House, on Bluff St., and kept it as a boarding-house until 1862. In 1857, he entered into partnership with Sebastian Stephen in the brewery business; in 1862, he purchased his partner's interest, enlarged the brewery, and run it until 1874, when he leased it to Henry Eider, the present occupant. In 1875, he entered upon his present business, with his son-in-law, Paul Smich ; besides their regular line of hardware business, they are large contractors and manufacturers of all kinds of galvanized-iron work, etc. Mr. Scheldt has served eleven years on the Board of Aldermen, being first elected in 1861 ; in 1874, he was chosen Mayor of the city of Joliet, holding the office one year ; he has also served three terms on the Board of Supervisors.

JOSEPH STEPHEN, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles, etc., Joliet ; is a son of John Stephens, who came to Joliet in 1846, and is now a resident of this city ; he was born in Grassendorf, Alsace, France, Feb. 17, 1837, and came, with his father's family, to this country in 1845, and, after spending one year in Ohio, came to Joliet as above stated ; he learned his trade of a harness-maker with John Bergen, in Joliet, completing his apprenticeship when he was 15 years old, after which he worked at his trade in various places in this State and Iowa for six years ; he then went to Waco, Texas, where he remained till the breaking-out of the rebellion, when he found himself obliged to either take sides with the South or leave the country ; he chose the latter alternative, and returned to Joliet; in the fall of 1861 , he began his present business. He was married Nov. 12, 1861, to Mi?s Antonette Helmel, who was born in Rinough, Alsace, Aug. 4, 1832, and came to this country, with her parents, in early childhood ; they have five children : Lottie L., Oscar J., Edmund R., Herman and Bertram. Mr. Stephen is at present School Trustee, to which office he was elected in April, 1877.

JOHN SCHEIDT, manufacturer and dealer in pure candies and dealer in fruits, nuts, etc., Joliet ; was born near Strasbourg, Alsace, Jan. 1, 1829; he came to this country at the age of 15, with his parents, who settled in Bloom, Cook Co., 111. ; he continued to reside in Bloom until 1856, when he came to Joliet, and kept a boarding-house up to 1864, after which he engaged in his trade of a carpenter. He was elected City Marshal in 1863, and served two years ; he has twice been a member of the Board of Aldermen, and is now on the Board of Supervisors, having . been elected in April, 1878. Mr. Scheldt erected his store and established his present busings in 1877. He was married Aug. 6, 1850, to Miss Catherine Clos, of Crete Tp. ; she was born in Prussia Feb. 22, 1831, and came to Will Co., with her parents, in 1840 ; they have nine children - Frank A., Mary A., John, Peter A., Michael, Edward, Henry B., George and Katrina A.

G. SCHULTE, editor and proprietor of the Wochenhlattfur Nord-lllinois, Joliet ; was born in the Province of Westphalia, Germany, Feb. 25, 1841 ; he was educated as a civil engineer in the Academy of Berlin, where he graduated in 1862 ; in 1865, he came to America, and for two years was connected with the Abend Zeitimg, Chicago ; he was then engaged for a year as a civil engineer on the Hell Gate excavations in the East River, New York ; he then returned to Chicago, and was employed by Cook Co. for three years as a civil engineer in the preparation of the " Cook County Atlas ;" then, after spending a short time on the Illinois Stoats Zeitung, he came to Joliet and purchased the Wochenhlatt, a live German newspaper, established in November, 1877, and having a circulation of some two thousand copies.

J. B. SOLLITT, Jr., Deputy Sheriff of Will Co., Joliet; was born in Yorkshire, England, Sept. 9, 1843 ; when he was about 6 years old, his parents came to this country and settled in Chicago, where they resided until 1855 ; they then came to Will Co. and settled in the township of Will, being among the early settlers of that township ; they now reside in Peotone ; Mr. Sollitt followed farming until March, 1877, when he engaged in business in Peotone; in March, 1878, he was appointed to his present position. He was married Feb. 26, 1868, to Miss Jennie E. Sollitt, of Chicago, and has three children living - Delia E., Elmer A. and Beatrice V. In 1874, Mr. Sollitt was elected Supervisor, and served three years, until his removal from the town, when he resigned the office ; he served nearly three years as Township Treasurer, two years as Commissioner of Highways and about three years as School Director.

HON. W. A. STRONG, President of the Joliet Gas- Light Co., Joliet ; was born in Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1828 ; he made his home there until 1850, when he came to Illinois, settling in Joliet, where he shortly afterward engaged in the hardware business ; in 1863, he was elected Mayor of the city of Joliet, holding the office one year ; he has served several years as member of the Board of Aldermen ; he was at one time engaged in the stonequarrying business, the firm being Strong & Davidson, and owning and operating the quarry formerly known as the Wilson Quarry ; he continued this business three years ; in 1865, he was elected President of the Joliet Gas-Light Co., which had been organized in 1858.

FREDERICK SEHRING, proprietor of the Columbia Brewery, Joliet; has lived in Will Co. since 1847 ; he came with his parents from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where he was born on the 19th of December, 1834; the family settled first in Frankfort Tp., and, in 1854, came to Joliet and engaged in the hotel business ; Mr. Sehring remained in the hotel until 1860, when he entered the office of the Circuit Clerk as Deputy under B.. F. Russell ; in 1863, he was elected Treasurer of Will Co., and re-elected in 1865; in 1868, he purchased the Columbia Brewery, which he has since remodeled, putting in steam- power and all the modern improved machinery ; it is now one of the largest and finest breweries in the State, outside of Chicago ; Mr. Sehring has been Alderman from the Second Ward for the past five years. He was married Jan. 16, 1865, to Miss Louise Bez, of "Wurtemberg, Germany, and has seven children living - Susan E., Louis J., Margaret, Henry, Herman F., Annie and George.

P. SHUTTS, of the firm of Zarley & Co., publishers of the Joliet Signal, Joliet; was born in Ulster Co., N. Y. Oct. 7, 1849; when he was about 5 years of age, he accompanied his parents to Columbia Co., N. Y., when they spent a year in preparation for their departure for the West ; in 1855, they came to Will Co., and settled about two and a half miles southeast of Joliet ; Mr. Shutts received an English education in the old Babylon stone schoolhouse, and in the fall of 1872, entered the Signal ofiice to learn the printer's trade. He became one of the proprietors in March, 1876.

D. Y. SMITH, foreman of the car repairs, Chicago & Alton Railroad, Joliet ; was born in Fallsbury, Sullivan Co., N. Y., June 9, 1833 ; he remained on the farm until he was 16 years old, and then learned the carriage and sleigh making business, which he followed until 1856, he then went to Scranton, Pa., and was employed for a year in the car shops of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., from which place he went to Dubuque, Iowa, in the car department of the Dubuque & Pacific Railroad Co. (now the Illinois Central) ; in July, 1860, he came to Joliet, and was employed under the master mechanic until 1863, when he became foreman of the car repairs, which position he still occupies. He was married Jan. 21, 1863, to Mrs. R. E. Tullock, of Joliet ; she is a native of Delaware Co., N. Y., and has been a resident of Joliet for the past thirty-three years ; they have one daughter - Zuleika Y. Mrs. Smith has also three children of her former marriage - Jannette A. Tullock (now Mrs. Hurd), Avalena (wife of L. P. Baker, of Winterset, Iowa) and George A., of Joliet.

F. G. SMITH, carriage manufacturer, Joliet; was bom in Walpole Co., N. H., May 1, 1837 ; when he was about 12 years of age, he removed with his parents to

Essex Co., N. Y.; at the age of 13, he entered his father's carriage manufactory, and there thoroughly learned every branch of the carriage business, which he continued in Essex Co. until 1876, when he came to Joliet ; he first located at 54 and 56 Bluff street, and recently removed to Van Buren street, opposite the Episcopal Church ; he was the first to introduce the Concord side-spring in Joliet, and is also the sole manufacturer in this city of the New Empire cross-spring buggy. Mr. Smith was married in October, 1855, to

Miss Abbie R. , of Montpelifer; she died in March, 1875, leaving one son, Franklin A., now engaged with his lather. He was married again Oct. 1 1 , 1877, to Miss Ella A. Haywood, of Will Co.

JOHN I. ST. JULIEN, manufacturer and dealer in harness, saddles etc., Joliet; was born near Strasbourg, Alsace, on the 15th of February, 1840 ; in the fall of 1854, he came to this country in company with his uncle, who settled in Naperville, Du Page Co., 111.; he remained with his uncle two years, and in 1856., came to Joliet, and learned the harness maker's trade with Henry Schrader, and worked at that until May, 1870, when he started in business for himself He was married Oct. 6, 1869, to Miss Helen Stephen, daughter of John Stephen, of Joliet, who came in infancy with her parents from Alsace ; they have four children - Albert J., Frank E., Adelia M. and Ida L.

CONRAD SCHWEIZER, wholesale dealer in wines and liquors, Joliet ; is a. native of Switzerland ; he was born Nov. 25, 1838, and resided there until 1859, when he came to the United States, coming direct to Joliet ; he had previously learned the trade of a carpenter, and, after reaching Joliet, he followed carpentering and farming till 1863, when he went to California and remained until the spring of 1870 ; while there he was engaged in mining and working at his trade ; on his return to Joliet, he engaged in his present business.

JOSEPH STOOS, retired, Joliet ; was born Dear Strasbourg, Alsace, May 28, 1826 ; his father was an extensive contractor, employing as many as 300 men ; his son Joseph remained at home and learned thoroughly every branch of the

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art ; in 1855, he came to America, locating at once in Joliet ; he followed his trade here for about two years when he began contracting for himself; he did the carpenter work on St. John the Baptist's Church, and superintended the building of Porter's brewery, Werner's Hall, the Jefferson Street Bridge and Scheldt's brewery, besides erecting over two hundred other buildings in Joliet, which stand as monuments of his skill; in 1876, having acquired a comfortable fortune, he retired to give place to younger men and those more needy of employment. Mr. Stoos has served two years in the City Council of Joliet. He was married Feb. 29, 1857, to Miss Mary Hossinger, who was born near Strasbourg Deo. 14, 1837, and came to this country with her parents when 8 years of age. They have had eight children, four of whom are living - Theresa A., Mary E., Josephine M. and Alfred P. MKS. MAGDALENA STEPHEN, Joliet; was born in Schoenenburg, Canton Sultz, Alsace, Feb. 24, 1826 ; she is a daughter of Peter and Barbara Weishaar, and came to this country with her parents, who settled in Madison, Cook Co., TIL, in 1844; her father died April 15, 1862; her mother is still living in the full possession of her health and faculties, at the age of 88 years ; she was married July 12, 1851, to Michael Blattner, of Madison. He was a native of Schoenenburg, Alsace, and came to this country at the same time with the Weishaar family ; he died Oct. 2, 1852, leaving one daughter, Mary Philomena, wife of Dr. John Scheuber, of Fond du Lac, Wis. On the 14th of July, 1853, the subject of this sketch married the late Sebastian Stephen, an early and respected citizen of Joliet. He was born in Dowerdorf, Alsace, on the 8th of September, 1810 ; was apprenticed to the tailor's trade at the age of 14 3'ears, and at 22 entered the French army and served seven years ; in the spring of 1843, he came to this country, and the following year, 1844, settled in Joliet ; he followed the merchant tailoring business until about 1857, when he engaged in the brewery business ; in 1862, he resumed merchant tailoring, which he continued till his death, which occurred 4, 1873; he was first married in 1845, to Miss Angeline Orte, who died in December, 1852, leaving three sons - Sebastian, Aliosius and Henry. Mrs. Stephen still resides in Joliet, surrounded by her family of six children - Prances C. (now Mrs. Michael Meyer, of Joliet), Mary E., Theresa J., Joseph A., Eosa K. and Jennie A.; one daughter, Mary Magdalena, died in February, 1857.

FRED X. STUFFLER, hardware merchant, Joli t; was born in Wilmington Will Co., 111., April 1, 1848 ; when he was 1 year old, the family moved to Joliet; here he grew to manhood, attending the city schools until he began the active duties of life ; at the age of 18 years, he left home and engaged in learning the tinner's trade ; in this he served an apprenticeship for three years ; in 1874, he engaged in business for himself at his present location. He was married April 23, 1872, to Mary A. Baithelme, a native of Joliet, Will Co. ; has two children - Josephine, Laura. Mr. Stuffier started in life with limited means, and what property he now owns has been accumulated by personal industry and good management ; he has a good and growing trade ; he handles only the best of material, and suffers no work to go out from his establishment without'his personal inspection.

I. D. STEVENS, secretary Solar Stove Works, Joliet ; was born in Joliet, Will Co., 111., in 1851 ; he enjoyed the advantages of the public schools of his native town, gaining thereby a good commonschool education ; in 1863, he entered the employ of John Virgil, now of Chicago, as clerk in his confectionery store ; here he remained two years ; he next clerked one year for W. R. Ramsdell, in his grocery store ; in 1868, he and his brother W. D., purchased the lumber-yard of Otis Hardy, and conducted the business two years ; he next entered the employ of the U. S. Express Co., and labored for it about two and one-half years ; he then engaged as clerk for the Solar Stove Works, and at the death of the late William N. Moore, the founder of the estabKshment, Mr. Stevens was chosen Secretary, a position he still holds ; these Works employ some 40 men, turning out annually 3,000 cook-stoves, 40,000 pieces of hollow-ware, consuming 3,000 tons of the best pig-iron in their production. Mr. Stevens was married in 1872, to Kate Flack, a native of Aurora, Kane Co., 111. ; has two children - Mortimer and Jennie.